When I entered the enchanting class the following morning, Travis arched an eyebrow.
“Mr. Tailor,” he said. “I admit, I didn’t think that you’d be joining us today. Especially when you left the last class with such a… Unique… display of power.”
“Thank y...
The only person I knew of who might be able to interrupt the portal of such a powerful spirit was Orykson – and maybe the Space King, a rival he’d mentioned once.
Orykson wanted me to compete, so if he was calling me, then it was probably fine.
If it was the Space King… Why? I h...
2024-02-12 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a long time to wrangle everyone into a single file line that snaked across the small valley, and I was nowhere near anyone I even remotely recognized by the time we were sorted – other than Kene, of course, who still hadn’t let go of my hand.
As the sun rose higher and higher in...
2024-02-09 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMedb, Crone of Winter, was laughing, her sharp iron teeth on full display.
“Oh, I do love the defiance of mortality…”
I held my hand out and Oracle swept over to me. My aura intermingled with his, and our bond was reestablished.
Normally, it would have tak...
2024-02-08 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt took us a while to hash out the details, but I eventually wound up trading away some of my marigolds, feverfew, vigor-camas, and transivy for a cutting of the firecreep and spiritbalm.
Kene and I headed back to our rooms before I opened the portal to Dusk’s realm, and we planted...
Osheen watched as, this time, instead of being sucked into a void, he was placed gently onto a garden path. The path was – of course – made of ice, with delicate rosebushes also sculpted from it. Scattered throughout the garden were statues of people encased in ice.
For a moment, he th...
“Well, it took a lot of work,” I said. “Have you ever aspected a demiplane before?”
“I’ve helped,” Octavian said, nodding. “It takes a lot of effort, time, and magic to manage.”
I glanced oddly at him and he shrugged.
“We use them for some of the more dangero...
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Mallory gave me a tight nod, then looked at Riley.
“I’ll let you two catch up. I’ll be in the room.”
She slid out of the way, and I breathed a small sigh of relief. I hadn’t wanted a confrontation with Mallory, and though we’d ended things on… okay… terms, I couldn’t...
2024-02-02 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis brings us to the end of what I had already written, and just over the halfway point of the novel. I want to try and keep doing two chapters on Tuesday and Thursday, but depending on my schedule, I may have to occasionally only do one chapter.
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When we finally got to the front of the line, we were greeted by an older woman who quickly took each of our cards, checked them over, snapped them in half, and gestured for us to board.
“Thank you for your time,” the old woman said as she gestured. I nodded to her, but didn’t want to...
2024-01-31 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe explosion of electrical energy threw us both back, and I spasmed weakly. I hadn't even been caught in the direct attack, just the aftermath, but with my cloak's power gone, it had still hurt. There were burn marks on my body, and they hurt to an absurd degree, but I pushed past them.
Os...
2024-01-30 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDusk shook her head, and the dragon nodded.
“It’s unfortunate, but not entirely unexpected. Your privacy will, of course, be respected, Dusk,” the river dragon said. “Malachi?”
“She gets the call,” I said. “As much as I’d love some more Dott’s Draught, I’m not go...
2024-01-29 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostTo my surprise, even Orykson arrived to train me on the last Liday before the Idyll-Flume.
“Oh, hello,” I said before shoving the last of my pastry into my mouth. Orykson’s eyebrow twitched and I quickly swallowed it. “What’s on the lesson for today’s training?”
“More ...
2024-01-26 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“It won’t be enough. I just ran through calculations of fighting her with your staff. It can do damage for sure, but it’s simply not got enough charges or power to let it keep up with her the entire battle.”
“Calculations?” I asked. As far as I was aware, there was no way to mea...
2024-01-25 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe following morning, Ikki arrived at precisely the right time, as usual, and I was already in the backyard, waiting for him.
“Since you will be inside of the Idyll-Flume for the next month, we won’t see each other for some time,” Ikki said. “As such, I’ll be expanding the time o...
2024-01-24 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA divination surged through her room, pulling information back through the invisible webs of the world and into my hand. The Aura began to spin and swirl, breaking into two parts, one red, and one green.
The fae waved her hands frantically, spells surging out of her to try and counter my di...
2024-01-23 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI spent a while filling Meadow in on everything that had happened, from the mantle estragon eggs to my desire to be a better host to the small folk. By the end, Meadow’s worn face had cracked into a smile.
“What?” I asked self consciously.
“I’m proud of you,” Meadow said. ...
2024-01-22 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAfter I grabbed a leftover sandwich from the fridge and made us a cup of coffee, Liz and I went down to business. Dusk had managed to procure a tiny cup, sized for small folk, from one of the brownies, and used that to fix herself a miniature cup of her own.
The cream and eggs that I set ou...
2024-01-19 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt was stunning. The walls were made from ten thousand shades of ice, with blues and whites that refracted light in stunning patterns through the air.
Not random patterns either. The light formed boundaries to create gaps of darkness that were shaped into massive, three-dimensional spells.<...
2024-01-18 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI looked up as Briarthreads burst out around me and I Foxstepped a few feet forwards.
Soaring high above was a small flock of about half a dozen birds, spitting at us. The spit felt like an attack spell, but it was one of the strangest ones I’d ever felt.
It wasn’t that the mana w...
2024-01-17 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI told myself that it was the last time I’d need to do it for a long time, and I hoped I was right.
“Flatten the bronze out as thin as you can make it,” I commanded Lyn and Sarai’s uncle, “then inscribe this series of glyphs on it.”
I placed down the sheet of paper contain...
2024-01-16 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostI looked at Dusk, and for a few moments, silent understanding passed between us. Then I turned to look at the elder dragon.
“This will help the mantle dragon populations, right?” I asked.
Ivy’s mother made a so-so gesture, and I noticed that she had ever so slightly claw tipped ...
2024-01-15 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the transcript, if the text is hard to read:
Prescript: This journal was donated posthumously by a wanderer named Derek Alldritt. It can be treated as a firsthand account, but should still be treated as a personal journal, not a full scholarly report.
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2024-01-14 17:53:56 +0000 UTC View PostCan smuggling be ethical?
Is ethical smuggling worth the risk?
Can you make scrambled eggs out of estragon eggs?
All important things to consider.
2024-01-11 13:23:50 +0000 UTC View PostGeorge idly tapped his fingers on his desk, bored and curious. It wasn’t like Travis to be late to class, so something must have been holding him up. He was already a bit annoyed with how early this class was, so when Travis walked in late, with Evan next to him, George let out a loud snort. 2024-01-11 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post