Even with the news that there was an unclaimed core lying around, Lolilyuri couldn't just run off and claim it, adding a second Demesne to her holdings (a second demesne!), no how much she really, ...
2021-03-31 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIf there was one thing he found mildly aggravating about Demesne, it was that people kept mispronouncing his name. They kept going for the short vowel sounds instead of the long one. He'd given up ...
2021-03-30 03:28:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the most awkward lunch Lori had ever attended, and that included the time her mothers and she had attended a family reunion in another demesne and everyone kept asking who her father was. 2021-03-29 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post
So, as we near the end of this month, I'd like to ask you, my Patrons, what you like (or don't like) about this story. Is there something you want to see more of? While I have things written in adv...
2021-03-29 04:19:51 +0000 UTC View PostChecking On Corpses
"I said 'after you'," Rian said.
"And I'm not falling for it, stay in front of me," Lori said flatly.
"The way you're gripping the ba...
2021-03-28 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostDay Of The Plague Dog, Part 1
If the world had a sense of drama, they would be doing this in the dead of night, maybe in the rain, in the seedy underbelly of the cit...
2021-03-27 15:57:47 +0000 UTC View PostFor several days, the entire settlement worked to rebuild. In a way, the fact that not many houses and buildings had been raised was lucky for them, as there wasn't much that had been damaged. Ther...
2021-03-26 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo, today I've just finished writing a short Rian-centric segment, similar to last month's Lori-centric one. You can expect it at the end of the month.
I’ve also, against my better ju...
2021-03-25 16:00:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe reservoir was, from what Lori could tell, still clear, and no one had used it as a lavatory. She was almost impressed.
She had everyone clear a path to the reservoir, with Rian in charge ...
2021-03-24 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post"I said 'after you'," Rian said.
"And I'm not falling for it, stay in front of me," Lori said flatly.
"The way you're gripping the back of my shirt so firmly is concerning, though," Ria...
2021-03-22 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostAfter The Dragon
Lori didn't feel it when the dragon finally went away, since she had been distracted during the period it had likely happened to note its passing. S...
2021-03-21 04:56:52 +0000 UTC View PostThrowing lightning is more complicated than simply imbuing lightningwisps, willing them to go in a direction and expecting results. Doing it like that is the common beginner mistake, since...
2021-03-19 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe overfull lavatory had been deal with. Pressure differential had been involved. It had taken a while since something had gotten into the stone pipes she'd made for the lavatory, but had died ins...
2021-03-17 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I'm currently working on another story, a superhero/horror/Lovecraftian story about teenagers (?) with attitude and the voices of eldritch beings in their heads fighting to protect a city again...
2021-03-16 03:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostLori didn't feel it when the dragon finally went away, since she had been distracted during the period it had likely happened to note its passing. She had been too full of sheer outrage at the comp...
2021-03-15 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostYes, There Are Dragons
Lolilyuri felt terrible. Unfortunately, there was work to be done. It wasn't too bad. She could do the work sitting down for the most part, an...
2021-03-13 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri could hear another dragonborn abomination trying to crawl through the air hole again. There was too much chittering and the sound of multiple wings, and the void it left in her sense of t...
2021-03-12 05:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostLori felt like her Dungeon was about to cave in and collapse on her.
That was unlikely to happen, since every earthwisp that wasn't turning stone into the consistency of wet clay was currentl...
2021-03-10 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri felt terrible. Unfortunately, there was work to be done. It wasn't too bad. She could do the work sitting down for the most part, and it was a steady, repetitive work that she didn't have...
2021-03-08 05:02:08 +0000 UTC View PostWorking with Tools
Even though they had decided to send a group with Rian to Covehold Demesne to somehow acquire things the settlement needed and wanted– and to be...
2021-03-07 06:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostEven though they had decided to send a group with Rian to Covehold Demesne to somehow acquire things the settlement needed and wanted– and to be honest, most people expected him to have to rob th...
2021-03-07 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostDays had passed, and Rian had yet to solve the 'what if there are rapids' problem. On the other hand, the hospital got a roof. Lori had to raise up stone pillars to support the ceiling beams, but t...
2021-03-07 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt was not, in fact, that hard in theory. Or even in practice.
At least, that's what Lori told herself.
Finding where the children did their seeling was simple. She'd put a latrine near...
2021-03-07 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostNaming the Community With Malice Aforethought
Finally, the day of the community meeting was upon them. The sky was overcast, but not actually raining, though it thre...
2021-03-07 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo, so far our schedule has been 3 chapters a week, plus the digest on Sundays for those who want to get caught up quick in a single entry. However, in a sudden burst of probably ill-advised overco...
2021-03-06 09:42:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe community meeting progressed. As the morning wore on, people began to relax a little more as there were no other explosions of violence.
Still, there was some subtle movement to try and p...
2021-03-04 17:02:34 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri listened as Rian listed the things they were running low on, referring to the various random objects with writing on them piled on the table. His recitation was punctuated by people stand...
2021-03-03 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, the day of the community meeting was upon them. The sky was overcast, but not actually raining, though it threatened to, and the ground was muddy from the rain the day before. Only the pat...
2021-02-28 16:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri arrived home with a sigh, smelling like sawdust, sweat, and the weird incense the owner of the lumberyard she worked at liked to use in the curing shed. She'd never noticed it having any ...
2021-02-28 10:54:18 +0000 UTC View PostFood and Other Resources to Manage
The next day dawned and nobody had died.
Also, sleeping on a pile of sand is still sleeping on rock, only with an infinite a...
2021-02-28 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post