#church camp amirite

[nothanksbr0]

y’all ever remember something from your childhood that was like minos upsetting at the time but you look back on it and go “holy fuck that was trauma how did i not know”

yeah

[papirouge]

Regarding the last post you reblogged (American Christians not caring about Middle Eastern Christians); back when my country of origin finally revolted against the communist government a lot of western protestant churches started sending missionaries to convert people away from Orthodoxy. Not a lot of people wanted to convert so my parents have stories of missionaries offering to only financially support the poor who were willing to convert.

What's mind boggling is that these prots looked at all of the faithful who were persecuted, imprisoned, tortured, killed, sent to labour camps in Siberia purely for being religious and that wasn't enough for them to see us as brothers and sisters in Christ. Not that they could do anything against the communist government but it's funny that they suddenly cared for people's souls when THEY wouldn't have a chance of being persecuted for their beliefs.

"not that they could do anything against the Communist government" but don't Usamerican evangelicals have a pathological hate boner against Communism though? I mean, Communism have a know beef with religion as far as I know. Those protestants had the opportunity to match their action to their beliefs and take stance against communism and help their Christian brothers against Communism anti Christian dictatorship, amirite? 🙃

Anti communists always stroke me as pathological cowards, anyway. Like how can you be so obsessive and scared of some hollow political movement that hasn't been a thing since decades? 💀 This screams persecution complex and paranoia (there's no wonder they love labeling "communism" literally ANYTHING remotely critical of capitalism or liberalism: to make the threat of Communism bigger than what it actually is)

I always said that when God backed up people, they could really change the world. That's how Ghandi or MLK defeated the biggest empire of their generation by their non violent yet radical world changing actions. I genuinely believe God was behind the abolition/civil rights movement. That's what Romans 13 is actually about and that so little Christians conflate with passivity against government evilness (tbh very few people properly understand Romans 13)

Missionary selectively offering financial support has also one of the reasons colonialism worked so well in Africa btw. By offering "privilege" to specific ethnies or group accepting their offer for conversion they bred division and resentment between people. Stupid rightoids/racialist like to act like ethnic wars as the evidence that races aren't meant to mix/migration flux being the devil, but when you have a brain and look more thoughtfully into History you'll notice there are always economic/political reason to ethnic wars. 2 of the most powerful countries of the world are China and Russia and they are both constituted of a variety of ethnicities (because they took the radical political actions to fight against this division - whether people like it or not, Communism greatly helped on that aspect) yet it doesn't stop them to thrive. Don't say that to racialists and race essentialists - but I digress.

American evangelical are 99% of the time full of it, and my tolerance to their antics is becoming lower by the days....

[damianfitz]

—  "A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent." 

DAMIAN FITZGERALD ( MIGUEL BERNARDEAU ) is a 18 year old SENIOR student at Broadripple Academy. HE is originally from BOSTON, MA but moved to Broadripple 4 YEARS ago. He is CHARMING and DUTIFUL but can also be HYPOCRITICAL and NAIVE.

BASICS

Name: Damian Elliot Fitzgerald Age: 18 Grade: Senior House: Fenwick ( Captain ) Cabin Room: Room 1 of the Senior Cabin How long have they been at Broadripple: 4 years Where are they from originally: Boston, MA  (specifically, their house is in Brookline, MA which is like 17 minutes away but they’re in Boston all the time.) Extra-Cirricular:  Swim ( Captain ), Cross Country ( Member ),  Buddy Club ( Member ), SWAT ( Vice President ), Student Council ( Historian ) Other: Biography + Stats / Pinterest

TRAITS

Positive Personality Traits: Charismatic, Well-Mannered, Caring, Responsible Neutral Personality Traits: Attentive, Conservative, Determined, Formal Negative Personality Traits: Hypocritical, Proud, Dishonest, Oblivious

FACTS

— Damian is one of many Fitzgeralds that have been at Broadripple Academy since its establishment, making him a Legacy. He’s been fed stories of Broadripple and its prestige since he was very young, making him something of a fanboy of the academy. He’s very loyal to the school and tends to do whatever he can to get others to admire and support it in the way he does.

— The Fitzgeralds are a very traditional and conservative type of family. Image and excellence are very important to them. A lot of the way Damian is can be largely explained by how his parents expect him to be. It’s very strict and standards are extremely high. You’re expected to have stellar grades, be the definition of good and upstanding, be well-known and well-received. No room failure, no causing scenes, no scandals -- certainly abide by the Bible and the rules of whatever establishment you’re part of. It’s a very perfectionist (not to mention narcissistic) type of family.

— Damian is the Fenwick house captain, a title he carries with much pride. He takes his role as a student leader very seriously and can get a bit intense with how involved he sometimes is with the lives of his house members ( who he fondly refers to as his ‘Fenwick family’. ) He aims to be something of a big brother figure to them but tends to come off more like a dad.

