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Snow-mantha Breaux ❄️ ☃️
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Snow-mantha Breaux ❄️ ☃️ @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 2d
Updated my mood board with the new character portraits for Spencer and Wren.

#Wrencer #ThiefofDeath #hqpress #Writesky
A three by three grid advertising the wip book Thief of Death by author S.M. Lawrence. The top row of squares from left to right shows the title in bold print on a turquoise background, a monochromatic map of the city, and a digital sketch of the female main character. The woman has tan skin, a long brown braid, and a slightly mischievous expression. The center row shows from left to right the male main character, a quote from the book, and a black and white photo of an angel statue. The male main character is pale with shoulder length, wavy dark hair and a concerned expression. The bottom row shows from left to right a photo of a graveyard, a digital sketch of a skull with turquoise flames surrounding its head and turquoise pinpricks for eyes, and a photo of several old books and manuscripts.
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professoremily.bsky.social
New commission by the very lovely & talented @nushdeco.bsky.social!!

It's my twin girls Clara & Mem Blake from #Charagma. Nush absolutely knocked this one out of the park! It's so beautiful 😍

#art #characters #writingcommunity #writesky
Beautiful digital painting by @nushdeco.bsky.social. Clara and Mem Blake, two twin sisters in their early twenties, stand back to back in the center at a tilted angle with a city landscape behind them. They are both white and blonde with blue eyes; Clara wears white and red clothes and holds a crossbow, her long hair flowing in the wind, Mem wears gray and blue clothes with her hair tied back in a bun under a scarf. Mem's expression is haughty and determined, Clara's expression is innocent and a little sad. They are surrounded by a ring of fiery light with curving shadows reaching around them. The city towers over them in the background: it is a bunch of decorated towers and floating basalt islands connected by light bridges. In the center of the sky above everything, a golden seraph with six wings hovers, two wings covering their face and two covering their feet.
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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zprospero.bsky.social
#WIPSnips

Well, someone had to design Hell's automated phone system.

Despite human belief, demons don’t have much imagination when it comes to cruelty. Violent retribution is a human invention.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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khonri.com
A young Chiyo & Rei observing the arrival of the Siefans, shortly before spotting Eru. 👀

#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
The vessel at the dock was unlike anything I had ever seen before. A stream of people descended from it. They were a curious lot. Skin was pale, ghostly compared to us. Light haired—nothing but shades of dried straw, light shale, fresh snow. Tall, with most of them half to a whole shaku taller than our members. Needlessly excessive garments, oversized robes with adornments that seemed to indicate a pecking order with how they decreased in design and number as they continued to pour from the vessel. But the most significant traits I would attribute to these strange men—and the more we watched them, only men—would be… Old. Miserable. The majority of them were heavily wrinkled despite the lack of the sun on their skin. Frown lines carved deep beyond what time was capable of alone. How could they be so soft and that miserable?
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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charliedeltawrites.bsky.social
December 9th – design

Fox meets the lord of the manor she has been caught snooping around in.

He has a few questions for her.

#DawnsBlood

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Fox looked around. A cheerful fire blazed in the hearth, casting a deceptively warm glow over the tasteful, dark wood furniture, rich colored fabrics, and draperies. Every object had been carefully selected to be both opulent and oppressive, designed to intimidate visitors and empower its occupant. The décor of petty tyrants. She leaned back in the chair and kicked her feet up on the carved wooden table in front of her. It looked very expensive. The guard snarled and kicked her ankles down. He had just raised a hand to strike her when a voice brought him up short. “Now, now. You should be more polite to our guest.” She recognized the voice even before she saw R’allick Cren step into her field of vision. Up close, he was every bit the smooth and polished lord of the manor, with silky black hair that tumbled to his shoulders, glossy fingernails and pale, porcelain skin. He sank into the high-backed leather chair across from her and fixed her with an appraising gaze.
December 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
woodenvelt.bsky.social
Wren and Moly get to play dress up.

