Myriad and Helori were the only ones in the realm when he arrived, the goddess with her usual seat perched atop his god, being rotated as the cube turned to face him.
“Well Ben, anything happen today?”
“Thera adopted a child and I had another one sprung on me, screw you for that...
2024-11-24 17:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post“And thus ends one task for the night,” Ben said as they walked home, trying to sound bright as they went. “Now all that’s left is to talk to Sonya and sort out Mora’s room, it will be great. Is there anything you want to have for it, buddy?”
“I don’t need anything.”
Mora still seemed largely neutral to the game by the time they landed but Delair had been invested at least, cheering as she won the last round.
“Me and Mora are tied with two wins each! We’ll need to break it later!”
“Fine.”
“And Ben, you’re really bad at this! Ev...
2024-11-21 15:10:35 +0000 UTC View PostThera was more than happy to agree, wanting the change of pace that would come with a quick trip through the sky and with that sorted they grabbed the other three and went off, taking his gate to the magic towers from there and the world’s gate network beyond before Ben helped Thera spend her m...
2024-11-19 13:51:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Good job,” Ben told his official apprentice, patting Delair’s back while she caught her breath from the work he’d just put her through before the two took in the sight of the newest mini-gate they’d made together.
Most of it had been Ben of course, Delair was nowhere near having ...
2024-11-17 10:20:25 +0000 UTC View PostThera knew she wasn’t the best with children. It was something she’d improved on drastically since she’d started working at different hospitals and clinics but the concern about it still lingered and now here she was, having just taken in a child like no other.
She couldn’t help it ...
2024-11-15 17:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostThera didn’t know what to say, she was struggling to put any real thought together in the face of the two before her, ultimately ending with only a question escaping her lips.
“What did you do?”
“Really child, at least invite us in instead of leaving us standing out here.” 2024-11-14 08:17:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Guys, I’ve been a little dramatic before. I’d said that the chains had come off and that I was finally free, that I was crying tears of joy every time I finished paying out one of these patreon goals but it has never been more true than it is now. After two (non-consecutive) months of constan...
2024-11-12 13:43:36 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the gate network to her family home, to her uncle's shop and from there the newest of Ben’s research areas, Thera found her uncle Ogilt exactly where she’d left him, sitting in a building filled with the trapped demons Ben was experimenting on the souls of.
The only real difference...
2024-11-12 13:24:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Thank you for helping us, Princess.” The spirit she’d asked to speak for the rest told her once she was done healing all of those who needed it.
“It’s no problem and if anything like that happens again I’ll be happy to help, but why did you come to me?”
“...
2024-11-11 14:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostFeeling the spell she’d placed at the beginning of the day start to fade, Thera reached out around her once more with both her senses and her mana to again cast her earth healing, a wasteful spell for most people that helped produce a mild healing effect for anyone who stood within its range. 2024-11-10 14:58:55 +0000 UTC View Post
“...Okay, I’ll bite, what’s going on?”
Since he considered them among his friends he did them the courtesy of not immediately reading their minds for answers when they both looked the way they did. Worry, concern, guilt, and a bit of excitement from one of them in particular were al...
2024-11-09 08:36:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, and with that I’ll end here. If you’re interested in learning more about what we currently know about mana modifiers you can find a couple books on the topic I’ve written in the library and if you’re at all satisfied with my little presentation then do me a favour and shoot My...
2024-11-08 09:33:33 +0000 UTC View Post“Thank you for joining us today, Ben,” Spoke Speni, the herring-like head of the mages’ guild once he arrived and told the front desk what he was there for, being led to the guild master himself.
As promised, back when he’d completed all of the available books at the magic towers’...
2024-11-07 17:48:07 +0000 UTC View Post“And there we go, perfect,” Ben beamed as he finished tiling the main floor of the church, with it just being that floor. After having his idea he’d pushed his soul a bit to materialize all he’d need but it still left the walls and ceiling of that level bare of any new decoration, somethi...
