Also, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has been so supportive for so long. I think I'm just getting out of a really dark place mentally, but it's been rough these past two or so months. Reordering schedule and exercising more has helped.
It's a simple truth, but writing is now a job for me. But that sometimes makes it difficult to remember the joys of reading and writing. Writing Lucretia's little bit reminded me a lot of the reasons I started this story. B...
2018-09-19 04:07:19 +0000 UTC
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I agree that the placement was poor. The problem was just I didn't want to let anymore time pass before moving to the second part of Naffur's story. So, here you go. I'll reorder eventually so it's not so abrupt.
Quick as a flash, Naffur was back on his feet and jamming the close door button. As the metal slowly lurched to respond, Naffur also pressed in the button for the ground floor. Anything to get away from this place.
“Excuse me young man, but no ...
2018-09-19 03:59:10 +0000 UTC
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It was supposed to be so easy, Naffur Suite reflected. He was shaking.
In order to pay off his debts, he had taken a job for the Haveheights to help rob the Manhattan Building. During the monthly Lottery, where a lucky few would get the chance to audition before the elites of the Orchard, he would slip away from the action and cause a distraction for the guards. The Haveheights, who were waiting outside, would use that time to attack the bank and steal enough money that Naffur wou...
2018-09-17 05:27:37 +0000 UTC
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“Fucking 2000!??!” Randidly bellowed.
The surgeon patted his shoulder absently. “Worry not, the larger pieces are already removed. This would be easier if you could lower your natural toughness, eh? Just how high is your Endurance, anyway?”
Randidly didn’t bother to answer him as his monologue turned inward. 2000 PP was an almost impossible number. He had come a long way, of course, from the days where he had Paths for 25 or 50 PP. And Randidly’s ability to gathe...
2018-09-17 05:24:22 +0000 UTC
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Silo kept his mouth shut once the group had gotten into the small canoe after the fight with the Propagator. His instincts screamed for him to encourage the others. He had thought himself the leader of this team, and therefore it was his role.
But…
It took quite a lot of time with these other three individuals, but Silo could now only helplessly admit that he was not the leader of this team. And he could not find it in himself to say even a single positive thing.
Hal...
2018-09-17 05:22:32 +0000 UTC
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Honestly, I love making world origin stories. This one was especially amusing for me though.
Okay, Lucretia all caught back up for now.
In her gaze, the condescending face of the Autarch was all that remained. Her body was dust, her personality was collapsing inward. Memories flew away like flighty sparrows. Would she never see Shal again? Was she wrong to visit Icklid before seeking out Shal?
Who was Shal?
Her son-
Her on...
2018-09-14 05:06:26 +0000 UTC
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“Sir, I think… I shouldn’t be deconstructed.”
This made the Autarch pause. Immediately, the strange instinctual compulsion to approach him disappeared. Thoughtfully, he regarded her and cracked his knuckles. Only after he had cracked every single finger did he speak. And then, it was only a word. “Why?”
“I… I believe that my karmic abilities can be extremely valuable to the Wights,” Lucretia said slowly. Inwardly, she began feeling the rapidly growing pool ...
2018-09-14 05:01:56 +0000 UTC
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End of this chapter may look familiar, but hopefully we have a different feel to what is going on. And while there are still some questions left, hopefully this is a better arc for Lucretia. I'll finish this tomorrow.
Selfia’s alarm departed, leaving only confusion in her eyes. Lucretia tried to remember how many years she had lived in Tellus. So long that this past life seemed nothing but a dream. But then Selfia seemed to take in Lucretia’s lavender hair,...
2018-09-13 04:30:19 +0000 UTC
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Woo, rewriting took longer than I thought. For those that haven't read already, the end of 641 and all of 642 have been changed.
Her smile at the newly arrived man wasn’t warm, but… Lucretia couldn’t deny her satisfaction in the case of this individual. Even now that her sharp personality had been mollified somewhat by decompressing inside of Randidly. For all that she lost her sharpness, she still enjoyed the twisted nature of human emotion.
“Wel...
2018-09-13 04:27:24 +0000 UTC
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I've actually thought a lot about the reaction to the sudden switch for Lucretia, and that one is on me guys. My bad.
Spent today re outlining the short term arc to address the issue. I don't think the two identities are as far from each other as you'd think, but it requires more text. The goal is to revise yesterday's Lucretia parts tomorrow and release three chapters putting her on firmer ground.