— Considering his roles of leadership and various other commitments, Damian doesn’t often have much down time and it shows. His life is the school and his responsibilities, and it’s very difficult for him to relax and simply be a teenager. He has an ‘all eyes are on him’ type of mentality. It’s particularly evident in the way he talks and carries himself. He’s completely oblivious to the fact that he doesn’t have the vocabulary and mannerisms of your everyday teenager.

— Despite how well he seems to carry the image of Broadripple’s Golden Boy, Damian finds himself struggling behind closed doors. He has desires of his own he’d like to commit more time to or even show interest in but he knows his parents ( and God ) would frown upon it so he denies himself. He’s quite repressed and the consequences of that often present itself in stiff behavior and irritation for the most random things.

HEADCANONS

Damian’s most-prized possession is a Rolesor Datejust Rolex 41 in oystersteel and yellow gold that is worn on his right wrist, given to him by his father when he secured the position of Fenwick captain. He is almost always seen wearing it unless he’s swimming or working out.

Damian wears a gold-plated cross necklace underneath his clothes. It was given to him when he was three. All Fitzgerald children have one and were instructed to wear it at all times unless there’s good reason not to (ex. swimming competitively).

A lot of Damian’s belongings are embroidered or monogrammed with his initials (D.E.F.). Most popularly, his handkerchief (or rather, handkerchiefs. He has many ironed and folded in his closet at all times). But also his water bottle, his leather satchel, his planner, his journal, his leather padfolio, his toiletry kit, his travel grooming kit... You get the idea.

Damian drives a 2019 Aston Martin DB11 V8 in divine red. It was recently given to him on his birthday in April. He’s very careful about it and is under strict instruction to keep it in pristine condition, so he’s very selective about who he lets in his car and how people should act in it.

Damian is a passionate dog dad. He has a beagle named Alpha who is the main reason he goes home on the weekends. Though it is only Alpha who is supposed to be his responsibility, Damian has taken to training all of the Fitzgerald children’s beagles and is deeply knowledgeable on dog training and care of canines.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RETREAT

What do they think about The Retreat? 

If you ask House Captain Damian, he believes in making the most of the situation and he’s thankful for the Nighmore community for their generosity and quick-thinking. Polite, diplomatic, and positive. Everything a House Captain should be. Inwardly and if he’s being totally truthful with himself, Damian is leaning towards not liking it largely due to with his issues with cleanliness and being accustomed to a certain level of luxury. But make the most of it, amirite?

Do they have any previous experience with camping or other outdoors?

Damian doesn’t have much experience with camping. He’s gone on a church camp in Joshua Tree once but that was very much glamping, with all of the luxuries of the indoors provided to him at close distance and the comfort of AC in his tent. However, he does have experience with the outdoors due to his love for skiing and hiking. He’ll talk all about hiking in Interlaken while vacationing in Switzerland if you give him the time. He also just really likes walks and quiet places when his head is feeling particularly heavy. Also, he lit a campfire like once and that was with the help of the hike guide.

What does their cabin bunk look like? How will they decorate their space?

Damian was very hesitant about bringing his belongings into the old cabin (fear of mold, dust, termites and whatnot) but he knew he had to put on a brave face and deal with the card that’s been dealt as House Captain so it looks similar to his old dorm but very toned down. His mattress is still fitted with his white hotel-type linens with a red duvet over the top in hopes of making it more comfortable. The photos stuck above his desk have been moved to the wall beside his bed. A photo of himself and his younger sister smiling with her face partially covered, a cute photo of a very happy Alpha with his tongue sticking out, an old photo of the God Squad all smiles having a picnic. He’s also hung his monthly planner whiteboard on the wall because it’s filled with too many important reminders.

Do they believe in the supernatural? To what degree?

Though Catholicism has had a long history in the Fitzgerald family, it’s waned over time. One might say they only do it for the tradition of it all and the sense of moral superiority. But mostly, they use religion as a way to influence their children’s behavior, keep them on the right and godly path and away from choices that could hurt their future or the family’s reputation. So Damian has mixed feelings about the supernatural. He very much believes in the Heaven and Hell part of the supernatural, particularly the God and Hell part, but he doesn’t believe in ghosts and demons and all of that nonsense. 

Are they easily spooked?

No. Surprisingly, Damian would sooner buy a logical or medical reason behind unexplained things than a supernatural reason. If something goes bump in the night, Damian would first think something fell than it be a murdererous Casper the Ghost or something. Like for example, the Fitzgeralds often describe the Edith Lynch story as a ‘terrible mishap that people have blown out of proportion’ and follow it with ‘hopefully that girl got the help she needs’. They’re just like, she went crazy, it’s not demon-possession.

AND FINALLY,

The Lord will protect me from any evil. Ghosts? Raging animals? Monsters? Serial killers? They don’t have SHIT on our Lord Jesus Christ.

Sounds about right but Damian will eye twitch over that s-bomb. So close to muttering a stern ‘language’ in reminder.

