"Time for a ghost story, cowpokes. Not any old ghost story either - if you don't already know, let me tell you about what people are taking to callin'… the Ghost City.
Busan.
A city in Korea, four million lives… snuffed out in the Fourth Corpo War. Most fingers point at Militech, but thing is… it was a virus that killed Busan. Lab grown. The United Korean gov still has locked up in quarantine. One Corp in particular specializes in… biotech. And it ain...
2023-07-31 14:50:55 +0000 UTC
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"Hoowee, been a helluva week, huh? Y'all might have heard - an eight year old girl by the name of Vivian Calavera got crushed by some rubble in Watson, after a chunk of Konpeki Plaza got thrown into the building she was in. Happy to report - she lived. Which wasn't the likely outcome, given her family aren't Corpo's, so no Trauma Team for her. The kid surviving seems to be a genuine miracle. Especially considering how most Corpo's getting pulled out of the aftermath of Konpeki Plaza aren'...
2023-07-31 14:50:53 +0000 UTC
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"Breakin' news, darlin's. Mayor Lucius Rhyne has been pronounced dead by city hall and the NCPD. I'd give you more deets, but for whatever reason their lips are tighter than a bear trap on exactly how Rhyne died. Quite a few are probably going to think L did it, on account that the last big speech Rhyne had was him declaring L 'Public Enemy Number One'. Not that it did anything - no cop with anything between their ears is going to do anything but turn tail if they saw L. But, I don't thin...
2023-07-31 14:50:51 +0000 UTC
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"I'm going to become a wizard," Ned breathed in disbelief as we walked through the streets of New York. Naturally, the remark got a few glances from anyone that had been paying attention. Especially seeing as to everyone else, Ned was talking to himself. "Do you think I could learn to cast fireball?" He asked, glancing my way as we made our way to our destination.
"Probably," I answered, and that set Ned off. He looked about ready to start dancing in place. He just shone joy out of ever...
2023-07-29 15:01:43 +0000 UTC
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"Dude. Something’s wrong with Sebastian," Peter heard Ned say as he looked away from his current project. Ned seemed really far away for a moment before Peter realized that he was wearing his magnifying glasses and took them off. Now that he could actually see Ned, Peter saw his best friend seemed genuinely worried.
"What's wrong? Is he hurt?!" Peter questioned, jumping up to his feet, only to trip himself on the cables that he had running under and over his desk. The term organized c...
2023-07-29 15:01:41 +0000 UTC
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There was this little thing called self control that I had in spades, but also never particularly found any use for. Sure, it suddenly became relevant on the occasion but, if I was being particularly honest -- and I rarely was -- I mostly used self restraint to delay doing what I was already going to do until it became less of a pain in the ass. Meaning it came with less consequences. It was all about finagling things so that I was either in a position to run from them or could take the bite ...
2023-07-29 15:01:39 +0000 UTC
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What the fuck? What the fuck was happening?! I yanked up my pants while my ATs flared to life, sending out an expansive zero G zone that caught and suspended the falling rubble. However, it did nothing to protect us from the heat of the energy blast that had torn through the ceiling. I winced at it, a chunk propelled forward and smacking me in the head hard enough to ring my bell. Gritting my teeth, my Sharingan flared to life as a half formed skeleton surrounded both myself and Felicia. A ha...
2023-07-29 15:01:38 +0000 UTC
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"Are you sure it's a good idea to turn them loose like that?" Yoruichi remarked as I took measure of my payday. The second one since the Eight was founded and, boy, I think I got somewhere in the ballpark of a 500% raise in my paycheck. Was this what it felt like to be a CEO? Because all of a sudden, making pay cuts so the board can get some fat bonuses made a lot more sense. This was a pretty great feeling.
I had more money than one man could spend in a lifetime. Enough to kick my feet...
2023-07-28 14:29:58 +0000 UTC
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"So, the Eight became the Four, huh?" I muttered, kicking my feet up as the reports rolled on in. "Homelander sure can get shit done when he wants to," I observed. Cinder's tip off had been a huge help. Honestly, it had probably saved my ass. I needed to thank her for that. Maybe send her a gift basket? Eh, she seemed more of the 'darkest secrets of her enemies' type of girl. The point being was that even with her tipping me off that Vought and the government were about to start making some m...
2023-07-28 14:29:56 +0000 UTC
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Rumi didn't at all care for this world, she decided, raising a steelclad foot up high before bringing it down on the collar bone of some no-name villain. The bone buckled under the blow, the man crying out in pain as he collapsed and she was announced the winner. The crowd cheered like it had in any way been a fight.
Fuck, even the fighting rings in this world were garbage. The ones back home were so much better.
"This sucks," Rumi muttered, resisting the urge to adjust her hat to...
