Chapter 41: Journey to the West
Chapter 41: Journey to the West
Up until this point in time, I’d never ridden in a horse drawn carriage before. As a whole, the concept was nearly extinct back in England, ...
2024-11-06 08:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 40: Felis Catus
Chapter 40: Felis Catus
Two days and nights passed in the blink of an eye, metaphorically speaking, while I enjoyed the hospitality of the Dead Hand. The accommodations weren...
2024-11-06 04:30:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 200: The End of the Beginning
Chapter 200: The End of the Beginning
Neither Noah nor Elizabeth looked in any shape to talk, giving Emma brief nods as they headed upstairs to sleep. Emma was happy to leave...
2024-11-06 00:56:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39: Watcher in the Dark
Chapter 39: Watcher in the Dark
Harvey Miller didn’t own a home in Allensward. There was no point, not when he was present, at most, for a sixth of every year. Far lighter,...
2024-11-05 05:24:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38: Tithe
Chapter 38: Tithe
Ten percent of the earnings at each stop of the caravan. It was a better deal than it sounded, because we were talking gross revenue here: the total earned ...
2024-11-05 03:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37: Deal or No Deal
Chapter 37: Deal or No Deal
“In principle, I’m down for some travelling,” I agreed easily enough. “But what I need are specifics. How long are we talking though, from...
2024-11-05 02:58:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 199: Pascha
Chapter 199: Pascha
Emma just stared at Saint blankly, as the latter explained that she’d somehow been in contact with an ancient Greek myth, who’d given the Nekomata a m...
2024-11-05 01:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36: Space Invaders
Chapter 36: Space Invaders
“Commerce directed northward is heavily regulated: everything is meant to facilitate the war effort in some way, shape or form. Even goods that, ...
2024-11-04 23:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: Gladhanding
Chapter 35: Gladhanding
I may have mentioned before, but my inventory was very useful for mundane purposes too. Removing the blood on my clothes, from a short-lived scuffle, ...
2024-11-04 22:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34: Beat It
Chapter 34: Beat It
“It’s a good deal!” Damien protested, his face puckered up in offence. “A single round trip of the caravan can earn a profit of thousands of gilt....
2024-11-03 22:24:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: Prepare for Trouble, and Make it Double
Chapter 33: Prepare for Trouble, and Make it Double
“That’s because we told him to keep us on the down-low,” Little Boy declared, pointing a boney finger at Damien. “...
2024-11-03 21:31:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32: Mind the Gap
Chapter 32: Mind the Gap
Briefly, I considered taking Damien’s report from bed, before dismissing the idea. It would be a touch too disrespectful, enough to breed the ember...
2024-11-03 03:45:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31: The Cat in the Hat
Chapter 31: The Cat in the Hat
Our conversation petered out after that, as Spike had a job to do, allowing me to get back to town, Pumpkin riding on my back the whole way thr...
2024-11-03 01:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30: Say Cheese
Chapter 30: Say Cheese
Typically, I’d barely spent ten seconds in the smithy, when what looked like a disco ball lit up on the ceiling, bathing the room in red. I'd seen it...
2024-11-02 22:47:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29: Taste the Rainbow
Chapter 29: Taste the Rainbow
Unfortunately, bringing the fruit closer to my eyes didn't magically reveal any additional information. Maybe if I had the Farmer Class, it woul...
2024-11-02 21:01:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28: A Little Bit of Everything
Chapter 28: A Little Bit of Everything
[Furthermore, you may select one of the two options below.
1) Wrath and Ruin: As a Soldier, once per day...
2024-11-02 18:59:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27: Murder, She Wrote
Chapter 27: Murder, She Wrote
[50 EXP gained for your first premeditated kill!
Level up!
Title gained - Murderer: De...
2024-10-31 14:54:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26: Dead Money
Chapter 26: Dead Money
My first reaction was annoyance, to have come so far only to face a hurdle in the final hour. I smothered that quick, with experience borne from far to...
2024-10-31 09:47:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25: Thief in the Night
Chapter 25: Thief in the Night
It was strange to be able to go outside at night, and have it be genuinely dark. It could never have happened in London, where fluorescent ligh...
2024-10-30 15:43:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24: Threading the Needle
Chapter 24: Threading the Needle
I was taking a bit of risk, letting Damien go after our rather heated exchange of views, but that was somewhat inevitable. Like in business n...
2024-10-30 12:18:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23: The Water of Life
Chapter 23: The Water of Life
I had to admit, I hadn’t seen that coming. Damien had always come across as fairly strait-laced, focused on physical training and with a love ...
2024-10-30 10:35:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22: Goldfinger
Chapter 22: Goldfinger
Far from the most flowery apology I’d ever heard, admittedly, but it was in keeping with what I recalled of his character. Indeed, if he’d gone too...
2024-10-30 08:58:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21: Knock Knock
Chapter 21: Knock Knock
True to my word, I spent the next day taking it easy, catching up on some much needed sleep after a week of anxiety and more reading than I’ve done ...
2024-10-30 04:40:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 198: Black Sabbath
Chapter 198: Black Sabbath
Internal Affairs, as a general rule, did not get too much publicity from the media arm of the Empire. This was sensible, because as a department th...
2024-10-29 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSworded Affair: Short break until 4th November.
So, apparently I'm due to travel to a family gathering for Halloween. This is news to me, given I only found out today, and between that, the editing going on in the background to tidy up some of t...
2024-10-29 05:24:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 197: The Beginning of the End
Chapter 197: The Beginning of the End
To Emma’s chagrin, making a wax sculpture turned out to be significantly harder than she had expected. Whilst she had no issue heating...
2024-10-28 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 196: Egeria
Chapter 196: Egeria
Astrid had answered the call, partly to come to Emma’s assistance, but also as an escape from her pursuers, who had proven both numerous and persistent....
2024-10-25 20:38:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 195: There and Back Again
Chapter 195: There and Back Again
The trip back home was thankfully back to business as usual: a smooth, seamless and instantaneous transition from being buried underground t...
2024-10-24 17:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 194: Minutemen
Chapter 194: Minutemen
Disabling a digital bomb was nothing like how it looked on TV, Emma quickly learned. That was a good thing, because there wasn't nearly enough time for...
2024-10-24 05:07:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 193: I Tell You This Story To Save Your Life
Chapter 193: I Tell You This Story To Save Your Life
“You understand,” the Monitor Lizard exhaled, following Emma’s gaze, his hands overlaid atop the device at his hear...
2024-10-23 00:28:29 +0000 UTC View Post