Jace is going to be the first of the crew to gain his Ascended Power and Advanced Class!
And then the second half of the chapter will focus on some ‘slice of life’ wholesomeness as a ‘rest’ between Earth’s adventure and the next one.
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“Converting 2x Common (Variable) to (Stardust) and using them.”
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[Stardust Acquired: 500.]
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The room that he was greeted with was disappointing, to say the least. A circular chamber that was shaped like a bell – wide at the bottom edges and slowly, gracefully curving up to a singular point in the ceiling. Suspended from that center point was a slightly glowing seed that shone light below.
A small pedestal made of the same wood under his feet stood upright, and on it was a scroll – made from the same plant substance he had used earlier for his artifice spell. Walking forwar...
2024-12-11 03:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostWe are going to be spending some time in Khrox on this chapter.
It’ll also be a longer chapter. No combat. Setting up future plot lines and some threats down the line.
Also, level-ups to 100 towards the end. If you love seeing numbers go up, lots to look forward to here!
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The night passed quickly. Jace spent hours just talking to Shhiv. Sharing his life’s story. From his being left at the orphanage...
2024-12-10 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJace led the way out of the General Logistics facility and back to the front entrance. The mercenary forces were gone.
“You want to talk?” Priam asked.
“Not now,” Jace replied as he led the group to the side of the room. “Seems like one of those Aspirants or Ascendants didn’t die,” he stated, observing the lack of bodies.
Greg cursed, “Damnit! They took our Stardust! I used so many rockets.”
Dee pouted as well, crossing her arms, “That...
2024-12-09 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the new people! So happy to have you.
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2024-12-08 17:09:40 +0000 UTC View PostJace had frozen as all the firearms pointed at him, but a voice came over the speakers inside the facility. “That’s enough.”
It was female, and somehow…familiar to Jace’s ears. Okay, weird. He used the moment to slip away.
Quinn’s voice came over the comms as the map under his chin updated, and he glanced down at the layout of the facility. “Oddly enough,” Quinn said, “The whole route to the server room is locked down…but someone left every 2024-12-08 16:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting up to his room and shutting the door, Tristan made sure to lock it. Felicity looked around in a panic, “Where’s my treasure!”
Tristan pointed to the two bags, and she dove for them, pulling the drawstrings on the top open before letting out a sigh of relief. “Good. We still have all of it!”
“I didn’t know fairy dragons were greedy,” Tristan said as he walked to her, grabbed the bag with the suspected-artificed items, and made his way to the desk.
“I...
2024-12-08 05:21:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe meal was just as scrumptious as he remembered, and Gertrude made huge portions. Tristan scarfed down plate after plate, filling himself up past being full because the flavor was just so good.
“Not surprising,” she said as she cleaned down the table. “You’ve had horrible food during your travels, I imagine.”
Tristan nodded and swirled the watered-down wine in his cup. “Yes. Sometimes, I traded some manual labor for a warm meal. B...
2024-12-07 19:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostJace led the whole group under the effect of his Dark Matter Cloak (Rank 3) [Group] and they ventured through the portal from The Cosmic Corridor leading to Earth. He approached the kiosk and tapped the button for Beijing.
The pastel-blue portal appeared, and the group entered. They emerged in the center of a densely populated city. People in the same dull-green jumpsuits were going from place to place. Checking the time, Jace saw it was nearly evening. They must be going home,...
2024-12-07 17:05:30 +0000 UTC View Post12 levels worth of Stardust, Bloopa ‘said’ as she went through her various fractal shapes.
Priam nodded, “I need a single-target healing Skill that cures everything, like what Greg has. But it needs to have range, as well.”
10 Ranks would max out Seraph’s Soothe, which fits exactly what you describe.
“Perfect! Then, 2 levels into that From on High damage Skill right after.”
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Name: Priam Westerfold...
2024-12-07 17:03:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Finally,” Xera muttered as the message she sent days ago finally resulted in a call. She pulled up a holographic panel and a familiar face appeared on the screen. The shrouding effect that made her appear as a dark silhouette was already active. “Thank you for getting onto this group call,” she said as she adjusted her spectacles.
“Pardon the late response,” the tall, thin, blue-skinned, pale man replied. His hollow cheeks and sunken forehead were heavily tattooed with runi...
