Hey everyone!
I have an announcement to make.
The short version of the story is that I’m unable to change my shifts at work like I usually do, which will prevent me from the time I need to proofread, edit, and write the new chapters. This means that I will be unable to post for one week during the last week of December. However, I will still be able to post the next chapter (Chapter 62 of WPA) on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day as scheduled, just pe...
2023-12-17 17:17:03 +0000 UTC
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Dragon’s Heart Tower, Level 23, Residence 30. Local Time: 17:35 Hours.
Thacea
A Kingdom of fire and steel.
A Dominion of manaless sorcery.
An Empire that claims the void beyond.
To say that I was curious about the demonstration ahead would be a disservice to the word and the concept it purported to represent.
To describe my current state as anything but excited, would be akin to describing the newrealmer...
2023-12-17 17:05:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 61 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
Dragon’s Heart Tower, Level 23, Residence 30. Local Time: 15:45 Hours.
Thacea
A Kingdom of fire and steel.
A Dominion of manaless sorcery.
An Empire that claims the void beyond.
To say that I was curious about the demonstration ahead would be a disservice to the word and the concept it purported to represent.
<...
2023-12-16 21:30:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's only been a few edits in this one, mainly related to grammar and sentence flow and structure! :D The only real major additions in the chapter is one sentence describing Ilunor's home realm that I think is pretty funny and I couldn't help but to add, as well as another sentence elaborating on the reasons behind the Vunerian's rebellion over their dragon overlords! As always I do suggest you guys give this chapter another read! And as always all of the revised sect...
2023-12-16 21:23:05 +0000 UTC
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The look on Evina’s face shifted almost immediately as those words left my mouth. The shift was as sudden as it was intense, as the felinor’s face darkened, scrunched up, before breaking from eye contact all in one single movement. All in a matter of seconds following me bringing up a subject matter that I should’ve known would’ve elicited this sort of a response.
“Evina.” I began with as much an apologetic tone I could muster, swiveling in my chair to face her for good meas...
2023-12-12 21:32:03 +0000 UTC
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Your eyes aren't deceiving you! This is indeed the next chapter being posted one day early! :D I'm posting this one day early because I have a major assessment exam on Monday and so I wanted to make sure to complete all of my responsibilities first to reduce my anxiety on the day just before the exam haha. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy! :D
In a surprising turn of events, Thacea stepped up to the plate almost immediately, turning to the rest of the group with a look of ...
2023-12-09 17:39:30 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's been a few edits this time around! Mostly in order to make the whole visual regarding the sight seer a bit clearer as I thought it could use some touching up in order to better convey the visuals of the scene! I also added a bit with regards to the looks of Thalmin's home castle, as well as his titles! Other than that most of the edits were done to correct for a few grammar points here and there. As always I do suggest you guys give this another read through! And...
2023-12-09 17:17:49 +0000 UTC
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64 Hours After the First Round of Interloper Interrogations. UNAFS Perseverance (HSR) - Shuttlecraft - 01. Truval City International Airport. En Route back to the UNAFS Perseverance.
Lysara
There was something about this whole adventure with Evina that started to put things into perspective. Indeed, just short of holding off from becoming the very stereotype which I wished to have no association with, I could honestly say that witnessing ...
2023-12-05 20:25:26 +0000 UTC
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The cultural exchange database was vast, expansive, and most importantly of all… it was dynamic. It was designed to be that way, such that the information conveyed within could be tailored and trimmed to fit the socio-cultural particularities of whatever entity, polity, or civilization existed on the other side of the portal.
I, along with the EVI’s very-specifically coded subroutines for this very eventuality, could effectively pick and choose from the compendium of all human knowl...
2023-12-03 17:05:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 59 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
The cultural exchange database was vast, expansive, and most importantly of all… it was dynamic. It was designed to be that way, such that the information conveyed within could be tailored and trimmed to fit the socio-cultural particularities of whatever entity, polity, or civilization existed on the other side of the portal.
I, along with the EVI’s very-specifically coded subr...
