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sunandflame · 11 months

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Flame and Water, Chapter 1

A/N: Hello! After a poll decision I turned the 'The Water Pillars Tsuguko' into a full length fic. And a fresh start need a new blog as I can't interact with my sideblog (which sucks) So this is going to be an ongoing series from. I hope you enjoy!

Summary: You are the water pillars Tsuguko and you are training under him. One day you meet all the hashiras and when your gaze falls upon Rengoku, you are terrified to the bones.

Ship & Trope: Kyojuro x Fem!Reader (Water Pillars Tsuguko)

Warnings: none (yet)

Word Count: 1,9 Words

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"The Breath of Water is a technique that can adapt to all kinds of attacks. But to master it, you need to have the heart to always keep your breaths steady. Like a water surface. Think of your heart as the surface. If you wish to become the strongest Demon Hunter Swordsman, if you wish to become a pillar, you need to always keep your heart steady. Keep it calm and gentle, like the water's reflection."

Those were the words that Urokodaki-san passed on to Tomioka-san that he now passed to you before he started his first training lesson with you, before he started accepting you as his Tsuguko. You had anchored these words deep in your heart and reflected them on the outside. You have always been a very calm person, but as soon as you mastered all 11 forms of water, you became even more balanced. Yes, you even managed to master Giyuu's self-developed form Dead Calm. You were truly his Tsuguko and you both got along well, which could be thanked to your similar nature.

But just because the two of you got along didn't mean the other Hashira liked you, because as Tomioka's Tsuguko they had already formed an opinion about you and when you met them, they weren't particularly enthusiastic about you. The worry about having a second Giyuu Tomioka around them who wasn't talking or doing anything with the others seemed very likely. Added to that their presence intimidated you. Your gaze wandered over to each one of them and you could already guess what they were thinking of you, not that it bothered you much, even if the Sound Pillar said out his thoughts.

"You got yourself a Tsuguko that is just as dark and unflashy as you are Tomioka!"

Your gaze wandered to your teacher who didn't reply and this gesture hurt you a little even though you hadn't expected otherwise. There were some comments from the other Hashiras, but you weren't hearing them as your eyes were fixated on the one haori with the flames.

Horrible memories came up and your otherwise calm demeanor crumbled from one second to the next. A terrified whimper was heard and before you could realize it, you knew it was coming from your own mouth. With a quick movement you slapped your hand over it. But it was too late. Everyone had heard it and were now staring at you. Panic and anxiety filled your guts and you saw all the confused faces that exchanged looks between you and the Flame Pillar. Your eyes were searching for a quick exit and you fled so quickly, leaving some confused faces in their wake.

After y/n left the scenery, all eyes were on Rengoku. Sanemi was the first to speak. "What the actual fuck was that?"

"I- I think that she was whimpering...," said Mitsuri hesitantly

"Yeah, we all noticed that"

"But, why?

"It seemed like she was afraid of Rengoku-san"

And with that statement everyone turned to the blond who's smiling gaze didn't wavered., though there was a visible confusion behind his golden eyes. "I have never seen her once in my life! I can't explain to myself why she acted like this!"

There were a few comments, but this issue wasn't worth digging deeper into for the pillars. They just didn't care about y/n. But Rengoku's mind was racing. He just couldn't understand it. He tried to think about why you had reacted to him like that. Was it his looks? He couldn't do anything about it. After all, that's how he was born, and he was also proud of it because it showed him the connection to his ancestors.

Days had passed and he tried his hardest to forget the matter, since he knows that not everyone can like him, but fearing him? And it was pure terror he had seen in y/n eyes that would not let go of him anymore. He even approached Tomioka, tried to learn maybe the reason, but his answer was a simply "I don't know more than you." How was it even possible that he was training everyday with you and not knowing more? Rengoku had to realize that he couldn't let go of that matter and decided to get to the bottom of it.

Wood on wood met, the bokutos collided and you were completely focused on your opponent who was also your teacher until you suddenly saw something yellow in the corner of your eye. "Ouch!" A moment of inattention and you'd already received a hit on your shoulder. You rubbed the hit area and gave your teacher a confused look before looking away at the other person who appeared only to realize it was the Flame Pillar. Your whole body tensed up and you tried to dodge the next punches but got hit after hit. You could feel the bruises forming under your uniform and you kept fighting but you were not able to focus with the Flame Pillar watching you both and Tomioka could sense that too.

"Okay, that is enough training for today," were the words of Tomioka before he left the training ground and left you alone with Rengoku. He was not happy with your today’s progress, just like you, but he left without another comment. Again, your eyes darted around and looked for a quick exit. You gave Rengoku no chance to talk to you. Even if he had patiently waited for you and you were hoping with an anxious heart that he would not come back the next day. But you were so wrong. Rengoku proved himself determined as he came by every day to try to talk to you. And every time you would tense up, not being able to focus. One day you were hit so badly in the face that you saw the stars and you were on the verge of fainting from the pain, your nose wouldn't stop bleeding. You had seen Tomioka look at you with slightly widened eyes, asking if you were okay. You remained silent and your eyes darted immediately to Rengoku who also got up to ask for your well-being. “I-I am good…�� Was the only thing you brought out, but the training was over for that day too as you were not able to stop the bleeding of your nose.

Rengoku showed such immense patience that he showed up at every single training session of yours. Much to Tomiokas frustration as you kept getting worse, making no progress at all, but he kept silent until he snapped one day.

“I don't know what your issue with Rengoku-san is, but if you don't sort this in any way out, I will not continue training with you as I see it pointless." Words that hit you hard and before you could even react to it, he was gone. You swallowed down your tears, hoping that it was a joke as your biggest wish was to become a Hashira like him. But it wasn’t

“CAAWW CAAWW! L/N-SAN! YOU ARE NOT GIYUU’S TSUGUKO ANYMORE CAAWW!”

It was as if your entire world had collapsed and the crow of Tomioka was the trigger. He was flying over your head and repeating the words. You'd been spitting blood to get this far and now it should just be over? Like a raging sea it roared in you. You tried to contain your calm exterior, but it was hard when your dreams got shattered like this and the waves of anger twirling inside you like a tsunami. Your hands were shaking, and you vented all your anger at the dummies. Destroyed them until there was nothing left. You didn't know how long you did this until you looked around breathlessly and realized that you just destroyed the whole trainings ground. You panted, sweating from every pore when you suddenly heard his voice, making your anger turn towards him.

