Chapter 5: Hard Knocks.
Chapter 5: Hard Knocks.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
I was small again. Only six years old and scared.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
All the grownups were scared to...
2024-07-15 12:27:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 4: Still me.
Chapter 4: Still me.
The man was still passed out as I paced about the cave. Trying to piece together the rules of this System.
Looking back, it all seemed sel...
2024-07-15 12:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3: Cavern Blues.
Chapter 3: Cavern Blues.
“Stop that, Sully. Get your anger under control. First thing’s first. Make sure the dude on the floor isn’t about to die on you.”
That seem...
2024-07-15 12:25:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 2: Under Solid Earth.
Chapter 2: Under Solid Earth.
I gaped at the screen.
Keeping my eyes locked to it as time seemed to slow and other senses became blurred.
My throat felt ...
2024-07-15 12:24:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1: A Dream of a Perfect World.
Chapter 1: A Dream of a Perfect World.
The sheets were warm and comfortable. Their fluffy mass doing a fantastic job of holding in the heat from my body in just the perfect way t...
2024-07-15 12:23:32 +0000 UTC View PostPrologue: A Nice Afternoon.
Prologue: A Nice Afternoon.
An orchestra of jubilation echoed throughout the dormitory, carrying relief and expectation in equal measure. It was a chaotic mix of masculine and fe...
2024-07-15 12:22:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49: Chasing Dreams.
Chapter 49: Chasing Dreams.
I was back in the mansion’s courtyard.
Looking up to see a blue sun floating on a crimson sky.
The flowers in the hedges were whisperin...
2024-05-24 05:02:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48: Working Out.
Chapter 48: Working Out.
“Nice! I got two more Enhancer levels! [Enhanced Concentration] got to 5! Now I can finally get [Enhanced Ba...
2024-05-24 04:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47: Nowhere to be Found.
Chapter 47: Nowhere to be Found.
“So, you see, I had no choice! I went through tons of different futures! Tons of them! And he always got away with it! Unless I ki...
2024-05-24 02:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostAnnouncement : Re-writes and spelling corrections.
Hey guys, just letting you know that I've ben doing A LOT of editing to make the earlier chapters make more sense.
In particular, chapter 37: Retribution and chapter 38: Winding down. Those...
2024-05-23 20:20:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46: The Slasher of Veils.
Chapter 46: The Slasher of Veils.
There was some light shuffling after that. Those around the edges getting to it, while those at the center of the crowd wandered ai...
2024-05-20 18:17:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45: The Cherub of Austin.
Chapter 45: The Cherub of Austin.
I looked at the dancing shadow. Taking care to watch its, eyes, as they moved about. They were two spots where the rest of a shadow...
2024-05-19 20:56:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44: I See Dead People.
Chapter 44: I See Dead People.
I was still chuckling when the shimmer took me.
It just felt, so good. To be recognized and appreciated. It was a bliss so profo...
2024-05-19 03:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43: Fighting Fire.
Chapter 43: Fighting Fire.
The first thing I registered was the shining sun. Its glorious rays beating down on Buddy. Passing through the transparent film that made ...
2024-05-17 05:55:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42: Orphan Maker.
Chapter 42: Orphan Maker.
“Look lady! I’m sorry! Okay! I shouldn’t have mind-controlled you! My. Bad. I promise it won’t happen aga….”
“HEEEEEEEE...
2024-05-14 19:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41: The Apology.
Chapter 41: The Apology.
Each new string was like a budding flower. Slowly emerging from the still dark waters of my lake.
Its waters roiled for a few seconds,...
2024-05-13 02:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40: Periwig.
Chapter 40: Periwig.
The council members nodded slowly.
“Very good. Now that those issues have been sorted out, this session is at an end.”
Old man P...
2024-05-13 02:06:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39: Formalities.
Chapter 39: Formalities.
I gasped for air, once, then twice and thrice.
Desperation forcing my sealed mouth open as new sensations overtook the old ones.
Chapter 38: Winding Down.
Chapter 38: Winding Down.
“How many?”
“Around two hundred?” Monique answered.
“And the best prospects?”
“Subutai, Gina and Stellio. Three Ty...
2024-05-10 12:58:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37: Retribution.
Chapter 37: Retribution.
All that booze had taken its toll.
I was currently unable to flow back into my body, not without losing consciousness once more and wa...
2024-05-07 01:15:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36: The Speech.
Chapter 36: The Speech.
I smiled up at them.
Half anchored to this physical shell and half submerged in the lake.
I was getting the tingles again. The sa...
2024-05-07 01:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: Introspection.
Chapter 35: Introspection.
Great.
Just (Gnome)ing great.
Everyone I’d saved wanted me dead or gone. Despite me doing everything I could to save them. D...
2024-05-05 23:06:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34: Warehouse.
Chapter 34: Warehouse.
The pit was a large oval hole marking the bottom of a long vertical space.
One that went up and up and up, beyond the range of both my e...
2024-05-05 23:05:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: Deliverance.
Chapter 33: Deliverance.
The edges of my fog slipped past the outer walls of Happy Shrub.
Drinking in the raw emotions and contemplations of all those inside.<...
2024-05-04 18:26:16 +0000 UTC View PostIntermission: Ability Boards.
Telepath ability pool Minus Starting: Message / Sense Thoughts / Mental Bolt
Available Abilities:
[Static Illusion] / [Fever] / [Sleep] / ...
2024-04-30 00:50:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32: The Campfire.
Chapter 32: The Campfire.
We tried burying what little remained of the recently deceased Mark and Tracy. However, that turned out to be far more difficult than I’d...
2024-04-30 00:49:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31: The Newbies.
Borislav, for all is other faults, was not a stupid man.
He said little and heard much.
Forming opinions about others in his head and thinking thoroughly before committing ...
2024-04-30 00:48:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30: Beetle Juices.
“You better start explaining yourself right now, kid. This isn’t my idea of a joke.”
“I assure you I’m not joking Mrs. Fletcher. I can see the future and I know where your kids are....
2024-04-30 00:47:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29: Looking for Group.
Chapter 29: Looking for Group.
30 minutes.
I spent 30 minutes in that spot, fighting myself. Losing against my nightmares. Pushing them downwards with every ou...
2024-04-30 00:46:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28: Dusty and Slab.
Chapter 28: Dusty and Slab.
A deluge of teeth and tongues shot towards us. Towards both of me.
“YoU! wIlL! nOt! DO! tHiSS! TO! ME!” It roared from a dozen ...
2024-04-30 00:45:48 +0000 UTC View Post