Hello! Two days in a row, one story? Crazy, I know! Aiming for another chapter tonight, get us a bit further along, and then tomorrow'll be an RfR day!
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A warm mug of hot chocolate (not coffee, not now) sits in my hands, waiting to be drunk. There’s wisps of steam coming from it, bright and sweet and bringing with it the scent of the marshmallows floating atop the mix. I can feel the...
2025-01-08 01:39:45 +0000 UTC
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Babam! Back again, and start to a new arc! We're going to be doing a lot more shenanigans in the sleepy town of Hollow Springs, dearies, and I'm very excited to play with the upcoming, incoming evolution to our story so far!
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The phone is ringing.
The phone is ringing.
The phone is ringing.
It does that, nowadays. Every few ho...
2025-01-07 04:38:26 +0000 UTC
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Took a while, but at long last I'm glad we're here! Still juggling a balance of writing between RfR and V, but today's flow was rather nice, and I'm excited to get another two chapters over the next day or so!
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The wheels of the jeep edge off of the side of the road onto gravel and dirt, kicking some of it up island making it plink off of some of the nearby trees and an old mail-post, ...
2025-01-06 23:55:19 +0000 UTC
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This one was tough! Addled headspace + really high level combat makes for a LOT of work getting things right, and if you guys have any critiques for the chapter, please feel free to share it! I liked how it turned out- loved finally showcasing some motherfuckers that can still threaten Raika, and some more unique abilities. She's strong enough to be a problem for some pretty heavy hitters, but that doesn't mean she's going to win every fight, or that she won't struggle with the more uniqu...
2025-01-05 07:47:58 +0000 UTC
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We're back! The sickness is slightly receding baybe! I'm finally back, and I have... ugh, just SO much I want to write, so glad to be here again. So much still to do, so much still to make. Delicious!
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She is in the city of Singheart, a thousand lesser nerve-clusters managing and watching over a city, tracking its nearby predators, feeling and ta...
2025-01-04 21:56:31 +0000 UTC
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No real notes to add this time! Back from my trip soon, but otherwise I have no big updates- enjoy the chapter!
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Raika sighs, staring (somewhat disappointedly) down at the writhing figure on the floor of the courtyard.
“It didn’t even break the skin, kid. You’re not even bleeding.”
“I…. I think you broke a rib…” Wei Zi...
2024-12-27 20:05:19 +0000 UTC
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Quite possibly the last, or at the very least second to last, chapter of the SUBCUTANEOUS arc! It's uphill from here, and I gotta say it's shaping up to be a wild ride!
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Yes.
Yes sir. Yes. I understand, sir.
No sir, I do not.
I understand. I’ll keep things quiet. I still believe I would be better suited to pursue this on m...
2024-12-26 00:26:53 +0000 UTC
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Hello again! This one took a while to get right, but honestly it's the next one (and the one after, I think!) that I'm most excited for. The "subcutaneous" arc is officially wrapping up!
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2024-12-25 03:09:45 +0000 UTC
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Hello! I gotta dash, but posting this one here right quick for your enjoyment, babes!
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Raika wakes up, pulling back the “center” of her attention from the freshly reformed inner world and back out into proper reality, to find two cultivators currently attacking two of her closest friends and allies.
Well. Attacking might be a bit of a s...
2024-12-23 20:28:36 +0000 UTC
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And we're back! Vacation, timing and exhaustion struggles, famtime, etc etc, you've heard it already, but here we are! We're gonna have maybe one, maybe two more chapters trapped as we are, and then it's back to that sexy urban horror / fantasy baybeee!
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Why did you bring her here? What for? You have me. You have all of us. All these little ants, bowing down to whatever piece of you we st...
2024-12-22 23:42:52 +0000 UTC
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Alrighty! I'm actually quite proud of this convo lmao, was fun exploring a bit of Raika's POV and some more of her dynamics with her inner world and the beings within. Next chapter we should be hopscotching back into plot shit, finally getting our first glimpse of the Pack!
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“You are me,” she says, “and you are mine.”
I Am Me
2024-12-21 20:05:55 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the delay my loves! Been booked full with family stuff- I've traveled to be with some folks I haven't seen in a year or more who I missed so very much, and I've been exhausted! Exhausted but big happy! It's been a joy to see people, to travel, to be in a beautiful place and to have the time to breathe. But! I do so very much also love the beautiful things I make <3
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2024-12-17 22:58:29 +0000 UTC
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Aaaaand we're back! Today has not been my favorite day, but I'm pushing through, not just in me personal brain but in the brains I'm making out of gross lil word-goodies on the page for y'all.
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God is dead, and we killed him. According to some dickhead by the name of Nietzhe, anyways. Frankly, I think that anyone who calls God “he” can’t really be all that smart- as if...
2024-12-13 22:37:55 +0000 UTC
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Graaaaah! Had some losses on here recently, so wish me luck in getting new peeps! In the meantime, I guess I just gotta entice people with even more even juicier content! Enjoy!
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Raika does not have eyes here. This is good. The parts needed to know what eyes see and do are gone, and it would be very confusing if they were there to see throu...
2024-12-12 03:07:29 +0000 UTC
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Aaaaand we're back! My brainfog has been weirdly prevalent with my final submissions, but with classes officially over and my anxiety spiking in a different way, here's hoping we get a few phatter chapter days out of me asap!
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In total, there are seven sets of needles, each one suited to one avatar of Raika.
This isn’t...
