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alaskaartz · 6 months

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Silk Song RAMBLE.

I have a really hard time containing my excitement so

SPOILERS FOR SILKSONG! do not read anymore of this if you want to go into silksong spoiler free!

OK BUT LIKE- The updated HK wiki was a thing today and I went and looked at the silksong part of it. and OH MY GOD- I know most of these things already but everything about silksong makes me just so excited- silksong has a lot of things that I love and adore already and team cherry really just picked up everything I love and put it into one game, which makes me literally wanna jump around my room cuz I'm so happy

Ok rambling about things now

Up first moss grotto:

THIS PLACE MAKES ME SO HAPPY. I love moss, and I love lily pads. I love EVERYTHING about this place! I love the atmosphere of it and the feeling it gives off. It feels very comforting in an odd way, with all the moss and plants mixed with what I assume to be bones makes a really comforting place. The enemies shown here are also really really cute, I just wanna hug them, they look like they'd be soft. Something about moss grotto makes it seem like the perfect place to come sit and stay if you needed some alone time, I know that sounds weird but it's the best way I can describe it- Random but in the nintendo treehouse live from forever ago you could see the shell shards ROLL on the ground! and when Hornet walks on the moss it actually looks like she's walking on it! I bring this up because of how cool but more, real feeling? It makes everything feel. The fact that the currency and the shell shards roll on the ground gives it more gravity and just- overall a very cool feel to what it would be like to, idk, hold it? Geo in Hollow Knight kinda bounces around so it's like, not as realistic idk man- Another thing is Hornet, she seems to have more gravity to her, she can't jump as high or walk/run as fast as the knight did making her almost feel, heavier. She seems like she's much heavier than Ghost was

Next up, Deep docks: (the second one is my PC's wallpaper lol)

Deep docks feels very, hot, for obvious reason. Something about deep docks aesthetic is just SO COOL. I'm writing this part from memory of the treehouse live so if I'm wrong about stuff, sorry I love the rocks and bones in Deep docks, actually I love the amount of bones in most of the screenshots and trailer things I've seen- so cool, but also in deep docks it's really cool to see the bones, rocks, magma, and machinery all mixed together I really love Lace's arena, if you look in the background you can see some moss vines (?) hanging down so that makes me think It's really close to moss grotto, but it also gives her arena a more of an overgrown feel, which is really nice ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT LACE'S CRAZY AIR ATTACK?? That attack is probably my favorite out of all her moves, the way she comes back down to the ground and shakes the whole place is SO COOL- she's definitely gonna be a hard boss for me to beat but DAMN she's gonna be a fun boss Also the fact that Hornet and Lace are just fighting above flowing magma like it's nothing is badass The Citadel:

HOLY SHIT?? THERE'S SO MUCH I CAN TALK ABOUT WITH THIS ONE SCREENSHOT. The way the floor is makes the room feel very omen and very big. The room also feels old, and dusty- What seems to be torn cloths and curtains around the place makes it seem like that place has been there for a very long time. I assume and guess the Citadel is doing to play a very big and important role in the story of this game, and in the lore of Pharloom. Idk who this warrior is but he seems cool, two swords and everything. There isn't much footage of the Citadel at all which makes me a little upset because this place seems just so, so grand, so big, so IMPORTANT. I also don't know why but the colors make it feel royal. This- Place:

I'd live here, saying that right now, I'd live here. I'd find a cozy little bell to live in and stay there forever. I know the guy to the right of Hornet is singing so maybe this is a safe space in Pharloom? I would think it to be like how dirtmouth is, shops but also a calm place to be after fighting for your life for the millionth time. It's really cool how bells have been turned into homes, It's a really cool touch to this place and it makes it feel really cozy. I think the bell homes would be hanging from the ceiling, cavern roof, whatever you wanna call it- And the bug either fly or climb ladders to get into the bell houses! This place just radiates safe, and homey- once again, I will find a bell and make it my home.

This:

Not much to say about it because I know so little about it, but the fact that Hornet is fighting what I assume is I giant robot bug? omg, Also it looks like it's rusting so is it not affected by the magma but affected by something else? Or is that just weird red plants, Idk

Coral Place:

THERE. ARE. FISH. This place feeds my internal love of pirates, and anything ocean. The coral looks so alive and this place seems like it's gonna have cool stuff in it

PLEASE TELL ME THIS GUYS IS A PIRATE OR SOMETHING- He looks like a pirate, I'm not the only one who think that right? Like, a knight pirate This arena feels very small and, humid. Probably because it is either underwater or close to water. it seems really misty in there. The fact that the lanterns are held with coral, vine, things is so cool- Also there's pipes in the background! Maybe those are connected to something? I'm not trying to theorize everything I just think the possibilities are cool- I'mma call this the swamp place:

This looks like a swamp, what kind? an eerie one. It almost looks like there's ash in the air! Also the vine things in the back? so cool, the more faded they get makes this area feel very misty or foggy, which gives it a feeling of, idk, eeriness? spooky? The guy here looks like he's using a fishing pole as a weapon- which makes sense given the amount of water. The grass and, I forgot what those are called. SWAMP REEDS- are really big so it makes this place feel WAY bigger, or hornet way smaller. Not sure but I can't wait to explore this place and Probably get lost along the way.

