Malcolm Tent

Wish upon the Stars chapter 384

I woke up to the sound of pounding on my door. Not urgent pounding,  granted, but someone wanted me to wake up. It was annoying and I tried  to ignore it, but they were insistent and I eventually dragged myself  out of bed, ignoring the annoyed whine of my extremely clingy girlfriend  as she burrowed into the covers. When I threw the door open with a  glare, I was mostly unsurprised to see Benny waiting for me, Celine  looking mildly uncomfortable behind him.

Greed God chapter 250

I had a lot of fun with this one.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w6faHXN85YGKtGPVWnVeDQBSMgUQZOYbLOHWV3dRYKs/edit?usp=sharing

Wish upon the Stars chapter 383

The owner of the Daylight Dreamer Inn was not what I expected. Though  to be fair that was probably more my issue than his. He looked younger  than I'd thought, but reconsidering Ascendants were almost always young  looking, at least once they were full grown.

Sindar was  more the kind of person you'd expect to see at a club than in the office  of an inn though. Handsome guy, dark skin, dark eyes, and long wavy  black hair. He had on an expensive looking su...

Mined Games chapter 23

There were training grounds on the guild premises, of course. I expected them to cost points, but from what I could tell, most of them didn’t. Cecily had led me here, seeming excited to hang out. I got the feeling she didn’t socialize much, and while ‘excited’ for her wasn’t really as effusive as it was for most, having opened up a bit she was much less monotone than before.

“So, what spells did you pick?” I asked as we walked back through the woods behind the guild buildi...

A Rumble of Frost chapter 28

Had some fun with this chapter, and I thought it was fun to subvert expectations here lol.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z6I4XDVfOO75jgkyCnUHldDbxRJeNMUn24YL7-f77Hw/edit?usp=sharing

Greed God chapter 249

A sec scene with Raven and Silver. Mostly Raven lol.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lh_U7okeMeWR_Hrx6NUExYFNvPUz_dr6BlAmwZd3EaY/edit?usp=sharing

Wish upon the Stars chapter 382

When Zeke had mentioned the bazaar, I had assumed we would be  attending some small gathering of stalls. Maybe some tents, a few  blankets on the ground. The word invoked images of a temporary market  that contained equally temporary sales locations. What we actually ended  up walking into was...not that.

For  one thing I felt...heavier. Like I was under pressure I hadn't been  before. It was a strange feeling to experience, like I was suffocating  eve...

Mined Games chapter 22

After I got back to the dorm I was torn on what to do. I’d learned a lot about myself, and about my mom, and my dad. Hell, I’d learned a lot about the world. All of that was kind of distant though. Sure, people who knew about my hybrid status would hate me…but they had kind of been doing that already. Now I just knew why.

It did make me curious about Grace though. She must know what I was, but she hadn’t been one of the ones glaring at me or anything. She mostly just ignored me....

Wish upon the Stars chapter 381

The next morning, we all got packed up, ready to leave and prepared  to set off. Cass was sobbing uncontrollably, hugging each of us in turn  and begging us not to go, and I wasn't the only one whose heart broke as  the little girl started promising not to feed her vegetables to the  wolves anymore if we would stay.

I...hadn't been thinking  about Cass when we decided to leave, but now that I was it tore my heart  out. We'd been like her new family since we...

Greed God chapter 248

Fun auction and a bit of discussion with some local powerhouses.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12j3-hLgHx1wrpDqnWhefRvnPaN2uNJO9Uva7gqmIL7s/edit?usp=sharing

Wish upon the Stars chapter 380

A month. A month of wishes, a month of stat gains. Slow and steady,  constantly trying to build up my friends. Benny and Jessie were both  within reach of F-rank. With Jessie's regular income of Might from her  bond with Randall, not to mention my boost, and how close Benny already  was, the seven hundred and forty four points I had to throw around for  the month was more than enough to get them both where they needed to go.

Benny  was first. One hundred fi...

Mined Games chapter 21

My stomach was turning as I walked home. I didn’t know why. I had no reason to be afraid. I was just going to talk to my dad. But I had the most terrifying queasy feeling. Like something was going to end. Like something was going to be ruined. I kept replaying moments from my childhood, picking out random moments out of context and coming to horrifying conclusions based on them, then throwing them out and picking again.

It was like I was reaching into a barrel and pulling out poisonou...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 379

The ceremony was held at the same arena as the finals. A huge  luxurious building (without even the wear from the battle, which they  had repaired) and pretty huge. Forty thousand people weren't enough to  fill the place up, though it was hardly empty with every one of the ten  thousand starter teams having shown up. There were a few E-rankers here  too, possibly for security, and to my shock, I saw a fucking B-ranker  standing next to Midknight.

I turned t...

Greed God chapter 247

Bit more business fun.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13-YadDszegWXkE1tnp8zBRXTFLPp8FmeqM-wYpO671g/edit?usp=sharing

Wish upon the Stars chapter 378

Healing or not, we had to carry Abel out of the arena. My mentor was  in bad shape, though not as bad as the armor double Midknight had been  using, which had been mostly destroyed. Callie had been...quiet, since  we saw him get wrecked, and I wanted to pull her aside to check on her  about it but we had other problems.

Zeke rode home with us  this time, as did Natalie and her guardian, along with Perit and Valk.  We were all pretty quiet until we got to th...

