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shuttershocky · 9 months

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Hi hiiiiii! It’s been a while, I hope you’ve been well! Thanks a bunch for your advice! I’ve since E2’d my Kal’tsit and my Mlynar!

Unfortunately, I am terribly stuck on the boss in the new event (FC-8) and I require your assistance in some advice please!

Did some toying around with the stage and with Mlynar and Kal'tsit you can definitely take on Eblana with only minimal support from the rest of the team. Here's the sort of layout you may want

The Orange M stands for Mlynar, the green K and 3 for Kal'tsit and Mon3str, and Blue Cs and an S for Centurions and Snipers (any Sniper of your choice, though Marksmen work best). if you don't have Centurions, any melee that can handle the waves will do. The rest of your squad should be medics and a vanguard to make DP. I recommend Therapist medics for their wide range and for their status resistance abilities (status resist works on Burn, meaning even if Eblana and her guys manage to inflict burn on you, status resistance cuts the duration in half)

Protect your blue gates first, then set Mlynar down with S3 equipped to deal with the Swamp Rover in the middle of the stage. Don't worry if Mlynar gets shot a few times before your medics can get set up, he's tanky and can take it. Once his S3 is charged, he can destroy the Swamp Rover with ease. Once that's done, make sure your two lanes are sturdy (fill them with medics), then set up Kal'tsit, Mon3tr, and your sniper of choice to get ready for the bossfight.

The idea here is to make Eblana have to fight Mon3tr while she stands in the muddy tile right in the middle of the stage, since the muddy tile slows down her ASPD. Since Eblana's shield only blocks physical and arts damage, Kal'tsit's S3 can actually have Mon3tr chomp right through her shield, easily beating her so long as Mon3tr is allowed to hit her.

This is why Eblana attempts to counter with her Exhausted Flame skill, where she tangles enemy units she's attacking with fire that prevents them from attacking back. Fortunately, you can actually shoot the Exhausted Flame fron range, it has 10,000 HP but 0 DEF, meaning any Marksman Sniper with their fast attack speed can chew through it in an instant, freeing your operators. On her first life, Eblana can only tie up one of your units, so if Mlynar's skill is back up, he can free Mon3tr fast so your Sniper can focus on helping the right lane. On her Phase 2 however, Eblana can tie up two units at once, which she will then do on both Mlynar and Mon3tr. This is where your Sniper comes in to free them, then activate Kal'tsit's S3 to continue ignoring Eblana's shield.

Eblana is actually quite squishy without her shield, only 30k HP in FC-8. This means that units that can ignore her shield like Mon3tr will kill her incredibly fast. if you didn't have Kal'tsit, you would either have to stall Eblana until her shield runs out, or overpower it with brute force.

Let me know if you need more detailed information, and don't be afraid to change up the formations to better suit your own units. So long as you remember that the critical part of the strategy is making Eblana fight on top of the mire tile, you can change up the rest to suit your needs.

#Arknights

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224terminal · 9 months

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𓇢𓆸 𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓇𝓎𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓈.

situated on a lush hilltop and overlooking the sparkling seascape, a lone stone cottage sits. externally, it's unassuming with its sun-bleached cobbles and circular windows. plum trees flank the seaside abode, and glass bottles in an array of spectacular colors are tied to boughs heavy with fruit. they sway in the summery breeze, singing a fragile melody that permeates stifling, sticky humidity.

inside, however, the home is as eccentric as its inhabitant. paintings, both finished and unfinished, line the walls, some hung and others propped, and the stone floor is mired in dry paint splatter. cloth curtains are parted to allow sunlight to filter in through large bay windows, offering a view of the glimmering ocean beyond. there is no second floor, merely a ground floor and a cellar, and so every room necessary to the layout exists here: a bathroom, a kitchen, two bedrooms, and the main, paint-spattered room. there is no television, but there is a radio and it rests on a windowsill as if it's a pie put out to cool. it details this afternoon's forecast between static crackles: clear, sunny skies with a zero chance of rain.

