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What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

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Roleplay Is Not Dead Nor Doth It Sleep

There's a post going around about how text-based, freeform roleplay is dead, and I was typing up a huge response to this, with an accompanying guide on how to find roleplayer in 2024, when I realized it might have a bigger reach if I made it its own post. So here's that guide.

I hesitate to say that there isn't a problem with the new format of social media making roleplay more difficult to find, but in the desire to make that point, the OP of the original post has left people with the idea that there's no way for them to get into freeform text roleplay in 2024. Which just isn't true! Here, look at all the ways.

Forums

The link to RPG-Directory to find roleplaying forums is a good start. Once you've found a forum RPG, even if you don't join, there's usually an 'advertising' section on that forum where other forum RPGs post their ads - this may help you to find forums that don't advertise on RPG-D.

Another really good forum to find roleplay on is Barbermonger. Barbermonger is focused on connecting people for one-on-one roleplays.

This last one's going to be weird, but it turns out that there are still people seeking roleplay on the Gaia Online forums after all these years. I think this is delightfully retro and then crowd there seems a little older than average. No pre-existing knowledge of Gaia required.

Tumblr

You can also find forum roleplay groups (as well as tumblr and Discord groups) right here on Tumblr. Usually, the thing to do is to use the search function - search for "[genre] rp" or "[fandom] rp" and sort by "latest." (If you sort by Top, you are likely to find dead RPs.) For example, here's fantasy rp, historical rp, and marvel rp. You can also try jcink rp, as most roleplay forums are hosted on Jcink these days, or discord rp, depending on your favored platform.

There are also tumblr blogs specifically dedicated to advertising roleplays. I'm not super familiar with these nowadays, but just in the process of searching those tags above, I found these:

Jcink Tinder

RPG Adverts

RPings

There are more, I just don't know them off the top of my head.

Reddit

Listen, don't run away, I swear it's good now - I swear Reddit is good now -

Reddit is a good place to find Discord roleplays. It's a little heavier on smut-only roleplays than other platforms mentioned here, but it's not impossible to find sexless, plot-based roleplay here either. Most ads are for one on one RP, but you can find groups mixed in here too. The big subreddits for text-based freeform RP seem to be:

r/DiscordRP

r/RoleplayPartnerSearch

r/roleplaying

r/Roleplay

Some of these have weird rules about what you can put in your ad, and I don't remember which ones, so read carefully and don't get discouraged if your ad is initially removed.

Discord

In 2024, Discord is by far the biggest and most popular platform for roleplay, and it has its own native roleplay advertising hubs. Here are a bunch:

roleplay partner hub

Rockin Roleplay

The Roleplay Garden

roleplay help

the roleplay connection

RP Central

Roleplay Central

Roleplay Hub

Barbermonger also has a Discord server

Roleplay Meets: Reborn

RP Hub

The Scribes Guild

DM Rp Village

cherry blossom! roleplay hub

DM-RP

Roleplay Round Table (21+)

The Historical Syndicate (specifically for historical roleplay)

The Roleplayer's Directory

If you can't find the Discord roleplay you want on here, you can also try Discord hub websites, like Disboard. These work similar to tumblr tags - search for [genre] rp or [fandom] rp.

Other

The original post specifically mentions that 'all the old "omegle but for role play" type websites died out ages ago'. This is mostly true, but not quite! There's still Rolechat. It's a little janky, but what it needs more than anything is a bigger user base. Their Discord server is also a good place to find one on one discord roleplay. It is, of course, free, but if you want to support its development, they have a patreon.

Please reblog this post, and add your own tips on how to find roleplay!

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Epic the Musical RP Starters || Part 1

Ruthlessness

"In all my years of living, it isn't very often that I get pissed off."

"Damn, you crossed the line."

"I've been so gracious."

"I've gotta make you bleed."

"I need to see you drown."

"Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves."

"You are the worst kind of good."

"You are the worst kind of good 'cause you're not even great."

"A [descriptor] that reeks of self-righteousness - that's what I hate."

"You fight to save lives but won't kill and don't get the job done."

"You are far too nice."

"Mercy has a price."

"Unlike you, I have no mercy left to give."

"And now it's finally time to say goodbye. Today you die - unless, of course, you apologize."

"The line between naivety and hopefulness is almost invisible."

"...What have you done..?"

"When does a ripple become a tidal wave?"

"When does a man become a monster?"

"I am your darkest moment."

"Any last words?"

Dangerous

"Hello, old friend!"

"Why are you here?

"Consider this your one last chance."

"If you dance with fate, then I know you'll enhance your state."

"If your plan's so great, then why'd you wait to say it?"

