#but the gif looks serious XP

[undeadcannibal]

Alejandro X Fem reader please? Where Alejandro comes home after a mission and his wife just jumps his bones lmao

*cough* anywhay-

Summary: Alejandro comes home and his SO/Reader pounces on him.

Genre: Ficlet, request(s) Characters featured: Alejandro Vargas

Warnings: Mention(s) of mature material Word count: 787

A/N: *dying inside because I wanted to make this longer but... just couldn’t finish it* Anyway, I hope you enjoy, Anon. I’m sorry my brain couldn’t finish this one no matter how much I tried. XP  ( Gif credit: xxx )

Alejandro couldn't get home any sooner…

Usually, you were always eager to see him but this time, your need for him felt physical as well. It was as if your body yearned for him just as much as your heart did.

Grunting to yourself, you flopped over the arm of your couch from the side. Allowing yourself to fall back onto the cushions in a dramatic and lazy manner. Tilting your head back, you glanced at the clock from an upside down position, doing your best to guesstimate the time he'd be coming home.

Every time he let you know whenever he was coming home, you understood it was an estimation, never an exact arrival time. Yet, that didn't stop you from practically waiting at the door for him like some sort of lovesick puppy.

Much like now. It almost felt like you were counting down the very seconds till he came home.

Time always did drag on slower the more excited you were…

Sighing softly, you stretched your muscles on the couch. Spreading out across the length of the cushions when you heard the sound of a vehicle door closing outside.

Almost immediately you were suddenly bursting with energy, springing forth to sit up on the couch just in time to see the door knob unlocking and turning. Just as the front door was creaking open, you were pushing yourself off the couch and over towards it. A giddy smile on your face the moment your eyes took in the sight of Alejandro.

Despite being exhausted and no doubt ready to collapse into the nearest soft surface, Alejandro never denied you the opportunity to welcome him home however you wanted.

This time, you threw yourself into his open arms and immediately wrapped your own around him. Squeezing him tightly to you, in a totally not weird and clingy way, you wished you could melt into him. You'd whined before he needed to invest in a larger set of clothes just so you could slip beneath them, just to be skin-to-skin together. It didn't even have to be in a sexual manner. Really, you just adored him with your entire being and couldn't find the right words to express it to him. None of them came close to how you felt for him…

Alejandro grinned, returning your enthusiastic hug with a tight, lifting hug of his own. Raising you off the floor as he nuzzled his face against the top of your head. The two of you spent what felt like far too long and far too little time in each other's embrace. Enjoying the other's presence now that you were back together once more.

"Mm, Alejandro…" You murmured into the skin of his neck, delighting in the small shiver you received from him afterward.

"Si, mi vida?"

Leaning back just enough so he could glance down at you, Alejandro smirked as he watched your teeth worry your bottom lip. The man knew that look of yours all too well. You definitely had something in mind for his arrival home.

"It's nothing serious, hon." You reassured him whilst also dipping your head down so you could begin to place soft, fleeting kisses just beneath his jawline and at the top of his throat. "You know how I get when you're away for too long."

"Pent up?" Alejandro teased, only to laugh shortly after you responded by smacking your hand against his chest.

"Well..." Trailing off into silence, you couldn't exactly deny his claim. You missed everything about him in every way, that included those more intimate and carnal urges too.

Glancing up at him with lidded eyes you nodded your head in agreement. "Alright, you got me. I've missed you so much, babe. Let me show you just how much, yeah?"

Alejandro's dark eyes traveled over your form, drinking the sight of you in like a predator did their prey just before they sank their teeth into their vulnerable flesh. As tempting as it was to give in - bare your neck for him - and allow him to sink his fangs in and take you apart however he saw fit, you weren't in the mood for that. Not now. Now, you wanted to show him just how much you'd ached for him. Leading him back towards the couch you were laying on by tugging on one of the straps from his outfit.

Once you had him close enough to the cushions, you led him around till the back of his calves were brushing against them. Right before you flattened your palms against his chest and pushed him back down to sit on the couch.

"Saddle up, Vaquero. I plan on riding you till neither of us can think straight~"

[my-name-is-bunnyfoxy]

I CAME BACK FROM THE MOVIE LIKE AN HOUR OR SO AGO- AND HOLLY CRAP- Here is some stuff I will say and I'll give my review at the end.

I love how to movie doesn't waste time and immediately jumps straight into action and also the backstory of it's soon to be main villain.

The designs are really nice I like them a lot. They are nice to look at. Maybe for some it might take a while to get used to but their decent at best.

I enjoy that right when we are introduced to the turtles they don't waste time showing their personalities.

This movie's angst inspiration definetelly came from the fandom lmao

like bro they just threw a bunch of angst in there.

Speaking of angst, I like how they immediately establish how much the turtles genuinely wanna be accepted into humanity and how they don't hold back on making sad scenes.

I don't mind Leo's crush. It's cute and I like how it's depicted. It's not that focused on which I don't really mind. I don't know where I sit with MM Aprilnardo, I'll wait until the series drops or we get a sequel and see what happens. If nothing happens between the two then I guess I won't be too hard into it. Unless maybe we see April and Leo both sharing feelings or something. Though if April politely rejects him I'll leave it at that. Again I still don't know where to sit with this ship.

Splinter is cool and funny. Also- we don't talk about that scene with him and scumbug-

The backstory for the characters is sad and I like how you can genuinely sympathize with them and it's not forced or anything.

I-I-I-I-I-I had to look away at the Puke scenes and the make out scene- Yeah I did get second hand embarrassment with this movie-

I enjoy how cringey it is- Like I get second hand embarrassment and yet it's funny to me-

MondoMikey shippers DNI. They are cousins in Mutant Mayhem.

I love how the movie's style is that of 87 and take more inspiration from the 87 version though to me the personalities for the characters were a mixture of rise and 2012 with some inclusion of 87 as well.

I actually watched this movie in my language not the english one. Sadly I didn't record any of the scenes so I can't show it to ya'll. :( Mainly cause I assumed it wasn't allowed to be recorded.

Shocked I didn't cry at certain scenes-

I enjoy that each character shines in his own way and all of them manage to do so.

Don't lay a finger on Leo... I will bite your legs off...

Sadly me and my papa didn't stay until the cliffhanger but I watched it on YouTube though.

The animation kind of seems messy but I do feel like it's something a little kid would design and considering this is a kids movie and all it's understandable. Though it gives us a lot of funny expressions xp

Story is unique, fight scenes really fun and amazing, the ending felt deserved and overall I enjoyed it.

Now, I know Superfly is a villain and all but if I'm gonna be honest- He didn't deserve death. I wish he got a redemption arc. He's just a broken villain who I ended up sympathizing and understanding. Yeah he wasn't doing the right thing but can you blame him?

Off topic but what gender is Leatherhead-? I kind of got confused ngl lmao

So in my opinion, it's either 8.5 or a 9/10. Mainly because there are some cringey scenes that I did cringe at and ngl I feel like certain scenes's pace was kind of a bit too fast. I don't know really-

BONUS: My papa's thoughts on the movie:

Found it cringe and stupid

He prefers the old TMNT

Prefers it when they stick to the shadows rather then go to high school

He thought Splinter was stupid and how he said the old one was a 'badass mothefucka'. His words not mine.

He prefers when Leo is really serious and calm, Raph a hot head and constantly wanting to smash things, Donnie being calm and smart and Mikey- Mikey he didn't mind since he said he is always stupid and a dumbass- (not really his words but close enough-)

He found the story not to be that really consistent and also the animation to him wasn't fluid. He didn't think it was the best or that good.

The story is interesting to him and unique and all though.

Don't hate my papa pretty please-

He pretty much grew on the 87 and OG comics. He kind of also probably had to deal with watching with me and my bro the TMNTs we grew up with. If anyone's curious, my bro grew up on the 2003 and kind of also 2012 since we both binged watched it a lot every time we came back home from school meanwhile I grew up on the 2012 but also in a way with 2003. Mainly since I have a few memories of seeing some episodes of it so I know some stuff.

Anyway- his score is a 6/10 for the movie and he says that is a VERY generous score.

Extra add in:

I realized my outfit looked similar to April's- Just- it had different colors and- I'm white as fu- Loved April a lot in this movie by the way.

I watched it with 3D glasses.

They were also selling masks of the TMNT. I only saw Raph, Mikey and Donnie but not Leo. I didn't buy one by the way-

I annoyed my dad with how much I was jumping and kicking my feet around.

And yeah that's all-

Loved the movie, I enjoyed it, I hope ya'll have enjoyed it as well and yeah!

[choclodox]

Where were the Metkayina at the End of the Battle?

I’m kind of annoyed that people don’t understand that there are obvious reasons why the Metkayina were MIA at the end of the battle of Three Brothers Rock.

Now, apparently, JamCam had planned to show the Metkayina’s side of the battle, but it had to be cut for the final film. Having said that, these are my thoughts as far as the final cut goes because we don’t know what exactly JamCam had in store for this part.

Now, ON WITH THE TED TALK:

Compared to Neytiri, the Metakayina were at a serious disadvantage when it came to their weapons:

Spears and harpoons are thrust-oriented weapons. In summary, this means you have to get relatively close to your opponent for you to have any affect on them.

Which is not ideal if you’re going against long-range weapons such as guns.

But you may be wondering, “what about Neytiri? She didn’t have a gun and did just fine.”

Neytiri had the luxury of having bows and arrows, which are also long-range weapons. She didn’t have to worry about getting too close to people trying to gun her down because she could kill from a distance.

On top of that, let’s review the size and convenience of these weapons.

A bow & arrows? You can just wear the bow while you have dozens of arrows in a quiver—which you can also wear.

Spears and harpoons?

Tell me, how many spears and harpoons do you think you can hold while riding a skimwing underwater and being shot at with machine guns and torpedos?

Let’s also touch on the fact that recollecting arrows and recollecting harpoons and spears are two very different things.

Arrows aren’t all that big, but a spear or a harpoon would take a lot more time and effort to dislodge from a kill.

And let’s not forget that the Metkayina have never fought against the RDA before, so they didn’t have that type of XP under their belts prior to this battle.

