Malcolm Tent

Sell you a Bridge chapter 70

Shadowcrest August 2nd 2010 8:00 PM EDT

I  expected her to be angry at me for hiding things. Or hurt or something,  but Zee being Zee skipped all of that and moved onto geeking out. She  was fascinated by my power, pacing and babbling about the details and  how it might function and just generally being her amazing self.   Admittedly with her new race features it was even more distracting than  normal. Aside from being more toned her b...

Stronger Together chapter 202

I owned a jet now. Not like a tiny one or two passenger thing either.  My jet was huge. It had a bed, and a shower, and more than one floor.  Mina had not been bullshitting about it being able to handle everyone.  So, since it could handle everyone, it did. We brought the whole crew  with us to go look at my castle in Romania. I had a castle in Romania. I  had a castle. That was such a weird thought.

I'd gotten  used to having money since I got here. Buying...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 69

Slaughter Swamp August 2nd 2010 12:30 AM EDT

The  aftermath of the spell left me feeling drained. It was odd because I  hadn't taken any magic into myself or used any of my own, but the sheer  act of moving all that power was like lifting a heavy weight. I was  exhausted as hell. The circle was gone of course, burned up in the  ritual, from what I could tell those bones came from creatures that  didn't exist and not all of those stones had ...

Stronger Together chapter 201

The people decorating the Raith Deeps were miracle workers. We'd been  here earlier today and seen the layout, but they managed to completely  overhaul it in the time we had been gone. The persian rugs were replaced  with thick white carpets and the walls had sconces and decorations on  them. Something about the setup managed to pull focus from the stone  behind it and somehow remove the cave aesthetic, actually making the  place feel like a real ballroom, albeit...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 68

Slaughter Swamp August 1st 2010 11:30 PM EDT

The  preparations for the ritual were incredibly extensive. We needed a  place untamed by civilization and steeped in magic, we needed to do it  at midnight, and we needed help. Luckily we had already decided to tell  Zee what was up and ask for her help. Madame Xanadu was such a legend  using her name in regards to a magic project was basically the  equivalent of  an author using the word m...

Stronger Together chapter 200

The next day of the conclave flew by. It started early and ended  early and we all headed home after to get ready for the gala. Raven and  Cinder had their dresses already and with the extra time Inari had  manages to help the other girls get their clothes ready without  threatening them with being drawn and quartered. Barb was all ready at  the moment and we finally had a minute to talk while everyone else got  ready, namely about Mina and her presence here in o...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 67

The Cathedral July 31st 2010 8:00 PM EDT

It  was time. I had hit level four on the way over and I was a decent way  into level four, and we'd finally hit the end of level two. It was time  to fight The Butcher. Much like in the game using the Town Portal  prevented monsters from respawning in the level, so we'd been able to  clear this place with decent speed. Of course the levels only got bigger  and harder from here, but we'd be getting ...

Stronger Together chapter 199

Mab seemed to completely lose interest in me after the Arbitration,  just turned and walked away without a word or glance. This was  apparently pretty consistent with her character because literally no one  was surprised by this turn of events. I shrugged and we all dispersed  while the servants moved in the giant ass round table again. I nodded to  Mina and dragged her with me over to our seats, sitting her down next  to Raven, Cinder and I.

Mina apparentl...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 66

The Clock Tower July 30th 2010 8:00 PM EDT

I  was in shock. I officially got twenty points over the last day. Each  time I got more it was ten instead of five. I'd leveled up again and put  all five of my stat gains into the points section. It took hours to do  it, even with me taking most of the XP. We didn't challenge The Butcher  yet obviously, but still. We had been down there for another few hours  last night, but we had to go after a ...

Stronger Together chapter 198

Contrary to what one might expect, I did not immediately leap over  the massive crowd of brawling soldiers and engage in sky combat with  Drakul. In fact, it was a bit anticlimactic the we had to slowly make  our way toward each other through the throng. As expected my guards  weren't thrilled with my decision to throw myself into the melee, but  they had to keep up anyway, so they got dragged along. I kept my eyes  mostly locked with Drakul but I had to keep loo...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 65

The Cathedral July 29th 2010 8:00 PM EDT

We  managed to make it back to the dungeon the next night. The next stretch  of the second floor was a bit different. As opposed to the rooms we'd  been seeing this part was more open concept. Lots of wide spaces full of  coffins and the odd chest here or there. Skeletons and the odd Ghoul  covered the place, listing slowly toward us and easy pickings for our  archers. As we kept an eye out I sidled ...

