74 Hours After the First Round of Interloper Interrogations. UNAFS Perseverance. Medbay.
A Few Minutes Prior to Eslan’s Awakening
Evina
“Right, so here’s my plan.” I began with haste, knowing well Eslan was just minutes away from really waking up now. “I’m going to ease him into things, then on my command, you send in one of your robots with a wheelchair. After that I’m going to take him out and into t...
2024-02-06 17:22:18 +0000 UTC View PostWe returned to what was for all intents and purposes, the closest thing to a portal to earth, reentering the blackout tent in tentative silence.
The entire space was quieter, more relaxed, as the burden of balancing belief from disbelief was removed from my shoulders, replaced now with only a giddy desire to show what was already accepted as fact by the sole patron of this cinematic experience.
The princess’ eyes glistened and widened as the whirr of the projector arms ...
2024-02-04 17:05:18 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 67 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
We returned to what was for all intents and purposes, the closest thing to a portal to earth, reentering the blackout tent in tentative silence.
The entire space was quieter, more relaxed, as the burden of balancing belief from disbelief was removed from my shoulders, replaced now with only a giddy desire to show what was already accepted as fact by the sole patron of this cinemati...
2024-02-03 20:29:20 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! There’s quite a few revisions in this one! Mostly in Thalmin’s section of the story, as I wanted to reframe it in a way that I think better conveys both Ilunor and Thalmin’s characterization and how both of them are taking Emma’s revelations thus far. Basically, I wanted Ilunor to be more of a reactive character in that section of the story, with Thalmin more or less leading Ilunor towards his conclusions rather than Ilunor himself being the one to bring it up sp...
2024-02-03 20:20:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope everyone’s month is going great so far, and your new year is going awesome as well! :D Well, it’s that time again! And I’d like to take this opportunity to sit down for another talk with you guys! Last month was certainly interesting as we explored more of what Earth had to offer through Emma’s little presentation, as she tries her best to slowly ease the group into the realities of a manaless realm! We’re rapidly approaching classes now as ...
2024-01-31 18:18:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello Commissioned Pioneers! :D As promised as always, in accordance with the results of last month's poll, I present to you the Bonus Story of the Month! There were a total of four choices once again, with a majority voting for Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School Side Story 12.
In this little glimpse into the universe of WPA, we get to finally see what’s been hinted and alluded to over the course of the story so far - Thalmin’s past! We get to see more of the dynamics between him...
2024-01-31 16:57:21 +0000 UTC View PostEslan
I was broken.
Twisted, mangled, and defective.
I was broken.
Lacking direction, lacking sense, lacking in the skills I needed to make it through.
I was broken, in more ways than one could feasibly count.
I was broken, and yet, I persevered. All in an effort to pursue a shadowy vision of a purpose deeply ingrained within my very soul.
A vision of something better, of something brighter, a vision of optimism in a world wh...
2024-01-30 16:11:43 +0000 UTC View Post“I hate Earthrealm.” The Vunerian repeated once more, this time louder, and with greater conviction.
Those words resonated at odds with the calm, and otherwise uncompromising serenity of the projection around us. In a sense, falling flat against the completely unassuming atmosphere, consisting primarily of the clear and high-pitched harmonics of the wind chimes, the rustling of the leaves of this rooftop park, and accompanied by the occasional interruption courtesy of the h...
2024-01-28 17:05:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 66 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“I hate Earthrealm.” The Vunerian repeated once more, this time louder, and with greater conviction.
Those words resonated at odds with the calm, and otherwise uncompromising serenity of the projection around us. In a sense, falling flat against the completely unassuming atmosphere, consisting primarily of the clear and high-pitched harmonics of the wind chimes, the ru...
2024-01-27 20:09:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! There’s only a few revisions in this one! :D The most notable of which is having Thalmin directly asking about the existence of humanity’s nobility, because I thought it was a better and a smoother way to transition into having Emma talk about Earth's remaining nobility! :D Aside from that the only edits that have been made is just me rearranging a few phrases and words here and there, and a few grammatical edits! As always I do suggest you guys give this one another...
