Chapter 48: Running Out of Time
Here we go again.
“This part of the System is strange,” Merril said as he took stock of everything, finally watching the giant cards as they slowly rotated around the platform. 2023-07-24 22:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 47: Keeping Falseness Foremost
Estara and the other medic rushed to the fallen man, as the priestess whispered, “I can heal a bit with a spell.” She hovered her hand over his ruined leg and a glow surrounded it, staunching t...
2023-07-23 22:38:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46: To Dance With Devils
Sammy had no words for what she saw, so she once more sent imagery to Carlisle and her other Followers, emphasizing the marchioness in the cage. As their shock and alarm fired back and information ...
2023-07-22 23:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45: Down Where Quests Lie
The journey into the cave was soon underway. It was an exceptionally unassuming hole in a rocky break from the general dominance of the forest, and it would be hidden and missed unless stumbled dir...
2023-07-21 03:02:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44: Riding Through the Thick of It
The first thing Sammy thought about was Redberry, but any query was ignored, even when she expressed urgency. The nature goddess was just flat-out busy or uninterested, Sammy wasn’t sure. Probabl...
2023-07-21 02:59:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43: Lift Her Up When She's Fallen
Sammy peeked in the mirror as a very lightly-dressed Azure was finishing the last of packing things up into bags. Presumably, more of her things would be crammed into other boxes or crates as there...
2023-07-21 02:54:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42: Let's See These Spells, Hotshot
Before Sammy conferred with Carlisle about the coming forest excursion (and he had been very prepared for a nighttime raid, with tons of sentries around a camp on a hill), Bast woke up unc...
2023-07-21 02:47:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41: The Birth of a Relic
I gotta be missing something here. Or he’s just a cocky dumbass. He’s not supposed to be high level according to Redberry…
Two soldiers were dragging a beaten-looking, half-unc...
2023-07-21 02:43:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40: Shameless Acquisition
Pesky arcane secrets, always requiring research and mentors! Wish I could just pretend to fireblast some imaginary trees and learn how to do the real thing eventually. Wouldn’t that be more f...
2023-07-21 02:20:59 +0000 UTC View PostTarot Deck [Resplendent Champion] or [Deific Ally] Tier Patron Claim
First come, first served! Please let me know — publicly, publicly here if possible! If you don't want one, well, no worries, I understand. Your favorit...
2023-07-20 17:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39: F Wizards
“Thank you, Your Majesty! I couldn’t be happier to serve you. I will dedicate my life to this and make you proud.” Estara moved up to the mirror and placed her palm on it.
Smiling, Samm...
2023-07-20 16:32:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38: The Perfect Remembrance
Samantha… Sammy… felt a little odd after tapping into whatever she had tapped into. Surreal. It was something alien and comforting mixed together. Divinity and humanity warring within,...
2023-07-19 06:49:10 +0000 UTC View PostAddendum: Various Documents by CH 37
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The Precepts of Samantha
In the truth and light of the Goddess Samantha, whom the truth-seeking and dream-m...
2023-07-19 06:47:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37: The Five Precepts
Lord Carlisle was somewhat surprised by the news about Estara. “That slip of a girl is really coming up in the world. Very well. And is that… the same as Mystagogue, Your Majesty?” 2023-07-19 06:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 36: Chasing Carrots
Sammy split the time her Followers’ sleep periods allowed between runebook cramming and deliberating about ranks and precepts. Not only did she want ranks in the cult to play with — and needed ...
2023-07-19 06:39:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: To Entertain a Masquerade
Immediately, Samantha felt it.
Felt an intrinsic change within her, from the domain access, from an aspect and concept of reality opening up, from the link through the class surging up, drawi...
2023-07-19 06:34:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34: Will the Tenth Be Illusive?
With Tashome staring expectantly at the mirror face of the staff, Sammy wasn’t inclined to disappoint. His instant acceptance of her was far too appealing and intriguing.
Samantha spoke wit...
2023-07-19 06:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: Charmed, I'm Sure
With all but one of her Followers in the midst of some form of travel, Sammy checked in on Bast and found him to be in some measure of distress. She tracked a nearby mirror, one she’d not yet acc...
2023-07-19 06:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32: A Great Quest Begins
Lord Carlisle touched the mirror and recited the words with cold, firm stoicism. He meant them like a man who’d decided an oath and took them deathly serious, but certainly not from passion.
<... 2023-07-19 06:10:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31: The Worthy Will Rise, or Something
Her Followers other than Estara and Azure were asleep, Azure probably close to it, but she didn’t seem to need as much sleep as others, while she had also been napping during the day.
Sammy...
2023-07-19 06:04:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30: The Question of Letting Go
As she expected, as soon as that loud sound blared, all of the other frogmen hastily departed, often from unshuttered windows, leaving the great house burning in twenty different spots and superfic...
2023-07-19 05:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29: Cult of Personality
After her short-lived, extremely heroic maniacal laughter, Sammy switched over to Orswyth, who was just settling down in his personal tent. She was vaguely aware that the men had put it up for him,...
2023-07-19 05:51:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28: Dangerous Levels of Cuteness
With nothing else pressing, Sammy hit up the runebook she’d been working on, of which she was on number five. She finished it what she thought was very slightly faster than the last. Meanwhile, s...
2023-07-19 05:49:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27: Is This Guy for Real?
Sir Galynth’s face only beamed more under the effects of her REX buff’s peaceful and blissful feelings. “It is like the tale of the Maiden on the Lost Waters,” he said breathlessly, “who ...
2023-07-19 05:47:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26: The Planting of a Staff
Sammy immediately connected to Orswyth’s mind via the prayer vector, projecting an image of her simply being there with him, as best she could. Just so her presence was felt. “Orswyth! Can ...
2023-07-19 05:46:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25: Managing Their Paths
Sammy spent the morning doing a bit of flitting around, micromanaging things among her Followers. Basic checking in, making sure their REX made sense, adjusting if necessary, and helping them throu...
2023-07-19 05:41:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24: Not So Heavenly Matters
To Sammy’s exclamation, Dax had a small, gremlin-like smile and said, “Well, his morning kitty breath could kill an ox in two seconds fla-”
“Shut the hell up, you crude imbecile!” M...
2023-07-19 05:24:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23: Her Majesty's Chameleon
1 FE gained due to user belief/acknowledgment. Note: not yet a Follower.
Azure squeezed her eyes shut, head bowing downward, crying and overcome with emotion for the...
2023-07-19 05:22:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22: A Concubine Beyond Her Confines
The ball in the mansion was fit to go well into the night and early morning, though by appearances most exciting festivities other than private ones had ceased. It was all drinking and chatter that...
2023-07-19 05:20:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21: Bringing Out the Big Guns
1 FE (Mirrors, Illusion) obtained from worship. Converted to Illusion FE.
1 FE (Mirrors, Illusion) obtained from worship. Converted to Illusion FE. 2023-07-19 05:19:10 +0000 UTC View Post