#lethe: starter

[millenniumfae]

Hades Fish - What They Taste Like, And How To Cook Them

TARTARUS

Hellfish - Evolved from pond snails, and as Achilles says in his codex, they traveled from the surface to the Underworld by sticking to the bottom of Charon's boat, and eventually became undead. Around the size of a navel orange. Tastes mostly like regular freshwater snail, except less of the 'dirt' aftertaste and more 'metallic blood' thanks to the Styx. Usually served lightly blanched to avoid chewiness, and served drizzled with oil and salt.

Knucklehead - Originally the spirits of common saltwater sardines and anchovies that convalesced into their own undead species. Classical Greece's fishing economy centered heavily around those two fishes, and that cultural reverence essentially brought the Knucklehead to existence, so to speak, through indirect worship. Average size of 12-15 inches, and they no longer have scales or skin, exposing their translucent green flesh. Has the flaky texture of oil fish when cooked, and tastes like if you stuffed a sardine with pennies.

Scyllascion - Related to the legendary Scylla, but didn't spawn from her as individuals. Like real life catfish, they can keep growing to monstrous sizes, and are aggressive and territorial. Only one Scyllascion hangs out in each large patch of Styx. Zagreus only ever catches the younger, smaller ones, since the huge varieties are too smart to be fooled by a Rod Of Fishing. Caught Scyllascion range from 17 inches to a Great Dane. It's cooked by removing its iron-hard head and fins, then roasted whole or in stews. Meat is surprisingly mild and absorbs flavor well.

ASPHODEL

Slavug - An example of a species that never evolved from a surface animal. They spend an equal amount of time in and out of the lava, sometimes hanging out on the rocks or the shore. An adult Slavug is about a foot long, and five inches thick. When they die, they go from lava-hot to stone cold, and usually cooked by boiled or steamed whole. Slice them like a cake to serve. The flesh is bouncy and porous like bread, and they taste like shellfish.

Chrustacean - These clearly-lobster-adjacent fish are not tolerant to the lava like the Slavug is, its carapace serves as a heat-proof shield. Shades of Asphodel sometimes keep them as pets because of their inquisitive, friendly behavior. Cooking Chrustaceans means prying off their metal shell before exposing them to heat, which leaves their raw, goopy flesh exposed before cooked to firm and usually made into lobster cakes, or as toppings on salad. Tastes like if a lobster was boiled in a sulfur spring.

Flameater - Canonically thought to be native to the Underworld, and perhaps related to the Ladon dragon that Heracles killed. Its large maw is actually a filter feeding system for Phlegathon's minerals, and its passive and shy, making it hard to catch. Average size of a desktop keyboard, and its mouth alone can stretch to the circumference of an umbrella. Cooked through application of frostbite by use of ice, usually by burying it in an icebox for 15-20 minutes. Eaten alone, its weirdly cartilage-ridden and tastes strongly of overcooked egg, but it makes for a great broth or stock starter.

ELYSIUM

Chlam - All fish of the Lethe feed on memories, and this one most of all. Evolved from surface scallops, not clams, lending it its flat, ridged shell and glowing eyes. Usually around the size of a human hand, but the older ones can be the size of a truck tire. Has the soft texture of real life scallops, but its taste depends on what memories it had most recently eaten; bittersweet, salty, horny, etc. Cooking multiple Chlams together in a stew makes for a taste best described as 'headache-inducing' if not spiced correctly.

Charp - The Codex entry implies that its the shade of real life Koi fish (which are colored varieties of the widespread Amur carp), but Hades also implies that its mythology exists independently outside of the Greek world. Koi wouldn't naturally exist above ground, and no one in-game would be familiar with them aside from a possible passing encounter. Therefore, the Charp evolved from common Greek carp into an undead species similar to the koi, and a few worldly shades have remarked on its similarity to a surface species found on distant shores. Like real-life koi, it tastes and cooks like carp, but tinged with memories like the Chlam.

