General CW for some messed up shit. There's a fluffy cute reward at the end though!
“What?” I squeaked, “Who are you?”
“I am King Mi-DOS,” the robot explained, gesturing all grand-like at the scrap heap with his equally scrappy arms. “Distant but direct scion of the great originator, and lord of all the lands encompassed within the malignant vapour!”
My alarm quickly turned to confusion, and I asked, “King of the… scrap...
2023-06-01 23:43:29 +0000 UTC View PostI finished elden ring! Time to do it all again! Weee! Oh also help I can't stop writing chaotic characters!!
The beetle’s hardened shell cracked under the titanic blow from one of Willow’s feet. Juice and smushed mushroom sprayed the battlefield, which I was thankfully far enough away from to avoid being hit by.
This was the second beetle that the massive undead tree had killed, with my friends and me protecting it from attempts by the Unseelie to ...
2023-05-29 13:35:26 +0000 UTC View PostSo I think I'm going to concentrate on writing this, Drumbeat, and Lieforged for the foreseeable future. They're the three stories I've found myself being able to write the easiest. Things are pretty tough IRL right now, since Ashlyn and Lumina have yet to find jobs, so it's just my income and Chiri's to keep us afloat. My patreon is being used up entirely by rent while Chiri and Ashlyn's slowly dwindling savings are paying for utilities and groceries. STRESSFUL!!! Taxes are due as w... 2023-05-22 06:49:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This chapter fueled by yet more League of Legends music, and brought to you by my descent into elden ring. I know I'm late to that particular party, but omg I am having so much fun. I'm playing a samurai and building myself like Keiko, which means dex/int, moonveil, no vigor, and pleeeeeenty of dodge rolling. :D. This is my first time playing through and it's so heckin fun. Also I've broken several of my friend's brains with my chaotic exploration paths. "Wait, how did you get th... 2023-05-17 14:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
As we approached the city, the unsettling sound that we had been hearing for the past hour grew louder and more frequent. It rattled our bones and made our hair stand on end. We strained our eyes to try and see through the thick mist that surrounded us, but it was impossible to make out anything more than a few feet away.
“Fuck me,” Elena muttered. “What the hell is that?”
“Dude, oath,” Noah grumbled, frustration clear in his voice. “Can’t see shit with this fuckin...
2023-05-04 13:43:28 +0000 UTC View PostI woke instantly. There wasn't any of that slow, painful crawl into consciousness that normally came with regaining it.
More by habit than anything else, I reached for the dented and weather worn steel canteen of water I kept beside my sleeping mat. Instead, I got a handful of dirt, along with something cold, hard, and rough.
Pushing myself up into a sitting position, I stared down at my hand like a confused and bedraggled alley cat. It was definitely dirt, plus a rusted old iron ...
2023-04-25 12:26:01 +0000 UTC View Post!! So the CW's for this chapter are VERY IMPORTANT. This chapter is full of GORE and BODY HORROR. This should be the last completely awful chapter for a long while. We're about to get into the cool, fun good feel trans stuff, and then the cool MC powerup phase. !!
I hit the ground with a thud and cried out in pain. Nearby, I heard the impacts of two more bodies on… what was this, gravel?
Scrambling, I attempted to get to my feet and look around. I manage...
2023-04-18 11:57:05 +0000 UTC View PostCW: Body Horror
This story honestly has so much potential. I've been going absolutely nuts with the worldbuilding.
“Humanity dreamed of colonising other worlds in glittering ships that rode the space between stars, but instead we have claimed them with hulking machines made of iron, piloted by mechanomancers, and defended by the dead.”
— Before the Eld-fog; A history of Pre-Cataclys...
2023-04-14 12:51:24 +0000 UTC View PostLife is calming down again after the move, and I've been doing lots of thinking about all my stories. Unfortunately, I don't think I can continue Cottontail right now, because I'm waiting on Raven to do some stuff with the lore of that setting and they're hella swamped with all sorts of work right now. I am, however, planning to change Iron Drumbeat to be much more cyberpunk, but with a healthy dose of supernatural fuckery. What can I say, I'm in love with the Kamigawa, Neon Dynasty ... 2023-04-11 13:25:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Rosa
Desmonia leaned forward in the dimly lit corner booth of the VR Exodus pub, her eyes glinting with excitement. The intelligence specialist SAI was obviously loving every moment of this mission. "Okay, ladies, let's get down to business," she said, her voice low and urgent.
