“Only one being I see as the one true god above gods - His Eternal Majesty.”
The entire room suddenly echoed with the sounds of a hundred chairs being forcibly pushed across a variety of surfaces, Auris Ping now leading the charge as a bright ear-to-ear grin manifested itself across his snout. “Forever may he reign!”
“Forever may he reign!” The whole room ...
2024-03-24 17:05:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 74 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“Only one being I see as the one true god above gods - His Eternal Majesty.”
The entire room suddenly echoed with the sounds of a hundred chairs being forcibly pushed across a variety of surfaces, Auris Ping now leading the charge as a bright ear-to-ear grin manifested i...
2024-03-23 20:14:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Just a few edits this time around! :D Most of the edits were done just to fix up a few grammatical issues here and there, as well as a bit of rephrasing of certain bits of character’s expressions so they better match the scene! There's also been a bit of trimming on the part where Emma asked the EVI about the big bang haha. That’s about it this time around! As always I...
2024-03-23 20:09:38 +0000 UTC View Post“I think the question we should be asking here is: should we tell him at all?” I responded reflexively, before just as quickly second guessing myself before the contours of the alien’s features could begin to scrunch up to show his open disdain at my answer. “Wait, no, sorry. That’s just wrong. I’m just being… very dumb.” I managed out with a frustrated breath. “Sorry...
2024-03-19 19:27:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Well here’s a bit of a surprise! As all of you might already know, the first piece of art I ever commissioned for Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School was of the titular power armor itself! This was way before Emma, Thacea, or even Ilunor was illustrated, let alone all of the book covers and backgrounds I’ve commissioned since then! Over the year or so after starting this s...
2024-03-18 10:23:39 +0000 UTC View Post“In the beginning, there was nothing.” The fox began with a certainty and absoluteness of unassailable academic authority. “And I don’t mean this in a metaphysical manner, nor in a literal sense, but from a historian’s earnest and pragmatic perspective. For in the beginning, as any good historian can tell you, there was nothing - by virtue of there being nothing present from ...
2024-03-17 17:05:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 73 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“In the beginning, there was nothing.” The fox began with a certainty and absoluteness of unassailable academic authority. “And I don’t mean this in a metaphysical manner, nor in a literal sense, but from a historian’s earnest and pragmatic perspective. For in the beginning, as a...
2024-03-16 18:11:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Just a few edits this time around! The most notable of which being a bit of rephrasing I did for the transition sequence between the ending of the night scene and the start of Emma's walk over to the Grand Dining Hall! I just thought that section needed to be a bit more concise so I decided to reword that section a little bit! Aside from that, the only other major edit is ...
2024-03-16 18:04:47 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m basing this off of what they did to my own people, and the people of entire galaxies.”
Those words continued to bounce back and forth around my brain like one of those old pre-war idle animations for TVs, consisting of corporate logos hitting one side of the screen and bouncing off to the next.
Meaning, my mind began running at a million miles per hour, leaving m...
2024-03-12 21:23:18 +0000 UTC View PostKNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
Those three, distinct, hammer-like noises sent chills down my spine.
I didn’t know what it was.
But over the course of the week, I’ve come to increasingly dread these unexpected, unannounced, completely unscheduled interruptions to the only safe haven we’ve been able to carve out of this hostile world.
Maybe it ...
2024-03-10 17:05:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 72 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
Those three, distinct, hammer-like noises sent chills down my spine.
I didn’t know what it was.
But over the course of the week, I’ve come to increasingly dread these unexpected, unannounced, completely unscheduled...
2024-03-09 18:09:56 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! There’s been a few revisions in this one! Most of it was simply me feeling the need to rephrase certain sentences or paragraphs in order to help with the flow of the conversation and the flow of the action! :D The only real major change here was me adding a small description detailing Ilunor’s deployment of a silence and invisibility field around them during the operat...
2024-03-09 18:04:45 +0000 UTC View PostPreparing for inheritance wasn’t just a quasi-religious set of ceremonies. It wasn’t like how it was in the pre-war world in certain cultures, where the inheritor remained cooped up with a bunch of local religious leaders for a set number of weeks; where most of the ‘preparation’ was based on metaphorical feelings or words of wisdom passed down through the generations. No, what inherita...
2024-03-05 16:14:48 +0000 UTC View Post[MOTHERSHIP STANDING BY… REQUESTING PILOT INPUT]
I stood there, in silence, my glazed-over eyes locking with that of the Vunerian who stood defiantly at my shins.
[MOTHERSHIP STANDING BY… REQUESTING PILOT INPUT]
The incessant reminders from the flight-warning systems blared at me to refocus my attention back to the task at hand.
And ...
2024-03-03 17:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 71 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
[MOTHERSHIP STANDING BY… REQUESTING PILOT INPUT]
I stood there, in silence, my glazed-over eyes locking with that of the Vunerian who stood defiantly at my shins.
