Chapter 20: Luxury
One of the things that had irritated me beyond belief was that in spite of all the progress we had made in the more esoteric arts of meditation and mind communication, I still could not get water...
View ArticleChapter 21: Debrief
We had a great lunch. Nice and hot, steaks and potatos, salad and bread; all cooked for us and served on plates. It felt almost civilised. Finger Roberts warned us not to get too used to it because, he...
View ArticleChapter 22: In the Forest
I was a little unsure where I should start. Figuring that it was best to be safe, I decided to walk Lorraine through the process I had followed to get to where I had. I started out by explaining a...
View ArticleBlog: Battle Diagrams
In case you hadn't noticed, I have added some diagrams of the battle in Chapter 19. No-one has commented on them. Were they useful? A waste of time? Should I go back and do the same for the first...
View ArticleChapter 23: S'Alor & Second Phase
I woke up the next morning in the barracks room with the rest of my Finger. Lorraine and I had spent a good three hours the previous day exploring all the various athletic options that are possible...
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Chapter 24: Second Phase Training
After about three hours of running, we crested a ridge and entered a small valley. The new training base was next to a broad river. It was a delightful base that reminded me of nothing less than...
View ArticleChapter 25: New Finger
I moved my kit from the Barracks room that we had used the previous night across to the Finger One Barracks. This was a move from one side of the semi-circle to the other, from the furtherest East to...
View ArticleChapter 26: Swim
Once I got Brad sorted out, we could pick up the pace a bit. I could feel that the swimming was using my muscles in a completely different way to running and fighting had. I had known that being...
View ArticleBlog: Explanations
Compulsive re-readers of my story who possess an eagle eye would have noticed that S'Alor is now described as a Smilodean NOT a Simian. I NEVER intended to suggest that he had any monkey features......
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Blog: War World Map
I have been playing with the idea of having a map of War World. My mapping skills are a little... rudimentary to say the least. Here is a first attempt.For those of you wondering, the reason the base...
View ArticleChapter 27: Lectures
I hadn't realised juts how tired the swim had made me until we had been running for a while and I found myself flagging. It took some concentration on my body and some concerted effort before I felt my...
View ArticleChapter 28: Doubts
"Are you alright Cy?" Desrae asked. I was a little startled. I had been so deep into my thoughts that the heightened situational awareness that I had developed since arriving on War World had deserted...
View ArticleChapter 29: Mobilisation
Alarm and mobilisationI woke up to the sound of a general alarm. We had gotten to sleep very late the night before and I could feel that I hadn't had nearly enough sleep yet. I dragged myself out of...
View ArticlePart Two
Part One is now over. Cy and friends have completed their training and have a fairly good grasp of their abilities. They have been a little surprised with the emergency mobilisation and Cy at least is...
View ArticleChapter 30: Entering the Fray
As I gazed out at Port A'maine through the port-hole of the wooden ship, I couldn't help noticing the pall of smoke that hung over the town. The slight off-shore breeze suddenly wafted a sample of the...
View ArticleChapter 31: The Dragon's Wing Inn
Pushing open the door proved to be anti-climatic. The door opened directly into a common room, with a few tables scattered around. On the left was a huge fireplace, maybe better described as a hearth,...
View ArticleChapter 32: Leaving the Dragon's Wing Inn
I slept very well that night. For some reason I felt safe and secure in the Inn, and S’Alor reaffirmed my feeling but wouldn’t go into any specifics when I questioned him. I got the very definite...
View ArticleChapter 33: Market
S'Alor decided that he didn't need the attention that he would receive going out into the town, so he sprawled out on the floor in front of the fire-place.I was very curious to see what the town looked...
View ArticleChapter 34: Column of Route
I had, as usual, a whole lot of questions that I wanted answers to. Also as usual, circumstances forced me to have to be patient before I got them. I was hoping and expecting to be able to question...
View ArticleChapter 35 - Ambush
When I got to the HQ area in the center of the laager, I was very pleased to be able to greet the other Finger leaders that I knew; especially those that had been part of my training Finger.Desrae and...
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