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Chapter Splitting Poll, + Worlds - Acolyte

So, the newest chapter of Mandate is a bit beefier than usual. Now, normally I'd split it, depending on how it flowed, but the problem I'm facing right now is that the chapter is just one continuous PoV, and while I could split the thing, it'd maybe feel a bit weird?

This Poll is not just for this chapter, but for whenever I'm faced with the same decision in the future.

Also, vote on the worlds that you have interest (like in the last Poll, which is still op...

The Mandate of Khaos: The Mountains Come to Mohamed (ch. 21)

A/N: Posting earlier because of my appointment to remove my upper wisdom teeth. Wish me luck. It shouldn't affect the posting schedule unless something goes horribly wrong though.

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…shit.

My shoulders heaved, ribs burning with each ragged gasp. Sweat and a few drops of blood stung my eyes, as I tried to focus them on the figure before me. I held Virgo in reserve, waiting for the perfect opening. Yet, it ne...

Setting and System Interest Poll - Aspirant (Free Tier)

Yo, yo, yo.

As always, happy to have all of you here. I may still be greatly inexperienced, but I am attempting to improve as I go on every day, which I suppose is all that a guy can do.

I've got some ideas in mind, some of them with some chapters pre-written from when I was simply putting words to paper but not posting anything before I started all of this. This poll's purpose is, then, to gauge your interest in the worlds I was thinking of writing in, and the systems (or no syst...

Setting and System Interest Poll - Acolyte

Yo, yo, yo.

As always, happy to have all of you here, thank you all for the support. I may still be greatly inexperienced, but I am attempting to improve as I go on every day, which I suppose is all that a guy can do.

I've got some ideas in mind, some of them with some chapters pre-written from when I was simply putting words to paper but not posting anything before I started all of this. This poll's purpose is, then, to gauge your interest in the worlds I was thinking of writing ...

The Mandate of Khaos: Curse (ch. 20)

Whatever Siegfried was about to say in response to my threat, he didn't get the chance. A blast of pure magical energy, easily the size of a large tree trunk, abruptly engulfed him, obliterating the storefront of the cafe and everything in the immediate vicinity.

I looked back at Sakura, and—

Well… I guess it was conservative? At least compared to the usual magical girl costumes, I suppose. It still didn't seem very combat-effective, but what did I know?

Either way, I ha...

The Mandate of Khaos: Hatred (ch. 19)

Stepping into the kitchen, my gaze was immediately drawn to Sakura's silhouette against the morning light—her figure curved gracefully as she stirred a pot, the apron strings accentuating her waist before flaring over the generous swell of her hips. The second thing my increasingly baleful eyes locked onto was the floating Magical Girl Rod, waving back and forth, likely communicating with Sakura.

In a way… I could almost understand Sakura's reasoning. She was a deeply broken girl, w...

The Mandate of Khaos: I can make him worse Vs. I can fix her (ch. 18)

"…How many liters did you say this thing could hold?"

I glanced up from my monitor to see Serafall, currently sprawled carelessly across my bed, staring quizzically at the Super Absorbent Sponge.

"One billion liters," I replied, my eyes immediately returning to the screen, trying to ignore the fact that her skirt had ridden up to an indecent height, offering a tantalizing glimpse of lace. "Though it doesn't change size or weight, no matter how much water you pump into it. If tha...

Draconic Funhouse: Full Circle (ch. 8)

"This was not 'the plan', Mr. Auburn." Ozpin did not sound displeased though, much the contrary. He had been close by during the entire fight, so we now both had first class seats to Ruby Rose bawling her eyes out on her mother's lap.

"What are you doing there? You're not too old to hug your mother yet, come here."

Correction, to Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long bawling their eyes out on their mother's lap.

"I thought she'd be more confused to be honest." I admit, incli...

Draconic Funhouse: Ruby Rose (ch. 7)

The plan had been simplicity given form. Really, painfully simple. Raven Branwen, for all her bluster and stoicism, is a rather predictable woman at heart. With Ozpin and Qrow Branwen on my side, and Yang Xiao Long by my side, fighting me, making Raven believe she had to open a portal to intervene and save her daughter should have been a cakewalk. From there, getting her to unlock that damn vault so I could ask Jinn my question would have been a mere formal...

