April 9th 2016 Brightedge City, Undercity, 9:00 PM EDT
We didn't get attacked on the way to the castle. Sindara summoned her demiliches to light our way, and the undead simply turned away from them. I saw some weird monsters. Not just zomb...
2023-03-21 21:10:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, we decided to come in and watch Lament and Wren's match. They were set up in a different arena, but they were in the second day's lineup, so were able to come watch their fight. Zeke actually came along too for some reason, and I was curious as to why. As we ...
2023-03-20 22:16:34 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 4th 2016 Castle Bat, 10:00 PM EDT
We headed out of the castle at top speed as soon as we found the others. Of course, there was no need to stick around. I could see the clones being suppressed, as we ran, the trap closing in. Zee's protections were &n...
2023-03-20 20:22:56 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 15th 2001, 177A Bleeker st. 10:00 AM EDT
"Well this seems...excessive." I said, staring up at the palatial mansion. It wasn't the size really, I'd been in bigger. I was a Frost after all. No, the thing that struck me most about the mansion was tha...
2023-03-19 23:31:46 +0000 UTC View PostApril 9th 2016 Brightedge City, The Narrows, 8:00 PM EDT
I admit, I was a bit annoyed the method to kill Lilith was some special object. I'd really been hoping there would be a spell or a convenient weakness I could exploit instead being f...
2023-03-19 23:03:23 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 4th 2016 Castle Bat, 9:00 PM EDT
I held up a hand after about five minutes of walking down the steps to the dungeons. Honestly, who needed a fucking prison this deep under a castle? This was just fucking superfluous. Still, the one good thing was &nbs...
2023-03-18 19:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as Mel finished taking down the lightning caller, Callie was at my side in a flash. "Solomon." She said worriedly. "Are you ok? Where are you hurt?" I was confused for a second, before I realized the bond was probably dumping an assload of agony from my brain into hers. ...
2023-03-17 22:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostApril 9th 2016 Brightedge City, The Narrows, 6:00 PM EDT
Tracking down the Order was a clusterfuck, but luckily I still had the League on speed dial. Unlike the Court they didn't have unclear motives that would potentially end in my demise...
2023-03-17 21:37:14 +0000 UTC View PostAbel stopped beating us early enough that I we were able to get a few hours of sleep. Our match was at eleven in the morning, so we had a bit of time to rest at least, but he wouldn't let me heal us until after we woke up. Aside from the natural healing of Vitality, he also knew...
2023-03-16 22:28:43 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 4th 2016 Quadratum, 8:00 PM EDT
"So." I said slowly. "I can't decide if not checking here first was ridiculous, or just common sense. Because...that." I gestured broadly to the absolutely humongous gothic castle slapped down in the middle of thi...
2023-03-16 22:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post"This sucks." My girlfriend groaned as she slumped down on the couch. "I'm an Ascendant. A powerful G-ranker who is probably going to hit F-rank before I turn nineteen, and I have to WORK to make money to pay my own boyfriend. I became a superhero to avoid this kind of nonsense....
2023-03-15 21:43:10 +0000 UTC View PostApril 9th 2016 Brightedge City, Hall of Nevers, 10:00 AM EDT
Barbie lasted the whole night, which was nice. I'd expected her to pass out halfway through. Being an E ranker clearly gave her a serious boost. She did end up going to fuck Donn...
2023-03-15 21:22:08 +0000 UTC View PostWaking up the next morning, I was incredibly exhausted. Between helping Callie schmooze 'randoms' as Carl called them, and training (I absolutely wasn't going to waste a chance to train my soul strength nigh-limitlessly) my brain was fried, and I was still tired when I woke &nbs...
2023-03-14 22:31:46 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 4th 2016 Quadratum, 3:00 PM EDT
"Haha." Said the anthropomorphic mouse kind. "Sorry about that. Almost had him. That old ghost Luxu is a slippery one. Didn't expect the Master of Masters to be involved in this mess." His big dark eyes were creased at ...
2023-03-14 22:26:45 +0000 UTC View PostI sighed dramatically at the sight of the other man. Hard to forget someone who threw a rope of sausage at your face during your first patrol. "Carl." I said, not even bothering to feign enthusiasm. "So good to...no, wait that isn't true. I see you you're here. Where's your &nbs...
