Winning Peace is no officially in the 'End Game' chapters. We probably have about fifteen more before the story is complete. Maybe a few less. Ezekiel is at the height of his power, he's figured out his life in large part, all that's left is to nudge the galaxy into a place that doesn't mean b...
2024-08-11 01:17:02 +0000 UTC
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“Alright, Tara-breathe! You can do this. It's no big deal, just a little stolen blimp!”
Kim and I exchanged amused glances as our mutual girlfriend muttered reassurances to herself under her breath. Giving each other minute shrugs, Kim stretched slightly in a faux-casua...
2024-08-07 13:37:43 +0000 UTC
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Okay, here we go. This continues the short arc following the Adrena Lynn episode. She's a one-off villainess that I think I might use for something larger later.
Still, hope everyone enjoys this one and I'll be working on Winning Peace next.
Because, obviously, it won the poll with ...
2024-08-07 13:36:17 +0000 UTC
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...well, not entirely happy with this and I reserve the right to add a few things tomorrow, but I've got a road trip in the morning to prep for and need to get to bed. So this will have to do for now.
Still thinking about the vote details for this one, I'll get back to you tomorrow on that...
2024-08-04 06:32:23 +0000 UTC
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Second Verse, Same as the First!
2024-08-01 06:41:56 +0000 UTC
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It's that time of the month again!
For those returning, you know the deal. For those who are new, pick the story you want to see more of and the one with the most votes will get the most attention in the coming month. Second-most votes gets the second-most attention, and that's how...
2024-08-01 06:40:25 +0000 UTC
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I'd like to say that I could have stopped what happened next.
It was certainly within my power to stop what I estimated was likely to occur, but it also would have involved the kind of intercession that would have made the presence of a third party very, very obvious to even the ...
2024-08-01 06:32:04 +0000 UTC
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Here we go! Next chapter out and the last of July!
(Yes, I know I'm an hour or so late, but it's still July on the Pacific coast, so that's how we're remembering it.)
Anyway, I'll have the August poll out in a short while, so look for that.
Next post will be the Code Geass epil...
2024-08-01 06:30:14 +0000 UTC
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My magic flared as I brought forth a blue flame into existence, a circle in the palm of each of my hands casting the spell twice simultaneously. The manifestation of the effect burst into existence and I coached it into a pair of long daggers held in a reverse grip.
“AAAAARRRRGGGH...
2024-07-30 10:24:54 +0000 UTC
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This weekend was exhausting. So glad it's over.
I won't bore anyone with the personal drama, but suffice to say things have settled back down now and my new laptop is fully updated and loaded with all of my personal files. This is, in fact, the first story chapter written on it! ...
2024-07-30 10:23:10 +0000 UTC
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The technical term for the 'entrance' we were using was a 'latrine chute.'
Sadly for my memoirs, I wouldn't be able to pen some kind of epic Shawshank-esque tale of crawling through filth to reach a noble end goal. Only, instead of freedom it would be murder. But, that wasn't to be....
2024-07-25 15:34:25 +0000 UTC
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Well, got slowed down a little bit by setting up my new laptop, which arrived a day early. That is, coincidentally, something that you all helped pay for. My old one has been slowly giving me increasing problems over the past few months and I found a good deal on a a new machine that's a definite...
2024-07-25 15:32:27 +0000 UTC
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“It's a pleasure to meet you, Admiral Gratus,” I stated, extending my hand.
After pausing for a split-second, the admiral goes for a handshake instead of the normal turian forearm-clasp. His flange parts in his species' version of a smile as we grip each other's hands tightly en...
2024-07-22 12:15:06 +0000 UTC
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Another one down!
Well, as promised, here's the real contact with the turians, Ezekiel being surprisingly normal by his usual standards, at least until the interrupt.
Now that the WP chapter is up, I'll be working on a chapter of the Marvel side of Industrious and hope to have that ou...
2024-07-22 12:13:34 +0000 UTC
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“I still think... Anthea would have been a better choice for this,” Pepper stated as we were shown into the semicircular room. I admired it, having never gotten to see it in my former life. Or, well... the life the original me had lived, however one wanted to put it.
<...
