Painful tingles swept over Caen's body as he entered the Odaton-plane Plane.
Ancestors, I hate that name.
There were no lanterns or light sources in here, and the low lighting ...
2025-08-04 12:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostGuinevere leaned into his personal space to look out the window. “They cleared out most of the buildings? That's too bad.”
“You've been here before?” Caen asked.
“Once o...
2025-08-04 12:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostAt half past 3 in the morning, Caen made his way to the city airdock. He'd taken his temperature regulation pills, then donned his breastplate—opting to wear the rest of his armor after the trip....
2025-08-04 12:01:11 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a mirror-room on the top level of the Edict Temple. Unlike the one at home, Caen had never seen the inside of it before. Even now, he and his father, Ergen, waited on the ground floor as ...
2025-08-04 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBeginning with the two-year-old version of him, every single reflection of his began to conform various parts of their soul structures to some unclear instinct. All around him, infinite replication...
2025-08-03 12:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostZeris was seated at the kitchen table, scrawling into her notebook when Caen trudged into the house.
“How did it go?” she asked, glancing up briefly. She seemed really busy… and tired.<...
2025-08-03 12:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Astral Realm was divided into three layers, but right now, the astral projection spell Caen needed pertained to the deepest of these layers.
It didn't take too long to adapt the spe...
2025-08-03 12:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostAt midnight, Sh'leinu quietly opened the hatch in her room's ceiling and climbed out onto the roof. She was startled to find her husband, Ergen, already there stargazing under the soft light of the...
2025-08-03 12:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostDawn met Caen meditating on the roof.
He'd woken up at 2 in the morning and hadn't been able to go back to sleep.
Soul-sense worked just fine.
Caen had cried hot tears of...
The only reason Caen could come to the seventh floor at all was because Uncle Vai was here; otherwise, it'd be sealed.
The doors opened to reveal a vast aquarium tunnel. Caen stepped on...
2025-08-03 11:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe southway market square wasn't as crowded as it usually was. Rows of open stalls and kiosks lined the area, selling all sorts of goods and wares.
Caen braced himself and headed deepe...
2025-08-02 12:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith Uncle Vai's Astral locus occupying one half of his mind, Caen held complex visualizations in the other half.
He could feel the dream around him breaking apart, but there was no reciproca...
2025-08-02 12:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostCaen recalibrated his pocket watch at the archway as soon as they stepped through the Aperture. It was well past midnight.
His eyes were blindfolded, but he had no problem seeing, all thanks ...
2025-08-02 12:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostCaen conjured a small orb of flame over his palm. Its orange hue shifted to a startling mix of purple, pink, and red.
Aunt Vensha swept her hand in front of them. “Tahal,” she swore. “I...
2025-08-02 12:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostAt dusk, Caen went down to the southway market square to grab some ridiculously oversized fruits, but the eccentric farmer who sold them hadn't opened shop that day, so he settled for normal-sized ...
2025-08-02 12:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostCaen overslept again. It was a little worrying, but he’d started to note that his Mimicking ability strained body, mind, and spirit. So this felt to him like a given. Also, doing physical trainin...
2025-08-02 12:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThey walked towards the workout area as Caen explained an idea he'd been nursing since his spar with Malo last night. He’d talked it over with Uncle Vai in the Astral—once the man had calmed do...
2025-08-02 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Caen woke up, his room was brighter than it should have been. He immediately sat up in bed, swearing under his breath.
I woke up late again, he thought, reaching for the p...
2025-08-02 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMoments after gaining lucidity in his dream, the world around Caen broke away all at once, revealing a deep purple void.
Caen fell through that void with the force of a hypnic jerk, and...
2025-08-01 15:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostAfter determining which thread clusters on Zeris's soul structure correlated with her potential for Fire magic, Caen spent some time trying to cast Fire spells while observing his own soul structur...
2025-08-01 15:18:47 +0000 UTC View Post“Ow,” Caen mumbled, rubbing his smarting forehead and squinting at the light of day streaming through his window. Vai hadn't flicked his actual forehead, but it hurt all the same.
His poc...
2025-08-01 15:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostUncle Vai was dressed in an orange, wide-collared shirt with paisley designs on it. He was a stout man with a bowl cut, and the sides of his hair shaved. He had a magnificent mustache, the same bla...
2025-08-01 15:11:47 +0000 UTC View PostCaen and Zeris chatted excitedly on the train ride back to Beslin while he worked on his dexterity. They'd learned so much tonight that it was all they could talk about till they disembarked at the...
2025-08-01 15:09:47 +0000 UTC View PostTwo and a half hours later, the number of people in the hall had shrunk to less than a third of their initial size. Magister Fermien had kept calling for breaks every thirty minutes, and those who ...
2025-08-01 15:06:49 +0000 UTC View PostZeris bought herself and Caen some roasted meat at the train stop since he'd wasted his money yesterday on crappy bicycles that they'd ended up abandoning somewhere around Redshadow. She also paid ...
2025-08-01 15:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostCaen leaned back in his chair. “I was somehow able to improve my affinity for Spirit-healing the first time I used Soul-sense.”
Zeris scrunched up her nose at the word ‘Soul-sense’. 2025-08-01 14:59:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Caen woke up, blissful. The beautiful rays of sunshine caressed his face. It—
Rays of sunshine?
He jerked upright, squinting at the bright light pouring in from his window. H...
2025-08-01 14:54:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe Peilker Scale rated affinities from 0 to 12, and to the fourth decimal of each value. Passive augmentations were a magical phenomenon that only applied to individuals with ratings of 1 and abov...
2025-08-01 14:52:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe first shot hit Binam in his shoulder; the second missed him. He staggered away, clutching his shoulder and screaming.
Caen grabbed the sacks of monster parts and flung them away. He...
2025-08-01 14:44:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe group walked another mile, Caen and Zeris harvesting kromroots while Affen and Hez fought off the odd one-tail. No packs had assaulted them since they'd slain the first.
Caen wore his bac...
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