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Anyways since I'm maybe writing a bit of this right now in case anybody is curious, the two main dragons now have names :D

Rhox, impulsive teenager of a red dragon who saves Zack and promptly decides to run away with him.

And Kaida, daughter of the Orange/Amber Queen, who likes to curl up on Rhox to either hitch a ride or take a nap, depending on the circumstances.

Trick or treat! :D ~ @ghost-town-story

Ooooh spooky anon with a name tag! 👻👻👻

TRICK! If you are who you tag, I wanna learn more about that vibes-only thing you've just started :P

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You're all good! I'm pretty sure I've answered several of these well into November in previous years XD

As for the trick, here's a little bit of the necromancer Revenant and their self proclaimed nemesis, Despereaux :D

The creature carried Despereaux through the warehouse, heading towards the back. Once it reached a certain point, it chirped, surprising Despereaux. He’d caught enough of a glimpse to determine the creature was just bones, and he hadn’t realized it could make noises.

“Well,” a familiar voice came from just ahead, “look what the cat dragged in.”

Despereaux would have groaned if he was human. Of course he’d been caught by a fucking cat.

Revenant appeared from the shadows and crouched down. They scratched the cat’s head, then gently picked Despereaux out of its jaws. “Hello there Despereaux.”

Despereaux debated playing dumb for a few moments, but Revenant set him down on the ground.

“I know it’s you. Shift back, so we can have a civilized conversation.”

Despereaux couldn’t hold back an angry squeak. He didn’t have to take orders from a villain like them! Even if they had maybe potentially saved his life, but that was beside the point.

Revenant raised an amused eyebrow. “Suit yourself, but I won’t take responsibility for what Ombre does. She is a cat after all.”

The cat settled into a crouch, eye sockets trained on Despereaux. Her butt wiggled, and Despereaux decided to cut his losses. He shifted back into a human, just in time for the cat to pounce and run into his leg.

Any plan of immediately confronting Revenant took a backseat to stumbling away from the cat as she continued to attack his legs.

Revenant just watched for a few moments before they took pity on him, scooping up the cat into their arms. “Ombre, ma chérie, calme-toi,” they murmured to the cat. The cat settled into their arms, bones rattling in what Despereaux realized was a purr.

He scowled at the necromancer. “You can’t control her, huh?”

“She’s a cat,” Revenant said, as if that explained everything. “You can’t blame her for doing her job and hunting the little mice that come sneaking around, now can you? Bonne fille,” they added, scratching the cat’s chin.

The cat chirped and rubbed her head against Revenant’s shoulder, then she jumped to the floor and trotted off.

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(And a bonus from the end of the scene. Revenant has..... a sort of history with Lodestone)

The necromancer looked over at Despereaux, who couldn’t suppress a shiver. The bone-white of their necromancy had spread to cover their entire body, turning their eyes into dark pits in contrast. “Get out of here,” they said.

Despereaux swallowed hard. “No.”

“This doesn’t concern you,” Revenant said. “Leave now, before things get dangerous.”

“No,” Despereaux repeated.

“Then you’d better stay out of my way,” Revenant said as they turned away.

A few meters away, Lodestone was wrestling with the skeleton Revenant had summoned through the portal. Despereaux darted for him, hoping he could help somehow, but Revenant’s hand shot out and grabbed him by the collar.

“I said, stay out of my way,” they growled.

“No!” Despereaux fought against their grip. “What the fuck has he ever done to you anyways, besides be a hero?”

Revenant laughed, a sharp, broken sounding thing that held absolutely no humor. “That’s not my story to tell, little hero,” they spat. “But don’t worry, I won’t kill him.”

Despereaux blinked in surprise.

“I’ll leave that honor for somebody else,” they continued darkly.

Trick or treat! :D ~ @ghost-town-story

Trick! >:D

Happy Halloween (even though it's November now T~T sorry for the late reply)

also an extra because I found this when I was figuring out how to answer, lol and it reminded me of your username

Photo by Alexandra on Unsplash

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bruh don't call me out like this 😿

Shout out to anyone else that should be writing instead of booping

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Happy Halloween! I might as well complete the trio with the least surface-level spoopy character, Kizali

Initially inspired by the Rito of BOTW/TOTK, now more inspired by DnD aarakocra

Child of the god of winds (Oseri) and a mortal (Khima) who began to ascend to godhood when Kizali was still very young

Ae is very reserved *cough* repressed

Tends to happen when you grow up with everybody putting you on a pedestal because of their expectations of you

Including your own parent, who you see once in a blue moon and they spend the entire time training you to ascend to godhood after them

(Khima believes it's love, helping aer with the start of a difficult but rewarding journey)

(Kizali isn't too sure about that, but this is all ae has ever known)

From the outside, ae is the perfect chick, the perfect soldier, the perfect candidate for godhood

But that's just because ae is very good at hiding aer tiny rebellions

(Well. Mostly)

Including the fact that ae is really too softhearted for all the expectations forced upon aer

Ae has no problem fighting a fair fight, to protect those ae cares about

Too bad the Eternal War between the gods, the one that ae is being trained for, has never been particularly fair

Trick or treat! :D ~ @ghost-town-story

THE COIN TOSS HAS SPOKEN

T R I C K

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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Trick or treat! :D ~ @ghost-town-story

A treat for You!!

