Diggy-Diggy Dig!
It's digging time! My souls is soothed and my very being is transfused with peaceful serenity as I get busy chomping my way through the dirt and soil. The going is slower than I'd thought it would be, I'd underestimated the increased tun...
2019-12-07 09:18:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The air tickles against my mana sense, a new sensation, like a pool of shadow lapping against my mind. There's something else that's off about this tunnel. It's too… civilised. The usual crags and stony pillars that jut upwards or downwards are curiously abs...
2019-12-05 09:35:51 +0000 UTC View Post
The second strata has for centuries been known as the place in which true danger begins. The first is considered the realm of the mercenary, the opportunist. Any party with a modicum of organisation and training should be able to eke out a living there. Fa...
2019-12-05 04:09:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Of course there's a dodge skill. It's obvious that there would be one. It's a classic skill! One of the very basics. Right up there with 'charge' and 'hit', there is always going to be dodge! I don't remember seeing it in the menu when I first checked the avai...
2019-12-02 08:50:18 +0000 UTC View Post
[The time has come, Crinis! Time to seize your destiny. To elevate yourself to a higher plane. A new tier, if you will. You shall become stronger, more powerful, more excellent in every way. But choices will need to be made. You must navigate the labyrinthine ...
2019-11-29 09:56:50 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been nice, visiting the Sophos. Despite their somewhat decrepit and ghastly appearance, they were fine hosts. Every day they'd bring Biomass to Tiny, Crinis and I and we'd feast together with Formo and his favourite pets. They even took time to show me ho...
2019-11-27 08:15:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Morrelia was tired. There were many reasons for a person in the village to be tired. Construction had continued unabated since the threat of the horde had faded for one. The militia had not relented in their training and practice either, which consumed a lot o...
2019-11-27 01:42:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Tungstant snapped back to alertness with a start. Her mind was still fuzzy with fatigue, but she pushed her feet beneath her with alacrity, energy surging through her body. There was so much to do! So much work, so much discovery! It was electric! How could a ...
2019-11-26 23:21:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Any advice that came from Bbl was suspect, but Theo didn't think anything bad could come out of having talked to the souls. They'd be here for a long time after all.
"You mentioned something about a package?" he asked Bbl.
"Don't worry about that" ...
2019-11-26 07:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Paralysed by the dreaded reality that had manifested before him, Theo could only gape at his advisor as the crustacean threw a vigorous tantrum. It was quite impressive. The crab flung himself from side to side, occasionally leaping onto his back and kicking v...
2019-11-26 07:04:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Just over twenty four hours later, Theo saw his first Soul Fall. It was a remarkably short amount of time, considering the vast, infinite space of the Chaos and the random nature of it, for which Theo was grateful. If he'd had to watch Bbl wallow in his pointl...
2019-11-26 07:04:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Bbl felt a pain deep in his soul, such that he had hoped never to experience again. He felt as if his shell had been cracked open and the vicious, pink human had spent ten years scooping his insides out with a rusty implement. In reality, Theo had spe...
2019-11-26 07:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostRepost this one since I edited it.
For those who don't know, I post little bits and pieces of other stories that I tinker with. The devil you know is one such, and it should be searchable here on patreon. Or on Royal Road where I posted it after I leaked it by mistake... &g...
2019-11-26 07:03:23 +0000 UTC View Post
[Do you guys mind? My pet is feeling a little put upon here.]
As one the Sophos turn on me.
[MIND YOUSELF, BOY! THE EXPERTS ARE TALKING!]
Yikes. Not one to mince words, this one. Although, I could say the same for all of the Sophos I've met. ...
2019-11-25 10:06:45 +0000 UTC View Post
[Most of our civilisation was lost when the blasted system changed us. No need for farmers, artists or poets when you're a monster. It was our ability to manipulate cores and create pets to fight for us that mattered, and over the years we've taken that skill ...
2019-11-25 00:45:55 +0000 UTC View Post
[Is there a particular reason why you Sophos are so loud?]
