SHF High-school Fanfic

[Azure_Fog]

*cuddles*
zzzzzzzzsz…

Morning.

Morning~

 

[Deleted member 146224]

*cuddles*
zzzzzzzzsz…

*Cuddles back*
if that's how it is then I'm not letting you go today

 

[Azure_Fog]

*Cuddles back*
if that's how it is then I'm not letting you go today

zzzzzz… okay… nya…

 

[Deleted member 146224]

zzzzzz… okay… nya…

So agreeable so cute I'll keep spoiling you in sleep then

 

[MatchaChocolate69]

How do I counter this? Oh, I know
I feel the same way Uh... even if I don't reply to most of your threads

Hey, it's not fair to use a UNO reverse card! Those are dirty tricks from Pixytoki.
But... It's nice to believe in what you say, and you're right not to respond to everything I do.
A good stalker makes the victim believe they are free and unnoticed.
Meanwhile, I struggle to resist interfering with everything that concerns you, and this is definitely a red flag.

I'm getting the familiar feeling of deja vu... what do you mean it doesn't count if it's just 1 post ago?

I'm a hypocrite, and I also used the UNO reverse card, but it's motivated by the fact that it's true that no one had ever told me they appreciate talking to me. Maybe they've thought it, but they've never told me. It's nice to be appreciated, thank you.

I have just now discovered the existence of save drafts. My browser just save my posts automatically anyways

Using various computers with different browsers, I never have certainty, whereas using the Save Draft function is linked to the forum account. I should probably abandon Mozilla Firefox definitively and completely surrender my soul to the big G.

Come to think of it, if I put as many words in my chapters as I do in my replies, I would have several by now! Now I'm thinking it would be funny to drop an entire chapter of just Matcha and Ssemouy talking (I was seriously considering it for chapter 69)

Frankly, I think it would be a better love story than Twilight, but I'm not objective since I'm involved. For me, it would have been an exceptional chapter 69.

Once I've decided that I'm at fault, I'm unstoppable!

I, on the other hand, can't help but defend you to the hilt and shout to the world, "She is right! She has always been right!"

Reading a lot certainly helps, and I have an intense desire to never use the same word twice in close proximity so I usually look up a thesaurus while writing to avoid that.

I know that nagging thought in my head that forces me to use every possible synonym for "say." Fortunately, I've learned to suppress it, even though the English vocabulary is always essential for me, as I'm not a native speaker.

That's why I think of the conclusion first before everything else! Though it's not entirely foolproof since it can make your story flow seem unnatural if you force the direction towards a specific ending too much. As for final words, I like to keep my endings a little open ended, so you can always imagine that the characters are off doing their own things and perhaps even their own stories(sequel bait?!)

I've imagined the end of the [CURSED TIMELINE], but I'm not sure if it will be liked or if it will make sense how we get there. There are so many said and unsaid things, sometimes I feel like I overestimate the reader and especially overestimate myself, thinking I've included all the clues and puzzle pieces that give meaning to the story.
Having a destination in mind while writing is definitely comforting, but as you say, it can be dangerous because it might feel forced. In fact, by my nature, I tend to see it more as a direction rather than a destination. If a better path opens up along the way, I have no problem taking it (though this can also cause issues). This is somewhat the problem that happened with my main novel on the site; I got lost and tangled up in a labyrinth I built myself.
Interaction with readers has taught me that endings need to be definitive and to avoid cliffhangers like the plague. A bit of openness can be positive, but an ending should satisfactorily close the plots and subplots.

I think I confuse jellies and jam a lot, but strawberry jam is one of my favorite things to put on bread.

Absolutely delicious. Have you tried adding a bit of butter between the bread and the jam? It's even better. I love strawberry jam with yogurt.

I'm really sorry, but ooc I don't really like chocolate all that much. I prefer vanilla frosting or even pure sugar.

...Please don't turn this into a major plot point(unless?)