“Hello l/n! I see Tomioka-san isn't here yet!” Rengoku was greeting you with his well-known bright smile. Yeah, it was because Tomioka didn’t even had the balls to tell you himself that you weren’t his Tsuguko anymore and only sent this stupid crow of his. But you only said that in your head. You were silent as always, but this time you didn’t run away and Rengoku was mildly surprised when you walked directly towards him. Finally, he thought in the first second, but your intentions were not good. He tensed up in the moment when he saw your eyes filled with anger, your hands ready on your sword.

"You...!" Your voice was sizzling dangerously taking your blue niichirin sword out of your sheath and attacking him in the next second, blind in your rage. For the first time in your life your fear towards him turned into an anger. As if the calm water in your mind turned hot and started to boil. Blue crashed with red and you were face to face. Rengokus face didn't hold his trademark smile anymore as he looked at you in surprise. "L/N! Calm down! Swordsmen are forbidden to fight among one another!” But you didn't care. You were so caught up in your anger and frustration that you didn't know what else to do then letting it out on the man in front of you. You blamed him for your shattered dreams. It was his fault! Why could he not leave simply leave you alone!

What was wrong with her? All the days he'd watched you practice just to exchange a word with you, he'd never seen you like this. He wasn't even sure if it was even possible to see you like this, as calm as you've always been. A calm that resembled Giyuu Tomioka. And he was impressed of your strength, but you needed to stop! “L/N! Stop it right now!” He put all his pressuring aura into his words, but it didn’t work. Your wrath built a wall around you, impossible to break through. That meant he had to find a different approach to having you listen to him and it seemed that there was only one way.

You took a big leap backwards after your blades crossed again and wanted to perform another attack, when you sensed a shift and immediately turning your attack into defense. It was now Rengoku who attacked you. Not to kill you, but more to force you to listen to him. Knowing that you could withstand him, he was not holding back. The attacks were fast and powerful and pushed you to your limits.

Suddenly you stumbled from exhaustion and lack of attention. Thats it, were your thoughts and you closed your eyes, waiting for the pain, but it didn't come. Only a breathless huff when you fell onto something rather… comfortable. Shouldn't the landing have been more painful? It should but Rengoku was able to react quickly that he withdrew his attack in the last moment before hurting you seriously and was even able to catch you in your fall. Unfortunately, he also lost his balance by catching your and you both fell. You on top of him. You opened your eyes just to see his face inches away from yours, hands holding you. You both looked at each other in surprise and if there was any anger left in you then it was gone it that very moment when you stared into his golden eyes that faded to red...

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idyllic-affections · 5 months

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MORAL INJURY — a non-romance genshin impact series. ♫

act i, chapter i "silence."

➤ CHAPTER SYNOPSIS :: it's quiet. it should not be quiet. why is it quiet?

➤ CONTENT WARNINGS :: mild depictions of blood, human experimentation, dottore is always his own warning 🙏 (he is there for. literally only 2 seconds LMFAO), use of painkillers in the form of pills, etc.

➤ WORD COUNT :: 2.8k.

➤ AUTHOR'S THOUGHTS :: it's hereee 🤭 thank you all sm for your ongoing support in the lengthy amount of time i took developing this series.... i don't remember what anon originally sent the request that inspired it (i believe it may have been 🐱 anon?), but nevertheless, i hope that anon is astonished in the best way possible seeing what their request has gradually evolved into! this chapter is largely worldbuilding, so dialogue and lore will improve starting chapter 2. also sorry to disappoint you guys. natalya isn't real i made her up for the plot 💔💔💔💔 a little note, be sure to click around on the words and symbols that are underlined at the top of this post! the word MORAL INJURY will take you to the series masterlist/navigation post, and the music note will take you to the spotify playlist.

➤ TAGLIST :: @zeldadou, @umgatochamadopercyval, @starryshinyskies, @lucid-lilium, @pookiebearcave, @lesanyanyas. contact me through messages/asks/etc non-anonymously to be added.

"It's quiet today."

It was merely a murmured observation, perhaps nothing more than a thought that was accidentially spoken aloud, more or less directed at the only other… conscious and coherent individual in the room.

In their many years of employment, there was never anything that unsettled them quite like silence did. The lab was never completely quiet. There was always something to occupy the air—whether that be the absentminded flow of conversation between them and their Lord, the distant bickering of his Segments, or something far worse like the screams of the lab's more permanent residents. They supposed it wasn't entirely quiet; the periodic clicking of metal against metal was… present, but not enough, and the shuffling of the papers they were handling was hardly adequate. It was still too quiet. It was hardly ever this quiet. If it was, usually…

Usually it signalled unfavorable conditions.

"Hm. Does that disturb you?"

Some of which were tolerable—some unfavorable conditions could be dealt with, given the person dealing with them had enough skill and grace to do so, like the death of a promising test subject.

Some were less managable.

…But perhaps it had nothing to do with them today, given how little hositility Dottore held towards them. They couldn't quite place why it worried them so much, then.

"Somewhat," they admitted. "It's hardly ever so quiet, no?"

Their gaze flickered to the map of Teyvat haphazardly hung on the wall. Blue thumbtacks pinned in various spots on the map—some in the further reaches of Snezhnaya and others all the way in Sumeru or Inazuma—indicated mission distributions.

Ah… they supposed the silence could be attributed to that. Come to think of it, they hadn't seen any of Il Dottore's other segments that day in particular.

They were thankful, then, that at the very least, the looming silence was not due to some circumstance they needed to be concerned about.

The silence in its entirety returned. Dottore—this Dottore—was rarely much of a talker; that is, he hardly ever held a conversation with them. They could practically hear the seconds ticking by in the quiet.

One, two, three… five… seven…

It didn't last too long.

"[Surname]."

At least there were no unfavorable conditions to manage today. The death of a test subject, the failure of one of their coworkers…

"Yes, my lord?" Their gaze flickered from the desk they were busying themselves with organizing to the cold, metal examination table. The woman on it looked half-dead. Poor thing. "How may I be of service?"

Today, there was nothing they needed to fix. Good. They weren't sure if they were really in the mood to deal with one of their coworkers' failures. The death of a test subject would have at least given them time away, time to themselves, while they sought out an adequate replacement—the failure of a coworker, however… Archons, in that case, they'd have to deal with a pathetically snivelling agent begging through the tears for them to help repair whatever fatal error was made before the Second ever had a chance to find out about it.

