I anchored myself to a wall just before the drop into a tunnel, recentering myself and pulling out my SB-17 just in case. Then I slowly lowered myself down. I peeked out of the hole, carefully scanning my surroundings for threats, before dropping into the tunnel properly.
The tunnel s...
2024-08-14 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostFinally resettled on a name for this one after talking to my brother about it. For sure Restless. Probably...
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Four years later…
“Thank you, kid.” A meaty hand slapped me on the shoulder as I handed over a stained letter and a box of something foul-scented...
2024-08-13 01:54:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe basement was a multipurpose area. A hallway split down the middle, connected to the stairs and elevator on one side and a door on the other. Two rooms split off from the hallway: a laundry room, chatter barely reaching my ears over the hums of machinery, and a gym. The clangs of metal on meta...
2024-08-12 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostRent was today, which was just… awesome. There goes sixteen hundred Rayn, leaving me with just four hundred. I need to get another job soon…
But until then, my stash so I could finally get on with some other plans! And it would be free if I had any luck. I’ve been thinking ab...
2024-08-09 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI awoke bright and early, tiredly dragging myself out of bed to take another shower for all the cold sweat. Nightmares about spiders were the worst. The entire night, the creepie crawlies crawled into my sleep, digging around underneath my skin. Well, not the entire night. I didn’t get back to ...
2024-08-07 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostDoctor Holly carefully stroked her newest patient’s arm, eyeing the stitches she had used to hold the thing together. It had been a rather simple procedure all and all. Just a transfusion of synthblood and thoroughly cleaning the wound, though the girl’s occasional gasps of pain had been a bi...
2024-08-05 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostHope and I ended up having to make seven trips up and down, only breaking for a little bit when we got back to the elevator chute. No, that wasn’t quite right. I took a break. Hope continued on hauling boxes of evidence up to the surface while I ‘kept watch’ at the bottom. I o...
2024-08-02 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI could only watch in horror as something burst from the vine wall. The scattered debris obscured it into a humanoid shadow, but even then its presence felt wrong. A sense of maliciousness emanated from the thing, one much stronger than the maw creature. I didn’t even nee...
2024-07-31 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostHope and I set up further down the tunnel, behind a mound of rubble from a partially collapsed roof. Rather, Hope set up while I edged close to the monstrously large plant.
Unfortunately, I was the quickest, between us. It was weird being the best at something for once, but I didn’t...
2024-07-29 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post”Damnit!” Hope didn’t even twitch as her body locked up entirely.
I froze, my eyes staring at the back of her head in horror as the slight click reverberated in my head. My gaze slowly drifted down to her foot, ignoring the slight tremor in her hands. “Don’t move.”
”No s...
2024-07-26 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostTime seemed to slow further than Dexterity allowed as my finger pulled the trigger. Every millisecond felt torturously slow as my muscles brough the trigger back and the lance-like leg of the Pervider arced to me.
The first shot whiffed entirely, slinging just over the spider’s leg. The s...
2024-07-24 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Finally decided on the name. I'm trying to whip up some cover art, but having some difficulties deciding what exactly I want to show since the 'world' for this one is so freaking massive. Nothing like shooting yourself in the foot!
Also, Restless has had quite a few delays. It occurred ...
2024-07-22 22:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostMy feet hit the shattered remains of an elevator, nearly causing me to stumble. I regained my balance with little effort, unclipping myself from the harness as I cast a look around.
The deep shaft dropped into what seemed to be some kind of ancient maintenance closet, with workstations and ...
2024-07-22 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostThree days passed since my conversation with the Inquisitor. Even though the perk didn't trap me in the learning space for days, I still slept through an entire day. It left me with a day and a half to prepare for the raid thrown into my lap.
The armor and all my projects were tossed onto t...
2024-07-19 22:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostStress ate at me as I worked my way through Blue Crusade’s headquarters. Why was he calling me so urgently? I could think of dozens of reasons, and none of them were good. Has someone figured me out? Was my cover blown? Should I flee the city? Try to get away from the Blue Crusade? I could go t...
