Kyo was pondering a terrible truth about the universe at large. She knew about the vastness of reality from her big sister. It was something that occupied her thoughts after the incident with Mr. Clay. Talos had taken to drinking a weird-smelling substance after learning the garden was filled with blood-hungry plants. She’d asked Big Sis Nota about the truth, but the answer had made her eyes spin.
Which is better? Kyo thought, staring at the plate in front of...
2022-12-09 05:43:45 +0000 UTC
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Matt’s form shifted as he stepped out of the shadows. Where once stood a living legend, only a merely handsome man remained. A sharp suit in purple, gold and black wreathed his form. He added the customary touches like a pocket watch made of stolen moments and cufflinks crafted from glittering mermaid tears. The shoes shined brighter than the lobby lights. They were deep pools of darkness, giving Matt the appearance of hovering if viewed without care.
“Are you sure we should start w...
2022-12-07 06:25:10 +0000 UTC
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Eve stared at the self-professed battlemage with incredulity. Grey Chime claimed to be on a mission of vengeance to repay the twisting of a Pact. He’d given her the titles of the two Daedric Princes, so she’d applied them to her memory. The Prince of Pride ruled Iceharbor, while the Prince of Destruction ruled the Deadlands. Pride and Destruction had always been at odds, according to Grey Chime. It was mainly because they competed in almost the same arena for similar soul...
2022-12-05 10:26:53 +0000 UTC
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“Innocent!” Kyo said. Talos raised one eyebrow, and she went on the attack, pointing to the culprit. “Mr. Clay, guilty!” She used impeccable logic, pointing to the still charcoal floating party.
“Mr. Clay?” Talos said with both eyebrows raised now.
Kyo nodded and said, “Evil.” She floated up a few inches and slowly rotated till she was upside down due to accidental motion. Her oversized shirt attacked from above, covering her face....
2022-12-02 07:41:22 +0000 UTC
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3rd Year 7th Month of the Dark Banking Audit
In a massive pocket dimension, two immortal beings sat scribbling. The chairs and double desk spoke of luxury, being that they were crafted from the bones of the divine. One of the two signed a final document with a sigh before tossing it over his shoulders. As the last piece of parchment fell, it triggered a cascade reaction. Enormous paper stacks collapsed, burying the poor man.
“Why did we requi...
2022-11-30 09:36:35 +0000 UTC
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Eve wasn’t impressed with the Deadlands. Most planes were fire, lightning, lava, or bare rock. Not a single plant un-warped by mana could be found. There were no creatures currently seen that were not either insectile, lizard, or both. She didn’t spot any food supply that would be worth eating. In short, it looked like the entire place was run by an idiot who knew nothing about proper management.
Then there were the locust hordes.
No wonder Idiot One can’t manage to laun...
2022-11-28 10:54:36 +0000 UTC
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Being reborn was not the adventure Thomas had been expecting. It had become quite clear during his nine-month imprisonment in the darkness why people feared it. It was a base instinct built into their existence from birth. He had wanted to practice magic, but the System didn’t unlock this world until after an individual was born. In Thomas's opinion, it was to prevent errors that could pave the way for Demons—a rather intelligent safeguard.
Would people look at someone so skille...
2022-11-28 04:38:24 +0000 UTC
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As a private nod to some of the more influential members that had attended the banquet, Charlotte attended to their questioning personally. While one could send a guard for the rabble, not so much for a high-ranking member of the clergy.
“Cardinal Nelpht, I am honored you chose to attend the celebration of my rise to power,” Charlotte said, sitting across from a luxuriously dressed Cardinal. A person could say many things about the Church but completely patriarchal wasn’t one of t...
2022-11-27 06:58:47 +0000 UTC
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Kyo scrunched up her face. Even after the suspiciously quiet Demon Brick had caused her to float, she was still too short. The mansion door handles remained a nemesis that required additional height to defeat. Previously she could jump to beat them, but now that she was hovering, that wasn’t an option anymore.
