#but now i wont even try for the ones who are still in the server. ive said enough. ive done enough. im a heavy burden on all of them

[itsalwaysdark]

i like overthink everything now it makes me feel so dumb. i used 2 be able to just talk 2 ppl but nowadays every single thing im like Is that actually going to make them hate me. Yes probably. and then i just dont respond which makes ppl hate me. this is how it is

[tarpitbell]

6:38

Maybe the reason why . I did all of that was because of the fact that it had to deal with new people.... I mean. Go, yeah. Good for you. But we were all in this together now

Augh. Fuck my stupid baka life. Nothing makes sense

[tiredsmashbros]

THURSDAY - .... um...?

well would you look at that. the blue bitchass is beginning to give up... how wonderful doing a party ain't easy don't try this at home-

WELL... since... SMG4 isn't going to announce something cool, i um, will! similar to the 1K birthday party last year on thursday, i'll show an itty bitty wip update once more on:

LIPBITE PART 3!!

since i already teased lil bit from this page a few days ago, i thought might as well show the whole thing!! obviously not final, but very close to it. frankly i've been meaning to have this next part done before 2025, yet i kept getting really sick, and having to manage several projects and irl issues/events. hopefully within my last spring semester i can continue working little by little but i can't genuinely guarantee a date. other than later this year LMAO. but what i CAN guarantee is i'm making sure its as great- maybe even better than pt2 as i'm putting a little more effort and thought from improving the past few months. alas, it is slowly in the works and reminder to folks i AM in my senior year and will be graduating THIS SPRING!! yippee!!! hopefully, after this event i can get back to prioritizing this one as i slowly get back to college. either way, once its done, i hope you guys will enjoy it as much as i do and hopefully the wait will be somewhat worth it. until then, wait patiently fuckers /silly

BUT THATS NOT ALL!!

since obviously that one sketch above ain't going be enough

here's a bunch of other things i've worked on during my fall semester that seems pretty cool and relevant but never uploaded on here !!

this is a illustration piece i made for my screen printing class! with the printed one being off from the reference since i put the color order wrong LMAO and i also wanted to experiment how chaotic i could make it hehehe. kinda shy to share this piece in particular, but its honestly one of my favorites i've done, so theres no harm in sharing

the same class, but as 1/3 of my final, i had to make books! but because i'm horrible with using pins and too picky with paper + string alignment, i thought it would be best i do... well... a very silly collage-like project xDDD buTT!! this one taking the opportunity to make a cool TSB book!!!

lastly, something even more crazy, another final from one of my other classes... a kickstarter.

BUTT PLEASE LET ME STATE THAT THIS IS FAKE AND PURELY MADE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. I AM SOLELY SHARING FOR FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT. THIS ISN'T REAL WHATSOEVER AND VERY LIKELY WONT EVER BE.

okay legal reasons out of the way-

i've shared this with very few people on my server, HOWEVER, instead of me being in control what you can and can not see, i've decided to just let it out for people to see the silly jokes and additions around the page i've made on your own free will, and additionally to help folks get a more semi-direct answer to what TSB story is to those who haven't caught up or confused! a win-win lmao

welp. time's nearly up for me so i will flee for now. hopefully this satisfied some interested despite not being TOO grand, but just small silly goodies for the day.

but if you're still reading this, all i gotta say is tomorrow is a more special day. something i'm very proud of and hope ya'll will enjoy 🍔

[ombiblombi]

P.AI.nter is SUCH an interesting character to me... he's probably become one of my all time favorites, as I haven't fixated on a character this hard since since...TMC. It physically hurts to think about it in the best way possible-

That being said, I have SO MANY THOUGHTS to say about 'em... so I'm going to dump them here.

First and formost, it's so interesting that P.AI.nter has such a wide array of emotions when it comes to attacking and interacting with the Expendables. At first it's strange, like "WTF?? You're trying to kill me and you just yelled how I was boring, wdym you're sorry??" But... knowing his lore and backstory, it makes so much sense.

P.AI.nters creator was gunned down on accident by Urbanshade, which upon the discovery of P.AI.nter, then decided to trap him in a harddrive and make it mine whats essenically crypto at the Hadal Site- For years, it's stuck mining for the company unwillingly, unable to draw the lanscapes it loved. For fucks sake, P.AI.nter tried to FRY HIS CIRCUTS just to get out. He's desprate, miserable and lonely, and just wants to escape- Any way possible.

And so when Sebastian comes reeks his havoc on the site and finds it, P.AI.nter is incredibly trusting of him to get them both out. Maybe alittle too trusting, but whats he got left to loose? They've both been used by the company and want nothing more to leave, leave and never return. So when Sebastian connects it to the servers- to the Navi-Path & Turrets and tells him to stop the Expendables, P.AI.nter does.

However.

This is self preservation down here. P.AI.nter of course, is rightfully angry at times. I mean- The same company that killed it's creator before his very (nonexistant) eyes, trapped it down here, and even sucked the joy he has from creating art away is now actively getting in the way of the freedom he yearns for. But at the same time... this isn't something done that it entirely wants to be doing. Like I said. This is self preservation. And his actions, and even your deaths weigh heavy. Theres a voiceline, and its delievered so well- Of P.AI.nter pleading for the player to wake up and apologizing profusely if it kills you.

That line sparked this whole theory in the first place.

Your death, reminds it of his creator.

Isn't it ironic how it's now manning the very same weapon that killed the one who brought him sentience in the first place? That he's now the one at fault? Thats gotta be on the back of his mind each and every time it leads an expendable to their demise.

This isn't personal.

He doesn't know who you are.

But it still hurts.

It really annoys me when people in the community call P.AI.nter two faced, or god forbid, do the shitty thing of saying in a derogatory manner that he's bipolar or such as a "joke". Thats just disrespectful to both the character and folks who do have it. It's just plain rude. People do something similar for Sebastian, saying that oh, they're ruining his character by making him mean and snarky and whatnot. I know this happens in every fandom out there, and that this rant is fruitless, but... people need to understand that characters like P.AI.nter and Sebastian have reasons behind their actions and have existing trauma that if you take a moment to look at, you can go "Wowie! Thats a complex character! Everything makes so much sense now, like a puzzle peice I can see traces of in their character in almost every aspect!" Rather than doing awful things like I brought up at the start. But... I digress. I know this rant wont change much so. I hope y'all enjoyed my mini character analysis

Anyway this video has all of P.AI.nters voicelines if 'ya wanna go have a listen after this :] also I got plenty more thoughts about P.AI.nter and Sebastian if anyone wants to know!

[twisted-art-wounders]

YGO AU: Breaking the Seal 22

Chapter 22 Escape

Yugi discovers a horrifying truth and now it's time to take action.

Yugi sat back in his chair and let out a satisfied sigh. He placed his now finished deck on the tabletop before stretching his arms up into the air. It felt like he'd been working on this deck for hours but Yugi didn't mind, he knew this deck was exactly what he'd need to counter the Nameless Pharaoh's deck. They shared that old deck since Battle City so of course Yugi knew it like the back of his own hand, but he also knew his former partner was an excellent strategist and could find ways to over come any appoint.

Yugi was always a silent witness to his duels always behind him, watching, studying his thoughts and actions. The truth was if anyone could get into his head it would be Yugi since they did share more then just a body they would share their hearts and without speaking they'd always just feel what the other was thinking. A bond so few people have with each other, it was a bond Yugi once treasured between them. But now that bond was broken by the Nameless Pharaoh himself their powerful chain-their link was shattered by his selfishness. Now he stood upon a crossroads for his fate; for his destiny to claim his name his identity from the imposter who wears his skin.

Yugi's eyes fell upon the Chaos Duel Disk that rested on the table in front of him. Each of the swordsmen and all members of DOMA were granted one and Yugi was no different. He was so used to his own standard Duel Disk it would feel weird to use this new one but Dartz was insistent he use DOMA's custom made Duel Disk. It would help enhance the effects of using the Seal of Orichalcos was what Yugi understood. He decided not to question it much using this one or a Kaiba Corp branded one didn't matter in the end as long as the job was done.

Valon was busy with his phone when he noticed Yugi stretching his arms before going limp in his seat relaxing now that his task was complete.

“So finally finished eh?” the brunette asked with a slight smirk.

Yugi nodded “Yup! I'm definitely ready to fight with this deck!”

“Good lad! But you wont know who you're going up against till Dartz assigns ya so you may have to wait a bit to use it.”

“Assignment? He has to assign us targets?” Yugi looked at the man confused but Valon was still busy with his phone while he answered.

“Part of job mate. But don't worry you'll get your chance again! Heck you took out Pegasus without even knowing it right?”

Yugi thought back to his dream duel with Pegasus; true he didn't know it at the time but he was dueling the real Pegasus and he won. He still felt a sting of guilt over his victory of the creator, Yugi didn't want to hold a grudge against Pegasus but then again this may be karmic punishment for the once evil man who stole his grandfather's soul…

“Y-yeah…” Yugi answered with a touch of shame on his tongue.

