Epsilon Twilight

65. Vitality

“Here only basic food or ingredients are served,” The maid continued talking, but she barely kept an ear on the woman’s words. “If you want prepared food, we can order the chefs. Would you ...

64. Feast

Oh. It was a miracle that she held herself up, or that was what Aloe was inclined to believe. She hyperventilated as the words of the emir reiterated in her mind, the caress of her breath ...

63. Step

Even though it was just her second audience as a scribe – she had just one more under her belt as a spectator – Aloe had already grown used to them. They were slow and tedious, not a lot of thi...

62. Undress

The sun greeted Aloe like a cold slap of water.

“Auuuugh!” The woman groaned like a dweller going into labor.

Whilst she lingered on the warmth on her sheets, Aloe raised her back f...

61. Imagine

“I am Idris,” the man started, though his voice trembled slightly, “and she’s Fayruz. As you may have guessed, we are the assistants of your predecessor, the scribe of commoners, Shahrazad....

60. Assistant

Aloe had no way of knowing how much time she spent on the bath floor, the cold stone caressing her calves, but when she left, the sun was already coming down.

“You look radiant, Aloe!” Lu...

59. Naked (and Afraid)

Dread would have filled Aloe’s mind but another more prominent thing occupied her thoughts.

Boobs.

Rani-al-Sadina looked at her with all her mighty and exposed body, the emir did not ...

58. Clothes

Two dry knocks rippled into the unconsciousness, causing consciousness to shift into motion.

“Nine more minutes...” Aloe weakly mumbled, more a reflex than a coherent thought.

“Ve...

57. Rest

It was hard to keep her concentration after staying for more than thirty hours, but Aloe had a trick up her sleep: drugs.

Lazily, she poured ter’nar leaves on her recently heated teapot, co...

56. Alike

No one paid attention to Aloe. Well, they did, but no one congratulated her on her dress or makeup. Being an adult is hard... It was worth mentioning how she selectively erased the memory ...

55. Luxury

Aloe hadn’t slept. And this wasn’t an exaggeration or a hyperbole, no, she hadn’t had the time to sleep. Tamara had vaguely instructed her on everything her mother had been doing, and it soon...

54. Training

First light vanished the coldness of the night. The caress was light, a probe more than anything, but in a few hours, the low temperatures would be substituted by an appalling heat. She liked it be...

53. Scribe

“I... of course, Rani,” Aloe responded submissively, doing everything in her reach to not irate the ruler of the city.

“Good.” The emir clasped, a smile written on her face, her eyes ...

52. Object

“Excuse me?” Unfiltered confusion flooded Aloe’s thoughts. Though her visage was overrun by embarrassment as she violently blushed.

“Don’t fret, you are excused.” The girl, no, th...

51. Anxiety

Noon was drawing near, yet hunger felt like a stranger to Aloe, so she did the first thing that came to her mind. She knocked thrice on the door in front of her.

“Coming!” The muted voice...

50. Taxes

The day ended before Aloe noticed. She was tired from the journey, so even if the sun had yet to set, she went to sleep. Her house felt empty when she woke up. With the shack at the oasis, that was...

49. Transaction

Umar took the cloth out of the jar and unfolded it to reveal a mound of leaves and flowers. They were still green, but some sections had begun to dry becoming slightly brown by the withering.

48. Product

“Are you ready, Fikali?” Aloe stood up after tightening the last straps holding her belongings on the dweller’s saddle.

“Wroo!” Fikali raised her claws and head high, thoug...

47. Requirements

Disregarding the events of her coming of age, Aloe felt good. These last days she had been feeling horrible as she told herself that it all had been her fault, that she had abandoned her mother, ev...

46. Adult

She couldn’t believe it, but it was true. She had had a good night’s rest. It almost felt nature-defying. To celebrate such an accomplishment, Aloe slept until noon.

There weren’t many ...

45. Spree

Yesterday had been a hectic day. Mainly a pain-ridden one, but for Aloe, that had become the bare minimum requirement as of late.

After reinfusing the cannabis plant – and almost collapsing...

44. String

Aloe was ecstatic. After more than a month, she had finally made it. She had changed the infusion of an already infused seed. The possibilities... there weren’t many, to be honest, but those that...

43. Change

The thing with seeds was that they didn’t have much vitality. Aloe had yet to check it to make an actual solid theory, but every living organism was born with low vitality and only got more as th...

42. Infusions

“Oh.” The muted sound coming out of Aloe’s mouth was but the pure expression of surprise. No words were needed except... “I knew it.” Her lips curved into a devilish smile, there was no f...

41. Date

She had fallen asleep, there was no shame in admitting it. Her body hurt from being sat in the doorway all night long and the rest she had gotten out of it was awful. The first light woke her far, ...

40. Wind

Her hands trembled.

Whilst others would have thrown themselves at the ground and pleaded for mercy, Rani just stood silent. But staying silent for someone of her status was still a lot.

39. Timeline

It soon became clear that there wasn’t much left to do today. Regardless of Aloe’s thoughts of incompetence, she had managed to do more chores than ever before in a single day, and the sun had ...

38. Streak

The soup was passable. Somehow, it had aged wonderfully, the flavor being better than when she had cooked it. The taste was mostly salt though. Not to say that salt didn’t taste well. Aloe liked ...

37. Exaltation

Whilst tedious, chores brought peace to Aloe’s mind. And it wasn’t like she could go instantly back to evolving plants, she needed to recover her reserves before.

She started by boiling w...

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Hello there,

As you have all seen, publishing schedule is back on track, and I'll do my best to keep it that way. I also intend to release another Bulk Art update when my plant artist is done...