Seamare - Thanks to the Lethe's calm, warmer waters, it has a few reefs that house a natural-borne seahorse-akin fish. They only feed on pleasant memories, lending it a sweet taste, and are usually the size of a dinner plate. They're also intelligent, and can memorize human faces. Catching them is difficult not because they hide, but because they fight back; thanks to all the warrior memories they've swallowed, they have a battle-spun spirit and won't let you reel them in without a struggle. If not kept as pets, they're usually speared on sticks and fire-roasted over coals.

TEMPLE OF STYX

Gupp - Naturally borne from the Styx, it's less of a guppy analogy and more like a Greek freshwater shad. They swim in schools against fast currents, and are usually the length of a pencil case. But like a guppy, they livebirth fry dozens at a time, and are used as utility fish for seeding waters. It lacks scales, like real life catfish, and has the unique life/death cycle of livebirthing pre-existing Gupp in a method of rebirth whereas all other Underworld fish have to wait to respawn upon being eaten. Thanks to its proximity to the surface, it tastes exactly like a regular river fish, just scaleless.

Scuffer - All fish in the Temple are sought-after for their unique overworld-ajacent taste, and the Scuffer even more so for its utility purposes; its tough and giant swim bladder can be made into high quality vellum, its toxin has many medicinal purposes useful to immortals, and its liver a fruity delicacy served raw. Other parts of its flesh are edible to anybody immortal/undead, but you still 'die' so its not recommended. A Scuffer's liver tastes reminiscent of a merlot thanks to its life spent swimming and feeding upon the Styx's floor. The adult ones can be as big as a pineapple.

Stonewal - Evolved from swordfish, and retains their migratory, aggressive behavior. They're an important part of the Underworld's ecosystem, because they regulate the population of any fish that make it too close to the surface world. Range wildly in size, from a modest foot long to as big as a bathtub. Usually cut into fillets and fried upon flat griddles, or served roasted on a rotating spit whole during feasts as a centerpiece. And like the previous two, they have utility purposes as well; their long, sturdy, but flexible bones are made into crafting tools, and weapons like bows and arrows.

CHAOS

Mati - Its appearance is a dead ringer to real life anglerfish fry, but it'll spend its whole life in their gelatinous, bloated form. As a fish of Chaos, it was borne from and represents sapient gaze; AKA, a gaze cast with intelligent emotion. Eating a boiled Mati has the texture of eating an old grape with a hard kernel within, and tastes like if fresh sea urchin was a yeasty porridge. Mati that can be caught are no bigger than a smartphone, but if you look into the distance, you can see car-sized ones.

Projelly - These fish spawn from Chaos like shed skin cells; unconsciously and ever continuing. They're unintelligent except for a minor nervous system that propels their bodies along in a purposeless compulsion. Which is what makes them hard to catch, since they float around too deep for a fisher to just scoop them up, but good luck trying to dredge one upon your hook. Pretty tasteless, but with a pleasant cartilage-y texture. Often served dried out as a snack, then re-hydrated or marinated to be chopped and plated cold with oil.

Voidskate - The biggest fish you can catch in-game. If you look closely, you'll notice that those table-sized Voidskates are seemingly swimming upside down, because when you cast a hook into their reality, you're actually pulling them down from where they fly in the air. Not only that, but their fishable state is their limbo life, and their 'dead, eaten' state is their actual life. They're a source of study from philosophers trying to learn more about life and death, but they never get far. Prepared by slicing into thick, dense steaks, then fried on grills. Has a sour, rich brightness like buttermilk.

[tewwor-moving]

TO DO LIST .

starters .

stubborngods — general random

bloodykneestm — danny or vincent for barnabas

lcngdays — arlo and elijah, Oryn and Angel or Isaiah or Zadkiel, Saul and The Witness, reinaldo and beldane, Seojun and Temperance, Angel, or Zadkiel - 2/3 done

miidnighters — amant or tatsuro / bushel or walter

chth0nia — daedalus

grapefruitey — wampire / 5 random ask meme ideas

coquetties — wampire

cigarettesandcoffee — new muse list

huntershowl — lethe/bishop

ximerose — extra fresh marked muses

lore / new characters .

mad scientist / political antag for jie

little treats .

remake bingo cards — ricochet????, someone from harborview

[smallraindrops-blog]

Boss Battle! Anon

Today, I bring a small chunk of the Pokemon au! It's still a work in progress, so apologies if some stuff doesn't make sense. I'm mostly trying to lay out the bones and some flesh right now.