I would guess that they left the battle such that they could restock their weapons and come back to the battle.

“BUT TONOWARI AND RONAL WOULD NEVER LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN OUT THERE ALONE!!!”

Their children are the exact reason why Tonowari and Ronal would make that choice. They’re logical. They are the leaders of their clan for a reason.

They would have reasoned it would be futile to look for their kids if they were completely unarmed. They would have to restock on weapons first. And you can’t tell me that at this point, when they are fresh out of weapons, Tonowari wouldn’t tell Ronal to take the wounded warriors with her and to go back to the village when she is just one bad sneeze away from going into labor.

They knew Tsireya and Aonung were still out there, so even if they weren’t going back for the Sullies, there’s no doubt they would go back for their own children.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk

[dangara2610]

Alive Ulla

(Later I'm going to rename this whole series of us because I lost my own accountmeant xPPPP)

Hey hey hey

I have to hurry up for serious before I lost my objectives on real life xP

Let me remind you all , I enjoyed too much my 5 years of dayly participation here on Tumblr.

I'm going to keep posting here until I finish to tell you all my ideas, but sadly I've been stopping commenting and sharing other people posts.

I'm sorry but keep in mind that I love you all

Here I go again !!!

Where did I left?

Yeah right

Ulf earned paranormal powers of divination in order to fullyfill his hunger of social interaction sciences (do not mistake with gossiping thirst) So.....

He sended Donella to the location of her lost negligents parent, hopping she can heal her emotional anger wounds

Donella gets back to Cyrus to leave him a series of solid information about Ulla proyects made along with her brother Ulf , and also, all the supplies list

Why? the next step to victory is to convince the next town to invade Nesdernia, rob the supplies and start a figth.

The lie used to win, would be about this pale faces (Faber family) being traitors and being the ones calling the invasors to get in and take the supplies, wood, metals, water, medical herbs, animals for eating or decorations, etc...

So, Donnie is leaving in order to re-meet and work with her identity meaning leaving explosion and destruction behind.

Once again, Ulla and Ulf are trapped on the crossfire on a war that is not theirs

The wedding got cancelled, Faber's family and Sonia's family got a tag to be captured by any of the two belligerents, the locals to jail them and sentence them as criminals, and the invasors to keep the lie and later dispose them.

Ulf is convinced he needs the people to know he is innocent and search the culprit of this mess, and he will use what he knows, but for that, he needs one of the invasors to agree and have a voluntary session of readmind-ing.

But of course that's pretty much impossible, so, Ulla will use her evoluted power of Alchemy to have their own army, repel the invasors and prove their innocence, but, someone stole some of their inventions.

Donella is back at Ingvarr kingdom , not the capital yet, the mines are bigger, the borders too, she made sure to get a fake identity so her ex-prospects won't recognize her

Her few clients don't recognize her but she stops by there to watch the progress, the guy who buyed wifes? He has a mansion , but the deep inside is an hospital, lots of blonde girls and women are pregnant in here.

Don asks for a place to stay and pays to the guy, so that's her chance to get some information of the place, the owner then recognizes her and thanks her for the advices back them, he is rich and powerful

She thanks him back (not amused and not as friendly as he would have liked)

She leaves next day and goes to the capital, the older princess now is queen and the militar propaganda multiplyed

She finds a person who spies on pretty girls who are working on the mines, another one who robs food, probably from the kitchen asigned to the workers, and someone else who is sick and hungry on the streets.

She follows the one who spies on the girls, half day looks like got wasted on nothing, but she discovers this guy runs a brothel, as she suspected.

She trespasses his place and enters his office, the guy has enough money , and once he enters, she's going to make him a proposition.

Of course the guy doesnt trust her bad she make clear she had the upper hand and her intelect his superior to his, so she end up convincing him.

He will buy her weapons and armor to assault the mansion of blondes women and rob the business, so he will own everything.

Once the deal is done, he has to pay and she has to send a message to Cyrus, in order to hide the money and send them merchandising to the location agreed.

Dang!!!!! My advances after this got erased again

Hurry Dan, Hurry !!!!

🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀 Whatever 🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀

All the seven kingdoms, including Nesdernia no matter if its at a civil war, receive the news , princess Rapunzel of Corona kingdom has born.

Don warns to her client about an owner of a brothel wanting to steal his blondes live stock, so he better buy her some weapons.

Sonia asks Ulf to runaway to her original kingdom, but Ulla's parents suggest to let Sonia live with them in Pittsburgh, they came to the conclusion to get back each one to their homes and see if the wedding re-starts after all these mess is solved , Sonia and her family goes back to the borders of Koto.

Failed mission, they couldn't prove their innocence, but Ulf and Tenax (his father) made sure to give the royals a letter with their side of the history.

Donella finds her parents but there is not reconciliation, instead, they fight over who abandoned who and split up as with most dysfunctional families.

Then she enters Ingvarr capitol, with her new skills (and tools robbed form Ulla's alchemy inventions , everything is very easy, to find all the hidden passages, cross them safely, self defense and attack.

She was able to map everything and feed on the minimal, later, she would sell this information, but then, she found the Metal trial on her own, and tried to solve it but failed due to her cynical twisted morals.

I lost track of time

Seee you around

🌾🧶🎮🩷🧶👾🌾❤️🌾🧶👾🩷🪱🌾❤️🧶🎮🌾❤️🧶👾❤️👾🧶🌾🧶🌾🌻❤️👾🧶🪸🧶🩷🧶🎮🌾🩷🧶🌻🎮🩷🧶🎮🌻

[genshinboys]

if you're not too busy writing really amazing content, could you ship me with someone 🥺 i'm a leo and an INTP, thank you 💕-🍓

I AM NOT TAKING REQUESTS ANYMORE!

-🍓

Hello <3

Oh, that makes me excited.

YOUR PERFECT MATCH IS AYATO <3

A person with your personality type doesn't just look for a partner to pass the time with but someone who can challenge you and your ideas. You pursue growth and want to learn new things, so your significant other must be your equal who will be able to provide you with the necessary mental stimulation. Your life mission is to keep growing and your biggest hope is that your partner can not only support you in this but will also strive to learn and grow with you. Ayato will be drawn to you and your open-mindedness. He will appreciate your analytical mind and that fascinating curious nature that makes you so unique and original in his eyes! For him, it will feel like he finally found someone who understand him and his needs!

You fear rejection and are very unlikely to initiate things, therefore, a person as confident and daring as Ayato will be a great relief for you. He will approach you with a plan in his head and a set of goals he wants to achieve. The final outcome of his grand scheming is simple, you are going to become HIS.

Oh, you will enjoy that immensely and everything Ayato does. He will gladly take the lead and lure you in, also appreciating your straightforward nature and the fact that you won't feel the necessity to play coy. You are frank and you know what you want. That quality itself is so damn attractive for the Commissioner that he won't be able to take things slow (if you know what I mean xp)

HOWEVER, it is all serious business for the noble gentleman from Inazuma. You better be prepared for the LONG-HAUL relationship. Not that you mind, as just like for Ayato, love is a serious matter for you as well. Ayato will do his utmost to make sure things go smoothly and that you both derive pleasure from that sweet and passionate union. Not only in terms of physical contact but in all possible aspects of life, Ayato will make you feel cherished and will satisfy the need for growth and the pursuit of new knowledge.

He will love you boldly, fully, always inspiring you with his creativity and energy. He will want to find new and different ways to express his feelings toward you, making the relationship thrive.

Extremely growth-oriented pair of bosses! You are going to make others feel small and stupid with your sharp minds and DEEP CONNECTION! What a fearless relationship between two brave individuals.

Speaking of sex? Well, you can just imagine, LEO and ARIES together? WOW. If sex was a sport then Ayato would surely crush his competition xD Ayato will keep things exciting as he continues to impress you with various gestures showing his love. He is the type to shower you with gifts as well. As a Leo, you have such vibes that drive Ayato crazy. He will fight for your love, ready to keep all your admirers away. Ayato is this kinda possessive type, you belong to him, after all. <3

[creativenicocorner]

for that get to know your fic writer! thing ( ﾉ ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ 22, 24, 31, 40, 74 ＼(ﾟｰﾟ＼)

Thank you so much!! ✧♡(´⌣`ʃƪ)

22 Are there certain types of writing you Won’t do? (style, pov, genre, tropes, etc) Underage Pedo stuff hands. down. NOT a fan. HATE it. Get that shit out of my face and while you're at it get out of my life. Not interested. THAT SAID! Hmm I don't think there's types of styles or povs or tropes I wouldn't try taking a shot at, within reason. I might find out I'm not that great at it in the process, (looking at you The Journal of Young Miss Addams) but as Jake the Dog Famously said

24 Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you? I'm going to be real with you Babblish, if it was bad advice, or advice I wouldn't wholly consider good...there's a very good chance I'd remove it from memory haha! I'm sitting here spacing out trying to think of something Anything!! And nothing is coming to mind atm XP

31 Do you start with the characters or the plot when writing? This depends on what I'm trying to write, I think. In the world of Fanfic I try to put as much effort in keeping the characters recognizable, and their actions as believable as possible while putting them in Situations™ Well...now that I'm writing this out and giving it serious thought...I suppose my answer IS the characters. Depending on who the character is will undoubtably tinge how the plot progresses. Because each character will have their own way approaching said Situations™ The way Jim Lake Jr would approach a time loop is different than how Reigen Arataka or Moist von Lipwig would approach being stuck in a time loop. Because they're three different people, with three different ways of thinking, objectives, wants, needs, and abilities! Therein lies the fun!

