Robin awoke with the rising sun and dressed herself for the coming day. The straps for her new armor took longer than she would have liked, but expediency would come with practice, so she wouldn’t beat herself up over it.
This time.
Her coin pouch was secured under her lamellar vest while a decoy pouch was tied to her belt. If any young thief was that desperate they probably nee...
2025-06-11 12:55:33 +0000 UTC View PostRobin adjusted the strap on her arm, the leather arm guards were somewhat heavy thanks to the steel reinforcements, but nothing that she couldn’t adapt to. It was the shield that would take some effort to learn. Old instincts didn’t just go away, let alone learning new ones in their place.
Lia was standing off to the side, speaking with the man who had made them as well as...
2025-06-04 07:07:55 +0000 UTC View PostThursday May 12th, 2011
A pin drop could be heard for how silent the world had fallen, well, aside from the sirens and drone of my swarm reminding people of the severity of the current situation. Here I was, standing off against the strongest capes in the world with nothing but a high powered shotgun pointed at my own chin.
The poor kid that thought to volunteer...
2025-05-30 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEcho? Only The Legend knew her by that name, so had he sent this Lia woman? It made sense that he might send someone out to keep an eye on her, and the woman was unassuming enough that she wouldn’t draw a ton of attention. Rather smart, and would keep things low key. Robin nodded at the woman, then resumed her meal before it could get cold.
Lia laughed at this, then called out somet...
2025-05-28 05:34:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe meeting wrapped up shortly after the deal was struck, with the details being left up to The Legend to finalize. Robin left the Guildmaster’s office in a bit of a daze as she followed the armored man down the street. She wasn’t quite sure how far they had traveled when she finally found the courage to confront the imposing man.
Robin darted forward, getting in front of The Legen...
2025-05-19 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThursday May 12th, 2011
Blood dripped from my hand to the stage in thick splatters of viscous fluid. The siren wailed and rain beat down against the windows of the gala that the Teeth had effectively crashed. Despite the number of people screaming in panic, the capes were all frozen in place. We all knew what that siren meant and here I was—the Butcher—right...
2025-05-15 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“By my power as Master of the Alvon branch of the Adventurer’s Guild, I hereby bring this disciplinary meeting to order.”
Despite the grandiose nature of the man’s proclamation, the meeting was happening not in some great hall. Oh no, it was happening in the Guildmaster’s office, a cramped space that could barely hold three people let alone the five that were attending. Robin...
2025-05-12 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostRobin had continued cursing the entire way south, nearly the full two weeks of travel it took to reach the capital of the Kingdom of Alvon. It was funny, her village had no name, and the capital was also called Alvon, which was just confusing. The Alliance to the south had no such issue, not that many ever set foot in those cursed lands.
Even the Guild didn’t send anyone there as onl...
2025-05-07 12:07:43 +0000 UTC View PostThursday May 12th, 2011
“I never thought I would ever end up in a dress,” Ironsides grumbled.
Fester snorted, shaking her head. “At least Taylor has Annette’s legs. She certainly rocks the split side look.”
Ignoring that tangled mess of emotions that the comparison to my mom stirred up, because I really didn’t need...
2025-04-30 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“You incompetent fool!”
Robin did her best to ignore the loudmouthed buffoon currently yelling at her in favor of putting some poor kid’s eye back where it belonged, but it was a near thing. Ser Bran, as it turned out, was exceptionally pissed with her for staying behind and risking her life to save the healing station when it clearly wasn’t necessary.
Worse, her apprenti...
2025-04-28 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe beast fell without a cry, and Robin barely managed to wrest the spear free from the now limp monster. The other two screeched at her, their focus on the ragged defenders having dropped in the face of someone managing to kill one of their broodmates. Robin didn’t care about that, she was more concerned with keeping the men around her alive long enough for reinforcements...
2025-04-21 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostRobin shot up from her bedroll with a gasp, horns blowing in the distance. The first light of dawn had barely begun to peek over the surrounding mountains, casting everything in pale light. The horns blared again and Robin was on her feet, attempting to take stock of what had set everyone off.
Bronze ranked Healers scrambled to put their robes on, others had to double ba...
2025-04-18 11:22:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe chaos that descended upon them was like an avalanche. The first Ranger to close the distance sported a pale green, the suit lacking in any defining details other than white gloves and boots. Even the helmet only had a black upside down triangle for a visor and silver plate where their mouth would be.
Three other Rangers in the group were iden...
2025-04-14 20:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I know this isn't a Ranger post, but I'm currently fighting with where to go after reworking the last leg and realizing that my old ending is going to be gutted to the point that most of it will be unsalvageable if I want to pull off the much more epic finale I now have planned. (One of the big set piece moments I had planned for the next book is gonna be part of the new finale,...
