Hope, Luck, And The Tip Of A Spear | Rain World | Page 1

slate urchin Jun 6, 2024, 1:12 AM

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@haughty vortex done monksilly

haughty vortex Jun 6, 2024, 1:12 AM

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Thank you

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Da Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018

desert grove Jun 6, 2024, 1:17 AM

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Joining!

haughty vortex Jun 6, 2024, 1:19 AM

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Thankyou, thankyou. I’m going to try and post another chapter tonight, but it will probably be pretty late.

slate urchin Jun 6, 2024, 3:31 AM

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also if you need anything pinned feel free to ping me :3

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random pings spice up life and make it more interesting

haughty vortex Jun 6, 2024, 10:40 AM

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The spearcool Spearmaster chapter https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/143445718

haughty vortex Jun 7, 2024, 4:26 AM

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The artihappy Artificer chapter https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/143495617#workskin

haughty vortex Jun 8, 2024, 6:17 AM

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Scav intermission scavpotato https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/143560609

haughty vortex Jun 9, 2024, 8:08 PM

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gourmflop https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/143665549 Gourmand Chapter

desert grove Jun 10, 2024, 1:36 AM

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I love the opening chapter?? What fate a cutting apparatus… very curious about the implications of that

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Gonna read the rest of this tonight 👀 gotta finish up this work first

desert grove Jun 10, 2024, 3:58 AM

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Read up to chapter three! Left you some comments. Good stuff so far, but I gotta go to bed

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I will be back to read more hunterglee

haughty vortex Jun 10, 2024, 4:14 AM

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lizgreengaming I think it really picks up after the scav intermission, but most of that hasn’t been posted yet.

haughty vortex Jun 13, 2024, 2:31 AM

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New chapter, Survivor’s perspective. No Turning Back https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/143886550

haughty vortex Jun 14, 2024, 4:52 AM

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Newest chapter is out, Rivulet is back in the driver’s seat. https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/143953930

haughty vortex Jun 15, 2024, 7:24 PM

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The Pursuit- of happiness, of security, of freedom, and of vengeance. Hunter’s perspective.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/144056644

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 10:46 PM

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I knew it! They were going to SRS

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why

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gotta know

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Hunter’s signs were clear and purposeful, like he was striking the air with each motion.

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Love this line…

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I can see it.

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 10:49 PM

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thanks! I really like that Hunter is way better at talking with Spearmaster than with... anyone else

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I felt like I sold him a little short in some scenes, so I wanted to show he wasn't just a goober by that chapter

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 10:52 PM

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Is this gonna be fishstick… I’m maybe sensing fishstick

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“Pretty, in a very moist sort of way”

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Pff

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This is cute

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 10:56 PM

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desert grove Is this gonna be fishstick… I’m maybe sensing fishstick

I'm up in the air on it. Kinda what I'm stuck with a few chapters down the line honestly.

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 10:57 PM

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Hmm

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 10:57 PM

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along with some other things

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 10:57 PM

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Well let’s see how it feels some more chapters in

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Good chap. Spearmaster perspective is probably going to be my favorite… I just find them really interesting

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 10:58 PM

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that's good, because they'll defenitley have the most chapters by the end

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sometimes I think of this as the spearmaster fic that isn't a spearmaster fic

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:00 PM

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“Vultures are mostly gas and fat”

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Now I want your biological breakdown of vulture anatomy lmao

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:01 PM

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mostly gas and fat

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monksilly

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:03 PM

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Intelligent vulture….

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Except the bomb didn’t blow up next to the vulture. Instead, there was a THwang as the pale vulture fired off its harpoon and struck the bomb in midair back at her . The bomb sent her flying straight down from the force of the blast and she hit the ground hard. For a moment, her world was nothing but darkness and pain.

This reads a little awkwardly to me, I would go with “the force of the blast sent her flying straight down”

Or, “it detonated, the force of the blast…”

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:06 PM

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desert grove Except the bomb didn’t blow up next to the vulture. Instead, there was a THwang ...

you're right. I remember thinking that line was clunky when I wrote it

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I might go change that later

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:07 PM

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god this vulture is scary

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Just what we needed, vultures that think

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:08 PM

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he was in the prologue too, if you recall

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I don't know. I'll want your input on the vulture as an antagonist after you've read some more

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:10 PM

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Good chapter, good action, tense

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:10 PM

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haughty vortex he was in the prologue too, if you recall

I REMEMBER WONDERING about that vulture

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hmmmmmmm

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Important vulture… hmmm…

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Hang lemme reread the prologue

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:11 PM

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desert grove Good chapter, good action, tense

okay good, this was the first time I really did a full chapter of action, and it wound up feeling kinda "different" to me

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:12 PM

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Ooooo…. Okay yeah

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This vulture is scary as hell

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scav culture spotted

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hmmm. Ancient worship?

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Ahhh they’re purposed. They’re revolutionists!!

