Repairs to Dauntless were light, aside from the main mast. Chains were run, and pulley systems were put in place to move the mast back to its proper position. Ozzy and Butterbelly were nee...
2023-02-05 19:23:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe ring of Thunderheads moved toward the eruption at a steady pace, dropping moisture as they went that cooled the smoke. Behind them were massive clouds of steam carrying the heat upward. The gap...
2023-02-02 21:29:28 +0000 UTC View PostOpening his eyes was difficult. Milo was tired and wanted to sleep more. But the constant beep beep beep was annoying him. His muscles were a little stiff as he stepped out of his pod.
Odd, he d...
An hour before dawn saw Dauntless moving toward the rain with all sails at full heat. Splinter sailed beside her, sprinting ahead and cutting to port and starboard as Captain Wood...
2023-01-30 22:40:38 +0000 UTC View PostGangrene took three long strides toward his troops and glared up and down the line. Some of them were looking at him oddly, and it infuriated him. One started to open his mouth to speak. "Shut it! ...
2023-01-30 06:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter is essentially done, but I'll be looking it over again to make sure none of the conversations read oddly. If you see something that sounds wrong, toss some advice.
"How does th...
The more I write, the more I look forward to it. I can see the huge appeal of just writing as your main job. Thursdays I have off and try to get a chapter done for each story, but that day is fille...
2023-01-29 19:23:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe mood aboard Dauntless changed drastically over the next day. The eruption was still throwing too much heat at them, and the threat of the Thunderheads was on every horizon, but the sud...
2023-01-26 02:47:55 +0000 UTC View PostAs Milo and Brutus went to leave, they were stopped by Helen Brownfur. "Hold up, young one. I need to know your intentions in talking to this Gangrene."
Milo shrugged. "I'm not sure myself, ...
Buttercup was sad, and she wanted to play a game. She and Rosie had been in their carts for days and days and days. They had only had fun the time the big rock thing had come to play, and they were...
2023-01-24 02:52:40 +0000 UTC View PostIt was another evening of celebration aboard the Splinter. The ship had survived an encounter with an angry Thunderhead and a Leviathan from the deep, and their Captain had earned a promot...
2023-01-22 18:09:08 +0000 UTC View Post(A little rough, and please note that chapter 171 is taking some time to turn from Raw to Finished, but of importance to this chapter is that Smiley wakes up. And, I put chapters up out of order ag...
2023-01-21 06:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostI owe some stories. Who is a side character that you'd like to know more about? It can be from either Butcher or Tunnel Rat. This is only being posted to people who are donating more than 5.00 a mo...
2023-01-21 03:47:24 +0000 UTC View PostLarry looked at Rifkin. "Rifkin is sad and having a bad day. Larry can tell. Maybe if Rifkin weren't a SNEAKYBADGUY! he wouldn't be so sad!"
Something clicked in Milo's brain. According to L...
Releasing a tiny bit of heat into the rocket, Captain Cavendish sent it into the sky. Then he turned and addressed what was left of his crew. Of the eight hundred sailors that had once crewed Daunt...
2023-01-19 07:32:42 +0000 UTC View PostJust got this down on paper, and still thinking about it, but here it is. Feedback or criticism is welcome.
There were things worse than death, Milo thought to himself. He looked back fondl...
Another pot of coffee, another chapter done.
Ozzy gazed up at the cyclones dropping down into the smoke. "Can you fill me in on why rain is such a terrible thing? Assume I grew up somewhere ...
The EMG, or Event Monitoring Group was seven people tasked with watching for anomalies in the world of GENESIS. Their job was three-fold: Discover strange or novel events, document them, and pass o...
2023-01-15 23:35:30 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Chapters 237 and 238 are mostly blue boxes and information I've already posted here. Chapter 239 is not an Ozzy chapter, and looking at it, it needs some more editing. It will be up later tod...
2023-01-15 21:19:21 +0000 UTC View PostYou guys totally took me by surprise with the vote on the type of aspect. Wood is the winner. That's going to make me think a bit, but there are obvious connections to both smoking food and what he...
2023-01-13 05:34:40 +0000 UTC View PostGathering mushrooms and picking vegetables continued. The Hollow needed the food, and for many of its inhabitants, it was all they knew to do. The spider cheese they had eaten narrowed their world ...
2023-01-11 05:16:21 +0000 UTC View Post(Much apologies, I thought I had this up already.)
Ozzy had been thinking all day about his next steps. Staying at level 10 wasn't a good option. He could raise some skills, but it...
2023-01-10 06:51:28 +0000 UTC View PostVoting is far from done, but this one is running ahead by a little. So IFF the prior poll ends up having Simple Aspect as the winner, what are your opinions on things?
Fire: He has fi...
Stat: T2 Base STR 31 DEX 12 AGI 6 CON 32 INT 13 WIS 6 CHR 24 PER 4 COR 20 RAD...
2023-01-09 18:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostChoose one of these abilities:
-A simple aspect of magic. (Fire, ice, acid, earth, water, storm, poison, dark, light.)
An aspect is needed to cast spells using a type of magic. Higher levels ...
Tier 2 Bonuses for reaching the Benchmark of: 20 in a pair of stats.
The Bonuses earned for high stats in Tier 1 may be upgraded if you have again hit the benchmarks for each...
2023-01-09 17:45:45 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon hates Blue Boxes. I'm going to be posting the information that will appear in upcoming chapters in smaller blocks, that hopefully show up here more readable than just posting the chapters w...
2023-01-09 17:43:10 +0000 UTC View PostBoth Tunnel Rat and Butcher of Gadobhra are hitting the ends of major story arcs. Unplanned that they would be at the same time.
We'll be tying a lot of loose ends up and then immediately t...
Vary raced up the tunnels between Limburger Hollow and Shadowport. Sledemonky needed a scouting report, and Vary had volunteered to go scout. If there were more humans on the way, they needed to kn...
2023-01-09 03:09:03 +0000 UTC View PostMilo was sure Larry wouldn't stop at this door this time. But Larry skidded to a stop with both heals and knocked loudly. "Larry is coming in the door now, Justin needs help." Perhaps the insistenc...
2023-01-06 02:27:04 +0000 UTC View Post