From book 2 of my romantasy wip about a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Wrencer
“Here,” Molly tossed a pile of lavender silks at Wren’s head, startling her out of the past. “Your turn.” Dressing Wren took a little longer, mostly because she kept arguing with Molly about how much gap to leave at the thighs and how deep the neck should plunge. The lilac color did contrast nicely with her tanned skin, though, and the mercenary had picked a girdle with a floral design that was embellished with little teardrop shaped amethysts. It glittered and caught the light when she shook her hips. “Mol, if you ever decide to give up the sword you could make a go of styling hoity-toity bints in a boutique somewhere,” Wren turned from side to side, glancing over her shoulder in the mirror. “Ugh, Gods no.” The mercenary grimaced. “It’s fun for a lark every now and then, but I’ll take a pair of well tailored trousers and broken-in boots any day over all this frippery.” Wren couldn’t argue with that logic. She preferred pants most days herself. You almost never tripped over the hem of your trousers and the wind never blew breeches up around your knees, flashing your petticoats at everyone on the street.
December 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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professoremily.bsky.social
#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

While walking home, Mem & Light get on the subject of their dead parents, and Mem suddenly feels compelled to get something off her chest... 👀

From #Charagma, my SFF dystopia where all people are marked saved or damned from birth.
“I know she wasn’t well,” Mem went on, stumbling to get the words out. “I know it’s not fair for me to feel like that. But I feel it all the same. It was like she ripped out all of our hearts because she just couldn’t wait to get to her eternal bliss. Like we weren’t—we weren’t good enough to keep her here.” Tears stung her eyes at that last sentence, and she hastily turned her head and brushed them away, embarrassed to lose control like this in front of Light. But it was such a relief to finally say what she’d been feeling for ten years, without having to worry about her father or Clara, well meaning though they might be, ordering her not to feel it. “My father’s death was... not his choice,” Light said carefully, “so I can’t feel angry at him, though I’m angry it happened. But I can completely understand why you’d feel that way.” “I know I shouldn’t,” she released a trembling sigh. “I feel terrible that I do. But I can’t help it.” “You shouldn’t feel terrible. I think it makes sense for you to feel like that.” He paused, as if unsure he should continue his thoughts. “Sometimes I question why El made us this way, marking the people who are destined for paradise. I think knowing what happens after we die can make some people far too focused on the future, and not enough on the present. It leads so often to grief and cruelty. I think we’ve all been hurt by it, one way or another.” Mem gaped at him. It was a blasphemy, to question El’s perfect design. She wanted to be offended by the statement, but... “Before she—killed herself,” she whispered, “my mother told me something. I’ve never known whether I believe it or not.” “What?”
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
woodenvelt.bsky.social
#Smutcember

Not to sound unoriginal or anything, but I think it's the buildup for me, too. Since I tend to write slow burns, there's all that delicious yearning reaching a breaking point, and then the freedom of finally acting on feelings that have been simmering for ages.

#WritingPrompts
lizzieblackwood.bsky.social Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 16h
Our #Smutcember prompt for today asks:

When writing sex in your stories, do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, the aftercare, or all of the above?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#Smutcember, a Bluesky writing prompt game hosted by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social & @hookandquillpress.com Blurry black & white background that looks like a couple heavily making out. Prompt: 9) Do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, or the aftercare?
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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karamoonauthor.com
#smutcember
DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE 😅🫠

I keep wanting to say I find one slightly easier than the other but it's not true. No matter which part I'm writing there, I kinda do this back and forth rhythm where I'm checking that it all feels right. I suppose though that technically >>>
lizzieblackwood.bsky.social Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 16h
Our #Smutcember prompt for today asks:

When writing sex in your stories, do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, the aftercare, or all of the above?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#Smutcember, a Bluesky writing prompt game hosted by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social & @hookandquillpress.com Blurry black & white background that looks like a couple heavily making out. Prompt: 9) Do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, or the aftercare?
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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zprospero.bsky.social
#Smutcember

Here's where I think my demisexual manifests uniquely.

