AJ followed the line of slow-moving Aspirants, his head down and his mind lost in thought. He knew that he and the rest of Atlus’ fighters were being funneled into some new destination, but what ...
2025-01-04 18:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostAJ took out a notebook and pen and scribbled something on its pages before showing the four others.
From now on, we communicate through paper. And for god's sake no one fucking ...
2025-01-04 05:17:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Is that the last of the squads?” AJ, the leader of the siege, shouted.
“That should be everyone, sir,” one of his lieutenants said, “All squads and battalions are accounted for.”...
2025-01-03 04:52:41 +0000 UTC View PostOnce I double-checked that the last of the scouts were fully out of the hospital, I picked up the intercom and addressed the hospital. “Alright, ladies and gentlemen of Hope’s Memorial, the inv...
2025-01-01 03:38:55 +0000 UTC View Post“What kind of fresh hell is this?” Carlton muttered to no one in particular. This new siege mission had dropped them in a rain-soaked hillside overlooking the damned creepiest hospital that the...
2024-12-31 04:54:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a lot longer for me to get used to the new access that I had as vice director, so much so that I had to skip dinner and had to have a nurse inform Vadeem and Noel of the fact. I had thought...
2024-12-30 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAbigail and Molly took the next hour or so going over the key points of the Hospital’s operations, and what it truly meant to be the acting Director. The end results were… well, they were stran...
2024-12-22 07:11:42 +0000 UTC View PostNoel’s form shifted and blurred as she approached the counter, but as she was almost within touching distance of the woman, her entire body melted into the background. Those colorless flames star...
2024-12-19 17:39:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Damn, Walter,” Vadeem muttered in awe as we opened the glass doors and entered Hope’s Memorial proper. “You were stuck in here as that thing last time? Damn, maybe our time in that sitcom ...
2024-12-16 17:20:54 +0000 UTC View Post“I knew we should have gotten an extra table,” I grumbled as I dodged another flying piece of meat.
Vadeem, Noel, and the twins were engaging in another battle to see who could hord...
2024-12-12 18:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt was smooth sailing after that meeting at the bar, and before long, my small faction was growing at an impressive rate. Sure, there were only about 150 members of the resistance, but given the st...
2024-12-09 20:12:26 +0000 UTC View PostThings got busy once the Regressor’s plan of sticking people into the Omen Machine started in earnest. At first, we were able to find a few thousand volunteers to enter the thing, with the prospe...
2024-12-06 15:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay,” I mumbled half intelligently between bites of perfectly seasoned ribs, “How the hell did the food here become so good? It was a glorified cafeteria before.”
Hell, even the dec...
2024-12-03 14:17:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Fascinating… I’ve never thought of using spatial tech like this before, but how did you… Hm, I see! This is quite…” my chubby friend continued to mumble incomprehensible things as he e...
2024-12-02 13:21:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe Director finished what she was doing a short while later and, exhaustingly, got up from her seat to envelop me in a friendly hug. I could tell the poor woman was past the point of exhaustion an...
2024-11-27 17:32:52 +0000 UTC View PostI left the office and made my way into the prepared room where I’d receive Claire’s brother. Aside from me, there was only a pair of Central staff - the same ones who the Regressor had somehow ...
2024-11-26 14:26:22 +0000 UTC View PostWe all sat back in our seats once Claire left. She had told us that it would take some time to get her brother and his things moved over, apparently, she was quite paranoid about her enemies exploi...
2024-11-20 18:31:50 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t decide to stay with Claire for much longer after that. Yoona had come a few minutes after me, and I left it up to her to guide our new addition around the preplanned sights and her new d...
2024-11-18 18:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostLady Awesome: Man, little bro, you got the strangest requests, but hey, whatever tickles your fantasies.
Walter’s Fine: No, Noel! 2024-11-14 18:20:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I walked over to Claire, who was still staying vigilant for any new threats and informed her of my findings. Well, more like I lied about what I had been talking about, but that wasn’t anything n...
2024-11-12 17:57:36 +0000 UTC View PostMan, it was times like this were I wished Noe’s Absolute Luck skill could manipulate what I say to acquire the best results, but if just muttering the right name costs hundreds of charges, then s...
2024-11-08 19:55:31 +0000 UTC View PostNoe… please tell me I don’t have to act like this for the remainder of my stay here.
“You can end it early if you wish, my Host, by eliminating Aspirant Claire,” Noe replied ...
2024-11-07 14:03:31 +0000 UTC View PostClaire woke up to a brutal migraine, eerily similar to the one she felt when she first arrived in these Trials all those months back. However, unlike the confused and terrified fool that began the ...
2024-11-05 20:22:31 +0000 UTC View PostIt was 1 in the morning by the time that I had everything I could do on my own setup. Now Noe’s abilities might be impressive, but it costs way too much Luck Charges to keep all of her activities...
2024-10-31 13:57:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Alrighty, little bro!” Noel smiled as she dragged me out of the guild building and into Pandora’s (not so) busy streets. “The world won’t be ready for the amazing duo of Noel and a Nobod...
2024-10-30 13:49:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe core members of the Abyss Guild spent the next few hours basking in the sun and occasionally pulling up some fish. Thankfully, my worst fears were avoided and the fish, at least the ones that w...
2024-10-29 17:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post“There’s not a lot to say,” I shrugged. “I think I’ve told this to Yoona and her brother before, but I was an amateur MMA fighter before this, just local gigs, small crowds, stuff like th...
2024-10-28 02:54:29 +0000 UTC View PostA few days had passed since my little stunt with Q, and the Abyss guild had done an admirable job getting Pandora’s situation back in order. Jae-Hyun and Marcus did the heavy lifting, of course, ...
2024-10-24 17:59:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Now then,” Q continued, wisely not allowing the other Aspirants the time to regret my choice, “you can all discuss the details of the contract at a later time, but for now, I believe that I ...
2024-10-23 18:14:09 +0000 UTC View Post“We refu-” Jae-Hyun began, but before he could finish his sentence, Q snapped his finger and all sound disappeared from the room.
“Ah, it would be best if you all just listened to...
2024-10-18 17:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post