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:16 PM

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descended of purposed, though they've kept good enough records to recall some of it

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:17 PM

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Ohhh no… the king and sm are friends

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I loved the speech

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Love this intermission

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And I love your scav naming convention

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:18 PM

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thanks! it's not revealed for a while, but the kings name before he was the king was Sand-And-Water, which I think is one of the best of the few I've come up with

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:20 PM

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Your description of drenched saint makes me imagine a wet long-haired chihuahua

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He’s a goblin under there

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:21 PM

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saint is fun when he's not scary saintsmirk

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:21 PM

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haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:21 PM

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yes

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:23 PM

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“Saint shook their head floofily”

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:23 PM

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I love that line so much

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:24 PM

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saintblep

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It’s great

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It has imagery

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I’m here for saint being off putting

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Like a gentle person, not at all intimidating

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But sometimes…. Something seems wrong with them >>

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:26 PM

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I think that's kind of just how I felt I had to play it to have them interact with other slugcats and have some depth

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I do like it a lot though

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:28 PM

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Me too

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Iterator names always felt odd on the tongue, as if you were calling upon some kind of ancient power

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Another hard line

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It does

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(Except no significant harassment lmao)

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:32 PM

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typing out "Looks To The Moon" made me realize how weird it is to actually say most of their names out loud

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:32 PM

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I didn’t think about the immediate effect moon’s collapse would have on the surrounding area, not just the area right beneath and around her, but a huge cloud of dust

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Like… like 9/11 apocalyptic dust storm

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Blotting out the sun, poison to breathe… damn

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brb for dinner but I will keep going after!

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:33 PM

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yeah, I mean you look at waterfront facility and you look at shoreline and it must have been a pretty cataclysmic event, for sure

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dinner sounds good, I'll try that too

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:53 PM

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Back for more

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:53 PM

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My dinner isn’t even ready yet slugpensive

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:54 PM

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I was summoned for dinner ready to eat

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Roomie made chicken

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:55 PM

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Nice

desert grove Jun 16, 2024, 11:59 PM

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Oh my god monk no

haughty vortex Jun 16, 2024, 11:59 PM

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Ah. You made it to that chapter.

desert grove Jun 17, 2024, 12:00 AM

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Bro nooo

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Her little ‘I miss my family’ jfc noooo

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 12:01 AM

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The story does take a darker turn at this point

desert grove Jun 17, 2024, 12:02 AM

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no no no

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Baby…

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Hard 180 to riv’s goofy ass

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“Yay drugs!”

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 12:07 AM

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I know. Maybe it was a sharp turn, but I gotta justify the “humor” tag, right?

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(Rivulet is no where near as silly as she thinks she is)

desert grove Jun 17, 2024, 12:08 AM

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Honestly needed it after what you did to me with monk

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slugscrem

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Why was riv an outcast? rivboowomp

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 12:10 AM

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Fish

desert grove Jun 17, 2024, 12:10 AM

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Just because of that? Baby…

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 12:11 AM

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She mentions it in the Spearmaster chap. She’s the only Slugcat like her

desert grove Jun 17, 2024, 12:11 AM

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Drugs were a bad choice

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Yeah I’m feeling the fishstick ship

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Two ‘freaks’

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 12:13 AM

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Rivulet acts like she doesn’t have those problems, and basically copes the exact opposite as SM. I want you to look at the next chapter when they meet, at some point.

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But now you’re on the Hunter chapter

desert grove Jun 17, 2024, 12:21 AM

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AUGH

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Arti… god damn. Poor hunter

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Okay I’m all caught up (you bastard)

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This is getting so good but my heaaaart

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That last chap hurt me to read he’s trying to so hard, he’s so desperate

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Gimme next chap I proofread

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 12:23 AM

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Alright. I’ve been polishing it up a bit while you been reading, but it’s still a little rough I think.

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I’ll DM it to you

desert grove Jun 17, 2024, 12:23 AM

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“It was who he really was”

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This fucking line though slugwhy

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I wanna reach through the screen and give baby a hug augh….

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 12:24 AM

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that chapter killed me in a lot of ways

silk geode Jun 17, 2024, 12:57 AM

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Lurking in. Seeing saint mentioned. Guess i slowly should start to get to his campaign

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 12:58 AM

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my fic doesn't contain spoilers for saint's campaign! (but you should still play though it anyways)

silk geode Jun 17, 2024, 12:59 AM

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Hm, in that case will I read it soon

desert grove Jun 17, 2024, 1:11 AM

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silk geode Hm, in that case will I read it soon

It’s so good… it starts good and gets great. The latter half really picks up

haughty vortex Jun 17, 2024, 2:25 AM

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/144154192 alright, tonight's chapter DONE
big thanks again banan, you really saved my skin on this one

haughty vortex Jun 18, 2024, 10:08 PM

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/144271435 Spearmaster gets beaten up pt.2 the emotional beatdown

haughty vortex Jun 22, 2024, 9:22 PM

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/144520021 a slightly more light chapter for a change, I hope!

desert grove Jun 22, 2024, 9:35 PM

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It’s a good chapter monklove

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Also wow I just realized you’ve written 30k words on this in like… 3 weeks slugWOH

haughty vortex Jun 22, 2024, 9:48 PM

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thank you!

