InvidiaRed's review responses

[InvidiaRed]

6 hours ago, JayDee said:

Ah, good old selfcest. Like accidentally creating a stable time loop by coming back to the past to warn you not to have sex with your future self because it will cause the end of the world, but one thing leads to another. 

To answer kinda selfie but definitely masturbation lol. 

[InvidiaRed]

From InBrightestDay on January 09, 2026
Insidious by InvidiaRed

 

I swear I spent so long trying to figure out whether this was linked to the stuff going on with Duncan and Company. Actually finishing up with Duncan and Co. They’ve been through alot and Logan is finally getting his spotlight. Being forced to think to be active and being held to account.

However, the mentions of Venusian cloud cities and other off-world colonies implies this is a different setting, somewhere in the far future.  It seems that this horseman here (the horse is Fallow, so maybe he's Famine) has some sort of amnesia.  Is that something he placed on himself, or did he commit some sort of crime and this is the punishment?

 

I am also curious about these other characters.  Lucifer is generally referred to as the morning star, so the evening star is likely another person, and Mr. Blue is a complete mystery.  Still I get the gist of it, as we may be seeing the end times beginning by the time the story stops, what with the Beast rising from the sea and all. The only spoiler I’ll give is thus. Which Beast is which? The Morningstar did fall. Yet rare indeed is the one that never did.

 

I do find it interesting to think about who the woman Famine's thinking about was.  It seems to be something left for a potential follow-up in years to come.  Whether you do follow this up or not, it's still a cool little piece; thank you for sharing! You liked her height if I recall.

[InBrightestDay]

16 hours ago, InvidiaRed said:

Actually finishing up with Duncan and Co. They’ve been through alot and Logan is finally getting his spotlight. Being forced to think to be active and being held to account.

Ah, congratulations!  I’d imagine it’s a satisfying thing to finally bring that story series to a close.

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I do find it interesting to think about who the woman Famine's thinking about was.  It seems to be something left for a potential follow-up in years to come.  Whether you do follow this up or not, it's still a cool little piece; thank you for sharing! You liked her height if I recall.

Interesting.  So this isn’t a continuation of Duncan and Company’s story, but is linked to Interregnum instead.  The start of a new Holiday Canon?

[InvidiaRed]

On 1/10/2026 at 8:31 AM, InBrightestDay said:

Ah, congratulations!  I’d imagine it’s a satisfying thing to finally bring that story series to a close.

Interesting.  So this isn’t a continuation of Duncan and Company’s story, but is linked to Interregnum instead.  The start of a new Holiday Canon?

That setting will always be open to you. Though, I must admit its nature likely a few characters have shown up elsewhere despite my best.

It seems that Maker’s story has interwoven itself through quite a bit. I will probably have to write it at one point if only so it can leave me alone. In many ways Jophiel’s story is just beginning. The hellspore does open to many places and her makers sins have a way of reaching her creations.

[InvidiaRed]

From JayDee on January 18, 2026

I doubt I’ll have time to go back through every holiday I missed, but this recent one got a mention so I figured what the heck, lets see what y’all did! Starting with the first story:

Interregnum by InvidiaRed

 

A Fucking Creepy Statue? Jesus, those things get everywhere! I’d be scared if someone tried to turn me into a statue. In fact, I’d be petrified. First thought seeing that was if it was a crossover with InBrightestDay’s multipart epic, but I guess they’re unrelated. Definitely made me look twice tho’ Its a direct parallel. The Falling Angel is met with a Rising Demon. Their hellion story ends where the angel’s begins.

 

Ok, so, a couple of the transitions threw me slightly – suddenly back in the park, then back in the mall, and earlier the way there was suddenly a wall behind in the service corridor – but otherwise I had a pretty solid idea what happened throughout, and why, and I thought there were some pretty goddamn badass moments. Thank you

Going toe to toe with Vulravn like that, taking his floor from him – oh, he’s gonna respawn? Well, he can die again. Let him go rule the remains of the shoe store  Jenna was correct about not trusting him.  Death is a luxury only mortals get. And Jenna slew one of Hell’s Reapers. Losing the certainty of death isn’t something she knows she’s lost… Yet.

Didn’t quite get the deal with Mars – was it something similar to the original Doom plot where Hell started pouring through up there, and then you basically find yourself on the shores of Hell? Those were the days… The Afterlife follows mortals wherever they tread so to does psychopomps. 

 

Rex best boy! It was a Halloween horror and I was starting to worry something bad might happen to him in a “Dogs aren’t the only ones that can lick” type way, but it was cool! Rex the instrument of vengeance too! I liked how that was foreshadowed too, with how the previous officer had received Jenna’s vengeance for sending the men to their deaths. Yes.  Its her line in the sand.

...and her closest ally, Rex? a King... and she's a Queen. Nice.  Anyways, I enjoyed this one! Like I say, good dog, badass fighting, nice imagery. Did Vulravn come out of the broken statue or was that thing just… broken? No. But they did manage to wash up down there. The Hellspore touches many places. And they more than earned their stay. 

[JayDee]

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Jenna was correct about not trusting him.  Death is a luxury only mortals get. And Jenna slew one of Hell’s Reapers. Losing the certainty of death isn’t something she knows she’s lost… Yet.

More time to rule as Queen of the Mall!