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Demesne 135 - Hungry After All

In the morning, the hole in the sock and the laundry were still there.

More work she had to do, needed to do.

She'd get to it later.

Before she left her room, she went down the list of bindings she had to imbue and maintain. As she sat on her bed, she stared at the wall next to her where she had written the list. She kept meaning to arrange it by order of importance, but as with many things, she just never got around to it. So it was still written in the order of when she'd ...

Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #33

The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 10

The rest of the day was strangely nostalgic. It reminded Jas of helping clear the fields before planting, setting fire to the dead stalks before they would inundate the ground again and plant rice. Which was basically was she were doing. Jas cleared the roads with her fire, severing parts of the Thorn Thicket from the main plant. With the physical connection severed, Green was finally able to take con...

Demesne 134 - A Small Hole

Lori trudged to work, each step heavy as she walked up the slope towards the sawpit area. The sawpit itself was at rest, since no large logs were being cut up into planks. Instead, dead wood, branches, and roots such as the strange growth that had sprouted from the old latrines, pieces too small to be used for building material that had been gathered over the months and left to naturally cure were being cut down to size. Now they were being cut down into smaller pieces for firewood, and a sto...

Demesne 133 - Can't Bring Herself To Care

Lolilyuri woke up to a familiar stony ceiling, an old list of names right in her line of sight, written into the stone. She really should get around to erasing that one of these days, the names were no longer relevant, and she'd forgotten who they were…

She lay on her nice and comfortable bed and bedroll—it still hadn't begun to feel uncomfortable, unlike her old wooden bed!—and contemplated just staying there for the rest of the day. Her supply of reparation fruit from River's Fo...

Status 12/28/21

So, it looks like I might not be able to make that Nightmaerangers short after all. Been really busy lately. I'll still try, but at this point I can't really promise I'll make it. 

Still, thank you to everyone who has stick with me this year, and will continue to stick with me. Beltated Merry Christmas and I hope you have a Happy New Year!

Weekly Digest 41 (#130 - #132)

Trying To Convince Himself

The ice boat was finally finished that afternoon.

Lori didn't believe a word of it.

"Latrines?"

"Made and tested," Rian said promptly.

"Structural reinforcements?"

"All in place for the top deck, the water jet, we double checked all the railings to make sure they can take the weight of people walking on them because of course, and we had four of the biggest, strongest people we had try to break out of the...

Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #32

The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 9

Jaselle screamed with her whole body. The plasma she was composed of vibrated the air, and the air around her resounded with her cry of surprise.

Not again! This couldn't be happening again! Not a third time! She had to get back in control, she had to keep from hurting people, why was this happening?-!

It didn't last long as she regained control of herself, her surprise turning to frustration and panicked re...

Demesne 132 - Finally, To Covehold

"You knew!" Rian accused Lori at breakfast the next day.

She rolled her eyes. "Rian, everyone knew," Lori said. "People in the next table knew, why wouldn't I know when it was happening right in front of me?"

"We knew!" someone in the next table over confirmed, followed by a chorus of laughter. "And so did the next table!"

Rian groaned. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"If you recall, I distinctly said that if you didn't know—"

"—you wouldn't tell me," Rian finished...

Demesne 131 - Come Back Safe, We'll Be Waiting

It was the first holiday that wasn't being done in a rush. Lori suspected Rian had already made arrangements before asking for her permission, because there was no sudden frenzy of activity, none of the rush of the previous two times. Or maybe having half a day to prepare really did make that much of a difference. People were still cutting trees and sawing them in the sawpit, spinning thread and cord, but some were taking tables and benches from the dining halls and taking them outside.

Demesne 130 - Trying To Convince Himself

The ice boat was finally finished that afternoon.

Lori didn't believe a word of it.

"Latrines?"

"Made and tested," Rian said promptly.

"Structural reinforcements?"

"All in place for the top deck, the water jet, we double checked all the railings to make sure they can take the weight of people walking on them because of course, and we had four of the biggest, strongest people we had try to break out of the brig," Rian said. "They, uh, broke out the first two times...

Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #31

The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 8

Ate Sanny's new priority target turned out to be a neighborhood that had to be evacuated because of rapidly-growing bougainvillea. According to her, a homeowner had noticed that one of his bougainvillea had begun to grow at a visible rate. The video of one of the plant's branches literally growing a foot in three minutes had gone on social media, where it had been passed around and mostly been called a hoax and computer...

Weekly Digest 40 (#127 - #129)

Playing with Water

With the successful test of the ice boat—

"I'm honestly surprised you haven't named it yet," Rian said during breakfast. "You'd usually start calling it 'Lori's Something Something' by now."

"I would rather not have my name on it," Lori replied as Mikon sat alone on one side of Rian, Riz sitting on the opposite side next to Umu, who seemed to feel that her temporary Rian was a bit too free with her elbows.

"Why? Are you em...

Demesne 129 - Finishing Touches

The ice boat was nearly finished.

Lori was skeptical, but after a day of Rian not having anything more added, of her not having to remove the ice so that more wood beams or planks could be installed, she was actually beginning to believe it. Granted, he'd asked her to build a dock, which had involved excavating a part of the river slightly so that the bottom wasn't resting on the riverbed, but she'd taken the opportunity to dig out the river near the water hub shed.

A part of her ...

Demesne 128 - Golden Sweetwood Company

Even without the ice in its hull, the boat was actually looking like a boat. The boards that defined the area of ice for the hull certainly gave it that impression. And once the upper deck was mostly completed, including a rail at the very top to keep people from falling off, Lori had to admit that the outriggers were probably necessary.

