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pacing back and forth behind front desk like a tiger in a cage overcome with the need to go home and do a craft

"i need posca pens" says the gal who hasn't done any traditional artwork in like a year

#''what's the night auditor doing'' #losing it #delete later

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painting practice or something

#autumn.art

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i feel like this is one of those nights where i start to understand why my cat sits at the door and meows really loudly

#oh i forgot to take my meds #that's probably it actually #delete later

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wip of what i'm working on right now. i need to fiddle with the typography more

#autumn.wip

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*reading my own campaign notes for the first time in a month* wow this shit is awesome

#so excited to start this campaign once summer rolls around #autumn.personal #hell come bother me about it. ask me questions. i love talking about stuff i'm working on #per aspera ad astra

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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

#wait what is this a thing people think? #y'all. if you see this please follow me if you want. and reach out too i love interaction #but it's not necessary #autumn.reblog

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Tell me about 'Rising Tide'?

rising tide is the first chapter of my pokemon emerald fic eye of the storm. i've talked about it a little bit already here. it's a bit of a slow chapter, as it's establishing may's circumstances, motivation, and the things that finally get her started on her journey.

one thing i've changed significantly from the game's text is brendan's attitude towards may--in terms of personality he's much closer to the characterization he had in oras. may's reluctant to open up to him at first, but by the end of the fic they're close friends. he's also the reason she catches a treecko in chapter four--his starter is a striped fantail treecko.

“I could totally catch one for you,” Brendan said, looking up from his plate. “Me and Striker are out in the field all the time for the prof anyway, and there’s a lot of stuff around here that could make a good starter.” He gestured with his spoon. “We could have you a new pokémon by tomorrow.” “Whoa, easy,” the professor said, chuckling and saving her from having to respond. “Let the girl have some time to get used to the idea first.” Brendan grinned apologetically. “Right, sorry.”

another brendan moment: he's doing field work for his dad and the gym challenge at the same time:

“What kind of fieldwork do you do?” she asked. Brendan’s face lit up. “All kinds, basically,” he said. “Monitoring the effects of human activity on pokémon populations is the big one, though. There’s all sorts of things that most people don’t even think about that have drastic effects on them.” He puffed up a little. “Birch Labs works directly with city zoning commissions across Hoenn to make sure new developments don’t negatively impact the environment. Like, last year there was going to be this tunnel dug through the mountain between Rustboro and Verdanturf, right? But our researchers discovered tunnel construction in the selected area would displace the largest whismur colony in the area, so the project was cancelled.” “What’re they doing instead?” “Putting in a bullet train rail that swings further south,” he said, twirling his chopsticks. “Over the mountain, instead of under. It’ll be faster than the tunnel, too. But it also led to the totally new issue of making sure the train’s slipstream didn’t damage nearby crops and other plants in the Verdanturf area, which would have affected both humans and pokémon. Everything’s connected somehow.” “That’s pretty cool,” May said genuinely. He grinned.

another snippet. trainer journeys, being something like an extended camping trip, are expensive, so most trainers get a grant from a gym or the regional pokemon league to fund their journey. gym grants usually require the trainer to put in time as a gym trainer after their journey, and league grants often require the trainer to work for a gym or the league itself. professor birch also offers grants through his lab, on the condition that while in the field trainers do research for the lab--basically functioning as citizen scientists.

may decides (somewhat impulsively) that field research is what she wants to do, and also signs up for online courses that will help her get a permanent job with the labs once she's done with her journey.

“You may also want to look into the grants the League offers,” the professor continued. “But bear in mind most of those will require you to at least attempt the gym challenge.” May’s heart dropped. She imagined her father, arms crossed and expression stoic on the other side of a League-standard battlefield. She didn’t even have a pokémon yet. “I don’t know if that would be for me,” she said, as diplomatically as possible. “Not planning on following in your father’s footsteps, huh?” Birch chuckled. “That’s alright. Pro training isn’t for everybody—though for what it’s worth, I think you’d do well, especially if you asked your old man to help you out. He’d be thrilled to bits, too.” He’d never helped her with anything a day in her life, but fucking whatever. She tried to smile. “Maybe I’ll think about it, then. The professor patted her on the back. “Definitely keep it in mind if you need the money. The Labs grant will get you by, but extra funding never hurt anybody. Trust me, I know.” He smiled. “If you want to talk to someone who has experience with it, ask Brendan. He’s doing the gym challenge himself. Has two badges to his name, now.”

#tysm for the ask! <3 #autumn.fic #fic: eye of the storm #anonymous

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sure, i'll dump this here for feedback.

first draft of a rail network for a fic i'm writing. if anybody with more experience with trains than me, a midwesterner who has never even seen a passenger train irl, would like to share their thoughts, i'd welcome it.

service frequency thoughts: the lines to fallarbor run once on monday, wednesday, and friday. the southwestern lines--slateport, mauville, rustboro, and everything in between--run multiple times per day. the mauville-lavaridge line runs once per day. there is no line directly to lavaridge; there's a station at the base of chimney and from there you have to take a bus.

i'm debating whether or not there's a lilycove-mossdeep line just because i haven't worked out a scale yet (i'm currently in the process of resizing mossdeep and sootopolis to make them much smaller). i guess a causeway could work, but i'm not sold on the idea.

#hoenn #worldbuilding #autumn.fic #fic: eye of the storm #been looking at a lot of amtrak maps lately and the sharp decline of the number of passenger rails over the last 50 years is depressing

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i'm sure no one in my audience is surprised i eventually got around to posting maxie in his underwear

#yeah i'll tag this #magma leader maxie #''what's going on with you autumn'' im shaking him back and forth like a dog with a chew toy #i just think he's neat! #trainer may #pokemon #pokemon rse #autumn.art

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drawing a bunch of passenger rail lines on a map of hoenn i hand drew and plotting out the frequency at which they run for the sake of a fic i haven't finished an outline for yet

#send help. lost in the sauce #delete later

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this in no way conflicts with the fact that i refuse to wear pants or check the weather

i now kind of unironically want a honda shadow sabre 1100

#lore. #delete later #i simply do not know if it is going to rain.

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quick sketch of a camerupt teapot

#i want one of these #and a torkoal incense burner

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some sceptile variants for a fic i'm writing

[i have commissions open now]

#sceptile #pokemon variants #pokemon rse #pokemon oras #pokemon #autumn.art #realistic pokemon #sorrrt of?

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greatly enjoying torturing my primary beta reader with this knowledge, as she is a huge fan of 2003 tmnt and knows nothing about pokemon except what i tell her

i am once again watching 2003 tmnt

#she sent me a crying laughing emoji and said it didn't compute #i said i can definitely see maxie hitting someone with a hockey stick #delete later

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@fuzzydreamin this one's for you

#thanks for the suggestion it's been a minute since i've bullied him #can't let myself think he's too cool with the bike and the leather jacket and whatnot so this sort of chicanery keeps me grounded #autumn.art #not maintagging this lmao

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maxie lore for my fic or... something

#sure i'll maintag this #magma leader maxie #trainer may #pokemon rse #pokemon #autumn.art #autumn.fic #fic: eye of the storm

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forgot to post this

#autumn.oc #oc: cassandra