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Wish upon the Stars chapter 550

Waking up in the morning was surprisingly relaxing because I realized  up doing so that Callie had been wrong. We didn't have training, we'd  both gotten so wrapped up in working with our centuries we'd forgotten  weekends were free time, even for commanders. Callie had to force me to  promise not to strain my soul today, since I was still raw from creating  my Dust Construction Mastery.

So  we headed for Anna's place after stopping to pay, Camden and banki...

Shout at the Devil chapter 89

The link posts will be the norm now. I think they're actually way better now that I know how to use them.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 549

The next day was pretty standard. Tactics practice, training, some  formation drills. We had a mock battle against the fifty third on friday  to test our formation drilling, and I wasn't entirely worried we'd  lose. Granted, the fifty third were a total joke, but we had been too  until recently. Once I finished that, did the wishes for Camden (I was  up to nine stockpiled) and then retired to my barracks.

Unlike  the barracks for Hamill's trainin...

Greed God chapter 349

I have literally no idea why copy paste isn't working for links. I've never tried a link post before but here goes. If it doesn't work I'll try something else.

Wish upon the Stars chapter 548

The next few days flew by. Demia was a patient and understanding  teacher, shockingly so given the environment. The carrot and stick  combination worked well with my unit, and they continued to improve over  time. That comfort and relaxation obviously couldn't last. I was  sitting with Camden for my nobility lessons with Celine, Chelsea, and  Callie, when Alister hurried in to announce a new guest.

"Your  grace." He blurted in an uncharacteristic tizzy. "Yo...

Shout at the Devil chapter 88

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Greed God chapter 348

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Wish upon the Stars chapter 547

"Alright." I said as everyone got back in line. There was a palpable  air of fear overlaying the camp as they all stared at Gabe and I. Alanna  was in the back, glaring at me, and everyone else seemed to afraid to  even speak. "Now that we have that out of the way, we can move onto our  real first day activities. Don't be so uptight, I already said Gabe  won't be involved in any of the upcoming monthly tournaments. Alanna is  the one to beat next time." I gesture...

Shout at the Devil chapter 87

Part of the aim for making Ryan a devil from the start was to have him come to terms with what he is and work to overcome the limitations. He's made a lot of suboptimal choices informed by his drives as a devil, and this is the first steps toward working on that.




















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Wish upon the Stars chapter 546

Demia and Niles split us up, Demia coming with me and Niles escorting  Callie. When I arrived at my section of the camp, I found Gabe standing  at attention in full armor, waiting for us to arrive. "Commander." He  said with a serious salute, thought I noticed a slight twitch of his  lips that made me sure he was fighting a smirk.

I paused  to think about everything I'd heard of military etiquette, and returned  his salute with an. "At ease." I glanced at D...

Greed God chapter 347

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Wish upon the Stars chapter 545

With the preamble out of the way, Camden had us all take a seat  around a truly gargantuan wooden table packed with chairs. Callie and I  sat close to the head where Camden was, just so we could be involved,  but we didn't plan on talking too much. Listening was the best way to  learn, and these meetings had been going on for ages without us  attending. They had their own trajectory that we needed to pick up. At  least that was the plan, sadly Camden didn't get t...

Shout at the Devil chapter 86

This is going to be pretty much the end of book one. We'll see a timeskip after maybe one more chapter and then we're going to start the summer. I have some fun and interesting arcs planned for the upcoming chapters, summer and year two both.





















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Wish upon the Stars chapter 544

Callie and I woke up refreshed and energized. We'd been sleeping  under the equivalent of a lead blanket for the last week, and just the  sheer bliss of being able to breathe freely and easily was almost  intoxicating as we greeted the day. We had to be back to the camp for  the command tent meeting, which was thankfully after Revielle, so we  didn't need to go back a night early and could have breakfast with Cass  and Zeke, something we both enjoyed immensely. 2024-01-23 22:03:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Greed God chapter 346

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Wish upon the Stars chapter 543

One of the first things I'd learned about combat under Abel was the  somewhat paradoxical fact that, barring specialized training, having  more people with you in a fight was a hindrance more than a help. That  had seemed a bit ass backwards to me at the time, numbers are a good  thing, but after I'd learned to actually fight with a partner via my paired duelling skill, I understood.

