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Fief - Alan 2

Fief
Alan 2

-VB-

Alan sighed as day approached. He’d been unable to sleep for some reason, and oddly felt no desire to sleep.

During the night, he’d thought about many things he’d been through, and he couldn’t help but think that some sort of catastrophe had been involved in the process. How else would he appear on Earth Bet as a Case-53 with memories of this planet’s future from a perspective not his own?

The newspaper he’d stolen spoke of...

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay 11: Bedside Care

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay
Chapter 11: Bedside Care

-VB-

The doctors allowed me to stay by Amy’s side, and they mostly let it happen because Victoria was adamant about letting me stay once she saw me in the room.

I took to Amy’s left bed side with my back against the window while Victoria kept on switching between the seat in the corner of the room and Amy’s right bed side. 

“I need to be out there,” Victoria mumbled.

I look...

Weekly Voting for the Week of August 23, 2020

Fief 1 - Alan 1

Fief
Alan 1

-VB-

Sleep.

Sleep was a good thing. It rejuvenated the mind, helped maintain stress (if moderated), and passed the night hours. Nightmares sometimes made sleep rough, but sleep in general was a good thing.

But what happened to someone when they believed that it wasn’t?

Sleep for the elderly can mean something more than daily rejuvenation. An elderly can go to sleep … and never wake up again. 

That’s what happened to h...

Gunmetal Crusade 8: Moving On

Gunmetal Crusade
Chapter 8: Moving On

-VB-

In the areas conquered by the Purification Arsenal, things went … back to normal.

As crazy as that seemed, it was the truth. Once villains and their influences were removed, all authority was returned to the civilians. The PA didn’t patrol the streets or demand that all matters regarding parahumans be their right. They just went away. 

Of course, this wasn’t to say that the PA didn’t kee...

Zabuza's S.Adventures 10

Zabuza’s S.Adventures
Chapter 10

-VB-

The final portion of the Chunin Exam began with a loud applause of onlookers.

Zabuza too clapped along with the crowd, but his clapping was half-hearted at best. He wasn’t the one interested in seeing this; it was his students. But an order had come down from on high, and the order stated that he should be at the arena, ready to fight to protect Konohagakure from potential invaders within and without.

Personall...

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay 10: Fault

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay
Chapter 10: Fault

-VB-

A moment of silence reigned in the meeting room as everyone but Piggot and I looked uneasily between the two of us. 

The thick tension broke when I spoke up.

“My fault?” I drawled lazily but I made it clear that it was anything but disinterest as I popped my finger joints with a gruesome crack-p-p-pop. “It’s apparently my fault that the gangsters assaulted me and Amelia, rig...

Reincarnated to the Past 20.2 - Ghigari 2

So I already completed this by the time the poll votes had changed...

Reincarnated to the Past
Interlude: Ghigari II

-VB-

After four days of slow travel on horseback, they arrived at the tribal village of the Higher River Kettin tribe.

Because of their proximity to both the Great Plains of the Scythians and the Mahk’s Kettin, the Higher River Kettin were never able to flourish like his Lower River Kettin had to be. It was a shame, considering that th...

Weekly Voting for the Week of Aug 16, 2020

Gunmetal Crusade 7: A Turn

Gunmetal Crusade
Chapter 7: A Turn

-VB-

The Purification Arsenal arrived in droves. The public and most capes had assumed that the PA had, at most, a hundred members. To be fair, a hundred capes in any one organization made that organization a powerhouse. For reference, the National Hero Registrar - an apolitical civilian-run registrar that kept data of all recognized heroes -  only had three hundred fifty Protectorate heroes on its list. Those five hundred f...

Zabuza's S.Adventures 9

Zabuza’s S.Adventures
Chapter 9

-VB-

He knew that he was pushing the envelope on the limits of what was healthy, but he didn’t care. 

Haku called him a “very caring man,” but he knew himself better. At the core of his being, he was a selfish person. He didn’t wipe out his academy graduation class back in Kiri because he was bored or a psychopath; he did it because he knew just as all of his classmates did that such a level of violence would pr...

Map of Greater Kettin Confederation

Three-pointed stars are Kettin tribes. 

Red zone is the sphere of Greater Kettin Confederation's influence with the red lines being the furthest claimed territory borders.

Pentagons are Thracian city-states (made-up).

Reincarnated to the Past 20.1: Ghigari I

A map has been released along with this chapter over at Patreon (and will be on QQ after a week). Take a look at it to understand more of the geopolitical struggles of the Greater Kettin Confederation. 

-VB-

Reincarnated to the Past
Interlude: Ghigari I

-VB-

To think that Ureya would marry a wiseman. 

Ghigari didn’t see it coming. 

