Samanta Zemzaris crept through the dark night towards her target, her eyes and ears straining to pick out any signs of life from the blacksmith’s shop. As she expected given the late-night hour, no lights could be seen anywhere in the forge or what looked to be the blacksmith’s home con...
2019-08-13 21:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostJust a heads up for everybody waiting with bated breath for the next chapter. Due to a vacation coming up, I'm going to be busier than normal this week and I'm losing all my weekend to boot. Plus, I have another responsibility to take care of next week that will be stealing a lot of t...
2019-07-30 00:04:39 +0000 UTC View PostWith an evil grin, Blake momentarily softened the metal of the bathroom floor, allowing the grappling hook to sink in. Once it was deep enough to stay put, he re-hardened the metal and watched the rope attached to the hook go taut. The whole situation made him want to laugh out loud. ...
2019-07-27 20:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostSofie ran down the street in a near panic, her and Pari’s packs bouncing awkwardly against her back with every step. She’d lost sight of the squirrelly child over a block ago, and now she had no idea where to look. This street looked the same as all the rest: a row of nondescript ...
2019-07-14 03:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post“That fucking... can’t even rest for a few hours... one day I’ll... last thing I do... bury her head three miles beneath the ground...”
Samanta Zemzaris looked on as her captor muttered angrily to himself, so absorbed in the resolution of a battle in some other country th...
2019-07-04 01:03:42 +0000 UTC View PostLooking down on the forest of tents and people, Sofie didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. On the one hand, after days of traveling through the deserted plains of Eterium, it was wonderful to finally see some form of civilization again. On the other hand, the civilization in questio...
2019-06-25 00:23:10 +0000 UTC View PostA blaring cry echoed through all of Wroetin and the other cities of Otharia, its harrowing sound bringing forth agitation from the assembled masses. From inside the House of Manys, Blake watched the various crowds’ reactions through the projections with satisfaction. He’d always l...
2019-06-13 22:48:52 +0000 UTC View Post[Hey, patrons! So after posting 69 a b
2019-06-04 22:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Pathetic, all of you!” Emperor Haidar Batra snarled as he gazed down on his high officers. The generals and their staff each knelt on a single knee, their heads bowed before him in shame, but that wasn’t good enough for Haidar. He wanted them to sweat, to tremble, to f...
2019-05-06 01:47:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn and out. In and out. Like a machine, Sofie pushed the wooden needle through the cloth over and over, slowly assembling a shirt from an assortment of rags and half-ruined other clothes. Though she knew that the results of her efforts would be a lopsided, ugly thing that normally nobody in their...
2019-04-29 03:10:43 +0000 UTC View PostArlette felt like she was in freefall, the ground having been suddenly pulled out from beneath her. Nothing made sense anymore. A cocktail of confusion with hints of happiness, betrayal, and rage churned through her soul, leaving her breathless.
“B-Basilli?” she h...
2019-03-30 04:28:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Incoming!” the lookout called out loud enough for everybody nearby to hear. Almost absentmindedly, Arlette bent down under cover as a wave of projectiles of all sorts flew over her head, the volley of flying death barely registering in her mind.
Arlette knew that spaci...
2019-03-16 17:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostIf pressed to describe where she was, Gabriela Carreno would have found it quite difficult. Descriptions generally rely on sensations, you see, and wherever Gabby was lacked them almost entirely. She couldn’t see, hear, feel, or pretty much anything else. Only the rare thought...
2019-03-03 22:09:13 +0000 UTC View PostDozens of bodies covered the polished stone floor, each of them coughing, hacking, dying. Some grabbed their throats as if choking, while others just writhed about in agony. A few managed to make it to one of the two doors connecting the hall to the rest of the palace and clawed despe...
2019-01-31 18:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostArlette didn’t know what to do, to say, or even to think. She was so far out of her depth that it was comical. They’d put her in a part of the palace reserved for the royal family, where no servants were allowed. This was where the princess was supposed to be recovering, saf...
2019-01-20 07:07:59 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the wait for that last chapter! I'll try to get the next one out quickly.
Anyway... people seem to want a discord server, so I made one. Here it is:
Let me know ...
