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Tales: Hollows' Night, Pt.5 Rein approached Vask as the mage was inspecting the room's trove of scrolls and books. Some were aged beyond recognition, and crumbled to dust at the slightest caress; most, however, were fairly recent in authorship, although their knowledge was as ancient as any of the others'. After scanning a few lines of the one he currently held, Vask grimaced and set the paper alight without saying anything.

"Uh, Vask? Maybe we shouldn't start burning books in a Library," Rein suggested, but Vask cut him off with a pointed look.

"These newer scrolls," the mage explained, "were penned by Malefasius himself. I suspected their evil provenance before, as
Tales of Yi Leng, Pt. 0 PROLOGUE
Up for the Challenge

A small cloud floated peacefully over the Gulf of Mahren, idly overseeing the choppy waves as they sloshed against the clustered legs of the scattered oil derricks far below. To the west, a storm had finished brewing and now overflowed in a cauldron of fierce wind and rain.

The cloud suddenly ruptured as the long prow of an airship exploded from its fluffy innards. The rest of the vessel soon followed; the sleek hull, the wing-mounted energy catchments, the thrumming aether engines. A few men milled about on the ship's polished wooden main deck, oblivious to the remnants of the cloud their ship had just mutila
Tales: Hollows' Night, Pt.4 Vask shut his eyes tight and waited for the end; a bifurcated stinging, the sharp tearing pain of savage teeth, and the hot flow of his life's blood flowing out of him. His life, sucked out to give that abomination its own special kind of nightmarish rebirth. He could hear the final convulsions of his terrified heart as they pounded through his ears...

But there was no pain. No clutching hands scratching scarlet lines of hunger across his skin. The pounding wasn't inside his head: it was coming from—!

The door behind Vask exploded into heavy fragments, one of which struck the mage squarely in the stomach. It hurt like hell but it seeme
Tales: Hollows' Night, Pt.3 The next day saw the crew of the Tales up bright and early; though they had no care or need to participate in the selling of their cargo, many liked to be there just in time to collect the proceeds and then spend it at the nearest market stall, ale-house, or house of ill repute.

Many, but not all.

Rein, Vask, and three others stood on the ramp, watching the rest of the crew diffuse into the town. What snippets of conversation tumbled back to them was raucous and bawdy, but not out of control; Rein had picked his crew with a discerning eye that sometimes denied to turn inward, but was in any case quite exacting. They would not cause a scene
Tales: Hollows' Night, Pt.2 As Rein and Vask walked back into the Tales' hold, now empty, a figure flashed into existence in front of them. The man wore a sky-blue doublet with an amount of ruffled lace that defied all concept of decent geometry, close-fitting white leggings, and black polished shoes with gold buckles. A tricorner hat topped his head, and sported a ridiculous particolored feather.

Rein couldn't help but snort with good humor as he eyed Arkady's newest wardrobe decision. "Really, though," he scoffed. "How did you go all this time without picking up one bit of good advice on how to dress yourself?"
The bizarrely-dressed man scowled at this. "I'm just tr

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Wikipedia, as everyone knows, is really a digital black hole from which there is no escape. Why must it be so...so...INTERESTING?! I mean, an online encyclopedia? Come on, right? But no, it's a subtle beast. First you go there looking up something innocuous, like the Battle of Bunker Hill for a homework assignment. Then you notice a link to, say, snipers, then assassination, then....well, let's just make a chart:

Battle of Bunker Hill --> Sniper --> Assassination --> Warring States Period --> Pinyin --> Grapheme --> Orthography --> Japanese writing system --> Meiji Period --> Rurouni Kenshin

Therefore, Battle of Bunker Hill ==> Rurouni Kenshin. Try it yourself if you don't believe me.

EDIT: Fifteen hundred :+fav:s and counting! As a reward for your appreciation, I give you:

Battle of Bunker Hill -> Hessian (soldier) -> Germany -> Roman Catholic Church -> Jesus Christ -> Western civilization -> United States of America -> American Revolutionary War -> Battle of Bunker Hill.

Circular logic!
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~ArnoldxHelgaAddict May 7, 2012
Ha ha yeah I often get lost within Wikipedia! It's like a big city like New York on the internet with loads of paths for you to take and you just have to go down every one! Or like a black hole like you said! XD One time I spent 2 hours on Wikipedia when I was supposed to be using it to do my homework!

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~Valros May 8, 2012  Student Writer
At least you learned something, right? :D

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~shadowyoshigamernerd May 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
All wikis are black holes of the internet, with the main wikipedia being by far the largest and most consuming.

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~phoenixflaym May 3, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
So very true. I've been on so many Wiki Walks (as I call them) when I was supposed to be doing research for a project or something.

Actually, let this be said for ANY Wiki. It's so true! :XD:

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~Valros May 4, 2012  Student Writer
Wiki Walks, eh? Do I detect a Troper? :P

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~phoenixflaym May 6, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
I've been on TV Tropes a few times, but I'm not a member.
(this stamp is also quite true for TV Tropes, though) :XD:

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~rainbrowser Feb 5, 2012
LA!
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Mood: Love *TexasMcCoy Jan 19, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Awesome stamp, I love it! I've been getting lost in encyclopedias since long before wiki existed.
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~itachinarutolover148 Sep 27, 2011
i done that before it's called a wikiwalk on tvtropes.com! you can lose hours of time on that website too!

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~Valros Sep 28, 2011  Student Writer
Don't I know it. What's with that site?!

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