Sideboard Stories: Next Chapter Preview · 1:19am May 4th, 2020
I’m still working on the next chapter of My Little Planeswalker: Sideboard Stories, as well as drafting the epilogue of Glimmering Oil. In the meantime, here’s a preview of what to expect next from Sideboard Stories:
As always, spoilers below:
“Stop! Thief!”
I couldn’t possibly count the number of times I’d heard that in my life, though I could probably tell you that the number of times it worked was zero. Either way, it was a phrase that felt like home.
Of course, when you have the power to travel the multiverse on a whim, ‘home’ can be a little hard to define. I’ve tended to spend much of my time on Ravnica, though it's been getting harder to avoid trouble as of late. Guild tensions have steadily escalated, and I've gotten the vague feeling it'll head somewhere catastrophic soon.
I might not want to be there if that happens, all things considered.
That didn’t stop me from getting my hands on Ravnica’s best treasures, though. Spend enough time here, and you’re bound to see at least one poster with a big ‘WANTED: DACK FAYDEN’ on the front. Few things in my life are more satisfying than seeing my bounty go up with each successful heist.
Of course, I wouldn’t be telling you this story if something didn’t go wrong along the way. The dozen or so Lyev chasing after me were nothing new; that I could handle. Unfortunately for me, I ran into a few... let’s call them complications. My intended escape route was cut off by what looked to be an entire building that had spontaneously collapsed to rubble since I last saw it, which caused a fairly significant traffic jam. I tried to duck into a side alley, but on my way I ended up bumping into a very nasty-looking ogre who took personal offense, and nearly ended up losing my head for it. I still don’t know how he was able to conceal a knife that big.
In any case, I was eventually able to duck into another alley during the commotion, and for a moment I thought I was in the clear. But just when I was finally starting to relax, I heard the unmistakable clank of a dozen armored footsteps. Coming from both directions of the street.
Ah, hell.
Ooh, Dack always makes for a fun time. Looking forward to seeing where this goes. (And I really do need to do more narrative work with card games myself...)