My brothers were burnt together in a large pyre -- Brandr and Tormod. The others helped me build the pyre, and in a solemn silence, we gathered the bones. I had them buried where the bones of my grandparents and brother were laid to rest. Brandr and Tormod joined them. Only the bones of Havi and ...
2022-11-02 14:24:07 +0000 UTC View Post“He’s waking up,” I heard someone say as a low groan escaped my throat, the pounding in my head waking me up. It felt like someone was using the insides of my skull as a wardrum. I felt something being pressed to my lips, but I spilled it against my face when I turned to the side. “It’s...
2022-11-02 14:23:59 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t think there’s a business more profitable than war,” I muttered to myself as the boats were being loaded up with cargo near Hedeby. It was a city that was even larger than Alabu. I thought that we would… stop by the city, but Jarl Horrik sent the army home to enjoy their prizes....
2022-11-02 14:23:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe bell was a surprisingly pleasant sound, I thought as I led the few hundred warriors up the main road, sprinting as fast as we could. The dirt was well packed from so many people walking on it, so it almost acted as stone underfoot. The houses that flanked the road were made of wood with thatc...
2022-11-02 14:23:45 +0000 UTC View PostI woke to an unfamiliar ceiling. The segmented pale plates were gone, replaced with a uniform oneness that was only broken up by lighting. There was no momentary bliss of forgetting what happened. It was impossible when I woke up laying in a soft bed with sheets so soft and smooth that it was alm...
2022-10-31 14:31:33 +0000 UTC View PostI slammed my head into the dash, my ears filled with nothing but the sound of screeching metal while I was tossed around the interior of the flying car. My back hit something, then my side, but it was next to impossible to tell what I was hitting because I could only see red or glitches from my o...
2022-10-31 14:31:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe alarm was the single loudest thing that I had ever heard in my life. The younger kids reacted with a primal instinct to cower away from it, their hands going to their ears and recoiling away from the sound that echoed loudly through the hallway. Those of us that were older reacted better to i...
2022-10-31 14:31:24 +0000 UTC View PostI opened my eyes to a familiar ceiling, yet it wasn't one that sat above my dorm. It was the ceiling belonging to the physical labor room. One of them, at least. In my time, I've seen three of them. "Good morning, boys," I heard the familiar voice of Dr. D announce, and without fail, he woke us u...
2022-10-31 14:31:20 +0000 UTC View PostMy blood felt like it was boiling in my veins, cooking me from the inside out, and the gallons of sweat that dripped from me did nothing to cool me down. It only managed to make the gown that I wore soaked, plastering it to my chest, as I worked on soaking through the hospital bed that I was stra...
2022-10-31 14:31:16 +0000 UTC View PostI stood in my Cave of Wonders and realized that I needed to take inventory, because it went from completely empty to being a goddamn mess over the course of… well, a day, but several dozen timelines. There were just piles of weapons tossed around haphazardly, no method of sorting to organize th...
2022-10-29 15:08:59 +0000 UTC View Post"I can't believe they're making us go back to school. New York got invaded by aliens. They should totally just cancel it for the year! Er, well, maybe that would be a bit much. They should cancel it for at least a semester, though," Peter groused as he poured over my Air Treks on a buste...
2022-10-29 15:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post"I want him found. Now," Nick Fury stated, his tone harsh and matter of fact as he stood at the bridge of the Helicarrier. Stark's hologram projectors had been repurposed, letting him stand on the bridge and examine a dozen different information feeds at once. It was convenient. Less turning, for...
2022-10-29 15:08:50 +0000 UTC View PostGiven that I was going to be seen on the news, and I had some extra time between the murders of past me, I had gotten a change of clothes. Not particularly because I wanted to look nice for the cameras -- I honestly don't think I could have cared less even if I actively tried -- but to avoid bein...
2022-10-29 15:08:46 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t know about this,” the prospective Rabbit muttered under his breath, looking down at the knife in his hands. One shorter than his palm. An intentional choice -- it was to show the recruits that even if the blade was small, we could kill with them. “What if someone sees me?” He a...
2022-10-28 15:10:35 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a change in the alienage after the fire. Soris likened it to it being the final straw -- First, the purge on the alienage, then the lockdown, and now, after we had built a new orphanage, the Arls' own son came and burned the building down and tried to burn half a hundred orphans alive w...
