Oz yawned, stretching wide. Sunlight beamed in, warming his bed. Sid sat up, stretching twice as luxuriantly as Oz, and crawled into his lap, settling in to purr and be pet. Absentminded, Oz stroke...
2024-01-20 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHis hair singed at the ends, the ribbon long gone, loose strands blowing around his head in the wild winds, a storm cloud gathering overhead, Oz yet again raised a piece of paper. Letters curling l...
2024-01-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOz tucked his list into his robes and stood. He glanced down the hallway. Is Linnea still in that small realm? Excellent. I’ll quickly lock her there. I don’t want her to know too much abou...
2024-01-18 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostQi rushed into him, filling him up. He circulated it, desperately sending it into his core, then paused. No. That’s not right. I’m not controlling it. I’m letting it flow with me. 2024-01-17 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Oz sat quietly on the floor, legs crossed, reading a book in his hand and skimming through one in his mind at the same time. He took a deep breath and let it back out slowly, relishing in the scent...
2024-01-16 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDark, demonic, or fey magic. Which do I pursue?
“Let’s do a quick cost-benefits analysis,” Oz said aloud.
“A what?” Linnea asked.
Ignoring her, Oz continued. ...
2024-01-15 17:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostStone rumbled. The chamber trembled.
“At last… someone figured it out! Gods, I thought it was too easy, but the number of idiots who failed such a basic test… even before she m...
2024-01-15 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOz pulled the book. The floor panel twisted open, and they descended the narrow staircase into the dank, dark space below the library. Oz glanced around, then dragged his fingertips along the hallw...
2024-01-14 16:50:29 +0000 UTC View PostOz hurried into the library, delving into the shelves he hadn’t explored yet and the books he hadn’t organized. Compared to magical manuals, there’s relatively few books on the history an...
2024-01-14 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTurning to the control tattoo, Oz brought up the console.
>Fenrir, are you able to change the internal configuration of the library?
>What do you mean? 2024-01-13 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The sword hovered inches from Oz’s nose. Sunlight gleamed off bared steel, inscribed gold patterns glittering brilliantly. An armored hand led to an armored arm, all the way up to a shining steel...
2024-01-12 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHours passed. Oz sweated over the furnace, brewing antidote after antidote. Rather than sticking to the same recipe, he tried every recipe in the books, modifying them as he went. Black, burned pil...
2024-01-11 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostOz lit the fuel beneath the pill cauldron, the motions familiar by now. Lifting Professor Keane’s pill, he chopped it in two with a nearby knife, then dropped half into the cauldron.
“Wha...
2024-01-10 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostOz opened his eyes and grunted, frustrated, staring at the dormitory’s ceiling. Why do I keep almost meeting people in these strange realms? Almost, almost, almost. It’s like I’m afraid o...
2024-01-09 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostPain. Bright light.
Oz squinched his eyes, reluctant to open them. Why does everything hurt? With effort, he peeled his eyes open.
He laid in a field, surrounded by low grass. ...
2024-01-08 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe floor dropped out from under them, and they fell into darkness.
Fira screamed. Fire lit up around her body.
“Hey, calm down, calm down. If you actually fly, you might actually die...
2024-01-08 02:07:08 +0000 UTC View PostFira tensed. “Edwin’s in trouble.”
“If you’re gonna unalive yourself, do it on your own time. You don’t have the time to worry about others right now. If you stick around, that’...
2024-01-08 02:06:15 +0000 UTC View PostRainer Drift screamed. A pearlescent rainbow barrier materialized between her and the boy, blocking his advance. She backed away, terrified, her perfectly coiffed chestnut curls and glittering diam...
2024-01-08 02:05:24 +0000 UTC View PostLevi fled down the alley. Last thing I want is for Jet Engine to recognize me and start associating me with Fira. Especially if she decides to join up with Them.
A blast of fire lit ...
2024-01-08 02:04:41 +0000 UTC View PostSo hey. Look. I know I saw them. But you know. I really, really thought that was it.
You know. We look each other in the eyes, acknowledge that their stealth mission has failed, and they try ...
2024-01-08 02:03:52 +0000 UTC View PostClimbing out from the forest, Levi led Fira out onto another quiet backstreet and immediately took off down the road. Fira glanced left and right, then snuck out of the forest, ducking her head a l...
2024-01-08 02:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Of course I’m serious. Have I been un-serious once since you came with me?” Levi crossed his arms.
“That’s a public toilet.”
“Incorrect. It’s my private toilet...
2024-01-08 02:02:09 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Central City! Come for the enormous statue of Alpha with its concerningly exaggerated bulge, stay for the back-alley doctors hacking you to pieces for your organs! No trip to Central Cit...
2024-01-08 02:01:17 +0000 UTC View PostLevi knocked on the door of the run-down apartment. The wind whooshed by, spraying him with the damp from the rain pouring down just on the other side of the apartment’s outdoor walkway. He shive...
2024-01-08 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Hello, readers! Apologies for a bit of spam. The last few days, I've been working on something a little experimental. It might be a one-off, it might die shortly, but right now, I'm very excit...
2024-01-08 01:58:58 +0000 UTC View PostSudden paper flapping caught Oz’s ear. He turned to find a paper human fluttering out from Aisling’s pocket. She caught it, unfolding the paper, then frowned. Reluctantly, she looked between Oz...
2024-01-07 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAisling emerged from the room frazzled, her nostrils flared, glaring off into the distance. Behind her, the assassin boy laughed defiantly. “Go on. Get out of here!”
“No joy?” Oz aske...
2024-01-06 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe assassin lifted his lip in disgust. He strained against the spider silk that still held him. When it held strong, he gave Oz a defiant look instead. “Talk to you? Never! The Black Blades—...
2024-01-05 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t necessarily want to use the same herbs I did first time. That antidote I made involved too many ingredients, and it took too long to make. This time, I want to keep it simple. Create ...
2024-01-04 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostOz pulled the fake book. The round panel, embossed with a black begonia blooming from an open book, lifted out of the floor and spun open to reveal a boy, about the same ten as the other children, ...
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