Lykanthropy

Trash: Chapter 60 A Bloodline Bottleneck

Chapter 60

A Bloodline Bottleneck

Flash.

A burst of light that seemed to slow down and stretch on into infinity. My mind knew this was the effect of adrenaline coursing through my body and mind. An automatic effect of the brain experiencing an intense fear.

What caused this effect, what forced my mind to slow down to this extent? Well the answer was simple, my mind was experiencing a moment of both pure focus, meeting adrenaline, meeting powers that were still...

Trash: Chapter 59 Even Trash Has Its Limits

Chapter 59

Even Trash Has Its Limits

Never had I ever felt like I was truly part of a fantastical world that I was always meant to be, when I realized I was wielding a dazzlingly glowing sword while using mana-infused Skills to help me weave and dart my way down a hill to attack what could easily be considered mindless cannon fodder.

Pfft, pfft, pfft.

Even the aiming of the pine spitters reminded me of the accuracy of some distant stories from my home world. 2025-12-05 21:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Trash: Chapter 58 Exercising by Exorcism

Chapter 58

Exercising by Exorcism

Mr. Yi, your resident Yaoguai Qūmóshī or supernatural exorcist was leading us quickly through Bloom Park.

By quickly, I mean he was running at near top speed, one where I found myself having to cycle on my Life Reinforced Movements* a factor that everyone in the group who also seemed to have their own movement Skills both picked up on and then began increasing their speed to match my own.

Even the old Madame Bloom was able ...

Trash: Chapter 57 Forming the Team

Chapter 57

Forming The Team

Just walking onto the lands, I can tell that the earth has been disturbed in some way. It’s almost as if the ground itself is letting me know that it has been defiled.

Which is odd as my first few times here, I did not get such a reception. This time however, I could almost feel the moment that I entered Bloom Park. I could almost feel the geographic boundary that separates Bloom Park from the street and made it its own entity.

Perhaps see...

Trash: Chapter 56 Compiling Facts With Dreams

<<<Author's Note: My apologies, I have updated the scene to no longer include the jacket that was previously returned to Mr. Yi in the prior chapters to maintain story integrity. Thank you Edward Dolezal for pointing out my mistake and please keep these coming to keep me honest. >>>>

Chapter 56

Compiling Facts With Dreams

Morning came far too quickly, as it almost always does. Like a little enthusiastic...

Trash: Chapter 55 Bone Chilling Dreams

Chapter 55

Bone Chilling Dreams

Lethargy and complacency are probably the two biggest reasons why accidents happen.

We were finally heading home, now that we had dropped off Madame Voyou. After the emotional highs that had filled the night, I soon found myself drifting off with the rhythmic clopping of hooves and wheels on the road.

Despite my best efforts to stay awake, I soon found myself drifting off into the dream world. Possibly due to the fact that I was in such ...

Augmented Aspects: Chapter 381 A Mechrem In the Making

Chapter 381

A Mechrem In the Making

In physics there is always the question of what happens when the unstoppable force, i.e. a fully charging mechanoid object meets an immovable object, aka a recently Teleported mechanoid craft that took up direct position in the straight path of the charging object.

Logic tells us that there are two possible extremes, the first is that the unstoppable force will barrel through the immovable object as its force and inertia w...

Trash: Chapter 54 My Favorite Degenerate

Chapter 54

My Favorite Degenerate

“I guess my first question is, about the military,” I asked.

Then as soon as I begin that question, I look to my right and instantly feel a bit awkward due to Madame Voyou’s appearance. Seeing her, a true patriot of this country, I felt slightly awkward asking about this. Fortunately, given where we just came from, Madame Bloom seemed more than ready to answer this question.

“Well, as you might be aware, once everyone enters th...

Trash: Chapter 53 They Do What to Healers?

Chapter 53

They Do What to Healers?

(30 Minutes Later)

It was well past midnight by the time anyone dared check in on me.

“You good?” Lucia asked, her voice projecting far from another tunnel exit that had been partially barricaded.

“Yes,” I responded and meant it, as by now the rate of healing that Seal Master Carthwright needed was less and less frequent. Better still there were no new plumes of mana being leaked out, implying that at least a partial se...

Trash: Chapter 52 Seal Master Breaker

Chapter 52

Seal Master Breaker

Listen to your body. I guess that sounds like normal wisdom, but it apparently even applies to a world filled with magic and Skills.

