Fabled Webs

Life: 12. A Fateful Encounter

Chapter 12: A Fateful Encounter

Zatanna Zatara
Tower of Fate, MA, USA

The instant we touched the cane, we were teleported to a labyrinth. It was wild, like one of those surreal paintings where up was down and left was right. The whole space was made seemingly of sandstone, but its countless stairways led in dizzying patterns that defied Euclidean physics.

Actually, now that I thought about it, I was pretty sure I’d seen this before in Y...

PWP: 6.5.5 Amy Dallon

Interlude 6.5.5: Amy Dallon

Amy Dallon
2011, January 9: Brockton Bay, NH, USA

Sometimes, I wondered how my life had turned out this way. When I first became Panacea, I hadn’t planned to end up in an abandoned warehouse with a biotinkered fruit. I most certainly hadn’t planned to give it to a Case-53 in what had to be the shadiest human trial since whatever the fuck the Soviets did during the Cold War. And yet, here I was, about to do exactl...

Troll Omake: Ask the Daily Prophet 1

Ask the Daily Prophet 1

Dear Daily Prophet,

What are the next jackpot EuroMillions lotto numbers?

Feeling lucky,

Broke Muggleborn

-

Broke Muggleborn,

You know what? Sure, I’m bored so why not?

They are 29-15-91-36-61-87-75-19, with the last two numbers being the lucky stars. They’ll be drawn this coming Friday in Paris.

Do as you will,

The Daily Prophet

-

Dear Daily Prophet,

I’m being investig...

The River King 9

The River King 9

Taylor Hebert

I was spat out by the River into a dark basement. I would have loved to portal to my own hideout, but my bug sense extended only so far. It was all I could do to find an empty house nearby. Whoever owned this house would be scraping  blood off their concrete floor but for now, they weren’t home. 

I coughed up a mix of water and blood, only to immediately choke on it when it went back down the wrong ...

ACL: 48. In which Aegis beats Menagerie.

Chapter 48: In which Aegis beats Menagerie.

Brockton Bay, NH, USA
Monday, February 14, 2011
Type: Rock

With the elder Camachos out on their date, Stacy let us out half an hour early. Not so much that it’d cause problems, but enough that the extra time was appreciated.

That left me with time after school to do whatever I wanted. And seeing how it was the day for lovers, I figured I should do something appropriately ov...

Rest in Peace 2

Rest in Peace 2

Slate Silva

LeCroix was dead and I was a hundred grand richer. Well, not quite. Sure, a mercenary, vigilante, and part-time assassin such as myself didn’t exactly operate within the bounds of the law, but even I had bills to pay.

Information brokers needed their palms greased. Weapons needed to be maintained. Transportation had to be secured. All under the table, of course, and discretion came with a hefty markup. Those pay...

LT: 9.12 Ascent

Ascent 9.12

2005, October 31: Phoenix, AZ, USA

I looked around with a carefree grin. “Man, I haven’t been here in so long. I guess I'm dreaming then.”

“You are. Welcome back, Turtle,” Farya said as she shimmered into existence before me. Wolyo circled his partner, an ever-present plume of eldritch smoke and menacing fangs.

“‘Welcome back?’ This is my own soul. Strictly speaking, is it even possible for ...

PWP: 6.5 Build

Build 6.5

Bryce Kiley
2011, January 9: Brockton Bay, NH, USA

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, crossing over to Saturday morning. It was time for our meeting with Strider.

Faultline led us to her office, which was about half the size of the family lounge. This being the third floor of her club, space was at a premium, but a combination of large mirrors and proportionately scaled-down furniture made the office look more spacious tha...

Homeless Bunny 37

Homeless Bunny 37

Tianyu Yue

I joined Glynda in the headmaster’s office the next day. Understandably, classes had been canceled for first years. They needed a day to process. Even for huntsmen, a true life or death battle wasn’t a milestone to be ignored.

Ozpin looked tired, as though he’d fought the grimm tide on his lonesome. I’d seen that look before, on Ra in the Netherworld funnily enough. It was the burden of eons pressing down...

Homeless Bunny 36

Homeless Bunny 36

Glynda Goodwitch

For all his immense power and cooking talent, I did not like Tianyu Yue. Oh, I could acknowledge that he had many good traits.

