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Castling the Long Way

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Demons of NC

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[Demons of NC] Chapter 98

"They mostly didn’t give a shit about us. Every now and then they’d remember we exist and start asking the same crap all over again," said the ex-nomad named Valerie. "Blah-blah-blah, where’s the chip, blah-blah, where’d you fuckin’ lose it. And they’d beat the shit outta us in the meantime. When they started leaning on me, Jackie’d pull their attention. Talked some nonsense. They...

[Elden Ring] Chapter 65

Melina had expected many possible methods for fixing someone’s brainwashing—but, honestly, Konstantin’s creative vision blew every last one of her expectations out of the water.

It turned out that to remove the mental comands from Maliketh’s head…

All you had to do was smack him upside the head really well.

…well, not just any smack—

You had to smack him ri...

[Life is Good] Chapter 69

Jump. Sprint across the roof. Don’t lose the van from my energy-sight radius. Another jump.

“You really don’t care about your joints, Yuri Venediktovich. Always thinking about the people,”(1) I snark to myself, chasing the kidnappers of the beautiful damsel.

And damn, she really was beautiful. I was this close to crashing on the attic I’d scoped out when four unfamiliar ca...

[Castling] Chapter 71

Fuming like a blasted manticore, I stormed down the stairs, nearly bowling over Hermione on the landing, and slammed into the bedroom.

First thing I did was yank on my hoodie, drag my bag out from under the bed, and start shoving things into it without even looking. Really, I should’ve taken off the bloody locket to ease the pressure, but there was a painting on the wall. Empty, sure, b...

[Castling] Chapter 76

Hermione came back just before lights-out, arms full of books, and waved off our questions as she went straight up to her room. She looked a bit preoccupied and was scribbling away in her notebook like she was on a mission. Then, one evening, she came down to the empty common room where Harry and I were finishing up our homework, looking all smug and excited.

“Here,” she said, placing...

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[Elden Ring] Chapter 64

Only after a short time had passed—once the initial shock began to fade—did the girls start to fully process the situation they were in.

The issue wasn’t just that their Tarnished had been hiding such a terrifying level of swordsmanship this whole time. It was that he used it—defeated the strongest swordswoman in the Lands Between—and already had a plan to teleport them, post-vi...

[Elden Ring] Chapter 63

Of course, both Millicent and Melina wanted to help Konstantin in the fight. Even if neither of them said it out loud—sensing just how important this battle was to him—the desire never left. One wanted to cross blades with the one who had, however unwillingly, given birth to her.

The other… because she knew just how dangerous this woman was. Possibly more dangerous than any foe her ...

[Life is Good] Chapter 68

Daredevil “looked” at the Coke bottle in her hand, then at the strange figure who’d offered it. She cracked it open and took a cautious sip—buying herself a little time to figure out how the hell to act in a situation like this. Who—or what—was this thing in front of her? Victim of an experiment? A mutant who’d lost their human form? An alien?

There were no easy answers. On ...

[Life is Good] Chapter 67

"Standing all alone agaaain... Standing again, mama, again! And outside, Sataaan... is eating sixth-grader Vova!"

Yeah. I sing like shit—especially in this body—but I’m bored.

Up top, it was still evening about an hour ago. No real urge to crawl out into the light yet; a xenomorph-tyranid hybrid roaming Hell’s Kitchen is bound to cause a bit of a scene. Not that I’m super ...

[Mad Tiger] Chapter 71

I was sitting proudly on Lord Minoruhi’s desk, ears perked, soaking in a very private conversation between my human—currently fanning himself like a bored noble—and an older man in a blindingly colorful kimono collection who’d shown up with Orochimaru. This old guy wasn’t just some random senior citizen with a fashion problem—he was the ruler of the Land of Rice Fields, the country ...

[Mad Tiger] Chapter 70

“How are you holding up, Tora-chan?” Hinata scratched behind my ear and curled up beside me on the bed like a sleepy cinnamon roll wrapped around a depressed furball.

“Not great,” I sighed. It came out soft and pitiful. I was really falling apart.

Why couldn’t I have just stayed put in that damned forest? Things might’ve turned out so differently.

“Are you hungry...

[Mad Tiger] Chapter 69

I was tearing through the Forest of Death like a bat outta hell, spooking the local wildlife left and right. Sorry, critters—urgent business! Gaara’s floating eyeball trailed after me, doing its best to keep up. Cool jutsu, sure—great for the desert, where you can see everything to the horizon, or inside tight spaces. But in a place like this? Not ideal. There’s a tree every two feet, g...

