Hiro flinched as a bullet shattered the back window of the car.
Is anyone hit? he asked, ducking down as he turned to check on Jason and Vermillion in the back. Vermillion was rubbing the back of his head, looking disgruntled. In ...
2020-08-14 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo, thats the long and the short of it, Jason said. The EOA buy you out. Generously. I know its heavy-handed of me to take control of your affairs like this, but this is the only safe way out. It also means I can avoid killing a b...
2020-08-13 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI dont recognise the auras, Jason said.
Engineers of Ascension, Vermillion said. Their alchemically-enhanced foot soldiers. This may not go well.
I can live with that, Jason said. Sooner or later, Ill have ...
2020-08-12 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostVermillion and Jason paused their conversation as the waitress brought their food, along with wine.
Magic has always been a difficult and esoteric thing, Vermillion explained after the waitress left, while Jason nibbled appreciati...
2020-08-11 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostDays went past as Jason fell into a routine. In the mornings he would do strength training with the equipment in the townhouse, which was barely adequate for his bronze-rank might at maximum weight. Then he would ride to Rushcutters Bay Par...
2020-08-10 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI've just added some new tiers, and I want to be clear on one point: there is no extra content gated behind these tiers. Silver rank continues to be the final extra content point; the higher tiers are for people who want to further support the sto...
2020-08-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason was standing on the edge of the roof, atop a tall building in the Sydney CBD. Shade was beside him as they looked toward an adjacent building. To normal sight it was unremarkable, but to magic senses the building was lit up like a gia...
2020-08-07 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHiro returned home to the apartment building he owned. His penthouse floor was only accessible by his private elevator or through the regular elevator by using an access key. He walked straight to the bar and poured himself a stiff drink. I...
2020-08-06 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTaika was driving Hiros large town car, with Hiro and Jason in the back.
The advantage of being on the legitimate side of the business is that I can be more conspicuous about enjoying the fruits of my labour, Hiro said. The ma...
2020-08-05 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHowd it go? Taika asked as he drove Jason through the city. They were in one of the cars Hiro kept in a pool for his staff, a luxurious town car Taika had picked for the roomy interior.
There are some hoops to jump through in ...
2020-08-04 23:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostAnnabeth Tilden was woken by her phone.
Damn it, Anna.
So was her wife. Annabeth snatched the phone off the night stand and stumbled into bathroom, closing the door before turning on the light and answering.
What? she ans...
2020-08-04 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason let Shade drive through the dark and the rain. The dark did not obscure his vision, but he trusted Shade more than himself to drive safely in the wet. He also didnt want to drive distracted; his visit home had left him contemplative...
2020-08-03 23:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn the otherworldly floating gazebo, Jason was reunited with his familiars. While he was pleased to see them, the revelation that Shade had known the nature of the World-Phoenix token was startling.
How long have you known what toke...
2020-08-03 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJason went back to the chair he had left by the broken window and sat down. The cool, clean air coming in as the rain continued to hammer down was a stark improvement over what had been sealed away in the old hospital. Before he made a move...
2020-07-31 23:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostJason regained consciousness surrounded by a fiery, transcendent energy, which immediately vanished and dropped him to the floor. The feel of cold tile on his body told him that he was naked, which he quickly confirmed by pushing himself in...
2020-07-31 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI decided that I've done everything I wanted to do with the interval chapters, so there won't be one this week. I did intend to do a chapter focused on the Bertinelli brothers, but I never came up with an idea that I really loved, and if I can't g...
2020-07-31 22:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostDawn was a celestine. She had a startling beauty of a diamond-ranker, with alabaster skin and ruby hair, perfectly matched with her eyes. Her flowing robes were off-white, accented with muted yellow and orange. She was at the top of a tower...
2020-07-24 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Isabella Pantero heard the bell on the door to her bakery jingle, she came from out back to behind the glass counter.
Mr Asano! she exclaimed. I was told that you died!
He looked quite unlike his usual self, the con...
2020-07-17 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Adventure Society and the Magic Society had both sent people flooding into the astral space. For the Adventure Society, it was a precious chance to rapidly advance some of their more promising members. It was currently ideal for skilled...
2020-07-10 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostDS Adam Cosgrove was thirty one years old and looked like a detective from a TV show. He wasnt good looking enough for it to be an American show, but he had a dishevelled intelligence that was compelling enough for a middlingly successful...
2020-07-03 15:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostArabelle and Emir were talking as they made their way through the cloud palace.
Are you sure about this? Emir asked. I like Sophie, but shes a damaged girl, in more ways than one. Im not sure that shes in a state right now...
2020-06-26 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Both the seal and the rank-restriction on the astral space aperture had been removed by Jasons team. Clive had turned the world engineers that were meant to invade their world into magical batteries that opened a passageway back to it. This ...
Asano was dead but that did not have to be the end. The astral space had no god of death to guide the soul into the astral; it would have to slowly drift into the Reapers grasp on its own. That gave the Builder a window to act.
As it cons...
Clive led the way through the portal, followed by Neil and then the familiars. Belinda and Sophie were atop Onslow, Sophie still unconscious and Belinda not much better off. Humphrey had insisted on bringing up the rear, despite remaining o...
2020-06-05 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHere was have the final post for volume 1. The first intermission chapter will go up on Friday (USA time).
2020-05-30 22:18:29 +0000 UTC View PostAs of June 1, some patrons (that don't already) will have an amount of sales tax on donations. Here is roughly what Patreon have told creators: Basically, laws have been passed that, varying by area, declare some kinds of Patreon (or other donatio...
2020-05-29 02:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 2 will begin on August 3 (USA time) for silver-rank and above patrons. Leading up to volume 2 will be weekly interval chapters, including epilogue content for volume 1 and lead-in content for volume 2.
New gold and diamond tiers will ...
2020-05-27 23:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostSophie was dashing through the camp like a spectre, swift, ghostly and untouchable. She ended up running along the inside of the wall and onto the top, sprinting along it to reach her maximum speed. With a double-enhanced Heros Moment emp...
2020-05-27 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again, the teams pinpoint timing salvaged a very poor situation from what would otherwise have been a total disaster. Sophie used the last of her strength to throw out a bloody fist, barely able to lift an arm from which half the mus...
2020-05-26 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe walls of the encampment had become a prison to the monsters driven to panic by the Builders aura. They were stampeding with nowhere to stampede to, a wild crush that was catching up the cultists and the construct and converted that se...
2020-05-25 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post