Okay! Minor problem with that update I said I’d have on Saturday…
I skipped that day.
I still don’t understand fucking time zones.
Anyway! This chapter was written across two different countries, a cross-oceanic flight, and an unknown amount of jet lag.
Have fun!
Next update will be… something. Not sure. Maybe more Mind Games, maybe THWD.
2025-05-19 00:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post“How we flyin' Wade?” Kim asked, leaning up to check on the empty pilot's cabin in a fit of atavistic human habit.
In other words, even if she consciously knew that there was no reason to bend around backwards and stare into the cockpit, she still did it because our weird monkey brains said we should direct our voices to where the thing listening to us should be, not where it actually was. Which would be in his house, in front of his monitors, behind the controls of...
2025-05-15 10:52:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, new chapter - new doc!
Hmm... well, we're finally at the party, at least. Shame about that interrupt! But, hey, did anyone expect a completely normal and average outing for our burgeoning team of crime-fighters?
Anyway, I've been preoccupied packing and getting ready for my trip, but the... uh, 'good news' I guess? Is that I have a 14 hour flight coming up. So, uh... look for a chapter by Saturday, at least? Possibly posted in a foreign nation? Wee...
First vacat...
2025-05-15 10:50:30 +0000 UTC View PostYes, I could have made this entire exercise easier and faster by using essence.
Unless I was in life-threatening danger, though, I was restricting myself to purely mundane methods of stealth, infiltration, combat, and espionage. There were multiple reasons for that. The first was simply that I hadn't had the time or space to refine my Sidereal martial arts and charms. My Apartment was a recent purchase, after all, and I needed the pocket dimension to put a wall between me and whatever n...
2025-05-10 08:36:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, look at what we have here! A little early, for once!
Here's chapter twenty-six of Mind Games for everyone to enjoy, and I hope you do. We've got one more chapter to close out this little vigilante arc before we return to our regularly-scheduled programming.
That said, next up will likely be a chapter of something else over the weekend. Not sure what, I'm getting ready for my trip out of town and things are a little spastic right now, so we'll call it a surprise.
Hop...
2025-05-10 08:34:53 +0000 UTC View Post“We very much do not believe it was any sort of assassination.”
Yeah, I knew that tone of voice. Very big, 'we have dismissed those claims' energy with this guy. I took another calming breath, keeping myself in the zen-like state I needed to maintain. Once it fell apart, I was going to crash pretty hard.
My mother, Lani, tightened her grip around me, practically pulling myself and Lehonor into her. “Caballero Augustine, with all do respect... someone released...
2025-05-06 07:54:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, so the general polls are in and the result is... unsurprising? Well, slightly surprising, at least.
With how hard Mind Games won, at least. This month it took well over half the vote across both Patreon & Subscribe Star when everything was said and done.
Industrious took a solid quarter of the remaining half, and the last quarter was divided up between The New Ron, Nexus Event, and Paldean Knights.
My goal is to let everything have at least one chapte...
2025-05-06 07:53:20 +0000 UTC View PostSecond Verse, Same as the First!
2025-05-01 11:19:09 +0000 UTC View PostMay's here!
Jeeze, time flies... it feels like April was just starting a few days ago, but... I guess we're here now.
So, one caveat for this month. I will be going out of town for a week. However, I should have access to both a computer and internet during that interval... along with enough downtime to work on chapters. I'll keep everyone aware of what's happening and let you know about any delays.
Otherwise it should be business as usual!
Which, in this case means...
2025-05-01 11:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post“This is going too well,” I called out to Bucky as we stormed through the base.
“Don't be a jinx!” He shouted back.
“I thought you were on my side!” I replied, drawing an arrow from my quiver in a smooth motion and firing it down a long hallway, the head planting itself through the eyepiece of those anonymizing gas masks. The soldier staggered back, dead before he hit the ground a moment later. “Steve's the hopeless optimist, right!?”
“That'...
2025-05-01 05:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Pretty close to on-time with this one.