2024-07-17 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post‘Ole Merlo wasn’t that hard to find. A brilliant purple banner hung above her market stall, covered in golden symbols just like Suvroc said. Her stall was more of a large, rich purple tent covered in golden threads than the market stalls elsewhere in the cavern. Every bit of her tent was cove...
2024-07-15 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI checked the map idly even as I calculated my exact position based on my surroundings. They were a bit different than the city archive’s map, but the level of variance was within my expectations. It was becoming more and more apparent the archive couldn’t be a hundred percent trusted, either...
2024-07-12 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostOnce I got home, I headed for bed. It was really about time I got to something I’d been pushing off for a couple days: my Perk Points. I didn’t want to spend both all at once though, so I’d do one now and one later. I figured it might help with my mental to not be trappe...
2024-07-10 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostDiosé was a sub-district I had yet to go to. Really, it wasn’t all that surprising. I’d avoided most of the East End considering the rep it had. No point getting my head blown off just to go on a tourist trip. Or worse, if I decided to travel into the Scath Heights.
Diosé was a bit l...
2024-07-08 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Heyo! I'm super excited to bring this to you guys. This is the first chapter of that other story I mentioned a while back. It's been in the planning stages for a while, and I've got a lot cooked up for it. I haven't decided on a title quite yet, but I'm thinking of Waltz, Reverie, or Vigil. 2024-07-05 22:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Early the next day, I went out and bought everything I would need, dropping yet another hundred and thirty Rayn on parts. It wasn't all a waste, at least. I was getting experience out of this if nothing else.
The fried circuitry was as simple as switching it out, but the other improvements ...
2024-07-05 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI started shaping the parts as soon as I got into my apartment. It was a bit risky sending sparks and fire everywhere, so I moved my workstation into the kitchen. Slightly less flammable, but still not quite safe. I’d just have to be mindful of the fire hazard. And it's not like this would be a...
2024-07-03 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostNext stop: Absolom Clinic. I was close, so I might as well stop by and see how Nael is doing. I walked to Viceroy Street, leaving behind my bike as I ‘enjoyed’ the scents and sights of Aythryn City.
I flicked on Aetherial Perception about every hundred steps. There were a surprisi...
2024-07-01 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy first stop? Fox’s shrine. I managed to find it with a quick search of the Mapp™. It was in the Sabyt sub-district about a block from Viceroy Street and Absolom Clinic.
As for why Fox over the other Eidolons that were participating in the Request? C’mon, that was easy. Fox was the o...
2024-06-28 22:04:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as I got dressed, the interface finally popped into my view. I didn’t look at it though, and it faded to the side of my vision in a more translucent state.
Instead, I took a minute and sat down at my desk with a notepad. This was something I’ve become increasingly aware of, but ...
2024-06-26 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Everyone in position?” I asked, getting four affirmations. Mr. and Mrs. Kalis were here in front of me. Feras and Torren filled them in on what we, or at least what Feras and I, suspected happened while I was busy with the Crusade.
I thought we’d go another day or two b...
2024-06-24 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe War Room sat in a basement level of the Blue Crusade Little Yukoto Department. It was a fairly wide room in a high-tech style with strips of white lights lining the walls. Brackets of metal supported the ceiling. A large lit-up table sat in the middle covered in holographic maps. The atmosphe...
2024-06-21 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you shure?” Inquisitor Strumgard asked.
I shifted the phone against my ear, motioning to Feras and Torren as they entered Big Mike’s. “Yes, sir. I have to go now. I’ll be out of contact for a while until I tie up some loose ends.”
”Right… I’ll round up a shquad....
2024-06-19 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Who… am I?” The cold running through my body spiked, dropping ice through my bloodstream. Insight. That’s right, it was Insight. Was I in danger? I didn’t feel like I was in danger… but Insight has never lied to me.
”Yes, choom. Who are you?”
”I’m-“ Something is...
2024-06-18 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostSchool… Why did I ever agree to this? It was slow, it was monotonous, and I was losing attention faster than ever. And yet, I must suffer on. At least it wasn’t all bad. Whoever was responsible for the flower arrangements changed them over the weekend. An all-new assortment of soothing purple...
2024-06-17 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post