idyllic and isolated, this will be your new home. and a young man named amaryllis, the one who followed up with you in response to the listing he had posted, will be your new housemate. his standards for a companion were easy to meet: must be okay with messy workspaces (lots of paint). must enjoy peace and terrible internet connection (sorry in advance). must not mind sounds at night (bottles hung on trees make noise). must be good at running errands and doing light physical work. he was warm and friendly in the listing, what with his additional comment of i will provide you with plenty of plums should you need any. and with an eviction notice hanging over your neck like a guillotine's blade, he was a godsend. a godsend you'd snatched up the minute you found him, desperate to find a new place to stay before the end of the week.

his name is amaryllis. he's polite and accommodating, mostly quiet, and he's an artist. his hair is dyed a brilliant, fiery scarlet. when you questioned such a bold color, he offered you a tiny, nearly bashful smile and said, "everyone has a specific vision of what an artist should look like. i want to embody the kind of artist who is strange, but not quite strange enough to be ridiculed. more like...a strangeness that can be charming if looked at the right way. that, and the color matches the flower i'm named after."

he's so sweet and clearly passionate about his profession as a painter. in fact, it's how he makes a living. he's mostly housebound, so he paints all manner of artworks and sells them to the local museum in town. they proudly display his work in pretty frames with even prettier placards. amaryllis was humble in his explanation, but you think it's a very impressive talent of his. he should brag about it more often. when told that, he chuckled and shook his head. boasting, according to him, is not an appealing facet of humanity. you stuck your tongue out at him in reply: "if you have skill, show it off. why hide?"

why hide indeed?

you work at a tea shop in town. in the summer, it's bustling with activity. tourism keeps the island afloat, and so you're never spared the stress of a midday rush. although amaryllis insisted you needn't work so hard to pay rent, you argued that you'd feel like a leech if you didn't. so in the mornings and late into the afternoons, you make deliveries for the shop and work behind the counter. it keeps you active, and it's enough to provide you with rent and grocery money for amaryllis. sometimes your boss permits you to bring home some of the imported tea. you share it with amaryllis; he's fond of bittersweet, herbal blends.

amaryllis never paints the same thing twice. landscapes must have notable differences, even if he's only ever peered out his window to paint the slivers of the sea he sees between the plum trees. it's harsh criteria, but you suppose many artists are similar when it comes to the tribulations of creation. he paints the most delicious-looking still lifes. plums show up in a lot of these—the only similarity you'll ever find between his paintings. you asked him about it, ever the curious one, and he offered a thin smile and a cryptic answer: "plum blossoms symbolize hope. in a world where we're always racing against an invisible clock, i want to have hope. and what better fruit to symbolize that than plums? they're delicious and nutritious and, better yet, fun to paint."

you sat beside him, admiring the splotches of green giving way to an azure sky on what was once a pristine canvas. plum blossoms bristle in an unfelt breeze. amaryllis shudders through a brutal coughing fit. he does that a lot.

amaryllis owns a motorbike. it was a gift from a friend who sent it to him when he bemoaned not having the capabilities to see one firsthand so that he could try his hand at sketching it. your jaw had dropped when he wheeled it out of the cellar onto the grass, huffing and trembling like a fawn on unsteady legs. the unveiling was grand, even if it was just you and him at the peak of a hill, surrounded by plum trees and swaying bottles. it's a sleek, purple vehicle that looks practically new despite being aged by years.

"and," amaryllis says, puffing his chest out after catching his breath, clutching the tarp close, "purple like a plum."

"i'm starting to think you're fond of plums."

"they're my lifeline."

"you say the strangest things."

"like a true artist! see? now you understand the appeal of the weird, don't you?"

you open your mouth, shut it, and then snort. before you can stop yourself, you're laughing. under the shadowed shade of the plum trees, amaryllis smiles wistfully.

"i have no need for it. i'm also not very good at painting vehicles, so it's yours to use. now you won't have to pay bus fare."

"or walk the twenty minutes to the stop," you add, grinning.

"that, too."

wind rustles through the grass. it tugs on your clothes, bringing with it fleeting scents of summer sea salt. you intend to say it first, but he beats you to it.

"thank you."

"what for?" odd. you should be the one saying that.

