Infected Explosive Voidborn
“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...Read More »
Pierced Metal
“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...Read More »
A Purge Of His Own
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,...Read More »
Voidborn Hybrid
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...Read More »
Waiting At The Fortress
“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...Read More »
Strains of the Past
“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!”...Read More »
A Brief Moment
“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...Read More »
Extra Measures
“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...Read More »
Incinerated Messages
“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,...Read More »
Textual Warnings
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 small, green icon that shows...Read More »
Voidborn Admittance and Acceptance
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...Read More »
Panicked Visitor
For once, Epani’s early warning systems weren’t acting up. There was a Voidborn at the top of the universe. But they weren’t trying to break into the universe, they were knocking frantically on the hatch at the top of the universe. As always, Arkay had raced up there to see...Read More »
Concerned Mimicky Bastards
Unender: Hello, Arkay, are you available to talk?
Deathbringer: Yeah, I’m here. Was about to take my three hour nap but we can talk.
Unender: Oh, I can leave you to sleep, if you need it.
Deathbringer: Nah, it’s cool. I kinda overslept since dealing with a Voidborn yesterday. Weirdly tired right now,...Read More »
Feeder Consumed
They were not falling.
They should have fallen already.
The Ancient Feeder had rained down His droplets across the small, floating island, the place harbouring those that went against the Great Unending Ancient One’s Will, that denied The Natural Laws, but those spores were being both burnt and washed away. The Ancient...Read More »
Formerly Corrupted Containment
Elkay groaned to himself as he turned over inside the glass observation and quarantine cell he as sleeping in. Just outside the cell, his husband was arguing with someone, probably one of Kal, but Elkay didn’t particularly care right now.
“I NEED to comfort him! I need to help him! He...Read More »
Summons of the Shadow
“Uh, I take it you all got the message as well?”
Kayel felt rather awkward as he stepped into the large, darkened hall. He thought he’d arrived ten minutes early, but, somehow, he was the last person to arrive. Also present in the room were 18 other Skyavok, every single...Read More »
Discussions of Confused Sexual Desires
“Retvik, dear, I need you, right now.”
Retvik had just gotten back home from work alongside his friends. As always, he had plodded upstairs to take his armour off. But he didn’t expect to find Kuta lying on his bed. Even more unusually, Kuta was wearing almost nothing, just a loin...Read More »
Panicked Preparations
“What the fuck, Arkay?”
Epani stood up from her red and gold throne as Arkay teleported into the main hall at the castle at the centre of the universe and sat down on his own throne, a massive black bean bag.
“What?”
“You… You…” Epani grunted, then turned to Sini. “Can I swear...Read More »
Day After Dates
“Well, I think we all had dates yesterday!” Nyssi laughed as she headed downstairs, where Retvik was lying dozily on the sofa, and Tenuk was eating a bowl of porridge and honey. Kayel was sitting in the kitchen, switching between his communicator and a yellow, portable games console.
“I wouldn’t call...Read More »
Aster's Persuasion
“We need to call home.”
Aster rarely argued with his superiors. In fact, he was normally one of the calmer and more law-abiding Crown Guides of the Perpetual Abyss. The Lanexian outcasts, who fervently worshipped the Panelix above all else, were well organized and well armed, and they kept to themselves,...Read More »
Redeemed Social Affair
“Advisor Phovoula, thank you for coming on such short notice!” Skiavor, a black-furred Ksithan with equally dark eyes, smiled as the Raptor climbed up the stairs to the Grand Hall of the Twelve.
The Ksithans weren’t quite as democratic as other species. They were ruled over by the Tromeros family, a...Read More »
Emergency Data Sharing
Atuho, the Imperator of the Vast Sands, wasn’t normally considered a particularly menacing Lanex. If anything, most people thought Atuho was a little too friendly. Which was why he dealt with external affairs, and problems with other races. Most Lanex didn’t quite mesh socially with the rest of the Twelve,...Read More »
Initial Intrusion
Kairos snarled as he pressed a crystalline shield against the colossal tear across the edge of the universe. He had thankfully predicted that the vast Corruption would attack at this specific point, but that didn’t make the ordeal any better. Worse, he had underestimated the sheer size of this Corruption....Read More »
Putting Money to Good Use
Aesop shrank in his seat, as the rest of the Torrian Parliament got up and started filing out. Panos, the Prime Minister, gave Aesop a disgruntled and annoyed glare, then headed out himself. Before long, pretty much everyone was gone, going back to their normal businesses. Probably insider trading or...Read More »
Expanding Masses
Tromos had expected this match to be not so difficult, but Retvik was kicking the crap out of him. Sure, Tromos didn’t think his chances of winning were amazing (bookies were saying a 40% chance), but as Retvik picked Tromos up by the neck and threw him across the arena,...Read More »
Holding Fast
“It’s still breaking in!”
“I know, Sini, I know! I can’t fucking be in twenty places at once!”
Arkay had been racing back and forth across the northern hemisphere of the universe, sealing up massive cracks and holes that the Corruption outside was making, as it tried to enter the universe. Sini...Read More »
Darkness at the Kentron
Rethais had initially believed that the Rethan homeworld was somewhat safe, and far enough away from the northern edge of the universe to not be affected, but that belief had been instantly destroyed by a single black droplet that had landed outside the Kentron, the central governmental hub of the...Read More »
Drake Down
As Kairos continued to hold his time shields, he was somewhat impressed with how everyone else was working together. His three fellow deities had followed his orders exactly, and, in the few places where Corruption had gotten in, it seemed like the mortals were slowly beating it back.
In fact, across...Read More »
Toxic Agreement
“Arkay?”
“I know.”
“You see it too.”
“Yeah.”
“I’m sorry. I’m trying.”
“I know. I’m not angry at you.”
“It’s my fault.”
“It’s not your fault, Sini. You’ve done nothing wrong.”
“I’ve done plenty wrong.”
“This isn’t your fault though. Just… just do your best.”
Arkay and Sini trod carefully as they made their way into the fortress at the...Read More »
Last Promises
Arkay rubbed tears from his eyes as he sorted through his few remaining belongings, throwing whatever wasn’t worth keeping onto a small fire. Really, he was throwing away his entire existence. He was going to be tortured, turned into Corruption and forced to undo all the good he had done...Read More »
Planning Anew
“So, what now?”
Epani sighed as she watched two glows fade off into the distance. Sini, taking a form closer to a Time Drake than a Life Goddess, had set off directly south, not really knowing what to do with herself now that she was exiled from everything she cared about....Read More »
Dessaron Disappearance
“Nyssi! Nyssi! Where are you? Nyssi, my love! Please!”
Timik had been searching through the remains of the second arena for a while, digging through rubble with his bare hands.
The Corruption was being held at bay for a long time. Despite being one of the worst affected areas, the gladiators of...Read More »
Political Emptiness
It was strange, having so many powerful rulers in a single room, but despite the number of people around, there was a lot of agony floating around, and some painfully empty seats. Most of the missing were injured and in the massive hospital next door, but there were a few…...Read More »