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2025-10-30 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThough he doubted any Xian would be stirred to action, Hector passed a message to Zara through Wayne. Isabel left a hand-written message addressed to a senior member of her sect with him as w...
2025-10-29 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHector bought another false platinum elixir from Wayne before sitting down alone with Isabel.
She folded her hands in her lap before she began her lesson. “This is known as the Shuttl...
2025-10-28 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSix weeks. That was how long he’d been entombed within the miasma.
Three days. That was how long he remained asleep after his rescue.
Restoration patched up as much of the...
2025-10-27 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHector flew at the tank monster with as much stealth as he could manage. He didn’t want to draw its attention by converting miasma this time. No. He’d get close this time so h...
2025-10-24 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Users found them as they were exiting the protection of the Stronghold’s rune wall. They were a ragtag group who eyed Hector for a bit before one of them asked if he was Mister Stalwart...
2025-10-23 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHe spent a large amount of the next two weeks in the dungeon. With Conrad to watch his back, Hector didn’t hesitate to push himself. The increased miasma levels let him recover energy...
2025-10-22 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs the days passed, the ache in Hector’s soul reduced enough that he could function as a normal human once more. Using his aura was still impossible, so entering combat remained out of the ...
2025-10-21 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEsther checked on him two days later. “Are you never planning to move again?”
Hector squinted up at her. “How did you get in here?”
“A perk of being the building m...
2025-10-20 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostNo monsters confronted them on their descent.
They safely reached solid ground and were able to dismount Esther’s flying sword. Hector spent a few minutes straining his mental sense t...
2025-10-17 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHe’d been on the edge of his goal for weeks when it finally happened. Under Hector’s will, miasma on the mental band transformed into cosmic energy, which he began pulling into his soul o...
2025-10-16 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOver the next several days, they went out on several patrols. There had been a few casualties during Hector’s absence, making his return especially welcome to the troops. Beyond that,...
2025-10-15 10:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe others accepted his apology for overreacting with good grace. They seemed to understand his explanation that he was no longer questing and therefore less eccentric in his behavior. ...
2025-10-14 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Chapter 2 for today. This was supposed to be Monday's chapter, so the next one will drop on Tuesday instead.
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Hector swallowed and turned his gaze forward once more, using hi...
2025-10-10 10:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: This is the first of two chapters today. Trying to avoid the Friday cliff.
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“Three hundred and seventy major coins is mighty impressive for boxes of fertilizer,” Fiona sa...
2025-10-10 10:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day they made their way to the site of the auction to see what kind of reaction their fertilizer lots would get. Bustling crowds amazed at miraculous fertilizer failed to manifest.&n...
2025-10-09 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt took them just shy of a full twenty-four hour day to cross the lake. For most of that time, their group was divided in three. Mei and Dorian kept to themselves. Isabel and the ...
2025-10-08 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Yes, the dark continent,” Isabel said. “People with dark skin and also everyone in the shadow of the Ancestor.”
Hector hesitated, not sure if he was going to seem racist if he ...
2025-10-07 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHe informed Zara of his return after cleaning up from his long walk. She decided on the spot that they would leave in two days and went to make arrangements for their trade goods with Wayne.<...
2025-10-06 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHaving been evicted from the meeting, Hector began to walk back to Tian Tower while restoring his energy reserves. He briefly considered using his transit sphere but rejected that as wasteful...
2025-10-03 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHector sat in silence, letting the unspoken accusation hang in the air. Had he betrayed the Reconquest? Hopefully they could appreciate that the individuals at Stronghold Alpha were fig...
2025-10-02 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Root vegetables.”
Hector stared at Zara, not sure if this was a joke at his expense. “You’re sending us to Bentley, a country ruled by an ancient non-human, to get root vegetab...
2025-10-01 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHector didn’t know how to help Darius. He didn’t know if it was possible to help Darius. To outward appearances, Dorian had snapped the tail of the Prince Rupert’s Drop o...
2025-09-30 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHe went on patrol the next day. Purification joined as an observer, but her assistance was not necessary. Indeed, she proved more hindrance than help with her constant questions.
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2025-09-29 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOver a couple of days with his friends, Hector gradually returned to a normal state. He didn’t think he would ever be exactly the way he had been before, but given some time to decompress h...
2025-09-26 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHe converted the entirety of the monitor lizard’s corpse. Most of the liberated cosmic energy escaped faster than he could claim it. There was so much that he didn’t mind the loss.<...
2025-09-25 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“So if you restore based on your Intellect Attribute, how do you advance?”
Coyote winced. “Well, the System does that for us. We can’t grow stronger outside of Union Centr...
2025-09-24 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHector fit nine of the youths in his transit sphere on the first trip. He took them to the bunker he had identified as safe and then insisted on providing a safety orientation for them. ...
2025-09-23 10:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you understand why I don’t want them here? This is my home. I don’t want the worst parts of Volithur’s memories haunting me here.”
Hector had apologized several time...
2025-09-22 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostRiley discovered his return when she tapped on his door.
“Hey, Riley.”
“Hector! I didn’t know you were back already.”
“Didn’t you knock on my door?”
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2025-09-19 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post