bad decisions

The year is CE 72. It has been one year since the treaty of Junius Seven. One year, since the War known as the Bloody Valentine has ended. Normally, this would be cause for celebration. Anniversaries were known for such, after all. However, the Earth sphere had not known peace for that year...

Introduction Note on previous versions: This isn't the first iteration of this project that I've posted on SV. The hard relaunch mostly owes to me being unsatisfied with how bloated my original vision for the cast was. This version condenses the stuff I liked into something more manageable...

There was smoke on the horizon. I stared out at the cool winter sky, watching little flakes of snow fall. A thin coat of white covered the window, making the world outside translucent. The machines beeped on steadily. I didn’t know what they all were. Maybe a heart monitor? Or something to keep...

Normally, the church would be empty. That was the default state, and the best way to hide the secrets and horrors that had accumulated over the years from the city of Fuyuki. For Kotomine Kirei, the church was not a sanctuary, despite his work to ensure that he maintained his cover as a priest...

We looked at each other, in all honesty, we didn't want to go anywhere near the main characters, but things had already changed long before we even came to this world, so it didn't matter anymore. "You sure about this?" Mark asked me "No, but do you really want to face the housewives again and...

For the briefest of moments you recall seeing the world fade. Then darkness, constantly switching back and forth between sleep and reality. Waking for a few seconds only to eventually open your eyes at a world once called your own; Hollow Bastion. It's messed up and doesn't completely match...

Your name is Julianne Verne, and no, your parents were actually oblivious to the existence of the author until your kindergarten teacher told them during their first parent-teacher conference. ...y'know, Jules Verne? The writer? The one who did the Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000...

It is the 41st millennium. For eons the Imperium of man has ruled the galaxy, and for eons it has withstood the foes who wish it to fall. It is ruled by The God Emperor who has reigned for ten thousand years, and to whom all of humanity owes its continued existence. But the imperium is beset...

OTL many locations were suggested for a homeland for free blacks. Lincoln was a fan of resetting Freemen in Central America. Other potential locations included the Great Plains, Namibia, the Congo, Nigeria, the Carribean, and the Guyanas. What would be the effects of a colonization scheme in...

Grown in Concrete (She-Ra) Years ago, the Princesses of Etheria attempted an alliance against the Horde. They failed, and in the wake of their devastating loss their palaces were torn down, their lands reordered to serve, and their runestones seized for the Horde's magic division. But an army...

Hello everyone, and welcome to our story! If the name didn’t give it away, we’re going to be playing as everyone's favorite emotionally damaged catgirl, Catra. You can probably guess one or two other things about the likely direction of the story from the title, but in the grand tradition of all...

Republic in Ruins This is Galactic News, your source for all the latest news. Chancellor Palpatine is dead!! A Jedi team headed by Master Windu has assassinated the Chancellor in his office! They claim that he was a ‘Sith Lord’ controlling the war from the background and that he killed several...

Introduction Peleps Lasari has been consigned to a monastery at the North of the world, for failing to be what her house wanted from her. She would not mind it, were the monastery not also where every wine-soaked failure of the Great Houses seems to get sent to cool their head while whatever...

You are a B1nary. Although it was roughly one year ago that you were given life, it is only today that you have achieved sentience. You have 16 turns. 16 turns for what? You don't really know. There are some rules to follow for this thread: When you vote, roll 1d8. Do not edit the text of your...

The sun drowned upper Manhattan. It’s time to wake up. Eyes bleary, mouth dry. Eyes itching, teeth gritted over. It almost makes one wonder why even wake up? It’s so rarely worth it. Oh, sure, that Chinese place down by the lower city was great, and that rave the Muses held the month before...

Hi! I'm an SF/F writer with some modestly successful novels and a lot of background in military SF. I wrote a good chunk of Destiny's Grimoire, as well as the open-source FreeSpace 2 sequel Blue Planet. I also grew up on Honor Harrington! This year I decided to catch up on everything I'd missed...

Alright @Broken Base , I’m actually doing it. I am actually doing a Lets Read of Capital. Not like I have anything better to do right now. Das Kapital is the ultimate book of Political Economy. I use “ultimate” particularly. Five years after Marx published volume 1 of Capital, the paradigm...

Introduction and Choosing your Hero When the Keyblade War ended, the reality that shaped the Era before was over. The Children had been spared the worst of the carnage through great effort, in time they rebuilt and forgot the sorrow of the loss they could not bear to remember. A Loss that in...

My name is Marie-Julia Harper O'Nova Hyperlight Potter Sue VII, daughter of Marie Suzette Ebony Sparkle Uchiha Potter Sue VI and I don't know who is my father, because I have many. I am a one of a kind species, half witch, half angel, half demon, half human and half vampire. I am extremely...

Aight, we doing this again. Same as last thread I'm going to open up with some common knowledge, containing the major AU elements you should be aware of for making your choices. I'm essentially going to copy the character sheet over whole-cloth from the previous iteration of this quest, and...

The 19th of September 2019. The day the world changed. The day Belka took another step towards regaining what it lost 32 years ago. Welcome SV to the grandest of my follies (sponsored by Bad Idea Fairy @IcePickLobotomy), welcome to: BELKA QUEST The destruction of the satellite network during...

Hello all! So, I've seen a few of these types of posts, going through old Fanfiction Favorites and seeing which ones to keep on your Favorites. So, I decided to throw my hat in the ring, but with a slight twist. The fact is, I've actually had two different FF.net accounts. My current account...

In most august ceremony you were chosen. Chosen for your impulsive edge, your keen mind, your boundless ambition, your trace of attunement to the subtle flows of life and machinery. You were selected by one powerful in the Dark Side of what he called the Force. You were chosen to be Sith, to...

Greeting all, and welcome to my horrible idea wonderful project where I decide to read through and review/react to the Gaunt's Ghosts series written by Dan Abnett in its full entirety as it is released oh Emperor, what have I gotten myself into. Since Black Library has decided to reject my inane...

Let this Begin to Make things Right(a Socialist ISOT) Summary: A left leaning woman in the 2070s gets the chance to relive her life thanks to a cosmic entity. What would she do with this new opportunity is anyone's guess, but she is sure as hell going to make sure the suffering she has...