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Just realized my last pile is magical witches and book magic, and I'm about to write up this month a novella on witchy penpals using their pens for some of their magic. Everything is fitting into place.

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----(Recommended reading music: Japanese traditional metal — Gakusaku Shiki On Youtube )----

Book 1. Chapter 1: Part 2 The Tide of Tydius Flow 1. (2/2 for Tumblr. Please read the previous post [1/2] first for scene context.) Focused like his soul only sees, feels, body-mind-relives, flow, motion, emotion-of-instinct, ocean-of-truth!.. The-Waking-Master waits! Before storm breaks! Shadows circling Oh—so-slightly ever closer.. Two swords, two actions, a deadly dice in the act! THEN—shadow steps in with his right foot, an outside to inside double—horizontal strike towards his left shoulder and chest! The-Waking-Master, stakes on the last moment, ready to react, left steps back, left hand off hilt close to right shoulder, right hand holding hilt close to left shoulder. The-Waking-Master leaned just enough, at the last moment—to dodge the strike. The enemy's swords just grazing the skin of his left shoulder, cold blade tip thin! The-Waking-Master does not wait! He fires his counter, arms flying like a breaststroke in water, his sword free-flight from left to right as his right foot stepped forward—smooth-mirror of slaughter. The enemy blocks with both blades vertical, waist height to the side! SWORD CLASH, VIBRATIONS SING! CRUSHED DEFENSE—TWO SWORDS AIR BORN—IN HAND AWAY FROM ENEMY'S BODY! Cutting the shadow enemy's right shoulder! A masterfully executed swing. Injury chained—advantage gained. POUND-vibrations throughout The-Waking-Master's right-hand, from a LOUD-thunder clap, yet right grip holds-GRAND! But he does not celebrate. The Smoke and Shadows crouched to reset, because in battle it's all a solid oak fate skill bet.

Enemy plays shark—while Master plays planet. Trained-warrior-feature—Nature of habit!..

The-Waking-Master, stance. Already reset with the shadow, focus deepens.. Towards the enemy? NO! The meditation! To-nothing! To-everything! To-Anything!. Just-being...

The enemy in desperate vapors... A sudden moment like a flash, without shock, the enemy attacks, slash after slash, no will to move back. The-Waking-Master blocking all attacks, angles to block two swords at once. 1 VS 2 swords? sliding—timing, technique, in-tons, NOT-A-RUN! The-Waking-Master waited for the perfect moment. The shadow's gave a diagonal left sword swing, his right sword lagged from shoulder slash. The-Waking-Master parries the left sword swing, left foot stepping—body stood-bladed turning-block—flows to a direct stab in the shadow's left shoulder. Like a river flowing forward. The enemy stopped, screamed, a hole from the mountain sword in smoke-flesh. All at once, sword grip-twist-pull-rimmed, The-Waking-Master recover-hips-stance-limbed ready in dream.

The enemy attacking while smoke body trailing, raging—fearing, the self made a self to reflect the past, fears crawling, darkness in tears! The shadow gave a diagonal downward hard swing—with his left sword backed by bodyweight, The-Waking-Master blocks hilt by heart, adjusted arms braced, staggered strong wide stance, whole—breaths held past fears—whaling impacts, his knees stood, or disappear. YET! Just—being held——intact! Past fear.. Aggression, pain, weakness, all same language!. But he knew.. YET!. Shadow's rage grew! The-Waking-Master parries a diagonal downwards slash, from shadow's left sword, mountain sword his friend end to end, bladed pointed down, from left shoulder to behind his back, blade flying over shoulder—fast enough to CRASH! a downward strike, gifts from the mountain sword, spark strikes—vapor bends. Enemy injuries lagging arms behind, as he blocks in fear of moving back. Coming.. True.. The-Waking-Master shifting steps, pressing the attack—moving forward, he gave a powerful, horizontal outside left to right slash—when the shadow's guard was down. Shadow started a right sword diagonal slash too slow! Can't pull back! So the shadow set a block, for the oncoming strike's track, left sword held vertically—at waist hight, by its right shoulder, Shadow pulled his body and left foot back last moment, the Master's slash knocked the enemy's left sword out of hand, Shadow slightly turned, right arm torn—deep—past steel slashing—echoes clashing war sounds! Like thunder cracking—away shadow awareness—before lightning strikes. Then a second follow-up strike—2 strikes one blade motion, from left-to-arm-slash-to behind his back—flying-over his right shoulder, with a right step forward, a crunching right-diagonal-downward FINAL-STRIKE! Shadow's left foot braced back—pushing forward from arm-slash turn, inviting a straight stab to The-Waking-Master's gut at the same time...

