93@ImperatorPenguin

*Stumbles in wondering if this thread was still being used for its original purpose*

*Decides it is*

Um, hi… I was, sorta wondering if anyone knows what it feels like being, uh, drunk? 😂

I need to know for one of the novels I’m working on, but it’s not something I want to look up or ask my family, lol

But if the dagger is coated in poo, then…

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@skylarynn

So, you’re probably aware of this, being stabbed in the back is not healthy. The torso in general doesn’t have a lot of “good” places where the injury would not be too severe or long lasting. It may be counter intuitive, but the best place would be on the victim’s right side and upper back, piercing the lung. Particularly since you…[Read more]

@irishcelticredflowercrown

I’ll try not to repeat from our fellow contributors. Adrenaline is a massive component of pain sensation in severe injuries – people have taken dozens of rounds from handguns and not dropped till minutes later or until a fatal shot completely put them out of commission, and soldiers have sometimes fought on with missing…[Read more]

@the-inkspiller

So glad to see you again!  And thanks for your answer.

Another question: if someone were stabbed in the back with a stiletto [dagger], where would the best place be for the stab to be survivable and how long would recovery be?

Thanks!

AND SO I RETURN FROM DEEP CRYOSTASIS.

@skylarynn

So, a background in weaponry:

As @rose-colored-fancy pointed out, a longsword is not a heavy weapon. A typical arming sword, or your classic one-handed sword, about 2-3 feet in length, would weigh in around 1-1.2 kilograms, or 2-2.5 pounds. This is the definitive “sword” of the Early and High…[Read more]

Pia glanced at her “sleeping beauty.” Kallun was laying against a rock, blue hair wild like hot fire. She smirked, “Maybe I should do like the old fairytales, Kallun is like those sleeping under a spell. Just about anything won’t wake him up.”
K’Nika jumped down from the tree.

Finn was the next one to wake.

“Well good morning princesses” he said with a smile.

“Julian and Lace aren’t going to get up on their own, are they?” Ellie asked.

“Nope.”

He went over to his sister and nudged her in the head with his foot. She frowned with her eyes shut still.  “Whaaat?” She whined pushing his foot away.

“Get up,” Finn…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy praying for you!

@jared-williams no, it wasn’t you. This castle dies periodically. After a while someone resuscitates it and we have a mad frenzy of posting until the next hiatus. 🙂

“Morning.”

@irishcelticredflowercrown

Fatally or not fatally?

Ellie got up immediately after Pia.

“Good morning,” She said softly

@jared-williams,

Wonderful! I can’t promise I’ll be available (looks like I just got a job and I have another one starting up in late May), but I will try. 🙂

Ahhh, ok! I wondered about the tent/pavillion thing. I think my confusion over the setting was just because I didn’t read the scene where they first saw it. 🙂

I do usually like harsh…[Read more]

@irishcelticredflowercrown

Would you guys know anything about the immediate reaction of people after getting stab wounds or shot? Is pain felt straight away or how exactly does it work?

Fair warning, I’ve never gotten either stabbed or shot, but I do have a worrying tendency to enjoy dangerous sports, so I have an unfortunate amount of experience…[Read more]

…I’ve got a massive final battle (10 pages + so far and only about half way through the battle) im writing for my WIP… may be a bit before I post again here too… hope my chase up the stairs didn’t kill the story…

@emily-waldorf

Alright I’ll post it! Warning it might not be very good.

Critique when you have the time!

Wigeon stumbled into camp. She could make out faint decorations hanging on the walls of the wide notch cliffs. Flowers, and feathers tied together on vines were hanging on any spot a cat could reach.

The faint light that emitted from…[Read more]

@miller

Go ahead and post it! 8-900 words was about what I was thinking was a bite-sized excerpt (for me) anyway. 🙂

That’s okay, I never know how long my works in progress will end up, either!

@miller

Sounds good!

@miller

Sounds good!

@storysmith

I don’t really mind how long chapters are and I would be willing to communicate through Google docs.

That’s where I do most of my work too.

@irishcelticredflowercrown

I certainly don’t know from experience, but I think it can be different depending on the situation. If adrenaline is running hard enough, some people can get wounded without knowing they are wounded – then there is also different pain tolerances where some people scream bloody-murder at a paper cut, while others can…[Read more]