A certain temple
The manifestation of the flower eliminates my eye, half my brain, and a fair portion of my skull, but I’ve survived worse. Without a mind, I have a soul; without a soul, I have a mind. Until my enemy slaughters both, I’ll live.
An...
2023-07-19 10:33:41 +0000 UTC View PostWe stand there for a brief, awkward handful of seconds. Sierra already has her staff in hand. Adrian reacts slower, but he summons the water again.
I have Wraithfire at the tip of my fingers, but I can tell what the item Kirin is holding is. I don’t even need Appr...
2023-07-19 01:50:28 +0000 UTC View PostNo revelation comes to me over the following few days. No matter how much I try to force my way through the threads, I can’t force the system to show me more. My amalgam remains frustratingly lesser; the excision is keenly felt.
We’ve settle into a routine—Adrian transports us, then m...
2023-07-17 09:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostNow that I don’t have a squishy human to keep alive, I can explore the paths offered to me to my heart’s content. There is power beyond anything I can currently access here; the three properly-formed Titan paths that my previous venture offered me are proof enough of that.
This is, I re...
2023-07-16 08:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostAdrian can only manage to keep his skills up for a couple of hours, even with rest. Missing a soul is apparently even more of a detriment than I thought it was. We trace our way through the remnants of the Wastelands, alternating between Adrian’s Hydrokinesis skill, my ...
2023-07-11 09:09:53 +0000 UTC View PostAdrian sucks in a deep breath, and Sierra follows suit.
The Titan’s pressure got to them, but it barely affected me. My pressure nearly crushed them.
I’ve been unlike any human since the day I was born. I know that. There has never been a point where the race section on m...
2023-07-10 08:23:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Proto-Titan,” I say, trying the word out on my tongue. “That’s what Rin called the baby one.”
“The system is saying you could become a Titan,” Sierra says. She sounds partway between horrified and intrigued. I don’t know which one I should be feeling.
I frown. The new...
2023-07-07 08:19:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe Wastelands, 13:15:14
Equalize works beyond my wildest dreams.
Equalize (Legendary)
Tier: Tourmaline
To move the immovable, you will become unstoppable.
This ...
2023-07-03 09:01:21 +0000 UTC View PostPT-31
[Clearance class 2 required to view. Your clearance class is: 4.]
Alternate Designations: Inome, the Proto-Titan of Time
Category: 5
Alignment: Titan
Containment Status...
2023-07-02 11:20:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-07-01 06:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostThere are far too many moving parts in this battle, and I suspect that I’m far from seeing the last of it.
Despite its sudden shift, the Titan—Proto-Titan, according to Rin—cannot reposition as fast as she apparently can.
“Rin,” I say neutrally, remaining calm for lack of a ...
2023-06-30 09:50:34 +0000 UTC View PostPower infuses my body, but I can already tell that this is not a fight I can win through overwhelming firepower. My attributes are far higher than they have any right to be, and ascending to Category 1 has done nothing but enhance every aspect of myself, but I face down a being infused with the p...
2023-06-29 10:39:50 +0000 UTC View PostAn Unnamed Anomalous Fragment
Rin does not know how long it has been since she entered here. Hours, certainly. Sy’s ghost keeps her company, his bound soul speaking to her through his phylactery, but she can tell that the mere act of communication strains him. Until his b...
2023-06-26 10:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostMy decision feels like a mistake before the item is even finished activating, but I know it is what I have to do.
As I am right now, I can’t kill the incoming bastardization of a monster. Hells, I don’t know the first thing about this new, nascent Titan, but I know one thing.
In c...
2023-06-22 10:23:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe first word that comes my mind is fuck.
The second, mysteriously, is incomplete, and I’m left scrambling to figure out why as the impression fades.
A single moment seems to stretch out into infinity as reality shatters and the endless emptiness of the void encro...
2023-06-21 10:14:56 +0000 UTC View Post“I still don’t like this,” Zil says. “She could backstab you at any moment.”
“And I’d kill her. I’m not finding a compelling reason to care,” I reply. “Hurry up.”
Ashley remains silent.
Though it cost my Soulshard Rifle a handful of charges to break Zil out...
