The forest! One of the gems Eurus had given him as a gift when Albert was summoned here was a healing incantation called Prayer of the Forest. It was there, in his pocket! He just needed to reach i...
2023-05-18 19:30:34 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a thin veil of energy protecting the thick spear of stone, as well as the other impaling implements, from the effect of the Hazegem’s anti-entropic field. This was a tried-and-true meth...
2023-05-18 19:29:45 +0000 UTC View PostHe had all but given up on his hopes to make it work. But there he sat, visualizing the elven village with its large square, the fountain and the jovial atmosphere of the night before when the worl...
2023-05-18 16:34:25 +0000 UTC View PostAlbert walked under the shade of the tall fir trees with the utmost care not to make the slightest of sounds. In the distance, thanks to his enhanced senses, he could first sense and then see the g...
2023-05-18 16:33:58 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time morning came, Albert was tired but still functioning. Meditating was not like sleeping but it wasn’t very tiring either, but it wasn’t like he could ever hope to sleep after having ...
2023-05-17 15:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a small pouch in the man’s other hand. Correction: in the elf’s other hand. And inside the pouch were small stones, shiny and luminous, red, green and blue. Albert did not know what t...
2023-05-16 14:55:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe night was very productive. Working on spells with someone else meant having a second set of eyes on the task, and another creative mind at Albert’s disposal that could come up with all sorts ...
2023-05-16 14:54:56 +0000 UTC View PostWhat followed was a thorough grilling about what happened, with Marc prying every little secret from Albert’s reluctant lips. The plan had always been to rewind this particular part of the conver...
2023-05-16 14:53:47 +0000 UTC View PostAlbert thought about how to approach the subject of magic. In the end, he decided, why not have some fun with it?
“Hey,” He said, right when Marc was about to hit play and start the third...
2023-05-16 14:53:08 +0000 UTC View Post“What the fuck is this?” Samantha exclaimed, losing her cool for just a fraction of a second. “Is this PsyOps?”
“Affirmative ma’am.”
They were in the middle of one of the ...
2023-05-16 14:52:25 +0000 UTC View PostAlbert was pondering about the secrets of space and time when the doorbell rang. His mother was out, he was home alone.
Marc’s face greeted him when he opened the door.
“Yo, what ar...
2023-05-16 14:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe video window appeared in the space between Albert and the wall, hovering in the air like usual. There were, like there always were, tiny differences with how it looked compared to last time. He...
2023-05-15 13:58:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Albert finally opened his eyes, an unknown amount of time had passed, and he was suddenly thrust in the familiarity of own room. In his own house. He knew he was there before the image of the ...
2023-05-15 13:57:53 +0000 UTC View Post[Orson ‘PsyOps’ Smiths. Dangerous individual with Psionic powers, capable of manipulating mind and matter from a distance. Avoid at all costs.]
Albert’s eyes struggled ...
2023-05-15 13:56:16 +0000 UTC View PostHe was back in the car again, time passing almost unnoticed, completely drenched in icy water. The heat of the car had barely been enough to dry him a little bit, moving him past the discomfort of ...
2023-05-15 13:55:34 +0000 UTC View PostAlbert - Tryte Outskirts
The clouds loomed. As he got closer and closer to the village, Albert could see the full extent of the weather anomaly with his own eyes. It unlike anything he had ev...
2023-05-15 13:54:42 +0000 UTC View PostAlbert Grassman. Before the blast.
Have you ever watched the world go by in bullet time? Albert did, in the car, knowing that by the time he got to Tryte he would be stock-full of mana again....
2023-05-15 13:53:51 +0000 UTC View PostSamantha Cromwell. Before the blast.
The plan was foolproof. Use the containment field, retrofitted with the contents of the Cache buried under the Quadrangle, to contain the nuclear blast in...
2023-05-15 13:53:14 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday morning came and went. It was not the notable part of the day for sure. What was, instead, was the inexplicable flash of light that immediately followed the spotting of a streak in the sky....
2023-05-14 22:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday, September 23. Dead of night. Tryte.
The blinding strobing light of machine gun fire, and the deafening roar of explosions thundering in the distance mixed with and were swallowed by ...
2023-05-14 22:34:13 +0000 UTC View PostStill, it was something. Not enough to consider the quest as complete, and so he read on. Now the book mentioned that there were ways to make circuits with magic that were able to absorb the mana i...
2023-05-14 22:33:23 +0000 UTC View PostMonday afternoon – Albert.
It was post-rewind. Which meant that all the studying was done, as well as some physical training coupled with a good session of [Healing] and a nutritious meal. ...
2023-05-14 22:32:53 +0000 UTC View Post[Skill proficiency increased.]
Yesterday. Sunday, September 21. Location unknown.
The waving tail of the Scalehorn undulated under the bright noon sun, its shape partially hidden by the translucent superheated air that hov...
2023-05-13 23:32:47 +0000 UTC View PostYesterday. Sunday, September 21.
Crossing the street in [Bullet Time] had been one hell of an experience. Something that carried with it not only the adrenaline of knowing Albert was doing so...
2023-05-12 10:20:21 +0000 UTC View PostTryte – 122km from Temalas City
Monday, September 22
Samantha studied the swirling clouds with a somber expression, eyes unfocused glossing over the stream of soon-to-be rain rapidly ...
2023-05-12 10:19:46 +0000 UTC View Post“I have this idea for a spell,” Albert told Lloyd. His grandpa had been briefed on everything that happened to Albert ever since the arrival of the system and was now adamantly asking to be kep...
2023-05-12 10:16:51 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a model being prepared, by a team of scientists under the supervision of the one called SpaceOps. A model trained on the weather data that attempted to correlate the anomalous pressure di...
2023-05-12 10:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostAlbert braced himself. As soon as something was out of place, he would react with overwhelming force and leave no room for the kidnappers to take him. Even if they overpowered him, he would not mak...
2023-05-11 21:05:37 +0000 UTC View PostThere was just one way to deal with the situation. Albert needed to use [Perception] tuned onto magic to spot any residual magic from a teleportation or whatever was used to kidnap the girl. Perhap...
2023-05-11 21:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post