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Changeling Part 93: Departure

“So, tell me,” Ulysses began, but his neighbor took a step forward. 

Without hesitation, Ulysses’ gauntleted hand slammed on the armored raider’s wrist. The masked assailant hesi...

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Free artwork I promised.

So if you remember I owe everyone some art for helping with the Bob audiobook. Well, the polls came back and the winner was pinup Nestra. Which is fine! But it's not Bob which we were supposed to c...

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Changeling Part 92: Wrathsong

Nestra was shocked. Utterly shocked.

“Are you completely fucking stupid? Kidnapping a kid in Threshold?” she growled.

“You will regret touching our youths,” Ashjay adde...

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Changeling Part 91: The Trail

It was a matter of minutes for Nestra to hurry back to her roadster to fetch her gear. By law, she was obligated to haul all of her stuff around. It was one of the Threshold regulations written in ...

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Changeling Part 80: Dinner Out

By the time Nestra drove by the Burning House, the sun had long set and the few diners hurrying inside wore thick coats. Neon flames licked the building entrance, providing no heat. 

The...

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Eternal Game of the 108, part 1

 Prologue

This isn’t my

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Announcement: three things

To start with, I have good and bad news. There is no Changeling chapter. I didn't write it... because I was set ablaze by the fires of inspiration. Starting Saturday, I wrote the beginning of what ...

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Changeling part 89: Who dared?!

No visor meant no way of contact. It also meant no way to call her side. A tiny wave of cold crept into Nestra’s chest when a full security team burst out from the warehouse gate, blue armor and ...

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Changeling Part 88: Manufacturing problems

The Beacon was a familiar ground for Nestra now. She had walked its many halls as a baseline, as a gleam, and as Crescent. While the gazes changed, the labyrinthine corridors of Threshold’s heart...

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Bob Epilogue 2: One Last Time.

The Voyager emerged from the fog like a bird of prey before sputtering to a sad halt in a spray of foam and nasty swear words. Sails hung limp from the two main masts while, on the deck, the circui...

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Bob epilogue 1: newspaper articles.

AN 1: This is made available to absolutely every patron so if you're only here for Changeling sorry but there is no option to exclude you! Just skip it.

AN 2: I will write more short articles...

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Belated poll to pick the free artwork I owe you.

It's not that I forgot... well it was low priority but a deal's a deal. I still owe you free artwork for the audible success. Here are the most upvoted proposals . I WILL pick the most upvoted one ...

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The last journey book is out.

That's it, the saga is complete. US link below! I remembered to get the paperback ready at the same time this time too.

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Changeling part 87: Break due to Legal Reasons

Nestra’s early foray into a portal world for the sake of cooking was tolerated for nutrition reasons, but not encouraged. She was technically healed. but there was a persistent stiffness ...

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Changeling Part 86: Down

It made a peculiar sound, to have every last bit of air pushed out of her lungs all at once. Nestra had been engrossed in the fight. It had been so much fun, being the eye and the hurricane...

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Part 85: The Cunning Plan

Nestra spent the better part of the next few days hunting and gathering with Argent. The portal world didn’t have that much food, or rather, the lizards were overhunting it. Even mana fun...

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Changeling Part 84: Sapiens Sapiens Conditus

The thoughts would have tortured Nestra in her depression-prone human form, but Mlemra was built differently, she guessed. When thoughts threatened to drown her, she could find refuge in routine an...

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Changeling Part 83: War of the Minds

Argent led Nestra through the camp at a good speed. In a weird way, his scale pattern matched hers in the way they alternated dark and almost white colors, so the sibling allegations made s...

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Changeling Part 82: To Lizardia

The Beacon’s lobby was packed with gleams running errands. With portal clearing slowed to a bare minimum and no money to be made, raiders and companies were using the down time to do admi...

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Chapter tomorrow.

Sorry the end of Bob is kicking my ass. Productivity lowered. Chapter tomorrow I promise.

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Chapter ??? Non canon, cannon vampire.

NA: THIS IS AN APRIL FOOL CHAPTER FEATURING ARIANE. OKAY? OKAY.

Link to the first part (this is the third one). I'll link part 4 soon.

2025-04-01 16:41:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Mecanimus, signing off.

The Calamitous Bob is complete after 238 chapters, 4 years, and, I’m guessing, around 1.2 million words. It has been a WILD journey and I can only thank you for sticking with me to the en...

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The Calamitous Bob 238: The Calamitous Viv

Avarice crashed through the roof of Maranor’s temple. There was a time to respect her as a (nominally) light goddess and a time to disrespect brutalist architecture. Viv didn’t need a g...

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Changeling Part 81: Getting out

“You can’t do this! I was following legal orders!”

The dragoon pilot activated some sort of manacle collar that made the tall woman wince. An augment suppressor, which ...

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The Calamitous Bob 237: The Promised Doom

Aragan approached her death with resignation, but also with relief. After fighting for so long, her fate and the fate of the world were now out of her hands. It was finished. Everything was...

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Changeling Part 80: Ice Cold

No stars. There were no stars here. The implications sent a shiver of panic in the recess of human Nestra’s mind deep in the pocket where she rested. What eons must have passed not for a ...

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The Calamitous Bob 236: GenoCidAL MaNiAc

Viv felt her daughter’s worries gnawing at her through their sympathetic bond.

They will be fine!

It was not a lie, just a wish. Viv parried another series of attacks without...

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Changeling Part 79: December Child

The news reel was wilder and more active than it had been in baseline memory. Not even the great kaiju breach of 62 rivalled the absolute shitshow birthed by the guilds’ decision. Nestra watched ...

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The Calamitous Bob 235: Heroes

[High sequence: astra swarm.]

[Wind Vortice]

Viv’s spell mixed with Arthur’s own to form a spray of exploding orbs. Winds dragged Nero towards the attack but he managed to dodge awa...

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I broke my stupid keyboard.

Changeling chapter delayed to next week due to keyboard damage. Why is the keyboard damaged? Because I forced it while cleaning it like a total idiot. Anyway, writing on the phone doesn't do it for...

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