Kevin Curry

A young genius' scientific chronicles 5

This took longer than I had hoped, so the Summon Perfect Warlady's likely going to be late... which won't actually affect the public releases. Next non-regular update's going to be another Fae chapter. That one's going into the endgame, should be over within 3 or 4 chapters. 

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    They were met at the airship dock by Professor Beausoleil, who according to their acceptance letter was their academic advisor. “Greeting...

October Poll

Whoop, forgot the poll again.

Devil's consultancy chapter 12

Gotham Academy is a private school, K-12, feeding directly into Gotham University. In practice, there’s separate buildings for elementary, middle, and high schools, but there is a central campus where the dorms for the boarding students, the sports stadium, and the administration is based. 

As an eleven year old in the middle of the winter, Richard would ordinarily be in the sixth grade. However, one of the academic benchmarks that Bruce demanded to allow him to be Rob...

Psychoprotective Epilogue 10: Lives 7 and 8

Penny thought that things were going fairly well. Yes, she didn’t get an acting job as easily as she had hoped, and her apartment rent was crazy expensive, but the Cheesecake Factory was a decent job, she got okay tips, so she could afford it… barely. 

Luckily, her neighbors weren’t creeps and let her use their internet… well, Leonard let her. Sheldon acted like a middle school girl with his petty asides, but that was water off a duck’s back to her. She did fee...

Summon Perfect Warlady 2.11

The real problem with facing the Empire was their many high level casters. With thorough investigation, they finally have a final tally, though. 

Their Chief Caster, Pact Romano, is a level eleven Master-class signamancer. According to Janis, he was not capable of anything outside his specialty, but given that he was supposedly the one allowing multiple sides to act as one, this was not someone who could be dismissed. The most direct hazard to be aware of was him using p...

Psychoprotective Epilogue 9 (Sixth life: Tatiana Degtyaryov the witch)

One thing that Tanya never really expected, when they finally died as Gohan, was actually being conscious in the time between lives. While they were more-or-less as good of a telepath as there could be… they never really could manage the same level of self-editing that they could with psychic power or yin chakra. 

When combining this fact with the fact that there was a solid chance that Gohan would end up in the local afterlife instead of being whisked away by Being X�...

a young genius' scientific chronicles 4

Her world wasn’t all noblewoman lessons and tinkering, though. She was also expected to learn how to fight, although that was more of a ‘peer pressure’ situation rather than an academic requirement. 

Fortunately, the Baron had enlisted the esteemed Dr. Sun Jen-djieh as a medical instructor for the students advanced enough in biological and chemical sciences to start studying medicine. Which meant her and Theo for the Sparks, and Gil, Sun’s granddaughters, and Hez...

a young genius' scientific chronicles 3

[Tanya von Degurechaff]

All told, despite her shameful reaction to a superior officer (Rudersdorf would collapse laughing if he could have seen her), that went rather well. Apparently, the primary reason he decided to handle things personally was because he wanted to see the Absolute Safety Mecha Mk. II for his very eyes. Not because it was particularly innovative or impressive, but merely because the man was also a Spark and enjoyed seeing the works of new sparks. 

A young genius' scientific chronicles 2

Deleted the old chapter 2 to avoid confusion.

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Back in her second life, Tanya didn’t spend a whole lot of time with the other orphans. She considered her “peers” to be irritants at best, and agents of Being X at worst. 

Between her experiences caring for children as a parent or big sister figure and just… growing up, she became much less reclusive in this one. At least, after Gil and Tarvek kept dragging her away from the safety of he...

[Commission] A young woman's scientific endeavors 1

When Tanya von Degurechaff died, she took a risk. When Being X came to her, in her last moments, when the world stood still… she ran. Nowhere in particular, just… away. 

Having taken that risk, she was beginning to think that she may have attributed more to Being X’s intervention than was proper, in her second life. Because it worked. She ended up being born again, in a third life. …and Being X has been trying to kill her the entire time. Transparently so. Surviv...

