Second side story chapter of the day. This chapter is rough, still have reivew it for second draft, but managed to get two diff chapters done today... hopefully I can carry that through to TBoB tomorrow.
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As soon as the Sheriff stepped away I slipped into the nearest...
2024-09-05 03:46:44 +0000 UTC
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It's been awhile since I posted the first two chapters of this. It's a story I'd like to continue, when I have time. If you take the time to read, I'd appreaciate it if you'd let me know if the interaction between the characters seems real, or forced, for the first scene. I just finished, and was...
2024-09-04 22:59:56 +0000 UTC
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This was done hours ago, but I got distracted by Terarria before posting, sorry.
Trying to get DD back to every six days, instead of nine, we'll see if it works out.
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I squinted my eyes as I stepped out of the staff entrance, onto the carriage loading are...
2024-09-04 00:08:06 +0000 UTC
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The first indication that the shit hit the fan was that Bob sent out an emergency signal, requesting reinforcements. That caused the bears and I to break out into a run, resulting in us reaching the end of the tunnel before the rest of the squad. The second indication was when I...
2024-09-01 22:36:08 +0000 UTC
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I expected the relentless Antithesis attack to peter out after a little while. What I didn’t expect was for it to end suddenly, when a wave of gray liquid, multi-colored lasers, and arrows with fulton balloons strapped to them smashed into the rear of the antithesis lines. The assault that had ...
2024-08-30 23:57:46 +0000 UTC
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Now that I'm not doing TBoB and DD back to back, I have a little more time for my other projects. I updated WWotWW, so end of the first chapter flows better, and added a second chapter for people to enjoy.
Chapter 1 - A company town
As soon as I stepped on the ...
2024-08-29 22:59:45 +0000 UTC
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“So that’s why you shouldn’t use sonic munitions without proper preparation,” the woman beside me declared.
“Ummm… don’t take this the wrong way, I appreciate the company, but how the hell are you able to stand next to me? My suit is rated for extreme pressure and t...
2024-08-28 01:08:35 +0000 UTC
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As I mentioned in my last Dueling Dungeons post, I wasn't happy with where the story went. I was trying to do worldbuiling, without establishing a baseline, so I'm rewinding the story a little. I'm going to rewrite everything from the end of the match onwards, and maybe restablish the kiddy dung...
2024-08-26 02:49:08 +0000 UTC
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Slightly shorter today, couldn't find enough words!
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“I guess they gave up on tactics,” I muttered as I crouched behind Bob. We only managed to make it about a hundred meters down the tunnel before the antithesis stampeded down the tunnel. This was nothing like the...
2024-08-25 01:39:42 +0000 UTC
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Although I thought I could get my troops up and running within a few minutes, I quickly found that pulling armor piercing quills embedded in solid metal was more than a little difficult. When I realized how long it was taking me to remove the quills, I quickly bought an entire case of pliers and ...
2024-08-21 23:04:29 +0000 UTC
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Note:
Numbers are probably going in the postscript, since Teddy doesn't want to know small numbers, but some readers do.
It took a while to find our way back to Jesse and Whisperer. The tunnel system was extremely complicated, a maze of nearly identical junctions and unif...
2024-08-18 22:37:10 +0000 UTC
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Despite the warning, I was nearly caught out of position as the tunnel was completely filled with antithesis. A wave of Model Threes, pressed together so tightly they were practically trampling each other in the frenzy to advance, came swarming around the bend behind us. ...
2024-08-15 23:01:19 +0000 UTC
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I'm still on a break from DD. I tried to get a chapter done, and just couldn't get it finished, but should be able to round it out for the next release. In the mean time, my discord chat and I did a bit of world building, and came up with a story idea I really liked, so a little bonus for you all...
2024-08-15 02:29:50 +0000 UTC
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Sorry this was posted so late - finished it later yesterday, and then immediately got distracted with a new story idea. My bad.
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“I fucking hate this,” I mumbled as I wiped the antithesis juices off my visor. The antithesis had sealed up every tunnel between us and our de...
2024-08-13 13:33:31 +0000 UTC
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Book 2 - Chapter 45 - Crisis Management (Humboldt PoV)
“What’s this,” I said as Isabelle shoved a tiny model into my hands. A model of myself.
“It’s for chessers!” the girl said proudly. “We now have multiple samurai to choose from at the start of...
2024-08-10 12:48:14 +0000 UTC
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So, for those that haven't seen my RR page, I haven't released today's TBoB chapter.
