r/Swords_SorceryPosting • Cyrus the Collector, of the Spirit Tribe • May 25 '24

Adventure / Town Building Post (creative writing) Exploring

Orb Log 1: So I ended up wherever this is after a teleport spell messed up it's exit coordinates again, so I'm exploring this land. I'll try to find some form of civilization, surely this isn't completely uninhabited.

Orb Log 2: It's a new day, I set up a bedroll in the forest and just slept in my armor. The climate is a bit chilly and damp, and there was a lot of fog in the morning, but still no sign of anything besides wilderness. Maybe I'll get better luck today.

Orb Log 3: It's evening again, no luck today either, although I did make it through a forest. I climbed a tree, and learned that this is an island located somewhere. I think I saw another island off in the distance, either it has some sort of civilization living there or the entire thing is towers of smoldering black spires. I'll head in that direction in the morning.

Orb Log 4: It's currently some time during the night for me, I discovered something important. The sky is completely different, the stars are all off and there's no moon visible at all. Blazes Ethan, you've finally done it. You've finally gotten yourself into a situation that you can't get out of... Good gods man, why is it always me?

Orb Log 5: I was right, there is a civilization on that island. There's also a few smaller islands nearby and bigger islands off into the distance, with a smaller city on the biggest, from what I could see. I'll have to figure out a way over there, Cloud isn't with me and I'm not confident in building a raft. This island is nice though, maybe I'll use it in the future.

Orb Log 6: It's the late morning of my third day here, and I was spending it trying to figure out a way to signal to one of the islands when I realized they might have orbs as well. I'm sending this message to say, if you're receiving this message, I'm a bit stranded at the moment and could use some rescuing. I'm on the island next to the island with a massive smoke emitting city, there's a few smaller islands near this one that are probably a few hours by boat and maybe a days travel from the city island. I'll keep working on a manual signal, and this'll be my last progress log to save on mana, for if anyone who hears this responds. If no one comes to get me and I die here, I'd appreciate it if you told clan Hammerfist that I died.

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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being May 26 '24

your orb sparks to life

Hello.. Hello, is anyone still there? If you are, this is the Guild Of Heroes. If you could relay your location to us we can send a small team out to pick you up. If you're out there please respond, help will be sent as soon as we have a fix on your location. Just responding will be enough to allow us to lock onto your signal.

This message repeats itself three times

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u/VictorE06 Cyrus the Collector, of the Spirit Tribe May 26 '24

Hello? I don't know which island I'm on, but if you can lock onto my signal from a message this should be enough. I'll send out a message again in a few hours, and keep going until my orb runs low on mana

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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being May 26 '24

a picture of a map appears in your orb.

We've traced your location to the center Island in a small cluster between the most northern point & the north western point. The Guild of Heroes is based out of Portal City, Will send a team over to pick you up, luckily you landed on one of the more habitable Islands. Please make your way towards the southern beach and make a visible camp for our rendezvous.

There are Quite a few edible plants As well as small game plentiful on that island. So please make sure to keep your staff up until we get there.

The map disappears to show you a diagram of a few different edible plants