Note: Just a heads up that this chapter has been discovered by a cunning, perceptive patron to be out of order. It's technically BEFORE the last Blake chapter...it'll all be fixed by the eb...
2024-07-31 14:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostNaya thought it was going well enough. She hadn’t keeled over and died, for example, which became a bit more of a concern after learning one cook was an alchemist.
And the food was…good. ...
2024-07-30 14:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostNaya and Dariya prepared themselves to go to the concubine’s ‘dinner party’. Some of her people told her not to.
“She’ll poison you, my lady. With the baron gone, she ...
2024-07-29 14:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post[Final stage complete. Nexus challenge ending. Calculating rewards based on performance. Please wait.]
Mason blinked, supposing he should have expected something like that. Thoug...
2024-07-26 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHaley opened her eyes and sighed, cuddling against the warm body next to her. Then the already vanishing wisps of some dream faded from her senses, and she blinked awake to find it was just a pillo...
2024-07-25 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post[Apex Predator: Vision of the Dead: partially resisted.]
[First Blood: Wing Buffet Daze: resisted.]
Mason growled and looked up from the ground. He'd been tossed a good twe...
2024-07-24 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAlex felt the dragon before he saw it.
A hissing sound filled his ears, then a whispering in some language he felt he knew but couldn't remember. The sunlight flickering through...
2024-07-23 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"I ain't ever even been on an airplane!" Becky shouted, wide-eyed and grinning at Mason as they flew through the sky. Their birdmen 'pilots' carried them with stony faces, eyes locked on the jungle...
2024-07-22 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe destroyed undead/demonic leader gave the players at least a moment to catch their breath. Mason looked out at the army starting to fill in the gap, a seemingly endless procession of corpses in ...
2024-07-19 14:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post"Are ya sure we need to leave someone at the temple, Mason?" Becky frowned and went a little pink. “Seems we could, you know, use 'em. Against the army of corpses, and all."
She had a point...
2024-07-18 14:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostPhase two was apparently an entire screaming army assaulting the walls. Well, shrieking, maybe. They sounded like a horror movie. And probably 'shambling towards' as much as assaulting. 2024-07-17 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
"Change of plan," Mason said, glancing towards the scream. "Everyone but Seamus and Becky on the ground. Roam and find tunnels, deal with anything coming out. If you're getting overwhelmed, fall ba...
2024-07-16 14:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostMason truly hated nerdery. And this Nexus. And Blake for doing whatever the fuck he was doing that wasn’t helping.
Apparently a dracolich was an undead dragon. With pretty much all the pros...
2024-07-15 14:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostTurned out Seul-ki's 'disguise' power could do more than trick the eye. It could trick magical wards and barriers, getting her to any floor in the tower, and who knew what else. Blake was both deep...
2024-07-12 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"A moment, wizard," Ilya whispered, and Blake turned back with an eyebrow raised. The orc lady walked away, stepping to her wooden desk as she tapped her fingers. "I wanted to discuss...your constr...
2024-07-11 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBlake blinked away from his constructs when he started tasting blood. His lips had cracked, apparently. When was the last time he'd drunk water? Or swallowed, for that matter…
"Patron..." 2024-07-10 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
[You have slain an Elder Dragon. Group experience to be awarded at end of event.]
Mason fell as the dragon died. Its jaws were locked around him, his body contorted and half crus...
2024-07-09 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMason found his prey in a burning ruin. The dragon stood on several small limbs, back half of its long body near the ground, front half raised like a snake ready to strike. Its crippled wings hung ...
2024-07-08 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe sky filled with the sound of draconic fury, and Mason winced in his sacrificial bowl.
He kind of wished he had a pop reference to compare his situation to. All he could summon was somethi...
2024-07-05 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Sometimes I wish I'd known you were this crazy before I started sleepin' with you."
Becky apparently wasn't thrilled with Mason's dragon plan.
"It's not as bad as it sounds," he said, ...
2024-07-04 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"I'm still out of fecking range," Seamus said with a frustrated sigh. Mason ignored him.
He also didn't wait to see if his first loosed arrow was effective. With his months of practice and in...
2024-07-03 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe longer the group waited in the 'guest room' in relative comfort, the more uncomfortable Mason got. It might have been a personal flaw. Paranoia, Blake might say. Mason just thought it good sens...
2024-07-02 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMason and the others became an even bigger spectacle in the floating city itself. It didn't feel 'hostile', exactly, but it didn't feel welcoming, either.
The ape men didn't notice or care, c...
2024-07-01 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMason followed the bird and ape men with the young priest he'd saved, not really sure he should. First of all, he still had no idea where Carl and the others were. Second, he wasn't actually sure w...
2024-06-28 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMason stepped into the small break in the trees and cleared his throat.
"Alright," he said. "You've had your fun. Now untie him and leave him alone."
The 'birdmen' turned and stared or ...
2024-06-27 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMason dropped to the ground and groaned. He was all burnt to hell, particularly his hands, which he'd eventually used to just pull the damn skeleton apart.
"Oh my God, are you alright? And
Phuong stood panting at another door, waiting for his abilities to recharge. Then he activated Adrenaline and opened it.
Several more guards sat around a table, or lay on small cots. He’d h...
2024-06-25 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCarl stared into his Simulacrum's eyes and winced. It was always a little creepy to see some kind of temporary version of yourself, or to wonder if this version had any kind of thoughts. Or how the...
2024-06-24 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostPhuong had heard the sound of his patron's lightning echoing down the stairs and some kind of hole in the roof. He turned and ran at full speed to go back, forced to cut down a few guards and culti...
2024-06-21 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMason dripped with cultist blood. He'd slaughtered his way through the first floor. His traps had begun to activate behind him, and with a grin he just kept dropping more. Whether or not he was hur...
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