He was, as far as I could tell, a kind person who cared deeply for others. He reforged Ruby’s scythe because he was sorry for breaking something sentimental to her. He mended Amber’s sundered soul and asked nothing in return.

He had an excellent eye for talent. He quickly ...

Monthly Poll: October 2025

You know how this works, so have a dad joke:

Asked my son what he learned at school today. He said, “Gay men like Sony, lesbians favor Yamaha, and transgender people prefer Bose.”

Kneeling down I put my hand on his shoulder and replied, “Son, those are just stereo types.”

ACL: 47. Rotom is motor backwards.

Chapter 47: Rotom is motor backwards.

Brockton Bay, NH, USA
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Type: Electric

I woke up feeling refreshed and renewed. Energized. Downright electric, one might say. My early morning schedule of yogurt, berries, brief meditation, and running was restored to me.

Being the Lord’s day, many of my siblings went with Mrs. Wells to the local chapel. We older kids used to go as well, but we’...

Apocalypse: 2.8 Burnout

Burnout 2.8

Shane Hayes
September 2015

We found the boys where Rocket had first indicated. They were wrapped up like cocoons, or maybe a juice box would have been a more apt description. Their positioning itself was a testament to the ariados’ intelligence.

The boys were situated halfway up a tree, far enough from the ground to avoid the opportunistic predator. The branches above them provided a similar shield against casual flybys from...

Spoon: 5.8 Entree

Aaron’s Pokemon

- Artoria (Kirlia)
- Jeanne (Flaaffy)
- Durvasa (Mankey)
- Aletria (Egg)
- Magellan (Chikorita)

Entree 5.8

Aaron Fulan
Verdanturf Town

After dinner, I sat around with my team, watching the setting sun. None of us were in much of a mind for training at the moment. A bit of relaxation in a flower meadow sounded perfect.

Matt wasn’t wrong; At the pace I was going, ...

PWP: 6.4 Build

Build 6.4

Bryce Kiley
2011, January 8: Brockton Bay, NH, USA

Sabah’s meeting with New Wave went about as well as I could have expected. According to her, she got the feeling that Amy’s mom was judging her, but that was normal. If anything, Carol not being suspicious of Sabah would have been the real shocker. Given Sabah’s work at the hospital, and her status as a new cape, she was spared the bulk of Carol’s interrogation.

Life: 11. Do you believe in magic?

Chapter 11: Do you believe in magic?

Rigal Phenex
Gotham, NJ, USA

I skipped into the newly furnished lab with a smile on my face. “Serling-chan~”

The blonde nanorobotics genius was hunched over her new lab table, soldering something with what looked like a tiny welding torch but I was sure had a techy name.

She shivered with visceral disgust and made a gagging noise. “Please don’t ever call me that again.”

I gave her...

The River King 8

The River King 8

Taylor Hebert

Hookwolf’s dogfighting ring was easy to find once I put my mind to it. By process of elimination, there were only so many places he could be: The downtown area had too much traffic and I doubted Kaiser wanted that kind of savagery in his carefully cultivated backyard. The Boardwalk was heavily patrolled by the heroes. Similar situation near the New Wave neighborhood. And of course, I could rule out ABB turf.

...

Homeless Bunny 35

Homeless Bunny 35

Ruby Rose

A grimm tide. It was the nightmare of huntsmen, the absolute worst case scenario.

It was what happened when the negativity in a settlement spiked uncontrollably, when humans began to lose hope. The nearby grimm would be drawn to the settlement. People would die and even more would lose hope. That would draw in more grimm. More deaths. More despair.

Like the tide, the waves of grimm would ebb and flow. They w...

LT: 9.11 Ascent

Ascent 9.11

2005, October 25: Brockton Bay, NH, USA

“I think this belongs to you,” Colin growled as he thrust a child in my general direction.

Well, not a child, a yordle. She didn’t have her glamor on anymore. Colin had been briefed on the “stranger” and I knew what she really was so there was no point. 

It was easy to forget sometimes, even for me, that Lulu was older than all of human civilization. Lulu possessed a ti...

