20 - Weighing the Risks
“That’s impossible,” Phoenix said, looking towards Patricia in her rising panic as she pleaded, “That is impossible, right? I didn’t give pe...
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19 - Mother
Phoenix was surprised the next morning when she couldn’t open a portal to the location atop the Soul Reaper’s downed ship, where she vividly remembered bot...
18 - Seed of Hope
“Someone, please explain why this is happening,” Phoenix mentally pleaded to her party.
“I think only the kid knows why he’...
2024-06-13 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post17 - Doomed Either Way
While King’s Dream might have been placed in charge of the research expedition, many were unhappy about following the orders of a fresh Sapphire Caster despi...
16 - A Bad Oddity
Phoenix and Dazien shared furtive glances with one another as they sensed the odd atmosphere of the room they had been “politely requested to attend” to al...
15 - Heavy is the Head
Phoenix sat on a stool against the far wall of one of the smaller ritual rooms, carefully reapplying the mana-replenishing tattoo on her thigh as Dazien was us...
14 - Your Story
Dazien blinked up at an unfamiliar ceiling. He felt groggy; like he had slept for far too long and didn’t actually achieve any rest. He slowly sat up to find...
13 - Who Are They to Judge
Kara pulled the two obvious introverts along the streets of the International District where the apartment they just finished cleaning out was located. Two of ...
12 - What I Want
Phoenix followed Uriel around the small space as he grabbed more items for her to stash in her collection for easy transporting. It felt a bit… intrusive...
11 - Preserving the Presence
Phoenix wasn’t sure what to expect exactly when Kara requested to join her and Uriel to help relocate the two men –who were roommates. It seemed as good a ...
10 - Orders
“Well, that was intense,” Rayna said to her as they stepped out the front door of the Wayland estate. Snowbelle lazily flapped pure white wings as the Fami...
9 - Growing Pains
Dazien grimaced at Kara’s warning, already knowing she wasn’t wrong. His ascension to Crystal had been one of the most traumatic experiences he had gone th...
8 - Practically Untouchable
Phoenix blanched at Everin’s use of her Divine Title and begged, “Please never call me that again. I’m just their little flag that claims more territory ...
7 - It Was Fate
Phoenix and Dazien had returned to Paul’s side while Uriel had gone to meet with Priest Jacob who had been overseeing his –along with her own– mental hea...
6 - Why Her?
Kara had never questioned her faith before. Never questioned her worth in her goddess’ eyes. But this newest quest was hitting some nerves that she didn’t ...
5 - Defeated
It was only about an hour later that Kara reappeared before Phoenix who had joined the rest of her party on the rooftop garden while waiting for word. The Obsi...
4 - Be Better
“Kara?” Phoenix repeated in surprise before hesitantly asking, “Your last name wouldn’t happen to be Zor-El or Danvers, would it?”
“What? No,...
2024-05-24 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post3 - They Will Collide
The Manufacturing District of Tulimeir was the easternmost section of the eight-pointed star design that made up the city. Currently, it was taken over by Adve...
2 - Fight While We Grieve
“I only know part of it, not everything,” Everin said and Phoenix was grateful that her pleading would finally give her something, even if it woul...
1 - Go Back
Phoenix blinked, her eyes heavy with exhaustion and her body very much disagreeing with the idea of waking up. She grumbled and tried curling into a tighter ba...
End of Book 3 - Character Reference
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2024-05-18 00:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post60 - Champion
Phoenix and Uriel both stared at the goddess blankly for a moment.
As her emotions warred within her on how exactly to respond to the deity,...
2024-05-18 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post59 - The Edge
Everin groggily awoke in a strange room that he definitely had never seen before with its elegance and natural beauty of leafy plants, blooming flowers,...
2024-05-17 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post58 - Into the Abyss
Phoenix was suddenly chanting in a language she had never heard before and that her translation ability seemed to struggle with.
“So...
2024-05-16 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post57 - If You Gaze
Phoenix was still holding Paul’s hand as she knelt in the slush beside him. The conversation between the Cleric and goddess had been confusing at best...
2024-05-15 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post56 - Worth Falling For
Everin Starlark was never meant to be here. Never meant to be on this backwater tundra with only a single city of any interest and where nothing seemed ...
2024-05-14 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post55 - The Blade of Pure Love
Phoenix had been a nervous wreck as she tried to be helpful while also paying attention to the battle her mentor was fighting in the distance. Keeping h...
2024-05-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post54 - They’ll Sing Songs
Smoke that tasted like ozone filled Paul’s magical equivalent of lungs as he dove into the roiling storm of broken enchantments and disrupted rituals ...
2024-05-10 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post53 - Trouble
“Paul, wait!” Everin shouted at him and he paused his flight in the air to glance back at the Emerald Caster trying in vain to catch up to him but h...
2024-05-09 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post52 - Half the Battle
“Explain to me exactly how Water Two Squad’s forces were halved in less than a week,” Roimeldor ordered as he continued...
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