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I wanted to get the whole story done in a month, but I don't know if I'm gonna make that

desert grove Jun 22, 2024, 9:56 PM

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Really impressive

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Try not to burn yourself out!

desert depot Jun 23, 2024, 2:34 AM

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I had thrice been notified to check your fic, and so I did.

Only just finished chapter 1 proper but I already love the characterizations! Very good! (I always wonder how Saint would interact with others of their kind, they seem like the most lonely one.)

(Also, how come so few people are in this thread. Ive only read the first chapter but already know this is going to be great!)

desert grove Jun 23, 2024, 2:36 AM

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Oh boy oh boy

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This fic takes off in the second half

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Excited for you slugevil

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I don’t know why so few people are here!! They’re missing out

desert depot Jun 23, 2024, 2:38 AM

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I think I need to catch up to the latest chapter first before making some speculations though, because they would be potentially outdated monksilly

30k is a little intimidating tho

desert grove Jun 23, 2024, 2:38 AM

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It is pretty new though

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Somehow cy has written 30k in like three weeks

desert depot Jun 23, 2024, 2:39 AM

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desert grove Somehow cy has written 30k in like three weeks

Soulwing now has a worthy rival

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How do people be this motivated ? slagony

desert grove Jun 23, 2024, 2:42 AM

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I think I did twenty in the first two ish weeks of HFISH

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But my output slowed quickly

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And I spend a lot more time on proofreading/editing now

desert depot Jun 23, 2024, 2:43 AM

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Now I feel unproductive slugscrem need to do something now

desert grove Jun 23, 2024, 2:17 PM

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Damn you cy. Showing us up

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shakes fist

haughty vortex Jun 24, 2024, 2:44 AM

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/144607786
This one is the second chapter from Gourmand's perspective, and it was a lot of fun to write!

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okay, now that I got that done, I can take a break from Tip Of The Spear for a couple days and write some one-shots or something

desert grove Jun 24, 2024, 2:48 AM

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Take a break and write some one shots

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This guy doesn’t quit monksilly

haughty vortex Jun 24, 2024, 2:49 AM

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short one shots are so easy tho monksilly

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I don't even need to have ideas, I can just ask the people here for them

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I gotta make sure my next one doesn't involve a slugcat eating something weird though, I think if I do three in a row that makes me like the "slugcat eating weird things" guy

desert grove Jun 24, 2024, 2:57 AM

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haughty vortex I gotta make sure my next one doesn't involve a slugcat eating something weird t...

I think you already are

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If I’m the worm lady you’re definitely the Slugcats eating weird things guy monksilly

haughty vortex Jun 24, 2024, 2:59 AM

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slugpensive how could this happen

haughty vortex Jun 28, 2024, 1:37 AM

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alright, next chapter, artificer finds some lost kids https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/144864091

dim sky Jun 30, 2024, 2:40 PM

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Okay, this is yummy artihappy

desert grove Jun 30, 2024, 2:53 PM

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HLatToaS (what an acronym) is GREAT

haughty vortex Jun 30, 2024, 5:39 PM

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Ty, ty

desert depot Jul 3, 2024, 5:18 AM

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There's no separate thread so I guess here is appropriate.
Just read ch.2 of Tabula Rasa

Now I started to think maybe the current Brass is actually being too paranoid towards his 'friends'. Maybe the one he should be more suspicious of is himself...
( The actual theory i made is in the comments on Ao3)

haughty vortex Jul 3, 2024, 5:49 AM

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I'll say this much: writing a murder mystery where the victim is also the detective and one of the prime suspects is an interesting project

dim sky Jul 3, 2024, 1:17 PM

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I liked the latest chapter! artihappy

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I finished reading HLatTPoaS too

desert grove Jul 3, 2024, 1:26 PM

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dim sky I finished reading HLatTPoaS too

This acronym is killing me lmfao

haughty vortex Jul 3, 2024, 5:38 PM

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Pronounced “Huh-lat-Pose”

desert grove Jul 3, 2024, 6:06 PM

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"hlatpooass"

haughty vortex Jul 3, 2024, 6:10 PM

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Yessir, ahym rightin two fics at the momernt, one I call “Tabular Usa” and the other just goes by “Hlatpooass”, mmmhmm

desert grove Jul 3, 2024, 6:15 PM

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rolls off the tongue

haughty vortex Jul 3, 2024, 6:23 PM

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Should probably try and do another chapter of spear this week… but I dunno if it’s gonna happen. Maybe by Sunday?

