MUAHAHAHAHA! What do you know, it was even EASIER to start this chapter than before! If only I hadn't procrastinated until almost ten pm! More fool am I, for what a JOY this was! Ugh, I feel so refreshed for some reason- can't wait to enjoy every fucking second of it as we hop back into RfR!
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Hail to the Saint! Hail to she who burrows, crawls, rips d...
2025-08-11 05:44:31 +0000 UTC
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As promised, that's two in one day for the second time this week! Talk about a comeback, and I don't just mean ms kardashian baybeee! Felt like a goddamn joy to do this, and I can't wait to replicate this energy going forward. Gotta make sure to watch for burnout, but right now, also gotta make sure to ride this high as my brain either stabilizes with its proper meds or hits a high before a low. Either way, answer's the same- be productive! Raaaaah!...
2025-08-10 04:15:54 +0000 UTC
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And we're back around! First chapter of the day with plenty of hours left for the next one, which is the one I'm real excited on. Dunno if the next chapter's gonna be an interlude or if my craving for the magic and fleshcrafting of the setting and go to Ilia's plans and productions, but either way next one's gonna be fuuuuuun!
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To be alive is to be haunted. To be haunted is to feel the ec...
2025-08-09 20:31:16 +0000 UTC
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Alright! Fresh chapter! I think I have another one in the barrel for later tonight, but we'll see. I'm in a bit of a hurry today!
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“Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.”
― Madeline L'Engle
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2025-08-08 21:04:16 +0000 UTC
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Alright! Here we are again! First two-chapter day in a HAWT minute and I think it's been worth the wait, cause man oh man did that feel good. Suffice to say, in spite of the horrors, we proceed, and I'd say Ilia agrees with me. Confronting some assumptions about how all this mess works, and what's going on with this Michael fella!
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A puppet is free so long as he loves his strings
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2025-08-07 03:50:13 +0000 UTC
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Alright, aaaand we're here! It's a two-chapter day, I feel it in me bones, so we'll be back for another VISCERAE chapter shortly. Ideally, I should probably start working on a more consistent upload schedule that I can schedule ahead of time, but... that sound logical and competent and that's just not my brand, ya know? Lol but seriously, the slow momentum has been nice as opposed to the dead sea vibes, so we'll see how...
2025-08-07 00:11:05 +0000 UTC
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I think this one turned out pretty great! Much more of a focus on the horror aspects. I think the things it implies might be just a bit misleading if you jump the gun, but if we can share Ilia's doubts and questions, I'm sure we'll all figure out what's going on and no one will be hurt and everyone will live forever!
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I boᴎ'Ɉ υᴎbɘᴙꙅɈɒᴎb wʜγ γoυ'ᴙɘ boiᴎϱ Ɉʜiꙅ. I...
2025-08-03 22:23:06 +0000 UTC
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Welp. It sure did take a while. I said on the patreon that I had a chapter coming today, and I am a woman of my word. So, here we stand- back in the town of Hollow Springs. It's been a while. Bear with me as I remember the right way to carve.
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‘Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, sol...
2025-08-01 05:00:47 +0000 UTC
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We're back! Back again! Raika's back! Tell a friend!
Lol. I know exactly what I want for the next chapter- but I swore an oath, so we're back to VISCERAE for at least a few chapters after this one. Wish me luck in switching hears and rebuilding habits- I need it, even as I think I'm changing some of my new and unwanted patterns a bit!
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2025-07-31 04:55:31 +0000 UTC
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I intended for this one to be more practical, but fuck it, dude, I really like writing characters and dialogue and organic connections. I really want to get back to some action soon though ;(. We'll get there shortly! Got some last-minute setup for Raika, then we're gonna have her moving again. In the meantime, enjoy a more in-depth look at the magic system, as explained by someone from a completely different yet totally the same magic system!
