The break-slash-conference room in the staging building outside of the Dharan Exclusion Zone was unsurprisingly humble. A single long wooden table and chairs set alongside a kitchenette. Lillian ba...
2025-05-10 16:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOP! POPOPOPOP!
The rhythmic sound of gunfire carried over the hill followed by shouts. A roar broke through the noise. Crusader pushed her legs harder, the strain falling away as go...
2025-05-10 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHa ha! Surprise! I have a few Side-Stories featuring Team Crusader coming out shortly for you guys. I'm planning on putting them into the story at various points and will update the ToC once I've g...
2025-05-10 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe office floor of the precinct hadn’t changed all that much since she’d left. The desks and furniture were still a scattered pile of broken wood, metal, and plastic all over the floor. She pu...
2025-05-10 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostOtis crossed his legs and got comfortable. He didn’t have long to have this meeting, but there was at least enough time to enjoy the seat in a luxury car. He smiled to himself as the young man ne...
2025-05-09 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAs Sonya stopped in front of the door leading to the judge’s room, she took note of the sole person inside. Her smile widened a little, and she pushed in, her gaze settling on Lillian. The up-and...
2025-05-08 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnna wiped a little blood off her lip, scowling against the snow as it blew across her face. She kicked the first of the skeletal corpses and it dissolved into that putrid smelling dust. It was str...
2025-05-08 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostSonya stepped through the portal as the call was wrapping up. “...so just keep that in mind, Barry. I should have noticed what was happening to me when it started, but I figured it had something ...
2025-05-07 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs she recalled it, it had been around the time that the first round of Hero Camps had come to a close. New up and comers were shining in the public eye, and there had been some manner of terrible ...
2025-05-06 16:01:13 +0000 UTC View PostSonya stood alone aboard the Idol. She’d taken a portal there rather than going back to Dharan right away. The boys needed to be dropped off, for one thing, and for another, she had ques...
2025-05-06 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe once nearly bare shelves were filled with things now. Small wooden crates filled with stacks of playing-card sized slips of metal and glass. There were rows of jars filled with various powders ...
2025-05-06 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe memory was disorienting. A vision crammed into her head by a power that hadn’t shown any mercy in its application. She saw herself break. She saw life leave her own eyes at the hands of a man...
2025-05-05 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe window appeared like its own menu screen. Anna pulled her hand away briefly to test it and found that the menu vanished immediately. She put her hand back on the book and took a breath as the o...
2025-05-03 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostGreg cracked the can open and rested his head against it, sitting down in the small break room. He took a centering breath, letting the emotions work their way through his chest and out through his...
2025-05-02 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostBOOM! BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM!
A staccato of explosions rocked up the side of the mountain, and rocks began to tumble towards the ground. An avalanche followed, and snow flowed down like a sea befor...
2025-05-01 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no fanfare or excitement with the use of the clemency scroll. Just a single prompt window asking if she was sure. After such an aggravating conversation the last thing she wanted to do wa...
2025-05-01 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostTo the surprise of absolutely no one at all, the ghouls that Hero Crusader had mentioned during her briefing were worse than any of them could have imagined. The extra details on the denizens of Dh...
2025-04-30 16:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostIt took two portal hops to gather pretty much everyone. As she stepped through the second portal into the windy, snow-choked Tibetan mountainside, she rounded on Blackrazor. He cleared his throat a...
2025-04-29 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostAnna only realized she was sitting on the altar again several minutes after she’d been left alone again. All she could do was stare off into space as the words sank in. She slowly pulled her helm...
2025-04-29 12:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe wind whipped past Nietz’s face as they passed over the thick, mountainous woodland that surrounded Dharan. He could already hear monsters moving down below, but there didn’t appear to be an...
2025-04-28 16:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post