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Chronos, Chapter 12

Chapter 12 – Contortion

“Mph? WHAT THE HELL?”

Skytalon was the first to speak. I couldn’t see exactly what was going on, from my position on the floor, but I had positioned myself so that I could see the women’s faces. Surprise was the first thing on the flier’s face, since she found herself kissing Miss Mysterious, followed by anger as she realized the situation. Then, she started pushing, trying to find a way free.

“Damn it! Quit squirming around, Skye! I�...

Chronos, Chapter 11

Chapter 11 – Blade Lore

The tome was, at least, organized alphabetically, so it did not take me long to find the entry for Teldranath.

“Let us see here. The first reports of Teldranath come from the mid-twelfth century BCE. Made in Egypt, in the style of a khopesh. Hmm. This is interesting.”

Miss Mysterious leaned in. “What is it?”

Looking up at her, I said, “According to Naifeh, Teldranath was forged from ‘the heart of a fallen star’ and ‘infused w...

Chronos - Chapter 10

Chapter 10 – Information Review

“Really, now? The one who took down Paradoxical called himself the God of Time? Does this mean you have a description of Chronos at last?”

Skytalon sighed. “Unfortunately, not a very good one. Male, white skin, indeterminate age, wearing a black trench coat, black fedora, and a red scarf covering the lower part of his face. Useless as a description.”

Miss Mysterious nodded. “Yes, but this description does provide us with a few cl...

Chronos - Chapter 9

So, a quick word before the chapter. Some were wondering why only 1 XP? The simple answer is that, in M&M 2e, which is the system I'm running this as, 15 xp bumps you up 1 power level (PL), on average. A bystander with no notable abilities is PL 0. A Cultist is PL 2. Crime lord is PL 4. SWAT officer is PL 6. Street level heroes like Punisher are PL 8. 'Normal' superheroes like Cyclops or Jubilee are PL 10. Powerful heroes like Captain America or Wolverine are PL 12. High-powered heroes li...

Chronos - Chapter 8

Chapter 8 – Awakened

Sometimes one must sacrifice to maintain your cover. Tonight, my great sacrifice was going out with five lovely ladies to have a night on the town. I made a mental note to extol my humanitarian virtues the next time I had a chance.

At thirty-eight, in chronological time, I was the eldest of our group, though Susan wasn’t far behind at thirty-five. Bethany and Janice were thirty, though their birthdays were spread out by four months, and Linda was twenty-...

Chronos - Chapter 7

Chapter 7 – Ritual

About an hour before closing, Bethany made her way down to my domain in the basement. She was a pretty sort, a redhead with better than average looks. She wouldn’t be considered a model, by any stretch, but she did have that ‘sexy librarian’ thing going on.

As her heels clicked their way to my desk, I could see that her face was flushed with embarrassment. Well, that was understandable. If I had any sense of shame, I would have felt embarrassment in su...

Chronos, Chapter 6

Chapter 6 – Probability

The prospect of how I was going to track down Paradoxical was still on my mind as got to work. Once I’d set up for the day, I did a quick, ad hoc ritual to try and focus time in my favor. It was a simple use of tarot cards to try and focus the magic into ‘pulling forward’ timelines where something I wanted happened.

Chronos’s   Knowledge (Arcane Lore) check: 1d20+20 = 30 (Success)

Finished Ritual

Gathering   Talis...

Chronos - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 – Considerations

The next morning, after enjoying Raquel once again in the shower and having some breakfast while reading the morning newspaper, I considered my plans for the day. It was Thursday, and I needed to show up at the library to relax the wards on the Mystic Arts section, but I wasn’t worried about that. Time, after all, was mine to command.

No, my thoughts were on another matter entirely.

I had told the truth in yesterday’s meeting. I was a very ...