Shadow sliced in half—lightning flash, strike's over shadow's. 2 swords like the shadow—to vapors. Shadow's.. Steam.. esteem.. To ash!.. The-Waking-Master held the ending dance stance... Oh—Spirit of strike, key. Now see. Mind-fast, light-confined. Time-deceleration... In-the-moment… smoke rising past his face, mouth, nose.. Time slowed and steady. feeling the motion—last stance, holding the step. Sword still down... he inhaled the smoke… dream-lived dance. One-to-one… peace-to-pieces… whole-in-hole… The smoke came.. Already was. Home.!

----( Recommended reading music: Baki OST - Determined (Extended) On Youtube )----

He wakes up from the meditation. The-Waking-Master was a storm, breaking into song, all along. The-Waking-Master sighs, leans forward, then back, then said = "Focused meditation lacks innovation... It's unintuitive, {He slowly sighs, as his head rolls down.} Well... It's hard. To push—{His Head rose half way.}—past mastery. {He looks around the room.. A slight smirk given} Isn't that right Johnson. {Low quiet voice.}. After all..." He sighs, closed and opened his eyes, then thought to himself = "what does not succeed needs seeds." A shaking smile held. Eyes on dusty futon, for a moment—then, flickering forward. Glance—out-of-trance, inside sight-lands. From a-slight shake to-the-right. The-Waking-Master = "Isn't that right, Rando."

The-Waking-Master took a deep breath, relaxed. Deep mental repetition.. Sword training meditation!.. Again. The soul is the engine combustion, intertwined mind, hand, world, enemy, nothing to anything, everything in a circle. Imagine in perfection, and passion in reflection, refine war and war, from art. Release, motion, breath, self-deceased, beyond-freeze, Reborn-at-ease!

In willed dreams, lost glistening scenes. The-Waking-Master, A-Shaking-Storm. Just a man. Morning will-wakes—to be born.

End Of Flow1

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To everyone reading this, thank you for following me. I truly appreciate you following this icon with a random sword—seriously, thank you so much! Your support means more than you know. I also wanted to share what I'll be working on over the next few months. My main focus is Crownose Chronicles Parts 1–3. Crownose Chronicles is broken down into: 1) Book: which focuses on the journey, story, and genre of the fictional story. 2) Chapters: which are often books of their own because of their size. 3) Parts: which further divide each chapter. 4) Flows: which are collections of symbols and scenes that make up each part. The series is organized into several layers: Books focus on the story, genre, and setting. Each book may feel different, with its own journey, themes, and character arcs. Books are divided into chapters. Chapters are divided into parts. Parts are divided into flows. Flows break up longer reads into collections of scenes and symbols. Some flows are short, while others are much longer. They also provide natural stopping points, allowing readers to pause between scenes—or after a group of scenes—whenever it feels most appropriate. There is no fixed length for any chapter, part, or flow. Some will be much larger than others. I will complete each part before releasing it, then publish that part one flow at a time. Between the releases of Part 2 and Part 3, I'll also be publishing two more neuroscience hypotheses while I continue polishing Part 2, or 3. Between Parts 2 and 3, I may also release another hypothesis exploring the relationship between multiple fields of psychology and human behavior. While some may consider it related to evolutionary neuroscience, I see it as a broader interdisciplinary framework. (Would you all like me to release one hypothesis alongside each full part of my book?) Book 1, Chapter 1, Parts 1–3 are already written. What remains is polishing them, which takes much longer than writing the first draft. One of the biggest challenges is making sure each character has their own distinct voice. Just as you and a friend might express the same idea in completely different ways, I want each character to think, speak, and act as their own person—not as an extension of me. That's why I'm taking my time with the editing process. I'd rather do it right than rush it. That said, I'm happy to share that Part 1, Flow 1 is about 98% complete. At this point, all that's left are a few casual read-throughs to make sure everything feels right. Part 1 will consist of 8 flows, which I'll be releasing one at a time after the full part has been polished. In short, my focus is on creating quality fiction and intellectual writing. In my fiction, I strive to fill the honest gaps in characters by giving them distinct voices, perspectives, and motivations. In my intellectual writing, I try to explore gaps that I believe are often overlooked and develop ideas that can serve as load-bearing foundations for broader ways of thinking. There may be weeks or even months between releases, but I'll continue posting updates as often as I can so everyone knows what I'm working on. I will try to give updates every week if I can. Thank you again for following. I hope my future writing adds value to you. I will try.

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