40 If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see? ♡(„ಡωಡ„)♡ bro if I get any fanart I'd be over the freaking MOON about it!!! Like the sheer thought that my silly words were coherent and moving enough to get someone to draw??? for Me?!?!!?! I have to lie down just thinking about it!!! That being said...ooo boy...I'm sitting here staring at my works nursing a coffee and, I really don't know... Perhaps the tearful goodbye in AU REVOIR ? Or the tense conversation between Ainsel Moist Kaspar Müller and Otto in Trial Runs and Errors  Or even the end of chapter 3 where Adora reunites with her family and he's just watching, having a moment, and Maurice is like "C'mon kid, lets blow this joint" LOL I'd be honored if someone did something for Glow Worms or rather: In the Depths of the Safflower Hills just to see what moment inspired them to draw Or!! lkgjdflkgj the baby with Dimple's face in Reigen's dream in Cold Green Tea and Colder Feet OR!!!!! The sexual tension in Hand Rolled when Moist appears at Adora's side during her meeting, with a hand rolled cigarette to slide between her fingers and a light. UGH! Okay I gotta stop hahaha But really I'd be touched with Anything!! What's absolutely fascinating about fic fan art is just, the tenderness of it, you know? Someone was moved so much about a moment that they sat down and drew something?! with their Own Free Time?! Okay I gotta...sit on the floor for a bit...consumed with feeling and the cycle of inspiration amongst artists across mediums

74 You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it? The...the length of the fic perhaps? Considering my most well known fic is known mainly for its length - I think its safe to say that might be a tell. HOWEVER I have been told on more than one occasion I have a specific writing tone or 'voice' -that could be it as well!

(♡˙︶˙♡) Thank you so much again for your ask!! ♡ They were fun to answer!

Best wishes! ♡

[alanrants]

this is a reply for you personally that is too long for a post reply, publish it or don't, i'm not fussed on the matter:

there isn't really a magic bullet to fixing body image other than coming around to a sense of confidence and acceptance of yourself, which also must be customised for yourself

mileage will vary for individual cognitive and emotive processes, but what worked for me was reasoning my way into it and building it like a lego house.

when i was young i was your pretty standard porkchoppy geek but i wanted to be a tall androgenous pretty boy, total bishounen territory... but i don't have the right "stat bonuses" for that; I'm average height, kinda muggy, thick framed, and hirsute. the alternative to not leaning into my stat bonuses was basically just being unhappy, which didn't sound like a good time.

introspection and examination of what my deal was lead me to conclude step one would be to build confidence. examining how i might do that in ways i could effect caused me to take up learning skills that were interesting to me and useful, and it helped a lot

on a whim I took up a nutrition credit at school because i didn't like the other options and it seemed good to know anyway. I learned a lot and eventually also decided i was also going to try out meathead shit because though i had the wrong stat bonuses for bishy, i could possibly do kind of rugged and it pretty much worked. I still had confidence issues but fewer of them and also cool skills and muscles and was steadily becoming leaner.

the irony of that though was that it wasn't ever really enough while i was there doing it, not even at my leanest which was like five years into the process. I liked my body better but still felt not lean enough, even though i was definitely undernourished and its so absurd now because when i see old pictures its like my brother in christ what a fucking twunk, but i didn't feel all that better then, just hungry most of the time.

after a spell of pretty serious poverty i decided i wanted to experience some of the stuff which had been luxuries for the last little bit like good beer, calorically sufficient meals, the occasional fried chicken, more beer, you get the idea. combined with age slowing my metabolism and other lifestyle changes i started gaining pretty consistently

years later now i'm firmly in dadbear territory and i am more confident and accepting of myself now than at any time in my life prior and i do still have body goals but they are minor and reasonable. im a big boi with big shapes and plenty of weight to throw around in a judo match or whatever and im cool with that, a lot cooler than i was with myself in my youth, and a lot cooler than i was when i had what i was being told i was supposed to want.

part of that just comes with racking up life xp but another part of that, which i wasn't quite doing then, was critical analysis of what was causing me to feel how i did. and deeper than "why? disphoria lol" but like who says people have to be x y or z? who says goth femboys can't have thick thighs? why are they saying that? how do we know they aren't full of shit? how do we know thats any kind of legit conclusion when there is a vested monetary interest in keeping people unconfident so they buy shit?

it's just the process. find parts of yourself you like, tweak the ones that you can and want to (but safely!), and most of all recognise that your personal confidence and actualisation can't be fitted to anyone elses standards, or the standards society tells us should be our standards, it has to be customised for you personally, and doesn't just show up one day because abs or pecs or whatever.

thanks. this is what i needed to hear even though i knew that i shouldn't have the whole "look like what others want you to look like" thing in my head but i have it anyways bc i tend to be the person worried how people perceive me (sometimes whether or not if they even perceive me at all in a sense that if they do its negative)

[orenjikaraka]

I’m a failure…

Rengoku Kyojuro x reader angst

Warnings: angst, forced cannibalism, anxiety, cursing, torture, drugs, gore, blood, puke

Word count: 3399

Author: psst ren ren is still alive and he’s not going to that damn train >:), your welcome ;D. But the poor baby will get hurt :(, also your a water user, but your more powerful than giyuu, and your a very special water user, so rad, that there’s people seeking for you, because you're basically last of your kind :(, but don’t worry because Kyojuro is your husbando and he’ll protect :D, why am I like this >:), ok here’s the story xp.

Kyojuro woke up, he tried to get up, but couldn’t, his arms were strapped behind the chair, he tried to pull them out or untie himself, but couldn’t, he tried to move his feet, but it was no use ether, ‘why am I tied up…’ he thought, he even tried lifting the chair, but it bolted to the ground, he lifted his head, to look around, he was looking for his sword but couldn’t find it, the room was very blank, it just had wood flooring and the walls were also wooden, there was no other furniture except this chair, his arms can feel a wall behind him, he looked back, and his arms were touching the wall, he saw the rope tightly strapped his arms, he looked forward again and he saw some stairs to his right, maybe that can be his way out, ‘let’s try this again’, he tried to untie his arms again, but when he was struggling, it just got tighter, “fuck…” he whispered.

After a few minutes the stairs door opened, Kyojuro couldn’t see who it was, because there was a wall blocking the stairs, he heard two people walking down the stairs, when he finally saw them, it was two men, one looked like he didn’t want to be here, and the other individual looked like he was staring daggers on Kyojuro, “hey, you stay put and watch the door, got it Warugaki”, “yes, boss…” Kyojuro felt some guilt for the young lad, but he still kept that serious face, “Rengoku, right?”, “Yes”, “you're probably wondering, why your all tied up and wondering about your sword”, Kyojuro nods, “your in a underground facility, filled with people that are being eaten alive by demons…”, Kyojuro shoulders has some tension from hearing that, “your sword is with are boss, so your not getting it”, “…”, “you know I thought the fire hashira was more heart spoken or had a smile wherever he would go, but I guess not” he grabbed a dagger from his left leg pocket, he walked up and stabbed the wooden chair, inches away from his leg, he put his right hand at the end of the chair, his face was a couple inches away from Kyojuro’s, “you know why you're really here right?”, Kyojuro shook his head no, “because we want to know where your wife is…” Kyojuro got frustrated, “OH, Oh, oh, is are little hashira getting pissed off?”, Kyojuro tried to speak, but the man spoke faster, “listen, we’re not letting you leave until you tell us where she is, your wife has a very powerful element in her water techniques, our boss, needs her to get stronger, demons gotta eat, do I make myself clear”, Kyojuro didn’t say anything, that enraged the man, with his free hand, he grabbed Kyojuro’s hair, and hit the back of his head at the back wall, “DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!” The poor boy behind the man looked afraid, “yes…” Kyojuro said, the man in front of him, let go of his hair, the back of his head stings, “so… where’s your lady hiding, Mr. Rengoku?”, Kyojuro knew where she was, she was at Himejima’s estate, he was the strongest pillar out of everyone, so he put his trust in him, “I’m gonna say this again, where’s. Your. Lady. Hashira.”, Kyojuro just stared at him, with pure rage in his eyes, the man chuckled, “fine, don’t talk”, he walked back to Kyojuro, and grabbed his dagger again, this time he stabbed Kyojuro’s right shoulder, near his collar bone, Kyojuro whizzed in pain, but the man used his other hand to block his windpipe, “where is she…”, Kyojuro was trying his best to breathe, but this man’s hand was suffocating him, the man twisted his dagger in his shoulder, Kyojuro whizzed even more, because of how it’s digging in his bone tissue and his muscle, the young boy from behind spoke up, “HEY, you don’t want kill him, we have to keep him alive!”,

the man let go Kyojuro’s neck, Kyojuro was having a coughing fit, but when he fixed his breathing, he calmed himself down, his neck was throbbing, “tch”, the man let go of his dagger, his hand was bloody, “then why don’t you fix his shoulder then, Warugaki”, he walked up the stairs and left the two, the young boy, walked up to Kyojuro, “sorry, you have to go through this…”, Kyojuro was wondering why was the young boy was so kind to him, it reminds him of tanjiro, the boy had a first aid, it was on his back, “this is gonna be painful, sorry…”, “how old are you?”, the young boy, pulled the dagger out of his shoulder. It hurts like hell, but at least the boy was already stitching him up and cleaning it, “I’m 14” Kyojuro's eyes went wide from hearing that, “why are you here, where’s your parents?” Kyojuro whispered, “I don’t have parents, I’m here because I was forced to go here, if you’re also wondering about my name it’s shin, I don’t know my last name…”, Kyojuro felt some guilt in his heart, when shin finished his shoulder, he gave a small smile, it lifted Kyojuro’s hopes a little better from seeing his smile, the stairs door opened again, and shin panicked, he stood up and walked back to where he was at before, the man came back, but with some tools this time, Kyojuro felt some anxiety from see that, “now, I brought some things to help make you talk…” Kyojuro tried to keep that serious face, but his mouth was quivering, “again, where’s your lady, hashira…”

—-

several hours has passed, and Kyojuro’s body was screaming in pain, his head was hurting, because of all the screaming he let out, his tongue was bleeding because he pierced it with a nail, his feet were nailed to the ground, some of his fingers were bruised, some were broken, he had some drug in his body, the boss said, it supposed to help make him feel numb, but it makes him feel nauseous, his head was low, shin was still here, the man has left, shin walked up slowly to not scare Kyojuro, he got his first aid again, “why… ar… you helpin… me…”, Kyojuro voice sounded hoarse, and his words would be ragged because how exhausted he felt, “because your a hashira, you help so much people, from those hellish demons”, once again Kyojuro felt a bit of relief hearing it from him, shin started to patch him up, the pain coming from Kyojuro were slowly going away, things we’re getting stitched and patched, everything was calmly silent, you can say it’s peaceful, but for Kyojuro, he just want to be with his beautiful wife in bed, telling her he saved a lot of people today, making all her worries go away, but if she saw him like this, she’ll probably go back as a hashira, and tell him, “I’ll protect you, and you won’t ever have to go to this agony ever again”, with her sweet angelic voice, just having a thought about it, makes his heart clenched…

