How many?
How matrices and Neurotowers did Wyrde need to pull it off? How long did they have before she could pull it off?
“Months. Less. More.”
Shit.
And Earth would be at the center of it all. The point where it all began. The original world of the M...
2019-08-28 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThat disloyal minion!
“You thankless traitor!” Vainqueur lambasted Minion Victor in front of the terrified kobolds, the sheer power of his voice making him fall down on the sand. “You, you… you goblin, how could you do this to me?!”
“I swear, Your Majesty, this is...
2019-08-27 17:37:26 +0000 UTC View PostLocated on a creek near the docks, Haudemer’s temple was a rather large stony church by manling standards. According to Manling Victor, due to Haudemer being a small town, the twelve ‘gods’—Vainqueur couldn’t help but chuckle at the word—the manlings worshipped had to share the same t...
2019-08-27 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostInstead of breeding, Manling Victor had adopted a full litter of new minions.
And already they proved useful. “Master Vainqueur, Master Vainqueur!” Yellow, the kobold with the best nose, pointed a claw at a bush, the dragon smelling a manling hiding there. “I found another!” 2019-08-24 13:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The paths of Network appeared to him as he focused.
Perhaps having his consciousness reduced to information, the purest expression of Blue Sorcery, gave Shroud greater insight into his Lock. Perhaps he always could access its deeper layers, but simply never got around to doing it.
Wha...
2019-08-21 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHenry knocked on the door with impatience, a book under his arm.
He wondered who owned the house. Located in the outskirts of Haudemer, many thought it abandoned, its owner absent, and his host had indicated she only rented it for a while. Thorns and weeds had taken roots in the garde...
2019-08-17 14:51:33 +0000 UTC View PostVictor let out a moan of pleasure, as he sank in the warm, hot bath. So good!
Lynette’s inn was a top-notch establishment, a stone mansion renovated into a resort for adventurers and merchants; he had his own private room with a king-sized bed and full access to a private bath in the back...
2019-08-15 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Come to us, Martel.”
Mathias opened his eyes and found himself in a dead mental world.
A mindscape. A mental world recorded in Dis’ databanks, as an extension of the caster’s mind. It was the acme of Blue Spells, a private universe of pure thought, where the caster coul...
2019-08-14 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Are we there yet?” Vainqueur asked for the hundredth time, as they flew over yet another stinking human village.
“Nope, sorry,” manling Victor replied, his eyes set on the map he struggled to keep pace with the wind. “Ogron was last seen near Haudemer, and this is Pointin.”&nbs...
2019-08-13 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the marquise had invited Victor to a private breakfast in her apartments, Victor had expected everything but an actual breakfast. Maybe a poisoned meal, or being made into the breakfast, or maybe fed to a lion. Not an actual, pleasant breakfast with the lady of the house and the Cou...
2019-08-10 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThey gave him an aluminum plate tag with his name on it. Him. Like he was some mammal.
“This is degrading!” Vainqueur complained to his loyal lackey Victor, as they flew above the farmlands of Carabas. The news had put him in a foul mood. “Aluminium? <...
2019-08-08 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“No.”
Mars, god of war, father of Rome, clenched his fists against the marble ground. He had pleaded his cause with great skill, enough to make even the queen hesitate, only for the king to deny him. “Uncle, why?”
The grim king of Olympus sat firm on his throne of white stone,...
2019-08-07 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostVictor had no idea what he had gotten himself into.
For the first time in his life, he flew outside the confines of a plane. Namely, the dragon carried him in palm—because his back was too good for Victor—as he flew north of the mountain, towards the Valbin village where he took t...
2019-08-06 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostVainqueur the Dragon, great calamity of his age, stirred as he awakened from his sleep.
This sixty-feet beast of legends, with scales more radiant than molten rubies and great jet black wings, yawned as he stretched his body, pushing away some of the gold and jewels of his hard-won ho...
2019-08-03 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe goat of the Zodiac glanced at the Dragonslayers, gathered in front of the command center’s room, having gathered all emblems but his own. “I see you completed every trial,” he said. “Including mine.”
