After sweeping her floor after dinner—Rian had insisted on doing it himself, since he said she probably wouldn't sweep under her bed, which… was fair—a promise of new footwear, and begging fo...
2024-02-06 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAt the end of the week, Rian had a gathered a small group of men who decided that working the whole day in a shaded mine was preferable to working until it was too hot to stay outside. The morning ...
2024-02-04 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostVentilation and Boats
It was clear to Lori that the issue with the trees wasn't a Deadspeaking problem, but rather a cooling problem. After all, it didn't matter how...
2024-02-03 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe work on the sawmill had progressed in her absence. The rest of the carpenters had mounted the water wheel on the fixtures she'd set into the stone foundation, as well as the wooden shafts that ...
2024-02-01 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSince it seemed she'd be needing new bound tool cores—at the very least, Lori's Boat Two needed a driver to propel it—Lori began making the preparations to make them as soon as she got...
2024-01-30 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt was clear to Lori that the issue with the trees wasn't a Deadspeaking problem, but rather a cooling problem. After all, it didn't matter how much heat a process generated, what mattered was siph...
2024-01-28 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThere Be Fruit
The next several days fell into the same routine. Shana and Karina imbued the crops in the morning until it was too hot for them to work, then resting...
2024-01-27 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"Huh… that's a lot of people who'd need to be picked up from Covehold…" Rian said, sounding thoughtful.
"Picking them up from Covehold Demesne won't be necessary. The ship will make for t...
2024-01-25 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTaeclas woke up to another wonderful morning with her wife in her arms.
She wanted to stay right where she was until the mid-morning, but unfortunately, she had a job to do.
…
S...
2024-01-24 10:59:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe work on the sawmill had been progressing well over the past week. The foundation had been placed and leveled to Lori's satisfaction, and Lori had been able to raise half of a stone wall on the ...
2024-01-23 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe next several days fell into the same routine. Shana and Karina imbued the crops in the morning until it was too hot for them to work, then resting in the afternoon. Wizard Taeclas continued in ...
2024-01-21 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostShana's Breakfast
Shana had a quick bath as Karina went to collect her brothers and sisters from Shana's house. The bath was mostly because Shana would be sitting ne...
2024-01-20 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostShana ate at the table behind Binder Lori during lunch, as the children she was responsible for always needed her attention after coming back from River's Fork, and she had to make sure they ate an...
2024-01-18 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter breakfast, it was back to work imbuing the fields.
Shana went back to her house to retrieve her reed hat and a towel. Unfortunately, the pale skin on her arms were going to burn under t...
2024-01-16 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostShana had a quick bath as Karina went to collect her brothers and sisters from Shana's house. The bath was mostly because Shana would be sitting next to Binder Lori this morning as the work hadn't ...
2024-01-14 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPrelude To Shana’s Holiday
Shana—Shasha to a few, Great Binder or Lady Binder to most, Shanalorre to Binder Lolilyuri—had quite enjoyed Lorian's Demesne's mid-...
2024-01-13 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe children in her care would return by lunch the next day, happy at having spent the day and night with their families and whatever holiday festivities River's Fork had held. Shana knew that Bind...
2024-01-11 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt's poll time again! And this definitely has nothing to do with me panicking because I realized I need to write a Patron Exclusive and couldn't think of anything to write about at the time. Nope, ...
2024-01-09 16:22:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the time for lunch came, there was no stew. Shana wasn't surprised, because Rian had announced the itinerary beforehand, but it was still a marked difference to the day's routine. She supposed...
2024-01-09 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostShana—Shasha to a few, Great Binder or Lady Binder to most, Shanalorre to Binder Lolilyuri—had quite enjoyed Lorian's Demesne's mid-winter holiday, at least up until the point she had needed to...
2024-01-07 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year, everyone! Here we have the completed first Magical Girls intro chapter of the Magical girls VS Cultivators project. Hopefully I can get a few more done this coming week, ma... 2023-12-31 17:40:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, that's the last entry of the year, folks! Thank you all for supporting me for another year, and I hope you've enjoyed the story I've written!
My break begins now... although since it's ...
2023-12-17 11:29:41 +0000 UTC View PostNot Completely Useless
At dinner that night, Lori handed Taeclas—she'd checked her now-triangular rock just a moment before—the nicer of the two river rocks she'...
2023-12-16 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostRian looked up from the almanac Lori had handed him, having apparently finished reading the entry on the typhon beast. “And you want to kill one of these things?”
“It’s neces...
2023-12-14 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLori gestured towards the Lori's Boat. "As I said, you are to study that. As a probationary project and assessment of your skills, you are to build at least five boats to the same dimensio...
2023-12-12 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAt dinner that night, Lori handed Taeclas—she'd checked her now-triangular rock just a moment before—the nicer of the two river rocks she'd found the afternoon. Like Rian's, the rock fit easily...
2023-12-10 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostA Room For Honey
Taeclas spent the rest of the afternoon in the dungeon farm ensuring that all their new seedlings and other plants had been properly moved to farmin...
2023-12-09 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey moved on to the rest of the list.
The merchant house asking for regular shipments was… to be expected, even if Lori didn't like it. As to more regular deliveries… well, Rian had prom...
2023-12-07 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"So… about you kicking me yesterday? What was that about? You usually have a good reason for committing violence on anyone's person, and I feel I deserve to know what it was in this instance as t...
2023-12-05 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTaeclas spent the rest of the afternoon in the dungeon farm ensuring that all their new seedlings and other plants had been properly moved to farming plots, even taking wooden scraps from the carpe...
2023-12-03 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post