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Chapter: 650 - City Lord?
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala and Eskau Meallain moved toward the door even as it slowly opened before them, large and ornate as Tala expected of the Major Houses and City Lord.She was quite content walking between the elf and Terry, but Eskau Meallain paused, clearing her throat and glancing at Eskau Pallaun and Tala’s chests meaningfully.Eskau Pallaun chuckled, darkness seeming to pull back, revealing his own emblazoned symbol of th...
[CYA] Chapter 94: Transfusion
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Chapter: 649 - Return in Full
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala looked at the slab of stone which showed the rear view from their flying construct as Howlton shrank and faded, then fuzzed and vanished in their wake.The dinner with Paresh had been enjoyable and largely dominated by his inquiries to Lea about some of the more esoteric portions of her nature. She, in turn, asked him what it was like being related to dragons, drawing much mirth from the dragon-kin.Apparentl...
[CYA] Chapter 93: All the Initiates
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Chapter: 648 - Paresh Again
Previous__________ ToC __________NextTala came up into a place near the center of the room, taking a moment to look around while Rane, Terry, Lea, and Honored Brandgul joined her in the room.Just as she remembered, the room was ringed in glass, giving unobstructed views of the surrounding countryside. Additionally, there were scripts and magics embedded in the floor along with fully impressed spellforms that existed solely stone- or starward.Inte...
Chapter: 647 - Back to Howlton
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala reveled in the warm light of sunrise as she sat in her throne within the sanctum.Before her, a large panel of stone showed the world outside as her flying construct zipped forward.Rather than opening a portal within the flier as an anchor, Tala had effectively attached her star- and stoneward bodies on either side of the vehicle, her web of authority and power shaping existence to remove all but the faintes...
[CYA] Chapter 92: Mana and Clear Boxes
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Chapter: 646 - The Concept More than the Fact
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala could still taste the coffee well after she’d swallowed it, as she waited for Mistress Holly to impart what she was willing to say.Even so, she still took another big drink to help fill the silence.Mistress Holly was seemingly gathering her thoughts, but that assumption was proved incorrect as several of the woman’s inscriptions flickered in sequence, followed by the Inscriptionist finally speaking. “...
[CYA] Chapter 91: Why Dough?
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Chapter: 645 - Finally Time
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala, Rane, Terry, and Lea stood in a massive, exterior experimental yard, surrounded by sections of wall.There were octagonal towers, tower extenders to allow them to reach higher, wall tops with protected walkways—ten feet tall as a start—that could be set atop wall bases, each designed to stack and interlock to a crazy degree.These had been designed for the Sappherrous family specifically, the fact that t...
Chapter: 644 - Heralding
Previous__________ToC__________NextChapter: 644 - HeraldingTala soaked up the atmosphere of Irondale as they made their way to the heart of the minor city within her expanded space.Lisa walked with her, if half a step behind, near enough to talk if the desire seized Tala, but still in a position that indicated deference to her.The streets were far from crowded, even with the obvious traffic from Marliweather, various citizens coming and going fre...
[CYA] Chapter 90: BZZT!
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Chapter: 643 - More Visits
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala briefly looked around at the play cottage, marveling at just how much work had been put into the children’s space. There were no kids about at the moment, the girls having just left, but if any did arrive, she and Lupe would leave. There was no reason for them to dominate a play space when they could go elsewhere.For the moment though, it was a comfortable place to chat, and Lupe had some interesting know...
[CYA] Chapter 89: Taking a Bit of Time
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Chapter: 642 - Some Visits
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala decided to take her last day before departure for a tour through Ironhold. While she could see it all on a whim, it had been ages since she’d actually visited most of it in person, and given the upcoming venture, it seemed like it was time.Rane was out buttoning up various things. She really didn’t monitor everything he did, and he often had seemingly random tasks. Still, he seemed happy enough, and if ...
