“I can’t believe I wasted a swing of my axe on those piss-poor illusions. Whoever casted those is getting his neck chopped off.”
Just as Pyre managed to get the door unlocked, Akemi heard the voices again, barreling down the hallway. The bats sounded tired and aggravated, and their fo...
2024-01-15 11:48:14 +0000 UTC View PostOnce they were dressed in their new, full-body drapery, Pyre showed Akemi how to manipulate the magical stilts—er—Inserts of Lengthening. By turning a small knob at her ankle, the wooden platforms would raise slowly, until they were fixed at your desired height. As she had suspected,...
2024-01-14 18:39:02 +0000 UTC View PostHer hands already swirling with fire, Pyre swung the door open. It rattled with a hard clack against the wall.
The room beyond was completely entrenched in darkness. Pyre’s fire illuminated just a small halo of objects in front of them: half-broken chairs, more bins and buckets.<...
2024-01-14 12:38:11 +0000 UTC View PostSeventeen spikerat-murders later, they had reached the end of the tunnel.
Or at least the end of one tunnel. By Akemi’s estimates, the sewers branched off into at least a hundred distinct routes. But Pyre had promised her this was the correct one.
They were standing in fron...
2024-01-13 09:42:25 +0000 UTC View PostAs the foul water churned through the tunnels, Pyre and Akemi discussed tactics. Mutt, in the meantime, had a field day with the local vermin population.
*You have defeated a level 3 spikerat - 20xp gained*
*You have defeated a level 3 spikerat - 20xp gained*<...
2024-01-12 21:25:38 +0000 UTC View Post“When you said sewer system, I was really hoping I heard you wrong. Like, violently wrong.”
“Villainy isn’t always shiny pearls, Akemi.”
“Yeah, I know. It’s apparently snake bites from goddesses and face-eating clowns,” Akemi muttered, wincing as she hit her h...
2024-01-12 14:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Why did you cover for me back there?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Yes you do,” she said. “The pocket watch. You gave her five whole silvers for it, plus the door.”
Pyre was silent for many seconds, then she sighed.
“To sate my own curi...
2024-01-11 09:59:33 +0000 UTC View Post“So, rule number one,” Pyre said as they walked down the mist-filled streets of Grimguard, the early morning sun dawning over them. “No embarrassing me.”
“And how, exactly, would I do that?” Akemi said, chewing obnoxiously. They had just picked up breakfast at a nearby bakery—...
2024-01-11 09:41:59 +0000 UTC View Post“The honor?”
Akemi could laugh. Some prize a dead piece of snake-hair was.
“Shut up,” Pyre said, elbowing her painfully. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Nocturne set the serpent back down in the closet. Then, once the doors were closed, he tu...
2024-01-10 10:36:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe rope ladder led to a trapdoor in the ceiling; it was left conveniently shut by Pyre.
“Asshole,” Akemi muttered, forcing her way through it.
It was a struggle, but she got it open, flopping her body onto the cold floor of the rooftop chamber. It was a magnificently angular room...
2024-01-09 21:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostImportant Author's Note:
Hey there! Quick note. I have changed the name of this guild from the Assassins' Coterie to the Shadow Auditors' Coterie, and same with Akemi's class, in order to emphasize that their class is not just a run-of-the-mill assassin, but one that deals ...
2024-01-09 11:30:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, so, finally, my second story is here: Akemi (Reign of Villainy) has launched.
I'll keep this short: if you've been enjoying Akemi here on Patreon, it would mean the world to me if you can leave a rating or a review on Royal Road. It'll help a ton with going up the ranks on Rising ...
2024-01-08 19:18:35 +0000 UTC View PostOf all the ways Akemi imagined she’d be welcomed into some assassin club—maybe by a shadowy gargoyle, or a quiet, masked man—she did not imagine that it would be by a clown.
The darkness had given way to a chapel. It was a marvelous thing, in the way that old things are marve...
2024-01-08 18:26:13 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo. Small update about schedule.
I'm really feeling ready to launch Akemi (being rebranded as 'Reign of Villainy' - what do you think of the name?), and want to give it a true shot at RS, so I'm going to take a 2 week break on Momo, so Book 4 will start end of January. In exchange, ...
2024-01-07 21:32:29 +0000 UTC View PostKobe had been nice enough to give her a map.
Not a niceness she necessarily deserved, since she had very narrowly thought of murdering him just a few hours before (and feeding his remains to her not-dog), but whether or not she deserved good things was not something that ever really worried...
