The size and scale of the caves soon became a subject of much internalized debate. Something of this scale clearly wasn’t the work of the local civilization, that much was obvious given the evidence of their capabilities we’d seen thus far. That left two other options on the table that were plausible, but were in equal measures pure speculation and abject fantasies at this point.
The first possibility was that this was merely a natural structure, a cave system formed either by the m...
2023-02-07 16:45:18 +0000 UTC
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“It should come as no surprise to any within this room that this ritual was doomed from the beginning.” A thunderous voice boomed, one that was promptly isolated and traced by the drone to that of a familiar white-robed dean. Everything about him was identical to that of the man who had partially dominated the stage the previous night; haughty and with an unmistakable air of authority now reinforced with a dismissive and snide passive aggressiveness.
“I would tread the subject mat...
2023-02-05 17:05:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 17 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“It should come as no surprise to any within this room that this ritual was doomed from the beginning.” A thunderous voice boomed, one that was promptly isolated and traced by the drone to that of a familiar white-robed dean. Everything about him, from his mannerisms of speech, down to the way he carried himself as he paced back and forth between the plinth and the crowd of prof...
2023-02-04 17:04:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I just made a few edits to the previous chapter, adding a few lines to clear up a few of the things I think just needed a bit of tweaking! As per the feedback I received last time, I've utilized underlining as a means of indicating areas of the story that have been edited or added in, so it's much easier to spot what I've edited and changed! :D
I’d expected panic to envelope the room. A generalized surge of mana-radiation wasn’t somethin...
2023-02-04 16:59:07 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope everyone's doing well! Once again I have to thank each and every one of you for your continued support. You guys have seriously made a genuine palpable impact on my life. I want to make sure you guys know that I appreciate each and every one of you, and I want to just express my deepest and most sincerest of gratitude for you guys sticking around with me and my stories.
Seriously guys, you mean the world to me.
With that ...
2023-02-02 21:39:50 +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 2. Let's jump right to it then! I'd like to proudly present, Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School's second side story!
An Interview with an Author
“I’m telling you boy… I’m no auth...
2023-02-02 21:28:56 +0000 UTC
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There is no greater tool within the arsenal of the sapient mind than that of the power of inference. This critical ability to construct a coherent image from what remains of a scant few scattered puzzle pieces, to weave together entire tapestries stretching back tens of hundreds of thousands of years using nothing but a single thread, was invaluable to my field of study. A field of study which so often relied on both utilizing this ability to its maximal potential, but also, to temper it with...
2023-01-31 17:20:36 +0000 UTC
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I’d expected panic to envelope the room. A generalized surge of mana-radiation wasn’t something to be trifled with, no. In fact, it spelled danger in every sense of the word.
The training I received on the mana-radiation sensory analytics and detection system (M-RSADS), had placed great emphasis on delineating between each specific category of warning. Indeed, whilst the scientists and engineers back at home had a penchant for overcomplicating things, this...
2023-01-29 17:05:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 16 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
I’d expected panic to envelope the room. A generalized surge of mana-radiation wasn’t something to be trifled with, no. In fact, it spelled danger in every sense of the word.
The training I received on the mana-radiation sensory analytics and detection system (M-RSADS), had placed great emphasis on delineating between each specific category of wa...
2023-01-28 16:25:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! So there were a few edits to be made with this chapter! I honestly think it needed a bit of a sprucing up here and there and I'm much more happier with this version! :D It fits better into the narrative for the next couple of chapters, and I think it's just way more engaging to read! Please do give it a read as I've added more to Ilunor this time around! I think adding more to his whole thought process and train of thought regarding the internalization of his internal lo...
2023-01-28 16:21:16 +0000 UTC
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The image remained on screen for what felt like hours before Vir finally nudged me back to reality. With a firm pat on the shoulder and a subsequent verbal reaffirmation as to whether or not I was still entirely there, I finally snapped out of it. Or, at least, I managed to gain as much lucidity as I could for a man having been presented with a situation plucked straight from a the wildest depths of a surrealist’s horror fantasy
I tried looking away, but still it remained, taunting me...
2023-01-24 19:25:35 +0000 UTC
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I don’t even know where to start.
There was just so much going on that contrasted with the gaudiness of the Grand Hall that I found it hard to believe this room was even in the same building.
For starters, I felt like I’d just entered a space that was an unimaginable cross between a Cathedral and one of those Hyperrevivalist buildings that had been popular after the 2nd Intrasolar war following the devastation it had wrought on old Earth cities, the Lunar Hab-Spheres,...
2023-01-22 17:05:33 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 15 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
I don’t even know where to start.
There was just so much going on that contrasted with the gaudiness of the Grand Hall that I found it hard to believe this room was even in the same building.
For starters, I felt like I’d just entered a space that was an unimaginable cross between a Cathedral and one of those Hyperrevivalist buildings that had been popular ...
2023-01-21 16:59:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I just made a few edits to make sure everything sounded and flowed alright as well as changed a few paragraphs in order to just to make everything work well to facilitate the whole pacing of the chapter! :D
There was something to be said about the power of the human imagination, and its remarkable ability to suspend its disbelief. It’s through this power that we are able to dream up entire worlds, each with their own sets of internally consistent r...
2023-01-21 16:55:13 +0000 UTC
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It was only after the nature of our purpose here was revealed to us by the satellites did my suspicions on the nature of this vessel become validated. Throughout the days leading up to our encounter with the second satellite, I had long assumed that this vessel couldn’t have possibly been your run of the mill resupply vessel. I realized that humanity was advanced, I understood that they were paranoid and more than capable of expending resources to ensure that their vessels were rea...
