#Lily Stone

[steam-beasts]

Fun Game Concept!

So as you know, Choo Choo charles is a open-world game that has you constantly being hunted down by a man-eating steam engine monster while also gathering enough upgrades and weapons to kill it. Well, I just thought...

...what if it was on Sodor and the monsters were the ttte characters we know and love?

The game would take place after BWBA (but better), and would be followed up as a sequel to my TATMR, which I'm currently writing. There would also be a few elements from Security Breach, which would involve you getting collectibles or weapons that would benefit the player independently, having to sneak through certain areas.

The Story

It's been years since Lily and Patch, along with Mr Conductor had saved Lady and her magic railroad from doom. Both are now young adults when Lily gets a strange letter from her grandpa, asking for help. She decides to see what's going on and Patch tags along for the sake of it. One thing leads to another and the two find themselves on Sodor again.

But something's wrong. The engines have transformed into beast-like creatures, attacking anyone they see on sight. Mr Conductor and the two soon reunite and are enlisted to help find a cure to stop the insanity. Along the way, Lily and Patch must dodge, weave, stun and defend themselves from the horrors of Sodor!

Gameplay + tutorial

In this (not real) ttte horror game, in the first segment, you play as Mr Conductor.

Mr Conductor is who you play as for the tutorial and the rest of the segment. The tutorial involves you learning how to collect items, sneak through areas where engines are roaming and how to shoot/throw and distract enemies using the environment around you. The location of this tutorial is on Misty Island, and the tutorial uses the location as an advantage to help the player be able to navigate through foggy or dark areas without a flashlight.

The three main antagonists for the tutorial are the Logging locos (they seem fitting for baby-step missions) who are always gonna be patrolling the Logging station and beach.

For the rest of the segment, Mr Conductor is tasked with helping around the camps that are inhabited by most of the Sodor residents. Here are the tasks;

1# Reach the other end of the Logging station without being spotted (tutorial begins here)

2# Find the storage hut to store the fish

3# Talk to Ruth

4# Collect 10 peices of jobi wood around the camp to help Ruth build the handcar

5# Give the wood to Ruth

6# Talk to the three railway controllers

7# Find Junior

8# Use the handcar and go to Sodor

Collectibles

Scattered around the island are a total of 13 wooden sculptures of the engines. They can be found in areas that are linked the most to them.

The Thomas sculpture can be located in the mines, a call back to Down the Mine.

The Percy sculpture can be found hanging off the edge of a dilapidated truck, a somewhat reference to Percy's Predicament.

The Edward sculpture can be located at the back of his old berth at Tidmouth Sheds. This is a reference to Edward's Day Out.

Style

The game would have ps1-style graphics and the environment is really dark to increase uneasiness for the player.

The engines

The engines are the enemies of the game. They don't have any dialogue as they've all gone nearly fully insane and feral, practically animals at this point. So good luck begging them to stop, your pleas will fall on deaf ears.

But they're not evil! They're just hungry...I promise. The hunger is strong, so powerful that it hurts. They are just as innocent as you...

The engines are so hungry that they don't want a friendly chat. You smell...so good, every fleshy creature they find smells so sweet...so divine...so delicious. Looks like you've got some massive mouths to feed, Sir.

They stalk around the darkness, looking for something to eat, somewhere to sleep, somewhere to be free. Sodor has recently been gathering a lot of dark clouds, making everywhere dark, but they don't mind at all. Too much brightness hurts their eyes.

You'll know who and where they are, just listen for the blast of a whistle or the honk of a horn.

[number1spongebobfan]

Thomas: I don't want to wear a crown, Rosie. It's very uncomfortable.

Rosie: That's okay! I will just wear this pretty flower on my head.

[comparativetarot]

Death. Art by ​Lily Stone, from The Stone Visconti Tarot.

(Also used in The Alleyway Tarot.)

[bigg-city-riders-au]

Flight

A TTTE Curse!AU one-shot. This one revolves around Lady and Junior. Fic under the cut.

Lady was in the form of a great dragon. Her red violet scales reflected the light from the sun like great mirrors. The golden spikes that ran along her back glistened as her golden underbelly glowed softly from the fire burning deep within her body. She had draped one of her massive wings over the group, having curled her neck around them to look at them with one large golden eye as they rested. Her slender yet muscular body was perfect for them to rest against. Her sides slowly rose and fell with the time of her breathing in a steady soothing cadence. Junior was the only one that was out and about, climbing onto Lady's long and sinewed neck by grabbing onto her straight golden horns and using his legs to push off the side of the golden spikes lining her lower jaw. This prompted a slight growl of annoyance from Lady, but Junior she wouldn't harm him. 

Junior rested on her back between Lady's shoulders as he grasped one of the many back spikes that ran along her spine. Her scales were razor sharp, yet strangely, the scales on the hollow between her shoulders were smooth to the touch, offering a somewhat comfortable place to ride on her back.

"Come on, you promised me a flight, Lady! Why don't we have some fun and burn a few things?" Junior asked as he leaned forward, resting slightly  against one of her back spikes with his arm around it, looking relaxed as he smiled. Lady snorted softly, and tries to shake a little to gently throw him off, but Junior held on, chuckling softly.

