#Cliff Finch

[politicaldilfs]

Mississippi Governor DILFs

Phil Bryant, Ross Barnett, Thomas Bailey, Paul B. Johnson Jr., Cliff Finch, Ronnie Musgrove, Fielding L. Wright, Wiliam Winter, James P. Coleman, Haley Barbour, Henry L. Whitfield, Hugh L. White, John Bell Williams, Kirk Fordice, Ray Mabus, Tate Reeves, Paul B. Johnson Sr., William Allain, Bill Waller

[spacefinch]

Cliff Swallow

[housefinches]

i wish i could get a monthly newsletter of all the lighthearted drama happening in little internet communities im not apart of. enough celebrity call outs i wanna know who the stamp carvers are mad at this week. i’ll be your biggest ally i prommy

[jamieontheroof]

Random things I noticed while playing What Remains Of Edith Finch

There was a poster of the cannery that Lewis worked at on the boat.

2. Edith Jr wears what appears to be an engagement on a necklace. Whether this is her ring or her mothers is not mentioned.

3. At the start of the game, Milton's missing posters are EVERYWHERE. There is even a giant pile of them in a nearby lake.

4. The dragon slide that crushed and killed Sven is still outside.

5. As you walk toward the house, the music gets louder.

6. The swing that Calvin flew off decades ago is still looped around the branch.

7. There was a spare peep hole in the garage that didn't have any names or dates on it.

8. At multiple points throughout the game you can hear a train in the background, despite the fact that the train tracks are clearly destroyed.

9. There are multiple pots throughout the Finch house that looks like they have eyes.

10. One of the books the Finches possessed was 'King in Yellow', a book known for making anyone who read it insane.

11. The house sounds alive, or like there are people constantly moving around it.

12. Walters bedroom is painted with both ocean and train designs. One of the paintings is the old house that Odin tried to bring to America.

13. There are drag marks on the ground of Walters bedroom (most likely made when his drawers were taken out of his room.)

14. The entrance to the tunnels is hidden by a book called 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a classic sci-fi story about a sea monster.

15. Molly's room is filled entirely with animal books.

16. There is a jelly fish on Molly's bed (possible connection to the monster??).

17. Molly has a chalkboard in her bedroom where she is a princess in an underwater castle and Sven is about to get attacked by a sea monster (slightly resembling the dragon slide).

18. As shark!Molly starts falling down the cliff, she passes a road where headlights are briefly scene.

19. When the monster gets back to Molly's room, the window that cat!Molly jumped through is still open.

20. There are still Christmas decorations in Molly's room.

21. The curse is 500 years old. That is a lot of dead people.

22. In Odin's viewfinder, it states "His [Odin's] daughter, Edie, is already dreaming of new Finch house" showing that even though her own father died not even a week ago, Edie has already moved on.

23. The house is filled head to toe with books about death, including two that Odin wrote.

24. Sven's shrine does not have a log painting like the rest of the family. His portrait is painted on a simple canvas.

25. Edie has a number of strange tapes in her room including one titled "conspiracy now".

26. The toys from Gregory's final bath are still in the bathroom.

27. There is an old bottle of alcohol in the bathroom bin.

28. A lot of Sam's photos are based on Calvin (a swing, astronauts).

29. All of Milton's drawings are based on the death. (Molly = cat, Barbara = pumpkin)

30. There are cigarettes and gin on Sam's side of the room he shared with Calvin.

31. Calvin already had bruises, Band-Aids and a cast on his leg when he died.

32. Sam blames himself for challenging Calvin.

33. In the story, Calvin doesn't fall. He keeps flying.

34. Barbara's birthday cake is still in her room.

35. Barbara is holding crutches in her portrait.

36. There are totem-esc styles statues of both Calvin and Molly

37. Barbara's outfit is over the railing.

This is the same way the Hook-Man falls

38. "Performance of her life" can also mean that it is the performance she is known for.

39. There are spare portrait logs in the basement.

40. There is a fake window in the basement.

41. Edie's grave is finished despite her dying and then nobody else going to the house.

42. There is no grave for Milton.

43. Lewis' grave has a crown on it.

44. There are times wear it seems like you can hear sobbing (this one may just be me).

45. There is a box of Kay's old stuff in Sam's bedroom.

46. Odin has a park named after him.

47. This isn't a fact but I think this may be one of the funniest photos of the game (LIKE SIR? YOUR DAUGHTER IS SOBBING!).

