The passageway smelled like spring.
Rain the previous night had drenched the ground, grass-soaked water trickling down into the newborn tunnel and causing select parts of the passage to cave ...
2020-10-13 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThey’re not alive? Ian frowned. I’m too far to really get a good look at them. I can see only the vaguest outlines of vitality from where the figures are hiding.
“Are ...
2020-10-10 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Skai’aren,” Lanhui called out, grunting as he pushed through the undergrowth. “Found you.”
Ian turned to face the guardian, his face devoid of emotion. “Lanah’we.”
Lanh...
2020-10-08 15:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe high war council members in Zukal’iss were sitting around the ovular table, sheets of paper strewn and crumpled up throughout the room while a massive holographic map lay suspended over the t...
2020-10-06 15:28:52 +0000 UTC View Post[this one is long; tempted to spill it into 2 chapters but decided to not be evil xD]
Ian braced himself for another round of artillery fire, his hands holding tightly to the handlebars...
2020-10-03 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs they drew closer to Corvid, Ko’la felt his entire body thrum with trepidation. Dunai was literally sitting in his lap, turned invisible by his touch. Ko’la felt the man shift every other sec...
2020-10-01 15:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post[made some edits based off of reader comments. mostly just changed the first half of the chapter]
Aside from Por’sha and Koff who were within the manufacturing building, everyone else was o...
2020-09-29 15:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostIan and those unoccupied by the subterranean threat darted into the manufacturing center, spreading out around Var’dun’a. The ground still smoldered and smoked from Mo’qin’s earlier blast, ...
2020-09-26 15:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys,
Based on the responses I'm planning to do a Q&A tomorrow in the morning and in the evening.
I'm planning to have us all meet on discord VC (the "#P VC" patreon VC channel) ...
2020-09-26 02:40:29 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Euryphel left, Ian eventually fell asleep, but woke up in a cold sweat after only an hour. At that point he decided to get dressed and deal with a problem he’d put off: keeping the auburn s...
2020-09-24 15:28:42 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
From the comments on the last non-chapter post, it seemed like people would be interested in a live Q&A/hangout session. We could use the discord VC option but could also use an...
2020-09-23 03:44:00 +0000 UTC View Post“I need to sleep,” Ian moaned, rolling over in bed.
According to Hor’well, the business of seizing a country was best done in the light, where there were witnesses: In the shadows, ther...
2020-09-22 15:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post“The key is conquering Godora in one sweep,” General Milfins stated, his mellifluous baritone carrying throughout the room. “I reckon it would take most of our manpower, even with the element...
2020-09-19 15:41:29 +0000 UTC View PostEuryphel strained to keep his eyes open. If anyone had a good point, it might be easier to pay attention, he thought ruefully.
“...And so you see, delivering the Skai’aren to the...
2020-09-17 15:25:38 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys!
I'm going to talk about a few things!
Question: Do people want more author engagement? Do you want an author newsletter? Do you guys want VC sessions in discord where you can i...
2020-09-17 00:43:23 +0000 UTC View PostLanhui was first to see the coastline.
“Just another hour and we’ll make landfall,” he announced, turning toward Shivin’i and Euryphel. “Though traveling from Port Thumb to Zukal’...
2020-09-15 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Diana,” Ian bellowed, teeth chattering as he landed on the ship.
Lanhui climbed onto the deck behind him and grasped onto his shoulder. In a moment, Ian was dry.
Diana was standing...
2020-09-12 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostDiana stared up at the yacht in wonder. “You actually got us a nice ship.”
Euryphel chuckled bitterly. “You wouldn’t believe the hoops I went through to hire its crew on such short no...
2020-09-10 15:29:19 +0000 UTC View PostIan and Iucorsu both touched down on the untainted ground on Ian’s side of the stadium. Ian beckoned the expended Death energy to himself, condensing it down into a soul gem on the spot while dec...
2020-09-08 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIan was alone in the SPU’s tunnel-shaped room at the base of the stadium. He exhaled and a stream of bones swam from his pockets to his hands, forming a pair of bone gloves. He first mimicked the...
2020-09-05 15:30:44 +0000 UTC View Post[I dislike this chapter title; please comment suggestions!!!]
[Also, on discord in #tml-fanart, I added two pics of Ian and Eury that I made. They aren't canon because the characters in...
2020-09-03 15:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostIan’s thoughts were stormy. He released Zilverna and the youth gasped, giving Ian a complicated expression. “You’ve gotten better in the past month,” Zilverna muttered.
Ian snorted. ...
2020-09-01 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostIan stood in front of Minerva Caffrey’s cot in the medical bay. Caffrey was sitting up with the peak of good posture, her shoulders back and her good hand in her lap, the ruined hand laying off t...
2020-08-29 15:58:33 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s time for our debrief,” Euryphel said. The SPU delegation was gathered in a private room specially reserved by Shivin’i. Ian yawned, barely awake: it was just after 7:00 am. Even after...
2020-08-27 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a second of blank staring, Ian recognized just who was addressing him: Yuma Tai herself, her wrinkles far more pronounced in person. But it couldn’t be Yuma Tai–the woman wasn’t an End ...
2020-08-25 15:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe group set off for the transport array, waited in a short queue behind the delegation from Surno, and arrived at the Tai estate. Ian glanced around, realizing that they’d arrived on an inscrib...
2020-08-22 15:29:10 +0000 UTC View PostOpening his eyes felt like drilling screws through his retinas, but it only took a moment for the pain to vanish. Ian squinted and reached out his hand, running his fingers through the air.
T...
2020-08-20 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostIan awoke with a start, his eyes watering. Fuck.
He stood up and banged his head against the wall, yelping and subsequently growling in frustration. Why was everything so ridiculousl...
2020-08-18 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhen his alarm sounded the following morning, Ian seriously wondered whether he should just stay in bed. Rindo’s words, for one, put him on edge: He’d all but admitted his suspicions about Ian ...
2020-08-15 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSix weeks later, Fassar International Array Station
Euryphel stepped out of the array circle and into the cavernous terminal, flanked on either side by his entourage: Ian stood immed...
2020-08-13 15:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post