Floating above Queta, I could feel a strange, nervous energy emanating from the broken town below. There was something going on, I wasn’t quite certain what it was, but I had learned not to dismi...
2024-07-12 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe the plan to dispose of repaired Shattered should also include Shattered we turned into Vampires. Trying to ascertain the mental state of the newly created Vampire proved to be an exercise in ...
2024-07-10 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLia and I were sitting in front of the last currently occupied cell, going over our plans one more time. The Shattered within was restless, still trying to bash its way through the solid walls, and...
2024-07-08 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the first Shattered exploded on us, procurement of additional Shattered started to become a priority. Luckily, my first venture into their town to capture one had given me enough information ...
2024-07-06 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“That thing is loud,” Luna complained, glancing towards the deeper parts of our shelter, towards the piece of rock I used as a door to contain the captured Shattered. And she was right, the thi...
2024-07-05 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAttacking the one Shattered that had come to check out whatever disturbance had registered with them when I entered the town was a little like poking an anthill. From afar, the anthill is quiescent...
2024-07-03 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostEven after spending two days trying to figure out the town, which I had dubbed Queta, as it was the only part of the town’s sign that remained legible, we still didn’t know a whole lot. Sure, w...
2024-07-01 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostBlinking, I sat back up, massaging my temples in an attempt to get rid of the budding headache. Having one of my scrying constructs shattered was a recipe for one, though the effect could be mitiga...
2024-06-29 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostNormally, a growl would be cause for alarm, potentially indicating that there was some sort of dangerous beast warning us off while ready to attack. But, when such a growl came from Silva, it indic...
2024-06-28 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTravelling north was quite interesting. There was something about the mountains that increased the saturation of Astral Power, making all of us feel more alive but, at the same time, it also seemed...
2024-06-26 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, Wu Chenhua, oftentimes simply known as Mrs Wu, mused there really was no point in getting up in the morning. Things generally went downhill after getting up and leaving the warm comfort ...
2024-06-24 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMaria, the newly created Shadow Vampire Monster was only a first attempt to make something interesting, an attempt I tentatively declared a success. I had no idea what had happened with the creatur...
2024-06-22 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostA swift wave of my hand produced a block of Ice behind the newly created creature, allowing Lia to put her down without dropping her into the mud and muck beneath us. Given that this was no longer ...
2024-06-21 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostI had to give it to Ms. Maria Perez, she was showing some grit and determination. When I first met her in New Dawn, I had thought she was fairly soft, looking for cheap power to get herself set up ...
2024-06-19 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a strange sensation, seeing the world through a scrying construct no longer completely under my control. It wasn’t truly unpleasant, if anything it was somewhat reminiscent of my experienc...
2024-06-17 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostFinding Luna and the others was trivial. During the previous night, I had used a scrying construct to send them a message, little more than a simple confirmation of my ongoing well-being, allowing ...
2024-06-15 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I'll have to admit that a big part of this chapter came from the energy a mother emits when the children are running around, screaming their heads off and the mother just wants some...
2024-06-14 16:00:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe question of how things could have gone so wrong in just a few short days was one that Lorgar pondered incessantly. He and his boys, as he liked to call the rest of his group in the privacy of h...
2024-06-12 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe first sign of trouble was the sound of raised voices, a little too faint for me to make out individual words but loud enough to penetrate the sturdy stone walls of my house. At first, I didn’...
2024-06-10 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWorking with Hauke to produce a grindstone was quite an interesting experience. While I had something of an idea of how a simple mill would look like, I had never really thought about how it all wo...
2024-06-08 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMaria might have been the first to approach me, but she was far from the only one. After she left, I didn’t have to wait all that long for the next soul to approach me, drawn by the lure that was...
2024-06-07 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWith the somewhat disquieted young woman following after me, I walked into what I had designated as my living room, considering for just a moment how I wanted to play this. A part of me wanted noth...
2024-06-05 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSitting within my newly created shelter, I considered if there were ways to make things more comfortable. After meditating to regenerate the Astral Power I had used to create the shelter, there wer...
2024-06-03 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostGarry turned out to be amazingly accommodating, happily telling me all about their community. I wasn’t quite sure why that was, maybe he was just trying to fill the air with noise to keep himself...
2024-06-01 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“You travelled Mundus, didn’t you?” the guy asked with a grin on his face, before shaking his head as the grin turned wry. He preempted my response by continuing, “But where are my manners,...
2024-05-31 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostFinding the town of New Dawn, as the community was called, was only the first step that needed to be taken. Next, we were planning to figure out if the community was limited to the roughly five hun...
2024-05-29 16:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing the five guys was unexpectedly amusing. Well, once I managed to make the construct look and behave as a bird would, drawing on memories originally shared with me by Lenore, the entire thi...
2024-05-27 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Up and at them, boys,” a far too cheerful voice ruthlessly ripped four people from the blessed embrace of Hypnos, forcing them to face the reality of a new day. A new day and new challenges th...
2024-05-25 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt would be so much easier to decide what to do back on Mundus. There, I always had the idea that it was just a game in the back of my mind, that nothing I did to the world at large would have any ...
2024-05-24 16:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostAfter sharing the information I had gained with the others, we had to consider our next step. Our objective was fairly simple, find out where these people come from, get there and trade some suppli...
2024-05-22 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post