Stronger Together chapter 197

The palace was in an uproar. The Wallachians were at the gates and  they were looking formidable. I stared down out of the window of the  throne room at the writhing mass of soldiers laying siege to the capital  of my empire with a frown. He shouldn't have this many people.  Wallachia wasn't this big. I was guessing he swing through some of the  neighboring countries and convinced them to lend men so he could take us  down. The biggest bully on the playground rar...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 64

The Cathedral July 28th 2010 7:00 PM EDT

Artemis  couldn't wait to get back into the dungeon, so we naturally headed down  there the next day to hopefully start gathering some gear for her  ritual. We told Zee about it, saying it came from Madame Xanadu, which  considering the woman was an immortal sorcery prodigy she seemed to buy  with little trouble. She was fascinated by the idea and insisted that we  let her sit in. I felt a bit bad ab...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 63

The Clock Tower July 27th 2010 11:00 AM EDT

I  skipped school the next day. I didn't really feel like going through  the spanish inquisition that I suspected every student would be now that  the teachers knew about the Labyrinth. Plus my brain was still buzzing  from the night before. Making my smokeshow girlfriend have her first  orgasm without even getting her pants off was definitely nice, but the  cuddling after had been just as amazing...

Stronger Together chapter 196

So I was an Ottoman emperor now. Which meant I was in Istanbul. I  paused, mentally singing an old song I always sang to myself when  someone mentioned this city. Constantinople at this point in history.  I'd agreed to the war, because I had literally no choice. No way was  killing Drakul not my end goal in this nightmare fueled death vision.  Once I did that I sent everyone away and sat in my throne (which was  super uncomfortable because it was a fucking metal ...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 62

Shadowcrest July 26th 2010 6:00 PM

After  consulting with Artemis and Reggie and basically deciding to kick our  response up the chain of command and let Jim worry about it, we finished  out the day and I headed over to Zee's place. She'd given me a little  plastic kitten she enchanted to let me through the wards and I slipped  in through the path she made me that was only there when the talisman  was. Zee was waiting for me at the door and...

Stronger Together chapter 195

The night passed far too quickly. Everyone was pretty worried about  the Arbitration and Morgan decided we would all be sleeping in a cuddle  puddle. On the one hand it was nice and comforting being surrounded by  people I loved, but on the other hand I'd kind of been hoping to have  sex with at least one of my girlfriends, and as much as Morgan would  probably blow that off and possibly join in, several of the other girls  would have been pretty mortified if thi...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 61

Gotham Academy July 26th 2010 1:00 PM EDT

Chemistry  class was...interesting. Reggie and I were sitting at our usual table  talking about our raid on the Cathedral. Reggie was grinning like a loon  "It feels so damn good to have money man. The gold from the Cathedral  is real, plus it hasn't devalued normal gold yet. It might not happen at  all considering the incredibly small number of people heading down into  the Labyrinth. I dumped all ...

Stronger Together chapter 194

I could see why Emperor Qin's statement had shocked everyone, and why  the bastard had roped me into it. Granted I was still pissed about it,  but one thing at a time. I was more than a little worried about what  this trial would entail, because honestly at my current level some kind  of willpower test would be a harder fight for me against Drakul than a  straight brawl would be. Soulgazes were notoriously weird and off the  wall, and taking part on a test based ...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 60

The Cathedral July 25th 2010 12:00 PM EDT

I'd  gone home last night and wanted to immediately buy myself a new power.  Of course, then I realized that I couldn't do that because I didn't have  the points. So I decided instead to bank as m,any as possible while I  was in the early levels so I could hopefully afford something nice once  things got harder. Despite having played Diablo a few times, I still had  zero idea how it scaled against r...

