Hey everyone! There's some minor revisions and a few important additions this time around! The revisions are just there to make sure certain concepts are as clear as I want them to be! I also added a small little bit to explain the concept of the Nexus' gifts a bit better in Thacea's whole explanation regarding the Minor Shard of Impart. The ending has also been revised and added to, as I wanted to add more to Thacea's reactions to the suddenness of Emma's meeting with Mal'tory. I wan...
2023-06-17 14:14:09 +0000 UTC
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30 Hours After the First Round of Interloper Interrogations. Bridge of the UNAFS Perseverance.
Lysara
Panic, dread, and fear. These were the emotions that naturally came with the uncomfortable realization when one was being tracked, stalked, and hunted. Though Vanaran kind had long since trained away these sensibilities as a part of standard social conventions, especially with those joining the ranks of the military, it didn’t mean that these in...
2023-06-13 19:20:08 +0000 UTC
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THUD!
“Extraction point reached. Equipment Status Report (ESR): High-Performance Maneuverability Gear (HPMG) - Nominal, Active Camouflage - Nominal. Requesting operator status.”
I let out a series of heavy, breathy pants, fighting my stomach’s desire to appease the vertigo gods by chucking up my less than impressive breakfast consisting of a single bite of crispy bread and a tube of nutripaste. My whole body had all but given out, and I would
2023-06-11 17:05:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 35 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
THUD!
“Extraction point reached. Equipment Status Report (ESR): High-Performance Maneuverability Gear (HPMG) - Nominal, Active Camouflage - Nominal. Requesting operator status.”
I let out a series of heavy, breathy pants, fighting my stomach’s desire to appease the vertigo gods by chucking up my less than impressive breakfast consisting of...
2023-06-10 19:50:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I've made some revisions and additions this time around! For revisions, there's mostly just the usual edits to grammar, as well as some restructuring and rephrasing of a few sentences here and there. As for additions, I've added a whole bit between Emma and the Apprentice immediately after the conversation about the dangers of the crate. I added this bit in order to make the apprentice's rationale and train of thought when it comes to her internal deliberations of Emma's...
2023-06-10 19:39:12 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope everyone's doing well! Another month has arrived, and once again I wanted to take some time to sit down to talk to you guys. As I'm writing this it's nearly 5 in the morning haha so this might be a bit brief! The previous month was a lot of fun in terms of writing, and whilst a lot of stuff happened irl, as well as on reddit with the formatting issues and other API shenanigans, we managed to pull through it! I just also wanted to say that having you g...
2023-06-07 21:50:17 +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 6.
This time we jump back to Earth, in the late 28th century, as we see more hints of some strange occurrences happening on Earth! This hearkens back to some of the things we were hinted at from the Interview With an A...
2023-06-07 21:32:33 +0000 UTC
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20 Hours After the First Round of Interloper Interrogations. Bridge of the UNAFS Perseverance.
Lysara
They say that the world dies thrice. Once when its inhabitants die, second when their legacy is resorbed, and third when their memories are forgotten to time.
The first death is a biological one, defined by the extinction of a species, and its inability to continue in any meaningful capacity.
The second is a physical one, defined by th...
2023-06-06 21:21:04 +0000 UTC
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Video games made using grappling guns look easy.
Recreational climbing made me feel like it was impossible.
Military training managed to temper my expectations, and combine the best and worst of both worlds into something actually doable.
My aunt, however, had some very strong opinions on their use.
“Grappling Hooks? In the modern military? What do you take me for, a fucking goober?” I could hear my aunt’s voice echoing loud and clear as the day my 1...
2023-06-04 17:05:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 34 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
Video games made using grappling guns look easy.
Recreational climbing made me feel like it was impossible.
Military training managed to temper my expectations, and combine the best and worst of both worlds into something actually doable.
My aunt, however, had some very strong opinions on their use.
“Grappling Hooks? In the modern military? What do y...
