Just a small housekeeping thing - I'll be away from the office for the next 4 days. I've scheduled chapters for next week so no change in our regular chapter programming, but I won't be answering a...
2024-05-11 16:30:41 +0000 UTC View Post"Jason, Garet, hold the door!"
The warriors nodded and ran to the reinforced gateway with spear and polearm at the ready. Phuong trusted them and turned back to his task: slaughtering everyth...
2024-05-10 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post[You have defeated Chief Engineer Toofik, completing the mortal challenge and the dungeon Engineering Guild . You have earned enough experience for level 11. Please select a power to upgrade.]
<... 2024-05-09 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Morning, sleepy. Time for breakfast!”
Mason blinked awake and found himself on the couch in the chief’s hall covered in a blanket. Haley had called from the kitchen, and he glanced at ...
2024-05-08 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMason walked arm in arm with Haley and Rosa towards the chief hall, his mind still swirling. A part of him wanted to run full speed towards the mountains to check on the players, a part wanted to s...
2024-05-07 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMason stepped out in front of the great tree, feeling it radiate warmth and pleasure as his feet touched the temple floor.
"Oh, druid, it's...it's beautiful."
The old 'elf' woman knelt ...
2024-05-06 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMason was tired of getting blown up. And buried alive. And swallowed whole. He pushed at the floor and rose to his knees, blinking at what seemed to be a glowing blue and white mist. He still could...
2024-05-03 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRebecca followed Annie, keeping her Sacred Aegis active. It was essentially her usual Arcane Shield, except now it fully worked on one other person and still only drained her 'energy', which regene...
2024-05-02 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post"That's...not the door," Mason said when he got to the far end of the hall.
Blake had apparently dug or cut a path through the stone wall, though there wasn't any trace of rubble. Or even dus...
2024-05-01 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostBlake failed his Animate attempt for the second time and kicked the iron door.
"Ow. God damnit." He glanced at Pliny. "Any luck with the key?"
"Not yet, human friend. But getting closer...
2024-04-30 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMason hadn't exactly planned on 'sneaking', but he would have liked to at least gone unnoticed for a minute. Blake's constructs put an end to all that.
With the collective gait and volume of ...
2024-04-29 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostMason forgot where he was when he woke. He smiled when he saw Becky's brown hair draped over his chest, pushing a little from her face until he realized they weren't in bed.
Then the reality ...
2024-04-26 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMason hurried through tunnel after tunnel with Becky's hand in his, looking for somewhere far and private and comfortable enough to...settle in.
"Druid," Calypsa stepped beside him and held o...
2024-04-25 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMason and all the others followed new and improved Pliny through the winding tunnels. After the spider they were all a bit on edge, but Mason couldn’t hear anything nearby and frankly was startin...
2024-04-24 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnnie closed her eyes and forced her feet forward. She could do this. She'd survived the end of the world and the 'school' and all the things after. She could do this, too.
The door slammed s...
2024-04-23 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostRebecca stepped into the dark and felt the girl freeze at her side.
"It's alright," she said, putting an arm around Annie's waist. "We'll do it together."
That seemed to help, or at lea...
2024-04-22 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMason was seriously stuck in the damn web. It didn't trigger his titles or Apex Predator, and though Duality of Strength was going crazy it seemed like strength was really not going to get him out....
2024-04-19 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnnie stared at the pretty, spinning dark, and breathed. "Holes in the world," she heard herself say. Like holes cut in a black curtain letting in moonlight, swirling and swirling and swirling.
... 2024-04-18 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMason, an unhappy Calypsa, and the rest of the players followed 'Pliny’ up a winding path from the undead cavern. Blake soon had to dissolve two of his larger constructs, then three, with only on...
2024-04-17 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMason obviously didn't trust the little half-dead goblin for a second. Still, the thing posed no obvious threat and he did trust in Blake's ridiculous luck to find just what he needed.
"Alrig...
2024-04-16 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMason tried not to cringe at the incredible racket produced by Blake's constructs as they moved down the giant hall. One even slipped down a ramp and slid to the next platform with a metallic scree...
2024-04-15 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBlake stopped with everyone else when he heard the alarm-like blare. He and his constructs were busily tearing apart the engineer's quarters looking for blueprints or runes, but weren't having much...
2024-04-12 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe entrance to the Engineering Guild was a long, narrow corridor that didn't even bother to hide its traps. Mason stared at the holes on the ceiling, the arrow slits in the walls, and what looked ...
2024-04-11 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"We don't have much space, but when we do—John with me up front, Garet and Jason on our flanks. Seul-ki and Alex behind. Any questions?"
They all shook their heads, so Phuong led the others...
2024-04-10 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Good idea," Alex said as they walked down the large 'Engineering Guild' tunnel. "With Bomb-bait out front, I feel very safe."
"That's because they didn't blow you up last time," muttered Phu...
2024-04-09 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"So...ya'll figure we should just...knock?"
Blake, Mason, and most everyone else gave Becky a glare.
"I'm just sayin'." She held up her hands. "Maybe it's like...a magic door."
Na...
2024-04-08 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMason led his increasingly large and powerful pack of players across the forest, his mind on the battles ahead. He didn't want to get overconfident, but it was hard to imagine anything he'd seen in...
2024-04-05 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBlake ran along behind Mason like everyone else. Well, not exactly like everyone else. OK, and he wasn't actually running.
Realizing his brother would soon send them all on anot...
2024-04-04 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Sorry to bother you." Blake's voice popped into Mason's mind. "But the, um, scary hot nymph...uh, the tall one. Apocalypsa? God I can't remember any names without Mental Influence. No, no it start...
2024-04-03 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as Blake left, Mason had Haley bring him Carl and Phuong. They sat and drank another cup of coffee, stuffing themselves with Haley's pastries as Carl explained what had happened leading up ...
2024-04-02 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post