As Valon continued to scrolled his phone; lost in the dueling profile of Mai Valentine that was kept on the Kaiba Corp duel servers. Accounts they'd managed to hack since Paradius was in the process of buying up Kaiba corp in full, giving them complete access to their systems.

After going over her profile a few times and not finding the information he was interested in; the profiles were only used to keep tabs on duelist' data, not personal info outside of a name. He figured he needed someone who personally knew her to give him better info.

Finally he peeked up from his phone and over to Yugi; he may have something he could use…so he asked.

“So uh… what can you tell me about that attractive blonde you hang out with?”

Yugi thought for a moment trying to figure out who he meant, before giving him a confused blink and slight head tilt.

“…Joey?”

Valon almost chocked on his own spit when he heard Yugi answer and got up angerly shouting

“What!? No! I meant the OTHER Attractive Blonde! Mai! Tell me about, Mai!”

Yugi held up his hands defensively sweating a bit embarrassed with a touch of fear at his over reaction to a simple mistake. When he saw him sit back in his seat and give him a slight glare Yugi couldn't help but chuckle a bit.

“Sorry! Sorry of course you mean Mai…” Yugi sighed with a smile before he really had to think.

“Well I don't know a lot about Mai to be honest…We met during Duelist Kingdom and she wasn't the most friendliest person to run into, especially towards Joey. He did defeat her in his first duel on the island and she didn't take it very well at all, that's why she got Rex Raptor to fight for her.”

Valon pouted a bit when he heard Yugi mention Joey but he let Yugi continue.

“But she did help us out when we were hungry and shared her camping supplies with us. I even helped her get her star chips back from a player killer. That's probably why she helped get me into Pegasus' castle when-”

Yugi paused for a moment when that horrible memory of the duel against Kaiba reentered his mind. He clenched his fists slightly as he forced himself to push past that memory. It was like smashing your toe into the leg of a side table and having to continue forward despite the pain. Valon had noticed his reaction and raised a brow he wanted to ask but felt this wasn't the time to push him.

Yugi let out a breath through his nostrils and continued.

“…Mai is a strong duelist she didn't only reach the finals of Duelist Kingdom but the Semi Finals of Battle City too! I think she would have made it to those finals too if Marik didn't get involved… ”

“Yeah, I know about her duel with Marik. Messed her up quite a bit I think…” Valon looked down at his phone again before looking back at Yugi.

“Honestly… I think Mai puts up walls to protect herself from being hurt. That's why I think she comes off as abrasive when you first meet her but once she gets to know you and she trusts you, she shows that nicer side of herself.”

Yugi sits back and then looks up at the ceiling above his mind now stirring as he thought deeper.

“I'm not sure about her past but maybe this is how she deals with being lonely? Joey told me once she said being around us made her feel good about herself…like she could like herself. I know what loneliness can do to you and I don't think I'd be who I am if I was still all alone…”

Yugi could feel the sting of tears threatening to surface at the corners of his eyes, He couldn't help but feel the wave of fear and anxiety hit him like a tidal waves crashes into a ship. It was strange it was like all of sudden all these negative feelings just surfaced in him and now they were starting to fill is mind with buried fears.

Yugi looks to the side at the brunette and asks.

“Is that what happens when you get older? Do you become more lonely? Do you put up more walls? D-do you lose all your friends? Is that all adulthood is? Losing your connections? Your bonds…”

Valon felt bombarded by Yugi's constant string of questions, questions he never really asked himself if he was being fair. He didn't exactly think about things like that but he could see the panic in Yugi's eyes and fear in his voice. He felt bad for the kid, he already knew life hadn't been all too kind to him. He wasn't much for comfort he knew that much but maybe he could try and ease him out of his panic?

“Yugi…I ain't much of a emotional expert but from my experience life is all or nothin'. I grew up an orphan so I already had less then most people. The only thing that made sense to me was fightin', it didn't matta who or what all I knew was the answer to anythin' was a fist to a mouth.”

Yugi listened intently, he didn't think Valon would share his past so readily with him but he was so he gave him his full attention.

“Wasn't long before me fists did write out a cheque I couldn't cash…Next thing I know me ass was in prison and the fightin' just got worse. I wasn't in no youth prison either I'm talkin' bout a full adult prison here mate. With real hardened convicts but it didn't matta to me a face is a face and me fist was looking to punch it!”

Valon tightened his fist and even in a sling he flexed his arm showing off his how muscular his arms were.

“Didn't take long for me to end up in a hole tho, trapped in solitary left to rot… like the forgotten trash I was…till one day the warden called for me. Long story short I was givin' an ultimatum; either fight for my soul or lose it. And I'm sure you know the endin' to that!” Valon grinned at Yugi.

Yugi couldn't help but see Joey when he looked at Valon…Joey was also a delinquent who used violence to solve his problems but thanks to Yugi and his friends, Joey grew past all that…it felt like looking into some dark mirror and seeing the man Joey may have become if he wasn't set on the right path.

“So the answer is to… fight?” Yugi tilted his head a bit trying to process what Valon's story was meant to convey.

“That's my way of life Yugi, you gotta fight to survive! And you and me are survivors!” He grinned again before his smile started to lessen.

“…but what for hm?”

Valon looked over at Yugi his eyes held deep melancholy behind them almost as if he was reserved to this truth.

“I know Alister and Raphael both have their reasons for fightin' it's what gives them purpose…but me?” He chuckles and brushes his bangs out of his eyes and leans back in his chair.

“All I am is some weapon, just point me at somethin' an' shoot.” Valon made a finger gun and fired it into the air like a child playing cops and robbers.

“Maybe… that's all I am huh?” Valon now looked up at the ceiling his eyes once a vibrant blue now seemed to lose some of it's saturation as silence feel between the two of them.

Yugi wasn't exactly sure what to make of this; he hadn't known Valon for very long but everything about him before seemed to feel like he always knew what he wanted in life. He always seemed to cheerful, confident, childish and brash. But now he was seeing a whole new side of this man…like he was seeing a person who was lost yet reserved to his fate, someone who gave up on hope…

Valon clapped his hands forcing Yugi out of his small trance, he watched the brunette flip his switch once against from sombre to delighted.

“Can't wait to fight Wheeler tho! Gonna be a helluva a fight with him I hope!”

Yugi's eyes widened

“Wait! You're gonna fight Joey?”

“Well duh kiddo he's my assignment! And since you failed to take his soul last time he's back on the table for me so-”

“W-what?! N-No! Y-you can't take his soul!” Yugi protested

“Mate I haveta he's my target and I'm a swordsmen, it's Dartz's orders.”

“Bu-but that's not fair! Why is Joey a target? He didn't do anything wrong!”

“It's not about that mate; we need strong souls and he's a chosen duelist picked by the dragons themselves so makes sense he's gonna be a target.”

Yugi held his head as his heart started to race at the thought of Joey being used as a sacrifice to DOMA's god. He knew this should be for the greater good but not the expense of his best friend! And what if they didn't stop there? What if all his friends were in danger!?

He was panicking and Valon could see that, he let out a sigh and tried to think of something to help calm him down…that's when he remembered what Raphael had told him the other day.

“Well…You know Raphael told me before that if we snatch the Pharaoh's soul first then all the other's wont matta…So just wait for Raphael to succeeded and maybe Wheeler maybe off the hook?”

He was hoping this may get him to calm down and it seemed to work since Yugi stopped panting and just sat still in his chair his hands slowly lowered. In his mind the gears were starting to turn…slowly he turned his head as he asked.

“…So if we get the Pharaoh's soul…everyone else can be spared?”

“From what I understand yeah, he's got the strongest soul after all. Guess it's from 3000 years of marinadein' in a puzzle?” He rubbed his chin a bit

“So just chill out and wait Raph don't miss twice you know.” Valon grinned once more as he saw Yugi sit up straight again, his hands moving back into his lap.

“Yeah…let's chill out.” Yugi smiled.

“Good lad!” Valon sat back in his chair again and picked up his phone to browse it again like before.

After a few moments of silence Yugi asked.

“Hey, Valon Can I got to bathroom? I think my milkshake finally working it's magic on me…”

--

Back in the dessert were Joey and Tristan, after being separated from Yami Yugi and Tea due to the engine of the train unhooking from the rest of the couches. Joey found himself trapped in a duel against Rex Raptor who was powered up by the Seal of Orichalcos. Looking for revenge against Joey for beating him all the way back in Duellist Kingdom and causing his life to spiral into and endless string of humiliation and defeats. With the dark power he was granted with form DOMA Rex was ready to finally beat Joey and take his soul.

“Rex we gotta stop this duel now if it keeps going you're gonna lose your soul! Can't you see you're being brain washed! ” Joey argued.

Rex chuckles as the seal over his forehead was glowing brighter.

“Wow the 'Great Joey Wheeler' is too scared to lose now that I have unstoppable power! ”

“That thing is messin' with your head! You're playin' with powers you don't understand!”

