It was just after one when we came in for our final approach, the muted whine of the deploying landing gear barely audible over the rumble of the engines. I didn’t move from where I lay stretched out across a luxuriously cushioned divan set against one of the jet’s interior walls, eyes half-lidded and muscles loose and relaxed. I had one arm under my head instead of a pillow, idly turning a...
2025-08-31 23:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe inside of the helicopter cabin was early silent. The usual roar of the engine and whir of the blades was muted by magecraft until only a
The inside of the helicopter cabin was early silent. The usual roar of the engine and whir of the blades was muted by magecraft until only a dull hum could be felt through the seats, and the other three occupants sat as still as statues, barely darin...
2025-07-30 03:19:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe pole arm came down on me like a guillotine blade, a crisp vertical sweep with all the subtlety of a Colchis Bull and the force to match. I slipped out of the way in the nick of time and it missed me by a hair, blade hissing as it split the air just inches from my ear and continued down past my armored shoulder.
My opponent adapted instantly, shifting his body to transition into ...
2025-07-28 11:31:07 +0000 UTC View PostHe awoke in the way of dreams, a gentle drift from true unconsciousness to something half way between sleep and wakefulness—aware but not tr
He awoke in the way of dreams, a gentle drift from true unconsciousness to something half way between sleep and wakefulness—aware but not truly cognizant of himself nor his surroundings. An indistinct, shapeless pressure told him he lay on his ba...
2025-07-16 01:11:54 +0000 UTC View Post**** its been how long? Whoops. Not abandoned, I'm just slow.
The last day of the winter holiday always seemed to creep up on me, no matter how closely I accounted for my time. One day it felt like there was still plenty of time before the start of classes, glorious days where I could truly apply myself and avoid crowds bristling with hidden daggers, the next I walked int...
2025-06-30 20:08:42 +0000 UTC View PostTook a bit longer than I meant it too, but at least its a long one!
It was late when I finally woke up, half-closed blinds drawing golden lines on the floor and windowsill. I was sprawled diagonally across my new bed, one foot hanging off the side and my sheets bundled up beneath me in a messy bundle of three-toned blue and white checkers. A cool, salty breeze trickled in...
2025-06-15 22:13:02 +0000 UTC View PostWasn't intending for these to all be released sequentially, but that's how the cookie crumbles. Thank you to everyone who's stuck with me.
Baldr wasn’t quite what I’d expected, though in hindsight some of my expectations seemed deeply silly. Baldr was a son of Odin, a brother of Thor and god of the Norse. Gods were shaped by mortal myths and beliefs and change...
2025-05-31 02:53:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe mountaintop was dark in a way few places could be in this age of glass and harnessed lightning. Clouds blanketed the sky, pearlescent white like balls of cotton fluff by day and dark and brooding by night. They hid the sliver of tonight’s moon from view and blotted out what little remained of the carpet of stars that had once filled the sky in days long since past.
And in that...
2025-05-08 11:42:14 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the biggest regrets of my first life was that I’d never really had a chance to travel the world. I’d barely skimmed the surface of what my own country had to offer, much less witness the wonders of the world at large. Vacation had usually meant driving a few hours to visit relatives, not trips to Europe or Asia. I’d left the United States a grand total of twice in my entire...
2025-04-12 19:21:03 +0000 UTC View PostGrocery shopping with Vicky was (thank the gods) much less overwhelming than clothes shopping had been. That wasn’t to say that it wasn’t st
Grocery shopping with Vicky was (thank the gods) much less overwhelming than clothes shopping had been. That wasn’t to say that it wasn’t still a lot, but I was starting to learn that that was just Vicky being Vicky. She was just kind of a lo...
2025-04-04 05:21:22 +0000 UTC View PostDaphne had been right. It probably was for the best that I did not know what was coming, because I would have been tense the whole trip and my reaction would have probably given something away. That didn’t stop me from being absolutely furious with her about not warning me, even as I held desperately onto her assurance that everything would be alright in the end.
Screams echoed off the ...
2025-03-26 03:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe first time I’d seen my room at Avalon, I’d been fresh off the road, covered in enough dust to bury a small giant rat, and still not quite able to believe that the mage outside the gate had decided to give a half-starved, filthy, penniless peasant a chance to take the admission exam, much less that I’d passed. It had taken my last few coins to just buy entry into Armouth...
2025-02-19 19:15:06 +0000 UTC View PostBrockton Bay’s eponymous bay was a bit of a mess. It was far from the worst place I’d ever gone swimming in––that honor would (hopefully) eternally go to the Styx––but it was still pretty damn bad. There was tons of garbage in the water, the pollution levels were not great, and there were way too many bodies wearing cement shoes or wrapped in heavy chains.
The worst of i...
2025-02-01 05:24:35 +0000 UTC View PostWelp, apparently this is the story my muse has latched onto this week! Wrote and edited an entire chapter and a not insignificant portion of the next one in....1/30th of the time it took to finish the previous one. Hopefully it lasts, because the rest of January has not been great.
Despite Wyll’s constant nagging and obvious impatience, we couldn’t just head out...
2025-01-30 22:54:50 +0000 UTC View PostHi. I've kinda gone out out of contact so far this year but lets see how many things I can get out before the end of the month. Didn't think this was going to be my first post of 2025, but I guess my muse decided otherwise!
