(MetaTech Virtual Headquarters, Shadowmen Control Room)
Demi Turner took a breath, and said, “All right, everything is looking good on this end. Sally, anything you can see in your area?”
Sally Navarro shook her head. “No, boss. Just some new...
2025-08-30 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostAs the Tier 1 creature that could eventually become a Lesser Dragon, it was only to be expected that Drakes were tough customers. The smallest ones we found in the dungeon were the size (and speed) of a horse, went on four legs, and had teeth like daggers. Their hides...
2025-08-29 12:07:11 +0000 UTC View PostSixty END spent out of the two hundred in the Endurance Reserve of the Rhuk’s power reactor was a sizeable cost for instant destruction of two piddly patrol craft. Still, the cost was worth it, in my opinion. I needed to get attention on me. Or, ra...
2025-08-28 12:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostHurrah. Heading to DragonCon tomorrow. I wrote ahead, so still should be posts during.
(Bridge, CRN Invader, Incux Food Resource System 3)
Captain Tara Cox smiled as she looked at the tactical display. They’d launched two more att...
2025-08-26 22:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post(Jerusalem)
Aleyn Flintwater could not believe his luck! He had gone into the Adventurers Guild looking to see what jobs were available, and he hadn’t been hopeful. His combination of Plant Mage and Alchemist was a potent one, in theory. The kinds of thing...
2025-08-25 16:07:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Icy, good to see you. All of you. And in one piece.”
Alisha Cooper was looking rough. Rougher than she had when we’d left her at the Hades Club just a few days ago. She’d been up late a few nights in a row, almost certainly. Whether with work or wor...
2025-08-23 22:01:34 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, we all got some upgrades out of the loot pile, once we took the time to really go through everything we’d gotten from the Shadow Vipers and the kobolds. Zazriel had a good bit of work ahead of her, moving enchantments between pieces of gear. My ...
2025-08-23 00:18:11 +0000 UTC View Post(Command Nest, Gel-nak Imperial Navy Ship Threefold Destruction of the Unworthy, Srusk System, Gel-Nak Empire)
Ship High Commander Arlushk was less than pleased. Ever since the invasion of Earth, things had been going wrong. The loss of the fleet...
2025-08-21 19:50:49 +0000 UTC View Post“My Queen, we have caught a couple packs of rats.”
I had been enjoying a nice evening in my hotel room, having finished with the day’s meetings. We were scheduled to return to Risen Athelia tomorrow, so it was the last night of our stay. Since ...
2025-08-20 15:48:15 +0000 UTC View Post(Angel Leader, Incux Food Resource System 3)
The plan was simple, really, Slave-Squadron Leader Isis ‘Goddess’ Saliba thought in the quiet of her own head. It wouldn’t do to let the rest of the squadron know she was nervous. As the leader, ...
2025-08-19 21:11:17 +0000 UTC View PostWith the local dungeons on board and willing to attend, I turned my attention to other matters. The upcoming wedding was important, of course, but it wasn’t like I was devoid of responsibilities, or needing to take care of tasks that I’d said I’d handle. Not to...
2025-08-19 00:14:50 +0000 UTC View PostAs we headed back towards the above-ground section of the site, Twilight’s voice came on over our comms. “Hey guys, glad to see you’re all headed back up. Lost your signal for a bit, there. All that dirt makes for a bit of interference. Anyways, things are ...
2025-08-16 14:28:10 +0000 UTC View Post“[Krenrena’s Marring Lash (Constitution)]!”
A smoky red whip formed in the air, and lashed down at the last of the Kobold Dragon Knights. The moment the red smoke struck him, the scaled dog-lizard hybrid collapsed to the ground, dead. As one mig...
2025-08-15 21:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostEighteen months to the day after the Gel-nak started the invasion, and we were finally ready to go. As much as I would have liked to get this show on the road earlier, I hadn’t lived this long as a villain by being an idiot. Most of the time.
Part of not be...
2025-08-14 21:36:44 +0000 UTC View PostMaking arrangements for Boone and his people was fairly straightforward, especially since I didn’t care about the whole ‘not making waves’ thing. While Armonk wasn’t exactly a major metropolitan center, it still counted as ‘local’ to New York City. So...
2025-08-13 22:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post(Cinder Leader, Incux Food Resource System 3)
Slave-Squadron Leader Lelia ‘Heretic’ Carollo took a deep breath to steady her nerves. A ‘mere’ four light-hour hop at 20c was still a twelve-minute jump. Twelve minutes that they could be detected. Tw...
