“Kliss, you got ten Imperials on you?” I asked.
The Overseer nodded.
“Give it to Delta,” I ordered.
“Why?” The Overseer asked.
“I’m buying a box of mana-reloading wine,” I said. “I’m going to need it t...
2023-09-19 22:28:15 +0000 UTC View PostI noticed that the Silent Moths were all awake now.
I walked to one of the large puddles in the hollows beneath the tree roots and pulled out a rotten boar skull that I left there last night. My Infoscopes had discovered the dead body of the...
2023-09-19 15:16:39 +0000 UTC View Post[Dr. Vladislav Alexandrovich Kerenski]
The Tupolev laboratory aircraft, no. 3709 vibrated noisily. I could barely hear myself think over the sound of its thrumming engines. The metal seat I occupied was incredibly uncomfortable. Bone-chillin...
2023-09-17 01:30:50 +0000 UTC View Post
[Kliss Eliza Cessna]
I haven’t properly slept in days. I was losing it completely, losing myself to stress, losing hours...
2023-09-17 00:30:46 +0000 UTC View PostAs we departed from the rocky island, the Basq legionnaires turned into wisps of mist refusing to talk with me further.
Klav had remained. The hunter sat on the edge of the hovercraft, looking in curiosity at the strange machine that simply ...
2023-09-16 16:43:47 +0000 UTC View Post“I recognize that insignia!” The female Basq ghost yelped, pointing at Kliss. “She’s a redcape Equalist, bound by Vows!”
The four ghost legionnaires didn't hesitate, they opened fire on us. Kliss ducked and rolled. Time slowed to a...
2023-09-14 19:07:27 +0000 UTC View PostFrom what Delta told me, Charisma could be resisted by diving into the Astral.
After Giovashi pushed me into the Astral with her violet fire spell, my human body felt a lot less like my flesh and more like clothing or perhaps a meaty s...
2023-09-12 22:25:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe sunrise painted the glacier peaks pink. Kliss and I stood at the riverbank for a minute, going over the checklist of items. When we were sure that we had everything, we climbed into our contraption. I released the brakes and the metal rings be...
2023-09-11 23:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostHaving thoroughly examined the [Charisma-Persuasion] skill on Kliss, I memorized it down about ten levels in omnicode and then used my Infoscopes to scout the forests of Skyisle for an area in which a lot of [Charisma]-type radiance was present. 2023-09-09 00:40:55 +0000 UTC View Post
"Why? Delta asked in Russian, opening one silver-blue eye. She had clearly been listening in on my conversation with the Overseer, not fully napping.
"Why what?"
"Why tell her so much? Why the science spiel?”
"Because we need h...
2023-09-08 16:15:07 +0000 UTC View PostI looked at Kliss, her hand outstretched toward me, her eyes shining with hope and desperation.
I grabbed her hand and pulled her up.
“You’ll do it? You’ll take me to the Church?” She asked.
"Kliss," I began. "I appreciat...
2023-09-07 19:07:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you hear that?” I asked in Russian. “I’m not imagining it, right?”
“Hrmmm?” Delta looked up, her gaze getting lost in the tunnel fluttering, violet-orange leaves overhead.
“The Tower, ...
2023-09-07 15:35:06 +0000 UTC View PostKliss emerged out of the hole in the ground, lugging an enormous, hexagon-shaped, black rock in her hands. She wasn’t wearing her armor as I made her take it off and deactivate the power source, allowing my Infoscopes to carefully examine its in...
2023-09-06 18:47:53 +0000 UTC View Post“I am a man," I said.
"A man?” Kliss blinked.
“Do I need to explain to you what a man is?” I arched an eyebrow, suddenly thinking about Diogenes Laërtius, a Greek philosopher who made fun of Plato’s definition of man as ‘f...
2023-09-05 20:31:37 +0000 UTC View PostI blinked as the view of the interior of the tent sitting between Leemy’s enormous roots slowly swam back into my view.
