5.9 The Masks We Wear
I’ve had a good run with Visage. Hanging with my idols! Buying hot merch! Thousands of adoring fans spamming chat with emotes! I got to play Magic with Memento, got to meet the Twilight Sisters, got to chow down with…
Voracity
Lucid Circle Book Club #1: Mercy Thompson, the Original Omegaverse?
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs is the first novel in the Mercy Thompson series, a broken masquerade setting where some—but not all—of the supernatural creatures in the world have revealed themselves. Here’s the back of the book: Werewolves can be…
5.8 The Masks We Wear
It’s date night again. It’s date night again! After six and a bit days of being cruelly, unjustly parted from my dearest Sophia, our scheduled weekly not-a-date hangout has arrived once more. I mean, it’s not like I’ve been completely…
Interlude: Mask of Confidence
Agatha Cain was having a wonderful day. Actually, all of her days had been wonderful since Archon’s ritual. Everything came easier to her, thanks to that spectacular spell. No more anxiously agonizing over what to do and how to act,…
Interlude: Mask of Humanity
The second edible bloomed inside Phoebe’s body and brain, the process of chemical release accelerated by precise modifications to the deimovore’s digestive system. What normally took nearly an hour was achieved in seconds. A dopey smile spread across Phoebe’s face…
5.7 The Masks We Wear
“Alright, chat, that’s enough Minecraft for one day. Agatha should still be streaming for another hour, so go watch her. Or else!! Peace, nerds.” I cut the stream, shove my viewers onto Agatha’s page, and check in with my assigned…
5.6 The Masks We Wear
“I know your tricks now,” I warn the deimovore. My fingers tighten around the trigger of my magically-modified handgun. “You can’t hurt me with anything but words, and I’m not the same girl you tormented before. I can leave any…
5.5 The Masks We Wear
I explain some of my thought process to Agatha—leaving out any detail too tied to Mordacity’s existence, but sharing as much as I can—as we explore the Glass-side Forks in search of components and a proper ritual site. I don’t…
5.4 The Masks We Wear
By now, everyone on the team—with the exception of the Morrigan—has visited the Spire on the other side of reality. Both available levels of the tower have been scoured for information by everyone with a remotely relevant ability. The second…
5.3 The Masks We Wear
“I still feel so bad about yesterday, I’m really sorry about that. I didn’t—” “It’s fine,” I assure Agatha. “I get it, I promise. Honestly, you’re not wrong to feel a little weirded out by all this. I mean, professional…