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The Good Life: Law of the Jungle (ch. 114)

I had underestimated Taylor. Almost dangerously so, I thought as I checked out the sights around Nuka-World and beyond while she scrounged up the various leaders of Fallout that now fell under my domain. Bug control at her level wasn't anything to sneeze at, but it wouldn't crack the top ten when...

The Good Life: Time Away (ch. 113) (Fallout Return)

“Aerith, you must not lose hope! So long as we are alive, we can fight! And so long as we can fight, we can win!” Yamato spoke to a demure Aerith, who sat in the corner of her cell. It was the only way that I allowed the two to communicate, a purposefully planted flaw in my holding cells.&nbs...

The Good Life: Godlike Power (ch. 112)

“Father, you can't be serious. You believe this… nonsense?” Rufus Shinra questioned sharply, seated across from his father, Russell Shinra, whose expression betrayed nothing. Already, Rufus could see the concoction that Dr. Waterloo had given him was having an effect. His skin had smoothed ...

The Good Life: Separate Ways (ch. 111)

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Legends Never Die: The Prince (ch. 146)

“That's it? That's Britannia?” Ragnar asked, half leaning over the railing of my flagship, as if it would make him arrive a half second sooner. I grabbed the back of his tunic, making sure that he didn't fall over while I gazed out at the familiar white cliffs. Or, rather, I gazed at the flap...

Legends Never Die: Tide of Change (ch. 145)

“He did what?” I stressed, feeling earnestly caught off guard for the first time in years and earning a nervous look from the messenger that delivered the news months too late to do anything about it. 

“King Hoffer has taken the Christian priests hostage and refuses rans...

Legends Never Die: Fate of Kingdoms (ch. 144)

“You have done well, Hjalmar! Gods above, you have made my wildest dreams possible!" King Hoffer praised him a week later, clasping his shoulders with a smile that threatened to consume his face. “I'll see you rewarded for this, though I struggle to imagine what I could give that you have not...

Legends Never Die: Give and Take (ch. 143)

“If you're looking for a ransom, I'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere. These beasts are more likely to pay you to kill me than they are for my release,” Hjalmar remarked, swallowing a lump in his throat while the name scratched at something in the back of his mind. Otto. He knew that name...

A Golden Path: Design 3.10 (ch. 33)

“What… what happened? Where are we?” Rhaegar rasped, his eyes feeling like they were covered in sand while his throat didn't feel much better. His head swam when he tried to sit up, only for a pain in his side to keep him down. Despite the pain, he looked around, his heart leaping to his th...

A Golden Path: Design 3.9 (ch. 32)

“Meh, I'll just piss blood for a week or two. Nothing to fret over,” Robert waved off Ned's concern as they stood under a tent canopy on an island that they now controlled. The dismissal earned a sigh and a concerned look as Ned pinned his friend with a pointed gaze. 

“I'm no hea...

Best of Intentions: Fly Me to the Moon (ch. 34) (Complete)

“Dear people of Earth,” I began, resisting the urge to adjust my glasses while I looked at a tennis ball with a smiley face drawn on it above the camera I was speaking to. “My name is Rudeus Rain, but everyone just calls me Rude. Some of you might be familiar with me due to my actions durin...

A Golden Path: Design 3.8 (ch. 31)

Salladhor Saan sipped a fine vintage, seated in the cabin of his flagship, the Valyrian, gazing out towards the Bloodstone through a stained glass window. Robert Baratheon, Heir to the Stormlands and son of the Westerosi Hand of the King, proved that he was more than just a boy coasting ...

The Good Life: Time Away (ch. 113) (Fallout Return)

“Aerith, you must not lose hope! So long as we are alive, we can fight! And so long as we can fight, we can win!” Yamato spoke to a demure Aerith, who sat in the corner of her cell. It was the only way that I allowed the two to communicate, a purposefully planted flaw in my holding cells.&nbs...

The Good Life: Godlike Power (ch. 112)

“Father, you can't be serious. You believe this… nonsense?” Rufus Shinra questioned sharply, seated across from his father, Russell Shinra, whose expression betrayed nothing. Already, Rufus could see the concoction that Dr. Waterloo had given him was having an effect. His skin had smoothed ...

The Good Life: Separate Ways (ch. 111)

Patreon has some issues with this chapter, so to avoid it being dinged, the link below will take you to the Word doc of chapter 111.

