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Rattata Chapter 52: A bit more than the bare necessities

Joey contemplatively looked at himself in the mirror of the burger joint bathroom.

Oddly enough, the outfit Jessie had picked for him fit perfectly. The shoes were real leather and still needed to be walked in, but he knew that after that, they would be more comfortable than his current sneakers.

Black leather boots, black pants, purple T-shirt mostly covered by a black hoodie, white cap with purple flower, nightshade. 

He looked, for lack of a better term, dripped out....

Sorry for the accidental release of HE 115

Released 115 one month to early because of a scheduling mistake. sorry about that, but to be fair, anyone who wanted to experience the story the way I wanted just have just not read it.

There were some smart suggestions on how to work with this error, such as releasing chapters 109-114 at once, which I think is a really really really good idea.

That's why I won't do it, I don't trust good ideas. But, I made a mistake so the day that HE115 comes out I'll consider doin...

Video Game cultivator interlude poll

Better late than never, soz

Don't use apple store to sub if you can avoid it

The change that Patreon announced in November has now rolled out. There is no added benefit to subbing through apple store, you just pay 30% extra. That 30% doesn't go to a creator or Patreon, it just goes directly to apple.

This does not affect existing memberships, but be careful when resubbing.

Video Game Cultivator Chapter 47: Ascension of Purpose

Of course, no matter how long The Last of Us was compared to the other scenarios they'd seen today, everything had to come to an end eventually.

The bloodied and weary Yang was standing in the operating room with the leader of the Fireflies, telling him that to have a chance at the cure, Ellie would have to die.

It was clear that the current experiencer was struck dumb by the development as he just stood there numbly, looking alternatively at Marlene and at Ellie who was ...

Harry Evans Chapter 109: Try not to shit your pants, mission level: Impossible

Sitting at the table and sipping his morning tea, Harry flipped open the newest edition of the Daily Prophet, delivered to him directly by R

Sitting at the table and sipping his morning tea, Harry flipped open the newest edition of the Daily Prophet, delivered to him directly by Rita. They'd been collaborating for a while now, and had known each other for a solid two years.

He still remembered how he'd met her while crawling through the Daily Prophet archives two Christmases ago.<...

Harry Evans Chapter 108 (Harley): This means war, old man

"How's my little baby girl doing!?" Sirius shouted happily from Platform 9 ¾ as Harley descended from the train, seemingly deep in conversat

"How's my little baby girl doing!?" Sirius shouted happily from Platform 9 ¾ as Harley descended from the train, seemingly deep in conversation with Neville and Hermione, who were all going home for Christmas vacation. 

For her part, the young black-haired girl froze in absolute mortification as she beheld how her father was waiting fo...

Video Game Cultivator Chapter 46:

Next was Lung Junior's and his friends' Illusion Room, and it was then that the mood of the judges and the participating disciples changed a bit.

It was the first time Elder Lung had anything good to say. "A good and fitting terrain, taken straight from the border conflicts," he praised. 

Elder Flower, who unfortunately had a moral compass and would thus always find her meritocratic ideas beaten out by nepotism, also nodded. "The most accurate rendition of a combat scenario u...

Update Schedule February

(Sorry if you're getting too many pings for this, I'm basically trying to improve the Patreon this month)

Edit: I figured out a way to notify members that they have access without notifying old ones. it was a very traumatic testing experience and I don't want to talk about it.

I've decided to address the issue of tier 1 and tier 2 not knowing when exactly the chapters they have access to are unlocked by being more transparent with my update schedule.

To this purpose I will, ...

Rattata Chapter 51: Good deeds and hell, something paved

The following day, Joey woke up bright and early. He yawned, stretched, cracked his jaw, and cursed Sabrina.

He'd ended up sleeping over on the couch in Oak's laboratory, which the man had been kind enough to give to him for the night.

However, rather than commiserating with Joey, the man had been, if anything, more amused by his plight.

"It is a bit funny," Joey was forced to admit to himself as he went over to the coffee machine to make himself a cup.

While the machi...

General update: Troubleshooting notifications, quality check-in, questions

So, its recently been pointed out to me that some of the tier 1 and tier 2 patrons are having a worse experience because they don't get notified of the fact that I unlock the chapters they have access to, and they don't get an email. As a Patron myself I know that sometimes its nice to just read the post in the gmail app too.

