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I actually wrote a scene like that where they bake a cake. Ir trying to. Vela is eager but not sure what to do with everyone. Belle is bringing the calm and organisation. Nori helps with cooking. It was the ship's idea. CRC CAT wanted some (maybe saner) company. Yrhal juryrigs some decoration. ✨

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 19h

If Vela could master a new hobby in one day, what would she choose? #LitHodgepodge 3 My first and favorite painting of her.

Vela standing in front of the observatory. She has big round glasses and long blonde hair fluttering in the wind. Wearing a red summer dress and wide brimmed hat. She's holding a smartledger. Aquarelle on A4.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 19h

The gang visits the Cycle temple on a spacestation. In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Entering the temple's bubble was like stepping into a tropical greenhouse, which it was, just grossly enlarged to space station parameters.
Glistening insects of various kinds buzzed around the temple premises. Its lush circular park was ladden with a pungent smell of flowers and rained on plants. A teal glittering beetle landed on Vela's hand, she tried to remember when she last saw some wild animal. Caza had nothing bigger than a flea maybe. And even before the expedition she barely remembered. A lot had happened in a short time. Coincidentally the animal had decided to land on the computronium, which she had carefully covered in copious amounts of concealer earlier on Nori's insistance. It probably radiated off more heat then the rest of her skin, even in its inactive state.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Late but fresh. A self-contained snip of Myu remembering how she got into her current predicament. From my WIP 'The Color-Factory' about the dark side of the Alliance core worlds. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Flashes of what went down. The last job. It was easy. Supposed to at least. Good credits, a unique meat. Taking over the specter unit was childs play. Perfected the technique over a dozen runs at least. Maybe it wasn't so perfect no no. Traitor.
Bulky soldier-type guys burst through the door and windows. Only saw a flash on the monitors, turret started shooting but only hit one, there were a dozen more. Thick armor, didn't even dent. Navy team, super oldschool. Never turned up on any grid. Didn't even bring guns. Just yanked her out of the gantry, with brutal speed and efficiency. The painful tinge of disconnection, emergency protocol caching her partially mounted psyche.
A red jolt of pain and the real world manifesting itself, a sideways perspective of the room, a knee on her head, a boot in front. Someone shining a bright light in her eyes.

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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For the reader Vela. For Vela Nori. Not even in a chaotic way. Just in a way that we barely get a glimpse of a moral compass, expectation of the world and all that. We do get goals and what she does. But it's still hard to infer what she'll do from that. In a story mainly from her POV.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Little Combolands art @cruxgames.bsky.social Aquarelles and ink on A5 postcard format. It looked so cozy I had to paint it. #art #fanart #artsky #painting #gaming

Aqurelle painting of the screenshotted island sitting on my desk with some plastic beneth

Screenshot of Combolands with a farm market island in development

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Vela smiles more than laughing. She gets to smile being content quite a few times. Nori is a bit more open with that, when she laughs its genuine, she's incapable of negatively ment laughs. Miley has that kind of messy laugh, snorting because she tried to supress it in the office.

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MELLOW Games @gamesmellow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Welcome to October, everyone! SO much news 😱 We have 3 new languages - Spanish, Russian AND Catalan - and are so happy that Blueberry can now be enjoyed by even more players around the world! 🌎 PLUS: The Steam Autumn Sale is now live and you can get Blueberry at a 25% discount 💜👀💸

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hi #LitHodgepodge , I'm Kami and I mostly write scifi with a hint of fantasy. My current WIP 'Cloudgazer' is growing into a finished draft. But to flesh out the universe I keep writing and posting shorts about certain events or characters. I'm very excited about these prompts, something new to me!

