They say drowning is peaceful at the end. A gentle surrender as your lungs fill with water, your mind drifting away into darkness.
That was untrue.
There's nothing peaceful about the way your body betrays you, fighting against itself i...
2025-02-08 02:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostPhew. Focus. Focus.
Adom rubbed his palms together, too aware of how clammy they felt. He'd thought these kinds of sensations were behind him by now. Apparently not. His fingers drummed against his leg as he stared at the circles dr...
2025-02-07 01:53:13 +0000 UTC View PostAdom smiled as Bob materialized in the empty classroom. The old leprechaun's white beard was neatly trimmed now, his new emerald coat adorned with golden threads that caught the lamplight. Even his boots gleamed, polished to mirror shine.
"Y...
2025-02-05 03:42:26 +0000 UTC View Post"One week. That's what it should take, sir!"
"That's it?" Adom looked at Master Kern.
"If Fili says one week, then one week it is." She nodded, and Fili let out a small, excited giggle before catching himself.
Adom couldn't help ...
2025-02-04 21:09:53 +0000 UTC View PostAdom's smile grew increasingly strained as Miss Grimclaw examined Professor Mirwen's card for what must have been the eighth time. The goblin librarian held it up to the light, squinted at it, turned it over, and then fixed Adom with another pierc...
2025-02-04 03:45:22 +0000 UTC View PostGale.
Mr. Fox's right-hand man, according to Professor Kim. And Mr. Fox had been funding the professor's research for years.
If Gale was the knight employed by the Children of the Moon, and he answered directly to Mr. Fox, then that me...
2025-02-03 06:48:57 +0000 UTC View PostThrough the quiet evening paths of the academy grounds, Adom's footsteps carried the weight of frustration. Another day of subtle sabotage – or attempts at it, anyway. Four times he'd tried to derail the prototype today, each attempt more creati...
2025-02-02 05:19:03 +0000 UTC View PostThrough the classroom window, autumn painted the academy grounds in warm colors. A gentle breeze scattered fallen leaves across the courtyard, where a first-year was poking at a particularly fat frog with a stick.
The boy wasn't being cruel,...
2025-02-02 05:17:52 +0000 UTC View PostWell... shit.
Adom's mind was still trying to process what had just happened. The cat - his cat - the one he'd been living with for days now... was a woman. A grown, very beautiful woman.
His brain helpfully...
2025-02-02 05:16:28 +0000 UTC View Post"Huff... Huff.. Hufff..."
"This is completely insane," Sam announced, for what felt like the hundredth time that evening.
[Indomitable Will Active]
"On- huff.. one more time..." Adom wheezed, straightening up with determination t...
2025-01-31 05:08:48 +0000 UTC View Post"Standard rules."
Professor Crowley stood in the academy's training grounds, morning light casting long shadows across the grass. The copper circles beneath their feet had seen countless duels, worn smooth by generations of students.
A...
2025-01-30 19:49:21 +0000 UTC View PostHow does one take down a criminal organization?
Well, the smartest approach would probably be to not mess with them in the first place. Walk away. Move to another city. Change your name. Buy a cottage somewhere remote and take up gardening.<...
2025-01-30 04:07:15 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the thing about golems: they need cores to function. That's like, Magical Engineering 101. Day one stuff. The kind of basic fact you learn right after "don't eat mysterious glowing mushrooms" and "yes, that ancient tomb is probably cursed."...
2025-01-30 01:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe funny thing about world-changing discoveries is how they always seem to start with the best intentions. "This will revolutionize everything," they say. "Think of the possibilities," they insist.
And they're right, of course. Just not in ...
2025-01-29 01:33:38 +0000 UTC View Post"Meow."
"I thought you didn't want to have cats."
"I don't."
"Then why is there a cat drinking milk in our dorm?"
"It's a long story."
Adom sat on his bed, watching the small black cat lap delicately at the bowl of mi...
2025-01-29 01:32:32 +0000 UTC View Post"I can't."
"Yes, you can. You're not visualizing the weave properly." Adom leaned back in his chair, feet propped up on the practice room table in clear violation of at least three academy rules.
"I am! Look - threads of mana, geometri...
2025-01-29 01:31:33 +0000 UTC View Post"Is he breathing properly?"
"I think he is."
"Damn. He looks better without his glasses."
"I think so too."
"Shh, he needs some rest, guys."
"Poor thing must be exhausted."
"Did anyone tell Headmaster Meris?" 2025-01-29 01:30:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonds.
Strange how they form. One moment you're alone, the next you're dragging a bleeding leprechaun through darkness, refusing to let him die. Adom only met Bob tonight - or was it today? Time blurred in the labyrinth's depths.
To be...
2025-01-29 01:29:05 +0000 UTC View Post