“Rengoku…”, Kyojuro looked at the worried boy, “can you please open your mouth, so I can stitch your tongue”, Kyojuro nodded, and his mouth a little, just enough for shin to stitch the middle of his tongue, it was painful, because how sensitive it is, but at least it was over with, “thank you for your kindness, Shin”, “your welcome-“ the door from the stairs swing right open, it scared Shin half to death, so he quickly finished what he was doing and got up to go to his usual spot, “HEY, the fuck you doing with the hashira!”, “just fixing his-“, boss went up to him, and slap the sweet boy’s face, “listen, and you better be listening, if not, I’ll let the demons rip you apart…”, Kyojuro wanted to stand up for him, but it was hard to talk because of the stitches on his tongue, “if I see you next to him or hear you next to him, your demon meat, got that, Warugaki”, the boy was to stud to even talk, “GOT IT!”, y-yes, boss!”, “tch”,

Boss was walking over to Kyojuro, he didn’t had tools this time, but a old warned out bag, it smelled like someone died in the bag, ��so I’ll get to the point, in this bag is organs, of you know human organs”, Kyojuro wanted to puke by just hearing that, “sooo, you must be hungry right”, Kyojuro looked at the man like he was insane, “hm, I guess not” he threw the bag behind him to shin’s direction, “so, here’s the deal, we don’t give inmates, normal food, we give demon food instead because it makes it easier for them to talk…”, Kyojuro had disbelief in his eyes, but the boss didn’t care, “so, if your ever hungry, we’re gonna feed you that”, “I’ll just won’t eat”, the boss chuckled at that, “ok, hashira! I like to see how long you stand!”, he then turned around, grabbed the bag from Shin and walked through the stairs door and left. Shin felt terrible that he couldn’t say anything to defend Kyojuro, but Kyojuro told him that he’ll be fine, because he’s strong, and he won't break…

Right?

—-

3 day has passed and Kyojuro has got thinner, his muscles were slightly thinning out, his stomach would be screaming for food, but eating human organs is a disturbing thought and even thinking about it makes him puke, Kyojuro’s head was spinning, because those drugs really messing up with his bloodstream and body in general, the door opened, it makes Kyojuro uneasy, because he’s afraid to get tortured again, but when he saw only Shin, all his worries went away, he forced a big smile at Shin, which made the boy smile too, Kyojuro loves to make everyone happy before himself, even if he’s in pain, he would always want to put a smile on someone’s face, Shin speed walked quietly to Kyojuro, “Rengoku, I’ma get you out of here…”, Kyojuro’s smile slowly turned in fear, “what”, “when night happens, I’ll get you out of here”, “but wouldn’t that kill you”, “Rengoku, saving someone that can save people’s lives, instead of one is more important, so I don’t mind dying for your sake Rengoku”, Shin gave him a small pleasant smile, “No-“ the door opens again, and slammed afterwards, Shin stood up, and walked to his spot, and the boss is back, with his bag again, “so, you haven’t ate in three days, so I’ll help you out” Kyojuro’s shoulders tense up from hearing that, the boss went through the bag and found a heart, it was still pumping, Kyojuro felt all uneasy from seeing it, “ok, let’s make this fast, because I have other business to attend to”, he walked up to Kyojuro, slowly bringing the slow pumping heart to him, Kyojuro felt nauseous just looking at it, he tried to close his eyes, but when he did, the man in front of him used his other hand and started choking him, Kyojuro couldn’t take it anymore, tears were running down his cheeks, and his body started quivering, “Stop… p—please…” the man let go, “then stop resisting hashira!” He moved his open hand and grab his hair again, slammed Kyojuro’s head to the wall again, Shin felt horrible seeing a mear hashira, so broken, so frighten, so weak, to a man that is weaker than him, “Warugaki, get over here, now!” The poor boy behind; frightened up, “y-yes”, he walked up, with his wobbly legs, “you gonna help…” he put a sinner smile, “wha- what do y—you want me to do”, “hold his head up for me…”, Shin felt even more horrible, by just following his orders, “b-but” “if you don’t listen your dead”, Kyojuro wanted punch the living hell out of this man, but he felt so warned out, so all he can do is watch, Shin slowly put his hand to Kyojuro’s hair, he grabbed it, but it was lightly and more gentle then how the boss have done it, boss forced his mouth open, “if you spit this out, let’s just say you won’t have a tongue anymore, hashira…” boss slowly put the heart to Kyojuro’s mouth, Kyojuro try to move back, but couldn’t, his muscles were screaming in agony, telling him to stop moving, so he did, he finally gave up, If his father saw him like this, he would probably call him worthless, a disappointment to the family, tell him he failed to be a hashira, Kyojuro was sobbing in agony, boss then squeezed the heart into his mouth, the blood going down his throat, Kyojuro was about to gagged, but…

“If you puke this back up, or even spit it out, I won’t just remove your tongue, but I scoop one of your eyes out…”, so Kyojuro just listen, and drink all blood down, it tasted salty, metallic even, after all the blood was done from the poor heart, he threw it behind him, “Don’t. Puke. Hashira…”, the boss walked back, grabbed his bag again and left, Shin let go of Kyojuro's hair, and Kyojuro slowly let his head droop, Kyojuro was shaking really badly, whispering “please… let me go… please…”, over and over again, Shin slowly went in his bag, and got a blueberry muffin and orange juice, he brought the muffin to Kyojuro’s nose, Kyojuro stopped repeating the same words, and slowly looked up, his puffy eyes looked at the muffin, and he opened his mouth, Shin felt bad, because he looked like a lost puppy, Shin helped Kyojuro ate and helped him drink, after he finished eating and drinking, Kyojuro thanked Shin with a sad smile, “I promise, when night happens you leave…”

Kyojuro felt guilt stinging his heart, because he doesn’t want a nice and sweet boy to die for his sake…

——-

Hours have passed and it’s night, Kyojuro stayed awake, just thinking about Shin makes his stomach twists, the door opened lightly, then closed barely a whisper can be heard, Shin walked down the stairs lightly, and walked to Kyojuro, “ok, it’s time…” Shin whispered, Kyojuro shook his head no, “your will die”, he sobbed, Shin got some scissors and cut all the ropes off Kyojuro, Kyojuro tried to get up, but he felt wobbly, so Shin helped him up, put Kyojuro’s arm around his shoulder, and lead him to the door, they slowly went through the long hallway, at the end of that hallway was the exit, there were doors side by side, hearing the inmates sleeping, or hearing the wippering of the poor inmates, “I got your sword, so don’t worry…”, Kyojuro just nods in response, when they get to the door, and it opened to the outside, the night was cold, but not as cold as the snow, Shin let go Kyojuro and gave him his sword, “go… I’ll be fine-“ “No, we’re going together…” “no they're gonna kill us, if I stay here, you won’t die…”, Shin was sobbing while he talked, “no, come with me and… and… I’ll adopt you… you don’t have to suffer from here anymore, I’ll protect you by my side, I promise…”, Shin smiled softly, “thank you, Mr. Rengo-“

Shot

Kyojuro’s ears were ringing, his eyes were blurring up, because of the amount of tears spilling out of his eye sockets, “NOOOOO!!!!”.

Shin’s body collapses to the floor, blood spilling out of his temple.

Making the floor red.

Just as red as red spider lilies.

Kyojuro's breathing was getting uneven, he wanted to fight but…

He flees…

And he never looked back…

‘DAMN IT ALL…’

——

It was morning and (Y/N) woke up from her slumber, she at her home, because she told Gyomei that she sense him coming back home, so he let her, now she was relaxing on there soft fluffy bed, waiting for Kyojuro to get home, she told her crow to warned him that she is home safe, (Y/N) sighed, ‘it’s been four days since I saw him… I hope he’s alright…’, suddenly the main door brushed open, there master bedroom was already opened, so she tried to stand up and greet him, but he was already at their door frame, (Y/N) gasp, looking the state he was in, his neck was bruised till it was pinkish purple, his nucleus was bandage up, but some were bent wrong, some places in his body had dagger wounds, his outfit had holes from the dagger, blood stains were also on his outfit, his face was slightly bruised too, (Y/N) want cry to see him like this.

“Kyojuro what happened…”

“…”

“Kyojuro?” She stood up and tried to comfort him.

“Koy-“ before she could even touch him, he hugged her.

He started sobbing and his body was quivering, “I’m a failure…”, “wha- no-“, he let go of her, and looked at her straight in the eyes, “I am, and I’ll always will be”, “Kyojuro… your not…”, “I am”, “no your-“ Kyojuro lower his head, “I AM!”, that shook her, “I’ll always be… a fucking failure…”, (Y/N) tried to open her mouth and say anything but couldn’t, because Kyojuro spoke up again, “why are you married to a fuck up like me… that can’t even save one person, and can only save themselves…”, “Kyojuro…”, Kyojuro than looked up and faced her again, “your not a failure… and don’t ever say ‘why I married you’, I married you because you make me feel happy and welcome when I’m in your arms, I cherish every moment being with you… so don’t ever say that horrible stuff again because it’s not true…” (Y/N) then slowly hugs him, he feels thinner, it makes him sob even more, of how much pain he feels…

“Everything is going to be ok Kyojuro… I promise…”

——

A couple days had passed and Kyojuro was getting back to his normal self, the mission he went on, Sanemi and uzui finished it off and saved everyone that was still alive in there.

From the start Kyojuro didn’t want to eat certain foods, like noodles or anything that reminded him of organs, also the only drink he drinked was orange juice, he didn’t even drink water, but at least, he’s eating and drinking, at nights he would have nightmares, and would start hyperventilating, but (Y/N) would always help him anyway she can and it always helped, when Kyojuro gotten better he told her about Shin, a sweet boy that helped him through the torture, he sobbed by just talking about him, and (Y/N) was always there when he needed to talk or if he just wanted to cuddle to just relax the nerves and aches from his scars.