Y/n - Fighting Gym Leader

Main Team: Infernape, Gallade, Hitmonchan, Crabominable, Pangoro, Annilhilape

Other Pokemon: Lucario, Medicham, Kommo-o, Rapidash, Mudsdale, Beedrill, Spearow

Info: A Fighting Type Gym leader who specializes in boxing. Is probably the last gym you face before the Elite Four. Despite having an Infernape, Ralts was his starter. Wants to make the gym to be double battle oriented so he and Hypnos can run it together, just like his Pa and father did when they ran it.

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Hypnos - Sleep Themed Trainer

Main Team: Cresselia, Jigglypuff, Musharna, Abra, Snorlax, Komala

Other Pokemon: Drowsee, Piloswine, Darkrai, Morelull

Info: Hypnos family often gain the favor of legendary pokemon, he was (un)fortunate to gain the favor of two. One, however, prefers to stay in its pokeball rather than interact. He's also supposed to be training to take over Thanatos gym, as Thanatos will be joining the Elite Four once Charon retires. Only really battles when teamed up with Y/n or training with his siblings. He prefers to study his Pokedex.

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Miscellaneous Ideas:

The first champion of the region was Nyx, then Hades, and now Zeus.

Elite Four: Charon, Achilles, Asterius and Theseus (double battle), and I haven't decided on the last member, but I'm feeling either Athena or Hades.

Achilles team is based around Steel types. (With a few water Pokemon being gifted to him from his mother.)

Patroclus was a gym leader but has since retired. Can't decide between making him a Dragon, Rock, or Grass gym leader. (Hell might be basic and just make him a Water type gym since he was by the river Lethe for so long. Would make for a good gym theme.) He still has plenty of dogs in this au, Stoutland, Houndoom, Houndstone, Boltund, and their previous evolutions, you name it.

Thanatos and Charon are Ghost type specialists.

Thanatos has a Lunala he secretly pampers.

Charon has a Giratina. (That he prefers not to battle with, the poor thing is so anxious not being in its void.)

Nyx focuses on Dark types, and it's rumored that she has a Yveltal on her team.

Chaos is the professor, with Nyx eventually joining them as their assistant. (And possibly Hypnos)

Chaos has an Arceus.

And yeah! Those are my silly little pokemon thoughts so far. Still needs a lot of work, but I figured I could share what I have so as I work on team ideas and story plots. Hope you enjoy it! (Also, sorry for any spelling errors, lmao)

I love this! I actually had my own idea with Pokémon au and we actually picked a lot of the same Pokémons for Y/N and Hypnos. ^-^

Putting the rest of my respond below. Gonna share some of my own HCs and thoughts. Gosh i love this au you created. And i am def interested 👀

I adore that Y/n’s starter Pokémon was a wee Ralts! They regularly appeared to cheerful people I believe. So i would love to know the story behind their meeting. (Was the ralts grumpy as Y/N and that why they bonded? Bc that would be hilarious, two grumpy peas in a pod.)

all his Pokémons are such a good fit for him btw.

silly hc i had for my au but I always like the idea that his powerful Pokémon are scary and standoffish to everyone else but become total obedient sweethearts for Hypnos.

Also them being a duo would be extremely difficult to defeat with Hypnos putting foes to sleep and Y/n knocking them out before the player could wake them up.

Another hc I had for my au that Y/n would train his Pokémon to maximize their critical hits and one shot kills.

The fact that he wants to make his gym double battle with Hypnos is basically a marriage proposal lol but I get the vibes that maybe they not quiet together yet? Or dating but neither had admit they fallen in love?

i can just see y/n asking Hypnos about what he thought about decor for the gym, trying get stuff that Hypnos likes and hypnos being totally oblivious.

