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Young World Ch 58: Ctrl C

I was woken up by Patience just a short while after dawn. We’d decided to let Millicent get some extra rest, so my watch was second to last. While most of my dreams were lost to me the moment I woke up, the meeting I had with Ren was still crystal clear in my mind. He was getting impatient. My ...

Young World Ch 57: Informational Meetings

At first I thought there was something in my eye, or I was so tired I was imagining it, but as I looked I eventually realized that what I was seeing was very real. There was a dot on the moon. One that hadn’t been there the previous night. I reached over and nudged Patience. She turned around a...

Deadman Ch 57: Assault on Jasper

The next day, after a pot of coffee and a breakfast of dried meat and biscuits, I made my way to Jasper to check in with Murphy and see if he’d found anything from my list. I didn’t have any scrap for him, but between whatever credit I may have and the mountain of Patriot Points I was sitting...

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Deadman Ch 56: Motorin

As I walked out of the tent and headed back toward the room where I’d kept my things I passed by a number of the Khan’s wives, servants, and surprisingly his daughter. Atlan was much as I remembered her. Same dark hair and sharp features, broad and strong. Though she now sported a metal leg t...

Young World Ch 56: A Sticky Situation

We walked with Tib at the front leading the way, and me in the back marking any area we’d turned with chalk. After about a half hour, Tib began turning a corner, but hesitated, holding up his hand for us to stop moving.

I began hearing some kind of squelching noise coming from the path Ti...

Deadman Ch 55: Actions

The tent-flap to my room opened, and I looked up from my water to see Leroy, the King of the Rens, standing there. He looked different from the last time I’d seen him. His hair was unkempt, his attire had shifted from grandiose to practical, he was sporting a few fresh scars, and he now wore a ...

Young World Ch 55: Flying Business Class

“I don’t know that your wings could support everyone’s weight Zev,” said Millicent. “Not to mention our gear.”

Zev shook his head. “I can make it work. Give me some time.” He picked up a small branch and started writing in the dirt. Quickly drawing out diagrams and runes, hi...

Deadman Ch 54: Tribute

I worked the list of names I got from the slaves methodically, one at a time. I hit the nearest settlement first. It was a small town of less than twenty called Osed, named for what remained on an old sign just outside an outdoor mall. I didn’t bother with subtlety on this one, just went straig...

Young World Ch 54: Unique Solutions

Zevrack barked something in his native tongue at the Snow Burrowers and they dispersed, tending to their wounded and looting the corpses of the trolls, even chopping off hunks of meat from them and packing them away. I looked over to Zevrack.

“Did you expect me to do pushups when we first...

Young World Ch 53: Acknowledgement

The troll that Zevrack had struck was, surprisingly, not dead. It swung its working arm around wildly, downing a nearby tree, and nearly killing one of the kobolds that was attempting to finish it off. I drew my sword and summoned two invisible steps, using them to quickly reach the troll’s hea...

Deadman Ch 53: A Low Profile

I peered through my scope at the approaching caravan. I counted a dozen men, and more than two dozen slaves. The majority of the slaves were Deadmen, but there were five or six humans, and at least one person that was either a human with the worst sunburn I’d ever seen, or a ghoul with a surpri...

Young World Ch 52: TBD

Once the decision was made it all came down to planning. We decided quickly that a return to Itlan before heading toward the dragon was pointless. We were all already in our best arms and armor since we were prepared for ambushes and fights while escorting Tristus. We also all knew that if it cam...

Deadman Ch 52: Adjudication

I stood still for a few moments, feeling my ribs slowly knit themselves back together, and using a large amount of willpower to keep myself from going back to Pete’s corpse for another bite. The thought of doing so made my mouth water, but while I was certain I could justify the missing chunk o...

Young World Ch 51: Details

“She cursed you?” asked Millicent.

Rancor nodded. “Yes. She cursed all of us who attacked her. She had a unique and painful method of doing so for each of us.”

“But she didn’t kill any of you?” I asked.

He shook his head. “No. She made it clear that to kill us wa...