(Y/N) and Kyojuro were resting in bed, Kyojuro’s arms were around your waist, sleeping soundly, and so was (Y/N), but suddenly her waist was getting tight, so she woke up, and looked down, Kyojuro’s brows were twitching, just so as his lips, ‘he’s having a nightmare… it’s been so long though…’, (Y/N) rubbed his scalp, and started to hum his mother’s songs, it helped her, when she heard his mother’s songs, she would only hear them, when she hangs out with Kyojuro’s house, when she was small, so she thought, it would help him, and it does, Kyojuro woke up from his beautiful wife’s humming…

“(Y/N), thanks for helping me through these hard times…”

“Your welcome, koy~”

“I love you baby~”

“I love you too, koy~, and never forget that…”

“I won’t…”

Kyojuro fell back to sleep after that.

And so did (Y/N).

They both rested peacefully…

[moriaenships]

for the acrostic game, bc we've been talking abt it, gimmie benoit blanc xP

Leryn... youre gonna call me out like this huh............................................

mr Blanc......... my handsome csi kfc husband....

feel like it was obvious this would be long and YET. i didnt anticipate it. no readmore we scroll fast like men.

B- Before - before you decided to make them your F/O, what did you first think of them/their source?

WAS OBSESSED HONESTLY. he was my favorite part of the movie. which is saying something because Knives Out made my top 5 movie list right away it's so fucking good. but he was the highlight for me.

love his stupid accent and the way he's such a dork. and the movie FUCKS SO HARD

E- Emotion - is your f/o open with their feelings or do they keep them close to their chest?

oh Benoit is so open with his feelings. like when they're personal and private, it's important for him to be open and honest. when it comes to case stuff, he's way more tactical about expressing himself. calculating. and hot.

N- Nostalgia - what’s your f/o’s favorite memory?

his first successful case, honestly. like that one's easy. he's got a lot, but the one that kickstarted his career and allows him to do what he loves whilst helping other people out? holds such a special place in his heart.

O- Online - what is your f/o’s social media presence like, or what would it be like if they had internet in their world/era?

LIKE. there's no way he's active on social media. he has a twit that he only posts on like when i remind him, and i basically run his insta to just post pics of food and travel shots.

I- Image - show us a picture of them that gives you a lot of feelings. if they aren’t a visual character, describe your mental image of them!

its this one because i love forearms. i love suits. i love him having his button down rolled up at the sleeves showing off his arms. im a simple man.

T- what skills of theirs would they teach you? what would you teach them?

he'd definitely help me/teach me to be more observant. which is. so sad honestly but i'm super oblivious and not very observant. he'd have fun making little games and challenges around the house to help me become more observant.

as for me teaching him... i'd teach him how to cook my favorite dishes. teach him what little i know about photography and then we could learn more together. it would be fun to do together. idk if i have skills that he'd like to learn :/ what's he gonna do with all my photoshop abilities????

B

L- Language - what’s their love language? what’s yours?

his is definitely quality time and physical contact.

mine are quality time, physical contact, and words of affirmation.

so when we're together, we are most often in the same room, probably cuddled on the couch together or snuggling in bed.

A- Art - do they draw or paint? what about any other kind of art? what’s their favorite style/subject/another artist who inspires them?

he paints to relax. a soothing and calming hobby for him to indulge in. he's most likely to follow along to Bob Ross videos and simple tutorials on youtube if he doesn't want to make something just on his own. but otherwise he'll just have his favorite music, movie, or audiobook on and lose himself in the painting.

N

C- Confession - which of you admitted romantic interest in the other first (if they’re the flirty type, when did they admit they were really serious about the other?) how did they do it? what was the reaction?

yeah uh. he's definitely the one who confessed first. he's not overly flirty (but hes not NOT flirty? he's proper flirty and but doesn't disaster flirt unlike some people (robbie moriaenships im looking at you)) so it wasn't so much like "hey all my fun little flirts mean something" but like "when i flirt with you specifically, it's because i am interested in you."

and honestly that's kind of how it went. a meet up for coffee and a walk as normal and a flirty exchange that was immediately followed by,

"Mads, you know that when I flirt, it's not just a casual thing. i am interested in you."

followed by me blushing horribly and stammering awkwardly and Benoit just smiling to himself and letting me process my feelings as we walked.

(of course i return his feelings. we're married.)

[tradeway2]

Session 2 17 Jul 2021

Ed and Matthew are being haylords (literally - they are baling hay), so we start a little late. Also Sophie is away, so someone else will be taking Hilda for her.

Mina has been building Gundams…

We make Nature checks to see if anyone of us remember what we are. Hilda does not make a check as she is still at 0HP. Ren, Marcus and Milo remember that ‘zombies’ are made with weird food; but we can’t be zombies because we know our names. We’re amnesiacs; we’re like characters from Neighbours. Not zombies. Pshhh.

Matthew has bestowed upon us some XP for the last fight, plus some extra for entertaining him so beautifully.

Cora thinks we should try to find a way to preserve our food a bit longer. From the feet up from now on?

We make Investigation checks. Milo notices that although the surrounding area contains weapons and spoiled food (mostly what we made), etc., there isn’t much in the way of bodies. He wants to know what size the food is; he thinks they must be from the same litter. They’re all about the same size; medium. (It goes: small, regular, large, goliath, god.) He looks at his friends; we look wounded, but there are no organs or anything hanging out. Some bandages wouldn’t hurt.

After the fight, we discovered our food was carrying some money. Between us, we scrabbled together 13 gp. We remember that money is useful, so we keep it. (Ren decides to invest his in cryptocurrency.) Hilda is the strongest, so we pile to money on her still unconscious form. We also find 7 gems, and 5 bottles, and a sphere.

Bingo asks if we mind him hanging around; he gets very excited when we tell him he’s welcome to chill with us. He’s excited to get to the horde as well. “Everyone’s friends there, it’s brilliant!” Cora decides it’s a bit like Burning Man. Leslie looks us all over; he does that old people thing when they nod along with the young folk. Let young folk be young folk.

Ed joins us, yay!

It turns out that Leslie has never been to Burning Man. Or the horde. I think? He doesn’t like being around big crowds; he prefers to spend time alone. Somewhere a bit greener. Does he mean over there? (Pointing). No, it turns out he arrived by boat. Hmm. Pilfer gets a sense of salt on the air, and the movement of a ship - for a fraction of a second, and then disappeared. He burps something disgusting; this is not strange to any of us.

Leslie comes from a place what is different to the place what we are standin’ on. ‘E’d love to go ‘ome. (For the sake of argument, and the fact that he can’t keep the accent straight from one week to the next, it’s decided that Leslie doesn’t keep his own accent but takes the one from whatever body he’s inhabiting. He’s gone from West Country to Brizzle. Or it might be the Chezzy Massive.)

This sphere that we found has a smooth surface, and weighs about a pound. Ren rolls a 17 Investigation. (Matthew asks me to roll a d4; “No reason.” Uh oh. I roll a 4. That’s either really good or really bad.) The sphere is made of glass.

Pilfer: “It’s a snow globe!”

DM: “… It’s opaque.”

Pilfer: “It’s not a snow globe!”

Ren blurts out, ‘Driftglobe!” It will light up as if the Daylight spell is cast. He can speak the command word in Friends and it will light up. It works once per day and recharges at dawn. It can also float.

Milo hears some food shout, a sort of sad, whiny sound, but then it’s gone.

What’s in the bottles? They’re glass, reasonably ornate, long necked, with a rich red fluid in them. Not sauce. Ren opens one and gives it a sniff. It smells like the best food in the world. Leslie advises against drinking it, however. Marcus asks him if he knows what it is; it’s a healing potion. Two seem to be in fancier bottles than the rest. We decide to give Hilda one of the fancy ones. (We now have two remaining RHPs.)

We distribute and take various potions, and then set about deciding what to do. Bingo panics when he realises he doesn’t actually know how to find the horde; Cora manages to calm him down, and earns herself Inspiration.

Leslie seems to have more of an idea of what to do and where he’s going, so we decide to go with him and work in a visit to the horde as and when we can. Bingo thinks we might be starting our own horde. Trendsetters!

Matthew does a sound effect and drowns himself out. “Who’s playing Metallica?” “You are!”

We carry on: The battlefield scenery continues for the better portion of the day. Does it bother us that we’re walking on a carpet of the dead? Well - that’s the thing. There’s not many bodies. Sometimes flying food comes and pecks at it, but when we grab at it, it nips out the way real quick. (We know what birds are, but we are aware that these aren’t birds. These are flying food. There’s a difference.) There are weapons on the ground, but not whole corpses. There are bits, sure, and we can hear friends shouting in the distance.

“I’m Bingo!”

“Can I be Bingo too?”

“Sure!”

(Interesting note - they are all Bingo, but they are all aware which Bingo is which.)

The sky begins to clear. The carnage appears to be thinning. There are fewer weapons, less spoiled food. We snack on what bits of food are still dragging themselves along the ground. Ren: “Mmm, trail mix.”

Cora asks Pilfer if he needs his parasol - he belatedly fumbles around for it. (Also DM has added a sketch book to Ren’s inventory for his lyrics and drawings. He knows it’s his, but he doesn’t know why he’s done all those hieroglyph, squiggly weirdness in between the pictures.)

Something hoves into view as the scenery improves:

Bingo: “I know why they do it - it’s for the freshness!”

Pilfer: “Has anyone got a tin opener?”

Ren: “It’s got its own tin opener strapped to the back of it, look.”

We see the canned food shake its head and draw its can opener as it approaches us. And we roll initiative…

The food goes first; it steps forward and prepares itself to be opened. (It holds an action.)

Milo goes next. He moves forward and tries the first of his two can openers, for a dirty 20 with his javelin. Yeah! He pierces the protective container; we will have to eat this meal today, it won’t keep now. The food pulls Milo's opener out of itself, and there is sauce on the end of it. Milo is delighted.

