Scavengers
Many things became apparent to Vin as they entered the city. The first, beyond how bright everything was, was the sense of speed. From the large metal vehicles that zipped back and forth and around the roads, to just how the people in the city moved. The people walking quickly hurried about, as if there was no time to waste.
The fashion is radically different from what I would have expected either. Some people wore suits, of a different cut and material than wh...
2025-05-12 18:38:41 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Night City
The first breath was a shock, like a bolt of lightning throughout his entire body. Possibly more painful than that, since last he checked, he didn’t have a body anymore.
Elend’s vision swam before him as he tried to make sense of everything. Hills rose and swelled but they were jagged and wrong. Unnatural. Off in the distance he heard screeching sounds, bangs, and the crackle of fire. He tried to pull on tin instinctively, only to fail, his sto...
2025-05-12 01:15:37 +0000 UTC
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USJ
Today, they had a special lesson, so at the beginning of class they shuffled onto a bus. Ida shot up to the front of the bus to give the class directions on how to file onto the bus and be seated… only to be foiled by the bus having a different seating arrangement than he anticipated.
“I was never that bad, right?” Adora whispered to Catra. The feline-esque girl made a face like she was thinking about it before snorting.
“Nah. I mean you might have been had… yo...
2025-05-10 16:10:29 +0000 UTC
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They walked in silence for the first few minutes, the Grandmaster smiling peacefully, easy to mistake for a doddering old grandfather if she didn’t know better. Elizabeth, on the other hand, was on pins and needles. Was he going to take away her powers too? Kick her out? What if-
“I really have been spending too much time out and about, haven’t I?” He asked suddenly.
“Huh?”
“Maybe I haven’t paid enough attention to the temple, but I still he...
2025-05-10 16:01:08 +0000 UTC
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First Day of Class
“Wow, it’s so…”
“I can’t believe how…”
“Look at it all…”
“It’s big, we get it.” Catra’s voice caused the rest of the Etherians to turn and give her a flat look.
“Big? Just big?!” Adora exclaimed, waving her arms about in the entrance. “I get big, this school is as huge as the Frig- as where we grew up together.” She quickly corrected herself. Right, gotta remember not to use names of places or some...
2025-05-09 16:53:34 +0000 UTC
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Afterthoughts
The third year business track students had all been given the entrance exam to watch over and review as part of their final exam. Assessing someone’s potential from the start was a key factor in setting up successful hero agencies, and other businesses, so the review served as a good test for them. After they had all left however, the same footage and review room was used by the teachers, as they were the ones who actually had to deal with the kids for the next thre...
2025-05-08 22:54:06 +0000 UTC
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This is the same poll I had previously, but this time with the ability to vote for multiple options which I forgot to put in last time! Whoops.
2025-05-08 12:31:44 +0000 UTC
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Since I've been at this Patreon thing for a few months, I thought I'd get some feedback on what everyone is interested in and wants to see more or less of.
2025-05-07 17:21:46 +0000 UTC
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2025-05-07 17:04:19 +0000 UTC
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Entrance Exam
“Everyone’s looking at us,” Bow whispered as they walked into the large auditorium. Around them there were thousands of students, and indeed, a few of them were looking at the group.
“It’s fine, they’re barely paying attention,” his girlfriend, Glimmer stated, striding ahead. It appeared teleporting into the Yuuei School Entrance Exam caused a bit of a stir, even among the hero hopefuls. But quickly even that attention faded away, the young students dis...
2025-05-07 17:02:15 +0000 UTC
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“ALEXANDRA!!” I cried out, looking shocked at the mousy little girl that had just annihilated my friend. To my own disappointment, I just stared at her in shock for a moment. How had I not been prepared for this? I knew there were plenty of dangerous powers, but still- Why hadn’t she ever used this power before?
“She’s trapped in another dimension. She’ll be stuck there for at least a good while... if she survives at all.” The one who did it told the other classma...
2025-05-07 16:37:47 +0000 UTC
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Earth? You call your planet 'dirt?' Really?
“Okay, so,” Glimmer huffed out, a tad out of breath after that man had chased them. They’d lost him down a couple of sidestreets. “At least we know the translation spell I cast worked.” It was hard to look on the bright side of things given the situation they were in. Panicking doesn’t help any of us, though, especially not mom.
