Kimberly had always considered herself a quick study. She entered college with multiple credits already under her belt and could have graduated and gone into a career already. Heatherâ€...
2025-11-07 19:38:19 +0000 UTC
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Saturday May 14th, 2011
An Endbringer, dead.
It was a dream come true, and a nightmare all the same. He had longed to be the one to finally strike down one of human...
2025-10-30 20:00:09 +0000 UTC
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“I’m eager to wrap up this farce,” Viola continued, her gaze sweeping back over the council.
Poor Kim looked like a frightened hare about to be butchered at the market. A fa...
2025-10-24 08:57:39 +0000 UTC
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Saturday May 14th, 2011
Madison Clements, a name that felt less true to themself with each passing day. It was the name of a girl who attended school and played at being cute a...
2025-10-15 20:00:23 +0000 UTC
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“Council?” Kimberly asked.
“Yes,” Viola said in English, sipping her tea. “They govern Arcadia. I am member.”
“A member,” Kimberly said,...
2025-10-10 09:02:54 +0000 UTC
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The return of Viola had kicked the proverbial hornet’s nest. Dozens of robed individuals hurried about, some pulling books and scrolls from the archives, others gathering staves and other s...
2025-10-08 04:13:05 +0000 UTC
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Lacking anything else to do, Kimberly followed the robed woman as she led the kids inside the structure. The entrance led to a hallway that ran alongside the building and then to a door that ...
2025-10-06 09:11:34 +0000 UTC
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The confusion lasted for several moments; the children glancing between one another as Viola’s brows scrunched. Yes, the language barrier was still a problem, but Viola had demonstrated tha...
2025-10-04 10:12:17 +0000 UTC
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Each time I think I have a plan for how I want this to progress the characters just laugh at me and run off to do their own thing. XD
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A grinning monster looked down, his blad...
2025-10-03 23:09:14 +0000 UTC
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Another chapter in the story set shortly after the prologue (In what may become a volume one of the story) This time we get to see the beginnings of Kimberly learning the language!
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2025-10-01 23:40:52 +0000 UTC
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Friday May 13th, 2011
Thoughts drifted as though filtered through a thick gel, coming in bursts of lucidity that passed more like a dream than reality. In each, only darkness g...
2025-09-30 20:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Doing something a little different here and testing a potential different start for the story. This one picks up immediately after the prologue and if continued would cover how she got settled int...
2025-09-30 01:48:27 +0000 UTC
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This is where the big changes really start to kick in. It's also where I'm up to with reworking the original ending. (Lots of big changes coming) Any feedback on this is appreciated, especially ...
2025-09-29 02:24:24 +0000 UTC
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Much larger changes to this chapter that set up a swifter resolution to the volume.
The Progenitor’s teleportation wasn’t instantaneous to those within the effect. They had attempte...
2025-09-28 08:02:01 +0000 UTC
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I'm sharing what I have edited so far to feel out the adjustments and changes I'm making to the end of volume two. I'll likely need to tweak things much earlier in volume two in order to make it t...
2025-09-27 19:39:58 +0000 UTC
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The sight of those eyes and the cold depths hidden within stirred the darkness within into a roiling maelstrom that just itched to be let loose. Often Kimbree wondered how she would react if ...
2025-09-24 09:07:40 +0000 UTC
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Cheers rang across the city as the procession advanced through the streets. The heroes had entered through the eastern gate and were progressing around the city perimeter before turning towar...
2025-09-23 00:50:48 +0000 UTC
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The rough draft continues!
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The Council Chamber was a large room directly beneath the atrium, sequestered away in the event the city came under attack. The room itself wa...
2025-09-20 02:31:02 +0000 UTC
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The cool breeze of spring blew through the streets of Arcadia, rustling the early blooming flowers planted through the streets of the Administrative District. It was such a small thing, but t...
2025-09-18 00:23:42 +0000 UTC
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Content Warnings: Blood and Gore. (Depictions of death and dying)
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Blood spilled forth between her fingers as she clenched at her shirt where the blade had pierced her. ...
2025-09-17 01:47:23 +0000 UTC
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Friday May 13th, 2011
Though the expression would never carry the same weight for anyone other than me, I finally knew how to describe the aftermath of an Endbringer battle: even the...
2025-09-15 20:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Thursday May 12th, 2011
The regenerated form of Leviathan should have come as a surprise, but it really didn’t. This monster wanted me dead and was apparently willing to put ...
2025-08-30 20:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Sorry this isn't immediately a new chapter, but I figured a proper update would be preferred ahead of that given some of the changes coming. The Reluctant Ranger isn't dead, far from it. What hap...
2025-08-28 18:28:36 +0000 UTC
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I'm trying to get back to writing and working on my original stuff, so here's a new Legend's Echo draft chapter! (Not entirely happy with it, and if this story ever gets published elsewhere, I'm f...
2025-08-27 19:46:38 +0000 UTC
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Thursday May 12th, 2011
Lighting crackled through the atmosphere above as a howling wind whipped at my soaked hair. There I stood; in the shadow of one of the most terrifying m...
2025-08-15 20:02:32 +0000 UTC
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Thursday May 12th, 2011
Rain beat down against his visor as composite boots cut through water. Steam hissed from his halberd, the plasma edge overpowering even the might of the...
2025-07-30 20:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Thursday May 12th, 2011
Oh goddess. No, not like this…
The blood streaked down her pale face with each drop of the pouring rain, disappearing as fast as it leaked from ...
2025-07-15 20:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Thursday May 12th, 2011
Spree deceased.
“THE HELL WAS THAT?” “Fuck!” “DID YOU REALLY JUST?” “Damn, and he was a good lay to...
2025-06-30 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
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There was something profoundly wrong about seeing her Foci attached to a weapon meant to cause harm. It was supposed to be an instrument of healing, not pain! Sure, Robin had a...
2025-06-23 19:45:48 +0000 UTC
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Thursday May 12th, 2011
The mutated parahuman thundered forward in a charge, heading right for the hospital as if it knew exactly where we were. Hell, she probably did given sh...
2025-06-15 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
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