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Challenge #04971-M222: An Ash For Ashes

Due to a dryad's curse, an estate staff must tend the gardens with flamethrowers, lest the manor be overrun with foliage... -- Deathshead419

If there is a universal truth to society, it is that those with a lot of money and power simply have to show it off. Only the well off and the highest strata of the world could get away with building things just to look at. Artificial ruins of an imagined lost civilisation. False caves or hermit huts, replete with a hermit hired for the purpose.

And vast swathes of perfectly-maintained lawn.

The lands surrounding the Palace of Archduke Tirerrava Iossophine Cavennys Rezlynraung were constantly spewing smoke. The castle itself was pitch black and possessed few windows. As for the gardens, they were repeatedly tended by fire mages and fire-breathing folk, spending most of their waking hours turning the grounds into smouldering cinders. Anyone unfamiliar with the Rezlynraung history would conclude that the reigning forces were evil. Or at least, up to no good.

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Monday, Urgent Shopping Nonsense

We need kitty litter. There's other things on my list, but the litter is the most urgent of them all.

And I get to take Adorable's Mum [I think I'll go with AM for short henceforth] out on my circuit to see where I hunt out the bargains. Which promises to be a fun experience even if it will wipe me out by the time I'm done.

Today's story will be happening after my post-shopping nap, belike.

I can try to get

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Challenge #04970-M221: I'm the Badguy?

No more villainry -- Luna

Master of the Shadow Arts, Bai Niyurufanthur, had joined many other citizens of Wolklippenstadt in the circus' audience. It was a rather excellent show. Bai lingered for the sideshows and games, seeking some games to reveal as fraudulent or rigged.

A Master of the Martialist Art of Shadows could not fail at a carnival game unless it was truly rigged.

He never got to try them, since he found a scene that distracted him entirely. One very

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Sunday, Slowly Slowly S-L-O-W-L-Y

No streams I wish to catch are going today so I have been taking my sweet fucking time.

I'll be working on my daily tale very soonish to now. Also maybe taking my sweet time. Depends on the whims of my muse.

Tomorrow, the story stream will be running from the Promptcast. I'll be modding there, writing my tale as quickly as I can, and otherwise getting on with my bullshit.

It's nice to take it slowly now and again.

Onwards to

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Challenge #04969-M220: More Money Than Sense

My favorite obsession -- Luna

Fairytales always have things in three. The first and second son only exist in the tale to try and fail, whilst the third wins it all with his kind heart and willingness to listen to advice.

Horseshit.

It makes third sons believe in winning it all in spite of their brothers. That's not at all realistic. What really happens is that the first son gets everything, including the father's adoration. The second son is kind of... kept

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Saturday, Ailments Ahoy

Everything intermittently wrong with me has ganged up on me today.

I slept on my left shoulder wrong. Some eyelashes in my right eye decided to stage a rebellion, but they're too teeny tiny to grab with the tweezers and pull out. My lungs want to go on strike and my knees are intermittently warping on their own.

I'm doing what I can to relieve that.

Making progress on cataloguing my comics, now. At last. I give myself one folder or half

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Challenge #04968-M219: Heroic Placement

The legend that wasn't -- Luna

The story is told of the hero who wanted to be a legendary one. Ze had read a great deal of legends and was immediately disappointed to find hirself lacking supernatural guardians. Let's call hir... Wannabe.

No Faerie Goodparents. No Eldritch entities interested in hir prosperity or demise. No devils wanted to deal with hir and no gods decided to warp hir fate.

No mysterious entities at crossroads, either. Which was the greatest disappointment of them

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Challenge #04967-M218: On My Honour

What honor have you? -- Luna

Boatswain Laurantz knew in his soul that having a Hellkin on board was bad luck. He and Captain Haaloch had both witnessed a cat following the nameless blue devilborn onto the ship. Any man followed by a cat was supposed to be good luck. Therefore, the argument went that the luck cancelled out and he was no better nor worse than any other man.

There was one thing a Hellkin couldn't stop being, and that was

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Friday: Twofer Day

I have two stories to write, to make up for the lack yesterday.

For the record, I am rested, revitalised, and reset. Ready and raring to write.

With good luck, I shall not only get a twofer written, I shall also get a folder of comics catalogued. All the better to cash the larger portion of my collection in.

I'll do the folders first, then the 'loose' stuff. THEN the filing cabinet. All the catalogued ones will be going into a crate

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Challenge #04966-M217: Unbreakable?

I haven't forgotten my promise -- Luna

Some things have unbreakable sticking power. A Hellkin's loyalty to someone with a kind heart, for example. The Faekindred's general prediliction towards duplicity and double meanings. And, of course, a heartfelt oath that includes the shedding of blood.

The blood of the oathtaker, of course. Anyone's or anything else does not count. That is how the gods know that it's serious.

That's what put the gods onto watching the oathtaker in question. Readying disasters and

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Wednesday, Physio, Day Off Prep, Etc

There will be no story tomorrow because I am taking a complete day off. No writing, only sloth.

I think I have earned some indulgence.

My vaguest PLNs for tomorrow include lots of gameplay, some slobbing about, and definitely some bad-for-me food.

Which I plan to acquire today.

Story shall be happening after I return from shopping and a nap. My PLN for now is to try to snag some editing for my Promptcast thing before I have to take off and

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Challenge #04965-M216: Holy Trickster

Where calamity reigns -- Luna

"Maybe you should check what the transit sigil is before activating it," Halek the Druid shouted to Poik the Magnificent. Their voice was lost to the howling wind and thunderous eruptions. He could have amplified his voice, but all his energy was devoted to shielding the Adventurers from the concatenating disasters around them.

The little Kobold Wizard was busy scribing notes. "Poik learn for next time." Ze could make everyone heard, since ze had the spell slots

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Challenge #04964-M215: Her New Pet

I love your monster -- Luna

[AN: This accidentally got me thinking of the followup to Purchased Loyalty ]

Alle devoted herself to learning everything she could about animal care. How to feed, train, and care for a Hellkin. Or a Human, which Hellkin came from.

Wars were still raging between Elvenkind and many others about how Hellkin came to exist. Amongst other nonsensical objections.

Some of the books were contradictory, so Alle chose the kinder options and blended them with her babysitting

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