Almost immediately, Jackie hadta kip his ass back to his feet to avoid a shrieking Succubus-Possessed Hooker trying to bring her stiletto heels down on his head. The spike of the heel punched right the Hell through the glass of the dance floor, throwing up a shitload of sparks from the lights underneath. She just barely missed punching that damn heel through his eye by a hair's breadth as he ki...
2024-12-28 16:54:08 +0000 UTC View PostLord Greengrass turned out to be a square-jawed, blonde man in dress robes that were various different shades of green. His close-cropped blonde hair was an even lighter shade than Daphne's already fairly light blonde, being so platinum-colored that it would almost be easy to mistake him for a Malfoy Cousin of some description. Of course, like the Malfoys, the Greengrass Family was one of the N...
2024-12-28 05:43:41 +0000 UTC View PostIn Imperial City, on the continent of Hokkaidō, in the Planet of Luthien, the Capital of the Draconis Combine, sat the Imperial Palace. It was the heart of Power for the Draconis Combine, where the Coordinator Resided. The facade was traditional, embodying an ancient Japanese Castle Complex from Old Terra. However, appearances could be deceiving, as the white stucco and red lacquer of the prim...
2024-12-27 18:29:07 +0000 UTC View PostI will be resuming chapters tomorrow once the last of my family leaves from the Holidays. Sorry about the lack of updates, but it is Christmas, after all. Please bear with me and we'll resume tomorrow with an Update for Inner Sphere and Of Fate and Luck.
Thank you for understanding.
2024-12-26 11:41:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are a couple of images of what certain places, people, and items from Chapter Thirteen look like. Funnily enough, every AI Generator I used for some reason does some decent pirate treasure chests. Go figure. Maybe folks were clamoring for that, but I'm happy to take advantage.
2024-12-22 08:27:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I Just Realized I never posted these. Here we have a few people and locations from the past few chapters, from the arrival at Gyirong Town all the Way to the Mines. Allow me to rectify that oversight. The AI Generator is weirdly a lot more obliging for this story for some reason.
2024-12-22 08:19:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some images of some of the folks that Jackie's up against. Papa Midnite doesn't usually wear a purple coat and a brown shirt, it's usually the other way around, but he has worn other stuff on occasion, so I figured that since the AI Art Generator kept reversing the colors, this was good to post. The Alternative was to use a picture from the TV Show that I don't own, and that's bad.
2024-12-22 08:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some images for Chapter Thirteen. I had to switch AI Generators for the Hebridian Energy Conduits and the Mark of Ba Chua Xu since the ones I usually use weren't spitting out what I wanted. I eventually got it, though. Mostly, anyway.
2024-12-22 07:52:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some images with Blaise, Millie, Daphne, and Tracey in their Yule Ball Party Outfits for you folks. Unfortunately, no AI Image Generator seems to be able to get twelve-year-olds right body shape-wise. Just picture them a bit differently, but still relatively similar.
2024-12-22 07:40:28 +0000 UTC View PostShi Hou and Evening Rabbit had been recalled from their training and their various tasks with two weeks to go until Calibration. Neither was quite sure why. Shi Hou had just completed his training in Ruthless Avalanche Style and was expecting to be sent out to assault one of the remaining Holdout Independent Plains People Towns, likely Kowalski's Forge, with its stone castle and many forges. 2024-12-22 06:09:46 +0000 UTC View Post
We made our way through Maegor's Holdfast, we had to fight constantly. A Mix of Lannister Guards and Red Keep Garrison Troops fought us every step of the way, my men and I had to wade through two main attacks, the first in the courtyard beyond the wall and the second in the Queen's Ballroom. When we were attacked the first time, right off the bat, I knew that this was going to be no walk in the...
2024-12-21 08:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs I made my way over to the Regentskapsråd Meeting for the day, Agent Novak insisted that my security be doubled. Literally, he stuck to me like a shadow but also had a subordinate with him. Agent Laine was a petite, platinum blonde, no-nonsense, Woman with family roots going back to Vipaava. Her appearance contrasted with Agent Novak's dark-haired, muscular, build and visage. The two of them...
2024-12-20 23:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostNamor was glaring down at me. Namor, the guy who who was in the class hundred-plus-range in terms of strength. Who'd killed my father, at least in this lifetime, based on paranoia and prejudice against the Surface World. Namor, who routinely outfought people way more powerful than me, who ruled seventy-five percent of the Earth's Surface, and could command legions of Atlantean Warriors equipped...
2024-12-19 13:23:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dewdrop Inn was a rundown little place in Arroyo. The Front Desk Lady was currently out and there was a sign saying back after lunch sitting out on the desk. Of course, none of us were stupid enough to think that meant that this place was unguarded. While Jackie and V kept a lookout, I went looking around back for the Access Point I knew would be there. I managed to fairly easily hack it an...
2024-12-18 11:17:30 +0000 UTC View PostAs the fight began, I did something that normally, I would eschew in favor of mixing it up. I hung back and began a bardic performance since there were enough combatants around that I wasn't entirely needed on the front line. I unslung my Fochluchan Bandore and began to strum out a tune, it was an even more Bardcore Version of something that was already fairly hardcore.
"There will come a...
2024-12-18 06:50:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Second Space Battle of Samshan opened with me ordering the Xiaotian Quan forward to assault the Lead Ha'tak of the enemy fleet, the Mũi Tên Vàng, which was the flagship of Bà Đen. Meanwhile, the Chuāncì Jiàn would move against the Liềm Lúa, the flagship of Lieu Hanh, and the Opele went after the L...
