[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Return to Syarhrít
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Fresh Thyme #8: Turn Back, Dogwood Rose #1: red: courage
Styles and Supplies: Chiaroscuro, Cartography, Glitter (this poem), Novelty Bead (this gif, given here)
Word Count: 3099
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug (Ab)use, Non-Graphic Violence
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali, Liselye, Cyaru, Chuanyoa, Meqhola
In-Universe Date: 1912.1.1.2, 1647.6.2.2
Summary: Qhoroali returns Setsiana to 1647.

Return to Syarhrit )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: The Timeline You Want to Live In
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #9: Prefer
Styles and Supplies: Novelty Bead ("moral of the story", given here)
Word Count: 389
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana, Sapfita
In-Universe Date: Night of 1912.1.1.1
Summary: Setsiana has a dream before she returns.

The Timeline You Want to Live In )
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Silvercat )

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[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: A New Year
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #4: Talk, Techelet #4: Tashlich (casting off sins)
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing, Gift Wrap, Panorama, Stain ("The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity."), Novelty Bead ("petting", given here)
Word Count: 1634
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana, Sapfita, Qhoroali
In-Universe Date: Night of 1911.9.5.6; 1912.1.1.1
Summary: A new year arrives, and with it, a change of heart.

A New Year )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Renewed Conviction
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Nacarat #9: Trepverter (Yiddish): A witty comeback you think of only when it’s too late to use.
Styles and Supplies: Cartography, Graffiti (Three weeks for Dreamwidth)
Word Count: 428
Rating: T
Warnings: Imaginary violence
Characters: Setsiana
In-Universe Date: 1911.9.2.2 (mostly)
Summary: Setsiana returns from the visit.

Renewed Conviction )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: After the End
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #12: End
Styles and Supplies: Chiaroscuro, Life Drawing, Panorama, Cartography, Resin (Three weeks for Dreamwidth), Feathers (This Day Trivia May 13 1985: Police burn down a Philadelphia neighborhood)
Word Count: 4587
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug (Ab)use, Swearing, Discussion of wartime atrocities
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali, Liselye, Cusäfä
In-Universe Date: (Approximately) -10,000; 2434
Summary: Setsiana and Qhoroali go to get Cusäfä some screws.

After the End )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: An Anatomy of Tharse
Story: The Year Universe
Colors: Liver Saturation
Styles and Supplies: Saturation, Miniature Collection, Panorama, Cut-Away, Fingerpainting, Graffiti (Three weeks for Dreamwidth), Stain("I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world." - Georges Duhamel)
Word Count: 1750
Rating: PG
Warnings: Some slavery apologia; Mention of cultural genocide
Summary: Some notes about the structure of Tharsi society, from a Northern Kingdoms perspective.
Notes: Worldbuilding for the Year Universe. Because of how I wouldbuilt Tharse, I knew I had to do this with the Liver list. Originally I was going to do longer pieces as a tapestry, but then decided to do it this way. I've never really done drabbles, or other challenges involving restricting wordcount, so it was kind of an interesting challenge to keep everything to <= 100 words, which is why I put Fingerpainting on it. I thought about trying to do it as Pointillism, too, but I don't think I am there yet.

An Anatomy of Tharse )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Naming Day
Story: The Year Universe
Colors: Fresh Thyme #4: Countdown
Styles and Supplies: Panorama, Life Drawing, Gift Wrap, Parchment, Resin (Three weeks for Dreamwidth), Watercolors ("In his introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2019, guest editor Anthony Doerr lists several dos and don’ts one often hears about writing short stories and describes his love for reading and writing stories that break those very rules. Some of the rules Doerr mentions are: “Don’t start with a character waking up. Jump right into the action. Exposition is boring. Backstory slows you down. Stick with a single protagonist. Make sure he or she is likable. Don’t break up chronology.” This week, think carefully about the reasoning behind one of these oft-cited rules, then write a story that explicitly goes against it. How can the incorporation of an aspect of experimentation or innovation effectively push against the possibly clichéd rationale behind the original rule?" - This breaks both "Backstory slows you down" and "Don't break up chronology.")
Word Count: 3847
Rating: T
Warnings: Brief discussion of sex/sexuality
Characters: Ghefairh, Zheinnau, Dhashtu, Kheosaid, King Izalla, Vozkhunh
In-Universe Date: I haven't decided on exact dates for this one, but this takes place a couple decades after Qhoroali's time in the Fulcrum.
Summary: Ghefairh Nhorei Kondi attends a Naming Day.
Notes: Slight break from the Fulcrum for a couple posts. Since I think we just got all the Tharse worldbuilding we're going to get in the Fulcrum, and I need to use up this prompt that doesn't really work well with a time travel story, I'm posting this now. This is the first part of a story in the same universe as the Fulcrum that takes place in Tharse and Meandhshen and is (eventually) going to be about the Cothas religion that was mentioned at the very beginning of the Fulcrum. I haven't outlined it anywhere near as thoroughly, and I don't know exactly how everything here will tie into the rest of the plot, but I had a very clear idea about how the story was going to begin. There will probably not be more of this until I finish the Fulcrum, however.

A note about the spellings: In the Fulcrum, I was using an apostrophe for the retroflex consonants, but for this story I am switching to using h, because it looks way less cursed when there are multiple of them in the same word (imagine if I had written "D'as'tu" up there, for example). Kh and gh are actually velar fricatives here, but all other h indicate retroflexes. I'll continue to use the apostrophe in the Fulcrum, since there are only two Tharsi names there and one of them is actually a fake name invented by Mázghwent.

