Covering my exposed shoulders, I rub my foot against the ground. “Prithee, cease staring at me. It’s making me uncomfortable.”
The gentlewoman gawks at the kiln where my navel once existed for a long time before continuing to pace around me, slowly inspecting my body like someone assessing a racehorse. “I’m sorry, but I didn’t expect you to be a ghost girl made of smoke. This ...
2020-11-30 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe day fades away as the lanterns shine dazzlingly, illuminating the gray stone path. I still lie in the same bush, trying my best to read the ecology book, but it’s far too cramped. A partially melted bit of snow falls from a leaf onto the book. Shaking my head, I tilt the book, watching the snow slide leaving a line of water before falling from the page into the brush below.
‘W...
2020-11-28 12:06:31 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Notes:
Hey guys! We've had several new people (Patrons) that have joined us recently, and as always thank you! It is highly appreciated.
I've been working to improve things, including my style. Cutting down on adverbs, a bit more description, and more physical reactions from Constance (although ...
2020-11-26 12:09:54 +0000 UTC View PostHaving just experienced a tidbit of what the Throng of Haze adaptation has to offer, I hold up my hazy hand. ‘I believe I may have made myself even more of a monster… Good lord, what am I going to be like if things such as this continue.’ Remembering that there were some changes to my blue wall last time I selected an adaptation, I drop my hand and collapse onto my back. Not beca...
2020-11-24 03:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith my bright violet eyes, I stay low beneath the table, obstructing them with my arm. Through the haze of my arm, I watch and listen in on the conversation between the two people known as Jessica and Leo.
“Right, I’ll radio for backup...” Jessica replies, but pauses abruptly, “Hey! Wait, I think there is someone laying on the floor.”
“Huh?” A clicking noise is sudden...
2020-11-21 10:05:30 +0000 UTC View PostI stalk the fopdoodle as he carries the young woman while displaying clear wicked intentions. As I follow, I allow the cattail to engulf rocks and gravel; it expands to around a foot wide—what I believe is close to what it can presently stretch. The fopdoodle turns onto a dark and unlit path. Another thousand steps later, he moves into a thick grove of trees before coming to a rock and placin...
2020-11-19 05:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post“The spirit out on the lake, may I ask, what are you doing?”
An azure falling star streaks across the sky as I stare blankly into the heavens above. ”...God? Is that thee? It is me, remember me? Did thee forget about me?” I reply back in my head.
”I’m not god, but I’ll lend you my ear if you need someone to confess to,” the voice answers, "I have also been told I hav...
2020-11-17 02:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostLocating a particularly hidden thicket, I lay the raccoon corpse flat. It takes all my willpower not to engulf the raccoon and bask in the feelings its flavor provides. Still, I manage to resist my urges.
‘Aye, so now I shall begin attempting to acquire a medicinal skill. I shall try to apply my knowledge of the four humors to an animal. [1] It is a bit difficult to do to a...
2020-11-14 07:19:31 +0000 UTC View PostIt has been several hours since completing the manual task. Presently, I am stealthy hiding within some hedges between where I planted the seed and a beautiful, exotic arched bridge. I would prefer to be a bit closer to the seed, but hereabouts is the nearest I was able to achieve. The other thickets in the area were all simply too sparse.
Picking up and absorbing a leaf, I receive the bl...
2020-11-12 00:32:30 +0000 UTC View Post‘Aye, let us plant here then, Earl!’
As soon as those words run through my mind, a sound similar to that of a glass pane shattering echoes outward. The kiln in my belly bursts open and a single sensation buries itself into the deepest reaches of my mind... Anguish! All I can describe it as is anguish! I drop to my knees, catching myself with my left hand as my right moves to ...
2020-11-09 10:51:22 +0000 UTC View PostWith Earl’s ‘scouting feature,’ I wander through the forest. As I walk, I will have a sensation of heat along one side of the kiln, prompting me to move in that direction. I would describe the heat as similar to when bare skin is brought near a scolding hot pan—subtle yet also evident. The more I roam onward, the more apparent it becomes that this place is a bustling region during the d...
2020-11-07 01:18:02 +0000 UTC View PostWandering through this unfamiliar place, it is not long before I discover this forest is not what I believed it to be at all. While I first believed it to be a wilderness or a forest, that now does not appear to be the case. Paths wind to and fro throughout the ‘forest,’ and lanterns illuminate the paths vividly. The trees and plants are sparse in numerous areas, and there are benches amids...
2020-11-03 23:22:03 +0000 UTC View PostTurning my head, I find two young men on their posteriors who appear to be somewhere in their early twenties. They both have short hair, one with blond and the other with brown; however, both sets of hair seem overly styled and shiny. Each wears a similar shirt that runs around halfway down their arms with crude drawings and words. One wears a shirt with a big red heart with “NY” scribbled ...
2020-11-01 22:58:12 +0000 UTC View PostMessage from the Author 10/31/20:
Happy Halloween, everyone! Just wanted to take a second to thank you all for your support! It really does mean a lot!
If anyone ever has comments, notes, opinions, or questions, feel free to ask/comment. As long as it isn't a spoiler, I'll likely answer. I'm moderately certain everyone here is aware, b...
2020-10-31 11:35:57 +0000 UTC View PostNow trapped in the pipe, my kiln burns achingly, but I find myself too anxious to halt and inspect my condition.
‘If this direction has a way out, I shall be ever so happy. Let’s see: One. Two. Three…’
I employ my usual method to pacify my nerves until I eventually find myself at a stoppage. The pipe ends at another grate, and I have nowhere left to go. ‘Well,...
