Vitaly S Alexius

Technomagica 2 : 44 Soul-mate-ness

Kliss and I met Delta in our parents’ house in the late evening, when violet stars covered the sky overhead and the rings of Lunaria and Inaria cast their radiance down on the valley below, painting it in gold and silver-blue tones.

“Soooooo,” Delta grabbed Kliss. “How’d your date...

Technomagica 2 : 43 Quantum Entanglement

With the final urn claimed, we walked out of the catacombs hand in hand.

As Kliss prepped dinner in the bar’s large hearth she hummed a song under her breath. It took my mind a few seconds to recognize the tune. The song that was becoming louder and clearer with each stanza escaping from ...

Technomagica 2 : 42 In-Between

We walked down the long winding tunnels with me scoping out hidden alcoves and Kliss smashing them open to claim crustal-filled urns.

“It’s funny to see you this frustrated,” she said.

“I’m usually not this frustrated,” I replied. “I just don’t get why it’s so stable...

Technomagica 2 : 41 Space

I let go of her hands, staring at her wide, ruby and emerald eyes.

“That was… something,” Kliss muttered, blinking.

Fire crackled beside us in the large hearth of the dim and empty Fox and Fiddle pub.

“She’s lots of words and threats, simply searching for a way to esc...

Technomagica 2 : 40 The Keymaker’s Burden

The avatar of the Astral Virus spread her pale, lanky hands upwards and the blue sky of Earth generated by Neurovista above us suddenly parted, revealing the view of the infinite, dead world, one that loomed over Novazem.

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Technomagica 2 : 39 Claimed

“I see,” Kliss swallowed. 

“Also, I suspect that Dragons sleep for centuries so that they can digest and process all of the magic they’ve absorbed from the environment and convert it to more of their soft-hard crystalline structures. They’re basically walking thaumaturgical r...

Technomagica 2 : 38 Syntropic Boundary

As the morning sun struck the valley with hues of gold and orange, I made myself a cup of tea and headed straight to my dad’s workshop. Once there, I grabbed a charcoal stick to sketch out the frame of the glider.

I was no flight engineer, but in my previous life I had used my savant synd...

Technomagica 2 : 37 Brainstorming

I mentally relaxed as Kliss claimed Leemy, the dragon girl’s teeth digging gently into the dryad’s hand. I watched as a crimson wave of magic surged from the hoard across Kliss, wrapping itself around Leemy’s souls and planting brilliant sparks all over her. Like before, I carefully and ins...

Technomagica 2 : 36 Hydroponics

[Dante Alan Skyisle]

“Please, Leemy?” Delta asked. “Trust me? Trust us. Kliss isn’t your enemy or ours and Slava will make sure that she grows up to be a good dragon.”

“There is no such thing as a good dragon,” Leemy insisted.

“There is no...

Technomagica 2 : 35 Reunion

[Kliss Eliza Cessna]

Moscow constructed itself brick by brick all around us. I recognized our arrival point right away, Slava had once again taken us to the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy.

As I looked about, I noted something that wasn’t ...

Technomagica 2 : 34 The Stormweaver

[Aradria the Stormweaver]

I dreamt of fire, above the endless sky.

I was that fire, living fire that pulled upon a thousand other sparks that belonged to me, fire that swelled from within, blossomed outward, became the storm.

I was Aradria, the Queen of...

Technomagica 2 : 33 The Keymaker

I opened my eyes to the view of the frozen ocean. Strangely enough the wind blowing from the Barents Sea wasn’t cold, it was warm and cosy, one that wrapped itself around me, held me in its embrace. I recognized it as the positively-charged, protective radiating from the dragon girl’s heart.<...

Technomagica 2 : 32 The Hoard of Skyisle

I went over the downed Violets. The barmaids were asleep, not responding to my prodding, their bodies still obeying the Charisma-infused order.

Can't you wake them up? Delta asked.

I can, I said, but I want our dragon girl to get experience of purging enemy magic from her kobolds.

Technomagica 2 : 31 - Obelisk Delights

Konstancia’s funeral was held in the small garden behind the Fox and Fiddle pub. The gathered priestesses of Ishira sang a brief hymn in her honor, their voices mixing with the rumble of distant waterfalls and the whispers of the wind coming down the glaciers.

Delta helped Magenta plant a...

Technomagica 2 : 30 Violets

We gathered around the dining table, my parents already busy preparing breakfast while Kliss nibbled on a piece of toast, her ruby hair reflecting the orange sunrise. Delta, satisfied with eating pastries from the Moscow cafes all night, bounced around the kitchen, humming a cheerful tune as she ...

