Osamaru Ta

Book 1 - Lesson 48: "Even AIs make mistakes..."

Annnnnd We're back! Hurrah! Well that was a good break week. Got some rest, got some time with family, and settled some issues. Now its back to the grind! Hurrah!

Enjoy the chapter!

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Woooooot! We're nearing the conclusion of this arc, and the final arc of the first Volume! HURRAH! This chapter was a doozy, I'm telling you. 

For this Chapter in particular, I want everyone's feed back!

Does the reveals make a bit of sense? Do they come to ...

(Full Chapter) Book 1 - Lesson 47: "Its good to have friends in high places."

Tell me what you think and enjoy!

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The sneering priest shook his head and pointed toward the blank-faced Juatan as he spoke.

"What's with that look? I would think a 'Guardian' would have had better control over his flock. Then again, I guess that was asking too much of a barbarian. Yes, I remember you, Juatan. Given the ruckus you caused all those years ago, how would I not? Some no-name barbarian appears from nowhere, only to weasel his way into the Guardian ...

Book 1 - Lesson 46: "Get your arrays in order!"

Remember, the Q&A Is still going on until tomorrow! So If you still have questions you want answered, now's the time!

EDIT: The pictures have been re-uploaded! They didn't work the first time. 

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Progress!

Both literally and metaphorically!

Alpha had arrived at the small checkpoint building nearly 12 hours ago, and not much had happened since. The "checkpoint" itself was a simple thing, little more than a small courtyard surro...

Alpha's Development Diary.

Sneak Peak for tomorrow's Chapter, as well as a small something I'm working on! Have fun!

Book 1 - Lesson 45: There are lessons in defeat.

Here's the chapter for today!

Tell me what you think of the way Info was presented in this chapter! 

I'm trying to say away from more "Info-Dumpy" narratives like I did with the Translight, and this was something someone recommended; make the information actual dialogue and have it serve a purpose other than just to inform the reader. 

Tell me what you think and If this feels more natural! 

 And Remember! The Q&A is still going on! Take a look a...

Book 1 - Lesson 44: "The enemy of my enemy." (edited)

Here's the fully edited version of 44!

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Alpha stared at the stranger, several laser turrets locked onto his biosignature. The man definitely hadn't been there only a few moments before, nor had the large boulder he sat on. More magic bullcrap, no doubt. Alpha was getting tired of being constantly caught off guard like this. What happened to being a super advanced AI with capabilities far beyond most biological minds?

Something was severely wrong with him; he knew that,...

Q&A Time!

The Edited chapter will be out in a bit, after I've finished editing.

EDIT: The edited version of 44 is out! Go take a look!

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Until then...

Its time for our First Q&A!

If you ever had a question about the Novel, now's the time to ask!

If there's enough demand of this, might even do them more often as well, though I definitely want to do at least one each book.

And remember, this Q&A goes public this Saturday.

With that in mind ...

Book 1: GRIM Adventures - 3

This one was a Paaaain in the butt to write.

I'm sure the more sharp-eyed readers have already caught on to what I'm doing with this side story (and yes, it WILL have important impact on the main story, later), but dear lord, my notes were a mess.

I forgot I'd rewritten them on a different application, so wrote 50% of it using the old notes before I remembered. Then when I finally restarted and rewrote it, I realized... it wasn't going to work with what I wanted later.....

Short delay: Pathfinder Chapter will be later tonight or early tomorrow.

(╯°□°）╯ ︵┻━┻ 

I've had to rewrite the next chapter twice already, because apparently I didn't properly update my Notes for the GRIM Adventures. 

Let this been a Lesson to anyone thinking of writing. 

Always make sure you organize your notes properly... 

orz. 

Anyway, I'm working on it now, but it won't be finished until later tonight, or at least early tomorrow.

Book 1 - Lesson 43: "... and the pieces"

"Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap!"

Alpha dodged around a thick, black vine as it poked out from the swampy, muddy ground, attempting to ensnare the TAWP's leg. The vine missed but exploded the next instant, covering the leg in a thick, sticky, tar-like substance.

Not again!

Alpha tried to pry the sticky good off with the TAWP's nanite skin, but it was too late. The substance bubbled, then suddenly exploded with growth. Dark green-purple vines appeared on the leg's surface, the microsco...

Book 1 - Lesson 42: "Learn the players."

Woooot! I'm almost caught up!

I mean, I'm still editing on release day, but Hey! At least its the right day now! hahahahh! 