"Clean her up, will you?"

No, they weren't really in the mood to deal with that; it was as taxing mentally as it was physically, given that the kinds of mistakes leading to their coworkers to break down sobbing tended to be… larger ones.

(For example, the time when Krupp accidentially wrecked beyond repair one of the Ruin Guards that the Segment he worked under was fixated on. They spent one of their free days seeking out a replacement and even then, the difference was still noticeable.

At least Krupp is still living, despite the fact that they threw him under the bus—so to speak—immediately upon being confronted about it. They're certain he's still sore over their alleged betrayal… but the last time they checked, they had absolutely no completely safe or trustworthy allies, so they're unsure of what "allyship" Krupp is always nagging about.)

Anything else, any other job or request, would be more favorable than having to fix something like that.

"Very well."

As they were finishing up with the mess on the desk in front of them, they noted that the click of heels gradually grew more distant. Then, a door opened and shut with a slight echo.

Just like that, the Harbinger was gone.

A deep sigh left through their nose. After being certain he was gone, they called out with a relatively light tone, "Hey, you alive over there? Don't die on my watch. You know that'll get me in trouble."

The unsettling silence returned, and for a brief moment, their heart sank into the endless pit of their stomach.

Was she actually gone?

Then, with a cough and a wet splatter that made them grimace slightly, the woman replied.

"Haha. Very funny, [Name]."

"Just making sure you know that your actions have consequences."

"My actions?" she huffed incredulously. Despite her tone, a tired smile played on her lips as the lab assistant approached her side.

They gingerly brought a hand up to her face, brushing the hair that was sticking to her forehead away with their calloused fingertips, causing her to flinch but she made no attempt to pull away. She was sweating. Worrying, but not unexpected. "Yeah. Your actions."

Again, that vile silence that they so despised returned.

"Are you cold at all? Having chills?" they inquired softly, leaning down to examine her face more closely—most importantly, the size of her pupils. It would indicate if she were suffering any brain injury. Thankfully, it didn't seem like she was. "Please describe to me your symptoms in detail."

"Right, yeah… um," she hesitated, clenching and unclenching her fingers in what seemed to be an attempt at pushing through the pulsating ache rhymically striking her whole body. They ran a hand up and down her upper arm soothingly, encouragingly. When she drew away from their touch with a pained sob, their chest squeezed, but they said nothing and obliged by her wordless request, withdrawing their hand from her arm. "It's cold," she managed, though her words were heavily strained.

They hummed.

The Pyro delusion secured on their hip emitted a pulsating red glow, and they slowly raised their open palm to her forehead. The steady flame produced by their delusion hovered just above her skin, where it could not burn her or harm her any further than she already had been. "Better?"

She nodded wordlessly. For a moment, she sat in the silence, simply basking in the warmth of their palm.

A point came, however, when the hushed whispers of the long-deceased deities—audible to their ears alone as the sole user of their delusion—used to craft the weapon at their hip grew utterly overwhelming. They swallowed thickly, fingers twitching with barely-restrained ill intent above her face. She did not seem to notice.

"Natalya… symptoms?" they reminded as gently as possible, lowering their hand—much to her dismay; Snezhnaya was cold and unforgiving, and the Doctor's lab was hardly any warmer than the outside was. Their delusion was the only warmth she had. For them, the whispers thankfully dissipated as quickly as they arrived. It was as if those voices had never been there in the first place. They tried not to focus on what they might have done to her if they hadn't withdrawn. "I need to know."

"Everywhere hurts, [Name], I can't… I can't think straight…"

"It's alright. Don't worry. I'll just put down the normal symptoms people have after… that. Do you need painkillers?" they whispered, as if afraid that, should their voice be any louder, it would shatter the fragile, shivering woman.

Of course, another concern was that someone may hear them offering something they shouldn't be.

"Do you have any?"

"I do"—they offered her a weak smile, standing up straight once again—"I always do. I don't have water available, though. Can you dry swallow them?"

"Yeah, hand them over, honey. Don't worry about it."

"Alright."

For a moment, they fished around in one of their pants' pockets. Then, they pulled out a small plastic bag. Inside were two small pills.

'I'm running out… I'll have to get more at some point.'

"Here," they murmured, gently opening the bag and handing her the two pills. They shoved the little empty bag back into their pocket. "Take them quickly, before someone walks in. I'll start stitching your incisions once you do."

"…You can't wait until they kick in?"

A wave of regret and guilt washed over their chest.

"I'm sorry. I have a meeting with Lord Beta's assistant soon… you know, the segment that runs Haeresys? I can't wait that long. The risk to my safety is far too great. Maybe if it were someone else's assistant, but… we all know what Lord Beta's track record looks like, and worse, I have to run basic maintenance on Lord Sixth later, since Lord Dottore isn't available for some god forsaken reason…" they sighed. "I'm really sorry. The things I have to do today are just… too important to risk delaying."

Her eyes, hazy and vacant, were filled with a sudden life as she came to and realized the situation she was in.

It wasn't over, she had realized.

She stared back at them shining with nothing but gut-wrenching terror. Her gaze was quick to flick away from them, however, so they couldn't linger on it for too long. It was probably for the better. Lingering on things like that was never particularly healthy.

"Right… okay. I understand," she reassured sincerely, before shifting slightly so that she was at least sitting up on her elbows. The strain on her abdomen made her wince. They were quick to support the majority of her weight, curling an arm under her back. Thankfully, the thin layer of cloth draped over her body provided some kind of reprieve for her overworked nerves, and their touch did not seem to affect her as terribly. It was then that she brought the pills to her lips and swallowed them without so much as a complaint. "Thank you for the medicine, [Name]."

"Of course." They reached for disposable gloves as she cautiously laid herself back down. "As usual, as a general rule, you are free to scream or cry or damn me to hell and back. I would not hold it against you. I know it hurts. Whatever helps you manage your pain, save from squirming—please try to be as still as possible—is permissible. You are not being disruptive. You are not being uncooperative. You are not being difficult. Scream if you must. It's okay. You are human and in unreasonable pain. It's okay. I promise."

Her eyes glittered with the sheen of unshed tears—they briefly wondered if it was because she was afraid of the prospect of more pain, or if she was afraid of them.

They sincerely hoped it was the former.

