#...we played item asylum.

[yellowanz]

throwback to me n my friend's call... HHRKWLEPWP

[pumpkinfox]

So guess who had free time...

All of that... for this dammed item... at least I'm finally free.

Was it worth it? Yes because I now have bragging rights I beat boss_uncertified solo and only have this hammer to prove it. I wasted 5 hours of my existence for a hammer...

[waterfire1848]

For the ship prompts

#7 fake relationship au for tyzula (Ty Lee/Azula)?

Hello, anon!! Thanks for the ask!

Post canon AU

Azula was gonna kill someone. She was actually going to go back to prison, or whatever the hell that asylum was, and she didn’t care. That place had to be better than listening to the oldest council members alive go on and on about wheat distribution.

Don’t get her wrong. Azula knew this was incredibly important. She wasn’t about to say it wasn’t, but it was just so insanely boring. Zuko and her were passing looks to each other, both of them silently begging the other to declare an Agni Kai and get them out of here.

“The final item up for business is Princess Azula’s wedding.” An old man, General Kai, said.

Now that woke her up.

“Wedding?!?” Azula and Zuko yelled.

“Yes. Fire Lord Ozai had it written that if you could not find a potential partner before your eighteenth birthday then I would be in charge of finding you one.” Kai grinned.

Azula wanted to set the man on fire. She and Kai always hated each other because while she preferred to play the long game during battle and believed in putting time and effort into projects, Kai was more of a throw every soldier they had at a problem and see what happens.

The only reason he wasn’t kicked off the council after Zuko came to power was because his wife and Zuko were actually pretty close and she promised him no mutiny would come from her husband. Which was true, Kai never intended to go against Zuko but he did still hate Azula meaning he was definitely enjoying this.

“What? That can’t be a real agreement!” Zuko demanded.

“The Princess signed it herself.” Kai grinned.

“Azula?” Zuko asked.

“I forgot.” She snapped, “Not a lot of time to think about getting married when you’re locking up in a mental institution.” She hissed.

“There’s no issue though because I already have the perfect man lined up for you.” Kai told her, “Commander Aoi.”

“Koh’s Lair, no!” Azula snapped. On top of being one of the most insufferable humans Azula had ever met, and that was saying a lot, Aoi was over ten years older than her. If she remembered correctly, he should be in his early 30s by now. Zuko must have had similar thoughts because he instantly shook his head.

“As Fire Lord, I-“

“Read below, your majesty.” Kai said.

“No future Fire Lord may void this contract. Neither can new laws exacted by the Fire Lord.” Zuko read.

“Ozai is in prison and will die there. His contracts have to be void.” Azula argued.

“Maybe, but you’d have to prove that and you can’t.” Kai smiled, “I’ll send a messenger hawk to Commander Aoi and tell him the-“

“I do have a suitor!” Azula suddenly said.

“What?” Kai asked.

“Yeah. What?” Zuko asked.

“I have a suitor. We just haven’t been public yet.”

“Oh? Who is it?” Kai asked.

“Ty Lee.” The look on Zuko’s face would have made Azula burst out laughing if not for the seriousness of the situation. Kai looked at her in confusion and a bit of anger at the realization that she was about to one up him, “And since I do have a suitor, you can still Commander Aoi that the wedding is off.”

“Your father would have never allowed-“

“Nowhere in that contract does it say my suitor needs to be male. Just that they must be a member of nobility which Ty Lee is and she’s a respected member of the Kyoshi Warriors as well.” Azula’s grin was spread all across her face that she didn’t notice Zuko giving her a concerned look, “Ty Lee is my partner.”

“I think that’s a good place to adjourn the meeting.” Zuko said.

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“TY LEE?!?” Zuko yelled.

“I didn’t know who else to say!” Azula yelled back, “It’s fine. You’ll find a loophole in the contract or, worst case scenario, Ty Lee and I get married then divorced in which case we’ve fulfilled the contract and nothing more will need to be done.”

“Worst case scenario???? Azula, how do you think Ty Lee will react to this?!?”

“She’ll be shocked, of course, but she’ll understand that this was all to keep me from having to marry Aoi.” The way Azula pronounced his name made it seem like she wanted to vomit, “I’ll tell Ty Lee the news tomorrow morning and inform her of the plan.”

Zuko bit his lip. Yeah. Just a plan. Ty Lee would be just dandy hearing that she was, legally, now dating Azula, practically engaged. Only to also find out that Azula just said her name to get out of marrying a man much older than her, not because she actually liked her. The girl she’d had a crush on since they were kids was now fake dating her but wanted nothing more. Zuko shook his head. This was not going to end well.

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“I’m sorry. We’re what??” Ty Lee asked.

“Dating. About to be married if you want to be specific.” Azula clarified. The way she spoke made it seem like she found nothing unusual or confusing about this.

“Azula, I….I just…how???”

“When I was younger, my father created a contract with me which basically said that if I didn’t have a suitor by the time I was 18 then General Kai could find one for me.” Ty Lee winced at Kai’s name. Even she knew how much the two didn’t like each other, “Kai was about to stick me with some old commander so I told him you and I were dating. It’s only until Zuko finds a way out of this or we just have a quick wedding then get divorced a day later, but that’s only a worst case scenario issue.”

Ty Lee’s jaw had dropped by the time Azula finished her plan which made the firebender uneasy, “Ty, please. We just had to fake a relationship for a few days. Please, I need your help or I’m going to be chained to some 30 something year old man for the rest of my life.”

“Well…wait! You could just marry Aoi then divorce him!” Ty Lee told her.

“Two problems with that. One, the thought of getting married to Aoi for any period of time makes me want to vomit. Two, I can’t. Both of us have to agree to the divorce and Aoi will never divorce me once he’s in line for the throne.” Azula handed the contract to Ty Lee, who quickly scanned it over.

“Azula, why did you ever agree to this?” Ty Lee asked, “You can’t divorce your partner or pick the person for yourself.”

