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fluffypotatey · 2 months
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okay so:
the year is 2021. the month is june. the new season of hermitcraft, season 8, has just started, and everything is great! the hermits are all messing around, having fun, building insane things within the first week of the server being active, and generally having a good time. everyone's collected themselves into little factions, pranking each other, and it's all the fun, lighthearted, mostly-vanilla content hermitcraft is known for.
and then the split between minecraft versions 1.18 and 1.19 is announced. the delay of new terrain, and especially of new mobs like the warden, considerably disrupt several of the hermits' plans. but it's fine, they'll figure something out, they're professionals, and it mostly goes unnoticed.
about two weeks later, on november 9th, grian turns to mumbo jumbo in one of his episodes, and asks the famous question that would seal hermitcraft season 8's fate:
"mumbo, is the moon... big?"
suddenly, the fans panic. they search back through videos and streams, and realize that the moon had been abnormally large and stuck in a full-moon phase since october 30th. the Moon Big event has begun.
this is where the roleplay really starts. once the moon's size has been brought up, the hermits start a weird combination of scrambling to figure out why the moon's growing, and how to stop it- but also of ignoring it, hoping it won't be a problem, hoping someone else will deal with it. the moon keeps getting bigger, more hermits start realizing it's going on, and a creeping sense of dread starts to grow. but it's fine. it's fine, right? they do little plotlines like this all the time. they'll figure something out, the moon will go back to normal, and we'll laugh about it when this is all over. it's fine.
and then, blocks start flying away. just floating up out of the ground, and falling right back down! like for a moment, a square meter chunk of dirt has decided it's a ballerina and leaped out of the ground! but it's fine, right? the blocks are coming back. no lasting harm is done. they're going to fix it all... right?
the moon gets bigger. it's growing every day- local hermit weirdguy joe hills measures it every stream. the blocks start flying higher. gravity starts getting... weird, with players getting the slow falling effect at random, and being lifted off of the earth themselves. the players form cults and rituals and whatnot to try and appease the moon, convince it to leave them alone, making plans to escape. nothing works. things keep getting worse, and the moon keeps getting bigger. but it'll be fine. these storylines never leave lasting harm, or at least they never have before. they'll be fine.
and then the blocks stop coming back, just floating into the sky forever. the players have the slow falling effect more than they don't now. the moon is now so big it's visible even during the day, and fills the entire sky at night. they start planning their escapes in earnest, and say their goodbyes. some hermits jump into a void hole in the overworld (it was the centerpiece of their village). some flee to the End, some to the nether, some just fly with elytras and hope they can get far enough away in time. one brave hermit, tango, flies himself to the moon in a futile attempt to blow the whole thing up before it can crash.
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but in the end, the moon crashes into the server, and everything they'd built was destroyed. and the whole time, there'd been nothing any of them could've done. season eight was over, a full six months before anyone had expected it to end, and season nine wouldn't start until about three months later. and im still not okay about it.
(here's a cool animatic of the moon's crash! honestly i dont think you need too much hermitcraft knowledge to get the gist)
(also the moon crash happened on the day before my birthday lmao.)
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holy shit
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i think. i need to go for a drive and get myself a tasty beverage
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dipplinduo · 2 months
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Live footage of me re-reading a scene I just finished writing for S&S D, as if I haven't had it planned for weeks
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skunkes · 4 months
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i dont mean this in a rude way at all and its more coming from somebody who has always struggled socializing even online but when ppl have asked me if id ever make a Skunkes Brand Discord Server...its like... 1. No 2. asking me that alone is already very showing of us being two extremely severely completely different people
*spongebob flying ice cream truck* this is not me being mean about ppl who do make servers looking for ppl to discuss their own art and interests with
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not-souleaterpost · 2 months
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Yup, the other AMV/Edit from the iceberg, same reason for uploading it seperately. This one is less melodramatic, so if you disliked that about the last one maybe this one will get more than two likes on here lol. (Also some other thoughts and update after the break)
But first, the iceberg, if anyone is curious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_dGJyQJOc
