Captain Sarcastic

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They watched eagerly, arm in arm as Sand Wraith’s adorned in the same scarlet hue began chasing familiar drunken Yewbridge retrainers for their young lord, shreds of ornate clothing flying victorious flags of amber and brown now stained in the Red Tide crimson banners.
          
          The ladies of Breakblue who had once scorned his wife for such a ridiculous thing as dress code were now attempting to run, discarding all of their desperate finery, jewellery and dresses to risk the thorny, endless forest. A forest her Red Tide trained in every single day.
          
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          Well, first chapter of 2026! ^^ No ONC this year I don't think. Great prompts but nothing is sparking my usual hyperfixations at the moment. But this is a really interesting chapter and honestly, one of my favourite pairings and bits of world building I've done in years. 
          
          Won't say any more but well worth the read. I even avoided adding a very spoilery intro despite it being one of my favourites. Not sure how the rest of these updates are going to go so enjoy them while you can!
          
          Cap'n
          
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Happy New Year! Wow...its been since October huh? Well I hope 2025 was a year cuz 2026 is gonna be...ah yeah. Tolerable? Tolerable would be nice.
          
          I'm still here surviving in my little hobbit hole but I've got a bit...well a lot of news. But lets rip this bandaid off quick.
          
          I've unpublished some of my old stories. Nothing major (yet) but its taken me til now to realise...NR isn't working. Its too big for the story I wanna tell and I don't have the skills, experience or patience to keep going with it in its current form. That has to change.
          
          Speaking of changes...NR will be going under a bit of refirbishment. I genuinely don't think anyone actually reads it but for all you lurkers out there this is what's gonna happen. Hawkins story will remain in NR (for plot reasons) but Nivara's will be moved to a seperate book currently unnamed to streamline things and (hopefully) get us to the finish line. I WAS going to wait til that finish line was done but...nope.
          
          Nothing editing or plot wise will change immediately just location BUT if I can get both completed regardless of when that is I can mess about with chapters to FINALLY pull off a second draft. Big if though. I also have plans to add more into AotF, TST, WtfF and even Nightspun to streamline things a bit more. Provided the Audhd behaves itself.
          
          Lastly, thank you to anyone who loves this story as much as I do. Its not going anywhere its just relocating and downsizing. Cuz there's a lot to fix and hopefully a lot more to come. ^^
          
          Enjoy!
          
          Cap'n

hope you’re doing well. ♥️ i swing by every so often to see if you’ve popped in on wattpad, just wanted to drop a line this time and say i’m wishing you all the best, and hope to see you online again soon :) 

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The Caithsee leader did not raise her voice.
          
          She did not brandish a weapon or a chair.
          
          The only weapon she needed was her voice.
          
          Stepping away from the safety of the wall, the leader of the Perishers kicked the dust off her boots, the front partially open as if a threat to any of her clawed brethren. Her sharp eyes scanned the room in a second, her tall, willowy frame hidden by the void created by her dark fur concealing the long, circular like blades on her back.
          
          “Let us not waste anymore time with this…prophecy. We know the stakes. We do not need to tread over old ground…as it were. Lady Anirri needs time to rest. I suggest we grant her that time by moving on.” 
          
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          Welp that took a lot longer to sort out than I thought. Hiatus aside, irl medical stuff plus a tad bit of writer's block sends me down a plot bunny as usual. Regardless, NaNo is coming up and I'll be doing my usual plan of joining 'in spirit' to up my writing goals. Dunno whether that'll actually happen but at least this chapter isn't hainting my to do list anymore.
          
          Enjoy!
          
          Cap'n
          
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/3733664?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading&wp_uname=CaptainSarcastic101

With every breath Hawkins muscles relaxed a little more, the nicks and bruises he had collectively gathered over the last few hours sealed over with the heat of his Fire Trait. He glanced over at the group and then towards the strange, burning Triad weaving its way through the Mound and settled on Cull’s lap, the weight of his fatigue was far less than he had initially thought. Until his eyes met Odi’s and finally he understood.
          
          Cull’s Trait wasn’t powered by anger. It was empathy. 
          
          A protective ember that burrowed itself deep within the ground, barely noticeable like a crackling campfire in a maelstrom or a single candle in an expansive darkness. It had been mistaken for a raging inferno, a stifling desert Caldorian wind, a dangerous thing to avoid just as his own flame had been. 
          
          But much like Hawkins’ own Trait, his latent ability to heal along with his self worth restricting everything…he regretted ever placing the once brutish Enforcer in the same box. Like constantly holding a burning torch with his bare hands Cull felt so much, so often that everything felt…frustratingly angry all the time. Cull's anger didn’t feel so…bad. It just felt…like a lot for one person.
          
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          Gahhh! SO glad to get this one out. I did update AotF in May so I'm still keeping to monthly updates but this chapter was SO draining I'm just glad I can move on with it. Can't promise more updates for AotF as much as I enjoyed my time with it but motivation is always fun times so...we'll see. 
          
          Enjoy!
          
          Cap'n
          
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Chucking this extra long chapter break thing that I wish had been done last week but chronic pain for two weeks into a three day migraine tends to delay things a LOT. Three days left. Imma aim to at least hit the 20k goal. Round 3 be damned.
          
          Enjoy!
          
          Cap'n
          
          
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Welp. There are only 10 DAYS left before the end of the ONC and I've got a good 6k left to wrap up before the 20k mark. This time last year I wrote 10k in a week so (hopefully) it won't be the same this year. Endings are paramount especially in murder mysteries. 
          
          As an additional note, THANK YOU to everyone who's been reading NR on the sly (I do see those votes) since we've officially hit 90k which is astounding. Hopefully I won't get as much burnout this time around to keep working on those montly updates.
          
          Enjoy!
          
          Cap'n
          
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A quick update to the ONC project before Round 2 gets announced. Wanted to get this out before my mum's anniversary in a few days. We're still trucking along.
          
          Enjoy!
          
          Cap'n
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/363828002?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading&wp_uname=CaptainSarcastic101