Cora moves forward, and holds an action, as do Hilda and Marcus. (Marcus makes an INT check to see if he’s noticed he has a quarterstaff yet; he has not.) Ren shambles forward as well, and does the same, holding up his second spear. "Kebab."

Pilfer hucks some cutlery at the food, once he’s within range. 19 to hit with his dagger-spoon. Spork? Ed: “I reckon you could do some serious damage with a spork.”

Leslie shambles up and holds back for now, but Bingo can’t contain himself. He uses all of his movement to get right up to the food, and its tin opener. This is not going to go well for Bingo, as he’s now the only one in range of the food. The food now attacks Bingo.

Ren: “Poor Bingo.”

Cora: “Bingo is about to get a lot shorter.”

Matthew finds the right button and hits Bingo with a 21 and a 22, for 11 slashing damage.

Pilfer: “… Bye, Bingo.”

Luckily the food misses its second attack, and Bingo is still up. He’s only cleaved a bit in twain; he’ll probably walk it off.

Cora has a go at tenderising the suit. She swings her mace, but misses. Milo moves up and uses another can opener - but 15 misses. “This food is tricksy.”

Hilda flings her hand axe but it bounces off the can. Marcus runs up and does a Slam but misses. Ren walks up to the food for an attack as well; he pokes it with his spear, two handed. 15 misses.

You know, food can sometimes be quite dangerous. We should have a rule where we can horde up and all attack together (as in, we can flank for advantage.)

Pilfer, having run out of cutlery, hucks a ‘smol hammer’ at the food as an improvised weapon. 21 hits! Right in the noggin! 1 point of damage, awww.

Leslie stays on the outskirts a bit, but he’s making his way round. Bingo’ll have a go. “He’s so excited!” 9 misses, though. He paws ineffectually at the can, frustrated. The food has a go back, but misses Bingo. The second one hits for 7 damage.

Matthew, clicking buttons: “ Poor… old… Bingo.”

We hear Bingo say, “Ow!” He looks poorly now.

Cora is up. Open this can! She has a try at grappling the food to the floor; she makes a STR check for 14. She does not grapple the food. Milo moves up to flank it with Marcus, and does a bite by making a Slam attack with his teeth. 4 Bludgeoning damage!

Hilda moves up but can’t get near the food, so she elbows Marcus and Ren in the back of the knees. Marcus attacks, now that he’s flanking with Milo, and manages a Slam for 6 bludgeoning damage. Yeah!

Ren shuffles around so he’s flanking with Cora, and has a stabby at the unprotected side - but sadly, even with advantage, he misses. His spear skitters across the surface of the can. Pilfer wishes to Slam him. “Slam to your heart’s content.” Sadly he’s so excited he slams the floor instead.

This is standard Friend tactics - surround and overwhelm - we don’t need to change a thing. Leslie has a go as well now. He misses.

Stuff is leaking from Bingo, but he’s still up and for the first time in his career with this new horde, he scores a 20 to hit for 2 bludgeoning damage. We all cheer.

Canned food does some sword work at Bingo, hits him, and Bingo goes down.

“NO BINGO NO!!!!!”

Bingo is not dead, because he’s significant enough to have a name, we are assured. Hooray! The food takes aim at Milo, but only rolls a nine. Phew!

It’s Cora’s turn. The canned food smells worried. She has another go at grappling it, but rolls a 7 - she uses her Inspiration and grapples it.

Milo has a dim memory of catching something like this that had pinchers, so he pokes between the plates with his javelin to get at the good stuff - and gets a Critical Poke! DM: “I’m not gonna lie to you guys, you needed that.”

Does Milo get any nice chewy bits out? He’s pushed his javelin right through the knee joint; he’s separated the bones in there, and it’s all just connected by meat now. If the food survives this, it will never be knight again. He now has a long career as a meme to look forward to.

This food is now much closer to being prepared now. Milo even gets Inspiration for such a wonderfully timed Nat 20. Hilda takes aim at his other knee, cackling all the while, and hits with a 24 for 6 bludgeoning.

Marcus aims a Slam at its head with 23 to hit for 7 damage; canned food is struggling but not down. The only thing holding it up is Cora’s grapple and the fact that we’re standing all around it. (Like when you pass out at a gig.)

Ren remembers food on a stick (hazy memories) and has another poke - and misses. He realises he’s been using the wrong end of his spear, so he turns it around for next time. DM, through tears of laughter, awards Inspiration.

Pilfer takes a swing and a miss.

Duncan, OOC: “Don’t stop me now…”

Ren realises he’s humming under his breath.

This food is smelling pretty ready now. Not perfect! But close. Bingo makes an Undeath save. a 19! Canned food struggles against Cora’s grapple, but fails. DM: “It is weary, and ready for eats.” Cora wants to start sucking the juice out of the eye holes. She makes an attack but a 14 misses; she used her Inspiration last round.

Milo takes aim at the armpit. DM: “Horrible little man! I love it!” He rolls two 8s, sadly.

Hilda has been cackling since last round, and takes aim at the same spot as last time. 21 hits, for 4 bludgeoning damage and with that the meal cracks open. Underneath the can is lots and lots of lovely freshly prepared food!

Pilfer retrieves his hammer and knife, and Hilda picks up her axe. Marcus stops shovelling food into his mouth for long enough to give Bingo a potion.

Milo wants to bend some metal into a sort of cup shape, and try saving some of the food for later. He can add “Some food in home made can” to his character sheet. Matthew adds that he must note: “Not airtight.”

We all get some treats! 116XP! As we consume our meal we find 8 more gp, some more gems. Marcus asks to keep the can's can opener, as he doesn’t have a weapon; Leslie nudges him and says he might have something on his back. Marcus turns around.

We also find two more RHPs, some fancy boots. We don’t know what they are, but Leslie suggests they might be worth taking along. Pilfer claims them, and the food’s hat. The head falls out; Ren starts digging around behind the jaw for the good bits. We also find a fancy stick! Milo knows what it is - and now he has Proficiency in Investigation rolls. He and Ren both know it’s a magic stick. Not just a stick, either - a staff. It’s got a snake’s head on it. He doesn’t know the exact nature of it, due to his own nature. Marcus picks up the tin opener/greatsword.

We have a nice sit down meal. Bingo is so delighted with us and our micro-horde, he’s starting to forget about looking for the main one.

We decide to devote another week to this, as we started late. We finish with a dream for Cora:

She knows she’s asleep. She is in a pretty setting of rolling meadows; she feels at peace. She knows that she knows more now, but can’t grasp what exactly that is. It is the height of summer. A bright red comet races across the sky, and it starts to rain. The sky grows dark, and she feels a sense of melancholy. The rain grows heavier. At a table in the middle of the meadow is an old man, gorging himself on food from silver plates. His eyes turn black, and he smiles. (A midget talks backwards and is gone.) The old man becomes a figure holding a sword and speaking gibberish. A mountain crumbles to dust. The figure advances. It grasps Cora by the throat -

And she wakes up.

[jennamoran]

The Horizon Campaign (43)

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Let’s talk some more about the Horizon campaign(s)!

Previously,

We worked on our set of Main Characters and concepts, tied them to Arcs and colors and archetypes, built Rinley’s stories and quests, created the new character Sal, built Sal’s stories and a quest, built Entropy’s stories, sort of approximated the Magical Detective’s stories, and built the first three of Ogre-Sensei’s stories, along with a good sketch of the fourth and the fifth!

then, we started our more serious look at the fourth!

then, we continued looking more seriously at the fourth!

Let’s try to finish up her stories today!

        Where Were We?

So, the picture of the fourth book, when we left off, was something like this:

The first quest is memories and ceremonies tied to the past, including reconnecting with this Time guy and getting him a place at School, leading up to the remembered death of Entropy.

The second quest is the Time guy confiding how difficult things have gotten, leading up to him basically giving in.

The third quest is time starting to fold back—more on this in a second—and Zoë sabotaging that process.

The fourth quest is the hole in time resulting from this.

The fifth is her rededicating herself to the waters of death.

        Expanding the third quest a bit to reflect the changed storyline:

I think that when time starts to unravel, it doesn’t unravel very quickly. Maybe ... maybe because of this thing that I haven’t really talked about, because it’s a Walking Fields thing that I decided wasn’t important enough to actually include in the core book, but maybe because the formal mechanism for time’s progression in Town got stolen and then lost at the end of the Eighth Hour. So I can imagine time kind of bumping against the Eighth Hour from both sides like a fish against the bowl.

Hm.

And presumably, also, because this is a Mystic Arc, the unraveling of time is connected to something in Zoë’s life/experience—

But, what exactly should that be?

      Some Ideas

... I thought about having her losing her memories, but that seems a bit extreme for a one-quest plot out of nowhere.

I thought about having her have traumatic-type flashbacks, but that’s wrong; or regular flashbacks, but that isn’t much better.

Finally, I realized that the obviously correct connection---unless I change my mind later---is for her to be longing for the good old days when she didn’t mind eating people.

I mean, that’s kind of how good old days work, they’re the homey comfort and peace of the time when the consumable class wasn’t people. Yeah?

   Surprise!

I’ve already changed my mind, it is already that “later” in which we all knew it would probably happen, haha, “obviously correct solution,” what a lark.

I’ve already changed my mind, not because it’s not great, but because I don’t want actual anthropophagy by PCs to come up in the game, I don’t know if I’ve been adequately concerned about this before but today I am concerned about it, and if I went with that route for the quest, actual eating people would doubtless come up in the flashbacks.

Hard no.

     Back to the Drawing Board!

I had this other idea, then, that there would be another member of this old task group of people who were bound to things---you know, her, Hugh, Time guy, etc.---whom she’d had to execute at some point because he just wouldn’t give up the eating-people thing. And then she could miss him!

... but that isn’t really right either. It’s a good plot point, but it isn’t right.

...

Or is it?

     See

If it’s not about going back to the good old days, then it’s got to be the past coming back with a vengeance. Right?

So that does fit with the idea that she has this other guy who was in the group, who got killed. Only it didn’t take very well and he’s out for revenge.

