It takes a second or so to reel from the realization that I won’t actually have to kill him, at which point I hastily blurt out, “I need you to agree to join the Evil Claw pirates.”
“To join the—” Turning back to me, he stares me...
2023-12-17 15:26:10 +0000 UTC View PostI carry Vann over to our ship, avoiding the uncertain looks from the younger members of the crew. I’m sure I could explain it away by saying that humans have a biological craving for goblin meat or something, but I don’t want to taint their im...
2023-12-17 15:22:55 +0000 UTC View PostHe grumbles something at me about this being terribly unfair before making the two hostages follow us up back onto deck. Going by smell, I can tell that everyone is gathered all nice and tidy in the common area. Perfect.
Without any hesitati...
2023-12-17 15:18:18 +0000 UTC View PostWith an unwilling but submitted Nazzo on top of my shoulder, I head down into the hull. I would’ve been more wary of a possible ambush if I hadn’t been able to smell exactly what was going on down there. Going by the scents of metal and weapon...
2023-12-12 16:55:08 +0000 UTC View PostDays turn into weeks. I have it good.
For one, I get to experience my first real pillaging. It was exciting. Suddenly everyone was so serious, being fully aware that any of us could die. People seemed to know their roles, but few felt truly ...
2023-12-12 16:51:32 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyes slowly move over the message.
…I’m on the twenty-second floor now, huh? That explains what the god of cruelty was on about. This.
A warm hand rubs my shoulder and I look to see Scar, still looking at me, his father...
2023-12-12 16:46:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the day passed quietly. We had lunch, and I enjoyed some goblin cuisine for the first time in a while. I tried to tell Coda how I didn’t need to eat, but he forced food onto me, so I really didn’t have any choice. The eel stew was ...
2023-12-08 21:04:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Kitty’s awake and fully healed!” Coda exclaims loudly to the gathered crew members. Now that I’m counting them, there are actually only nine of them. Can you really have an entire ship with only ten people to operate it? Is that even poss...
2023-12-08 20:59:38 +0000 UTC View PostI jolt awake, lungs burning from the fact that I’m miraculously alive. I do a quick inventory check—conscious: yep. Arms: still there: Legs, back. Ribs: in their places. All five senses: up and running.
I’m alive. I think. To ensure th...
2023-12-08 20:54:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Totally unrelated to anything that may or may not be going on, yup yup yup
2023-11-23 15:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post
I be out here drawin. Will try to get back into writing soon. Unfortunately I got ADD and Autism and my brain randomly decided it was time to spend all hours of the day researching the french revolution. Send help. If anyone is interested in doing...
2023-11-18 08:42:04 +0000 UTC View PostI come to, already standing in the lobby. H—how long have I been here?
<Top—Status—Community>
<00:03:32
Day 550>
<The nineteenth attempt will begin in
20:23:56:28>
<The twenty-first fl...
2023-10-17 17:23:38 +0000 UTC View Post…What the heck just happened?
<You have cleared the twentieth floor.>
<You have received 1 000
points for clearing the floor.
You have received an additional
1 000 points for being the first to clear
...
2023-09-27 08:56:35 +0000 UTC View PostI almost throw the thing away. It’s weird. It’s wrong. Don’t ask me for that. I can’t save you—I can’t save anyone. Please stop expecting things from me that I can’t give you.
But I can’t bring myself to drop him. I ...
2023-09-27 08:54:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe world shifts harshly and the ground beneath my feet sways, catching me just before I can tumble ass-over-kettle. As soon as I’m able to stand upright again, the smell of ash and cinders hits me like a truck.
Squinting, I take a look ar...
2023-09-27 08:51:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnd just like that, I’m back in the lobby. Paint, paint, paint...
Now, where was I? Oh, yeah. Since your magic is dumb and useless, I have no need for it, and will therefore be—
<The Goddess of Children
I arrive in the lobby. WHITE, WHITE, WHITE. The standard, that is.
<To repay your debt,
your inventory has been sold
for 32 points.>
<Current debt:
166 001 points.>
Considering what it should have so...
2023-09-24 14:05:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey Kitty!”
I jerk out of a state I hope was meditation. Who—huh? Oh! Standing up, I wave at Moleman as he approaches on his simple bike. “What took you so long, man? I thought I was going to fall asleep!”
Stopping a pace or...
2023-09-21 15:13:26 +0000 UTC View PostDespite not understanding a word he said, his declaration does nothing but feed the fire of her excitement.
Realizing her arrows were useless, she pulls her sword from her sheath and dashes at him, ready to close the distance and end the fig...
2023-09-21 15:11:14 +0000 UTC View PostI wake up by way of instantly entering a sitting position, almost throwing my covers clear off, my face flashing back and forth, memories of arrows and guns and roses crashing and tumbling through my mind like elephants on skates. Who—what—whe...
2023-09-21 15:09:11 +0000 UTC View PostShe’s breathing heavily and smiling, holding her bow in one hand with her other hand resting on the hilt of her short sword. I’m also breathing heavily, though I’m not really in any place to use my right arm right. I should have recognized w...
2023-09-19 15:53:03 +0000 UTC View PostHer spurs jingle with each step, her face shadowed by the brim of her hat, yet still clearly grinning. Casual. Her posture is full of holes and openings, so many places I could attack from, but at the mental image of myself sinking my claws into h...
2023-09-19 15:49:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Another bloodless victory! Has Kitty turned over a new leaf, or is he saving his claws for the big finale? Let’s find out! Everyone, please welcome the Hard Difficulty floor thirty-six—Wait, hang on…” Pain abruptly paus...
2023-09-17 17:24:42 +0000 UTC View Post“With that done, let’s all welcome our next challenger to the stage! Give a big hand to AccordingToAccordion of the twenty-eighth floor, who despite his diminutive size, weighs in at a level of seventy, and is still somehow taller than...
2023-09-17 17:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post“So, when’s the next one? I’m in great shape, I could take anyone on right now!”
Moleman rolls his eyes, but he’s smiling. Proudly. “You took a sword to the stomach. How the heck are you in great shape?...
2023-09-17 17:19:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Kitty, hey, Kitty, wake up…” Someone’s gently shaking my shoulders, but I’m pretty content just lying here, meditating, not really thinking about much of anything… “Kitty, come on, wake up!” There’s a gentle slap against my chee...
2023-09-17 17:16:14 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo! Remember how I tried and failed to raise the prices a week or two back and I made myself look like the buffoon I truly am? Well, thanks to the suggestion helpfully sent to me by Llac, I now know how to do this!
Those still in the first...
2023-09-15 09:39:54 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours later, Moleman and his party take the stage for their skirmish. Since they’re alone on floor 66, it’s only them. They could’ve just decided on a winner beforehand, but no. Apparently, they’ve got too much respect for each other...
2023-09-02 10:29:41 +0000 UTC View Post“—But you understand why I had to do it, right?”
“...Of course,” Moleman says, head in his hands, back hunched.
“I didn’t mean it,” I lie. “I was just making things up to—you know. Seem horrible. More than I really ...
2023-09-02 10:06:13 +0000 UTC View Post