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Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (144/?)
I wouldn’t call myself a ‘party person’.I’d never even gone out clubbing or bar crawling outside of VR.Alcohol just wasn’t my thing, not to mention the taste was just a bit too off-putting.However, there was something different about tonight.Maybe it was the fact that the main attraction — alcohol — was a physical impossibility for me.Or maybe it was the simple fact that this wasn’t your typical bar, club, pub, let alone a space pub.Maybe, just maybe, it had to do with the fact that we were in a certified tavern in another world...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (144/?) WiP 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 144 I hope you guys enjoy! :DI wouldn’t call myself a ‘party person’.I’d never even gone out clubbing or bar crawling outside of VR.Alcohol just wasn’t my thing, not to mention the taste was just a bit too off-putting.However, there was something different about tonight.Maybe it was the fact that the main attraction — alcohol — was a physical impossibility for me.Or maybe it was the simple fact that this wasn’t your typical bar, club, pub, let alone a space ...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (143/?) Revised Version 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! There’s only been a few edits in this one but as always I’d recommend you guys give this another read through! :D Most of the edits were simply done to improve on the flow, with a few bits and pieces rephrased here and there! Most of the edits, as always, were done to correct for grammar or spelling mistakes, and of course, punctuation and such! :D As always, all of the edits are highlighted with underlines in order to tell what’s been revised! :DThe Transgracian Academy for the Magical Arts. Dragon Heart’...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (143/?)
Transgracian Academy for the Magical Arts. Dragon Heart’s Tower, Level 23, Residence 30. Living Room. Local Time 1900 HoursThaceaScratch.Flip.Scribble.Riiiiippppp.These were the sounds that had dominated much of the evening.In place of the boisterous energy of the ever-unpredictable Emma, or the confrontational yet friendly approaches of the constantly-contemplative Thalmin, there now existed silence.A silence interrupted exclusively by the clerical sounds of our academic endeavors.I expected Ilunor to have remained locked within his quarters...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (143/?) WiP 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 143 I hope you guys enjoy! :DTransgracian Academy for the Magical Arts. Dragon Heart’s Tower, Level 23, Residence 30. Living Room. Local Time: 1900 HoursThaceaScratch.Flip.Scribble.Riiiiippppp.These were the sounds that had dominated much of the evening.In place of the boisterous energy of the ever-unpredictable Emma, or the confrontational yet friendly approaches of the constantly-contemplative Thalmin, there now existed silence.A silence interrupted exclusively by the c...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (142/?) Revised Version 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! There’s been some BIG changes in this chapter! So I do recommend you guys re-read it! Almost all of the major changes were done to the last bit of the chapter, i.e. the Goldthorn’s section! Long story short, I decided to completely rewrite that section in order to better deliver the plot points and vibes I wanted to get across! Moreover, I also wanted to really lean into how exhausting and dangerous the act of temporarily inhabiting the soul of another creature truly is, especially one as complex and abnormal ...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (142/?)
The Township of Sips. Marsh’s Fishpond. Local Time 1500 Hours.ThalminThe cold hit me first — a hundred tiny daggers poking, jabbing, and pricking at the skin beneath my fur.Then it was leypull, and the combined weight of both armor and soaked fur that dragged me down mercilessly into the depths.Dread filled my shorebound heart as panic threatened to squeeze the air within my lungs out with a burst of reflexive shock.But I defied it.I resisted it… by embracing both discomforts, as the former kept my mind alert whilst the latter added much-...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (141/?) Revised Version 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! There’s been a few big revisions here, though none of them were to the content of the chapter, but mostly just revisions made in order to improve the actual wording, flow, and phrasing of things! You can see the biggest of these changes in how I describe the EVI’s new ‘wand-sight’, as I felt like it needed improvements to how it was shown. In addition, I also added a small little mention by Emma in order to explain why the EVI is currently reluctant on deploying the new ‘wand-sight’ in combat scenarios...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (142/?) WiP 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 142 I hope you guys enjoy! :D The revised version for Chapter 141 will be releasing tomorrow some time before the full release of Chapter 142! :DThe Township of Sips. Marsh’s Fishpond. Local Time 1500 Hours.ThalminThe cold hit me first — a hundred tiny daggers poking, jabbing, and pricking at the skin beneath my fur.Then, it was leypull, and the combined weight of both armor and soaked fur that dragged me down mercilessly into the depths.Dread filled my shorebound heart...
WPAtaMS Art Reference and Lore Entry: The Terrestrial and Space Expeditionary Corps (T-SEC)
Hey everyone! As promised last time, here’s a closer look at the emblem on Aunty Ran’s cap! I was meaning to post it immediately following the Aunty Ran ref sheet drop, but the lore blurb for it took a bit longer than expected; since I had three or so assessments that week haha.I know it’s not exactly conventional, but I’ve always wanted to explore worldbuilding not just with words, characters, and scenery, but in uniforms, symbology, iconography, semiotics, vexillology and the like!Now, I’ll try to keep this brief as this commission ...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (141/?)
