“What are your terms?”
Melmarc remained on top of Ariadne. He had his hand on the small of her back but his eyes on Naymond.
“Death works.” His voice was still.
Beside Nay...
2025-05-28 23:57:03 +0000 UTC View PostLightning filled the room. It charged the air like an overzealous heat storm. No crackling signs of electricity showed yet. There were no streaks or anything. Then the air grew cold, chilling. Deot...
2025-05-28 09:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostDeoti made shushing sounds, hand held firmly over David Swan's mouth.
You’re not trying to kill him, she reminded herself.
Naymond said that they needed information about the...
2025-05-27 08:15:22 +0000 UTC View PostSitting quietly on the ottoman in Zen’s room, Aiden stared out the only window present. He was lost in thought, slightly confused.
He had seen what he had seen. He had been sure of it. He...
2025-05-26 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostDear, free members,
I have wracked my brain and have come to the conclusion that I have no idea what would interest you. So, this is a post created specifically for you all.
Currently, ...
2025-05-26 13:12:09 +0000 UTC View PostAiden didn’t have the answer to Fjord’s question. At least not the right one. He had an answer, but he wasn’t so socially inept that he was willing to give it. Well… in all fairness, he had...
2025-05-26 12:52:46 +0000 UTC View Post“A riposte, a parry, a block. All different things.”
The sun was not yet out in the sky. First light in Trackback was a lot brighter. Anyone who hadn’t been to the city before would thi...
2025-05-26 01:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post[You have used Class skill Double Edged]
His sword swung viciously, striking the gnarled ghoul in front of him. Drax felt his mana spill out of him as the skill took effect. ...
2025-05-25 14:56:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Two silver coins,” the merchant said. He was a mouse of a man, small with a pinched face. He wore a long, seamless garb with flower designs and a strip of brown cloth wrapped around his head. ...
2025-05-25 04:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostZen didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he shook his head, as if dispelling a headache. He frowned lightly. Signs of the discomfort he felt in the earlier days of the skill, from what Aiden remem...
2025-05-24 11:50:20 +0000 UTC View PostAiden let himself be occupied by the bow resting on his lap. He studied the intricate shapes and colors, even if it only had the one color.
Aiden let himself be occupied by the bow resting on...
2025-05-24 02:46:14 +0000 UTC View PostThwack!
Everyone heard the sound in the distance. It was dark and Feira most likely couldn’t see much of what had happened, but she would know.
Aiden intentionally didn’t l...
2025-05-23 10:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostFeira sat quietly with a frown on her face. Beside her, Zen was doing his best impression of trying not to laugh.
“You’ve got to admit,” her brother said. “It’s actually quite funny...
2025-05-22 23:57:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe woman stood at least six feet and five inches tall… give or take. It could’ve easily been seven inches instead of five, though.
Instead of a gambeson like her companions, she wore str...
2025-05-22 11:20:46 +0000 UTC View PostAiden moved through the trees, sidestepping the focused rays of light that slipped through the canopy above. He moved cautiously, feet carrying him in a rhythm as the Order had taught him. He kept ...
2025-05-21 22:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe sewers of Dentis weren’t so bad. It smelled of piss and shit, as all sewers tend to but not much else. You could tell what age demographic of people occupied a place by the smell of their sew...
2025-05-21 11:42:15 +0000 UTC View PostAiden stood his ground, tired and fatigued. The pain remained in his chest, unwilling to leave. His hand clutched at it, grabbed a handful of the fabric of what was left of his coat—as if he coul...
2025-05-20 23:09:58 +0000 UTC View PostA streak of lightning grazed Ebube and his eyes widened a moment before an annoying buzz went up his spine. It felt like being electrocuted as a child. It didn’t necessarily hurt, but it was enou...
2025-05-20 04:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostReaching level fifty had granted Ebube an interesting enough manifesting skill. King Oyedi had said that his manifesting skill had been gained in a different manner from what was common—a special...
2025-05-20 01:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe night air was stale. It didn’t blow into an evening breeze and it didn’t slither like a snake crawling over your body in the middle of the night while you slept in the forest hiding from en...
2025-05-17 17:24:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was low in the sky. Midday had come as quickly as it tended to and was now on the decline. Evening gazed in from around the corner, peeking, waiting, an ever-patient herald to the usurper t...
2025-05-16 04:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a long moment of silence. It settled on Aiden and Ted like an itchy blanket, asking for something to be done. Anything.
But there was nothing to be done.
Aiden stood and waite...
2025-05-15 03:54:36 +0000 UTC View PostFor a moment, Ariadne couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Melmarc was a [Faker]. How had he stopped Anji’s charge?
Anji was a B-class [Juggernaut]. It made no sense that Melmarc had bee...
2025-05-14 12:58:22 +0000 UTC View PostDavid Swan came awake with groggy eyes and heavy lids. He felt as if he was waking up from a very deep sleep but couldn’t remember sleeping.
He frowned at the discomfort. Moving his arms, h...
2025-05-11 23:39:44 +0000 UTC View PostThis was bullshit.
Melmarc stood with a whisper of a frown on his lips. He stood right next to a cab door as he closed it.
“Are you sure you won’t be needing me to take you...
2025-05-10 11:50:32 +0000 UTC View PostSwanda froze so suddenly that Theresa felt it even without looking at him. Still, she turned.
“Are you expecting someone?” she asked, but the look of terror on his face told her that he w...
2025-05-07 20:23:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire process of letting Naymond go had been very simple. Alfa had a key, with it she opened the [Sage]’s cell. Naymond had given a great big stretch as if being unshackled from a bed after ...
2025-05-06 10:42:18 +0000 UTC View PostA starry night and a beautiful forest were always a part of a camper’s dream. There was often very little that could usurp such beauty in their minds. Very little.
Drax stared at the sky ab...
2025-05-03 18:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostTed sat in the darkness, doing his best to ignore how uncomfortable the ground beneath him was. Not too long ago, he had been lying down, eyes closed, thinking. The path beyond the threshold was ri...
2025-04-24 23:18:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Please, I beg of you, if I have offended you in any way, I am sorry. Truly and deeply sorry.”
Ted was on his knees, pleading, like a man begging for his life.
“I have sinned and ...
2025-04-24 00:17:22 +0000 UTC View Post