Tales of Arrival
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Silly stories about aliens.
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Ive got music for each part/probably eventual novel if i stick with the format, but this would be spoiling the vibe shift which im happy to spoil the shit out of the first half of what im working on rn and the aliens generally here but mid/late game ToA I'm keeping close to my chest.
December 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Ive got music for each part/probably eventual novel if i stick with the format, but this would be spoiling the vibe shift which im happy to spoil the shit out of the first half of what im working on rn and the aliens generally here but mid/late game ToA I'm keeping close to my chest.
One thing i like to do is find "theme songs" for various factions and storylines within ToA to help me get in the mood before working on them. Think like if it was a tv show the OP.
Theres still a few spaces ive got to fill out that ive been stuck on for a while
Theres still a few spaces ive got to fill out that ive been stuck on for a while
December 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
One thing i like to do is find "theme songs" for various factions and storylines within ToA to help me get in the mood before working on them. Think like if it was a tv show the OP.
Theres still a few spaces ive got to fill out that ive been stuck on for a while
Theres still a few spaces ive got to fill out that ive been stuck on for a while
I need like 3 friends who don't care about spoilers to infodump the fuck at
December 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I need like 3 friends who don't care about spoilers to infodump the fuck at
Without giving too much away i love the planned tonal arc for ToA.
December 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Without giving too much away i love the planned tonal arc for ToA.
Which brings us to the Brigade. On the surface, it seems like another vaguely right-wing militia out of montana with a strange obsession with the Temple.
Only their organization is actually a splinter off the Temple. People who heard the message, joined and got radicalized in the opposite way
Only their organization is actually a splinter off the Temple. People who heard the message, joined and got radicalized in the opposite way
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Which brings us to the Brigade. On the surface, it seems like another vaguely right-wing militia out of montana with a strange obsession with the Temple.
Only their organization is actually a splinter off the Temple. People who heard the message, joined and got radicalized in the opposite way
Only their organization is actually a splinter off the Temple. People who heard the message, joined and got radicalized in the opposite way
The Temple of Arrival is not actually a purely religious organization, especially post-disclosure. One of their two main recruitment methods is actually very secular. Perspective members are told the "Temple" is not a litteral religious organization, but a concept of reverence to mankind's "arrival"
December 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Temple of Arrival is not actually a purely religious organization, especially post-disclosure. One of their two main recruitment methods is actually very secular. Perspective members are told the "Temple" is not a litteral religious organization, but a concept of reverence to mankind's "arrival"
One of my favorite bits of ToA is the Temple is unhinged, violent, controlling, culty, and unfortunately basically exactly right on how we should be handling the situation.
December 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
One of my favorite bits of ToA is the Temple is unhinged, violent, controlling, culty, and unfortunately basically exactly right on how we should be handling the situation.
Wrote another few hundred words. Makes me happy im back to chipping away at this
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Wrote another few hundred words. Makes me happy im back to chipping away at this
Actually loving Sadira's character im forming writing chapter 1. Tired, cautious, but refusing to stop pursuing the story. Willing to enjoy herself but not to get distracted. Viewing reality with detachment because she can't tell the story well if she's in it, but thats going to become impossible.
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Actually loving Sadira's character im forming writing chapter 1. Tired, cautious, but refusing to stop pursuing the story. Willing to enjoy herself but not to get distracted. Viewing reality with detachment because she can't tell the story well if she's in it, but thats going to become impossible.
Yknow i said it as a passing remark but the more i think about it the more i love the idea of the alien galactic "state" being something of an abstract concept.
There is no centralized authority, no meaningful communication on a galactic scale, just hundreds or thousands of dyson spheres that might
There is no centralized authority, no meaningful communication on a galactic scale, just hundreds or thousands of dyson spheres that might
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yknow i said it as a passing remark but the more i think about it the more i love the idea of the alien galactic "state" being something of an abstract concept.
There is no centralized authority, no meaningful communication on a galactic scale, just hundreds or thousands of dyson spheres that might
There is no centralized authority, no meaningful communication on a galactic scale, just hundreds or thousands of dyson spheres that might
I use it for the aliens instead of they because they dont only lack gender but also a concept of individuality. A single alien does not view itself as a person but as an organ of its pod, which itself is part of larger and larger organisms untill you get to the galactic whole which is very abstract
December 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I use it for the aliens instead of they because they dont only lack gender but also a concept of individuality. A single alien does not view itself as a person but as an organ of its pod, which itself is part of larger and larger organisms untill you get to the galactic whole which is very abstract
I have this ambition to make each alien's communication have a different "voice", its all psychic, just images and thoughts but the method varies.
The One Who Comprehends is always a question, leading you to the answer.
The One Who Calms is gentle, like a slight trickle of water into your mind.
The One Who Comprehends is always a question, leading you to the answer.
The One Who Calms is gentle, like a slight trickle of water into your mind.
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I have this ambition to make each alien's communication have a different "voice", its all psychic, just images and thoughts but the method varies.
The One Who Comprehends is always a question, leading you to the answer.
The One Who Calms is gentle, like a slight trickle of water into your mind.
The One Who Comprehends is always a question, leading you to the answer.
The One Who Calms is gentle, like a slight trickle of water into your mind.