"for being here. it's nice to have a friend in all of this isolation." he turns his glacial gaze seaward. "perhaps i'm burdening you, but i just didn't want the house to be cold and empty when i..." he hums, contemplative, and corrects himself. "i wanted to know what it felt like to surround myself with company who cares. they told me i had five years and that i'd be lucky to know even one of those... but it's been two and so far i'm really grateful for my luck. if it wasn't for that and plums, i never would have met you."

at first, the meaning leapt over your head like a horse over a vertical. you almost replied with, "and if it wasn't for my eviction notice, i never would have searched for a housemate," but then it hit you. and it hit.

it hit hard.

"oh. oh, amaryllis..."

his eyes showcase stories his lips don't dare speak. frigid and sharp as ice one moment, and the next they're weak and watery. he disguises his sniffle in a poorly feigned cough.

"i spent the first year wallowing in pity and hatred. the world is the worst, but then so am i. i thought things like that. i wanted good health. i wanted to walk and run long distances. i wanted to leave this island and travel to a big city. i wanted to ride a motorbike and feel the wind grabbing at my clothes and hair. most of all, i wanted more time. i never know how to use it correctly, and i was always getting lost in my drawings so that i could ignore it. but when the sun sets i'm reminded i'm losing days." he scuffs his slipper against the grass and forces a laugh. "i guess i grew out of the bitterness. it's easier to swallow a plum-flavored pill than it is to try choking down mean sentiments. i think that now."

"i... i'm sorry."

as soon as it leaves your lips, you feel overwhelmingly stupid. you have a million things to say to him, and yet none of them can be properly phrased.

"there's nothing to be sorry for. it's not your fault."

"but..."

"it's not so sad anymore, so please don't fret." he gestures to the bottles swinging on the branches, each clink an echo of something forlorn. "i put these up to keep death away. i can't outrun him, but i can scare him off with loud noises." this time, his smile is hopeful. "and if two years is enough proof, i think it's working."

you watch him in silence. how he can smile despite being crushed by the weight of time—by the unfairness of the world—you'll never understand. for a while, the two of you stand there and watch the bottles in the plum trees. blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, orange... they're in every shade imaginable. every shade except red.

when amaryllis recovers from his most recent coughing fit, his fingers are curled into fists. red, you realize, is not a color he's fond of, even if it's the color he's chosen to dye his hair. red is a color you can find in his palms, imprinted like a stain, a permanent reminder of incurable frailty.

the ride to work is made in a daze. you don't even realize you're thirty minutes late. funny how time works.

"if you could have anything in the world, regardless of how expensive or strange it might be, what would you choose?" amaryllis asks this one starry night. the two of you sit near the sea on a patchwork quilt, listening to the distant splish-splashing of fish in the sea. the moon casts a silver spotlight on a quiet, evening tea party.

teacup in hand, inhaling a flowery aroma, you consider his question. "i'm sure i have something in mind, but right now i'm drawing a blank."

amaryllis nods his understanding. "i would want more time." you try to soothe him with something better than an apology, but he's quick to add, "not to live! but to paint."

"aren't those essentially the same?"

"not quite. when i paint, i'm alive and well. things outside of that are stagnant and almost...dead. or should i say unfulfilling? loneliness is more painful than death itself. well, that's what i think."

"wouldn't you get bored after so much painting? what would you even paint with all of that extra time?"

having been moon-gazing for the entirety of that exchange, amaryllis turns to you. he smiles. "you."

"me?"

"there will never be enough time to truly capture all of you." he glances at the ground, his finger tracing swirls and loops in the sand. "your habits and mannerisms. your smile. the light in your eyes. the way you get so worked up when it's too humid. every part of you that's so you—i couldn't begin to attempt to portray all of it in so little time."

"then don't. i'd rather you spend your time doing something comfortable and less...stressful."

"it's never stressful painting you."

"you've been painting me?"

his smile falters. "i..." he clears his throat, suddenly awkward. "i have. yes. i... i'm sorry."

"hey, it's fine! no need to apologize just... why haven't you shown me? i'm flattered, you know."

"it's embarrassing and...strange."

you quirk an amused grin. "isn't strange what you want to be?" you lean in close and he jerks away so quickly it's comically cute. "a strange artist who can be charming if looked at properly. that's your ideal vision for an artist, right?"