I care about your reading experience, and listen when you spot issues. My goal is to make ...
2018-09-12 02:46:06 +0000 UTC
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The man walked calmly across the dusty battleground. His chainmail armor was spattered with the juices of deceased Wights. There were other people scavenging amongst the remnants of the bodies here, but all of them gave him a wide berth. After all, they had come only after the battle here was won. This man had been there during the thick of the fighting. From the rumors about him, he fought with a manic glee that few could match.
And everyone couldn’t help but stare awkwardly at...
2018-09-10 06:04:07 +0000 UTC
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“There it is,” The Captain announced proudly from the edge of the skyship. “Come take a look.”
Drake considered not doing that. But ultimately, he had a mission. He was supposed to be Sydney’s sword. Part of that meant dealing with the… unpleasantness of the venue of this mission. It was, after all, perfectly safe.
None of the other sailors had died yet, and they had been doing this for a while, hadn’t they?
With measured steps, Drake reached the edge of ...
2018-09-10 06:00:15 +0000 UTC
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There was a sudden explosion of smog that filled the area of the battlefield, but the Propagator didn’t bother to pursue the gene fodder that fled away from it. To its surprise, the three that had been present within its Domain survived, and had enough strength to walk away. Even the intriguing one amongst them, that was able to directly resist a portion of its domain, moved with surprising quickness.
Through the smog, the Propagator’s focus narrowed on that individual. The Pr...
2018-09-10 05:57:47 +0000 UTC
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Woo. Long chapters today.
Congratulations! Your Fate is now Level 6. Continue exposing your fate to powerful opponents to increase its Level. Current Benefits: 101 Health and 12 Stat Points have been gained. Agility is increased by 30.
Congratulations! Your Skill Corrosive Touch (System) has evolved as your Fate grows. It is now Level 41. This Level is capped by the Level of your Fate times 10.
Platton straightened,...
2018-09-08 15:30:41 +0000 UTC
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A little belatedly... I'll probably release another later today. Thanks to everyone's well wishes. My girlfriend is fine, just bruised and upset. Enjoy.
Randidly felt the power of the Crown of Upheaval and Silence plus with glee. It had been since the fight with the Witch King that he had last used it, and the warm rush of its power was a welcome addition to his fighting strength. With it active, the world seemed to slow to a manageable Level.
With a grea...
2018-09-08 15:28:01 +0000 UTC
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My girlfriend was in a car accident, so that sort of consumed my day. I did outline properly, so just count today as my off day, and I'll release two tomorrow.
Blaaaaaaaaaaaah.
2018-09-07 02:37:08 +0000 UTC
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Only one chapter tonight. I'm torn on how I want this to end.
Sergeant Platton carefully schooled his expression. He couldn’t show weakness now, not while he was standing next to these three youths and the smashed remnants of his squad. Latta was dead, and with his high Perception, Platton could smell that Daskin pissed himself.
Above them, three tall puppets loomed. But Platton kept his eyes on the strange crystalline beetle that climbed out of the sca...
2018-09-06 04:37:04 +0000 UTC
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Specs? Randidly asked quickly as he leaped sideways to escape the shockwave of the hand smashing down and crushing the two squad members. The sheer force of the thing stumbled all of the members of their expedition but Randidly, who moved quickly to avoid as soon as it moved.
Well, everyone else but Azriel.
Immense physical strength, practical immortality… but all of this was disproved by Aemont. Azriel said, landing behind the Progenitor. She had r...
2018-09-05 04:53:52 +0000 UTC
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After the week of battle to make it to this point and meet Sergeant Platton, the next two weeks were relatively tame and nonviolent. With Sergeant Platton and his team recovered, the focus once more shifted to reconnaissance. Slowly, the group worked its way circuitously back towards the central island around which the Wight activity centered.
They couldn’t be too active, so Randidly couldn’t practice actual spear moves all that much. Even using Plant Dominance to make an avat...
2018-09-05 04:51:46 +0000 UTC
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“What…?”
After listening to Azriel’s short explanation, Randidly wasn’t sure what to say. The two were sitting off to the side with the rest of the group after Randidly regained enough Mana to form some of the wood from the broken boats into a seaworthy vessel. It took some time to catch back up, but that was mainly due to neither of them possessing any sailing Skills.
