Chapter 36 - The Den
"Trash Bandit! Would you be willing to answer a few questions on the rumours circulating about your reckless endangerment of animals?"
"..."
"The public want to- H...
2025-02-27 23:07:47 +0000 UTC View Post
"Trash Bandit! Would you be willing to answer a few questions on the rumours circulating about your reckless endangerment of animals?"
"..."
"The public want to- H...
2025-02-27 23:07:47 +0000 UTC View PostA few days later, Emily is sitting cross-legged in the middle of the testing area in Earnie’s workshop, surrounded by scorched metal scrap. She’s wrapped in a mesh of crackling lightning mana w...
2025-02-24 18:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostLittle pre-chapter note here, I've changed my mind on spell capitalisation. I wasn't doing it before, but I am now....
Yeah, that's all, enjoy!
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Emily returns ...
2025-02-21 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter marks the end of all my backlog... whoops?
I really need to get some more added to that, but raccoon words have been coming slow and far between atm so I may end up having a few ...
2025-02-20 12:43:54 +0000 UTC View PostA knock on the door draws Emily out of her meditation. Her eyes snap open, flicking past the system window in front of her before she dismisses it.
¯¯¯¯¯
[Status]
[Name:] Emi...
2025-02-17 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“I thought that giving the trash pandas sweets would make them leave me alone.
I could not have been any more wrong.
They loved the food I gave them, and they ke...
2025-02-16 15:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostThey collect the second circle thrasher corpses, and Emily burns the rest with a blanket of fire as they load into the truck to continue towards the outpost.
They run into a small group of sa...
2025-02-14 18:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostEmily steps through the front door of the Silver Moon Mercenary Company three minutes before her meeting time. She heads towards a receptionist who doesn’t have anyone waiting before him.
...
2025-02-10 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Shopping! There’s just nothing quite like it for getting straight to a girl’s heart.
…
Well, other than food.”
--Gwen ‘Newtonian’ Hur...
2025-02-09 12:13:00 +0000 UTC View PostEmily walks past the soldiers guarding Earnie’s workshop without drawing a single glance even when she opens the locked front door without a key and slips inside.
She heads towards the work...
2025-02-07 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Trust is a fickle thing. Earned through dedication, lost through petty strife.
But you know who you can trust? Big Raccoon.
Big Raccoon always has your best int...
2025-02-05 11:39:46 +0000 UTC View PostBefore we get into this one, someone pointed out to me that I changed Earnie's name randomly...
Yeah, you got me, I missed that. Whoops!
I've gone back and adjusted it so it's consiste...
2025-02-03 18:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt doesn’t take long for Emily to spot Podrick through her bird’s eyes, walking through the compound while glancing around nervously.
She turns and heads straight towards him, walking alo...
2025-01-31 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, three it is.
There we go, Mum, all done. You did great.
Here’s your third. His markings aren’t as distinct as Spot and Stripe’s. I wonder what we shoul...
2025-01-28 20:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostJust over an hour later, after switching trains twice and walking a short distance from the ‘Chop Shop Station’, they arrive at a large warehouse with soldiers posted around the walls.
...
2025-01-27 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostColette steps forward and opens the door, leading Emily in. The room they enter is almost empty, with two leather sofas facing each other to the right of the door in the light of the only window. T...
2025-01-24 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTwo at once?!
Gross, they’re wet…
Actually, they’re kind of cute…
Their masks are almost the same if it weren’t for those small markings. ...
2025-01-23 22:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostPush, Mum!
Oh god, that looks horrible. I never want kids.
…
There, it’s out!
Wait, she’s still going? How big are raccoon litt...
2025-01-23 22:52:49 +0000 UTC View PostIn the morning of the following day, Emily finally leaves her room, leaving her bag behind, and heads towards the bridge in anticipation of their arrival in Liberte. She steps into the room and loo...
2025-01-20 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Not at all,” Emily replies, internally casting a first circle earth spell to raise a small mound of rock in the shape of a chair before sitting back into it. “Would you like a seat?”
The rest of the flight across the ocean is uneventful, without a single attack from any of the dangerous sea creatures known to inhabit the waters below. After a couple of hours, Emily opens her ey...
2025-01-13 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Mental health is extremely important, especially for Samurai. A lot of people seem to forget, but every time we fight off an incursion, we’re walking into an active warzone. Some of the th...
2025-01-11 16:54:37 +0000 UTC View Post{Welcome back to Roadkill Nightmares with me, Gorlom Sheepsay!
In today’s episode, our roadkill of the day is this beautiful Model Six. It’s got the perfect amount of meat on...
2025-01-11 16:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Humanity? What’s that? Can I eat it?”
--Elise ‘Trash Bandit’ Roberton when asked about her genetic modifications.
“So,” I say as I drop bac...
2025-01-11 16:44:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Any questions? Yes, you over there…
What’s the worst thing about Antithesis? That would have to be their ability to replicate.
Give the fuckers a chance and...
2025-01-11 16:28:57 +0000 UTC View PostEpigraph Goes Here!
--A forgetful webnovel author.
[{Quiet.}]
[{Boring.}]
[{Boom!}]
I nod at Stripe and Spot’s expected responses and ...
2025-01-11 16:19:33 +0000 UTC View Post“You guys are never gonna believe it.”
“What?”
“I used my Samurai privileges to check the city’s records, and there’s nothing. They’re as clueless ...
2025-01-11 16:11:57 +0000 UTC View Post{Okay, anchor one: fire!}
Hiss Clang
{Target hit, sir! Full penetration achieved and the weight checks are positive.}
{Good! Anchor two.}
“Samurai specialties? Yeah, we all have them. Some newbies even end up with solid themes before they’ve killed their first hive.
But the one thing you’ll almost never find,...
2025-01-11 15:58:55 +0000 UTC View PostReturning back to the start of the battle with a better understanding of her limits, Emily follows her well-tested routine. She slips into the five scouts and knocks their crews out with narcotic-t...
2025-01-10 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post