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Saturday Snippet
Aug. 7th, 2021 11:43 amTomorrow is the big day! I’ll head up to Boise and fly out early Monday morning. The US will be announcing a huge new round of harsh sanctions against Belarus on Monday as well. My boss messaged us and the people he’s talked to about it think the retaliation will affect diplomatic staff and their families, which means we could lose students, but I don’t think we at the school will be otherwise impacted. I foresee another year of keeping my head down, staying close to the apartment.
On the bright side, I managed to pack all the books I wanted to bring with me! And some things for baking and two small cans of diced green chilis.
I don’t want to go, but I don’t have a better option right now, so if throughout the next year y’all could spare some good thoughts that I can find a better post for 2022 school year, I would appreciate it.
I’ve been fortunate to keep a writing streak going since April (I think, maybe March — I don’t have my calendar with me), and this week kept the streak alive with some furtive typing in the notes app. I’ve got a couple stories going, although I might not manage something with the Summer Writing Challenge prompts, but I’m gonna try and be okay with that. I’ve got four more prompts in my hugs prompt list. This snippet is from one of those prompts, featuring teen!Jiang Cheng and Huaisang in my Vague Modern Cultivators AU.
Nie Huaisang flicks his fan in a ragged rhythm, the only outward sign of nerve, and smiles over his Frappuccino at Jiang Cheng.
“It’s a comprehensive oral exam and defense. Any Nie clan disciple who wishes to become a full-fledged cultivator has to go through it. As an heir of the leader, mine happens at the end of high school, in a public forum. Baba’s renting out a ballroom, and there’ll be a big party after, and I really n—, I really want you to be there, A-Cheng.”
On the bright side, I managed to pack all the books I wanted to bring with me! And some things for baking and two small cans of diced green chilis.
I don’t want to go, but I don’t have a better option right now, so if throughout the next year y’all could spare some good thoughts that I can find a better post for 2022 school year, I would appreciate it.
I’ve been fortunate to keep a writing streak going since April (I think, maybe March — I don’t have my calendar with me), and this week kept the streak alive with some furtive typing in the notes app. I’ve got a couple stories going, although I might not manage something with the Summer Writing Challenge prompts, but I’m gonna try and be okay with that. I’ve got four more prompts in my hugs prompt list. This snippet is from one of those prompts, featuring teen!Jiang Cheng and Huaisang in my Vague Modern Cultivators AU.
Nie Huaisang flicks his fan in a ragged rhythm, the only outward sign of nerve, and smiles over his Frappuccino at Jiang Cheng.
“It’s a comprehensive oral exam and defense. Any Nie clan disciple who wishes to become a full-fledged cultivator has to go through it. As an heir of the leader, mine happens at the end of high school, in a public forum. Baba’s renting out a ballroom, and there’ll be a big party after, and I really n—, I really want you to be there, A-Cheng.”
