Lori's first instinct was to build a stand to put prototype on to satisfy her aesthetic impulses. However, in practical terms all she really needed was the prototype to conduct her tests and experiments. She weighed pragmatism and perfectionism, but eventually decided to put build a stand for it ...
2023-03-16 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostNow, for Volume 3 I'm thinking of doing something a little different.
I'm thinking of having regular POVs who are NOT Lori.
Crazy, I know. It will mean more work for me, but I thought I'd give it a try and see that you all think. I can't promise I'll do it, but I want to know who's PO...
2023-03-16 05:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostSo, this month's Patron Exclusive is in the can. Normally, I'd post it ASAP, but this chapter is sort of a direct continuation of another chapter that's still to come out, so I've scheduled it to release on Tuesday the 21st (my time) so it comes out AFTER that chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
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2023-03-16 04:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostWhen it was time for lunch everyone put aside their tools, and the forge was banked to save on fuel. Lori wordlessly gave the die form she'd made to the coppersmiths, who wordlessly accepted it and, after examining it briefly and hitting it was few times with a hammer, nodded in satisfaction and ...
2023-03-14 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe smithy was… probably warm, but Lori couldn't tell. It had lightwisps in the ceiling to brightly illuminate the workshop, with sliding covers should the smith need relative darkness to be able to properly judge the color of the metal they were working on. Bindings of airwisps circul...
2023-03-12 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRudimentary Bound Tools
"Huh," Rian said. "Look at that." He sounded merely like he'd seen something he'd been expecting rather than impressed or excited. Which, given he'd done the initial white Iridescence experiments with her, was fair.
"You're not surpris...
2023-03-11 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter dinner—and beating Mikon in chatrang again—Lori took her chatrang board back to her room, then accompanied Rian—and the other three—back to his house to get the notes. The lightwisps she'd anchored to the outside of the house illuminated the area around it, but the insides were comp...
2023-03-09 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out the smiths were currently busy doing maintenance on the metal tools the demesne had. Lori decided it was best not to interrupt them, but she had Rian arrange for them to be free to assist her the following day.
That prompted Lori to go check that the treasure room was in order...
2023-03-07 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"Huh," Rian said. "Look at that." He sounded merely like he'd seen something he'd been expecting rather than impressed or excited. Which, given he'd done the initial white Iridescence experiments with her, was fair.
"You're not surprised," Lori said as she finished noting the results of the...
2023-03-05 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWarm Weather Bead Experiments
"It's always fun seeing you do that," Rian said, a wide smile on his face as he watched the river water wash over the Iridescence beyond her demesne's borders. "A pity you don't have much reason to do it more often."
Lori allowed...
2023-03-04 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLori's Hat
A mass produced leather hat with a soft lining and a wide brim. Of a style common to Taniar Demesne and surrounding regions. Useful for keeping off rain and snow.
A gift from her mothers, it has been in Lori'... 2023-03-04 05:30:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Lori ruined a perfectly serviceable jar by softening the earthwisps comprising its sides, and then slowly spreading out the material to make a vaguely bowl-shaped… thing. It was lopsided, but serviceable, and when stood on the base—the only part she hadn't touched—it was stable and didn't w...
2023-03-02 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThey did manage to try using warm Iridescence to make beads by laying it out in the sun and using lightwisps to concentrate the heat of the sunlight to warm the sample. This this meant they didn't need to risk moving it close to open flame or putting imbued firewisps near it that could potentiall...
2023-02-28 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"It's always fun seeing you do that," Rian said, a wide smile on his face as he watched the river water wash over the Iridescence beyond her demesne's borders. "A pity you don't have much reason to do it more often."
Lori allowed herself a smug smile at the compliment. The binding had been ...
2023-02-26 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone! Just here to update you all about the coming month and then some.
First and foremost, unless something happens, I will be on break on the last week of March AND first week of April due to a combination of IRL matters. I know I usually take only a week off, but... well, c...