With as much gentle tenderness as they could muster in spite of the way she was looking at them, in spite of the utterly betrayed expression on her face, they gingerly cupped her face. "Okay?" they whispered. "You're okay. You'll be okay. I will take care of you, okay?"

Her hoarse voice came in a raspy whisper: "Okay. Do what you need to do."

They nodded, withdrawing their hand. "Remember: deep breaths. It will be okay."

— flower of the universe !! 🌸

There was never a time during which they could honestly and confidently assure victims that "it would be okay."

Nothing was certain. The concept of "being okay" was never certain. All they ever did within this aspect of their job was lie. It was… regrettably, part of what made them so skilled.

(A much younger Fatui agent in their unit once, with an awestruck expression, told them that they made their job look effortless—looking back on it, they're certain that she meant well, that she meant it as a compliment, if anything. They ended up shooting her a nasty glare, however, that ultimately contributed to her transferral to Tartaglia's unit, a work enviornment with much lower stakes. They sometimes felt bad when they looked back upon it.

…But perhaps it was for the best. If she could not navigate their complex social cues, only the Tsaritsa could possibly know what might happen to her if—when—she came into contact with Dottore or any of his Segments. Everyone in his unit did, does, and would at one point or another.

So, yes, perhaps it was better like this. Tartaglia was far more forgiving, after all.)

To lie to the test subjects and put them at ease… it was all they ever did. It was all they could ever do, because they knew that the majority of those people would not live long. Lying was an unfortunate but necessary skill in their career.

Subsequently, dissociation was also a hell of a skill to have in a career such as theirs.

They could not afford to let anything weigh on their conscience—not guilt, not regret, nothing. Nothing could weigh on their mind, for if something were to do so, they would end up putting themselves at risk. Performance, work related or otherwise, often dramatically falls when one is troubled.

In truth, they could get away with more than what others could. Small slip-ups, simple errors, accidents that didn't lead to any serious damage to any research—these things were often overlooked with a hypothetical slap on the wrist.

…Of course, that didn't mean they were ever going to voluntarily push their luck. They would much rather dissociate when their mind deemed it necessary than risk suffering severe punishment.

Knowing when to detach was surely what kept them sane. It didn't make their job any less horrible—it just made it managable enough so that they could keep it. In their position, at their rank… quitting or losing the job they had was not an option. Maybe if they worked under another Harbinger, it would be, but for them?

(They should have submitted a transfer request when they first joined the Fatui. It was far too late for that now, but they still lamented the fact that—against their better judgement, and against the warnings of older, more experienced agents who knew firsthand the horrors that went on in Dottore's unit—they did not at least try to switch divisions.)

Losing their job was a death sentence because the only reason they would ever lose it was if they did something punishable, and quitting may as well have meant the same, depending on the mood the Second was in at the time.

Knowing when to detach was surely what kept them alive.

Halfway through their cleaning and stitching of her open wounds—they briefly had wondered what could possibly be so urgent that Dottore could not have been bothered to finish what he had started, but it was not their place to ask or question—she had fainted, which was… better than her being awake, at least. She likely would not recall most of the process when she woke up again.

After checking for a pulse, just to be certain that nothing problematic had happened to her, they sighed.

As they pulled their disposable gloves off, they turned the latex inside out so that no blood got anywhere else… not that it would have mattered, they supposed. The lab was bloody and they would have to sterilize it all regardless, since the janitor had seemingly disappeared under mysterious conditions they did not want to think too deeply about. Still. Anything to make their job even slightly easier.

…The lab would surely fall apart without their guidance—or, at the very least, the deaths and "disappearances" of their coworkers would tragically skyrocket.

With quick and purposeful steps, they strode down a hallway branched off of the main lab towards a pair of heavily guarded doors. Four agents lingered there armed with delusions and guns. They all seemed to stand up a bit straighter as the lab assistant approached.

"Hey, listen, I'm going to need two of you to take Natalya back to her room," they instructed, absently fidgeting with their uniform as they rehearsed the rest of their day's schedule internally. "I've got places to be, otherwise I'd do it myself."

One of the agents rolled his shoulders—perhaps in preparation, though Natalya was not particularly heavy even in a state of complete unconsciousness—and nodded.

"Sure. No problem, [Surname], but what's her number?"

"Hell if I know"—they shrugged—"I call them by their names, not their numbers. Everyone knows that. Check the tattoo on her wrist. That's what it's there for, no? Look, I'm running short on time. Just… do what I've asked, okay?"

The agent threw his hands up defensively, and they rolled their eyes, crossing their arms and leaning most of their weight on the wall.

"Don't be dramatic," they scoffed. "I'm not going to gut you."

"I don't know. You might if you're in a bad mood," he accused. Well, they weren't going to before, but now they were considering it… "Anyway, no need to get short with us. Really, [Surname]. We'll handle it. What do you take us for?"

"I have a million reasons to be short with you all. Just get it done, please."

With that, they turned on their heel and left.

please consider reblogging, it helps me out quite a lot! written by aphelion & banner by @lucid-lilium. do not plagiarize, copy, ai train, or otherwise use my work -☆

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mystqueerion · 10 months

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I don't think I ever formally shared it on here but I have a BIG ASS BUNNY VARIATIONS PLAYLIST coupled with a whole twitter thread explaining all the songs!!! Except it's an ongoing playlist and that thread was made like 30 songs ago HAJDFJ

EITHER WAY

Here's the playlist, listen off shuffle if you can because it's sorted in sections

And here's the thread!

Like I said there were a bunch of songs added since then so feel free. To ask for my vision. And some of my thoughts about the songs have changed a little too so

I also made the thread late at night so it gets pretty incoherent by the end so let me know if you want more clarity😭

Character limit also kicked my ass so honestly should I make a big tumblr post about all my songs on there atm?? Lmk if you'd want that

Lastly if you don't have spotify premium and still wanna hear it in order, here's a YouTube link. I think I need to add some songs tho (edit: I have NOT kept the YouTube version updated sorry 💀)

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SONG SUGGESTIONS LEMME KNOW!!! I LOVE HEARING PPL'S BUNNY SONGS

Hope you all enjoy, a bunny/kenjorine hyperfixation makes people do wild things

#south park #sp bunny #kenjorine #sp kenjorine #mystechaos #kenny mccormick #sp kenny #butters stotch #sp butters #marjorine stotch #sp marjorine #Spotify #mystqueerion required reading

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chaoticspeedrun · 11 months

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"I made you a mixtape" (IMYAM)-Rottmnt dating sim

FAQ

I'll add to this list as I get questions about the project!