2023-06-19 00:48:39 +0000 UTC View PostAnomalous Fragment 010-WHITESTAR (alias “Imprisonment Area — Grey”)
Azaril Halcyon watches his cousin from the wrong side of a containment cell and sighs.
"Arthur,” he says impassively. “You look sick.”
He doesn’t, of course, but Arthur’s always ...
2023-06-17 01:27:53 +0000 UTC View Post???
Adrian wakes to the uncomfortably familiar sensation of being buried alive. For a minute that stretches on far too long, memories flash through his mind.
“Help me,” Jasmine screams out, reaching for her lover’s hand. Adrian reaches back, and they clasp h...
2023-06-13 09:25:18 +0000 UTC View PostAnomalous Fragment 001-CALLEN
“Run the data back,” Specialist Alexander Callen says, snapping his fingers.
The air hisses at him.
“Hurry,” he snaps, glaring at the wall. He flicks an index finger, and the entire wall shudders as he Realign 2023-06-11 05:24:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Sudden changes of scenery have become commonplace recently, but this one is more offputting than the rest. The lurching sensation that teleportation gives doesn’t let up as we enter, and I quickly realize that’s because we’re still moving.
Not that you’d think that if you just saw w...
2023-06-09 09:19:26 +0000 UTC View PostAn Unnamed Anomalous Fragment
Rin emerges into the fragment clutching her chest, gasping for breath. She can still feel the demonic corruption seeping into her skin, the way the divine light seared her from the inside out as her blood rebelled against itself. Even with all ...
2023-06-07 09:42:21 +0000 UTC View PostBy placing all of my unspent stat points into my Magic (Power) attribute, I increase it from an already-powerful 58 to 94, easily my highest stat.
This place has the limit of Category 2, I know. That means that I am against people with classes that have the potential to be ...
2023-06-06 07:50:30 +0000 UTC View PostTeleportation doesn’t work the same way across every skill or ritual, I’m quickly realizing. The ride into the Wastelands is as instantaneous as the other teleportations I’ve experienced, but it’s a lot rougher, as if my insides have been scrambled, taken apart, and put back together in t...
2023-06-03 07:52:44 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m impressed,” I say. “The kingdom of Tsubera already set standards low, but this is truly desolate.”
“In fairness,” Sierra replies, “The Whitestar Kingdom is not exactly known for their wealth, and the Wastelands in particular are generally regarded in the same manner as ...
2023-06-01 07:47:49 +0000 UTC View Post“And I’m a fucking Cat 5,” Adrian says. “That’s bullshit.”
Zil shrugs. “You can doubt me, boy, but that’ll go away right quick when you see what they’re doing.”
“I still don’t—“
“Hey,” I tell Adrian. “We’re not exactly alone on this train, so ...
2023-05-31 07:31:12 +0000 UTC View PostAdrian draws his sword, his low-level Warrior class still enabling him to quickly unleash his blade despite the general lack of skills it must have.
The voice, still at a distance where I can associate with an owner, just laughs. “Come on, Adrian boy. You know you can’t hurt me with tha...
2023-05-30 02:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostCloaking sucks. I know it’s not real cloaking, and both Adrian and Sierra have thoroughly expounded on how much this is supposed to be irritating, but it’s incredibly counterintuitive. Though the train is largely empty, there’s still a few people alongside the conductor and whoever else is ...
2023-05-27 09:56:24 +0000 UTC View PostAll attributes increased by 31.
You have gained 93 stat points.
General Affinity advanced to level 3!
All skills vastly enhanced. List abridged for brevity.
Special skill Carnelian Domain advanced ...
2023-05-26 08:16:28 +0000 UTC View PostHidden Objective: Giantkiller [COMPLETE]
You have killed a being that is more than 100 levels higher than you.
Reward: Trait enhanced - Relentless
Now applies in situations where your opponent’s Category o...
2023-05-23 08:22:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe hidden objective I received didn’t grant me anything. Nothing I can track, at least. Maybe it’s part of a larger objective that I don’t have access to yet. Something that my divine passenger can detect, maybe?
It irritates me, but the power of the Unique skill I’ve just received...
2023-05-21 09:41:10 +0000 UTC View Post