He tried to move, to simply evade these clumsy thoughtforms rather than waste effort and precious real-time milliseconds subduing them, but found his legs ensnared, monstrous serpents made of iron sand wrapped around them, biting his thighs.
At that moment, he felt her presence, and the next moment, saw her thoughtform. It was identical to...
2023-10-18 19:42:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe whole room gave off a markedly more refined feeling than the rest of the gambling house, from the dark wood floor to the walls and furniture. It was… Still nothing much compared to a church safehouse.
There was only one man at the table, whom Casus presumed to be his contact. He appraised him, and it stuck without an iota of resistan...
2023-10-17 20:23:28 +0000 UTC View PostWithout a moment’s wait, she anchored herself in place and prepared to fire. She instantly felt an immense pressure fall upon her, Third's fiery gaze piercing her. Just as with the Hemomancer, it felt as if her blood was being pulled from her body. Zelsys flooded her blood with metallum, reinforcing her veins to the extreme, raising her blood ...
2023-10-15 21:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostAs lightning surged through Zero’s cabling, the tank’s engine howled and its pile bunkers took on a white glow. With an exertion of his will, Strake made yet another lever work itself. Thruster-vents opened up along Zero’s chassis; four on the backs of its legs, and a giant twin-chamber one straight out of the engine. A recent upgrade owin...
2023-10-15 03:06:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe boy looked out through the shattered, half-barricaded windows, and saw corpses in robes of various colours - from black, to blue, and a few red. Hatred and anger bubbled up within him, and he knew that he wished to be like these Hellhounds, or perhaps to join the Newman Sect, if it meant he would be able to ensure scum like this would not wa...
2023-10-14 03:18:23 +0000 UTC View PostCasus hadn’t visited this area of Audunpoint before. Besides the fact it was obviously infested by a far-above-average ratio of gangsters, he also couldn’t help but notice that building. The one with blocked-out windows and evoy lingering about the entrance. It screamed trouble.
He knew he was all but begging for trouble by coming here...
2023-10-13 22:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostFor the next few days, Krahe dedicated a portion of her time to stalking Sorayah. Barzai made it a trivial matter, as she could be quite far removed from her target for limited periods of time… And Sorayah became somewhat careless when Krahe stopped coming to the Society after the attack.
It didn’t take long to track down where she liv...
2023-10-13 14:10:40 +0000 UTC View PostFuckery continues
There was scheduled powerline maintenance on Wed that was supposed to go for a few hours, but they fucked up the internet line and further repairs had to be conducted yesterday and today. Since I couldn't expect it I had no way to get mobile data ahead of time to compensate. Internet JUST NOW came back on.
By God, n...
2023-10-13 13:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe tormented cries of thousands, a unified scream, blasted out from the city center, and Zelsys didn’t just hear them, she felt them. Both Carnifex and her own right arm resonated at the sound, in the same exact tones given off by the Skinless One’s Token when she had used it as a hammer.
A wave of crimson light washed over the whole ...
2023-10-11 02:25:27 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Expanded the first third of the chapter, specifically the third paragraph.
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The aura-beast came in and out of existence the way a territorial viper came in and out of hiding. It snapped at one of the Knifedancer’s blades, only to vanish and instantaneously appear a...
2023-10-09 02:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostZelsys could scarcely believe the deluge of power suddenly pouring out of her opponent… But she felt the Skinless One’s presence, and thus knew this to be a high-level sacrificial technique.
So it was that they clashed, and in their conflict shook the earth below and set the air ablaze. For the first time in this city, she met one who ...
2023-10-07 04:46:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Krahe pushed and pushed, closing up the shell, until, at last, it wouldn’t enclose any further. She briefly thought Barzai was refusing again for some petulant reason, but the next moment, alien words pushed into her mind’s eye. Indistin...
2023-10-06 06:50:47 +0000 UTC View PostThat smoke had to be some anathemist trick, but what fool would resort to the risks of anathemism to enhance a mere obscuring thaumaturgy? Then again, it clearly worked wonders. And those summoned walls were far too durable to be simple constructs. That had to be an artifact of some kind. That was what Beak told himself, hoping and praying they ...
