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2024-09-06 15:46:11 +0000 UTC View PostDax woke up late, hung over, disappointed in herself, and she thanked Creation she still had a Morning Pep potion to clear it all up, disgusting as it was to drink. The last thing she wanted was to be dragging around in front of Sir Dimples. If, of course, she bumped into him.
A bubble of anxiety hit her as she thought about the blonde stud muffin, Canmore. Was he actually… could he be…?
Nah! You’re out of your damn mind, you bumbling, dumpy old hag! That s...
2024-09-06 14:42:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Come on, girly! Just a few hands. Maybe you’ll win some back, eh?” Lucky took a sip of her morning beer in what was left of the morning. She smiled good-naturedly, still looking disheveled. But she always looked disheveled.
Her and her stupid drinking games. Now she’s useless through the whole morning. When will she grow up? Estara didn’t know. She understood she was young and inexperienced compared to most, but had always felt she’d had to be an adult to her ...
2024-09-04 15:10:07 +0000 UTC View PostNestled in the cozy, quiet library of Mot Mekess, Crow’s eyes burned in the morning light. He tried to read faster, knowing he needed a little rest, and he prayed for a little more time. Time was always creeping for more like a little hungry rat, and he with so much to absorb and know before it was stolen away.
Never enough bloody time. And other things aside from reading call for attention. This Brain Trust stuff I promised to see about. And very soon, what deserves ...
2024-09-03 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThey just started over the branch when Sammy suddenly grabbed Azure to stop her. They exchanged silent glances, and then Sammy pointed at what she just barely noticed.
Just underneath the branch, wrapped around the huge tree trunk itself, was a giant snake, its colors and even its texture like that of the tree, making it nigh impossible to notice. Only some faint, strange aura caused Sammy to see it at all. When one focused enough, the eyes at least were clear, and the rest could finall...
2024-09-01 15:05:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Can we please just calm down and talk about this?!” Sammy called as she sensed the way things were about to go. But the cat had their tongues for any sapient response, and they launched themselves like flying bullets at Ralli and Tanjhere.
The pair split, dodging different directions. Two went for Tanjhere and one for Ralli. The latter was quick with her staff power, dodging deftly with the space between them. To assist her lover, she directed a curve of wires out at one of the oth...
2024-08-31 15:17:47 +0000 UTC View PostAn hour before the appointed witching hour, as determined by the stars, Deikmorn snuck to the tent flying the golden ribbon in the servant's section, unsure what to expect. He had on numerous layers of protection — all that he could think of, and even a means to quickly summon waiting backup. He scoped out the tent for magic from afar. There was nothing, absolutely nothing, exactly as one would expect of a servant’s tent.
The real owner of that tent was sleeping cozily in his bed. H...
2024-08-30 15:05:45 +0000 UTC View PostFor Rallindin Peregaust, Liberator of Nations, Integrator of the Six-Fold Technocracy, and risen, ascendant Goddess of Magic, the world became her oyster. For a time. A great battle in the war was fought with an alliance of six nations bringing their varied technologies to the forefront, under the banner of the One, True Enlightened Soul. The Hope of Tomorrow. And the battle was won. Their enemy was put on the defensive.
Sadly, they excelled at it, and the supposedly destined Great Adva...
2024-08-28 14:53:56 +0000 UTC View Post“I see,” Deikmorn replied, eying the young woman expressionlessly.
It was obvious who had sent her. The Witching Hour of Old was under certain stars. Year-round, it was quite calculable. How would she know he could do so, though? He was no witch or warlock. The old order of assassins taught it as a logical time to strike in the night, timing accuracy, and general synchronicity, but she shouldn’t know that. That he was once such a member was at most fanciful rumor, just as their ex...
2024-08-27 15:06:02 +0000 UTC View PostOgdellos, seemingly surprised by his own prowess but inclined to take advantage, pressed forward at Deikmorn, who immediately slipped away again, with one hopeless wild swing for a leg that was easily dodged, just as Deikmorn figured.
“Well, I wasn’t expecting this,” Og said with a devilish grin. “I guess you got more hurt than anyone believed.”
“Do you seriously expect me to dignify that?” Deikmorn asked incredulously. “Don’t act as if you don’t know what you...
2024-08-25 14:49:25 +0000 UTC View PostAt the play and the hesitation, the Guru raised an eyebrow in apparent surprise. “That does not seem mathematically sound, High Alchemist. There are better plays in the midst. Are you sure? You understand the rules? You haven’t removed your finger just yet.”
