Yuriko didn’t know what to think.
The attendant gasped when she dropped the crystal screen, though reined himself in when it proved tougher than it looked. Yuriko noticed his reaction out o...
2021-02-22 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFrom a small tube, Heron carefully squeezed out a dollop of paint onto his palette. He only needed a little bit of blue for his painting, though he could always scrape the remainder to use in other...
2021-02-15 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMarron was sweating profusely despite the cool air inside the Watchtower. The conference chamber was filled with men and women so far above him in rank that should they sneeze, he was expected to p...
2021-02-15 13:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Yuriko was up bright and early. Last night’s meditation session wasn’t fruitful at all. Most of the Animus she channeled into her Facet went into the Golden Silhouette demonst...
2021-02-15 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Where are we going now?” Krystal asked idly. Occupied with her thoughts, Yuriko started and nearly dropped Fri’Avgi, though she tightened her grip on the cross-guard. Krystal gaped at her. ...
2021-02-15 13:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post“What happened here?” Yuriko asked incredulously while the two of them stood on the sidewalk and stared at the ruins of the Old Sweet Shoppe’s al fresco dining area. The little wooden fence a...
2021-02-15 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter one complete cycle of Strengthen Physique, the strands of Yuriko’s Animus moved out of control. At first, it didn’t feel too strange or alarming as it had done the same thing the first ti...
2021-02-08 15:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Yuriko most of the evening to convince the attendant in the Temple’s infirmary to let her go home. She didn’t feel weak or infirm and she certainly wasn’t wounded. Other than having a...
2021-02-08 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe room was small, barely ventilated, and poorly lit. Lukas’ Animus and a small candle were the only things giving any sort of illumination. Sweat and the stuffy stench of the late afternoon clu...
2021-02-08 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostColin Gael Foster drew a deep breath from his pipe. The aromatic smoke curled around his mouth, tickling his palate, and flooded into his lungs. He felt his Animus stir in his core, flooding into h...
2021-02-08 13:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe winds howled while the skies shattered. Multihued streams of Chaos scoured the waypoint, eroding hills and stone to dust. But the resulting tumult stopped dead as soon as it encountered a spher...
2021-02-08 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWith yesterday's set, Book 1 has officially come to a close!
We're doing the initial polishing for Book 2--yes, Book 2!--now and expect that the releases will continue as before. They're goin...
2021-02-02 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAside from the fact that her brothers acted like headless chickens and Mikel blushing just as brightly red as she did, Yuriko was quite thankful that Krystal was in the room with her. Her childhood...
2021-02-01 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko dreamed though at times, she forgot that she was dreaming. Other times she knew she was dreaming and during those times, she wondered what in Chaos was she seeing and why she hadn’t woken ...
2021-02-01 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostBraden did not expect to ever open his eyes so he was very much surprised, and grateful, when he did.
“You’re awake!” Orrin screeched from the bedside while Braden winced.
His hea...
2021-02-01 13:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostVirgil kept a wary eye out over the waypoint. Ever since the Chaos Lord came in with the parley cloak, no other Wyldling had appeared near them. They were still in the area, with Virgil catching a ...
2021-02-01 13:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostA tall, black-haired man who looked to be in his thirties sat in front of a desk reading a pile of reports. He glanced briefly outside his window but, seeing nothing of particular interest, he retu...
2021-02-01 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral emotions warred in Yuriko’s head. Shame and disappointment that no matter what she did, she couldn’t even touch her enemy. Anger and frustration, Chaos be damned, she already had an art...
2021-01-25 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment the Hunter struck Braden, Orrin felt it. He staggered and fell to his knees, face pale and eyes bloodshot. He could feel his Animus draining out of him into a conduit to his bro...
2021-01-25 13:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostTo say that Braden was surprised when they were suddenly confronted by a Chaos Lord was quite untrue. He had been expecting the worst ever since the entire ordeal happened and having another encoun...
2021-01-25 13:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning found Yuriko already working on a set of exercises to get used to wielding Fri’Avgi. She contained herself within a circle drawn on the dirt a couple of paces wide performed each...
2021-01-25 13:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostFri’Avgi.
That was the name of the weapon, the Anima Telum that Yuriko held. Knowledge flowed into her head, most of it incomprehensible, though she caught a few words every now and then. E...
2021-01-25 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBraden rubbed his eyes and suppressed a yawn. He was on the branches of a tree, along with Zeyn and Millie, keeping a midnight watch. What that would do against the forces arrayed against them, he ...
2021-01-19 01:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn't take long for Orrin and Krystal to harvest the Hunter's Chaos shards. There were a couple of them, one in the chest where its heart was and the other was in its guts. A total of ten HiJin...
2021-01-19 01:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Oof! What the! Yuri?” Krystal managed to crawl out of her bedroll despite Yuriko’s deadweight. “What happened?”
“Ugh. Animus depletion,” Yuriko managed to say. “Need...
2021-01-19 01:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko sighed while the boys and Krystal argued over the Avos’ quest. Krystal was completely sceptical about the entire matter while Orrin was all for it. Mikel didn’t really know what...
2021-01-18 01:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe giant boar sniffed, the air moving in a torrent that whipped at Yuriko's hair, and exhaled a breath that almost blew her off her feet.
"No," the creature rumbled, it's bass tone caused a ...
2021-01-18 01:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostYuriko and Orrin followed the trail of broken trees. The blue bloodstains on the fallen trunks were the only evidence of dead swarmlings but the broken lumber extended out for a few dozen paces bey...
2021-01-18 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you crazy?” Krystal hissed at Yuriko who was busy looking at how far the shallow trench reached.
It was clear to her that this was nothing natural, considering that several trees alo...
2021-01-15 01:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostOrrin was whistling tunelessly when Yuriko and Krystal returned to their campsite. Mikel was stirring the pot, his undivided focus honed in on every bubble that rose out of the stew. Heron was in a...
2021-01-15 01:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post