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Chapter ??? - Two Weeks Battle Royale II
Chapter ??? - Two Weeks Battle Royale IICat stood, dusting herself off, eyes flicking around. The wind carried the soft thump of more parachutes landing. Great. She hated this whole thing, but was making at least a passing effort not to let the fact show.Aliens she could handle. They were, in her limited experience, either snarky, too-powerful beings with no sense of common decency. Or they were annoying shits you could handle by shooting a bunch.She wondered if the same applied to whomever kept dragging her and the others out to this kind of â...
Stray Cat Strut - Volume Eight - Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Twenty-Nine***âYou sure?â I asked.Lucy nodded, and I didnât fail to notice the dangerous glint in her eye. âIâm sure,â she said. âDonât worry about it, Iâve been handling catgirls for years, I think I can manage one evening with a random stray.âI read having second thoughts, and third, and fourth ones too.The plan, if I dared to call it that, was simple. Shy and I were going to retreat and go check on Crackshot, and I suppose Emoscythe too. Nya was going to stay at our place.The conversation with her was... a bit awk...
Dead Tired Sidestory
I was asked to write something for the end of the DT Audiobook, and... well, I might as well post it here for the non-audiobook-listening patreons!***âSorry Iâm late!â he said as he slid into the room. It was a little cozy in there, the space filled with a few boxes, a half dozen plush chairs, and in one corner, an old cast-iron wood stove. The stove was lit filling the room with that particular warmth that came from a real fire, and of course the faint smell of burnt wood that lingered pleasantly in the air. âBit chilly out, and I didn...
Stray Cat Strut TTRPG - Project Parabellum Update Four!
Feels like its been ages since the last update on the 25th!Anyway, got some things done since then! We now have a Monster manual with full art, though only a couple of them are actually made. 5 skills were cut out of the game entirely. They... didn't make the cut, and thinking on it, I realized that they wouldn't actually workin the game at all, so they had to go.Lots of very small, minor updates across the board. Progress is slowing down, I think! I'm mostly at the point where I want to stop adding broad sections and want to start ...
KittyPunk.Queen.Violence - EpilogueÂ
EpilogueCaroline Daniels was the worldâs best assassin.She wasnât known for it, because famous assassins were usually only famous posthumously. The right people in the right places knew that if they asked the right questions--and paid the right amount--someone would come along and do their dirty deeds for them only to fade away and never be heard of again.It was a lucrative job, and even though she was a little bit dead, she was still proud of her work.Queen Violence was still the worldâs best assassin.A little impairment such as being st...
Fluff - Volume Four - Chapter ThirteenÂ
Chapter Thirteen -âOne bottle of beer on the wall, one bottle of beer! Take one down, pass it around... No bottles of beer on the wall!â Athena sang alongside Teddy and Trinity. Sometimes Maple muttered the lyrics along with them too, but it was so quiet that it was drowned out by their singing.There had been a lot of singing so far. The Boss had lowered the radio volume down when all that Grandpa Boss played were âoldiesâ and âawful old man rockâ and so theyâd taken to singing to fill the silence.They had tried âI spyâ but th...
No Strings Attached - Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Forty-Nine56th Day of Spring - Year 1758 of the Golden EraShorefarm, Yellowfield, Draya CalyrexThe first part of their mission for the day was relatively easy. Head out past Shorefarm, along the road north, and find a place to cut the road off. Magic Nocthorn came to them, still seeming sleepy and unprepared for the day, and handed Lazur a small map within a scroll tube. It was of the area of the Yellowfields they were in.âThe road to the east of Shorefarm eventually climbs up the plateau because where else would it go? But it also fo...
Stray Cat Strut - Volume Eight - Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Eight***âThat was cool,â Lucy said as we stepped out of the class. She reached up, stretching her back. It had the benefit of pulling her shirt out from where it was tucked into the WORD of her skirt and exposing a tiny slip of belly.âIt was... honestly, boring as hell after the start,â I said.âAww,â Lucy said. âYou didnât like it?ââI mean, the teacher was good. She didnât seem to wanna be there, but Iâve got the impression that she has her shit together, you know? At least when it comes to political histo...
Ivil Antagonist - Chapter One Hundred and Seven
Chapter One Hundred and SevenâHmm,â Aurora said. Then, a minute later, with just a bit more frustration, she âHmmâdâ again. Then to everyoneâs surprise, Aurora reached out and smacked the side of her console. She glanced at the others, then without so much as a hint of a blush, sat up straighter and returned to looking at the screen.âIs... everything okay?â Twenty-Six asked.âItâs fine,â Aurora said. She paused for a moment before shaking her head. âNo, thatâs misleading. Iâm having difficulty with this software. Itâ...
The Stray Cat Strut TTRPG - POLL!
Hi! So, as some of you may have noticed, I started to put together an SCS TTRPG, but... well, I'm not thatstupid. I realize that this isn't something for everyone, and it is a pretty big (but fun) time sink. Basically, I'm here to ask your opinions in the form of a very fair and educational one-question poll.The goal of this project is... uh... okay, so I really just wanna make my own TTRPG for fun, and it'll be a cool lore resource for fanfic writers too, I guess. But I'd also like to turn around and sell this thing and ma...
