Ignore the squeak of lesser minds as they rub two half-baked ideas together; greatness begins here.
Archartificer Magnifiria the Mindglow read the inscriptions upon her obsidian cup,...
2025-07-25 13:53:28 +0000 UTC
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[090]
I crashed through the reinforced glass into a storm of screams. On the open factory floor the crowd, once huddled tight, trampled over itself trying to flee. My inter...
2025-07-20 12:51:15 +0000 UTC
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[089]
“FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!”
“They just keep coming!”
The armored AV rattled like an industrial dryer that had swallowed a cinder block, the whole fuselage...
2025-07-13 14:49:46 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
First off, sorry I haven’t been posting as much content as I hoped since “going live” again. I’ve been juggling quite a few things, and trying to avoid dropping the ball on it ...
2025-07-07 02:08:50 +0000 UTC
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[088]
The monsters swept over the edge of the fourth district like a slowly creeping serrated tsunami.
I roared up at the amorphous flapping creatures, wielding the b...
2025-07-06 14:32:32 +0000 UTC
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[087]
Something was not right.
I knew it from the first heartbeat that passed without the familiar chime of my interface, yet the certainty only sharpened as t...
2025-06-29 19:55:49 +0000 UTC
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[086]
“Okay, what’s this urgent thing you had to discuss in private?” Vesper asked the instant the door clanged shut.
Instead of answering, I flicked on the sig...
2025-06-22 15:19:04 +0000 UTC
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[085]
A dozen human lives, an armed AV, and who knew how much in munitions, weapons, and stocked up combat supplies. Gone in an instant, vaporized in a flash of heat and li...
2025-06-14 17:22:56 +0000 UTC
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[084]
The siren cut through the night like an insistent banshee, its wail vibrating through every bone in my body. Every radio, every data link, every help beacon ...
2025-06-04 22:35:14 +0000 UTC
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[083]
The moment we got hit by the jamming signal was marked by everyone around me flinching collectively and going a bit pale. A second later, my tablet beeped at me with ...
2025-05-30 17:42:09 +0000 UTC
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[082]
“We need to get those provisions now!” Vesper snarled, slamming her hand against the wall, taking half a step before her legs nearly gave out under her.
Ves...
2025-05-22 00:31:50 +0000 UTC
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[081]
I kept my back pressed against the cool metal of the doorframe and watched Isia’s fingers dance over the tablet’s port as she plugged it into the server rack. The...
2025-05-14 21:41:54 +0000 UTC
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[080]
“What’s the situation?” I asked the moment Vesper’s face lit up on the tablet’s screen.
The internet was down for the broader city, but Quinn had set ...
2025-05-06 08:38:36 +0000 UTC
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[079]
I stood at the edge of the fourth district, behind a cheap token chain-link fence, staring into the badlands and seeing the explosions that were distinctly closer tha...
2025-04-22 19:58:16 +0000 UTC
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TLDR: Chapter postings resume at whatever pace I manage, while billing stays frozen until the end of April.
As mentioned earlier, I was either supposed to be fully back by now or at least by ...
2025-04-11 08:03:31 +0000 UTC
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TL;DR: Gears are turning, rust is coming off. Expect chapter releases by April, May at the latest.
Good news: I found a job! It...
2025-03-11 03:22:38 +0000 UTC
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Best shot I got is finding out some govt program or tax aid or something from the accountant I'm gonna meet later this week.
If nothing comes out of that, then it'll all depend on what job I ...
2025-02-11 09:51:50 +0000 UTC
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For starters, I'd like to thank everyone for the massive support you guys have shown these past few weeks! I am really glad for... well, everything, especially to all of you who've reached out (in ...
2025-01-09 15:11:06 +0000 UTC
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At the start of the year I'd made a [post] about how 2024 was kind of my make-or-break as far as...
2024-12-10 17:01:32 +0000 UTC
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[078]
“Money money money! We got lotsa money!” Isia sang taking a long swing of the suspiciously murky bottle, following it through with a loud burp, her breath reeked ...
2024-12-10 16:33:47 +0000 UTC
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[077]
Shadow said her goodbyes to her prospective student as soon as she was certain they weren’t being followed. As much as she wished to stick around and insist more heav...
2024-12-06 19:44:31 +0000 UTC
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[076]
“All successful heists require three core pieces of information. One, know what’s between you and your target. Two, know what will happen if the alarms go off. Th...
2024-12-03 21:25:51 +0000 UTC
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[075]
After the brief conversation with Shadow, and with both of us agreeing that we needed some sleep, I chose to inform Isia of a possible update on the situation. We quick...
2024-11-29 18:47:28 +0000 UTC
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[074]
“Are you sure this is private?”
Due to the very sensitive nature of my circumstances, it was clear we couldn’t keep the conversation going within the mote...
2024-11-26 18:10:04 +0000 UTC
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[160] [Interrobang]
“What’s the prognosis?”
Standing on the porch of the cabin perched at the edge of the woods, Rick drew in a deep breath of crisp air, the ling...
2024-11-26 14:17:49 +0000 UTC
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[073]
Sitting in the car, watching the city roll by, I couldn’t help but chew on the very tempting idea of turning into the shush-monster and giving the Banker a visit. S...
2024-11-22 18:46:03 +0000 UTC
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AN: Just a general disclaimer that most of the chapter is fun-times.
[159] [Class][🍋🍋]
“When bonding a feral for the first time, the mark of a good Succubus i...
2024-11-19 18:16:00 +0000 UTC
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[072]
The traffic jams had been worse than expected.
By the time we’d reached the fourth district, we were actually slightly late. So we hurried to the motel where ...
2024-11-19 18:15:55 +0000 UTC
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[071]
The music thumped around us like the beat of a war-drum, the lights flashed, blindingly stroboscopic. I had just enough sense to see a cybernetic arm reaching out to ...
2024-11-15 22:28:41 +0000 UTC
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[158] [Pouts and Scowls]
“Oh, look who finally shows up.” Kiara’s mirthless voice was accompanied by an equally mirthless face. The Succubus stood at the porch of her...
2024-11-13 05:17:50 +0000 UTC
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