“Over nine hundred?”
“Yeah.”
“That quickly?” I ask, somewhat bewildered. Izzy has been leveling quickly for quite some time now, but since the hero joined her party – at least temporarily – it seems like it’s happening even faster. Eleonor herself passe...
“Wait, what? You want what now?”
“I’m fairly certain you heard me the first time, but I’ll humor you. I would like you to offer me a Class, if you are amenable to it.”
I… really didn’t expect Markus to take Pearl’s advice so quickly, let alone ...
“Hello Eleonor, how have you been?” I ask while sending fourteen of my natural weapons darting at her.
Omorth moves to our forefront as per our usual tactics – he’s an able shielder, so letting him take the tank role just makes sense. Meanwhile, Pips begins casting a spell.
My...
2024-04-14 23:05:36 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m here, I’m here, I’m finally here!” I say, spinning in an excited circle with my arms spread wide.
Markus, following behind me, answers with a sigh. “Yes, yes, we’re here. Why in the multiverse Ebisu would send you here is beyond my understanding… th...
She was absolutely right; a quick trip back to the Sand Sea and some advice from Nyx – or rather, her pointing at exactly what I want and me disgorging ennis from my dimensional storage – and I’m back in my throne room, waiting for Rose to finish installing a trap door system in the middle ...
2024-04-12 23:57:36 +0000 UTC View Posthi folks! I commented about it on rr but I'll mention it here too. the new job is a bit more intensive than I'd anticipated, so my schedule here is probably going to slow down a bit, probably 1-3 chapters a week unless I really get the bug on the weekend. for perspective, t-f I'm up at 4:30am, at...
2024-04-02 21:47:15 +0000 UTC View PostHe just laughs.
Well, whatever. I can always drain him later if he’s a nuisance.
…Or just because I feel like it.
“Why exactly are you here, anyway?” I ask.
The humanlike narrows his eyes. “And why the hells should I tell you?”
... 2024-04-01 17:13:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you enjoy being tied down, child? Bound by rules and conventions, expectations, intertwined alliances and enmities?”
“Not particularly.”
Grandmother shrugs lightly. “Nor do I.”
I’m sitting at the same… what did Orv call it? ‘Family rest...
Sitting in peaceful silence other than the sounds of the garden’s wildlife, my guest and I simply enjoy our tea.
…
…
“I’ll admit, I don’t entirely understand. The mortals conflate the light pantheon with ‘objective good’, don’t they?” I a...
Three days come and go so fast.
Too fast even for mortals, let alone a god.
We’d spent time with Izahne’s family, where Orv was warm and inviting and Sodaca was as surly and inhospitable as ever. But I guess that’s just normal for them.
And then we left, stopping at the Ad...
2024-03-18 03:56:29 +0000 UTC View PostShe was right.
Sodaca dragged me off to a side room surrounded by shelves covered with gadgets whose purposes I couldn’t guess, then promptly retrieved a ring from one. After putting it on, a floating square appeared in front of her, and after swiping around on it for a moment a book app...
So that took way too long to explain… but at least the look on Orv’s face has gone from bafflement to amazement to bland acceptance.
“I’d offer for you to stay here for the night, but I’m guessing you won’t considering your own home is literally a couple doorways away,” I say....
2024-03-16 04:49:29 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a moment of arguing, I convince my father-in-law to at least come inside and sit down. I take my usual place in our sitting area, Artemis to my side and the others wherever they feel like as always. Izzy sits next to her father on one of the sofas and leans her head against him, radiating f...
2024-03-16 02:37:59 +0000 UTC View PostAnd just like that, we’re back on the street, walking to… I don’t know where.
I’m not sure what I expected, and I definitely don’t know what she expected, but from the look on Izzy’s face… it wasn’t that.
I put a hand on her shoulder, and she almost reflexiv...
Even a few minutes after getting out of the metal tube contraption, I’m still woozy.
I can only imagine how it’d be for a mortal.
…
“Are you alright?” Izzy asks, stopping and giving me a concerned look.
“I… think so?” I reply. “Dizzy. Why is everyone else...
2024-03-15 06:39:27 +0000 UTC View PostWell, it’s finally the big day!
