Chapter 74
Spirit Walk
“Now that there are no more distractions, we shall begin,” Prentip began.
As he spoke, his old eyes began to glow with a faint bluish hue, a trick of the light. At least that is what most outsiders would think. Given the raging bonfire that still seeme...
2025-02-14 18:35:33 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning everyone,
This is not the message that I wanted to put out, but definitely one that needs to be noted. I have been sick this week (9-13 Feb), and thus unable to write.
That said, I am finally starting to feel better. Sorry that it is now Thursday, but I do think ...
Chapter 314
Divining Mythical Bloodlines
“Oh yeah, by the way, mother, when you get a chance,” Gwen my daughter and someone who I seem to have underestimated as a sneaky sneak began.
Hearing her words, I can all but taste the deception in her inflection. This is the same typ...
2025-02-11 11:48:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 313
Bondage, with Friends
“I’ve got you now!”
You know you might have a problem with trying to instantly understand magical concepts, when someone is barreling at you with a binding magical shackle. The kind that will instantly bind upon closing.
That’s whe...
2025-02-10 04:39:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24
The Interrogation
“When the authorities are on to you, closing a net. The easiest way to get out for a major crime, is to be pulled in for a minor crime. They will continue their investigation, never knowing that you are right there the entire time.” -Marcon on why he s...
2025-02-08 21:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 85
A Smiling Devil
(Darcy Renolds)
“They’ve been in there a long time,” Jasmine mumbled.
Hearing her, Darcy could only nod in agreement, as her own frustration began to take shape.
“So, how long have you two known this Misha?” The man in the suit wh...
2025-02-07 11:56:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 312
The GYBIU Bug
“Okay, now that the easy part is over.”
The worst eight words in the English language. Just combining them all but seems to tempt fate. That, or worse is the prelude to a direct backlash of karma.
There is a certain Karma to actions, and I’m...
2025-02-05 04:31:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 311
Murder-Phonics 101
So, what do you do when you have a desperate plea from a enormously tall murder bot wishing to come with you to non-murder land?
Well simply put, you apparently let him join you, knowing that this might be a way for us all to learn to trust the mur...
2025-02-04 04:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude VII
Maddie Camello
Prestige had been bred into Maddie from a very young age. Ever since she was able to learn, she knew of the great heritage of the Camellos. How each and ever generation of Camello had produced talent after talent, knowing that each generation would eventua...
2025-02-03 03:13:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 310
Usurpers and Prayers
Buzzing.
All around me are the odd tingling sensations of energy that seem to flow into and fill me completely. Even as I seem to focus my hardest, doing work that should ultimately leave me feeling at least slightly tired, I still feel ...
2025-01-31 20:34:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23
The Trap
“The easiest way to avoid suspicion, play dumb. Most people cannot let others trample on their intelligence, use that. When you know people are phishing about information about you, the best way to avoid suspicion, lay low and play dumb.” – Teaching of Marcon...
2025-01-30 18:27:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 84
Multiple Part Investigation
(Fifteen Minutes Ago)
(Elijah Traver)
Officer Elijah, not Eli, Traver sat in his cruiser, preparing mentally for the questions he would need to ask.
He was Elijah because Eli, the traitor, was an Ole Miss Rebel, not like his mor...
2025-01-28 11:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude XXIV
Biprism Interactive Control Tower I
Emergency Alert.
Emergency Alert, worker needing medical assistance.
A bleary-eyed Charles Rainquist made his way up through the long narrow tunnels and hidden corridors that made up the top floor of Bipr...
2025-01-26 18:22:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 73
The Flow
Pain.
Unimaginable burning pain flooded through Frank’s mind, as sharp serrated teeth dug their way in and punctured Frank’s skin just over the sweet spot in his shoulder.
The moment those inch thick and impressively long fangs sliced their...
2025-01-25 13:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 309
Bartering for Something You Didn’t Really Want, but Kinda Sorta Needed
“Well, hello,” I begin, only after speaking do I realize that I am speaking in that odd Mana Language that the Teleiotís use to speak.
