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Omake: The Meeting 2

“Coochie coochie coo!” Vice-Admiral Garp said as he tickled Tanya. She laughed uncontrollably at the stimulation, unable to stop.

Right about when her laughter faded into wheezing, Father came to her rescue. “Alright, let her breathe.” He said, batting away the larger man’s hands.

“They're just so cute at this age!” The Vice-Admiral gushed. “I can't wait to see my grandson again, he's turned four, so it's almost time to start his training to become a strong Marine!...

A young swordsman's adventure 9

“There’s not much left for you to know, when it comes to dueling.” Father said as they walked towards where the humadrills are. “Some of your techniques could use some polish, but it’s mostly your youth holding you back. Your haki outstrips your raw strength by a far greater margin than is normal.” He paused, thinking about his words. “Well, as far as ‘normal’ can be used to describe those who use haki.”

It made sense. Even in the Empire, she was notably weaker than ...

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“Elya, can you turn units to an allied side?” Tanya asked.

The turnamancer paused as they ate at the banquet table, thinking over the question. Ossomer and Bill-Bob seemed interested in the question. “...I don’t see why not, although I’d need someone from that side on hand to give the offer, or maybe just giving permission to me would work?” She furrowed her brow as she tried to fit the idea into her mental framework of magic. “...I’d like to try.” She said eventually....

A young swordsman's adventure 8

[Heart Lucy]

She woke up restrained. Her head was wrapped in a cushion, her arms laid across her chest, and her hips buckled in place, which minimized the effect of the boat’s movement on her in this padded box.

Oh no. She was getting shipped to Marejois. It was time to deploy her secret weapon. Her finger turned straight, deforming into a straight bar of metal with a set of metal teeth. She twisted it in the direction of her neck. “Key-key open!” She whispered, expecting to...

A young swordsman's adventures 7

While photography was relatively new, live television broadcasts have been around for a little over a decade, thanks to the magic of snails. There wasn’t enough infrastructure for there to be a whole lot of the things, and while snails were good at broadcasting, media storage was a lot trickier, although there was apparently something coming out allowing musical records, a seashell-looking thing that was called a ‘tone dial’. Those were still new, though, distribution was limited to the...

A young devil's consultancy 2

Someone paid for another chapter. Enjoy!

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“Okay, now here's a square block.” Said Mrs. Cher.

“Square.” Tanya repeated, grabbing the block and feeling it out. She then stuck the block in her mouth.

Tanya had agreed with Bruce’s logic that while his wealth made it theoretically possible for her to just hide away for two or three years before emerging as an adult, it was an incredibly risky endeavor that had the potential for explosive conseque...

Psychoprotective chapter 3.06

At first glance, the storm of paper that was Mailman Ford’s segment of the man’s shattered mind was just as chaotic as Park Ranger Ford’s, back in the day. But after a moment for the mind to comprehend what it sees, the differences were apparent: it was far more orderly, a series of routings and paths that emulated transitions without actually using them, giving the illusion of a complete mind within a single fragment.

Tanya glanced at some of the wooden shelves that the papers fl...

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Well, this took a lot longer to write than I was hoping, I hope I have enough time to write Monday's Psychoprotective.

​I may have been a bit too ambitious with this arc, but enjoy a bunch of slice of life of Tanya's school days, and next chapter will conclude this part with a nice dramatic thing happening.

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The revelation that her grandfather was the vice-captain of the Roger pirates was… less surprising than it should have been. He was suppos...

January poll

Happy New Year!

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As previously warned, now that this is a 'main' story, the advance chapters are locked behind the $5 tier. The poll and new story out of the mystery box is still at the $3 tier, as normal. 

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The start of turn was handled like most: with a rapid exchange of missives between the relevant leadership units. Tanya informed them of the altercation with Charlescomm, the acquisition of the Jojos, and their intent to sack a city.

Ossomer’s reply was a ...

A young devil's consultancy

Okay, so this was an idea that was proposed in the spacebattles youjo senki fic discussion thread a few months ago. I had something of a hard time deciding which of the many old ideas I was going to realize for this mystery box, but given how popular the one piece crossover has been, I figured it was a good time to use this similar idea.

To distinguish it from that one piece fic, though, I’ve fiddled with the details of the core idea to make it more like the comedy timeline from the o...

Psychoprotective chapter 3.05

Merry Christmas! 

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Hollis was rather chagrined when Tanya came back to herself. “I’m… sorry about what you saw in there.” She said, “I wasn’t in my right mind.”

“I’m wondering why you left a bunch of children in your mind unattended after teaching them one of the most dangerous psychic powers around.” Tanya said, rubbing her head.

“I thought I had left them isolated enough.” Hollis groused, “But I didn’t accoun...

A young sailor's swordsmanship 5

One advantage to having so many chapters paid for in advance is that I can take my time with things, and not, as I might otherwise, rush to canon events to keep up interest. So enjoy the school arc! It'll be three or four chapters long, I think.

Unfortunately, this will probably be the last chapter I can make this month, unless I'm uncommonly productive. I need to do Monday's Psychoprotective, the New Years chapter of Summon Perfect Warlady, a Fae chronicles chapter, and the mystery box...

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With the alliance between Yojo Mojo and the Jojos made official and Tanya handled her last tasks for the turn, Tanya was brought to the meeting tent where the leaders of the tribe met to discuss matters.

There was Mojo the Jojo, of course. As part of their custom, all four members of the meeting stacked together as they sat, with only those within that stack permitted to speak.

[Mojo the Jojo, level 6 Jojo]

Combat: 29

Defense: 28

Hits: 12

Move: 18

Spe...

A young sailor's swordsmanship 4

I've been getting quite a few requests to continue this, with money behind them. So... here's another!

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After lunch, which included a round of singing Bink’s Brew, there was a small singing contest between her and Uta. Apparently, she was actually a member of the Red-Hair pirates (and wasn't that an uncreative name), by virtue of being the Captain's daughter, while her little boyfriend was a local. Her official role was ‘diva’, which was just an indulgen...

Psychoprotective 3.04

Hollis’ mind was not someplace Tanya has ever had reason to visit before. At least, the real parts. Back when she was still in college she “audited” some of the lessons the interns got from her, so she's seen the classroom construct.

But it was impossible to truly separate such a construct from the rest of the mind using conventional techniques. Her technology got around this by ‘plugging’ the connection with the artificial mind of the device, which left the well concealed exi...

A Young Sailor's swordsmanship 3

Someone other than the original commissioner paid for an extra chapter! Enjoy.

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"Grandma?" Tanya asked on day seven of waiting for Father's new ship to get built. As she understood things, the delay was more waiting for the carpenter, apparently a merman that Grandpa knew the brother of, to get to it rather than the actual construction. Tanya had halfway expected pressure to be applied to speed things up, skipping the line, but the quote was nine d...

A Young Sailor's Swordsmanship 2

Just realized I never posted this here when someone paid up.

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Father's boat still needed several minutes to reach the dock, plenty of time to get down from the crane and walk there. Well, it's plenty of time when you account for the mildly superhuman levels of agility and strength that she's developed through frequent climbing, running, and eating plenty of meat. Meat was actually cheaper here than, say, leafy greens, although she made sure to eat vegetables t...

Summon Perfect Warlady 19

Extra big chapter because I got a little inspired. Posting it now instead of scheduling because why the hell now. 

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Rightshoring’s turn was uneventful, a single Ranger’s veil getting spotted and subsequently croaking being the only action. HobbitTM’s lookamancer, Pallan Tears, provided them a map that was a little smaller, although it still seemed to catch the whole army, comparing the numbers from the previous turn. More importan...

Delayed update

Yeah, while I could theoretically post the SPW update now (or rather, schedule it for the morning), I'm not happy with it and it would be the second chapter in a row to be 3.5k words if I did. I'm going to take another day to fluff it out more, Mojo the Jojo deserves two scenes, not just the tiny one he gets currently. 

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Okay, this is the last 'first of month' chapter for Summon Perfect Warlady. Another one's coming on Monday, so look forward to that. 

I know it's a bit short, but I'll try to make up for it next chapter. I'm not really happy with this chapter, a bit too much exposition and not enough action in my opinion, but it's what I got. 

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While it was only about half of Yojo Mojo’s air forces, the level of force that they had brought was su...

December Poll

Okay, as it's now a primary story, no more Summon Perfect Warlady chapters on the poll. Instead, you have the option to vote for a SPW sidestory, which will be scenes that may or may not be canon, depending on what I think of, but will be outside of the usual timeline. It will probably be mostly slice of life, expanding scenes I glossed over or just thought of after the relevant chapter was posted. I dunno what it is yet, I'll figure that out if it wins. 

Psychoprotective 3.03

Both of the cafeterias at the Motherlobe were… only okay. They served both breakfast and lunch, opening at 8AM and closing at 2PM. It served both breakfast and lunch foods with a diner-style kitchen that composed of mostly three flat top griddles and a single commercial stove and, as of this year, a conveyor belt style pizza oven. Between the two kitchens, four cooks and an equal number of cleaners served the thousand-ish employees of the Motherlobe between them, which was only practical be...

Summon Perfect Warlady Chapter 17

Okay, this has gone on long enough that I might as well make it official. 

Schedule is now alternating Summon Perfect Warlady and Psychoprotective. Starting next month, Psychoprotective will be removed from the monthly polls. Further, access to Summon Perfect Warlady content will be brought up to the same level as Psychoprotective, the $5 level, starting in January. I would have done this when I transitioned stories at Psychoprotective's conclusion anyway like I did when it became ...

Psychoprotective chapter 3.02

The campers were, as expected, reasonably mollified by the presence of another “famous Psychonaut”. Tanya signed some autographs, did some debriefings/emergency therapy sessions, and contacted parents for either their return or for permission to relocate them to a daycare facility if that couldn’t be arranged. Agent Jameson helped manage the children when she was busy, and handled any of the children who Tanya thought could use more therapy than the ten minutes she could spare per kid. ...

Commissioned Omake: The Meeting

Yeah, the commissioner commissioned an omake for their previous commission. It's a comedy AU for a young sailor's swordsmanship. 

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Tanya had no idea what Being X was thinking. Sure, have a dragon kill her mother. That makes sense. But why did he have her father coincidentally be present if he was going to survive? Not only survive, but contribute enough to the defense that he was celebrated as a hero?

Her only explanation was that Being X wasn’t...

Commission: A Young sailor's swordsmanship (YS/One Piece)

This one is a Commission, but I realized that I should have posted Fae Chronicles here a few months, so I'm not making that mistake. It does, however, get to be public immediately. Enjoy.

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Being X lied. She was supposed to have been thrown to oblivion when she died, she even made sure to curse him right before she exploded the type 95 to make sure of it. Damn Francois. Damn Being X.

Still, the fact remains that Being X cheated by ensuring that she co...

Summon Perfect Warlady 16

Theoretically, I should be posted the 2nd chapter of book 3 right now. In practice, I am instead posting the last bit of buffer I have because I spent way too much time this week writing a commission which may or may not replace this month's fae chronicles. Depends on how the commissioner's finances go and how much writing I manage on fae chronicles. 

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Tanya had expected herself to be reasonably capable of Rhyme-o-mancy, given the fact that she ...

November Poll

Just realized I forgot to make this. 

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[??????]

Pop.

It was strange, the sensation of suddenly being, when before they were naught.

All of her knowledge, her own levers and fulcrums, were laid bare to her, and as her wheels started turning she started to know what she knew.

Her name is Elya von Culper. She is a Noble, as she popped from the city of Gin-G, a level 3 city in the royal side of Yojo Mojo.

Most of all? She was a turnamancer. Level 1 Novice, naturally. She looked around, and saw a vertical ...