Do not fear, at this point, the only thing that could disappoint me is if you told me you don't like Matcha, and I'm not referring to the tea.
Besides, it's already been established in the CT canon that you prefer pizza over chocolate.

Actually, so do I.
Plot Twist: I don't eat as much chocolate as I used to either; it's a sweet poison I allow myself on special occasions these days.

The way you phrased it makes me assume that, in addition to captivating the three alter-egos, I've also won the real Ssemouy.

I just eat them raw

I'm not going to lie, it's exactly how I imagine you would do it. Fiercely.

It's the first thing that came to my mind while thinking of her backstory, mostly because of the lyrics in Scientific Witchery that I have in my title right now.

Beyond the fact that I really appreciate references and consider them a trademark of mine, details like these are the small things that make me appreciate the characters. Simple concepts, easily recognizable objects that symbolize a decisive event or moment for a character. Like the ? in CANTO I

Sorry to disappoint, but I don't think the first Villainess chapter will shed much light on her character. Future chapters involving Seymour might, and I plan for my portion of the [Cursed Timeline] saga to heavily involve her.

It will be fine anyway; after all, I just want to read more about her and especially stories written by her author.

Mangoes, both the sweet and sour kind

They are delicious! So good... the combination of the three creates a delicious fruit salad that I wouldn't stop devouring.

I have to do it since I've been rather lazy all my life.

There was a fascinating theory, I can't remember who formulated it or if I heard it in a video, but behind the greatest inventions of mankind, there's always a lazy person. The wheel was definitely invented by a lazy person.

I can't answer that in this post , but it seems like a lot of space projects happening now, both public and private, hopefully things are looking up for the better.

It's thanks to the science communicators on the internet who have reignited people's passion, and to visionary billionaires who have poured in money despite initial failures that would have discouraged the typical corporate shareholder. From the late '80s through the '90s and 2000s, there was a policy of consolidation and maintenance with unambitious programs like the "space shuttle." The lack of competition between states led to stagnation, cuts in resources, and little ambition. But as you say, things are getting better now, hopefully for the better.

That has always been a pipe dream. There's a reason the "7 minutes of terror" is the way it is. People always say Mars since it sounds so much better to the public than the moon.

It sounds insensitive, but we cannot think that colonization or even setting foot on Mars won't cost human lives. We must be ready to accept this, and those who participate must be prepared to lose their lives because space is not suitable for human life, and virtually everything in it is deadly to us. You must have read the novel or seen the movie, The Martian. I think it describes the difficulties well, even though the final part is a bit too fanciful.

A moon base is certainly more realistic than setting up a colony Mars, like, the difference of a few days response to several months in case of a catastrophe. I'd also like to see more space stations, since the ISS is getting pretty old... i'd especially like to see one that uses rotational gravity

"Terraforming" a planet, at least in the sense of completely turning it into earth is the sci-fi equivalent of one of those megastructure skyscrapers. Not very practical. We can't even terraform earth properly, let alone Mars. Adapting to the environment, or even building a space habitat sounds like a much better option.

The technology for terraforming is certainly still far off, and in fact, I was thinking more about creating colonies, prefabricated environments, or domes with life support systems. Starting with outposts and eventually expanding into cities. Adapting to the environment, perhaps genetically, seems like the typical premise for a sci-fi horror story.
Ah yes, The Expanse comes to mind.

It's worth noting that we haven't been able to do something similar even in Antarctica, so how could we do it in space? I believe the main issues are the lack of political will and the potential for economic return (this is a short-term view typical of shareholders, but practically much of the technology that has revolutionized our lives comes from space exploration, so the return is immense, but in the long term).
It's positive that India and China have recently been giving a push to this.

I have to hold my tongue here, since my views on this can be considered somewhat extreme. But yes, I do hope that a paradigm shift happens and conflicts become much more subtle (trade wars and cyberspace jazz)... I also have many stories I'd rather have uninterrupted by WWIII.

Maybe not here, but know that you can share your opinions with me and I won't judge you for them.