desert grove Jul 3, 2024, 6:35 PM

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You been putting out a lot of content so don’t sweat it if you need a break!

haughty vortex Jul 7, 2024, 8:34 PM

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Break over

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/145496575
Reunion- the team is back together and the air is cleared.

desert grove Jul 7, 2024, 8:38 PM

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More HLatToaS!

haughty vortex Jul 7, 2024, 8:41 PM

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another chapter where I manage the issue of juggling eight characters by having some of them be unconscious the whole time monksilly

dim sky Jul 7, 2024, 9:01 PM

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🔥

desert grove Jul 7, 2024, 9:08 PM

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haughty vortex another chapter where I manage the issue of juggling eight characters by having ...

Add it to the cy trope list

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Fall in hole… eat strange thing… be unconscious

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What’s that’s just the || riv chapter ||

haughty vortex Jul 7, 2024, 9:10 PM

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Slugcats born after moon’s collapse don’t know how to hunt, all they know is fall in hole, eat strange thing, be unconscious

haughty vortex Jul 7, 2024, 9:12 PM

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desert grove What’s that’s just the || riv chapter ||

And that’s why ||Riv|| is the main character in this fic monksilly

desert grove Jul 7, 2024, 9:13 PM

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haughty vortex Slugcats born after moon’s collapse don’t know how to hunt, all they know is fal...

What’s step 4?

haughty vortex Jul 7, 2024, 9:14 PM

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Void sea saintpensive

desert grove Jul 7, 2024, 9:15 PM

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Hey that’s not a cy trope—

dim sky Jul 8, 2024, 6:22 PM

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Love the latest chapter artihappy

desert grove Jul 8, 2024, 6:33 PM

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It was a good one

haughty vortex Jul 8, 2024, 6:35 PM

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Ty

gloomy nexus Jul 9, 2024, 6:01 AM

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thought I'd pop into the thread- i'm really enjoying this story

haughty vortex Jul 9, 2024, 7:06 AM

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ty!

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we don't talk a lot in here, but I'm glad to hear you like my fic

desert depot Jul 16, 2024, 9:51 AM

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Highjacking this for Tabula Rasa
(Also consider this a bump!)

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So, apart from my ao3 comment, I have one last crackpot theory ✨

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-# inhales something questionable
||So, another possibility: they ALL are on this plot||

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||well, could be all but Brass himself I guess||
||What if Brass were more involved with what really happened or he blamed himself way more then went into isolation. He made and planned to use FR for all eternity, but then Truth and Forg knew of this, and they came up with a way to use this instead to help Brass move on, by changing the record on what happened so Brass could live again without the overwhelming guilt, 'a blank slate' as the title implies.||

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||They predicted when Brass would wake up in between reset, then Forgiveness immediately called in to interrupt him before he could start on another one. Then when Brass revealed his amnesia, Forgiveness gave him the false records, taking off almost of his involvement and split the blame on themselves instead. Truth and Forgiveness then acted like they hate each other's guts to make it real||

||The claw marks in the Memory Conflux were from when they planted the false recording of Brass himself stating he made FR to escape from TA instead of the guilt.||

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This totally was how it went down, wasn't it? slugwoke

dim sky Jul 16, 2024, 2:18 PM

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Empty metal ball fic consumed artihappy

desert grove Jul 16, 2024, 2:19 PM

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Empty metal ball fic so good… makes me do think

haughty vortex Jul 16, 2024, 7:34 PM

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hunterglee

desert grove Jul 16, 2024, 7:40 PM

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haughty vortex <:hunterglee:1228491100986150993>

Look at him over there, smiling while he hurts us

haughty vortex Jul 16, 2024, 7:44 PM

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Sorry. I’ll post something more fun and lighthearted someday (not anytime soon)

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monkdevious

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I really should post an update for Spear soon… it’s been almost two weeks, now slugpensive

desert grove Jul 16, 2024, 7:54 PM

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haughty vortex Sorry. I’ll post something more fun and lighthearted someday (not anytime soon)

Me pretending I don’t like being hurt slugevil

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Though lighthearted is good too

haughty vortex Jul 18, 2024, 9:21 PM

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Actually wrote some HLaTToaS last night. Felt good to get back into it, hoping to have the chapter up by this weekend.

desert grove Jul 18, 2024, 9:22 PM

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More spear monklove

dim sky Jul 18, 2024, 9:22 PM

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🔥

inner flower Jul 21, 2024, 3:22 PM

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sets up tent in here
im definetly not late, your only imagining it sluggrimace

desert grove Jul 21, 2024, 3:59 PM

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Welcome

haughty vortex Jul 21, 2024, 6:49 PM

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Welcome to the thread. Hopefully I’ll have something to post here today!

