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3/12/23 Update
Hello, everyone!It's the end of the year, and I'd like to thank everyone who's supported me this year by subscribing! it's thanks to you all that I can write full time.Now, back in the middle of the year, I took a month off to prepare the first book of Demesne to publish in Amazon. A...
Weekly Digest 117 - (#374 - #376)
The Dangers Of Books To SchedulesTo Lori's pleasant surprise, dinner wasn't as annoying as she had feared.The Deadspeaker—Lori checked the new rocked she'd made that afternoon—Kolinh, and—no, wait… that was definitely the wrong name, she could tell that much… ah, here was the r...
Demesne 376 - Honey Is Very Thankful
Over breakfast, they continued discussing Taeclas's requests after the food arrived. The Deadspeaker's capability revealed itself as they spoke as she laid out the various advantages and disadvantages of their various food-producing areas. The mushroom farms she considered of low priority, a...
Demesne 375 - Until Dragons Drop Gold
When Lori woke next, she was hungry, thirsty, her bladder was full, and her inner darkness was demanding to be unleashed. Fortunately, she had slept long enough that she was no longer tired. Sleepy and lethargic, but that was because she'd just woken up, and the forces within her demanding to be...
Demesne 374 - The Dangers Of Books To Schedules
To Lori's pleasant surprise, dinner wasn't as annoying as she had feared.The Deadspeaker—Lori checked the new rock she'd made that afternoon—Kolinh, and—no, wait… that was definitely the wrong name, she could tell that much… ah, here was the right rock, the description she'...
Weekly Digest 116 - (#371 - #373)
Disproportionately Hurtful"That was my fault," Rian said as soon as he'd come back from leading the two siblings away."Yes, it was.""I should have helped him prepare what he was going to say. I knew the time off was going to be a contentious point, so I should have helped him...
Demesne 373 - To Itch
Lori spent the rest of the trip back to her demesne stoically enduring Taeclas’ constant chattering. The woman had apparently been building up a stock of questions during her trip from Covehold Demesne regarding the Coldhold, the wisplights that Lori had made, and the steam jet driver that propell...
Demesne 372 - Isn't That… Dangerous?
They ate lunch—bread, meat stew with tuber chunks, and fruit—with Lori trying to ignore the nonsense happening in front of her. It was difficult. Rian was making a big theater production about how much he was enjoying the food. Not a small production, where the audiences stand, there's only ...
Demesne EX SS 31 – Cooperative Practice
There wasn't much for Lidzuga and Kutago to move into their new house. Unlike Tae and Rybelle—very nice women, and it was a treat to hear Tae expound on the care of plants—the two siblings didn't have much to their name. All that was in their packs fit into one of the wooden niches built...
Demesne 371 - Disproportionately Hurtful
"That was my fault," Rian said as soon as he'd come back from leading the two siblings away."Yes, it was.""I should have helped him prepare what he was going to say. I knew the time off was going to be a contentious point, so I should have helped him present it in a way that ...
Weekly Digest 115 - (#368 - #370)
Annoying Introductions, The FirstAs soon as they were in the ship, Rian grabbed one of the bound tools—one of those Lori had made—and put a bead in its receptacle. It shined with light, but it also started moving air."Here," Rian said, handing the wisplight to Shanalorre, which started b...
Demesne 370 - Annoying Introductions, The Next
Lori glared at Rian. He had to be doing this on purpose!"Lidzuga, Kutago, may I present the esteemed Dungeon Binder Lolilyuri. Best to refer to her as 'your Bindership'," Rian said cheerfully as he stood between her and the more than one person opposite her. Again! "Your Bindersh...
Demesne 369 - Deadspeaking Work Logistics
Lori closed her eyes, sighing. "I do not have the time to correct the no doubt mistaken impression Rian has given you of that incident," she said. "Rian, tell—" No, wait, not Rian. He was the one who misinformed them in the first place! "Binder Shanalorre, please properly expla...
Demesne 368 - Annoying Introductions, The First
As soon as they were in the ship, Rian grabbed one of the bound tools—one of those Lori had made—and put a bead in its receptacle. It shined with light, but it also started moving air."Here," Rian said, handing the wisplight to Shanalorre, which started blowing her hair back from her fac...
Weekly Digest 114 - (#365 - #367)
Settling AccountsI woke up to someone falling on top of me. The feeling of a face slamming into my chest was immediately identifiable, even with my clothes in the way. A nose against your sternum was a distinctive feeling, though I had less experienced with confused mumbling."Kuw, stop kicking m...
