Tales of the Wave Rider, Vol 1: Splintered Light, Epilogue
Splintered Light Epilogue One of the most pivotal traits in any noble was an ability to adapt. Whether on the battlefield, at a meeting table-- or on the shoreline of an unexplored island. While Lee Sento had specifically rejected the vast majority...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.3b, Shock and Awe
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.3, Shock and Awe The fight against the Church's men had been a tough one. The group was outnumbered by almost two to one and while the soldiers who fought against them were all battle-ready a good portion of...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.3a, Accountability
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.3, Accountability Theo looked sorrowfully down at the nearly-empty vial that he had repurposed from its original job as a specimen container into a tooth pick case. It had once been stuffed full of tooth picks but...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.5b, Shock and Awe
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.5, Shock and Awe Tobias had visited the Newport Cathedral often in his youth at the behest of his father. Gabe Severna had been as strict a man as any Tobias had ever met but he had always meant well. Since the...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.5a, Accountability
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.5, Accountability The hotel was a fine place to house a base of operations as far as Sanmer was concerned. It was a centralized building from which access to the city could be obtained in any direction. There were...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.4b, Shock and Awe
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.4, Shock and Awe Aodhan and Sister Aurelie did not have long for goodbyes; the conflict in the Church did not wait for them and nor did the Bishop's men delay in their duty to deliver the Sisters Divine to the...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.4a, Accountability
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.4, Accountability Despite arriving at Graddin safely Kesst still couldn't help but feel that traveling afield from Newport took him further away from his goals. He knew that Wiesen wanted him to stay close to...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.2b, Shock and Awe
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.2, Shock and Awe Friar Arlowe was far too astute to mistake Inquisitor Ignus' welcoming demeanor as a genuine interest in discussion and far too experienced to think that the Dragon had the capacity to see a point...
Fathom's Phantoms, Ch 34: Bugg3d Pr0gr4m
Fathom's Phantoms Ch 34, Bugg3d Pr0gr4m ALVIN understood why organic beings became illogical when fear was introduced into an equation; even the most basic Artificial Personality Programs were able to comprehend how quickly a linear thought process...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.1b, Shock and Awe
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.1, Shock and Awe Realizing that the time for subtlety and indirect action was at an end, Sir Umberto stepped forward from the shadows. "I am Sir Umberto Marino, Church Templar of Graddin and Royal Guard to Prince...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.1a, Accountability
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.1, Accountability The Princess' travel carriage was a grand affair. Easily as wide as the road they traveled, the carriage had an entrance on both sides which opened to the same adjoining hall. Two doors on each...
Fathom's Phantoms, Ch 32: A Peek Behind the Curtain
Fathom's Phantoms A Peek Behind the Curtain Dr. Parker really didn't know what to expect once they managed to connect the boarding umbilical with the station's destroyed suspension arm. The schematics he'd received for Sigma-Echo denoted that an...