haughty vortex Jul 21, 2024, 10:03 PM

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/146478367
after two weeks of messing around and trying to find the inspiration, here it is: the end of act 2!
It's a Gourmand-focused chap...

desert grove Jul 21, 2024, 10:05 PM

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New spearrrrr

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this one’s certified banan approved

stamps

desert depot Jul 24, 2024, 4:23 AM

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Consumed lastest TR

Truth monkdesperation ||The fact that he admitted it readily also told us that unstable and illogical as he is, he was coming from a standpoint that he did/does care about the ones he still has left...||

||I have a hunch this won't have a 'happy ending'... One possible outcome popped up in my head and I don't like that...||

dim sky Jul 26, 2024, 9:47 AM

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Liked the latest chapter!

haughty vortex Jul 26, 2024, 6:53 PM

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Ty!

haughty vortex Jul 26, 2024, 7:46 PM

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No writing today or yesterday from me… busy busy busy slugpensive

desert grove Jul 26, 2024, 7:52 PM

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Busy fixing hfish for me huntercool

haughty vortex Jul 26, 2024, 7:55 PM

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spearcool time well spent

haughty vortex Jul 27, 2024, 8:46 PM

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got the next chapter almost done for spear. It was meant to be an intermission, but it wound up springing into a whole thing... I'm pretty satisfied with it. It will be very different from spear's content thus far, but I think that's okay with an intermission.

desert grove Jul 27, 2024, 8:52 PM

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Excited slugWOH

haughty vortex Jul 27, 2024, 9:24 PM

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/146885512
alright, here we are, the second intermission: Seven Red Suns

desert grove Jul 27, 2024, 9:25 PM

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ITS SO GOOD YOU GUYS

inner flower Jul 27, 2024, 9:25 PM

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all the new chapters are gettign dropped today

dim sky Jul 27, 2024, 9:25 PM

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Stories eating good today

desert grove Jul 27, 2024, 9:25 PM

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You’re not ready

dim sky Jul 27, 2024, 9:26 PM

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Would be funny if all authors just posted their fic/chapter on the same day

inner flower Jul 27, 2024, 9:26 PM

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ugh, now i want to put the finishing touches on chapter 9, but new chapter meanst new readers which i want to avoid until everything up to chapter 8 has been edited monkdesperation

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wait, i could just write sth short and woaf related, then i would also be in the cool gang that has posted today group
pleaseee guysss, im not irrelevant, i swear slugscrem

haughty vortex Jul 29, 2024, 3:14 AM

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🎉

desert depot Jul 29, 2024, 3:16 AM

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Congrats!

desert grove Jul 29, 2024, 3:16 AM

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🎉

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First triple digit kudos fic!!!

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WELL DESERVED

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First but not the last, I’m sure

haughty vortex Jul 29, 2024, 9:23 AM

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Stayed up too late working on TR... the final chapter is coming, soon...
Soonish.

desert grove Jul 29, 2024, 12:21 PM

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TR…..

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Can’t wait

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 12:54 PM

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Started with Tabula Rasa ... yep banan, you did not undersell it. Right up my alleyway :3

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||The FR executable had already been activated nine-hundred and seventy-four times.||
One sentence is all that is required to set the stage. Beautiful execution, I am hooked. What will be different this time? Will it be different?

desert grove Jul 29, 2024, 1:17 PM

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the opener goes so HARD

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 1:17 PM

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...holy

desert grove Jul 29, 2024, 1:17 PM

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immediate engagement

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 1:17 PM

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and the ending of the first chapter goes even harder

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 1:43 PM

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Hrr, I like it. Wild guess as I am still at chapter 2: || The fact that the marked Scavenger and the others reacted to the Overseer with respect renders me quite suspicious. What if ... neither Forgiveness or Truth have something to do with the pearl being scratched. What if ... he is working against the failed plans of his prior iterations? The other 974 surely didn'rt just pressed the FR button but at least attempted something ... Hmm, so many conflicting plans of over 800 major cycles. Surely they all are coherent in their desire. hunterglee ||

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 2:40 PM

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wait...

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||Perhaps they discussed more after that. Brass did not know, as the pearl held only logs that he was a participant in.||

||Weren't these logs sent by Forgiveness!? Why do they stop when Brass left? Shouldn't they stop when Forgiveness would leave!!?||

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 3:18 PM

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Left a comment on all chapters. What a wild ride. Loved it! Waiting now for the conclusion :3

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 8:11 PM

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Been so free and asked Cy how he would describe Hollow Brass Sphere.
One quick sketch later artihappy

haughty vortex Jul 29, 2024, 8:11 PM

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sloggers wonderful

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thank you very much! I hardly ever get any art done of anything I do, so this means a lot for me. hunterglee

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 8:14 PM

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Feel free to integrate it in the fic if you so desire ;3

haughty vortex Jul 29, 2024, 8:14 PM

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I'll attach it when I post the final chapter... maybe this week?

