Time Limit: 10 Hours, Forty-Eight Minutes
By the time we got back to Lake Station, Tori and I were both exhausted and covered in dust and dried blood. We’d been walking alo...
2025-02-15 21:03:47 +0000 UTC View PostTori gasped as she used Shockwave to throw the monster off of her. Her head spun, and her chest and stomach felt like a giant had squeezed her in its fist. She tried to crawl away, but her lungs sc...
2025-02-15 21:00:52 +0000 UTC View PostSomething about Monroe Station was off.
It wasn’t that it was a small station, though it only had one blocked exit, a ticket kiosk, and a pair of restrooms. It reminded me a little of Chica...
2025-02-15 20:59:21 +0000 UTC View PostCongratulations! You’ve found a Magical Item. Magical Items are powerful tools that can shift the balance of a fight, pushing you beyond what your level and race should be able to accompl...
2025-02-15 20:57:23 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time morning came—or what felt like morning based on the fifty-six hours we had left, anyway—I was as ready as I’d ever be. We’d stuffed my backpack full of battery bombs, each wrapp...
2025-02-15 20:55:25 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to check out the Tunnel Lord’s lair right away, but I’d been pushing all day, and my gear wasn’t ready for it, so I couldn’t exactly commit to a tough fight. Besides, I was Level T...
2025-02-15 20:53:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe next station south was Grand.
I rarely went farther south on the Red Line than Chicago Station. There wasn’t much need to since everything I needed was in Andersonville, and my job was ...
2025-02-15 20:51:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe subway station-turned cave ended in two tunnels where the bathrooms had been, just beyond the turnstileagmites. If I remembered right, there wasn’t much space in the men’s room, so there sh...
2025-02-15 20:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs I looked around, I realized that I wasn’t standing in a subway tunnel. The walls weren’t tile or concrete, for one thing. They looked like they’d been hacked out of the stone around them w...
2025-02-15 20:46:59 +0000 UTC View PostMy headlamp panned around the guts of an old Ford Explorer. My sore, oil-soaked fingers worked across the half-disassembled transmission---everything else under the hood was pitch black. I’d been...
2025-02-15 20:44:33 +0000 UTC View PostMy last Parent/Teacher Conference was in sixth grade. At least, the last one Dad went to.
He didn’t pay much attention. I’m not sure he was even sober. But that didn’t matter, because A...
2025-02-14 14:26:32 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander is a broken man.
He sits in his cell, and I watch him, searching his hopeless eyes for the truth I need to understand. Who he is. But a broken man isn’t the answer. That’s who <...
2025-02-10 14:27:53 +0000 UTC View PostAlmost every knight is one of a few roles in Knights of the Apocalypse.
They all have different names and movesets, but almost every one of them is a tank, healer, or DPS. Occasionally, there...
2025-02-07 14:15:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe most frustrating part of Knights of the Apocalypse is when my teammates disconnect.
When I disconnect, that’s fine. The game’s done—unless I want to try soloing max difficulty runs ...
2025-02-03 14:24:29 +0000 UTC View PostSHOCKS Olympia Administrative Wing: Tram Platform, Washington, USA - June 19, 2043, 2:53 PM
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SHOCKS Olympia Tunnel Network Northwest, Washington, USA - June 19, 2043, 2:41 PM
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That answers most of my questions about the spider. It’s not enough to sol...
2025-01-27 14:04:44 +0000 UTC View PostPizza sticks.
The cafeteria at Lansdowne served them all the time. They had options—the salad bar, pre-packaged sandwiches, and a couple of different hot lunch options. Pizza sticks came up...
2025-01-24 14:16:01 +0000 UTC View PostSora and I met in detention.
Because of course we did. I’ve mentioned that already.
The thing that sucked the most about middle school detention was that Dad was supposed to come get ...
2025-01-20 14:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostDad always kept his drinks wherever they were handy.
Under the counter. In the fridge. Where Alice and I could get to them without any trouble. He told us not to take them. He threatened us, ...
2025-01-17 14:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe Mindscape
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The first thing Sidney Alexander does in your Mindscape is a surprise, but also not shocking at all. He breaks down cryin...
2025-01-13 14:45:47 +0000 UTC View PostMom always felt like she had eyes in the back of her head.
She noticed things. Like when I hadn’t brushed my hair, or when I hadn’t eaten all my prunes. Even when she wasnâ€...
2025-01-10 14:11:08 +0000 UTC View PostJames needed a connection.
He had plenty of contact with millions of devices both on Earth and in the space around it. Reality Zero was as well-watched as it could possibly be, and even thoug...
2025-01-06 14:18:26 +0000 UTC View PostRealities stink.
That’s just a fact. But it’s not just roses and oil or daisies and rot. When I Mergewalk, the first few minutes are the worst—except in the diseased body reali...
2025-01-03 14:18:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe day we moved out of the hotel and into basic living was the day Dad started dying.
It’s been a long death, and it’s only recently—when he’s been forced—that he’s done anything...
2024-12-31 14:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Due to a scheduling issue with my holiday trip, I'm going to delay today's The Halcyon System post until tomorrow morning (approximately 24 hours). I didn't have as much downtime...
2024-12-30 14:49:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey all. The holidays are upon us, and with them are more disruptions to my writing schedule. I have this chapter and one for next Monday written, but I may not have a Friday chapter this week....
2024-12-23 14:25:11 +0000 UTC View PostI got my planning done well enough to kick of Halcyon System 3 today. I'm hoping to wrap the story up in this book.
As Heath Ledger's Joker said, "And here. We. Go."
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2024-12-16 14:51:47 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the Epilogue for Book Two. Thank you all for reading. I'll try to get posts up next week as I plan Halcyon Three out in more detail and get started.
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2024-12-13 14:22:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The only part of social studies I understood was learning about the Black Death.
There was something final about it. Something truthful. The percentages, the math, what that math meant for Eu...
2024-12-09 14:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostThis will be the last of the faster pace I've been maintaining for Writathon on Royal Road. I've met the goal with this post, and will be switching to a (hopefully) 2/week pace. That being said...
2024-12-04 14:29:17 +0000 UTC View Post