"of course. but..." he sighs, his shoulders deflating. "i don't paint people often."

"but you painted me."

"you're an exception."

"does that mean i'm not a person? or...am i like a fruit or something inanimate?"

"maybe." his eyes shine with mischief. "maybe you're neither. maybe you're an angel."

"please." you roll your eyes, snorting around the rim of your teacup. "i'm not an angel. i'm just me."

"the beauty of art is that you can glamorize and romanticize the mundane. like doing laundry! it becomes far more appealing when it's put on a canvas." he's traced an inescapable maze of lines into the sand. you miss the next part, for it's spoken so softly. as if it's forbidden sin. "when i put you on my canvases, you're an angel. my angel."

under a velvety blanket of stars, you think you hear whispers in the wind. you shrug them off and down the rest of your lukewarm tea.

angels are not unknown to amaryllis. in fact, there's a room in the cellar, designed to be secretly accessible to those who know of it. he's named it "the angel room." for the first few years of his childhood, he was in perfect health. and during those treasured, bygone years, at a small primary school in the center of the island, he met his angel. you don't recall him now, for he was yanked from school in his third year, destined to be homeschooled for the rest of his slowly deteriorating youth, but he's remembered you. you left an impact as all angels often do.

rather than feathers and halos and white silks, you adorn yourself in things that are you. your smile. your eyes. your laughter. your kindness. these things cannot be bottled or replicated, nor can they be plucked from your back to ensure you'll never fly again.

a school portrait is framed in the angel room. the class is small, comprised of just eleven students, and of those eleven two faces are circled—yours and his. it's the only photo he has of you and him. the rest were taken by someone who was paid handsomely to travel the distances amaryllis can't reach to capture you on film. for the sake of creativity. for the sake of imprisoning the muse. for the sake of being strangely charming. a dying man's wish carries more weight when life's gifts are not guaranteed. subtle manipulation works best when weaved into a sob story. canvases line the walls. none of them are finished. they're all attempts to paint you perfectly. no matter how hard he tries, he can never get it right.

it's unfortunate and frustrating, but then he can't change it. the world has dealt him a cruel hand, but he can be crueler. he can be greedy and cling to the time he has left. he can be selfish and keep you in his reach, shackled by way of circumstance.

it's fate, or so he thinks when he recalls all the time spent in a lingering infatuation, hoping for a day in which he could meet you in person after so much time apart. sometimes the world gives him sorrow. this time it's given him an angel. for as long as he lives, amaryllis will keep this angel to himself.

time means everything when it's limited, but for today and tomorrow and the foreseeable future it's all he needs to feel some semblance of relief from the ever-encroaching unrest of the inevitable.

sometimes amaryllis catches himself thinking how much better it would be if he could take you with him. it's wrong and terrible, but then it would be fair.

he's never known fairness. he's never known romance. he's never known the joys of life. but with you, his angel, he knows it all and so much more. and for that he is forever thankful.

#— terminal writes #— passenger : amaryllis #*gently holds* i love him T^T #yandere oc #yandere x reader

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lottiedreams · 1 year

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Priscilla and Eracelli

So I've decided to start working on my graphic novel again, currently titled "Sanguine"

It's one I've had so much trouble conceptualizing into reality because (besides the executive dysfunction and depression) I sort of limited myself by thinking and feeling like I HAD to follow a certain script or way of stylizing/panelling/etc. And it became overwhelming and frustrating and almost gave up on it because what I was doing wasn't what I wanted.

Then I finally thought, "I'm doing this for me, because there is something in this story that is for me, to me. The fact that I'm sharing it doesn't matter. It will speak to those it is meant to."

And that was enough.

I have very specific feelings and images I want to convey, and not all can be done by the common comic panelling layouts and text.

So I'll be experimenting and playing around with different formats and scripting. It's admittedly going to be a different way of comic storytelling but it feels better to do it this way and I don't think it's going to be all that off the charts.

It is going to be a queer gothic horror anthology of sorts (are we really surprised?) centering on four main characters. It's also going to have many spiritual themes/components as one of those main characters is a "child of Hades".

