Seras Streams

B2 – Chapter 24

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Lyn saw Gael crush the woman to death before dropping her corpse and retrieving his spear. She used one of her claws to help him clamber up onto her back, and then opened her mouth and felt her mana surge up her mana channels as a torrent of lava exuded from her maw and burned the ship down to the waterline. She took off and flew above the few infiltrators that were trying to swim away, and she dipped down to pull them out of the water before ripping them to pi...

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Chapter 21 – A little history and a new ride

The streets of Khrox, The Eternal City, were bustling with the morning commute of the citizenry. Shops and businesses of all kinds had transplanted themselves from their home worlds to Khrox proper. Stardust was the universal currency of the realm. Natural resources were not created spontaneously in the multi-dimensional space between reality and the unreal, and thus the competition to incorporate new worlds by factions was fierce.

Greg left Missy’s building – a massive skyscraper t...

B2 – Chapter 23

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Lawrence stood next to Brad and Stellas, obsidian scalpels in hand, as they both followed Thomas’ instructions. Their new bodies – their backups – were on the tables in front of them, downstairs in Trisha’s hospital and medical school. All three had stenciled using ink, and now they were making tiny incisions, with Trisha following up with a healing spell worded to ensure scarification.

He glanced over to Thomas’ backup body. It wasn’t human. ...

Chapter 20 – What are claws if not foot-knives?

Jace patted his messenger bag that was slung alongside his duffel bag. “Right here,” he lied.

She kept her palm raised, “Throw the bag to me.” Her voice was harsh and demanding. Gruff and coarse, as if she had spent years screaming orders.

Good thing it’s filled with water, Jace thought as he knew the shifting form would make her think it was filled with the ferrofluid. He used his prosthetic arm to remove the bag from around his shoulder and ...

Chapter 19 – Ice, ice, lady

Days passed and Jace continued his journey across the broken landscape. He had stumbled across a road, and after consulting Ollie’s map, found that the cracked, stone walkway more-or-less led to where they were going.

He was not wanting for shelter after the third day. Small villages with twenty-to-thirty houses were spaced out along the road or not too far from it – like the suburbs that rich people lived in back on Earth. He was able to hole up and get a decent night’s rest. For...

Chapter 18 – Baring the truth and bearing poor company

Jace walked up many, many flights of stairs that kept doubling back on each other. This facility was buried deep to keep the arc reactor safe, he thought. It took about thirty minutes to climb up - and he did not feel any strain on his legs. His hip flexors were burning with exertion, and he had to pause a few times. Going up stairs was not something he was used to, as most buildings he did happen to go inside on Earth had elevators.

When he did arrive at the top, he found a cl...

Chapter 17 – Greg Bhastal, Private Security

There was loud knocking at the door. “I just woke up!” The tall and sumptuous woman got off the bed and walked over to the door. Peering through the peephole, she saw a familiar face. “Oh shit!” she flung the door open as the harsh sunlight of The Eternal City poured onto her face. “You’re back!” She flung her arms around her beloved.

Greg held her close, “Of course I’m back,” he whispered in Missy’s ear as he squeezed her in his burly arms. She squealed with delig...

B2 – Chapter 22

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Lyn flashed through the skies in the blink of an eye. The Paragon hero core, taken willingly from James Marshal, the King of Khrelardia and one of the twenty summoned heroes, enabled her to travel at the speed of light. And she used that to great effect over the past several months. She visited vassals, quelled dissent, and created enormous fortifications all throughout her two vassal kingdoms. And now, she was using it for another purpose; one that would cemen...

Chapter 16 – Sometimes, one is greater than three

GENERAL NOTE GOING FORWARD: I've changed the 'in between System Messages' indicator from two dashes (--) to become a little more complex (<<<--->>>) to help better denote where the shift between System and narrative splits.

Breaks in the narrative for POV swaps and the like are still offset by a few blank lines, and the symbols (>>>---<<<), as seen below.

>>>---<<<

The crusted ground crunch...

B2 – Chapter 21

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Fall passed and winter came for all of Ghomar. Lynhold was well supplied thanks to spells and mundane farming. The Empress used her spells to pull up rivers of lava to the surface to keep the Valley of the Volcano in a temperate climate, as the heights of the mountains crusted over with ice and snow. The mighty parapets that the new incarnation of the Destroyer had erected months prior were patrolled vigilantly, keeping a watchful eye on Valagonia. Military...

Chapter 15 – When Systems fail it becomes Complex

Jace got up after resting a bit and crept towards the front of the tunnel. Looking at the silvery pool, he saw no indication of movement or life. Did I kill all the ones here? The whole den? He glanced over at Ollie, “Is there a way to scan for more of these Vyrknadine?”

