The gates to the inner chamber opened and the four of us were greeted with the sight of a conclave of old aliens dressed in plain robes. There were seven of them, all seated on high chairs slightly...
2024-05-14 17:26:31 +0000 UTC
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“Good morning!” I said cheerily to the gatekeepers blocking our path, “We are here to seek entrance to your beautiful city. We are mercenaries and soldiers for hire.”
The two men (wom...
2024-05-14 02:23:49 +0000 UTC
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Once the last of us stepped through Q’s portal, the old Admin quickly closed the hole in reality and shoved us into a smaller wormhole so we’d be as far away from our entrance point as possible...
2024-05-11 04:41:59 +0000 UTC
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Inspira awoke with a jolt, her eyes swirling with sights and events of things to come, sweat pouring down her frame as the prophetic visions and maddening shouts assaulted every sense she had. She ...
2024-05-10 04:05:45 +0000 UTC
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It had taken the better time of an entire day to get everything sorted out and for Xalla to contact all the right people, but we were all set up to go on the following morning. Molly informed us th...
2024-05-09 04:51:46 +0000 UTC
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Q’s workspace could be called chaotic if you wanted to be generous. In reality, it was just a mess of various half-finished pieces of tech and spilled diagrams and blueprints. Various half-eaten ...
2024-05-08 03:00:46 +0000 UTC
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It wasn’t until the four of us left Central’s trial grounds that Molly had the opportunity to properly introduce herself. She had explained to me that getting out of her doll form should only b...
2024-05-06 14:16:25 +0000 UTC
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“Good morning, Dr. Walter,” Molly greeted me, she looked out toward the rising sun and furrowed her brows, “I still can’t get used to how bright things are in this dimension. Why would the ...
2024-05-03 04:52:29 +0000 UTC
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“Well,” I answered the woman with a grin, “It’s always good to have more allies in the future, and perhaps we can discuss how we can mutually assist each other in the future, but there is s...
2024-05-02 01:46:04 +0000 UTC
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It took every persuasion technique in the books to get the old woman listening, and while I would love to say that convincing her to join our cause was all due to my suave communication skills, tha...
2024-05-01 04:04:57 +0000 UTC
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Xalla, Bob, and I stayed just outside of the threshold as we prepared ourselves to save the Restus in case something went wrong. Well, perhaps save wasn’t the right word for things, since our goa...
2024-04-29 23:20:06 +0000 UTC
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“Hey, Walter,” Xalla whispered by my side, “Don’t you think things are going a little too well?”
I had to agree with her there. I looked around and saw that my impromptu Restus army...
2024-04-26 17:41:41 +0000 UTC
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The buzzing and ringing of alarms woke Ed up from his intoxication. He could feel the uncomfortable dampness from all the spilled booze, sweat, and various other bodily fluids from the prior night...
2024-04-25 18:33:15 +0000 UTC
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“That was a splendid fight, Bakren,” I projected from my seat up in the rafters, “You have learned from your prior mistake and have become a warrior worthy of respect. It was not a mistake to...
2024-04-24 23:16:36 +0000 UTC
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I swapped back into my Xollon form - the full version that I experienced with the Preview Tickets before, I didn’t have to worry about my old limitations right now - and greeted my peons. I chose...
2024-04-23 22:32:29 +0000 UTC
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The three of us stepped right outside Site 1100’s boundaries and strategized. Well, maybe calling it strategizing might be stretching it a bit since none of us tried very hard to think up even th...
2024-04-22 18:06:09 +0000 UTC
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Tismon here again, just a reminder that I will be taking the Weekends off from now on, just to get some proper rest and time in to plan and structure this new volume. Thank you everyone!
2024-04-19 21:21:15 +0000 UTC
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Big Bob and Xalla rejoined me soon after, followed by the trio of clean Aspirants. It was time to wrap up everything I needed here and move on to all the other pressing matters. My schedule would b...
2024-04-18 16:33:03 +0000 UTC
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Half an hour later and I was left with three humans - yes, there were still three individuals, Big Bob was able to take the brain-goop from the poor man and somehow put him back together - that wer...
2024-04-17 16:14:17 +0000 UTC
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There was a pair of guards blocking my way to the inner sanctum of Ryan’s guild as I walked towards the building. Normally I would just ignore these two men and force my way through, but Noe did ...
2024-04-16 16:08:29 +0000 UTC
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Tismon is back from his break!! Let the new Volume begin!
I took a deep breath in and just enjoyed the feel of the sun on my body. I was free to roam around after swapping spots back w...
2024-04-15 12:40:19 +0000 UTC
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Jordan felt a chill down her spine when she saw the Arbiter emerge from the transference. W seemed… different somehow, more confident, more dangerous. She wasn’t sure what it was, but that unea...
2024-04-10 16:14:31 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone, and thank you all for choosing to support me in this project of mine! The second volume is more or less complete at this point, with just an Epilogue chapter to tie some loose ends ...
2024-04-09 16:35:48 +0000 UTC
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Noe was the first being to greet me, just as she was the last one to see me off to sleep. Her form was hazy, with just the outline visible of the construct that I had created so, so long ago. She w...
2024-04-09 13:34:30 +0000 UTC
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I watched on with utter disbelief as Myra, Alina, and Bishop charged into the enemies. I’ll give them some credit, they did take out one of the huge creatures almost immediately with a carefully ...
2024-04-08 16:51:12 +0000 UTC
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We had gathered on top of a nearby rooftop overlooking the last obstacle in this stage of the training. All that was left to do was to enter an unassuming door guarded by a half dozen of those gian...
2024-04-08 03:16:56 +0000 UTC
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The volley of frenzied fire did its job at whittling down the first wave of enemies, but the mutants that inhabited the inner circle of the city were much more tenacious than the ones in the outski...
2024-04-05 21:49:58 +0000 UTC
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Tismon Notes: Hey everyone, just wanted to let everyone know that I'm in a really busy period in my day job right now, so releases might be a little slow for the next few days. I'll still try t...
2024-04-05 02:43:22 +0000 UTC
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“I’m Myra,” the leader of the group introduced, “I’m in charge of… what’s left of our party. My job’s mainly ranged and I have minimal close cover options, which is why I normally a...
2024-04-03 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I slapped on the rather cumbersome helmet and allowed Jordan to make the final adjustments. Having her work with a device that directly interfaced with my head might seem like a bad idea, but I was...
2024-04-02 16:18:40 +0000 UTC
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