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8 Feb 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 25 Sal eyed Rei carefully. He was not fond of what he saw. In Sal's eyes, there was a spoiled, pampered little girl who had never had to fight a day in her life, and had most of what she had gained handed to her. He could tell that Rei had ne...
6 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 23 Part 8 Sal reached for his knife on instinct, but found his hand immobilized. The man tipped his hat to him. "You see, if I wanted to do you harm, it would already be done, and there'd be little you could do about it, Sal Grimone. Instea...
24 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 19 Part 6The ancient masters were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive. It had been three days since Rei had picked up the instructed book. She had finished reading it the first day, but had re-read it the second, and the third. It was a...
23 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Cerberus took no steps to stop Rei from taking the book. She opened it to a random dusty page. The first snippet she read went as follows: Rule a nation with justice. Wage war with surprise moves. Become a master of the universe without striving. How...
21 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 19 Part 2 As she continued her walk, she felt better that whatever yesterday was, it was an isolated incident that probably meant she needed vacation time. Maybe if she took a trip to the beach she would feel better? It would likely need to b...
19 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 19 Part 1 Rei stared at the restricted section of books in front of her in Ashram Conservatorium. The moment felt surreal. Had she really just been able to walk in, past the guards? Was she going to be able to pick out the Tao Te Ching? her e...
24 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 11 Part 4 Rei looked through her pad. As expected, she had the normal bounty of bills. As she was sorting through some of the junk mail, though, she noticed an advertisement that had the word "Cerberus" written on it in bold letters. She paus...
24 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 11 Part 3"I have told you mortal that I would not allow you to take a book from this shelf, and yet you refuse to heed my warning. I now intend to make good on my promise of tearing you limb from limb. Have you anything to say before I send y...
19 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 11 Part 1Rei walked to her home at a brisk pace. Her steps made light impressions in the sheets of water standing on the sidewalks. Her feet were the only thing that the water could could contact since she had generated what was known as a st...
9 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger
Chapter 5 Part 3 Rei had so much respect for the shapers that she had known when she was young she wanted to serve in the Conservatorium. Her parents had read her stories about the shapers, and she had looked to the shapers as idols. When she had gro...
