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Serenity followed the young man through a maze of identical-looking corridors to a door near the end of a hall; just a little farther on was an exit. Serenity knew he’d want to find out where that door led when ...
2022-04-09 22:56:19 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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It took Serenity six hours to cleanse the rest of the Sterath memories the next day.
Each Sterath was faster than the humans that were his only previous experience, because they were far younger. Sterath grew ...
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Neither Ita nor the Scout Strike Group’s memories had any information on where Tranquil Conviction might be; none of them had known he was present on the planet.
Ita simply seemed to accept that Serenity coul...
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Serenity looked down at himself and saw a carapace clean of rank-marks and achievements; the only mark on it was his own Lordship symbol. It was more complex than he’d realized when he looked at Ita; not only was...
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Serenity walked up to the policeman and the military liaison discussing where the Sterath should be taken. The soldier seemed to be the older of the two, and appeared to be winning the argument.
Neither of th...
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Her Lord turned to the two humans and asked something. Ita couldn’t understand it and she also couldn’t understand their response, so she didn’t understand why he grumbled something and became fluid a...
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Serenity didn’t care that he’d lost his ax somewhere in the melee; it would come when he called, and he had weapons at the ends of his fingers anyway. He clenched his right hand around the Sterath’s throat; th...
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Battlelord Flameheart frowned. Any of his Scout Strike Groups should be back by now; they could all move quickly. That was the point of having Strike Scouts; all Strike team members had movement Skills. They should ...
2022-04-02 23:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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BattleLord Flameheart turned to his aide. “What were the results at the portal site? Were they able to clean it up enough?”
The aide shook his head. “They’re not back yet.”
“Odd. It must have ...
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Ita tza’Unkaa shivered as she huddled in the dimess and mist her new Lord had suggested she make. She couldn’t very well see out of it; hopefully no one else could see in.
Only she wasn’t Ita tza’Unkaa ...
2022-04-01 23:30:07 +0000 UTC View PostApril will continue the schedule we've had: 8 chapters a week for Chimera and an extra chapter every other week for Pathed.
In May, we'll start at 17 chapters ahead for Pathed. I'm planning to stop expanding Pathed at 20; I can either reduce...
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Serenity glanced around the room. He’d checked it out before, but mostly paid attention to the portals instead of the room itself. It had four entrances; other than the one h...
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“Battlelord?” The messenger panted, barely able to express the single word after his dead run into the...
2022-03-30 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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She spoke in a strange, mode-less version of Sterath. Serenity could understand it, but it was only used when you didn’t know the relative relationship to use the correct mode; even then, it was an unusual mode....
2022-03-29 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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If the portal had just disappeared, chances were that any magical residue would be gone fairly soon; waiting would simply make it harder to find. If it was regularly used, that wouldn’t be as much of a problem, but the...
2022-03-29 00:09:21 +0000 UTC View PostToday's chapter will be out soon.
Sorry for the delay; my cat had a vet appointment this afternoon. I thought an hour and a half would be plenty, but here we are two hours later ....
The cat's fine. Pissed at me and needs a denta...
2022-03-28 23:23:06 +0000 UTC View PostReminder for the Pathed: Please vote in the Chapter Schedule Poll if you haven't already. I'm planning on shutting it down after this weekend based on the results.
Right now, 'space out the bonus chapters' is winning.
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2022-03-27 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Excerpt from the second draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Training Abilities
Training abilities are abilities that are given as p...
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Excerpt from the third draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe, as revised for the tenth draft
Experience
Your Path requires experience...
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Serenity stared at the numbers. They whipped by almost too fast to see. Serenity kept his eyes on the numbers anyway, hoping he’d notice a pattern. After a moment, the only thing he’d noticed was that there we...
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Excerpt from the second draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Common Utility Path Abilities (Continued)
Party
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Excerpt from the second draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Common Utility Path Abilities (Continued)
Equip
Eq...
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Excerpt from the second draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Common Utility Path Abilities (Continued)
Inventory<...
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Excerpt from the second draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Common Utility Path Abilities (Continued)
Identify<...
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Excerpt from the second draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Common Utility Path Abilities
There are many different abilities that ar...
2022-03-20 23:06:36 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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[Select your mode for the Round Two: Dungeon Manifestation, Avatar, or Core (Unavailable - protected by Avatar)]
Dungeon Manifestation had worked well; Serenity decided to see if he could try ...
2022-03-19 23:14:35 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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It wasn’t long before Echo pointed at the corn next to the stalk that held the core. “There. And there. I can’t tell what it is, but it’s there.”
Serenity’s voice was cold; danger in the dungeon c...
2022-03-19 23:10:36 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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After the trapvine, they all tried to stay near the center of the cleared area of the path, where the vines couldn’t reach. It was all too easy to get close enough to one of the sides, though, and they quickly fou...
2022-03-18 23:02:39 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Serenity’s eyes flicked from the words “Growth Available” to “Contained”. This was a disaster waiting to happen. “Well, hell.”
Morwen’s “What’s the matter?” overlapped with Doyle’s “...
2022-03-17 23:07:48 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Excerpt from the fifth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Dungeon Types (Continued)
There are a few competitors for “most dange...
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