His Eternal Majesty’s Remembrance Path | The Royal Road of Transgracia. En Route to the Township of Sips. Local Time 1125 Hours.EmmaA tenseness fell on each and every one of us as the two guardsmen pulled up beside the jury-rigged amalgamation that was the motorcycle-drawn wagon.Indeed, I could tell the moment when dread had taken its grip on both Alorant and Solizia, as they both froze in place; faces and all.I, for one, thought I’d be immune to this.But alas, there seemed to be a universal sense of anxiety that came with being pulled over...
WPAtaMS Official Art: Quest Map Update 1!
Hey everyone!So ever since I started reading sci fi and fantasy, I’ve always had this fascination about those types of stories — both paperback and online — that had maps and visual illustration references incorporated in them!I’m especially a massive fan of when authors use like ‘live’ maps showing adventuring parties or exploratory fleets moving around a map, as it not only grounded the world and gave much needed visual illustration on something as large and difficult to visualize as local geography, but it also added like this la...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (141/?) WiP 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 141 I hope you guys enjoy! :DHis Eternal Majesty’s Remembrance Path | The Royal Road of Transgracia. En Route to the Township of Sips. Local Time 1125 Hours.EmmaA tenseness fell on each and every one of us as the two guardsmen pulled up beside the jury-rigged amalgamation that was the motorcycle-drawn wagon.Indeed, I could tell the moment when dread had taken its grip on both Alorant and Solizia, as they both froze in place; faces and all.I, for one, thought I’d be immu...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (140/?) Revised Version 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! There’s only been a few edits in this one! With most of the edits being done to improve the vibe and the flow of the scenes here and there a bit more! The largest of them is probably Emma’s justification for helping out Solizia! There’s also been the typical grammar and spelling edits, but that’s about it for this one! :D As always, all of the revised sections are highlighted with an underline to easily see what’s been revised! :DThirty minutes.That’s all fate needed.That’s all the time we had before...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (140/?)
(Author’s Note: Hey everyone! I’m back! :D I decided to post this chapter a bit earlier since I have another big assessment to do tomorrow and there's a group study call I have to quickly attend tonight, but rest assured, the schedule is back on track! :D I hope you guys enjoy this one, as there were a lot of points that I really enjoyed writing in this one! See you guys next week at the usual date and time! :D)Thirty minutes.That’s all fate needed.That’s all the time we had before our lives became inexplicably intertwined.Whether b...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (140/?) WiP 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 140 I hope you guys enjoy! :DThirty minutes.That’s all fate needed.That’s all the time we had before our lives became inexplicably intertwined.Whether by the cold and callous hands of statistical probability rearing its ugly head in the form of dumb coincidence, or whether it was actually fate, the end result remains the same.That fateful night, those thirty minutes, it was all it took for the lives of so many to be turned upside down.From family to business and all tho...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (139/?) Revised Version 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! I’m back! Thank you so much for the patience and understanding you’ve shown. It genuinely means the world to me! :D Now, without further ado, let’s move onto the revised chapter! There’s been a few revisions in this one so I do suggest you guys check out the chapter again as with each revision! :D The revisions are more or less scattered around amongst the chapter, though most of it was done in order to better improve the flow of the battle and to clarify each aspect of it so that it better visualizes what...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School Art Reference: Ran Booker
We’ve had a recent streak when it comes to commissioned art on the Nexian side of things, so I think it’s time to balance things out with a bit of art from Earthrealm! :DAnd what better way to check back on Earthrealm’s worldbuilding-through-art, than by illustrating both a major character in their own right, and the uniform of their specific branch of service!Aunty Ran, or as she’s known to most of the world — Sergeant Major Ran Booker — is a major figure both in Emma’s life and to the current cultural zeitgeist of the GUN.This i...
An Announcement Regarding Next Week's Schedule!
Hey everyone!I have a pretty important announcement to make so I’ll try to keep it brief!I think I might need to delay next week’s chapter to the week after. So from the 3rd of August to the 10th of August for those of you in the European and North American timezones.I’m… going through a lot irl right now. I’m due to have at least 3 assessments next week, along with some family stuff that’ll take up the rest of my free time.While this might usually be manageable, there's also the added stress of recent developments between my co...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (139/?)
