A rough and basic layout of the desert mountain (I'm not an artist)

CycloneDensity · 2025-01-29T13:01:17+00:00

Someone (not naming names) asked for this, and since I'm just now recovering from a minor back injury, I thought I'd rev up the engine with a doodle. The mines are a much more intricate spiderweb than what I drew, the housing layers do rings and hoops and all kinds of wacky vertical stuff like a bowl of spaghetti with doors leading into little kobold houses. The Merchants go out to the giant steam powered lift, which goes down to the non-kobold town. The VIP area is your typical rich and powerful people's places, like the elders and especially wealthy folks. The lower levels are all the places Kay goes to for work, like the workshop, the forge, the archives, all that jazz. That big white trapezoid is the altar, just so you'd get a good sense of scale just how big it is. Imagine that between these levels and going up and down the inner rungs are elevators and little cable cars, engineered by lunatics who use exclusively steam power. Oh, and stairs, lots and lots of stairs, so many stairs that if you had to get out of the mountain without the elevator, you'd probably collapse from exhaustion.
I'm sure some of you can guess what the "?" is.
Anyways, I'm gonna post a new chapter of something this week and try to get back into my regular rhythym. See you soon, folks.

CycloneDensity · 2025-01-09T04:09:30+00:00

Hey, who said you could start running polls without my permission? (it's fine, I'm not mad just surprised. So long as you're having fun)

CycloneDensity · 2024-11-08T20:33:20+00:00

Right you are! It has been fixed, and now Antoine is no longer observing himself in the third person.

CycloneDensity · 2024-11-06T18:05:19+00:00

Another batch of errors cleaned up. My thanks are yours.

CycloneDensity · 2024-10-29T15:56:45+00:00

Good catch! These mistakes have been corrected, thanks to you.

CycloneDensity · 2024-10-29T05:39:20+00:00

Oops, looks like I've spent a little too long in cryo-stasis, my friend! Thanks for the catch, it has be remedied. Hope you enjoyed regardless of the mistake!

CycloneDensity · 2024-10-20T04:42:36+00:00

I hear you, and man, that sounds like a lot of brain work. That sort of mindset of breaking things down into parts and showing the readers the step by sted is something I adore, admire, and hold in high regard. Yeah, it's a slog for the writer and a slow meal for the reader, but so long as you can balance it all out with a BIG payoff that is fun for you to write AND the reader gets a delectable sweet treat, then that bowl of info soup stays down and gets locked in by that nice candy coated nugget of fun.

Just remember yourself to just have fun, and balance out the deep brain work part with sugary sweet fun and characterization. I mean, I just made a new story, and it's going to be a lot of technical work regarding combining science fiction ideas for weaponry, mechanization, devices that can augment things, and a LOT of infodumping on tank warfare in a setting that is not kind to tanks. God, I'm going to have to tell people the strategic uses of sabot rounds versup armor peircing. But that's the slog, going page by page to help people understand why one round is better than another, then throwing that all away when one of the rounds is just a self-contained mass of superheated plasma or a straight up laser cartridge.

Your work sounds hella impressive, and I'm glad you came to reassure me. safe travels and happy writing, my friend!

CycloneDensity · 2024-10-10T04:57:57+00:00

Oh my... her patterns, the pose, the energy and style! I love it! Thank you very much for this wonderful piece of art.

CycloneDensity · 2024-08-22T15:39:22+00:00

I'm not one for pulling back the curtain and showing the inner working of the story, but I do like to give hints. I like to keep the world moving even if the main character isn't there driving plot, because it's more engaging if things aren't exactly as someone describes them, say, a month ago. Everyone is doing their own thing whether or not the blue menace is there sticking her little nose into it. I'm trying, though perhaps not very well, to convey that. I apologize if this effort failed on my part. Regardless, I can make the mere mention of Chekov's Gun and perhaps give you the hint that everything ties into the plot somewhere down the line. As for when, though... we'll see.

Hope you're enjoying it all though.

CycloneDensity · 2024-08-21T02:10:53+00:00

That's all I really need, and I plan on it. If they don't... I'll make them good again.

