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Challenge #04512-L128: Ordinary Household Chemicals

An experienced soap maker is treating the burns of someone new to the craft.

"I told you to add the lye to the water, not water to the lye!"

ow... that hurts... what's the difference?

"Severe burns and scalding hot water jetting back at you due to the reaction! At least pouring it in to the water rather than having it under the water allows the gasses to escape BEFORE you mix it!" -- Lessons

The tap was whining at Zienn as the water flowed over hir burns. And no wonder, it had a lot of acreage to wash. The shock of the accident had yet to kick in, so ze joked, "At least I learned what 'explosive exothermic reaction' really means, now."

"You're lucky it didn't get on your face," grumbled Maan as she directed the flow to a shower-like spray, getting a wider coverage over the effected area. "I'd have had to bundle you into emergency decon and hose you off. If I hadn't yelled for you to stop in time..." She shuddered. "You could have lost an eye. You could have lost your life."

Zeinn was still sailing high on hir own adrenaline. "I didn't think it was that bad. The ERT's are pretty quick."

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Thursday, Appointment Day

For one glorious hour, I thought I had a solution to the Zrythm thing. The potential fix didn't work and I don't know what I did to make it not work. I mean, apart from having the Fickle Finger when it comes to tech.

I have faith that it will get unriddled in good time.

I have a shrink appointment, and physio happening today. At least I only have the minimal offerings to fret about today.

And I got out all the

Challenge #04511-L127: To Choose Peace

"Would you side with these people against me?? You are just like me! Trufel!"

I am nothing like you. I believe in compassion.

"They will hate you and destroy everything you love!"

And I will forgive them.

"WHY??"

Because someone has to be the first to let go of the hate and try something else. -- Anon Guest

[AN: I looked up 'Trufel' and couldn't find more than a corruption of 'truffle' So I'm assuming that's a name]

Trufel took a deep

Wednesday, Overdue Offerings and Rant

Since I have just about finished reading the Sharing Knife series, I think I should probably go on a bit of a rant and rave about that one.

I'm collating chapters for Book 5 one folder at a time and I'll be posting my owed Patreon content very, very soon.

The PLN for to day is do a little bit of one thing, work on another, then go back to the thing. Until the thing is done. Until all my things are

Challenge #04510-L126: Not So Helpless

I may be in a wheelchair, but I can still kick your tail before you raise that blade. I'm limited, not helpless. -- Fighting Fit

[AN: Tempted to use Kosh's all-terrain wheelchair with caterpillar treads for this one, but nah. Should aim for the normal model]

The streets are paved well, and for that I am grateful. I've seen the perambulatory chair favoured by a noble or two, but that thing is frighteningly complicated. My main wheels are from a velocipede, and

Tuesday, Patreon, Deliveries, Shopping, etc.

I owe some stuff to Patreon. I owe some offerings to y'all today. I should be recording five more chapters and that should be going up on Patreon too. I should be focussing on all of that but the allure of relax time is calling me.

I can resist. I hope.

On the plus side, Mum has her seasonal chocolate and a half-dozen eggs, a fix to her tech, and refreshes supplies. Yay.

I have no idea what I'm going to doodle

Challenge #04509-L125: The Terror Within

The researchers startled from their tents to hear screaming from the tent belonging to the humans. They see two humans trying to calm the third, who looked terrified. They explained, gently, their friend dealt with night-terrors sometimes, the past was not a gentle one. -- The New Guy

Of all possible rude awakenings, one of the worst has to be waking up to witness your roommate being killed. Leading slightly above that is doing the same with another individual readying their weapon

Monday, Backup Reads and Back to Work

First week of not "working" during the weekend. This, in my case, means not working on the novel or any of my side projects for two days. Which, in turn, means encouraging myself to get back on to doing the thing. IF I can focus on doing half a chapter a day through the week, I can plausibly write up to two and a half chapters a week.

Which is likely to fall over tomorrow, because Mission to MeMum's. We'll see how

Challenge #04508-L124: Just Open the Door

They're shy, terrified of talking to others about how they feel, and still suffering, mentally, from all they endured from the polity they were rescued from. The therapist, suggests writing out their feelings instead, since talking about it is so difficult for them. When they admit they are unable to read or write, They are given a diary, a few pencils, and a lesson book, and introduced to another who'd been rescued from that polity, who was willing to teach. -- Lessons

Sunday, Game Night and Further PLNs

I'm planning to get to sleep at 5PM today, all so I can be awake at the right time to run the VTTRPG. My keyboard is behaving itself again, but yesterday was entirely terrifying.

I will be keeping all beverage containers out of accidental knocking-down distance. Religeously.

One scare is PLENTY.

I'm listening to AMothintheArchive on Twitch as they go through some entries from last week. I know what the prompt should be for next week, but there's always room for a

Challenge #04507-L123: Low Made High

An elderly person living alone in a hovel had but one wish. To live, if but for a little while, somewhere warm in their old age. They awoke one morning to find themselves in an enchanted wizard's tower, that was also part retirement home, that moved through the lands. And the kind wizard helping them, and other elderly, find solace and companionship in their twilight years. -- Lessons

For the longest time, the only care for the elderly was their younger family

Saturday, Parkrun and Technical Difficulties

Parkrun was a huge success for me. I repeated my experiment of walking without my cane to the halfway point, and then walking with support on the way back. I now have confirmation of the end of Volume Five of ADT so now all I need to do is fill in all the chapters between where I am and the two chapters I wrote for the very, very end.

Seventy-four chapters to go.

Meanwhile, I spilled a teeny tiny drop of beverage

Challenge #04506-L122: A Very Special Exemption

One would think the CRC would stomp on a workplace making their people work 50 hour weeks and weekends. But the employees knew this would happen, they're told clearly about it up front before they agree to be hired, for only about 3 months out every year before going back to normal work hours. And honestly? The overtime pay was VERY much worth it! -- Anon Guest

It took some significant effort to come up with Galactic Standard Time, the Galactic Standard

Friday, Trying and Very Trying

I cannot comprehend the extant set of instructions for getting new instruments into Zrythm. I'm going to try some video tutorials and see how I go.

If it gets incredibly desperate, I'll sign on to the Discord and find someone who knows this shit to help.

I feel like a true thickie, trying to do all these things and failing at it.

On the other hand, I am teaching myself how to art all over again. With constant practice, I will get

Challenge #04505-L121: Utility of Blades

Why do you have so many knives, surely you don't need more than one? -- She Who Knits

"Oh I need all of them," said Human Mar, "and don't call me Shirley." Currently in the midst of sharpening one, he checked the blade's sharpness against his thumbnail.

"Pardon?" said Companion Gij, her feathers half-fluffed in anxiety. "I did not do that."

"Ancient Terran joke. Never mind." The knife passed its odd inspection and returned to its sheath, then to its place on

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Challenge #04512-L128: Ordinary Household Chemicals

Thursday, Appointment Day

Challenge #04511-L127: To Choose Peace

Wednesday, Overdue Offerings and Rant

Challenge #04510-L126: Not So Helpless

Tuesday, Patreon, Deliveries, Shopping, etc.

Challenge #04509-L125: The Terror Within

Monday, Backup Reads and Back to Work

Challenge #04508-L124: Just Open the Door

Sunday, Game Night and Further PLNs

Challenge #04507-L123: Low Made High

Saturday, Parkrun and Technical Difficulties

Challenge #04506-L122: A Very Special Exemption

Friday, Trying and Very Trying

Challenge #04505-L121: Utility of Blades