The crying of the neighborhood's rooster awakens me from my slumber. I swear to the Gods, one day I will turn that animal into soup, and then…
"Wait. That's not important," I say as I sit u...
2024-05-07 09:11:42 +0000 UTC View Post"You know, this might be a stupid question, but how do you eat?" I ask the first thing that comes to mind, and even though his expression doesn't change, I can practically feel the disparaging emot...
2024-05-06 12:10:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe capital is burning.
In a way, it was inevitable. We've been warned about the rise of a Demon King, emerging from the depths of the land to wage war on the world. Once every other generati...
2024-05-06 11:29:38 +0000 UTC View PostSlipping into the hard-to-define space between spaces, I spent some time to get my bearings. Not in a literal sense; since there were no directions in this place, reorienting myself was, quite fran...
2024-05-02 17:21:27 +0000 UTC View Post"My goodness, Leonard! Why aren't you resting?"
Gowan, the sociable Head Artificer of the School, continued to mother-hen me as we waited for the elevator car to reach the underground facilit...
2024-05-01 12:31:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Good night, princess," I said to my draconic girlfriend after tucking her in her bed, and she must've been even more exhausted than I thought, because she fell asleep on the spot. After taking Jud...
2024-04-29 18:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostIt was on days like this that I really, really hated the fact that I couldn't sleep. It would've been so nice to just fall into bed and push all of today's problems aside for eight-or-so hours, but...
2024-04-26 16:46:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe ruined, though slightly more orderly main hall was enveloped in a tense silence as the hundreds of Celestials all waited for me to organize my thoughts. I was standing on top of a makeshift pod...
2024-04-23 11:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm back. How's the sit—"
"Leooo!"
As soon as I returned to Site B, I was nearly tackled off my feet by Angie, much to the surprise of the Praetorian Guards, Assembly Magi, and assor...
2024-04-19 18:45:34 +0000 UTC View PostThank you all for the responses on the alternative chapter. Honestly, I didn't expect your feedback to come down pretty much 50/50 like that, so let's poll this one. If you have further insight, do...
2024-04-17 18:49:21 +0000 UTC View Post[Author's Note]
Hello, dear readers!
Since the overwhelming majority of voters and comments were in favor of keeping Percival alive one way or another, I updated the chapter part. I think ...
2024-04-17 14:39:11 +0000 UTC View Post"…Come again?"
"I said, I think I'm the Narrative," I repeated myself, and my girlfriend was still looking at me like I just told her that… no. On second thought, coming up with a similar...
2024-04-12 19:47:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Why?! Why, why, WHY did I do that!? Everything was going fine, but then I just couldn't leave it alone! What is wrong with me!?"
"Could you pipe down?" I glared at the hole in reality and re...
2024-04-08 18:07:41 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so maybe I went in there a bit too hard.
This, and many other considerations ran through my mind as I was buffeted by the fractal oceans of Angies raging around me, shifting from branch...
2024-04-05 07:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostNormally this would've been the time I take a look at the situation and wax poetic about the trials and tribulations of the situation, but I had no time to do that, because my sixth sense was screa...
2024-04-02 03:29:18 +0000 UTC View Post"Judy? Are you there?"
I reflexively tapped my ear, even though it was pointless, but I got no answer. It wasn't that surprising though; she was probably busy coordinating with Duncan and Ell...
2024-03-29 20:06:35 +0000 UTC View PostLet's make a tally. There are three situations unfolding at the moment: the site with Percival and the Colossi, this place with Angie, the assassins, and the in-fighting Celestials, and finally the...
2024-03-26 16:39:38 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear readers.
I'm just here to pre-emptively apologize for a late update. Allergy season is here, and after doing gardening the last couple of days, I'm suffering from the mother of a...
"Haah… Deep breaths…" I inhaled and exhaled slowly as I limbered up my arms and legs. I couldn't show it before, because I was playing the role of Bel, but I was actually pretty out of it. I no...
2024-03-22 21:04:51 +0000 UTC View PostWhat was I looking at?
No, seriously. Was this real? Did the Celestial Directorate collectively lose all their marbles at the same time? Wasn't just one of these things supposed to be a huge ...
2024-03-18 16:41:26 +0000 UTC View PostIt was that time again. Time for a dramatic finale, that is.
Everything was planned out with meticulous detail over the past couple of months. All the actors were in the right place, all the ...
2024-03-17 15:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Bloody hell! Why does everything have to happen at the same bloody time!" I cursed under my breath as I looked for a Phasing spot.
"{If you want to head to Site C, you can use the Restricted...
2024-03-15 18:33:24 +0000 UTC View Post"Shit!" I growled as I beelined towards the spot where I originally Phased to the docks. "Give me a sitrep! What's going on over there?"
"{Can't you check yourself?}"
"Running and Far S...
2024-03-11 17:06:09 +0000 UTC View PostWork on the Dungeon began in earnest three days later, when Middy's prospector crew arrived, and it opened with a rather unexpected discovery.
...
2024-03-09 23:16:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe sight greeting me upon my arrival was not what I was expecting. I purposefully Phased a bit away from the hideout, hearing that Lord Barnabas was there, and after reaching the warehouse, I was ...
2024-03-08 10:42:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Come on! End it already!" Penny yelled from the side, clad in the Unicorn Knight armour. "It's been more than an hour!"
I glanced over at her, and then back at the guy currently wielding two...
2024-03-03 17:54:20 +0000 UTC View PostJosh, Angie, Zihao, Penny, and Snowy. Plus yours truly, obviously.
That was one eclectic bunch if there ever was one, and all of us gathered at the underground base's training grounds was esp...
2024-03-01 16:37:23 +0000 UTC View PostHis Imperial Majesty's Secret Service, like all effective clandestine organizations, had its fair share of secrets. Secret code words, secret protocols,...
2024-02-29 18:06:45 +0000 UTC View PostMy day at school was… rather stressful. Not because of the lessons, or anything similarly mundane reasons, but due to the gnawing sensation in the pit of my stomach. It was more psychological tha...
2024-02-27 18:22:22 +0000 UTC View Post"So, we're not invading the Elysium today," my dear assistant stated, much less asked, as we walked down the street.
It was early in the morning, and I decided to pick her up ahead of the usu...
2024-02-25 12:33:02 +0000 UTC View Post