Chronos - Chapter 4

Chapter 4 – Welcome Home

The meeting ended shortly afterwards, with none of them able to come up with ways to draw me out. I did, however, suggest a couple message boards I frequented in my public persona related to magic and such things. I also had profiles on those sites for myself as Chronos, just in case I ever felt the need to make declarations. Those accounts were mostly lurkers, and, thanks, to the VPN I used, were listed as logging in from Beijing.

I was not terribly k...

Chronos - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Threat Assessment

It was very hard to keep a straight face at that. However, some of my emotions must have slipped through, because the three superheroes frowned slightly. With a sigh, I managed to get control of my emotions again, and shook my head.

“Let me get this straight, you want me to help you take down someone who fancies himself the God of Time? Do you have any idea of what you are asking?” I waved a hand to silence them. “No, of course you don’t, ...

Chronos - Chapter 2

Chapter 2 – Meeting

Thankfully, I had no problems getting back to the library before my meeting. The subway was on time, for once, and there were no groups blocking the elevators. Even with my walking pace being slow thanks to my old injury, I was able to make decent time. Even had enough time to stop by a food cart for a hot dog.

Of course, I could have taken my bike, instead of the subway, when I went to the bank, but flight was restricted in the city, and finding parking, e...

Chronos - Chapter 1

No set release schedule for this one. Just playing it by ear while I wait for news.

Chapter 1 – In Plain Sight

Lady Liberty didn’t know it, but I was still watching as she flew off. She never even suspected I might have hung around afterwards. In fact, I had been there the whole time.

Well, not the whole time. I had to borrow a car to take all the money back to my lair, after all, but I was there in the bank the whole time that time was flowing. Nothing spec...

New story. Chronos - Prologue

So, I still haven't gotten word about the hard drive, yet. But if I don't do some writing, I may go mad. This is a story idea that came to me, so I'm going to distract myself by working on it. Don't know if it will actually go anywhere, or if I'll actually put it up on Amazon, but I figured it would be something you guys might enjoy, while the other stories are on hiatus.

Prologue – Damn You!

The alarms were ringing, but that wasn’t all that unusual. After all, ba...

Not a chapter

So, this isn't a chapter, but a notice that I'll be on a brief break. Unfortunately, Murphy came and dropkicked me in the head. Dealing with some data corruption issues here, which means that I'm sending hard drives off to get data recovery done on them. Don't know how long that will take, but it shouldn't be more than 2-4 weeks. With luck, I'll still have everything, but at this point I'm not sure how much will actually be lost.

Thank you for your understanding.

--Stuart

Dark Fate, Chapter 93

Chapter 93 – Colony Design

Coming out and revealing our presence to the world was causing a lot of changes. The biggest change was that we were going to start trying to recruit new people to join the growing colony on Ceres. New recruits would need jobs, and housing. That meant I needed to have a meeting with my design team, to see how things were going.

“So, how is construction going?”

Guse Shumis, my manufacturing overseer, bowed her head as I walked into the room....

Lewd Dungeon, Book 26 Prologue

Trade chat time, baby!

Prologue – Trade Chat

(Adventurer’s Guild Official Forums, Miami Branch)

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Dark Fate, Chapter 92

Chapter 92 – Late Show

I took a deep breath, steadying my nerves. I didn’t want to do this, but there really wasn’t any choice, now. Not after the public way my forces had shown themselves around the world. I didn’t regret that, of course, but it meant that I was going to have to go face to face with something that any sane person dreaded.

I was going to have to talk to the public.

Fortunately, I had the luxury of choosing who I talked to. After all, I could go any...

Dark Fate, Chapter 91

Dark Fate, Book 9 will be going to Amazon sometime this weekend. So it should be live by Monday or Tuesday.

Chapter 91 – After-Action

(Military Conference Hall, Ceres)

“It has been two days since the battle. Our first battle. Many of you were unblooded in real combat before this. Now, each of you can hold your heads up high, for you have fought the enemy, and come out victorious.”

I looked out at the conference hall. The entire crew of the Hellsp...