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Great Lakes and Expectations ch 6 draft post

Osafune came into the room at a high clip, openly stressed.  

Regina lowered her pen and eyed him cautiously. This was new, and she did not like it.

He gestured for her to get up and follow him, not even bothering to speak. He went back the way that he had come.

It seemed important, so she moved quickly to follow him into the receiving room. Two women were wa...

Charlene

“If the house is haunted,” Jordan said clearly, “I think that my aunt should have told me about that.”

There was a pause of about a full second.

“Can’t hear you,” came the slightly metallic reply.

Jordan made a disgusted sound and hung up. Immediately, he opened the messenger app and sent Brett an annoyed emoji. He followed it up with an actual message, so ...

AIC 35

Uchiha Kanna had been killed in action less than a month before the massacre. That meant that her records were the most recent Uchiha information that had not been buried in the political havoc and cover-up. The fact that she was one of Sasuke's more distant cousins didn't hurt, either. His memory of her would be vague and less detailed. Most importantly, she was the eldest sister of Fuki...

Why Me Coyote Part 1

The house was blue.  

Its paint was peeling, but that couldn’t quite take away from the cheeriness of the sky-like hue. And sure, the paint on the window frames was peeling, and the glass in them seemed a bit wobbly, but that was just part of its charm.  

The lawn was pretty shabby too, though, scruffy weeds poking up everywhere. Someone had obviously tried ...

AIC 34

“If you’ll excuse me saying so- that will be less efficient.” The principal leaned forward in his seat. “It is unprecedented. It would be less complicated to add extra classes.”

Aiko gave him a thin smile. “You’re excused.”

There was a pause where he clearly waited for her to say something more. Gradually, he realized that she wasn’t going to respond in subst...

AIC 33

Aiko was reading a missive from Nadeshiko requesting an in-person conversation when her apprentice sullenly appeared. She did not look up at the sound of shifting sand. If she didn't see it, she didn't have to vacuum. An unseen mess did not exist.

“The sand-nin have requested an audience.”

'I'm going to guess that the reunion did not go smoothly.'

The writing squad did important research

Gotta get the details right. 

The 7th Queen of the Spring Court (complete short story)

A pungent, sweet-sour scent cut the air. It was rot. She had encountered a lot of that lately. The handmaiden stoppered her throat and gently picked her way through the mess. Her lady waited outside the shimmering barrier that kept her safely away from the mess, shifting in discomfort.

The handmaiden cast a glance back, and then knelt to turn over the largest mound with one h...

Water (completed story)

The sun beat down so hot that the concrete in

Water pt 1 (of 2)

The sun beat down so hot that the concrete in the street seemed to waver and radiate it back up, making her skin sticky. May was already wearing as little as humanly possible to keep from overheating, but that just made her sweaty skin stick to things. Like the couch, the door handle,  her phone...

She needed to cool down. The usual option was to take a 15 minute walk to the we...

I'm sorry it's been basically a month since I posted

I think I caught every single disease that my students carried so far this winter. But I'm back now!

AIC ch 32

She came awake, murderous and blind. Aiko flashed chakra to her eyes and the world lit up. A little. It was definitely still dark, but more importantly her security had suddenly become alarmed and that wouldn't do at all.

The chuunin was confronting another one of her shinobi at her bedroom door- at least, the spectral figure looked like one of hers, in special operation whites. The...

Old Friends

Sheila watched the clock carefully out of the corner of her eyes, both incredibly aware of the old adage that a “watched pot never boils” and comfortable in the knowledge that while time seemed slow as all hell, it continued to move on anyway. Her hands were positioned carefully over her keyboard, so it looked vaguely like she was still working if her boss happened to glance over. It wasn’t ...

Great Lakes and Expectations ch5

Osafune was the chief of police samurai, or something like that. On her third morning in Iron Country she followed him along his morning routine. It involved inspecting some kind of training going on. Regina squinted, trying to decide if mustaches were a sign of authority here or something. None of the young men suffering through athletics had facial hair, but all of the men superv...

