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what's on your mind: RP Edition written Jul 12, 2024 5:41:51 GMT
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can the perfect fcs for characters i had needed fcs for stop dropping long after i need them (whether it due to it being bc its been years since the rp closed, the character DIED already, or the their story is otherwise done) im so mad, why has this happened to me 4 times already

anyways mavuika the woman you are



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Most Underrated Games written Jul 9, 2024 8:23:09 GMT
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ok im not doing a lot @ work rn and if i calculate apartment budgets for the nth time today i might actually reach the brink of insanity, so lemme not shut up about these games (i PROMISE i don't talk about pathologic this time):

p relevant recommendation due to it being on sale rn and an expanded version coming out in september on all consoles (and if you get the original version in steam, you get a free upgrade to the expanded when it drops) but slay the princess may genuinely have one of my all-time favorite narratives in video games. a gut-wrenchingly lovely visual novel about so many things — life, death, gods, monsters, and my personal favorite: an analysis and dissection of human relationships, in all their messy, unhealthy, and "trying to be better" glory. gorgeous art, gorgeous soundtrack, gorgeous voice acting, gorgeous writing — just play it, i swear it's worth it. you have one job: to slay the princess, because if you don't, she will destroy the world (right?). devs also outright said they're cool with people pirating this game and if you do, then decide to buy it on steam, your saves transfer over without any problems! so really, there's no reason to not get it imho.

while i actually think the narrative and writing for this one isn't the Best(TM), it's worth recommending for the sheer experience + scope + innovations it brought forward, so stray gods: the roleplaying musical and its additional orpheus dlc which is more or less an "afterparty" for the base game. if you like musical theater and greek mythology, 100% worth checking out. your choices change the music, lyrics, vibes, and scene so much that there are over 10000+ variations and no playthrough is the same exactly because of all the musical potential. it makes my brain hurt to think about the amount of work that went into it, and i wholeheartedly believe it deserves more attention.

lastly, if you have skyrim on laptop/pc (you probably have skyrim) enderal: forgotten stories is an INCREDIBLE and free game made from skyrim (it's technically a mod, but only bc it uses skyrim's engine and foundation to create an entirely new game complete with worldbuilding, lore, music, voice acting, story, etc. that are all wholly original). the narrative is incredible and gut-wrenching, the quests memorable, the romances indepth, the characters compelling, and the bard songs are so good it's unreal (if you listen to the winter sky, You Will Understand). it's a testament to the strength of creative passion imo, because how on earth does this exist as a free product? i'm genuinely in awe. please play this if you have skyrim bc that means you can automatically run this for free.
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Post a Random Thought written Jul 8, 2024 7:57:19 GMT
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why must hunting a nice solo condo unit in the city be so expensive reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

genuinely so tempted to get it but god my salary is gonna be bit so hard....



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[IC] REBELSONG — A DIESEL-STEAMPUNK ANIMANGA FANTASY written Jul 8, 2024 3:52:14 GMT
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NGL surprised myself at the progress and headway we're making, so it's time for another update! This time, we'd like to introduce the membergroups of the site, based on various patron saints a character may either 1) IC-ly have or 2) be associated with OOC-ly. Since our pantheon is lifted from the Greek Pantheon, these saints are 100% based on heroes and notable characters of their myths. You can tell I was a PJO kid in childhood.

Our next goal will be to tease the factions, otherwise known as The Schools of Thought soon!
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Post a Random Thought written Jul 8, 2024 0:53:51 GMT
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day number x of listening to epic and picking out more leitmotifs and foreshadowing in the music, and i really want to dissect jorge herrans-rivera's mind so badly just to figure out how he comes up with this. i want to bite my hand and bang my head against the nearest wall whenever i listen to the thunder saga (in a good way)



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[IC] REBELSONG — A DIESEL-STEAMPUNK ANIMANGA FANTASY written Jul 6, 2024 16:43:21 GMT
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And we're back! This is just a more ic teaser of everything that's been teased above, along with a brief look at some of the factions in Rebelsong! The response so far has been incredible, and all the more motivating to work on this. So far, we're about halfway through the lore write-up and are making decent headway on the skin. More details (site operations, membergroups, factions, and magic system) will be put up soon!
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[IC] REBELSONG — A DIESEL-STEAMPUNK ANIMANGA FANTASY written Jul 5, 2024 1:16:45 GMT
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The Harmonic Chorus is at war and your god is dead.

Thirty years ago, the gods began a war amongst themselves that would drag this whole world into the conflict. At the center of it all, the God of Choice was murdered, leaving their nation on the brink of collapse all while the Godspawn, machines that have formed ruthless sentience from the after-effects of the gods’ magic, terrorize what parts of civilization they could reach. In the search for leadership, the Grand Maestro is but a child-queen, manipulated to the tune of capitalists.