48. Both Calvin and Dawn are on Sam's shrine.

49. Gus has a skateboard over his name.

50. Gregory has the soap bottle from his final bath in his shrine.

51. The music cuts out when Gregory isn't moving.

52. Same also blames himself for Gregory.

53. Gus never met his step mother.

54. Gus was crushed by the (totem) statues of his deceased relatives.

55. Dawn's light switch is the only one on

56. Most of the rules are about past deaths. (No playing outside without permission : Calvin, No answering door for strangers : Barbara, No messes after dark : Molly (???)).

57. Milton's garden has a castle (reference to the Unfinished Swan)

58. There is a small Sanjay shrine in the classroom

59. Edith JR did an assignment on her family history.

60. Lewis drew on his desk.

61. There is no death date for Milton on his peephole.

62. Edith JR wrote Milton's death date as 2003 (the year he disappeared).

63. The door from the flip book is in Milton's room.

64. Lewis' dream Palace is decorated with fish.

65. The gnomes scattered around the house are outside the original house in Edie's story.

66. The credits roll in reverse order.

AND THAT'S IT!! I had a few others I thought didn't need to go in.

[birdstudies]

January 25, 2024 - Great Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla) Found in parts of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Georgia, these finches live in open habitats with sparse vegetation including boulder fields, alpine meadows, and the edges of glaciers. They eat seeds, buds, shoots, and flowers, along with some berries and small insects, foraging in pairs and flocks on the ground and in low vegetation. Females build nests from twigs, plant stalks, root fibers, grass, moss, hair, wool, and feathers in rock crevices or bushes on cliffs and incubate clutches of four or five eggs. They feed and care for the chicks with some assistance from males.

[poisoneddoves4life]

Yap time:

Cw: covering topics of suicide🙏, proceed if you wish

One finch I don't see many people talk about is Calvin, of course his death seems straight-forward and blunt: accidental death, but I never see people theorize it like other Finches: of course, yet again, not much to theorize. But, his death always felt like it was implied as a suicide, to me, of course. I am unsure if it was because of the note Sam wrote or the visuals we were given, or personal dealings with loss of a loved one due to their own hand, but it reminded me so much of how I felt dealing with my loss, the guilt of saying something that may have caused it, or thinking about what would've happened if something hadn't happened, but I digress.

The way Calvin was spoke of as 'always wanting to fly' and being quite stubborn when it came to it, or when it came up to making up his mind to fly. I found that fly has been referred to quite often as we watch Calvins death play out, even being referred to when he was falling off the cliff, and we've also found in Sams son's(Gregory) death, he was more imagintive with how he wrote it, so I doubt Calvin actually did want to fly: I believe Sam just wanted a reason behind his brothers death as he wasn't given any. No note nor any prior idea of what his brother was planning beside a conversation at their older sisters funeral. The two boys promising to not be afraid anymore, in which Sam said "and he wasn't.". I believe it was more seen as Calvin wasn't afraid of going around the swing nor the consequences, but I saw it as him not fearing danger nor death any longer after his sister was 'murdered'.

I do not doubt it was an accident, the outcome that is. I doubt Calvin intended to die, especially so soon after his older sister. But, he did intend to go around the swing, he did intend to do the impossible: though it did lead to his death. We will never know what his thought process **actually** was: as it's read through Sam's POV.

In conclusion:

I don't trust Sam to be reliable when it comes to narrating

We need to talk about Calvin more and

This game pushes me back into depression

[just-call-mefr1es]

Hai the idiot is here to ramble✨

So apparently Molly died around...1:50-ish maybe?

Anyways here's some things I've noticed!

