Told y'all he's my deuteragonist. Expect a lot more from my precious boy this arc, as his and our other delightful flirt's paths begin to collide once more!
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The first letter arrives directly into his room.
The door is closed, arrays equipped, everything prepared and well-set for privacy and security at the height of the Academy’s capa...
2024-07-27 05:59:03 +0000 UTC
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Hehe. Hehehehe. Haha. HAhahahA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
We're heeeeere.
Impossible, non-euclidian dream spaces of alien enlightenment? Check. Follow-up on old plans that led to new cliffhangers? Check. Cultivation shit? Well hell, babes. Come find out.
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At walking speed, they’re still half a day’s travel from the ga...
2024-07-26 23:01:28 +0000 UTC
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Hello! I'm going to bed EARLY tonight, you hear me! 1:30am!!! Enjoy this funky little start to what will be our most bombastic and intense arc yet! I've been waiting to get out of the third ring forever, and now, at long last, we can start going hog fucking wild baybeee!
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To say that a fortress-city is large is to say that the sky is...
2024-07-25 05:22:31 +0000 UTC
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Next chapter we start Arc 6! Back to Raika and co! Enjoy a little sneak peek at what might be going on with a particular type of tool of the Empire, and which I'm sure will bear no relevancy to the fortress cities and the forever-war, lol.
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Hungry.
Hungry.
Hungry.
Food?
Not Food. Predator.
Run/Swim/Move/Become Else...
2024-07-24 06:59:12 +0000 UTC
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A quick interlude chapter! We'll see more of Shin Ren in arc 6, so I plan to start hopping over to that as we speak! Another interlude, maybe two, and we'll be all groovy and back to the main cru babyyyyy!!!
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Gou Mai likes Shin Ren. Shin Ren’s a pretty good guy. Always willing to listen to those who request it, never excessively violent, and ...
2024-07-24 03:36:33 +0000 UTC
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And we're back! Last two days have been WEIRD in the headspace and sleep schedule, but we're fixing that a little today. In the meantime, we hit the big 2-0-0! I wanted to kick this sequence off with a bang, we've only got a few more chapters with Shin Ren if that, so I gotta make sure to enjoy and highlight all the crazy going on in his side of things before we go back to our protagonist. Much love, and I'll see y'all again soon!
And yes, that title IS a call...
2024-07-23 05:23:12 +0000 UTC
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A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one! I think I figured out what I actually want out of the interludes here, so I might (MIGHT) be over the hump with EVO. Fingers crossed! More RfR coming soon!
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Everywhere she looks, there is green.
The ground is green, choked with bushes, grass and vines. The trees are green, covered in crawling creepers and vibrant, wide leaves. The sky ...
2024-07-21 23:12:27 +0000 UTC
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Aaaaand we're back! With some long-time favorites in an all-new pot of setting stew! I was actually planning on putting this off until tomorrow, but then my architecture senses tingled, and my "deeply in love with these characters" organs started spasming, and my worldbuilding madness begin to seep from my brain-wrinkles and- well, here we are! Holding a chapter I really liked writing! So fucking glad I am using the Academies as a jumping point and not the sole focus, shit was Painful to ...
2024-07-21 05:40:30 +0000 UTC
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Aaaaand we're back! Expect at least a little bit of a time skip next chapter! I intend to fuck with his powers a bit and speed some things up, I don't actually enjoy school / academy arcs, and I think I've waited long enough to use it as a jumping off point!
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She smiles, harsh and cold. Beneath her gaze, he feels himself as prey, staring do...
2024-07-21 01:20:27 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the delay! I have NOT been sleeping properly and it's starting to funk up my patterns a bit. See y'all tomorrow for the next one!
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“Dao and Truth.
“Two sides of the coin that is reality. They mirror each other, and yet, like a true reflection, are each other’s inverse. Dao is the Will of Heaven, the manife...
2024-07-19 03:28:12 +0000 UTC
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Alrighty! It's about time! At long last, we get to see our first taste of how two certain mechanics of the setting interact!
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For all his progress, Shin Ren is still rusty. He hasn’t had a true battle since before his mental breakdown, and hasn’t ever experienced truly fighting using only his new cores. So it is that he enters the chamber w...
2024-07-16 19:24:12 +0000 UTC
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It's so fun to come at some cultivator tropes fresh again! Shin Ren's POV has a lot of opportunities to play with more traditional cliches and story beats in a new way and with some new twists, and I hope that shines through for y'all! Enjoy!
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It has been a long time since Shin Ren’s been a fight. What, a year? His master would “spar” on ...
2024-07-16 05:34:44 +0000 UTC
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Alright! This one's a big juicy exposition chapter, but one that opens up a lot of doors for us and sets up some of what Shin Ren's direction is gonna be!
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In spite of how close so many people can become in the Academies, it’s usually a rather lonely affair. It’s different for those from the third ring- most who come to the Acade...
2024-07-14 23:34:40 +0000 UTC
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Thank you for your patience my beloveds! Been a bit of a rough week, some social drama and now a fresh addition to the pile of politics bullshit in my very own real-world failing empire. But! The joy of writing returns as I figure out more of what's going on with Shin Ren, so I'm excited to get back into it!
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The Academies are divided, like all...
2024-07-14 05:35:12 +0000 UTC
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Not sure if "tardy slip" holds up to international nomenclature, but to be clear, it's the permission paper you get from a teacher or the front office at school to excuse your lateness. And with that out of the way, enjoy! We've got a lot to get into~
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It takes approximately thirty minutes for the first fool to try him.
