“So if we were interested in taking you up on your offer, how would Anise actually go about changing her body?” I asked the hologram.
The hologram looked down at the table, before glancin...
2024-02-02 06:40:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 200: Soul Fragment - Markets and Multiverses
I froze.
“Market?” I asked. I had heard the holographic man’s words clearly the first time, but a huge part of my brain just s...
2024-02-01 08:33:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Ethan,” hissed Alice, as her heart hammered against her ribs. She had already been nervous when two near-Immortals had come: now that she knew there was an actual Immortal creeping around the ...
2024-01-27 08:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe four of us stepped into the darkness, as I did my best to keep an eye on the strange dimensional warping taking place in our surroundings. It was clearer and easier to detect the spatial warpin...
2024-01-27 06:39:51 +0000 UTC View PostOnce we found a camp and set up a campfire, Old Mo proved surprisingly easy to talk to about our desire to leave at nighttime. He gave me a dubious glance, before he looked at Sallia, and then look...
2024-01-26 07:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post<Your orb is heating up?> I asked, my mind whirring as I tried to sort through the implications of Anise’s statement.
For years, Anise and I had tried to figure out what her orb was s...
2024-01-25 05:55:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Alice heard that Immortals or near-Immortals from the Society had possibly come for her, she felt like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water on her.
The Society had already attacked h...
2024-01-20 08:29:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, we stopped hugging the outskirts of the mountain and started heading directly into the mountains.
Once we left the outskirts of the mountains, I started to notice that the essen...
2024-01-20 05:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter we discussed our abilities with the group, the next night, as we set up camp, Old Mo pulled me aside and asked me a few questions.
“Miria, have you thought about what you want to do i...
2024-01-19 06:25:29 +0000 UTC View PostAfter we wiped out the group of soldiers that had tracked us down, we didn’t run into anyone else for the rest of the day. Old Mo kept us moving at a decent pace, but didn’t talk much, and the ...
2024-01-18 05:43:31 +0000 UTC View Post“So we’re leaving Cyra soon?” asked Alice.
Ethan nodded. “With the supply lines for enchanting materials established, everything in Cyra seems to be moving in the right direction. I t...
2024-01-13 08:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostOur group was silent as we packed everything up and started traveling away from the group of people heading towards us. I kept a close eye on them using my soul-sight, and Felix constantly fed that...
2024-01-13 06:37:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Miria?” asked my mother.
I looked at my mother, who was sitting in the grass next to the dirt. Her eyes were clearer than usual. It didn’t look like she was completely here - but she l...
2024-01-12 06:07:46 +0000 UTC View PostOur group spent nearly four hours walking along the road before it started to get dark. We spent most of that time simply putting one foot in front of the other. Old Mo didn’t seem very intereste...
2024-01-11 06:26:29 +0000 UTC View PostAs Alice walked out of the experiment room, she took a moment to purify her mana, and then scanned over her System notifications.
She nodded to herself.
You have leveled up! 2023-12-23 09:42:49 +0000 UTC View Post
As they walked past the barricade and out of the city, Felix felt a weight start to lift off of his shoulders, and he had to focus to avoid breathing a long, heavy sigh of relief as he felt the pre...
2023-12-23 06:27:12 +0000 UTC View PostAfter we arrived, we saw Sallia and Anise arrive with their parents. I took a moment to inspect them.
Anise’s parents looked fit and healthy. They had a sort of dazed demeanor about them, d...
2023-12-22 07:25:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, those with parents started trying to convince them that fleeing was the right decision.
Sallia had the easiest time of it. Her parents were aware of my existence, since both of ...
2023-12-21 06:11:48 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Alice was asleep, she found herself within her dream library, as usual. Originally, this made Alice grin – she had just been thinking about how she wanted to test out the spidercrab shells ...
2023-12-16 05:38:22 +0000 UTC View PostI walked into Old Mo’s bakery, and I was surprised to see that there weren’t many customers there. Old Mo’s bakery usually started to get more business around dinnertime, since that was when ...
2023-12-16 00:35:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Guns?” I asked, as Felix led me back towards my room.
Felix nodded, while grinning at me. A few moments later, he rummaged around in the bottom of the closet I had given to him, before h...
2023-12-15 07:27:33 +0000 UTC View PostAfter my failed conversation with my mother, I didn’t try to engage with my mother again. I still wanted her to get better, but most of the time she was lost in a drug-induced haze, and I firmly ...
2023-12-14 06:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostAlice had someone get her a few old iron rings to start her first experiment with System enchanting. Most System enchantments were on rings or articles of clothing, and while Alice wasn’t entirel...
2023-12-09 09:34:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Miria!” called out my mother again.
I felt a glimmer of excitement as I thought about the first real conversation I would have with my mother in this life. Thus far, she had been in a dr...
2023-12-09 06:26:29 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the more unpleasant part of the conversation was over, the group chatted for a few more minutes, before I ended the group mental call. After all, there were other things I still needed to do.<...
2023-12-08 07:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostAfter I gave Felix his breakfast, I sighed, and sat down.
“Is something wrong?” he said after seeing my expression. “If there’s something you need to talk about, just say it. You don...
2023-12-07 06:42:00 +0000 UTC View PostNow that Alice had tested out magic seed combination, and made a few theories about the origin of the recent monster mutations, she had two Perks left to pick.
First, Alice looked at her new ...
2023-12-02 07:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostFinal Thumb update (Hopefully).
Aight, so update on the thumb situation.
Doctor says that what most likely happened is that I strained the tendons in my hands by a lot, essentially bend...
2023-12-01 02:02:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhen morning came, I felt less exhausted, so I finally started going over the Achievement rewards we had gotten while rescuing Felix. There were quite a few of them, and a few of them made me scrat...
2023-11-30 06:22:38 +0000 UTC View PostQuick update
So, updating ya’ll about the thumb/doctor situation.
Doctor appointment is scheduled for Thursday (Thursday in my time zone, anyway). I won’t be doing any writing on th...
2023-11-27 21:18:19 +0000 UTC View Post