Jason didnÂ’t normally wear his battle robe around the city, but he was on the job. He had been assigned his first contract within the city itself and was meeting a contact at what was apparently a...
2019-09-10 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe village was located right on the water. The monster sensed a potential meal out in the open and burst from the water to scramble in the direction of Clive and Jason. It looked like a lar...
2019-09-10 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a small jetty from which they could see the village. There were several dinghies tied up, one of which had been sunk in the shallow water. A streak of dried blood was on the part j...
2019-09-09 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe common room of JasonÂ’s inn was a sprawling, luxurious space, with dining area, bar and lounge. Jason was in the lounge area with Rick Geller, who had sought him out in the early hours, ...
2019-09-09 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJason moved comfortably through the marshy woods. His feet didnÂ’t sink into water or mud, while his eyes easily pierced the darkness. Clusters of scraggly trees and other obstacles were no ...
2019-09-08 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHumphrey was returning to the family estate after completing a contract, muddy and spattered with monster blood. He was met by Phoebe, a distant cousin. Like him, she was iron rank but joine...
2019-09-08 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis should have most of the errors excised.
Two double chapter weeks abut to start! Schedule will be an additional chapter every release day, one hour before the regular chapter release.
2019-09-08 12:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostJason tugged his bowtie into shape in a large standing mirror.
“ThatÂ’s an unusual outfit,” Gary said. “A bit more snug than I like. I think the locals have it right, fashion-wise.Â...
2019-09-05 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLuckily for Jason, most of the contracts in the jobs hall were for areas close to the city. Unless the threat was urgent, those further afield were posted on each town or villageÂ’s noticebo...
2019-09-04 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJason was trying something new on his morning run to JoryÂ’s clinic. With his cloak of shadows around him, he used its ability to reduce his weight to accelerate his progress. It required ca...
2019-09-03 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Hello,” Jason said, waving at the crystal floating in front of him. “I’m not sure if, or when you’ll be seeing this, but I didn’t die, or whatever you think happened to me. You probab...
2019-09-02 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostG'day, all.
I can't express enough how grateful I am for the amazing response people have given me. This blew right through my expectations, bumped off my wildest hopes in passing and complet...
2019-09-02 21:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostJason looked at the various suits of cloth armour draped over the balcony. He had taken three with him on the field assessment, and each had come back covered in rents and tears. Gary was st...
2019-09-01 20:04:56 +0000 UTC View PostJason and the margoll faced off outside the mud-brick barn. The margollÂ’s howl called out more, who emerged from in and around the building to join it. As they assembled, Jason and the firs...
2019-09-01 20:03:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe adventurer accommodation had a dozen bedrooms, with three bathrooms shared between them. Jason found the bathrooms strange in their familiarity, tiled surfaces and magical plumbing. Jaso...
2019-09-01 20:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostWith the bark lurker dealt with, the group completed the crossing of Bridge Road and mangroves gave way to marshland. Once again they were riding atop the embankment roads that were the main thorou...
2019-09-01 20:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostJason looked at the dead rune tortoise.
“Sorry, mate,” he told it. “Can’t have you going berserk and wandering into town shooting lightning bolts at people.”
“You’re apolo...
2019-09-01 20:00:38 +0000 UTC View PostJason and Mobley passed each other as Jason walked in the direction of the rune tortoise.
“Sorry mate,” Jason commiserated. The burned and blackened would-be adventurer just shot him...
2019-09-01 19:57:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe routine for the field assessment was to stop in a town or village each night. In the morning they would collect monster notices from theadventuring board and set out to deal with them. V...
2019-09-01 19:56:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe layout of the Adventure Society campus reminded Jason of a university. One of the nice ones, with expanses of lawn, gardens and tiled pathways leading through impressive stone arches. Th...
2019-09-01 19:55:47 +0000 UTC View PostWith JasonÂ’s Adventure Society field assessment looming closer by the day, Rufus, Gary and Farrah pushed him harder than ever. As a release, they would spend their evenings exploring the ni...
2019-09-01 19:55:45 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m taking it up to five,” Rufus’ voice echoed through the mirage chamber. Jason stood waiting in his illusionary body. He was under the dome, but it was hidden by the false landscape. ...
2019-09-01 19:53:07 +0000 UTC View Post"Enter!" Lucian's voice bellowed, and Cassowary opened the door. Following him in was a nervous-looking, middle-aged man with a balding head and noticeable paunch.
“Cassowary,” Lucia...
2019-09-01 19:51:56 +0000 UTC View PostRufus swung the staff horizontally, Jason swaying back so it passed in front of him. Rufus kept the momentum, bringing the staff up and over into a downward strike. Jason kept control of his...
2019-09-01 19:51:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe Adventure Society offered a limited, if valuable, array of services. The Magic Society, by contrast, provided all manner of magical amenities to anyone with the money to pay for them. Th...
2019-09-01 19:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostIn the control room of the mirage chamber, all eyes were on Rufus. He walked over to the stone block under the window, which had a dizzying array of runes, sigils and intricate magical diagr...
2019-09-01 19:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostRufus looked up as Gary emerged from his room, stretching his long arms and yawning.
“You’re not breakfast,” Gary said.
“You’re just getting up?” Rufus said.
Farrah e...
2019-09-01 19:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe chamber was large and circular, a single room rising up five storeys to a glass ceiling. Light spilled in from above, reflecting from crystal mosaics that lined the walls to bathe the ro...
2019-09-01 19:46:19 +0000 UTC View PostJason had not explored many of the IslandÂ’s districts. He took the loop to one he had never visited before; the temple district. His new world had no shortage of gods, which as a long-time ...
2019-09-01 19:46:18 +0000 UTC View Post“I always wanted to fight you,” Fire Fist said to Sophie as they faced one another in the cage. “I was just starting out when you left. You were a legend.”
Sophie knew what he was doing. ...
2019-09-01 19:45:06 +0000 UTC View Post