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CW: PennedPossibilities 1134: What type of clothing does your MC typically wear? CW: Contains spoilers!
@floofpaldi, I answered both #PennedPossibilities 1134 and 1145 for good reason: I see a big difference in being asked to describe how my MC dresses in 1145 and being asked what type of clothing they typically wear back in #PennedPossibilities 1134. Either way, both were spoiler questions for me!
1145 allowed me to talk about the MC's thoughts choosing her clothing, and let me evoke images and meanings that discusses my MC's mentality and her issues with the clothing in her life without actually describing what I didn't want to.
1134 let me insinuate what readers might typically see of my MC in hypothetical cover art was a pretty sneaky tricky solution. I redirected the question and escaped describing what my current MC was wearing (let alone typically wearing) at all! But I well said plenty left unsaid.
1134: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/117306788929517666
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@floofpaldi, I answered both #PennedPossibilities 1134 and 1145 for good reason: I see a big difference in being asked to describe how my MC dresses in 1145 and being asked what type of clothing they typically wear back in #PennedPossibilities 1134. Either way, both were spoiler questions for me!
1145 allowed me to talk about the MC's thoughts choosing her clothing, and let me evoke images and meanings that discusses my MC's mentality and her issues with the clothing in her life without actually describing what I didn't want to.
1134 let me insinuate what readers might typically see of my MC in hypothetical cover art; doing so was a pretty sneaky tricky solution. I redirected the question and escaped describing what my current MC was wearing (let alone typically wearing) at all! But I well said plenty left unsaid.
1134: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/117306788929517666
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
@floofpaldi, I answered both #PennedPossibilities 1134 and 1145 for good reason: I see a big difference in being asked to describe how my MC dresses in 1145 and being asked what type of clothing they typically wear back in #PennedPossibilities 1134. Either way, both were spoiler questions for me!
1145 allowed me to talk about the MC's thoughts choosing her clothing, and let me evoke images and meanings that discusses my MC's mentality and her issues with the clothing in her life without actually describing what I didn't want to.
1134 let me insinuate what readers might typically see of my MC in hypothetical cover art; doing so was a pretty sneaky tricky solution. I redirected the question and escaped describing what my current MC was wearing (let alone typically wearing) at all! But I well said plenty left unsaid.
1134: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/117306788929517666
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
@floofpaldi, I answered both #PennedPossibilities 1134 and 1145 for good reason: I see a big difference in being asked to describe how my MC dresses in 1145 and being asked what type of clothing they typically wear back in #PennedPossibilities 1134. Either way, both were spoiler questions for me!
1145 allowed me to talk about the MC's thoughts choosing her clothing, and let me evoke images and meanings that discusses my MC's mentality and her issues with the clothing in her life without actually describing what I didn't want to.
1134 let me insinuate what readers might typically see of my MC in hypothetical cover art; doing so was a pretty sneaky tricky solution. I redirected the question and escaped describing what my current MC was wearing (let alone typically wearing) at all! But I well said plenty left unsaid.
1134: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/117306788929517666
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.02 — Which character knows your MC better than your MC knows themselves?
Various SCs know aspects of my MC, Bolt, better than Bolt is willing to accept. Blue is best able to predict and manage Bolt's emotional and physical needs, though it's often a triage situation since they don't live together. He can calm her like none other. She's active and likes exercise both in and out of bed, which he can readily provide.
Night on Fire and her sister Light Insight both know Bolt and her photography better than Bolt does herself. Bolt considers photography a throwaway hobby. She's used it only to capture what interests her in a way that most pleases her, for her own (sometimes arguably pornographic) consumption. The two women see how Bolt works intuitively, understand how she sees the world from the body of work pasted to the walls and ceiling of her apartment, and therefore know what they can ask of her that's both reasonable and possible. They know full well that Bolt will give them skeptical, puzzled looks and try to say no, but also know Bolt is a soft touch—and that Bolt's art can make them a lot of coin.
Rainy Days (the main series antagonist) learns everything she can about anyone she's interested in. Bolt made her interested.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.02 — Which character knows your MC better than your MC knows themselves?
Various SCs know aspects of my MC, Bolt, better than Bolt is willing to accept. Blue is best able to predict and manage Bolt's emotional and physical needs, though it's often a triage situation since they don't live together. He can calm her like none other. She's active and likes exercise both in and out of bed, which he can readily provide.
