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Chapter Sixty-four – Sneak Sequence

Time passed remarkably slowly when one was a rabbit waiting for dinner to start. Pandy passed the first part of the time putting together what might, possibly, look like a person sleeping beneath the blankets of a very lumpy bed, and after that she was kind of stuck. Anything else she did would take Corruption Points, and whi...

ARGH!

I don't like the chapter I wrote today. I've deleted and rewritten big chunks of it several times, and I'm out of ideas. I'm going to sleep on it, and hopefully I can fix whatever it is that's bothering me about this one, and write another one tomorrow. I'm sorry!

To Ad or Not To Ad?

With more than thirty chapters live on Royal Road, it's now time to run an ad. The question really is, what should that ad look like? I've been working on it on my Discord channel (look at me using Discord!) and have come up with a prototype.

What do you think? What would you change? Should I scrap it and go with someth...

Chapter Sixty-three – Detective Rabbit, Do Do Do Do Do DO Do…

The clock was ticking down on her transformation, and Pandy found herself obsessively calling up her stats in order to check it. She at least finally remembered that she could collapse the different sections, so it wasn’t quite as bothersome to keep it up in the middle of her vision. Maybe next time she saw Keros, she would...

Chapter Sixty-Two – Hopportunity Knocks

The door opened just a crack, revealing a wary brown eye that probably belonged to Timon, judging by the red hair visible above it. “Is it all right for this k- uh, student to come in? I can send him away.”

Timon spoke in a rush, and the door was already closing again before Pandy said, “No! I mean, yes, it’s al...

Chapter Sixty-One – The Great Bunny Bluff

Now that there was real light in the room, Pandy could see a blanket draped across the back of the chair. She lunged for it, scooping it up and wrapping it around herself even as she thumped against the chair, toppling it over with her on the far side of it. She let out an oof as she landed in a heap of blanket, chair, and a ...

Chapter Sixty – Well, Well, Wellington

The children all split up to look for the missing feline, with Geraldine scouring the girl’s hall, Isidor looking around by the boy’s rooms, Suzanne searching the classrooms, Abbington heading for the stables and the pasture out back, and Thaniel assigned to the dining hall and the kitchen area. They all agreed that they ...

Chapter Fifty-nine – Sew Many Problems

Mrs. Farrier looked up as the small group entered her workroom, a smile deepening the creases around her mouth and eyes. Those creases were well-worn and confident, as if they knew they were welcome, and their owner had no interest in wasting time and effort trying to be rid of them.

“There you are, children,” she s...

Chapter Fifty-eight - Midnight and Maple Syrup

“What are you?”

Pandy could have said the words along with the boy who was staring at her so intently. How many people had said it to her by now? Way too many, which meant she was doing a very poor job of pretending to be a rabbit. Not that she should have expected anything else. After all, it wasn’t like she’d ...

Chapter Fifty-seven – Don’t Make That Face Or…

Dinner was salad, chicken, tea, and a tiny cupcake with a fresh cherry precariously balanced on a mound of icing. Mr. Farrier introduced himself, pretending it was the first time he’d met either Thaniel or Pandy, then proceeded to make the children feel welcome and safe by telling them stories about his life as he prepared ...

Chapter Fifty-six – Lectures and Leftovers

Thaniel and Eleanor both opened their mouths to answer, but once again, Isidor took the lead. He glanced from Eleanor to Pandy, then said, “She went to get help some time ago. She told us to stay here until she got back.”

The dragon’s eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly, and he hummed softly in acknowledgement. “...

Chapter Fifty-five – Secrets and Surprises

Predictably, Thaniel pulled away from her, eyes wide as he stared from Pandy to the disturbed soil that was all that remained of Ms. Wellington. The Tarroot seemed satisfied with its meal, and the few roots that were still visible lay quiescent.

“What…happened?” Thaniel whispered, tears pouring down his face. “I...

Chapter Fifty-four - Shifting Faces

Pandy hopped faster than she had ever hopped before. Rabbits were built for speed, not stamina, but Pandy didn’t have to worry about running out of breath or having lactose acid build up in her muscles. Or was that lactic, and lactose was the stuff in milk? Whatever, she didn’t care about it. No, she just had to ...

(Probably) no chapter tomorrow

My uncle's visitation and funeral are tomorrow, and I doubt I'll be able to write, even if I have time. Sometimes it helps me feel better, so we'll see. Hug your people, huh?

Chapter Fifty-three – Perfectly Peaceful Panic

As the students walked, the various groups split off, taking side trails. While the main path was fairly wide, more than large enough for any normal-sized human to walk comfortably, these trails had probably been created by the repeated passage of animals like deer, rabbits, and chupacabra. Not that chupacabra were real, even...

Chapter Fifty-two – Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

For the first time, Mrs. Lovett looked up, frowning slightly. Pandy guessed that while she’d taught this particular lesson many, many times, having a pet in the room was a first. She actually looked conflicted for a moment, then stood and crossed to King Micah. Leaning down, she murmured quietly in his ear, and he looked mo...

Chapter Fifty-one - Libraries and Laws

Professor Beeswick – and what kind of name was that for a dragon? – was standing near the front desk, slightly metallic eyes lingering on the children as they moved around the library. As his focus shifted, each child’s shoulders hunched slightly, and they glanced around, very much like rabbits sensing the gaze of a cir...

Chapter Fifty – Tales From the Hoard

Two more days passed in much the same way, and all of the students settled into their routine, as did Pandy. Each evening, she passed the time improving her skills, until she reached level nineteen in both Bite and Minor Heal. In Gacha Love, twenty was the highest possible level, and Clara gained several extra points...

Broken Knife Afterword and Rounding Up

This is the 'chapter' Royal Road will get tomorrow, so I wanted to make sure you all got it first. It's mostly stuff I've said here before, but not recently, and not specifically relating to TBK.

For me, stories tend to start with characters, not plot. I was talking to my husband one day and kobolds came...

Chapter Forty-nine - Wither You Like It or Not

The next day was much like the first, except that the students moved through the halls with more confidence. Fewer students could be seen staring at their notebooks or scribbled maps, and almost everyone was on time for breakfast. Like dinner, only the live-in students ate breakfast at the school, and there were only a few te...

Chapter Forty-eight - Like Fire and Water

Thaniel led everyone to the training ground, where they found several other students, many of them sparring. It was a bit startling to see so many ten-year-olds wielding swords, especially since they seemed to be quite good at it, at least to Pandy’s inexpert gaze. It looked like the scenes of sword-fighting she’d seen in...

Chapter Forty-seven - Dine and Dish

Dinner consisted of five courses, starting with a mushroom tartlet that none of the children liked, though only Thaniel and Geraldine actually tossed them onto the floor for their pets. Miss Cupcakes gave the squishy gray thing a single sniff and turned up her nose, so Pandy got to eat both of them. The cobb salad went over a...

Chapter Forty-six - Well, That's Not Right

The children chorused a greeting, though the new boy, Abbington, slumped visibly in his chair, and his voice was barely audible. Ms. Wellington gave her tight smile again, and turned to Mr. Rowe, who had stood and now held his papers to his chest. She acknowledged his presence with a regal dip of her head, then focused on the...

Royal Road advice!

It's time to get Lucky Rabbit submitted, and I always struggle with how to describe a story, and what categories to put it in.

Here's my description so far:

When Pandy meets Truck-kun, she never expects to be catapulted into the world of her favorite otome video game, Gacha Love. Then, r...