Calvin was walking beside Ella when Kurawe unexpectedly caught his attention.
Ravager, There’s a situation back in your capital that your may wish to be informed of.
What is it? Calvin thought, scanning the towering trees.
A Knick...
2020-10-24 02:25:59 +0000 UTC View PostNadia didn’t have any time to admire the towering fronds that seemed to block out the entire sky, nor the globes of brownish nutrients that accumulated along the edges of the tree’s trunks. She was more focused on acclimatizing to the new body, mastering its urges and simplistic behavior.
... 2020-10-21 22:08:05 +0000 UTC View PostThey ran.
The team screamed down the sizzling hallways at full speed, dodging around the overflowing magma pits, not bothering to give the magma squid a chance to grab their legs. When they made it to the next room, they skidded to a halt, gaping at the altered scenery.
What had been ...
2020-10-18 22:35:03 +0000 UTC View PostNadia felt like she was pulling away from reality, retreating down a narrow tube behind her eyes, rising above the world and the sensations of her body, floating in the clouds, completely happy, completely at peace, while her body did as it wished.
It was blissful surrender, it was a gentle...
2020-10-17 21:50:51 +0000 UTC View PostCalvin patted Tzen on the back.
“There there,” he said gently, “so your home town is a burnt out husk and everyone you know is probably dead. I’ve been there. Next thing you know you’re gonna get shotgun married to a warrior woman, have a thousand year old dead guy chatting your e...
2020-10-15 23:23:28 +0000 UTC View PostGot a dentist appointment tomorrow, so no WotR chapter until Thursday.
For those of you curious, it's three fillings and a crown.
And yes, I'm working on chapter 20 of GSA. I hope to have it done Sunday.
2020-10-14 03:45:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Where the hell did they go?” Calvin murmured to himself as they exited the warehouse. Calvin was on edge, waiting for some kind of ambush. Calvin could still theoretically be ambushed despite sensing everything in close range and knowing exactly who was looking at him and where.
It was...
2020-10-13 23:40:10 +0000 UTC View PostMing’nai was basically an enormous granary with walls. It served as the beating heart of agriculture logistics across Boles. Food from the famously fertile wetlands to the south was collected and shipped outward to the empire’s hundreds of city-states.
Can’t fight on an empty stom...
2020-10-12 22:42:31 +0000 UTC View PostCalvin and Tzen were discussing Bolesian politics as they rode side-by-side along the mountain path, Boles stretching out beneath them as the mountain fell away.
“So how exactly does the Hapain clan have any kind of a chance against yours? I’m assuming the emperor is the Royal in charge...
2020-10-10 01:13:07 +0000 UTC View PostBoles was a big country. A man could walk for months without reaching the other side. even the flora knew it was a big country, with the way the trees soared up into the sky as if to make room for all the big goddamned monsters.
The trees were massive, set further apart than jungle trees, a...
2020-10-07 21:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostSo today marks the 30th day since GSA first landed on Royalroad. that means it's eligible for trending.
I don't often make these requests, and this one's more out of sheer curiosity than anything else.
I want to get GSA to the top of the trending list, and for that, I need people to...
***Calvin, semi-professional kidnapper***
+1 Body
Body is now 36!
12/36 Warp remaining
“Okay, you’re free to go,” Calvin said, dropping the Bolesian princess unceremoniou...
2020-10-06 01:43:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Tom, Dick and Harry sat around their meager campfire staring at the flames.
“I would give my left nut for a big mac right now,” Harry said.
“I would give your left nut too.” Dick said, nodding before Harry punched him in the shoulder.
“We need to ask them ...
2020-10-05 01:09:44 +0000 UTC View Post
The light fell on no less than a dozen men and women in deplorable conditions, chained to the wall and half-starved. The room smelled of every fluid a body could produce, and some of the prisoners were sitting in their own filth.
Bruises, sores and despair.
Nadia ra...
2020-10-05 00:59:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The first time Nadia died, it was at the hands of someone looming over her bed. Needless to say, Nadia had a bit of a…thing about people standing over her bed now.
Nadia’s eyes flew open, her right hand flying out in a claw. Her fingernails jammed through half an inch...