the chart, haphazardly filled with blue digital crayon

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

CW injury, blood Vela saved the ship from getting lost in hyperspace, but at a price. In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Vela wondered, why not move. She noticed that her right hand was still entangled with the cables. Foregoing Nori's warning she pulled her hand out of the mess to look at it.
Numbly realising she turned it in front of her face, blood dripping from two large slits in her palm. Where voidborne computronium had made an adhoc connection with spaceship cables. Less blood than she had expected, but still enough to make her feel like throwing up.
Nori turned back to her with some spray and bandages, sighing at Vela's misplaced curiosity. With professional speed she desinfected, judging by the stinging pain, and covered the hand in flex bandages. Vela pressed out a stammered "Thank .. .you.", she had started shaking uncontrollably. The neurofeedback, injury and lack of breakfast finally caught up. "Nonono, don't go into shock on me now !" She felt Nori's hands shaking her shoulders. "Yrhal, the traumakit under the console ! NOW !" was the last thing Vela heard.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Vela gets the picnic with Nori in early autumn on a sunny afternoon. Rolling grassy hills, billowing stormclouds (already categorized) in the distance. An assortment of fingerfood that is just there. In a basket. No voidtech, no Alliance. Maybe not even any contemporary tech.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nori is about to meet the central Consortium interface. Her superiors superior. In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Nori was nervous, she never talked to the central interface in person before. Embedded in a knotty wall of wood lay a round airlock door towering about 4 meters, it shimmered bronze in the tech lights off cables winding through living wood.
The door slowly opened with a low humm, a slight hissing of atmosphere exchange. The guards stood back and she stepped into the metal-plated yellow lit chamber. The door closed behind her so silently that she was only noticing it by the stop of positive airflow that seemed to be maintained inside.
She shivered despite the warm moist atmosphere. The inner door opened and her gaze swept through a huge round room with a brightly lit thick treetrunk in the middle. Countless small and large roots, cables leading towards it under golden lit water. The ceiling was invisible, obscured by fog, far away with golden and teal lights blinking busy.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ross' map from Ascent. Diligent scribbles over drone images of the superstructure he and his friends want to explore. It's not his first rodeo. Made in Blender. #3dart #blender #artsky #art

An overscribbled holomap for a scifi novella. Made in Blender.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Smoke rose from the middle, some figures mingled in visible gaps between shacks and homely re-purposed containers.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yea of course I need a cool map for my novella or short or whatevs. Its a lovingly overscribbled holo map made in Blender. Made by the protag Ross, a seasoned Urbexer. I 'just' need to finish the story 🫠😅 #WIP #art #writing

An overscribbled map of 3D urban terrain. Made in Blender

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did I play Control:Resonant ? No, I loathe boss battles. And it seemed to have a great deal of it. I played Apocalypter and filled my post-society near-trabant front with rats. They really hit that desolate wasteland-atmosphere with unhinged hoarding. store.steampowered.com/app/4146760/...

The rats only make you (a bit) insane if you eat them raw. :]

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

CRC Cat, Vela and the gang go to Dreamhaven. A Consortium-Nihydron system near their destination. Which happens to be a safe place from pursuers due to a festival. Lucky, in 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSNips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Dreamhaven posed as the perfect jump-pad into blue abyss endangered sectors. With the upcoming tide festival the hosting Nihdron delegates guaranteed a week-long cease-fire zone. A rite deeply rooted in their culture originating from the abyssal depths of their ocean-home far rimwards from here. Apparently early industrializing Nihydron needed safe zones to hash out trades and diplomatic relations.
So the tide-festivals had themselves established as hostility-free zones, enforced by sniper. This had prevailed to modern times and led to the Nihydron bartering many important agreements. And earning a reputation as good host. Nowadays not elegant warriors with dartguns drifted through dark waters. It was a school of round-ish deep jet-turquoise battlecruisers drifting through gravity-wells.
Hundreds of railguns trained on every contact. Steered by tradition-ingrained conviction, ready to skewer anyone seeking to do harm in this time.
CRC Cat respectfully acknowledged the sole signal ping sent by the guardian fleet. Weapons had been offline before they even exited hyperspace.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Vela sees herself as standing alone surrounded by the dazzling bright happy ongoings of whatever trend Alliance society ushers through. So her self-image is quite distorted. She doesn't acknowledge her resilience as such. Leaving was a good push in that regard. We'll see more self-discovery later.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Vela and Belle have traumatic events in their bio. But they developed to different ends. While Belle (actively) appears more gentle/cheerful her grim merc profession remains, but is driven by past motivation. During the story we see a sort of bitter-sweet side of her, maybe even envious of Vela.

Vela standing in front of an observatory

Belle standing in font of a to-be-breached door.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Vela griping with a newfound understanding of hypergeometry. In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Spiderweb-like lines uncoiled from their position, way too far spread to ever entangle the other ship's feeble indentation made down to this depth. They were drowning under ice, watching shadowy runners on the surface. Fleeting shadows, incapable to grasp or hear. They needed a breakththrough, a massive block to break this layer. A planet. Euphonia prime was near. The fleet had cut into the systems heliopause layer and planetary masses manifested themselves in the noise, beyond the fleet signals the captain desperately grasped for.
Time had slowed for Vela, she could perceive clearly and coldly what was happening in slow motion. An exquisite contrast to the rising heat of the falling ship. Voidborne tech was ramping up it's activity. Her voidself manifested next to the central column. - Get it together ! -

