Joyrides and lengthy cruises aside, it was time to buckle down and get a little serious, which would also line up nicely with Kim and her team being back for a while. Everything that Beth's team ne...
2025-10-08 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostSelene stayed with them two weeks, until the time that they had the cruiser space worthy and ready to test. The ship was fully sealed and the engines were working fine; Zelmainne assured the others...
2025-10-07 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostI made my way back down onto the street, heading back to the subway station that I had used to access this part of the neighborhood. It was only slightly closer than the next closest station, anoth...
2025-10-06 23:54:15 +0000 UTC View Post"Do you have more than that?" Selene asked.
"No, that's everything," Sera said as Beth made a motion like she was dusting her hands off.
"Good, because that's all we can han...
2025-10-06 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe other two Solos had talked with the old man for just a moment before grabbing a set of packages and departing, giving me a side-eye as they left the area in front of the warehouse. I approached...
2025-10-05 14:53:49 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone made their way out back to the training grounds, which had the facilities to accommodate a duel in a more professional fashion, though it hadn't been used in a long while. When the Count h...
2025-10-03 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThey spent an objective month, or close to it, resting, other than Neph, who spent a subjective year grinding in the gate. That got her enough experience to do another rebirth, her fourth, which sh...
2025-10-02 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post"The hell does that even mean, Jaq?" Beth asked, rolling her eyes. "How does somebody flee the damn universe."
"It's not as weird as it sounds," Jaq said calmly.
"Oh? Reall...
2025-10-01 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post"Anyway, let's stash this and move on," Beth said, shaking her head and making to move to the tank.
"No," Jaq said, shaking his head before grabbing the compressed tank and lifting it u...
2025-09-30 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostBeth moved into a small chamber that was only a single room back from the exterior. It was the closest to the front of the ship she had been personally without observing from Jaq's ship, in an area...
2025-09-29 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostSadly, such things could never be. I had to get ready for the party, a week hence, and that included getting new clothes, which I had always found rather ridiculous. I gave the tailor a headache, a...
2025-09-26 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post"What else?" Jaq asked.
"Ammo," said Bjorn.
Everybody just looked at him for a minute before Jaq asked, "And?"
"And what?" Bjorn said.
"What about th...
2025-09-25 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe group worked for a week with very little rest. Jaq didn't really need rest for weeks at a time with his stats, skills, and cyberized body, but Beth's team couldn't hold up that long. It was als...
2025-09-24 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe bear-like creature snarled when the growl failed to produce the intended result and started stalking toward them. Bjorn began to unlimber his hammer, but Jaq stepped forward, holding up a hand ...
2025-09-23 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostBeth passing her combat exam, and quite easily, meant that they just had one more piece to go, which was a review of their equipment. It wasn't a place that people were failed, per se, as stopping ...
2025-09-22 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWell, I had other things to worry about rather than mega corporations, like how I was going to keep paying for rent. It was already into the late afternoon, so I figured I could make a quick shoppi...
2025-09-22 06:10:02 +0000 UTC View Post"Fun, that's one way to describe," the doc chuckled, grabbing something else before applying it to my skin, everywhere I was bruised or battered.
"Any advice for a fresh Solo, doc?" I ...
2025-09-21 08:59:32 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I've wanted to write a Cyberpunk thing for a while now, and this is chapter one. I'm inspired by things like Ghost in the City, but my protag doesn't have a system here. I wanted to do somethi...
2025-09-21 04:44:49 +0000 UTC View PostSpeaking of that soul-based affinity, I had not really looked all that much into it in recent days, though I did get a strange feeling from it a few times as I healed. In particular, when I thought...
2025-09-19 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe network they were still developing came in handy once again for their last mission, as they were contacted by somebody they did an extermination mission for with a similar job. There was a Gold...
2025-09-18 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post"So, we just steal the painting now?" Blood asked after they had all showered and were on the bridge, Bjorn on one of the two massive let-down seats at the back.
"No, Blood, we can't fu...
2025-09-17 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral missions, and several months, came and went, none of them particularly notable, with the exception of a mission to fight monsters. Beth's title came into play, not that it was greatly neede...
2025-09-16 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostWhen these kind of investigations happened, with a CRA Gold Emblem or above taking the lead to look into something, local authorities often played second fiddle to them. That was true here, as Beth...
2025-09-15 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostI still wasn't feeling back up to one hundred percent, but after about two weeks had passed, the damage from the fight was more than gone. Most of the damage from the Tribulation was now healed, wh...
2025-09-12 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post"So, what's the plan?" Sera asked as they stood at the rear of a train car. The place had just such a thing because of just such people as Bjorn, who didn't fit very nicely in the rather small seat...
2025-09-11 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the oddity, nothing else really unusual happened, nor did they have anything else to do there, and that was doubly bad, since they didn't have any other good leads currently. They just had ...
2025-09-10 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe den of the scythe swarmers was a real horror, the kind of places one could have nightmares about for many years afterwards. As they go close to it, the floors started to be covered in a thick, ...
2025-09-09 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a little unfortunate that the CRA didn't have a fully unified mission tracking system, but the missions were supposed to be local anyway. Anything that would cross between worlds or require ...
2025-09-08 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostWatching the group go over the ground, and my mother leave to check on the estate (and likely Marianne) for a moment, I had to shake my head. They weren't total amateurs, and I was no legendary sle...
2025-09-05 17:00:37 +0000 UTC View PostBaelvyr's sudden visit aside, the rest of that afternoon went rather well, as her extended team, as she thought of them, spent time with the Ascended. There was no real limit to the amount of time ...
2025-09-04 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post