"I'm sooo pooped…" whined a certain Celestial girl as she fell onto the bed like a sack of potatoes.
"Tell me about it," his boyfriend muttered with overplayed trepidation as he removed his...
2023-09-29 14:24:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe home of Lord Amadeus Endymonion of Timaeus was pretty big. Not nearly as humongous or lavish as the Dracis estate, but to be fair, few private buildings were. Nevertheless, it still had its fai...
2023-09-25 16:39:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe life of a Praetorian Guard wasn't glamorous. As the honour guards of a certain Second T...
2023-09-22 21:40:02 +0000 UTC View PostI had to say, at the risk of sounding clichéd, that the next two days flew by in the blink of an eye. Between the preparations to take Angie on her Grand Elysium Tour (not my title for the event; ...
2023-09-22 15:41:34 +0000 UTC View Post"Aaah! I'm burning! I'm gonna die!"
Sighing, I turned to the girl lying on her belly on the bed. She had her head buried into a pillow, and her muffled cries were barely legible under all the...
2023-09-18 19:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, life was unpredictable.
…
That was about as banal as a truism could get, wasn't it? Let's try again.
Sometimes, life was like a housecat. Generally agreeable, but the...
2023-09-17 17:21:17 +0000 UTC View Post"So you do have bottled water…"
Angie's whispers turned a few heads in the hallway, though even more eyes were drawn to the supremely smug woman grinning by our side. She was the v...
2023-09-15 14:43:39 +0000 UTC View PostAfter what, to the unaffiliated eye, appeared to be a very intense round-robin-style Celestial roshambo tournament (pretty much the same rules, but with different finger gestures), it was decided t...
2023-09-13 13:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear readers.
Long story short, I ran into some technical difficulties. I decided to upgrade my PC a little (namely the CPU and the memory), and it caused me quite some headache. Just...
As our tour of the settlement came to an unceremonious end, we relaxedly made our way back to the tower at the head of our unnecessarily large processions of guards. I rationally knew why they thou...
2023-09-08 18:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post"Ah! Welcome home, Mister Raol!"
The skeleton froze momentarily, just as he was about to step through the threshold of the familiar cottage in the woods.<...
2023-09-07 17:31:44 +0000 UTC View Post"This is insanity!"
For the sake of punctuation, the bespectacled chief director slammed his fist on the table. The sound of the impact echoed impotently in the familiar meeting room, and the...
2023-09-04 15:58:28 +0000 UTC View Post"Uaaah! Look, Josh! Look! It's so pretty!"
Josh followed the direction Angie was pointing with her arm fully extended, and let out an ambivalent grunt.
"It's… something, all right," h...
2023-09-01 18:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostGazing through the large windows in front of me, I watched the sun slowly rise above the horizon of the Elysium. It wasn't just the beginning of a new day, but a new month as well. If I wanted to b...
2023-08-28 10:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostI'd had many hectic days in the past, but this one was easily in the top three. I had to fight a stupid off-brand Chimera, rescue Josh and Angie, the latter turned out to be the reincarnation of th...
2023-08-25 14:53:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe air in the living room of my Celestial suite felt heavy. Borderline suffocating. Just not for me.
Despite her initial bravado, Director Savir's demeanour went through a radical shift once...
2023-08-22 16:23:48 +0000 UTC View PostMy mind was still a mess by the time I returned to my quarters, using the tried and true 'Phase out of the elevator' method to speed things up and to avoid any prying eyes. Since I had Josh in the ...
2023-08-18 15:07:24 +0000 UTC View Post"… Goddamit, man! Couldn't you do that without giving me a heart attack!?" the guy griped the moment I took my hand off his mouth.
"Just answer the question," I urged him, and after circlin...
2023-08-14 14:59:26 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, it took well over two days for Raol to gain access to the town library of New Reedcourt. The process was much mor...
2023-08-11 16:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post"This is insanity!" Director Mensah hissed, holding his head in his hands, much to his co-conspirators' annoyance. "That was an antique, second-generation Colossus, in mint condition!"
"Don't...
2023-08-11 15:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostSo, first things first, let's assess the current situation.
My honour guard fell back, as instructed, and formed a perimeter that enclosed me and this Colossus thing. According to Mike's fath...
2023-08-11 15:31:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe tension in the overlook was… nowhere to be found.
I mean, was that it? Really?
My eyes narrowed on their own as I scrutinized Director Savir's face, but her expression re...
2023-08-07 18:53:35 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the very ominous super-secret conspiracy of the Celestial top brass brewing in the background, the next couple of days were fairly uneventful. While I would've liked to uproot them ASAP, th...
2023-08-05 19:10:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe turmoil on the island, caused by my initial disappearance, calmed down remarkably fast once I revealed myself to my inner circle about a week ago. Over time, things returned to business as usua...
2023-08-02 17:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm really not cut out for this…"
My silent grumbles were hidden under the noise of the door to my quarters opening, and as soon as I stepped through, I could hear a shuffling noise. Glanc...
2023-07-31 16:21:51 +0000 UTC View Post"So, you created a scene, scared everyone, and threatened five arch-mages of the Assembly into submission. At the same time," Judy nonchalantly noted while resting her head in my lap.
After t...
2023-07-28 15:32:39 +0000 UTC View Post"As you can tell, I'm perfectly fine," my holographic display version explained, followed by a sigh. "I originally wished to let you know in a more controlled manner, but thanks to a certain so...
2023-07-24 17:12:09 +0000 UTC View PostOver the last couple of months, I've developed a deep and profound respect for stage magicians.
It was an impressive art form, and on this point, I believe most would readily agree with me. Y...
2023-07-21 13:53:30 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how I looked at it, our makeshift dungeon was living up to its namesake quite admirably. The air of the chamber was stale and smelling faintly of urine, thanks to the authentic wooden buc...
2023-07-18 15:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostI often liked to use the proverb, ‘The more things change, the more they stay the same’. It’s short, snappy, and adequately profound, and served me until this day… but I had a feeling its t...
2023-07-16 12:35:55 +0000 UTC View Post