AbnormalvAverage a.k.a. J.D. Mullenary Sr.

Prologue(kinda), a bunch of updates

Aloha Symphonians,

The prologue will follow after this little write-up. It's a different kind of story, with a different kind of writing style, something I'm testing out that has so far received positive reviews.

So, here we are. Monday (tomorrow) I'll put a poll in the RR field to see which of the one-liners people like the most. I'll give that a few days to get some votes, then, give each winner an upgrade or access to Patreon, and quickly go on Hiatus.

Edits for...

Final Book and Audiobook Covers for Symphony #1

I did point out that Johnathon McClain looks like Moolain, but it is what it is. Also, Book 1 stubbing on both Patreon and RR will occur in late June.

First chapter for TBatS is in Betareader review, first eight chapters for edited Book 3 are in the same place. Should have some for you this weekend, as well as Patreon entering Hiatus.

Poll: Now that the end has come...

What are your thoughts? Good? Bad? Terrible? Satisfying? Electric? I'd like to know, as it's my first time ending a series.

Symphony Book 4: Epilogue

All across Symphony, events were occurring at a rapid pace. 

In the one thousand, two hundred and twenty-two years that Symphony had been without a Creator, multiple crises, tribulations, and calamities had occurred.

The Unending Summit, once the primo and only religion, had faded into obscurity. Its original members had become martyrs, myths, and legends in a world now run by pure strength of arm or volume of currency, rather than heroics. 

In its place had sprung...

Chapter 177: Just a Moment

Author's note: Just a heads up, there's still an epilogue to follow, though it probably won't be posted till tomorrow. I apologize, as it leaves a lot open, but I can't do anything about it as my computer is still down...spiders man. Spiders.

Chapter 177: Just a Moment

Alma…

Alma stared at the man wrapped in the annoyingly light-green power of his soul. 

Green. Of course it was green.

Not many Awakened wer...

One-Liner Competition

Hello everyone,

To coincide with the competition being held on Royal Road, I'm offering you the same chance, but at an upgraded option.

Here's the message:

Because Alexander absolutely loves to create one-liners, the kind you would see in a cheesy 80's film, I'm willing to give three one-month sub's to my Patreon to the top three one-liners. I'll go through them all and pick out the top five to ten, then place a poll here so everyone gets a chance to vote.

Chapter 175: Trump Cards & Chapter 176: Consequences

Almost done! 7K weekend. Enjoy!

Chapter 175: Trump Cards

Walker stared at the man, and the man stared right back into him. The battle was almost done. In a swift strike, the top elites of the entire Evolver faction were dead or dying. Bodies of Awakened littered the area around them in even greater numbers, but that didn’t seem to matter to the man with the wide smile.

“No questions? No confusion about my grand conquest here?” He said w...

The May Symphony Newsletter!

Warning: This is the final edition of the Symphony Newsletter. There should be a single TBatS Newsletter, then a whole new format for the Primordial Poet Newsletter. For those who have been following along for a while, you'll notice distinct changes and foreshadowing in each edition. I thought it was a fun little add-on to being a Patreon subscriber.

BTS May

Heyo Symphonians (I'm just going with it),

So, about 4 chapters left in the series. May turn into 5, but probably not. Only, I ran into a big problem. I have the next chapter written and part of the one after that, but my computer started to run into issues last week. I did my normal maintenance as I'm pretty tech-savvy, but the errors continued and I couldn't figure it out.

So, like any guy who thinks they know computers but is completely lost, I took it to BestBuy, wh...

Chapter 173: Final Battle's End & Chapter 174: The Center

Including these two, there should be six more chapters, and an Epilogue.

Chapter 173: Final Battle's End

On Earth…

Lex wandered around New Delhi. The city, once the capital of one of the Earth’s largest countries, was now the broken ruin of a quickly fading civilization. All that was left was rubble, lost dreams, and the remnants of humanity, picking up the pieces.

An average-sized monkey lifted its head in the air...

Chapter 171: Transcendence & Chapter 172: To Evolve

Chapter 171: Transcendence

Within the enlarged chamber, several uncomfortable processes occurred simultaneously. Kernels began to be formed. First as a spec, then a tiny orb, then something greater. Mana Veins traveled throughout the body of the Creator, their process starting by forming individually, then connecting to one another as the autonomous machine did its work. 

With a few precise movements, Walker made a change to the design in the console...

Hard at work

Howdy folks,

A quick update. Should have at least two chapters for you this weekend, and wanted to give a warning that things are going to come to a very fast head soon. Once that happens, I'm currently debating with my beta readers on if I should edit book 3 and 4 simultaneously, knock them out, then write TBatS, or if I should do 3, TBatS, then 4.

The reason it's a tricky debate is simply because editing and writing are two different monsters. When you're editing, you...

Chapter 169: Idolatry & Chapter 170: Symphonian

Author's note: I just hit a million views on Royal Road and posted about it here as well as in my story: https://www.royalroad.com/forums/8629

Chapter 169: Idolatry

If Walker hadn’t accelerated time so much, he’d never have completed the work within his soul before Ra’jin made it to Sonata. He knew it was a cheat. A way of preparing himself for the battle that gave...

Chapter 168: Origin

If Walker attempted the same process he’d done on Conduction, the pain would be akin to lighting his soul on fire…again. It simply wouldn’t work. But he had more information now. To burn out the Godeater, you don’t attack your own soul, but rather, the system-built writing of the Godeater itself.

And what better way to get rid of a system than with another one? 

What was left inside of him was a partial imprint. The majority had been excised by his soul the moment he�...

The April Symphony Newsletter!

Monthly Poll

Yes, yes. I know. I just posted the other one. But I realized there may be a better option for the sticker. So, behold!

