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Demesne 287 - Pleasantly Surprised, But Slightly Disappointed

Lori ruined a perfectly serviceable jar by softening the earthwisps comprising its sides, and then slowly spreading out the material to make a vaguely bowl-shaped… thing. It was lopsided, but serviceable, and when stood on the base—the only part she hadn't touched—it was stable and didn't wobble… much.

Rian, for his part, went to gather fuel, returning with a basket filled with both firewood and some charcoal. "So, where are we doing this?" he asked cheerfully. To Lori's ear, it...

Demesne 286 - To be Pleasantly Surprised

They did manage to try using warm Iridescence to make beads by laying it out in the sun and using lightwisps to concentrate the heat of the sunlight to warm the sample. This this meant they didn't need to risk moving it close to open flame or putting imbued firewisps near it that could potentially be drawn to the Iridescence. She was able to set it up some distance away, and when it didn't explode violently, she sent Rian to retrieve it. When he returned with the sample held in a glass bowl, ...

Demesne 285 - Warm Weather Bead Experiments

"It's always fun seeing you do that," Rian said, a wide smile on his face as he watched the river water wash over the Iridescence beyond her demesne's borders. "A pity you don't have much reason to do it more often."

Lori allowed herself a smug smile at the compliment. The binding had been simple, a basic redirection of the force of the flowing river using waterwisps. The scale wasn't even all that big, something she could have done back when she's simply been a Whisperer, if a bit more...

26/2/23 Update

Hi, everyone! Just here to update you all about the coming month and then some. 

First and foremost, unless something happens, I will be on break on the last week of March AND first week of April due to a combination of IRL matters. I know I usually take only a week off, but... well, circumstances. Break will start March 27th, and posting will resume April 10th,  my time. The Patron Exclusive Chapter and and April Fools chapter will come out on schedule, or at least that's my ...

Weekly Digest 89 - (#282 - #284)

Questionable Assistance

After breakfast, Lori inspected the reservoir. She needed to deactivate the bindings on unseen light so she wouldn't hurt or blind herself. The thought of being blinded made her shudder, even if Shanalorre's healing would probably be able to restore her eyes from any damage caused by unseen light. She needed her eyes.

The bottom of evaporation chamber was coated with debris, and Lori had to make a scrapping tool with bone ...

Demesne Name Pronounciation Guide (1?)

NAME PRONUNCIATION GUIDE!

So, I figured I'd drop this here. Lori and everyone else pronounces Rian's name 'REE-Anne'. REE as in 'scREAm', and 'Anne' with an emphasis on the A, and not the NN's, with the E being purely silent and stylistic and an artifact of ye olde fonts.

His name is NOT pronounce 'Rai-Yan', nor is it pronounced like 'Ian' with an R at the start. Both are wrong, and very silly. 'Ryan' is only correct in the non-canon, humorous crack April...

Demesne 284 - Decreed Perpetual Non-Officer

"So, did you manage to read all the notes I left you?" Lori asked at breakfast the next day. She carefully watched Rian's face.

"I tried, but no," Rian said. For some reason, he was giving her a very flat look. "It was made very clear that I needed my rest, and that staying up to read wasn't considered resting."

Lori sighed. "Well, read it later when we get back. For now, eat, we might not come back for lunch."

"Should I have the kitchens set aside some food to bring with us...

Demesne 283 - Lori Needs Her Note-Taker

"Rian, I believe Shanalorre has informed you of her findings and conclusions."

Rian sighed. Now that Lori was actually looking, he did seem tired. He also wasn't smiling or any form of cheerful, whether genuine or annoying. In fact he… actually, he reminded her of herself after a long day working one of her more unpleasant jobs. "As I told Shana," he directed a flat look towards the other Dungeon Binder, "I'm fine. I appreciate the concern, but this is nothing I can't deal wi...

Demesne Patron EX SS 23 – Shanalorre's Morning, Again

Shana considered it an accomplishment when the last of the children from River's Fork were finally able to receive their own bath bucket and shoes. It was a modest achievement, but it was something she actually managed to attain.

It caused problems, of course. People accused each other of taking their buckets, until she'd been able to ask Ateh Koyan and Ateh Koyas to take their belt knives and carve people's names into their buckets. This, of course, led to requests like carving flowers...