Azure suppressed her urge to take it back and gave a little shrug. She kept her back straight. “How could we be sure, Guru Vantemore? It is always the intention of hope we cling to for a better future, without ...
2024-08-24 15:15:44 +0000 UTC View PostSammy-as-Ralindin double-cast two fireballs from the air as she backpedaled at high speed, maintaining distance from the giant mechanical insects. One after the other, fiery explosions cracked in their midst, and three failed to dodge or resist at all. They exploded in a burst of inner energies and crashed downward in multiple pieces.
One was just clipped and damaged a wing. It steered its fall right into the spooled-out staff wires, latched on, holding, and soon ‘jerked the chain.’...
2024-08-23 15:09:04 +0000 UTC View PostRallindin Peregaust’s first ambitions were simply: avoid getting burned as a witch against the ways of Technomancy, and to more effectively help her aging parents. Once, she invented a spell to give her father phantom legs…
He had a heart attack from the shock and horror of the matter and almost died. She quickly abandoned the effort and managed to avoid scrutiny thanks to the assumption of her father’s growing dementia. He was suspicious of her for a year or two, though.
In...
2024-08-21 13:57:40 +0000 UTC View PostWith the presentation of Ozra finished, Sammy looked over to Azure, whose face was as stunned as hers must’ve been. “She did jigger the Fortuneteller the way she is,” Sammy declared breathlessly.
“Made to evolve,” Azure commented. “I think it’s safe to say she isn’t very Ozra-like.”
“Right. Well, she’s still an amalgamate of us, but Ozra facilitated this possibility. Improved her autonomy and increased our capacity for integration and synthesis. That’s why ...
2024-08-20 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ll get you out!” Sammy promised the terrified gremlin lady, glaring at the incensed image of Ozra in the process. Overboard much? What an abusive mother! “Come on!” Sammy picked her up to fly her over to the door she knew was to Maintenance.
Reiki grabbed her insistently to stop her short. “Wait!” She pointed to her notepad.
Rolling her eyes, Sammy grabbed the notepad and then flew down and to the door. The floating toolbox pretty much followed them ...
2024-08-18 14:58:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe bridge became crystalline and suspended over the relative void once more, with the shadow of the palace looming ahead, below, and above, varying with the twisted, mind-bending path they took. The world beyond the bridge grew darker and darker, and dust was kicked up over the bridge’s surface. There was no sign of their prior footsteps, as if they could not make a dent in the extent of disuse.
Azure was not grumpy at all this time around — in fact, she was dead silent. Her face w...
2024-08-17 14:46:40 +0000 UTC View PostMomentarily, an initially grumpy Azure showed up, to begin their typical routine for easily finding out where the location was. The Naugite quickly lost her grumps as she silently gazed at the ruins. She walked up to the top and her hand moved toward some exposed stone… she stopped short of touching it.
“Did I cause this?” Azure murmured, almost too low for Sammy to hear. Her hand dropped and she turned around, eyes haunted, to address her girlfriend. “My love, could we do what ...
2024-08-16 15:15:25 +0000 UTC View PostSammy noticed that Orswyth and Estara were instantly level 8 along with her, apparently able to reach the cap and wait on her for the level up.
She conferred with them while they were asleep so they could mutually congratulate each other, creating a mind realm so they were effectively dreaming her. This was a trick they were already doing somewhat themselves, as assisted and then taught by Zephyr.
She decided to make a little event of it, and so they had coffee and pastries at the...
2024-08-14 14:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostMore reviews of upgrades awaited Sammy as she sat on her throne and poured away…
Floofa suddenly dropped out of nowhere into her lap, startling her. The cabbit had a carrot she was nomming away on hurriedly, her eyes shifting around and her ears twitching. She whispered with her mouth full, “Sammy hide Floofa?”
No sooner than she asked, Midnight was bounding through the air to land some distance away from the throne, looking around. She appeared to have a broccoli stalk in h...
2024-08-13 15:05:09 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Deikmorn had a rather long meeting with Nyomel, Sammy assisted her realm in the night with routine matters of prayers, quest construction, and various matters a quick Goddess judgment call could smooth things over on. It was becoming more and more relevant to jump in like that with multiple teams and cliques developing. As much as argument was desirable to avoid, it was sometimes impossible.
Quick expansion had caused tension due to issues of who lived and worked where, which Samm...
2024-08-11 15:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post======================================================
Author's Note: Fair warning, might get a wee bit steamier than normal by the end. :P Artful insinuation!
