#around the campfire

[artemistorm]

Wind: I have a riddle for you. See if you can solve it.

Legend: Okay, shoot.

Wind: You're locked in a room with no doors or windows. How do you escape?

Legend: ... I don't know. How?

Wind: You take off your boot, you look at your boot. You saw your boot, so you take the saw and cut your boot in half. Then you take the two halves and put them together. The two halves make a whole and then you crawl through the hole to escape.

Legend: -_- ... I hate you.

Wind: >:3

[sohannabarberaesque]

Postcards from Snagglepuss

"How would you react to a mermaid?"

Such is the question Peter Potamus is fond of asking at least once during such diver's vacations as he's fond of having over the campfire; the better to test the reaction sense of such invited to join him in the diving experience so extraordinarily ... Peter Potamus.

And such was bound to be the case this particular go-round with myself, the Hair Bear Bunch and Loopy De Loop as guests by the firepit at his Florida Keys cabin over iced tea and tortilla chips.

"If I may explain this little exercise in quick reaction as much as whimsy," Peter began, "many have often imagined the very unlikelihood of actually coming across a mermaid while diving out of nowhere--no, not the kind of Weeki Wachee, but the kind known to prevail in folklore. And mind you, Scooby-Doo and crew we're not; we're, rather, some intrepid diving friends of Peter Potamus who could just imagine the sheer thrill of encountering a mermaid during the dive, wondering what to do next in the circumstances!"

In Hair Bear's case, he acknowledged that while he and his ursine friends may not have encountered a mermaid to begin with, "it would likely depend on what she desires."

"Usually some romance," Square Bear was quick to add.

"The sexual sort, I have to assume," Hair Bear was quick to add.

Peter Potamus was quick to note that such a notion was actually born out of the outright boredom of sailors stuck on long voyages caught up in bad diets, scurvy, overdependence on rum and a want of female companionships for weeks on end.

Turning to "ze good wolf," Loopy De Loop was bound to point out that his desire in being among mermaids would entail just playing along, adding that he himself may have been caught up among mermaids in past and couldn't resist their charm and they his.

Myself ... I related about the time me and Crazy Claws were on a campaign to push Wisconsin Dells to southern audiences, and we were staying at a motel in Islamorada one night when the desire to do a sunset dive struck our fancy, only to have--you guessed it--a mermaid swimming into our modest dive and guide us through a coral reef in the moments just before sunset, sensing something almost magical in its irridescence. "And I never felt more fascinated, more light-headed even, getting to sleep in the bargain!" added yours truly.

"So, Peter," asked I when I finished relating my mermaidic tale, "what would be your mermaidic take here?"

"Plenty," responded he in his glory of starched safari jacket and pith helmet. "Though admittedly, I like asking this question in particular just to see what would be the likely reaction to a mermaid encounter, if such ever ensued ... and after all, mine would be to join her in wild mermaid romantic desire!"

Which certainly got the laughs started.

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[campfire-collective]

if you don't mind, could you explain your buddy system? I saw you mention it and rearranging the budies but I'd like more elaboration and explanation if you don't mind?

yep!

buddies are a tool for us to like...help build connection and community and generally use inner resources. for a lot of parts, asking for help is hard or scary, or they don't feel safe, but giving them one specific buddy to ask for help is doable.

basically, your buddy is who you ask for help in a crisis, and who you help through their crisis.

the partnerships are picked by me (hearth), but i take into account what everyone wants. pigeon and lion used to be buddies at request of pigeon eg

i started this back when ginger and sparrow were fighting so much it gave me headaches, because what happened was i would be the only part either of them would talk to. so i needed sparrow to talk to literally anyone other than me. & thus the buddy system. he's buddies with emerald, something which has worked better than i ever predicted.

obviously we have more parts who need a buddy than parts who can be buddies (so to speak: buddies are mutual), so pairing takes a lot of thought. safety concerns come first: sparrow and honey need to be paired with emerald and i because they both need more support when it comes to safety, and so they deserve access ASAP to a part who can help them. then it's just about creativity. ginger and pigeon get along with each other, and they'll help each other. pigeon needs an adult to be proud of her and help her and stuff, ginger will be well served by having someone to take care of.

as for the trio, well. they are kind of who's left? because question and mango both have a tendency to repress over approach, which is something buddies try not to let each other do. but it's more important for honey and sparrow to have help finding safe ways to cope, so until those two feel more confident, nothing is changing. lion is a good kid, and they know they can ask me or em for help with him.

basically, it's what it sounds like: we all have buddies to help us take care of one another. it's been a really helpful tool for us, because i can't emotionally support everyone all at once, and also parts are learning to feel safer with trusting ourself.

-hearth

[mag200]

ask not for whom the hurdy gurdies. it gurdies for thee.

[buppkizz]

these 2 dragging sniper out of isolation to come hang

[katkat030]

I have a new favouritest guy and it's Ren

[demonicseries]

Ao3 is down so people on tiktok live are reading fanfic aloud

[remxedmoon]

“the merciless cobra. its caustic venom can traverse any distance… as long as it stays out of danger.

…please, pay no mind to those ghastly stains. it must’ve been splashed with paint while my back was turned.”

reptile

1 power - 1 health - 3 blood

2 power - 3 health - 2 blood

sniper - you may choose which opposing space a card bearing this sigil strikes.

touch of death - when a card bearing this sigil damages another creature, that creature perishes.

hidden trait - gemmified

when a sigil is transferred to this card, it becomes gemmified. gemmified cards gain +1 power, +2 health, and -1 cost.

COBRADILE!! this was probably the most fun card to make out of all of them. also probably the prettiest card imo!!! writeup below!!

sniper and touch of death! pretty deadly combo. literally. you can just kill any card you please from any spot on the board. i was DEAD SET on giving her the sniper sigil. it just felt right.

GEMMIFICATION YIPEEE! this is a mechanic from act 3! but mox cards appear in act 2 as well. in base game inscryption, you need to have specific gem vessels on the field in order to activate the buffs (ruby for power, emerald for health, and sapphire for cost) but! mox cards and gem vessels aren’t really. in kaycee’s mod. and it would be super clunky to add them for a single card! so all you have to do is sacrifice a card’s sigils onto her. is this a little broken? maybe. but this is inscryption, literally everything is broken lol

^expanding on this, it still kinda fits lorewise? ka buans do compress their ashes into diamonds after all. let’s say that they compressed the creature into a diamond or something and that’s what’s powering her, idk

ok i’ll stop talking about the mox thing after this. both sif and odile were given mechanics from the other scrybes! siffrin requires bone tokens (grimmora) and odile has mox (magnificus). no sorry there’s nothing for p03. they don’t have computers in the isat world i think. i’m pretty sure.

initially i wanted to make her a stork or an ibis, but. all avian cards have the airborne sigil. which makes their attacks hit the opponent directly instead of their creatures. and that defeats the entire purpose of sniper. so she gets to be a spitting cobra! i think it’s more fun this way anyways. more fun shapes.

also this kinda spoils bonnie’s card a little but!! i put thought into the tribes too!!! the vaugardians (mirabelle, isabeau, and bonnie) are all from the hooved tribe! odile is a reptile and sif is tribeless because they’re outsiders. teehee.

ok patch time. she gets double strike, which makes her attack twice (as the name implies). i chose this in reference to memory of first strike (it just reminds me of it? idk) and also because it synergizes with sniper! you get to oneshot TWO cards in one turn! good god! odile really is merciless

that’s everything important about this card! i know this is long as hell but! that’s what happens when you introduce an entire new mechanic. i guess. anyways alt card art!!!

[ecto-stone]

How would ‘Friend from the other side’ Danny + Vlad react to their Canon Counterparts?… Would Teen Vlad be grossed out by Canon Vlad having a crush on Danny’s Mom?… Or would Teen Vlad think it’s hilarious? 😂

A horrible day to smell like cheese.

[rainbowpufflez]

Team RR Campfire

And if you’re wondering where Cyrus is

He’s currently avoiding literally everyone

[phoenixcatch7]

The One Fact Pact

I want to see a fic where the chain is rigorously keeping their secrets and stories hidden, but they've all learned to trust one another. Like, it's past time they should probably be sharing things because it's beginning to get annoying, they all agree, but it's sorta become a habit by now? They kept those secrets and now no one really wants to share first?

So, to keep things interesting and get some momentum going, they make a deal.

Whenever they come across something that reminds them of their travels, their quest - be it an item, a familiar name, a location - they've got to share ONE fact or story about it.

But only! When they're in other people's time, because otherwise it'll just be a staged tour and one person infodumping and that's exactly what they're trying to avoid (and it won't be a fun competition they can make bets about).

And then either they go through worlds slowly building trust and understanding of each other through a long drawn out and incidental series of tidbits....

Or they immediately get stuck in wild's hyrule for ages.

Everyone's arguing over who the latest ruin belongs to. Time and wind are getting into an argument about the kokiri. No one can agree on the zonai. Wars is taking immense pleasure in pointing out anything someone else might have missed. Legend is resolutely ignoring eventide. Twilight claims the entire faron woods until they step into the hot and humid jungle for the first time.

Wild thinks he's immune because it's his world so he legally can't answer questions, but everywhere they visit there's a piece of his own story in the rubble or on the wind.

