Query of Sevens

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Question of Sevens

“No harm ever came from reading a book …” Or.. did it? Outside of that shining example, what harm could come of reading a book?

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If you give a dragon a cookie….

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A strange evil comes with the fog, so it’s said. Doors are closed, windows are shuttered and no one goes outside when even the faintest haze is visible…

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It’s not the oddest thing about the whole arrangement, but the specific type of wine – and it has to be that specific type and vintner – has been consistent, no matter what else they’ve asked for..

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It is once again time for the world-wide – galaxy-wide?! – festival of brews! With all comers welcome to showcase their best ale, mead, wine, applejack, brandy … whatever, if it’s fermented, it can be entered! – the only question is… why is there a pair of boots in the barrel?

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Traditions in this town are odd; surely one escaped prisoner isn’t such a big deal… is it?

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The cave system has never been well-explored, so finding that it contained ruins was not so much of a surprise as it might have been. But the axe.. that was a moment of luck…

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When first sighted, the bottle is tiny; just a little spot of green in the vast ocean. Nearer .. and nearer, and nearer it becomes clear; this is no mere bottle, but a tiny ecosystem encased in glass…

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Every time you’ve walked into this room for the past month, it’s smelled like ginger cookies…

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Every summer, on the first full moon, a keen eye might catch a shadow passing across the night sky, silhouetted against the silver clouds…

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The field has always been a little creepy. Peaceful. But creepy. Still… going out there on certain days, or certain times of day is something no one does… We at Rondak’s Portal would like to wish everyone a sane and happy Memorial Day. Take a moment to remember the

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As places to find an egg go, under your pillow is one of the odder ones. This particular egg is tiny, and beautiful to look at … but where did it come from? What laid it? Why was it under your pillow, of all the places?!

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This is late, I apologise. It is said that knowledge is power. It is also said that the owner of this book has the power to become anything, to do anything, to go anywhere… it is said that the owner of this book could be a deity, if they wished

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The first rush of spring is past, the crops have been planted deep in the welcoming earth and the first shoots are starting to show. Now, if you could just figure out what’s digging up the radishes this time …

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The little herb garden had always flourished. But a year ago today, exactly, a little border of flowering bulbs went in and today, for no apparent reason, they are all, simultaneously in bloom with the herbs…how..?

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The grove has been a source of peace since you were a child. Always, there has been something not entirely real about it, a sense of there being more…

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Meant to post this before we left, completely forgot. Sorry guys.No one likes going through that doorway. Sometimes you hear things, like an echo of voices. Sometimes, less often, you swear you see something out of the corner of your eye.. a reaching hand, a screaming maw…Most times,

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Spring has sprung, and it hasn’t stopped raining… but everything around you is behaving as if it isn’t raining at all..

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It’s a nice hat, which is part of what makes it so odd that it’s just sitting there, by the side of the road.

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Nothing of note, nothing overt. But bad luck, the one constant in the past few months. So, a little bowl of milk, left on the doorstep. An old horse shoe, nailed to the door frame, like a cup… nothing seems to help.

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The one day of the year where – no matter what you do – there is pie. Eat it until you pop; there is pie. Sell them, until no one wants more, there is pie. Thankfully, it only comes once a year…. Happy Pi day, y’all. Raise a slice in homage,

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It was understood; no one went out on the night of the new moon. From dusk to dawn, no matter the season, everyone and everything was indoors, behind shutters bound with iron and bay.An easy thing, to leave a shutter ajar. To slip out into the star-gilded night… and

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The cup was an unremarkable thing turned from steel, once polished to a blinding shine, now showing a pattern of bloody rust. Stolen. Sold. Given away…. it always came back.

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It’s an ordinary candy box. It’s been passed down, sure; in the family for generations. Your mother put hard candies in it. Your grandma put fudge in it. Her grandma … well. You know. You said you’d never bother making candy to fill the dish.  But now it’

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Winter breathes a last breath of cold. Signs of spring begin to show themselves … with unusual vigour. The briars haven’t been this invasive in decades.