#get down with the sickness

[annasellheim]

Next part- MRI shenanigans

[carrionkid]

Might be having problems again 👍

[rainyfestivalsweets]

Today I am sick with a cold.

So obviously... my hyper focus is building a business around cute little get well gifts that I wish people would have gotten me.

OH SHIT. THAT WAS AN EPIPHANY.

I think. Dayum.

But you know like hey- sorry you are sick, here is some tea. I am thinking about you and I support you. Have some soup. I love you. Here is some kleenex

[starfangssecrets]

I’m sick

[mouseshift]

no change in regular broadcasting. more of them

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael learns of Jeff’s pizza from FNAF Into the pit

[bestjeanistmonster]

Dc au- felt like being goofy

…but since Shadow is raising these plants i think we can classify this as a case of passing on generational trauma.

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

doing great chat

[thecreaturecodex]

Sample Transi NPC

The Sickness is an honored guest in Castle Xyntillian, but a new one. After adventurers in Taldor entered the Harrowed Realm, and slew the tyrant Zassrion, the borders between the Harrowed Realm and the Material Plane became slightly more porous for a short period. Although most of the storykin were happy to remain in the Realm (or were freshly dead, and weren't rebuilt in time to escape), The Sickness escaped into Taldor in order to spread ruin and plague. She emerged near Castle Xyntillian, and found the malevolent Malevols, and their guest of honor Debbie the Twice-Born, to be much to her liking.

To modify a transi's statistics to better represent The Sickness, reduce the damage that her death's dart ability deals to 2d8+10 (DC 22 Will save for half), but it also inflicts one disease of her choice on a failed save (as per the contagion spell). She is usually accompanied by her children, a gang of spectres. In order to advance The Sickness, give her levels in ranger (with favored enemy humans, the thrown weapon combat style and the companion's hunter's bond) or levels in cleric (worshiping Apollyon, Urgathoa, or another neutral evil power of disease).



Transi

“Lich” © Anastasia Balakchina, accessed at her deviantArt page here

[The inspiration here derives from various Late Medieval and early Renaissance art tropes about death that aren’t represented in RPGs very well; Death holding a dart rather than a scythe, having a layer of leathery skin covering his bones, etc. The name is derived from the cadaver tomb, a tradition in which the deceased is represented as a rotting corpse or skeleton on their own tomb.]

Transi CR 11 NE Undead This skeletal humanoid is little more than decomposing skin stretched over bones. It carries itself with a regal air and holds a sheaf of oversized darts in its thin hands.

A transi, sometimes referred to as a memento mori, is an undead creature that exists to torment and mock the living, reminding them of the omnipresence of death. They are attracted to mortal suffering as a vulture is to a fresh corpse, and come to lands already tormented by warfare, disease or famine in order to make things worse for the survivors. Due to their fondness for suffering and death, they get along well with outsiders such as divs and daemons, and frequently work with these monsters.

In combat, a transi focuses on the strongest opponent first, as it takes joy from humbling the proud and laying low the mighty. Their javelins are infused with potent negative energy and they are capable of stealing the life of their enemies to add to their own power. Even those that escape an encounter with a transi alive are not finished suffering, as its claws spread plague. Many transis fight from the backs of monstrous steeds such as nightmares, hellcats or other beasts—those that do not have the service or allegiance of one of these monsters rely on a magically conjured phantom steed to add to their mobility.

Keep reading

[carrionkid]

At the hospital waiting for surgery

[inkskinned]

there are a lot of posts out there that are positive and healthy coping mechanisms for handling the holidays. this is not one of them :)

i think there's like. going to be times in your life you will be stuck in a social situation that you cannot escape from gracefully. i do not know why the internet doesn't believe these times exist. it's not always just that your physical safety is at risk - sometimes it's legit like "i just don't currently have the energy or time to put in the effort of responding to this." sometimes it's a coworker you hate so much. sometimes it's just like, fine, you know? like you know you can handle your aunt when she's cheerily horrible, but if you actually set a boundary around her, it's going to be weeks of fallout with your father.

i don't know why people think the answer is always just "cut them out!" or "don't let them get away with that!" because ... the real world is tricky and complicated. i think kind of a lot of us have an internal "radiation poisoning" meter for certain people. like - i'm talking about the ones who are absolutely giving you gradual ick damage. like, you can handle them, but you'll be exhausted.

and yes. you absolutely should listen to your therapist and the good posts about handling others and set good boundaries and take care of yourself. prioritize peace.

