System Lost Character Design - Talla
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My Own Best Friend 56 - She Could Have What?
I’m so exhausted after the battle that the rangers practically have to carry me back to camp, when I sit, staring into my lap and sullenly petting Nipper. The poor little guy got dislodged in the...
2025-04-24 17:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 55 - Let's See How You Like It
Mercifully, the rangers let me take a break while Draga and Saban clear a path forward. Despite Talla’s healing light, I’m still sore and exhausted all over. I didn’t take any injuries, but h...
2025-04-23 17:16:51 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 54 - No Problem
By the time we get all geared up and ready to depart, I’m feeling a lot better thanks to Talla’s spell—though Maggie is still raving like a lunatic. I’m pretty worried about her, but even i...
2025-04-22 17:30:07 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 53 - Change of Plans
We don’t have enough time to do much more than share our classes, and Talla gives me express permission to share them via [Message] along with a strict warning never...
2025-04-21 18:09:43 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 52 - All of It at Once
“[What are you?]”
Talla’s question hangs in the air, leaving me at a bit of a loss. I suppose it’s only fair after I asked her the same thing, but I don’t think she means it the way...
2025-04-20 18:24:57 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 51 - What Are You?
After Talla’s lecture—or maybe during, I’m not sure—Violet recedes to let me take the front again. Maggie’s magical strain is concerning, but it’s not like we can afford not understandi...
2025-04-19 17:10:36 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 50 - Just a Clever Application
I’m so confused. Is this some kind of test? Did I make a mistake by saving this body I’m trapped in? Why did the guardian allow it? Why did the goddess? A convergence point. Did the ones who ki...
2025-04-18 18:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 49 - Put Me In, Coach
It’s not surprising that Talla wants to know about the candles. Actually, in a way it’s a bit of a relief that the locals are as confused by them as I am. I couldn’t possibly answer what they...
2025-04-17 17:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 48 - Juicy Magical Secrets
The Fa’aun—or rather, the rangers, since I feel a little uncomfortable referring to them by species—huddle up for a private meeting following Talla’s interrogation. I get the feeling I’m ...
2025-04-16 16:51:26 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 47 - Each Other's Languages
There’s not a whole lot for me to do while my captors set up camp. They don’t tie me up or anything, but it’s pretty clear that I’m being held prisoner. I can’t go anywhere, they took awa...
2025-04-15 17:53:08 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 46 - Sorry
“Alright, stay calm,” Allison says, sounding the most panicked of any of us. “Don’t make any sudden movements. We don’t want to startle them.”
“I wasn’t plan...
2025-04-14 17:01:08 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 45 - Just Okay
The hike back isn’t quite as grueling downhill, but it’s still annoyingly long.
“I wonder if it would be better for us to set ourselves up outside,” I suggest. “It’s warmer out th...
2025-04-13 18:06:54 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend Interlude - The Ones Left Behind
A young woman gazes at the sky. She’s always loved the night sky—from the lingering twilight hues of the solstices to the shimmering lights briefly visible during the equinox. Ever since she wa...
2025-04-12 16:55:11 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 44 - At Least It's Pretty
Violet lets me take the front, since my class is better suited for exploration. I think Maggie jumped the gun a little on our slightly damp clothing, especially when there’s mold around, but admi...
2025-04-11 19:40:48 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 43 - Just a Kid
Maggie ends up going to sleep after she finishes cleaning, leaving me alone for what might be the first time since she appeared. It certainly feels like it. I was expecting Allie to come back when ...
2025-04-10 16:46:53 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 42 - Our Whole Purpose
I’m a murderer. We just killed people. I keep telling myself it was in self defense over and over like a mantra, but that does nothing to stop the tears running down my face like twin rivers. I c...
2025-04-09 18:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 41 - Playing With Fire
(Content Warnings: https://pastebin.com/706tzmUy patreon doesn't have spoiler tags, so this is the best I cou...
2025-04-08 16:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 40 - You've Earned a Break
Nothing can contain my enthusiasm. Not the cold, not the lingering soreness, not the fact that we still don’t know what kind of creatures are lurking in the dark up here, nothing! I...
2025-04-07 19:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 39 - Don't Get Distracted
Now that we’ve upgraded our classes and aren’t running for our life or bleeding to death, I can properly explore my surroundings. Maybe it’s the lighting, but I feel like the stone here is di...
2025-04-06 19:51:36 +0000 UTC View PostBonus - The World of What-If
(This chapter is dubiously canon and entirely skippable.)
Those girls. After all that talk about not being too hasty, they sure made their decisions quickly, didn’t they? N...
2025-04-05 18:20:18 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 38 - It's Called Minmaxing
Despite feeling like I haven’t eaten in a week, Violet still insists that I carefully ration our remaining food, so I have to tide myself over by nibbling on a bit of raw lizard meat and washing ...
2025-04-05 18:20:11 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 37 - The Dream
The dream never ends. Always the same. They take me, they bind me, they spout their delusions, fear, pain, the dagger falls, and I die. Then I awake once more into the same dream. Again and aga...
2025-04-04 17:38:14 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 36 - It's My Turn Isn't It?
Everything hurts. Sharp twinges of pain in my side and shoulder throb with every stride, simultaneously hot and cold as the bloodstains spread beneath my clothes. My lungs burn, struggling to draw ...
2025-04-03 17:02:53 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 35 - Sorry for Doubting
I feel a bit stupid for running all the way here after how long it’s taking to get that last level.
“Come on already, how much of this are you going to make me do?” I grumble, sweeping ...
2025-04-02 17:22:20 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 34 - Our Hair Is Too Long
“Come on Nipper,” I snap my fingers in front of the weird lamprey-worm that we’ve somehow adopted as a pet. He can’t hear, but he can feel vibrations in the air if the sound is close or lou...
2025-04-01 16:51:17 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 33 - Something Out There
After adding two more notches to the marks I’ve been using to keep a vague and probably very inaccurate track of our time down here, I sit back on my feet and frown at the markings.
“Nine...
2025-03-31 22:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 32 - Do Better
I wake to the heat of the sun’s rays on my face and groan. I’ve definitely overslept, and I’m sweating uncomfortably in my pajamas beneath the covers as the sun cruelly tries to bake me alive...
2025-03-28 20:53:15 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 31 - Nipper No Nipping
It’s hard to describe what I sense within my...magical dimensions? Extradimensional personal space? S-soul?
I’ll save the philosophy and/or theology for someone else. The sensation isn’...
2025-03-26 15:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostMy Own Best Friend 30 - Please Hold Your Applause
“Ugh,” Maggie groans irritably. “Why do you pick the worst possible times to be smart?”
I smile mirthlessly, my tone a mix of sweet and venomous as I reply. I’ve had it up to here w...
2025-03-24 17:50:33 +0000 UTC View Post