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Scarlet - Chapter 48

•  AN: It's Friday, so here is the latest chapter of Scarlet's adventures on Verdun. Enjoy. 

Scarlet was focused on nothing but keeping her footing in the dark forest, trying to get as much distance between herself and the clearing she had stabbed Telram on as she could. She was certain that the wounds she had caused him would be fatal, the only remaining questions were how long he would remain alive and how long he would take to understand his situation. Ri...

Chapter 208

Working with Still was quite educational. One thing that I noticed instantly was that she was using magic in a far more encompassing fashion than I was, doing things with it that I would have used my hands for with her magic. I learned that she had specifically learned an application of Wind Magic, even without having talent for the rest of it, allowing her to essentially use telekinesis, easily making up for her lack of hands. Her other magic was essentially the opposite of Leno...

Irminsul - Chapter 3

The next day, Dad took me to the hospital, or rather, the small office with its own entrance staffed by a med-tech or two, responsible for calibrating chips for new applications. We had to wait a few minutes before we were called up and, after Dad filled out the required information and waivers, I was soon taken into the back by a technician. 

“So,” the technician paused for a second, looking at the fle, “Christina it says you’ll get the full unlock for Irminsu...

Irminsul - Chapter 2

Finally, almost two hours after school had ended, I was home. It was a little ridiculous that I had waited an hour and a half for the bus, considering that I would have been able to walk the distance in a little over an hour. When I opened the door, I was greeted by our dear dog, Treya, the best four-legged friend a girl could ever want. Nobody really knew what breed she was, we had gotten her from the shelter two years ago, but whatever she was, it was big. Our current guess was...

Irminsul - Chapter 1

•  AN: While the RoyalRoadies wait for the fiction to be approved, I continued writing. Enjoy, Chapter 1

My eyelids felt unnaturally heavy, as if some supernatural force tried to close them.

I was not quite sure which force that was, there were a few that might be responsible, chief among them the borning, droning voice of Mrs. Glesmer, trying to impart some pointless wisdom to us. Assisting the force that was the sedating effect of her voice was the knowle...

Irminsul - Prologue

•  AN: It's NaNoWriMo and right when the clock hit midnight, I started to write. Enjoy ;)

A strange sound intruded into my ears, stabbing into them sharply, like I thought an icepick would. For a split-second, I had no idea just where on Earth I was and when my eyes opened, light flooded into them, causing me to blink the spots away.

Keeping my eyes closed, for now, I focused on the sounds I was hearing and after a second or two, I realised what I was heari...

DLM Bk 4 Chapter 38

Watching through Anath’s visor as she advanced into the dark parts of the devastated shopping-maul, I felt almost as if I was watching a horror-movie, just with the difference that I knew it to be real. I almost expected some strange, mutated monster to jump from the shadows, even knowing that such a thing was highly unlikely. But it just would not do to let Anath advance on her own, not if I could help it. Taking the information gathered by her suit was easy, I had made it aft...

Chapter 207

“Come, friends, the elders need their quiet.” Swiftstride told us, before turning and leaving the room. As we did, I saw a notice in the corner of my eye, telling me that I had gained a massive increase in reputation with the Pack of the North Wind, brining my social status, something I had yet to raise to anything but neutral, up to a level called Honored Friend. Part of me wanted to laugh, that the first group I had befriended in a way the system recognised was a wolf-pack....

DLM Bk 4 Chapter 37

The light of dawn allowed us to see the true devastation with our own eyes. There was something more direct about seeing the damage directly as opposed to seeing it on a screen, as captured by a camera. 

The school-yard we had landed on was on a small hill, giving us a sight out, towards the ocean, and, as far as I could see, there was not a single building that had not been damaged or destroyed. I could see a few desolate figures in the ruins and I could see the emerg...

Chapter 206

Why did I have a light feeling of dejá-vu?

Ignoring that feeling, I focused on the two wolves, especially the older, more powerful wolf. 

“You told me to do right by my allies. These two-legs came to our aid when we needed it, they fought on our side, doing anything but invite them would be a disservice.” Swiftstride answered and I could hear the pride in his voice.