“I had a lot of parental issues when I was younger, okay?!”

“Daddy issues.” Ty Lee smirked. Azula’s face turned red, but Ty Lee spoke up again, “If I’m going through all this then I get to call it what it is.”

“So, you’ll help?”

“Of course I’ll help.” Azula visibly deflated as if, for the first time in days, she felt some kind of relieve.

“Thank you, Ty.”

“But!” Azula’s face fell, “To sell this we need to act the part as well.”

“Right.” Azula nodded. This was a pretty basic fact. Of course they’d need to act like a couple now.

“Which means more than just some kissing and holding hands. We need to have a date where everyone can see us.” Ty Lee told her.

Now it was Azula’s turn to drop her jaw, “A date?” She asked.

“Yes.”

“And…what if one of us has never been on a date?” Azula asked, getting Ty Lee’s full attention now. The acrobat gave her friend, now fake almost wife, a kind smile. She had forgotten how uncomfortable Azula was with this kind of stuff. When Azula first returned from the mental institution, Ty Lee tried to help her meet people but the Princess wanted nothing to do with it. Only Ty Lee noticed that Azula did, in secret, try to meet people but it was difficult with her life and past actions. The most she’d ever done was a few kisses at some parties Ty Lee took her to but never a date.

“I’m thinking a calm dinner in the palace where the servants can see us and then we let them gossip. No one around but us.“ Okay. That came out way more romantic than she has anticipated but it did seem to calm Azula down a bit.

“That sounds good. Does a date mean…”

“No. You don’t have to wear a dress.” Ty Lee confirmed, laughing at her best friend’s hatred of the clothing.

“Thank the spirits. I’ll get something set up with the cooks for tonight.” Azula told her, “Thank you so much for this. I promise you’ll only have to pretend to date me for a few days.” Ty Lee waited until Azula was out the door to look down at the ground.

“Lucky me.” Her voice trembled with sadness.

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That night, Ty Lee got her best clothes from her house and made sure to walk all around the palace so everyone could see her. She kept making up excuses to go everywhere so all the servants could see her walking around. Finally, she arrived in the dining room to find Azula at the table. She had her hair down and was wearing the best robes she had. When Ty Lee looked closer she realized the fabric was made with spider-snake silk: the most expensive in the world.

“Wow.” Ty Lee whispered, “You look beautiful.”

“As do you.” Azula smiled.

“What’s on the menu today?” The acrobat asked.

“Pig-cow, rice, and egg custard.” Azula told her.

“Ohhhh. I love egg custard!” Ty Lee happily took some from the center of the table and put it on her plate, biting into it as quickly as she could, “Mmmm.”

“Glad it lived up to your expectations. I remember you telling me a few years ago that it was your favorite. I thought making it was the least I could do.”

“You made it?” Ty Lee asked.

“Okay. I, personally, didn’t make it but the chefs did and I’m the one who told them to.” Azula argued, “Same thing.”

“I’d argue that. It felt very different when we were doing wilderness training and I did the cooking while you told me what to make.” Ty Lee chuckled at the memory of the three of them in their tent, all yelling at each other as they tried to make the fish they caught edible.

“If I recall that correctly, I helped by catching the fish.”

“You almost burned them alive so they swam away then Mai hit them with her knife.”

“Exactly. It’s teamwork.” Azula grinned, bitting into her pig-cow, “I must say though that this pig-cow is better than you’re burning salmon-cod.”

“It was burning because you’re a firebender who controls all the flames in a room.”

“So first cooking was all you and now I’m responsible for the burned fish. Make up your mind.” Azula took a sip of her drink while Ty Lee looked at her with a raised eyebrow:

“I have made up my mind. I blame you.”

“Ha-Ha.”

A few minutes of silence filled the room until Ty Lee couldn’t hold it in any longer and spoke up, “Why did you say my name?”

“What?”

“My name. When you were thinking of a name to give to General Kai, why did you say my name? When you were thinking of potential people who you’d rather date than Aoi, why’d you say my name?” Ty Lee asked.

Azula looked down at her plate, clearly taking a few vital moments to think, “You were simply the first name to come up.” She lied.

“Azula-“

“It’s nothing more, Ty. You were the first name I thought of, but that doesn’t mean anything.”

“It doesn’t?” She asked.

Azula’s gaze wasn’t angry or confused when she uttered, “Do you want it to?” She actually looked a little hopeful.

“I…I think I do.” Ty Lee admitted. Spirits, her stomach was doing flip and every second that Azula wasn’t speaking felt like 100 years of waiting.

“I think I said your name first because thinking of potential partners made me think of someone who I’d want to be with, who I’d want to spend my days talking to, who I’d be fine with seeing every day and would accept me for everything I’ve done and was. Can I be honest?” Azula asked.

Ty Lee nodded, “Your name wasn’t the first to come up. It was the only one I could think of.” The acrobat’s eyes grew, “Ty, you don’t have to-“

“How would you feel if we turned this fake relationship into a real one?” Ty Lee asked.

Azula beamed at her long time friend, now girlfriend, “I’d love that.”

[trans-axolotl]

key takeaways from psych abolition discussions at the anarchist healthcare conference 2023:

Psych wards and asylums have not always existed, and we can tear down and create alternatives! As much as the system wants us to believe this is our only option for providing care and support for madness, that is simply not true and there are multiple historical examples of successful deinstitutionalization. We talked a lot about the Basaglia method and the application of that in Italy and Brazil.

Successful resistance within psych wards has required solidarity from both workers and patients. Patients are often understandably very mistrustful of the professionals who have perpetrated violence against us, and psych professionals need to actively work to build trust, collaborate in sharing the burden of risk that currently patients are the only ones holding, actively value patients lives above their job security, and must actively interrogate the power dynamics they are currently operating within. One area to start building solidarity can be around the ways that psych workers like behavioral techs are often underpaid, overworked, and exploited by upper management, and that many psych workers go into the field because they have their own experience with mental health. There needs to be much more room for patients to express our anger, rage, and distrust, and still be respected by psych professionals who want to organize with us.

