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[MFR] Chapter 60 - Gravitas

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Forgot to post the rules for Cuprum Duelists earlier. I'll do it tomorrow.

Really like the new schedule. Knowing I get a break tomorrow helped because today has been pretty awful overall. Though, on the good side of today, book 9 is doing really well on amazon ! Arrived all the way up to rank #1804 so far and breached the top 2k, which is amazing !

Chapter 60

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Ruins of Myrtran

"Well this place is about...

[MFR] Chapter 59 - Communications

Note : Chapter 60 has been written and added to the queue ! It's a chonker, at 2.8k words, but I decided against breaking it up because it's been a while and I don't want to mess up the pacing. It also includes a card game, whose rules I will upload today/tomorrow.

I...may also have to rename that chapter 61 and make another chapter 60, because I think I skipped a few steps. In my defence, I was distracted and wrote something I had in mind.

It will be over by the time this chapter...

Patreon Schedule

For existing patrons, do not be alarmed if this didn't show up in your notifications. That's normal, it's just a rehash of what you already know, for any newcomers.

Going forward, as an experiment and to stabilize my admittedly erratic posting schedule, chapters will be posted on Patreon at 18h CET on :

(For some reason patreon doesn't show it half the time but this section has been crossed out) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

EDIT : The schedule has been adjus...

[TFW] Book 9 Review Copies & Book Release

I'm supposed to do this like, a week before release, but I COMPLETELY freaking forgot !

Okay, so, for those of you who weren't present during the last book launch, my publisher sends me a link for early review copies. Effectively, you guys can click on the link to get book 9 in a digital format of your choice, in exchange you leave a honest review on the book on amazon. That's it.

The link however, is limited and 'first come, first serve'. This is made even more awkward by the fac...

Chapter 58 - Dressing Down

Note : Chapter 59 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 58

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Settlement of Astralis

"What the fuck are you doing?!?" Snarled out Kalia, after making sure the Hero was out of earshot. "Are you fucking insane?"

"I...I'm sorry, I just...I just snapped, alright?"

"Snapped? You started yelling at someone whose benevolence we depend on for survival, who is a bona fide hero, honored high...

Chapter 57 - Meeting Crasher

Note : Chapter 58 has been written and added to the queue !

Well, the system is already working, I was able to effectively take today off for personal stuff without having to scramble around for more chapters. Also I'll need to do a pinned chapter with the patreon schedule for new patrons coming in.

Anyway, I'll probably pivot back to The Fallen World once my burst of inspiration on Manaforged Robotics is done, especially as we're soon going to have a greater backlog here than the...

[Important] Patreon Schedule Poll

Alright, here are the schedules I came up with. The one at the top is my preferred one. Why ? Because it uses every day where I don't have a major, recurring engagement, which means that those days are the ones where I most likely will have the time to write a chapter if one isn't ready.

The only problem I have with it is that I don't know if it'll work with keeping up my streaks and I'm afraid of working up a backlog for patreon, which I'm not a big fan of, for multiple reasons (I comp...

Chapter 56 - She Who Controls The Spice...

Notes :

A poll will go up shortly after this chapter about the schedule, keep your eyes out for that.

Blame the part with the TO-DO list on Drasoini. They're the ones who planted the idea in my mind on discord. Sometimes I wonder if my server is an elaborate psyops. First the 'ship girls' suggestion that ended up with Subtlety in The Fallen World, Sapphiria's height debate, and now this.

I'm also having to deal with the construction company again. Great.

Chapter...

Chapter 55 - Concrete Castle

Notes :

Apologies for the lack of chapter yesterday. There's days where I simply do not have the time to write even if I wanted to, and I don't always have the ability to write an extra chapter another day to cover for it. Yet I didn't want to break the streak.

It may be time for me to institute some kind of patreon schedule. I've been avoiding it because my writing has been extremely heavily streak/burst based, but it's also...not a very practical way to write honestly. Slow and ...

Chapter 54 - Spicy

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Sorry for the late chapter, hadn't finished it in time. If you guys have any spice name suggestions, don't hesitate to make them ! I had a fair bit of a laugh making my own, and several of them are easter eggs.

Chapter 54

Starborn Mountains, Mount Nebula

Crash Site

"This'll do." Said Sapphiria as she retracted shoulder-mounted the machineguns, contemplating the target she'd just blasted to pieces.

It was, basically, just a pile of rocks...

Chapter 53 - Technological Puzzle

Notes :

Not much to say. Probably going to switch back to The Fallen World after a few chapters. Patreon numbers aren't doing well and my publisher doesn't seem very happy that book 10 isn't moving faster along.

Chapter 53

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Settlement of Astralis

Ramina fidgeted anxiously as everyone gazed at her.

She'd delayed. Deflected. Thrown herself into her work. She'd been trying to avoid being too obvious about it, bu...

[MFR] Chapter 52 - Armor Off

Notes :

Heya, sorry for the delay. I did a ping on discord warning about it but couldn't do a patreon post. I spent the whole day moving around and some transportation issues meant I wasn't able to get home as early as I had orginally wanted.

And yes, the chapter title is because it's the only thing I could remember of note from it when I sat down to set it up for upload. You'll see for yourselves.

Chapter 52

Starborn Mountains, Mount Nebula

Crash Site

Chapter 51 - Full Force Contact

Notes : Chapter 52 has been written and added to the queue !

