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Consent is sexy 🥰 (she's sloshed)

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Episode 95. Text Only Summary

For readers who may wish to skip the visuals on the most recent episode, due to trypohobia/scopophobia.

Roha charges towards Hashel, looking angry, eyes black. Behind him, Colt outstretches a hand, face concerned, and shouts, "Captain- she means to bait you-"

2. Hashel cocks her head to the side, face covered by her veil. "Relax, Roha," she says. "I'm just here to enjoy the festival, the same as every other pirate on this sea-"

3. "Ack-!" Hashel gasps, Roha grabbing her by the throat. His eyes are black, face angry. Hashel's veil flutters up to reveal some of the bulging, lidless green eyes scattered across her face. Roha says "I warned you what would happen if I ever saw you again." His speech bubble is white.

4. An off-screen voice says, "Been a long time, Roha." A sword is held to Roha's throat. He is glancing to the source of the voice, irate. In the foreground, his hand grips Hashel's throat tightly. Her now exposed face looks panicked.

5. "Cori. You're all grown up," Roha says, as we now see the woman holding the sword to him. He looks unfazed, glaring at Hashel, who struggles against his grip on her throat. Cori, the same pirate we saw with Hashel in episode 94, looks stressed. She says, "Let her go. Now!!"

6. "No. I think I'll kill her," says Roha, still focused on Hashel. "It's still true that Fateseers can't see their own deaths, right Hash?" he asks. "I'll make it a fun lil surprise."

7. We see Hashel's face again, smiling despite the hand on her throat. "Lower your sword, Cori," she instructs. Cori looks stunned, exclaiming, "What?! No!" Hashel continues, "He doesn't die today. You're only wasting your energy."

8. Colt appears at Roha's shoulder, with a hand outstretched to caution him. "Captain-" he starts, but Roha interrupts, "Go find our crew, Colt." Colt balks, "Wh-? I'm not leaving you, sir!"

9. In a close up view of Colt's face, Roha says, "Warn them that there's Lunatics about." Colt's expression is conflicted and sad as he says, "But... I..." While Roha cuts him off, "It's an ORDER, Colt. GO."

10. "Aye, Captain," says Colt as he slumps away, looking glumly at the floor. He passes Hashel, who watches him go with her many green eyes. They all glow in interest. She smiles and says, "...Huh."

11. We see Colt walking away in the background. Hashel looks at Roha, smiling manically. "So much anger in that Black Heart," she says. "It's no wonder somebody poisons you."

12. A close up on Roha's face. His black eyes are wide, his mouth slightly open in surprise. A bead of sweat runs down his face. From offscreen, Hashel says, "Oh, come now. I know you asked me not to tell you - but that was six years ago! Don't tell me you STILL don't want any details? Aren't you curious?"

13. A close up on Hashel's face. She looks pleased to see Roha affected by her words. She says, "There's a poetic irony to it, wouldn't you say? After what you did to Muin. Ishki told me all about that, Cook's Boy. But it doesn't look like your poison will be ingest-"

14. The same close-up of Hashel's face, but with her eyes wide and mouth open in pain. Roha's hand is squeezing her throat tightly.

15. "L-let her go!" Shouts Cori from off-screen, on a close up of Roha's face. He glances sideways at Cori.

16. A close up of Cori's face. She looks terrified, visibly shaking. "Now!" She demands.

17. We fade into a sketchy red flashback of Cori's face, now a young teenager. She sits with her knees to her chest, holding a long blanket around her. Her face looks frightened. A voice off screen says, "Hey, it's okay. Don't be scared."

18. We see Cori is hiding under a table on the Eclipse. Roha crouches beside her, himself a slightly older teenager, smiling and offering his hand. Behind them, through a cannon window, lightning flashes. "You're our new crew member, right?" Asks Roha. "The first storm at sea is always the scariest." Cori still looks frightened. "Will... Will we sink?" She asks.

19. A close-up to Young Roha's face. He smiles very kindly. "Haha, not likely," he says. "But if we do, I'll swim you to shore. How 'bout I sit under here with you for a while?"

20. Cori's face again, looking relieved. She smiles, "O-okay."

21. The flashback fades back to present day, Roha looking at Cori with a conflicted expression. "...You'd die for this fraud, Cori?"

22. "I-if I die today, before my prophecy, that would make me a fatebreaker!" Cori shouts, trembling with fear. "It would be an honour!"

23. A wider shot of Roha, staring at Cori with an unreadable expression. Cori, holding the sword to his throat, looking terrified. Hashel, still struggling against Roha's grip on her throat. None of them speak.

24. Roha's hand releasing a sputtering Hashel. A concerned Cori rushes to her side, crying, "Hashel! Are you okay?"

25. Roha walks past the women, warning, "Tell Ishki to stop stalking me." Over his shoulder, we see Cori comforting Hashel, who is half turned to watch Roha go. Hashel says, "I told you, we're just here for the festival."

26. Cori and Hashel are now alone. Cori says, "That was so stupid, Hash! He could have KILLED us! AND we lost the advantage of surprise!" Hashel calmly responds, "We gained a far greater advantage."

27. Hashel, now veiled again, stands in front of a puzzled Cori. "I saw exactly how we acquire the Fatebreaker," says Hashel. "And better than that... I saw how few future moments he has left."

28. No image, just a Hashel speech bubble. "This time next month, Roha will be dead."

Thank you for reading! ^_^

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teehee >:3c

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Roha is very generous with his use of the word "tackled" 🥰

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Episode 92, Pairs, is now up on Webtoon Canvas!

You can read Rose Tide Rising for free here ^_^

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Throwback to one of my fave RTR scenes :3 Oh how far these two have come...

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Happy STS!

What's the funniest scene/line you think you've written?

Happy Solstice!! (I think that's what STS stands for? 😅)

omg this is such a fun question, thank you for asking!! It's also a very difficult question, because it made me confront the fact that I basically never write anything funny ;_;

Truthfully, I'm not very skilled at writing jokes, but I think I am good at sprinkling humour into non-funny scenes, if that makes sense. I usually write quite intense and earnest subject matter, but I try to always make it fun to read ^_^ So instead of having any good standalone lines, I end up with a funny vibe more than an actual funny scene.

Probably one of the funniest characters I've ever written is Peggy, the "woman of the house" in The Water Dog. Peggy is essentially the matriarch of her community, a grand, elderly woman who always says exactly what she means to. Peggy is cunning, devious, and generally just a lot of fun in every scene she's in.

A bit of a running joke (if it can be called that) in the novel, is that Kennedy, an army Sergeant with a gun on his person, is always the absolute height of gentlemanly to Peggy, and she basically just bullies him for being nice to her. When I say it like that, it really doesn't sound fun, but I do think it's quite funny to read in-text.... Up to a point ;3c

In this scene, Peggy has just come inside, dripping wet from the storm raging in from the ocean:

“Help me to the kitchen, ainnir.” Peggy waddled awkwardly under the weight and discomfort of her soggy wool clothes. “I'll warm myself by the range.” “There's water heating on the fire-” Sybil started. Kennedy, sharing that thought, had already stood. “I'll fill the bath for you,” he said to Peggy. “Go and warm up, I'll call when it's ready.” “Ah, thank you,” Peggy nodded feebly. She could not resist adding under her breath, “...Mustachioed pest.”

And later in the same scene, when Kennedy comes back:

“The bath is ready for you, Peig,” Kennedy said gently. “Will you be alright getting up the stairs?” “The cheek,” Peggy tutted as she laboured to her feet, apparently oblivious to the fact that the conversation was not over, Sybil was not satisfied, and she had not answered enough. Instead, she hobbled past the speechless young woman and bat a hand against Kennedy's shoulder as she went out. “Can I get up the stairs – I climbed a mountain today, as well you know. Bold little bollox.”

I guess what I'm saying here is... I find it very funny when elderly people are needlessly abusive to nice young people?? A niche sense of humour, but that's what I got 😅

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Episode 91 of Rose Tide Rising is now up on Webtoon Canvas!

Read the whole series for free here ^_^

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Aaaand a lil compilation of Rose being protective of Roha ;3

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Just a lil compilation of Roha being

✲ﾟ｡⋆❤⃛ೄ Protective ✲ﾟ｡⋆❤⃛ೄ

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The Water Dog is a prose novel I'm working on - by which I mean, it's not a comic/illustrated story - but thanks to the encouragement of some lovely followers I thought it would be fun to introduce people to the central characters of the book ^_^

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"Oh, how keenly you do court martyrdom."

A little art from my novel, The Water Dog ^-^ surely I'll be motivated to write if I procrastinate by drawing... Right?

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How to say "I love you" when you're allergic to saying "I love you"

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If the Water Dog was a visual novel (it isn't)

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My Webtoons Contest entry is officially up! If you enjoy RTR, Hawthorne, or any of my other stories, I hope you'll consider checking it out. A big part of the judging is reader engagement, so if you deigned to leave a like and a comment it would go a long way and I would grovel in appreciation 🙏🥰

Cherish Meadows is a vapid, spoiled heiress who can't quite seem to be satisfied with her life.

She launches a contest to win her hand in marriage as a vanity project - a way to feel like a princess, being courted by the fairytale knights of old.

Little does she know, there's a man in the running who can't afford to lose...

Silas Cedar us a self-serious, hard working ex-soldier. When the Meadows Corporation threatens to destroy his community, he will do whatever it takes to stop them.

... Even pretend to fall in love...

And it IS just pretend.... Right? 👀

The Contest is only a 3 episode entry for the competition and you can read it for free

HERE!

I would love to continue this project if I get shortlisted (but I'm not holding my breath haha)

In the meantime, if you enjoy it please consider leaving a like and comment to let me know! I spent the most of 2 months drawing this and it would mean a lot to me to read your thoughts in the comments on Webtoon ^_^

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Her name is Nuta and she's a necromancer who can only summon animals :)

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Episode 90 of Rose Tide Rising is now up on Webtoon Canvas!

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