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mikazukinika · 1 year
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I. Al-Haitham's Garden
Excerpt from the first chapter of the mage!alhaitham x familiar!kaveh au :3c Explore the tag →
Kaveh finds a seat on one of the cushioned wicker daybeds, running a hand over the tapestry-like patterns in a repetitive, self-soothing motion.
Now that he is actively studying it, Al-Haitham’s garden is arranged in quite the classic manner for Sumerian courtyards. There is the water feature as the centerpiece: a small stone fountain decorated with glittering tiles. Palms and ferns with large, fan-shaped leaves are strategically planted around the perimeter alongside citrus-bearing trees, all of these common choices for courtyard plants. Kaveh internally salivates at the promising prospect of stealing fresh oranges for himself this summer. At that time, he will no doubt find relief from the sweltering heat in the shade offered by the tiny, lattice-roofed patio adjacent to the main house. Kaveh imagines plopping onto the sofas there to peel his spoils at the low table until Al-Haitham catches him. He would talk the grumbling man into joining in, eventually; Al-Haitham is unironically an attentive host despite his reluctance. If Kaveh feels generous that day, he might even compliment him for fashioning such a compact space so deftly. In fact, he would be more suspicious that someone so loath to work arranged this all by himself if the garden didn’t show signs of being “returned to nature” in some places.
As if it is hardly used, the backdoor of the house opens with a noisy creak and interrupts Kaveh’s musings. Al-Haitham steps out, now dressed in his usual sashes and boots. The man does a double take when he sees Kaveh draped over his outdoor seating, painting the picture of a shocked madam who just received word that her son has eloped with a neighboring girl. “Ever the princess, aren’t you,” he comments dryly.
Kaveh snaps upright in an instant, cheeks flushing in anger. “Shut up and tell me where we’re going!”
Explore the mage!alhaitham x familiar!kaveh au →
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silverloreley · 1 year
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@26ja I just finished preparing your Christmas gift buuut I’ll publish it on the 21st so I can have your reaction for my birthday or after (if you have time to see it, otherwise don’t worry, I don’t mind waiting, the important thing is that I don’t have it before, here they say it’s bad luck to get birthday gifts and well wishes too early).
For everyone else, this means I’m going to update one (1) of my fics next week and sorry if it’s not the one who you’re waiting for, I barely had time for this (it was a shit year, sigh).
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ajthinks · 1 year
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30.04.2023 Camp NaNo
Somehow, I have survived this month and accomplished my word goal if not my chapter goal.
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But I did manage to churn out two more chapters on the last day, so there's that.
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Word Count: 20666 / 20,000
Chapter Count: 8 / 10
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“What are you doing?!” screamed someone right by Rin’s ear. Shadows surged and boiled as Rin threw himself to one side. The dodge took him outside the protection of the ceiba tree and into the rain. Rin stared at the furious Nika as his brother stomped past him and yanked the book up from the ground, inspecting it with ferocious intensity. “What the bloody hell was that for?” Rin demanded, clutching his chest as his heart tried to explode out of it. He fell back against the adobe and tried to breath. Unsuccessful, he settled for wiping the rain from his face. Nika whirled on him and raised the huge book as if to throw it at his ignorant brother, but settled for shaking it dry. “You don’t just leave books on the ground! What are you, four?!” “I need to study and I can’t do that inside.” Rin gestured towards the houses. “What else was I supposed to do?” “Find a board to put the book on!” Nika roared. “Not the ground!”
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guessillcallitart · 3 months
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sometimes it's so wild to remember that I'm my characters basically and I'm the one who's being sassy and funny and smart- mind blown
also I was very excited to post this cuz @anonymousfoz asked for it so as a smol explanation, Nika is the ringmaster of the circus in my books and based on @the-mindless :)) (sorry I roasted you but at least I didn't post the snippet where the oc got beat up by the bouncer🤷)
taglist: @aloeverawrites, @your-absent-father, @rbbess110, @aether-wasteland-s, @albatris, @athenswrites, @yesireadbooks, @full-on-sam, @jacqueswriteblrlibrary
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kachikirby · 1 month
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NEW SD GUNDAM GAIDEN WORK HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
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So, first is the little intro about this work. It's a new entry banner called SD Gundam Gaiden NEO. (The Knight Gundam series is separated into different banners that each series falls under. The previous one was New Testament SD Gundam Gaiden.)
