A little action, a little hint at some intrigue. Let me know what you think.
-Plum
A distant rumble sounded off to his right, muffled by the trees, and Valla said, “The ship went down.”
“Yeah. Shit!” Victor grimaced and ground the knuckles of his left hand into the tree’s rough bark, squeezing out sticky sap and sen...
2023-05-07 12:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostA lot of conversation . . . Let me know what you all think.
-Plum
PS - attaching a PDF of the chapter. I'll try to do that from now on 'cause I know some of you hate to read things in the Patreon format.
“Uh,” Alice replied, looking at Juliet, then away, down at her beer. Before Juliet could reph...
2023-05-05 16:11:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! Hopefully, I didn't have a brain meltdown like last time. I think I got all the names right! let me know what you think and if you see anything wonky :)
-Plum
Victor stared at the ceiling of his cabin, watching the shifting light coming in through his porthole as it flickered over the wooden planks. The ship was...
2023-05-04 14:23:44 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your Wednesday delivery! Hope you enjoy :)
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Another boom, followed by the rending of metal above her head, forced Juliet to press herself to the concrete as her vision grayed out and brightened, showing the temperature of things around her in shades ranging from the bright yellow of her left hand to ...
2023-05-03 11:47:41 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your Victor of Tucson delivery! Hope you enjoy~
-Plum
Victor stood on the prow of the Wind Dancer and watched the mountain slopes drift by beneath the ship. They’d just cast off a few minutes ago, but the academy was already lost to sight, having slipped from view as the ship traversed the mountain passes. The wea...
2023-05-02 18:16:38 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to New Atlas. Let me know what you think :)
-Plum
PS - I'm sorry if you're getting redundant notifications. I'm doing everything I can to keep from alerting tier-3 patrons when I release a chapter for tier-2, but I'm still hearing from some of you that extra notifications are going out. I hope they add more func...
2023-05-01 14:29:13 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your delivery! Have a relaxing Sunday :)
-Plum
“What was the point of that display?” ap’Gravin muttered, perhaps trying to cling to some semblance of his earlier bluster.
Victor grinned, shifting to a more comfortable sitting position, pushing Lifedrinker’s handle back and to the side; she’d been pressing int...
2023-04-30 11:24:44 +0000 UTC View PostPlease Enjoy and let me know what you think :)
-Plum
“Pizza and beer,” Juliet sighed, sitting back and rubbing her stomach. “Can’t go wrong.”
Aya laughed and held up her bottle of “Barger’s Pale Ale,” offering her a silent salute before she downed it. Juliet had already drunk two of the beers—not the best sh...
2023-04-28 18:10:56 +0000 UTC View PostHi, everyone! I've had a lot of thought about this scene and the ones leading up to it, and I've decided to make some changes. Here are the details of what I altered in 5.7 I'm just posting what I changed - if you want to see them in context, I'll be updating the whole chapter on Patreon.
1. “Well . . . your skin is more lustrous, your hair... 2023-04-27 16:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you enjoy the chapter! Some background, some foreshadowing . . . let me know if something doesn't make sense :)
-Plum
Juliet stood back by the colossal winch and watched as it began to drag the wrecked gunship toward the big bay doors of the cargo hold. Shiro was nearby working with the apparatus, alternating the te...
2023-04-26 16:26:29 +0000 UTC View PostI had a goal for this chapter, but I'm not sure I got it where I wanted. I'd love to hear your feedback; maybe my brain is just tired.
Thanks,
-Plum
“Well, you’ve grown again,” Valla observed, watching Victor struggle to a sitting position. She must have been right; he seemed to be taking up mo...
2023-04-25 16:40:56 +0000 UTC View PostLet me know what you think. Hope you're all having a great week :)
-Plum
“This doesn’t look bad,” Shiro said, scooping the quickly dissolving foam, now a slippery gel, away from Juliet’s exposed left arm. He’d brought some of the solvent designed for that very purpose, along with a full trauma kit and an extra EVA suit. A...
2023-04-24 14:46:11 +0000 UTC View PostA little more insight into the Quinametzin. Hope you enjoy!
-Plum
“Before you drink that,” Valla said, touching her fingers to the silver flask as though to keep him from immediately chugging it down, “let’s talk about what you want me to do while you’re out. We don’t have the warlord’s cultivation chamber ...
2023-04-23 12:02:03 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, please let me know if something doesn't make sense :) I hope you enjoy the ride!
-Plum
Juliet’s exit from her improvised hiding spot was almost disastrous; she was so hyped up, so full of adrenaline that she nearly launched herself into the air rather than simply hopping out of her exoskeleton. The gravity on Dione was such...
2023-04-21 16:50:27 +0000 UTC View PostHope you enjoy! Have a nice day :)
-Plum
Victor woke the following morning feeling very rested and relaxed. He stretched, unwinding the soft, white sheet from his torso; he’d somehow gotten quite tangled in the night. He glanced to his right, saw the empty bed, and wondered where Valla had gone. “Probably breakfast,...
