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Jess D. Astra

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! Yep, that's Pinot in a can! It's meh, but boy is it helping with my screaming hip. Hours on a flight, 4+ hours waiting for the next one, my hip is like "WHY YOU DO?!" T_T the woes o...

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DD2 - Chapter 8: Long Distance Calls

It was dark when they arrived in Desedra. The train hissed to a stop and Rhen had to reign in his nervous energy. He wanted to leap to his feet and run to the communications center but had to restr...

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DD2 - Chapter 7: Wanted Post-its

They got into Yu in record time, poor Arannet flustered and a little wet. Rhen promised that taking the boat back up would be a lot easier than walking, though Arannet wasn’t opposed to with her ...

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Deathless Dungeoneers Cover Art Reveal!

Henlo my dudes! WAAAAHHHHH!!!! I love this so much! Aki, Rhen's main dude! We took a few liberties with adding the armor, thought it looked cooler.

What do you guys think?

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DD2 - Chapter 6: D(r)eadlines

Arannet pulled another sheet in front of him. “This one is talking about the proper use of materials for any structures used to gain access to the nexus node. This one is going to be important fo...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! As usual, I've got some water here with me as I walk very slowly on my treadmill. It's been a crazy crazy week... let's jump into it!

Deathless Dungeoneers

Book 1 is h...

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DD2 - Chapter 5: Syntialating

Rhen booked it a full speed, triggering swift twitch and surging his legs with anima. The yeti monster roared in defiance, clawing after them. Aki lifted a bubble of water from the river and tossed...

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DD2 - Chapter 4: Yeti-Nother Surprise

A wet splash on Rhen’s face jerked him awake.

Aki stood over his bed, glowing his happy yellow-pink color. “Good morning.”

Rhen groaned and sat up. “Less so now that my face is ...

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DD2 - Chapter 3: Bylaw Hotel Bravo Nine Six Five

Within thirty minutes, everyone had respawned, cleaned off, and dressed. They came back to the inn where Patti and Rhen served the hungry respawners old stew. While Rhen and Patti regaled them with...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! I just woke up from a serious nap... did not sleep well last night but feeling pumped and ready to do it now! I've got some icy splish splash to accompany me on this journey, but I ...

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DD2 - Chapter 2: Welcome Home

Arannet clutched her hands at her chest. Rhen could just see the thoughts of “Oh no, where am I going to sleep?” running behind her eyes. Finally, she looked at him.

“What happened?”<...

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Deathless Dungeoneers 2 - Chapter 1: Paperwork Nightmare

~Author preface~ Just wanted to let you all know how grateful I am to be able to grind out these chapters for you! I've loved writing Deathless, and want to write lots more!

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! I'm currently drinking a Ginger Ale Zevia... mmmm.... zero calorie soda. This one is meh, the root beer one is pretty good, but also clear, which is confusing to me. Would not make ...

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I NEED YOUR OPINION

Henlo my dudes! I decided to drop the final chapter of DD early so we can get on with some more chapters!

I'm working hard on DD2 right now, but I'm sorry to say I'm not as ahead as I'd want ...

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DD - Chapter 31: Paradise

Rhen gave a gurgling gasp and spit up water. Right, Amphibian Lung. He activated the spell to swap back to atmospheric breathing, sputtering all the while.

Water rushed behind him and lapped ...

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DD - Chapter 30: Feast for the Beast

Joseph’s tentacles slipped off the monster’s tail as it grew too large to be held. Eli zipped out from the darkness and smashed into the monster’s underbelly, his thorny head piercing through...

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DD - Chapter 29: Cephalo-Raiders

Leslie and Ghwan moved about the gathered bruisers, securing their colorful feathered armor into place and giving instructions.

Jakira looked incredible.

Mulit-colored reds, bl...

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Discord for all!

Henlo my dudes! Due to the prodding of a lovely patron, I've started a public discord server. You can check your benefits to get on in there!

Later taters!

~Jess

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DD - Chapter 28: A Crafty Plan

A week later, everyone had gone through the aquatic chamber with their new aqua-syntials, practicing their abilities on the smaller fish. There were only twelve days left, but Rhen was feeling conf...

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DD - Chapter 27: Fin up or fluff off

Rhen held two of the fish cores in his hand and stared at the mastery node, unsure what to ask for. He didn’t think Aki would be able to maintain every air bubble for everyone in the raid party, ...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes. Today I'm drinking theraflu.... No fever, no COVID, but I've got something nasty going on. Trying to take it easy, but wanted to update you before I passed out and forgot.

De...

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DD - Chapter 26: Here Fishy, Fishy

There had been just enough anima left for Rhen to craft a passageway down to the shore of the aquatic chamber, and while it hurt to use it all up, he didn’t want to waste anymore time searching f...

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DD - Chapter 25: Zephitz Inn

Rhen was quiet on the way back, thinking through his speech. He had a lot to apologize for, but apologies wouldn’t win them over—a plan would. He had that, but how to present it… especially w...

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DD- Chapter 24: Burned and Broken

Rhen walked through the soaking wreckage of his village. The inn’s foundation was all that remained, just charred and cracked stone barely holding together. He crouched at the place where his ten...

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DD - Chapter 23: Resurrection

Rhen stood at one of the six transference rods imbedded in the ground around the node. The other five candidates, Olliat, Barrek and both of his woodworker friends, and a very reluctant Joseph stoo...

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DD - Chapter 22: Bury the Hatchet

All mining operations had stopped, and round-the-clock shifts had been posted at the resurrection node. Everyone saved an anima profile, and Rhen adjusted the setting so that they could afford to r...

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DD - Chapter 21: Downpour

Pain lanced through Rhen’s shoulder, and he was hauled into the air. Rhen pulled his crescent blade from its holster and slashed at anything he could above his head. There was a monstrous hiss an...

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Thirsty Thursday Thoughts

Henlo my dudes! I've got that clear splishy-splashy today for a drink but I'm thinking about cracking a cold one... my brain is mush.

Deathless Dungeoneers

Book 1 is done! You'll be w...

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DD - Chapter 20: Get your grind on

Rhen used tremor blast below the terrocken junior’s feet, tripping it up. The monster’s feet sunk into the earth. It wobbled to the side as it tried to free itself, then collapsed. Jakira was o...

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DD - 19: Slander and Slights

Rhen dozed in and out, the train home rocking him to sleep after a night of hard work. He clutched the inflammatory leaflet he’d gotten from the Delver’s Guild on the Zephitz dungeon.

“...

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