Frankly, he’s im...
2024-07-10 21:50:13 +0000 UTC
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Ok I lied, THIS is the last interlude! It's epilogue time! Raaaagh! We get to see a couple of joyous new and old buddies, I'm very excited about the POVs here and what they plant. See y'all either tonight or tomorrow for Arc 5, Chapter 1, or Chapter 192 - My Favoritest Boi Commits Violence Upon Some Loser-Ass Teenagers
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Wayun Village...
2024-07-10 00:16:36 +0000 UTC
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One last Interlude, and I leave y'all on a cliffhanger! Welcome to Arc 5, babes! I'll see y'all tomorrow!
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The Land is afraid.
This is a difficult thing for the Land, because that’s simply a very novel emotion. Emotions themselves are rather new to it. Not instinct, not in the same way as before, those were more like instructions, felt ...
2024-07-08 05:16:56 +0000 UTC
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Second chapter! Yippee! Hopefully I can re-enact the success tomorrow, because Arc 4 is thiiiiiiis close to being wrapped up. Maybe just next chapter and some smaller interludes before we move into the Shin Ren Interlude Arc! Big Exciting!!!
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Well then.
Almost done.
Taurus stands, the last phase of negotiations over with. His instru...
2024-07-07 03:03:23 +0000 UTC
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Hewwo! I know it's been a minute, but I've been socializing SO much lately. It's good to be back though! Wish me luck, I have more work to do!
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“New information has come to light. The beast tide that hunted you was one of the first signs I personally witnessed, but there’s been, broadly speaking, a significant in...
2024-07-06 23:21:23 +0000 UTC
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Been a while since we had a 2am smasher, but here we are! Definitely a bit short compared to the last one, but we hit that healthy 2k mark and I think we got what we needed for an organic stopping point. Love these two, can't wait for the next evolution of their dynamic.
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She hadn’t forgotten.
Since altering her brain(s), she’s found ...
2024-07-03 05:47:02 +0000 UTC
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Might tweak this one later, but... man, it is very nice seeing some of this payoff. Been building to this little confrontation for a fun little minute, and the chance to use Raika to her fullest as herself is... well. Read on.
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Six hours into the final day. <...
2024-07-03 04:16:33 +0000 UTC
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Aaaaand we're back! Sorry for the delay, but here we are! After all the setup and buildup and slice-of-life of the last few chapters, we once again return to... well, a bit more of that, followed by my now-returned ever so delightful brand of strange and delightful!
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Months and months of preparation, all leading to this.
The...
2024-07-02 21:21:51 +0000 UTC
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ALRIGHT! Fuck me, but this one took a while. Really struggled to get into the right headspace for it, but I got there eventually! A minor reveal about Hisheng and some joyful notes of goodbye to cap off one of the last few parts of arc 4's rising action. See y'all in a few hours for the next installment!
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Back when they first met, it...
2024-07-01 22:08:21 +0000 UTC
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Hehe. Triple entendre in the title. Proud of myself despite how foggy my head be. This chapter is very laid back, but for all us here on patreon, you know what's next. See y'all in the .5's, loves!
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The trip out from the sect is a lot less eventful than her entry. Elder Shang Hao called Hisheng to the chamber, Hisheng saw that the...
2024-06-29 05:19:23 +0000 UTC
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Woohoo! Game of thrones reference! This was a fucking thicc one, nearly to 4k words. My brain's been kinda wonky today, but I want at least one more chapter before tonight. I'm still stressing, still tired, and certainly still have a LOT of work to do, but it's nice to make big juicy chapters full of fun moments.
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For all that the world changes...
2024-06-28 23:47:18 +0000 UTC
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Alright I lied, one more slow uptown funk of a chapter. NEXT chapter we get the sect visit! In the meantime, enjoy some of our last few moments with Wayun village, and some big decisions from our loveliest young ward.
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Three days before their appointed “final” day, she heads back into town.
She takes Jin with her too, hoping tha...
2024-06-27 16:43:02 +0000 UTC
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Hao Nera doesn't always get as much central character POV love as the others, but don't worry, I've got plenty of love to give him!!! He's a delightful lil scoundrel and every story needs a lovable scoundrel with some character growth to grow into. The chapter's a bit on the short side, but I should have a second one out later, so yippeee!
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2024-06-27 00:14:23 +0000 UTC
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Is it obvious that I love writing Hisheng's visits? He's just a really sweet and sincere guy! Now that Raika's solidifying her sense of self and about to embark on the next phase of her journey, he's a really fun mix of challenge and support, and I have a lot of fun writing her mind as she figures out her place in her ideals and gets challenged by Hisheng's good nature and openness.
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2024-06-26 03:58:44 +0000 UTC
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Woohoo! Back again! I love the biotechnical talk, almost as much as I love progressing the story and helping Raika get more powers as we go. Don't worry, she's not just gonna flip a switch and figure things out, and her body needs lots of new resources to properly build some of the ideas they have!
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It’s almost time to leave.
One more w...
2024-06-25 18:32:31 +0000 UTC
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We're back! Another interlude, but we're back home with Raika and co come next chapter. I think we'll start the climb to the end of arc 4, reach that climax soonish, and jump into the next part of the story soon after. Expect the return of Shin Ren and some brand new thangs goin on with our main cast and supporting actors!
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The land waits. The ...
2024-06-25 03:33:39 +0000 UTC
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