My favorite part of being the boss was delegating. I think Callie should have done that more, because I didn't see any reason to take all the small stuff on myself. For instance, resupply was not something I had any real desire to learn, so we left it to Celine and Benny. Sure, I had to sit in on it, but it was still a relief not to have to try to think of every little eventuality. I was just the purse strings here.
Which was how I found myself in negotiations wit...
2023-06-30 22:29:43 +0000 UTC
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So, aside from finding myself some knife classes to attend, one of the biggest things to pop up on my to do list was doing a job. Job points could get me more spells, and I found out I could also use them to buy resources or even private lessons with professors. I was NOT going to spend them on resources, obviously, when I could just use coins, but the points were still hugely useful.
Which was why Cece and I found ourselves searching the job board for anything we could take that w...
2023-06-30 22:23:04 +0000 UTC
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I was feeling much better when I woke up. This bed wasn't nearly as comfortable as the one at the Inn, but it was still pretty nice. Sleeping in my armor wasn't ideal, but with my Vitality it wasn't exactly going to give me problems. I got up, stretched a bit, planning to change the clothes under my armor to something clean (because I didn't want to have to wash the coat and the leather armor every day) after a shower in the fairly huge connected bathroom.<...
2023-06-29 21:28:36 +0000 UTC
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I'd been expecting to be escorted to the king directly buy a bunch of guards, but we only got a retinue of four armored figures to escort us. The closed in around us, silvery armor clanking as they formed a sort of guide box, forcing us to move in a specific direction and not to deviate. The armor was shimmery to an absurd degree, but more than that, it was also seamless over their whole bodies. It had lines to give it shape like normal plate, but seemed to...
2023-06-28 22:19:19 +0000 UTC
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I told Cecily after class what Alec had mentioned about the expedition, and after a discussion we decided we needed to step up our game. We were going to rent one of the training fields and actually try sparring, now that I had a combat spell. Which brought up an obvious question actually. “Hey, do you have any job points?”
Despite being here for a week or two now, I hadn’t taken a single job. Now that I thought about it I probably should have looked into that sooner, but I’d ju...
2023-06-28 22:01:55 +0000 UTC
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I did NOT ask why the woman who picked us up was blue. It was tough. I was pretty sure she was some kind of elf, and I REALLY wanted to know more about her. Luckily, despite my politeness, I did get those answers, because Celine was kind enough to bring it up. "I find it astonishing to meet one of my water touched cousins." Said our diplomat, sweeping back her hair on one side. "Are you a Naiad?"
The blue woman, who was apparently a Naiad, smiled. "I ...
2023-06-27 22:37:07 +0000 UTC
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Finally finding out who the Fear Host is...I don't think anyone guessed lmao
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HVJDPiM3-T24pMUs1bUDuw-Q3_JehFH0k2Db-cu6UZc/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-27 19:50:37 +0000 UTC
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The slide that materialized was mesmerizing to look at. Whirls of shifting silver moonlight woven into intricate spirals and shifting symbols I could barely understand. Some looked like runes, some looked almost like pictures, at least for a second, and some I had no words for. "That's...amazing." I murmured, reaching out to touch the silvery substance.
Zeke reached out and smacked my hand away. "Not yet. If you touch it you'll get sucked in. Make sur...
2023-06-26 22:52:28 +0000 UTC
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The next day flew by. Aside from combat classes, which were at the end of the day, I had Mana Control and Physical Conditioning (not in that order). Physical Conditioning, or physique for short, was basically a class to stress and improve your body, just like it sounded like.
Physique was strenuous and extremely painful at times, but it was also entertaining. It usually kept me interested and paying attention the whole class, but today I just couldn’t focus. I had the same problem wit...
2023-06-26 21:53:58 +0000 UTC
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We were running. Desperately trying to get to a musician before anyone else. As we ran, I saw dozens of others scattering in all directions. Not everyone. Some of these people either weren't here to enter the Glade or didn't care enough to try being early, because they just watched everyone else barrel around with smirks on their faces. Zeke wasn't leading, exactly, he'd just gotten us started running, Nat, however WAS pulling ahead to show us the way to th...
2023-06-23 22:00:22 +0000 UTC
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My dad was…less than pleased about me hiding the existence of the mining company. He still understood though, and didn’t snap at me over it. He did ask me to take him in to see it, which I did, and when he entered, he was blown away.
“So.” I said wryly. “I take it this isn’t some secret training dimension that some capital family put together for their younger generation?”
He just laughed. “No. Gods no. This is…I don’t know what this is, but it’s nothing made...
2023-06-23 21:58:56 +0000 UTC
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"That was WILD." Chirped Bethany as she dragged me over to where her friends were waiting. Callie was clutching my other arm, despite the Vampire girl not seeming romantically interested at all, and I was a bit worried I might get torn in half until she let me go, spinning back to me. "How did you see through my Mesmeric Gaze Skill? Daddy says I'm the best at that one for my age. I was just like 'zap, your mind belongs to me' and you were like 'pow, as if, ...