1. How can I follow the project?

I will keep you guys updated on my tumblr as I go through the tags: "#TMNT dating sim" and "#IMYAM".

However I will update more frequently on my discord server where I talk about it actively, you can join it to see more content.

2. Will it be available on web browser/phone/mac?

I am currently focusing on development for computer use, that includes Windows and Mac both, it might take me a bit to get it ready for phone but my plan is to do so, early versions of the game might not be available on phone though and will be missing some assets on mobile while the project is ongoing.

3. What is the plot?

Following the events of the Kraang invasion, the player character is a friend of the turtles and is visiting the lair to hang out, while left alone in their favorite turtle's room they find a playlist the turtle made and saves it unknowingly to the turtle.

As the days go by, their favorite turtle starts acting weird and the player meets a new human friend, who reminds them of their crush.

Slowly but surely, the player starts to realize the songs on their crush's playlist might have something to do with them.

4. What are the plans of the game?

The idea is for the game to be pretty extensive, for now I will be focusing on the script and art, early versions of the game will play as a regular VN with choices, however there are functions that I want to add to the game that may take much longer and will be available until way in the future of this project, such as:

•An interactive map of the lair

•Items and objects that the player can obtain for the plot and find around the different places of the map

•Character customizer and avatar at the bottom left of the screen

•Phone that the player can access

5. Can I help?

Definitely, if you have a skill that would be helpful for the project that would be wonderful, especially if you can help programming the game on ren'py, either with simply getting the script in or adding functions to the game.

Programmers, artists, musicians beta readers and others are welcome too, you can message me privately here or you can message me on my discord server for ROTTMNT x reader stuff, which is linked on my masterlist, there is a category dedicated to the game.

6. Will there be a cost?

Not at all, once the first test version of the game is available for download an option will be added to donate to the project but it is not required to play. Ask where I answered this here.

#rottmnt x reader #chaos shut up #rottmnt dating sim #tmnt dating sim #rottmnt visual novel #tmnt visual novel #dating sim #visual novel #FAQ #IMYAM #i made you a mixtape #rottmnt #ask

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sharpjay217 · 2 years

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A List of Every SMP I'm aware of Scott Smajor Being In...

A continuation of my previous thought: this man has been in far too many SMPs and I'm here to prove it. I came back to this fandom two years later and found him still here???? I'm impressed and astounded, and I feel the need to inform people. He is the final boss of MCYT. The crux of the crossover. He knows all. (FYI, I don't know everything about everything he's been in. I think that's impossible. I've researched a lot of this as I write it, but there's some stuff I might not know from just...not remembering it from back in the day when I watched it, and not having time to watch all of it over again.)

Full SMPs: 1. Crazy Craft (2015-2016) 2. Harmony Hollow (2015-2020) 3. Sims Craft (2016-2017) 4. Troll Craft (2016-2017) 5. One Life (2016-2019) 6. Chamber of Iris (2017) 7. The Deep End (2018) 8. Funcraft (2018) 9. Cutecraft (2018-2019) 10. KingdomCraft (2019-2022) 11. SMP Earth (2019-2020) 12. Legacy SMP (2020) 13. X Life (2020) 14. Traffic SMP (2021-2023/Ongoing?) 15. Origins SMP (2021-2022) 16. Empires SMP (2021-2023/Ongoing?) 17. Afterlife SMP (2022) 18. Area Unknown SMP (2022-2023) 19. Rats SMP (2022-2023) 20. Witchcraft SMP (2023) 21. New Life SMP (2023/Ongoing)

Various Minecraft Series (with other people): - Diversity w/ BBPaws (2015) - Build Battle (2015-2016) - Fairytale Fallout w/ BBPaws (2015-2017) - Halloween Ville (2016) - Cube UHC (2016-2019) - Bed Wars (2017) - Death Swap (2017-2019) - Minecraft Championship (2019-2023/Ongoing) - Nether VS (2020) - Escape Rooms (2020-2023/Ongoing?) - Caves & Cliffs VS (2022)

EDIT (10/16/22): Listening to the tags/replies, I have added SMP Earth and Caves & Cliffs VS! If anyone else remembers anything else that's more than cameos, feel free to point it out! EDIT (8/2/23): Updated the list acknowledging which SMPs had ended and which had begun since I first created this list! I also decided to count his Escape Room series in the various section, as he has it under a playlist!

#scott smajor #dangthatsalongname #og mcyt #mcyt #origins smp #empires smp #harmony hollow #traffic smp #ratsmp #DangThatsTooManySMPs #the worst thing is...I'm probably missing some #final boss Scott

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I want to play the new Baldur's Gate 3 but I've never had an exposure to the franchise and barely any knowledge of D&D. Do I need to have that in order to properly understand the game, or...?

oooh!!! i'm very excited you're interested in bg3, it's SUCH a fun game. :')

the short answer is no, you don't need any knowledge of the previous games or dnd! the game takes place about 100 years after the events of the second game, and it functions as a stand-alone. and because it's a video game, the game comes with tutorials and explanations of mechanics! if you want to jump right into it, many other people have, that's totally an option! 😊

the longer version is this:

FRANCHISE LORE

although no knowledge is necessary, some would help.

there are many people out there who've done let's plays of the first two games, or have summarized the plots. you can find relatively short or very in depth versions of those on youtube! take your pick. or don't watch at all! :)

because this is dnd, and there are some creatures that can live for centuries -- through magic or natural lifespans -- there are some characters you'll come across that were in the first two games, even though that was 100 years prior!

you yourself are a new character, though, so it's not like you're expected to know who they are. it's more like it's exciting for people who have played the previous games, but they function as normal characters for everyone else! this is also true for familiar locations making a comeback. for a new player, they're just cool new places -- no previous knowledge necessary! DUNGEONS & DRAGONS LORE

what will help you most of all while playing the game, imo, is knowledge of dnd. both mechanically, how the game/combat works, and some knowledge of this setting.

people play dnd in all kinds of different settings. lots of people make up their own, but there are some "official" settings, that published content is made for.

one of these settings is called the "forgotten realms," and that's the one this game takes place in!

there's this great ongoing lore series on youtube that goes over a lot of the lore (specifically relevant to baldur's gate 3) that leads into the game. if you want to know about the big players in the world, religion, the fantasy-talk the characters drop, this is the playlist for you! each video is about 10-15 minutes long, so they're great to watch quickly while eating lunch.