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Info hazard alert saves the day. In 'Cloudgazer' . Yea and they have hardware on/off switches on their devices, like good technology should have. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Suddenly ground and walls, the whole ship, rocked and shuddered. Nori and Yrhal grabbed the doorway while Vela fell against the wall in her back. The autodoc lost it's spark and went limp. - Info hazard alert ! Deactivate all devices ! Info Hazard alert ! - a metallic voice droned from speakers.
A prerecorded alert-code. As if led by invisible strings Nori, Yrhal and Ross hit the hard-switches on their devices at the same time. Having only taken part once in such a drill Vela was just observing this puzzled from the ground, trying to get up. The ship had fallen into silence. The usual low engine humm was absent suddenly. Vela felt a cold shiver running down her spine, and curiously, her arm.
Without further delay she stumbled past Ross towards her ledger in the doorway. Its door had given up any further closing attempts. Or was also struck by whatever happened now. As she picked up the book Ross pushed past her, giving a last glance. A mix of sorrow and anger maybe ? She couldn't tell that fast. He ran down the hallway.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sunday isn't really a concept in post-scarcity societies 🤔Vela would probably read, likely scientific stuff. And go outside for a walk with Nori. Belle would tend to the fields or animals in the commune, maybe bake a cake. Limn would go for a run, or even start a longer hike. #AwesomeCharacters

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

QRP with your most colorful art 🌈

A floating island in various colors floating in a sky with billowing clouds. In aquarelle A4 with inked outlines

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Vela gets the news about her arm. Nori sticks to the facts, but holds back a prognosis ... in 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

"The uhm not so great things are ... your arm is about 20 percent processor now, most likely void tech. It extends slightly over the elbow, and into the bones." Nori sighed.
"And you got new nanites, void borne likely but they were very hard to observe."
Vela slumped on her seat.
"So we can't even ... replace the arm ?"
Before she had the slight hope that by hacking off the changed arm she might get free this whole affair. But that path probably never existed. Nori shook her head. "No, the tech would likely just re-establish itself elsewhere." -
"Can't we deactivate the stuff somehow ?"
Vela asked, looking at Yrhal.
"We could barely infer that it's some sort of computronium from your report and the scan. We don't even know what exactly powers it." Vela felt nothing. Science had hit it's limit quickly. Nori touched her hand.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Among the sapients surprisingly Vela. She just doesn't give up. Ends up in the medbay more than one time. She gets irradiated, corrupted, electrocuted, overloaded and shot 😅 And she (mostly) comes back from all of that thanks to modern medicine, science and maybe magic. So place 3. 🥉

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In 'Cloudgazer' lightsources are usually electric. LEDs for the most part. So of course Vela, being an anachronistic aberrant, owns lanterns and candles. But she also has a flashlight and her smartledger has a LED in a pinch. Belle can see in the dark, but also carries some LEDlight.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Acrylic Alley. Acrylics on square canvas. Applied things I learned from aquarelles back to acrylics. But I still like aquarelles for being so practical. I ruined some clothes during this ... again. #artsky #art #acrylic #painting #scifi

Finished and varnished version. Varnish added some contrast.

several WIP stages of acrylic layers starting with grey, then black ,then white, more grey , cold tones, yellows and in the end warm tones

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cozy, somewhat. Vela like to read and have a hot drink under the pitterpatter of rain on crystallicrete cupolas. Or go on an autumn walk with Nori. SAme goes for Nori pretty much. For Belle its the tail end of harvest season. And harvest festivals. If shes around and not on a business trip.

Vela and Nori enjoying autumn. Aquarelle A5

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Everyone is generally unhappy that Mag 5 (that adaptive cruiser) snoops around the border. The science division isn't invited to this meeting. Oh internal politics ! In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky

"We have three carrier groups in the area, we could move the Geddon a little more towards the border zone, even though I don't like the thought of that adaptive cruiser snooping around." - "Anything you can do about that Akeen ?" Seydras directed his attention to them.
"Not really, thats internal affairs, but as soon as the situation progresses over the border I could tell them to not interfere in our ops. But that might tell them off." Akeen seemed uncomfortable with the thought of meddling in Alliance comittees, enigmatic aliens were one thing, but internal politics were the worst.
"Don't overexert yourself, this is a very unlikely development anyway." Belle snickered "You just don't want to risk getting backstabbed by the new kid on the block." - "Thats one way to see it" Seydras crossed his arms again.

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Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜 @pamelajeong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How it feels to get swooshed through a tree to a different world. 🌳✨ From my YA fantasy, The Kindler. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying

“D! Don’t!” Mundy lunges for me as I reach for the tree, but he’s too late.

A rush of warmth envelops my hand and slithers up my arm. My face tilts up of its own accord, as if I’m floating in the creek on a perfect summer day, basking in the rays that cut through the canopy.