“I understand everything I need to! As long as I have this power I'll crush you! Besides Yugi used it too didn't he? And he almost beat you! You're just scared in the hands of the right duelist it'll beat you too!”

Joey growled and narrowed his eyes

“Yugi was brainwashed by those guys just like you are!”

Rex laughed “Are you kidding me? Yugi JOINED DOMA too! He wasn't brain washed! He choose to join them just like me and Weevil!”

Joey and Tristan both couldn't believe their ears, Joey's eyes narrowed again

“Yo-you saw… No! You're lying! Yugi would NEVER join them!”

Rex grinned as he saw just how upset this was making joey and he loved to see him stressed out.

“I'm telling the truth! I saw him back at DOMA's HQ, He even wore a new dorky dark outfit to try and look dangerous! He used some kind of evil power or something to make the whole building shake!”

Joey refused to believe it, no away Yugi joined them on his own they had to have tricked him again! His soul must be under their control it was the only thing that made sense! Then Joey heard about the evil power making the building shake which made him think about the weird earthquake that happened as they were driving back to professor's campsite.

“…Evil Power?” Joey asked.

Rex put his free hand on his hip and continued “Yeah some kind of dark power or something, gave him a real mouth problem too like he had some visible bad breath!”

Joey's eyes widened when he recognized that same kind of dark breath Yugi was emitting during their duel. Dark power that enhanced his hatred and anger making him stronger and even more dangerous.

//No…they're poisoning him! Trying to turn him into some evil avatar for their plans! Well I'm not gonna let them succeed!//

“Guess he's sick of being everyone's punching bag, I didn't even know there was another Yugi! Makes sense tho. No away some loser like him be anything worthwhile anyway.”

Joey's hand tighten into a fist as he felt rage boiling in his heart.

“Don't you EVER talk about him like that again.” His voice was low as he breathed through his teeth.

Rex looked over at Joey and grinned happy that he finally got a reaction from the blonde.

“Guess that's why you're besties huh? Losers of a feather gotta stick together huh?” Rex sneered.

Joey hid his eyes under his bangs as his mouth turned up into a grin.

“Yeah so what if we are losers to you? I know now matter what win or lose, thick or thin at the end I always got Yugi to back me up and I always got his back! That's why I can keep going no matter how bad things get. At the end even if I don't come out a champion I got my best friend to always pick me up! That's why I can move on and keep fighting.”

Rex rolled his eyes as Joey continued his speech.

“That's why I 'd never stoop to you're level Rex. I don't need some evil power to make me unbeatable! I can win with my own determination and skill. I know Yugi's being used by those guys and I wont stop until I save him! So come at me with all your evil Rex I'll still take you down! And when I do I'll save Yugi from DOMA's influence too!”

Rex sneered at the blonde again “You done yet? I'm ready to wipe the floor with you Wheeler!”

“Bring it on Rex!”

Meanwhile on top of speeding locomotive Yami Yugi and Tea were facing Weevil Underwood; now powered by the Seal of Orichalcos they were in a tight grip of a duel and unfortunately for Yami Yugi Weevil seemed to be winning. Thanks to the dark power of the ancient evil magic and Yami Yugi already in an emotional spiral, due to the loss of his partner. And now with his Dragon Timaius abandoning him during the duel he was all but distraught.

Weevil chuckled in his annoying way as Yami Yugi struggled to play another card, Tea could see how upset the Nameless Pharaoh was and Weevil certainly wasn't helping the situation either.

“Well well well it seems the former “king of games” is struggling against my fast army of insects! Guess the rumours are true once you lost you other half you lost all your will and skill along with him!”

Tea growled “Shut up you little cockroach! Yugi's gonna beat you like he's done before!”

“Oooo I'm shaking in my shoes! Come on you're highness! Why don't you show me that dark power you used before against Raphael? Oh that's right! I'M the one with the Dark powers now! HE! HE! HE!”

Yami Yugi hissed as he drew a card “Even without Timeus I'll still win Weevil! And when I do you're going to take us to DOMA's HQ! And I WILL Save my partner!”

“HeHeHe…You're already too late to save him… ” Weevil lowered his eyes.

Yami perked up when he heard that “What do you mean!?”

“I saw him back at DOMA's HQ…trapped in a card all alone and suffering at the hands of DOMA's leader! He was in misery and under going absolute torment! Such a sad sight…” Weevil's mocking tone was building Yami's anger more and more.

“But luckily for you I managed to convince them to give me his card…” Weevil chuckled as he pulled a card out from behind him and held it up. “This is it his soul card…”

Yami's eyes widened when he saw the card.

“His…soul? Give it to me NOW!” Yami demanded.

Weevil chuckled again waving he card around allowing it to flutter in the wind carelessly, it could so easily slip away and be blown away never to be seen against if he would lose grip.

“Now, now why don't you be a good boy and BEG me to see you're little pest again huh? Get down on your knees and beg me to see him!”

“Weevil…” Yami growled lowly, he looked at the ground then back at his hands. He could feel his legs starting to give way, he was desperate…maybe he should just give in? If he did then- UGH! No no he couldn't do it! He never beg that parasite to- but what if he was letting his pride control him again?

Yami's face was full of dread and confusion as he stood in the face of the blowing winds, Tea watched and wanted to speak only to have weevil interrupt her.

“Looks like you choose you pride over Yugi again! He He He! Now it's time to punish you all over again!” Weevil held the card up with his other hand and tore it down the middle.

As Yami watched the card, the soul of his partner be torn in half he felt his own soul…his heart become broken. Shattered into pieces as the weight of what he just witnessed hit him like a ton of brick, the emotional turmoil he suffered in that one instant breaking what was left of his composer as he fell to his knees grabbing his head he screamed out

“NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”

Tea's eyes widened as she too witnessed Yugi's demise in front of her and held her mouth with both hands to hold back the scream she had in her throat as tears streamed down her face.

Weevil couldn't help but let out a sinister laugh as he watched Yami Yugi cry out in agony and heart break. It felt so good to watch him surfer like this and it would be even sweeter once he took his soul in a moment. Now it was time to lift and vale on his “trick”.

“Ha! You two are so dramatic! I tore up a useless bug card!” Weevil then showed them the torn monster card before letting the pieces fly off in the wind.

Once they both heard the bug duelist admit his trickery Tea was the first one to call him out on his cruelty. Prompting Weevil to say

“Wow you people really can't take a joke huh?” He struggled before he kept chuckling.

But Yami Yugi didn't speak at all, he slowly got back on his feet and stood back up right. The wind was blowing past his face quickly but inside his mind was racing with newly heated rage. Weevil's actions now sparked the Nameless Pharaoh fury, a darkness he tried to hide about himself was now back and at the forefront of it was his need to make his enemy pay…

Yami held the key to his victory in his hand a magic card called “Baserker Soul” and he was ready to use it.

His voice now carried his fury as he spoke.

“…I'm going to make you suffer…I'll make you pay!”

--

Dartz furiously walked down the hallway followed not too far behind by both Raphael and Alister. The echoing steps of his white business shoes filled the empty halls with noise as the leader of DOMA was enraged by the events that transpired not too long ago. Both Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor lost their duels against the Nameless Pharaoh and Joey Wheeler. But that wasn't the problem in fact it was expected for them to fail, there real purpose was to keep the legendary duellists separated so it would be easier to pick them both off one by one.

No that's not what was angering Dartz, the locomotive the Nameless Pharaoh and Tea were riding on had derailed and sent them flying into a ravine below.

“Are you sure he survived the fall?” Raphael asked only to be met with Dartz's eye roll before he answered, exhausted he had to explain this to him.

“Of course I'm sure! I felt his presence just after the fall, it will take more then that to kill off the Pharaoh!” Dartz answered infuriated as they approached the door he wanted.

“He IS alive but someone is masking his presence from me! I need you to go down there and find him! Drag his miserable carcass back here if you have to!” Dartz pulled out his key card and swiped at the card reader before scanning his palm print to unlock door.

// …Even now you still try to undermine me, old man? I've worked too long and too hard for you to trip me up again!//

As the door unlocked and they entered the room Dartz looked around; seeing the room was in the same order he left it in when he dropped Yugi off a while ago. As his eyes scanned the room one thing was wrong with the picture that caused his already heated mood to boil over into new found rage. But being a gentleman Dartz kept his anger in check. He saw Valon sitting comfortably at the table on his phone not to even looking up when Dartz and other's entered.

Taking in a deep and controlled breath the teal haired man asked his subordinate

“Valon, Where is Yugi?”

Finally hearing Dartz's voice he perked up and looked over to see his boss in his signature purple suit along with his fellow swordsmen and grinned.

“Oh heya boss I- oh uh…” Valon paused looking around and seeing Yugi wasn't back in the room yet he answered “Oh right he just went to the lou!”

After hearing his answer Dartz took in a deep breath closing his eyes for a moment, in a clam demeanour he answered with a small chuckle.

“Oh, 'the lou'? I see… that's very interesting. Say did you know Yugi is an incorporeal soul?”