Molly and Christopher (the fish) died the same year, don't know what day the fish died but the years are the same: 1947 for Molly and 1947 for the fish

Walter had outlived all his siblings (I believe)

Sam died in a similar way to Calvin, Sam got knocked off a cliff while Calvin went flying over/off a cliff (Huh. how convenient, eh?)

there's this little white-ish branch where Calvin's swing is. don't know if it means anything tho-

istg, I can see people walking around the finch house. like, outside of it I mean. either down at the beach, near the top of the house (right before that little school thing).

either Edith or Dawn left their phone behind lmao (hah/j)

When replaying Molly's story, the swing is there. It isn't wrapped up either! (I have a photo which I'll get later-)

Okay I shut up now-

yeah the fish probs died cause he probably got neglected after mollys death cuz i bet no one else rlly wanted to feed him once molly doed💔 people would so vandalize the house thi💀 theyd say it was like haunted and wreck shi or smth lol

and the swings still there cause molly died before calvin (infact the boys werent even alive when molly was💀) so the swing would stil be there cause calvin hadnt died yet (idk if u knew that already😭)

but ye‼️ walrer did outlive his siblings im pretty sure which is honestly 💔💔 even more when u think some more that he pribably didnt kniw:(

[flyingprivate]

1929 De Havilland DH60GM Gipsy Moth

One of the most famous models of aviation’s cradle era, the De Havilland Gipsy Moth occupies the same space in its category as the Model T Ford in automobiles—a dependably engineered, reliable vehicle, that brought its mode of transportation to more people than any other before it.

Hundreds of examples were built and were flown by several significant aviators of the era, including the noted British aviatrix Amy Johnson, who in 1930 became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in her Gipsy Moth, “Jason.”

Then-owner Cliff Lovell supplied this aircraft in early 1985 for the filming of Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in the epic love story of the Danish countess Karen Blixen and British aviator Denys Finch-Hatton.

Courtesy: RM Sotheby's

Offered to benefit the creation of a new rhinoceros sanctuary in Central Kenya

[dewdewick]

Shadows in the dust | Chapter 7

Pairing/s: Finnick Odair x fem reader

Summary: At the age of 18 you thought you’d soon be free of the hunger games, unfortunately fate has a different plan. You are picked as a tribute for district 2 and thrust into capitol life.

Warning/s: Angst, Hurt/comfort, Trust issues, Death, Torture, Mental illnesses, manipulation tactics, Weapons, Swearing, Canon typical violence, Mentions of psychological distress, Use of Y/N, Fem reader, descriptions of clothing reader wears, explicit descriptions of weapon use

A/N: HELLO CHATGAMERS! I’m so excited for you guys to read this chapter, it’s been so fun to write. Everyone say thank you to the Beta for their amazing ideas and editing skills. The next chapter is being written right now and should be out soon!

Word count: 2222 (somehow)

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The sound of the wind in the trees filled her ears as she stood and looked at him. She wasn’t too sure if she was hallucinating, she only knew that she wanted the boy in front of her to be real.

Finch dropped the fish in his hand, a smile spreading across his face. “Sugar?” He said, almost in disbelief himself. Quickly he strode over to her, engulfing her in a hug. She dropped the greens she carried and the lizard she planned to cook for breakfast, winding her arms around his shoulders. Giggles bubbled up in her chest as he hugged her tightly, leaving her lips as she smiled.

“I’ve been looking everywhere for you, I thought I’d never see you again.” he said as he buried his face in her hair, a smile on his face. “Where have you been hiding? We looked for at least a full day.” He asked softly. “I hid on a cliff overhang for the first day…then I met both from District 8.” She said with a grimace on her face “Everything was blurry for a bit, then I realized I was near a cave so I ate and drank water. I got all bit up by some nasty glowing bugs and decided to leave after I got a sponsor gift. I made my way up here and then Meena…died. I’ve been taking care of Caspian all night.” She explained, stepping back to look at his face.

“Are you ok? What happened to you?” She asked, her hand unconsciously coming up to move a few stray tufts of hair from his face. “No need to re-hash it all, but I’m fine.” He responded, leaning into her touch. “It’s been a long few days, and to be honest I’ve had to do a few things I didn’t like but I’m ok. Anyway, Have y’all eaten yet? We caught some fish'' He asked, motioning vaguely behind him.

She peered around his shoulder, watching as Ammo collected fodder to add to the fire and Dutchess took stock of everyone’s combined supplies. “Where’s Caspian?” She asked, suddenly worried for the younger boy. She began to walk forward before Finch caught her shoulder. “He’s still asleep, didn’t want to wake him till we had to.” Finch assured, a small smile on his face. “Oh good, poor baby got such bad sleep last night.” She sighed, returning her gaze to his face.

