Vex frowned, and took a moment to concentrate.
The system always presented information about skills and spells in a neat, orderly sort of way. His Glyph did the opposite, in the sense that it...
2022-08-21 16:16:58 +0000 UTC View PostWhatever they'd done to engage with the Patchers seemed to have thrown off their plans, if they were capable of having plans at all. As far as Derivan could tell, they didn't return to whatever pla...
2022-08-17 16:45:46 +0000 UTC View PostIf nothing else, Derivan reflected, the tides of the battle had definitely turned. That was... about all he could say for the situation they were in.
Unlike their own weapons, magic — 'prop...
2022-08-15 17:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostDerivan didn't particularly have the time to figure out what the new spell or the new stat could do. It was easy enough to guess that the spell wouldn't be anything good, with the way the Patchers ...
2022-08-12 16:46:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe problem with his plan, of course, was that Derivan only knew a single glyph of his own design, and that glyph was a shield — not something that could be used to attack. Not as far as he knew,...
2022-08-10 15:54:43 +0000 UTC View PostIn hindsight, Derivan reflected, the result of what he'd done was perhaps something he could have anticipated.
He'd spent a little more time trying to understand his stats, in the week they h...
2022-08-08 15:41:04 +0000 UTC View PostDerivan hummed in consideration.
There was an oddity of magic here.
He'd spoken with Vex on their suspicion that the magic performed by the system was artificial, after a fashion — th...
2022-08-05 20:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post"It still doesn't make complete sense." Misa frowned. "Everyone here's had a completely different history. They don't even know what dungeons are. They don't know what the system is."
<... 2022-08-03 18:08:19 +0000 UTC View Post"There was a lot there to digest," Vex said with a slight frown. He'd been thinking about what the other version of Noram had told them throughout the journey here, and he was churning with ideas. ...
2022-08-01 16:09:38 +0000 UTC View Post"This is everything we know," the otter-mage said.
His name was Noram, because of course it was. Vex had exchanged worried glances with the rest of his friends when the mage finally introduce...
2022-07-29 15:08:41 +0000 UTC View Post"You said their name is... the same as the innkeeper's?" Sev frowned.
"It might not mean anything," Vex offered hopefully, though he didn't really feel like that was true. "Maybe it's just a ...
2022-07-27 16:54:03 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a small part of Vex that knew there was something bigger here to worry about. They had some of the answers, but they didn't have all of them. The idea that a dungeon had tried to copy
Vex followed along behind Derivan, glancing cautiously at the walls of the tunnel around them. The system messages from the dungeon had been their cue to leave and meet up with Misa; they exchanged...
2022-07-22 15:56:24 +0000 UTC View PostVex stared at the dungeon that Noram had led them to. "Are you sure this is it?" he couldn't help but ask.
It was just... a hole in the ground. It sloped downwards, opening up into a cave of ...
2022-07-20 16:14:03 +0000 UTC View PostMisa was, compared to Sev, having a far more interesting day.
The first thing she'd done was use her Anchor skill to call a copy of her mother and two of the guards over, ones that specialize...
2022-07-18 19:11:12 +0000 UTC View Post"Huh," Sev said, glancing through his messages. He glanced at Misa — they were having breakfast together in the room, having decided that the suddenly crowded tavern downstairs was not for them.<...
2022-07-15 18:50:11 +0000 UTC View PostNoram was looking around anxiously, in a way that felt rather painfully familiar to Vex. It reminded him of himself, but also... "Do you think all this is my fault? Some people are acting weird. I ...
2022-07-13 15:48:34 +0000 UTC View PostVex didn't have all that much time to contemplate the behavior of the mana before he was accosted by what he assumed to be the owner of the tavern; a large, portly woman smiled brightly at him as s...
2022-07-11 16:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing Vex did was, of course, explain his concerns about what he'd seen. "Do we know what that means?" was Misa's immediate question, and Vex just shook his head mutely.
"I've never...
2022-07-08 19:50:22 +0000 UTC View PostVex couldn't help but feel anxious. Something about this town — about Fendal — felt off to him. Where the presence of mana was usually a comfort, this time something about it felt... dangerous....
2022-07-06 15:32:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe bandits were, in all honesty, the most exciting thing to happen on their trip to Elyra so far. It would still take a number of days for them to get there, and they had other stops they wanted t...
2022-07-04 15:25:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe earth was quiet today.
Often, Velykos would be able to hear echoes of emotion from the earth, through his connection with Nillea. Sometimes it was fear, like there was something big comin...
2022-07-01 16:19:43 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a ritual of sorts that Sev, Derivan, Vex, and Misa had started, now. They'd started it ever since they'd learned that the emptiness of the night sky wasn't the way it was supposed to look...
2022-06-29 14:48:16 +0000 UTC View PostThere were several things that the Guildmaster had warned Sev and the others about before allowing them to leave for Elyra. The first was, of course, the possibility of bandits — the routes they ...
2022-06-27 15:55:07 +0000 UTC View Post[Alright. You know what to do. Don't screw this up.]
Xothok flicked his gaze one last time over the traveling caravan, slitted eyes...
2022-06-24 15:40:55 +0000 UTC View PostIt's worth noting that we understand planes, but not necessarily the phenomenon of the planeshifter. Or planeshifted. Whichever name you prefer, I suppose. 'Planeshifted' implies their lack of auto...
2022-06-15 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWell, chapter 63 was the final chapter of Book 1. It's been an incredible journey. I'm not going to dive too deep into cliches here, but I appreciate the support that everyone has given me so far!<...
2022-06-15 17:30:32 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a small celebration, really. Sev heard Orkas say that he would have preferred it to be bigger, but there hadn't been time to gather everything they needed — part of why they had taken so l...
2022-06-15 17:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostOver the course of cooking an entire three-course-meal with her mother, Misa managed to learn a few crucial things about [Endless Echoes]. She refused to call it [Misa's Endless Echoes] 2022-06-13 15:53:47 +0000 UTC View Post
"You're sure everything's fine?" Misa asked again, and Max scowled at her.
"Yes," Max emphasized. "You're putting this off. I'll tell you about what happened later."
S...
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