Chapter 42 – Brakkish Waters
Brakk stood in the shadows of many things – his ancestors, the public humiliation of having Jasmine reject him at a Council meeting, and most recently, losing a fight to…
Chapter 41 – Getting the Band Back Together
“Good,” Shrek said. “But don’t lock your elbow like that. You’re overextending. Go again.” I thrust again, adjusting my technique so that my elbow stayed slightly bent at the apex…
Chapter 40 – Ancient Future Tech
“Master Rockland, I…genuinely do not know what to make of this,” Therin said, through Juniper’s voice. “I have never seen any technology like this before in all my centuries of…
Chapter 39 – Therin Lies The Question
Urz and his crew had done such a good job in building Jasmine’s little hot spring retreat that I felt obliged to visit the man and commend him on his…
Chapter 38 – The Talk
Thankfully, Oryore’s visit was relatively brief. Not that I disliked her by any means, mind you. The whole thing was feeling super awkward to me, for some reason. Well, I…
Chapter 37 – Taking The Red Eye Home
Somewhere, The System was laughing. I could almost hear its digital guffaws from here – in the court of Matriarch Oryore, high on the Maree Cliffs. The bastard had set…
Chapter 36 – 1(800) Jasmin-X
Jasmine had, of course, been aware of the swarm’s presence since she set foot in Rocky’s domain. She was willing to let sleeping dogs lie, as it were, until the…
Chapter 35 – Between A Rock and Another Rock
The two mysterious flying interlopers were apparently guards from a nearby harpy volary. The two men looked human, for the most part. The exception being that they had massive albatross-like…
Chapter 34 – Ambush
“That sure is a lot of water,” Scorch said as we stood at the edge of a cliff overlooking the northern sea. Icy blue water spread out in all directions…
Chapter 33 – Going Underground
With all the crafting done and enemies defeated, Scorch and I felt ready to take on whatever waited for us inside the bunker. Well…mostly me. Scorch was never really what…