Learner’s notes.
Calvin has come to the lab every night for the past three nights. Between then and when I see him performing his duties during the day, He has approximately two hours per solar cycle that he could possibly be sleeping. Not including travel ...
2020-09-08 01:54:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13: Blue Serpent Furnace
There was a wrenching squeal from the side of the camp, drawing everyone’s attention.
Jessica was unclasping a piece of torn steel from her neck, scowling down at it.
“Whazzat?” Jeb asked.
“Some kind of magical control collar....
2020-09-06 17:35:15 +0000 UTC View PostMy creativity is limited. I can rattle off maybe...5?
the complacency aura
the flying organ from refraction spinners
The dimensional blades from refraction spinners.
intent perception from Lures
The wings 'n horn obvs.
What other little goodies could Elliot a...
Okay, bring up Drafting. Calvin thought, kicking his heels from the side of his tower, the light of Soscath shining down on him as he surveyed his domain.
I have a domain. Sometimes none of this feels real…gods, I wish I could sleep through this bo...
2020-09-05 00:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Kala yelped and grabbed onto Ella for support, and Calvin did the same, his balance suddenly thrown off by the falling sensation.
Y’Kuingi’s legs splayed out and touched either side of the wall, her pincers grabbing the corrugated steel.
Learner just stood there...
2020-09-03 22:18:43 +0000 UTC View Post
After they were done with the visit to the Ooze-weavers and the impromptu slime-fight, it was getting late in the day, and they decided to go to bed for the night and tackle negotiating with the Knick knack delegates in the morning.
Calvin laid in bed, staring at the ceil...
2020-09-02 00:22:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Calvin cracked his undead knuckles.
Alright, let’s do this.
Calvinian summoning
Atom ant
47/54 Bent remaining
Calvin created a swarm of thumb-sized Knick-knacks, which ...
2020-09-01 02:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Calvin’s first instinct, naturally, was enemy mind control.
When he saw the procession of Ooze-Weavers drowning themselves in the lake, he honestly thought for a just second that Jonathan Ilestar was doing what they said he could do: making an entire city kill themselve...
2020-08-28 22:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostI'm attending a wake for that aunt in law today, so here's some of the stuff I've been working on a couple days in advance. Sorry about the lack of WotR.
There was pandemonium in the camp as people snatched up weapons, leaping to their feet and pre...
2020-08-27 20:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
“Y’Kuingi!” Calvin shouted upon seeing his erstwhile pseudo-fiancee.
Is it just me or has she grown a couple inches? Calvin wondered as he did the traditional crabwalk-arms-raised greeting of The People.
“Welcome to the village, my lord.”
...
2020-08-26 00:59:18 +0000 UTC View Post
***1 Day 16 hours remaining***
“How is this safe!?” Jessica demanded as they floated over the vast forest.
“All falling or crashing injuries are dependent on inertia. Since you can bring yours to effectively zero, this is perfectly safe ...
2020-08-24 23:03:02 +0000 UTC View Post
After several hours of debate, Calvin took Two tiers of Bulk Split, then Atom Ant. His Dupdomancy skills had never been about long term solutions to problems, it had been about effective solutions to pressing issues. With Atom Ant, he could create equipment that was up to forty...
2020-08-24 22:54:02 +0000 UTC View Post
From the records of Sigmund Velmont, Undead Hunter on the planet Korat.
The Maculat Mulieres is a horrifying creature that solely preys upon the weakest among us. Among the thinking undead, they are some of the most difficult to suss out, apart from simply po...
2020-08-21 19:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that he had free time, he was able to deal with the passengers in his head, starting with Nadia. Her new body bristled with a litany of augmentations from half a dozen different species of warped creatures, Some of which he’d hunted down specifically for this. The combina...
2020-08-20 00:15:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m hungry, Calvin thought to himself as he sat on top of the train headed toward his territory, taking the scenic route so he had time to think about his life and where he wanted to take it. The wind blowing in his hair felt nice.
Wait a minute. I’m hung...
