Ryan had to admit it, being the damsel in distress was a nice change of pace. Usually, he was the one doing the rescuing.
But it wasn’t very relaxing, for the Junkyard had erupted into complete chaos. An increasingly taller Frank traded blows with Wyvern in dragon form, the colossal repti...
2021-01-12 10:33:16 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the bathysphere reached the shore, it stopped at the only place which the Meta-Gang hadn’t opened fire on yet: their own turf.
Ryan walked the streets of Rust Town, people fleeing the neighborhood in panic on the other side of the road. The toxic atmosphere, already terrible, was now...
2021-01-09 11:01:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter sponsored by you, dear patrons.
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It was said that the Thessalan League included a hundred cities, but only three were worth talking about. Mighty Thessala, which gave its name to the alliance; the...
2021-01-09 11:00:54 +0000 UTC View PostWell, Ryan had to admit it. No matter how savage the attack, it had been a perfect sneak headshot. Wardrobe probably didn’t feel any pain.
“Wardrobe!” Reload shouted in panic, dropping everything to try and treat his teammate’s wound. It was in vain though; the courier had seen the ...
2021-01-07 11:02:48 +0000 UTC View PostBack when he played open world games, Ryan always loved to set the AI against itself. To lead one monster on the path of a settlement, and then watch NPCs fight computer-generated enemies for his entertainment. The courier always found it relaxing.
The real-life sight was a lot more stressf...
2021-01-05 11:41:55 +0000 UTC View PostChoose January's Perfect Run Past Fragment!
1) How to tame your Plushie
Raising a murderous interdimensional rabbit in captivity is hard work. In this award-winning documentary, Ryan "Quicksave" Romano tells you of his long struggle to understand and 'tame' his own cr...
2021-01-03 11:08:34 +0000 UTC View Post“I win,” Ryan said, resting on the flower garden in the outer wall’s shadow.
“Again?” Geist complained, the ghost overseeing the game with a doubtful expression. Apparently, his phantom skull of a face could squint. “It’s impossible. How can I keep losing?”
Well, it wa...
2021-01-02 10:10:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Ten thousand gold coins would be a fair price.”
For a second, Kairos thought he had misheard. Cassandra had finished examining the phoenix egg alongside Rhadamanth, the enormous, ruby-like artifact standing proudly on the sand. It radiated warmth. “You mean silver coins, my ...
2021-01-02 10:10:21 +0000 UTC View PostSitting around Vulcan’s workbench in the depths of her lair, two Genomes brainstormed around a sketch. For the past hour, they had struggled to solve one of the world’s most important questions; some would say, the only question worth answering.
How many guns could you fit into one powe...
2020-12-22 11:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe arrows hit the Scylla’s back, and her hound-heads let out a wail.
Kairos wondered if it was one of pain or surprise, for most of the arrows failed to do anything. As Nessus had warned, they bounced off or broke against the creature’s invulnerable skin… with one exception.
Ka...
2020-12-22 11:11:47 +0000 UTC View PostGenome parties were always fun, but the aftermath sucked.
When he returned home to Jamie’s place, Ryan found it in ruin. The floor had been buried underneath beer bottles, pizza boxes, trash, and stuff best left forgotten. Someone had drenched the sofa in a suspicious fluid, and while DJ ...
2020-12-19 09:50:33 +0000 UTC View PostAt long last, the Foresight reached the island of Scheria by nightfall. Though the darkness made it hard to see it clearly, the landmass became visible behind the horizon, illuminated by the stars above.
The satyrs swore the oath and thus were incorporated into the crew. While they...
2020-12-19 09:50:28 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Just to inform you that I will be taking a short break starting with December 24th. With the Christmas celebrations, New Year's Eve, and all the associated family stuff, I won't be able to write reliably during that period. I also want to set some time aside to r...
2020-12-19 09:50:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhere could Mechron be hiding?
Smashing through blast doors and steel walls, Leonard Hargraves felt something wrong in the atmosphere. Space itself bending and twisting. Something created powerful magnetic fields inside the base, tearing apart the very fabric of reality.
As he had tho...
2020-12-17 10:08:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen mortal heroes climbed Mount Olympus to overthrow the old gods during the Anthropomachia, the cosmos collapsed into chaos. A great flood overflowed from the heavens, drowning the Earth; only those who had fled to the mountains survived, their sanctuaries turning into islands.
T...