“I swear you’re such a mom.” He laughed, his hand resting on the small of her back. She only rolled her eyes with a smile, looking up over her shoulder at him. “Maybe everyone else just needs to stop being a baby.” She grinned, looking back to the others and walking over to Caspian.

Seeing he was still asleep, she smiled and crouched down next to him. “Hey sweetheart, it’s time to wake up.” She said as she gently shook his shoulder. His eyes opened, his face scrunching up a bit at the bright sun that shone around her. “Finch and the others are back, we’ve got food.” she smiled, a hand tentatively coming up to pet his curls. He propped himself up on his elbow after a moment, using his other hand to scratch his eye.

“Lets giddy up kid” Finch said from behind her, reaching down to grab her bicep and pull her up. “Hey!” She protested, being yanked to her feet. Finch slid his hand down, taking hers. “He’s a big boy sugar, doesn’t need to be babied as he wakes up.” He reasoned, Y/N looked down at Caspian, something feeling a bit wrong about the situation.

Finch led her over to the campfire where Ammo and Dutchess waited. Dutchess rolled her eyes, crouching down to take stock of a backpack. Ammo smiled tiredly, setting another small stack of firewood down. “Hey! Good to see you alive and well, we couldn’t find you so we thought you might be injured somewhere in a hole or something.” He said, patting her on the shoulder.

“Technically I was injured in a cave a day or so ago” she smiled, doing her best to find humor. He laughed for a second “well it’s good to have you back, there’s definitely a lot to do around camp.” He smiled nodding to Finch and walking to gather more firewood over by the oasis. Something still felt wrong, a deep gut feeling in the pit of her stomach. She wanted it to go back to the night before, when she only had to protect herself and Caspian from mutts or dangerous foods.

“I’m…I’m gonna go collect a bit more foliage for breakfast. Now that we have more people we’ll need more to eat.” She said, slipping her hand out of Finch’s grasp. He frowned just a bit, looking at her blankly for a second before returning to normal. He nodded, leaning down and kissing her forehead. “Be careful, don’t go too far.” He reminded her.

As she walked a small distance from camp, she saw a cactus. The colorful and bright hues of the fruits on top stopping her in her tracks. She knew she needed to keep herself and Caspian safe. They wouldn’t kill them so soon would they? Everyone just seemed to be acting so suspicious. She looked back to camp, watching Finch hand Caspian a fish. Using the tip of her pitchfork she stabbed the fruits, breaking them off the plant and bringing them down to herself. The sharp spines were long, almost like embroidery needles.

She placed the fruits into her turtle shell, careful not to pierce herself. The fruits ranged from green to yellow, orange, pink, and a deep purple. She swallowed whatever small amount of saliva she had in her mouth, the hot sun beating down on her.

A cannons boom filled her ears, her body involuntarily flinching, her finger pricked by the long spines of the cactus. She gasped, her blood running down the spine and pooling onto the fruits skin. She looked down to her outfit, knowing if the spines were poison that she had little time. Finding only the chord of her necklace, her token, she made the choice to take it off. Using the chord to tie a tourniquet around her forearm, she dropped the small golden locket into her bra to keep it safe.

She heard the clinking of metal behind her, looking back to the cornucopia and feeling the hair raise on the back of her neck. She ran as fast as she could. Who was dead? Was it Finch? Caspian? She couldn’t care less about the others. A skinned and de-boned fish laid in the dirt, it’s insides pooled next to the fire. Caspian stood by the oasis, looking out and obviously trying to spot something. As she came into view Finch let an arrow fly. Everything felt as if it had been slowed down, she watched the arrow fly towards him. She wanted to run, to scream, to help him in some way, but it was too late.

The arrow struck Caspian in the back of the head, his body dropping immediately. She screamed as yet another cannon went off. Finch looked back at her, his face falling and eyes widening. “Sugar, I…you weren't meant to see that.” He said softly. Her ears rang, a high pitched sound being the only thing she could hear. She felt numb again, her body rushing forward without instruction, her pitchfork covered in the cactus juice stabbed Finch in the stomach, going up and into his chest.

