"Got it all out of your system?" Kara questioned, crossing her arms over her chest as I touched down on the planet, the last vestiges of god ki leaving my body and causing my hair to shift into its usual black color. A second later a pool of swirling red appeared next to me, revealing Hal as he f...
2022-08-15 14:57:09 +0000 UTC View PostHal and I moved at the same time, determined to beat the other into submission. I nursed a spark of god ki in my chest, using it to chip away at Hal's body as he used his fists to pulverize my ribs. I felt them shift underneath his knuckles, the strike making the bones creak because Hal wanted th...
2022-08-15 14:57:03 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no way that Ada'la could get mad at me for this fight. I didn't start it. Well, I suppose that wasn't true -- I did show up at his completely ineffective prison unannounced, but he was the one that threw the first punch and blatantly ignored the people I was traveling with. If he hadn't...
2022-08-15 14:56:54 +0000 UTC View PostDespite my hopes, I found Alabu in full swing as we entered the city. Not as much as it had been when I first visited, but it still felt like there were twice as many people in the city as it was meant to house. People eyed me with some interest, given that I towered over them thanks to the wagon...
2022-08-10 15:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostI realized my mistake too late. After defending my home, then the raid… the amount of praise I had gotten went straight to my head and I hadn't realized it. Everyone proclaimed me as a great warrior unlike any other, to the point I had been so distinguished that I got fifty acres worth of land....
2022-08-10 15:18:17 +0000 UTC View Post“What happened to the last owner of the farm?” Havi asked as we entered the border of my farmstead. It was a bit of a mixed bunch, I found. There was some flatland near the river that flowed east towards Alabu, my farmstead located further west than my parent’s. There were also rolling hill...
2022-08-10 15:18:13 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a certain kind of indescribable terror that comes with watching a son charge the enemy with nothing even resembling fear. Siegfried charged alone, driven forward by only the gods knew what while the rest of the men formed a shield wall with him at the head of it. Archers stood behind them...
2022-08-10 15:18:07 +0000 UTC View PostI thought we'd have a pretty short interview, answer a few questions, then we'd go out for the first public outing of the Titans. Exciting, but I was more excited for spending the millions of Prestige and going through all of the new options I had available. Instead, I was facing down a bunch of ...
2022-08-09 15:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Got it all out of your system?" Kara questioned, crossing her arms over her chest as I touched down on the planet, the last vestiges of god ki leaving my body and causing my hair to shift into its usual black color. A second later a pool of swirling red appeared next to me, revealing Hal as he f...
2022-08-08 14:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostHal and I moved at the same time, determined to beat the other into submission. I nursed a spark of god ki in my chest, using it to chip away at Hal's body as he used his fists to pulverize my ribs. I felt them shift underneath his knuckles, the strike making the bones creak because Hal wanted th...
2022-08-08 14:56:48 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no way that Ada'la could get mad at me for this fight. I didn't start it. Well, I suppose that wasn't true -- I did show up at his completely ineffective prison unannounced, but he was the one that threw the first punch and blatantly ignored the people I was traveling with. If he hadn't...
2022-08-08 14:56:44 +0000 UTC View Post"We're not teleporting in?" Kara asked, using her X-Ray vision to sweep through the interior of the ship to see that it was well put together, if very different from the ships she knew on Krypton. Like all members of the house of El, she was raised to be a Scientist, though she had a special fond...
2022-08-08 14:56:38 +0000 UTC View PostHuge balls of fire streaked across the sky, their paths marked with trails of smoke, before they crashed against the once proud wall that secured the capital of the Northern Water Tribe. Fire washed over the white wall, intense heat melting the ice that formed it as large craters and cracks forme...
2022-08-06 14:56:26 +0000 UTC View PostIt was daunting just how much the world had changed in a hundred years. There were relics of what once was -- Bumi had been the greatest of them all, but for the most part, the world seemed to have forgotten its history so very quickly. It was hard at times. Extremely hard. Seeing the Western Air...
2022-08-06 14:56:21 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a pirate fleet brewing in the oceans. Admiral Zhao had heard about it in low rumblings and rumors to start with. A prison barge had been intercepted by the Fire Nation defense fleet and while he hadn’t seen it for himself, what he heard was chilling. The hold was filled with corpses a...
