Rain World Book Club

[earnest cradle]

⁉️

[exotic stirrup]

so you all have to endure my english

[earnest cradle]

@radiant forge English accent training, now /j /silly /lh

[exotic stirrup]

My accent is not bad. Just a tiny bit lizard like

[earnest cradle]

First time I've heard such a description

[exotic stirrup]

i like to ssss

[radiant forge]

YOU DON'T WANT CALIFORNIA ACCENT

[earnest cradle]

pursuing the path of e-books after all, eh?

[earnest cradle]

AMERICAN IS AMERICAN

How does it even sound

[exotic stirrup]

that however means I have to set up a time. Hmm

[radiant forge]

Remember that one time we were messing around with punctuation endings

The question mark sentences were literally how we speak

[earnest cradle]

Uhh i don't think I do

Wait i do recall something?

Uhh

One sec

[exotic stirrup]

I assume we skip this week and start next weekend?
Or what?

[earnest cradle]

Nah we read now /j

[radiant forge]

#1201575109677285436 message

I invoke secret stories misc

[exotic stirrup]

I could. Still have enough juice in me for a bit reading

[earnest cradle]

So everything you say sounds like a question???

[earnest cradle]

Yeah no i kid ofc, would need a pre-set date

[radiant forge]

I need to REALLY REALLY TRY not to and I don't like it

[earnest cradle]

And all californians speak like everything is a question?

[radiant forge]

Not everyone obviously

[earnest cradle]

🫵 ⁉️ /silly

[exotic stirrup]

hmm. In that case. I can offer to y'all <t:1744488000:F> and/or <t:1744574400:F> for the first Corroded Destiny reading.
(with a 30 min buffer depending on my parents' interferences)

[earnest cradle]

Uhh mind setting it to the full date format?

[exotic stirrup]

there we go

[earnest cradle]

Hmm i'd have to see but probably

[exotic stirrup]

can't do earlier because we are a 9pm dinner family

[balmy flame]

Delightful

[hazy rivet]

CD finally

next year of club reading is booked

[exotic stirrup]

I only get 2 weeks to make it tasteful for you :P

[hazy rivet]

I don't remember this being a problem when gaming with you ahaha

the valley girl upwards inflection ending every sentence...

[craggy talon]

What?????

What did I walk in on??

[hazy rivet]

nothing

[earnest cradle]

So their trying really hard worked /silly

[radiant forge]

You did not?!?!??!?

[hazy rivet]

nuh uh

though it has been a minute

[radiant forge]

I will make you rethink your perceptions (someday)

[hazy rivet]

[swift bobcat]

Aw. It's an impossible timing for me yet again y'all have fun though!

[exotic stirrup]

Impossible in what regard? I can make it a hour later if necessary

[rotund gorge]

It's too early for Epochs.

[exotic stirrup]

That's a shame...

[swift bobcat]

The scheduled time is ~3am for me it's kinda in the middle of the night and I don't think it would be convenient for most to reschedule.

[exotic stirrup]

The only thing I could be offering would be a retrain like now next week

[azure gust]

While I haven't shown up for any of these, did one of mine make it? If not, "Cycles Upon Endless Cycles" is short. About 2.5K words

[craggy talon]

Your two oneshots are in the suggestions, Cap

Also, you would have to add those yourself

Tree can explain better than I, because I already forgot

@balmy flame

[balmy flame]

Cycles is on the list

[azure gust]

Well, if that one gets voted for flag me

[sterile quarry]

i guess i'll ask if i can add sundown?
i just finished the last chapter

[earnest cradle]

Go ahead

[sterile quarry]

alrighty

[craggy talon]

Yeesh

We like to joke about misc being quiet but god damn

Book Club is fucking dead at times

[balmy flame]

It’s by design tbf

We meet on weekends and stuff

[craggy talon]

Ye

Speaking of

Have we decided on anything yet?

[balmy flame]

In pins

Soul is reading CD

Saturday

[craggy talon]

Noice

Same time as always or did we change it?

Ye, same time

Nifty

[exotic stirrup]

yeah, I am excited to read it to you.

Just witnessing live the reactions of a new reader with long comments, allowing me to remember the plot in detail. Ohhh, we are in for a ride.

[balmy flame]

Book club tomorrow

[craggy talon]

Hopefully

[exotic stirrup]

Nothing changed on my side

[craggy talon]

So Saturday hopefully

[swift bobcat]

When is the appointed time again?

[exotic stirrup]

In 6 hours

[swift bobcat]

aw. still cant join wish everyone a good time tho

[hazy rivet]

I might be a little late to it but I’ll try to be on time

[exotic stirrup]

Looking forward to the old readers refresh reading

[dense pecan]

Book Club Day!

🎉

[exotic stirrup]

Reading in 1.5 hours.

[little flame]

is this the start of a book or has this book already been read some

[radiant forge]

We're starting from the beginning

[little flame]

[balmy flame]

[craggy talon]

[craggy talon]

When's the amphitheater gonna open, actually?

[little flame]

just join smh. the government can't stop you.

[craggy talon]

But it's lonely T~T

And I get stage fright XD

[hazy rivet]

I’m gonna be late I have to make a store run

[balmy flame]

in https://discord.com/channels/291184728944410624/983136935084187698 everyone

Crows is here

[exotic stirrup]

I will join shortly.

[balmy flame]

[little flame]

RIP I forgor to charge my headphones

eh... It would probably distract me from writing anyway

[earnest cradle]

think i may be late if at all

[balmy flame]

[exotic stirrup]

We can delay it by 15 min if so many still need to finish up stuff (Drymm as well)

[hazy rivet]

I probably need something like 15-20 minutes feel free to start without me

[exotic stirrup]

Was a nice bookclub meeting.
State of the reading: We finished with chapter 4 before dissolving into the night.