(i would really argue watching those videos will get you more prepared for bg3 than just a recap of the first two games.) COMBAT

then there's combat.

the good news is, if you play other video games, lots of them were modeled after dnd! it probably won't be too different from other fantasy rpgs.

there's gotta be thousands of videos explaining how dnd combat works, but i'll break down the important bits here:

almost anything you do in dnd boils down to rolling some dice and adding some numbers. usually, for combat and skills, that means rolling a d20, and adding any relevant numbers afterwards (that come from your own stats). when you're making your character, it will be useful to know what ability score affects what!

example: most melee weapons use strength. that means if you're using a longsword and invested in strength when creating your character, you'll have a higher number you get to add to your roll when you're attacking (so more likely to hit your target), and a higher number to add to its damage.

there are some exceptions to this -- some melee weapons have the "finesse" property, that allows you to use your dexterity instead of strength. (daggers, rapiers, scimitars, shortswords, etc.) that's useful if you're playing a high dex character rather than high strength!

ranged weapons, like longbows and shortbows, use dexterity.

classes that use magic have a "spellcasting ability" that they use for magic. for wizards, that's intelligence; for bards, sorcerers, and warlocks, that's charisma; for clerics and druids, that's wisdom. investing in those abilities as that class will let you add a bigger bonus to you rolls, or to the number enemies have to roll against you.

combat is turn-based. at the start of combat, every character (enemies and allies) will "roll initiative," which comes from their dexterity. (higher dex = higher initiative). then everyone takes their turn in order of their initiative.

dexterity is also used with armor -- without any armor on (and lots of spellcasting classes cannot wear armor), your base AC, or "armor class" is 10 + your dexterity modifier. that's the number an enemy has to roll to hit you. the higher your AC, the better!

different armors will have a different base AC. some of them you can add your dexterity modifiers to, and some of the heavier armors you cannot. (realistically, it's saying you're not gonna be too nimble when you're clanking around everywhere).

for characters who cannot wear armor, there are spells and buffs in game to help raise their AC! if they're getting hurt too easily, you might want to invest in one of those -- for instance, the Shield of Faith cleric spell adds a +2 to AC, and the Mage Armor wizard/sorcerer spell makes your base AC 13 + Dex Modifier (instead of 10 + dex!) when not wearing armor. Very very useful!

"Concentration" is when a spell must be passively maintained by the caster. You can only concentrate on one spell at a time, but you can cast other non-concentration spells with no issue. If you attempt to cast a second concentration spell, however, the first one will drop, and you will lose its effects.

If this is all overwhelming, I know! I just threw a ton of information at you that's all probably meaningless until you're playing the game. Don't sweat it too much, and feel free to come back to this if/when you're making a character.

Regardless, the game will try to teach you everything that you don't know. At the top right corner of the screen, little tutorial icons will pop up as you play, explaining some new feature -- don't skip those!

And my inbox is always open. If you ever have any questions or are having any difficulty or confusion, hit me up! Tl;dr, NONE of that extra frou frou I just gave you is necessary. You could hop into the game right now and start playing. You'll figure things out as you go!! Most importantly, HAVE FUN!!!!! It's an incredibly rich game with very vibrant characters and so much to explore and delight. :')

I'm sorry if my wall of text was too much sldgkhslkgh 😭😭💖💖💖💖 I LOVE this game and I'm so excited anyone else wants to give it a go!!!

#baldur's gate #anonymous #asks #i love u anon this was probably 100x what you asked for lol #bg3 stuff

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august? — victorious slaps bro

PAIRING: non-idol!beomgyu × fem!reader, implied crushes + possible other pairings

STATUS. ongoing!

SYNOPSIS. YL/N Y/N, the delivery girl to her small town not too far from the City finds herself around town, taking many odd jobs and contributing to her community in more ways than one. But now she finds it hard to say no these approaching her final days of High School. On top of that, her true love & passion for music catches up with her as too as her band, finding herself taking on the role of lead singer once again. Can she handle it?

WARNINGS. YN having a panic attack, mentions of food, ning ning not liking YN, mentions of falling down stairs, gyu's lead pencil breaking a lot, seeun cursing and mentioning soup

previous / masterlist / next / playlist

A/N oh em gee! a rival?!

(send an ask or comment to be added to permanent/taglist if ya' wanna be baby~ 🥰)

taglist august?: @grlwndr @txtaetertots @toiletfeet68 @woncheecks @destairea @bangchansbae

#— august?#beomgyu x reader #beomgyu #beomgyu fanfic #beomgyu fluff #choi beomgyu #choi beomgyu x reader #beomgyu x y/n #choi beomgyu fanfic #beomgyu smau #txt smau

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lgbtkpopreaders · 2 years

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lucidity

bang chan and his group of friends are well known for being your university’s heart throb bad boys. most of them are even well known for leaving broken hearts wherever they step. you, on the other hand, have thrown yourself too far into your studies to care about human contact outside your two friends and your study buddy. that is until you discover your soulmate is mixed in with chan’s group of friends.

status: ongoing

pairing: badboy!lee know x transman!reader

genre: college au, soulmate au, sns/social media au, enemies to lovers, angst, fluff, romance, humor, slice of life

warnings: explicit language, suggestive themes (18+ minors dni), food mention, arguments, depictions of mental illness, needle mention, smoking (cigarettes), alcohol consumption (more to be added as fic progresses)

playlist

profiles

study buddies

bad boys

am i dreaming?

chapters

betrayed

cheating cherry

dream journaling

[ l o a d i n g . . . ]

posted 8/17/2022 | masterlist | updated 8/17/2022

#stray kids #skz #lee know #lee minho #minho #stray kids x reader #stray kids x male reader #skz x reader #skz x male reader #lee know x reader #lee know x male reader #stray kids sns au #stray kids social media au #stray kids x reader social media au #lee minho x reader #lee minho x male reader #stray kids soulmate au #stray kids x reader soulmate au #lucidity

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loreweaver-universe · 1 year

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And that’s the episode.

Sympathetic Amity? Amity/Luz friendship? A fanbase that definitely went nuts with shipping because of this episode? This one has it all! I really liked that. I already thought Amity was a good character, and having this additional nuance added to her was very welcome. And the things it reveals about her character are such good details! My favorite is the implication that she dyes her hair to fit in with the rest of her family.