2024-01-27 20:04:13 +0000 UTC View Post“I need to rephrase this in a way that’s more appropriate.” Vir began by ‘clenching’ those two glowing eyes tight, forming two distinct lines vaguely alluding to a simplified, text-based rendition of a frustrated and exasperated expression. “And in a way that’s above all else - more respectful. As those that have held the title of anchor, have proved to be an instrumental component in the process of reintegration for AI like myself; playing a vital role in bringing about the nec...
2024-01-23 20:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Emma.” Thalmin uttered out with an uneasy and darkened timbre. “What is happening?” He pointed, expectedly, at the rapidly developing enclosure dam. As activity doubled, tripled, then quadrupled in a matter of seconds on the timelapse. With ships and aircraft buzzing around monolithic and motionless beams lying flat on their sides on either side of the harbor; and land vehicles scurrying back and forth with trailers full of eclectic and niche machinery.
“It is a dam....
2024-01-21 17:05:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 65 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“Emma.” Thalmin uttered out with an uneasy and darkened timbre. “What is happening?” He pointed, expectedly, at the rapidly developing enclosure dam. As activity doubled, tripled, then quadrupled in a matter of seconds on the timelapse. With ships and aircraft buzzing around monolithic and motionless beams lying flat on their sides on either side of the harbor; and land ...
2024-01-20 20:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! There’s just a few revisions in this one! :D The most notable of which being a few tweaks made to the very tail end of the ending of the chapter since I wanted to rephrase a few lines there to give it more of a stronger impact, as well as to better illustrate the scene! Beyond that, the only other notable change was made to a few lines describing the ships, as I wanted to make sure that it was clear that the ships were lined up next to each other so that the gang could...
2024-01-20 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Most of us do not leave this third stage.” The AI continued, in a voice that was in equal measures hesitant yet insistent on getting that point across. It was as if Vir was stuck between that eternal, very organic struggle, of wanting to explain something extremely important to him yet at the same time being forever reluctant to do so given its troubling nature. His features were representative of this, with a faceplate that displayed two neutral round ‘eyes...
2024-01-16 20:09:56 +0000 UTC View PostI snapped my fingers.
And the whole world came to an instant pause.
The sights, the sounds, the endless stream of drones and the chaotic crowds of people all frozen unnaturally in place.
There were multiple ways things could proceed from this point forward.
An inordinate number of trajectories by which this exercise… no, this presentation could be taken.
But with Ilunor having already reached the Information Dissemination Overflow threshold, those traj...
2024-01-14 17:05:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 64 I hope you guys enjoy! :D I have an exam tomorrow so I hope you guys enjoy this work in progress while I'm back to studying now! :D
I snapped my fingers.
And the whole world came to an instant pause.
The sights, the sounds, the endless stream of drones and the chaotic crowds of people all frozen unnaturally in place.
There were multiple ways things could proceed from this point forward.
An...
2024-01-13 19:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! We have just a few revisions in this one! Most of it is simply rephrasing or changing up the way how a few lines were phrased in order to better improve the flow, the cohesiveness of the meaning behind each sentence or paragraph, or to make things a bit better sounding overall! :D The scene with Thacea looking up at the delivery drones and stuff was one that I’m most proud of in terms of the revisions! Aside from that, I just added a few more minor details to help bett...
2024-01-13 19:11:15 +0000 UTC View PostThroughout the millennia, a universally accepted fact had acted as the backbone for hostility against the notion of a fully thinking, fully sapient, autonomous artificial intelligence. A fact that was seemingly simple, indisputable, and most of all, self-evident to anyone with even the barest hints of an understanding of the modern world - that artificial intelligence was and always will be functionally different to the organic mind. To such a degree that even the most outlandish of ...
2024-01-09 21:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post“I think there’s something I really need to make clear.” I started with a purposeful, careful, diplomatic tone of voice.
“Yes, Emma?”