KittyPunk.Queen.Violence - Chapter Sixty-Four
Chapter Sixty-FourâWhatâs the next one?â I asked.âGimme a sec,â Sharp said. âYou know, I can only write so fast. This oneâs got a long explanation too.âNarrative AuthorityIf you demand an explanation, the universe itself starts talking. A villain who would never monologue finds themselves unable to stop. The more you understand, the more likely you are to win.Hmm... I had to think on this one. A perk that seemed to maybe play with probability? The last line was the one that stood out to me. The ability to make a foe monologue wa...
Stray Cat Strut TTRPG - Project Parabellum Update Three!
Alright... so I've gotten ahead a little!This is the overall vibe I'm going for with the Catalogues page, at least the 'thematic' ones. A bit of everything you need, centred around a single theme. There's another 2 pages for each Catalogue, with weapons and armour and cyberware. I've finished... 1.5 of these! lol! Made this one in a hurry because I have art for it. Taking a few steps back, this is what the Background section looks like. Not done with the 'lore' bits on each of these, but I've done a few. Jus...
Cinnamon Bun - Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Three
Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-ThreeI think Caprica really wanted to impress Bastion. More so than usual. She ended up at the front of the group, acting as our guide through a city sheâd admitted to never setting foot in, but she had read about it. The only other people in our group who had as much knowledge were Amaryllis and Awen, and theyâd also never been to Deepmarsh.Amaryllis had read about it as well, and some of her classes touched on it., and Awen had stories from her uncle on top of that.âThis way,â Caprica said as she guided...
Stray Cat Strut - Volume Eight - Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Seven***âSo...â I started as Nya continued to follow Lucy and I as if weâd just popped the tab on a cat of wet food. âYou going to stick with us all the way to our next class?ââYou have classes together?â Nya asked.âJust this one,â I said.Lucy nodded. âItâs a Pol-sci class. Of a sort. I think itâs a lot of catch-up, and theyâre trying to squeeze in a couple of classes into one. Iâm not sure how well that will work out. I heard from Noah that this class is being taught by an actual human teacher too.â...
Fluff - Volume Four - Chapter TwelveÂ
Chapter TwelveâIs that everything?â he dad asked as he easily hauled up a duffle bag and chucked it into the back of his SUV. That same bag was almost too heavy for Emily to lift, and yet heâd grabbed it with one hand and lifted it like it was nothing.Sheâd rarely told him so, but she genuinely appreciated how strong her dad was. It made him someone she could always rely on. âThatâs the last of them,â she said. âThanks, dad.âHer dad smiled right back. âNo problem,â he said before looking past her. âDo you need a minute w...
No Strings Attached - Chapter Forty-EightÂ
Chapter Forty-Eight56th Day of Spring - Year 1758 of the Golden EraShorefarm, Yellowfield, Draya CalyrexLazur and Carnel were off to fetch their equipment from Tomas the smith, but Viridian had excused herself and told them that she had someone else she wanted to visit before they were off. That person was still parked on the edge of the town.âHello,â she said as she came up to the side of the carriage.Three poked their head out, the clown looking slightly disheveled. They had been âundressedâ by Artificer Woodbone the day prior, in an ...
No Strings Attached - Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Seven55th Day of Spring - Year 1758 of the Golden EraShorefarm, Yellowfield, Draya CalyrexMaldrak was happy to see the small ocean-side town up ahead and the Gentle Tidings floating at the docks. They were still a ways away, but already he could see sailors toiling away in the town. A pair of houses had been knocked down, and it looked like the shipâs carpenters were already at work rebuilding.Trees had started to be cleared out from near the town, and large logs were brought closer. Without a proper mill it would be hard to pro...
Stray Cat Strut - Volume Eight - Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Six***I slipped out of the class, very aware of the samurai slinking along a step behind me. Nya was being quiet, which was an excellent time to look up what I was dealing with. A browser opened in my augs, and I typed in Nya... which wasnât helpful. âNya the Japanese Samuraiâ did bring up a lot more.There was this one ancient site, built like, twenty years before I was born, called Samuwiki. It was one of those editable wiki-forums, partially online and partially embedded on the mesh. It was also a hot mess of old forum ri...
Stray Cat Strut TTRPG - Project Parabellum Update Two!
Yup, I had a day off today and yup, I did spend it all on this! Woo! Anyway, here's the second update to the SCS-TTRPG. A Catalogue! So, I'm thinking these play out as the equivalent of a class in any class-based TTRPG. Lots of flavour and abilities bundled together, basically, only it's mostly gear-based in this case. Shout-out to Eldritch on the Discord for help making the tables more readable! The next goal is making the combat system, the civilian-tier gear, the General Basic Tier Zero Samurai gear, then the Monster Manual. Onc...
Stray Cat Strut TTRPG - Project Parabellum Update One!
