After reviewing the newest contract – the Alliance really liked their contracts, it seemed – I signed it with a pulse of mana and set the tablet down. While I w...
2023-09-24 20:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5 – A Quick Orientation
“Are you crashing at my place tonight?” my brother asked as I followed him to the nursery to pick up Amie.
“If I can’t move in a day early,” I nodded. “I haven’t asked yet, though.”
“Why bother?” he asked curiously. “Just c...
2023-09-23 16:23:35 +0000 UTC View PostWhile waiting for the rift to reset, Robert and I shared a meal and discussed my latest weapon idea. After describing the weapon I wanted to create, I watched as the small twig in Robert’s hand grew and shifted into a meter-long scepter that almost p...
2023-09-21 16:40:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe stepped out of the rift portal and onto a narrow platform on the side of a cliff. Below was nothing but clouds, making me curious about what would happen if one fell. Would they die, or get ejected from the rift? I certainly was not going to test it to f...
2023-09-19 20:42:50 +0000 UTC View PostJust to get everything all caught up :) I'll be posting the next chapter here before it goes to RR.
The brunette stood separate from those she would have preferred to share the event with. Instead of being part of the crowd, Rhona was forced to stand next to seve...
2023-09-18 17:56:07 +0000 UTC View PostThese are the last two chapters of Book One. I'll be doing light revisions to align the first few chapters of Book Two with the changes I've made, and they will be posted here as well (likely sometime later today).
The Brakenburg tournam...
2023-09-18 15:22:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey, Emie! I have another package for you!” Mom called out as she entered the craft room. “Oh, what are you working on?”
“I’m just making a charm necklace. It looks a little weird—” I held up the multi-strand necklace inco...
2023-09-17 17:25:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe following week marked the beginning of October and the start of my...
2023-09-16 01:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostEmie's in-game character, Duality. I used this image as the new book cover.
An obviously younger version of Duality - this is closer to what Emie looks like in person.
2023-09-15 00:55:52 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I know I said I'd only be posting one chapter at a time until I finished, but have an extra!
“Spear or staff?” I asked, wanting my guardian’s opinion since he’d already delved the rift.
“You’re a spear user, right?” he asked,...
2023-09-14 14:53:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What took y
2023-09-12 16:18:48 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike storybook returner protagonists, I did not have an eidetic memory about everything I’d ever experienced, nor could I breeze through rifts I may have challenged as part of a game more than a decade before. Needless to say, though the rift seemed vagu...
2023-09-11 23:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostThough his mood had noticeably improved since our arrival, Justin still excused himself and hid in the room he shared with Melony several times during the first day. His eyes were always red when he returned, so there was little question what he was doi...
2023-09-08 19:47:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe elevated
2023-09-07 17:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Bell just messaged me,” Deni said, interrupting the discussion I’d been having with Mesmer about the differences in our healing spells. “She has another in-game hour before she can log in. She’s in her VPS right now.”
“Should we eat while we wait? I...
2023-09-06 15:31:17 +0000 UTC View PostI had a mess
2023-09-05 20:17:26 +0000 UTC View PostI examined the dirty cell arou
2023-09-05 17:49:33 +0000 UTC View Post