Because of her preparations, riding the sled to River's Fork wasn't as bad a she feared. While she would have liked to be holding on to Riz's waist instead of Rian's—because if she were holding o...
2022-07-26 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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At breakfast the next day, Lori was trying to find the connection between bound tools, glass and how bound tools function—all the bound tools she'd ever encountered had glass parts with wires fro...
2022-07-24 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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The Nightmares That Came To Manila, Part 10
Inconsiderately, getting impaled near the spine by a spike that suddenly sprouts tentacles to start rip...
2022-07-24 00:01:01 +0000 UTC
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White Iridescence
They only managed to do basic experiments on the substance inside the beads, since Lori's tools, equipment and instruments were limited. The substa...
2022-07-23 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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The latest chapter of Nightmaerangers is once again experiencing technical difficulties. It is possible it might not update this week, or if it did it would be shorter than usual.
We ap...
2022-07-22 13:24:00 +0000 UTC
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"Um, I'm not sure I understand the significance," Rian said, looking up from what she'd just told him to write. "I didn't go to wizard school, after all. I can barely read and write. Why is somethi...
2022-07-21 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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It was very tempting to stop expanding the demesne.
It was very tempting to stop going out to the edge of the demesne to practice and study forming beads
It was very tempting to just st...
2022-07-19 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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They only managed to do basic experiments on the substance inside the beads, since Lori's tools, equipment and instruments were limited. The substance inside the bead felt disconcertingly like Irid...
2022-07-17 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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The Nightmares That Came To Manila, Part 9
When the sky above them had lit up, Tammy had been relieved. Red had finally arrived!
But no, it turned out it was a giant flying shark made o...
2022-07-17 00:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Bead Economic Theory
When they returned back to her dungeon on the late side of mid-afternoon, they did so with five beads of various sizes sitting heavily in Lori's...
2022-07-16 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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"So… the only hammers we have are made of metal. Will that be a problem? Seepage and whatnot?" Rian asked
Lori shook her head. "It shouldn't be as long as the metal isn't also in contact wi...
2022-07-14 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Naturally, Rian had to destroy her beautiful dreams.
"It won't last forever. Given the incentives to find out how you did it, I wouldn't be surprised if other demesne stumble upon how to make...
2022-07-12 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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When they returned back to her dungeon on the late side of mid-afternoon, they did so with five beads of various sizes sitting heavily in Lori's belt pouch. She had lost track of the time during ex...
2022-07-10 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The Nightmares That Came To Manila, Part 8
Sanny had been running as something slim and quadrupedal (and any resemblance to a mythological virgin d...
2022-07-10 00:01:01 +0000 UTC
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The Sled Air Jet
After a night's thoughtful deliberation, the mechanism Lori came up with for the carpenters to make was a box. The shape had to be simple so it coul...
2022-07-09 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Lori stared. "Where did you get that?" she demanded, voice starting to tremble.
"We found it buried in the snow," Rian said, voice low and glancing over his shoulder as if he expected someone...
2022-07-07 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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"So, suggestion for a new plan," Rian said as they sat down to breakfast the next day. "On consideration, maybe using your boat is too much. We don't really need all the space on it, after all. Wha...
2022-07-05 16:01:04 +0000 UTC
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After a night's thoughtful deliberation, the mechanism Lori came up with for the carpenters to make was a box. The shape had to be simple so it could be efficiently made from planks with a minimum ...
2022-07-03 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Past The Storm
The storm continued for two more days, finally blowing itself out and going still after five days of intense wind and snow. Technically it stopped mid...
2022-06-25 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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I woke up cold, my feet still feeling chill under my blanket. The fire had of course gone out in the night.
It was a terrible way to wake up, but it encouraged me not to linger in bed despite...
2022-06-23 16:33:39 +0000 UTC
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"Can I borrow your boat?" Rian asked her that morning as they waited for Riz and Umu to come with breakfast.
"My boat?" Lori frowned as she finished setting up the sunk board and moving it to...
2022-06-23 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Lori had planned to clear the way to the tree line by creating another tunnel through the snow until they hit a tree, and then having people with shovels deal with the rest. It was, in her opinion,...
2022-06-21 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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The storm continued for two more days, finally blowing itself out and going still after five days of intense wind and snow. Technically it stopped midday of the fifth day, but Rian had suggested gi...
2022-06-19 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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The Nightmares That Came To Manila, Part 7
Tammy heard a new roar echo through the night below her as the drones carrying her and Blue, as well as ...
2022-06-19 00:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Planning For Recovery
“So…” Rian said casually at lunch as they started to eat, “was that scream we all heard coming from your room something that I should w...
2022-06-18 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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"We'll have to go to the spot at the edge of the demesne where it happened," Rian said thoughtfully after she finished relating matters to him. "If nothing else, if this somehow deformed the terrai...
2022-06-16 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Lori was not one of those foolish people who refused to admit she was wrong. She was very willing to admit she was wrong, once presented with sufficient empirical evidence. She wouldn't admit it
2022-06-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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“So…” Rian said casually at lunch as they started to eat, “was that scream we all heard coming from your room something that I should worry about, or…?”
Lori glowered at him as sh...
2022-06-12 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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The Nightmares That Came To Manila, Part 6
Controlling multiple drones at once, and through the drones doing several things at once, came ...
2022-06-12 00:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Lori Officiates Marriages
"Rian, tell everyone we're doing the marriages after breakfast," Lori told him as she sat down for breakfast.
Outside, the snowstorm ...
2022-06-11 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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