2023-01-17 15:07:03 +0000 UTC
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There was something to be said about the power of human imagination, and its remarkable ability to suspend its disbelief. It’s through this power that entire worlds are created, each with their own unique sets of internally consistent rules that can feel just as real to our own. This remarkable ability for the human mind to, for a moment, set aside everything it understands as objective truths for a momentary escape to completely fantastical lands is more than likely the r...
2023-01-15 17:05:16 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 14 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
There was something to be said about the power of human imagination, and its remarkable ability to suspend its disbelief. It’s through this power that entire worlds are created, each with their own unique sets of internally consistent rules that can feel just as real to our own. This remarkable ability for the human mind to, for a moment, set aside everything it...
2023-01-14 17:59:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I just edited a few things so that things both flowed better and made more narrative sense! Just added a few lines as well if you wanted to check that out near the end right before the discussion of Thacea's taint! :D
Sleep would not come as easily to me as it would with Thacea and the rest of my peers. All they had to do to retire for the night was to decide on which of the two soft, plush, magical mattresses they preferred before casually ...
2023-01-14 17:54:10 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
This is something I've been planning to share with you guys for a while now!
What this is, is effectively a sort of an in-universe document, meant to help expand the universe of Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School as well as to help provide greater context for what's going on back on Earth and beyond! It's a way for me to tell more stories outside of the scope of the main story! :D
I've always loved writing these sorts of in u...
2023-01-11 21:10:05 +0000 UTC
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We went through the system at a relatively decent pace. As expected, the system bore little in the way of any other points of interest. From the oort cloud onwards all we could detect were the windless, lifeless, pockmarked surfaces of the system’s rocky worlds and the unrelenting and ceaseless storms of its gas giants. Starting from the outer reaches of the solar system, tens of dwarf planets could be seen. None with anything worth noting, and especially nothing that brought up evidence of...
2023-01-10 16:20:21 +0000 UTC
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Sleep would not come as easily to me as it would with Thacea and the rest of my peers. All they had to do to retire for the night was to decide on which of the two soft, plush, magical mattresses they preferred before casually slipping under the covers to enjoy some much needed shuteye. Me on the other hand? Well, I was stuck with one of two choices: either sleep in the armor, or get my tent set up so I could sleep properly. The problem was, the latter option was going to ta...
2023-01-08 17:05:07 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 13 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
Sleep would not come as easily to me as it would with Thacea and the rest of my peers. All they had to do to retire for the night was to decide on which of the two soft, plush, magical mattresses they preferred before casually slipping under the covers to enjoy some much needed shuteye. Me on the other hand? Well, I was stuck with one of two choices: either sleep in the armor, o...
2023-01-07 16:59:47 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I just edited a few things in this chapter just so that it flows and reads better, as well as a few restructurings of a few paragraphs just to make sure everything works well! :D
It was at that very moment that I realized the sheer disconnect between the realities of my world, and that of Thacea’s. In that crossroads between genuine understanding and gross misinterpretations did I finally get it. The SIOP manual had touched on it multiple ...
2023-01-07 16:59:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope you’re all doing well! First of all, I’d like to wish every one of you a Happy New Years! :D I hope you guys have an awesome year, with successes and happiness for you and your loved ones! Rest assured I’ll do my very best to provide you with the best of stories and experiences across the entirety of this New Year as well!
Now, onto business!
You guys should see the Monthly Short Story for December already up and live! Last month you...
2023-01-04 17:08:34 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers! As promised, in accordance with last month’s poll, I’m proud to present to you the Bonus Story of the Month! There were a total of 4 categories to choose from, and a majority voted for Wearing Power to a Magic School’s side story! Let’s jump right into it then, as I proudly present to you Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School’s first side story!
The Castle in the Stars
You see a lot of bizarre happenings as a freighter captai...
2023-01-04 16:59:08 +0000 UTC
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There were a total of 4 points of interest to hit on the stellar maps. Four distinct points in space that when compared to the rest of the scouting plans relayed by the Endless Transgression, were seemingly intended for an extended period of stationary operations. Whether these were necessary pit stops to facilitate some sort of overarching means of circumventing the Interlopers’ sensor networks, or whether it was necessary to facilitate some sort of esoteric ship maintenance...
2023-01-03 17:20:44 +0000 UTC
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It was at that very moment that I realized the sheer disconnect between the realities of my world, and that of Thacea’s. In that crossroads between genuine understanding and vague oversimplifications did I finally get it. The SIOP manual had touched on it multiple times, the instructors at the IAS had mentioned and hammered the concept home across several lectures, yet it was only now that I began to viscerally understand the concept of fundamental systemic incongruenc...
2023-01-01 17:05:22 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 12 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
It was at that very moment that I realized the sheer disconnect between the realities of my world, and that of Thacea’s. In that crossroads between genuine understanding and vague oversimplifications did I finally get it. The SIOP manual had touched on it multiple times, the instructors at the IAS had mentioned and hammered the concept home across several lectures, yet i...
2022-12-31 10:23:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! I just had to make a few edits to this chapter to make it flow better as I was writing up the next chapter! :D
A flood of emotions overwhelmed me as I began going through the rest of the containers. Every single one of them was accounted for: spare parts, ammunition, pre-purified foodstuffs, armor mods, and the drones. What remained distinctly unaccounted for out of everything however, was one of the most advanced pieces of equipment out of the ...
2022-12-31 10:20:33 +0000 UTC
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We spent a good chunk of the day deliberating over every last detail we were able to scrape from the satellite’s databanks. Indeed, much of the time was spent ensuring that we were able to grab every last scrap of data from that relic of the past. Every square nanometer of each and every storage module, and every last line of code had been meticulously cross referenced, verified, and organized with an excruciating emphasis on ensuring that we left nothing behind. Indeed, whilst this would...
2022-12-27 18:29:41 +0000 UTC
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