2020-10-29 06:42:26 +0000 UTC View PostHaving resolved to assist the elderly rats with their predicament, I prepare to have a bit of fun. With my audience waiting in anticipation, I march from my hiding spot. Channeling my inner child, I raise my hands high like a warrior preparing to show the world their strength. The elderly rats tilt their chubby necks and take a few steps from their burrow to get a better glimpse of my performan...
2020-10-26 10:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostSlightly downcast from spotting the trees and being unable to leave, I wander aimlessly.
‘With the sun up, I should probably wait until night again. A bit irritating that all those people happened to be there… and nuns!? The only thing that could be worse than nuns is a nun with noble roots. Nay! Wait! A French nun with noble roots—a nightmarish thought!’
A...
2020-10-24 05:54:19 +0000 UTC View PostHaving just escaped from the Bishop and discovering the waddling figures of the elderly rats, I cannot help but throw up my arms. ‘How!? I cannot comprehend how I barely escaped from that fiendish man, only to discover the elderly rats here leisurely strolling away! They are the ones responsible for leading me into that horrid place!’
While I am glaring at the five, the elder...
2020-10-22 09:13:52 +0000 UTC View Post‘What was that? Disregard it; just keep going! I am not letting that Bishop catch me.’
With the Bishop behind me, I rush down the stairs as quickly as possible. A few moments, and thirty-six steps later, I have made my way down, reentering the hallway full of drawings and words. I stop abruptly when I notice one of The Bishop’s dolls is standing there, moving of its own acc...
2020-10-20 06:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral minutes pass while the men sit in silence, and I am considering my options. One of the men furrows their brow with a look of determination.
“I’m doing it! Right now! No one ever got anywhere without taking risks!” the man shouts in a deep, commanding voice. “If I… No! If we spend all our time trying to avoid danger, we'll never be able to move forward! To be strong!” 2020-10-18 04:22:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Roughly a day has passed since I began studying the elderly rats, just out of their sight. Observing them has been fascinating. Simply watching them interact with one another like a tiny community is incredible. Nay, they are not starting fires or building houses or anything like that, but they are helping each other by moving bricks or joining together to enlarge one of the holes. They have ga...
2020-10-15 07:09:31 +0000 UTC View PostWhile thinking through my past and future, I slowly continue to drift through the tunnels. Above me, the gray stone walls slide in and out of view. Excluding when I passed through a section of red brick, the view has not changed, and I have not moved at all. However, I did discover that I can make my body either halt and not drift along the water or allow it to simply move with the water as it ...
2020-10-14 04:04:48 +0000 UTC View Post‘There!’
Slowly, I glide behind a black rat and raise the brick and cattail. The rat either does not sense me or does not perceive my violet eyes as anything threatening. Regardless, it is its final blunder as the moment I come into range I bring the cattail down upon it with a harsh crunch.
‘Aye, got it! And it only required a single blow!’
The catta...
2020-10-13 00:59:33 +0000 UTC View PostAfter refining the Nebula and Vitrum, I made a valiant attempt to search for the baby rat, but in the end, I spent most of my time lost in the labyrinth of tunnels for a not small amount of time. Eventually, though, I finally found my way back, where I discovered five adult rats that immediately fled upon noticing my glowing eyes. I thought this odd as the other rat simply ignored my eyes previ...
2020-10-13 00:44:35 +0000 UTC View PostStaring at the murky water beneath my feet, a sinking suspicion spreads over me. ‘This is where they empty their chamber pots, is it not? Aye, of course, it is, where else could I have possibly found myself, but down here with the waste?’
Now uncomfortable and regretting my decision to jump into these tunnels, I resolve to avoid looking down at all costs. Abruptly, one of Ear...
2020-10-07 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post‘Hmm? Where… Am I in my cottage...? I cannot seem to recall. Why do I feel as if I have been in a circumstance similar to this recently…? Some ale might stimulate my mind.’
A somehow familiar ethereal and feminine voice echoes from every direction.
Beta Entity 1-3-2-3 seal loosening. Fully integrating into the Cosmic System now.
‘Who is ...
2020-10-07 08:37:14 +0000 UTC View PostNot wishing to be anywhere near this colony any longer, I turn and wander toward a nearby tree line. I step between the trees and through the dense undergrowth. My body lights up the shadowy forest in a hue of purple. Recalling a place nearby that the natives once informed me of, I gradually make my way there, keeping to the game trails when possible.
While walking, I spread my arms, stre...
2020-10-04 22:09:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe light fades. Darkness crawls back beneath my skin as if an insect returning to its burrow. Silence tickles at my spirit, reminding me that this is all that has ever existed in here.
‘...Nay. Was it all just a trick of a dying mind?’
As I am on the precipice of giving myself to this world, my head throbs. I collapse and clutch it tightly. The light returns, laughing ...
2020-10-03 10:14:22 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyelids slide open to discover naught but blackness. ‘Am… am I still alive? Where am I? I… I believe my eyes are open, but it’s as if they are still shut. Wait, am I still hanging?’
Attempting to look upward, I find I cannot discern even a speck of light. I kick forward and backward, yet it merely leads to my body swaying. As I swing, the rope creates a hushed creak....
2020-10-03 09:47:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stained Tower Book 1 - Germination
The heavens are dyed in a brilliant red and orange as the sun sets on the horizon. A stiff breeze blows, causing the lush vegetation to bend upon one another. Strands of my long cherry-red hair flutter in the wind and tickle my nose. The dense branches of the great willow tree that accompanies me on this verdant hill produces a sooth...
2020-10-03 09:32:49 +0000 UTC View Post