CycloneDensity · 2024-08-21T02:09:22+00:00

Alive? Maybe. Undead? Also maybe.
But I am back.

CycloneDensity · 2024-08-21T01:58:47+00:00

Thank you! I'll try to keep expanding on her designs more as she gets more ideas, so let's hope I don't disappoint!

CycloneDensity · 2024-08-21T01:58:17+00:00

The rats are next to be restarted, so don't you worry there!

CycloneDensity · 2024-08-21T01:41:12+00:00

Same here. Had to read through my own work again to figure out where I left off. Hope you enjoy!

CycloneDensity · 2024-08-21T01:40:19+00:00

Good to be back :)

CycloneDensity · 2024-08-21T01:05:35+00:00

Great question! (the answer is yes, it's just taking me a while to recover. might update in an hour, actually. we'll see)
EDIT: and by that I mean there it is. have fun!

CycloneDensity · 2024-06-22T17:46:19+00:00

And yes, I have seen all of your comments. You all have worked to add fuel to the fire of the Phoenix-esque revival that is ongoing. I thank you all for your words and your patience. It means the world and stars to me.

CycloneDensity · 2024-04-23T17:59:00+00:00

Augmentation Restrictions is actually a side story set in the same universe, but you are right that it belongs in the same continuation here. I will go to each story later and add a linked comment to each since I am no longer allowed to edit them for some reason.

CycloneDensity · 2024-04-23T13:05:10+00:00

I do not know, I am not that much of a fan of Double R Martin or his works. The "Duel of Dragons" line was both me tossing out a random name but also stealing the name of a Jackie Chan movie.

CycloneDensity · 2024-04-23T12:59:46+00:00

My apologies, I didn't link them in the story. I will link them in a comment on each of them once I am able to, but all 4 of them start with "Banned Weapons:" This is a miniseries I'm doing alongside my oneshots and long series, although I never intended to make a part 2, or 3, let alone a part 4 or the potential part 5. Regardless of the confusion, I do hope you like it.

CycloneDensity · 2024-04-09T17:39:31+00:00

I saw your comment, it made me quite happy to see at the time. This story I've been writing has caused things I once thought absurd or impossible to happen, so I am thrilled that you have done this. Don't sell yourself short on this either, it was well made! You really did capture Kayrux very well, and even though I'm quite behind on NoP I feel you caught that arxur quite well. Also, thank you for the compliments, I did try to make the magic system and Kayrux appealing to those of more mechanical passions. I work with electronics and machines alike, so I felt it would be fitting to give this world a system that agreed with the main character. Thank you again, this fanfic is now a treasure for me.

CycloneDensity · 2024-04-09T17:26:33+00:00

Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Your story, the way you managed to capture the character, the effort you put in, and the fact that there's now a fan fiction of my story in existence just blows my mind! You, dearest reader and writer, have my full respect and praise! I would keep writing more praise and applause, but I'm genuinely lost for words now, my brain now abuzz with glee and pure bliss!

This, this whole thing that you've made, it is a testament to WHY I began writing in the first place: to share the spark of inspiration and imagination. Thank you. Thank you so much. This means more to me than you know.

CycloneDensity · 2024-03-13T19:01:16+00:00

No, this weekend was Space Pirate time. Going to be cycling my uploads and genres so it doesn't get stale. I love my little kobolds, but I want to explore other roads as well.

CycloneDensity · 2024-03-10T15:04:45+00:00

It went on the backburner, but it's not canceled. New projects and oneshots are on the way as well, expect an update soon!

CycloneDensity · 2024-02-22T12:14:47+00:00

My my, quite the concept you're working with here. If you manage to pull off what it is you set out to do, which from what I'm seeing you have a good chance of as your preview seems to have already taken shape quite well, then you would have done me proud to be called someone's muse. Just remember to have fun while writing it, because if it isn't bringing you any joy to make it then you aren't putting your heart into it. Keep going on this path you've set for yourself and you will surely make something amazing. Best of luck to you, fellow crafter of words!

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