She couldn’t believe she almost forgot. The winter often brought severe weather with it and many of the villagers lacked the experience and expertise to traverse questionable conditions on the water to get to the islands. The test island would be fine; the residents there had adequate water, shelter, storage for food, as well as a place to cook and bathing and toilet facilities.
The problem was that Anahata Island did not. There was a well and an outhouse set up, but there was nowhere...
2022-02-17 08:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
Votes are in and so I will be posting the chapters for the beginning of March all at once on the 1st.
I DID check for cliffhangers.
Chapter 78 - Yes, but the big convo with Sebby is completed. It's just something new pops up at the end. It will be resolved in the next chapter; my mini-arcs are just a 2-4 chapters long for the most part.
Chapter 81 - Kind of, but it's more curiosity than anything major.
Chapter 84 - Conclusion of a...
2022-02-16 21:32:43 +0000 UTC
View Post
💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 7/7💟
➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥
By her estimate, she had been gone from this field location for several weeks, though for her, she had only been away for a few hours. It was enough for Liyanne to arrive back at the research facility, fill out some documents, replace her t...
2022-02-16 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
For the first 2 weeks of March, I will be away and unable to post/update tiers at the usual times. Due to the time difference and uncertain internet, I wanted to know if you guys would be cool with a temporary chapter release schedule.
Details:
March 1 - March 11 Chapters will be released at once on March 1st.
- ALL the Coins: Chapters 79 to 84
- More Coins: Chapters 76 to 81
- Coin: Up to 79 (they are one chapter ahead of RR, as before)
2022-02-15 17:18:30 +0000 UTC
View Post
“If we get into a fight, I want Hart.”
“Sonia, no.” Tori closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “We’re not going to get into a fight.” Even if it’s outside of school, I’m sure instigating a brawl, especially with those people, will get us in trouble, if not expelled and that is the last thing I need right now.
“What do we do?” Ewan clutched the bowl of ice water against him.
“All of you, go upstairs,” Piers said. Tori looked towar...
2022-02-15 08:00:04 +0000 UTC
View Post
💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 6/7💟
➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥
Liyanne wasn’t sure if her heart was aching when she put the cocoons into the hot water because she had grown attached to the fat worms who made them or if it was because it was a reminder that she was one step closer to her ultimate goal of le...
2022-02-14 08:31:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
💟 Valentine's Day Side Story: The Ocean
2022-02-14 08:00:05 +0000 UTC
View Post
It must’ve been the muffled sound of the horses pulling the large carriage or perhaps the slight creak of the wood, but Tori tilted her head and rubbed her ear. She was sure she heard incorrectly.
“What?” She furrowed her brows and squinted at Axton, who was seated on the bench across from her, Ilyana, and Nanny Rey.
“I must’ve heard wrong as well,” Ilyana let out a small, nervous laugh. She looked almost pained. “What did you say, Sir Nassaun?”
Axton’s lip...
2022-02-13 08:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 5/7💟
➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥
“I’m sorry. I am troubling you again.”
“Tomorrow, I will ask Steward Peng to send someone to clean up the vomit on my lawn.” Liyanne helped him sit on a chair before taking the piece of cloth draped over her shoulder and usi...
2022-02-12 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
This was not the birthday dinner that Tori thought they would be having when she asked Axton if he wanted anything to eat for his birthday. She had been hesitant to ask, as they were eating dinner at one of the poshest restaurants in the empire. Axton told her that he would settle for a frozen strawberry dessert and would like to play a round of dungeon crawl.
He had listened in while she was leading her little cousins over comcry and wanted to try it. He’d arrived a...
2022-02-11 08:00:04 +0000 UTC
View Post
💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 4/7💟
➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥
She tasted every item on his plate. They both drank tea. The only thing she could think of that was different was that the Duke drank alcohol, and she didn’t. Liyanne also remembered watching the alcohol being poured into both...
