Nicole’s head turned, the action sending a sharp stab through her nerves as she took in the sight of her once friend. Maraline hadn’t escaped unscathed, her armor was scuffed and dented, ...
2024-11-09 09:10:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe twin figures of the enemy generals sent fresh waves of panic through Nicole even as her blood seemed to burn within her. Every nerve in her body screamed that she needed to move, to do so...
2024-11-09 09:08:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe world returned with a snap of searing agony.
Nicole gasped, only to immediately regret it as her entire torso seemed to protest the action in the worst way. She curled in on h...
2024-11-09 09:04:47 +0000 UTC View PostNicole’s limbs trembled as she drove her blade through one of the connecting tissues of the massive beast even as it lashed out with a deafening cry that shattered glass. Once again she was...
2024-11-09 09:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostCommander Bartran had served the Sylan empire through thousands of conquests, having directly fought in hundreds over his millennia of existence. There were rare few as long lived as he, and ...
2024-11-09 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt was several hours later, and an appointment for the near future, that the pair left the tattoo parlor. Ideas abounded and Nicole felt almost lost for choice. The Ranger was currently...
2024-11-09 08:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostNicole stretched out, her joints popping as she did. Despite the soreness, she felt amazing, both physically and mentally. She usually wasn’t one to take an afternoon nap, but her cla...
2024-11-09 08:13:36 +0000 UTC View PostMoney problems were often the bane of all college students at one point or another. Well, trust fund babies aside. Nicole was no stranger to that pain, having needed to balance her budg...
2024-11-09 08:12:26 +0000 UTC View Post“That is concerning,” Carlos said, leaning over a claimed table under a pavilion at the same park they had wrecked a little over a week prior. Whatever the training session had been inten...
2024-11-09 08:09:12 +0000 UTC View PostCereal was almost offensive even as a concept in Nicole’s book. She detested almost every variety, yet some cereal bars were edible. She blamed the insistence that cereal had to be ea...
2024-11-09 08:02:51 +0000 UTC View PostIt was difficult to remain a God fearing man in the modern world, made all the more so in the face of demons posing as invaders from the stars. He’d held firm, taken solace that God had sen...
2024-11-09 07:59:38 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so Maraline wasn’t the last thing that Nicole ever expected to see. She had come to accept that the enemy general had some sort of obsession with her and that she would come after her...
2024-11-09 07:51:34 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t a date.
Four simple words, repeated like a mantra within the confines of Nicole’s mind. She could almost believe it too if she hadn’t just spent over an hour agoni...
2024-11-09 07:49:58 +0000 UTC View PostA lazy Sunday wasn’t really in the cards, not with classes resuming the following day. Students were clamoring to finish the assignments given to them for the week, procrastinators sufferin...
2024-11-09 07:49:05 +0000 UTC View PostGrace stared down into her strawberry shake, she twirled a French fry in the confection then shoved the golden stick into her mouth, chomping away. Nicole had to stifle a giggle at the sight,...
2024-11-09 07:47:29 +0000 UTC View PostA hacking cough rang out as Nicole swallowed hard, forcing air down in a way that felt like she’d been punched in the chest. She may as well have after Kayla dropped a question like that ou...
2024-11-09 07:46:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe diner was busier than it had ever been on any prior visit, but then again, it was a Saturday morning. After the attack the prior day, everyone agreed that they needed to keep up with thei...
2024-11-09 07:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostPacing back and forth, Nicole tried to build up her courage; it wasn’t working, which was a bit funny. She could face down Maraline—one of the Sylan invaders—without flinching. Wh...
2024-11-09 07:43:53 +0000 UTC View PostMonitors powered off as the General stepped out of the observation room, two drones with orange stripes waited in the halls. They were the strongest of the automaton forces, and so resource i...
2024-11-09 07:42:58 +0000 UTC View PostHeads turned, frantically looking for the source of the guttural roar. Nicole had feared a mutant would come, and it seemed it finally had, but she couldn’t see it. Worse, they were a...
2024-11-09 07:40:18 +0000 UTC View PostPower coursed through Nicole’s form as her form shifted under the expanding light. Not one of the machines wavered from the flash of light that spanned the visible spectrum. The machi...
2024-11-09 07:39:06 +0000 UTC View PostNicole tossed a ball against the wall, watching as it bounced off and back to her. Grace was scrambling to finish the homework her professors had assigned to make up for the lost week of clas...
2024-11-09 07:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostNicole looked up at the midday sun, her visor tinting itself automatically. A blade danced over her fingers, the dexterity of the Ranger transformation making the trick that once resulted in ...
2024-11-09 07:37:29 +0000 UTC View PostNicole took a seat on the back of one of the engine cabs, the higher ground offering some comfort in the sea of chaos around them. The signage for the Sinclair Institute of Technology stood a...
2024-11-09 07:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah, good timing,” Carlos said as Nicole and Grace arrived. The other firefighters goggled a bit at the sight of two Rangers casually walking up to their station. “As you can see,...
2024-11-09 07:35:14 +0000 UTC View PostNicole frowned down at her homework, trying to power through the workload her professors thought was acceptable for a week of downtime. It wasn’t an unreasonable amount for self study, but ...
2024-11-09 07:34:16 +0000 UTC View PostAdrift.
That was a good word for how Nicole felt ever since her parents were killed. She couldn’t even claim a desire for vengeance because even if they were killed during an in...
2024-11-09 07:32:05 +0000 UTC View PostNicole looked across the rolling fields of green and gold, a handful of butterflies flitting about in the afternoon light. A nap had indeed been obtained, granted it was barely an hour, but s...
2024-11-09 07:31:11 +0000 UTC View PostNicole’s French toast was a bit burnt, but that didn’t stop her from eating each and every bite of it as slowly as she could, all to avoid the looming conversation that she could tell Grace was...
2024-11-09 07:29:35 +0000 UTC View PostNicole shot awake, sweat dripping from her as she gasped for breath. Images of glowing mechanical eyes and bloodsoaked severed limbs lingered as the last vestiges of her nightmare retreated b...
2024-11-09 07:27:10 +0000 UTC View Post