Author's Note: Just a heads up in case you don't see the notification, but I made a small change near the end of chapter 43, just before the scene break. It's an Interface popup for Ethan with information that's referenced in this chapter.
45+ will come a bit later. I'm in a slightly better position hea...
2024-02-19 16:15:33 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Just a heads up - billing will begin again in a few days, since I feel mostly recovered. I've got some medication that's helping a lot. The update schedule will stay relatively fixed at 2-3 chapters a week, although my main metric is that it stays ahead of RoyalRoad by at least 15 chapters (we ...
2024-02-15 16:42:50 +0000 UTC View PostVex understood what Raltis meant as soon as he completed the glyph. Tendrils of intent — not mana, but intent, invisible to his normal mana-sensing abilities but clear as day when it was directed toward him — connected to his mind, providing him with a lens through which he could see the world.
The new pers...
2024-02-09 16:40:55 +0000 UTC View Post"You're using the Roads to translate the system?" Vex asked. Derivan couldn't blame him for sounding stunned; he felt much the same way.
And maybe a little offended. Patch hadn't been the easiest stat to understand nor get used to, and the little ways it pinged at him to fix things bothered him even no...
2024-02-09 16:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: It's been a while since we've had new EC, huh? Editing Books 2 and 3 have been a journey for me. Book 3 changed a little less than I thought it would, which helped, but there's also a lot of pieces I have to fit together for Book 4. I'm getting back into it, so here's hoping I do it justice. I'...
2024-02-09 16:36:55 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the biggest problems I have right now is that I'm a little... directionless. I have many disparate goals, and nothing stringing them together; that means I'm just leaping for the first opportunity to complete whatever goal seems within my reach.
I need to save Rotar. To do that, I've decided I'll try to save Guar...
2024-02-09 16:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I've edited the chapter and inserted an extra scene between the first and the second scene break, covering in a bit more detail the start of Ethan's loop and a small bit with Virin. Hope you enjoy! I'll be posting another chapter today, and then more chapters on Friday when they're done.
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2024-02-09 16:30:43 +0000 UTC View PostTo say that Whisper is angry is an understatement. I can see the color of her anger turning her Firmament with a dark, stained crimson. It's so strong it's impacting the nature of her skills, even without having to use something like Hueshift; I can feel her anger like it's heat against my skin, and I shift back out of Phases...
2024-01-31 02:24:37 +0000 UTC View Post"...That's one hell of a story," I mutter. I don't know how to respond for the longest moment. What Miktik tells me is horrifying and terrifying in equal measure — horrifying because of what's being done to Guard, and terrifying because of the sheer amount of power Whisper seems to wield.
It's not a surprise, necessar...
2024-01-31 02:23:55 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Patreon has messed with the formatting of text posts. It should show up correctly when posted anyway - it's just the text box I type in that's messed up, for whatever reason - but please let me know if this shows up without proper new lines in email or something.
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With the strange change in Firmament density going toward Miktik's workshop, I was almost expecting the building itself to be shining with Firmament. It's not. It's barely different than it normally is — the Firmament is densest here, certainly, but that's the only real difference...
...No. The imbuement cycling throu...
2024-01-24 15:48:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe journey back to the City of Glass is surprisingly uneventful. I suppose part of it is that we're used to the trip by now — I'm able to tune out everything that happens on the way, up to and including the strange interaction with the guards where they take a sample of my Firmament. Nothing's come of it so far, but I stil...
2024-01-24 15:47:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing I have to get over is the skill being immensely disorienting. It's worse than my first few tests of Warpstep — everything feels off and wrong in a way that's hard to articulate. Ahkelios also immediately falls through my shoulder and onto the floor, which is the only positive thing about th...
2024-01-24 15:45:53 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Not going on an extended break again, I swear. Just have a deadline this week. So one chapter today (it's longer than usual though!), and more once I submit my manuscript tomorrow and can focus on writing again. I will be keeping billing paused.
That said, hope you enjoy the chapter! I li...
2024-01-14 15:23:09 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I always forget how busy Christmas and New Years get. One chapter this week, more coming as I get them finished!
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Even with my newfound Firmament Control and Firmament Sight, the aligning step is... a lot harder than I anticipated.
It's not impossible by any means, but...
2024-01-02 18:41:42 +0000 UTC View PostShe-Who-Whispers had a headache. This time, her headache was not caused by incompetence among any of her underlings, or even by yet another plot to rebel being whispered about in the dark underbelly of the city where her citizens thought her ears might not be able to reach.