Mined Games chapter 20

I groaned as I walked into the Basic Hammering class. Weeks of training, constant practice, absurd amounts of money and so many crystals I was counting them in my dreams. I was now halfway into the first circle of Apprentice rank, and the going was only getting slower. I needed to find higher tier crystals, but that was going to be a long term issue. For now, I was at least keeping up with everyone else, so I wasn’t too worried.

Catching the usual glares, I decided to sit next to some...

A Rumble of Frost chapter 27

I screwed up and posted this as a text file instead of the link, but since the links actually update fixes in real time I'm just replacing it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kwxu3GRYcP6jRUacKIX3b7uEGst5ktkx0qQFFZu6dP4/edit?usp=sharing

Greed God chapter 246

Back to some old favorites, merges and fun business stuff for a bit. I had a ton of fun with this one.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wsfV1ZZoM1WNnvZWvAsx2kxd7O-2Z2WyfAlbUnQGYPo/edit?usp=sharing

Wish upon the Stars chapter 377

It took me almost no time to figure out what that mask did from  context. Illusions, obviously. But despite knowing that I also knew I  had no chance of piercing through them. No one here did. Trying to  bypass B-rank perception would be pure delusion, so I didn't try.

Zeke  was far too much of a performer to let this end without a show, so I  trusted the illusions wouldn't ruin our chance to watch them battle.  Apparently, he was making enough of an impres...

Mined Games chapter 19

Getting through my next day’s classes was annoying and tedious, but I managed. I paid special attention to the glares, and as I expected the students with the most powerful families seemed to feel the most antipathy toward me for whatever reason. Since I had plans, I didn’t end up confronting anyone, just kept my head down until classes ended and then left dorms, heading for Selton Apothecary.

Since Tara had a place to stay outside the tower I doubted she would opt for the dorms. It...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 376

"You have a lot of guts coming here like this." With the words came a  tide of power, pushing back the aura of the two B-rankers through his  own and with sheer force of personality. Zeke wasn't worried at all, and  it showed in the way he spoke. "You might not worry about some small  time scuffle between the Unity and the Cult, but there are other  interests here."

The redhead  didn't seem worried (apparently he was as crazy as all the other  cultists...

Greed God chapter 245

This one was tricky. Trying to let Nicky grow a bit after his session with Ingrid without losing his vibe. I think I balanced it pretty well, but let me know what you think.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jFmL6bjwmesq6tb454qRyt0t7H8A85avtODCpuN-NYw/edit?usp=sharing

Wish upon the Stars chapter 375

Roland Wilder, the man known as the Walking War, was every bit as  terrifying as his moniker suggested. While Firn battled with the Hyde  (who was managing to just barely degrade her permafrost with his dark  energy, and then using the weakening to smash holes in it with his  massive fists) Valk and Abel were teaming up to combat the storm of  conjured swords sweeping down on them from above.

While he  didn't seem able to manually control the things one at ...

Mined Games chapter 18

“Son of a bitch!” I snarled, hurling the metal frame of my knitting project across the room after the yarn burned up for the hundredth time. Turning to glare at my roommate, who was trying not to smirk, I pointed furiously at the still smoldering practice tool. “Come on! What the hell do I need to do to get the hang of this?”

The next day of class, we’d taken our first turn with reactive knitting, and then we’d been given the frames to take home for practice. We had to check...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 374

Three days of downtime passed far more quietly than expected.  Granted, it wasn't my downtime, it was Abel's, but still I'd figured I'd  be more nervous about the last round. My odd sense of peace continued  until the last minute though, and the morning of, I finished up my  wishes with Benny. With another fifteen G-ranked chits in my bank for my  weapon fund, I was free to give Benny another sixty points, forty in  Focus and twenty in Might over the break. Then ...

Greed God chapter 244

Some politics and subterfuge, something the story has been lacking for a while lol

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MaeRg-xG8d3TwSw7Nu1V4gqDrF3KnNvp1Jl9CkghyYE/edit?usp=sharing

Wish upon the Stars chapter 373

By the time we got home, Zeke was already there. He always beat us  back, which was fine, but I had other things to address. Questions for  Abel, more specifically. "Ok." I said heatedly. "What the actual fuck  was that? I mean congrats on the win, but you were really holding back  against me that much?"

My  mentor was still healing, and I admit I wasn't gentle dropping his ass  on the couch from the firemans carry I had him in. He grunted as he hit  t...

Mined Games chapter 17

One of the things I was going to miss about having time to myself was sleeping in. I didn’t always do it, but I always had the option. Somehow, I was less tired when I woke up naturally, as opposed to being woken forcibly.

The Guild had a bell for the student quarters, a big, loud, braying thing, clanging away to wake us all up. There were more personalized means of waking a person, alarm spells and other similar things, but freshmen didn’t have access to them yet, and since everyon...

A Rumble of Frost chapter 26

Decided to start doing all my fanfiction with gdocs links, they've been busting smut on patreon and while there hasn't been much in this one it'll be coming up soonish lol. This particular chapter is a fight, hope everyone enjoys. To clarify though, this is Ultimate Juggy pre ruby. He has super strength and durability but no magic momentum powers yet.

2023-05-28 23:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Greed God chapter 243

New chapter up. Had some fun with this. Going for an Eyes Wide Shut vibe, which is tough since I never saw Eyes Wide Shut, but the general debauchery is there for this party. It's a fun way to get Nicky back to his roots, and some of the things people liked best about him, with a twist.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PJRbPfyxwc3y3bINlKd6wgc...