“Normal pie?” Broussard said in disbelief.
Yvette, clad in a pair of unusual brass spectacles and a striped vest and trousers, looked guiltily between Auriane and Marjorie for a minute and then said, resignedly, “Well, in that case, it isn’t permanent. We just need to wash you down a bit.” She looked at the cream-covered archer in front of her. “Normal pie...”
2019-08-19 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“What did you do to me?” said Broussard, “I can’t see!”
“Serves you right, sneaking around my workshop you Foxglove pig.”
2019-08-18 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Her hands went up to her face as her bow clattered to the floor.
“Yvette!” Auriane called out, hoping not to be loud enough to attract attention from outside the building.
2019-08-17 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As her eyes struggled to adjust to the relative darkness, the archer noticed that walls were hidden behind an eccentric collection of books, devices, jars, gears, and unrecognizable objects that littered the shelves. In the middle of one wall, the shelves were interrupted by a workbench desk covered in strange devices.
As Auriane looked around the room, Marjorie became intrigued by one of the objects on the desk. “Don’t touch anything!” the courier whispered. Although the stealthy...
2019-08-16 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostJust the story, without the images, in case you need to read it with continuity. Continuing from our last story catchup post.
Unknown to the town or its occupiers, Auriane, a villager who worked as a courier between Dacquoise and the capital, was on the road when the town was occupied. From a distance, she saw that something was wrong. Coming closer, and trying her best to remain unseen, she saw the evidence of occupying forces along the walls, then ran ba...
2019-08-15 23:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s here,” Auriane said, pointing to a short section of wall that was low compared to the ground around it. A small pile of dirt, branches, and leaves made it climbable. “This is a security mistake,” Helena commented. “Yes, but teenagers use it to leave the village and return without getting caught. All small villages have spots like this.” As the archer helped the knight up the wall, she added, “the guard captain should find out about these activities and put an end to them...
2019-08-15 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“What DO they have that we could use, then, farm tools?” Broussard asked.
“The tools would be out in the fields, and too heavy for us to bring enough to arm the populace. IT has to be something already in the town” Helena pointed out.
“Well, we have plenty of pastries, flour, honey.”
Helena interrupted, “Honey?” Auriane nodded. “So you have beehives? Perhaps that CAN help. I once had a bee inside my armor, and it was…an unpleasant experience. ...
2019-08-15 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“Well, private Broussard, you may be a hot-shot archer, but a soldier learns not to question the decisions of her sovereign.”
“No doubt she thought she needed every soldier to defend the capital,” the courier said.
“And she might be right,” Helena responded, “but as it is, only two of us volunteered to help you save your village. We’re going to have to do it through stealth and guerilla tactics.” She nodded toward Broussard as she spoke, “She...
2019-08-14 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“But what does that mean?” the archer replied.
“That’s good,” the knight responded, “we can’t take the village with just the three of us. We need help from the townspeople.”
“None of them know how to fight, Lady Helena” Auriane said, “except maybe for the ones in the stocks.”
2019-08-12 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Anyway, after some death (not me) and some illness (me), I am back.
I'll try to make any slow updates up to you soon.
2019-08-08 22:22:51 +0000 UTC View PostHad to be out of town for an emergency, but service will resume very soon. I'm excited about what's coming. I envisioned this part of the story from the start, so I'm really looking forward to seeing the images, once made.
2019-08-05 18:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post
“Who has the biggest and most luxurious house in the town?” Vittoria asked. “It would be this piggy, right here,” Lorraine said, pointing to Chorinna. “I’ll send my servants ahead to prepare for our stay,” the Venetian replied. “But we can enjoy our victory a little while longer,” she added, gesturing to the women in the stocks.
Rowena cracked a smile. “This town is conquered. Send the villagers home. We’ll stay out here until it gets dark.” She punctuated her st...
2019-08-03 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“Well, now we just watch the bunch of your collect flies like the excrement you are, hmmm? Or are there perhaps more ways to have fun with you will you rot in the stocks?” Lorraine taunted.
2019-08-02 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Lorraine smacked the guard in the face with a pastry just as rotten as the one Vittoria had given Chorinna, but, for some reason, it was of much runnier consistency. Its drippiness did Clarabelle no favors, as it smelled even worse
2019-08-01 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Lorraine smiled, “Your perception is most precise. That’s the échevin of this little dunghole of a village.”
2019-07-30 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“Would you like to do the honors?” Vittoria grimaced at the smell of the pie, but Lorraine gestured to the pilloried women, and a smile crept across the Venetian’s face. “Which one shall I start with?”
2019-07-29 01:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Expect the start of the twist to begin about August 4 or 5. It won't be the last one in this very wacky story.
2019-07-27 23:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The side of Mercedes’ cutlass smacked against to the smallest, firmest target it had yet hit.
2019-07-27 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
“Ah, Clarabelle. A great name for a milk cow. Perhaps I should milk you. It’s my job, after all,” she teased, as the flat of the guard’s sword reddened the chubby cheeks in front of her, making the large woman jiggle with each smack.
2019-07-25 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
More wiry than robust, Clarabelle had doubted her when she volunteered to serve in the town guard. She had proven herself in practice combat amongst others in the town, but, like Clarabelle and so many others, she had fallen far short when confronted by Rowena the Black. “How’s this one so svelte in this town of cheesecake and sweet cream?” Vittoria asked, somewhat rhetorically.
2019-07-23 23:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post