One thought made Yuriko hesitate just before the blood warrior attacked. Her Radiant reserves were full. Damien hadn’t spoken at all since the first time they got here: something had forced him d...
2022-01-03 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah!”
No sooner had the skies turned red, and the ground changed to a bloody cast, that Tiernan suddenly crumpled into a heap, clutching at his belly.
Yuriko whirled and leapt to hi...
2021-12-27 13:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post“We’ve lost three ordinary sailors, one of our cadet officers, and of course, our bounty,” Lauretta felt bile rising up her throat. “Chief Runeer Davar claims that the bounty is still alive...
2021-12-27 13:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe landscape remained a monotonous grey and they walked for hours on end with nary a change. Yuriko repressed a yawn, paying half a mind to Reinhardt’s prattling.
The young prince seemed t...
2021-12-27 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostReinhardt was smitten. He knew it as soon as he saw her and even his mind partition technique, something that all royals of Isger must learn, didn’t help. He also knew that his attraction to her ...
2021-12-20 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostNow that they were no longer in the midst of battle, details that Yuriko ignored came to the surface. The bloodied man, the other male warrior, and the woman warrior wore some sort of hard leather ...
2021-12-20 13:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostDeep within the grey stone, something shifted. Something awoke. Water. Life.
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Yuriko woke up a tiny bit earlier than she intended to, feeling a burst of trepidation. Her mind g...
2021-12-20 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Leaving so soon?” Levain asked while she brushed her short-cropped hair with her long slender fingers.
“I’m afraid so,” Yuriko said easily. “We’ve a long journey ahead, and I...
2021-12-13 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko took a swallow of water from her condenser canister, frowning as she noted how little it refilled. Barely a notch, a single mouthful. Her throat felt parched and the air was particularly dry...
2021-12-13 13:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe town of Euphoril was shaped like a quarter circle, with the walls and entrance at the curve, while near the narrow end, covering it entirely actually, was the ‘root’ of the Holy One. At lea...
2021-12-13 13:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko blinked in confusion. A mountain just appeared out of thin air, and from the looks of it, she wasn’t even sure how high it was. Clouds obscured the slope near the summit, and for all she k...
2021-12-13 13:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post“We don’t have to go that way,” Tiernan insisted. “The Horizon’s that way.”
The silhouette they saw was nearly three hundred paces away, but according to his reckoning, heading in...
2021-12-13 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick reminder to everyone that we'll be going on our holiday break beginning next week!
It won't be a complete silence, but chapter posting will be at 3 per week from the weeks of Dec...
2021-12-13 12:50:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe shape of her core had changed.
Yuriko grimaced. How?
Well, it was pretty obvious, now that she thought about it. The Radiant energy and the copious amount of Chaos she absorbed. No ...
2021-12-06 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe next thing Yuriko knew was that the wall she had been leaning on suddenly blew inwards. Splinters slammed into her skin, some pierced while most of the others bounced off. Even the ones that pe...
2021-12-06 13:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Dive into the Chaos Sea!” Captain Lauretta Mitchell yelled, even though she knew that Marcus Sommel, her First Mate and Pilot, didn’t need her prodding. His judgement was as sound as hers, a...
2021-12-06 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko looked down at the body at her feet. It was more or less human, if she could consider someone that had thick bark for skin and resinous sap for blood as someone still human anyway.
Ril...
2021-12-06 13:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, Yuriko thought that the gigantic Chaos Dweller would be done in by the Plasma Carronade. It was within the firing angle of the left side of the ship after all. And the thing moved slu...
2021-12-06 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe feel of the Plasma Caster in her hand was both familiar and strange. It’s been several weeks, more than a Season, now that she thought about it, and two planes ago. Yuriko’s hand trembled a...
2021-11-29 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChaos seeped through the cracks in the Protective Sphere, like smoke drifting from the flame. Or perhaps more like fog rolling in from the river. Yuriko didn’t know what to do.
The sailors ...
2021-11-29 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the Ebon Horizon looked much like a sailing ship, but without the sails, masts, and rudders, the three Chaos ships a couple of longstrides ahead couldn’t be more different. Even to each oth...
2021-11-29 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko expected the Chaos Channel to be situated near or even inside a city or town, but the one they emerged from was empty. There didn’t look to be any roads or settlements within easy sight, w...
2021-11-29 13:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post‘The streams of Chaos are really colourful,’ Yuriko thought as she stood on the upper deck of the Ebon Horizon. Days of being cooped up in her room, with little to do other than meditate, had t...
2021-11-29 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Imperial Palace in Realmheart wasn’t so much a single structure or even a city block. No, it was an entire city by itself, spanning seventeen leagues at its widest. Sadeen once thought that t...
2021-11-22 14:49:41 +0000 UTC View Post“Your Excellency, a human by the name of Yuriko Mishala Davar seeks an audience.”
Gonir looked up from his canvas, a large piece as wide as he was tall. He had just finished the prelimina...
2021-11-22 14:07:44 +0000 UTC View PostLauretta Mitchell slumped into her chair once the girl left. No, the monster pretending to be a girl, left. She shouldn’t have played games but she couldn’t help herself.
“Caught up wit...
2021-11-22 13:54:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Realmheart?”
The Captain and her officer were already on their way to the stern, towards the ship’s command center, she thought. Before she could follow, she was distracted by the crew...
2021-11-22 13:41:31 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Yuriko woke up, her aunt and Riley were already up. Layla cooked breakfast, the rather familiar Imperial Ration Stew. This time, the woman added a packet of spices and the scent made her mouth...
2021-11-22 13:17:13 +0000 UTC View PostIn a numb haze, Yuriko walked towards the wounded. Out of habit, she used her Enhanced Sight and surveyed the field. The air smelled of ashes, burning meat, and charred clothing. There were other u...
2021-11-15 14:01:22 +0000 UTC View Post