2023-10-05 07:18:46 +0000 UTC View PostThey eventually “got her” in the loading/unloading area of a small warehouse, insofar as she led them to this place because the layout was advantageous to her and the warehouse, being out of use, would be an easy way to split them up or lose them if things went badly. It was an apparent dead end, but she had been around this area before, and...
2023-10-04 22:44:12 +0000 UTC View Post“How much do you want for it?”
“Just take the damn thing. I couldn’t source a Gulf Key no matter what strings I pulled in any reasonable amount of time, so consider this the replacement. I still have people looking for one, they’re just a bitch to find. So long as the belt’s wick gets burnt in the process of getting revenge for...
2023-10-03 22:58:12 +0000 UTC View PostDespite being acclimated to the presence of such a cultivator, despite having been trained to withstand such a person’s directed killing intent, Friedrich briefly locked gazes with that being and nearly fell to his knees.
He instantaneously realized why she had withstood the Dambreaker Cannon, and in that same realizatio...
2023-10-03 04:42:30 +0000 UTC View Post“We are sacrificing mortals,” Friedrich corrected.
“Ah, I see. That does change things.”
“Yes, it does,” Friedrich agreed, a relieved smile creeping into his face. It was fake, of course. A mere courtesy.
“Don’t misunderstand. It makes your crimes that much worse. Even if I were to give you a pass on us...
2023-10-01 01:50:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The Third Truthseeker stood atop the Eberheim Cathedral’s belfry, in his hand a brass sacrificial knife. He looked over the macabre implement, feeling its arcane power thrum in his hand. It had originally belonged to the previous Third Truthseeker, who had once forged it from a piece of some dead god of sacrifice. Third’s Predecessor had tri...
2023-09-29 02:19:12 +0000 UTC View PostRather than use a pseudo-core formed in her second stomach, this reaction was rooted within the Hammerforged Heart. With each heartbeat, she felt her insides shifting. The Primordial Self wished to do something drastic. The Thinking Self let it. Red-black sludge rushed out of her lungs with a single hacking cough, only to be consumed and digeste...
2023-09-28 19:41:06 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: The business with my relative ended up going a day longer than anticipated. Posting should resume as normal from now on.
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Some among Roderick’s forces yet lived, having avoided the attack or simply not having been among its targets… For a...
Garvesh was right in that removing her own voidkey wasn’t difficult, but it was an order of magnitude harder than Krahe had expected. It was a sickly, ticklish sensation, one which sent waves of shivers down her back with every centimeter. Once it was out, she felt a yawning emptiness that slowly closed up like biorepair gel rushing in to fill...
2023-09-23 23:10:24 +0000 UTC View Post“You know I’ve never used one, right? I’m open to the idea of using one, but I won’t bet my life on something I can’t use properly.”
“Yeah, I know, I know. I’m not stupid. I have a good reason, let me get to it.”
After fiddling with the two cases’ holeless locks, he flipped the both of them open. The cases’ inte...
2023-09-23 00:10:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Gashward?” the banisher questioned, setting down his book and following in her stead. “You truly did find a hole, I don’t actually know where that is. And yes, I would like stir-fry. Same as last time?”
“Spicier, but more or less the same. Found these mushrooms that have a texture and flavor sort of like pork, but also contain...
2023-09-22 03:06:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Golden Brother’s killing technique was, most of all, very interesting. Zelsys had seen a move like that; one of Halxian’s. Regardless of whether there was a real connection or if it was simple coincidence, that move was an awe-inspiring display that would serve to grow Halxian’s techniques.
In that same sentiment, the triplets we...
2023-09-22 01:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostCarnifex writhed and darted about at her command, its many-segmented mass encircling the enemy. It seamlessly formed into differing numbers of Fang Rippers between each lash, changing its length in awkward ways that forced the three siblings on the defensive. The opportunities began all but offering themselves to her, but Zelsys pulled back, all...
2023-09-21 20:18:41 +0000 UTC View Post“I thought they would try to hide the weak points instead of so openly defending them,” Victor said.
“I do not think they had a choice with this one. Look - they were trying to shore it up when we interrupted them,” Zefaris said, pointing to a shredded corpse with what looked vaguely like the remains of painting supplies. A bottle ...
2023-09-20 20:35:01 +0000 UTC View Post