Glimmer noted that she was also panting harder than any of the other four. She was hardly...
2025-05-06 20:30:17 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Earth, hope you like it Quirky!
“You’re sure there’s an Etherian signal this way?” Queen Glimmer of Brightmoon asked for the third time.
Bow, self-appointed ‘Techmaster’ of the rebellion, looked over his shoulder to shoot a mildly exasperated look at his girlfriend. “Yeah, I’m sure. It’s… odd though.” Something about this signal seems familiar, beyond just the baseline readings though.
“Got an alien sibling you never told u...
2025-05-05 20:17:36 +0000 UTC
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Blearily, I opened my eyes, feeling like hell. Ugh, what happened- oh, yeah. That. The memories of my clash with the Paradox Pokemon hit me like the loss of Aura. Which was currently making me feel incredibly sluggish and weak.
“She’s awake!” A female voice called out, and straining my body to turn, I saw Buffy’s face above me. After a second, I realized that was because she was carrying me, easily hefting me in her buff arms. Oh wow.
“You do...
2025-04-30 14:07:51 +0000 UTC
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The first thing Elizabeth noted about the room was how large a crowd had been gathered there. The usual sparring ring had been elevated somehow to separate it further from the other Initiates and Adepts littered around the ring. She didn’t know how or why word had spread so quickly, but it had, and now she had over a hundred people watching her intently as she approached the ring (realistically she knew that wasn’t actually a huge number considering there were over a thousand Dream Warrio...
2025-04-26 16:27:23 +0000 UTC
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Opening up the fight was Major with his laser beams streaking across the gym at us. I danced to the side and around it while Alex just raised her wings together as a ‘shield.’ As far as tactics went, I didn’t think that one was the smartest, as it just obscured Alex’s vision, and her wings, while tough, didn’t seem to be any tougher than the rest of her body; hopefully we’d have time to discuss that later.
I raised my hand and fired a bone spike out at Major. Before it could...
2025-04-23 17:30:33 +0000 UTC
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Author: Sky Fyre
Published: 2023
This article contains spoilers for the Scarlet and Violet games.
So, we’ve had Scarlet and Violet out for a week now, and a certain Trainer is already getting a reputation up there with some of Pokemon’s worst offenders for toughest fight in the game. That’s right, I’m talking about Nemona Glitterati, your rival. She’s the first one you fight at the start, and the one you have to fight near the very end.
Nemona is inf...
2025-04-19 17:53:43 +0000 UTC
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The days spent waiting for my arm to heal fully weren’t spent idly. Getting Bahamut used to his new body and power was a great deal of fun, though even Kofu agreed it should probably be done outside of the city limits (especially after I realized how much damage our battle had wrought). I also got him started on a bunch of Moves that he couldn’t use before. Despite his body shape remaining quite similar, several Moves like Earthquake were impossible or prohibitively difficult to learn in ...
2025-04-16 12:06:23 +0000 UTC
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Fast healing. Size enhancement through personal-focused Folding. Precision telekinesis with Force. Imprecise area Force blasts. Combat training. Studying the arts. Dual Ability use. Meditation. Combat training. Endurance drills. Day-to-day running of an organization as large as the Order. History lessons. Dreamscape creation and control. Combat training. Dream elements interpretation and insights.
Did she mention combat training?
The next...
2025-04-12 17:53:19 +0000 UTC
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“Why is someone going to such trouble to hurt you?” I questioned as we ran away.
“I don’t know! You were controlled by them, do you have any ideas?”
I shook my head as we whipped around a corner. “They tried to make me afraid of you and were demanding I kill you, but it didn’t work when I questioned why I should be afraid of you.” That’s ‘mostly’ true. At the very least, it didn’t seem targeted or specific - someone who knew who I truly was better ...
2025-04-09 17:23:01 +0000 UTC
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I itched at my shoulder, waiting eagerly for the bell to ring and to be free from this hellhole. Mr. Gladly droned on, oblivious to the plight of his students. “...Now, who can tell me the greatest impact of para technological advancements on our society. Anyone?”
When no one jumped to volunteer, he picked me out. “Taylor!” In response, I lifted up my left arm. “Do you have a question? We’re near the end of the period so if you need to use the washroom you’ll have to wait-...
