Mirabelle works late into the night. This is a project unlike any other which she has undertaken, but she has no choice. In a sense, she feels like she’s ready to get started with her business, somehow. Though, she still hasn’t ever spoken to a single person, let alone tried to sell anyone anything. But she’s in a city full of human-people, it won’t do her any good to make fairy-sized shoes. She needs to make human-people sized shoes, if she wants to sell them.
This i...
2022-06-05 18:28:31 +0000 UTC
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The painting is a little sad, honestly.
Mirabelle hovers by the front window of the shoemaker’s shop, staring at the old man who is sitting there, gazing at the portrait of a woman which is hung up next to himself.
The old man never speaks, apart from when someone is there to pick up their shoes or to place an order that gets hung onto the already overflowing board behind the counter, but, from what she has come to learn, is that the woman in the port...
2022-06-04 17:44:12 +0000 UTC
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Hineni stands up behind the rafters, looking around at the now emptied out structure.
People run around below, scurrying and working. They’re already starting, carrying out tables and furniture and piling it onto the curbside. More people come inside, already prepared with boxes of tools. They begin to rip out the floor and the walls.
“Man, they’re fast,” says Sockel.
“Time is money,” replies Hineni, watching the activity below.
2022-06-04 16:21:56 +0000 UTC
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Hello, making a FINAL CORE poll for all tiers today!
Some feedback has left me wondering if I should make some larger adjustments, particularly on the topics of pacing (Are we currently too fast?) and the subject of Isaiah’s desire to get stronger. (Are we currently too bloodthirsty?)
I’d really love to get your feeling on this, as this is my first dungeon-core and I am still new to the genre and its ways, so there is very much to learn. =)
2022-06-04 07:00:31 +0000 UTC
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“Using a bathroom in the dungeon?
Well… it’s kind of awkward.
I mean, as an adventurer, you kind of just do what you have to do, you know?
But it’s also a real problem in a way that’s hard to explain. I’m not a shy person or anything, mind you. But… I don’t want anyone watching me when I ‘take a break’.
I think that’s a fair want, right?
But the thing about being in a dungeon is that you just ...
2022-06-03 18:12:54 +0000 UTC
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The most terrifying dungeon in the world is undoubtedly the Bleakwater-Abyss.
Situated roughly one kilometer outside of the coast off of Ruby Bay, on the western shore of the far-eastern continent, the Bleakwater-Abyss is the world’s only current existing ocean dungeon. Sitting right in the middle of the water, it can only be reached by ship.
Swimming is highly inadvisable, not even because of the distance or the rip-tides that will pull you under and into ...
2022-06-02 19:30:52 +0000 UTC
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Hineni leisurely strolls down the street, his eyes rising up towards the night sky.
The air is warm and fresh, carrying with it a light dew that feels nice on the skin of his face. Many lights glow with an orange hue, shining out of the many windows that he walks by.
Hineni recalls nights when he had wandered down this very street, avoiding looking into the glowing spaces for fear of what he might see there.
— Warmth, comfort, happiness, pe...
2022-06-02 16:08:35 +0000 UTC
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Got some new art in of dear old Canta and have made a new cover for Sin-Eater! It is gone, but not forgotten! =)
2022-06-02 07:26:42 +0000 UTC
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I won't manage Weaponsmith tonight, but you'll get it tomorrow, promise! =)
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Birds sing outside of Mirabelle’s nest, sitting up high on the branches of the summertide green trees. Their songs are carried away, together with the gentle rustling of the full crown, by the ever-present softly blowing gust, which flows through the world like a stream.
As it blows and as t...
2022-06-01 18:46:45 +0000 UTC
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Floors one to ten were themed with holy water
What theme should the next segment, floors -> 20 have? =)
2022-06-01 17:54:54 +0000 UTC
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What must life be like inside of a dungeon that finds itself in peaceful solitude?
I suppose it depends on your perspective.
From the perspective of the creatures which live inside of a dungeon, one might assume that they simply view this as a very mundane existence. In essence, it is likely to be the same as any person would feel, when alone in their family home.
