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Stories by: YvanUng
20 stories
Cheating On And Off
Fresh from their victory in the first round of the state tournament, the Venomous Agendas' girls basketball team is about to hit a snag, under the form of a key player being on the verge of failing a math course. The race is on for Pablo and Audrey to take her back on track, lest wins be vacated for the Venomous Agendas, while that key player's girlriend plans to help her cheat, along with several more students taking the same course...Note: It's a sequel to Can't Stop the Questions
For Rent
On Taladu, an alien world facing a housing crisis, a near-bankrupt real estate developer is ordered by the creditors to replace much of its staff, but the creditors impose conditions to keep the real estate developer in operation. Karine is then summoned to Taladu, believing that she would prove better as a project manager than what the real estate developer can get on their own world. She reluctantly accepts this role, hoping to return to her own world once her obligations to the real estate developer are fulfilled.#1 in insolvency (April 15, 2024)
Operation Heathrow
Karine, a.k.a. Monseigneur Tanking, one of the foremost raid streamers of MAA, a MMORPG, prepares, along with her guild, the Death Fiscalists, for the race to world first. While running a dungeon with her followers, she realizes that the game's world faces a wave of unrest that's not consistent with any of the game's bugs. Will Karine be sensitive to the plight of MAA's world, as it's losing control, or will she keep playing the game that provided her with fame?Trigger warnings: blood, alcohol2024 Round 1 ONC qualifier (March 18, 2024)#1 Heathrow (March 30, 2024)#1 Gatwick (April 12, 2024)#1 Bulgogi (April 12, 2024)2024 Round 2 ONC qualifier (April 18, 2024)2024 ONC Long List (May 23, 2024)
Tax Haven
After killing the electricity-stealing dragon, Janick and Seloniel are awarded control of a decrepit fief by the Supreme Council as a reward for their heroic deeds. As they set out for their fief, they plan on putting their new fief back on track with magic. Little do they know is that their plan, while it may ensure the happiness of what few residents could remain in the short run, might be much more difficult to sustain in the long run than they initially believe.Trigger warning: References to alcoholism#1 in Taxation - April 7, 2024Note: This is a sequel to Alcohol Witch2024 Round 1 ONC qualifier - March 18, 20242024 Round 2 ONC qualifier - April 18, 20242024 ONC Long list - May 23, 2024
Daisy's College Journey
Daisy, a rising junior in Southwest Louisiana, starts planning her college application process, two years before her graduation. But she doesn't realize the tedium of the process, nor the financial impact of college attendance.Note: It contains the old Venomous Agenda Sidequests 8, 5 and 7 (in plot order)
Can't Stop the Questions
Pablo, a sophomore playing tight end for Venomous Agendas High, plays the best football game of his life, but as the season comes to a close, his coaches tell him he can't rely on football to go to college, forcing him to buckle down on academics for the final two-thirds of the year. Little does he know that his teammates in a group project will drag him into a world he only heard about in passing...
Alcohol Witch
Janick, an air superiority witch born to a family of peasants, is tired of her life as a countryside cook but her family is not wealthy enough to support the adventurous lifestyle she wishes to live. At the same time, spurred by an encounter she makes while working the family inn, she feels like she can use her prowess with alcohol magic to make a name for herself.This book is now on the official reading list for the 8-chapter challenge for November and December!Note: Its sequel is Tax Haven, first-round qualifier at ONC 2024!
Job Security
Florence, a young, untenured French teacher in southwest Louisiana, grows unsatisfied with the direction Venomous Agendas High is taking, and must juggle the realities of her own work in addition to saving VA's debate team from closure as she tries to get tenured.In addition, she faces complaints from students and parents as it relates to her courses.Trigger warnings: mentions of sex (but no sexually explicit scenes) and swearing in French (sparsely)This is both my NaNo for 2023 as well as November-December's entry for the 8 Chapter Challenge.
Le cycle d'Anna
Anna, après avoir subi une défaite crève-coeur au championnat national de quiz bowl en dixième année, se tourne vers ses autres activités pour passer au travers de cette épreuve.Note: Contient des traductions en français de diverses oeuvres de ma part
Futurity Gambling Problem
Camden, a counselor in a rural high school, brings his kids to the racetrack for the birthday of one of them. Little did he know that it was the beginning of gambling problems that threaten to consume him and his family, despite his own career still somewhat functioning.Trigger warning: Gambling addictionSpoiler warning: Contains spoilers for the Quest for High School Mathletic Glory, A Tale of Two Academic Teams and Venomous Agenda Memoirs8-chapter challenge winner for September-October 2023!
