GoldFinger

Chapter 26

I whistled happily as I walked out of the hotel, looking up at the morning sky, the sun rising up over the mountains and took a breath of the cool morning air.
"Ah, feels good to be alive!" I gr...

Ch. 297 - Offee again.

"You're so cruel, Offee." I sighed.
She gave me a cheeky smile.
"I know."
Did she just pull a Han Solo on me?
Cheeky little shit!
"You've only got two minutes, Jay. Maybe a little ...

Ch. 279 - First Encounters of the Fourth Kind

"Mrs. Kikuno." I reached out to her, "A word please."

She looked me over and her eyes twitched with a certain amount of recognition.

Was I already famous? 

Did she read about...

Ch. 274 - Charlie Quinn

Another two weeks passed as we began to learn more about the magic of this world while also experimenting with Creation Magic.
Creation Magic was simple and not at the same time.
It worked ki...

Ch. 261 - Playing Good Samaritan.

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Ch. 257 - The Beast

I yawned as I walked through the campus at Brakebills looking around for someone I knew.
I needed to find out if Quentin and Alice had already performed the ritual to summon the Beast or not. 2022-05-29 10:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Ch. 256 - Clock Barrens

"Aren't you a cutiepie!" I cooed, squishing a rabbit against my face as I walked into a clearing. 

"Cigarettes." The bunny demanded in a hiarse voice.

"Of course, of course." I pet...

Ch. 254 - The Great Cock Of The Darkling Woods

I stumbled onto a forest path, rotting leaves crunching beneath my feet. Above me an overcast sky glittered under the light of twin moons and a cold breeze blew into me, sending the stench of decay...

Ch. 252 - Be the kitten.

"So let me get this straight. You want me to go out there, where the battle magic murderhobos are. And you want me to distract them, so you can sneak into Fillory." Josh asked with incredulity.
...

Ch. 251 - Neitherlands

I emerged from a bottomless fountain, soaked and cold, my fist tightly clenched around the button.

Thankfully, the bag of holding slung across my chest was waterproof. 

Dean Fogg r...

Ch. 250 - Ghost Hunt

"How many times do I have to tell you kids to not disturb Mr. Plover in his study?! My naive brother already takes care of you wretches and you repay him by leading him into such wicked temptations...

Ch. 249 - Plover Estate

Ghosts. Spirits of the dead.
They linger in life due to attachments tying them to the mortal plane.
Anger, revenge, pain, grief, and a million other reasons. Even love sometimes.
Or so it...

Ch. 248 - Back in the game.

Finally, I had it in my hands. A magical battery filled with ambient magic.
Now it was time to set up shop.
I pulled out a small fish tank from my bag of holding and began to reinforce it. Fi...

Ch. 247 - Deal with the devil

John waved at me as soon as I entered the Starbucks.

His face was awash with worry and paralyzing anxiety.

"Hey! Thanks for coming on such short notice. I-i-i couldn't bear to stay at h...

Ch 246 - Intro to the questline.

I returned to Brakebills later that day with a crate of port and some snacks stuffed in my bag ready for the party tonight.
To be honest, I'm not big on partying being an intovert and what not, ...

Ch. 244 - 23&Me

"Not like I can stop you." He scoffed.

"Consider this John. You're walking along the street. Just your average suburban street. Kids are playing ha...

Ch. 243 - John Gaines

John Gaines was having an odd day.
"Senator, there's an email. It was flagged urgent." One of his secretaries had burst in saying.
A man. A donor was offering him 'consulting fees' if he agre...

Ch. 242 - Pete.

Hours later, Eliot shook me awake.
"Un?" I stirred from sleep.
"We have class." Margo snapped her fingers.
"Open the wards." He yawned.
I yawned and stretched.
"Yeah sure. I have.......

Ch. 242 - Correction

Once Eliot and Margo were asleep and blackout drunk, I knew it was time to erase their memory of me and the portal.
Now, I couldn't well make a memory eraser helmet this fast, mostly because I d...

Ch. 241 - Storytime

Now that I had the wards on my coat, I was safe enough to return to Brakebills undetected.
A long flight and can ride later, I was back in my room at Brakebills, a third of my magical reserves r...

Ch. 240 - Haxenpaxen

I felt the barrel of a gun press against the back of my head as the familiar click of a cocking hammer rang out softly behind me.
"Who are you and how did you find me?"
I gulped heavily, as I...

Ch. 239 - Dana Wallens

As soon as I got back, I got to work on rearming myself.
The first thing I made?
My trusty 9 gauge laser pistol.
Scrounging up parts from local hobby shops, electronics stores and amazon w...

Interlude - Jane Chatwin

"Fuck! Henry! Be gentle, please. We're not in your bed." Jane hissed.
"If you can make a joke, the you're at least good enough to go to Lipson." Henry Fogg laughed, pulling out the pen from her ...

Ch. 237/238 - An offer you won't refuse.

Travelling like common people sucks ass. Massive Kim Kardashian plastic filled ass.
It is true what they say.
You don't know the true value of something until you have lost it and watching a...

Ch. 236 - Cost of curiousity.

"So it really does say 'Spellwork is not unlikely to murder you.' huh?" I read out.
I was back in Dean Fogg's office the next day
"What? Did you think magic was all rainbows and unicorn farts...

Ch. 235 - Emerson's Alloy.

Shopping for clothes and basic necessities, gathering normal tech to cobble together better tools and creating a new lab and workshop.
Takes me back to five years ago when I was taking my first...

Ch. 234 - Deal

I saw the grimace on Dean Fogg's face but I saw no answer.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He insisted.
Alright. Let's push a little.
"Really? So you wouldn't mind me talking abo...

Ch. 233 - Gamble

"U-u-uh hey where am I? Where are we, I mean ... I-i-i was in ..." Quentin stuttered in confusion, as he looked around.

"Upstate New York." Eliot answered.

"Upstate...but I was just..."...

Ch. 226 - Distraction

I watched the first of my ship's three layered forcefields crack and shatter as the worms swarmed me, dogpiling over me like bloodsucking leeches.

Their claws dug into my flesh at every angle...

Ch. 225 - Through the dragon gate.

I watched the space whales get closer and closer while the A.I. ran the calculations for the battle predictions.
A notification popped up on my contacts.
"Targets entering effective range. Su...