I say mana language, as th...
2025-01-24 12:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22
The Delegation
“Nothing good happens when you have a random foreign delegation appear. Nothing truly gets accomplished then. Their presence is all PR to hide the fact that the deals have already been agreed to in the back, or soon will be accomplished.” -Marcon on Forei...
2025-01-23 11:12:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 83
Reboot
… system online.
System rebooting.
Those were the words that rang out in Misha’s mind.
While her psyche had been able to be aware, aware, and most importantly present during the entire metamorphosis of her body, she was only no...
2025-01-21 11:12:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 308
Retrieving Lost Things
You know, you can have the gift of prophecy and foresight. You can see into parts of the future, realize where things are going to go horribly and irrevocably wrong for you.
And yet, you can still find yourself in situations like this. Situatio...
2025-01-20 11:07:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72
Generational Talents
(Drava)
All are welcome to awakening ceremonies.
The reason why so many came to these ceremonies could change, based on the doctrine of each clan.
For Drava, one thing that was undeniable was that when you had one representative who ha...
2025-01-18 14:29:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 307
The GlitterBright Chronicles (Part II)
“But wait, it gets better,” Gwen begins, her words ringing with a hollow truth that strikes a chord deep within me.
It’s odd, seeing your child grow up and mirror you down to your own sick sense of humor, reflecting back on y...
2025-01-17 11:32:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21
A Broken Brokerage
(Three Weeks Later)
“Eventually, you get to a point where you either commit to the con or drop bait entirely and plan your escape.” -Marcon, on choosing a simple life and settling down.
Not all fixes are equal.
That motto was readily...
2025-01-16 04:02:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 82
Chasing a Future
(Misha Tulley)
Sinus pressure.
It was odd, the way Misha’s sinuses now seemed to scream at her every time she went outside. At first, she though it was allergies, but by all means and methods available her body was fine.
Actuall...
2025-01-14 16:34:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 306
The GlitterBright Chronicles (Part I)
There are very few times in life when you can feel truly content.
These are of course times when the world slows down, and you have a moment to sit back and enjoy the moment.
Content.
Both figuratively and liter...
2025-01-12 21:54:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71
Madness
Death rattle.
There was a sickening sound of tiny beads brushing together at subsonic frequencies. Frequencies so low that a non-cultivator would be unable to hear or even perceive their sound.
Yet, to Frank and indeed many of those gathered, th...
2025-01-11 14:43:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 305
Drinking The Kool-Aid
(Valeria)
Badump, badump, badump.
Magic.
Pure, heart pumping magic could be felt.
Magic so thick and vibrant that it almost seemed to suck the very air from your lungs while in the same room.
She had heard rumors...
2025-01-10 11:06:12 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude II
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the reign of the current empire, a lone stealth vessel made landfall.
Silence, even puncturing the abnormally dense atmosphere of the strange alien planet caused no sound as the ship was both silent and powerful enough to maneuver and adju...
2025-01-09 11:19:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 304
Joys of Reading
Magic swirled and swooped around both Zero and I, as we worked in tandem.
We were musicians with magic, orchestrating a complex dance of precision, grace, and movement. His steadying form, his unwavering grace lent itself to my slightly more chaotic m...
2025-01-08 10:47:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 81
Making the Team
(Darcy Renolds)
College was amazing.
People were so nice to her. Better still, Misha and Jasmine both managed to make the team, which filled her with an odd sense of pride, seeing as they all came from the same High School.
Not that they ha...
2025-01-07 10:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 303
Picking Up The Pieces
War.
Probably the most terrible thing we can do to not only ourselves, but the planet is war.
Right now, I am standing in front of what is actual living proof of the destruction that can be caused by war.
“Sorry, we tried ...
2025-01-05 15:10:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 70
Blood Duel
Gentle breeze.
The world was calm, at least to Frank’s mind the world seemed calm.
Outside, far, far away there were hundreds of warriors calling for blood and praying to ancient spirits of power.
Out there, the world was real, was vi...
2025-01-04 14:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post