[Mad Tiger] Chapter 68

“I remember the hate,” Naruto said, scratching behind my ear as he spoke, though Gaara—sitting right beside him—was clearly listening too. “It felt like it had always been there. Like it was part of me. The looks adults gave me. That cold, heavy silence. The way people whispered behind my back. How other kids weren’t allowed to talk to me or be my friend. I couldn’t figure out wha...

[Castling] Chapter 68

The rest of the school year flew by in a blur of busyness and fun. We were knee-deep in exam prep, but still managed trips to Hogsmeade, visits to Hagrid, the odd bit of flying, and even spent time with the visiting students.

Hermione introduced us to Krum, who ended up hanging round with us now and then. For all his gruff, brooding looks, Viktor turned out to be a decent enough bloke—t...

[Castling] Chapter 75

The morning was a disaster right from the off—loud, chaotic, and all over the place. Hermione had just discovered the twins’ notice on the bulletin board about offering odd jobs to anyone interested, and she laid into them like a Howler in full swing.

“Ron, tell them,” she demanded, breathless from accusing them of moral depravity. While she was busy arguing with the twins, I took...

[Castling] Chapter 74

The morning of our departure was cold and gloomy, but at least it wasn’t raining—small mercies. Not that it mattered much; I was in an excellent mood. I was already looking forward to the year ahead—classes with Flitwick, trying out for the team, training sessions I’d planned out down to the last rep. I’d even packed a couple of basic enchanted weights and portable exercise gear—shr...

[Castling] Chapter 73

My nervous laughter cut off as sharply as it had started. Despite the exhaustion, a wave of euphoria crashed over me—bloody hell, we’d actually survived and destroyed that damn Horcrux! My throat tightened with emotion, my chest felt like it might burst, and I stood there grinning like a loon, trying to share that joy with Snape. But all I managed were choked giggles and the occasional inco...

[Demons of NC] Chapter 97

"Two entrances, big room here, marked the cameras with red circles. There are two Arasaka turrets here and here. Standard civilian models."

"V, you ever think of taking up drawing?" Panam asked while looking at my layout sketch, drawn from Brigitte’s memories.

"Nope. Never crossed my mind. Why, you about to crack a joke? Something like, 'don’t bother'?"

"Nah. It’s a g...

[Demons of NC] Chapter 96

The abandoned movie theater near Pacifica wasn’t all that abandoned. An old mulatto guy with a creaky prosthetic arm opened the door for me—for Evelyn—and gestured for me to come in.

The dim, flickering mercury lights gave off real horror movie vibes. I walked down a short staircase into a half-lit hall full of ragged old seats. With the dulled sensations, the whole thing felt almos...

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Demons of NC

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Life is Good

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[Elden Ring: My Ending] Chapter 60

The Forge of the Giants. A massive bowl, its bottom still glowing with embers—embers that continued to hold the flame of the giants, a fire even Queen Marika the Eternal herself had failed to extinguish. A flame once belonging to a fallen Outer God, defeated by the Erdtree… and yet still clinging to a shred of its might, enough to drag its natural enemy down with it.

Or whatever it wa...

[Life is Good] Chapter 60

As I stepped into Captain Stacy’s office, I was surprised to find not only her but also a journalist I recognized from that unforgettable night—when my mom had been taken hostage. Eddie Brock was just getting up from a chair, offering me a polite smile and his hand for a handshake.

I instinctively mirrored the smile before remembering—right as I clasped his hand—that I was wearing...

[Life is Good] Chapter 64

The drums in my head beat a ragged rhythm of madness, but even they couldn’t drown out that soft, indifferent little girl’s voice: “Too late.” One short word slammed pain straight through me, sharp and deep.

Rage. Focus. Urgency. And a whole damn horde of obstacles in the way. These… soft ones... irritate me. Piss me off. I hate them.

A snarl and a burst forward toward the...

[Demons of NC] Chapter 93

T-Bug’s corpse was frozen mid-kitchen in a twisted pose no living person could hold for long. Her black netrunner suit stood out sharply against the reddish tile floor. Her head? Not in sight. Either the killers took it with them or dumped it somewhere else—maybe the microwave. Wouldn’t surprise me. Probably tried to scrub some evidence from inside her skull, just like I’d been doing re...

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Castling the Long Way

• Tier 1: Chapter 65

• Tier 2: Chapter 70

Mad Tiger

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[Mad Tiger] Chapter 67

It turned out Gaara barely slept. Or, more accurately, used to barely sleep. And this was exactly where my patented “neko-therapy,” first successfully field-tested on Sasuke, came in real handy.

Funny enough, my new red-haired buddy reminded me of the Sandman from one of those Western fairy tale books my mom used to read me as a kid. The Sandman would sprinkle magical sand into childr...