Gheraa wasn't used to this.
Not the act of existing in realspace, though that was certainly strange in and of itself; the straight lines and square rooms of his home were nonexi...
2025-01-28 15:57:35 +0000 UTC View PostThere are a few more loose ends I need to tie up before risking a reset, which means I spend most of the trip interrogating Gheraa and trying to understand the intricacies of the loop. He's a lot m...
2025-01-26 15:43:43 +0000 UTC View PostIt takes only a few minutes for Gheraa to go through the magnitude of what he'd learned. Ahkelios, Guard and I all exchange glances as he describes the legend of the Sunken King and everything he w...
2025-01-23 13:46:07 +0000 UTC View PostGheraa wasn't entirely sure what had happened. One moment he was speeding toward what he assumed was Ethan and the others and the next the world had gone dark.
It was like he'd briefly died. ...
2025-01-21 13:55:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe world around them changed, and He-Who-Guards watched.
He didn't recognize this space. It was a small workshop of some kind with a ceiling so low he had to bend over to avoid scraping his ...
2025-01-18 16:30:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe core of an Inspiration is that they alter the skills that pass through them in some fundamental way. The Knight is the strongest one I have, and the skills that pass through it usually emerge a...
2025-01-17 15:47:26 +0000 UTC View Post"Don't let that get to the Hand!" I call out.
I dash forward as I speak. Guard must have reached the same conclusion a second before I did, because he's already moving, determination blazing ...
2025-01-15 12:06:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt feels good to have my Firmament flowing through me again. I waste no time in kicking things off, activating the Knight Inspiration and feeling myself change; this time, the transfo...
2025-01-11 16:42:18 +0000 UTC View PostI sense them before I see them.
The pattern in the Firmament around me changes suddenly, and just like that, the rhythm of the battle is different. Even before Ahkelios's voice reach...
2025-01-09 15:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostGheraa stared at the destruction before him.
There was a whole section of the dungeon that was just... obliterated. He could feel it like a physical pain in his chest. Which was unusual and d...
2025-01-07 16:17:35 +0000 UTC View PostRhythm. It's all about the rhythm.
It takes me a while to realize it. I don't know how long I try to fight while just bearing the pain of my cracked foundations, holding them together with sh...
2025-01-05 14:08:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's not exactly easy to fight while layering threads of Firmament into my core, but it's not impossible, either. I rely on Guard and Ahkelios for the bulk of it, thankful that the du...
2025-01-03 14:57:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Gheraa a while to piece it all together. Part of the problem, he thought, was that there was a part of him that didn't want to put it together. He understood now why the highe...
2024-12-31 14:44:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt takes us longer than I'd like to get to the Intermediary. Without full access to my skills—at least insofar as it'd be incredibly unwise to use them—I'm forced to rely on Guard and Ahkelios ...
2024-12-28 15:51:23 +0000 UTC View PostBefore we leave, we check in again with the Cliffside Crows. There's a good chance this will be the last time we see any of them with their current set of memories, considering the dangers of the I...
2024-12-27 13:27:07 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a bit of a problem. Not a huge one. Probably.
My core isn't recovering anywhere near quick enough to survive a trip into the Intermediary. Meditating helps, but the damage runs fairly...
2024-12-24 16:15:36 +0000 UTC View PostMight as well provide this ahead of Book 2's publication (that's off in March, though). Makes for an easier reading experience. Enjoy! I'll have to remove it like... late February or early March, p...
2024-12-23 01:42:55 +0000 UTC View PostComing out of the skill-induced trance of The Road Not Taken is a heady thing. Most of that, I think, is because I pushed myself to the limit and more. I hadn't really been planning to hold on to t...
2024-12-22 13:40:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhat I want to do now is something I considered doing from the moment I acquired The Road Not Taken. The only reason I haven't done it yet is because... well, because I couldn't. I've tried. The am...
2024-12-19 16:35:54 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a long time since He-Who-Guards had attempted a phase shift.
The first phase shift was usually something that occurred almost at random. When a practitioner's Firmament reached th...
2024-12-17 15:02:32 +0000 UTC View PostIn the streets of First Sky, a change sparked. It was a change that was set into motion years ago from the perspective of its citizens—a small, barely noticeable alteration to the materials the s...
2024-12-14 15:34:30 +0000 UTC View PostWe've moved into the nearby forest. I'm alone, at least for now—Guard is hovering nearby in case something goes wrong, but that seems unlikely. I can feel how much cleaner my Firmament is, how mu...
2024-12-12 14:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! I want to thank you all again for all the support since I started writing this series—it means the world to me. It’s now finally released on Amazon (KU/Audible) complete with a full pr...
2024-12-10 15:15:10 +0000 UTC View PostKauku frowned. Something was wrong.
Several somethings, in fact. That in and of itself would not normally be enough to make him worry—things went wrong all the time, and it was usually no t...
2024-12-05 16:52:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks! Here's the mostly-edited epub for Book 1 ahead of the Amazon launch. (I'm mostly hoping it goes well so I can afford a surgery I probably need and also so I can pester my publisher about...
2024-12-04 03:17:54 +0000 UTC View PostThere's one thing that's been on my mind ever since we encountered it with the Seedmother—one thing I've been ruminating on and trying to work out. The Interface is lying to me about the skill ca...
2024-12-02 11:40:15 +0000 UTC View PostThere are secrets within secrets hiding within this whole system of power. The Interface, Firmament, this whole idea of Threads, Concepts, and Talents. The boundaries between them are less distinct...
2024-11-29 14:51:28 +0000 UTC View PostTo say that Ahkelios was a little disappointed in his selection would be an understatement, but to his credit, he gets over it pretty quickly. I sit back as he goes through a rapid series of choice...
2024-11-27 13:11:45 +0000 UTC View PostI watch as Ahkelios paces back and forth, trying to decide what to roll first. Despite all his excitement, actually taking the first step and banking his credits is apparently something of a strugg...
2024-11-23 15:38:29 +0000 UTC View PostI am, in all honesty, quite surprised when nothing actually goes wrong. I was half-expecting to wake up in a new loop, all activities in the last one erased from some terrible event in my sleep. Or...
2024-11-21 15:22:53 +0000 UTC View Post