2020-10-03 07:14:36 +0000 UTC View Post
“Okay, let me get this straight,” Calvin said. “The Harbinger thought I was the reincarnation of an ancient traitor whose revolt caused a superweapon to be used on an entire planet. Aforementioned planet housed the Harbinger’s main squeeze, and he’s still looking for ...
2020-10-01 03:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Calvin was standing in front of the console in the Filter underneath the Temple, tediously following along with Elliots directions as they carefully sifted through the computer’s history.
Well, according to this thing, Your buddy logged in, changed the passw...
2020-09-29 02:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“Whoah!” The closest man said, raising his hands in a placating gesture. Casey could smell his B.O. from across the camp, causing her nose to wrinkle involuntarily.
“Stay over there,” Casey said, motioning with the water gun.
“Is that a gun?” One of the men sa...
2020-09-27 22:07:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Calvin lowered his visor, the furry rodent underneath him twitching nervously in anticipation of the charge.
It was time for the joust.
He raised his broccoli to waist level and took solid aim at his opponent across the way. The man bore a wickedly sharp lance that ...
2020-09-24 23:54:24 +0000 UTC View Post
***Tzen Chu, imperial prince***
Tzen’s eyes were squeezed shut, his ears plugged, face covered with a cloth, retreating as far into his own mind as he could, his hand extended in front of him as he took another slow, careful step forward.
It’s not that impor...
2020-09-24 02:36:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Toward the end of dinner, a servant approached the lord of the city and whispered in his ear. The fat man instinctively glanced at Calvin.
Calvin winked.
“…I see. Thank you,” Zhin’er said, unquestioningly dismissing the servant from his presence. “Now that...
2020-09-22 23:21:43 +0000 UTC View Post
“Ooh, magic gun!” Ron said, hovering around Jeb’s construction. He didn’t seem to begrudge him the half a Myst lens he’d used to make it, instead simply being overexcited for the creation.
“I want to reiterate,” Jeb said, holding it away from the necromancer...
2020-09-21 03:51:19 +0000 UTC View Post
“This feels weird, like I’m not supposed to be able to do anything in it,” Calvin said, shrugging inside the stiff silk outfit. It was, according to Ella and the tailor, ‘the height’ of Bolesian fashion.
It was definitely ostentatious and expensive, given the sp...
2020-09-19 01:20:23 +0000 UTC View Post
“I wonder what kind of meat this is?” Ella said, biting hunks of meat out of the roadside kabob they’d purchased while waiting to get into the city.
Calvin took a piece and chewed. The meat was a bit gamey, but not intolerable, and the spices were honestly more pote...
2020-09-18 02:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post
***Nadia, Sadomasochist***
Nadia was drumming her heels against the bottom of her chair, idly trying to kick her own ass, seeing as nobody here was capable of, or interested in doing it.
Not to say she wasn’t paying attention; she was.
Duke Kinsey was sleepi...
2020-09-16 22:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“And just add a handle…” Calvin muttered, tack welding the handle onto the blade. The grimoire sat in it’s shrunken state, right in the middle of the handle itself.
Maybe I can give Ella that necklace, Calvin thought, glancing at the unfinished pendant he...
2020-09-15 23:27:58 +0000 UTC View Post
It took Jeb a little over ten minutes to track down his team, since they’d been weaving around conflicts the entire time, they were a little off-course from where he thought they’d be.
They seemed surprised to see him. Jeb took a wild g...
2020-09-13 19:50:50 +0000 UTC View Post
“Alright, so before we go, I might as well sit down and take another bite out of the new abilities,” Calvin said. “ According to the Royal agreement I signed, I’ve got to practice subtlety with my abilities. Any overt city-smashing attacks will get me killed. With that ...
2020-09-12 01:34:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Learner’s notes: On pride.
Pride is an interesting emotion. I first experienced pride when I took a slug* as a pet.
*Refer log: Mr. Squishy
Somehow I felt as though my slug were better than all other slugs,...
2020-09-10 23:20:34 +0000 UTC View Post
“Alright, adding the gram of…” Murak glanced at Calvin.
“Lanthanides.”
“Lanthanides, highly diluted, to the test group’s diet raised productivity to sixty eight percent conversion and rising. The test group made fourteen point three five kilograms of p...
2020-09-09 21:04:14 +0000 UTC View Post