Hello everyone, long time subscribers and new entrants alike. I want to thank you for your support for however long that you've given it. There are going to be a few changes coming up, and I want t...
2023-07-10 22:53:08 +0000 UTC View PostA cresting gust of wind yanked at her hair and the hems of her dress. Light flashed, and the scream of something viciously sharp being dragged along the stone followed. Ling Qi parted the wave of d...
2023-07-10 22:40:14 +0000 UTC View PostOutside, heading down the stairs, Ling Qi glanced at her companion. “So, as one more informed about the celestial spheres, how concerned should I be?”
“You should be quite terrified. It...
2023-06-30 00:06:11 +0000 UTC View Post“I do hope that analysis was helpful.”
“It was,” Ling Qi acknowledged. “It will give me another lens to view my counterpart’s actions through. Now, where are we meeting?”
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2023-06-26 23:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe rumble and crack of moving, grinding stones was a discordant symphony of noise. It was chaotic and unintelligible, but deeply, deeply angry.
There should have been no room for words here,...
2023-06-23 19:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostIts about time for me to take a small break and recharge again, so from the 1st to the 8th there will be no updates.
2023-06-19 23:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post“There are methods for better dispersing greater powers. But the method I think you might find useful as a cornerstone for priestly rites in grounding spiritual power and pressure is one that is ...
2023-06-19 23:11:26 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi blew away the steam rising from the cup in her hand. She sat by a low table on a thick woolen cushion.
This was the least visually offensive room in Elder Jiao’s manor thus far. The...
2023-06-15 23:51:38 +0000 UTC View PostBack in the Outer Sect, Elder Jiao had implied through Xin that he was considering her for apprenticeship in the Inner Sect. In the end, she had chosen to follow Cai Renxiang. She didn’t regret t...
2023-06-12 22:19:14 +0000 UTC View Post“You mean Elder Jiao’s—”
“Our home,” Xin corrected. “I have as much right to guests as he.”
Ling Qi inclined her head. Of course she did. Ling Qi doubted Elder Jiao woul...
2023-06-09 00:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah. You’ve learned how to refine arts by now.”
“It’s been very recent,” Ling Qi acknowledged. “Elder, if I may I ask, what were the beasts bound in your trial? The tortoise? Th...
2023-06-06 00:35:14 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi took a deep breath.
Li Suyin chuckled, scratching her cheek with a golden claw. “That ended up being very serious.”
“So, hey,” Hanyi interrupted. “I wanted to know, ca...
2023-06-02 00:25:05 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re good, Fang. You can do everything I need ya too,” Han Jian comforted. “I guess you were probably always meant for crazy stuff though, huh?”
“Fortune and talent are intertw...
2023-05-29 22:25:12 +0000 UTC View PostSteam curled from the brush in her hand, flames licking at the bristles as she ran it through the dark red mane. She was silent as she observed the camp outside of the stables. The rush of men movi...
2023-05-24 22:52:48 +0000 UTC View PostSorry everyone! Some things came up recently, and this is needed to keep the update schedule balanced between formats.
2023-05-23 01:43:59 +0000 UTC View PostLiao Zhu blinked out of existence, rematerializing on the outcropping below. Well, if he wanted to be boring about it. Ling Qi stopped being on the gravel and started being on the cliff. It was as ...
2023-05-23 01:43:06 +0000 UTC View PostAll things come to their end. She knew that better than most.
With the others in the music club needing to return to duties or other appointments, Ling Qi was left to walk the sect in thought...
2023-05-19 00:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post“You have my approval to focus your efforts there.”
“Thank you, Lady Renxiang. You will not regret it.”
“I won’t,” her liege said. The brush in her hand tapped thoughtfull...
2023-05-16 01:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi hummed to herself, folding her hands into her sleeves as she stood across from Jaromilla over the hearthfire. She met the woman’s eyes as her hum took on a tune, becoming the first bar of...
2023-05-11 22:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post“May I have a question of you, Emissary Jaromila?”
“You may,” the older woman sighed.
“It is only a small one. I am trying to understand the relations within the polar nation....
2023-05-09 00:52:37 +0000 UTC View Post“And I, her emissary, apologize that we have not been able to speak with you sooner.” Ling Qi bowed from her position, exactly one step behind Cai Renxiang.
Jaromila slipped gracefully do...
2023-05-04 19:28:19 +0000 UTC View Post“This one questions, honored hosts. It seems to this one that thy words paint a picture of roads and ships and trade in thy lands. Is this truth?”
“Not wrong. Treasures lie deep in the ...
2023-05-02 01:10:55 +0000 UTC View PostThey’d decided to begin partitioning some of the farmland next, having the temporary workers prepare lots for incoming settlers. One of the largest draws to new settlements was the easy access to...
2023-04-27 23:28:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt was said in the journals of some of her ancestors that it was inevitable for the mind to feel hollow in the wake of a battle’s burning. To feel an emptiness where once the light of the sun had...
2023-04-26 20:31:19 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi let out a breath as a few more small pleasantries were shared, and the White Sky left, along with Wang Lian. Jin Tae said his goodbyes, managing to never once drop his smile, as if she’d ...
2023-04-24 23:11:19 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi’s suggestion was a gamble, but a gamble she thought she knew the odds on. Better for the general to be a looming threat, but one step in the background, than a threat immediately on stage...
2023-04-21 00:07:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe meeting came early the next day and took place in the neutral land where Ling Qi had held her luncheon with the emissaries. A proper pavilion had been erected with a solid stone foundation and ...
2023-04-18 01:08:35 +0000 UTC View Post“I received your paper messenger,” Xia Lin said to her, walking beside her with her arms behind her back.
“Good. Then I don’t have to spend time explaining.”
They walked along...
2023-04-14 00:42:00 +0000 UTC View PostCai Renxiang held up a hand. “I do not wish to know the details of your personal tribulation. I would not ask that of you or any other. Simply tell me, are you fit for duty? And will there be eff...
2023-04-10 21:08:11 +0000 UTC View PostSixiang brushed the surface of her thoughts, tentative, unwilling to reach any deeper as they were now.
“That’s nutty, Qi, not gonna lie. You don’t even know the guy’s whole story. An...
2023-04-07 00:14:17 +0000 UTC View Post