Compared to harvesting errant vestiges, claiming the vestige of someone she had slain in single combat was a touch more involved. She brought out the Sword Phantom Scripture, its pages unsheathing at a mere thought, encircling Leopold’s vestige, gradually separating a distinct “chain” conne...
2024-12-08 03:04:27 +0000 UTC View PostLeopold suddenly found himself skewered through the chest to the sect’s main doors. It was a pillar of black ice, accursed glyphs thrumming beneath its surface, sapping the strength from his sword-arm. The moment he realized what they were, boiling blood burst from his eyes.
He blinked on...
2024-12-08 03:02:13 +0000 UTC View PostMuch like the real wall, Leopold’s defensive formation could be impenetrable or selectively allow things through. Leopold’s mastery of it, though imperfect, would more than suffice to cut down this upstart.
There was no use to it on its own. It could buy time.
But the wall was wro...
2024-11-30 22:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how quick the aura-blades were, however, she saw them coming, and saw their faults. They were infinitesimally thin, so thin as to be almost invisible head-on — the efficiency of Leopold’s technique was unparalleled, allowing him to spit out this blender possibly indefinitely. If not...
2024-11-30 21:38:04 +0000 UTC View PostLeopold snorted derisively, “Cloak and dagger? You flatter yourself. My knowledge of our arts is unrivaled, and I have thoroughly reviewed not only your sect’s “Sturmblitz Kunst 0,” but also detailed reports of your personal battle arts. I am well aware of your devilish necromanc...
2024-11-30 21:33:59 +0000 UTC View PostBrizogia took an obnoxiously long sip from her drink. It was barely coffee — a cup of hot milk with a shot of espresso and four spoonfuls of sugar.
“Putting all pleasantries aside, I believe I’ve made myself abundantly clear in our past communications — as limited as they have...
2024-11-19 04:51:28 +0000 UTC View PostActually getting access to the killing-house and getting the people working there to look the other way turned out to be easier than she had expected. Some rings to grease the foreman’s palms and a few hand-rolled cigarettes to fill his mouth with smoke was all it took. Krahe placed two arrays ...
2024-11-17 04:11:58 +0000 UTC View PostShe left the dead-drop point alone for now, knowing full well that they would be paying attention to it. The possibility of being attacked at that cafe didn’t particularly concern her — it was one of, if not the most public place she visited, not far from the central square. No, she ...
2024-11-15 01:20:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter only a few days’ wait, Krahe could count among her possessions a somewhat portable sort-of-computer, customized for security and equipped with what was functionally an aftermarket firmware and operating system. It came inside an unbranded, reinforced, and warded sui...
2024-11-09 23:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post“One dose of Class-3 rejection suppressant,” Krahe offered.
“Oh, that’s good, but I can’t ‘member where exactly I filed last month’s report. Hope not that memslate that snapped in half before I made a backup…” he continued haggling as they reached his computer and he hoppe...
2024-11-09 21:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Any experience with evolving an eidolon?” Krahe asked.
“Yes and no. What I know will not be helpful to you. Your methods are simply more refined in all ways that matter. You are a Lost Sun Society member, no?” Yao deadpanned.
“How convenient of you to bring it up,...
2024-11-02 07:16:39 +0000 UTC View PostRather than actually beeline straight to Yao’s paper-walled fortress, Krahe bumbled around the city for a short time and eventually made her way to Gashward Road. There, she found nothing. No deliveries waiting for her at the nearby shrine, and no signs of break-in. Everything was exactly 2024-10-30 07:02:08 +0000 UTC View Post
the boots are not final and the impelling arm will be reverted to the previous design
2024-10-29 22:15:15 +0000 UTC View PostKrahe wasted no more time, making her way to baneworm-run tailoring shop which Garvesh first referred her to. Even if they couldn’t produce the more complex of her choices, she was certain they could furnish her with more variations for her wardrobe. Somewhat irritatingly, they made a fuss abou...
