“You got called in too?” Lena blinked at Winston as he stumbled out from a side hall. The gorilla was decked in a lab coat and goggles, and was furiously trying to pat a spot of said coat that Lena swore was smoldering.
“Oh, Lena!” He stopped his, in Lena’s opinion, futile efforts. That black spot would be there forever, best he ...
2023-05-05 13:31:23 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I don’t normally have notes at the start, but this is an important plot point that I don’t think I ever made clear: Reinhard hasn’t found out that Felt is the last candidate. Because he was off dealing with the mabeasts, he didn’t see that the insignia reacted to Felt. The only ones that saw it would have been Rom, Subaru an...
2023-04-28 12:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostDragons were, by far, the most dangerous things that Shirou had seen in this world. Beyond even the wyverns, the elves, the Imperials - everything. Dragons were just astronomically stronger than all of those combined.
With their scales, any form of mana would get dispersed, not allowing any mage to even graze them.
With their wings, ...
2023-04-21 11:18:45 +0000 UTC View PostFor the longest time, John thought that he’d left this life. The trials he’d been through, the suffering he’d endured, he thought that it had all been worth it in the end.
And it was.
For five years, John and Helen were just that. John and Helen. A married couple living the life that anyone could have wanted. There wer...
2023-04-14 11:08:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip through the Monastery was uneventful, after all was said and done. The three students that had accompanied them had eventually split off, leaving Jeralt to lead them around. The man seemed to know exactly where they were heading, as he didn’t even stop once to ask for directions.
Finally, they arrived at their destination. They ...
2023-04-14 11:05:05 +0000 UTC View PostLena enjoyed exercising. She enjoyed the burn as she went through a good run. She relished in the knowledge that she was bettering herself. It was why she was one of the few pilots that also enjoyed the initial stages of the RAF as much as the actual piloting.
But this?
This wasn’t exercise. This was torture.
“What...
2023-04-14 11:04:05 +0000 UTC View PostI hate social get-togethers. In the past, I hated it entirely because it was a reminder of how ostracized I was. With my eyes, nobody wanted to talk to me, let alone invite me to wherever. I would overhear my classmates talk about how the party last Saturday was great, or how this guy and this girl got together during it.
A symbol of being...
2023-04-07 12:15:43 +0000 UTC View PostIn the span of three weeks, Shirou could say without a doubt, that despite the seemingly primitive era that the elves lived in, they were much more than that. For one, they had a school that taught not just the youngest of the village, but anyone who wanted to learn.
From attending it just a few times, he could say that it was the equivale...
2023-03-31 12:18:50 +0000 UTC View Post“I hate you, by the way.”
“Sure you do.”
“If I could wring your neck right now, I could.”
“You’d have to be tall enough to reach it, first off.”
Lena took a breath as she counted mentally to ten. It had been basically a sleepless night, as Emily had kept her up with being partially angry and partially wo...
2023-03-24 12:13:05 +0000 UTC View PostA sea of stars.
Beneath, a swirling mass of white.
Above, the endless darkness of the night sky.
The echoes of distant thunder.
…
He awoke with a migraine. That was the first sign that something had gone completely wrong. First off, he was a Servant - they don’t get migraines....
2023-03-17 13:13:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been three days since the battle at Felt and Rom’s place. To say that the peace was broken was an understatement. Mabeasts had come into the city, something that was completely unacceptable. As such, the council enacted a quasi-martial law in the entire capital.
Nobody was allowed to leave, just as nobody was allowed to enter. The...
2023-03-17 13:11:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe cool night air was a far cry from the hustle and bustle of the village around him.
Nursed in Shirou’s hand was alcohol, but of a kind he was unfamiliar with. The sweetness of the drink was enough to get even his attention, never having tasted it before. Apparently, it was made from several fermented fruits that were native to the elv...
2023-03-10 12:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment that Emily stepped in their flat, she knew that there was something going on.
“Lena? Who’s this?” Emily threw a questioning glance at the rather tall, red clad man that stood with his arms crossed. He wore a red jacket over a black shirt and black pants. He was taller than the both of them, which was exacerbated by how con...
2023-03-03 11:25:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the three left, I slammed my foot on the ground. Stone walls came up on all the exits, trapping the bitch. With this in place, there would be no escaping either of us. Not that Granhiert would be trying anytime soon, going by the disgusting smile on her face.
“My, Hachiman,” She held her cheek in her hand as she continued to...
2023-02-24 10:43:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe forest they were in was dense, that much Shirou was certain of before. Just from the area he had ventured in, he could see the thick canopies of various trees, not a single bit of ground unclaimed by the vegetation around them.
So, imagine his surprise when, as they walked further in, the forest became even denser. before, they could s...
2023-02-17 12:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post“One more time, Lena.”
