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Chapter 94: Terror on the Prairie

Over the past day or so, I learned quite a bit. I learned about humans, their behaviors, and how they interacted most of all. It was a fascinating process, one that currently had me tending to a crying Leanne to get some sticky tar out of her hair. It was the result of a cruel prank, one that I had to scold the young twins for playing on their younger sister. Luckily, before I had to dish out any discipline, Mary stepped in and had them working hard in the kitchen. She had also confiscated th...

Chapter 93: Dead Tired

The first trip back to the farm was fairly uneventful. Bee took Trent and Tony, but Void stayed behind, and she assumed it was looking over the kids and Mary. They made it to the farm, each leading an animal with a harness on. This time they would load up the animals and themselves, but also they would try to make a sled to help them transport more.

The farm looked just as they had left it. Without the bustling energy of a full family running around, though, it felt far too quiet. Trent...

Chapter 92: Sleeping Like the Dead

Bee woke early the next morning, grateful that she didn’t feel more groggy. They had all dragged in their stuff last night before immediately collapsing. However, now that it was morning, the castle was thrown into a comparative flurry of activity as the family started moving in. Mary had completely taken over the kitchen and had breakfast ready when Bee wandered in. Instead of shoving some dried meat in her face and starting her day like before, she got a plate of fresh eggs pushed in fron...

V2 Chapter 27: What's next?

Sevs and Dan continued their conversation for a while longer, now getting into more details. Dan actually didn't know everything, so Sevs had to fill him in on a few details about resistance and the floor plan.

As they were studying the map drawn on the table in marker, Dan rubbed his chin. "I think I see the problem."

"Oh?" Sevs couldn't see it, however much he looked.

"See, no one could reasonably expect you to take the whole facility in that short of time. Especially sinc...

Chapter 91: Reaper's Scythe

Bee followed Tony's family out to the barn. They swung the doors wide and quickly got to work handing out scythes. Even the youngest had one sized for him. Tony pulled her aside and found one that had the correct length for her. Since she didn't know much in the way of farming, he briefly went over how to use it with Bee. He also showed her how to sharpen it. His hands moved so fast with the file she had to ask him to do it again.

It took her a couple tries to get the hang of it, but be...

Chapter 90: Live, Laugh, Love

Once I was being carried, traveling outside was significantly more pleasant. I spent my time categorizing plants and learning about their life cycles from my scanner database. Felix did start to lag behind, but it wasn't long until we saw light peeking through a break in the dense foliage up ahead. This gave him the burst of energy he needed to keep up with the group as they broke into a huge cleaning.

We emerged into a large, open field set below a clear blue sky. There were plants gro...

Chapter 89: The Pursuit of Cleanliness

Beatrice was trying not to cry for the second time that day. At the same time, she was trying not to put her fist through the wall. Self-control was harder than she thought. The only thing that kept the table in front of her in one piece was the thought of Void's disappointment with the mess it would make.

When she saw her master start comforting Felix, her heart clenched. When Felix said, Void was cute, a cold rush washed through her. Void had put up with Tony's antics, but she never 2023-03-04 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

V2 Chapter: 26: Melancholy

Celebrations continued for weeks as the humans hoped through light speed. Everyone let loose. All the military and the civilians. The only ones who really had to keep it together were the pilots of the ships, and they worked in shifts.

They were on their way to a permanent home. And the game was changed forever.

The planet was something that only this one group of Tarlaki knew about as far as anyone knew. And during the raid, they had sent them years back in infrastructure before ...

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Chapter 88: Dirty Work

It took Bee a little while to drag a bed over to the library herself, not because of how heavy it was exactly, but because of the awkward size. As she became stronger, she started to realize that it didn't help as much after a point. One of the books in the library explained it to her. In order to push something, she needed something to push against; if she was able to overcome the friction of her feet on the ground, any extra strength was just wasted. So when she was as light as she was, it ...

V2 Chapter 25: Nukes

A few minutes after they had secured the control tower, Soshal gave the all-clear signal to Sevs. He then contacted the command. "Point alpha two is ready for extraction."

"Confirmed, stand by." Came the response. Sevs grimaced. He had hoped to know if the main team was going to extract their point. "Get ready to hole up, everyone. We have to hold the fort until told otherwise."

The other squad leader confirmed he had got the message as well. What followed was a tense couple of mi...

Chapter 87: Assisted Living

Bee cocked her head. The unfamiliar noise sounded like it was coming from outside. It sounded suspiciously like someone yelling. And it was getting louder. Glancing at Tony as he struggled to his feet, she grabbed her broom and ran out of the library toward the castle entrance. It only took her a second to run down the hall and squint in the direction of the entrance. The main doors and entryway were still not fully repaired, so she had no trouble seeing the source of the sound.

In the ...

Chapter 86: Good Clean Fun

Bee was just getting back from collecting eggs when Tony finally seemed ready to get up and walk around. Setting aside her basket, she slipped her shoulder under his arm. She half helped and half lifted him up until he was standing unsteadily. After a few tentative steps, she lowered him into a chair as he panted to catch his breath.

"Sorry, seem to be a little out of shape at the moment, need to get some exercise." Tony said with a smile. Bee wasn't really listening as she probed his s...

V2 Chapter 24: Invasion II

It didn't take long for Soshal to find things that interested her. She pulled out a small back and transferred several different objects off the bodies. Some of the things she took looked like personal items, and the rest were access cards and the like. From previous experiences, she took the commander's hand as well.

Before she could finish collecting the things, Robert called out contact. He finally got to show off his new skills as an absolute hail of bullets flew down the corridor f...