If I can keep up this momentum, I might even be able to restart the stockpile! Hurrah! 

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“Lemme... lemme tell you shomethin’. The Cappin’? The Cappin’sh the worsht of the... hiccup... lot! ‘John! Run thish here! John! I’ve got another pack... ooof... package for ya. Where? Other shide of the.....

Book 1 - Lesson 41: "Make plans for the future."

“Oh? What’s still I see? When my people told me a group of Slatewalkers had arrived, I’ll admit, I wasn’t expecting so many… familiar faces.”

Just the sound of the voice emanating from the crowd nearly drove Zolzaya into a bloodlust-fueled rampage. When the crowd finally parted, revealing the arrogant sneer of “East Scion” Mönkhkhan, only the tight grip of her father’s hand on her shoulder prevented her from pouncing on the sod.

Through gritted teeth and a “sm...

Book 1 - Lesson 40: "Please clean up your mess."

“Careful! I said careful! Try not to jostle him too much!”

Zolzaya stood in front of Alpha as Ganbaatar, the guard Juatan, who Alpha learned was the young woman’s father, lowered the injured Yutu to the ground. They’d arrived at their waypoint after a few hours of travel with nothing of note happening in between. Well, not anything that hindered them, at least.

The only thing Alpha found interesting was the change to the prairies themselves. He’d noted that as the days i...

Book 1 - Lesson 39: "Dealing with Children takes a speical touch."

Alpha chuckled to himself as he watched the hundred or so tracking dots scatter around the village. A few of them were already gathering to discuss how best to use the "presents" he'd given them.

It wasn't anything complicated or even malicious, but to the children who'd never known more than simple village life, it must have seemed like magic. Even if it was just a civilian standard nanite HUD injection. Most Federation children got their first HUD within their first three years of sap...

Book 1 - Lesson 38: "Parting is such sweet sorrow."

I'm trying to stay away from some of the longer Mongolian names, her, since her real father was killed, as mentioned in chapter 22, but someone said that the entire plot I had planned for that was a way too convoluted, and might cause confusion later one.

SO Juatan has been retconned into her biological father, having been severally injured instead of killed. This sticks to the intended narrative, while being less confusing, and opens some other options as well.

Overall, I'm prett...

Book 1 - Lesson 37: "Plans are meant to be flexable."

The small gathering comprised most of the people Alpha would have expected,

Ulagan, Kallik, the “Captain” (whom he’d yet to hear anyone actually refer to by name), the senior guard Juatan, and two older gentlemen who only introduced themselves as Elder Ganzorig and Elder Batu.

Then, of course, Alpha himself.

The two he hadn’t expected to see were Ganbaatar and Zolzaya. It was Alpha’s understanding that the two were just stepping into adulthood by the village’s st...

Book 1 - Lesson 36: "Multitasking can be fun too!"

Last Chapter of the week will be on Saturday! I'm trying to reset the "One on, one off" schedule that got thrown off with vacation. 

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Booooom!

Boooom! Boooom!

Several of the fleeing targets erupted into large fireballs, spraying their remains over grassy prairies.

The fourth and final target was a different beast altogether, however. It had dodged every attack thrown at it for the past ten minutes, but each new attack was closer than the...

Book 1 - Lesson 35: "Remember to read the instruction manual."

Ya, I don't think the new editing program is gonna work better. I re-edited it with the older ones, and it turned out a lot better.

At least I think so.

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Alpha poked the drone with a manipulator probe as it rested in the TAWP's maintenance bay. Bays like this were intended to service larger, more expensive drones, but he didn't have many other options. The [Wasps] were cheap and disposable, after all. The drone twitched, and a small light pulse flowed down the lines ...

I'm still alive! Just really, really sore!

I'm back from my Trip! Hurrah! 

<.<;; next time I'm going to just call the week, instead of trying to write during a vacation though, I barely got anything done. 

That being said, I'm going to take the rest of the week to recover. I've been trying to write all day and I can barely sit in my chair from more than 20mins at a time. 

The Trip was really fun though! WE WENT PIT MINING! Apparently I really like digging big holes, because I had a blast! We even...

Just having allllll the bad luck it seems...

So, bad news. My brother's Laptop hate my car's wifi, apparently... 

Unfortunately that means I can't access any of my tools... orz... 

I'm going to be trying to write on my phone, but it's unlikely to be done today, or even tomorrow, since I'll mostly be writing when we're driving. 

Likely it'll end up doing a 4 chapter week next week. 

Again, sorry for the delay, everyone. It feels like it's one thing after another, this month. 

