Even with the news that there was an unclaimed core lying around, Lolilyuri couldn't just run off and claim it, adding a second Demesne to her holdings (a second demesne!), no how much she really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY, REALLYwanted to. ...
2021-03-31 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIf there was one thing he found mildly aggravating about Demesne, it was that people kept mispronouncing his name. They kept going for the short vowel sounds instead of the long one. He'd given up correcting people and nowadays Ryan just rolled with it.
Still, it could have been worse. At l...
2021-03-30 03:28:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the most awkward lunch Lori had ever attended, and that included the time her mothers and she had attended a family reunion in another demesne and everyone kept asking who her father was.
Rian had had one of the stone cooking pots brought out. It was still a third full, reminding Lor...
2021-03-29 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostSo, as we near the end of this month, I'd like to ask you, my Patrons, what you like (or don't like) about this story. Is there something you want to see more of? While I have things written in advance, if there's something in particular you enjoy seeing more of, that can be worked in. I can't ra...
2021-03-29 04:19:51 +0000 UTC View PostChecking On Corpses
"I said 'after you'," Rian said.
"And I'm not falling for it, stay in front of me," Lori said flatly.
"The way you're gripping the back of my shirt so firmly is concerning, though," Rian said.
"Don't get distracted in front of ...
2021-03-28 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostDay Of The Plague Dog, Part 1
If the world had a sense of drama, they would be doing this in the dead of night, maybe in the rain, in the seedy underbelly of the city.
But no, it was the middle of the day, the skies were clear and they were in a heavily traff...
2021-03-27 15:57:47 +0000 UTC View PostFor several days, the entire settlement worked to rebuild. In a way, the fact that not many houses and buildings had been raised was lucky for them, as there wasn't much that had been damaged. There was still a lot, but not every family had lost their house. Most of what did need to structural re...
2021-03-26 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo, today I've just finished writing a short Rian-centric segment, similar to last month's Lori-centric one. You can expect it at the end of the month.
I’ve also, against my better judgement, begun a polymer clay chibi Lori. I figure I’d use it on the book cover or something. Lots...
2021-03-25 16:00:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe reservoir was, from what Lori could tell, still clear, and no one had used it as a lavatory. She was almost impressed.
She had everyone clear a path to the reservoir, with Rian in charge of keeping the way clear, as she sat on a convenient bench she'd formed from the stone bulwark in fr...
2021-03-24 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post"I said 'after you'," Rian said.
"And I'm not falling for it, stay in front of me," Lori said flatly.
"The way you're gripping the back of my shirt so firmly is concerning, though," Rian said.
"Don't get distracted in front of the beast, that's how people die."
"That's wha...
2021-03-22 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostAfter The Dragon
Lori didn't feel it when the dragon finally went away, since she had been distracted during the period it had likely happened to note its passing. She had been too full of sheer outrage at the complete and utter nonsensical ignorance of story Rian ...
2021-03-21 04:56:52 +0000 UTC View PostThrowing lightning is more complicated than simply imbuing lightningwisps, willing them to go in a direction and expecting results. Doing it like that is the common beginner mistake, since it just means a lot of lightning goes everywhere. Despite the popular image of lightning coming dow...
2021-03-19 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe overfull lavatory had been deal with. Pressure differential had been involved. It had taken a while since something had gotten into the stone pipes she'd made for the lavatory, but had died inside because… well, the situation was inimical to life. It took some concentrating since she had to...
2021-03-17 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I'm currently working on another story, a superhero/horror/Lovecraftian story about teenagers (?) with attitude and the voices of eldritch beings in their heads fighting to protect a city against... other eldritch beings. A combing giant eldritch abomination will be involved at some point. I'...
2021-03-16 03:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostLori didn't feel it when the dragon finally went away, since she had been distracted during the period it had likely happened to note its passing. She had been too full of sheer outrage at the complete and utter nonsensical ignorance of story Rian insisted on continuing to tell her.
"– so...