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 8:14 PM

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Ohh.~

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I will provide you with a link in DMs

desert grove Jul 29, 2024, 8:26 PM

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WOAH!!!

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soul design

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Looks so good

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Fanart for cy!!!!

silk geode Jul 29, 2024, 8:31 PM

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@desert grove Don't tempt me with a good time, I am weak on fanarts <.<

desert grove Jul 29, 2024, 8:31 PM

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I should draw cy fanart

haughty vortex Jul 30, 2024, 10:09 PM

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okay, another thousand words in tabula, time for a break slugsweat
this is gonna be long chapter

silk geode Jul 30, 2024, 10:22 PM

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woo!

desert grove Jul 30, 2024, 10:56 PM

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haughty vortex okay, another thousand words in tabula, time for a break <:slugsweat:69502245497...

I’m so ready

desert grove Jul 31, 2024, 2:08 AM

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I wasn’t ready

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(proofread done)

desert depot Jul 31, 2024, 3:58 AM

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Oh, and TR's finale is here ... Lemme get myself together first

silk geode Jul 31, 2024, 5:21 AM

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I worded my thoughts to the best of my capabilities in the comments.
TR's finale is the perfect one for this kind of mess.
Well done!

haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 5:22 AM

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Thank you! and thanks again for the art!

silk geode Jul 31, 2024, 5:25 AM

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You're very much welcome. ||I forgot to add the monocle and evil mustache. In this story there was no hero||

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 5:34 AM

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haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 5:36 AM

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monksilly

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 5:36 AM

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im gonna read it today, i swear, i only hear good things and before im spoiling myself i will finish it slugevil

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 6:03 AM

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okay wish me luck, im starting now.
would be a shame if i were begin to cry for whatever reasons since i have to lead a shift today, but hey sluggrimace

haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 6:04 AM

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monkdevious

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 6:04 AM

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slugeyes

desert depot Jul 31, 2024, 6:15 AM

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Finished it. What an elegant bookend, Cy you magnificent bastard you 🫵

I put most of my thoughts in the ao3 comment already so won't say much more, but yeah, very superb story. I probably will think about this one again and again later. Again, thanks for writing it!

haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 6:22 AM

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ty!

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 8:11 AM

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@haughty vortex wtf dude monkwail

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what were you smoking

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that thing was fantastic

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i cant put it into words

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but i will try

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gimmi one hour as i will attempt to put it all into a comment, wtf, i dont know how, it was beyond this world

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massive, and i mean massive kudos!!!!

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favourite rain world fic and fic in general i ever read

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scavlove

haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 8:15 AM

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Thank you, it’s really an honor!
I’m probably not gonna be awake for your comment, sadly (the guys were yelling at me to go to bed an hour ago monksilly ) but I’ll definitely read it when I wake up!

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 8:16 AM

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haughty vortex Thank you, it’s really an honor! I’m probably not gonna be awake for your commen...

lets hope i get it done before work monksus
also go to sleep!!!

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now.

haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 8:17 AM

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slugpensive okay…

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 8:17 AM

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perfect rivowo
gn

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 9:20 AM

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long ass comments deployed, and im going to be late to work because of it

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byklgfalksf

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bye!!!

dim sky Jul 31, 2024, 3:25 PM

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This truly was a tabula rasa

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Well done, story consumed artihappy

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 6:36 PM

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inner flower long ass comments deployed, and im going to be late to work because of it

now that i look at it, please dont look at the spelling to close, the end especially looks like i was hit with a stroke

haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 7:43 PM

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dim sky Well done, story consumed <:artihappy:1093581153119768657>

Ty

haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 7:46 PM

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inner flower now that i look at it, please dont look at the spelling to close, the end especi...

You wrote a freaking novel. Long enough you needed two comments!
Thank you, thank you!
Your thoughts on the story are interesting… I’m glad that it managed to surprise you, in spite of it not ||really having any actual twists||

inner flower Jul 31, 2024, 7:48 PM

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haughty vortex You wrote a freaking novel. Long enough you needed *two* comments! Thank you, th...

||i feels so dumb, the first thing i thought was the forgivness was way to calm when brass revealed it to her and i was so sure that she had sth to do with it but brass just had to point it out as well and after that i did not believe anything he thouhgt, even tho he was right||

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also the two comment thing is dumb, i had it perfectly counted so i still had 80 symbols left to write but then the framing like <p> just pushed the word count up with an additional 400 symbols, damn you framing monkdesperation

haughty vortex Jul 31, 2024, 8:54 PM

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inner flower ||i feels so dumb, the first thing i thought was the forgivness was way to calm...

Also… I gotta say, just between you and me ||Forgiveness is my favorite, too.||

haughty vortex Aug 7, 2024, 9:00 PM

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"LSFF: Brass

HBS: Yes?

LSFF: don’t leave

HBS: I won’t.

HBS: I promise."