Now the question: I could continue with another reading session tomorrow, same time. How many would be down for that?
React with a if you have time and a if you were around today and can't come. Depending on the reactins I will read or read not tomorrow.

(Especially enjoyed acting out Near Screaming's outbreak :3)

[dense pecan]

heyo! Tree is taking a break this weekend for finals, so if anybody needs any help with book club feel free to ping me!

[craggy talon]

Tree passes the role to Beads, who immediately has to dip

The weight of responsibility

[dense pecan]

a solumn weight indeed

[swift bobcat]

if it's the same time then I don't think I could join

[balmy flame]

Eight Hundred Trees

[maiden tulip]

HELP I CANT WITH THE PFP CHANGE

[charred ingot]

they are multiplying

[dense pecan]

@exotic stirrup do we have any confirmation for if you're doing a reading tmrw?

[dense pecan]

🌳 🌳

[charred ingot]

[exotic stirrup]

Will do it. Same time +- 30 min. Can't clearly estimate when we will be done with dinner, wil be having self-made pizza

[stone moss]

What time is it? if its around ten, i might be able to join :) <t:1744574400:t> <- this is 10 for me

[exotic stirrup]

<t:1744574400:F>

We will start with chapter 5 of Corroded Destiny. If you haven't read it yet, you have a couple hours to catch up :3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55635643/chapters/141215476

[exotic stirrup]

Went through the chat that happened while I was reading.
Were a few image questions, so I just drop them here posthumously

Of course I have saved Banan's Whisper :3

The height chart. Still as unfinished as ever...

And the Whisper/Gales Eskimo kiss to confirm that banan was the first who shipped them

[earnest cradle]

Wow she looks smooth

[craggy talon]

Nice art all around

Thank you Soul for providing these

(Also my god Gales is tiny)

[exotic stirrup]

Book club in ca. 30 min

[craggy talon]

Unfortunately, I'm not gonna be able to join

[fleet skiff]

Do you have to sign up for it beforehand to join?

[craggy talon]

Nope

[earnest cradle]

To listen? Nah, just hop in vc

[craggy talon]

Just gotta drop in the amphitheater

[exotic stirrup]

Nah. It is just that this is the second reading and we will be starting at chapter 5

[fleet skiff]

Ah, okay.

Oh, wait, I can't even join. I probably have not yet messaged enough in this server.

[exotic stirrup]

~20 min to start. The house hasn’t calmed down yet

[fleet skiff]

Thanks for the quick answers though!

[craggy talon]

Ueeaht

[exotic stirrup]

Batflies can join vc

[craggy talon]

How?

[fleet skiff]

There's a lock

[worldly sentinel]

we've staked out amphitheater

[craggy talon]

Contact Raven?

[worldly sentinel]

and yeah, we usually use the monk vcs

[exotic stirrup]

Hmm, yeah, we might need raven to get some in the chat. Predominately @/theburgerbox in case they have caught up

[craggy talon]

Ping him?

Or should someone reach out?

[exotic stirrup]

@slow lance Do you copy? Can you add the batflies to amphitheater later?

[craggy talon]

Odin talking to his ravens:

He's marked as invisible, maybe modmail?

[stone moss]

I tried to catch up lmao (but i havent been focussing enough for it lol)

which means im still halfway through chapter one ;-;

[craggy talon]

Oof

[exotic stirrup]

Oh… hm. Well, chapter 5 starts with the solution to the events of 1-4

[earnest cradle]

Tbh if you are fast enough you could probably try speedrunning it

[stone moss]

I could.... hmm...

[earnest cradle]

Though i do not remember how many words was it

[exotic stirrup]

3k per chapter

[stone moss]

Just done with chapter one lmao

[craggy talon]

Oof

I'm sure you'll manage though

[stone moss]

is it a good idea to join the vc already? in case of spoilers etc

[craggy talon]

We're gonna start any moment now

[exotic stirrup]

not a good idea

[craggy talon]

?

Right

[earnest cradle]

gonna join in a bit

[slow lance]

Hi

[little flame]

I forgot about the book

[stone moss]

I have to eep now but I did read the first four chapters! Its very cool :D

[exotic stirrup]

we only read till chapter 6, two more chapters.

We will start next saturday with chapter 7

[exotic stirrup]

Book club today

[exotic stirrup]

Be sure to have caught up to the end of chapter 6. :3

[lavish pendant]

Shi I gotta keep tabs on this

[craggy talon]

Bookclub again?

Wicked

[hazy rivet]

Where did we stop reading last Saturday, 4?

[craggy talon]

6

I'm pretty sure it was chapter six

[exotic stirrup]

Saturday 4, Sunday we advanced to 6. we will start with 7 today

[craggy talon]

Actually

Before we start

Are we gonna finish 💿 or no?

Are we going to read until the first arc and then take a break or no?

[exotic stirrup]

I only got 2 weeks till the new vote. Next week we will be reading something else. I will try to get to the end of the arc

[craggy talon]

M'kay

I assume we'll put CD on pause until it gets voted again, yes?

[lavish pendant]

Which pin has the explanation for all this

[hazy rivet]

Do we even have an explanatory pin?

Welcome to book club! We read RW stories weekly, and choose by vote. You can find the current list of nominated fics in the pins. Feel free to nominate any fics you like c:

We typically do live readings on Saturday or Sunday, with the time dependent on the reader. Anyone can volunteer to read!