However, the more popular dungeons of the world have thousands of unwelcome guest...
2022-06-01 17:51:09 +0000 UTC
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Pressure.
What you need to always consider as an adventurer is the concept of pressure.
The deeper you move down into the world, down many floors of a dungeon, one might notice a popping of the ears eventually. This is pressure.
When one moves to a lower floor and the monsters are stronger than before, the traps deadlier, this too is pressure.
When resources run low, drained from several encounters and things become harder, this ...
2022-05-31 19:12:10 +0000 UTC
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“STOP! DON’T LOOK AT ME!” howls Seltsam, throwing down rows of books from the shelves and then crawling under them.
Hineni stands there, very much looking at her.
“- Nooo~!” screams the woman.
“Hot damn, are you murdering her over here or something?” asks Sockel, looking around the corner.
Hineni, just standing there, not murdering her, shrugs. “No.”
She frowns. “Oh. Huh. Lame,” replies ...
2022-05-30 18:49:54 +0000 UTC
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Here is the first bit of Isaiah art! New concept pieces with varying designs will follow in the future! =)
This concept was created by artist @KiakisArt! <3
https://twitter.com/KiakisArt
2022-05-29 19:14:02 +0000 UTC
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Mirabelle sits inside of her nest. She’s covered the entrance hole to her tree with some brown burlap, having found more scraps to take from the fruit vendor’s trash. The rest of the material that she had plundered from the seamstress’ trash, scraps of more colorful, softer fabrics, she has lying around here as she slowly starts to fill the tree with it to the brim. As a nest, it’s certainly lacking in a lot of ways. But she kind of likes the way it’s developing.
Th...
2022-05-29 18:50:35 +0000 UTC
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Hineni stands downstairs in the ice-cellar, his ungloved hand running along the cold walls.
“Eilig?” he asks, looking around the room.
No response.
His eyes wander back to the ice, which is still intact and hasn’t begun melting. That means she still has to be around the house, right?
Hineni looks, peeping into the doll-house that is held aloft in the air by strings of ice, dangling from the ceiling.
It ...
2022-05-28 17:43:36 +0000 UTC
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What is a dungeon-core, exactly?
Here is what we know, based on the results of examinations conducted during several dungeon demolition events.
A dungeon-core is to be considered as a living entity, in that it is ‘alive’ in the same sense as any other monster in the dungeon is.
A dungeon-core can range from being a mobile creature to being entirely immobile.
— We do not know how immobile dungeon-cores lord over their domain...
2022-05-27 18:10:37 +0000 UTC
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Dungeons, as far as we know, have little use for such an abstract thing as money. Yet, they are brim full of it.
Monsters carry coins. Chests are filled with heaps of precious stones and jewels. Mountains of Obols can be found laying around in seemingly random corners and places in some dungeons.
— But to what end?
Sometimes money is used as bait to lure in the greedy and the unprepared into traps and ambushes. Dungeons are well aware of the ...
2022-05-26 17:57:51 +0000 UTC
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Currently Isaiah is making use of the [UTHRA {1}], focusing on getting as many of these low tier workers as possible. However, there is also the option of upgrading the existing workers to [UTHRA {2}], rather than just summoning more of them.
Which do you think is better for progress? =)
High efficiency vs Swarm?
2022-05-26 05:44:14 +0000 UTC
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Dear valued customer,
Fifteen thousand Obols have been added to your account balance after the sale of one magical item, as discussed.
Your current balance: 63246 Obols
The auction of the further four delivered objects is in progress. I will keep you updated.
Avarice.
Hineni nods to himself, looking at the ...
2022-05-25 16:53:35 +0000 UTC
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My biggest tip on dungeoneering?
— Wipe your feet.
I know that you might be wondering, what’s the point of such a trivial action when you’re entering into a dungeon? A dungeon that is likely chock full of mud, slime, gunk, goo and froths of twenty different shades?