2024-07-19 15:51:46 +0000 UTC
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So, who wants an extra-long chapter? Well, that's what I've got. It's a big one, meeting the President and everything. It also involved a lot of research and some detailed writing, so it took a bit longer than expect, but that's the story of my life.
Anyway! I'll have the next chapter o...
2024-07-19 15:49:09 +0000 UTC
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They'd finally sent out the gundam corps after the fifth antimatter volley.
I hadn't patched myself into their communications, but I estimated it was probably a move made out of frustration rather than tactical consideration. They were the last resort, then.
...
2024-07-15 13:20:54 +0000 UTC
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Daddy's Home, Humanity!
So, yeah, Ol' Zeke is stepping back up to the plate and feeling much better than the last time around. Even spicy enough to get in someone's face about the credit he deserves. Yes, I know that people were expecting the turian diplomacy meeting to take place this ch...
2024-07-15 13:19:04 +0000 UTC
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Highschool DxD is a thinly-veiled fetish anime centering on a teenage boy who discovers he possesses one of the most powerful artifacts forged by the Abrahamic God to empower humans to stand on par with the supernatural races, subsequently joining the 'Devil Faction' to achieve his dream of being...
2024-07-13 10:31:32 +0000 UTC
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Slightly later than I wanted it out, but I needed to take a mental health day and just chill for a bit. Admittedly, the chapter flowed a lot better after I got back to the keyboard, so I think it worked.
I'm still working on the next chapter of Winning Peace, but it should be up either Sun...
2024-07-13 10:26:41 +0000 UTC
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Arriving back in Konoha, Tenten immediately knew something had happened while they'd been on their latest mission. It was a subtle thing, but being out in the field was seeing her apply the lessons of the academy more and more. The central tenet of situational awareness, for instance, was underst...
2024-07-09 15:02:35 +0000 UTC
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Initially, I had something different planned for this chapter, but I couldn't get it to flow. So, instead, have some Tenten Lewds.
Next chapter will feature Team 7 returning from the Wave mission and revealing how things finished out.
Winning Peace coming up next. At least, probably...
2024-07-09 15:00:41 +0000 UTC
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I walked down the alleyway, Leafa following behind me. We'd both swapped outfits, although one could barely tell by looking at me given my usual color scheme. Instead of my normal somewhat... ambiguously gendered set of gear, I'd donned a heavy black cloak with dusty-gold trim over top of a set o...
2024-07-05 12:43:21 +0000 UTC
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Leafa/Suguha is turning out to be a somewhat difficult character to write. If only canon gave me something in terms of characterization beyond her crush on Kirito. Maybe I'll go back and watch the later Alfheim arcs to see if there's something there. May have to just do my own thing with her.<...
2024-07-05 12:40:37 +0000 UTC
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I was watching Casey toddle about when I got the call.
Well, 'call.' It was more of a priority message.
Specifically it was a Black Paper, and I sighed before skimming it. A fraction of a fraction of a second after I was done I groaned and popped my neck. It was one...
2024-07-02 11:29:22 +0000 UTC
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That feeling when a character decides what the plot is going to be and you're just along for the ride. Then you look at what you've written and wonder what the fuck someone slipped in your drink.
Ezekiel Lopez, folks. He be doin' shit.
Now I'm going to go write about something sane ...
2024-07-02 11:27:49 +0000 UTC
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Second Verse, Same as the First!
2024-07-01 08:41:44 +0000 UTC
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Alright, still working on that last Winning Peace for June... which will now be the first post in July, because time happened. Well, time and the discovery that a friend's grandparent has cancer, but that's neither here nor there. Anyway, I might have that up in a few hours or it might be up to...
2024-07-01 08:39:39 +0000 UTC
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The sound of chalk against slate was loud in the otherwise quiet room.
It was, thankfully, a rare day after the snow had melted but before the oppressive heat of summer fully blossomed. I would have much rather been outside 'playing' with my fellow orphans instead of cooped up in on...
2024-06-29 11:49:30 +0000 UTC
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...so you know that feeling when you really should be working on one thing, but for some reason you end up doing some other project? Like when your book report is due tomorrow, but you're doing a deep clean in your bedroom for some reason? I mean, it's still productive, but it's defini...
2024-06-29 11:47:47 +0000 UTC
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