As my main PC decided to fuck itself on the last day of the year, I am stuck with my laptop for now. I should still get the side story stuff done, but hey, the laptop might just decide to fuck itself too.
2021-12-31 09:04:05 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I apologize for any rough edges, but that is a trend that will continue until my family stuff resolved itself. Considering that its health issues for my grandfather and uncle who both aren't exactly young any more, however, I expect the worst and will spend more time with them while I still can.
Aperio fell face first into the comforting nothing of her Void, her wings stretch...
2021-12-28 18:57:37 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Happy holidays. I do hope you guys will have a good time, at least.
Merlin winced slightly as the winged Elf lowered herself to eye level, brushing a few strands out of her face. This close to the person Merlin was utterly unprepared to be meeting, she could see specks of silver wandering across the other woman’s iris, changing every time Merlin blinked.
She felt a sh...
2021-12-23 17:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostElder Wu frowned, slightly lowering his mug of steaming Aztec Chocolate as he felt yet another strange ripple run through the mana in his office. The phenomenon felt... artificial, but only barely so. Not quite like the shifts he would feel every now and then coming from the ley lines, but also not too far off.
"Gary!" Elder Wu called.
"Yes?" the aide asked, appearing in his office ...
2021-12-18 19:11:09 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Next to my own health BS, I know have to deal with two family members being admitted to the hospital. I don't think this will cause any additional delays, but I feel at least a slight warning is warranted.
"So, what else is there to do here?" Damien asked as he inspected the solid nothing below his feet. "This entire space seems rather...empty, to be the home of a god."
AN: You think Earth is ready?
Aperio observed quietly as Damien tinkered with the door to his home for a moment before opening it. As soon as the door had even moved a little, the All-Mother could see various enchantments lighting up, but Damien mumbled some words and they turned off again.
"They seem to work just fine," he said as he looked at Aperio. "Would you mind expla...
2021-12-08 17:41:30 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Who would've have thunk that weird ass slave marks can do this?
Lita, as she was apparently called now, ran her fingers along the edge of her sword. It was a nice weapon: a double-edged blade slightly longer than her forearm, multiple runes glowing with blue light on its surface. A family heirloom, and one that had not been taken for one reason or another after her house had ...
2021-12-03 19:01:26 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Things continue to be annoying, but hey, at least this one is only a day late.
AN2: Hopefully this fixed the PDF
Aperio crossed her arms in front of her chest as they finally arrived at the park, and she could watch with her own eyes the ocean of mortals within. A small smile, perhaps a little wicked, spread across her face as she spotted amongst a small group the mort...
2021-11-28 19:13:53 +0000 UTC View PostI wish I could bring good news, but sadly, I cannot. Luckily, they are not really bad ones either, though. As far as we know, it's nothing immediately threatening, but that unfortunately does not change the fact that it will impact my ability to write. (If you know where I can get a new spine, do tell)
I got a few things prescribed and a few more appointments to figure things out, but all...
2021-11-23 21:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostAperio took a step to the side, letting the mechanised carriage and its rather inattentive driver pass by. How he had not seen her in the first place was beyond the All-Mother, but she was also not in the mood to gravely injure him by letting hit her.
"Are they all so reckless?" Aperio asked as she looked at Adam.
"No," he replied, nudging the amalgamation of Gods away from...
2021-11-23 18:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Better late than never I suppose. Still feels shitty missing a deadline I said in the beginning of the year I would not hold myself to anymore.
Antalia, having finally succeeded to move enough of her mana into the pendant she wore, breathed a little more easily as the ancient family heirloom warded off some of the pressure coming from the giant woman.
Given what she had...
2021-11-18 18:09:02 +0000 UTC View PostAN: This one actually plays in the present, basically at the same time as chapter 200+
AN2: Happy New Year!
Recently, Maria had been having visions of Aperio interspersed with her nights of dreaming, but most of them had been amidst an incomprehensible mess of colours and symbols so she had made no attempt to pain them. This one, however, had made sense enough to be worth ...
2021-11-17 17:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostAs the universe seems to like fucking me over, I may get to spend a few days in the hospital. It's not clear yet, but my ability to write has already been impaired and might suffer more in the near future. Once they actually tell me what's wrong, I will be able to give a more proper update.
I apologies for the delays this will cause and hope that I can get chapters done at least somewhere...
2021-11-16 11:55:57 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I would say this is a fairly gentle introduction of Earth's Bigwigs to Aperio
Aperio let her gaze sweep over those that had gathered in the foyer of the rather large building. Most of them had some magical ability, even if it wasn't much. At least the room looks nice.
While the All-Mother was fairly certain that magic had had anything to do with the constructio...
2021-11-12 18:20:02 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I cannot recommend writing documentation for Matlab code to anyone. It is pain. In happier news, this is chapter 200 (not counting the Side Stories, of course), which is a lot more than I had ever thought I would write. Forgotten was -- and still is -- an exercise in writing for me. I'd like to think that I have learned a thing or two over the years, but there is still much more to do (...
2021-11-07 18:16:27 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Earth should really stop inventing new religions, there is only so much space in one Soul.
