6.17
“Something?” My mind turned to the small ships to Red Island. Could I have found them this easily? Reo seemed to be a lucky charm. “Hang on, where is this bulbous bow thingy?” I giggled. ...
2023-11-01 04:26:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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6.16
“Where did Reo go?” I wondered aloud upon reaching the place where I left him—the main-entrance-lobby-whatever of the cruise ship. Many people roamed about, but I would’ve certainly spotted...
2023-10-30 02:26:03 +0000 UTC View Post6.15
Reo whistled. “I always thought I’d be the first to crack. Looks like someone beat me to it.”
“Don’t mention anything to her, Reo,” Dario said as he pulled additional seats to our...
2023-10-05 11:38:31 +0000 UTC View PostErind/Deen - 5.22.3
“I’m not sure you got your definition of ‘public’ right,” I whispered to Deen.
I craned my neck to check if there were any round convex mirrors hanging from the ceiling, those thing...
2023-10-04 01:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostErind/Deen - 5.22.2
(Author's Notes: I'm stuck thinking about what to write in the second half of the next REND chapter, so I decided to hop over ExD first. We'll have another ExD chapter after this, then I'll return ...
2023-10-02 11:50:29 +0000 UTC View Post6.14
“Deen, calm down.” I tugged the hem of her shirt. “People are staring. You’re drawing attention to us, like more than usual.”
“You’re not going to die,” Deen hissed at Reo. Sh...
2023-09-28 09:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post6.13
Reo Hinode—codename: Oberon, the ‘king of fairies,’ something stupid like that—didn’t tie his long black hair in a ponytail. This might be the first time I’d seen him with his hair down...
2023-09-26 09:41:31 +0000 UTC View PostADGIT - 13
“This is Tiskas…” whispered Hiero.
To many, a stray cat looked the same as any other strolling the streets, a bird was identical to the rest of its flock, and an ant was indistinguishab...
2023-08-26 07:53:53 +0000 UTC View PostErind/Deen - 5.22.1
“There should be a seizure warning when entering this city.” I ranted to Deen, my head hurting from the array of lights piercing even the tinted windows of Deen’s car. “Just hang it under t...
2023-08-15 10:31:54 +0000 UTC View PostErind/Deen - 5.21.13
Amber Deen Leska
Amber Deen Leska rubbed her throat.
For a moment, she panicked that it was deformed. But that was silly. She knew women could do some wild stuff 2023-08-14 12:21:39 +0000 UTC View Post
6.12
“Good morning,” said a cabin stewardess through the open door of the room opposite mine. She stepped onto the corridor with bunched-up sheets and towels in her arms, dumping them into a hamper ...
2023-08-13 12:12:04 +0000 UTC View Post6.11
This is the last time I’ll exist, I thought, trudging to the restaurant doors as if heading for the gallows. My lips quivered as my throat tightened. I struggled to hold back tears. It...
2023-08-09 05:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostADGIT - 12
“Hiero?” Aileen Fahllyr asked. That couldn’t be right. She must’ve misheard it; the man’s accent was atrocious.
Only head-thumped Krysperians would take the names of Emperors as the...
2023-07-24 07:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostErind/Deen - 5.21.12
(Author's Notes: I decided to make a three-part special of Deen's pov of this whole thing. So, the next chapter after this will also be Deen's pov. It’s best to reread the previous chapter before...
2023-07-18 01:10:13 +0000 UTC View Post6.10
The ship sliced through the ocean, leaving its temporary mark on the blue expanse, waves fanning out in its wake like a sprawling white dress. Shimmers of the sun danced on the crests of the rising...
2023-07-16 09:36:11 +0000 UTC View Post6.9
I should’ve paid attention in geography class! As a kid, I figured I could look things up on a map when needed, like not listening in math class because calculators weren’t illegal as teachers ...
2023-07-12 08:14:08 +0000 UTC View PostADGIT - 11
“Room three hundred and sixty-seven, how are you?” Aileen Fahllyr asked, pulling up a random number as she poked her head into a room. It had been empty since the Gaolyans vanished from Tabitha...
2023-06-27 04:19:33 +0000 UTC View PostErind/Deen - 5.21.11
Amber Deen Leska
Did Blanchette just lick my boobs? Amber Deen Leska froze, not knowing how to react.
Punch Blanchette? No, Deen couldn’t do that....
2023-06-22 11:37:08 +0000 UTC View Post6.8
“Your daughter?” I asked.
My eyes skimmed the shiny door—I had an oval face and homely cheeks, exuding a very caring aura, wreathed with curly brown locks. I did look like I could be re...
2023-06-21 01:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post6.7
Several hero wannabe groups? If true, and I couldn’t think of why Big Marcy would concoct this story specifically, it was more evidence that a sizeable clandestine organization was behin...
2023-06-18 22:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostADGIT - 10
A voice rumbled through the chamber.
“Who dares disturb my slumber?”
Hiero coughed after forcing his voice to be deeper than a high roller’s pockets, ruining the moment he had wai...
2023-06-01 12:57:16 +0000 UTC View PostErind/Deen - 5.21.10
Instead of a slight saltiness covering the bland nothing of skin, I tasted several flavors from one lick. Yes, the saltiness was there, but there were layers of meatiness, more akin to light tones ...
2023-05-27 01:12:12 +0000 UTC View Post6.6
Big Marcy’s eyes widened. My response caught him off-guard—a small victory. He laughed with some uncertainty, on the fence if I was joking or if the Adumbrae inside me was a literalist. I neede...
2023-05-25 12:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostREND Author's Retrospective - Arc 5
REND started on May 20, 2020, and Arc 5 ended on May 21, 2023 (RR/SH). I swear, that wasn’t planned at all—I realized it only now. There might be some synchronicity going on with the universe, ...
2023-05-23 23:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post6.5
I dropped to the floor. I raised my arms and flung my head back, imagining myself a gymnast sticking a landing. Sparks and metal bits showered my long black hair.
The guard threw his other ha...
2023-05-21 11:40:08 +0000 UTC View PostADGIT - Ch. 9
Hiero was certain anyone left aboveground was either dead or turned Blighted.
It had been three days since the Blighted Multitude breached the inner ward of Aderenthyn Citadel. The field of t...
2023-05-13 12:41:53 +0000 UTC View PostErind/Deen - 5.21.9
“Once you put that on,” Deen said, pointing at the red mask floating above my right palm, “you’ll turn into Blanchette, right?”
We were sitting on the living room floor, next to the...
2023-05-05 11:17:29 +0000 UTC View Post6.4
The number of the side of the elevator ticked down to our floor. My reflection on the stainless steel doors stared back at me. I combed away strands of hair, the same color as the glass of julep, s...
2023-05-04 00:14:37 +0000 UTC View Post6.3
“Two strangers meeting on a cruise, getting to know each other,” Jeffrey said. “This isn’t too prying, I don’t think.” He winked over the rim of his glass. “Unless you’re not some s...
2023-05-01 11:27:03 +0000 UTC View PostADGIT - Ch. 8
Aileen walked through yawning ash doors worked to elegance by human hands, unlike most of the Fahllyr House of Gaolyan make. Gone was the confidence in her steps. She grudgingly shuffled her feet o...
2023-04-23 12:07:16 +0000 UTC View Post