2020-12-17 10:07:52 +0000 UTC View PostConstructed inside a valley surrounded by five mountains, Sarajevo had once been a beautiful place. A perfect mix of small, pastoral houses and tall modern buildings, the city had housed events such as the 1984 Winter...
2020-12-15 10:37:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire Augusti high command had gathered around a table near the villa, and none of its members dared to speak.
Allowed to sit between Vulcan and Livia at the mafia princess’ behest, Ryan kept his arms crossed as he observed the scene. The various ‘Olympians’ formed a circle, all ...
2020-12-12 10:54:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt ended as well as expected.
With Ryan naked and shackled to a bed, a maniacal Vulcan in a black nightgown on one side, and the plushie on another.
“It was all a trap,” the courier accused the mad Genius, straining against the shackles. “You only cared about the plushie!”
... 2020-12-10 09:54:20 +0000 UTC View PostIn the marshes north of Lissala, there was a place where no animal dared to approach. A deep cavern, home to a monster of legends.
A foul bog surrounded this lair, an expanse of mud, black waters, and poisonous plants. The remains of countless men and animals rot in the waters; the toxic st...
2020-12-10 09:53:51 +0000 UTC View PostA few minutes before the shootout, Ryan was sitting behind Vulcan inside her mech, both partners in crime observing Dynamis’ HQ through a computer screen. The tower looked like some game’s final dungeon, with increasingly dangerous enemies guarding each floor with the boss at the very top. It...
2020-12-08 09:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post“When is the sound coming, blabbermouth?” Lanka asked Ryan for the third time, an elbow on the loudspeaker.
“When you find me another brain,” Ryan replied, tinkering with the device. A few people had already taken over the dance floor, but the house’s equipment couldn’t support ...
2020-12-05 09:27:46 +0000 UTC View PostChoose December's Past Fragment interlude!
1) Mechron's Last Stand
The Genome Wars were started by the rogue Genius Mechron, and they will end with him. Leo Hargraves' Carnival and hundreds of heroes gather in the ruins of Sarajevo, Bosnia–Herzegovina, to...
2020-12-04 08:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostRyan loved Genome parties. They always involved a lot of property damage.
He had attended a few elsewhere in Italy, usually when he joined a group. However, this one looked like it would be the biggest yet; and since tomorrow would mark Quicksave’s first week in New Rome, the courier inte...
2020-12-03 09:47:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt took two days of travel, but at long last, home was within sight.
The crescent-shaped island of Travia was the northernmost land mass settled by mankind after the Anthropomachia; only fools or madmen went further north, braving the eternal storm within which the dread Typhon rem...
2020-12-03 09:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe current loop might be the calmest yet.
Ryan had finally optimized the Augusti path. He first completed the harbor mission without incident. Fat Adam didn't send anyone for once, and Ryan had previously taken care of Luigi. The truth-teller was scheduled to get out of the hospital ...
2020-12-01 11:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostIt was May 10th. Psyshock would attack the orphanage any minute, and Ryan intended to give the telepath a headache he would never forget.
A shotgun in hand and the Fisty Brothers equipped, the courier prowled the orphanage’s hallways, where the kids were busy gathering food and t...
2020-11-28 10:54:17 +0000 UTC View PostRyan woke up on a terrible mattress, with a cat on his chest.
The animal looked at the courier with its big blue eyes, as he emerged from his deep sleep. The Persian cat had a coat of fur of the purest shade of white, and the lazy expression of a creature sleeping eighteen hours a day witho...
2020-11-26 11:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostKairos was poisoning his spear to the sound of crashing waves, when his griffin Rook returned from its scouting. He had smelled blood in the water.
The eighteen year old [Rogue] raised his head beyond the deck, putting his bottle of [Hydra Venom] back around his belt as his companion landed...
2020-11-26 11:13:33 +0000 UTC View PostNightfall was upon Rust Town when Ryan arrived at the orphanage. His good and unwilling friend Ghoul was trapped at the back, missing most of his limbs. Hopefully, his presence would get the Land off the courier’s back for the evening.
“I would take you out on a walk,” Ryan told his c...
2020-11-24 09:48:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe forces of Black Friday have broken the seal.
After a long struggle with editing, the Forever Serpent has invaded the realm of the gods, Amazon Kindle. Immortality for all is now within grasp.
2020-11-24 09:48:34 +0000 UTC
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