The foreplay sort of is the act to me. The rest is still important, but the ramp up is crucial.

"Good Boys Don't Howl" has a lot of spice but I could see someone saying, "this is book is 90% foreplay".

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
lizzieblackwood.bsky.social Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 16h
Our #Smutcember prompt for today asks:

When writing sex in your stories, do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, the aftercare, or all of the above?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#Smutcember, a Bluesky writing prompt game hosted by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social & @hookandquillpress.com Blurry black & white background that looks like a couple heavily making out. Prompt: 9) Do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, or the aftercare?
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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eliwoodsgheist.com
Happy #Smutcember 9!

I love a good build up. I enjoy writing all of it, don't get me wrong, but the build up is my personal favorite. Give me any reason to dial up the ~tension~ and get these characters in even more ~sexy situations~.
lizzieblackwood.bsky.social Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 16h
Our #Smutcember prompt for today asks:

When writing sex in your stories, do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, the aftercare, or all of the above?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#Smutcember, a Bluesky writing prompt game hosted by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social & @hookandquillpress.com Blurry black & white background that looks like a couple heavily making out. Prompt: 9) Do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, or the aftercare?
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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lizzieblackwood.bsky.social
Spent a lot of time with my HQP folks this weekend working on getting this excellent, excellent book ready for publication, and I'm telling y'all I CANNOT WAIT until you can all get your hands on this! Keep an eye out for announcements soon! 👀
eliwoodsgheist.com Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 1d
Hi sorry hi I'm going to be so self indulgent for a moment
We're hard at work getting BLUDEYE BEACH ready for release (keep an ear out for the release date!)
And so we're doing final checks rn
So i get to look at ~my book~ like it's a ~real book~ and

Damn. 🥹
#booksky #hqpress #bludeyebeach
A screenshot of an ebook. Chapter one: Welcome to Bludeye Beach. Decal of a coffee cup. Text: Edie Graysin had never felt more out of place than she did at this exact moment. It wasn't the bus or the station or the parking lot; those were all categorically normal. Instead, she was facing a challenge that none of her favorite fantasy novels had prepared her for.
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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gunsmile.bsky.social
All of the above! They are all great opportunities for characterization, and even character development. Also, each stage is just fun to write. I’m fairly confident in my skill for all three. 😊 #Smutcember
lizzieblackwood.bsky.social Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 16h
Our #Smutcember prompt for today asks:

When writing sex in your stories, do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, the aftercare, or all of the above?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#Smutcember, a Bluesky writing prompt game hosted by @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social & @hookandquillpress.com Blurry black & white background that looks like a couple heavily making out. Prompt: 9) Do you prefer to write the build up, the act itself, or the aftercare?
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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professoremily.bsky.social
#AwesomeCharacters

#Atlantis: Mireia doesn't know her limits at all 😂 In fact if someone tells her she can't do something, she's more likely to try it out of sheer defiance. It doesn't help that her risk-taking often pays off for her, but she does overestimate herself & make mistakes, or burn out,
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social ❄️Charlie Delta ☃️ @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 22h
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

How is your character at knowing their limits?

Do they understand their flaws and work around them? Push through to their detriment? Completely overestimate themselves?

Do they improve or get worse in time?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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philosophika.bsky.social
Neither the protagonist nor the antagonist has any limits as far as work goes, which is unnerving for everyone around them, but also one of the reasons they get on. The protagonist does have some moral limits however, and it's up for discussion if the antagonist shares these. #AwesomeCharacters
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social ❄️Charlie Delta ☃️ @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 22h
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

How is your character at knowing their limits?

Do they understand their flaws and work around them? Push through to their detriment? Completely overestimate themselves?

Do they improve or get worse in time?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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verosthewriter.bsky.social
#AwesomeCharacters
Gallara thinks she's more limited than she is. Seff tends to underestimate herself, but is learning how capable she really is. Jorang overestimates his control over his own emotions. Zedenko knows he excels, but fears it won't be enough.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social ❄️Charlie Delta ☃️ @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 22h
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

How is your character at knowing their limits?

