"The Frozen Academy," Colt said.
The rest of the group around the table fell quiet. They had made their way to the top of the White House office, though, like the rest of the White House, thi...
2025-03-27 01:42:20 +0000 UTC View PostTheir arrival back to the city was marked with little fanfare. Colt and his team minimized their time moving through Nashville's dark, foggy night. Sure, it wasn’t exactly a peaceful trip.
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2025-03-26 00:46:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Don’t worry we’ve got this!” Julia yelled, reassuring Leon even as a group of phantoms rushed them. A group of phantoms that would have torn Julia and Colt apart a month ago in seconds. 2025-03-24 21:54:34 +0000 UTC View Post
The mist curled around Julia, its edicts swirling within the lingering mana like a signature of its origin. With Colt guarding her back, she could focus entirely on her task of analyzing the mist a...
2025-03-24 18:39:35 +0000 UTC View PostColt flicked black blood off his blade as he looked at the three massive corpses of the Mimics; they were a strange thing. The interiors could be seen… Barren rooms with fake furniture that were ...
2025-03-23 18:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostColt moved in towards the house-shaped monster, keeping himself low and concealed within the mists as he went; now that he got closer, with the mist receding and giving way to the truth hidden bene...
2025-03-22 20:37:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe next couple of days passed with ease to the atmosphere that Colt sorely needed. No more big monster invasions at the gate—though, it had resulted in the guards withdrawing and simply wa...
2025-03-22 17:31:05 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the meeting with Nick ended, Colt made an excuse and left. Though he had been the one to give him a chance to pay back the debt he owed to the city, it didn’t mean he felt like talking to t...
2025-03-21 03:22:02 +0000 UTC View PostColt kept his hands in his pockets as he walked; Sarah was with him, a scowl stretched on his face as they went down into the depths of the ‘maze’ that lay under the city. People still weren’...
2025-03-20 03:31:54 +0000 UTC View PostSteam was the first thing that Colt saw when his senses returned; that and the feeling of heat soaking deep into his skin, carried through by the soft sensation of running water. The last thing he ...
2025-03-14 22:20:41 +0000 UTC View PostColt froze as he watched the half-figures of floating ghosts swarm the guards at the gate. The long-tendril-like fabric came off their bodies as if they were wearing half robes, though they lacked ...
2025-03-11 00:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostCThe mist of New Nashville had never been this thick before. Colt could barely see two feet ahead as he trudged through the fog-choked streets, hands buried deep in his pockets.
Each breath d...
2025-03-09 03:19:40 +0000 UTC View PostColt sat in the highest seat available on the side of the stadium; it was a tad overkill, and actually, the height of this seat was larger than he ever remembered it being before the apocalypse. Wi...
2025-03-06 02:32:28 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a grand total of five hours since they conquered Denny and then marched to the city of New Nashville and declared the former dictator dead.
The reaction was mixed. Even now, Colt ...
2025-03-05 02:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostNate snapped his fist into the last of the soldiers’ faces—after the glow had left them minutes ago, the fight seemed to go out of them, too. At first, despite having superior numbers, his side...
2025-03-02 02:57:25 +0000 UTC View PostDenny spat on the ground and ran his hand over his mouth. His eyes were narrowed, his muscles tense. And that golden glow still surrounded him, a pure Edict of Subjugation that, even as they were n...
2025-03-01 21:22:53 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, the second Denny stormed in, marched up to Nate, and cocked his fist back for a punch, several things happened at once, several things which would decide the course of fate for an entire...
2025-02-27 23:34:18 +0000 UTC View PostDenny stared at the soldier who had brought him the note; it sat in his shaking hands. The anger roiled around deep, the same anger he felt whenever someone had dropped a particularly nasty law-sui...
2025-02-26 22:57:17 +0000 UTC View PostColt still felt amazed when that golden light of his Edict came through, warping the very air itself with a heaviness. Even now, with his knife just at his side, as he interrupted Finn’s capture,...
2025-02-26 01:24:07 +0000 UTC View PostColt handed over the black cloak to another man; it felt odd to give it to another after all they’d went through to earn it. But if he rocked up to New Nashville to deliver the news that they’d...
2025-02-25 21:45:05 +0000 UTC View PostColt sat outside the warehouse, which was a good way away from New Nashville, tucked in one of the reworked city's more ‘industrial’ patches. A big oak tree sat outside of it, a nice piece of n...
2025-02-25 03:43:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe next hour was dominated by the logistics of how best to effectively pull a pissed-off Minotaur torso and head through the dark streets of New Nashville—when they tried to tie ropes around the...
2025-02-23 21:09:15 +0000 UTC View PostColt stood on the edge of the rooftop, his hair billowing as a gust of air took to it; down below, in the darkness, he saw the barest movement of the Minotaur, a mass of shifting black fur and rage...
2025-02-22 17:19:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe next couple of days after returning from their destruction of the former restaurant, their days were filled with a buzz of activity. Diplomatic missions every day—most of their effort was spe...
2025-02-21 18:25:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe next couple of days fell into a steady rhythm. The morning would start with Colt and the rest sharing a breakfast—which typically was eaten only in the evening—from the food scavenged from ...
2025-02-21 00:07:56 +0000 UTC View PostColt sat in a pancake booth with three cops, a girl with bright blue hair, and a steaming mug of coffee, which Julia refused to touch. Buttery maple syrup wafted through the air, which made Colt’...
2025-02-19 21:07:45 +0000 UTC View PostJulia euthanized about twenty more stone men over the next four hours. There was no other word for it. After Colt stripped them of their mobility and capacity to do much else save for blinking, she...
2025-02-19 21:02:05 +0000 UTC View PostHarry's group was a small squad of eight—the father, the son, and some other strangers who banded together in fear of New Nashville and did their damnedest to stay far away from the city. Colt sa...
2025-02-18 19:37:56 +0000 UTC View PostColt snuck toward the apartment he’d seen the face in, using a burst of Movement to close the distance from his open position on the street to being near the toweri...
2025-02-17 19:29:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day—was one of business. After Colt finally got up from his rest, he found that only Julia was left in the house with him. The girl was busy drinking a small cup of water in the kitchen ...
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