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Peek: Book Two, Chapter One
🕑 Added 2023-11-13 01:34:12 +0000 UTCUp in the clouds and a little sideways is where the Angel of Prodigals likes to think of as her office. The nature of infinite reality makes that a little moot, as she can get from anywhere to anywhere, but she’s always enjoyed the idea of Heaven being literally in the clouds. It also makes her job easier to give the newly passed humans a bit of what they expect.
For those ready to continue on, they get a different sort of orientation. Those who have lived and are ready are those she doesn’t really deal with. She deals with the ones who have been cut short. Humans say He works in mysterious ways, and the angel thinks trucks are a very good example of that.
They’re not the only way for someone to get to try again, but being hit by one is a lot more common than she would have suspected. Perhaps her kin should be wary of treading in the street as much as they avoid the threshing floor. However they come to her, she is to help the prodigal sons and daughters prepare for their next journey, and be prepared to welcome them home when they return.
One such son decided to take the path untread, an option she was starting to think was only put there to guide the humans to go over the entire list. It’s a strange option, to be sure, to become a genius loci, a dungeon.
In all her time with this Purpose, nobody had even given that option a second glance, yet that one seemed drawn to it. She had almost thought the option was not actually an option, as she wasn’t allowed to give much extra information about the small piece of creation the prodigal would be locked to.
When she watched the son start to transition, she feared he might rage at what his decision wrought, feared he might fall astray. But after a few moments of confusion came determination and curiosity. She watched him grow and adapt to his new existence.
She watched as he did what humans always do: their best, with no idea what the consequences could be. He found his core, the crystallization of his life, and he protected it. He hid it, and he welcomed the outsiders. He could have killed them, and even been rewarded for it, but he forged his own path, and has been reaping the benefits greatly.
New friends, new allies, battles fought and hard-won, challenges met and overcome in unexpected ways; fulfilling the requirements of his new life without even realizing it. She can see the ripples through the local kingdoms, even from several realities away. She can’t fully see what the changes will bring, but she has faith that the prodigal son will be a great benefit to that world.
It’s impressive how much impact someone can have, even when technically immobile. The prodigal is his domain, his awareness spread over all of his territory. He has his defenses in the form of his spawners and his scions, to protect his core and challenge the delvers who would come to explore his territory. He has his resource nodes, tempting flames for the moths around him, though he takes care to ensure they don’t immolate themselves.
He has forged friendships with the outsiders, from children to jaded adults. He has claimed two as his residents: one as a natural extension of friendship, the other as a desperate act of protection. An evil dungeon has been defeated, reclaimed and its resources repurposed. A fledgling dungeon has been taken under wing, guided and helped.
Eyes are starting to be drawn to the prodigal son, and she can tell he will be drawing those same eyes to a threat very few are aware of. She will need to keep a special eye on the prodigal son who has chosen to call himself Thedeim.
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Just a special treat. With the first book nearing publication, I need to clean up the second, and that includes getting something to let potential new readers have at least some idea of what's going on. I'll probably need to clean this up a bit more, but I wanted to give you guys the first look. Thank you again for all the support.
Comments
Robinn57
Agro Squirrel is how I found this series. And now I'm subbed so. It's really good reading
Robinn57
I love that truck-kun was recognized as a valid form of reincarnation. And you should be very proud of yourself being able to bring something into creation yourself. Thank you so much for your stories.
Zachary Key
I'm just hoping we get to see this continue on here, if not then it looks like I'm getting a new series
Garrat Wolfrim
crap, trying to stay canon with my fanfiction. Exactly how long has angel of P been on the job?
LinaBoeckwurm
Yessssss
Khenal
The deal is both audiobook and kindle, so I believe it will be on audible once available
Khenal
I believe it's through chapter 85 and a handful of peeks
Demonlord
Thanks for the peek 😊
LinaBoeckwurm
Ohhh a chapter like this is not only good for new readers, but also a really good point for old readers who immediately buy the second book after it comes out, but haven't read the story after the first time they read book 1. It's easy to have a platform like this to land on and remember what happened in the other book. Nice to not have reread it, before diving into a juicy new story!
LinaBoeckwurm
As far as I understand it it's not past a certain chapter, but more a date. Which means it's not worth it to read more because after the date he has to take it down, and the actual date probably has to do with the timing of contracts & publication. In practice it comes down to the same thing though, whether I am right or wrong.
Tsume Eiranis
A marvelous peek, thank you
Zachary Key
That is true but he can't continue past a certain chapter as khenal has gotten an exclusivity deal for his books/writings on this story. Or that was at least the story with AgroSquirrel who was also doing a read through of dungeon life as well.
Herakilla
Thanks for this peek!
deefdragon
NetNarrator is doing a read-through on YT. That's atleast one option for now. (its actually how I found the series)
jkbscopes
From what this explains probably somewhere before the hullbreak situation rears its head
Alexander Hayden
Holy shit that was great
Henry Zeringue
Any news for possible audio books? I am an avid audiobook listene, So it would be nice to listen to this once it's published.
Eriach
With as much passive delving Thedeim has done with the local delivers and the skirmishes and single battle he has fought in the forest shouldn't he be nearing enough to claim another area expansion?
deefdragon
What chapters does Book 1 constitute?