A series of incorrect quotes :D

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Quin: So are we flirting right now? Nyrra: I AM LITERALLY STABBING YOU Quin: That doesn’t answer my question

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Mal: Stop buying plastic skeletons for Halloween! It's terrible for the environment! Sen: Yeah! Locally sourced, all natural skeletons are much more environmentally friendly!

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Aldon: What do you think Sylpha will do for a distraction? Gallus: They’ll probably, like, make a noise or throw a rock. That’s what I would do. Building explodes and several car alarms go off Gallus: … or they could do that.

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Aldon: Schrödinger’s cat is overrated. If you wanna see something that’s both dead and alive you can talk to me any time of the day.

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Aldon: Violence isn't the answer. Sylpha: You’re right. Aldon: sighs in relief Sylpha: Violence is the question. Aldon: What? Sylpha, bolting away: And the answer is yes. Aldon, running after them: NO-

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Alim: “Struggle with depression” would seem to imply that I am bad at being depressed when I am, in fact, very proficient at being depressed.

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Sen: Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey! Mal: But I'm a vegan. Sen: Wakey Wakey Vegetables and Sadness.

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Valda: I don’t think we can mansplain, manipulate, or malewife our way out of it this time. Sylpha: *cracks knuckles* Manslaughter it is!

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Yup, the tagging myself is so I can see when you respond since this is a side blog lol

Alright, no-name dragon vibes WIP let's go! Since Zack is a lil pain in the ass about giving me information about himself, let's go with the dragons :D (also I apologize in advance for the rambling. Have a read more for y'all's dash's sake)

So this is a low fantasy story with Zack and Bee living in some random mundane suburbia with no idea that any sort of magic is real. So where the hell are the dragons hiding?

Pocket dimensions! :D

(side note I'm obsessed with otters and their lil pockets and now I'm like "omg what if the pocket dimensions were created by otter dragons" :DDDDDD)

*ahem* Anyhoot lol

So the dragons are living in various pocket dimensions to hide away from the mundane world, but there's various portals that go between the pockets and the "real" world.

Now onto the dragons themselves, there are a few different types of dragons, each with their own powers, characteristics, and color. There also might be some gem magic going on, like the dragons got their magic from gems and such on, but I'm not 100% sold on that yet.

So the types of dragons!

Red: Ruby or garnet, if I do the gem typing. Most versatile looking of all the dragons, considering their powers of shapeshifting. On average the largest dragons. They live alone in their pocket dimension.

Orange/yellow: I haven't decided if I want a yellow dragon type yet. If so, this one is gonna be orange. If not, they'll be like an ambery color. Tiny dragons. Like, palm of your hand size, maybe like the size of a 5 lb cat. Glass manipulation powers. Their vibe is very much inspired by honeybees.

Green: Emerald, probably. I do love that color. As for everything else....... Do I know they exist? yes. Do I know much more than that? These guys can manipulate plants! (probably. unless I decide that's too cliche and change it lol). This is about the level of detail I have for the rest of the dragons on this list lol

Cyan: Not 100% sold on this one, but tbh this entire idea is based off a dream I had and the kid with cyan powers (I'll elaborate more on that in a hot second) was very chaotic and fun. Tech powers. If they get to exist.

Blue: Lapis lazuli or sapphire for potential gem typing. Fabric manipulation.

Purple: Amethyst or alexandrite. Unfortunately these dudes don't have powers figured out yet.

??????: Time powers. Potentially only one dragon alive with these powers. I also can't decide what frickin color I want 'em lol

While I'm at it otter dragon would also be one-of-a-kind deity dragon. It's what she deserves <3

Now to loop back around to that offhanded comment about the cyan kid, dragons can choose to bond with humans and share their powers with them. That's how Bee gets her glass manipulation powers (bonded with the daughter of the Orange/Amber Queen), and Zack ends up bonded with an impulsive teenage-equivalent red dragon. (There's also more kids that join their apocalypse-stopping group but I have. nothing on them yet. Except for dragon colors lol)

It's also possible for these powers to be stolen, but don't ask how I have no idea yet. But somehow, Zack's brother (Jesse) has shapeshifting powers that come from a red dragon, but there are absolutely no dragons involved with him. Eventually I'll parse out how that's gonna work exactly lol

I hope you enjoyed the rambling!

Trick or treat! :D ~ @ghost-town-story

Ooooh spooky anon with a name tag! 👻👻👻

TRICK! If you are who you tag, I wanna learn more about that vibes-only thing you've just started :P

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Andi I fuckin see your bet on the OC alphabet soup post I will make this unnecessarily hard <3

Q, U, and/or X (with a bonus I if you want/don't have the others)

bb i don't think you know what can of worms ur opening

Q - Quincy

Quincy's one of the older town residents in D'Jeet? WIP. He's a regular at the tavern and mostly keeps to himself, I don't know much about him yet but I do know that he's one of the narrative voices in the story

U - Uncle Bobby

Uncle Bobby is that old old geezer in town that everyone calls Uncle but that no one's actually related to. He's the town drunkard more or less in D'Jeet? WIP. Doesn't trust Kodi at all when he shows up.

