Nar stumbled out the hall following after the other apprentices.
Every inch of his body throbbed in tune with his exhausted heartbeat. Every step was an agony that laced up from the soles of ...
2024-12-27 11:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostNar was pushed and jostled around by the other confused apprentices as they were shouted into forming lines. Slowly and orderly, the apprentices in front of Nar retrieved something from a large box...
2024-12-26 11:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Blades Hall looked similar to the Aura Hall. It was smaller, and instead of green circles it had several shapes in various colors painted across its floors. Above their heads, in the center of ...
2024-12-25 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostNar jumped to his feet and looked around the dull, solid green wall of light around him in startled confusion.
Did I just…
“In your pod controls, look for the open/close do...
2024-12-25 11:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
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Thank you so much for your incredible support, feedback, c...
2024-12-24 15:06:25 +0000 UTC View PostNar tutted internally as he was separated from the others, and forced to look further and further back, until finally, he found an empty circle just two rows away from the back wall of the hall. 2024-12-24 11:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
“Keep going. Just sit down on the floor!”
“Wow…” Tuk breathed.
“Is this all of us?” Viy asked, taking in the sheer amount of apprentices gathered in the room already.
<... 2024-12-23 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What was that?”
Nar startled in his bed and opened the curtains to look out. Across from him, Mul was looking at their room’s door through bleary eyes.
Before either of them coul...
2024-12-23 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostOpening his notifications, he decided to leave the Tsurmirel: Probational Apprenticeship Contract for another time, though he should really take some time to read through it and make ...
2024-12-22 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a much quieter crowd that gathered for the evening meal back at their canteen. Whether stunned, shocked by the consequence of the aura powering their classes, or in awe of the heights that t...
2024-12-21 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time they reached their next destination, the same auditorium they had been in that morning for the Nexus 101 lecture, Cen was still bombarding Nar with questions.
She only stopped whe...
2024-12-20 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostNar stared at the floor in a daze. At his side, Kur was similarly quiet.
The two of them were the last on the male side of the party to go through the quartermaster, who had set up a series o...
2024-12-20 11:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Right. Who wants to go next?” Lut asked, drawing their attention back to the assessment.
There was a moment of hesitation, then Tuk stepped forward. “I-I will.”
Lut nodded. “...
2024-12-19 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter lunch, which was another feast and celebration of the marvels of the outside world, and which saw them introduced to a dish called stew with mash, bread rolls, colorful things called fruits a...
2024-12-18 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post“So, we were discussing the Infinite Nexus, which is, of course, the cube in the center of the image before you,” Professor Thim continued. “Now, when we say the Nexus is infinite, there is, ...
2024-12-18 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe professor crosses his arms behind his back and regarded his rapt audience.
“In the Nexus, we count time in eras, years, months, weeks and days,” the Professor said. “An era consists...
2024-12-17 11:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe door of the lift slid closed, shutting out the sound of the nervous chatter that filled the corridor behind.
Within the lift, the eight of them squeezed together in a pensive silence. Peo...
2024-12-16 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostA klaxon sounded and Nar bolted upwards.
His forehead exploded in pain as he hit the short ceiling above his head.
“Ah! Crystal dammit!” Kur cursed from below him, having clearly su...
2024-12-16 11:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I hope everyone is having/had a great Sunday!
As I mentioned on my last post, we're going into a new release schedule starting today.
Releases will now go out as f...
2024-12-15 11:53:56 +0000 UTC View PostNar didn’t know how long he stayed there, looking out the window, but eventually he noticed the white arrows that he was following had, at some point, started flashing with urgency. Not knowing i...
2024-12-15 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe air was heavy with the clatter of metallic legs. And with the sounds of the dying.
“Help!”
“Please… No!”
The tide of spiders was unstoppable, mowing Climbers with im...
2024-12-14 11:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostThey distracted themselves by staring at the displays overhead. Tys called them screens.
“Bah! It’s just ads. Though I suppose for you guys they look entertaining,” she said, smiling. ...
2024-12-14 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostTys rushed them down the stairs at a dizzying speed, much faster than Nar thought himself capable of going at, given his current state.
He wondered if she was using her [Presence] to make the...
2024-12-13 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostThose still able bodied reacted in the same way as Nar.
Though no weapons appeared in their hands, Tun and Gad stepped forward to block the path of the massive, yellow man.
“What do y...
2024-12-13 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThere were more people shouting for them to keep going, and soon enough, they reached the wall at the other end. Here, queues of Climbers were formed in front of another massive gate, as well as do...
2024-12-12 11:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostPart 1 - Foundations
“Coming out of that gate… We weren’t ready for it. For none of it. And sometimes I wonder if I made the right choice. In not going…” - Anonymous security co...
2024-12-12 11:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
The end of Book 1 is here!
Thank you everyone that has joined the Patreon and has read, or is reading, all the way towards the ending! I'm really grateful for your suppor...
Somewhere very, very far away , in a very dark, dark place, a subroutine was triggered.
It received a report, analyzed it, and passed it along. Then, it deleted its memory of ever having seen...
2024-12-11 11:37:22 +0000 UTC View PostEach step propelled Nar forward, and he quickly devoured the distance between him and Kur and Rel.
He passed by Gad, who carried Mul, and Cen.
Gad and Cen watched him go, their mouths d...
2024-12-11 11:36:47 +0000 UTC View PostGad was jostled left and right.
It was a struggle to keep going, and she kept tripping on her own two damned feet.
Like the slow, clumsy shit that I am!
“Gad, are you o...
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