Humans, even  Ascendants, are monocentric creatures. We have to be. We're born ...

Shout at the Devil chapter 85

I had a blast with this fight, and I think it hits all the right notes. Let me know what you think.





















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Greed God chapter 345

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Wish upon the Stars chapter 542

I'd like to claim that I immediately went through my DS Mastery to  see what I got. This rank wouldn't have been a death blow since I'd  gotten Marked for Death last time, but I still had to check what new  subskills popped up, not to mention see if the ones I had upgraded. My  Path wasn't something that could be found in the game anymore, it was  unique because of the additions I'd made.

That's what I  SHOULD have done. But...I was just so giddy. Being sup...

Shout at the Devil chapter 84

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Wish upon the Stars chapter 541

"So." I said, holding the pair of pills. "This is going to fucking  suck, isn't it?" We were back at the inn, Callie and I sitting across  from each other. Chelsea was sitting in too, having volunteered to be  the one wishing for the eight points I'd need to rank up after I took  the elixirs. "Our souls are pretty sturdy, but nine hundred points is a  decent chunk of our current values. Especially in the stats we have.  Almost a quarter of each for me."

Cal...

Greed God chapter 344

This one is meant to act as sort of a transition between the hurried journey they were on and the concept that they might need to take some time on the island, plus introducing the fables and their meta, something the Might Behind the Mirror is known for, and how playing along will get them through faster. I'm hoping that comes across without the end bit seeming too rushed.





















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Wish upon the Stars chapter 540

I'd expected the thieves quarter to be underground. I know, I'm  biased because of the WCP, but still, I'd figured it would be somewhere  hidden and secure, where no one would be able to find it. Understanding  or not, the guards had to guard stuff, so keeping a bunch of stolen shit  out in the open would be ridiculous. There was no way they would have  the whole thing in an obvious easily locatable spot.

The  street signs directing us to the 'Merchant's Q...

Shout at the Devil chapter 83

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Wish upon the Stars chapter 539

The next morning I gathered everyone coming along for our alchemy  shopping trip. Jessie, Bethy, Benny, Callie, Celine, and Gabe all filed  out into the inn to have breakfast before leaving. The others decided to  sleep in, so it was just us. "Anna." I said as we approached the bar.  She was behind it, cleaning glasses. "We were hoping to wrangle  breakfast, and maybe talk to you about some of the local shops. You have  some time to sit and eat with us?"

Sm...

Greed God chapter 343

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Wish upon the Stars chapter 538

After eating, I went to see Zeke. After telling him what had  happened, I then spent about fifteen minutes waiting for him to stop  laughing at me. "Are you done?" I finally snapped. "I know that fate  sense steers us to the interesting, but what are the chances of this  happening? Should I be expecting someone from the cult to show up? Be  the icing on this extremely unpleasant cake?"

"Sorry." he  wheezed. "I shouldn't laugh. But your face is priceless. Wh...

Shout at the Devil chapter 82

So this was a big chapter, but also not. I felt like Daphne needed to take a breath. A ton has happened that she hasn't had time to process or even wanted to let herself think about too hard, and being the one who accidentally saved the day was enough to bring a lot of that out. I'm pretty proud of how this one turned out character wise. Anyway, obviously this isn't the end of book 1, but I also didn't want to use the canon wrap up, so that incident will happen elsewhere. This IS months early...

Greed God chapter 342

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Wish upon the Stars chapter 537

I was mentally exhausted by the time the banquet ended. Political  maneuvering wasn't just complicated, it was tedious. How many times  could you say the same ridiculous bullshit before someone actually  commented on how inane it was. Telling people their clothes were nice,  talking about bullshit tourist nonsense from their territories,  listening to THEM regale you with pointless stories.

Despite  the conversation, I had to watch every word so I didn't g...