HOWEVER :) ...... since im often in a situation with a Gradual Sense of Ick person i cannot just "cut out" of my life (without losing someone else precious to me) - i have sort of developed the most. maladaptive form of mischief possible. because like, if i'm going to have to listen to this shit again, i like to have a little bit of private fun with it.

now! again, i am physically safe, just mentally drained by this man. you should only do this with people you are not in danger with. which leads me to my suggestions for when your Unfortunate Acquaintance shows up and says oh everyone pay attention to me.

my favorite word is "maybe!" said as brightly and happily as possible. whenever the Horrible Person starts in on a topic you do not want to go further with, particularly if they make a claim that you know to be inaccurate, do not respond to it. you and i have both tried to actually argue with this person, and it hasn't gone well, because this person just wants the drama of an argument. however, "maybe!" gives them literally nothing to go on. it is incredibly disarming. they are used to people having some response. they know they can't prove what they're saying, and maybe! treats them like the child they are. it dismisses them in the politest way possible.

i like to say maybe! and then, in their stunned silence, immediately change the subject. this is because i have adhd and i will have something unrelated to talk about, but if you can't think of topics fast enough, i recommend just pointing to something and saying, "isn't that lovely?" because fuck you let's bring in some positivity.

by the way. that second trick - of pointing to something and stating an opinion about it? - that just works on its own, like, 70% of the time. i picked it up from teaching preschoolers. it's an intentional "redirect". it stops children crying and it also stops grown adults from finishing their explanation on why women belong in kitchens. dual wielding!

keep it silly for yourself. i absolutely do not care if people think i'm fucking stupid (it's more fun if they do) and as a result i will purposefully misunderstand things just to see how long it takes them to realize i've completely removed them from the subject at hand. when they say "women aren't funny" i get to be like. "which women." "all women." "all women in america?" "no in the world." "like the mole people? the people in the world?" "what? no. like, alive." "oh are we not counting the mole people?" "what the fuck are you talking about." "you don't believe in the mole people?"

similarly, i play a personal game called "one up me." my Evil Acquaintance literally knows this game exists (my family & friends caught onto it and now also play it) and it always fucking gets him. i don't know why. you have to be willing to be a little free-spirited on this one, though. the trick is that when they make one of those horrible little bigoted or annoying comments they are always making, you need to go one unit weirder. not more intense, mind you - just more weird. "you don't look good in that dress." "yeah, actually, my other dress was covered in squid ink due to a mishap at the soup store." "you shouldn't wear such revealing clothes." "wait, what? oh shit. sorry, your son tears off strips when no one is looking and eats them. i swear it was longer before we left the building."

the point of "one up me" is to completely upend this person's narrative. we both know this person likes setting up situations where you cannot "win" and then they really like telling other people how badly you handled it. in a usual situation, if you respond "please don't say something that rude", you're a bitch. but if you let it happen, you're letting yourself be debased. they are not usually expecting door number three: unflappably odd. because what are they going to say when they're telling everyone how badly you behaved? "she said my son eats her dresses" ".... okay?"

if you can, form an allyship with someone whomst you can tagteam with. where they can pick up on your weird "soup store" story and run with it.

the following phrase is amazing and can be deployed for any situation: "oh, be nice :) it's the holidays!" i do not know why this works as often as it does. i'll say it for the most random shit. i think this is bc most of the time these people know they're being impolite, they just like to fight.

godbless. when in doubt, remember that you could always start stealing their pens.

the whole point of this is - if you can't escape. maybe see how long you can just be. like. a horrible little menace.

[lotus-pear]

every time i think abt their canon height difference i want to eat drywall

[fieryophelia]

😂😂😂

Reblog if you too have been subjected to streaming ads while strapped down in an MRI machine. 🙋

Next part- MRI shenanigans

[thegunslingerletmedrop]

[lucabyte]

i feel like people are sleeping on the occam's razor situation of how buckwild it is to outright accuse a guy of being a clone of your friend even if you DO have a lot of circumstantial evidence. there's other options is what im saying. they could just be like. a guy. that's a sensible deduction. you should explore that deduction. ignore my shirt that reads I <3 RED HERRINGS.

i still think odile has the correct theory on lock but she's smart enough to know it needs like... a real smoking gun to be able to bring it up without sounding insane.

anyway. (mirabelle voice) i know its rude to speculate but has anyone else noticed the grieving? they seem to be grieving. does anyone have any thoughts on the grieving? i have some thoughts on the grieving.

[occudo]

'We need you... I need you.' 'No, you don't.'