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The Good Life: Raising Hell (ch. 110)

“Scalpel,” I intoned, appearing behind Yamato as she sent Sephiroth flying through a number of buildings with Haki crackling around her and a roar spilling from her lips. Even before I said the word she was reacting, a burning hatred in her eyes that was too intense to be anything less than p...

Legends Never Die: Tide of Change (ch. 145)

“He did what?” I stressed, feeling earnestly caught off guard for the first time in years and earning a nervous look from the messenger that delivered the news months too late to do anything about it. 

“King Hoffer has taken the Christian priests hostage and refuses rans...

Legends Never Die: Fate of Kingdoms (ch. 144)

“You have done well, Hjalmar! Gods above, you have made my dreams possible," King Hoffer praised him a week later, clasping his shoulders with a smile that threatened to consume his face. “I'll see you rewarded for this, though I struggle to imagine what I could give that you have not already...

Legends Never Die: Give and Take (ch. 143)

“If you're looking for a ransom, I'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere. These beasts are more likely to pay you to kill me than they are for my release,” Hjalmar remarked, swallowing a lump in his throat while the name scratched at something in the back of his mind. Otto. He knew that name...

Legends Never Die: The Eternal City (ch. 142)

The Romans weren't oblivious to their approach. Rome itself wasn't located on the coast, though it was close. Hjalmar was sure that Charlemagne or Irene would have at least a few spies scattered about the islands to keep informed of Hoffer's comings and goings. Hoffer had moved quickly, but gathe...

New Story Poll Results

The Poll to decide the next story has come to a close, and I gotta say, the results were surprising. Stories that I thought were shoe-ins for the top three languished at the middle of the pack or the bottom, and those that I thought would do poorly are pretty high up on the list. However, pretty ...

A Golden Path: Design 3.9 (ch. 32)

“Meh, I'll just piss blood for a week or two. Nothing to fret over,” Robert waved off Ned's concern as they stood under a tent canopy on an island that they now controlled. The dismissal earned a sigh and a concerned look as Ned pinned his friend with pointed gaze. 

“I'm no heale...

Best of Intentions: Fly Me to the Moon (ch. 34) (Complete)

“Dear people of Earth,” I began, resisting the urge to adjust my glasses while I looked at a tennis ball with a smiley face drawn on it above the camera I was speaking to. “My name is Rudeus Rain, but everyone just calls me Rude. Some of you might be familiar with me due to my actions durin...

A Golden Path: Design 3.8 (ch. 31)

Salladhor Saan sipped a fine vintage, seated in the cabin of his flagship, the Valyrian, gazing out towards the Bloodstone through a stained glass window. Robert Baratheon, Heir to the Stormlands and son of the Westerosi Hand of the King, proved that he was more than just a boy coasting ...

Best of Intentions: The Final Countdown (ch. 33)

A sense of serenity filled me in the span of a breath just before the battle began in earnest. This was a moment that had been five years in the making. Five long years of playing whack-a-mole with narcissistic bio-terrorists, of dedicating myself to the task of uprooting them entirely. But, at l...

The Good Life: Godlike Power (ch. 112)

“Father, you can't be serious. You believe this… nonsense?” Rufus Shinra questioned sharply, seated across from his father, Russell Shinra, whose expression betrayed nothing. Already, Rufus could see the concoction that Dr. Waterloo had given him was having an effect. His skin had smoothed ...

The Good Life: Separate Ways (ch. 111)

Patreon has some issues with this chapter, so to avoid it being dinged, the link below will take you to the Word doc of chapter 111.

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The Good Life: Raising Hell (ch. 110)

“Scalpel,” I intoned, appearing behind Yamato as she sent Sephiroth flying through a number of buildings with Haki crackling around her and a roar spilling from her lips. Even before I said the word she was reacting, a burning hatred in her eyes that was too intense to be anything less than p...

The Good Life: Bad Blood (ch. 109)

“I should be out there,” Zack muttered to himself, a foot bouncing as he watched a video feed of the monster- the WEAPON breaching the water and attacking Junon. The city was nearly destroyed just by the tidal wave that its arrival brought, and from the drone footage he saw someone using an I...

Legends Never Die: Fate of Kingdoms (ch. 144)

“You have done well, Hjalmar! Gods above, you have made my dreams possible," King Hoffer praised him a week later, clasping his shoulders with a smile that threatened to consume his face. “I'll see you rewarded for this, though I struggle to imagine what I could give that you have not already...