Funny how my idea for magnum opus also involves world war III (though it happens after the bombs drop)... the protagonist is a random civilian instead of someone based on a hero like Petrov or Vasily Arkiphov though.

Ah, you’re going down the post-apocalypse road! That's the timeline Mama comes from... (in my headcanon)
In the story I had in mind, the hero doesn't know he's the hero. The twist is that he's trapped in a loop where he can't prevent the launch of nuclear warheads and Judgment Day, or he is the one who presses the button. This creates a singularity that we could call the afterlife, the moment when life, especially human life, is erased. Among the different timelines, there is only one that leads to the world's salvation, and he has to find it, but the solution must be found in the afterlife by interacting with characters inspired by historical figures.
Ok, I know it doesn't make sense, but in my head, it's all perfect, kind of like Homer Simpson's screenplay about the robot driving instructor who goes back in time.

I used to argue a lot on Youtube and random forums, thankfully I did distance myself on Twitter and Facebook(arguing on that platform is kind of dumb since your posts are tied to your real life identity) I realized that getting my point across is nigh impossible if I don't write a book about it. Might as well show it to people that actually want to read my stuff.

It's the right way, not preaching but presenting an idea, your own vision of things, showing both the positive and negative sides. True impartiality is not possible as we always lean toward an opinion, but by keeping the interpretation as open as possible, it will be up to the reader to form their own opinion. Critical thinking is fundamental.

Things can get heated in certain threads really quickly, but it dies down just as fast. Discussions are pretty cordial here unless it breaks a certain rule or trolls get involved.

Even though I didn't want to, I have put "Ignore" on certain individuals here on the forum. In the past, I dealt with pseudo-trolls who, despite their irreverence, added a bit of spice that was useful for enlivening certain discussions. Conflict is useful, strong opinions are useful too, and through discussion, one can expand their horizons.
I often find myself changing my mind or expanding it after hearing different perspectives. Maybe it's a weakness of mine, but I'm always looking for various points of view.

Fun fact: Isaac Arthur takes his name from Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke... you can probably guess what his main inspirations are. "The Last Question" was also one of the things that greatly inspired my settings. If you haven't read it yet, you should! It's quite short, and rather amazing considering computers didn't even use semiconductors that time.

I thought so! I have read several of his books, but The Last Question not yet. I will put it on the reading list.

Ah yeah, looking glass theory is a much better way to articulate what I've said. There are a lot of things we are neither aware of nor understand. And we're not even sure about that... Hell, how many people back in the 1990s imagined that we would be having supercomputers in our pockets and access to a library of all(not really) human knowledge 24/7?

Exactly.

Gregor Mendel, Robert Boyle, Faraday, Newton*, Charles Babbage ... the list goes on the further you go back in time since the church is the one funding all the science. And that's just in the west.

Yes, without the work of preserving knowledge, we would have lost many ancient Greek and Latin writings. The church played a fundamental role in science and education as well. However, as we approach modern times, there are fewer and fewer believing scientists, partly due to the obscurantist phases that the churches and fundamentalists have gone through. I imagine this has its own logic.

There's also the Simulation hypothesis, which we have no certain way of confirming nor denying. How are we even supposed to know what's outside of a simulation if we're in one?

That is one of my favorite hypotheses. I believe it gained popularity thanks to The Matrix and has become increasingly relevant and realistic considering how much time we spend on the internet. The real world is starting to become less defined, and there's a widespread sense of alienation. We could be consciousnesses or programs on a server of a massive Dyson sphere, simulating the universe realistically, or it could be a fantastical version of it, and we would never know. Maybe, like in The Matrix, déjà vu and divine miracles could be bugs or errors in the simulation.
However, I don't think that's a problem. Even if it were a simulation, our lives wouldn't be any less real, our struggles any less painful, and it wouldn't make any less sense. Are the feelings and emotions I experience induced? Self-induced? Or are they still the result of my journey, experiences, and how I interpret the world? I think it's the latter in the end.
This conversation is helping me outline some concepts for the novel I want to write soon.
Thank you.

