Saturday, June 25, 2016

Writing Prompt Challenge -- Prompt 1

Welcome to this week's Writing Prompt challenge!

This prompt is:

James found himself in a very familiar place but with a very peculiar look.



Yup, this was heaven alright. Somehow the prophets of God and Heaven had got it all correct. James took a moment of self-congratulation for keeping that Bible under his bed despite not caring for religion in the slightest. I suppose critically catholic parents also helped him as well.



And so here it was, the beloved Gates of St. Peter. The only difference was the man who was meant to meet him; James himself wasn't too sure if it was Moses or his guardian angel or God himself he was supposed to meet for the reasons explained above, but he was almost certain the weregoat in front of him wasn't supposed to be it.



“H-hello?”



“Yeah buddy, just walk right through.”



No, something just wasn't right. Angels were all normal people with wings, weren't they? Why would this guy be any different?



But then the reality hit him, and when it did it hit him like a brick, though compared to other people this brick hit a lot more slowly as most would've instantly recognized that the goat was a symbol of the devil. Then again, this isn't some esoteric religious scholar we're talking about.



James struggled with his words. “Am I... am I in Hell?”



The goat merely shrugged. “Well, I guess. But not really. This is kind of just extra space. Listen – just go through the god damn gate.”



Something was definitely up, for something as sinful as the damnation of god in god's own domain didn't seem likely. Reluctantly James conceded to the goatman's commands, and he was lead up to meet the man himself – the Devil.



“Hey man, have a seat.”



Satan, in his initial mannerisms, seemed a lot more polite than James had originally considered. Still, the newest member of Neo-Hell kept his guard up.



“Wh-what happened to Heaven? I thought this was where all good men go to die?”



“What? No, well I mean, it's kind of just a place to live again. But that's Hell. You see, this real fucking piece of work named God decided he was too “high-class” for this shit, so he decided to rent up some space in the Heavens to make the Hilton Hotels of death. Fucking jabroni, that kid was.”



“'Was'? What happened to him?”



“Well, I decided I wasn't going to have any of God's bullshit. Decided to invade his ass not that long ago. Won pretty easily, but by that point he had already fucked the minds of all you Earth kids. Some viral marketer named Jesus from Urot-V to reincarnate him as some white male in the middle of the desert. Motherfucker converted half of the damn world. But back to your point, that shitlord got murked.”



“But if you killed God, wouldn't he just come back here?”



Satan pondered this hypothesis. “Huh, guess you're right. Guess this goes deeper than I thought. But that's not important now; welcome to Hell. But like, not as bad as you thought. Kind of just, you know, okay. Not so much pain and spikes to eternal peace, kind of more like mid-size house in the suburbs to midsize house in the suburbs with extremely cheap hispanic labor-work. But really, Heaven wasn't all that great in the first place.”



The lord of Heaven and Hell snapped his fingers, and a chariot of ash, blood, and bodies came out that served as means of public transportation. To his dismay however, his new guest shrunk back upon looking at it.



“Oh Golly! Oh jeez, that thing – that thing's awful!”



“Hey, listen buddy, it's all in a matter of taste. I don't judge you because, you listened to like, prog rock when you were alive, did I?”



“But I didn't listen to prog rock.”



“Do I look like a fucking almanac? How was I just supposed to know that, useless piece of information?”



Eventually things worked out pretty well for the two, and it became just another story in the land of Neo-Heaven. Just perfect. Not rushed at all. This is truly how it ended. Believe me.


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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Guardians of Enthia -- Chapter VIII

Katalyn surveyed the barren ashlands known as Akira from his point atop Malaco's vista – a point notorious for being the last stop before the ash got too heavy. His companions – Dotalyn, Gregory, as well as the brothers Shawn and Sean, and Katalyn himself had planned an expedition into the forbidden grounds for quite some time, with the approval of the Royal Society as well as the Floutin Expeditionary Association. While the others were asleep due both to the early morning and long hiking that took place the day before, Katalyn found himself unable to stay asleep, and so took this time to make certain that the crew had all the items in their catalog one last time. Taking out the list. He read it off in his head:

    - 5 airbreathers
    - Food and Drink for 20 days (10 days had already passed, and they had intended to survey Akira for roughly another 10)
    - 5 shortswords (for practical use)
    - A locket (Gregory's)
    - 3 pairs of clothes for each (15) (However, Shawn had lost a shirt on the 8th day, so in reality this was 14 and a half)
    - A notebook and monocular (Katalyn's)

He pointed to the items as he read them, and found that all was accounted for. Impressed with himself, he then took the time to wake up the others, and finally make their way into the place the gods abandoned.




