(Bi-)Weekly Digest 87 - (#274 - #277)
Suffering Marriage Problems
After installing the mounts for Shanalorre's shelves for when the carpenters finished building them, it was back to River's Fork after br...
2023-02-04 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Demesne 277 - Indecisions And Responsibility
"If she's volunteering, it would be a good idea to take her up on the offer," Rian said after Lori had finished choosing bowls and Shanalorre had related the matter to him. "I didn't want to bring ...
2023-02-02 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post2/1/23 Update and Patron Exclusive Poll
So, on the subject of the 'What If’, it looks like it might be a four- or five-parter. When it's done, I'll compile it together into a single post to make it easier to read for everyone.
Mo...
2023-02-01 09:50:25 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne SS3.2 – "What If (nearly) EVERYONE In Lorian But Lori And Rian Was An Isekai?" Part 2
Lori had a specific image of what life on the edges of a demesne was like. It involved flimsy buildings in some degree of disrepair, uneducated masses, poverty, and lords or ladies who were either ...
2023-01-31 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 276 - Seeling Again
There were, as expected, people waiting for them at the docks.
Lori didn't know why people did it. It had only been four days! Surely not seeing someone for that was no cause for this kind of...
2023-01-29 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 275 - A Standard Sales Technique
The continuing work excavating the dragon shelter was repetitive, the sort of repetition where time lost meaning as a result of the monotony. Lori had finally managed to dig the ramp upwards to the...
2023-01-26 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne Patron EX SS 22 – The Mighty Hunter Returns
"You need my help?" Karina said.
Shana nodded, even as she glanced sideways to make sure her cousin was nearby. The younger girl was still sitting on the bench Shana had put her, swaying impa...
2023-01-25 16:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne SS3.1 – "What If (nearly) EVERYONE In Lorian But Lori And Rian Was An Isekai?" Part 1
"You… want me to be your lord?" Rian asked.
"Yes, that's what I just said."
"Uh… why me? I mean, there are other people…"
"I need a leader. Someone people listen to and can ...
2023-01-24 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 274 - Suffering Marriage Problems
After installing the mounts for Shanalorre's shelves for when the carpenters finished building them, it was back to River's Fork after breakfast. Handing Yllian his rock—she'd carved his name on ...
2023-01-22 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWeekly Digest 87 - (#271 - #273)
A Little Girl And A House
As Rian made the arrangements, Lori put lightwisps on the outside of the Coldhold. She had to use lightwisps from her eyes so she ...
2023-01-21 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post1/20/23 Update
So... the What If chapter has... undergone development.
For one, it's now probably going to be at least a three-parter, because right now it's about 5k words and still counting. So.....
2023-01-19 16:16:03 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 273 - Shanalorre's Rock
The rest of the day was unremarkable as Lori cured the wood in the shed. Nearby, people were moving in and out of the firewood dehydrator shed—though in practice it was a wood drying shed—putti...
2023-01-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 272 - Shanalorre's House
"This is your house now," Lori told Shanalorre the next morning after breakfast. The bed Shanalorre had been using in the shelter up to now was being carried inside by four burly men and Rian. Heâ€...
2023-01-17 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 271 - A Little Girl And A House
As Rian made the arrangements, Lori put lightwisps on the outside of the Coldhold. She had to use lightwisps from her eyes so she could keep it imbued even when it was outside of the demes...
2023-01-15 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 270 - Ah, A Sound Idea
The next day started as a perfectly ordinary morning for Lori. Specifically, it started with her in her demesne. When she finally came down, it was to a full dining hall, as she had come to expect ...
2023-01-12 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 269 - A Restless Walk
After dinner, Lori should have been sleeping. Her bedroll was on her bed, and her pillow and blanket atop it, ready to give her a good night's rest. The only one she'd have for some time, given whe...
2023-01-10 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 268 - One Night's Rest
Leaving should have been simple. Rian should have only needed to tell some people they were going, everyone would have gotten on the boat in an orderly fashion, and she'd have been on her way back ...
2023-01-08 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 267 - A Belated Realization
It took Lori several more days to sufficiently excavate the mine and shape the excavated area such that it was fit for storing food. While she couldn't control earthwisps at a distance anymore as s...
2023-01-05 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 266 - They Know Where You Sleep
Lori was able to finish the stove and the roof over it by late afternoon. The lip of the roof was just under the roof of the dining hall, and with a raised lip on the outside curve of the roof, any...
2023-01-03 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary Patron Exclusive Story Poll
So! To get ready for January, I'm going to put up the poll for the Patron Exclusive chapter now. Here are the choices for this month.
And wow. Despite my best efforts, we now have a whole bun...
2022-12-31 11:11:06 +0000 UTC View Post31/12/22 Update
Another year is coming to an end and in two month we'll be coming on Demesne's 2nd Anniversary. I wasn't able to really do anything special earlier this year, but I'll see what I can do next year. ...
2022-12-31 10:49:23 +0000 UTC View Post2023 January What If Story Poll- Ended
So, here's the poll for the 'What if' options for January. By demand, some of the otions are to continue previous ones.
Feel free to give suggestions for other what ifs, and I might inc...
2022-12-29 08:28:33 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne Patron EX SS 21 – An Astrologer's Sometimes
Cassan sometimes wished he'd stayed in Covehold Demesne.
For all that it was barely even with a fairly prosperous rural backwater, Covehold Demesne had been a large town trying to grow into a...
2022-12-21 16:41:49 +0000 UTC View PostWeekly Digest 85- (#262 - #265)
The Core Of River's Fork
The core was where Shanalorre said it was.
Or rather, the pile of rocks and dirt that supposedly blocked the way to the core was where...
2022-12-17 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 265 - New Minions Require New Facilities
It rained just long enough to be wet and annoying, but not long enough to justify not working.
Lori was reminded of the year before, when they'd just arrived at the location they had to settl...
2022-12-15 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 264 - A Poll, Not A Vote
"What have you done?-!"
Shanalorre turned towards him as Lori gave him a disapproving glare. "I have surrendered and submitted to the authority of Dungeon Binder Lolilyuri," the othe...
2022-12-13 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne 263 - What Have You Done
"I would like to begin," Shanalorre began, "with an apology for my absence. I was not here to act as your Dungeon Binder and lead you over the past several weeks as winter ended. For that, I apolog...
2022-12-11 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDemesne SS2 – "What If Mikon Was Lady Instead Of Rian?"
Lori sometimes wished that Rian had agreed to be her lord when she had first asked him. It would have made things so much easier in the long run, but he had been firm in his refusal… and then had...
2022-12-08 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post