Earlier I had listened to my own body, when I felt that I was putting too much strain on my core by using multiple Healing attuned Skills and my one Earth Attuned Skill simultaneously. At the time, I just felt a slight cracking of my mana shell, but ultimately I stopped and while I did manage to evolve my Healing ...

Trash: Chapter 51 Forced Update

Chapter 51

Forced Update

I was helpless to move or change my fate.

No sooner had I understood the fact this Royal Seal being placed on me would be the equivalent of a countrywide electronic tracking bracelet, than I could already feel the odd system interacting with my body and all but forcefully binding itself into my own personal system.

Icy cold chills ran down my body, as I felt the cold instruments and unique Skills of this old man, this Royal Seal Master forceful...

December 2025 Newsletter

Good afternoon,

First, I wanted to say thank you all for staying with me through yet another month. I also wanted to highlight that for the first time in months, I have felt truly alive while writing. Which goes in large part to your continued support of my newest series Unique Skill: Trash!

A brief history, I was one of the "excepted employees" who had to work during the shutdown. Working for free for 41 days put a strain on me, and I am just now se...

Trash: Interlude IV (Part II) Ten Simple Words to Avoid the Apocalypse

Interlude IV (Part II)

Ten Simple Words To Avoid the Apocalypse

(Quin “Mousey” Mossey)

They have term in the industry, for someone like Catarine DiVoratore, now Catarine Bloom, a protostella.

Even before she was transferred out and fostered as a Bloom, Quin had seen her radiance. Most were afraid of her, and for good reasons. She was smart, probably too smart for the drama of most schools. Even as the quiet outcast of the spooky family, no one messed with her.

Trash: Interlude IV (Part I)

Interlude IV (Part I)

Leaving It All Behind

(Leah “the Destroyer” Badiaz)

Trembling hands.

Even now, nearly an hour or two after her match. A match that should have just been a simple fight against some unnamed female, Leah felt betrayed.

Betrayed by Sal, betrayed by Gale her former student who had left her at such a state and made it so she almost left the game entirely and went back to her post as a frontline fighter where she would remain until the end of ...

Trash: Chapter 50 Show Yourself

Chapter 50

Show Yourself

“Remove your hood.”

Three words spoken with authority. Three words meant to force you to remove any traces of anonymity. Hearing the words, and seeing the relatively calm nature of the prince, I pause for a second. My gaze stating that I am judging him, and finally I nod, an acquiescence to his authority.

With a quick movement, I remove my hood and stare at him, a note of proud defiance filling my face, as I know I have done nothing wrong.<...

Trash: Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Not A Friend

Chills.

I had chills running down my spine as I slowly walked forward, beckoned by the princeling. A person who all but oozed hair gel, power, and entitlement.

Getting close I could all but smell the scent of aftershave, the same type that is often used to hide body rot and other deeper smells. For someone seemingly so young, it was odd to see them so unhinged. Worse, he was the equivalent of a k-pop star stalker with the authority and ...

Trash: Chapter 48 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Chapter 48

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

You know how you can always tell when someone important has arrived, when everyone else goes immediately quiet and immediately begins to drop to the ground.

It doesn’t take a genius to understand, in fact, you don’t even need to see or recognize who the important person is, you just follow suit instantly. All signs of hunger pains from a moment ago gone as I drop and wait to figure out what is going on. Though my brain is already a...

Trash: Chapter 47 A Family Gathering

Chapter 47

A Family Gathering

“We ask that you give time for royalty and foreign dignitaries the chance to leave first,” Sal’s voice began. “Trust me, you do not want to draw the attention of their bodyguards or service members who have sworn to protect them with their lives.”

At that announcement, a large swath of the upper seats began to move. Watching from the stage, I could see a blatant misdirection taking place, as a lot of the secret service members and guar...

Trash: Chapter 46 Shrapnel And Servitude

<<<Author's Note: Slight update at the beginning of the chapter so it doesn't seem as jarring.>>>

Chapter 46

Shrapnel And Servitude

It was over quickly.

Madam Voyou, aka Death Machine, looked haggard from the beginning. Added to that was the fact that her opponent was a perfect counter for her, a speed fighter that always twisted directly into Death Machine's blind spot and it looked like she almost neve...

Trash: Chapter 45 A Scald's Power

<<<Author's Note: Attached is roughly how the song should sound, hope you enjoy. >>>

Chapter 45

A Scald’s Power

Honestly, I didn’t know what I expected to hear.

Especially when you hear that a song is dedicated to you. In my past this often meant that some boy would pick up their old guitar and strum out the same three keys in a terrible cadence that was only made worse by their attempt to sing over their p...

