As it wasn't raining, and therefore people could finally work on putting roofs and doors of the houses she'd built– she left the matter of assigning which families got the houses to Rian, as she didn't care– Lori could finally stay in her nice, cool cave instead of working in the hot, sunny, ...
2021-02-25 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe days passed. As they did, the settlement developed and the number of buildings grew.
Wood was cut. The kitchen got real walls, and then the walls became raised stone, so the wood was used for a proper roof, and then the dimensions were expanded to be able to seat nearly everyone. Tables...
2021-02-23 16:25:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe 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 been raised around the cave opening, with space for air to pass around...
2021-02-22 06:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostOur Unfortunately Named Protagonist
In the middle of the rains, they finally finished digging the core for the demesne.
Whisperer Lolilyuri, Lori to most, had been in the midst of fortifying the water break around the settlement, the rain dripping down from w...
2021-02-21 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Lori came back to the kitchen, it was to find Rian waiting for her with a bowl of food. Beast meat that had been cooked over flame– it seemed someone had realized they could safely burn wood now– served in with the stewed grains, wild berries, nuts and root vegetables they'd been eating ...
2021-02-19 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Lori finally stopped laughing with, admittedly, a touch too much megalomania, it was to the revelation that as she'd been standing around, her socks had gotten wet.
She dried them. Then she had to blink, stare, and slowly go over in her head what had just happened.
No need to bre...
2021-02-17 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing any Whisperer learned, whether they were a savant or an initiate, was that wisps were everywhere.
In every speck of dust, every drop of water, every empty space, there were wisps. They clung to the magic in the air, inert and unmoving until a Whisperer offered them ...
2021-02-16 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTo make a Dungeon and the demesne that surrounded it was actually relatively simple, provided you were a wizard and could actually do it. A lot of the stories commoners told were of ordinary folk somehow stumbling into a Dungeon and claiming it in ignorance or by accident, becoming might...
2021-02-15 02:22:12 +0000 UTC View PostIn the middle of the rains, they finally finished digging the core for the demesne.
Whisperer Lolilyuri, Lori to most, had been in the midst of fortifying the water break around the settlement, the rain dripping down from wide brim of her pointy leather hat, when one of the children had rea...
2021-02-14 15:36:51 +0000 UTC View Post