2022-02-10 08:00:04 +0000 UTC
View Post
Today is 2/9/22. This invite link will work for 7 days (or at least it should).
So, I've had this since December and have gone back and forth on using it. I am very new to it and have little time to experiment, but since everyone seems to really want a discord, let's give this a go and see how this works.
https://discord.gg/cKEgJgBp
As a head's up, I don't know what I'm do...
2022-02-09 19:00:58 +0000 UTC
View Post
After having so many first years around the previous week, it felt much quieter now, when they were on their excursion. The upperclassmen and those in her class were able to focus on their training sets without having to stop and instruct the first years. Captain Messer was having a good spar with GG while Master McDouglass watched and shouted from the side of the ring.
Tori finished checking on the plants in the garden next door. She had the fence fully repaired and had a new sign made...
2022-02-09 08:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
It was a good idea to keep their supplies from the excursion together. Although Uncle Maurizo took some to Alpine Valley and the twins had brought their sleeping bags and tent when they visited the delta, the items were all returned to storage at Auntie Lucia’s. It made it an easy matter to gather all the items to bring to Lycée for the Sword Association’s sponsored camping lecture.
Tori, Ilyana, and Albert all had backpacks on with the supplies split between them. Ilyana and Tori ...
2022-02-07 08:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 3/7💟
➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥
There were a total of four men working together in a human trafficking ring. Two would isolate and capture the target. One would keep a lookout. The fourth worked in the inn and was the one who delivered food to guests’ rooms....
2022-02-06 08:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
“You’re not wrong,” Tori said as she lowered her trembling hands. The folded sheet clenched in it was held firm. “Most students wouldn’t spend this much. Most won’t even come near to spending this much. And it does make sense that there is a limit to the student’s spending on a singular project. However....” The air felt colder and Sonia and JP shuddered as the others looked at Tori with worried expressions. “It would have been good to know the limit before...
2022-02-05 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 2/7💟
➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥
“You can’t appear in the capital dressed like that.”
“But I am a peasant who was abducted by traffickers. It goes with our elaborate lie.”
“We have been traveling for over a week and will arrive at the capital in ano...
2022-02-04 08:00:04 +0000 UTC
View Post
The comcry kept pulsing, but Instructor Ignatius didn't answer. Tori let out a little grumble and tried to quell her excitement. To be fair to Instructor Ignatius, he was either assisting with the arrival of the first-year students or working on a lesson plan. Tori slid her finger across the crystal and debated on calling Master Ramos.
She shook her head and flipped the comcry closed. Master Ramos had his hands full with the installation of the crystal pillars. It was best not to bother...
2022-02-03 08:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 1/7💟
➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥➽───────────────❥
Five years never seemed like a lot of time, especially when Pleiadesians lived hundreds compared to the humans in the worlds they traveled to. Yet, Liyanne still found that living in archaic worlds became tiring faster than she’d like. &n...
2022-02-02 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
Tori froze. She looked up from her drink and stared at JP. “How much money?”
“I don’t know,” JP said. “But it was enough for her and her father to get into a very intense argument at the inn. Our neighbor works there and said they had to paste a silence charm on their door and around the floor because they were so loud.”
“I heard she ran out of the inn afterwards,” Sonia said. “But that could just be a rumor to make things more dramatic.”
Tori let out a...
2022-02-01 08:00:05 +0000 UTC
View Post
✨ Les Tiers ✨
I adjusted the names, but all the benefits remain the same.
Coin = $2
MORE Coins = $5 (Still +3 chapters ahead)
ALL the Coins = $10 (Still +6 chapters ahead)
I feel more comfortable with these numbers, to be honest. It felt like there was a lot of pressure to do more and I don't think I can handle it.
_________________________________________________________
💟 Valentine's Day Story (S...
2022-01-30 08:01:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
“No! I don’t want to go!” Marco almost seemed to pale when his mother reminded them that they would leave the next day.