I see, I'll watch it when I have time. Civilizations at the End of Time is my favorite series of Isaac Arthur, cause it shows just exactly how absurd things can get. Second to that is probably Outward Bound, if solely for the Traveler.

Yeah... his videos made me think that horrors beyond human comprehension may totally be in our comprehension after all. Some of his videos make me want to write a story where a "human" from the future as described by SFIA gets treated as some sort of eldritch god in an isekai setting.

Yeah, his first rules of warfare have almost become my guideline on how to write stories. I'm glad I could share it with you, and I'm also glad you enjoy his content as I do.

I will be sure to delve into them with great interest. I generally tended to keep you away from these types of videos because they triggered several existential crises in me, but I learned to get over it as I matured and especially knowing you my optimism got a considerable boost.

Her videos are almost like a "snap back to reality" for me, since she's one of the few youtubers who made a video arguing against nuclear power... and actually sounded reasonable about it. I still think fission is the future though, and fusion is always in the future.

The nuclear debate, it is one of the important ones. A topic that I hold particularly close to my heart. Knowing the pros and cons, my view is that it is a technology to be embraced aware of the risks, and to continue to develop. Zero emissions and lots of energy at reduced costs. It will be critical for us.
Nuclear fusion is closer than we think, and when we get there it will be another step closer to our evolution.
However, I will look for Sabine's opinion on this.
I hope she doesn't ride on fears like most of those who oppose it, but she doesn't seem the type so her opinion might be useful to the debate.

I also believe this is definitely a red flag. ?

I see. Well I suppose it is an art movement, and not particularly characterized by style. I get confused a lot by art , like, there's 3 different types of impressionism?! I just look at paintings and say 'mm yes, this looks good'. Never really related to people who bought artworks to hang in their office. Not that it's a bad thing, I am just very deficient in decor.

I will say a platitude, but it is the truth.
If we exclude technique, art is subjective. If you look at a painting, what do you see in it?
Does it arouse something in you? Do you perceive the message or do you perceive a completely different one from the author?
It is like color.
What is more subjective than color? There is no single red, there are probably infinite ones, and our eye cannot detect them all, but it can probably differentiate a few million. How would you define the color of blood? Bordeaux? Red? Scarlet? Crimson? Everyone will give a different answer because they perceive it differently. There are even those who do not see red.
Art is no different in this regard. We use words to describe what we see, but they are often simplifications or compromises, to make us understand. In reality, they do not always capture what we see, hear or feel.
All this is to say that in the end, art is just another way to communicate.

've seen a story on Scribblehub stating that atheism was a religion. Then a commentor got very heated about it. I can't say it proved the author's point, but it does show that atheists can be just as devout about their lack of faith than those with it.

Indeed.

I used to be berated by my grandfather a lot for being a "fence sitter", with him saying that I'll never achieve anything with that mindset. Though looking back at it, sitting on the fence is a very real decision to make.

With all due respect to your grandfather, I think you achieve much more by leaving all doors open and deciding when the time is right to walk through one or the other. Above all, you never have to make the enemy or potential ally figure out how to categorize you.
That opens up new opportunities. This does not mean not having ideals but being ready to betray them if they turn out to be wrong or if in the grand scheme of things it is better to let them go for the greater good. Pragmatism is a fundamental endowment, perhaps not attracting sympathy, but I would prefer that those in charge make choices after evaluating different options and not blindly following a vision.
After all, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

We are authors, and our stories are linked to our accounts. If we ever get popular, we might have people getting interested and digging things up. Like that time the author of Tanya the Evil was called a communist for previous forum posts they made. I'd rather not say anything too compromising as a fail safe. Safeguarding against future drama(even if it doesn't exist)

Though I've already openly said on several occasions that I'm a fan of Black Souls so I think I can be a lot more loose lipped now.

Judging how Tanya behaves with communists I would never have said that, but it is also true that the author is not their character and indeed an author should be able to create characters who behave and think completely differently from themself.
Other than that you are right, to try to protect yourself, after all the internet does not forget, and who knows that certain statements or ideas taken out of context may not be used against you in the future.

