#sdv val

[bunniemothwrites]

April 2026 Word Counts: Valiant

The way I need to scrutinize these screenshots to makes sure there's nothing I shouldn't be sharing 😅

Total Story Word Count (so far): 53,944 words Total Chapters (so far): 8, currently in the second to last scene of Act I Longest Chapter (so far): 11,831 words

...And a spoiler-free bite of Val and Riley beneath the cut for flavour. (Or, "It might be the apocalypse but we're still making jokes.")

“I’m fine,” she said for the fourth time since they’d met her, which cheapened the lie in their opinion, though they didn’t voice it.

“I’m not helping.” Val pulled with her, the farmer dragged backwards from the force of their combined strength. “I’m just speeding up the process.”

Which didn’t earn a protest. Progress, they thought, came with patience and a little determination.

The bucket swung free, slopping water over the edge, and if they weren’t misreading, Riley’s attention drifted towards their biceps. To their credit, Val did not flex; they just… held the tension on the bucket while the farmer side-eyed the effects of their effort.

“Thanks,” she said, her freckles stark against her pallor. Then she licked her lips — a momentary blip before she darkened again.

“That’s an effort to distraction,” she said, looking away. 

It was working, they decided.

“One does not learn the particulars of an intricate new dance by just showing up and shaking their ass, Farmer.”

“Is this a doomsday waltz, then?”

“Samba, I think.”

[bunniemothwrites]

The writing tank might be empty (I'm refilling it with fiction, I promise: I have a little stack of nutrient-dense fantasy and horror that I'm working through) but I can still art!

Presenting Riley, my Farmer OC, and her (eventual) partner in crime, Val (formerly Mateo.) They're bookmarks. ☺️

[bunniemothwrites]

You write really well!! Will there be more work with Mateo from SnS?

Thanks! (I love them, your honour.)

I'm not making promises at the moment, but I'm composting for a dark fantasy AU that features Val from Final Mix, which is Mateo's next iteration in Sword & Sorcery 3.0.

If it lands at a place I'm happy with, I'll post it sometime in 2026 -- but that's a long way away and I've got a couple of other things that need finishing up first. :)