Out in the forest, a man moves away from Wolf’s Rest. No, not just away from Wolf’s Rest. He moves away from the community as well.
Billy Brown never saw himself being in this position. Then again, he never saw the arrival of magic comin...
2025-10-25 05:03:34 +0000 UTC View PostRosha tilts her head to the side, rabbit ears flopping over, “Why wouldn’t the faith-based classes work on your DR? If deities can break through, why wouldn’t those empowered by them be able to?”
Jason shrugs, “Oh, I’m sure there...
2025-10-23 00:35:49 +0000 UTC View PostJason groaned as sand blasted against his back. Though he can’t complain. It took a lot of effort to find the sand and transport it to the clearing.
Another blast of sand comes in from the side as Rosha laughs. Her wind magic is able to pi...
2025-10-23 00:34:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe boy, ‘No, man’, he corrects himself, rests his club on his shoulder. Their team had just cleared the second floor and were about to hit up floor three. He laughs, ‘hit up’, he’s done that to a few of the lighter monsters. That one ko...
2025-10-17 19:36:52 +0000 UTC View PostAt some point as the group escapes the cowboy region, Gem manages to take a look at their status.
{
Name: Gem Paroxysm
Species: ChaosKin (Chaos)
Level: 20 > 22
Stats
Body: E > D+
Man...
2025-10-16 01:41:22 +0000 UTC View PostSoon enough, the herd of sheep make it to the town where they’ll be sold. Which is easy enough to see as there are a ton of sheep. All around the town are temporary pens set up and holding herds of sheep. Whether it was a small group of five or ...
2025-10-16 01:41:10 +0000 UTC View PostGem wakes up to a world that is slightly swaying and with a dull ache across their back and arm. Which is good news. Pain means they’re still alive and not sent to respawn. Though the fact that the pain remains despite presumably being healed? 2025-10-16 01:40:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The reason the System defaults to not transferring pain to you from body parts that have been morphed away by some form of transformation is simple enough. While not a perfect fix, that sort of transformation tends not to transfer damage from the ...
2025-10-16 01:40:33 +0000 UTC View PostSuffice it to say, Courtney was not the biggest fan of other potential outcomes of opening portals. Though given that both of them knew she tested Jason’s cultivation technique on others first, they both agreed to set the matter to the side. Bes...
2025-10-16 01:40:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe team of six delvers form up to face the nine helmeted goats, which charge as soon as they notice the team. The resulting clash is a bit of a stalemate. Three goats are bashed aside, but the tank and off tank are injured. Except the delvers hav...
2025-10-10 19:27:25 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle turned to floor 21, which had just hit the point of diminishing expansion. ‘Well, I can mess with getting a panda later. Right now I need to work on making an earth bear. Shouldn’t be the hardest thing?’
Ally nods, ‘Not only do...
2025-10-10 19:26:36 +0000 UTC View PostThis post goes a bit into my recent health stuff, my financial situation, and some plans for SoulDive which is related to the financial stuff and how it hasn't exactly been doing that well over on RoyalRoad and ScribbleHub.
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2025-10-09 02:06:53 +0000 UTC View PostJason laughs, “Though more seriously, any meditation is a good place to start. Especially the cultivation technique I taught you. It doesn’t actually touch the soul. That would be irresponsible. However, being practiced at meditation prepares ...
2025-10-09 00:44:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe three of them, having laid out what they know, spent a couple of afternoons workshopping various ideas of what the stuff all means. Though the thing that kept the attention of Rosha and Courtney the most, was the fact that their souls actually...
2025-10-09 00:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostGem stands tall on Fresco’s back, stretched out and inhumanly thin so as to not put more weight in him. Though the Ride skill also seemed to offset the rider’s weight? The best Gem could figure on that end was that it acted like a situational ...
2025-10-07 22:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone who had to log off for the announcement trickled their way back in. Though only after the announcement is over as while they aren’t physically forced to watch it, they also aren’t allowed back in their capsules until the message is do...
2025-10-07 21:59:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe others couldn’t really say much more about Gem’s circumstances and so they dropped the matter of whatever they had done for the moment. Besides, the group was ready to move.
And like that, a few more days passed without much happenin...
2025-10-07 21:59:17 +0000 UTC View PostBelow are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.
Supervillan Intern A fresh intern in a supervilla...
2025-10-03 20:20:03 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle could see the sense in what Ally had told him. Though it also meant that his growth would continue to slow down. After all, even if a young whale grew by an adult human’s weight every day at the start? Well, it certainly didn’t keep up t...
2025-10-03 20:06:40 +0000 UTC View PostThis left Jason to relay his findings about NeoRealm, and boy! What findings he had.
It started simple enough. About how the System actually uses Energy for what it does and this is why it works to bury knowledge of Energy. That Energy, Mana...
2025-10-02 01:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostBack in the clearing, Jason continues his training. Except now the three realize they should probably be talking more. Though Courtney also realizes a problem. They’re in NeoRealm. Not that being irl would be much better. About the only place th...
2025-10-02 01:53:05 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into...
2025-10-01 02:49:21 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, the herd doesn’t stop moving just because there aren’t any monsters actively attacking them. They keep moving to both leave the velociraptor threat behind and in hopes of getting to an area with Mana they can absorb. Because at this...
2025-10-01 02:34:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe herd of sheep, the cattlekin cowboy shepherds, and the various adventuring parties make their way into the ancient battlefield. A fact that becomes more evident once they see the less weathered areas up close.
Perfectly circular divots i...
2025-10-01 02:33:41 +0000 UTC View PostGem frowned, “Hey June, can I hold off on selecting an upgrade to get better options?”
June, “I don’t know everything. Though yeah, you can hold off. However, there generally isn’t a good reason to do so? Skills tend to rank up int...
2025-10-01 02:33:13 +0000 UTC View PostA man found himself floating. A sensation he is familiar enough with, trained for even. Comes with being an astronaut. The trips up to the expanded ISP weren’t the most exciting, but still quite exclusive.
There was one problem right now. ...
2025-10-01 02:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostOutside in the town, Ace is meeting with a few of the town leaders. Not just the usual suspects, his fellow inner circle, but also those who have made a name for themselves in the second ring and the outskirts. These aren’t the strong adventurer...
2025-09-26 09:24:05 +0000 UTC View PostOver the next few weeks, Doyle plays around with his new monsters. This netted the brown bear pattern a few levels. Though in the end, he sticks with just having them on the third floor for now. Not that it didn’t drive Jim a little crazy with h...
2025-09-26 09:23:18 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the goblin centaur monsters, the group continues their scouting, making a wide circle around the clearing. Though after that encounter, they pass from the newly changed area into more familiar terrain. Which also brings with it less signific...
2025-09-24 22:41:28 +0000 UTC View PostRosha creeps through the foliage. An oddity while still so close to their clearing, her and Courtney having cleaned up the area often enough to be familiar with the space. Except, she wasn’t familiar with This space.
The Deep Wilds had und...
2025-09-24 22:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post