“School doesn’t start for another two weeks!” Mateo seemed to try to appeal with logic. “We can stay for two more weeks! There’s no reason for us to go back now!”
Tori watched her two little twin cousins desperately plead to their mother. They were dripping wet and wearing swim pants. Over two weeks of playing at the delta everyday had given the...
2022-01-30 08:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
There was a specific kitchen that prepared all the food for hired workers, imperial knights, and volunteers from Université. It wasn’t far from Tori’s tent and when Nanny Rey was with her, she would prepare Tori’s food there. Until Nanny Rey returned, the cooks at the staff kitchen, who were villagers Tori hired, would also prepare their food.
The food was placed in a wooden heating box with carnelian plates to keep them warm and two men carried it down to the ferry dock to put o...
2022-01-28 08:00:04 +0000 UTC
View Post
“Matthieu-Philippe.” Tori thought the General looked like Piers, but as he greeted the Emperor in a surprisingly annoyed, if not cold, voice, she thought he sounded more like Sebastian and Kasen when they talked to Piers.
Maybe it’s an older brother thing? Tori wrinkled her nose a bit. Perhaps the General also thought no one was good enough for his sister. The Emperor didn’t look at all bothered by the unimpressed look on the General’s face. It was likely that t...
2022-01-26 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
“So, he did.” Piers didn’t sound surprised. It was more as if he were agreeing with her observation.
Tori narrowed her eyes. She didn’t expect Alessa to be there. Most students who weren’t locals arrived one or two weeks before school started. In addition, for Alessa to be there now, she must’ve either only remained in Chetterswickshire for a few days or came directly to Horizon from King’s Harbor.
But there were about two months before school started; where would Al...
2022-01-24 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
Just because she was nice to people did not mean she was seducing them. If Sebastian wanted to lecture someone on being careful with their words and actions, so as not to mislead another party, he should’ve lectured Piers. Tori had huffed that she was not seducing Piers, or anyone for that matter, but her brother just looked at her with concern, as if he knew something she didn’t.
Thankfully, Andy was still there at the time and she complained to him. Unfortunately, Andy’s respons...
2022-01-22 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
Okay, guys, wish me luck! This weekend, I've planned a escape room/treasure hunt for one of my best friend's kid's birthday. It's my first time coming up with such a thing and I got my brother and friends to help with ideas, but I will be the 'host/guide', so I'm kind of nervous that there 1 - aren't enough puzzles to figure out and 2 - the final (fake) coin I have to hide at a neighborhood park will be stolen or lost before he can get to it. (-_-;;;)
When I proposed t...
2022-01-20 08:01:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
Goddammit, Piers, have you no regard for your safety? Tori wanted to scream at him. Piers knew Sebastian was coming. It wasn’t a secret; she’d told him herself. She ground her teeth together. Never mind that, Tori. Focus.
She needed to defuse the situation at once, and without showing any favoritism towards Piers. If she appeared to side with him over her brother, then it would only upset Sebastian further. Tori tried to remember all the various mandatory man...
2022-01-20 08:01:00 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hello!
I finally have enough backlogged chapters that I feel comfortable adding another tier.
⭐Tier One: Toss a Coin to Your Writer - is now THREE chapters ahead of Royal Road.
⭐⭐Tier Two: Toss MORE Coins to Your Writer - is SIX chapters ahead of Royal Road.
I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but it's about a novella's amount of words ahead.
Some notes:
All the chapters for MORE ...
2022-01-18 20:21:19 +0000 UTC
View Post
“So, here is the list.” Tori opened her notebook flat on the table and turned it around before pushing it towards Constantine, who was joining them for breakfast. “When I called everyone last night to see what they wanted, it was mainly the same thing.”
Sebastian craned his neck as he drank some coffee and raised a brow. “Do all your friends like olive oil? Where would they use it? The dorms at Lycée don’t have kitchens for students to use.”
Tori sighed and cut apar...
2022-01-18 08:01:01 +0000 UTC
View Post