Night on Fire and her sister Light Insight both know Bolt and her photography better than Bolt does herself. Bolt considers photography a throwaway hobby. She's used it only to capture what interests her in a way that most pleases her, for her own (sometimes arguably pornographic) consumption. The two women see how Bolt works intuitively, understand how she sees the world from the body of work pasted to the walls and ceiling of her apartment, and therefore know what they can ask of her that's both reasonable and possible. They know full well that Bolt will give them skeptical, puzzled looks and try to say no, but also know Bolt is a soft touch—and that Bolt's art can make them a lot of coin.
Rainy Days (the main series antagonist) learns everything she can about anyone she's interested in. Bolt made her interested.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.02 — Which character knows your MC better than your MC knows themselves?
Various SCs know aspects of my MC, Bolt, better than Bolt is willing to accept. Blue is best able to predict and manage Bolt's emotional and physical needs, though it's often a triage situation since they don't live together. He can calm her like none other. She's active and likes exercise both in and out of bed, which he can readily provide.
Night on Fire and her sister Light Insight both know Bolt and her photography better than Bolt does herself. Bolt considers photography a throwaway hobby. She's used it only to capture what interests her in a way that most pleases her, for her own (sometimes arguably pornographic) consumption. The two women see how Bolt works intuitively, understand how she sees the world from the body of work pasted to the walls and ceiling of her apartment, and therefore know what they can ask of her that's both reasonable and possible. They know full well that Bolt will give them skeptical, puzzled looks and try to say no, but also know Bolt is a soft touch—and that Bolt's art can make them a lot of coin.
Rainy Days (the main series antagonist) learns everything she can about anyone she's interested in. Bolt made her interested.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.02 — Which character knows your MC better than your MC knows themselves?
Various SCs know aspects of my MC, Bolt, better than Bolt is willing to accept. Blue is best able to predict and manage Bolt's emotional and physical needs, though it's often a triage situation since they don't live together. He can calm her like none other. She's active and likes exercise both in and out of bed, which he can readily provide.
Night on Fire and her sister Light Insight both know Bolt and her photography better than Bolt does herself. Bolt considers photography a throwaway hobby. She's used it only to capture what interests her in a way that most pleases her, for her own (sometimes arguably pornographic) consumption. The two women see how Bolt works intuitively, understand how she sees the world from the body of work pasted to the walls and ceiling of her apartment, and therefore know what they can ask of her that's both reasonable and possible. They know full well that Bolt will give them skeptical, puzzled looks and try to say no, but also know Bolt is a soft touch—and that Bolt's art can make them a lot of coin.
Rainy Days (the main series antagonist) learns everything she can about anyone she's interested in. Bolt made her interested.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — What is a promise your MC made that they regret?
Bolt knows that in her position (essentially a wholly-owned courier/delivery subsidiary of the mob), she can't promise even one of her feathers. Yet, when a neighbor got used to spy on her, then immediately gave away what he had been forced to do, she grew to like the guy. (Molt becomes a cute LI). I'm not entirely sure if she regrets promising that she could protect him, because she would have fought regardless of the promise and proved definitively she can't protect anyone. However, putting herself in his place and seeing said promise as broken hurts nonetheless.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — What is a promise your MC made that they regret?
Bolt knows that in her position (essentially a wholly-owned courier/delivery subsidiary of the mob), she can't promise even one of her feathers. Yet, when a neighbor got used to spy on her, then immediately gave away what he had been forced to do, she grew to like the guy. (Molt becomes a cute LI). I'm not entirely sure if she regrets promising that she could protect him, because she would have fought regardless of the promise and proved definitively she can't protect anyone. However, putting herself in his place and seeing said promise as broken hurts nonetheless.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — What is a promise your MC made that they regret?
Bolt knows that in her position (essentially a wholly-owned courier/delivery subsidiary of the mob), she can't promise even one of her feathers. Yet, when a neighbor got used to spy on her, then immediately gave away what he had been forced to do, she grew to like the guy. (Molt becomes a cute LI). I'm not entirely sure if she regrets promising that she could protect him, because she would have fought regardless of the promise and proved definitively she can't protect anyone. However, putting herself in his place and seeing said promise as broken hurts nonetheless.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — What is a promise your MC made that they regret?
Bolt knows that in her position (essentially a wholly-owned courier/delivery subsidiary of the mob), she can't promise even one of her feathers. Yet, when a neighbor got used to spy on her, then immediately gave away what he had been forced to do, she grew to like the guy. (Molt becomes a cute LI). I'm not entirely sure if she regrets promising that she could protect him, because she would have fought regardless of the promise and proved definitively she can't protect anyone. However, putting herself in his place and seeing said promise as broken hurts nonetheless.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.02 — Do you have plans for your next work yet?