2022-10-28 15:10:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe Fade was a dangerous place. It was as alien to the denizens of Thedas as Thedas was to the inhabitants of the Fade. Spirits and Demons alike. Unlike the people of the world, demons longed to enter the mortal realm because, despite the presence of magic in the world, the Fade was more connecte...
2022-10-28 15:10:29 +0000 UTC View PostMurder got a lot easier with practice. Both in the sense of the actual act of murder and the toll it took on your mental state. While the difference between one murder and a hundred was about a hundred murders, after the first five or six, the guilt stopped hitting as hard. As for the act itself?...
2022-10-28 15:10:26 +0000 UTC View Post"You couldn't have waited five seconds?!" Ciri snapped at him the moment they were both out of the door, chasing the monster down. He almost thought it was an apostle given how it spoke and acted. It transformed like one too, but he hadn't encountered an apostle that would flee like this. The cre...
2022-10-27 14:56:45 +0000 UTC View Post“He’s waking up,” I heard someone say as a low groan escaped my throat, the pounding in my head waking me up. It felt like someone was using the insides of my skull as a wardrum. I felt something being pressed to my lips, but I spilled it against my face when I turned to the side. “It’s...
2022-10-26 14:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t think there’s a business more profitable than war,” I muttered to myself as the boats were being loaded up with cargo near Hedeby. It was a city that was even larger than Alabu. I thought that we would… stop by the city, but Jarl Horrik sent the army home to enjoy their prizes....
2022-10-26 14:55:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe bell was a surprisingly pleasant sound, I thought as I led the few hundred warriors up the main road, sprinting as fast as we could. The dirt was well packed from so many people walking on it, so it almost acted as stone underfoot. The houses that flanked the road were made of wood with thatc...
2022-10-26 14:55:36 +0000 UTC View PostWe lost three hundred men in total, counting those that were too injured to keep fighting. It was a great victory by any stretch of the imagination, but we only had a thousand men so we felt the loss of those three hundred very keenly. Still, it was an obvious win and it was celebrated as such. T...
2022-10-26 14:55:29 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to start off by giving a big thank you for the feedback everyone gave yesterday -- and secondly, I want to clarify something. I'm probably going to give people PTSD flashbacks with this, but I'm not abandoning Gone Native. I'll finish the story even if it kills me. I'm still really excit...
2022-10-25 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostElery's head snapped back as the kitchen was absolutely demolished in her wake as she tore through the wall like it wasn't even there before striking the crystal clear blue water with explosive force, sending up tons of water while she shot down into the depths of the ocean. The salt in the water...
2022-10-24 15:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post"He's acting weird. He's plotting something," Elery griped, her hands clenching into fists as she lightly banged them on the admittedly sturdy dinner table. She guessed that it had to be when dealing with a Kryptonian. Even still, Elery noticed that the metallic surface was looking more than a li...
2022-10-24 15:01:48 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm really getting tired of hearing that," I returned to Poison Ivy, my eyes narrowed into slits. Saibamen. They surrounded us on all sides, twisted grins on their faces while their claws flexed and clenched as if they were imagining tearing us limb from limb. It had been some time since I last ...
2022-10-24 15:01:40 +0000 UTC View Post“I will give you this, Pamela Isley -- you’re brave,” I muttered with a snarl etched into my face. Every muscle was taut as I stared at the hologram projector that gave me the alert. The planet was on the very edge of my empire, nearly on the exact opposite end away from Earth. Due to that,...
2022-10-24 15:01:30 +0000 UTC View Post"I can't believe they're making us go back to school. New York got invaded by aliens. They should totally just cancel it for the year! Er, well, maybe that would be a bit much. They should cancel it for at least a semester, though," Peter groused as he poured over my Air Treks on a buste...
2022-10-22 14:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post"I want him found. Now," Nick Fury stated, his tone harsh and matter of fact as he stood at the bridge of the Helicarrier. Stark's hologram projectors had been repurposed, letting him stand on the bridge and examine a dozen different information feeds at once. It was convenient. Less turning, for...
2022-10-22 14:54:52 +0000 UTC View PostGiven that I was going to be seen on the news, and I had some extra time between the murders of past me, I had gotten a change of clothes. Not particularly because I wanted to look nice for the cameras -- I honestly don't think I could have cared less even if I actively tried -- but to avoid bein...
2022-10-22 14:54:48 +0000 UTC View Post