Hey guys! How's it going?
So. I never wanted to be this guy. I've worked super hard to avoid being this guy, in fact. But sometimes, life just doesn't play out the way you want it to, and shit happens.
I've been completely blocked on Grand Magus' Library for almost four weeks now. I'm...
2024-03-18 16:09:22 +0000 UTC View PostA moment later, Oz clenched his teeth. Resolution flowed through him, firm as the wood beneath his feet. No. No! I refuse. I refuse to give up! I will conquer these stairs, and continue to grow stronger. This is not my limit!
He stood there, on that stair, and circulated his qi. Ov...
2024-03-18 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEmerging from the depths of his library, Oz tossed back an antidote and followed it with a swallow of water. He scratched idly at his wrist. I should do something about that. At first stage, with access to the second floor books, I ought to be able to research a way to dispel it. Didn’t Sac...
2024-03-17 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDeep within the library, past the impressive foyer with its black-and-white marble flooring, down beyond the slowly turning, chaotic forest of dark, old wood shelves laden with tomes, further than the tall windows streaming in golden light, over a dozen hand-sized panels marching up along the wal...
2024-03-16 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA phone rang, a classical music ringtone echoing in the confines of the stairwell. Levi blinked, confused, and fumbled around him. “Dumb… phone, where…”
His hand touched a cold, leathery hand, and he snapped back to reality, shoving himself to all fours. “Comfy stairs…no! Right!...
2024-03-11 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostStanding in the door, Stoneheart stared at something over his shoulder. He shook his head, grabbing the mail from the box on the wall with his other hand. Giving a fake smile and one last wave, he stepped inside.
The door shut. Stoneheart looked around.
The same old townhouse. The sam...
2024-03-10 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostNot far from the ruined Central Square, Levi came upon a street of gorgeous townhouses, all lined up in a row. Perfect facades faced perfect facades, with little thumbprint gardens out front or hanging from the windows. A demure coffee shop mixed in with the townhouses, its display windows showca...
2024-03-09 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostOz stepped into the library as Fflyn, and immediately felt a weight leave his body. I’ve returned. I’m safe once more.
You were always safe! Fflyn protested.
Yeah, but now I’m really safe, Oz returned. Snapping his fingers, he canceled the pos...
2024-03-09 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLevi closed the packet, setting it on the park bench beside him. He pulled up the blog, checking it over, then set his phone down, too, and sat forward, putting his fingertips together. Aloud, he muttered to himself, “Stoneheart. A ten-pointer, technically, but his skill stack is nuts, and he...
2024-03-08 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMorag’s fist flew toward Oz. He threw his hands up, desperate, though he knew it would do no good.
Ptang!
Oz frowned. Metal? He looked up.
A slender silver dagger blocked Morag’s fist, thrumming from the force of the blow, its two short, outward-pointed cro...
2024-03-08 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLevi wandered the streets, Fira at his side. She kept a certain distance from him, unwilling to draw too close, but if he noticed, he made no indication. He put his hands behind his head, simply watching the world around him.
“What are we doing today?” Fira asked.
“I don’t kno...
2024-03-07 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOz turned.
A woman walked toward him, long silver-and-white hair swaying behind her. Oz stared for a moment, lost, and then he caught sight of her wolf tail and upright wolf ears. “You’re Loup’s mother.”
“In my human form. And this is the space within the barrier.” The wol...
2024-03-07 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Oy! Levi!”
Lounging in bed, the dawn light gently warming his sheets, Levi lowered his phone. “What?”
Maury poked her head in the room. “You awake?”
“Yeah, just lazin’. What’s up?” Levi asked, yawning.
She nodded over her shoulder. “Fira’s here.”...
2024-03-06 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMorag loomed over Oz. “It’s time to crush the little mouse nibbling at my Patriarch’s corpse.”
Abandoning stealth for a moment, Oz darted to the left. Morag instantly followed him, tracing him from his footsteps. The second his foot landed, she darted forth, faster than Oz could mov...
2024-03-06 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLevi closed his eyes, then opened them. An earnest smile touched his cheeks, his eyelids dipping a little, shame playing over his face. “I’m sorry about—about earlier, Fira. I panicked. I’ve been ability hunted before when people misunderstood. I didn’t want to go through that again. Bu...