It wasn’t that he blamed Wiseman Alan for stealing his da...

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay 9: No Pain, No Gain

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay
Chapter 9: No Pain, No Gain

-VB-

It was a nightmare. Quite literally. I was in a literal nightmare where I couldn’t save Amy. Almost in a loop, the images of Amy losing strength and falling down, the red blotch of her blood spreading on her clothes, and her shaky breaths slowing down repeated in my dream over and over again.

A nightmarish loop.

With each reset of the loop, I tried harder than the last loop to reach t...

Voting for the Week of Aug 9th, 2020!

Master of Flesh 2

Master of Flesh 2

-VB-

82 BBY
2 days after “Master of Flesh 1”

It’s been two days now since I’ve been dropped into this hell hole.

And I meant when I said this place was a hell hole. Dangers lurked everywhere, darkness pervaded everywhere, and the whole place stunk about as bad as skunk sprays. On top of these three major excesses, I had to fight four more times to survive.

In the process, I also created six more of my ba...

Zabuza's S.Adventures 8

Still commissioned by Kejmur! So thank him, yall. 

-VB-

Zabuza’s S.Adventures
Chapter 8

-VB-

It was morning in Training Ground 15, one of the rarer barren plain training grounds.

“All three of you want to see the Chunin Exam Finals?” 

Zabuza’s new three genin nodded their heads rapidly. 

He hummed. It’s been a week since he took over their training, and they had all grown familiar, if not closer, with each...

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay 8: Emergency

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay
Chapter 8: Emergency

-VB-

BANG

I was too late. I moved, but bullets still flew faster than I ran. 

“AMY!” I screamed. I didn’t shout, I didn’t roar. I screamed in fear.

As I whirled to her, hoping that the bullet had missed, all I saw was Amy jerking backward. She stumbled and I quickly caught her before her legs gave away from shock. Her hands shakily reached for her side, ...

Reincarnated to the Past 20: Due Payment 1

Reincarnated to the Past
Chapter 20: Due Payment 1

-VB-

Our wedding was a small affair. Only a few people were invited, but that wasn’t because of me but rather because of what the tribe thought of Ureya. 

Unfortunately, even in modernity, certain people would have blamed Ureya for her damages regardless of the fact that it was not her fault she was assaulted. 

We spent a week together to get to know each other better than we did before. I ...

Voting for the Week of August 2nd, 2020!

Master of Flesh 1

Master of Flesh 1

-VB-

(25 Years before Prologue, same year as Tyrant I)
82 BBY
Coruscant, Core Worlds

Staring at the sheet of paper with my CHOICES written on it, I felt pretty good about myself. 

But feeling good didn’t mean much in my circumstance. 

Sure, I wasn’t in a world or verse that I was familiar with, but I had Nilbog and Bonesaw combo. I could do a lot of damage with that. 2020-07-31 21:47:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Zabuza's S.Adventures 7

Zabuza’s S.Adventures

Chapter 7

-VB-

Zabuza stared at Kushina with a raised eyebrow.

“I am here fucking all sorts of women… and you are literally tossing more of them - all of whom are Haku’s age - at me. Plus a boy. All of them genin.”

Kushina grinned mischievously. “I’m not telling you to go and knock them up,” she teased. “How is Haku-chan, anyway?” 

“She’s happily preparing for the baby.”

The Hokage hum...

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay 7: Anger I

A Lewd Cultivator in Brockton Bay
Chapter 7: Anger I

-VB-

Our date at Downtown went smoothly. We chatted, ate our fill of delicious morsel, and enjoyed our time together. 

I was distinctly aware of three pairs of eyes constantly watching me, one within the restaurant and two outside. I ignored those in favor of making Amy giggle with a joke of mine. 

The bill was … Ugh.

I might actually have to go out and loot from some of the gangs i...

Reincarnated to the Past Interlude: Ureya I

Yay! We got to chapter 20 on Reincarnated! Thank you to all of my Patreons and readers for sticking with this story!

-VB-

Reincarnated to the Past
Interlude: Ureya I

-VB-

“Come in,” Wiseman Alan said with a smile. That ever present smile he wore around everyone. 

Clutching her thin fur coat around herself to ward off the spring night chill, she walked in and took her shoes off, a weird custom Alan enforced in his house. Stepping into his smooth wood floo...

Voting for the Week of July 25, 2020!

Gunmetal Crusade 6: Inter-Effort

Gunmetal Crusade
Chapter 6: Inter-Effort

-VB-

Dragon frowned as she looked at the map of North America. Currently in a meeting with many high profile individuals of said continent, she couldn’t help but wonder if this level of attention was too little. 

Many would say that the combination of the Canadian Minister of National Defence Bill Graham, United States Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Pa...