The world of Maiura, at the Wordsmith’s residence. A woman with the appearance of someone in her late twenties sits on a hand-carved bench in a large courtyard. The dwindling sunlight hints at the arrival of night-time, as the shadows cast from nearby trees stretch and lengthen. Outside the walls of the Wordsmith’s manor, terrible…
[Tadaa! This is my sparkly gem-thing!] The Phoenix chirps. Camael’s artifact guides me to land on the Container’s surface, where I arrive before a 100-foot in diameter glowing red orb embedded in the diamond’s exterior. I half-expect it to blind me with its shining brilliance, but instead, its brightness appears faded and dull, as if…
Raphael stands up and begins to pace back and forth. He nods his head every few seconds as if to confirm his suspicions. "Hmm. Hmm, yes. Jason, since the Phoenix has not attacked, that must mean it has recognized thee as a friend. Doubtless, it must have acknowledged the holy energy within thy body. Try…
It takes me more than two hours to bridge the gap separating me from the giant, golden, six-sided cube. Despite my initial judging of the distance, it turns out the cube is more than 1.3 billion miles away, making even a travel speed of 99% the speed of light seem unbearably slow and tedious. As…
I utter a word of power to determine how much longer it will take before I reach the edge of the Hell Harbor star system. "Estimate." The answer comes to me immediately. I’ll soon pass the fifteenth planet’s orbit. Already, I’ve scanned three other planets along the way. None of them housed the Archangel, who…
The moment I arrive at the ninth planet in Hell Harbor’s system, I speak a word of power. "Pulse." A bolt of holy energy shoots from my body toward the blood-red sphere hanging in the void. It travels far faster than the speed of light and strikes the planet within seconds, causing divine energy to…
An hour after leaving Ose’s manor, I soar above Hell Harbor’s surface, sweeping my eyes from left to right. With Kar and Blinker gone, I finally have a chance to fulfill Raphael’s request. The Archangel of Wisdom sits on a bench beside my mind-wife, staring up at me as if I were somehow hovering in…
Kar, Blinker, and I exit Ose’s dining room. After the door closes, we find ourselves trailing along behind Ose’s human slave, Amy. The blonde woman silently leads us away from Ose’s inner chamber, not uttering a word as we walk. "I don’t trust that Ose," Blinker mutters. "She wouldn’t listen to reason at all! Geez!…
Kar, Blinker, and I all follow Ose’s slave. Amy stares ahead emotionlessly and says nothing as the four of us walk through Ose’s mansion. She moves at a brisk pace, allowing us to cover a lot of ground quickly. The size of Ose’s mansion awes me. In terms of square feet, it must be the…
After using my Wordsmithing to check the area for enemies, I breathe a sigh of relief. With Lily having trotted into the distance, I find myself and Phoebe all alone again. The sun continues to beat upon the planet from on high, but I can already hazard a guess that the day is more than…
