- How are you doing, Lucifer? - I asked.
- Everything's fine, as you can see. - He answered me. - What brings you here, buddy?
- Seems I froze in the snow.
- You're in pretty bad shape. But I think that's not the real reason.
- What is it, then?
- Lack of ideas! You keep using jokes from five years ago and, after a year, haven't come up with anything new at all for the annual event.
In horror, I opened my eyes and woke up from this unpleasant delusion. Everything was just as he said, but there was nothing to be done—a lot of work lay ahead. I climbed out of the snow and continued on my way.
Secluded in my estate deep within a frozen forest, I was sorting through the results of my past experiments and deeds. An awards ceremony similar to the American Oscars and the subsequent riots in the city; the spread of a terrible virus; Weskerland; military actions on the territory of HeroesWorld; numerous incarnations of myself. There was much more, but it's all too old and too boring. I tried to imagine the present moment. "Do you feel it? The year is ending and winter is approaching, beautiful and magical," I asked myself. No, I don't feel it; all I see outside the window is slush and a gray, lifeless sky. My body didn't feel the cold expected at this time of year, but my soul was frozen through. I had no new ideas, but perhaps old ones might also manage to warm me from this cold.
I don't know if it's still relevant to hold this kind of thing this year, given the activity on the forum and my lack of anything new.
Anyway...
1. Rayne
2. Драккошка
3. Siverfale
4. Arandor
5. Олам Хэвэл
6. Вегтам
7. Ple-Sen
8. Imaris, the Moon Wolf
9. Ment
10. Mismau Vise
11. Alexeagle
12. VesperLindt
13. ToX
14. Morning
15. Нэйра Дрейк