2023-06-22 20:01:58 +0000 UTC
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I stared blankly at the other person under the light. A small, doll-like girl with onyx black hair and ruby red eyes, wearing a fancy old fashioned ball gown and smiling gently at me. Smiling just wide enough to show me the fucking FANGS she was packing.
Despite having never seen her, it was easy to figure out who she was, especially with Nat standing dumbstruck right next to her. She'd decided to extend the wish herself, since Valk was at fault, but ...
2023-06-21 20:08:36 +0000 UTC
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I scrambled back out of my bed, falling to the floor in shock as terror and nausea filled me. I had to stop and breathe heavily for a few minutes to prevent myself from vomiting at the sight of the dead body of someone I had known (however adversarially) for years. I couldn’t stop looking into his eyes. They were so glassy and blank. So empty.
Terry had been a right bastard, no doubt about that, but we were still young. He might have become better over time. Might have turned his life...
2023-06-21 17:52:07 +0000 UTC
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The inside of the whale building was less whale and more building, which was nice since it meant we didn't have to walk down a stone throat or something, but was disappointing because I'd been hoping for something more interesting. It was still nice to look at, with smooth marble floors and intricate wall carvings, but it was a pretty huge let down from the external facade.
Despite that, I was still pretty impressed by the sheer size of the place, wit...
2023-06-20 22:33:11 +0000 UTC
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Since this was a semi-show of force, we weren't wearing gaudy formal wear, instead we got to wear our costumes, which was nice. I was more comfortable in my gear than in most outfits, and not just because of my badass coat. The sense of security from F-ranked armor was pretty nice. I was also glad we'd haggled to get a set of armor the next rank up, because it meant the gear wasn't already out of date.
We convened outside the building where Abel had b...
2023-06-19 21:25:08 +0000 UTC
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“Now.” Said the pink and blue haired professor. “As most of you know, but our newcomers don’t, my name is Teresa Persephone. I teach the combat magic class in this Guild, and I’m damned good at it. Now, we were early in the term, and I hadn’t covered much more than the basics, but I plan to do a refresher for our newbies. So. Let’s start with the basics. Define combat magic.”
She pointed at Cecily. “You. New girl. Show me how much you know.”
Cecily had been ask...
2023-06-19 15:54:07 +0000 UTC
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Some more information about Billy's motivations and what he actually wants out of life. I've been leaving breadcrumbs, but this is his mission statement and I had fun with it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M-OetICB86JJ1CzJ5jGx8oIU9dGcAO-526S23O6bTos/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-18 16:11:24 +0000 UTC
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Smut chapter lol, plenty of warnings here so avoid it if you don't like kinky stuff.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iab0pZksq-_yFcn9ozIub0_eSUYEpvhOQSZN6W8VsBo/edit?usp=sharing
2023-06-18 16:05:58 +0000 UTC
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The dragon steak was fantastic. Callie actually gave me a bite of hers (I got something called Infernal Lobster, it was huge but absolutely delicious) before she finished. Once we were done we ended up getting cheesecake to wash it down, and that was pretty fantastic too. As we ate, we caught up with the others about what had happened during their days.
"So." I asked between bites. "Now that you're feeling better Valk, what the hell happened? Like...w...
2023-06-16 23:02:50 +0000 UTC
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The next day found me up bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to take on the world. Well…no, it found me surly and glaring at everyone. But I WAS ready to take on the world, unless the world gave me space to wake up.
Alec snickered at me as he watched me drag myself out of bed. “You look like a wet racoon. Spitting and slavering with dark circles around your eyes. I wouldn’t be shocked if someone from your combat magic class takes a shot at you thinking you’re a crystal beast.”...
2023-06-16 20:58:29 +0000 UTC
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We didn't head back to the inn after the Titanblade emporium, as I'd expected, and having money on me to spend I decided to just enjoy it. I bought a giant bacon wrapped turkey leg from a street cart vendor, a small plush doll from Cass's favorite cartoon that would dance if you said its name and had a self repair function, and a hat with ears from some weird animal called a kangaroo, that I was positive didn't exist on Callus, but made Callie light up when...
2023-06-15 21:34:47 +0000 UTC
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"Well." I said uncertainly. "I wasn't expecting...this." Zeke smirked smugly as we stood on the stairs down into an underground chamber filled with tables and stalls. The whole individual vendor thing wasn't a surprise, since this city was supposed to be a bazaar. No, the surprise was the fact that the entire setup was built on a giant sword sticking out of the rock of the cavern.
Below us, I could see a yawning abyss, and off far in the depths, a few...
2023-06-14 20:51:00 +0000 UTC
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Hefting up my pick, I brought it slamming down on one of the stones, putting my all into the swing to try to get through this last gold ore faster. The gold rocks were always the hardest to get through, though they were getting easier now as I got stronger.
I was still only about sixty percent into the first circle of Apprentice, which was actually perfect because it wasn’t a good idea to progress too fast. A one time boost was easy to wave off, but if I made it to second circle withi...
2023-06-14 20:48:23 +0000 UTC
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