Sen was running.
He hadn’t spared a moment to think—to deliberate. It had just taken a second after he saw the helicopter flying in the sky for his vision to tunnel down. After that, it was just buzzing. A soundless droning in his ears and the feeling of his body moving on its own, as if he had been possessed by a part of his mind that had just been waiting to snap.
And he wasn...
2022-02-15 16:32:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! I recently came back from hiatus on RR, and with it I released an update regarding why I stopped writing for a while and what's going to happen going forward. If you'd like to know about the context of this post and why I'm making today's choices, you can check out my update post here:
Next chapter here! Thanks for reading :)
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Darkvision (Tier 0 – Blue) [Mind]
Passive. The user’s eyes adjust to the darkness. Darkvision is improved. Vampiric origin; future skill augments affected.
Available Augments:
Improved Darkvision [0/25...
2021-12-12 17:27:55 +0000 UTC View PostAnd I'm back! Lots of stuff happened over the last two weeks. Very exciting stuff. Brother finished his honeymoon and flew back overseas, I finally got my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine, and the new office chair I ordered for my back pains is getting delivered tomorrow. I can finally move on from this stupid patio chair I've been using for the last two years.
After this chapter, I'll be...
2021-12-09 17:26:02 +0000 UTC View PostEm, Bali, and Tasha ended up playing a simple game of Snakes and Ladders. Sen watched it happen from across the board game café, a can of iced coffee in his hand. Not that it was cold anymore. With the lack of electricity in the area, all the drinks in Dubai had been rendered sad and lukewarm. It was only the lack of the desert’s usual sunlight that saved them from turning hot inside their c...
2021-11-26 18:14:44 +0000 UTC View PostBrother's wedding is tomorrow! And I'm the best man, hah. Wish me luck. More chapters coming once the wedding is over.
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Sen stared into the barrel of a gun.
The long, graysteel barrel stabbed out of the darkness, inches away from his face. The shotgun barrel’s two dark pools seemed to suck the light in, drawing all his attention tow...
2021-11-24 16:14:23 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time the car passed through International City, they were going down the final stretch of the highway. Sen and Bali watched the road with somber silence as the mist dwindled.
Outside, the Flow in the air had thinned significantly as well.
“That thing in the mist,” Sen murmured. “It was the one letting out all that cold energy outside. It was the source of the fog; the s...
2021-11-18 20:27:00 +0000 UTC View PostSen wasn’t used to feeling cold air in Dubai.
And yet, as they drove deeper into the sea of fog, all he could think about was the unnatural chill in the air. It was as if the entirety of this section of the city were refrigerated, to the point that Sen saw a slight coating of frost creeping along what corals they passed in the mist.
Bali drove the car farther along the highway, up...
2021-11-14 20:27:23 +0000 UTC View PostAnd here's the first advanced chapter, everyone! I'll be uploading two more tomorrow, and then the last two over the course of this week. The other chapters are still being made/checked out by my beta readers, so you guys'll have to wait another day before you get them. After I get to the 5 advanced chapters of my $5 tier, I'll start working on extra ones. I'm hoping to have at least 10-12 adva...
2021-11-13 18:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostFirstly, I want to thank everyone that came in and joined the Patreon early! I've gotten a few questions about why there aren't Saltworld advanced chapters here yet, so I'll just announce that they will be coming to the Patreon starting next week on the new Saltworld tiers. I'm currently working on filling up a proper backlog for Patreon to give myself some advanced chapters + an allowance of a...
2021-11-03 14:37:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! Just dropping by with another update on my current activities, just so you guys know I haven't been involved in any freak meteor crash incidents lately.
So it's been delayed a week, but I'm happy to announce that my next project will be releasing on RoyalRoad tomorrow! Oct. 21st. I'll be holding off on releasing Patreon chapters with it immediately, so I'll be waiting a f...
2021-10-20 08:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! So I wasn't planning on releasing this on September, but I figured I should give the Patrons who stayed some kind of thank you for the support despite my break. So... here it is!
This is a teaser for my second project, which is currently named Saltworld. It's a placeholder title, so I'll likely change it if I can think of something better. Right now, however, it'll ...
2021-09-17 18:50:13 +0000 UTC View PostTl;dr at the bottom.
So I've been writing the epilogue...
...and I realized that I just ended up writing the first chapter of book 2.
The chapter is complete now, but I don't think it's an epilogue. I had planned to release it as one, but after reading through it once, I realized that it doesn't really work as an aftermath. So for now? I'll be cancelling my pl...
2021-08-17 15:36:08 +0000 UTC View PostSame chapter as before! The real new chapter is chapter 31 below this. I just reposted this with the new chapter number for the sake of proper sorting and pacing. For those unaware, this chapter was previously chapter 30. It's been changed to 32 for pacing reasons, but is otherwise unchanged.