Summon Perfect Warlady 2.10

This story arc should be wrapping up soon, I think. I plan on one more arc before the endgame, then of course the epilogue, which will not be nearly as detailed as the psychoprotective one.

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Weirdomancy was, as Jack explained when she sought to learn the basics, incredibly complicated. To use a coding metaphor, appropriate for a world that ran much like a computer game, Erf axis magic dealt with the overarching processes of the environment, Fate magi...

Psychoprotective Epilogue 8

Okay, I've always wanted to write a 'Gohan attends the 24th world martial arts tournament' fanfic. Gohan/Videl romance fics are a guilty pleasure of mine. But I promise I've stayed true to the 'Tanya keeps going through multiple lives' concept of this series.

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To his credit, the monk running the sign-in booth had enough spiritual awareness to sense when Gohan let some of his ki out, seeing it as the threat it was. “I-I’m sorry, but the Champion insisted...

September Poll

As usual:

Mystery Box will be something new

Psychoprotective sidestories will initiate a subvote where you get to pick where it's placed in the timeline, which makes it the option where you can tell me to write more Sakura or Gohan chapters.

Other sidestory/omake will have me make something for any of my current stories, whatever I think of, although comments can totally influence my decision there if it wins (which I do not expect it to)

You can make multiple votes....

Young devil's consultancy 11

Okay, I needed a little extra time to finish this chapter, but don't worry, tomorrow's update is done and scheduled. It's the end of the Fifth life.

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Living life as the children of an old money billionaire wasn’t all fun and games, though. There were expectations, after all. Singing christmas carols was only the start; they had to show that they were becoming cultured as well as intelligent, and there was further expectations of a you...

Summon Perfect Warlady 2.09

One drawback of resolving to destroy the Yahtzees was that it triggered the end of their contract with Albinny, the England equivalent in this funhouse-mirror version of World War II. Or rather, what triggered the end was her considering the damage dealt being sufficient that she could fly away without guilt, theoretically. The payment of fifty thousand-ish shmuckers  and five caster levels of lookamancy each turn would continue for three more turns as the evacuation carve-out, but other...

A young swordsman's adventure 20

I was actually able to get a chapter of a commission done this month! A good sign. Next month I'm going to try for two, specifically the 3rd and 4th chapter of Scientific chronicles, which also include heavy edits to the 2nd chapter, and probably some minor ones to the 1st. I skipped over way too much, and need to slow down.

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“That was a productive training session.” Tanya announced as she served dinner to her crew. Even though Cookie was...

Psychoprotective epilogue 7

Can you tell I'm just writing snippet ideas I've been having for years?

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One advantage to sending the most gung-ho ahead was that they get to be the ones to test out the parameters of their temporary immortality. Did it function on invulnerability, or regeneration? If the latter, how quickly did it work? What about exhaustion, did it grant unlimited stamina as well? 

Gohan carefully approached the battlefield where Dad and Vegeta we...

Summon Perfect Warlady 2.08

Well, the first thing that needed to be done was to either recharge Sizemore’s juice, or dismiss him through the portal. After an instant of thought, Tanya figured that the better move was to let him retreat. As he didn’t turn, she couldn’t order him directly… but she could order units next to him just fine. 

Wait… right, she had a duplicate in the courtyard. She appeared to be ordering him to do something, as she was close enough for him to hear her speak. Pre...

Psychoprotective Epilogue 6

So as it turns out, having healing scabs over a third to half of your legs is really disruptive towards one's ability to focus on writing. Who knew? Hopefully this month I'll be able to write stuff beyond the patreon obligations, but it's not looking good.

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“This is incredible…” The aged elder Namekian said with a note of awe. “You have tremendous latent power, and more besides.” After a beat, he asked: “You’re not an Earthling, are you?”

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August poll

Realized I forgot the poll again. Same deal as last month.