Then, the sensation of a hand tugging mine. It yanks me forward, and I plunge through the solidity of the tree.

Into pitch darkness.

My lungs fill, readying to release a scream, but my breath is lost. Something pulls at my chest, like a paperclip to a magnet. Time, space, matter—suddenly nothing is real, and I’m spinning in a cosmic washing machine. Is this what it feels like, falling down the rabbit hole, creeping through the wardrobe, coming unstuck with time?

Is this really happening?

A blinding tidal wave of light slams me to the ground. I hear a thud and a high-pitched “ow!” as someone tumbles out behind me and I pinch my eyes shut.

“Chlo? That you? Are you okay?”

“Think so! Once I open my eyes, I can confirm.”

I dig the heels of my palms into my watering eyes as they adjust to the staggering light.

Another thud and a groan.

“Mun?” I say, blinking rapidly and wiping my face with my sleeve.

“You’re both insane! Actually insane!”

I can just make him out, folded over with his hands braced against his knees.

“I think I’m…gonna be…”

He vomits. Chloe wobbles over to him, shielding her eyes and blinking, and rubs his back.

“Gross, don’t look. It’s fine. I’m f—”

He hurls again. After some heaving and spitting, he stands up and moves away from the sick, tugging Chloe along with him. We gather and look at each other, stunned, our brains sprinting to meet us where our bodies put them.

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Littleevil0ne @littleevil0ne.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If you see this, show your short hair art!! 💇‍♀️💕

Two winged people hold hands with star doodles around them. On the left an androgynous person with short brown hair wears green overalls, a fanny pack, knee braces and boots. There are beetle embellishments and they have beetle wings. On the right is a girl with green hair, acne, a plaid skirt, polka dot stockings produce shirt, tomato purse and green wings.

A tattooed witch with alopecia smiles up at her rat familiar and witch's hat magically floating away

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Lëspreüh @lespreuh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you see this, show your short hair art!! 💇‍♀️💕

Dessin noir et blanc d'une femme au crâne rasé portant une grande boucle d'oreille ronde et finement manufacturée. Un genre de capuche aux multiples détails géométriques entouré d'une auréole, flotte au-dessus de sa tête près d'un orbe. En arrière plan des motifs rappelant un vitrail

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you see this, show your short hair art!! 💇‍♀️💕

Belle, with short orange hair (compared to my other works) standing in front of a soon to be breached door.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On the symbolic side I'd say the often occuring Hyperlight (teal/blue high energy light from hyperspace) is representing an ominous hint at much bigger phenomena out there. From the sky-filling effects to the barely noticable twinkle it just seemingly follows Vela around in 'Cloudgazer'.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Vela having a bad dream/premonition. In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky

Vela decided to turn in early. Unlike other storm nights this night she tossed and turned in bed like the wild occlusion front that passing over. Despite the now soothing drizzle on the crystal sphere her sleep was late, but then abrupt and deep.
She woke to utter dark. The outside black, no shapes, no horizon, no rain. The radar screen, black, no data. Just the void. She felt drawn to cupola's walls, as if pulled by invisible strings.
Out there, far below in the colorless dark a cube emerged. Metallic hard faced and with unknowingly huge proportions. Reflecting something, nearing but unmoving. She didn't want to look at it anymore, but the whole hab was dragged towards it. Tumbling through the void, a single point of light falling. The bed, table and computer lifted off the ground, joined the terminal speed tumble. Vela squeezed her eyes shut and covered herself with her arms, hoping to avert getting crushed.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

With Vela. Not at all. I'd be racking my brain to see what made her say that. Nori and Belle, things might turn out okay. Or explode. Ross or Limn. Yea, I'd feel reassured. Yea I'd rather be with the people who act as the bad guys in my book. 🤔

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

CW trauma-triggers The usually cheerful and brave merc Belle having a proper meltdown on the way back from a grueling mission, facing her past. From my WIP 'Retribution'. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity That was hard to write, but pivotal to Belle's character development

The post-mission shock settled in properly. Under the safe humm of the engines and cold space around them now. Even the most sophisticated cyberbody couldn't shelter a brain forever from itself. Every adjust of the engines made her mental barrier shudder.
Belle stared at the ceiling in concentration, a last effort to slip into disscociation with the neuroblockers fading. But reality set in without mercy. An unstoppable force casting aside the not-unmovable focus. Her vision blurred.
"It was her." She swallowed, exhale stunted. Large tears ran down the sides of her soot-covered face leaving streaks of pale synthskin and diluted grey on her earpieces. She rose her rust-colored hands in the air, as if replaying crushing her tormentors skull. Fingers dug into the palm through filtered air.
With a torrential scream she let her arms fall back flat on the bed. "I mutilated that bitch." sobbing loudly. The reports, the investigation. It all rushed through her mind. "All these cases... wheres the satisfaction..". Unconsolable sobbing. The tears kept coming, pooling in warm trickles through hair and headset. She tried to wipe the tears with her arm, but they kept coming. Earm listened in silence, piloting.