Whilst I'm thinking this is a follow-on from yesterday's prompt (that I felt resistant to answering because I'm sensitive currently about getting the work finished), I can very definitely answer yes about having plans. The Reluctance Series has always been a holographic project. It was conceived as a series, with continuing stories and continuing characters across many eras. I have stories planned that take place both before and after the current one that aren't just a prequel and a sequel and a side story, but stories from centuries before. My life is less about what to write but working through the psychology that's keeping me from getting back into the groove.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.02 — Do you have plans for your next work yet?
Whilst I'm thinking this is a follow-on from yesterday's prompt (that I felt resistant to answering because I'm sensitive currently about getting the work finished), I can very definitely answer yes about having plans. The Reluctance Series has always been a holographic project. It was conceived as a series, with continuing stories and continuing characters across many eras. I have stories planned that take place both before and after the current one that aren't just a prequel and a sequel and a side story, but stories from centuries before. My life is less about what to write but working through the psychology that's keeping me from getting back into the groove.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.02 — Do you have plans for your next work yet?
Whilst I'm thinking this is a follow-on from yesterday's prompt (that I felt resistant to answering because I'm sensitive currently about getting the work finished), I can very definitely answer yes about having plans. The Reluctance Series has always been a holographic project. It was conceived as a series, with continuing stories and continuing characters across many eras. I have stories planned that take place both before and after the current one that aren't just a prequel and a sequel and a side story, but stories from centuries before. My life is less about what to write but working through the psychology that's keeping me from getting back into the groove.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.02 — Do you have plans for your next work yet?
Whilst I'm thinking this is a follow-on from yesterday's prompt (that I felt resistant to answering because I'm sensitive currently about getting the work finished), I can very definitely answer yes about having plans. The Reluctance Series has always been a holographic project. It was conceived as a series, with continuing stories and continuing characters across many eras. I have stories planned that take place both before and after the current one that aren't just a prequel and a sequel and a side story, but stories from centuries before. My life is less about what to write but working through the psychology that's keeping me from getting back into the groove.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
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#PennedPossibilities 1145: Describe how your MC dresses.
[Bolt is a day angel. —RS]
Thoughtfully. That's a good adjective. She dresses thoughtfully.
Sometimes she dresses to convince clients they might get hurt—maybe bitten if touched. Piercings, steel, leather? Other times, it's to impress evaluating eyes, to disguise from the unwary. Gauze, a fancy bag, straps with designer pockets, thyme feather oil, earth tone body paint, sparkle? Sometimes it's to blend, pass unseen, to remain stealthy or simply left unmolested. Nothing to stand out, nothing to keep in the sweat, nothing to remember? The only thing consistent are her geckos, angelic footwear that helps her perch on ledges, tree branches, and lampposts. She likes sea blue. In bed? Nothing to describe but her companions. And? I won't.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
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#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1145: Describe how your MC dresses.
[Bolt is a day angel. —RS]
Thoughtfully. That's a good adjective. She dresses thoughtfully.
Sometimes she dresses to convince clients they might get hurt—maybe bitten if touched. Piercings, steel, leather? Other times, it's to impress evaluating eyes, to disguise from the unwary. Gauze, a fancy bag, straps with designer pockets, thyme feather oil, earth tone body paint, sparkle? Sometimes it's to blend, pass unseen, to remain stealthy or simply left unmolested. Nothing to stand out, nothing to keep in the sweat, nothing to remember? The only thing consistent are her geckos, angelic footwear that helps her perch on ledges, tree branches, and lampposts. She likes sea blue. In bed? Nothing to describe but her companions. And? I won't.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1145: Describe how your MC dresses.
[Bolt is a day angel. —RS]
Thoughtfully. That's a good adjective. She dresses thoughtfully.
Sometimes she dresses to convince clients they might get hurt—maybe bitten if touched. Piercings, steel, leather? Other times, it's to impress evaluating eyes, to disguise from the unwary. Gauze, a fancy bag, straps with designer pockets, thyme feather oil, earth tone body paint, sparkle? Sometimes it's to blend, pass unseen, to remain stealthy or simply left unmolested. Nothing to stand out, nothing to keep in the sweat, nothing to remember? The only thing consistent are her geckos, angelic footwear that helps her perch on ledges, tree branches, and lampposts. She likes sea blue. In bed? Nothing to describe but her companions. And? I won't.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1145: Describe how your MC dresses.
[Bolt is a day angel. —RS]
Thoughtfully. That's a good adjective. She dresses thoughtfully.