Is it already summer over there? Here it can be considered to be.

Rain and bad weather. On the best days twenty degrees average. I'm not complaining about the temperature though.
I guess it's already pretty hot in your country.
In your bunker, I think Big Brother has set up all the comforts and big air conditioners definitely not imported from the Japanese enemy.

There's 9 layers to the abyss, just like Dante's Inferno(which Made in Abyss' setting is based on).... I'm not sure if I can close out everything within a short story's length and still give enough "screen time" to every layer and character.

I see... It would probably require major adaptation and the cutting of several parts, to make it more suitable for a short story.

It's only a small part of Arifureta, and Kumo did start out near the surface of the Labyrinth. Plus, my MC would be at the strongest when the story begins, and slowly lose power going up... I think it fits well with "the curse of the abyss" and all.

I would love it as a concept, and I would find it fascinating the idea of an ever weakening MC but I can't say the same for the average typical reader. They want to see the numbers go brrrrr....

Like mother and daughter, or sisters. And the roles are interchangeable. The MC is rather emotionally numb because she sacrificed her humanity to get to the bottom of the abyss. If you've read about MIA and know what Bondrewd did to get his white whistle... it's like that. She's basically only guided by her role as a maid and her goal. Meanwhile the eldritch being is called "Lilith"... and if you know of the weight behind that name, let's just say climbing the abyss may be a very emotionally charged experience for her.

I have heard talking about Made in Abyss, but I have not yet had the pleasure of reading it or watching the anime. I had no idea it had such an interesting core.
A familiar and wholesome relationship. Aren't they lovers?
All kidding aside, Lilith I've seen her portrayed in all sorts of ways, basically most of the time she's a demon. But there are also sonp implications in the apocryphal Christian-Jewish culture. So it's very intriguing, what you're envisioning.
Maybe you will rework these ideas into a story that is more consistent with your lore in the future. ?

.Maybe not the expanding part, every civ 5 player knows about the 4 city rule. Also... what do you mean by it worked on you?

Just look at any member of the eldritch family and their list of war crimes

Sorry, I can't look at anyone other than you

One can always opt to use a pen name for that one book. At least that way you can take on the responsibility post-humously

Actually I already do, I already use anonymity to be free to write what I want. Maybe I really should write the new 1984 2042

We are both quite lucky to have met each other

Cheesy line in arrive...
I hit the jackpot with you! ?

Yes, and we dream of electric, purple Matcha in particular!

Purple, huh? I thought violet!

I like how this random gang leader can outDPS skilled fixers and employees of corporations.

Yes, it would. I am totally not referencing a piece of already existing media. Nuh-uh. (please don't force me to make any more I am not beating the degenerate allegations with this one)

On the one hand, I like teasing you and seeing you be embarrassed, I find it makes you very very very cute.
On the other hand, I don't want your reputation as a respectable edgy horni pirate warlock villainess to be ruined, and so I'll look for that myself.

That's true for later in the story, but at the start you can't assume the reader can always distinguish between 'voices', even if you are able to. Besides, you can't just give everyone an accent just so you can distinguish between them... ahaha... totally not speaking from experience.

It is a skill that I would like to acquire. Only recently I am learning how to write the different English accents and they still elude me. Attending this forum definitely helps me.
For example, I love the Scottish one, but I don't know how to write it.

*looks at chapter stuck at 1.8k words* Maybe I should consider it.

Right now I am at 2.2k words with this post alone.
You are my cure for writer's block.

We're just so OP that we make up for our incompetence ... while the enemy is carefully considering what sacrifices they should make for victory we're deciding whether or not to have potato salad for dinner. (we will have potato salad no matter what)

Mama's potato salad is invincible, I think the family was born from that if I am not mistaken. Pixy being tsundere as usual saying she didn't want to eat that, and BOI winning her over by persevering with the potatoes.