Anyways, yeah, actually this one had a whole backstory (kinda) around it, remember like two years ago being on a walk and listening to the song and thinking "I guess this one could work as an amv- but nah amv's are emberassing, I would never make one" - guess history is funny like that. Still wonder if people got pissed of and left the iceberg video before ever coming to the part cause I kinda shittalked amv makers, guess I had to do it, it is what it is. Still, dunno think it turned quite well for basically the first amv I ever really made (think the closest I did before was cutting the Hey Arnold intro to Uptown funk when my brother asked me as a request 7 years ago lol, that shit got lost forever and only went up to the first 20 seconds or something anyways) But yeah, if I'm already rambling, guess this will probably be my last post for some time, will try to abstaine from just posting bullshit and spaming tags on here, hopefully for good but worst case atleast like for a month and a half. Ofcourse I'll upload more substantial shit here when I have something, but I think the rush of likes and responses is too much of a drug for me and takes up too much thoughtspace when I don't get the warm reception I want lol, it's a me problem, but still, prolly better for everyone to just concentrate on the big projects, so when I'm not busy with real life, I can deliver that instead of weird inside jokes or paragraph long theories and rants in the posts of other people (those who didn't mind that - apreciate you, real MVP's) So yeah, think I went on long enough, so yeah it is what it is, we'll see, hopefully I can make some progress on the iceberg again and actually get back on the chapters for SE Post too, kinda don't wanna abandon it for this long and I got a lot of things I wanna finally put to paper, just gotta work out logistic in every sense of the world (like real life shit but also story planning, cause I have all the events, but not sure how to put them in a timeline so there are no plotholes or weird pacing, but I'll figure it out) But as allways, if I fuck up everything again, or you don't really care and wonder why I'm writting as if anybody did: Yeah...Sorry
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atrial-ofhorror-if · 6 months
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So... Hi?
Lol! It's been a while hasn't it guys? Definitely too long. I won't lie, I was meaning to update you guys in the beginning of July to announce that I was still kicking and alive. But time just got away from me and well--
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So this is gonna be a rough, quick and dirty update while I still have the mental energy:
Overall updates to the Game
The Prelude has went from 93k words to 131k+ words.
UI has changed [again].
I'm hoping the saves will still work but im having the testers try it out to make sure it'll transpose.
If the saves are broken ill look into ways to try and patch them so no one has to start over.
Episode 1-Part 1 of the update is around 88k words (im rough-balling cause I don't remember where its at.)
I'm not gonna go fully into the additions and changes, I'll leave that for the changelog. But I have added some additional choices and am still doing so.
I just hope that there's enough content for you all to enjoy.
Clerical Updates
Incorporating beta testers comments into the game.
I've been working with the beta testers and they've pointed out a LOT of bugs for me and even some places where I could expand the stories plot.
Let me tell you guys, they have truly been a boon in this process and I really have to thank them from the bottom of my heart for their help.
Just working with different designs and trying to find ATOH 's 'face' if you will.
I think that's it.
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suhnshinehaos · 7 months
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me vs the urge to start a vlogging channel in an attempt to romanticize my 20s 🥲
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dragonologist-phd · 1 month
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unorganized rambling about cleo below
one of the fun things about Love & War has been how it snowballed into more than i intended. (which always happens with multi chapter fics and thats why it takes me so long to finish them but thats not the point)
the original intention of the fic was for it to focus purely on the Galfrey/Cleo relationship, which it still basically does. but for that purpose, in the original outline the Abyss was only supposed to last a chapter, maybe two- because why dwell on the part when the two shipped characters have to be in different places?
and now i have this whole series of chapters where i focus not just on Cleo's relationship with Galfrey but on her mythic path and her platonic relationships with so many other characters, because her eventual decision to reject demonhood is a big one and deserves that buildup and emotional payoff! and Galfrey is still definitely a big part of that, but Cleo's friendships are just as vital and it just feels right to focus on those as well, even in the context of this fic that's focused on a romantic relationship
sorry for the rambling these are just stream of conscious thoughts as i update the Love & War outline for the millionth time
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Not sure if this theory makes any sense at all but I'm starting to believe that there's no time skip between Wally's phone calls and what we see/hear in the show's Media/Merchandise. If we see the Toyland call being made before the Homewarming episode then it would make sense that Wally's expecting Barnaby to come over soon. As well as the Homewarming sketch from the prior update. (I don't know, still kind of brainstorming this perspective)
that theory Does make sense and i've been considering it! the "timeline" is such a nebulous thing right now because we still... don't really know! there are too many variables and too many Maybes for any solid answer.
maybe the reality that the neighbors live in exists outside of time like you say, and like half of me suspects. there's so much reality fuckery already present, but I'm also... unsure of how much merit this holds given what we know / can infer about how time passes in Home. i'm putting this theory on a low shelf to look at but not prioritize
maybe it really has been 50 years, and Barnaby is either still around / Wally is still in contact with him, or Barnaby... isn't there. who knows, maybe Wally was just verbalizing some Wishful Thinking. i mean, Wally is a bit of an unreliable narrator, isn't he? we can't assume that everything he says is entirely accurate or truthful. and i mean, if it's been 50 years it makes sense that Wally would be pushing for connection / to revive WH. who knows how long he's been trying.
hm... i mean. it could be a mix of that and the Outside Of Time theory. who knows, maybe W is receiving calls from different points in the timeline - Wally may have started out just calling, and has just graduated to invading the WH website / getting pushy with the envelopes and media that's been sent to the WHRP. maybe Wally got tired of waiting for W to respond before W was even born. who's to say!