The outriggers for the Coldhold were a line of wooden barrels to either side, the insides to be lined with bone for further waterproofing so t...

Demesne 127 - Playing with Water

With the successful test of the ice boat—

"I'm honestly surprised you haven't named it yet," Rian said during breakfast. "You'd usually start calling it 'Lori's Something Something' by now."

"I would rather not have my name on it," Lori replied as Mikon sat alone on one side of Rian, Riz sitting on the opposite side next to Umu, who seemed to feel that her temporary Rian was a bit too free with her elbows.

"Why? Are you embarrassed by this artistic work of carpentry and en...

Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #30

The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 7

The things on the table looked innocuous enough for the most part. They didn't have the handmade look of something that was… well, handmade, but rather the dinged look of a manufactured object that had seen use. Many of the things had parts that had that bright pink—or as it magenta?—look of something made from Kuya Kim's body. There was a knife with a blade that looked like it was made of pink g...

Weekly Digest 39 (#124 - #126)

Something To Come Back To

Rian continued working on getting the boat built properly, adding in new beams and now carefully examining where else might need reinforcement. Lori felt he should have done that before, but what did she know? She wasn't a boat builder. Perhaps making blatant errors in common sense and thorough thinking were proper and traditional parts of the boat-building process.

Well, not her problem.

Still, the boat was taking up a lot...

Demesne 126 - Cheerful, Unreadable

Contrary to her expectation, the three women didn't try to get Rian alone in his house so they could have their way with him, though they probably wanted to. Instead, what happened was that other people started coming over to Rian's house to talk and relax, in the same way they sat around in front of the baths or lingered in the dining halls. She suspected Riz had something to do with that. Her temporary Rian knew a lot of people. The front of Rian's house gained some benches and convenient r...

Status 12/1/21

So, last month of the year. As a reminder, I will not be posting for all of this month due to Christmas stuff. I will only be posting until December the 19th. Don't worry though, I'm making sure we're ending the year on a good note, so look forward to those chapters of Demesne.  Updates will resume on January the 5th and this month's Patron exclusive Short will be a Nightmærangers short, since Demesne doesn't have Christmas. 

Demesne 125 - A Lonely House

Lori raised an eyebrow at Rian as he collapsed heavily onto bench opposite her, eyes heavy lidded. It's opposite rose as well as Rian folded his arms over the table and lay his head down. "Rian, did you stay up late last night?"

There was a muffled sound that might have vaguely been affirmatory.

"Did the private celebrations in honor of having your own house go on for too long?"

There was a very long muffled string of words in response.

"I didn't catch that," Lori said...

Demesne 124 - Something To Come Back To

Rian continued working on getting the boat built properly, adding in new beams and now carefully examining where else might need reinforcement. Lori felt he should have done that before, but what did she know? She wasn't a boat builder. Perhaps making blatant errors in common sense and thorough thinking were proper and traditional parts of the boat-building process.

Well, not her problem.

Still, the boat was taking up a lot of wood. Above the ice hull reinforced by wooden beams, p...

Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #29

The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 6

For all his faults, Uncle Carlos was punctual. When he'd said he'd arrive to pick her up in twenty minutes, he actually arrived in fifteen, and Jas was just finished the third waffle sandwich—a third! This was definitely indulgent—that Ate Sanny had offered her when she saw his flashy American-made pickup truck heading towards them.

"My uncle is here," Jas said, pointing out the car.

At...

Weekly Digest 38 (#121 - #123)

The Better Water Jet

Slowly, things returned back to normal, the dragonborn abominations either being hunted down or dying from running out of magic to sustain their impossible physiologies. People were injured, but they'd been told to prioritize staying alive, so anyone who was hurt was just sent to River's Fork to be healed.

Lori chose not to comment on the strange meat in the stew they had for a few days. While it wasn't completely objectionable—it w...

Demesne 123 - A Favor

The work on the boat continued, the finishing touches that would make it livable for any length of time. A latrine. Beds, which would fold up for space. A large tiller, to be able to shift its course. And of course the large water jet to propel it.

"I'm an idiot," Rian sighed over dinner. He'd managed to get ahead of the women this time, and had presented Lori with two bowls of stew. She'd picked one.

"Yes, you are," Lori agreed, eating in a leisurely manner.

"You don't have...

Demesne Patron EX SS 10 - Riz and the Dragon

The cold stone walls of the Dungeon had never been more reassuring to Riz than now.

Outside, the dragon raged, and she could hear the ones on duty struggling to push out the creatures that were trying to enter through the air holes. Inside, there was only the sounds of people sleeping, or pretending to sleep at least, of quiet murmurs that might have been people talking quietly, and the occasional hurried footsteps of someone going to the lavatory. Even the echoes of people eating or pl...

Demesne 122 - The Ice Boat Floateth

Fixing Rian's adjustable water jet was easy enough. The mount for it had a thick wooden rudder that had hollow tubes in it to draw water up and thrust it down. The tubes were more wood that had been hollowed out—the carpenters were getting a lot of use from their new lathe—and she was able line the insides with bone to act as waterproofing and sealant. Correcting the problem was simple enough. Lori had a small hole drilled in the intake pipes just before the sliding block, and put in a sm...

Status 11/22/21

Hi everyone! We're coming to the end of the year, and I must announce, or remind if some of you remember, that there will be no updates in the latter half of December starting on the 20th because of Christmas stuff. Updates will resume on January 5th. In the meantime, I'm seeing about writing a small climax to cap off the year on a satisfactory note. 

In deference to the season, that month's exclusive chapter will be probably be a Christmas-themed Nightmæranger 2021-11-22 16:06:57 +0000 UTC View Post