"It's a little bit dangerous, my friend."

"You cannot get away with playing safe for this."

"You gotta treat it like it is the main event."

"Be dangerous."

"When lost, look toward the sky."

"Follow the north star, no matter how far you think you're going you keep on rowing."

"No matter what, keep moving."

"Put it all on the line."

Scylla

"We're only demons from Hell."

"Drown in your sorrows and fears."

"Choke on your blood and your tears."

"We must do what it takes to survive."

Antinous

"Haven't you noticed who's missing?"

"I heard today he comes back to town."

"Let us leave now, today we can strike."

"Hold him down 'til the boy stops shaking."

"Hold him down while I slit his throat."

"Cut him down into tiny pieces."

"Throw him down in the deep below."

"Only the ocean and I will know."

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Ride the Cyclone RP Starters || Part 2

Greetings, it's time to play.

Play? What is this? Who are you?

Democracy rocks!

What the heck was that? Me moving against my will?

Don't bore us. Get to the chorus.

I assure you, your will is your own.

[NAME] has selected game mode.

A game with fabulous prizes! Like a stale pack of menthol cools, a succulent hello kitty cupcake, and a limited edition Iron Maiden t-shirt still ripe with the pong of the carnie that wore it.

Somewhere, sunrise begins another day.

That's way better than a hello kitty cupcake.

Sorry!

Sadly, I've only ever possessed the power to bring one back to life.

That doesn't make any sense.

I trade mostly in prophecies that don't make any sense until they actually do.

Even in death, i can't escape [NAME]! They followed me into the afterlife! Well played, Satan, well played.

Being the only gay man in a small rural high school is kind of like having a laptop during the stone age. Sure, you could have one, but there's nowhere to plug it in.

That's not fair! You didn't tell me there were only three questions.

I believe I did tell you, after the fact.

Can it possibly get any weirder?

Jane Doe is what the coroner said.

They never learned my name or who I used to be.

From ashes I was made and ashes I return.

I walk alone and wonder why. Why? Why?

Did anybody just pee themselves a little? Me neither.

Do you want to brush my dolly's hair?

I'm really freaked out right now.

Do you want to know what really freaks me out?

When a lioness has children, she stops making love to the lion. The lion gets jealous, sometimes so jealous he eats the children. You'd think this would upset the lioness, but far from it. They make love again as if the children never existed. I find that idea terrifying.

I'm gonna stand a little farther away from you.

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Ride the Cyclone Starters || Part 1

It turns out that being told the place and time of your death in front of your family, with a mouth full of corndog at a fairground is the very opposite of fun.

I can even predict my own demise. I always could.

Meet my executioner - a rat I've named Vergil.

I'm well aware rats cannot play musical instruments.

When you've been alone as long as I have, you tend to anthropomorphize your friends.

The armrest to your left is yours. The one to your right is your neighbor's. If you believe both armrests are yours exclusively, you are part of the problem.

My most sincere condolences.

Accidents happen.

This just shows the high standard of excellence here - even in competition against yourself, you can still walk away a loser.

Tonight's my apology.

Tonight we will raise a middle finger to that most ruthless adjudicator called time.

Something doesn't feel quite right.

Where's the sky? And where's the ground?

How can this be fair?!

What a load of freaking junk!

I hope I wiped my browser history clean!

Now I know what 'YOLO' really means.

Had a strange feeling from the start.

I did not feel safe at all.

Where are we?

Oh my god, you can speak?!

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Lmao you’re an adult, you shouldn’t be using the word squick. Use trigger. Use your grown up adult words to explain how you feel instead of leaning on a cutesy uwu term that no one outside of tumblr uses. It’s embarrassing.

Idek if this is serious or ironic honestly

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Ask my muse questions about their relationship with another character.

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lines from my favorite tiktoks | part 1/?

It's me. Hi. I'm your bestie. It's me.

I may be. I'm. I may have. I have the stupid!

You ever try and do something and then you realize you fucking suck at it?

I'm totally gonna have sex in this graveyard.

Press X to doubt.

I'm sorry I don't speak dork.

Whatever, I'm a teenager in the '80s and I'm gonna live life while I'm young.

Today I'm not making biscuits, I'm actually making murder muffins.

We do not need that many Cheez-Its.

I am not the bigger person. I am the smaller person. Who is prone to pyromania.

You're worth more than chicken nuggets.

Wait, why am I stressed? This is my brain, and I can think whatever I want.

I thought today was your day with the brain cell.

The government is lying to us. The earth is not a globe. It is also not flat. The earth is...a cat.

How could I ruin your life? I wasn't even there!