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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The five year anniversary edition of Shadows & Sorcery is OUT! A warning from history, primordial knight lore, and a delightful adventure that's definitely not propaganda, free for all to read! shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #writing #fantasy #flashfiction #indieauthour #noAI

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Shadows & Sorcery #217

A warning from history as a novice steals away with a Sigil of the Undead, the primordial lore of the Night’s Kings, and a delightful adventure as a cleric quests to defend a Slumbering Saint…

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It switches. Main POV in 'Cloudgazer' is Vela. Nori also gets some. For the baddies it's Mag 5 and Limn, and 1-2 times Ross. Belle and CRC CAT remain mysterious in their inner motivations. It's determined by The baddies dynamic is inverted vs the Vela/Nori CRC CAT one. 🔽

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I love intros. A widening view over scenery. A character settling into whatever they do. Looking at some details, dropping some lore. #WritingCommunity

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Vela observing a storm. Thats her thing. In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Lightning licked over the cloudburst unfolding above and around. Seaspray glimpsed over the cliffside as sharp gusts whipped the cupola. The radar was blooming in red and purple adorned with yellow-green washed out edges.
Vela was excited, it all unfolded as anticipated. She setup the ledger to directly record all datastreams and heated up some cocoa in the synth-set. Sipping steaming sweet choclate from the cup under the torrential rain was the best homely feel. Rejoicing like in a ball of warmth she sat down on the bed's edge, eyes wandering from radar to flashing sky and back. This would make a great data-paper, if not new discovery regarding the gravitational influence of the nearby gas-giant. This storm seemed more extruded than the ones on Overton, she noted to download the ships sensor data later.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Vela generally comes off a bit aloof and cold. To Alliance people provocative on top with her full red attire. Other might see that as attention seeking, contrasting her open desinterest. Nori however has a welcoming and warm approach. Gaining trust by confidence in her craft. This pic shows this.

Vela, left in red. And Nori on the right. In autumn ladden aquarells

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Implemented the first vers of the black and white map to fit in the book. #WIP And ofc I spent all that time learning latex that makes pdfs. But no epubs. For religious reasons I guess. So next I have to figure out how to make epubs.

A pdf render overview of the first chapter of my book...

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Vela reluctantly accepting some robot help. In 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WrteSky #WritingCommunity

This drone was part of the initial cargo drop and had helped to assemble the building months before the crew was shipped over, Vela found it creepy and had exiled the robot to the basement indefinitely.
But having some machine-strength now wasn't entirely unwelcome. It would have just been better to meet outside.
"Okay, you can carry the beacon then, make yourself useful !" Vela delegated her new accomplice, she stepped backwards, away from the kitchen area to make space for the clunky drone. It ambled on its four long legs and picked the beacon up with it's head, somehow. It seemed to attach magnetically or however they do it nowadays. At least she wouldn't have to carry it all the way. - I've uploaded as much of a local AI as I can to the cargo drone, it will be quite limited when you leave the house signal range, so be precise in your commands - The ship warned her through the comms.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For Belle it's in the past. For Vela, who knows. 🤔 For Ross in the past too. For Nori and Limn it's still to come.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ross preparing the exploration trip with his group. In my short WIP 'Ascent', a few years before the events of 'Cloudgazer' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Ross dragged a plastic map from it's little tube.
Izzy smirked, "Analog map ? Paranoid bitter vet !", Ross looked him in the eyes. "Believe me, you always want a backup. Digi-stuff is not reliable enough, don't be a tourist." He placed his drink on the map's edge to settle it on the table.
It showed the complex in pseudo-3D and the surrounding landscape. Hand written markers in yellow and red had been edged in, by Ross on previous tours. The main path to the complex from basecamp was a highway ment for container carriers and such.
Very wide, very well walkable and kept free from djungle and its inhabitants by the basecamp crew. They could even see it now from their table, with groups of bikers and runners, little lights moving here and there. It was lined with empty halls and, parks and holes for projects that never realised and the easiest part of the journey.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Since animals are rather rare, at least for most of my characters in the galaxy I'd say Belle. 🥇 Belle at least has seen a cow, pig, dog, cat etc in person. And cared for them on the commune. She even relies on that experience in 'Hunt' observing some alien organism.

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