Chapter 27: Gym Day
“Dad!” Tom and Felix called as they stormed into the mansion.
“In the reading room!” Dad’s voice emanated from down a side hall.
They stormed over to the reading room, angry e...
2022-05-30 16:52:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 26: Perry’s a ticking Time-bomb A.K.A. Maths make numbers go much biggening
The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.
-Albert Einstein
After Perry dropped off a man-sized chunk of prawn he’d snagged off the beach to the m...
2022-05-29 17:29:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25: Replicator
“Alright, here’s the rules,” Left said as Right hung up the net which had been suspiciously hidden behind the disabled Replicator flagship this entire time.
Now that Perry’s anger had...
2022-05-29 01:16:06 +0000 UTC View PostNext chapter
A: A rousing game of beach volleyball where we see Hardcase out of her mech for the first time ever, they beat them then a monster attacks and they're proven to be total posers.
B: Per...
2022-05-27 18:45:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24: The Law of the Beach
That was a lot of permits, Perry thought, his head spinning from the sheer amount of paperwork required for doing a little innocent lairscaping in the middle of the city. And that was with...
2022-05-27 18:39:01 +0000 UTC View PostNext Mini Arc
These are probably both going to happen at some point, but,
Do you prefer
A) Perry delves an abandoned lair.
B) Beach cleanup between tides.
Also, suggestions for both tot...
Chapter 23: Paradox 1 Day Builds
***Mason Pierce***
Mason’s grip tightened on his prawn gun as the boiling seas crept closer to the wall.
It was almost a relief when the first Prawn began climbing the side of the wal...
2022-05-26 19:00:42 +0000 UTC View PostSpells without Materials/Rituals
In the last chapter, I introduced three new spells.
Dregor’s Binding: Binds two objects together so that what happens to one, happens to the other.
Gretchen's Idyllic Manifestation: ...
Chapter 22: A Night on the Town
“Well, that’s not good.” Perry muttered, looking up at the sign.
Dave’s Magical Emporium closed for High Tide. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Perry only had a few more fi...
2022-05-25 19:23:28 +0000 UTC View PostWho was in the wrong?
Who do you think was in the wrong in chapter 21.
A) Perry's mom for attempting a life-threatening ritual on him involving feeding him an extremely dangerous magical parasite, and giving supe...
Chapter 21: Tide’s In
***Perry, 8 years old***
Perry gasped as motes of light swirled around Mom’s garden, seemingly rising out of the ground where the moonlight struck the sweet-smelling blue flowers she spent ...
2022-05-24 16:28:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20: Quest Complete!
Perry flew back to his lair, Heart hammering in his ears.
He needed to turn on the spellframe designed to cast the scrying spell and locate Heather, PRONTO.
This could be significan...
2022-05-23 17:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19: The Minor Leagues
In 1984, Jonathan Harker was coerced, by the direct control of his body to commit several crimes by the Minder, Mindstrike.
Before this point, the law had been unclear on complic...
2022-05-20 20:03:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18: Tung-Stan
Resistance got a lot heavier nearer to Locust’s lair, and they weren’t falling for the ‘having a baby’ trick anymore. The light had to hit people’s ocular nerves relatively unfiltered for...
2022-05-19 15:12:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17: ADHD is my Superpower
Paradox’s entire world narrowed down to Karnos, his vision tunneling as if he’d turtled into his own skin and was watching everything through a narrow periscope.
His heart slammed in his ...
2022-05-18 03:40:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16: Physical Armor
Long week,Perrry thought with a sigh as he took off the bucket on his head and ran his fingers through his helmet-hair.
High Tide was only three days away, and already things were ge...
2022-05-16 15:16:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15: Fiscal Armor
“And can any of this information be used to reveal Mr. Karnos’s identity?” The lawyer, a bulldog of a man named John White asked, resting his fingertips on the manilla envelope.
“Well...
2022-05-13 20:27:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14: Social Armor
“So what did you need, Paradox?” Titan asked. The green-eyed bruiser was wearing his costume, so Perry wore a helmet. It felt a little weird doing it in a crowded coffee shop, but that was the ...
2022-05-12 18:54:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13: Brainstorming
Perry walked around the lead-plated armor in the center of his workshop, tapping his pencil on his lips as he walked.
Mk. II weigh in:
50 pounds. Featherweight division. 2022-05-11 21:03:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 12: People are Complicated
Professor Replica was one of the most dangerous Supers to ever exist, a man who could create self-replicating drones out of a sheet of paper. His creations threatened to cover the planet with h...
2022-05-10 19:02:04 +0000 UTC View PostSo what next?
Superhero stories are basically one fight after another with little rhyme or reason, so I didn't go into this thinking I would need much more than solid worldbuilding. That means I don't have a big...
2022-05-09 21:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11: Mk. II
***Heather***
Heather couldn’t wipe the smile off her face if she wanted to. Somehow even the fact that they’d walked away with about a hundredth the amount she’d wanted couldn’t brin...
2022-05-09 20:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostHardcase, Basically
I know this is low effort, but the design is more or less how I envisioned Hardcase's suit. It's got a ...
2022-05-09 00:36:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10: Debut of Paradox
The first hint of High Tide was also the first recorded Trigger. One Edward Collins, July 15, 1969, in a sleepy Midwest town. The young man was playing chicken with some of the local color, and...
2022-05-08 20:40:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9: No Plan Survives First Contact
Perry and Heather were crouched in the rafters of the warehouse, right beside a melted hole in the roof, where some supers had presumably been in a slugmatch.
If things went wonky, they’d f...
2022-05-07 20:48:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8: Dressed for Success
“What are you wearing?” Heather asked, motioning to Perry’s faintly iridescent embroidered vest with dark purple undershirt and fancy slacks, completed by a hefty silver love charm a...
2022-05-06 22:12:50 +0000 UTC View Post(ISM) My thoughts.
Okay, I've spinning my wheels in my head a lot. Part of this post is just to weigh the pros and cons on paper for myself. I figured If I was gonna do it, I might as well get feedback too.
A...
Chapter 7: First Date
“So like, what do you do?” Brendon. “What’s it like, being a tinker? Do you have a specialty?”
Magic.
“Batteries,” Perry said. “I was just thinking about electr...
2022-05-05 17:04:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6: Tinkering
“Ahahaha!” Heather kicked her heels and clutched her stomach. “Oh my god it hurts.”
“I’m not getting it.” Brendon said.
On the TV screen was a still image of Hexen and The...
2022-05-04 16:45:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5: My Weakness is Bullet #3
Perry decided to play hooky.
He didn’t fancy a desperate sprint across town, just to receive the exact same amount of scolding, so he blew school off entirely.
This was not typical be...
2022-05-03 16:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post