Hey friends,

In this story, the shenanigans are all your fault because the MC is you!

Pride’s Treasure begins this week. It started out as a newsletter story that went back and forth between email and my website, so you'll notice this episode is short, but next week's will be longer, and so on until it's done. It's a series of mini adventures featuring various characters across the Cascade Apocrypha storyworld, and sometimes, there's weird ass bonus content because I have no self control.

So, buckle up, and try not to get arrested, okay?

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See that man over there looking shifty? Try to ignore that. He’s been very bored lately, languishing at a farm. Well, not a farm. More a field with a runaway goat and some interesting plants. He buried himself there for reasons that make no sense to anyone—not even me, and I'm the one who made him do it.

But he's the only one who agreed to show up at short notice, so if you want to go on this adventure, he's the man to make it happen. I say man... never mind.

You look over at the alleged man in the corner. He does indeed look shifty, like he’s both woken unexpectedly from a nap, and been caught doing something he shouldn't. Frankly, I wouldn't put it past him.

Multiple shades of blonde sprout from the man's head in random disorder, straggling to his shoulders where his hair merges with his Viking beard. He's wearing fancy black biker leathers, and you hope he's not going to tempt you onto the back of a motorbike. Because, you know, you might say yes.

Now, I know what you're thinking. Who is this scary beast of a man? But I promise he's friendly when you get to know him. Sadly, there isn't time for that.

Not for you.

The man winks at you as he lounges in the doorway—yep, very friendly—and your cheeks grow hot. Just approach him carefully, lay your hand on his arm, ignore that chunk of toast in his beard, and whatever you do, don't look in his eyes when you get closer. It's hell in there.

You hesitate for a moment. Are you really going to do this? Just hop into an adventure without telling anyone where you're going?

I mean, yes. You are. There's nothing to worry about, I promise. He'll drop you off at your destination, then disappear.

Leaving you alone.

You’ll be fine.

Trust me.

This adventure isn't going to start itself. These are the words circling your brain as you approach the man slowly. The last thing you want to do is startle someone with hell in their eyes. You reach tentatively for his arm, a thought entering your head just as your palm meets leather.

You look over your shoulder at me, and I grin in that same frenzied way I do when I kill my characters.

Your thoughts finally form on your tongue. “Wait a minute, where is he taking—”

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Episode 2: Kane & Fable

The story continues next week, when you’ll meet your new adventure buddy and some weird pets.

In the meantime, feel free to like and comment so I don't feel like I'm talking to myself 😆 xo

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