Samanta Zemzaris crept through the dark night towards her target, her eyes and ears straining to pick out any signs of life from the blacksmith’s shop. As she expected given the late-night hour, no lights could be seen anywhere in the forge or what looked to be the blacksmith’s home connected to the side of the forge. With luck, she’d sneak in, find what she needed, and get ba...
2019-08-13 21:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostJust a heads up for everybody waiting with bated breath for the next chapter. Due to a vacation coming up, I'm going to be busier than normal this week and I'm losing all my weekend to boot. Plus, I have another responsibility to take care of next week that will be stealing a lot of time from what would normally be writing time. Sorry! Just don't want anybody wondering w...
2019-07-30 00:04:39 +0000 UTC View PostWith an evil grin, Blake momentarily softened the metal of the bathroom floor, allowing the grappling hook to sink in. Once it was deep enough to stay put, he re-hardened the metal and watched the rope attached to the hook go taut. The whole situation made him want to laugh out loud. Here he was, not just waiting for a group of idiotic assassins to break into his home but acti...
2019-07-27 20:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostSofie ran down the street in a near panic, her and Pari’s packs bouncing awkwardly against her back with every step. She’d lost sight of the squirrelly child over a block ago, and now she had no idea where to look. This street looked the same as all the rest: a row of nondescript buildings on both sides, with several alley openings periodically present along the way. Just ...
2019-07-14 03:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post“That fucking... can’t even rest for a few hours... one day I’ll... last thing I do... bury her head three miles beneath the ground...”
Samanta Zemzaris looked on as her captor muttered angrily to himself, so absorbed in the resolution of a battle in some other country that he’d forgotten the reason that he and she were even together. He’d called her in for a ...
2019-07-04 01:03:42 +0000 UTC View PostLooking down on the forest of tents and people, Sofie didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. On the one hand, after days of traveling through the deserted plains of Eterium, it was wonderful to finally see some form of civilization again. On the other hand, the civilization in question didn’t look particularly pleasant. A cloud of destitute desperation hung over the city of ...
2019-06-25 00:23:10 +0000 UTC View PostA blaring cry echoed through all of Wroetin and the other cities of Otharia, its harrowing sound bringing forth agitation from the assembled masses. From inside the House of Manys, Blake watched the various crowds’ reactions through the projections with satisfaction. He’d always loved the sound of those World War Two-era air raid sirens—they carried an alarming urgency that ot...
2019-06-13 22:48:52 +0000 UTC View Post[Hey, patrons! So after posting 69 a b
2019-06-04 22:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Pathetic, all of you!” Emperor Haidar Batra snarled as he gazed down on his high officers. The generals and their staff each knelt on a single knee, their heads bowed before him in shame, but that wasn’t good enough for Haidar. He wanted them to sweat, to tremble, to feel his fury through more than just his words. With that thought in mind, he began to Observe,...
2019-05-06 01:47:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn and out. In and out. Like a machine, Sofie pushed the wooden needle through the cloth over and over, slowly assembling a shirt from an assortment of rags and half-ruined other clothes. Though she knew that the results of her efforts would be a lopsided, ugly thing that normally nobody in their right mind would willingly wear, she kept at it anyway. These were not normal times, after all, and...
2019-04-29 03:10:43 +0000 UTC View PostArlette felt like she was in freefall, the ground having been suddenly pulled out from beneath her. Nothing made sense anymore. A cocktail of confusion with hints of happiness, betrayal, and rage churned through her soul, leaving her breathless.
“B-Basilli?” she hesitantly called out while she pushed her aching body back to her feet, still not able to fully beli...
2019-03-30 04:28:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Incoming!” the lookout called out loud enough for everybody nearby to hear. Almost absentmindedly, Arlette bent down under cover as a wave of projectiles of all sorts flew over her head, the volley of flying death barely registering in her mind.
Arlette knew that spacing out while under attack was generally a poor idea, but today she just couldn’t help it. It...
2019-03-16 17:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostIf pressed to describe where she was, Gabriela Carreno would have found it quite difficult. Descriptions generally rely on sensations, you see, and wherever Gabby was lacked them almost entirely. She couldn’t see, hear, feel, or pretty much anything else. Only the rare thought meandering through her dormant consciousness reminded her that she even existed at all.
Said tho...
Dozens of bodies covered the polished stone floor, each of them coughing, hacking, dying. Some grabbed their throats as if choking, while others just writhed about in agony. A few managed to make it to one of the two doors connecting the hall to the rest of the palace and clawed desperately at them but both were locked tight. In the middle of it all stood one confused, terrifi...
2019-01-31 18:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostArlette didn’t know what to do, to say, or even to think. She was so far out of her depth that it was comical. They’d put her in a part of the palace reserved for the royal family, where no servants were allowed. This was where the princess was supposed to be recovering, safely away from any prying eyes. No servants, just the King, the Queen, and Sebastian. App...
2019-01-20 07:07:59 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the wait for that last chapter! I'll try to get the next one out quickly.
Anyway... people seem to want a discord server, so I made one. Here it is:
Let me know if the link stops working.
