Adventures in Time, Space, Life and Death
Phovos Vekeus hesitated as he parked his ship outside the Shield and Stave, the cosy little Decay Lord-run pub which not only served Adogtic Voidborns, but was quite nice to stay at as well. As he’d flown back from the Athata Rift, Vekeus had been rather undecided. He’d been flip-flopping between his physical looks – that … Read more
Flamebearer: Arkay, are you around? Flamebearer: Arkay? Flamebearer: Arkay? Flamebearer: Arkay, I need to warn you of something. Flamebearer: Arkay? Souldrainer: So that Arkay doesn’t see your multitude of messages and panic, everything is fine. Flamebearer: Arkay? Flamebearer: Arkay, please get online. Flamebearer: Arkay? Deathbringer is now online. Deathbringer: Retvik, you do realize there’s a … Read more
“More fire?” “More fire.” Saahro rolled his eyes, then opened his jaws wide, spewing flames and plasma across the wreckage of a ship that had crashed into the small, forested area of Savepoint. Really, they should have been putting the fire out, but the ship was barely a ship anyway. In fact, it was half … Read more
“Hi, Kairos…” The Whenvern grunted as he perched on the small ledge that he had built into the side of the universe. Most of the universe’s outer membrane was somewhat opaque, made of vastskin, a dark, black, inky substance embedded with gravitational nodes and powerful electromagnetic field generators, which repelled the vast periuniversal void beyond … Read more
“Can’t sleep?” “No. Can’t sleep either?” “No.” Kayel was standing in the doorway, clinging to a blanket and a stuffed animal, wearing a cute little black hoodie with a giant pink heart on it. Arkay was lying on the sofa, staring at the wall, but he’d heard Kayel get up. “Want to talk?” Arkay asked. … Read more
“See, told you not all Voidborns are bad!” Vikalos smiled as he joined Galyn and Itaviir in the open-air canteen. Occasionally, their schedules would collide, and the three of them would finish their duties all at the same time. “Vikalos, my eternal friend, I already know not all Voidborns are bad!” Itaviir tutted, watching as … Read more
“You are not supposed to be here!” Arkay didn’t find the colossal purple and black Thraki particularly threatening. Yes, Vokulunaax, one of the Six Divine Guardians and the protectors of this fortress hidden within an asteroid field, was absolutely right, Arkay wasn’t supposed to be here. But Arkay had been looking for Sini all day, … Read more
Vekeus was confused. His entire existence, he had been taught that organized groups of Decayons were awful beings. Death gods. Hell gods. War gods. Beings that wanted others dead. His run-ins with the Phantai when he was younger had proved that. The only reason he tolerated the Ventra Expanse was because there was no singular … Read more
Vekeus wasn’t sure what to expect as he entered the Athata Rift and approached Savepoint, the headquarters of the Thantir. Most Decay Lord sects generally worked from a colossal flagship, but Savepoint was a floating island with four smallish ships (larger than Vekeus’s own Celestial Endflame, a typical Voidborn cruiser, but painted in metallic red … Read more
Kuta glanced around the recovery room. They were tired, but they refused to sleep. They had just had surgery while conscious, and while everything had gone incredibly smoothly, Kuta felt weird. Like something was wrong. “How are you feeling, Kuta?” Kuta’s main doctor, Fetiir, was standing in the doorway. They seemed slightly blurry. “Uneasy and … Read more
“AH!” Vekeus didn’t expect the sudden tear through his metallic red arm plating. Sure, his arm was mostly hollow, but he had some flesh in his armoured hands for movement. And something dark and inky had pierced straight through his Voidborn shell. A wall of freezing gas, followed by a wall of flaming heat pushed … Read more
“You, uh, called me earlier than expected.” Most Rethan doctors were either really young or really old. Or, rather, they just looked like it. Doctor Fetiir, a somewhat tall but skinny pale blue-plated Rethan, had been Kuta’s main doctor for pretty much all of Kuta’s adult life, for nearly seventy years, but they had treated … Read more
A knock on the door woke Relkir up, but Gath had hardly moved. To be fair, both of them were hungover. Or maybe still drunk. Relkir wasn’t sure. Probably the latter, since both they and Gath were on holiday, and all they’d really done so far was eat and drink. The previous night, they had … Read more
“By the Light! Why does all the awful stuff happen when the three of us are on shift together?” Litvir asked as he picked both himself and Retvik up off the floor. Standing before them was Elkay, with his wings wide open, seemingly shielding the elder Rethans from… something. The three of them had been … Read more
“BOO!” Retvik nearly jumped out of bed. The whole house had been completely silent, what with Kayel and Nyssi staying at their own homes and Tenuk spending the night at Talok’s place, so Kuta suddenly leaping out from the shadow in the corner and throwing themselves into Retvik’s bed did catch him unaware. “Kuta! You … Read more