“What are you talking about?” I say. “I’m not Fyreneth. I don’t even know who that is.”
Nek still watches me with a revered look. “Her return has been predicted for genera...
2024-09-14 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post[7 Days until the Gods’ Tournament]
“Chaos and potions, huh?” I stir the pot as steam hisses up from the bubbling brew. “I guess it’s not the worst idea.”
I hav...
2024-09-13 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing I notice, strangely enough, is all the mushrooms. Before now the caves had been barren, empty of any sign of life—save Mirzayael, I suppose. But the humidity is immediately appare...
2024-09-12 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI slam open the Storage building’s door. “Talia, I need a shit-ton of money!”
Talia sets down her teacup as the City Guards turn to face me.
“Hello, Sal,” Talia says. “Thank...
2024-09-11 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe spider woman hisses against my light and raises a hand to shield all eight of her blinking, black eyes.
“Ah, sorry,” I say, lowering my light and turning to place myself between...
2024-09-10 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the night passes in a sleep-deprived haze. As the adrenaline wears off, my body crashes hard. My insides feel hollow and cold, and every pain I hadn’t been feeling before, I feel now....
2024-09-09 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHaving double vision is kind of trippy, but given the last few months, I’ve sort of gotten used to it. Double hearing and double touch, meanwhile—still super trippy.
Zyneth stands on top ...
2024-09-08 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Is it too late to, ah, uninitiate a pact?” I ask.
[Dungeon Core abilities interfaced,] Echo says. [Pact formation complete.]
I take that as a no.
Even no...
2024-09-07 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI fumble blindly for a pouch, my fingers stuffy and numb as I pull the drawstring open and dig my hand into the sack. My fingers close around several frost seeds, and I push mana into them as I pul...
2024-09-06 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Unexpected” feels like a bit of an understatement. I am certainly surprised. More than a little disbelieving. Yet the proof is in the pudding, as they say, and I cannot deny the reality of thi...
2024-09-05 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post[Role Requirement.]
Ice chills through me. What? What do you mean?
[The day ends in 56 seconds and the user has not fulfilled their Role Requirement. The Chef role requires the...
2024-09-04 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFriendly Fyre begins in direct consequence to Chapter 45 of Loose Kanin.
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So this is what dyin...
2024-09-03 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! Since Friendly Fyre is launching this week on the Patreon, I thought I would update you all with the planned post schedule, at least until A Little Salty comp...
2024-09-02 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post[9 Days until the Gods’ Tournament]
[2 Days until Blackcloak membership is due]
[Name: Sal]
[Class: Rogue]
[Level: 16]
[Attack: 35]
[Agility: 18]<...
2024-09-02 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostWe submerge when the ships continue on an intercept course, hoping to lose them beneath the waves. But we’re above the coastal shelf now, and the waters are shallow. The most we can stay beneath ...
2024-08-30 12:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post[15 Days until the Gods’ Tournament]
[8 Days until Blackcloak membership is due]
“So what do you think?” I ask, seated across from Cyros inside the Blackcloak Guild H...
2024-08-30 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post[18 Days until the Gods’ Tournament]
[11 Days until Blackcloak membership is due]
[Frost Seed: A condensed pellet of mana infused with freezing properties. Once activated...
2024-08-28 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
First off, I'm excited to share a new cover for Loose Kanin that has recently finished. I don't have a cover for Kanin Fodder, yet, but I hopefully will have something in the ne...
2024-08-26 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post[20 Days until the Gods’ Tournament]
[13 Days until Blackcloak membership is due]
I idly stir the cauldron with my right hand as I keep the alchemy book propped up on my ...
2024-08-26 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostI hurry onto the main deck, where Zyneth is at the controls. “Land? Where? What do you see?”
The main window looking out into the sea has shifted over the last couple of weeks. What was o...
2024-08-23 12:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostCyros narrows his eyes. “Blackcloak?”
Oops. Right. He never really told me the name of the organization he worked for. That was insider knowledge from Echo. I gotta get better at tracking...
2024-08-23 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean I don’t have a choice?” I demand.
Talia had refused to answer anything else until we made it back to her place and I got patched up. I slipped my knife back into my In...
2024-08-21 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI throw myself forward, scraping and squeezing myself beneath the bench. A knot catches on my side, scratching along my ribs, but I hardly feel it. I wiggle forward, desperate, clawing—grab...
2024-08-19 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt takes over a week to push the submarine up to the surface. Even with all my glass and void, we’re still just a fraction of the size of the Prismatic, so it’s a lot like a dog trying...
2024-08-16 12:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post“What?” Lis says. “Maru? How do you know?”
Talia swears under her breath. “Come on.” She beckons to me. “We have to get you out of here.”
“Why?” Lis asks, her eyebro...
2024-08-16 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“You sure you’ll be alright?” Gugora asks. “Fairwood is a big city.”
“I got back fine last time,” I say. “Don’t worry! Talia will let me stay at her place again.” Probably...
2024-08-14 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostBy the day Cyros is supposed to meet back up with me, I’ve leveled up again.
[Name: Sal]
[Class: Rogue]
[Level: 14]
[Attack: 26]
[Agility: 15]
[HP: 90/90]
<... 2024-08-12 12:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostWe fall into a routine. The weirdest kind of routine. During the day, Zyneth works on figuring out the controls of the sub while I tinker with my glass magic; or he and I experiment with strengthen...
2024-08-09 12:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostI hold in a groan as I chop up a board of carrots, wondering if there’s anything more mind-numbingly boring in the whole world than food prep. If it weren’t for the fact that I still need to do...
2024-08-09 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEverything is green. The crates are green. The walls and floor and ceiling are green. I am green.
Despite Iski and Gugora both typically being green, I think they’re about to turn red in an...
2024-08-07 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post