Regina got into her kimono slowly and carefully, checked her hair no less than twenty times to ensure that it wasn’t falling out, and then went to find her knight in matte chestplate.
Kakashi was standing in the hall when she left her room...
2021-08-19 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Lilli came to, she was crumpled up on the floor. Her body ached.
She looked around, and saw Igni slumped against what remained of a wall. Lilli crawled to Igni and pressed a hand to Igni’s chest. There was no heartbeat. Of course.
... 2021-08-01 03:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostSuna was the obvious answer. Konoha would turn to their longest ally for support in this. Kiri also had a decent hand in relations with Sunagakure for the time, given that she had custody of Gaara, but they would be wary about the possibilit...
2021-08-01 02:56:56 +0000 UTC View PostLilli peeked above the table to survey the room. Benk and Lorit were chopping away at the stinger, and it didn’t seem to be doing anything. They were bloody, and she could see where acid had dissolved some of their clothes in the joints of their...
2021-08-01 02:55:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Elathor! Ser Alcuin! Lorit! BENK!” Lilli screamed, hearing the desert wind swallow her voice whole. Her heart and feet were pounding, and she pushed herself forward in sheer panic.
They didn’t seem to hear her, none of them turned aro...
2021-08-01 02:54:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe castle itself wasn’t quite what she had expected. “It isn’t very tall, is it,” Lilli said, disappointed.
”It isn’t a castle, it’s a palace,” Lorit pointed out. “A palace isn’t a defensive structure, so it doesn’t ne...
2021-08-01 02:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post"For a place called 'The Wastes', it is a little bit of a letdown." Igni looked around sadly. "I was expecting so much more."
"You had high expectations for a place called The Wastes?" Lilli frowned. "I had no frame of refer...
2021-07-01 01:41:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis is how rich people live,’ Lilli thought bitterly. She looked around, marveling at the unnaturally level grass, the rich greenery in between tall stone buildings. Cheery sunlight caught glittering details, like a colored glass window over wh...
2021-07-01 01:38:08 +0000 UTC View PostThey hauled ass to the gate. Lilli climbed over a sticky corpse in her haste to bang on the wooden part of the structure. “Open up, let us out,” she bellowed.
“All is well, there is no cause for alarm,” Elathor added, kicking the gat...
2021-07-01 01:29:49 +0000 UTC View PostIt was very quiet inside the shrine. She sat down at a long table in a stiff silence. The younger priest left through a door to the left and came back with a bleak-smelling tea balanced on a humble tray. She took a cup and wondered if shrines were...
2021-06-30 14:26:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt was pitch black except for the stars.
Imile was silhouetted at the far end. Her voice carried faintly. Brianna couldn’t make out the conversation.
“Imile,” she called. “Red Lady.” Her whole body hurt.
They turned. Sh...
2021-06-01 01:59:39 +0000 UTC View PostShe woke up to a restless feeling. It brought her down to the locker area. She fished her phone out, mildly surprised she could still message until she realized that her phone was certainly turned off by the provider but able to use the wifi.
<... 2021-06-01 01:58:48 +0000 UTC View PostLilli cut down monsters over and over again, but there seemed to be no end in sight. Every time she chanced to look up, the sky seemed just as black with them as it had when she’d started fighting.
“Are there more, somehow?” Elathor as...
2021-02-28 11:34:41 +0000 UTC View PostSomething told her “MOVE!!!”
Lilli dodged and rolled, just before hearing a screech and a sickening crunch on the wall behind her.
She was surprised she wasn’t shaking. That her knees weren’t buckling under her, and surrenderin...
2021-02-28 10:31:23 +0000 UTC View PostThis is from a concept I didn't end up pursuing, wherein Aiko goes to see where her family came from while she and Utakata are in a holding pattern with Kakashi, waiting for the shoe to drop.
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The fabric was soft...
Lilli slunk behind, on high alert. She couldn’t help but feel that this had been a massive mistake.
Meanwhile, Elathor was near strutting while they muttered to themselves and made notes of things Lilli would rather not think about too muc...
2021-01-31 15:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe path they had chosen took them through several satellite towns. They were headed towards a forest that apparently was not well-traveled and marked the boundary of the known world. Nunya irritably acknowledged that she had experience in the for...
2020-12-31 14:40:25 +0000 UTC View Post“By the order of the Esteemed Queen Freilye, this district is quarantined and no one can enter. Citizen, what are you doing here?” The guard stated, in the kind of monotonous tone that made Lilli suspect they’d been turning people away for h...
2020-12-31 14:06:57 +0000 UTC View PostTavia had nearly finished a nice, luxurious inner scream when a wild-eyed maidservant knocked on the door to tell her that she was invited to the parlour to speak with some guests.
That was not a room she had been in yet, so she had to follo...
2020-12-31 09:04:31 +0000 UTC View PostSo I finally did some things- if you've been with us since the beginning of the Patreon, you are cordially invited to join our Discord server with a special "long time enabler" role that gives you VIP access. Every year, patrons who have stayed wi...
2020-12-31 08:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the lateness, I am disconnected from the plane of existence.
But Electra and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all well. We hope that you are all staying safe, warm, and as happy as possible during this ...
2020-12-27 09:52:20 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER ONE
After eating, she was ushered to what must have been the Moida's family home. It was a two story structure made of wood and tile. Heralda seemed very grateful to be able to leave her in the guest room. She came back after not too...
2020-11-30 14:52:43 +0000 UTC View PostINTRODUCTION
Tavia woke up as she always did, except with the irritating awareness that the sun was glaring into her room. The curtain must be open again. She scrunched her eyes further shut and flexed her feet, jostling French Fry in the pr...
2020-11-30 14:43:10 +0000 UTC View PostMy brain is leaking like a sieve still but heyyyy here's something because I, Maehem, love you. Happy Belated Turkey.
She got into her kimono slowly and carefully, and then went to find her k...
2020-11-27 05:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi, this is Maehem.
So, the past year has been.... a time, hasn't it? I'm sorry that we haven't really written anything in about a year. Coronavirus kind of set off a chain reaction that kicked both mine and Electa's asses.&...
2020-11-26 08:58:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm taking a class on videogame design, and I reworked the first scenes of The Lilliad for a class assignment. What do you think?
The player as Lilli climbs into one of the sewer entrances, provided by the ma...
2020-08-01 13:09:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
We hope that you're enjoying everything on the site, and that all of you are staying safe and healthy. We *may* go back to posting paid content (and free content) soon, because we need the funds for to live.
I don...
2020-06-30 05:29:33 +0000 UTC View Post“Konoha is whining again,” Mei said. She dropped a letter on Aiko’s desk. “Something about ‘please stop making positive diplomatic connections with Wave, it makes us feel sad and like we might not be your best friends.”
<... 2020-03-25 00:51:22 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m invited to an idyllic retreat,” Aiko said. She put the letter down. “We’re going to have a chat about our feelings, leader to leader, and see if we can express mutual concerns and come to agreement.” Her tone was bland.
<... 2020-03-24 06:13:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe team talked about what’s going on right now and we decided we don’t want to risk putting any financial strain on any patrons right now, particularly since now would be a good time to produce entertainment for people who are stuck inside. S...
2020-03-23 11:03:57 +0000 UTC View Post