[craggy talon]

[exotic stirrup]

@hazy rivet ? Can you integrate the second section into the first?

[craggy talon]

Alakblam, we got a pin now

[hazy rivet]

[lavish pendant]

[hazy rivet]

same time?

[exotic stirrup]

Yep

I will try to have the house calmed down till then

[slow lance]

Can't attend book club sorry

Have fun, though!

[charred ingot]

[lavish pendant]

Chapter 6 of CD I assume?

I am on chapter 5 rn

[exotic stirrup]

Yep, we stopped at the end of 6

[lavish pendant]

Peak okay I just reached it

[exotic stirrup]

@lavish pendant Are you joining?

[worldly sentinel]

Can’t make it
out at a crawfish boil

[earnest cradle]

Wait the reading is right now?

[craggy talon]

Mhm

[earnest cradle]

I can't make it

[craggy talon]

They're reading right now

NOO

You too??

T~T

[exotic stirrup]

Thank you all for coming, We managed to get to chapter 10, finshing the first act :3
I hope you all enjoyed it ^^

[dense pecan]

Have we held the vote for next week?

[rotund gorge]

I don't think there really has been one? Tree might be too busy.

[balmy flame]

fuck

[craggy talon]

Comedy

Comedy begets tragedy begets comedy

[balmy flame]

https://forms.gle/3Pxq75gj2mmwqvVL6

everyone vote quickly

[craggy talon]

Vote time?

M'kay

Doen

[balmy flame]

<@&1191913546284544200> rare bclub pin shuffle

[balmy flame]

Amany snails victory

[paper steeple]

finally!

i made it

[balmy flame]

fastest flag in the west

[hazy rivet]

Vote is cast

[balmy flame]

[little flame]

just make tree a story helper

he earned it

man.. I don't know enough of these books to vote for... more than one

do they come with a description

a teaser

[lavish pendant]

Oh shiet did I miss book club :((

[craggy talon]

Nah

Not yet

That's for tomorrow or sunday

[lavish pendant]

Oh thank goodness

[fierce citrus]

There's a book club channel?

I JUST found this

[dire root]

Yes, there are live readings idk the dates I just show up when I feel like it and there's one on, but they seem to be on the weekends

[fleet skiff]

As far as I remember, it is mainly on saturdays, and sometimes sundays.

[peak valve]

Is book club today?

[craggy talon]

@balmy flame

https://imgflip.com/i/9s14qs

[balmy flame]

It shall be tomorrow

Because I must attend a wedding and have not been feeling well

[craggy talon]

Hope you feel better soon

[balmy flame]

I’ll do the calculation rn though

Has anyone not voted yet?

[craggy talon]

Not to my knowledge

[balmy flame]

We currently have a perfect tie on our hands

[craggy talon]

Hm?

How so?

[balmy flame]

I made the terrible mistake of not voting

As in 4 votes for one fic, four votes for another

[craggy talon]

I could draw a card then

See what fate decides for us

Say, ace to 6 is fic one

[balmy flame]

I mean, I could also tiebreak with my vote

[craggy talon]

8 to king is the other

Or that

[balmy flame]

But that feels… undemocratic

[craggy talon]

Let fate decide then?

[balmy flame]

The fates

[craggy talon]

Aight

Fate it is

Gimme a sec shuffle and draw

Decide which is fic one and which is fic two

[balmy flame]

The two fics are scaptian and The Void Sea Doesn’t Reach orbit

[craggy talon]

Fate has chosennnnn

4 Clover

Scaptian wins

I guess

[balmy flame]

Captain it is

[craggy talon]

Praise the cards

[stone moss]

is captain the one with the planet of the yeeks or smth?

[balmy flame]

Yeah that one

[stone moss]

Aww yeahhhh

[craggy talon]

Hell yeah

[balmy flame]

Space captain inv

[stone moss]

I can't wait, it sounds so fun

[balmy flame]

[craggy talon]

It very much is

[balmy flame]

Now I must kidnap a reader

[craggy talon]

Cy punches through the side of your van, unkidnaps that person, and then kidnaps himself

[stone moss]

do you need a grapple worm too?

[balmy flame]

I could try to do it, but I don’t know when I’ll be back from this wedding

I may have to call a Cy favor

Or see what Beads is up to

[craggy talon]

I could ask

[balmy flame]

That would be lovely

[craggy talon]

Aight

I'll DM Cy and Beads…

Right fucking now!

[peak valve]

i can vote if you want

[balmy flame]

Thank you, citizen

[balmy flame]

It’s okay, the decision has already been made

[craggy talon]

Aight

I'll DM Cy first

A little surprise for him once he wakes up

[balmy flame]

He should be awake by now

[craggy talon]

Aight

I sent the DM

Cy's currently marked as offline but hopefully he'll see that

[balmy flame]

He’s probably busy with something

[craggy talon]

My backup plan is to reach out to Beads, and if she's uninterested or unavailable, ask the server if they're interested in reading

[balmy flame]

Worst case, Tree just reads very very late tomorrow night

[craggy talon]

Worst case scenario

:(

[paper steeple]

hes got tons of stuff to do but i think he should be back sooner or later

[craggy talon]

Oh

Shit

[worldly sentinel]

I'll do it! Maybe reading it aloud will be the kick in the ass I need to finish the last chapter

[balmy flame]

Chief Cy

I too need a kick in the ass

[craggy talon]

We all do (since everyone is struggling now of all times it seems)

[slow lance]

I have voted

[earnest cradle]

Let me vote real quick

[craggy talon]

Uhhh

We already picked

[earnest cradle]

Done

Oh

[craggy talon]

And since there was a tie, fate was chosen to help us

Unless Cy is willing to let the votes be recounted

[worldly sentinel]

I would be fine with that, if there are late voters

I'm down with whatever

[craggy talon]

Is nice

@earnest cradle @slow lance

[balmy flame]

Hello chat

Tree will fortunately be able to read later

[lavish pendant]

Let’s go!

