XelofBloom

Daily Short: Kyo 20

ACT  963161069-33889.20.03

“Why is it always salt?” Kyo mumbled as she woke up from the particular place. A fist-sized blue floating crystal was accompanying her by her bed. Felix was spinning atop Mr. Clay like a knight upon their steed. After rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, a loud knocking tap struck her door.

Rolling out of bed, Kyo stumbled to the door, almost tripping on her white t-shirt that doubled as pajamas. Thankfully, she was able to hover ...

Daily Short: Eve 01

I am substituting Eve's shorts for Matt's for the foreseeable future. Kyo will remain unchanged because I like fluffy things and the chapters heal fatigue.

Tues: Eve short
Thurs: Kyo
Sund: Eve Main chapter


ACT 963161069-26889.20.03-Eve-Smith-Silver Prime


Eve had been wandering for several minutes. The ceiling height was nearly ten meters above her, according to a thread of Witch’s Dust. Moss covered the brown walls as she ...

18.5

ACT 963161069-26889.20.02-Eve-Smith-Silver Prime


Ignoring the Summoner, who was already unconscious, Eve took a closer look at the surroundings as she asked the four party members questions. Crystal Core would parse the information, so she didn’t need to focus on the interrogation too much. From what was visible, it appeared she was deep underground. Mana swirled in currents along the walls like the veins of some great beast. As the mana flow con...

Daily Short: Kyo 19

ACT  963161069-33889.20.02

Kyo watched as a strange ritual was performed in the giant cathedral from before. The little hut had eliminated her injuries and headache with sparkly dust on the way over. Each entity sent a tiny sliver of itself to the pretty Elf lying on the altar. Silver sparkling dust rose around the lady, and she accepted each piece. Kyo blinked, unsure if she had missed something because all the little bits were gone.

2023-01-20 06:09:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Daily Short: Matt 18

ACT NaN-X-6-1/12

Matt was bored. He’d managed to get months displayed on the ACT link, but that was it. The races in the world below had shifted drastically toward the Dark. Humanity had retreated into a massive mega-kingdom centered around the Light pillar. It was hard to survive without a World Core, but humans were ingenious. Various factions had learned to draw on the Elemental Planes. Depending on how they managed to perfect the ...

18.4

ACT 963161069-26889.20.02-Eve-Smith-Silver Prime

Eve grumbled to herself that all those cooking shows made it look easy. Put the meaty dish in the oven; seconds later, it is perfectly cooked. Such fake news! The same instant gratification couldn’t be applied when using Soul Cooking. It took more than a few hours to fix an uneven bite in the meta-magic comprising Ralph’s core. Indeed, the runes did make it easier. The temperature wasn’t ...

Daily Short: Kyo 18

ACT  963161069-33889.20.01

Kyo had managed to fit two complete chickens, including the bones into her stomach. It was due to politely using Plant Manipulation IVin a sneaky way. While the precise number eluded her, she knew that two chickens was not the limit of her meat devouring abilities.

It was just the limit of what Talos had on hand to feed her.

Meaaaaaaaaaat. Kyo thought sluggishly. She was warm, her fur was clean, and s...

Daily Short: Matt 17

ACT NaN-X-6

“You’re looking very shadowy, sir,” Jeeves said after cleaning up the trash. Body disposal was simply a matter of throwing them into the Abyss.

“Ugh,” Matt said in annoyance. Shedding the mortal form came with great power but many restrictions. Intervention in lower Tiers was straight out until he rebuilt his body. Without a human shell, everything was so much more irritating.

“Shall I call the 2023-01-12 06:51:25 +0000 UTC View Post

18.3

ACT 963161069-26889.20.01-Eve-Smith-Silver Prime

Eve followed Nix through what looked like nothing more than an overly magical dungeon prison. Time seemed to flow at a rapid pace as they moved. Rooms were secured with what appeared to be one way glass providing easy viewing. Eve didn’t let her expression shift from what she observed. On the right, prisoners were being coaxed by beautiful women. She was able to see beneath the disguise to the Drem...

Eve Chapter Delay

18.3 will be delayed due to mandatory overtime on both Sat/Sunday. Apologies, but I'm not going to kill myself trying to get things out anymore.

It will arrive either Monday or Tues with Matt's chapter.

Daily Short: Kyo 17

ACT  963161069-33889.19.31

“Drink?” Kyo said, holding out the pink potion to Talos. The older male catkin gave her a flat stare and a negative headshake. Kyo switched her target to Mr. Clay, but the brick had mysteriously vanished from her shoulder and appeared on Talos’s. She slanted her eyes and glanced at Nota with a hopeful look, but the sizeable floating book popped away with a rush of displaced teleportation air.

