Chapter 61: The Bank.
Chapter 61: The Bank.
The tension in the air was so thick you could have cut it with a knife. The robbers bellowing orders at the terrified staff.
“Get down!...
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Chapter 60: Pizza Party.
Chapter 60: Pizza Party.
‘There’s another one over there.’ I [Messaged]. ‘And there and there and under there.’
Ch...
2024-07-15 13:22:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59: Look Out the Window.
Chapter 59: Look Out the Window.
The Warehouse was crowded and filled with noise. People coming and going from one Excursion or another or otherwise engaged in train...
2024-07-15 13:21:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58: Dire Warnings.
Chapter 58: Dire Warnings.
The interior of the manse was as richly decorated as a royal palace. Gilded columns standing proud from atop polished marble floors. Vast ...
2024-07-15 13:21:03 +0000 UTC View PostIntermission: Novices.
Intermission: Novices.
The lights around the track were almost blinding. Shining in bright hues of red and green and blue. They were placed along the ground on eithe...
2024-07-15 13:20:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57: A Hero’s Welcome.
Chapter 57: A Hero’s Welcome.
As expected, the Excursion didn’t immediately resolve itself once we’d killed the queen. Leaving us plenty of time to march ourse...
2024-07-15 13:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56: A Giant’s Tears.
Chapter 56: A Giant’s Tears.
“No, we’re not turning back.” Slab repeated. His face still stiff.
“Why the (Gnome) not!? What are we supposed to be doi...
2024-07-15 13:18:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55: The Alps are Glowing.
Chapter 55: The Alps are Glowing.
While we didn’t have a GPS to tell us how fast we were going, I was pretty sure we were making good time. Granted this was relati...
2024-07-15 13:18:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54: What used to be Paris.
Chapter 54: What used to be Paris.
“Do we have everything we need?”
“Yes Sully. We’re good.”
“Right. Good. Wait. Where did all the water go?...
2024-07-15 13:17:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53: Forced Vacation.
Chapter 53: Forced Vacation.
My body was still aching after I woke up.
It was a soreness so profound that even the mere act of breathing sent shockwaves throug...
2024-07-15 13:16:43 +0000 UTC View PostIntermission: Adepts
Intermission: Adepts
The sun was sweltering. Bright rays beating me down with every passing second. They warmed the pale shite grains of sand below me, as well as the deep-blue w...
2024-07-15 13:15:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52: Chasing Dreams.
Chapter 52: Chasing Dreams.
I was back in the mansion’s courtyard.
Looking up to see a blue sun floating on a crimson sky.
The flowers in the hedges we...
2024-07-15 13:15:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51: Working Out.
Chapter 51: Working Out.
“Nice! I got two more Enhancer levels! [Enhanced Concentration] got to 5! Now I can finally get [Enhanced Ba...
2024-07-15 13:14:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50: Nowhere to be Found.
Chapter 50: Nowhere to be Found.
“So, you see, I had no choice! I went through tons of different futures! Tons of them! And he always got away with it! Unless I ki...
2024-07-15 13:13:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49: The Slasher of Veils.
Chapter 49: The Slasher of Veils.
There was some light shuffling after that. Those around the edges getting to it, while those at the center of the crowd wandered ai...
2024-07-15 13:12:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48: The Cherub of Austin.
Chapter 48: The Cherub of Austin.
I looked at the dancing shadow. Taking care to watch its, eyes, as they moved about. They were two spots where the rest of a shadow...
2024-07-15 13:11:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47: I See Dead People.
Chapter 47: I See Dead People.
I was still chuckling when the shimmer took me.
It just felt, so good. To be recognized and appreciated. It was a bliss so profo...
2024-07-15 13:10:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46: Fighting Fire.
Chapter 46: Fighting Fire.
The first thing I registered was the shining sun. Its glorious rays beating down on Buddy. Passing through the transparent film that made ...
2024-07-15 13:10:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45: Orphan Maker.
Chapter 45: Orphan Maker.
“Look lady! I’m sorry! Okay! I shouldn’t have mind-controlled you! My. Bad. I promise it won’t happen aga….”
“HE...
2024-07-15 13:09:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44: The Apology.
Chapter 44: The Apology.
Each new string was like a budding flower. Slowly emerging from the still dark waters of my lake.
Its waters roiled for a few seconds,...
2024-07-15 13:08:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43: Periwig.
Chapter 43: Periwig.
The council members nodded slowly.
“Very good. Now that those issues have been sorted out, this session is at an end.”
Old man P...
2024-07-15 13:08:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42: Formalities.
Chapter 42: Formalities.
I gasped for air, once, then twice and thrice.
Desperation forcing my sealed mouth open as new sensations overtook the old ones.
Chapter 41: Winding Down.
Chapter 41: Winding Down.
“How many?”
“Around two hundred?” Monique answered.
“And the best prospects?”
“Subutai, Gina and Stellio. T...
2024-07-15 13:06:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40: Retribution.
Chapter 40: Retribution.
All that booze had taken its toll.
I was currently unable to flow back into my body, not without losing consciousness once more and wa...
2024-07-15 13:05:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39: The Speech.
Chapter 39: The Speech.
I smiled up at them.
Half anchored to this physical shell and half submerged in the lake.
I was getting the tingles again. The sa...
2024-07-15 13:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38: Introspection.
Chapter 38: Introspection.
Great.
Just (Gnome)ing great.
Everyone I’d saved wanted me dead or gone. Despite me doing everything I could to save them. D...
2024-07-15 13:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37: Warehouse.
Chapter 37: Warehouse.
The pit was a large oval hole marking the bottom of a long vertical space.
One that went up and up and up, beyond the range of both my e...
2024-07-15 13:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36: Deliverance.
Chapter 36: Deliverance.
The edges of my fog slipped past the outer walls of Happy Shrub.
Drinking in the raw emotions and contemplations of all those inside.<...
2024-07-15 13:00:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: The Campfire.
Chapter 35: The Campfire.
We tried burying what little remained of the recently deceased Mark and Tracy. However, that turned out to be far more difficult than I’d antici...
2024-07-15 12:59:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34: The Newbies.
Chapter 34: The Newbies.
Borislav, for all is other faults, was not a stupid man.
He said little and heard much.
Forming opinions about others in his head and thinkin...
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