And another main character is a powerful witch who's many life cycles has been mired by cyclical tragedies.

And the last two are the humans that come to love them unconditionally.

This is a story of humans and Gods and Spirits and the In-Between spaces and the many varied ways they all connect to one another.

And of course, it's about Love and what that means to both humans and Gods alike.

It's going to be a long while before I can post this comic anywhere, but I hope to get at least a good chunk of it planned, sketched and scripted this year as I've basically had to rework everything I had now that I'm doing it the way I really want to.

But this is where I'll be posting snippets and sketches and such as I work on it.

Wish me luck.

#digital art #digital illustration #sapphic art #my oc art #graphic novel #original comic

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saturnmaiden · 8 months

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for lovers

Note:

1. Katalog ini membutuhkan 7 foto/character, dimana 2 foto-nya full body untuk masing masing.

2. Untuk foto, jangan ada bagian badan yang terpotong ya.

3. Saranku, kalian bisa pakai foto dengan pose yang tidak terlalu kaku dan tidak berlatar belakang polos agar layout terlihat ramai!

4. Untuk recolor dibutuhkan 3 warna.

5. Panjang pendeknya teks, tolong disesuaikan seperti katalog ya.

Form

Code: for lovers

Username:

Backup acc: (telegram/wa/twitter)

Jumlah pesanan:

Link Gdrive foto:

Payment: Qris

Recolor: Yes / No

Add to Result: Yes / No

★ REPLACEMENT

Nama di preview:

AVA

MIKAIL:

MIRE:

특별의 별의 별의:

HEADER

2023:

Date!!!:

Let there be love:

X O:

MIKAIL:

MIRETTA:

22:

143:

특별의 별의 별의:

mana pap, banh.:

hehe :* :

Bulan yang dilingkari:

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jessfromonline · 2 years

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Some dedicate their life to the cause...

One day, you will dedicate everything

those who dream of a better world know one simple, terrible fact: not everyone who helps build it will be blessed with the opportunity to live in it. those who put their lives on the line to transmute dreams of rebellion into reality know the grim truth that to see this transformation occur, they may one day have to give their lives as catalyst. going rogue 2e is a GM-less TTRPG for 2-5 players that tells the story of that sacrifice.

going rogue was originally developed as an expansion for riley rethal’s Star Wars-inspired Belonging Outside Belonging system, galactic 2e. this second edition of going rogue expands it to a 32-page game that can be played as a one-shot or over the course of a limited-run campaign. while the base game is built to tell stories of charming, larger-than-life heroes, going rogue 2e—taking its inspiration from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story—uses galactic 2e’s mechanical foundation to instead weave narratives about troubled martyrs mired in messy, ethically gray conflicts who must face the possibility of making the ultimate sacrifice.

this new second edition adds a variety of new content:

a 5th playbook, THE LOYAL, inspired by K-2SO and other Star Wars companion characters, expanding the game to 5 players! THE LOYAL features a unique mechanic in which your moves interact differently when they target a bonded character!

a new pillar, THE BOND, a unique spin on Belonging Outside Belonging’s “setting element” mechanic, in which the unfailing trust between THE LOYAL and another player character becomes a discrete element of the setting

a set of 6 traits to supplement the 36 in the base book, which better match the tone of going rogue

a complete rework of the SACRIFICE fate mechanic, simplifying, streamlining, and adding more flavor

a completely revamped layout that's easy to read and easy to browse

more small improvements all over, as the result of additional playtesting

enjoying Andor? or think you can tell the story better? check out the game or this bundle which for one week only offers both the base game galactic 2e and going rogue 2e for 20% off!

#ttrpg #going rogue #rogue one #andor #belonging outside belonging #gm-less #games

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literaticat · 2 years

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The bookstore q got me thinking. If you wrote a book, someone working in a bowling alley or something, and your agent asked you to do more with that (maybe it's a creepy place to have the MC chased) is this kind of common feedback? And is it good - does it mean they like your book, just think you could do more with a setting? Do you see editors give your clients this kind of feedback or do you yourself? Makes you wonder sometimes when agents see more potential in a setting than the writer did!