I’ll tell you why you should wipe your feet. It’s a real simple reason.
Respect.
You need to understand that a dungeon isn’t just some rando...
2022-05-24 16:42:03 +0000 UTC
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It is the middle of the night, three days later and Mirabelle sits outside of the window of the shoemaker’s store, staring at the vision of her gaunt, pale reflection which sits only inches from her own face.
She’s always been a little bony, but this lack of real food is getting to her. She’s losing the meager amount of weight that she had and the thinner she gets, the colder and less energetic she feels herself becoming.
The fairy yawns.
...
2022-05-24 04:44:11 +0000 UTC
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Every dungeon has more than just tricks and traps and silly, little goblins.
As is customary for their sort, each dungeon has an established pattern of floor design. Typically, there are normal floors, challenge floors and boss floors. However, not all dungeons hold themselves to these standards, as some more exotic examples are to be found around the world.
A normal floor is what one would expect. It is a floor full of what one would describe as average, exp...
2022-05-23 18:52:28 +0000 UTC
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“Wow, these are super cute,” says an excited adventurer, looking at the little wooden owl figure Sockel had given her, after checking in for a few days. She pulls on the string dangling form the small figurine and it lifts its wings, as if flapping them. “Thanks!” she beams, walking off to sit at a table in the restaurant.
Sockel makes a point of rolling her eyes for Hineni to see. “Am I running a gift shop now too?” she asks.
“No,” replies Hi...
2022-05-23 16:56:40 +0000 UTC
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Just a boring Mirabelle today from my stockpile. Fresh FINAL CORE and Weaponsmith tomorrow! =)
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Mirabelle stares at the ducks, wondering about what would happen if she floats around on the water. Would people throw bread to her?
The fairy frowns, envying them. It looks like a good way to live, but she has her doubts that anyone will give her anything. The ducks are fat and beautiful, with shiny, glossy f...
2022-05-22 18:28:09 +0000 UTC
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One might be perplexed if trying to understand the rules of the universe. Strange coincidences always seem to happen at the oddest times and it is impossible to decipher if these synchronicities are merely coincidences, attributed with meaning by the mind, or if there really is a higher meaning behind them.
The threes, the fours, the fives — It’s not so much that these are forced into play by the hands of the people involved, but rather, that the universe already has thin...
2022-05-21 19:24:30 +0000 UTC
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Fire lashes out all around us.
Tendrils of magma whip and strike, splashing a radiance out into all directions.
It sticks against their shields, against their armor, but the advance continues.
Floor five.
Floor ten.
Floor sixteen.
We proceed and progress and the core of the world, despite us delving deeper and deeper into the darkness, grows ever brighter.
The fires rise to meet us wit...
2022-05-21 15:38:58 +0000 UTC
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Was writing a FINAL CORE, but I wasn't happy with today's chapter. So here's a Mirabelle instead. New FC tomorrow! =)
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Mirabelle peeks through the window, watching the woman at work. A seamstress.
The fairy wonders, hanging upside down from the top of the window frame, as she watches the woman work; how does she do it? How does she make things from strings?
Mirabelle’s ...
2022-05-20 18:22:31 +0000 UTC
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“What it’s like to be down that deep in a dungeon?” he asks me, narrowing his eyes. “I’ll tell you what it’s like to be down that deep in a dungeon.” His hands rise up and grasp my neck.
I lift a hand, gesturing for my secretary to continue transcribing the scene.
“It starts off like this. Not so bad, right?” he asks. “Sure, it’s a little uncomfortable, being on floor one, but we expect that, don’t we?”
I nod.
...
2022-05-19 16:32:41 +0000 UTC
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Hineni walks to the window of the room, looking down at the street below.
His mother was always a strange woman. She was a bit on the airy side of things. She was always a little dreamy and a little out there, but sharp as a tack in her younger years.
— If the fake life that he had spent with Nikyah counts, then her age had gotten to her in the end, eventually.
But he doesn’t know if that depiction of her was real or not. He still doesn...
2022-05-18 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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