I woke up to the sound of pounding on my door. Not urgent pounding, granted, but someone wanted me to wake up. It was annoying and I tried to ignore it, but they were insistent and I eventually dragged myself out of bed, ignoring the annoyed whine of my extremely clingy girlfriend as she burrowed into the covers. When I threw the door open with a glare, I was mostl...
2023-06-13 22:54:38 +0000 UTC View PostI had a lot of fun with this one.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w6faHXN85YGKtGPVWnVeDQBSMgUQZOYbLOHWV3dRYKs/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-13 20:54:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe owner of the Daylight Dreamer Inn was not what I expected. Though to be fair that was probably more my issue than his. He looked younger than I'd thought, but reconsidering Ascendants were almost always young looking, at least once they were full grown.
Sindar was more the kind of person you'd expect to see at a club than in the office of an inn though. H...
2023-06-12 22:23:21 +0000 UTC View PostThere were training grounds on the guild premises, of course. I expected them to cost points, but from what I could tell, most of them didn’t. Cecily had led me here, seeming excited to hang out. I got the feeling she didn’t socialize much, and while ‘excited’ for her wasn’t really as effusive as it was for most, having opened up a bit she was much less monotone than before.
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2023-06-12 18:41:12 +0000 UTC View PostHad some fun with this chapter, and I thought it was fun to subvert expectations here lol.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z6I4XDVfOO75jgkyCnUHldDbxRJeNMUn24YL7-f77Hw/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-11 22:16:05 +0000 UTC View PostA sec scene with Raven and Silver. Mostly Raven lol.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lh_U7okeMeWR_Hrx6NUExYFNvPUz_dr6BlAmwZd3EaY/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-11 22:09:44 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Zeke had mentioned the bazaar, I had assumed we would be attending some small gathering of stalls. Maybe some tents, a few blankets on the ground. The word invoked images of a temporary market that contained equally temporary sales locations. What we actually ended up walking into was...not that.
For one thing I felt...heavier. Like I was under pressure ...
2023-06-09 22:35:47 +0000 UTC View PostAfter I got back to the dorm I was torn on what to do. I’d learned a lot about myself, and about my mom, and my dad. Hell, I’d learned a lot about the world. All of that was kind of distant though. Sure, people who knew about my hybrid status would hate me…but they had kind of been doing that already. Now I just knew why.
It did make me curious about Grace though. She must know what...
2023-06-09 21:26:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, we all got packed up, ready to leave and prepared to set off. Cass was sobbing uncontrollably, hugging each of us in turn and begging us not to go, and I wasn't the only one whose heart broke as the little girl started promising not to feed her vegetables to the wolves anymore if we would stay.
I...hadn't been thinking about Cass when we dec...
2023-06-08 21:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostFun auction and a bit of discussion with some local powerhouses.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12j3-hLgHx1wrpDqnWhefRvnPaN2uNJO9Uva7gqmIL7s/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-08 21:01:28 +0000 UTC View PostA month. A month of wishes, a month of stat gains. Slow and steady, constantly trying to build up my friends. Benny and Jessie were both within reach of F-rank. With Jessie's regular income of Might from her bond with Randall, not to mention my boost, and how close Benny already was, the seven hundred and forty four points I had to throw around for the month was mo...
2023-06-07 20:45:52 +0000 UTC View PostMy stomach was turning as I walked home. I didn’t know why. I had no reason to be afraid. I was just going to talk to my dad. But I had the most terrifying queasy feeling. Like something was going to end. Like something was going to be ruined. I kept replaying moments from my childhood, picking out random moments out of context and coming to horrifying conclusions based on them, then throwing...
2023-06-07 17:10:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe ceremony was held at the same arena as the finals. A huge luxurious building (without even the wear from the battle, which they had repaired) and pretty huge. Forty thousand people weren't enough to fill the place up, though it was hardly empty with every one of the ten thousand starter teams having shown up. There were a few E-rankers here too, possibly for se...
2023-06-06 21:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostBit more business fun.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13-YadDszegWXkE1tnp8zBRXTFLPp8FmeqM-wYpO671g/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-06 18:17:19 +0000 UTC View PostHealing or not, we had to carry Abel out of the arena. My mentor was in bad shape, though not as bad as the armor double Midknight had been using, which had been mostly destroyed. Callie had been...quiet, since we saw him get wrecked, and I wanted to pull her aside to check on her about it but we had other problems.
Zeke rode home with us this time, as did Na...
