Study Portfolios - ASTR Week 1
Introduction For Study Portfolios
The next morning, you go into your brother's room to find that he has been trapped
inside a mirror himself.
The remaining party investigates further and eventually uncovers a
group of sorcerers merging animals and people together in ungodly ways.
Suddenly, people
who made fun of you are coming up to you, are interested in what you've been up to since
graduation, and are apologizing to you for how they treated you during high school.
There
have been hushed reports of police raids among bar goers, but you and your patrons know
for certain that your establishment is safe from law enforcement.
One night, you awake in a
cold sweat and are terrified to find the shadowy figure standing right where you envisioned
him.
You thank her for the weapon and return to the king's palace.
It tugs at your leg,
gesturing to the nearby woods.
"No... Never.
Although you've loved him since you were a
teenager, he only sees you as his charge—his duty, nothing more.
You quickly turn off the
robot, but you know this is just the tip of the iceberg.
There is only enough food in the
shelter to keep the rest of you alive for a year, so you do what you can to stretch out your
rations.
It rises out of the water and you realize that this horse is a Nix, a beautiful but
dangerous creature of Nordic myth that lures people to their doom by enticing them to ride
it and subsequently drowning them.
Your faith, and that of your ancestors, is different so
you must practice in secret to avoid imprisonment. However, after a few hundred years of
traveling through the galaxy, the latest generation of the crew understands how truly foolish
those dreams really were.
You fear that if you don't find a way to reverse these effects soon,
you may have to live underwater forever.
You are a necromantic conjurer who can turn the dead into whatever you wish,
including soldiers.
He tells you that his work has carried over into the summer, so you'll be
travelling up to Maine for a while.
In a world without limits where humans are free to
pursue new lives on distant planets, some have created their own versions of utopia—
planetary societies comprised of all women, all vegetarians, all gun enthusiasts, all anti-
vaxxers, or whatever other ideals they hold dear.
She met her current boyfriend through it
and, according to her, he's perfect.
There isn't much to do anyhow, so you spend most of
your time reading in the local diner.
Trapped with this device, you spend your days spinning
a wheel that can only be turned by magic.
One day while working, you notice an extra figure
in one of the murals.
For some, this is a form of entertainment; for others, it becomes a
lifelong obsession.
You have no time to think.
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