Derek crouched in the dark, hoping the dirt on his face and the general dark hues of his clothes would keep him hidden. Hunting during the daytime, he had found, was a waste of time. There just was...
2023-10-25 16:23:32 +0000 UTC View PostAfter picking through the remains of the bar, taking a fresh look at Matt’s stats, and comparing notes together, Matt and Lucy came to one conclusion. Yes, Ma...
2023-10-25 16:23:12 +0000 UTC View PostHaving shambled up to the bar, Matt now stood awkwardly in front of the barstools as the wolf-man bar-owner-slash-demon-class-teacher made his way around to stand beside him. Matt leaned lightly on...
2023-10-25 16:22:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe sunrise had much less of an impact on Matt than the sunset had. He might have felt a little more alert than he had been before watching it, but if so, it was a mild effect and thoroughly washed...
2023-10-25 16:22:14 +0000 UTC View PostMatt materialized the token and caught it out of the air as it fell.
“What’s that? Some kind of reward?”
“Yes. Maybe the good kind. One sec.”
The few years of life on Ga...
2023-10-25 16:21:53 +0000 UTC View PostMatt pulled himself up off the ground. It turned out that not all forms of travel to various system worlds were created equal. The fact that he was still alive meant the Gaians had got it at least ...
2023-10-25 16:20:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay alright. With Derek here, we can start for real. Artemis, would you be so kind as to call up the map, and give us some basic background on what’s happening?” Brennan said, turning his c...
2023-10-25 16:18:07 +0000 UTC View PostDerek was having a pretty good day. He had woken up, eaten a sensible but delicious breakfast, gone on a ten-mile run, worked with the weight set the old blacksmith had made for him, went on his sw...
2023-10-25 16:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostMatt shook his head. “I’m happy here. But we all know I’m useless here as well. Or at least I will be. The hunting parties start in earnest next week, and once they are up to speed, I won’t...
2023-10-25 16:17:19 +0000 UTC View PostMatt postponed heading into town for the few moments it took to take a quick shower in his enchanted tub, then he and Lucy set off down the path to the village. The Gaians had cut the path just the...
2023-10-25 16:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostMatt had often wished that the sun would set on Gaia, mostly because constant sunlight had done absurd things to his sleep cycle. Sometimes, he’d go days without sleeping at all, driven on by sta...
2023-10-25 15:54:55 +0000 UTC View PostI am, for better or worse, a relative newbie as fiction is concerned.
A while back, Dotblue came to me and said, “Hey, have you ever thought about taking a try at fiction?” At that time, ...
2023-10-25 15:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe main system was not exactly an AI. As a not-exactly-an-AI type of being, it could not, in actual fact, go on leisurely walks around its opulent, majestic estate to help with the digestion of ex...
2023-10-25 15:51:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Reincarnator! Matt!”
After entering the museum, Matt wasn’t even fully reoriented before Ramsen was on him, grasping his shoulders, and nearly shaking him from excitement.
“You...
2023-10-25 15:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostDing!
“Dammit, Barry.”
“What?”
“He’s being funny with the achievements. I wanted “Grand Gaian Savior” or something.”
“Does that matter if the lo...
2023-10-25 15:47:27 +0000 UTC View Post