As Shana sat in the warm pool of bathwater that had admittedly become something of an overindulgence, she tried to take what comfort she could from the heat. She and her guide Karina sat alone in the pool they had chosen, the other women in the baths seemingly reluctant to intrude on the place sh...
2022-10-26 05:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostHoliday Excitement
Shanalorre, Lori found, played very conservatively. She kept her pieces close to her core and mostly used them to keep Lori's own forces at bay, and deny her Horotract the ability to move freely. She was also very adverse to risk, opting to withd...
2022-10-22 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a reminder that there will be no planned updates next week save for the Patron Exclusive Short story. Regular updates will return on the 31st.
The poll for this month's Patron Exclusive will be open for two more days, so if you haven't voted yet, you can still do so. If you've alrea...
2022-10-21 09:25:19 +0000 UTC View Post"You need an office," Rian said as Lori paced back and forth. "You know, a dedicated room for discussing matters about the demesne's well-being in private, maybe with chairs for both of us, shelves to put all the notes and records on, maybe speak with people in private in it, that sort of thing."...
2022-10-20 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs Lori stared in shock, people started yelling and moving.
Lord whatever-his-name-was, the closest to Shanalorre, moved first, knocking the belt knife out of her hands. The sound of it hitting the ground and bouncing under the bench they'd been sitting on was strangely loud to Lori's ears ...
2022-10-18 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostShanalorre, Lori found, played very conservatively. She kept her pieces close to her core and mostly used them to keep Lori's own forces at bay, and deny her Horotract the ability to move freely. She was also very adverse to risk, opting to withdraw pieces that were threatened instead of attackin...
2022-10-16 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCold Room Improvements
The river continued to rise, becoming more turbulent as it did, rising a third of the way up the flood barrier. This probably wasn't solely because of the rain, since the river had been low when they'd arrived the year before, and it...
2022-10-15 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostRegretfully, due to unforeseen matters, I will be unable to post from the 24th to the 28th. It's nothing serious, but I have not been able to find enough time to write recently, and so some things have fallen behind. Normal posting will resume on the 31st.
This shouldn't affect this month's...
2022-10-15 08:46:53 +0000 UTC View PostOn the day of the holiday, Lori woke up to the sound of a louder than usual din coming from outside of her room, immediately reminding her of the planned occasion. Sighing, she considered just staying in bed, imbuing bindings and expanding the demesne. It would keep her away from all her loud, an...
2022-10-13 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIn preparation for new food that would be stored in the cold rooms, Lori had been making more solidified and liquefied air.
Normally, making solidified air was quick, something she usually did every few days to replenish their cold rooms. She'd go into their cold rooms and check how many bl...
2022-10-11 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe river continued to rise, becoming more turbulent as it did, rising a third of the way up the flood barrier. This probably wasn't solely because of the rain, since the river had been low when they'd arrived the year before, and it had still been raining then.
Rian and Lord whate...
2022-10-09 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post(Re)Securing Water
Work continued on as the water level of the river rose. Lori was informed when the river began to exceed its banks, and so she went out to see it for herself. The dock was properly underwater now, and the relevant working parts of the water hub s...
2022-10-08 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAlmanac in hand, Lori carefully followed the flow diagram for the binding to repel bugs from an area. She made it small for now, since it was just a test binding in her room, making a binding about the size of a door. After all, that was how big the binding needed to be for the water hub shed. 2022-10-06 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The next day, after installing the cloth that Rian had managed to acquire over the opening of the intake pipe leading into her Dungeon's reservoir, Lori resolved to not think about the water issue once she finished installing the door of the new elevated water hub shed. After all, it had been boi...
2022-10-04 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWork continued on as the water level of the river rose. Lori was informed when the river began to exceed its banks, and so she went out to see it for herself. The dock was properly underwater now, and the relevant working parts of the water hub shed were just barely above water. She hastily deact...