I love how you set up Hypnos’ team btw! And I am def nosey about whoever that Pokémon is.

I can just see Hypnos’ team all napping together in a big cuddle pile. It is so adorable.

a few of Y/N’s Pokémon had definitely wormed in their way into that pile btw.

I like your set up for the Elite Four btw! Athena would be awesome and would well as the boss before Zeus since she is his golden child.

love Achilles’ type and fits him really well. Does he have Empoleon on his team since that is the only water/steel type? ( I think. It had been a while since i played Pokémon.)

If i can suggest an idea for Patroclus, have you thought having him a normal type trainer? He could still use dual types along it fitting with ppl underestimating him then getting their ass kicked by him.

but only if you want! I just like the idea of ppl being like ‘pat who’ then after getting defeated, they are like ‘Patroclus, the best of the gym leaders’ lol

The river lethe as a theme gym sounds amazing~~~~

Oh! And the fact that the legendary Pokémon just vibes with Hypnos and his family is such a funny idea. Imagine Christmas with all of them and all of the family Pokémon in one place. XD

I can see Thanatos and Charon as ghost type specialists.

awwwww Thanatos would totally secretly pampers his favorite Pokémon.

also poor Giratina! Glad it has a understanding and caring trainer.

oooo a yveltal! 👀

I love that Hypnos being an assistant (and maybe an optional battle if he found at Y/N’s gym at the right time? Or if the player does a special quest for Hypnos to get him to agree to a battle?)

Battle Anon, I love this whole thing and I can’t wait to see what else you come up with! ^.^

Ps. Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I definitely haven’t been playing Pokémon music on repeat since getting this ask lol.

[balteren]

closed starter with: nell and isra (@bourgeoning) location: isra's chambers time: late night on the second day of the invasion

Nell’s first bath after leaving the dungeons felt like dipping into the River Lethe. The warmth of the water, paired with her deep, unceasing exhaustion, cleared the memories of the previous night from her mind. There wasn’t a sense of relief as the memories lifted, there was only a serene quiet that settled over her mind as she sunk deeper into the tub. But it did not last forever, and as the water began to cool and her fingertips began to wrinkle, the aching returned. She briefly dried her hair with a cloth before putting it in a loose plait, and slipped into her loosest dress and a dark cloak before quietly exiting her room. It was late, and the halls were empty, but this suited Nell’s needs perfectly. She did not want to be seen by anyone, at least not yet. As she neared Isra’s chamber door, she hesitated, fearing she would wake her, but took a deep breath and knocked anyway. The door opened, and Nell lowered the hood of her cloak, revealing her injured cheek. “I was told you were treating the injured. I’m quite worried about my cheek, I believe I may have broken the bone underneath, and I did not want to go to any of the other doctors,” she rambled, speaking quietly. “Please forgive me if I woke you.”

[sorrowmarked]

alex starter for @amirneer's darlington

"Oh, we've been telling everyone you were gone in Spain," Alex said, "Did I mention that already?" she asked as she stacked up a plate of pancakes Dawes had left for them in the Lethe kitchen. "Studying abroad was the official line, I think you can use it for how pale you look if you were just holed up in a library," she said, as she bit into one pancake without sitting down to put anything on top of it.

"Mmm solved a few murders," she said, sitting down at the table and pouring syrup over the pancakes. "I think that's it, catches you up, you didn't miss a lot," she said, grabbing a fork. "You know ... save for the murders."

Speaking of murders they never really finished their talk from what was it? A year ago when he'd been about to ask her if she'd done it. If she'd killed Len and Betcha and Ariel. Though she guessed by now he knew the answer was yes, yes she did.

[huntershowl]

@ravenbled liked for a lethe starter.

