“What were you thinking?! That a little dismemberment would somehow stop me?! Knock me down, I just get up. Stop my heart, I'll start it up again. Even if you take off all my limbs, I'll ride the jets of blood to rip your neck out with my teeth ...
2021-03-25 11:21:51 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Yesterday was another one of those "hey let's just fucking sneeze for twelve hours straight won't that be fun" days. I hate spring so much it's unreal.
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The Queen’s stone arms slammed together under Zelsys, and into the air the coins went. As they rose up, Zefaris focused her mind and filled her lungs to their absolute fullest. She couldn’t afford to spare even a splinter of focus, and so reso...
2021-03-20 17:41:30 +0000 UTC View PostYet, she didn’t stop thrashing about - the gemstones in her head began to glow and give off iridescent Fog, as if the arcane substance was being burned to sustain life beyond its natural boundaries. He had attempted to crush her skull, to run it...
2021-03-19 19:27:39 +0000 UTC View PostZelsys didn’t know if she would be able to channel Graze Pulse again in time, and she never would find out. It was the Red Mantis herself that leapt at the projectile and grabbed it out of the air, spinning around on the heel of...
2021-03-17 23:04:14 +0000 UTC View PostOne of Strolvath’s pilebunker kicks ripped a tendon and caused her to fall, but the bugwoman caught herself and started crawling. Even on the ground and crippled she was no slower - if anything, she only grew more savage and pursued the musician...
2021-03-16 03:00:33 +0000 UTC View PostSnapping the phial’s neck and breaking the seal in a single motion, he kicked it back and shot the pitch-black contents into his throat. The urge to vomit gripped his insides as the liquid near-instantly absorbed through his stomach, but he knew...
2021-03-16 00:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostWith the stone eye still open she could even see what Zelsys was doing at that very moment, and it was… Well, it was something.
The silver-eyed slayer had sawed a hole into the Black Swordsman’s neck, causing hemolymph to curtain the bug...
2021-03-14 17:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostIt seemed that she was, if the Fog that shrouded her fist was anything to go by. Even the Mantis didn’t seem like she wanted to risk trying to take that opportunity, perhaps waiting to see if the beast-slayer would just get made into paste.
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The illustrator didn't like how the first iteration was turning out in the painting stage so he decided to start over.
2021-03-12 23:51:47 +0000 UTC View PostBoom. The barrier’s interior was filled with colossal pressure and fire, the majority of its rune-stones exploding into shards and dust in rapid sequence. A considerable splash of CP-T was forced out through the gap in the moments before the bar...
2021-03-12 12:37:20 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the Mantis went off on her rant, Zelsys would occasionally cut in with a brief, snide remark or snap back at her to keep her going. The red one held the barest minimum of her focus, while she plotted a path around the barrier to its weak poi...
2021-03-11 03:51:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment Zelsys stepped out into the chamber proper, the feelers that parted the Mantis’s hair whipped about and she reached up to her face, removing something before she turned around on a heel. It turned out to be some disgusting biomechanic...
2021-03-09 05:00:54 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: The next scene has been taking much longer to work out than I expected. As such, there won't be a chapter tomorrow.
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“You’re not throwin’ all ...
2021-03-08 22:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhile she waited for the Fog vortex to form, she followed the others to the to-be location of the new Fog Gate. It was funny how quickly the dungeon desensitized one to displays like the one she had just participated in, even if the actual verbal ...
2021-03-06 19:15:07 +0000 UTC View PostAt the mention of a Fog Gate, there sounded a not-so-distant scream, a single word in Pateirian that sounded rather much like “No!”
The chamber’s lightgems quickly began turning red, the doors’ glyphs lighting up in that very same sa...
2021-03-05 13:32:19 +0000 UTC View PostUnsure how to dispose of the potentially hazardous charge, Zel decided to simply shunt all of it into the Butcher and let it do what it would. She expected it to just fire up particularly intensely, perhaps spit uncontrolled arcs of lightning, but...
2021-03-03 16:41:16 +0000 UTC View PostIn perfect alignment, the two-row firing line barked a wordless response and all hell broke loose; hundreds of quills flew down the corridor, loosed in such a tightly timed sequence as to create a continuous flow.
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2021-03-03 16:35:11 +0000 UTC View PostI would've held off on posting any version of this artwork until one of the cast got a look at some portrayal of the Emperor, but I figure a description from someone who has seen him was be enough to justify showing it.
2021-03-02 01:50:31 +0000 UTC
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He proceeded to tip the bottle over while pressing it to his mouth and used the vortex to down the whole thing in one go. It slipped from his grip and shattered on the stone beneath, yet the noise was drowned by the cogworks.
It only took un...
2021-03-01 20:08:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe group found themselves treading a precarious staircase that spiraled down, each of them occasionally gazing out into the nothingness that surrounded them. There was no light down here, everything was consumed by an ever-present grey Fog that m...
2021-03-01 03:23:04 +0000 UTC View PostThat self-same thrumming buzz washed over her once more, this time utterly consuming all other sensation within and without, and Zelsys found herself motionless. She sat stone-still, her mind filled by the sight of words in an ancient script and t...
2021-03-01 03:20:58 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: If things go to plan I'll put up the second advance chapter later today.
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The outermost ring contained myriad flickering points, each of which branc...
2021-02-27 17:54:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Spent most of today sneezing uncontrollably and blowing my nose, likely an allergic reaction to a speck of dust or a hair or someshit. Whenever this gets me it's at least a full day down the toilet where it's a struggle to do anything at all,...
2021-02-26 02:21:32 +0000 UTC View PostBefore she could even think of an answer, a familiar sensation twanged through her gut. A moment later, she noticed the subtle sound of a Fog Gate coming awake and of people passing through. By the time she turned her head to look, she saw the Inq...
2021-02-24 19:44:53 +0000 UTC View Post“For your second question, think of it this way: The world is an island, the dungeon is a boat, and the Core is both the captain as well as the tarred rope keeping water from flooding in. Without the Core, the whole thing floods and sinks. Your ...
2021-02-23 02:11:47 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: It's pretty plausible that there won't be a chapter tomorrow. I'm good and nothing is going on, I just feel the need to give the upcoming chapters some extra time to cook if they need it, since we're approaching the end of t...
2021-02-20 19:33:23 +0000 UTC View PostA more than cursory look showed that the Caster and Spearman were present, they kept to themselves to the furthest degree possible. They’d already raised a number of floor pillars into an impromptu mini-chamber off in the corner, with only a sin...
2021-02-19 19:34:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe golem seemed to take the hint, adding one last comment, “Put it in once you’ve got some down time, good idea. It usually takes a while to get used to one of these, so just don’t use it too much early on and you’ll be good. Now…” 2021-02-18 19:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post
