The final interlude of arc 6. I...honestly don't know whose PoV to use, just yet. I'll need to talk to my editing team about it, because it's too early to use Piggot again and Armsmaster feels like it'd be a bit of a slog. Maybe Danny again? I dunno.
Anyway. Piggot conversation. It co...
2019-03-21 05:41:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Changed her face, finished her legs. Vector linework, this time.
I dunno. I generally prefer to give my characters more "realistic" facial proportions, but I'm not sure I like this face better than the previous version.
Color palette for her clothes is based upon the 2019-03-21 05:28:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I tried to fit it all together, but it just didn't work out that way. Even though a good portion of the first half or so is more a summary of what Danny's week was like, this still wound up just shy of 6k words.
As a result, there's going to be one more interlude before Pendulum 0.0, and th...
2019-03-21 05:17:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe majority of this chapter - or at least the second half - will have to wait until the 6.b Interlude is finished, so that I know where the story is going to end up, for the purposes of Wards or no Wards. I can at least do the parts of it that are going to be universal, though.
So, link is...
2019-03-09 23:42:50 +0000 UTC View PostWould it help for you guys if I kept you more up to date about what I'm up to? Generally, I only post when I have something concrete to show, which is why I can go long stretches without saying anything, but if you think it'd be more engaging for me to let you know more about what's going on, I c...
2019-03-07 20:28:21 +0000 UTC View PostSo, entirely without meaning to, it seems I wound up taking February off from Essence and proceeded to do work on other projects. A little bit on Recursive Wisdom, but more (by quite a lot) on Project Nietzsche (QotA, although I'm not sure I've told you guys what that stands for, yet).
I wa...
2019-02-27 05:36:47 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to wait to give this to you guys, because it's way out of order, right now. But that was before a commission ate up two weeks of my time, so...
Well, you guys might as well get to see what I spent two weeks working on.
As an apology for being gone that long, I'm giving this to you guys in 4K - all of you. Only the commissioner got it in that resolution, otherwise. Everyone else gets to settle for regular HD.
For all that I ev...
2019-02-16 10:57:16 +0000 UTC View PostWhew. The last two weeks were busy. Like, came out of nowhere.
More real life family stuff happened. Visited my grandfather, my aunt went back in and then came back out of the hospital. For the latter, I have a kind of resigned, "If you'd kept your promise to me 20 years ago when I...
2019-02-12 14:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostDefinitely going to take my time getting this chapter right. It's going to be absolutely vital that I strike the right points and the right tone with it, because Danny, Taylor, and Piggot absolutely have to be convincing. This doesn't work right if they aren't.
Now, we start to wind down. After the action of last chapter, here's some reaction and some indication of the seriousness of the situation.
Admittedly, I kept forgetting about Dinah, this arc. She kept slipping both my and Taylor's minds, even though she was ostensibly the reason the girls ...
2019-01-18 23:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostThis last week has been..."hectic," isn't the right word, because it's actually been fairly calm, but "heavy" works a bit better.
My FGO woes are fairly well-known, and I'm still kind of reeling from them. A lot of characters I was really looking forward to are beyond my reach because I hit...
2019-01-12 14:45:23 +0000 UTC View PostSince I've finally opened myself up to commissions in earnest, I'll give you guys the page, too. Not sure how many of you will be interested, but if you are, you can find prices t...
2019-01-09 03:37:39 +0000 UTC View PostNo snappy name for it, just yet. I'm sure I'll come up with something later, but for now, it's just chapter 2.
Compared to ...
2019-01-05 07:34:22 +0000 UTC View PostAlright. I've had this bouncing around for a while, and I'll spend the next month or so finalizing the plan, but for now, I'm here to let you guys know that the Patron tiers will be getting an overhaul sometime in February. Not a big one, mind you, but there will be changes.
Here's...
2019-01-01 22:48:32 +0000 UTC View PostKhepri [Heroic Spirit]
Hero of the Dawn
A Heroic Spirit born in a grim, alternate future. A version of Taylor Hebert from a different timeline who went down a different path.
Previously known by different names, she committed great and terrible dee...
