“Let’s make the stock of the crossbow first. Give me some measurements and that red hologram.”
Logan worked methodically. The sticks morphed into a crossbow stock of solid wood of dark chestnut color. Logan wanted it to be compact, so the stock was only 15 inches. It had a hole on the other end to enable a trigger...
2023-09-13 13:38:54 +0000 UTC View PostLogan didn’t run far. He didn’t have to. The goons wouldn’t be able to leave their night watch to search for him. They had orders and they would follow them. Logan had a couple of hours before the camp would even wake up.
He did hide the Numa crystals well though. He found a little cave behind two lush bushes wher...
2023-09-12 17:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostLogan had Tumor wake him up at what was estimated three hours before sunrise. Apparently at 91.72% certainty. Logan had to remind Tumor to not use decimals. Having suffered from blood loss and needing to recover from the previous adventure meant that it wasn’t actually all that bad to have Tumor zap him awake. It actually w...
2023-09-11 16:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostAll of Logan’s aches and feebleness were forgotten in a surge of anger. He knew he should calm down. He knew his father could have simply taken the Numa crystals for safekeeping to wait for Logan. He knew his father could be testing him (which pissed him off even more). Logan didn’t see his father anywhere in the camp, 2023-09-10 21:58:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Logan watched Freya stomp towards him with fists clenched. She started yammering at him for carrying Kat home, but Logan wasn’t in the mood to listen right now. He put Freya carefully down. The girl whimpered half-awake and clutched at Logan’s satchel. Logan pried her fingers off gently.
“Frey. Get Dr. Rosenberg....
2023-09-10 21:57:15 +0000 UTC View PostFreya brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and sighed.
There was a lot to sigh about. She was worried about Logan and missed her. She was hungry. She hadn’t slept that well. The bugs pissed her off too. As did that bimbo Kat. But most of all, Freya felt like a fool.
She was doing a menial errand. That in itse...
2023-09-10 21:52:30 +0000 UTC View PostLogan made Tumor draw a red circle in the ground for him. It was maybe four yards in diameter. That covered the doorway fully and them some. The swarm of beetle-fiends was seconds away. This needed to work or running away would be hard.
“Make this ground like quicksand. Soft, hard to tread and sinking. Make it also ad...
2023-09-10 21:50:02 +0000 UTC View PostBalmer demanded them to go over the pros and cons of each of the class options in excruciating detail. Logan tuned out quickly, but Kat indulged the goon for some reason.
Logan was engrossed in something else entirely. The glowing insect was doing something with the Numa crystal in Logan’s hand. It was feeding 2023-09-10 21:46:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Logan was loath to let go one of the three [E-grade Numa Crystals] that the beetle-fiends dropped. But he figured the goons could use it if they ended up in a squeeze against the Levespawn skulking around. Although now they wouldn’t have to go hunt. They could just carry two and a half giant insect monsters...
2023-09-10 21:39:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe agents found the three of them panting and gasping, slumped against a wall. Balmer who had acid burns on his arm, was applying a bandage Logan had provided. The agents had come running after hearing Balmer’s gunshots. Kat had given them a weak shout when they had run past the room.
“Find any…” Logan said bet...
2023-09-10 19:37:24 +0000 UTC View Post“I like it when you give your stick to me,” Kat said as she took the ‘flashlight’ Logan had made from an [Enchanted] piece of wood.
“Really?” Logan asked. Balmer was snickering at that, so Logan shoved him his flash-stick extra forcefully.
The three of them were moving at the helm of t...
2023-09-10 19:32:20 +0000 UTC View Post“So you have decided to leave?” Malcolm Specter asked his son as he came to look at what Logan was tinkering with. Logan had just [Enchanted] a length of green and brown vine with a strengthening and durability enchantment. Logan figured it was fancy enough.
“Well I figured it was time to fly out ...
2023-09-10 19:30:11 +0000 UTC View PostEven with the help of magic, it took a long time to get a building down. Once other people realized what Logan was working on, they quickly flocked around and asked if they could help. There were certainly things to carry and move and hold still and so on. With some Numa, sweat and elbow grease, they finally got the roof to r...
2023-09-10 07:34:07 +0000 UTC View PostLogan still had more Numa than he’d ever held before. Three full [E-grade Numa Crystals] from the scythe-fiends and the one he’d gotten from the snake-fiend had 32% charge. Two of the F-grade crystals he had given to Freya, one he had used for the firestone, which left him with two full [F-grade N...
2023-09-09 11:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostEventually Logan and Malcolm compromised. They did indeed need a very specific set of skills. So together they had made a list concerning hunting and gathering food, crafting shelter and utilities and fighting. Logan had to admit, it felt nice to work on something together with his father. He was an abrasive grouch about it a...
