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Ghastly Adventures: Cascade 2.5 (ch. 11)

“Left, left, left, right, left,” I chanted, running next to Mankey and I had to admit, I was doing a lot better than I thought I would be after a solid three hours of running. Pokemon humanity seemed to start at a base level of Olympic athletes and only got better from there. My t-shirt was s...

Ghastly Adventures: Cascade 2.4 (ch. 10)

“Lickitung,” Larry said, bringing out his fist pokemon. I had a plan to deal with him, but given how he had crushed Brawly, I had to assume that he planned around my planning. Which meant I needed to plan around his planning… or, I could flip the board on him.

“Mimikyu,” I decided...

Ghastly Adventures: Cascade 2.3 (ch. 9)

There were a lot fewer people on the beach at night, making it perfect for me. I paddled out on my stomach, the waves rising and falling in a rhythm while the moon shone overhead. Light pollution thinned out the number of stars overhead, but they were still quite a sight, enough to distract me un...

Ghastly Adventures: Cascade 2.2 (ch. 8)

“You boys did a good thing today, but I hope you understand how foolish it was,” a grizzled man said, his arms crossed. There were scars up his arms-- cuts, burns, and Lichtenberg scarring. He was heavily built like a strongman, with a bushy beard and a wide brimmed hat. A Ranger -- if Office...

The Good Life: Dear Hearts and Gentle People (ch. 41

“She's performing well,” Robin informed as I gazed out of a window, overlooking the portal as the various refugees and, more importantly, the scavengers that managed to return came through. The raids were a bit of a hit and a miss -- things had settled enough in the Old World that new powers ...

The Good Life: Atomic Cocktail (ch. 40)

“Hey, don't look at me. Cinder is the one with the issues here. That's all her,” I held my hands up underneath a withering glare from Asami. It was a rare thing that she ventured to this side of the Dias. Partly because things on her side were an absolute shit show, but mostly because she hat...

The Good Life: Crawl Out Through The Fallout (ch. 39)

Taylor Hebert ran for her life, her lungs burning, her legs aching, each breath coming as a desperate gasp. A loud crack before the sound of something whizzing by her ear made her breathing hitch as a plume of dust from the sandy dirt went up a dozen feet ahead of her. It was nothing short of a m...

The Good Life: He's a Demon, He's a Devil, He's a Doll (ch. 38)

You know, for a mostly desolate world that was inhabited by merciless raiders, it did have one redeeming feature. Monsters. The Gatorclaw zeroed in on me, his pupil becoming a slit before a low rumble escaped his throat. Then, with shocking speed, the miniature Godzilla raced forward, his tail sw...

Legends Never Die: Plans Within Plans (ch. 74)

“If I'm dead, then Jahannam has a poor sense of humor,” Hadi croaked, laying on a bed in a tent, with Alim seated next to him with a book that probably weighed as much as he did across his lap. Alim looked up at him, blinking owlishly at the sudden address, before he offered a small smile. �...

Legends Never Die: Refugee in Audacity (ch. 73)

Disembarking was a long and time consuming affair. The settlement of Fajr was in good order, as it had been when Hadi left it some months ago. Five thousand men remained in it to secure their foothold, and they welcomed their countrymen with open arms. Hadi found himself rather busy taking stock ...

Legends Never Die: I See Fire (ch. 72)

Hadi's father couldn't have been more happy even if Allah himself parted the skies and proclaimed him Caliph. A royal advisor. A direct connection to the throne. A position of great influence, even if it was to the second son, as a prince was still a prince. It was more than father could have eve...

Legends Never Die: The Price for Ambition (ch. 71)

Michalis had managed his task nicely, I would soon learn. Even if I was left with the question of who really sent the assassin after me. They had certainly taken a risk -- an arrow in the middle of a play with dancing elephants was far less subtle than poison. Which made me wonder if this was tru...

Never Fade Away: The Suits Are Scared (ch. 60)

I didn't know what to feel as I stood in Yorinobu's office, looking at the blood that was splattered and pooling on his desk and window. That was one of the few hints of his death. The camera footage was scrambled, rendering it useless, and the identity of the killer a mystery. Yorinobu himself, ...

Never Fade Away: Outsider No More (ch. 59)

The fleet tried to scramble to save itself, but I took the time to hunt them down. I hadn't realized it then, with the chaos of the battle, but there were precious few Turians actually on the ships themselves. There were still some, of course, but just enough to have the fleet function enough to ...

Never Fade Away: Rite Of Passage (ch. 58)

This was going to be one hell of a test drive, I thought to myself as the Turian fleet began to move. Portions of the fleet that I'm guessing didn't have an army on them began to converge on my location. There were a thousand ships, and even if a hundred of them remained behind, that was still ni...