Wild: *happily making tea and checking his slate with the other hand* okay, looks like tomorrow we can reach the breach of demise and to new serenne stable. Just past that- Sky: *choking on his drink* the what?? Wild: the breach? Sky, weakly: Why's it uh, called that? Wild: oh, it's an old story. Apparently eons ago it's where a demon godking came up from underground to the surface world... *suspiciously* Why? Sky: gimme the slate. *squinting at the shape on the map*... I can neither confirm nor deny. Wild:... What do you mean? Sky, remembering the One Fact Pact: I can neither confirm nor deny. What's important is that I killed him. The entire chain, variously: YOU KILLED A DEMON GOD?!!? Sky *recalling the hardest fight of his life*: what, like it's hard?

And then he just refuses to elaborate.

[artemistorm]

One word prompt: licked

This one is a fun one--it reminded me of a thing I used to do as a kid--lick my hand and hold it up to ward off my siblings.

(1301 words)

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"Let go of the rupee," Legend urged. "You can't get your hand out of the hole unless you let go of the rupee. Your fist is too big."

"NO!" Wind hissed, his hand trapped in a hole in the wall, his fist wrapped around a glowing golden rupee. "My rupee!" His eyes were red and crazed and his entire arm was tensed and stiff as if electrified. It didn't take a genius to tell that the rupee-in-the-hole was clearly cursed and intended to be a trap, one that the strapped-for-cash little pirate fell for.

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"If you let go for just a second, I can use my whip to get it out of the hole for you," Sky pleaded.

"And take it for yourself? I don't think so!" Wind lashed out with his free hand, fingers bared like claws when Sky got too close for his liking. "This is my money. I found it first! Its all mine!"

"Don't touch him and don't let him touch you," Four warned.

"What can we do?" Twilight asked. "We can't reason with him in this state."

"You shouldn't have let him open that cursed chest full of rupoors earlier," Warriors nudged Legend. "Maybe he wouldn't have fallen for the trap if he still had any money."

"I warned him not to!" Legend spluttered. "Maybe you should have been quicker to stop him before he reached his hand into a random hole!"

"Wiiind!" Hyrule sang holding up a silver rupee just out of his reach. "Do you want more rupees?"

"Careful," Time put a hand on Hyrule's arm.

Wind surged forward as much as he could with his arm still trapped in the wall. Hyrule leapt back and dangling the rupee just out of reach.

"Give it to me! I want it now!" Wind made grabby hands and strained to reach the silver rupee. "More rupees!"

"Let go of the other rupee and you can have this rupee," Hyrule said.

"NO! I want both rupees! Gimme!"

"Wind! Let go! You're going to break your arm!" Twilight cried. "Hyrule! Give it to him so he doesn't hurt himself!"

"Yes! Give it to me!" Wind growled.

Hyrule panicked and flung it at Wind who caught it faster than the eye could follow with his free hand. He laughed maniacally and dropped the rupee in his pocket.

“Great that didn’t work. Now what do we do?” Warriors sighed.

“You look rich! Give me all your rupees!” Wind demanded of Warriors. “They belong to me!”

At the back of the group there was a sound of lips smacking and Twilight turned to find Wild idly licking off each of his fingers.

“Eww! Cub! What are you eating?” Twilight grabbed Wild’s hand. His hand and his mouth were covered in green gelatinous substance. “Ugh! Spit that out! How could you be eating at a time like this?! What even is that nasty—”

“Hmph. No’ bad.” Wild said then swallowed. “Tastes like cuckoo.”

“What even is this?” Twilight wiped some of the green gunk off his hand and on his pants. Wild shrugged.

“Dunno. I bought some off a guy in Wind’s Hyrule. He called it a jellyfish, said it was something you didn’t want to eat unless you were in a desperate situation—and we’ve been stuck in this dungeon for three hours and I’m pretty desperately hungry.”

“Seriously?”

“Do you have any more?” Time asked.

“Yeah! You want some?” Wild held up another green glob with long thin tentacles hanging down. Time made a face and accepted the disgusting offering.

“Old Man, what are you—” Twilight trailed off.

“Ahhh—” Time inhaled sharply. “Ahhh—!”

“You good, old man?” Four asked, turning away from Wind.

“AAAAHHH CHOOO!” Time sneezed mightily with such volume that the sound echoed down the stony corridor. Everyone flinched and jumped, even Wind, who had a fistful of Warriors’ scarf.

Time looked down at his hands where the crushed green remains of the jellyfish dripped from his hands.

“Augh!” Sky gagged and covered his eyes, trying not to heave.

“That’s disgusting!” Legend stepped away from their elder

“Did that just seriously come out of you?!” Four gasped.

“What the hell? Do you have the plague??” Warriors jumped back, yanking his scarf from a startled wide-eyed Wind��s grasp.