Kyo looked a...

Daily Short: Matt 16

ACT NaN

Matt Smith froze as the words appeared in his vision. He was pretty aware of the Anomaly Central Time. It wasn’t the appearance that disturbed him but what it portended. A flicker of will brought up countless links within a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree view. Jeeves paused to the side, realizing something was wrong.

“NaN.” Matt said grimly. It was the last withering hope that Eve was within a reachable distance. 2023-01-04 05:18:24 +0000 UTC View Post

18.2

ACT 963161069-26889.19.31

The realization you are in a giant stomach is depressing. Eve thought as she ran through options. Leaving is the last possible outcome. I’m learning more in minutes from studying the Prince of Destruction than I would in years.

Since leaving wasn’t a good option, she needed to ensure that staying had a modicum of safety. Right now, she was a novelty. However, Malthazar’s brutal end was a warning. Turn from a novelt...

Daily Short: Kyo 16

Kyo heaved a sigh of relief as Sene appeared shortly before lunch. Her delicious foods had been saved from dire evil. It was the worst one, that of other consumers of tasty things. It was a short spot of effort to make more mana crystals in the lab before the older female and her group departed. Kyo noticed how Sene pretended not to pay attention to Nota as she floated nearby. Talos had checked that the gate was secure after their exit and then proceeded to his most important mission.

S...

Daily Short: System 12

ACT 963161069-26889.19.31

Wilson was sitting on a tree watching the newest addition of land to the Prison Plane. Surrounding the lands were large oceans. Given time, bridges of solid ice would eventually reconnect then North with the rest of the Prison Plane. The destruction of the North was a cataclysmic event that altered the landscape of the constructed fractal seal. It was fortunate in more ways than one that the overall containment hadn’t broken. Were any of the ...

Daily Short: Kyo 15

“Nom nom,” Kyo said, finishing the last sausage. It was most delicious! She stared hungrily at Talos’s plate, but the old male catkin was guarding his food like gold. She tried to use a pitiful expression, but it didn’t work. The cuteness attack failed as well, to her chagrin.

“Get the dishes washed, and then we can do a round of mana crystal production along with one singular potion test,” Talos said as he gulped the last of his food and milk.

“Wooo!” Kyo...

Daily Short: Matt 15

Matt had done a project before he’d been transported away from home. It was a rather basic application of calculating. The question posed had been simplistic. It was a demonstration of the value of perfection.

What happens when only 99.999% of a water purification plant works?

The result was eye-opening. With easy math, the death toll for the average city of ten million was total annihilation within less than a week. That lesson had stuck with him through the years and had a par...

18.1

Gog stared at the new Head Chef as she handed him a plate of thin plant worms. The smell was divine and caused him to move his right hand toward them unconsciously. As his fingers approached the delicious dish of worms, Eve, the new Head Chef’s words froze him in place.

“There are exactly twenty-seven French fries for the prince’s palate. If any of them go missing, what do you think our great leader will do to you?” Eve said, looking down at him with glowing ruby eyes.<...

Daily Short: Kyo 14

“I didn’t think that would work,” Sene said as she strolled into the kitchen, looking worse for wear from her temporary captivity. Talos gave an eye roll from the breakfast table at the female catkin’s antics. Kyo used the opportunity to reallocate more bacon and sausage from his plate to her own. She’d grabbed a second helping when the last of the enemies were dead.

It was still hard for Kyo to resist free food, even now. Fortunately, Big Sis Nota had informed her that the ch...

Daily Short: Matt 14

Matt stared at the System Avatar that had appeared in the small bubble of accelerated time. His face made a moue of disappointment. Jeeves rolled his eyes at his Lord and adjusted the sable and crimson suit before stepping in front of Matt.

The System Avatar gave one look at Jeeves, and runes flashed through their eyes as they said, “A Pure Abyssal, how rare. Do I have the honor of addressing Royalty?”

“May you be honored by the presence of the Darkness,” ...

18.0

Eve watched her opponent Malthazar, Head Chef of Dagon’s Palace, as he created the first dish in the competition. She had absolutely no current skills at manipulating Soul Mana. The head chef was her ticket to creating fabulous cuisine. After all, the shortest route to a person’s heart was through the stomach, or so it was said.

Malthazar moved like an artist who had copied the same picture a hundred thousand times. Mechanical precision trained by countless times turned the most ele...