I don't know if it is common feedback or not, actually, I'm not sure I've ever really thought about it. Like, I can't REMEMBER having given that exact feedback per se, but it sounds like something normal to say, so maybe I have?

I don't think it is a "good" thing OR a "bad" thing. (Just like if we say "I'd like to see more ABC", or "maybe pull back a bit on XYZ" -- that piece of feedback alone doesn't mean we like your book OR don't like your book generally speaking -- it just means we think that there could be more ABC or less XYZ, that would potentially make it even better.)

I *do* think that a great setting is important. IT can be just so revealing of where we are in time and space, what kind of values and interests people have, and it's just FUN to see what makes this place specific and special. Like, don't just set your book at A SCHOOL. Set it at a SPECIFIC SCHOOL with its own feel and vibe and look. Every school, and every classroom, is different - so what is THIS one like?

If you set your book at a bowling alley, don't just say "yeah it's a bowling alley. I work there." and call it a day -- what does THIS bowling alley look like, smell like - what kind of food do they serve, do they do like "disco-bowling" with glow-in-the-dark balls blacklights and a DJ and cocktails and tattooed purple-haired hipsters renting shoes, or is it an old-school orange-and-brown with a lot of weird old men huddled around and the only food is suspect "nachos" and hot-dogs from a dirty glass display where they have potentially been sweating since 1972? If the person works there - what is that LIKE? What do they have to wear? What does it smell like, and does the smell linger on their clothes after they go home? What do they have to do for their job, what do they like about it, what do they hate? Do they secretly love being on "shoe duty" because it means they don't have to talk to the guy behind the hot-dog machine? Do they have ridiculous banter with a certain delivery driver that they always look forward to? Or what?

Further: What do they know about the building that an average passer-by WOULDN'T know? Like where do the balls and pins GO? Is there a secret room in the back where you can access the machines? Is there a basement or some way to get UNDER the machines? IF somebody was hiding in the bowling alley - where could they hide? If there was a clue or a gun or something hidden somewhere - where could it be, where the person who NEEDS to find it could find it but nobody else could? If you wanted to make out with a delivery driver there - where would you do it where you wouldn't get caught by the manager or customers but you could still see the lanes if somebody needed you -- does the manager's office have monitors, and can you access it? If somebody wanted to do a crime there - what kinds of crimes would be possible, and how would they get away with them?

Seems like a cool location to me. :-)

Basically - - I think ANY location can seem cool, if you make it specific rather than generic. I'd urge any writer to think about ways in which THIS SPECIFIC SETTING can forward your story and/or let us know more about the characters, the neighborhood, etc.

And, importantly: I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS AT LENGTH OR SLOW THE STORY DOWN GETTING MIRED IN DETAILS. Specific, memorable sensory details and the like can be woven in without slowing the story down! I have a client who told me once that he knows the exact blueprint layout of all the locations in his books - how many steps to the sink, etc -- but *almost none of that info is in the book* -- HE JUST KNOWS IT, so when he says something, it's SPECIFIC.)

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necroneuro · 2 years

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i think i like tumblr mire than instagram and twitter. its (mostly) quiet here and the layout isnt as overwhelming… very nice on my autistic brain

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aqueluna · 2 years

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Prompt 30 - Sojourn

When the little voidsent had found herself beckoned through a fraying seam in reality, a hole between worlds - she’d expected it to be a brief sojourn. After all, what mortal summoner had use for a minion so diminutive, so weak? Her first master had felt that way, growing bored with her quickly, the mistress that came after though…

She was kind, she took care of her, she taught her lots of things, always indulging her inquisitive nature to the utmost. Together, they had found purpose - to facilitate co-existence between mortals and voidsent. So it was that the sojourns in truth, turned out to be the return trips the crimson shade made to her own star, irreparably broken as it was, but not without value.

The trinkets, writings and knowledge she returned with… Melitta thought them key to understanding the mystery of her kind. Though she was indeed voidsent and the void was where for lack of a better word, she must have been born, returning was always frightful. Not solely for the presence of others inclined to devour her to sate their hunger.

