Unfortunately, the enjoyment and freedom of spreading my body as far as it would go did not last. Upon reaching the ocean and the storm it carried along, I pulled myself into my smallest form. In t...
2024-06-17 02:24:28 +0000 UTC View Post“What is it like?” Yalun asks.
That is a question I wish I could answer. In a way, I am no different to a day ago, but at the same time, I feel so intricately separate from that áed I wa...
2024-06-13 13:41:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis isn’t working.
I’ve been trying for a while now, and yet the words refuse to take shape. Any time I breathe out with the intent to make noise, all that reaches my ears is an echoing ...
2024-06-12 06:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Why would I run when I can fly?”
“Well, for one, you aren’t supposed to leave my side,” Ignatia says. “Besides, you’ll need to work on your control. What better time than now t...
2024-06-12 04:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs the last of my fire calms and bends to my will, I can’t help but feel strange. My body is gone. It simply doesn’t exist any longer, and yet my inner flame burns strong.
I will my fire ...
2024-06-09 03:57:02 +0000 UTC View Post“You want some?” I ask, motioning to the half eaten peluda.
It is obvious Yalun isn’t here with good news, so I try to distract her from whatever concerns her. I can guess rather easily...
2024-06-07 07:23:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe chill of the air hardly registers through the numb haze of my thoughts.
I lay motionless on the frost enveloped rocky ground. The feeling of my scales pressing into the jagged edges of sh...
2024-06-05 06:05:21 +0000 UTC View PostI throw myself to the side, boosting away just in time to avoid the massive flat foot of the creature above me. My spear swings around, slicing through scaled flesh. The wound isn’t deep, but the...
2024-06-03 02:19:45 +0000 UTC View PostYalun pulled back as the green flames ripped across the island’s surface. Soon, no part of the widespread inferno was left unaffected. Their combined blaze — reaching through the haze and out o...
2024-05-31 04:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostThere are no discernible features on the Titan. No eyes, no ears, no skin. Nothing. It is all hidden within the void of space the being stays within… assuming that its body isn’t simply the lac...
2024-05-29 04:07:21 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, sorry for the delay on todays chap. Work's been busy. I haven't been able to edit this chap yet, so forgive any issues. I'll get to it when i have time tomorrow.
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2024-05-27 11:54:20 +0000 UTC View PostCarefully, I climb down the vertical cliff face. My hands and feet burn into the rocky surface to create handholds as I slowly make my way into the depths.
Far below, Kiko drops a hundred met...
2024-05-24 05:41:58 +0000 UTC View PostNot too much has changed in this chapter compared to the last version besides some differing language choices and editing fixes.
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A pair of bilbies clamber over one another. ...
2024-05-22 06:10:29 +0000 UTC View Post“How could they do such a thing? Don’t those old fools realise you had no other options?” Leal huffs. “Who do they think they are to stop you from returning with us?”
For the first ...
2024-05-17 02:36:44 +0000 UTC View PostEdit for Tier 1 (Cipactlteteo) Patrons: This new story will be uploaded to RoyalRoad at the beginning of September, so I've gone and unlocked the first 6 chaps. As with Young ...
2024-05-15 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostEighteen hours.
That’s how long it took these damn elders to finally agree to open our borders sometime in the future. I almost rise from my rug and celebrate that we are done. It’s alrea...
2024-05-15 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Absolutely not!” Grand Elder Hraun exclaims, as many other elders express their opposition to Śuri’s declaration. “Our seclusion has kept the tribes safe from the eastern races for millen...
2024-05-13 00:32:05 +0000 UTC View PostYalun’s words send a wave of uneasiness through the surrounding flames. Each grand elder seems to find that timeline concerning, but this time they keep their outbursts between themselves. We hav...
2024-05-10 02:35:17 +0000 UTC View PostAs the last white of moonlight disappears above, leaving only the forge’s glow to illuminate the Agglomerate, everyone falls into silence. Both the grand elders around me and the countless áed w...
2024-05-08 00:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe days leading up to the conference were busy. I paid little attention to it when we first returned, but there were a lot more tribes gathered at the Agglomerate than when we left. The numbers ha...
2024-05-06 03:42:10 +0000 UTC View PostŚuri’s presence control education was not what I expected. When Yalun said I needed to control my pressure better — or at least I would as I grow — I pictured the unique application Tore sho...
2024-05-03 03:54:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe flight back to the cube ship graveyard was uneventful, which is more than welcome after the stressful sequence that led to our escape from the island.
As soon as the crippled ships of wha...
2024-05-01 02:34:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy flames, guided by Śuri’s control, shriek back through the bridge with a deep, unsettling rumble. I do my best to hold back the heat from hurting Leal and Grímr, but the intensity is almost t...
2024-04-29 01:40:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing to catch my eye upon climbing the stairs is the sloped walls wreathed in the same alteration I’ve seen everywhere else. The room is bare besides a single control panel, leaving th...
2024-04-26 00:17:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, aint that a sight.” Śuri is the first to speak after we walk out into the massive chamber.
I know most of the island was obscured by the heavy rain and clouds, but I never thought...
2024-04-24 00:51:51 +0000 UTC View PostDespite being completely cut off from the outside world, the inside of this island remains decently lit. Lines along the ceiling glow just bright enough to illuminate every corner, even through all...
2024-04-19 01:45:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe obscene volume of rushing liquid roars with ferocity as it charges past us, only barely curving enough for us to pass. Yalun and I hug the left wall, keeping as far from the deadly water as fea...
2024-04-17 05:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the Ember Moon passes and Grímr regains full control of his body, we continue onward.
The crippled cubes we leave behind us marks the final point of safety before we tread into tr...
2024-04-15 02:54:45 +0000 UTC View PostWith the western coast so close, the sky along the horizon is enshrouded in an overcast grey. Even without all we’ve seen that tells us the sands counteract water, the sight of the vast cloud cov...
2024-04-12 03:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostIt was difficult to say goodbye to my elders, but I won’t be gone forever. This task of Śuri’s shouldn’t take too long, considering they need to be back before the other grand elders gather....
2024-04-10 04:21:33 +0000 UTC View Post