May made a small sound of agreement and produced a holographic display with a wave of her hand. Pixels swirled in a tornado of colour for a brief moment, then coalesced into a 3D representa...
2023-04-08 12:49:26 +0000 UTC View PostAt about this time tomorrow, Ashlyn will be in the process of landing in NZ. AAAAAAAAAAAA. Also I don't wanna jinx it but this chapter actually flowed from brain to screen pretty easily. Hopefully it continues to do so!
We ran into one more model 4 before we made it back to the homestead, but this time we were ready and with Gyre’s help, I shot it dead with a single burst. Feeling confident, we trekked up to the edge of the main property and hunkered down ...
2023-03-29 10:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ASHLYN INCOMING IN 5 DAYS.
Edit: Also, I've been going through a cyberpunk (the genre not the game) and like... I can't get enough of it. If only I had a story or two with that kind of theme I could write to work through this newest hyperfixation... ahhh well.
Mum did not lead the way. She rushed right back out the door and into town without so much as a goodbye. I swear, every single person I was related to was ADHD as fuck.
<... 2023-03-25 09:26:24 +0000 UTC View PostHELLO EVERYONE. Sorry for the long wait on this or any chapters. I can however say that WE HAVE A NEW HOME. Chiri, Lumina and I are already moved in, settled in, and snuggled into the new place, while Ashlyn is incoming in a matter of weeks. I feel so happy. I mean gosh, I'm not alone anymore! There's other people in the same house who are there to help with things I'm bad at, and whom I can help in turn! Cuddles are on tap! It feels like a whole freakin car has been lifted off my sh... 2023-03-16 11:13:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Moving day is almost upon me! Things are pretty heckkers right now so I might not get a chapter out for a wee while. Still working on lieforged tho. Had some crazy fun ideas that need my life to stop being so zoomies. Anyway hope everyone is okay, and thanks for all the continued support!
2023-03-03 03:43:22 +0000 UTC View PostCHIRI AND I GOT AN APARTMENT. WE'RE SAFE FROM THE CRUEL ANGY WORLD!!! I'm so excited for our new house too! We're going to get to do so much fun things and when our girlfriends get here we'll be all cosy and shizz. As for writing, hopefully I'll have way more energy to put words down now that the biggest most anxious things in my life have been solved. Ahhh I am so relieved. Thank you so much everyone who has supported me over the years, especially my patrons! See you all in... 2023-02-18 14:07:12 +0000 UTC View Post
We stepped into the final arena cautiously. Killing the crab-centaur-dinner-plates had been tough, but with me running around punching holes in their shells like a glorified nail gun, we got through it. Turns out once there was a hole, the boys could put magic and arrows through it pretty well.
I was beyond frustrated now, though, because holy shit was it a gruelling task to keep pulling off that combo. Ethan, on the other hand, was calm and enjoying himself. His job was relatively easy...
2023-02-07 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSo, obviously some stories are missing from this list, and that is because I don't think my muse is interested in them right now. And obv Ryn isn't there cos I'm feeling a little burnt out on that story.
Oh, and here's a snippet from Iron Drumbeat, the Mech based, cyberpunk-steampunk-long-past-the-apocalypse story.
I struggled to keep my mask on while we rushed through the streets of Cascarton, coppers hot on our heels. Fuc...
2023-02-03 12:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostHaving Chiri here is like a dream come true. I've had so much more energy and motivation to do things. Like, I have spent multiple entire days cooking NZ style food for her! That's probably why this chapter took a little while to finish... but hey, I managed to make a whole bunch of perfect mini steak and cheese pies!!! Honestly surprised the hell out of myself with that one.
By the way, I need a break from Ryn as my main story so I'll put a poll up with peopl... 2023-02-03 12:22:02 +0000 UTC View Post
CHIRI HAS LANDED. I'm absolutely annihilated after the last few days before she arrived when I was too anxious to even sleep. Now she's here though and we're getting into a rhythm, I'm starting to feel human again. Gosh she's so cute too. Anyway, thank you everyone! Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Grasping the falling tree with my mind, I braced myself and heaved with all my mental might. I would’ve found the look on the carapace wolf’s face funny, except th...
2023-01-22 12:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post[CW: Incoming PIV sex scene!]
Shiori carefully closed the door behind us, then paused, shining blonde hair catching the yellow glow of the lamplight while she did a lorge hesitate. "You're sure about this?"
"Yes!" I nodded. "I'm yours for tonight. Your personal squish toy."