... are undead killer plots Gothic? Hm. Presumably standard box office undead killers are mostly Adventure Fantasy. (Counts XP Actions. Yeah, Adventure Fantasy.) But being artistically haunted---seeing faces through the window at night, smelling grave mold and such, and writing about it by candlelight---that would be Gothic enough, right?

Plus, maybe it’s all just guilt and not an undead killer at all! (Until suddenly somebody loses a head.)

Either that, or it is an undead killer, and an Adventure Fantasy sort of thing, and it mostly happens in Walking Fields breaks from reality; but, enh.

   This,

In turn, suggests that reality is likely also being haunted by the past.

Like, Mystic 4 has an explicit mirroring of the personal and the bigger-picture narratives. That isn’t formally included in Mystic 3, but assuming that it was implicitly there---

Actually a bad assumption, but we’re here now!---

is how we got here.

And if there’s a mirroring of the personal and the bigger picture, and the personal is being haunted by an undead killer from one’s tragic past, then that’s got to be what’s happening to the broader world, in a more abstract sense, as well!

And in particular what that means is that if we’re taking a “glimpses of faces, smell of grave mold, writing by candlelight” approach to the personal haunting, then the time unraveling part isn’t going to be dinosaurs in the hallways, but something similar to the faces/mold/candles:

This building pressure, this growing sense that Jade Irinka and Lord Entropy and the world before the Outside and all the things of that era are nearly real again, are just under the surface of the things as they are now; that sometimes you blink and you’re in the Seventh Hour again for a moment ... that kind of thing.

And maybe it’s in that context in particular that Zoë’s being haunted?

... though that seems off for some reason. I feel like her haunting needs to be much more physical and real.

    Hoist by my own Petard

The problem is that the storylines are now clashing. If the past is literally coming back, then having someone from the past hanging out and haunting her isn’t a parallel storyline: it’s part of the storyline, and even a redundant, unnecessarily personal appendage. If all the glory and terror of the old days is pushing its way into the world, then one particular guy who wasn’t really that important coming back and haunting her just isn’t a deal

...

So maybe the undead killer guy doesn’t show up in the quest. Maybe he exists, you know, something to keep in our pocket, not literally, that would be difficult and awkward and kind of gross and extremely difficult to explain to your friends at the party, but more, well, metaphorically; only, not as a part of this particular storyline?

Maybe the pressure on her life as the past comes pressing in is more ... her parents, or an ogre-newt (one of hers, or if they’ve story-developed in some way that doesn’t fit that, a friend’s) staying with her?

    Which of Those is Closer Thematically to the Past, Pressing In?

Logic says “parents visiting,” but that still feels wrong.

It’s like, it makes sense for older family staying with one to represent a pressure of the past ... but it’s a pressure that’s coming from the wrong side. In cases like that, it’s the external reality that’s the anchor, the proof of the present.

So I think I’ll go with the other one:

She’s trying to handle the time stuff, the ever-pressing-in-past, while doing childcare.

Possibly in some stories just shepherding her class around counts. In most, I think, it probably won’t.

One cool thing about this, about her having a kid around, is that it also means she has someone to exposit to; that gives the player a better chance to develop the world. Book 4, quest 3 is a bit late for that, tbh, but, whatever, it’s still a good thing!

... I dunno.

It’s hard to really justify why it should be a kid. Why the personal parallel to having the past pressing in is childcare. But it’s the way that I think I want to go. Plus, well, it is Mystic 3, not Mystic 4; the parallel doesn’t have to be perfect, since it isn’t even a formal part of the quest!

     So:

Here’s our current take on the quests:

Mystic 1: Ogre celebrations in memory of Lord Entropy, flashbacks to Zoë’s original dedication to the river, reconnecting with the Time guy, he gets a temporary teaching gig.

Mystic 2: Time guy confides how difficult things have gotten, eventually gives in due to ADA McNae and triggers the “let’s undo Time back to when this investment happened” button, showing that it is not just Chuubo/Shokyou and Leonardo/Dulcinea who do unwise things with the timeline, you were being totally unfair when you said that if you ever said that.

Mystic 3: Trying to stop the past from pressing into reality with some kind of plan while either babysitting someone else’s newt or dealing with one of her own who has decided it wants to be clingy.

Mystic 4: Dealing with a hole in time that results from her sabotaging Time guy’s setup, because sometimes when you screw with people who are screwing with time that happens.

Mystic 5: Rededicating herself to the deep waters beneath Horizon, possibly also negotiating with the Time guy’s ghost if she had to kill him or the extra guy who got killed ...

... no, that last thought is great bonus meatiness but terribly antithematic. Helping someone find a new life fits better.

So, maybe someone makes it forward out of the past, and part of quest 5 might be helping them get settled because she’s responsible?

It can’t be a piece of Jade and probably isn’t a piece of Lord Entropy, possibly younger Zoë or spare bonus Chuubo you can always use an extra Chuubo or two around?

I think the final result on that will be decided after we design book 5.

Anyway, that’s Book 4: Ogre-Sensei and Time.

    That Took A While!

These feel like they’re taking longer and longer, which is true! I picked the lower-hanging fruit already and also there is a pandemic on so inspiration is a bit harder to drag out and I’m less confident in what I already have.

… I suppose I should also admit that they took longer and longer to develop when I was doing GMD, too, it was scary and painful. ^_^

Oh, well.

     What About Book 5?

... written up, partly through post-editing, but I am seeing spots and think I need to post this before the migraine hits. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow, if not, well, next time I do Horizon, it’s going in my drafts folder either way. Title will be The Broken Hour.

[fymbmangaboys]

FYMB JUNE Update: dungeon only i can enter, yaoi manhwas' only love for?, and things i can fit here but they'll be big font so let's go to the text box. XP

Hello, hello, hello, my loyal friends! It's that time again...

... time when I feel like talking and typing. hear ye, hear ye, because this is gonna be long. maybe. but first, here are some of my disclosures!(geez, this aint webinar!) i hear you, students! hang in there! I will have a lot of typos and a lot of errors, please take a deep breath and let it pass because I got no time to be proofreading things.

I binge-watched the dubbed episode(IK! sue me!) of The Hidden Dungeon only I can Enter and the girls too(IM jUST kiddinG GEEZz). You know when an anime is better watched dubbed and cleared just as so you'll know where were the memes came from? Yup, that meme of bouncing boobs i deliberately not chose. This anime is one of them. I love isekais, rpg, ecchi stuff sometimes. I feel like isekais or fantasy harem is better off light and teaseful and dubbed. I think I can't process a subbed ecchi harem complicated fantasy if the sexy girls have their boobs on my screen. Log Horizon is good, SAO is good, but sometimes you gotta have some good old comedic harem fantasy like this. I can't wait for season two. I'll post some pics soon. i also like that this anime is a novel adaptation. i wanna read it but i got no links. maybe you guys can hook me up where i can read the novel? >.>

Speaking of dubbed animes, i watched Mairimashita! Iruma-kun's season 1 dubbed months ago without knowing that it will have a season two. I thought it's a big hit because people and their moms here in the west know this (NOT ME OBVIOUSLY) so I wasn't surprised it got s2. very funny as well, although I stopped watching the last few eps of s1 because i got busy. will try to continue watching again.

You know, i am starting to explore a variety of manhwa, yaoi in particular, because the artwork of most of them are beautiful these past few years but i feel like there is a trend in yaoi manhwa these past few years. and i dont know if i like it or not. I will give you an example of a manhwa and maybe you'll get what im procrastinating to talk about: PAINTER OF THE NIGHT. are these authors love writing this type of manhwa so much? rape? without consent? because, as much as i love them all hot and bothered, sometimes, what i need is a pure yaoi paradise with bubbles and flowers. lol. i hope that our readers should be guided and be reminded by their healthy environment to not be influenced by the number of literature that is being presented in their lives. I am serious when i say as we read and enjoy the things in the internet, the life that we have should still be lived morally and be influenced with goodness, and in no way should be enjoyed by harming others physically and emotionally.

New arcs are here, from Tokyo Revengers, to BNHero Academia. I will wait for TR to end before i watch it because I hate cliff hangers when it comes to these types of drama. and yeah, i havent read the manga yet and i dont have the patience to wait for eps, each containing their own cliff hangers. >..<

I have some interesting manga that i will recommend below, of course, for those of you who had the patience to read my rants today. <3. Got no posts from any of these manga yet in this page. it's our secret from reading this far. *winks

1. ADDICTIVE FRUIT TWINS - this is a fucked up manga if i ever seen one. just look it up.

2. PAINTER OF THE NIGHT - yaoi, drama, rape, uke, smut, but hey, peeps love this. just not me.

3. CHIPPAI KANOJO TO BIJIN - it's a shoujo. if you want a shojou and you're chilling, add this to your list.

4. QUIT WRITING, DEAR AUTHOR! - this one, i posted this already. but, it's a gem.

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Enjoy this summer season, you guys, or rainy or winter, wherever you live. Get vaccinated as soon as it's available in your country. Don't be a dumbdumb now.

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past blog posts: https://fuckyeahmangaboys.tumblr.com/search/*fymbupdates

- xo, FYMB

[rpgmgames]

August’s Featured Game: Land, Sea, Entropy

DEVELOPER(S): Rozel ENGINE: RPGMaker MV   GENRE: RPG, Fantasy, Adventure SUMMARY: Land, Sea, Entropy, is a story-heavy action role-playing game with elements of mystery and horror. You live beneath the sea in a small village called Tidemoor. To the North is a labyrinth inhabited by strange monsters… and their numbers are only growing. So as one of Tidemoor’s warriors, your job is to thin the beast’s numbers and protect your town. But you get too greedy, go too far, and reach a point of no return. You find yourself in a world far different from your own, but it isn’t all full of monsters. There are peaceful places too, areas that are completely safe and untouched by any beasts. As you come to meet the inhabitants of this new land, and seek to return to your own, strange phenomena begins to occur and a mystery surrounding the unknown world unfolds. 

Introduce yourself!  Hello, I'm Rozel! I began playing around with RPGMaker back in 2014, starting with a trial of RPGMaker XP. This is when I started practicing pixel art more and learned some of the ins and outs of the engine itself.

My hobbies are digital art and fiction writing, so I was interested in combining those with my love of games to make something of my own!

