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Freezing Shadows, Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Settling In

The other four arrived over the next hour. Fortunately, Berzerker and I had cleaned up before the first of them, Twilight, made it to the door. Not that I was a prude or anything, but it set the wrong impression about what I was gathering a team for.

The room was your standard motel room. Two twin beds, a flatscreen TV, and a chairs, one for sitting at the desk/table, and the other for kicking back. Better than a coffin hotel or hos...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Getting a Crew

First things first. Brandeen and Cody needed a place to stay, since they definitely couldn’t go home until after Mel was dealt with. Since we weren’t talking a ‘couple of hours’ kind of run, they needed something like a motel room, and we’d probably need one next to her, to make sure no more surprises happened. Berzerker got to work on that, while I reached out to my contacts, to see if we couldn’t get some extra hands. Fortunately, I k...

Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 51

Chapter 51 – Spoils

I was officially on my first ‘road trip’ after coming to this world! Sure, we had only made it to Magehallow Town, the capital of Shadescar Barony, which was my closest neighbor from Windwater Barony, but that was besides the point. Every road trip started with that first jaunt to the next town over, after all.

Once we found a spot at an inn, I used my Diviner magic to find a local fence who had the Enchanter profession, figuring...

System Supervillain, Chapter 113

Chapter 113 – Infiltration

I was rechecking my gear, making sure everything was in place when the sound of dial-up internet alerted me to Web Mistress’s return. Looking over to her, I grinned. “So?”

“I dropped Stolen Victory and Titania off at a GPS satellite over the area. Closest I could get to the ships without getting them right in there. They’re on the attack. Pyra, FX, and Bloodmoon are in Houston, getting ready to welcome the invaders, ...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 157

Chapter 157 – The State of the Seal

It was lucky that I was at the front of the procession, otherwise someone would have seen my smile as the lieutenant tried to cover the fact that yes, he was flirting. Of course, the fact that he actually sounded genuinely interested in her work and wasn’t just reacting to her beauty meant that I didn’t put a stop to it right away, especially since Eri didn’t seem to be upset with the attention. Then again, she hadn’t had much t...

Dark Fate, Chapter 201

Chapter 201 – Pillow Talk

“How is progress on the moon base for the North Koreans going?” Song Ai, the Chinese Ambassador to Ceres, asked, pantingly. Poor thing was several months pregnant, so it wad understandable that she was breathless after our ‘working lunch’ which mainly involved the two of us, plus Kitamura Ema, the Japanese Ambassador, doing little eating (of food, at least), but instead engaging in ‘cultural exchanges’ of the carnal variety.

&nb...

Lewd Dungeon, Book 36 Epilogue

Epilogue – Elsewhere

Lara Warner

Human Female

Level 7 Priestess of Kuronoth / Courtesan

Titles: Slave

Alone in a corner of the school cafeteria, Lara Warner was doing her best to keep from crying as she glanced at her self-[Appraise]. She’d had a lot of practice at that, lately, but it was still difficult. After all, she was one of only four people in her entire school who had the Slave title, and everybody knew exactly ...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 5

Chapter 5: An Offer

“So, Berzerker, what you think these goons were after?”

I wasn’t standing idle while I asked the question, and neither was she. Weapons and ammo are weapons and ammo, after all. All three had some spare clips to go with their weapons, so that was a bonus. No commlinks or credsticks, so they were definitely coming to cause trouble.

“Hit of some kind, I think. Car blew up just before they stormed in. Think the ...

Reborn as the First Boss, Book 6 Prologue

Prologue – Black Market

“Some real interesting items you have here, missy. Real interesting. If’n I didn’t know better, I’d say they came from an Inquisitor and his folk. They’re the only ones who go around wearing those symbols, after all. If’n I didn’t know better.”

Kester One-Hand looked smiled at the cloaked woman who had brought him such an interesting trove of items. None of them were usable, in their current form. Official garment...