Do they understand their flaws and work around them? Push through to their detriment? Completely overestimate themselves?

Do they improve or get worse in time?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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zprospero.bsky.social
#DeckTheHalls

It's Gabriela, Blake's sister.

She always knows when something's up. She accepts the whole "my vampire friends and my boss who is the Devil's boyfriend" like it's nothing.

She makes assumptions about intentions fast, though, and that can be a problem.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d
#DeckTheHalls

We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. So, tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!

Today's card is: THE HIGH PRIESTESS

Who or what from your writing would you put on it and how does it fit the meanings?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#DeckTheHalls Which character that you’ve written would you put on this card, what would it mean if it was upright or reversed? The High Priestess Upright: Intuition, Mystery, Inner Voice Reversed: Confusion, Cognitive Dissonance, Assumptions
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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khonri.com
#DeckTheHalls

Chiyo.

Similar to Eru, she's bound to the embodiment of darkness, the unknown, and instincts (and by extension intuition).

She's forever attached to the world's underworld (commonly referred to as the Darkveil), seeing history through the eyes of the deceased.

🧵1/3
Art commissioned from and alt text by birdko.art: Art Nouveau style illustration of a Tarot card representing the High Priestess. Chiyo, a woman with reddish-black hair in a hime cut and clad in white robes under a navy, red and ivory kimono jacket, sits by a pond of dark reddish liquid. Behind her, a giant centipede twines its black, gold and red body around two pines standing on either side of her: the left one is dark and healthy, while the right one is pale and dead. The sky in the background is tinged red and features a large full moon. A trickle of red liquid pours from above, falling into Chiyo's cupped palm before flowing down to the pool below her. Chiyo belongs to Khonri on Bluesky.
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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sayaashrah.bsky.social
#DeckTheHalls This card actually fits two characters, and two nensiis: Nitara and Priestess Locnu [loss-nyo]. But I'll go with the latter.

Locnu found a certain... item that has left her confused, in dissonance with her own inner voice. Her journey revolves around recovering that intuition and...
zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d
#DeckTheHalls

We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. So, tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!

Today's card is: THE HIGH PRIESTESS

Who or what from your writing would you put on it and how does it fit the meanings?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#DeckTheHalls Which character that you’ve written would you put on this card, what would it mean if it was upright or reversed? The High Priestess Upright: Intuition, Mystery, Inner Voice Reversed: Confusion, Cognitive Dissonance, Assumptions
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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kiraofthewind.com
#DeckTheHalls

HIGH PRIESTESS

MoLaB - Eruwan
Greed Wars - Eggy

More info about each below
Eruwan drawn by Inksia/Ixia Eruwan from Merchants of Light and Bone. She is a purple-skinned/blue-maned lion-girl (female lions have manes in this world) with blue wings. She is sitting on a palm tree and looking at a carved seahorse bone. It is a tropical setting and she is on the beach, and dressed in leaves and bones. In the background is the ocean, with many moons in the sky and a beam of light, the planetary ring. Because they are on the equator, it looks like a thin straight line. Eggy drawn by Dami Eggy from the Good Thyme Inn books. A long-armed, brown-furred girl with grown hair and animal ears. She is cute and happy, dressed in a colorful dress with sunflowers on the gems. She’s carrying packs with her alchemy/apothecary supplies and holding a potion
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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verosthewriter.bsky.social
#DeckTheHalls
In Grinks & Co., Laylee the faun is exiled from her community for teaching people about birth control; she seeks answers from Omodé, a primordial "fertility" goddess. Turns out, Omodé holds birth control sacred, and Laylee was right all along.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #writingq
zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d
#DeckTheHalls

We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. So, tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!

