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Challenge #04648-L264: You Expected Moonlight Serenade?

Kevin stands at the hotel lobby alone, he takes a deep breath the eerie quiet made him hear his own heartbeat. As he looks down at the polished marble he notices something red, bloody footprints. A shiver runs down his spine as he slowly backs away but more crimson footprints appear moving toward his location. Maybe the entity didn’t notice him as he moved around but wherever he goes the footprints follow. Suddenly Kevin begins to giggle and the footprints stopped in place. “Ha ha look, I made you draw a [male equipment]!” Then the man jumps out the window. -- Anon Guest

[AN: OP, I fixed your English but I can't fix your reading skills. I did ask in the pinned post to resist the temptation to send me microfictions as prompts. I don't find them fun]

As far as hazing exercises went, this one was pretty lame. Stay in the lobby and meet the bloody boot-tracks. Done. Kevin took out his phone and turned it to record the tracks. "Obviously, that's not my shoe size," he put his sneaker next to a bloody footprint for comparison. "And check it... I made it make a dong." He made certain they'd be able to see it and laugh. "Awright. Next up, I got me a date in the BAALLLL room to see if I dance with devil." He stopped the recording and hit 'send'.

They'd watch it together in the morning when they came to fetch him.

Kevin followed the directions to the ball room, cackling all the way. Heheh. Balls. The place was empty and bare. All the glass that could have faced the outside was replaced with plywood boards. Half the linoleum had peeled up to reveal faded and scuffed parquetry underneath.

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Sunday, Archive Reads, Motivation and Lack Thereof

I've been awake since 1AM but I haven't made anything unless I was icing my ankle.

On the plus side, I have been working on a potential Halloween story. Powers know what I'm going to do for a cover, but that's a problem for if it gets finished. For all I know, it might be out next year. September is dwindling away, after all.

I am reminding myself to be kind to me. If it gets done, it gets done. If not,

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Challenge #04647-L263: Just One Won't Hurt

For decades Markus was a marketer for [BRAND] Cigarettes, telling himself lie after lie to justify his job. That was until his brother contracted lung cancer. Now Markus is desperate to use his riches to make amends for his ill deeds. But is there really anything he can do to make up for all the bodies he’s helped to poison? -- Deathshead419

[AN: Had to alter this prompt a little because there is an actual brand name involved. I can not

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Saturday, Slow Movement

I'm in the midst of recording chapters for Adorable. I've allegedly begun work on the next entry for the Archive. I have yet to begin working on my daily offerings. And I have at least one cat getting literally in my face as I attempt to work.

And I have to break every two hours to cool my ankle off.

At least I get to noodle around with fiction other than the daily offerings while that's going on.

It's slow, but I'm

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Challenge #04646-L262: Hubris in the Temple of Art

A playwright and troop director has crafted his greatest play. Only hitch is he has scorned warnings of restless spirits in the theater. Now ghosts are causing havoc while opening night is almost here. -- Deathshead419

Actors are a superstitious and cowardly lot. In a high-pressure environment where their means of continuing life and relative comfort depends entirely on a combination of extreme good fortunes, superstition is a natural reaction. Their practiced skills could fall victim to any little thing. A random

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Friday, Slow Going

I have attempted knee stretchies. Or at least knee exercises. I'm sure some of them are going to work. Three to six months, the info says.

Icing my stupid ankle now takes at least half an hour because I have a third axis to chill it down. On the plus side, half an hour to work on various alternate projects.

On the minus side, more opportunity to space out and not do the regular offerings. I'm emotionally lagging on motivation, and pretty

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Challenge #04645-L261: Tourist Take Warning

My fellow cognisants. There has been a great many interested in visiting that fearsome deathworld known as Earth, though more apt name for it is Terra, as in terrifying. Today, we will go through some of the weather phenomena found there, my own experience, and why it's absolutely essential to listen to your human guides when they tell you to get to shelter when it only looks like a few clouds are overhead.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04544-l160-homicidal-weather-patterns -- Anon Guest

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Challenge #04644-L260: Good Things and Trouble

The storm raged, the roads were almost impassible, the farmers invited Kormwind and his party to stay for the night. The house was small, but warm and pleasant. Everything was very plain, but very well loved. Horses safe in the barn, everyone spending time with the poor farmers, but this relaxing place, cramped as it was, was more peaceful that then strains of "upper crust" society at the Inns of the elite. -- Anon Guest

[AN: This could be an expansion-pack chapter

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Wednesday, Rants and Videos and Other Stuff

It's half-past nine and so far I'm feeling like...

[Shown here: A simplified humanoid figure oscillating rapidly left and right. It is captioned, "I have done nothing productive all day"]

Which is a lie. I have finished up half a chapter of ADT, I've been working on some fun fiction this morning. And I'm reaching for motivation to start submitting books at people again, but it's the kind of work that makes my bones feel heavy and uuuuuurgh.

If I had an

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Challenge #04643-L259: Found Family Free Fuddlement

They adopted young Oakroot out of compassion, grew to love hir as family, though teaching the little to not steal was harder than it looked. The aftermath of the fight was to sooth the child, and teach the little thief some restraint, and let them know that, no matter what, they'll never NOT be loved as family.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04609-l225-unattended-children-will-be-stolen-by-adventurers -- Anon Guest

They knew that Oakroot was from a bad place when they dug him out of his

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Tuesday, Patreon PLNs

I have a story to read for video making, a story to write for my lovely audience, a half a chapter to work on while I ice my ankle, and so on.

This morning was a little on the rough side. Awake and productive at 1AM, unable to rest but sleepy by 3AM. Awake at some point after my morning alarm went off.

I'm determined to look after myself. Which can be a little bit of an emotional drag when I'd much

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Challenge #04642-L258: Books, Brains, or Boots

"What a tangled web you weave when first you choose to deceive."

The problem is, they got caught in their own web, and now had to come clean.

Fortunately, people were merciful. No magic use except for healing spells for a month, and having to be on dishes-duty for a month. Could've been a lot worse. -- Anon Guest

[AN: Nerd moment - the actual quote is "What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." And yes I

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Monday, Embuggerances and Further PLNs

I have a method(tm) for dealing with the ankle interruptions. I'm calling it "drips and drops" and it also deals with the fanficcery I've got running. When I go to ice my ankle, I put drips and drops of thoughts into each WIP I have on the burner.

It worked to get me half a chapter, last Friday. It worked to get several chunks into various fanfics. I have confidence that it can work today.

I've posted the video on Peertube

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Challenge #04641-L257: Industry Cottage

They had just graduated school and badly wanted to be a merchant. Seeing a traveling elf with the gnome friend riding on the back of a fluffy, happy, cat, they asked the three adventurers "You've traveled far and wide, adventurers, haven't you? What kind of shops are popular?" -- Anon Guest

[AN: Gnomes are small, but not that small. Something about Mundane-born species having real physical limits, shapeshifting into one means you have to look like one etc etc. TLDR: I'm not

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