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RWD: 3.05

3.05

“The Baron could see the path ahead of him. One day, a Harkonnen would be Emperor.”

—BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN

When Paul turned back to the group, the faint scent of cordite and cleaning solve...

RWD: 3.04

3.04

“When strangers meet, great allowances should be made for differences in custom and training.”

—FROM ”THE WISDOM OF MUAD’DIB” BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

The journey north from the Boardwalk...

RWD: 3.03

3.03

“At the age of fifteen, he had already learned silence.”

—FRANK HERBERT

A hush descended with the closing of the folding doors as Paul stepped from the bus. Evening light—thin, bay-smudged�...

RWD: 3.02

3.02

“I don't feel like wrestling”

—BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN

The city night embraced him, a tapestry of damp air, distant sirens, and the hushed secrets of sleeping houses. He moved through the re...

RWD: 3.01

3.01

“A total of 1.46 million, 62 solaris round trip…”

—THUFIR HAWAT

The faint, lingering scent of grape juice clung to the air as Paul stepped from the classroom into the corridor’s muted lig...

Omake: 18+ (While I work on finishing the actual chapters)(Sophia, Bakuda, & Aisha)

I am still a few hours away from finishing the next chain of chapters, but it feels weird not posting anything. So, I decided to polish up a few old drafts and upload them here to tide you guys over until I am done with the next chapters.

P....

RWD: 3.x (Prelude)(Taylor)

3.x (Prelude)(Taylor)

Greg Veder stared through the back wall of the classroom like he could see something the rest of us were too small-minded to notice.

I was supposed to be taking notes—U.S. History, westward expansion, Mr. Glad...

LOL: Gemini's Audio Overview of Refrain

This shit is absurdly well made. Still hallucinates a bit, but it's negligible.

Also, the next chapter is in a few minutes...

RWD: 2.x (Interlude)(Bakuda)

2.x (Interlude)(Bakuda)

The silence was the first thing that really got to you. Not the absence of light, or the immobility, or even the numbness in the flesh. Its was a different silence from what most people knew. A dead silence. The kin...

RWD: 2.x (Interlude)(Miss Militia)

2.x (Interlude)(Miss Militia)

The scent of stale coffee and disinfectant clung to the air, a familiar perfume of PRT Headquarters that had, in recent weeks, acquired a sharper, more acrid undertone – the smell of desperation. I walked be...

RWD: 2.x (Interlude)(Faultline)

2.x (Interlude)(Faultline)

The burner phone felt cool against my ear, a cheap piece of plastic that nonetheless connected me to a voice that had, in the span of perhaps forty-eight hours, redrawn a not-insignificant portion of Brockton Bay...

RWD: Question & Answer Compilation: Lisa's Powers vs. Paul

Question & Answer Compilation: Lisa's Powers vs. Paul

Initial Critique (from Edoardo Abbondio):

Q1: I'm disappointed with how Lisa's powers were portrayed in this chapter regardi...

RWD: 2.x (Interlude)(Tattletale)

2.x (Interlude)(Tattletale)

My head was already throbbing before he even showed up. 

The world outside the grimy walls of our little shithole factory was painted in the dull, washed-out colours of a Brockton Bay afternoon. Rain ...

RWD: 2.x (Interlude)(PHO Forum)

2.x (Interlude)(PHO Forum)

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RWD: 2.07

2.07

“What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.”

—PAUL MUAD’DIB ATREIDES

Paul stood beneath the corrugated awning that jutted from the wareh...

RWD: 2.06

2.06

“Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.”

—PAUL MUAD’DIB ATREIDES

The city was hushed beneath a p...

RWD: 2.x (Intermission)(Coil)

2.x (Intermission)(Coil)

The air in the bunker tasted of recycled oxygen and the faint, metallic tang of humming server banks. Not a hum, precisely, more a vibration in the bones, the silent thrum of power coursing through the earth, throu...

RWD: 2.05

 2.05

“Nothing wins more loyalty for a leader than an air of bravura," the Duke said. "I, therefore, cultivate an air of bravura.”

—DUKE LETO ATREIDES

Alone in the sanctuary of his bedroom, t...

RWD: 2.04

 2.04

“Nothing wins more loyalty for a leader than an air of bravura," the Duke said. "I, therefore, cultivate an air of bravura.”

—DUKE LETO ATREIDES

The humid, early evening air of the Vede...

RWD: 2.03

 2.03

“Nothing wins more loyalty for a leader than an air of bravura," the Duke said. "I, therefore, cultivate an air of bravura.”

—DUKE LETO ATREIDES

A plastic sack dangled from his right ha...

RWD: Lore

For the nerds in chat; Dune tech is comin' to Brockton Bay...

RWD: 2.02

2.02

“Use the first moments in study. You may miss many an opportunity for quick victory this way, but the moments of study are insurance of success. Take your time and be sure.”

—GOD EMPEROR, LETO II

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TBOV: Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Fall of Braavos

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Fall of Braavos

“We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its dragonlords. We do not jape of dragons.”

―Tycho Nestoris to Jon Snow

…

The Braavosi wedge struc...

TBOV: Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Battle of the Hundred Isles (Pt 2)

Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Battle of the Hundred Isles (Pt 2)

“Braavos is the odd duck among the Nine Free Cities, but still more Valyrian than Andal in its origins.”

—George R. R. Martin

…

The Braavosi fleet spill...

TBOV: Chapter Twenty-Six: The Battle of the Hundred Isles (Pt 1)

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Battle of the Hundred Isles (Pt 1)

“The Nine Free Cities are the daughters of Valyria that was, but Braavos is the bastard child who ran away from home. We are a mongrel folk, the sons of slaves and whores and thi...

RWD Omake: A draft of the scene. Non-Canon. Possible Spoiler.

I began drafting this yesterday after seeing how the polls swung. It is not final nor is it canon. In fact, I have three other incomplete drafts that would work better for other names like Ozymandias(this one has the poem rather t...

2025-05-03 04:09:22 +0000 UTC View Post