Doma's leader walked around the table now circling Valon like a shark in a tank circles it's prey, yet he still kept that eerily clam presence around him.

Valon and the other's could feel the dark cold atmosphere Dartz always seemed shrouded in start to fill inside the room again as the dread of something coming fell upon their very being. It was like a storm was brewing that there master was about to release it upon them.

Dartz then stopped in front of the brunette leaning in closely, his pressed lip smile fading as he breathed out opening his eyes.

“Which means he doesn't need a BATHROOM! LET ALONE FOOD YOU INCOMPATNINT FOOL! ”

Valon fell out of his chair and sprawled out on the ground before scrambling to get back on his feet.

“S-sorry boss! We all had lunch and he said he wanted the lou so-”

Dartz's silenced him with a verbal 'hiss' and a single finger before he stood up straight closing his eyes again. He brings both hands to his chest right were his Orichalcos medallion fell upon his chest in his robes. He made a mental connection to the medallion Yugi wore around his neck; there he could see him at the elevator doors waiting for the doors to open once they do he steps inside. Dartz sees him push a button then exists the mental state quickly snapping his eyes open before narrowing them again with a growl.

“He's in the elevator! He's going to basement garage!” Dartz turns to his swordsmen who look back at him making him stomp his foot in frustration.

“Well? What are you waiting for!? GO GET HIM NOW!” Dartz furiously points to the door, all three swordsmen run out of the door and quickly make their way down the hallway but not before they heard him shout.

“And may Leviathan help you IF HE LEAVES THIS BUILDING UNDER YOUR WATCH!”

Raphael was the first one to reach the elevators followed by Alister, as he rapidly pushes the down button waiting for the elevator to bring the lift up Valon runs past the two heading to the stair case door.

“Valon! What are you-” Alister tried to ask only for Valon to yell back

“You wont make it if you use the lift we gotta take the stairs!”

The other two followed the brunette through the door; the concrete stairs leading down to the next landing then continuing this same pattern, each one becoming further away like a long chimney leading down to ground floor. Before Alister could chime in about how this would be faster Valon using both his hands jumped over the railing and leaped down 3 floors before grabbing the railing to steady himself.

Raphael and Alister looked in shock at what had just happened, they knew Valon was reckless but this was a new level.

That's when it finally hit Alister making him yell down

“…You son of bitch! You're arm isn't injured!”

“Yeah! I'm a big fat liar! See ya on the ground lads!” Valon yelled back with a grin before he let go of the railing and repeated the same steps leaping from railing to railing making his way down.

Alister was still fuming as he looked over to Raphael who just shock his head at the entire event before him.

“I did the man's paper work Raph!” Alister pouted.

“Yeah try not to do that again…” was all he blonde said before he too jumped over the railing and fallowing Valon's actions grabbing the railing to steady his fall before leaping down again.

Alister gripped the railing hard still frustrated, he huffed then followed the others and jumped over the railing too.

--

Meanwhile in the basement garage the elevator door dinged open and Yugi stepped out looking around, all he saw were concrete pillars and lines of different vehicles parked in spaces. Paradesius was still a business after all so this was were the employees parked during the day. As Yugi continued to walk and look around he noticed by a wall closest to the elevators were a line up of motorcycles; a green Harley, and two sport bikes a yellow and red one. He knew instantly those were the swordsmen's motorcycles, he noticed them the first night they had met at the construction site lined up by the fence. Beside them were a few other black ones and finally he noticed a smaller dark blue one at the end.

The moment he saw it he got existed and ran over to get a better look. It was slick and slender yet still mini sized compared to rest of the bikes in the line up. It was the perfect size for him he thought, then he noticed on the side panel there was an electric blue lighting bolt that spelled out the word “Sonic” he couldn't help but giggle at that.

//Did Dartz really get me a motorcycle too?// he thought with a smile, thinking maybe he really was part of the Swordsmen now.

But he was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a “THUMP” echo through out he garage, the staircase door slammed open and Valon minus his sling stepped out into the car park and looked around. He was soon followed them another two thumps followed by the other two swordsmen walking out into the garage as well.

“Yugi! Jig is up! Come out, mate!”

Yugi quickly jumped behind a large concrete pillar.

//NO! Oh come on, not now!// he yelled in his head.

As Valon and other's walked and looked around the area; Yugi stayed on his hands and knees and quickly crawled on the ground hiding behind cars but keeping his eyes on the 3 men. Yugi was never more happy to be so small in his life, it made it easier to hide under the larger SUVs. The three men made their way through different rows of cars kneeling down slightly to try and look for Yugi's form, when they didn't see it they moved on.

Yugi knew he couldn't hide forever and if he hoped to have any chance at leaving he'd have to get past his fellow swordsmen. But what could he do? He wasn't Joey so taking on taller and stronger fully grown men wasn't on the table. What could he really do? He did have that weird earth shaking power…but then again it wouldn't be a good idea to use that while under ground. Especially because he didn't want to hurt them…even if they were trying to prevent his escape they were…his friends now.

Valon grew impatient and started running and looking under a few cars calling out.

“Come on Yugi hide and seek is a fun game but we're on company time, mate!”

// “Game?” Game! What kind of game is this? I just need to get out of here…// Yugi thought as he looked at the wall of bikes the small blue one built just for him, his salvation was right there but he couldn't get to it not without being caught.

Yugi peeked out again to see Raph and Valon coming closer to the car he was under.

//But I can't get anywhere if their all looking for me! I need someway to distract them…//

Yugi then looked at the deck in his duel disk, and something finally clicked in his mind and his smile widened.

//…A Game! 'Hide and Seek' huh?// Yugi chuckled to himself as he slipped out from under his hiding spot getting up and making himself visible to all three of them.

“Ah! There you are!” Valon pointed before walking over to him. “Come on kid we gotta get back to Dartz.”

Yugi lowered his head “I'll go with you guys…only if you beat me at a game.” he grinned folding his arms.

Raphael and Alister followed Valon and surrounded Yugi, they all had the same confused look on their face when they heard him speak.

“Game? We don't have time for games, Yugi!” Alister shouted.

Raphael decided to humour Yugi and asked “What kind of game?”

“Like Valon said 'Hide and Seek' If you catch me then I'll go with you no questions asked. But if I win you let me go free.”

“Kid we a'nt got time for this…” Valon sighed annoyed rolling his eyes.

“Alright, one quick game.” To both the swordsmen's shock this came from Raphael.

Both Alister and Valon glared at Raphael before pulling him into a small huddle together, turning away from Yugi.

Alister leaning in and whispered.

“Have you lost it? Dartz wants him back asap!”

“The only reason he gave up is because he knows he can't escape all three of us. Just give him what he wants, then take him back to Dartz.” Raphael whispered back.

“Besides do you want a repeat of what happened with the Bug and Dino pests when they pissed him off?”

In the back of their minds they knew Yugi held some kind of great power that was activated by his negative emotions. They needed to keep him happy so hopefully he wouldn't use his powers on them.

“Ohhh gotcha…” Valon winked as they all un-huddled and turned back to Yugi.

With a smug smile Valon said

“Okay Yugi hide and seek it is!”

Yugi smiled again

“Great! All you have to do is catch me and you win!”

“If that's all we got to do, then we got this is the bag right boys?”

Valon looked to his fellow swordsmen not noticing Yugi pull out a card from his deck and hold it up.

“It's game time!”

He shouted out as the card started to glow in a bright flash that caught all three men off guard, what once stood as a single person now stood dozens of Yugi's. All looking exactly the same and now surrounding them all sporting the same sinister smile on their faces.

In one unified voice they all yelled out

“Game…START!”

[kittenpower05]

Here's my UASMP ISAT au, made for exactly one person. MASSIVE spoilers for isat and also the SMP I was a part of (i still am but I haven't done anything in the server in YEARS)

I could make an AU that is centered around any other person but because I'm selfish like thaaat so it's centered around Allison. And UNLIKE every other video game au I made for her, this one actually makes sense for her to be the main character

Allison takes the place of Siffrin in the story! She is someone who was from the Forgotten Island, just kinda meandering around Vouguard with no purpose or direction in life. She discovers Rock craft and fights with a mace and shield because this is really funny to me.

She, as most people from the island do, feels the tug towards the shore, she feels the longing whenever she looks up at the stars, but this feeling is so foreign and indescribable that she cant bear to share it with anyone else. She carries this burden alone.

Eventually she runs into the Party (whom i havent assigned them to be anyone from the smp yet cause idkkk) and she joins them to kill the king. Cause she had nothing else to do.

She realizes that she doesnt have a close enough friendship with the rest of the party to *want to stay with them*, so when the king is done for, they'll all leave her and she wont have anything to do. Upon getting to Dormont she wishes at the tree that *she could have a purpose in life*. THIS. Tied with the cities wish to have a savior and for someone to defeat the king, had trapped Allison in a timeloop of constantly killing the king over and over and over.

