The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead
SUMMARY
What do you do when you don't fit in?
Edwin never really felt many connections to other people, but as a physics student, that was fine. He didn't really need it, anyway. He was content to peel back the mysteries of the universe... not that there were many left to find. Modern-day research was just too well-established, too well-trodden for any single enthusiast to make any significant headway.
But that doesn't apply to other worlds. Not ones where magic and Skills run rampant, where well-defined roles and Classes dominate much of society with little room for novel experimentation from its residents. That kind of world would be perfect for an overeager, newly-minted Alchemist to make his mark.
Things are never that easy, though.
The Way Ahead is a very slice-of-life story following the story of someone trying to find his place in a world that doesn't know what to do with him. Expect lots of science, lots of alchemy, a few sarcastic quips by the System, and lots of exploration involving the world, self-discovery, and above all, science.
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Chapter list
- Chapter 1: Today’s Forecast Includes a Miniscule Chance of Planeswalkers
- Chapter 2: Decidedly Sarcastic Skills
- Chapter 3: Revelations of Varying Fortune
- Chapter 4: An Unstoppable Force Meets a Movable Object
- Chapter 5: Identifying Identify
- Chapter 6: Sparks Flying
- Chapter 7: Firmly Outside Normal
- Chapter 8: A Stormy Disposition
- Chapter 9: A Chilly Reception
- Chapter 10: Let it Burn Let it Burn Let it Burn
- Chapter 11: Roadside Assessment
- Chapter 12: A "Talk" With "Friends"
- Chapter 13: Pretentious Neighbors
- Chapter 14: There Are Worse Internships
- Chapter 15: End of the Lime
- Chapter 16: Shedding some Limelight
- Chapter 17: The Time of our Limes
- Chapter 18: The Left of Bare Arms
- Chapter 19: Stupid Cheating Skills
- Chapter 20: Out With a Bang
- Chapter 21: Assume the Physicist Ignores Air Resistance
- Chapter 22: Just Follow the Black Stone Road
- Chapter 23: Foreign Exchange
- Chapter 24: Birds of a Feather
- Chapter 25: Settling Into the Roost
- Interlude: And Awoke a Star of Stone and Flame
- Chapter 26: Chitter Chatter
- Bonus Chapter: The System Explained
- Chapter 27: All That Glitters is Silver
- Chapter 28: A Long Day's Knight
- Chapter 29: A Discussion with a "Friend"(?)
- Chapter 30: Managerial Clockwork
- Chapter 31: Seeing is Disbelieving
- Chapter 32: Protagonist Syndrome
- Chapter 33: Packing Up
- Chapter 34: What Lies Ahead
- Chapter 35: Starstruck
- Chapter 36: Clubbing All Night
- Chapter 37: A Towering Ego
- Chapter 38: An Unexpected Chat
- Chapter 39: The Career of a Lifetime
- Chapter 40: Pointed Questions
- Chapter 41: Not Quite the Answer to Life
- Chapter 42: Hitting the Bars
- Chapter 43: Sticking Around
- Chapter 44: The Aftermath: Now Addition-Free!
- Chapter 45: With a Nice Little Bow
- Chapter 46: By the Buy
- Chapter 47: Into the Unknown
- Chapter 48: An Axe to Grind (With)