#head empty only rumarin

[swarmofcliffracers]

I wanna finish my other stuff but curiously i always end up drawing this silly man hmm. Also an unshaded ver bc i love it and I have exactly zero self control. I wanna squeeze him like an anti stress toy. No Rumarins were harmed during this thinking process.

[isirumarin]

Summoned Souls

Episode 3, Cabin Fever

The venison smelled delicious. Arivanya set the roast on the table and everyone got their fill, plus grilled leeks. Rumarin sat on the floor next to Isira. (Ulundil's house was only made and furnished for a couple)

Isira bit off a strip of tender venison and tried not to focus too much on the fact that he was so close they were touching. She didn't know why there was such a tension inside her about him. She pushed the thoughts away, but she couldn't stop the feelings of uncontrolled attraction. She had never experienced this before, she wasn't sure she liked it. It's rediculous. Isn't it? She thought to herself.

Rumarin was utterly involved with with his food. He lustfully dipped the bread into the juices and devoured it greedily.

"Soooo gooood..." he moaned, a little too suggestively. Arivanya shot him a disapproving look from the table.

Isira giggled quietly and bit into her bread. Rumarin winked at her.

"You are so tacky.." She whispered.

He leaned in very close. "I know."

He smelled good. Even after the day they had, he managed to smell like lavender and cedar... and something else.

She felt even stranger. Was something in that herbal tea? Isira looked at Arivanya. She was talking with her husband about breeding horses, but she was looking at Isira with a faint smile.

Isira turned back to her dinner. Once she was done, she took Rumarin's now long empty bowl along with hers to wash up. Rumarin got up with her but when she turned around, he wasn't in the house.

"Thank you for the meal, it was wonderful. Where can I wash up?" Arivanya nodded graciously and walked over to a small trap door, with a ladder leading downward into a well-lit cellar. "Thank you." Isira nodded, before decending into the cellar.

She drew a bucketful of clean water from the barrel and poured it into the basin. She used a gentle flow of flame to warm the water to her liking. She removed her robes and folded them neatly. Her long silver-white hair fell as she removed her circular barrette. She cupped her hands and plunged her face into the warm water.

A creaking noise squealed behind her and she turned to see Rumarin coming down.

"Just washing up." She said quietly, slightly embarrassed, as she was only wearing her slip.

"Oh, um..." Rumarin appeared nobplussed. "I brought some furs and a night robe for you..its one of Ari's extra ones...." he mumbled. It was his turn to be distracted by her. It was only now that he could truly appreciate her beauty.

"You're perfect, you know that?" He said distantly.

"Rumarin!" She snapped, grabbing the nightrobe from his hands and hastily pulling it over her head. Her silver eyes flashing. "Like you've never seen a she-elf before, you oaf." She hissed.

"Not like you..." he admitted honestly. "Only respect, Lady Isira Valfyren." He bowed slowly. "But You need to know that you are a radiant.."

"Stop Rumarin please..." Isira laughed awkwardly. "Please. Thank you, but please."

"Well, its only fair..." he said dramatically as he pulled off his counterfeit college robes.

"Rumarin!" Isira laughed, horrified. "Nooo.." tears from laughter pooled in the corners of her eyes as Rumarin posed in various ways in nothing but seude shortpants.

"You are rediculous, Rumarin." She said recovering her breath.

"No room for bashfullness if we will be traveling in the harsh wilds together. Might as well get used to eachother's sights now, when we are safe, yes? Before we are spooning for survival etc." He nodded wisely.

"True" She nodded. "Water is still warm." She waved toward the basin.

"Thank you, Lady Isira Valfyren." He bowed rediculously.

Isira rolled her eyes and whispered, "Why are you like this?"

"That's a story for the road." He replied, plunging a woolen sponge into the warm water and washing his arms. They were long, lean, and well-muscled. In fact, under those robes was quite the beautiful mer. Beautiful? No, he was flawless. She wondered if he was aware of this. He certainly seemed oblivious.

"Oh yes, Rontu found us. He is in the stable. Warm and fed." Rumarin said cheerfully.

"Oh. Thank you for that. I was starting to worry about him. About more cats in the woods."

"Indeed." He replied-as he unabashedly washed his armpits.

She didn't know why she stayed the entire time he was washing up, and decided she was just as bad as he was for gawking. They were even.

They returned to the main floor together. She took care not to look up as she ascended the ladder beneath Rumarin, lest she see more than she was really ready for.

Arivanya's eyes grew wide at the sight of the two young mer emerging from the cellar in small clothes and night robes. She smiled and looked at Ulundil knowingly. Ulundil ignored her.

A large area of furs were placed in front of the fireplace. "This is our spot." Said Rumarin cheerfully as he went ahead and made himself comfortable. Isira followed suit and buried herself in a huge snowcat pelt, facing Rumarin.

"Good night, younglings." Arivanya sang as she and Ulundil made themselves comfortable in their small bed.

