A/N: Sorry, sorry, sorry!
I'm terribly sorry for the delay. Covid knocked me flat for awhile and devastated my update schedule, to say nothing of the side effects from long covid. I'm still dealing with that more than a month later, though apparently its not life threatening so I have to just "ride it out" according to the docs.
Sometimes, when I look to the future, I wonder what will become of things when I'm gone.
Of course, I try not to dwell on the latter overmuch; I'm still alive and still writing. In an ideal world, I'd like to keep doing so for as long as I can. But old age is catching up to me and these days, the world is filled with so much madness and death. Feels like everyone's lost their minds sometimes. Even before that, so many friends and fellow writers I once knew are gone, now. Will I still be here in twenty years? Ten? Five? Its a chilling thought. But for now, I'm still here, still writing.
So here we go. The fate of this story depends on you, the reader. Your feedback determines the fate of this tale, and many others.
As ever, I own no references, quotes, themes or memes. They're tributes to legends far greater than I.
I'm just a humble author trying to make his way in this wild, wacky world, one word at a time.
Time and feedback will determine what remains a story and what doesn't. Simple as that.
In other words...the fate of this is up to YOU, the reader. Doooo let me know~!
Running around updating a lot of categories today before work.
So in lieu of a long, tiresome explanation...away we go~!
We're hard at work on things over here, don't worry!
"Hammer down? Yeah, sounds about right.
HAMMER. BLOODY. DOWN.
RAH!"
~?
Shatter Me
"My lady, please! Do not do this! You've gone mad~!"
Madness. Such a little word. What was madness, but the denial of reality?
Queen Marika the Eternal was feeling plenty mad right about now for all the wrong reasons.
A tree sentinel tried to stop her and was summarily clocked for it; she smacked the brute's head clean off his shoulders. His body toppled like the tree he'd sworn to protect, leaving her unattended as she entered the inner sanctum. She cleared the steps two at a time, uncaring for how undignified she must look.
Furious tears boiled in her eyes, rendered so much steam on her cheeks.
Up came the hammer.
She was doing this for him. For her beloved and no other.
Though he could give himself to the Elden Ring and saved the world did he; thought he could save her; thought he could leave her behind?! No! Nay! Never!
"BRING HIM BACK!"
Down cam the hammer.
The Elden Ring buckled beneath the blow.
And the Lands Between shattered forevermore.
A/N: Aaaand scene.
I wish this could be longer, but work is wearing me down, body and soul. Trying my best to endure.
As ever, reviews are the fuel that sustain me. Without them I cannot write a single word. Simple as that. Working nearly all hours of the day keep me absurdly busy, as such, I can't bring myself to write something folks don't like.
Again, I'm terribly sorry for the delay. Covid knocked me flat for awhile and devastated my update schedule, to say nothing of the side effects from long covid. I'm still dealing with that more than a month later, though apparently its not life threatening so I have to just "ride it out" according to the docs.
No previews this time. I'm exhausted.
Aaaand there we go. As ever, reviews keep me alive. Without them, I cannot write.
So...in the Immortal Words of Atlas...Review...Would You Kindly?
Hope you enjoyed this, and may your day be filled with lots of luck!
Warm regards,
~Nz.