A wonderful piece of Forgiveness, drawn by @astral wyvern

astral wyvern Aug 7, 2024, 9:00 PM

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spearcool

haughty vortex Aug 7, 2024, 9:02 PM

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also... just realized it's been nearly two weeks since I updated spear... slughands
my focus will return soon ||I hope||

silk geode Aug 7, 2024, 9:02 PM

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with luck

dim sky Aug 15, 2024, 2:14 PM

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haughty vortex "LSFF: Brass HBS: Yes? LSFF: don’t leave HBS: I won’t. HBS: I pr...

Lovely art artihappy

haughty vortex Aug 18, 2024, 12:09 AM

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Another excellent piece from @astral wyvern, this time of the third cast member of TR, Truth Undenied!

astral wyvern Aug 18, 2024, 12:16 AM

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im so rad spearcool

haughty vortex Aug 18, 2024, 12:20 AM

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astral wyvern im so rad <:spearcool:1099111587811442779>

True...

desert grove Aug 18, 2024, 12:25 AM

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astral wyvern im so rad <:spearcool:1099111587811442779>

SO RAD!

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lovely art ❤️

astral wyvern Aug 18, 2024, 12:32 AM

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my homies deserve pwesents for yummy words

astral wyvern Aug 18, 2024, 12:34 AM

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desert grove SO RAD!

ur next (when i eventually read stuff nootstare )

desert grove Aug 18, 2024, 12:35 AM

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I don’t have any Iterator OCs! rivplead

astral wyvern Aug 18, 2024, 12:35 AM

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too bad

desert grove Aug 18, 2024, 12:35 AM

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Just my little scug

astral wyvern Aug 18, 2024, 12:35 AM

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you get story art

desert grove Aug 18, 2024, 12:35 AM

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You’re too kind slugheart

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Maybe I would have to draw you some art in return slugevil

astral wyvern Aug 18, 2024, 12:35 AM

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drawing is fun

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scavstare

haughty vortex Aug 19, 2024, 2:56 AM

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Woah, did you know that I'm still working on the fic that this thread is named for? monksilly

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In this chapter, the final battle begins, and Rivulet encounters a certain something I mentioned waaaay back in the prologue of the fic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/148448263

Hope, Luck, And The Tip Of A Spear - Chapter 19 - CBone - ...

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dim sky Aug 19, 2024, 11:16 AM

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Chapter consumed artihappy

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||Jedi riv rivspit ||

haughty vortex Aug 22, 2024, 12:19 PM

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So... over in CD, someone posted a little audio snippet of them voicing Gales, which got me thinking, surely doing up a proper fic audio book wouldn't be that hard, given that I have some experience with this sort of thing?
...I had forgotten just how tricky it actually is to read something properly and well, aloud, without flubbing lines and making it sound at least halfway good. slughands
BUT, I did manage to get about 6 minutes of pretty good recording (not quite to professional standards, but pretty good), which amounts to the first one third or so or TR Ch 1.
So, here's that monksilly

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Only took... an hour and a half monkdesperation

silk geode Aug 22, 2024, 12:25 PM

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Reminds me of the first time I tried to turn one of my writing into a audiobook.
I spent multiple days recording everything but when I gave it a listen all I could think of was the following:
'This fool has no radio voice AT ALL'
Everything sounded so wrong and bad. I gave up and moved on :p

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your voice is way better suited for that :3

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Ohh, even voice alteration between storytelling and dialogue. Well done!

haughty vortex Aug 22, 2024, 12:29 PM

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silk geode your voice is way better suited for that :3

ty! I don't like my own voice very much, but I think most people don't... monksilly

silk geode Aug 22, 2024, 12:29 PM

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if i didn't have deleted everything from these sessions I could share it for a laugh

haughty vortex Aug 22, 2024, 12:30 PM

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clearly you need to start working on the CD audiobook

silk geode Aug 22, 2024, 12:30 PM

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not with my voice

haughty vortex Aug 22, 2024, 12:31 PM

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hmm... I doubt your voice is quite as bad as you think it is, as I said, most people don't like their own voice very much hunterglee

silk geode Aug 22, 2024, 12:32 PM

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nooo

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I found it ,,,

astral wyvern Aug 22, 2024, 12:32 PM

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rivevil

desert depot Aug 22, 2024, 12:34 PM

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haughty vortex hmm... I doubt your voice is quite as bad as you think it is, as I said, most pe...