2023-12-02 19:14:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's been a few additions to this one, primarily to do with a few details here and there that I think adds to the chapter to make it feel a bit more magical! :D The most notable of these additions being the change from the Dean's letter being a magical moving picture message instead of just words on a page, which allows me to do some fun shenanigans with Emma because of it too haha. Other than that, most of the edits I made were with rewording a few in between sentenc...
2023-12-02 19:07:32 +0000 UTC
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That name lingered in the air for what felt like a longer time than it should’ve. As I couldn’t help but to feel an overwhelming sense of respect coming from the alien’s voice, imbuing that name in a way that was more befitting of a title, or a badge of honor.
Yet it never once stepped into the territory of reverence, but rather, just a sense of admiration and esteem that underpinned some clearly personal history between the alien and this mystery species.
I had two choices ...
2023-11-28 20:08:28 +0000 UTC
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You know that feeling you get when you walk out of the last exam of the school year? That weird light-chested feeling you get when you’re hit with the cool gust of autumn air and then realize… you’re done?
Where a flick of your eyeballs towards the once-seemingly never ending ‘to-do’ list courtesy of your AR-lenses reveals the completely foreign sight of an empty calendar in your weekly planner’s HUD?
Where you instinctively reach for your phone, unro...
2023-11-26 17:05:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 58 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
You know that feeling you get when you walk out of the last exam of the school year? That weird light-chested feeling you get when you’re hit with the cool gust of autumn air and then realize… you’re done?
Where a flick of your eyeballs towards the once-seemingly never ending ‘to-do’ list courtesy of your AR-lenses revealed the completely foreign sight o...
2023-11-25 20:27:44 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's been quite a bit of additions to this chapter, as I wanted to clarify a bit of Emma's drone activities in the beginning of it, as well as wanting to add a bit to the end in order to give the scene a little bit more of an impact that I wanted it to have! :D Those are the most major additions to the chapter! The rest of the revisions I made were to grammar and word choice! But given the stuff that was added and how much I think it adds to the overall feeling of the...
2023-11-25 20:17:09 +0000 UTC
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A mess of indistinct and incomprehensible stutters filled the otherwise silent and ominous air. An air where death still lingered, stale and heavy with the rich and unignorable scent of iron and copper. Yet lacking in the smells that should have otherwise accompanied such an atmosphere of death - the distinct and acrid punch of gunpowder and sweat.
An unintentional staredown had begun between the likes of the physically-frail but technically-gifted Eslan, and that of the robot ...
2023-11-21 21:30:17 +0000 UTC
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“EVI?”
“Yes, Cadet Booker?”
“Prepare to deploy the infildrone when I say so. Set it to long-term hibernation, make sure we get as much out of it as we can. We now have a shot at bugging the office of the man-in-charge himself.”
“Affirmative Cadet Booker. Please set and clarify the minimum tolerable margin of error for the potential of mission-endangerment.”
“Set MEM-Es to the highest possible parameters. I want the th...
2023-11-19 17:05:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 57 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“EVI?”
“Yes Cadet Booker?”
“If a situation comes up where we have to provide a gift to the Academy, just remind me to hand them the cumulative works of M.C. Echer, Salvador Dali, E.D. Park, and Superl337archidev.”
“Purpose of this reminder, Cadet Booker?”
“I think that’s abundantly clear, EVI.” I let out a ma...
2023-11-18 20:14:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's been some revisions in this chapter! Most notably in the ending bit where I decided to add a bit more in terms of the interaction between Emma and the Dean! I basically thought that this would actually be a good opportunity to actually get more character development for a character we've only seen a few times before so far, Professor Articord, who has only been seen introduced during the orientation! I thought it was a good idea to sort of show his character here...
2023-11-18 20:04:56 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
So a little while back Patreon announced that they were going to be changing the image dimension requirements for the little icons above the Patreon tiers. This meant that the little thumbnails I’d used for the Patreon tiers up to this point were going to be squished, and so I needed new art to fit the new image dimension requirements. So immediately after that announcement, I got to work contacting the artist who previously did the original thumbnails for the different ...
