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Post by ellupelluellu on Oct 9, 2024 18:11:57 GMT
Yggdrasil, not only in THor tho.. Also plays a part in Agatha Christie's The Hollow  Interesting to find out how the duo get the card eventually |
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Post by luciusstorm on Oct 9, 2024 22:14:17 GMT
Caerfinon, thanks. I enjoyed writing him in this chapter. ellupelluellu, yeah, but I rather enjoy Molly's inner geek running up against Lucius's mythical nature. Friday's chapter should be fun.
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Post by danirose on Oct 10, 2024 21:31:23 GMT
Great chapter. I like the rapport between Molly and Lucius. The geek and mystic.
Looking forward to tomorrow's chapter. 😁
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Post by luciusstorm on Oct 10, 2024 21:55:48 GMT
danirose, thank you. I've said it before, but they're fun to write. I'm really enjoying this trend I seem to be doing of giving my supporting characters starring roles in future stories.
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Post by luciusstorm on Oct 11, 2024 11:44:59 GMT
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Post by danirose on Oct 11, 2024 20:32:00 GMT
Great chapter. 🙂
I love seeing writers put their own imaginative spin on the Strangerville Mystery. I held my breath hoping neither one of them would open the door to foggy hallway.😬
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Post by luciusstorm on Oct 11, 2024 21:35:24 GMT
danirose, glad you enjoyed it. I'm definitely working on putting my own spin on things, both in how I'm playing through it (which is about 80% me blundering through the scenario... but walking into that hallway immediately looked like a Bad Idea to me) and in how I'm fitting the whole thing into the Wyrd'verse's overall mythos. We'll see more about that in future chapters. One thing I did decide early on was that, even though the scenario has the sims getting the scanner and hazmats suits from others, I wanted Molly to actually do the work of building them herself. It seemed like a more interesting narrative to me.
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Post by blueseawaves on Oct 11, 2024 23:44:34 GMT
Trusting the guy with a colander hat is always the way to go 😎 Gad they made progress and were able to get in., and she was working on the prototype, perfect. Their the right team to get to the bottom of this
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Post by ellupelluellu on Oct 12, 2024 12:43:44 GMT
Interesting chapter Curious for more. Sorry not at my best to comment better, not my good day |
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Post by luciusstorm on Oct 12, 2024 13:46:21 GMT
blueseawaves, they are very much the right team... as you will see. Almost as if Fate had a hand in things. ellupelluellu, glad you liked it. Comments don't always have to be witty and insightful. I just appreciate getting them. May tomorrow be a better day.
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Post by MonaSolstraale on Oct 12, 2024 14:34:28 GMT
A completely fresh approach to exploring the lab than I've seen before. I think it's brilliant that the description of the scents becomes an element of the story. I love that Molly wants to develop her own gear. It makes so much sense when you consider her career.
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Post by luciusstorm on Oct 12, 2024 16:42:47 GMT
MonaSolstraale , awesome. I was hoping my approach worked. The scent thing just felt right. The Mother is a giant flower after all, and flowers and fruit smell sweet to attract animals. It seemed like the Mother would have a sweet smell, to tempt her victims in and control them... and that it would be overpowering in that contained environment. I actually started making myself think about using scents in storytelling when I wrote Bad Moon Rising, because I felt that werewolves should experience the world through smell as much as sight and sound. It's an interesting thing to think about in storytelling... how do things smell? How do they feel to the touch? How to make the reader really experience the moment with the characters. I love writing.  I have to credit Caerfinon 's comics a bit for Molly building her own gear. I recall one short one about Strangeville joking about how the heroes in these stories always all the skills they need to do everything. So, I thought... how can I make that work logically. What skills are needed? Why would they have them and how would they use them. So, Molly became an engineer and Lucius... well, we'll see more next week how his skills fit in. Wow, long answer to your comment. Thanks for that.
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Post by luciusstorm on Oct 16, 2024 11:09:31 GMT
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Post by arieltriffic on Oct 16, 2024 16:18:03 GMT
Wow, what a great story! I think Molly is a great character - she's very believable. She's highly competent, tough on the surface, but a loyal friend once you get to know her. I'm not sure how "real" Lucius is (can't say I've met any 900+ year-old witches), but he's lots of fun. Him comparing alchemy to chemistry reminds me of something my dad used to say: "A good cook would make a good chemist."
Now I might have to try Wyrd Tales - oh boy. That's a lot of chapters. Anywho - thank you for writing this side-story. Keep up the good work!
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Post by luciusstorm on Oct 16, 2024 16:45:13 GMT
arieltriffic, thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed reading. I tried to make Molly fairly grounded, knowing that Lucius is anything but. Yes, Strangerville Mystery is shaping up to be one of my shorter stories. I know how intimidating jumping into a long running story can be. Still, you might enjoy it (I say hoping you do read more of my stories ).
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