Sorry for being late. I had my third vaccine shot a few days ago and got knocked around a bit. I ended up sleeping through one of my writing days so I'm back to the old way of working, ninja chaps whilst at work. Let's gooooo.
The delicious sensation of new and powerful spells is one thing, but now that it's done I have to turn to another experience, one that is perhaps less pleasant. Mutation time! Gotta improve that body and push my limits to beyond the… ...
2022-02-10 00:22:26 +0000 UTC
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Almost four thousand words this one. Maaaaybe another this week. No promises.
A cold feeling settled in her stomach as she took in the increasingly familiar surrounds of these ancient woods. It took her a long moment before she realised that her emotions and thoughts were not supressed as they had been in the past. She was here as her normal self.
The change gave her courage, but also warned that something had changed, so it was with a wary eye that gla...
2022-02-08 07:03:33 +0000 UTC
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Ranking up my elemental magic after such a long time is a nice milestone and one that I'm super pleased about. What sort of delicious new spells will I gain access to? I've only very recently seen what dumping all of my gravity magic into a bomb can do, and whilst it's obviously mega powerful, I can only shoot one of them! I need other options and that was the whole reason I worked so hard on the basic elemental mana skills!
As the trickling sensation blooms in my brain I eagerly reach ...
2022-02-06 12:24:42 +0000 UTC
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"I'm telling you! We found a super, suuuper fishy scent trail and we decided to follow it!"
"How much of that was wanting to investigate a possible threat and how much of it was just wanting to keep running once you got your speed up?"
"Both-both! Running is fun! Investigating for the family is important!"
I mean. That's true…
"Just try a little harder not to run headlong into dangerous situations, alright? If I hadn't showed up, you and all of your follower...
2022-02-06 12:11:33 +0000 UTC
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More Tolly.
I must say, my dear readers, that I was positively giddy at the prospect of being able to interview the most celebrated individual member of the Colony. I had thought that speaking to Elizabant would have slaked my curiosity, but instead, it only inflamed it!
For a queen to be so deferential to this 'Eldest', the 'Great One' that the common people of Renewal held such reverence for. I have to say that the possibility of meeting such a crea...
2022-02-03 10:39:53 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the long delay. Going to push for another one to get done today.
The orphans were playing in the street below and Enid smiled to see their carefree antics. One of the older girls caught her eye through the window and waved cheerfully, flashing a broad grin when Enid waved back. It soothed her old heart, watching the young ones play. Goodness knows she wouldn't be around much longer, but little moments like this were a reminder of why she worked so hard. Everyt...
2022-02-03 00:24:49 +0000 UTC
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So sorry this is late, I found this chapter very hard to write and honestly I'm still not completely happy with it, but I won't delay any longer!
(Since when did I have standards anyway?)
(For Chrysalis readers, I'll drop double chapters tomorrow to get us back on track.)
She awoke in a cold sweat, again.
With a faint shake in her hand, Elsbeth wiped her hair back from her forehead and sat up. The same dream, every nig...
2022-02-02 10:44:50 +0000 UTC
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The pain was beyond bone deep. Inside the communal bond, where once his servant, Issi, had been, was now a wound that tore into his very soul. Rassan'tep clamped his fangs together and forced himself to rise, despite the protests of his body. The air was still filled with dust, visibility was poor, but he began to move toward the echoes that rang through the bond. Powerful legs scratched at the rubble, and soon he began to unearth his attendants. The surviving ones.
What had happened? W...
2022-01-30 11:45:54 +0000 UTC
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Three days in a row? Somebody STOP meh!
The gravity bomb screams into life and I almost instantly die. The pulling force of the spell is so strong it almost rips me from my feet before I grip hard to the ground beneath me to prevent being ripped from the ground. The spell soon moves far enough away that the immediate danger is over and I can relax my hold, but a whole new fear is born in my heart.
If that's what it's like now… what will happen will hi...
2022-01-28 10:20:35 +0000 UTC
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In seconds I had enough fire mana to send spears of bright flame roaring through the air, igniting every bit of fungus that they drew close to. Smoke and fire billowed out immediately, drifting over the wide entrance to the termite mound and sending every one of the blind insects into a frenzy. Then I rush forward, my jaws locking in place as they flood with pure mana. When I'm close enough I spin together a mind bridge and extend it to the large ant zipping through the conflict at warp speed...
