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The Rogue Scholar

13 Feb 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 27 part 1   The moment Sal Grimone set foot outside of the Rogue's house, the distinct feeling arose that he had made a mistake. For no rational reason, Sal felt the tug of resistance from his gut that in the past was a good indicator that no...

The Rogue Scholar

11 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 25 Part 4 Uziel sat thoughtfully. "What do you mean by you place no constraints on reality?" "I mean to say I do not mentally represent reality. I let it be whatever it is, and if I need it to do something I ask it. That is how I was able...

The Rogue Scholar

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...

The Rogue Scholar

5 Feb 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 23 Part 7   Sal made his way up the path, and upon reaching the door was taken aback when it flew open unprompted. He couldn't see anyone, but he clearly heard a voice say "Come in young man, come in!" Sal patted his knife. The voice chimed a...

The Rogue Scholar

2 Feb 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 23 Part 4 For Sal, though, the camouflage was not so important. As an expert deceiver, he had learned to spot falsity. Often it was something very subtle that gave a thing away. A light reflection that was too perfect--an edge that was too cr...

The Rogue Scholar

31 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 23 Part 2 When Sal had taken the opportunity to run from the Inner Sanctum man, he wanted to go by his apartment to get a few "low tech" items for his trip to Undertown. Something told him, though, that this would be a terrible idea as Inner...

The Rogue Scholar

30 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 23 Part 1 Sal stood and surveyed the layout. he had not come to Undertown often. As a talented deceiver, nobody was paying for work done near Undertown, and likely no one would. Undertown was somewhat akin to a living fossil. When the holonos...

The Rogue Scholar

16 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 17 Part 8 Rips were considered a distasteful hack mostly because they were not all that elegant, and usually people didn't use them and those that did were often looked down upon. Sal wasn't all that concerned about his status in the eyes of...

The Rogue Scholar

15 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 17 Part 7 A PMP burst was not fundamentally different than a machine gun burst as far as Sal was concerned. He needed to get the hell out of here, and quickly. Sal figured one of the easiest ways to slip away would be to stumble toward the re...

The Rogue Scholar

14 Jan 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Jbschirtzinger

Chapter 17 Part 6 In his peripheral vision, Sal saw the man try to take his virtual image by the arm. The main reacted instantly--almost before his fingers touched the image's arm. the ping alarm rose in Sal's ear, and simultaneously an alarm began t...