Plum Parrot

Victor 7.28 - The Return

Enjoy the chapter! Thanks for everything!

-Plum

The longest part of Victor’s return trip was the slow ascent upward through the enormous brooding planet’s atmosphere. First, he had to wait for what felt like half a day for the great beetle to return. He did so in the vast courtyard of the pyramid, following the emissary from one garden to another, taking in the scenery and trying to build memories solid enough to l...

Cyber Dreams 5.27 - Vector

Enjoy today's grouping of words. I've gathered them and painstakingly organized them into something for you to read! :)

-Plum

As soon as she connected to the terminal, Athena’s image on the screen faded, and Juliet was left sitting there, feeling almost like Angel and Athena had left the room to speak privately. As much as she wanted to relax and trust that everything would be all right, her mind kept running down ro...

Victor 7.27 - Crystal

Enjoy the chapter! :)

When the vehicle or insect carrying Victor and the emissary descended to the immense pyramid’s base, depositing the glass carriage to the smooth sandstone ground, it settled with an almost delicate series of clinks. Then a dark shadow moved away, and Victor craned his neck, looking through the translucent ceiling to see a great shape rapidly climbing into the air, its precise form obscured by the streamers of bright sunlight filtering through ...

Vainglory 1.42 - A Bath with the Law

What's ol' Ward getting up to today? Check it out :)

Thanks for reading!

-Plum

42 – A Bath with the Law

Children’s Crossing was a busy place. Haley and Ward had to wait in line to deliver their mounts to the stable, and once they got the chance to speak to the stable manager, Haley paid the hands a few extra glories to give Nutmeg and Wind Queen some extra atte...

Cyber Dreams 5.26 - Another Sister

Here's your delivery :)

-Plum

To Juliet’s surprise, Frida answered the call immediately, already dressed, alert, and sitting at a table with the burgeoning Luna dome “sunrise” providing a stunning backdrop in the window behind her. “Pretty early for a call,” she said, sipping from a coffee cup. “Is something the matter?”

“Uh, yeah, kind of. Dang, you’re up bright and early, huh?”

Frida s...

Victor 7.26 - A Sense of Scale

Enjoy the chapter!

Thanks, as always, for reading :)

-Plum

When Darren left the Genesis Center, he’d had the determined mindset he often felt when he knew he had to prove somebody wrong. If he had the self-awareness to look back on his life, he might have seen a pattern—failure leading to perceived judgment from others, leading to him trying to demonstrate how he’d been right by any means necessary. He’d tried other tactics; he’d tried doing things “th...

Cyber Dreams 5.25 - Dirtier than Dirty

Here's today's delivery :)

Thanks, and have a great weekend!

-Plum

With her knees still jittery from the adrenaline rush of the fight, Juliet approached the dimly lit secret doorway. She smelled something odd, like a hot, steamy bleach in the air, and wrinkled her nose. “Angel, what’s that odor?” Thanks to her olfactory implants, Angel had no problem identifying precisely what it was.

“There’s a lingering scent of bleach, and the moisture content i...

Victor 7.25 - Transport

I know this is getting weird. I hope it's not boring; I realize this is a litRPG, and people want to see numbers go up, and so far, there's been very little of that in book 7. I have plans, obviously, but it's taking me a while to get there.

Let me know what you think :)

-Plum

The ivid emissary led them down the hill into the weird cityscape of towering, smooth, funnel-shaped buildings. ...

Cyber Dreams 5.24 - Burgling

Enjoy! ;)

-Plum

Sometime after midnight, Juliet slipped out of the hangar and, with the simulated engine noise turned off, silently sped off through the empty streets toward the interdome highway. She was wearing a black turtleneck tucked into her darkest pair of blue jeans, her combat boots, and slung in a snug shoulder holster, her newest pistol, a needler similar to the one she’d given to Aya, but built by a diffe...

Victor 7.24 - Hive World

Here's a new chapter for you! Love to hear your thoughts :)

-Plum

“They’re certainly more intelligent seeming than those we’ve encountered thus far.” Valla leaned past Victor, peering down the long, gradual slope of the tunnel toward the two huge insectoid guards. Guards they clearly were—standing still, armored, holding weapons as their shiny-carapace-covered heads swiveled left to right, ever alert...

Vainglory 1.41 - The Crossing

Enjoy! Hope you're having a great weekend :)

41 - The Crossing

They rode until noon before resting, and despite Grace’s help, Ward’s tailbone, glutes, and thighs were killing him. “Not sure how much further I can go today, at least on horseback. I can walk, though. Hell, I can jog.”