2022-01-27 08:02:09 +0000 UTC
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[Run, run, run!] I holler at the others as we continue to sprint through the mould covered forest.
It really is obnoxious to run through this mess. There's mould beneath us, beside us and crawling up the trees to cover the canopy above us. It's like being in a suffocating winter wonderland except far more horrifying. Especially now that some of it on fire.
[I don't think more fire will be a good idea, Master!] Crinis suggest as we race through the terrain.
[We might need ano...
2022-01-26 10:40:25 +0000 UTC
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Little tricky this one, more theory and magickal business. Next chap will switch perspective for the first time in a while.
"What do you think?" Dove grinned as he spread his arms wide over the mound of gear he'd piled onto a rickety sled.
The kid looked askance at him before he glanced back down at all the loot.
"It seems like, a lot?" Tyron said.
"Is that all the gratitude I get? You shit. I was all over town getting this stuff together! Com...
2022-01-25 04:40:49 +0000 UTC
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The fungus rattles around us and every member of the group stills themselves, casting our senses about to identify the source of the movement.
[Crinis? You got anything?]
[It's difficult for me to see,] the usually reserved Crinis sounds frustrated and irritated, [the fungus has a mana signature that blocks my sight.]
Dammit.
[What about shadows? Are you seeing anything around us?]
[I think there are tunnels beneath us, but it's hard to say.]
That's not une...
2022-01-23 09:56:54 +0000 UTC
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It appears as though we've stumbled into the fungus gardens of the termites, and boy oh boy, are they extensive. From my perch up in the tree I can see that the entire forest on this slope of the mountain has been overtaken by the white mould. From this distance it almost appears as if the land has been blanketed in fluffy snow, but knowing what I know, the scene draws only vague disgust from me, rather than wonder.
Aren't they supposed to keep the fungus garden inside the nest? Why are...
2022-01-22 09:20:57 +0000 UTC
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Author Note
Reposting this one due to the plethora of errors and unexplained changes in the original.
Firstly, Tyrons starting stats have been changed, giving him a bump to 19 Intelligence from chapter 1. This was done to make him feel a bit more above average in the brain department from the get go.
Don't get me wrong though, Tyron isn't supposed to be super intelligent in the usual sense, he's supposed to be a very gifted spell caster.
2022-01-22 03:34:47 +0000 UTC
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The discovery of the termite foe was of great import to the broader Colony. Of course, it precipitated several profound immediate changes, such as the large scale rescue mission that was launched into the fourth stratum, unlocking that most important realm to the family for the first time. More than that, there was a shift in the mentality of every ant, from the brood chambers to the mines. The Colony had always been in conflict, with the Dungeon, fighting off waves, with the golgari, or ...
2022-01-20 11:27:46 +0000 UTC
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Some part of me is still buzzing about being in the fourth stratum. I can't believe we managed to get down here without having to fight some epic war for survival in the third, or conquer an oppressive foe, or face down a full legion of metal death soldiers. It just seems weird. I mean, the kaarmodo are knocking on our door, and we have to fight to protect the tree down here, but I still feel like we got off easy. I mean, we had to face down Garralosh before we could even descend down to the ...
2022-01-18 10:55:28 +0000 UTC
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When Tyron woke he judged a little over four hours had passed by the shadows on the walls. He felt weary and filthy, yet still elated. He'd finally taken steps to advance his class after such a long time. Raising minions and getting them to fight were the only ways he could progress and doing either of those things had been incredibly difficult as an illegal. Where was he to find the remains he needed if he couldn't access graveyards or travel safely? Where would he find monsters he could hav...
2022-01-17 10:40:26 +0000 UTC
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It's Sarah. Sarah is in a bad mood.
More from the wonderful Socs!
2022-01-17 10:19:34 +0000 UTC
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I'm no longer shocked by how fast the Colony can work. I mean, I've seen it all by this point, surely. Even if they can't shock me, they can get pretty damn close! In the twenty four hours after the initial battle with the termites, the area in which we fought has been transformed. A simple wall was only the stopgap measure, now we have defence in depth! Layers of walls, spiked pits filled with acid, surprise attack tunnels, the works.
The new walls are more than a little better. Compre...
2022-01-15 09:59:51 +0000 UTC
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The fourth stratum is considered by many to be the true world of Pangera. An incredible land of abundant mana, rich resources and verdant forests. Those strong enough to contest with the powerful monsters that spawn here can live an incredible life of infinite possibilities. For this reason, territory on the fourth is desperately sought and fiercely protected. Many of the great powers of the world have established their centre of government in this layer, their surface kingdoms existing m...