2023-06-05 21:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostI groaned as I walked into the Basic Hammering class. Weeks of training, constant practice, absurd amounts of money and so many crystals I was counting them in my dreams. I was now halfway into the first circle of Apprentice rank, and the going was only getting slower. I needed to find higher tier crystals, but that was going to be a long term issue. For now, I was at least keeping up with ever...
2023-06-05 20:45:56 +0000 UTC View PostI screwed up and posted this as a text file instead of the link, but since the links actually update fixes in real time I'm just replacing it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kwxu3GRYcP6jRUacKIX3b7uEGst5ktkx0qQFFZu6dP4/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-05 00:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostBack to some old favorites, merges and fun business stuff for a bit. I had a ton of fun with this one.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wsfV1ZZoM1WNnvZWvAsx2kxd7O-2Z2WyfAlbUnQGYPo/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-04 22:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostIt took me almost no time to figure out what that mask did from context. Illusions, obviously. But despite knowing that I also knew I had no chance of piercing through them. No one here did. Trying to bypass B-rank perception would be pure delusion, so I didn't try.
Zeke was far too much of a performer to let this end without a show, so I trusted the illusion...
2023-06-02 21:49:11 +0000 UTC View PostGetting through my next day’s classes was annoying and tedious, but I managed. I paid special attention to the glares, and as I expected the students with the most powerful families seemed to feel the most antipathy toward me for whatever reason. Since I had plans, I didn’t end up confronting anyone, just kept my head down until classes ended and then left dorms, heading for Selton Apotheca...
2023-06-02 21:47:22 +0000 UTC View Post"You have a lot of guts coming here like this." With the words came a tide of power, pushing back the aura of the two B-rankers through his own and with sheer force of personality. Zeke wasn't worried at all, and it showed in the way he spoke. "You might not worry about some small time scuffle between the Unity and the Cult, but there are other interests here."
... 2023-06-01 21:53:48 +0000 UTC View PostThis one was tricky. Trying to let Nicky grow a bit after his session with Ingrid without losing his vibe. I think I balanced it pretty well, but let me know what you think.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jFmL6bjwmesq6tb454qRyt0t7H8A85avtODCpuN-NYw/edit...
2023-06-01 17:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostRoland Wilder, the man known as the Walking War, was every bit as terrifying as his moniker suggested. While Firn battled with the Hyde (who was managing to just barely degrade her permafrost with his dark energy, and then using the weakening to smash holes in it with his massive fists) Valk and Abel were teaming up to combat the storm of conjured swords sweeping d...
2023-05-31 20:42:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Son of a bitch!” I snarled, hurling the metal frame of my knitting project across the room after the yarn burned up for the hundredth time. Turning to glare at my roommate, who was trying not to smirk, I pointed furiously at the still smoldering practice tool. “Come on! What the hell do I need to do to get the hang of this?”
The next day of class, we’d taken our first turn with...
2023-05-31 18:26:08 +0000 UTC View PostThree days of downtime passed far more quietly than expected. Granted, it wasn't my downtime, it was Abel's, but still I'd figured I'd be more nervous about the last round. My odd sense of peace continued until the last minute though, and the morning of, I finished up my wishes with Benny. With another fifteen G-ranked chits in my bank for my weapon fund, I was fre...
2023-05-30 23:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostSome politics and subterfuge, something the story has been lacking for a while lol
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MaeRg-xG8d3TwSw7Nu1V4gqDrF3KnNvp1Jl9CkghyYE/edit?usp=sharing
2023-05-30 18:42:19 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time we got home, Zeke was already there. He always beat us back, which was fine, but I had other things to address. Questions for Abel, more specifically. "Ok." I said heatedly. "What the actual fuck was that? I mean congrats on the win, but you were really holding back against me that much?"
My mentor was still healing, and I admit I wasn't gentle dr...
2023-05-29 22:24:38 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the things I was going to miss about having time to myself was sleeping in. I didn’t always do it, but I always had the option. Somehow, I was less tired when I woke up naturally, as opposed to being woken forcibly.
The Guild had a bell for the student quarters, a big, loud, braying thing, clanging away to wake us all up. There were more personalized means of waking a person, ala...
2023-05-29 19:25:15 +0000 UTC View PostDecided to start doing all my fanfiction with gdocs links, they've been busting smut on patreon and while there hasn't been much in this one it'll be coming up soonish lol. This particular chapter is a fight, hope everyone enjoys. To clarify though, this is Ultimate Juggy pre ruby. He has super strength and durability but no magic momentum powers yet.
New chapter up. Had some fun with this. Going for an Eyes Wide Shut vibe, which is tough since I never saw Eyes Wide Shut, but the general debauchery is there for this party. It's a fun way to get Nicky back to his roots, and some of the things people liked best about him, with a twist.