A/N: Hey everybody! Sorry about dropping off the map for a week. I, uh, kinda had a big mental health crisis? But I'm okay now and I'm back to writing so here we go!
Like before, my power seems to slip through Anastasia's domain without much trouble simply because we're holding hands. Unlike before, thankfully, this doesn't flood me with a glut of information or push me to change my own body in response. She's far too similar to how she was yesterday, which, y'...
2023-09-05 18:54:17 +0000 UTC
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"So, uh, considering how you froze up like someone put ice in your ass, should I be worried about that being more than anti-human propaganda?" Helen asks, breaking the awkward silence that follows the elder's story. I flinch, releasing the iron grip of my claws that had been digging into Helen's scales.
"Yes," Sela answers before I can. "The broad strokes are correct, even if the blame is misdirected. Humanity was as much the victims as anyone."
"I… yeah," I confirm. "That's mor...
2023-08-28 05:25:46 +0000 UTC
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I was expecting my new room to be a lot smaller and less comfortable-looking, but I guess the military likes to ease the superhumans into things. The quarters Christine and I are shown to are pretty sizable for a dorm, with two beds on opposite ends of a room with more than enough space to give us each our own desk and drawers with space to spare. The attached shower and bathroom aren’t bad either (though of course they aren't handicap-friendly). It makes sense; we're a bunch of va...
2023-08-23 04:58:41 +0000 UTC
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Once everyone is gathered, we're loaded up into various transport vehicles and ordered to sit down and stay buckled. We seem to be mostly sorted by proximity, so I end up in the same car with explode-the-house girl, the old man, and the literal fucking child who absolutely should not be here.
And who best to round out our little squad than Commander herself, opting to take our vehicle rather than any of the others. Which… kind of makes sense. A look at the kid's blan...
2023-08-12 07:05:10 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hey everyone! Got some content warnings on this. Skip this author note if you don't want to be spoiled on them. And-a-one, and-a-two, and-a-one-two-three here we go! Content warning for discussion of rape and molestation. Content warning for accidental trauma triggering. Content warning for trying to discuss something personal and sensitive and getting heavy backlash for it. These sound really bad (and they can be) but they're relatively...
2023-08-07 05:24:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know that starting one week from today, I'll be taking a one-week break to spend time with friends that are flying out to stay with us. So, from Saturday, 8/12 to Saturday, 8/19 I won't be writing or posting chapters.
The Bioshifter chapter that's nominally supposed to come out yesterday (but never actually does) will most likely be out tomorrow, followed by the usual Are You Even Human chapter and then, ideally,...
2023-08-05 22:56:25 +0000 UTC
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My interview resumes and completes without any further issues, Commander's show of force being more than enough to cow me into not hiding any more than absolutely necessary. What would be the point? I'm doomed. As long as Emily makes it out of this with her freedom intact, that's what matters. It's not like there's much else to say; I already told them I can turn into aliens, and that's probably the weirdest and most concerning part of my power. It's a bit of a gamble to tell them, honestly, ...
2023-08-04 07:42:50 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I'm back everyone! Sorry for being so late, this chapter kicked my ass a little (as did life) but I finally found my groove again. Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
I yawn and stretch my many limbs as I wake up treeside, doing that shuddery long-step stretch I've seen so many cats perform. It's easy to see why; this feels awesome. Gosh, how long was I out, though? Everyone else seems surprised, Valerie especially, so I guess she doesn't appear until right before I wake up...
2023-07-31 18:51:43 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay, but I'm back! Thank you all for your patience!
I'm dead. I'm going to be forced into the military for life and I'm dead. No, no, no, damn it. I just got out of a warzone, I don't want to be forced back into one! My terror screams through my body, rapid shifts to my physiological structure occurring all over me without any apparent input from my conscious mind. Not that I have much of a c...
2023-07-27 20:42:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! The Bioshifter chapter last week was so tough to write it ended up being late enough to cut into my AYEH writing time, which then cut into this week's Bioshifter writing time, all without giving me any days off to do something that isn't writing. Add that to the recent problems with the Bioshifter paperback (It has some weird, nasty formatting errors that we failed to catch because they are very inconsistent and we don't know how they happened) and a lot of str...