Time sniffed the green goop in his hands.

“Hmm.”

Time touched his tongue the green goop. He made a show of taking a long slow lick the length of his right hand.

“No! No! Don’t do that!” Sky squealed and waved his hands. “Ahhh!”

“OHH! That’s just gross!” Warriors looked away and covered his mouth with a gag.

“Is this really happening?” Four asked, unable to tear his eyes away from the spectacle.

Hyrule watched simultaneously appalled and perplexed and Wind stared in horrified silence.

“Mm. Salty,” Time said licking his lips.

In the back of the group, Wild stifled a laugh and Twilight covered his mouth with his hand his eyes wide with glee.

Time cocked his head at Wind.

“Are you stuck, young friend?” Time asked. He casually approached Wind, the others jumping out of his way.

Wind didn’t answer but bared his teeth.

“Let me help you!” Time reached out a green slimy hand toward Wind’s stuck arm. Wind squirmed and pulled away from Time.

“Don’t touch me!” Wind scowled. “You smell poor.” Wind strained to lean away from Time.

“It’ll just take a moment to get you unstuck!” Time’s hand stopped just short of grasping Wind’s arm. “Oh! There’s something on your face!” He reached for Wind’s face with his green gloopy hand.

Wind screeched and jerked backward, arm suddenly free of the trap. He fell onto his behind then scrabbled away on all fours hissing at Time, who watched him with cool amusement. Wind’s face went blank for a moment, then he blinked confused up at all the other staring heroes.

“What’s going on?” He said, then winced and curled around his arm. “Ow.”

“Here, let me see,” Legend pushed past the agape Hyrule and knelt by Wind.

Time held up his hands for the others to see.

“This is jellyfish,” he said. “It’s not snot.”

“Hehehe I get it. It’s-not snot.” Wild snorted.

“And you’re right. It does taste like cuckoo.”

“I can’t believe it. You really got me, Old Man!” Warriors laughed.

“Wow. I’m so glad that’s not real.” Four shivered.

“Wahaha that’s so funny!” Hyrule burst out in laughter. “I didn’t know you had it in you!”

“I know you said that it’s not real, but… I think I’m going to throw up anyways!” Sky pushed past Wild and Twilight and threw up on the ground at the edge of the corridor.

“Hey Wind, how’re you feeling?” Twilight called edging away from Sky.

“He’ll be fine,” Legend said helping Wind stand up. “His arm isn’t broken and there’s no residual damage from the curse.”

“It’s just bruised and sore,” Wind said, inspecting the red marks on his skin where it had rubbed on the rim of the hole.

“I hope you learned your lesson,” Legend crossed his arms.

“I bet you won’t go sticking your hand into any more holes, will you?” Warriors said.

“Why wouldn’t I?” Wind said patting his pocket. “I’m a hundred rupees richer!”

“Wait! No! That’s mine! Give it back!” Hyrule reached for Wind’s pocket.

“Buzz off, slacker. It’s mine! I deserve it for my troubles!”

“That’s not supposed to be the lesson that you took away from this little experience!” Twilight groaned.

“If I help you get it back, will you give me half the money?” Wild asked Hyrule.

Time stepped away up the hall a little ways and poured a trickle of water from his canteen to clean off his hands and he laughed and laughed quietly to himself.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

fantasy au whiteboard scribbles <3

[campfire-collective]

with the addition of honey, we had to redo our buddies, so...

hearth + honey

ginger + pigeon

emerald + sparrow

question + mango + lion

little nervous about those last three but i know question and mango will take good care of him and they know they can always ask me or em for help.

[arleniansdoodles]

If you don't mind, I would like to ask:

Are there any happy or joyful moments between Noa and Mae?

Such as Mae singing childhood songs, those rhytmic ones? Or dancing around the campfire? Maybe Noa telling humorous tales from his childhood or him having contagious laugh so Mae laughs too?

It's just that they deserve some happy moments too.

I don't mind at all! I agree, they definitely deserve some happy moments :''')

I assume you're asking about my headcanons; I like to imagine Noa would show Mae how to care for the eagles! He'd teach her the clan's songs and the stories behind them; then he finds out she sings pretty well (Freya Allan has a beautiful singing voice btw) and asks about human songs.

So Mae turns to the old children's tunes and nursery rhymes kept alive in the bunker's archives (maybe her mom sang some to her when she was a kid). Maybe Noa finds the meanings funny or confusing, but either way, he's curious about human music XD

I also headcanon that she teaches Noa (plus Soona and Anaya) how to dance! I don't know if Eagle Clan has any dances, but Mae would show them the "swaying side to side" method loll In turn, Noa teaches Mae how to climb better XD

Thanks for the ask! I love thinking about these two <333