Cloaked Mystery

@rae

A sentence or word that is the same if you read it backwards.

Another favorite palindrome of mine is ‘Do nine men interpret? Nine men, I nod.”

@rae

‘rats live on no evil star’ is a palindrome.

@esther-c

I didn’t get notified by your tag for sone reason.

I don’t really have much to add. Setting is definitely important, but less so than characters and plot.

I don’t really know what to advise, because I’ve never tried to create a new setting for a story that is already well under way. (I almost always create the setting first.) I would…[Read more]

@rae @loopylin @whalekeeper
Rina
Rina opened a portal and fell through. She hit the ground face first. It hurt. But the masked thing let go with a scream.

Rina sat up as her fave injuries healed. The ugly flesh monster had the snake kid pinned. Rina opened a portal on the ground and threw her sword into it. The sword shot out directly into the…[Read more]

@loopylin

Rina is able to generate crystals from her body, which she can form into blades (which is what she did to the door.) She also generates crystals to enhance the edge of her sword. The sword itself is an ordinary weapon. She keeps it in a pocket space, where she can summon it at will. The crystals crumble and disintegrate quickly after…[Read more]

@highscribeofaetherium

Vlydia

“Hmm…” said Vlydia to herself, scribbling down some notes. “So there must be some sort of innate Arcana that collects light for later use.

“What else are you able to do?” she asked, looking up. “I assume it has more uses than creating sparks?”

@highscribeofaetherium
Vlydia
“What sort of energy do you use for that?”

@highscribeofaetherium

Vlydia

Vlydia sighed.

“My name is Vlydiana Hsrinar. The Arcane Arts are my field of study. I would simply like to ask you some questions, for research purposes.”

@highscribeofaetherium

Vlydia

Vlydia noticed a girl leaning against the wall create some sparks of light in her hand.

It didn’t look particularly impressive, but it was probably worth studying anyway. It’s not like anything else was happening.

Vlydia took out a pencil and a notepad and walked over.

”Excuse me. Could you do that again?”

@loopylin

XD

@highscribeofaetherium

Yes 😆

@highscribeofaetherium

Vlydia isn’t doing anything, but she’s also not the type to strike up a conversation.

@whalekeeper @rae @loopylin @savannah_grace2009

Rina

As a black, masked thing came towards her, Rina dropped through a portal. Her gravity switched as she came out, but her momentum carried her on, feet-first towards the demon’s back.

“Nice try, sucker!” she shouted.

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@whalekeeper

I left it there because I don’t know what would…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

I love Rina XD She’s so energetic and funny.

Thanks! She’s one of my favorites too, which is surprising considering that I invented her on a complete whim.

Her powers perfectly complement that.

People who use that power are called Jumpers, which definitely suits her!

@whalekeeper @loopylin @rae @savannah_grace2009

Rina

“Hmm… this is getting interesting,” said Rina as a boy turned into a giant snake and slithered towards the creepy black thing inside.

Rina dropped through a portal and landed in the room behind it. Another portal opened and her sword leapt into her hand. She pointed it at the demon’s back an…[Read more]

@rae

Maybe I wasn’t clear. It isn’t a bad thing that it’s simple. It’s that you spend so much time at the beginning setting things up, which seems overly complicated compared to your central idea. Sorry if that was confusing.

@rae

Really interesting! Would this be the entire plot of the short story? The biggest problem I see is that the plot is quite simple, but it takes quite a long time to set it up. Have you considered using this in a full length book? I think it could make a very interesting character backstory. Otherwise, I’m sure you could make a good short s…[Read more]

@whalekeeper @rae@savannah_grace2009 @loopylin

Rina

“Or I could just unlock it like this,” Rina generated a blue crystal knife on her hand and slashed through the latch.

“Wait, why do you want to get in there?” she said suspiciously.

@thelittlejupitertion

Mistborn would probably be the best place to start with Sanderson (at least of the Cosmere books, which are the only ones I’ve read. The Cosmere is the shared universe in which many of his books take place.) You could also do Elantris, which is his first book, but that one isn’t as good in my opinion. Really you can sta…[Read more]