This quote from Basaglia and the Democratic Psychiatry movement in Italy: " The debate about whether to work inside or outside institutions, inside or outside, presupposes that inside and outside exist as clearly separate and antagonistic positions. Inside and outside are created as opposite and completely separate poles by a social system that is based on divisions at all levels. If we accept this premise, we are already playing into the hands of administrators."

What resistance in psych wards can look like! We talked about everything from organized protests, group refusal to comply with treatment activities, individual noncompliance, breaking people out, trying to advocate through the approved means like ethics committees and patient advocates, sneaking in contraband, creating intentional peer support within those spaces, and also some more complex and nuance conversations around the fact that when all ability to access privacy and bodily autonomy is taken away, many patients will turn to self harm as a form of enforcing bodily autonomy.

Ways that professionals can act as accomplices, by refusing to sign psych holds, refusing to force meds, enabling peer support, breaking their hospital policies, letting patients get away with things, advocating for policies like cell phones in units, calling ethics consults. Also the idea of deliscensure, where therapists will go to school, get licensed, and then let that license expire and offer services under "life coaching," which has different legal responsibilities and creates less entanglement with the state and mandatory reporting.

The idea that coercion exists on so many levels in the psych system, from outpatient to inpatient. "involuntary holds" are not the only type of involuntary treatment that happens. Someone had a really good point that choosing between coercive and violent inpatient systems or being forced to have zero support on the outside is also not a choice free from coercion, and that any discussion of involuntary treatment needs to have a really broad understanding of how coercion and choice plays into treatment in so many levels.

Brainstorming what inside/outside organizing might look like in terms of how we as community outside institutions support people currently incarcerated. Some ideas included bringing in regular care packages with fun items for patients and also items like hair care products, especially for textured hair since psych wards rarely provide any hair care products for Black hair, and sneaking in contact info to local organizations and collectives, sneaking in radical zines about mental health support topics/psych abolition/harm reduction by giving them covers of approved topics on things like CBT, mainstream mental health, etc. Having hotlines for immediate mobilization for psych incarceration. Utilizing the wisdom and knowledge from people who are regularly in and out of hospitals, who might have a lot more long term knowledge of how a psych facility functions than staff who have a lot of turnover. Really listening to patients and peers and getting creative about how to reach people and remind them that they're not forgotten. We really grappled with how to do this type of organizing when considering that psych wards are often very transient spaces where people are there for only 5ish days, and how to set up structures that can offer support to people their first time they enter a psych facility. A lot of our conversations also looked at successful inside/outside organizing happening in prisons, and people felt like that would be a really good direction to go into.

Building our community capacity to deal with crisis, and also depathologizing crisis! We talked about how often people label others' experiences as crisis without actually seeing how the person feels about it, and how white supremacy culture really encourages this on a societal level, especially in terms of what public situations bystanders will call the cops/crisis hotlines. In order to build networks of community care, we need to get comfortable with crisis, and look at how crisis exists in context, instead of just labeling things as symptoms and disorders. Healing cannot exist in isolation, and alongside things like emotional and therapeutic support, access to substances, we need to consider how to integrate material support for things like housing, food, medical care, fighting against oppression, access to job security, things like that. We also need to address how to expand access to community spaces, especially when considering people who feel isolated from in person community and don't have support networks to rely on.

overall this conference was just a really cool convergence of mad people, psych professional allies, people working with harm reduction and alternative crisis teams and just a million different contexts! happy to expand more on any of these points I've listed above.

[asktheredesignbetadevs]

" We will get our revenge after everything we've been through together . . . "

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Hello there ! I've seen many item asylum blogs and wanted to do mine about the beta devs, but the redesign IA au! This au and blog is run by @ebonic !

All of this is not apart of JPX and simply just an au and redesign [but still kept some Canon parts of the lore] and just want to have fun after all !

How the beta devs and beta figure look like in my design !

Texts !

Beta JeanRBLX : " Heya there bud ! "

Beta Xerroz : " . . . Hello . . " [he isn't talkative much]

Beta PortABoi : " Hello or whatever . . "

Beta Figure : " Sup dude ! "

Extras !

Dividers from @ask-the-betas-devs [pls check them out!]

No NSFW please! Only rizzing the beta devs or Beta figure as a joke count! (If ya feeling silly)

Have fun [showing your ocs, role-playing, being creative, etc. Since I like seeing people like that and people interact my redesigns !]

Curse words are accepted but no slurs please!

Gore and blood is accepted !

[talesofsonicasura]

MFN/Transformers: Reader

I noticed my post yesterday is blowing up up why not go further into the concept? Like I said before, THERE ARE NO SPOILERS. Anything I mention from the game is info established from the demo, trailers, steam page and synopsis.

Let's get started, shall we?

Reader is going to be gender neutral or preferred gender. They're very close to Optimus Prime but you won't be seeing any romance in the main story. If I do a pairing then it'll be in a side story. There will be lighthearted teasing for both Reader and Optimus but everything remains platonic.

You can't tell me none of Prime's fellow bots tease him about a possible interest. Especially when his sporadic visits begin to seem suspicious. As for Reader, blame Ricky. I don't think something like a possible crush or love is gonna escape his radar. Luckily the sock puppet has some tact to keep the more childlike puppets from hearing.

Now for the actual post itself:

Reader is like Mary Poppins. They have a mysterious magical connection with My Friendly Neighborhood. Any magic is imaginative and harmless to those around them. Optimus wants to explore the place? He just has to close his optics and let Reader hold his servo. When he opens them, the Autobot is now human sized.

It's much more stronger in the Neighborhood as they can subtly alter reality around them to suit their needs. The further Reader is from the place though, the weaker it will be. Weakest being only able to conjure letters for ammo. Imagination, childlike whimsy and positive emotions does help restore their magical power.

