“I can hear something,” I stopped crawling. Deen accidentally headbutted my butt. I clamped the urge to kick back like a spooked horse. “Shhh, quiet down a bit,” I hissed at Deen.
There it was again—smatterings of what sounded like gunfire. I could hear better if I turned into Bla...
2023-01-07 12:16:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Eri made this along with the other fanart over at Discord, but I forgot to upload this here too. This is about Deen's conflicted emotions helping Erind kill the frat guys.
2023-01-03 10:03:24 +0000 UTC View PostSuch a bossy bitch, I growled. Disturbing my meal. Just because Deen could see the future didn’t mean everyone had to bend to her will. Makes me want to not move. That’d teach her. I continued munching parasite monsters.
Stronger explosions. More quaking. Rocks and dus...
2023-01-03 09:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostYesterday was the last sunrise the ivory bulwarks of Aderenthyn Citadel beheld, for today, the Blighted Multitude lined the horizon to the east and continued the night. After thousands of years standing resolute, the fortress built by the ancient Gaolyans, the seat of divine kings long gone, home...
2023-01-01 11:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostVery rough (and tentative) summary: Hiero awakens five hundred years after his alleged death. Legends speak of the victory over the Blighted Multitude. But legends couldn’t be further from the truth. From a world of war, he awakens in a world of peace. Does he still have a place in it? Follow h...
2023-01-01 11:58:39 +0000 UTC View PostItchy, itchy, fucking itchy! I growled, scratching my arm. A tiny missile exploded and slapped my left cheek. Never mind that or the stream of lead the metal cockroaches pissed at me. Vanessa’s stupid gnats gnawing on my arm were the most annoying!
Gnawing on my arm and in my...
2022-12-26 14:06:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Forgot a towel for my hair,” I muttered, looking at the mirror. A pissed-off Erind stared back. Deen asked to borrow a second towel earlier, and I should’ve remembered to take another for my use. So much for being a strong and independent woman—I couldn’t even make sure my condo had ev...
2022-12-25 07:52:19 +0000 UTC View PostBlack Spade
Plan A, B, C, up to Z, continuing to the Sumerian cuneiforms, Black Spade had a plan for every plausible eventuality, including their base coming under attack. But he never imagined a giant doggy mascot showing up out of thin air like his pesky relatives when hi...
2022-12-20 13:22:33 +0000 UTC View PostAmber Deen Leska
Amber Deen rushed to the side of the frosted glass upon hearing Erind's rough cough. “Are you okay, Erind?” Deen opened the shower door about an inch before Erind forcefully pulled it back shut. Fortunately, Deen let go of the latch in time, ...
2022-12-15 13:41:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Another art made by Eri over at Discord, this time, it's when Deen tried shoveling for a workout.
2022-12-14 13:39:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe rain of bullets barely reached the threshold of a mosquito bite; it felt like actual rain massaging my face. Couldn’t even make me bleed. Bring out the strong prey for me to eat! Adumbrae! Augmented humans! I advanced down the corridor toward the squad of Tea Party men positioned o...
2022-12-14 13:24:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Over at Discord, Eri made a few fanart of REND. They're great. I'll also post them here so those who don't frequent Discord can see. Here's Erind heating up ice cream to melt it quick.
2022-12-08 22:36:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Stop fighting!” I held my hands up, standing between two factions. “Stop!”
Imani, Tesh, and Kiera were on my right. The couple pleaded with me to stay. Imani silently lurked behind them. I wasn’t sure what Imani’s deal was. She only mentioned that Jubjub, supposedly the Dario o...
2022-12-08 22:32:42 +0000 UTC View PostBreakfast… something sweet… sweet smell… cotton candy… “Cotton candy?” I groaned, awakened by the out-of-place sweet smell, my stomach slightly rumbling. Everything suddenly became bright, the light piercing through my eyelids. I opened my eyes a slit and saw whiteness. Fluff...
2022-12-03 12:52:13 +0000 UTC View PostVanessa Minnows
“I got your mom away from the man guarding her,” Vanessa Minnows said, rapidly blinking. Each time she opened her eyes, the view changed—peering through grates, peeking from behind a box, perched on top of a stack of crates, moving at floor level—she...
