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1040. Pain Is Scary

The stats were overwhelmingly in Joy’s favor. Even a child could tell this was the case at a single glance. If one were to make a choice between a smaller number versus a larger number without context, then the latter would be chosen most of the...

1039. Joy? Sad

The ground quaked as a thousand wingbeats swarmed through the forest.

A low-pitched droning sound came from various giant yellow and black-stripped bees that soared through the trees at a rapid speed. They were soft in appearance, possessing...

1038. The Conditions of the Play

Two unspoken Conditions came to light an hour into the Audition.

The first was that they were all inflicted by a personalized Condition. Frost for instance became incapable of violence.

Even her thoughts were marginally suppressed by a...

1037. Hello, Frost!

“Oh cool! That pairs well with my Light-transferring Ability. Light batteries. Cer’s gonna love this.” Frost hummed before suddenly falling into deep thought.

They passed over a deep crevasse.

She had to move a log into place to ...

1036. The Lodefruit

Ten miniature Frosts ventured into the mist in all cardinal directions. Their relatively low HP and AGI meant that they had to use cover to avoid powerful predators.

The lack of any defensive stats also made it difficult to navigate treacher...

1035. A Big Raoul and a Little Frost

An Ability! I got one from an Anid again! That confirms this isn’t human meat.

“Anids use liquefied people as blood.”

It was a shot in the dark, but Frost came out with a brand new Anid Ability. She didn’t kno...

1034. Mother Black Bird

Drip

“Ugh…”

Drip

Rustling

A faint voice came from somewhere above. A thick fog enveloped the world, making it impossible to see beyond five meters ahead.

Yet something soared through t...

1033. The Waiting Room

They were closer now.

The bottom of the floating fortress blanketed the skies like a giant storm cloud. It stretched as far as the eye could see and plunged the world into darkness.

Yet, the faint light of the star shone through the st...

1032. Yummy Puff Puff

Acedia was right.

The only people who could observe the star were those Frost had agreed to bring along. The rest were to stay within the Leviathan. How it knew concerned her, as she was supposed to be invisible to the Fate Mechanism.

...

1031. Analyze Target I - Pages

Brutalist architecture passed by as the train sped down a floating highway. It only appeared to be floating because the strings that held it up were imperceivable to the naked eye.

But to Frost, the highways reminded her of the suspension br...

Character Q/As!

Character Q/As are back!

Please use the format of: [Character] - [Question]

I.e: Jury - Why do you like to eat? Please make it clear which character you wish to ask a question to.

I will try to get the characters to respond to...

1030. The Light of the City of Strings

The First Night was a phenomenon tied to the existence of the White Horseman.

Frost had seen those creatures before. They were weaker versions of the monsters who accompanied the White Horseman through her portals. But there was no portal to...

1029. Welcome To The City of Strings

< Leaving CA | A 04 – 52 | Brandar | 5 minutes >

The tall spires of the City of Clubs flashed for a brief moment. The outside world barely shone through the thick webbing of d...

1028. Originals, Derivatives and Counterfeits

“Predictions don’t work how you think they should in the Eternal Library. Sure, we can see the future if we find the right book, but the act of viewing stops that future from occurring. It wipes it clean. I believe it’s the opposite with the...

MA: 107. Why You Bully Me?

Rockie, who was also present, tilted its head as another party member, who looked like a girl wrapped in rags, spoke up.

“Yeah… T-Thrum. You should b-be figuring out how to shovel d-dirt.”

Red blankly blinked. Their words went fr...

MA: 106. The Bulletin Board

The second day at Aire was less linear than the previous days. This was to mean that Red now had the freedom to do as she wished, albeit within reason.

If Red was a bird, then Snow was her mother. But calling her ‘mother’ seemed to strik...

1027. A Commandment Violation

Much later, a certain wolfman stirred awake. He remained in his tomb of warmth rather than shooting up. His body was exhausted, and his post-Corruption headache did not make it any easier.

… I Corrupted.

His first thoughts b...

1026. An Almost Woe of A Fallen Star

His body changed again right before he ran out of Solemn Bullets. The gun disappeared, his hands returned, and his body became a homogenous dark shadow with a pair of crimson eyes staring down at the ground.

His figure was hunched over, as t...

1025. A Wrath That Has Already Ended

Raoul took swift steps backwards. The weapon continued to assail Frost but to zero effect. Bullets were merely swatted with the swish of her reaching hand.

“Raoul. Once again, I’ve come to understand that you do have a heart of ...

1024. The Blind Wayfarer

The Blind Wayfarer

< Basic Observation >

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MA: 105. An Extreme Warning

What’s our grandma scheming?

Red pressed herself flat against the curtains, unaware that her silhouette was showing through. She believed she was hidden simply because she couldn’t be seen through the fabric.

But in realit...

MA: 104. A Herald Visits

Four consecutive knocks stirred the guards awake.

It had arrived from the iron portcullis of Aire’s southern gate. Normally, the off-duty guards and the supervising Captain would fall asleep to claws clashing with steel. But tonight, those...

MA: 103. Theron's Procession

The first night without needing to put Rockie and Three Paw on guard arrived bittersweetly. The surviving members of Hearth Village surrounded a small bonfire made in homage to Theron.

There was a mandated curfew at this time of the night. T...

1023. You Don't Thaw a Heart in a Furnace

< “I howled at the shadows they believed in. I told them about the stars and the moons outside of the cave. But my voice keeps falling on deaf ears.” >

“Stars, Raoul, this world, ...

1022. The Wolf Who Had No Heart In His Body

Roleplaying games were a popular category of games back on Earth. There was a large assortment of different kinds of RPGs, but the most well-known was the action-adventure fantasy genre.

Generally, there were four major archetypes in an RPG....

1021. A Warm Blooded Body Without a Heart

Frost’s halo and eyes were the only sources of light within the tunnel. It banished the shadows and sufficiently illuminated the length of the Leviathan.

Raoul didn’t acknowledge her light. He continued to reminisce. The Traumatic Clock ...

1020. Fragments of Raoul's Past

“Imagine for just one second, that your life, from the moment you were born, was determined by the hand of others.”

Raoul’s words were born from a misery he had been carrying his entire life. It took the form of a hideous greatsword wi...

MA: 102. The Fated Reuinion

“It’s been three months since the disaster.”

An old woman recited to the wind. Her voice was frail, and the fragrant winds swept it away. No one behind her heard her speak.

She stood alone on a wooden balcony that oversaw one of ...

MA: 101. The Streets of Aire

Human settlements were funny.

They had funny houses with multiple floors. Terraces ran from one end of the street to the next. They had to have big walls to keep things out, and dedicated mages and special stones that could produce water to ...

1019. What The Head Protects

“An amoeba started this? Is that even correct?” Frost asked the air as she prepared defensive magic in advance. “Either it’s true, or it’s an allegory.”

“No idea what you’re spitting about! But there’s five of them! This wh...