OT 2004-2009
Original Timeline stories published from 2004-2009
Unexpected Consequences
Enter The Chaka!
Mom, I Don't Feel So Good
Jade 2: Away From Home
Quoth The Ninja, Nevermore!
Tennyo 2: Another Day, We Were Going Where?
Fey 2: PMS and Other Problems
Jade 3: Being a Girl
Chaka: Duel Damsel
A Simple Game
Welcome to Poe 1
First Day and Other Interesting Things
Fey: Adjustments
Jade 4: Bottle a Jinn
First Assembly
Revenge of The Alphas
The Transfer Students
Destiny's Wave
Toni and the Tiger
Eat, Drink and be Merry
Tennyo: It's Nice to Have Friends
Tea and Synergy
The Boston Brawl
Blade Dancing
Revelations
Merry Meet, Merry Part, and Merry Meet Again
Lightning Crashes
Insanity Prerequisite (Part 1)
Hive 1: What's Buzzing You?
Insanity Prerequisite (Part 2)
Merry 3: Against Ill Chances
Time for an Unexpected Gift
Time for an Unexpected Gift: Epilogue (Gift 2)
Jade 5: Redefining Jade
Merry Descent into Madness
Panty Raid
Merry 5: The More, the Merrier (Part A)
Eating Dog
Merry 5: The More, the Merrier (Part B)
Insanity Prerequisite (Part 3)
Merry 5: The More, the Merrier (Part C)
Ask Not For Whom Belle Tolls
Merry 5: The More, the Merrier (Part D)
Merry 5: The More, the Merrier (Part E)
Hive 2
A Wellspring of Sorrows
Hive 3: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)
Merry 6: Being Merry In Spite of It All (Part A)
Merry 6: Being Merry In Spite of It All (Part B)
Merry 6: Being Merry In Spite of It All (Part C)
Jade 6: Dreams and Awakenings
Reflections In An Evil Eye
Hive 4: Who Dun It?
It's Good to be the Don
Catgirl Madness
There’s an Angel in Father John’s Basement (Part 1)
There’s an Angel in Father John’s Basement (Part 2)
Upheaval 1: Instructor
Upheaval 2: Walking Alone
Upheaval 3: New Friends, New Problems
To The Mountain (Part 1)
The Devil's Dance (Part 1)
The Clue of the Unseen Switch
Garafena
The Devil's Dance (Part 2)
Hobbies And Heckling
Legacy of Friendship
Jade 7: Over the Top
Dangerous Days
Dangerous Games
To The Mountain (Part 2)
So I'm a Freak. Sue Me.
Jade 8: Exams
Child of Confusion
Yet Another Day as an Outcast
Summoning Courage
A Single Fold
To The Mountain (Part 3)
To The Mountain (Part 4)
The Pushover
The Bad Seeds
The Christmas Crisis
BostonBrawl II - This Time It's Personal!
To Be Merry and Escape From It All
The OP
Call the Thunder (Part 1)
Ill Winds (Part 1)
Call the Thunder (Part 2)
Ill Winds (Part 2)
Call the Thunder (Part 3)
Ill Winds (Part 3)
Ayla and the Late Trevor James Goodkind
Chasing the Dragon
Call the Thunder (Part 4)
Ill Winds (Part 4)
Ayla 2: Ayla and the Blackmailer
The Problem with Power
Aftermath
The Turks or the Geek
The Braeburn Report
The Blood Oath
Ayla 3: Ayla and the New School
Ill Winds (Part 5)
Ayla 4: Ayla and the Tests (Chap 1)
Ayla 4: Ayla and the Tests (Chap 2)
The Big Idea
The Play’s the Thing
Ayla 4: Ayla and the Tests (Chap 3)
Ayla 4: Ayla and the Tests (Chap 4)
Ayla 4: Ayla and the Tests (Chap 5)
Ill Winds (Part 6)
Ayla 4: Ayla and the Tests (Chap 6)
Ayla 4: Ayla and the Tests (Chap 7)
Ayla 4: Ayla and the Tests (Chap 8)
Never Look a Gift Squirrel in the Mouth
The Three Little Witches
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 1)
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 2)
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 3)
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 4)
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 5)
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 6)
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 7)
Afternoon Tea With the Devil
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 8)
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 9)
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 10)
Summoning Tactics
Tales of the MCO
Petra 1: Rock and a Hard Place (Part 11)
Insanity Prerequisite (Part 4)
Parents' Day
Quoth the Ninja, 'What? AGAIN?', a Parents' Day Vignette
Ayla 5: Ayla and the Networks
Ayla and the Grinch (A Christmas Story)
Stress Fracture
Call the Thunder (Part 5)
Christmas Elves
It's All In The Timing
Gearhead
Jade 9: Sit In
The Book of Jobe
Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy: (Chap 1)
No Beast So Fierce
The Second Book of Jobe (Part 1)
The Second Book of Jobe (Part 2)
The Second Book of Jobe (Part 3)
The Second Book of Jobe (Part 4)
Sara's Little Purple Book
Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy: (Chap 2)
Have Yourself a Monkey Little Christmas
Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy: (Chap 3)
Parkour Jam Hooligans
The Case of the Poisonous Patent
Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy: (Chap 4)