X - Xavier

The town doctor in D'Jeet? WIP, you can tell by his fancy name and his fancy degree from the nearest big city (probably OSU let's be real). I'm debating making him a vet instead of a human doc but we haven't made it that far yet

I - Isaac

Father Isaac beloved. He has a last name but i'm in bed rn and too lazy to look it up in my notes on my phone. Kit's friend and the fature fugure of Kit & Benny. Literal physical embodiment of a teddy bear. Mom once said he looks like the laughing Buddha, do with that what you will.

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Trick or treat! :D ~ @ghost-town-story

Thanks for the ask, friend! Here's a treat for you, a snippet from a marinating WIP of mine currently titled Cemetery Sisters!

The smell of incense mingled with the croaking of cicadas and frogs. How many insects and small creatures were in the cemetery right now with them, unseen? Madeleine closed her eyes and imagined herself perched on a blade of quivering grass. Upside down in a tree. Soaring overhead, looking down at the tiny pinpricks of stone that dotted the hillside.

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Trick or treat! 🎃

And the kitty dice have chosen..... trick! Have fun :D

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🥺🎃🕯👻Trick or treat, hiatus person?🥺🎃👻🎃

(Wishing you a restful hiatus!)

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the well wishes <3 As for the kitty decision making dice, they have chosen... treat! So I'll go with my other Halloween-y character, Mari

Her full name is Priscilla Amarie Voldaren

But she hates her first name

So she goes by Mari whenever she sneaks out of the house

Comes from an ancient, influential family of vampires

Unfortunately she is the family embarrassment due to her lack of powers

Something her brother Does Not let her forget about

She takes a while to warm up to people and really trust them

Totally not at all influenced by her family's attitude 🙃

Her favorite hobby is tinkering with electronics and machinery

Something she inherited from her bio dad

(not that she knows that at the start of the story)

(poor Thea is the one to accidentally break that news to Mari)

Desperately wants some life other than this, stuck in her golden brother's shadow, an afterthought to her father, a constant disappointment to her mother

(Too bad her first chance at something else is the furthest thing from sunshine and rainbows it could be)

(At least she has Thea and Kizali)

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Trick or treat! 🎃

And the kitty dice have chosen..... trick! Have fun :D

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Trick or Treat? 🦇

The kitty dice have chosen... treat! And in the spirit of the holiday, I'm gonna talk a bit about my spider girl Thea :D

Now, when I say spider girl, I don't mean Spider-Man shenanigans. I mean a la driders in DnD, or for the unknowing/uninformed/those who didn't see a bunch of screenshots and gifs when BG3 came out (really the only reason why I know what they are lol), think centaur, but instead of a horse body, it's a spider.

And that's Thea! :D

Now it's bullet point time XD

Absolute sweetest sweetheart to ever sweet

She's a Weaver (name to be changed), which is somebody who can see and manipulate the threads of time

One of her parents is the goddess of the Weave (name also to be changed, basically the "tapestry" of time)

Absolutely smitten with Mari basically the moment she sees her

Hates feeling helpless

Absolute gentlest soul who doesn't want to hurt anybody

(Too bad the plot is gonna kick her well past her comfort zone re: those last two points!)

Thanks for stopping by!

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Trick or treat! 👻🍂🍭💀

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Heyo! The cat dice have decided treat for this one, so a couple of fun facts and a picrew for a characters from a no-name-barely-more-than-vibes new WIP I've been thinking about

This is Bee! That is not her real name but she refuses to tell me what it actually is lol

Some other fun facts:

Second main character of the story

(but is more fleshed out than the 1st MC (Zack) lol)

Very bright and outgoing

Loves to skateboard

Through plot adventures she gains the power to manipulate glass

also a dragon buddy

(and a human buddy (Zack))

(and the crushing weight of stopping the apocalypse his brother started)

She doesn't know how to swim, and has managed to avoid any scenario outing this knowledge for most of her life

(as soon as they deal with *gestures* everything, Zack teaches her because he doesn't want her to nearly drown again)

Thanks for stopping by!

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Trick or treat!

Thanks for stopping in! I'm using cat dice this year to decide trick vs treat, and they have decided... trick! Have fun :D

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"It's a time-bomb." "A time bomb, then where is the clock?" "No, it's a bomb that blows up time." "All of time?" "Don't know haven't tried it."

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some people are taking "doomed" to mean "dead". this is actually a misconception! you can be doomed even if you don't die! it's sometimes worse if you don't die!

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One should always have at least 2 craft projects going. That way, when one of them is messed up and misbehaving, you can switch to another, and let the first one sit there and think about what it's done.