The last part of the Tunnel Rat/Butcher of Gadobhra Crossover. All the events in the crossover are canon.
Milo is heading to the events that start in Chapter 304 of Tunnel Rat.
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Lightning struck the city of Gadobhra repea...
Tallsqueak emerged from Jeremy's house and walked to where Milo, Icarus, and Rusty stood.
Milo looked at himself. "Good job."
Tallsqueak nodded. "Thanks. I'm tired. I ran down 666 levels and then up 150."
They merged into one Milo who sat down at the chess table, looking very t...
When I can't write, I plot. When I can't plot, I edit. Butcher vol. 1 is done and heading to Aethon Books for publication. September? Not sure. The story is mostly the same, but rewriting and editing gave me a chance to pull out some things that didn't work, move things around, and overall make ...
2024-06-26 23:54:42 +0000 UTC View PostI was very tired today, and then things turned around. My father-in-law was back in the hospital and things looked grim. Today was a total 180 turn and he's doing great. I celebrated by making a pot of red beans, rice, and sausage. No one else is home so I cooked "Dad Food." Then played with my b...
2024-06-22 02:41:45 +0000 UTC View PostTallsqueak didn't bother following Icarus, he knew the route he would take from listening to a hundred other Icarus talking for hours. If he followed, the tools, food, clues, and coffee vendors would be gone. He took the other route which led to a small drop. It went down for 10 levels and ended ...
2024-06-20 20:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostBack to writing. This is a little rough. It's late and I'm quite fried from work, shopping, cooking, and convincing my dog that the sausages are for the family and not him. He almost got to the plate.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to get to my next two chapters of Tunnel Rat, and then back to Butcher on...
Did this up a month ago and letting it percolate in my brain for a bit. Milestone abilities stop at Tier 4. Your character has been formed and it's time to refine your abilities. Having a mastery is what separates Hedgewizards from Archmages. I want to carry on the idea to Weapons, Crafting, and ...
2024-06-15 02:18:11 +0000 UTC View PostA little behind on chapters. My twins graduated from High School Friday plus their big dance/show this weekend. During this crazy week leading up to this, I was essentially a single parent, my wife running North to be with her father who went into the ICU with heart trouble. Little time to write....
2024-06-12 22:03:52 +0000 UTC View PostMilo started varying the moves in his games when Icarus63 took the chair across from him. Icarus51 had just entered the game, and numbers 52 to 62 were being tutored by those who had already had their turn. At some point, Icarus had decided that while each new iteration didn't have the knowledge ...
2024-06-06 04:06:27 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a tour of the new fortress with General Themis and the newly promoted Prefect, Baron William, and Baroness Layla were enjoying a lovely day of refined gloating. They'd set aside time to devote to the tour, knowing that the General had the ear of the Emperor as well as the commanders of the ...
2024-06-03 03:51:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe scene was a chaotic one as Ben and his group arrived. Slow-moving people were stumbling back and forth from a pile of tombstones to eight large wagons. Those wagons had been used to transport the Automatons that were standing, laying, or in piles in front of the ACME building. A man in armor ...
2024-06-01 19:29:02 +0000 UTC View Post"No, that makes no sense. Explain this theory to me again and show your work. You're mixing science and magical theory, and then tossing in 'Runes' and other words as if that made it all better. We are men of science, mad or otherwise."
Damien was throwing his hands in the air nearly as s...
Two doorways stood near where Milo was playing chess with Icarus. Icarus7 appeared from the door labeled 'Out' and slumped dejectedly to where an empty chair was waiting for him along with a group of his earlier selves discussing how they'd died. They waited excitedly for him to tell his story.
Family emergency, I have the kids, wife is off to see her dad, hopefully everything is fine. I grill ribs and put them in the oven for another few hours. A meal for six became a meal for three. The girls and I ate so many ribs tonight. :)
Here is another chapter that sort of flowed out of...
Working on lack of sleep from a hectic week. Countering that with a second pot of coffee. I don't have a helpful Roomba to play hard rock, but I have AC/DC blaring from my computer on Pandora. This chapter was written in an hour, at the cost of a pounding head and hungry stomach. Editing later, ...
2024-05-26 19:11:27 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours before sunset, as vultures gathered far away in Wolfsburg....