Haley looked at him from where she stood near the bank of a small river the road passed over. They’d taken a short side trail down ...

Cyber Dreams 5.23 - Savior Complex

Thanks for reading and supporting my writing :)

-Plum

“What are you going to do?” Juliet asked, slowing down and pulling up behind a cargo van, coasting in its wake so she could pay better attention to Hines.

“I gotta lay low. Gotta disappear for a while. I might need you to move around and be my eyes and ears for a little while. I can pay a fair contract wage.”

Juliet chuckled and tsked. �...

Victor 7.23 - Deeper

Things are about to get interesting . . . maybe :)

-Plum

Thanks for reading and for all the feedback and support!

“Wait,” Lesh rumbled, nudging past Valla to better peer into the darkness. Victor felt a small surge of Energy, and then the giant warrior’s reptilian eyes began to shine with mossy green luminescence. “I see a great chasm with tunnels branching off at the bottom. It�...

Cyber Dreams 5.22 - Being Disagreeable

Thanks for reading! Quick note: I forgot that, at the end of book 4, Alice told Juliet that Honey dropped a present off for her. I'm going to add a quick scene into chapter 2 or 3 of this book in which Juliet finds and opens it. It's just a T-shirt, one of the ones Juliet likes, a vintage smiley face wearing sunglasses.

Small time skip here. Please let me know if anything doesn't make sense :)

-Plum

Victor 7.22 - In the Hive

Thanks for all of your support! Enjoy :)

-Plum

The ivid tunnels didn’t provide convenient hiding places. The best the three adventurers could hope for was to duck out of sight around the many corners and bends whenever they saw one of the giant insects coming their way. The magical perfume—Victor wondered if it was somehow mimicking pheromones—seemed to work very well, however, and as long as they didn’t stand ...

Cyber Dreams 5.21 - Lunch and Mercs

Thanks for reading! Love to hear your feedback :)

-Plum

When Juliet and Honey stepped into the reception area, they found Applebaum leaning on the counter, chatting with Frida. When they came into view, he got quiet, but the lingering smile and the mischief in his eyes told Juliet he’d been talking trash. “Oi, ladies,” he said as they came into view. “Showers work out all right?” He couldn’t have been there...

Victor 7.21 - Limits

Enjoy your chapter :)

-Plum

When the last of the ivid had disappeared into the vast, gaping hole in the side of the hill, Lesh said, “We should wait. If they’re anything like the Kothids, the warriors will take time to settle and move back to their nooks and crannies.” When Victor nodded, Lesh produced a leather-topped camp stool and sat down. Victor and Valla had their own camp furniture, hers an upholstered, fancy chair, his a sturdy wooden one. Soon, they were ...

Vainglory 1.40 - Dichotomy

It's Saturday, and you know what that means . . .

Enjoy :)

-Plum

40 – Dichotomy

When Ward woke the following day, he did so in a warm bed with a warm sleeping companion, and he couldn’t imagine feeling better about life. No, that wasn’t true, he reasoned, shifting on his pillow to better look at Fay’s slumbering countenance. Things were good at that moment,...

Cyber Dreams 5.20 - Blade Discipline

Enjoy :)

For the first twenty minutes or so, Rutger instructed them on things that Honey had already taught Juliet—how to draw the sword, how to hold it, how to sheathe it, and so on. She’d already committed many of those things to muscle memory back when she, Honey, and the crew of the Kowashi had traveled from Titan to Luna. Apparently, Honey had been taught well because Tanaka didn’t have many corrections for her or Juliet. He showe...

Victor 7.20 - Ivid

Enjoy today's chapter :)

-Plum

Victor, Valla, and Lesh stood on one of the copper discs inside the World Hall, each holding a token of travel they’d purchased from a counter near the entrance. More accurately, Erd Van had purchased them, along with some “tokens of recall.” Victor had been a little surprised at the ease with which they’d claimed the tokens; either the travel attendant was very trusting, or she�...

Cyber Dreams 5.19 - Sword Business

Enjoy! I love sword stuff, I mean in movies, games, and books, but I'm not, like, really into swords. Does that make sense? So, when I write chapters like this, I spend a lot of time looking things up and trying to be less than exact about things 'cause I don't want to start off super technical and have to maintain that level of sword technicality throughout multiple books. That said, if I write something that sounds really dumb or doesn't make sense, I'd love it if you all pointe...