Plum Parrot

M70

Morgan rifled through the bookcase, trying to figure out if any of the volumes were worth anything. They were in a room that must have been one of the officer or instructor quarters. They’d had t...

O18

The first few days of academy classes went by in a blur for Olivia. Her favorite part of the day was during the morning when she and her cohort would find a quiet place in the first-year library to...

M69

Drillmaster Groll stepped forward, his heavy foot clanking against the cobbles in the courtyard. Morgan took a good look at his armor - the way it encased him from neck to toes in heavy-looking blu...

M68

Morgan looked at the heavy wooden gates and the human-sized gap that had opened between them. He wanted to continue, to see what he could find and learn in this strange place, but he found himself ...

O17

Time went by very quickly in their Core development class, and it seemed like mere moments had passed after Sange spoke to her when Adaida was shaking Olivia’s shoulder, letting her know it was t...

M67

The sisters were high in the sky, shedding their pale luminescence over the open cobbled roadway leading to the imposing gates. Morgan and Issa had come down the road to wait for the mysterious gua...

O16

The sandwiches were good; Olivia couldn’t argue with that - the bread had been fresh, and the meat and vegetables slathered in a rich sauce had filled her belly nicely. While they ate, the cohort...

O15

Happy Saturday, Patrons!

Olivia did her best to tune out the chatter in the enchantment lab while she began to study the runes in her text. Many of the other students were...

M66

Tal-dak and Shinra were Morgan and Issa’s second opponents to leave behind a chest. While Issa studied the chest, Morgan looked around at the much more sparsely populated cluster of tents. Most o...

M65

The chest the two Bogoli sisters had in their camp didn’t look like a System generated treasure chest. At least, not one that Morgan had seen before. It was long and shallow, more like a toolbox ...

O14

Olivia dreamt of dark pits and mutilated corpses; she dreamt of writhing tentacles and terrible crunching bones. Often she was running through endless winding tunnels, something close behind her, a...

M64

Morgan sat across the fire from Issa, watching her meditate. She’d gained a level and gotten a new skill called Hexing Shriek. When he asked her what it did, she had said that enemies she affecte...

O13

Olivia looked up from her bowl of hot cereal and asked her cohort, “How often will I get to visit home?” The collective chewing and crunching around the table slowed down, and then Rald swallow...

M63

When the blue lights began to fade, allowing Morgan to see his surroundings, he found that he and Issa were standing on a stone platform on a hillside overlooking the high valley where the Citadel ...

O12

Olivia watched the door click closed behind Yunsha, and then she turned back to the group of people at the far end of the room. She slowly started walking toward them, doing her best to plaster a s...

O11

After Gan-dak showed her off to his friend Tilia, a willowy, winged Ghelli woman, he announced that she could let her concentration drop and that Olivia had passed his exams. “I’m done? So I’...

M62

The ancient road leading up the side of the box canyon had been easy for Morgan and Issa to find. When they’d ridden through the scraggy orange hills for a few miles, they started to make out the...

O10

"I'll be waiting here, Olivia. Just relax and follow the instructions of your evaluator." Yunsha smiled warmly, her blue-stained lips parting to reveal very human-like teeth.

"Yes, Olivia, my...

M61

Morgan and Issa rode over to the circled wagons. The Cadwalli started to clamber out from behind their cover and gather in a group, watching the two of them approach. As Morgan and Issa neared, an ...

M60

Morgan and Issa were noticed almost immediately by the Shadeni riders. Several of the riders peeled off from around the wagons and came toward them. Morgan remained calm, making sure that he didn't...

O9

Nearly as soon as her vision faded to black, a pinpoint of light appeared in Olivia's view that slowly widened to reveal a new scene. Momentary vertigo assaulted her as her body tried to make sense...

M59

Morgan and Issa sat on one of the new stone benches that circled the hilltop where the Colony Stone rose out of the ground. Actually, it was a Town Stone now. Arthur had explained that the colony h...

Part 2 starts today!

Dear Patrons,

Thanks for sticking with me! Today is the first chapter of part 2 of the story. I have been working on three different arcs, one with Morgan and Issa, one with Olivia and one wi...

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It's the last day of the month, and I only have 2 chapters left in this arc. I am going to post them today so that those of you who don't want to renew your Patreon can see how this arc wraps u...