“Brendon’s power doesn’t seem to exist until the moment it’s activated.” Marigold mused, peering into the still-room. It was difficult pumping out essences and any other sort of supernatural influence, without also having a chilling effect on the room’s temperature.
I.E. subject...
2024-06-05 16:43:23 +0000 UTC View PostClaudette’s kid…he took Chicago. So there’s a chance I’ll track down that doll Professor Replica is wearing there.
Any sane person would take the professor to a remote, hidden location with no ties to either of them and wait for Solaris to get bored.
Som...
2024-06-03 15:11:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Brick Eagle, you have eaten of the fruit of the tree, and slept in her boughs.” Spider Monkey said, putting the crown made of clumsily woven branches over Brendon’s head.
It poked in places, and the sap itched furiously, but hey, a crown’s a crown.
“You are now one of our t...
2024-05-29 17:14:27 +0000 UTC View PostA golden beam of essence leapt from Gramma’s finger and struck the mimic in the chest. A moment later, it was reduced to ash. Perry’s rapier clattered to the ground, glowing red hot where it made contact with the oxygen in the air.
“Damnit.” Perry muttered, staring at the pile of as...
2024-05-24 15:09:33 +0000 UTC View Post“You can…tell if someone is a mimic…,” Stacy Watt-powers said, forcing the words through gritted teeth. She could feel beads of sweat forming on her brow as she started another stack.
The Washington city soldier’s brows rose as Stacy spoke.
“Y...
2024-05-21 16:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, let’s think this over, Perry thought as the Mimic lunged away from the wall, charging at him while a swirl of essence coalesced into a potent spell designed to paralyze him entirely, rendering him insensate while the creature devoured him.
It was happening at a snail...
2024-05-17 15:01:33 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re starting to piss me off, kid,” Solaris said, raising a hand over Perry’s face. “You’ve given me almost as much trouble as John, but I think it’s about time you-”
“It’s Stacy now,” Perry corrected him.
“What?” Solaris asked, frowning. “What ...
2024-05-14 17:14:33 +0000 UTC View PostYou may remember I posted a splash page art for ISM last month. here's the current iteration with rough color-work done.
I know Nat is maybe a bit too small, but my editor can probably fix that in post rather than bother the original artist.
I dunno if I like the mandrill nose color...
Chain Quest Advanced!
Establish a beach-head on Manita.
With Queen and Heirs present in the settlement, the foothold of your legacy in the land of Manita has been established.
Rewards: 1000...
2024-05-10 16:50:35 +0000 UTC View PostPerry didn’t think he could get exhausted from a simple all-nighter anymore, being seven-hundred times more resistant to the after-effects.
Apparently he just needed the proper amount of stress.
Perry stifled a yawn as he drove the lead truck through the portal into the center of Fr...
2024-05-07 15:29:13 +0000 UTC View PostChemestro couldn’t get out.
Wherever…whatever he was stuck in, he couldn’t get back.
He floated outside of reality itself like a ghost, sensing the humming vibrations that were Solaris moving back and forth across the entire city, leaving no stone unturned in his search for the ...
2024-05-02 16:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostGretchen’s Idyllic Manifestation.exe
Another enormous segment of the factory went up in the amount of time it took Perry to blink.
Now another.
Gretchen’s Idyllic Manifestation.exe
While Perry worked, he mull...
2024-04-30 15:34:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Behold!” Perry said, holding up the new-and-improved Mimic Litmus Test 9000. It had been a serious pain in the ass marrying both a mild sedative and a variant of Astra’s mending to the regular test to prevent extreme pain, seizures, and keep the subject safe.
And most importantly: no...
2024-04-25 16:26:24 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so for a long time now, I've been trying to nudge Solaris and Perry into conflict, and took a huge step forward towards that end today.
Insomuch as it's still 'Solaris' I guess.
The 3 primary concerns as they were relayed to me in the comments were:
#1 It seemed rushe...
“Here it is,” Guile said, handing Truthslayer the medicine.
“How’d you get these?” the black-haired superheroine murmured, opening the case and peering inside.
Inside were four vials of the stuff Paradox had used to ‘cure’ Solaris, although the jury was still out on that...
