I anchored myself to a wall just before the drop into a tunnel, recentering myself and pulling out my SB-17 just in case. Then I slowly lowered myself down. I peeked out of the hole, carefully scan...
2024-08-14 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostFinally resettled on a name for this one after talking to my brother about it. For sure Restless. Probably...
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Four years later…
“Thank you, kid.” A meaty h...
2024-08-13 01:54:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe basement was a multipurpose area. A hallway split down the middle, connected to the stairs and elevator on one side and a door on the other. Two rooms split off from the hallway: a laundry room...
2024-08-12 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostRent was today, which was just… awesome. There goes sixteen hundred Rayn, leaving me with just four hundred. I need to get another job soon…
But until then, my stash so I could f...
2024-08-09 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI awoke bright and early, tiredly dragging myself out of bed to take another shower for all the cold sweat. Nightmares about spiders were the worst. The entire night, the creepie crawlies crawled i...
2024-08-07 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostDoctor Holly carefully stroked her newest patient’s arm, eyeing the stitches she had used to hold the thing together. It had been a rather simple procedure all and all. Just a transfusion of synt...
2024-08-05 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostHope and I ended up having to make seven trips up and down, only breaking for a little bit when we got back to the elevator chute. No, that wasn’t quite right. I took a break. Hope ...
2024-08-02 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI could only watch in horror as something burst from the vine wall. The scattered debris obscured it into a humanoid shadow, but even then its presence felt wrong. A sense of...
2024-07-31 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostHope and I set up further down the tunnel, behind a mound of rubble from a partially collapsed roof. Rather, Hope set up while I edged close to the monstrously large plant.
Unfortunatel...
2024-07-29 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post”Damnit!” Hope didn’t even twitch as her body locked up entirely.
I froze, my eyes staring at the back of her head in horror as the slight click reverberated in my head. My gaze slowly ...
2024-07-26 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostTime seemed to slow further than Dexterity allowed as my finger pulled the trigger. Every millisecond felt torturously slow as my muscles brough the trigger back and the lance-like leg of the Pervi...
2024-07-24 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Finally decided on the name. I'm trying to whip up some cover art, but having some difficulties deciding what exactly I want to show since the 'world' for this one is so freaking massive. Nothi...
2024-07-22 22:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostMy feet hit the shattered remains of an elevator, nearly causing me to stumble. I regained my balance with little effort, unclipping myself from the harness as I cast a look around.
The deep ...
2024-07-22 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostThree days passed since my conversation with the Inquisitor. Even though the perk didn't trap me in the learning space for days, I still slept through an entire day. It left me with a day and a hal...
2024-07-19 22:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostStress ate at me as I worked my way through Blue Crusade’s headquarters. Why was he calling me so urgently? I could think of dozens of reasons, and none of them were good. Has someone figured me ...
2024-07-17 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post‘Ole Merlo wasn’t that hard to find. A brilliant purple banner hung above her market stall, covered in golden symbols just like Suvroc said. Her stall was more of a large, rich purple tent cove...
2024-07-15 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI checked the map idly even as I calculated my exact position based on my surroundings. They were a bit different than the city archive’s map, but the level of variance was within my expectations...
2024-07-12 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostOnce I got home, I headed for bed. It was really about time I got to something I’d been pushing off for a couple days: my Perk Points. I didn’t want to spend both all at once though, so I...
2024-07-10 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostDiosé was a sub-district I had yet to go to. Really, it wasn’t all that surprising. I’d avoided most of the East End considering the rep it had. No point getting my head blown off just to go ...
2024-07-08 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Heyo! I'm super excited to bring this to you guys. This is the first chapter of that other story I mentioned a while back. It's been in the planning stages for a while, and I've got a lot cooke...
2024-07-05 22:12:46 +0000 UTC View PostEarly the next day, I went out and bought everything I would need, dropping yet another hundred and thirty Rayn on parts. It wasn't all a waste, at least. I was getting experience out of this if no...
2024-07-05 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostI started shaping the parts as soon as I got into my apartment. It was a bit risky sending sparks and fire everywhere, so I moved my workstation into the kitchen. Slightly less flammable, but still...
2024-07-03 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostNext stop: Absolom Clinic. I was close, so I might as well stop by and see how Nael is doing. I walked to Viceroy Street, leaving behind my bike as I ‘enjoyed’ the scents and sights of Aythryn ...
2024-07-01 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy first stop? Fox’s shrine. I managed to find it with a quick search of the Mapp™. It was in the Sabyt sub-district about a block from Viceroy Street and Absolom Clinic.
As for why Fox o...
2024-06-28 22:04:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as I got dressed, the interface finally popped into my view. I didn’t look at it though, and it faded to the side of my vision in a more translucent state.
Instead, I took a minute ...
2024-06-26 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Everyone in position?” I asked, getting four affirmations. Mr. and Mrs. Kalis were here in front of me. Feras and Torren filled them in on what we, or at least what Feras and I, ...
2024-06-24 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe War Room sat in a basement level of the Blue Crusade Little Yukoto Department. It was a fairly wide room in a high-tech style with strips of white lights lining the walls. Brackets of metal sup...
2024-06-21 22:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you shure?” Inquisitor Strumgard asked.
I shifted the phone against my ear, motioning to Feras and Torren as they entered Big Mike’s. “Yes, sir. I have to go now. I’ll be out o...
2024-06-19 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Who… am I?” The cold running through my body spiked, dropping ice through my bloodstream. Insight. That’s right, it was Insight. Was I in danger? I didn’t feel like I was in danger… bu...
2024-06-18 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostSchool… Why did I ever agree to this? It was slow, it was monotonous, and I was losing attention faster than ever. And yet, I must suffer on. At least it wasn’t all bad. Whoever was responsible...
2024-06-17 22:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post