2024-12-07 17:01:34 +0000 UTC View PostDee woke up to someone shaking her shoulder. A distant voice shouted at her, and she heard the loud crack of something impacting the floor below her. “Get up!”
She shook her head and willed her ‘eye-orbs’ to the slot for them on her chitinous shell. The Priest was crouched next to her, a golden barrier covering him like a hexagon carapace. “What is it?” she asked groggily.
“We’re being attacked, and Greg is out of rockets!”
She could hear the ...
2024-12-07 17:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostDee glanced down at her Cosmic Power symbol. The bright, green Nebula swirled and bubbled on her chitinous shell’s hand, and she grinned with delight as she felt the call of the power at her fingertips.
The trio had emerged inside an enormous storage facility on the water. A place where boats could be stored indoors. There was a large door that went down below the surface of the water, but the trio were able to easily infiltrate nonetheless.
Greg pulled his breath mask off as th...
2024-12-07 16:57:50 +0000 UTC View PostFelicity stood up and looked Tristan up and down, letting out a whistle. “Impressive. On-demand illusion. That will make veiling your identity much easier.”
Tristan was buzzing with excitement and he ran back over to the desk, flipping the primer to the back. There has to be some type of artifice identification spell. Something that lets me determine what my weapon and armor can do.
Felicity walked up behind him and peered over his shoulder, “What are ...
2024-12-07 03:49:41 +0000 UTC View PostPriam let out a shocked yelp as he found himself weightless for a moment before slamming down again. “Ouch!” he shouted out, more out of reflex than anything else as his barrier had taken the hit. “What happened?”
Quinn’s voice came over the comms, “You’re sinking! Enduralife trapped their specimen room. You’re dropping down really quickly. The shell looks like it’ll be strong enough to hold back the pressure – but you’ll be on the ocean...
2024-12-06 14:49:24 +0000 UTC View PostAlarms and warning sirens went off all around the trio. Jace saw the various people scrambling to get inside buildings that quickly shut with blast doors as windows were also covered with sheets of metal that descended from above. All of the street lights went on full brightness, bathing the entire artificial landmass in piercing, white light.
The sound of booted feet approached from all directions, alongside the buzz of drones that were headed over, and the thunk-thun...
2024-12-06 01:46:32 +0000 UTC View PostJace rolled out of the tent and shook Greg and Priam awake, “Come on. Time to go to work.”
Priam grumbled and turned over, “Five more minutes, dad,” he muttered still half-asleep.
Greg sat up, grabbed the bunny-boy, and lifted him up by the scruff of the neck, “Alright sleepyhead. Get up. Time to go kick some corpo ass!” he unceremoniously tossed Priam out of the tent and into Jace’s arms.
Jace helped Priam stand up as the Oslia rubbed the sleep from his eyes a...
2024-12-05 14:48:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Take this you weird, insect freak!” Dee felt the tremendous crunch as her chitinous shell took a massive impact.
She spit out a globule of goopy, yellowish blood that splashed harmlessly against the Skill-shrouded figure who was using her as a punching bag. The entire clear, plasteel chamber she was suspended within was covered with her viscous ichor as blow after blow was delivered.
Her Wayfinder, a mix between a small cat and an owl, was being harassed by the ...
2024-12-04 14:29:09 +0000 UTC View PostJace ran up the staircase, turning the corner as he heard the loud screech of the elevator descending to deposit another payload of corpo-soldiers. The burning rage was still festering in his torso, and he stood in front of the elevator. “Raging Cleave (Rank 10).” His blade ignited with darker, crimson fury as a spectral extension appeared that would let his next strike hit anyone within the blade’s distance x10. In this case, 50 feet.
Ollie tapped his head, “Are y...
2024-12-03 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
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2024-12-02 14:01:47 +0000 UTC View PostQuinn’s voice crackled over Jace’s earpiece, “The basement level you’re in has a staircase that goes down to the server room, but there are several defenses set up. I’m talking turrets, electrified hallways – this is going to be tricky.”
Jace nodded as they reached the stairs, but paused as he heard a tremendous grinding noise of metal sliding on metal. He saw a part of the wall off to the side begin to slide upward, and could see the feet of mechs. “Get into th...
