#* my dude basically eats a tube of Neosporin and then wonders why her cuts won't heal

[jontheredrc]

Meet Cydia Myssil, the ditzy girlboss of my upcoming novel Tenesoir Memoirs: Kyrinna! The planet of Tenesoir is a dangerous place. Not only is it forever shrouded in darkness, it’s also home to lots of strange and aggressive creatures. But somewhere out in that eternal night lurks an even more unpredictable threat, one who blurs the line of humanity...

Cydia’s earliest memories are of an orphanage, and of the man who adopted her, Don Gato. His intentions were less than noble, however; he could tell by her gray eyes that she was a wildspeaker, and he wanted that power to serve his criminal enterprise. Wildspeakers can observe monsters and learn to mimic their characteristics, such as fire breath or toxic secretions. Still, Cydia enjoyed learning how to rob people. She got to practice her unique skills all she wanted, and she was happy with her cut of the loot. That’s a better deal than the orphanage or the Church of Scintilla would have given her.

Eventually, though, Don Gato and Cydia fell out of touch. They had been communicating via dead drops for awhile, but his letters slowly dwindled away until they stopped altogether. Cydia was undeterred; she simply continued her life as a bandit, more than happy to stop paying Don Gato his cut.

Cydia Myssil is a free-spirited woman who always carries herself with a confident swagger. Sure, she may forget details here and there, like how to use healing ointment* or what wildspeaker powers she even has. Instead, she’s gotten really good at improvising. Cydia just does what comes naturally to her.

Most of the time, though, what comes naturally to Cydia is simply unchecked hedonism. To her, there is no special purpose or meaning of life. She’s got nothing better to do than whatever the hell she wants. Her three favorite things are fruit, alcohol, and fruity alcohol. She can control individual hairs on her head, and she uses this talent to double-jump and pick locks. Cydia has no regard for any law in her way, including the laws of physics.

One fateful night, Cydia meets Kyrinna, a stranger who happens to be a criminal herself. Kyrinna’s in the middle of forging a new identity, hoping to lay low among the ranks of some monster hunters for hire. At first, Cydia wants to kill Kyrinna to keep her hideout in the Marsh of Illusion a secret. When a reptilian monster emerges from the darkness, though, they quickly form a truce and square up together against this common foe.

...huh? What happens next? You’ll have to read Tenesoir Memoirs to find that out...