2025-04-07 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA recent Patreon update is eating all formattin
2025-03-30 20:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe bite of Guiana’s blade was a sensation that Nicole was well familiar with, yet it was still satisfying to watch the smug satisfaction of a battle all but won fall away to the cold realization that things hadn’t gone entirely as planned. The sparks flew off of Nicole, the void of energy cascading over her newly morphed form. As much as she wanted to bask in the growing surpri...
2025-03-24 20:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday May 10th, 2011
For once the Butchers were silent, none of them offering comfort or mockery as I struggled to understand just what I was seeing before me. I wasn’t sure what to say or think, my emotions warring between the desire to lash out or drop to my knees and wail. I’d thought things were going well, that if anyone lost someone it would be my father l...
2025-03-15 18:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe Progenitor’s teleportation wasn’t instantaneous to those within the effect. They had attempted to explain it before, something about being accelerated to near the speed of light caused some form of time dilation. It didn’t make any sense to her, but no doubt Becca would dig into the math with the same fervor that she always did.
If Rebecca wasn’t the most edu...
2025-03-10 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostA throbbing head was the first thing that pierced the fog of Nicole’s mind, the familiar ache doing more to tell her what had happened than any groggy memory ever could. She’d overdrawn and was in the ship’s medbay getting treated for the physical symptoms. Something about that felt wrong, but for the moment she would let the fog disperse a bit before trying to think too deepl...
2025-03-03 21:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostShoutout to First for streamlining the hell out of this chapter!
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Tuesday May 10th, 2011
On the list of potential futures Lisa had imagined for herself, being in a boardroom was… distressingly close to the top.
Granted, her parents had practically been villains in their own right, and so using her power to wrench control from the hapless n...
2025-02-28 21:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostBefore anyone gets up in arms about a new story, this was a prompt that basically ran away with my muse for a day and I thought I would share what came of it and see if there's enough interest there or not before I go crazy brainstorming stuff for it.
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Somedays you just woke up and knew it’s going to be one of those days.
Granted, most people didn’...
2025-02-24 11:20:30 +0000 UTC View PostRevelations about Sinclair and his skeevy business practices and research aside, Kayla couldn’t say she was liking how the day was shaking out. Grace was beside her girlfriend the moment she fell over and began to seize, and thank the powers above that the woman knew what to do in a situation like that.
Mostly because Kayla herself was completely frozen at the sight of one of her ...
2025-02-17 21:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday May 10th, 2011
A firm hand came down on my shoulder before I could growl at the screen, Lisa’s eyes were locked on the display and I just knew she was letting her power completely off its chain to dig into whatever the hell I was looking at. That lasted all of two seconds before she looked away.
“This makes no goddamn sense,” Lisa said, pinching her nose...
2025-02-14 21:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNicole drew on her transformation almost instinctually just as the first flashbang went off. She had barely an instant before a heavy kick knocked her off her feet and sent her tumbling. Nicole caught herself and landed in a crouch, glaring up even as more flashbangs went off.
She was thankful that her helmet was once again that of a Ranger true, keeping the disorienting flash...
2025-02-10 21:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe gate was unlocked when they pulled up to the driveway that led to the forge. The light overhead cast everything into long shadows and she couldn’t help but think that a whole squad of SWAT could be waiting for them within. Nicole almost panicked as a bush rustled, thankfully a familiar form clad in purple stepped out of the treeline, spear slung over his shoulder with an easy ...
2025-02-03 21:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostFor those following for Original fiction updates, this is a chapter of my most popular fanfic, Inheritance. If you're curious to check it out, follow this link!
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Tuesday May 10th, 2011
Amelia snored lightly, finally asleep afte...
2025-01-30 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe rooftop of Avant Garden was rather peaceful late at night even as a gentle snow fell. It was early in the year for it, but that was how Minnesota tended to work. Even with the whole globe turning into an oven as countries threw caution to the wind in the face of annihilation, Minnesota still saw frequent snow.
“Beautiful, as always,” Maraline said, her hand held ...
2025-01-21 00:09:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe blinding nausea of the teleportation faded as the world returned with wavering focus. Nicole blinked away the last spots from her vision and was greeted by the shimmering skyline of Minneapolis. It was a sight for sore eyes after nearly a week away. Had she missed the Sylan attack, or had Maraline’s absence stalled out the coming assault?
Questions to ask onc...
2025-01-13 21:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThey were machines, towering higher than anything Nicole had ever seen in person. Yet despite how impressive they might have been, it was what they represented that spoke most clearly to Nicole. These weren’t machines gifted by the invaders to instill false hope and collect data, these were hope itself.
“They aren’t ready to deploy,” the being continued, cr...
2025-01-06 21:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post