Jake sat on the bed beside the window, mindlessly looking out the window. He didn't see the dark plants in the little courtyard beyond as scenes of what had happened that day replayed in his mind. Left with time to try and analyze what had happened, he found he was dealing with the changes better than was reasonable.
Shouldn't he be panick...
2022-06-05 08:44:25 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
On Nothing But Bones:
I've just put up the final chapter of Nothing But Bones 3. This is the unedited first draft, but the edited version will hopefully be done within a month. Due to some things outside my control, everything has taken far more time than I'd initially expected. Still, if you have any feedback or are mi...
2022-06-02 19:19:42 +0000 UTC View Post"Where the hell did that green midget go?" Galg snapped as he stared down at the head beneath his feet. "Did he flee already? I'd have thought he would have stood his ground and fought and all that!"
The massive dragon below him remained silent, and Galg angrily stomped his feet as he examined the mana-core.
"He needs to move slower,...
2022-06-02 19:02:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhat felt like hours later, we were moving through the narrow caverns towards a cacophony of insanely loud screaming and howling. In the distance, a dull red light indicated the end of the tiny cavern system. Lark swam ahead of us, and I could almost sense how content he was with the situation.
I couldn't blame him. His intel on the locati...
2022-05-30 18:41:56 +0000 UTC View PostI held onto the edges of my Armedshark and kept my head down. The memories of how the sharp, uneven stony outcrops on the roof had scratched deep gauges into Casiron's back were still fresh, and I wasn't interested in finding out what they would do to me. Instead, I remained low across the wooden back, glad that we were almost at our first goal,...
2022-05-22 09:06:24 +0000 UTC View Post"You have been staring at that thing for weeks! How can you not know what to do yet?"
Flowheart's cold voice rang out through the small plant-covered room.
Rathica ignored her as she glared at the canvas covered in lines, archaic symbols, runes, and glyphs. She knew by now that it was a spell with each part explained in another highl...
2022-05-14 20:47:44 +0000 UTC View PostI held onto Casiron as the serpent led us back through the corridor to the main cave of Lark's lair. Two of the demonic merman's hovered near the entrance, staring outside, but they didn't even look up as Votrix quietly brought us to another hole at the top of the skull. It led to another stony, plant-covered corridor, roughly a hundred feet lon...
2022-05-08 19:49:04 +0000 UTC View PostJake cursed under his breath as he moved up the tunnel slope. With each step, he scraped his foot across the ground to remove the disgusting shit caked on the bottom. When the last of it finally came off, leaving only a brown stripe behind him, he looked up, inspecting the tunnel exit.
A jumbled shape was partially blocking the moonlit sky...
2022-05-07 13:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“We are almossst there, Massster,” Lark hissed.
I snapped my attention back to the direction ahead, seeing nothing beyond more endless reefs.
A few hours after leaving, the overgrown cave system had widened, and we had entered an abandoned reef, the cavern roof no longer visible above us. The pale-white, spongy material was cover...
2022-05-01 19:33:16 +0000 UTC View PostI lay on my back, breathing in water through my gills, weary beyond belief and unable to form coherent thoughts as the confused status remained. The pain in my body was almost gone, just some soreness remaining.
Some timer must have ticked down to zero because my mind suddenly cleared up, like the sun poking from behind the clouds. Memorie...
2022-04-26 19:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostSumil followed Scathia's small shape as it loped across the wasteland far below.
How is she this fast, she thought, eyeing the long trail of dust that trailed behind Scathia.
It started from the hills and continued as a long, straight line to where they were now. Even up here, she could hear the insanely rapidly tapping of t...
2022-04-24 06:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostEst, heal yourself! There is a plant below you!
Casiron's voice made its way through my muddled mind. We had stopped moving, but I couldn't remember when or how. He had been shouting for a long time, though, I knew that.
What? I asked, my mind's voice sounding slurred.
You are on top of a plant! Heal yours...
2022-04-22 08:29:41 +0000 UTC View PostSandra kept her back straight, her head up and cooly looked at the multitude of eyes turning towards her and the other non-goblins. From the corner of her eye, she saw the remaining Goblins in her squad quickly distance themself, lining up with another group without so much as a wave.
She gritted her teeth as she put them out of her mind a...
2022-04-21 20:05:17 +0000 UTC View PostIf I hadn't had a mouth full of seawater, I would have probably had a dry mouth as I gazed from our hiding place amongst the chaotic coral. Behind it was the edge of a gorge that looked like it was so deep that it would reach the very depths of the planet itself. Thick clouds of blood wafted up from it, propelled by the chaotic water currents th...
2022-04-16 12:58:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe long line of army trucks rolled in an orderly fashion across the narrow stretch of hardened sand that people in these parts called a road.
It was hard to hear the soft voices inside the truck with all the noise the vehicles made. They were discussing things related to games, fantasy, and goblins. It was a topic utterly different from r...
2022-04-13 19:32:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis has to be the worst ambush yet, I thought as I jumped across a bush half my size.