#i mean. idk the emphasis wally puts on Its So Quiet makes my brain tilt its head#it feels like wally breaking composure before he pastes the Facade back on with '-during homewarming'#that and just the way he phrased 'everyones usually so busy so its just me and home for a long while'#Usually so busy. Usually. why not Always? or Is?#usually.#and then the 'its just me and home for a long while'#the phrasing here has Connotations i think!#homebogging#welcome home speculation#wh speculation#OF COURSE. I HAVE TO DEBUNK MYSELF!#what we hear / see from Wally is - ironically - more genuine than the WHRP's or W's recovered media (save the eddie excerpts)#the WH media shows us the ideal homewarming - where everyone is getting into the spirit and spending time together and the like#but then wally could be telling us what homewarming is Really like - lonely. quiet.#WHICH MAKES SENSE THEMATICALLY! and it mirrors how christmas time is. its marketed as this joyful thing that brings people together#when in reality its lonely and stressful. i know i certainly never feel more lonely than i do at that time of year!#so there's just. layers. right now im simultaneously believing in the time discrepancy And them existing outside of time#im leaning on the first one but you know!#BUT!!! IM CONFIDENT THAT THE HOMEWARMING WALLY WAS CALLING FROM WAS NOT THE ONE WE SAW IN THE UPDATE.#wally spoke with enough familiarity about the time of year to make me think 'hes lived through many of these hasnt he'#it could be that time Has passed for the neighbors and its been many homewarmings.#it could be that it Started as what the commercials/update showed us.#but as time passed maybe it became a time where everyone just... Isolates for one reason or another. so now it's just quiet and lonely#im still rolling it all around in my head! many factors and implications to consider w/ this update!#Take All Of This With A Grain Of Salt As Usual!
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junietuesday25 · 5 months
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the ghost goodbye has hit 3k words! a snippet ft. revali being a self-sabotaging shithead and despite this being a miphvalink fic, zelda and link’s relationship is So important to me <3
Link jumped up. “Let me walk you back to the castle, then,” he said easily. “They don’t light the streetlamps for another half hour.”
The kindness grated. Link was just like that—always too willing to go out of his way for others. But one part of Revali chafed at the show of pity, and another felt a horrible flutter of…
“No need,” said Revali, turning his head. “It’s not that dark.”
“But—”
“I said it’s fine,” Revali snapped. “I didn’t know you so desperately missed being a glorified bodyguard. Didn’t get enough of that silent shadow shtick before the Calamity? Should we go to the Lost Woods to complete the picture?”
Link’s expression shuttered, the light humor in his eyes flickering. Revali wanted to swallow back the words immediately. He couldn’t seem to force an apology from his throat.
“Hey,” said Zelda hotly, rising to Link’s instant defense. “Don’t talk to him like that. That’s a low blow even for you.”
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the-kipsabian · 4 months
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"kip was perfect"
DO YOU WANT ME TO CRY TONIGHT LITTLE CLEMENTINE MAN?? DO YOU?? CAUSE I WILL
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whumpacabra · 3 months
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31. Jackrabbit
Loss of communications, community isolation, anticipated violence, fictional politics, implied military violence, briefly implied past captivity, referenced stitches
AU Masterpost / Previous / Next
Harrison felt a bit guilty watching Wolf shift uneasily in the diner booth. When he had asked if Wolf wanted to be left alone or get breakfast with them, he already knew the answer.
Wolf would clearly rather not go anywhere or do anything, but he was even more reluctant to be left behind. Harrison understood. He couldn’t blame Wolf for agreeing even though they both knew he wasn’t quite up for the clatter and din of the diner and its patrons.
Neither of them wanted to be alone again.
At the very least, Wolf looked better - color in his cheeks, dark hair clean and free of blood. Save for the gauze covering the fresh stitches across the right side of his head, he looked the best Harrison had seen him since before the Box.
