Hi there!
I've got another idea cooking up. I felt like writing something cozy, slice-of-life, but with a twist. A Victorian-era, Clockpunk world (so think 1850's Britain for inspiration) which follows the story of Bedivere. A butler. But not just any butler. A bunny boy butler.
It will be introducing a System where the Manor house has several status bars (like "cleanliness", "orga...
2025-01-22 02:55:42 +0000 UTC View PostJace rocketed across the snowy landscape. He could see the sleet, snow, and ice accumulating along the ground at a faster rate than the last time he was there. When Jace mentioned it to Ollie the otter just nodded and said, “Sometimes rogue planets pass through other celestial bodies, like nebula clouds. Poltor Six is now passing through one such object.”
Continuing his travel, Jace e...
2025-01-21 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe usual morning routine came and went, and Tristan met Obadai along with the fairy dragons responsible for their horses in front of the Queen’s Wood.
The Matriarch walked over in her tall, Elfanoid form. “Lord Tristan, a moment, if you would please.”
Tristan nodded, “As much time as you need.”
She smiled and looked over at Obadai, “Master Grimtome. I thank you fo...
2025-01-20 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJace felt the projectile coming at him and turned on Void Shield (Rank 6) just before it impacted, nullifying the shot. Wheeling around, he spotted the large, armored drone flying with some type of mixed rotor and booster on the bottom. An enormous tank-sized barrel jutted out from the bottom, and it flew hundreds of feet up in the sky.
“Ollie? Is that the same thing that blew my chest ...
2025-01-20 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTonda, the shrouded sniper, lined up the head shot perfectly, counting down the seconds until the shot was supposed to be taken. Once the governor stepped up to the podium, and began his speech, Tonda lined up on the man’s wife behind him. One shot, five thousand Stardust, he thought as he pulled the trigger.
His shot arced out over ten miles of distance thanks to his location ...
2025-01-19 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJace shook off the remainder of the assault on his ears and got up into a ready stance. The doors had been ripped out towards him, and the Inner Sanctum was open. His dark vision was not able to pierce whatever was within, and his All-Seeing Dragon’s Eyes were not able to pierce the blackness, either. Time to try this out, he thought as he raised his hand. “Void Counter (Rank ...
2025-01-18 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJace rocketed across the tundra on the hypercycle. The energy canopy surrounding his vehicle was constantly making a fzzth noise as it instantly evaporated the sleet, ice, and rime that slammed into it. Without the vehicle, Jace would doubtless be a slow, slow traveler; and probably having his armor damaged by the chunks of ice that would randomly fall out of the sky.
“Hea...
2025-01-17 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe book Tristan was holding was not like the spell primers from before. There was no fluff at the front, no author introduction. It was the basic components of the spell type, and a table of contents listing page numbers for the various Orders of spells done in a two-page spread.
The name of the spell on one side with the gesture, and the other side containing the spell phrase and other ...
2025-01-17 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“It is a five-hundred foot tall mobile fortress,” Ollie stated. “A vehicle that can house a population for years upon years if managed properly. Xera looked through the purchase log; seems like they have hoverbikes – like your hypercycle but not quite as fast – and a bunch of drones for scouting. Plus, the vehicle itself is covered in all manner of sensor arrays and turrets. I would n...
2025-01-16 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTristan transported the trio and the horses to the Fey Realm. After handing off Onyx and Midnight to their fairy dragon handlers, Obadai went off to his assigned abode, while Tristan went over to the alchemy and potion-making area. Calling over fairy dragons, and channeling the power of the Realm through himself, he planted the various herbs that he had acquired – along with uncapping the jar...
2025-01-15 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJace walked through the whole facility, having Ollie dust every single thing possible. Sadly, the robots were not dust-able, but they did visit the printed record archive, where Ollie flew from bookshelf to bookshelf, scanning each to add to The Cosmic System. That took little time, and next they visited the server rooms where he did the same process.
Lastly, they went to the various anim...
2025-01-15 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe skittering horde moved to Jace, and his instinct was to throw the sword, but he stopped himself. No, I don’t want to do that because I can’t recall it. He gripped it tightly, and saw that the creatures skittering towards him were also crackling with electricity. Damn, that might mess with the armor in some way. As if answering his question, a small screen pop...
2025-01-14 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe group was led over to a medium-sized building with two floors. The first floor had a sign hanging out near the road’s edge which read “The Alchemist”, and the top floor appeared to be some type of residence. Tristan assumed it was, in all likelihood, where the owners lived. A small patch of land was fenced-in between the building and the next; and raised planter boxes were growing all...
2025-01-13 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“I like the idea of something that can come back from the dead,” Jace said. “Something that implies I came back to life.”
“Dumb,” Quinn replied as she sipped something from a straw over the comms. “You just died in the eyes of everyone in The Cosmic System once Xera leaks the video. Saying “Oh, look, a new code named person came back to life!” would be a st...
2025-01-13 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostXera glanced at the monitor looking out at the Starlit Sea and saw a worried Ollie. She knew he was worried, because he was not swimming about – instead just floating in place. “He’ll be fine,” she said in his direction.
Ollie nodded, “I know. He will survive. But I can still be nervous about it.”
Xera sighed, “I am, too. But, he has plenty of things weighed in his fav...
