The kitri’s droning echoed through the massive vaulted halls, bouncing off the polished stone that seemed to compose every bit of the palace.
“Do not itch yourself in an unseemly place, d...
2021-11-08 22:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sorry, I gotta be back at home to receive word if my uncle has accepted the deal.” Vresh said, frowning unhappily.
“Rain check?” Jeb said with a shrug. He couldn’t do much mo...
2021-11-03 22:53:47 +0000 UTC View Post“What in the nine hells are you doing here!?” Vresh demanded, shaking him lightly by his collar. As far as Jeb was aware, this was the half-time break of the dinner, where everyone got a chance...
2021-10-29 21:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostThis question is mostly for people who've read both stories, but anyone can weigh in.
If you've read both WotR and Apocalypse: Generic system, you would know that they've got a bit of a diff...
***Emperor Pikaku, Uniter of the Continent, Ruler of Mestikos, Level 328***
“Water stress among the brovis continues to ease as the reservoirs do their job, and we expect to see a return on...
2021-10-27 01:14:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Hello?” Smartass said into the dark of the abandoned building written on the crumpled note she held in her hand. “Anybody here?”
There wasn’t much in the room aside from some old c...
2021-10-20 21:37:53 +0000 UTC View PostThey glided to a halt at the landing pad. Jeb had been expecting a marble runway, but it was more of a marble helipad. Everything in Mestikos was white and shiny. It actually hurt the eyes a little...
2021-10-17 22:08:04 +0000 UTC View Post***Chris Campbell***
“Cold as a witches tit,” Chris complained, rubbing his hands together. Far enough south, and the enormous trees gradually shrank as the sunlight simply was...
2021-10-15 22:15:45 +0000 UTC View PostTom’ head snapped toward the sound.
A Vith warrior gushed blood from a slashed neck, his expression confused.
Gunn’s voice bellowed. “Kinzena!”
A moment later, Tom felt so...
2021-10-13 22:52:07 +0000 UTC View PostHeads up! I am most likely going to be moving to New Mexico at the end of the year. Dec/Jan.
How does this affect you:
The amount of time that I am able to spend writing may su...
2021-10-12 22:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m bored.” Smartass said for the one hundred and thirty-second time.
“Flying through the upper atmosphere at supersonic speeds is boring you?” Jeb asked, glancing over at his fair...
2021-10-12 21:28:33 +0000 UTC View Post*** Vendrith Kinzena***
Vendrith Kinzena had hated paperwork in his youth, but at his age…well, he still hated it, but he also saw the value in properly managed logistics.
So it was t...
2021-10-11 21:02:10 +0000 UTC View PostSasha Honnekun gasped for air as she dragged herself out of the water flopping onto the beach like a clubbed fish.
Once her supply of air was secured, Sasha simply couldn’t find it in herse...
2021-10-08 21:23:41 +0000 UTC View PostTom woke up to the sound of screaming, and the smell of smoke.
Nema was out of bed faster than him, leaping across the room in a single bound to peek out the hut and see what the emergency wa...
2021-10-06 18:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostJebediah Trapper was sitting in the office of one of the most powerful beings on the planet. The desk looked heavy, and the shelves were stuffed with arcane memorabilia, but Jeb was fairly sure the...
2021-10-05 20:40:36 +0000 UTC View Post***Serena Lovelace, Unambitious Lab Technician***
“Why are they doing this to us!?” Serena cried, huddled behind a desk, shivering violently. The supply of pure oxygen she clutched to her...
2021-10-05 00:44:14 +0000 UTC View PostTom fell back on his ass, staring at the cracked stone patched with clay substitute. He’d spent the last week on the move picking up any rock he could find, mixing it with wet mud and trying to b...
2021-09-30 23:52:23 +0000 UTC View Post“What the hell?” Tom muttered, craning his neck to peer out the window. Tom might have thought it was one of his newfangled ‘actual’ dreams, if he hadn’t just been dreaming about the nigh...
2021-09-28 22:05:14 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so I've got about three pages of notes on Generic System 4. Enough for me to start hacking away at it. (3 pages is actually a lot for me)
The plan is to seesaw back and forth between t...
***Vol***
“Why are you asking me this?” Vol asked, leaning back in his seat.
“Because Tom can’t win,” Nema said, her eyes bloodshot from crying. “He decided to use his ‘gu...
2021-09-25 23:14:11 +0000 UTC View Post“The chief, the shaman and the elders have agreed that everyone’s interests would be better served if you were elsewhere, so you’ll be banished three days from now. You may wish to take some ...
2021-09-24 20:27:52 +0000 UTC View PostNathan Glover considered himself an optimist. He tended to look on the positive side of things for the most part.
Other people saw a dangerous-as-hell assignment babysitting a literal monster...
2021-09-22 22:31:19 +0000 UTC View PostTom sat bolt upright as a woman burst through the flimsy curtain separating them from the cold of night. She carried a child in her arms, unnaturally pale and listless. The child was male, about ei...
2021-09-20 21:39:36 +0000 UTC View PostTom was learning the language the way most people do: Listening to fairy tales. His hands were occupied with printing Mr. Fluffybottom’s magical phone number onto the spell circle while he was li...
2021-09-18 23:09:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Mr. President”
Carl snorted in surprise, his eyes gummy from falling asleep… he glanced at the time. Dear God, two hours ago?
Then Carl’s brain kicked on and he was no...
2021-09-16 23:53:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Mr. Graves,” Luz’s rich voice spoke through the magical hologram, greeting him with a welcoming smile. “Your planar address has shifted drastically.”
“Tell me about it.” Tom sa...
2021-09-15 23:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post***DREAM***
Tom watched from his hiding place under a sand-covered rug as the smelly guy – Vol, that’s his name – waltzed into Tom’s house. A moment later faint smashing nois...
2021-09-14 22:46:32 +0000 UTC View Post***Nema***
Nema hummed, sucking on gor root as she planned out Tom’s new shoes. They were going to be stunningly big when they were finished. Her father had more than enough leather in stor...
2021-09-13 22:17:13 +0000 UTC View PostTom raised the root vegetable up to his mouth and began to chew, trying not to let any expression cross his face. Nema was watching him while sucking on some kind of licorice root.
The slight...
2021-09-09 21:42:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Tom, I’m with child.” The black widow said to him, rubbing its belly with its many legs. The stomach was squirming and partially see-through. Tom looked closer and saw what was inside her st...
2021-09-08 20:19:21 +0000 UTC View Post