“Are you absolutely sure young Eric here wouldn’t like to major in drama and holovid casting?” The officiously dressed man with irises such a dark shade of violet they could pass for black pulled out a folded cloth and patted dry his forehead. “In addition to our esteemed fine arts, business, and physical mastery programs, Westwind Academy is also renowned for its performance arts and communication curriculums.”
Eric blinked at the completely unexpected curriculum push ...
2025-08-07 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The next day found Eric meditating in his favorite garden spot at the crack of dawn, doing his absolute best to feel the disparate flows of Spiritual Energy tingle against his peripheral meridians, even if his ridiculously clogged major meridians didn’t feel their passage at all.
He suppressed the sharp spike of dismay.
He wasn’t here to regret that which he might have lost… that which he had had no choice but to sacrifice, in order to raise an army of 3 million and p...
2025-08-03 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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“Eric? Is it true?”
Eric smiled at Louise’s question, though most of his focus was on punching out the right holes on his multiple choice examination, surprised both by how fascinating he found even the hints as to this world’s origins to be, though he was confident he had failed that portion utterly, refusing to fake it, since he actually wanted to learn what he needed to know… and surprised by how comfortable he was with the math and grammar portion.
Clearly, hi...
2025-07-31 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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A dinner of grilled whitefish with a tangy lemon sauce, jasmine-infused rice, and fresh vegetables was surpassed only by the chocolate cake
A dinner of grilled whitefish with a tangy lemon sauce, jasmine-infused rice, and fresh vegetables was surpassed only by the chocolate cake and homemade ice cream that tasted exactly like happiness, and Eric most definitely wasn’t tearing up, though he did make sure to tall Maja a bedtime story before turning in himself and declaring it, a...
2025-07-27 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Eric gently tucked in a sleeping Maja as Hanna saw to Ella's comfort, a soft whimper slipping from her pressed lips before both girls eased
Eric gently tucked in a sleeping Maja as Hanna saw to Ella's comfort, a soft whimper slipping from her pressed lips before both girls eased into deeper sleep as Hanna sung a soft, motherly lullaby.
“Thank you,” she whispered once they stepped out of the girls' bedroom, squeezing Eric’s shoulder before blinking in surprise....
2025-07-25 04:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“Eric? Breakfast is ready!” Eric gasped. Finesse check made! You have successfully avoided smashing your new bed! For just a second he was c
“Eric? Breakfast is ready!”
Eric gasped.
Finesse check made! You have successfully avoided smashing your new bed!
For just a second he was confused, waking up in an unknown bedroom upon a soft feather-stuffed mattress, beholding a spacious bedroom that included bookcases, polished hardwood furniture,...
2025-07-21 04:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“This is our stop, kids,” John said when their train came to a surprisingly quiet stop at the outskirts of a quaint little town that looked
“This is our stop, kids,” John said when their train came to a surprisingly quiet stop at the outskirts of a quaint little town that looked like something out of a fifties post-card. Even if most of the smiling faces had a Han cast to their features and tiny horns that really did blend into their hairline, such that Eric hardl...
2025-07-18 04:00:04 +0000 UTC
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A/N - As you might have noticed, our tale is ta
2025-07-14 04:06:00 +0000 UTC
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“Good morning, young sir,” the uniformed customs officer he approached, greeted him with a surprisingly sincere smile. “Are your parents com
“Good morning, young sir,” the uniformed customs officer he approached, greeted him with a surprisingly sincere smile. “Are your parents coming? We find it best to process our guests as a family. Better for everyone, and we wouldn’t want to scare your folk if they can’t find you.”
Eric blinked, feeling a moment’s su...
2025-07-11 03:59:01 +0000 UTC
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“We’re here, sir. Immigration’s straight down the central corridor. You can’t miss it,” said the deferential young lieutenant opening the sh
“We’re here, sir. Immigration’s straight down the central corridor. You can’t miss it,” said the deferential young lieutenant opening the shuttle door for a bemused Eric, now finding himself in a docking bay overlooking automatic doors leading inside what looked like a massive airport. He noted that he was far from the on...
2025-07-07 03:59:10 +0000 UTC
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“Ooh. Someone really IS enjoying Captain Kirking his way through the universe!” The teasing voice of Eric’s closest friend quipped, pulling
“Ooh. Someone really IS enjoying Captain Kirking his way through the universe!” The teasing voice of Eric’s closest friend quipped, pulling him to luxurious wakefulness.
