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Demesne 135 - Hungry After All
In the morning, the hole in the sock and the laundry were still there.More work she had to do, needed to do.She'd get to it later.Before she left her room, she went down the list of bindings she had to imbue and maintain. As she sat on her bed, she stared at the wall next to her where she had wr...
Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #33
The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 10The rest of the day was strangely nostalgic. It reminded Jas of helping clear the fields before planting, setting fire to the dead stalks before they would inundate the ground again and plant rice. Which was basically was she were doing. Jas cleared the road...
Demesne 134 - A Small Hole
Lori trudged to work, each step heavy as she walked up the slope towards the sawpit area. The sawpit itself was at rest, since no large logs were being cut up into planks. Instead, dead wood, branches, and roots such as the strange growth that had sprouted from the old latrines, pieces too small to ...
Demesne 133 - Can't Bring Herself To Care
Lolilyuri woke up to a familiar stony ceiling, an old list of names right in her line of sight, written into the stone. She really should get around to erasing that one of these days, the names were no longer relevant, and she'd forgotten who they were…She lay on her nice and comfortable bed a...
Status 12/28/21
So, it looks like I might not be able to make that Nightmaerangers short after all. Been really busy lately. I'll still try, but at this point I can't really promise I'll make it.Still, thank you to everyone who has stick with me this year, and will continue to stick with me. Beltated Me...
Weekly Digest 41 (#130 - #132)
Trying To Convince HimselfThe ice boat was finally finished that afternoon.Lori didn't believe a word of it."Latrines?""Made and tested," Rian said promptly."Structural reinforcements?""All in place for the top deck, the water jet, we double checked all the railings t...
Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #32
The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 9Jaselle screamed with her whole body. The plasma she was composed of vibrated the air, and the air around her resounded with her cry of surprise.Not again! This couldn't be happening again! Not a third time! She had to get back in control, she had to keep...
Demesne 132 - Finally, To Covehold
"You knew!" Rian accused Lori at breakfast the next day.She rolled her eyes. "Rian, everyone knew," Lori said. "People in the next table knew, why wouldn't I know when it was happening right in front of me?""We knew!" someone in the next table over confirmed, foll...
Demesne 131 - Come Back Safe, We'll Be Waiting
It was the first holiday that wasn't being done in a rush. Lori suspected Rian had already made arrangements before asking for her permission, because there was no sudden frenzy of activity, none of the rush of the previous two times. Or maybe having half a day to prepare really did make that mu...
Demesne 130 - Trying To Convince Himself
The ice boat was finally finished that afternoon.Lori didn't believe a word of it."Latrines?""Made and tested," Rian said promptly."Structural reinforcements?""All in place for the top deck, the water jet, we double checked all the railings to make sure they can take ...
Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #31
The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 8Ate Sanny's new priority target turned out to be a neighborhood that had to be evacuated because of rapidly-growing bougainvillea. According to her, a homeowner had noticed that one of his bougainvillea had begun to grow at a visible rate. The video of on...
Weekly Digest 40 (#127 - #129)
Playing with WaterWith the successful test of the ice boat—"I'm honestly surprised you haven't named it yet," Rian said during breakfast. "You'd usually start calling it 'Lori's Something Something' by now.""I would rather not have my name on it," Lo...
Demesne 129 - Finishing Touches
The ice boat was nearly finished.Lori was skeptical, but after a day of Rian not having anything more added, of her not having to remove the ice so that more wood beams or planks could be installed, she was actually beginning to believe it. Granted, he'd asked her to build a dock, which had invo...
Demesne 128 - Golden Sweetwood Company
Even without the ice in its hull, the boat was actually looking like a boat. The boards that defined the area of ice for the hull certainly gave it that impression. And once the upper deck was mostly completed, including a rail at the very top to keep people from falling off, Lori had to admit that ...
Demesne 127 - Playing with Water
With the successful test of the ice boat—"I'm honestly surprised you haven't named it yet," Rian said during breakfast. "You'd usually start calling it 'Lori's Something Something' by now.""I would rather not have my name on it," Lori replied as Miko...
Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #30
The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 7The things on the table looked innocuous enough for the most part. They didn't have the handmade look of something that was… well, handmade, but rather the dinged look of a manufactured object that had seen use. Many of the things had parts that had tha...
Weekly Digest 39 (#124 - #126)
Something To Come Back ToRian continued working on getting the boat built properly, adding in new beams and now carefully examining where else might need reinforcement. Lori felt he should have done that before, but what did she know? She wasn't a boat builder. Perhaps making blatant errors in c...
Demesne 126 - Cheerful, Unreadable
Contrary to her expectation, the three women didn't try to get Rian alone in his house so they could have their way with him, though they probably wanted to. Instead, what happened was that other people started coming over to Rian's house to talk and relax, in the same way they sat around in...
Status 12/1/21
So, last month of the year. As a reminder, I will not be posting for all of this month due to Christmas stuff. I will only be posting until December the 19th. Don't worry though, I'm making sure we're ending the year on a good note, so look forward to those chapters of Demesne. Updates w...
Demesne 125 - A Lonely House
Lori raised an eyebrow at Rian as he collapsed heavily onto bench opposite her, eyes heavy lidded. It's opposite rose as well as Rian folded his arms over the table and lay his head down. "Rian, did you stay up late last night?"There was a muffled sound that might have vaguely been affir...
Demesne 124 - Something To Come Back To
Rian continued working on getting the boat built properly, adding in new beams and now carefully examining where else might need reinforcement. Lori felt he should have done that before, but what did she know? She wasn't a boat builder. Perhaps making blatant errors in common sense and thorough ...
Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #29
The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 6For all his faults, Uncle Carlos was punctual. When he'd said he'd arrive to pick her up in twenty minutes, he actually arrived in fifteen, and Jas was just finished the third waffle sandwich—a third! This was definitely indulgent—that Ate Sanny h...
Weekly Digest 38 (#121 - #123)
The Better Water JetSlowly, things returned back to normal, the dragonborn abominations either being hunted down or dying from running out of magic to sustain their impossible physiologies. People were injured, but they'd been told to prioritize staying alive, so anyone who was hurt was just sen...
Demesne 123 - A Favor
The work on the boat continued, the finishing touches that would make it livable for any length of time. A latrine. Beds, which would fold up for space. A large tiller, to be able to shift its course. And of course the large water jet to propel it."I'm an idiot," Rian sighed over dinner....
Demesne Patron EX SS 10 - Riz and the Dragon
The cold stone walls of the Dungeon had never been more reassuring to Riz than now.Outside, the dragon raged, and she could hear the ones on duty struggling to push out the creatures that were trying to enter through the air holes. Inside, there was only the sounds of people sleeping, or pretending ...
Demesne 122 - The Ice Boat Floateth
Fixing Rian's adjustable water jet was easy enough. The mount for it had a thick wooden rudder that had hollow tubes in it to draw water up and thrust it down. The tubes were more wood that had been hollowed out—the carpenters were getting a lot of use from their new lathe—and she was able l...
Status 11/22/21
Hi everyone! We're coming to the end of the year, and I must announce, or remind if some of you remember, that there will be no updates in the latter half of December starting on the 20th because of Christmas stuff. Updates will resume on January 5th. In the meantime, I'm seeing about writin...
Demesne 121 - The Better Water Jet
Slowly, things returned back to normal, the dragonborn abominations either being hunted down or dying from running out of magic to sustain their impossible physiologies. People were injured, but they'd been told to prioritize staying alive, so anyone who was hurt was just sent to River's For...
Ainōryoku Sentai Nightmærangers #28
The Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 5"I'm sorry," Jas said as soon as she was fully dressed. "I lost control."They were back behind Ma–Kuya Kim's car, once more hidden by his power and Tammy's leaves."Don't worry about it," Tammy said cheerfully as she b...
Weekly Digest 37 (#118 - #120)
Making A Better Water JetThe delivery of the next batch of miners, which was a bit larger than usual and required four trips, went without incident. Lori suspected they would not be put to much mining, since a lot of them were northerners who had originally settled in River's Fork, but as long a...
