Mel

Thank you for reading! This is all I have so far as I’m trying to figure out how to get Marian out of this situation, I had a plan originally, but it didn’t make sense for the characters involved.

She sat at a metal table, cuffed to it. She felt her hands shaking as she looked up at Leo. “Why am I here?”

He nodded. His face unreadable. The silent treatment.

“Can you explain the collar?” she began sweating more.

“I don’t like the collars, but they’ve started using them to prevent captive Enteks from using their abilities. It’ll shock y…[Read more]

“Well I guess I know where Jake got his personality from.” Tammi said, “Is Paris even his real dad?”

“He isn’t.”

Tammi raised an eyebrow, “Really?”

“Jake’s father divorced Vigga years ago.” Marian touched the necklace, as if on instinct, “She remarried quickly.”

Tammi raised both eyebrows, “Was I supposed to know this?”

Marian shrugged, “Jak…[Read more]

Back at the apartment, Tammi wasn’t lounging around like she usually did, instead, a panel on her thigh was open and she was tinkering with some wires.

“What’re you doing?”

“My reaction time’s a little slow in this leg… an undergrounder trying to break into an old lady’s house almost got away.” Tammi muttered. There was a spark of electricity an…[Read more]

At the gym, again. Marian’s feet pounded as she dashed on the treadmill, she wiped her forehead, puffing. She briefly patted her pocket, the necklace was still there. If she wore it, it would stay on better, but no, that would be too much.

“Marian?”

She stumbled, the treadmill shutting off as she caught the rail. “Leo.” She caught her breath, “…[Read more]

Marian’s second energy drink went flying as someone tripped her. Her arms flung forward, and she turned it into a somersault. She straightened her hoodie, picking up the bottle. “Waste of money…” she muttered before striding away.

“Aren’t you gonna do anything?”

“No.” She hopped onto a treadmill and began to run, already regretting changi…[Read more]

Marian straightened on the couch. Rubbing her eyes. news was off, and Stumpy was yell-meowing. She got up, rubbing her sore neck. She’d found it was easier to fall asleep lately, but the sleep she got wasn’t restful.

She shrugged on a fresh set of clothes, took a brush and smoothed out her messy hair, cringing as she realized she needed to cut…[Read more]

Also, as a quick heads-up, if you see a word that looks like this: dViggaive — that’s because I used replace to swap names on a character who was originally called Eris for Vigga, (not sold yet on the name, have to find another eventually) but Word decided to replace any and every place Eris could be found, including where it goes inside derisive. Sorry!

Marian boarded the tram, rubbing her temples. She shouldn’t’ve left. That woman could’ve been pretending when she said she was his mother. Maybe the times she’d seen Vigga on screen her appearance had been so retouched that she looked older in real life than the artificially young personage. But even the pictures Fabian had of her on his watch s…[Read more]

Here’s part two!

(However, as a forewarning, there is a part in this installment that while it is dialed back, Jake contemplates suicide, and also, Marian doesn’t eat much (not in an anorexic way, in more of a ‘I don’t notice that i need to eat’ kind of way) Just wanted to inform you as a courtesy even though I know that it’s not necessarily…[Read more]

Ahh I just realized that I forgot to italicize some of Jake’s thoughts! So sorry!

Part two in a bit!

Jake gasped, coughing out droplets of water. He rolled onto his back, the blizzard had passed, and the distant sun cast its heatless glow as it sank under the horizon.  He sat up, dusting a thin layer of ice off his clothes. How long had he been unconscious? The unfamiliar peaks turned vivid red in the fading light, and he brought his knees up t…[Read more]

A scraping sound pulled Jake into consciousness. After floating in a limbo between sleeping and waking, his gaze focused on a dark ceiling with little golden spores floating in the air. Where was he? Then he recalled the fight with the thrid, and a shudder went down his spine… had Paris found him after he failed? What would he do to him now? As h…[Read more]

So sorry for the wait! here’s pt 1 revised

You don’t have to do an in-depth critique, I doubt I’d ever publish this, and if I did, I would probably just make it a webtoon or comic of some sort. In short, just let me know what you think! Thank you for reading!

He’d never killed a monster before. Jake took in a breath, trying to ease his…[Read more]

BURN

Who sprung a leak to the Endless Abyss?!

“We’re gonna die Search! We’re gonna die!”

Search just clucked my hand tighter. “Not yet we aren’t!”

“And I still haven’t figured out what a dragon is!”

“We’ll be fine!”

“I don’t want to die without knowing what a dragon is!”

“I don’t either!”

“In here!”

It’s so loud from the flood I d…[Read more]

“And I’ll call him Big Softie,” Leana’s brows furrowed at Alessio’s remark.

No one knows Father’s language. Leana’s mouth opened, both in shock, and to say something. Though, his translation wasn’t completely accurate. 

But Alessio plowed on, looking at her. “You should braid your hair so it doesn’t get in your face when you’re fighting and…[Read more]

@scoutfinch190

If you like superheroes, the Daredevil comic series by Mark Waid is clean! Vol. 2 gets a little weird for a bit (supernatural-style weird), but overall it’s really good! I also really liked The Defenders: Diamonds are Forever (which censors cussing).

To piggyback on @rose-colored-fancy‘s recommendation, Scott McCloud’s book…[Read more]

(Oof, that’s awful…)

“Mm.” Leana acknowledged, bobbing her head up and down adorably. Alessio bit his lip, turning an even deeper shade of red. “What if I…somehow hurt him? I mean-“

“Yeah, what if she hurts Alessio?” Alessio asked innocently, fidgeting with even more awkward/nervous energy than usual.

“Thank you.” She added a bit uneas…[Read more]