2024-11-06 17:13:24 +0000 UTC View PostWell, that was a freaking letdown.
While he still couldn’t say whether or not they’d done it, what he had found out was that none of them were home. Jake, Amy, and Yuzu had left the day before, sounding like they’d be gone for a few more, and by all accounts their teachers ha...
2024-11-05 18:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Nati, Xilly, hey!” Ben called out as he arrived, ignoring the blatant discomfort of the two while he smiled at them both broadly. “It’s been a while.”
“It has, Ben,” Nati told him charitably, not making direct eye contact while Xilly kept her silence. “My grandfather said y...
2024-11-04 17:46:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Hmm, you know, while I’m out here I suppose I could visit those three,” Ben muttered as he walked through the hot city, trying his best to ignore the nearby volcano as he went through the streets of Nare’s lands. “I could get them one more level of connect while I’m here, maybe even ...
2024-11-03 16:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostHe didn’t bother hanging around once he was done, instead parting with Thera as she went to help at a hospital while he went through his newest mini gate back to the shop, slipping on his jacket to begin the long process of taking in mana to create new souls. A process that, while unpleasant, w...
2024-11-02 16:40:42 +0000 UTC View PostWhen he opened his eyes the next morning, he found Thera already awake beside him, staring at what had been his sleeping face.
“Hey.”
She didn’t say anything at first, watching longer until a small sigh broke free from her lips.
“The gods changed your mind.”
“T...
2024-11-01 18:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post“You want to try and negotiate now?”
“Is there any reason not to?”
A good reason for Ben was that he comfortably felt like he already had a foot out the door when it came to life on that planet. Agreeing would mean staying and committing to helping instead of just taking whoev...
2024-10-31 16:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, what the fuck did you guys want so badly that you couldn’t even let me have a few days to be pissed,” Ben said as he arrived, with Phixth getting most of his glare while Myriad floated to the side. “Seriously, if you know anything about mortals then you should know that plenty o...
2024-10-30 16:01:19 +0000 UTC View PostGetting home led to cooking as he put his thoughts to the side. He had plenty of ingredients now and plenty to test, so before the others came home he devoted himself to making all he could, with piles of food ending up in his rings to be taken out in the next days and weeks while the time passed...
2024-10-29 09:47:35 +0000 UTC View Post<THE GOD MYRIAD WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
<THE GOD HELORI WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
<THE GOD NARE WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
&l...
2024-10-28 15:51:29 +0000 UTC View PostHey all, this month sure has flown by so as per usual, time for a new poll but first, a bit of rambling.
So, as I'm sure many of you saw I goofed up a bit with last month's poll, accidentally typing a wrong option for one originally and posting it and then realizing what I did and then pan...
2024-10-27 14:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post<THE GOD NARE WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
Deny.
While part of him continued his planning, thinking about how he’d escape the world if it came to it, the rest of him focused on his art. His pile of sketchbooks had long ...
2024-10-27 13:26:10 +0000 UTC View PostHe felt a line of thoughts he hadn’t previously let himself touch on burrow into his mind and whisper in his ear, a truth to it all he couldn’t escape. Saving the world was probably impossible. Saving himself and a handful of people who mattered to him though? Would that even be a challenge?<...
2024-10-26 09:57:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun rose and Yuzu already found herself trapped, Amy’s arms locked around her waist and Jake’s at her shoulders as she alone needed to get up that day, her value as a soul mage meaning that her work was never done, even when the both of them had been given a long-overdue morning off for w...
2024-10-26 01:02:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing he did when he got back down was use his sacrilege to block the gods of the world from his thought, trading whatever they may have wanted to say for a host of notifications.
<THE GOD MYRIAD WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?> 2024-10-25 15:40:13 +0000 UTC View Post
<Alright, Ben, if you’d come to my realm we can try to sort this out.>
Alright.
He forced his mind up as he’d done plenty of times in the past, making his way to his god’s realm where more than a few were already waiting.
It wasn’t the full pantheon of the...
2024-10-24 07:03:17 +0000 UTC View Post