The scrape of furniture across the floor downstairs snapped Lucien out of his thoughts. His body reacted before his mind caught up, and then his brain shifted into overdrive, running through options.
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Shane spun toward the door and yanked it open.
The smell hit him first. But this was concentrated. The yellow raincoat lay crumpled on the floor outside the office. Blood and chunks of flesh covered every inch of it, turning the bright color...
2026-01-25 17:52:25 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time evening rolled around, Shane was already dead to the world.
Lucien sat under the desk, watching the last traces of daylight fade from the windows. The moon was rising somewhere beyond the buildings.
Time to move.
He c...
2026-01-25 17:06:28 +0000 UTC View PostLucien's dreams were formless. There was only darkness and the distant sound of moaning, which might have been walkers or might have come from his own subconscious. The magic drain had pulled him into a deep sleep, and he probably would have slept...
2026-01-25 16:49:35 +0000 UTC View PostLucien stared at his left hand for a long moment, building up his nerve. Then he scanned the floor until he found a wooden splinter. He picked it up, feeling the point dig into his thumb.
He took a breath and jabbed the splinter into his ind...
2026-01-25 16:48:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe backstory had been prepared in advance, naturally. Lucien wasn't stupid. An eleven-year-old kid lugging around a heavy trunk in the apocalypse was going to draw attention.
Until he learned the Extension Charm, if he ever did, the wand an...
2026-01-25 16:48:27 +0000 UTC View PostLucien's response killed whatever warmth had been building in the room.
Shane's attempted smile froze on his face. He stared at the kid, at those blue eyes that were still too clear, and found himself at a loss for words.
What the hell...
2026-01-25 16:48:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Goddamn it!"
If Shane had been wrestling with his conscience a second ago, that question died the instant the stranger screamed, "I saw you!"
Every shred of compassion in his chest turned to ice.
Stupid fucking bastard....
2026-01-25 16:47:30 +0000 UTC View PostIf someone had given Lucien a choice, trolls and Voldemort at Hogwarts versus flesh-eating corpses in an American apocalypse, he would've picked the castle without a second thought. At least at Hogwarts, people were trying to teach you how not to ...
2026-01-25 16:47:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Bloody hell... my head's splitting open..."
The words came out slurred, barely coherent. Lucien's cheek was pressed against cold asphalt. His skull felt like someone had taken a cricket bat to it, then decided to have another go just to be ...
2026-01-25 16:46:43 +0000 UTC View PostAfter some time, the door to Minato's private meeting room opened. Shisui emerged first. He offered a respectful nod to both the Hokage and Kenji before leaving the office.
Once the young Uchiha was gone, Minato walked over to where Kenji st...
2026-01-24 00:34:39 +0000 UTC View PostLuffy had become a walking stat sheet, a bundle of game mechanics wrapped in rubber flesh. Every aspect of him screamed "video game bullshit" so loudly that even someone as powerful as Shiki was getting a migraine.
It wasn't that he couldn't...
2026-01-24 00:32:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe waystone had deposited them inside what Mephisto referred to as his "pillow." To the Hell Lord, this was just part of his true body. To Mario and his companions, it was a goddamn mountain with a cave carved into it.
The pitch-black caver...
2026-01-24 00:31:04 +0000 UTC View PostMarco floored the accelerator and didn't let up for the next hundred kilometers.
The image of that middle-aged man chasing people down the street with shit-covered hands was going to haunt him for the rest of his life. Gotham had supervillai...
2026-01-24 00:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post---Third POV---
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<... 2026-01-24 00:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostAfter helping deal with the rods, the shadow clone still couldn't hold it in and shot a look of disdain at its own trashy original.
"Alright, hurry up and give yourself a shot to heal. Isshiki's reincarnation program should be finished by no...
2026-01-24 00:25:15 +0000 UTC View PostJigen.
A monk.
Masashi committed that name to memory. But he had no impression of the name at all. There were countless people in the world eating off the monk profession. Who knew how many temples were tucked away in remote corners? T...
2026-01-24 00:22:41 +0000 UTC View PostEarly morning the next day, Cipher picked a random conference room in The Last Drop's upper levels.
"Here's fine," he said, gesturing for Camille to make contact.
With Janna perched on his shoulder in bird form, he wasn't worried about...
2026-01-24 00:19:57 +0000 UTC View Post"I don't care! You have to help me with special training!"
Izumi grabbed Homura's arm and shook it vigorously. The two tomoe spun in her eyes, responding to her emotional intensity.
"Relax," Homura said, finally deciding to put her out...
2026-01-23 02:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostLuffy's punches still weren't doing jack shit to Shiki.
The old pirate floated there like he was made of stone, his entire body coated in Haki that made Luffy's attacks bounce off like pebbles against steel. Below them, the massive lion cont...
2026-01-23 02:05:37 +0000 UTC View Post"No, no, no... stay away from me!"
Harry's consciousness snapped back to reality like a rubber band stretched too far. But reality was the last place he wanted to be right now.
His father, the man he'd idolized his entire life, was the...
2026-01-23 02:04:13 +0000 UTC View PostSo they were members of the Queen family.
Of course they were.
Marco had figured that out about halfway through Thea's declaration, right around the part where she'd mentioned "on behalf of Queen Consolidated." Rich kids really did jus...
2026-01-23 02:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post---Third POV---
"The Federation?"
Hedgehog couldn't help letting out a whistle.
"Is that the name of our territory? What's the full name?"
He had long felt that the name Watchers was far too conspicuous, basically a built-i...
2026-01-23 02:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostThough the wording was a bit crude, it truly reflected Ryouma's most genuine state of mind at that moment. He'd made it so obvious, just short of writing "something's wrong" across his forehead, yet this Ōtsutsuki still thought he'd won.
... 2026-01-23 01:59:15 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the Fire Daimyō entered the central district, he was met by the villagers' enthusiastic gazes and loud cheers. Their joy was unrestrained. The villagers let their excitement pour out openly. He had personally come to Konoha, proof that the f...
2026-01-23 01:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe Clan Ferros estate at night was quiet. Inside the main building, Camille waited in one of the smaller reception rooms.
Water trickled from a decorative fountain in the corner. She found it useful for masking the sound of her systems runn...
2026-01-23 01:55:56 +0000 UTC View PostMeanwhile, on the bed...
Alexei sat up with a gasp, his sect robes gone, replaced by the clothes he'd been wearing when he first arrived in this world.
Right. He'd died.
The cause? He'd seized an opening to kill a second baby zom...
2026-01-23 01:54:26 +0000 UTC View PostHomura walked through the Uchiha compound at an unhurried pace, wearing the standard clan attire like he'd been born to it. The puppet that had once been just another of Kenji's creations had lived under this identity for years now.
The stre...
2026-01-22 00:40:32 +0000 UTC View Post"Think Luffy can beat Shiki?"
Sanji asked, cigarette dangling from his lips as he surveyed the battlefield.
Zoro pulled off his bandana without even glancing in Sanji's direction. "Who knows."
"I believe Luffy can definitely do i...
2026-01-22 00:38:41 +0000 UTC View PostOtto's experiment had ended in complete disaster.
From his corner vantage point, Mario pocketed his phone and shook his head, thinking, When you really consider it, Tony building a functional arc reactor in a cave with a box of scraps......
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