In the morning, the hole in the sock and the laundry were still there.
More work she had to do, needed to do.
She'd get to it later.
Before she left her room, she went down the list of bindings she had to imbue and maintain. As she sat on her bed, she stared at the wall next to her where she had written the ...
2022-01-09 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 10
The rest of the day was strangely nostalgic. It reminded Jas of helping clear the fields before planting, setting fire to the dead stalks before they would inundate the ground again and plant rice. Which was basically was she were doi...
2022-01-09 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLori trudged to work, each step heavy as she walked up the slope towards the sawpit area. The sawpit itself was at rest, since no large logs were being cut up into planks. Instead, dead wood, branches, and roots such as the strange growth that had sprouted from the old latrines, pieces too small to be used for building materi...
2022-01-06 17:01:08 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri woke up to a familiar stony ceiling, an old list of names right in her line of sight, written into the stone. She really should get around to erasing that one of these days, the names were no longer relevant, and she'd forgotten who they were…
She lay on her nice and comfortable bed and bedroll—it still ha...
2022-01-04 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostSo, it looks like I might not be able to make that Nightmaerangers short after all. Been really busy lately. I'll still try, but at this point I can't really promise I'll make it.
Still, thank you to everyone who has stick with me this year, and will continue to stick with me. Beltated Me...
2021-12-28 05:11:06 +0000 UTC View PostTrying To Convince Himself
The ice boat was finally finished that afternoon.
Lori didn't believe a word of it.
"Latrines?"
"Made and tested," Rian said promptly.
"Structural reinforcements?"
"All in place for the top deck, the water jet, we double checked all the r...
2021-12-18 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 9
Jaselle screamed with her whole body. The plasma she was composed of vibrated the air, and the air around her resounded with her cry of surprise.
Not again! This couldn't be happening again! Not a third time! She had to get back in control, she ha...
2021-12-18 12:45:38 +0000 UTC View Post"You knew!" Rian accused Lori at breakfast the next day.
She rolled her eyes. "Rian, everyone knew," Lori said. "People in the next table knew, why wouldn't I know when it was happening right in front of me?"
"We knew!" someone in the next table over confirmed, followed by a chorus of laughter. "And so did the nex...
2021-12-16 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the first holiday that wasn't being done in a rush. Lori suspected Rian had already made arrangements before asking for her permission, because there was no sudden frenzy of activity, none of the rush of the previous two times. Or maybe having half a day to prepare really did make that much of a difference. People were...
2021-12-14 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe ice boat was finally finished that afternoon.
Lori didn't believe a word of it.
"Latrines?"
"Made and tested," Rian said promptly.
"Structural reinforcements?"
"All in place for the top deck, the water jet, we double checked all the railings to make sure they can take the weight of people wal...
2021-12-12 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 8
Ate Sanny's new priority target turned out to be a neighborhood that had to be evacuated because of rapidly-growing bougainvillea. According to her, a homeowner had noticed that one of his bougainvillea had begun to grow at a visible rate. The video of ...
2021-12-12 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostPlaying with Water
With the successful test of the ice boat—
"I'm honestly surprised you haven't named it yet," Rian said during breakfast. "You'd usually start calling it 'Lori's Something Something' by now."
"I would rather not have my name on it," Lori replied as Mikon sat alon...
2021-12-11 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe ice boat was nearly finished.
Lori was skeptical, but after a day of Rian not having anything more added, of her not having to remove the ice so that more wood beams or planks could be installed, she was actually beginning to believe it. Granted, he'd asked her to build a dock, which had involved excavating a part o...
2021-12-09 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostEven without the ice in its hull, the boat was actually looking like a boat. The boards that defined the area of ice for the hull certainly gave it that impression. And once the upper deck was mostly completed, including a rail at the very top to keep people from falling off, Lori had to admit that the outriggers were probabl...
2021-12-07 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWith the successful test of the ice boat—
"I'm honestly surprised you haven't named it yet," Rian said during breakfast. "You'd usually start calling it 'Lori's Something Something' by now."
"I would rather not have my name on it," Lori replied as Mikon sat alone on one side of Rian, Riz sitting on the opposite ...