GEARS:

I don't know what this place is, what it's for, but it feels almost steampunk so that's an automatic love from me. Also love these little flying guys, they're really cute and yeah- The gears are also super cool! It almost looks like she's inside a clock :0 This place feels warm but not, dry or humid. Just warm, a comfy warm

This section is just stuff I wanna ramble about/add so:

Cutely going insane over the fact that this place is probably a Giant rib cage

THIS PLACE. IDK WHAT IT IS OR WHAT IT'LL DO BUT I LOVE IT. JUST LOOK AT THAT BACKGROUND- Like, the 'sky' looks blue. ARE WE OUTSIDE? omg- I also love all the building in the back I just OMGOMG- It also looks like there's giant pipes, maybe it's close to the Citadel? Idk but this place makes me feel so happy I just wanna stare at it, I WANNA EXPLORE-

If you've made it this far thanks- This was the only place I could actually let out my excitement over a game that's not even out yet so- yeah- If you have any questions about stuff I rambled about or said then feel free to put something in my inbox about it so, yeah-

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parasociallover · 1 year

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Artist Meet-Cute [Prompto x GN!Reader]

Prompto Argentum x GN!Reader

Synopsis: On a trip out to a newly opened botanical garden, Prompto spots someone he can’t keep his eyes off of. A meet-cute ensues.

A/N: Something simple to introduce myself with (Hi, by the way, fellow romantic escapism enjoyers). This is also kind of a warm-up to a full FFXVxOCs fic, so look forward to that. I know y’all are starving for content.

Sometimes, being Noctis’ best friend was hard. Of course, not nearly as hard as being the crown prince himself, and Prompto would never even think to compare their problems. The invisible eyes that Prompto felt on him whenever he was out with Noct were likely a mere fraction of what the prince went through on a daily basis, but he could nonetheless, still very much feel them. When he was with Noct, he became The Prince’s Best Friend, The Funny One, The Comic Relief. The modern day equivalent of court jester meant to soothe the sorrows of his betters. He knew that they would deny it until the sun went down, but he knew it to be true. He was content with that, most days.

But today, he simply wanted to be Prompto. Everyone else was tied up with work at The Citadel, leaving him to his own devices. So, thinking that it’d been a while since he’d gone out on a solo excursion, he set his sights on the newly opened botanical gardens with camera in hand and enough money to buy himself the most indulgently greasy diner food he could find on the way home. There was a certain comfort in boarding public transport, blending into the crowd as he made his way from his dinky little apartment towards the artsy side of town.

The crowds were low, as he’d waited a week or so after opening to make his way here. As he stepped foot onto the paved paths surrounded by bursting floral blooms, he took in a deep breath. Now, this was the kind of nature he could get behind; air conditioned and with no bugs to ruin his good time. He stepped along, taking the occasional picture, but mostly just strolling. The grounds were beautiful, yes, but they weren’t sparking the inspiration he thought they would.

The possibility of art block brewing on what was supposed his day to truly be himself was enough to cast rain clouds over his once good mood.

Plopping down gracelessly onto one of the benches placed opposite a particularly bright patch of hydrangea, he crossed his arms and tilted his head, glaring at the blooms as if they would deliver unto him some sort of artistic wisdom he was missing. The flowers, however, remained silent.

He didn’t know how long he’d spent glaring at the greenery, as his search for wisdom quickly trailed off into a venture into his own thoughts, which was never a good thing. Prompto was stopped from inevitable disassociation by a shape stepping into his line of sight. A person, who hadn’t noticed his staring contest with a bunch of flowers, was inspecting the hydrangea with an admiring eye. As Prompto blinked back into full consciousness, he was brought to stark awareness at the site of this person’s appearance.

Now, he prided himself on his aesthetic eye, it’s why photography appealed to him so much. So he could say, with utmost authority, that this person was unreasonably attractive. Honestly, who had the right to be looking so dang cute on a random Wednesday afternoon? No one. There was something about the way they regarded the flower with such quiet excitement, like it was just the prettiest thing they’d ever seen. It was sincere, and sweet in a way that made butterflies flutter in his stomach, as saccharine of a sentiment that was. He fumbled with his camera for a second, eager to capture the moment on film, when it finally occurred to him how insanely creepy of an action that would be without consent.

Ugh, but what was he gonna do? Ask a random beautiful stranger if he could take their portrait? And for what? Personal reasons, just so he could keep it and look at it like a mega creep? He could feel the anxiety well up in his chest, staring down at his feet while his fingers toyed with his camera nervously. Yeah, that would not go over so well. He resolved to simply sit there in shame until the Pretty Stranger went about their day, and he could just go find something else to take a picture of.

Letting out a sigh of relief as he heard the sound of moving feet, he glanced up again, only to choke on his spit as the Pretty Stranger sat down on the bench next to him, heaving their own sigh. He couldn’t stop himself from staring like an idiot, even when they looked up and caught his eye. They were even cuter up close, especially when their lips curled up in a self-deprecating smile.

“This place is gorgeous, but it sure is a lot of walking! Only halfway through, and it feels like I’ve walked about a mile.” They sighed, with a little laugh in their voice, that pleasant tone you take during small talk with strangers.

Fumbling for words, Prompto blurted out a quick ‘Haha, yeah!’ before clamping his mouth shut tightly. The Pretty Stranger took that as their cue to keep making conversation, gesturing to the camera Prompto was still clutching tightly.

“Are you taking pictures for something particular, or are you a photographer for fun?’ The Pretty Stranger asked, gentle curiosity in their eyes. A silence stretched awkwardly between them for a second, as Prompto caught up to the fact that yes, the attractive person was speaking to him and he should reply in order to not be rude.

“Oh, n-nothing specific! I just came ‘cause it’s, y’know, a big new attraction and you can’t go wrong with pictures of flowers, right?” He sputtered out quickly, trying to desperately fill the weird silence. The Pretty Stranger nodded as if his word vomit made any sense, looking back out at the hydrangea bush.

