“That’s impossible,” Phoenix said, looking towards Patricia in her rising panic as she pleaded, “That is impossible, right? I didn’t give permission or sign another contract or… you know…”
“Oh, that’s an interesting idea,” High Priestess Deserin interjected thoughtfully, ...
2024-06-15 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix was surprised the next morning when she couldn’t open a portal to the location atop the Soul Reaper’s downed ship, where she vividly remembered both saving and condemning Paul’s life. There was no way she would ever forget that place.
When she finally relented and was able to open a porta...
2024-06-14 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“Someone, please explain why this is happening,” Phoenix mentally pleaded to her party.
“I think only the kid knows why he’s doing this, so you’d have to ask him,” Rayna responded, which didn’t really help her at the moment.
“Right now, it doesn’t ...
2024-06-13 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
While King’s Dream might have been placed in charge of the research expedition, many were unhappy about following the orders of a fresh Sapphire Caster despite the addition of the titles “Emissary” and “Officer” now stamped on Dazien’s adventuring license.
The gemite was normally charismati...
2024-06-12 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix and Dazien shared furtive glances with one another as they sensed the odd atmosphere of the room they had been “politely requested to attend” to along with Kara.
The Crystal and freshly ascended Sapphire Caster, accompanied by an Obsidian Caste champion, wasn’t the only oddity among the c...
2024-06-11 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix sat on a stool against the far wall of one of the smaller ritual rooms, carefully reapplying the mana-replenishing tattoo on her thigh as Dazien was using Sapphire Caste Arcane Chalk to draw out the ritual diagram to resummon Rex.
Uriel and Rayna were assisting him with placing the variou...
2024-06-08 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Dazien blinked up at an unfamiliar ceiling. He felt groggy; like he had slept for far too long and didn’t actually achieve any rest. He slowly sat up to find himself in an unfamiliar room as well. The decor was slightly familiar though, having the same expensive wood paneling along the bottom half of the w...
Kara pulled the two obvious introverts along the streets of the International District where the apartment they just finished cleaning out was located. Two of her tails acted like leashes around their wrists as she kept them close and made her claim of the pair of Crystal Casters and Sapphire neck warmer obv...
Phoenix followed Uriel around the small space as he grabbed more items for her to stash in her collection for easy transporting. It felt a bit… intrusive to help store the items the long-time friends kept at their home whenever they were off fighting monsters and interdimensional wars.
The s...
2024-06-05 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix wasn’t sure what to expect exactly when Kara requested to join her and Uriel to help relocate the two men –who were roommates. It seemed as good a time as any while Dazien recovered from both the soul exhaustion caused by ascending and from having his bones meticulously shattered and reforged in ...
“Well, that was intense,” Rayna said to her as they stepped out the front door of the Wayland estate. Snowbelle lazily flapped pure white wings as the Familiar trailed behind them before keeping watch in the air above the pair.
Saiya took her sister’s hand and agreed, “I can’t say I’m looki...
2024-06-01 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Dazien grimaced at Kara’s warning, already knowing she wasn’t wrong. His ascension to Crystal had been one of the most traumatic experiences he had gone through which said something for both how bad it was and how few traumas he had actually experienced before, especially when he compared it to that of h...
Phoenix blanched at Everin’s use of her Divine Title and begged, “Please never call me that again. I’m just their little flag that claims more territory for them, remember?”
Kara looked at her in confusion and began to ask, “What does a flag have to do with– you know what? No. I don’t nee...
2024-05-30 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix and Dazien had returned to Paul’s side while Uriel had gone to meet with Priest Jacob who had been overseeing his –along with her own– mental health when they had the time and were in the city.
Saiya and Rayna had returned to their temporary housing in the International District but had d...
2024-05-29 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Kara had never questioned her faith before. Never questioned her worth in her goddess’ eyes. But this newest quest was hitting some nerves that she didn’t think she even had at Obsidian. Her entire being was basically pure magic at this point; this pinnacle of mortality that made her immortal in at least...
It was only about an hour later that Kara reappeared before Phoenix who had joined the rest of her party on the rooftop garden while waiting for word. The Obsidian Caster gave an exaggerated swish of her blonde hair and bowed as she announced dramatically, “I have defeated the enemy and rid the city of the...
“Kara?” Phoenix repeated in surprise before hesitantly asking, “Your last name wouldn’t happen to be Zor-El or Danvers, would it?”
“What? No, my family name is Fairweather. Why do you ask?”
“No reason,” Phoenix replied quickly.
The blonde gave her a curious look then...
2024-05-24 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The Manufacturing District of Tulimeir was the easternmost section of the eight-pointed star design that made up the city. Currently, it was taken over by Adventurers, Ducal Guards, and volunteers to the latter that served as a temporary defensive force. The civilians had been cleared out as much as possible...
“I only know part of it, not everything,” Everin said and Phoenix was grateful that her pleading would finally give her something, even if it wouldn’t be a lot, “But one of the main reasons they give out Soul Marks at all is that it can spread their influence in a way that it naturally can...
Phoenix blinked, her eyes heavy with exhaustion and her body very much disagreeing with the idea of waking up. She grumbled and tried curling into a tighter ball and pushing herself further into the comfortable seat only for the extra warm chair she was in to rumble slightly and laughter tickled her ears as ...
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2024-05-18 00:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix and Uriel both stared at the goddess blankly for a moment.
As her emotions warred within her on how exactly to respond to the deity, she finally settled on snark, "Well, you're a bit late to the party," she gestured towards the east as she added angrily, “We could have used your ...
2024-05-18 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Everin groggily awoke in a strange room that he definitely had never seen before with its elegance and natural beauty of leafy plants, blooming flowers, and wood paneling along the walls. Much more expensive, welcoming, and alive than his borrowed room in the Temple of the Rebel.
A...
2024-05-17 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix was suddenly chanting in a language she had never heard before and that her translation ability seemed to struggle with.
“Soul Hope Entwine Harmony Distance…”
Words poured out of both her and Everin’s mouths as she became entangled in the magic of ...
2024-05-16 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix was still holding Paul’s hand as she knelt in the slush beside him. The conversation between the Cleric and goddess had been confusing at best and deeply concerning at worst.
Scholar wanted to cage Paul’s soul? Why? How? Was it like Everin said where death would be kinder? Or was it ...
2024-05-15 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Everin Starlark was never meant to be here. Never meant to be on this backwater tundra with only a single city of any interest and where nothing seemed to grow, not even the people. Never meant to become a pocket healer to a stubborn man whose historical lineage was more terrifying the more he dug int...
2024-05-14 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Phoenix had been a nervous wreck as she tried to be helpful while also paying attention to the battle her mentor was fighting in the distance. Keeping her portal available to those who were still retreating from the hastily constructed camp they were in was the best she could do while listening to Daz...
2024-05-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Smoke that tasted like ozone filled Paul’s magical equivalent of lungs as he dove into the roiling storm of broken enchantments and disrupted rituals mixing with the ambient mana and erupting in a violent reaction of nature. Despite not needing to breathe, Paul used the action to his advantage with ...
2024-05-10 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
“Paul, wait!” Everin shouted at him and he paused his flight in the air to glance back at the Emerald Caster trying in vain to catch up to him but he still heard the words carried on the wind, “At least let me cast my Boons on you! Anything to give you an edge against another Ruby in your state....
2024-05-09 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
“Explain to me exactly how Water Two Squad’s forces were halved in less than a week,” Roimeldor ordered as he continued walking down the hall of their capital ship still far outside the orbit of Makera. Well beyond the influence of any planetary deity. They had eventua...
2024-05-08 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post