fucking finally-- fucking, finally
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The Ancient Sea chapter update!!! Finally!!!!
I had to do this all in like, 15-word fits and starts, and it’s just been a goddamn slog, trying to write a pretty dang explicit sex scene (YES Triss GETS SOME) in between large sections of child caring, but I finally got it done so HERE. And no, I replaced the end scene with a different one because I refused to be derailed by the next little bit being slow. So. Here.
Chapter 10: Vibration
She remembered in that moment that Ciri was sleeping in the next room, and also the conversation about Witchers having excellent hearing and to always expect eavesdroppers at any given time. This would not do, so she reclaimed enough of her balance to pry one hand off of the headboard, and cast a quick silencing charm to supplement the insulation charms on the bed-hangings.
As she cast the spell, two things happened simultaneously– Eskel flinched, and something under her ass vibrated. “Sweet goddess,” she said, startling upward, and Eskel blinked up at her.
“What are you doing,” he said.
“What was that?” she asked.
“Medallion,” he said. “Senses magic. Keeps going off because you keep doing mage shit. What are you doing?” His tone was very slightly exasperated.
“Silencing spell,” she said. “I don’t want eavesdroppers. What do you mean it senses magic?” She remembered the look on his face as he’d climbed up into the bed, though– he’d definitely felt every charm she’d cast, she realized, and that would expect why Lambert had come to find her in the library with that expression. “You call can tell whenever I do anything,” she realized.
“Yeah, pretty much,” Eskel said. “Part of the job. Kind of important.” He looked apologetic.
“It– buzzes, like that?” she said curiously. “Every time?”
“More or less,” he said. She reached down to touch it, and he growled– an actual growl, like an animal. “It’s really important and I never take it off,” he said, as she hesitated.
“I won’t take it off,” she said. “I just want to touch it. Does it get hot?”
“No,” he said, hostility easing. “Sometimes it– does other things. Mostly it just buzzes like that.”
“I wonder how it works,” she said. Cautiously, she reached down and touched it with a finger. It just felt like metal, as warm as his body.
“If you’d rather do experiments,” Eskel said, looking resigned.
“No,” she said, “I was enjoying– actually–”
[Yes, I did the thing with the medallion. HA!]
The Ancient Sea chapter update!!! Finally!!!!
I had to do this all in like, 15-word fits and starts, and it’s just been a goddamn slog, trying to write a pretty dang explicit sex scene (YES Triss GETS SOME) in between large sections of child caring, but I finally got it done so HERE. And no, I replaced the end scene with a different one because I refused to be derailed by the next little bit being slow. So. Here.
Chapter 10: Vibration
She remembered in that moment that Ciri was sleeping in the next room, and also the conversation about Witchers having excellent hearing and to always expect eavesdroppers at any given time. This would not do, so she reclaimed enough of her balance to pry one hand off of the headboard, and cast a quick silencing charm to supplement the insulation charms on the bed-hangings.
As she cast the spell, two things happened simultaneously– Eskel flinched, and something under her ass vibrated. “Sweet goddess,” she said, startling upward, and Eskel blinked up at her.
“What are you doing,” he said.
“What was that?” she asked.
“Medallion,” he said. “Senses magic. Keeps going off because you keep doing mage shit. What are you doing?” His tone was very slightly exasperated.
“Silencing spell,” she said. “I don’t want eavesdroppers. What do you mean it senses magic?” She remembered the look on his face as he’d climbed up into the bed, though– he’d definitely felt every charm she’d cast, she realized, and that would expect why Lambert had come to find her in the library with that expression. “You call can tell whenever I do anything,” she realized.
“Yeah, pretty much,” Eskel said. “Part of the job. Kind of important.” He looked apologetic.
“It– buzzes, like that?” she said curiously. “Every time?”
“More or less,” he said. She reached down to touch it, and he growled– an actual growl, like an animal. “It’s really important and I never take it off,” he said, as she hesitated.
“I won’t take it off,” she said. “I just want to touch it. Does it get hot?”
“No,” he said, hostility easing. “Sometimes it– does other things. Mostly it just buzzes like that.”
“I wonder how it works,” she said. Cautiously, she reached down and touched it with a finger. It just felt like metal, as warm as his body.
“If you’d rather do experiments,” Eskel said, looking resigned.
“No,” she said, “I was enjoying– actually–”
[Yes, I did the thing with the medallion. HA!]
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Date: 2020-04-28 08:19 pm (UTC)BTW, are you interested in possible book or video recs for the five-year-old?
In the course of browsing Hoopla for myself, I ran across a couple of cute short videos made from books for kids. It struck me that they miiiiight be about right for her.
Titles are:
I want My Hat Back
and
Extra Yarn
Presumably they're available elsewhere, too, but the cool thing about Hoopla is that it's free with a participating library card. Normally, there's a limit on number of Hoopla check-outs per month, but they have "Bonus borrows" right now that don't count against the limit. Those might just be for April—not sure.