I commented on this on Royal Road and Scribble Hub, but I'll now publish 5 chapters per week instead of 7. I have no definitive schedule in mind, but today I'll take a day off as I have been postin...
2023-08-16 15:45:09 +0000 UTC
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Even though Aloe had watered the plants just a few hours ago, the soil was already dry. Such was the relentless sun of the desert. The plants didn’t seem affected by it, though. They had their wa...
2023-08-15 11:14:21 +0000 UTC
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“Bean test begins... now!” Aloe poured her vitality into the single bean on her hand.
She kept very close to her heart the Evolution mantra. There weren’t any specific words in her head...
2023-08-14 10:51:28 +0000 UTC
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Progress had been severely limited. Aloe had managed to infuse something, but she wasn’t sure if she had managed to infuse a different type of infusion besides the default accelerated growth.
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2023-08-13 12:00:30 +0000 UTC
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Disclaimer: My beta readers have said that in this chapter I may have crossed the line. Please comment if you too think so. I rather not publish controversial things on public sites. Thanks.
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2023-08-12 13:54:07 +0000 UTC
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“Okay, if I’m thinking this right, there are only two options on how Karaim reinfused the same plant and changed its type of infusion.” Aloe pushed her hair backward to refresh herself after ...
2023-08-11 10:36:44 +0000 UTC
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Truth was, Aloe sucked at cooking. She was better off having dates and coconuts than eating meals prepared by herself. Having postponed her ink tests for the moment, she dedicated the rest of the d...
2023-08-10 10:55:45 +0000 UTC
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“Oh, Fikali. I would kiss you if your face wasn’t made such a mess!”
“Huo?” The dweller added with characteristic confusion.
“Doesn’t matter,” Aloe explained. ...
2023-08-09 11:19:44 +0000 UTC
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“Breath in, breath out,” Aloe told herself to calm her shaking hands. “Karaim was being melodramatic with Infusion almost killing him, right?” She added with a wry smile. “Besides, he tri...
2023-08-08 10:58:26 +0000 UTC
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“Ugh...” Aloe groaned as she woke up. Every fiber of her body screamed in pain and exhaustion. “My crotch hurts so baaadly...” The girl rolled back and forth on the bed.
Fikali hadn...
2023-08-07 11:25:36 +0000 UTC
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Aloe started her afternoon by infusing the remaining pistachios seeds. She didn’t know how atrocious Karaim’s vitality regeneration was, but after having a nap and lunch, she was topped up agai...
2023-08-06 11:22:42 +0000 UTC
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Today was a hot day in Sadina, they always were, but especially so today. That didn’t mean that the activity in the court was going to stop by a little heat.
Shahrazad wrote and filed some ...
2023-08-05 11:39:57 +0000 UTC
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“I really have to hate myself if I’m eating this crap,” Aloe said as she ate stew. “And also hate myself for torturing myself this much by living here. I said myself too many times. Myself....
2023-08-04 11:26:01 +0000 UTC
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“Good morning, world!” Aloe got out of bed with a jump, her mood soaring. “How glorious is it to have a good night’s rest!”
Even after going to sleep with a beaten body, the long sl...
2023-08-03 11:21:36 +0000 UTC
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As she needed to wait for the sap to settle, Aloe continued with her many tasks. She decided to first water the plants, but without forgetting about another type of water, she poured the boiling wa...
2023-08-02 11:25:15 +0000 UTC
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Aloe wasn’t an herbalist nor an apothecary, her only saving grace being that she had done well in school and that her father had a sizeable collection of books she had read since her childhood as...
2023-08-01 11:25:45 +0000 UTC
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“Ah!” Aloe jolted out of her resting spot as something rubbed her chest. “What’s going... Oh, it’s just you, Fikali.”
“Hwo.” The sand dweller pledged guilty.
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2023-07-31 11:15:09 +0000 UTC
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Hassan woke up greeted by the golden rays of the sun and the breeze of the women fanning him. They were two women of his age, but their skin was far darker than his. As far as skin tones went in Yd...
2023-07-30 11:13:08 +0000 UTC
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Morning hadn’t been pleasurable to Aloe. Night had been gorgeous, she had slept soundly, not too cold yet not too hot. But as she woke up, she felt her body weigh down on her.
Not only her ...
2023-07-29 10:57:27 +0000 UTC
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Aloe put on her clothes, her sorry state and dirty body be damned. Tomorrow she would bathe, but today she was too tired to even think about it. What she was not tired to do was investigate a bit m...
2023-07-28 10:56:56 +0000 UTC
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Yup #1, there will be more, but not until more actual plants appear in the story. I maybe got too carried away.
I put this on public so y'all subscribe so I can commission more art!
Art...
2023-07-27 19:24:31 +0000 UTC
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Species: Cure Grass
Sobriquet: Munchers
Description: An evolved member of the Poaceae family, a species known for its ability to grow virtually...
2023-07-27 11:25:03 +0000 UTC
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Aloe’s body was in a rough state. Not even five minutes in and her back was already on fire. The only positive point she could take was that the ground was no longer burning her glutes as all the...
2023-07-26 13:09:12 +0000 UTC
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The bath had been refreshing and Aloe felt alive anew. Though that the water made her aware of her hunger. Now that she actually had towels, Aloe dried herself and went to the kitchen. There she gr...
2023-07-25 15:42:35 +0000 UTC
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Aloe was abruptly woken up by the rising temperatures, but luckily enough, she woke up before she had dirtied her nightgown with sweat. Not that it mattered because it was going to go straight to t...
2023-07-25 10:25:37 +0000 UTC
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“We are finally home!” Aloe raised her hands to the air as the grass blades of the oasis caressed her boots. It was incredible that they had actually managed to arrive at the greenhouse even be...
2023-07-24 10:39:38 +0000 UTC
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Whilst Fikali didn’t make for the best talk companion, the old dweller provided a bit of entertainment. Just leading her with the rope provided Aloe with a constant trickle of infinitesimal amuse...
2023-07-23 18:02:54 +0000 UTC
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“Is everything ready?” Shahrazad asked Aloe as her daughter juggled between multiple bags.
“Yes, Mom,” Aloe responded, her face a stone wall. “This is the fourth time you asked.”<...
2023-07-22 11:10:24 +0000 UTC
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Hassan always felt nervous when he was in the imperial palace. Even if it was his birthplace, the majestic building was but a hostile environment. Maids and guards avoided looking at HIM, but he kn...
2023-07-21 12:47:53 +0000 UTC
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Shahrazad woke up to the groans of her daughter. Even if the walls of her house were thick and the windows were closed, she could still perfectly hear Aloe. Peering into the slit of the wooden wind...
2023-07-20 11:23:25 +0000 UTC
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