Care to give me Gems? It helps my motivation to do better.
In a world where honor and pride still reigned supreme, guerilla tactics and subterfuge was a concept that was still in its infancy in terms of usage. Even the Empire's vaunted Division Class seemed to act more like an assassin's guild than a full-fledged intelligence agency. Not that it limited their effectiveness, but it should be laughably easy to sidestep their prospective net should we fully commit to making our own web of agents and spies. And what better way for us to know how exactly to do it than to ask the one Prime that used to be a Dividend? Unfortunately, Arya was busy gallivanting off to god knows where. Though I'm kinda sure that she's just hanging around somewhere near us. Perhaps even within earshot; that fucking likable menace..."So, you called us all in here for a chat, right?" Phillipe crossed his arms in wait as his usual abrasive tone rang out in the middle of the campfire. "Let's h
The day began the same as any other day. Well, if one counted being flanked from all sides by people that want you to tell them what to do was a normal occurrence. I hadn't even had breakfast yet, and they were already chomping at the bit for more instructions. And here I thought that the twins would at least know me enough to do their own decisions now."Can I at least get some food in me first before I deal with all of this?" I whined as I held an apple in my hand. "It wouldn't even take me five minutes..."Livia, predictably, came to my aid as soon as she heard me, "Of course, Sis."I took a bite out of the hard fruit as I then watched my sister herd the rest of the party away from me; well, as much good as she managed to do it anyway, seeing as they essentially just ignored my poor sister by sidestepping her completely.
The shockwaves of battle echoed past me as I took my sweet-ass time to reach the battlefield. I could already tell that Grigori had me in his sights with the way he gave me a few passing glances; his earthen defenses never faltering despite his split attention. Meanwhile, Livia remained focused on trying to break through the old man's steadfast bulwark, her twin-bladed stance flying and dishing out strikes so fast that she was actually creating wind shears. What was even happening anymore... Were we capable of reaching anime levels of strength now?"Hurry up, Crimson! Olivia's running out of stamina!" Grigori heartily laughed as if my sister wasn't doing her best and slashing at the earth like there was no tomorrow. "I suggest giving your sister a hand!"Said sister, however, clearly didn't want my help."NO! I CAN DO THIS!" Livia shouted at me in
How the hell do I steer this thing?!"We're gonna get hit, Sis!" What?!Looking towards our target, Grigori flashed me a wry smile as showers of earth and rock came plummeting down from his vantage point. They weren't big enough that they'd crush us to death, but it sure as hell would hurt if they ever hit us."How ingenious!"Fucking shit!Leaning towards the left, the flaming rock underneath our feet moved with my momentum as a large chunk of rock whizzed past us. Landing below us in a sizeable thud, a bead of sweat rolled down my back as I stared back up our adversary."Are you trying to kill us?!""What?! It's a spar, Crimson!" the distance between us and the old man had shrunken considerably. "I knew you're more than capable of d
"It's not even logical for us to fight at our current state, right?! So why bother?!" It all just came crashing down together. My vision was turning red as I let my rage at... everything fuel me. Already, I could feel the heat coming from deep within my chest; my thick coat already on the verge of being discarded as the chill winds didn't even manage to make me shiver anymore. "Sis!" "Isn't that right, Livia?!" I grinned maniacally; tears running from my eyes as I stared at my beloved sister. "Wouldn't it be better for us to just lay low and hide?! Why did I even think it was possible for us to rebel?!" "W-wait..." "It's all pointless in the end!" I yelled out into the grey skies above, my arms stretched wide as if embracing the inevitable. "I couldn
In a time where mental disorders were probably still superstition and purely religious bullshit, I'd guess that me coming out as a kooky, depressed lesbian would probably not go over well for the vast majority of people living in this world. Medieval culture placed god at the tippy top of the totem pole. And while I was vaguely familiar with the local religion, I still don't know if liking the same sex was frowned upon here.But hey, it wasn't like I was going to come out and say I was from a different world, right?"So you're saying that... you feel sad all the time?"I nodded at Ruby's helpful question, "Usually, yes. But not all the time, as you can see."Sitting around the campfire, the cave made for a warm backdrop as I sat the party down for the supposed tactical and strategic planning session. With everyone havin
Coal. Coal! We actually had coal available in our arsenal! If we manage to set things up just right, we'll actually have true industrialization in our hands! Steam power... Electricity... Proper fucking lighting too! Oh my god, we're gonna jump another few decades up the tech tree at this rate!"Huh? We found Black Ore. We won't have to worry about freezing to death anymore. Woohoo," Phillipe sarcastically whooped. "What's the big deal with that?"I only shook my head as I flashed him a conniving smile that made him look uneasy, "Oh, just everything you guys know about the world, probably."The advent of steam power irrevocably changed the world back in my first life. It propelled the UK into becoming the largest empire to ever grace the Earth with its insane naval capabilities. Trains made cross-continental logistics possible, and it all culminate
The rest of the minutiae were hashed out in a quick and efficient fashion after the talk about all of the Runing shenanigans was completed. We settled for the usual strat of building up and going from there while I moved to ramp up and 'invent' more stuff for us to use. And while I actually had the chance to make some small talk with Grigori, I still haven't managed to tell him about my rather peculiar case of dual-wielding both Essence types. In hindsight, I probably should've just went out with it instead of skirting around the issue using my sister as a smokescreen, but I guess some things were just not meant to be."Now that everything's in order with our plans, I guess I should continue with my self-pity session."I gave everyone a smirk as a somber atmosphere immediately replaced the serious, thinking session of yester-minute. In a sense, I really shouldn't be doing this