#instead of just camouflaging into the convo

[leahcee]

working to unmask and really be myself around my friends and I kinda started today with my two old friends with retail bc one of them texted in our old gc.

[xxsycamore]

@drewadoodle-dandy asked: i think @wordycheeseblob is on hiatus so I want to request something for them! Cyran and 🤭 whispering something embarrassing into his ear. Maybe he's used to it from Clavis but not from us! i don't know if thats a good prompt I just don't want them to miss an opportunity to see their beloved Cyran congrats on your milestone mo, and happy Valentine's day :)

AND I THINK IT'S @wordycheeseblob 'S BDAY TODAY?? I can't believe my procrastination led to this perfect timing. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (I ugh. might have taken a look at what convos have been happening in your blog today and took inspiration....) 🎉🎉 AND THANK YOU DREW!

[🤭] 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚢𝚛𝚊𝚗 '𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛…

CYRAN:

Your way from point A to point B in the gardens doesn't run by the training grounds, last time you checked. If anything, it makes the walk longer, but noone needs to know about that. Lately, your feet have been taking you around this spot of the palace a little too often...

There he is, today too. Even before you can turn the corner and spot him you can hear his voice, raised up a few necessary octaves as he leads the training of the new knights under him. Unlike them which are still clad in their armor, Cyran has stripped the upper part of it, leaving him in a plain white button-up. They must be about to wrap it up for the day soon, you need to get going before someone notices you lingering around...

"You there - That's not how you swing a sword. You haven't been paying attention. Here, give this to me."

Stern but patient, Cyran takes the heavy sword from the knight's hands and prepares to demonstrate the movement. He takes the correct stance, making sure everyone's paying attention. They are, so are you. Then, he raises the sword over his head.

Swoosh!

Under the impact of his rapidly tightening pectorals, one of the buttons on Cyran's chest flies off.

Your jaw is slack as everyone pretends they didn't just see that and instead focus to their best extent on the perfect demonstration and hurry to recreate it.

"Okay, go rest now."

Darn it, you got caught in it and now it's too late to make your exit unnoticed. Gulping down, you resume your peaceful walk, well-knowing that you'll cross paths with the lead knight of the Foreign affairs faction who now stands with hands on his hips overseeing the emptying of the training grounds.

Eyes involuntarily darting to his chest, you bite your lip - no, you can't let him walk around like that! Ignoring the screams of your inner self, you let out a small cough to gain Cyran's attention and lean in to whisper in his ear so that no nosey knights can accidentally overhear you.

Sir Cyran, I've always wanted to say you sport a knight's armor better than anyone.

Cyran looks at you. Really looks at you. The tips of his ears are lost amidst his unruly maroon hair but that doesn't stop you from spotting how they're in fact camouflaging themselves in it with just how red they've gotten.

"I-... I'm only following the code. Thank you."

Oh boy, wait until he walks in front of a mirror and finds out exactly why you made that remark... Too bad you're not going to be there to see it, granted that your soul hasn't left your body until then.

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[milimeters-morales]

so i’m thinking of Pavitr and Miles’s fusion powers and i’ve got:

-Electricity giving a speed boost to running/jumping/swinging

-Keeping Miles’s camouflage but making it mute their interactions with things no matter how loud they get

-Slight levitation and gliding (Pavitr’s magic)

-they can either make their individual voices overlap in a convo, or sound like one of them instead of sounding like their fusion. probably to trick people or to show who’s mainly in control at the moment??

-can get glimpses of possible futures (not just the horrible possibilities that Miles sees, Pavitr’s attitude allows them to see happier ones too)

[andesite-slabs]

What would a snake look like.. in Minecraft???

I’ve spent some time thinking about it, and have come up with a fun concept for how snakes could be implemented into minecraft! Details about mechanics, design, and other unique characteristics under the cut!

Feel free to suggest any additions, critiques, or things I forgot that come to your head about snakes as a mob! I’d love to have a convo about it!!! I also want to turn this into a series, so if you have any ideas for other animals feel free to comment/ask them!

Now to the good stuff:

Design: I based my design roughly on ball pythons, though I still wanted my design to feel like it could be any snake, which fits minecraft’s simple and direct art style better! There are three color variants, orange, green, and blue!