2023-03-13 22:55:59 +0000 UTC View PostApril 8th 2016 Brightedge City, Hall of Nevers, 6:00 PM EDT
We got back to hall shortly after that, but I ended up spending a few hours making calls to various sources about Lilith, and by the time I was done it was already almost sunset. ...
2023-03-13 21:50:25 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 15th 2001, Clair Temple's condo, 8:00 AM EDT
I got back to Claire's place pretty early in the morning. I was exhausted, but pretty smug. Gwen had eventually been so worn out from all the fun that she fell asleep, and as much as I'd have liked to n...
2023-03-13 00:22:57 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 4th 2016 Quadratum, 2:00 PM EDT
There are a lot of ways people can hurt someone, even someone like me. Magic can do amazing things, certain levels of brute force can ignore even my armor, and there are plenty of weapons that can negate most forms of &...
2023-03-12 22:03:14 +0000 UTC View PostApril 8th 2016 Brightedge City, Grayson Pier, 2:00 PM EDT
Naturally, we turned that fucking house upside down. With Cherry there to scour the halls with her ghost powers, we even found a sizable chunk of hidden compartments. Most of them seemed to have bee...
2023-03-11 05:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe Mindbender's Ball was apparently being held at the ballroom of a local hotel in the city. The Ventralia was an upscale hotel catering to visiting dignitaries and high ranking Unity and WCP personnel from other cities. Since most of the E-rankers were concentrated in Rajak, t...
2023-03-10 20:06:18 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 4th 2016 Quadratum, 1:00 PM EDT
Quadratum was, as we'd seen from the rooftop, creepy as hell. Empty city streets were different without all the signs of destruction everywhere. You would expect it to be less eerie, but somehow the lack of damage made it &nb...
2023-03-10 18:55:08 +0000 UTC View Post"What the actual fuck was that?" Abel said as he strolled over. The two ghosts he'd been fighting appeared to be sprawled on the sand leaking some sort of mercurial substance I suspected was ghost blood. He didn't even notice though as he stared at the spot where the dark magma ...
2023-03-09 22:41:13 +0000 UTC View PostApril 8th 2016 Brightedge City, Grayson Pier, 1:00 PM EDT
I turned to glare at Cherry. "You didn't think it was a good idea to MENTION the army of werewolves?" It was probably unfair, I could see that they were fear constructs, but I was still annoyed. This was ...
2023-03-09 20:07:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day found us reporting to one of the WAY too many arenas in Rajak. "Seriously." I complained. "Why are there like three hundred of these places in town? Do people not DO anything else?" I knew they did, actually, because tons of Ascendants spent most of their day huntin...
2023-03-08 23:31:39 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 4th 2016 Traverse Town, 11:00 AM EDT
"So." I said as we climbed aboard the gummi ship (which was much bigger than it looked from a distance). "Quadratum. Pull up the directions. I hope this place isn't in the Dark Multiverse. Showing up there would be...
2023-03-08 23:27:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe place Alexander took us was HUGE. I was expecting something like one of the pubs we had been to before. Something with a bar and wooden tables and a seedy backroom feel. This new place though...it was really upscale. It reminded me a bit of Rantano's back in Valen, but not a...
2023-03-07 21:39:16 +0000 UTC View PostApril 8th 2016 Brightedge City, Grayson Pier, 12:00 PM EDT
"Huh." Said Cherry from beside me. "This place is less swanky than I would have expected. Like I know our house is pretty amazing and there was no way it could compete, but still, I expected more t...
2023-03-07 20:37:00 +0000 UTC View PostI vaguely considered throwing fruit or something at Midknight as he returned to talk, but that was clearly beneath my dignity, and also I didn't have any fruit. Instead I just held Callie's hand as the armored bastard returned to his obnoxious soliloquy. "Now." He rumbled. "As I...
2023-03-07 00:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 4th 2016 Traverse Town, 10:00 AM EDT
We obviously didn't up and leave for Quadratum at almost midnight. Merlin took his leave, but the rest of us decided to sleep at the old house. After informing my daughter that being unconscious did NOT count as &n...
2023-03-07 00:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 15th 2001, Stacy Residence, 3:00 AM EDT
Finding a donut place open before the ass crack of dawn in New York was easier than expected. Jack's Donuts was apparently an all night place, and I even got there early enough to get them fresh rather than snag l...
2023-03-06 01:38:11 +0000 UTC View Post