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Challenge #04603-L219: Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty

A great king is perturbed when, whilst excavating the site for his masterwork, the monument which will secure his place in eternity, the workmen discover ancient statues and old foundations hinting that some unknown empire may have tried to do so before him.

And even worse, it seems like that empire might have been mightier than his. Someone needs to look into what’s going on here… -- Deathshead419

It was almost the perfect place to put his monument to himself as guardian and protector of his kingdom. The artist had made a model of what would be the eventual statue, and King Magnificent had ordered a massive block of granite to carve it from. All it needed was the perfect place at the gateway to his realm.

Which was currently being cleared of rubble and loose, unstable soils.

Evidently, the workforce had found a big stone that would be in the way. It was large and rounded, and also some very fine granite. Magnificent idly wondered if it might be used for smaller statues to his glory in or around the rest of his glorious kingdom. Down in the pit, the workmen excavating gasped and shouted. Almost in unison. One scrambled out of the pit and went running in terror, screaming the name of an ancient horror.

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Thursday, Mild Day PLN'd

I am taking it easy in between wrangling bread. That means not fussing about interruptions and allowing myself to write the offerings I want and then stop there.

I have the video ready for tomorrow, so all I need to fret about are: the bread, the offerings, and maybe getting a few more paragraphs into ADT. I am not getting fussy about that.

The rest of today will be spent in making my mountain.

I need the time to chill.

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Challenge #04602-L218: Sew the Story Goes...

A lonely old woman sews a daughter for herself from soft cloth, downy feathers, and well worn buttons. It would be blessing if some fae creature or god breathed life into the dear one, wouldn’t it…? -- Deathshead419

You know the stories, don't you? Once upon a time, there was a lonely old... miller, baker, tailor, tinker, dressmaker, toymaker, pick one... who didn't have a spouse or a family as they began to grow old. What happened next changes from tale

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Wednesday, Rant Due, Videos, and Burnout

I am feeling exhausted from the moment I get out of bed, so I know I need a breather. I'm spending today, tomorrow, and the day after wrangling a double batch of bread and holy shit, I need a holiday.

If I record and edit Friday's video today, I can take tomorrow at ease. Or relative ease. I've given myself so much to do that I have to really juggle time in order to take time off.

Something's got to break, and

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Challenge #04601-L217: The Last Great Lords

The skies darken over three decrepit lords and their ancient castles which time has passed by. What will become of their traditions, their secrets, their eon old rivalries, as the world beyond seeps in bit by bit? -- Deathshead419

At their mightiest peak, the Elves split this continent into three civilised realms. Their names once caused lesser beings[1] to tremble, and were nigh unpronouncable to all but Elven tongues. Nursery tales would reduce them in later centuries to Lord Forest, Lord

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Tuesday, Shrink Day, Patreon, and Furthering PLNs

Mayhem's making mayonnaise and has decided that "power tools" are okay after all. Doing things by hand has some merit, and one of those is teaching you why tools exist in the first place.

Another one is knowing how to do the thing by hand.

Anyway. We're down to the last loaf of my bread, so I know what I'm doing for the next three days. Yes! Two firkin batches of bread because Chaos has managed to engulf an entire loaf in

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Challenge #04600-L216: Tangled Conversational Thread

Wraithvine is delayed by a foe employing a most unusual tactic against hir: Telling aimless stories that don’t go anywhere.

Might unfold something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujF8AumiQo -- Deathshead419

There's only so many ways one could go with a name like Ephriam Ardhardt, and this particular Warlock chose the most obvious route. One day, Wraithvine would figure out what made them like that and stop it at the source. Alas, that particular quest was well out

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Monday, Surprise Expedition, Backup Reads, and Further PLNs

Mayhem has just notified me that he has to go to town this morning. I'll be finding out later if this is going to be a regular thing. Then I can actually plan my Mondays around them.

A little more than an hour's warning would be nice.

I'm experimenting again with not using the ankle brace, since it seems to be okay this morning.

Of course I'm still babying it. Hoping for the best and ready -just in case- for a relapse.

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Challenge #04599-L215: Essential Amelioration

Wraithvine and Bibrid met a being who was alone and had badly hurt their back while carrying firewood. Their family would be gone for a few days having gone to town to trade what little they had so they could get essential supplies. Wraithvine gave the being a gentle massage to ease the pain, while Bibrid was kind enough to help with the firewood and care for the elder until the family could get home. -- Anon Guest

The carrying capacity of

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Sunday, Archive Reads and PLNs

The Twitch channel AMothintheArchive is reading other writer's microfictions. I'm attending as normal.

Some time after Costco opens, I shall be offski on a rather urgent adventure since we're almost out of eggs. We're rather caning the supply.

I don't think I'm likely to go back to regular chain store eggs. Costco's are cheaper and more abundant. I'll also be picking up a few other things along the way because resupply seems to be my regular mission in life.

Meanwhile, I am

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Challenge #04598-L214: Lool-lay Nee!

How did the human toy collector scare the wet out of several pirates and have them begging for mercy without firing a single shot?

Three words - Lots of Furbies! -- The New Guy

Specific and unnerving hobbies are not merely a Human thing. Obsessions can overwhelm anyone, though exposure to Humans has been correlated with those who do have odd obsessions. One statistical outlier on that imaginary chart is Navigator Nor of the Mass Transit Vessel, Evergreen.

Hir hobby was a

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Saturday, Hair Experiment and Taking it Easy

Once more, I am stuck nursing my ankle and otherwise attempting to return what passes as my health.

I am doing better. I can wander around without the cane, and in the brief occasions when I'm not wearing the brace, I am reminded why I need it with the odd little twinge.

I need to go shopping at some point because, once again, we're powering through the eggs and flour. My bread's delicious and Mayhem and I have developed the habit of

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Challenge #04597-L213: Save Every Library

Her library was immense, taking up over 90% of the station. She wasn't a member of the archivaas, but they did help her maintain it. Checking out materials was free, reading lessons were free, and if materials were returned late, rather than a fine, the person simply had a choice of making a donation, be it a book or monetary, to the library, to spend one hour working in the library to help maintain it. The dereggers that sometimes visited hated the

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Challenge #04596-L212: The Betrayal Game

The battle had been long, had been bloody, had been brutal. The invading forces were finally thwarted, though everyone, Wraithvine included, were exhausted. Bribid nearly ended up exposed, and the forces they'd helped defend the land were now going through the sad job of tending to their wounded, and burying the dead. -- Fighting Fit

Regrettably, war is the only option left. It is the failure of diplomacy, and the last resort. Or at least, it should be. This war, thank the

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