Whelp I just finished book one of my blind Squire book which is fun.
i am going to have to write another, to keep the story going. It's proving to be fun, and the First Crusade is rather rich to mine in a historical fantasy kind of way.
Little Lord Wylan is proving a commendable protagonist.
Orel's magic is more localized to making every boy in Merrickville, or arrives in... or passes thorugh suddenly pop into a gay revelation. He does own the resevior.
Unfortunately the demons know to stay the heck away from him, lest they get turned into Isopods and added to his terrarium.
They loved themselves for four hours... Least Charlie got some answers to his questions.
Now Taine needs a bottle of holy water to stop himself from humping his own... oh I give up... Matt was right, this is confusing.
Chapter Five: The Regency, The Romance, and The Repulsed
The world ended in a scream of stained glass.
One moment, Taine was holding Morgan's necklace, watching her face twist from fury to something else—something that looked almost like fear. The next, the church windows exploded outward in a cascade of coloured light, and the air itself *screamed*.
Lilith's voice, layered with harmonics that made his teeth ache: "Morgan, you *idiot*—"
Then nothing.
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It's when they go outside the town and realize there's an apocalyptic wasteland out there, and a dog pulling leavers in a roadside toilet is the President.
one advantage to being a player, is they get to see the scale of this game through the archivist portal.
Bread and circus is big business to the right advertisers.
Chapter 17: The Devil's Bargain
Silence.
It was the only thing left in the world. It wasn’t the peaceful quiet of a library or the gentle hush of a snowfall. This was a dense, heavy, suffocating silence, the kind that filled the spaces where hope had been. It was the silence of a tomb, and Tim was the body inside.
He lay on the bare mattress in Ben’s room, staring at the water-stained ceiling. He hadn’t moved in hours. His body was a lead weight, his mind a scorched plai
Matt and Simon make for a surprisingly strong couple through the books. Simon's role grows as I am sure you're seeing. And Matt just stays Matt, cracking jokes and waggling his ears. He has a rather amusing relationship with Simon/Lynix, and his eventual apprenticeship at a Butcher's shop is very much a him thing.
Chapter Four: The Church and the Cover Story
The evening was drawing close and oppressive over Leamington Spa, as if the weather itself was bracing for the chaos to come. Low clouds pressed against the rooftops like a held breath, and the streets were empty in that particular way that suggested everyone sensible was staying indoors.
The Hartley kitchen, by contrast, was a riot of controlled chaos.
Maps were spread across the table—Ordnance Survey printouts, satellite i