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Bloodsurge 44 - Convalescence

Jing Fei awoke from the ‘therapy’ braindance gasping for breath. She hugged her body protectively, head darting every which way, searching for a threat, for Katsuo’s crazed eyes—

“E...

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Bloodsurge 43 - Tuesday Night Bender Final Part

“Look, man,” I growled, “All my choom was saying was, your girl looks nice. He was buying her a drink. That’s all. And you know what? It’s because she fucking does look nice, you gonk.”...

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Bloodsurge 42 - Tuesday Night Bender Part 2

In some random back alley that Jin had chosen on a whim, we corpo students did battle.

If I’d been writing an essay, I might have called it an allegory for the entire North American megacor...

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Important Announcement

Hey guys! 

Firstly, I want to thank you guys for subbing to my Patreon. Your support means a lot to me and I’m eternally grateful for the appreciation. 

I hope I don’t com...

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Infinite Justice 51 (completed chapter)

Mount Justice
September 27th, 21:34 EDT

“Please be a good one, please be a good one, please be a good one,” I repeated over and over as I walked with M’gann to the mi...

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Infinite Justice Chapter 52

Silver spires stretched toward the sky, gleaming in the light and dominating the horizon, their sheer number and height creating a metallic forest that seemed endless. The streets teemed with lizar...

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Going on a holiday, paused billing for this month.

I'll still write and occasionally post something. I think getting away from everything will spark my creativity and work flow. Hopefully it will. Thank you, and I sincerely apologize ...

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Infinite Justice Backlog

This is everything from chapter 26 to an unfinished chapter 51 (as well as an unfinished Interlude titled Family)

Please don't hesitate to share any feedback (especially criticism, what you d...

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Ghostwater Aftermath - Sha Miara (By Coldbringer)

Warning: this chapter contains light spoilers for the conclusion of the Ghostwater arc. Please be aware.

At the heart of the Ninecloud Continent lay an iridescent landscape o...

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Eternal Star 6

Document six is out. I posted it on Discord, but forgot to do so here as well. We're currently in a highly experimental phase, so certain scenes will be rearranged for better coherence, though it's...

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65 - The Ghost of Ghostwater

Sky roared out a litany of unintelligible words, punching the air with a furiously satisfied expression as Ziel hammered Jingye into the ground. All Lindon could feel, in the meanwhile, was horror....

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64 - Book of the Blood Sea Ancestor

Good news, I had a technique that could absolutely perforate any of Jingye’s defences. It wasn’t even close just how effective it was. When it could fire.

Bad news, it requi...

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63 - The Trident of the Sea King

Author note: For the new Patreons that may have missed this post, the chapters up to 65 are on a google doc titled Eternal Star 5. This is where I kept the latest backlogged chapte...

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62 - The Sacred Orca

The arms of the infernal clock slowly scraped on by, agonizingly laggard millisecond by millisecond. 

Tick. Tock. As Yerin’s inexorable, unavoidable, unstoppable fist came for...

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61 - Leaving The Spirit Well

Twenty two days into our occupation of the Spir

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60 - We Don't Talk About Bruno

Dross’ spiritual form felt far brighter in Lindon’s spiritual perception than it had before. The two weeks that Sky had predicted had passed. Now, all that was left for Dross to do in order to ...

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59 - Lord of the Dawnwing Sect

The days passed like minutes for Orthos. This had been his reality for at least two centuries now. Sometimes, he would blink and wonder where all the days had gone.

It only felt like yesterda...

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58 - The Deadly Laser

Mercy missed sleep.

Aunt Charity always said that there was no substitute for true rest, even if you were a Lady capable of going without it for days or weeks at a time.

Still, it wasn...

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57 - Not Alone

Two days passed, and my schedule remained more

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56 - Advancement

Ekerinatoth of the Gold Bloodline wore a backpack as she swam through the depths of Ghostwater’s ocean.

The clan hadn’t seen fit to replace her void key, and she knew that it would take a...

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55 - Battle for the Spirit Well

As I tracked the time, Yerin had been gone for

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54 - Life Well

Yerin was more bruise than healthy flesh. Lacerations covered her body—but somehow not her robes—and her focus was beginning to waver.

The Sword Sage’s insights had finally been of use ...

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53 - Spirit Well

Relief filled Lindon’s soul and body as the Spi

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52 - Battle Royale

The worst case scenario slapped me in the face

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51 - Dream Well

Palutin of the Eastern Wastes rode on the back of his giant rabbit pal, Marigold. She was an enormous specimen, taller than a man even on all fours. She ducked and weaved through the foliage while ...

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50 - Ghostwater

By the time Bai Rou and Renfei had finished briefing Lindon and his group on their Ghostwater mission—another frightening reminder of Sky’s prescience—, the door to their private little room ...

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49 - Highgold

Sky had been deliriously whispering in his sleep for three days straight. His madra churned on its own volition as he breathed a pattern of cycling, taking rasping, slow inhalations. It was a wonde...

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48 - Things Fall Apart

Chiara kicked my ass six ways from Sunday again. I was shivering by the time I was done with her, though the chill of her techniques did help prevent bruises from forming. Cycling madra took the ed...

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47 - Skysworn Tryouts

We went to the hospital to fetch Lindon, squeezing past the crowd once more, which only seemed to have thickened since we were last here.

This time, he wasn’t in his hospital room, but what...

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46 - The Bleeding Phoenix

Contrary to his every expectation this last year, things had gone so well for Lindon.

By fighting at roughly half his capacity, he managed to lull Jai Long into a state of under...

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