The alpha looked over us again and I felt the feeling of Observation again and despite ...

DLM Bk 4 Chapter 36

After the initial greetings, Fey guided us into the school, after I made sure to lock the plane. While nobody but me could actually fly it, we had tons of supplies with us and if those were stolen, it would be rather problematic.

Inside the school, we were met with a mix of local authorities and foreign immediate responders, all trying to coordinate the search and rescue efforts. Luckily, at least language would not be a problem, everyone I heard was speaking English, likel...

DLM Bk 4 Chapter 35

After take-off, I mentally went over the eight relatively unknowns currently in the back of my aircraft and what I had seen of them during the short walk to the plane.

Two of them, Pheronica and Metanite, I had seen before, one of them even twice. They had been present during the hearing regarding Battlemaster’s attack on me, albeit their reactions had been quite different. Metanite had seemed relatively unconcerned that I had been attacked without reasonable cause, Phero...

Chapter 205

I hadn’t been quite sure what to expect when the wolves told us they would take us to the Great Den. There had been visions of an ordinary wolf’s den only scaled up to eleven in my head but also more fantastical variants, something out of other games, where non-humanoid races had their own cities, built very much like those of humanoid races, only a lot bigger and more grandiose. But mostly, those cities had been attributed to dragons, without going into reasons why a dragon ...

Scarlet Chapter 47

After carefully wetting Keera’s lips, trying to get at least some water into the unconscious woman, Scarlet settled down for the night, trying to find a state of aware tranquility. Her body was rather tired, thanks to the efforts of the day, as was her mind, but it would just not do to fail in her set task.

As she sat there, her eyes looking out over the lake without seeing it, she slowly felt herself calm, only focusing on her breathing. It was almost like her meditation...

DLM Bk4 Chapter 34

I was rather impressed with Technica when we returned. While she was not personally there to greet us, Robert Glint, who seemed to be one of her main aides was there. And he was not alone, there were about twenty workers, despite it being late on Christmas Eve, or rather, early on Christmas Day. Yet, here they were, having been pulled from wherever they normally worked, or maybe Technica had some sort of storage closet for henchman, who knew. But they were there and some of them ...

DLM Bk 4 Ch 33

My new toy was everything I had designed it for and more. The software Galatea and I had designed to allow us to control it as a unit worked great, the usual flow of ideas between us even faster and with less of a separation. But that was only half of what made flying it so great, there was also the feeling of power and control, of knowing that I could go wherever I wanted and there was little anyone could do to stop me. Freedom, like I had never known before, the freedom to take...

Chapter 204

After we agreed to escort them to their den, I took a moment to look into my log, just in case there was something urgent. 

• You have been part of a Battle. As you were not part of either of the groups struggling, your EXP-Cut is greatly reduced. You gain 18.723 EXP.

• Skill increased
• You increased your skill: Blood Rune-Mastery [57/100]

When nothing jumped out to me...

DLM Bk 4 Chapter 32

“So, what was that chuckle about earlier?” Sophia asked me when we were clearing up after the party. When a couple of reasonably sober people had decided to deal with the bit of a mess the party had left during the evening, the two of us had joined in to help. Neither of us was big into drinking, I had not, and saw no reason to, acquire the taste while Sophia was prone to hangovers and as such kept away from alcohol altogether.

“Oh, just a joke in my inner monologue.�...

DLM Bk 4 Chapter 31

After the gift-giving was finished, Sophia and I went around talking to a few of our friends. Nisha was one of the first we ran into and she instantly gave me a big hug with a smile.

“Thank you for the jewelry, where did you get it?” she asked, sounding exuberant and more than a little tipsy. 

“The workshop, of course.” I answered, grinning a little. It was not easy to surprise Nisha, thanks to her empathic senses, she would instantly notice if you were u...

Chapter 203

Kneeling, I took stock of the worst looking wolf. Luckily, it seemed that it hadn’t been downed by the severity of its wounds, albeit they were rather ghastly, but due to the fact that its legs were wounded and unable to carry it further. But fleshwounds were relatively easy to handle with my blood runes, damage to internal organs or bones would be harder. Ignoring the growling coming from the wolf, I drew upon my own power, quickly writing the necessary runes around the wound ...