Great Lakes and Expectations ch 4

“おはようございます。”

She roused at the sternest “good morning” call she could remember and reflexively mumbled something similar back. Ugh. Regina felt stiff and unhappy to sit up, but it was hard to sneak five more minutes of sleep when someone had come into your room and actually opened the windows to let in freezing cold air. And then waited around for ...

halloween requested story pt2

Hinata kept her head down and her mouth shut, no matter how pointed the stares became. Her eyes were so close to being closed that she probably wasn’t getting any visual feedback other than the impression of light, but it did disguise her most distinctive physical characteristic. 

And it also made her look nonchalant, which could only help Karin play this off as a normal thing.  

Great Lakes and Expectations chp 4 draft post

“おはようございます。”

She roused at the sternest “good morning” call she could remember and reflexively mumbled something similar back. Ugh. Regina felt stiff and unhappy to sit up, but it was hard to sneak five more minutes of sleep when someone had come into your room and actually opened the windows to let in freezing cold air. And then waited around for ...

Queens 8

“Hello again.” Imile had hints of dark circles under her eyes, but her smile was sincere.

Brianna blinked, looking around the room as she entered. Imile had come earlier than usual- she could tell, because she had spread out papers and set up a table in a way that implied they were about to get down to serious work. She pulled out a chair and sat at the short table. “Hiya. It ...

AIC 32 preview

She came awake, murderous and blind. Aiko flashed chakra to her eyes and the world lit up. A little. It was definitely still dark, but more importantly her security had suddenly become alarmed and that wouldn't do at all.

The chuunin was confronting another one of her shinobi at her bedroom door- at least, the spectral figure looked like one of hers, in special operation whites. The...

Queens of the Sea and Sky 7

Brianna sat. She just… she tried to think it over.

None of it fit. But it had to.  

“I feel like I've just… I was thinking so many things that were wrong.” She raked her hands through her hair. “Do I… I thought I knew things. About the world. About you.” Brianna shook her head and let out all her air. “I- I assumed that you were either some heiress o...

AIC 31

“They're small.”

Genma tried not to sigh at just how troubled Yamato sounded. “Yes,” he agreed. He used his tongue to pin the senbon to the side of his mouth to make talking easier. “They're genin, buddy.”

Yamato gave him a rebellious look. “I wasn't that small,” he said in an undertone. His back hunched. They weren't talking loudly enough for the targets to no...

Someone Borrowed, Someone Blue

A different story from the idea of the jewelry that inspire the Halloween story- this version is the brainchild of my forever writing-partner.  

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Sunbeams fell warmly onto her skin and made everything on the bed seem to glow. Some of that may have been an overly romantic wish, but for one thing- maybe. 

The moment stretched. Ka...

AIC chapter 31 progress post

“I'm not mad.”Aiko batted at her desk, suddenly irritated by all the crap on it. A pencil case went flying and sent a spray of writing implements to smack into the wall. It was somewhat satisfying. Not enough. A thud would make her feel better.  

Utakata watched until the last pen had stopped rolling. Then he looked back at her.

She looked away from the stack of books...

Let's talk crime

45 minutes til livestream :)

Re scheduled livestream

So the livestream tomorrow may be about my exciting experience meeting some yakuza today or it might be cancelled so that I can go far away and never return to my apparently dangerous neighborhood. I'll see how I feel tomorrow but currently, Not Good

AIC 30

Her day started ludicrously early, but suffering was just her lot in life so it made sense. Aiko was incredibly morose about it but she made it to the office at 4:30, right about the time that a wan-looking Nishikawa unlocked the doors. They exchanged a commiserating look. Aiko's protection detail merely stared at them, miserable and baggy-eyed a few feet back. The woman leaned against th...

livestream time

I want to start planning my next livestream- please let me know which of the below times is best for you. I think that the time I used before, about 10 or 11 am on a Sunday, is good for a lot of people. But I want to see what other times work for people so that I can alternate times, so that I'm not always doing this at an impossible time for a lot of you. 

Halloween Story- Vampire fic

“Hey, watch it!” Karin snapped. She wheeled around to tongue-lash the idiot who had bumped her. “Are you-” She cut off with a grunt. Because she'd been about to say 'are you blind?' but the pretty, pretty face turned up at her had an expression of concern and milky eyes.

Whoa. That was a nice view.

“I'm so sorry!” The stranger bowed. “Forgive me.” The girl gave...