“Here’s you go; careful, it’s hot.” The owner and hostess was Merrill’s wife he had discovered. Lucy was her name. It wasn’t a guarantee of the character of this little village, but it did ease Harrison’s mind as he watched the two old women smile at each other and speak in soft whispers.
“How they doin’?”
“Well as they can.”
“And you?”
“Right as rain sugar.”
There was a jingle as the door to the diner opened, a flush of cold air following. Wolf was on high alert, jaw set and eyes sharp as he sized up the threat: Thomas, shaking snow from his hat with a huff.
“Gettin’ bad out there?”
“Naw, just dusting is all.” Thomas gave Lucy a nod before looking to their booth, sliding in next to Harrison. “You boys get something to eat yet?”
“Yessir.” Harrison smiled, giving a lazy salute to the little old lady behind the counter. “Lucy makes a damn good omelette.”
“Don’t overdo it son, I’m in no hurry to see you sick.” Dan sighed, dropping into the booth across from Merrill. (Harrison was grateful on Wolf’s behalf that he was being given personal space.) It didn’t look like Dan’s investigation into the diner’s landline proved insightful.
“Still no phone?”
“Nope. My bet’s they cut it out past the pastures.”
“You’d be right.” Thomas piped up, shooting Harrison an apologetic but grim smile. “Carlisle’s checked their perimeter fence this morning. Phone lines are down and plenty of tire tracks from the south.”
While Dan, Merrill, and Thomas were making a point to busy themselves with their coffee, tea, and bagels Harrison watched the gathering storm in Wolf’s eyes. Something between grief and fear.
“You don’t have any other communications? A cell phone? Radio?” He needed Jennings and their people here ASAP. Nothing annoyed covert ops more than nosy journalists, mostly because they were hard to kill without drawing attention.
“Cell service doesn’t reach out here. Could try driving over to Duck Creek but…”
“Good chance they’re out on the roads.” Dan finished for Thomas, taking a sip of coffee. “As for the radio, anything from the sherif?” Thomas perked up, smile tentative.
“Got him at the edge of its range this morning. Kept it short and sweet but he’s going to do some needling.” He turned to Harrison, clearly trying to be reassuring. “He’s got friends in the nearby installations. Even if he can’t call ‘em off he can at least get a finger on their pulse so we know what we’re dealing with.”
“More than you can handle.”
Harrison could feel Thomas tense beside him, Wolf’s gravelly baritone bringing a hush over the tables. There was still the sizzle of bacon on the griddle and Lucy humming softly to the staticky drone of a country song.
“What makes you say that, son?” Dan’s voice wasn’t accusatory, soft with gentle curiosity, trying to coax more from him. Wolf glanced to Harrison, who gave an encouraging nod when he saw the sharp focus behind his eyes.
“You’re civilians in a civilian town. You can’t win this fight.”
“With all due respect, we can handle ourselves.” Thomas’ self confidence shrunk as Wolf eyed him, gaze flickering to his holstered pistol.
“Have you ever shot a man, Deputy?”
“That’s enough, son.” Dan interrupted before Thomas could reply, a blush rising up the younger man’s ears and his throat bobbing as he looked away. Wolf’s judgement lingered on the deputy before he turned to Dan.
(Harrison would say he was impressed, seeing Wolf choose to ignore a direct commend for even a heartbeat.)
“Past experience aside, none of us are in any condition to dig in for a fight and you are not prepared for a siege.”
“Then what’s the plan Wolf?” Thankfully, Wolf’s intensity shifted to him - something that would have made his stomach turn a few days ago.
“We need to leave.“
“As I said, son, they’re probably on the roads already.”
“Then we best make an effort before the noose closes.”
“Where?” Mel’s question was simple and soft. “Where would you go?” Wolf’s eyes flicked between her and Harrison.
“North.” Harrison shrugged, filling in the sketch of a plan Wolf had provided. “Try and get across the border. Not foolproof but safer than staying in the States, I guess.”
“You can’t just leave; you’re injured, and - “
“Are we prisoners?” Wolf’s question made Thomas’ mouth snapped closed. When he didn’t reply, Wolf turned his eyes to Dan.
“No. Tommy’s just worried is all.” The old medic gave Harrison a glance of reassurance. “I can walk you down to the Trautmire’s garage. They probably haven’t demo’d the humvee yet.”
Harrison could almost feel the stress leave Wolf’s body language, shoulders easing and expression slackening as he nodded.
“I would like that. Harrison?”