Before he suppressed a groan, jolted by that awful ache in his bones, the painful almost-cramping in every muscle that were simultaneously so explosively p...
2025-07-04 04:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Eric’s thoughts were whirling as he allowed a surprisingly anxious-looking admiral to lead him through multiple bridges, passageways, elevat
Eric’s thoughts were whirling as he allowed a surprisingly anxious-looking admiral to lead him through multiple bridges, passageways, elevators and corridors of uniform shiny chrome, steel, and soothing pastel colors that somehow didn’t take the edge off the sharp tension radiating from the entire quintet of elite Engineers surrounding...
2025-06-30 04:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Eric took great big wheezing gasps of air as the gentle golden sunlight caressed his skin, saturating him with warmth, hope, and life-giving
Eric took great big wheezing gasps of air as the gentle golden sunlight caressed his skin, saturating him with warmth, hope, and life-giving Spiritual Energy. And how odd it was, for his running to be as effortless and glorious as a dream while his cells screamed for sustenance as he raced a micrometer above the train tracks, moving as fast ...
2025-06-27 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“Did the System just shout that to the entire world? How the fuck did Eric manage to get past 3700 in two attributes? How powerful even is t
“Did the System just shout that to the entire world? How the fuck did Eric manage to get past 3700 in two attributes? How powerful even is that? Like, superman power? Super Punch Man power? And Elonia’s glowing! And my interface is congratulating me for joining a faction that’s now spread across the entire continent! You just know sh...
2025-06-23 03:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Congratulations! You have successfully destroyed: Doomsday Device! You have successfully subdued the American Administrative Counsel! You ha
Congratulations! You have successfully destroyed: Doomsday Device!
You have successfully subdued the American Administrative Counsel!
You have successfully completed the auxiliary-granted quest: Conflict Resolution! This Advanced White-Tier quest has granted you the boon of: 15 Spiritual Energy and the posit...
2025-06-20 03:59:31 +0000 UTC
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The air rang with the sound of monstrously thick bloodsteel bands exploding as Eric howled with a berserker’s fury. Hroka stumbled back, wid
The air rang with the sound of monstrously thick bloodsteel bands exploding as Eric howled with a berserker’s fury.
Hroka stumbled back, wide-eyed, blood trickling from his ears as he was braced by a grimacing Caliban, peering at the howling beast with undisguised hope as Hroka’s heart quailed with despair. Yet the court roared a...
2025-06-16 03:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Eric howled with furious despair, desperate to understand out how such a hideous curse could have such powerful hold on him. His disbelievin
Eric howled with furious despair, desperate to understand out how such a hideous curse could have such powerful hold on him. His disbelieving eyes grew wide with dismay as he sensed the thin crimson chain covered in thorns and familial blood binding him not just to the memory of a foe’s final spite-filled act… but to the literal millions...
2025-06-13 03:59:00 +0000 UTC
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Book 5 is finally out, my friends, and I'm so very grateful for all your encouragement and support during the process! It was a treat editin
Book 5 is finally out, my friends, and I'm so very grateful for all your encouragement and support during the process! It was a treat editing polishing Eric's adventures from first being trapped in a maze with little more than a collar around his neck to taking on the entire goblin faction in all his blazing glory.
If you wanted to show your...
2025-06-11 14:48:05 +0000 UTC
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At that moment the theater-sized screen that the entire feasting hall was staring at so intently suddenly crackled to life, revealing dozens
At that moment the theater-sized screen that the entire feasting hall was staring at so intently suddenly crackled to life, revealing dozens of chillingly familiar figures gathered together in what looked more like a sterile concrete bunker than the grandiose chambers filled with all the trappings of wealth and power that Eric would have exp...
2025-06-09 03:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Elonia took a shuddering breath, heart clenching as she took in the sight of her brother taking on a half dozen heavily warded Inquisitors.
Elonia took a shuddering breath, heart clenching as she took in the sight of her brother taking on a half dozen heavily warded Inquisitors.
Elonia took a shuddering breath, heart clenching as she took in the sight of her brother taking on a half dozen heavily warded Inquisitors. All of them radiating death’s promise. All of them arme...
2025-06-06 04:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“Surrender your throne, you silly fool of a girl. Surrender it before I tear that crown free of your skull!” Irene’s polished smile twisted
“Surrender your throne, you silly fool of a girl. Surrender it before I tear that crown free of your skull!” Irene’s polished smile twisted
“Surrender your throne, you silly fool of a girl. Surrender it before I tear that crown free of your skull!”