Of course, that was all 16 days ago.



Even more days would've passed if it was not for a young midari student to have stumbled upon the logbook at the Royal Society's records chamber. Naturally, the young elf brought this to the Council, and they once again got together in discussion.

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Gone

One could say that at some point in the process a little recognition lost was a little recognition gained – but that was no longer the case. The man now had nothing, was nothing, felt nothing, believed nothing, saw nothing, and heard nothing. It is incredible to think – that at one point, a man could have such an important purpose in this world only to be simply cast off by another, younger generation as someone without meaning. Who this man is, is not important. You would have not heard of him, and likely the only reason you would be interested in knowing is seeing if you recognized the name. Sure, he was a major figure, but this was a long time ago in a very distant place. Even though he had changed history, history had not kept him in the record books.

What may be a valid question to ask, however, is where the man was now. Certainly he was long dead, but no one exactly knows where his body is. It had not been received by any cemetery, and the last of those who knew him lost contact with him long ago. I am not one of those men. I never knew who this unsung legend was until very recently in my life. Indeed, in many ways I am not qualified to write this long awaited eulogy, but I feel as though it must be done. 

There is something about this man. Something in which I can connect with, and something I think everyone can connect with, in our own special way. It is not uncommon to fear being forgotten. It is not uncommon to fear being gone. I, too, have this fear. A fear of turning into this man – a fear that, though I may do something great, I could be forgotten the second public ideology changes hands.
Indeed, sometimes a little recognition lost is a little recognition gained. Sometimes one must make a hard decision everyone at the time may despise, to help those in the future. Sometimes one must sacrifice individuality to help the community. Sometimes those who are hated the most are the ones who saved the world. But those who play by this rule walk a thin line. And one day, eventually, all recognition is lost, and nothing is gained. And no one is remembered. And the world stays the same.


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Saturday, June 4, 2016

Writing Prompt Challenge -- Announcement

(This was written in December 2014 in case you're wondering about the inconsistencies lol)

I'll be honest with you – I'm decent at making ideas, but I'm not an idea generator (heh). All of the stories up to this point have all been original, but now I've dried out like The Office did on it's first episode. Thankfully unlike The Office, I have something to fall back on!

You may have noticed that last (2) weeks normal upload schedule didn't come out with anything. I think. Maybe its going to be this week. How should I know, I've written this long before that's happened. The point is, at sometime or was at sometime or maybe no time at all there was a buffer period in which I was getting ready for writing prompt challenge!

What is this challenge? Well, each biweek (or just normal upload schedule... whatever) I'll be releasing a new story with the help of the subreddit /r/WritingPrompts. I'll be going on with this for who knows how long, just until I've figured out what more to write. Also, I'll still be writing Guardians of Enthia, so expect a new episode of this every other every other week (or every... every other... other... week... every schedule... fuck) so if your interested in that, it's still going! Watch out for next weeks prompt, which is...


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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

The Codex of Aegis Newsletter: Official Launch!

In case you haven't yet noticed that little "subscribe" thing off to the side, it's our brand new newsletter! The newsletter was created in order to get across the most updated news from all connected Codex of Aegis networks (Astukagaming, Codex of Aegis, Astuka's Blog) straight to your email. However, there is one problem -- AOL and Yahoo emails are currently unable to receive the newsletter. This is mostly due to the fact that the emails are currently being sent from my personal email rather than a work email. However, this problem will be fixed once we have a proper Codex of Aegis email (which is hopefully soon!).


If you have a gmail or hotmail email account, then you should be able to sign up and receive the email no problem. The first update should be sent sometime around June 5th, so I hope you enjoy! Also, please tell me if you end up having any problems receiving the email!


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