I wonder how the twins will come into play in the future. They’re definitely coming back--Amity fighting back against them is the obvious next step, and I’d be shocked if they hired Erica Lindbeck to say fifteen lines and then vanish--but how I don’t know.

That’ll be it for today--and this is the start of a VERY successful new step for me livebloggingwise! Four days in a row is more consecutive liveblogging than I’ve managed in YEARS, and being able to approach this is bite-sized chunks is WONDERFUL for my anxiety. I think I’m going to be quite successful going forward, and you can expect me to liveblog at noon EST every day for the foreseeable future. (Except tomorrow, tomorrow’s a day off for deep-cleaning my room.)

Up next is going to be me working on my backlog of Patron Picks--I’m WAY behind, and I have some stuff from all the way back in October that I need to do. The next liveblog we’re doing is the first half of Fooly Cooly’s final episode, so tune in for that tomorrow! I’m also going to be starting today’s Final Fantasy XIV stream today in about twenty minutes, so tune in there if you want to watch me make my way through Heavensward!

As always, thank you for tuning in, and thank you to the 48 patrons on my Patreon who make it so I can pay my rent and bills! I’ll see you next time!

IN OTHER NEWS:

I have an ongoing first playthrough of Final Fantasy XIV that I’ve been streaming on Twitch! If you’d like to tune in when I’m live, I stream it every Saturday at 1 PM EST, and I upload my stream VODs to my Youtube channel! If you’d like to see that playlist, click here!

I recently completed my first playthrough of Hi-Fi Rush! You can see the full playlist of those streams by clicking here!

I recently completed my first playthrough of the Dead Space remake! You can see the full playlist of those streams by clicking here!

If you’d like to help me pay my rent, buy me some food, or help with my bills and medicine, please use my direct donation link! If you’d like to support me per liveblog completed every month, please pledge to my Patreon! If you’d like to support my streams or pick a game for me to stream, you can pledge to my stream Patreon too!

You should also go pledge to Gio’s Patreon, or his Sponsus–our Discord server maintenance tech and creator of Rubybot deserves far more than I can afford to pledge to him by myself.

If you’d like more of me and my content:

My Episode Lists master page, where you can find every show and liveblog I’ve done!

My Discord server, where you can come hang out with me and other fans, check out member liveblogs, and join community gaming guilds!

My Twitch channel, where I stream variety games every so often!

My Youtube channel, where you can check out past streams!

My ask blog, where you can send me questions and comments!

My Twitter, where I make announcements about liveblogs and streams!

My merch store, where you can get shirts, mugs, stickers, and more!

It’s your kindness and support that lets me do this stuff, and I wouldn’t be where I am without all of you to do it for. Thank you all so much for your support, and for tuning in every episode!

OTHER PEOPLE YOU MAY ENJOY:

I may have been one of the earlier Steven Universe liveblogs, but a whole community of livebloggers has sprung up over the last six years! I linked to a bunch individually for a few wrap-ups, but honestly, this end-slate is already eight billion miles long, so I’m just gonna link to my links page. Click here if you want recommendations of other livebloggers, or other neat people, or webcomics and podcasts that I recommend.

#owl house #the owl house #bloggin #owlbloggin #owl house episode 7 #owl14 #episode wrap up

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apparently-artless · 1 year

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Tag 9 people you want to get to know better - i was tagged by @kkzz, @princesstooru and @kimdokjas. thank you for tagging me! (〃＾▽＾〃) also adding luna (@todorokistoya) since my answers are pretty much still the same.

Three Ships: hak x yona, bisco x milo, luffy x boa (luhan) [sorry not too familiar if these ships have actual names XD]

First Ever Ship: sakura x shaoran (i mean, come on! i was born in the 90s lol)

Last Song: Perfect Duet (Ed Sheeran feat. Beyonce) [i am currently in radio playlist mode]

Last Movie: We have a Ghost, i watched a non-english film after this, but i forgot the title

Currently Reading: a lot of manga actually (bllk, ao ashi, jjk, bsd, mashle and many more!), as for an actual book, I've yet to finish the first volume of Sabikui Bisco that i bought last year (￣▽￣*)ゞ

Currently Watching: basically almost ongoing winter anime TV series, it's now spring, so some of spring anime series

Currently Consuming: water? XD (yep, still the same)

Currently Craving: sadly, i don't crave anything that much and this has been ongoing since the pandemic, i think? T_T

Tagging: @silversoulsociety, @umidays, @fangrui, @boo-kugo, @thepantunfla57, @hyakkafu, @chifuya, @shykuroo, @tomiokasensei

seriously though, no pressure if you don't want to. i just want to know a few things about you! (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)

#tag game #lovely lovely mutuals #text post #artless

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arrowflier · 2 years

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Catching up on tag games! Gonna take my cue from some other folks and try to combine them, sorry if I miss anything!

First up, tagged by @shameless-notashamed @energievie @grumpymickmilk and @creepkinginc :

Last song: not sure what was on radio last, but I have Margaritaville stuck in my head because I’m drinking one

Last show: Season 2 of Only Murders in the Building

Currently watching: Right this second, Colbert. Ongoing: Rings of Power, What We Do in the Shadows

Currently reading: A Marvellous Light and Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Current obsession: my upcoming trip!

Second, tagged by @celestialmickey @creepkinginc @sleepyfacetoughguy and @energievie

name, age, and pronouns: Arrow, 31, she/they

if you could live anywhere, where would you live? Unrealistic: New Zealand. Slightly more realistic: Germany

something on your to-do list today: I was gonna say write but shit I gotta do laundry😭

describe your current outfit: basketball shorts branded with the name of my old middle school (they were required for gym and they’re STILL too big on me lmao), and regular v-neck I wore to work

what’s the last song you added to your playlist(s)? I don’t maintain any playlists😅

favorite holiday: Christmas

something you’d find in your bag/purse/backpack: pocket knife, food

something you’d find in your bedroom: a lot of dirty clothes

you’re giving a Ted Talk, what’s it about? Ritual cannibalism. Any number of fantasy book series. How to make people think you’re smart.

what’s something you’d still like to do this year? not laugh hysterically when someone mentions work-life balance