I started towards the stairs that led up to the student tower, then paused and turned around. Daphne, who was outwardly trailing after me obedi...
2025-01-27 04:56:28 +0000 UTC View PostBack in my first life, I probably would have started panicking pretty quickly. Sarah was dead and I was the last person to see her. Guys that looked like I did didn’t have the best relationships with the cops. I wasn’t stateside so I probably wouldn’t get shot right off the back, but things could have easily gotten very unpleasant very fast.
Here, I wasn’t nearly as worried. Peopl...
2024-12-31 15:39:42 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas to anyone who celebrates, happy holidays to everyone else. Trying to get a few more chapters out before the end of the year, here's one of those.
“You wanted to see me, Professor?”
Professor Alex didn’t bother to look up from the thick, leather bound journal he was writing in, the glass tip of his dip pen gliding with deceptive speed ac...
2024-12-26 03:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Yes I will! This is a huge discovery! I can’t pass this up, I can’t! Not even for you, Keon! I’ve already started working on the paper and I’ll make sure to mention your contributions, but I need to do this! This is my chance to make a name for myself, to prove to the whole world that I’m worth something. Not that not that you’d understand why that matters, mister fucking oil bar...
2024-12-21 05:16:18 +0000 UTC View PostOkay so. Apparently that whole thing with the Empire capes attacking the PRT headquarters was considered national news. Not just something people gossiped about on PHO.
It wasn’t every day that a group of villains––even one as big and well organized as the Empire––attacked a regional PRT headquarters. Vicky claimed that the statement the PRT had released (it had been
Been a little bit, but this is the 1 chapter for November. Should be 2-3 in December.
There’s nothing quite like dinner and a show to help a man relax after a long day. The dinner was good––Sarah wasn’t an amazing chef, but I’d impressed upon her the need to know how to make at least a few dishes properly and a roast wasn’t exactly a soufflé. The show o...
2024-12-01 04:24:27 +0000 UTC View PostSo as you may have noticed, I'm really bad at working on what I'm supposed to be working on! November was supposed to be all about WWDtS, I had a vote for it and everything, but I've had...minimal success with that project 😭.
Still, I haven't done no writing and I do want to give you guys something! This is the project that has captured my limited writ...
2024-11-30 00:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo as you may have noticed, I'm really bad at working on what I'm supposed to be working on! November was supposed to be all about WWDtS, I had a vote for it and everything, but I've had...minimal success with that project 😭.
Still, I haven't done no writing and I do want to give you guys something! This is the project that has captured my limited writ...
2024-11-30 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSo as you may have noticed, I'm really bad at working on what I'm supposed to be working on! November was supposed to be all about WWDtS, I had a vote for it and everything, but I've had...minimal success with that project 😭.
Still, I haven't done no writing and I do want to give you guys something! This is the project that has captured my limited writ...
2024-11-29 23:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo as you may have noticed, I'm really bad at working on what I'm supposed to be working on! November was supposed to be all about WWDtS, I had a vote for it and everything, but I've had...minimal success with that project 😭.
Still, I haven't done no writing and I do want to give you guys something! This is the project that has captured my limited writ...
2024-11-29 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo as you may have noticed, I'm really bad at working on what I'm supposed to be working on! November was supposed to be all about WWDtS, I had a vote for it and everything, but I've had...minimal success with that project 😭.
Still, I haven't done no writing and I do want to give you guys something! This is the project that has captured my limited writ...
2024-11-29 23:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo as you may have noticed, I'm really bad at working on what I'm supposed to be working on! November was supposed to be all about WWDtS, I had a vote for it and everything, but I've had...minimal success with that project 😭.
Still, I haven't done no writing and I do want to give you guys something! This is the project that has captured my limited writ...
2024-11-29 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBit of a slow start to NaNoWriMo this year, but I'm still hopeful!
The sky was awash with a riot of colors. Avalon’s usually starless night sky glowed brighter than it did at midday, lit by floating lights, blazing comets, and the fiery shapes of Ortus and Occasus, the mated phoenixes that had roosted in one of Avalon’s many towers for almost as long as t...
2024-11-09 21:35:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo. Poll isn't technically closed yet, but its barely moved in the last couple of days so I think its safe to say that WWDtS has it. I'd be very amused to have to edit this post tomorrow morning, but for now I will operate under the assumption that I'm going to be doing my level best to write 50k words of the story this coming month.
So, what does that mean for y'all?
It doesn't...
2024-11-01 03:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostIf you haven't done so already, go look at my previous post and vote in the poll for what story I will be focusing on in November for NaNoWriMo!
The plane rumbled beneath me, shaking as it rapidly picked up speed. There was a shift as the wheels lifted off the runway and retracted into the fuselage, and then I felt my stomach lurch and I was pushed back into the h...
2024-10-29 03:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostSo November is coming up, and with it NaNoWriMo. For those not familiar, its basically the same thing as RR's Writathon. If this still means nothing to you, then essentially its a challenge where you try to write 50k words in a single month (I think Royal Road's challenge is 55,555 in 5 weeks, but close enough).
Last year, I kinda flubbed it for personal reasons. I decided to try to writ...
2024-10-25 00:09:36 +0000 UTC View Post