His eyes showed betrayal, his mouth doing its best to say words as he quickly faded away. The only words she could make out were “Sugar”, “Love” and “Why” as her ears rang. She kicked his legs out from under him, pulling her Pitchfork from his body and letting him fall into the dirt. The numbness only intensified, washing over her body like the tides of the sea. The Arena sun began to set very quickly, the world becoming completely dark as she repositioned the turtle shell full of cactus fruit in her arms.

Dutchess and Ammo came into view as the cannon went off and Finch’s blood reached her boots. Her mind was blank, static like a broken radio playing In her brain. She was so close to freedom. She just had to survive until the other 2 killed eachother, or she killed them. Would they kill eachother? They were from the same district so it wasn’t likely. She needed to run, to get away. Tossing the fruit out at the two tributes behind her, she tried to slow them down. She ran, going as fast as she possibly could as her ribs began to hurt, the numbness in her head overwhelming her.

As she sprinted she tripped over a large rock, her nose bleeding instantaneously as she hit the ground. It was probably broken, but she had no time to cry even if she could feel the lump forming in her throat. She covered her mouth, blood mixing with the dust on her hands. Climbing into a tangle of bushes she laid down inside, the small thorns pricking her skin like tiny needles and beginning to itch.

She watched as Ammo and Dutchess ran up and closed in on her. They stood 10 feet away, obviously looking for her. They were both losing stamina, it was only a matter of time before they gave up. She let herself breathe out slowly, blood tickling her chin as it flowed from her mouth and nose. Suddenly Dutchess spotted her, her red hair giving her away against the tan color of the prickly bushes she hid in. It was kill or be killed, Dutchess pulled out her daggers. She stumbled up out of the bushes, the thorns tearing a few small holes in her jumpsuit. She ran fast and hard once more with her pitchfork in hand.

Ammo caught up to her first, grabbing one of her arms and flinging her into the dirt. She screamed and stabbed blindly up at him with the pitchfork, catching him in the throat. She watched in horror as his eyes widened, involuntarily coughing blood into her face and struggling as his knees began to buckle to the ground. He began gurgling and choking on his own blood, reaching for her in his panic.

Dutchess caught up to her next, throwing a knife and cutting a long piece of skin off her arm in a flash. She whipped around and grabbed Ammo’s axe from his hand, attempting to throw it but only catching the Dutchess bicep. Dutchess screamed in pain and ran at her, shoving her hard and causing her to both drop and trip over the thrashing body of Ammo. her head fell into a puddle of blood that was not hers. The sticky substance clinging to her skin like glue. Her nose could only smell blood, the iron burning her sinuses.

She screamed as the Dutchess got on top of her, attempting to stab her in the face. She fumbled her hands, finding something, anything to defend herself. Her hand found a scaled back instead. With dust and blood in her eyes she whipped the animal towards the girl as it rattled its tail. The rattlesnake quickly lunged, biting the girl's spine and ripping into the skin.

Y/N kicked her off, stumbling for a weapon. As Dutchess screamed in agony, venom soaking through her veins. Y/N backed away, blood and dirt caked on her hair and body. The cannon boomed.

Ammo laid dead in the dirt, blood pooled around him. Dutchess threw her dagger, catching her in the thigh. She screamed, falling to her knees. “You don’t deserve this! You don’t deserve to win!” Dutchess wailed, “I worked my whole life for this! You stupid bitch, why couldn’t you just die like you were supposed to?!” She choked out, drool mixing with Ammo’s blood.

The girl from district 1 clawed at her throat as it began to swell shut, her face red and tears streaming down her cheeks. “I’m sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.” Y/N sobbed out, wanting to cry but so dehydrated that she couldn’t. Dutchess began to seize, her eyes rolling back and her body shaking. Y/N wailed, pulling the dagger out of her thigh.

She aimed the daggar for Dutchess head, crying to herself as her hands shook wildly.

The Cannon boomed one final time.

She looked up at the sky, shakily breathing as the sun peeked over the horizon. She stared up at the sky, the beautiful sky. It was peachy pink. “Please don’t be mad at me ok?” She whispered into the wind. As the sunrise bloomed over the arena, sounds of a hovercraft filled her ears. Her body shook with panic and adrenaline, blood dripping into her eyes and sticking to her lashes. A man shouted out at her from the craft, words that sounded foreign. Her brain was scrambled, she was thirsty, hungry and more exhausted than she had ever been.