2024-03-05 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostOz glanced over his shoulder as he approached the central tent. “Aisling, you there?”
“Right here,” she replied quietly.
Pausing at the flap, he licked his lips. “Er, be prepared, okay? You’re going to see something very shocking. I need you to stay quiet, no matter what y...
2024-03-05 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLevi knocked on the door, glancing left and right. “Hey! Firaaaa! You home—”
The door opened. A hand grabbed him by the collar and yanked him inside, and the door slammed shut again.
“Wow! I haven’t been invited in like this in a long time,” Levi said, hands up, his eyes w...
2024-03-04 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostOz landed behind Loup with the crunch of dried grass. She whirled about, baring her teeth in wolf-form, hackles bristling. Her eyes darted back and forth, searching for the sound.
“Loup, it’s me,” Oz whispered.
Loup jumped, then lowered her head. She sniffed, edging closer to hi...
2024-03-04 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun descended toward the horizon, the flying supers swooped, taking out the last of the herd from above. On the far side of the stone wall, lower-level supers worked hard, cornering the escaped monsters. Levi darted in, slicing the neck of a horse Bear Arms held. Blood fountained out, pour...
2024-03-03 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostOz bent one last time, eyes locked on the tail where it swayed. He took a deep breath, then let it out. All at once, he leaped, surging into the air with all the strength he could muster.
The ring reverberated from the force of his feet. He flew upward, arms outstretched. The fluffy tail ru...
2024-03-03 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHooves pounded. The horses charged toward Central City, stampeding toward the glittering skyscrapers and perfect streets.
Levi looked over his shoulder at the raging herd of monsters behind him. He nodded to himself. Provoking is good, but too much provoking is dangerous. Given how recl...
2024-03-03 03:44:53 +0000 UTC View PostGrabbing tight hold of the horse beast’s hair, Levi pulled to the left. The monster fought his direction. He threw his whole weight behind it, forcibly moving the monster’s head, and it turned, unable to point its head straight forward. Letting out a frustrated whinny, it turned, charging to ...
2024-03-03 03:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostOz waited a few minutes to be sure the mages had left, then stepped out from behind the flap. He darted over to Naomhan, looking up at him. “Hello. I don’t suppose you’re just pretending to sleep, huh?”
Naomhan said nothing. His body remained slack, as ever.
“Didn’t think ...
2024-03-02 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe woman touched the man’s face gently, almost reverentially. “Naomhan, please wake up.”
Oz’s brain worked overtime. He shook his head a little, unable to believe his eyes. This is insane. Absolutely insane. Her? What was it, Morag? The woman who led that little group to my doo...
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2024-03-01 00:25:39 +0000 UTC View PostOz hurried along, passing the trundling zombies along as he strode toward the tent in the center of the necromancer’s camp. As he walked, he cast concerned glances at the black pool behind him. The surface remained still, not a single ripple breaking the thick surface.
Use your qi. Yo...
2024-02-29 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostLevi sat up, gasping a breath. The heavy drum of feet pounded the dirt all around him, jostling him where he sat, so many feet that they seemed to strike every piece of ground all around him, so many thick equestrian legs that the sky churned on the far side of their seething might. He caught sig...
2024-02-29 02:20:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Levi. Hold up!” Fira jogged to catch up with him as he marched out of the shop, stretching his legs as far as they’d go without actually running. Out the rear door, he stepped into the back alley, stripping off his mask and cape and stuffing them into his backpack.
Panting, she drew ...
2024-02-29 02:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostA woman in black with a white fang symbol on her chest wandered into the room, joining the three or four other supers who slowly joined the tables. Levi glanced up and tossed her a jaunty wave, which she ignored.
“You know her?” Fira asked.
“Not really. Let’s just say we share...
2024-02-29 02:19:11 +0000 UTC View PostLevi leaned against the wall, tapping his foot, utterly bored. He glanced around. “Fira, come on.”
“I’m right here,” Fira said, hustling out of the building. Arms lifted, she tied some final detail onto her head, then lowered her hands. “What do you think?”
She wore a re...
2024-02-29 02:18:23 +0000 UTC View Post