The proto-space version of Makassar was overrun with rainforest growth, the sky filled with volcanic ash. Four humanoid dinosaur hybrids were moving through the city, the gold-rank King in the lead...
2020-12-15 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJust a reminder: this is the final week of chapters for 2020. The normal schedule will resume the week after New Year's Day. That will be Tuesday the 5th of January in Australia, my time, and Monda...
2020-12-14 22:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostOne proto-space had already disgorged its monstrous contents onto the city of Makassar. A second one, with even stronger magic, was on the verge of doing the same. This proto-space was a troubling ...
2020-12-14 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs the plane flew north over Queensland, Asya looked to where Jason was sitting on the floor, meditating, as he had been since reaching cruising altitude. Akari stepped up next to her.
“I k...
2020-12-11 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEmi and Akari had arrived together in the main thoroughfare of the village, where Jason and Erika were speaking with one of the reporters. Akari was the one due to be interviewed, but the reporter ...
2020-12-10 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I know Broken Hill must have been rough,” Ketevan said, meeting Jason in her office.
“Not as rough as it was for the people who lived there,” Jason said.
“Even so, I understa...
2020-12-09 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAkari led Jason and Dawn into the clifftop house. What was remarkable about Asano Village's clifftop homes was that most of their space was underground, dug into solid rock. The underground portion...
2020-12-08 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Really?" Dawn asked. Shade's motorcycle form made almost no noise but with the rush of air, she spoke loudly.
"What?" Jason asked back.
"You have a portal power."
"Which I might ...
2020-12-07 22:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn the Sydney branch’s media operations centre, Terrance was going through the footage Jason had stolen from the EOA at Broken Hill again, discussing it with his publicity staff.
“The key...
2020-12-04 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSmoke rose from smouldering buildings into an orange sunset over Broken Hill.
“Shade,” Jason said quietly as he looked over at the EOA media team. “Please find an ordinary handgun and d...
2020-12-03 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLauren Chamley and her family hunkered in the bathroom of their house, fearfully checking through the windows from time to time. Crammed in with them was another family, monster wave refugees that ...
2020-12-02 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the best-known locations in the Australian outback, Broken Hill was a carefully chosen target. Its rich history and iconic desert landscapes had woven it into the fabric of Australia...
2020-12-01 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe residents of Asano Village spilled out of the hall into the blessed sunshine, freed from Jason’s domineering aura and the unnatural darkness they had been plunged into. Even though the darkne...
2020-11-30 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAkari watched in horror as the leeches crawled off the dried-out remains of what had been, a short while ago, a very intimidating monster. The leeches formed a pile from which a bloody rag shot out...
2020-11-27 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostStrategy meetings to develop effective responses to the monster waves were taking place all over the world. At one such meeting in Sydney, Network and military personnel were discussing the respons...
2020-11-26 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn a busy Sydney street, people backed off as an archway filled with darkness rose up in the middle of the footpath. Some quick thinkers immediately pulled out their phones, so when, after a few mo...
2020-11-25 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“We’ve got her in the guest wing of the main house,” Emi said.
“There’s a guest wing?” Jason asked.
“It’s better than the holding cells, plus only Farrah would be able t...
2020-11-24 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere will be a two week hiatus covering the Christmas/new year period. The final chapter for the year will go out on Friday, December 18 (USA time) and the first chapter of the new year will be Mo...
2020-11-23 22:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostJeremy Westin was surprised to find a freshly-sealed road leading all the way into the isolated bushland area. He followed it to a gate in a chain wire fence, where a sign marked further progress a...
2020-11-23 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"…brother of celebrity chef Erika Asano, shown here actually appeared on his sister’s cooking program. He was declared legally dead for a year and a half after an explosion in his apartment bui...
2020-11-20 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sure Uncle Jason will be here soon,” Erika said to her sullen daughter.
“I don’t see what the big deal is,” Emi’s friend Ruby said. “You’re always talking about your un...
2020-11-19 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Chloe, it’s good to hear from you,” Jason said as the video chat opened. “How’ve you been?”
“I’ve been staying with my sister,” she said. “It’s been nice but I am incre...
2020-11-18 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostKaito had been supplied with a variety of awakening stones loaded towards producing useful compliments to his main power. Koen Waters had seen potential in Kaito’s abilities and had the Network r...
2020-11-17 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostJason, Farrah, Emi, Ken and Hiro were standing on the thoroughfare of what Jason had started thinking of as Asano Town. He was about to open a portal to Casselton Beach when Farrah’s phone bleepe...
2020-11-16 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s definitely sabotage,” Farrah said. “The Network is convinced that the EOA is behind it and I have no reason to doubt them. They know the local politics a lot better than me.”
...
2020-11-13 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Do have any idea of the disarray you’ve thrown my life into?” Chloe asked.
Outside of her hazmat suit, she had plain, blockish features and light clothes for the Moroccan heat. She was...
2020-11-12 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“…spokespersons from Médecins Sans Frontières and the World Health Organisation have both dismissed claims of miracle healing, stating that the success in containing the outbreak is due to ex...
2020-11-11 22:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostJason walked down the single street of the dilapidated, West African township. Buildings of clay brick and rusted, corrugated iron were silent and the streets empty. The only people he could see we...
2020-11-10 22:02:03 +0000 UTC View PostResonating-force damage excelled against rigid structures, so Gordon’s beam made short work of the collapsed girder, reveal the narrow hole underneath. Jason could easily see through the darkness...
2020-11-09 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJason had satisfied himself that his newly refined aura control techniques were adequate. It was now time for a test, which was something Vermillion had devised. That had brought Jason, Vermillion ...
2020-11-06 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post