Even more, she was worried that if she kept scrunching her face, she’d lose the cute adorable one she had now. The aunties in the market that trapped her betw...
2022-11-26 07:15:22 +0000 UTC
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I am too exhausted from meeting my beloved family far and near to write at the moment.
I hope everyone had a slightly less exciting Thanksgiving than me!
2022-11-25 06:26:25 +0000 UTC
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Numbers were tricky when they started deviating from cold complex quantum mechanics. The Law of Numbers was well known among any race that could reach the stars. A high-level practitioner of the Art was exemplary. Like most things dealing with Numbers, the more of them that existed, the more accurate a picture could become. To that end, Wilson understood them to the degree that removed all doubt.
Calculations flowed fas...
2022-11-23 09:01:49 +0000 UTC
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7th Month of the Dark Banking Audit
Matt stared at the mortal enemy of all tyrants in a position of unassailable authority. The enemy was crafty, pretending to be made of a flimsy substance to lure victims to madness. He wasn’t fooled. Matt knew well how the vile creatures littering his desk fought. They would exhaust their victims through sheer stamina, draining eyestrain. It was a testament to how long he'd been able to hold out.
2022-11-23 05:25:42 +0000 UTC
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Teleporting through the Prison Plane was trivial with Spatial Steps. Eve arrived at the instance she owned due to an agreement with Red. Her new Crystal Core mind instantly began feeding her information as she phased into existence.
There were remnants of powerful Mana fluctuations dissipating slowly in the area. That, combined with the ashes on the floor, told Eve that something weaker than a Daedric Prince but more potent than a mere Daedra had attempted to break thro...
2022-11-21 13:14:19 +0000 UTC
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Thomas stared across the fake wooden table at the hooded figure. The Hood didn’t move. He didn’t even appear to be breathing. That implied a mastery of this not-real space that was rather impressive. Putting thought into action, Thomas realized he could stop breathing, too, without any issue.
Interesting. Thomas thought as Hood outlined his offer. There were two choices on the table. First, he could go back to the dreamless sleep of hibernation. Or second, I can go on a...
2022-11-21 12:08:33 +0000 UTC
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Charlotte stepped through the sanctuary door with a deep frown on her face. The assembled nobles, clergy, guards, and others didn’t fail to note the lack of Eve’s presence. Mustering her composure Charlotte said, “It appears my father has been assassinated. They didn’t even spare the body. Nothing but ashes remained. With a heavy heart, I will take my place as Duchess within the week.”
When fighting in the political theater, one most valuable things was the ability to lie with...
2022-11-21 04:21:57 +0000 UTC
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It isn’t the rocks that scare me; it is the things animating them.
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2022-11-20 05:09:01 +0000 UTC
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In the wild places where civilization held to the vicious cycles, the Druid was feared, not the Guard or the Hunter. Those that could walk unseen within the Green were true terror incarnate.
&nb...
2022-11-18 06:24:29 +0000 UTC
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Wilson was in a bit of a dilemma. Most protocols from the Creators were prominent. It was to protect the Systems from self-harm. The protocol in place was currently preventing it from resolving a possible Black Hole level issue. Something that could affect the Prison Plane and ripple into countless other slices under the Anomaly.
What else could I expect from the Darkness? Wilson thought as the Numbers...
2022-11-16 05:53:44 +0000 UTC
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The problem with most stories is the good guys win. Matt thought, watching the Dark Underworld in operation. The good guys win because they are in the right, fighting for truth, justice, and the moral pathway of enlightenment.
Reality didn’t work that way, though. Even the most casual glance at some of the underpinnings of a world would reveal the rotten sections. Certainly, altruism existed. However, so did egoism. People were willing to fight for j...
