2025 Writing Log, Part 44

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The sudden decrease in daylight hours really fucked me (and not in a fun way) this week. I always feel betrayed when this happens, because it sucks and I hate it. I’m doing my best to stay active and not enter hibernation mode, but it’s a struggle. I can totally understand why people used to perform blood sacrifices to bring back the sun.

However! Beloathed war profiteer Dick Cheny is down 🦀🦀🦀 and Zohran Mamdani won the NYC mayoral race by a huge margin despite months of being confronted with some of the most unhinged public Islamophobia I’ve seen in years. Here in Pennsylvania, we managed to retain a roster of Democratic judges who’ve pledged to protect abortion rights. And a new Godzilla movie was announced. So it’s not all darkness.

The Darkness of the Archives

Story Summary: Zelda has resigned herself to a dingy office in the dustiest section of the museum basement, but her complacency is disturbed by Ganon, a tech investor who demands access to the collection. As Zelda investigates the objects of his interest, she discovers that some of the more obscure holdings in the underground storage vault are more than mere relics. The museum hides a secret that should perhaps remain buried, but Ganon is relentless in his pursuit of knowledge that has long been forbidden. Despite her better judgment, Zelda finds herself drawn along with him into the mystery of the archives.

…that’s a bit rough, but it works, right? Maybe this story will be fun as Zelda fanfic.

I think it might also be cool for every chapter to include something like a tabletop RPG artifact card that consists of an illustration in (this) style along with a short written passage featuring some Dark Souls / Final Fantasy XII flavor text.

I’d also like to create character illustrations, maybe. I’ve always loved the Dragon Age tarot card style, and it might be an interesting project to learn to replicate it.