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2025-07-30 05:23:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey hey, babes! The training continues! Raika's learning a whole new thing that can be cultivated, and as we all know, she's a bit of a tactile learner! We'll get one more chapter of developing the lore and how things work, exploring some of the "magic" more- Raika's never really examined runes and stuff before, so she's got a lot of room to learn, as do we! After that, we'll be back to interacting with the plot more directly. This one turned out great- ...
2025-07-26 05:08:28 +0000 UTC
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Well gahd damn babes, I was trying to do some basic bitch shit and just do a quick 2k chapter due yesterday, but she got away from me cause I decided to be way more based. She's back!
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“That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.”
-Old Poem, Fallen Kingdom. Author Unknown....
2025-07-25 04:04:10 +0000 UTC
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Aaaah, my little antagonist-allies. Love these fuckers. I had plans to do all kinds of stuff, referencing all kinds of things in the first ring, but tbh, I think the heart-to-heart between two of the villains of our little piece just felt more fitting. Especially considering how fucky wucky my brain remains. Hope y'all enjoy! Surely nothing bad will come of their schemes and the ways it interacts with conflicting forces!
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2025-07-17 03:35:23 +0000 UTC
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Feels weird to post again. Bweh. Feel gross, and I'm working on feeling less gross, but wish me luck on that front. I'm thinking that I either need to change the perspective again, more drastically (maybe go for corpse-Raika for a bit? I dunno), because between the stress of the events this week and the lack of enthusiasm? I need to improve my connection rn. Time to go refining, babes
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2025-07-13 19:25:31 +0000 UTC
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Alright! Not my favorite chapter, on the tail end of not-my-favorite day, but a chapter nonetheless! Getyoself a summary / exploration of consequence, babes.
Also, rubber ducking is an act of explaining a problem to a rubber duck as a soundboard so you can figure out the issue. Felt appropriate!
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Self-acknowledgement: we are broken.
2025-07-08 04:52:17 +0000 UTC
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She's BACK, baby! Well, kinda. You'll see!
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Self analysis: progressing.
Self-repair: progressing.
Ongoing ontological poisoning: unresolved. Process for resolution remains unknown. Possibility that necessary components for system purge and reconstitution remain missing.
Request for attention from system admin.
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2025-07-06 22:04:34 +0000 UTC
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Second one of the night! Hot fuckin dawg, and it felt good! That's right, this is officially the last Shin Ren chapter- ending it on a delightfully rounded-out number, that puts us in the perfect position to leap back into things. Stories are intersecting, tales are colliding, craziness is magnifying as consequences multiply- but you'll get to see all about that shortly. Enjoy my loves!
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2025-07-06 00:46:42 +0000 UTC
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First one's out! One more chapter and it's Raikatime baybeeee
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Not for the first time, Shin Ren regrets not having spent time refining a Domain. The space his cultivation can reach to is impressive, and he has the Qi reserves to transform most things in it, but it’s not the same as a true Domain, where the rules of reality are entirely overwritten in fa...
2025-07-05 19:22:07 +0000 UTC
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And here we go! I got really distracted by some friends for a few hours, which is why this is so late, but I kept the energy for it and so here we are, babes! One, maybe two more to go, and then mini-arc 9 is complete!
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It’s a fishhook. Larger than the average human, large enough to have its crescent be fa...
2025-07-02 06:06:40 +0000 UTC
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Gotta tell ya, my engagement with media that I love and the nearness of more Raika POV made this chapter actually fun to write. What a feeling! I've got another one cooking already, so I'll see y'all again soon! No plans today but to write baybeee!
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Shin Ren calls, and the sky responds with rain. The ash-grey sky, impossibly dark for day, impo...
2025-07-01 21:52:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! For those who haven't heard, my roommate got their knee dislocated, so most of the last two days have been spent making sure he got home safely and has been taken care of. They're ok, as am I, but it definitely knocked the piss out of my rhythm! Got a chapter up, and most of tomorrow's already prepped, so the backlog should be returning shortly- in the meantime, enjoy a shorter bit of action starting off the incoming battle!
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2025-06-30 04:37:30 +0000 UTC
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Military slang for "Bend Over, Here It Comes Again".