2021-03-15 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostYes, There Are Dragons
Lolilyuri felt terrible. Unfortunately, there was work to be done. It wasn't too bad. She could do the work sitting down for the most part, and it was a steady, repetitive work that she didn't have to think too much about. The situation was a...
2021-03-13 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri could hear another dragonborn abomination trying to crawl through the air hole again. There was too much chittering and the sound of multiple wings, and the void it left in her sense of the demesne's wisps was all wrong to be any ordinary sort of bug. She pushed magic into the darkness ...
2021-03-12 05:02:01 +0000 UTC View PostLori felt like her Dungeon was about to cave in and collapse on her.
That was unlikely to happen, since every earthwisp that wasn't turning stone into the consistency of wet clay was currently reinforcing the entire hill to increase its structural integrity and not collapse because of littl...
2021-03-10 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri felt terrible. Unfortunately, there was work to be done. It wasn't too bad. She could do the work sitting down for the most part, and it was a steady, repetitive work that she didn't have to think too much about. The situation was aggravating, but mostly she was angry at herself for los...
2021-03-08 05:02:08 +0000 UTC View PostWorking with Tools
Even though they had decided to send a group with Rian to Covehold Demesne to somehow acquire things the settlement needed and wanted– and to be honest, most people expected him to have to rob the bank– that didn't mean they would leave the v...
2021-03-07 06:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostEven though they had decided to send a group with Rian to Covehold Demesne to somehow acquire things the settlement needed and wanted– and to be honest, most people expected him to have to rob the bank– that didn't mean they would leave the very next day. Supplies needed to be gathered and pr...
2021-03-07 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostDays had passed, and Rian had yet to solve the 'what if there are rapids' problem. On the other hand, the hospital got a roof. Lori had to raise up stone pillars to support the ceiling beams, but that was simple to do.
She had to raise a bunch of support pillars in the middle of the houses ...
2021-03-07 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt was not, in fact, that hard in theory. Or even in practice.
At least, that's what Lori told herself.
Finding where the children did their seeling was simple. She'd put a latrine near there, after all.
Figuring out seeling was done by using long, pointy branches to catch the s...
2021-03-07 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostNaming the Community With Malice Aforethought
Finally, the day of the community meeting was upon them. The sky was overcast, but not actually raining, though it threatened to, and the ground was muddy from the rain the day before. Only the paths Lori had made to al...
2021-03-07 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo, so far our schedule has been 3 chapters a week, plus the digest on Sundays for those who want to get caught up quick in a single entry. However, in a sudden burst of probably ill-advised overconfidence in my writing ability, I've decided to move the schedule up a week. So the chapters schedul...
2021-03-06 09:42:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe community meeting progressed. As the morning wore on, people began to relax a little more as there were no other explosions of violence.
Still, there was some subtle movement to try and push through the subject of getting land. Someone proposed that they should, in fact, map out the are...
2021-03-04 17:02:34 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri listened as Rian listed the things they were running low on, referring to the various random objects with writing on them piled on the table. His recitation was punctuated by people standing up and justifying why they needed them. Metal; copper, tin, iron, steel. People had brought the ...
2021-03-03 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, the day of the community meeting was upon them. The sky was overcast, but not actually raining, though it threatened to, and the ground was muddy from the rain the day before. Only the paths Lori had made to allow her to get to places were hard-packed and dry.
The dining hall was p...
2021-02-28 16:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostLolilyuri arrived home with a sigh, smelling like sawdust, sweat, and the weird incense the owner of the lumberyard she worked at liked to use in the curing shed. She'd never noticed it having any particular effect, except to make her smell funny after a shift of kiln duty, but the owner swore it...
2021-02-28 10:54:18 +0000 UTC View PostFood and Other Resources to Manage
The next day dawned and nobody had died.
Also, sleeping on a pile of sand is still sleeping on rock, only with an infinite amount of sharp points.
"I need a bed," Lori muttered as she washed herself off. A rock had bee...
2021-02-28 05:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post