Pushing the cart was boring, exhausting work. Blessedly, Julius had us on a sort of rotation, where some of us could get a break. There seemed to be some vague math involved regarding our strength ...
2020-11-15 16:49:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a few weeks, but we made it to the town of Genua without further noticeable incident, and had a nice week off, doing not much. It was a welcome relief from the road, the petty disputes we r...
2020-11-14 14:41:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Some random dinosaur pictures.
Totally random.
No reason I'm posting them.
Nope.
None at all.
(Chapter out soon!!)
2020-11-14 14:22:18 +0000 UTC View PostFor example, if you vote "Saturday and Sunday", I'll post MTWRF.
2020-11-13 16:09:49 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, that conveniently ignored the fact that there were two more towns between here and Perinthus. We left town, and my training, and learning, from the Rangers redoubled. I worked on my skil...
2020-11-13 13:45:52 +0000 UTC View Post
The updated rough color artwork for book 2!
2020-11-12 22:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostI got up, yawned, stretched. Artemis rolled over, muttering something unintelligible. I leaned back, pressing up against some chest of supplies or another, and just waited for Artemis to be awake e...
2020-11-12 13:06:08 +0000 UTC View Post“First, name. Level. Stats.” Julius ordered.
Swimmer promptly answered all the questions. I looked over. He looked like he was both metaphorically, and physically, sweating. Good.
I...
2020-11-11 12:58:32 +0000 UTC View PostI seethed as the three adventurers bustled around me. I was not a thing. I was not property.I wasn’t some errant dog that needed to be fetched back.
The whole legality of ...
2020-11-09 15:09:32 +0000 UTC View PostI was incredibly thankful for [Center of the Galaxy] – there was no way I’d have reacted in time without it, and I’d be in a full-blown panic right now instead of calmly asse...
2020-11-09 14:44:25 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the lady left – I never caught her name – I went back to playing with fire, trying to make a careful circlet for myself without lighting my hair on fire. I had [Fire Resi...
2020-11-08 12:39:19 +0000 UTC View PostSorry all - I'm exhausted this week trying to keep up with the posting schedule, and I don't have the bandwidth for bonus content.
Put it another way, your bonus content are all th...
2020-11-08 01:29:16 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up after yet another terrible night’s sleep, yawning and stretching. At least I was clean. I got my stuff together, heading out to the wagon with the banner fluttering in the breeze. I too...
2020-11-07 12:47:17 +0000 UTC View PostMaximus and I raided the market, him treating me. I mostly think it was because he was feeling bad about forgetting how long I could go, and he knew how to get Julius to pay him out of the team’s...
2020-11-06 13:21:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Let’s work on your new Fire skills now. From the sound of it, you got classic mage skills, right?” Maximus asked, pacing back and forth in the wooded clearing.
“Right. Along with
I woke up the next morning to a mighty roar, a lion asserting it was king of the jungle, a dinosaur triumphantly claiming its territory.
My stomach declaring the morning plans, which was ...
2020-11-04 12:37:26 +0000 UTC View PostI tensed up as I heard them coming, then relaxed, remembering that we were Rangers, and could probably just flash out badge to get out of trouble. I could see them perfectly well, although they cou...
2020-11-03 12:11:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Artist's first draft on the new book cover. Still needs work.
I'm leaning towards #1, although the artist said "Whoops, hang on, I meant to send you #2 instead". #1 just feels more...
2020-11-02 20:22:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Artemis, do you want to handle this part?” Maximus asked.
“Sure! Elaine, barrier, or shield skills, are incredibly useful skills, I think that goes without saying. There’re a few asp...
2020-11-02 12:27:20 +0000 UTC View PostI sat up with a mad cackle, looking at the faces around me. Julius had thunderclouds on his face. Artemis looked at my face, her eyes widened, then she was cracking up, muffled laughter coming from...
2020-11-01 14:36:30 +0000 UTC View PostMy degree, and first jobs out of college, were accounting jobs. Money, how it flows, debits and credits, reporting, and transparency, are deeply ingrained.
As a result, I figure that while I ...
2020-11-01 14:34:39 +0000 UTC View PostIn the Oddities post recently, instead of "Find the Lamp" I had "Find the Lamb"
Option 1) I edit the post to be "Lamp"
Option 2) I roll with the typo, and you must find and p...
2020-10-31 13:11:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis weeks bonus content at the oddities! A series of, well... it's hard to describe!
They don't follow the rules. They're outside of the System. They are strange and bizarre entities. In no ...
2020-10-31 12:57:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! What do you want for this weekend's bonus content?
I'd love to see ideas for more bonus content that I can put in next week's poll.
Also, welcome all new patrons, and thank you...
2020-10-31 01:37:47 +0000 UTC View PostRight! I got to pick a second class! Which meant more reading time!
“Elaine, you don’t have all day to keep reading. It’s already been hours and hours.” Librarian, knowing what I was ...
2020-10-30 12:32:17 +0000 UTC View PostI open my eyes, back in the library of my soul. Librarian was waiting for me with a smile, and this time, she was dressed in a beautiful long tunic, as deep purple as I’d ever seen before. If thi...
2020-10-29 11:58:29 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up hating life. My head was murdering me, and a quick check through [Medicine] told me that I had a hangover, and that none of my skills were hangover cures. Dehydration. I ...
2020-10-28 13:09:52 +0000 UTC View PostI blinked in surprise, in confusion, the lump in my throat growing and changing. I wasn’t being kicked out? I was being asked to formally, properly join? I’d be able to call myself a Ranger? 2020-10-27 12:28:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I’d never had such a good night’s sleep, and when someone was shaking my shoulder, I sleepily brushed them off.
“Give me some more time…” I sleepily muttered into my pillow. I wish ...
2020-10-26 12:26:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
This weekend is insanely busy for me, so instead of the usual vote incentive for what bonus content I'll be posting this week, I'm picking a slightly easier one for me.
Level-c...
2020-10-24 01:43:27 +0000 UTC View Post