By the time that I reached the host-hive, my Coreless had already turned it into a mangled mess that looked closer to a slurry of meat and fluid than an actual living creature. Despite that, it still lived. For all that it was a helpless, disgusting creature without the flying bad-thin...
2021-07-23 04:36:17 +0000 UTC View PostClouds of ash sprang from the ground, kicked up into a chaotic flurry as feet stamped and slid. I watched, transfixed, as my Coreless worked together to bring down another of Tiamat’s creations. They were wonderful; relentless and far more intelligent than the bad-things, and more th...
2021-07-22 00:26:32 +0000 UTC View PostNeedle gasped in [relief] as [Life - Invigorating Bite] worked to mend her flesh. She shook, as if the clash between the warmth of life essence and the cold of blood loss were a bitter war within the depths of her body. And still, more golden ...
2021-07-21 02:59:33 +0000 UTC View PostBlue flames coated the entrance to the alcove, sputtering and spreading in turn. It seemed as if every time a tendril of flame died out as it turned gossamer wings into ash, another tendril reached out and set a new bad-thing alight. Lines of blue traced paths across the gray of the st...
2021-07-20 00:32:52 +0000 UTC View Post2nd chapter today, don't skip ch 110
As funny as it had been, pretending to not understand what the-female-who-was-not-Needle wanted from me, it might have been even more entertaining to witness what happened once I actually did what she wanted.
A stream of <...
2021-07-19 03:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostFirst chapter of the day, will start working on the second once I get back from the gym.
I reared back, jaws open wide. I struck; my fangs buried themselves into flesh and liquid gold dripped from their channels. A few seconds later, I pulled back. The tiny holes that...
2021-07-18 18:39:40 +0000 UTC View PostSuper tired and this took me forever for some reason, so it's just gonna be one chapter tonight. Hopefully things go faster tomorrow and I can get two done.
The chatter of the many-nest’s Coreless seemed louder than ever, as if an invisible pall had been lifted. Wherever ...
2021-07-18 03:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostSecond Chapter today, don't skip chapter 107.
I curled upon myself, the Great Core’s light splayed across my scale-flesh. The warm glow bounced from the surface of my coils, filling the air around me with its brilliance.
I hissed, relaxed and at ease. S...
2021-07-17 04:04:26 +0000 UTC View PostHad some stuff come up, sorry for the delay. First chapter of the day, there'll be a second sometime later (and maybe a third if I can manage it, we'll see). Expect some doubles over the next couple of days to make up for lost time.
Valera twisted, ducking underneath the sw...
2021-07-16 20:19:55 +0000 UTC View PostThump.
Thump.
Thump.
Valera’s heartbeat pounded in her ears, a thunderous drumming that overshadowed her thudding footfalls. Despite that, her breath came out even, composed. As worried as she might have been, she was well aware of how imp...
2021-07-11 04:06:04 +0000 UTC View Post2nd chapter today, don't skip 104
It was beautiful - no, more than beautiful. It was awe-inspiring.
I let out an involuntary hiss of adoration, unable to stop myself. The sign of my victory - of the Coreless’ newfound faith in the Great Core - rested in fro...
2021-07-09 04:43:57 +0000 UTC View PostWorking on a second chapter, hoping to get it done and posted before I go to bed tonight.
Valera covered her ears as something nearby exploded.
Again.
Over the last few days, it had become a sort of tradition; about twice a day, once in the morning and again at ...
2021-07-09 00:46:03 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the moment that the thought-light flickered, giving me a glimpse of what had changed, I wanted nothing more than to act on it - to create a [Little Guardian’s Focus]. I could feel the new ability, feel the potential that lay in the back of my mind. Like <...
2021-07-07 05:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post2nd chapter today, don't skip ch 101
The scent-taste of a great many Coreless pressed down on my tongue as the-female-who-was-not-Needle carried me closer to the center of the many-nest. A nearly-equally great number of [Little Guardian’s Totem]s...
2021-07-06 05:19:56 +0000 UTC View Post1/2, still working on second chapter
Two drops fell, each a golden bead of something more than liquid, shining with an inner light. The drops shattered against skin, not-liquid splattering against solid flesh - only to be absorbed in the moment that followed.
