#bombs bodyguards & broken artifacts

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New WIP INFORMATION

MAGICAL MISTAKES

BOMBS, BODYGUARDS & BROKEN ARTIFACTS

[tonberryslantern]

It Started Out With A Kiss...

It caught Rufia by surprise, really.  Drusilla pyr Thule was not the kind of leader to to take the obvious route when she could ambush an enemy from an unexpected angle, and while this made her an excellent commander it also made her a frustrating flirt.  Like everything about the Decurion the kiss was a surprise.  Surprisingly soft lips, surprisingly gentle hands and a surprisingly forceful approach.  Rufia was entirely ensnared.

Her back pressed against the hard surface of the ancient ruined piece of Allagan technology she was studying, and she protested, but the Decurion ignored her, pinning their bodies together with a pressure almost enough to drive the breath from her.

“Decurion, please,” Rufia managed, breaking her mouth free finally after long dizzying seconds of wild stirring in her brain.  She felt light headed, out of breath, and the Decurion was smirking as usual.  She’d planned this out so well.  Go on the expedition to the Allagan facility, personally bodyguard the bioengineer as her squad secured the perimeter, then pin her against the wall at their first moment of privacy.

“Rufia kir Boreale, you have been making eyes at me since the VIth landed at Azys La, you volunteered to join my squad on..  What is it, six expeditions now?”

Rufia blushed, “Seven.”

“Seven.  And now you’ve decided to put ancient broken junk ahead of whatever little fantasies are rolling around in your head?  I admire your dedication to duty, but this is the third time we’ve gone over this ancient pile of scrap and I have worked very hard to get us five minutes alone.”

She did have a point, “You make a solid argument, Decurion-”

“Drusilla.”

Rufia swallowed hard and felt her blood rushing all over again, “Drusilla.  But we still don’t know what these artifacts were intended to do.  I would hate to be kissing on a bomb.”

The Decurion kept that slight upturned twist to one corner of her mouth, “It’s Allagan.  It’s probably much worse than a bomb.”

From somewhere in this ancient labyrinth of bygone technology and wonder came the sounds of fighting.  In an instant Drusilla had her helmet back on and her bow drawn.  As she was speaking in her linkpearl Rufia took the time to turn around and inspect the damage their impromptu moment of passion had done to this...  Vat thing.  then her eyes widened.

Under millennia of dust and corrosion it was blinking.  That was not good.

“Umm...  Decurion...”

Drusilla turned, annoyed, “What is it, Boreale?  I’m a bit busy here.  Apparently some of the displays we found earlier weren’t displays and...  Is it supposed to be doing that?”

Rufia brushed dark red dust away from the light and found a display screen next to what appeared to be some kind of control mechanism.  Allagan letters poured across the screen in shimmering blue light.  Most of the words were unfamiliar to Rufia, but she puzzled out what she could.  “Clone sequence...  Print...  Royal blood reserves... Subject... Xande?”  She looked back at the Decurion, “What’s a Xande?”

The sounds of fighting intensified; the rapport of gunblades and explosions from the Lalafell thaumaturge boomed through the halls.  Drusilla put her hand on Rufia’s shoulder and tried to pull her away, “We don’t have time for this.  We’re pulling out.”

“Wait!  Wait I can read this!”  Rufia leaned in closer to the screen, “Error.  Data corrupted.  Running diagnostic...  Printing test...  Base template?”

The tube rumbled, shaking, and Rufia pulled back, “Drusilla I-”  Then there was a flash of bright red light.  Rufia covered her eyes, recoiling away, shouting.  It was a bomb!  They’d made out on a bomb!  She screamed.

Then the light was gone and she opened her eyes again.  From behind her she heard Drusilla swear.  The tube was open, the panel was flashing.  [Test Complete.  Biological Component: 110%.  Memory Component: 63%.  Test Failed.  Royal Blood Reserves: 0%.  Please Replace Cartridge.]

Lying on the ground in front of them, slick with some viscous beige fluid, was a naked woman.  Rufia and Drusilla stared.  Slowly, pushing herself up from the ground, the woman looked around with eyes the color of ice.  Then she said something in ancient Allagan, a language Rufia had only heard coming from half functioning machines.  Strangely, it was the same phrase that Rufia was thinking just then.

“What the fuck?”

[cljordan-imperium]

Can be for The Imperium Chronicles or Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts or Bending The Law or all 3

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[cljordan-imperium]

After careful consideration, I have changed the name of of of my WIPS. The more I revised and edited the many chapters I have written for what was previously Bombs Bodyguards & Broken Artifacts I realized that there was a theme running through that was a better fit.

What Melania discovers as she is also uncovering secrets at the archaeological site is that those around her are wearing masks to conceal their true selves and their true intentions. And in order to survive, she has to determine who to trust and the real people Behind These Masks.

[cljordan-imperium]

Theme Songs PT2

@blind-the-winds - you can only put 10 per post, so this is pt2

All of @theimperiumchronicles

@bombsbodyguardsbroken - Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts

Abriella

@princess-of-thieves-id - Princess of Thieves (both)

[theimperiumchronicles]

Hi buddy! How much progress have you made on your wip?

Hi Hon!

I've managed to at least add 3 or more paragraphs to the current chapter that I'm working on each day. That is my goal, so I'm keeping up on that. It makes it so the chapter I'm supposed to be posting is ready for The Imperium Chronicles.

Bending the Law and Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts are already written, so I'm doing edits daily. I just tend to re-read and edit once daily on each one, which means by the time I'm ready to post again, it's had 2-3 edits and we're all good!

How are you doing on your writing, hon?

[cljordan-imperium]

OC Song Tag

This is an old tag from @andromedaexists

Rules: Post 3-5 songs from your OC’s playlist and or songs that make you think of them!

I am going to do 3 for each @bombsbodyguardsbroken and @bendingthelaws

BOMBS, BODYGUARDS, & BROKEN ARTIFACTS

BENDING THE LAW

Soft tagging - @shipping-through-eternity, @coffeewritesfiction, @writingmaidenwarrior, @sunset-a-story

[theimperiumchronicles]

Happy WBW! What's the harshest part of your world? Be it a place, a law, something character-created or otherwise, what is just HARSH?

Since Bending the Law and Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts are both set on Earth with semi-normal humans, I'm going to answer this for The Imperium Chronicles.

The harshest part of any realm in The Imperium Chronicles would be Caligo. Caligo is the realm created when the former Hell was split in two when Abriella ascended to the throne when she mated with Abbadon. Imperium is Upper Hell and Caligo is Lower Hell. Imperium is where all of the creatures live. It is governed by rules and laws that keep it from being utter chaos. There is debauchery, there are often orgies in the streets, it is far from what you'd see on Earth, you don't want to leave your doors unlocked, but it's not a waking nightmare either. Even demons and vampires don't want to live somewhere you have to watch your back 24/7.

Caligo is where you get damned when you perish from whatever realm you live in. It is comprised of a never ending spiral of torture chambers. What level of the torture you end up on depends on how bad of a boy or girl you were in your life or lives. How long you are there before you move on to some other realm is dictated by whatever deity or deities determined your fate. Cassandra and Lucifer will at some point explore Caligo to give the readers a glimpse of what it is like there. It has not been determined yet if any of the others will go there yet.

Thank you for asking, sweetness <3 <3

[cljordan-imperium]

Happy WBW, lovely! Not sure why, but today I'm asking about fashion?? What does the fashion-- I'm talking high, street, or anything else-- look like in your world(s)?

Being that those in Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts as well as Bending The Law are all humans on Earth, they pretty look much like you would expect people in their positions to look. So we'll stick with The Imperium Chronicles.

On Earth, everyone tries to blend in. When you are not human, the last thing you want to do is draw attention to yourself. That is how mobs with fires and weapons end up tracking you down and exterminating your kind.

In Imperium, the dress depends on the occasion. If they are just hanging out, since most of them are from or tied to Earth, they will be wearing casual Earthly clothing - jeans, sweats, yoga pants, shorts, etc. When doing physical training, gym clothes are worn. When doing battle training, they tend to wear a lighter version of their fighting leathers. (think BBC's The Musketeers) When a formal court event, think the British Royal Family, including how the guards and all will be dressed.

The other beings outside of the palace tend to wear clothing that reflects where they came from, both in place and time period. While most came from Earth, they date back to the very creation of the planet itself. So there is a wide variety of outfits that range through all time periods and cultures. There is, thankfully, a universal language that is spoken automatically when you are in Imperium, no matter what you spoke on Earth. It is the way of all realms of its type to make things easier.

Uffern tends to be a more formal realm. While when not tending to official duties, you can find some in more casual clothing, but they will never get truly casual outside of the gym. Even hiking, fishing, or hunting, their clothing will be pressed. They will look like a catalog come to life with how pristine they look, especially the residents of the palace. The only exception are the fae slaves whose visage reflects their station in Uffernian society. They do tend to be a little old fashioned in Earth sense, women mainly wear dresses, but this is also because of the formality of things.

[cljordan-imperium]

There I am...making a list of all chars and FC for the stories about humans I start posting next week. Bombs, Bodyguards, and Broken Artifacts....no problem. Got new sub-blog setup. Pics set aside to do editing this weekend. All good.

Then I went to Bending the Law. Now, one thing you need to understand is that I've been writing both of these since 2019 on and off while also writing hundreds of prequel chapters for Abriella and also a prequel for BBB. So I start to do the same thing for BTL and this sign goes off in my head...

Apparently at some point my brain had the amazing idea to bring in some characters from OTHER stories I've written as side characters...like the main one from BBB. SO...I am going to get to do some editing as I go because I am an idiot. I also somehow managed to drag Abriella in, but human form...I think this is when I was on immuno suppression therapy and why I don't write when that sick anymore. That I think I can fix rather easily though. We'll see. This will be exciting for me as it is for y'all to discover. SURPRISE!! 🙄😬🤦‍♀️

THE IMPERIUM CHRONICLES TAG LIST - @ceph-the-ghost-writer @kjscottwrites @writingpotato07 @saltysupercomputer @careful-pyromancer @late-to-the-fandom @autumnalwalker @perasperaadastrawriting @fearofahumanplanet @jessica-writes22 @dogmomwrites @mjjune @verba-writing @blind-the-winds @shipping-through-eternity   @outpost51 @inkspellangel @blind-the-winds @sunset-a-story @writingmaidenwarrior @clairelsonao3

Anyone wanting +/- tag list just let me know

[cljordan-imperium]

WIP NAME GAME

I was tagged by the sweet @inkspellangel

Rules—share the titles of WIP docs, whether they’re serious or simply placeholders, so that people can send an ask regarding a title that most interests them, and then share either a snippet of that WIP or something regarding it. Tag as many people as you have WIPs

The Imperium Chronicles - I have a slew of WIP's under this one

Andromeda

Back To The 20's

Bending The Law

Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts

Devil In The Details

Magical Mistakes

Princess of Theives

--FIND A NAME FOR THIS FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT--

Shit..I need to learn to count, I've been saying I've got 6 WIPS.... *wanders off muttering about brain bleeds and wondering about strokes....*

Tagging - and trying not to laugh that I CANNOT count - @there-goes-thefighter @late-to-the-fandom (if nothing else you'll get a laugh since you know how many are under Imperium too) @raincoffeeandfandoms @call-sign-shark @sunset-a-story @blind-the-winds (Jax..you have permission to slap my fingers if I ever suggest another WIP...k??)

[cljordan-imperium]

Happy Blorbo Blursday! What’s your favourite character’s name from your current WIP and where did it come from?

Hey sweetheart! <3

Thank you for this ask!!

I'm going to respond for each of my WIPs.

The Imperium Chronicles

Abriella Estephania Bethania Isabella Engel

Now, the first name has been - Briella, Brie, Gabrielle and now Abriella (notice a trend), but the rest of her name has always remained the same.

The changing of the first name was mostly due to Facebook nuking her poor ass repeatedly when she was a roleplay character and having to change is slightly to make a new account. Abriella I just liked better than Gabrielle, so when I started her story here, I changed it one last time.

The other three middle names are paying homage to three of my absolute favorite RP OC's that unfortunately got killed off over the years. Estephania is the only one that isn't a direct copy, it was Stephania, but I Estephania sounded better with the others.

Engel means Angel in German. All of the Horsemen have last names that mean Angel. After this long, When Abriella was first created, her name was Brie Night. Her name changed to Engel when it was revealed she was Cruz's sister, this was still back when she was an RP character and there was someone who actually wrote Cruz that wasn't me. She's come a long way since then.

Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts

Dontanion LaVeau, one of Mel's older brothers. I love his name and also the voice that comes with him. Originally I tried writing it out phonetically but it would take forever. He has a French-Creole accent, speaks slow, and has this rich voice that I could listen to in my head all day. LMAO Finding him a name that matched his personality was not easy. Dontanion fits him, and people rarely shorten it for just that reason. He's not a "Don" type of man.

Bending The Law

Dimitri Aleksei Andromedev is former KGB, now works as a partner to Colton Masterson, but is best friends with Colin Masterson, and is much more than he seems. Is it even his real name? Only time will tell. ;)

[cljordan-imperium]

happy worldbuilding wednesday!

how do people mark the passing of time in your world?

Hello :)

Thank you for this ask!

Bending the Law and Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts are both set here on Earth where everyone is human, so their passage of time is standard.

Time in Imperium is marked much the same way, since many of the characters originated on Earth as well. However, it is stated in several places in past writings that time passes at different rates in different realms. So an hour in Imperium is different than an hour in Uffern, is different than an hour in Pustota, is different than an hour on Earth. All are 60 minutes made up of 60 seconds. They will all feel the same when you are there, but when you return to another realm, you will find that time has passed differently there. Some faster, some slower. An example of this from past writing was when everyone went to rescue Talia from Stennis. Abriella and Mithos accidently got left behind in the prison realm. It was less than five minutes in Imperium before Dez and Adriel went back to get them, but for them it had been hours since the others had left before someone returned.

For some realms the difference in time passing is known, for others it is not. And making it even more confusing, there will be some realms where it changes. Why that is, I can't reveal without giving away some of the coming events. But it will be interesting when that happens.

I hope I made that clear and not confusing. Sometimes I'm so used to how it is, that I think I make sense and I've completely confused someone. LOL

[cljordan-imperium]

👻Is there a scene that you find intimidating that you have yet to write?

For all 3!

Thank you for this ask, sweets! <3

The Imperium Chronicles - There are more than one for this one.

Leandre's ex is going to reappear and it is traumatic for him and for Yael, for different reasons. Both are going to have some very powerful scenes that are going to be hard to write because of the emotions and trauma involved.

The recounting of what Yael underwent with Gabriel. OUCH

The confrontation between the residents of the Palace and Damien. It is coming and it is not going to be pretty

Bombs, Bodyguards, & Broken Artifacts - I have written so much on this one that I'm actually doing edits and revisions as I post, but where I am in writing, I have to go back and put in Mel killing two different people so I can recount it. I did *insert Mel killing XYZ* for both because I hadn't quite decided how I wanted her to do it, and now I have figured it out. For one, he's going to get a bullet between the eyes. For the other, it's going to involve her ancestors and a large spectral hound everyone will meet later on. I'm going to hold off on revealing who is dying and why because it would take forever to explain and give away the whole plot at this point.

Bending The Law - I don't have as much written for this as for BBB, so I am getting to the point in the story where one of the women gets kidnapped. The whole kidnapping arc is not going to be pleasant and will be a little disturbing. So, I want to make sure I do it right and that gives me a little anxiety to think about.