Saithorthepyro

Hiatus announcement

Infernal Investigations is going on hiatus for around a month.

I don’t want to do this. I’ve been actively avoiding doing it, cutting into how many chapters I post per week and trying to ...

Chapter 64 - Introspection VII

The next chapter will likely also be delayed, and the last Introspection Chapter.

The graveyard dissolved, and in its place appeared once again my shop floor amalgamated with a ship....

Aiming at 12 hours later than normal tomorrow

Hey folks, aiming for twelve hours later than normal for release tomorrow. My apologies in this case, a combination of stress and work going through some pretty rough days meant I didn't have as mu...

Chapter 63 - Introspection VI

Running was the smart move. I could hear the other three opening behind me, and redoubled my pace. Hooves hit stone, nearly skidding as I rushed through the open gate, hurrying to the southern hous...

Chapter 62 - Introspection V

I looked at the gaping void once again.

I’d left the Xang along with the others still upstairs in the facsimile of my shop. A quick inquiry into whether they could accompany me at all had e...

Update

Hey folks, just wanted to keep you all in the loop. There will be at least one chapter coming out tomorrow and I'll do my best to get two of them out.

Chapter 61 - Introspection IV

The scream echoed about as I slowly trailed off, the breath out of my lungs, as I lay on the bed.

Okay. There were going to be words. Anger got me out of bed, into the hallway.

Same mir...

Chapter 60 - Introspection III

I made it ten seconds down the tunnel before I was contemplating turning back.

It wasn’t the light, as even though there were no light sources, I somehow could see as if lanterns hung along...

Happy Fourth of July everyone!

For anyone who celebrates it, happy fourth. The next chapter is still in the works, and will probably become two chapters at this rate....as much as I'd like to be able to, setting chapters at 10k...

Chapter 59 - Introspection II

My scream echoed across the shop floors, sending seagulls up higher in the ship to the air in a panicked flight.

“Damn, getting knocked around apparently didn’t hurt your lungs too badly,...

Scheduling Update

I've been slowly fighting the struggle to regain control of my schedule, and have been considering just pausing posting on public spaces until I fully build things on here back to where they were. ...

Chapter 58 - Introspection I

My eyes fluttered open. I stared blankly up at the ceiling of my room, the familiar contours of wood up above my head. Squinted really, as t

My eyes fluttered open.

I stared blankly up ...

Twelve hour delay

Hey folks, sorry to say but another planned delay although hopefully much shorter than last time. I would try to just power through it but unfortunately work happens right after sleep, and posting ...

Chapter 57 - Descension III

Half a dozen tendrils battered into me as I jumped up into my shop, pain blossoming around my side as they sent me flying through my open window. I shattered in mid-air, spiraling off in a hundred ...

Chapter 56 - Descension II

My sword cleaved through the throat, the sound of music/song/hellmagic cutting off as my blade disrupted the flow of diabolism briefly. 

I darted/dodged backwards, just avoiding a pair o...

A twelve hour delay

I hate doing these. I really hate this is becoming more common. But work has been eating me alive this week and I need to sleep and I just cannot get a chapter I would consider acceptable out in ti...

Chapter 55 - Descension I

The centipede squirmed, writhing as my nails sliced deep. My other hand set the tea cup down, grabbing a knife from within my coat. The insect lunged forward, pincers open. 

Knife met he...

Chapter 54 - Second Circle VI

When we got to my street, it was almost as empty as the Kettle.

Word of our coming clearly had traveled faster than our caravan, and by the time we turned onto the street, there wasn’t a si...

Chapter 53 - Second Circle V

It was an entire caravan coming up the road to the warehouse. The carriage in front was unadorned but clearly well-made and stood out for it. The carts behind it stood out a little less. The well-c...

Chapter 52 - Second Circle IV

My eyes fluttered awake as cold air painted my cheeks.

I grumbled, muttered, tried to pull on rough, strange-feeling covers, and let the blissful darkness of sleep claim me once again. A seco...

Update: Covid and an Ear Infection

I've been diagnosed with both Covid-19 and an ear infection, so if the friday chapter doesn't show up that will be why. I am going to try and get it out, but I am very fatigued and have quite a bit...

Chapter 51 - Second Circle III

By the time we got back, Tagashin had disguised herself as Barnes again and was quietly trying to help Tolman. I winced as I looked him over. It hadn’t torn skin, somehow. But from the looks of i...

A delay

Hey folks, while I initially thought I'd be able to get the next chapter out on time, RL events have kept from getting it all the way completed. It should finish tomorrow and be out no more than tw...

Chapter 50 - Second Circle II

We didn’t spend long in the snow. Just long enough to catch my breath, coat wrapped tightly around me. Gregory had settled down several feet away, giving me some privacy without needing to be ask...

Chapter 49 - Second Circle I

“Tagashin! Five minutes, then if I’m not out get inside,” I hissed, and in response got a whispered affirmation before something moved through the air over my head.

Okay, I thought as I...

Chapter 47 - Bearings VI

Of course it was the Kettle. One of the Quarter’s old slums, before our battles had emptied it out.

Our cart trudged forward, going between a pair of warehouses still bearing scars of a...

Chapter 46 - Bearings V

I paused only a moment to see the burned-down wreckage of Tyler’s house. A few skeletal remnants of the walls still stood, charred and blackened around a central mass of charcoal and seared wood....

Chapter 45 - Bearings IV

CW: Character uses racist language referring to a real-life ethnicity, gore

Two steps forward, hammer clicking back as one of the dazed thugs on the ground notices me and yells a warning to t...

A short delay

Sorry folks, but due to how my work schedule works out depsire being about twelve hours from when the chapter is normally supposed to go up, it’s still a little light on what I want to go inside ...

Chapter 44 - Bearings III

“Are you sure we can’t give you a ride?”

I shook my head, looking up at Voltar who was currently sitting inside the carriage. 

“It’s appreciated, but I don’t want to dr...