A Standup Philosopher

Shall We Play A Game 008

Sidon was a fine city, as far as Egyptian cities went. It helped that it was more Kinahhu than it was Kemeti, as it were, having only been conquered a generation ago, but to Matti...

Shadows and Dust 19

“Alright, folks. Fai Dan said that the areas we’ll be fighting in will be pretty tight. A full squad will do more harm than good. Which means it’s fire team time, which means we’re splittin...

And So The Eagle Conquered 003

Camilla hated it when her brother left her behind and went out adventuring. It wasn’t something he did much, anymore, not after they had settled down in Riverwood, but she still hated it. She hat...

And So The Eagle Conquered 02

The crisp mountain air, the sweet smell of a mist-laden forest and a fresh-water river, and the natural cacophony of more living creatures than any area near my old home were all a magnificent disp...

Nothing Is True 029

“Hello, Clarke. It’s good to see you again.”

The words echoed through the room for several long heartbeats as the two females stared at eachother. Well, Clarke was stari...

And So The Eagle Conquered 01

Riverwood.

Built beside a river strong enough for industry but weak enough not to be dangerous, teeming with fish but bereft of water-going predators. Built amongst a forest large enough and ...

Shall We Play A Game? Chapter Seven

Shall We Play A Game?

Chapter Seven

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Shai watched from on high as Hasamelli, Yuri, and their companions made their way out of the palace, i...

Shall We Play A Game? Chapter Six

Shall We Play A Game?
Chapter Six

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Paramesse, -though he much preferred Ramses, thank you very much!- rubbed at his temp...

Shall We Play A Game? Chapter Five

Shall We Play A Game?

Chapter Five

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 Ankhesenamun glided through the palace corridors like she was floating on ...

Shall We Play A Game? Chapter Four

Shall We Play A Game?

Chapter Four

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Akhenadin, former bearer of the Millennium Eye, Maker of the Millennium Items, and (amo...

Shall We Play A Game? Chapter Three

Shall We Play A Game?

Chapter Three

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The first five days of courtship had been brutal, at least for the other suitors....

Shall We Play A Game? Chapter Two

Shall We Play A Game?

Chapter Two

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It was not unusual, in fact it was very common, for Ankhesenamun and her closest ...

Shall We Play A Game? Chapter One

Shall We Play A Game?
Chapter One

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Ankhesenamun felt the muscles of her jaw flex in irritation as yet another would-be suitor -this one ...

Shall We Play A Game? Prologue

Shall We Play A Game?

Prologue

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Ankhesenamun Nebkheperure Kanakhttutmesut, daughter of Akhnamkanon, Pharaoh of the ...

Crown of Slaves 025

As it turned out, getting Vette safely and -relatively- comfortably lying down in the ritual room barring the path to Khem Val was more complicated than I had expected it to be.

No, th...

Shadows and Dust 18

Cassandra looked around the Normandy’s briefing room with a faint air of windswept exhaustion, which seemed to be more or less how those filling the rooms seats seemed to feel. Sa...

Nothing Is True Chapter 28

Clarke had thought that she knew what a Coalition celebration looked like, after the they had killed that mutant gorilla, and before that she’d thought she knew what a Coalition celebration looke...

Crown of Slaves 24

This was it. My final trial had begun. The trial that would solidify my place as Zash’s apprentice, though at this point it was essentially a formality. The rest of my pool was dead, missing, or ...

Shadows and Dust 17

Wrex, Battlemaster of Clan Urdnot, was not a particularly common sight on the Citadel, and with damn good reason. He wasn’t a big fan of all the noise, the bright lights, the perfect clean...

Nothing Is True 27

It was the last day of the Conclave, and excitement was at a fever pitch in and out of the palace alike. The feast a few days past, featuring as a center-piece the yong pauna that had been...

Crown of Slaves 023

Fortunately for me, my injuries were sufficient to earn me a brief stay in a bacta tank. Whether that was standard protocol for an acolyte in my position, advanced in the Trials and having successf...

Shadows and Dust 16

The initial Council meeting was, perhaps unsurprisingly, a bit disappointing. They had confirmed, after it was over and the audience had dispersed, that her candidacy was still valid and tha...

Nothing Is True Chapter 26

None of them had been terribly surprised when Klark had, upon getting out of bed the next day, insisted that they collect a larger detachment of soldiers and hunt the yong pauna down. Thou...

Crown of Slaves Sequel Poll

Those of you from my Discord got some small forewarning about this, so here it is: this poll is to determine what you, my loyal readers -paying and otherwise- would most want to see out of a sequel...

Crown of Slaves 022

Hope should not, in fact, have sprung eternal. Although, in pursuit of fairness, I did have to admit that this wasn’t quite what I expected to have happen, because while the slaves ...

Shadows and Dust Chapter 15

Introspection, deep introspection, had never been something that had given Cassandra a great deal of trouble, at any stage in her life. ‘To serious and quiet by half’ had been a common r...

Crown of Slaves Chapter Three

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Crown of Slaves

Chapter Three

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Nearly a month had passed since I had...

Crown of Slaves Chapter One

Crown of Slaves

Chapter One

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I didn’t expect to die the way I did. Granted, I don’t exactly remember how I died,...

Crown of Slaves 020

This wasn’t at all how I expected things to go when it came to rescuing someone from the Sith Academy, and it wasn’t what I had expected whe

This wasn’t at all how I expected things to ...

Crown of Slaves 021

The stench of ozone, roasted flesh, and scorched chitin clung thickly to me, filled the air around me, and I resisted the urge to gag only t

The stench of ozone, roasted flesh, and scorched c...