My issue is that what also Tier 3+ probably experienced today is that if I enable the function to notify people when I update a post, all tiers get a message. Is ...

Harry Evans Chapter 107: Hate Crime

AN: By the way, this chapter was available a day in advance on discord as a google doc to allow more interactivity. Thanks for the edits: Ba

AN: By the way, this chapter was available a day in advance on discord as a google doc to allow more interactivity. Thanks for the edits: Baki! You saved me two embarrassing mistakes and falsely edited in one additional one that I was able to notice. Nature is healing 2025-02-07 14:34:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Discord Launch announcement

I have recently decided to launch a discord to give subscribers a more interactive space to talk to me, to each other, about the stories, mostly about the stories.

I am planning on eventually adding value to each membership tier through a discord attachment. The first added-value feature for tiers Headmaster/tier 3 and up is that on discord, 1-2 days before any given chapter appears on Patreon, it will first appear there as a google doc which you can co-create through edits as a comme...

Video Game Cultivator Chapter 45: Drudgery

There were only a few more days left before the competition officially ended and the final hand-in of the Illusion Room was necessary if one wanted to be included.

With the most recent decision of the ragtag duo of reincarnated idiot and painter idiot to include a full-on, large-scale, experiencer-adaptable and controllable war scene, they had shovelled onto themselves one last load of torturous labour before they could finally taste the sweet, sweet taste of death - I mean vacation.&nb...

Harry Evans Chapter 106: Dialogue

Severus Snape and Harry Evans found themselves facing each other in the pine-tree-covered grand hall at Slughorn's ostentatious Christmas pa

Severus Snape and Harry Evans found themselves facing each other in the pine-tree-covered grand hall at Slughorn's ostentatious Christmas party.

One of the people involved looked like he would have wanted to be anywhere but there, while the other was grinning.

"Mr Ebans, I presume," the older man muttered in a sallow and resigned voice....

Rattata Chapter 50: Negotiations done

AN: Chapter is a bit shorter, needed a breather after that last one, got my blood pumping a bit too much lol.

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It was only a few minutes after they had finished the battle that Joey, Sabrina and Professor Oak were sitting at a simplistic square metal table in what looked to be the lounge room of the laboratory.

In one corner, a TV quietly broadcast the battling network, and the tea mugs steamed their heat straight into the air.

"I have to admit," Oa...

Video Game Cultivator Interlude POV Ideas

I'm fairly sure I posted this already, but I can't find it in the library. Anyway, you know the rundown, give me your POV ideas for the interlude. Just finished the Harry Evans one and now its Video Game Cultivator time. The idea collection will happen public, and the voting will happen private. Hit me.

Rattata chapter in two days.

Video Game Cultivator Chapter 44: Stumbling to the finish line

AN: This is the shortest chapter we've ever had, which is why it came out so fast. Anyway, enjoy.

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It was a few hours after the impromptu war reenactment that Jin and Hashimi found themselves back at Jin's apartment, staring blankly at each other.

While Yang, the soldier on gatekeeper duty, answered most of their questions. Head Sergeant Lei's fake warzone reenactment had truly heightened the day's excitement from a solid 2 to a jittering 7.

Jin, pe...

Harry Evans Chapter 105: Harry Ball Z

It was a week later when Harry had just about managed to repress the trauma of having been tarred, feathered and hung outside the astronomy

It was a week later when Harry had just about managed to repress the trauma of having been tarred, feathered and hung outside the astronomy

It was a week later when Harry had just about managed to repress the trauma of having been tarred, feathered and hung outside the astronomy tower by his feet, that he was cornered by the newly founded gold...

Harry Evans Chapter 104: The most heinous of light magicks

After having successfully snuck into his dorm, Harry had to remain there for the rest of the night while listening to his roommate's gossip. He could have cancelled the noise over his bed, but he couldn't sleep himself. It wasn't particularly interesting for Harry to listen to the gossip from the other students about how the trolls could have possibly made it into the castle, but it distracted him well enough.

The only at least somewhat funny theory had been that the troll was here to r...

Video Game Cultivator Chapter 43: Inquiries

"First question, do the soldiers even know what they're doing here?" Jin asked.

