Part 2 - To be a Delver
“It was like nothing I’d ever seen. And so much more than I could’ve ever imagined...The Labyrinth stole my heart, and never gave it back.” - Anonymous del...
2025-01-16 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
I hope you all are still enjoying the story!
So, Part 1 of Book 2 is finished! It was meant to give Nar and the party a bit of a breather. They managed to Climb after al...
The fighting back to the ships was brutal.
Fur, teeth and claws.
Green blood gushing.
Fur, teeth and claws.
Green blood splattering…
Even now, in the safety of the w...
2025-01-15 11:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostA line of tall, matt blue shields pushed through the ranks of the psaelis, matching short, straight, blue blades thrusting through the gaps in between said shields. Blue, flaming projectiles a...
2025-01-14 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe line held against the screeching tide, and soon, they were all covered in fresh, sickly green. Now that they knew to expect the mental attacks, the Scimitar apprentices were, if still somewhat ...
2025-01-13 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostNar kicked forward, slicing through fur and snapping teeth.
[Aura Quickening]!
There was a whooshing rush of sound, his sight tunneling and extending before him, and pain explo...
2025-01-13 11:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostA tide of black, brown and dark gray fur rushed at them, kicking up an even thicker cloud of debris and dust that quickly obscured the rest of the battlefield, and size of the den, from view.
“Holy shit!” Viy shouted from the front.
“Woah!” Tuk said.
“What? What?” Mul cried, unable to see.
Their party moved forward, within the queue of apprentices, and Nar ...
2025-01-11 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt felt like only moments had passed since he and Tuk had returned to their beds, and the moment the klaxon jolted them all awake.
“Up, up, apprentices!” the captain’s voice sounded abo...
2025-01-10 11:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Sorry about that, man,” Tuk said as they exited the party room. “Shit, maybe this is stupid and we should just go back to bed…”
Nar smiled at the trugger.
The light had revea...
2025-01-10 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostNar lay awake, staring at the darkness above his head.
The soft breaths from Kur and Mul meshed with the ever-present background hum of the ship’s engines. As for Tuk, he could hear him tos...
2025-01-09 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
I hope everyone's having a great start of 2025!
From my side, I'll be ramping up things again, and will be focusing on getting book 3 finished by the end of January. Ther...
Nar scampered to obey.
I didn’t even see him move!
“Do you think midnight means the end of training?” the master asked him, grinning with a wicked glint to his eyes. “N...
2025-01-08 11:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostNar wobbled to a stop in front of the door.
That morning, when he woke, Nar had been barely able to move. The pain shooting through him and the stiffness had been close to unbearable. Not eve...
2025-01-08 11:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post“It burns, does it not?” instructor Koh asked.
Nar grit his teeth and squatted down in tandem with the instructors.
His legs burned as though hot knives carved through them. They we...
2025-01-07 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA klaxon ruptured his sleep into a thousand shards.
“Ugh!” Nar cried, holding onto his head.
At some point, a bottle of something had found its way to his hand, and things had gotte...
2025-01-06 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time they were finally set free, drenched in sweat and their uniforms splattered in a dozen colors and dishes, and smelling of delicious food, Nar had to give it to Tuk.
They had set o...
2025-01-06 11:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post“What in the pile?” Mul said, looking around. “It’s all blue here!”
“The crew decks are separate from the faculty decks,” Thobask explained, from in front of them. “There are ...
2025-01-05 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Jul returned to the party room, about an hour after Nar himself had returned, the common room exploded in cheers, whistling and applause.
“W-What's going on?” Jul asked, backing up a...
2025-01-04 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Nar?”
“Hmmm?”
Nar rolled over, feeling a pair of hands at his back.
At first, he didn’t see anything in their dark and quiet room.
Briefly accessing his [Sight], ...
2025-01-03 11:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Today, apprentice. Or is this the first time you’re seeing me?” the master said, a slight curl on his lips betraying his stern tone.
“I… Y-Yes, master!” Nar said, stepping forwar...
2025-01-03 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of laughter and good cheer filled their room as they waited for dinner.
Tuk had returned with news of success. He had tossed a ring, and he had managed to get it back onto his finge...
2025-01-02 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA few minutes later, after having inhaled his food, Nar rushed towards the Aura Hall.
When he arrived there, he was relieved to find that half the pods were still free, as the apprentices wer...
2025-01-01 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe weekend came and went in a frenzy of activity.
Nar’s [Constitution] and [Stamina], as well as his newly unlocked [Vigor], kept him going through the insane pace the Blades apprentices w...
2025-01-01 11:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post-[ Attribute unlocked:
Vigor
You have gained:
Vigor 0 -> 2 ]-
“Were you told to stop moving, apprentice...
2024-12-31 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Ugh,” Nar groaned, as he lowered himself into a sitting position within the already closed pod.
Despite being less than three hours long, the session today at the hands of the Master of ...
2024-12-30 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay, apprentices,” the professor said, clapping to get their attention back. “Today, we’ll need to skip the break if we’re to have any hope of finishing our intended material. I know al...
2024-12-30 11:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe what? Nar thought, stunned, and sure he had heard wrong.
Not only was there the Church, but now there was this whole nobility to obey as well?
“It is the way of the Nexus!...
2024-12-29 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen his alarm rang the next morning, Nar silenced it with a groan.
“Come on, people,” Kur shouted. “Up, up, up!”
Nar groaned again and turned around, but Kur pulled open the cu...
2024-12-28 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostConsulting his map, Nar realized that he was closer to the canteen than to his room, so he decided to head there instead, in the hopes of finding his party already eating dinner.
And if they ...
2024-12-27 11:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post