That be...

Book 1 - Lesson 34: "Be careful who you mess with."

orz... I had a better title, and now I forget it... great...

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John was a simple man with a simple job.

Run through the village, deliver the mail, and collect his pay.

Well, “simple” was a bit deceptive when your town covered nearly 300 square kilometers and constantly rearranged itself. Still, it was honest work and, more importantly, to John, safe.

Not like those Trappers and Gatherers who regularly ventured out into the wilds of the prairies. Or ...

Book 1 - Lesson 33: "Be sure to get it in writing."

Alpha, or rather the [Wasp], sat across the table from a wrinkly old man, a cup of tea in front of each. The old man sipped his tea and sighed, then yelled louder than necessary in such a small building.

“How much longer, woman?! I’m hungry!”

A more feminine, if no less wizened, yelled back from around the corner, the voice not losing in volume.

“Oh, be quiet, you old coot! Have some patience. You’re lucky we have a guest, or you’ll ea...

Chapter pushed to tommorrow.

I had a small emergency eat my morning, so instead of trying to juggle 3 things and play catch-up, I'm just going to push the chapter back to tomorrow.

The rest of the weeks chapters should stay the same, so this week's going to be Tuesday-Wens-Fri.

Book 1 - Lesson 32: "Take time to rest and recover."

The children let loose terror-filled screeches as the beast broke into the small clearing. This wasn’t the first time it had found their hiding spot; it had already claimed many of them. Yet, it would not be sated until every tiny human fell.

It locked on to the smallest and slowest of the bunch and moved. With a blur of motion, the child disappeared. Those that remain scattered into the surrounding grass, each praying they wouldn’t be next. If they could just hold out a little long...

Update for next week/End of the Arc! (Discussion Post)

Next week marks the end of Arc 2 for Free Readers and the (rough) midpoint of book one! Hurrah!

Honestly, I'm surprised we're here already! What a ride its been! only two months in as we're going strong! We even hit 55 Patreon Subscribers!!

Not explosive growth, but impressive none the less. Thanks for all  your support everyone! I Literally couldn't have done it without you  all!

That being said, I think now's a good time for some quality  reflection about th...

Book 1 - Lesson 31: "Chose your path wisely."

So I struggled to think of a way to show Alpha’s budding understanding of the language while looking at least somewhat reasonable and came up with a simple system.

Words Alpha has no context or understanding of will be censored like {&$&@%^@}. As readers, you might guess what they could be, but Alpha doesn’t know.

Words that Alpha doesn’t know but can INFER based on the grammar and context he knows will follow -this format-. For instance, Alpha would have no...

Book 1 - Arc 3 Prologue - "Unnatural Selection."

Ulagan returned to the group just as Kallik was finished treating the last of them. He looked down at the young herbalist girl lying down in front of Kallik and frowned. Other than Zolzaya and Ganbaatar, the other four survivors, Yutu included, were all still unconscious. Ulagan frowned and asked the Grassreader,

“How are they?”

Kallik shook her head.

“Not great, but they’ll live. Whatever Yutu, or maybe the Elemental, did, it took the brunt of the Lord Protector’s...

Small update on the Bonus chapters

No bonus chapter today! 

QAQ GASP! OSA! WHY?! 

Well, one of my Beta readers pointed out a Major flaw, show now I need to rewrite THREE chapters! That'll teach me to be a responsible author and write ahead! orz... 

In all seriousness though, instead of making the schedule all weird, the last three chapters for this week are just going to be released one a day. 

So a Chapter Thursday, Friday and Saturday, instead.   

Book 1 - "Meanwhile, in the Federation." -1

General Uriel "Vurod" Haldorðr, General of the Third Federation Expeditionary Force and commander-in-charge of the Galactic Unification project sat at the end of the long table, his back straight and hands folded neatly in front of him. Even for a Vidaasi, the warrior-like race jokingly referred to by much of the Federation as the "Dragonkin," General Haldorðr was a large man, both physically and more… metaphorically. His presence filled the room with a heavy air that made most sit a litt...

Book 1 - Arc 2 Epilouge - "Know your Truth."

What was a “gun”?

Depending on who you asked, you would get different answers. Some would tell you they’re tools of death and destruction whose only use was to take a life.

Others would say they’re tools of protection to defend yourself, and those you care about, from harm.

Alpha had a different point of view.

A “gun” was nothing more than a means of delivery. Whether a bullet, a bomb, or even a beam of energy, a gun’s singular purpose was to d...