The meeting had gone on fairly late, and in spite of sleeping half the day, I was able to instantly fall asleep the moment my head touched the pillow.
A dreamless night I was oh-so-thankful for, followed by waking up in the morning. Hunting and Destruction were still asleep, and Night was semi-dozing on a stool, half slumped forward.
Hey all!
It's just come to my attention that people who read the story on their phones get some of the story truncated at times. I know this happens with Gmail at least.
Sometimes it's obvious when it happens.
Sometimes it's not.
Apparently, the most recent Iona interlude (Chapter 147) gets truncated in such a spot on gmai...
In honor of mother's day. Julia, with her fearsome wooden spoon!
2021-05-13 14:48:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe conversation about what to do with the frontlines, now maybe being turned into a town, went on for hours. I was surprised that we got so sidetracked on the issue, but then again, I suppose we weren’t all going to be in the same place for some time, and Toxic and I were the experts on the subject.
With the current plan Night ...
2021-05-12 12:59:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!
It's shaping up that my anniversary, 30th birthday, and moving ~2000 miles is all going to occur on the SAME WEEK in June. On top of the usual craziness involved with taking care of my baby.
Right now, the needle is pointing towards "Will miss a week of posts" in that timeframe. Who knows, I might be struck with inspiration ...
2021-05-10 21:03:20 +0000 UTC View PostOur celebration of everyone’s lives had gone on for hours, and the sky was already starting to lighten as we all went to sleep. I hit my pillow and was out like a light.
A soft hand on my shoulder, and I bolted upright, ready to fight, to blast, to protect myself and – oh, it was just Night.
“Huh? Night? Whazzup?” I asked him...
2021-05-10 13:25:28 +0000 UTC View PostSadly, I don't have a side-chapter that would be suited for the $10+ tier this month. To make it up for all of you, here's an artwork commission of Iona for all of you to enjoy!
I don't recommend looking at it in public.
There's also Elaine artwork coming down the pipeline. Artist had a super fast turnaround on this one though!
Really, there's not much more to say.
... Damnit I just got a great idea off for more chibis
I skipped along, singing drunkenly and off-key. Didn’t care, was too happy. Cool new stuff everywhere!
Awesome healing skills away! I could heal a person fully that I was touching, I could heal them at a distance, I could preemptively heal with [Solar Infusion] – in theory, still needed to test it – and I passively h...
2021-05-07 01:59:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all! More chibis! Sneak peek for all of you while it's being worked on
2021-05-06 13:29:22 +0000 UTC View PostI was still curled up and feeling miserable when I felt a mass that could only be Brawling’s plonk down next to me.
“Heya.” He said. “Yeah, this sucks. We won, at what price? Tell you what. Best thing for it? Go out and do something. Take your mind off of things. I’m sure there’s a dozen soldiers that need some help. From getti...
2021-05-05 13:21:07 +0000 UTC View PostRead at your own risk. Lots of empty space to keep you all safe. They're really gentle if anything.
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Right, ok, if you're still reading you hopefully want to see this.
I have two potential options for the book 5 cover. Would love feedback/...
2021-05-04 17:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostI opened my eyes, eager to see what I got, what the name of the skills would be, what level everything would hit. Before I could see anything, a powerful wave of nausea overcame me, the loss of the high-level skills hitting me hard. I turned over, tried to hold it in, failed, grabbed a random thing and vomited hard into it, retching and...
2021-04-30 16:56:57 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, once I saw that perk in a skill, I wanted to go back and cross-reference my [Phases of the Moon]. I’d try to find the corresponding stars inside the constellation. Not every skill I was offered, not every new thing, was a subset of the constellation. Some were their own, but I took the chance to look around and see ...
2021-04-30 15:25:36 +0000 UTC View PostI put the books back down, mentally marking their location.
“Hey, I can come back here if I don’t like what’s through the door, right?”
“Yup! It’s just, ah, complicated through there.” Librarian said.