Awesome

[craggy talon]

Yippee

Noice

[hazy rivet]

what time

[balmy flame]

About five

[craggy talon]

Uhh

You got that fancy time thingy?

[balmy flame]

<t:1745787600:F>

[craggy talon]

Damn

12:00 AM

[balmy flame]

I was already getting it

[craggy talon]

I can make that work

[balmy flame]

Though it may be a little later because Tree has much driving to do

[little flame]

tree leaks his timezone it’s over

[balmy flame]

I’ve done that like 100 times at this point

[serene saffron]

if you dont know trees timezone at this point what are you doing 🙏 /silly

[craggy talon]

I don't??

What is five??

Am or pm?

[balmy flame]

Five AM

[serene saffron]

[craggy talon]

FIVE AM

[balmy flame]

It is currently midnight and I will be driving until five

[craggy talon]

Oh waht

Holy shit

You got coffee???

[balmy flame]

I’m driving right now actually

[craggy talon]

TREE

TURN YOUR SHIT OFF NOW

[balmy flame]

Nah lemme finish my Jack Daniels first

[craggy talon]

TURN

YOUR

SHIT

OFF

NOW

[balmy flame]

But the beers are calling to me

[craggy talon]

T r e e

[balmy flame]

While I’m driving in the backseat

[craggy talon]

Turn your phone off

WHUDEFUQ

STOP

START

DRIVING

[balmy flame]

lol

[serene saffron]

trees driving like a true american 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅 🦅 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[hazy rivet]

wait wha? where are you?

you on vacation??

[balmy flame]

[hazy rivet]

or did you mean 12pm

[balmy flame]

I need that one meme of the guy driving

[craggy talon]

TREEE

GTFO

I AM NOT JOKING

[balmy flame]

With the police in the rear view mirror

[craggy talon]

TURN YOUR SHIT OFF

[hazy rivet]

tree in my timezone

[craggy talon]

OI

[balmy flame]

[craggy talon]

BANAN

STOP HIM

[balmy flame]

Crows I’m in the backseat

[craggy talon]

Waht

[balmy flame]

[craggy talon]

You said you were driving???

[balmy flame]

I was being silly

[craggy talon]

Ohhh

Apologies for uh

Vocally displaying my intense dislike, concern and fear about you driving

[balmy flame]

It’s 30 after noon for me

[craggy talon]

And using your phone

Waht

12:30 pm????

Tree is a plant of lies and deciet

[balmy flame]

The forest deceives

[serene saffron]

this one?

[balmy flame]

That but it says “I fucking love Rain World” and it’s like a picture of a scug

[serene saffron]

uhhh

[craggy talon]

Art that

[serene saffron]

hh

i had a stock image of someone drinking and driving but i cant find it

[craggy talon]

What

[serene saffron]

I FOUND IT

@balmy flame

this you?

[earnest cradle]

The fact that the background is blurred the way it is implies he is about to ram into that car sideways

[craggy talon]

ExActLy

[balmy flame]

I’m such a silly whimsical tree

[worldly sentinel]

Talked with tree, since he's gonna be on the road for a while yet, I'll be doing the reading- same time, 2 and a half hours from now.

[craggy talon]

M'kay

Thank you for informing us Cy

[lavish pendant]

Awesome! I may be a little late

[sterile quarry]

uhh... bump...

[craggy talon]

Bookclub is dead??

[sterile quarry]

it was

for a while

[stone moss]

Nooo not the bookclub!!!
It doesn't deserve to be stuck in this repeating pattern!!

[craggy talon]

:(

[craggy talon]

A cycle, some say a spiral and others a loop

[stone moss]

But an endless pattern, it always is.

[sterile quarry]

im going to assume book club isnt today

but im not sure

[craggy talon]

Tree hasn't said anything unfortunately

I think Cy and Amany are busy too

So Bookclub is probably dead for the week

[stone moss]

rip

[craggy talon]

[balmy flame]

I thought we'd be meeting tomorrow

[craggy talon]

Ohhh

That explains it

[sterile quarry]

oh

i see

[craggy talon]

We're still doing Captain Inv right?

[worldly sentinel]

Yeah, we'll be doing it tomorrow at 2:00 PM central us time

[craggy talon]

That's the same time as always right?

Relative to eachother

[worldly sentinel]

a couple hours earlier than last time, so the europeans don't have to stay up so late

[craggy talon]

So about 10:00?

[worldly sentinel]

I need one of those timestamp thingies

[craggy talon]

Uhh

Should we summon Tree?

I'm pretty sure he did the thing last time

[worldly sentinel]

@balmy flame if you could do a timestamp when you've got a sec please

[craggy talon]

And maybe explain how so we don't need to bother you too

[little flame]

plants a seed he'll be here in 20-50 years

[balmy flame]

<t:1746385200:F>

[craggy talon]

Yippee

Thank you Tree

Can you explain how to make one of those?

