She's almost a century old, she's not that oblivious. Give me some credit for that, at least. :3
Naril
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Tinker, builder, hacker, thief
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6 yrs ago
To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the Devil his due.
7 yrs ago
And when you said hi, I forgot my dang name.
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9 yrs ago
Everything beautiful is math! Everything beautiful is a problem.
9 yrs ago
But whatever they offer you, don't feed the plants!
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9 yrs ago
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Bio
Hi! I'm Naril. I write, build things, and I'm incredibly busy, all the time. I'm probably older than you. I'm not interested in isekai, school settings, sandboxes, excessively grimdark settings, or invitation-only threads; I'm very picky about militaria, I don't care for A Song of Ice and Fire, Nation roleplay bores me to tears, most fandom doesn't really catch my attention, and though I prefer Advanced-level writing, I'm not going to help you write your book (Unless you feel like paying my day rate) - which almost certainly means I'm not here. Some day, maybe. Probably not, though!
I am interested in science fiction, cyberpunk, space operas, and stories of working together, uplift, and progress. You'll catch my attention with fantasy adventures in an interesting world, or with almost any modern fantasy. I have a soft spot for superhero stories, and you might find me in the occasional Star Wars or Star Trek fandom.
My standards are high for myself and mild for everyone else; I love writing dialogue and making you feel like you can taste the place I'm creating. I write in the style I like to read, which is the part I find fun. If you want an example of the authors I enjoy, look at Ann Leckie, Tamsyn Muir, N.K. Jemisin, Martha Wells, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman.
I am interested in science fiction, cyberpunk, space operas, and stories of working together, uplift, and progress. You'll catch my attention with fantasy adventures in an interesting world, or with almost any modern fantasy. I have a soft spot for superhero stories, and you might find me in the occasional Star Wars or Star Trek fandom.
My standards are high for myself and mild for everyone else; I love writing dialogue and making you feel like you can taste the place I'm creating. I write in the style I like to read, which is the part I find fun. If you want an example of the authors I enjoy, look at Ann Leckie, Tamsyn Muir, N.K. Jemisin, Martha Wells, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman.
Most Recent Posts
The idea of a "Magic sniffing construct" is one that's going to pose an interesting challenge for Morgan. She is a literal magical creature and very much does not want people to know that, at least right now.
"No, I don't know how the magic runes that animated him were wiped off his forehead again. You even carved them in this time, how strange. I suppose you'll have to make another."
"No, I don't know how the magic runes that animated him were wiped off his forehead again. You even carved them in this time, how strange. I suppose you'll have to make another."
@Poohead189 - One of the best books about Chicago that I've read is Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. It chronicles the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition, an event that still informs quite a lot about Chicago to this day, and the monstrous man who made the World's Fair his hunting ground as America's first widely-known serial killer. While the story concerns itself with things that happened over a century ago, you still get an amazing view of how Chicago operates that is directly applicable to today.
I should point out that Devil in the White City is pure nonfiction; everything in there actually happened and the book is a chronicle of real events and real people. That the story rather reads like urban supernatural horror is part of what makes it so terrifying.
I should point out that Devil in the White City is pure nonfiction; everything in there actually happened and the book is a chronicle of real events and real people. That the story rather reads like urban supernatural horror is part of what makes it so terrifying.
Hah, our office is on the floor below Dresden's office ;)
YES
THIS
(no not really but like, kinda)
(my other character if you hadn't liked Morgan was pretty close to Harietta Dresden)
(she probably would have evolved a bit if I'd had to write her completely)
(maybe)
Haha, oh dear. Chicago geography.
I don't know that it's completely necessary to nail down where the office is - other than it's somewhere "bland." I mean, we never really know where Harry Dresden's apartment is, other than it's somewhere in the city, with protagonist-magic access to Michael and Karen's houses.
I could go into a long, rambling discussion of Chicago's neighborhoods, but I think it'd be fun to put the Group in the Ukranian Village, if only for some of the Group's members having to puzzle out exactly what they're eating for lunch after they order on a menu that's mostly Cyrillic.
I don't know that it's completely necessary to nail down where the office is - other than it's somewhere "bland." I mean, we never really know where Harry Dresden's apartment is, other than it's somewhere in the city, with protagonist-magic access to Michael and Karen's houses.
I could go into a long, rambling discussion of Chicago's neighborhoods, but I think it'd be fun to put the Group in the Ukranian Village, if only for some of the Group's members having to puzzle out exactly what they're eating for lunch after they order on a menu that's mostly Cyrillic.
@FantasyChic - I live here too. ;) At least, when I'm not on Yet Another Work Trip.
You know Morgan's going to spend a summer evening driving along the lake to Lake Shore Drive. I'm suddenly absolutely certain she owns a well-cared-for, very fast, very classic car.
(Yes, I know there are parts of town you just don't try to park in - River North, I'm looking at you. That's why I'm equally sure Morgan has a Ventra card, and swears at it just like the rest of us.)
(Yes, I know there are parts of town you just don't try to park in - River North, I'm looking at you. That's why I'm equally sure Morgan has a Ventra card, and swears at it just like the rest of us.)
San Francisco actually could be kind of cool. Plenty of stories and ghosts and all from the gold rush days, and the Silicon Startup Slickness would be a pretty great juxtaposed background for the supernatural world. I'd like that a lot, I think.
It may be that I'm there right now, but I'm developing some strong feelings for Las Vegas as a setting.
I go to Detroit fairly regularly for one of my many time-devouring hobbies, and the city doesn't feel nearly as desperate and dangerous as the common narrative likes to portray it. I still prefer Chicago, but I don't dread my visits or anything.
That said, it's not a bad idea. To an extent the city can be interchangeable - unless you're going to tightly couple the story to the location, what you really wind up "needing" is just the urban backdrop. Every city has abandoned and overgrown areas, every city has the "nice" and "bad" parts of town. We could even do Tucson or St. Louis or Salt Lake City. Well, maybe less that one; I've never been anywhere so clean.
That said, it's not a bad idea. To an extent the city can be interchangeable - unless you're going to tightly couple the story to the location, what you really wind up "needing" is just the urban backdrop. Every city has abandoned and overgrown areas, every city has the "nice" and "bad" parts of town. We could even do Tucson or St. Louis or Salt Lake City. Well, maybe less that one; I've never been anywhere so clean.
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