Aperio took a step backwards, a touch of her magic bringing Caethya with her, as the vague image in front of her rapidly gained solidity. The form that the Soul in front of her had drawn with the System-provided mana was still shifting through a myriad of different of different forms, b...
2021-11-02 18:06:37 +0000 UTC View PostCandrial lifted the claymore further back, so high that her hands almost touched the points of her ears. She waited, her stance lowered and muscles tense, until her husband had vanished from her aura and his whispered voice entered her mind. Then, with single-minded purpose, she shot forward, breaking the ground as she pushed herself into motion.
A yell escaped her lips as she thrust her ...
2021-10-31 18:20:28 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I now know a lot more about ISO 9241:210 than I ever wanted. Thanks, uni.
Lita hummed a tune together with the voice in her head as she laid herself down on the cold and hard stone table Jester had gestured towards.
She tugged at the robe he had given her, the silky fabric brushing against her skin a sensation she did not truly enjoy. The only things that should caress ...
2021-10-27 18:28:50 +0000 UTC View PostVinera found herself walking the same path she had taken the last time she had visited the temple garden, following the familiar stone road towards the door. She looked around, but things had not changed in the interim — however long that was.
Unlike last time, however, she did not enter the temple proper, only pushing the door open and taking a peek inside. The statue that she remember...
2021-10-23 16:54:08 +0000 UTC View PostAperio could not help but tilt her head at the rapidly shifting form of what she assumed to be the amalgamation of every deity the people of Earth had ever thought of. She was about to move past the tapestry of symbols when a new one appeared on it with a flickering of mana; barely enough to even place the symbol on the fabric. Just like all the others, she did not recognise it, but she had no ...
2021-10-21 17:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Sorry for the delay. Haven't been feeling all that good the last few days.
Aperio could not help but raise a brow at the crude runes that had been etched into the walls in order to hide the entrance to the basement. Of course, the magic worked on neither her nor Caethya, but the All-Mother was surprised that it worked on anyone at all, as the amount of mana they used was trul...
2021-10-17 15:58:05 +0000 UTC View PostAN: First time writing some more proper action scenes. See this as a trial run, so feedback would be most welcome. The next few Side Stories will likely involve more fighting as I figure out how to write that. Gotta ease myself into it, though.
Candrial ducked below the approaching blade, letting it clash against the armour that covered the back of her hand in a bid to push it aw...
2021-10-15 18:48:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe bell above the door of the café jangled merrily as Eleanor led the way inside. Gale knew the place — just a little shop on a corner near the mall, run by some people that, while not magically gifted, still did work for the Mages' Association. His friend probably thought that, should anything happen, they would be safer here. It was a view he did not share.
He had lived long enough,...
2021-10-11 18:12:12 +0000 UTC View PostCaethya could not help but smile as Aperio leaned forwards slightly to look at yet another dress. The All-Mother ran her hand over it, furrowing her brows slightly before pulling back.
"There are so many options, but all of them feel… lacking," she said as she moved the other hand across her stomach. "Whatever fabric they use is not good at all. Though, it is bette...
2021-10-07 17:12:21 +0000 UTC View PostGregory let out a shaking breath as he closed the door to his room behind him. The words of Aperio still echoed through his mind; clung to it like honey did to bread. Mere words shouldn't have such staying power, but neither should a random woman be capable of freezing him in place with nothing more than a glare.
At first he had not believed her when she had said that killing him would re...
2021-10-02 18:45:35 +0000 UTC View PostCandrial let out a content sigh as she stretched herself. It had been too long since she and Ziek had had the opportunity to team up and go fight monsters. Ferio had told her that she had looked into the dungeon herself, but Candrial would not pass up the chance to finally fight something a little more challenging than disgruntled citizens who thought her Goddess was some evil deity.
They...
2021-09-30 17:03:30 +0000 UTC View PostAN: While the family stuff is still very much on going, it has quietet down a little so hopefully I can return to a faster schedule.
Aperio wrapped her arms around Caethya and rested her chin on her love's head. Without her wings to wrap around them both, her affectionate actions seemed very much on display… but it still felt good.
A small part of her wanted to simply pic...
2021-09-27 18:10:17 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Life's still in turmoil, but at least we now have some official things going so that's good, I guess. Perhaps soon I get a semblance of normality back.
Aperio could not help but tilt her head at the laughter of both Micheal and the woman whose little badge on her chest identified as Officer Santori. Her reply had been supposed to be a joke — even if it was true —...
2021-09-22 17:16:14 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing the ocean part itself at the behest of stone pillars was not something Ferio had ever expected to see, but the universe seemed to have decided differently. Well, Mother did, really. The reason for the phenomenon was caused by the very runes she had sent Candrial to research. Her priestess, accompanied by her husband, had figured out that the ruins of Ardynshaide contained a lot ...
2021-09-19 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAN: The Side Story will hopefully be out tomorrow. I apologise again for the delays and drop in quality.
The small bell chimed again as the door closed behind Aperio. While she had to duck through doorways on Venerier, the ones on Earth all seemed to be just a little bit tinier, and it felt good to be able to stand at her full height again. She let her gaze wander through the roo...
2021-09-17 18:32:27 +0000 UTC View Post