Wombat's Writings

TH - Chapter 17 - Power Couple

I cleared the entire monowire barrier before moving forward. Better to remove it, than risk blocking, or killing, someone that may try to escape through this area before it dissolved naturally. While I was clearing the way Skyler was cleaning up the bodies, so by the time I wa...

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 12 - A City Survey

I.. uh... don't know if I like this this chapter or not yet. It took a long time to put together, and it feels kinda... meh to me. It keeps the plot moving forward... I'll look it again later, and if I really don't like it I'll rewrite it the next writing day.

I re...

TH - Chapter 16 - Obstructed Traffic 

I hadn’t really looked at Skyler’s gear until she stripped off her coat. What I originally thought was heavy armor was actually just lightly armored, rugged clothing, with an armored duster overtop; She also had an armored gasmask to cover her face. It vaguely reminded me ...

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 11 - (Un)Welcome Guests

“The bear’s feet go tom tom tom, tom tom tom, tom tom tom, the bear’s feet got tom tom tom, as they go marching round!” Issi sang as she danced around the living room. Since I was fully reclined on the couch, and had no intention of getting up, I had to watch her bizarre perfor...

TH- Chapter 15 - Personal Protective Device

Yes, there are callouts in this chapter to Maniac and Spark of Sylvan Flame. I didn't do it much in TBoB (mostly because so many started after) so I wanted to do it more in TH

As soon as we sat back down Skyler turned to me. “I can’t believe you’re leaving most of your pu...

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 10 - The Full Picture

So... I wasn't sure about this chapter at the start, but I think it worked out in the end. Suprise! Can you figure out where this storyline is going yet? I got the idea from Cyberpunk originally, and when I asked birb about it he was all for it, so here we are.

As I followed Mi...

TH - Chapter 14 - Catching up

Unrealistic? Maybe, but I like having both women becoming samurai at the same time. This allows me to explore a samurai romantic relationship (something lacking from many of my other stories)

I stared at my girlfriend for several seconds, my brain struggling to process the sit...

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 9 - Gone to Pieces

When I stepped out of the processor, and back onto the street, things were a lot calmer than before. That probably had to do with the half dozen armored vehicles parked around the area and the practical army surrounding them.

Helen just looked at me. “You do...

TH - Chapter 13 - The longest block

TH first today, because I'm thinking about releasing it at the end of the month, and doing daily releases until it's almost done. I'm far enough ahead that I don't need two TBoB chapters on writing days, but I'm still going to attempt them.

I managed to wedge one foot between a...

TH - Chapter 12 - Hard Rain

“You okay over there?” Ratchet asked, as she crossed the room, carefully avoiding the bodies on the floor. “You seemed a little… out of there for a minute.” The woman reached out to put a hand on my shoulder, causing me to inadvertently flinch and move away slightly....

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 8 - Chasing a ghost

So... I started thinking maybe I'd give the bears their personalities from well known games and media. As many have noticed Spooky is very much a WH40k comissioner. Bob is very much a lovable 80s sidekick. Can you guess who this is supposed to be? (Note: I need to do more research on slang for th...

TH - Chapter 11 - Tentacle tricksters 

The gun on top of our ride opened up a good two minutes before we arrived at our destination. I could see Emily swerving back and forth in the gunner seat, struggling to keep track of all the targets.

When the vehicle began to slow, I stood by the exit and waite...

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 7 - Bar Fight

I slowly grabbed a piece of loose rebar leaning against the wall, without taking my eyes off the blurry indistinct shape. For some reason the person didn’t immediately try to rush me, or run, they just kinda slunk back further into the room. It was a dead end, so I wasn’t quite sure what the ...

DD - Chapter 53 - A Dance with Death

I finished it! And I've been terrible at keeping up with DD lately. Better late than never?

Bella POV

“Not going to help your friend?” I asked the lizard woman as I slid out of the wall. She was just casually learning on the massive blade, ignoring the two...

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 6 - The Fires of Destruction

So interesting tidbit... I had a pretty clear idea of where this arc was going, but I didn't have a clear idea of what kind of sabotage could cripple the corps in Calgary. I honestly considered having the answer be uranium mills, and the enemy going after the power, but that seemed too far even f...

TH - Chapter 10 - Rough Riders

So, after thinking about it, I'll probably be going back and rewriting chapter 8 and 9 later, to add a little more snark to Reina's dialog. She's far to passive compared to how I pictured her before, even though she's meeting a vetrean samurai. Won't be major plot changes, just bring Reina's dial...

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 5 - Aggitation

I didn’t know exactly what to say to Helen as she knelt in front of her friend, mourning. After a couple minutes she stood up, whipped her face off, and turned towards me. “We need to find out who did this,” she declared angrily.

“According to this note,” I s...

ILBA - Chapter 5

So this chapter both took me much longer than expected, and is shorter than expected. The problem being, this was kind of a necessary chapter, but both school and introductions are hard when the characters are six. I think it turned out fine, and now we can get to the more intresting chapters o...

2024-10-07 21:48:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Questions about the direction for TBoB

Howdy all!

So since there are a couple chapters of TBoB Book 3 out, I wanted to get peopes feedback on it so far.

As you may have guessed it's not planned to be an antithesis arc, but despite Helen being involved and someone being dead, it's not supposed to be a vigilante arc either...

TH - Chapter 9 - Gates of Hell

About ten minutes later a whole convoy of vehicles rolled up to the front of the Jewelry store. Two additional armored vehicles, a couple jeeps, and a half dozen trucks already laden with people. The civilians didn’t care, they clamoured onto whatever vehicle they could find...

TBoB - Book 3 - Chapter 4 - Foreclosed 

Hmmm... Let me know what you think. I know where this arc is going, and I want to give Helen some room to grow, but I'm not 100% on this dirrection yet. It definitely makes some sense... but we'll see after a chapter or two more.

The heat within the district was ...

TH - Chapter 8 - Something to Aspire to

So quick note: There's mention of a battleship, the Redmption, in this chapter. This is one of the things I'm going to go back and add to chapter 5ish... along with a description of the sky. The redemption is a samurai battleship that is litterally firing into the rifts, from the harbor....

2024-10-05 18:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post