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NaNo 2022

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 00:42:10 GMT

*brushes the dust off this page*

Hello? Ah! Hello again! Just a quick post to say that your friendly neighborhood Fluff is doing the NaNo thing again this year. I kept staring at the computer, planning, and staring at the scree, thinking about planning, thinking about starting, and planning in my head until a little bit ago when I finally got 71 words typed. But that's 71 more words than I had before.

The short summary:

The Accidental Summon is the story of Gavin Foster, whose reluctantly permitted trip to band camp looked like it was going to be cancelled on account of the plane he was on crashing. But a few universes over that-a-way a group of heroes succeeded in preventing a villain from summoning something nasty into the world. Only for the damaged and not totally complete summoning ritual to reach out across realities and grab a bite out of an airplane. Fortunately for Gavin it was the plane he was on and right around his seat. Now he just has to survive being in a completely different world, among a group of strangers who would really like to get moving to friendlier lands before anyone asks why they were there or what was happening.

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NaNoWriMo Part the Second: Not just an RPG setting book

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:59:20 GMT

In my previous post I said on of my NaNo plans is working on an RPG setting book. In addition to that I do plan to work on some prose. Specifically I want to continue what I am refering to as the Magic School Doofuses (Quick and Dirty, Piece of Cake, Just Purr-fect, and Consequences, note the last two involve an involuntary physical transformation and students (+staff) not being nice).

As a bit of last minute #PrepTober/#NanoPrep I'm throwing the door open to any questions for the cast of the stories to help me get back in their heads.

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NaNoWriMo part the first: Not a novel

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 07:21:15 GMT

This November rather than trying to put 50K into one project I've decided to do a couple of things. One of them is getting words in on an RPG setting. For the final result I'm aiming for something like the old staple bound floppy paper books from the 70/80s or similar sometimes perfect bound books from the early 2000s indie/small press RPG boom. Mostly print, two columns of text on an 8.5x11" page, in the 64-128 page range (aiming for the low end but well see). Inspired some by GURPS worldbooks in that it will be mostly description of the setting with only a small fraction of the space given over to anything system specific (for which I'm leaning towards FATE since it's a fairly descriptive system).

For the setting... I'm reaching back to two entries I made for the second 30 Days of Flashfic: Day 6 Write a Pitch For a Final Fantasy Styled RPG and the second half of Day 11 Movie Trailer Style. That setting being the Magical Girl Apocalypse, an alternate Earth which was invaded by magic wielding youngsters from a fantasy world. Aerth was in it's own version of the 50s (or maybe early 60s) when portals opened up and the invaders came through. Their parents had completed taking over the fantasy world and were starting to worry about potentially ambitious heirs who might not want to wait to sit on the thrones, so what better solution than to send them out to conquer somewhere else, preferably far enough away to not trouble their parents.

What I'm looking at currently as an outline would be:

* Introduction
* * History of Aerth
* Aerth Before the Invasion
* * The Invasion
* * After the Invasion
* The Magical Girls
* * Who Are They?
* * * Are They All Girls?
* * * What Do They Want? / Are They Evil?
* * Factions
* Post Invasion Aerth
* * Factions of The Resistance
* * Life After the Portals
* * Magic & Technology
* Major Figures & Places
* Creatures of Fantasy
* The Other World

And probably some random tables for generating stuff because random tables are fun.

Think I'm missing anything? Comments? Suggestions? "Hey where have you been?!" pokes (Mastodon mostly) all welcome.

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Fic: Cody's Dream

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:09:30 GMT

Title: Cody's Dream
Fandom/'verse: Addergoole
Notes: Starts early in Year 9 of the Addergoole School, some bits may be confusing if you haven't read anything else in the setting. (In addition to Addergoole/Fae Apocalypse being aldersprig's creation, so too is Yolanda. Lemon and Hylakaros come by way of rix_scaedu.
Summary: The event that sets about changing Cody from passive geek girl (as seen in How to Trap A Cody, set despite the title after Cody's being magically bound as an older student's servant for the year) to the girl in the maybe-canon Family Ties who was described as 'scary girl' by an Agency trained cat person, "She was all covered in blood you know. Most of it probably wasn't even hers." Cody shows up at a few points in aldersprig's Addergoole: Year 9
Warnings: Set in Addergoole, a high school for unusual students with practices much of the pre-and-post apocalypse world would object to (about the only way to be expelled is to kill another student). In particular in this story: two fights and a teenage pregnancy.
Words: roughly 3500

So this is what a lucid dream is like. Cody was surprised that she didn't wake from that thought or the surprise that came along with it. Everything felt real. Full of the little details that separated dreams from reality. The peeling anti-corrosion paint on the metal struts of the bridge she stood upon. The stray dogs in the vacant lot in the distance on the other side of the river. The faint smell of smoke from the fires started by the battle in the distance.