And lastly, a comfort game, tagged by @metalheadmickey @ms-moonlight-inn @gallawitchxx @mikhailoisbaby @rereadanon :

comfort movie- Lord of the Rings

comfort food- bean and rice nachos, ginger ale with fruit juice

comfort clothing- cargo pants, old shirts that are really soft now, fuzzy socks

comfort song- actual sing-to-myself comfort: No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley & The Wailers (my mom always sang the everything is gonna be alright bit when I was a kid)

comfort book- I haven’t read it in forever but the Crown Duel duology by Sherwood Smith. Also Sabriel by Garth Nix. Also 5 million others.

comfort game- Regular game: Set. Video game: Skies of Arcadia: Legends or Tales of Symphonia

Don’t feel obligated if I tag you, I know this is a lot! But if there’s anything you haven’t done and want to: @mrsinistertype @y0itsbri @sickness-health-all-that-shit @doodlevich @smokey-mickey @unbridgeabledistances @xninetiestrendx

#tag game #macy game💖#personal

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brightoakgame · 2 years

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Author’s Marginalia - 2

If writing is my passion, music is my refuge.

When I begin my day, one of the first acts in my morning ritual is to determine what shape and color to give the air around me, what sound design will make it easier to move through my space and accomplish what I must and simply breathe. Over the years, I have found it to be among the most effective tools I have in the ongoing game of cat-and-mouse I play with my anxiety: I may not be able to alter my circumstances or mental circuitry as I like, but I can effectively seize control of the soundtrack.

To illustrate how that works, I’ll begin with a fun thought exercise I was once shown:

(a photo by Nattu Adnan of a tranquil beach: the horizon is framed by two sloping green peninsulas like outstretched arms, embracing a brilliant gemstone-turquoise sea, above which meringue peaks of clouds scud across a bright blue sky)

There’s a base reaction to the sight of the sea, made up of personal associations and memories, but layer in music, and you have something potentially quite different-- and for many, those initial impressions can likely be changed drastically by just two notes:

…duuun-DUNN… duuun-DUNN… duuun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-DUN…!

I have playlists upon playlists in my arsenal, running a gamut of genres and moods, aiding me in beating back the Too-Muchness when it comes calling, and changing the trend of the story my wayward brain tells me-- because music has storytelling power all its own, untethered by the same demands made by concrete images and printed words. When the opening bars of a favorite film’s main theme plays, a whole story can unfold within us; when we share a mix with a friend or loved one, we’re able to share some of those inner parts of us we feel even when we cannot speak them. Music carries our cultural mythos, our loves and ambitions, legions of composers, folk crooners, pop idols, and nimble rappers, all serving as the Greek chorus that stands upon the world stage, commenting on the action as it takes place. And in private, through headphones or at home, some of us may use it and shape it as a conduit for our own stories which we tell ourselves.

The use of music in visual novels is one aspect that intrigued me early on, because it grants another layer to the storytelling, a means of connecting with readers beyond the strictly visual. Perhaps strangely for so theatrical an added effect, I also find that a well-structured soundtrack adds a sense of naturality to a story; we humans rarely rely on words alone in our day to day conversations, but a network of shared experiences, small and large. We stammer and stumble, the cadence of a voice ebbs and flows like the tides, we turn what on paper might be a statement into a question that hangs suspended in the air. More than that, we are impacted by a barrage of other sensory information: someone playing piano in the other room, a subtle lean in our direction, or away from us, folded arms, the scent of something burning in the kitchen, laughter from the neighbor’s open window, tea spilled across the table, rain pelting against the rooftop. Intelligent animals that we are, it is altogether too easy to think our intelligence precludes us from being animals-- but read over nearly any straight transcript of a conversation, and it’s stunningly clear that words alone take us only so far.

I love a good book, where I can draw sounds and forms from the air on my own-- but I also love the potential visual novels carry to connect. Seeing a character’s smile twist in opposition to their words, having a melody drench a scene in melancholy or sweep it giddily into joy, it produces a different feeling than reading alone, or passively watching a film, instead carrying the cozy reassurance of meeting a friend’s gaze across a room: this experience is shared. It is not invasive or disruptive or demanding, but it does fill in some of the sterile silence the animal in us mistrusts, and which sends us back into our barricaded intelligence and solitary mental fortresses. It becomes a story that is more than words, and in its branching, it becomes almost a conversation.

For this reason, it was important to me to approach Bright Oak’s soundtrack with the same care and consideration I did the artwork. The characters have bespoke themes of their own, as well as individual sprites, and I hope that by taking this holistic approach in embracing both sound and vision, the words will carry that much more life-- that my imaginary friends might enter the world and befriend others, too.

Settling on a overall musical style felt like an enormous challenge, until I re-examined the bare bones of the story I have: a traveling stranger arrives in a remote western mountain town, its denizens banding together in the face of adversity-- and I arrived at Ennio Morricone’s Spaghetti Western scores as my inspiration. Thankfully, in recruiting John (Åhlin, not Forster!) the music has not simply met, but well and truly exceeded any and all hopes I had. John has a remarkable gift for finding the precise right instrumentation and tone for each and every character, and the location themes grant the settings life beyond what my words alone could generate. While Remnantation drew my characters out of the ether and gave them faces and form, John in turn has given them each a voice, one that speaks to the core of who they are, well beyond the words they speak alone.

And, of course, there’s an action track that I regularly find myself whistling as I go about my day, bringing drama and high stakes to the act of running errands or walking the dog. I look forward to others enjoying this dynamic boost as well, after release.

Back in the age when recorded music took on a more physical form, I handed out overthought mix cds to friends and lovers, anxiously hoping that the consideration and planning I poured into them would be rewarded with some new level of intimacy in understanding; music was my guiding star, and I wanted to think that those I cared for could look up and see the same constellations I did, even if we were separate and distant. I wished for those songs to catch their eye, make contact across the room, assure them that they were not alone in the crowd, that I could see them, and that my delight in being seen in return was transcendent, and was enough.

With Bright Oak, I have been fortunate enough to find truly incandescent talents-- Remnantation, John, and Wudge-- who are giving this story a shape and form it could never have held on its own, with only my words; no constellation is a single star, but rather a collection, through which an idea written not in the sky, but in the mind can be shared, until faint points of light become a bear or an eagle, a scorpion or a harp, across continents, languages, cultures, and time.

#bright oak #marginalia #author's note #interactive fiction #oelvn #visual novel #writing #gamedev #indiedev #longform #vn #soundtrack #music #storytelling

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