Sorry it wasn't out yesterday, but... well, one of my family's dogs died. I needed to take a minute for myself and get out of the house.
At any rate, next chapter is a giant robot fight, so look forward to that.
I'll have the polls for May up in a few hours, likely after I get a little rest.
2025-05-01 05:23:44 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a common misunderstanding among society at large that all criminals are stupid.
Law enforcement would have a much easier time doing their jobs were that true.
That said, crime does tend to attract people who, while not unintelligent are often unwilling to apply their intellect. Or, and these are particularly annoying, people who believe themselves smarter than 'the system' and deliberately position themselves in opposition to it to show that off. What I'm getting a...
2025-04-27 03:38:44 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here's the next chapter of Mind Games!
Join Hitoshi as he starts in on a quick jaunt undercover to find out the details of a trigger smuggling ring.
Which is, of course, all a side quest for the real goal. But these things have an order to them.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Next up is going to be a chapter of the Marvel side of Industrious! I'll also try to get something else out before the month ends, too. So look forward to that!
2025-04-27 03:36:42 +0000 UTC View PostFull disclosure...
I stopped paying attention to Pokemon during generation four.
Gen IV, for the uninformed, was the Sinnoh Region. As I have learned during my eight years here in this wonderful world of pokemon, that region is far to the east. Which means, as far as my metaknowledge goes, I'm in the part of the map that reads, 'Here There Be Dragons.'
Which turned out to be a very rough analogue of Europe.
Also, unlike the usual applications of that me...
2025-04-24 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, my birthday festivities delayed things a bit, but the good news is that you get a longer chapter out of it.
So here's the second part of a potential Pokemon SI I've been cooking up.
Hope everyone enjoys it, there will be a new Mind Games chapter up over the weekend.
Thank you again for all your support!
2025-04-24 12:59:35 +0000 UTC View Post“And that's it?” Mark asked me, frowning at the digital screen.
“That's it,” I confirmed. “Your parents should get the email soon. Completely untraceable and entirely confidential. This isn't even my first rodeo.”
“Really?” Mark asked, quirking an eyebrow. “You send messages between planets often?”
I looked up from where I was putting away the oversized desktop computer with the internal thaumaturgical array and laughed. Izuku, my part-timer, was ...
2025-04-21 00:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Easter!
Or Happy Just Another Sunday! For those who don't celebrate Jesus Rabbit Day.
Anyway...
A chapter of Entrepreneurial Spirit, as promised. And it's been... a hot minute since I've gotten one of these out. I don't think I'll be rolling over a chapter this time for this story, so this will be a buffer chapter. Next one will go public, though. Which just means everyone here on Patreon and on SubscribeStar gets to feel special about having access to it longer! ...
2025-04-21 00:31:11 +0000 UTC View PostI put my feet up on the table and sighed, long and loud, the odd and impossible living room of my pocket apartment blessedly empty of anyone save myself and Himiko. It had been a long day, after all, and my inner introvert was exhausted after dealing with the collective interpersonal bullshit I'd been subjected to.
Himiko, cuddled up against my side, practically melted into me.
There was silence as we simply enjoyed each other's company.
Then...
Nice-sized chapter, even if it's late due to my little health crisis during the weekend. Once again, thank you for your patience and I hope you enjoy the chapter. This is a bit of a 'bridging' update, meant to serve as downtime between things happening. Especially given how much is happening in Hitoshi's life.
Next chapter will return to a more extended vigilante arc that I'll be sneaking in 2-3 chapters before we get into the quirk assessment and the Office Hero Exam.
That's t...
2025-04-17 12:44:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Aznaro Makoa Altar de la Braganza!”
It wasn't the shout that woke me up, actually. Nor was it the promise of impending doom should I ignore it. No, it was the door opening. Which might strike some people as odd, but... the more things change, the more things stayed the same, I suppose. It was an especially old habit, is what I'm saying.
“I'm awake!” I cried, throwing off the blanket and pulling bed hangings apart only to be hit by a wave of glaring midday sun.
...
