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When I returned to the real world, it took me a minute to process what was happening. Despite not having any special modifiers on my stats now, the sensations of being changed by the template were VERY noticeable.
I felt…heavy. Not in a restrictive way, but in a useful way. There was a sort of...
I spent the rest of the day considering my options and making preparations, eventually settling on my next course of action about the time I headed to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, after stockpiling my scrolls, I was ready for step one of my master plan. Which was…finish condensing my...
The bookmark caught fire a few hours later. It happened out of nowhere, but it floated up into the air before lighting up, so I supposed they had at least thought it through. After that it blew away, though not fast enough to actually escape, and I followed behind it casually, being led down one...
The next morning I went through my usual ritual. Wake up, make scrolls, make breakfast, check in with Callie. Once I was done with that I was surprised to hear a knock at my door, and opened it to find Sorwen waiting with a bright smile and a cup of…”Is that coffee?” I asked with interest as I...
Callie, naturally, had way more information about the academy than I did (though the Mythcrafting stuff WAS new to her, fortunately, so I contributed something). She’d made friends immediately, with more than just one person, and her first order of business had been to figure out what all twelve...
My mind was whirling with all the new information as I let myself into my residence. Without much preamble, I flopped into my bed and descended into Gehenna to consult with my court. I might not be able to work through all the angles all at once, but I wasn’t alone. This information concerned...
Sorwen and I were not staying close together, so we decided to stop at a local park to have our conversation after getting our room assignments. I was almost vibrating with the need to ask question, but I knew that seeming too eager was likely to backfire. Sorwen didn’t know me, and if she...
I stuck close to Sorwen as we headed into the city. I didn’t know her, but I knew everyone else even LESS. Of the few dozen people I could see, only she was a member of the forces I’d already observed up to this point. The others were most likely selected from among the nine thousand plus...
I groaned and slumped to my knees, my whole body felt like a bruise. Around me, my demons all knelt in various states of exhaustion, dozens of them out and helping as I muscled my way through two more trials. The hundred robot trial had been rough until I got the hang of it, and the thousand...
We stood at the base of the tower, staring up the building, and I was kind of blown away. I wasn't the only one either. “Ok…so I’ve seen some ridiculous places. Castles, sky cities, palaces. But this…this is nuts. I bet this building wouldn’t even be STANDING if we weren’t in space. Also, how is...
I didn’t bother with subtlety or asking permission. I projected my Domain immediately once I felt the alterations begin. In the blink of an eye we found ourselves standing in my throne room, at the base of the steps, staring up at my staff and the tree that represented it.
It looked…weird. The...
Bethy, as it turned out, had been busy. After I gave her the assignment, she had wandered off, and I hadn’t really heard anything from her. I had expected her to sort out her plants, maybe have a pot or two stashed away that she could hybridize for some results.
It turned out, she thought a LOT...
The first thing they had me do when we reached the forge was strip. I was wearing boxers, obviously, but it still wasn’t a pleasant feeling being almost literally naked on an actual battlefront. At the very least, I wasn’t cold or anything, because the heat from the forge was perfectly suitable...
The next morning I awoke with a long, slow stretch. I felt…transcendent. The eight hours of sleep had been more than enough to heal the cracks in my soul and Domain apparently. That wasn’t exactly normal, but neither had the damage been, and considering Genesis Burst lived in the Domain, I...
I sat in silence. Or almost. Drips of water, the tick of the clock, slight brushes on the ground. There was sound, but it wasn’t exclusive of quietude. It was more…encompassed. The sound was part of the silence. Like seasoning in food. It added depth. Flavor. It made the silence more complete...
It didn’t take long for the ambassador from the ship to show up. I assumed, based on Alara’s request, the S-ranker who showed up was the captain, though I had no way to be sure. He came like the wind, stepping on starlight, and arrived in the time it took me to blink twice. Alara dissolved her...
The next day started just like any other. Another run through the obstacle course, this time with the difficulty turned up even higher. Every time I’d get used to it my parents would increase the difficulty. Speed up the swinging blades, destabilize the balance points, remove handholds from the...
It had been quite a while since I had seen Bethy fight. The last time had been a duel against Abel, if I remembered correctly, and it had been months ago. I knew she had reached the peak of C-rank, though she obviously hadn’t ranked up. Still, given the relatively small gap between peak C and...
I stepped back smoothly, staff flicking up to deflect a swing at my head, then whirling back around to knock aside another with the other end. “CUT HIS HEAD OFF!” howled a gleeful voice from the stands. I rolled my eyes and stepped under a scything cut, sweeping my staff behind my opponents...
I spent HOURS reinforcing Callie’s Domain. Over and over, I burned my blood, slowly refining my body as I went. It wasn’t particularly quick work, considering how little power I was using and how little pain I was in, but it was something. Enough that my count of blood drops rose from four to...