[earnest cradle]

There are websites for that, look up "discord timestamp generator" or sth

[craggy talon]

Oh

Neat

[earnest cradle]

I imagine you can do it manually but i doubt it's an easy process

[lavish pendant]

Got it

[hollow glen]

Wilco

[hazy rivet]

soooo we vote tonight maybe

gonna vote for more spaptain

[lavish pendant]

I second this heavy

[hollow glen]

I hereby third this :P

[paper steeple]

fourth this

[sterile quarry]

fifth this

i guess

[paper steeple]

book club today

[hazy rivet]

Are we doing spaptain?

[paper steeple]

vote hasnt been declared yet

[rotund gorge]

Well, @balmy flame - we summon thee!

[worldly sentinel]

Tree seems to be MIA, unfortunately. I told the folks at the last reading that if Space Captain was voted again that I would do the reading today: at <t:1746907200:t>. I'm still going to do that, if people are still interested!

I don't really like jumping around the vote like this, but a lot of people expressed interest, and I don't have access to Tree's voting sheets, nor do I know how he tallied the votes...

[stone moss]

Nooo treee :( come back from the outer expanse :( :(

[little flame]

Unofficial book club. Just start reading.

[lavish pendant]

Well I’ll actually be able to attend today

[stone moss]

same :D

[hollow glen]

Yippee

Sadly crow won't be there :<

[balmy flame]

unoffical democracy

mob rule

[umbral topaz]

I'm back

[balmy flame]

[umbral topaz]

I see we have new members

Sick

It's been a while

[balmy flame]

good bclub meeting

[stone moss]

oh damn i missed it 🫡

[balmy flame]

Tree is about to make the bclub vote for this week :)

[craggy talon]

Wait did the vote happen already?!

[balmy flame]

Nah I’m about to make the sheet

[craggy talon]

Ohhhh

Okey

[lavish pendant]

A book club post?? On Wednesday? How stupendous!!!

[balmy flame]

Behold bclub, more democracy
https://forms.gle/VAqvLE3HKbDKKtCY6

|| <@&1191913546284544200> rare double ping ||

[balmy flame]

Attention bclub

This weeks winner is….

[little flame]

[balmy flame]

Interloper

[little flame]

[balmy flame]

I can do the reading on Sunday if that works

[little flame]

THIS IS A TREE BOOK???

AHAHAHA yes

[balmy flame]

<t:1747598400:F>

[balmy flame]

[little flame]

Tree probably rigged the votes but ah who cares

[balmy flame]

No it’s not, I’m just doing the reading

[little flame]

oh

[balmy flame]

Cy and Soul are the only writers that read their own stuff

[little flame]

Well then. I can still probably confirm my headcanon of tree being a man
I'm unlocking tree lore like pearls from rain world

[balmy flame]

Tree lore

https://druidry.org/druid-way/teaching-and-practice/druid-tree-lore

[little flame]

[balmy flame]

This is actually pretty useful for worldbuilding

[balmy flame]

<@&1191913546284544200>

[little flame]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/508334973632118805/831836457760981022/flood.gif

^ story helpers

[exotic stirrup]

Mineminemine

[lavish pendant]

I will be at work all weekend

It’s slugover…

[balmy flame]

[hazy rivet]

Yoooo has @spice ether been informed??

[spice ether]

OMG????

[hazy rivet]

Interloper

[spice ether]

IHHFHGHHG OGHHHG

[hazy rivet]

[spice ether]

IM SO EXCITED BUT SO NEVROUS....IM HONESTLY NOT PROUD OF SOME OF THE OLDER CHAPTERS 😭😭😭

[hazy rivet]

Time for some last minute frantic editing /j

The old chapters are good, dw

[spice ether]

you jest but its tempting hagdkshfjs

[hazy rivet]

How to get Casper to write again: pressure

[spice ether]

can i release chapter 7 before sunday? /j

i know what i want to happen but not the sequence of events i need to get there

[hazy rivet]

Start by writing down what would be required to make that thing happen, as simply as possible

[earnest cradle]

Dw this is the average bookclub experience ()

[balmy flame]

if it's anything, i'm probably only going to read the early chapters tomorrow

everything else comes next Sunday

So get writing

/j

[spice ether]

EEK

[radiant forge]

Canon skitty cry

[balmy flame]

I’m gonna have to push the bclub reading back by a couple hours

I have to fill a shift tomorrow

The dude literally came in today to tell us he was going to be out sick tomorrow

<t:1747605600:F>

Ahem new timestamp

[little flame]

Can I

Can I ping sotry elpers

[little flame]

<@&1191913546284544200> nobody told me I can’t ping you for the timestamp adjustment

[kind walrus]

[swift bobcat]

This schedule i may be able to join... Maybe...

[balmy flame]

Thanks

[little flame]

[craggy talon]

Me when 1 am

Lmao, not like that's hard for me to manage

[hollow glen]

Tru dat oh miss queen of terrible bed time schedule ^w^

[crisp fern]

7000+ messages in 7 minutes

wait no the most recent message was that long ago

besides these ones

[hazy rivet]

we love book club

[little flame]

Hmm we should set up a book club server so that I there can be targeted pings when it starts

Wait

I said this before didn’t I

[dire root]

That also limits thw amount of people that can come to the readings, especially new people

[little flame]

Readings can happen here

I just meant for those who wish to be pinged

[balmy flame]

One hour till book club!!!

[stone moss]

I'll probably be eeping by then (sadly) but have fun!

[hazy rivet]

it's not a terrible idea, but managing a server is a pain...

