Wise men say, time heals all wounds. Whether that applied to the ones left on the face of a ghost or not was, until recently, little more than a q...
2023-12-07 19:49:41 +0000 UTC View Post"Aw, man! This is going to be much harder than I thought…"
While the unusually lethargic Celestial girl at the other end of the cafeteria's table made it sound like she was talking to herse...
2023-12-04 19:04:50 +0000 UTC View PostLife had a way to dissipate tension. Just the other day, I was freaking out over being bitten by a space-whatever, and yet once the initial shock passed, I quickly found myself drowning in other is...
2023-12-01 19:03:24 +0000 UTC View Post(Author's Note: For context, check my comment under the extra chapter posted before this one. TL;DR: The Hot Springs Arc is now it's own volume, and this epilogue slots in betw... 2023-11-30 13:13:25 +0000 UTC View Post
As it was already established in the past, despite its ominous name, being inhabited by definitely-not-demons, and ostensibly being a prison island of sorts, the Abyss was considerably les...
2023-11-30 12:46:33 +0000 UTC View PostGetting out of my girlfriends' post-coital embrace was a little tricky, as usual. In the past, I tried just Phasing out of the bed, but my weight suddenly disappearing from the mattress made it bou...
2023-11-27 17:55:55 +0000 UTC View Post"I tell you, boss, there's nothing wrong with you."
I levelled a skeptical stare at Fred and flatly uttered, "Check again."
"We already checked three times!" he exclaimed and waved a cl...
2023-11-24 14:18:05 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear readers.
As I mentioned in the comment under the latest update, thanks to a friend of mine, we finally hammered together that Discord server that I floated... I don't even know ho...
2023-11-20 17:05:57 +0000 UTC View Post"Seriously… Why does everyone have to be related to someone?"
There was a short beat hanging in the air at the dinner table, and after Judy finished swallowing, she nonchalan...
2023-11-20 16:41:20 +0000 UTC View PostJust a single day spent in school, and somehow my life started to feel normal again. Going to school with my friends, attending classes, eating unreasonably scrumptious meals at the cafeteria, and ...
2023-11-17 17:38:55 +0000 UTC View Post"Pardon the intrusion."
I spoke on auto-pilot as I entered the nurse's office on the ground floor, without even bothering to knock beforehand.
"Oh. It's you, Lord… I mean, Leonard Dun...
2023-11-13 15:43:11 +0000 UTC View PostStepping into the gymnasium, we were hit by a wall of noise, like a wave at the seashore washing over a sandcastle. In front of our eyes, hundreds of placeholder students were idling on the basketb...
2023-11-10 16:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear readers.
Just a small heads-up: I alluded to the whole family being sick, except me. I said it was only a question of time until it was my turn, but then everyone recovered, and I...
2023-11-05 16:33:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt was time for that feeling again.
I have encountered this situation a couple of times before, when, after a particularly tumultuous period, returning to mundane, everyday life sudd...
2023-11-03 17:52:34 +0000 UTC View PostNights were, for the longest time, struck fear in the hearts of the people of Eksilva. The darkness was the home of many a creature best not encountered, be they comm...
2023-11-02 18:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe ground floor turned rather lively by the time I walked down the stairs.
"Brother!" a lively voice greeted me the moment I arrived, and Penny beamed at me from the entrance-way, only for h...
2023-10-30 15:21:18 +0000 UTC View Post"This is sooo exciting!"
Elkayla's enthusiastic voice was carried far and wide in the eerily silent night forest, though ther...
2023-10-28 15:49:30 +0000 UTC View Post"No. You do not need to stay at my house."
I spoke on no uncertain terms, yet Jaakobah remained annoyingly insistent. We were currently standing at the crossroad leading to my neighbourhood, ...
2023-10-27 13:11:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Come on, man! Can't we do this tomorrow?"
I turned a sideways glance at my moaning friend and sharply shook my head.
"This takes priority, so sit tight, and wait for your turn."
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2023-10-23 16:30:13 +0000 UTC View PostI might have been just a touch too cheeky back there.
I said I would lead the way, but it's been a while since I've been in this ballroom, and only once at that, so tried as I might, I couldn...
2023-10-20 16:59:21 +0000 UTC View PostAs far as fancy dinner parties were concerned, this was…
Wait. It was still in the morning, so was it more of a 'breakfast party'? Was that even a thing? It didn't really matter either way,...
2023-10-19 13:52:33 +0000 UTC View PostInsomnia is annoying. Couldn't sleep. The night was long. So I made some stuff. Enjoy.
First off,...
2023-10-17 06:06:53 +0000 UTC View Post"Sir! With all due respect, sir, as your guards, we should be the ones to lead the charge and secure the perimeter before you return to the—"
"For the last time: there won't be any charge,"...
2023-10-16 20:22:23 +0000 UTC View Post"No, Leo. No. Arson is bad."
Suppressing the urge to roll my eyes, I forced a smile onto my face.
"It's just a joke, princess. A joke."
For emphasis, I tried to hug her, but she h...
2023-10-13 15:36:52 +0000 UTC View PostI promised some AI generated character portraits, but damn, I didn't expect that it would be such a pain in the neck.
In short, the problem is that, since the algoritm of NovelAI is trained o...
2023-10-12 15:59:30 +0000 UTC View Post"Mister Raol! Over here!"
Following the young hermitess's voice, the skeleton morosely climbed to the top of the wooded hill. While they weren't expectin...
2023-10-12 15:06:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhat I originally intended to be little more than a quick status check ended up being way more of a pain in the neck than planned. As it turned out, putting together a big science project wasn't si...
2023-10-06 18:05:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear readers.
So, my PC died this morning. So much for ramping things up, eh?
By the looks of it, the PSU shed its mortal coils, and hopefully it didn't take any of the other com...
2023-10-04 07:52:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe human mind is such a curious thing. It's been less than a month since I've been home the last time. Much less so if we count the times when I only flung my disembodied point of view here. Yet, ...
2023-10-03 15:37:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear readers.
Just a small heads-up. After a pretty hectic weekend (long story, don't ask), I have crashed hard, and woke up two in the afternoon today. I'm still groggy and out of it ...
2023-10-02 14:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post