Eyes closed, I sense the souls around me, each tethered to my ethereal body by a slender thread of energy. It feels like holding onto a bunch of slow-moving balloons. A thread of ethereal energy strings them all together like a pearl necklace, so that they move together, bobbing like a gentle wave.
“Ian,” Crystal transmits, in...
2021-12-20 01:02:34 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I return, I’m standing on solid ground a few feet from Euryphel.
“Hi,” I murmur, grabbing his attention.
He turns around. “Why do you always spawn behind me?”
I shrug. “I don’t make the rules. Are we ready to begin?”
“Yes.”
Nothing happens, though Euryphel’s brow...
2021-12-12 07:58:53 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we exit the void, I collapse, suspending myself in the air like a limp marionette. The tendrils of darkness that cocoon my body slough off and dissipate. After being in the senseless dark, the plane is a shock to the senses. The smell of fecund growth is overwhelming. Small, stubby ferns and paddle-shaped roots cover most of the visible ter...
2021-12-09 21:56:22 +0000 UTC View Post[ this chapter is really late but it's the length of two chapters so enjoy ]
Two days ago, against his better judgment, Soolemar had answered a call from Euryphel summoning him to a rift on the other side of the world for the “first official meeting of the unnamed organization.”
There were two recommended ways to reach...
2021-12-05 00:41:33 +0000 UTC View Post[ this is friday's late chapter, thanks for your patience. enjoy! also, if you are doing the $20 hardcover tier, please remember to cancel change your tier by the end of the month so you aren't charged again at that price. if you are double charged i can refund you but that's best avoided if possible. ]
“Welcome back,” Karan...
2021-11-29 01:39:08 +0000 UTC View PostI suppress a blush and avert my eyes to the surroundings, a flowery meadow with hand-sized butterflies.
“You’re lucky Crystal isn’t here else she’d scold you for dirty thoughts,” Maria chimes in.
Karanos shoots us a dubious expression. “I was just taking a guess because Ian’s hair looks extra tousled.” With a roll of ...
2021-11-27 07:19:52 +0000 UTC View PostHi, The Menocht Loop Book 1 has released.
I'm kinda a mess—Monday chap will definitely be late, thank you for your understanding.
I wrote a long post on RR with links and images and stuff so I'm just going to link it here since Patreon formatting is subpar:
I’m too worn out to care about the sand pressing against my neck and palms. The grains are so fine that I can almost imagine I’m adrift in a pool of powder. From my position, I have a clear view of the pit’s opening, an oval of gray sky framed by sheer auburn rock. I can sense the practitioners collapsed all around the pit’s entrance, kn...
2021-11-21 05:35:56 +0000 UTC View Post[ late again, ty for patience <3 it's a long one to compensate~ ]
Maria growled and ignited her body in a pillar of flames, heedless of the damage to her wardrobe. If the sand was solid–and not falling out from under them–she’d be able to use the End techniques she practiced on Ian. Perhaps she’d even be able to snare everyone p...
2021-11-17 18:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the stint with Achemiss’ giant head, Maria and I continued through the tunnel. The passage has a slow downward gradient and the air has started to get hotter. We’ve seen a few odd things reflected in the dagger blade, but nothing as weird as Achemiss.
“Do you hear that?” Maria whispers.
I frown and halt my advance. “S...
2021-11-14 23:18:08 +0000 UTC View Post[ sorry this chap is late! ]
Maria, Karanos, and I crouch beneath an outcrop of a slick, mossy geode. Its crystalline interior is violet and glows softly from within. Cool rain patters over ferns and mulchy ground.
We’ve been in the lost quadrant for two days now. While Karanos has led us through all kinds of spaces, the...
2021-11-10 18:09:50 +0000 UTC View PostWhen they approached Morinapol via hovergloss, Euryphel ran a few scenarios to scope for End practitioners in the service of Gnoste’s government. The hypothesis was that any Gnostian End practitioners in Morinapol would immediately notice the intrusion of fateful peak practitioners and alert the authorities.
But this never came to pass...
2021-11-06 10:42:14 +0000 UTC View Post[ thanks for reading! ]
Aside from attending the Fassari Summit, Euryphel had never before been so far from the SPU in an official diplomatic capacity. After assuming the role of Crowned Executor, he had either conducted most of his duties remotely, or sent for other heads of state to approach Zukal’iss, the capital of the nas...
2021-11-03 01:01:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
I am going to make a tier live for the month of November! People who upgrade to the tier will receive a SIGNED HARDCOVER COPY shipped to their home! I was considering offering a paperback, but after doing some math, found that the hardcover was only 2 USD more than the paperback...and isn't hardcover just better? (I...
2021-10-31 23:43:42 +0000 UTC View PostMaria and I step through the rift and find ourselves in a sleek, dark cityscape. Towering buildings form a barricade of black glass and metal, but many look like they’ve been damaged by extreme weather.
The three of us stand on what appears to be a main thoroughfare, with with lines on the ground demarcating the flow of pedestrian traffi...
