Trope: an avalanche of worldbuilding

22 Jul 2019

Knights Over Two Cities

118 – Riddle in the Dark

Time to Read: 10 minutes

At the edges of three conflicting realities, a mage fights a war by themselves to keep the peace between magic, machine, and those caught in the middle. However, the war is turning against them and those who were once enemies might turn out to be allies...

a clever answer wins the day, alternate history, alternate universe, an avalanche of worldbuilding, at the outskirts of a war, channeling Authurian lore, cybernetic wildlife, enemies to allies, facing overwhelming odds, high concept, hyper-competent woman, kitsune crimeboss, magic versus technology, magical creatures and their riddles, magical technobable, masked minions, mundane fantastic, Solve this riddle or die, the mage with no name, this is a trap, sure, but what choice do I have?

20 Jul 2019

217 – Open Sourced

Time to Read: 29 minutes

When you change the rules of the game, be prepared to deal with the consequences... Warning: This story contains references to slavery and human cruelty, personality alteration, hypnosis themes, and brief extreme fantasy violence
a character unstuck in time, a strong case of deja vu, an avalanche of worldbuilding, brain in a jar cyborg, digital avatars, embrace transhumanism, fight like you're in an anime, fun with nano-machines, hacked by a living cyber virus, he becomes she, high concept sexy, I made my girlfriend a supervillain, layers upon layers of perception alteration, machine learning, more than they bargained for, reality is malleable, romantic and rivals, she enjoys her new programming much more than expected, she wants to watch the world burn, tech jargon, trauma is like the background noise of my life, why did I think that again?