“That sounds like something oddly specific,” I said, looking from Stormy to Cali.
“Ammrrrr-lllaww-rrrrrrrrdd,” Stormy outputted, trying hard to say the words. “MmDd-urrrrr-sshhhh-eeeee-aaaw.”
“Two words?” I asked, openi...
2024-07-24 04:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAfter dinner and another round of incredibly delicious water, I passed out on a bench in Ioan’s pub atop a pile of cloths extracted from my damaged Sleigh. As my mind sank into the mire of sleep,...
2024-07-24 02:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostI grabbed my shovel and headed out of the pub, Cali trailing behind me with obvious reluctance. As we reached the desolate ruins of Svalbard, I pointed to an area where the dragonfire had left distinctive black ashes on the ground, the snow not co...
2024-07-23 10:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostI watched as the first rays of dawn crept through the pub's windows, painting the room in a soft, pale light. Another sleepless night had passed, my hands and mind preoccupied with drawing out more hexagrams onto my Codex using the hexometer. ...
2024-07-22 12:41:32 +0000 UTC View Post"What do you mean it says 'Have a Good Tomorrow'?" Cali demanded as we entered the pub. "That can't be right. It must be some kind… you’re just screwing with me, aren’t you?!"
"That's what it says,” I shrugged. “Take it or leave it...
2024-07-21 23:54:19 +0000 UTC View PostI watched as the emerald-tinted blade pushed the slight silver-blue shimmer away from Cali’s skin, white fuzz of her neck hairs igniting and burning away before the blade even touched her.
Cali trembled, her eyes closed as a dark, re...
2024-07-21 21:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostI was feeling rather drained from lugging Glinka around so I didn’t teach Cali anything new that evening.
Instead, I simply took the Castian Sorceress to her Sleigh, to see what other items of value she could help me extract from its somew...
2024-07-21 20:34:43 +0000 UTC View Post"Are you sad, Ioan?" Cali asked, tilting her head at me, blue eyes examining my frown. "I don't like it when my bestie is sad! What can I do to make you smile?"
"You could be a little nicer to people," I said, shuddering ever so slightly at ...
2024-07-21 13:12:50 +0000 UTC View PostI watched as Cali's face cycled through a range of emotions - disbelief, fear, anger, and finally, resignation. Her hand trembled as she reached for the pen, ocean-blue eyes never leaving mine.
"You don't know what you're doing," she said, h...
2024-07-20 20:22:59 +0000 UTC View PostI simply stood there, half-fused to the floor of Ioan's pub, straining to hear what was happening outside with all of my senses.
I felt the distant presence of my sleigh and the cold grip...
2024-07-20 19:45:05 +0000 UTC View PostI said a quick bye to Cali, ignoring her protests and demands for me to come back at once. She continued to yell as I walked away.
Whistling a jaunty tune, I adjusted my backpack, grabbed a shovel, and waited for Stormy to leap onto my shoul...
2024-07-20 19:01:38 +0000 UTC View PostI watched as Cali scurried off to the outhouse, her tail twitching nervously. As soon as she was out of sight, I turned to Stormy.
"So, what do you think?" I asked my feline companion. "Is she planning something?"
Stormy gave me a look...
2024-07-20 02:11:51 +0000 UTC View PostI was born the runt of the litter, the smallest of seven. My brothers and sisters were all sleek, fast and strong, like shadows in the night, hunting and running with each other, while I remained tiny and frail, refusing to stray from the warm ste...
2024-07-17 19:37:42 +0000 UTC View Post-=[Callista Leisl]=-
I awoke with a start, atop some kind of uneven surface. I rapidly tried to mentally reorient myself as to where I was and how I ended here. The earth and rocks under me definitely didn't feel like...
2024-07-17 17:15:47 +0000 UTC View PostUpon arrival in the pub, I deposited the treasure and the merchant onto my pile of witchy earth and went to the stove to cook everyone dinner. Cali watched me with dead eyes as I brought her a plate of steak and pickled vegetables.
