I arrived back at the gathering in a cloud of magenta rose petals, startling a breathless servant who’d been about to address Lord Sabu.
“Sorry,” I said, falling into the empty seat beside Grace. To Nofrei, I murmured, “I met your friend.”
She winced. “I'm sorry. I hope he wasn't rude? He can be a little short with people sometimes.”
I just shrugged, then looked over at the servant as he finished settli...
2025-05-06 08:16:32 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Ashlyn's birthday!
“I am Eilian the Golden, and this is Rynadria of Avonside,” said my friend, her metallic eyes sparkling as she watched the man that Sabu had called, Lord Narseh. “In addition, we have Ambassador Ross, also of Avonside.”
Lord Narseh listened politely while she spoke, then brushed a hand through the long flop that sprouted from the top of his head. Weirdly, any and all strands that had been out of place quickly fell back in li...
2025-04-29 08:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostAs a test of bulk upload on Fluff4.me, I have uploaded three new chapters of this story! If you want to read this chapter there, here's the link: https://fluff4.me/work/QuietValerie/Covens-Rebellion/chapter/19
As for how I'm doing, I'm trying my best to keep uploading. I'm at a point in Ryn where I'...
2025-04-17 15:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
As a test of bulk upload on Fluff4.me, I have uploaded three new chapters of this story! If you want to read this chapter there, here's the link: https://fluff4.me/work/QuietValerie/Covens-Rebellion/chapter/19
Rosa
I held my hand up and twisted, then pushed...
2025-04-17 15:44:25 +0000 UTC View PostAs a test of bulk upload on Fluff4.me, I have uploaded three new chapters of this story! If you want to read this chapter there, here's the link: https://fluff4.me/work/QuietValerie/Covens-Rebellion/chapter/18
Rosa
I sat on the couch in our sky yacht as it...
2025-04-17 15:44:15 +0000 UTC View PostGot some Coven's Rebellion chapters ready to post as soon as the wonderful Chiri on Fluff4.me allows bulk upload.
“I'm starting to get really nervous about this trip,” I said to Troy as we sat in the glass balcony lounge. “This empire is so much larger that we realised, and I'm getting this… vibe. I don't know how to describe it. I'm just… worried.”
“If ...
2025-04-11 12:42:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah, if I could, my lady?” Eilian asked, with that twinkle in her eye that came when she was admiring a shiny person who'd caught her attention. “Before we get to the more consequential topics, I was wondering if we could get your thoughts on something?”
Turning from where the fabric golem had disappeared, Nofrei raised a gorgeously arched eyebrow. “Oh?”
Licking her lips, Eilian leaned forward and her expression became more ser...
2025-04-05 06:00:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah, and while we walk… my name is Nofrei,” said the strange mage woman as she turned and took up position at the head of our little parade.
Now that we'd agreed to follow along behind her, some of the overly calculated intensity was gone. Honestly, I was glad she'd relaxed slightly — people who drove that hard towards an agenda were exhausting. It made me wonder though, why did she care so much about supposedly showing us her shop — or rather, what di...
2025-03-28 15:38:02 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the Perspective of Rynadria
Another new town lay in the distance, slate roof tiles catching the light of the afternoon sun. This one was a little different to those we'd visited so far, however — it was the first town we were visiting that was considered part of the Empire's core. You could see it, too. It had proper stone walls, for one thing, which had been expanded twice as far as I could tell from this distance.
Nestled within a sheltered valley, and hu...
2025-03-23 13:43:28 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone very quickly scrambled for the various well-worn sofas and chairs in the club house, while I flopped to the ground and sat cross-legged. It felt better for everyone to be looking down at me right now — maybe they'd see me as just me, again, but with a little more respect for my capabilities. Did that sort of undermine my previous complaints about not being taken seriously? Time would tell, I guess.
“So… I've been working on this thing, and to be honest, it's real...
2025-03-17 07:51:32 +0000 UTC View PostA couple of days later, Ryn and the rest of the scouts left the grove, Jenna looking pretty much good as new thanks to the buns and their crazily deft use of growth magic. It was kind of incredible to be honest, and it had me thinking of so many other ways they could be applied to a problem. Meanwhile I had to stay behind, trapped in my much less magical battle with computer code. Maybe I should have gone with them after all…
Interpreting the Umare code was painfully...