Never Fade Away: Code Red Initiated (ch. 57)

David knew he was faster. Probably stronger. But Biotics were one hell of an equalizer, he thought as missiles exploded around him and the surrounding area became nothing but fire, dust, and shrapnel. Kaiden and Panam would be okay -- nothing short of the wrath of God would be getting through tha...

The Good Life: Atomic Cocktail (ch. 40)

“Hey, don't look at me. Cinder is the one with the issues here. That's all her,” I held my hands up underneath a withering glare from Asami. It was a rare thing that she ventured to this side of the Dias. Partly because things on her side were an absolute shit show, but mostly because she hat...

The Good Life: Crawl Out Through The Fallout (ch. 39)

Taylor Hebert ran for her life, her lungs burning, her legs aching, each breath coming as a desperate gasp. A loud crack before the sound of something whizzing by her ear made her breathing hitch as a plume of dust from the sandy dirt went up a dozen feet ahead of her. It was nothing short of a m...

The Good Life: He's a Demon, He's a Devil, He's a Doll (ch. 38)

You know, for a mostly desolate world that was inhabited by merciless raiders, it did have one redeeming feature. Monsters. The Gatorclaw zeroed in on me, his pupil becoming a slit before a low rumble escaped his throat. Then, with shocking speed, the miniature Godzilla raced forward, his tail sw...

The Good Life: Civilization (ch. 37)

In general, things weren’t looking so hot for the human race, I could admit that freely enough. We blew ourselves to hell and back, and our refuge from a world bathed in nuclear hellfire was another world that had experienced the same a few centuries in the past. To be perfectly honest, the hum...

Legends Never Die: Refugee in Audacity (ch. 73)

Disembarking was a long and time consuming affair. The settlement of Fajr was in good order, as it had been when Hadi left it some months ago. Five thousand men remained in it to secure their foothold, and they welcomed their countrymen with open arms. Hadi found himself rather busy taking stock ...

Legends Never Die: I See Fire (ch. 72)

Hadi's father couldn't have been more happy even if Allah himself parted the skies and proclaimed him Caliph. A royal advisor. A direct connection to the throne. A position of great influence, even if it was to the second son, as a prince was still a prince. It was more than father could have eve...

Legends Never Die: The Price for Ambition (ch. 71)

Michalis had managed his task nicely, I would soon learn. Even if I was left with the question of who really sent the assassin after me. They had certainly taken a risk -- an arrow in the middle of a play with dancing elephants was far less subtle than poison. Which made me wonder if this was tru...

Legends Never Die: Unwanted Attention (ch. 70)

Hadi Husain never put much stock in hearsay. He knew people. How they thought. What entertained them. A story could never be interesting enough as they heard it -- it always needed a little embellishment. A touch here, a touch there, and before you knew it, the entire story couldn’t even be rec...

Never Fade Away: Outsider No More (ch. 59)

The fleet tried to scramble to save itself, but I took the time to hunt them down. I hadn't realized it then, with the chaos of the battle, but there were precious few Turians actually on the ships themselves. There were still some, of course, but just enough to have the fleet function enough to ...

Never Fade Away: Rite Of Passage (ch. 58)

This was going to be one hell of a test drive, I thought to myself as the Turian fleet began to move. Portions of the fleet that I'm guessing didn't have an army on them began to converge on my location. There were a thousand ships, and even if a hundred of them remained behind, that was still ni...

Never Fade Away: Code Red Initiated (ch. 57)

David knew he was faster. Probably stronger. But Biotics were one hell of an equalizer, he thought as missiles exploded around him and the surrounding area became nothing but fire, dust, and shrapnel. Kaiden and Panam would be okay -- nothing short of the wrath of God would be getting through tha...

Never Fade Away: Extraction Action (ch. 56)

Kaiden was increasingly convinced that the very worst part of war was the waiting. Waiting when you knew something was going to happen, that within minutes or hours everything would become a chaotic mess in a life or death struggle. Time seemed to warp as seconds felt like minutes and mi...

Ghastly Adventures: Cascade 2.5 (ch. 10)

“Lickitung,” Larry said, bringing out his fist pokemon. I had a plan to deal with him, but given how he had crushed Brawly, I had to assume that he planned around my planning. Which meant I needed to plan around his planning… or, I could flip the board on him.

“Mimikyu,” I decided...

Ghastly Adventures: Cascade 2.4 (ch. 9)

There were a lot fewer people on the beach at night, making it perfect for me. I paddled out on my stomach, the waves rising and falling in a rhythm while the moon shone overhead. Light pollution thinned out the number of stars overhead, but they were still quite a sight, enough to distract me un...