2022-01-13 11:15:48 +0000 UTC
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Here is the rest of the chapter. Have a great day folks!
Back in Woodsedge, Dove allowed the glow to fade from his eyes as he ceased to share the senses of his wolf. He let out his breath explosively as he slumped back in the bath. The kid was mad. Completely fucking mad. Or perhaps he possessed a set of balls so large he didn't need a chair, he just folded those bad boys back and plonked his backside on them. Actually, that raised a question: at what point did reckless...
2022-01-13 01:03:40 +0000 UTC
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Sorry folks, been a hard day writing. Part two coming tomorrow.
The cave barely deserved the name, only ten metres deep from the narrow entrance, but it provided the space he needed for his work sheltered from the environment. Luckily he'd caught a glimpse of the entrance behind a split boulder as he was walking past. The star wolf pointedly refused to enter first no matter how it was cajoled so he crept in, a magick bolt held at the ready just in case, but the inside w...
2022-01-12 10:27:42 +0000 UTC
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Rassan'tep kept his eyes lidded to conceal his impatience. Even the heated sand against his scales rubbed him the wrong way, irritating him further. The third stratum, it simply couldn't compare to the fine grain and hot sun of his native desert, but how many decades had it been since he could run freely on the surface? Too many.
[Enough,] he spoke to his chief servant, Ammon'sil, who signalled the others before they stopped producing fire beneath him.
The Old One stretched his ha...
2022-01-11 07:47:03 +0000 UTC
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Important bit: Chrysalis chaps today and tomorrow, Book of the Dead tomorrow.
Hey there folks!
Very sorry about the lack of posts last week. The editors cut of Chrysalis vol 1 came back and I had to go through and approve each and every one of those edits, which I spent most of the week and weekend doing.
The good news is, Volume 1 is pretty much done and ready to head off for recording in the next week or so.
The first draft of Volume 2 is...
2022-01-10 23:47:16 +0000 UTC
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There was a time when some considered the Mother Tree to perhaps be an offshoot of Lerrewyn, the Grasping Tree itself. The only plant-type ancient, Lerrewyn is a creature of immense power and age who tormented the swamplands of the west during the Rending. There aren't any precise descriptions of her that survive that I can determine, in fact what accounts I do have are almost contradictory in nature. Some describe it as a ghostly tree of nightmare, a spirit that extends its root...
2022-01-07 10:45:30 +0000 UTC
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My pets, my friends and comrades, leap to respond to my call. Tiny, who has held himself back only through the power of my direct command to this point, launches himself forward with catastrophic force, leaping high before landing amongst the termites like a collapsing meteor. His bellowing war cry reverberates off the stone walls before it rises it pitch and becomes as sharp as a lightning strike, stunning all who hear it. Well, not me, obviously, but the termites, despite being hard of hear...
2022-01-06 11:06:07 +0000 UTC
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The charge of the Immortals took place immediately beneath my feet and the force of it was quite staggering. In a literal sense. The wall I stood upon rocked beneath my feet as those armoured behemoths took their short runup and launched themselves into a literal mound of termite bodies.
The effect was immediate and stunning as the termites in front of me are launched back, their support being blasted away with an almighty CRUNCH. Then I see them, the brightly shining armoured figures o...
2022-01-04 10:46:20 +0000 UTC
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Tyron froze under the cool stare of the mage and the others turned to him with differing levels of confusion on their faces. Monica went to say something but Rogil cut in first.
"Keep it short. We'll wait for you inside the gate."
"No need for that," Dove smiled, "I'll catch up with you guys at the keep tonight. I've got a little business with a few ladies in town, if you know what I mean. Do you know what I mean?"
Arryl rolled her eyes.
"Yes, Dove, we know wh...
2022-01-04 03:21:42 +0000 UTC
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The rate the termites emerge from the continues to increase as the first to emerge begin to charge against the fortifications we have erected.
"FIRE!"
The order ripples through the line, causing mages to unleash their spells and others to let fly their devastating acid barrage. Naturally, I do both, raining hell using my acid and blasting out fire and ice spells utilising the omni-elemental construct. Ha! With my multi brain setup, coupled with my growing mastery of mind magic, my...
2021-12-30 07:24:42 +0000 UTC
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