Malcolm Tent

Wish Upon the Stars chapter 289

The cave in front of us was actually kind of inviting. The subtle  blue glow that emanated from the hole in the rock made it seem like it  had been designed just for us. The dark rock was worn mostly smooth by  the splashback of water, or possibly by something else. Regardless, I  could see small spikes of crystalline material the same shade and  luminosity as the water from the river lighting our way down the tunnel.  Focusing on what was important, I shook Call...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 326

July 1st 2016 Traverse Town, 11:00 PM EDT

"Huh."  Said Rana as she glanced around. "This isn't really what I was  expecting." She didn't sound bothered or anything, just interested, and I  had to tamp down a smile at her obvious interest. Admittedly this place  was different than anywhere we'd ever been. Both Twilight Town and the  two Gothams were cities in the truest sense of that word. This place was  quaint though. It was more like a vi...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 288

As the canoe hit the water, the two of us slipped inside without too  much trouble. We'd gotten a running start, so it wasn't too tough, we  just had to be sure to land on the canoe before the water swept it away.  Once we did, we slid into it and each took up once of the paddles,  slamming them into the water quickly to prevent capsizing as we were  swept up into the rapids and yanked out into the riot of water.

My  eyes widened a bit as the canoe was jerk...

Greed God chapter 187

April 5th 2016 Brightedge City, Hall of Nevers, 10:00 AM EDT

The  next morning Barbie got us all up early to clean and arrange everyone  so we could greet her guest. It was actually kind of cute how nervous  she was to see her friend. I was pretty sure when I'd tweaked Barbie's  desires, Zee wasn't the only pussy that my redhead started drooling  over. She wanted to eat Donna's gyro almost as badly as I wanted to fuck  that oiled up ass. Gr...

A Rumble of Frost chapter 9

February 12th 2001, Frost Penthouse, 10:00 PM EDT

After sparring, the two of us headed for my place. "Thanks for letting me come  over man." Peter said with a groan. We were both pretty exhausted from  brawling with each other, but it was that good post work out exhaustion.  "I'm worn out, but I'm also way too wired to sleep. If I went home I'd  just end up spending all night on my computer trying to be quiet enough  not to wake Aunt May."

Sell you a Bridge chapter 325

July 1st 2016 Mysterious Tower, 10:00 PM EDT

"The fuck you say!" Spat Artemis, as I faced her in one of the side rooms of  the tower. My best friend's dark eyes were blazing with anger. "Stay  here? You have to be joking. Because when you told us what you were  planning last night, you didn't mention anything about Wally or I  staying behind! I wouldn't have even listened to it if you had." She  turned to Zee, face pleading. "Please explain to h...

Greed God chapter 186

April 4th 2016 Brightedge City,  Hall of Nevers, 10:00 PM EDT

"Come  on!" I growled at the crowd of glaring women surrounding me. "I knew it  was safe, My ability is always safe. No one was hurt and everyone is  much more secure in the new house. None of our enemies will be able to  find this place or breach it even if they did, not to mention it  literally only exists for people I want to be here. We aren't going to  get struck by a p...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 287

We avoided Dale's place on the beach as we approached the lake,  taking the long way around the shore and circling along the edges in a  direction I hadn't even realized we could go. The whole of Riot Bay was  absolutely huge but it wasn't a perfect circle. After walking for a bit  we came to a place where the lake let out into a river about five  hundred feet across, and as we approached one very important thing  became clear.

"We're all going to fucking d...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 324

June 31st 2016 Mysterious Tower, 8:00 PM EDT

I  had forgotten something very important about my mentor. All this  summoning and defense had drawn attention away from the fact that he  wasn't really specialized in this one specific kind of combat. While  summons and shields were in his arsenal, Jim was actually specialized in  control spells. Once I realized standing and waiting for him was the  stupidest possible move, I dashed toward him, ...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 286

Despite the news of some dangerous river stunt the next day, I  actually slept ok. I may have been getting used to living in a state of  perpetual peril. Not that I would ever say that to Abel. He would  probably use it as an excuse to double my training intensity or  something. Still, it was hard to be worried or upset curled up with my  girlfriend after a day getting to know new people and protecting  strangers from crowds of Ascendants trying to kill them.