2025-01-12 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe facility Jace descended into had some lights that were a deep, orange color that seemed to indicate a power-saving mode. The dim brightness was enough to illuminate the path in front of him, and Jace tried to still his breathing as he kept inhaling through the nose and out through the mouth – just as his mentor had taught him. Every single sense at his disposal was dulled from months of h...
2025-01-11 14:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostTristan was woken up by a soft hand touching his face. Blinking his eyes open, he saw Felicity staring at him. “Hi,” she softly said.
Tristan smiled, “You’re alive. You risked your life for me.”
“Pff,” she replied as she shook her head. “Please. As if. I just got hit by something unlucky was all. No clue what it was though.”
“The...
2025-01-10 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostJace was thankful for the weird energy canopy that thrummed around him and kept the barrage of sleet and ice from reaching him as he raced across the valley floor. If someone had come through recently, all traces would be obscured by the new fall. Glancing up at the skies overhead, he saw only the glittering of stars. A rogue planet, shooting through space and barely protected...
2025-01-10 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJace got upstairs and began talking to Shhiv, pulling her away from Missy’s business for a few hours. He told her everything that happened with Xera, how he had been manipulated, and his genuine remorse for the actions he had taken.
She was running a hand along his back as they sat on the couch with the huge cosmopanel that displayed a calm, tidal pool filled with all manner of ocean cr...
2025-01-09 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTristan felt his heart sink, and if he had the breath he would have screamed. But he was barely sucking in enough air to fight to his feet as is. He felt rage in his gut. Anger. Pure, undiluted hatred. I’ll kill you! He thought as he began stumbling forward, his armor and weapon fully activated thanks to the essence elixirs Felicity had poured into his gullet. But his injuries w...
2025-01-08 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post<><><><><><><><><><>
[Jace, this is urgent.]
[I think Xera is playing us.]
[Think about it; she’s been manipulating all of us to do her bidding. She’s got everyone we care about in a single location. She has the backup bodies of all our significant others – except Quinn’s pare...
2025-01-08 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJace rode at the low speed through the evening, waiting on the power cells of the vehicle to charge for full speed. The predators that had once threatened his existence months prior steered clear of him. Probably because of the Tier difference, he thought. They see me as a predator to be avoided. He chuckled a bit at that idea.
Ollie had vanished to the Starlit Sea ...
2025-01-07 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSpinning his essence crucible as fast as he could, Tristan slammed his fist into the ground. “Ich beschwöre eine Wand aus Eis herauf.” (I summon forth a wall of ice). He saw the ice begin to grow and pushed his essence down his channel as hard as he could. The sparks of crimson, gold, black, and icy-blue cascaded along the silver torrent and he began to feel winded as the wall gre...
2025-01-06 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostDee was ecstatic as she continued to prepared Demolisher’s Devastation with the [Trap] Skill Evolution. She had planted all types of acid, ice, hyper-abrasive silicate particles – all manner of Nebula and Flux effects. But the repeated Skills had tapped her dry, and she leaned against the sides of this temporary wall as she sucked in air.
The creatures belo...
2025-01-06 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJace sped over the shattered landscape of the broken highway on an alien world. The same world he had left behind a few months prior. The same place of his Aspirant Trial, and where he lost both of his arms. He zipped by the enormous crater he had to circumvent – the remnant of a battle site where he had fought a Black Hole Conclave member, an Ascendant. One who had completed their chosen amo...
2025-01-05 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBlurb:
A world of danger can hold great reward
Jace Seren has been assigned his next task for the Dark Between Stars: visiting a rogue planet that was flung out of its orbit millennia past. Many Complexes await completion – promising Stardust, Boons, and danger.
Lots of Stardust means lots of levels, and a faster path for Jace’s advancement to Tier 10. Inc...
2025-01-04 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTristan transported the two to the Fey Realm, and Obadai gasped. “My…gods above…this is astonishing!”
Felicity bad claw-paw biscuits on Tristan’s head, “Yup! It’s a fantastic place.”
Obadai looked over at the market and crafting area and ran over to the tree made of steel. “Did you do this or was it always like this?”
Tristan walked over with ...
2025-01-03 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe party had been a few days ago, and the group of Dark Between Stars Signers and their significant others had been lounging about for a while, just taking life easy. There were no pressing threats that Xera called them to deal with, and they could just enjoy life. Every evening they had done a family-style meal up in Jace and Shhiv’s new combined apartment.
Priam felt just a hint<...
2025-01-03 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDMA Schedule - Update:
I'm swapping to 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) on February 17th.
This is both for Patrons and Royal Road readers.
Royal Road readers will be at Book 2 Chapter 23 (out of 74) at that time, while Patrons will be at Book 3 Chapter 45.
That's 97 chapters. At a 2,500-word average, you'll be 242,500 words ahead.
I ...
2025-01-02 22:13:47 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, there’s going to be level-ups for the B-team and also Boon uses – so lots of ‘crunchy’ System-side stuff in the start here.
Second, some party slice-of-life style scenes.
Third, some plot development with Star Father and Xera.
Also, fade-to-black scene for Jace + Shhiv near the end. Nothing explicit, I promise, but sexual activity ...
2025-01-02 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post