Technomagica 2 : 29 Love

“I very much doubt that you can actually understand what love is,” I addressed the Astral infection.

“It is hard for me to truly experience something while being confined within this simulation. Love… according to your own memories is a chemical cocktail. A set of evolutionary impul...

Technomagica 2 : 28 Containment

I went to bed that night feeling extremely pleased with myself. Things were working out, Skyisle was mine. All I had to do was prepare the village for the arrival of Inquisitor Jubz and his two legions and then everything would be okay thereafter.

When I tried to activate lucid dreaming to ...

Technomagica 2 : 27 The Elders of Skyisle

Archmage Delta, an imposing, armoured figure composed from ants, bees, spider silk and Leemy-grown, polished, white wood, led our procession through the bustling streets of Skyisle. 

My Infoscope, acting as her eyes and control mechanism, streamed the view of the village directly into ...

Technomagica 2 : 26 Kobolds

“Claim you?” Kliss blinked. “What do you want me to do, bite your hand?”

“What, dragons don't claim living things?” I asked.

“Uhh, I don't know,” Kliss shook her head. “From the Imperial reports on her, she was a solitary hunter.”

“Well, you're not Aradria,...

Technomagica 2 : 25 Moral Compass

I woke up to the gentle caress of sunlight on my face and the soft rustle of leaves. For a moment, I was lost, unsure of where I was. Then I felt it – the comforting warmth beneath my head that rushed across my entire body, a sensation so alien to my usual hands-made-from-ice existence. I opene...

Technomagica 2 : 24 Orphans of the Beast

Technomagica 2 : 24 Orphans of the Beast

[Delta Alana Skyisle]

Being Great-Aunt Delta wasn't exactly a walk in the park, especially when dealing with a horde of brainwashed cultists who just tried to burn down my family's home. Slava had collared them with Vow-disrupting hexagrams and...

Technomagica 2 : 23 Blood Iron

Magic wasn’t the solution here. According to thirteen years of my research into understanding the nature of magic, the power of Precognition, operating in high level Seers primarily made magi see magical solutions to magical problems. For example, a Seer could see what spell their enemies would...

Technomagica 2 : 22 A Lilac Tide

With the first ray of morning light, the Ward surrounding our parents’ house and workshop produced a ringing, bell-like sound, notifying everyone within that a group of visitors were standing at the entrance gate, demanding entry.

Georgi made the gate with Delta and me at the end of last ...

Technomagica 2 : 21 Nobody expects the…

A gleaming, silver skyship flashed above the Skyisle, cutting through the clouds just as we were enjoying dinner with our parents in the back, outside kitchen.

“Is the Empire here to check up on you?” Our Dad asked, his orange beard twitching.

“I don’t know,” I said, staring...

Technomagica 2 : 20 Chaetae

“Question?” Delta poked my side as our hovercraft docked at the edge of the village close to our parents’ home.

“Yea?” I stretched.

“Would you be able to cut up the remnants of the Basq ship’s dragonheart core to make me bracelets to keep me warm?” She asked. “Isn’...

Technomagica 2 : 19 Treasure

Kliss blushed even deeper. Then I saw the cogs in her head turning.

“You talk to the Hollow Mother… in your dreams?” She demanded.

“Not since I got the Lucid Dreamer skills,” I shook my head. “I’ve been feeding her lies for a year now, running my dreams in parallel using...

Technomagica 2 : 18. Brain Hemispheres

Our hovercraft circled several spots of interest around the lake. I jotted down mental notes as my Infoscopes flashed through layers of silt and dirt beneath the clear, blue water.

The presence of Kliss holding onto my hand allowed me to fight the pull of the Astral Ocean, which was far, fa...

Technomagica 2 : 17. Fishing

“I see that you’ve improved on this gliding vessel,” Kliss commented as her slitted eyes moved over the hovercraft that was now slowly moving over the large lake in the middle of the Skyisle Valley. The Church of Equality was visible in the distance, blue stained glass reflecting the glitte...

Technomagica 2 : 16. Sparks

[Kliss Eliza Cessna]

Strange thought it was, Dante’s gift of a Phylactery book filled with esoteric Earth knowledge of radiation… made me feel warm inside. Not simply warm, as in appreciating a gift from a friend, but warm on a physical level. The longer I held...

Technomagica 2 : 15. Energy

[Dante Alan Skyisle / Vladislav Alexandrovich Kerenski]

I watched as Kliss fell to the ground, standing on her knees, wide, emerald eyes staring up at me.

It reminded me of one of the Medieval knight ceremonies from tales of Kievan Rus conquerors I had read about as...