Ask Me Anything 3 -- Malas
If you could leave the school, what’s the first place you would visit?
I would like to go to the beach. It’s been a very long time since I’ve been exposed to direct sun...
2022-10-08 12:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post
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4.53: Secret Library
“Max?” I said.
“I know, I know; you’re mad at me for running off, and I’m really sorry, but can you be mad at me later? I said I’d find the answer, didn’t I? This solves everyth...
2022-10-07 13:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post023: RETRIEVE
We take shifts talking to Denish. He dozes off a few times, but we always manage to rouse him. I start thinking, maybe it would be better to just let him sleep, and try to rouse him when it’s nea...
2022-10-04 14:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post4.52: Coming up behind
“Okay,” I said, jiggling a bit and breathing quickly and definitely NOT panicking. “Okay. So, maybe he left that coat here, and just went back – ”
“He’s been gone for several ho...
2022-10-03 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostBonus snippet -- Destiny and the Eye
The Faith of Fionnrath heard the commotion outside, sighed, and put his book away. He called up his power, letting it trickle into his mind, until his teeth began to itch. Correctly channelling the...
2022-10-01 09:32:32 +0000 UTC View Post4.51: Going On Ahead
“Destroy magic?” I asked. “How?”
“Modern enchantments are designed so that a spell trapped in an object is freed if the runic circle is destroyed beyond repair. But there are other ...
2022-09-30 15:05:31 +0000 UTC View Post022: SACRIFICE
We have a crew of six, now. Five of us are in the safety of the back three quarters of the ship, with a nice livable atmosphere. Denish is locked in Chronostasis Ring 1 and Recreation and Medical R...
2022-09-27 14:52:35 +0000 UTC View Post4.50: The Lake of Inquisition
Saina got out of the hospital the next day. Despite my fears, she wasn’t pulled out of school. (There were probably political reasons, I supposed, why the leader of Refujeyo pulling their child o...
2022-09-27 01:44:09 +0000 UTC View Post4.49: Innocence
“Will it work?” I asked. “Will going down that well get us where we need to be?”
The spellthing watched me from across the table, and sipped its tea. “I don’t know any more than y...
2022-09-23 22:08:07 +0000 UTC View PostBehind the Keyboard -- Alania and Malas
This month, we're looking at the development of Alania Miratova and Malas Aksoy, and the role they play in the story
2022-09-21 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post021: EVACUATE
“He died in here?” I ask. “That can’t… I mean, the computer said he succumbed to his infection a few days after his rampage.”
“Did it say where?” the doctor asks. “It looks ...
2022-09-20 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post4.48: I Know a Short Cut
“I don’t see how this is supposed to help,” Kylie said.
We were on Agreabla Insulo, looking back into the portal that led to the school. Max rubbed his hands in excitement, for a moment...
2022-09-19 21:52:42 +0000 UTC View Post4.47: Assassination
“Speak gently and quietly,” Malas instructed, “and if she gets worn out, leave immediately. She has a severe concussion.”
“Is she going to be alright?” Hammond asked. (I’d run i...
2022-09-16 14:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon bonus -- Photos of Arborea
When Aspen left for university, they took a photo album. Here are some of their photos.
2022-09-14 14:37:00 +0000 UTC View Post020: MASSACRE
I sit back in my comfortable chair in Network and Engineering Ring 1, take a bite out of my tasty chocolate bar, and glance at the computer showing my crew hard at work. Denish lifts some kind of h...
2022-09-13 15:19:20 +0000 UTC View Post4.46: Emergency response
My scream sounded a lot louder in my ears than expected. It took me a moment to realise that it wasn’t just myself that I was hearing; the sound of at least a couple of dozen confused, panicking,...
2022-09-12 15:17:21 +0000 UTC View Post4.45: Bait And Switch
“Run!” Hammond bellowed.
“What – ?”
“Everyone just run!”
He wasn’t grabbing at her mandibles, I noticed dimly as I made for the exit; he was holding a long rope of...
2022-09-09 21:13:19 +0000 UTC View PostAsk Me Anything 2 -- Max
Do you pirate media? I feel like you wouldn’t but it would be funny if you did.
I’m not sure what that means. Give me a moment to… ah, I see. No, if I want to access me...
2022-09-07 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post019: PLAN
“I have plan for Chronostasis Ring 1,” Denish announces, apropos of nothing. The three new crewmates have been awake for less than twenty four hours, and while the doctor doesn’t want them to...
2022-09-06 14:38:04 +0000 UTC View Post4.44: Mother Knows Best
We weren’t going to lose track of each other at the edge of a clearing. We let each other go, and Hammond pulled out the map again.
In shadows of oaks old and deep, among her ch...
2022-09-05 14:44:15 +0000 UTC View Post4.43: Treasure Hunt
I was eating scrambled eggs when I found myself surrounded.
“Treasure hunt today,” Pete said, sitting to my right while Saina cut off my left. I automatically went to push my chair back, ...
2022-09-02 16:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post4.42: Her Own Way
Max arrived for the second week, staying (once again) in much fancier accommodation than I was. I didn’t say so to anyone, but I found myself wishing that it’d been Kylie, not Max, who was dati...
2022-09-01 04:03:15 +0000 UTC View Post018: CREW
We don’t really have a process for the whole crew revival thing. The doctor wants to administer Adin’s medical tests right away; I want to fill the other two medbay beds as quickly as possible....
2022-08-30 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post4.41: Battery Power
I spent the remaining time before the holidays training for the upcoming treasure hunt, doing the bare minimum of work in my classes, and researching contract spells. Specifically, researching ways...
2022-08-27 00:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post017: DEGRADATION
“Oh, no,” the doctor mutters, staring at the computer terminal.
I look up from my coffee. It’s been a full day since we finished purging the air filtration system (or at least the part ...
2022-08-23 15:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostBehind the Keyboard -- Friends and Family
This month, we're talking about the creation of Melissa, Chelsea, and Kayden's parents. Have fun!
2022-08-21 15:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post4.40: Skin Deep
I pulled my right hand away from the grater, swearing, and managed to catch myself before automatically sticking the bleeding wound in my mouth. I was only grating oak bark, but it was good practic...
2022-08-20 02:06:36 +0000 UTC View Post016: SUPPORT
“Good morning, Captain Aspen.”
“Mmmn?” I open my eyes and blink blearily at the person standing over me.
The doctor looks a lot sharper without the drugs in its system. It’s c...
2022-08-16 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon bonus -- the Public Universal Friend's javelin ID card
ID chips were implanted into colonists shortly before stasis for recognition aboard the ship and new colony, but during the training, accommodation and boarding process, it was more convenient to u...
2022-08-14 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post4.39: Precision
“Are you looking at moving up a graduate level soon?” Max asked.
“Huh?” I sat cross-legged on the floor, scrawling a letter to my parents at a slightly awkward angle, hoping it wouldn...
2022-08-12 22:18:27 +0000 UTC View Post