The motif for this series is the 2022 Gundam series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.
The title of this first entry is "The Forbidden Magic" and this first arc is "Shrine Maiden of the Dragon God".
I'll be translating stuff from the snippet on the P-Bandai page. (VPN needed to access it from outside Japan)
STORY
Many years ago, the Benerit Clan wiped out the Dragon Village. However, some villagers, mainly children, were able to flee into the deep forest. It has been said that mysterious magic since ancient times has been hidden there…
In the Benerit Clan, which destroyed the Dragon Village and built a city in the remaining wasteland, a struggle for supremacy was underway among the young chiefs of the three families. The control of that power spread to the surrounding area, and the people of the Dragon Village are once again discovered by the Benerit Clan.
Under orders from the head chief, Delling, the elites of the three families approached the silent forest…
CARD LIST
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In numbered order: (1-01, 1-02, 1-03, and so on.)
Knight Gundam Lfrith VS Knight Beguir-Beu
Knight Gundam Lfrith
Knight Gundam Lfrith Jr.
Elder Cardo
Warrior Nadim
Summoner Elnora
Soldier Heingra
Knight Beguir-Beu
Magic Knight Aerial
Mage Suletta
Summoner Prospera
Spirit Spirit Geist
Spirit IceBurn
Sprit Ericht
Shrine Maiden Miorine
Warrior Demi Trainer
Hunter Demi Trainer
Hunter Keinanji
Hunter Chuchu
Blacksmith Nika
Shopkeeper Martin
Waitress Lilique, Aliya
Monster Goblin Kapell-Kuu
Monster Orc Clibarri
Monster Bear Azrawan
Monster Killer Hosler II
Soldier Demi Garrison
Warrior Dilanza
Fencer Heindree
Mage Zowort
Noble Knight Dilanza
Noble Knight Michaelis
Noble Knight Gundam Pharact
Monster Pharact Dragon
Noble Knight Guel
Noble Knight Shaddiq
Noble Knight Elan
Chief Delling
Shaman Nugen, Kal, Nevola, Golneri
Item - Shrine Maiden's Tomato
Revealed Individual Card Translations
Magic Knight Gundam Aerial
"Water, Fire, lend me your strength! Magic Sword Gunbit Rondo!"
Welder of the Magic Sword Escutcheon
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Mage Suletta
"If you move forward you gain two, if you run you gain one...I-I'll protect you!"
Dragon Village Mage
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Shrine Maiden Miorine
"I made this tomato. Eat this, and you'll definitely win!"
Shrine maiden who worships the dragon
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Noble Knight Dilanza
"I'll correct the ignorance of these hicks!"
Unites the Warriors of the Benerit Clan's Jeturk Family
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Noble Knight Guel
"I'll get the priestess, I'll get the chief's position, I'll get it all, I'll show you!"
Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Jeturk Family
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Noble Knight Gundam Pharact
"I can expose your true form."
Unites the Mages of the Benerit Clan's Peil Family
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Noble Knight Elan
"I'd like to hear more about you."
Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Peil Family
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Noble Knight Michaelis
"The dragon's shrine maiden is still alive? This is getting interesting."
Unites the Fencers of the Benerit Clan's Grasley Family
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Noble Knight Shaddiq
"If you're a survivor of that village, I won't leave you alone."
Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Grasley Family
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Additional art
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Current Thoughts
I hope these aren't the final card artwork because it looks a bit bland with the default silver background. The ones with gradient look a bit better, but they are nowhere near as the fully rendered backgrounds in New Testament or previous works.
They do not give a gender, but I feel like Aerial is male here and idk how to feel about it. The card list does mention Ericht separately as a spirit, so that kind of alleviates my concerns. I just don't know how to feel about it.
The first chapter is Shrine Maiden of the Dragon God, which likely refers to Mio.
