Call of the Void chapter 7
I woke up groaning. Callie was sitting next to me, looking concerned, and my mom and sister were behind her. Zeke was napping in a chair nearby, and my dad was leaning against a wall looking away, ...
2025-11-18 02:38:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing I asked for after hearing the story was to examine the scene. My mom wasn’t happy about it, but my reasons were sound, so she brought Callie and I along to the blasted area ...
2025-11-14 22:47:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe invasion ended with a whimper, not a bang, and it put my teeth on edge. Something had happened here, something I hadn’t seen yet, and we were all missing it. The timing of the attack was too ...
2025-11-14 02:58:36 +0000 UTC View PostI’d expected Devon, based on my weaselly impression of him, to be incompetent or pathetic. I was surprised to see that wasn’t even remotely the case. Devon moved through the Void Spawn like a w...
2025-11-13 03:01:38 +0000 UTC View PostI was panicking. Liquid Lamentation. I had some bad memories regarding that stuff. Hatescream had used it to corrupt the ruined soul temple to gain access to the ruins of Aetherbright Academy, and ...
2025-11-12 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sword Dance Symposium was in full swing, pun intended. And our particular target was at the center of the action. Looking…very bored. The Moonlight Pope, or ‘Uncle Moon’ as my mom called ...
2025-11-11 02:16:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip to the Back Palace was surprisingly fast, but it was also kind of weird. We headed out into the hallways, making our way down into the underlayer, and then along the underlayer until we re...
2025-11-08 01:29:39 +0000 UTC View PostMy speech was honestly kind of underwhelming. But…well, I could TALK, so I was doing better than Devon. Whatever that sanction had done to him hadn’t been gentle, and his own attempt at an open...
2025-11-07 03:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostAfter I woke up, I did my usual daily stockpiling of scrolls and then went to find Crell. He’d caught a few hours, but managed to read through a huge chunk of the charter, including the necessary...
2025-11-06 02:22:06 +0000 UTC View PostRoland, to my dismay, didn't know much about what happened. “It was kind of sudden,” he said fuzzily. “Like I wasn't expecting to be attacked like that so I wasn't really aware of what was ha...
2025-11-05 03:14:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter rescuing Marco, I finally had all of my cabinet slots filled. Which meant my only major business, barring the big festival if it was still happening, was the trial. Thinking about that though...
2025-11-04 03:18:31 +0000 UTC View PostWalking among the employees at LeClair’s compound as LeClair would have been just asking to get approached, so as soon as I was around the corner, I did a quick switch to another random employee ...
2025-10-31 22:45:52 +0000 UTC View PostAfter I completed Astaroth, I headed for LeClaire’s headquarters under Murmur. In order to use my new form, I needed to study LeClaire and his people. An understanding of the person I was mimicki...
2025-10-30 22:50:14 +0000 UTC View PostI had been wrong about him being a good negotiator. Peter was difficult to talk to, but not because he was sharp or focused. He was difficult to talk to because he was incredibly distracted and had...
2025-10-29 22:48:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Kingdom Siege pit was expansive, even if it wasn’t that big. Because we all had incredibly high Perception, they were able to pack a lot of detail into a very small area. Despite the pit bein...
2025-10-29 00:13:45 +0000 UTC View Post