Adventures in Time, Space, Life and Death
“Twenty fucking wins, baby!” Kayel shouted as he burst through a shadow and into the House Fighters’ canteen, where the gladiators who worked for the Great Arenas themselves regularly sat down for lunch. “I didn’t think I’d enjoy this, but I fucking well am!” “You’ll stop enjoying it after your first loss…” Psiksi muttered as … 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
“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
“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
“Heya, Relkir, you alright?” It turned out that Gath was very popular among the house fighters of the Great Arenas, and everyone had spent a great afternoon having fun and chatting. Somehow, that afternoon turned into drinking games in the evening, combining into a celebration of multiple things. Also, it seemed that Retvik had more … Read more
“Firstly, it is great to see you, sibling. Secondly… what the actual fuck?” Relkir was well known to not swear much, so that statement caught pretty much everyone off guard. Relkir and Gath had come to the Great Arenas for a private tour, given by none other than the Lightbearer himself. “What?” Retvik replied innocently. … Read more
“Hello, Kyr Raptor, you wished to speak to me?” Retvik used to fear Phovoula, the head manager of the Great Dessaron Battle Arenas. After all, she had given him a job when no one else would, and, for a long time, Retvik knew that if he stepped out of line, he’d end up on the … Read more
“Hey, guys, I think he’s waking up!” Arkay rubbed his eyes as he rolled over and picked himself up. Standing over him were his team of friends, plus an extra friendly face. “So, which of them did you save this time?” Sini asked as she helped Arkay to his feet. “You were gone for a … Read more
“That is a lot of snacks, paper and dice.” “Well, we have a lot to go over!” Retvik glanced around the room, feeling ever so slightly nervous. The last time Arkay was here, the Panelix (the goddess Retvik used to worship) had invaded, teleported his friends across the universe, beaten Arkay up, ruined the coffee … Read more
Gath grunted to themselves as they finished a call with one of their external captains. While seven of their captains worked alongside Gath, three of them had separate jobs, and had been inducted into the 1000th Legion while continuing their duties elsewhere on neutral territories. Veliir was originally from the 500th Legion, who specialized in … Read more
“Fuck me, you are fucking huge!” Kayel accidentally exclaimed, before swiftly apologizing. “I’m so sorry, you are… just way bigger than I expected. And I have met some pretty big folks.” Abius stopped what they were doing, some simple weight-lifting, put the heavy dumbbells down and grinned. “It is fine! Retvik, it is great to … Read more
“Um, there’s someone at the door.” Kayel blinked, then sighed. He was busy making out with a super hot death god, the first person Kayel had properly seduced in a long time, and just as things were about to get naked and very sexy, something had to ruin it. “Mind telling me who it is … Read more
“Well, I’m not normally one to argue against polling data, but by the Darkness, you can be utterly terrifying, Ret.” Timik and Valorier shrugged as Tanok swept up bits of rubber training mat into a neat pile. Meanwhile, Retvik had just torn through a second rubber mat with his teeth, and was now sitting on … Read more
A knock on the door scared the life out of Kayel. Over the last week or so, Kayel had been regularly switching between his small apartment in the Skyan sub-district of Salla and Retvik’s villa in the mixed race sub-district of Skipou. He’d originally told his team it was because Kayel needed time alone, but … Read more
“So… I have some explaining to do… Hang on, is that STILL leftover pizza?” Retvik rolled his eyes. “Yes, it is. Unfortunately it is over a week old, and I do not think it is good to eat.” “Aw…” Tenuk frowned, then went back to what he wanted to talk about. “Anyway, well, dad worked … Read more