[cyberwitch420]

bored af so doing this ignore me

i say ignore me like I've actually got followers lmao 

50 Questions You’ve Never Been Asked Before

1. What is the colour of your hairbrush

  the one im currently using is pink w pusheen on 

2. A food you never eat

  any meat cos im vegetarian 

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold?

  too warm, it is never cold enough for me. school and uni classes were hell 

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?

  scrollin 

5. What is your favourite candy bar?

  uhhh i loves a boost 

6. Have you ever been to a professional sports event?

  yeah a few times (football and wrestling)

7. What is the last thing you said out loud?

  im actually not sure i haven't spoken in a while, probably something to the cat

8. Favourite ice cream flavour?

  probs mint choc chip 

9. Last thing I had to drink?

  tropical squash ,not a fan tho 

10. Do you like your wallet?

  yeah but idk where it is probably in a pocket somewhere 

11. Last thing you ate?

  chocolate egg 

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?

  nop

13. Last sporting event you watched?

  fk knows 

14. Favourite popcorn flavour?

  sweet 

15. Last person you sent a text to?

  møthër probs 

16. Ever go camping?

  yes i love it was thinking about it today. hope im still able to go this summer 

17. Do you take vitamins?

  no but i should 

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?

  i haven't been inside a church for years 

19. Have a tan?

  my skin is translucent 

20. Chinese food or pizza?

  this is a hard one. chinese 

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?

  nah son save da turtlez

22. What colour socks do you normally wear?

  whatever cool design primark is selling (mostly pusheen)

23. Do you ever drive above the speed limit?

  i cannot drive

24. What terrifies you?

  bug s 

25. Look to your left, what do you see?

  cabinet of bears 

26. What chore do you hate?

  existing lmfao amirite ladies and gentlemen 

27. What do you think of when you hear an Aussie accent?

  my auntie 

28. Favorite soda?

  strawberry pepsi max from harvester 

29. Do you go into a fast food place or just hit the drive-thru?

  inside 

30. Who’s the last person you talked to?

  bf

31. Favourite cut of beef?

  ask me another meat question i dare ya 

32. Last song you listened to?

  adagio for TRON by daft punk according to spotify on my laptop 

33. Last book you read?

  fully read ? the last by some woman idk her name. shite book

34. Favourite day of the week?

  in college it used to be monday. nowadays it’s probably friday but all my days blend into one so it doesn't really matter 

35. Can you say the alphabet backwards?

  nope 

36. How do you like your coffee?

  i don't drink it but it would have to be sweet and not hot 

37. Favourite pair of shoes?

  my black boots (this is funny cos i own several variations of black boots)

38. What time do you normally go to bed?

  between 4 and 6 am usually 

39. What time do you normally get up?

  recently 3pm which is annoying i hate it but no one wakes me up 

40. What do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets?

  sunsets. sunrise makes me anxious 

41. How many blankets are on your bed?

   1

42. Describe your kitchen plates?

   white with black tattoo style nautical designs 

43. Favorite alcoholic beverage?

  double g&t 

44. Do you play cards?

  they only come out for drinking games 

45. What colour is your car?

  no

46. Can you change a tire?

   no

47. Favorite state/province?

  im not a yank. 

48. Favourite job you’ve ever had?

  working in a fancy dress shop. loved it so much i want her back 

49. How did you get your biggest scar?

  appendix r e m o v e 

50. What did you do today that made someone else happy?

  im not sure i do anything that makes anyone happy. i gave the cats treats so maybe that idk

[bananonbinary]

genuinely petty taz complaint: it really bothers me how all of them (but clint especially, as the cleric) just acts like dnd religions are just christianity. it doesnt bother me for any like moral reason or anything cause i get its mostly jokes making fun of the way they were raised, and they do that ALL THE TIME with literally every other aspect of culture in taz: b, all fantasy costco and elevators and w/e, just dropping elements from our world into the game without any apology or explanation.

but it still bugs the crap out of me for some reason, presumably at least partially cause i gots traumas, but also cause religion in a dnd world is SO FASCINATING. what does religion entail when half the population has magic god powers and you can just literally chat with the gods whenever you want? when the dead are regularly brought back to life? when there’s actual real measurable good and evil baked into the world? i just wish they’d had a little more fun with it instead of being like “lol church camps amirite”

[uss-exile-ncc-440548]

So I just finished rewatching the Final Frontier and the entire storyline... All I can think about is a joke I heard about a decade or so ago when I attended my sister's church camp... I don't know if this is appropriate or not but hey, you only live each life once, amirite? It goes a little something like this:

God's bored one day and He's sitting there looking around and He spots this guy out rowing his boat and singing: "Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream!" And God thinks to Himself "Wow, this guy is just way too happy... Something about this ain't right..." So He decides to take half this poor guy's brain and the guy starts rowing a little slower singing "Row... Row... Row your boat, gently down the stream!" And God thinks "Okay, that's a little better, but he's still just too happy..." And He takes half his brain again and the guys starts rowing even slower singing "Row... Row... Row... Your boat... Gently down the stream..." And God thinks "Okay, almost got this..." And takes half of what's left. The guy starts rowing really fast singing "Be all you can be in the navy!"

It seems... Fitting.

