#ancient pix

[wednesdaygurl]

MJ Lenderman recording Boat Songs at Drop of Sun Basement 2020

[pixlokita]

I headcannon Vanessa is a big ol’ video game nerd so in the three star found family ending, she gets Gregory into the old games she used to play at his age. They’d spend entire weekend nights around her decades old GameCube and ps1 playing Spyro, final fantasy, harvest moon, and Luigi’s mansion with Chinese takeout 😌 (they both needed a break from pizza for a while after the Pizzaplex) Freddy just likes to sit on the couch behind them and vibe, being only a head and all.

Luigi’s mansion ends up becoming Freddy’s favorite game and he hums the theme song

[pikbro]

ok heres my tiny sirehound and big moss designs for me n @pixelaves swap au LOL

[lolli-popples]

You’re being haunted by Pix the friendly ghost-

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[convexicalcrow]

Cairo, 1921

It's been a long season of exploration for Pix, leading expeditions into the oases west of Egypt in search of new discoveries. Much of what he'd found was rubble, or buried several feet under sand. But it had not all been for nothing! He was particularly interested in what some enscriptions call an invasion of the Sea Peoples towards the end of Dynastic Egypt which seems to have plunged the country into chaos. There's more records in Greek and Roman sources, but they're much more sedated in their descriptions, and mostly talk of Egypt falling into ruin. Concerning, but not that concerning for a civilisation that had lasted for thousands of years relatively unchanged.

The problem was, such an invasion was unlikely to leave much evidence behind, if some of the stories aare true about the scale of the slaughter. Which, of course, could have been for dramatic effect. To the victor goes the spoils. Certainly, in Bahariya Oasis, he'd uncovered some broken pots with various bits of papyrus in them, and evidence to suggest things had once burned. The temple that once stood there was barely standing anymore; it was just a few columns and stelae and statuary half-buried in the sand.

And now that the digging was over, he was now tasked with recording his finds and writing up a report for his benefactor, so he might continue exploring next season. Most of the papyri in the pots seemed to be letters to the dead, though there was no record of these sorts of papyri being buried in pots. Still, this could mean it was ground-breaking research and that was exciting! Well, as exciting as reading through such personal expressions of grief could be, Pix mused.

On their own, they were pretty standard. Children talking to their parents. Parents calling for their children. Others calling for other family members or friends, some who may or may not have been buried. They seemed to be the newest Egyptian artefacts found in terms of dates, as the hieratic they were written in was only from this late period around the time of this supposed invasion.

It was when Pix looked at them together that it kind of hit him how grief doesn't really change. These could have been written twenty years ago and no one would think them odd. And there were so many of them! Some were dated, some not, but he had uncovered over 115 of them in one necropolis, and another 97 more in a second necropolis further towards the outside of the main town in the oasis. That was a lot of grief, and might not have even been all of them. All of them written in the space of, perhaps, ten years or so, as if something calamatous did indeed befall the oasis. The letters are vague about what happened, but given the dates, Pix is sure it can only mean one thing. Some invading force reached this far-flung oasis and left a lot of people dead.

Pix finds himself returning to one letter in particular. It's written from a son to his father, with writing that's erratic and disjointed. Some of the ink has smudged, making parts of it unreadable. It's also remarkable that it contains no names. The son simply calls him, father, and himself, his beloved son. Which is rather unusual indeed. The remembrance of the name was considered vital to a good afterlife, so why would this letter remain so anonymous?

He picked it up to examine it. It was a small piece of papyrus, torn in places, and folded hastily and shoved into the pot, unlike the others that were rolled and tied with a piece of cloth. It suggested some reluctance, or haste, or perhaps he was disturbed in the process of writing to his father. Perhaps he'd never know. But some of the words just kept echoing around in his brain, as if somehow, these were people he once knew. Which seemed absurd of course! He was no ancient Egyptian! But something nagged at him. It was just-

"A letter from a son to his father. It begins, 'Praise to my father, who died for Ma'at, who rises with Ra into the sky from the belly of Nut! Praise to you, O Wesir, who gives life to the lifeless, shine on with my father, may he be justified! Please… keep him safe. I know not where you are. You would not recognise me today. My heart is. weary. How can I mourn when there is so much at stake? I have few friends in this world. Your beloved son misses you, and perhaps, one day, when my heart no longer rages, perhaps then I will find peace. Please just let me know you are okay. Let me know you made it to Wesir's court, that you are an akh in the skies, who lives forever. Every day I am met with uncertainty. I remember the last time I saw you. I remember the fear in your face. I think I knew then, that this would be the end. I was too young to understand, but somehow, I knew. I' and then it cuts off. I feel this son's sadness and confusion as if it is my own. But why though? Who are you? Who are you who haunts my dreams?" Pix said, staring at the papyrus as if it might give out more secrets.

