Tag: adventure
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Chapter 26: Rooftop
Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 26: Rooftop V2.0 – 10/11/2025 I awoke into darkness. I pushed the covers from off me and wiped the sleep from my eyes. I sat up and looked around me, trying to remember who I was and where I was. The huge unfamiliar room was quiet, nothing moved.…
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Chapter 23: Captivity
Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 23: Captivity V2.0 – 10/10/2025 For a long time, Mr. Zaryan considered me in silence. He watched me until I started to become uncomfortable. Aaron stood still as a statue next to me waiting. His guards arrayed around the room didn’t move a muscle. The fans above us…
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Chapter 22: Cairo
Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 22: Cairo V2.0 – 10/09/2025 I’ve heard my whole life practically about the effects of captivity on people, what they call ‘Stockholm syndrome’, but to experience it for oneself seems wholly different. During the weeks I had spent aboard this ship as a prisoner, I had been treated…
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Chapter 19: Shipwreck
Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 19: Shipwreck V2.0 – 10/08/2025 I had a distinct sensation of floating. I opened my eyes slowly and saw nothing but stars against a pitch-black sky. My entire body erupted in pain. I felt as if I had been slammed against a wall. Dizziness threatened me and I…
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Chapter 18: Assault
Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 18: Assault V2.0 – 10/08/2025 Over the next few days, most of the crew regarded me with suspicion and kept their distance from me. No one, save Juan, spoke to me. I felt more alone than I had ever felt before in my life. The spiritual world around…
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Chapter 16: Deckhand
Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 16: Deckhand V2.0 – 10/07/2025 I woke into darkness from a deep sleep. I reached for my phone and found it. Activating the phone illuminated the small room that swayed back and forth, creaking eerily. My phone told me that it was ten minutes until 4am. I lay…
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Chapter 15: Selections
Part 72: Where All Journeys Grow Chapter 15: Selections V2.0 – 10/07/2025 The door to the main office swung open and a grumpy old woman with a lit cigarette hanging from one side of her mouth peered out at us. She looked us both up and down and waved us in with a grunt. My…