[ofjcsie]

werd. it meme, kayla, with yet another muse. this is my bad bitch josie, lets get to know her shall we

「 ISKRA LAWRENCE, CISFEMALE, TWENTY-FOUR, JESY NELSON. 」┈did you read that latest viral gossip issue on JOSIE PRYOR? she is the VOCALIST in ETHEREAL, one of my favorite POP groups. they’ve been releasing music for ONE YEAR now, but viral gossip has only been talking about them for the last YEAR. get this, i think i heard SHE MARRIED A STRANGER IN LAS VEGAS. they’re known as the THE CATACLYSMIC of the music industry, since they have a rep for being BENEVOLENT but TENACIOUS, but who knows. maybe that will change once they become #1.

firstly im gonna apologize if this is all over the place. im gonna try to organize it but i cant make any promises.

BASICS

full name is josephine iridessa pryor, but goes by josie for the most part

named after her maternal grandfather, joseph.

originally from tallahassee, florida. ur basic suburban middle class white family. one older sister. her mom owned her own bakery and her dad was a paralegal.

ex high school cheerleader

one tough cookie

AESTHETIC

leather jackets, skin tight jeans, fishnets, roses with the thorns still on the stem, red nail polish, fangs, messy hair, scars covered by tattoos, the moon at midnight, high heeled boots, dancing like nobody’s watching, and structured handbags.

HEADCANONS (?)

literally ppl are always like “josie can’t sing. she’s inconsistent.” or “she’s the ugly one” or rlly mean Ugly comments about her body and just general ugly body shaming. like she Knows she’s not the same size as her bandmates but like ???? she loves herself??? it took her a long time to get to this self love level and she loves her girls so she’s always telling people to fuck off

literally gets in trouble with management for telling body shamers in her comments or ppl that are generally rude to her and/or ethereal to fuck off. probably has blocked some accounts (even stan ones sdscdcs) like jesy has

cute but will 1000000000000% fight u if u make her mad, say bad things about ppl she cares about, or start body shaming

body posi, self love, and self care activist and supporter of the #metoo movement as it relates to her past

since her mom had a bakery, she worked there in hs and knows her way with cupcakes

hates wine & has never done hard drugs

i rlly cant stress enough how she will fight anyone and everyone for being an asshole

Straight (shes like my only straight character it’s Wild)

never had a serious relationship because she’s always been guarded but she has been in love, or at least thought it was love

curvy > plus sized bc she is by no means “plus” and knows this. by measurement/fashion standards she is between straight size and plus, so just go with curve/curvy

DETAILS (?)

TRIGGER WARNING FOR BODY/FAT SHAMING & SEXUAL ASSAULT:  josie’s curves developed faster than other girls her age, so even in like 6th grade ppl were calling her rlly ugly names because her hips had grown and saying things about her, even going as far as slut shaming and oversexualizing her developing body like gross. around this time someone she thought was a friend would repeatedly touch her without her permission (also she was like 13 and knew absolutely no better than ‘uh he’s my pal so i guess it’s alright if he touches between my legs when i dont want him to). it rlly tore her down and she felt like she was nothing. that low self esteem rlly followed her into high school. the bullying kinda morphed more into unwanted glares from boys, girls calling her a sl*t, and ppl just being generally mean because of her body shape. her sophomore year she tried out for the jv cheerleading squad bc she really just wanted to be involved and have school spirit, plus she had a friend who was doing it. things were rad, she made the team, all was good, she rlly liked it and even wanted to go out for varsity the next year. junior year came around and she was on jv again, but their coach ended up quitting so the trainer stepped in. he was nice to all the girls bc he’d known them and was working with them but rlly this was just grooming tbh, like he kinda made it seem like he was hte only one in their corner if they were having problems. she got a weird feeling from him but folks were just kinda like “eh you’re over-reacting, it was just a hug” but when they went away to cheer camp it was like damn what a change. he got a little bit violent and ut was just generally a Not Fun experience, like yelling at the girls and embarrassing them to the point where other coaches and such were like “uh he needs to chill tf out”. to make everything worse one of the nights he knocked on the door of the room josie was staying in, saying he wanted to talk to her, she let him in and long story short he got handsy. when she told school authorities what happened, it was her word against his, but after testimony from teammates about his behavior at camp and everything, the school gave him an ultimatum: resign or be fired and go to court.. lmao guess which he took. so basically he got away with molesting her and being an abusive bag of dicks. END OF TRIGGER

for a long time she blamed herself bc she thought she was too naive or maybe if she hadn’t opened the door, or it was all her fault and she let it happen. sometimes she still has self doubt moments where she thinks about “but what if....” or she says “at least it wasn’t as bad as...” she’s very passionate about the metoo movement tho, and abusers being held accountable for their actions (no matter their gender or sexuality)

she doesnt really talk about what happened in detail, but she has been vocal about the metoo movement and she stands with her #MeToo sisters because she’s been there

since cheer was like “aha nop never again” senior year she got involved in the drama club. she’d sang in church choir before, but nothing Super Serious. but the fall production of grease really caught her eye, so, she auditioned and voila, Sandy. 

after graduation, she started community college in musical theater, still working at the bakery but she fuckin wanted to leave florida (dont... we all??) so she used the money she saved from the bakery, bought a one way bus ticket, and ended up in austin texas... not exactly where she wanted to be, but it was out of florida.

she started singing at bars and trying to get involved with local small theater productions/companies, but that really just was not cutting it. so she asked her dad for some moolah and she moved to los angeles. for a long time she lived in a very very shitty apartment complex (if u rememerbr YEARS ago there was a show on the cw called the complex... it was about struggling young actors/musicians living in one place.. lowkey it was good but it got cancelled before season 2 wow shocker amirite) her agent was kinda bad, like joey’s from friends, but the one thing he got right was booking her an audition for a new girl group that a label was putting together. and boom, ethereal.