So i think the first Alena section is going in as a prologue, then Sadira is chapter one, then Kaia then Elliot then back to Alena.
This order will vary as it goes but thats my order for rn
This order will vary as it goes but thats my order for rn
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
So i think the first Alena section is going in as a prologue, then Sadira is chapter one, then Kaia then Elliot then back to Alena.
This order will vary as it goes but thats my order for rn
This order will vary as it goes but thats my order for rn
So figuring its to be a long ass book, and I'll need at least 5 to tell the full plot how i want to tell it, plus novelletes like March's story and supplemental lore stuff
Yeah imma be at this a while
Yeah imma be at this a while
December 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
So figuring its to be a long ass book, and I'll need at least 5 to tell the full plot how i want to tell it, plus novelletes like March's story and supplemental lore stuff
Yeah imma be at this a while
Yeah imma be at this a while
Pondering integrating the Kaia series into ToA in novel form. More specifically a way to have some interesting things during the Quiet Months between arrival and NYC.
I'm thinking the temple isn't the national thing it is rn. No instead its some small niche cult in Montana. Too fringe for people
I'm thinking the temple isn't the national thing it is rn. No instead its some small niche cult in Montana. Too fringe for people
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Pondering integrating the Kaia series into ToA in novel form. More specifically a way to have some interesting things during the Quiet Months between arrival and NYC.
I'm thinking the temple isn't the national thing it is rn. No instead its some small niche cult in Montana. Too fringe for people
I'm thinking the temple isn't the national thing it is rn. No instead its some small niche cult in Montana. Too fringe for people
I should rewrite the Investigator first but what i want to write is everything else
December 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I should rewrite the Investigator first but what i want to write is everything else
So we have the main plot hooks for the story being
A journalist investigates a strange rivalry between a cult and a militia in montana that has been simmering for a decade
A woman discovers a comet heading suspiciously close to earth
A member of said cult prepares to talk with their gods
A journalist investigates a strange rivalry between a cult and a militia in montana that has been simmering for a decade
A woman discovers a comet heading suspiciously close to earth
A member of said cult prepares to talk with their gods
December 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
So we have the main plot hooks for the story being
A journalist investigates a strange rivalry between a cult and a militia in montana that has been simmering for a decade
A woman discovers a comet heading suspiciously close to earth
A member of said cult prepares to talk with their gods
A journalist investigates a strange rivalry between a cult and a militia in montana that has been simmering for a decade
A woman discovers a comet heading suspiciously close to earth
A member of said cult prepares to talk with their gods
But that's later! Rn i am working on Alena's first chapter.
Just an ordinary day running an observatory.
Just an ordinary day running an observatory.
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
But that's later! Rn i am working on Alena's first chapter.
Just an ordinary day running an observatory.
Just an ordinary day running an observatory.
One of my favorite ideas thats finally gotten off the ground with gusto is this concept of what EDEN considers a bioweapon.
All it does is make you calm, and aware of the humanity of those around you. Deploy it on a battlefield and neither side will surrender, because the fight will simply end.
All it does is make you calm, and aware of the humanity of those around you. Deploy it on a battlefield and neither side will surrender, because the fight will simply end.
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
One of my favorite ideas thats finally gotten off the ground with gusto is this concept of what EDEN considers a bioweapon.
All it does is make you calm, and aware of the humanity of those around you. Deploy it on a battlefield and neither side will surrender, because the fight will simply end.
All it does is make you calm, and aware of the humanity of those around you. Deploy it on a battlefield and neither side will surrender, because the fight will simply end.
Just nuked 90% of the site back into drafts bc nope this is alllll getting redone
December 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Just nuked 90% of the site back into drafts bc nope this is alllll getting redone
A few planned lore entries im doing as well:
EDEN's inaugural speech by Gen. Bouclier
Some more Temple Newsletters - post comet
A couple news entries
EDEN after action containment report (tie in to Peace)
EDEN's inaugural speech by Gen. Bouclier
Some more Temple Newsletters - post comet
A couple news entries
EDEN after action containment report (tie in to Peace)
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A few planned lore entries im doing as well:
EDEN's inaugural speech by Gen. Bouclier
Some more Temple Newsletters - post comet
A couple news entries
EDEN after action containment report (tie in to Peace)
EDEN's inaugural speech by Gen. Bouclier
Some more Temple Newsletters - post comet
A couple news entries
EDEN after action containment report (tie in to Peace)
Redoing the whole Hermes Foundation series at minimum.
Instead of focusing purely on Elliot I'm splitting the pov to Alena as to be perfectly honest i think ive developed her into a far more interesting character now.
Instead of focusing purely on Elliot I'm splitting the pov to Alena as to be perfectly honest i think ive developed her into a far more interesting character now.
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Redoing the whole Hermes Foundation series at minimum.
Instead of focusing purely on Elliot I'm splitting the pov to Alena as to be perfectly honest i think ive developed her into a far more interesting character now.
Instead of focusing purely on Elliot I'm splitting the pov to Alena as to be perfectly honest i think ive developed her into a far more interesting character now.
We're back, baby!
December 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We're back, baby!
The comet approaches again.
Time to try this again.
Time to try this again.
August 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The comet approaches again.
Time to try this again.
Time to try this again.
Chat am i just writing the story of icarus
August 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Chat am i just writing the story of icarus