One of the spirits is Spirit Geist, which is one of Roux's main summoned Spirits in Kikoushin Densetsu, which makes me think this is in the Dabat Kingdom, but at the same time, I'm not sure since we've yet to learn where and when in the SD Gundam Gaiden timeline this takes place in.
It would make sense to have a story that takes place in that kingdom's area, since Seikihei Monogatari is the only one whose yet to have a post-Saddrac Knight Saga era work connected to it.
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anesidoraa · 4 months
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so the final bd volume included an amazon-exclusive bonus commentary cd with suletta, miorine, nika, and chuchu's vas (finally). they had a corner where they had to draw questions? topics? from the haro and answer them and lynn's part is craaaazy
q: say what you like about the character that you play lynn: aahh hhmm *takes like 10 seconds to answer* ...the part about her that loves suletta ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
cue the aahhs (and some quiet kyaas) from the other vas. she elaborates and i can't really do a direct translation but she likes her conviction to protect suletta and finds it cute how she becomes warmer because of suletta :') ("she's a good kid after all") thank you lynn...
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moonpaw · 4 months
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The rules:
Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.
Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as your have WIPs.
Got tagged by @where-does-the-heart-lie and @pocketramblr
uhhh letsee what i have!!!
wip
grapes
base
lion's roar
davekat
taz lyricstuck
wip 2023 (1)
nika
wip 2023 (2)
now go do the same 🫡 @vriska @taizi @dbphantom @badly-drawn-doflamingo @vixalorvixen @solluxander @foogseart @shima-draws
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redwayfarers · 3 months
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wip whenever
happy wednesday, i have a little snippet of new nika/artoirel stuff in the works!
tagging: @scionshtola, @thevikingwoman, @lavampira, @lilas, @coldshrugs, @hythlodaes :>
this is kinda smutty, so it's below the cut! assholes be assholing, in a metaphorical sense lmao no fucking is happening here
“Mm, I can see that. As I was saying, I am hardly comfortable doing what we did before Ghimlyt. However, if you promise to let me know as soon as you feel any pain, I could give you a hand.” Fuck, he looks so serious like that, with that deep voice and determined eyes. There’s something appealing about that lack of flirtation and flattery; if anything, Artoirel’s best seduction techniques are usually unintentional. And yet, Nika gravitates towards him like a moth to flame, and that desire from earlier burns tenfold for it.  “Yeah, I don’t really get off on pain,” Nika shrugs, and then adds, when something in him protests, “not this kind of pain, anyways.”  Artoirel lifts a brow, likely filing that information somewhere in that overfilled head of his, but he doesn’t comment. Thank fuck for it. Nika would’ve perished on the spot.  “Alright, then,” Artoirel says and repositions them. On top of Nika, with thighs on either side of him, he doesn’t look quite as silly as he does with his head buried in the pillows. Instead, he looks at Nika like he’s planning, appreciating. The moon sits behind his head like a silver halo in a church, and when he reaches out to undo the buttons on his shirt, Nika’s eyes slide down to the exposed line of his chest. He swallows, and lays a hand on Artoirel’s thigh.  “Get on with it,” Nika says.  Artoirel smiles. “Patience,” he replies in a voice, and Nika squirms. “Do you not want me to be comfortable?”  “I do, but– it’s been months. I expected something quicker,” Nika murmurs and pouts.  Artoirel’s voice turns gravely and low. “Months, yes,” he repeats. “I hardly expect you to last long; not that it is a bad thing, mind, but I am giving this more time to last.”  “Fine, fine.” He can’t even find it in him to get insulted. At least he can look at Artoirel’s stupidly pretty chest he hides behind shirts and cravats, and admire the dusting of dark hairs on pale skin.
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coentinim · 2 months
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Nika's masterlist
AHS
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• James Patrick March:
Crime scene - NSFW MDNI crime scene sex with James
Sweetest Perfection - NSFW MDNI exploring and devouring James
James' particular tastes - NSFW MDNI introducing James to snuff films; dark+sexual content
Fascination - James' morbid fascination with you
Naivete - James March - how he would manipulate and corrupt you; slightly suggestive drabble
James relationship headcanons - realistic and not fun!
