Sophia White
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I sighed as the combed a knot out of my hair. It matched the knots in my back – and heart. Aqua was right, I really did need time off. Well, no time like the present! “You were saying, Pete?” Johnsson asked. I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye. He was getting a beard oil massage while a gnome rubbed his feet. Beside him, Beauregard – the Dwarf Draconis – was getting his nails done. Because of Bare feet were, to be fair, the ultimate flex for a dwarf. I turned back to stare at the…-
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Aqua tapped a pen on her notepad as I lay on the couch across from her in the Goat’s office. She was dressed in a formal suit of armor for the day, more akin to my usual dress armour than her preferred flowing dress with armored accents. I was in a set of casual leather shorts and a gambeson. Comfort was the word of the day. “Why the couch?” Aqua asked. “It’s traditional.” “Um… oh, you mean Earth traditional. They really lie down on couches while they get…
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Three days of whirlwind brewing and extensive use of later, and we had our final beer. It was a variation on the original favourite with a slightly lower alcohol content and a mix of two different bitter hops variations. Everyone agreed that one mug needed to be enough to knock you out, but it had to be a Our ratios selected, we had just enough time to set some large scale tanks to ferment normally. That left three weeks for us to prepare for our dual announcement with Schist. There was lots to do,…
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“Do you think it’s biological?” Kirk asked as we waited for everyone to wake up. “I know dwarves are weak to alcohol, but this is ridiculous.” “I wasn’t affected.” I mused, poking Annie with my armored boot. She twitched but didn’t wake up. “Something about the marriage of Spirit and Spark? You’re an otherworldly soul, aren’t you? Could that be it?” “At least until I reincarnate once. I’m not sure I like the metaphysics of that. There’s an actual “Please tell me you…
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We left the bocks to cook overnight. I could’ve just used right away, but after a full day of brewing we were all too tired to appreciate a new brew. I went to bed with visions of smoking and flaming brews dancing in my head. At this point, who cared if we won or lost? I was making a magical flaming beer, godsdammit! I popped up in the morning and got dressed up in my lounging armour while belting some The absence of a warm body next to me in the morning still grated at my nerves, but I was getting…
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Ah, new brew day, my favourite! There was always something special about taking all the ingredients that you’d painstakingly researched and purchased and then repurposing them to become something new and delicious. That was doubly true now that I was finally looking forward to trying new drinks again! The whole crew was in attendance, except Balin who’d gone to the dungeon to fight the carp-whatever boss monster. Our hopes and prayers went with him. I bustled about the brewroom floor with…
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Two days later we stood before the tanks of Light Brew, preparing to imbibe in the fruits of our long wait. My eyes were bloodshot from staying up all night using and testing yeasts. After subjective Back in the old days, I was always on tenterhooks waiting for Beavermoose lagers to ferment. Caroline said I was more anxious than a dog headed to the vet whenever lager racking day approached. With ales, you only had a week or two of waiting and any problems were immediately evident. Lagers were different.…
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Penelope had somehow escaped her handlers at the gate. Then she’d We stared in astonishment as our lilly-white princess eviscerated a very expensive and well-manicured looking rose bush. Mcbuttle wrung his beard in flustered embarrassment. “I don’t know how she got away! I’m so sorry!” Annie looked equally embarrassed. “It’s alright. It’s your rosebush she’s eating. Penelope! No! Bad Goat!” *Bleeeehhh* “Hush! Do not disturb a lady while she’s eating.” “So this is the…
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“NO. Sorry, let me rephrase that. Absolutely NOT.” I was rather empathic, but it was a denial that Tourmaline frowned. “Why?” “Prithee let me count the ways. Because he’s “I’m unable to use my regular sources.” Opal wiped her brow and spoke up. “Pete, could you put some thought into it?” I slumped back into my seat with a sigh. “I could. In fact, I already did. I literally just finished writin’ Harmsson off a few days ago.” “Are you afraid of him?” Tourmaline…
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The crew went mad when we told them the news in a quick emergency meeting. Especially Richter, who begged some time off to quickly contact his friend. He’d been working on his alchemical brew idea for months now, and this could prove the perfect time to put it into practice. Our agreement with Riverside Brewery had us releasing our brews in just under four weeks. It would be tight timing, but we could do it. We decided that the imperial brew idea was still a go, with added nitro as a We also reached…
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