What big day? The day we open the proverbial doors of the Shadowed Plane to humans!
…Or, mortals. They’re not all human. Actually, a lot of them aren’t…
But that’s fine. I don’t really care.
I still couldn’t find Mimir, and n...
2024-03-15 03:08:57 +0000 UTC View Post“EIGHT! EIGHT FUCKING TIMES!”
I stomp hard enough to crack the hallway’s stone floor.
Arty puts a hand on my shoulder, and I fiercely turn to her before catching myself.
And I sigh. “Sorry. It’s just so gods-damned annoying.”
What is? Dipshit.
He keeps co...
2024-03-12 06:37:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Huh. Yeah, you weren’t kidding.”
Artemis doesn’t have a single language Skill. I’d have thought that wouldn’t matter considering mortals who aren’t ascendants can speak without issue despite not having the Skills… although now that I think of it, as soon as they ha...
I can’t say I’m that surprised that Artemis doesn’t actually bother organizing her people at all – after all, I get the impression that they gathered around her and not the other way around. Plus, her thinking seems to be pretty strongly tilted in favor of might makes right, much like the...
2024-03-11 11:10:05 +0000 UTC View Post“So, uhhh.”
…
“Any way we could maybe… speed this up a bit?”
I’ve been following Rose for the past few days as it’s been adding the plane’s land to the dungeon. It seems like a pretty slow process… as far as I can tell from what it’s told me, we’re around...
2024-03-11 09:19:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, Permanence really does what it says, huh?”
(I doubt it’d be called that if it didn’t,) Nyx quips.
I’m standing in the audience chamber I’d made from the old boss room in the forest dungeon, and unlike the nondescript and plain ruins of the rest of the tunnel syste...
“So what’s with the corpse?”
“Hmm?”
“That one,” Pearl continues, poking at the desiccated remains outside the castle gates.
The remains with the plate armor, still mysteriously shiny as a mirror.
“I wouldn’t worry about it,” I answer. “An idiot came c...
2024-03-08 08:41:13 +0000 UTC View PostAs the glass continues ringing, the entire crowd of gods and goddesses go silent.
At the garden’s central fountain stands a humanlike in what I can tell is immaculately tailored clothing, the kind that mortals wear for business stuff. They just stand there for a moment looking important ...
Before we’ve even turned the last corner in the hedge maze, my wife is already quietly growling. And I let her as I keep pulling us along.
…
I’m not sure what I was expecting, but they don’t look intimidating at all. They’re just some humanlike in a red dress with black lace...
2024-03-05 23:45:40 +0000 UTC View Post“Is there a god of malevolence?”
Artemis and I are currently walking to the venue. It’s actually right here on Elysium, which at least simplifies the route.
Now if only they allowed teleportation… apparently they consider it a “security concern” or whatever. Like some idio...
2024-03-05 21:37:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe heavily-muscled attendant doesn’t even hesitate in opening the gate at the end of the reception hall.
And in walks an idiot.
Well, I’ll call them that. Mostly because their attire seems entirely designed for nothing but holding animal trophies and weapons…
I idly glanc...
2024-03-05 03:47:45 +0000 UTC View PostWell, no time like the present. And it’s not like I have to ask anyone. I can just ask him myself.
Omorth. Are you yourself? Do you remember anything?
Ah, I apparently startled him. That… might not be a great sign…
…
And then I feel confirmation from h...
I’m still not sure why Artemis dresses me up in this frilly stuff. It’s not like this will coordinate with whatever number she goes with, probably made of lots of furs stitched together. It’s just her look; and it works for her.
Meanwhile, I look like some kind of designer doll.
“What are you trying to say?”
Yeah, I can already tell this is going to go horribly. I’ve barely said anything more than “We need to talk” and Izahne’s hackles are fully up.
Well, I guess there’s no helping some things.
“Did anyone tell you how long you were out?...
2024-03-04 19:34:26 +0000 UTC View Post“No.”
Abaris didn’t even let me finish before flatly rejecting my request.
Which I guess shouldn’t be that surprising, considering the terror he went through before. Apparently Mimir dragged his half-conscious body through the teleporter when he’d been mauled by thralls.