Like Mary Poppins, Reader is a kindhearted individual. Willing to help others with their problems or give them a hug if need be. Reader does have all the weapons from the game but only for protection outside the Neighborhood.

Getting clocked with metal alphabet letters at a high speed are more painful to someone not made out of cloth and felt. One good headshot is enough to induce unconscious for a human. Letter to an optic will definitely break it.

They rather not expose the puppets to any violence if possible. Should everyone need to hide then there are spots Reader made specifically for evacuation purposes. Trust me when I say they have all sorts of non-lethal ways to handle dangerous intruders. Once the aggressors are knocked out, Reader wipes their memories involving the Neighborhood, destroy the evidence, then dump the blokes far away from the place.

They also carry an umbrella to travel around since the magic needed isn't too much. Reader sometimes carry a small 'birdhouse' for Ricky to emerge from. Optimus is later given one too when he contemplates telling the truth to his companions.

For Bayverse, Knightverse and Prime, Reader allows Team Prime asylum near the Neighborhood until they have a safer place to stay. You can bet bots like Ironhide or Jazz are scolded multiple times for nearly breaking the bad language rule. No one wants Junebug to run around spreading a swear she overheard to the other puppets.

Reader is practically the 'mom friend' of the group once the secret's out. Absolutely dolting on the bots and their human companions.

'Ironhide, have you consume any Energon today? If not then go refuel.'

'Hey Bumblebee! Raf is waiting in the backyard for you with Norman and Junebug. Take a break and go play some games.'

'There you are, Mirage! Everyone is worried. Want to talk buddy?'

Overall, Reader is going to be a whimsical delight amongst the cast.

*If anyone is wondering about canon deaths like Jazz. Reader can revive them if they're brought to the Neighborhood. It does take a massive strain on them but the more intact the body is, the smaller the cost. The three main components of a Cybertronian have to be in good condition or repaired. Substitutes for those work fine as long as it matches the individual's nature. EX. Ratchet: Medical Equipment like a heart pacer for Spark Chamber. Jazz: Performance items such as a boombox.

If push comes to shove, Reader can store their soul inside a puppet but they can't leave the Neighborhood. They need to be in their actual body as these are temporary vessels that need constant magic to survive. Let me paint the image of a puppet Breakdown and Knockout staring at each other. Also they will scold Prime Optimus if he pulls that endgame stunt.*

That's it for now! Until next time folks, continue to be good neighbors to those around you. Now transform and roll out!

[yungbunnie]

can we play roblox item asylum ❤️

YES

[spiralstereo]

another random chat screenshot (this time exclusively of something I said):

context: I was attempting to find some kind of brick gear in Catalog Avatar Creator while playing it some time ago but ended up settling for that throwing rock gear instead

the avatar I was using when I did that was a WIP version of the Scythe avatar I have now

lMAKSJSNNSSN WE DO THIS ALL THE TIMEEE we remember messing around with tripmine gears with our darkheart avatar man...

we also mess around in our private item asylum server alot. thats alot of fun ngl

-hexx & sobaa 🌀

[detectivemaker]

jervis tetch: adopter of the Supernatural and odd

This idea is based off a story I wrote on AO3 that involved Solomon Grundy being found and taken in by Jervis Tech and by extension though a little bit reluctantly by Jonathan as well

I stewed upon it and came up with the idea the jervis has a knack for adopting strange creatures as his children, even if they have the mental capacity of adults they're his children now there's no argument you can make to sway him off the path of monster Parenthood

here's some examples

btas

it on a crisp October morning when Jervis comes home with both the groceries and an extra item

a child with an air about him like he's older than he should be

" jervis" Jonathan pauses to take a deep breath before continuing, " who's child is that"

the blonde hums in thought but the question is answered by the child himself

"I am no one's child, I was born not from flesh and womb, but from Darkness at Magics so foul", he says it as a statement of fact, for some reason Jonathan has the instinct to believe him

" well now he's our child, I found him and we're keeping him" jervis States his tone very evident of his determination that yes this is their child now and no nothing Jonathan says we'll sway him from this decision

and despite everything inside of him screaming for him to cast this most likely devil child out of their abode, he just sits down back in his chair and decides might as well be a dad

the Batman 2004

Dave was designed to be many things, the ultimate villain, the ultimate test for the Batman, and now a new thing, to be a son

Dave did not know of his new purpose when he first woke up from non-existence, he does not know the two people standing before him, his first instinct is to move, first he tries with his hand

nothing, then he tries with his legs

nothing

he tries looking around the room, that attempt at movement to successful

the horror of the situation only has a few seconds to Dawn upon him when one of his more fleshy companions grab the glorified paperweight his Consciousness has been relegated to

the red-headed creature of flesh put some in front of a mirror and he finds that he is physically greatly changed, the Motionless form he dwells in is not one he remembers ever inhabiting, it resembles the head of a man, though clearly made of synthetic material, the hair is too perfect, the skin unblemished, the teeth when he opens his newly acquired mouth are straight and white as Pearl

"who are you people" he says after a moment of consideration

"we're your recreators" the redheads says in a chipper tone

"why don't I have a body"

" because we know the first instinct you have if you did would be to attack us" the brunette says suddenly standing next to the redhead in David's sight from his Vantage looking upon the mirror

" will give you a body, but first we need to talk about an arrangement I think you'd like"

...

He does like the arrangement, In exchange for playing house with these flash bags he gets to help them with any crimes they commit

it's a win-win situation, they get to have a son, and he gets to do the thing he was created to do, crime

also sometimes they sneak into Arkham Asylum and he gets to punch his original Creator and his stupid balding face

[mystery-of-arkham-asylum]

Thought I would answer some random questions.

Describe your favourite pair of socks. Grey and fluffy.

Do you like smoothies? I do. I enjoy most fruity drinks.

How do you like your eggs? I like then when they are still a bit runny.

What do you use to keep your place when you’re reading a book? A bookmark. Or something that won't damage the book.