2021-10-30 23:33:47 +0000 UTC View PostHello,
Thank you patrons for supporting this book! As a perk for the months of October and November, I'm providing epub/mobi versions of book 1 before I publish it on November 23rd!
Please see the attachments for the files. Hint hint, at the very end of the ebook is a picture of the author if you're curious :)
I really hope thi...
2021-10-26 22:40:57 +0000 UTC View PostRather than leading the way, Karanos has me and Maria carve a path through planes. Sometimes the veil is thin and easy to pierce, allowing us to cut through multiple planes in one go. Other times it’s nearly impregnable–that’s when Karanos takes over.
We’re in such a plane now, one filled with ominous fog and mutated birds lurking ...
2021-10-25 21:49:49 +0000 UTC View PostAscendant energy arcs between a flock of twelve bone birds, the decemantic constructs small and swift. They work in subgroups of three to concentrate the circuiting energy. Where the trios detonate their payload, the air parts, revealing slivers of other planes.
Ascendant energy swirls around Maria’s legs and torso, empowering her moveme...
2021-10-23 16:42:44 +0000 UTC View Post[ edit: added a last paragraph to this chapter, the original ending was a bit anticlimactic. ]
At the end of the workday, Fassar City’s array station was a hive of human activity.
Kess Elba had never spent much time in the station until seven weeks ago, when the government sent him as a gesture of goodwill to the new Selejo Imperia...
2021-10-20 04:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostHello! I am extremely sick w/ stomach flu (~103 degree fahrenheit fever). Chapter is thus delayed.
Thank you for your understanding!
Yours deliriously,
caerulex
2021-10-16 02:05:17 +0000 UTC View Post“You sure know how to pick them,” I mutter, beholding the barren expanse of Karanos’ chosen plane. The sky is covered in dark gray clouds, and blue-violet lightning flashes in the far distance. Sah is laying off to the side in a pile of gray sand that looks and feels more like soot, still unconscious after I knocked him out. The poor drago...
2021-10-12 01:50:59 +0000 UTC View Post[ yayyy new book begins! ]
After finishing the visit with Eury, I spread out on the bed and close my eyes, losing myself in the moment, clearing out my thoughts.
That I spoke with three people from back home is surreal. And not only did I speak with them, but I saw them–even had the ability to see the world. The...
2021-10-09 19:56:28 +0000 UTC View PostAlright so not too many filled out the survey but for now I'm gonna narrate tonight at 10 pm EST, apologies to people that doesn't work for q.q
I still might do tomorrow sometime. If you're interested it's probably easier to discuss which time to do on discord. If you're not already on discord you should probably get on discord lol
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2021-10-04 23:37:22 +0000 UTC View PostHi, I'm planning to wrap up book 4 and will be narrating it on discord via video chat (if you've never done one of these before, yes it's a face reveal lol). I'm putting a few options below for times -- the majority are for Tuesday just a heads up :sweat:
I know that for the international folks some of these times are probably impossible q...
2021-10-03 21:38:25 +0000 UTC View Post[ hiiii I promise promise promise you lovely people are gonna get 2 chaps this week, i've been super busy with my insane 15+ hour/day week (just this week, for grad school kick-off!) but the chap that you guys were supposed to get on monday is almost done. i'm gonna be traveling a lot of friday and should have time to write that chap too, so i s...
2021-08-26 18:05:48 +0000 UTC View PostSee the title. I'm falling asleep and unable to continue -- I'm at an intensive onsite week for grad school that has us pulling 15+ hour days every day, it's kinda a lot, and ya girl got no backlog for this story. Chap is like, 1200 words in rn, will finish it asap. You'll still have 2 chaps by end of the week, I promise :3 <3 ly guys
2021-08-24 05:21:09 +0000 UTC View PostA somewhat ridiculous response to the prompt, "Take a character you're working on and put them in a Starbuck line. Describe their reaction to someone cutting them in line." Ian + Eury shenanigans. Enjoy.
Ian decided to take a stroll through Jupiter’s downtown. Less than a year had passed since he’d last been home at...
2021-08-15 20:43:26 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys,
This past week has been dumpsterfire, working from 9 am to 11 pm almost every day, feeling super burnt out. Thankfully the project that caused this insane schedule is now OVER as of Saturday.
I traveled yesterday for business to Colorado, and am doing work things today and tomorrow. Not sure if I will have time to finish the...
2021-07-12 13:48:09 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I come to, I’m standing in the bungalow. Disoriented, I nearly trip on a side table, catching myself before I fall on my face.
The first thing I notice aside from the fact that I’m nude is the immediate lack of pain. I have far more experience than I’d like working past pain, and while I recognize that enduring pain has pushed m...
2021-03-29 15:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo. It sounds like the ascendant is looking for me, but he’s not expecting me to arrive so early. That lines up with Holiday’s surprise at our good fortune of finding a veil vulnerability within a day of flying.
“Now, as I was saying, you chose the wrong way,” Messeras continues, the enemy’s attack failing to fo...
2021-03-26 15:33:56 +0000 UTC View Post