2023-07-28 14:29:54 +0000 UTC
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Cinder strode into the Seven’s headquarters, the large double doors parting for her well in advance. The Seven were seated at the table and if she were ignorant, she would call it an imposing sight. Homelander sat at the head of the table, a gracious smile tugging at his lips. The rest of the Seven were seated at the sides -- The Deep, who looked everywhere but at her, Queen Maeve, who was currently knocking back a cup of whiskey, Black Noir, who sat motionlessly…
The ones of the mo...
2023-07-28 14:29:52 +0000 UTC
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It almost felt like coming home, Guts thought as he carved through enemy lines, the camp caught completely off guard by their sudden arrival. He had killed plenty in the past couple of years, but there was something different about killing on a battlefield. The Nilfgaardian troops were an organized lot. Disciplined. The chaos of a battle, especially a surprise attack, couldn't be understated. Guts had been on both ends more times than he could count.
On the receiving end, you knew nothi...
2023-07-27 14:58:39 +0000 UTC
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The men were eager, I found. While trading was my intention, they sought battle and war. It was their own way to enrich themselves, and with near a thousand Saxons having joined us, they were ready to plunder and prove themselves. On the journey over, two hundred sets of riveted mail had managed to be completed. The task was proving to be more time consuming than expected, but two hundred sets was more than enough to make many men jealous of the armor.
Their excitement was only matched ...
2023-07-26 14:22:48 +0000 UTC
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There were many rivers that people claimed could take us straight to the fabled Miklagard, but Thorkell warned that most of them were false. He had done his own asking around, gathering what he knew from his own travels, to piece together what would be our route. That route being to first sail up into the Baltic sea around the Finnish tribes, then to a town called Novgorod. It was seated around a river that many claimed could take us south so long as we were willing to port our ships over lan...
2023-07-26 14:22:47 +0000 UTC
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Summer came and went, it felt like. Two more months passed and it officially became fall, the harvest season. Half a year seemed like so much time in theory, but it barely felt like I had arrived when we began to plan our departure. Food and water were secured, the boats had their hulls scraped of any sea life that would weaken the wood, and last-minute preparations were made as all of us felt the day of our departure inching closer.
I should be looking forward to it, I knew, looking ou...
2023-07-26 14:22:44 +0000 UTC
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Armor Smithing -- Basic
Creation and manufacturing of third tier armor: chainmail, riveted chainmail, scale-mail.
Weapon Smithing -- Basic
Creation and manufacturing of basic weapons: swords, axes, daggers, war hammers, and spears.
That was a choice that I had faced more than two months ago. It came to me when I was making another attempt at the plate mail that I had seen the Paladins wearing, though m...
2023-07-26 14:22:43 +0000 UTC
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"Time for a ghost story, cowpokes. Not any old ghost story either - if you don't already know, let me tell you about what people are taking to callin'… the Ghost City.
Busan.
A city in Korea, four million lives… snuffed out in the Fourth Corpo War. Most fingers point at Militech, but thing is… it was a virus that killed Busan. Lab grown. The United Korean gov still has locked up in quarantine. One Corp in particular specializes in… biotech. And it ain...
2023-07-24 14:47:55 +0000 UTC
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"Hoowee, been a helluva week, huh? Y'all might have heard - an eight year old girl by the name of Vivian Calavera got crushed by some rubble in Watson, after a chunk of Konpeki Plaza got thrown into the building she was in. Happy to report - she lived. Which wasn't the likely outcome, given her family aren't Corpo's, so no Trauma Team for her. The kid surviving seems to be a genuine miracle. Especially considering how most Corpo's getting pulled out of the aftermath of Konpeki Plaza aren'...
2023-07-24 14:47:52 +0000 UTC
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"Breakin' news, darlin's. Mayor Lucius Rhyne has been pronounced dead by city hall and the NCPD. I'd give you more deets, but for whatever reason their lips are tighter than a bear trap on exactly how Rhyne died. Quite a few are probably going to think L did it, on account that the last big speech Rhyne had was him declaring L 'Public Enemy Number One'. Not that it did anything - no cop with anything between their ears is going to do anything but turn tail if they saw L. But, I don't thin...
2023-07-24 14:47:50 +0000 UTC
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"Well, well, it's been a day and that lunk-headed Arasaka is still above snakes? Color me surprised. But good news foodies: Biotechnica is scrapping plans to bioengineer food from hazardous waste. Diners reportedly started airin' their paunches, saying everything tasted like cow pies... then exploded. Back to the lab, you crazy gonks. In the spirit of making such bad decisions as trying to make food outta rocket fuel and sticking around town with a guy like L catawamptiously fitting you a...