AS for the vegas thing lmAO.... i’ve been feeling like it was kind of recent. like, ethereal had already formed or was right at the beginning of the four girls coming together. (i still gotta work out those kinks) but essentially she went to vegas and on a Wild night, married a stranger. all she remembers from the memory clips are they met at the casino, there’s a chapel, back in her hotel room, a charge on her credit card for the honeymoon room service package, and the next morning she woke up alone in bed with a huge fuckin headache and a cheap ring on her finger. she was 22 and dumb. but aint we all?? she’s still technically married, but does NOT wear a ring or talk at all about having a husband because she doesnt know the dude. like literally can’t find him lmao, can’t find him to get that shit annulled or file for divorce. therefore, technically married.

SOME WANTED CONNECTIONS

i dont have a Ton but some that i’d love to have established are a mentor (probably someone who is older or more accustomed to fame), a roommate or ex-roommate (could be multiple), a celebrity crush (again, probably more fmaous), someone she tells everything to (they’d probably know about the vegas thing and her history regarding sexual assualt)

other than that, hmu or like this if u wanna plot??? im down for anything????

[livs-dnd-recap]

Session 5: Shit, meet fan

Our Cast of characters: x

Vallaki, cont:

Norix, upon seeing the summoned demon boy, is filled with a sense of dread. He responds by trying to shoot him, but is unsuccessful (I mean, what kind of demon would it be if it got taken out by a particularly sharp stick, amirite?)

Outside, a large rumble is heard and felt throughout the city, sounding and feeling similar to an earthquake. The party members who had been attending the Burgermeister’s step outside and find that the moon and stars have disappeared, leaving the sky blank and dark. 

The party regroups, and Norix leaves the building, panicking because of what he experienced with the demon boy. Cadwick stays outside, trying to calm him down, while the rest of the party investigate the ceremony room. 

We find that all of the cultists were killed in an identical way, and looting searching the bodies, we find an old unique key on Lady Fiona’s corpse. 

Norix is too shaken up to come back inside, so he and Cadwick decide to head back to the Inn.

Inside, the rest of us explore the rest of the house. We find Fiona’s room, and inside her husband lays dead, presumably poisoned. Based on a portrait in the room, we are able to determine that the two drunken men who Rizzo mistook for the hunters are Fiona’s sons. 

 Searching the room, we find a note on the back of a portrait of the family that reads “For Strahd”, as well as a box inside the wardrobe. The key found on Fiona unlocks it, and inside are the stolen bones of Saint Andreas. In the dresser, we find letters between Lady Fiona and Strahd that paint a picture of their Master/Servant relationship, and Fiona’s goal to open a gateway to the keepers of the dark powers.

Downstairs, in the study, we find a hidden compartment in a writing desk that contains notes about the Necronomicon. The papers have a drawing of a pentagram very similar to the one within the ceremony chamber, but with subtle differences. It is unknown whether these differences were a mistake or intentional. There is also the name of the demon the pentagram shown would summon which begins with an S, but a smear of ink has rendered the rest of the name unreadable. 

We start to head back to the inn to rejoin Norix and Cadwick, and pass the saber toothed tiger on the way back. It is agitated and pacing its cage in a way we’ve never seen it do. 

Before we can reach the inn, we are interrupted by a group of guards who seem harried running towards the gates. Ayla volunteers to go get the bloodhunters from the tavern while the rest of the party follows the guards to see what’s up. She takes flight, attempting to gain enough height to see what’s happening at the gates, but finds that there seems to be a dark mist or fog of some sort above the city, which blots out her view as she ascends. She abandons the attempt and heads for the Inn/Tavern, and on the way there notices that perched on the rooftops of the city are even more ravens than before. 

Ayla collects Norix and Cadwick, and the two head off to the gates of the city to rejoin the rest of the party. Meanwhile, Rizzo has gone to find the man who owns the saber toothed tiger in hopes that the tiger can help fight. The man is startled to find that the tiger has been worked into a frenzy, and he decides to leave instead.

The party reconvenes at the South gate, where the most guards have gathered and a watch tower stands. Ayla flies up to the top of the city wall to take a look at what is attacking, and sees a druid surrounded by twig blights. The druid is halfway between wolf and human.

Relaying this information, Ayla flies off to do a scan of the perimeter, finding a Hidden Bundle at the West gate, and a swarm of bats approaching the East. 