It's okay, we can make the daikons and chocolate separately.

Big brain Ssemouy! ?

Considering the role Beatrice plays in Inferno... and what happens in Paradiso... I could say it's appropriate even.

Yeah, I wrote the Cursed Timeline having you always in mind.

Let's just say I thought it could mesh well with the curtain call for Ssemouy's character arc. (All of them, mind you)

 

[Azure_Fog]

So agreeable so cute I'll keep spoiling you in sleep then

Ehehehe~ zzzzzzzz….

 

[Deleted member 146224]

Ehehehe~ zzzzzzzz….

Cute Actually I'm getting sleepy too Maybe... I'm gonna take... a small... nap.. too ? *snoring Daikon noises*

 

[MatchaChocolate69]

Hey guys... I'm planning to cook a chap for SHF and gonna need something like a battle form description or your preferred weapon style or armor style. Quote if you want to join up in the action...

Setting is like the Warring States Era of Japan where SHF is divided into parts. Also if you have like a clan name that would be good too.

Expect a lot of swordfighting and action where its kill or be killed.

Looking to test if i can test this idea, I have lol.

Spicy idea!?
I would be a samurai ronin using two chocolate katanas created by my powers.
One made of white chocolate and one made of dark chocolate.
One blow is enough to make your sugar levels skyrocket to dangerously high levels and give you diabetes.
But feel free to use my character as you see fit.

I am curious to see what you will cook up. ?

 

[Theirl]

Just become a God, you'll still get stabbed, but at least you won't die every time.

i refuse to give up my humanity, and me becoming a god would stop the problem would actually make it worse right? being more resilient mean more stabbing right?

We all know Theirl is some kind of Eldritch and he's just dying easily to upkeep the pretenses of him being an ordinary human

im a totally normal generic human

 

[Deleted member 146224]

im a totally normal generic human

Absolutely

 

[SRB]

i refuse to give up my humanity, and me becoming a god would stop the problem would actually make it worse right? being more resilient mean more stabbing right?

Your words make sense.

im a totally normal generic human

... I know it's the truth, why does that sound like a lie?

 

[MidnightFox]

im a totally normal generic human

You mispronounced degenerate

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

*teleports to classroom again*
Ugh, I feel stabby right now, b/c life's been giving me lemons.
*stalks people*

 

[Deleted member 146224]

*teleports to classroom again*
Ugh, I feel stabby right now, b/c life's been giving me lemons.
*stalks people*

Make lemonade

 

[Azure_Fog]

Cute Actually I'm getting sleepy too Maybe... I'm gonna take... a small... nap.. too ? *snoring Daikon noises*

*cuddles*
zzzzzz….

*teleports to classroom again*
Ugh, I feel stabby right now, b/c life's been giving me lemons.
*stalks people*

*tosses @Theirl at*

 

[Deleted member 146224]

*cuddles*
zzzzzz….

*Starts stealing more space on the bed*
*Starts stealing blankey*
Ehehe~

 

[SsemouyOnan]

@SsemouyOnan at what stage is your Villainess chapter?

I'm not even done with the chapters I'm supposed to write before it... Luckily, I've decided to quit procrastinating and wr-

*sees Matcha post I have to reply to*

It's so screwed...

*teleports to classroom again*
Ugh, I feel stabby right now, b/c life's been giving me lemons.
*stalks people*

*stalks you stalking people*

 

[Deleted member 146224]

I'm not even done with the chapters I'm supposed to write before it... Luckily, I've decided to quit procrastinating and wr-

*sees Matcha post I have to reply to*

It's so screwed...

Okey, I'm gonna write Mother's chapter in a different direction then

Also, good luck I'll pray for you... to myself of course

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

Make lemonade

I'll try. *slices lemons*
*squeezes them*
*adds sugar*
*mixes*
*drinks*
Ahhh, tasty.

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

*cuddles*
zzzzzz….


*tosses @Theirl at*

*butt-stabs victim in mid-air*
Sorry, I just needed to relieve stress.