2022-12-02 22:50:36 +0000 UTC View PostEudora (Euphonia)
“Senior Technology Manager Niyam,” Euphonia said, emphasizing each word of the trembling man’s title. “Are you sure you don’t recognize me?” She gripped the edge of the metal table with the mechanical hands growing out of her back, effortlessly...
2022-11-28 12:40:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Welcome to the Hartwell homey hideout.” I flipped on the lights and entered a spacious two-bedroom unit. The stale smell of a room closed off for a couple of months filled my nose, making me feel at ease knowing I could find peace and solace in my humble abode with no one to bother me.
Friend?
Was Vanessa doing the same bit as Finlay? She didn’t seem like the type to bullshit like that asshole—oh, a fun play on words.
“Speaking of friends, where’s the blonde woman with you?” Vanessa’s tone was calm and amiable, and her face was relaxed ...
2022-11-21 12:09:06 +0000 UTC View Post(Author’s Notes: This is labeled as 5.19.1, but this is part before 5.19 (the last leg of the journey to Vegas) and during it. I think next chapter we can move on to the condo.)
“Why did you have to do it so hard?” I massaged my stomach while watching the flames crawl out o...
2022-11-16 12:58:30 +0000 UTC View PostDespite being Ms. Save the Hostages, Deen stepped back into the office and aimed her gun at the eyeball. She projected a sense of disgust I didn’t share. How many eyeballs had I stabbed? More than one, for sure. And eyeballs moving on their own? Nothing I hadn’t seen before—I’d met an Adu...
2022-11-16 02:16:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Tea Party goon and the clay man headed in our direction, stopping when they found the corpses. The actual human squatted to check his dead friends while the clay man stared at the ceiling, seemingly examining the broad streaks of black.
Finlay could hear and see through his clay puppets...
2022-11-09 13:08:41 +0000 UTC View Post(Hello there!) I yelled in Praying Man’s head. (Are you still awake?)
No response, not even a stray thought.
I punched his head twice more for good measure. I would’ve continued, but the flesh around his head had thickened like a helmet of callus. I stood up and ...
2022-11-03 09:23:01 +0000 UTC View PostDeen’s so fucking tall, I ranted in my head as I rubbed her back with the towel. The strong scent of alcohol irritated me. Makes me want to chop her legs until we’re the same height.
She had bunched up her matted blonde hair and held it in front of her body so I’d ha...
2022-10-30 22:03:12 +0000 UTC View PostA severed lion's head flew, spraying blood in a beautiful arc as it rotated once in mid-air before dropping to the ground. The death of Lion Ass was badass enough to be the finale of the boss fight in a movie. Real life should have a slow-motion button for times like these.
It remi...
2022-10-27 02:40:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhere the fuck is that idiot Deen?
As if the world was paying attention to my question, it gave me an answer. Lion Ass forced himself into one of the rooms, destroying the door frame and walls to fit through its entrance. There was only one reason why he'd go in there—Deen.
Amber Deen Leska
She's so delicate, Deen thought as she wiped Erind's narrow back.
The harsh light from her phone, contrasting with the oppressive darkness, made her best friend’s skin look eerie. Erind often joked that she might be a vampire because of her...
2022-10-15 22:40:28 +0000 UTC View PostAmber Deen Leska
I’m going to stay and fight! Amber Deen mentally shot back at Gabe.
Her Guardian Angel had been blaring nonstop at her to escape. It only yelled when there was an extreme emergency; given its tone, Deen knew that her death was a possible fu...
2022-10-12 12:44:13 +0000 UTC View PostThose ungrateful little shits, I internally raged as the crowd of people packed in the corridor surged away in panic, screaming and trampling each other.
The ones who stayed were Deen with my Erind body, Imani’s group, and, surprisingly, Tesh and Kiera.
I get it......
2022-10-07 01:52:30 +0000 UTC View PostAfter loosening the crusted blood on my arm with rubbing alcohol, Deen wiped it with a different towel she had wet with water from the jug. It was lucky that she brought a ton of towels, which were very fluffy and probably expensive. Too bad we'd have to burn them all later.
I sense tha...
2022-10-05 01:44:15 +0000 UTC View PostBlack Spade
"The police are such comedians, aren't they?" Black Spade said to Josh walking beside him. "They want us to release a few hostages as a sign of goodwill?" He dramatically raised his arms, making sure that the ends of his magenta tailcoat swished as he yelled at ...
2022-10-01 13:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post