The Between moves. It’s impossible to see it, because all there is to see is nothing, but somehow I can feel the space shifting around me. Ripples of light appear beneath each of my footfalls, ma...
2024-06-10 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostBlack. Nothingness.
Between surrounds us, yet we still have our shape. We still have our glass, and void. The Prismatic is next to us, and the stone summoning circle is beneath our f...
2024-06-07 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostA hand grabs our shoulder and jerks us back as warmth floods through us. Zyneth steps around as we fall to the ground—our void swarms to catch us—a hand pressed to our chest even as he extends ...
2024-06-05 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere’s where the predator’s abilities become crucial.
The ocean tears at us and streams of null magic slice through our void, but we shield our core from the angry buffeting as we plunge ...
2024-06-03 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Kanin!” Zyneth calls.
“I’m alright!” The void stretches as it lowers me to the ground. Once I step back to the unsteady floor, I let go of the handhold and retract my severed glass...
2024-05-31 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe shadowy forms of Emrox emerge from the dark like a ghost. Pulses of blue constantly emit from the Prismatic, Gillow hyper paranoid of running into any null currents, many of which now ...
2024-05-29 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI swirl my glass and void around me—thank god both of those came with—and desperately try not to panic. My glass touches nothing. My void senses only water around us, as far as it can reach, in...
2024-05-27 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn the ensuing days, just about everything except Gillow tries to kill us. There’s sharks the size of school buses. A swarm of flesh-eating jellyfish. Shadowy creatures that avoid the Prismat...
2024-05-24 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDespite Gillow’s promise, the first day passes without incident. It’s impossible to tell time down here, so I use my Core Bond spell’s beaded bracelet to track the days. The beads slowly dim ...
2024-05-22 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostI stab it with my glass, but the shards break like they’re striking stone. I activate a Void Whip and infuse the void with my mana, straining against the tentacle. It doesn’t budge, however. I...
2024-05-20 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe horizon is purple and the sea dark, stars still glimmering overhead. I’ve been here for two and a half months now and I’m still not used to seeing so many stars in the sky.
It will be...
2024-05-17 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNoli (and Rezira, I guess),
Zyneth is helping me write this, so if anything doesn’t sound like me, you can blame him for taking liberties. Looks like I won’t be stopping back...
2024-05-16 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, you’re not dead,” Gillow says when we step through their doors. They grin from behind the counter, showing off all their shark teeth. “Given all the exciting rumors I’ve been hearing...
2024-05-15 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn some ways, the loud, bustling square reminds me of Harrowood. Even though I’m finally getting used to the sight of cat people selling their wares and pigeon-sized dragons delivering parcels ov...
2024-05-13 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the predator realizes it can’t overpower me and take the arcana crystal—which, yes, it does try to do—it resumes talking to itself in its creepy mind-meld sort of way. It’s like in its...
2024-05-10 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“We should maintain a low profile for the next few days,” Zyneth finally says as we arrive back at our room. “Lay low. Let things settle.”
“You do not think Yedzaquib will come afte...
2024-05-08 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPeople are screaming, patrons streaming toward the exit. There are City Guards about as well, approaching the hole carved in the middle of the floor, but they jump back in surprise when we emerge. ...
2024-05-06 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe void roars around us as we dive after him. Our magic wraps around his torso as we yank him back up onto the shelf. Triumph erupts through us. We saved him. We’re free. We marvel at this power...
2024-05-03 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey!” I shout up to the fire mage as I hurry over to the wall. A quick Inspect takes me to the right spot. It’s three feet off the ground, but my void can reach it. The predator perks up as ...
2024-05-01 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe mage’s gaze darts around as he squints for the source of my voice. At least that means my spell is working. I try to relax, although given the spiders, magic web, and maybe-insane wizard just...
2024-04-29 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Kanin!” Zyneth throws an arm out behind my back, grabbing my shoulder and stopping me from careening over the ledge. A spark of magic jolts from my glass to his hand and he sucks in a breath, ...
2024-04-26 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Did you have a chance to scout this place at all?” Zyneth asks.
I step down the spiral staircase, cautious of any more spiders popping up. “Not much. It took a lot more time to walk ar...
2024-04-24 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI shove the predator away with a barking laugh. Ay, there’s the rub. Let you take control? Not fucking likely. How about you just lend me your abilities? Or, better yet, I can just take them ...
2024-04-22 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostStreaks of water dribble down my glass as I breach and begin to take in my surroundings. The water in my crack also starts to leak out, once more causing a distinctly uncomfortable internal ticklin...
2024-04-19 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostZyneth sits across the table from me, grimacing. I use my cloak to conceal my movements as I unstring my core from my neck and slip it out of the pouch. I set myself down on the table and unfold my...
2024-04-17 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe predator is suspiciously quiet and cooperative the rest of the night. By the time Zyneth wakes, I’m up to 30 mana—not quite as high as it should be without the predator’s interference, bu...
2024-04-15 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostCall it a heart to heart, I say, projecting my thoughts toward the predator. It can probably hear me regardless, but I want to make sure it can’t ignore me. This conversation is not opti...
2024-04-12 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post[Mana: 25/56]
[Predator Time Limit: 1.2 hours.]
“Okay,” I tell Zyneth when we get back to the inn. “This should be enough to Attune some of the void.”
Evening sunlight is ...
2024-04-10 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGillow doesn’t even blink at my proposal to go to Emrox—a venture, apparently, many have made, and few have returned from. They don’t seem surprised when I suggest we use their sub. They don...
2024-04-08 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“You have no idea what you’re suggesting,” Zyneth says, back on his feet. “Gillow is only out for themself. You can’t trust them.”
“I do not trust them,” I say. “But I do no...
2024-04-05 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post