Fire? Fighting? How am I so calm? As if that thought threw a switch she could hear a soft whispering in her own voice even if her dream self's lips didn't seem to be moving.( Click here to continue )

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Fic: Consequences (Followup to Just Purrfect)

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 06:18:54 GMT

Title: Consequences (followup to Just Perrfect)
Fandom/'verse: Magic School Doofuses, my current title for the stories of Jamsa and Nicolai at a school of magic.
Summary: Jamsa and Mandry head out to the Halloween Ball
Note: Follows after Quick and Dirty, Piece of Cake, and Just Purrfect.
Warnings: Use of a leash and shackles and a decided lack of mercy or sympathy from Jamsa's fellow classmates or the faculty for his being transformed into a catgirl.
Words: 2603

Mandry knew her cosplay was not perfect. The costume was simple enough. A black dress, a red ribbon tied into a large bow atop her head, and a simple straw broom. That with a little work and she was Kiki the witch from Kiki's Delivery Service.

"Haha, good joke, now let me go."

If only she had a proper Jiji to be her familiar. ( Click here to continue... )

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Fic: Just Perrfect

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:40:40 GMT

Title: Just Perrfect
Fandom/'verse: Magic School Doofuses, my current title for the stories of Jamsa and Nicolai at a school of magic.
Summary: Jamsa asks a favor of his roommate Nicolai
Note: Follows after Quick and Dirty and Piece of Cake. Title spelling is intentional
Warnings: Violation of consent/trust. Jamsa's a jerk (then again Nicolai as well) (I think they might well both be Slytherins if at Hogwarts)
Words: 1146

"No."

"Why not?"

"Why should I? Every time I have helped you this semester you've criticized me. Not one word of thanks. I don't know why you are even asking me."

"No one else would do it."

( Click here to continue reading... )

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Thimble-Flash: Piece of Cake

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:51:45 GMT

Title: (untitled)
Fandom/'verse: Random fantasy
Summary: Nicolai of Quick and Dirty continues to irk his professor...
Prompter: aldersprig's Thimbleful Thursday Prompt for 23 October 2014, Piece of Cake
Triggers/Warnings: None noticed
Note: Mostly unedited. Not a direct continuation, but will likely make more sense if Quick and Dirty is read first.
Words: 220

"Mr Nicolai, what do you have on your desk?"

"Cake, Professor Charwick."

"Cake?" The professor spoke doubtfully while starring at the gray lump on Nicolai's desk. "Have you used leftovers from lunch to make this as well?"

A scattering of laughter met this until Charwick turned his stare on the rest of the class. Nicolai shook his head and didn't wait for the laughter to stop before answering.( Click here to continue reading... )

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Thimble-Flash: Quick and Dirty

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:12:44 GMT

Title: (untitled)
Fandom/'verse: Random fantasy
Summary: Two students attempt to escape detention...
Prompter: aldersprig's Thimbleful Thursday Prompt for 16 October 2014, Quick and Dirty
Triggers/Warnings: A few expletives
Note: Mostly unedited.
Words: 309

"I can't believe we've still alive."

"You know a, 'thank you, I'm sorry for doubting,' would be nice about now."

"Doubting? Doubting! You're nuts!"

"It was perfectly valid magic, sound in every principle."

"You made a circle from pasta!"