DLM Bk 4 Chapter 30

When I walked into the party, I was rather glad that I had convinced the others to keep it a little subdued, the music loud enough to dance to but not loud enough to drown out your thoughts. 

“Just on time, as always.” Sophia greeted me, before giving me a soft kiss.

“Nowhere I would rather be.” I answered, feeling a little mushy as I did. But the smile on Sophia’s face was well worth it. And it was true, as long as I defined ‘here’ as encircled by ...

NaNoWriMo2019

As some of you might know, I plan to write another story for NaNoWriMo this year. There are two stories floating around in my head, either of which would make for a good read, at least I hope so.

The first one," Irminsul", is a Slice-of-Life VRMMORPG-Story, a lot more grounded in reality than Jaded Life and keeping a balance between In-Game (and it will be a game, not a second life, like Jaded Life) and the real world.

The other one "Never trust a pretty face" is a Sci-Fi Space Op...

DLM Bk 4 Ch 29

It had been a little more than two months since I had presented the original plans of the Valkyrie, as Technica had dubbed my Command&Control-Gunship, and in that time, I had invested a lot of time into building it. Technica herself had decided that it would be a good asset to have for the Guild, even if I had made stipulations that it would be under my sole and personal control. Given that the operating system for the craft was only operable with Galatea to direct the differ...

Chapter 202

For just a moment, I was tempted to ignore Ylva and continue my previous plans. Sadly, the mood was just gone, and the lust that had previously coloured Sigmir’s face was replaced with concern. 

Pushing myself up, I looked over to her, asking “Can you hear which wolves they are?”

I was reasonably certain that she was able to, I highly doubted she would ask to go, help the black wolves we had fought before, but I wanted to be certain.

“I’m not sure...

DLM Bk 4 Ch 28

“So, what do you think?” I asked Technica, the day after Sophia had accepted her Guild-Membership.

“I think we need to talk.” Technica announced, her voice slightly strained. I could understand why, what she was looking at was something to be concerned about. During the early hours of the day, when sleep eluded me, I had contemplated things with Galatea and dug up something I had considered before but discarded as impractical. Or rather, practical but not for purpos...

Scarlet Ch 46

“What a mess.” Scarlet muttered to herself, checking Keera’s pulse. Finding it was easy and it felt strong, if rather fast. Another check made sure that Keera’s monster crystal was still secured in her pouch. After a second of hesitation, Scarlet took it into custody, until Keera was back on her feet. She was simply not sure if Keera’s mental control of the crystal would break at any point and if it did, having it near her person would allow Scarlet to handle the monste...

DLM Bk 4 Ch 27

“She’s trying, you know?” Sophia’s voice caused me to look up. I had noticed her standing there, watching me, about a minute ago, but I had been working on the flight-frame and waited for her to say something. Sadly, I needed a second to understand what she meant, causing her to continue. 

“Technica. Or Andrea, she offered me to use that name if it was in private.” 

“What do you mean?” I had been aware that Technica was going out of her way t...

DLM Bk 4 Ch 26

The next morning, I woke right on time for my normal breakfast. Not wanting to disturb Tanisha, who started to grumble just from me turning around in my bed after waking up, I headed out. Not to breakfast, I was planning to wait for Sophia for that, but to get a good cup of coffee and look for a seat in the sun.

Finding both was not hard and soon, I was in the mental space I shared with Galatea while my body soaked up sunlight, producing vital vitamin D. Sadly, what Galatea a...

DLM Bk 4 Ch 25

The night’s air felt cool on my skin, as Sophia and I exited the club in a outwardly calm, but inwardly tense, fashion. It had been fun, dancing with the others, but no matter if we started out with different partners or alone, we ended up dancing close together within a very short time. And that was what I had enjoyed the most, Sophia’s presence right next to me, sometimes pressing against me, moving in unison with me, it was almost intoxicating. Galatea had been right, I ne...

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