Elvira was wearing the same sort of clothes that she’d worn when she visited Lexie’s school–a long skirt made of some wool material, a formal blouse with long split sleeves, and a high turtle...
2025-02-20 20:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! Thank you so much for being here and being patrons of Ace of Capes. Your presence encourages me to keep writing and pushing this story to be the best it can be!
So this is just to ann...
2025-02-20 09:10:40 +0000 UTC View PostWhen she got to the kitchen, Lexie found Aiden busy baking something. The TV was on in the background and he was intensely watching the cooking queen again, so he’d likely not even heard Lexie’...
2025-02-20 08:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt seemed elementary schools weren’t the only ones interested in disaster preparation drills.
Aiden and Luke also prepared a similar seminar for the Hovelton inhabitants, but this one was o...
2025-02-19 22:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostSounds of yelling echoed above Dewie.
The shrill female voice rose higher than the male's, dominating it until the male one retreated into angry, protesting silence. Dewie knew that pre...
2025-02-19 15:54:16 +0000 UTC View PostSo much changed in the next few days.
The day after the bombing, Lexie and her father received a system mail from Everstone Elementary detailing the catastrophe that happened the day be...
2025-02-19 08:39:07 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean the dungeon disappeared?” Aiden inquired as the furious-looking Max paced. “You mean, you got rid of it?”
“No. If I meant I got rid of it I would hav...
2025-02-18 17:23:34 +0000 UTC View PostAiden jumped out of the way and shielded Lexie with his body as the alleyway behind them burst into flames.
Lexie’s mouth dropped in horror. The entire alleyway entrance was engulfed in fir...
2025-02-18 15:03:51 +0000 UTC View PostMouse didn't seem to know what to do about the newcomer.
He clearly didn't like the fact that Theo was there, but he didn’t attack him outright, his weapons still swirling around the ...
2025-02-18 08:56:42 +0000 UTC View PostMax drummed his fingers on the shiny hardwood table, over and over again. As his fingers left behind marks on the sleek brown surface, he wondered briefly what the cleaners used on it to get that s...
2025-02-17 16:17:08 +0000 UTC View PostLexie liked to think that she had a quick reaction time.
She wanted to say that, when faced with an imminent bomb, she jumped out of her seat and flew to the ground, or shielded her hea...
2025-02-17 11:09:38 +0000 UTC View Post5 Minutes Before Disaster
Aiden sighed and wiped the beads of sweat off his brow. His back ached from bending over nearly the entire day, scraping grime out of the pavement in front ...
2025-02-16 15:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostLexie emitted a loud yelp and hopped up in her excitement.
The <Hustle and Shuffle> card also gave her a boost that made her jump nearly nine feet in the air before she landed.
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2025-02-16 08:32:47 +0000 UTC View PostAN: This chapter is...a lot. It's also fairly technical and I've adjusted it three times today just to make sure that it would be more easily understood, but I feel some parts may be still conf...
2025-02-15 20:16:13 +0000 UTC View PostLexie's breakthrough came sooner than she had expected. And it began with one special visitor who came to their History and Politics class the next morning.
Elvira Ernest didn't look like she...
2025-02-14 19:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: A few name changes occur in this chapter which I will retroactively also change in prior chapters.
Mrs. Webber (History and Politics teacher) is now Mrs. Partridge...
2025-02-14 10:38:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe call tab on her system interface rang incessantly.
The president of the PR agency, her publicist, her assistant, her grandmother, the head of the hero's association, the headm...
2025-02-13 16:42:54 +0000 UTC View PostLexie didn't remember the notification for almost another week.
In her defense, she was pretty busy. Apart from her endless black hole exercises, her first few class tests were inching ...
2025-02-13 13:58:39 +0000 UTC View PostLexie went to school the next school day in good spirits despite what happened the last time she was here. Aiden didn’t walk her to the gates because he had to head to his cleaning gig early that...
2025-02-12 22:57:17 +0000 UTC View PostLexie shot up in bed, excitement making her heart beat faster. She immediately materialized the cards but Aiden halted her by shaking his head.
“Leave that alone for now,” he said. ...
2025-02-12 21:11:24 +0000 UTC View PostLexie’s first breakthrough came after two weeks.
Ironically, that was also the day of her first major hiccup in school.
Things had actually calmed down by that point. Afte...
2025-02-12 19:36:17 +0000 UTC View PostLexie blinked at Veronica stunned and a little embarrassed. How did Veronica know she was pre-awakened? She wasn't planning on broadcasting it, simply wanting to keep a low profile in middle school...
2025-02-12 16:52:50 +0000 UTC View PostMonty drummed his fingers on the table, but the sound was drowned out by the general din of the busy bar that sat at the corner of 5th and 6th Avenue Crest City, Arcadia.
A hard, loud tune wa...
2025-02-12 16:12:52 +0000 UTC View PostAiden kept to two-hour practice time for the next week.
But in the morning, Lexie would wake up early to do the meditation exercises she found on the net, trying to move her mana without the ...
2025-02-12 14:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, after breakfast, Aiden taught Lexie about cloud awareness and mana shaping.
He did this by first having her hold onto one of the cards. Then, he instructed her t...
2025-02-12 13:58:37 +0000 UTC View PostMuch later that evening, after said nap, the card lessons officially began.
Even though Lexie had pestered Aiden right after he woke up from his nap in the early evening, he'd insisted ...
2025-02-12 12:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostLexie stared at the tall golden-haired woman, wondering why she felt the urge to weep for joy in her presence.
Not just weep. She felt like getting on her knees and thanking her for being ali...
2025-02-12 11:06:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Crazy Kids Crash Hero Party. Monty Ward saves the day.”
Lexie took a deep breath, the euphoria from the match win fading. She'd indulged in that for long enough. It was ...
2025-02-12 11:04:34 +0000 UTC View PostAiden didn’t come home all night.
He didn’t leave the hospital at all and volunteered another nurse called Rowena to take Lexie home and babysit her for the night. Rowena was a little old...
2025-02-12 11:00:38 +0000 UTC View PostMonty Ward was the only telepathic spell-caster in all of Orinia and maybe the entire ninth district. As such he typically got a lot of questions at parties like these.
Questions like:
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2025-02-12 10:56:28 +0000 UTC View Post