[CYA] Special! (Not New) Chapter 2-4
Hello!I know there are no new chapters this week, but I wanted to send this y'all's way in any case.It has been brought to my attention that one of the weaker parts of CYA was chapters 2-4, so I have combined them and streamlined them into what follows. NOTE: There is no change to the story. This is simply a paring down/refining. There are no new events.This time, the google doc linked at the top is to an OPEN COMMENT document. I am tryin...
Chapter: 641 - Weeks Since
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala regarded Eskau Meallain with an impassive face as the elf looked around in a mix of curiosity and hesitancy as she panned her gaze across the city of Marliweather.The woman was firmly within Tala’s aura of control and authority, her very existence completely bracketed by the web of reality iron chains.At the moment, Tala had more control and authority over Eskau Meallain on the superficial of Zeme than sh...
Chapter: 639 Bonus - Reforged?
Previous__________ToC__________NextXeel stood atop one of the eastern peaks, distractedly smiling at that moniker in his own mind. They’ll be the western peaks again in half a cycle.Still, he didn’t let his attention wander as he kept watch over this enclave of gated humanity, senses focused in all directions even as he manipulated his magics which connected him to the Archive, ever watchful for anyone trying to reach him.Even with his perspe...
[CYA] Chapter 88: Back to the Wall
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Chapter: 640 - Goodbye
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala kept her aura highly suppressed, as she stood at the back of the small area in which the memorial for Alan Karweil was being held.He was her father, in blood and influence in her life, even if not in relationship nor chosen association.He had been my father. He’s not any more.-Indeed.-His grandchildren, his children with their spouses, and his wife were all gathered, creating quite the group. Additionally...
[CYA] Chapter 87: The Question Mark
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Chapter: 639 - Succeeded
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala’s new body rested before her floating perception, built of reality iron and white steel, then woven through with regular iron, malleable material from her elk leathers, precious metals in the form of inscriptions, and magics of all kinds.Her very power and will, her authority within this space allowed far more matter to exist in the size of a human body than should ever actually have been able to fit.Arou...
Chapter: 638 - Endure or be Devoured
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala looked up into the massive eye that regarded her from the Doman-Imithe.No, that’s not quite right. She was having a bit of trouble getting her perception to properly interpret unexpected things in this pseudo-space.The creature wasn’t… physical… It had a physical form, but just as Kit hadn’t really been a leather bag, this creature wasn’t really the amalgamation of darkness and cast-off matter t...
[CYA] Chapter 86: What Remains
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Chapter: 637 - Reforging?
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala had been preparing for years now… more than a decade actually, when she thought about it, and she was ready.She and Terry moved to her merging chamber, the one that she’d had built to study the magics for her own attempt.She grinned. Now, she could just use the spellforms as they were. I’m glad I asked for the most powerful, complete version for study.-Indeed.-Tala sat down in the center and began the...
[CYA] Chapter 85: Rescue?
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Chapter: 636 - Enough for Me
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala, Rane, and Lea stood outside the house of the senior Karweil. Terry rested on Lea’s shoulder, but his one open eye was locked on Tala, clearly aware of her inner turmoil.Rane held Tala’s hand. In their momentary pause, he gave her hand a squeeze and leaned in. “I can take her, alone. You don’t have to go in.”Lea gave her father an incredulous look but wisely didn’t say anything.Tala squeezed his...
Chapter: 635 - Pass in Peace
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala took a deep breath, standing in her full armor at the edge of a known magical monster haunt.These monsters weren’t really close to a human city, though apparently in cycles past there had been a necropolis near here, before the traditions and culture around the dead had been shifted in millennia past. Regardless, these creatures weren’t a current threat to a city.This nest didn’t lie along any standar...
[CYA] Chapter 84: Getting Out, Getting Back
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Chapter: 634 - A Daughter Binds
Previous__________ToC__________NextTala kept mastery over herself—but just barely—as she stood in an all too familiar room, the one in which she’d taken her first step of true advancement, where Terry had come to her aide even against Archons who could have burned them both to ash, where she and Rane had become Bound—not to each other, but in the same space.Now? Now her daughter stood under the scrutiny of an auspicious group. Archons tha...