Trash: Chapter 44 A Lost Chance

<<<Author's Note: I updated the ending and changed the instrument to "an unusual violin">>>

Chapter 44

A Lost Chance

I will have to admit that most of the battles after the extremely long Tamer section, and after Leah’s battle with Gale all slowly blurred together in one repetitive mix of self-inflicted violence and repetitive healing.

Half the time I honestly wonder if the opponents charge face first into an...

Trash: Chapter 43 Orders From Above

Chapter 43

Orders From Above

Ever have one of those moments where you realize that you might have done too much. That you achieved something so monumental that you wouldn’t possibly be able to actually accept the reward?

That was me, right now.

Before me, I saw it, a shiny new Class Skill just waiting for me to accept it, right there.

New Class Skill Possible: Life Reinforced Movements: (Unique): You can enhance your body to move in exceptional ways. 2025-11-21 11:16:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Trash: Chapter 42 Revenge At Its Finest

Chapter 42

Revenge At Its Finest

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any odder, life always has a way of throwing curveballs at you.

There I was, forced into a “right step pose” where I oddly enough had taken a right step forward from the base position and was forced to hold that step. I’m assuming I was supposed to understand how I was both balanced and unbalanced at the same time. My feet were able to balance out my stance going forward and backwards, but I was...

Trash: Chapter 41 The Fountain of Love

Chapter 41

The Fountain of Love

After watching so many fights and really being forced to watch and dissect everything mentally, I’ve come to a few universal conclusions, especially after testing out my findings by using my own Skills as comparisons.

The first thing is that Skills that used Mana, or at least an attuned aspect requires a breath in to initiate, then based on how long they take that breath, the level of power being used increases. Then they need to exhale to l...

Trash: Chapter 40 Horsey-ing Around

Chapter 40

Horsey-ing Around

Ever notice how a good teacher waits until you finally feel comfortable enough to begin showing a hint of your personality, before bringing you back down to earth with ways to make a normally challenging task even more excruciatingly painful?

“I’ve determined, we are not taking proper advantage of these times between bouts to reflect upon yourself and most importantly, to improve yourself. As such, you are to now take the horse stance, every ...

Trash: Chapter 39 The Foreign Delegation

Chapter 39

The Foreign Delegation

If there is one rule that I have learned about politics that seems to apply to both my last life, and this world, with would have to be on promoting cultural importance.

Cultural importance: anytime politics get involved in an event, you can expect a bit of the dog and pony show to occur. These are where special forces, some type of special unit, or unique group comes in and performs a task that lets you know how they are not only different,...

Trash: Interlude III From the Mezzanine

Interlude III

From the Mezzanine

(Leah “the Destroyer” Badiaz)

As entertaining as the matches were, and they were all entertaining so far, no one could deny the fact that every competitor had all broken ranks to stand behind the flashing lights, to both help their over worked partners in this act, as well as get a bird’s eye view of the action for themselves.

This was how Leah “the Destroyer” Badiaz found herself standing next to Jade, as they both helped gui...

Trash: Chapter 38 A Dentist's Nightmare

Chapter 38

A Dentist’s Nightmare

Glug.

The massive anaconda like monster lunged upwards, cutting me off, and heading straight for its master, the Tamer that dared to bring it here while it was in the early stages of pregnancy. Worse, I could already hear the sickening sound of the pregnant monster biting down and almost sounding like it is choking on its master, as it widens and unhinges its massive jaw to better cover the tamer.

Pregnancy powers are apparen...

Trash: Chapter 37 Acid Rain

Chapter 37

Acid Rain

Sizzling, popping, bulging.

Seeing melted flesh is never easy to stomach, seeing a once beautiful and majestic creature laid low by an attack isn’t easy either. Even now, I can see the stark contrast between beautiful fur, frantically sizzling fur and skin, and of course the still burning acid.

Fortunately, the acid is the easiest to deal with.

Trash.

A wave of my hand and the pulsing burbling blob that had been slow...

Trash: Chapter 36 Heel Hydra

Chapter 36

Heel Hydra

In the grand scheme of ick, I assumed there was a hierarchy, a limit to what the world would throw at me.

Spiders, meh. Just squash them and move along.

Snakes, okay. You know just watch out for cupboards and watch where you are going and you will be fine?

Actually, up until a few seconds ago, I would have clearly said the highest ick factor was Icky herself and her way too close relationship with her second cousin by blood Johny.

This...