#rivener

today's kiss comes from Rivener and is a rewrite of a scene from draft 1! i'm very fond of it. length: 325 words

 ↳ in which Wren is a woman with a ruinous ability, Kai is an enslaved wolf shifter, and circumstances conspire to have them relying on each other for survival.

Hey have you guys read this really cool story by a really cool person who goes by @kaatiba because if not you totally should it’s really good. 

There was one bit at one point where they find this cave near a river and just chill there and the image stuck in my head and then you (that’s you Kaaitba love you b) were like ‘oh it’s my birthday’ so I was like ‘oh time to draw I guess’ 

Also!!! Look at Kai!!! I’m pleased with how floof he is!!! What a floofy boy!!!

 ↳ wren is a woman with a ruinous ability, kai is an enslaved wolf shifter. circumstances conspire to have them relying on each other for survival. featuring an anti-hero main character, supernatural abilities, discrimination and oppression, the search for freedom, and its inextricable link to healing.

Wren screams, a single furious sound that tears her throat raw, and feels power flood from her in a shattering wave, shaking the kennel, cratering the earth beneath her feet—and breaking the iron locks and collars. The shifters burst free. Wren has just enough time to realize she’s in the way before they stampede out. A body slams into her before she can brace herself and she falls, knocking her head hard on the ground. Feet and paws trip and then pound over her, the shifters heedless in their panic. Pain bludgeons her legs, thighs, ribs, arms. She scrambles, trying to get out of the way, feels a finger break under someone’s heel, flinches—and another foot collides with her head. The world bursts into black stars and ringing pain that swallows all sound, all sight, everything. She clings to consciousness desperately. The fire is coming, the fire is already here, she will die if she doesn't get up, get up, get up. But she can’t make her body listen to her. Can hardly even draw breath. I don't want to die, she thinks, and forces her eyes open with every ounce of will she possesses. She sees the fire over her, fire all around her. She’s in the belly of the beast, and soon she will burn. I don't want to die. With a roar, the fire reaches for her. And she reaches back.

today's kiss is pulled from Rivener, a post-apocalyptic fantasy novella i'm rewriting and expanding! length: 128 words

 ↳ in which Wren is a woman with a ruinous ability, Kai is an enslaved wolf shifter, and circumstances conspire to have them relying on each other for survival.

Rules: Describe the plot of your story/WIP in five words or less, then tag five people!

i was tagged by @petalsandspiderwebs (thank you!). and since i am an overachiever, here are 5 word wip descriptions for my most 'active' (using that term real loosely) wips

The Storyteller, The Prince, and The Djinn - A storyteller versus a liar. Rivener - Sometimes, freedom is a choice. Glitch - The Chosen One goes rogue.

I was tagged by @keysandopenmind (thank you!)

My word is FREAK and that seems fitting to pull from my WIP, Rivener - a post-apocalyptic fantasy about a wolf shifter named Kai, and a woman with a ruinous power named Wren, which I'm rewriting and expanding.

F - For the first time in longer than he can remember, he’s warm and comfortable.

R - Running and running and running, because if he stopped he was dead, if he stopped they would catch him, if he stopped he was a slave again, a weapon again, an animal again.

E - Everybody is a threat, and runaway shifters most especially.

A - As her breathing steadies and deepens, her pulse evens out, her terror recedes…and the quake of the world comes to an end.

K - Killing him would be the ruthless but smart choice, the safe choice.

i was tagged by @oh-no-another-idea (thank you!)

How-To: Pick a character(s) and tell us what comes to mind for them in each category.

here's Kai from Rivener just because I think it would be interesting

 ↳ in which Wren is a woman with a ruinous ability, Kai is an enslaved wolf shifter, and circumstances conspire to have them relying on each other for survival.

Seasoning - Herby salt his father used to make Weather - The dewy weather right after a rain-shower in spring Color - Reddish-grey Sky -A night full of stars Magic power - Shifting, and when in human shape: enhanced strength, speed, healing, hearing, and sight Plant - Honeysuckle Weapon - Fangs and claws Social media - Doesn't exist! Candy - Syrup candies Fear - Being trapped and enslaved again Method of long distance travel - By foot in wolf shape Art style - Singing Stationery - N/A Celestial body - Sister Solace (a constellation in the shape of a wolf, representing one of the Ancient Ones - wolf shifters practice ancestral worship and veneration)