Reverie comes easily, but more from exhaustion than the peace of mind I usually have at night. When I wake, the house at first seems quiet, but relaxing the restriction on Resonance reveals Phile t...
2022-10-20 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter watching Tove spin excitedly, Imhotep clears his throat, and I have to feel sorry for him. I’ve mishandled things in the last two days.
“My apologies again, Imhotep.”
“I...
2022-10-18 02:12:12 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
After her throat healed, Amdirlain almost sent another message but stopped herself in time after remembering the chamber's original purpose. Coll...
2022-10-16 11:24:26 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
Isa’s panel remained focused on the Firestorm’s target site and showed the celestials cleaning up the glowing landscape. With Amdirlain havin...
2022-10-11 17:38:25 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
When Torm appeared, Amdirlain had to cut off the explicit lyrics she’d been experimenting with, but they echoed back to her in the sudden silen...
2022-10-09 00:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostA link snaps into existence, signalling my first royal guardsman, and much more—the echoes through the oath cascade higher with smashing blasts of thunder when he takes a second class. The world ...
2022-10-07 14:42:46 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
When the Gate closed behind Nûr, the chamber dimmed, and Amdirlain slumped cross-legged to the ground. The hours they’d spent had left Amdirla...
2022-10-05 21:31:16 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
The flat plains stretched for thousands of kilometres,; only scattered patches of gravel dropped haphazardly by the powerful winds disrupted its ...
2022-10-03 20:17:38 +0000 UTC View PostAt Tove's antics, Phile gives me a questioning look. “You two seem like old friends.”
“Yeah, when she was younger it took a few celestials to keep Gail out of trouble. Even that didn’...
2022-10-01 11:31:05 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
The form and clothing had been the most comfortable part of her preparations, and Amdirlain pushed herself to stop procrastinating.
Steadin...
2022-09-29 01:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
Amdirlain caught Sírdhem’s hesitation when their training session ended. “I don’t want to give you these, but Erwarth and Sarah asked me t...
2022-09-25 01:04:58 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
The electric notes of Ilya’s fear slowly chilled. With Ilya settling, Sírdhem waved before slipping back through the Gate, and the circle’s ...
2022-09-21 16:19:17 +0000 UTC View PostIpy’s hut is tidy, despite the bare brick walls and hard-packed dirt floor. Unshuttered windows allow the breeze flowing in the west gate to swirl around the table and five mismatched chairs befo...
2022-09-20 14:44:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe first stop is just a dozen houses away, a two-story place like Zosime’s house. A middle-aged man’s hazel gaze locks on me through the open window, and his face hardens until he spots Phile....
2022-09-16 21:43:42 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
Amdirlain wasn’t sure how many times she’d traced the fey tree’s complex symphony when she finally released the memory. After focusing Reso...
2022-09-16 14:29:09 +0000 UTC View PostTorm waited until the glow left it before hefting the latest hand axe. “You'll soon be producing a journeyman’s quality at this rate.”
The notification appeared as Amdirlain gathered so...
2022-09-12 22:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we get to the Guild Master’s office Phile lets the door gently shut behind us and, if we were in any other room, I might have surroundings to appreciate. Instead, it's just white stone, no m...
2022-09-12 16:38:36 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
As the Mana hardened the last of the silver filling the runes, Amdirlain took in the chamber's silence. Focusing on it through Resonance 2022-09-08 07:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The wards I’d set around the room are undisturbed when I wake from reverie and take in the night's calm—the busy music of the day is now but a gentle lulling noise from the slumbering residents...
2022-09-06 21:26:23 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
With the stone from the fourth attempt at the circle vaporised, Amdirlain forcefully released the salvaged chunks of alchemical silver from Inven...
2022-09-05 21:25:00 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
Resonance had slowly improved, allowing her to isolate individual beasts among the Abyss’s mind-piercing racket. Lairs she found were saturated...
2022-09-01 22:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
Gail’s questions took hours and ranged from various types of songs to what ‘good’ meant to Amdirlain in different situations. With each que...
2022-08-29 07:11:09 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
After setting some delicate wards in place on the approach to the whirlpool’s Gate, they’d moved onto the second location, a broken tower per...
2022-08-25 09:49:35 +0000 UTC View PostLast week was crazy with things that were going on, so didn't get the time I wanted to write on the weekend.
Released Fluid - 3 to the treasury tier folks this morning.
Fluid - Prologue...
2022-08-22 21:39:34 +0000 UTC View PostEven if the colour wasn’t clear enough, the sound of the loom within chattered at me from houses away. The mechanism’s busy wooden pieces contrast oddly with the house’s empty song, speaking ...
2022-08-22 21:17:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe powerful metallic notes had been surprising, but with surprise fading, it’s clear he’s a mature Gold Dragon. Though there is power in his chords, it’s nowhere near the ancient wyrms that ...
2022-08-19 11:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostAmdirlain’s PoV - Culerzic
With the last room finished, Amdirlain returned its page to the roll of designs. It had taken four days of effort to carve the hideout exactly ac...
2022-08-17 21:17:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe metal’s song bursts with energy, and even expecting it, I’m still too slow to avoid the sudden scalding heat. My fingertips had barely brushed the plate’s surface before the energy cascad...
2022-08-16 08:34:06 +0000 UTC View PostYou need to learn to manage, not complain.
The words offer no support and make it clear Ilya is still testing.
Now I wish now that I’d gotten into Julia’s roleplaying games...
2022-08-14 21:40:39 +0000 UTC View PostBefore I open my eyes, I’m aware of music humming through my bones and tickling my ears.
It makes my fingers and toes twitch and wiggle. I have a fleeting thought, wondering when I changed ...
2022-08-12 06:19:10 +0000 UTC View Post