Draconic Funhouse: The Wizard of Oz is Wise, More News at Eleven (ch. 6)

This chapter, unlike the others, is in past tense like Mandate. I think the experiment has run its course, and I just don't feel like present tense is for me to be honest. The next two or three chapters will still be in it, but from then on they'll all be in past tense, though I may play around with doing something else besides 1st Person for MC and 3rd Person for the rest. We'll see.

Just like with Mandate, this fic is now up to four chapters advanced.

As usual, hope you enjoy th...

Update & Tiering Poll

Now that we've grown to four tiers, I'll run this poll again as I said before. It will serve to inform me about how I should proceed going forward.

When I post a new chapter, I update the previous ones so that they are unlocked for the relevant Tiers.

Would you prefer I continue to do that? Or just post the four chapters each time instead of updating the Tier of the ones already posted?

I don't think people are notified when the Tier is updated, so I'll maybe change to it re...

The Mandate of Khaos: Club President (ch. 17)

"A little bit more to the left—perfect, thank you." Rias directed, and I leaned back to check her claim. John Martin's Pandemonium now hung dramatically behind an opulent chair and an even more opulent desk, positioned for maximum impact directly opposite the door.

It was unlikely this room would ever be used for anything remotely important—it's not like we were actually going to receive other students or hold official meetings, unlike the Student Council or other such club...

The Mandate of Khaos: The Best Kind of Lawyering (ch. 16)

Maki was not a battle maniac. Really, she wasn't. She enjoyed a good scuffle once in a while, but it wasn't like she went out looking for them.

However, if a perfect excuse for a fight just dropped into her lap like this… well, she'd stopped giving a shit about the big G upstairs a long time ago, but if his supposed Plan saw fit to deliver such a perfect reason for a good scrap, then who was she to refuse?

Of course, as usual, Maki couldn't quite get what she t...

The Mandate of Khaos: Shinji... Uchiha? (ch. 15)

I didn’t have much clue how it happened, but somehow, we all ended up spending the day together in the clubroom, simply killing time by watching some shows Rias had on hand. The impromptu marathon segued seamlessly into a sleepover. Sona had called Tsubaki, who had excitedly yelled out a single "Yes!" before coughing embarrassedly and saying she'd be there in a few minutes.

Now, I didn't know where Kiba and Gasper were, if they still existed, or why in the hell they'd been re...

The Mandate of Khaos: Broken (ch. 14)

Author's Note (talking about the aforementioned new Tiers):

I've opened the other two Tiers, as had been planned. I intend to, in the future, maybe have each Tier provide another chapter (so, Acolyte would be 2 advanced, Adept would be 4, etc.) but for now each Tier is one chapter advanced compared to the last, as most people do.

Personally I don't foresee the creation of any new ones after this, I believe four is a decent number.

In the future I'll run a poll again to decid...

Draconic Funhouse: Interlude - A Robot's Ingenuity (ch. 5)

New Mandate chapter will be out this weekend. For those that didn't see it, I'm planning on updating around 3 times per week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday or Sunday) with at least the Tuesday slot and Weekend slot being for Mandate. Will maybe update the Tiers too by then, as I talked about before.

We'll see how it goes. As always, hope you enjoy the chapter. Modesty aside, I think this one came out particularly sensational.

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The Mandate of Khaos: Codependency (ch. 13)

Shinji Matou's Room

7:30 AM, Friday

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Feat: Through your direct action, Fate has changed. Issei Hyoudou, the holder of the mid-tier Longinus Boosted Gear has been killed by Sakura Asutaroto. With his death, the course of the entire world has irrevocably shifted.

Rewards: One Advantage Diamond Random Ticket

I killed him.

That was the first thought that came to mind.

I killed Hyoudou Issei.

There had been...

Draconic Funhouse: Cinderella and the Dragon Charming (ch. 4)

Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, Cinder Fall had sworn an oath to herself—one carved into her bones with the same ruthless precision as the Grimm parasite fused to her soul.

Never again.

Never again would she be caught without a plan. Never again would she let the currents of fate drag her under like a helpless child. It didn’t matter if the plan was imperfect, if it burned her as much as it burned others—so long as she was the one holding the match, she...

