Doyle spent a good bit of time putting the cyclone goats through their paces. This mostly involved spawning a few of them on the 19th floor and telling them to mess with the other monsters.
The first cyclone goat on the floor had a good showing. Of course, there weren’t any clouds to walk on, so a third of its skills were offline, but Ai...
2025-06-21 05:25:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio finished their breakfast and after a little clean up, they gathered around the table again.
Rosha looks between the other two before asking, “So, what now?”
They sit in silence.
Rosha, “Like, we can just go back to me and Courtney exploring while Jason stays back. There’s not really a reason to switch up someth...
2025-06-18 11:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney logged off to compile all that information Jason had just shared, leaving Jason alone. Which was fine by him as there wasn’t anything else to do but turn in for the night. And so the night passes quickly with him actually getting a full night’s rest.
Next morning, Courtney is back and preparing breakfast as Jason stumbles out ...
2025-06-18 11:35:59 +0000 UTC View PostGem leans over the railing, guarding their eyes from the sun as they squint. “I think that’s Whale Island!”
Samuel rolls his eyes, “Is this the third or fourth time you’ve claimed that?”
Gem scoffs, “Bah, this time I’m extra double sure! And there’s seagulls! So there’s some kind of land involved this time!”
... 2025-06-16 03:39:16 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle was focusing on one of the visiting teams hitting the tenth floor when his attention was torn away. It was happening.
Up on the 15th floor, a goat is changing. Ooh, nevermind. It was changing, then got dashed against the ground.
Doyle shakes his core, this is maybe the third time. Worse, he couldn’t make the wind weaker as th...
2025-06-13 11:57:51 +0000 UTC View PostJason gets back into NeoRealm, and because of the time difference, Rosha is already asleep.
Courtney, on the other hand, is waiting for him. “So, what are we looking for first?”
Jason settles down on the log across the fire from her. “There are technically herbs to help with the base meridian clearing, but they leave flaws. If ...
2025-06-11 10:27:17 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney frowns, “Well, if we have to test specifically this plant, we know how to do it.”
Jason laughs, “I will admit, this was a little specific. Though the general concepts will transfer. We are missing the key tool for those without the ability to sense power to do this.
“A solution or tool to test which of the basic and ...
2025-06-11 10:26:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter half an hour, the sea calmed enough for passengers to once again return to the deck. Gem, in particular, rushed up there as soon as it was allowed. Though much to their disappointment, the Leviathan and Kraken were long gone.
Gem did manage to get a bit more information on what happened. One sailor relayed to them that the fight had ...
2025-06-09 14:12:07 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the leaders fought, their people also went at it. In particular, Gem was having a grand time on the back line. An odd position given their proclivity to charge right into the mess of things.
Except for the fact that unlike the attack yesterday evening, this horde of cultists was mostly White threats and not early White either. Oh, an...
2025-06-09 14:10:31 +0000 UTC View PostBelow are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.
Dream: Today i was reborn as a human, the horor... what i gona do? Beep, Beep... An eldritch child woke up.
S...
2025-06-06 12:44:25 +0000 UTC View PostThere was one thing Doyle figured out that would change things in the future. At least, once the town found out, which wasn’t likely until some regular people got to floor 18. The giant wave of doom? That water park slide of death?
Yeah, a little light on the death part. Oh sure, the wave would kill the kobolds and axebeaks that got caug...
2025-06-06 12:30:49 +0000 UTC View PostOnce back in town, Ace met with Jim and explained what they found.
Jim laughed, “Even more water! At least there hasn’t been a true water level yet.”
Ace rolls his eyes, “If we didn’t literally just have a couple of floors with massive water reserves, I would be excited. As it is, floor 11 is good enough if we ever need eme...
2025-06-06 12:29:13 +0000 UTC View PostJason closes his eyes and channels his power into a single clover leaf. So small, and yet so draining. He can feel his power slowly creep in.
Oh yeah, he hadn’t missed the feeling. There was another reason that sensing like this was generally deferred to higher cultivation. While cultivation didn’t make you “smarter”, it can improv...
2025-06-04 12:12:42 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney ponders, “Could you use the stalk as a sort of energy straw?”
Jason shrugs, “Yes, but no. This specific stem is a carrier. Which to be fair, is quite common on regular herbs changed to handle energy. You tend to have very simple systems in plants like this. The leaves collect, the stem transports, the roots are for overflow,...
2025-06-04 12:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostWith the entire crew alerted, there is no surprise on their part when the first incursion made itself known.
Out from the brush cover burst a cavalcade of monstrous humanoids. A group of thirty or so cultists charged at the workers processing what repair supplies had been on the ship.
Oh, and what passengers had stuck around finally ...
