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The Gemini Cities. Overview. To a modern observer, the twin metropolises of Graveridge and Summit City couldn’t be more different. The former is a showcase of the worst urban inequality America has to offer, while the latter represents a shining, scientific future the rest of the world...

Alex's attack had been deliberate, calculated to conserve her waning energy reserves while also denying the Beast access to one of her own most powerful abilities. But while she'd succeeded- at least partially -in doing so, she'd also put herself in range to receive Carmen's devastating...

Name: Kenta Tsunoda. Alias: Mane. Occupation: Murder-for-hire. Age: 27 y/o. Height: 5’7. Weight: 155 lbs (excluding hair). Sex: Male. Hair: Black. Eyes: Brown. History: Born in Nagoya, Japan, in the late 1990s, Kenta Tsunoda had the misfortune of having a father in severe debt to the Yakuza...

Alex didn't feel pain in the traditional sense anymore. Her body no longer had nerve endings, nor even a brain that could translate those impulses into sensations. But she could still be hurt, even killed, under the right circumstances. So when Carmen's blade lashed out to bisect her vertically...

The first telepathic message, Alex had failed to register- she'd been focusing her attention on other things, and due to the unusual structure of her mind, it hadn't reached her via traditional means. A standard telepathic broadcast was designed to be received by a human brain, but since Alex no...

"Yeah, that's what I figured," Alex muttered, as Oni-Girl dismissed her invitation to take the fight somewhere uninhabited. It'd been worth a shot, though- appealing to some spark of humanity still left within the cruel monster before her. And if there was no humanity to be found, that told her...

Blood on the wind. Alex smelled it. Or, to be more precise, her artificial sensorium detected it, and converted the information into a form recognizable to her, based on sense-memory from her previous, human body. After all, despite having human facial features, her new body didn’t actually...

「The Unconquered Sun」 DAYSTAR What’s a superhero with a chip on her shoulder supposed to do without bad guys to beat the tar out of? Find inner peace, I guess. At least, that’s what I did. Having bad guys to hit was a real source of catharsis for me, I’m not going to lie. But, well...

The realm of Luxidor is one that has endured many calamities. The first of these was known as the Sundering, which ended an ancient conflict and shattered the world itself, dividing the lands of Men from all other species which inhabit the plane, and beginning the First Age of recorded history...

In a sea of uncertainty, I am the only constant. Damon had never been much for anxiety, but in a situation like this, he could feel the pressure. After a few months with the Chicago MIRA office, he'd been sent out on loan to the New York branch, for two purposes- gaining experience working...

For many of those magically inclined, the pursuit of power and knowledge is an end unto itself. Even amongst those with a goal in mind, their aims tend to be decidedly self-interested. This goes doubly so for those who dabble in necromancy, and triply so for those who dare pursue the path of the...