ALSO! Let me know if there's anything I can do with this serv...
2019-01-16 04:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, hello Marcus! Are you here for your treat?” Mrs. Araun asked as Arlette walked into the baker’s tiny store. Every year, the old woman would celebrate the Festival of the Seven Saviors by making honey buds, a special sweet roll shaped like a flower bud just starting to bloom and covered in honey, and giving one each for free to every child in the village.
“Y...
2019-01-16 04:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostA chilling wind atop the wall whipped through Arlette’s hair and made her eyes water. Blinking repeatedly to clear her vision, she sidestepped the swing of an incoming warhammer and rushed forward. The massive weapon continued on its arc towards Kima Escarain, who bent backwards to the point that her body looked like an arch as the hammer’s head sailed over her. Twisting a...
2019-01-03 05:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs Blake sat in the comfort of his quarters deep inside the belly of his fortress, watching thousands of people try to kill each other, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt that the first thought to cross through his head was that it was a shame that Scyria didn’t have popcorn. Though the view reminded him of the real-time strategy games he’d played as a younger man, Blake tr...
2018-12-26 18:03:35 +0000 UTC View Post[Happy Holidays! So I warned you that Smash Ultimate would slow me down, and boy did it ever! But we're getting back on the grind now. Enjoy!]
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers hustled about the savanna like tiny insects, carrying out their various functions for their queen, or emperor in this case. Emperor Haidar Batra paid them no mind. He didn’t need to ...
2018-12-23 00:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post“...really, you must try it some time. It is absolutely delightful! Kokovan is a master of his craft whose ability to express the true nature of Astrontic Enlightenment is unparalleled. The choreography alone is a work of genius.”
“I see,” Tehlmar replied, trying to seem as interested as he could—a task was far harder than it seemed. He willed himself to ...
2018-12-10 00:53:56 +0000 UTC View Post“You army types need to calm your tits. There’s no way walls this strong will fall, and we have enough food stored up to last us a whole season. I don’t see what you’re all shaking in your boots over.”
“Don’t talk about things you don’t understand, you idiot. You better not get assigned to my squad.”
Orders had been sent out that morning for all the guar...
2018-12-03 07:34:15 +0000 UTC View Post
So I ended up making a map of Crirada for myself so I don't make stupid dumb mistakes when I'm writing the next chapters. It's overly-simplistic and MSPaintastic, but I figured I'd post it here too so you all can use it as a reference if you want. There's going to be a lot of chapters taking place there coming up. Let me know if you have questions about the map I gues...
2018-11-26 22:31:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Here you go, Mister Salvide,” Sofie said, handing the parchment to her boss as he finished packing the last of his family’s possessions. “The completed inventory you asked for. I hope it helps you when you get... wherever you end up.”
“Thank you, child, you’ve been a treasure,” the old tailor replied with a smile. “You know, there’s one last empty seat, sho...
2018-11-24 19:48:06 +0000 UTC View Post“So from what I hear, Begale is lost.”
“Where did you hear that? Same friend as last time?”
“No, it was my sister-in-law. She was stationed at the north gate last night. Apparently, the Motrico and Lazani families have been quietly moving everything of value that they can out of the city the last few days. They’re running, but trying to make it look like...
2018-11-21 02:40:48 +0000 UTC View PostGabriela Carreno stared out of the spacious carriage as it bounced its way towards Eterium, her gaze ignoring the hundreds of thousands of soldiers all around and instead focusing in on the wilderness she could see off in the distance. Even though raw nature was a common feature in this world, after all these months she still hadn’t gotten completely used to it. The city had always b...
2018-11-11 21:37:35 +0000 UTC View Post“And so Otharo said ‘No longer need you fear the darkness, for the fires of Prometheus shall light your way.’ And, lo, did the flames of the gods appear, so that the people would not fear the shadows along their path...”
Blake puttered about as Samanta read from the Writ of Otharo, listening with half his mind while he inspected a series of high overhead views of the border between...
2018-11-03 02:33:16 +0000 UTC View PostThough the same men that carried the litter into the city carried it back out, the ride felt bumpier this time. Perhaps it was all in Mizuko’s head, a byproduct of the guilt currently roiling inside of her. One could argue that her guilt was not justified, or at least blown out of proportion when compared to her actions. After all, it wasn’t like she’s known what would happ...
2018-10-27 23:31:18 +0000 UTC View PostSoft chimes rang off in the distance as a gust of wind blew through the area, ruffling the curtains hanging on the nearby window and sending a sudden burst of late-morning sun directly into Yamanaka Mizuko’s eyes. Her eyelids fluttered weakly, barely able to open. Eventually they parted, revealing the familiar wood of her bedroom ceiling.
A callused hand gently wrapped itself aroun...
2018-10-23 02:30:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey there, peeps. So my editor friend was extremely busy and couldn't get around to looking at 47 until today. The good news is that we're breaking it into two chapters. The bad news is that he just ripped these chapters to shreds. Like, maybe the most vicious he's ever been to anything I've written. I'm going to try to get the first one done today and tomorrow but li...
2018-10-21 01:20:03 +0000 UTC View Post