Soft noises pulled me back into the dim, gloomy light that filtered through the mist. Blinking my eyes, I noticed some crud crusting them together and tried to move only for my arms to feel so incr...
2023-01-24 17:22:21 +0000 UTC
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- AN: Some parts in the second half of the chapter have changed, to accommodate the new reality I have imposed. Enjoy, there's going to be an actually new chapter today, too.
2023-01-24 17:14:09 +0000 UTC
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The evening’s gloom couldn’t have come soon enough for my tastes. After my short speech, overall interest in magic had been intense, it felt like everyone who had an affinity had approached me ...
2023-01-23 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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AN: Public Speaking... Yuck
A part of me wanted to continue straight away, to try pushing Sandy into Rune Magic, simply to see if it would work. If it...
2023-01-22 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Soon after Kevin dropped into his meditative trance, Sandy returned, looking a little disgruntled.
“No idea what you thought would happen,” she grumbled, sitting down across the table fro...
2023-01-21 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The emotions I could feel over the mental link I had established were almost amusing. Fear, amazement, disbelief and an overall sensation that I could only verbalise as a loud scream of ‘what the...
2023-01-20 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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“So, affinities,” I began, once I had my two prospective students seated across the table from me, “Affinities are the easiest place to begin learning magic. Having the trait means you have e...
2023-01-18 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Mrs Wu’s story took far longer than it took me to finish my food. Thanks to Parallel Processing, I was able to eavesdrop on the people around us, even as I focused on her words and participated i...
2023-01-16 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The Change came silently, and yet, somehow, a sleeping figure managed to wake just moments before it hit. Maybe it was instinct, honed by years of intruding into places she wasn’t welcome in and ...
2023-01-15 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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At some point, I decided that I should speak to the locals and Mrs Wu some more. I didn’t want to permanently stay here, hell, with the effect the proximity of this many humans had on my sleep I ...
2023-01-14 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The talk with Mrs Wu was interesting. On one hand, I initially wasn’t sure how much of the backstory I should give her, as the things that I had done as Morgana weren’t things normal people wou...
2023-01-13 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Amusingly, the last bit of the way was the hardest for me. Not because of enemies but because of ever-increasing tension and worry. Even before the change, I hadn’t been good when it came to hand...
2023-01-11 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Even with the number of bruises and scrapes Silva had suffered, she didn’t look like she was in too much trouble and I still had over half my Astral Power and Stamina. With that in mind, I decide...
2023-01-09 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Under a dreary, grey winter sky, a trio of dishevelled figures is fighting to contain another figure, this one barely looking human. The three are bruised and dirty, their clothes sporting numerous...
2023-01-08 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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- AN: There's a poll in the next post, I'd be grateful if people could give me their opinion.
There was something weirdly satisfying about throwing...
2023-01-07 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I've been thinking about the future of Interludes.
During the Beta, they have served to add outside perspective by using scenes Samantha/Morgana wasn't necessarily part of but could witness, ...
2023-01-07 15:59:45 +0000 UTC
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As Silva and I walked away from the foursome, I could hear them for a little while. For a few seconds, they were completely flabbergasted, stunned to the point that they were completely silent. If ...
2023-01-06 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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It took quite a bit of time for Silva to calm down after the earth stopped shaking. Using that time, I finished off the rest of my laundry, getting dressed in gloriously clean clothes. Getting the ...
2023-01-04 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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No powerful Shattered, angry felines or swarms of rats attacked Silva and me on our way back to our shelter. If anything, the amount of Shattered we came across was incredibly low, as if the Shatte...
2023-01-02 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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- AN: Happy New Year, everyone.
Looking for trouble was an interesting activity. Given how sensitive Shattered seemed to be to Blood Magic, or rath...
2023-01-01 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The list of blue boxes that greeted me was… exhaustive. I didn’t even try to read through all the different kill notifications, there were hundreds of them, a long list that I simply let scroll...
2022-12-31 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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My new cape was a wonderful creation. While it was hard to judge just how well I was hidden, I felt a lot more comfortable with it wrapped around me, the magical formation I had embroidered into it...
2022-12-30 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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- AN: I decided to change how Lone Traveller works, simply to make the mechanic more understandable, it won't change anything plot-wise. Other than a bit of musing on Samantha's part, quest...
2022-12-28 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Looking around, Rai was quite proud of what they had accomplished in the months since the black flames. After Adra had decided to accept her fate as the last dryad on Arbortoma, the two of them had...
2022-12-26 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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The past few weeks had been difficult. Leaving Teacher and her lover, running on their own, Rai had been wondering if he and Adra made the right call. Could they have changed the course of events? ...
2022-12-25 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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- AN: In the tradition of Holiday Chapters, this one doesn't focus on Morgana or something she'd know about. Instead, two characters who simply faded from the story get some closure...
2022-12-24 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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To my annoyance, it hadn’t been enough. Despite killing any and all Shattered I came across on our trek back to our shelter, I didn’t manage to get either Darkness Rune Mastery nor my actual le...
2022-12-23 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Undyed, creme-coloured bio-cotton.
That was the material my Blood Magic was flowing through comparatively well. Why cotton, I had no idea. It might just be one of those things I shouldn’t e...
2022-12-21 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Skulking through the costume shop was an interesting experience, as so many things were. It was a mix between haunted house and shopping, the deep shadows and the darkness of the night creating a c...
2022-12-19 17:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The Shattered we killed during the next two hours were spared the humiliation of getting disabled before being turned into experimental subjects by virtue of being part of larger groups....
2022-12-18 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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