Hobbies in WIP.

I'll be featuring 2 of my WIPs here.

(1) For "Project Memories", the FL liked to play her flute as a way to clear her mind. But only a few people actually knew about this. As for the ML, he REALLY liked reading -- a lot. This is his way of clearing his mind and also to help him focus when it comes to his divination.

(2) As for Project 23Y, the FL -- at least at the start of the story -- could be seen watching the sunset by the bridge. It was her way of making sure that she was still going down the path that she set to herself after her mother quit being a detective. The ML usually focused on photography during his free time -- mostly in his day off. Then again, he never thought that he would cross path with someone who would soon become a special person in his life because of this hobby of his.

What books have inspired your writing?

For PROJECT MEMORIES, it was actually the Wattpad story-turned-published book "Wizard's Tale". Well, at least part of it. The concept actually came from a writer friend @azelphr and we were supposed to have a collab on a fantasy-romance series that she had thought of, but didn't get to do it. But I just want to continue writing it. And this is actually the first book of it. I'll just tell her about this story once it's done. 😁✌️

As for PROJECT 23Y, there is no book that inspired me to write this. What inspired me were TV series. The Japanese drama "Himitsu no Hanazono", Korean drama "The Girl Who Sees Scents", American drama "Cold Case", and its Japanese remake "Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (Door of Truth)". But maybe I can find books that could give me inspiration and clues on how to write a crime mystery story.

Here's another one, this time combining two prompts that I missed.

Day 22: Two truths and a lie - Spoiler version → Which is which? I'll let the readers figure it out.

1. Ralnor finally gaining the power of the Four Colored Flames that no one in his faction had ever achieved.
2. Renna will end up unintentionally killing someone close to her because of her rage over the deaths of her family.
3. Elyon inheriting one of the five mystical blades created by the ancient Power Casters who were now figures of worship in the Cloud Dimension.

Day 23: National Bisexuality Day - any

representation in your WIP? → Now this part, I'm still trying to figure it out since, as I mentioned, I haven't reached half of the story. But I guess we'll get there.

WIP's most likely to succeed

Elred and Lyra were both aiming to reach one thing—to end the curse that could kill them in an instant. When the others discovered this, they made it a part of their great mission to help these two in their quest. With that, and their desire to live longer than what the curse in their bodies had intended them to live, more or less, they'll find it really fulfilling if the goal they wanted to reach for a long time would be finally within their reach.

WIP's most artistic.

Arasne, despite being an android, had proven herself to be such an artistic being. Even if most of her daydreams and thoughts spawned from her creator's unfulfilled dreams, she used it to conjure ideas after ideas that helped her and her Cloudbreaker teammates in their endeavours.

WIP's class clown.

Navarre wasn't the trickster of the recruited Cloudbreakers just for the heck of it. He would make everyone smile and laugh as best as he could, soon earning him their affection despite their differences. But at one point, someone from the team actually noticed that this powerful mechanical lifeform was trying his best to make everyone happy in order to hide the frustration he had been dealing with because of his own faction forbidding him to fully use his true powers as a Power Caster.

Mid-month check in.

I'm still forming more scenarios that I post here in a form of photo edits between two characters. But it's just that. Scenarios. I haven't used any of the scenarios in the story the time I started writing this story on paper and haven't had a chance to post it online just yet. But I want to proceed pass through that and I'll do my best for that to happen. By the way, this photo edit would be added as one of the scenarios for the story, possibly about one of the battles that Miho and Hatsue would encounter in Cloud Dimension.

Friday the 13th! Does your MCs have any bad luck?

Yup, I know. I deliberately missed Day 12. But I have my reasons. For now, here's my Day 13 post and it's about bad luck. If I were to base it on Hatsue and Miho's expressions here, they still don't know if they have one, anyway. Sure, they had some miss on getting their own streak of luck from time to time, but there wasn't any worse ones. Both of them are positive people and it reflected on their beliefs and actions. And they both knew that having faith and hope can do its wonders to counter bad luck.

Military in your WIP!

The closest we'll ever get for the Cloud Dimension's military force would be the 12 Cloudbreakers recruited and personally handpicked by Zelross in an attempt to finally end the dispute of all 12 Power Caster factions. Upon the arrival of Miho and Hatsue as the prophecied Daughters of Light, this team will be the dimension's final hope to achieve peace.

#MoodboardMonday!

My Monday was filled with nothing but rain—for real. It didn't even stop falling for a minute or so. They just kept on falling. Anyway, with that, I ended up thinking of scenes about rain involving Miho and Hatsue with their respective significant others that they inadvertently left on Earth because of them being chosen to save the Cloud Dimension.

Favorite dark and mysterious characters?

I'm choosing two for this one, both of which had tried to kill Miho and Hatsue in several occasions. But both girls noticed something peculiar about these warriors that tried to kill them. Anyway, I'm choosing Arcail (Itou Asahi) and Yaron (Ozawa Ryota) as my favorites. The peculiarity that the Daughters of Light noticed about these two is actually one reason why they are my favorite mysterious characters. Not entirely dark, but the fact that they were after Miho and Hatsune was what made them dangerous in more ways than one. But each of them seemed to have been holding an item, each were representing something important from the past they've chosen to forget all this time.

Character Q & A Day One

What are your initial thoughts upon realizing that you two were prophecied to become the savior of a world you never knew existing?

🦋HATSUE: My head is still spinning from all the information I received upon arriving to this... place. But knowing that I actually possess a power that they say could save this world, it makes me want to ask my parents about the truth behind it. From the start, I had this inkling that they were hiding something from me. And now, I think it has something to do with me being a so-called Daughter of Light.

🦋MIHO: I'm trying to think as rationally as I can. But every feeling I've had since arriving here only made me realize that this is real. Deadly real. And if Hatsue and I are not going to be careful, even if we're the ones they call "The Daughters of Light", then we'll end up losing our lives here before we could even do something to help the Power Casters liberate their world.

Last book that ripped your heart out.

Most of the books I've read recently were light-hearted or heart-stopping, to say the least. But not enough to make me feel as if my heart was ripped out. And by far, the only book that I remember doing this to me was the classic Nicholas Sparks novel—"A Walk To Remember". And with that, I had a feeling that I'd be incorporating a particular tear-jerker scene from this book to the story of Renna and her involvement with two skilled Power Casters Garion and Elorshin who knew about her deadly mission and her tragic fate.

Insert yourself into your WIP. Where do you fit?

I could see myself in the story of DCG as a wanderer, a traveler in the Cloud Dimension proficient in archery. And this wanderer will remain nameless throughout the story. But even so, she will have an influence to the prophecied girls' choices with regards to their destiny as the savior of the Power Casters to end the war.

(National Wildlife Day) Wild things in your WIP.

I'm late for Day 4 but I'm still posting this. The creatures in the Cloud Dimension are pretty much the same as that on Earth, with a few differences, of course. The notable ones were:

⚜️DRAGON - one of the rarest creatures found in the Dimension together with phoenixes. This creature was most commonly associated with the last Purple Sound Caster, the dragon-like Zelross.

⚜️ARMORED BEAR - only a few of this creature remained loyal to serving the Power Casters truly dedicated to their duties. One of those few had sworn allegiance to one of the deadliest Power Casters, Renna.

⚜️GRIFFIN - Most of them lived in the mountains, in which one was the place where Elyon trained his swordsmanship skills. During his training, he was able to befriend some of them and one even decided to serve Elyon in his battles.

⚜️PEGASUS - One of possibly the gentlest creatures of the wild that stayed out of everyone's sight for a long time. But once someone proved his/her worth to be its companion, its loyalty will remain to that person in its lifetime. By far, only the aphonic Power Caster Neia was able to do so after her brother's murder.

⚜️WOLF - Commonly called the creatures of the moon, this designation was one of the reasons why they follow orders and requests from Power Casters given the power to manipulate one of the mystical powers of this dimension. And being a wolf-man, Goren was able to do so easily.

MCs' favorite book/story

Though Japanese, both Hatsue and Miho aren't that ignorant in some of the international books/novels published in their times. In particular, Hatsue has a penchant for angel/demon-themed stories. Her favorite would have been "The Mortal Instruments" series. As for Miho, her interest in History subject has influenced her choices of novels to read. Thus, her favorite would have been "The Great Library" series.

(Back to school) MCs' favorite subject

In "Dimensional Cloud Guardians", I originally wanted to write the story from multiple POVs if I were to base it on the scenarios I posted here. That is, until I decided to add two characters from another world—specifically, the mortal world where these girls reside. So to cut the story short, the story will only be told in Miho and Hatsue's POVs. Still thinking if I should do it in 1st or 3rd person POV.

Anyway, Miho Takahata had always been fascinated in History while Hatsue Funai wouldn't mind having longer classes when it comes to Literature. Not knowing that their fascination in these subjects would provide help for their journey when they ended up in Cloud Dimension all of a sudden.

Goals for the month?

Drafting the plot for DCG is something I've been doing for about a year and a half already. So with this challenge, I want to actually start writing this and get done with at least half of the story just before the month ends.

This collage is something I wanted to show about the characters that will appear on the first chapter of the story. Two were human girls prophecied to change the fate of a world in a brink of another devastating war and the other two were beings called the Power Casters residing in a realm called the Cloud Dimension.