Greed God chapter 185

April 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Warehouse District, 9:00 PM EDT

Of  course, that wasn't the end of things. I spent the next hour hashing  out details and making sure our 'cooperation' would go off without a  hitch. Sadly, they were pretty firm about not giving me material aid.  I'd tried to talk them into sending some supplies (which would have been  more useful to me than money anyway) but they were firmly against it.  In the end I didn't ...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 285

Before we went to sleep, I did all five wishes. I traded fifteen  points of various stats for fifteen points of Fantasy. The summoners  today had made a big impression, and I was interested in gaining the  ability to do that kind of thing. I'd been saving my wishes for the end  of the day lately, just to make sure I didn't need them for some  emergency. Doomtown wasn't exactly safe most of the time, so it seemed  prudent not to waste them.

At eight ninety s...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 323

June 31st 2016 Mysterious Tower, 7:00 PM EDT

In  the end, we divided up the teams to include the strongest fighters on  each side so no one team was overpowered. Me, Zee, John, Roxas, Namine,  Drea, Kit and Eddie, VS. Rana, Jim, Artemis, Wally, Sindella, Suzie,  Taylor, and Tommy. The lineups weren't perfect, but they were good  enough to make things interesting. Rana and I were the standouts really,  but Jim was a beast in a fight, and I w...

Wish Upon the Stars chapter 284

Owen was not happy to see us again. He didn't bitch too much though.  We introduced him to Sydney, Lestri, and Lament, and given he was still  gathering information on outsiders for the tournament, he seemed at  least partially mollified. I briefly felt bad for not telling her about  it, but then realized anyone with any common sense would be aware that  the locals would be gathering intel, as evidenced by how much Lament had  held back during her fight.

Af...

Greed God chapter 184

April 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Warehouse District, 8:00 PM EDT

As  we followed behind the two archer's, I had to at least ask.  "So...Arrowette. You new? Because Artemis I've met before, but last I  checked Green Arrow only had the one sidekick." The blonde had serious  resting bitch face, even through the mask, and I could tell she had some  kind of problem with me. It wasn't a surprise considering I was a  criminal, so I didn't take it t...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 283

I immediately turned to Abel. "Wow, that guy seems tough." I said  excitedly. "Who is he?" Lament was supposed to be on Abel's level, or  close to it, so this guy must be some local bighshot, or maybe one of  the outsiders I hadn't heard about yet. If it was the former, Abel  probably knew who he was.

My mentor gave me an irritated  look. "How the hell should I know?" He just shrugged. "I'm not a  population directory. Looks decent, not sure if he's local o...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 322

June 31st 2016 Mysterious Tower, 6:00 PM EDT

We  all wanted to know what Fatal Crest could do, but Jim put his foot  down. He insisted if we made a big ruckus about every keyblade after  awakening we'd waste tons of time, so he said that we should do all  eight of the remaining ones and then just have a demonstration or  something once it was done so everyone could show theirs off. I really  wanted to know more about his keyblade right away...

A Rumble of Frost chapter 8

February 12th 2001, Midtown Landfill, 8:00 PM EDT

We  spent the rest of the day just hanging out as we got ready for our  sparring match. I was having a hard time calming down honestly. I used  to spare often with some of the other mutants at the Academy, but since  I'd gotten here the best I could manage was bashing open a wall and  robbing some drug dealers. Based on what he'd said though, Peter was a  total beast in combat, and I was loo...

Greed God chapter 183

April 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Warehouse District, 7:00 PM EDT

Since  we didn't want to stand around for an hour while we talked, I had Amy  create a pair of amethyst chairs for the two of us. Her constructs were  temporary unless she used real amethyst as a base, but even the energy  versions could last quite a while if she pumped in enough power. They  weren't excessively COMFORTABLE mind you, but they were an improvement  of standing or...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 321

June 22nd 2016 Mysterious Tower, 6:00 PM EDT

After  spending about twenty minutes grilling me about how my void sphere  worked, then another thirty lecturing me about testing unpracticed magic  combinations in battle, Master Yen Sid had me fight the armors a few  more times without it, and then eventually let me go.