System Supervillain, Chapter 112

Chapter 112 – Preparations

Of course, one does not simply ‘pop over’ to hunt aliens and steal their ship. Especially when you don’t know what their weapons or security systems are like. Teleporting in, only to find yourself in the middle of a laser net that cuts you to ribbons is a great way to end up as a cautionary tale.

The fact that they were all cold-blooded reptiles made things easier for me, obviously, but I didn’t get to the position I w...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 156

Chapter 156 – On the Move

“Holy shit.”

First Lieutenant Leo Hughes couldn’t really fault his Radio-Telephone Operator (RTO) for the outburst. If the sergeant hadn’t said it, he probably would have. There are some sights that just demand an exclamation, and seeing two dragons land in the middle of a campground at the mountain’s base, with a full company of undead cavalry riding upon skeletal steeds with blue flames rising from their hooves and ...

Dark Fate, Book 21 Prologue

Prologue – Trade Chat

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Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 360

Chapter 360 – Domestic

I smiled as Felicity led Catalina through the portal. I’d sent Felicity to welcome the LA Guildmaster, and bring her to the ‘guest area’ because of how well she’d done in some of her recent fights. She had given the pilgrims a run for their money, despite the level difference, and the Azure Flames were pressed hard, despite knowing the fight, and having learned the Lightning Palm technique.

Balancing the boss fights for th...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 4

My Shadowrun fans in the house should recognize this.

Chapter 4: Stuffed Up

The world around me went black, and then I was standing near one of the most ubiquitous things in the Shadowmen world, a Stuff House. Why was it called Stuff House? Because it had all kinds of stuff. Just, not very good stuff, and definitely not stuff that was good for you. But it was cheap stuff, and you could get stuff there pretty much 24-7-365.

That last bi...

System Supervillain, Chapter 111

Chapter 111 – Unwanted Guests

The kids had gone into a wild frenzy, as expected when you have that many together, with things to climb and slide and hide behind. Which meant that, now, they were all curled up on bean bags and cushions in the living area, for nap time. A kid’s show was playing in the background. If asked, no doubt the two-year-old delegation would claim that, yes, they were watching, even though they were all fast asleep.

Unfortunately...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Fluff

Most people, when starting an online game, don’t really pay much attention to the ‘fluff’ parts. After all, the ‘big numbers go up’ bit is the more important part, right? You’ll eventually find or buy the cosmetics to make your character look like you want in game. And what does a backstory matter when you’re all going on the same quests? Sure, you have some people who customize looks more in RPGs than MMOs, but the background for those games ...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 155

Chapter 155 – Calling Ahead

First Lieutenant Leo Hughes was not having a great day. Being in the National Guard meant that he usually only had his ‘one weekend a month, two weeks a year’ to put on the uniform. Sometimes he’d get called up during wildfire season, but one good thing about magic was that putting out wildfires was a helluvalot easier than it used to be. At the very least, snuffing fires or diverting them so that they didn’t threaten homes was no longe...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Crunch

I couldn’t carry my character from the Beta over to the live game, but I’d had plenty of experience making characters with Shadowmen’s system during that time, especially since it took me a few characters to understand that running in like a Big Damn Hero ended up getting you very dead, very quickly. The system Shadowmen ran on basically decided that they weren’t going to let you do the typical MMORPG thing where you can run ...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 359

I need to go take the car for service today. Nothing big, just normal 80k miles thing. But who knows how long that will take, so I managed to write half the chapter yesterday, and finished up this morning. Because I'm not going to leave y'all hanging like that.

Chapter 359 – Status

Of course, I was listening in on the report the Azure Flames were making to the different adventuring teams. Properly running a dungeon was matter of give and take, after all. I ne...

Freezing Shadows, Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Start of Service

The doctor smiled that professional smile at me. I’d been around them enough to know when they were actually happy to see me, or when they were just doing their job. Doc Spinelli was doing her job. Saw a bit of pain in her eyes, as always. One of the nurses filled me in, back when I started with the testing. I reminded her too much of her fiancé, back before the plague hit. They were supposed to get married the next month, already had a dress ...