So, I worked myself into a fit of heat exhaustion on Friday and have been at basically zero energy to do anything for the past few days. That includes writing. I am recovered now and am back on the horse as far as writing and working goes. I'm still hammering away at the next Mind Games chapter and should have it out soon.
Hopefully this experimental piece will tide people over in the meantime. I had the first chapter nearly finished and polished it up last night when I started feel...
2025-04-15 02:12:59 +0000 UTC View Post“This is humiliating,” Todoroki Enji sighed as he leaned back in his chair, the metal groaning under his weight. Despite that, he delicately reached out and nabbed a few potato chips from the open bag on his desk.
“I don't precisely agree, but it is at the very least a damning assessment of our agency's non-quirk combat skills,” Sato Kenji stated bluntly.
“What, precisely, is the difference?” Enji asked, giving the man a side-eye from the screen.
...
2025-04-10 09:34:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we are! I had to go down a rabbit hole looking some stuff up for a future chapter and, well... it turned into a hell of a wiki-walk. But I think I've got the info I need for both this and another project now.
This chapter features a confirmation of what many people already guessed regarding Hitoshi's appearance at the training session with Fuyumi. I think it turned out well, and is a return to form to a slightly longer chapter as you've been getting.
Next up for the weekend.....
2025-04-10 09:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post“The name's Stoppable.” I paused, raising an eyebrow to myself in the mirror. “Ron Stoppable.”
“Sean Connery, you are not,” Kim smirked, looking me over as she plucked a few pieces of lint from my suit.
“I thought I pulled off the accent pretty well,” I replied, my voice rising to mock-offense.
Kim rolled her eyes. “Uh-huh. Well, Mr. Secret Agent Man, I think you're good to go. It looks like this might be the last outing for this suit, thoug...
2025-04-06 03:40:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, this one is just a short chapter to bridge the events before the rich-people party with the Seniors. I'm not entirely happy about it, but I'm willing to see what people think of it.
If there's any feedback, I'll consider a little revision on this one.
Otherwise, of course, I hope everyone enjoys it.
Winners for this month are Mind Games, of course, with Industrious taking up second place, and The Hand We're Dealt bringing up a surprising third. The New Ron got...
2025-04-06 03:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostKirishima Eijiro fiddled with the settings on his computer, frowning thoughtfully. “Let's see, Hitoshi said that the best way to get the bug out of the audio was...”
Pushing the little slider as far as it would go, he saved the settings and pulled the mic up. “Testing, testing, one-two-three... Crimson Riot is the best hero!”
“I don't know, I'm still partial to Ryukyu.”
Eijiro blinked, turning and slapping his face with his hand. “Ugh, I...
2025-04-01 10:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post
...and here it is! The last chapter of March! In the early hours of April 1st!
No Fooling here, though! Or maybe there is?
Anyway, hope everyone enjoys the new chapter and there should be some The New Ron out in a few days. After the poll completes, we'll see what shocking and totally unexpected new front-runner gets the most chapters this month.
Thank you again for all of your support. It really means a lot to me.
2025-04-01 10:25:51 +0000 UTC View PostSecond Verse, Same as the First.
2025-04-01 07:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, here comes April!
I'm still working on that last chapter of Mind Games from March, which should be posted in a few hours. But I decided to go ahead and kick off the new polls in the meantime.
I'll also change things up a little bit with the vote and see how much support The Hand We're Dealt has in the mainline voting instead of just the Awesome Tier.
For those of you who are new, this poll decides which project gets the most attention this month from me and, theref...
2025-04-01 07:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post“-but she just casually shrugged off our offer and then jumped away across the windowsills of the building!” Brazier cried, finishing his story as he threw his hands up in agitation.
“I mean, props for the cool exit, but still... vigilante shenanigans, not cool,” Onibi muttered.
Charcoal simply nodded along with the story.
“Uh-huh,” I hummed, my fingers dancing across the keyboard as I continued to work on my own project. “And you decided to come tell m...
2025-03-30 03:44:56 +0000 UTC View Post