“That’s true”, they chimed, “Flowers are a pretty safe bet if you want something pleasant and pretty. They’ve got them arranged by color too, did you notice that?”

He had not.

“I’ve been snapping pics with my phone, but I bet they’re nowhere near as fancy as yours.” They flashed that self-deprecating grin again, and this time, Prompto rushed to reply.

“I haven’t actually taken any pictures yet! The flowers are nice and all, but they just weren’t…enough, y’know? Like, I need something to add a little spice to the composition.”

Once again, the Pretty Stranger nodded along, that same look of gentle curiosity, prompting him to continue his rambling. “I think Nature shots always need a little something more, like animals or people, because the best scenes are ones that really tell a story. You need living subjects, something to lock eyes with, that you can step into the mind of. That way, it goes beyond just eye-candy, it becomes something worth thinking about. It becomes art, and it sticks with you.”

Before he could even begin to feel self-conscious about info-dumping about his favorite thing with this random stranger, they were nodding along emphatically with his words, slapping their knee in excitement.

“Oh, dude, I totally get that! It’s like, even if it’s just a static shot, having a person there adds just enough to bring it life!”

“Yeah, yeah!” He said, too excited that his point had gotten through to even feel embarrassed by how eager he sounded. He and the Pretty Stranger went on that topic of conversation way longer than he’d talked about photography with any sort of willing participant in his life. It was clear that they weren’t a photographer as well, just an excitable patron of the arts. Still, even when he had to explain some concept or aspect of photography that they didn’t understand, he didn’t feel like he was holding them hostage with his interests. It felt like he was being listened to. Like, they were truly interested in what he had to say.

He was startled out of his blissful excitement by the loud speaker above them announcing that the garden would be closing in 15 minutes. Had they really been talking for that long? Prompto felt a hot flush of shame on his face, he’d really kept this person from enjoying their day, hadn’t he?

As he opened his mouth to apologize, the Pretty Stranger laughed.

“Oh man! I’m sorry I kept you for so long, man. You’ve got a way with words, though, you should be a photo lecturer or something!” They stood and held out their hand for him to take, which he did, thanking the cooler season for an excuse to wear his gloves so he didn’t ruin the moment with his sweaty hands. The two of them stood there for a second, hands clasped, before Prompto dropped the hold like he’d been burned, shoving his hands in his pocket.

The Pretty Stranger gestured back the way they came, the closest way out, and Prompto followed along on auto-pilot, eyes trained on the face of the most cute, sincere, angel he’d ever met. He knew he was the type to fall quickly, but this was an all time record. And it felt…different from his other crushes. There was no wall, no insurmountable river of self-doubt that he had to surmount. It was easy to talk to them. And maybe, he was feeling a little high off the fumes of that realization, which was why he blurted out, “Hey, are you doing anything after this?”

They were outside of the entrance now, having stepped out of the way of the doorway, and were idly walking towards the shopping street. The Pretty Stranger, seemingly content to walk beside him, shrugged.

“Other than to eat? Nope! I didn’t even plan this, to be honest. I just came by because it was new and free.” They laughed, and Prompto, giddy with the opportunity to not have to let them go just yet, laughed with them.

“Well, if you’re interested, I was gonna go get some particularly greasy diner food and I would love a little company.” He flashed them a boy-ish smile, hoping that the little bit of cuteness he knew he had would save him from too harsh a rejection. But, just as they had before, The Pretty Stranger nodded emphatically.

“That sounds pretty dang good! Lead the way, man.”

Like a puppy, he took their hand and began leading them towards his burger place of choice, practically reading off the menu to them as they made their way through half empty streets. Then, a thought occurred to him.

“Oh, my name is Prompto, by the way.”

#prompto x reader #prompto argentum x reader #x reader #gender neutral reader #reader insert fic #reader insert fluff #forcing myself to go ahead and post this and stop worrying about how cringe this might be #i am cringe but i am free

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darklight-phantasm · 3 months

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ask game let’s goooo!!! 💠 ❌ 💚 ☔✨?

💠 (Favorite level) - That would be the Creepy Citadel from SSA! A lot of nostalgia and just immaculate gothic dark fantasy vibes and such a good finale for the undead section of the game. Also the perfect aesthetic for Hex, I always use her in that chapter. Honorable mentions are The Oracle from Giants and The Golden Arcade from Imaginators.

❌️ (Who's your least favorite Skylander) - Honestly there's a lot of Skylanders I simply don't care for despite having them. The one I actively dislike is Lightning Rod because of some rather unpleasant characterization in one of the books but Fist Bump is a close second for having a (personally) bad design and for insulting Déjà Vu, you don't do that.

💚 (Who's your favorite non-Skylander character) - Similarly I don't care much for the NPCs either but if I had to pick my favorite from the bunch it would probably be Mags, she's a fun gal! Cali also comes to mind but then I remember how much she yelled at me for breaking some pottery and she goes down the list /hj

☔️ (Which game was your least favorite) - Extremely popular opinion: Imaginators. I tried to like it but it's just so rushed and the ending is such a cruel slap to the face. Underwhelming chapters (few exceptions as seen above), removed a lot of great stuff from previous games, BUTCHERED the Academy and don't even get me started on the story and overall writing. Its one saving grace is the Skylanders roster, which is my favorite from the franchise, but besides that there are only a few other positive aspects I can think of. The Imaginators were a fun concept that I was excited about but ultimately kinda fell flat for me and I just ended up using the senseis 90% of the time. The selfie (picture) feature was great and they put effort into the character movesets, so I enjoy playing it for them but that's really it.