Deadman Ch 51: Unsuspected

I headed straight for Nix and requested she send out Undertakers to collect Delilah, Percy, and Jean. I expected an argument, but all she asked for was a quick explanation of why, and then she complied. It took less than an hour for all three of my suspects to be gathered and placed into three se...

Deadman Ch 50: Wrinkles

When I arrived at Nico’s there were still some lights on. Her’s was one of the few houses that hadn’t been painted or decorated in any way, which ironically made it much more noticeable. I went to knock on the door, but she opened it before my fist could hit it. She had a cigarette hanging ...

Young World Ch 50: What Remains of the Competition

I was surprised not to have any dreams that night. With what had happened the last time there’d been a system change I had expected to have a meeting with Ren after each one. Instead all I awoke with was a vague sense of dread. Still, rolling out of my bedroll and seeing Patience sleeping just ...

Deadman Ch 49: Petty Vengeance

I fell in line behind Rhea and she started walking me toward the Mausoleum in a similar direction to the one I’d already been heading. Unlike the other Undertakers I’d seen since I’d arrived back in Pott’s she was wearing a simple blue wrap rather than the black of her profession. It’s ...

Young World Ch 49: Memo #3

The road was quiet in the late evening as we walked, and none of us did much speaking either, though Tristus did make the occasional complaint about something he’d been forced to leave in his apartments or the fact that this time he didn’t get to ride in a cart. When we were a bit farther fro...

Young World Ch 48: Rooftop Hopping

Making our way back to the city without the carriage was hard, particularly after all the energy we’d spent avoiding guards and adventurers in Dominus’ estate. Luckily, we didn’t need to worry too much about being followed, since they likely believed we were still in the main building. I wo...

Deadman Ch 48: Hey there Delilah

The first thing to do was to head back to the Mausoleum and see if I could find the woman that Lydia had been seeing. I walked straight in that direction, drawing my usual stares, though the streets in general had been cleared in spite of the heavy foot traffic that usually filled Pott’s. Peopl...

Young World Ch 47: Profit and Pursuit

Dominus fell backward and rolled until he hit the wall, leaving a trail of blood behind him as he went. He looked around stunned, and clutched at his clearly broken nose. The other adventurers that he’d called were looking at him and me in total shock, though the woman in armor, Diana, seemed t...

Deadman Ch 47: A Slaying

Solomon stood up. “A murder!?”

The woman nodded.

“There hasn’t been a murder since Pott’s earliest days. The people here would never hurt their fellow deadmen!”

Kit leaned forward and looked at the woman. “Was it a fight that got out of hand? Do we know who the cul...

Deadman Ch 46: Meetings and Murders

Nico and I ordered the same thing. A hunk of radded out meat, with a pile of different vegetables on the side. I tucked in, washing it down with two glasses of deadman strength hooch, and I found that the combination of food and booze took a lot of the edge off. I wasn’t sure if that was going ...

Young World Ch 46: Lucrative Opportunity

I took the letter and broke the seal with my dagger. As I started to read, Millicent, Tristus, and Patience returned to the room.

Good day Cor,

I am Dominus Curio, I’m sure you’ve heard of me since you’ve been in Heracleum for more than an hour. I was very impressed by your show...

Young World Ch 45: Job Well Done

I lowered my arm and made my way across the arena to Zevrack. A life priestess reached us at the same time and started looking him over.

“Will he be okay?” I asked.

She nodded. “Just a light concussion. I wouldn’t worry much. His kind are known for their thick skulls.”

Deadman Ch 45: Pott's Field

The next morning we officially crossed into the deadzone that made up the Cut. I shut off my geiger counter, and enjoyed the soft warmth as the radiation of it suffused my entire body. There was something familiar about the particular feel of these rads. Passing into them caused a flood of memori...

Young World Ch 44: Entanglements

While I waited on the next round to begin I pulled up my notifications

Congratulations! You’ve resolved an encounter with three humans (Lvl 7-9) non-lethally! You gained

1000 xp!

Congratulations! You’ve increased the skill Barehanded!

Con...