I decided to do weekly updates on this project, mostly for the sake of accountability and to keep people posted, but also to gauge interest in the system and see what people think. I'll be running a Session -1 on Saturday on the Discord as well! Anyway! Here's Parabellum Ver 0.06! Formatting is a mess, and there's a TON of unfinished stuff. Only one catalogue is in, and it's incomplete, and I still haven't added a basic gear system, any sort of combat system, no glossaries exist, and we're missing the entirety of the ...
No Strings Attached - Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Six55th Day of Spring - Year 1758 of the Golden EraShorefarm, Yellowfield, Draya CalyrexViridian wanted to look back at the others, but was afraid that doing so might give away their position. She wasnât sure if... Three was a threat or not, but they might still be one. They were definitely not human, in any case.Their body, all mechanical and colourful, but still opened in a few places to reveal gears and small cords threaded into pulleys, wasnât organic at all, as far as she could tell. A puppet? Just like herself.âWhat ar...
Ivil Antagonist - Chapter One Hundred and Six
Chapter One Hundred and SixThey swept around Uranus, using the planetâs powerful pull to turn their straight path into a tight curve that had them coming in hot behind Oberon.Their arrival didnât go unnoticed, not when the Sapphoâs guns were still hot from her last altercation and she was followed by a pocket cruiser that was larger than most of the ships gathered around the large moon.âWeâre getting hailed,â Aurora said. âFrom the UDF Stormiest Skies.ââUDF?â Twenty-Six asked. âIs that the... Uranian Defence Force?ââDe...
KittyPunk.Queen.Violence - Chapter Sixty-Three
Chapter Sixty-ThreeSharp was vibrating all the way home. So much so that she forgot to flirt--painfully--with the girls before we darted away.She had a good reason for it.âI had two level-ups!â she said. Then, before I could ask the obvious question, she spilled the answer out. âCombat levelled up! Iâm at four!ââThatâs good,â I said. Not too surprising either, sheâd done a bit of running and gunning back there, and the situation overall was definitely a more combat-oriented one. The increase made sense. âAnd the rest?â The...
Cinnamon Bun - Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Two
Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-TwoâWhoa!â I said as I leaned way forwards on the railings and squinted my eyes to take in Deepmarsh. It was about midday, so the sun was almost directly overhead and shining down with a bright light that made the entire world feel vibrant and colourful, for all that the world below was filled with a lot of browns and greys.Deepmarsh the country was known for its marshes. Deepmarsh the capital city? It was smack in the centre of a massive swampy space.A dozen small rivers from the north and east and west all ...
No Strings Attached - Character Art!
Art by GoddArt, whom you may find... here: https://www.artstation.com/goddart0117
Fluff - Volume Four - Chapter ElevenÂ
Chapter ElevenâAlright Boss, lay it out, whatâs the plan?â Teddy asked.She was sitting in a dark, unlit room. Nothing between her and the Boss but a long table. Sitting along the edges were her co-conspirators, all of them paying rapt attention to the woman at the end of the table.Then the Boss got up and turned on the kitchen light. âSo dark,â she muttered before sitting back down. âAnd... ah, there is no plan?ââWhatâs that mean?â Teddy asked. âI thought you wanted us here to discuss the next stage of our operations?âEm...
Stray Cat Strut - Volume Eight - Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Five***Nya wasnât focusing on me. It took me a stupid amount of time to realize it, but she wasnât targeting me directly. Sheâd move in, swipe--why did she have claws?--then put just enough pressure on me to pull me away from the others before pouncing back onto them.It meant that at some point, maybe a minute into the fight, I was the last one standing, and I wasnât intact. Iâd eaten a pair of kicks to the chest and a tail swipe across the case that felt like a mean bitch slap.âYouâre not so bad, nya!â the weirdo...
The Stray Cat Strut Fan Media License
Hello Samurai,So, this is something that a few people have been asking about, and it's something that does exist in our niche. So, with the help of my friend Selkie Myth, I was able to put something together for anyone who writes an SCS Fanfiction.This is a contract. It allows the persons who sign it the right to own and publish and distribute their own SCS a fanfictions for profit. How does it work? Download the PDF attached below, read it carefully because it's still a legally-binding contract, sign it, and send me a copy over Discord...
Stray Cay Strut - Volume Eight - Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Four***âDonât forget,â Lucy said. âWe have our first Applied Pol-Sci this afternoon.ââYeah yeah,â I said. âKiss before you go?âLucy grinned and gave me a quick kiss before darting out of the Bastionwith a skip in her step. Sheâd been doing that a lot lately. Skipping, not kissing. Well, thereâd been a lot of that too, but not much more than our usual baselineI think it was the working legs that did it, probably. Or she just liked the way her skirt bounced with every step. It was... cute.Ah well. I stretched ...
No Strings Attached - Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Five55th Day of Spring - Year 1758 of the Golden EraShorefarm, Yellowfield, Draya CalyrexâOi!â a man called out.Viridian glanced up. Sheâd only just exited Tomasâs shop. The smith had been working on their short swords for the last few hours and had repaired their pikes as well. It was interesting to watch him work. The others in the room, the young Maguses, were quick to leave, but she and her companions stayed and kept Tomas company as he worked.She had done a little work herself. Their gambesons had all gained a few cut...