The man quickly ckly shouted at her again, unable to break through the silence of her demeanor. A girl covered in blood from head to toe, a girl who had murdered 6 other innocent children. A girl who had just won the 69th hunger games.

[ahordeofwasps]

Find the Word Tag

I've been tagged by the spectacular @sarandipitywrites! Thanks for the tag! My words are consume, cliff, cry, and consider. I'll be sharing excerpts from Crying Wolf.

But first, the no pressure tags! I'll be tagging @chauceryfairytales, @the-down-upside-finch, @talesofsorrowandofruin, @tabswrites, and open tag! Your words are blood, mud, flood, and dud!

Now, onto Crying Wolf!

Consume

Lady Boots liked to style her hair in an intricate manner as a testament to her wealth and power. That night, her hair had been styled to look like an exotic fish. But to Lux, her hair looked like a bird. After having consumed countless pints of cream ale, he voiced that thought. Loudly. To mistake the creature Lady Boots had styled hair to look like was insulting enough. To accuse her of styling her hair to look like a bird, a creature which everyone considered sinful, was unforgivable. Faster than you can say “blasphemy,” she had her entourage pin Lux to the bar so she could unleash her fury upon him.

Cliff

Not found! I'll share a fun fact instead! The Order of Grav believe that the dead live in the sky, with good souls living on the Moon and bad souls burning on Sun.

Cry

“I need to punish them!” was the boy’s muffled cry. Ogwut felt a pang in his heart. The boy’s urges were wrong, but he knew where they came from. He had felt them once, when all he knew was barren desert and angry cries. He found them more trouble than they were worth. Why bother to hurt others when he couldn’t be hurt in turn? He was lucky to have never acted upon them. He was lucky he was able to see the world beyond the angry cries

Consider

Jack considered doing what the mercenaries commanded. It was only a brief moment of consideration however and he decided to completely ignore them. The worst they could do was kill him and he had already died before.

[team-avia]

She looks so beautiful but omg, she's crying and even worse she's crying because of me and brb, jumping off a cliff (tho it's your fault for making such route >.> lololol)

But also thank you for this:

I never see that one coming and I went crazy, she looks evilly crazy and I love it!

women are hot when theyre insane... god bless 🙏🙏🙏

we will take financial responsibility for making alcina cri 😔

finch

[planet4546b]

signoise questions!!! feel free to ignore as many as u want, sorry there are so many i am just very 🙇 (emoji of person leaning on folded arms and looking interested if it doesnt load right- just looked this up and it is actually a person bowing??? i have always parsed it as like a more restrained :eyes: emoji. huh) abt all of the parts its very cool!!!

-decade: have u read the city & the city by china mieville? whatre the inspirations for this if u have any off the top of yr head? was this like a rogue architect (i am thinking of the cartographers without borders post about a flat and level kansas watch out for the 900ft cliff bisecting kansas city post) or was it an official govt project or something?

-twins: i really like the name lariat for a city thats v cool also since theres a bunch of plays, are they all extant in their entireties or is it like a classical texts situation where we have fragmentary records? im really interested in the mixed media part of signoise & how different parts might be told, are u thinking of adding video or audio or anything?

-bell expedition: SO interested in how a caver becomes "disgraced." excited to see a bunch of cave content about the mar.

-pareidolia: a) VERY cool name i love it b) are u going to make the photographs they take?

-pepper's ghost: i dont have a specific q about this one i would just like to register my extreme excitement to see what happens w it.

& i guess just a more general q, do u have a rough idea of what media(s) each story is going to be in? also i am really really liking the name choices youve made for places etc.

i misread bowing as bowling and my confusion about that emoji only grew. but ozzy hi!!! thank you for the questions im gonna try to hit all of them :D

1. i HAVE read the city and the city (really enjoy it) although it ironically inspires a different city on the map (primary and meridian, which is where the playwright stuff mostly takes place). decade’s primary inspiration is pretty explicitly superstudio’s continuous monument, as well as a handful of other postmodern avant- garde architecture concepts, like constant’s new babylon. visually also something like blame, though i have yet to actually read blame i know not by reputation alone. the vibes of it are actually very much that pefectly level kansas post LMAO

decade’s architect is a supercomputer (also known as decade) that produces the plans that the people then construct (also very invisible cities, i’m just blanking on the name of the city itself that’s constantly building). a lot of decade’s story is pure mystery for this reason: how did they build a supercomputer? how and why does it create its plans? what is it building for? why is it that the only records of the city are from decade itself, and next to no records from its citizens exist? what was their form of government, who did decide to build, who led this project? much to uncover!!