Roderick Kallvek was moving inventory into his sub-basement storage areas when he heard sounds coming from down the hallway, the unmistakable sound of a pick hitting stone. Not knowing what sort of thieves we...
2024-05-23 03:10:24 +0000 UTC View PostA jubilant crowd of dignitaries gathered in Wolfsburg, the Northern Ducal Seat of the Empire. Like a pack of rabid zombie wolves, they smelled blood and brains. Word had slowly spread that time had run out for Baron William of Gadobhra and attracted many people eager to make a profit at his expen...
2024-05-21 22:47:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Just finished, and very beat. I will be polishing this one tomorrow, if you want to wait.
Milo debated his options for a minute, then ran tests of the room's air quality, temperature, and radiation levels, and then opened his suit. Two sides of the chest swung open and each leg split, ...
I'm going to give this another run-through before it goes up on RR and polish it a little, but the story is here. Tomorrow I'll have a long Tunnel Rat Chapter, and possibly Butcher 400
The final phase of connecting the new teleport stone was underway. The old stone levitated up and was pow...
Milo ignored the message on the screen and explored the rest of the area Jeremy had chosen to spend the last years of his life. It was plain to see he'd been down here a long time. Only one of the sleeping areas had been used for its intended purpose. Two single beds had been moved into the room ...
2024-05-16 19:02:45 +0000 UTC View PostMilo retreated two levels from the entrance to the fusion levels just in case before sitting down to rest and talk to Rusty. He checked his injuries over and made some adjustments to the drugs and nanites being released into his body. This larger suit could take care of him almost as well as his ...
2024-05-14 00:34:21 +0000 UTC View PostRory and his clan had rarely been asked to provide their services in such a dangerous and chaotic environment. Serving coffee to the Dark Fey during the Murderfest holidays, where any small slip could mean death, was nerve-wracking, but skill and grace had seen them through the ordeal. The threat...
2024-05-13 01:15:45 +0000 UTC View PostAs he walked along the empty corridors of the lower levels of the facility, Milo felt like the engine of a train or the leader of a marching band. Behind him came Max and his three lieutenants: Lemmy, Dee, and Rob. Rusty had come up with a scheme to upgrade the four Roomba quickly: He made them b...
2024-05-07 02:21:38 +0000 UTC View PostButch raced for the pie, but Minn's movement speed was better, and her legs were three times as long. Butch caught up to her as she stood there, staring at it.
"You won, so you get to take a bite of the obviously poisoned or trapped pie sitting in the road."
"That's why I'm checking...
Below in the main courtyard, work continued on the project of creating a new teleportation stone for the keep. Vladimir had imposed order on the project by pulling a tarnished silver wrench from his belt and threatened to hit people in the head if they didn't quit arguing. The threat of cracked s...
2024-05-05 17:18:41 +0000 UTC View PostBad news first travels up to the top before the shit rolls downhill. In this case, the bad news was in the form of a message from the AI overseeing the Genesis game, where Alchemarx had invested over a billion dollars. The message was very long, going into details of the contract, behavior of emp...
2024-05-03 03:38:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe events of the night had been interesting, and before he left for another battlefield, Ares allowed himself some time to appreciate the design of the fortress. It was a thing of beauty in his eyes, utilizing overlapping fields of fire and he was curious how it and others like it would change t...
2024-05-03 02:03:44 +0000 UTC View PostIt's late; no time to edit. Will do that at work tomorrow.
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Sometime between the second slice of pot roast and a third helping of carrots, Milo began to relax and eat slower. Somewhere inside of him, a little foreman read a dial that...
Armed with more information, Milo began his search for Dr. Jeremy Cooper, who, according to Rusty, was somewhere in the lower areas of the habitat. Beyond that vague description, Rusty wasn't very helpful. Whenever Milo asked him direct questions about Jeremy, he became stressed and defensive.
Twelve players stood guard in a dark clearing lit only by the campfire underneath a large, black cauldron. Two dozen more had been dispatched on a suicide mission against the walls of Rowan Keep. They all wore bits of broken, mismatched, shoddily made armor, the last bits from the wagon of goods ...
2024-04-19 04:14:06 +0000 UTC View Post