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20 - Weighing the Risks

“That’s impossible,” Phoenix said, looking towards Patricia in her rising panic as she pleaded, “That is impossible, right? I didn’t give permission or sign another contract or… you know�...

19 - Mother

Phoenix was surprised the next morning when she couldn’t open a portal to the location atop the Soul Reaper’s downed ship, where she vividly remembered both saving and condemning Paul’s life. There was n...

18 - Seed of Hope

“Someone, please explain why this is happening,” Phoenix mentally pleaded to her party.

“I think only the kid knows why he’s doing this, so you’d have to ask him,” ...

17 - Doomed Either Way

While King’s Dream might have been placed in charge of the research expedition, many were unhappy about following the orders of a fresh Sapphire Caster despite the addition of the titles “Emissary” and �...

16 - A Bad Oddity

Phoenix and Dazien shared furtive glances with one another as they sensed the odd atmosphere of the room they had been “politely requested to attend” to along with Kara.

The Crystal and freshly ascen...

15 - Heavy is the Head

Phoenix sat on a stool against the far wall of one of the smaller ritual rooms, carefully reapplying the mana-replenishing tattoo on her thigh as Dazien was using Sapphire Caste Arcane Chalk to draw out the ri...

14 - Your Story

Dazien blinked up at an unfamiliar ceiling. He felt groggy; like he had slept for far too long and didn’t actually achieve any rest. He slowly sat up to find himself in an unfamiliar room as well. The decor ...

13 - Who Are They to Judge

Kara pulled the two obvious introverts along the streets of the International District where the apartment they just finished cleaning out was located. Two of her tails acted like leashes around their wrists a...

12 - What I Want

Phoenix followed Uriel around the small space as he grabbed more items for her to stash in her collection for easy transporting. It felt a bit… intrusive to help store the items the long-time friend...

11 - Preserving the Presence

Phoenix wasn’t sure what to expect exactly when Kara requested to join her and Uriel to help relocate the two men –who were roommates. It seemed as good a time as any while Dazien recovered from both the s...

10 - Orders

“Well, that was intense,” Rayna said to her as they stepped out the front door of the Wayland estate. Snowbelle lazily flapped pure white wings as the Familiar trailed behind them before keeping watch in t...

9 - Growing Pains

Dazien grimaced at Kara’s warning, already knowing she wasn’t wrong. His ascension to Crystal had been one of the most traumatic experiences he had gone through which said something for both how bad it was...

8 - Practically Untouchable

Phoenix blanched at Everin’s use of her Divine Title and begged, “Please never call me that again. I’m just their little flag that claims more territory for them, remember?”

Kara looked at her in...

7 - It Was Fate

Phoenix and Dazien had returned to Paul’s side while Uriel had gone to meet with Priest Jacob who had been overseeing his –along with her own– mental health when they had the time and were in the city. 2024-05-29 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

6 - Why Her?

Kara had never questioned her faith before. Never questioned her worth in her goddess’ eyes. But this newest quest was hitting some nerves that she didn’t think she even had at Obsidian. Her entire being w...

5 - Defeated

It was only about an hour later that Kara reappeared before Phoenix who had joined the rest of her party on the rooftop garden while waiting for word. The Obsidian Caster gave an exaggerated swish of her blond...

4 - Be Better

“Kara?” Phoenix repeated in surprise before hesitantly asking, “Your last name wouldn’t happen to be Zor-El or Danvers, would it?”

“What? No, my family name is Fairweather. Why do you ask?”...

3 - They Will Collide

The Manufacturing District of Tulimeir was the easternmost section of the eight-pointed star design that made up the city. Currently, it was taken over by Adventurers, Ducal Guards, and volunteers to the latte...

2 - Fight While We Grieve

“I only know part of it, not everything,” Everin said and Phoenix was grateful that her pleading would finally give her something, even if it wouldn’t be a lot, “But one of the main reasons th...

1 - Go Back

Phoenix blinked, her eyes heavy with exhaustion and her body very much disagreeing with the idea of waking up. She grumbled and tried curling into a tighter ball and pushing herself further into the comfortabl...

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60 - Champion

Phoenix and Uriel both stared at the goddess blankly for a moment. 

As her emotions warred within her on how exactly to respond to the deity, she finally settled on snark, "Well, you're a bit...

59 - The Edge

Everin groggily awoke in a strange room that he definitely had never seen before with its elegance and natural beauty of leafy plants, blooming flowers, and wood paneling along the walls. Much more expe...

58 - Into the Abyss

Phoenix was suddenly chanting in a language she had never heard before and that her translation ability seemed to struggle with.

“Soul Hope Entwine Harmony Distance…�...

57 - If You Gaze

Phoenix was still holding Paul’s hand as she knelt in the slush beside him. The conversation between the Cleric and goddess had been confusing at best and deeply concerning at worst.

Scholar wan...

56 - Worth Falling For

Everin Starlark was never meant to be here. Never meant to be on this backwater tundra with only a single city of any interest and where nothing seemed to grow, not even the people. Never meant to becom...

55 - The Blade of Pure Love

Phoenix had been a nervous wreck as she tried to be helpful while also paying attention to the battle her mentor was fighting in the distance. Keeping her portal available to those who were still retrea...

54 - They’ll Sing Songs

Smoke that tasted like ozone filled Paul’s magical equivalent of lungs as he dove into the roiling storm of broken enchantments and disrupted rituals mixing with the ambient mana and erupting in a vio...

53 - Trouble

“Paul, wait!” Everin shouted at him and he paused his flight in the air to glance back at the Emerald Caster trying in vain to catch up to him but he still heard the words carried on the wind, “At...

52 - Half the Battle

“Explain to me exactly how Water Two Squad’s forces were halved in less than a week,” Roimeldor ordered as he continued walking down the hall of their capital ship still...