2021-12-05 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 7
The things on the table looked innocuous enough for the most part. They didn't have the handmade look of something that was… well, handmade, but rather the dinged look of a manufactured object that had seen use. Many of the things ha...
2021-12-05 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSomething To Come Back To
Rian continued working on getting the boat built properly, adding in new beams and now carefully examining where else might need reinforcement. Lori felt he should have done that before, but what did she know? She wasn't a boat builder. Perhaps making blatant errors in...
2021-12-04 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostContrary to her expectation, the three women didn't try to get Rian alone in his house so they could have their way with him, though they probably wanted to. Instead, what happened was that other people started coming over to Rian's house to talk and relax, in the same way they sat around in front of the baths or lingered in ...
2021-12-02 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo, last month of the year. As a reminder, I will not be posting for all of this month due to Christmas stuff. I will only be posting until December the 19th. Don't worry though, I'm making sure we're ending the year on a good note, so look forward to those chapters of Demesne. Updates will res...
2021-12-01 04:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostLori raised an eyebrow at Rian as he collapsed heavily onto bench opposite her, eyes heavy lidded. It's opposite rose as well as Rian folded his arms over the table and lay his head down. "Rian, did you stay up late last night?"
There was a muffled sound that might have vaguely been affirmatory.
"Did the private c...
2021-11-30 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostRian continued working on getting the boat built properly, adding in new beams and now carefully examining where else might need reinforcement. Lori felt he should have done that before, but what did she know? She wasn't a boat builder. Perhaps making blatant errors in common sense and thorough thinking were proper and tradit...
2021-11-28 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 6
For all his faults, Uncle Carlos was punctual. When he'd said he'd arrive to pick her up in twenty minutes, he actually arrived in fifteen, and Jas was just finished the third waffle sandwich—a third! This was definitely indulgent—...
2021-11-28 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Better Water Jet
Slowly, things returned back to normal, the dragonborn abominations either being hunted down or dying from running out of magic to sustain their impossible physiologies. People were injured, but they'd been told to prioritize staying alive, so anyone who was hurt was just s...
2021-11-27 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe work on the boat continued, the finishing touches that would make it livable for any length of time. A latrine. Beds, which would fold up for space. A large tiller, to be able to shift its course. And of course the large water jet to propel it.
"I'm an idiot," Rian sighed over dinner. He'd managed to get ahead of th...
2021-11-25 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe cold stone walls of the Dungeon had never been more reassuring to Riz than now.
Outside, the dragon raged, and she could hear the ones on duty struggling to push out the creatures that were trying to enter through the air holes. Inside, there was only the sounds of people sleeping, or pretending to sleep at least, o...
2021-11-25 02:36:33 +0000 UTC View PostFixing Rian's adjustable water jet was easy enough. The mount for it had a thick wooden rudder that had hollow tubes in it to draw water up and thrust it down. The tubes were more wood that had been hollowed out—the carpenters were getting a lot of use from their new lathe—and she was able line the insides with bone to ac...
2021-11-23 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! We're coming to the end of the year, and I must announce, or remind if some of you remember, that there will be no updates in the latter half of December starting on the 20th because of Christmas stuff. Updates will resume on January 5th. In the meantime, I'm seeing about writing a small climax to cap off the yea...
2021-11-22 16:06:57 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly, things returned back to normal, the dragonborn abominations either being hunted down or dying from running out of magic to sustain their impossible physiologies. People were injured, but they'd been told to prioritize staying alive, so anyone who was hurt was just sent to River's Fork to be healed.
Lori chose no...
2021-11-21 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Statement Of Jaselle Alhambra, Part 5
"I'm sorry," Jas said as soon as she was fully dressed. "I lost control."
They were back behind Ma–Kuya Kim's car, once more hidden by his power and Tammy's leaves.
"Don't worry about it," Tammy said cheerfully as she ben...
2021-11-21 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMaking A Better Water Jet
The delivery of the next batch of miners, which was a bit larger than usual and required four trips, went without incident. Lori suspected they would not be put to much mining, since a lot of them were northerners who had originally settled in River's Fork, but as long...
2021-11-20 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