There wasn’t fear in his eyes, no anxious need for approval or support. Harrison felt a smile tug at his lips. He didn’t know if it was another of Wolf’s façades, but at least he seemed to be easing into being his own person again.
“Kinda tired, to be honest.” He laughed weakly, his body genuinely worn down from the energy it took to keep up with the conversation. “I’ll stay here - you can pick me up on your way back.”
AU Masterpost / Previous / Next
(An AU of my Freelancers series)
Taglist: @i-eat-worlds @whumpy-daydreams
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autistic-shaiapouf · 2 months
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Okay okay, might be quarantining all my voca stuff to a separate watch later style playlist
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blue-eli · 4 months
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So I’m disease
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mxanigel · 7 months
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Fic update: Cut to the Feeling
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an Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) fanfic
[Read on AO3]
An in-progress longfic that asks the question, What if they lived?
Chapter 17: Evasive Maneuvers
Squad Levi and Squad Hange's efforts with the Eren experiments are cut short when the Military Police discover their location. So they devise a new plan to get the information they desperately need.
Chapter 18: Justified
Squad Levi captures two Military Police members to interrogate because the Survey Corps must learn why Historia matters. But Hange and Levi aren't asking questions as they begin torturing their first captive. Shion wrestles with the violence they inflict and her own role in that brutality.
Rating: M
Relationships: Levi Ackerman/OC, Levi Ackerman & Hange Zoë, Hange Zoë & OC, eventual Levi/Hange/OC
Additional Tags: They/Them Pronouns for Hange Zoë, Hange Zoë Being Hange Zoë, Canon-Typical Violence, Character Death, Canon Character Deaths, Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan Spoilers, Friendship, Banter, Swearing, Angst, Love and Loss, Asexuality Spectrum, Levi Ackerman Is Obsessed With Cleaning, Falling In Love, I'm writing this because it's taken over my brain, Literal Sleeping Together, First Kiss, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, I have spent so many hours on the wiki lol, Largely Canon Compliant, Nightmares, Torture
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From Chapter 17
“Thanks for using some of your rest time to work with me,” she says.
“Honestly, it’s a little scary to think about what I’d do in the field without this training,” Nifa replies. “The more of us who have first aid knowledge, the better off we all are.”
Shion nods. “My thinking exactly. Hange’s quite skilled with a needle. But they should be far from the only one who can stitch up a wound.”
Nifa grimaces. “I might pick Sasha before Captain Hange if I needed that kind of treatment.”
“Oh? Why’s that?”
The three of them glance at the door. Hange’s leaning against its frame, a half-grin on their face.
“Unlike Titans, we can feel pain, you know,” Nifa replies.
“Hey! I’m careful.”
Shion arches an eyebrow.
“… When I need to be.”
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From Chapter 18
Shion can’t stand by any longer. She grabs Hange’s arm. “That's enough for now.”
“But—”
“Take a break. Clear your head.”
Focus returns to their gaze, and they slowly nod. Levi’s face is inscrutable.
“Oh, these rabid dogs do listen to someone? Didn’t expect it to be you. You’re not even a captain. No wonder the Survey Corps is a joke.”
It’s like her mother is tied to that chair. The rage she’s suppressed flares through her chest. “Choose to stop speaking before I make that choice for you.”
Sannes scoffs. “As if you have the guts to—”
Shion shoves a gag into his mouth. “Choice made. Next time, I may not use cloth.”
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kurosurintomasu · 8 days
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Some updates!!
First, I got my first "scam bot chat thing" on this blog. Wild.
Second of all, and this is the big thing, I've made a few Heaven Studio custom remixes for your eyes, ears, and quite possibly hands! Wanna know more? Press keep reading! The tags'll be mostly related to that.
Third, yes, I changed my name to be the one of my Mimiga character "Tomasu", if you couldn't tell. Something about the old name being associated with bad in my eyes, I can't really remember, it's 4:15 am! Hahaha!
Fourth, I did NOT expect my shitty UTY edit to blow up. People love it?! I only made it for one or two people!
Glad y'all are sticking with me! Hope to make more stuff for you to enjoy soon!
Okay, you pressed keep reading. Here's the Custom Remixes.
First one is Nighthawk22/vepium - Isolation (OFFICIAL LIMBO REMIX). Remember to keep your focus!
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Second one is ミラクルミュージカル - Variations on a Cloud. Funny Tally Hall men sing about depressing tragedy and OH LOOK AIR RALLY
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.riq files in the descriptions! Thanks for watching!
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