She ate q...
2024-07-17 00:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I stood atop the craggy outcropping, my breath misting in the crisp mountain air as I gave the glider, the gravity hexagrams...
2024-07-15 23:26:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Here.” Cali’s nose took us into another, narrower tunnel that led into what was possibly the basement of one of the now collapsed houses. “I smell gold here.”
We stuck the torches into the earth nearby and began digging, lugging r...
2024-07-15 14:48:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey Stormy, am I going to turn inside out?” I asked my future-seeing kitten, worrying how witchery would affect me.
“Brrrrrrr,” the kitten hopped off my shoulder and rolled her violet-tinted eyes at me as if I was an idiot who was l...
2024-07-15 14:29:47 +0000 UTC View PostCallista’s eyes widened in horror as she realized what I was asking. "You... you want me to sign my own contract?"
I nodded, my expression impassive. "It seems only fair, doesn't it? You came here to force me to sign it. Now you get to exp...
2024-07-15 14:16:07 +0000 UTC View Post"Say, that’s a pretty necklace," I growled, staring at the convergence of silver and blue lines on her chest.
"This old thing?" Cali asked, walking towards me, her slender fingers lightly caressing the cool, smooth surface of the biggest c...
2024-07-15 14:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post“My sled is an artefact made by fine ladies of the Iridium Istria Maggelanum,” Cali revealed. “It utilises a small shard of the Wormwood Star to power the runework. The Artificer-Sorcerers of my homeland are quite talented!”
I nodded...
2024-07-15 14:01:54 +0000 UTC View PostStormy’s sudden, loud "Mraurwww!" interrupted my thoughts about my magical experiments as she dashed to the window.
I set down my Witchy Codex book and followed after her to the window.
Stormy’s superior feline senses were right on...
2024-07-15 14:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post"Right,” I said. “So… today we're going to attempt to build a remote control for gem 51," I explained, gathering my tools. "First things first, we need a base. Something magical, but not too magical.
“I’m thinking… wood? Which on...
2024-07-15 13:58:48 +0000 UTC View PostI considered the violet dust in my bag and what to do with it.
Ordinarily, human bones burned up in a crematorium at around 1,000 to 1,300 degrees Celsius becoming dry and brittle and turning into a grayish ash. I wondered what would h...
2024-07-15 13:55:57 +0000 UTC View PostI buried the fish-spirit rock in a pile of my witchy earth to see how my domain power would sort it out. It felt… weird. Like a little fire that was invading my territory, a small electrical current that constantly tickled at my senses.
It...
2024-07-15 13:54:36 +0000 UTC View PostI dug through the earth in the large barrel and discovered a half-fist sized rock buried therein.
When I pulled the rock out of the barrel, the floating crab followed it. This confirmed my theory that the Astral Projections were pretty...
2024-07-15 13:52:45 +0000 UTC View Post[Previous chapter of this book are on: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/90047/scientific-sorcery-beware-of-kittens ]
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2024-07-15 13:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up to the gentle rays of the morning sun filtering through the window.
Turning my head, I saw Kliss, still peacefully asleep. Her gemstone mane cascaded over the pillow, shimmering in the early light with yellow, violet and red reflec...
2024-07-04 23:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostLeemy lazily waved at us from beneath a golden-leafed oak tree in the heart of Moscow's Gorky Park. The dryad and her Agromancer lounged on a bench across from us. Delta gesticulated wildly, chatting to her dryad with over-exuberant excitement abo...
2024-07-03 23:03:19 +0000 UTC View PostI walked to the cottage, my hand entwined with Kliss’s, Delta following close behind us. I could feel the nervous tremor in my fingers, fuelled by the uncertainty of what was coming. Deception had become so ingrained in my interactions with my p...
2024-06-30 00:04:02 +0000 UTC View Post