2023-11-15 02:45:42 +0000 UTC
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I could still feel the effects of the stress hormones coursing through my veins. I could make out every thump thump thump of my heartbeat amidst the carnage of the surgically precise destruction that now surrounded me. I could still feel the sheer and utter dread that had completely taken over my mind when I first walked in here, and yet, it was now trounced and muffled by a completely unexpected feeling. A feeling as foreign and as distant as my chances of survival just ten or so mi...
2023-11-14 19:12:02 +0000 UTC
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Our entry back into the world outside was marked by a, raging, roaring, WHOOOOSHHHHHHH!
“Agh!”
[Alert: External noise exceeding preset thresholds. Adjusting and recalibrating volume for (background audio track: waterfall) live-audio feed.]
A noise that, despite only lasting for a fraction of a second, was sudden and abrupt enough to get my blood pumping; and my heart to hitch up by a few beats per minute.
The transition be...
2023-11-12 17:05:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 56 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
Our entry back into the world outside was marked by a, raging, roaring, WHOOOOSHHHHHHH!
“Agh!”
[Alert: External noise exceeding preset thresholds. Adjusting and recalibrating volume for (background audio track: waterfall) live-audio feed.]
A noise that, despite only lasting for a fraction of a second, was sudden and abrupt ...
2023-11-11 20:09:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's really only been a few edits this time around! Mostly with regards to some grammar and punctuation, as well as some rewording being done to a few parts to make them flow better! That's about it for this revision note! As always, I'd recommend you take a read through again! And of course, the revised sections are highlighted with an underline to easily see what's been revised! :D
I couldn’t decide whether or not I’d just been thrown straight int...
2023-11-11 20:02:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope all of you are doing well! Well, it’s that time again, as another month dawns upon us! I’d of course like to take the time to sit down for another talk with you guys. Last month was definitely an interesting one as we saw the story diving into resolving the fallout of Ilunor’s dealings with the creation of what is effectively a new long-term quest that has the best interest of both parties in mind, as well as the potential for some greater branc...
2023-11-09 14:08:24 +0000 UTC
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Hello 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 again, with a majority voting for Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School Side Story 10.
This time, we’re heading back to Earth, about a year before Emma takes her journey through the portal! The story follows the journey of an LREF (Long Range Expeditionary Forces) Captain, as he makes his way towar...
2023-11-09 13:34:27 +0000 UTC
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Just in case italics don't show in the post, I've attached a PDF version! :D
5 Kilometers from Truval City - Aerospace Hub - Converted and Repurposed Administrative Bunker.
Evina
We were surrounded.
The tell-tale glow of iridescent eyes refracting and reflecting what minimal light there was down here gave away the positions of the rest of the would-be raiders.
I counted two, three, four, no… at l...
2023-11-07 18:07:09 +0000 UTC
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Just in case the italics don't show in the post, I've attached a PDF version! :D
I couldn’t decide whether or not I’d just been thrown straight into a soap opera, or a Greek tragedy.
Because the twists and turns of this whole situation had left me with whiplash, and then some.
All of this was so sudden.
So unexpected in fact that it left me feeling like I’d just been suckerpunched.
But in a good way, if that was even possible...
2023-11-05 17:05:07 +0000 UTC
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Author's Note: Just in case italics don't show in the post, I've attached a PDF version! :D
Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 55 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
I couldn’t decide whether or not I’d just been thrown straight into a soap opera, or a greek tragedy.
Because the twists and turns of this whole situation had left me with whiplash, and then some.
All of this was so sudden.
So unexpected in fact that it...
2023-11-04 20:07:41 +0000 UTC
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Author's Note: Just in case italics don't show in the post, I've attached a PDF version! :D
Hey everyone! There's only been a few minor edits and revisions in this one! Most notably is where I've added a bit more details regarding the seekership in order to allude to what will happen in the future. Beyond that, I added a minor hint regarding just how old and different the lobby is by adding the mention that there are over 10 different unique languages the EVI de...
2023-11-04 19:59:21 +0000 UTC
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