Model and Animation: Snakes would be approx. 0.5 blocks wide, 2 blocks long, and 0.4 blocks tall. I think a realistic side-winding slithering animation for movement would look out of place in minecraft, so instead they would move like this, where every other segment moves opposite of the others.

Whenever the snake is not moving for a while, or is hiding, it will pop into a curled ball position! It will also occasionally flick it’s tongue out, especially when looking at the player cause that’s cute :D

I was originally gonna say that they also yawn, which is a cute thing snakes do sometimes as well (and mojang loves their cute mob actions, think dancing parrots and cat sitting on chests/beds :D). But when I think of it the only other mob that opens it’s mouth is the ravager, which is used as a warning that it’s about to attack. It just makes more sense that it does not have a mouth animation like 99% of other mobs.

Behavior: I conceptualized snakes as a new defensive mob, similar to pufferfish! They actively avoid the player, and will path-find towards sand/leaves/water and hide in it while pursued. They also will hide under upper half-slabs, but more on that later!

Mechanics: All snakes would move at a similar speed to players, probably slower at idle speed and then a smidge faster when being chased (but not in a straight line, so they can actually be caught up to). They also can swim, but cannot go far below the water’s surface. Only the swamp snake can dive. One cool idea I had is that they can hiss similarly to how a creeper sounds, and this would act as a way to set wandering players on edge. Basically parrots but more effective since they would actively camouflage and hide in their surroundings!

One thing minecraft doesn’t play around much with is mobs with mechanical differences within the same species. All different color cats, parrots, and tropical fish act in the same way. I thought it would be fun if there were 2 or 3 different colors of snakes which have slightly different mechanics in-game, given the 2 different categories of snakes in the world: Venomous and Constrictors.

Desert: The orange snakes would spawn in desert biomes. These snakes are venomous, and when the player steps within their hitbox, will take one half-heart of damage as well as leave the player with the poisoned condition for a few seconds. They hide by burrowing in the sand, so that only their head pokes out! They might be able to hunt rabbits!

Jungle: The green snakes would spawn in the jungle biome! These snakes are constrictors, and when the player steps within their hitbox, will start suffocation as if they were underwater. They will have to jump around for a few seconds (like getting a parrot off your shoulder) to remove the snake from them. I feel like this may be too complicated for minecraft’s combat, but I still think this is a really cool and unique idea worthy of being explored! They hide in the leaves of jungle trees! They might be able to hunt parrots!

Swamp:  The blue snakes would spawn in swamp biomes. These snakes are also venomous, and act the same as desert snakes in terms of combat. They can swim, and naturally camouflage into the water! These were a bit of an afterthought after the desert and jungle snakes, but I thought it would be a good idea since swamps have no 100% unique mobs on their own, and no aquatic mobs spawn in swamps also. They might be able to hunt fish (if they spawned in swamps D:)

Snakes, as mentioned earlier, will also hide in .5 block gaps (as long as they have a roof over their head!) This would simulate how snakes like to have dark, cozy spaces to feel safe in! Since many of these spaces won’t spawn naturally, I feel as this would be less for the sake of combat and more for redstone purposes! Since pufferfish tripwire-hook doors are no longer reliable in 1.14.4, having a mob that always pathfind from one location to another when within a certain distance of the player, and fast, could lead to many cool door designs!

Drops: Snakes would drop snakeskin, which could traded with clerics and leatherworkers. Additionally, it could be brewed into a potion similar to that of the turtle master, where the player both gets a poison-resistance/curing effect as well as a respiration effect! I think any other drops are unnecessary, besides maybe a chance for a bone. Also it’s iridescent cause that’s cool.

Purpose in Game: I imagine snakes being a weird combination of parrots, pufferfish, and their own thing! They are not meant to be actively dangerous, but just set the player on edge as they explore. A hissing sound from behind you or a sudden poison effect when you thought there were no mobs around you is sure to make the overworld feel just a little more dangerous at day, which I think the game could use! Also i just like snakes, and more defensive mobs in minecraft would be cool!

That’s it! Thanks for reading!!!!!!