A traditional garden
(A friend of a friend’s, this is over 100 years old).
2019-01-03 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Electra Rose posts
Happy Year of the Pig!
A nengajou 年賀状 hand- painted especially for all of you! Best wishes for 2019!
2019-01-01 13:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year~
We just want to say thank you again, and to let you know that we are going to be improving some more aspects of our presence here. At the moment all continuing stories are being checked for the correct tags, as well as some other housekeeping things you may see in the next few weeks.
This next year, we're hoping to hold livestreams more regularly, and currently there are some big works in progress on the fanfic side. We hope you all have a wonderful new year!
Currently in pr...
2018-12-31 20:19:44 +0000 UTC View PostGreat Lakes and Expectations chp 2: White Elephant
“Who are you?” her captor demanded.
He used the exact same wording that this one infuriating youtube commercial advertising beer did, so it took Regina a moment to straighten out her emotions in response to that confusing input. She told him her name. The grip on her shoulder became a little painful.
“Where do you come from?”
He did not like her answer. But he let her go and pushed her shoulder so that she spun around to face hi...
Great Lakes and Expectations chapter 3: the Land of Ugh
The fucker just up and left her.
'There might,' Regina reflected, 'be some very good reasons that Ando-san was surprised to see me with Jiraiya. I'm going to guess that he is unreliable, uncommunicative, and inconsiderate.'
Also an incurable liar.
She didn't know much, but he had definitely told Osafune-san that she was his child. (She got 娘 and 息子 mixed up when she just heard the syllables, but she was ju...
Forever Yours, Genevieve (final)
October 29, 1891
Diary,
To-day, Edmund and Victor returned from their voyage abroad. I had missed my brother and Victor terribly, and am delighted now that they have returned safely.
Of course they brought us presents. Victor brought me you, my dear diary, while Edmund disrupted the house and brought home a talking board before Hallowe’en. The entire household is affected with excitement! Victor has played the g...
2018-12-31 14:59:54 +0000 UTC View PostNight by Night (part 1)
Consciousness came slowly, and as always, she tried to cling to the edge of sleep by keeping her eyes solidly shut. She felt like hell- whatever she’d been out doing last night, she was paying for it now. She was contorted in an especially hellish sleeping position that she just knew was going to fuck up her neck and back all day. Her mouth tasted awful, like a badger had died in it. Her eyes burned, even though they were closed. Going back to sleep was probably the best ...
2018-12-31 14:46:24 +0000 UTC View Postbirds 1/3
There were too many bodies for one woman to bury.
Reiko set her jaw and tried not to breathe in death through the cloth tied over her face as she searched the house for valuables. There was no point to worrying that she had been exposed to the curse- either she had or she hadn’t, it was clear that nothing to ward it away worked. But the smell of suffering made her head spin.
Or perhaps it was the awful d...
2018-12-31 14:04:07 +0000 UTC View Post
turn left
“In 400 meters, turn right.”
“Thanks,” Lindsay said absently. She considered turning her music up. But she didn’t, because she was too tired to navigate without the friendly robot lady. She’d missed three exits already on her drive home from the concert. And ugh, she had work tomorrow.
The worst thing was that she knew for a fact that she could take the day off with no consequences, but that she wouldn’t because she was saving up vacati...
2018-11-29 09:33:24 +0000 UTC View Postsketchy Sakura pt 2
She found the wayward family in a cheap inn. Sakura had been able to track them down by asking about her cousin and little nephew and niece. They had been traveling under the names and story that she’d manufactured for them, so they had some sense.
“I didn’t think you would come.” Nagao’s voice was so relieved that Sakura couldn’t quite manage to feel offended. The older woman ran a hand through her hair. Sakura couldn’t help from tracking the movement and noting that the s...
2018-11-29 08:46:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey sorry!
Sorry for the wait- soon the last installment of Genevieve and at least one full chapter of Regina will be posted.
Had some less than pleasant things come up- thank you for your patience and patronage!
Danjiri Fighting Festival
Every area has their own danjiri. They’re like little portable shrines and they represent the area. And every areas danjiri festival is different. I’ve seen them taken into the ocean, carried through town, and raced down mountains.
But sometimes they just get all the danjiri carriers drunk and have them shove the massive wooden shrines into each other for bragging rights.
2018-11-01 09:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostForever Yours, Genevieve (Day 2 of 3)
Dear Diary,
I… think we may have made a mistake in using the talking board. Perhaps I am too sensitive for such games, but I swear that I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye several times to-day!
I told Victor and he laughed at my cowardice. But the mood in the house is strange. No matter how many candles I light, my room is dark. And there is a chill in the air that is no product of nature.
My Victor says it could be ...
2018-11-01 09:15:27 +0000 UTC View PostForever Yours, Genevieve (Night 1 of 3)
October 29, 1891
Diary,
To-day, Edmund and Victor returned from their voyage to England. I had missed my brother and Victor terribly, and am delighted now that they have returned safely.
Of course they brought us presents. Victor brought me you, my dear diary, while Edmund disrupted the house and brought home a talking board before Hallowe’en. The entire household is affected with excitement! Victor has played the game before in his time...
2018-10-31 09:05:22 +0000 UTC View Post
'what if she wasn't a ninja' musing pt 1
"Late night?" Kanae looked up from her clipboard, expression caught between amusement and judgement.
Fuck off. Sakura flashed her supervisor a bright smile and click-clacked her way into the bank on her immaculate black heels. "I feel wonderful, and ready to process the loan paperwork," she said. She knew that her hair wasn't quite up to her usual standards, but she was definitely still hitting the bar of professional-cute.
The answer she got back was a ...
2018-10-31 08:10:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Nethe ch 2
She sulked. There was no other word for it. This group was her only chance at getting home, so she swallowed her pride and let Bethany tutor her. She could gather information about the humans on her own, through the classes and the library available to recruits for use as a reference and for leisure.
But all the information she could learn about fae had been recently disseminated, mostly by the news programs. She could not have known it unless she had been living in th...
2018-09-25 11:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostAIC 37
Gradually, he realized that something wasn't right. It was about the time that Tsunade sobered up enough to push him away. Jiraiya frowned, feeling unease in his stomach. He leaned over to check the sun to gauge the time. First half of the afternoon, still.
He didn't actually know what time it had been when Aiko had left him- and now he felt guilty about that, shit- but it had probably been at least two hours. Had something gone wrong in Kirigakure? Why wouldn't she h...
2018-09-25 10:59:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Great Lakes and Expectations chp 9 draft
The lobby cleared as the movie was about to start, and Regina felt exhausted.
But also, kind of curious?
[ano, regina hime.] momo said. [eigawomitaika?]
[hen na eiga desu ka?] she asked, fearing his response.
He laughed. [chotto? Romansueigadesu.]
Oh. Was that all that amounted to perversion here? Or was the version of romance here really messed up?
[hai] Regina said, somewhat hesitantly. If this was a romcom, she was going to feel so confused. ...
2018-09-06 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Posthonestly i didn't notice the vampire thing but maybe i should have (part 3 of 3)
She went to work in the morning, because she honestly didn’t know what else to do. She was so tired and shaken that she considered calling in, but she honestly didn’t want to hang around her apartment and just wait for something bad to happen.
At absolute best, it would be a waste of a day off, and she only had 13 of those left for the whole year. At worst, he’d know where to find her.
Claire stared into her coffee.
‘He already knows where I am. Because my asshole super...
2018-09-05 02:58:46 +0000 UTC View Post