2023-02-26 11:10:35 +0000 UTC View PostQuestionable Assistance
After breakfast, Lori inspected the reservoir. She needed to deactivate the bindings on unseen light so she wouldn't hurt or blind herself. The thought of being blinded made her shudder, even if Shanalorre's healing would probably be able to...
2023-02-25 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNAME PRONUNCIATION GUIDE!
So, I figured I'd drop this here. Lori and everyone else pronounces Rian's name 'REE-Anne'. REE as in 'scREAm', and 'Anne' with an emphasis on the A, and not the NN's, with the E being purely silent and stylistic and an artifact of ye olde...
2023-02-24 09:20:12 +0000 UTC View Post"So, did you manage to read all the notes I left you?" Lori asked at breakfast the next day. She carefully watched Rian's face.
"I tried, but no," Rian said. For some reason, he was giving her a very flat look. "It was made very clear that I needed my rest, and that staying up to read wasn'...
2023-02-23 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"Rian, I believe Shanalorre has informed you of her findings and conclusions."
Rian sighed. Now that Lori was actually looking, he did seem tired. He also wasn't smiling or any form of cheerful, whether genuine or annoying. In fact he… actually, he reminded her of herself after a...
2023-02-21 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostShana considered it an accomplishment when the last of the children from River's Fork were finally able to receive their own bath bucket and shoes. It was a modest achievement, but it was something she actually managed to attain.
It caused problems, of course. People accused each other of t...
2023-02-20 07:46:19 +0000 UTC View PostAfter breakfast, Lori inspected the reservoir. She needed to deactivate the bindings on unseen light so she wouldn't hurt or blind herself. The thought of being blinded made her shudder, even if Shanalorre's healing would probably be able to restore her eyes from any damage caused by unseen light...
2023-02-19 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostUnder Serious Consideration
"Now, some of you have been understandably concerned about the new houses that her Bindership started building some weeks ago," Rian said. It was before breakfast, the kitchen almost ready to start distributing food. "Especially in conju...
2023-02-18 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou… want me to be your lord?" Rian asked.
2023-02-17 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLori knew this probably wouldn't last.
At some point, she'd have to go back to River's Fork again. Perhaps to build something, perhaps to fix something. Perhaps someone would do something so monumentally stupid that she'd need to become involved, like trying to attack the brat for her seel ...
2023-02-16 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLori's hand made a satisfying impact as she slammed it palm-down onto the metal table, which reverberated after the initial strike. The one sitting next to her, opposite Rian, actually jumped in surprise at the sound. It certainly made everyone turn to look back towards her, cutting off the buddi...
2023-02-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSo, the poll is finished, and a Shana POV wins by a hair, with the dirty option coming in third. Look forward to it next week or so!
I'll be taking a vacation next month or so, around late March/early April. It might be two weeks, we'll see. So there will be no updates then, as I won't be w...
2023-02-13 08:11:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe air started to get a little bit warmer as the days passed.
The next time they went to River's Fork, the brat and Shanalorre accompanied them, the former carrying three sharpened sticks as seeling rods along with her bedroll, blanket, and a small pack with a change of clothes. The childr...
2023-02-12 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLori hated it when Rian had a point.
However, as she thought about his proposal while she ran the curing shed, she found that she couldn't really refute his points. And if she was being honest with herself—and that was the only person to whom honesty mattered—the thought of having anoth...
2023-02-09 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe woman—Lori checked her hand, where she'd written a name in lightwisps—Vanessa had been amenable, at Rian's prompting, to enclose her… well, it was technically a smithy, since it was used for working and shaping metal, but the lack of furnace and forge made Lori not want to call it that....
2023-02-07 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post"Now, some of you have been understandably concerned about the new houses that her Bindership started building some weeks ago," Rian said. It was before breakfast, the kitchen almost ready to start distributing food. "Especially in conjunction with the news that certain families in River's Forkâ€...
2023-02-05 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post