✨️ (Which game was your favorite) - And my favorite game is Spyro's Adventure! Call me a nostalgic fool but that game will always hold such a special place in my heart. If you asked me what Skylanders is at its core I would point you to that game. It has this beautiful world design with a really magical medieval rpg flare which hit all the right spots for me. Every character felt unique and gave you an entirely different gameplay experience and the SOUNDTRACK god. I literally can't listen to the main theme without tearing up it means so much to me. It has its flaws obviously, but to me it is the perfect game and I will always enjoy taking out the first portal and replaying it, it's the absolute best way of reliving my childhood.

Edit: ✨️ for @adaplayspiano as well

#skylanders #ask game #asks #got a bit carried away I'm so dedicated to answering these

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agbpaints · 1 year

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2022, A year in minis

Well we're almost at the new year so I decided to drag everything I've painted out of its many boxes and lay it out to see what I've done. Overall I think this is the most productive year of painting I've had yet, with 123 figures finished in total. I crossed some big milestones with my admech, surpassing 1,000 and 1,500 pts of total painted models. I also started collecting necrons, started collecting battletech, and finished the last few stragglers from my cursed city box. My speed at painting increased this year considerably and I've definitely improved my confidence in my own skills- I've started using basic freehand and weathering techniques on my models and my airbrush is becoming a significantly more used tool even if my motor coordination isn't good enough for it to be a tool for anything more than monocolor base coats.

My favorite 2022 projects

Scrap-mech. Equal parts infuriating and awesome. Cawdor bodies have some of the jankiest connection points I've ever seen but their aesthetic is top notch and slots right into admech. This was the first project I did using citadel contrast paints, and while I don't think they're the one stop replacement for normal techniques they were billed as they work fantastically as like an 'extra thicc' wash.

Battletech. I really did not expect to have as much fun as I did with these big stompy murder bots. The models are appropriately chunky and gave me a lot of practice with panel lining. I also discovered how much fun flocking is!

Vargskyr: One of my favorite monsters that I've painted and my absolute most favorite piece from cursed city. I had a lot of fun getting the hair to blend in with the skin on this big chunky boy.

Tech-wraith Kitbash. This was an idea that came like a bolt from the blue while I was buying discount models that went from notion to build to done in less than 3 days. It's mostly bits and pieces from a kataphron kit welded into a cairn wraith but I'm super proud of it.

Flayed One Kitbashes. Flayed Ones are one of my favorite necron things period and after my initial spooktober idea hit a roadblock I fell into my backup plan, a flayer killteam. The lord is probably my favorite model I built out of the mix- he's mostly a primaris intercessor mashed together with an old warrior sprue.

Goals for 2023

Pile of shame busting: holy shit do I still have a lot of bare plastic to get rid of. My biggest goals for next year are going to be finishing my warcry and infinity starters that I've left to molder in their boxes and building/painting the rest of my admech backlog. In total I believe this is about 60 models

Spooktober project: last year I recieved a Seraptek heavy construct second hand that's been hiding in a box in my attic ever since. After reading twice dead king I've decided to make it the Seraptek from That Scene (you know the one) but life and the overwhelming size of the project meant I wussed out for spooktober this year. With another year of experience and time to plan ahead, it's gonna happen this time.

Advanced techniques: I've been experimenting recently with non-metalic metal and its absolutely nerd sniped me. I suck at it, but I see a glimmer of something I could get better at that I'm gonna try to claw towards. I'd also like yo try messing around more with various blending techniques in general.

Model photography: so far all of my models have had their photos taken using a desk lamp, a piece of calligraphy paper, and the phone camera on my Samsung. They're OK but I want to devote some time and resources into upgrading my kit and skills here.

#hobby #mini painting #miniatures #warhammer #wh40k #warhammer 40k #admech #necrontyr #adeptus mechanicus #battletech #year in review #2022 #goals for 2023

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15-lizards · 1 year

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hi :)

i'm so sorry, i'm new to tumblr so i haven't gotten the whole asks thing down yet. could you do 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, and 10 for the reed gang and also stannis baratheon? thank you!!! :)

Omg of course my love!!

1. What would their social media page/activity be like?

-I think Meera has a twitter and spam instagram where she complains ab her problems and wonders if she’s a lesbian in the captions of cute animal memes (im projecting) and Jojen solely uses his instagram to identify bugs and plants and sometimes rocks. Stannis has like a very professional Facebook page for his business/election campaign or whatever and he has like five followers and sometimes Robert comments under his posts while he’s drunk

3. My thoughts on their design/aesthetic alone

-god I have so many thoughts. Meera is just such a kind looking girl (and Ellie Kendrick made me gay) who dresses like a bog person and throws nets and spears 10/10 no notes I love you swamp wife. Jojen is similar but he’s a sickly swamp boy which makes me sad but it’s an interesting character design I care him. Stannis is soooo fucking good like having his brothers height and strength but none of their charisma and also he’s balding is actually hilarious. Absolute unit of a depressed man

6. Psychological headcanons (tastes, fears, talents, regrets, how they deal with anger, just anything that comes to mind on the topic)

-Jojen Reed Autism Swag thank you for listening. Like I said that child can identify the hell out of some rocks and bugs. Meera eldest daughter syndrome!!! She’s so scared of losing Bran now that she knows she’s gonna lose Jojen she wants to protect everyone and make sure no one’s sacrifice goes to waste it’s such a burden to carry :( plus she has to protect everyone to my babygirl is getting grey hairs. Stannis also eldest daughter syndrome! He is repressed he is dutiful he is angry he only ever did what was expected of him and got jack shit in return but he keeps on trudging on cause that’s what he has to do I want to bite something

