Doyle spent a good bit of time putting the cyclone goats through their paces. This mostly involved spawning a few of them on the 19th floor and telling them to mess with the other monsters.
The first cyclone goat on the floor had a good show...
2025-06-21 05:25:36 +0000 UTC
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The trio finished their breakfast and after a little clean up, they gathered around the table again.
Rosha looks between the other two before asking, “So, what now?”
They sit in silence.
Rosha, “Like, we can just go back to...
2025-06-18 11:37:11 +0000 UTC
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Courtney logged off to compile all that information Jason had just shared, leaving Jason alone. Which was fine by him as there wasn’t anything else to do but turn in for the night. And so the night passes quickly with him actually getting a full...
2025-06-18 11:35:59 +0000 UTC
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Gem leans over the railing, guarding their eyes from the sun as they squint. “I think that’s Whale Island!”
Samuel rolls his eyes, “Is this the third or fourth time you’ve claimed that?”
Gem scoffs, “Bah, this time I’m ...
2025-06-16 03:39:16 +0000 UTC
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Doyle was focusing on one of the visiting teams hitting the tenth floor when his attention was torn away. It was happening.
Up on the 15th floor, a goat is changing. Ooh, nevermind. It was changing, then got dashed against the ground.
...
2025-06-13 11:57:51 +0000 UTC
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Jason gets back into NeoRealm, and because of the time difference, Rosha is already asleep.
Courtney, on the other hand, is waiting for him. “So, what are we looking for first?”
Jason settles down on the log across the fire from he...
2025-06-11 10:27:17 +0000 UTC
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Courtney frowns, “Well, if we have to test specifically this plant, we know how to do it.”
Jason laughs, “I will admit, this was a little specific. Though the general concepts will transfer. We are missing the key tool for those withou...
2025-06-11 10:26:37 +0000 UTC
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After half an hour, the sea calmed enough for passengers to once again return to the deck. Gem, in particular, rushed up there as soon as it was allowed. Though much to their disappointment, the Leviathan and Kraken were long gone.
Gem did m...
2025-06-09 14:12:07 +0000 UTC
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While the leaders fought, their people also went at it. In particular, Gem was having a grand time on the back line. An odd position given their proclivity to charge right into the mess of things.
Except for the fact that unlike the attack y...
2025-06-09 14:10:31 +0000 UTC
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Below are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.
There was one thing Doyle figured out that would change things in the future. At least, once the town found out, which wasn’t likely until some regular people got to floor 18. The giant wave of doom? That water park slide of death?
Yeah, a...
2025-06-06 12:30:49 +0000 UTC
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Once back in town, Ace met with Jim and explained what they found.
Jim laughed, “Even more water! At least there hasn’t been a true water level yet.”
Ace rolls his eyes, “If we didn’t literally just have a couple of floors wi...
2025-06-06 12:29:13 +0000 UTC
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Jason closes his eyes and channels his power into a single clover leaf. So small, and yet so draining. He can feel his power slowly creep in.
Oh yeah, he hadn’t missed the feeling. There was another reason that sensing like this was genera...
2025-06-04 12:12:42 +0000 UTC
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Courtney ponders, “Could you use the stalk as a sort of energy straw?”
Jason shrugs, “Yes, but no. This specific stem is a carrier. Which to be fair, is quite common on regular herbs changed to handle energy. You tend to have very simp...
2025-06-04 12:12:05 +0000 UTC
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With the entire crew alerted, there is no surprise on their part when the first incursion made itself known.
Out from the brush cover burst a cavalcade of monstrous humanoids. A group of thirty or so cultists charged at the workers processin...
2025-06-02 12:27:09 +0000 UTC
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The ship had been floating along for a few days when the island was first noticed. This got the passengers excited, but Gem noticed that the crew was still subdued and so they didn’t celebrate like the others.
Sssally arrives on the scene ...
2025-06-02 12:24:42 +0000 UTC
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Once again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into...
2025-06-01 05:30:48 +0000 UTC
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A group of adventure archeologist cultivators just made an amazing discovery. Their home realm has an uncountable number of minor realms attached to it over the realms long history and they managed to stumble into one from the First Earthly Empire...
2025-06-01 05:28:25 +0000 UTC
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Ace did not find the cause. That would have to wait for a little while. For some reason, when wolves stalk the shadows and myconids are puffing spores, people don’t spend much time looking up.
Then again, the old meme about people never lo...
2025-05-30 12:46:12 +0000 UTC
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Jason pulls out some narrow tipped, rubber coated alligator clips. “This step isn’t necessary for many plants. However, since I don’t know the specifics of this one, I’ll go through all the steps.”
And he clamps each leaf at the le...
2025-05-28 09:59:43 +0000 UTC
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Jason removes the clover from its supports and lays it out on a piece of butcher paper. “Clovers are a common plant, but I hate just means you commonly find mystical cultivars. Which I assume this is as it was so easy to send to me. Which sadly ...
2025-05-28 09:58:57 +0000 UTC
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In goes the oversized hook and thick line. Gem stands there, braced against a thick pole they didn’t know the use of. They were ready for whatever might happen and it didn’t take long.
The pole seemed to almost try and jump out of their ...
2025-05-26 08:33:46 +0000 UTC
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On the seventh floor, Doyle is in a creative frenzy. For a while now, he has slowly been carving the next addition to his rock sphere. Ever since the first Wolfkin had shown up, the concept had been at the back of his mind and now it was fully for...
2025-05-23 11:45:56 +0000 UTC
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A crowd gathers near the stage where Ace is standing. While this is important, the very reason for the celebration, most had an idea what was being announced and so continued to celebrate.
Ace strode to the front of the stage and clapped his...
2025-05-23 11:44:39 +0000 UTC
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Rosha, “So plants make mystical sugar. Fair enough. How does that let you figure out what to use?”
Jason, “Well, regular plants don’t have actual photons captured in their sugar, right? Similar idea. The plants might take in the ener...
2025-05-22 03:06:31 +0000 UTC
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Jason runs his hand through his hair, “So, if you can’t fix an overdeveloped soul by focusing on the other two pillars? And obviously you don’t want to restrict the soul as it does provide a number of benefits, even with the penalties attach...
2025-05-22 03:05:23 +0000 UTC
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From all sides, pods of dolphins rush in, with a trio of five meter long specimens rising up from under the sharkfolk fighting Sssally. Thei
From all sides, pods of dolphins rush in, with a trio of five meter long specimens rising up from un...
2025-05-19 11:52:08 +0000 UTC
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With a new drive, the inner circle pushes harder. Not faster or stupidly. They’ve had more than enough of that. Rather, with each fight, they push themselves to be better. Which floor 17 actually turns out to be pretty decent for. The annoying t...
2025-05-16 09:27:16 +0000 UTC
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Jason frowns, “Like, serious attacks? I would have wild animals sniff around the edges, but nothing I had to go out of my way to attack. Not that often, anyway.”
Courtney sighs, “And as much as I would like to blame your garden, the be...
2025-05-14 10:32:43 +0000 UTC
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Jason’s private room loads, except the fact he even has to acknowledge the fact it is loading? That’s odd. In even the earliest days of VR, it was recognized that you need buttery smooth fps. In fact, at this point? To be sold as a VR game? Yo...
2025-05-14 10:32:07 +0000 UTC
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