Demesne 367 - Your Absence Was Missed
As fast as Lori's Ice Boat could move, between moving with the current and steam jet driver mounted on it, it still took some time to get down to River's Fork. Time Lori had to spend hot and sweating even with the binding she'd anchored to her hat to keep her head cool. This time she had...
Demesne 366 - Towards Home
I did, in fact, count.After a quick inspection to ensure that all the double-large beads were all marked with the same denomination, I counted numbers of columns and rows. It all added up to half of the amount owed us for the wispbeads, just under fifty-thousand bead-tani. We'd gone above what w...
Demesne 365 - Settling Accounts
I woke up to someone falling on top of me. The feeling of a face slamming into my chest was immediately identifiable, even with my clothes in the way. A nose against your sternum was a distinctive feeling, though I had less experienced with confused mumbling."Kuw, stop kicking me," Lidzuga s...
Weekly Digest 113 - (#362 - #364)
Loaded And Ready To GoWith the new cart, we needed to find a route that wasn't so full of people as we headed back to Taeclas' house. Fortunately, the three men accompanying us—Lerri, Aran, and Malbin—knew Covehold's streets well, and had a good sense of what the roadways of the city...
Demesne 364 - Good Night, Everyone
I was right to worry about Taeclas not being allowed back into the dock. When I arrived, she was in the middle of trying to explain to Plet the night dockmaster that she should be allowed back in. She probably would have if it weren't for her gang friends looming behind her, but as a result Plet...
Demesne 363 - Settling In The New Recruits
It was almost late afternoon by the time we reached the docks, mostly because the might-be-a-gang with us all kept insisting we were going the wrong way, until I made it clear that, no, we were NOT going to the rickets.When we reached the docks, Yhoe almost didn't let us through because… well,...
31/10/23 Update and Poll
Ah... looks like I can keep my promise of ending this arc this November. Ugh, I'm going to have to get out of the habit of writing in First Person.So, against my better judgement, I've set up an at-best rudimentary Discord servet for this. All members should have gotten an invite. Once I get...
Demesne 362 - Loaded And Ready To Go
With the new cart, we needed to find a route that wasn't so full of people as we headed back to Taeclas' house. Fortunately, the three men accompanying us—Lerri, Aran, and Malbin—knew Covehold's streets well, and had a good sense of what the roadways of the city were like at any part...
Weekly Digest 112 - (#359 - #361)
The Ship In The MorningWhile I woke up early these days, I was not naturally a morning person. It was a learned habit, and I needed to get up immediately and start moving to wake up properly.This morning, I woke up miserable because I'd been woken up the night before, interrupting my sleep. The ...
Demesne 361 - A Large Cart
Once the two of them stopped their sisterly bickering, they went inside to start packing, as well as speak with the one they were renting their room from to end their rent. Since the room was cramped, us going inside to help them would be more hindrance than help, so I told them I'd come back to...
Demesne Patron EX SS 30 – Banditry
Grem had never thought he would find himself turning to banditry. During his time in the militia, he'd had to lead men to put down bandit gangs. The bandits had hidden in either the colored borders between demesnes where a spring or stream let them wash and survive for extended periods of time b...
Demesne 360 - Siblings
Since we were having a late start, we grabbed a few chlyp skewers for a hasty breakfast from a street stall, and two buns each from a bakery so we'd have energy for all the walking we'd be doing today. Fortunately, the walking helped me shed my sleepiness, but I still felt tired. That would ...
Demesne 359 - The Ship In The Morning
While I woke up early these days, I was not naturally a morning person. It was a learned habit, and I needed to get up immediately and start moving to wake up properly.This morning, I woke up miserable because I'd been woken up the night before, interrupting my sleep. The temptation to turn over...
Weekly Digest 111 - (#356 - #358)
The InterviewTelref, I soon found, was a man barely holding himself together and constantly on the edge of despair. It was in the tired way he sat, the tone of his voice as he spoke, and the air of needing sleep. He seemed a worrier, probably worrying about his work, his wife, his son, whether they ...
20/10/23 Update
So, I've finished the Walter Route and the Ayre Route in Armored Core 6, and it's only having to keep working on this that is keeping me from finishing the Allmind Route. I love From Software's dating sim with attached mecha-piloting minigames.On the story front, we should be going back ...