Irene’s polished smile twisted into a cold sneer. Her lips curle...
2025-06-02 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The air shook with the roar of flaring anti grav boosters upon the undercarriage of the massive shuttle slowly touching down in the heart of
The air shook with the roar of flaring anti grav boosters upon the undercarriage of the massive shuttle slowly touching down in the heart of the recently build starport in Freetown, arguably the most technologically sophisticated holding in all of Terra.
Or so the diligent-looking Hroka Levalier was briefed by the primly a...
2025-05-30 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“Your Grace, Lord Hroka and his entourage have arrived in port.” Caliban paled, swallowing as his tired eyes rested upon a solemn-faced Niki
“Your Grace, Lord Hroka and his entourage have arrived in port.”
Caliban paled, swallowing as his tired eyes rested upon a solemn-faced Nikita gently touching his shoulder with her finger, and for a moment it was only them in the increasingly busy command center for the entire Terran Branch of the Blue Federation that had someh...
2025-05-26 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Congratulations! You have successfully bested Contender Hencely Adams Augustus! You have claimed 12 Strength / 14 Vitality / 13 Quickness /
Congratulations! You have successfully bested Contender Hencely Adams Augustus! You have claimed 12 Strength / 14 Vitality / 13 Quickness /
Congratulations! You have successfully bested Contender Hencely Adams Augustus!
You have claimed 12 Strength / 14 Vitality / 13 Quickness / 12 Finesse / 13 Perceptio...
2025-05-23 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Hencely’s eyes bulged, clearly outraged at the smirk his foe dared to flash in the face of his own death. “You would dare to mock me with su
Hencely’s eyes bulged, clearly outraged at the smirk his foe dared to flash in the face of his own death. “You would dare to mock me with such a worthless stat, after you’ve been drained of all strength? Ha! SO BE IT! Men, show this fool what happens to those who oppose us! Fire at will!”
The air filled with no less t...
2025-05-19 04:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“The prisoners will step forward, now!” Brittany’s heart wrenched as she choked back a scream from the awful mounting dread consuming her as
“The prisoners will step forward, now!”
Brittany’s heart wrenched as she choked back a scream from the awful mounting dread consuming her as she was forced one awful step at a time to approach that hideous thing of twisted nightmare fuel that her brutal captors were dragging her and her entire family across the mud-slicked ...
2025-05-16 03:59:00 +0000 UTC
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“The gnolls still claim Plymouth, Newport, New Bedford, and Provincetown. Gnolls which, for some fucking reason, we haven’t even seen yet! T
“The gnolls still claim Plymouth, Newport, New Bedford, and Provincetown. Gnolls which, for some fucking reason, we haven’t even seen yet! Then we gotta take out Quincy and finally smash all the fuckers readying for their final push into Boston, if we’re going to free the northeast of those cackling shits once and for ...
2025-05-12 03:59:00 +0000 UTC
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Congratulations! You have SUCCESSFULLY Raised Gnoll Triple Masted Galleon as a Construct Revenant at the cost of 3/5ths of one Soul Point! C
Congratulations! You have SUCCESSFULLY Raised Gnoll Triple Masted Galleon as a Construct Revenant at the cost of 3/5ths of one Soul Point! Construct includes 74 24-Pounder cannons, 450 revenant seamen integral to the functioning of said ship, 780 barrels of gunpowder & 5000 24-pound shells & canisters. All ammunition...
2025-05-09 03:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Bunbun gave her master a pointed look as they dashed through the air at supersonic speeds. “So… instead of purging earth of every last orc…
Bunbun gave her master a pointed look as they dashed through the air at supersonic speeds. “So… instead of purging earth of every last orc…
Bunbun gave her master a pointed look as they dashed through the air at supersonic speeds.
“So… instead of purging earth of every last orc… we’re bedding them?”
Eri...
2025-05-05 03:45:00 +0000 UTC
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“Hey Orlin, how goes the contract?” The dwarven king, surrounded by his engineers animatedly discussing their most recent project being care
“Hey Orlin, how goes the contract?”
The dwarven king, surrounded by his engineers animatedly discussing their most recent project being carefully assembled before them, spun around, eyes going comically wide in surprise.
“Don’t sneak up on me like that!” The king huffed, the lone pair of honor guard bes...
2025-05-02 03:59:02 +0000 UTC
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