I'm not fat, okay? I'm just really, really easy to see.

I have to make sure these kids don't blow up the planet every day!

I am a houseplant with a god complex and elbows.

It says if I read this out loud it'll unleash hell.

My love, that's witchcraft!

What's up d-bags I'm from hell.

My kid game of choice was, I would take my dinosaur toys and take them to divorce court.

He isn't actually a cat, he is a pyramidial shaped floof gremlin from another universe and he teleported here to steal our souls, learn to control us, and achieve world domination.

Does anybody know what I have to roll to take down a level 82 Karen?

Thank you for the trauma, I need it for my art.

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Reblog this to have people go into your inbox & ask your character questions!

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Boy's Abyss RP Starters || Part 1

Edited for ease of use. tw for some suicidal themes.

Chapter One

"I'm glad that you'll die with me, [name]."

"Have a seat, [name]."

"I can't leave the city."

"It'd be easier if I started working immediately."

"Give the future some thought."

"The wind's so strong! Another storm, I guess."

"I swear, I must have been an atrocious fiend in my past life."

"I don't think your life is that miserable."

"What do you plan to do in the future?"

"I know you have a lot going on at home, but... your life is your life."

"It'd be better than apathy."

"I gotta go."

"This is just my way of returning a favor."

"It's about time you cut ties with them."

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and hand it over."

"Don't give me that crap. I told you to buy two."

"We can't sell to minors."

"Want me to buy you a meal?"

"I'd die if you weren't here."

"I'd hate to jump from here to die..."

"Falling asleep forever would be better."

"You like idols?"

"There. It's lit."

Chapter Two

"Is it okay for idols to smoke?"

"You seem pretty obedient."

"That's why this stays a secret."

"Seeing so much food thrown out when someone could still eat it makes me sick."

"I'm kinda jealous to be honest."

"Those might be spoiled already."

"Are you free tonight?"

"Could you show me around the city?"

"I just moved here, so..."

"I can't believe it... I'm kinda going on a date!"

"It's just too loud inside."

"Sorry for taking so long."

"Sorry I'm late!"

"[City] kinda sucks to get around. I wish everything was in one spot like this."

"It's not like I'm good at anything like you."

"Why are you telling me so much?"

"A pair of lovers commit suicide by jumping in the river, right? It doesn't seem that pleasant. Still, I kinda felt jealous. It's the happiest way to die, after all."

"Wanna commit suicide together?"

"What are you talking about?"

Your life isn't going anywhere."

"Are you serious?"

"I'm confident that I won't accomplish anything by continuing to live."

"Wanna drop by my house?"

"Wanna drop by my house? I'll make you feel glad you died with me."

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&. 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

(  an  assortment  of  dialogue  prompts  for  various  crime  /  mafia  /  detective  /  criminal  underworld  scenarios.  trigger  warning  for  dark  themes.  feel  free  to  change  as  you  seem  fit.  )

❛ i always get paid in the end, one way or another. ❜

❛ maybe you just need someone to tell you what to do. ❜

❛ i don’t think you fully understand the situation you’re in. ❜

❛ rule one: don’t get caught. ❜

❛ i do what people pay me to do. ❜

❛ consider this a professional courtesy. ❜

❛ i want us to be friends. i want us to trust each other. ❜

❛ you thought you could just fuck with us, and we wouldn’t fuck with you? ❜

❛ can we just exchange three words without you pulling a gun on me? ❜

❛ the detective’s life isn’t an easy one. but it rarely lacks for excitement. ❜

❛ i don’t have time for distractions right now. ❜

❛ tell me, what was life like on the other side? ❜

❛ so, to what do i owe this pleasure? ❜

❛ how many fights have you been in this week? ❜

❛ you want a silencer pistol? sure, if one’s on sale. ❜

❛ go ahead. you might as well finish the job. ❜

❛ can i at least buy you a drink? ❜

❛ you’re gonna get yourself killed if you keep this up. you know that, right? ❜

❛ we’re not all savages here, sweetheart. ❜

❛ the only thing that’s gonna keep you safe in this world is that gun. ❜

❛ i’ll teach you something about punishment. ❜

❛ do we have your allegiance or not? ❜

❛ why is it whenever we see each other, you’re covered in blood? ❜

❛ you wanted the truth. i’ve given it to you. it’s up to you what you do with it. ❜

❛ you’re playing nurse to a killer, you know. ❜

❛ this your idea of laying low? ❜

❛ looks like you could use a bodyguard. ❜

❛ you look great. like a million bucks of real money. ❜

❛ working together again, it’s just like old times. ❜

❛ drink all you want, but we need to stay focused. ❜

❛ you’re like a cockroach i can’t kill. i mean it in a good way. ❜

❛ you eat, or you get eaten. animals call it survival. humans call it business. ❜