[MOTHERSHIP STANDING BY… REQUESTING PILOT INPUT]
The incessant reminder...
2024-03-02 21:03:18 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! There’s been a bit of revisions done in this chapter this time around! :D Most of it is focused on the second half of the chapter after the classes. One of the big ones was a bit more explanation being added to the points system, since I thought this would be a good time to reveal some important lore about it. I had initially planned it to be revealed later, but I though...
2024-03-02 20:18:20 +0000 UTC View Post75 Hours After the First Round of Interloper Interrogations. UNAFS Perseverance. Medbay.
Evina
I stood there, my eyes trained on the alien’s face, and my fists about ready to do the same if he didn’t provide a satisfying answer.
My whole world teetered on the edge of obliteration.
Not literally of course, that was obvious by...
2024-02-27 15:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe tables had been turned.
Whereas the start of class was marked by a sudden and abrupt question that’d placed me on the spot, the tail end of the class had seen me completely reversing the course of that dynamic.
And for similar reasons at that.
As in the same vein Vanavan had probed me of all people for a benchmark of the class’ baseline understanding of magic ...
2024-02-25 17:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 70 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
The tables had been turned.
Whereas the start of class was marked by a sudden and abrupt question that’d placed me on the spot, the tail end of the class had seen me completely reversing the course of that dynamic.
And for similar reasons at that.
As in the sam...
2024-02-25 01:19:47 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! There’s not really much revised at all this time around! Just the usual tweaks to grammar as well as to word choice! As well as a small addition of some minor social lore in the bit where Thacea explains Emma’s slight against Qiv for choosing the middle seat! That’s it for revisions this time around! :D As always I’d suggest you guys give this chapter another read ...
2024-02-25 01:10:47 +0000 UTC View PostHello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope everyone’s month is going awesome so far! :D Well, it’s that time yet again! And I’d like to take this opportunity once more to sit down for another talk with all of you guys! Last month was certainly interesting as we finally got to see the start of classes, and a taste of what’s to come as the school now properly starts! I can’t wait to show...
2024-02-22 21:10:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello Commissioned Pioneers! :D As promised as always, in accordance with the results of last month's poll, I present to you the Bonus Story of the Month! There were a total of four choices once again, with a majority voting for Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School Side Story 13.
We head back to Earth this time around, as a direct continuation to an earlier side story at that!
So I...
2024-02-22 20:52:28 +0000 UTC View PostWe returned to the medical bay with little in the way of fanfare.
Which was… quite shocking, given how every little thing I laid my eyes on felt like it could’ve been a celebration unto itself.
Moreover, the sheer fact that I was even here was a novel and overwhelmingly positive feeling I could never shake off.
But that wasn’t really too surprising, and...
2024-02-20 18:17:33 +0000 UTC View PostThat question, like many other challenges to my standing in the Nexian public eye, hit me with the courtesy of a purposeful door slam to the hand.
Being put on the spot, having all eyes suddenly turning on me after what seemed to be a smooth transition into the motions of class, was completely and utterly debilitating.
Or at least, it would have been, if it wasn’t for the...
2024-02-18 17:05:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 69 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
That question, like many other challenges to my standing in the Nexian public eye, hit me with the courtesy of a purposeful door slam to the hand.
Being put on the spot, having all eyes suddenly turning on me after what seemed to be a smooth transition into the motions of class, was ...
2024-02-18 00:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Just a few minor edits and a few minor additions this time around! :D Most of the edits were simply made on grammar and phrasing as per usual! And the additions were likewise a few minor things including adding a few of the questlines I thought were important enough for the EVI to mention, as well as adding a few more details with people’s reactions to Emma’s choice of...
2024-02-18 00:08:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe world seemed to slow to yet another complete and abrupt halt at Evina’s proclamation. The felinor once more seemed to find it in her heart to condense a warning that would’ve taken even the most fearsome of warlords or trash heap tyrants by gut-twisting shock into yet another one of her signature attempts at wordplay.
Though this time, even I recognized it as strained and reasonab...
2024-02-13 17:22:08 +0000 UTC View Post???
Emma
I was floating.
I didn’t know how, I didn’t know why, I didn’t even know for how long.
All I knew was that I was here.
Calm.
Relaxed.
And tentatively at peace.
Though even that came with a caveat.
Hence the operative word tentative.
Because despite the initial wave of c...
2024-02-11 17:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 68 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
???
Emma
I was floating.
I didn’t know how, I didn’t know why, I didn’t even know for how long.
All I knew was that I was here.
Calm.
Relaxed.
And tentatively at peace.
Though even that came with a caveat.
<... 2024-02-11 00:50:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Just a few minor edits and additions this time around! I mainly just focused on rephrasing a few things here and there just to make things a little bit clearer! Including things like describing the wind magic Thacea used to help create a seat for Emma during the stargazing scene, and some other stuff like the actual description of EarthRing itself as I thought that needed ...
2024-02-10 22:56:03 +0000 UTC View Post