For patrons who have already read this chapter, go ahead and read 31 below!
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2021-05-18 22:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostAami stared at the puddle of melted soil and blinked. Frowning, she turned her gaze to Priscia, “I’m still new to this friend thing, but I’m pretty sure poisoning each other is a mother and son kind of activity.”
Priscia looked up and furrowed her brows, “What kind of mother did you have?”
“None! That’s my other friend’s mother. I don’t have one. I kind ...
2021-05-18 22:36:08 +0000 UTC View PostNext interlude poll is here! It's going to come out after I finish chapter 31, which will be out in a couple days. Choose from the list, and if someone makes a suggestion in the comments that gets a lot of likes, I'll consider those an option and a vote as well.
Also! I might change chapter 30 (Hug) to be chapter 31 instead. The chapter I release in a couple hours might be a better fit fo...
2021-05-06 16:16:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a poll for which POV side story Patrons would like to see after chapter 16! Please choose from the options below.
2021-04-11 20:43:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! It's been a while. I've reopened my Patreon after completing two weeks of consistent releases with my new fiction, Lost In Translation! If you've never seen it, please check it out here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/41511/lost-in-translation
As an additional note,
Hey guys, I haven't updated in a while, but I just wanted to update everyone on my status at the moment. School's been making me incredibly busy lately, and all my writing time has evaporated. Normally, I'd still be able to release a chapter a week despite the multiple deadlines they give us on a daily basis, but I've decided to suspend putting this out on RRL and making new chapters for a bit lon...
2018-09-30 10:47:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 17: A Blue Canvas
[Alen]
“Uh, anyone nearby?” Alen asked, pressing down on the button as he stared down at Slayh below. His horde had the man surrounded, and it seemed like such an easy task to drown the man in his pack of undead, but Alen knew that...
2018-06-29 14:59:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 16: Renovation
[Alen]
People often don’t often realize how painful it is to regrow an arm made out of keratin, and with what he was doing at the moment, Alen was made very aware of that fact. Sweat dripped from the side of his face as he looked at the twisting c...
2018-06-19 15:08:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 15: Not Death
[Alen]
The sound of nothingness enveloped his senses, and for a moment, Alen felt nothing, saw nothing, and thought of nothing. His vision was dark, flashes of black and white roaring noiselessly. Both fast and slow, the world had turned i...
2018-05-02 09:36:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 1: An Operation
Aegis saw shadows dancing on the walls, shadows laughing from the ceiling. Laughing at him. Rocks stung his back as he was dragged by his feet across the dungeon's floors, his arms limply trailing behind him. The two people pulling him were conversing silently. Through his blurry vision, he would see them glance at him disdainfully, the...
2018-04-25 13:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 14: Deathflare Blast
[Sam]
Sam ran across the halls, following just behind Adam and Lynn. He pulled on the magic in his body, and with ease, he manipulated it, melding the magic into his muscles—strengthening them to keep up with Adam and Lynn. They rushed forwa...
2018-04-25 12:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Side Chapter: Coincidence
[Cuck]
The last thing it could recall before it was abruptly thrown out of the Galeboat’s bottom compartment was a loud crash, along with the deafening roar of a very angry fish. After that, things were a bit of a blur. Not figuratively, no. Li...
2018-04-25 12:25:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 13: Kept In Reserve
[Alen]
Flame-like lights shone from yellow rocks mounted on sconces affixed to the walls of the spiral staircase. It was dim, foreboding. Shadows and silhouettes danced in the shade as a group of ten ascended. The one at the lead was a man, his...
2018-04-11 04:13:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 12: Portal
[Alen]
The change in atmosphere was palpable, and Alen found himself settling into a different mindset. A persona—a piece of himself he only reserved for when things would see blood. As the roar rang out throughout the cave, Alen was already moving. H...
2018-04-08 23:57:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 11: Matriarch
[Alen]
Alen leaned against the wall, his arms crossed. He stared seriously at the navigation device Dieter held in his hand. Above it, a three-dimensional image of the Underearth Dieter had mapped came into view, the cave structures of each room and ...
2018-04-03 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 10: Not Muffins
[Adam]
He stared at the piece of wood in his hands. The dagger was carved almost to completion. It was white, and the patterns of the Orinwood he’d used were prominent, the lines in the grain occasionally flashing with traces of a blue light. Ori...
2018-03-26 15:44:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Necromancer and Co., Book 3: The Underearth
Chapter 9: Almost
[Lynn]
It was in the middle of the night when she’d heard a voice in her head. Familiar, bringing with it a twinge of annoyance as she stirred lightly in her sleep.
“Lynn,” it said, hurried.
She twisted in her sheets, groaning....
2018-03-21 10:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post