8. Made-up connections with other characters that weren’t in the canon (friends, enemies, whatever)

-Meera and Dany are girlfriends and love each other this is canon to me actually. Meera and Robb would be friends I think and Sansa too :,) Jojen is such a little old man nerd I think he’d like hanging around Davos bc he respects little old man nerds (like Shireen, they would be friends too). And Stannis has never had a real friend in his life besides Maester Cressen and Davos but I think he has a grudging respect for Kevan Lannister. Dutiful second sons the both of them. Davos tries to get them to become actual friends bc he’s tired of being the only homoerotic codependent relationship Stannis has

9. Headcanons about their past

-I think Meera, not Jojen, has been raised to take over House Reed. She’s a natural leader and I’m sure Howland knows his son is gonna he paste anyway. Jojen probably used to want to become a Maester and study the higher mysteries before he got his death dreams :( Stannis was probably considered being sent to the citadel too, but I think Steffon decided he needed to stay by Roberts side to be his voice of reason which obviously turned out really well

10. Content about them I’d like to see more of

-I need more Meera fanart pretty please I miss ny baby girl. I also want fics of either her and Dany or her and Jojen and the starklings getting into shenanigans. I would love to see more Jojen dream analyses too, and posts connecting him to Cassandra and other literary references I live for that shit. I am honestly stuffed to the brim for Stannis content bc my entire tl is just Baratheon blogging but I will never say no to more fanart of him, sad old man stavos fics, or analyses on his character!!!

#asoiaf #whew that was a lot #that was fun tho thanks!!!#I am such a Meera girl till I die I just want her happy #same for Stannis but I feel like that’s too much to ask for

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onthesandsofdreams · 2 years

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In Dreams [3/?]

Pairing: SanSan Rating: T Summary: “So, what are you planning to do, you know, about your ghost?” She swallows, sips her coffee and then says, “Nothing. I mean, they’re just footsteps. It’s not like my walls bleed.” Arya grins, “If that happens, call me immediately. I’d like to see it.” Words: 1048 Notes: @mousedetective, @littlefeatherr

Read @ AO3

They don’t fall asleep until two hours later, when exhaustion finally kicks in after the rush of excitement over Sansa’s ghost.

The following morning, they groggily make their way downstairs for a breakfast of coffee and cereal. Sansa feeds Lady and then sits next to her sister. Arya is her usual self when she asks, “So, what are you planning to do, you know, about your ghost?”

She swallows, sips her coffee and then says, “Nothing. I mean, they’re just footsteps. It’s not like my walls bleed.”

Arya grins, “If that happens, call me immediately. I’d like to see it.”

She snorts, leave to her sister to love the idea of horror. But then again, Arya has always has had a taste for mystery and terror that she lacks. “Sure.”

Arya leaves with the promise of contacting Sam Tarley. “He studied at Citadel University, if someone should know where to look, it’s him.”

“Thank you, Arya.” She smiles at her sister.

***

But her curiosity will not be abated, nor does she finds herself with the patience to wait for Sam’s research. So, she does what she can, goes to the library and looks for information on historic or old homes in and around King’s Landing.

She strikes gold with the third newspaper reel she finds.

There, in front of hers, is an old sketch of her house.

She leans forward in excitement and reads, ‘The Lannister House, home of Sir Jaime and Brienne Lannister.’ The newspaper is old. ‘The Lannister House, a refuge for people who got trapped during the war, was a witness to history. There, Sir and Lady Lannister did their best to shield and protect as many people as they could.’

“Oh wow,” she mutters and continues reading. ‘The house was a witness of history and loss. One of the most notable deaths occurred the 3rd of June of 311, when Sandor Clegane, a knight in service of Cersei Lannister was brought wounded to the house after being attacked by another soldier with an ax to the chest.’ “Holy hell,” she mutters, but even with the terrible reality of war, she’s happy because she now has a name for her ghost. And she cannot imagine it getting worse. ‘Despite his wound, Clegane managed to behead the soldier.’ Her mouth drops, well, her imagination was quite limited compared to his reality. “Damn.”

The article continues, ‘Clegane was pronounced dead by Maester Qyburn at one in the morning.’

Eyes wide, she leans backwards. Well, that explained why she only heard the footsteps at that hour. And she felt a wave of pity for Sandor, she cannot imagine what war is like, but to die in such a way, and then, instead of having some rest, he is bound to the house, pacing, restless.

She vows to be nice to her ghost.

Her mind made up, she leaves the library and makes her way to a thrift store. She wants her house’s furniture to be of wood and preferably old. She feels like that would fit better the aesthetic she’s going for.

For a minute she had thought of recreating the house as it was. But the sort of furniture she would need for that, would cost a small fortune. So, she has decided to do as best she can and decorate with thrifted or second hand wooden furniture. She has had luck before, her four poster bed is second hand and is quite sturdy and almost new.

In the store, she lucks out and finds a desk that’s perfect for her office, a set of coffee and side tables and a small bookcase that will be perfect for the hallway or one of the rooms.

When she returns home, and after she feeds Lady, she calls out loud. “Well, Sir Sandor Clegane. Lovely to meet you, I’m Sansa Stark.”

For a brief moment, she hesitates. Is she being a weirdo, introducing herself to a ghost? She shakes her head, no, she’s being polite. She and Sandor are sharing a house, and the polite thing to do was to introduce yourself to your roommate. Even if said roommate was dead.

“I just want you to know, that it’s lovely to meet you. I hope that you and I get along. I’m a new homeowner, and to be frank, I’m quite excited for the house.

