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2022-02-27 19:16:36 +0000 UTC View PostI had a rather surreal experience today. As I was pinning down the exact story-flow of Don't Label me! Book-6, I had the News playing in the background - Reporting on the Events in Eastern Europe.
Writing about a para-military force invading a (ficitional) European Country, in order t...
2022-02-27 18:52:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe last two years had been an interesting time, in many ways. On one hand, my environment was reasonably peaceful, a large part of my time spent in quiet commune with Galatea, as the two of us were commanding and controlling a swarm of construction-robots, some of them using humanoid frames, mos...
2022-02-25 21:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe looks on the faces around me were simply priceless. Disbelief and fear warring with awe, making the smile on my face just a little wider, the effect having surpassed even what I had hoped to accomplish. Using the naturally occuring Astral Power, not quite on the level of Wild Magic but certai...
2022-02-25 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Rai, Gilo, the two of you are dealing with flankers. Gilo, I’ll support you against incorporeal creatures, Rai, you’ll have to deal with them on your own. Take a flank each.” I ordered, taking control of the situation. Just because the first attack had only been by a single spectre, didn...
2022-02-23 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a curious experience, not simply controlling a number of robots, but performing as Metis. I had done so before, but only while Mother was incapacitated or mentally engaged, using the control necessitated by her crippling injuries to move her body. Now, we had prepared a simple double, stuf...
2022-02-22 18:04:45 +0000 UTC View PostMy opening gambit settled things, though not quite in the way I had intended to. While there was quite a bit of shock and awe going around those in the group who weren’t used to me, it mostly manifested in a changed distribution of effort. Instead of staying in one large group, we split up, wit...
2022-02-21 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Those plans look quite interesting, but are you certain that they are feasible?” Nisha asked me, after looking at the project Metis had proposed.
“It is. There is a company called TitanTech, based in Cantonia, who would be quite willing to work with us on this. This is Catherine Alle...
2022-02-21 00:01:26 +0000 UTC View PostFrom above, the change was quite obvious, the trees going from healthy evergreens, with some fall-coloured deciduous trees mixed in, to the sad image of bare tree trunks, stripped of their branches and even the bark having died and fallen off. The tall, white trunks reminded me of skeletons, the ...
2022-02-18 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTwo days had passed since the attack on Accord Island. There were so many questions I had regarding it, so many answers I needed to find. What I knew for certain was that Accord Island was gone and the shockwaves were felt around the world. While the devastation was more limited than I might have...
2022-02-17 19:39:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, we all assembled at the Guild. Jakyl still looked a little grumpy, but the smiles on Gilo’s and Mal’s faces seemed to be genuine. Mal took the initiative to approach me, even before Weise could speak up, to introduce the two groups to each other, or introduce the three unkno...
2022-02-16 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, stillness ruled on the plaza, every scourge turning towards the chariot and its inhumane rider. The stillness only lasted a moment and despite the camera’s not having microphones, I was certain I heard the howling of wolves, as all the hounds raised their muzzles towards the sky i...
2022-02-15 21:09:03 +0000 UTC View Post“What in the…?!” An intense voice ripped me from my focus, making me realise that I had zoned out. Sadly, the surprise meant that my hands shook for a moment, spilling the liquid I had been pouring into a different beaker, causing it to land on the table below and starting to enthusiastical...
2022-02-14 16:58:53 +0000 UTC View PostWaking up was a curious sensation, especially when I began to access the part of me that was connected to Galatea. It also allowed me to answer the first question, namely my current location and the realisation that I was within my Bunker in New Brunsburg brought a wide smile to my face. My plan,...
2022-02-11 23:21:42 +0000 UTC View PostSadly, my hoped for discussion on Alchemy with Mal didn’t happen, at least not during the evening. By the time the introduction of her team was done, it was time for her to head off and for us, to head to bed. But she promised to answer a few questions, if I did likewise, in the morning. Exchan...
2022-02-11 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“So, Mal, is it? Good Evening and nice to meet you.” I returned her incredibly enthusiastic greeting, an amused smile on my face.
“Malachite, but, as I said, you can call me Mal.” she replied, before her eyes focused back on the flask in her hand, if only for a moment.
“Talk...
2022-02-09 17:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostLooking back down into the valley, after we had climbed the rough and rocky northern walls, the movement was obvious. Compared to earlier, when we had entered from the south-eastern slope, the contrast was too extreme, the Ankheg were swarming, reminding me of ants, after somebody had disturbed t...
2022-02-07 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFrom afar, the valley we were told the lichen was growing in was peaceful. Nothing seemed to be out of place, just rocky slopes, some sparse trees, some evergreens and leaves scattered on the ground. There was a small brook, maybe a remnant of the water that had, in days long past, dug the valley...
2022-02-04 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostGetting back to New Brunsburg was both simple and difficult at the same time. If not for the need to remain undetected, Sophia and I could simply have taken the plane, flying in and landing openly but given that I was still wanted in my identity as Metis, that plane could not fly. On the other ha...
2022-02-03 21:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostSweaty, tired and thoroughly cold, I stumbled back into my apartment, a small part of me cursing out Mrs. Wu as I went. That smiling face of hers, as she ordered me to perform one set of exercises after the other, while having me describe the effects my strikes would have, if the training-dummy w...
2022-02-02 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we returned to the Guild in the morning, it turned out that we’d have to wait a few days to meet the rest of our prospective group. Originally, the mission had been planned to start within a week of our arrival, the clerics busy with preparations, which, in turn, caused the group to head o...
2022-01-31 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the reception, which had been quite the interesting experience overall, Sophia and I enjoyed some romantic time together, simply enjoying the presence of the other. Galatea, on the other hand, had been tasked with looking into the information I had received, Even while walking down a slight...
2022-01-30 18:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Elaborate, please.” Adra asked, just as interested in the follow-up as I was. There had to be a reason for him to ask us and not the locals, meaning that it most likely was dangerous, and thus, an excellent potential source of EXP. Or of death, but that was always the risk
“Certainly...
2022-01-28 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe terrain was slowly shifting, from the rough and largely desolate slopes of the Dorrian Mountains to gentle, rolling hills, covered in a couple of forests and large, almost steppe-like meadows. From our elevated position, we could make out a few farmsteads in the distance, the buildings surrou...
2022-01-26 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs the joke went, we were not fleeing, we were rapidly advancing towards the rear. Or maybe we were running away, no shame in running away from an unknown threat, it was the way to preserve the lives of those around me. Even for me, dying would be a major hassle, setting me back a great deal, tho...
2022-01-24 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostFrom a single realisation, a multitude of ideas came forth, all of them in need of testing and verification, to further our understanding of the world. Sophia spent an hour or two each day trying to learn how to fly by turning the concept of climbing without a rope into something less awkward. Th...
2022-01-23 22:29:23 +0000 UTC View PostWith Rai hiding, the attacking skeletons crashed into Sigmir, who was happily holding the line. Looking from behind, I almost had to laugh when Sigmir started to swing, timing her strikes in such a way to keep the Lok’Nar move in a perpetual dance of destruction. The skeletons moved in and befo...
2022-01-21 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I am just trying to digest what Galatea presented.” I admitted, shaking my head. Letting out a slow breath, I decided that Sophia needed to know and she hopefully would be able to harness that understanding.
“What you just did, was break the laws of physics, as we understood them bef...
2022-01-19 19:28:03 +0000 UTC View PostWith Rai having broken the second Divide, there naturally had to be testing. It was one thing to test his abilities outside of combat but a whole different question to use them in actual combat, even simple sparring was enough of a difference.
And so, we decided on a second day of camping a...
2022-01-19 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post