"Squish toy?" She repeated, face flushing. "Oh dayum. Okay, my uh… little toy. I want to see you."
I cocked my head, confused. "You can see me already?"
She stared at me, and her expression ...
2023-01-17 22:15:38 +0000 UTC View PostI did not intend to leave this story on the cliff that I did. Goodness. Anyway, here's a chapter, sorry it took me so long! Thanks everyone!
Rosa
… opened my eyes. Experimentally, I wiggled whatever appendages I had, only to discover that I didn’t have any? It was an extremely odd sensation.
Feeling out around me, everything was warm and sort of gooey. Hold on, how was I feeling? I had no limbs, not even a...
2023-01-15 10:31:48 +0000 UTC View PostHiiiiiii friends! Thanks everyone who sent me money a few months back! It's been an amazing help getting things set up for Chiri to arrive. Her flight is in one week now aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Anyway enjoy the chapter!
Ryn
It was finally time to leave the safety of Avonside and its mountain shield. I glanced up at the sun and groaned. The sun was beginning to blur slightly as the morning moved over into midday, and still we weren...
2023-01-10 12:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe first group of enemies went down with relative ease, once they showed themselves. Salablens, the dominant enemy within the dungeon, were a race of violent and ruthless lizard creatures based on salamanders, with scales as black as moss-slick rock.
They swarmed over the rocks around us like vermin, but they were so much smarter than that. Smarter, and crueller. Every one of them carried some weapon capable of delivering poison, and their natural venom-spitting made up for when those ...
2023-01-06 14:40:03 +0000 UTC View PostAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA it's less than two weeks until Chiri makes the move to NZ. Thankfully the situation with my landlord has calmed down a bit since my problem flatmate left. I even managed to negotiate an extra month in my current place so we have to leave at the start of march now. I'm extremely anxious about that move and so it's making writing very hard. As such, I'm going to release these two chapters of Lieforged to patreon earlier as thanks to everyone for putting up with my low o... 2023-01-06 14:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hiiii folks! I've decided to split the fluffy parts of Cee's perspective off into it's own mini-story. Hope you enjoy!
Cee
Ryn wanted us to make a tavern. She said it needed to be, like dungeons and dragons turned up to 11. First hop, I needed to research what the second half meant, so that required a trip to the library.
Getting down on all fours, I rushed up the stairs of the tree-burrow. Around and around I went, beca...
2022-12-28 14:41:28 +0000 UTC View PostThis one is a little shorter than normal, because it has a companion chapter in a little side story I'll be putting chapters out for every now and then. :D Welcome too Cee of Bunside!
Ryn
It took a month of planning and preparations, but our new expedition was ready to go. Our group was comprised of Adam, Duncan, Grace, Eilian, and me, with Dr Ross t...
2022-12-28 14:41:12 +0000 UTC View PostRyn
The Order’s town in the lower section of my grove actually resembled a settlement now. Barracks were set up near the main town square, which housed the transportation obelisk and three small fountains spaced out around the perimeter. Buns trotted about helping people or relaxing in huddles that I would call claustrophobic, but that they would call cosy.
My destination was the workshop, a large building that was a hive of activity for the construction crews. ...
2022-12-20 14:27:41 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the wait on this chapter! Been stressing out over things like the big girlfriend move and paying rent (My problem roommate moved out, so now we're saddled with 50% more rent, wooo!) and so I've been playing the new pokemon and bingeing supernatural to try and distract myself. On a more positive note, how has everyone been finding the new pokemon? Bugs aside, I loved the story. It felt really genuine at parts. Anyway, enjoy the chapter and have a good day/night!... 2022-12-16 12:12:41 +0000 UTC View Post
posting this from my phone cos I finished the chapter and then immediately got blindsided by adhd lmao. Enjoy!
Ryn
Cee’s grove was underground. No, not just underground. It was underground in my grove. There was even a little bun-sized tunnel that led to my lower grove, where the order’s base was set up. Outside in the garden, it appeared as we’d found it earlier—like a bubble stuck to the side of my grove.
The inside was a blank slate...
Ryn
Everyone was waiting for us in the balcony cafe of the tree, including Esra, who was still scowling from when she found out who she was going to be teaching. That was like, a week ago. She could really hold a scowl.
“Hey everyone!” I called, making sure that Cee was still walking okay. “Cream’s out! She’s going to go by Cee now.”
“Oh wow,” Bray commented quickly. “I can see that she’s changed a lot. How are you feeling little...
2022-12-01 14:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post