System Architect - Ch 98
For a shelter that would last years—rather than months—I had a few choices. Ultimately, though, it boiled down to what I had nearby. The three that seemed strongest were the Log Cabin 2025-03-05 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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System Architect - Ch 97
I awoke the next day to sunlight streaming through the curtains and onto my face. I yawned and stretched. A good night’s sleep left me feeling well and truly rested. I dressed and wandered into t...
2025-03-03 17:06:39 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 96
The roads leading out of town were narrow and winding. The exact sort of roads that led to a large amount of accidents—though mostly against deer and not other cars. Blind corners were what I had...
2025-02-28 16:54:44 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 95
I immediately canceled my Illusion. There would be nothing worse than to look like a flying bird the glitched forward as I walked. The last thing I needed was to have the cops call...
2025-02-26 16:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 94
I sat down on the steps in front of Dad’s house. The tears fell for a long time. Dad came out and sat next to me, rubbing my back. That made me cry even more!
Just sitting there wasn’t makin...
System Architect - Ch 93
I woke the next morning to thoughts of what had happened the night before. A shiver ran up my spine as images of the dead bodies filled my mind. I reminded myself that what was done, was done. Even...
2025-02-21 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 92
I flew up the side of one of the ships. What I needed was information. I needed it quickly, too. The best way I could think of to have both of those things at the same time was to ask someone. A cu...
2025-02-19 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 91
I arranged to meet with Mom a week later to go to the movies. That there was a movie theater across the harbor was lucky. It made my job easier and gave me a credible alibi. I didn’t think I woul...
2025-02-17 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 90
Telekinesis was a strange spell. Unlike most others I’d messed with, it took continual effort to work. That meant I was continuously losing health—or blood, I reminded myself. ...
2025-02-14 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 89
With Mom no longer preventing me from doing what I needed to do, I settled into my life. As much as I wanted to get on with the whole destruction project, I also wanted to find out which companies ...
2025-02-12 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 88
“Ah, don’t worry,” I said. “What I want to ask and discuss with you shouldn’t go against the oaths your swore. What I really want to know about is how to prepare the country—and the wor...
2025-02-10 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 87
AN: Sorry I'm late again! Got distracted by work. I have two others already written and ready to go, but not loaded into Patreon yet. I will try to rectify that this weekend. Again, sorry!
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2025-02-07 21:36:10 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 86
I woke with a headache so powerful it brought tears to my eyes. I sat up in bed and screamed. There was simply no holding it back—it hurt too much! My hands clutched my head when I heard stomps i...
2025-02-05 17:25:49 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 85
You have finished your second life. Did you enjoy this one more than the last? Before evaluating your performance, let’s take a look at what might have happened if you had decided not to ...
2025-02-03 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 84
This needed investigating. I picked up my cell phone and called Gloria. While I usually communicated over email with her, this time I needed more information and much more quickly.
“Goo...
System Architect - Ch 83
“Would you like some water?” he asked.
I shook my head.
“Ok. Please state your name for the record,” he told me. “And please speak into the microphone so everyone in t...
System Architect - Ch 82
“So you need a suit?” Dad asked.
“Yeah. Or something formal. Suits suck.”
“I know kid, I know. But it’s just one day. You can suck it up for a little while, yeah?”...
System Architect - Ch 81
It took a week to schedule a meeting with the new lawyer. She was in court for a case the week I contacted her. The inspectors had done their bit and left. The die was cast. Whatever was going to h...
2025-01-24 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 80
Every month, I would go to the stream and dump a container of pesticide. Six months into the experiment, I was beginning to see a drop in experience. And it wasn’t just a small drop, either. It w...
2025-01-22 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 79
AN: I totally thought today was Sunday (US holiday) and thus forgot to load the chapter. Sorry! Here's the end of the pumpkin race!
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The other side had floating docks where the pu...
2025-01-21 00:41:21 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 78
“Is the owner of this pumpkin in the building?” the tall man asked, using a microphone.
I raised my hands and waved.
“Good, good. Can you come here? We’d like to get you...
System Architect - Ch 77
AN: Whooops, forgot to schedule it. Here you go!
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A week-and-a-half later, Dad woke me early in the morning. I yawned as he roused me.
“Ready to go fishing?...
System Architect - Ch 76
Thanks to laws where I lived, the police let me know when Daniel was released from jail a month later. I was apprehensive in case he made trouble. And he did. But it wasn’t the sort I had feared....
2025-01-13 17:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 75
The wheels of justice turned slowly. But they did turn. Over the winter, Daniel was convicted of his crimes. The sentence was light—he was a first time offender—but he would be in jail for abou...
2025-01-10 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 74
I promptly forgot all about the State Fair for three weeks. It wasn’t until Dad told me we were going in two days that I remembered the conversation. What that said about my excitement level towa...
2025-01-08 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 73
AN: this one is late as I expected. It's sooner than the last one as I'm beginning to catch up again. Getting into the rhythm is hard! I will be skipping Monday's chapter to realign with RR. That w...
2025-01-04 03:31:28 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 72
AN: And here it is! I'm feeling much better today. Will start working on tomorrow's chapter as well. Not sure if it'll be on time, but it should be closer than a day late. As I said yesterday, I wi...
2025-01-02 17:54:30 +0000 UTC View PostNot A Chapter
As I said on Monday, I've been sick. I am recovering now and I got more than half of the next chapter done. I should have it up for you tomorrow. I will likely skip 1 chapter in the next week to re...
2025-01-02 02:52:41 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 71
AN: I'm on a road trip and possibly a little sick. Christmas break right before this sapped my time so I'm basically through my backlog now. Sitting in s car all day has given me plenty of time to ...
2024-12-30 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Architect - Ch 70
Not a week later, I was awoken by knocking on the front door. I blinked to get the tears out of my eyes and threw on some clothes. I yawned as I opened the door. On the other side was a cop with a ...
2024-12-27 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post