Maybe After “Tethered” While I Write The Pirate AU???? Ugh So Many Ideas

You know who you all are. There’s someone doing this now on Heart Made of Glass and I look forward to their multi paragraph essay they leave every time. You are all amazing! 🥰🥰

"Low Lays the Devil" in Me Update

Hey, readers! Great news, "Low Lays the Devil in Me" will now be getting updates as soon as early next week. Thank you for being patient. For those that didn't know, I was spending my writing time getting about 50k words written of the "Tethered" CaitVi rewrite that I did. I felt bad that I abandoned the old version for the rewrite and wanted to make it up to those who liked that story by giving them a lot of updates. 50,000 words in 15 days I feel like definitely made up for it 😂

This means I will now be alternating between "Low Lays the Devil in Me" and "Tethered." To be honest, though, I don't think it'll take me too much longer to get the last of "Devil" out since there's maybe about 6ish (?) chapters left of the story. We'll see how that goes (I always underestimate how long a fic will be, it seems 😂). Anyways, fret not! I will begin writing the next chapter of "Devil" tomorrow 🙌🏻

"Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone" CaitVi Chapter Ten: The Request

Vi stared at the woman. For a long, long minute. To the councilor’s credit, she did not squirm or repeat herself. The teenager let out an uncomfortably chuckle, unsure how else to react. Vi would have been less surprised if the councilor had asked her to pose naked as an art installation at the Gala. “I’m sorry,” Vi said very carefully. “You just asked me, a sump-raker who has only–” “Violet, I really must say, I truly dislike how often you refer to yourself in such derogatory terms,” the councilor interrupted in an unhappy tone. Vi rolled her eyes. “You want me, an orphan Zaunite born in the deepest depths of the fissures and who tried to rob you, to be Caitlyn Kiramman’s—your daughter’s—date to one of the most extravagant Piltover high society celebrations of the year?” Vi asked, hoping the woman would hear how ludicrous that sounded. “Yes,” Councilor Kiramman said with no hesitation.

Councilor Kiramman has a potentially awkward request to make of Vi. Vi finds herself at the Kiramman Manor, again, to speak with Caitlyn about her mother's awkward request.

Ch. 4 "Tethered" CaitVi FanFic

Caitlyn shrugged. “I don’t really get on with my peers.” “You do with Maddie.” She sighed. “I’ve told you. Maddie and I have an…arrangement. I don’t really have a lot of desire to use what little free time I have for a relationship, at least not with her. She can be fun and she is… experienced, as you’ve inferred.” Vi smirked and did a crude gesture with her fingers that made Caitlyn turn a bright red and Vi laughed. “But she’s better in small doses,” Caitlyn finished. She then looked at Vi hesitantly and slowly asked, “do you want to go to the Copper Kettle?” Vi shrugged. “I’m bored and I’ve been stuck inside for two days. You may not have a lot of free time, but my brothers, sister, and I have to find ways to entertain ourselves every day. I don’t handle boredom well.”

Tethered - Chapter 4 - caitlynkirammansrifle - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Vi and Caitlyn have their first heart to heart and Caitlyn takes Vi around Piltover.

Ch. 23: Mothers and Daughters "Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone" CaitVi Fic

Vi watched the two Kiramman women stare at each other for what felt like an eternity. Caitlyn had once mentioned before that while she and Cassandra are very close, their shared stubbornness can lead to more frequent arguments than Caitlyn and her father have. Vi did not want a front row seat to this. She backed away towards the door.  “I’ll give you some privacy. See you tom—” “Stay,” Caitlyn commanded, her eyes never leaving Cassandra’s. “I don’t want her to have the chance to spin this conversation to you in any way that benefits her. I want to hear what she has to say to justify herself in front of you.” Vi didn’t need to look at Cassandra to know that the councilor would tell her to listen to Caitlyn. This is what they’ve been waiting for and they needed to see how far Caitlyn would go for this.

Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone - Chapter 23 - Phoenix314 - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Caitlyn confronts Cassandra.

For the first time since Monday, I'm feeling well enough to write again. I've been sick with the worst cold I've had in years. Now, without a splitting headache, I can get back into Noxus. Thanks for patiently waiting everyone. Hopefully I can have it out early next week 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Pirate AU it is! Thank you everyone who voted. I have the plot figured out as well as the main characters and the setting. The bonus is that since it's going to be set in Runeterra, I will actually really get to sink my teeth into some of the magic within LoL lore, but it won't a super heavy magic story. Pirates will still be the main course.

What I'll have to figure out is how pirate-y I want to make it. Pirates did some pretty horrific things IRL (still do) and I don't want to make our characters out to be monsters. I'll have to figure out how to write a more anti-hero, romanticized pirate story while still making it exciting and the stakes high for something as crazy as a pirate adventure can be.

Maybe I'll start watching and reading some pirate stories for inspiration. Give me some suggestions if you have any!

Saw a post about someone asking who will write a pirate AU for CaitVi. Is that something you guys would like to read from me after Low Lays the Devil in Me is done?

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 😅

Ch. 3 "Tethered" CaitVi Fanfic

It was just over an hour after breakfast when Vi and Caitlyn were set to leave the Manor, with Vi back in her clothes from the day before. Cassandra opened the door and stepped back, clearly not expecting someone to be waiting on her front steps. Vi looked around the councilor and her eyebrows flew up her brow in surprise. “Aunt Sevika?” she asked incredulously. Standing up in steel toed boots, dark leather pants with a few straps holding it together, and a cropped black muscle shirt with her signature dark, dull red and tattered cloak over one shoulder, was her mother’s best friend from when she was alive. “Hey, kid,” she grunted out.

Tethered - Chapter 3 - 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 something about it changing.

Low Lays the Devil in Me Question

Question! This chapter for Noxus is suuuuper long. Like, so far is over 20,000 words and I still have one big conversation to wrap up and some descriptions and supplemental scenes and then I'm done. Should I split this mini-book into two chapters (Noxus Part 1 and Noxus Part 2) or keep it as one big chapter?