Chapter 52: Admissions
Rain tapped a staccato on the windows of her office. It was the quintessential Mage's study, with towering bookshelves, tables replete with scrolls and reagents. Really, it was what I expected to find in a college of magic, but I couldn't help but notice how it did not match the woman in front of me.
She was like something out o...
2018-08-06 04:10:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 51: Application
I pushed open the rough wooden door of the Nightblood Inn. Raven, all but invisible in her large winter cloak, glanced up from her table on the wall. Across the low fire pit, the only other patron didn't even look away from his mead. That was, according to the innkeep, only to be expected.
Nightgate inn was rustic, to say the least. But...
2018-07-30 04:36:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 50: Bonds
My head nodded forward as M'gann finished braiding my hair. “There!” She said. “Your hair is so smooth and glossy. It's like it's made of air!”
From where she was sitting on the bed, Raven coughed once. M'gann gave a startled, “Oh!”
I just smiled. In the mirror, it looked tired and weak. I took a moment to make a more genuin...
2018-07-09 05:23:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Interlude: Savor the Moment
“How is she.”
Black Canary stiffened at the sound of his voice, before clamping down on the reaction. The Batman very pointedly gave no sign of amusement. It was easier to deal with the League as a whole if they thought him incapable of humor.
“Better,” Canary said with forced nonchalance. “Still emotional and ...
2018-06-25 16:19:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 49: Moirai
I was screaming.
At first, that was all I knew. The agony.
Black and Red mana, in a perfectly chaotic imbalance, flowed into me like lava through the unmoving channels of my body, where tt burned and burned and burned.
But it did not balance. Instead, it skewed me in more directions, over, under, around.
I wa...
2018-06-18 04:10:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 48: Destiny
Klarion’s face rippled like putty beneath my fist. The bomb erupted in a tight beam, blasting the Lord of Chaos across the room. Inside of me, the Lord of Order screamed.
I was screaming too.
My vision flickered red, then blue. I casted. The mammoths thundered past me, unable to attack. Easy, fucking simple.<...
2018-06-03 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 47: Bedlam
“Fly my pretties!” Klarion cackled. “Fly!” The mammoths smashed forward, tusks scything the air. The Witch Boy’s black lightning crackled over their bodies. Fate slipped through the gap. A barrier of translucent gold formed around him as the beasts smashed together. The sudden shift in pressure shot my body forward like a cork from...
2018-05-21 06:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 46: Discord
It took me a moment to gather myself.
Or maybe was only a heartbeat, as my body began sliding through the air on puppet strings, fingers inching upwards and mana singing in my veins. My thoughts raced, like high octane, like jet fuel, even as they came back to a single point.
I pushed aside the vision of a different wor...
2018-04-09 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Interlude: Crow Storm
Fate led them from the tower without a word. The team could only scramble back into the hastily recalled bioship as Fate ignored their questions and took to the air.
Raven didn’t ask, staying as far away from Fate as she could at any given moment. She could feel the emptiness lingering inside Taylor’s body. Raven tugged at...
2018-03-12 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: For those interested in the new schedule, I'm changing days because my schedule wasn't conducive to putting out Friday updates in a timely manner. I want to remove that element of uncertainty and delay which has slowed down my last few updates. Sorry for the wait, everyone. From here on out, new updates will be posted Monday at midnight.
Chapter 45: Providence...
2018-02-26 07:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWith how my schedule has changed, it seems like I'm getting these chapters out later and later on Fridays. I'm gonna give myself another week to get on top of things, and if that doesn't pan out, I'll most likely move the release date to midnight (i.e. Saturday) for consistency.
Until then, thank you for waiting, hope you all enjoy.
Chapter 44: Fate
I star...
2018-02-17 04:50:43 +0000 UTC View PostApologies for the late update. I got sick this week and it affected my writing schedule more than I anticipated.
Planar Chaos: Armageddon
I sigh as the golden light washes over me, watching the threads of energy form a phantom replica of my form above me. Half a dozen Asgardian healers manipulate the image, slowly bringing it into sharper focus. The repr...
2018-02-10 21:36:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the late chapter. I wasn't quite sure about it, so I sat on the last few scenes way longer than I should have. I'm... provisionally happy with how it turned out, though I think reactions will be mixed.
