It was time to step out of the safety of the dungeon. We didn't want to, but sometimes adults had to be responsible and do things like that, otherwise the alternative was having the children do it, and Lori would kill us all if that happened.
<... 2024-05-12 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDoing Great
When I woke up, the lights were dimmed, and I could hear several people making various sounds they were usually too dignified to make while awake. It wasn't just snoring. There was snorting, whistling, l...
2024-05-11 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJust because Lori told us—well, wrote to us—to go outside didn’t mean we did so immediately. For one thing, just because she thought it was safe to come out didn’t mean it was. I distinctly remember stepping out of the dungeo...
2024-05-09 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt took over a week for the dragon to finally pass over us, and during that time things just barely had time to fall into a comfortable routine. At least, everyone else got to fall into a routine. The routine I fell int...
2024-05-07 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I woke up, the lights were dimmed, and I could hear several people making various sounds they were usually too dignified to make while awake. It wasn't just snoring. There was snorting, whistling, loud sighing, bubbling tongue flapping, andâ€...
2024-05-05 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostReading Words
Karina hummed happily as she tended to the tuber planters in the dungeon farm, making sure they were properly watered and that the growing tubers were properly covered in soil. The walls of the tunnel ...
2024-05-04 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, not all the stuff I write gets used. Here are a bunch of unused scenes that I thought were too good to just get rid of. Not all are complete, but I preserved them for posterity and future inspiration. Consider this 'soft canon', som...
2024-05-03 03:18:11 +0000 UTC View PostI worried about Lori.
That was part of my job, of course. As her lord, I was a professional Lori-worrier, botherer, feeder, and talker. Usually, I worried that Lori wasn’t getting enough sleep, or using her magic for too long, or deciding ...
2024-05-02 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post"I feared this day would come," Lord Rian said, looking up at the red words on the ceiling. He was standing at the edge of the space the children were playing in, the watching children peering around him. "It was only a matter of time, I suppose, ...
2024-04-30 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostSo, quick update. We're coming closer to the end of volume 3, at which point I intend to take a short break from writing demesne. However, I don't know how much longer it will be until that end, as I still have some more to write for volume 3...
2024-04-30 04:12:17 +0000 UTC View PostKarina hummed happily as she tended to the tuber planters in the dungeon farm, making sure they were properly watered and that the growing tubers were properly covered in soil. The walls of the tunnel where the planters were housed echoed with sou...
2024-04-28 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostA Cold Wind
The dragon did not arrive that day, which was fortunate, because it had taken all day for the three adult seels Lori had been able to drag out of the water to be skinned and butchered. From the rate the ...
2024-04-27 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately, the problem with the world turning sideways is you still had to deal with it.
Keeping a grip on her darkwisps while continuing to work on her demesne was a challenge—and an irritating inconvenience—but nothin...
2024-04-25 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"This is all your fault," Kutago said, leveling an annoyed look at her brother.
He sighed, but didn't protest the accusation. "I know, I know," he said, not meeting her gaze and focusing on his breakfast.
"We could have been living
By the time they ate, the drinking water had been replenished one last time, the latrines had been cleaned, the dragon shelter had been sealed, Lori had imbued the blocks of reserve—reservoir?—ice, and the defenses of her dungeon had been set ...
2024-04-23 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe dragon did not arrive that day, which was fortunate, because it had taken all day for the three adult seels Lori had been able to drag out of the water to be skinned and butchered. From the rate the dragon was approaching, there was a very rea...
2024-04-21 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Year's Second Dragon
Over the next week, Lori once more fell into a routine. Two days of expanding the demesne, a day to do other work, then back to expanding the demesne. She'd also conceived of the idea of for...
2024-04-20 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostEventually, all the preparations were finished. Everyone was inside the dragon shelter, the box-like planter was crammed full of uprooted crops and dirt—and Lori had needed to make two more—the necessary bindings had been formed and anchored, ...
2024-04-18 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostLori hadn't realized how uncomfortable all their other boats were.
Sitting at the bottom of Lori's Boat, her back against the back of the boat, Lori was already missing her chair on Lori's Shed Boat. Her legs ...
2024-04-16 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostOver the next week, Lori once more fell into a routine. Two days of expanding the demesne, a day to do other work, then back to expanding the demesne. She'd also conceived of the idea of forming bindings of firewisps on the borders of her demesne ...
2024-04-14 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSweet Talk
"And the demesne is officially five taums in diameter." Rian announced at breakfast the next morning.
Lori nodded, a bland look on her face. "Wonderful. And how much more surface area does that add?...
2024-04-13 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostOnce Lori had gotten used to the placement of her bead-making table—with both the table and her chair slotted into place she couldn't just push off from the work surface—it wasn't all that different from when she'd made beads in her ice shed.<...
2024-04-11 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAll right, Lori was willing to admit that the strange three-plank chair was actually fairly comfortable.
Sitting on the chair, she was able to lean back comfortably, and the texturing on the seat meant that she didn't slip off. The breeze fr...
2024-04-09 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post"And the demesne is officially five taums in diameter." Rian announced at breakfast the next morning.
Lori nodded, a bland look on her face. "Wonderful. And how much more surface area does that add?"
Rian paused, then sighed. "Wait a m...
2024-04-07 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI Am Not A Child. I Am A Dungeon Binder
"There you are," Binder Lori said as Shana approached the Coldhold. "That was quick. We'd just sent someone to go inform you we were leaving." She frowned. "Why are y...
2024-04-06 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHaving Karina sleep over that night had been a comfort. While it didn't make the ache of being separated from her cousin again go away, it was… nice… to have her friend nearby. She had wanted to apologize to Koyan and Kayas, as it meant that o...
2024-04-04 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBinder Lori was still muttering colorfully as the Coldhold slid into the dock outside of the dungeon. From the way there were few people coming from the baths or using the showers outside, dinner was in progress, or would soon be. Shana w...
2024-04-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRyan did not miss hot, humid summers. The feeling of swimming in hot water just from walking around, covered in sweat because the water vapor in the air increased its thermal capacity, wanting to die just make it stop… thank go...
2024-04-01 01:29:22 +0000 UTC View Post"There you are," Binder Lori said as Shana approached the Coldhold. "That was quick. We'd just sent someone to go inform you we were leaving." She frowned. "Why are you carrying that child? Is she injured?"
"She is uninjured, Great ...
2024-03-31 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostRybelle woke up to another wonderful morning with her wife in her arms.
She stayed right where she was, just looking at her dearest Tae. Even asleep, Tae’s face seemed set in a happy smile, her lips slightly parted as if she was about to g...
2024-03-26 14:28:32 +0000 UTC View Post