2023-06-03 20:22:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I've made quite a bit of revisions in order to improve the flow of the story as well as to make sure certain aspects of things were cleared up as I wanted to establish the action scenes in a way that was more detailed and with set pieces more firmly established. This includes writing the balcony scene to be a bit more detailed in terms of its scenery! I also made some changes to the intro in order to reword to be a bit punchier and more Emma-like, with more of her person...
2023-06-03 20:14:29 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
Alright so! I've been meaning to continue this new little tangent to the Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School universe for a while now and I've finally managed to finish the second part to what is effectively a new set of bonus content! :D
If you recall, last month's extra little bonus content was an in-universe document I like to call "Emma's Homework at the IAS". It's meant to be a new type of bonus content that has the same vibe as the offici...
2023-05-31 15:45:14 +0000 UTC
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Time was always the variable factor in these sorts of things. Be it a scientific endeavor or a military operation, things always tended to go a bit over budget, and a bit over schedule.
Considering we had neither a budget nor a schedule, that left only our expectations to be subverted by the variable factor that was time, as hours soon turned into days, and days into weeks.
during our brief stint on the moon.
We had high hopes during those first few tentative hours,...
2023-05-30 19:50:10 +0000 UTC
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A staredown soon ensued.
One that neither of us seemed to be willing to let up on.
And to say that I was impressed by the shadowy figure’s endurance and commitment to the bit would’ve been a massive understatement. As he looked straight at me with those two, white, and frankly surreal-looking trapezoidal ‘eyes’ with both a ferocity and a determination that didn’t seem at all phased by the unyielding presence of the power armor.
Though that was probably as ...
2023-05-28 17:05:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 33 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
A staredown soon ensued.
One that neither of us seemed to be willing to let up on.
And to say that I was impressed by the shadowy figure’s endurance and commitment to the bit would’ve been a massive understatement. As he looked straight at me with those two, white, and frankly surreal-looking trapezoidal ‘eyes’ with both a ferocity and a determination th...
2023-05-27 20:22:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Just some minor revisions, as well as edits and additions to the ending of the chapter today! So I highly suggest you guys check out the chapter, especially the more descriptive ending! I mostly just edited a few points throughout the chapter to fix any parts that I thought needed to be clarified or needed to be reworded a bit to flow better! However, I also edited and added a lot to the ending so that it's a bit more descriptive and describes the scene better than befor...
2023-05-27 20:09:24 +0000 UTC
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Confidence, certainty, and remorse. Those were the emotions that were interpreted from the readings we gleaned from the interloper’s brain. Emotions that lit up almost immediately after I asked that question, that one last interrogative inquiry that I hoped would shed more light on this person of interest.
“What is this individual to you, besides a seed for your grand design?”
It was a question that was meant to crack through the wishy washy tendencies of t...
2023-05-23 15:17:03 +0000 UTC
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Dragon’s Heart Tower, Level 23, Residence 30. Thacea and Emma’s Bedroom. The Tent. Local Time: 0500 Hours.
Emma Booker
I fucked up.
Big time.
And I had no one else but myself to blame.
You know that feeling when you dive head-first into a project that you had zero doubts would somehow work itself out in the end?
The sudden surge of confidence that comes as the indomitable human spirit suddenly takes the wheel, and assum...
2023-05-21 17:05:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 32 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
Dragon’s Heart Tower, Level 23, Residence 30. Thacea and Emma’s Bedroom. Local Time: 0500 Hours.
Emma Booker
I fucked up.
Big time.
And I had no one else but myself to blame.
You know that feeling when you dive head-first into a project that you had zero doubts would somehow work itself out in the end?
The sudden su...
2023-05-20 20:07:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's been some major revisions done this time around so I suggest that everyone check out the revised chapter! :D I've made some major changes to the middle part of the chapter, primarily to the scene involving Sorecar giving Emma the workshop card. I decided to change that as I realized that there's another better opportunity down the line to approach that, and the current setup allows for a cleaner transition to a plotline I have planned out already. This is one of ...