What is your project about? What inspired you to create your game initially? *Rozel: I've always enjoyed role-playing games. Although I had used RPGMaker XP awhile back, I didn't do much with it. One day as I was looking at a pixel RPG, a sudden thought popped in my mind. “Hey, this is neat... I could make something too.” So I started planning out an RPG of my own, and later bought RPGMaker MV.

Land, Sea, Entropy, is a game involving exploration, action, mystery, and lots of choice-making. You play as a warrior, lost far beyond the comfort of your home. You try to return, but you become connected to something larger and more sinister. Obstacles arise one after the other, and home only seems farther and farther away.

My goal was and still is to make something that had the fast-paced fun of real-time combat, the challenge of puzzles, and the immersion of enjoyable character interactions. The main character falls into the 'silent protagonist' type, but this is because the player's role is more about choices and experiencing the influence they have on others—instead of having a set-in-stone personality. When it comes to character development, it's the other characters that are given the spotlight.

How long have you been working on your project? *Rozel: I started forming ideas for the game around March, 2016. It was also around this time when I bought RPGMaker MV, so I was still learning how to use it.

Did any other games or media influence aspects of your project? *Rozel: I was partly inspired by a manga called Pandora Hearts. In it, conflict occurs between the characters but they're all still so likable at the same time. I also love how deeply connected the characters are to the story and each other, and how some of them have so much history together. LSE sort of adopted that interconnectivity, history, and hopefully I can achieve similar likability.

In general, I pull inspiration from lots of different fantasy stories and sometimes folklore.

And, like many RPGMaker devs, I've been inspired by Ib in some ways. The atmosphere, the simple yet creative visuals, and the puzzles in it are all great. Ib and other RPGMaker horror games are part of what led LSE to having some elements of horror.

But when it comes to the combat style in my game, my main inspirations actually come from online action RPGs. In particular, the side-scrolling ones like LaTale and Elsword that I used to play. In LSE, you'll be comboing attacks and using your fast reflexes to avoid enemy retaliation.

Have you come across any challenges during development? How have you overcome or worked around them?   *Rozel: Self-doubt. I've dealt with this in waves throughout development. I've gotten so much positive support about the visuals, but that's just part of the game. Is playing it actually fun? Will people enjoy the story and characters, beyond the simple descriptions I've revealed? I won't know for sure until I start sending the game to testers, but it isn't quite ready for that yet.

Sometimes I work on one aspect of the game for so long, repeating it over and over again, so of course it won't be fun to me in that moment. But when I go back to other parts of the game, I remember that I do actually enjoy playing my own game. It gets me going again. There are still early parts of the game I'll have to redo, but I'm not going to let myself get stuck remaking endlessly.

So I've resolved to complete the game all the way through as it is before going back to update older sections. I've learned so much from making LSE, and hopefully I'll be a better artist, writer, and game designer by the time I get to the end.

Have any aspects of your project changed over time? How does your current project differ from your initial concept? *Rozel: Yes! It's evolved a lot. I was originally going to make something small and more simplistic, but I gradually got more and more ideas about the characters and the world. I'm at a point where I'm satisfied with what I have and the game is sort of shrinking again as I pick out the best ideas to use.

The tone is also a bit different. The plot was going to be nonsensical and comedic, which I'm honestly just not that good with. I still hope to put in some comedic flair, but the project is taking a more serious and in some cases darker turn.

What was your team like at the beginning? How did people join the team? If you don't have a team, do you wish you had one or do you prefer working alone? *Rozel: I'm working alone right now, though I've gotten great feedback and advice from friends! I prefer working alone, it's easier for me to make things closer to how I imagine them. I tend to have weird way of organizing and plotting stuff out, too, so it would probably be tough to keep others in the loop with my mess of ideas.

What was the best part of developing the game? *Rozel: I love seeing my ideas come to life, and it's really satisfying to feel like I've finally figured something new out (even if I really haven't)! There's a lot involved in developing a game, so you sort of have to become a jack of all trades if you're going to develop solo. I've been able to pick up new skills and improve on skills I already had, it's been lots of fun.

Which character in your game do you relate to the most and why? (Alternatively: Who is your favorite character and why?) *Rozel: Every character has pieces of me in them, and lots of big differences too, but the character which stands out as being the most similar is Vyn March. She's introverted, keeps a positive attitude about things, and writing is her hobby. Much of her character is built on the experiences I've had in the past, but I won't go into it further because I don't want to spoil things!

Looking back now, is there anything that regret/wish you had done differently? *Rozel: Maybe I could've spent more time preparing, maybe I could've set better rules of consistency to follow when designing the game. But I needed to mess up a few times in order to learn. I think everything I did helped lead me on the right path, even if I had a shaky start. Mistakes are all a part of the process, so I don't have any regrets.

Once you finish your project, do you plan to explore game's universe and characters further in subsequent projects, or leave it as-is? *Rozel: There's a really small chance I might make something that takes place in the same universe, with the same rules of magic and so on. As for the characters, their stories will have reached a conclusion at the end of the game. I don't think I'll have anything more to tell about them and will move on to new characters for the next project.

What do you look most forward to upon/after release? *Rozel: I really hope that I can affect someone in a positive way, whether that be through the characters and writing or just by providing something fun to play.

Is there something you're afraid of concerning the development or the release of your game?  *Rozel: I think the worst thing would be releasing it with glaring bugs and plot-holes I somehow didn't notice, but that's what testers are for. Fingers crossed that nothing is missed!

Question from last month's featured dev: Do you find yourself playing other RPG Maker games to see what you can do with the engine, or do you prefer to do your own thing? *Rozel: I do play RPGMaker games occasionally. Getting familiar with what other devs come up with in the engine is a good way to gain inspiration.

Do you have any advice for upcoming devs? *Rozel: Critique is a useful tool, but I want to add to that. If someone is rude in their critique, it doesn't necessarily invalidate their opinion. It definitely doesn't mean they're right, but there's still a chance you can find useful information.

Also, sometimes people are just really bad at wording things so they come off as rude when they don't intend it. So don't write off a suggestion just because it seems mean-spirited. At the same time, everyone has a different idea of what makes a good game. Don't make changes only to please someone else, make the game you want to make!

We mods would like to thank Rozel for agreeing to our interview! We believe that featuring the developer and their creative process is just as important as featuring the final product. Hopefully this Q&A segment has been an entertaining and insightful experience for everyone involved! 

Remember to check out Land, Sea, Entropy if you haven’t already! See you next month! 

- Mods Gold & Platinum 

[symbianl]

“ Does Ponibot repair have to look so grotesque, Berry-nee?...” =~=(\

Huehuehue Ponibot repair is serious business. XP

[immedtech]

The Morning After: CES 2018, Day 1

Hey, good morning!

Yesterday was the first official day of CES, the world's biggest tech show. Showfloors were open, SD cards were filled with hands-on photos and we tested plenty of things. We're now eyeing up the shortlist candidates for our Best of CES awards, but there's still plenty for us to unearth from deep inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Let's get started.

And they cost less than the competition. Sony's totally wireless, noise-cancelling sports earbuds are surprisingly good

During last night's press event, Sony revealed its latest sports earbuds with totally wireless and wireless models -- two of which feature active noise cancellation. The company debuted its WF-1000X back at IFA, but the WF-SP700N that's here at CES has the sporty treatment. This includes IPX4 rating that protects the tiny audio devices from sweat and moisture at the gym or during a run. In fact, Sony claims it's the first to put active noise cancellation in a pair of true-wireless water-resistant sports earbuds. According to Billy Steele, the WF-SP700N had punchy highs and a solid amount of bass -- something that's often lacking with these kinds of headphones.

That's a new one for CES. Volocopter's 18-rotor air taxi

At Intel's keynote, Volocopter showed off a drone big enough to carry people around. The German company's vehicle relies on nine batteries to power two rotors each (located on opposite sides) during flights of up to 30 minutes. It doesn't charge between flights either, using swappable battery packs to get units back in the air ASAP. Getting this drone past regulators will be tricky, but Volocopter hopes it will be ready to fly in five years or so.

The Big Picture This is what a 50-qubit quantum computer looks like

From afar, it looks like a steampunk chandelier. Or an intricate collection of tubes and wires that culminate in a small steel cylinder at the bottom. It is, in fact, one of the most sophisticated quantum computers ever built. We took a closer look.

Meanwhile, everywhere else... Microsoft's Meltdown updates are reportedly bricking AMD PCs

Following reports of unbootable machines, Microsoft has halted updates of its Meltdown and Spectre security patches for AMD computers. It made the move after numerous complaints from users who installed the patch and then couldn't get past the Windows 10 splash screen. According to reports from users, the unbootable problem appears to happen with specific AMD models. The same issue was also confirmed by other Athlon- and Sempron-equipped PC owners. Microsoft confirmed as much, blaming the issue on faulty AMD documentation. "After investigating, Microsoft has determined that some AMD chipsets do not conform to the documentation previously provided to Microsoft to develop the Windows operating system mitigations to protect against the chipset vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown," the company said.

Plus it'll connect to your phone, tablet or PC, for some serious VR gaming. The Huawei VR2 is a stunningly comfortable virtual reality headset

The Huawei VR2 headset was first announced this past October in China, but CES 2018 appears to be its American debut. Unlike the original Huawei VR, this is a unit that hopes to take on the likes of Oculus and Vive, not the Gear VR. You don't slide a phone inside; instead you connect a phone, tablet or even a PC to it via USB-C. Then you can enjoy your virtual worlds in glorious 3K -- that's a resolution of 1,600 x 1,440 per eye. And thanks to the 90Hz refresh rate, eye strain and motion sickness should be kept to a minimum. It's also incredibly comfortable for a VR headset.

But wait, there's more...

Dell's XPS 15 2-in-1 binds an Intel Core CPU with AMD Radeon graphics

Kingston's 7-in-1 Nucleum USB-C hub

SanDisk made a really tiny 1TB USB-C stick

Meet the selfie drone that lives in your phone case

Matrix's battery-free smartwatch gets some smart upgrades

Learning how to drive in VR traffic school

Project Linda is a laptop dock for the Razer Phone

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