I was back... back in my 12 year old body.
Someone was hugging me fiercely. I blinked again, the view fo...
2023-09-05 19:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostHeat.
Sweat.
Worry.
Panic.
Terror.
The world coalesced around me into being. I was panting. It was hot.
Sweat dripped down my face. It was hard to breathe. The sun was slamming down on my body, burning like a br...
2023-09-04 19:36:11 +0000 UTC View PostI opened up one of the pentagonal sides, letting in a single enemy Lymphagon. I dissected and devoured it quickly.
"I need to level up. Need to grow a lot stronger a lot faster... but how?" I thought as I killed and ate the captured Lymphago...
2023-09-04 14:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostI ignored the desires of murder and mayhem stemming from the memories of the Arcanix hunter and the Alanian legionnaire.
My knowledge as a virologist told me that the whale, no matter if it was a ghost-type creature had to have some sort of ...
2023-09-04 13:50:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe perfect, damned, absolutely stunning, exquisite face refused to leave the forefront of my mind.
A realization stuck me. Klint died over a thousand years ago. Giovashi had not only survived the fall of Tricameron, she also fed on th...
2023-09-04 01:28:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe violet fire around me faded away, washed away by the currents of the Astral Ocean. It was cold… so very very cold. I was dead.
Giovashi killed me. Or perhaps, simply banished my soul from my body. I momentarily wondered how exactly my ...
2023-09-04 00:25:22 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re made from magisteel,” Remicra commented, observing Sherlock. “If we survive this tower’s trials, I can modify your body in my forge, remove the chest plates and make you less feminine in appearance.”
“I would very much ...
2023-09-03 19:20:56 +0000 UTC View PostMy heart raced as I struggled against the invisible force that held me in place. Fear gripped me tightly, but I refused to let it consume me, tried to break the spell that bound my soul with all of my will.
It was hopeless. Aided by Ishira a...
2023-09-03 18:16:53 +0000 UTC View Post----------------------------------------------
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Dave knew that there were precious few months left until the God-Emperor’s invasion, but he didn’t want to screw up or lose anyone in the Crown Tower. Thus, he took his time to level up and gain more Phantomancy levels and then dispense them a...
2023-08-18 19:57:59 +0000 UTC View Post“You want to be the Sovereign of Shandria?” Cedez finally regained her wits after Dave's claim.
“Not particularly,” Dave shrugged. “Alaster Rim does though and he’s a small part of me now, I suppose.”
“You want me 2023-08-17 12:38:04 +0000 UTC View Post
When Dave woke up he realized that he was wrapped in something very soft and warm. He recalled that he had passed out from lack of mana before he even made it back to the caretaker's cottage.
He slowly opened his eyes, but it was very dark i...
2023-08-16 14:25:34 +0000 UTC View Post"What... have you done?" The shimmering soul of Cedez demanded, her song-like voice sounding confused and somewhat distant as if distorted by the wreath of Shadow wrapped around her like an ocean wave.
"I woke you up," Dave answered.
"...
2023-08-13 21:58:35 +0000 UTC View PostDave stepped out into the night, walking towards the vast shadow stretching out of the Rimzadria Estate garden into the sky.
As he crossed the protective barrier glow of the red runes on the door of the caretaker's cottage, the void-colossus...
2023-08-10 21:18:09 +0000 UTC View Post“So, what did you see exactly?” Cedez asked curiously.
She and Remicra listened as Dave went on to describe his bewildering visions.
“What do you think?” He asked. “What did that vision have to do with Phantomancy?”
...
2023-07-07 23:12:32 +0000 UTC View PostIn a few hours the group was back to Rimzadria Estate. Remicra stepped into an old fountain and rinsed herself off, finally taking off her magisteel helmet.
Dave simply sat on the ledge of the fountain and dipped his aching feet into it, not...
2023-07-05 15:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post