2018-12-29 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTyranny of the Queen [Noble Phantasm]
Loyalty of the Enthralled
Khepri’s ultimate trump card. A reflection not of her nature nor of her tendencies in battle, but of the singular feat for which she is undoubtedly most famous: bringing together many othe...
2018-12-29 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostQueen of Escalation [Noble Phantasm]
None Shall Strike Me With Impunity
The Noble Phantasm of Heroic Spirit Khepri. An innate ability, a constantly active Noble Phantasm that is more like a burden of the body than a tool she treasured in life.
<... 2018-12-29 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostKhepri [Noble Phantasm]
Queen of Administration
The signature Noble Phantasm of Khepri (Taylor Hebert). The ultimate expression of her absolute control, representing the part of her legend wherein she bent thousands of great warriors to her will and enth...
2018-12-29 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHotswap [Term]
Serial Summon (Hotswap). The practice of Apocrypha switching from one Install to the next without stopping in between. A quick and effective method of bypassing the ordinary delay between the usage of Install...
2018-12-29 19:08:14 +0000 UTC View PostPresent the third. The finale. The climax of this entire arc.
Oh, man, I've been waiting so long! I can finally reveal the Essential Material segments for her NP and everything!
Ahem.
So, many of you have already likely guessed who the mystery Heroic Spirit was. Hell, I made it ...
2018-12-29 18:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostPresent number 2. After entirely far too long, here is the next chapter of Essence, Tyranny 6.9.
Ugh, was this frustrating. It resisted my writing it for such a long time, there were even days when I just wanted to give up on it. Fortunately, it's done, now, and the big hurdle has been pass...
2018-12-28 03:25:09 +0000 UTC View PostPseudo Magic Circuits [Term]
The apparatus utilized by Taylor Hebert as a means of enacting her powers are what might be called Pseudo Magic Circuits. They are the artificial organ through which magical energy is channeled in her body, and thereby also the ...
2018-12-25 19:42:48 +0000 UTC View PostCrown of Administration [Term]
The passenger of Taylor Hebert, Apocrypha. The shard cannibalized by Alaya and repurposed to allow for the channeling of the power of Heroic Spirits. The means by which Taylor Hebert’s powers function.
Also, were a “Heroic Spir...
2018-12-25 19:40:41 +0000 UTC View PostCodex Abramelin [Noble Phantasm]
Grimoire of the Ancient Magic
Codex Abramelin: Grimoire of the Ancient Magic. The Noble Phantasm of Nicolas Flamel, the book he is said to have possessed that held the secrets of all magecraft. It is also said to have bee...
2018-12-25 19:38:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The first of what I hope will be three presents, delivered over the course of the next few days. We'll see how things work out, between the family get-togethers and whether or not my editors will be available.
Anyway. Shouldn't need to explain who this is, by this point. If the beetle carry...
2018-12-25 19:35:04 +0000 UTC View PostLike with Recursive Wisdom Ch 1, I finished this and decided to let you guys all see it. Remember that Nier: Automata x Worm crossover idea I floated about? This is it.
Again, not replacing Essence, but one of the possible successors to it once it's finished. Essence will continue to its inevitabl...
2018-12-14 15:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I finished this, and decided to just give it to you guys now.
No, this isn't replacing Essence. No, I don't plan on giving up on Essence. Even if it stalls now and again, I intend to see it through, and this was just a detour to work out some creative juices and try to get things flowing, agai...
2018-12-14 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostLost track of what number we're supposed to be on.
Ahem. Anyway. Not sure how much each of you has been keeping up with this as I worked on it, so I'm not sure what's spoilers for it and what's not. Honestly, it's just a fight, so there's nothing super spoilery to begin with.
There were<...
2018-11-29 11:48:49 +0000 UTC View PostRight. Since the original doc is going to get split into three chapters, this is what will be 6.7.
I know you guys got this earlier, and not much has changed, honestly. A few edits were made, a few things were changed, but it's overall the same as the previous version. I just figured you guys woul...
2018-11-25 23:46:25 +0000 UTC View Post