Hell's Songbird - 7
“Mind your feet.”
I’ve barely registered her words when Ilya teleports us again, and I only get the first notes. The rock underfoot crumbles, tipping me towards rushing water. A spike o...
2021-12-02 03:02:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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Abyssal Road Trip - 141 - Battle lines
Amdirlain dropped into the grass before Tickles, watching the muscles clenching in her jawline. “If it’s sitting on you so heavily, maybe it’s not the best role for you.”
“They hate...
2021-12-01 11:04:38 +0000 UTC View PostHell's Songbird - 6
Once off the bleak mountain, the slope rapidly shifts from foothills into a grey dusty plain. The plant life eking out its existence here is brown and dry, ready to collapse without warning. Leaves...
2021-11-28 23:34:27 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 140 - History
The energy of the Gate had faded before Amdirlain finished purifying items. Armour no longer possessed the repulsive feel about it, the images within had stilled and faded. The pikes’ hafts, once...
2021-11-27 22:44:59 +0000 UTC View PostStatus
Chapter 140 - I finished writing today, but haven't started editing.
Chapter 141 - I'm starting today or tomorrow
Chained 10 and Hell's songbird 6 - in progress.
2021-11-27 08:05:26 +0000 UTC View PostChained - 9
The cell’s bars are a mesh of cut stone that makes no sense, and I wrapped chains through the gaps unable to see where it comes apart. I’m looking over the ceiling to make sure I’m not about ...
2021-11-26 02:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 139 - Welcome to the black parade
Amdirlain had set herself on the cliff edge, her Telepathy keeping her linked to those working the harbours. Ebusuku had already scried out so many harbours that the Archons had split into pairs to...
2021-11-25 13:21:44 +0000 UTC View PostStatus
Chapter 139 - I've completed first pass editing.
Chapter 140 - I've started
Chained 9 - I've completed first pass editing
Hell's Songbird 6 - In-progress (should have that one nex...
2021-11-25 08:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 138 - Start the healing
Immunity to fire was certainly one thing she possessed. Reality happily informed her of a gap in her plans with the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury helping to point it out.
[Health: -4,000
<... 2021-11-21 13:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 137 - Til I hear 'em say
Amdirlain slipped ahead of Erwarth as they moved up on the compound’s side gate. It felt strange being in the Sisterhood uniform with Erwarth providing corrections as they went. While it wasn’t...
2021-11-19 15:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostChained - 8
Though it was tempting just to leave them slumped in the tunnel, it was time to get to work. I’d mainly used Inventory to store materials until now; even the excavation to push its capacity for r...
2021-11-19 02:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostStatus
Been struggling a bit this week, 2nd week of my goal and I got the 2nd dose of Pfizer, so I feel like I have the worst flu atm.
However, that said:
Chapter 137 - currently is halfway wr...
2021-11-18 08:50:20 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 136 - How's it supposed to feel
“Was it one of your servants that you sent through earlier, Amdirlain?” Vāriyāka asked, not having moved to leave with the council.
“No, that was Torm; you’ve not met him. He’s a ...
2021-11-16 08:28:31 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 135 - In my place
Amdirlain released the link with Vāriyāka and shortly afterwards was regarding the Shaper with concern. Not held in a state of meditation, he sat blinking speechless at Amdirlain for long minutes...
2021-11-14 20:29:11 +0000 UTC View PostStatus
Chapter 135 - I've finished writing and will look to edit.
Sidero pushed Isaac out of the road and got a chapter written for her this week, even though I planned to write more of Hell's Songb...
2021-11-14 00:09:00 +0000 UTC View PostChained - 7
For all the contempt I have for them morally, they don’t lack in physical strength—though brains, that’s a different story. Their whole expedition counts on Gaius, but the others start off wi...
2021-11-12 19:34:39 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 134 - It's a kind of magic
“We can’t just rush and grab slaves randomly,” Amdirlain cautioned, and Ebusuku motioned towards the passage. Bitter acid and burning pain twisted hooks inside Amdirlain as she forced back te...
2021-11-11 07:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostStatus
Chapter 134 - is mostly written.
Hell's Songbird 6 - still has a fair bit to go before it's ready. Currently re-writing part of it that didn't feel right. Once I get 134 finished, I'll focus ...
2021-11-08 10:51:45 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 133 - I refuse
“That Spell you showed me feels like part of the Titan’s maze,” Mirage said.
A Valkyrie wearing Týr’s emblems appeared nearby, making Mirage start, but Ebusuku and Amdirlain were alr...
2021-11-07 14:01:51 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 132 - Good Enough
Ebusuku gathered the Celestials present in the Domain while Amdirlain called Solveiga and O’Nai back from their patrol groups. The lack of interruptions among the gathering allowed Eubusuku to qu...
2021-11-04 07:08:26 +0000 UTC View PostBetrayer (Short Story)
The sight of the bow’s polished wood wrenches at me, and pain twists inside me. Why did I stay hidden? The leather wraps on the grip show where his strong fingers held it, marks that will get no ...
2021-11-04 06:40:20 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 131 - Cover me in sunshine
Stretched out on the grass, Amdirlain snuggled in against Torm. Eyes half-lidded, her head rested on his shoulder as his fingers caressed along her lower back. His soft touch through her clothing c...
2021-11-02 09:19:14 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 130 - Bad Habits
[Achievement: Sunny Daze.
Condition: First Angel (Solar) recruited.
Reward: Celestial’s services for as long as you’re worthy.
Role: Right—or left—hand of Power. Your choi...
2021-10-31 00:02:11 +0000 UTC View PostAdditional Stories
Presently, aside from Sidero and Isaac's stories, I have a few other story ideas floating around in my mind. They'll all get written, but let me know which you'd like first. While they take part in...
2021-10-30 22:11:47 +0000 UTC View PostDesires - Short Story
The well-maintained door barely creaks, but still the guard inside turns quickly at the sound. I can feel the enchantment in the blade at his waist, his hand falling on the hilt with an impressive ...
2021-10-28 14:15:23 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 129 - This is gonna hurt
Aggie smiled as Amdirlain shifted into her favoured Wood Elf form, and reset the concealments the summoning had removed. “At least I don’t have to escort you through Moradin’s Hall with those...
2021-10-28 13:54:35 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 128 - Ain't no rest for the wicked
Outlands
Amdirlain’s giggles lightened her steps, but an unexpected sight stopped her as she broke through the treeline. Two Dwarves, in armour, one in gleaming Mithril cha...
2021-10-25 21:40:09 +0000 UTC View PostStatus
Chapter 128 - have finished the first pass through editing it.
Not feeling the best at present. So doubt I'll make more progress on writing tonight.
Had a few snippets of sto...
2021-10-25 07:39:46 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Road Trip - 127 - Never too late
They’d stayed longer than intended, having run into a cavern containing hundreds of Elementals. Though even deliberately allowing foes to engulf her had provided Amdirlain only a single increase ...
2021-10-24 03:52:38 +0000 UTC View PostStatus Update
It's been an exhausting week with work, so haven't gotten as far as I'd have liked.
Chapter 127 - I've gotten over half written.
Have also made progress on the next chapter of Chained a...
2021-10-22 08:52:52 +0000 UTC View Post