Complicated, eh? I opened the door, and saw…
… the other side of the room. Anti-climatic in a way.
gdoc with colors here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IzXgjqsnTOBev6me49RgNkfTbcMeswGS_8fvwzZD49A/edit
I opened my eyes, seeing Librarian again.
“I’m back! With a second class in the tank, r...
2021-04-30 15:21:52 +0000 UTC View Post$1 tier - Regular chapter today.
$5+ tier - Regular chapter, + 2 "Jumping ahead" chapters ($5 will now be +12 chapters ahead), +1 "extra" chapter - Monday's chapter.
Basically, I wanted anyone in the $5+ tier who was unsubbing to be able to get Monday's chapter before they unsubbed. Yeah, it's not great for me, but I'd rat...
2021-04-30 13:05:20 +0000 UTC View PostFortunately – or unfortunately, depending on how you looked at it – I was woken up a short time later, feeling somehow worse for the power nap.
I had the presence of mind, and I was in that weird place between too tired and not getting enough sleep, that I didn’t wake up blasting.
The eternal curse, the quandary surrounding nap...
2021-04-28 11:03:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe first order of business was reassurance, to calm and placate the crowd. Yeah, I was a Sentinel, yeah I could say jump and everyone in the tent would ask me how high. Didn’t mean that angering a bunch of already on the edge people was a smart move. I actually had no idea what I [Identify]’d as right now. My highest class ...
2021-04-26 11:49:45 +0000 UTC View PostI took a look around the infirmary, a frown on my face. Usually, there were booths of healers, and a line of injured soldiers waiting their turn, sorted by severity. That’s normally how this worked.
Instead, what I saw were rows upon rows of injured soldiers, with a number of slightly-less injured soldiers running around with bu...
2021-04-23 11:16:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Close up on the faces!
2021-04-22 11:20:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Elaine and her facial expressions!
2021-04-22 11:20:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We have the winners of the art contest!
Arkroot, with "Elaine Fanart"
Endbringer, with "Beneath the Dragoneye Moons Artwork"
Rfae, with "Mangos are Heavenly"
PumpkinMeadow, with "Moonlit Mango"
Green, with "Dino Knight"
Thank you everyone for participating! I hope to see you all for the next one!
I gently lowered Priest Demos’s body to the ground, stepping back. Bulwark moved in, and I tugged on Arthur’s arm, to better give him some privacy.
It was weird. I’d never gotten the hang of sea legs, but my earthquake legs seemed to be fine.
Arthur was also deep in thought, and I wasn’t going to disturb him. The Formorians h...
2021-04-21 13:40:08 +0000 UTC View PostSuicide missions were called that for a reason. In this case, namely, we were channeling and launching an earthquake on top of us, as powerful as could be. We were at the epicenter, where the ground was constantly deciding to be somewhere else at high speed.
Sky promptly took flight, flying high, going up, up, and away, speeding t...
2021-04-19 14:17:30 +0000 UTC View PostTrying this again, because WOW I didn't expect it to be so divisive, nor did I expect everyone to have such excellent feedback on everything! I was expecting people to come up with some good points that would sway me one way or another, but instead I just ended up more confused than ever.
With that being said, I'm putting this to a p...
2021-04-17 03:00:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! More artwork is coming, by the fantastic Tsuu!
Elaine's coming along nicely, but Iona's a bit trickier. Hoping to get feedback from everyone!
Gallery of images:
I got three "sample sketches" so far with Iona...
2021-04-16 14:30:48 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to the RoyalRoad Write-a-thon, you're getting Friday's chapter today. Cheers!
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Day 10. Sky had not only brought us a bunch of supplies from the Quartermaster, but the Quartermaster, bless his shriveled little heart, had gotten all of our families to gather up and send us each a small pack. Hence the mang...
2021-04-15 18:27:00 +0000 UTC View PostDay 7. It turned out that my blowing up the Royal Guard with all my [Nova]s on day 5 had basically lit a massive beacon, and what remained of the army had seen it. When Hunting had shown up, they were able to point him in roughly the right direction. Brave man, charging into the horde, having complete faith that...
2021-04-15 14:44:15 +0000 UTC View Post