The little voidsent’s placid nature had oft been praised, not only by her mistress but by her mistress’ colleagues too and they’d leant her a measure of trust her more aggressive kin lacked. But she was still voidsent, she shared that hunger as keenly as the rest, the urge to betray that trust and gorge herself on the aether of those who valued her was extant, repressed deep in her being. She would not act on it, she refused.

Here though, where ambient aether was nigh non-existent, where the strong feasted on the weak and betrayed their closest comrades for a sliver of mouth-wateringly craved aether… Could she really say that her nature wouldn’t change if she starved enough, despite her best intentions?

Shuddering at the terrifying notion, the shade continued her flight, distancing her mind from the pessimism that oft congealed in her mind during her travel between the crumbling domains of the void. She would return, she wouldn’t change - Melitta was counting on her.

The little voidsent’s capacity to traverse the void was less limited than her more terrestrial cousins, her wings were small - too small to carry her aloft in the other world, but here reality was less rigid, malleable enough to allow her traversal. Very, very slow traversal at that, but her frenetic fluttering ever eventually yielded results, as they did now.

The lonely island floating amidst a sea of uncreation that was the shade’s destination now loomed above her, a few final flutters gracing her elegantly planting her heels down onto the crumbling stonework below, turning a featureless crimson mien up to eyelessly consider the subject of her studies.

Cracked, worn bricks threatened to yield to time and decay and fall to pieces at any moment, yet… they persisted. The diminutive voidsent ran a slender, rubicund digit along one quizzically, the coarseness-... no. It was the memory of coarseness, diluted and altered by the inexorable march of time. What passed for the shade’s heart twinged with ache at the strangeness of the sensation.

The domains she visited varied drastically, everything from the master’s intent, to the composition of their minions, invaders and lurkers, to the inevitable conflict that brewed within changed their appearance and layout. It had ceased to surprise her when a second visit to the same domain had seen a recreation of a colossal tower transformed into a burgeoning, twisted garden, then a third had seen it as little more than ruins.

Though this place too was mired in decay, the grand structure’s waning parapets, crenellations and buttresses were still beautiful, even as their ornamentation rusted. The ornate engravings on the double-doored gate had long since rusted away into incomprehensibility. Even the gorgeously vibrant stained-glass windows that lined the structure’s exterior were chipped and malformed, the scenes that had once played out across the glass warped into meaninglessness.

“Were you always this way?” the shade murmured, considering. For all she knew, the structure had sprouted up but a few hours before her arrival and yet, the indelible reek of melancholy that stained so much of her world, was ripest here. More so than any of the other domains she’d visited.

The door was much too large, too rusty to yield to her dainty hands the little voidsent supposed, glancing across and up the colossal stone building, pacing around its exterior. Her search was soon rewarded with an open window, far far above the broken pathway. Fluttering her tiny, butterfly-esque wings, the shade ascended sluggishly, trying to peek through the stained glass windows as she did so, but the distorted patterns concealed the interior comprehensively.

Clutching at the open window, the diminutive visitor clambered her way through, slowly descending to the floor as she took in the room she’d intruded into. It was colossal, not so much as to comprise the entirety of the gargantuan building, but enough so that even her descent took minutes.

Floor after floor after floor of bookshelves lined the walls, dust-riddled contents so replete with tomes that it dwarfed anything even the Allagans had yet to make the shade privy to. So many books that many had inadvertently formed and fused into towering structures of their own, pillars to support the looming ceilings or simply grasping out, stretching into nothingness, devoid of rhyme or reason. There was however, an effort in progress.

Unlike the exterior, devoid of her ilk - the interior was not so lonely. Though the quantity of books ultimately made their quest seem pointless, unachievable, silhouettes flapped their way through the dingy library halls, grasping at tomes, scrolls and steles of all shapes, sized and means from the numerous stacks, bringing them one at a time to their respective shelves after a pause for consideration.

“Imps,” the shade thought, though she soon questioned her assessment as she tucked herself behind a giant book, peeking out from the cover at one nearby. The voidsent resembled imps certainly, the same dumpy little bodies, bat-like wings and long tails - but the vibrantly mottled hues that typically defined their flesh was absent, replaced by the dry, crisply yellowing hue of old parchment. But most striking of all, were their heads.