“My husky’s name is Lady, as you perhaps heard. And the woman who was with me earlier, it’s my sister, Arya. She’s so much fun and I think you blew her mind off with your pacing. She likes that sort of thing.

“And as to me, well, your pacing doesn’t bother me. It’s pretty harmless, considering the horror stories that people say that ghosts do, I feel quite confident saying that your pacing doesn’t bother me at all.”

She’s about to continue when she realizes something, she has no food in the fridge, “Crap. Uh, sorry about that, but I’m afraid that I must make a quick grocery run. See you soon!”

When she comes back, bags loaded with fresh veggies, fruits, meats, lactose products, a crusty loaf of bread, some jams, pantry basics and some prepared meals for days when she doesn’t feel like cooking, she turns the radio on and sings along as she preps the food to go into the fridge. She has discovered that if she has prepped veggies and fruits, she enjoys her cooking all the more.

In the end, she makes herself some oatmeal with berries and goes to bed. Her whole body is aching. She did run all over the city from one store to another. She eats her oatmeal in bed, and before she sleeps, she journals for a bit and makes a note to remind herself that she still needs to find frames for photos and art. And said art too. A yawn breaks her concentration and she sets both journal and pen aside. Lady climbs into bed with her. “Good night, Sir Clegane.”

She cuddles into bed and lets sleep take over her.

Next time she opens her eyes, she’s in the wooden area close to her house. The sun is shining and there are flowers and a strange set of rocks. She looks around, there’s no one around, she’s completely alone. “Hello?”

#sansan #sansa x sandor #sansa & arya #sansa stark #arya stark #sandor clegane #asoiaf #asoiaf fic #au: modern westeros #multipart: in dreams

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egyptonlinetours1 · 2 years

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Egypt Budget Tours to Cairo, Luxor and Alexandria

Experience the aesthetic Pharaonic spirit with our Egypt Budget travel packages! Plan Egypt Tours will help you explore Egypt Holidays ancient spots where you will get back in time of the Pharaonic era, explore their culture, lifestyle, civilization and know more about their gods and goddesses.

Egypt Budget Tours, Have best tour in your vacation , you have the opportunity to enjoy visiting Cairo where you enjoy watching the three pyramids of Giza Chamber, Chephren and Mykerinus, its ancient sightseeing in Egypt and know more information about the history, and also enjoy the chance to have an excursion to sphinx that has human’s head and lion’s body, after that you can enjoy taking pictures with the best panoramic view, you have the opportunity to enjoy visiting the great Egyptian museum where you can watch great pieces of Tutankhamun, give yourself the chance to enjoy the room of mummies and more in the Egyptian museum. Enjoy holiday in Egypt and have the chance to enjoy in best Nile cruise to watch the magnificent sightseeing of Luxor and Aswan, also have the opportunity to have an optional tour to Alexandria to watch catacombs of Kom El Shokafa and Qaitbay citadel, also you can visit Montazah Palace or the Roman theater.

Day # 1: Cairo, Egypt budget tours Your Egypt budget tour starts by pick you up from Cairo Airport by Maestro Online Travel REP with direct transfer to hotel, check in with a welcome drink. Free time to relax or enjoy optional evening tour as Sound & Light show infront of Pyramids then return to your hotel in Cairo. Day # 2: Giza Sightseeing Tours After your relaxing breakfast at the hotel in Cairo your own private Egyptologist guide will accompany you in a tour travelling in Egypt history, enjoy tours to Sakkara that is part of Memphis's necropolis, and the burial site of the most ancient Pharaohs where you will see the first pyramid ever built in Egypt "Step Pyramid of King Djoser that was designed by Imhotep, the ancient Egyptian architect also in tours you will visit Teti Pyramid and tombs in Sakkara then relaxing drive to the famous Giza Plateau, home of Egypt’s GREATEST attractions to visit The Great Pyramids, ONE of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. The tour includes the visit to the valley temple facing the great sphinx, then you will be transferred to the train terminal for travelling to Luxor and overnight stay. Day # 3: Luxor Sighteeing tours - Sleeping train to Cairo Pick you up from Luxor train station for a full day guided tour in Luxor to visit the Colossi of Memnon, and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, in Luxor tour you will visit 3 tombs. Continue the tour to visit Hatshipsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, cross the River Nile to the East bank to visit Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. then transfer to Luxor train terminal to travelling in sleeping train back to Cairo and overnight stay.

Day # 4: Alexdandria, Egypt budget toursPick you up from The train terminal in Cairo for your trip to Alexandria, which is the second capital of Egypt, it was Egypt capital during greek & roman time, you will accompanied by private tour guide and private air-conditioned vehicle travelling to Alexandria in 3 hours driving, then start your tour by visiting the Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa, tour to visit The Roman Theater, Pompay's Pillar, Fort Qaitbey. Lunch will be served in local restaurant in Alexandria, then continue to visit Alexandria library that was rebuilding like solar disk from outside, the library was considered as the center of scientist and philosophers in the Greco roman and till now it attacks scholars from all the world in all sciences, continue to visit El-Montazah palace from outside, free time in Alexandria then back to Cairo and your hotel for overnight stay. Day # 5: Cairo Sightseeing Tour, Egypt budget tour Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo and then you will be accompanied by your private Egyptologist tour guide to visit the world-renowned Egyptian Museum that was built in neo-classical style designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon which exhibits a collection now over 120000 masterpieces ranges from pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the King Tutankhamen, Pharaonic Gods and Goddess, with option visit to the mummies room at the Egyptian Museum where you may learn about the Great Egyptian civilization and the mummification art in ancient Egypt. Then you will also visit the Citadel of Saladin that is overlooking the city from the Muqattam Hills and Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside that was built in Turkish style and very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey and simply considered to be one of the landmarks in Cairo whose minaret can be seen from any part of old Cairo then visit the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the hanging church or the suspended church this basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon the church became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt you will visit also the famous Jewish heritage in Cairo including Ben Ezra Synagogue, the temple contains a Jewish heritage library, containing documents found here in 1896 that describe the economic and social conditions of Jews under Arab rule as well as descriptions of relations between various Jewish sects from there you will be transferred to your hotel and overnight stay. Day # 6: Cairo / Home: Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo then transfer to Cairo Airport ( End of Egypt budget tour )

