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From the Gap in Reality that Isn't
I haven’t told Linus everything, but I’ve warned him about a lot of shit he can expect leading those tours out to the hole in reality....
J. Joseph
Dec 1, 20238 min read
Purple Team on the Hunt
The shadow seems to stalk along the rooftops. No, not stalk, drift. Words are important, and that movement isn’t like that of a person or...
J. Joseph
Nov 24, 20238 min read
A Day for Observing
As I walk through the city streets in the hours just before dawn, away from the safe, constantly watched blocks containing the Villa out...
J. Joseph
Nov 17, 20238 min read
Renalt and Compatriots Identify Their Newfound Items
When Renalt and Felazo return to the Ekzokia and prepare it to leave the empty ship behind, the musician notes that the holy sister is...
J. Joseph
Nov 10, 20238 min read
Quietly Under Assault in South-End
Micky closes the door behind her fast. She’s right to do that, of course. Can’t afford too much exposure. Not anymore. Because, as the...
J. Joseph
Nov 3, 20238 min read
Hunger: A Halloween Story
A middle aged man named Alexander Mitchell, standing just inside the door out of his office building, checks his coat and scarves one...
J. Joseph
Oct 27, 20238 min read
Ali's Early Morning Office Hours
The drive from our apartment to our campus library shouldn’t take nearly as long as it regularly does. Traffic is truly a terrible...
J. Joseph
Oct 20, 20239 min read
Looting a Pirate Ship
“I do hope there be no one who was awaiting us below deck. For if there were, they would be well ready for our entrance after your...
J. Joseph
Oct 13, 20238 min read
Ensuring the Future of Skymarket
It’s been months. No new movement. Perhaps the Empty One had been honest. The man whom Tomas had directed her towards never returned. The...
J. Joseph
Oct 6, 20238 min read
Maneuvering in Preparation for the Next Game
Richard sits calmly across from Alexios. “Thou canst always give in,” the younger of the two offers his old friend. Well, friend is a...
J. Joseph
Sep 29, 20238 min read
Living a Life Unnoticed
I wake up alone, in a house that is not my own. As always. It’s a big house, of course, so I doubt anyone will mind. Walking down the...
J. Joseph
Sep 22, 20238 min read
In the Halls of the Basilica
As I enter the massive halls of the Basilica Magistrorum, I can’t help but pull back my hoodie’s hood and marvel. Like I always do,...
J. Joseph
Sep 15, 20238 min read
The Ekzokia Attacked by Pirates
Felazo starts to make sure they were all ready for a fight or a peaceable passing upon their intersection with the fleet va Cotropla....
J. Joseph
Sep 8, 20238 min read
Monday Cistern Maintenance on Horizon
Putting in my waterproof earbuds, I settle in for a long one. Maintenance used to be hard enough years ago, but ever since they found...
J. Joseph
Sep 1, 20238 min read
The Feel of the Space Around Me
Sleeping has only gotten harder in these last couple months. I’m not one hundred percent sure why, but I think I came down with...
J. Joseph
Aug 25, 20238 min read
Ike Settling into His Swiss Apartment
With the school year, and the arrival of the Prospectives, fast approaching, my sort of boss, Maestro Amadeus Glas, helped find me a...
J. Joseph
Aug 18, 20238 min read
A Pious Sister's Concerns
As evening comes, Sister Hilan heads down into the belly of the Ekzokia. The man called Den is stretching below decks. He’s been down...
J. Joseph
Aug 11, 20238 min read
A Matter of Minutes
Twelve minutes. It can make all the difference. Between everything and nothing. Between a normal life and, well, whatever this is....
J. Joseph
Aug 4, 20238 min read
Stress Makes Anything a Whole-Ass Time
I wake up just after my alarm. A fairly regular state of affairs. It stirs me while I’m still asleep, raises my heartrate a little, and...
J. Joseph
Jul 28, 20238 min read
Interlude: Nick Hollistan
I’m not sure whether it’s some kind of sciencey nonsense or just all in my head or both, but these last couple weeks have felt...
J. Joseph
Jul 21, 20238 min read
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