General/non-specific James hcs
• Hypodermic Sally:
Hypodermic Sally's mattress - two ghosts in love, one of them a bit obsessive; suggestive, creepy and fluffy
Never Land - Sally horror (requested)
• Misc.:
Ugly crier - Kit, suffering (requested)
Fiona Goode and her manipulation - mommy Fiona manipulating you, making you her toy; slightly suggestive drabble
Nightbird - Misty's resurrected girlfriend (requested)
The Sarahs' love languages - headcanons
Innocent Manga
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Modern au snippet - an idea about modern au Innocent
Charles-Henri struggling emotionally - he drinks calming tea and fights his demons (requested)
Jean-Baptiste medical care (short af) - he takes care of a girl he tortured (requested)
Request rules
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falling-star-cygnus · 9 months
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✨giving the strawhats pokemon✨
bc i’ve been thinking about this FORVER and no one makes them 🤧
fair warning: im only on ep 163 so~ im sorry if some things aren’t completely in tune as a lot of this is going off snippets of clips i've seen
☠️Monkey D. Luffy☠️
1. Kingler 2. Morpeko 3. Swalot 4. Shiny Goodra 5. Solrock 6. Jirachi
{Luffy has a full team bc he’s the captain, Goodra was a gift from Shanks as a Goomy, and he’s had Morpeko the longest. Solrock is bc of Sun God Nika}
⚔️Roronoa Zoro⚔️
1. Bisharp 2. Honedge and Honedge 3. Aegislash 4. Houndoom
{Zoro has two Honedge’s bc of his iconic three sword style and Aegislash used to belong to Kuina + he’s had Bisharp since it was a Pawniard and since he was little himself}
🧭Nami🧭
1. Smeargle 2. Gimmighoul 3. Castform
{pretty self explanatory tbh; Smeargle to help her make maps, Gimmighoul bc she likes treasure, and Castform bc of her weather wand}
🎇Ussop🎇
1. Ditto 2. Rhibombee 3. Armarouge
{He gave Kaya a shiny Cutiefly for her birthday, the one right before he joined the StrawHats, and she gave him Charcadet as a farewell gift}
✨Sanji Vinsmoke✨
1. Shiny Luvdisc 2. Shiny Tsareena 3. Shiny Milotic 4. Shiny Scovillian 5. Shiny Exeggute
{Sanji has a full shiny team bc he’s extra like that and i can totally see him being a shiny magnet} {honorary mention: Zeff kept a Noivern and a Lickilicky at the Baratie to help with the food}
💊Tony Tony Chopper💊
1. Winter Sawsbuck 2. Audino
{Hiriluk had a Cherrim that he couldn’t get to bloom into sunshine form when he was alive and Doctorine took over care of it when it did bloom and Chopper joined the Strawhats}
✋🏽Nico Robin🤚🏽
1. Nihilego
{Robin is honestly good with all Pokémon handling but, given the limited knowledge I have of her, I struggled with choosing and opted for Nihilego bc of it's unknown status and it's tendency to mimic the sounds of a scared little girl to protect itself}
🌟Franky🌟
1. Conkeldurr 2. Silvally
{Silvally was Type:Null before Franky met Luffy and joined the Strawhats. He’s had Conkeldurr since it was a Timburr}
🎶Brooke🎶
1. Chatot 2. Low-Key Toxtricity
{He’s met Meloetta and played a duet with her on multiple occasions; however, Meloetta is Uta’s partner officially}
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mikazukinika · 1 year
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II. Vow Between Mage & Familiar
Rough draft of mage!alhaitham x familiar!kaveh's contract. Depending on how the story unfolds, I may change some things around. For now, find the analysis below the cut :)) Explore the tag →
Come to the garden in spring, and let saffron overtake each poppy.
Tie the silver knot beneath our Lord's sacred tree, and feel in your throat the pomegranate seed.
This we have now is neither wine nor scythe, nor Welkin's reticent moon. But perceive their wisdom:
Material or not, all will fade. This is the presence that doesn't.