"Oh, come on! Please, just a five minute flight! Lily can come too if she wants!" Junior said as he patted the side of Lady's neck, feeling the thick muscle shift under his hand as Lady craned her neck and turned her head slightly to look at him with a slightly annoyed look on her face. Her golden eyes watched him for a few moments before she finally spoke, her voice sounding smooth and soft yet riddled with sheer power.

"I'm not going to abandon my Rider even for a short period of time. She needs to rest." Lady said with an agitated growl. She narrowed her eyes at him, turning them into golden slits. Junior had learned not to fear the powerful his family had created and learned to fear. It was simply in her nature to be the way she is. She shared blood with the dragons, a gift and a burden for anyone to bear. 

"Come on.. Burnett and my cousin will watch over her. You know both will keep a good watch over her! You promised a flight, remember? I think we can both have some fun, eh?" Junior asked. Lady paused. Junior couldn't tell if she was thinking or speaking to Lily, her precious Rider. After a few seconds he saw a mischievous glint in her eyes before a wolfish grin crept across her face, showing off all of her fearsome fangs as smoke billowed from between them and from her nostrils. 

"Very well, then, but my version of fun may be different than yours.. hang on tight and don't fall." Lady said as she stood up, careful not to disturb her Rider, who was peacefully resting. Mr. Conductor fell back with a thump as she stood up, having leaned back against her to rest. He sat up in bewilderment before looking up and saw Junior smiling and looking down at him. Mr. Conductor facepalmed as he sighed. Seemed Junior managed to convince Lady to allow him to ride her on his own this time. He knew how she was. She was likely hiding something from Junior. He sat up just as Lady bunched her muscles and took to the air with a great leap and a beat of her wings. The wind stirred up dust as the trees around them swayed.

Junior whooped as he held on tightly to one of her back spikes.The air was considerably cooler from this height. Lady kept gaining altitude with each beat of her powerful wings. The wind produced from her wings nearly took his breath away. He used one arm to slip his bandana over his nose and mouth to block the strong winds as he held on with the other. Without warning, Lady tucked her wings close to her body and nose dived straight towards the ground. Junior immediately clung to one of her back spikes and whooped as Lady performed a corkscrew before swooping and ascending once again. Lady banked left and Junior adjusted his weight to balance. 

Before he knew it, he and Lady were upside down. The world was spinning around them as Lady performed several barrel rolls followed by a loopty loop. Junior laughed as Lady turned upside down and stayed like this for several minutes. Lady couldn't help but chuckle softly at his reactions, encouraging her to keep going as she performed several more maneuvers high in the sky. Mr. Conductor watched from the ground, shielding his eyes from the sun and the bright light reflected off of Lady's radiant red violet and gold scales. 

Lady dived down towards the ground again, positioning herself as if she were a great falcon ready to grab onto the unwary prey below before she landed on the ground with a loud thud. The earth shook beneath her as her powerful muscles absorbed the shock of the impact. Lady smiled a wolfish grin as she laid down and allowed Junior to climb off her back and slide down her wing. He landed on the ground on his two feet and looked at his cousin in excitement and bewilderment. His hair was an absolute mess. Mr. Conductor hinted at a smile and rested a hand on his shoulder.

"How does it feel to know you've finally ridden a dragon? You never forget your first flight." Mr. Conductor asked. Junior laughed and sat down on a tree stump.

"Best experience in my life! We need to do that again, Lady." Junior looked up at Lady. Lady was already lying on her side and curled protectively around her Rider and caretaker. She looked back at him with a slight smile.

"Perhaps.. but another time, of course." Lady said with a slight chuckle.

[jakeobsims]

Presenting the four wildcard choices; Lily, Eddison, Arabella and Anwar

[starfall-xo]

2024 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees as VHS tapes by @ShawnMansfield

[femininemenon]

Emma Stone wins 'Best Actress in a Leading Role' for 'Poor Things' 96th Annual Academy Awards (March 10, 2024)

[voteforspoon]

The irony of Killers of the Flower Moon telling the story of how the Osage people were ignored despite the insane amount of corruption and tragedy they went through because it just wasn’t a big enough deal. Now the movie gets ignored and doesn’t win a single Oscar, getting snubbed for best adapted screenplay nominations and Lily Gladstone giving a beautiful performance of a tragic story, losing to Emma Stone, who for the record is an incredible actress, who plays a literal child in an adults body who finds “sexual liberation,” which is an incredibly gross story, but is more sensational than the murders of the Osage people and therefore it can win an Oscar everyone thought Gladstone had in the bag. The way history repeats itself, with the tragic story of the Osage people being ignored again and again because it just wasn’t a big enough deal to matter frankly pisses me off.

[quinnfabdoodlebray]

me if you even care

[vintagehomecollection]

A waterfall effect. Each of the lipped saucers in this arrangement overflows into the saucer below and finally into a simple, concrete, circular pool.

The Garden Book, 1984

[c4r4-w4rd]

[ilikestuff69]

Emma Stone winning over Lily Gladstone feels similar to Anthony Hopkins winning over Chadwick Boseman.

Like did the winner deserve it? Absolutely. Those performances were phenomenal. But the person who didn’t win FELT like person who should’ve won, if that makes sense?

[number1spongebobfan]

[comparativetarot]

Three of Coins. Art by Lily Stone, from The Stone Nova Tarot.

(Also used in The Alleyway Tarot.)

[levforfakes]

you mean literally just remus

[fireproofheart]

"Little boy, you know it's hard to breathe The water here will drown you Running out of you like blood between your teeth"