Hopeful. Today was supposed to be a hopeful day.
After a long seclusion in training and reaching the Greater Marshal Exalt realm, it was finally time for Fallen Heaven to open. Beforehand, he...
2024-03-03 01:41:10 +0000 UTC View PostMarcus hurriedly raised his arms in a cross-block, securing the ribs and vital organs. Black scales grew and thickened into the densest armor. In an instant, fast as lightning, a fist swung fiercel...
2024-03-02 05:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostAs Oscar sat, hearing Metures's voice sound more urgent and demanding, he wheeled for the living, tossing away the book, which landed on the floor with a loud thunk, pages sprawling out from the co...
2024-03-01 05:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a sound of shuffling as Carcoatl turned a quarter-way to face him, a few pebbles tossed away by his dragged robes, drumming sharp and clear before waning into echoes along the mountain's ...
2024-02-29 04:07:42 +0000 UTC View Post"I've always challenged how the Blue Ocean Pavilion had been organized, but suddenly changing the traditions would rile up all the previous and current members," Remulus formed a bubble around them...
2024-02-28 05:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostOscar opened his eyes, having finished communicating with Erden, who chose to remain in the Lands of Zeret, a shame but understandable. He sat in his wheelchair, wearing a fine dress shirt under a ...
2024-02-27 03:45:39 +0000 UTC View PostFour roads of long treks of white stairs descended from four sides of the crater, leading to the four palaces closest to his volcano. Millions of people traveled up, down, side to side, along these...
2024-02-26 05:17:43 +0000 UTC View PostSilence befell them. Ollanar wheezed and coughed for a moment, a flicker of weakness flashing across those gentle pupils, but as fast as they emerged, so too did they vanish, gone in a blink. He po...
2024-02-25 03:24:20 +0000 UTC View Post"It is heartening to see one so devoted and caring. Truly, he is blessed. I come in peace and to bring news." A low yet magnetic soft voice filled the room, reaching Oscar behind the partly opened ...
2024-02-23 20:54:31 +0000 UTC View PostOutside the door, the stranger stomped into the house, every step shaking the wooden floor to its foundations as if thousands of pounds had been concentrated in that figure. He matched Oscar's heig...
2024-02-23 05:28:06 +0000 UTC View PostAvril was very happy. She shuffled in the bed, dreaming in blissful peace. Despite being asleep, she knew her arms held onto Oscar and counted the beating of his heart as her head rested on his che...
2024-02-22 02:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostShe was there the entire time. Memories of the past years flooded Oscar's mind as he saw each and every day spent in this home, his heart warmed by the ceaseless hours of one-sided conversations an...
2024-02-21 03:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostDays turned into weeks, and weeks flew by like a breeze as months rolled over into years. As usual, the forests bordering the Beak of Ra were still in full bloom, with no regard for the changing se...
2024-02-19 20:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostIt was dawn. The boarded windows blocked light from peeking through, and even if they weren't, the flames from the Beak of Ra burned eternally right by her doorsteps, overtaking the cycle of day an...
2024-02-19 04:44:48 +0000 UTC View PostAvril hummed a simple tune, sometimes whistling as her foot tapped the hard white wood. Solara had crafted the house well, leaving a finely cut slab of hard stone for a stove above a gap meant for ...
2024-02-17 03:20:59 +0000 UTC View PostRemulus watched as Auren left his bubble of Ein. The young Exalt clamored in excitement and lunged straight for the arms of the strange blond one, a presence similar to his old friend, Caires, engr...
2024-02-16 06:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostDemon opened his eyes, narrowing them at the unfamiliar scenery. Tall white trees rose from the fields of flame-like flowers in bloom, leaves of red, gold, yellow, and orange swaying gently to the ...
2024-02-15 03:33:54 +0000 UTC View PostAvril felt embarrassed, heat rising in her reddening cheeks. She had responded how she would regarding Oscar but didn't expect her habit to spill out her inner thoughts, like being naked before a c...
2024-02-14 03:47:24 +0000 UTC View PostBits of moonlight glanced off the low, soft waves, their light skimming along the tides. The sound of the waves wafting gently on the sandy shores was oddly soothing, beat by beat, landing and rece...
2024-02-13 04:17:07 +0000 UTC View PostAvril remained silent for the remainder of the journey, tending to Oscar, Erden, and Maia. The entire family spoke not a word, even Gloria, the ever-cheerful and lively, solemn. As Gloria's healing...
2024-02-13 00:26:37 +0000 UTC View PostA small rainbow ember, soft and warm, entered her chest. While she did not know who Ignyres was and what an Ancient was, Maia chose to believe in the voice and allowed the stranger to delve into he...
2024-02-11 22:25:34 +0000 UTC View PostAvril inhaled deeply and calmed herself. Her shoulders and hands shook to the beating of her strained heart, so fast she could barely hear it drumming in her ears. Bit by bit, it slowed and dragged...
2024-02-11 05:18:07 +0000 UTC View Post"Erden…." Avril tried to settle down the wild Erden. His legs kicked everywhere wildly as if he was drowning and desperately trying to swim. A hoof slammed into the fireplace, breaking the pile o...
2024-02-10 17:25:47 +0000 UTC View PostMaia blinked, wondering what exactly she was doing. After being saved by the strange Avril, she ended up in a fancy inn, sharing a meal with two brats, a strange old man wearing a mask, and Avril. ...
2024-02-10 02:30:09 +0000 UTC View Post"This is unacceptable! We must make a plea to the Primaere. Our long history must not be uprooted!" A man clad in scarlet armor shouted, throwing his helmet to the floor into a series of clangs, th...
2024-02-09 03:48:02 +0000 UTC View PostThirty years ago, at the climax of the great war, Maia fought fiercely against the prince, Charles Anholt Dragnar, his silver-haired figure flashing in a blur of light that zipped in zig-zags. The ...
2024-02-08 05:12:58 +0000 UTC View PostAvril hastily unlatched the broken armor, tossing the pieces without care, a sound like glass shattering echoing behind her. Squeezing another wet towel, she wiped down most of his body, grimacing ...
2024-02-07 03:33:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Still alive?" Erden asked, groaning as his one good wing held the broken wing and the nearly-severed leg. The bits of sapphire armor flaked off, revealing his white fur.
"You're still alive,...
2024-02-05 23:28:04 +0000 UTC View PostAuren wiped a bead of sweat from his brow and sighed into the deep pit, several tens of feet down. The workers had dug well. He rechecked his theorized formation on his scroll, tapping on the point...
2024-02-05 05:37:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe bright flame in his hand thumped, its beating akin to a warm heart as it swelled and diminished. Sewn by Ignyres's hands, the fire burned in a myriad of colors as if threads had been carefully ...
2024-02-03 20:10:49 +0000 UTC View Post