Summon Perfect Warlady 2.07

There was particularly inconvenient drawback to the new defense organization: it made them absurdly vulnerable to flying attacks. While yes, her own presence and her knights mitigated that issue, that also meant that anyone with a big flying force and a lookamancer might get the wrong idea. 

Someone like Bone. It was the most powerful side on the other side of the Alfs, old enough that they had something of a reputation in the Magic Kingdom. Half of this reputation was h...

Devils' consultancy 10

The Monday update isn't done, but this is, so you get this early. I'll post the Summon Perfect Warlady chapter on the 1st.

Both chapters will become public at the usual times for each.

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[Batman aka Bruce Wayne]

He heavily disliked having to leave Tanya, Dick, and Selina behind to attend to other matters… but the League of Shadows being in town warranted such a thing. 

When he was training for his vengeance, one o...

Psychoprotective Epilogue 5

Edit: Crap, posted it early on accident. Enjoy!

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As she had expected, Gaara’s mind was a desert, currently in a sandstorm. There was a giant sand monster that was tied with traditional sealing rope to the ground, and it roared to the sky. “Blood! Give me more blood!” It shouted, laughing maniacally. 

Hm, what animal is that? It kind of reminds her of those tanuki statues, not the appearance of real tanuki, but the fantasy version with th...

Summon Perfect Warlady 2.06

The first seven turns spent as ruler of Schnitzeland passed without much dramatic occuring.  They invaded the surrounding cities, using the contracted lookamancy from Albinny as well as hiring Headmaster Isaac for more, specifically hiring him to better teach lookamancy to Maggie through practical demonstration. It was on the expensive side, but given that Albinny’s coffers still flowed into their treasury, it was quite affordable. 

The main reason Queen Virginia ...

Psychoprotective Epilogue 4

I should be able to get this into an acceptable state to move on to the next life in one more chapter. This has always been something of a self-indulgent outpouring of ideas that made making Book 2/3 difficult by distracting me, so I'm not too bothered about things running long.

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“Okay, now that the shocking part of this has been handled,” Tanya said, holding herself confidently and ignoring how easily the group assembled could kill h...

July Poll

Whoops. Completely forgot to post this.

Because Psychoprotective is done and is going ot have lots of potential options, I've decided that if it wins, there will be a short lightning round poll determining what it is, with the options being roughly where in the timeline you wish for the sidestory/omake to be. post book 1, 2, 3, 4th life, 5th life, etc.

Devil's consultancy 9

Was hoping I'd get this done this morning, but alas.

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It took about a month and two dozen civilian deaths, but the Arkham escapees were all finally back inside it. Gotham was relatively quiet as a result, with Batman’s attention turning towards the entrenched elements of organized crime. 

As a result, the state of heightened alertness was relaxed. She could spend the early hours of the day at home again rather than playing pretend with ...

Summon Perfect Warlady 2.05

Devil's consultancy is moved to Wednesday. I'd like to say I have a good reason... but I don't. Pokerogue is super-addictive.

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As usual, when attacking a city from the air successfully, any units that had been placed in the wall and tunnel zones were automagically captured once all three garrison zones were captured and the city changed hands. One might consider this a foolish move in comparison to putting everything in those garrison z...

Sick Day

I've gotten an illness of some kind, and have lost far too much writing time. Despite having all of thursday-sunday to work on it, I've done maybe 1200 words of the SPW, and most of that was on thursday. Even now I'm slowed down in writing this by some strange stomachache I can't seem to do anything about.

So... no update this week. Public updates will proceed as normal, and when the 22nd of july comes around, there will be no public update and the patrons will be back up to be...

A young Swordsman's adventure 19

It's been a while since I've managed an update for this. Sorry about that. 

Current backlog: 

1 Devil's consultancy (monthly poll)

2 Swordsman's adventure

1/5 Path to Living

7 Scientific Endeavors

2 Fae Chronicles

total: 61k words

And the weekly updates that swap between Summon Perfect Warlady and Psychoprotective, of course. Not sure how many more Psychoprotective Epilogues there will be, but I'm going to keep going unti...