“I’m only using the term commoner because I think that it’s, at best, an analogous term that is able to somewhat bridge the gap between our two cultures. However, I don’t think it really gets to the heart of how fundamentally different our two societies are structured. For in my world, the delineation between noble, peasan...
2024-01-07 17:05:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 63 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“I think there’s something I really need to make clear.” I started with a purposeful, careful, diplomatic tone of voice.
“Yes, Emma?”
“I’m only using the term commoner because I think that it’s, at best, an analogous term that is able to somewhat bridge the gap between our two cultures. However, I don’t think it really gets to the heart of how funda...
2024-01-07 00:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! We have just a few more additions in this one! As I felt like I wanted to add a bit more banter as well as a bit more to show Thalmin's growing suspicions to ease the transition between Thalmin's fixation on the clothes before leading into his confusion regarding the quality of the everyday person's attire! Aside from that only a few edits have been made here and there again with regards to grammar, punctuation, but also the rephrasing of a few sentences to help in the o...
2024-01-07 00:31:23 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! We're back with Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School! :D So this revised version has mainly been focused on just sprucing up a few grammatical issues here and there! I also rephrased a bit of the scene with Ilunor being freaked out by Emma's robotic arm. There's also been a bit of additions to the details regarding the heritage town on the sign just in front of the town. Aside from that, the rest of the edits have just been made here and there to aid with the overall fl...
2024-01-07 00:10:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
I have something super exciting to show you guys!
It’s a little bit of a departure from our usual reference lineup whilst we wait for the Thalmin reference commission! :D
This particular art piece has been in the works for a little while now, and it’s something that I’ve been looking forward to ever since I started drafting up the worldbuilding for Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School! :D
As seen in the little lore blurb that came with the first re...
2024-01-03 20:27:20 +0000 UTC View Post72 Hours After the First Round of Interloper Interrogations. UNAFS Perseverance. Medbay.
Lysara
There was a great deal to process following the conclusion of the medevac mission.
But all of it would have to wait following the long awaited rest my body desperately craved.
However, there was still the matter of debriefing that needed to be sorted, especially after a ground mission.
So, I took it upon myself to multitask. A...
2024-01-02 20:14:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I’d like to thank everyone for being so patient with me over the past week. Things were quite hectic and busy irl as I’d expected, and whilst there’s still more things up ahead, my schedule has at least returned to a state where I can get back to normal posting!
Both Humans Don't Hibernate and Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School will be resuming posting as usual on their regularly scheduled weekly updates starting this week!
And in an interesting twist give...
2024-01-02 20:04:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope everyone's having a very happy holidays! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years to all of you! I really hope all of you are doing well! In the spirit of the festive season, I’m here yet again to sit down for a chat! Last month was definitely an interesting time as we had the gang going back and forth with each other, revealing more about their homes and their realms! It was definitely fun to write, but what’s certainly more fun than that is writing...
2023-12-28 19:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello Commissioned Pioneers! :D As promised as always, in accordance with the results of last month's poll, I present to you the Bonus Story of the Month! There were a total of four choices once again, with a majority voting for Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School Side Story 11.
On this little peek into the universe of WPA, we get to see a character only name dropped and referenced to by Emma over the course of her adventures in the Academy - Aunty Ran! :D As we see just how she’s c...
2023-12-28 18:28:38 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Holidays guys! Consider this my little present from me to you! A present that I hope will live up to expectations haha. Thank you guys so much for being here! I genuinely appreciate all of you guys! :D
Dragon’s Heart Tower, Level 23, Residence 30. Holo-tent.
Thacea
A veritable sea of light.
As far as the eye could see.
A luminous horizon whose brilliance was obstructed only by crowded blades of grass; wit...
2023-12-24 17:05:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 62 I hope you guys enjoy! :D And just as a quick reminder with regards to the announcement post last week, the revised version of Chapter 61 will be delayed until the first week of January! Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this Work in Progress! The full chapter will be released tomorrow! :D
Dragon’s Heart Tower, Level 23, Residence 30. Holo-tent.
Thacea
A veritable sea ...
2023-12-23 20:09:24 +0000 UTC View Post