2025-03-10 05:20:57 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the Perspective of Catherine
Mer was hiding from me, and it fucking sucked. Ever since she noticed the strange patterning match up between us, she was jittery and confused, and made excuses to run away whenever possible. They weren't very good excuses either — I could see right through them, like they were lab grown sapphires — the ones made to be extremely clear and tough for use in delicate instruments. Actually, that was a pretty ...
2025-03-03 08:59:45 +0000 UTC View PostHELLO EVERYONE. Chiri's website has been in BETA for a while, and she added the ability to add patreon exclusive chapters. The linking process can be a little odd currently, but you can finally read Digital Exodus with a UI that isn't difficult.
https://fluff4.me/work/QuietValerie/Digital-Exodus
Let me know if you run into any issues.
2025-03-02 09:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostApparently, a flying mage was enough to make them use an anti-mage weapon more intense than enchanted arrows, because my shield suddenly sparked when a blob of shimmering, fiery-red Faerah Conflagration energy splashed against it. Looking down, I spotted the man responsible as he furiously tried to reload a rudimentary magitech rifle. He wore clothing similar to the Reti people, from Neub, I noticed, but with a more… primal twist. The stitching was fine, but the leather and fabric wasn’t ...
2025-02-21 06:04:45 +0000 UTC View PostHi so side note, we set up a server to play Vintage Story together (It's like minecraft with much more realistic and involved crafting mechanics). If anyone has the game and wants to play, you can join with these details:
IP: 15.204.44.32:26656
Password: CeeCanTalk!
Hi everyone! Sorry for the long dry spell. Moving house was hectic and I hated it and stress was at a maaaximum. Still trying to get a handle on things but hopefully I can post more regularly again. I'm going to keep going with Ryn until further notice, and I'll try to get a chapter out every few days but the muse can be fickle. Either way, enjoy!
The river we’d been following curved back on itself for nearly a hundred miles, so we chose to take a road ...
2025-02-16 06:56:19 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone. Really sorry for the long silence. Things are very stressful currently because we're moving and trying to make things work from a money standpoint (Bonds are so expensive Q.Q). I'm slowly working on getting a nice set of chapters to auto-post for Ryn, though. Hopefully very soon? Also, for my patrons, we're setting up a cute little modded Vintage Story server to play on, if you're interested. I'll make a post on patreon with the details when it goes live. Thanks every...
2025-02-05 02:31:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Tami
Dawn, still carrying the huge mounted machine-gun, braced herself and began to blast the visible cockpit of the Ferdinand mech that was thumping its way towards the battle with Rosa, Amelia, and the Italian mechs. The two mechanised behemoths lashed out with titanic lances of fire. The air trembled, the night woke from its slumber into brief, confused daylight.
“I assume you're going to need help getting into range with that thing, so—” Dawn ...
2025-01-11 01:33:14 +0000 UTC View Post“I think that's as good as we're going to get it,” I said, several hours later.
We were using miniscule amounts of Red Nightmare to test my new shield spell. The first few tests with a copy of my old one went as predicted — the Nightmare energy ate through it like fire devours paper.
The current iteration of the shield, however, could shrug off a small splattering of Nightmare before it failed. I could overcharge it to hell and back, though. Catherine had done some research ...
2024-12-31 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWe hung around in my Grove for two days as the storm assaulted us. We had ideas of continuing our trek without stopping in to sleep here, but considering we'd left a storm behind outside too, we figured we'd just take a rest.
Verburch worried me initially, considering they weren't covered by my large dome shield. Luckily, my forethought to change the grove to sit in calderas that had sheltering walls proved to be our saving grace. Verburch was fine, if a little battered. 2024-12-28 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
WARNING. SPICY CHAPTER AHEAD.
Leaning forward, I brushed my nose down her jawline, savouring its defined edge and gentle curve until I got to her mouth. No breath tickled my face — she was holding it in.
