After reviewing the newest contract – the Alliance really liked their contracts, it seemed – I signed it with a pulse of mana and set the tablet down. While I was excited to get a new piece of manatech, I was leery about being with the Mind Mage for too long.<...
2023-09-24 20:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5 – A Quick Orientation
“Are you crashing at my place tonight?” my brother asked as I followed him to the nursery to pick up Amie.
“If I can’t move in a day early,” I nodded. “I haven’t asked yet, though.”
“Why bother?” he asked curiously. “Just come hang out for the night. I’m sure Amie would like to spend some time with Aunt Emie. There’s ...
2023-09-23 16:23:35 +0000 UTC View PostWhile waiting for the rift to reset, Robert and I shared a meal and discussed my latest weapon idea. After describing the weapon I wanted to create, I watched as the small twig in Robert’s hand grew and shifted into a meter-long scepter that almost perfectly mirrored my imagination.
“Like this?” he asked, holding up the finished product.<...
2023-09-21 16:40:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe stepped out of the rift portal and onto a narrow platform on the side of a cliff. Below was nothing but clouds, making me curious about what would happen if one fell. Would they die, or get ejected from the rift? I certainly was not going to test it to find out.
The only route away from the arrival platform headed up the cliffside. The path was o...
2023-09-19 20:42:50 +0000 UTC View PostJust to get everything all caught up :) I'll be posting the next chapter here before it goes to RR.
The brunette stood separate from those she would have preferred to share the event with. Instead of being part of the crowd, Rhona was forced to stand next to several of her fellow Alliance members who’d played a role in the day’s events. They were not teache...
2023-09-18 17:56:07 +0000 UTC View PostThese are the last two chapters of Book One. I'll be doing light revisions to align the first few chapters of Book Two with the changes I've made, and they will be posted here as well (likely sometime later today).
The Brakenburg tournament was held the following weekend. Deni and Blaze had both signed up weeks before; however, Blaze p...
2023-09-18 15:22:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey, Emie! I have another package for you!” Mom called out as she entered the craft room. “Oh, what are you working on?”
“I’m just making a charm necklace. It looks a little weird—” I held up the multi-strand necklace incorporating several small talismans “—but I kinda like it.”
That was a lie. At best, it wa...
2023-09-17 17:25:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe following week marked the beginning of October and the start of my beta testing as a dual Academy student. If I was considering my high school as an academy, it would...
2023-09-16 01:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostEmie's in-game character, Duality. I used this image as the new book cover.
An obviously younger version of Duality - this is closer to what Emie looks like in person.
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2023-09-15 00:55:52 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I know I said I'd only be posting one chapter at a time until I finished, but have an extra!
“Spear or staff?” I asked, wanting my guardian’s opinion since he’d already delved the rift.
“You’re a spear user, right?” he asked, confused by the question.
I shrugged. “I’m actually more proficient with the staff, but I...
2023-09-14 14:53:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What took y
2023-09-12 16:18:48 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike storybook returner protagonists, I did not have an eidetic memory about everything I’d ever experienced, nor could I breeze through rifts I may have challenged as part of a game more than a decade before. Needless to say, though the rift seemed vaguely familiar, that familiarity did not give me any kind of edge.
We’d chosen the Nature-base...
2023-09-11 23:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostThough his mood had noticeably improved since our arrival, Justin still excused himself and hid in the room he shared with Melony several times during the first day. His eyes were always red when he returned, so there was little question what he was doing. It would likely take a long time for him to get over the betrayal, and I doubted it was somethin...
2023-09-08 19:47:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe elevated
2023-09-07 17:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Bell just messaged me,” Deni said, interrupting the discussion I’d been having with Mesmer about the differences in our healing spells. “She has another in-game hour before she can log in. She’s in her VPS right now.”
“Should we eat while we wait? It’s been a while since our last meal, and I’d rather not get the hunger debuff,” Ger said as h...
2023-09-06 15:31:17 +0000 UTC View PostI had a mess
2023-09-05 20:17:26 +0000 UTC View PostI examined the dirty cell arou
2023-09-05 17:49:33 +0000 UTC View Post