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Egypt Budget Tours include: - Pick up and drop off services from Cairo Airport - Transportation by air-conditioned modern vehicles - Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo hotel 4 stars with breakfast - Accommodation for 2 nights in aboard the sleeping train with breakfast & dinner, when you are travelling from Cairo to Luxor, or travelling Luxor Cairo - Tour to Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley temple, Sakkara and Memphis Tour to Egyptian Museum, Citadel Mosques and Coptic Churches - Tour to Karnak temples, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple & colossi of Memnon - Alexandria Tour to Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa, Pompay's Pillar, Fort Qaitbey, Alexandria library, El-Montazah palace - Felucca ride in Luxor with sunset attendance - Lunch meals during Cairo tours / Luxor tours /Alexandria tours - Entrance fees to the sights in Giza / Cairo / Alexandria/ Luxor - English speaking guide in Giza / Cairo / Alexandria / Luxor - Service charges and taxes included throughout the tours

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Egypt Budget Tours exclude: - Optional tours - Personal expenses - Tipping

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beehiveedits · 2 years

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Podcast wallpapers part 17!

The Penumbra Podcast/The Second Citadel: Quan-Yii

Made by beehiveedits (if you use, please reblog. If you repost, please credit me)

#quan yii #the penumbra podcast #tpp #the second citadel #photo editing #editing #edit #aesthetic #photography #wallpaper

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this-is-a-podcast-fanblog · 5 years

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Well, I haven’t gotten to the ending, have I? Because after that day, when humanity survived our Citadel’s fall, we began to rebuild. Centuries passed. A new and greater Citadel was formed.

Second Citadel Aesthetic

#second citadel #the penumbra podcast #sir damien #lord arum #tpp #aesthetics #these are really fun to do

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rabdoidal · 6 years

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all the moodboard suggestions! desktop users can click through for captions

#personal #moodboard #aesthetic #caduceus #critrole #otp: bouquet #the second citadel #wolf 359 #taz amnesty #indrid cold #mothman

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buglis · 6 years

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me crying: I love that no one in the the penumbra podcast is cis

#tpp #the penumbra podcast #juniverse #second citadel #LISTEN. L I S T E N. PILOT? NB. JUNO? NB. PETER? WHO TF KNOWS. CECIL? TRANS MASC. ALSO TRANS FEM QUEEN MIRA AND GNC SIR CAROL IS CANON KING #I HOPE SOPHIE AND KEVIN AND EVERYONE ELSE ON STAFF AT THE PENUMBRA KNOWS THAT THEY’VE BUILT A CITY BUT IM BASICALLY JUST SLIDIN IN IN SOME #HEELIES WITH A JUICEBOX AND NEON ORANGE SUNGLASSES AND INSTITUTING MYSELF AS KING AND ARCHIVIST. YOU ARE ALL LEGALLY OBLIGED TO AGREE WITH #ME THAT NO ONE IN THIS PODCAST IS CIS. IM SORRY ABOUT ALL CAPS I HAD TO COMMIT TO THE AESTHETIC

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minkowskii · 6 years

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my favourite podcasts: the penumbra | the second citadel

the wilds around the second citadel have always been dangerous, but new perils have taken root of late. monsters with powers of manipulation have been cropping up everywhere lately, and the queen has assembled a team to exterminate them for good. and so sir caroline is on the case to sniff out the source of these mind-controlling manipulators. but monsters aren’t the only threats this world has to offer- a curse has taken the fishing town of ballast through which sir caroline and her team must travel, and if they want to pass through, they’ll have to find the source of this strange town’s deadly malady.

#the penumbra podcast #the second citadel #tppedit #lord arum #sir damien #sir talfryn #rilla #aesthetic #myedit #tscedit #favourite podcasts

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scarlets-if · 2 years

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Prologue

Now that I have more time to write, the prologue's word count is at over 15k. It's small compared to a lot of IFs but I'm still proud, especially since I haven't had much time to work on it since November. In a week or so, it's my goal to have enough done that I can let my twin play it and let me know what he thinks. Oh and also I feel pretty good about the UI! I might post some screenshots this week once I fill out both sidebars.

So far in the prologue, each route spends some time with their family who will hopefully remain relevant even as THE CANDIDATE ventures to the City Beneath. THE COURTESAN's entry into the City Beneath is pretty different from THE HEIR and THE PROPHET's. While THE HEIR and THE PROPHET both maybe have an optional side quest, THE COURTESAN gets to meet one of the romance options earlier on.

The City Beneath is the working title for where most of the IF will take place. It has runner ups like the Forgotten City, the Unseen City, and the Void Citadel. I chose it because today I found little notes on an abandoned WIP called The City Beneath full of ideas like "lunar warrior maidens" and "void prophets" and a "celestial inner court" which I might incorporate in Within Scarlet Chambers as long as it fits. The vibes are getting more astral and dreamy which makes sense given my tastes and duh Night Court lol.