( Click here to continue reading... )

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Thimble-Flash: Add Insult to Injury

Sun, 21 Sep 2014 06:00:19 GMT

Title: (untitled)
Fandom/'verse: Original fantasy
Summary: The revolution may have ended while Gregory was still a young child, that doesn't mean it's stopped causing trouble.
Prompter: aldersprig's Thimbleful Thursday Prompt for 11 September 2014, Add Insult to Injury
Triggers/Warnings: Don't see any
Note: Mostly unedited.
Words: 330 (Just squeaked in at the top of the 270-330 word goal)

Resting in the shade of an evergreen tree Gregory looked on the residence hall that would be his home for the next few years. While catching his breath a breeze washed over him and ruffled his short summer fur taking the edge off the summer's heat. Not that he was complaining. His parents always said Laufeld's don't complain, they get to work. Thoughts of getting a bed all to himself once more helped as well.( Continues under the cut... )

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Thimble-Flash: Throw Down the Gauntlet

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 03:12:38 GMT

Title: (untitled)
Fandom/'verse: Magic-punk fantasy
Summary: Nyalla the catgirl engineer confronts one of the ship's armor pilots
Prompter: aldersprig's Thimbleful Thursday Prompt for 11 September 2014, Throw Down the Gauntlet
Triggers/Warnings: Off-page child struck
Note: Mostly unedited.
Words: 435 (within the 360-440 word goal)

The hatch of the ship's mess hall slammed open so hard it bounced back at the woman who had opened it. Gray furred ears and bronze eyes scanned the room before she stalked into the room.

"Nyalla? This is your shift is it not? Is there a problem?"

"Apologies Berun, this shouldn't take long."

Turning from her fellow kellian she strode forward once more, pressing into the personal space of one particular human mage-armor pilot.

"Tell me, are you merely a coward or fool and a coward both?"
( Click here to continue )

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Thimble-Flash: Beating Around the Bush

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:13:59 GMT

Title: Spider Weed
Fandom/'verse: Original fantasy
Summary: Tira goes to find out why Daven missed classes at Magic School
Prompter: aldersprig's Thimbleful Thursday Prompt for 4 September 2014, Beating Around the Bush
Triggers/Warnings: None spotted
Note: Mostly unedited.
Words: 549 (just barely within the 450-550 word goal)

Tira glanced past Daven at the wooden spider. At least she thought it was wood aside from the metal joints. It wasn't really a spider, almost more like the downy ball of Puffball weeds, but those didn't walk across rooms and up bookshelves.

"Daven, have you been okay, you seemed distracted yesterday and you missed all your classes today."( continues under the cut, click here to read... )

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Thimble-Flash: Oil and Water

Sat, 30 Aug 2014 07:46:51 GMT

Title: Like Oil and Water
Fandom/'verse: Original fantasy
Summary: A solution found in the remains of a meal
Prompter: aldersprig's Thimbleful Thursday Prompt for 28 August 2014, Oil and Water
Triggers/Warnings: None spotted
Note: Mostly unedited.
Words: 217 (within the 180-220 word goal)

The emperor glanced towards the windows and realized the sun had set. Hours of discussion with his advisors and they had yet to come up with a solution to the southern frontier.

"No!" Thankfully General Lethain's fist silenced the speaker by pounding upon table rather than face. "Why can you not keep this in your head? It does not matter if they have equal claims on the valley, the Eshelti and Albelti Clans are oil and water. It will not work!"

"Then keep them separate, perhaps if we rule that each receives one side of the valley?"

"Take two of the clans with the hottest tempers in the empire and set them facing each other with a river and fields to fight over? Within a year they will be fighting each other instead of guarding the frontier."

The emperor's eyes found their way to the remains of their meal. Standing he took a crystal bottle from it's silver tray and set it upon the conference table.

"You speak of oil and water but let me remind you neither do oil and vinegar mix. And yet this dressing has not broken because of the egg yolk. The Eshelti and Albelti must agree on a third clan to join them or lose their claim. And all must settle together."

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Demific & scene: Letter from a Teacher & Parent Teacher Night

Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:45:31 GMT

Title: Letter from a Teacher & Parent Teacher Night
Fandom/'verse: The Dragon (name for the setting until I find better)
Summary: A letter from Mika's PE teacher, and a visit to see her Civics teacher
Warnings/Triggers: Don't see any triggers.
Prompter: Random demifiction prompt from aldersprig and a scene the letter (and an unposted partial letter) inspired.
Note: Lightly edited (With thanks to natf for providing an additional grammatical eye).