“Will you fight us next?” Shroud asked, half-expecting a surprise final b...
2019-08-02 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe storm of glass shrapnel tried to tear Kari to shreds.
Hands of Slaughter activated in response, the ethereal red arms moving to punch away the projectiles and protect their paralyzed owner. They stopped most of them, but quite a few found a way past the automated defense, aiming t...
2019-07-31 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostMaggie Powells and Kari Matsumoto sat in a lotus position under the lifeforge, their eyes closed. Kari looked peaceful, while Maggie, not so much.
“Exhale,” Bai Suzhen, who commanded the exercise, advised. “Focus on your body’s sensations. Let the air flow from your lungs to t...
2019-07-26 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Level Two is awesome!”
From above one of the frightened monsters’ pens, Shroud looked on with amusement as Maggie practiced her newly obtained Lightningrod spell.
Lightningrod
Affinity: Red 2019-07-24 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Baihu followed a very rigid schedule.
He rose woke up at five, sleeping on the iron floor of his fortified chambers, and exercised for one hour and a half when he woke up. Afterward, he spent one hour praying to statues in his bedroom, a few of them Shroud identified as the Buddha and...
2019-07-19 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChest two, unopened. Chest three, unopened…
“Woman, I know you’re enjoying tree-gazing, or whatever,” Sharpshoot complained. “But it’s getting boring real fast here.”
“Now, Sharpshoot, we need to survey our traps,” she replied, although she did take some time g...
2019-07-17 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith wards placed on both ends of the Southern Teleporter, Shroud expected it to be a safe night, only to be sorely disappointed. While it was nothing like yesterday’s unrelenting nightmare, three large packs of undead made their way to the island and had to be put down. That implied that while...
2019-07-12 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostManah had a point. Playing the mastermind and spymaster fit his natural strengths better than a frontline fighter.
With the White Snake’s island turned into a temporary camp for the team, Shroud had dispatched various members of the group, managing them from the island, alongside ch...
2019-07-10 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, here's the poll for August's Quest. Concordia returns this August.
The Troll Factory
Difficulty: Dot Three (Hard)
Sponsor: LoveOrion
Dear hunters, my beast friends tell me of a factory on the jungle planet of Darkthorn, Concordi...
2019-07-09 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe White Snake lived in a pristine lake at the eastern side of the forest, on a small island at its center, hidden behind a faint white mist. Only a natural bridge of polished stone connected the forest to it.
Finally, Shroud finally had open space to fly.
The lights abo...
2019-07-05 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostShroud reconsidered, after shielding his team from a volley of bullets with a shield of lightglass and answering by firing shards at the branches above.
A band of monkey warriors fired from behind the cover of leaves armed with primitive arquebuses. Much like the previous groups, they wore ...
2019-07-03 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe promised day had come.
Shroud glanced at the group gathered on the Overside, surrounded by his own clone mini-army. Each of the Dragonslayers carried a backpack full of food and basic utilities, although some more specialized than others. Maggie, in full costume, carried a bandolier and...
2019-06-28 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Brain Collectors
Difficulty: Dot Two (Medium)
Sponsor: Karolus
Gearsmen creation remains a mystery, especially the organic part of their anatomy. Unfortunately, we ... 2019-06-26 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“After a considerable battery of all non-dissection and intrusive brain surgery tests known to my repertoire,” Stitch declared, examining a battery of paper results. “I guarantee that you have no spying device, trap bomb, virus or any particular foreign element in your body.”
“No ...
2019-06-19 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“You are here to ‘help’?” Mathias asked the saboteur with heavy sarcasm. He couldn’t help himself.
It was the first time he had made peaceful contact with a Concordian official, especially one who tried to exterminate his team… or what could pass for peaceful. The last mee...
2019-06-12 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAlright folks, time to choose the Quest tackled inside Taiyougami on July. One of them (the Caged Sun) has been proposed by a patron.
The Caged Sun
Difficulty: Dot Three (Hard)
Sponsor: the Codex.
No...
2019-06-10 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post