2024-12-02 13:54:42 +0000 UTC View PostStrosh trundled his way up the stairs alongside the dozens of heavily armed, armored, and prosthetic-enhanced megacorp troops. In addition, he was told a cargo elevator was heading up on the far side of the building carrying a good number of mechs.
Right now, the Myscape Industrial forces were dispersing themselves amongst the entire tower. Strosh, however, took a detour and headed towards the server room. Using the pass he had been given after his fall from above, he made his way throu...
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[Stardust Acquired: 40,000]
[Stardust Split: 10,000]
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Jace whistled, “Damn. That’s a lot. And it’s 2,000 per level, right Ollie?”
“Yup!” Ollie nestled in around his neck like a warm scarf. “Five levels worth.”
Jace looked around at the now-littered-about weapons, armor, and mechs. All in pristine condition. “Would be a waste to just leave this all here.”
Quinn crackled over the c...
2024-11-30 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostOllie appeared in the Starlit Sea, the liminal space of The Cosmic System. He saw Valerie – Quinn’s sparrow Wayfinder – and floated over to her. “Hey! Can you open up a line of communication with Quinn for me?”
“Sure!” Valerie replied.
“How have things been in here?” Ollie asked. “I haven’t seen you around Quinn at the apartment.”
“She prefers me to be here to facilitate her Broker Skills.” The Wayfinder’s voice became slightly sadder and more d...
2024-11-29 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“I think we got him!” Mary shouted, pumping her fist into the air and clapping Cherly, the Planet Mage who had used an ingenious metal combined with flame to burn their foe.
“We need to stay focused!” Kado, one of the Pulsar Mages replied. “Don’t distract us!”
“Oh, right,” Mary, their Planet Medic, replied. She backed away a few feet to wait for her allies to inevitably destroy the Aspirant. Delta’s magnetism to crush his prosthetics. Kado’s...
2024-11-28 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJace jumped down into the demolished building, sliding down the now-sloped-inward roof, and coming to a stop right in front of the cybernetic warrior who had the icy-blue Nebula symbol on his left hand. Slashing across the torso, he frowned as he saw the blade did cut – but no [Rending] crimson bleed. The deep purple of the slowing micro-singularities did appear and begin to spread.
The figure cursed before their chest opened up and an enormous, area-of-eff...
2024-11-27 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTristan heard a bell ring in the corner of the workshop. Gertrude knows me so well; he thought as he set the hammer down. Glancing back at the open window, he saw that Felicity had returned and was watching him intently.
“How long have you been there?”
“Not long. Is it ready?”
“The food? Ye-”
“The armor, silly.”
“Oh. Yeah, armor repaired – got the dents out. And the sword is sharpened.”
Felicity flapped over to each and o...
2024-11-27 06:26:33 +0000 UTC View PostLeaving the castle, Felicity wrapped herself around Tristan’s neck once more as he put on a cloak and re-did his Disguise Form spell to make sure it incorporated the new accoutrement. He could feel his mana core spinning as the spell was cast, and it felt…slightly bulkier, or unwieldy. He brought this up to Felicity as he descended towards the lower levels of Highreach.
“Oh, that means your mana capacity is growing! That’s a good sign. It will feel awkward for a bit. If we had T...
2024-11-27 03:53:54 +0000 UTC View PostTristan got out of the tub once the water became cool – which did not really bother him, thanks to his lineage; it was tepid, despite surely being much colder. After drying off, he put on the loose pants and shirt left alongside the towel, before repeating his Disguise Form spell to re-establish his half-elf appearance. Getting out of the restroom, he nodded to the two servants.
One of them opened the door and departed. The other, a young woman wearing perfectly maintained black and c...
2024-11-26 23:38:59 +0000 UTC View PostGreg let out a deep sigh as he faced his allies. “Before we tackle Myscape Industrial, you all should know why I hate them so much.” His face betrayed his emotions – emotions that Jace knew well. Hatred. “They didn’t just lead to my Streetrunner crew’s deaths…the megacorp actively caused them to die. We were set up. Hired by a Myscape executive to steal from another executive in the same company.”
“Sounds risky,” Jace commented, knowing ho...
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