With a sickening crack, Lament’s tip broke through the beast’s skull and continued on into the brain shielded beneath. The monster squirmed and squealed as the final vestiges of its life left i...
2022-04-11 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“So, uh… can you… speak?” Brock’s voice echoed through the desert, the landscape shaded by the rustling canopy high overhead and the breeze uncomfortably warm on his skin.
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2022-04-08 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAll around, in every direction, she could see rubble and corpses. She could hear the sobs of the fearful and the cries of the wounded carried along the air, cutting through the dust floating in the...
2022-04-06 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBirds chirped. Leaves rustled. The sounds of the fauna intertwined with that of flora and created a choir of nature, disrupted only by the noise of Mio’s footfalls on loam. In silence, her eyes t...
2022-04-04 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt was only his third time in New Paris, yet Brock found himself becoming increasingly familiar with the winding streets of the city. Compared to his first visit however, many buildings were in far...
2022-04-01 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostCoughing up a thick glob of gunk, Fon groaned, and her weighted eyelids inched open. Her body felt better than it ever had before, refined and boundless with energy. Her muscles felt sinuous and sm...
2022-03-30 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBolo Maghreb clicked his tongue as the transport truck rumbled toward the horizon and into obscurity. With his enhanced eyesight, he could see the man lying atop it with perfect clarity. Of course,...
2022-03-28 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“This is fucking insane.”
Brock crouched low, his form hidden by the edge of the rocky outcropping he was stationed upon. The sun shone high in the sky, and not a single cloud do...
2022-03-25 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe shadows rippled and Brock rose up alongside Mio. The sun shone high in the sky, portraying signs of midday. The air was crisp and warm, and among the walled off horizon of New Paris, Brock reco...
2022-03-23 10:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostYawning, James kicked the sheets off him and took a moment to savour the chill morning breeze. His skin tingled, and he furrowed his brows as he wiped the sleep from his eyes. It hadn’t been a co...
2022-03-21 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs Brock sighed, shadows rose up to consume the two of them. Silently, he sheathed Lament and considered the ensuing chat he was about to have with his elder sister. There wasn’t really much that...
2022-03-18 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBrock stood atop the tallest building in Meiyo, gazing down upon the city’s residents as they went about their days, laughing and enjoying the new life they’d found here. The breeze lapped agai...
2022-03-16 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHis meeting with Hiroto was unfortunately unfruitful. While the man had indeed heard of many reports of Tyrants - and even rare cases of Alphas - appearing across the continent, he had nothing on t...
2022-03-14 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBrock stared up to the ceiling and sunk into his hospital bed a little further. Three months. Three. That was all he had left until he died, and even then, it was only an estimate. According to the...
2022-03-11 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe crowd fell dead silent as the sound of fist on face echoed outward and Asahi shot backwards. His body skipped over the sand like a pebble on water, again and again and again before finally skid...
2022-03-09 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBrock’s gaze was clouded as he walked. Amongst the bustle of the streets, he silently considered what Donte had relayed to him. The information on enchanting was… somewhat illuminating. Brock d...
2022-03-07 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBrock couldn’t help but be wary of every shadow he saw as he trotted back to the hospital. Sure, none of them seemed to have aura flowing up out of them, but he was still paranoid, nonetheless. I...
2022-03-04 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEntirely random, but it was my birthday yesterday!
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The voice was familiar. One deep and marred by age. Hiroto.
As time seemed to slow for him, Brock’s eyes flickered...
2022-03-02 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJane cracked a small grin, and Brock gave her the finger. Slowly, he felt his racing heartrate calm and his stress peter out. He had dreaded this reunion for so long, though he assumed it had slipp...
2022-02-28 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe eerie silence that bathed the hallway certainly didn’t help his nerves. He knew exactly where Jane’s room was, his memory immaculate, yet he couldn’t help but take a few wrong turns along...
2022-02-25 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSleep. The blissful ignorance of nothingness. The acceptance of its null embrace. It was dark all around him, yet Brock had never felt so calm in his life. He could feel that it was time for him to...
2022-02-23 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“So,” Fon’s voice rang out beside him, and Brock glanced over, “what’d you think?”
Silently, he scratched his chin. What did he think? Briefly, several images of the chas...
2022-02-21 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFatigue and exhaustion; these two factors led to one simple result.
Populating the silence with a heaving sigh, Brock climbed the stone staircase, the weakened forms of Harry and Fon tucked u...
2022-02-17 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe sheer scale of the earthen rift made it appear far closer than it actually was. It was still only a distance of a few kilometres away from the town, but each step felt endless...
2022-02-15 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Maryanne, can you pass the ketchup?” A man, not much younger than herself, asked with a smile. She had known him for a few months now – Alex was his name – and she was fairly certain he wa...
2022-02-13 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostContrary to what he’d thought the night would be like, it was relatively warm, making the experience of sleeping in a stone shack far better than the one he had had in this town prior. For the mo...
2022-02-10 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Brock?” A small hand waved past his face, and he flinched, abruptly coming back to the real world. He glanced at Margo who was looking to him with furrowed brows and apologised. She waved away...
2022-02-08 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun rose on a new day, Brock rested in the seating of his favourite bakery, a Danish in hand and many more in his stomach. Each bite rewarded him with a burst of sweet custard, tickling his ...
2022-02-06 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFrustratingly enough, Brock was forced to wait in the waiting room to visit either of them, as currently they already had visitors, probably other warriors paying their respects, if he had to guess...
2022-02-03 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe meeting between the two men ended a little while later, with both participants appearing particularly satisfied afterwards. As Brock left Beatrice’s Bakery after bidding the woman herself a g...
2022-02-02 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post