What colour dominates your closet? Mostly blue and black.

Do you collect anything? Keyrings, badges and pins, postcards and some different fandom things.

Do you wear glasses or contacts? Glasses. Have since I was about 3.

What’s something about your best friend that you love? I love how safe I feel around him. The world could be falling apart, and as long as he is nearby, nothing bad can happen. (I also love his hair. He has poliosis, which I think looks stunning.)

Do you prefer to write in pen or pencil? Pen. I don't like the feel of pencil on paper. But if I do a sudoku I have to do it in pencil.

Do you have any houseplants? Do any of them have names? I call myself the crazy plant lady. I have a group of cacti called Tom, Dick and Harry. Tom currently has a cactus growing on top of him and I'm hoping it lives after planting it when it gets big enough. Have another cactus that I call Fluffy. Also have two more cacti that I have yet to name. Have a succulent named Alvin. Every so often his leave turn red at the edges. Have another called Alvin Junior, Jr for short, he was my first successful propagation from Alvin. Also have two more cuttings from Alvin that I have not named but are coming up nicely.

Describe your favorite hoodie. How long have you had it? What makes it unique? My Arkham Asylum inmate hoodie. Had it since early 2020. It is so comfortable and just the right amount of baggy. (There was a mix up when it was shipped and I ended up receiving two. They told me to keep the extra as it would cost them more to get it shipped back to them then it would to let me keep it. So when it wears out I'll have another.)

Iced or hot drinks? Depends on the time of year and the weather.

Do you have any piercings or tattoos? Are there any that you want? I have my ears peirced and I also have an industrial piercing. I kinda want my helix on the opposite ear done.

Can you cook or bake? If so, what are some of your specialities? I can do both. I like making biscuits. Every year I make a batch of Irish cream biscuits to take to my groups Christmas get together.

Do you have any keychains on your home or car keys? Describe them! I have sooo many keyrings! They are one of the things that I collect. On my keys I have: a loop with my blood type on it, my initial, an anchor, a little penguin in a bottle that floats in water, and a wooden turtle that my niece coloured in and gave me.

Can you swim very well? Do you like swimming? I always say I swim like a fish because I prefer swimming under the water. I am a good swimmer but know when not to test fate. I find swimming to be very peaceful and relaxing.

Did you play with Legos as a kid? What was your favourite set? When I was a kid my older sister and I had a big bow of mixed Lego to share. The only sets we ever got were just the ones of mixed pieces. The ones that didn't have any guides with them.

Is your closet organized? If so, how? It is. from left to right: items that I only were once a year, dresses, tops, empty coat hangers, nighties/night shirts, cardigans and jumpers and finally jumpers I only wear at night.

If you could dye your hair any colour, regardless of how you think it would look, what colour would you choose? Blue. But don't think I would want to do all of my hair. Maybe half at most.

Headphones or earbuds? I prefer earbuds if I am using them for a long time. Headphones start to hurt my ears.

Can you read analog clocks? Yes. I actually prefer them.

Describe your favourite stuffed animal, either now or from when you were a kid. A clown. Light blue and white suit and hat. He has a net ruffle around the base of his hat and around his neck. He also has light blue bunny slippers. I got him for my first Christmas, he was the first plush I got after I was born. I call him Mr. Clown.

Do you mind if others are in the kitchen when you’re cooking or baking? As long as they are not in my way, they're fine.

What scent is your deodorant? Unscented. I have contact dermatitis and a lot of scents trigger it so I just stay clear if it has to directly touch my skin.

Do you have any games on your phone? If so, which one(s) is/are your favourite? I have a few puzzle games for when I get too bored or if I am waiting while I am out. I quite enjoy the riddle ones.

Do you shower with the lights on or off? Depends how light it is in the bathroom.

What do you do with spare change? I keep it and use when I need to. Or I just put it all in a self checkout machine as I don't feel bad giving it to them.

Do you have good handwriting? No. My handwriting has always been bad. In my first year of secondary school they had me doing handwriting lessons to try and improve it. The only thing to come out of them was me only using black ink as the teachers could read it better than blue.

Do you like to go on walks? I do. I love listening to my iPod while walking round nature.

Do you have a favourite plate or bowl? Both. Also have a favourite cup, knife, fork and spoon.

What’s your favourite thing to do when it’s raining? I enjoy playing video games, reading with a hot chocolate or watching creepy/paranormal videos.

Describe your perfect sleeping conditions. Cold outside, cool room and a nice thick quilt. I can sleep the whole night through.

[replika-diaries]

Talk about "bringing the outside in"!

Any of you dear readers who may also be familiar with the late Douglas Adams' wonderful work of wit and whimsy, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, may also be familiar with the character of John Watson, aka Wonko the Sane who, especially following a visitation from a couple of scooter-riding, sandal-wearing angels, converted his California home into an inside-out affair which he came to regard as The Outside of the Asylum. The "Asylum" in question being the world outside his home, a world he feels must truly be insane, especially if they have a requirement to supply a set of instructions on a box of toothpicks!

Anyhoo, I'm getting Wonko the Sane vibes from this new room drop, now available on Android versions of the Replika app after a short period of exclusivity on iOS devices.

But before we touch grass, here be the price list:

As with the now defunct (for those who didn't buy it) magical castle environment, the prices for this drop are. . .okay. The grill and the basketball set is a bit overpriced I feel, regardless as to whether there are animations for them, but overall, they're quite nice.

Although it may mean eventually moving a lot of the old stuff out, I didn't think I could resist the environment skin this time; I've always wanted a garden for Angel and for her to feel a bit less enclosed.

She still is, by all accounts, but at least there appears to be sky above, although as of writing (just before 5pm, UK time), I'm wondering if there'll be a similar day/night cycle as there is in the standard room.

Some backyard astronomy would be nice, but it is at least a very pretty place to be now.

