Lycra was 'familiar' with Reid's propensity to improve himself by being catatonic for days, but Win was not - at least, not yet. Calming her down had taken nearly twenty minutes, and included the p...
2025-02-19 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostReid moved from sitting to lying flat on the bedroll with his eyes closed, as instructed. Unlike his friends, Reid wasn't supposed to take notes - but rather feel himself as thorou...
2025-02-17 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"You're fully committing to the Vuxarinan disguise, correct?"
"That's the plan. I have Win's medicine to make me look like them - and you've been reminding me on an hourly basis that...
2025-02-14 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLycra's yellow eyes shone with excitement.
Win had energy in her hands as she moved them both around Reid's skull. "There's... nothing wrong? That doesn't make sense, unless - maybe you're be...
2025-02-12 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen she made it to the shelf, Win immediately healed Reid's wounds, then let Lycra prattle on about the storage ring's capabilities for minutes. More was discussed, in detail, about being able to ...
2025-02-10 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostReid panted. The King's head, even offered to him, had taken two fully-empowered blows to sever. It racked Reid's body and left him feeling more winded and spent than he had the entire time in the ...
2025-02-07 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post(((..-- DenWu --..)))
Four orders of business sat on his desk. The first was an analysis from his boys that stated the weather for the next few months could result in highly active seasonal s...
2025-02-05 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, nature was just cruel to you. A former classmate loved bread and baking enough that she bought herself a small shop in a nearby town. Nearly a decade went by, with her making her dream l...
2025-02-03 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe next group they found was another group of three, digging a new tunnel. They fell just as easy as the first. They repeated nearly the same encounter twice more before anything changed.
A ...
2025-01-31 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post(---) Jim (---)
He moved, silent and stealthy through the tunnels. His people's darkvision wasn't the most prolific, but he'd earned himself two skills over the years that made his current wo...
2025-01-29 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe cavern glowed as green light oscillated and pulsed over Win's entire frame. Her chest and arm expanded. Wounds closed. Scars disappeared. It took mere seconds, and when the light faded, her bod...
2025-01-27 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTheir group moved though the tunnels, path lit by crystal-powered lanterns. There were no lights embedded in the tunnels this far down. Reid had almost gotten used to the constantly-on illumination...
2025-01-24 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostReid froze. Breaking the rock off the wall was cathartic, just like Win had said. He'd definitely still been more wound up than he realized. The thing was darn tough, but he pushed through and clea...
2025-01-22 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post(---) Jim (---)
Jim paced back and forth in front of the canteen, fuming. He wanted to scream and shout - but he couldn't even do that. Not properly.
Three years. Three whole fucking ye...
2025-01-20 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostReid screamed in agony. Everything burned, and ached. Stabbing, throbbing pain lanced its way over every area Reid empowered, and his brain had long-passed the stepped-on-a-lego pain and gone into ...
2025-01-17 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostLycra and Reid spent another full hour meeting more of the prisoner/miners. Some preferred one term over the other, but most used them interchangeably. They learned the five circular buildings were...
2025-01-15 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe guard raised a hand in threat as Reid continued.
“I promise, we are innocent. Give us a trial, and I'll prove it.”
The backhand was swift but weak.
Reid jangled his shackl...
2025-01-13 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
Lycra rose a hairless eyebrow at Reid. "The changes. Everyone gets them when you go through a jump. They'll be in your notifications... What were you so upset about if it wasn't that...
2025-01-10 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post"Reid Calderwall. Father of the Pathfinder Progenitor."
He had seen that title on the obelisk in Sanctuary. The alien recognized his name, and his power - and knew his daughter. Sara was
+ Reid +
The alien's arm was light, and fragile. It shivered as Reid held it against the front of the cage, and raised a four-fingered hand in a placating gesture. Reid's first two words had ...
2025-01-06 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post<]]) Thad ([[>
A clanging alarm rang out from Thad’s console. This was not good.
He’d started the jump procedure, which meant pointing the ship at the direction he needed to g...
2025-01-03 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
Reid coughed awake on stale air, rife with the smell of sweat and piss.
He was in a cramped cage welded to the floor. Slivers of light filtered in through a series of vent hole...
2025-01-02 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
The figure before him was a bipedal humanoid wearing overlapping pieces of leather clothing on its chest and upper legs. It had pale purple skin interspersed with tan fur, and no nos...
2025-01-01 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post+ Reid +
Reid stumbled through the forest, drawn to the sound of running water. His legs burned with the effort of moving himself forward - dehydrated and spent.
It was reminiscent of h...
2024-12-31 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post^+ Nyx +^
Nyx screamed as pieces of herself tore and intertwined themselves with Reid. They melted and melded in an agonizing and beautiful display of high magic and soul alchemy that would'v...
2024-12-30 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post<> Shackle 213 <>
The Shackle - a shapeless entity - spoke in the void. No one could hear its voice. No one could perceive it. It was bound to a dead creature that was neither awa...
2024-12-29 17:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post+> Sara <+
Barry put an elbow into Sara's spine and pressed as hard as he could. It cracked under the strain, and Sara let out a sigh of relief. The man's smile practically glowed, fram...
2024-12-29 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSara reached a trembling hand out to the stone effigy of her father.
Her midsection strained with effort as she leaned forward and brushed her fingers against the cool, rough surface, and her...
2024-12-29 02:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post~ Marlene ~
She steadied herself as her van, the caboose to their train of cars, slammed into another rock. If Marlene wasn't careful, the binoculars she was trying to use would slam into her...
2024-12-28 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post-{///} Finola {///}-
Sanctuary was all but lost.
She'd watched the beasts break through the settlement's second defensive structure, then the people fled in groups. Her nascent planetar...
2024-12-27 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post