Well,  I say LET, but mostly I think he just realized I was so exhausted that  keeping me practicing wasn't feasible. I'...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 282

With all the glows from the hand stamps and the Perception we all  had, it was effortless to see in the darkened restaurant. It was sort of  surreal, with the shifting glows moving along with the hands of the  people nearby. Still, despite the minor confusion, we were all well  trained and ready to act. Even as several dozen customers tried to mob  the rabbit eared girl, they were met with a fist the size of a train car  that managed to appear between them and th...

Greed God chapter 182

April 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Warehouse District, 6:00 PM EDT

I  settled things down in the undercity quickly after the oath. I had  quite a bit to think about after Tamlin filled me in on more of my mom's  story. He'd told me several detailed accounts he'd heard of her  performance in the war, not to mention her rise to power, and I'd come  to one inescapable conclusion: There was no way that crazy bitch didn't  have at least ten plans t...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 281

The inside of the Chaotic Wombat was...weird. I'd seen a lot of  places, and even lived in a pretty unusual location myself. The orange  dyed house we had up in Rajak proper was strange to look at the first  time. Still, the Wombat took the cake, or rather...it was made of it.

Which  is to say, the whole place was covered in what looked like candy. The  chairs were made of peppermint sticks, the tables slabs of chocolate,  the chandeliers were rock candy, a...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 320

June 22nd 2016 Mysterious Tower, 12:00 PM EDT

I  stayed in the Outer Body Trance longer than expected. Once I managed to  regulate the power of my spells, I had to do it AGAIN with my armor  out, since the damn thing augmented magic. It took me about a thousand  plus tries to get it done. When I finally managed, it actually ended up  blowing up the simulation in my spirit by accident because I got so  excited I lost my grip on the spell. St...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 280

In the end we got six of the twelve remaining F-ranked chits to split  between us, and left Dale's with everyone else heading to dinner with  Wren and Vector. They had arranged a meal with the rest of the Spear  Legion, but I was confused about where. "So wait." I said, perplexed.  "They aren't staying at the Blue Robin with you? I figured they were in  their rooms or just not around. Why aren't they sharing accommodations  with you guys?"

I said they, but ...

Greed God chapter 181

April 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Undercity, 3:00 PM EDT

Tamlin didn't physically react to my words, no clenching of the teeth or  tightening of the jaw, but from one breath to the next the air around is  shifted into an almost suffocating pressure. I called on my Primal  Force, letting it sing through my veins to blunt the edge of his power,  but even I was having a bit of trouble standing up under the weight. The  two poor dryad girls were smash...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 279

By the time we got back to the shore, I was at least able to stand. I  was still sore as hell, but my Vitality had patched me up enough that  my muscles worked at least. Callie looked just as bruised and  uncomfortable, but she also looked just as ecstatic as I felt. Despite  the annoyance at Abel and the physical discomfort and pain, it felt GOOD  to get stronger. To learn to be better and improve in a measurable way.

And  measure we did. After we got back...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 319

June 22nd 2016 Mysterious Tower, 10:00 AM EDT

I  was up the next morning bright and early ready to train. I had a goal  to do some rituals with the girls to top up my points and try for  another keyblade either today or tomorrow depending on when I felt up to  it, but for now I was going to learn to battle with my keyblade. Master  Yen Sid (as he requested to be called) had decided to put me through a  sort of obstacle course, a massive ope...

Wish upon the Stars chapter 278

The massive tide of blue liquid hit the ship like...well, a tidal  wave. Our feet were planted on the deck firmly as the wall of water  rushed at us, and I could easily see the dark forms of writhing fish  riding the wave like some nightmarish parody of birds on the wing. I  could vaguely make out the shapes of Callie and Abel at other points on  the ship, the hunched forms of a heavy basket near each of them. Callie  was especially close by since we were working...

Greed God chapter 180

April 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Undercity, 2:00 PM EDT

I  rushed slightly leaving the bar, mostly because I was kind of freaked  out. I wasn't a history nerd, and I never really got much into folklore,  but I had a damn good memory even before the mental upgrade from the  Blood of Apophis, and I remembered bits and pieces from a few  mythologies. Some Norse, Greek, etc. I remembered very few things from  Celtic myth, but one of the only thi...