Heather in Wharftown

Heather in Wharftown

by | Feb 26, 2024 | , ,

When the pandemic started, I had started to do a project where my Heather universe would be involved in crossovers. These were mostly for fun, and to let people experience my world in a way. Generally, it was someone else’s character getting teleported in to explore about.

Up to date, I still have three of them to finish, mostly due to some illnesses and a lack of actual writing. But after recently revisiting the deviantART community, I came across a curious piece from a user that goes by CapnDeek373. We’ve ran into each other before via comment exchanges, and this was why I had ended up at his creation. A joke was laid out about Heather mucking about his setting, and that led up to this tale.

This one is unique as it involves Heather visiting another setting, which is not the usual direction I take these tales. The setting’s appropriate for her to check out, and lines up with a lot of the story beats I typically try to have her involved in (typically something horror and exploration related). CapnDeek’s pieces line up with a surreal, mysterious and eldritch vibe; that just adds to that appeal even more.

Be sure to check out his deviantART, where he does do frequent updates on his world. Do pay homage at the piece that made this crossover tale spawn into being as well, which is aptly titled shot room #1.

Without further adieu, here’s said tale. Enjoy!

Ellowwood Town Center, Cotley’s
Approximately 3PM
YTD 334, 26th day of the 4th month

“I thought Mom said you were going to go on an adventure,” Janus complained.

Heather exhaled in a huff, unhooking her thumbs in her suspenders.

“I told her I was going to meet Caroline at Cotley’s. Maybe she thinks it’s an adventure for you.”

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One Degree of Heat

by | Jan 21, 2024 | ,

While I normally stay up late, Mom asked if I could stay up later to help run the water. As in, no frozen pipes.

Good thing I did, because they were getting stopped up through the night. I rotated to doing it every hour instead of once before turning in, so I stayed up a lot later than expected.

I believe the temperature was only supposed to go to 5F, but it kept dropping after 3PM. By 6PM I was shocked that it was 1F.

Very few times has the temperature dropped that low. I know there’s always this period in January/February where the temperature usually makes it to 10F or so, sometimes even up to 8F. But when it gets to 0, that’s a rarity.

Orcs Must Die 3 #11 – A Tedious Castle Funnel

by | Mar 31, 2023 | , ,

While I’ve been posting these regularly, this is the first time he had a hiatus. So we just picked this back up in November awhile back. It’s getting a bit harder to land headshots on the bigger guys now.

This castle was a pain, and we both agreed we’ll do a redo at some both. But I got the go-ahead to release this since we didn’t lose, and so much time’s passed by.

Orcs Must Die 3 #10 – Set All Traps in the Smallest Space

by | Mar 24, 2023 | , ,

While I’ve been posting these regularly, this is the first time he had a hiatus. So we just picked this back up in November awhile back. It’s getting a bit harder to land headshots on the bigger guys now.

What was tricky with this piece, was how expansive most of the map was. So our strategy was to set all the traps near the end, then snip as people got closer. Tedious, but we could plug the holes the best.

Gears of War 01 – It’s About High Time

by | Mar 3, 2023 | , ,

I’ve been wanting to do a playthrough of this game since 2017, and have wanted to actually play this game for a lot longer. I first got a taste of this game in 2008, but was rudely told by a BCM pastor that “this game shouldn’t be in our building because of the curse words.” That makes sense, but it killed me wanting to check out the game for years.

I originally was going to do a playthrough with this in 2017 when I had the town setup, but I never got past my backlog. But now that I have my own Xbox 360, I’m starting on actual video game content. Do apologize that you had to wait 5 and some years for that.

I’ve had several audio and recording issues while putting this playthrough together, and you may hear some clicking with the audio on this; I sincerely apologize. I’ve already played the first mission over 4 times already trying to get it to work straight, and I about tossed my hands up to not even do playthroughs anymore. I’m still sorting out the hardware, the second part should be better I hope.

Eateries – Grandpa’s Country Fried Breakfast

by | Feb 22, 2023 | ,

I don’t think I’ve actually cataloged an eatery from Cracker Barrel, but here we go.

I ended up at the Cracker Barrel in Strawberry Plains. I decided to grab something different from pancakes this time around; Grandpa’s Country Fried Breakfast, mostly because I got two eggs and fried meat. I took hash as my side, and the gravy didn’t go too bad with the fried steak.

I actually forgot how the coffee tasted beforehand, as it’s been before COVID since I stopped in at any Cracker Barrel. It wasn’t bad, could be better but was great in a pinch.

Not a bad stop for being around to eat something in the morning.

Unlikely Desk Buddies

by | Jan 23, 2023 | ,

On a random whim, I realized that my Halo Elite was almost as tall as my Pyrrha figure.

With figure bases and both warriors in the line of duty, I had to put the two together to pose.

It’s safe to say while most of the Internet wants Covenant to shoot at, I’m still carrying the near-twenty-year-old tradition of Sangheili being friendly aliens.

Towers of Dice

by | Jan 20, 2023 | , ,

When my online buddy wayc found out that dice towers were a thing, he challenged me to stack all of mine together.

This was the end result. It wasn’t anything fancy; green dice was a gift from my sister, center set is something I bought from a Chattanooga Books-A-Million ages ago (sat as a shelf decoration), and the set on the right was one he sent as a Christmas gift.

Seeing his gift in ‘action’ made this day, suffice to say.

He then challenged me to stack all three together in one big tower, but that didn’t go anywhere unfortunately. I did try, though!

Who Am I?

Who Am I?

My name's Janeil.

Welcome to my part of the galaxy.

Moonlight game dev, creative writer, sharing my personal experiences.