2022-08-06 14:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostNobara was really getting worried about Majima and she wasn't really sure what to do about it. Rin gave her the lowdown – Majima had spoken to King Bumi and Iroh and while Majima got what he wanted, in the days since, a foul mood had taken hold of him. They were back at sea in the small ship an...
2022-08-06 14:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostCasca would like her, Guts decided as he brought up the rear of the makeshift caravan they had going. The kids in front of him marching in a line, holding hands with the old woman while Ciri led upfront. In the early light, the bog still retained its ominous feel but, at the very least, the mist ...
2022-08-04 14:55:57 +0000 UTC View PostI realized my mistake too late. After defending my home, then the raid… the amount of praise I had gotten went straight to my head and I hadn't realized it. Everyone proclaimed me as a great warrior unlike any other, to the point I had been so distinguished that I got fifty acres worth of land....
2022-08-03 14:59:10 +0000 UTC View Post“What happened to the last owner of the farm?” Havi asked as we entered the border of my farmstead. It was a bit of a mixed bunch, I found. There was some flatland near the river that flowed east towards Alabu, my farmstead located further west than my parent’s. There were also rolling hill...
2022-08-03 14:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a certain kind of indescribable terror that comes with watching a son charge the enemy with nothing even resembling fear. Eivor charged alone, driven forward by only the gods knew what while the rest of the men formed a shield wall with him at the head of it. Archers stood behind them, ta...
2022-08-03 14:58:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Shit,” I cursed, falling to the ground and landing on the soft grass and dirt, my legs giving out from underneath me. There were more than a few laughs at my expense, Father's loudest among them all. Using my axe and shield, I pushed myself up and used them to steady myself. Without them, I ...
2022-08-03 14:58:52 +0000 UTC View PostHal and I moved at the same time, determined to beat the other into submission. I nursed a spark of god ki in my chest, using it to chip away at Hal's body as he used his fists to pulverize my ribs. I felt them shift underneath his knuckles, the strike making the bones creak because Hal wanted th...
2022-08-01 15:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no way that Ada'la could get mad at me for this fight. I didn't start it. Well, I suppose that wasn't true -- I did show up at his completely ineffective prison unannounced, but he was the one that threw the first punch and blatantly ignored the people I was traveling with. If he hadn't...
2022-08-01 15:02:57 +0000 UTC View Post"We're not teleporting in?" Kara asked, using her X-Ray vision to sweep through the interior of the ship to see that it was well put together, if very different from the ships she knew on Krypton. Like all members of the house of El, she was raised to be a Scientist, though she had a special fond...
2022-08-01 15:02:38 +0000 UTC View PostI breathed in deeply, holding the air in my lungs, before letting it out slowly after a long minute. Only once my lungs were empty to the point it felt like they were going to collapse did I repeat the process -- taking in a long slow breath, holding it, then letting it out. Even the small action...
2022-08-01 15:02:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe behind the scenes stuff for PR releases was beyond complicated, I realized as I was handed a stack of notecards that had listed questions on them. On the back of the note cards were the answers that I was supposed to give. The makeup department was fussing over me, or, rather, they were gushi...
2022-07-31 15:02:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt was daunting just how much the world had changed in a hundred years. There were relics of what once was -- Bumi had been the greatest of them all, but for the most part, the world seemed to have forgotten its history so very quickly. It was hard at times. Extremely hard. Seeing the Western Air...
2022-07-30 15:15:36 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a pirate fleet brewing in the oceans. Admiral Zhao had heard about it in low rumblings and rumors to start with. A prison barge had been intercepted by the Fire Nation defense fleet and while he hadn’t seen it for himself, what he heard was chilling. The hold was filled with corpses a...
2022-07-30 15:15:32 +0000 UTC View PostNobara was really getting worried about Majima and she wasn't really sure what to do about it. Rin gave her the lowdown – Majima had spoken to King Bumi and Iroh and while Majima got what he wanted, in the days since, a foul mood had taken hold of him. They were back at sea in the small ship an...
2022-07-30 15:15:28 +0000 UTC View Post"Your first deadly challenge shall be… to beat me in a game of Pai Sho," The King of Omashu declared after a dramatic pause that made everyone else in the room tense. I waited a moment, vaguely familiar with the game on account that Iroh had also requested a game with me if we ever got the chan...
2022-07-30 15:15:23 +0000 UTC View Post