It's always so wild to me how quickly words add up when I write. I don't try to make the chapters as long as they are, but somehow they end up that way. Right now I just finished the beginning of the next chapter by setting up a certain scene and then had the scene play out. Then I'm like, cool. That's about 1/3 of what I wanted to get done this chapter. Then I check the word count and it's over 3500 words long and I'm like wtf?? How?? 😂
Anyways, suffice it to say the next chapter of Low Lays the Devil in Me will probably be another long one unless I find a natural break in what's going on.
I’m going to try to get the next chapter of “Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone” today, but it’ll most likely happen tomorrow. Fingers crossed I don’t have too much to edit.
I finally got to get some work done on the CaitVi pirate AU. I’m hoping to have the prologue and first chapter out on Monday, but possibly sooner. I have a dresser that I’ve been meaning to paint for months that I want to get done though 😅
Powder answered. “You need to separate CT02 and 03. They should never be mixed in their pure forms. Dilution is key to decreasing destabilization. Chem is volatile, but once you break down the compounds to their weakest and spread the power out throughout the machine you use it in, to avoid too much heat build up, you should be fine.”
Powder handed Jayce back the newly edited paper and he read it as if it held the answers to the universe itself. “I need to test this for myself,” he stated. He looked at Vi, with an almost ecstatic excitement. “Vi! Oh, Caitlyn, when did you get here? Doesn’t matter. Vi, I need CT02 and 03. Do you know where to find that in Zaun?”
Vi looked at Powder with a raised eyebrow. Powder smirked. Vi groaned. “Don’t. Don’t say it.”
Powder cackled. “Viktor always has Chemtech compounds on hand, Vi. I’m sure he’d love to see you.”
“Great! Vi, I need you to go to this Viktor and get me CT02 and 03, ten pounds of each compound,” Jayce instructed. “I’ll want plenty to work with and with some left over for back up.”
Vi scoffed. “Ten pounds each? I can’t carry that much weight all the way back with my crutch. Can’t we send a courier?”
Jayce shook his head. “Sorry, Vi, but I can’t let anyone else knowing what I’m doing. Councilor’s orders.”
“I’ll help,” Caitlyn volunteered, her smile far too sweet for Vi’s liking.
I’m finishing up at work and put my liked playlist on shuffle. Evermore by Taylor Swift comes on and all I can suddenly think about is a divorce AU CaitVi….oooooh noooooo 😬😭 maybe after the pirate AU 🤣
I made a bluesky profile for my writing if anyone is interested in a follow, but I'm not sure if I'll keep it. Given that this is a side blog, I feel like I'd actually be able to be more interactive on something like bluesky and I absolutely refuse to make a twitter account. Hope I don't regret this 😅 This means I'll be able to give you a follow back if you follow it. Just no one be too weird and we'll get along great.
Bluesky caitkirammansrifle
The choke hold means that I wrote 4500 words of the next chapter before work when I told myself that I would watch the latest episode of Critical Role 🙈
The fact that I am behind Critical Role’s new Calamity series should tell you how much of a choke hold Low Lays the Devil in Me has on me
Please make them happy🙏🏻
I promise I'm working on it!! 😭😂💙❤️
“The tether. It doesn’t like those crystals,” Caitlyn explained, taking in a stuttered breath. “It’s afraid of them.” All three scientists gave each other a questioning look before Jayce turned to Vi and Caitlyn. “The Arcane can’t feel,” he said slowly. “It’s a natural phenomenon. Like rain or an earthquake. It has no emotions.” “Tell that to the thing in my chest that’s scared, because it sure as shit ain’t me that’s afraid,” Vi said with a frown, annoyed that this scientist refuted them when he wasn’t the one experiencing it. Viktor walked over to the chest and picked up a crystal, then held it out to the tether. The white blue light grew brighter, almost blinding, and the fear became stronger. The need to escape from the room was almost uncontrollable as Vi felt a burning sensation behind her eyes. “Please, stop! It’s afraid of it,” Caitlyn cried out, tears in her eyes.
Tethered - Chapter 4 - caitlynkirammansrifle - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]
The tether between Vi and Caitlyn is tested and experimented on, which results in a discovery.
I can't believe it, but the Noxus chapter is done. I did it. I still have plenty of editing I need to do, but it shouldn't take too, too long since I've been editing as I've been writing. Holy shit, you guys. Pre-edit, it's 23,259 words long. I am on draft 4 and it's gone through so many changes since I first started out. I'll probably put down what I scrapped for it in the notes at the end of the chapter because man it's very different than when I first set out, but definitely in a good way.
I hope to get it out before I leave for work in a few hours, but we'll see. I have to do a read through of it and make sure it all makes sense and get rid of pesky errors.
Thanks for your patience everyone!
Ya'll, I looked for aaaages for this artwork for the Stillwater chapter of "Low Lays the Devil in Me" (if you know, you know) to be a reference/inspiration piece. This is exactly what I pictured Vi wearing, but I couldn't find it to describe it. Didn't find it in time but did now haha
Also, I just fucking love this piece so much. They look so badass and gorgeous and so in sync! Excellent job OP
artist - @ujugn on twt