Now, how to singlehandedly steal a slime princess I know nothing about, in an area I know nothing about, without the people who live here getting suspicious of the strangers in the area?
Calvin opened up a leather bound case of vials, with each of his mutations clearly labeled on the glasses, running his fingers over it to ...
2020-05-05 23:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome, great heroes! The matriarch of the Ooze Weaver tribe said, making the odd flag-waving motion as they approached.
Norlocks didnt have their own language. They were asocial creatures and generally not intelligent enough to learn speech until they reached a size impossible by normal standards. The language must have come...
2020-05-04 19:34:12 +0000 UTC View Post***Ykuingi, Daughter of the Chief***
Ykuingi led the way through the canopy, leaving a trail of Binding behind her, making a safe trail for the for the rest of the troop to follow, her hearts pounding as she moved. How could she not be nervous?
The chief had told them to observe the humans in the case they balked in the face o...
2020-05-01 20:47:52 +0000 UTC View Post***Ykuingi, Daughter of the Chief***
The creatures were hideous: Skin dry as a desert, strange mosslike clumps growing on their crests. They had thick stumpy limbs, and they only used two of them, so they tottered around in an extremely ungainly manner as they stepped off their raft.
They looked somewhat like a Guar, in number...
2020-04-30 19:44:16 +0000 UTC View PostLearners notes: day 256: on grieving.
Death is what happens to these humans when a cascade failure in their specialized units leads to total unit shutdown. Some of these organs are so delicate that a nick the size of the tip of my pinky can lead to cascade organ failure.
Truly poor design, but I alrea...
2020-04-29 00:39:57 +0000 UTC View PostAnd lo, one day it started raining, unrelenting for four months. We suffered every manner of rain there is. Stinging rain, Heavy, brooding rain, Rain that swept in sideways, and sometimes rain that seemed to rise from below. Forsooth, it even rained at night.
- Translated to Gadveran from an ancient fable
Fiv...
2020-04-27 20:22:40 +0000 UTC View Post***Goob***
The life of a lab assistant is rough, Goob thought, yawning as he walked back to his tent after a long day of organizing research data from the knick-knacks. While the knick knacks were smart and coordinated, they often missed variables that were obvious to a living, breathing human being. For example one of the ...
2020-04-25 00:16:18 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Calvins adoptive mother was busily scarring people for life, Calvin got busy making the ink, recalling the briefing on Genosian Tattoo rituals.
In a Genosian bonding ritual, Ella had said, The man chooses the ink and the pattern. The woman chooses the size and location. During the tattooing, the man must remain still a...
2020-04-23 22:31:04 +0000 UTC View PostCalvins army of humans and Cobalts sat in a swath of land cleared by the knick-knacks as they constructed the dock and the barges. Calvin himself was eating breakfast on a tree stump and watching Karens first lesson as he considered his Genosian breeding tattoo. Turned out Ella had bought tattooing needles from Mujenan, just in case s...
2020-04-22 21:29:32 +0000 UTC View PostIts driving me mad, its making me crazy! Elliot caterwauled in the back of Calvins head as they trudged through the dense forest, smacking mosquitos off every couple seconds.
How do you know so many songs? Calvin thought as he killed yet a...
2020-04-21 01:09:39 +0000 UTC View PostFreeform mode is dangerous. One day Goob was testing it while we were still working out the kinks, and his concentration slipped for just a second, creating a horrific monster that was half attractive yandere next door, half grilled cheese sandwich.
The girlfriend/sandwich monster was born.
Now it seeks t...
2020-04-19 21:32:44 +0000 UTC View PostLearners notes, day 221: Birthday parties.
Ive come to learn of something called peacocking from Kala, whereby a male flaunts his wealth or style in order to attract a female. She said that its practically expected at her birthday parties, which make them tremendously dull for her.
When asked what a...
2020-04-17 23:51:57 +0000 UTC View Postaunt in law died this morning. had to spend time with wife and family.(unrelated to the pandemic) sorry I missed last night and today isnt looking great either. I took the suggestions for altering the timeline and edited the time skip to seven months.
thats been fixed, plus a paragraph or two added and a character sheet at the end of the...
2020-04-16 23:58:24 +0000 UTC View PostExtensive training has increased your attributes!
+12 Endurance
+12 Strength
+12 Kinesthetics.
Old Salt has reached level 14! 70% Correction
Drafting has reached level ...
2020-04-15 03:41:15 +0000 UTC View Post***Calvin***
So youre saying we shouldnt kill the monster? Calvin asked.
Kala sighed. Like I told Grant before, her experiences are currently shaping her personality, so be nice.
Its a she? Calvin asked.
Kala squinted and peered over at the doppleganger poking the meat slurry.
I...