2022-10-02 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, Lori wished the other two hadn't died. Then she wouldn't be in this mess. Probably. Well, she'd be in less of a mess than she was now, though she probably wouldn't be the demesne's Dungeon Binder.
Whisperer Full-of-herself could have been using her Whispering to make them basic s...
2022-09-25 16:55:00 +0000 UTC View PostNot Her Problem
"All right, I think that about covers everything," Rian said, visibly sighing in relief. "Unless anyone remembered something at the last moment?"
In the crowd, someone tried to stand up. The man behind him grabbed the back of his shirt and pul...
2022-09-24 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSo, going on break next week, hence no updates except for the 'what if Lori was a Mentalist' short story. We resume on October 3rd. Hopefully I can restart Nightmaerangers that week.
2022-09-23 04:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostWith the state of the river being what it was, and more and more snow turning into slush and mud every day, Binder Shanalorre and her militia had to stay over for an indefinite period of time, at least until the river became navigable by one of their boats. Fortunately, the laundry area hadn't st...
2022-09-22 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOver the next few days, Lori continued with the things she had to build to prepare for the thaw, whenever it came. A stone pipe was added to the corner where the two segments of floodwall met, with an opening at the bottom of a small recess on the landward side of the wall were water could gather...
2022-09-20 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"All right, I think that about covers everything," Rian said, visibly sighing in relief. "Unless anyone remembered something at the last moment?"
In the crowd, someone tried to stand up. The man behind him grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him down, and the woman next to him—presum...
2022-09-18 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Winter Community Meeting
With her third so-called community meeting, Lori was resigned to the fact that she would have to attend. Unfortunately, she just couldn't see how she could reasonably get out of it. If she just left and told Rian to handle any decision-...
2022-09-17 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostUnsurprisingly, there were a few who had the nerve—or possibly complete lack of sense—to step forward and try to justify themselves to her. Also unsurprisingly, many were selfish idiots.
"You'll be able to farm a thousand square paces of farmland by yourself? With the restrictions I've ...
2022-09-15 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostWell, the poll is closed, so this month's Patreon special is a 'What if' chapter about Lori being a Mentalist.
Also, regarding Nightmærangers, it looks like it will be a while before I can resume it again. Not only is the plot finding me, but my schedule has been a little erratic due...
2022-09-15 02:46:35 +0000 UTC View Post"… as seed crop for the next harvest, then," Rian concluded. "Speaking of which, now that she's done with the flood barriers, Binder Lori will probably need more people to roll rocks for her again so she can build more farm plots."
Lori nodded. Yes, all the soil in the third level had to ...
2022-09-13 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWith her third so-called community meeting, Lori was resigned to the fact that she would have to attend. Unfortunately, she just couldn't see how she could reasonably get out of it. If she just left and told Rian to handle any decision-making that came up in the course of the meeting, he would no...
2022-09-11 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostBasic Bricklaying
"Stacks?" Lori said skeptically.
"I'll explain over lunch," Rian said. "Since, you know, I came out here to tell you it was lunch time and all?"
Lori grunted, taking one last look at her unfinished wall. The segment she was working on ...
2022-09-11 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFinishing the second flood barrier meant to protect their developed areas from being flooded from the back—or upriver, as it were—took another four days of work. Snow had to be removed, dirt dug up, a stone foundation fused to the bedrock laid, the actual built by piling up stone, and then fi...
2022-09-08 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIn the days that followed, the work continued on. Despite how… unsightly… the results were, Lori couldn't deny that simply pilingthe stone like that from the bottom up was getting the wall built a lot faster. Normally, simply piling up stone like that wasn't productive for h...
2022-09-06 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Stacks?" Lori said skeptically.
"I'll explain over lunch," Rian said. "Since, you know, I came out here to tell you it was lunch time and all?"
Lori grunted, taking one last look at her unfinished wall. The segment she was working on has basically just a pile of softened stone that s...
2022-09-04 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post