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Weeaboo vol. 2 Chap. 48 A Flock of Little Birds

My first stop was, naturally, Truso the Genuda Military Contract Manager. I was expecting a sharp operator. What I got was a sack full of broken glass and lovingly knapped obsidian arrowheads. He didn’t have to do anything to give me that impression. He just stood there in off-white leggings, stout boots and a quilted red j...

12/20's Chapter will be delayed and a update

Traveling with the family tomorrow- headed up to Vermont for the Christmas school vacation. Should be nice- Southwestern Vermont is almost unbearably quaint at any time, and we are finally past stick season. Plenty of snow, with more expected, to turn it into a winter fairyland. And as with all fairylands, time will bend and...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 47 Sea Rats

“Othai, can you still not tell me about Genuda?” I slapped my forehead. “Let me rephrase- do you have anything you do want to tell me about Genuda?”

“Not… really, my Lord. Although I can tell you that two hundred soldiers would not be remotely enough to conquer Genuda. Just the ...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chapter 46- Dawn And The Sea

My Toad milking operation was over before it started- the acid was strong enough to melt glass. Like sugar in water. The glass just vanished under the corrosive power of the acid. I had the Toads put down immediately, leaving only the captive Monsters. No sense risking an accident. 

It was ...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 45 The Eleventh Wave Makes a Mess

The battle had reached a grinding phase. The tower had become the central shaft of a meat grinder, and the screw was Carousel and the Blue Roses. Around and around they go, and as the Final Revel descends into the moat, the monsters spin and spin until they die. They are already packed so deep the ones above have crushed the ...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 44 The Eleventh Wave Starts With Fireworks

The training wheels were officially off- ranged units were now in play. We now had stealthy, explosive stealthy, thrown stealthy, speedy, basic, armored basic, armored throwing basic, armored heavy, and now acid spitting toads. Which, from the sound of things, looked like toads. That would be a change from the design language...

Weeaboo Chapter 43- I’m Sure That’s Fine

I took a long look at Rache, trying to sort out what I was feeling as well as what I was thinking. Rache was willing to talk about things related to scouting, if I remembered correctly. She was a lot more alert than the Mikas, if “alert” was the right word for it. Responsive, maybe? 

Two Relic Sites,...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 42 How to Get it and How to Keep it

The demons of Hidden Moon Mountain were, as I expected, more like Yokai than the denizens of Hell. Think… monsters and evil spirits. Like a three tailed cat that turned into a demon by drinking its owner’s blood and is now a goddamn certifiable homicidal maniac. Or a very, very, very long-necked lady who you...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 41 It's... not ALL Bad

My new hat was big. Bigger than my biggest fedora. Not quite sombrero sized or the size of Carousel’s hat, but pretty big. Black, with a round brim and a bright purple ostrich feather sticking out of the hat band. The brim on the side of the hat with the feather was pinned up. Why, I don’t know. I read the description. 2024-12-04 19:10:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap.40- The Politics of Irregular Time

Arguably the single most unique piece of loot I had acquired from any of my adventures was the music box we got clearing Madame’s Bar in the Gradden March Floating Quarter. It was a complex mechanical job, or maybe magical. You opened the lid, and a dancer in a Blue Roses costume would spin around as the music played. Versa...

Weaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 39 A People Person at Heart

Every damn time I come in here, I read something that makes me upset. Every single time. Not to be all whiny, but what the actual Hell? Can the Devs just chill for once in their unnatural lives? Can’t they just emphasize the positive? Like, I could totally see a…

My imagination fritzed. I could not, in fa...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chapter 38- Proof of Empire

The Tenth Wave… I could feel the game world unsubtly pulling its gloves off. Every Gacha gamer knows this moment. The game got you invested. It’s showered you with endless boxes to open and free junk which looks amazingly impressive to the newbies. They are into it. They have the rhythm now. And then the game changes the ...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 37 The Tenth Wave Gets it in the Neck

“Funny. I thought we would get at least one more round of lightning out of it. Maybe we triggered a change when we killed enough of its mobs. Or maybe it resets after we beat the Hell out of it.”

The metal tree was twisting into a human-ish shape, but you would never mistake it for anything remotely human...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 36

“Pomoroi, shoot that damned thing.”

“Pomoroi, by Imperial Decree!” There was a blast, the cannonball sailed out, and smashed into a formerly invisible shield around the floating iron tree.

“So it’s like that, is it? But is it invincible, or can we break the shield with enough dama...

The Happy Snerd Discussion Roundup Post

This is the spot for comments, feedback, what you liked and didn't like. The number one question for me, of course, is "Do you want to find out what happened next?" "Is this something you would recommend to someone else?" and, most of all, "Why?"

Thank you for helping out!

The Happy Snerd Chap. 5

Mortimer didn’t consider himself a good person. He didn’t think he was a bad person either. He existed in a liminal corridor between unasked for life and undeniable death. Good or evil meant a choice was made. He was just wriggling through the tube. 

Although he tried to keep a positive attitude abou...

The Happy Snerd Chap. 4

The bug slurped the bile up. Its chubby legs splayed out, letting it lower its body right down to the bright green mess. Mortimer wasn’t fooled. He could see the way the legs were bent at the knee. “Knee.” There were no joints...

The Happy Snerd Chap. 3

No need to creep- those bug things were huge and dangerous, but they were deaf and blind. Given the way they poked their tubelike maw around, he wondered if it also worked as a nose. Maybe that was why it was so slow to find him- he...

The Happy Snerd Chap. 2

The thing flowed across the floor with alien grace. Like two bears fused by a hateful, alien god. Long and stout, eight stumpy legs ending in sharp claws and a chubby, almost fluffy exterior. Fatty, perhaps, the greasy filling restr...

The Happy Snerd Chap. 1

Mortimer Snerd was driving the I-70 through western Kansas again. It was enough to break a man, and it did. Something in Mortimer snapped.

Mortimer shoved the gas pedal flat and yanked the wheel to the right. He hau...

Weeaboo Vol. 2 Chap. 35The Tenth Wave Rises Up

The rain muffled my ears and blocked my eyes. But the monsters always seemed to know exactly where the Tower was. 

“Miyuki sees the snake hidden in the grass!” 

I saw the white arrow fly out into the rain, and a new sound was added- the whistle that inspired terror in our enemie...

Which Trope Do I Tackle Next?

Slumrat was explicitly a satire on Xianxia novels. Weeaboo is doing game lit dirty, and generally making fun of tower defense/gacha games. So... what would you guys like to see me take on next? Click all that you would want to read, and please comment on why! Also comment if I missed something, I might just use your suggestio...

New Story Incoming, and other news

Synopsis: Mortimer Snerd is a mess. Drowning in debt, trapped in a job he both hates and doesn't understand, working for his old high school bully. No girlfriend, no hobbies, no will to live. Which is awkward when he gets abduct...