Foolish. She could hear everything that happen...
2023-12-25 17:15:55 +0000 UTC View PostI consider fighting the Guilty Chimeras again before heading off, but I feel a little pressed for time — there are too many things to do, and I still haven't seen the chat with Earth connect again. A few other humans have died, from the looks of things, and I'm no closer to figuring out how to escape this Trial than I was l...
2023-12-25 17:14:50 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I somehow managed to sprain my thumb this week, so writing kinda hurts! I still wanted to get this out for Christmas, though. Merry Christmas (or happy holidays if that's not your thing). Hope you're all having a good one!
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[You have died. +37 Strength credits. +46 Durabi...
2023-12-25 17:13:58 +0000 UTC View PostI might only have charged up Compounded Mind for a while, but it's surprisingly effective. Whisper's Firmament buildup is slow, maybe because she isn't expecting me to be able to get away in time or maybe just because it's the nature of the skill she's using. Either way, with Compounded Mind running, I have about thirty secon...
2023-12-16 18:11:14 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Fixed a skill inconsistency - Ethan should be using Firmament Control and Temporal Link now, not Firmament Manipulation and Temporal Fragment. Forgot to update the names. Most of the errors are in Chapter 25, so that's been updated.
Writing is fun again. I may be a little rusty, but I'll recover!
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2023-12-16 18:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: If you didn't see the other post, two more chapters tomorrow. Some non-canon writing in there if you want to check it out! It's mostly just recap stuff. Also, if you got charged for this month, let me know so I can refund you.
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Whisper was exhausted.
She was exhausted becau...
2023-12-15 14:47:19 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: First off, I want to thank everyone for the well-wishes and the patience. It means a lot to me. I'm still feeling a bit antisocial, but the writing is going now! I'm posting one chapter today and two more chapters tomorrow; I didn't want to start delaying again.
New chapters will drop roughly at th...
2023-12-15 14:44:51 +0000 UTC View PostIt takes about an hour for me to hit upon something I think will work. It's an hour well-spent, considering what it's going to be used for, but... not a particularly enjoyable hour, I have to admit. Tarin and Ahkelios, initially sympathetic, got more and more amused as time went on. I don't really blame them, but I grumble un...
2023-12-06 17:10:16 +0000 UTC View Post"What you mean?" Tarin glances up at me.
"There's Firmament everywhere, and there are different aspects of Firmament. The imbuement stones are labeled with different aspects. Miktik's Firmament sink converts one type of Firmament into two more harmless types. How many aspects are there? What do we know about each aspect...
2023-12-06 17:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: It's been a while, huh? I'm sorry for the delay - it's been a whole mess of things between medication, pain, and mental health. I'll be posting three chapters in total, and tomorrow I'll be working on a "recap" chapter - non-canon (or semi-canon, depending on how you look at it) for anyone that just needs a refresher on ...
2023-12-06 17:08:22 +0000 UTC View PostI should have done this earlier, but it slipped my mind. No real excuse for it - I apologize. Things have been rough on the personal side. Health issues, among other things.
I will upload chapters when they are ready while billing remains paused, to make up for the charge. I appreciate the understanding.
ETA on ch...
2023-11-13 18:55:42 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the lack of chapters lately - long story short, mild illness and very bad jetlag after flying back from the States. I've been asleep and out of it for most of the past week. I'm feeling better now, so more chapters should be coming out soon!
And for anyone who's been worried about my back, the diagnosis was l...
Once Miktik confirms that Rotar is still in the same place within the Fracture — the process is much faster when we have a general location to give her — we head off to the Arena. It's early enough in the day that it isn't particularly crowded this time. I'm a little apprehensive about joining. I don't want to draw attent...
2023-09-27 17:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe next problem I need to deal with is getting to Tarin without having to fight all the Guilty Chimeras in the way. Or, alternatively, I could fight them, and earn myself the commensurate credits. I'm so close to my next Durability upgrade I can almost taste it.
I'm in the midst of convincing myself to fight a...
2023-09-27 17:17:47 +0000 UTC View PostThey couldn't save everyone, in the end. Even with the Shadesplitter's help, even with all the powers they had working with them — there were too many to save, and the dungeon's monsters were too many in number. Creating three high-level monsters was one thing, but Halis' civilians weren't nearly as high-leveled; the dungeo...
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