James_D_Fawkes

CiP Ink and Fantasy

I spent most of last week trying to figure out what to do with this...

Fate/Recursive Wisdom Teaser

BANG

The sound of the front door slamming open echoed. She scrambled off of her bed, slipping and falling off of her mattress, and landed on the floor, butt first.

Could it be, there ...

An Alternate Essence: Of Blood and Sunlight II

I went through most of this in the past couple of hours, surprisingly. I thought I was gonna have to stop and finish later, then deliver tomorrow, but I tore through this with astounding speed once I ...

This Week (7/15/2018)

So, those of you still keeping up with the Essence story thread over on Sufficient Velocity will already have seen what an absolute mess last week's response to Tyranny 6.3 was. For those of you who <...

Tyranny 6.3

And after way too long, it's finally done.

I'm not sure I captured all of the emotions in here that I wanted to as well as I wanted to, but at this point, I'm just ready for it to be finished. It ga...

CiP Pendulum 0.?

Another Pendulum chapter.  I honestly thought I'd posted t...

CiP Pendulum 0.0

Yes, it's a Locker scene. It's going to be really hard to do we...

Status Update

I've got bad news and good news.

The bad news, 6.3 is kicking my ass, because it's an emotionally charged chapter and there's a lot of stuff that needs to be just right. It's about 75% done...

CiP Tyranny 6.4

Since 6.3 is giving me some trouble, I figured I'd start on 6.4...

CiP: Tyranny 6.3

And I immediately got started on this. Well, for a certain defi...

Interlude 6.a: Quantum Liner Collapse

Numerous things conspired to delay this past its intended release date, none of which I was happy with. The first and most egregious was that, even though the second half was written first and quickly...

CiP: Interlude 6.a: Quantum Liner Collapse

Tentative title, there.

Anyway. Here's the Chapters-In-Progre...

Bonus Interlude Tyranny 6.0: Spider's Loom

You know, I actually didn't think this one was gonna clear 3k? I thought for sure that this would be the shortest chapter I've ever written for Essence. Then, I got done with the final section at the ...

Tyranny 6.2

Well. Ah...huh. It's a little embarrassing, but it's not like it hasn't happened before. Yesterday, while waiting for my editor to get back online after some business he had to handle, I lied down for...

Tyranny 6.1

I wanted to have all three out simultaneously, but I figured I've kept you guys waiting long enough and I'll put out the one that's finished in its entirety for you.

I also wanted to put ou...

Essential Material: Arachne

Arachne [Heroic Spirit]
Orb-Weaving Seamstress

A legendary seamstress from Greek mythology. A weaver of exceptional talent and skill, a centennial genius who can...

I'm Alive! (Status Update)

So, as I said in a comment a day or two ago, things took an unexpected turn, last week, so the chapters I wanted to have out for you guys on Saturday didn't come and weren't finished.

To reiterate w...

Change of plans

So, as I'm sure most of you have probably gathered by now, while I was in the middle of trying to finish 6.1 this weekend, there was a sudden change of plans. Nothing bad, I assure you, but I decided ...

CiP: Bonus Interlude 6.0: Spider's Loom

Last second change of plans to include an interlude showing some of what the girls got into during that weekend they spent preparing. If you didn't get the invite for some reason, you can find the lin...

Essential Material: Argaleiós Arákhnēs

Argaleiós Arákhnēs [Noble Phantasm]
Weaving Divine Raiments

The signature Noble Phantasm of the legendary Greek woman, Arachne. The Noble Phantasm embodying h...

Essential Material: Take Me Up

Take Me Up [Noble Phantasm]
Grace of the Lake Goddess

The second of Nimue’s two most characteristic Noble Phantasms. It is the embodiment of the legend of King...

Essential Material: Cast Me Away

Cast Me Away [Noble Phantasm]
Tithing to the Lake Goddess

One of Nimue’s two most characteristic Noble Phantasms. An innate ability representing the legend of ...

CiP: Serenity is a State of Mind (UtM)

The short story for that VN I want to make, Under the Moonlight, called, "2018-05-18 16:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post

CiP: Fate/Recursive Wisdom Chapter 1

Been holding onto this for a while, it's not finished, yet. Since I've been dropping these for you guys recently, I figured I might as well make a thing of it, in case I miss the invites for one of yo...

CiP Tyranny 6.1

For those of you who haven't received the link in your email or are otherwise having trouble accessing it, Tyranny 6.1 is located 2018-05-16 12:17:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Week of Rest

I...think I mentioned this to you guys, but I took last week off to rest and recharge and get my head in the game for arc 6. As for arc 6 itself, I also mentioned taking May off, and I'm...kinda gonna...

Sunder 5.b: Black Dog Strut

A little later than usual, today, but there was no way I was staying up all night and all the way through to 9am, this time. I was already on my last legs when I finished this up, last night.

Anyway...

Chapters-in-Progress: OGaG A2 & Essential Material

An Alternate Essence: Of Gold and Glory Act 2 and the entire 2018-05-03 02:07:34 +0000 UTC View Post

An Alternate Essence: Of Gold and Glory Act 1

Can you guess it?

Like with the previous one, this alternate take on Essence features a crossover with my "Eternityverse" rather than Nasu. The main character isn't named, here, but there are some s...

Sunder 5.8

Not quite the final Sunder chapter. Still a final interlude to do, although even that is halfway finished.

As far as this one goes... Yeah, the dinner was kind of awkward to write. The hard...