I need to know, by your vote, which you like more. Contractions are bullshit, or Indeed. Both I think have value, but even my Beta readers are split on this.  While the poll is open t...

Tier 2+ Long Promised Merch

Howdy folks.

I wanted to give a heads up that, finally, the Tier2+ merch will be automatically given to every Tier2+ Patron after three consecutive payments.

Behold!

....

Oh, it's an attachment.

Anyways. It's automatically in the system, and you don't have to pay a dime that you weren't already paying. It comes out of my monetary funds rather than yours.

Be on the lookout for Tier 3 and 4 merchandise (when I can afford the designs)

As alway...

Chapter 167: Overwhelming

Author note: Reminder: No chapter on the upcoming Saturday. Also, this is a double chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 167: Overwhelming

A single breath. That was all it took for the Godeater parasite to recognize the souls in his proximity and activate. Like a starving predator finding a lame gazelle on the savannah, Walker felt the moment his whole body went into hunger overdrive.

Fuck me, he thought to himself as every feeling in his body foc...

Chapter 166: The Button

Author's note:

Single chapter now, with a follow-up chapter tomorrow. Ran into some issues this week (personal and fucked me up), and I have a tournament. That means that next weekend will be a single chapter, though a big one. I promise to make it up to you later.

This chapter has been a very long time coming. I hope you like it.

Chapter 166: The Button

A weakened amount of Temporal energy still covered Walker, and he knew it wouldn�...

Chapters 164+165

Chapter 164: To Slice

Only a moment ago, a crazed man with a shattered cheekbone had been smiling up at the sky. Now, all that was left of him was the still-dropping blood, gore, and chips of bone in the bloodiest shower Walker had ever taken.

In the most non-threatening way he could, he slowly turned to the hissing laughter under the pitter-patter of red rain.

“I found youuu,” The Slicer hissed out, “Fouund you.”

The Slicer had grown....

Chapters 162+163

Chapter 162: The Impossible Task; The Final Battle Begins

Swallowed in the darkness of space and a sun disappearing without warning, Walker did what his now long ago training had taught him.

He got the lay of the land.

The sun was missing. Poof! Gone.

Everything he’d ever built, including the large amount of his mistakes from Romulus and Remus, were now a part of Symphony, including Dion and Jacoby, who just wanted to be left alone. The “l...

Chapter 160 (updated) + Chapter 161

Author's note: Hugeee cliffhanger warning. It's why I didn't want you guys to have to wait for more chapters and what took so long to get this all done. Two more chapters should be posting today as well, though at a slightly later time. Thanks!

Chapter 160: At First There Were Two (Updated)

It was close to ten hours before Walker finally stepped through the portal, his feet landing on the soft grass-covered dirt of Sonata. He’d already confirmed ...

Open poll question

Question for everyone.

Still writing the final battle, obviously, but my ADHD forces me to consider Primordial Poet's plot at the same time. Good and bad thing, I suppose.

Here's the question, and this is a real one.

I'm considering having Lex be granted an assistant that would effectively have access to his overlay. It could offer advice, help with things, even give instructions when need be. But, I want it to have a unique charm as a character. Otherwise, it's basically...

Weekend Update

Howdy folks. This isn't a negative message but a positive one.

I've already updated chapter 160, which you'll see Saturday, and written the bonus chapter that follows. I'm also hoping to get two more chapters done before Saturday, so you get it all in one, 4 chapter, lump sum.

Rather than releasing two today (updated 160 and 161), I'd rather you get the next two chapters with it so you're not left on a serious cliffhanger (likely the largest of the series). So, with that, I hope...

Chapter 159+160

Author's note: Double chapter yo! Felt good and knocked out two today. First chapter is as promised, second chapter popped into my head, but felt necessary. I'll be honest, I may add on to 160 later on, but for now, it works. Enjoy, Going to post an extra chapter this week so I can make up for last weekend.

First chapter is a little long, second is a little short. Thanks!

Chapter 159: Last Days

Alexander

"Destiny's cal...

Chapter 158: The Liberated Ones (IV)

Walker ran a quick hand against the wall as they continuously walked in the darkness. Slime and smells better left unsaid came away on the tips of his fingers, an almost gritty feeling to the material. No thought had run through his head before the action. It’d been practically instinctive to do so, a bucket list item from when he was six that he quickly wished he hadn’t done.

But how often could you say you walked down a sewer tunnel? One that was on a different planet, in an alter...

The March Symphony Newsletter

BTS: March: Open to All

So, only one chapter this weekend.

I know, I know, I've been having a harder time than usual getting these out. But that's a multifold answer which I'll bring to the fore right now.

1. My work has gone insane. For those of you who read the discord, you know what I'm talking about. My grand hope, and the hope of all twelve of my patrons, is that I will one day write full-time. Should that ever arrive, I estimate I'll have 3 chapters a week, released on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday s...

Cut Scene

I cut this from 156, but wanted you guys to be able to see it. Enjoy!

The Supreme A.I. shifted from the indulgent Dionysian model it was using to the Cardinal Walker had first met when creating the Territory system.

“So, the Creator himself deigns to approach me. I’m running your systems, flawlessly I might add, so I am curious as to what you might be doing here?”

Walker scratched his chin, “About that. I was curious-”

“No, really. You created us, fo...

Chapters 156+157

Author's note: Howdy everyone. These long stretches where I post everything at once are strange for me. I keep thinking that I'm messing up (on Sunday) and forgetting something. I suppose that will happen when you've been doing something like this for as long as I have. These two chapters are a little shorter than normal, as will the one that follows (probably). It's a conclusion to the Luck's Haven/Sky/Alexander/Elsie arcs I've been doing for years now. I hope you enjoy it, as starting next ...