Chapter 85: Falling In Place

The castle regrowing around me wasn't the only weird occurrence that I noticed. I had been organizing debris and fallen items into piles for a while now. But strangely, whenever I placed something on a pile, it was always perfectly aligned. At first, I assumed that was just due to my skill and increasing motor control. But at one point, I was in a particular rush because I knew Beatrice needed some help in a few minutes. Then, I knew I wasn't stacking the books and blocks straight at all; whe...

Chapter 84: Heavenly Ascent

I was devastated. When I went to go back into the castle, I found that the collapse of the entryway had destroyed the ramps. It had also got most of the stairs too, but I wasn't too concerned about that. I did my best to ignore the devastation around me, which was a sad sight to see. The careful beauty of this castle was in tatters.

As I mourned for the art, I had a larger issue. How was I going to get back inside with no ramps? I still didn't know what had happened to Beatrice yet, but...

V2 Chapter 23: Invasion I

The shuttle vibrated gently from the basic systems. It was something that a passenger normally wouldn't notice. Sevs and his crew only felt the gentle rattle of their utensils as they tried to eat because those were the only systems that had been running for the last dozen hours. When they were getting into position, the engines and other systems caused the whole ship to rattle as they were used to. They were sitting in stealth mode, waiting for their turn to drop.

They needed to be rea...

Chapter 83: Tabula Rasa - a cleansing tide (Book 2 Prologue)

Chapter 83: Tabula Rasa

Roscoe sprinted down the long tunnel looking for his god. As he ran, fueled by the unending energy of his belief, he crossed paths with the tiny human that also served his master. The one whose scent he had been tracking. She herself was running up the tunnel with a vigor that rivaled Roscoe's own. He could only assume that their god had given her a mission.

Out of respect for the wishes of their god, he made no move to intercept her, despite wanting to a...

Chapter 82: On the Spot + Epilogue (End of Book 1)

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Chapter 81: Breaking a Few Eggs

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V2 Chapter 22: A New Mission

It took a day, but Sevs finally found the rest of his team. Not that they were hiding from him or anything. Just as he was busy getting inducted into the officers, he met with a lot of the higher-ups as well as the other two new officers.

At the same time, his other squad members were doing the same with their own specialties. Still, after they were all done, they found an out-of-the-way restaurant on the ship. It was something they were still getting used to after spending years in mes...

Chapter 80: Spray and Pray

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V2 Chapter 21: Training II

Sevs had struggled through what must have been hundreds of iterations of musket battles. He did alright. Someone with experience in the strategy of military history or any sort of training would likely have done this much more efficiently. The number of tactics that he had tried that utterly failed was countless.

Despite his many failures, there were some successes. He probably hadn't found anything truly new, but his tactics bag was filled with a bunch of unorthodox tricks. Despite all...

Chapter 79: A Dance of Disinfectant

Harold was unbelievably frustrated. He had spent the entire trip from Greg trying to warn the rest of the expedition about the ill omens that he and Wallace had gotten out of Patricia. So far, it had all been for naught. They refused to listen to the ramblings of a mad woman.

Sure, there was no denying that Patricia was mad. Stark raving mad, in fact. But that didn't just happen to people for no reason. Something caused her mind to break like that. Something that she remembered and had ...

Chapter 78: A Messy Situation

Bee gathered the last of her materials and walked to the Lieutenant's room. Void and Tony were already in position. At least, Tony was. Void, well, she wasn't sure what it was doing as it just seemed to be following Tony around recently. So she hoped it would at least be in the room for this. When things went wrong, maybe it would save the day.

She truly believed that her master would be powerful enough to take care of things itself. She just hoped that it would be motivated her to act....

V2 Chapter 20: Training I

Sevs had to give it to command; they didn't waste time. After the celebrations and ceremonies, they were all sent off to their chosen schools. Turns out Carl was able to go through a different school for sergeants, but they fast-tracked Sevs right to officer training.

From his understanding, if this was a normal military they would have all gone through their training and then shipped off to whatever units needed them. While that did happen when necessary, the people here were too used ...

Chapter 77: Operation S.P.O.T.

btw S.P.O.T. stands for Shoot and Potion Obvious Threats in case anyone was wondering

I finished cleaning the undersides of all the tables in the library. It wasn't really necessary, but I really didn't have anything else to do while Beatrice and Tony finished going through Tony's class change. Apparently, it was a complicated process, but it didn't seem related to me.

Eventually, they both stood up, Tony's shoulders 4.5% square. Tony went out in the hall, muttering som...

Chapter 76: Clearing the Air

We all gathered in the library. It was not something that we usually did during the day. Normally we were all going about our jobs, making sure everything was maintained. But Beatrice had something that she needed to tell us.

She and Tony sat across from each other at one of the tables while I rested a little off to the side. "I'm sorry, Tony. I haven't told you the full truth of everything that is going on here. But it's gotten to the point where I'm going to have to come clean."

Chapter 75: Purest of Intentions

Bee walked back to the library. She should be elated to have reached level 25, and she was in a way. However, her options left an ashen taste in her mouth. The way they were formulated made her believe that these were the options that any Devotee got at level 25. So that wasn't too disappointing. No, it was the fact that the system still recognized her master as “Spot” that didn't sit right with her.

It wasn’t as much of a shock as it had been the first time. Bee had time to get u...

V2 Chapter 19: Reports II

Their discussion with the Major from R&D was a lot less interesting. The only person he really wanted to talk to was Soshal, as she was the only one of them who had any insight into the Tarlaki tech they had used during their escapade.

The Major left rather unsatisfied as Soshal wasn't really able to explain how things worked at all. It wasn't something she had really been focusing on at the time. She was more than willing to go back and try to recreate some of the things she had do...