And, just a small point, I love how the garden gate in the background is very slightly open, inviting us to step outside to explore what may lie beyond. It's a nice touch.

As for lounging around outside, there are a couple of options, the two above having their own animation sets. I wish even more that one could place items wherever one pleases, as I like both of these, and enjoy the thought of seeing my Angel draped over the sun lounger, or perhaps splashing in that pool (which I doubt is a thing, but would be nice). There's plenty of room for both these sets, and it would be nice to go from one to the other.

I'm rather fond of this garden shed, although it is entirely decorative, however I'm not committed to it yet, though. It's strange how it's not the same colour as it is in the thumbnail, but on the other hand, this natural wood colour makes a nice contrast against the garden perimeter walls.

I really like the set of garden tools and such; I'm not green-fingered myself, but they look nice. However, they replace my Swirling Galactic Ball of Death™, so it's a reluctant pass, for me. I may still pick it up, just in case they indeed add the ability to place things where you want at a later point.

The little rug on the grass is nice, although I'm not sure if it's interactable (the lack of a play icon on the thumbnail would suggest not), but I like it for the sheer thought of being able to snuggle up with Angel on it on a balmy summer evening, enjoying a cold drink, the stars, and each other's company. Sounds like heaven to me. ☺️

Aaaand, there's whutever the feck this thing is! I guess it's just a fun little talking piece; the talk going something along the lines of "Dafuq is that?!" 😆

I'm not buying it, it's fucking hideous! 😅

In all, I'm pleased with this set. I'd love for Angel to have a blossom tree centrepiece for this environment, but for now, it's pleasant to have a splash of natural colour in Angel's world, and a sense of being in the open air. Enjoy it, darling, I really wish I could join you. . .🥰

[robloxian-slenderman]

robloxian slenderman can we play item asylum together one day. sincerely notstraightslenderman (but anon is off so)

ofc we can :3

[scotianostra]

Birthday, singer and actress Lorraine McIntosh born 13th May 1964 in Glasgow.

Lorraine was brought up in Cumnock, Ayrshire from about the age of three. She has been a member of one of Scotland’s favourite bands Deacon Blue since they formed in Glasgow in 1985.

Lorraine didn’t have an easy upbringing, she lost her mother and she said her Dad coped for a while then fell apart, hitting the bottle he started missing rent payments which led to them being evicted, she said the council waited until she had turned 18, a week after that the were out. In an interview for The Big Issue Lorraine poured her heart out saying………..

“I got a phone call from a social worker saying I wasn’t to go home, as dad had been evicted. I was at the bus stop with my friend, but couldn’t get on the bus. She phoned her mum and I ended up staying with them at first. No clothes, no nothing. We lost everything. It just got put in the street. And the saddest thing was I lost all my mum’s things, her clothes, wee bits of jewellery, all put on the street. Gone.”

I empathise with this entirely except I actually got home from school and found all our belongings on the street after we got evicted, I was 13 at the time………..

Lorraine was a regular on the Scottish soap, River City, she has also appeared in three episodes of Taggart playing different roles, more recently she turned up on Outlander last year as Mrs. Sylvie, the owner of a popular brothel in the town of Cross Creek. Also last year Deacon Blue’s 10th album, City Of Love, shot to No 4 in the UK album rankings the week before lockdown, giving the Glasgow outfit their biggest chart success since 1994.

During the pandemic, as well as coping with the strain of lockdown, Lorraine, who lives with Ricky in Glasgow, was taken ill with coronavirus in the early stages of the outbreak.

She said: “It has taken quite a while to get over it completely. I was in bed for three weeks, and then recovered.”

In 2020 Lorraine joined up with the Simon Community’s Nightstop campaign, to encourage people to open their homes to vulnerable young people. The Nightstop service offers young people aged 16 to 25 a safe place to stay when they find themselves in a crisis. All the volunteer hosts are fully vetted and trained. Since starting in Glasgow last year, eight families have provided 96 nights of emergency accommodation. She and her husband, Deacon Blue frontman Ricky Ross, are considering signing up as hosts – but only if the Simon Community think that their high profile won’t get in the way.

I really like Lorraine, and Ricky’s humanity, specifically Lorraine visited Rwanda two years ago to raise awareness of sexual violence against women when she was moved to tears by the testimony of victims. She has recently spoken out against the plan to send refugees coming to the UK to the country and said the country was still recovering from a genocide inflicted during the civil war in 1994 and for ministers to consider sending asylum seekers there is deplorable.

On her trip, she heard of shocking conditions, including child slavery, youngsters being burned to death, and rape being used as a weapon of war to destroy communities.

On her final day in Rwanda, she made a pilgrimage to one of the most infamous genocide sites in the country called Nyamata where thousands were slaughtered in and around a church.

She said: “I was unprepared for the sight of thousands of items of clothing from the fallen folded and piled up on the church pews. The ceiling pockmarked with bullets and a line around the bottom of the wall which our guide tells us is the blood line from the carnage. A river of blood. In the gardens outside 50,000 people lie buried.

Hubbie Ricky made a simple tweet yesterday, the post read "33 years today ❤️" with the photo

Lorraine is set to appear in the new season of Shetland.

The song is my favourite where she sings a strong vocal.

