The Hard Road: All Hope Lost

I’m here without you baby, but you’re still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time
I’m here without you baby, but you’re still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl, it’s only you and me
lyrics from Here Without You as performed by 3 Doors Down
It was quite [...]

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The Hard Road: Distant Early Warnings

The world weighs on my shouldersBut what am I to do?You sometimes drive me crazyBut I worry about youI know it makes no differenceTo what you’re going throughBut I see the tip of the icebergAnd I worry about you…
lyrics from Distant Early Warnings as performed by Rush
Lyssa couldn’t believe what she was seeing at first. [...]

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The Hard Road: Solemn Hour

Sanctus Espiritus, redeem us from our solemn hourSanctus Espiritus, insanity is all around usSanctus Espiritus, is this what we deserve,can we break free from chains of never-ending agony?
Lyrics from Our Solemn Hour as performed by Within Temptation
The door slammed shut as someone entered the torture room. The drow watched as a large coil of [...]

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The Hard Road: This Suffering

Like a target drawn across my chest,She’s a bullet in Russian rouletteYou said you’d never turn your back on me?Rescue me, rescue me!Would you stand by me, or bury me?Bury me!
The expression on Lyssa’s face was stoic as she looked up at the building that they had been lead to. It’s roughly hewn logs were [...]

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The Hard Road:Hiatus

Until further notice, the hard road will be on temporary hold. This is due to the holiday season and conflicting schedules. Hopefully, we’ll have something to post in the next few days. So stay tuned
-Zodi

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The Hard Road: Horse Sense

The whole world is comingFrom the four directionsScream and shout
lyrics from Horse Nation as performed by the Cult
There was a feeling of anticipation as they road. The small group was getting closer and closer to their goal. They could feel it. There was a small feeling of dread that accompanied the anticipation. But that was [...]

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The Hard Road: And The Dreamer Will Dream

“The dreamer is also naive, an easy mark for the silly plot lines and constraints of the dream. If the dream says I am late for class then I accept the situation without question and begin to madly rush about. The dreamer is easily manipulated and sometimes, like a little boy, reduced to tears by [...]

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The Hard Road: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Long ago in days untoldWere ruled by lords of greedMaidens fair, with gold they daredTo bare their wombs that bleedKings And Queens and guillotinesTaking lives deniedStarch and parchments laid the lawsWhen bishops took the ride
Only to deceive
lyrics from Kings and Queens as performed by Aerosmith
Lyssa didn’t look back as they passed through Candlekeep’s gates. She [...]

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The Hard Road:The Long and Winding Road

The long and winding roadThat leads to your doorWill never disappearIve seen that road beforeIt always leads me hereLead me to you door
lyrics from The Long and Winding Road as performed by the Beatles
The locks in the Inn weren’t that difficult to pick, and Shani had the one leading to Lyssa’s room open in seconds. [...]

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The Hard Road: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere

[[This portion of the story is a multimedia experiment. I've done this before, but never with two other writers. At a specific point in the story, the reader is encouraged to start playing a song. But at the moment, in the story when Shani strums guitar strings, that is when the music should start [...]

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