2024-12-12 00:50:16 +0000 UTC
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Hell to the fuck yeah, we're out here ready and excited for arc 8! Shin Ren ain't the only one doing a training arc! Being an eldritch horror approaching apotheosis at a truly alarming rate is no excuse to slack off on your self-improvement!
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Raika’s head hurts.
Like a lot. It aches, and rings, and feels like it’s gifting her a...
2024-12-09 03:44:26 +0000 UTC
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And this wraps up the Shin Ren mini-arc! We go back to Raika as of next chappie, babes! Woohoo! Glad to be back, but hey, as y'all will see, Shin Ren, Taurus, Maen and Hao Nera (the Empire Conspiracy!) have big plans for big changes!
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Gold of Truth.
Purple of Mystery.
Red of Violence.
Blue of Endlessness.
Black of Destruct...
2024-12-08 23:25:06 +0000 UTC
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Told you it'd be goofier! hehehe. Not much, but they are best bros, and they are at war, soooo...
Anyways! One more Shin Ren chapter, just to keep the happenings of the Empire-side of things interesting and progressing, and then we're back to the 4th ring. Shin Ren's gonna meet someone important, and we'll get to see what exactly Taurus asked him to do~
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2024-12-07 20:30:13 +0000 UTC
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Two serious chapter titles in a row! I gotta make the next one goofy for sure. And we're back! We're gonna do about 2 more Shin Ren chapters, and then hopscotch right on over to Raika and the really weird shit she's having a lot of fun with. Welcome to Arc 8! I'm calling this the Rebellion Arc!
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A man with three Souls of flame stares at a man wit...
2024-12-07 19:39:46 +0000 UTC
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Yet again, my generosity (and desire for productivity) overcome my anxiety and need for schoolwork. Cursed again by brain!
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The Atare
2024-12-04 21:50:57 +0000 UTC
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I have finals I'm procrastinating on. Lucky for y'all, my procrastination bears fruit, for I am nothing if not a conundrum and a fool unto myself!
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"It has been said, by some individuals in the agency, that what we do is beyond the bounds of our established mission. That whatever darkness we have stumbled into, it is best suited to a higher purpose, to greater authorities, to more specialized instit...
2024-12-04 01:21:33 +0000 UTC
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And we're back! This is the official first chapter of arc 8, where we'll get to see more of the plot kicking off in the Empire even as we see Raika working on some of her more underdeveloped abilities, like Craft! And Diplomacy! Enjoy y'all!
Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Institutional Abuse, Grooming
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Once upon a time, there was a child in the G...
2024-12-02 00:51:45 +0000 UTC
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It took me a few weeks longer than expected, but here we be, babes! It turned out pretty good methinks! I'm gonna flip a coin to see if I do Viscerae or another RfR chapter tonight, so I'll see y'all later!
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Breath, hot and warm.
Touch, burning like electric fire up and along nerves.
The wetness of intimacy, magnified across a range of ner...
2024-12-01 21:52:51 +0000 UTC
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Alright, last one! After this, shit is gonna be all-new, babes, so look forward to it, and I'll see you suckas shortly.
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“Look carefully upon the subject. See how it moves in a pre-ordained manner, how it acts in accordance to pattern. The function of a system is to function as a system- all else is circumstantial, context-dependent. The function of an artist, then, is to enact ...
2024-11-30 22:24:20 +0000 UTC
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Alrighty, another one up! Just like last time, this is more edit than rewrite- we'll be getting into heavier remakes and bigger stuff once I'm all caught back up!
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"We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneath which men long ago veiled their know...
2024-11-30 21:28:36 +0000 UTC
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And a double dip! Gonna confer with the squad (mostly me and my own brain but also some friends) about how I want to balance RfR with the end of arc 7 and the desire to look into publication again, so expect a few more VISCERAE chapters in the meantime!
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“Chandana said the ship was dead. We trusted him. He was right. But even a dead god can dream. A god — a real god — is a verb. Not some old m...
2024-11-30 04:18:53 +0000 UTC
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Alright! The old 1.5 got COMPLETELY axed and I've spent most of the last two-to-three days editing 1.6 into this new version, in between celebrating with the fam. I hope you guys had a wonderful day of thanks / Indigenous remembrance day yesterday and that you have food in your belly and love around you! Enjoy the chapter!
Oh also! Added a new thingie! Very minor but the prior chapters should have it too!
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2024-11-29 19:06:20 +0000 UTC
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I'm a little iffy on this title! It's sort of a deep cut at best, so I'll post the full quote I'm referencing here:
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.- Baron de Montesquieu.
This particular tyranny isn't really calling forth the name of justice directly, but it is doing so indirectly, so I think the quote fits, but not perfectly. I could go into a full breakdown of why, but I...
2024-11-27 02:45:15 +0000 UTC
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I'm tireeeeed. Man am I stressed and also doing nothing about it sometimes! Graaaaah!
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Long in the dark. Long in the quiet. As it should be. As all good things crave to be- dark and quiet. And moist. Moisture is important.
She checks the spawning pools, checking that the air is just right. She has to grab the edge of the pit and lean her whole body over, form...
2024-11-26 05:15:32 +0000 UTC
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A bit more of a niche reference, but my bone Bonbrewd and Errath have a lot in common methinks! Errath tends to be just a wee bit stronger, and maybe a bit more coherent, but they certainly share a certain vibe and a passion for experimentation.
Either way! Two more Interludes and this arc is done! See you guys soon!
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Always so noisy.
2024-11-24 19:59:53 +0000 UTC
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