Chapter 43: Rebound
I didn’t truly black out. I doubted that I really could anymore, but I’d been rendered immobile by my own Ankh.
So...
2018-02-03 02:12:30 +0000 UTC View PostAfter various commentary about respective power levels, I've done my best to keep this chapter true to what I consider to be the canon strength of both Taylor and Klarion. Of course, I'm not perfect, so if there's anything that stands out as odd, just let me know.
Chapter 42: Stand
The water struck me like a physical force, near blasting the three of us down the corr...
2018-01-27 00:39:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41: Contra
After my ‘debriefing’ with Black Canary, the first day of school couldn’t come fast enough.
For all that the session itself was much…better than I’d expected. Even though I’d been exhausted by the end, I’d found it almost enjoyable. Just not enough to request another.
No, the problem was the Team. I don’t know what Martian told ever...
2018-01-20 00:58:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 40: Ideal
I would have picked Batman, but, wonder of wonders, my choice didn’t matter in the end.
Someone in the League decided to take a softer hand. So I didn’t get a quick, military, debrief from the one person on the plane who might have a better poker face than I do. Instead, I received a two hour appointment with Black Canary, ...
2018-01-13 00:40:08 +0000 UTC View PostI have a brief announcement for all of my patrons.
As Well Traveled has, with this update, reached and exceeded 100k words, I'll be doing something fun on Space Battles. The next chapter I post there will also contain a Q/A with Taylor (with QA taking a back seat of course). The thread will be able to ask questions, and I'll take the ones that are the best/most popular. I also will guarant...
2018-01-05 19:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter will be posted next week on Spacebattles. Chapter 37 is going up there shortly after this, so make sure you read that one first. From this point on, all Well Traveled chapters will be posted here a week early.
Chapter 38: Shadows
At Babette’s smile, Movarth lunged at me again. This time, his attack was uncontrolled. He wanted to pen me in. I gave...
2017-12-30 05:44:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Interlude: Raven’s Crime
When Destiny vanished from the mountain, Raven felt the ripples she tore in the fabric of the plane. It spoke of a similarity between their powers, some shared basis or function that as of yet defied explanation. That Destiny might also be a conduit filled Raven with a vague sort of dread, the type that—according to this plane’s ...
2017-11-13 02:25:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Autumn Leaves
“The ‘heiress’ got in the way. Guess we’re sunk, eh boss?”
“Hardly. We simply need a more direct approach.”
“What the idiot isn’t saying is that he blew his cover sky high.”
“What can I say? I enjoy watching them squirm. By the way, think you can get a copy of the cam...
2017-11-13 02:23:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Autumn Leaves
“I’m not entirely sure why she should be afforded another chance. Especially since the girl was right under her nose for the better part of a season.”
“I was out of mistral on your lead!”
“You spent all that time chasing ghosts, when the real one was right under your nose! Hehehe, gh...
2017-10-21 04:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Autumn Leaves
“She had… another weapon.”
“And was an additional blade enough to undo your your oh so perfect plan?”
“No, I… when she saw the glove… she killed herself. I didn’t have the chance to—”
“You had every chance that you required, Foolish child.”
“…” 2017-10-14 23:55:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A/N:Hey everyone! Sorry that I've been gone for awhile. I signed up for 20 credit hours this semester, so I've had less time to write. I'm getting back into the swing of things now, but I still have to split my attention between my stories and other long term projects. I've been working on this story to give myself a break from Well Traveled, which I plan on returning to soon(tm)....
2017-10-07 04:32:03 +0000 UTC View PostI decided to do something different for monday.
Planar Chaos: Darkest Before the Dawn
—A companion piece to Spark of Invention
The world was green and people were the most aggressively cheerful she had ever encountered. Still, it didn’t take long for Taylor to find this world’s ‘problem’. Most every plane had one, even if was just run of the ...
2017-08-21 05:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostThank you Dusk Star, godofbiscuit, and Amy Lear for deciding to support me! I hope you enjoy your early chapter. There won't be anything posted on Tuesday of this week, but there was you'd be getting it today as well. Hope you all enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 33: Assault
I only felt relieved when Robin, at Kid Flash’s reassurance, let Miss Martian restore his m...
2017-08-06 10:46:33 +0000 UTC View Post