2024-01-07 16:56:45 +0000 UTC View PostI had this idea for a story earlier today and can't get it out of my head. So I wrote it down. Then Patron Nell / Enabler Nell told me to post it. So here you go, enjoy if you'd like.
Blurb ----
Mira was your average American supermarket employee. Terrible wage. Worse ...
Akemi hopped over the fence once more, strutting into the clearing without any attempt at subtly. Jore screamed as soon as he saw her, tripping over his hooves as he collapsed into the wild weeds.
“Kobe! it’s a… by the gods… it’s a person!”
“Yeah, right,” Kobe scoffed....
2024-01-05 16:57:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey there!
So, Momo Book 3 is done! I honestly can't believe it. That book really put me through the ringer as a writer. In a good way, mostly. But it also taught me a lot. I really hope you all enjoyed it.
section I: re: book 3 ending & book 4
First I...
2024-01-04 12:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostFar underground, beyond crags of broken bone and pits of rock, a small party of completely impartial judges convened to decide Nia’s fate.
“For causing such grave injury to her majesty, she deserves no less than death by a thousand rocks,” Grimli said, nodding to himself. “No, a hun...
2024-01-04 00:28:31 +0000 UTC View PostIt was only when she looked into Nia's eyes that she finally woke from the hunger.
Momo found herself straddling the woman, the last two chains of Nia’s soul dangling from her lips. The two Wraith weapons had slipped from her hands. Her skin was pale, bloodless. Her lips, usually either c...
2024-01-03 15:54:59 +0000 UTC View PostAt the very moment that Momo made up her mind, she found herself shoved aside.
Two heavy boots crunched the stone pavement as they passed her by. There was a woosh of blonde hair, and a pale neck spotted with two tiny red dots, gleaming in the moonlight. The woman, in her glinting steel arm...
2024-01-01 22:01:38 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Hello! Long time, no Akemi! Since I'm off from work this week I have a lot more writing time, so I've written 3 Akemi chapters (in addition to the regular upcoming Momo) that I'll be sharing with you. If you've forgotten what's happened last, here's a link to the 2023-12-31 11:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
"After thinking for a total of fifteen seconds," Momo began, folding her hands together in a poised, presidential manner. "I'm ready to present my plan."
“We await your genius with bated breath,” Grimli said.
“Gods,” Nyk rolled her eyes. “Get on with it already.”
The...
2023-12-29 20:29:05 +0000 UTC View PostEverything resumed.
Momo was spit back out the way she came—suddenly rocketing onto Morganium’s chipped pavement, her knees scraping against rubble. Her head spun as she regained her vision of the scene: Morganium’s tower of black, still stabilized; Jarva’s body a pile of ash before...
2023-12-27 18:32:17 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas!~
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The robot was three seconds away from having an aneurysm.
“Human! Human! So many human. Scouting vehicle is overwhelmed with indescribable emotion. Please recharge at the docking station.”
Sweat was slick on Momo’s neck as she hovered ...
2023-12-25 19:16:53 +0000 UTC View Postheyo, this week will be a christmas break :)
i got sick and also gotta prep for the family
new momo on monday the 25th
thanks for your understanding, and happy holidays <3
2023-12-16 11:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs Momo popped out of Mordecai’s domain, she found herself in the absolute cherry pit of the Nether. Hundreds upon hundreds of little Nether bubbles surrounded her. Tiny snow globes brimming with life. Well, afterlife. It was an overwhelming amount of options. But she just needed to pi...
2023-12-13 22:24:46 +0000 UTC View PostMomo scowled. She didn’t have time for this. Not only did she have the box to deal with, but Mordecai had made her very aware of the dire straits she had left her queendom in. If Nia really did have access to the Wraith Artifact Set, and Vivienne the Set of Blood Immortality, the combined effec...
2023-12-11 09:59:53 +0000 UTC View Post“A–an offer?”
“Sit.”
A chair which seemingly generated from nowhere and nothing appeared underneath her. She found herself collapsing into it, hands falling in her lap. She was so nauseous it was hard to do anything else. She couldn’t tell if the world was spinning anymore...
2023-12-08 20:10:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe next thing Momo knew, she was on the edge of a cliff.
She screamed, a rock giving way, then felt stupid as she remembered her wings.
They flapped easily, and she backed away from the cliff’s edge. Steadying her breath, she took in her new surroundings. From what she cou...
2023-12-06 16:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post