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Scorching Ascension - 2.50: Interlude - Ember

A/N: It's a little late, and it's short, but here are the leaderboard. Update on my work, I finished the Book 1 edits. Took me a minute, but they're already sent back. Now I just gotta edit what I wrote in book 3 of Undersea and book 2 of Scorching this week.

Should be easy enough.

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Scorching Ascension - 2.49: Rebuilding

A.N: Pretty cliffy ending... sorry. It's prolly better that it gets its own chapter rather than be the end of this one, I think.

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As he left the cold and humid cloud behind and as New Dawn came into view, Ethan’s flight almost stuttered as he took in the ...

Scorching Ascension - 2.47: Prosper

When the communication module loaded in front of his eyes, Ethan’s attention hovered for a couple of seconds as he considered what to say exactly before a realization hit him: he didn’t need to do it over message.

He was done here. He could just go home and see how things were in person...

Scorching Ascension - 2.47: Milestone

Megan’s POV

With the headache still pulsing behind her eyes from their earlier clash, Megan—along with everyone else—trailed from a safe distance as Ethan made his way to the pylon. And she didn’t need to use her own Manifestation to sense the mood a...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.53: Reinforcements

“You heard me,” Ash said once she was sure she had the full focus of the Clydemar scion. And she did finally remember who he was, now. She remembered having been introduced to him, years ago, before the relationship with their families had soured. He was only a couple of years older th...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.52: Reminiscing

A/N: Next one should be ready in a few hours. Tomorrow morning at the latest (sorry! sinus headaches are making it difficult to focus.)

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In the affluent side of First Landing, there were no dingy, dark alleys to creep around and hide in, like one might fin...

This week's schedule and next month's - Membership Pause for October

Tl:dr;

• This week's schedule: There will be two each, but I'm still working on them. Expect both Undersea's chapters by Wednesday at the latest, and both Scorching's chapters by Sunday.

• Taking October off to work on a ...

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Scorching Ascension - 2.46: Providence (Pt. 2)

A/N: A little bit on the shorter side, but I'm running out of juice. We'll be finishing up this arc hopefully next week.

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Maybe it was because he’d just executed the senator supposedly responsible for the assault. Or maybe because he outleveled their best protector by a...

Scorching Ascension - 2.45: Providence (Pt. 1)

A/N: The fatigue is catching up with me. Next one should be tomorrow. Maybe Sunday at the latest, but likely tomorrow.

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Flying at night was a little tougher than Ethan expected.

He could see just fine, but while he’d done the trip to Providence in the pa...

Scorching Ascension - 2.44: Conviction

Zacharia’s wings fluttered erratically as the man hunched over the lance that had just pierced his chest and heart. His lips trembled, eyes wide in terror, and Ethan could see him try and fail to pull air into his lungs.

It should have been a fatal strike. Ethan believed it might still be...

Scorching heads up: Later today

Hey folks. I'm working on the chapters, will be out later today (and not 11.25am).

See ya!

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.51: First Landing

A/N: Late chapter! Also, tweaked the ending sentences of last chapter so the action flows better with the start. Nothing big.

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Mid-air down toward the dock and as the breeze whipped his hair back, Henry realized—after he had jumped off the ship—that his current ...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.50 - Land

A/N: I feel like this one still needs a little polish, but I ran out of time. Let me know if it's too jarring. Next chapter should be out in a few hours.

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A couple of hours before their arrival to port, Henry and Maurice were putting the last touches to their human disgu...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.49: Moving forward

A/N: Sorry for the delay. Next one should be out tomorrow, or maybe Wednesday. We should still be getting three chapters this week. But they might need time to cook.

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The next few days passed by rather quickly, from Henry’s point of view. Especially with how...

Scorching Ascension - 2.43: Obstacle

A/N: Third chapter! See you all on Wed (or Thursday)

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With Zacharia’s wrist firmly in his grasp and with his scaled shoulder already closing with an activation of [Heal], Ethan had the juiciest opening since the fight had started. Sure, he was a little surprised t...