Sergeant Platton and his squad were resting while the four individuals competing in the competiti...
2018-09-03 03:12:07 +0000 UTC
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For whatever reason, the arrival of the fog cheered Silo up. Randidly just looked at the approaching fog bank gloomily. First constant rain, now fog? This Southern Domain was a humidity nightmare. It did slowly push his Child of Rain Skill up, but...
“Haha, believe me, this is our good luck,” Silo announced. “Just trust me. When have I steered the group wrong?”
Randidly wanted to disprove the other man, but as he sorted through his memories of Silo, he hadn’t reall...
2018-09-03 03:05:59 +0000 UTC
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I've been traveling this weekend, so I haven't gotten to either the people who messaged about helping with the game and the Premise Contest. I am now home, but I'm going to bed after posting. I'll put up the finalists for the contest tomorrow and send out those message. Also post 14 chapters to RRL.
Sergeant Platton lowered the Vision Lens with a grim expression on his face. The Wights were absolutely teeming with activity in the vicinity of Princet,...
2018-09-03 03:02:21 +0000 UTC
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By the end of it, Randidly was mentally exhausted and leaned back against the ground. They were still waiting for Silo, who was now slowly recovering some distance away from them after using the corrupted Aether source.
Laughing, Skarch stood. “I look forward to the meals, Mr. Ghosthound. Something tells me that Silo will return soon, so recover quickly before he gets the wrong idea…”
Randidly considered Skarch as she walked away, both due to her words and her images. ...
2018-09-01 00:26:53 +0000 UTC
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This was weird... I'm just finishing up editing, and my body is like, okay time for bed. But I wrote before everything so I would have time tonight?
I might be a zombie after this, haha. Let's see how this early writing works out. Let me know if there is a different feel to the chapters.
“What are you doing?”
Randidly twisted around and looked over his shoulder at Skarch at her words. He and Azriel were sitting at a small stump undernea...
2018-09-01 00:24:53 +0000 UTC
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Date night was tonight. I'll do tonight's two chapters tomorrow.
A reminder to get any crazy ideas in for the contest before this weekend!
2018-08-31 03:15:44 +0000 UTC
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Originally, I was thinking I would do two Drake and then two Jaffur, but Drake took three. So probably some more Randidly, and then we will move further through Jaffur's antics. Trying to cut down on abrupt POV shifts.
“Welcome traveler, to Ifrenne,” The large man said with a grin. He was not large like Drake, but like a walrus, spilling out over the ivory frame of his throne. But that was perhaps one of the perks of being the King of an entire Zone. “It ...
2018-08-30 05:39:16 +0000 UTC
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For those of you who have asked, I have been making the game on Twine, which uses a very simplified language. I believe it is also possible to use javascript if you find its native tools insufficient.
I'll respond to those who have already messaged me this weekend, but I thought I would explain a bit about why I thought spreading this out was a good idea. Mostly, It's difficult for me to remain motivated when I'm working alone. Because a lot of the joy for me comes from talking ab...
2018-08-30 05:34:41 +0000 UTC
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Only one chapter today, because I was doing some work on the game. And due to my outlook, I wanted to open up a discussion.
Me working on the game alone will not finish it quickly. Even a workable little teaser will likely take another month. I am wrung out of juice to push for any faster.
But I love making games. You have no idea how many homebrew systems I have. I think one of the few things that would invigorate me would being able to create something with ...
2018-08-29 03:56:52 +0000 UTC
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Immediately, Randidly opened up his menu and looked at the details of his new Skill. Although his vision was spinning somewhat from the shifts in Aether, Randidly’s recovery ability was roaring back to the forefront. In a few seconds, he felt the last of the strange tingles departing and he could focus on the notifications in front of himself.
When a Shadow Departs, Fireflies Dance: Move a short distance in any direction. At the initial point of the movement, create a bu...
2018-08-28 04:58:52 +0000 UTC
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With his attention in front of the Skill, he paused, then reached out and touched Ashes to Ashes. Immediately, System notifications popped up in front of him.
Congratulations! There is currently a resonance between two of your Skills. It becomes possible to allow this resonance to grow. Warning, results of allowing the Skills to influence each other are unpredictable. Warning, if you possess insufficient energy, illness or death might result from the transformation.
2018-08-28 04:57:18 +0000 UTC
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