Chapter 20 - For the Record
Welp. I guess it’s safe to say Nyx’s workshop is absolutely, completely, not remotely intact after all. Erebus really didn’t leave anything at all, did she?
(Well…) my Ass...
2023-12-30 01:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Welp. I guess it’s safe to say Nyx’s workshop is absolutely, completely, not remotely intact after all. Erebus really didn’t leave anything at all, did she?
(Well…) my Ass...
2023-12-30 01:35:27 +0000 UTC View PostAfter I’ve given Pyrias long enough to really take in my ashy dusty cloudy majesty, I reuse the Skill and restore my physical form, ahem, fully clothed.
(Yeah, I told you so,) N...
2023-12-30 01:35:00 +0000 UTC View PostI’m… just going to ignore the nonsense for now and assume this is something, uh, maybe Erebus did?
(Let’s just go with that,) Nyx sighs and points at one of the teleporter pads. (You wa...
2023-12-30 01:34:30 +0000 UTC View Post[Status]
[Name: Nemesis]
[Race: Dust Elemental (Infant, Spirit, Ephemeral)]
[SYSTEM: TYPE E – Level 11 – XP 1420/120...
2023-12-30 01:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostHuh? Whaddayamean I can’t farm ghost traps anymore!? I can’t even get in one!
(It’s in the name,) replies Nyx.
Wait... it’s race-specific?
(That’s exactly what I’m say...
2023-12-30 01:32:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip back to the underground – wait, is this the ground? Under surface? Below surface? Whatever, anyway, it’s uneventful. I didn’t even run into my pets along the way, I...
2023-12-30 01:31:54 +0000 UTC View PostAfter securing my unconscious cargo in a proper location (ok, so I dumped them in a nearby alley, I’m sure they’re fine), I let myself in the front door. It’s convenient hav...
2023-12-30 01:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve been sifting through my surprisingly normal Class options for some time when Nyx interrupts my fun.
(Philip has been waiting long enough, we need to go back.)
So you can dote on ...
2023-12-30 01:29:41 +0000 UTC View PostMost of the decisions I’ve faced in this life, or, unlife? Undeath? Whatever. They’ve been fairly straightforward. Eat the human, or be hungry? Break the barrier, or be trappe...
2023-12-30 01:29:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis guy really can talk, can’t he? Does he have like, a special evolution where he doesn’t have to breathe?
(He’s probably another Spirit type,) my Assistant offers.
“-And the ...
2023-12-30 01:28:28 +0000 UTC View PostI’ll admit it, I’m bored. We’ve been walking for four days and we haven’t found a single thing for me to eat. My companions of the green persuasion haven’t exactly been ...
2023-12-30 01:27:53 +0000 UTC View PostI must be doing something right, because after a week and a half of routinely ‘cleaning’ the settlement’s ghost traps, Nerin appears to have finally accepted my presence. If...
2023-12-30 01:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostIt occurs to me as I pull myself out from the most recent of seventeen separate ghost traps that if I actually did have a mortal body, I’d be exceedingly tired by now. For all i...
2023-12-30 01:26:18 +0000 UTC View PostAfter weathering Nyx’s flaming tirade about openly declaring to an unknown and probably untrustworthy party that I’m going to be vulnerable for some period of time, I take her...
2023-12-30 01:24:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe round vegetables the shopkeeper had been holding hit the ground, making a soft thud. Deciding to freeze, are you? Some predators might be fooled, but I’m not ‘some predato...
2023-12-30 01:22:49 +0000 UTC View PostAfter what must have been another solid hour of Nyx attempting to dote on the Philip (despite she herself stating that she’s intangible), my patience finally runs out. Sure does...
2023-12-30 01:21:55 +0000 UTC View PostI reform. Teleportation never really feels better, but I’m at least getting used to what I can only describe as being torn apart and pieced back together. Meanwhile, all around ...
2023-12-30 01:21:09 +0000 UTC View Post[Status]
[Name: Nemesis]
[Race: Manaphage (Spirit, Ephemeral)]
[SYSTEM: TYPE E – Level 0 – XP 620/1000]
... 2023-12-30 01:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostWalls of gray bricks surround me when my senses return, a stark contrast from the sterile white and runic steel of the facility that served as my prison for hells know how long. B...
2023-12-30 01:18:53 +0000 UTC View PostJust when I think these hallways are never going to end, I find a far more secured door than the others. At least I assume it’s more secure, given all the runes washing across i...
2023-12-30 01:18:02 +0000 UTC View Post(Short answer? No, not even close!) Nyx replies nonchalantly. She seems to pick up on my mental brow furrowing though. (I mean come on, the only reason you even have arms or legs ...
2023-12-30 01:17:22 +0000 UTC View PostGradually, I come to. My head is splitting, but hopefully whatever is happening is done.
(For now, sure. First bit is the worst, but ascension is pretty well pain in general, I’d start gett...
2023-12-30 01:16:26 +0000 UTC View PostDarkness. My awareness offers nothing but flashes of motion, color. And the all-encompassing numbness, filling my thoughts, my mind. For a split second, I see a splash of somethin...
2023-12-30 01:14:23 +0000 UTC View PostI just linked this to my RoyalRoad since I'm writing a fic there now (For the Record). Once I have enough of a buffer built up for it to make any kind of sense I might add another tier on here for ...
2023-10-12 03:33:38 +0000 UTC View Post