[balmy flame]

I could make a ping list to copy paste but I’m afraid I’d get muted for spamming

[slow lance]

You should be fine

We disabled that rule for #1267947477437255761 I believe

The auto-block spam rule is so weird, sometimes it blocks things for no reason

Can't remove it either and it does have its use

[balmy flame]

Alright bclub

I guess we can start compiling the opt-in ping list for bclub events

[hazy rivet]

I wan ping

[slow lance]

Let me know if there any issues with your messages getting blocked by the way, I'll bring it up to the admins (they are the ones who manage the block)

Anyway, throw me on the ping list pwease

[hazy rivet]

@spice ether book club in a few minutes ovo

[slow lance]

Oh yeah, I can't attend this one

I should go sleep

Have fun

[swift bobcat]

Ah, ended already?

[spice ether]

I MISSED IT NOOOO

i was busy im sorry :(

i wouldve loved to be there u_u

i hope everyone enjoyed it at least...

ill try to make the next one...dont be scared to send a dm to remind me, im more likely to see it

[worldly sentinel]

it was great! We'll make sure to DM you for the next one

[fleet skiff]

Can I also get one?

[hazy rivet]

it's okay!! we really enjoyed it

[balmy flame]

Actually, let's make the ping list for bclub now

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JA5STHyOhM1o26UGMIU2wkJL2rAfngNwfLuLYzGbcnc/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[little flame]

I thought tree would sound wise and ancient but he sounds young and sparky

Timing was unfortunately bad for me :(

[balmy flame]

[hazy rivet]

tree IS youthful and sparky

[hazy rivet]

I added you

[rotund gorge]

Behind all that, he hides a dark side. The editing addict.

[hazy rivet]

Tree isn’t is bad as some people

[hazy rivet]

what's the plan for book club

[lavish pendant]

I’m sick so I’m in an awesome position to attend

[little flame]

[balmy flame]

Could we do bclub tomorrow?

[worldly sentinel]

works for me

[balmy flame]

Do you want to read or should I?

[worldly sentinel]

Hey man, if you got the time and energy, go for it!

If not, I can pick up, but I think it should be the same person for same fic if possible, you know?

[balmy flame]

I get that, but Tree will be working late tomorrow

[worldly sentinel]

Oh, then I can, no prob! A couple hours earlier would be much nicer for the europe crowd, certainly.

[hazy rivet]

what time?

I won't be able to do a later time today

[worldly sentinel]

I'm kinda really out of it today, and I don't think I'm gonna be able to do a reading
really sorry for anyone who was waiting on it, but maybe we could do a make-up next week? Or tree could still do it once he gets back, if he wants, but I don't wanna shove that onto him... sorry

[balmy flame]

Do we still have people available to do it today?

Seems like we may have missed the window

[little flame]

[lavish pendant]

I’m lowkey paralyzed rn

I’m able to attend, but it seems like we’re gonna have to delay it

[balmy flame]

Ahem

Tree will do the rest of Interloper reading at

<t:1748721600:F>

[balmy flame]

So I have to work late again tomorrow

Which means I’ll put the reading off until Sunday

<t:1748808000:F>

Ahem

Sorry if this screws anything up for you guys

[stone moss]

Where will the reading continue from? Because I need to catch up lol (as always)

[paper steeple]

can u even screw it up if u made it possible in the first place?
no worries man, I think we all understand

[paper steeple]

can u even screw it up if u made it possible in the first place?
no worries man, I think we all understand

[rotund gorge]

Huh?

Did that resend?

[paper steeple]

ehhhhhhh

[paper steeple]

i have absolutely no idea what happened there, i was at work

(i definitely did that on purpose to double down on my point, trust )

[rotund gorge]

Sure, sure.

[balmy flame]

Woag, rhetorical repetition

So sophisticated

[balmy flame]

Tree may need another hour or so

[stone moss]

An hour or so?!? How unforgivable! I must speak to this Tr-💥💥
(/silly)

[balmy flame]

My machine is surprisingly durable

[hazy rivet]

are we doing 5pm now?

[balmy flame]

Yeah

Tree will not be able to get home, so we’re gonna do a live bclub reading on the beach 🏖️

With my phone

It’s going to be rough X3

[radiant forge]

[lavish pendant]

I’m down

[radiant forge]

Shoreline real...

[balmy flame]

Shoreline real

[lavish pendant]

They made shoreline IN REAL LIFE (NOT CLICKBAIT)

[balmy flame]

Though imma need a few extra minutes for that too

Beach was further than I thought

[lavish pendant]

It’s all good

Don’t stress it tr—

💥

[balmy flame]

I walk this barren earth alone

[radiant forge]

Boulevard of Broken Trees

[hazy rivet]

You could reschedule/cancel if it's too much trouble

it's okay if you're too busy

[balmy flame]

Tree is at the beach

It’s loud though

[lavish pendant]

I’m pretty sure they can’t grow on the sand

Checkmate

[worldly sentinel]

counterpoint = 🌴

[lavish pendant]

HOLY CRAP

ITS

ITS

[worldly sentinel]

🥥

[lavish pendant]

That looks gorgeous

[hazy rivet]

[balmy flame]

Tree can’t hear anything here

[worldly sentinel]

[lavish pendant]

Is it people?

Are the people loud?

Or is it the water?

[balmy flame]

Discord quiet for some reason

[stone moss]

One of these days i'll be able to join in and stay for the entire duration...
Or at least I hope so lol (have fun y'all)

[earnest cradle]

Beach episode

[balmy flame]

Beach club

[lavish pendant]

Beach conglomeration

[balmy flame]

Shore corporation

[sterile quarry]

book club? needing a bump? impossible!

[little flame]

[stone moss]

[craggy talon]

[balmy flame]

[topaz perch]

blub

[hollow glen]

[craggy talon]

[willow sparrow]

[hollow glen]

[stone moss]

[maiden tulip]

[craggy talon]

Why's bookclub been so quiet?

