Random-Number Abecedary, with help from friends

Over on Thornewrites, I like to ask for random numbers to pick my next project of the day (off a list of current or potential projects).

Sometimes I like to spice things up a bit, so last week, I started with some animal prompts.

SIXTEEN sitting Siamese...
SIXTEEN Silly Silver Dollars

FIFTEEN fit fishers!
FIFTEEN Fine Fishing Cats!

FOURTEEN foreign fossa...
FOURTEEN foundering frogs!

THIRTEEN Thylacine Theurgists...
THIRTEEN Theocratic Thrashers...

TWELVE twirling twitterers!
Twelve Tart Toucans!

And then my friends started answering in kind:

DaHob:
1 wintery wyrm
1 wan wilderbeast
1 whiskey weasel and 1 ornery okapi
1 wild wallaby

Sushimustwrite:
Fiiiiiiiive numbered tweeeeeets!
Nine nimble narwhals!

Simon_Batt:
Two Triumphant Tigers, please!
Eight Elegant Eagles! (So patriotic.)

And then Anke upped the ante:
eight electric eels eating eggs

So I asked for
FOURTEEN forceful frogs forgiving foes!
THIRTEEN thriving Therapsids throwing thallium!
Twelve twitchy tayra twisting twiddle-twaddle!
ELEVEN Eclectic Echidnas embracing effeminacy!

And then DaHob upped it again:
one onyx owl onboarding orphans overseas
one orange ocelot opines on otherwise overlooked options
1 wascally wabbit wrestling with weighty woes

So I ended up with
Twelve truthful tegus tunefully typing trustworthy tales!
FOURTEEN fecund fulmar fidgeting from festive fractionation!
ELEVEN elegant elk elucidating elaborate explanations
TEN Trepadatious tahrs telegraph trite tableaus

and things from Sushimustwrite like:
Seven somber sharks sleeping soundly!

And from Anke like:
eight elderly elephants expressing excitement eruditely every evening

And now my number-requests are nearly as long as my writing.... but man is it fun!

Laying some law-foundation, a story for #ThimblefulThursday

This is set in a new setting, one I tripped and created while sitting in training a few weeks back.

The setting is called "Colonize Earth" and revolves around a test colony set up on a remote portion of earth but treated as a space colony, dis-attached from the laws of the world. This is the first piece that's actually made it to Dreamwidth.

"We need laws." Tendor West paced in his tiny office, more a transmission room than a place of state. The Colonial Authority had chosen him to be Leader of their test-colony, and he was taking the responsibility seriously, perhaps too much so.

"We have laws," Ona Boisen pointed out. She might not be Leader, but she headed a Team of 100 people, by the same Authority-choice that had gotten West his position. "The Colonial Authority set them down."

"This thing?" West picked up the print-out and flopped it down. "It's barely a page long. It doesn't cover anything."
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This is written to June 2nd's Thimbleful Thursday prompt

Thinking about Patreon...

...would people be interested in a map/diagram/floor plan milestone? Like, for every month we reach this milestone, $5 donors can vote on a potential map or diagram or floorplan related to either the serial or the month's theme?

Edally Academy This month's Patreon theme is Reiassan!

Always wanted to read about the back-story of Edally?  Interested in what's happening off-screen?  Want to know about one of those unpronounceable Emperors or Empresses?


This month's theme on my Patreon is Reiassan, all things Reissan, Bitrani, Calenyena...


...all things about aether

Read on:
http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/06/08/this-months-patreon-theme-is-reiassan/

The Hellmouth Job, Part II (A Leverage/Buffy Fanfic)

Part I

“All right, so here we go. Missing students and kids include Andromeda Wallace, Felicity Norton, Princessa Washington… okay, I’m going to stop listing names for a moment and ask what the hell is up with these people and their names? I mean, seriously? Andromeda?”

“It’s California,” Eliot scoffed. “They probably think that it’s bad karma or bad feng shui or something to give your kid a name someone else has.”
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Edally Academy Chapter 32B: Solutions and Problems

Kekdela took in Taikie’s explanation while Enrie tried not to look as embarrassed as she felt.  They had been, a little.  She just hadn’t…

“Teasing you about Riensin, hrrm?  I told you you were laying it on way too thick.”  She delivered the last to Riensin, with a roll of her eyes and a playful

Read on:
http://www.edallyacademy.com/2016/06/06/chapter-32b-solutions-and-problems/