With their powers combined, Gren and Rizzo are able to dispatch the druid and it’s blights quickly, and we move to the west to take on the Hidden Bundle.

Ayla tries to use the wand she previously purchased and finds that it currently does fuckall.

We fight the Hidden Bundle, a really bad to look at blob of flesh and body parts that spends the fight yelling at Norix to ‘come back to the forest’ which makes about zero sense to any of us. 

We kill the thing (doing a favor to the universe and everything in it) and race to head off the swarm of bats. We’re able to take out a good number of them, but a decently sized swarm still reaches their destination at the church where we arrive to find Ireena being mobbed by them. 

We try to protect Ireena but are helpless to stop it as she disappears, Strahd’s voice telling her that it’s time for her to return to him.

The priest is inconsolable, and we learn that he was the one who granted Strahd entry to the church. 

The gravedigger shows up, and we return the saint’s bones and clear his name. 

Norix tells us what happened in the ceremony room, and Cadwick storms off to the Coffin-maker’s shop while we follow. 

The shop is dark when we arrive, and we find the coffin maker sitting inside, surrounded by bottles of alcohol. 

Cadwick threatens him, and he begins to babble about demons walking the streets. We get it out of him that the church will be safe now that the bones have been returned, and that he has only been doing what Strahd has commanded him to because his family are being held hostage at Castle Ravenholm. 

Gren opens one of the coffins in the shop, which wakes the vampire spawn inside. Cadwick uses his experience as a bloodhunter to dispatch it without much fuss, and begins to go from coffin to coffin killing the spawn within.

He gets through two before the boy demon appears before us, cursing us blind and unable to breathe until we agree to leave the shop and not return. Cadwick tries to fight the demon by turning into a bear and nearly gets his asshole turned inside out before we stop him. We leave, knowing we can’t defeat the demon, and decide to go find Ismark and tell him about his sister.

Cadwick chooses not to join us in returning to the tavern to find Ismark, and instead goes off to transform back from his bear form alone. 

At the tavern, we find Ismark passed out drunk and wake him up to tell him about Ireena. He’s upset but not surprised, and we decide to ask the barkeep if he might have any information for us about the fortunes we were told at the Vasanti camp. 

He tells us about a ‘Luna Lake’ located near Krezk, that we think might be the pool blessed by a white sun referred to in the first fortune. With this new lead, and no indication that the night is ever going to end, we decide to leave immediately, only to be unable to find Cadwick.

Outside the walls of the city, Cadwick transforms back only to find himself surrounded by hunters wielding pikes. 

[spikycharlotte]

hey um !! this is really late but kevin price for the character ask thing!

I’M LATE ANSWERING THIS BUT ILY

general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don’t like them | eh | they’re fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life i love this dumb boy so much

hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would bang if i dont think a dude is hot all they have to do is play kev and i will die

hogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuff. THIS BOY MARCHED INTO BUTT FUCKING NAKEDS CAMP WITH NO BACKUP SUCH A STUPID GRYFF

best quality: @ the end of his character dev all he wants is to stay and help the ugandans and build the church of arnold and hes very giving

worst quality: even though now hes very giving and wonderful he is still so full of himself

ship them with: CONNOR!!

brotp them with: ARNOLD!! AND NABA!

needs to stay away from: um probably the coffee amirite lads

misc. thoughts: i love this boy ??? words do not explain... i love him...

[flamboyaaaas]

tags I’ve used starting with each letter of the alphabet

 a - #arson is questionable #Annie played smash mouth too loud and killed everyone or smth like that #anyway fanfiction is scary af #and someone drew fake sideburns on him with blue pen lol #Also hopefully that is a bagel on his Christmas tree #*Annie’s tags get progressively more hipster* #Angel’s a bitch #an-unorthodox-uncritical-pear #after this I attempted to summon satan but that didn’t work #apocalypsebitch #a whole fucking load of hands #also last summer my roommate at camp played Meghan Trainor nonstop for 3 weeks #aww even his hair curl trembles #ah rebellious youth

b - #breathe your own air ;-; #...bee movie yaoi? #buy me an entire garden of succulents #borf and burk to an extent #brang brang #Baaaah’ formaggio prego #bruh that was obviously not in c major #BITCH THAT’S SASUKE

c - #clefairy clefairy clefairy clefairy clefairy clefairy clefairy #*chucks food at beebo* #can I have a castle now #come be pretentious with us #Chicken Nugget the butterfly #CHICKEN HEAD WITH A CHICKEN!!!!

d - #dunno who this is but I can relate #DAVID PUMPKINS

e - #...everyone fucking runs away from me because a salty avocado is talking back at them?? 