2020-04-13 23:19:32 +0000 UTC View PostIm going to get some wasps to fly it out of the city, Calvin said, raising his arms. Before he could cast Calvinian Summoning, Grants hand grasped his shoulder.
The damn thing has an aura that seems designed to ruin your day, kid.
Explain, Calvin said, eyeing the monster barreling down the streets as terrified ...
2020-04-11 00:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostLearners Notes: End of day 15.
Irony is the word I was looking for. Curse irony.
After being on my own for a few minutes I realized that Ive never actually seen a hooter in public without the strange cloth they wear to supplement their weak skin. I realized this after quite a bit of staring while we c...
2020-04-09 23:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostLearners notes: Day 15
On combat:
The most common way for hooter to permanently deactivate, or kill each other, it to damage the structural integrity of their physical forms beyond the individuals tolerance. The three most common ways of doing so include poking holes with sharp objects, cutting wi...
2020-04-08 21:36:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the cover of Calvin getting chased by Karen. It's not gonna be great for everyone, but I think it's alright.
I decided to let the artist leave the boobs horrifyingly big because when the entire thing is thumbnail size, you gots to be able to pick out the boobs.
plus boobs.
Aanyway, I'm on schedule to get...
2020-04-07 17:13:10 +0000 UTC View PostLearners notes: day 15
cow·ard
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noun
noun: coward; plural noun: cowards. A person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
Example: Ryan, who left his caste-mandated superior yet physically weaker, lumpy hooter behind ...
2020-03-31 23:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostShadowboxing 100% repaired. Please refrain from imagining trans-dimensional or existential attacks while using this Ability. Doing so may cause side effects including, but not limited to, shortness of breath, sneezing, itching, anxiety, nausea, Gran-mal seisures, stroke, aneurism, detonation.
An...
2020-03-30 22:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostLearners Notes: Day 9
Hooters use something called money to exchange for goods and services. I find this odd as it has no inherent value. Sure, copper and silver could be melted down into tools, but gold is simply useless. Somehow everyone has surrendered to the same delusion that the shiny substance has value, and go...
2020-03-27 23:25:00 +0000 UTC View PostA lot of people have told me to take a break if I need one, and I think that's probably a pretty good idea.
So here's the plan.
The story is beginning to mature and change, and it's kind of going into more of a kingdom-building direction. I don't know how to write those, exactly, and I also don't have a solid grasp of plot...
2020-03-26 22:14:50 +0000 UTC View PostMagenta sprinted through the jungle, digitigrade legs outrunning the underground fires as goopy film sloughed off of her body. She was losing bits and pieces of unhardened flesh that should have become her armor. Unfinished.
She was unfinished, half-formed, all she knew was her name, her mission, and basic information harve...
2020-03-26 22:03:47 +0000 UTC View PostLearners Notes Day 8:
I am unable to gather as much information about the System as I wish due to obvious issues with communication, so I instead improved my hearing and language processing centers through trial and error.
By listening to every hooter conversing within about a hundred body-lengths, I ha...
2020-03-25 19:57:55 +0000 UTC View PostSo my health was starting to suffer as a result of drinking monsters and coffee, and I decided to cut it out.
the Problem is concentrating on writing has become much more difficult With caffeine withdrawal. I was only able to get about half of my usual amount done today: 1300 words.
the other problem is burnout adjacent. I...
2020-03-25 03:59:42 +0000 UTC View PostWhy summon me and not your new zealot? Nadia asked with a scowl, folding her arms over her chest.
Youve got smaller fingers, now get over here. Calvin said, holding up the team of thumb-sized knick-knacks on the palm of his hand. They looked like little spelunkers with lanterns on their heads, getting ready to plumb the de...
2020-03-24 04:02:58 +0000 UTC View PostTurned out a refraction Spinner couldnt see. How could they with a constantly diffracting surface in front of them? And no eyes.
The sudden lack of senses brought Calvins swarm to a grinding halt while he tried to interface with the alien creatures senses.
Thank the gods hed had a Tarak skin for a while now, because th...
2020-03-22 02:47:51 +0000 UTC View PostJinnei leaned against the palace walls, the last line of defense against the encroaching horror that was slowly consuming the city of Mujenan. Her belly ached from the reduced rations as she waited for the Alpha strike.
Surely after weeks of fire and fury, the monsters wouldnt simply decide to starve the last of them out and yet ...
2020-03-21 01:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostLearners notes: Day 7 Cont.
Ryan took us to something called a library today. When I spotted the hooter scribbles on the flat sheets of pressed pulp, I was somewhat intrigued, but when I saw the hooter put it back, I realized the entire wooden construction was supporting three hundred and forty-two of these sheet ...
2020-03-20 01:10:32 +0000 UTC View Post