Today's card is: THE HIGH PRIESTESS

Who or what from your writing would you put on it and how does it fit the meanings?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#DeckTheHalls Which character that you’ve written would you put on this card, what would it mean if it was upright or reversed? The High Priestess Upright: Intuition, Mystery, Inner Voice Reversed: Confusion, Cognitive Dissonance, Assumptions
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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scalzi.com
Creating self-contained bubbles of space-time? DID IT

www.popularmechanics.com/science/a696...
Scientists Announce a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible. Seriously.
Humans are one step closer to traveling at faster-than-light speeds.
www.popularmechanics.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
woodenvelt.bsky.social
#DeckTheHalls PRIESTESS

The Gray Lady. As the Goddess of Death, she is mysterious and represents Spencer's inner voice and intuition. People outside the faith make wrong assumptions about the Lady and her followers and have confusing feelings about death.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Wrencer
zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d
#DeckTheHalls

We're matching up our work to the Major Arcana Tarot Cards. So, tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!

Today's card is: THE HIGH PRIESTESS

Who or what from your writing would you put on it and how does it fit the meanings?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#DeckTheHalls Which character that you’ve written would you put on this card, what would it mean if it was upright or reversed? The High Priestess Upright: Intuition, Mystery, Inner Voice Reversed: Confusion, Cognitive Dissonance, Assumptions
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
woodenvelt.bsky.social
#AwesomeCharacters

Wren knows what she's good at, so she isn't going to overconfidently attempt something she doesn't know how to do. However, in her own niche, she overestimates what she can do with the resources at hand, and pushes through to her detriment. 🧵

#Wrencer #WritingCommunity
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social ❄️Charlie Delta ☃️ @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 22h
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

How is your character at knowing their limits?

Do they understand their flaws and work around them? Push through to their detriment? Completely overestimate themselves?

Do they improve or get worse in time?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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charliedeltawrites.bsky.social
December 8th – fourth

#AnthropomorphicNovel, today!

Nothing has gone wrong yet, but Ray has a bad feeling about what they are walking into.

Though she is kind of afraid of elevators, so maybe that’s all it is…

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
“It’s probably nothing, never mind. Let’s just… Let’s just get there and see what we find.” While his attention was on the road, I reached down and checked the gun in my holster, making sure it was easily accessible. Things just might get more interesting than James had bargained for. We pulled into the parking lot of a small office building, and Simon parked the car. He moved to open his door, but I shook my head. “Wait just a sec.” I scanned the lot but didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. “Do me a favor? Pull up your hood,” I instructed. “Ok…” He did as he was told, adjusting his sweatshirt. “What is going on, Ray?” “Probably just me being paranoid. Let’s get inside. Keep your head down and move quickly.” We crossed the parking lot and entered the building without incident. My hand didn’t leave the gun under my jacket. Simon led the way to the elevator. “We need to go up to the fourth floor,” he said. “How about we take the stairs?” I nodded at the door to the stairwell door.
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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khonri.com
bert bert bert.

You know, I think it's very fitting to have a tarot-related snip using "fourth" on the fourth day of @zprospero.bsky.social's DeckTheHalls.

#WIPSnips
#WritingCommunity
A creak of the floor in the hallway caught his attention. It seemed Mori had his fill of being nosy. He repeated the shuffle once more, the second of eight he'd do as part of his routine. One for each of them—the elements that made their world tick. A third, and yet Mori still hadn’t come in. “Sunshine, get in here already,” Bert grunted. “What, I'm not allowed to look around?” Mori held open the curtain hesitantly, partly poking into the room and jutted his thumb behind him to the room across the hall. “You've got a whole life in there I didn't know about.” “Ah, and whose fault is that?” Rather than answer, because Bert knew he wouldn't, Mori merely scowled and entered the room, taking his seat cornered to Bert's right. He continued with his fourth and fifth shuffles, ignoring the subtle but undeniably grumpy pout being shot his way, and ending the fifth as Mori seemed to notice the jar behind him. “Can they?” Mori gestured loosely to the space behind Bert. “You know they're going to whine all night once they find out you've been hiding a hoard.”
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM