Dear Diary ( Read more... )

Alright, he wasn't really blind, but he did have a squint. And he sold me a starchart to Cibola which was marked as Sukho. I wanted to go to Sukho to get some quality inks ( Read more... )

Molly finds out who her father is.
There was much rejoicing.
One of the two above lines is a lie.

( The Bodyguard and the, well, Butler )

Looks like we're heading for Alhambra. Riya's gone missing. This may be a good way to get Molly to meet her father. Hopefully, this will not result in needs to use a wrench. I'll invite Master Glanworth, but I doubt he'll want to set foot on the Basilisk ( Read more... )

Infernal Contraption: The Home Card Game!

"The box has everything you need for 2-4 players to endulge in some mechanical mayhem. Infernal Contraption is designed to play quickly - the more players the faster! This allows you to play several games in a strech of a few hours.
Players alternate taking turns to add consumables,contraptions, upgrades, and ( Read more... )

Written in a self-ratching reciprocating lock scroll, in indigo ink on the cream surface.

Enroute back to Amber on the Bassilisk.

My father's ship, once a terror on the seas, now sails muzzled, the weapons all removed.  It is still dangerous to pull any levers or push any candylike buttons, because his genius knows no bounds...including personal  ( Read more... )

Adapted from a list Annaroxiel keeps on file to calm down her father.

Reasons why using souls to power machinery is a bad idea, even if Addison supplies the means:
1) Boom.
2) Boom Boom Boom. (With you as the second boom.)
3) Peasants. Pitchforks.
4) Mass uprisings making number 3 look like nothing, which results in a change of government and you ( Read more... )

Synopsis of order ( Read more... )

up-nature/1: You know the dif between animal, plant, and mineral. Fungus still confuses you. 
up-nature/2: You now know fungus to be from the space between shadows, possibly brought over by the Portafada. Of course, if you mention this, a Karm glowers at you.
up-nature/3: You know how to get blood from a stone. See UP-Fight/1.

ao-romance/1: You're ( Read more... )

My family tree offers both!

BEGMAN:

The Lovelace family portfolio contains vast lands east of Carcil, as well as some of the desert in East Begma itself...land that no one wanted turned out to be a good source of income for the sand itself, which is useful for PROGRESS.

http://begma.roadtoamber.com/lovelace

Armond and Imar are both available, as are ( Read more... )