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Ba Ra’s first suggestion to maneuver within the political situation was to ‘wake up’ Nyomel, and thereby the other former Dreixia aides, to the actual problem they seemed unable to grasp. If she would throw herself behind whoever she th...
2024-08-10 15:18:39 +0000 UTC View PostAs Sammy pondered her next move on the seat of her throne in Heaven, taking in the soothing yet stimulating harp notes of Calliope’s renditions of classical Earth music, Azure appeared.
She stopped short of the throne to take in Calliope and they exchanged a smile and a nod as Azure simply listened for a few moments. Her eyes slowly closed.
Sammy noticed something new on Azure’s belt that drew both the natural eye and the mystical — an ornate dagger in a sheath, in gold and ...
2024-08-09 15:17:34 +0000 UTC View PostOf course it would be a god. This is going to be complicated. Sammy could feel the madness bleeding out like a cancerous wound. It interlaced and flowed through the incredible concentration of mana, tainting it. That would make the physical area dangerous in itself, and the ghosts were no doubt keen to utilize it against interlopers.
She was a bit puzzled by the ghosts. Instead of them all being insane, there seemed to be calm points...
2024-08-07 15:00:55 +0000 UTC View Post“Settle down, Frankenstein,” Tashome muttered wanly at Samantha, obviously having gotten the reference by way of Uriel at some point. “We’re not even close to there yet. This might be a promising angle and more likely to provide the miraculous results we hope for, in addition to other benefits, but it’s also going to be many multiples more complex than any other potential project. Are you sure you want to wait it out?”
Ash quickly added, “Again, with my assistance, at leas...
2024-08-06 15:18:24 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a few ‘odds and ends’ in her realm below and her Heaven above (announced and unannounced as suited the rascality level of the project), Sammy was just considering her next target of focus when she got some System quest notifications and Orswyth contacted her, nearly simultaneously.
The quest “The Unlucky & Lucky Firsts” is complete. 50 FE gained, 6(5) exp gained in [Goddess].
New quest unlocked “Utilizing the De...
2024-08-04 15:27:40 +0000 UTC View Post
“Lord Carlisle,” the Fortuneteller declared at the table, “Fate has granted you 60 experience in [Knight], 30 experience in [Rogue], the Special Trait [Grudgetaking], and [Strategy] is upgraded to [Master]. Knight is changed to [Executioner]. It seems you’ve decided who you are, after all, Executor.”
Shit, we need to get him that regeneration capability, or-
Carlisle jumped out of his seat, slamming his fist down as he stil...
2024-08-03 15:20:10 +0000 UTC View PostThinking about Dax reminded Sammy of something. Shit! Did I miss a vision-giving? I’m not even sure. Oh well, nothing for it but to correct it now. Carlisle. As planned. He’s even more separated from me than Dax, and he’s got that weird sneakiness and love of thievery thing going I noticed back in the cave-spelunking mission to save Agatha. On top of that, he joined me despite tons of logical misgivings. He’s probably a Player. Time to hit him up and decide things!
Lord...
2024-08-02 14:45:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn considering the need to utilize FE that was burning a hole in her deific pocket, Sammy shifted to the potential of Servitors. She could have around a hundred and twenty total if she wanted based on her total Follower count, and she was well, well shy of that. Furthermore, she was always gaining more.
It had been a while since she’d made a new Servitor Line. Instead of going with a Pneuma entity, which she would eventually do, she wanted a generalist. She wanted a bit of fae and, in...
2024-07-31 14:58:20 +0000 UTC View PostOnce Tenshai stepped back into place, Heizon continued, “Our leaders further extend a collective interest in friendship and peace, with hope for more.”
Tenshai offered, “The Mistress of the Currents knows the undertow of who you are, Seeress, for the Tides of Time speak also to her. We would not be forgotten in the annals of history’s culmination. We would not be seen as having done nothing.”
Alkai spoke in reverence, “I am given a privilege beyond me to speak, but wer...
2024-07-30 14:52:47 +0000 UTC View PostAsh merely nodded mentally to Sammy’s request not to shift subjects. “As you wish. But if so, it was inevitable. Probably contingency alarms. You were eventually going to trigger something to be making waves in Dominion territory and killing sages.”
Sammy smirked internally. “Ah, well, thanks for making me feel a little better. What is Central, by the way?”
“You don’t know? A hive mind of sorts. A psychic medium to communicate that the Inquisito...
2024-07-28 15:16:44 +0000 UTC View Post