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Ascending Pride

Ashton is stuck between an underwater volcano, and a heart devouring dragon. Metaphorically speaking anyway. The princess of the sea has sworn on her mother's life to drag him down. Problem is, Ashton can't be killed. So after hundreds of years of pulling beasts of legend to her side, rewriting history, and backing him into a corner where he broke his heart into pieces, she thinks that with one final push... she may convince Ashton to simply end his own existence. Ashton is fully aware of her little schemes, it's not every day a dragon get's its still beating heart ripped out, then is bound to the land it ruthlessly conquered. Ashton would have even found it mildly poetic that the slain dragon was now forced to bless the land for all eternity... if, and emphasis on the IF, the blessing hadn't been twisted into a curse for the last 700 years. Now, Ashton has a few minor inconveniences to deal with. First, he's stuck in a decaying body. Second his memories aren't fully intact. Third, it would prick his pride if the descendants of "blessed" dragon died while he was in their territory. Fourth, he has two really, really, REALLY scary siblings that don't always bother with the details. Fifth, the only reason this princess and her mother even had the chance to scheme against him is because he was looking for a possible mate. He's the only one of his kind, thousands of years alone has him craving for a companion... for a heart to sing just for him... There are really only two outcomes now that Ashton is starting to regain his memories. Will the princess succeed in dragging him down, used as the new sacrifice to keep the "blessing" going, or will he ascend? Well, maybe three outcomes. Maybe this time a heart will sing for him as he ascends... a bird can hope.
KairoKM · 147.9k Views

The Last Unresolved

In a world governed by strict causality, where every action is immediately answered by consequence, Akiro exists as a mistake. After surviving a violent incident that should have killed him, Akiro discovers that reality no longer acknowledges him on time. Wounds fail to hurt, fatal blows refuse to land, and outcomes arrive late—sometimes seconds, sometimes hours after they should. His actions occur normally, but their consequences are deferred, leaving him trapped in a constant state of uncertainty where survival is never guaranteed, only postponed. As he is drawn into the attention of hidden organizations and individuals who study anomalies that break the natural order, Akiro begins to realize that his condition is not a blessing, but a violation of reality’s accounting. Every delayed injury, every postponed death, is still waiting somewhere beyond the present, and when they arrive, they do so without mercy. While factions seek to observe, control, or exploit him, and greater forces enforce absolute outcomes upon the world, Akiro must learn how to exist in the gap between cause and effect. Each fight becomes a gamble against an unseen ledger, where victory means surviving long enough to face consequences later. As the scope of the conflict grows from city streets to divine judgments and cosmic laws, Akiro’s existence threatens the foundations of causality itself. Not because he defies fate—but because fate cannot decide when to claim him. In a world where power is defined by how firmly reality enforces its rules, Akiro stands as an unresolved variable, walking forward while the universe hesitates behind him. The Last Unresolved is a long-form progression fantasy about delayed consequence, survival under uncertainty, and the cost of existing outside the order that governs everything else.
ConsciousGod · 2.8k Views