It took only the briefest glance from my peripheral vision to verify that I retained my captive audience, the assembled highborn beginning to move after me before I even reached the rail. As expected: look, the funny foreigner is doing something interesting! These idiots were bored en...
2022-11-28 08:44:00 +0000 UTC View PostDel Spaig asks:
"Re: the obnoxious highborn literary references, how far do you have those mapped out? Do you have a general intent for what each of the phrases mean? What stories they're referencing?"
They're all pretty off the cuff in their initial incarnat...
2022-11-27 04:04:38 +0000 UTC View PostI reminded myself firmly of two things: that I was surrounded by powerful nobility, and that it wasn’t yet time to murder them all. Only then did I turn around to greet whatever the fuck new pest this was, my pleasant social smile reliably in place.
The speaker was another highborn,...
2022-11-23 06:06:31 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, folks! Just wanted to update y'all on my situation.
I am, more or less, recovered. This week was rough - if you haven't had the rona, I don't recommend it - but I'm back to as good a shape as can be expected. I've got lingering respiratory issues and am consta...
2022-11-21 03:37:06 +0000 UTC View PostI don't know for sure that I have covid as I haven't been able to get my hands on a test, but my roommate's been down with it for nearly a week so it's incredibly likely. I have been struggling with fatigue and brain fog for days now and hoped it was just a depressive episode, but as of now...
2022-11-12 22:29:06 +0000 UTC View PostEdit: Okay, most of this is now invalidated; please see the bolded Edit 2 below for an explanation. I'm going to leave it up for the sake of transparency, but there shouldn't be any problems with this going forward unless I manage to screw something else up.
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Hello, Nemitites...
2022-11-11 13:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostAsk me a question below! One per person per month, please. Five from this tier will be selected and answered in one week.
2022-11-11 01:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, after several months of discussion and buildup, and a few mishaps, I have finally implemented the $5 bump.
As of this update, the Nemitite tier has had its benefits reduced to the discord role, and no longer comes with advance chapter privileges. It will remain for those who wis...
2022-11-09 02:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostRhydion remained as inscrutable as only a man encased in metal can be, but his companions were not so sanguine about my proposed bargain.
“You dare?” Sister Dhinell seethed. “You presume to dictate terms to a paladin of the faith, for complying with the Goddess’s will...
2022-11-07 23:22:06 +0000 UTC View PostWell, it was a good thing I’d stopped by Auldmaer’s place first. Our conversation had been so brief and pleasant it verged on forgettable; as Gizmit predicted, he was pleased by all my suggestions, and I was on my way to the Kingsguard’s HQ to drop in on Norovena in just a handful of ...
2022-11-05 02:05:57 +0000 UTC View PostCurrently coming down with a fever and having a hard time focusing or even staying awake, so I'm updating the most recent chapter to be available to the other tiers before I pass out, and I think that's all I've got left for today.
I am still going to make the adjustment to the tiers that's...
2022-11-03 22:08:22 +0000 UTC View Post“A Rhaedswyth Velvet?” Captain Norovena had accepted the bottle from me with something very like reverence and now held it up, gazing in awe at the label. “Hell’s revels, man. You know what a nubile silverblend brandy like this is worth?”
“Nubile?” &...
2022-11-02 02:11:59 +0000 UTC View PostSo I just tried to do the thing I just announced I was about to do and it appears I cannot. Patreon doesn't allow the price of a tier to be edited while people are subscribed to it. Which makes sense! I can see how that could be abused. Unfortunately I lacked the foresight...
2022-10-30 06:43:18 +0000 UTC View PostAs has been previously and repeatedly discussed in detail, as of the October billing cycle the Nemitite tier will be switched from $3 to $5 per month. I left it as late as I felt I reasonably could to post this reminder, so as not to miss anybody who's joined up since all the aforementioned...
2022-10-30 06:35:47 +0000 UTC View PostSneppit had never let me down yet.
Granted, much of the relative peace and tranquility of the next day was due to Minifrit’s supervision, and her willingness to consult with the leadership of the two tribes to determine the best ways to keep the peace. It was tense around the fortre...