[tulip sphinx]

[stone moss]

well you see, tr-💥

[craggy talon]

What

[stone moss]

(i dont know but theres probably a fine enough reason)

(theres a nefarious machine that makes you explode when you say the Tree's name)

[craggy talon]

Tree

[swift bobcat]

🌳

[lavish pendant]

Ppl have been busy

I assume

[rotund gorge]

Tree handling three jobs.

Basically, that, yes.

[lavish pendant]

Real and true

[balmy flame]

chat, is it time to break the impromptu bclub hiatus?

[stone moss]

Perhapsibly

Perchance

[craggy talon]

I could read if y'all need a reader

[topaz perch]

reading randy

[craggy talon]

Whuh

[topaz perch]

reading randy

[craggy talon]

reading randy

[topaz perch]

[sterile quarry]

bump

[balmy flame]

Alright Book club

Tree is done being sleepy

<t:1751831880:F>

[earnest cradle]

[craggy talon]

Yooo

[balmy flame]

Me is reading more interloper and I will let nothing stop me

[craggy talon]

Yippee, more book club!

[balmy flame]

Cry havoc (book club) and let slip the dogs (friends) of war (of reading and literature )

[dense pecan]

Yeahhh!!!!!!!!

Sorry I've been so absent from book club, in equal measure of fortune and shame I've been at work

[balmy flame]

When it’s book club day

[paper steeple]

waittttt, are we having book club in like ten minutes?

[balmy flame]

[paper steeple]

[hazy rivet]

[stone moss]

I am so happy i might actually be able to attend the next few bookclub meetings :D :D

[slow lance]

Hell yeah

[stone moss]

Bumpness

[stone moss]

:D

[craggy talon]

Woe

Bookclub has fallen </3

[fleet skiff]

Was everyone on vacation?

[craggy talon]

Ig

[topaz perch]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-meme-good-triumph-evil-gif-6627141887522619123

[swift bobcat]

Perhaps the opposite of vacation

[balmy flame]

Everyone is… employed now /j

[lavish pendant]

It is rather agonizing isn’t it

[topaz perch]

true, actually

[dense pecan]

100% true

[craggy talon]

Sadge

[stone moss]

bumpscare

[craggy talon]

:(

[slow lance]

Can always pick it back up again. Sadly I'm quite busy at the moment

[craggy talon]

Bump

[stone moss]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/958418404769943572/1187826625686020116/LEVIATHAN_FALLS_ON_A_WHITE.gif

[novel frigate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1184257191746752583/1387977422430801982/WhiteLizardCrushesLeviathan.gif

[balmy flame]

back to school book club revival?

[radiant forge]

Back to bed

[balmy flame]

we've done too much sleeping

we must wake up

[stone moss]

[insert 'chop suey!']

[worldly delta]

Let’s find fanfics to read

[earnest cradle]

There are plenty of fics, just that the people lack time

[worldly delta]

That’s true but I got some free time

Sucks we’re mostly busy maybe during the weekends

[stone moss]

"bump" - sun tzu

[craggy talon]

Me when having to bump book club

[stone moss]

Tragic circumstances

[balmy flame]

Rain World Bump Club

[earnest cradle]

Oh hey that's me!

[balmy flame]

Chairman of the bump club

[craggy talon]

I love how we're just making jokes about bumping Book Club

What was once a is becoming a

[azure gust]

Well we know what goes bump in the night now... The reading club

[craggy talon]

Bump

At this rate I'm going to dethrone the chairman >:3

[earnest cradle]

It didn't even need a bump /lh

[craggy talon]

Teehee

[earnest cradle]

Umm uhh disqualified /j /silly

[craggy talon]

;3

[balmy flame]

I could hypothetically book the recording studio again

[craggy talon]

Bump

[stone moss]

catastrophic bludgeoning damage

[umbral topaz]

I’m here

👍

[stone moss]

👍

[dense pecan]

I'm going to have a house and a desk soon

No more traveling

Stories book club October revival

[craggy talon]

Yippee yippee yippee yippee yippee

[balmy flame]

Let’s go

I’m so ready

[craggy talon]

Bump

[stone moss]

the bumpmaster

[craggy talon]

[dense pecan]

it is only just barely October

We may be able to tentatively schedule something for Sunday this week, October 5th

[stone moss]

[paper steeple]

no way, rebirth of book club is not just a myth!?

[earnest cradle]

rebirth of BtShell is a myth tho /silly /lh

[balmy flame]

Send for the staplers; summon the hounds of book club. We ride once more into literacy

[dense pecan]

I think reading through something complete would be a good re-start

The complete ones we have on our list are Her Ascendance, Our Little Crusader, Measure the Silence of a House, Metaphor for Something Small, Cycles Upon Endless Cycles, Interrupted Memoirs, and Sundown

Oh and Aeolian Waves

Have we really not read Waves yet??

[radiant forge]

Waves?!?!

[earnest cradle]

We have

I can tell because of the stress and trauma /j

[earnest cradle]

Cook club

[balmy flame]

[balmy flame]

I think Metaphor would be good

Given that it’s a one-shot iirc

[dense pecan]

And it looks a good length too

I can do anytime after 1pm CDT, do you remember how we used to figure out times?

[balmy flame]

Yes I do

Give me a moment

<t:1759687200:F> <@&1191913546284544200>

[kind walrus]

i was beat

drat

[frank schooner]

ive never been in bookclub before but it sounds cool 👀

[dense pecan]

It's so super cool

We schedule readings of stories works

[dense pecan]

I missed the poll

I've got to bring someone to the airport at 11 that morning, so I may be a few minutes behind, but I'll make a note of it here before that happens

🎉 stories book club recommencement! I can't wait to read again!