It barely registered that a little over a year ago, I'd have broken my legs attempting the same. Instead, I sprinted towards the town ahead with no strain.
Still, it could have been worse. It could have been those Demons again, I ...
2022-04-10 19:49:11 +0000 UTC View Post"How dare you!" Thiwick squealed.
I could almost feel her cold eyes, but Casiron ignored the outburst, focusing on me.
"Although it gladdens me that she survived, as it means there might be more, it seems I'll have to ask you to ignore her presence until I have sufficiently taught her about our people's ways."
"I am a silver sc...
2022-04-07 21:07:33 +0000 UTC View PostI stared at the message in disbelief. How could that be Eliandra? She should be asleep, resting until her body was ready!
> Are you still there? Answer me already!
As the following message popped in, a wave of joy washed over me. I quickly replied.
> I'm here! Elli? How come you are awake? And how can you respond? Shouldn...
2022-04-06 19:13:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe dark, unlit, and almost destroyed city seemed tranquil in the middle of the night. No wind passed between the tall buildings, and the lack of rain had caused dust from the collapsing buildings to cling to everything. Inside the entrance of a dead-end alley bordering a partially collapsed building, the occasional moonlight made something glis...
2022-04-05 20:51:46 +0000 UTC View Post"How far are they behind us," I hissed.
I sprinted across the rocky terrain, wishing it would stay dark a little longer. The sun that poked over the hills to the right obviously didn't care for my hopes.
"At this pace, roughly ten minutes until they reach us," Grem shouted after a second.
"And they are still heading in a straig...
2022-04-02 12:12:00 +0000 UTC View PostAn uneasy silence hung in the ornate room. A group of people silently stared at me as I stood before Cityholder Lamuire.
Bastian and Libidi are lucky they don't have to be here for this, I thought, annoyed and waiting as the annoying, pompous jackass in front of me made a big show of thinking. His wrinkled brow and narrowed eyes m...
2022-03-27 19:28:32 +0000 UTC View PostI looked up at the massive sixteen-foot statues and swallowed. We stood before one of the large estates, almost a castle, and two tall stone statues flanked the entrance, almost like guards. They resembled classical fully plated warriors with shields and swords with faces hidden behind helmets with scaly wings on the side that angled back.
Jake snuck back through the heavily damaged rooms to where Mason was kneeling on the ground, bandaging the small kobold.
"You were right. Those devolved idiots didn't even think of checking up here," he whispered as he sat down next to his friend.
"Of course I am right. I am amazing after all! But more to the point, not many people t...
2022-03-23 20:57:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe foreign-creature exposition was easy to find, a massive sprawling set of tents filling another of the squares the city was rich. A long slit was made in the front side, reminding me of how Libidi had gotten us into the tent in the army camp. As I slowed down, two raggedly dressed men climbed out. Arms filled with small wooden carved animals,...
2022-03-20 10:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostJake's consciousness returned slowly.
What? Did I oversleep? he thought, wondering why he was sleeping while sitting on the downstairs sofa.
With a jolt his mind replayed what had happened before, and he snapped fully awake. What had happened? He had been talking with Mason, and then darkness had wrapped around him. There ha...
2022-03-17 20:44:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe coffee shop was silent as everybody stared in disbelief at the television. The shocking message was starting to replay for the second time.
"Fuck..." Jake muttered as he leaned back in his chair.
He glanced at the ceiling, trying to get a grip on himself, then looked across the table. Sitting on the opposite sofa was his best fri...
2022-03-13 14:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostI'd almost finished the second tree when the stonites reached the wall. Some staggered into the hole, scrambling across the debris, while others still stood, barely. With shields raised and interlocked, they held back a mass of pushing, shoving, and slashing enemies. How they weren't tramped and swarmed was beyond me.
The screaming Torpels...
2022-03-12 19:58:23 +0000 UTC View PostI'm happy to welcome Ozbun as another patron! He is here for Minglings, which I have neglected for a long time. With NBB3 in editing, this means im closing in on the moment that I'll pick that up as my second novel beside Kernstalion.
Now, as I still have a few chapters of Minglings in my backlog from back when I wrote it actively, I...
2022-03-09 21:05:06 +0000 UTC View Post"How do you suppose we stop those things?" I shouted as I ran after Bastian.
I'd asked him before and gotten no response.
"I don't know," he finally shouted back, looking at me across his shoulder.
"I was hoping you knew some way?" he asked, a slight hope in his eyes.
"Only if I have enough time to grow this tree big enou...
2022-03-09 20:56:28 +0000 UTC View PostAs the title suggests, I've made a few major edits to Kernstalion 57 and 58. If you don't feel like reading, the changes are as follows.
- Est doesn't give the ring to Antoni
- Antoni is a little less 'dangerous' and Est is less scared
- Est fights the guard and wins easily
- Est takes a whole lot more se...
2022-03-07 20:24:30 +0000 UTC View Post