Just a snack, I mean a chat
published on 2021-07-02
No, I'm not picking up this story again. I was just doing some digital housekeeping and discovered I still had a chapter lying around.
Anyway, enjoy.
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published on 2021-02-18 You may have noticed I haven't posted a new Crystal Down chapter for a long time. The way the story developed wasn't doing me any favours. Rather than just leaving it in hiatus for too long, I've decided to drop it for real. I may possibly pick up the story in the future again. But as a discovery type writer I have discovered writing LitRPG is not for me. But just in case, you're inclined to pick up the pieces and continue the story without me: feel free to do so. Just get in touch so I know about it. :3 published on 2021-01-01 I'm sorry it took so long, but this chapter took like forever to write. I'm scraping on the bottom of the barrel. I don't want to give up writing on this story, but continuing is a little hard. I will try my best to come up with something that gets to all the other stuff I've planned. Anyway, I wish you a Happy New Year! Stay healthy, stay safe. Let's all hope 2021 is going to be better. PS: There will be a new story coming out in 2021. Of course, Patrons will be able to read it one week ahead. In fact, it should be on Patreon when this chapter goes live to the public. published on 2020-11-09 Let's talk real here… Just because there's love doesn't mean this story is going to include sex. And I'm not planning on ripping of High School DxD. At least, not yet. published on 2020-11-02 So many cat boys… published on 2020-10-30 Somehow, I'm burning through my backlog faster than I expected… published on 2020-10-26 You know, what's been missing in this fantasy story? Elves! published on 2020-10-23 Being creative means experimenting! published on 2020-10-19 Moon phases are a wonderful things, aren't they? Do you still remember Swift is a Lunar Wanderer Ailuranthrope? One could ask why that subrace and its traits aren't shown in the UI… published on 2020-10-16 Vampires in this story are not of the sparkly kind. At least, Patrick isn't. published on 2020-10-12 This story isn't Re:Zero either! published on 2020-10-09 The story so far: after returning from the way too eventful trip to Cogen, Matthew's aide Patrick gets badly poisoned! published on 2020-10-05 Final Chapter… time to move on… from Volume 1. published on 2020-10-02 I'm back! You might have noticed I tweaked the page a little. published on 2020-08-14 Wasn't this story supposed to be a comedic story? published on 2020-08-10 There are quite a lot of bovine destruction forces, aren't there? published on 2020-08-07 Don't you hate it if you enemy keeps talking and talking and talking? published on 2020-08-03 The Secret Cow Level or Not The Cow Level? published on 2020-07-31 It's a butter crisis too! smør-panik! But cheese is much more storable! published on 2020-07-27 Maybe I should open a recipe subpage on the site… published on 2020-07-20 Let me quote one of my favourite stand-up mathematicians: “The question is not how much data supports your thesis. The question is how much data did you ignore.” Also, there will be no chapter on Friday. My usual chair broke and I got a replacement one. It's slightly shorter. I did not expect to get neck pain from 2cm less height. published on 2020-07-17 Incorporating references is fun and so, but I'm never sure if my readers actually get them. published on 2020-07-13 The Mad Cow Disease was big in the news in 90s. ut news these days don't care much about it anymore. But it's still around and breaks out from time to time. published on 2020-07-10 I was motivated to revamp my code. While I was at it, I also added 2 more options to the page: Toggle Line Height and Toggle Dyslexic Font. published on 2020-07-10 Speaking of International Cuisine… what's typical food for a certain country? How do you define it? Is it what people there like eating? Or is it things you can only get in a certain country? I mean you can almost get everything anywhere! published on 2020-07-06 Why am I very merry? So very, very merry?! So very, very merry? Oh yeah, it's the fiftieth chapter! BTW, childhood memories with Alfred J. Kwak are back. What's Alfred Jodocus Kwak? This clip might juggle your memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFqRTo5yJBk Oh right, it's Alfred Jonathan Kwak in English. published on 2020-06-29 Mail… The gist is you wait all day and it always gets delivered in the five minutes you're away. So you need to get to the depot and retrieve it the day after. Or… you live in a flatshare and because both of our names are on the door, the mail company mandated them not to deliver parcels addressed to just one of us. Just for the off chance, it's a person that happens to have our names combined as their name. What