2025-04-05 16:18:51 +0000 UTC
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Cascarrafa, the jewel of the West. I can see why they call it that, I mused as I walked through the streets. Porto Marinada wasn’t bad, but it lacked the beauty of this city, with its gorgeously blue and white patterns on the streets and tiered walls. Those walls had small platforms built across them at several points, ferrying people down from the higher levels built into the cliffs above to the lowest level on the desert floor, and vice versa.
Despite the arid environment j...
2025-04-02 16:18:04 +0000 UTC
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Dream Walking classes quickly grew to be one of Elizabeth’s most enjoyable classes; the Adept teaching them gave them a lot of freedom to play around with their powers. Most of the others were behind her in terms of manipulation, only Mordrell keeping up (his range didn’t seem to be as broad as hers, but he had a lot of precision in his creations and how he could manipulate things), but it was fun enough to try her own ideas out. Usually they were even pretty fun, and rarely did Adept Pas...
2025-03-29 16:35:43 +0000 UTC
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Sound sleep again eluded me. Breaking my schedule, I tried sleeping in as the days went on, in the hopes that that would help. It didn’t. If anything, I just felt more tired as the nights passed restlessly. The focus of the nightmares remained elusive, but I could start to pick a few more horrible details from it with each night. It was some force, some evil oppressive thing chasing after me.
By the end of the weekend, I tried shifting forms to see if any of those would lighten the pr...
2025-03-26 17:28:14 +0000 UTC
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The light from the portal faded, the words of the Blacksmith rang in Ruby's head as she opened her silver eyes. 'A land far from your own, but with endless possibilities. Your path back might be long, but do not doubt yourself or what you need to do.'
Cryptic or not, the Huntress felt reassured by the words as she looked around and took in her surroundings. We're in the middle of nowhere, hooray! She was in the middle of a dusty crossroads, plains of tall grass spreading ...
2025-03-22 19:59:29 +0000 UTC
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"Who are you?” The tribeswoman demanded more than asked. Despite her fierce nature and the low growl of the Drakloak beside her, I was unmoved. Hassel doesn’t act as aggro as this usually, but he can be far scarier when he tries to be, and I won’t let him stop me either.
“Hail and well met,” I called out evenly over the plain, giving her and the two other similarly dressed Dragon Tamers I spotted respectful but not submissive nods. By my side, Miles moved up subtly, n...
2025-03-19 16:50:24 +0000 UTC
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‘Combat Basics’ was the first class she had in the morning, and it was located deep within the mountain. Not as far down as the Great Tree, as she found out when an older Initiate helped turn her around, but about as close as most things were.
The room it was in had more than just the initiates from her trial group in it (and not even all of them, some others having enough combat training to not need that introductory class). The floor seemed to have some padding to it, and there we...
2025-03-15 16:44:41 +0000 UTC
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Coach Beachwood was waiting for us students as we arrived in the gym under the school. They didn’t have the walls dividing the space this time, just a wide-open room for the entire class. All the students were there, Combat Class being larger and only happening once a week (and was twice as long as a regular class). I shuffled off to the girls changing room after Alex asked for help with her uniform again when they entered the gym. Outwardly I looked perfectly fine, but I was feeling incred...
2025-03-12 15:45:22 +0000 UTC
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The Mystery of the Sandwich Thief!
“What are you doing?” A voice asked, and I most definitely did not jump up from behind the couch and shriek.
“Quiet!” I hissed, waving her down. She was standing at the edge of the lounge room while I had resumed my tactical crouch behind the couch near the edge. Off on the other side of the room was the fridge and sink, with a few tables and chairs on the other side. Light gently streamed in from the small windows on the side, giv...
2025-03-08 17:58:01 +0000 UTC
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“Ahh, finally free from the wretched snow!” I declared brightly, stepping lightly on the frosty grass. “Well, mostly free,” I amended, turning to glare at the mountain behind me.
This was a mistake, as it opened me up to a pile of snow thrown my way. “Gah!” I shrieked as the cold matter hit the side of my head and slid down my jacket.
Turning around, I glared at Phantasm, the Zoroark chuckling evilly at my discomfort. “Oh, it is on!” With a fierce battle cry and a ...
2025-03-05 15:28:31 +0000 UTC
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