❛ i could teach you how to fight, but i wasn’t equipped to take care of you. ❜

❛ i wanted to hurt them for the way they hurt you. ❜

❛ no one’s worth a bullet between the eyes. ❜

❛ may i have my gun back? ❜

❛ who taught you how to do that? ❜

❛ i’m gonna make you an offer. one time only. ❜

❛ i had it under control. you didn’t need to do that. ❜

❛ you still have to keep up appearances. ❜

❛ the bodies he buried laid the foundation of what we are now. ❜

❛ imagine how quickly you can succeed if you just take what you want. ❜

❛ that wasn’t a punch. if i’d punched you, you’d be on the floor. ❜

❛ the choice to live an ordinary life is no longer an option for me. ❜

❛ i need you to focus on this case. not on me. can you do that? ❜

❛ you’re still an honest person. it’s the rest of the world that’s gone crooked. ❜

❛ all you need to do is exactly what i tell you to do. ❜

❛ i’ve done things i’m not proud of. i’ve hurt people and i’m going to hurt more. ❜

❛ blood money buys the best art. ❜

❛ everyone who ever helped me is dead. i don’t want that to happen to you. ❜

❛ i don’t kill people. not even scumbags like you who deserve it. ❜

❛ you treat all your ladies like this? ❜

❛ you’re not very good at retiring. ❜

❛ remember who the real enemy is. ❜

❛ you’re one of us now. nobody ever tell you that? ❜

❛ i’m the lucky one who pulled you out of the garbage. ❜

❛ if it were up to me, you would’ve been dead a long time ago. ❜

❛ everyone in that room has lived far worse than anything you’ve ever done. ❜

❛ if you’re doing it to help someone, doesn’t that make it okay? ❜

❛ you don’t get to be at the top without making enemies looking to tear you down. ❜

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☠ ― Send '🧸' to give my muse a hug.

(Alternatively, send "hugs for you!" if you cannot see the emoji.)

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tell me why don’t we write together

✧: i don’t have ideas so i can’t approach you yet

☼: i have ideas but i’m not sure if you will like them

●: i don’t have high-quality graphics/themes 

✭: my writing might be lacking

❀: i’m shy to approach you

☽: i don’t know how our muses can interact

➤: you seem to be busy for new interactions

ϟ: you write with another person with the same muse and I’m hesitant 

✎: any other reason; write it down

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send “🗣” for a conversation between the muse and the mun!

it could be about a current thread, or a thread that is on the mun’s wishlist, or about the muse’s habits or Anything!

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multimuse grape vine

This for all multi muses or really anyone with more than one muse even if they’re on a different blog! Have your muses dish the dirt about each other.

Send 💘 for Muse A to talk about Muse’s B love life (or lack of one) Send 😰 for Muse A to tell a embarrassing story about Muse B Send ☠️ for Muse A to say something unsettling about Muse B Send 📂 for Muse A to comment something about a current thread of Muse B’s Send ⏪ for Muse A to comment on Muse B’s past/backstory Send ⏩ for Muse A to predict what they think Muse B’s future will be like Send 🍇 for Muse A to comment on Muse B’s eating habit (favorite food, least favorite, eating etiquette, ect) Send ��� for something Muse A likes about Muse B Send 👎 for something Muse A dislikes about Muse B Send 🔥 for Muse A to attempt roasting Muse B Send 👌 for Muse A to state if Muse B is aesthetically attractive or adorable (or not) Send 💞 for Muse A to comment on Muse B’s relationships and/or people they know

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Markiplier Dead Space Remake RP Starters || Part 1

I'm sure nothing is going to jump out at me at all.

I wish I could talk to you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry about everything.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Why is it so dark?

It's so weird being back here.

Okay, I'm ready.

God, it's been so long.

You're so tough. You're so big and brave and strong.

I'm on the way! You don't have to shout, I'm literally two steps behind you.

Can I start stomping on things yet?

You're not [name]. Who are you?

I'm safe. Thank goodness.

You'd think I have something to say about all of this.

What the hell were those things?

Now I know to cut off their limbs.

Can I stomp you now? Yes, I can.

That's not good.

God, it's good to be back.

Intros are for chumps.

For God's sake, send help!

I don't want to taint this experience going forward, so I'm going to look at it with brand new baby eyes.

I love saving. Saving's great! I saved.

I like money. I love money.

Just a quick little blurp.

Can I be in cargo-baggage? I don't know if I should be in cargo-baggage.

Now that's a nice stomp.

