Scales & Shadows Ch5: Confluence
A/N: While S&S may seem very dark in the beginning, especially since we know from the prologue that things have yet to hit rock bottom for the pair, I do want to menti... 2023-02-27 01:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 113: Part-Time
I grumbled as we walked away from the latest person who’d closed the door in our face. Around us the roughly cobbled street was half-full of passersby, and the buildings around here sagged with a...
2023-02-25 03:10:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 112: Scars of War
The well-dressed woman and I stared at each other for an uncomfortably long moment. She had lightish-brown hair that stuck out from under a woolen cap, and gray-blue eyes flanked by crow’s feet t...
2023-02-22 02:21:59 +0000 UTC View PostScales & Shadows Ch4: Escape
Content Warning: Transmisia
Three months ago, Hssyri River
I cradled my injured jaw and braced myself against the wall as the ship ro...
2023-02-20 00:52:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 111: Cheeky Kazzel
I closed the door to our inn room softly behind me, making sure to lock it. Sleep wasn’t going to take me, so I padded down the hall and out into the crisp night air. My mind whirled. Just a few ...
2023-02-18 03:52:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 110: Gedon
“I can’t say I’m disappointed that I sold half my stock of nightsbane after that whole mess,” Myrna said dryly as we pulled slowly into Gedon.
The city sat in a rather square-bottomed...
2023-02-15 03:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostScales & Shadows Ch3: The Cost of Power
Four months ago, Ess’Siijiil
“But Nyss, I—”
“Quiet,” Nyss hissed. “You do want money, right? To get a better place to live? I have sever...
2023-02-13 00:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 109: Should or Will
If anyone could shrug off being stabbed in the back, it would be me. As such, I was the first person to exit the mine, and therefore the first person to see High Priest Yevon Styon leaning against ...
2023-02-11 03:29:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 108: Don't Underestimate Mortals
“This’ll last for about an hour, less if you stab something.” Seyari returned the last knife to its sheathe and handed it to Nelys. As the blade slid into place, the holy glow she’d placed ...
2023-02-08 03:47:18 +0000 UTC View PostScales & Shadows Ch2: Shaping Shadows
Content warning: A bit of manipulation from Issa. Born of ignorance and naivety, it’s still potentially triggering or tough to read.
Five months ago, E...
2023-02-06 02:51:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 107: Cold Night
Seyari shut the two demonically-enchanted items back into the sturdy box. They were a small knife and a small cup, and both, even without aura sight, had an odd air about them.
“Do they hav...
2023-02-04 02:56:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 106: Snowed In
After that incident the first night, nothing drastic happened in town over next day or night. I was studiously avoided, and the few people from the church in town—a small, quaint building—took ...
2023-02-01 02:38:26 +0000 UTC View PostScales & Shadows Ch1: Cursed
Six months ago, Ess’Siijiil
“Are you sure about this, Issa?” Kyrae hissed at me.
I looked down at my sister. The young elf’s shaggy, dirty black hair f...
2023-01-30 01:39:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 105: A Cold Welcome
The snow didn’t relent. Heavy clouds hung low above the eerily still landscape I trudged through. By morning the snow was up to my knees on the road, and every step caused a cold dampness to craw...
2023-01-28 03:18:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 104: Demon-Powered Wagon
I didn’t rush up the hillside. The snow was getting even worse, and I wanted every chance to see the road. I heard the others before I found them.
“…She’ll be fine. You heard her,” ...
2023-01-25 03:04:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 103: Tuck and Roll
Despite the scene earlier in the morning, the rest of our day was actually quite pleasant. Nelys, Seyari, and I played games at a table while Taava performed, having somehow convinced the ...
2023-01-21 03:02:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 102: Most Foul
My ears picked up shouting before we’d entered the now-crowded tavern below the inn. I felt the image of a big warm breakfast slipping away.
Please don’t involve us…
“Y...
2023-01-18 04:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 101: Nightsbane
I went to sleep in Seyari’s arms when we traded Nelys and Taava for watch, but I woke up as the big spoon. I shivered a little and turned up the heat. Seyari mumbled and snuggled against me. The ...
2023-01-14 03:46:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100: Total Bleedin' Heart
A/N: Wow. Chapter 100. When I started writing, I hadn't really thought what it would be like to get here, but here we are. I want to thank all you folks, again, for supporting me. I dare t... 2023-01-11 02:54:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 99: Demonic Politics
My thoughts stopped. In that instant, I recognized the Sovereign of Lust’s face. Shift the skin tone to pink, add some horns and a tail, and you’d get Lillith, the Sovereign of Lust, in all her...
2023-01-07 04:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 98: Tea Cakes
Our first party guest arrived and knocked with the knocker while I was still setting out snacks. On top of that, I had to finish preparing two of the upstairs rooms, just in case anyone wanted to s...
2023-01-04 04:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 2022 Side Story: Whodunnit
Click. Clickclick. Squeeeeak. Click.
I looked up from the newspaper I was reading to glare at my office’s old ceiling fan. The whole thing wobbled as it spun, enough for the pull c...
2022-12-31 19:57:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 97: The Captain
As luck would have it, Seyari and I bumped into Salvador and Taava at the company while they were taking a late lunch. Both of them seemed pensive.
“Hiya Renna! Looks like your magic put ya...
2022-12-31 03:32:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96: A Future, Brightly
It was raining today. Not a hard torrent, but a gentle, damp drizzle from a pale gray sky. Light rain wasn’t the most thematic weather for a victory of sorts, but somewhat fitting for all those w...
2022-12-28 02:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude: A Dark Place
Additional Content Warning: Themes of Identity Death
Like macabre shooting stars, memories and fragments of identity swirled in a maelstrom. The coalescen...
2022-12-24 05:52:53 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude: The Horned Priestess
Sonia Rozaro dashed through the empty church hall, soft shoes making muffled taps on the clean, polished stone. One hand held her robe-like vestments off the floor while the other clenched and uncl...
2022-12-24 05:51:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 95: Allies/Enemies
Content Warning: moderate transphobia, deadnaming
“Describe for us what happened last night,” the church leader opened, “from the beg...
2022-12-21 04:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 94: Total Dork
Officer Lorton glanced at the pile of paperwork and heaved a rattling sigh. His breath hitched and the sigh turned into chuckles, and then chuckles into a full-blown belly laugh. Too much. It was a...
2022-12-17 04:04:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 93: Burnout
I took a knee, panting. How the hell isn’t this thing dead? I’m the Sovereign of Wrath! Shouldn’t I be stronger? The kaleidoscopic aura of the demon in front of me was a shuddering, ...
2022-12-14 04:06:36 +0000 UTC View PostDecember Side Story Poll
Hiya everyone!
New chapter up soon, but here's the monthly side story poll for now.
2022-12-14 03:27:19 +0000 UTC View Post