2019-01-16 04:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, hello Marcus! Are you here for your treat?” Mrs. Araun asked as Arlette walked into the baker’s tiny store. Every year, the old woman would celebrate the Festival of the Seven Saviors by making honey buds, a special sweet roll shaped like a flower bud just starting to bloom...
2019-01-16 04:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostA chilling wind atop the wall whipped through Arlette’s hair and made her eyes water. Blinking repeatedly to clear her vision, she sidestepped the swing of an incoming warhammer and rushed forward. The massive weapon continued on its arc towards Kima Escarain, who bent backwards to ...
2019-01-03 05:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs Blake sat in the comfort of his quarters deep inside the belly of his fortress, watching thousands of people try to kill each other, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt that the first thought to cross through his head was that it was a shame that Scyria didn’t have popcorn. T...
2018-12-26 18:03:35 +0000 UTC View Post[Happy Holidays! So I warned you that Smash Ultimate would slow me down, and boy did it ever! But we're getting back on the grind now. Enjoy!]
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers hustled about the savanna like tiny insects, carrying out their various functions for their quee...
2018-12-23 00:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post“...really, you must try it some time. It is absolutely delightful! Kokovan is a master of his craft whose ability to express the true nature of Astrontic Enlightenment is unparalleled. The choreography alone is a work of genius.”
“I see,” Tehlmar replied, trying t...
2018-12-10 00:53:56 +0000 UTC View Post“You army types need to calm your tits. There’s no way walls this strong will fall, and we have enough food stored up to last us a whole season. I don’t see what you’re all shaking in your boots over.”
“Don’t talk about things you don’t understand, you idiot. You ...
2018-12-03 07:34:15 +0000 UTC View Post
So I ended up making a map of Crirada for myself so I don't make stupid dumb mistakes when I'm writing the next chapters. It's overly-simplistic and MSPaintastic, but I figured I'd post it here too so you all can use it as a reference if you want. There's going to be a lot of...
2018-11-26 22:31:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Here you go, Mister Salvide,” Sofie said, handing the parchment to her boss as he finished packing the last of his family’s possessions. “The completed inventory you asked for. I hope it helps you when you get... wherever you end up.”
“Thank you, child, you’ve been a tre...
2018-11-24 19:48:06 +0000 UTC View Post“So from what I hear, Begale is lost.”
“Where did you hear that? Same friend as last time?”
“No, it was my sister-in-law. She was stationed at the north gate last night. Apparently, the Motrico and Lazani families have been quietly moving everything of value that ...
2018-11-21 02:40:48 +0000 UTC View PostGabriela Carreno stared out of the spacious carriage as it bounced its way towards Eterium, her gaze ignoring the hundreds of thousands of soldiers all around and instead focusing in on the wilderness she could see off in the distance. Even though raw nature was a common feature in this world,...
2018-11-11 21:37:35 +0000 UTC View Post“And so Otharo said ‘No longer need you fear the darkness, for the fires of Prometheus shall light your way.’ And, lo, did the flames of the gods appear, so that the people would not fear the shadows along their path...”
Blake puttered about as Samanta read from the Writ of Otharo, l...
2018-11-03 02:33:16 +0000 UTC View PostThough the same men that carried the litter into the city carried it back out, the ride felt bumpier this time. Perhaps it was all in Mizuko’s head, a byproduct of the guilt currently roiling inside of her. One could argue that her guilt was not justified, or at least blown out of prop...
2018-10-27 23:31:18 +0000 UTC View PostSoft chimes rang off in the distance as a gust of wind blew through the area, ruffling the curtains hanging on the nearby window and sending a sudden burst of late-morning sun directly into Yamanaka Mizuko’s eyes. Her eyelids fluttered weakly, barely able to open. Eventually they parte...
2018-10-23 02:30:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey there, peeps. So my editor friend was extremely busy and couldn't get around to looking at 47 until today. The good news is that we're breaking it into two chapters. The bad news is that he just ripped these chapters to shreds. Like, maybe the most vicious he's ever been ...
2018-10-21 01:20:03 +0000 UTC View Post