That sounds horrifyingly bad.

What are you doing? Why are you in the walls?

Yeah, this definitely ain't the right way.

I'm just quirky like that.

Does that even kill them? Or do they just stop moving?

Why is it so dark in here? I can't see for crap.

Where? Where? What? Why? How can i not see any of you?

Make sure they're dead by stomping them into itty bitty gooey bits.

What is the boom? What is the big boom?

Okay, I think I made a full circle.

Can I get an uppies?

I don't think I can get uppies.

Who's goopin? Who be goopin? Stop goopin.

This go uppies? Uppies? Uppies?

Anybody else? Anybody else wanna tussle with this muscle?

This is apprehensivating.

Why do I care about that? I don't.

Are you telling me there's lights on in here?

Oh, you gotta be kidding me. You're joking me.

Stop moving.

Okay, oh boy, we're in business.

We're in good company and everything is going swimmingly.

I'm not worried. Why would i be worried? I'm not worried. Nary a worry in sight.

Peek-a-boo, why are you up there?

I'm helpless, I'm just a sweet little baby.

Don't do it! Don't come after me!

No one wants to hear about anyone's fucking nightmares.

Trust me, that's one son of a bitch who needs to stay dead.

A bench? Sweet.

I like to hold back.

La la la, I'm going home.

Come find me, if you're brave enough.

Are you gonna find me or am I gonna get out of here?

Are we done? You better be done.

Wait a minute, you're not supposed to be there.

Hey, hey, what is up?

Okie, dokie, then. I'm going this way.

That's fine, right guys? That's fine?

What's happening? What's happening? What's happening?

Cool, I love stasis.

Show off how stable you are.

I found a man inside the vents?

Congratulations.

I don't trust.

Why was there a rapidly increasing heartbeat?

I'm never gonna get everything.

Great! Never clean.

Wait, cargo bay? I want cargo.

This looks spicy.

I keep hearing things. Down in the gears where no one could be.

What's behind me? Is there another one behind me?

Woah, you were in time-out!

Hurry. I keep hearing noises right under our feet.

What? That's new. Since when could you do that?

Security clearance? What do you mean security clearance? I can go wherever I want.

Keep talking to me.

Guys? Guys?

Be ready for anything.

What's the plan?

People are dying here.

Stick to procedure, we'll get through this.

You think they're still there?

Why the violins now? Why would there be violins plucking happily in the distance?

You probably would have died in a horrible lobby incident.

Wait, but there was a note. Wasn't there a note? There was a note there!

I always gotta go for the things beforehand.

Hey, beautiful.

Hello, ugly.

Am i taking this? Is this what we're doing?

I'm doing it but I don't trust it.

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Weird Things Said On Discord || Part 2

ft. @perennial-tenacity and several pinned comments in discord servers. Contains nsfw language.

My brain is useless now. Throw it to the wolves. Toss it in the ocean. Sell it as an MLM.

How can you be down bad when you don't have a crush. Down bad but who in the HELL for?

Ahhhh vengeance. So worthwhile. So sweet.

For some reason, my body seems to think I’m a strapping young newlywed getting home to be greeted by my amorous spouse and not in fact a tired tomboy about to go flop on the couch with my family to watch Everybody Loves Raymond and eat Dairy Queen.

I planned out your murder to the atom, but Home Depot doesn’t have a sale on shovels so I didn’t do it.

It’s like saying “Bloody Mary” three times in the mirror, just if you say “gay” nine times in the mirror I get cursed with lewd thoughts I shouldn’t have.

I feel like I just spoke an obvious truth and people are handing me cookies for doing it.

I'm waiting for them to light a fire under my ass for saying that, but joke's on them, my house is cold I'd love some fire.

Peace is like closure, it's made up to sell movie tickets and game cartridges.

Fuck I just made the cutest noise I’ve ever made in my life. I WANTED TO SAVE THAT FOR MARRIAGE!

I didn't come out of the closet, I came out of the cabinet like all other pans.

My odds are looking WAY better now that literally anyone can meet one of my standards.

You wanna hook up with your boss? In THIS economy?

Oh especially in this economy. Gotta get a raise by giving him a raise.

Who are you, Al Pacino’s discount cousin?

Welcome to the Bottoms Club. We have sandwiches. You know, subs.

This is the funniest shit ever. I can't see shit.

That's a picture of the abyss.

Once you're ready, that cat will give you your first quest.

Orphans are going missing. [Name]'s going to hijack a cult. Same old, same old.

It's 1:30 in the morning where I am so maybe I will make the healthy choice and get off for the night.

The basement cat recognizes me as a primary food giver now.