f - #for all the confused peasants like tangerineflavored #fall out boiiiii #FRIED KOALA #fuck February #*finger guns out of the room* #*falls over* FUCK #folie is a fucking masterpiece and you cannot convince me otherwise

g - #god dammit there was an avocado in there #good lord I was scrolling really fast and I thought it was an actual burrito #GIVE THIS BOY A PANCAKE #grapes cannot be squishy #grab that fancy octopus #give me the wig

h - #hello my child canon in inversion and augmentation #however I aim to be dark #HIS LONG HAIR IS TOO GLORIOUS FOR THIS WORLD #he ate the fucking laser beam #how much incest is involved in this fucking show oml

i - #is now gentle gay #I guess I’m just going to go watch Drunk History of FOB again #it probably needs a more extravagant title #I chime in with a haven’t you people ever heard of closing yoUR FUCKING MOUTH #is overflowing with cats and christmas trees??? #if any of my followers are petty enough to unfollow me for this... same #I’m not religious but that croc is beautiful #I ATE SHITTY MAC N CHEESE #I had more but Tumblr deleted 2/3 of my tags and I cried because ALL THAT VALUABLE NERD RANT #I once got stuck in airport security in Washington D.C. because the rock has the same density as a bomb #I sat here confused for 2 minutes before I realized that it is indeed a cat #I got attacked by swan the other day #I KNOW I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS IT’S THE ONE WITH THE CHICKEN AND SNOWMEN ISN’T IT #I saw the h and the topic after it so I automatically assumed it said hot topic

j - #Joe Biden does it again #just not the math aspect of it #JOY LOOK IT’S A FUCKING SILKIE CHICKEN

k - #komala is a log

l - #LOOK AT THOSE PENGUINS #LITERAL JOURNEY CAT TRAIN #let me play the violin #...linguistics #’lol so ur like a plant’ ???????? #look at Freed’s antennae things

m - #my brain has been fried to the point that I’m actually scared of a nocturnal tree demon #Mephisto Pheles’ fursona shows up #my old science teacher swing danced with Bill Nye #mint green aesthetic team #MOOM MOOM GOTTA GO FAST #meese cult #my squish is facier than yours #my... country? #ME @EXAMS OH MY FUCKING LORD

n - #(not really though it looks expensive)

o - #oh my god yes 80s glam hair Celestino #oh cactus #OROCHIMARU DOESN’T DESERVE THIS #OKAY THEN #on Tuesdays we eat cheese #oh right all of them but THE GAYS #omg apparently there’s a tornado warning and I didn’t notice #of course he voices someone from Haikyuu #our funky savior disco Jesus

p - #PINEAPPLE CHILD #Pyromancer :))

q - #quite punctual

r - #rotom-mow flies off into the distance #reblogging for that beautiful rooster #ritualistic chicken sacrifice

s - #snake x stapler #so I’ve been listening to AFYSCO because I have a fever (irony amirite) #steampunk funeral #so I’ve seen these giants at Costco #Suffer my dear fish #suave motherfucker and chill savage #Santasaurus #so then he takes over the fucking church of England because it takes too long for Rome to tell him it was okay to divorce her #somebody kiss patrick the wombat #stop him now #sin(420)

t - #the cat lord has been angered #*tunes basketball in corner* #the incompetent one #this is referring to the milk fic isn’t it #Target is a savage #they forgot gay ass #this makes me sound like an interesting person #tim loved tom but tom thought he liked jim because it was prophesied #the fuck is ketchup in mac n cheese #Teru’s pineapple hair is his single most important feature #the nights of the round table aren’t anime enough #then I get to piano class and it’s like oh fuck I failed #this staircase is how you die #that’s not a blaster. that’s a chicken. #to plop a xylophone in the creek #things are shaping up to be pretty fuck

u - #ukobach’s tail looks like a spatula #usually in the middle of the night #uh hello what is wrong with bagels #uh yes 2005 emo music

v - #vicodin on sunday nights #voiced by cats #villanelles give me life #v screwed up Okumura family tree

w - #WHERE ARE YUKIO’S FACE DOTS #we fought hard NOT to make it a Hetalia roleplay #why must we sacrifice suguro’s hair ;-; #whovians in a nutshell

x - 

y - #Yiddish curses #YEH FIGHT ME #yelling goblin child #YEAH SHIMA GO GET EM #yes yes give me twenty of these and I will be happy #yes it’s sasuke oml someone’s actually going to believe this and I will cry #’YAKOV HE WON’T SLEEP WITH ME’

z -

[livs-dnd-recap]

Session 2: Barovia

Our Cast of characters: x

The Town 

With the town now revealed, the party decides to check out the tavern and see what info they can gather. From the bartender, we learn that the town is called Barovia.

In the tavern, we discover a suspicious and potentially malicious talking chair. The chair keeps trying to get someone to sit on it, promising that he will heal them to full health. Through the chair, we learn that the town, and greater realm is controlled by a guy named Strahd. 

Clow makes a deal with the chair that he will sit in him in exchange for more information about where we are. The chair agrees, and tells us about the ruler, Strahd, who descended from Royalty and has been cooped up in his castle for ages. When he does leave the castle, the townspeople fear him and his power.

The chair reveals that he was once a man, but Strahd killed him and had his soul bound to the chair, which is cursed to remain within the tavern. Strahd is inhuman, and has been ruling for an abnormally long time, because he is a vampire. The people of the town are trapped, with Strahd as the cause.

