Chapter 11 – Family Drama
Jasmine, once again covered in her fur robe, stood in front of Vrk’shryk with her arms folded over her chest. The younger orc was fuming, pacing back and forth in…
April 2026
Chapter 10 – The Protocol
It was dark by the time I approached Jasmine’s door. I hadn’t really had time to miss a whole lot of things from home, but at that moment I was…
Chapter 9 – Hangnails and Invitations
I woke up the next day, having slept in to about midmorning. The hike home had eaten up a significant amount of the night, and the sun was already teasing…
Chapter 8 – Jasmine
This is it, I thought, standing in front of a massive set of double entry doors. This is where the trail leads. Both quest markers were sitting there, tantalizingly close,…
Chapter 7 – Infiltration
The way Fade worked was incredible, but unsettling. I understood quickly why The System had described it as “It’s not that you’re invisible, it’s just that some people can’t see…
Chapter 6 – Shrek
The orc was a green giant. He must have been at least 7 feet tall, and 500 pounds of pure muscle. In contrast, I stood every bit of 5 foot…
Chapter 5 – Juniper
The next morning, I was more or less good as new. I mean, I was crusty as fuck from caked-on rodent gore, but aside from that, I felt like a…
Chapter 4 – The Burrow Tyrant
“Son of a bitch! You raggedy buck-toothed, oversized hamster fuck!” I bellowed at the monster before me. It was like a bear-sized prairie dog, with incisors the size of picture…
Chapter 3 – Meet Your Maker
With The System having taken its leave, I took a closer look at the land around me. I realized fairly quickly that if I looked at an object with enough…
Chapter 2 – Orientation
I fell for what seemed like forever, bracing for an impact that never came. At some point, my body began to spin through the air. It was almost imperceptible at…