I KNOW YOU. THE WORDS DO NOT leave her mouth, but they break through the fog in a way very few things do, over the past year or so. the veil shifts over her face; her head turns, veil-covered eyes following a face through the soiree crowd with pinpoint accuracy.

he disappears around the corner, into one of the mostly-unoccupied side rooms of this rented-out estate. they are technically open to all attendees. technically because they are rather antithetical to the spirit of an event such as this: an opportunity to network and talk business under the guise of charity. these are the rooms lethe escapes to more often than not when she needs a breath of fresh air, away from her fiancée and away from the muzzle of their dialogue script.

adeo is saying something, lethe realizes belatedly; her hazy vision lingers on that doorway for a moment before she turns back toward him. a gentle squeeze where his hand rests on her side, a little wink thrown in her direction. "don't wander too far." go. i can see you're distracted.

lethe gives his conversation partner a silent, gracious bow of the head in parting before she drifts into the crowd, a wraith in white among multicolor bodies. her heels click softly on the ballroom floor, then on polished hardwood as she ducks into the side room shouta aizawa disappeared into. she has to make sure her suspicions were correct — and being away from adeo's side is enough of a bonus that it doesn't particularly matter if she was wrong.

it's a book lounge tucked away from the great-hall space every other guest presses hungrily into. armchairs, a coffee table, a crackling fireplace, bookshelves stacked with leather-bound volumes. lethe rests a white-gloved hand on the back of an armchair, warily looking over at him through a gauzy lace veil. ❝ do you mind if i join you? ❞ a gentle voice, lilting and demure. ❝ it's a bit loud in there. ❞

[skyheld]

— how to they bear it? — as best they can.

skyheld. independent, selective multimuse for dragon age & bg3. lovingly tended by ciri (she/her, 30). established in the olden days & revamped may 2024, under reconstruction now and probably forever.

muses.

ameridan | a minor canon character from Dragon Age: Inquisition, the Jaws of Hakkon DLC | non-binary, he/him pronouns | TW: animal death present in backstory | DRAGON AGE VERSE | BALDUR’S GATE 3 TAV/COMPANION VERSE | ALT. BALDUR'S GATE 3 VERSE (wip)

gatt | a minor canon character from Dragon Age: Inquisition | cis male, he/him pronouns | TW: slavery, indoctrination into a cult, ptsd. sexual assault present backstory | DA VERSE | INQUISITOR VERSE | BALDUR’S GATE 3 NON-TADPOLE COMPANION VERSE

lethe | a tadpoled companion oc from Baldur's Gate 3 | cis female, she/her pronous | TW: parental abuse | BALDUR'S GATE 3 VERSE

merrill | a canon character from Dragon Age: Origins and II | cis female, she/her pronouns | TW: blood magic | DRAGON AGE VERSE | BALDUR’S GATE 3 VERSE.

shianni | a minor canon character from Dragon Age: Origins | cis female, she/her pronouns | TW: slavery and (fantasy)racial oppression. Shianni is a rape survivor, which is mentioned/alluded to in her biography | DRAGON AGE VERSE

guidelines.

1. SELECTIVITY. I’m mutuals only and somewhat selective, meaning if I follow/follow back, I’m interested in writing with you. I will try to reach out to you with memes or by liking interaction calls and I highly encourage you to do the same! Sometimes it may take a while because I’m not seeing a meme that fits or I’m not on the dash when you post (hello GMT+1), but that never means I’m not interested. I am here to write. OOC communication will probably make me a lot more excited for our threads, even if its just a small comment in the tags. discord is available to mutuals on request.

2. MEMES. If in doubt, send the meme! I may not respond to all of them and never expect you to do so either. I might send several to give you options, feel free to delete any that don’t inspire you. Turning a meme into a thread is highly encouraged if you feel inspired to, and I usually try to write them with an opening for continuation. Please try to send me something if you reblog a meme, or reblog from the source.

3. PLOTTING. I might lean slightly towards plotted thread and/or plotted relationships, just because I find they last longer. Again though, memes can be a starting point and ice breaker.