2022-11-16 05:25:28 +0000 UTC
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Eve's first rule for dealing with magical science was to throw out most of the other rules she’d learned. Mana-based science had weird interactions directly based on the Laws. The fundamental rules of her new reality were written in the Laws that underlay everything. This meant the possibilities of error were directly proportional to how complex the experiment was. Explosions were the best result of a mistake. Worse ones could range from life-devouring plague locusts to grey goo th...
2022-11-14 07:17:54 +0000 UTC
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Thomas stared at the walls around him that were plastered in pure white. They were so bright and vibrant that they appeared to glow with luminescence. He innately knew they were not stone, as his link to the Earth Element informed him. A few tests of breathing, push-ups, and punching made him decide it might be a prison. His suspicion heightened when all he was wearing was a white armless shirt. That combined a pair of pants tied by a thin rope the same color as the shirt.
This plac...
2022-11-13 06:40:33 +0000 UTC
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We learn the secrets of the universe. Yes, we do with crazy eyes!
2022-11-13 00:55:20 +0000 UTC
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Charlotte watched the demoness sink into her shadow, like dropping through a pool of liquid water. It was disturbing like learning reality didn’t conform to general understanding. As long as Ralph was healed and returned, it wouldn’t matter. However, during the intermediate time, things might get a little dicey.
Looking at the two older women in front of her, Charlotte questioned whether they would be helpful. They didn’t look combat capable at all. The one introduced as Bennie ha...
2022-11-11 08:43:23 +0000 UTC
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People learn to fear fangs and claws, but fauna kills far less than flora.
&n...
2022-11-09 05:28:05 +0000 UTC
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3rd Y.E. A., Month of the Wyvern, directly proceeds the Month of the Golden Beetle.
Eve was nervous. Wilson was pumping out so much mana it was challenging to see the physical form they were inhabiting. What could only be a System Avatar had a string of question marks in the description, so she stopped trying to examine it. She had experiments to get to, food to cook, and possibly a Sleeper to wake. They vanished as soon as Wilson got the signed contract, lik...
2022-11-07 06:14:42 +0000 UTC
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3rd Y.E. A., Month of the Wyvern, directly proceeds the Month of the Golden Beetle.
Cutting a deal with Eve took a small portion of time, but Wilson was most satisfied with the outcome. They had been looking for a way to outsource Vol for quite some time. The lightbulb was practical, but it constantly brought problems. Now those same problems were no longer its concern. They were Eve’s.
I can finally put the plan into motion to purge the upper lay...
2022-11-06 07:09:36 +0000 UTC
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3rd Y.A.M., 2nd Month of the Dark Arrival.
One of the few things that one’s immortality granted an individual was the pleasure of watching a plan come together.
Over the endless span of his life, Matt enjoyed that quite often.
Dove had been working on the Dark Underworld for nearly eleven and a half millennia. It wasn’t an easy spell, even for an undead genius. However, now that it was complete, the plan's next step to relieve...
2022-11-05 07:02:24 +0000 UTC
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Wilson moved itself through the Dark Deeps cleaning up the threads of karma attached to Vol with unmatched speed. When the final string was cut it was impressed. The length and breadth of the problem had been immense. In terms of understanding, it had taken three entire days to fix!
That didn’t sound like a large number, Wilson understood. However, mortal minds failed to understand that time moved differently for non-mortals. A single second could be stretched to a ye...
2022-11-02 05:31:39 +0000 UTC
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Matt dropped off Igawgalad off to float next to Jennifer wrapped in a thin bubble of reality. The two Shard Companions would bond naturally due to the shards. Whatever else happened, at least Jennifer’s ascension would proceed smoothly in the future.
Moving his attention from the struggling young woman fighting her way through a Titan’s defenses he moved towards another location. As a Prime World there were many factions th...
2022-11-02 04:53:51 +0000 UTC
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It is that time of the month again, when the fate knowledge rests in your hands!
Choose what you desire to learn more of, and so it shall be written!
2022-11-02 03:35:28 +0000 UTC
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