Character Customization

For now, I'm planning to make gender customizable for a reason that's maybe too specific and will lead to a ramble if I explain it. There will be a female, nonbinary, and male option and probably pronouns will be selected separately. I'll see how this goes.

I'm growing used to second person so I'll just use that when giving more narrative-y answers to asks. There's currently more content planned for female Candidates but that's just because I planned for them longer. I imagine things will even out as time goes on. No matter what, there should be enough story to go around.

I don't know if I've mentioned this or not but there are 5 skill stats that are currently called rites, music, duels, ink, and game. I should probably explain what each means haha but I won't yet. These 5 skills are cumulative and raise over time but I'm considering including traits or feats which will be true/false (either you know them or you don't) types that can be picked up along the way. I'll see if it works. On top of these, there are 3 stats related to THE CANDIDATE's general reputation: renowned, dreaded, and adored.

Appearance ended up a bit expanded. It includes 7 eye color, 4 skin color, 4 hair color, 3 hair type, 4 or 5 (including bald) hair lengths, and 7 body type options. There are 5 overall aesthetics which will decide facial features like eye shape and general visual vibes. The aesthetics are one of the factors which decide the characters' starting impression of the MC.

Relationships

Instead of having more or less uniform starting points, the major characters will have approvals based on the reputation of the route you've chosen for your character and the impression given off by your character's aesthetic and maybe their disposition.

I'm torn between having three separate approval stats: one to measure antagonism and dissonance, another to measure friendship and rapport, and another to measure romance and desire. And having it be like, just a stat for rapport and a stat for romance and then give consistent options for "bickering married couple banter" and so on. They both have pros and cons so I'm not sure yet.

There's another feature that I was going to mention here but I don't want to say too much and think this has gone on long enough haha. I'm really excited about how this is going so far.

#update #interactive fiction #interactive novel #twine game #if wip #does this count as a devlog #fae politics murder #within scarlet chambers

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stillwinterair · 3 years

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Engaging with Mass Effect 1 unlocks Secret Emotions that I cannot get anywhere else.

The feeling of landing on an uncharted world. Of walking around the Citadel and doing quests. Of being snowed in at Port Hanshan on Noveria. Of walking around the Normandy, so dim and quiet, like everybody's getting ready for bed but aren't quite ready to lay their heads yet. Of finding the Prothean relic on Eletania, and watching through the eyes of a stone age human observed by Protheans. Of speaking to Sovereign for the first time. Of speaking to Vigil. Of the climax to the geth side quest, and hearing the mournful broadcast of the geth honoring their creators, which totally recontextualizes everything you've seen of them so far. Of solving affairs for far-flung colonists and scouts, eking out their livings on distant, hostile worlds. Of tracking a conspiracy all the way down, to the death of Admiral Kahoku and beyond, picking up the trail of some mysterious group known only as Cerberus.

The clanking sounds of your boots on the metal floor of a prefab building, the dim light glimmering on thickly-molded glass, of the eerie, whispering song that plays on uncharted worlds. The rolling, metallic sound of superheated rounds rolling out of an assault rifle, and the lament of Vigil, and the poetic calm of Uncharted Worlds. The sense that no one has stood where you're standing in billions of years, and maybe no one ever will again. The sense that something is wrong, that nothing in your journey is quite adding up, and the ultimate revelation of the Reapers completely changing your worldview and adding an existential, apocalyptic crisis to your periphery, doom impending who-knows-when -- now, if you don't stop it, and if you do? Then when? They're coming regardless. What can you do to prepare? What will you sacrifice? What alliances will you build, or break?

Every single one of these moments just Does Something to me, and there is a particular something about the design of ME1 that feels both comfortingly at home, and so cosmically horrifying as to excite me and spur me along.

ME1 is one of those games that, I really don't want to erase my memory of to play with fresh eyes, because as good as the first time was, the second was better, and the third even better, and so on. I've played all the way through it well over a dozen times since 2007 and I still get so excited even thinking about its various twists and turns. I play through it like once a year to experience that atmosphere, more than anything else. It feels like home more than maybe any other game I've ever played. New Vegas is close, but something about Mass Effect... it's a world I want to live in; I know the whole game by heart, but the Citadel especially -- I know where every Keeper is intrinsically, I know when every side quests pops up. The Wards on the Citadel and Port Hanshan on Noveria are like, my mental happy places. Even though Noveria is a corporate hellhole, once again, it's just the atmosphere of it. I can practically feel the cold creeping in from the outside.

The rest of the series never quite recaptured The Magic for me. ME2 gets close a number of times, but the dramatically smaller hub space and the reorienting of locations to being more like strip malls and less like actual places really fucked with me. I love parts of ME2; Illium and Omega almost feel real. Certain side quests broaden the universe beautifully. But the complete shift in narrative focus, and this abrupt change from a dimly-lit, soft-edged atmosphere to the blinding brightness of ME2's stark aesthetic sensibilities did not mesh with me, nor did the switch to cover-shooting first and foremost, nor did the complete refocusing of the entire plot away from the Reapers and onto, like... some of their pawns? For the entire game? The complete lack of actual exploration ultimately did it in for me, though, and this was only compounded in ME3, where everything just feels like strip malls and shooting galleries.

But ME1... there's this perfect gem of an idea in that game. It's rough and unpolished, and I think needed a lot more work to make the combat feel dynamic and to make the squad feel like family, but it was heading in a beautiful direction, and I still feel like we never got the series that game's potential had promised.

#mass effect #sorry I am posting about this Again but I am working on the world building doc for my space opera setting and am Thinking About It

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