did you guys smoke?! published on 2020-06-22 Time to tie some loose ends while creating some more… Anyway, stay healthy and enjoy the chapter. published on 2020-06-15 Taxes, Reforms etc. Some things seem to have changed and starting in July, Patreon needs to put VAT on the pledges from some more countries. At least, that's what I understand from the loads of mails I got from Patreon, telling me to tell my Patrons about it. I have to be honest, I still feel it's like an intransparent mess to see prices without VAT. Fast Food restaurants in Germany are quite good at managing that. There's 7% on takeout, but 19% on eating in-house. It doesn't matter you always pay the same. I guess that's the European idea of transparency? What do you guys think? Anyway, stay healthy and enjoy the chapter. Mortal Problems Transcending Realms EDIT 2020-06-16: I fixed the broken layout. Sometimes, technology just sucks. published on 2020-05-25 So I've been on the train today. In Germany, you are required to wear masks while you travel with any public transport. But some people just wear that damn thing as an accessory. Or they don't have one at all. Just wear the damn mask properly!! Thank you. Anyway, stay healthy and enjoy the chapter. published on 2020-05-18 Is it just me, or do the good ideas only come when you're about to take a dump? published on 2020-05-12 Just as a recurring character, not as a main character. What race should the bard have? I'm thinking of female bard here. Feel free to suggest a name in the poll comments. published on 2020-04-28 My inspiration is back. For now. I hope it stays that way. published on 2020-03-30 I'm still alive. This isn't a good time to catch the flu. But I'm back under the living, for now. published on 2020-03-09 What's best after a trip in the cold rain? A hot bath! published on 2020-03-06 I can't pick locks. Not with the level of fine control I have. That is none. published on 2020-03-02 I definitely need a boost in inspiration… published on 2020-02-28 I've seen people doing this wrong: If you're uncomfortable with eating raw fish, just get Sushi without raw fish! Don't be a jerk towards the chef and open the Sushi to remove the fish… published on 2020-02-24 Things have been hasty the last few weeks. I think I need to reduce the number of chapters per week for a while… published on 2020-02-21 “I will try not to mention the dissolving of the convict…” published on 2020-02-19 Basic Cryptanalysis is just counting and doing math. published on 2020-02-17 Rich people just have a different scale for everything… published on 2020-02-14 Another Point of View! published on 2020-02-12 Some people just don't know when to quit… published on 2020-02-10 What's the worst thing that can happen to you when you go shopping? Leaving your wallet at home? Or running out of gas while driving? published on 2020-02-07 Salmon or Tuna? Salmon or Tuna? Salmon! published on 2020-02-05 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖌𝖔 𝖙𝖔 “𝖊𝖝𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖈” 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖚𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖘 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝕽𝖚𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖆𝖓 𝖔𝖗 𝕵𝖆𝖕𝖆𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉. 𝕳𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖉 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕱𝖗𝖆𝖐𝖙𝖚𝖗? 𝕺𝖗 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖘𝖊, 𝕾𝖚𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖓 𝖑𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘? published on 2020-02-03 Cities can be busy places. Smaller cities are quieter. But public transport in small cities can be really bad! published on 2020-01-31 What's better than having a large bath? Being able to use it whenever you like! published on 2020-01-29 Forest… Yellow Forest — wrong universe — Green Forest! published on 2020-01-27 Cats are pets that do have their own character. If you want a pet that obediently listens to orders get a dog instead. published on 2020-01-24 Gambling is addicting. But with the right people, it sure is fun. Don't gamble for real money! published on 2020-01-22 Why do the more interesting sports all need expensive gear to do? Good gear is so expensive… published on 2020-01-20 Schnitzel — I could eat that every day — don't tell the Austrians I like eating it with different kinds of sauces. published on 2020-01-17 Damm it Mittens! published on 2020-01-15 Didn't Swift just die 21 chapters ago?! published on 2020-01-13 Gummy bears and jelly have the same ingredients, the only difference is the water content. Some gummy bear variants have a coating of wax added so they don't stick. published on 2020-01-10 Yattaze! 