Sometimes she dresses to convince clients they might get hurt—maybe bitten if touched. Piercings, steel, leather? Other times, it's to impress evaluating eyes, to disguise from the unwary. Gauze, a fancy bag, straps with designer pockets, thyme feather oil, earth tone body paint, sparkle? Sometimes it's to blend, pass unseen, to remain stealthy or simply left unmolested. Nothing to stand out, nothing to keep in the sweat, nothing to remember? The only thing consistent are her geckos, angelic footwear that helps her perch on ledges, tree branches, and lampposts. She likes sea blue. In bed? Nothing to describe but her companions. And? I won't.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1145: Describe how your MC dresses.
Let’s talk about Elric for this one, instead. I have just the right passage for this. No explanation necessary because this covers the prompt perfectly.
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance
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#PennedPossibilities 1145: Describe how your MC dresses.
Let’s talk about Elric for this one, instead. I have just the right passage for this. No explanation necessary because this covers the prompt perfectly.
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance
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#PennedPossibilities 1145: Describe how your MC dresses.
Let’s talk about Elric for this one, instead. I have just the right passage for this. No explanation necessary because this covers the prompt perfectly.
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#PennedPossibilities 1145: Describe how your MC dresses.
Let’s talk about Elric for this one, instead. I have just the right passage for this. No explanation necessary because this covers the prompt perfectly.
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance
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#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — Introduce your character like they are writing a Reddit AITA post about themselves.
[Maybe jumping the gun here since only three prompts show on the Google Docs feed; hopefully not AITA. Sorry if so. —RS]
r/AITAH: A place to ask if you were, in fact, the asshole in a particular situation. Posts must ask for judgment in a conflict between two or more people, or a reasonable expectation of a conflict…
[Teri is posting. It's short for Night Terror. She's an autistic self-named woman daemon, a former prizefighter, and a newly hired enforcer: Bolt and Pigeon are her day angel coworkers.]
Am I AITA for not submitting to the hierarchy in my new job and caring that my senior is unprofessional and actively harmful?
Bolt's face looked puffy; a black eye, bruises on her jaw, bandages along her hip, her giving her coworker the stink eye. I asked him, had he beat her up? Yes, he admitted but said Bolt had started it whining about some friend, that she had "flown into a lamppost," and he felt he had been within rights to extort Bolt's friend—because his co-worker's friend was a nerd dweeb who left himself open to it. When I objected, he insisted he was my senior in the organization, that it wasn't my problem, and that I should do as ordered, which I quickly realized would get us noticed by our target. Pigeon the Pilferer is totally unprofessional. Told him so, that he would get us hurt. It was all a bit much when he started yelling. I ignored him. When he tried to hit me, I dodged, but when he couldn't put a hand on me (and no, I refused to stand still), he eventually stated I'd learned my lesson and walked away. I left myself open for a sucker punch multiple times as we cased the job site; after I'd set a trip trap for anyone exiting the target restaurant, he took it. I ducked. My upper cut to his chin knocked the man out.
Yes, I baited him. I could have followed instructions, even though they would have exposed him and Bolt to danger I'd have to clean up, likely hurting our past-due borrower whom we wanted to pay up. I dislike inefficiencies. I dislike unprofessionalism. I really dislike letting people for whom I'm arguably responsible be hurt, or letting them hurt one another.
AITAH?
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
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#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
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#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — Introduce your character like they are writing a Reddit AITA post about themselves.
[Maybe jumping the gun here since only three prompts show on the Google Docs feed; hopefully not AITA. Sorry if so. —RS]
r/AITAH: A place to ask if you were, in fact, the asshole in a particular situation. Posts must ask for judgment in a conflict between two or more people, or a reasonable expectation of a conflict…
[Teri is posting. It's short for Night Terror. She's an autistic self-named woman daemon, a former prizefighter, and a newly hired enforcer: Bolt and Pigeon are her day angel coworkers.]
Am I AITA for not submitting to the hierarchy in my new job and caring that my senior is unprofessional and actively harmful?
Bolt's face looked puffy; a black eye, bruises on her jaw, bandages along her hip, her giving her coworker the stink eye. I asked him, had he beat her up? Yes, he admitted but said Bolt had started it whining about some friend, that she had "flown into a lamppost," and he felt he had been within rights to extort Bolt's friend—because his co-worker's friend was a nerd dweeb who left himself open to it. When I objected, he insisted he was my senior in the organization, that it wasn't my problem, and that I should do as ordered, which I quickly realized would get us noticed by our target. Pigeon the Pilferer is totally unprofessional. Told him so, that he would get us hurt. It was all a bit much when he started yelling. I ignored him. When he tried to hit me, I dodged, but when he couldn't put a hand on me (and no, I refused to stand still), he eventually stated I'd learned my lesson and walked away. I left myself open for a sucker punch multiple times as we cased the job site; after I'd set a trip trap for anyone exiting the target restaurant, he took it. I ducked. My upper cut to his chin knocked the man out.