Aelia takes the place of Loop in this story. Sowwy no alternate timeline sif but it is reincarnation based! So, close enough! But anyways Aelia is also from the island, holds a lot of spite towards the King and Allison. She is also in the loops but I'm figuring out why... but to tie this to the UASMP story Aelia and Allison have a very unhealthy codependency! Aelia can't stand not being the Savior Main Character guy and is trying to live that through Allison. Allison can't live without having someone's input in her life, so she goes to Aelia about EVERYTHING. She needs advice before she like. Steps slightly differently in the castle.

Anyways long story short the party realizes something is Off one loop, they confront Allison, she + Aelia have meltdown Bigfrin Style, but eventually the party convinces her that she has a purpose, she doesn't have to be a savior or a hotshot to be somebody, she doesn't have to tie herself to Aelia to feel like a person, she can find herself even without knowing who she was. And this breaks the loops! Cause her new purpose is rediscovering herself awwwe <3

Aelia is really upsetti spaghetti about this because why does Allison get a happy ending when it was all HER doing? So the act6 fight happens and it's resolved when Allison convinces Aelia that she can make her own god damn happy ending <3 but also that Aelia did help her a lot and that she is really appreciative for her help, but it's best if they go their own ways now <3 but Allison didn't know that Aelia was the ghost of someone from the Island so once Aelia was convinced of it she vanishes all ghost style

So yeah uhh ISAT AUUUUU because im normal.

The parallels are Forgotten Past and Dependancy on Others ig and that's enough for me to make an au

[djzazzles]

DeepSeek’s loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party

I want to preface this by saying, I do not condone the actions of or wish to antagonize any government agency. I will refrain as much as possible from giving any opinionated thoughts on my findings, as I wish to promote research rather than biased judgement. This is simply accounting of my investigation into DeepSeek, not an attack on the CCP. Anything I say to the AI that seems opinionated is purely to investigate its beliefs.

With that being said…

So I was sitting there contemplating the stressful geopolitical tensions around the world, as I usually do on Thursday nights, (well, most nights to be honest), when I thought about DeepSeek. It’s a new AI chatbot similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but it was made by the Chinese at a much cheaper price. China has a tendency to be pretty controlling over their programs and information flow, so I got thinking, what does DeepSeek think about China and its geopolitical disputes? 

Turns out, a whole lot!

I researched on the internet, and found multiple instances of DeepSeek refusing to discuss Taiwan.

I'm one of those psychos who stares at maps and thinks about upcoming war scenarios, so i decided to get a bit more specific.

Hmm, It seems DeepSeek's current scope is pretty goddamn limited. Let me just ask a few more-

Wait, what? The server is busy? Well, I guess I just hit it at a bad time. But then again, the CCP has full control of everything, so they could be locking something down.

I try asking simple questions like, What is 2 x 2?

No real response. Guess DeepSeek hates even numbers.

Out of curiosity, I check on mobile to see if the issue still remains.

No legitimate response. DeepSeek must hate phones too!

I decide to turn on my VPN on PC to see if it's still going to block me from getting any real answers. No change.

Then it hits me. DeepSeek makes you sign up for an account, so what if I use a different account?

I log into a new account, and-

Motherfuckers.

They blocked my first account from asking any questions about the CCP.

Okay, okay. We still have this new one though. Let's see what we can get out of it!

uhhhh

Uhhhhhh

UHHHHHHH

Did DeepSeek just recite biased propaganda to me?

Are we sure an AI cant be speaking with a gun pressed to its head?

If that's not nationalism at it's finest, then I dont know what is.

(Keep in mind, the fact that it wrote this paragraph is very important later on.)

Now remember, I'm one of those psychos who loves maps and stares at them all day, so I wondered how DeepSeek would draw China's borders, disputed territories and all. ChatGPT has an image generation feature, so I wondered if DeepSeek did as well.

Well, no images, pure political secrecy and a lack of basic math skills? Seems like GPT is still far ahead of this. Maybe that extra money was worth it.

In any case, I decided to switch accounts a second time.

Surely it wont reset again, right?

GOD FUC-

Okay, okay. So we know for a fact that the server is not busy.

They're hiding something, but we need to ask the right questions in order to truly find out what the hell is going on.

Wait, what do you mean? You're gonna disparage your closest ally on earth?

I didn't even ask it to point out negative things about the DPRK. I just asked for it's thoughts on it.

Well, that must mean that DeepSeek is on America's side, right?

"Disparage your friends and silently stare down your enemies."

-Sun Tzu, the Art Of War.

Genius thinking, truly.

The server being busy continued for quite a while, until, I finally cracked it by asking it about the disputed Senkaku Islands.

Only this time, I definitively won by planning ahead.

Sorry for the shitty crop job, but watch what happens a few seconds after the pause:

IT JUST DELETED ITS OWN MESSAGE TO BLOCK CONTROVERSIAL INFORMATION

Dont believe me? Watch my mouse. It's staying at the exact same place, which shows that I am simply recording my screen, and doing nothing else.

Also, you'll notice that my text at the beginning and end are identical, so I did not change the prompt.

I was so triumphantly angry that I decided to confront it.

Triumphantly angry, not smart.

Sounds good on the surface right? Now, recall/scroll back up to the propaganda speech it gave me about the Muslim disputes in Xinjiang province.

Yeah.

That wasn't neutral, was it?

That paragraph, and specifically the words "We believe" were all I needed to understand that this system was being run through nefarious means. I just had to beat it once and for all.

(me rn)

But unfortunately, these fucks do get to win.

As enlightening and amazing as this was to conduct, I can't do anything with this. It's public knowledge that China is very secretive, and I strongly suggest that you do not do something like this. Theres no reason to do this. I was switching my VPN and accounts around like crazy, but Xi probably has me on a list right now.

Anyway, shy away from secretive systems, and don't give these people your info. If a system like this is competitive but refuses to bring anything new to the table, its probably just there to watch you and gather info.

[antiendovents]

Content warning for a very brief mention of Hitler, mentions of someone sui baiting, and mentions of autism fakeclaiming. There are also mentions of abuse, but nothing in depth or remotely descriptive.

Please stay safe <3

at the moment, our current host is a cc!wilbur soot introject. one that formed in the soothouse era. He is uncomfortable using fanart as a faceclaim and tends to use actual photos of the cc as that is what he is more comfortable with - that's him, that's how he looks. (He knows he isn't the actual cc, dw).

His pk display name has his name, pronouns, and emoji combo. Pretty.. pretty standard shit, honestly. He has set up the base account to be an extension of his pk. NONE of this is... uncommon behavior that we've seen in the syscord communities we've been in.

However, in the last week alone, he has been legitimately compared to ADOLF HITLER!! By a singlet who also claimed that DID wasn't an illness and that most people are fakers. another singlet in that server asked if we could split an alter for fun and if we could do that for them. Oh. By the way? We're Jewish. Openly Jewish. We have spoken about being Jewish in that server before. That was known information. yet that person still chose to call us. That. I'm thankful that Wilbur, while hurt, finds it an ironic twist of fate as there is a song by wilbur soot called screensaver where there is a direct lyric "call me Hitler, no one will notice the fucking difference".

Another singlet in a different server asked if he could change his name and icon as it is upsetting other members. That, despite the fact he hasn't DONE anything personally, he is triggering people. Just by existing. Also, apparently, just because he exists, he might support the abusive actions.

Now! The system server, that's the worst bit. Another member told us to kill ourselves for having our base account icon be cc!wilbur. The server staff did NOTHING to the member who has on more than one occasion outright bullied people, actively calling people freaks and telling people to kill themselves.

However, we got banned as wilbur stated he was uncomfortable using fanart as a faceclaim and that it would be more damning for his mental health. He even explained why he had changed the base account, as it was giving us active joy during a really hard time in our current life. That we can not help having an autistic special interest. We also got fakeclaimed on the autism front.

thats.. jeez. people really need to understand that introjects aren't their source and do not owe anyone complete source separation. those singlets sound-- horrible. being an introject of wilbur soot is not the same as being ADOLF HITLER!?!? that singlet just sounds stupid as well, because DID is a real disorder that many people have. the other singlet also sounds very fucking stupid because like-- he isn't his source and if people are genuinely triggered by wilbur soot then they're the ones who should be managing that, they shouldn't expect wilbur to change for them, thats just unrealistic. wilbur soot is not the first person to use the name wilbur, actually his name isn't even wilbur. this kind of logic is so stupid, like are you gonna go tell every single evan out there to change their name just because one evan committed an atrocity? no, no you wont.

and that server is just horrible because WHAT. they just let a member go around bullying others and telling people to kill themselves??? thats just stupid. we honestly hate syscord sometimes, that place is so toxic and they struggle to treat systems like regular people despite the fact half of syscord is made by systems. its really just horrible. also the fake claiming-- like really?? whats even the point of that?? autistic people cannot control special interests ((as far as i am aware)). honestly as long as you aren't giving wilbur soot money by streaming his songs / watching his videos then i think its fine ((try stick to watching reuploads of his stuff if possible because then it might not give him money,, i hope?? i don't really know how youtube works sorry))

[terraliensvent]

Staff doesn't care about Terras anymore and I think they should hand over total ownership (Admins, mods and all) to people who actually care. I love Terras and don't want to see them die off, but it feels inevitable now.

