Anyway, once the gate to my memory reopens I felt right away that my head was different, more reptilian. Then the mantis are upon me and I don’t get a chance to navel gaze over my makeover. It was time to fight.
Not that I was going to stand for it. Rather, I ran for it. Of course, I now ...
2023-10-01 10:39:43 +0000 UTC View PostPain radiated from the hole in my hand as five streams of aqua jelly burst out of the back. Those streams jerked apart and slapped onto the back of my fingers and thumb before hardening into claws. Not just any claws, though. They were jagged organic looking things that felt unfinished and yet su...
2023-10-01 10:39:20 +0000 UTC View PostPain spiked through my body once more but I was ready. I didn’t resist the pain. I accepted it and then ignored it. The pain was still there, more than I had experienced up until then. My mind was cleared and the fear receded like the tide.
If only my reaction had been better. Even with a...
2023-10-01 10:38:55 +0000 UTC View PostNot dying on the first day sounded fine to me. But I did have some questions. Specifically, “How is your contact going to know to help me? Also, I’m a little leery of the whole forcing a talent thing.”
Ann laughed, “And you should be! While most would consider your talent r...
2023-10-01 10:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe scribe scratches his head. “So, what do we do with him? My section is full up. In fact, I think the entire precinct’s budget for newly awakened is spent.”
George nods, “I guess we’ll have to scan him and see if there are any civilian positions available. People who are acciden...
2023-10-01 10:37:56 +0000 UTC View PostHarold smacked the other guy. “Come on Jay, we’re supposed to get his shrouded memories of the event.”
George brushed the smack away. “I did! You heard the question I asked and everything.”
Harold sighed, “Then how did he recall an aether damned werewolf!? He even remember...
2023-10-01 10:37:28 +0000 UTC View PostAlvin Smithson was always a loner, with few friends and fewer close ones. It didn’t help that names passed him by like smoke in the wind. Early on, this led to him being bullied. Not that he particularly cared.
Though this probably had more to do with the people who tried to bully him. Th...
2023-10-01 10:36:15 +0000 UTC View Post
There were things hidden in the darkness and they’re about to introduce themselves to the hood of my car. Not that the knowledge will do me much good. Some Talents aren’t too appreciated by the Powe...
2023-10-01 10:35:24 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.
No...
2023-09-30 07:48:26 +0000 UTC View PostKacel’s finger claws drummed against the armrest of his lesser throne that he kept in the smaller of his audience chambers. For the first few days he had waited in his main one, a proper throne room filled with luxuries few could have afforded even within a HappyAfter VR Digizen realm. The only...
2023-09-30 07:48:06 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle rolls to the side and sighs, ‘Okay. What about rituals?’
Ally smiles, ‘Arrays are basically free-form magic circles. They’re made of runes and lines. Formations, in turn, use formation flags, anchor points, or whatever else you want to call it. Those are laid out and connected...
2023-09-30 06:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle sighed, the previous monsters hadn’t exactly prepared him to name stuff. After all, the bulk of his patterns are just element plus base monster. Though honestly, “monster” is stretching it since most are actually just some normal animal, but slightly improved.
Though the fact so...
2023-09-30 06:29:40 +0000 UTC View PostGood news, I'll have all day to finish it up. Bad news, it is because I had to call off work for a stomach bug. I suspect that the two chapters will be quite late though. Blarg, am I allergic to Fridays all of the sudden or something?
2023-09-29 12:03:03 +0000 UTC View PostAll the strange edge cases and oddities around how the System determines settlements were interesting. However, Courtney was able to report back to the others that, despite the confusion, they should be relatively safe. Not that they couldn’t in theory develop an area into a settlement by thems...
2023-09-27 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostTime passes and the team reaches Settlement 306, though they don’t even get to see inside at first. Suffice it to say, the settlement was less than happy to see the three show up there as they certainly didn’t have room for anyone else. There had been an attack just the previous day, where a ...
2023-09-27 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDoctor sighed, he had known what he was signing up for, but it was still frustrating. Way too many people failed to realize his name was Doctor. Not “the doctor”, but just Doctor. Though even before making the change, he had been ready for jokes about where his sonic screwdriver was.
Th...
2023-09-22 19:50:06 +0000 UTC View PostWasn't feeling too hot (headache) yesterday and didn't get the chapter finished. Will try to have it up later today. Blarg, not sick, just blarg.
2023-09-22 11:18:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe instructions from the badgerfolk guard were easy enough to follow and so the group was easily able to head directly to settlement 306. Of course, easy does mean fast. Though the first part of the journey was even quieter than on the monster front that previously.
As for why? That was ob...
2023-09-20 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe badgerfolk guard tells them to wait a moment and walks back into the checkpoint building. It takes the guard fifteen or so minutes, but eventually he returns. “Well, now, there are a few options. Though I have to ask, you want a more foresty forest area or just a light speckling of trees?...
2023-09-20 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTime was passing and Ace was getting frustrated. No one besides his core people seemed to realize the situation they were in. Sure, for the moment, everything was fine. In fact, they had decades of safety from anything too outrageous.
But things weren’t going to get easier. It wasn’t ev...
2023-09-15 11:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostWith the new knowledge on how smelting magical ore works, Doyle needed to learn more about arrays so he can hopefully improve what he alread
With the new knowledge on how smelting magical ore works, Doyle needed to learn more about arrays so he can hopefully improve what he already has. Wor...
2023-09-15 11:06:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhile level 25 was shockingly low compared to 499, three breaks was nearly half way through all the bottlenecks. Yes, you could find areas in NeoRealm with monsters going all the way up the scale, but the higher end wasn’t like the lower. There weren’t volcanos packed to the gills with level ...
2023-09-13 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio end up talking much of the night away, going into detail about various things, with Courtney occasionally dipping out to fact check. And surprisingly, Jason was correct whenever it came to the most basic facts. Sure, some of the high level details varied, but not basics such as the range...
2023-09-13 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle shook himself and considered his options. There was the jungle area and he could stash a few monsters in there. A particularly good ch
Doyle shook himself and considered his options. There was the jungle area and he could stash a few monsters in there. A particularly good choice for t...
2023-09-08 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostRosha, “Well?”
Jason sighed, “You already have a hard enough time believing my whole reincarnation thing. I did pick up knowledge on the subject, but the source is even harder to believe. Though I can explain the reasoning behind it all.
“Well, that may be exaggerating a littl...
2023-09-06 10:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney didn’t really get why that cycle specifically was so informative. Because yeah, five different cycles, but that is just something you can figure out with time.
Jason smiled, “Why is it informative? Because the cycle isn’t perfect. Metal collects water? Sure, water condenses o...
2023-09-06 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBelow are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.
Doyle turns back to the thirteenth floor and sighs. He had been distracting himself, but that was only delaying the inevitable. He needed to
Doyle turns back to the thirteenth floor and sighs. He had been distracting himself, but that was only delaying the inevitable. He needed to make a ju...
2023-09-01 12:50:00 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle pauses as he tries to think of something else to add. Maybe a random assassin vine in the jungle? Besides that, there wasn’t really much need for other monsters. Well, an extra tribe of kobolds in the jungle couldn’t hurt, but that would depend on available points when the time came. 2023-09-01 12:48:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Once again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.
No...
2023-08-31 14:14:54 +0000 UTC View Post