The oversized craniums typical to most imps had given way to, perhaps fittingly if no less uncannily for it - tomes. Opening occasionally as they considered their prizes, only to shut after their ruminations were complete and destinations set. The notion fascinated the shade. Had the master here brought to them these odd imp-like voidsent? Or had they adopted this form to better serve their liege’s whims?

It was however, an additional challenge. Rarely were voidsent so unified in purpose, so uniform - her own half-corporeal, scarlet form stuck out like a sore thumb when the others were so alike, to steal a tome and escape wouldn’t be difficult, but to truly take in the knowledge this place had to offer, to bask in its teachings… -that- would take time.

Just as the little voidsent was herself pensively contemplating her next action, a light “thump!” echoed out beside her, turning her head, only to find herself face-to-face with a book-imp, perching around the side of the giant book, holding itself in place with its talons. A chill, as cold as ice ran down what passed for the shade’s spine, body tensing. A single imp was little threat to her, but if it called for its kin…

The creature’s tome-like head opened, the pages within blotting with black ink into the shape of an eye, blinking. Blinking. Blinking. Frozen with fear and indecision, surprise soon dominated the anxious cocktail of emotions coursing throughout the diminutive voidsent as the eye gave way to lips and a dry, hoarse voice vocalised, its every utterance accompanied by the sound of fluttering parchment, “Would. You. Like. To. See. The. Librarian?”

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Any thoughts on the new chapter. - 🦑

okay this time i did not forget but i was thinking it wasn't going to be released for a few more hours oops!! i did see people talking about it but i was assuming they were talking about leaks lol. here you go you get my live reaction

i'm afraid but. let me s--

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alright! I SURE AS HELL DO NOT LIKE AMADO POSING SEXILY ON THE COVER!!!!! I DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL!!!!

this isn't the first time that shikamaru's acted petty about the budget or whatever. what the hell is konoha's treasurer doing 😭😭😭 WHERE THE HELL DID THEY GET THE MONEY TO FUND ALL OF THOSE SKYSCRAPERS THEN IF THINGS ARE THIS DIRE??

my fucking god not another doujutsu I AM SICKKKK bring back taijutsu being relevant i just want to see people beating the shit out of each other again that was when this series was at its peak. also wow! this one is stupid! doesn't she already have one (1) fucking stupid power!!!

i groan every time s*mire is on the screen i DON"T CAREEEE like a part of me is going. okay it's not fair to assume that she's ultimately just going to be used for shipping bullshit in the end but! do i trust like that!! absolutely not!!

okay does like... Does Shikamaru Remember The Whole Amado-Shikadai Situation At All...... ORRRR?

HAHA! this is just like among us (2018)

ohhhh my god like ikemoto's panel layout always sucks ass but for some reason i feel like i'm having an even harder time than usual trying to visually process what's even happening. PLEASE. STOP JAILING ALL OF YOUR ARTWORK INTO THESE SQUARES!!

.... alright good to know eida's stupid ability doesn't work against blood relatives...... g-good to know.....?????

i think shikamaru and kawaki's relationship is confusing enough as it is and every time it gets brought up again i get even more confused. i really cannot tell where the hell they're going with this. so... what exactly was his plan here.......

alrighty. i Do think amado getting pushed into the p*ssy portal is funny <3

YES HE"S BEEN WANTING TO FOR SEVERAL CHAPTERS NOW

i'm crying i need to go read actual sapphic content or make it myself or something ENOUGHHH!! THIS IS EMBARRASSING !!! I DON"T LIKE THIS!!! ENOUGH!!!!!!

once again! shikamaru somehow finds a way to piss off everyone he crosses paths with! (see: this post i made) i do think that is incredibly funny that it keeps happening.

the official translation is so funny like everyone's supposed to be pissed off but they don't talk like how people like, actually naturally talk in english. "and never show your mug here again!" ?????

i do kinda want to see what happens to amado though. just because i will never get over the shikadai situation lmao.

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i will say this again so like. did i miss something or do we still have no fucking clue who or what the hell bronco is.

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