[1781] Heat Below, Chapter 1, Part 2

[2201] The Crystal Paperweight - Relegated - Bk2 Ch18

Current piece:

Here we go again. Any/all feedback welcome. Except for (baseless and/or AI) praise. I do especially enjoy reader speculation as to what's going to happen.

Genre: Secondary World, Adult, Gothic Fantasy.

Rough log line:>! “A down on her luck singer travels to an isolated monastery to steal the recipe for their coveted *SPECIAL* brandy.” Someone was really offended by this premise last time. So i added the special part lol. !<

This is part 2 of Chapter One. I've changed PART 1 of Chapter 1 quite a bit, but it still ends in the same way and mostly covers the same information (but in a hopefully more enjoyable way). I do have that new first half in a seperate tab here, but feel free to skip it.

Basic summary is:

Twenty-something Colly starts her day hopeful. She's been saving up to place a bet on a horse race and feels the win is a sure thing. She want's out of her hometown so she can go be a singer in the big city (shitty family life, no prospects wah wah).

She chats with her cousins on the way to choir practice (she's the boss!), there was a shipment of "the BIG BAD brandy last night", also the Alderman's house burned down. Colly's mom may or may not have been involved.

At church/choir she's approached buy a couple of monks who offer a job at a remote mountain monastery. She's not into it. Nothing erotic happened! (...yet! jk there is nothing erotic in part 2 if that's what you're hoping for).

Thanks in advance!

Posted Apr 20, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC