The darkness turned to a bright flash of light, and I found myself with Ikiru in a long hallway. The walls were made of wood like a castle and banners hung on them. In one direction it seemed to stretch on infinitely. In the other direction, there was a door, with a large seal over… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 34)
Ikiru was right. In this form, I was sheltered from the cold. The icy blasts of wind didn’t touch me. However, I could see him trying to hide his shivering as we trekked along the frozen plane. If crossing the fires of the first level felt like an eternity then passing the wastes certainly felt like… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 33)
“There’s a shortcut we can use.” Ikiru continued. “There are paths which lead directly to our destination, it’s said that no one knows all of them… but I know of one.” “This would have been a great thing to mention earlier. Also, how do you know it while no one else does?” I asked. “It’s… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 32)
Ikiru began shouting as he pushed against the oni ramming down the doors. For a moment they were evenly tied until suddenly the massive oni started to give and the doors slammed shut, leaving us in darkness. I began to feel cold. Wow, you’re pretty strong there. I said awkwardly to break the silence. Also, isn’t it getting… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 31)
As Ikiru jumped into the flames, I felt the fear build up in the back of my head. As he promised there was no pain at all, it was as if we were walking across a grassy field for all it mattered. Ahead of us, the oni went about their torture. The closest one was… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 30)
[Note: I realized there was a significant auto correct/spelling error in the last episode: “possess” ended up as “process.” This is the weakness I suppose in this writing every day and publishing format. Most things end up as some form of a rough draft, especially when a lot of other things are going on in… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 29)
Ikiru and I began to walk down one of the dark passageways that branched off the room I had appeared in. The walls of the hallway were dark and cavelike and also ribbed like bones. I felt the hair on the back of my now ghost-like neck tingle as we progressed deeper into the depths… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 28)
My eyes snapped open, and I could breathe once again. The air around me tasted like sulfur, but it was a welcome change to the feelings that I had just experienced. I was in a cave, and around me were piles of corpses, tortured and mutilated. Doing my best to avert my eyes I saw… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 27)
I got a few stares as I wandered into the slums, but with my fresh coating of mud and rainsoaked appearance, I fit right in. Due to the storm more than usual were clustered in the swears, this undoubtedly led to the overall stench, which made me dizzy for a moment. Pressing further into the… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 25)
It wasn’t too long before I reached my home, I had half forgotten about Chihiro whom I had left tied up. She was gone. But, I guess my skills in tying knots was lacking… My new cat was still there, though I saw he had gotten into the remainder of my food. I suppose I… Continue reading Jin and the Solstice of Blood (Part 24)
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