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Challenge #05065-M316: Checking In

'Mama Bear' visited the ones who'd saved her from the fire, and she later saved from the falling scaffold. She brought them sweet gifts for their families and the warm kindness she had for those she protected. A killer, after all, could also have a gentle heart for those she cared for.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04838-m089-mostly-harmless-you-say -- BKF

Bear returned to Frop's district with a large basket of fruit and assorted Havenworlder-friendly treats. She took one look at Frop's expression, put the basket down, and backed away with her hands in the air. "I come in peace," she said. "I was worried about you, so... I got some get-better gifts."

"You are a trained killer," said Frop.

"Tamed killer. There's a difference." She attempted to think of one. "It's like the gap between having a guard dog and keeping a wolf. One's trained to attack, and the other has hunting in its genes. Fortunately, I'm a bit more congenial than a wolf."

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Thursday, Let's Get Shit Done

The weather promises to be nasty, but there is a hope of rain to take the edge of the worst of it. I am aiming to get the story done.

I skipped out on editing ADT yesterday, but I am submitting a potential excerpt for ADT and I was editing that yesterday, so I am counting that for my non-NaNoWriMo.

...which reminds me, I need to get rattling on the work on a closer chapter than the one I submitted for the

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Challenge #05064-M315: The Company of Predators

They knelt down and asked Mr. Sunshine to marry them. He placed a hand on their shoulder, gently turned them down, then drugged them so they could get therapy for the torments his targets had inflicted. -- BKF

Mr. Sunshine had seen a lot of things in his time. He had seen depravities from subtle to gross. He had seen victims of his victims fall weeping to the ground in gratitude. He'd seen a lot of them scramble screaming for the safety

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Challenge #05063-M314: Change Like...

"I... I can't.. breathe... I'm scared...."/ "It's an asthma attack, they're getting your medicine hold on, calm down, I'm not leaving your side." -- BKF

They told Rinu that ze had a delicate constitution. In the wrong weather, or when encountering the wrong substances, air was a struggle to obtain. Hir life diminished to tents of steam, foul-smelling concoctions, and nasty medicine. Followed closely by equal foulness coming out of hir in the midst of unstoppable, wracking coughs.

As the only heir

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Wednesday, Catching Up I Hope

I have: editing this morning, a team meeting later on, a twofer to file, and a shrink sesh in the afternoon, AND a parcel to pick up later in the day.

AND I should do something for Weird Writer Wednesday.

I am BUSY-busy.

Plus the temperature will be soaring to the thirties Celcius [that's late eighties, early nineties in Freedom Units] so it also promises to be a bit of a slog.

I am, naturally, trying my very best.

This isn't

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Tuesday, I'm Watching Wildwood!

So for that reason, I caught up on my Patreon yesterday, and am committing to putting in 2K words for Promptcast as my major effort later today.

I'm also declaring a cheat day because it's a day out with the babes. Yes, I will be logging my food. But I shall also encourage my darlings to stop in at Golden Circle Factory Outlet for the cheapest of nomnoms in the cinema.

Best to shave those pennies where and how we can. Because

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Challenge #05062-M313: Dread Prophecy

The darkest demons of the world have tried time and again to stop THIS demon from awakening from their enchanted slumber. A King, a loving kiss, a shadow that brings light. Another demon defeated in its attempt to claim the head of a demon who made a pact with the gods, the sleeping one waits for a pure soul to enhance and awaken more light.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04951-m202-the-only-end -- BKF

[AN: You can't know that the demon under the

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Monday, Upcoming PLNs

The AMitA group has backup reads and I am queueing up crew chapters for review by the group. I have finished listening to Neil Newbon reading glorified fanfic the Astarion book endorsed by WotC. As far as fanfic goes - could have used a fact checker and some beta'ing. The author forgot Astarion doesn't have a heartbeat more than once. And may have fluffed the lore/continuity of canon events.

It's fanfic. R. Kingfisher could have painted Astarion purple if they wanted

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Challenge #05061-M312: Take it and Leave!

The Archduke visits the elves. When the plants begin to go mad with growth, they are more than happy to send the person away with TWO seedlings, with the promise the person never, ever, visits again with a lot of warning so they can prepare in advance before giving permission for the visit.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04971-m222-an-ash-for-ashes -- BKF

Some Nobles were heralded by trumpets. Some by their entourage forming a parade. Many are announced by a person with the

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Sunday, My Glorious Return!

Huzzah! Things have returned to what passes for normal.

Yesterday's story is here if you wish to catch it from here. Honestly, I think the only person who reads my hub site is MeMum. [Hi!]

The Promptcast is reading stories later on today and I am moderating the chat. I also have a story in there. The continuing saga of a Vampire in love and the Healer who has a lot more to deal with than just him.

I think this might

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Challenge #05059-M310: Heartfelt Effort

Master Twii's youngest student leads him to a room claiming there's an urgent matter that they need help with. When the door slides open to the massive cargo bay, a huge number of his friends, and those he views as family, shout surprise! They were not sure to the exact date of birthday so... close enough, right?

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04991-m242-remember-the-fairy-bread -- BKF

There is little more amusing than children attempting to be covert for a benevolent cause. There's an

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Friday, Teh PLN

I slept the night because melting in the heat of the day. And the heat of the day went on way longer than it needed to be.

So I am up and determined to get the writing done as soon as possible before the heat smacks me in the guts. The weather promises to be milder today, but nocturnalism is gaining appeal as summer looms.

It's going to be nastier weather as time goes by.

Onwards to the storytelling.

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Challenge #05058-M309: Reasons Upon Reasons

"I was cold, the first snow was falling. Yet instead of hating me, you welcomed me by your fire. Thank you kind one. I wish more humans were like you." -- BKF

The household was already crowded with people. Most of them under the age of fifteen. Their mother had no true reason to call Plenty inside as they made their way along the otherwise lonely road. it may have been spare maternal instinct. It may have been pity.

Either way, Plenty

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Thursday, Nocturnal Nonsense

I was fully awake all night. Which let me get two chapters in and write the tale for today. Huzzah.

I think I shall be out of it for most of the daylight. It seems to be working for me.

I now have the Astarion Audiobook now. I'm listening to it like it's a fanfic with a professional reader. Honestly, I just want to listen to Neil Newbon doing the voice some more :D

And it gives me something to listen to

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Challenge #05057-M308: Gentle Reform

"I own no one, I don't need inherited slaves. But none of you know how to live free. So from this day forward, I'm going to live my life helping undo what my family did to you. You are hellkin, harukh'ai, and kobolds, true, but you're also people, not animals." -- BKF

It was not magic that ran my Unty's factory. It was Unwelcome People. Tethered with chains and contained by warding runes that would harm -even kill- if they set a

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