Demesne 282 - Questionable Assistance

After breakfast, Lori inspected the reservoir. She needed to deactivate the bindings on unseen light so she wouldn't hurt or blind herself. The thought of being blinded made her shudder, even if Shanalorre's healing would probably be able to restore her eyes from any damage caused by unseen light. She needed her eyes.

The bottom of evaporation chamber was coated with debris, and Lori had to make a scraping tool with bone to fit onto the end of her stone-shaping tool to get it a...

(Bi-)Weekly Digest 88 - (#278 - #281)

Under Serious Consideration

"Now, some of you have been understandably concerned about the new houses that her Bindership started building some weeks ago," Rian said. It was before breakfast, the kitchen almost ready to start distributing food. "Especially in conjunction with the news that certain families in River's Fork—the blameless children of one such are currently in Binder Shanalorre's care because their parents wished them to be safe here where we hav...

SS3 (Complete Compilation) – "What If (nearly) EVERYONE In Lorian But Lori And Rian Was An Isekai?"

You… want me to be your lord?" Rian asked.

Demesne 281 - This Probably Wouldn't Last

Lori knew this probably wouldn't last.

At some point, she'd have to go back to River's Fork again. Perhaps to build something, perhaps to fix something. Perhaps someone would do something so monumentally stupid that she'd need to become involved, like trying to attack the brat for her seel meat. However, it probably would be for some days yet. For now, she was back home and she was going to enjoy it.

"Your Bindership, remember the plan to move the malcontents here?" Rian began in ...

SS3.4 – "What If (nearly) EVERYONE In Lorian But Lori And Rian Was An Isekai?" Part 4

Lori's hand made a satisfying impact as she slammed it palm-down onto the metal table, which reverberated after the initial strike. The one sitting next to her, opposite Rian, actually jumped in surprise at the sound. It certainly made everyone turn to look back towards her, cutting off the budding comments from the others arrayed around the table.

"I find it very doubtful that," Lori began, "that my demesne is populated by those with deviant magics simply by chance."

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13/2/23 Update

So, the poll is finished, and a Shana POV wins by a hair, with the dirty option coming in third. Look forward to it next week or so!

I'll be taking a vacation next month or so, around late March/early April. It might be two weeks, we'll see. So there will be no updates then, as I won't be writing.

Next month, we'll have a new 'what if' poll again. Until then, I hope to write more about Shana, Karina, and their resilient female friendship! 

Demesne 280 - Making Farmable Land

The air started to get a little bit warmer as the days passed.

The next time they went to River's Fork, the brat and Shanalorre accompanied them, the former carrying three sharpened sticks as seeling rods along with her bedroll, blanket, and a small pack with a change of clothes. The children who now resided in Shanalorre's house, most especially her cousin, had been left in the care of two of Mikon's cousins, who had also started sitting at the table with the children during meals.

Demesne 279 - Consequences Of (More) Theft

Lori hated it when Rian had a point.

However, as she thought about his proposal while she ran the curing shed, she found that she couldn't really refute his points. And if she was being honest with herself—and that was the only person to whom honesty mattered—the thought of having another wizard about to do things she could, things she had taken for granted as being done back when she had lived with her mothers… it appealed.

She couldn't even really argue his suggestion to r...

Demesne SS3.3 – "What If (nearly) EVERYONE In Lorian But Lori And Rian Was An Isekai?" Part 3

The woman—Lori checked her hand, where she'd written a name in lightwisps—Vanessa had been amenable, at Rian's prompting, to enclose her… well, it was technically a smithy, since it was used for working and shaping metal, but the lack of furnace and forge made Lori not want to call it that. Workshop, perhaps? Whatever it was called, she was amenable to raising up metal panels in front of the open wall to enclose the room, using that strangely thin fabric as a curtain to cover the remain...

Demesne 278 - Under Serious Consideration

"Now, some of you have been understandably concerned about the new houses that her Bindership started building some weeks ago," Rian said. It was before breakfast, the kitchen almost ready to start distributing food. "Especially in conjunction with the news that certain families in River's Fork—the blameless children of one such are currently in Binder Shanalorre's care because their parents wished them to be safe here where we have a functional dungeon to shelter them—"

"Rian, ceas...