Yes, I baited him. I could have followed instructions, even though they would have exposed him and Bolt to danger I'd have to clean up, likely hurting our past-due borrower whom we wanted to pay up. I dislike inefficiencies. I dislike unprofessionalism. I really dislike letting people for whom I'm arguably responsible be hurt, or letting them hurt one another.
AITAH?
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — Introduce your character like they are writing a Reddit AITA post about themselves.
[Maybe jumping the gun here since only three prompts show on the Google Docs feed; hopefully not AITA. Sorry if so. —RS]
r/AITAH: A place to ask if you were, in fact, the asshole in a particular situation. Posts must ask for judgment in a conflict between two or more people, or a reasonable expectation of a conflict…
[Teri is posting. It's short for Night Terror. She's an autistic self-named woman daemon, a former prizefighter, and a newly hired enforcer: Bolt and Pigeon are her day angel coworkers.]
Am I AITA for not submitting to the hierarchy in my new job and caring that my senior is unprofessional and actively harmful?
Bolt's face looked puffy; a black eye, bruises on her jaw, bandages along her hip, her giving her coworker the stink eye. I asked him, had he beat her up? Yes, he admitted but said Bolt had started it whining about some friend, that she had "flown into a lamppost," and he felt he had been within rights to extort Bolt's friend—because his co-worker's friend was a nerd dweeb who left himself open to it. When I objected, he insisted he was my senior in the organization, that it wasn't my problem, and that I should do as ordered, which I quickly realized would get us noticed by our target. Pigeon the Pilferer is totally unprofessional. Told him so, that he would get us hurt. It was all a bit much when he started yelling. I ignored him. When he tried to hit me, I dodged, but when he couldn't put a hand on me (and no, I refused to stand still), he eventually stated I'd learned my lesson and walked away. I left myself open for a sucker punch multiple times as we cased the job site; after I'd set a trip trap for anyone exiting the target restaurant, he took it. I ducked. My upper cut to his chin knocked the man out.
Yes, I baited him. I could have followed instructions, even though they would have exposed him and Bolt to danger I'd have to clean up, likely hurting our past-due borrower whom we wanted to pay up. I dislike inefficiencies. I dislike unprofessionalism. I really dislike letting people for whom I'm arguably responsible be hurt, or letting them hurt one another.
AITAH?
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — Introduce your character like they are writing a Reddit AITA post about themselves.
[Maybe jumping the gun here since only three prompts show on the Google Docs feed; hopefully not AITA. Sorry if so. —RS]
r/AITAH: A place to ask if you were, in fact, the asshole in a particular situation. Posts must ask for judgment in a conflict between two or more people, or a reasonable expectation of a conflict…
[Teri is posting. It's short for Night Terror. She's an autistic self-named woman daemon, a former prizefighter, and a newly hired enforcer: Bolt and Pigeon are her day angel coworkers.]
Am I AITA for not submitting to the hierarchy in my new job and caring that my senior is unprofessional and actively harmful?
Bolt's face looked puffy; a black eye, bruises on her jaw, bandages along her hip, her giving her coworker the stink eye. I asked him, had he beat her up? Yes, he admitted but said Bolt had started it whining about some friend, that she had "flown into a lamppost," and he felt he had been within rights to extort Bolt's friend—because his co-worker's friend was a nerd dweeb who left himself open to it. When I objected, he insisted he was my senior in the organization, that it wasn't my problem, and that I should do as ordered, which I quickly realized would get us noticed by our target. Pigeon the Pilferer is totally unprofessional. Told him so, that he would get us hurt. It was all a bit much when he started yelling. I ignored him. When he tried to hit me, I dodged, but when he couldn't put a hand on me (and no, I refused to stand still), he eventually stated I'd learned my lesson and walked away. I left myself open for a sucker punch multiple times as we cased the job site; after I'd set a trip trap for anyone exiting the target restaurant, he took it. I ducked. My upper cut to his chin knocked the man out.
Yes, I baited him. I could have followed instructions, even though they would have exposed him and Bolt to danger I'd have to clean up, likely hurting our past-due borrower whom we wanted to pay up. I dislike inefficiencies. I dislike unprofessionalism. I really dislike letting people for whom I'm arguably responsible be hurt, or letting them hurt one another.
AITAH?
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#ScribesAndMakers 9/30: What was the last song you listened to?
The very last song I listened to Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day, a favorite band of mine. (PS, the music video is a masterpiece.)
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#ScribesAndMakers 9/30: What was the last song you listened to?
The very last song I listened to Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day, a favorite band of mine. (PS, the music video is a masterpiece.)