2023-07-24 14:47:48 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone, sorry about the late notice but I will be taking the 16-23 off, so next week for my birthday. I usually don't do anything for it, I was informed that I did, in fact, have plans for this one. So, between my birthday, a friend's birthday, and work, I think my writing time is going to be bit of a wash and it would be easier for me if I just took the week off.
Thank you for your understanding. I usually prefer giving more advanced notice, but I literally found out abou...
2023-07-15 14:51:36 +0000 UTC
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"Dude. Something’s wrong with Sebastian," Peter heard Ned say as he looked away from his current project. Ned seemed really far away for a moment before Peter realized that he was wearing his magnifying glasses and took them off. Now that he could actually see Ned, Peter saw his best friend seemed genuinely worried.
"What's wrong? Is he hurt?!" Peter questioned, jumping up to his feet, only to trip himself on the cables that he had running under and over his desk. The term organized c...
2023-07-15 14:51:33 +0000 UTC
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There was this little thing called self control that I had in spades, but also never particularly found any use for. Sure, it suddenly became relevant on the occasion but, if I was being particularly honest -- and I rarely was -- I mostly used self restraint to delay doing what I was already going to do until it became less of a pain in the ass. Meaning it came with less consequences. It was all about finagling things so that I was either in a position to run from them or could take the bite ...
2023-07-15 14:51:31 +0000 UTC
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What the fuck? What the fuck was happening?! I yanked up my pants while my ATs flared to life, sending out an expansive zero G zone that caught and suspended the falling rubble. However, it did nothing to protect us from the heat of the energy blast that had torn through the ceiling. I winced at it, a chunk propelled forward and smacking me in the head hard enough to ring my bell. Gritting my teeth, my Sharingan flared to life as a half formed skeleton surrounded both myself and Felicia. A ha...
2023-07-15 14:51:28 +0000 UTC
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I am the smartest man alive. Move on over Tony Stark, I have the biggest brain on Earth now. After all, what else could it be, what with the sheer awe inspiring brilliance of the date I planned for Black Cat? She was a thief, but she wasn't just any thief -- she was a thief that stole for the love of stealing. And, here we were, plundering a defenseless museum for all that it was worth.
"I think they'd bring out your eyes," I remarked as Felicia held up a solid gold necklace inlaid with...
2023-07-15 14:51:26 +0000 UTC
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"So, the Eight became the Four, huh?" I muttered, kicking my feet up as the reports rolled on in. "Homelander sure can get shit done when he wants to," I observed. Cinder's tip off had been a huge help. Honestly, it had probably saved my ass. I needed to thank her for that. Maybe send her a gift basket? Eh, she seemed more of the 'darkest secrets of her enemies' type of girl. The point being was that even with her tipping me off that Vought and the government were about to start making some m...
2023-07-14 14:21:38 +0000 UTC
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Rumi didn't at all care for this world, she decided, raising a steelclad foot up high before bringing it down on the collar bone of some no-name villain. The bone buckled under the blow, the man crying out in pain as he collapsed and she was announced the winner. The crowd cheered like it had in any way been a fight.
Fuck, even the fighting rings in this world were garbage. The ones back home were so much better.
"This sucks," Rumi muttered, resisting the urge to adjust her hat to...
2023-07-14 14:21:36 +0000 UTC
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Cinder strode into the Seven’s headquarters, the large double doors parting for her well in advance. The Seven were seated at the table and if she were ignorant, she would call it an imposing sight. Homelander sat at the head of the table, a gracious smile tugging at his lips. The rest of the Seven were seated at the sides -- The Deep, who looked everywhere but at her, Queen Maeve, who was currently knocking back a cup of whiskey, Black Noir, who sat motionlessly…
The ones of the mo...
2023-07-14 14:21:34 +0000 UTC
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"God damn," I breathed, blinking at the photo that Cinder had just forwarded to me. It was a picture of Starlight, standing before a mirror with a smile on her face. Which would make it a normal enough selfie, except for the fact that she was completely nude, showing off her modest bust. She didn't have any tan lines, I noticed, her lightly bronzed breasts capped with rosy pink nipples. What was more attention-grabbing was what was written on them in black sharpie -- 'Pinch Me' on the left bo...
2023-07-14 14:21:32 +0000 UTC
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Her father was doing his best to look regal and composed, but he had spent the better part of two days locked in a basement and, try as he might, he couldn't hide it. His hair was greasy, the perfumes he wore made the stench of sweat harsher, and his clothing was wrinkled and stained with dirt. All the same, he still held himself with composure, idly looking down at a map of Nilfgaard. "You're placing a great deal of faith in me," He made an idle remark that made Ciri regret having him brough...
2023-07-13 14:50:26 +0000 UTC
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