2023-05-20 19:55:36 +0000 UTC
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“So do we do it?” Vir asked in no uncertain terms, as he craned his screen-faced head back and forth between the live feed of the interloper and myself.
“That’s the question now, isn’t it?” I shot back with a frustrated sigh. “I’m of several minds about this right now, Vir. So many conflicting thoughts, feelings, and emotions are pulling me in every possible direction. A part of me, this new part which I have only recently accepted, wishes nothing more than to s...
2023-05-16 19:01:56 +0000 UTC
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We both spent the next few seconds staring intently at the only victim of collateral damage from that very brief, and very one-sided exchange.
An exchange which involved 25 very fast bois, and one very well-protected, hand-crafted suit of enchanted armor.
A suit of armor who was an innocent victim in all of this, whose only offense was simply being in the wrong place, at the wrong time. It was an offense that had led to a hailstorm of bullets creating an unsightly hole where a bee...
2023-05-14 17:23:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 31 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
We both spent the next few seconds staring intently at the only victim of collateral damage from that very brief, and very one-sided exchange.
An exchange which involved 25 very fast bois, and one very well-protected, hand-crafted suit of enchanted armor.
A suit of armor who was an innocent victim in all of this, whose only offense was simply being in the wrong place, at the w...
2023-05-13 18:21:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's just a few edits this time around, mainly at the introduction part of the chapter as I wanted to reword it to sound a bit more engaging! Beyond that, there's really not a lot of edits on this one, just your regular edits just to make sure the word choices are correct and accurate as well as making sure things just flow well! This includes clarifying what the armor that got shot looked like! As always, the revised sections are underlined! :D
There w...
2023-05-13 18:11:47 +0000 UTC
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“The more I think about this, the more the contingency hypothesis becomes the most likely out of any other reasoning.” Vir began, acknowledging what was admittedly just a spur of the moment guess on my part. “It’s the only way it would've known about the signal. The only way it could’ve viably guessed the reason why we’re here in the first place. There’s just no other conceivable explanation, other than perhaps the predictive modeling explanation, wherein out of every p...
2023-05-09 22:59:04 +0000 UTC
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There was a clear stark difference between the garden incident and the circumstances currently unfolding here in the workshop.
With the former, the overwhelming sentiment was that of a lack of control. Of being hunted down whilst being on the defensive.
With the latter however, it was the exact opposite. As it was us who were doing the hunting, and with Sorecar taking the charge, there was no question as to who was in control of the situation.
This...
2023-05-07 17:05:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 30 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
There was a clear stark difference between the garden incident and the circumstances currently unfolding here in the workshop.
With the former, the overwhelming sentiment was that of a lack of control. Of being hunted down whilst being on the defensive.
With the latter however, it was the exact opposite. As it was us who were doing the hunting, and with Sorec...
2023-05-06 20:52:40 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Just a few edits this time around! Mainly in the areas of word choice and sentence formatting in a few sections, just to make sure the flow and feel are right! In addition I've added just a few more lines worth of detail regarding Emma's targeting situation with the null, to show that the sensors do in fact detect the projected-null, and that she's firing with the aid of the sensors! I've also edited the last paragraph a little bit to keep a bit of consistency to Sorecar...
2023-05-06 20:25:24 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope everyone's doing well! Another month has arrived, and once again I wanted to take some time to sit down to talk to you guys for a bit. The previous month was quite a wild ride for me, as I had two major exams that I needed to take and it was quite a struggle trying to balance out my irl obligations and the story. However, I just wanted to say that having you guys here helped more than you can imagine. I can't express how much I appreciate you guys bei...
2023-05-05 16:59:44 +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 5.
This actually takes place some time after last month's side story, A Hero's Visit, so I suggest you read that first before reading this story as it gives some backstory to this story! :D
Let's jump right to it...
2023-05-05 16:45:44 +0000 UTC
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