There was an odd, tense silence in the dark trophy room, which lasted exactly until the knights outside rammed the barricaded door of the neighboring room for the umpteenth time. The dull sound of ...
2020-10-09 20:15:51 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, dear readers. I really should have given you a heads-up sooner, but things are getting a little hectic over here. They just recently found a COVID patient in our neighborhood, with a couple ...
2020-10-05 16:20:01 +0000 UTC View Post"... and that's why it doesn't matter if you are flesh and blood or not; what really matters is th-ouch!"
Whatever impassionate speech Josh was delivering came to a screeching halt afte...
2020-09-26 17:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I arrived at the Dracis mansion, I was immediately thrown off-balance by a cacophony of voices. Also, it was pitch black all around me, though my eyes adapted to that one far quicker than my e...
2020-09-22 16:33:56 +0000 UTC View PostJust a bit of a heads-up: I planned to finish up the chapter by today, but our institute completely freaked out over CoVid once again, and so my workload exploded in the past week. Hopefully I will...
2020-09-16 18:03:49 +0000 UTC View PostOkay Leo, deep breaths. Things are chaotic at the moment, but not unsalvageable. No need to panic. Panic is for horror movie heroines with obnoxiously high-pitched voices, and I sure as hell wasn't...
2020-09-10 15:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post"{Testing, testing. Can you hear me?}"
"Clear, though not particularly loud," I responded to the voice of Judy that felt like it was coming from right inside my head.
"{How about now?}"...
2020-09-05 09:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post"... and that concludes my explanation of the current situation."
The moment Judy declared so, my living room burst into a mixture of surprised, excited, and occasionally indignant murm...
2020-08-29 19:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a while since I've last visited Josh's place. To be precise, it was just before he was kidnapped and the whole school-incident with Crowey. It felt like it happened ages ago because of al...
2020-08-17 19:12:55 +0000 UTC View PostI threw my curtains open to be greeted by the light of the morning sun... except not really, because the sky was still completely overcast. I opened the window as well and stuck a hand outside.&nbs...
2020-08-12 18:18:36 +0000 UTC View PostStone walls and eerie blue lights set in fancy wrought iron torch scones. As far as ambience was concerned, the School's private back-entrance got the whole 'medieval dungeon' aesthetic do...
2020-08-07 10:01:40 +0000 UTC View Post"Be sure to rest well."
While saying so, Judy straightened my collar. It was already about as dark as it gets outside, and we both stood under the eaves of my house while she kept fiddling wi...
2020-08-06 19:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Dear Readers.
In short, over the weekend we were hit by Torrential Rain 2: Electric Boogaloo, and it also resulted in the old (as in, think 150 years plus) enormous wa...
2020-08-04 10:49:31 +0000 UTC View Post"Oh great, and now it's raining too…" I mumbled under my breath as I held out my hand and felt another small droplet hit my palm. It was barely a drizzle, but considering how dark the clouds were...
2020-08-01 12:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Dear Readers.
Just a quick update for you: Last week I was on vacation in the mountains, so I didn't really write anything while I was there. Unfortunately, the day after I returned h...
Okay, calm down, me! So I screwed up. Big deal; wouldn't be the first time it happened. I just have to rely on plan B. So, what is the first step…? Coming up with a B-plan, I suppose.
First...
2020-07-17 20:55:42 +0000 UTC View PostSo, things were getting complicated. That's not new. No need to be flustered just yet. Let's just look at the situation objectively.
First off, it looked like Labcoat Guy was laboring u...
2020-07-13 18:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy arrival to the park was as quiet and unceremonious as usual. Once I found my balance after the long-distance Phasing, I glanced around and quickly found my anchor silently trying to hide his con...
2020-07-10 18:54:40 +0000 UTC View Post"Goodbye. Dad. Have a safe… Trip!"
Said one wooden and completely unconvincing voice on my left, its owner continuing to hold onto me as if her life depended on it even while she was biddin...
2020-06-26 19:03:55 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly. Very, very slowly. The trick was to move with deliberate, smooth movements and— Okay, that's one side done. Now, I just had to move this arm to the side a little aaaand...
"Finally....
2020-06-25 19:44:21 +0000 UTC View Post""Welcome home, master!""
What can I say? The sight that greeted me when I arrived home was… new. Yes, let's go with that. I would be lying if I said I wasn't fully expecting this, yet I st...
2020-06-15 15:20:08 +0000 UTC View Post"All right, we patrolled the university district. Can I go now?"
Even though I just addressed her, Rinne paid no attention to me, and instead she continued to sniff the air like a bipedal blo...
2020-06-12 21:35:32 +0000 UTC View PostI checked my phone one more time as I was waiting for Josh by the shoe lockers. It was a little after four, and I have been standing around while twiddling my thumbs for a little more than fifteen ...
2020-05-31 12:43:27 +0000 UTC View Post"This is such bullshit…" I grumbled under my breath as I made my way back to the man building. I was lucky that no one was around at this point, otherwise they might have thought I was some kind ...
2020-05-24 20:22:51 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Dear Readers!
I know that you are probably waiting for the update really impatiently, but this is unfortunately not it. I promised something by last Sunday, but I was completely knock...
Hello, Dear Readers.
As you might have noticed, the chapter updates are late again. For that I sincerely apologize, but in my defense, things are batshit crazy over here right now.
In sh...
I never thought I would say this, but it was true: once exposed to enough strange things, it was the simple days of mundane, everyday life that would start feeling uncanny instead. Take this day fo...
2020-05-11 16:59:41 +0000 UTC View PostIt was around five in the afternoon when the young scientist, still wearing his multicolored collar-armor-cum-shoulder-guard over his usual white lab coat, stormed into the commons room of the hidd...
2020-05-01 09:08:24 +0000 UTC View Post"[Ah? It is you, Blackcloak.]" The Faun ex-general immediately perked up the moment I arrived and, with the help of his usual spear, he rose up from his crouching position with slow, deliberate mot...
2020-04-22 11:46:02 +0000 UTC View Post"This... actually wasn't nearly as bad as I expected," Judy spoke up the moment the credits started rolling. She snuggled a little closer to me under the blanket covering us and added, "I want a re...
2020-04-19 18:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post