Hey guys and girls!
So, got a bit more feedback on the last four chapters than I usually get, and after reading some of the chapters again, I see where its coming from. I've descided to chan...
Author note: For current readers: I've edited this chapter a lot, changing some of the things, and making it so Irwin is leaving room for what will be his next heartcard. If you don't feel like re-...
2025-03-28 17:44:41 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin took a step back, staring excitedly at the card that slowly crystallized on Ambraz's back. The quartz border shimmered before setting, and he knew it was a success.
"It worked," h...
2025-03-23 18:58:53 +0000 UTC View Post"Heatmom!"
Scintilla groaned as she rolled over, almost wanting to push some sand in her ears. Couldn't they just let her sleep for-
"Mom, heatmom! You have to see what Mia and Flux did...
2025-03-22 21:04:05 +0000 UTC View Post"So… what does that mean?" Greldo asked, staring at the page, then back at Irwin. "Are you telling me I'm becoming some blasted noble?"
"I have no idea," Irwin replied, turning to Ambraz.&...
Irwin almost absently slammed his hammer on the card, barely noticing how he perfectly struck another patch of dark blotches. The soulforce in the card swelled as its resonance became more refined,...
2025-03-16 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"..."
Irwin was stunned as he looked at Rindiri before taking a deep breath.
"She can talk with all of her descendants? No matter how far?"
"I think that's what she impli...
2025-03-15 14:21:52 +0000 UTC View PostRindiri followed Dagger through the narrow alleyways of Urlar's inner districts. She moved the heavy bag from her left shoulder to the other
Rindiri followed Dagger through the narrow alleywa...
2025-03-14 18:23:33 +0000 UTC View PostNorrington hummed thoughtfully as he stared at the short video. Although not a paper report, he still enjoyed seeing the enormous ship moving out from behind the moon.
Malcolm stood beside hi...
2025-03-11 21:15:50 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin sat down with a thud, drained and tired but incredibly content. Ambraz stood beside him, letting out a soft sigh.
"Kid… whatever you do, don't take that card out of your soulscape. Or...
2025-03-09 19:57:11 +0000 UTC View PostTerlo yawned and stretched himself. Should he go out and have some fun, or was it about time to head back to Suderfuix? That old root, Seizer, was sure to value all the information he'd been able t...
2025-03-08 18:12:16 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin stared at the card, using his soulforce to power the temporary barrier Zir'dor had wrapped around it.
"So," Klatzi asked, holding an arm in front of her nose. "Think it's useful?"
If you're supposed to help me, why are you even saying this? Irwin thought as he glared at Bleak.
"Meh, don't look that upset," Bleak said. "If someone bothers you, I'll get th...
2025-03-02 18:52:13 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin was sitting in the large captain's quarters, dully staring at the wall. His giantself was asleep in his soulscape while images of what he'd seen played through his mind. Ambraz sat beside him...
2025-03-01 21:31:03 +0000 UTC View PostCaptain Hyrmine felt her soulcards shudder as a wave of soulforce rippled out. The Atriguul's barriers were rippling like a pond during a hailstorm. On one side, the shape of the giant stood, holdi...
2025-02-28 17:28:26 +0000 UTC View Post"So you remember nothing…" Garrick said, looking at Hilbert.
It wasn't really a question, and the man who he wanted to be his security officer shrugged. "Sorry, Captain. The best I can tell...
2025-02-26 19:06:39 +0000 UTC View PostRindiri watched Irwin talk with the three shadewalkers, and slowly, the worry that they would need to make a quick getaway faded.
It's a good thing the Captain is so delicate with h...
2025-02-23 18:58:23 +0000 UTC View PostDaakr walked through the room, watching Smildigan inspect the card. She'd been too busy and unwilling to inspect it in the last few days, and it had taken a ton of promises to finally get her to ex...
2025-02-22 20:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin and his crew turned to Daakr, the Granitian merchant.
"That was weird," Dagger snapped, shaking her head. "Since when are you waylaying merchants just as we arrive?"
Irwin was sur...
2025-02-21 18:06:08 +0000 UTC View Post"You are telling me that the two of you broke and then reforged heartcards without the help of the Chaoswhales!?" Zi'dor exclaimed.
Ambraz grinned widely as he stared at the other tw...
2025-02-16 18:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post"Alright, it looks good," Irwin said as he nodded to Parka.
It was over a day ago since he'd spoken with the guild master in his soulscape, and they were sitting in the common room of a...
2025-02-15 19:32:18 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin quietly looked at the Guildmaster, trying to figure out what she was saying. There was no way she could know about The Galladin or Eluathar, so what did she mean your people? Even the talk ab...
2025-02-14 18:21:52 +0000 UTC View PostGarrick stretched as he unlocked himself from the chair of shuttle seven. As he gently drifted up, he looked out of the window at the business occurring outside. A dozen engineers were hard at work...
2025-02-12 19:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin stared thoughtfully at the second card he'd gotten. It showed a small bush with tiny berries of some sort and had started out as a simple twig with one berry on it. It was ruby-rank by now, t...
2025-02-09 18:11:51 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin took a step back from the ruby-bordered card, feeling elated. He'd managed it! At two points, he'd felt the card rebel, but his own words to Tindria and Mia, that brilliant little daughter of...
2025-02-08 18:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin hummed thoughtfully as he looked around, examining the other smiths, all hard at work and completely focused.
Roughly twenty minutes had passed since they began, and he'd calmly r...
2025-02-07 18:06:45 +0000 UTC View Post"Ugh…"
Garrick looked at Macdewil, who'd been blinking and shaking his head for a few minutes. He'd even gone as far as to remove his helmet, rubbing his head and neck.
"You hav...
2025-02-04 19:48:15 +0000 UTC View PostGuildmaster Joulihn quietly watched the old Viridian walk out of her office. That annoying Shadowleaf Jablin glanced inside, nodding at her before closing the door, and she sat back down.
"I'll see you in a few hours, Captain," Rindiri said.
"No rush," Irwin said. "You know where you can find us, just find us enough supplies to last for the trip."
Rindiri nodded at him, ...
2025-02-01 20:50:11 +0000 UTC View PostGreldo floated through the enormous city, zipping from shadow to shadow. He hummed as he absently caused some of the surrounding shadows to stretch just enough to overlap, giving him the bridge he ...
2025-01-31 19:13:33 +0000 UTC View Post