I loved this fight. Just had a bit of a problem, having to delve into the whole mess that was the debate around 'hydrostatic shock' and all the things to do with bullets. This is why I try to keep things vague.

Chapter 51

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Wilderness

"...Of course. Let's find a good spot and we can take a break." Said Paul.

Sapphiria wasn't sure if that thing could ...

Chapter 50 - Hunting Trip

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Patreon upated their UI again for creators. It's, once again, even worse now. Yay for enshittification.

In other news, I actually had a lot of fun writing this chapter. It was neat, and I liked the ending. I hope you'll enjoy it as well !

Chapter 50

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Wilderness

"Do you know where we are?" Asked Sapphiria, as she checked her own mapping software. According to it, they'd been meandering in the general di...

Chapter 49 - Unacceptable Paradigm

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Apologies for the late upload, and the lack of one yesterday. I had some harrowing personal stuff, and today I simply forgot to set it up thanks to a small pile of problems with my groceries.

This might be the end of the streak, it might not. We shall see. I honestly hesitated to not post this chapter today to build up a new streak, but decided against it in the end, though I'm worried about pushing myself too much.

Chapter 49

Starborn Mountains, Mount Ne...

[TFW & MFR] Project SERENE

Notes :

Heya. Sorry for no chapter today, I had an appointment and I haven't been in the headspace to finish chapter 49 because of it. So here, I hope you'll enjoy this lore file I wrote instead. As usual, everything here is subject to change.

This is tagged for The Fallen World and Manaforged Robotics because this project took place in both universes almost entirely identically.

Following the success of ITER-5 'Curie', the first commercially viable thermonuclear reac...

[MFR] Chapter 48 - Talking Shop

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Apologies for the late chapter, I got a problem with my uber order and got massively distracted with the mess.

Also, loved the response to the first chapter of The Starlight Trader ! I'm happy I nailed it !

Chapter 48

Starborn Mountains, Mount Nebula

Mining Hub

"So, I have to ask, what's a sonic fence anyway?" Said Ramina as she hefted a box of parts. Given her build, she was deceptively strong. More augments, maybe? Not that Sapphiria ...

[TST] Chapter 1 - Business As Usual

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Heya ! Here is the first chapter of my new pass at The Starlight Trader. Note that ALL the information and lore regarding the MC has been remade since my previous attempt, that kind of collapsed due to the scale at which I was operating. This is more at a Rogue Trader level (which I refer to in a tongue and cheek way in the chapter).

I got side tracked from writing the next chapter of Manaforged Robotics into making this, and had a flashpoll on discord. Peo...

Chapter 47 - Into The Depths

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Okay, I was planning to have that discussion about the security measures, but I got sidetracked. Next chapter !

...Provided I don't get distracted again.

Chapter 47

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Mining Hub

The return trip was odd, to say the least. Sapphiria wasn't used to having squishies with her into the tunnels, and she almost just sprinted out of reflex, stopping at the last second when Ramina yelped as she vanished into camo...

[MFR] Chapter 46 - Monsters

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Wew, that was completed at the very last minute. Cut the end off a bit, but the chapter was already getting a tad long. Don't worry, you'll get Sapphiria thinking on what they discussed next chapter.

Chapter 46

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Logging Site

Sapphiria burst out of the undergrowth, a couple of nervous 'soldiers' in tow.

When she'd arrived at the tunnel entrance, she'd found the people manning the outpost there understan...

[TFW] Chapter 374 - Royal Matters

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Probably gonna switch some focus over to Manaforged Robotics for a bit, as I'm almost out of backlog there. If I can manage to write more. I'm recovering, thankfully, but it's not gonna happen in a day.

Chapter 374

Plains of Reclaiming, Duchy of Asaria.

City of Asaria, Capital of the Asarian Kingdom.

Elker Umbrar, third of his name, duke of the city of Asaria, regent of the great plains, shield-master of the bulwark against the wasteland, and...

[MFR] Chapter 45 - Survey

Chapter 45

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Starfire Pass

Click click clik clik, reverse.

The Hand watched as the soulless worked to expand the fortifications, absent mindedly rolling the coin across their knuckles.

Things had been...quiet. They had expected a response. Any kind of response, truly. But so far, all was normal.

It seemed their enemies had more pressing issues. For now, at least.

Bringing the soulless to task had been easy. The...

[TFW] Chapter 373 - Raise The Banners

Note : Chapter 45 of Manaforged Robotics has been written and added to the queue.

Hey guys. I'm really sorry about the radio silence and drought of content, especially for The Fallen World.

Things have been going badly lately. Some of it was due to the construction and the entire mess related to it, but I just...completely failed to regain my footing afterwards, and things have been going sideways ever since.

I'm going to try to get things back on track. But that's all I can...

[MFR] Chapter 44 - Cool Rocks

Chapter 44

Starborn Mountains, Starfire Valley

Crash Site

"Well. This'll do nicely." Said Sapphiria as she hefted the steel ingot, still warm to the touch. "It should be able to handle all standard alloys, right?"

"As well as most basic metals." Cia gazed at the large smelter. "I would like to log an anomaly."

"Shoot."

"Overall temperature of the chamber has not increased."

Sapphiria froze, and checked her sensors.

Cia...was absolutel...