Hey hey! It's been Way too long! I have missed this so fucking severely that it hurt sometimes! And it felt Really fun to write! Got distracted with a bunch of stuff all day, but this one popped out in barely an hour and a half overall- while the editing took a bit longer, gahd damn, I think I got it in me to actually write real chapters at a real pace again! FUCK yeah!
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2025-06-27 04:04:02 +0000 UTC
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Oh my FUCKING GODS I can't believe it. Not even midnight for me! Two whole chapters! One day! No cheats! Oh it's been so LONG! Good news- I
Oh my FUCKING GODS I can't believe it. Not even midnight for me! Two whole chapters! One day! No cheats! Oh it's been so LONG!
Good news- I know what we're doing next in VISCERAE, and it's pretty damn fun. Better news (for some)- I'm tired of VISCERAE and can't WAIT to bring my current brain back over to RfR for a bit. I want to s...
2025-06-26 03:49:44 +0000 UTC
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And we're back! Started this chapter surprisingly early and enjoyed it surprisingly much. Even without some of the treatments I need, there
And we're back! Started this chapter surprisingly early and enjoyed it surprisingly much. Even without some of the treatments I need, there are still habits and tools that help rather than hinder- in my particular case, a lack of music and a lack of internet connection have their benefits. I'm... hmm. I don't know if I'll try Diction as recommen...
2025-06-25 20:26:06 +0000 UTC
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Minimal note! I'm very tired and in case you haven't noticed by the pace, these chapters have been a BITCH to manifest / build. Glad I broke
Minimal note! I'm very tired and in case you haven't noticed by the pace, these chapters have been a BITCH to manifest / build. Glad I broke the dam, but damn!
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"You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks ly...
2025-06-23 02:52:30 +0000 UTC
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Wooooow, this one fought me to make it out, lol. Been sick, but still pretty well recovered, and the two days since the last RfR chapter were... I guess needed? Still, glad this finally made it out. I really missed this world, and I think the couple of chapters I'm going to post after this will be some fun interludes before we dash back to arc 5. Wish me luck babes!
Also yes, this chapter is kinda autobiographical, what can I say. Ilia and I, we tend to have overlapping str...
2025-06-19 03:05:09 +0000 UTC
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Situation Normal: All Fucked Up, as the troops say! This is another chapter where I'm like... "hmm. It's good. Could be better, but it's goo
Situation Normal: All Fucked Up, as the troops say!
This is another chapter where I'm like... "hmm. It's good. Could be better, but it's good. Doing everything it needs to." Someday I'll finish editing through everything and look at this chapter and go "oooooh, that's what was missing / needed refining", but until then, ...
2025-06-16 01:51:29 +0000 UTC
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You know what's better than perfect? Done. And this chapter's done! Imperfect though it may be, welcome to a brand new example of the Empire
You know what's better than perfect? Done. And this chapter's done! Imperfect though it may be, welcome to a brand new example of the Empire's delicious force at arms, and a cute little pov at the end!
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2025-06-12 02:52:42 +0000 UTC
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Raaaagh! No more apologizing! Fuck it! Manifesting self-confidence! It's a chapter, it came out much sooner to the last chapter than that one did to the one before, and it ain't bad! Sticking to my guns and knuckling down with my self esteem and recovery! Enjoy! We've got maybe 3-ish more Shin Ren chapters after this, maybe 4, and then back to not-so-regularly not-so-normal programming (i.e. Raika!)
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2025-06-10 04:54:15 +0000 UTC
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Alright! For those who don't know, I've got the dreaded big D, and I don't mean the vitamin (or the hog). It's usually pretty well under control, intermingled as it is with a lot of other funky brain stuff I got, but circumstances have changed.
I'm in between health insurances currently, and thus really struggling to renew my medication. The HRT is a few weeks from gone, and rationing it has had some... shall we say, effects. The main one being that I think I've been having...
2025-06-06 20:02:58 +0000 UTC
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