Coach Leonel Dakin
Physical Education Department
Oyster Bay Junior Academy
Rivelo Dagento Freeport

Mrs. Emmaline Toler
Letterbox 217, Fairfield Couriers
Rivelo Dagento Freeport

Mrs. Toler,

I am pleased to report that since my prior letter Miss Mika's participation in class has been much improved. She had been reporting to class on time and listened to instruction. Miss Mika's performance in the recent gymnastics unit was impressive and I would be pleased to see her in next term's gymnastics class. You may wish to discuss the possibility of an Academy gymnastics scholarship as I believe she could earn one if she continues to put in the same effort shown recently in General Physical Education.

I am less confident about her desire to enroll in introductory swordsmanship. ( click to continue reading... )

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Prompt: Family Ties

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:58:21 GMT

This is to aldersprig's prompt for my January Bingo Prompt call.

Title: Unexpected Family Ties
Warnings: slavery, some snarkiness, body modified character
Length: 2413 words
Genre/Setting: Fantasy, set in aldersprig's work

Flann sat perched on the side table and watched the mysterious girl sleep. There were times being a feline moddy could be quite useful. Being presumed little more than entertainment in the form of living art made meant few in the household paid any real attention to him. Which made his true job of protecting Lady Dwyer all the easier. Ever since the previous morning that meant watching this girl, young woman really, who had collapsed at the back doorstep without anyone seeing her arrive.

"Cat, you're sitting where her breakfast tray goes."

( continues under cut... )

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Captive Thief, for Jeriendhal prompt in the January Prompt Bingo

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 06:45:04 GMT

This is to jeriendhal's prompt to my January Bingo Prompt call.

Title: Captive Thief
Warnings: Child struck,
Length: 823 words
Genre/Setting: Fantasy

( story under the cut )

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Next steps

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:55:05 GMT

Whew, so that was seven characters in roughly seven days. I'm going to take a week off from that but the week after... I'll either do another seven characters in seven days or perhaps seven posts fleshing out a setting. I might also come back and revise these characters and the setting. But not now.

This next week my big goal is writing more of The Unquiet Past, by Terinu fanfic which has been a long time idle. There won't be public posts of that for a while as I decided to hold off on posting again until it's complete (other than someone who will be getting to see the in progress pieces).

I've had thoughts of writing up a RP setting I'd tinkered with back in the 90s and early 00s which for lack of a better name showing up yet I've called Island Police. Take a dash of old, old memories of Hawaii 5-O (the original show), sprinkle on some anime influences, a bit of the Aria and Ironclaw RPGs. The setting is a cluster of islands covering a decent amount of space. Sadly all my old notes are gone, having either been in my head, on papers lost in moving, or on un-backed up drives. If I start rebuilding it I'll make certain there are backups.

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Thanks Royce, or Dragons on the Mind

Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:00:48 GMT

I'm going to blame jeriendhal for the seed of a thought that lead to this opening...

Mika had worried when her mom's boss said he'd handle parent-teacher night. She could picture the fury on her mom's face if any of the things she feared would be mentioned came to her through him. But the way everyone made room as he entered made it hard to worry about any of them. The crowd of parents, teachers, and kids parted before him with hushed whispers of, "The Dragon!"

Before they were halfway through the room the vice-principal was trying to lead her away with a hand on her shoulder, "Now Mika, don't be bothering him I'm sure he's busy."

"No." That was all it took to make him stop mid-step. The school's most feared disciplinarian actually shaking.

"Sir! If she's given you any trouble."

"Then I will inform her mother when she returns. For now she is with me."

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Character: Nyalla the cat girl engineer

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:44:54 GMT

Name: Nyalla "Just Nyalla" (original notes give Thedritch as the family name. Um... no.)
Race: Kellian (think anime/manga cat person)
Family: A (so called) brother named Levara, others known to exist but not identified.
( more under the cut )

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G&A Prompt Call: All According To Plan

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:20:40 GMT

Title: All According to Plan
Fandom/'verse: Tales of the Mascot
Rating/Warnings: Should be safe for all
Summary: Kyle and his band of heroes in training put a sneaky plan into play...

Perched on Lydia's shoulder Kyle watched as Tamitha and Rodrick carefully guided the unconscious guards' bodies to the ground then dragged them into the nearby bushes. Slowly the moved forward into the isolated camp. He was glad to see that all stayed on their toes. It seemed his warnings about the Dread God Murphy and the That's Why He's Called The Enemy tenet had taken hold.
( Click here to continue... )

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G&A Prompt Call: They Think What?!

