Chapter 120 Tourist Trap
Truth was wearing what he thought of as his Desrin disguise, unwilling to acknowledge that he had gotten alarmingly comfortable wearing it over the last few weeks. The white Zeph ...
2023-07-05 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 119 God's Gifts
Truth allowed his inner vision to float up into his soul. Everyone knew that the body and soul were connected and that mind and apertures touched both. Being able to see your soul was just one of t...
2023-07-04 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 118 Too Focused On Living To Live
Etenesh offered her slender hand, ripping talons now long gone, leaving neatly trimmed nails in their place. Truth gently took it and pulled her into the room. He looked deep into her burning eyes ...
2023-07-03 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostNo Schedule Change
It's the 4th of July next week, and I just wanted to let you know that there is no schedule change- chapters will go out at the same days and times as usual. The joy of writing far in advance, I su...
2023-06-30 19:56:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 117 She Can Manage
The stands were quiet. A young man, a flower of faded nobility, had been hacked into five parts, his heart eaten, and his soul condemned to Hell. Even then, those who supported Etenesh might have c...
2023-06-30 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 116 To Lead a Devoted Life
Etenesh launched herself at Alemu as the Seraphim’s chiming cry echoed off the stands. The crowds roared and cheered as the long feathers on her belt and crown flew with the speed of her attack.<...
2023-06-29 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 115 The Healing Place
“No. You must hold Mrs. Proudwhiskers in an arm cradle. You must support the whole body, or it is painful for her, as well as an offense to her dignity. Observe how I do it with Crabknuckle.” T...
2023-06-28 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 114 Holy Daughters Grow Up
They were sparring back and forth across the basement floor. Etenesh wouldn’t be able to use her spirit in the duel, so she was making heavy use of talismans.
Her weapon of choice was a lon...
2023-06-27 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 113 Raking the Sands
“Necromancy? I don’t really know much about it. Combat-capable necromancers are a pain in the ass, I can tell you that. And I know that they run most funeral parlors.”
“Short version...
2023-06-26 16:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 112 Run Sinnerman
Teasing the girl you like is fun. Truth was feeling giddy as he quickly walked away from the little chapel. Teasing the girl you like is fun, watching her wriggle and not move as you whisper secret...
2023-06-23 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 111 And The Rock Cried Out- "No Hiding Place!"
Truth pulled into the garage under Temple Nag-Hamadi in a thoughtful mood. This was one of those “No taking it back” decisions. He hadn’t read many spy novels. They just didn’t take him awa...
2023-06-22 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 110 A Night On The Town
Truth slipped out of Temple Nag Hamadi that night. He kept the sword and wore his new scarf but ditched the Zeph. Old Mek’elle’s gift just looked like a fashionable variation of a Bric...
2023-06-21 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 109 A Heavy Hand
Truth stood guard outside the conference room at Temple Nag Hamadi. His thoughts bounced around, as they tend to do when you are on staring-at-the-wall duty.
Kissing Etenesh was pretty great....
2023-06-20 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 108 Consensual Distress
[AUTHOR NOTE: I am on the road for a few days, and updating from my iPad. This shouldn’t have any impact on chapter releases, but it will mean that I am not as communicative or responsive as I mi...
2023-06-19 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 107 The Thunder of Mighty Wings
The cousins were too mad to even swear. Their faces were rigid masks, hands clenched, taking deep, snorting breaths through their nose.
“In case you haven’t figured it out, panoufe 2023-06-16 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 106 Academic Enquiry
The opening prayer and invocation continued for thirty minutes. Spirits were invoked, beseeched, reprimanded, and employed. A censer was paraded around the room, the swinging basket pouring out whi...
2023-06-15 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 105 Engines of Destruction
“A few quick points before we go. Jember, Etenesh, this Congress has been convened, as I said, to investigate a particular talisman, or really a cartouche, found by Tommy when we investigated tha...
2023-06-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 104 A Savage in Academia
“I can feel you trying, you know? You sort of shiver. One part of you overruling another part.” Etenesh smiled up at Truth. “It's kind of sweet. And kind of sad. But mostly sweet.”
...
2023-06-13 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 103 Feeling Safe-ish
The ducks eventually decided they had had enough seeds and paddled off. The elegant wake behind them was as fine as ever a duck did make. The sunlight reflecting off the tiny ripples seemed to cont...
2023-06-12 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 102 Very Fine Ducks
Truth discovered a new sort of agony that morning. It turns out that being stuck in a five-seater carriage with an old monster you don’t trust and two people you blew up at is excruciating. And t...
2023-06-09 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAwakened Tier Benefit Correction
For a few hours on June 8, there was a typo where Awakened was listed as receiving twenty advanced chapters instead of ten. (Which is actually 15 at the moment, but the tier only guarantees 10.) Th...
2023-06-09 02:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 101 Efficiancy
You are me? My soul? Part of my soul? What the hell are you talking about?!
Think about it a bit. Most medical exams can’t detect me. Even a Level Seven Exorcist... 2023-06-08 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 100 Necessity Makes No Excuses and Accepts No Praise
“Tommy, what the Hell?” Jember yelled.
“Hero, hero, hero, hero!” Truth giggled, his eyes wide and unblinking. “Such a goddamn hero. A hero of the North, which I guess is true as I w...
2023-06-07 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 99 Local Hero
The projection opened with exterior shots of Old Mek’elle. People gathered to leave flowers and signs, hugging fiercely and sobbing freely, watched over by a heavy police presence. The enormous t...
2023-06-06 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 98 The Beautiful Game
The feathered serpent slithered through the air toward Truth, leading the dozens of demons that came through the portal with it. Truth really, really wanted to run. But they were moving faster than...
2023-06-05 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 97 A Necessary Release
The stadium echoed back and forth, the roaring sea of a song washing away the rage. It would come back. It always came back. But for now, the sea of grief brought everyone together. For now, in the...
2023-06-02 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter for the Awakened Tier unlocked early
Due to my error, the chapter for the Awakened Tier was unlocked yesterday, in addition to the usual correct chapter. I am not unlocking any additional chapters today, to get things back on the righ...
2023-06-01 16:30:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96 You'll Never Walk Alone
“So this is a little different than what you have seen before. That was lower-league stuff- basically zone invasion where players try to move the ball through the other team’s zone to reach a s...
2023-06-01 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSide Story #2 Scripted Loss, Part II
[CONTENT WARNING: If you are reading Slumrat, you probably have a high tolerance for bleak things. This is going back to the Old Testament here, where nothing is nice, and no choic...
2023-05-31 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostPart Two of Sophia's Side Story Drops 12:15 EDT
Now that you are all here and looking at the site...
2023-05-31 16:02:39 +0000 UTC View Post