2023-09-08 17:57:19 +0000 UTC View PostMalcolm Specter paced back and forth in front of the remains of their campfire. The camp was awake and they were all groggy and tired. Logan couldn’t blame them. Sleeping on the cool ground as a buffet for insects didn’t make for the best rest.
If Malcolm Specter was tired, he hid it well. His face was stern, his fa...
2023-09-07 07:10:44 +0000 UTC View PostLogan found himself walking past the forestline to the edge of the pond. The waterfall was roaring down a vertical wall of rock. Around the waterfall a large flock of some yellow water birds were floating and quacking around idly and going underwater periodically.
Seems like there’s fish in the pond.
...
2023-09-04 19:36:10 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing as Logan had had much more sleep than the others, he volunteered to take the night watch. There was quite a bit of muttering from the agents and the weight of Malcolm Specter's gaze was upon him for a long time. But for all his hardness and naturally low need for sleep, Logan could see his father was tired. Logan promi...
2023-09-03 19:08:27 +0000 UTC View Post“What the hell is that?” Freya asked as Logan wiggled the scythe-rang’s tip in the snake’s head.
Logan finally saw the glint of blue he was looking for and shoved his arm in there, retrieving the gem. “A souvenir,” he said distractedly.
“You’re going to have to tell me the whole story,” Freya sai...
2023-08-31 19:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostConsidering Logan’s fourteen hours of preparation, the combat was over almost anticlimactically fast.
Tumor’s time calculation was accurate down to the last second. When it told Logan the time was up, the creatures immediately charged in, scythes extended. Hoarse screeches filled the room. The three slick and lithe ...
2023-08-29 19:09:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe screeches, scratches and animalistic noises coming from the other side of the door were still present. The monsters had single-mindedly decided they would wait patiently. Patiently screeching.
[Door, E-grade Seal, 57%]
Logan wiped a sheen of sweat off his brow after checking up on the door. He...
2023-08-27 17:09:09 +0000 UTC View PostLogan woke up to a thud against the door that jerked him awake.
“Gah!”
The hoarse screeches started immediately and the banging on the door became a cacophony of frantic violence. Logan cringed, wondering how long the door would last. He took a closer look at it.
[Door, E-grade Seal, 87%] 2023-08-25 19:24:05 +0000 UTC View Post
There was no doubt. It was that great monster from the mural. Levemoth. Even as high as it was in the sky, it loomed over the land. It was enormous. Its belly and lower body was covered by a dark thundercloud. What was visible of its body was blue and black, and it shone in the afternoon sun as if covered by...
2023-08-23 17:26:08 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you have enjoyed the story of Max and Maverick. I have enjoyed writing it quite a bit.
I really hope the story finished some sort of a cathartic, satisfying conclusion, at least for the foreseeable future. Finishing is hard.
I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart....
2023-08-21 15:55:52 +0000 UTC View PostLogan washed his bloody hands in the spring well and wiped them on his pants. He walked back to the green cat and pondered.The corpse had hides and meat. Logan had actually eaten tiger meat, like any self-respecting son of a billionaire in search of novelty, and knew it was more sinewy and probably even less tasty than a fire...
2023-08-21 15:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning was turning into day, as everyone who could spare the time sat down in the cave in a circle. In the middle of the circle Max sat in the middle, with Maverick in his lap, Christie and Brian at his sides. Every single eyeball was looking at the lizard prisoner sitting sullenly in the middle of the circle.
“Y...
2023-08-21 15:50:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe green cat attacked ferociously. Logan kicked it away, but it managed to swipe at him. The beast cut his leg and a bit of blood sprayed. Logan gasped in pain. The claws were a solid two inches, now tipped with blood. The cut wasn’t deep, but Logan had no time to wonder at that.
He yelled at the cat in fear and ange...
2023-08-19 20:23:53 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Max opened the notification, the Zoos-collective jellyfish popped up in front of him. But it was very diminutive, only the size of a human’s palm, whereas normally it was many times larger.
[Greetings. This is a preprogrammed AI. It has some ability to respond to inquiries regarding the subject matter, bu...
2023-08-18 20:18:23 +0000 UTC View PostTwo floating boxes of text hovered in Logan’s vision. This wasn’t the AI, was it? No. Didn’t feel like it. Logan swiped his hand at the text. The boxes moved to the corner of his vision and minimized. Well, that was interesting. Logan played around with the boxes, swishing them here and there within his vision. After so...
2023-08-17 15:35:15 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Max came up to the outpost cave’s mouth, pointing [The Maverick] at a tired and angry lizard prisoner, everyone’s jaw inside dropped.
“We have returned triumphant, dear peasants and admirers!” Maverick yelled.
“Anyone got a rope?” Max called out.
Christie came up. She was be...
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