100 Readers on Scribble Hub! published on 2020-01-08 Crystal Down has a lot of visitors lately… published on 2020-01-06 Bunnies, Butterflies, Bunnyflies! published on 2020-01-03 It's just a short chapter today. published on 2020-01-01 Happy New Year 2020! Or should I say “Happy New Year published on 2019-12-30 The best thing when it's cold is taking a nice hot bath. Only a hot spring could make it better! published on 2019-12-27 The shops are open again today. That just means one things — all the shops are overcrowded. As if there's an apocalypse happening soon… published on 2019-12-26 In Bavaria, where I grew up, there is a peculiar Christmas tradition: when you visit your friend's place between Boxing Day and Epiphany (sixth of January) you overly praise the Christmas Tree. The host then has to give you a glass of alcohol in return. Not having one doesn't help since it's allowed to bring your own Christmas Tree. That being said, here's a Christmas Tree: 🎄 It's so beautiful! The green colour! The decorations! The lighting! It's so perfect! published on 2019-12-25 Merry Christmas! Time for some grilled turkey… or grilled goose… or grilled boar… or rabbit. published on 2019-12-24 Today is Christmas Eve! I decided to put out some extra chapters this week. Enjoy! published on 2019-12-23 Being a native German speaker, I had the wrong impression about Americans and their cartoon characters eating pizza spicy. All due to a single false friend. It doesn't help when 90% of all “translations” just say „Peperonipizza” for pepperoni pizza. That German word would correctly translate to “hot pepper pizza”. I only found out recently when watching some random YouTube video. What a way to ruin my childhood memories… Now to ruining Swift's dinner… published on 2019-12-20 Crystals are fascinating. Some people believe some crystals have certain magical properties. I remember receiving a crystal that should help to prevent me from getting nosebleeds. Too bad it's no use against the Anime-esque amount of nosebleed I tend to get. published on 2019-12-13 When building your own house you decide what it looks like and what rooms it has. Do you want a secret room? Yeah, build one. Not that Swift got that idea… published on 2019-12-06 Many games offer a lot of choices, but usually, I manage to choose one of the few combinations that make the game almost impossible to finish. In other cases, the choice ceases to be one because it's mathematically provable a certain combination is better than another. Is it still a choice? published on 2019-12-02 This novel includes duodecimal numbers. Until Swift learns how the numbers are read, all numbers are converted to decimal in the ruby annotations. Like this: After that, it will be how the numbers are read, though I will be changing how some numbers are read. Like this: Setting up Camp and Discovering Numbers If you want to learn more right now, why don't you watch a video of Numberphile about it? published on 2019-11-25 I don't like the show this quote is from, in fact, I was already an adult when I first saw the show, but it's so damn catchy! ♫ We just got a letter! We just got a letter! We just got a letter! I wonder who it's from. ♫ published on 2019-11-18 I guess I need to get used to being a shorty… 😭 published on 2019-11-11 I did it again. I nuked a project to start a new one like it. But that's how it is: try, try and try again until you succeed. Anyway, let's start from the beginning again:
Who am I kidding…
Happy New Year 2021
About Love
Cat Boys
Backlog
Elves
Creativity = Experimentation
Moon Phases
Not The Sparkly Kind
And the verdict is…
Volume 2
Final Chapter
Back from Summer Slump 2020
Comedic Story
Bovine Destruction Forces
Long and Winded Speechs
The Secret Cow Level?!
Smør-Panik, I mean Cheese Panic!
Food, So Much Food…
References, the Scientific Kind
References
The Mad Cow Disease in the Media
More Options
International Cuisine
Why am I very merry?
Mail Delivery
Loose Ends
Mortal Problems: Taxes
Face Masks
Good Ideas…
Public Poll: The bard joins as recurring character!
My Inspriration Is Back!
Still Alive
After the Rain
Lock Picking
Running Low…
Don't Like Raw Fish?
Less Updates Again
Dissolving with Slimes
Basic Cryptanalysis
Scale
Point of View!
Some people…
What Can Go Wrong?
Salmon or Tuna?
Unreadable Scripts
Thoughts about Cities
Better Than A Large Bath?!
Forests
Keeping Pets
Gambling Addiction
Sports Gear
Schnitzel
Damn it Mittens!
Dead again?!
Gummy Bears and Jelly
100 Readers!
Lots of Visitors
Bunnies, Butterflies, Bunnyflies!
Just a short chapter…
Happy New Year 2020!
It's cold? Just take a hot bath!
What Apocalypse did I miss?
Boxing Day 2019
Christmas Day 2019
Christmas Eve 2019
Childhood Memories about Pepperoni Pizza
Healing Crystals Against Nosebleed?
Thoughts on Building Your Own House
Illusion of Choice
Duodecimal Numbers
♫ We Just Got A Letter ♫
I guess I need to get used to being a shorty…
Crystal Down — A New Beginning
