Minkle - Profile

He grunted with irritation and continued his walk. A demon with a message usually didn't bode well, more likely than not it was a frivolous waste of his time for something only the twisted denizens of this place would consider important. The unfortunate reality was that there were some demons he couldn't afford to put offside, for the sake of the church's work here. Maintaining a cooperative partnership was a requirement of doing business on the third strata, not even the church of the Path was immune from this requirement. Foul mood growing by the minute, Alir shoved open the stone doors of the temple and stepped outside.

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

"Ah! Sloan. Fine. Everything was fine! I'm just tired. The third strata is crazy, you've gotta see it to believe it. Biomass for days down there if we can get it. Anyways, sleep. Bye."

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

"I am your father."

The Mech Touch

Sci-fi · Exlor

Captain Byrd suddenly gained a glint in her eye. "What a curious suggestion, Mr. Larkinson."

The Mech Touch

Sci-fi · Exlor

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Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

It's true, the muscle has mostly regrown to cover the organs which have been plainly visible not so long ago. The carapace which had been sheared off has also begun to reform at the edges, which is nice to see. Reforging the diamond carapace from nothing can take some time, so it's nice to see it making a swift recovery. Thanks to the Vestibule, I've already been able to unload another full blast from the regeneration gland which, combined with the ministrations of Invidia, have gone a long way to speeding up my recovery. What I've found though, is that coming back from heavy injuries like this has a minimum time frame. No matter how much healing magic and regeneration fluid you pump into yourself, there's a hard cap to how fast my cells will regenerate themselves. Some things just take longer than others, like the carapace for example. With the organs and muscles regrown, the only thing I can do now is wait.

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

Her antennae twitch and I swear by my Mother that she almost thwacked me.

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

From the holes in the ceiling I hear the screech of metal as a large mechanism is pulled to one side, followed quickly by the slosh, then the roar, of a massive amount of fluid.

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

A running force of scouts keeps far ahead of the closest soldiers as they unleash a continuous barrage of acid. The specialised artillery ants are a sight to behold as they unleash litres and litres of sizzling acid with every blast, literally making it rain flesh dissolving liquid on the tightly packed ranks of our foes. As the legionaries advance towards us, they retreat a little more, never ceasing in their firing patterns.

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

A mech that was fast but was clad with paperthin armor only needed to suffer one critical hit to take it out of the fight. And having to go through all of that trouble to gain the opportunity to land a telling blow onto an opposing mech took too much time and effort.

The Mech Touch

Sci-fi · Exlor

The berserker felt lucky she had put her helmet on already since nobody could tell her face had flushed bright red. The Consul of the Legion issuing official orders to keep her child alive! It was a scandal! It was nepotism! It was… very like her.

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

To the Skull Architect, only the bones of mech pilots qualified as valid raw materials. The better the mech pilot, the better his mechs performed, at least according to his fantasy. His bone-infused products never performed any different to his regular mechs.

The Mech Touch

Sci-fi · Exlor

I feel a nudge at the edge of my attention and I turn to see Tiny staring at me with wide, pitiful eyes.

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

Ves nodded. "That's correct, sir. It depends on the quality and design intentions of the mech designer, but most landbound mechs are optimized for standard gravity. Even the mechs that are advertised as tough may only be able to endure crushing force over very short intervals. They have no problem facing ten g's of force in a span of a couple of seconds, but withstanding five g's of gravity for a day will certainly degrade the most delicate components inside the machines."

The Mech Touch

Sci-fi · Exlor

The various Strata of the Dungeon are as different from one another as can be, each holding unique characteristics that can only be found in those places. There is some discussion around whether the environment of that Strata is the cause of the predominant mana attributes in those places, or does the mana that gives shape to the environment?

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

In the centre of the wall, surrounded by the thickest number of insects, that huge hulking figure loomed. Even in the dim light, its carapace glittered and sparkled, at least around its eyes. Myrrin suppressed a shudder. She swore she could feel the malice and rage emanating from it across the tunnel. Just above it flittered the small shape of the demon pet that appeared alongside it, the green light of its eye a tiny point of light in the dark. Looks like she was going to experience another battle in the presence of that creature, the most powerful ant in the Colony. She drew a deep breath. At least it didn't have that….

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

In fact, would it be fair to say that they are targeting me more than Tiny right now?!

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ

Nearly… there… just a bit more… I need to just… get this bit.. No! Stupid sub-brain, hold that bit steady! GAH! Other sub-brain! What the hell are you doing over there?! Just hold it steady, dammit! Cursing at my own minds whilst my other minds grumble back at me is confusing enough, but the four separate brains manage to steady the ship once more and I worked frantically to slot the final pieces of the construct into place.

Chrysalis

Fantasy · RinoZ