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:34:40 GMT

Title: They Think What?!
Fandom/'verse: Original
Summary: Invasion never seem to go as planned, even when the enemy is caught completely by surprise...
Word Count: 1034
Prompter: aldersprig

It was a valuable world. A mostly intact ecosystem by Imperium standards, plenty of land to divide up, and according to the seers no magic worth speaking of. Battle Sorcerer Shethkane looked over his troops with an eager tooth filled grin.

"The seers have located one of their major cities. We move as soon as the gates stabilize. The fools have built it ripe for the plucking. No city walls, no interior walls, and the only troops to be seen are few in number and carry neither swords nor identifiable wands or staves." ( Click here to continue... )

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Surrender: A scene fragment

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:05:10 GMT

Title: Surrender
Fandom/'verse: Fantasy
Rating/Warnings: Should be safe for any non-allergic to elves
Summary: Not really a full scene, but this fragment is what I've got.

Trelander kept a neutral face while the human king across the table debated the treaty with his advisor. He suspected Dylan knew he could hear everything they said, still it would be rude to be obvious about it.

"You cannot truly mean to sign it now? We have only had but a single chance to read it. We should bring in one of the surviving scholars. Someone who has made a study of the elvish tongue."
( A few more lines under the cut... )

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30 Days R2/S2 - Day 16 write a scene that takes place at the end of a long road trip

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:18:04 GMT

New user icon! This one by the talented Meeks (On LJ too, Meeksp

Title: Fade to Black
Fandom/'verse: Tales of the Mascot
Rating/Warnings: Blood, fade to black, don't hit the author?
For the 2nd 30 Days of flashfic prompt #16, "write a scene that takes place at the end of a long road trip"
Summary: Down a member from betrayal, battered and weary from the fight that followed, the band makes their way to the nearest castle racing to reach there ahead of the invading army...

Kyle fought back the urge push the horses faster. Even he could tell they were already pushing them harder than they should. The poor animals were panting with a harsh wheezing that was painful to listen too and foaming at the mouth in a way he had always thought writers had made up. Rising higher on Lydia's shoulders he could finally make out the top of the walls over the next rise. "Yes! We've made it!"

( Of course they have, because it's always this easy in good fiction. :) )

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30 Days R2/S2 - Day 15 Ascension

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:35:59 GMT

This a Flashfic based on a prompt from aldersprig and kc_obrien's 30 Days of Flash Fiction: Round 2 Meme

My 30 Days of Flashfic: Round 2 Index Page

Day 15 – Prompt: Ascension

Follows from Prompt 7 Frigid. (LJ Link)

Osita had returned to staring at the snow covered ground as he trudged along with the gray lizard men. He was thankful that at least they were breaking a trail through the deepening snow. Even more thankful that the one who had his rope didn't yank on it like Chipped Tooth had. It was getting to be late in the evening when they finally stopped at a stone building that looked new and unweathered. Only then, turning and looking back did he realize just how high they had climbed up the mountain.
( click to continue, no witty cut message included )

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Journey, part one

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:45:15 GMT

Title: Journey, part one (for lack of a better title)
Setting: sci-fantasy alien invasion?
Content warnings: Slavery, rather blatantly implied past abuse (but none on page).
Summary: Oskar's happier after the invasion than he was before. But if there's one constant in life, it's change...

From an idea that came to mind while in that half-awake half-asleep state in which so many ideas are gained and lost.

( Story below the cut. Click here to avoid the fnord and read the story. )

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Down the Rabbit Hole, Part Two (Addergoole fanfic)

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:33:33 GMT

Title: Rabbit Hole, part Two
Fandom/'verse: aldersprig's Addergoole
Rating/Warnings: A bit of cussing, a little fighting, accidental compulsions...
Previous parts: Part One (and on LJ)
Summary: The Law's don't care if you know what you're doing. Not the law of gravity, nor the Laws that effect the Ellehemaei fae...

A Rabbit Hole by Any Other Name ...

Ric hated to admit it, but a week later he was getting uncomfortably comfortable with the idea of living underground. If not for the other students, well some of them anyway, it would almost be paradise. Such as whichever of the jerks had just grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him away from the door to his math class. Oh come on! Not this class, I can already tell that I don't want Reid's attention!

"I hear you providing tutoring, that little guy? Well then, be a good tutor and give me your homework."

( Click here to read more. Scroll down to avoid the fnord. )

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