[LOUD? WE'RE TALKING MENTALLY YOU CRETIN. NOT A SOUND IS MADE!]
[Formo! You know exactly what I mean! Every time I form a mind bridge with a Sophos I've had my head rung like a bell! Can yo...
2019-11-24 10:27:43 +0000 UTC View Post
When our guide finally appeared before us, I did a quick double take as he was remarkably similar to Formo in appearance. The impression was somewhat reinforced when he arrived riding on the back of a tremendously fearsome worm monster.
[WHAT HO! ARE YOU...
2019-11-22 10:19:42 +0000 UTC View Post
[DIEEEEEE!] Crinis shrieks as she continues her furious tentacle assault, one that is matched by the dark flower in its intensity.
Their conflict looks like nothing quite so much as an enormous pile of shoelaces actively tying themselves into knots. That...
2019-11-21 09:19:53 +0000 UTC View Post
My mandibles close with a mighty crunch and another massive centipede has met an early grave.
[You have slain level 15 Adult Claw Centipede]
[You have gained experience.]
To one side, Tiny is pinning down a rotting rabbit and he is repe...
2019-11-18 09:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah, the itch is back. It's horrendous. In just moments I'm on the ground with Tiny and Crinis watching over my prone and twitching form. Perhaps I should have waited until I was on my own, but once I started I got caught up! Why do I suffer this endless tormen...
2019-11-16 10:32:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Next on the chopping block is the final link in the commercial zone the Acid Stimulation Gland. It's a simple gland that does what it says on the tin, replenishes the acid faster. I'm curious what sort of upgrades would be available for something so relatively...
2019-11-15 10:47:44 +0000 UTC View Post
"If you believe your entire world is a prison, is it wrong to try and break it?"
Question posed by Orisan'shan. Founder of the Closed Circle Society at the Academy of Stone Soul.
After chatting for a little while, I bit farewell t...
2019-11-14 01:08:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally! Back in the nest and away from the crazy! The Kaarmodo is gone (hopefully) and I have nothing to worry about. Let's go get it!
Full of energy, I barrel into the nest and charge down the main shaft. I'm heading for that Dungeon and nothing's goin...
2019-11-11 23:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post
[I do not wish you burden you with knowledge that you may not be prepared to understand. My order has spent much time plumbing the mysteries behind this place and despite centuries of effort, we have only been able to learn a portion of the whole truth. Even t...
2019-11-11 02:36:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In an effort to return to normalcy, I think it's best that I get back to the colony as quickly as possible. With Crinis and Tiny in tow, we make our way out of the village. Before long my thoughts begin to wander toward the Common Will Vestibule. It's powerful...
2019-11-11 00:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post
[What in the name of all that is good on Pangera, has infected your minds?] I said.
Enid could only grimace next to me before she tried to justify it, dropping her in my esteem a few points.
[People saw what you did during the battle. From our wall...
2019-11-08 03:11:24 +0000 UTC View Post
It took two days to clear the battlefield. Two whole days of the entire colony working around the clock, hauling, cutting, storing and generally stuffing their faces at every possible moment. Even with so many ants eating so much, the nest was still stuffed to...
2019-11-07 02:08:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A hundred of the most highly trained and powerful warriors within the Liria Bulwark sat in the tunnels, sweat and grime covering their forms. Each of them was exhausted. They'd battled for hours here, one the edge of the defensive line. Wave after wave of shad...
2019-11-04 10:14:29 +0000 UTC View Post
As Garralosh lies, heaving in pain, her aura diminished almost to nothing, I receive healing from a team of hastily summoned ants. Though the battle has drained them to the point of exhaustion, they manage to squeeze out enough healing mana that I'm able to pu...
2019-11-04 06:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Air, sound, even light itself seems to drain away as the Gravity Bomb tears it's way though the space between us. Even deep in her frenzy, Garralosh has enough awareness to know that the dark, rotating sphere screaming its way towards her face is bad news. Her...
2019-11-02 09:42:49 +0000 UTC View Post