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CH 64: Openings

Fear threatened to build in Reid's stomach. He pushed it down and hardened his resolve. He could fight this thing alone. He could win if he worked for it. As long as he fought hard enough, he could...

CH 63: Last Stand Field

Marlene looked from Toby's smiling face to Reid. There was a sort of pained appreciation in her eyes, as if she were impressed with what he'd just done, and at the same time hated that he'd done it...

CH 62: Broken Defense

. James .

Toby still looked sickly. He drank some powdered electrolyte mix from an opaque bottle, and an unlabeled empty metal can sat at his feet - probably beans. He beamed in Lowell's dire...

CH 61: Disagreement

. James .

James watched, helplessly, as the splintered attack group approached the wall. His walkie talkie had been a source of excited chatter from one of the drivers that crescendoed into a...

CH60: Crimson Titan

The pair of manned pickups flew through Sanctuary, over grassy flats and dirt roads. They caught up with Toby and Lowell's looping path in minutes, and the next phase of the plan began.

Toby ...

CH 59: Picking a Fight

+ Reid +

Reid tamped down the flinch of fear he felt for the approaching beasts. The Titan was just another, bigger salamander. He'd already killed one guardian, even if he'd had to sacrifice...

CH 58: Plans and Data

-{///} Finola {///}-

Finola's eyes were inches away from her screens - as if the proximity would make her just a hair more aware of what was going on in Earth's most notable sett...

CH 57: Splinters

Reid watched with horror as the elites, not paralyzed by the Crimson Titan's roar, shot up onto the wall.

The frozen defenders were completely helpless. Locked in a painting of a battle with ...

CH 56: Numbers Advantage

Gunpowder burned in Reid's nostrils. Bowstrings twanged. Explosions and screeches sounded out from the advancing groups of salamanders, as Sanctuary's 200 outer wall defenders lashed out at the 602...

CH 55: Probing Attacks

Reid's vision was still a bit messed up, but that didn't matter much right now. It was tough to miss.

He sat in the lifeguard-style chair Mark had grown for him. It towered above the rest of ...

CH 54: Disarmed

The salamander's skill-empowered strike slammed into Reid like a freight train. Two claws split straight through his bone armor gauntlet, and the third carved into his lower torso. Everything parte...

CH 53: Single Combat

The barrier shimmered and disappeared. For a moment, all was quiet. Reid's pulse quickened, and the sound of his own breathing echoed in his helmet. The salamander eyed the spot where the wall once...

CH 52: Hourglass

-{///} Finola {///}-

Finola bit her nails. The report on her desk was impossible to misinterpret.

Sanctuary's pending quest had finally been assigned. They'd had another, i...

CH 51: Enemy at the Gates

Reid's armor softly clacked against itself as he shifted Requiem to his left hand. Dew hadn't yet burned off the grass, and it glimmered in the early light.

This morning had already been diff...

CH 50: Ready for Battle

Sanctuary's people couldn't leave. They couldn't run. But they could prepare.

The 'ports - Reid was not a fan of the nickname that had already spread throughout Sanctuary - from the ...

CH 49: Quest Assigned

Reid, Sara, Susan, Marlene, and James walked atop the battlements while they chatted and ate. Reid was deeply focused on the most important part of the morning - the food. Today's breakfast was 2024-12-06 15:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post

CH 48: Quest Pending

The rest of Sanctuary was far from idle while Reid regrew his arm, experimented, and then recovered from making Requiem.

The captured healer, Danny, was still under near-constant supervision,...

CH 47: Rest

It was time to make a growth weapon.

Reid pushed himself back into the mace. It was much, much larger than Queen's Edge, which meant the level of work inside the weapon would be far greater. ...

CH 46: Reid's Weapon

After their... rather heartfelt exchange at Warren's, Reid and James had quickly fallen back into their normal joking conversations. Reid loved having his friend back - and brought the topic of wea...

CH 45: Recovery

After the talk and quiet moments with Susan, Reid had realized something. When he had the headaches that led up to his cancer diagnosis, Susan had implored him to get things checked out. It was onl...

CH 44: Repercussions

In grade school, one of Reid's science teachers had put out classroom decorations for Halloween. They included spooky chalkboard drawings, and a table full of gadgets and fun tools. Reid had loved ...

CH 43: Mistakes were Made

Reid was almost shaking.

He'd made the greave solid. Almost entirely solid, just like the weapons. But armor and weapons had two different purposes. They never needed to be the same....

CH 42: Mundane Inspirations

Despite his best attempts to dissuade her, Sara was still trying to rename the sword a day later. She was adamant that she wasn't a queen, and every few hours, she'd send in another request for him...

CH 41: Osteal Journeyman

Reid eyed the scabbard with the clip point radius. Sara and Susan were both giving Reid questioning looks.

"I don't mean I want it back. Here, just - take out the sword, and hold it like you'...

CH 40: Tools and Resistance

Marlene had quietly excused herself for a few minutes at Sara's request. As soon as the door closed, Reid grabbed Sara by the shoulders and pulled her into a hug, then grabbed Susan so the three of...

CH 39: Tactical Faceplant

Reid did not want to be doing whatever the hell it was that they were doing right now. His head still ached and his body complained, even though Susan had healed him multiple times. Apparently, the...

CH 38: Miscalculations

Marlene sent another glance to the truck's backseat. Despite her planning, things had very quickly gone awry. Susan, the strongheaded woman, had stood in the middle of the path and forced the truck...

CH 37: Secret Unlock

+ Reid +

Reid distinctly heard and felt cracking bone - he wasn't sure whether it was the knife, or another one of his teeth. He made himself spit out the knife just in case.

Reid was f...

CH 36: Aspirations

+ Reid +

A few hundred feet from a dirt road littered with corpses, a man wearing tattered, bloodstained rags and a single boot tapped down dirt on a freshly filled-in grave. With his strengt...

CH 35: Shrimp

\.,., Bertrand ,.,./

Bertrand stood next to Sanctuary's beacon, and shook in his shoes.

Today had started so wonderful.

The scouting mission to find Sanctuary's beacon had gone fl...