After hearing this question, Head Sergeant Lei tilted his head at Jin and seemed to stare right through the younger man. Due to his wide red pants and red shirt, he looked a bit like a confused tomato.

"To prepare to defend the border?" Lei asked confusedly.

"No," Jin said. "I mean, do they know that they're waiting for us to finish deciding on a scenario which will then be mass-produced so that ...

Rattata Chapter 49: Scaled down Extinction event

If anyone had been there to watch the battlefield behind Professor Oak’s laboratory they would have perhaps been a bit confused about why exactly the former Champion had summoned a Venasaur to deal with what were obviously two prepubescent youngsters.

These people would of course not know the backstory of how Joey had gone to great lengths to piss off Professor Oak so that they could even get this battle.

The fact that the man at least hadn’t sent out one ...

General update

Finished the Harley interlude, it won't appear very soon, likely end of next month, since it just fits perfectly into the start of winter vacation which, we're not there yet.

Pokemon is coming to a satisfying point, ending the season, I think u'll like next chapter a lot. No hype, but I think it might be the best battle I've ever written. I am very excited for Joey to start his trainer journey around the region in "looks at watch" approximately 3 months of chapters.

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Harry Evans Chapter 103: Right in the Kisser

It was as Halloween approached that Harry started to become a tad more anxious.

Some could say, to a noticeable degree.

Of course, to notice you’d have to know him pretty well.

“You look a bit off,” Tonks said slowly as if wondering if she should say it at all.

Harry lowered his wand from where he’d been practising in his half of the room of requirement and gave her a confused look.

Of course he was anxious, after all, i...

Video Game Cultivator Chapter 42: Obey and Defend

As The Last of Us neared completion Jin and Hashimi had decided that they wanted the opinion of the soldiers on how an additional scenario consisting of just the fighting would work out best in their eyes.

Jin was a bit sceptical that the mortal soldiers would have too many valuable things to say. That wasn’t his prejudice speaking, but simply the fact that the education standard in this world was basically non-existent. 

Unless you were b...

Harry Evans Chapter 102: British Moment

One of the reasons why children often faltered when they turned into adults was that they were suddenly faced with a multitude of responsibilities rather than a single one.

Considering that up until this point they had been responsible for only one thing, going to school, adulthood would naturally appear daunting in comparison. The thing about adulthood wasn't only that instead of school you had to start going to work, with work often being more complex. The thing was also that w...

Rattata Chapter 48: Oh Shit!

Regarding his planned reply to Professor Oak, Joey's thinking had been relatively simple.

The man had rejected his application for just a partial sponsorship, which wouldn't incur many additional costs, and had thus partially soiled what was left of Joey's month.

Team Rocket had scammed him out of a badge; he'd lost the battle to King, he'd lost the battle against Sabrina, and now he'd gotten this rejection.

If there was still something that could be done about it, then he w...

Video Game Cultivator 41: Two idiots work together, both of them think that the other is the stupid one

While Jin stole what he had set out to steal, at the base of the mountain, a soldier was sitting alone in his tent and suspiciously looking at the no longer inflamed bite bark on the inside of his thigh.

Yang was a lowly soldier who had been tasked with putting the so-called zombies in a cage back when the master cultivator had brought them to their regiment of the army to keep so that they could travel to the weird sect that made illusions, or something.

He'd been bitten by one o...

Harry Evans Chapter 101: Sweet Shit

AN: Big Chapter, is why it took a bit longer:

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It was on the Saturday of the Hogsmeade weekend that Harry was itching to disappear into the little village to meet Skeeter at the place they’d agreed on and finally discuss the letter that she sent him.

Every time he thought about it, it pissed him off more and more, which to be fair was a regular enough occurrence whenever he thought about what had happened to his mother in general.

General update: Apology, Harry Evans interlude

One thing I did wrong recently, for tier 2 i didn't unlock the Harry Evans chapter last time, so now it was two, make sure you didn't miss one and sorry for the inconvenience. Someone reminded through my DMs, thanks a lot!

Anyway, the interlude poll is over and I see we pulled Harley Black, honestly I wasn't expecting this, but there are definitely insights that her character can give her that others can't. Looking forward to writing it! I think this POV will most likely fit plotwise ...