As agreed, Clow sits in the chair, only to be immediately possessed by the spirit, until he is knocked out by the rest of the party at which point the soul returns to the chair once more. (What a dickhead amirite?)

Done with that bullshit, we move tables, going to join another customer of the tavern at his table. He tells us his name is Ismark, and explains that Strahd is trying to turn his sister into a vampire, and asks for our help. We agree in exchange for all the money he has (because we’re helpful, but not saints).

We strike a deal, and Ismark invites us back to his father’s home, his father being the late Burgermeister of the town. We accept and he leads us to a run down mansion. As we leave the tavern, we are watched by the other patrons who turn to talk among themselves. 

Ismark’s family home is large but falling to ruin. There are wolf tracks in the mud outside of the mansion, as though a pack has passed through recently. 

Inside, the mansion is decorated with religious imagery (a nice break from the death theme of the last house we were in, honestly). In a side room is the late Burgermeister in a display coffin.

We meet Ireena, Ismark’s sister. She is armed, and has clear bite marks on her neck, evidence that Ismark was telling the truth. The plan is to escort Ireena and Ismark out of town and to the city of Valakin where Strahd will hopefully be unable to find her. Ireena, however, refuses to leave until her father has had a proper burial. They have been unable to do so thus far because Ireena is a target of monster attacks whenever she steps foot outside. 

A plan is formed that we will guard her for the trip across town to the church so she can lay her father to rest and finally leave town. 

The next morning we regroup, and begin the move. Gren turns into a moose using her Druid powers, and carries the coffin. Ayla flies overhead to keep watch for enemies, and the party proceeds to the Church, meeting no resistance, surprisingly.

The church is in the same state of decay as the rest of the town, falling apart in areas, and as we enter we hear a scream from below the floor. Ireena is unphased by this, although she doesn’t know what is causing it. 

We speak to the priest and head out to the cemetery to begin the funeral. Meanwhile, Ayla goes inside to investigate the source of the scream. In one of the rooms off of the nave, she finds a trapdoor set into the floor. Using her ranger senses, she is able to determine that the source of the screams is something undead. Outside, Norix and Cadwick stay with the funeral to stand guard, while Gren and Rizzo join Ayla inside. 

Together, the three spring the padlock on the trapdoor, and cautiously descend into the basement. Below, is a large, filthy room, and huddled in one corner, a vampire spawn, the source of the screaming. 

His name is Doru, and we restrain him but he’s feral with hunger and can’t focus on anything but screaming. Ayla casts goodberries and force feeds Doru the entire handful, which equates to 10 days worth of food. This is enough to calm him down to the point where he can speak with us.

Doru tells us that he is the priest’s son, and that he was turned by Strahd while storming the castle with his father and a group of other men. Ayla is able to convince him to come with us, but it’s determined that it would be too risky for all of us, Doru because of the sun’s effects, and on us because of his bloodlust. She promises that we will come back for him and try to find a way to cure him, and we leave the basement, locking the trapdoor once again. 

The funeral is over and we speak briefly with the Priest about his son, before deciding to head to the one shop in town to stock up before we begin our journey with Ireena and Ismark.

Once finished our shopping, we head back out into the town only to find that a black carriage has pulled up in front of the shop, Strahd himself stepping out. We attempt to remove his hat or cloak in a bid to distract him enough to escape, but our attempts fail and he nearly kills Rizzo in the process. Cadwick, however, is able to freeze him in place long enough that the druids can turn into horses and escape, carrying the other party members while Ayla takes to the sky, splitting up with plans to regroup later to hopefully throw Strahd off our trail. 

The Woods: Road Trip part 1

Our escape attempt is successful, and we regroup in the forest, but it is quickly becoming night so we can only travel a little further before having to set up camp for the night. In the distance we can hear a road in the distance, and decide on a rotation to keep watch through the night. 

Ayla takes the first watch, and is able to hear the distant sounds of partying during her shift.

On Rizzo’s watch, she spots a strange creature coming towards the camp and has to wake everyone. It’s a pale, gaunt, druid and while unnerving, he doesn’t seem aggressive and we’re able to distract it by throwing a rock to make a sound, which it runs off in the direction of. 

The rest of the night passes uneventfully, and we break camp the next morning. While travelling, we pass a clearing where a set of gallows stand, and Norix hallucinates herself as the corpse hanging from it. We move on quickly.

Later in the day, we happen upon a farmhouse sitting in an open field, a farmer out tilling the soil. He offers us a room for the night, but we decline as it’s too early in the day to stop just yet. 

As we travel, the sounds of partying Ayla heard the night before grow audible, and louder as we move closer to the source. Rizzo transforms into a fox in order to scope it out, and finds and encampment. 

Ismark tells us they’re likely a group of travelling people called the Vastani who are blessed by Strahd himself.

Though it could be dangerous, the party decides to go and say hello, never mind that talking to strangers is yet another thing our parents warned us not to do, meaning that up next: someone’s going to put something in their mouth despite not knowing what it is (probably).