Come to the garden in spring / saffron overtakes poppy
This is a direct reference to the opening of chapter one, which features Al-Haitham's garden. Read an excerpt → Saffron is highly valued in Iran, even being called "red gold", and poppies represent grief in Persian culture.
Tie the silver knot / our Lord's sacred tree / pomegranate seed
Swearing their promise beneath Kusanali's sacred tree makes it unbreakable. "Tie the knot" in English refers to marriage :3c There is a Persian legend about a hero who became invincible after swallowing a pomegranate seed.
This we have now is not x, y, or z / perceive their wisdom
Wine, scythe, moon - these are all things that come and go.
Material or not, will fade / this presence doesn't
Everything except Alhaitham's and Kaveh's vow is transient. Their souls' promise will persist until the end of time.
Bonus
"This We Have Now" by Rumi, a 13th-century poet still beloved today in Iran. Here is an English translation:
This we have now is not imagination.
This is not grief or joy.
Not a judging state, or an elation, or sadness.
Those come and go. This is the presence that doesn't.
Explore the mage!alhaitham x familiar!kaveh au →
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ekebolou · 5 months
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I feel like I should mention this after one of your very thoughtful very neat long posts on Kostas and not necessarily spurred on by “Cole would make a good lesbian” even IF I laughed aloud in delight there— but I’ve been meaning to say that I read Kostas way way back in the day, and it’s been so cool to stumble back into tumblr and find posts about this story that I only stopped rereading because in about 2017 I dropped the kindle that had it off the back of a sofa. It’s always been a story that sticks in my head, and suddenly I remember little pearls of scenes. I still get snippets of a poem stuck in my head— the one that goes something like “oh thief of time, oh mischief maker” etc. And it’s just been such a wonderful, wild thing to just suddenly see new little details! A few thoughts about x and y! After years where it’s been a story that has had to live in memory.
Also I agree; Cole would make a fascinating lesbian.
I don't know how the inbox works, totally, so I apologize if this is doing something I shouldn't - just let me know and I can take it down.
but this was really nice to hear. Really - I mean, I don't know how to thank you.
And for better or worse, Kostas is going to reappear soon - I'm setting up a side blog for it, and will be putting up audio versions of the chapters - as I'm really trying to make room in my life for writing again. Which is also why I started sharing little things again - a way to encourage myself - which is another reason why hearing this was so nice. You know, if all I get is a laugh, that's great, but it's so wonderful to hear the story resonated, and somebody else thinks about it from time to time. That's so encouraging.
And I KNOW RIGHT?! what is Cole-as-a-lesbian like, though?! Is he a UHaul lesbian? I think Nika's more the move-in immediately type. He did kind of hand-pick Cole and commit hard. Cole is DEFINITELY everyone's ex. And the bad ex for most of them. Who for some reason nobody will stop hanging out with. She's the one who can work out everyone's permitting for their bookstore/yarn barn/coffee shop/hardware store and you should ask any of your butch friends first but if you're really desperate she will absolutely do that complicated regulation-compliant plumbing installation 100% up to code but you don't want to ask because spending that much time with her puts you in real danger of forgetting all the reasons why you absolutely shouldn't be emotionally involved with her. Danger lesbian.
She's like... a lawyer, or in corporate acquisitions but like a scary specific kind of lawyer, like tree law or somehow exclusively works on cases against corporations for health and safety violations, and traps companies into giving up privately owned assets to turn them into like community centers. But only as, like, a side gig.
I might be thinking of the song short skirt long jacket but I think maybe it works.
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demxters · 2 years
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tagged by @intrepidacious ! ty nika <3 (check out nika’s work if you haven’t already. she’s an amazing writer!)
rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ASK with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! tag as many people as you have WIPs
dare you to move
every meaning, ever feeling
renegade
tis the damn season
love, anonymous
marriage material
the one where no one is ready
wicked games
a safe place to land (ch. 3)
tagging: @stylesparker @thesewordsareallihavetogive @jellyfishbeansontoast @annab-nana (and any one else who wants to!)