My lips drifted up, matching the height of hers, but with an inch still separating us. I smiled, loving the way she looked at me, pupils wide with anticipation.
My teasing, apparently, was too much, because she closed the dista...
2024-12-25 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the Perspective of Rynadria
The storm outside hammered at Stormpine like a monster trying to get in and eat everyone. Down in the glass balcony, it was relatively sheltered by the huge boughs of the tree, but we were up in the greenhouses.
Rain hammered at the tough organic crystal windows, coming down in sheets that were strangely comforting. Now that we had a tree with actual windows, doors that could bolt closed, and heating, we all felt warm an...
2024-12-25 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI popped back out of the Nameless Garden thirty whole minutes later, and to my surprise, Dr. Wilcott was still there. She looked cold and worried, but otherwise unharmed.
“I'm so sorry that took me so long,” I said, putting my hands together beseechingly. “Turns out there's a cooldown on these things. Plus, we have a storm coming, over in the Nameless Garden, so it's sort of all hands on deck, over there.”
“Ah, that's an issue,” said the Professor, running a hand throu...
2024-12-23 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDr. Wilcott arrived at the edge of the forest almost exactly when she said she would — an hour after our meeting in her office. Mer, seeing that the hard talking was over, trusted me with the magic side of things and left. She left in a hurry, too…
I hoped she'd open up to me about what was wrong later, because I was coming up with all sorts of doomsday scenarios.
“Catherine, thank you for waiting. I had to set quite a lot of things in motion in a very short amount of time,...
2024-12-20 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRain began to hit the roof of the tavern right as Mer and I skipped out of the Nameless Garden. We landed in the usual room and headed immediately for Dr. Wilcott’s office — which, if I remembered correctly, was in the Branner building now, along with all the other councillor offices and the council hall itself.
The weather out on the Ring was at least calm, even if the mountains tended to have a dry chill. That dry chill was definitely getting more pronounced, too. I could feel tha...
2024-12-17 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“This is Rhea?” Mer asked, giving the woman in question a disapproving glare.
Wincing, I nodded. “Yes. Rhea, this is Mer. Mer, this is Rhea. Rhea, what do you want?”
“The coffee. Your weird little bunny helpers haven't been delivering it, and people are getting pissed,” she said. Her brow. Hair, now that I was paying attention, looked like she'd recently taken off her work cap. She liked to wear one so her hair didn't wisp down into her eyes.
Blinking away though...
2024-12-14 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the Perspective of Catherine
I watched in abject defeat as my latest spell plant failed. The frustrating part was that I think I was beginning to make real progress, but the complexity of the spell was too much. Every time I tried to visualise the spell plant in order to create a seed, I'd forget an aspect of it in the moment. Even with Ryn's plant visualiser spell, I was struggling.
The truth was, as versatile as the magic of the Nameless Garden was, it simp...
2024-12-11 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“By the Ring Maidens, what was that?” Eilian demanded, wide-eyed and terrified. “I know you're a warlock of Ollinfer, Grace, but to just summon her like that?”
As much as I wanted to defend my girlfriend, purely by reflex, I couldn't blame the golden mage for her reaction. I mean, wow, that pulse of power had really put things into perspective. One thought from that sentient bundle of vegetation and we would've all been toast.
“I called on my patro...
2024-12-08 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI'm starting to get back into my groove again. Hopefully it continues Q.Q. Oh and by the way, if you notice any odd discrepancies between new and old chapters of Ryn, let me know. Even if you're wrong, it's an indication that I might not have explained something properly in the story. That way I can make the story better! Thanks!
Satrapion Darios Heliandros led us through the town, while I drifted back to Duncan. “What did you mean by, it's Greek?”<...
2024-12-05 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostGot some inspiration, and I was in the mood for a dystopia that actually has the aesthetic to match.
The fog finally parted before our very eyes, and was replaced by a dull greyish brown sky. Some might not have considered that an improvement, but to an understreets kid like me, it was a breathtaking sight.
Sure, I’d seen the blue-brown sky of Earth once or twice, between the huge buildings, but to see so much sky just… up ther...
2024-12-04 02:38:32 +0000 UTC View Post