Jason and Allayeth watched the cloud palace break down into thick fog that obscured the area and replaced the smell of ash and wet mud with a fresh, clean scent. It was slowly drawn into the cloud flask like a massive genie returning to its bottle.
“I’m surprised the city was willing to...
2022-11-07 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostTL;DR: I'm taking December and January off.
Kind of. December is for rest, long with visiting Los Angeles and my mum (not at the same time). Then I'm going to spend January writing without releasing so that I can try and get through next year without being constantly wreck...
Jason looked around the room, then focused on the gently strobing blue orb.
“Is no one else going to…?” he asked. “I’m just going to go ahead, then. If the evil angel sorceress thinks we’re screening her calls she might get cranky with the negotiations.”
Jason stood up a...
2022-11-04 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostInside Jason’s soul realm, Jason and his team were sorting through the massive amount of loot they had picked up during the Battle of Yaresh. With both Neil and Jason having loot powers, there was more than a little of it. They were in the shadow of the central pagoda, in a courtyard where item...
2022-11-03 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
For those who were unaware, I am doing a live event board game night while I'm in Los Angeles in December. As we continue to make arrangements, the organiser has informed me that we can fit more people than originally expected. There are about 20-25 places left, last I heard.
A reminder of...
In the empty void of a dying universe, one lush green and blue planet remained. Shielded from entropy by magic older than the ancient universe itself, some of the Builder's most powerful agents prepared to move it to a fresh, young reality. In a dimension ship, floating far enough from the planet...
2022-11-02 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Gormanston Bynes,” Allayeth explained, “is one of the most prominent members of a powerful political faction here in Yaresh. It was his son, Calcifer, that you sent running off in a panic, but the father is the true threat.”
She was still walking from Emir’s cloud palace towards ...
2022-11-01 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJason went to the door of the meeting room and looked out but Lord Bynes was already gone. Being a monster core user didn't hurt his gold-rank speed and he had shot out like a rocket.
“Does he even know the way out? There was an elevating platform. It would feel weird to pause in the midd...
2022-10-31 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIn a room full of shocked faces, Arabelle stood up and moved over to Jason, the bouncy floor making it slightly awkward.
“You’re playing things dangerously, Jason,” she told him. “But you did well.”
The Adventure Society director’s expression showed that he was not in agre...
2022-10-28 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA large group of mostly very serious people were having a meeting in a room with a bouncy house floor. The attendees were looking at a blue orb sitting on a table.
“This device was delivered to us by a messenger from the, er, messengers,” said Musin Heath. “Accordingly, we don’t tru...
2022-10-27 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the missing PDF from today's chapter. I kept my assistant up into the wee hours while I was editing and he was a bit drowsy when he posted the chapter. He's got a pretty good job, by and large, but he does have weird and inconsistent hours.
Anyway, the chapter now has the PDF a...
Auras erupted in consternation after Musin Heath, the Adventure Society director, announced a potential alliance with the messenger leader. The gold-rankers held their equanimity, but many of the silver-rankers were spiritually up in arms. It was here that the director demonstrated his expertise,...
2022-10-26 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJason and his team, including new member Taika, headed to Emir’s palace for a meeting. With them were Farrah, Gary and Travis, while Gabrielle had long gone off to find members of her own clergy. She would arrive at the meeting with them.
Using Emir’s palace as the venue made sense pure...
2022-10-25 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Jason’s cloud palace was still largely occupied with servicing the displaced population of Yaresh, Jason maintained an area for himself and his companions. Part of it was a living area, with Sophie and Belinda in one room and the boys in a bunk dorm to save space. Sophie's mother, Melody,...
2022-10-24 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJason didn't notice the diamond-ranker until she set foot in his cloud palace and blended in with a stream of civilians making their way to the cafeteria. Even then, he almost missed her as that was not a part of the cloud palace currently within his spirit domain. Rather than react, he observed ...
2022-10-21 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Whatever you may be thinking, Mr Asano, the diamond-rankers aren’t spending their days plotting ways to snatch away your secrets.”
Vidal Ladiv was not enjoying his job. He had always imagined people with real power to be sober and serious, dedicated to carrying out the duties that ca...
2022-10-20 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJason and Gary were standing outside the forge Jason had conjured up in his soul space for Gary to practise his craft. In this space, Jason could conjure up countless materials, including exceedingly rare ones, for Gary to consume. Gary had even secured samples of the materials he wanted to work ...
2022-10-19 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMarek Nior Vargas stood before the portal leading out of Asano’s astral kingdom. In the weeks since he first entered, his life and future had been entirely transformed, but he found himself nervous as he looked at the way out. The world outside held immense potential, now. It held a hope that h...
2022-10-18 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“No,” Amos said, looking at the portal to Jason’s soul realm atop the roof of the cloud palace.
“No?” Jason asked lightly.
“No,” his aura teacher confirmed. “I am not going in there.”
Amos Pensinata was a gold-ranker from Rimaros travelling with Jason, instruct...
2022-10-17 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“He said no,” Taika told the Fertility priestess firmly.
“Mr Asano represents an unusual confluence of factors that could potentially be used to produce powerful forces that can be deployed against messengers and similar threats.”
“I’m pretty sure you shouldn’t be trying...
2022-10-14 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHere is the completed bundle for book nine, in dark and light background versions. Note that the system boxes are harder to read with a light background. This version also has some mild chapter re-arrangement in the climax, namely moving the Taika chapters to earlier in the sequence. This should ...
2022-10-14 00:25:57 +0000 UTC View PostMessengers didn’t dream. They understood the concept, but it wasn’t something they experienced for themselves. It was a condition of lesser beings. Of the weak. This was what the messenger Tera Jun Casta had been told her entire life, which left her confused as she roused from dreams of her o...
2022-10-13 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostInside Jason’s astral realm, Marek Nior Vargas was walking with his friend and companion, Payan Nior Roel. Having bloomed in the same district of the same garden world, they had known each other for all but the first few days of their lives. They had served under the same commander, who had hel...
2022-10-05 22:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostJason dropped back to the floor, landing in a superhero crouch, then toppling over.
“Yep,” he grunted, laying sprawled on the ground. “I’m pretty much spent. Hey, commander angel pants, what are you doing here? You know the diamond-rankers won’t let you roam free in a bunker for l...
2022-10-04 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBook nine will finally be drawing to a close this week. It will be the tiniest bit longer than book one to take top spot in series book length.
For silver-rank and above patrons, this means they will be reaching the end of the book this week, after two more chapters. The final chapter will...
Outside of the barrier dome surrounding Yaresh, the command council, the strategic command for the messenger raiding force, was floating in the air. Information from the field commanders within the city was relayed to them through speaking stones, a magical device this world did not possess. Comm...
2022-10-03 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis is just to let everyone know that the LA board game evening meet & greet is now fully booked.
There may be cancellations before December, and I'll keep you all updated.
2022-10-03 19:09:33 +0000 UTC View Post
TL;DR:
The bunker beneath the entertainment district was set up as a series of dormitories, punctuated by various service rooms. As the occupants were primarily not essence users, there was a need for food preparation and toilet facilities for thousands. Those facilities, in turn, required logistics and...
2022-09-30 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA messenger slammed into Jason and they both went tumbling to the ground. Similar attacks had struck Humphrey, Clive and other adventurers around the battlefield. Jason rolled away from one another and felt some manner of power settle over him. His magical buffs vanished. His conjured items, cloa...
2022-09-29 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post