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Challenge #04862-M113: Fearsome Hero Hunvug

In a Tavern on the outskirts of Pildile, four men gather around a table for drinking, dicing, and a night away from the troubles of the world. Only, all four saw a hero’s exploits first hand, yet, none of them have the same story of what really unfolded… -- Deathshead419

Three beers in, Vaelin muttered, "Bloody heroes..." He took another swig before taking his turn at the dice.

"Aye," rumbled Goran. "Breaking in where they don't barge in, sticking their noses into everything. Flirting with anything that talks. Asking the same baffling question twenty different ways..."

"Rummaging through every crate, jar, and container they see," added Rezat. "Think they can get away with everything."

"And then they do," complained Serel.

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Thursday, Last Prep

I have a submission ready to go to the Promptcast, it just needs a last pass to identify all the vocabulary words that need pronunciation guides. Then I go colour-code the singing and send that noise offski.

I have a character who singsongs to avoid stuttering, so giving a cue to the cold reader is helpful.

Good news: I am in the lead for the Promptcast wordcount tally.
Bad news: For all of the five minutes it takes for my "rival" to

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Challenge #04861-M112: The Path to Fates

Deep in the vales of the Winderwrung Crags, legends speak of a beautiful figure whose serenade echoes across the range. Some say this singer leads climbers to their doom, others speak of surviving blizzards by that heavenly voice. One has at last set out to see if the legends hold any truth or are only traveler’s tales… -- Deathshead419

The valley is plentiful, and those who live there know well why every building stands on stilts or pillars. Even the horses

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Wednesday, Rant and Nonsense

I am so close to tagging the leader in the Promptcast wordcount total. If I try really hard, I can be the leader for the glorious two minutes it takes for Zia to overtake me by 80K+

We have fun over there.

I'm focussing on the Promptcast thing this morning, then getting on with the other nonsense.

Nonsense that includes:

  • Sending a polite, "Did you look at the thing?" to the agent that hasn't rejected me yet
  • Pitching B'Nar again, this time
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Challenge #04860-M111: A Little Mercy

At the end of the siege of Kaldorn, when the walls fell, young Jrodha Nosin sought shelter from the invading armies. Jrodha found it in the temple of one of the city’s most prominent gods. Yet while the rage of the invaders faded with Jrodha safely behind the barricade, safety always comes at a price… -- Deathshead419

When the world ended, a child ran for the shelter of Boreas' temple. Her name, when she entered the stone structure, was Jrodha Nosin.

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Tuesday, Patreon, Promptcast and PLNs

I have barely made a start with the Promptcast story for this week, and then only because the starting sentence is part of the prompt. I have Patrons to gift things to, and only a few little things to gift.

Including last week's Promptcast entry. That might have to be the way of things going forward. Given how long it takes me to do a thing for the Promptcast.

I somehow managed to fuck up both my shoulders this morning. I have

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Challenge #04859-M110: The Haunting of Stelgi Manor

Countess Vermyr Stelgi has inherited a substantial tract of land after the death of a distant cousin who had no other heirs. She moves quickly to spruce up the palace, hoping to make it into a summer home owing to the northerly quiet. That involves properly disposing of the departed cousin’s eclectic (some might say ghastly) collection, though some things in that palace might not appreciate being removed… -- Deathshead419

Like most buildings that had been in a family for generations,

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Monday, Convoluted PLNs

I got another shopping trip in my schedule today, and a little extra running-around money from Beloved.

It's up in the air as to whether that money will be spent on fuel or equipment. Both are needed. It depends on where I stop first and what's needed most.

Story shall be happening after I get back from that thing. And I shall make a concerted effort to write the Promptcast thing before the day turns.

Wish me luck because I am already

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Challenge #04858-M109: Hated Unreasonably on Sight

Life's most valuable lessons often come from the strangest places. -- Prompty.

Viscount Kormwind Arachis Felbourne Whitekeep, ninth of his name (aged seven), had been kept busy learning all the things a young Viscount needed to know. Dressage, Dancing, Diplomacy, Archery, Arts, Economics, it went on and on. He was allowed some hours free to spend in his own pursuits. Which, until he needed to replace some art supplies, Kormwind he had spent in the Dojo's library.

He carried his papers, of

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Sunday, Stream, Shenanigans, and FML

I woke up at 2 in the morning to the sound of wildly running water. The toilet tank won't stop filling and flowing, and I can't fathom why the hell it's doing that.

Two hours later, I still have no clue.

When I went out to search for tools, I had to feed the cats. Alas, the kitchen sink was under the supervision of Mayhem, who had put stuff down the drain that needed time to operate.

Since Mayhem was in a

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Challenge #04857-M108: Domesticity

Leave that for somebody else to do. They came, they saw and they left it. -- Prompty.

Some warlords operate on Veni, vedi, vici. The Harukh'ai approached the Elven settlements with, Veni, vidi, ruinam reliqui in mind. At least, they did when the Ormani got around to writing epic poems and studies around it. Several centuries after the the conflicts settled down into hardy perennial territory disputes.

The Harukh'ai had a reason. Taslanae had to wonder why Yinmanou approached the kitchen with

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Saturday, Editing Hell

I am helping edit a mentee's writing for the Promptcast. Said mentee is not a native English speaker and has not yet internalised a lot of the rules I keep giving them.

And this one looks like it was a bit rushed.

Whee fun.

But if that's all that goes agley today, I shall count myself lucky.

And the Promptcast is starting the author interviews. And I am a mod.

Story whenever.

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Challenge #04856-M107: Second Chance for Stuff

Tip Shops. Everything from from over-ordered new clothing, 2nd hand furniture, building material and odds and ends. "One person's rubbish is another's treasure." -- Prompty.

Places like this had a Smell. Somewhere between dust, old makeup, and the Stygian depths of an Escherian book emporium. Regardless of whether the items for sale were new or recovered in one way or another, they all had the scent of too much time.

Maebe thought of it as the smell of second-hand dust. It made

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Friday, Rest Day?

I can hope that I will have enough of my shit together to get the story out today and have enough time to just mess around and have some chill time.

Maybe.

But first, I must focus. Which is always an issue when chatting with other writers.

Why chat with other writers?

I need socialisation. It's that simple. I need to talk shop with like-minded gremlins and my writers' groups fit that bill.

Working on today's tale.

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Challenge #04855-M106: Learning Experience

Trying to get a group moving in the right direction. Pick one of these. Schoolchildren on a trip. Visitors to a 3 hour specialist sale event. Agreeing to go anywhere. -- Prompty

"Stop, look, and lis-ten," chanted Educator Dees, primary teacher for the newly literate and numerate class.

There were five kids to each educator, not that that did anything to prevent the inherent chaos of fifty children on the field trip. Some were talking animatedly at each other, some were play-wrestling,

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