2025-06-02 12:27:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe ship had been floating along for a few days when the island was first noticed. This got the passengers excited, but Gem noticed that the crew was still subdued and so they didn’t celebrate like the others.
Sssally arrives on the scene suitably late. “Calm down! I checked the chartsss. That island isn’t on them. It might sssimply ...
2025-06-02 12:24:42 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.
Not many rules on what you can suggest at the moment...
2025-06-01 05:30:48 +0000 UTC View PostA group of adventure archeologist cultivators just made an amazing discovery. Their home realm has an uncountable number of minor realms attached to it over the realms long history and they managed to stumble into one from the First Earthly Empire of the Blazing Phoenix Dominion.
A truly historic find as it represented a view into one of t...
2025-06-01 05:28:25 +0000 UTC View PostAce did not find the cause. That would have to wait for a little while. For some reason, when wolves stalk the shadows and myconids are puffing spores, people don’t spend much time looking up.
Then again, the old meme about people never looking up wasn’t just for show. Nevermind the awkward positioning. Floor seven didn’t have much g...
2025-05-30 12:46:12 +0000 UTC View PostJason pulls out some narrow tipped, rubber coated alligator clips. “This step isn’t necessary for many plants. However, since I don’t know the specifics of this one, I’ll go through all the steps.”
And he clamps each leaf at the leaf side. “The reason for this step is in case there are some further steps between the leaf and wh...
2025-05-28 09:59:43 +0000 UTC View PostJason removes the clover from its supports and lays it out on a piece of butcher paper. “Clovers are a common plant, but I hate just means you commonly find mystical cultivars. Which I assume this is as it was so easy to send to me. Which sadly means this is going to be one of the lower tiers of earthly wonders.”
Rosha tosses one of he...
2025-05-28 09:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostIn goes the oversized hook and thick line. Gem stands there, braced against a thick pole they didn’t know the use of. They were ready for whatever might happen and it didn’t take long.
The pole seemed to almost try and jump out of their hands. Gem shouted, “Got something!” Not that they needed to ask, it is quite evident.
Eve...
2025-05-26 08:33:46 +0000 UTC View PostOn the seventh floor, Doyle is in a creative frenzy. For a while now, he has slowly been carving the next addition to his rock sphere. Ever since the first Wolfkin had shown up, the concept had been at the back of his mind and now it was fully formed.
His first carving, not a picture, but the borders within which future art would be contai...
2025-05-23 11:45:56 +0000 UTC View PostA crowd gathers near the stage where Ace is standing. While this is important, the very reason for the celebration, most had an idea what was being announced and so continued to celebrate.
Ace strode to the front of the stage and clapped his hands and with a touch of magic is more than enough to quiet everyone down. “It has been over a y...
2025-05-23 11:44:39 +0000 UTC View PostRosha, “So plants make mystical sugar. Fair enough. How does that let you figure out what to use?”
Jason, “Well, regular plants don’t have actual photons captured in their sugar, right? Similar idea. The plants might take in the energy, but in doing so, they transform it. Oh sure, higher end plants might have literal plasma being h...
2025-05-22 03:06:31 +0000 UTC View PostJason runs his hand through his hair, “So, if you can’t fix an overdeveloped soul by focusing on the other two pillars? And obviously you don’t want to restrict the soul as it does provide a number of benefits, even with the penalties attached. Well, you acclimatize to it, which is actually harder for the soul than not.
“Too much s...
2025-05-22 03:05:23 +0000 UTC View PostFrom all sides, pods of dolphins rush in, with a trio of five meter long specimens rising up from under the sharkfolk fighting Sssally. Thei
From all sides, pods of dolphins rush in, with a trio of five meter long specimens rising up from under the sharkfolk fighting Sssally. Their jaws grabbing the now helpless being and ripping them apar...
2025-05-19 11:52:08 +0000 UTC View PostWith a new drive, the inner circle pushes harder. Not faster or stupidly. They’ve had more than enough of that. Rather, with each fight, they push themselves to be better. Which floor 17 actually turns out to be pretty decent for. The annoying traps and constant kobold patrols end up being the perfect anvil.
So they train. While the rest...
2025-05-16 09:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostJason frowns, “Like, serious attacks? I would have wild animals sniff around the edges, but nothing I had to go out of my way to attack. Not that often, anyway.”
Courtney sighs, “And as much as I would like to blame your garden, the berries aren’t grown in yet.”
Jason, “Blarg, I guess my portable planter is doing a lot of...
2025-05-14 10:32:43 +0000 UTC View PostJason’s private room loads, except the fact he even has to acknowledge the fact it is loading? That’s odd. In even the earliest days of VR, it was recognized that you need buttery smooth fps. In fact, at this point? To be sold as a VR game? You can’t have an “fps”. The game must run at literally the speed of thought, plus a decent amou...
2025-05-14 10:32:07 +0000 UTC View Post