With Arthur and Brixaby leading the front, the rest of his retinue shifted into a blade formation.
It was a formation theory Arthur had learned in class in his first months in Wolf Moon hive, but never had the opportunity to take part in. No...
2023-10-26 18:31:33 +0000 UTC View PostAs Arthur crossed the threshold out to the ledge, the hive-wide scourge-eruption alarms started to blare: A long tone followed by the deep ringing of bells which was quickly picked up and repeated throughout the levels.
Arthur paused, frowne...
2023-10-24 05:30:22 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the delay. I got walloped hard by a respiratory infection that's going around (not the 'vid, thankfully, but a nasty throat thing.). I got stuck in a pattern where I was not quite sick enough to take off from work, but just too e...
2023-10-24 05:07:19 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Second of two chapters today. If you clicked here first, you still have one to read! :)
Arthur felt a force pulse out of Elissa. He suspected it was mana.
Instantly, every flake of driving snow, the bitter w...
2023-10-13 05:56:19 +0000 UTC View PostNote: two chapters tonight! This is the first.
The bad weather had given Arthur one advantage: He was able to keep secret how many dragons he’d brought with him. Only his retinue was close by and visible in the gloom.
The Roadrunner snapped Russell up, just like how waterbirds in the river of my village snapped up a fish. One quick jerk and a flip up of the prey into the air before a second lightning-fast snap where the fish—or annoying ...
2023-10-03 06:49:39 +0000 UTC View Post(Yes, I'm aware there's some inconsistencies with the mana silver and one of the portal users. I found a more fun backstory with the silver than I originally outlined, so I'll be retconning a couple paragraphs from a few chapters ago. All ...
2023-10-03 06:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the sudden silence, all! I went to a destination wedding in Vegas where... well, almost every stereotypical Vegas scenario occurred. (Groom's wallet was pickpocketed at arrival at the airport -- and guess what you need for ...
2023-10-03 06:33:18 +0000 UTC View PostFor once, Joy did not live up to her name. When she landed, she was nearly vibrating with rage. Cressida, sitting on her back, had an equally stormy expression.
“What happened —“
But before Arthur could finish, Joy exploded. “E...
2023-09-23 04:32:27 +0000 UTC View Post"Brix! What—"
Arthur was cut off as the newly released brown dragon roared in rage and took a swipe towards Brixaby. He had, Arthur noted, extremely long claws.
Also, it said something for how singularly angry the brown was that he d...
2023-09-19 05:09:18 +0000 UTC View Post"Something isn't right about this," Arthur muttered to Brixaby.
The little dragon sank fast, without any of the grace that the older dragons with larger wings possessed. Brixaby didn't glide; he simply buzzed downward, leveling of...
2023-09-13 04:29:15 +0000 UTC View Post"Why fly out that way?" Brixaby asked. He pointed his muzzle downward, toward the still spiraling, bleeding green dragon—the one who had been holding the portal open. It was nearly at the ground now. "When all we need to transport everybody over...
2023-09-06 06:27:27 +0000 UTC View PostArthur twisted to get a better look at his dragon.
"Brix! You're--"
"Magnificent?" Smugness practically dripped off the end of his very pointed muzzle. "Impressive? Gargantuan?"
"You're awake," Arthur said and grinned at his drag...
2023-09-03 19:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostIn the moment of clarity between when Arthur left Laird's back and right before he struck the Silver's, he experienced a moment of harsh clarity: Am I insane?
Then in the next moment, he struck with a force tha...
2023-08-31 01:56:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs Laird climbed into the air, he opened his mouth and roared.
Arthur half expected a whirlwind of candle-top flames to come out and wreck destruction.
But this wasn't a spell. It was a command.
Three dozen dragons all scattered ...
2023-08-26 05:01:45 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Real quick, I was recently featured on the CritRPG podcast. (Yes that's two podcasts back to back. I've been busy. lol) If you want to hear me talk about writing and other BS, check it out here: 2023-08-23 06:11:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Second chapter for today! If you started with this one, go back one. :)
Arthur jolted awake at the sound of shrill alarms.
He experienced a second shock when he realized he was laying sideways, but his body ...
2023-08-19 04:40:06 +0000 UTC View PostBrixaby waited for a beat. "Just kidding, of course. I'm going to consume the card!"
"Hold on there," Arthur said, slightly alarmed. "Let's wait until we get back to our room. We don't know what will be waiting for us." Or how Brixaby would ...
2023-08-19 04:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostLaird looked around at the three enemy dragons, and one ally, their bodies littering the peninsula. He heaved a sigh.
“I will take care of this.”
The last of the adrenaline that had carried Arthur this far was fading, an...
2023-08-15 14:44:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe only one of their enemies left alive was the brown dragon.
"Give me the card," he sang, pushing through a new storm of purple-topped candle flames to lunge at the dead blue dragon. The flames sizzled on his scales, but he didn’t react ...
2023-08-08 04:23:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe scarlet dragon opened her mouth and unleashed a Legendary force.
What blasted from between her jaws was more of a force than a sound. It seemed to vibrate the air around them. Yet notes hung in the air like snippets of a forgotten song. ...
2023-08-03 04:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Woof, this chapter was a beast to write. Literally four drafts until I was happy with it. Anyway, I'm calling it good. Expect the next chapter in about a half hour.
Arthur’s first worry was that thes...
2023-08-03 04:07:48 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral things occurred to Arthur at the same time. The first of which was that he was now convinced he had seen Laird pluck the card out of his own Personal Space. This was not a combat card, and there was no way Brixaby would have missed it whil...
2023-07-26 01:06:40 +0000 UTC View PostNote: So sorry I didn't get that weekend chapter out! I waaaay underestimated how much moving mid-summer would take out of me. My brain was mush. But I've come to you with what I hope is a juicy chapter.
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2023-07-25 03:46:30 +0000 UTC View PostQuick note to expect a weekend chapter. It's moving day tomorrow! Woo!
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Arthur walked into the door made of light.
Despite Laird’s assurances that the dungeon’s trials were over, he still braced himself with a light though...
2023-07-20 23:55:28 +0000 UTC View PostShadow immediately lunged for Joy.
Standing on top of an open hill and not near any large shadows was surely what had kept him from teleporting and then attacking. Still, he was a fully grown dragon and she had only recently become large eno...
2023-07-18 05:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Okay it's one chapter, but it's a long one!
Arthur blinked at the two dragons. Their arrival had been so unexpected that, for a moment, he thought that they might be some sort of hallucination. Borne out of ...
2023-07-13 06:46:28 +0000 UTC View PostQuick update: Having a moment where the characters don't want to do what the outline says they need to do. Thus, the delay. I'm working hard on resolving the issue and do expect a chapter (possibly two?) tomorrow.
Sorry for the wait! 2023-07-12 06:32:08 +0000 UTC View Post
"Quickly!" Brixaby handed out the bars of metal. They were about the length of Arthur's forearm and roughly an inch thick. Taking his, Arthur spared a moment to wonder what other kinds of crafting materials Brixaby had hidden in his Personal Space...
2023-07-08 05:53:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing Arthur did once he got into his Personal space was to take a big bite out of one of his purple apples. He knew that this was going to be a strain. Mental fatigue was already threatening to creep up on him from his last study sessio...
2023-07-05 02:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post