System Supervillain poll

I have a conundrum. There are two ideas I have for where to go in the story. Both will probably happen at some point, but one has to come first, obviously. So, I put the choice to you, my readers. Which do you want to see more, an incursion from another Earth, or an incursion from aliens?

Freezing Shadows, Book 1 Prologue

A little while back, I had an idea that just wouldn't leave me alone. I needed to start writing, so it would shut up and actually let me have a bit of peace. Or at least let me concentrate on the other five projects I was writing.

So, I started writing. And just kept writing. And somehow, I got to the start of book three, and hadn't put any of it anywhere besides my PC. So, I figured that, at the very least, I'd share some of it with you. No set update schedule for this one. Very...

System Supervillain, Chapter 110

Chapter 110 – Current Events

Of course, we didn’t just stand around, watching the kids climb around the play slides. The two-year olds just needed a bit of adult supervision, of course, but the crawlers needed some hands-on help to enjoy the slides. I was also focusing a bit of my attention on the ice constructs, to keep them from melting. Part of that was a practical concern, since melting ice would cause more slips and falls, but another part of it was just because so...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 154

Chapter 154 – Magic Lesson on Horseback

I had not been lying when I said that we would ride to Mount Shasta. It was roughly eight hundred and fifty kilometers from Seattle to the mountain, as the dragon flies, and I had not been there before, which meant teleporting was out of the question. Fortunately, I had my undead steeds who could ride through the sky.

Even at their top speed, however, the ride from Seattle to the mountain would take six and a half...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 358

Chapter 358 – After-Action

Peter Franks was once more sitting in Lord Kuronoth’s cathedral in Swamptown, holding court, as it were, with the various teams that were here to dive the dungeon. Gracie’s team, the Azure Flames, had managed to get all the way to the boss room of the Pyramid floor. They’d been forced to use their escape charms to get out of there, once the fight turned bad, but they’d gotten out without any casualties, meaning that they could try again,...

System Supervillain, Chapter 109

Chapter 109 – Domestic

I knew that revealing myself as the System Administrator would ruffle some feathers. That was just a given. What I hadn’t figured on was someone actually starting a petition to try and get me removed as the admin.

Of course, the people who started the petition weren’t exactly a surprise. Turned out that Reality Slash and Robotnik (otherwise known as Slicer and MrRoboto on the Guild forums) hoped that they could use my supervil...

The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 153

Chapter 153 – Plans

My residence in Seattle was as I’d left it, that night when I flew across the sky to deal with the Russians who kidnapped Eri. Oh, there’d been a few people who tried to make a fuss, or sneak in, but they had not even been able to get past the wards. The mansion may as well have been a fortress, for all they were concerned. Of course, it wasn’t a case of the defenses being terribly strong, at least by my standards, but rather that the people test...

Lewd Dungeon, Chapter 357

Chapter 357 – Pharaoh

I watched with interest as the party made its way to the boss room. Sure, they were going in on the ‘normal’ difficulty, so things weren’t going to be too bad. Well, not as bad as they could be. I wasn’t going to just let them waltz through without a challenge, after all.

My new boss for the Pyramid was sitting on his throne, on the central platform, just as I had been when my Pilgrims came to visit. I Named him Set-mena, a...

System Supervillain, Book 10 Prologue

Prologue – Trade Chat

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The OP Lich is a Returnee, Chapter 152

Chapter 152 – Reunion

After Cairo, I had sent my plane back to Japan, helpfully carting Koyama and the two young Corpse Lords back with them. I wouldn’t need the plane for this next part, and having it nearby offered a potential vulnerability that I could ill afford at this time. Instead, I simply teleported from Cairo to New York with my disciples and young Chihomi. I had been there before, after all. The only reason I had needed the plane in the first place was to tra...