The Mandate of Chaos: Interlude - Literally Satan (ch. 12)

“Ajuuuukkkaaaaaaaaaaa!” Serafall Leviathan slammed her foot into her friend's laboratory door, blasting it clean off its hinges, and found herself being surprised by his deeply focused state, eyes glued to whatever trinket he was working on now. Not because it was rare for Ajuka Beelzebub to be doing so, much the contrary in fact, but because she’d grown accustomed to him anticipating her arrival, with her favorite cookies and tea already steaming, no matter the situation.

It had ...

Draconic Funhouse: Dragons Love Surrealism (ch. 3)

Mandate chapter comes out tomorrow. Technically less than 24 hours away since I intend to post it earlier than usual.

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Arthur Watts prided himself on being a learned man. To the uneducated masses, the world was a tapestry of mysteries, a chaotic jumble of unknowns waiting to be unraveled. But not to him. To Arthur, the universe was a finely tuned machine, its gears turning in predictable patterns, its secrets laid bare to those with the intelligence and patience to...

Notification Info and Fic Interest Poll(s)

This is mainly for Acolytes, but will serve to inform me about how I should proceed going forward, if I grow this to four advanced chapters as I previously talked about (which would be the maximum amount most probably).

When I post a new chapter, I update the last one so that it is unlocked for Acolytes. When I do that, do you receive a notification for it? Or do you just see the notification for the new chapter and check the older one?

Also, I'd just like to know ge...

The Mandate of Khaos: Panties (ch. 11)

These are the rolls (mainly that last one) that made me post the receipts on the QQ thread. Jesus fucking Christ Shinji. What God did you piss off?

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Tsubaki spread her obsidian wings wide, catching the dying sunlight as she executed a slow, triumphant circle around my armchair. I took a measured sip of lukewarm tea. "That happy?"

"I'm effectively immortal," she declared, continuing to fly with preternatural grace around the room, making nary a sound. "My body feels seve...

The Mandate of Khaos: Peers (ch. 10)

Chonkier chapter to compensate the wait (I posted the receipts of the rolls that appear on this chapter and some of the next. At least now I have proof I'm not fudging anything, Shinji's luck really just sucks dick).

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Classes were… soul-crushingly dull. No surprise there, but for some reason, I hadn’t expected it to be this bad. My brain was slowly turning to mush.

If there was one saving grace, it was Fujimura Taiga’s enthusiastic homeroom lec...

Draconic Funhouse: Fun is Better Shared (ch. 2)

Delivering the second chapter too.

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The store is half-destroyed, shelves overturned and walls crumbling, but it’s still standing — more than I can say for most of the city. The silence is almost peaceful, the chaos of battle now a distant echo. I lean against what remains of a cracked stone pillar, arms crossed and eyes lazily tracking the woman in front of me.

Salem. The Grimm Queen.

She rifles through the remains of the clothing section with an a...

Draconic Funhouse: Motherfucking Dragon vs. Grimm Queen [RWBY, SI WC] (ch. 1)

Had to delay the Khaos chapter a bit due to having to get my dog to the vet (nothing too bad, but he will have to have surgery in early sept

Had to delay the Khaos chapter a bit due to having to get my dog to the vet (nothing too bad, but he will have to have surgery in early september to remove some weird thingie that was growing on his chest) but I did have time to refine this chapter that I already had written so I decided this was better than nothing and went with it.

This wou...

The Mandate of Khaos: Probabilities (ch. 9)

Can’t we jump into more important stuff? Sakura grumbled mentally, flipping an egg with more force than necessary. The sizzle seemed to echo her impatience.

{This is important,} Amethyst retorted, her voice dry as dust within Sakura's mind. {You asked about the significance of Rias Gremory's arranged marriage to Riser Phenex. Political maneuvering is the important stuff for Devils.}

Sakura felt the beginnings of a migraine pulse...

The Mandate of Khaos: True Feelings (ch. 8)

Updated the last bit of previous chapter with a Roll that fit better in there rather than at the beginning of this one.

Thanks as always for your support, and I hope you enjoy the chapter. (For those interested, the case usb 3.0 and the Sys Fan 1 still doesn't work, but the rest seemingly does so I'll just buy a fan hub and be done with it. Hopefully the pc won't stop turning on like it did before lol).

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Shinji Asutaroto's House

Tuesday, 2...