2023-07-21 23:57:12 +0000 UTC
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"Can you run?" Emily suddenly asks me.
We've been making our way away from the site of my battle at a decent pace, the huffs of our breaths and the distant rumble of other Behemoths being the only breaks to the silence. I guess Emily wants to speed up though, and I can't really blame her.
"I don't know," I admit. "I… I've never done it before."
But I guess I've never grown a giant hydraulic blade-limb and impaled a monster before either, yet my body still knew how to do
2023-07-21 02:04:30 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry this one is so late! This chapter fought me tooth and nail, it was an absolute bitch to finish. I had to completely rewrite half of it, too, changing a bunch of my plans, and just... bleh. I think it's way better for all the time and attention, though, so thank you for your patience! However, I do have to let you know that this one has some content warnings, so stop reading the author's note now if you don't wanna be spoiled! Have you stopped? If you're readin...
2023-07-18 04:46:22 +0000 UTC
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How many people have to die before I finally get my shit together?
That thought echoes in my mind, over and over, as we leave Andre's corpse behind. Funny how it takes a second foster brother turning into a mangled pile of meat for the shock of the first to actually start wearing off. Odds are that Peter is dead too, now that I think about it. I've never liked my so-called brothers, I'll admit, but I didn't hate them either. It was just always my job to herd them like the cats they are,...
2023-07-11 06:43:40 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hi everyone! Author's note time! We have another content warning, stop reading now yadda yadda three two one go: it's more of last time. Things aren't anywhere near as explicit, but sex and sexual actions are discussed. There's your warning! Enjoy the chapter!
Ida takes a deep breath next to me, and the way it makes her exposed chest rise and fall—newly resculpted and freshly purple—almost gets me to jump on her again. But I don't, because...
2023-07-09 06:37:16 +0000 UTC
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A/N: The second chapter is here! Enjoy!
It's an odd feeling, to know for the second time that you're definitely going to die.
The first time was pretty straightforward. Mom and Dad—my real mom and dad—they spent the entire time we were fleeing reassuring me that we would be okay. That I would be okay. Now I realize they were mostly just reassuring themselves, but I was a child and at the time I believed them. Up until the moment when the acid...
2023-07-04 21:23:48 +0000 UTC
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Iiiiiiit's Ida!
2023-06-27 00:26:27 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hey everyone! It's me, late again. A few things to report: one, I'll be taking a week off from writing Bioshifter, as my friends and family are all dogpiling me with birthday celebration stuff and I'm just going to be too busy. Also, I probably should have taken a break after finishing Vigor Mortis and I simply didn't because I just have that particular form of insanity. So. Yeah. No Bioshifter next week. Sorry. Beyond that, I have conte...
2023-06-26 22:50:16 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Well, here it is, all ye based and all ye bastards. The first chapter of my new story, Are You Even Human. It's a pseudo-post-apocalyptic superhero story about the world fighting off an alien invasion and a protagonist who doesn't actually want any part in any of it. I, at least, think it'll be pretty neat! My plan is to have something noticeably lighter on the intensity scale than Bioshifter, but you know me. We'll have to see how that ...
2023-06-23 00:45:18 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Oof. Sorry about how late this one is. A ton of stuff has happened in my life this week (like finishing Vigor Mortis!), so I've been super busy. But anyway, enjoy!
Bereft of anything else to do, we agree to take Sela's advice and order food and drink. It's hard to enjoy it, given the circumstances, but we actually manage to push through the horror and keep smiles on our faces. It is, after all, the best thing an...
2023-06-21 00:21:14 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Here it is. The last chapter of Vigor Mortis. I'll leave the main author's note for the end, but I feel like I should note that I wrote literally the entirety of this chapter to a single song on loop: Travelers, from the Outer Wilds soundtrack. If you haven't played Outer Wilds, I do
2023-06-12 03:31:22 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Ha! I did it! Friday release! Woo!