Stronger Together chapter 193

While I might not have been able to respond without potentially  starting a fight I really didn't want to start, Emperor Qin was  definitely not worried about that. His hands crashed down on the table  (which flickered slightly, implying some kind of magic) and glared at  Drakul. "You dare! Do you believe this Emperor will tolerate your  insults vermin?" His beaten gold eyes flared with a sort of metallic  glow.

I'd read in a post by Butcher back in my worl...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 59

The Clock Tower July 24th 2010 10:00 PM EDT

Zee  had headed home quick after the odd mental message and I headed back to  the clock tower to meat with Jim and the others. I figured they would  have a handle on the situation and know what was going on, but their  response didn't thrill me. I glared at my mentor "What the hell do you  mean we can't seal the Labyrinth. We can't just let hordes of idiots  flock into the depths to get wiped out ...

Stronger Together chapter 192

After the dinner was the first part of the conclave. Apparently  everyone had just assumed I would know political functions were long and  boring and hadn't bothered mentioning that the damn thing would last  days. Still spilled milk and all, I ended up sitting with my own group  plus Joe and Ebenezar so at least I wasn't too bored as people started  going through their grievances and business.

Some of the  business was pretty interesting honestly, these we...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 58

Metropolis July 24th 2010 6:00 PM EDT

I  checked my watch again. It was the third time. I didn't even know why.  She wasn't late, we weren't supposed to meet for another ten minutes,  but I was just so damn nervous. This was my first date with Zee. I  didn't count our little make out session or our day out when we were  just friends. I'd even considered wearing one of my good suits but I  thought it was a bit formal. I checked my watch agai...

Stronger Together chapter 191

Weirdly, the scariest thing about Drakul was how non threatening he  was. I knew he was a monster, a nightwalker who had swum through oceans  of blood, and a starborn which considering I was from another universe  might make him more of a threat to me than most. I knew he'd killed more  people than I had ever met, that he was, if not a threat on the same  level as Fenrir, then at least as powerful as Lycaon. I knew all of  this, but I felt none of it.

There...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 57

The Clock Tower July 22nd 2010 12:00 PM EDT

When Jim had talked about preparation I'd expected him to be talking about  more lessons like the ones we'd had before. He'd been working us pretty  hard the last month and now that we had an emergency inbound there was no reason to expect that to stop now. That, it turned out, had been  wishful thinking on my part. Our lessons weren't as strenuous as they  had been before, they were more so. My&n...

Stronger Together chapter 190

The Raith deeps were surprisingly far from the house. In the books  they make them seem like they're just a bit away, but they were actually  on the other end of the property, which considering how insanely large  the Raith Estate was meant they were miles from Chateau Raith itself.  Luckily we got directions from Inari. She'd actually been to the Deeps  contrary to my expectations, apparently the Raith children liked to play  in the caves as kids.

Personal...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 56

Gotham City July 21st 2010 12:00 AM EDT

The  look on Lady Shiva's face was pretty fucking amazing, I'm not going to  lie. It wasn't fear, which was pretty impressive considering how scary  Jim could be when he put his mind to it. It looked more like she had  sucked a lemon or something, but still very amusing to see and  expression like that on someone so clearly capable. I'd told her Jim was  my mentor, but I suspect she wanted to drag me ...

Stronger Together chapter 189

The next week flew by. I spent it relaxing with my girls, spending  some more time with Cinder, having a few nights in with Barb and some  cuddles with Raven. Dating three women was exhausting, I was just glad  they were all dating each other too, or it would have defeated the  entire purpose of my relaxing week off. But time flies when you're  having fun, and now we had to get ready for this stupid induction  ceremony.

Luckily  we had Inari here. Desp...

Sell you a Bridge chapter 55

Shadowcrest July 20th 2010 11:00 PM EDT

I  slipped my mask back on as I left Zatanna's place. I retraced my steps  to leave when she said her dad would be home soon, and she followed me  out to close up the loophole she made for me in the wards. I probably  should have used shadow form to leave but I didn't have any points right  now so I was kind of out of luck. Since I didn't have a car or anything  I ended up walking for a while until I ...