I spent 12+ hours yesterday writing, and couldn't get a full chapter done. I released a couple shout outs, but no chapter.
I'm still working on the chapter, and I'm going to try and get something to...
2024-08-07 17:26:00 +0000 UTC
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This might change slightly before release tomorrow - Not sure if I want to do the reveal this early, but I also see this as a natural development... If Tina didn't ask the question, someone should....
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“Fucking finally!” I cried as we cut through the final barrier between ...
2024-08-03 23:06:52 +0000 UTC
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Just to let people here know, I will be taking a small hiatus from DD.
Although I WAS planning on taking a break in the next few weeks, I wasn't planning for it to happen so soon. Truth is, I've been feeling a little burned out, and I just didn't want to admit it to myself. It was only aft...
2024-08-02 15:47:30 +0000 UTC
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It only took me a couple seconds to get a hold of Whisperer and Tina, it was as simple as connecting to one of the bears and conveying what I knew. Contacting Broodmother and Angel-Eyes took significantly longer. Since I didn’t have any units over in Jasper I needed to get o...
2024-07-31 21:57:08 +0000 UTC
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Headache + writers block = :(
Slightly shorter because of it.
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It took hours for the watch to inspect the premises, check over the victims, and take our statements. When it was all done, I was exhausted. I wasn’t the only one, Adriena and Bree fell asleep leaning...
2024-07-30 01:50:47 +0000 UTC
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Although I’d seen images I didn’t realize exactly how uniform, and confusing, the tunnel network actually was. Even with Bandit leading the way towards the nearest hollow, I decided early on to keep a small copy of the map up in my augs at all times to prevent me from getting lost.
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2024-07-28 23:38:36 +0000 UTC
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“Where were you?” Kass asked as I ran back. “I thought you were watching our backs.” She and Calliope had pretty much all the people out of their cages, and they were performing triage on the injured. Most people were huddled together at the entrance to the warehouse lot, and the street w...
2024-07-27 02:09:43 +0000 UTC
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“So you think the entrance will be able to hold if we all enter the mines?” Whisperer asked, as she came and sat down next to me. “I don’t want to leave Tina and Jesse alone, but I’m concerned if there’s a swarm, a squad or two of bears won't be able to handle it,” she told me.
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2024-07-25 23:01:18 +0000 UTC
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Lanivia stormed through the portal, causing the tear to ripple, before I came to my senses and followed the rest of our small group through. The other end of the rift dropped me on the roof of some building, which was heavily shadowed due to the setting sun. Crackers squawked as she came through,...
2024-07-23 23:16:20 +0000 UTC
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Borrowed an old laptop from the family yesterday, so I can get writing again (Huzzah!) It's somehow slower than my chromebook, but at least it's provides me with a stop-gap for a week or two, until I find a proper replacement
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It took awhile for Whisperer to actually e...
2024-07-23 02:37:31 +0000 UTC
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Hey all,
Just so you know I didn't forget to post the chapters yesterday and today... What happened is my Chromebook failed while I was writing the latest TBoB chapter.
Unfortunately, the device seems to be completely kaput, and it'll take me a couple days to get a replacement.
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2024-07-20 17:59:53 +0000 UTC
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“Can you talk to her? Maybe find out what happened to the girls?” Kass asked, holding the injured animal out to me.
“I wish I could, but I can’t,” I replied as I carefully checked Cracker’s wounds. She was very badly injured, but as far as I could tell, not fatally so...
2024-07-16 23:43:24 +0000 UTC
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“... and then they didn’t even attack my position, so now I’m going in after them,” I finished. I might have been ranting a little bit, but I’m pretty sure I managed to inform Whisperer about the cavern, and location of possible surface contamination during it all. Probably.
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2024-07-16 00:41:59 +0000 UTC
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As we came back up the stairs I was surprised to find the central atrium full of people milling around. Before I could ask anyone what was happening, Calliope came running up to Kass and I.
“I’ve been talking to the other sirens. Adriena and Bree left to vis...
2024-07-14 22:38:40 +0000 UTC
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“How fucking expansive is this tunnel system,” I mumbled. I was currently sitting on an old, decommissioned piece of mining equipment, reviewing the area the squirrels had mapped so far. I ordered them to go wide, to try and find if there were any other nearby tunnel entrances. They were abou...
2024-07-13 19:04:23 +0000 UTC
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