I have over 11,000 words (yay!) but am less than a third of the way through my outline. Why do I ever worry about not being able to get 20,000 words out of an idea?
I'm writing Barbariccia-centric Archfiends fic that ties their backstory into the crystals and the Lunarians. So far, Barbariccia/Scarmiglione has happened, the body count is elevated, and I have finally figured out what I want to do with the Magus Sisters.
--- "Dance," the king commands.
Her movements are a mockery. No matter how swiftly she turns, no matter how furiously her hair whips after her, the wind remains outside and beyond her, inert. Her chains clatter. If the world were right, she would splinter their tables, flay them to the bone, raise a tempest of their blood. Let the king see if his blood still commands her when it congeals with a thousand commoners'.
When she nears the king, a twist in her spine reduces her to sluggish writhing.
"Remarkable," says the man behind the black metal. The firelight licks a ruddy glow over his armor; the true fire would consume him. "Did I not see the fiend before me now, I would never have believed such a thing could be tamed."
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I'm writing Barbariccia-centric Archfiends fic that ties their backstory into the crystals and the Lunarians. So far, Barbariccia/Scarmiglione has happened, the body count is elevated, and I have finally figured out what I want to do with the Magus Sisters.
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"Dance," the king commands.
Her movements are a mockery. No matter how swiftly she turns, no matter how furiously her hair whips after her, the wind remains outside and beyond her, inert. Her chains clatter. If the world were right, she would splinter their tables, flay them to the bone, raise a tempest of their blood. Let the king see if his blood still commands her when it congeals with a thousand commoners'.
When she nears the king, a twist in her spine reduces her to sluggish writhing.
"Remarkable," says the man behind the black metal. The firelight licks a ruddy glow over his armor; the true fire would consume him. "Did I not see the fiend before me now, I would never have believed such a thing could be tamed."