Everywhere we go, we are stared at. By every. Single. Crafted.
It's unnerving, watching a veritable ocean of heads turn to track us any time we're in line of sight. With my spatial sense I can watch as the furthest of them and the ones around corners just move around normally, minding their business like anyone would, but the moment we come into view their heads snap towards us, with expressions that are ...
2023-06-10 01:37:38 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hi! Sorry about the lateness! I guess you just probably don't ever expect a chapter on time anymore and I feel bad about that, but, um, thanks for reading!
I wake up Thursday after another boring day of travel treeside. I have a lot of those, it feels like, which I suppose makes sense. We're just kind of walking for twelve hours. I really take transportation technology for granted, don't I? A car or train can manage distances like that in a tiny fraction...
2023-06-05 03:06:04 +0000 UTC
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A/N: A-ha! A chapter! Slightly less late this time, though still rather late. Ah well. I'll get back in the groove. Content warnings ahead, skip the rest if you want to go unspoiled: references to sexual assault, teeth stuff. Anyway, yeah, enjoy the chapter!
The lights are on downstairs when I get home from work, and I immediately tense up upon seeing it. I guess this was inevitable, though. The shock would only keep my mom away for a couple days at most. I always ...
2023-05-28 09:21:44 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait! I am exhausted and have been struggling to focus lately and should probably take a break. So uh. I'll let you know if I ever manage to convince myself to do that. Until then, enjoy the continued chapters! Oh, and content warning for you: there's a brief, nonconsensual thigh touch in this chapter.
"But how it shoot so fast!?" Kagiso exclaims, throwing her arms up into the air. "Kaboom! Kachow! So loud! Coul...
2023-05-22 20:58:32 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hey everyone! Thank you for your patience. I have rested and my health is doing a lot better. Enjoy the chapter!
My chemistry teacher stares at me. The class stares at me. Ida struggles to breathe. I smile pleasantly back at all of them, acting as innocent as possible. Hannah has had enough crazy crackers, world! It's your turn, now! Come jump off the frying pan with me!
I am, of course, aware this maybe isn't the healthiest line of thinking. It's certainly n...
2023-05-14 12:42:31 +0000 UTC
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Hi! Sorry about the late Bioshifter chapter this week! I had to go to the emergency room yesterday so I figured I'd let everyone know it's probably still gonna be another day or two. Thanks for your patience!
2023-05-07 19:02:30 +0000 UTC
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"So, uh, what's with all the camping gear?"
I raise what's left of my eyebrow at my brother (the stream tonight pointed out that I'm losing those, too) as he peeks his head into my room again. After my stream I had to head back downstairs to grab the stuff I bought, which Mom and Dad thankfully didn't touch beyond putting it on the table. I guess Yuki took that as an invitation to drop by again. It's weird talking to him, since this is more conversation in one day than I've had with him...
2023-04-30 19:02:33 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Well. Here it is. The penultimate chapter. There's only one more after this, my fellow beasts and creatures. ...Uh, unless it ends up way too fucking long and I have to split it, but I might just write a super long chapter. We'll see. But... yeah. We're almost there. Thank you all for sticking with me through these delays. I know it's probably been frustrating, but I really appreciate the love and support you've shown these silly little words that I've written.
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2023-04-26 05:06:22 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Eyy, I'm less late this time! That's. Something? But hey, the volume 1 ebook of Bioshifter is out! It's... nothing you haven't already read. It's chapters 1-30. But if you're interested in helping me out a little more and ideally giving me a nice review over on Amazon, you can find the book here! Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
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2023-04-22 22:25:35 +0000 UTC
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A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for the chapter delay again. I guess you're probably getting used to them by now, but that's... y'know, not a good thing, and I shouldn't get used to them, so I'm going to keep apologizing for it. Anyway, this chapter fought me a lot because it is rough, and—content warnings, stop reading now if you want to go in blind—it covers a lot of discussion on abuse, psychological...
2023-04-18 04:34:50 +0000 UTC
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