2. mairzy finch was a relatively minor playwright during their life, and had one play that really became well known and four or five other less known ones. the bulk of their history is about a massive series of plays that are in fact fragmentary and were all found after their death and are being ‘completed’ and published by almas verrier. so there is a lot of classics to it in how those plays are reconstructed, published, and continually found (and the controversy around all of that), though this is not a project that gains a lot of scholarly attention, its pretty much only verrier and samira that are interested at all.

i would absolutely LOVE to add audio especially to these plays, within my ability as a single creator. although i will likely needle my sibling who used to act to get notes on things like stage and audio design (the entertainment interlude in kentucky route zero is a HUGE inspiration here).

3. quite simply, eric has previously led groups in which multiple members died, and while it is generally understood that that’s a bit of an occupational hazard, the general caving community has concluded those specific deaths could have been avoided if eric was not pushing the group to fuel his own ego. Oops! and glad you’re excited for the cave content because ohohoho so am i!!!!

4. my favorite thing about the name pareidolia is that when i’m researching other things i ALWAYS run into this word and go oh cool and go to its wikipedia page and forget one of the first images on the wikipedia page is a cave formation LOL. and yes i almost definitely will be!! i will at minimum be recreating them via digital art, but i have So many cave photos i can use various ways, and im thinking about getting some cheap ass camera to print physical photos as well. i have in my mind what his most famous photograph is and im so excited to recreate it GAH

5. i’m also SO excited about this one so glad to hear it!!! these two are characters that are close to my heart but have been at the fringes of signoise’s main story for a while, getting to spotlight them is super exciting for me. and there’s some weird late game plot developments with them that are fun. they also are the mechanism for my favorite Samira Realization and a catalyst for her downward spiral. woohoo!

6. the mixed media aspect of signoise is BRAND new and a lot of that i’m still brainstorming to figure out what’s even possible for me to do, but what i do know is the general format for each:

playwright: play scripts and academic papers (possible audio recordings/set plans)

decade: architectural plans, radio transmission transcripts

bell: interviews with bell and everett (god i would love so bad to make and photograph minis for specific cave scenes here)

pareidolia: photographs, research notes (?) i need…something else here but im still figuring out what (largely photo manips and limited animation. hopefully via physical camera)

peppers ghost: radio broadcast transcripts (i have the least wiggle room for other media in here i think, iltheres too much of it to be voice acted via just like dragging in family and friends and it’s pretty limited to radio. but i’ll find something im sure)

and thank you!!! naming things is difficult (the like…7 hours i spent trying to find names for all the new characters. god.) but i have quite a bit of fun with it. i like sounds ^^

[bonebabbles]

Finch

Finch and Riverstar are mates now btw. Was that a sudden statement? It's just as sudden in the book, honestly.

He hangs out with the Park cats for a while after Finch yeets Slash off a cliff for threatening her dad (Owl), and then in the next couple chapters they're mates now. He moves into her den.

Drizzle's noticing this and ends up confronting Riverstar over the fact they've been here for a month.

Riverstar, guy who did not tell his wife that he needs to go back home before marrying her.

Eventually it does come out after they run around in twolegplace for a while

Riverstar, guy who didn't consider that his new wife has a family and people she loves here

"Am I destined to have man pain forever? Will I never get a lab-grown wife made just for me, like every single member of the Skykin Family? Woe is me..."

A lot of pining here with the brand new character who has existed for only a few chapters. BUT to be fair, they do actually have a "good" conclusion for Riverstar; at least he's not trying to control her or goad her into leaving her entire family behind;

(also shes pregnant)

BUT anyway

He leaves on a raft and she jumps in after him anyway. So he does get the girl in the end.

[spacefinch]

It's time for (drumroll please)

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BIRD FACTS WITH FINCH!

Today's bird is ....

The PEREGRINE FALCON!