Daisy face à l'université
Daisy, une étudiante entrant en 11e année en Louisiane du sud-ouest, commence à planifier son processus de demandes à l'université, deux ans avant sa graduation. Mais elle ne se doute aucunement de la lourdeur du processus, ni même des impacts financiers de l'université.Note: il s'agit d'une traduction maison des Venomous Agenda Sidequests 8, 5 et 7 (dans l'ordre narratif) à partir de la version originale anglaise.
Cliche Manifest
Anna, a psychologist working with gifted youth and other high achievers, takes to writing indie literature since she was disillusioned with what she managed to read. She decides to enter NaNoWriMo for the first time in her life.But little did she know was that her writing process during NaNoWriMo forces her to reconnect with her past...
Venomous Agenda Memoirs
Glen, an assistant principal in a rural southwest Louisiana high school, takes up the mantle of the principal of that high school when the previous principal died, alongside the school's football coach, of COVID-19. He inherited a school with its load of issues and uses the pandemic to implement sweeping reforms at school. How will the town react to the reforms Glen wishes to implement? More importantly, are the students ready for the changes Glen promise?Warning: Contains spoilers for the following, in plot chronological order:The Quest for High School Mathletic Glory (heavy)A Tale of Two Academic Teams (heavy)Venomous Agenda SidequestsJob Security (medium)Quiz Bowling Alley (light)ChGK in the Prairie (light)Cliche Manifest (light)https://www.royalroad.com/profile/445127
ChGK in the Prairie
Patricia is introduced to ChGK (Chto, gde, kogda), a Russian intellectual game, before she started college, initially disliking the game. Five years later, upon returning home to Kansas, she swallows her pride since she feels voids in her personal life and starts playing ChGK again in an attempt to fill them. Little does she know that she embarks on a journey that vaults Kansas into the very heart of the American ChGK world.
What, Where, When: A Guide to the Game
This book is about chto, gde, kogda (English: what, where, when, thereafter, ChGK), a Russian intellectual game, which covers both versions of the game (TV and competitive).
A Tale of Two Academic Teams
Sadie, an ambitious high school student, is the first student on the debate team to use its reserved quiz bowl spot. Little does she know that the pressure built up over the years could explode at any time, while struggling to evade the shadow of her predecessor on the debate team.
Venomous Agenda Sidequests
Venomous Agenda Sidequests are a collection of short stories about side characters appearing in either the Quest for High School Mathletic Glory, A Tale of Two Academic Teams, Venomous Agenda Memoirs, Quiz Bowling Alley or ChGK in the Prairie. They are intended to be read independently from each other.#1 in admission (September 9, 2023)
The Quest for High School Mathletic Glory
Note: This is an English translation of a story previously written in French.Geneviève, a junior in a rural southwest Louisiana high school, quietly lived her high schooler life until the unexpected victory at the state calculus championship propels her to the forefront. On the eve of the national championship, her school, and then her town got behind her team while, with the growing popularity of her mathletics team, the stress of college admissions as well as of competitive pressure weigh down on her.Warning: Please read at your own risk; contains a lot of references to mathematics!
Quiz Bowling Alley
Imélie, a former top female collegiate quiz bowler, now finds herself longing for her undergraduate days as she works as a software engineer; she is given the opportunity to relive her quiz bowl glory days when offered a promotion at work, by acting as a player-coach on her old collegiate team, the Tulane Green Wave. Her drive to rebuild the Green Wave's quiz bowl program at any cost forces her to face her inner demons as well as her own past, while, as the Green Wave's season shows sign of promise under her leadership, her players are pushed to the edge. Will the Green Wave's quiz bowl program survive her tenure as a coach? Will she overcome her inner demons holding her, and with it, the Green Wave quiz bowl program back?
La quête de gloire mathématique au secondaire
Geneviève, une étudiante de 11e année dans une école secondaire rurale de Louisiane, vivait tranquillement sa vie de lycéenne jusqu'à ce que la victoire inattendue de son école au championnat d'État de calcul différentiel et intégral la propulse à l'avant-plan. À l'aube du championnat national, son école, puis sa ville se sont rangés derrière son équipe alors qu'avec la popularité grandissante de son équipe de mathématiques le stress des admissions universitaires ainsi que la pression compétitive pèsent sur elle.