2023-04-20 18:03:42 +0000 UTC View PostHappy to hear your feedback :)
-Plum
“Did you file the claim?” Shiro asked through crew comms, his words chasing Alice’s announcement almost immediately.
“Of course. We’re definitely first in line. Good news is I can have us down there in twenty minutes; bad news is we rounded the curvature a while ago, and I don’...
2023-04-19 16:42:22 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you enjoy the chapter. Still setting the stage a bit :)
-Plum
“Holy shit,” Victor muttered, swiping away the System message. “I gained two levels for learning that spell.”
“You gained two . . .” Valla sighed and then, shaking her head ruefully, laughed. “You’re charmed, Victor. I’ve never h...
2023-04-18 16:58:27 +0000 UTC View PostLove to hear your feedback!
-Plum
When Juliet got to the cargo bay, she found Shiro moving big spools of cabling into position by an enormous winch mounted near the rear wall. The spools had to weigh several tons each, but, in the light gravity and with the assistance of the forklift, he’d already loaded one of them and had two m...
2023-04-17 14:53:22 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy! Happy Sunday! This procrastinator is going to try to tackle taxes :( :( :(
-Plum
Not long after he’d begun working with Tes’s pattern, Victor was dimly aware that someone had come to the door and delivered some blankets and pillows. Valla took them and stacked them on the foot of her bed, then busied herself w...
2023-04-16 13:35:14 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning :)
Lots of space and ship talk here - let me know if something doesn't make sense. If it sounds good, I'd love to hear that, as well. Hope you enjoy!
-Plum
Juliet sat in one of the extra acceleration couches on the bridge as the Kowashi made its final approach to Saturn; they’...
2023-04-14 11:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for all the feedback and ideas after Chapter 1! I've sort of settled on an idea, and I think you'll be able to connect most of the dots after this chapter. I hope it makes sense and that you are enjoying things. Some concern was voiced about me throwing another curveball and avoiding the long-awaited conquest. That's not the plan, but I do have a story to tell, and this is pa...
2023-04-13 17:25:24 +0000 UTC View PostKind of an interlude chapter here. Hope this volume is keeping you all interested enough; I know it's been a bit light on the action.
-Plum
“Woah,” Juliet said as she stepped into the Kowashi’s little medical bay. “You guys have an autosurgeon?” She’d only peered into the room through the rectangular...
2023-04-12 14:53:03 +0000 UTC View PostSPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read book 3 of FWFW and you intend to, maybe wait on reading this VOT book. Sorry if this warning came too late for anyone!
-Plum
For the first time, as he passed through a world portal, Victor didn’t feel alone; the whole way through, he felt Valla clutching his hand. He couldn’t see her, couldn’t even s...
2023-04-11 15:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostReally loving all the feedback here and in Discord. Thank you all! As you might have surmised from my post on Saturday, I've had to do a few revisions about ship travel times. It wasn't that bad, thank goodness!
1. In the message from Honey to Juliet, I changed things to indicate the ship she was in was accelerating, but slowly - Honey said the gravity was light e...
2023-04-10 15:06:37 +0000 UTC View PostRecently a very helpful reader pointed out that my calculations seemed wonky when it came to ship travel times. I won't spoil for those of you who haven't read that far, but let's just say I might need to do some revising! My friend who initially helped me calculate travel times seems to have made an error, and he's not available at the moment, so I took my problem to ChatGPT. Would any of you ...
2023-04-08 11:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Please enjoy the chapter and let me know what you think.
-Plum
Juliet’s routine on the Kaminari Kowashi for the next few days of their journey became some of the best times of her life. She got along very well with the crew, though she didn’t see much of Alice and Shiro outside of meal times. Bennet and Aya, though, were l...
2023-04-07 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy! If you read this earlier, I had to change the travel times a bit.
-Plum
On the second day of transit, Bennet asked Juliet to help him and Aya uncrate and set up a bunch of gym equipment in the cargo hold. The big plastic crates were strapped into a corner of the hold, and Juliet and Aya waited as Bennet pulled each one out w...
2023-04-05 09:10:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
“Can you tell me more about Ghoul? Why do you think she came to mind when I asked you about your feelings of distrust and nervousness and why you haven’t formed close relationships with others?” The virtual psychologist, Dr. Ming, occupied a window in Juliet’s AUI, much like a video call. Juliet thought whoever had designed him had done a great job...
2023-04-05 09:09:59 +0000 UTC View PostPlease share your thoughts!
Juliet sat on the edge of her bunk—more of a gel-lined lounge chair than a bed—and looked around the quarters Alice had assigned to her. There was a faded poster on the gray-brown plasteel wall near the door, depicting a man in an EVA suit, a term Angel had filled her in on meaning extra-vehicular activity. The space-sui...
2023-04-05 09:08:59 +0000 UTC View PostLet me know what you think!
-Plum
“Bennet, I’ll tie you to the reactor next time we’re in port,” Shiro groaned.
“Well, if you’re going to threaten me, pick something better than that! I love the reactor room,” Bennet chuckled.
“Look,” Juliet said, trying to capitalize on Bennet’s poor negotiation ski...
2023-04-05 09:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post