I am a pod person

Hi! I did completely skip on the context huh. Here's some, and some info about the upcoming round. TL;DR, you're looking for this but note that it's still a draft and that signups aren't open yet.

PodRPG is a mix between a role-playing game campaign and a discord-based podfic challenge. I ran a first version of it last year that ended a few months ago, you can find the rules for it here and the playbook of the quest here.

It was very much a test run, and I wanted to rework the rules some before the second round. I'd been working on that and on the new playbook when Voiceteam came around with the perfect challenge (Storytime) to push me to finalize it. I'm guessing that's where you heard of it, but basically, I took the opportunity to post that first quest playbook, finalize and post the spellbook for the second quest, and finalize (but not post!) the second playbook.

I'm tentatively planning to run the second round in the fall. Sign-ups aren't open yet but you can find the draft of the rules here.

Hello!!! I'm glad you're having fun listening to podfics and getting into it yourself!!

Behind the Pod is both a podfic meta challenge and a podcast about the backstage processes of podfic, with audio essays, interviews, and other meta discussions.

For the sixth year, it will be run as a fest, meaning no sign-ups or technical requirements!

Submission deadline: Sunday 12th July,

Reveals: Monday 13th July,

Parent Works: The Diamond Ring Effect Writers: AirgiodSLV Readers: Annapods Rating: General Audiences Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 01:20:32 Summary: I’d just settled in to preen my feathers when I saw him. He had slim legs and a jawline as sharp as volcanic glass. The eyes behind his glasses were stormy blue, a few shades darker than his frost-bleached hair.

He looked like someone who’d lived a hard life, and instead of toughening him up, it had worn him down. He tilted his face back to look at me above the temple door.

“I’ve been looking for you,” he said, soft and breathy. And just like that, I knew there was trouble.

01:20:32 :: Written by AirgiodSLV.

Parent Works: Soul Survivor Writers: charingfae Readers: Annapods Rating: Mature Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 00:44:58 Summary: Rumi’s life should be perfect. Gwi-Ma? Defeated. The Honmoon? Restored. Huntrix’s new album? Triple diamond.

There’s just one small problem.

Jinu's soul? The one that jumped into her sword? It now lives in her bedroom mirror.

And he’s talkative.

—

“You mean you’ve been able to leave all this time? You could go anywhere, see anything. Travel the world. Why are you still here?”

Jinu cocks his head, like the thought hadn’t occurred to him. “Why would I want to go anywhere else when I have everything I want right here?”

00:44:58 :: Written by charingfae.

Parent Works: it's you I find like a ghost in my mind Writers: nex_et_nox Readers: Annapods Rating: Mature Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 02:52:51 Summary:

Luo Binghe doesn’t mean to reach out to Shen Qingqiu. It’s a combination of instinct, the force of habit, and sheer agonized longing that causes him to do it anyway. His physical body is safely ensconced in his rooms at Huan Hua Palace, where he has recently been accepted as a visiting disciple, but his mind—

His mind is on Qing Jing Peak.

He doesn’t even realize it isn’t one of his own dreams at first.

Or, while at Huan Hua, Luo Binghe keeps sharing dreams with his shizun, and it doesn't take long to notice that there is something very, very wrong with Shizun's dreamscape

02:52:51 :: Written by nex_et_nox.

Parent Works: don't be kind to it. honey, don't feed it, it will come back. Writers: babygirlification Readers: Annapods Rating: Explicit Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 00:29:47 Summary: “Do you have… Fangs in this form?” Shen Qingqiu asks softly, his voice quiet to match the rest of the room. The only sound is the brush of scales against skin and fabric whenever Zhuzhi-lang’s tail shifts.

The man nods and obligingly opens his mouth, revealing not only a set of fangs but also a long tongue, forked at the end, that seems to flutter in his mouth. Even if Shen Qingqiu had been conscious of the implications of any of his actions, he still wouldn’t have been able to hold back. He takes one hand swiftly to Zhuzhi-lang’s jaw to hold it open as he leans in closely to look. His thumb brushes over his fangs first, testing their sharpness.