2020-08-18 01:35:03 +0000 UTC View Post
***Jessica***
A little projectile hummed from Jeb’s hiding place toward the monster, then the three mermaid heads, a good chunk of the water and the monster therin, simply vanished, in a ten-foot sphere.
Crack! The implosion sounded like a gu...
2020-08-17 00:09:15 +0000 UTC View Post
“That’s interesting.” Calvin murmured, watching his index and middle finger burn with white flame. They were losing their color and turning into grey ash as the flame advanced from the very tip down past the first knuckle.
“Calvin!?” Kala’s voice snapped him o...
2020-08-14 23:11:03 +0000 UTC View Post
“Okay, I’m starting to get a feel for the Maculat impulses. It seems like if someone states that they are adamant that they or others should do a certain thing, behave a certain way, or consider something taboo…
Fervently ascribe to a moral code? 2020-08-14 01:05:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m not one to get stage fright, but this is nuts, Calvin thought, sliding out of his seat and shuffling to the left.
“Other way,” The marquis Surrak said under his breath.
Calvin glanced up and saw that left was indeed a dead end.
Son of a ...
2020-08-12 00:27:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The dignitaries filed in, following some incomprehensible pattern based on rank followed by power, then seniority and in one case, height.
The shorter of the two dukes of identical age glared at the man ahead of him as they entered and found their seats.
Calvin, bei...
2020-08-11 01:29:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 5: Necrobarter
Jeb let out a choked cry as Jessica flung him backwards into the tiny dungeon, charging out to meet the creature face-to-face.
Jeb landed on his ass right in the middle of the beam of light, triggering the magical swarm a second time. The Myst...
2020-08-10 00:54:30 +0000 UTC View Post
“Wanna run that one by me again?” The Hash’Maje asked. Calvin could hear the teacups rattling in place as papa Entredez’s eyebrows raised.
“Kala got killed, but I took care of it, invented a cure for death and am currently persuading her to take it, but she’s ...
2020-08-07 23:45:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, here we go, Calvin thought, kneeling down and touching the frozen pile of parts that was all that remained of Carem.
Consume.
11/47 Bent remaining.
Entire creature eat...
2020-08-07 01:02:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Once he calmed down, Calvin reneged on the whole ‘eating him alive’ plan and simply killed Carem, cutting off his head, removing his heart and lobotomizing him before putting his body on ice.
The reasoning was such: It takes at least a month to eat a human body the ol...
2020-08-05 19:40:47 +0000 UTC View Post
*Author’s note* This one’s got a decent amount of cussing...mild NTR threats and light cannibalism.. You’ve been warned.
Okay, eight of us immediately available, we’ve got six Bent each. In another eight to seventeen hours we’ll have another…sev...
2020-08-04 00:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis is what we got this weekend. Tomorrow we're back to our regularly scheduled content.
Chapter 3:
***Jessica***
He’d done something.
She didn’t know what, but in that instant, she knew he’d done something.
George was scary, sure, but he was a ...
2020-08-03 01:23:24 +0000 UTC View Post*Authors note: This ones gonna piss some people off.*
Alright, thats enough. As nice as it would have been to get revenge, I cant risk failure here. Ill catch you later. The Harbinger muttered, drawing itself to it...
2020-07-31 23:18:48 +0000 UTC View PostImagine time as a slimy hagfish, an eel with no beginning or end. Every time you poke the future, it squirms on you, changing the result, so in order to achieve a very specific outcome, you have to manually pin it down, checking on it time and again, forcing the wriggling, slimy hagfis...
2020-07-29 23:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post***Baroke***
Ugh, son of a bitch, Baroke groaned, pushing himself to a sitting position, spitting out dirt that had gotten in his paralyzed mouth.
I get my hands on that bastard, hes gonna wish hed never been born, Baroke thought, climbing to his feet.
Th...
2020-07-28 02:05:37 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so waaaay back in chapter....whatever, it was revealed Calvin would become a Maculat Mulieres should he die.
That's latin for Defiler/Corrupter of women... roughly. I'm not a latin major. Not even a minor, I used google translate.
That's not important. What is important is tha...