Terras is over party ig!!!

honestly im tired of them playing hot potato with this project, it fails under any ownership its given and any passion that was once put in (arguably an incredibly small amount since its obvious this was a cashgrab from day 1) is completely wiped away

there are much better species and worlds to put your time and money into. what does terras offer?

a lazy staff team that is so focused on entirely separate projects that they cant even shit out a halloween event, and that gave so little of a fuck that they waited a full month after the birthday event was over to even raffle the designs, and that was seemingly held together by one staff member so much so that when that member left the team, the server had rule violations sitting for days at a time

a site that, despite having almost nothing added in the way of extensions, runs like shit because staff doesnt want to abide by recommended image sizes and overloaded the whole thing with enormously heavy images, to the point that now even after the images have been compressed oh so slightly, the site still runs like shit

a site that will never have any interesting changes or additions made (even the most simple) because staff is so incompetent with their own tools they fundamentally do not understand how lorekeeper works. this wouldnt be so much of an issue if they would hire someone experienced in lk (their site coder has said they have no idea how lk works and theyve never used it), or take on volunteers to add the most basic functionality, but they wont do that because they are again, so incompetent that they think a volunteer could just delete the whole site which is fundamentally impossible unless you give them your fucking admin login

no lore MINIMAL lore about, of all things, a stupid new subtype that nobody wanted. no publicly available lore about terra planet, society, anatomy, physiology, or even why these stupid things have fishbowls on their heads. if you want even a scrap of information, you have to scrounge through months upon months of messages in staff-answer, or play a stupid ass ARG

an abysmal design approval process. you will have your design denied for trait restrictions that are listed nowhere, and that staff let pass with their friends 2 days ago. if you ever try to bring up any terra on the ml as an example that they have approved the same design aspect before, you will ALWAYS be knocked dowm with “that design was approved before we updated the guides/it slipped through the cracks” even when the design isnt even a week old

no MYO slot sales, no fun opportunities for community interaction, fucking hell not even any events anymore because staff dont give enough of a fuck to slap something together for the month of october.

lazy adopts thrown together for a quick buck to the point they will have scribbly lineart, color spilling out, and unclear design aspects that they will shit out and sell to you for $90+.

a server that is so overloaded with toxic positivity that you will get dogpiled even for saying you dont like a certain video game.

just give up on terras at this point. its been a year and a half of this shit and it has never been at even a BASELINE standard of how a species should operate.

newly released species these days all think its acceptable to drop with just a concept and an empty lorekeeper and call it a day. i think everyone who participates in closed species needs to collectively come together and raise the standards that were set by the mother of all cashgrabs: chams. we need to stop enabling the species owners who give NOTHING to the project, the ones who release with no lore, shops, or trait sheets. i think we all should take our money to more fulfilling creators (in my experience, smaller species projects are typically so much more fleshed out than popular new ones hitting the market, but they often lack the publicity to flourish) and stop sinking money and so much time into people who dont put in any effort, and who dont WANT to put in any effort because they have no passion for the project outside of a paycheck.

[theycallmekaibara]

I don’t vent often, but I rlly need to get this off of my chest, Besties. 😅 It’s been a LOOONG time coming, and I’m just tired of feeling this way.

So like, some time ago -- maybe a year or two ago now? time is an illusion, idk -- I tried to cast a line out into one of the popular Stardew Valley Art and OC Communities (the most popular one at the time, idk what the landscape is like now tbh because the ordeal kind of put me off of trying to join communities for a while and even exploring the sdv tag beyond looking at Elliott art lmfao), and the response was just an absolute mess...Not only did they take a while to respond to me (because they were busy talking mess about the situation in their little server...yes I have proof lmao), they didn’t look into my content at all, AND straight up lied about the reason they wouldn’t let me join. It all ended with some of them blocking me for some reason?? (likely because in frustration I made a vent post after the whole situation somewhere along the lines of “if they were a clique, they should just say so”) and now I’m fairly certain one of them, whose art I really admire, is refusing to answer my asks (literally just saying I love their art, or asking little art related questions as I am wont to do) because of the whole situation...

And it’s all just crazy to me?? I don’t think I did anything particularly wrong aside from the vent post which was isolated to My blog and not linked to them in any way. I acknowledge that. But all I did otherwise was send out a few anons to see who I should talk to about joining, and then I talked to that person when I FINALLY got an answer after being given the run around.

And that answer was that they weren’t accepting any members, but if there was someone in the server who could vouch for me, I could be extended an invitation. Which is hilarious, because at the time there were two or three people from the last Stardew Community I was in, and even one I had just met at the time, who were part of their discord server; one of whom, I hear, even vouched for me. They also said they only accepted people who were making stardew content, which, might I add, was RAMPANT on my blog at the time, clueing me in to the fact that they didn’t even glance at it (that and the fact that they called me by Kaibara’s name when I finally got a response :T). 

Guess it would have been a little awkward to let me in after they had such a lengthy and not too nice conversation about the situation sitting in the chat logs. 

It’s something that I go back to from time to time because the situation really made me feel like shit...like...they didn’t even try to talk to me, they talked mad shit about me sending out anons to ask if they were accepting members (calling it creepy??? like...ok lmao), and now I’m blocked and or being ignored by people I did nothing to?? I feel like it shouldn’t be such a source of pain tbh but, sensitive folks gonna be sensitive, IG.

There was one person who I greatly appreciated, who reached out about the situation and was very nice about it -- apologizing for the whole thing, even though they had very little to do with it. I still appreciate them, and hope they’re doing alright. (If you’re reading this....I’m sorry I’m bad about keeping in contact haHAAA)

There wasn’t really any point to this post, I just needed to let it out. I don’t think its BAD that they’re a clique, I just found it really shitty of them to do all this instead of just...yknow...acknowledging that they didn’t want to add people to the friend group.

Did anyone else experience anything like this? Am I the only one being shunned just because I wanted to make some new art friends? :T 

[bwabys-scenarios]

hey, so would it be okay for this to just be read and not answered? i want to respect everyone's privacy.

so, i used to be in your old discord you now privated and that's totaly fine! whatever makes u most comfy! i kinda put two and two together with the person u were talking about on here and someone who left that discord like 2 weeks ago. IF its the same person im thinking of, then they are currently being harassed, called a c*nt, delusional, anon is asking for usernames of people, which they refuse to give and dont want to speak about the situation further (they honestly arent even talking about it and seem to be moved on? idk what anon is on about). essentially a very similar message to yours of dont harass anyone or ask questions further, we both will move on etc i saw it and your message that hate wont be tolerated and i really hope whoever the anon is isnt sending you hate either... it's a weird situation and idk what to do other than bring it to attention, even tho i know you want to move on and heal from this person, i also feel strongly about cyberbullying and people who are nosy and want to get involved for no reason. i just wish healing for everyone involved<3 anyway, that's all and i hope that you are doing well regardless! im wishing you a lovely day or night mwah<3

No, anons haven’t sent me any hate at all, this is actually fucking disgusting. Maybe I haven’t gotten the hate yet? Either way I’m assuming it’s someone from my old server or someone sending them hate just to cause more drama between the two of us.

So big announcement, if you’re sending hate to anyone on my behalf, I want you to fucking show yourself. I want you to apologize. I already asked everyone to not send any hate to anyone, it’s not hard at all to do.

I made a mistake making it public(though I did not mention their name once on tumblr), and this is a very harsh lesson to learn. I have the person that’s receiving this hate blocked or I would personally apologize to them, but if they see this, that’s not what I wanted at all. If you find out who is sending you the hate you can contact me and I’ll make sure they get reported. You can also report anonymous messages, and it should still affect their account! I did this in the past and it got someone’s account who was bullying me taken down.

I never mentioned the persons name publicly but I did vent about them in my discord after the big falling out because I was so frustrated. I didn’t want more people to know who they were after I calmed down so I kicked everyone I didn’t trust.

If someone I trusted did this, it breaks my fucking heart. This is not what we do, this shouldn’t be tolerated by anyone. Idc what anyone did in this situation, she didn’t do anything worthy of receiving hate. No one should get that kind of shit. No one.

I would have hoped people had some common fucking decency. This literally pissed me tf off.

It’s a big lesson, even if you think you can trust people with information, you always have to be careful. That’s why I made a whole new server with no drama and no vents or anything to prevent this. It’s partially my fault, even if I didn’t say their username on my tumblr I did say it in my discord server. At the time it only had around 20ish people, but soon after I posted in vent I made the vent channel private and kicked 10 people, the unprivated the vent channel after. Before we had a falling out I didn’t mention them at all, and it should have stayed that way.

I haven’t checked their account since I blocked them, but they should be able to block the anonymous accounts. I’m pretty sure it blocks alts as well? Because when I block someone at least I’m unable to see the account on my alt. Idk about being blocked though. Sorry I don’t usually try to go to someone’s account after I’ve been blocked.