Zhuzhi-lang makes a soft noise, and Shen Qingqiu looks up to see a cute green colour spreading across his cheeks… Blushing? His tongue is moving down Shen Qingqiu’s thumb to tickle his palm, Zhuzhi-lang’s lips closing around it like he’s…

Shameless! Shen Qingqiu admonishes himself because he shouldn’t think like that. The man is probably just… Being snake-like? Yeah, sure...

  00:29:47 :: Written by babygirlification.

Parent Works: like gleaming shards cast out to sea Writers: the_crownless_queen Readers: Annapods Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 00:13:55 Summary:

“You’ve reached pro hero Deku! I can’t come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message, I’ll be sure to get back to you as fast as I can!

“If this is an emergency, or about a villain sighting, please call the following number: 0X-XXXX-XXXX. We at the Dekiru Hero Agency appreciate your every call! Plus Ultra!”

…

beep

…

“Ugh… Pick up your fucking phone, Deku, Round Face’s worried. And you’re late. You better get there in the next fucking five minutes or I’ll kill you myself.

“I’m not joking.”

Notes

For shabu_zen, who wanted a fic in voicemails format XD I hope I delivered? This came to me a while back and I totally forgot to write it until I found the prompt again on the sheet XD Hope you like it!

00:13:55 :: Written by the_crownless_queen.

Parent Works: Boy Hostage Writers: meaninglessblah Readers: Annapods Rating: Explicit Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 00:18:22 Summary: Dick Grayson is a Good Boy.

Good Boys don't enjoy being tied up and used until they're coming dry. Good Boys don't enjoy being passed around by multiple rogues until they're dripping with spend. Good Boys don't look a tentacle-vine-wielding villain in the eye and consider doing anything other than running.

Dick Grayson is a Good Boy, he thinks.

00:18:22 :: Written by meaninglessblah.

Parent Works: seven new ways to eat your young Writers: hoorayy Readers: Annapods Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 00:33:10 Summary: On track for early career burnout, twenty-something Dia O’Casey takes on what she hopes will be her last assignment on the metaphorical bench: training up-and-coming golden boy, Oliver. Oliver is gentle, jumpy, and naïve—everything the superhero business will beat right out of him as soon as he steps foot on the field.

And when it does, Dia decides that saving Oliver will be the last thing she ever does for heroes.

(written for cf's anon style challenge)

00:33:10 :: Written by hoorayy.

Parent Works: Nothing but sparks and glitter Writers: Nary Readers: Annapods Rating: Explicit Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 00:18:55 Summary: Kaminari Denki was used to the side effects of overusing his quirk. If he went over his wattage limit, he got, well... stupid. It had always been that way. He'd discharge a lot of power and then wind up kind of dazed and not able to think clearly or look after himself. It was like being drunk - at least, he assumed it was, since he'd never actually been drunk. But it lowered his inhibitions and made him not able to really think clearly. He thought of it as being buzzed, because the pun amused him. His classmates knew about the aftereffects he was vulnerable to, and they tried to look out for him, making sure he didn't do anything dangerous, guiding him to safety, or just keeping an eye on him.

There was something else, something they didn't know, though.

Excessive use of his quirk also made Denki incredibly horny.

00:18:55 :: Written by Nary.

Parent Works: Scales of Embers Writers: Sinvulkt (Wakare) Readers: Annapods Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Audio length (incl. potential endnotes): 00:34:42 Summary: Everything burned. His body felt strange, his nerves raw, as if liquid fire was spreading through his veins. Zuko flew into the sky, thoughts fuzzy, rushing to escape the too hot too hot flames that threatened to melt his skin.

The sour feeling of betrayal clenched his chest, but his mind was too dizzy to remember why. He couldn’t focus on anything, except for the incessant words looping without respite through his brain. —away, run away, run away—

00:34:42 :: Written by Sinvulkt (Wakare).