4. STARTER CALLS. I will probably not post completely open starter calls very often because I find it very hard to write a starter with no direction. For specific verses it may happen, or I may reblog a list of starter prompts. When I do, it’s because I want more threads. If I’ve written several starters for you and you haven’t replied to any of them, I might approach you for plotting before I write you another. it’s totally fine to just tell me a particular starter isn’t working and we can figure out another, but I don’t like the feeling that I’m just writing them for no response, especially since they tend to take me a while to write.

5. SHIPPING. I like to let them happen naturally instead of plotting them beforehand, but if you feel like there’s chemistry there probably is, so don’t hesitate to say it!

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7. TRIGGERS II. I won’t follow/will unfollow if you don’t tag:

nsfw / nsft / whatever tag you use as long as I can find it.

pregnancy and childbirth (I’m fine with mentions and can deal with it in backgrounds and such. Descriptions and imagery are worse.)

8. FORMATTING. please don’t use double small text or gif icons in threads with me as I find it hard to read! I default to small text but will use regular if you do, and I alternate between almost no other formatting and a little bit more ~fancy~. If anything makes it hard for you to read, let me know.

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Thank you for reading!

[mikalaseabrooke-archive]

CLOSED STARTER for @rivcrlethe. WHERE | WHEN: Lethe Ink, early afternoon.

Mikala had scheduled the appointment with Bil a week or so ago, which had left more than enough time than really necessary for the tattoos he wants, relatively small pieces on his thumbs that could’ve easily been a walk-in. Still, he has a busy calendar that he follows with rigidity, and he has deliberately carved out time for this visit.

As he steps into the tattoo parlor, dark eyes are already searching for the artist—and owner of the shop—that he booked with. He'd visited here a couple of times already and, deciding that he enjoyed the quality of work, opted for a third round.

Stepping up to the counter, he flashes a smile, short-lived and feigned friendliness. “I know I’m a bit early but,” only by ten minutes or so. “I’m here for my appointment.”

[stygicniron]

@brutalage is getting a random starter!

Nico looks like he's seen a ghost, eyes wide and skin much paler than usual. In theory, seeing a ghost is something he has more experience than most, considering most people he sees are ghosts, but as his eyes lock onto the figure across the hotel lobby, he feels his breath vanish from his lungs.

He doesn't usually remember much from his life before the Lotus Hotel; the River Lethe was pretty thorough at taking care of any and all memories. But the force of this particular memory hits him with the force of a raging Minotaur. The face is exactly the same, complete with a beard around his mouth and those sharp, cold eyes. The outfit is the same, well-tailored suit doing little to conceal the muscular form, and yet this man is here, looking exactly as he did in 1940s Italy, although now it's modern day New York.

And almost as if he could hear Nico's thoughts, his eyes turn to lock on Nico, beckoning with the look alone as Nico's feet lurch forward in reply. "Great Uncle Vandal?" he asks once he reaches the man's side. "What are you doing here?" But how could he still be alive? What's going on?

[therealfelicia]

Yesterday I went through that game of Pulp Alley (after a quick re-setup after noticing some misread rules).

Strange signals were detected by both Xcom and Ethereal forces, leading to a countryside mansion, actually a secret Exalt base. When Xcom arrived at the place it was already being burn down by Exalt agents. All that was left was to capture one of the fire-starters for interrogation (while stopping the aliens from doing the same).

This ended up being a narrow victory for the Lethe squad. There wasn't much fighting going on, with the focus of the scenario being getting through the flames and getting to the firestarters, but there was a memorable battle between a Big Daddy and an Elite Muton.

[naturesbeat]

parks and rec starters / ACCEPTING » @vierandancer said: ‘  this maze is like a maze.  ’ meiko and venat lost in some random garden in elpis trying to find hades/hyth/hermes --

𝚅𝙴𝙽𝙰𝚃 𝙻𝙰𝚄𝙶𝙷𝙴𝙳: a bright, clear sound. “Yes, Elpis can be quite the labyrinth for the uninitiated.” In truth, she didn’t really mind the convoluted, looping paths. It was like a condensed trip across the star. One moment you were in a warm, sandy clime; the next, in the depths of the jungle. 