Scorching Ascension - 2.42: Detonation

A/N: Chapter went a little longer than expect. Next one on Sunday likely.

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Three concussive fireballs were already glowing above Ethan’s horns as he flew up, hovering over the wreck as the voices of the crowd died out below him. Wind rushed past him, smelling...

Scorching Ascension - 2.41: Foreign

AN: We're doing three this week! Next one tomorrow or Saturday. All will be done by Sunday at most.

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Having set eyes on the Brotherhood’s home, Ethan swerved away, keeping pace with the shape he had noticed running down the paved route leading out of the retreat. The...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.48: Honesty

It took around an hour for Henry and Maurice to finally reach the ship.

While the fight itself had taken barely a handful of minutes, catching up to the sleek xebec with the wind in its sails took a little more time, especially with Henry taking it slow while he fixed up the damage t...

Scorching update

Hey folks. I tried to finish up a third over the weekend but it's not where I want it to be. It'll go to Thursday. See y'all in a couple of days!

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.47: One might never know

A/N: Next chapter on Wednesday. Hope you like this one! Also, while the design had been initially inspired by leafy seadragons (goofy ocean fellows), I realized that I've been basically recreating Dragalge from Pokemon. Ngl, I love that mon's design. I stopped following around gen 3 and didn't kn...

Scorching Ascension - 2.40: Anyone else?

A/N: I'll try to get a third out by the end of the weekend. I'm a little swamped (especially with the new story hitting the top 10 of Rising Stars).

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With two of the invaders out, Ethan’s worries began creeping through his thoughts. How many had died? Who had they lost? He...

Scorching Ascension - 2.39: Ringing

When the magic of the pylons pulled him through the fabric of reality, in that half of a second washed in unearthly purples and void-like darkness, Ethan didn’t know what he was about to find. His guts churned. He didn’t know whether he was about to find the settlement completely fine or comp...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.46: Stinglance 2.0

A/N: Sorry for the delay folks.

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Henry didn’t want to teleport to the new target, opting to swim toward it and approach it slowly with his mana signature camouflaged, considering it had already shot out his clones as soon as he tried to talk to it. Much like a weaker spec...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.45: Ready

With Maurice latched atop his head, Henry was swimming comfortably along the grassy seabed, a mile or so below the ship. The light of the sun could not reach this far down, but the lights and energies of the Current were still exerting their influence, even though they were supposedly approaching...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.44: <title goes here>

A/N: I have no clue what to call this chapter. Also, Hi! New week! Thank you all for supporting me :)

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While Maurice pouted and Velistraine drifted away to let him focus, Henry turned his attention to the glorious, almost electric energies that were rushing throu...

Undersea update (chapter will be out later today)

Hey all! Working on the chapter, should be out in a few hours.

Scorching Ascension - 2.38: Contempt

A/N: Quick fix on the last chapter: [Enlarge] had been placed in the Prime Arcanum, empowering [Sunshard]

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When he crossed the rift and took his first step back on Earth, Ethan immediately grimaced at the darkened and cloudy skies above. It wasn’t anywhere as ...

Scorching Ascension - 2.37: Another round of upgrades

A/N: Fix: In the last chapter, the Harpy's claws he got are tier-3, not tier-2. They're from a specialized, powerful kind of harpies. Not a basic variant. Also, chapter is slightly longer to compensate for the stat stuff. I hope it's not too much stats too soon.

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Scorching Ascension - 2.36: The Storm

Flying in this rift was like having someone shove and pull you after you’d just learned to walk. Or trying to swim in turbulent waters after barely managing to keep your head above calm waters for ten seconds.

In this scenario, Ethan wasn’t sure exactly which obstacle was worst. Was it ...

Undersea Reincarnation - 3.43: The first

It was getting harder and harder to see much of anything as the swirls of sand filtered into his beak and bounced off of his eyes. Thankfully, unlike his previous life, the sand might as well have been absent as it didn’t bother his eyes at all though even with the Shadows spread out all around...