ACL: 46. So Begins the Kingdom of Kush

Chapter 46: So Begins the Kingdom of Kush

Brockton Bay, NH, USA
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Type: Grass

“Hello, Panacea,” Dragon’s voice came through Amy’s phone. She sounded just as unidentifiable as ever. A pleasant enough voice, but with an accent that I couldn’t place for the life of me. “Is Menagerie with you as well?”

I leaned forward slightly. Amy gave me her desk chair because she said my armor wa...

Apocalypse: 2.7 Burnout

Burnout 2.7

Shane Hayes
September 2015

Tracking the boys wasn’t hard. Thanks to Rocket’s Odor Sleuth, day or night made no difference to us. We stopped by their house, where Olive gave us an old t-shirt that Dennis hadn’t washed yet, before setting out into the Tahoe woods.

It took us several hours to trace their steps. They kept to the game trails for the most part but I saw places where they deviated a little, probably to take opp...

PWP: 6.3 Build

Build 6.3

Bryce Kiley
2011, January 5: Brockton Bay, NH, USA

I looked over the car’s chassis. Building the skeleton of the car was the easy part. There was no finicky tech to integrate, just plain, sturdy bullshit-metal from a superspy setting. Sabah and I finished between classes in just a few days. Or really, a day of bickering about designs and one all-nighter.

Dru’s was a gaudy, golden racecar, but we agreed that ours should be as...

Playing God 10

Playing God 10

Charlie Foxtrot

As I was admiring one of the elaborate arches in the castle gardens, I heard several sets of footsteps behind me. Arianne and Tyene were easily identifiable. They smelled different, similar to each other yet distinct. They also wore more perfume, a sign of their pseudo-royal status. Personally, I would have appreciated it if they wore a bit less.

There were three more people behind them that I did not recognize...

ACL: 45. A Rosy Day

Chapter 45: A Rosy Day

Dinah Alcott

I adjusted my visor. It covered half my face, but that was because it was also a screen. I couldn’t hear anything when I had it on. Instead, it had mechanical ears that took everything that was said and wrote them out onto my screen.

That way, I wouldn’t be forced to answer any questions. If I wanted to trigger my power, I just mouthed the question to myself under my breath. Armsmaster said it was tric...

Monthly Poll: September 2025

You know how this works.

Playing God 9

Playing God 9

Charlie Foxtrot

We arrived in short order. The throne room had an almost austere quality to it. Two guards stood at the entrance to open the thick, wooden doors. The far end housed an elevated platform, atop which sat two thrones. One was adorned with a spear while the other had a sun. The Sun Throne had not been occupied since Doran’s wife, Lady Mellario, moved back to Norvos.

A tall, broad-shouldered man stood at the base o...

PWP: 6.2 Build

Build 6.2

Bryce Kiley
2011, January 3: Brockton Bay, NH, USA

Monday was the start of the new semester. Unfortunately, it also meant a significant drop in my free time.

Last semester, I used a part-time tutoring job as an excuse to take fewer classes and get out of school early. But because it wasn’t a true work-study program, I could only excuse myself an hour or two before the rest of my peers.

The Wards had much better excuses l...

Troll: 38. Of Tarots & Hospice Care

Chapter 38: Of Tarots & Hospice Care

Blaise Zabini
Zabini Manor, Great Britain

I flipped the three tarot cards with a hum of concentration. Fool. Magician. Lovers. In that order. This was the fourth time I’d shuffled the deck, and the fourth time I’d received the exact same spread. If I expanded the spread to include any two I'd the minor arcana, I always got the same there as well: ace, of both cups and wands.

I’d purchased thi...

The River King 7

The River King 7

Taylor Hebert

February turned into March. As the old adage went, it came roaring in like a lion, with heavy storms of sleet and hail that marked the last gasp of winter. Patrols were absolutely miserable, and also quite uneventful. Not even the gangbangers wanted to be out if they could help it.

Partly because of this shitty weather, I had my own territory now. The buffer zone between the Empire-controlled downtown area and ...

LT: 9.10 Ascent

Ascent 9.10

2005, October 22: Phoenix, AZ, USA

Aasdier struck with no warning. It was a silent mass that defied easy description. It looked like it was made of smoke and shadows, but that that wasn’t quite right. It could not pass through walls nor squeeze through a keyhole.

I could see deep into the construct and it was more akin to a school of tiny piranhas than true smoke. Even its bleached-white skulls weren’t true bone, merely parti...