2025-08-12 21:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostWeddings, even mortal ones, were complicated affairs. You had to find a date and time, a place for the event, a place for the reception, line up a priest, catering, and music, and more. A divine wedding, however? Well, that made mortal weddings look munda...
2025-08-11 21:48:37 +0000 UTC View PostTurning my eyes to the astral, I saw two of the mantis spirits in their true form slashing at the ward, while two of the hybrids punched it. Together, their attacks were more than enough to rip through the barrier, causing a gaping wound in the fabric of the magical b...
2025-08-09 20:19:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Mistress, I found something on the bodies that wasn’t in the loot table!”
I nodded as Angelina came up to me. The loot table given to everyone by the Voice of the World did not include everything you could get from a body, obviously. Major ...
2025-08-08 20:35:25 +0000 UTC View Post(Capes & Cowls Forum, General Chat)
Message of the Day: Remember, Capes & Cowls is ‘neutral ground’. Keep it civil, and if you try to track someone through our site, it will not end well for you.
Speedy, AngelEyes, Victory, HotStuff, Jester,...
2025-08-07 19:44:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe next week was, obviously, quite busy. Constructing the building for the Embassy had been easy enough, but you needed more than just a building for such things. Sure, I had decorated the outside of the building with sculptures in relief, with the summoning being ...
2025-08-06 21:37:11 +0000 UTC View Post(Bridge, CRN Promise, Incux Food Resource System 3)
Captain Sumisu Yoichi had prepared his crew well. They were just four light-hours out from their target. Just. As if a distance that was only slightly less than that between Neptune and Sol back home w...
2025-08-05 21:06:57 +0000 UTC View Post(Adventurer’s Guild Official Forums, Miami Branch)
SunnyBunz, MightyMouse, ImAPally, DontYouWantMe, AsaAkiraIsBae, BestGirl, LatinHeat, Salty, Backpage, Craig34, l33tpally, Anonymous3, Anonymous4, RedFox, Kimiko, DonnyJuan, Crusader, BadCompany, HurricaneGa...
2025-08-04 14:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt took less than a moment for DeeDee and the other Angels to finish off the remaining bugs. When it was done, she and the other Angels looked our way. Hesitating. I knew what they were thinking. Before, with just one mage, and an adept that didn’t have any ...
2025-08-02 21:39:44 +0000 UTC View PostSyllia Zylgolor
Elf Female
Level 43 Waterbender / Hunter
Titles: Silver-Tongued, Seductress, Keen-Eyed, Slave
You have defeated the Shadow Vipers!
You gain 5220 XP!
Loot:
Syllia Zylgolor
Handy Ha...
2025-08-01 21:18:56 +0000 UTC View PostDirector Max Hopkins frowned as he looked over his files in the new North American Headquarters of the Superhuman Defense Initiative. He hated the new office. It wasn’t any smaller than his old one, and no less comfortable. Even had the exact same shape and dimens...
2025-07-31 18:58:30 +0000 UTC View Post“You certainly have a way with words, your Majesty.”
Naturally, my speech had ruffled a few feathers, what with my pointed statements towards Russia and especially towards the US. I knew that I was poking the bear, so to speak, but it was a calculated...
2025-07-30 21:11:48 +0000 UTC View Post(Main Bridge, CRN Mercurial, Incux Food Resource System 3)
Captain Griboyedov Ivan Tikhonovich frowned as he looked at the scans on the tactical display. Third Fleet was coasting silently in the void, at the edges of the system that the Commonwealth ...
2025-07-29 22:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post(Temple of a Thousand Moans, Iaruta 3, Iaruta System)
Once, she had been a High Priestess and Blessed Evangelist. Once, this holy site had been the Temple of Broken Chains. Once, her goddess was a beacon of hope for many. Once, she had been free. Once, but no ...
2025-07-28 12:07:18 +0000 UTC View PostBerzerker’s Vehicle Attack: 9d6 = 3 hits, 2 miss
Fence Ramming Damage: 19P
Fence Damage Resistance: 12d6 = 3 hits, 1 miss (16P damage)
Van Ramming Damage: 10P
Van Damage Resistance: 36d6 = 11 hits, 7 Misses (0 Damage)
Babydoll...
2025-07-26 11:59:30 +0000 UTC View Post