Maiya had dreamed of this moment for months. When she fled her cult prison and returned to civilization. To normalcy. To safety.
Playing the role of an undercover agent had placed fa...
2023-12-13 17:17:19 +0000 UTC View Post“I can! I just can’t!” Maiya guffawed. Her face, while no...
2023-12-10 19:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostVir had several reasons for wanting to fight this band of Chitran soldiers. At the moment, it was the thrill of a fight that interested him most. What tattoos would he get to see? What...
2023-12-10 19:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostVir’s jet black cloak fluttered gently in the breeze. Samar Patag wasn’t a windy city, but the Gargan Sea provided a constant, refreshing wind that moderated the sweltering humidit...
2023-12-07 18:36:29 +0000 UTC View Post“This mistreatment. This poverty… Is there truly nothing that can be done?” Vir asked. He paced around the orphanage classroom, which was currently devoid of children.
“I...
2023-12-06 18:02:11 +0000 UTC View PostBolin moved forward, bravely shielding the other children from Svar and his gang. As the oldest, he wore the shoes of the orphans’ leader, and in Vir’s eyes, he filled them well. 2023-12-05 17:11:19 +0000 UTC View Post
“That will be all for the day,” Janani announced. “Class is dismissed!”
A round of aww’s and no fair’s resounded through the room.
Some of the...
2023-12-04 18:20:28 +0000 UTC View PostVir left Greesha’s temple with a torrent of emotions welling inside him. There had been so much more to say, but the time wasn’t right. Vir hadn’t even broached the topic of Gree...
2023-11-30 17:54:23 +0000 UTC View Post“Well?” Greesha said once they’d arrived at her place of work. Resembling a miniature temple with pointed roofs, it was nestled in between other large, three-story structures. As...
2023-11-29 18:49:22 +0000 UTC View PostSo, how should I play this? Vir thought, facing down the three Chitran guards. The captain was notably not taking part, choosing instead to oversee this duel. No doubt he expe...
2023-11-28 18:28:19 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the shadows, Vir spotted many exits. He saw the insides of shacks, dark alleys, and plenty of exits along the wall.
In all of them, the common theme was squalor. A disturbin...
2023-11-27 18:24:44 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you serious?” Maiya said. “It’s been that long already!?”
Two hours had passed in the blink of an eye as Vir and M...
2023-11-21 19:51:30 +0000 UTC View PostAfter handing Cirayus a handful of loaves of stale bread—which Vir felt was already straining Sani’s means—Vir set out on the road to Samar Patag with her two children and ...
2023-11-20 18:13:15 +0000 UTC View Post“And after that, I ended up helping her wash her laundry. You won’t believe the conditions people live in here—”
“Vir, you’re breaking up,” Maiya’s image distorted,...
2023-11-16 18:14:23 +0000 UTC View PostI hate my life. Oh gods, I hate my life.
As so often happened lately, Maiya found herself wondering just how much Fate hated...
2023-11-15 18:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostWho split my head open with an ax? Maiya thought groggily as she blearily opened her eyes. And what’s with the smell?
She looked around, unable to make any se...
2023-11-14 18:17:04 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you think you’re doing?” Yamal cried. “She’s still alive, gods dammit!”
The Rector regarded him with as much affection as one would give a pile of trash.
... 2023-11-13 18:17:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Still,” Sani—the middle-aged mother who’d welcomed Vir into her home—said with a chuckle. “Must say I’m surprised. Warrior Callings aren’t usually so helpful with chor...
2023-11-09 18:06:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Maiya? Maiya can you hear me? Please, say something!” Vir said for what must have bee...
2023-11-08 18:23:58 +0000 UTC View PostWe’ve made a terrible mistake.
Vir raged at the gods—at Adinat, at Janak, at Badrak, Chala, Vera, and especially Yuma—for cursing them with such terrible ...
2023-11-07 18:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostVir walked around the room in a daze, mind reeling from all that had just occurred. The world with the floating islands, Ekanai, Maiya… they’d all disappeared. Had it all just been a dream?
... 2023-11-02 17:56:30 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: I'll be without internet connectivity the next several days, so here are Monday's and Tuesday's chapters. Next chapter will be Wednesday.
Greesha appeared as a white essenc...
2023-11-01 17:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostVir left his cave the same way he...
2023-10-31 18:08:21 +0000 UTC View PostA torrent of emotions assaulted Vir as his predecessor stepped through the Ash Gate into the City of the Gods. Emotions that stemmed as much from Ekanai as it did from himself.
F...
2023-10-30 18:13:24 +0000 UTC View PostVir found himself sitting on a stone bench. A long hearth fire burned a few paces away, its smoke rising to a circular hole cut in the top of the thatched yurt. The warm glow filled th...
2023-10-26 17:56:17 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: Start of a four parter to finish Arc 5! Will want to hear all of your thoughts once we're done! :D
Pure, unbridled fury burned Vir’s veins as if they were on fire.
...
2023-10-25 18:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostCirayus found himself amid pandemonium. Fires raged. Buildings burned, and demons screamed.
Some fled from their homes, on fire. Others knelt beside loved ones, mourning. The sky...
2023-10-24 18:16:54 +0000 UTC View PostVir didn’t wait for Ekanai to finish his speech. Blinking to the demon, he unleashed a Katar Launch at point-blank range. The disc of pure black prana blazed out, s...
2023-10-23 18:13:32 +0000 UTC View Post