Sunday Snippet, et. al.

[clevermanka]

The puzzle arrived on Friday! I worked on it for about two hours and omg it totally knocked me out 😂 I took like a two hour nap and felt foggy for a few hours after that. Brain activity burns a lot of energy. I've been working on it here and there but I'm confused because the edge pieces on the upper right side don't? match? the photo? so I'm a little frustrated with that.

Came down with a killer migraine late yesterday afternoon. I don't get a lot of them--maybe six or seven a year? But last night's was a rare one where I had to lie on the bathroom floor because I thought I was going to throw up. I even tried to vomit, just so I could stop feeling so nauseated, but I have a nearly non-existent gag reflex and couldn't quite manage so lying on the floor it was. I eventually felt okay enough to go to bed (took the trash can with me tho) and mostly slept through the night.

Super fragile today. I hate being my normal-levels of fragile so this is especially annoying.

Writing happened again this week, yay, so have some more from Redemption. We're just shy of 60k!

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Zhao Yunlan poured himself another cup of wine in the silence that followed his proposal.

When he looked up, Ye Zun’s unnervingly neutral face stared back.

Without breaking eye contact, he pushed his now-empty cup across the table to Zhao Yunlan. Zhao Yunlan bit back an annoyed sigh and refilled it. Returning Ye Zun’s stare, he pushed it back across the table.

Your move, buddy.

Comments

[writedragon]

Yay puzzles and writing! Boo headache (though I'm glad you seem to be on the mend). Be gentle, safe, and kind to yourself, because you are worthy of those things.

[clevermanka]

The headache came out of nowhere, so I suspect it was weather-related.

[naye]

Uggggh to migraines. I'm glad you're feeling better than that today!

...wellllll that is an INTERESTING little excerpt. What is going on with these two?!

[clevermanka]

Soooo glad I'm feeling better. I was literally praying for death on my bathroom floor.

And yeah, a lot happened in that conversation, lemme tell you. (I kind of hate how much I enjoy writing this Ye Zun)

[redheadfae]

Begone blasted migraines! I'm with you on weather, I had to cancel on what would have been a lovely outdoor lunch date due to severe head. Bleh.
But yay on writing moving along. I like this snippet a lot.

[clevermanka]

Thanks!

Sucks you had one, too. That supports my suspicion of it being weather-related I guess.

[goss]

Yay, puzzle!

*hugs gently*

[clevermanka]

*hugs back gratefully*

[seascribble]

Ugh, nausea migraines suck so bad. *hug*

[clevermanka]

Horrible. I was literally praying for death. As usual, the universe failed to deliver.

[umadoshi]

I'm sorry about the beyond-wretched migraine. >.<

Your move, buddy.

Intriguing indeed!

[clevermanka]

Yeah that entire evening did not bolster my will to live, I tell ya.

I think people are gonna scream at that scene and I really gotta finish this story so I can post it 😆

[nnozomi]

Hope you are feeling better. I like the tense pacing set up by the rhythm of your excerpt, and the callback to that awful drinking scene at the end of canon...very promising.

[clevermanka]

I'm better today, thanks! Yesterday was a bit of a wash, no surprise.

That scene hit me hard so I'm pulling everyone along with me on that feels train 😙

[msmitti]

I am so sorry to hear about the migraine! I can't even imagine adding that level of fun. *shakes head*

[clevermanka]

I'm still recovering from it, tbh. suckssssssssssss