This is your home, your country, and your tomb. Will you survive or be a passing note in its history as the war continues?
COMING SOON — A DIESEL-STEAMPUNK ANIMANGA FANTASY BASED ON WWI. MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND HERE.
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I'm listening to... written Jul 4, 2024 7:40:04 GMT
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genuinely me and my rl friend have not shut up for the past xyz hours over this its so masterfully written, composed, and performed like GOD



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Post a Random Thought written Jul 3, 2024 12:40:57 GMT
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i no longer want to be a person. i want to be a tree. why is apartment hunting a rigged game.

why are there so many affordable and nice looking units that are only for male tenants. am i gonna have to crossdress just to get an apartment. ill scream.



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Post a Random Thought written Jul 1, 2024 6:56:40 GMT
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kinda insane how you can get the advice, sign, or pep talk you need from the unlikeliest of places

by that i mean how on earth did the cocky coworker who tried to ask me out once give me the pep talk i needed to break through my repressed job depression spiral. wtf.



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What are you reading? written Jul 1, 2024 1:02:01 GMT
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finally finished the fragile threads of power by v.e. schwab, which felt so much like coming home as a huge SoM fan who'd been following the series since the first release (and, yknow, made her senior year speech in HS quote a conjuring of light + wrote her uni thesis on holland), god i missed these characters + this world sm. schwab's writing still holds a place in my heart

now reading howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones though, since i've been overdue re reading it for so long now



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— your altered sign — written Jun 30, 2024 17:04:55 GMT
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Certainty wraps itself around the corrupted miasma that is Shreya Daradi’s mind, interspersed with a void of memory, blood, and depravity. The sight of the tiefling means something, she’s sure of it, and she wouldn’t have gone searching for him in all of Baldur’s Gate if it didn’t mean something.



He lets out a hoarse laugh, and with it, she hears the sickening sound of a man who didn’t want to be found.



What did she do to you?



Who were you to me?


Why was it your form in my dreams?


“You really don’t remember me, sweetheart? I can’t tell if that’s a blessing or not, actually.” He pauses, looks at her again, considering, then sighs. “Shit.”



Somewhere in what is left of her heart, Shreya feels it break all over again.



“Guessing you won’t let me go if I don’t give you an answer?”



He must know her well, then.



She doesn’t say anything, but the tiefling must consider it enough sign. With one final glance her way, he nods toward an open table. Shreya follows, of course, and waves the rest of her companions away.



They don’t need to see this part of her history. Whatever it happened to be.



“It’s unfair, y’know, Shrey. All this time and backstory, and you still look so goddamn beautiful.” The tiefling — Vallech, she remembers him mention his name was — says, staring at her like he’s looking at a corpse. Or the possession of one.



She may as well be.



“That’s really the first thing you say to me?” The half-drow asks, raising a brow, and he nearly laughs. It still sounds wrong to her ears.

"Mhmmm, fair point. Right then. How do I start?" For a moment, his voice drifts away, before...


“We were nearly married. Had the wedding date and everything. You were fire, brimstone, and astonishingly good-looking in uniform. I had all my roguish charms you couldn’t resist, and was the one who couldn’t help but adore everything I saw about you.”



This sounds like a sad story.



Shreya wonders if she would be happier running away now, rather than hearing the conclusion.



“I guess we didn’t end well?”



Vallech nods, somber, uncharacteristic from what she can glean of him. A funeral march must be kinder than knowing.



“I left, beloved,” he says, a statement. “Don’t know if you waited for me at the altar.”



That’s —



“Why did you leave?”



Despite the question, she thinks she knows.



Even now, the urge to slam her lips against his and draw the blood from his throat with her fingernails sets all her senses aflame. She wants so many things, in the sound of his voice. To hear him love her again, to hear him whimper, to hear his dying breath.


He laughs, an elegy onto itself, and it explains more than every single word he has managed to say yet.



“It’d probably sound prettier if I said I was scared of the commitment, yeah? Or that I had some kind of, I don’t know, glorious mission I needed to uphold. Maybe I found god, thought celibacy was for me instead, and joined the convent.”



He’s stalling.



“Tell me the truth, Vallech.”



“Right-o, ma’am. Shrey. Sorry.” He rubs the back of his head awkwardly, and Shreya wonders if this is his attempt at kindness, once more. Or fear.



It must be the latter.



“Because the thought of a lifetime with you terrified me more than the thought of a lifetime without you,” Vallech finally answers, grief on his lips. It is so deeply felt, along the way he stares at his hands. In the gesture, Shreya thinks she can understand why she loved him, and why that wouldn’t have been enough.



Somehow, even if she can’t remember anything about him or who she was with him, it still hurts as badly as a spear through her chest. It is a torrent of understanding, louder than the urge, and the need for something — for him to bleed, for her to repent the Father’s forgiveness, for her to just save them both the misery and grab the knife. A win-win situation, sacrifice for the Father in the same gesture as her freedom, absolute.



“I’m sorry,” is all she can say instead.



“Yeah, I had a feeling you’d say that,” he replies, and sighs again. “I am too.”



But he shakes his head, looks at his boots, and pushes himself out the table before looking to her again.



"But we can't change the people we were, yeah? Only thing to do is be here now."




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