We’ll be doing a double post tomorrow to make up for it, see you then.
2021-07-05 00:12:08 +0000 UTC View Post2nd chapter today, don't skip chapter 99
The return to my usual nest was a sluggish process, without not-Needle to carry me; my scale-flesh felt heavy, weighed down by my thoughts. I slithered by the Coreless of the many-nest in a listless daze, hardly paying any attention ...
2021-07-04 04:57:44 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the delay. I wrote a chapter yesterday and realized I absolutely hated it when I was about to post. So I deleted it. Here's what should have been yesterday's chapter if I had done it correctly the first time. Now that it's done, I'll be trying to get out a second chapter later t...
2021-07-03 21:58:10 +0000 UTC View PostCHANGED THE ENDING OF CHAPTER 97 BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK, YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK OVER WHAT CHANGED. NO FOCI YET, THAT'LL HAVE TO BE UNLOCKED A DIFFERENT WAY. ALSO, REALIZED WE HAVEN'T SEEN STAT SHEET IN A WHILE, SO THERE'S ONE IN THIS CHAPTER.
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2021-07-02 04:27:33 +0000 UTC View PostNew version based on some comments that were made, only the very end has been changed.
[FEAR/DESPERATION]
One of the Totem links flared in my senses, bringing itself to the forefront of my mind; I focused on it, sinking my fangs deeply into t...
2021-07-01 01:59:27 +0000 UTC View PostI swallowed, basking in the wonderful sensation as a bad-thing’s corpse shifted into warm mana, absorbed and repurposed by the Great Core. The flickering of the thought-light, expected as it was, hardly even drew my attention.
Level 13 Stoneskin Leech Consumed. 2021-06-29 02:05:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Just the one today :(
The female-who-was-not-Needle had always been fast; it was one of the first things that I had noted about her, when it came to combat. While Coreless like Will tried to hold the line against bad-things with solid defenses, the-female-who-was-not-Needle...
2021-06-27 05:08:20 +0000 UTC View PostPer request, chapters 1-67 pdf and epubs. Includes in-line table of contents.
2021-06-26 05:36:48 +0000 UTC View PostAs requested, below are links to the available chapters. Let me know if any links are misdirected or dead.
Second chapter of the day, don't skip chapter 93.
The bubbling feeling of joy in Valera’s stomach wouldn’t go away, doing its best to force her mouth into a wide-set grin. She knew that it wasn’t the time for it; even now, a Guardsman was pinned underneath rubble, wai...
2021-06-26 04:32:20 +0000 UTC View PostSlipping back out of the wall-crack gifted me with a wonderful sight; one of the bad-things, upon regaining its sense of balance, had been attracted to the sounds of shouting. Ignoring the flames that blocked its path, the stupid thing had tried to smash its head against the wall. Agai...
2021-06-26 00:19:11 +0000 UTC View PostOof, slow writing day. Going to start working on a second chapter in a sec.
My head peeked through the wall-crack, color-shifted to match with the stone around me. In the darkness, it wasn’t a staggering change; I only had to shift the hues of my scale-flesh a little, pus...
2021-06-25 02:04:37 +0000 UTC View Post2nd chapter of the day, don't skip chapter 90.
The-female-who-was-not-Needle turned and made noises at the Staring One; he was doing what he did best: staring. Hopefully listening, too. We were running out of time.
“This isn’t a vision of the future, sir. It’s s...
2021-06-24 05:12:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter is a couple pages longer than the norm, but I'm still hoping to do another chapter later tonight (need a break first though, lmao).
The rocks shifted as, somewhere outside their prison of stone, one of the remaining Flat-Horned Chargers crashed against them. Ag...
2021-06-23 22:26:52 +0000 UTC View PostUrgh, slow going today. Hoping to still manage a second one at some point tonight, but we'll have to see.
I hissed lightly, wishing that I was anywhere else. The less-important Coreless of this nest just kept jabbering on and on; even worse, my own Coreless were letting...
2021-06-23 01:32:04 +0000 UTC View Post