The pilot nodded at the gorilla, who was too busy looking at various screens to notice. She took a moment to breathe, before she got into a runner’s position. She focused her vision on the training bot, which was steadily going back and forth.
She ran.
The world turned blue.
Everything stopped...
2023-02-10 10:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostPatience, they say, is a virtue. Patience is what makes whatever you’re waiting for even better. Patience is what keeps you from doing something completely irrational. More than once, I’ve had to wait for a shipment to come in, or wait for some customer who’s late to pick up their order. I should have, after years in this world, learne...
2023-02-03 09:11:29 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been two weeks since he’d come across to this ‘Special Region’. Two weeks since the JSDF had fought against a hostile, invading force. Two weeks since Shirou himself had to reveal the existence of magecraft to the wider world. Two weeks since the JSDF formally entered the anomaly.
And those two weeks were some of the most tedi...
2023-01-27 10:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Lena went to the Overwatch base early in the morning, prepared to do whatever she needed to do, she certainly didn’t expect there to be a huge crowd waiting outside. Nor did she expect the mayor of London herself to come with an entire entourage of reporters.
She most certainly didn’t expect to be dragged up with everyone else as ...
2023-01-20 12:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostDesperation. It was something I was familiar with. I feel despair whenever I spill my coffee in the morning. I feel despair when I hit my toe on the side of a table. I feel despair when I pay in too large denominations because I didn't have any change.
Yes. I felt despair.
But this? This wasn't despair. This was dread. An all-encompa...
2023-01-13 11:09:28 +0000 UTC View PostConcrete. It was perhaps the most common building material of the modern world. The literal foundation that mundane society stood on. Cities made with concrete would last for hundreds, if not thousands of years, far outstripping their ancestors’ own wooden cities of ages long past.
Yet, there was one problem. Concrete still aged. It woul...
2023-01-06 10:59:18 +0000 UTC View PostWell, as the title suggests, I just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year. When I started this Patreon two months ago, I didn't really expect much to come out of it - I hadn't posted anything in a few years, so I thought it'd be longer to get any traction. Instead, I've gotten a lot more support than I ever did expect.
Basically, I also...
2023-01-01 06:25:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Goddammit Lena, do you have any idea how scared I was?!”
“Look, Em, I’m sorry but-”
“Don’t ‘Em’ me, Lena! You could have died!”
“I know, but-”
“You know, and you still did it!”
The argument had been going on for a good twenty minutes, but Lena didn’t mind. She deserve...
2022-12-30 11:39:29 +0000 UTC View PostProtagonists are the worst. They always get some bullshit powers, get the girl, and get involved in shit that they really shouldn’t be.
I’m confident in saying that I’m not the protagonist, since I always seem to only get that last one.
“Whoa! A real blacksmith!”
The black-haired, beady-eyed, tracksuit-wearing plastic...
2022-12-23 05:50:38 +0000 UTC View PostHours had gone by, the sun was now peaking in the sky, and they had found absolutely nothing. Shirou had searched the Matou home, complete with a hole where the garden was, and found none of the bugs that had been there previously.
It made him tense. Wherever Zouken was, he’d most certainly not be letting this go. Attacking a workshop li...
2022-12-16 12:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the first person came into the clinic, Lena couldn’t help but gulp down her worry. They were carried by two others, one Overwatch agent, and the other a civilian male, going by how both of them were dressed.
“DOCTOR!”
It…wasn’t pretty.
Lena couldn’t even figure out if the person was male or female, as most of t...
2022-12-09 10:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostTwenty longswords, fourteen shortswords, and twenty eight knives. These were the orders I'd received for the day. A single longsword could take an experienced smith a couple of hours to a day to complete, depending on the quality. Same with the shortswords, while the knives were a bit faster.
If I recall correctly, this was significantly f...
2022-12-02 06:16:31 +0000 UTC View Post“...Ah.”
Shirou really was forgetting something.
“Do you have any - any - idea how much work you’ve just shoved down the drain? Not hours. Not days. Not even years. Decades. Over two centuries of Tohsaka spellcraft scrubbed clean from this world just because you decided to blow the hell out...
2022-11-25 09:52:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, everything looks like it’s in working order. Though, I still don’t know why the accelerator started working again.” Lena sat across from Winston as he tinkered with the chestpiece - the chronal accelerator.
Winston’s London workshop, compared to the Gibraltar one, was significantly less impressive. Only a singl...
2022-11-17 16:40:44 +0000 UTC View Post"That'll be fifteen silver in total." Copper, silver, gold. Normally, that's how it'd be in most fantasy settings. Sometimes, the conversions might be different, such as 29 copper to silver, and 17 silver to gold. Completely arbitrary, and in most cases, these conversions are pulled straight from the author's ass. That's why I can appreciate the...
2022-11-17 16:34:04 +0000 UTC View Post