“Sometimes life throws you a curveball, and when it does you just gotta—”“Roll with the punches, Aunty?”“What? Heck no. You either eviscerate it with a Charon Innovations emancipation grill, or you knock it back at life with a power-armored swing!”…My survey drones took flight.Whhiiiiirrrr!Just as the world exploded into a sea of pyroclastic fury.FWU-FFWOOOOOSHHHHHH!There was no hesitation.No clemency.And not even an ounce of mercy to be had, as Thalmin lit up the lightly wooded patch of forest in front of us into a raging infer...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (138/?) Revised Version 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! There’s been some changes in this chapter, most notable of which is the removal of a pretty big chunk from Emma’s pondering thoughts regarding Tent Town! I think that her whole train of thought regarding the transience of the town was perhaps not necessary and a bit presumptuous at this point of the story, so I decided to remove that in order to improve both the flow and the vibes of the intro to this chapter, and by extension, tent town! :D Other than that there’s been a few bits here and there that I rephr...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (139/?) WiP 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 139 I hope you guys enjoy! :D The revised version for Chapter 138 will be releasing tomorrow some time before the full release of Chapter 139! :D My survey drones took flight.Whhiiiiirrrr!Just as the world exploded into a sea of pyroclastic fury.FWU-FFWOOOOOSHHHHHH!There was no hesitation.No clemency.And not even an ounce of mercy to be had, as Thalmin lit up the lightly wooded patch of forest in front of us into a raging inferno.All seventy meters of it.Temperatures soared...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School: Emma's Workout Routine 3
Hey everyone!So I decided to grab some more art commissions while I’m working on a super special art project by one of my usual artists! :DThis particular commission was made with the intent to show off more of Emma’s gooberness and I think the artist managed to hit the mark on that super well! :DMoreover, this is also a bit of a teaser to some future commissions I have on the way! Since Emma’s water bottle is packed with the emblems of some in-universe organizations, on the GUN’s side of things, that are going to be released soon! :D ...
Monthly Short Story for February: Ilunor's Flying Days 1
Hello Commissioned Pioneers! :D As promised, I’d like to present to you the third of the four owed Bonus Stories! This story, being Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School’s 25th side story!This chapter was originally planned to coincide with the space and the magical flight principle chapters to kind of act as an accompaniment to Ilunor’s explanations of the three laws! Moreover, these stories — what I’ll be referring to as Ilunor’s Flying Days — are also meant to sort of contrast heavily with the end of Thalmin’s Havenbrockian I...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (138/?)
His Eternal Majesty’s Remembrance Path… aka the Royal Road of Transgracia. The Night Town Bazaar. Local Time 2200 Hours.EmmaMerriment.That’s the word.That’s precisely what this whole town exuded.Whereas Elaseer did have its moments of rugged and untempered fantasy — most particularly in commoner town — this tent city was quite literally forged by it.And for good reason too.This… Night Town, as the locals called it, was sort of the best of all worlds when it came to the grittiness of medieval fantasy; both in the gritty and the fan...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (138/?) WiP 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 137 I hope you guys enjoy! :DHis Eternal Majesty’s Remembrance Path… aka the Royal Road of Transgracia. The Night Town Bazaar. Local Time 2150 Hours.EmmaMerriment.That’s the word.That’s precisely what this whole town exuded.Whereas Elaseer did have its moments of rugged and untempered fantasy — most particularly in commoner town — this tent city was quite literally forged by it.And for good reason too.This… Night Town, as the locals called it, was sort of the ...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (137/?) Revised Version 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! There’s only been a few edits to this chapter this time around! :D Most of the edits were once again focused on improving the character’s voices, in this case the voices of our two new elven friends! :D So the most major piece of revision would have to be the bit where he’s explaining how the whole carter business! :D And most of that was done to just improve the flow and voice, not really the lore within! Along with that, there’s the usual grammar and spelling edits, and a bit of rephrasing done to descri...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School Art Reference: Professor Chiska
It’s about time I ran through my art list and commissioned another reference for a member of the Academy’s staff. And whereas the last professor on the chopping block was most certainly one of the most hated by the gang, this professor on the other hand is probably the polar opposite! :DSay hello to The Hero of Hervahale, Professor Chiska Malamont! :DPerhaps one of the most ‘friendly’ faces to Emma’s cause, second only to Professor Sorecar!Professor Chiska truly is something of an anomaly on the Academy’s roster of staff. Her happy-...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (137/?)
His Eternal Majesty’s Remembrance Path… aka the Royal Road of Transgracia. En Route to the Township of Sips. Local Time 2100 Hours.ThalminThere was, in fact, something to worry about.Something that gnawed and clawed at the very edges of my thinking mind, fraying my nerves and screaming at me to acknowledge its unnerving presence.And it wasn’t about the potential spy behind our backs.Nor did it have anything to do with the speed I was currently experiencing.Not entirely.The rush of the dirt and the grass beneath me wasn’t at all a foreig...
Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (137/?) WiP 1
Author’s Note: Hey everyone! Here is the Work in Progress for Chapter 137 I hope you guys enjoy! :DHis Eternal Majesty’s Remembrance Path… aka the Royal Road of Transgracia. En Route to the Township of Sips. Local Time 2000 Hours.ThalminThere was, in fact, something to worry about.Something that gnawed and clawed at the very edges of my thinking mind, fraying my nerves and screaming at me to acknowledge its unnerving presence.And it wasn’t about the potential spy behind our backs.Nor did it have anything to do with the speed I was curre...