Call the Thunder (Part 6)
Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy: (Chap 5)
Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy: (Chap 6)
Summoning Sweeties
Even Murphy's Law has Loopholes (Chapter 1)
Even Murphy's Law has Loopholes (Chapter 2)
Even Murphy's Law has Loopholes (Chapter 3)
Ultimate Disguise
Hive's Christmas Holiday (Part 1)
There's an Angel in Dickinson Cottage (Part 1)
There's an Angel in Dickinson Cottage (Part 2)
There's an Angel in Dickinson Cottage (Part 3)
Five Elements Dancing - Book of the Earth
Straight from the Squirrel’s Mouth (Chapter 1)
Even Murphy's Law has Loopholes (Chapter 4)
Straight from the Squirrel’s Mouth (Chapter 2)
Five Elements Dancing - Book of the Metal
Even Murphy's Law has Loopholes (Chapter 5)
GEO Vignettes
Five Elements Dancing - Book of the Water
Straight from the Squirrel’s Mouth (Chapter 3)
Have Your Self an Evil Little Christmas (Part 1)
Even Murphy's Law has Loopholes (Chapter 6)
Have Your Self an Evil Little Christmas (Part 2)
Straight from the Squirrel’s Mouth (Chapter 4)
Have Your Self an Evil Little Christmas (Part 3)
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No Heroes, Part 4: A definition of stress
No Heroes
Part 4: A definition of stress
by null0trooper
"Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich"
— Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Knows"
No Heroes, Part 3: Memory's crooked lane
No Heroes
Part 3: Memory's crooked lane
by null0trooper
Some people come to Academy because they need to, some come because they are needed. How far a person will go for a second chance can be as revealing as a light in the darkness. A candle ground underfoot along the way tells a darker, but no less important, tale. Which will you choose to remember when your own book is signed and closed?
"I've been a fool, I've been cruel to myself
I've been hanging onto nothing
When nothing could be worse than hanging on"
— Ruth Moody, "Heaven When We're Home"
No Heroes, Part 2: Hard wakeup calls
No Heroes
Part 2: Hard wakeup calls
by null0trooper
"Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows that the good guys lost."
— Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Knows"
No Heroes, Part 1: New to the neighborhood
No Heroes
Part 1: New to the neighborhood
by null0trooper
Benjamin needs a new coat, a roommate, a clue or two, and maybe someone should inventory the rocks in his head. It's all good for something at Whateley Academy.
A/N: Thanks go out to Wasamon, Domoviye, and Amethyst for help with the Student Orientation.
"Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed."
— Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Knows"
Triptych, Part 3: Arabesque pour une Garrison Chinoise
A Whateley Academy Tale
Triptych
Part 3: Arabesque pour une Garrison Chinoise
by
null0trooper
Shadowing an office-bound employee should be child's play for an AI capable of tapping any electronic device the employee touches. Colombine has two weeks to learn the high-stakes game said employee is playing. How Benjamin plans to cash in his chips and who's looking over his shoulder remain a mystery.
Triptych, Part 2: Count Zero Concerto
A Whateley Academy Tale
Triptych
Part 2: Count Zero in Concerto
by
null0trooper
Just before midnight, January 6, 2017,
Elmendorf Air Force Base
"We are on standby for take-off. The seatbelt light is on. Passengers, please return to your seats if you haven't already."
Benjamin was still dead to the world, and if it weren't for his seatbelt, he would have slid out of his seat by now. Colombine amused herself by sabotaging Kota Kobayakawa's attempts to call out on his phone despite security restrictions. The various numbers he'd tried to reach could be extended into a useful exercise in social network analysis. Once they were clear of the air base and Anchorage, she let him try his luck with the extensive cell coverage in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
Triptych, Part 1: Solo Bransle for A Minor
So Not A Date (A Parents Day Incident)
A Whateley Academy Tale
So Not A Date
(A Parents Day Incident)
by
null0trooper
Parents Day! A Whateley tradition devised to show families how their little monsters are settling in amidst the many challenges of an enriching academic environment. In some cases, the message is "See? Our buildings are still standing. Do you think you could do as well with that kid of yours for what you're paying?"
Benjamin Keeling's only visiting on a job. It's only a coincidence that he's visiting today, and it's not like he's checking up on anyone. Nope!