Rumarin and Isira looked at eachother in silence. His eyes were a golden color, and hers, bright silver. Sleep finally found them both amidst silent conversation.

Isira woke in the night. She looked over at Rumarin, his bare chest illuminated by the blue light of the moons. He looked like a great Aldmeri god in a divine slumber. She feasted her eyes on his form for a few minutes. She felt juvenile for thinking such things, but she was giddy at the thought of traveling with him. 'Rediculous.' She thought looking at the cooling embers in the fireplace.

"Can't sleep?" Rumarin whispered startling her slightly.

She looked back and he was looking up at her with his bright eyes.

"Just putting a log on the fire.." She whispered.

He just watched her quietly. She smiled at him, and laid back down. Rolling herself up in the snow white fur. Her own silvery white hair blending in. Leaving a small dark shadow with two moon-like eyes peering back at Rumarin. A few blinks and both of them slept soundly until the morning.

[enchantment1385]

My most magnificent mega must (have) mods memo.

So, I���ve been putting this off (big surprise!), but the time has come! I am going to try and provide some recommendations of my favorite mods. Mods I will not play the game without, or mods I love so much, I can’t recommend them highly enough! Hopefully some of you will find a new excuse to play one of these games again! I will split the list up into games so you skip if you don’t play a certain game. Again, these are my personal recommendations, so please don’t get all bent out of shape over this people. I also won’t be adding the very amazing utility mods (such as SkyUI or mcm or mod organizers) as I feel these are required mods. Today's installment -  

~Skyrim~

VIGILANT  +  VIGILANT Voiced - English Addon Okay, where do I start with the amazingingness of the mod? It’s massive, compelling, scary (chapter 3 holy fucking shitballs, batman!), and just absolutely perfectly executed on every level horror mod! This is not a mod you complete in a couple of hours, this you need to put aside a day or 2 and go through all 5 chapters! 1 guy made this. 1 awesome japanese dovha, alas it’s not as adored as it should be as, when originally released, the english subtitles (literally translations from Google) didn’t really translate well... or at all at some points. Hence why you need the voiced addon which makes this mod a 15+ hour, fully awesomely voiced adventure to seek out daedra, and be physically, and morally tested by the one and only Daedric Prince of domination, Molag Bal. Your choices WILL affect the outcome. This mod gives you everything you want from a mod. New weapons, new armour, new enemies, dark soul like boss battles, new places, new people, new land. With Halloween quickly approaching, this is the perfect time to give this a shot! 

Legacy of the Dragonborn

I stayed away from this mod for SO long thinking it was just a massive oversize player home to put all your crap on display. I was wrong. I was SO wrong. This mod is the ultimate scavenger hunt turned up to 11. It adds some of the best mods out there and puts them all together to make you WANT to go find that bloody staff, or helm, because A, it now looks amazing, and B, there’s a place for EVERYTHING in the museum, it must be filled! It adds old relics, new quests, a very gorgeous fair sized player home, you get to go to Elsweyr, and even get an airship you CAN use later! And trust me when I say, there is nothing that looks quite as impressive as your dovah walking around a city with your massive ass airship looming overhead. The way everything gets placed into the world is fucking flawless, and if you’re bored or just want more out of Skyrim, this is the mod that does that, and WAY more. Also a massive bonus, it has several patches for other mods that didn’t get incorporated (vigilant being among them) to add extra wings for you to display the items from other mods! 

Interesting NPCs

Another mod I stupidly avoided to begin with. So as we know, vanilla followers are... meh. But now with all these new battles and exploring you have to do, you might want someone watching your back, right? Forget vanilla, time to go interesting! This mod adds -

• 250+ Voiced NPCs • 25+ Followers with Location Based Commentary • 15+ Marriage NPCs 

This mod makes Skyrim feel inhabited, but with REAL people. People who you can, should, and will want to talk to. The voice acting is just fantastic, the characters are an absolute joy, they fit into the world so perfectly you’d never know they weren’t there all along! Well... Except for the fact they’re actually interesting, and have more than 5 things to say! It also has something called ‘Super Followers’. These followers actually comment on what’s happening in your story. Just about to go kill your first dragon? They have something to say about it. Just joined the college of mages? Have a chat to see what they think! I can not express how much this will change your game, but 151% for the fucking better! Oh! And just in case you were running short on things to do, this also adds 50+ more quests! *(footnote) Pleaaassssee go to Soljund's Sinkhole and take Rumarin with you. What he says when you clear that place out has me laughing my ass off every time.

Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul

Are you tired of being the only one is Skyrim who actually seems to DO anything? Are you weirded out by the fact when you walk into an inn at 4am everyone is doing the same thing as they were at 2pm last week? Confused as hell by the comment ‘Do you hunt? The plains outside Whiterun are ripe with game.’ How the fuck would you know, Anoriath?! You never leave Whiterun, dude! EVER! That ends with this mod. Now people have routines. They sleep, they eat, they walk around, they don’t just stay in one place all the time! It makes the npc’s go from a static feature and changes them into actual people, or goes a long way to help! Even people like carriage drivers now have a lil tent near the carriage, and will even take shelter under cover if it starts raining. (if it’s not too far from the carriage!) Random people will now not try and fight the big dragon who is burning everything to a crisp, but instead run away and take shelter, you know, like a normal person would? Which is helpful, as I tend to hit them with a stray spell then get into shit for accidentally electrocuting the blacksmith or someone who shouldn’t have stood in the way of the MASSIVE FUCKING DRAGON IN THE FIRST PLACE! Anyway... This mod is awesome and makes all the vanilla npc’s less static and weird!  

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul - RDO

Don’t know about you but, I’m kinda bored with the dialogue in this game. The same 5 lines on repeat, over and over and OVER again. I want people who hate me to say something a bit more nasty that ‘What do YOU want?’ This mod adds over 5000 lines of dialog that was never used. Braith finally has more insults to throw at you! Which is great, because I hate that kid and now you will too! Your rivals will be rude to you. Your friends will compliment you. And your spouse will finally say more than a handful of lines to you! With this and the AI overhaul Skyrim will finally feel like it’s come alive. It seems like such a small addition, but it makes a huge impact when you hear lines that you’ve never heard before! 

PC Head Tracking and Voice Type &  Expressive Facial Animation (M)  (F)

So we’ve finally got a living breathing Skyrim, and holy shit, it’s a beautiful thing, right? Time to focus on bringing you to life. Don’t know about you, but I found it plain fucking odd that I didn’t ever look at the person who’s talking to me. Like, not even accidently. I also found it creepy the only time I ever made any sound whatsoever was when I shouted. So the first mod is going to fix that shit. You’ll finally look at the person talking to you, or at that dagger you’re just about to steal. What's more, you’ll be able to assign a voice to yourself, so you’ll greet people who talk to you. Fun doesn’t stop there! You can download voice packs such as, Ciri, Yenifer and loads of others! But... What if you know who you want them to sound like and there isn’t a pack for them? Well, make your own! The page is really good and explains how. So we’re not a clueless goon anymore, we look and talk, but that basically makes us no better than the T 800 terminator. The second mod will make you actually have emotions, instead of constant blank face. You’ll smile at friends and loved ones, and scowl at people who you hate, like you Elrindir. For the last time, I didn’t mean to steal the fucking apple pie! But I think me spending HUNDREDS of gold should have made up for that and did NOT warrant you sending a group of thugs to come kick the shit out of me!  Sorry. Just... Some unfinished business between me and that bastard bosmer. 

Enhanced Lights and FX

I have a potato as a laptop, as such a lot of these amazing ENB’s are totally off the table for me. But... We all deserve a pretty Skyrim, right? Fuck yes we do! And this is the mod that does that for me. So there are two versions of this bad boy, and you will really want to think about which one you want to go for. You’ve got standard, or hardcore. The MAIN difference is, the hardcore version will make dungeons dark. No, I mean pitch black darkness. Really think you know bleak fall barrow? Install hardcore then go run through it. It make sense that it would be dark down in these places, but fuck me dark is now really dark, which I personally love, but you might not. Install at least the main file and the weather mod and I guarantee when you boot your game back up you’ll be saying ‘wow’.  

Enhanced Character Edit  OR  RaceMenu

Okay, first off you only need one or the other NOT both. Here’s the difference. If you want to make a character that looks like they’re from FFXV or korean mmo, you’ll want to get Enhanced character edit. They’re all so damn pretty! Even the men are pretty! If you want something a little less cute looking and maybe more mature, Racemenu is character creator for you. Both give you a TON more customization when creating your new oc, down to finger and toe length and what’s not to love about that?? 

Enhanced Camera

You finally have a body in first person mode. not just hands when attacking. Which FYI Bethesda, is creepy as fuck. Next mod. 

Familiar Faces

Right, last one as we could be here forever, but I need to do more of these things for other games so let's finish with something stupid, but awesome, shall we? You know who’d make the best companion? That spellsword character you made. Or the sneaky archer. Or that tanky as fuck warrior, but they’re on that other save.. No more! When you fire up the game with this mod installed, you get a portal stone placed in your inventory. Use it and get get warped into this empty hall. Go to any of the books on the pedestals and hit yes when prompted. You, your abilities, spells, shouts, game progress and inventory has just been recorded. Load up another save and do the same in a different book, then you can go recruit... you! You can even make yourself marribale! Got that perfect otp? Create them both and have them travel around with you! Want them to use their shouts? No problem! Want them to not use shouts? That’s fine too! Isn’t that overpowered? Who gives a flying fuck?! 

Now go have fun in Tamriel, Bahlaan fahdonne!