2024-10-27 05:23:11 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the rumors, Krahe’s re-emergence into the city went unnoticed. She simply appeared from a particularly well-hidden door in a random basement safehouse, one of over a dozen possible exit points for the tramline. From there, she wasted no time in putting her affairs in order. When she wen...
2024-10-27 05:22:38 +0000 UTC View Post“I fear I cannot do exactly what you wish, but… There is an option. It will entail not just a graft, but also further brain surgery, and it likely will not allow you to simply enter that state at will. If I were to guess, it will make it easier to enter and maintain it,” the grafter said. 2024-10-20 20:25:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the coming days, the Adamas Organ settled in, and Krahe began noticing the changes. They were subtle, at first, only for her skin to rapidly begin turning black and growing stiff, starting on her side right where the organ had been implanted. Over the course of around half a day, the affecte...
2024-10-14 02:16:54 +0000 UTC View Post“I think I remember,” Firminus said, looking off into space for a few moments. “Something about needing a reagent and a custom ritual. The eidolon should tell you what reagent you need through the system. It uh… I think it needs to gestate for some time before the ritual? You are not aski...
2024-10-13 23:09:36 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Longer than usual because I really don't want to have a chapter be half system readouts but I want to include them as a refresher.
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As the grafters progressed, so too did Krahe gradually notice improvements. L...
2024-10-11 06:33:31 +0000 UTC View PostZefaris saw them first, from where she was — the lookouts in the spire. There came no cry of warning, but she knew that they had seen her, as the sounds of exertion fell as silent as the grave, and the gate swung open. Within, the sect’s disciples had lined up, facing outward in preparation t...
2024-10-06 04:53:38 +0000 UTC View PostIkesia, the country, was new.
Ikesia, the culture, was ancient.
But the land, the land was even more ancient still.
And upon it, countless battles had been fought. Within its soil, a greater number of warriors rested than could be said for any other land upon the central contine...
2024-10-05 02:43:51 +0000 UTC View PostOver the coming days, Krahe underwent yet another battery of tests, and went over nearly a dozen possible lung replacements all with their own advantages and downsides. One purely mechanical model in particular stood out, having an outer shell of articulated metal. These so-called “C-Infuser Mo...
2024-10-04 04:15:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, I’ll trust you on this one,” Krahe said. She didn’t quite believe that she had actually said that. “I have two personal requests. First, there’s a certain technique I can use to fight well above my baseline with no physical side effects — but I can’t do it on-demand. Not...
2024-10-04 04:13:16 +0000 UTC View PostTaking a long puff and ashing his cigarette, Firminus continued, exhaling that strange blue smoke all the while.
“In the short term, we can implant reinforced conduit lines — it’s a permanent version of what many Mamon Armors employ for the same reason, to protect the user from their ...
2024-10-01 01:26:38 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Added more detail to the items Firminus brought last chapter, including a pitcher of fruit juice.
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Before she was even halfway done reading, she had already slipped the ring onto her right index finger. 2024-09-29 00:22:54 +0000 UTC View Post
She ate, slowly, cautiously, but she ate. Then, before she even knew it, she was asleep again, her mind echoing with that pipe organ, and into her sight, burned the countenance of human perfection that at the center of the organ’s assembly. That visage of Zavesh, entangled amidst the pipes. Som...
2024-09-26 18:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostOrgan music again. Footsteps on stone. The sounds of machinery. Wheezing, thrumming, flowing, an alien mixture of sounds that, nonetheless, evoked the mental image of a vast computational engine.
A computational engine that, with her awakening, wound down to a near-halt.
Everyth...
2024-09-23 05:38:52 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Zel sipped from her cup, a Thundergod took the scroll in its jaws and brought it over to her side of the table. She considered how long it would have taken her to obtain such a technique under different circumstances — from an optimistic perspective, she could expect to find it within the...
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