“Nothing I have,” Ollie replied as he flew up to the ten-foot maximum tether range and circled in place. “I don’t see any fresh tracks, either.”

Jace walked over to the pool and looked ...

B2 – Chapter 20

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Lyn sat on her seat in the throne room as the council arrived and took their seats. She had called a full council meeting, so even more chairs were set up behind the seats of each person for their various underlings.

“Excellent. Let’s get started.” Lyn said in Shereldian as she stood up, “First off; I have made Khrelardia bend the knee. They will be going through the same efforts of vassalization as Trisk is. However, I will not be raising walls o...

Chapter 14 – A hunter must hunt

The faint light of morning caressed Jace’s face and he woke up. He pushed his way out of the hovel and stretched in the small dell, looking around for any signs of danger. Thankfully, his night had been without incident after the one predator came by. They must really range out far from each other, he thought. 

He scarfed down a meal of the packaged rations and took some sips of the chilled water from his messenger bag. After putting everything into the larger duffel, he...

Chapter 13 – Battle and a Broker

Jace was woken up by the sound of sniffing. He closed his eyes once more and focused his senses on hearing alone. The soft breathing of a Vyrknadine was somewhere outside the burrow. Fifteen feet from it - and getting closer. 

At least I’m more prepared now, he thought. But this thing probably hunts the prey animals while they're sleeping in these burrows. That means it can fight in an enclosed space way better than I could. He slowly sat up and drew the sw...

Chapter 12 – The first of many

Oliver nodded and swam in space, “Right. So, leveling up is straightforward. You just tell me to spend the Stardust. You will then get to choose to Rank up an existing Skill or choose a new one.”

“I’m assuming Rank up means improved efficiency in some way?”

“Yup.”

“Can we see a list of the new Skills?”

“Nope. Instead, you just describe what you want, and The Cosmic System either finds a matching Skill from the database or invents a new one.”

Chapter 11 – Matters of Dark Matter

The hours passed comfortably. Oliver provided schematics and was able to slowly pick them apart visually separating out the various layers of the designs. Jace was able to intuit how the device would be put together by having Oliver re-layer the different components over each other. It was work-focused, but the two were driving towards a singular goal. Neither was cracking jokes or trying to get to know the other. There was a desired result, and they both wanted to achieve it.

As Jace t...

Chapter 10 – Break in and self-defense

“Can’t you run any faster?” Chroma asked as she kept ahead of the heavily laden brother she loved to playfully torment.

Jace shook his head, weighed down with all their worldly possessions. “Do you want to carry the bags?” 

“Nope!” She skipped forward and he pushed himself to follow her despite his sore legs. They had been walking for hours, moving from central Manhattan out to New Jersey. Myscape Industrial had taken over the island proper, and th...

Chapter 9 – Cosmic Power and Classes

Jace rolled out of bed and stretched. Oliver must be busy, he thought as the spectral Wayfinder did not ‘pop’ into existence when he awoke like the day before. I should just get to work. He made his way to the same supply closet and began to replicate his creation from the day prior, holding the flashlight in his mouth.

About an hour passed before Oliver appeared with his telltale pop. “Hey, sleep well?”

Jace just nodded as he slowly shaped ...

Chapter 8 – Quinn Cipher, Webwalker

“Run faster!” Quinn shouted at the Aspirant that was lingering behind her.

“I’m trying!” the burly man named Greg replied as he huffed and puffed trying to keep up. “I’m built for sprints!”

Quinn’s Wayfinder - a sparrow named Valerie, chirped in with a peppy, female voice. “Welp! He is a goner. Just keep going! You are almost there.”

They had appeared on Velenar Prime, about four days’ travel away from the portal to The Cosmic Corridor. Quinn had foun...

B2 – Chapter 19

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James sat in his council chamber. The meeting had finished, but his commanders sat, waiting for the answer to their question.

Dorian repeated it once more, “Why is the Scout hero a blur?” This was echoed by the other commanders.

God damnit, James thought as he put his hands on his temples and leaned forward, shutting his eyes. Why the fuck did you have to show up here?

She had talked to him in English at the end,...

B2 – Chapter 18

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Sonash only took two hours of bow-teleportation travel for Lyn to reach. The lush, fertile farm region provided about half of the cereal crops for the kingdom of Khrelardia. Following the bracer mounted in her armor, she made her way across the lush fields and found an old, abandoned barn in a fallow stretch of land that had been abandoned, it seemed, due to fire that ripped through the region in the past year. Which means this dungeon moved recently. 2024-09-11 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post