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phenomenalgirl9 · 2 years
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Started with BLOOD IS RED, Vampire! Seokjin
Here's a snippet
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Lets see when I can post it.
Read it Here
Taglist: @jung-nika-hoseok @bbl32
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ajthinks · 6 months
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NaNoWriMo 2023 - Update 3
Yup. It’s that time again. Can you tell the energy is waning?
So, this week I really tried hard to push myself and write scenes that are more slice-of-life and less action in order to fill out the first half of the arc. It worked alright, but I’ve noticed these recent scenes are about half as long as the other scenes I’ve written this month. Not really important, as I’ll end up stringing multiple scenes into one chapter later on (for the most part), but it’s something I’ve noticed. Maybe this coming week I’ll focus less on new scenes and more on fleshing out existing scenes… or maybe that’ll be a task for December… will think more on this later.
Enough rambling. Here’s the official list for this past week:
More discovered about how I write: slice-of-life is hard for me and must be a deliberate choice. Yeah, I think I wrote twice as many scenes compared to last week, but they’re all half as long on average.
I’ve managed to stay on target! Not every day, some days were just lighter on words than others. But as of last night, I’m just barely a day ahead. Woo!
Sunday was my best day so far this month, with 4771 words! A good day, especially as I’m sure I’ll struggle to find time to write this coming holiday. Thanksgiving Day just looming over me…
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How about you? Good words? Bad words? They’re all words and so count.
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Uncle Tio was the only family mage Rin knew that wasn’t also clan. Maybe he’d have a different perspective, Rin thought. He bit his lip, then blurted out his question. “How do you weave illusion?”
“Easy,” Tio answered with an easy shrug. “I look at where I want the illusion and I picture it.” He held out his hand to Rin — palm up — to demonstrate. Half a heartbeat later a beautiful pink blossom bloomed from the center of that calloused hand. Fingers tipped with hooked scars just brushed the edges of the bloom, swiping the petals as Tio twisted his wrist and then held a dark green stem. He proffered the flower to Nika.
“Like I’d fall for that again,” he sniffed.
With a huff of laughter, Tio let the flower mist away. He tugged a limp lock of hair that dangled behind Nika’s left ear. “Too much of your mum in you, serious one.”
Nika’s grumbling red face smoothed into something too still and neutral, and Rin winced.
Rin shook his head and looped his arm through Nika’s, tugging his brother close. “Nika’s league’s of fun. Just the quiet kind.” With that declaration, he waved to Tio, then steered Nika towards the food tables and the roaring laughter that could only be caused by their father.
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sanguineterrain · 2 years
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7, 10, 17, 35, 78 💛
Thank you for the ask Nika 🥰
7. Post a snippet from a wip.
Oooh okay... I'm going to post a snippet from a series I'm working on. I hope to post the first chapter this week 😏
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"Miss," he repeated. "Are you alright?"
"Yes," you said. "Yes, I am. I—thank you."
He smiled and you decided then that he had a rather kind face, even wrapped in a dark tunic and unpolished boots.
"Careful. These carts move fast. Did they hurt you?"
"No," you breathed, still shaken. "No, I'm fine."
"You sure? Hey." He gently took your wrist, eyes soft. "It's alright. You're safe, I promise. And a promise is no light thing, y'know."
He was being playful on purpose. You wondered if he could feel your ratcheted heartbeat. He was handsome; eyes bright, lips sweet like trouble. You liked him all the same.
(😏😏 can y'all guess who this handsome savior is?)
10. Do you work on multiple wips or stick to one fic at a time?
All my wips are bouncing around in my brain like a Windows screensaver 💔 I get bored trying to stick to one WIP.
17. Do you have a writing routine?
Nope, writing is quite chaotic and spontaneous for me. Whenever I'm struck by inspiration, I jot down whatever I can!
35. What’s your favorite fic you’ve posted?
Answered :)
78. What motivates you during the writing process?
It helps me to discuss ideas with friends! But if that's not available, finding songs that fit the story or trying to make a visual element helps me when I want to think about the story but don't feel like writing.
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