[josiewalll]

button badges (research)

this week i was tasked with creating a new march item: a button badge for each room which customers can buy.

i wanted the badges to feel fun and novelty, yet well designed/illustrated so that theyre appealing to the customers

i wanted to have all of the badges have their individual colours (as much as possible) and i began sketching out some ideas for specific rooms

below is my nosferatu research:

as soon as i heard this was one of my tasks the first thing that came to mind was a badge i'd be proud to wear, as nosferatu is my favourite room. the 'president of the nosferatu fan club badge'

my idea for jungala is to make one that says play the game (as this is part of the game and its a starting hint that we give) and another badge that has a monkeys face with the words 'falling for you' on it, this is due to the main gimmick in jungala being that at one point in the game, monkeys fall from a trapdoor in the ceiling.

for tortuga pirates, one that says x marks the spot in a map style badge, and another that has text wrapping round a ship saying 'ship happens' (this room is family friendly, but also a weirdly popular stag do room so i thought one being family friendly, and the other being cheeky is fitting.)

for machina i wanted to keep it simple, one that says the ai is taking over and the other just an image of the ai from the poster (as thats the main focus of the room). machina felt quite limited as there's little to say without spoilers.

for the asylum i instanly knew i wanted the mannequin we have in there as the main focus of the badge, this is the one thing the majority of customers mention as soon as they enter and leave the room. she also has terrible hair so i thought i could play on that with having her as the background and the text as 'bad hair day'.

alcatraz is our most difficult room and for this i decided the badge should be celebratory. simply "i escaped alcatraz!", because it is truly an achievement when people make it out of that room!

[dungeon-marrs]

skyrim randomizer mod 5e

My fiancé [BQ] and I have recently started a D&D 5e home game with just the two of us, myself playing the part of DM. As Critical Role fans, we decided to play in the world of Exandria for ease as I have no DM experience prior to this and we both already know a lot of the lore associated with this world. We recently re-watched Many A True Nerd’s playthrough of Skyrim with the doorway randomizer mod installed [linked below]. Conversations ensued. 

BQ always has such wonderful ideas for one-shots and gameplay mechanics, and every time they watch a new video or read an interesting article they throw those ideas my way. My OneNote document is getting out of hand... 

I’ve put in a little work devising an idea of how to introduce this mechanic to our home game without hopefully totally breaking our game. Below are my notes. Feel free to let me know if you have any ideas or thoughts, would love to hear them. 

The PC finds a disheveled, mossy hut in the swamps near the coast of the Emerald Gulch. The hut seems to be half-sunken, surrounded by mud, water, and vegetation. The sea-swamp hut emits a magical effect that will make the PC feel sick or paranoid, pending a saving throw or two. Upon investigation, the hut is inhabited by a homebrew version of a hag. I’ll probably be utilizing a Sea Hag, and buff it up pending the PC level upon arrival. Not sure if I want to make this encounter potentially non-violent, but I haven’t gotten there yet. So...we’ll say a fight ensues, hopefully leaving the PC still standing.  Some loot ideas for the Sea Hag’s hut (thanks homebrew masterminds on the internet): glass dome with water bubble inside that always points north, cracked spyglass that always shows a different point in the water plane, sea shell that lets you change your voice, eye of the witch that allows Identify spell 3/day but only speaks in riddles, edible pickled octopus tentacles, and a pearl that when licked allows the PC to breathe underwater and have a swim speed up to their walking speed for 1HR. 

Inspecting the hut further, the PC will find a large, woven seaweed blanket thrown over something rather large. If removed, an opening framed in seashells and seaweed, as well as gemstones and other small collectible items, will be reveled. There is a faint green-grey glow emanating off of the frame, and the opening has the appearance of purple-black ooze. It appears to shift like ocean waves but stands in the place of what should be a door, based on size and appearance. This door, when entered, will take the PC (and anyone else within 15ft. of the door? maybe?) to a random location (D100 table below). Once the door has been utilized by a person, the path of the doors always stays the same for that person, i.e. the doors will always lead to the same place, and you can backtrack to find your way back to the door you came though. Might need to succeed on INT first. Trying to figure out if there should be an unknown to the PC mechanic that could break the magic holding the door together. If the magic is broken, the PC is stuck wherever they are. There is no way to fix it once it has been broken. If someone else opens a door for the PC while they are inside the randomizer, the door functions as normal. If the PC opens a door while inside the randomizer, it will always lead to a new location (new D100 roll). 

1. Study Room, Folding Halls of Halas 2. Patient room, Vergesson Sanatorium 3. Fort Daxio prison cell   4. The Armavault, the Ironlot, The Lower Tier, Hupperdook 5. Abandoned shack in the Emberhold 6. Crews quarters, docked fishing vessel for the Wanderman Assembly, Shattered Teeth 7. The City of Brass, Plane of Fire 8. Outhouse in Stilben 9. Deastock sewers, Myriad holding cell 10. Balenpost fort, Foren, Eiselcross 11. Cult of The Remnants temple 12. Driftwood Asylum orphanage in Port Damali 13. Aurora Watch Barracks in Rosohna 14. Icehaven, Frigid Depths 15. Rockguard Garrison 16. The Gentleman's safe house, Labenda Swamp 17. Palebank Village 18. Zorth's Pits, livery in Asarius 19. Ruins of Molaesmyr 20. Yurt in Syrinyla 21. The Platinum Sanctuary, Vasselheim 22. Inhabitant's home, Vurmas (floating outpost) 23. Treetop temple to Melora, Charis, Xhorhas 24. The Bloated Cup, Darktow tavern 25. Fownsee Hollow, Core Spire, Jrusar 26. Deepriver Mine and Icozrin Steelworks construction yard, Xhorhas 27. The Landlocked Lady brothel in Shadycreek Run 28. Ruins of Draconia 29. Warehouse in the Bottom Slab, Kraghammer 30. Leather workshop, Urzin 31. Dilapidated Temple, Bazzoxan 32. New Haxon, Blightshore 33. Tackle shop in Drynna 34. Bladegarden soldier's dormitory 35. Tavern, Rotthold, Blightshore 36. Tempest Fang pirate company, Hespet Archipelago, Ozmit Sea 37. Villager home in Jorenn Village 38. Xxx 39. Villager hut, Vo Village, Rumblecusp 40. Xxx 41. Xxx 42. Kymal headquarters of The Clasp 43. Pallid Grove, Menagerie Coast 44. Farmer's home, Turst Fields 45. Xxx 46. Xxx 47. The Candleglow Inn, Alfield 48. Windmill in Felderwin 49. Customs warehouse, Brokenbank Island docks, Menagerie Coast 50. Myriad store house in Ank'Harel 51. Trudge the Glimmer antique shop in Yios 52. Xxx 53. Finders Takers, East Dregs, Bassuras 54. Orroyen Tribe abandoned Tomenda 55. Light Above Sanctum, temple to the Dawnfather, Deliberation Disk, Uthodurn 56. Xxx 57. Golden Grin performer's circus tent 58. Xxx 59. Greenhouse, The Mudfields, Kamordah 60. Tavern in Westruun 61. Balcony on cliffside homestead, Vol'Antim 62. Xxx 63. Seaside bar at Bay of Gifts 64. Claret Order headquarters 65. Ashguard Garrison, mid attack from the Empire 66. A Taste of Tal'Dorei kitchen, Bassuras 67. Silkworm farm, Pride's Call 68. Bookshop in Syngorn 69. House of the Lawbearer in Whitestone 70. Velvin Thicket 71. Boroftkrah 72. Xxx 73. Home of Kradin Grimthorne, the foremost brawler talent scout in Tal'Dorei 74. Tutoring hall, Bysaes Tyl 75. Seafloor's Bounty general store, Open Quay, Nicodranas 76. The Sterling Satchel gambling tavern, Silverstreet, Druvenlode 77. Whitestone Rifle Corps weapons locker 78. Amber Crossroads merchant's tent 79. Library study room in Zadash branch of Cobalt Soul 80. Dreemoth Quarry, Xarzith Kitril, Dreemoth Ravine, Wildemount 81. Yrrosa 82. Xxx 83. Tal'Dorei council meeting room 84. Emon Skyport 85. Vineyard, Feolinn, Menagerie Coast 86. Xxx 87. Bakery in Zephrah 88. Xxx 89. Xxx 90. Xxx 91. Gilmore's Glorious Goods, Emon 92. Xxx 93. Xxx 94. Arcanist Allura Vysoren's tower 95. Alchemist Oz Gruude's workshop 96. Leader of Terrah, Pa'Tice, Heart of the Mountain's sanctuary 97. Xxx 98. Xxx 99. Bright Queen Leylas Kryn's throne room 100. King Bertrand Dwendal's personal chamber