2024-12-17 15:00:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Next Morning, I woke, dressed, and got ready for the tournament's official start. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to use any of my gear for this, as it was against the Rules of the Tournament. However, I shouldn't need any of it, at least not yet. If the Yamata-no-Orochi woke up, that'd be another story, but I should be able to do well enough without it for now.
Kensou and Athena wo...
2024-12-17 07:52:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, I awoke bright and early and began my daily studies with a trip to the Manor Library. Selecting a Grimoire translated from Church Latin sometime in the mid-thirteenth century by one Bartolomeo di Conti, I began reading about and practicing a number of Old Roman Spells that had survived at least up until the High Medieval Period to be written down and translated.
Of course, t...
2024-12-16 09:32:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe Gyriong Mines were set halfway up the sides of the mountains that formed the Gyirong Valley. A long, winding, path led up from the valley floor that climbed the mountainside between the Valley Floor and the Mines. It was, on reflection, almost a perfect path for an ambush to take place. That was likely why Bikki was so unsurprised when, as they climbed the path for the mines, the cries of m...
2024-12-15 15:19:47 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again I made my way over to the Herring Club, this time to speak with Hertig Knute Fraga of Kirchbach. I was ushered not to the bar this time but to a booth in the rear of the restaurant where the bearded form of Hertig Fraga was already seated and eating Köttsoppa, a type of soup with beef and root vegetables. He also has a glass of Akavit that he was occasionally sipping on.
"You ...
2024-12-15 11:36:33 +0000 UTC View PostStannis Baratheon, first of his name, ground his teeth as he waited for the assault to begin. Lord Seawynd's Plan was the best they'd been able to come up with, and it was a good plan, but that didn't make the waiting before a battle any more bearable. Stannis had always hated this part, any sane man would. The worry in the pit of his stomach brought on by the little niggling doubts about his c...
2024-12-13 17:46:26 +0000 UTC View PostJackie made his way to Harlem, leaping over rooftops and heading to the Blue Bayou Club. Harlem ain't anywhere close to the Meatpacking District, though. It was on the other end of Manhattan from Jackie's Safehouse which ain't great but you work with what you've got. Accordingly, Jackie'd passed by a couple muggings on his way over. Ain't none of the assholes had more than a pistol to hold up f...
2024-12-12 03:47:02 +0000 UTC View PostI had been home for a day or so already, during which time I had learned the Levicorpus Spell from one of my Mother's old notebooks in the Manor Library before it truly set in that this would be my first Christmas without my mother. Mind you, we'd never celebrated Christmas per se. The Zabini Family, being descended from the Claudii of Rome, largely celebrated a form of hybrid of Christmas and ...
2024-12-12 00:52:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe Starside Hotel had its own restaurant, one whose chef studied under the late Akiyama Kaiichiro, known in Japan as the Master of Chinese Cuisine. That sounded a lot more involved than I wanted for a meal right now, likely being a luxury experience. Knowing the reputation of the Starside Hotel, that was definitely what it was, and I figured I would give it a pass. Instead, I headed out of the...
2024-12-10 03:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the images for Chapter Twelve, we've got each of the principal members of Captain Half-Tusk's Crew, The Tipsy Pseudodragon Inn, The Hanged Man's Tomb, the Field it's in, and Ironhand Rognvaldr. All were made with various AI Generators, though Rognvaldr's had me going to use several different ones before I found one who could do the crazy stare right.
2024-12-09 21:33:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe Tipsy Pseudodragon Inn was a red-roofed, two-story, building with a long, attached, mead hall filled with trestle tables. It was a favored drinking spot of various smugglers, raiders, and other less-than-legitimate sorts. The red shingles of the roof overlapped like the scales of the tavern's namesake. As Janessa, Shavariel, Selima, and I entered, we were almost immediately flagged down by ...
2024-12-09 21:22:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe Largest City on Samshan was a place called Ong Thanh. It was in one of the lowland areas of the planet and was where a majority of goods were produced. Everything from Ma'tok Staff Weapons, Zat'nic'tels, and Armor for Jaffa to more simple fare such as shoes, clothing, and rice flour for making the staple Banh Mi that served as one of the main foods for the Workers and Jaffa of Ba Chua Xu's ...
2024-12-09 17:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostAreus, Argid King of Sparta had spent the time since his victory at Kamara wisely. With the Athenian Fleet wiped from the sea, he had brought in fresh supplies of equipment, food, wine, and drachmae for his force, drilling them hard over a few short days to ensure they kept their edge for what he was certain would be the final clash of the War on Crete.
The League of Knossos had also eff...
2024-12-08 11:40:09 +0000 UTC View PostI exited Sickbay and found myself in the corridor once again, facing down yet another enemy force. Eight Vulcan Separatists led by an armored Vulcan Drone Controller whose trio of hovering Ex-Tzenkethi Military Drones were equipped with Tetryon weaponry capable of blowing holes in light cover. Of course, the Drone Controller wasn't actually a Vulcan, as evidenced by the organic-looking weapon a...
2024-12-06 00:44:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sewers of King's Landing was a maze of catacombs, cisterns, tunnels, cellars, and ruins. Honestly, it was lucky that our strike force had a map because I very much doubted we would be capable of doing this without the aid provided by that. There were dangers down here that had nothing to do with the ongoing Civil War, and I wasn't just talking about getting lost either.
The Mad King ...
2024-12-05 20:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post