2022-10-20 23:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe had made it back to North Watch before noon and my interlude with the queens was brief, but getting everything sorted out took most of the rest of the day. In a way, the large influx of wolf refugees came as a relief because we were prepared for that, had no particular history with them ...
2022-10-18 02:15:41 +0000 UTC View PostYou’d think I’d know by now that nothing is ever that simple. Tossing out a few Heal spells during a night visit to the cat village was one thing, but it turned out when you wanted to offer the same to close to two hundred people—because, understandably given what they’d be...
2022-10-14 01:29:28 +0000 UTC View PostHalf of showtime is timing, which means among other things recognizing when it is not showtime.
My late-night visit to the cat village was brief, smooth, and above all quiet, because the single most obvious thing about the cats was that they were terrified of me. Some from pe...
2022-10-12 15:08:04 +0000 UTC View PostSleepless asks:
"Is there a specific reason why Seiji is so disillusioned with humanity and is it related to his parents?"
Yes and yes. More of his backstory will unfold as the story goes on.
Hakurei06 asks:
"Assuming th...
2022-10-10 20:28:28 +0000 UTC View PostI sort of had to let them come inside after that. These were proud people, leaders among their tribe, who’d come here to humble themselves and beg for aid; I couldn’t exactly make them stand out there in the snow and do it. I might’ve done that to somebody who needed to be put i...
2022-10-09 01:39:21 +0000 UTC View PostFive questions will be selected! You have one week!
2022-10-03 16:05:29 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back, everybody, this is an update on the new Patreon as of this month!
New Benefits:
- Avenist-tier backers are now reading two chapters in advance. They also have a new Discord role and their own spoiler channel to discuss the Avenist-tier advance chap...
2022-10-03 16:04:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe first surprise we got when Kasser led us all out to the courtyard was that it was snowing. And not light flurries, either; it had clearly not been coming down long enough to accumulate much, but it was just as clearly sticking. Already some of my crusaders were bustling about, swe...
2022-10-03 16:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostThat was when the old Seiji probably would’ve suffered a broken nose, but I hadn’t been training for nothing. I caught the flying tome of history, rather deftly if I do say so myself.
“Don’t hold back, Sneppit,” I replied sweetly. “Tell us how you really feel.”
... 2022-10-03 16:03:16 +0000 UTC View Post“This is far enough,” Velaven announced. “Any higher and Nazralind will be in danger.”
That suited me fine, as the truck had already been struggling on the steep uphill road. At least it wasa road, but Truck-kun was designed for 21stcentury pavement and this mou...
2022-10-03 16:02:25 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Posting a summary of immediate and future changes here.
First, I'm adjusting my current plans for the last bonus chapters. In trying to work on them over the weekend I've been having a lot of trouble and feeling the symptoms of burnout, and it occurred to me that si...
2022-08-29 16:21:35 +0000 UTC View PostPrivacy was surprisingly easy to find for being the aftermath of a revolution. Minutes later we were shut in the back office of a nearby shop which had long since been abandoned and looted, my people (plus Rizz and Rhoka) occupying the front room, and Sneppit’s security detail standing gu...
2022-08-25 18:05:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Why did that work?!” It really spoke to Flaethwyn’s essential character that despite that absolute uproar and pandemonium blurring out sound on all sides, I could still clearly hear her offended screech. Okay, well, to be fair she was only a few meters away. “T...
2022-08-22 21:52:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe air next to him shifted, and suddenly there was a devil standing among us.
Actually the visual effect was pretty interesting, if underwhelming. It was like a person-shaped slice of empty space suddenly rotated fully around, as if it were a cardboard cutout, and when fully revealed...
2022-08-19 00:01:31 +0000 UTC View PostI said that, because I had to—how many times in life are you gonna be served up such a golden opportunity? But realistically, nobody was getting in, and also this was clearly the end of the road as far as the truck was concerned, unless we wanted to waste a lot of time moving a g...
2022-08-16 00:38:07 +0000 UTC View Post