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Weeaboo Chapter 46- Preparation or Procrastination

My “Master the art of knife fighting” strat ran into an immediate snag.

“I don’t want to.” Versai shook her head helplessly.

“You DON’T want to or you don’t WANT to?” I asked, hopefully.

2024-04-22 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Weeaboo Chapter 45- Not Going to Quit!

“Wait- Wait just a moment!” I held my hand up.

“My training dummy is quitting already?” Versai’s voice was deceptively calm. 

“No, I just need to get my head right.” I breathed slowly, in and ou...

Weeaboo Chapter 44- Cheese and Whine

“Breaking the rules of the world? I’m sure that’s not a thing.” Versai shook her head, even as she sat down next to me.

I rolled my eyes at her. “So what would you call what Sebastian and Jim were doing?”

2024-04-18 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Weeaboo Chapter 43- Oh Yes. YES!

I dove back into the loot pile. I briefly debated- was it time to rub my hands together and chuckle? I think so. The rubbing went fine, but the chuckle?

“Ohohohohohohoho!”

The chuckle needed work. I was going ...

Weeaboo Chapter 42- Worth it?

I needed… more than a minute to recover. I made my way to the Records Room, on the basis that it had a chair and a desk. I sat in the chair. I stared at the loot box and bags on the desk. And I didn’t move for a long while. 

2024-04-16 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Weeaboo Chapter 41- Fair? What’s that?

Bullies never fight fair. I was numb, looking around at the brothers crowding in. They don’t. They cheat. They use your reliance on the rules against you. They use your fear and hope against you. 

Bullies love games- it mak...

Weeaboo Chapter 40- A Raised Fist

“Attention all summons! Cheer for Vinnie, the fighter in the black shorts, boo Pershing, the fighter in the blue shorts. Before the fight starts, make a point of saying the most distracting, hurtful things you can think of about Skullcrusher the...

Sorry for the Short Notice- Slumrat is going on vacation for a week

I apologize- I usually give a lot more lead time that forty eight hours, but... next week, April 15-19, I won't be posting new chapters of Slumrat Rising. Short version- school vacation week plans just got ever so slightly blown up, and my usual s...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 30 Do Good By Stealth

Truth was elbow deep in the guts of the commercial cold box. A device that looked nearly as old as its owner, and that little senior looked as old as the hills. Or at least a hundred.

It was a combination of factors that led to th...

Weeaboo Chapter 39- The Violence Inherent to the System

“How?” I breathed, barely able to believe what I was seeing.

“Got good.” Jim shrugged. 

“But…”

“All there is to it.” Jim went back to throwing his casual punches. The thuds ...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 29 Charity Begins At Home

Truth looked around the big box store with the apathy of the truly exhausted. His magical reserves were on the low side, but not panic-worthy. His physical condition was, essentially, fine. One day, with the support of friends and faith in the Alm...

Weeaboo Chapter 38- A Helping Hand

I faced death in that toilet stall. The furious horror of Versai, concentrated on fingers that could pass as industrial clamps. She managed to lift me off the ground by my throat. Not my neck- her fingers had cinched around my esophagus and lifted...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 28 A Step Forward

Shape their perception and you shape their reality. Truth listened to the furious racket of private guards sweeping through the neighborhood- demons summoned, angels summoned, police summoned, all trying to track him down. A lot of the neighbors w...

Weeaboo Chapter 37- Alternative Dispute Resolution

I told my Awakened souls to hang out and watch the fights, waving over Versai for a consult. I felt like this conversation really should be taking place around a sticky little table, but I made do with what there was. Which was a sticky corner. Di...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 27 One Ant Not Enough? Wanna Bet?

Radz Sung’s poker face was justly legendary. Even so, he couldn’t quite restrain a certain crinkling at the corners of his eyes and a subconscious throbbing of the veins on his temple. 

“I do always like more power. It�...

Weeaboo Chapter 36- Fight Night

The Bloody Pit was accurately named, on several levels. On the one hand, it was the dive-iest of dive bars. On the other hand, there was a big pit in the ground who’s smooth round walls were stained black with caked layers of blood. 

...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 26 An Ant Shaking An Oak

Truth let himself vanish from the guard’s perception, then found himself a nice spot on a wall across the street to sit on. The wall was four meters tall and covered with broken glass jutting from the cement, but at this point that wasn’t any ...

When Should I Unlock Chaps for Awakened?

It's been a thing for a while now. It's not good for you guys, and I feel like crap about it. Unfortunately, there is no way to schedule tier unlocks for already published posts. If I missed something, if there is a way to do that, please, tell me...

Weeaboo Chapter 35- Weight of Fire

I gave Pomoroi her new costume. No cutscene triggered. I guess that a “mere” One Star like her didn’t rate one. I couldn’t tell if she was happy or not. She looked pleased when she got it, but…

I gave my cheeks two quick...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 25 A Viper In Your Heart

Truth waited and watched. The site supervisor frantically hit a gem. Then again, changing a little light on the glass “stone” from blue to orange. Then he clumsily dumped far too much expensive oil into the communication altar and gripped the ...

Weeaboo Chapter 34- Mad as a…

Fleeing the squeaky voiced metallic tree stump, we ran into the next room on the right. 

“The Steel Egret?”  I read the sign over the door. 

“There’s another sign here- Hattie’s Hat Shop.�...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 24 Wartime Expediency

Truth kept an eye on Thrush. There didn’t seem to be any particularly dramatic changes going on, but he could feel a sort of whispering, a sense of pieces shifting slightly. The little black bird was drawing the mass of gore and corruption into ...

Weeaboo Chapter 33- A New Day Dawns

Versai and I stood shoulder to shoulder. I had the Judiths clean up the battlefield, looting the bodies. Repairing everything would take an order or three. Might be best to rebuild from scratch. Well, most of the stuff was still usable. Just have ...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 23 A Better Sort of Person

Truth found the building quite easily, but rather than storm through the back door, he went around the front. He wanted to see just what the place was. It was… nothing. A six story concrete box that took up a third of the block by itself. It had...

Weeaboo Chapter 32- The Fourth Wave Ain’t Nearly Ugly Enough

They hit my defenses like a wrecking ball. The subtle slope deflection around the hedgehog walls worked a bit. Which means that it worked on some of them. The others just smashed into them, and kept right on smashing. More armored monsters piled u...

Slumrat Rising Vol. 5 Chap. 22 Thoughts and Prayers

Truth strode out into the regrettably necessary city of Gamphe. The immense concentration of raw concrete everywhere failed to inspire feelings of warm affection in him.

Must be miserable in the winter here. I can practically ...