[frank schooner]

oh thats cool!

[dense pecan]

We're scheduling a new meeting for the first time in like 5 months lol, you should come if you have the time!

[craggy talon]

Hopefully I will ^w^

[stone moss]

Y e s s s

[balmy flame]

We can move it back like thirty minutes if that would be better

[frank schooner]

ill hop in if im able!

[balmy flame]

Or we can pass some time before you arrive in true stories chat fashion: gambling

[azure gust]

Bringing back word debt?

I know, we have Arena matches

[dense pecan]

Book club in one hour!

[balmy flame]

[dense pecan]

book club imminent

be there or be polygons

[gritty socket]

hello chat

goodbye chat

[swift bobcat]

it was 1am

[balmy flame]

Understandable. Sadly, we cannot un-polygon you

You will be stuck as a geometric shape for the foreseeable future

[stone moss]

💥

[balmy flame]

Sunday bclub?

Tree may be able to read

[radiant forge]

👀

A week already?!?!?

Time marches on

[balmy flame]

Hate the inevitable progression of time

[paper steeple]

BOOKCLUB

[drowsy knoll]

Cool!

May someone ping me when it happens?

[polar plume]

Can I just join whenever, or do I need an invite or something?

[balmy flame]

Next bclub meeting is on Sunday and you’re very welcome to attend

[polar plume]

Hurrah I gotta find some stories

[balmy flame]

you don’t need to bring any

We’re going to be reading @stone moss’s The Void Sea Doesn’t Reach into Orbit Yet if I’m recalling correctly

[stone moss]

fear 💥

[balmy flame]

Typical writer experience

[earnest cradle]

[radiant forge]

Space?!?

[balmy flame]

SPAAAAAAAAACEEEEE!!!!

[craggy talon]

https://tenor.com/view/portal-portal2-space-core-yellow-sphere-gif-19665244

[stone moss]

damn i suppose this means i should get back to wrotering 💥 /hj

[dense pecan]

I may be able to do Sunday! I'm busy for about 3hrs in the afternoon CDT, but I can do anytime before or after!

[novel frigate]

Maybe I should write more “my iterator” just to subject y’all to reading it 😈

[azure gust]

Out of curiosity, is my Rain World + Tunic crossover still floating in the options?

[earnest cradle]

Please do so

[novel frigate]

It seems my original oc (do not steal) equine moisture rot trash nose has some fans….

[balmy flame]

Is it bclub day?

[radiant forge]

[stone moss]

:)

[balmy flame]

:)))))

We should’ve scheduled a time

[stone moss]

yeah

[balmy flame]

Oh well

[rotund gorge]

Hello.

[balmy flame]

We can still do it

[drowsy knoll]

Yea

[balmy flame]

Though idk who’s gonna read

I am still indisposed by the mono

[craggy talon]

Hey what if I– social anxiety –didn't do it!

[rotund gorge]

Hello.

[craggy talon]

Cele

[rotund gorge]

I am very soupy at the moment.

Don't ask me to read shit because I can and will mispronounce half the words.

[craggy talon]

Sleepbt

[rotund gorge]

No.

I have things to do.

[craggy talon]

https://tenor.com/view/go-the-fuck-to-sleep-go-to-sleep-samuel-jackson-samuel-jackson-go-the-fuck-to-sleep-gif-8910267837992322090

[balmy flame]

Then I must summon my strength

[craggy talon]

Piotr I saw you delete something

You cannot escape my all seeing eye

[balmy flame]

What harm can a little bit of infectious mononucleosis do anyway?

[rotund gorge]

I will ask you to let it go.

[craggy talon]

Wahg

We still need a reader

I would offer but I'm anxious about my voice still and the one time I tried to do private book reading I was way too fast

And also voicing characters would be hard and I would get even more anxious and embarrassed and I don't think I could be able to effectively deliver a reading that isn't flat

[stone moss]

If nobody else can do it, I could probably start reading at least

I'll probably have to stop at some point cause my parents'll probably want to sleep at some point too but ye

[craggy talon]

Wait does this story have dialogue?

[stone moss]

Yea lol

[drowsy knoll]

I can read but my accent may be a bit thick and my mic is not the best

[stone moss]

lots, actually lmao

[balmy flame]

I mean, I know @dense pecan was going to be around some time this afternoon

Again, if needed I can push through a little sickness to read

[craggy talon]

Welp

There's goes my opportunity

https://tenor.com/view/dies-from-cringe-of-original-gif-26151991

[balmy flame]

[craggy talon]

Yeah, sorry

But I can't voice characters just yet

If only because I don't have the confidence for it

[drowsy knoll]

What fic is it?

[stone moss]

Mine :D (The Void Sea Doesn't Reach Into Orbit Yet)

[drowsy knoll]

Oooo, the space one :3

[stone moss]

(theres another one tooo!!!!! https://discord.com/channels/291184728944410624/1274031288969330801https://discord.com/channels/291184728944410624/1274031288969330801)

[rotund gorge]

Piotr doesn't need more validation. /j /silly

[stone moss]

Ah, right hold on let me just-💥

[drowsy knoll]

I've already read piotr's fic

[balmy flame]

me too

But aloud to the group

There’s a recording of me reading chapter one of AW deep in this chat

[earnest cradle]

And then you forgot the rest

[earnest cradle]

Also @radiant forge I TOLD YOU

[earnest cradle]

[balmy flame]