2024-04-23 17:12:47 +0000 UTC View Post
So I figured the team's fight with Karth would make for a good splash page. Here's the 1st draft sketch. I was like, 'damn! 99% there already!
Thoughts?
“So what now?” Heather asked.
“Now…we pray one of the venoms we acquired will do what we need it to do,” Perry muttered. He already knew which one he was banking on, but it was best not to say anything until after they’d performed extensive tests.
“Check up on the twins?...
2024-04-19 16:01:55 +0000 UTC View Post“That seems like the last of ‘em.” Australia Man said, cleaning off his bloody boomerang, a simple piece of lacquered wood that shouldn’t have been able to hold up to the punishment it had been subjected to. “If I’m still alive this evening, me and Lucy are going to have words.”
... 2024-04-16 16:24:21 +0000 UTC View PostSo I've been learning to use Google Ads, trying to figure out how advertising works and grow my skills as a self-employed author, and I came across this intriguing option that they have.
It's called Customer Match Lists.
I feed them a selection of people, they build a demographic p...
Perry hit Lam at the same time as he finished casting Gretchen’s Idyllic Manifestation.
Gretchen’s Idyllic Manifestation.exe
Rather than get fancy with it, Perry created a massive pit directly underneath them where once had been solid rock. Together they ...
2024-04-12 15:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post“That we are,” Australia Man said, nodding. “If Australia is shrinking, then you know I’m going to have an opinion on that.”
“Yes. I’m sure I can guess your opinion…fairly accurately.” Lucy said. “And of course, you’re more than welcome to put a stop to it, Brian. I wo...
2024-04-09 18:09:47 +0000 UTC View PostPerry watched Heather’s confusion skyrocket as she glanced around the serious faces.
“Is someone going to explain to me what The Butthole is?” she asked, arms crossed.
“The Butthole is a…geological tumor,” Australia Man said, searching for the right words. “Discovered it...
2024-04-05 16:30:41 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I'm getting older and trying to advance my craft with this whole self-publishing thing, and a problem I've run into several times now, is not owning enough art to satisfy amazon and Google in order to look professional.
I'm a professional, goddamnit!
That being said, do you ...
“So those ant grenades you saw, they use those as both a weapon and a food source. The ants turn all the biomass in a certain area into dead ants, which the humpbacks can easily transport and digest. If a year’s not going well for them, they can drop one of those on the forest floor ...
2024-04-02 18:08:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Uugh…” Nat groaned into the sheets, a sticky, panting mess, her long black hair strewn across the bed and her shaking form.
“You’re welcome,” Perry said, tugging his pants back on. “And good night.
“Need…shower,” Natalie said, trying and failing to lever herself u...
2024-03-29 15:17:21 +0000 UTC View Post“This is…” Darryl was at a loss for words to describe exactly how bad things were. Nobody knew who was a mimic and who wasn’t. The streets were rife with paranoia. Nobody went outside. Nobody let strangers into their house. Nobody even let friends and family in. Not if they were smart. 2024-03-26 16:23:39 +0000 UTC View Post
“Nobody move.” Natura whispered.
Everyone froze. Perry was knelt down with his armored hand partway down a hole in the ground with a spider in it. His ground scanner didn’t give him colors, so he’d have to pull it out to see if it was one of the species he was looking for.
Wit...
2024-03-22 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhat kind of power armor would be good for Wraith? Perry wondered, while picking out his armor for the trip. She needed something that could flow like a non-newtonian fluid, but harden up when necessary to accommodate shapeshifting. It needed to be able to render itself intangible withou...
2024-03-20 16:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostBendigo was…fine.
It was nighttime on the west coast, so they stepped into mid-day on the other side of the Earth.
Perry stepped out onto the street and immediately felt the chill on his skin. It was currently transitioning to summer back home, so Bendigo was transitioning into wint...
2024-03-18 18:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt was one thing to hear about sapient spiders living in Autralia. I was quite another to see one big enough to eat your kids.
“Do you have a spider-sign dictionary?” Perry asked, reluctantly dragging his attention away from Ryan the Pilot. “Also, we’re going to need to tak...
2024-03-15 16:50:35 +0000 UTC View Post