He sat back in his chair, letting the papyrus sit on the desk. He could see- candles. A dark place with candles. Some kind of weird memorial. Nothing Egyptian, it looked nothing like that. And as soon as the image was in his head, it was gone. A fleeting imagining of something. Or a sign he was up too late again. It was, after all, after midnight, he confirned, checking his pocket watch. Perhaps sleep will cure him of his ills. Perhaps another expedition out to the oasis will yield more finds. Perhaps then he might be able to put these letters to rest, along with those who were being remembered.

[teacupdinosaurhunter]

Captorhinus aguti, 280 mya

Museum of World Treasures • Wichita, KS

[friquest]

Imagine if the Ancient Capital is a Ghost City and more and more spirits come forward the more Pix uncovers it's Ruins. Like he brought back an extinct specie, wouldn't be surprised if he accidentally brought back the citizens of Ancient Empire.

[mchatter]

I just had a thought that I don't know where to go with yet.

Pixlriffs' partner has been writing out LOTR by hand on twitch as an ongoing series for a while now.

What if they were the scribe to Pix's archivist? I don't know whether they live in the capital with Pix or if it's a long distance relationship (that also works as they're American)

Anyone can have this thought, I'm not sure what to do with it yet

[ducksbyday]

[more headcanons with Day! This time it's ✨Names✨]

I've been enjoying writing these sm

My favourite thing in story writing is making up these little details in universes, that don't really have an effect on the story or the characters, but just make the place feel complex, in depth and its complete own world. I have those for the Empires SMP too.

One of them is the idea that names work differently in that world than in ours. Instead of having a first in last name, peoples names exist out of a first (given) name, a second (chosen, descriptive) name and their place of residence/birth.

The given name is your first name your parents give you at birth. When you're very young you won't have a second name yet.

This is because you choose your second name yourself. This can either be like an actual second name (like my HC for Pix, it being Pixl "Winchester"), a nickname (Mythical "J. Sausage"), or a word that in describes them (Oli "The Champion", Fwhip "The Goblin").

And the third part of the name is your place of birth/residence (you can let it be changed later on, if you move to another empire, the empire stops existing or gets taken over by another one etc). But even here there is diversity. You either be from, of, or for an empire.

From is the standard. If you're from an empire that means you're a regular citizen. (Shelby "The Great" from The Evermoore).

If you're of an empire, this means you have some kind of leading role of the empire (Sherrif Jimmy "Sherrif" of Tumble Town)

The last one it for. This is a version of someones name only used when they're on duty for a empire that they're not from. A good example is Deputy F "The goblin" Whip For Tumble Town of Gobland.

Here are some names I created for the Empires:

Pixl "Winchester" for The ancient Capital

Fwhip "The Goblin" (for Tumble Town) of Gobland

Sherrif Jimmy "Sherrif" of Tumble Town

Prince Scott "Everywhere" of Chromia

False "Symmetry" from somewhere

Oli "The Champion" from Olipeligo from Afterlife

[pixeldotgamer]

Day 2 of BVTOctober / OC_tober: Oldest OC

Javier!! He's almost tied with Rhys and Charlie since they were designed as a trio, but he was in fact the first!

[wednesdaygurl]

Options for IWTTDYTS album cover

[pixlokita]

I noticed that you put "wanda" in the tags of art you reblog, I was wondering what it meant :00

Sorry TTwTT I’ve gotten the same question like four times it always sends me it’s only the wanda tag xD It’s like a very old tumblr thing maybe nobody does it anymore but you can have a tag with your mutual’s or your friend’s nicknames or even artists you like to just find the stuff you reblogged from them again on your blog? :> it was also something that made it easier for you to find stuff they tagged you on in their blog in case you missed anything ?? But I just started tagging all the posts they made too >>; to keep it organized =w= actually idk why I do it (・´ω`・)

[infinitelysordinary]

ALSO PIX GOD AU ENJOYERS WE ARE THRIVING. I AM WRITING FIC AS WE SPEAK. CONGRATS EVERYONE

[itsnotmydreamdaditsyours]

do they make kids sit through internet safety assemblies anymore. do they have 'computer class'. the internet was just becoming popular & accessible when i was a kid so im just generally curious

[tazzomi]

okay E!scott but he’s just an accidental archeologist since he’s a collector and it drives Pix insane cause Scott keeps finding all this cool historical stuff he could study but Scott just thinks they’re pretty

[codgod-moved]

had a dream and forgot it wasn’t real so i was really just about to make a post like damn why do all of e2!scott’s nightmares involve jimmy