Everyone's voice as they hear it and what everyone else hears aren't the same since we hear our own voice through our skull, while our voice has to move through the air to others

Different medium = different tone/vibrations of sound

desert grove Aug 22, 2024, 1:03 PM

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haughty vortex hmm... I doubt your voice is quite as bad as you think it is, as I said, most pe...

banan’s voice is the woooorst slugscrem

/j but also /srs

haughty vortex Aug 22, 2024, 1:11 PM

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desert grove banan’s voice is the woooorst <:slugscrem:704455193080627303> /j but also /srs

Doubtful monkdevious

desert grove Aug 22, 2024, 1:15 PM

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haughty vortex Doubtful<:monkdevious:1107849244846592041>

I think you’ve only heard my dumbass baby voice cooing at my cat monksilly

haughty vortex Aug 22, 2024, 1:16 PM

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That wasn’t your regular voice? monksilly

astral wyvern Aug 22, 2024, 1:17 PM

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i have a sorta deep voice but i talk to any cat in that high cooing babie voice. also talk to dogs like that. see animal oiutside and "AWWWWW A BABY"

desert grove Aug 22, 2024, 1:20 PM

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haughty vortex That wasn’t your regular voice? <:monksilly:1132054344049627287>

bAbY GuuoooOOOoOrL

haughty vortex Sep 17, 2024, 1:43 AM

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No way, this fic is still going? monksilly
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/150420475

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astral wyvern Sep 17, 2024, 1:44 AM

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rivflabbergasted

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a sign to finally read it?

haughty vortex Sep 17, 2024, 1:46 AM

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maybe, maybe...

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It's gonna end real soon

astral wyvern Sep 17, 2024, 1:46 AM

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hmm

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to read now or to binge it when done...

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emotethonk

haughty vortex Sep 17, 2024, 1:51 AM

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given the rate I've been updating it, I think it'll be done sometime in November monksilly

astral wyvern Sep 17, 2024, 1:53 AM

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slonkeyes

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hmmmmmmmm

dim sky Sep 17, 2024, 12:25 PM

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haughty vortex No way, this fic is still going? <:monksilly:1132054344049627287> https://archiv...

OMG!

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Let's go artihappy

dim sky Sep 18, 2024, 3:33 PM

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Okay, I've read it

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Yummy slugnom

solar dagger Sep 18, 2024, 4:15 PM

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Boom, I have entered this thread

haughty vortex Sep 18, 2024, 6:21 PM

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hunterglee

astral wyvern Sep 18, 2024, 6:40 PM

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slugboom

haughty vortex Sep 18, 2024, 6:45 PM

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slugboom

haughty vortex Sep 20, 2024, 11:10 PM

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Got around 1.6k done on the next chapter today. Maybe I'll have it done by this weekend? saintsmirk

haughty vortex Sep 22, 2024, 4:23 AM

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I got it done this weekend monksilly
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/150751084

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dim sky Sep 23, 2024, 3:12 PM

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Neat

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||Spearmaster has some serious plot armour, power of friendship artihappy ||

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Looking forward to the end

haughty vortex Oct 11, 2024, 2:43 AM

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/56401018/chapters/152125360
Here we are! The end, such as it is. May you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it!

Hope, Luck, And The Tip Of A Spear - Chapter 22 - CBone - ...

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works

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There will be an epilouge chapter after this, btw

gloomy nexus Oct 11, 2024, 3:08 AM

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good writing!!

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I want to draw that last scene. that's a good image
I'll try to do it justice

haughty vortex Oct 11, 2024, 3:09 AM

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I would love for you to!

gloomy nexus Oct 11, 2024, 4:22 AM

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haughty vortex I would love for you to!

oh also, heads up- while rereading I noticed you're using he/him for Suns in a lot of spots, mostly their intermission/chapter 18

haughty vortex Oct 11, 2024, 4:28 AM

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gloomy nexus oh also, heads up- while rereading I noticed you're using he/him for Suns in a l...

so there's a story behind that!
when I wrote the first few chapters, I actually thought that Suns was a he/him, and used it a couple times. Then, a little before I wrote the intermission, I learned that Suns uses they/them... so, I strongly considered going back and changing my error.
The reason why I didn't, however, is that I gave they/them to Spearmaster- and writing an interaction between two they/them characters, especially a very long one with a lot of non-dialogue writing is a tremendous pain, for various reasons.
So, as I was writing the intermission, I decided that Suns is a he/him in this fic, on purpose- though if someone really took objection to it, I could be persuaded to maybe change it.

gloomy nexus Oct 11, 2024, 4:29 AM

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Alright
Once it stuck around consistently I did figure it might have been intentional, I just wanted to check

haughty vortex Oct 11, 2024, 4:29 AM

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Maybe I should put a tag explaining this? I dunno.

haughty vortex Oct 11, 2024, 4:31 AM

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gloomy nexus Alright Once it stuck around consistently I did figure it might have been intent...

no prob! You're only like the second person to point it out (the other being banan, iirc), so I don't think it's something people have any problem with... but thank you for checking, it's not something I would've wanted to do on accident.

dim sky Oct 11, 2024, 5:29 AM

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OMG

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New chapter!

dim sky Oct 11, 2024, 5:56 AM

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Okay, finished reading

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Lovely ending

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Two finished big fics, very impressive