
by cicadaverse
Eli Walsh is eighteen and doesn't believe in God. That's a problem when everyone expects you to serve a two-year mission for your church. Eli's drowning under expectations he can't meet, performing belief he doesn't have, with no way out that won't break his mother's heart. Then his best friend Mary—goth, furious, desperate—drags him to an ancient mound and calls to forgotten powers to keep him from leaving. Something answers. Eli wakes in a world of elemental magic and military conquest, where the girl who looks like Mary has a different name and his memories of home are already fading. The question isn't whether he can get back. It's whether he wants to.NOTE: PRIME VERSION. Derived directly from the nightly NaNoWriMo fugue-state. Structural integrity, proper character arcs, and plot-armor amended sanity checks are scheduled for a later date. Read at your own risk.
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| 0 | Chapter 1: Under the Table | 0 |
| 1 | Chapter 2: Libraries and Arcades | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 3: Misshelved | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 4: Gasoline Fixes Everything | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 5: Fast and Testimony | 0 |
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| Chapter 6: Indian Temple Mound |
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| 6 | Chapter 7: Fae Mound | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 8: Eli's Chores | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 9: The Testing | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 10: A Farewell Under Apricot Trees | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 11: Second Name | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 12: Bright Fever Remnants | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 13: Mistvale | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 14: Companions and Songs | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 15: Desert Crossing | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 16: The Thirteen Banners | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 17: Verana's Request | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 18: Mira's Vigil | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 19: Cadre | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 20: Aura Bindings | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 21: Nullification | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 22: Mimic | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 23: Tether | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 24: Resonance | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 25: Two Sides of the Same Coin | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 26: Silver Thread | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 27: The Shimmer | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 28: Margin Notes | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 29: Tomorrow | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 30: En Vigilo | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 31: Arcanum | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 32: The Road to Raleil | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 33: The Forgotten Path | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 34: The Saltmoon | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 35: Sister in the Stone | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 36: Letters of Marque | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 37: The Ethereal Plane | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 38: The Waybound | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 39: The Chord | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 40: Solid Ground | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 41: Without Wielding | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 42: The Veiled Crescent | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 43: Sanctuary | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 44: Obsidian | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 45: Te Intra | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 46: Leverage and Honor | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 47: On the Surface | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 48: Into Outhaven | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 49: Together | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 50: Through Mist and Fog | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 51: The Downpour | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 52: The River | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 53: Aftermath | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 54: Glory | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 55: Shared Grief | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 56: Council | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 57: New Paths | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 58: Baptism of Fire | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 59: Verdant's Secret | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 60: Reunion | 0 |