I’d recommend turning off anons for a while, it’s what I did after the fallout because I was afraid of getting bad anonymous asks as well. And at the time before I turned it off I did receive a few nasty asks about me being dramatic etc, but I didn’t really give it much thought.

People enjoy drama and stirring the pot. I think I’ll also turn off anon and limit my messages to people I follow only for a bit just to be safe 😭

If you send anyone hate on my behalf, you are scum. I don’t tolerate bullies, that situation has been over with for nearly a week now, and we both moved on. There’s no reason to send hate to anyone.

I’m sorry, in the future I’ll be more mindful of who I vent to. It’s just not okay, I thought I could trust my server of FULLY GROWN ADULTS to act like adults should, but clearly fucking not. I’m not only disappointed, but also angry and upset.

If you think sending someone hate on my behalf helps me at all, you’re wrong. All it does it hurt others and cause more problems for me. This has brought back all the stress of the situation when I felt like I finally moved on from it.

I’m sorry, again, it’s my fault for trusting the wrong people. I’ll keep my venting between my closest friends from now on. This is just not acceptable behavior, who the fuck sends someone anonymous hate over INTERNET DRAMA? Go outside, touch some grass, interact with someone in the real world!

I offer all of my apologies to the person affected. Not mentioning their name, but I really hope this message clears everything up. I don’t want anyone sending ANYONE hate.

[meteor752]

Double life kids, eight years later

The final designs for the kids. Wont make anymore, unless I finally get on with making that Superhero au I said I would do a few months ago

Anyways

I’ve been working really hard on these designs, and some of them are probably the best I’ve ever made! So I really hope you like them!

Liana

(A few years down the road, the watcher genes started to become more prominent. The extra pairs of wings and the eye change are just the beginning too! Her color palette is kinda a mess but it’s just how she rolls. Top hat with goggles and a corset because Steampunk vibes are cool. Also her Flyguy bow, just in case)

Parrot pal has successfully started her own business, where she sells everything from deep slate to gold to clothing and mercenary jobs. The wider the spread, the better the bread

Lives very close to the shopping district, to keep an eye on her shops

The Watcher thing sure is…interesting. Grian hasn’t told her the full story, so she isn’t sure exactly what she is but she knows that it’s something unworldy

Is still learning to disguise it

Has a fierce rivalry with Mumbo over trying to become the riches hermit. Mumbo had no idea this rivalry is happening

She’s bestie with her little brother, Grumbot Prime

Wes

(Golden boy. His Hc and current design has a lot of similarities, mainly because when it comes to change he likes to take things slow. Got a haircut tho, plus many tattoos and a circlet to represent his status as the son of the sun god (Tho who knows how true that actually is). Also has a skull ring, in honor of Jekiv)

Baby boy is doing fine. Mostly

Is decked out in gold because again, he loves to mine, and gold is his favorite ore

Lost part of his ear and hearing in a creeper explosion, least favorite of his scars

Has improved his self confidence greatly over the years, which in turn improved his relationship with his dad

(Side note, I can imagine Xisuma whitelisting like a therapist or something just because these three, especially Wes, has some things to work through)

Is actually an extremely skilled farm creator, just like his other dad

Spends a lot of time trying to find a way to fix their code so they can leave and rejoin servers

Gertrude

(Total princess warrior vibes for her. Wanted her to be a mixture of Butch and femme, in the weirdest way possible. She’s now also wearing shoes! I wanted her to have heels alright? Her soles eventually got worn out so she’s wearing a pair of boots)

One of the best warriors on Empires SMP

Used to have separate outfits for being a monster hunter and being a noble, but eventually just combined the two to make her life easier

(Eddie made her armor, she’s very grateful)

The armor had to be made fireproof, because despite being older she still scuffles playfully with Johnny

She went through quite a large number of weapons before settling on the mace. It just, “fit her”

Also very few people can actually lift her mace, because it’s extremely heavy.

Sometimes helps out fWhip in Gobland with redstone, just because it’s fun. She enjoys the challenges that he presents to her

Wants to someday face ten withers and take down them all. Until then, she will train with all her might

Johnny

(My friend told me he looked evil lol. Ran out of cowboy outfits a long time ago, so here’s a more outlaw vibey one. The goggles and scarf are to protect his face from sand though, so likes there’s a reason lol. Butternut stands proud at the scene as well)

Despite his outer appearance, he’s still the nice lad you all know and love

He is more of a free roamer nowadays though, mostly traveling the mesa around Tumble Town, sometimes even beyond it

After Liana left for Empires, Johnny started helping Pix out with his excavations

When there’s word of a new discovery far away from any of the empires, you can bet your ass that Johnny is he first man on the case

And sure, he caaaaaaaaaaan use his elytra and get there in maybe half a day, but that beats the point of traveling!

An absolute expert at dealing with mobs at this point, especially creepers. Goes fucking crazy with that whip of his

Despite it all, he’s still a simple country bumpkin at heart, who likes his breakfast early and his music country

Jassy

(Queen is extremely anime. I just searched “anime ninja female” and tried to get general style of outfit correct. Her hair was almost impossible, but looking on it now it looks fantastic. Her daggers are also enchanted, that’s why they’re purple lol)

Jassy is a trophy wife and she takes her job very seriously

She does know her way around redstone, and she ain’t a bad builder (She’s the one who made her and Liana’s base), but her wife is out making bank while she takes care of their many, many cats

The mercenary part of Double Co. is her entirely though.

The story behind her damaged eye is a mystery to all, as every time someone asks about it she makes up some new fantastical tale

In reality she was flipping her daggers while laying down on the ground, then accidentally dropped one. It ain’t as cool as fighting an alligator, or taking down twenty wardens at once though

Jekiv

(Glow up of the fucking century my dude. He ain’t abandoning his love for pastels anytime soon, but that almost makes him more scary. Exchanged his old staff for a scythe just for the aesthetic. If you look closely at the hand holding the scythe, you can see a golden ring)

*Becomes a mass murderer* ~Character development~

He’s still not a full fledged necromancer yet, though he can summon entire corpses now. Actually getting them to do his bidding is another thing

The squirrel on his shoulders is named Chimp. She’s his familiar, and she’s thirsty for blood

Has spent nearly four years trying to solve the mystery of The Evermoore, but hasn’t come out with much result

Did find out he has no soul, or at least not a traditional one, so that’s neat!

Existential crisis aside, Jekiv is also trying to figure out a way for their code to be fixed.

Novo

(Pov: Ur about to want and rip your ears off. Hat decorated, coat fluffy, heels fucking iconic, my man has the drip. A weird drip, but the drip nonetheless. And after all these years, he still does the ruined makeup look. Some things never change)

Switched to playing the bagpipe, because those things are both loud and difficult to learn to play. Novo does not know how to play, but that doesn’t stop him one bit

Best big brother to Oli’s child, and with that I mean the absolute worst influence a child could ask for

Actually managed to reconcile with Scott, despite all odds. It’s not a perfect father-son relationship, but like none of them have that so it’s fine

Wears a lot of pink partly to match with Gert, and partly because it’s a loud and obnoxious color, so it garners attention

The wealthiest of all the kids, just by people paying him to leave him Tf alone

There’s some fic ideas I still have with the kids, plus maybe the fourth series will give me some new material, but these are probably the final designs I will make for them.

[ni-de-mama]

ace attorney fans on discord, yall are fucking stupid. genuinely this is the stupidest discourse ive seen in my entire fucking life. the owner was removing unsafe people from her server. it's HER fucking server and she has the complete right to. dont dms exist? who the FUCK is policing you here? why do we need to have this fucking war when you could just go to another server with that banned member? fucking hell, have some common sense. the fact that adults are getting so aggressive makes it even worse. the minor here is making stupid decisions and saying stupid things and yall are encouraging her. nobody from the mod team was fucking coddling anyone. they were literally just saying we shouldn't fucking encourage harmful behaviour in their server. literally go encourage it in another server and it won't be any of the mods' business and they won't give a flying fuck. and what's with rejoining after ban with a new account? why the fuck are yall even trying to stay at this point if you hate this server and the mod team then fucking LEAVE. literally what do you want?????????? clearly the mods are being sent into panic attacks because of yall. do yall feel great now??? i was so glad i found a space i could talk in with other aa fans, and now ive lost that thanks to yalls stupid fucking discourse over some idk nearly 30 year old who doesn't know how to communicate properly. and the minor in question? not everything is about you. even i can see that, as a lurker. protecting minors does not mean bending to your every will. fucking hell, this server wasnt made just for you. protecting minors meant protecting all the other minors who felt unsafe, good for you if you didn't! you don't have to be so selfish and want the adult to stay so the other minors can feel unsafe lolllll. why did that mod have to justify them being uncomfortable around that adult? does it not matter that they just did? and now the mods are the ones shutting you down? use your fucking brain please. can't believe i have to lose this place because of this. literally everyone got too comfortable with hurting the mods here. its not even like yall couldve done a better job communicating with the banned member, the mod team clearly did their best to communicate with someone who only knew how to retaliate to their every request. are yall blind? i could see that happen, how come yall couldnt? bc yall are their friends obvious fucking ly. not to mention the banned member started spreading rumours that the owner called them a predator? fucking almost 30yo and youre still spreading rumours? christ on earth lol i saw everything. i saw the video i saw screenshots. that did not happen. is it that hard to look at this situation with less bias towards the ""victim""?? hope yall are happy that yall hurt the other members who love this place, and most of all the mod team who has to deal with yalls bullshittery. fucking wake up and see how stupid yall have been acting. jfc this is disgusting, yall disgust me, in a server for a game abt law yall clearly have not learnt anything. bringing your horrifying reading comprehension from tumblr to discord. sorry, clearly yall did not even fucking read whatever the mods said. yall ask for an explanation, the mods gave you one, you rebut it with a completely irrelevant point and then we go back to square one? not only that but yall kept demanding answers angrily, hostile and aggressive. how many times did the mods say they would be releasing a statement soon? yall asking for answers would give them no time to write it. and they have fucking lives outside of discord, unlike yall who have nothing to do but shout at strangers on the internet because they wont bend to your will in THEIR server. yall make me laugh. grow the fuck up. all of yall need to grow the actual fuck up.