Latin name: Falco peregrinus

Cladistic placement:

Eukaryota

Animalia

Chordata

Dinosauria

Avialae

Neornithes

Neognathes

Falconiformes

Falconidae

Falco

F. peregrinus

Location: Every continent except Antarctica.

Habitat: Peregrines can be found in a variety of open habitats, such as mountains, shorelines, plains, even cities!

Fun facts:

The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal in the world! In a dive, it can reach a top speed of over 240 miles per hour. And in level flight, its cruising speed is 40 to 60 mph.

How does a falcon dive so fast? Well....

A falcon has a large keel bone, or breast bone. The chest muscles attach to the keel and help generate the flapping power of the wings.

Falcons also have an aerodynamic shape: Long, pointed wings, a long tail, and a light, torpedo-shaped body. And when the falcon pulls its wings in, it lets gravity to the acceleration for it!

In order to survive such extreme speeds, the peregrine falcon has a very efficient circulatory and respiratory system. It has multiple air sacs that keep its lungs inflated even when exhaling, and a heart that can beat up to 900 times per minute. This allows oxygen to travel through the bird's body fast enough so that the falcon doesn't get too tired or lose consciousness.

And finally, to keep debris out of their eyes, falcons have a third, transparent, pair of eyelids called nictitating membranes. In fact, all birds have three pairs of eyelids!

More facts:

A falcon's dive is called a "stoop" and it takes a lost of practice. In fact, young falcon siblings practice by diving at one another, then pulling up at the last moment so not to get hurt.

A male falcon is called a tiercel, and he is much smaller than the female (simply called a falcon). A young falcon is called an eyas.

Peregrine falcons mate for life, and will return to the same nest site year after year. In the wilderness, they prefer cliff ledges, but they will also nest on the sides of urban buildings. They don't do much in the way of nest-building: just scrape a shallow depression and that's it.

Like the loggerhead shrike (see this post), the peregrine falcon has a notch in its beak called a tomial tooth, which it uses to kill its prey-- which is mainly smaller birds.

The name "peregrine" means "wanderer" or "pilgrim." And these birds certainly live up to their name! They're the most widespread diurnal land bird in the world!

Sources:

Wikipedia

All About Birds

The Animal Book, by Steve Jenkins

This article

EarthSky

National Geographic Kids: Bird Guide of North America, Second Edition

Of course, these are just a few of the many amazing facts about peregrine falcons! If you want to learn more, there's plenty of research to read up on!

You can also watch THIS video!

This has been BIRD FACTS WITH FINCH. If you have more fantastic falcon facts, please share them with me!

[birdstudies]

May 8, 2024 - Puna Yellow-Finch (Sicalis lutea) Found in the Andes in parts of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, these birds in the tanager family inhabit grasslands and shrublands. Their diet is not known but they forage on the ground in flocks of between 4 and 20 birds. Possibly nesting somewhat colonially, they build cups of dry grass in cavities dug into banks or cliffs, old ovenbird nests, or holes in cacti created by woodpeckers. Females lay clutches of three or four eggs.

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@scarlet-leaves

On his way to Liyue Harbor he had decided a few things. The first was simply to learn to accept himself. The other was to try to stop arguing with the birds, even if they are irritating.

The puppet, of course, also used this time to unload a little crushing everything he’d encountered along his path back. Rune Guards, Hilichurls, and more than a few stray Fatui patrols. Akuji stopped only to pluck the mora and perhaps a few orders from pockets before continuing.

By the time he’d reached the city he’d more than enough money to purchase a pair of back pants and boots. The hat he had packaged and sent to Saiguu, remembering she had liked it. The puppet changed no longer hiding himself behind such things.

He’d kept his black top and gloves, trading in only the shorts and traditional footwear. He probably looked a bit more intimidating in this, but he didn’t care. He just wanted to be himself. Human's may never come to accept him, but he's also learned that even if this is the case there are those that will and trying to fit in had become rather pointless in its own way.

It is not as if he is social by any means.

As the city streets began to fill Akuji left the city and found a spot above the cliffs. He gently unfastened his Vision, moving it to his belt and hung the garment on a low notch in the tree.

He once again perched himself up in the tree and watched, thinking about Kazuha. A small finch had landed just in front of him. “Hmmm. I am so glad you are pleased. Go find something else to do.”

The finch chirped a few times and flew off. Leaving the puppet sitting alone in the tree.