For a few moments, there was quiet, and then it seemed like half the city descended on us. A helicopter whirred overhead, and my bugs detected PRT troops and police setting up a cordon while sobbing men were put into the back of cars.
Given their lack of bladder and bowel control, it sou...
We were zipping down the street when the radio squawked.
“All units, all units. Be on the lookout for Aisha Laborn, last seen at her residence at 438 Wilkin Street, Michelson Apartments unit 115. All off-duty officers are to proceed to command post set up at Lincoln and Main for furthe...
TW: torture, near drowning. (yeah. Racism... isn't pleasant)
Where will he go next, this phantom from another time, this resurrected ghost of a previous nightmare – Chicago? Los Angeles? Miami, Florida? Vincennes, Indiana? Syracuse, New York? Anyplace, everyplace, where there...
2023-09-17 03:16:41 +0000 UTC View PostI finished my steak and then looked at Carol.
“I have a friend who… became involved with this lawyer. I cannot say anything else, save to state that they are not involved in any illegality that I know of.”
“A family law issue, then.”
“Yes.” I nodded. “But I disli...
2023-09-11 00:45:56 +0000 UTC View PostYesterday, I was about to publish it. I hit save, and as it was saving, we lot power and borked the chapter up. Literally one second before or after, nothing would have happened. So now I'm recovering it, but it should be out by tomorrow afternoon/evening. Sorry about the delay. 2023-09-10 04:16:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The next day, I had finished my schoolwork and was in the study hall when I was called to the office.
My bugs froze for a moment, then returned to their normal activity. When I got to the office, Dad was there… What the hell?
“Dad, is something wrong?”
“I got a request f...
2023-09-05 04:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostBatman frowned as he stared at the computer, replaying the interview with the terified criminals.
“Maybe the Scarecrow is moonlighting…” Robin asked.
“No. Their accounts are too similar. Fear Toxin is more personal…”
“A new vigilante? Perhaps the spirits ar...
When he heard the sirens, Mush was about to go back inside to his little apartment, maybe watch some TV, or… practice some of the stuff Orb Weaver had shown him.
Orb Weaver was scary as fuck, but he was…
Nice.
He never looked down on Mush.
Or Squealer. Mush wasn’t an...
2023-08-29 05:52:26 +0000 UTC View PostJust found out i'd mistaken some fanon for canon regarding Carol and am working to fix it, as well as do some legal checks. So probably by monday!
Look for the dog that doesn’t bark. I walked through E88 part of the city after school, my bugs checking things around me, but I was focusing on what I could see.
The problem with depending on any one thing, is that there was a counter to anything. I wasn...
2023-08-22 21:17:38 +0000 UTC View PostI've been informed we're likely to have brownouts and such tonight and tomorrow, so the next chapter may be delayed a bit. Just as an FYI!
2023-08-20 21:41:48 +0000 UTC View PostAn occasional crossover that might appear now and then. Batman is DC's, Weaver is Wildbows.
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When I hit the ground, I knew something was wrong. I’d lost track of most of my insects.
Whatever weapon the CUI had used had thrown me away, far away. I could feel it—the bugs h...
2023-08-19 00:32:24 +0000 UTC View PostOn the way home I talked with Aisha and Brian.
But I had more to think about.
PRT. That had been the word I’d picked out of the noise. That and a comment about a raid on the E88. I hadn’t been able to pick out everything but…
Little raid we did. And then ...
2023-08-16 02:18:11 +0000 UTC View PostEver have a moment when you have a big revelation for the new chapter, and then suddenly your hind brain goes: what about that dangling plot thread, and then your forebrain goes:oops. Yeah. The new chapter will be up tonight, or tomorrow after a little bit of rewriting. :)
2023-08-14 18:43:02 +0000 UTC View PostHappy to get out. Enjoys the movie. Irritated at Brian, thinking this is—Lisa yanked her power back under control. You didn’t need a powerto realize that Aisha wasn’t thrilled at extra classwork and curfew—no. That wasn’t right. She was, and she wasn’t. She was t...
2023-08-09 22:33:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe problem was that Brian didn’t sound old—and…
“How old are you?”
“Seventeen, why?”
“We need someone.” I wouldn’t be going out as The Investigator or Orb Weaver, and Brian, for whatever reason, was worried about the possible job consequences of Aisha’s ac...
2023-08-03 04:53:42 +0000 UTC View PostProbably monday, maybe tonight, but it's the last week before the gdaughter goes back to school so a little busy.
“So, Detective Harding, I take it my advice was useful?”Harding looked around the park, but he didn’t see me.
I had my bugs hidden in the trees and in the grass, and there was nobody close enough to listen in, save for my little microphone I’d put in the gr...
2023-07-26 03:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostHad plenty of fun, and the next orb weaver chapter should be up tomorrow or Monday!
2023-07-23 07:34:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Tattletale,” the voice spoke without bothering to introduce itself.
Coil. Angry. Angry at you… what the hell?
“Yeah, Boss?”
“Your operation to disrupt the Empire’s activities seem to have assisted another cape.”
“What?” Lisa frowned. The...
2023-07-19 23:23:38 +0000 UTC View PostStaring at the house, Mike got off the bike. He turned it around so that if they had to flee for their lives, he wouldn’t have to turn it around when something was trying to kill them. Mandy was staring at the house, holding the spotlight in nervous hands.
“Want me to give it a blast?...
2023-07-19 03:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostHandling an open cape identity was part of my plan. The Investigator would be known. A minor thinker, possibly with minor brute and combat thinker abilities, but nothing special.
Orb Weaver would be the mysterious, frightening cape, and one that The Investigator preferred not to work with.<...
2023-07-13 05:04:27 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they walked into the house, Mike felt like some extra in a sci-fantasy movie, holding up the staff while Mandy held the spotlight out like a raygun, ready to turn it on at the slightest sign of mist.
But there was nothing. Not only that, the house lights were on at full power, as if th...
2023-07-10 23:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Taylor, can I speak to you?” the teacher asked.
I paused as I gathered my books from the tutoring session, and in the walls, my bugs froze.
“Yes?”
“You don’t need this. Clearly, your educational issues were tied to the problems you were facing at Winslow. He said. 2023-07-10 02:19:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Pretty much what it says. How is the pacing for Web of the Weaver?
2023-07-08 01:32:01 +0000 UTC View PostBit of a delay, today was the last day for the kid's summer school so now...
Hell. It will be Hell. So I'll have the next chapter out soonish.
2023-07-08 01:30:53 +0000 UTC View Post“The serial numbers on the refrigerators dead end,” the FBI agent told Emily the light of the screen fighting against the evening light of the Bay beyond her window. “Bought at an auction, cash only. Everyone knows it was probably dirty money but there are enough cut outs…” He shrugged....
2023-07-04 09:33:47 +0000 UTC View PostHome was only a mile or so away. A nice walk in the day time. There was also a little park on the way where Mike and Mandy could have some private time…
But now everything was dark. The street lights were fading, and it seemed like every house on the street was locked up tight.
“M...
2023-07-03 06:36:29 +0000 UTC View PostWorm is by Wildbow and The Shadow is created by Walter B. Gibson.
*****
Getting my new costume ready, preparing it took most of the weekend. First I had to work on the voice changer, which took some time, as I studied books and drilled myself. Dad would be in for the weekend,...
2023-06-30 06:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post