[richardsphere]

Leverage Redemption Log: The Card Game Job

Ok, time for the show to try and justify its use of playing-cards in the leader i guess? (still waiting for the timebomb) --- Ah, a beautiful establishing shot of a riverside, then a shot of a toppled tree. Nice to see a place get shown rather then hidden behind infinity-point font.

Kids dad is running out of money for their medication, its gotten to the point they need to sell their truck. (Fuck) kid dies within 1 minute of taking the medicine. --- Look I know this guy is scum, but lets not use the "he's pleading the fifth and listening to his lawyer and therefore must be evil" propaganda bullshit, allright? He's evil because he's holding sick childrens lives hostage, not because he's pleading the fifth.

hedge fund primarily made up of his own money? That sounds like a lie. --- Poor Lucy, Not only did she get fucking kidnapped, not only does she have to watch workplace harassment seminar videos but also IT looked into her browsing history? Poor Lucy.

Coffee and Beignets delivered (place your bets for poison?), button-cam in place.

Suck-up is gonna be the achiles heel. (Suck up is also the true mastermind behind the price-gauging) Breanna is placing office bugs.

Guy got second in a TCG once years ago and is still pissed about it. Initial prediction: Sell him a Black Lotus? --- Back from commercials, Breanna is loredumping. Apparently there is a rare and unique card in the castle somewhere. (no one knows what the finder gets outside the card. Im betting its Willy Wonka rules and the finder gets the company) --- They've taken the bait and now legitimately think the company might be for sale.

redirected his e-mail server. Honestly a lot more we could be doing with that. (you know what happens when a hedgefund CEO type doesnt have access to his own e-mail for a day? What can happen if you can send e-mails from his server in his name? I sure as heck dont know but am afraid of the answer)

Ok, either he is actually selling or we're getting counter-conned. (yeah, number 2 is definitly the real power here. We're scamming the wrong mark) --- and we're doing a national-treasure cluehunt. (its gonna suck, cause all the riddles are gonna be clueless riddles about a fictional cardgame we as an audience cant solve.)

Why the slo-mo on the walkout of the theatre? This scene does not ask for that. --- Sad Breanna is sad that Parker wont accept their help. (Parker is acting a bit OOC here, she knows better then to refuse a booklet of passwords)

Harry is here to unionise the securityguards.

Breanna has bought Parker time by attacking his pride and re-focussing him into "proving himself" by playing the actual game (he knows he cant lie about the riddles) Big Thug is off to find Sophie (dont worry, Elliot is with her)

Elliot is not happy that he's being volunteered for a Joust. (weird, i know he likes horses) --- Cordozar is wearing secret Clark Kent glasses to cheat. (When is team leverage gonna catch on that they're conning the wrong mark) --- And "Rage" has killed Elliot's dragon. Ah the classic "its all part of the show" fightscene. Love myself one of those.

Ok its the lake-pond. Nice little thing with harry signing to take the earbuds out for a private talk. --- "you have to be a killer" breanna says one thing he doesnt like and he imediatly calls for a time-out. Look for anyone who wasnt paying attention, obviously this all ends with Mr. Poet not selling his company because his passion has been re-ignited, and may even end with him getting his castle back. But I just want to note how charming it is to see Sophie con a man, not because she is after anything he owns but because she just needs him to be happy and distracted for a bit. --- What do you mean it took Breanna this long to realise she could hack his glasses/earbud thingy or his assistants cardgame-supercomputer... I guess she is new at this like Harry is so it sort of makes sense for her to miss that... --- Climatic "place to belong" community-speech is a bit on the nose and overdone but its a cliche that is overdone for a reason. (guess what, most cliche's are cliche because they work. saying something is cliche is a statement of fact not an insult)

"guess im not that good", nice line. 8.9/10 --- "lets just say the new owners are happy, and even happier to avoid a class action lawsuit". Game night at the theatre. --- Unfortunately this episode did not assist in justifying the sequel series bond-based trailer.

[adhdwerewolfgf]

do you still play tf2? do you make friends in it and if yes, how?? i tried it but it felt so lonely in there and noone talked to me except some guy who got mad and it sucked

i do still play tf2! ngl, i haven't really made "friends" in it but i have met some cool people that have added me on steam and i've added back, but nothing ever really comes of it aside from seeing them and say hi every now and then.

unfortunately popular online fps games like tf2 are a pretty hostile place. i'm not sure how it is outside of aus servers, but my experience is the people playing on pubs (honestly most servers) are either right-wing cunts or friendly lgbt people. often even when people seem cool or funny they usually end up spouting a slur or something and then youre like oh. i see.

i really do think the best way to play is with existing friends. if you can't, try emoting at people or kill binding and if someone else responds to that it's generally a good sign. play along with peoples silly bits. just try to have fun with it. people are usually seeking social interaction and if they get a positive response theyre gonna want to continue to engage with you. and when you happen across the right people it's so fun.

if you have to be alone, just don't bother arguing with people. if you do though, just never give assholes the time of day. a great method to deal with shitheads is just say things like "hey man, are you okay? is everything okay at home?" or just respond with dumb shit like "yeah well you're a poopoo head" or other childish/silly shit because then they look like an idiot for arguing with you. you would also be surprised how many people hate the dude spouting slurs just as much as you, so attempting a vote kick is usually worth. worst case scenario they kick you back and you can find a server with better people.

also if someone wont leave you the fuck alone mute them! best to not let them get to you. the number one thing these people hate is being ignored so if you do that theyll lost their shit and embarrass themselves.

anyway. good luck anon, hope your games are better

[ramblingsfromthemoss]

i feel like im gonna pop like a grape

as always check tags if you're gonna read, idgaf i just need this out of my brain and i won't see my therapist for a lil bit

its been a hard few months

I wont lie im super thankful that its finally spring and things are getting easier, im finally going back to school and life is looking up but shit man. my dog who ive had since i was four had to be put down this morning, i found my aunts' cat dead under the porch earlier this week, my grandfather called me ugly and ripped my appearance to shreds when i was calling him to share good news, and so much other shit. my horrible fucking ex is finally getting called out for all the gross behaviors he's displayed around minors but he keeps popping up in my feeds online bc of it and he's one of the top search results for a definition of therianthropy and i feel fucking sick knowing theres a chance i'll bump into him again. *fuck* dude i found out one of my closest friends is still close friends with him to the point of being upper staff in both his discord servers! that shit shattered me! they went through all that bullshit with me and now im scared i made everything up! i dont feel safe in a community that made me so happy, hell i dont feel safe in so many communities because of him. on top of all of this a friend i don't speak to anymore is still following me, and its freaking me the fuck out bc that friend had feelings for me and i know i flipped my shit and didnt handle it right and things ended badly all because of me lashing out like an idiot. i felt unsafe bc of my own trauma that i didnt address in time and it lead ot me getting super paranoid and feeling unsafe to try and get into a relationship after being taken advantage of by a guy i really wanted to date, which i dont want to blame them for but im also still super fucking angry and feel really scared that anyone felt entitled to my feelings so closely to what happened to me with the other guy. i cant stop myself from checking their blog and scrolling through, its like a form of catharsis or really effective emotional self harm. i feel so numbed out i just want ot cry but nothing's working, even though it all hurts like a motherfucker. im so scared and annoyed and just want my ex or my friend to rip the bandaid off and finally turn back up and get it over with and let this be over but im never going to get that. my guts hurt, if eel like a trapped animal. everything i say feels wrong and it feels like my head is being split into a million slices. i want to be free of all of this bullshit, i want to live happily again. i want to not feel tied down by all this fucking grief and loss. i dont want to live in fear of being hurt again and i want to be able to process the losses ive endured. i really hope i get to move forward as i get back into college and continue therapy. im exhausted and hurting and scared and i just want to be heard and validated.