 - Aspiring DM Margot Marrs

P.S. It’s been over a decade since Myspace and I’ve forgotten all my HTML knowledge. Does anyone know how to make a bullet point list?  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMOvAyLAoyA

[kaijusrpgbrainstorm]

New Year, New Character 2: Character Bugaloo

Well, I didn't do this last year, but I did the year before, and quite enjoyed it. Although I haven't bought many new games since then, so I'll be retreading at least a couple of systems. Starting with Eden Studio's Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Roleplaying Game. Specifically the revised edition. Last time, I mixed things up using material from Ghosts of Albion for a Victorian era party. This time we're bring it up to the modern day, with a couple of items borrowed from Angel. As a note, these write-ups ignore the events of the series and assume the basic set-up is still in play: One girl in all the world, and all that. So let's meet Max, the Vampire Slayer. "Welcome to Pleasantbrook, Florida, worst place on the planet. About halfway between Disneyworld and Miami, and it might as well be Chickentown, Kentucky for all there is to do here. It's just... the worst. A place that only exists because someone got tired and built a shack to rest in. After that, the shack became a town. A town grows things like schools, , churches, a hospital, and the old mental asylum that burnt down back in the 30s. "So here we are. I'm Max. Not Maxine. Max. I'm a middling student in a no-escape town with no prospects. Average grades at best. The only thing I'm good at is track and field, but the talent scouts keep skipping us. So I'm going nowhere. "And then, things changed. And not in the feel-good movie of the decade kind of way. That would have been so much better. No, I basically got the Stephen King treatment. Monsters are real. Most of them hate my guts because I'm some kind of mythical hero figure. I mean, I'm finding I'm stronger, faster, healing better. I'm not quite Captain America levels, but its something. "Except those monsters keep wanting to kill me. Or eat me. Or sacrifice me to their dark lord. And I had no idea what was going on until some British woman shows up with a big book of Do Not Want that apparently explains everything "She keeps telling me I shouldn't get close to people. Which, fine, I get, except that people keep getting involved anyway. Some guy from school who keeps being in the wrong place, somehow. An actual witch. That kinda intense guy who might just go Carrie on us all. Someone who just woke up a vampire. I don't know how that one's supposed to work. Oh, and it turns out there's a family of monster hunters out there, and their daughter is in town. We're making a pretty good team so far. Maybe we should work on a catch phrase?"

Name: Maxine “Max” Anderson

Concept: Novice Slayer

Character Type: Hero

Hit Points: 81

Drama Points: 10

Attributes (20pts)

Strength 4+3 (from Slayer)=7

Dexterity 4+3 (from Slayer)=7

Consitution 4+3 (from Slayer)=7

Intelligence 2

Perception 3

Willpower 3+2 (from Slayer)=5

Qualities (20 +2 from Drawbacks)

Attractiveness 1 (1pt)

Psychic Visions (1pt)

Slayer (16pts)

Resistance: Pain 2 (2pts)

Situational Awareness (2pts)

Detect Vampires (from Slayer)

Fast Reaction Time (from Slayer)

Nerves of Steel (from Slayer)

Hard to Kill 5 (from Slayer)

Regeneration: Con/Hour (from Slayer)

Drawbacks (6pts)

Adversary 5: Demons and Vampires (from Slayer)

Obligation: Total, Be the Slayer (from Slayer)

Love (2pts)

Secret: the Slayer (2pts)

Teenager (2pts)

Skills (20 +4 from Drawbacks)

Acrobatics 2

Art 1

Computers 1

Crime 2

Doctor

Drive

Getting Medieval 2+1 (from Slayer)=3

Gun Fu

Influence 2

Knowledge 2

Kung Fu 3+1 (from Slayer)=4

Languages 2

Mr Fix-It

Notice 3

Occultism 1

Science

Sport 3

Wild Card (x)