Gift Wrap here is for the Naming Day, the wedding, and the two wedding anniversaries, and Parchment because I actually did write something for this story fifteen years ago when I first got the idea for it. The worldbuilding has changed so much now that it's almost completely unrecognizable, but it was the same basic story idea. I might rewrite that particular piece later for Reimagining credit here.

Naming Day )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Before Rice
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Fresh Thyme #1: Wake-up call, Ecru #14: Claim, Nacarat #7: Duende (Spanish): The mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person.
Styles and Supplies: Panorama, Life Drawing, Portrait, Cartography, Graffiti (Three weeks for Dreamwidth), Glue ("You have a sharp, inquisitive mind, Taurus. Today you're likely to put it to good use exploring some arcane fields. It's likely your chief area of interest is scientific. You will find that if you get online, your research will be particularly fruitful. See if you can link to university sites for some real high-level information.")
Word Count: 8429
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug (Ab)use
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali, Cusäfä, Liselye
In-Universe Date: Summer of 2050; (approximately) -10,000
Summary: Setsiana, Qhoroali, and Liselye arrive at their destination.
Notes: Sorry, this wound up being 8000 words of worldbuilding, haha. I promise that all of this is going to be actually relevant to the story. Eventually. Let me know if there are any tenses in here that sound wrong, I went back and forth a bit on what tenses some parts of this dialog should be in.

Before Rice )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: The Train to Duqhora
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Dogwood Rose #3: white: silence & secrecy, Fresh Thyme #2: Wind Up
Styles and Supplies: Panorama, Silhouette, Life Drawing, Calendar Page (National Take A Chance Day)
Word Count: 4659
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug (Ab)use
Characters: Setsiana, Liselye, Qhoroali
In-Universe Date: Spring and Summer of 2050
Summary: Setsiana, Liselye, and Qhoroali take a train to Duqhora.

The Train to Duqhora )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Escape
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Fresh Thyme #6: Flash Forward, Color of the Day April 20 2025: Apace
Styles and Supplies: Chiaroscuro, Thread
Word Count: 2611
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug (Ab)use
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali, Liselye
In-Universe Date: 1911.9.2.1, 1911.9.2.2, Spring of 2050
Summary: Setsiana takes an opportunity.

Escape )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Mental Block
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #20: Resume
Styles and Supplies: None
Word Count: 1194
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy Drug (Ab)use
Characters: Setsiana
In-Universe Date: Summer of 1904, 1911.8.5.1
Summary: Setsiana tries to overcome her fears.

Mental Block )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Qhoroali Versus Qhoroali
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Fresh Thyme #5: Time Loop
Styles and Supplies: Vaudeville, Life Drawing, Diptych, Stain ("A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance."), Charcoal
Word Count: 1583
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Characters: Liselye, Qhoroali, Cyaru
In-Universe Date: Summer of 1904
Summary: Qhoroali has a conversation with herself.
Notes: Heavily inspired by that one Homestuck pesterlog where Karkat spends ten minutes arguing with his future self, and then his past self from ten minutes ago logs on and he has the whole argument again from the other perspective. Unfortunately, Homestuck seems to not be available online anymore, so I can't link to it.

Qhoroali Versus Qhoroali )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: The Rules of War
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #1: Inform
Styles and Supplies: Chiaroscuro, Panorama, Stickers ("Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinions.")
Word Count: 1906
Rating: T
Warnings: Implied threats
Characters: Setsiana, Cyaru
In-Universe Date: Summer of 1904
Summary: Cyaru takes Setsiana to look at some art.

The Rules of War )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: The Way to the Fair
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Nacarat #10: Ré nao (Mandarin): A place with a fun and entertaining vibe where you just want to be.
Styles and Supplies: Gift Wrap
Word Count: 2950
Rating: T
Warnings: Fantasy drug (ab)use
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali, Liselye, Cyaru
In-Universe Date: 1911.8.5.1, Summer 1904
Summary: Qhoroali and her friends go on an outing.
Notes: Gift Wrap for Qhoroali's birthday.

The Way to the Fair )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Creative Tailoring
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #18: Devise, Color of the Day 3/31/25: Elucubrate
Styles and Supplies: Photography
Word Count: 801
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana
In-Universe Date: 1911.8?.?.?
Summary: Setsiana makes some modifications.
Notes: I didn't try this at home, haha. Let me know if you think this seems completely unrealistic, or if what she did isn't clearly described enough.

Creative Tailoring )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: A Small Dinner Party
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Nacarat #5: Fika (Swedish): Gathering together to talk and take a break from everyday routines; either at a cafe or at home often for hours on end.
Styles and Supplies: Panorama
Word Count: 1752
Rating: PG
Warnings: Alcohol use
Characters: Setsiana, Mosetai, Qhoroali, Liselye
In-Universe Date: 1911.8?.?.?
Summary: An opportunity arrives.

A Small Dinner Party )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Ox For Potatoes
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #10: Equate
Styles and Supplies: Panorama
Word Count: 922
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali, Liselye, Cyaru
In-Universe Date: 1911.7?8?.?.?
Summary: Setsiana has an idea over dinner.

Ox For Potatoes )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: Eavesdropping
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Dogwood Rose #7: peach: Closing the deal
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing
Word Count: 1718
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali, Cyaru
In-Universe Date: 1911.7?8?.?.?
Summary: Setsiana listens in on a private conversation.
Notes: Life Drawing because this conversation references some queer experiences, although it won't become clear how until much later.

Eavesdropping )
[personal profile] paradoxcase
Name: The Dreams of Mureiyo
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Ecru #3: Discuss
Styles and Supplies: None
Word Count: 891
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Setsiana, Qhoroali
In-Universe Date: 1911.7?8?.?.?
Summary: Setsiana and Qhoroali discuss Mureiyo's theories.

The Dreams of Mureiyo )

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