• Agents of Derse

    There was one Pawn seemed to only be there to ogle the glass-work of the White Queen’s Hall. Three others already sat, patiently waiting, on the benches. Another two more were just dodging in through the side doors, waved in by the guards. Quiet. Nervous. The Royal Announcer counted them first, before lifted their horn,… Continue reading

  • The Grand Restructure

    Kanaya hard argued for what would be, essentially, a large petri dish, with Rose’s form stretched across it. It would make it easy to check the status of her bones, whether they had sublimated into the rest of her sopor-modified form, and obviously a larger surface area wouldn’t harm the process.Rose was not convinced. “Sublimated”… Continue reading

  • In Lieu of Resources, Display

    Dream bubbles weren’t really a hivegroup of gossip – it was only when the rare Aranea came round that one heard about wider goings-on, about an army of dead trolls, about a few dozen timelines worth of laboratories on meteors flying through paradox space with various combinations of Alternian trolls and alien humans on them.… Continue reading

  • Drinking Buddies for a Night

    “I’m your sprite, honeybuns, you can’t tell me you can’t pull something suitable from your ass.” Jasprosesprite^2 floated just above the bar-stool, in their usual kaleidoscope of color. The place was dead enough the bartender had stepped out for a smoke from a candy cigar. “i cn pull anythin from mai ass you want kitten.”… Continue reading

  • But What Would Real Sopor Do

    The bucket was as heavy as one might expect a full bucket to be – which would not have been any issue if for the pair of reasons for keeping it away from Kanaya Maryam’s line of sight. The first was of course, the fears that trolls tended to associate with buckets from the moment… Continue reading

  • Deciphering the Terms of Recruitment

    timaeusTestified Started a new memo “Who keeps locking all the Memos” TT: Calling all Bros.TT: I wrote, “Calling all Bros”TT: Scratch that, I was called out on that recently, this is an APB.TT: An All Peeps Bulletin.TT: I need the whole possibly-stale box of you as soon as you asses are not in a line… Continue reading

  • A Boondollar Store full of Cheap Tricks

    Chapter 1 Chapter Text gutsyGumshoe [GG] opened memo on board THE BUGGER IS A CUMQUAT GG: By the time you read this, I shall have expired from exhaustion GG: My target has eluded me for hours; and now I am at my end GG: To Dirk I leave my house, and all whipping boy privileges… Continue reading

  • Screencut

    tipsyGnostalgic [TG] began pestering uranianUmbra [UU] TG: heyTG: heyTG: yotipsyGnostalgic [TG] ceased pestering uranianUmbra [UU] uranianUmbra [UU] began cheering tipsyGnostalgic [TG]UU: hello!TG: hey bbyUU: i apologize for my earlier lack of presence!TG: no probsTG: but heyTG: u got one of them troll computers riteTG: or was it ur brother i forgetUU: we both do, actually!… Continue reading

  • Idle Thoughts of Regimented Work

    The Queen’s Throne of Derse was not uncomfortable, as thrones went. Hours upon hours listening to grievances of the Pawns of Derse was a literal pain in the neck. “Unthinkable” had been a word Her Imperious Condensation – a title that had felt a bit excessive for a number of sweeps – had trained herself… Continue reading

  • The Resolution of Forced Junctures

    Chapter 1 There were things for Roxy to consider. Options, not really, but things. Options had been left back at Roxy’s house, with Jane, when that God-cat had zapped the potential consider-er away to locations unexpected. As was the god-cat’s wont – it had happened to Jane on occasion, back when humans had ruled the… Continue reading