Max walked into Amy's apartment with a grin. She gave him a hug and a quick kiss. "Any problems on the way over?" she asked.
"No, not at all." Max actually enjoyed the walk from the Summoner ...
2024-02-09 23:51:30 +0000 UTC
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Max stayed busy with a variety of activities. He visited group combat classes, engaged in self-study at the library, worked out, refined his mana body, and trained his martial arts students. With s...
2024-02-09 23:50:24 +0000 UTC
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The next day, Max got up and began his routine as usual, but he could already tell that something was different. Usually, Lavinia would greet him shortly after he came out of his bedroom. But so fa...
2024-02-09 23:49:32 +0000 UTC
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At first, it was kind of awkward to explore the junkyard while being chaperoned by Randy, a stranger, who was obviously trying, and failing, to make small talk with me. Within a few minutes, I just...
2024-02-04 18:40:36 +0000 UTC
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People had never truly asked me about all my strange gear before. I made a snap judgment–deciding not to ever tell the whole truth about it. Truth mixed with lies or misdirection would be best. &...
2024-02-04 18:39:54 +0000 UTC
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The junkyard was across the street from an ancient, run-down strip mall that had already seen better days even before the end of the world. The windows of the salvage store in the strip mall and th...
2024-02-04 18:39:13 +0000 UTC
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My bravery about the new quest that I had received, and my dismissive attitude towards it, melted away the longer I walked. Even though I had grown a lot recently, I still had terrifying, crystal c...
2024-02-04 18:37:18 +0000 UTC
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Miles “Shrug” Lindstrom received a quest almost 2 years before the world ended. He took the idea of an impending apocalypse seriously and prepared meticulously. When the countdown day fin...
2024-02-04 18:36:31 +0000 UTC
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Max had his head propped up on one elbow as he talked to Amy, both of them lying in his bed. But for what felt like the third time that night, he was zoning out, his mind else...
2024-02-02 12:37:03 +0000 UTC
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For days on end, Max threw himself into work, letting everything he'd seen and learned simmer in the back of his mind as he focused on creating beats, refining pills, fixing things, and ...
2024-02-02 12:35:57 +0000 UTC
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I had my chapters seriously screwed up in google docs when I first wrote this.
It's fixed now! It's just too bad Patreon has such a terrible UI. I love sharing this stuff with yo...
2024-02-02 12:34:48 +0000 UTC
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Altered consciousness was not Max’s specialty.
At first, Max wasn't sure it was a dream. In fact, he wasn't even aware of his own identity. The scene began to play out, and it was only aft...
2024-01-27 01:54:19 +0000 UTC
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At martial arts practice, while the others were straggling in, Momo pulled Max aside. She did not beat around the bush. "I can smell another woman on you," she said softly. Max didn't feel a respon...
2024-01-27 01:53:25 +0000 UTC
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Max followed Amy past the counter of the restaurant. The woman working there smiled at him again. Max reflexively smiled back. Amy led him into a small hallway where the public restrooms were...
2024-01-27 01:52:34 +0000 UTC
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The day came for Max to meet Amy for lunch. From the moment he'd set out, Lavinia seemed grouchy about the entire situation. "What is it that you don't like about Amy?" asked Max. He walked along t...
2024-01-19 21:36:53 +0000 UTC
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When Max realized where Lavinia was leading him, he ruefully shook his head. Figures, he thought. Presently he stood in front of the door to the common area that he used to shower in. Max ...
2024-01-19 21:35:23 +0000 UTC
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Max stared at the ceiling, thinking about the meeting with the headmasters he had earlier that night. It felt like there was suddenly a lot going on in his world.
Part of him wondered if he w...
2024-01-19 21:34:24 +0000 UTC
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Max placed the tablet back on his wrist, his mood pensive. He had just finished having a messenger conversation with Amy, the store clerk. He had wanted to thank her for the cookies she sent, but s...
2024-01-12 20:34:14 +0000 UTC
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About a week had passed since Max had gotten used to the small additions to his routine. During that time, he had produced a good number of mana pills, and he had received praise in a letter from M...
2024-01-12 20:31:49 +0000 UTC
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Before his friends left, Max and Lance had a serious discussion about his new sword, and they decided to leave it at Max's for now, until Lance was stronger. The reality was that such a powerful we...
2024-01-12 20:30:23 +0000 UTC
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There was a flurry of activity as the group passed through the summoner gates. It seemed that the guards weren't there just for show or only to scan students. As Max watched, one of them manifested...
2024-01-06 01:33:19 +0000 UTC
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Max had had a surprisingly fun time in the central area, but he was glad to be heading back to Summoner Academy now. All of the packages he'd bought were still wrapped. Opening them all and f...
2024-01-06 01:32:37 +0000 UTC
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Max got distracted checking out a couple of bookstores and had to remind himself that his friends were waiting on him. Then he began searching in earnest for the last item he'd come to the Quartet ...
2024-01-02 02:13:45 +0000 UTC
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Buying weapons ended up taking longer than Max had anticipated. He’d actually been expecting more people to be curious about the golems following them, slow the group down that way. L...
2023-12-30 10:21:45 +0000 UTC
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Max met Lance outside the cafeteria before heading to the central area. "Are you ready?"
"Of course," said Max. He gave Lance a weird look. His friend had been acting a little str...
2023-12-27 22:53:56 +0000 UTC
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:)
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That night, Max suddenly felt a tugging on his elbow. He woke up from a deep sleep and troubled dreams of his childhood on Earth.
In the dream, he had been a re...
2023-12-21 19:12:34 +0000 UTC
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For the next two days, Max killed time as productively as possible. He did all the things he normally would do with a few things added in. The additions were a bit more time spent researching...
2023-12-20 21:16:51 +0000 UTC
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I think you guys will like this one. :)
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When Max was finally heading to the cafeteria from his dorm for dinner, Lavinia's voice sounded mentally in his head. Now th...
2023-12-20 05:17:07 +0000 UTC
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“This line is too much, I think,” he said. His finger traced a single curved portion of the magic circle he’d been dissecting and reassembling with Lavinia hundreds of times. Max ...
2023-12-19 13:20:06 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the wait. I'm getting both of last week's missing chapters up tonight.
I had a lot of admin stuff to do that couldn't wait.
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The next day, Max g...
2023-12-18 04:06:12 +0000 UTC
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