“This way will take us toward Lethe. A beautiful place, but somewhat melancholic. I don’t imagine Hermes would linger there…”

[dusmoros]

¥ for Megaera [ @fireandfae ]

Put ¥ in my ask and my muse will rate your muse

Megaera's thoughts about Malleus

Looks: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ── ❝ Malleus is beautiful in the way that the Night must be beautiful to the Everdark. Or the way that the Lethe must be beautiful to those who want to forget. To say the least, he is aesthetically pleasing, but I have yet to see him at his worst, and that ... I am sure will be something terrifying to behold. ❞ Personality: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ── ❝ I've met satyrs with more personality than he presents. I'm certain that if I gave him more of my time, he would reveal himself to be another heir apparent with the emotional depth that a king ought to have. For now, I'll be blunt about it, Malleus has the personality of an edgy teenager. ❞ Attraction: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ── ❝ He is physically attractive, enough that I can''t deny it, but he loses points for his personality. ❞ Would they date them: yes | no Favorite thing about them: ❝ Well, he's very easy to keep track of ... it's almost like being a fury has its perks. Or, perhaps, we've crossed paths in our night walks. Who's to say. ❞ Least favorite thing about them: ❝ His immaturity, for starters. Really makes me think of some of the worst so-called heroes. How often he ignores his own guards, instead of dismissing them properly, he just disappears. It was funny once, but now it's become annoying. ❞

[asexual-levia-tan]

im sure people who are more into farming sims have definitely gone over this better than i can, but harvestella really falls short in some aspects.

i mean i was already pretty sure this was never really intended to be a farming sim even before it came out, more that the farming was an added mechanic to enhance the lingering dread of quietus being at the end of each month (despite the mc not even being affected by it, so idk why you cant dungeon crawl during it)

but like for example: there is a doctor in this game. she is an important npc with a storyline. despite all her built in dialogue about “remember to take care of your health” and “remember to come to me if you feel unwell” you cannot go to her to replenish/boost stamina or health. kind of ridiculous. i know the stamina system in this game is already kind of unique, but when dishes are expensive to make and shoving grass in your mouth to fill your stomach is a better idea resource-wise than eating a full dish that could’ve been used to replenish your health instead. it just feels like an oversight.

piggybacking off of that: the seeds in this game are like. Super Expensive. outside of the starter crops you can buy in lethe (the most basic of basics, wheat and grass and lettuce) seeds can be up to like. 600 money per single seed. i think peach tree seeds are over 4000. some of those are crops that regrow, sure, but thats still a ridiculous financial investment especially if you arent selling the crops that you harvest (i spent like over 1000 money on two (2) garlic seeds. i used both garlics in a single recipe. so much for cooking being cheaper than buying food.)

i wont get into the “theres no marriage!” because im ace and probably aro so the concept of a Platonic Life Partner Who Lives In Your Home is already basically just a marriage system to me, but there’s no character OR home customization. you can’t buy or create furniture or clothing, and while your outfit on the field changes depending on what class you’re playing, thats not reflected in cutscenes or villages. only in dungeons.

so yeah.

[sorrowmarked]

alex stern starter for @itsybitsyparker

Alex had thought she was going to coast through Yale as a fake art student as she did real work for Lethe, she never really anticipated biology. What she anticipated less was a biology partner who reminded her more than just a little of Darlington. It unnerved her a little, felt like she was sitting with his ghost.

"I'm going to be honest with you Parker," she said, "I know almost nothing about science, you must have some real shit luck to be stuck with me," she said. And then she sighed, "I'll try my best though, not to be like dead weight," she said.

"Upside, I can uhh ... help you out with what's the best food to eat in the dinning halls?"

Truly she had nothing. I can keep ghosts away, probably wouldn't sound that sane.

[queenamongstshades]

Date: May 3rd 2021 Time: 1:30 pm Location: Not where Caoimhe planned to be Status: Open!

She doesn’t know much – Caoimhe will be the first to admit to that. What she does know: that house. Faolan’s, technically, though she supposes she should get used to calling it theirs. An apartment, he’d informed her, but it simply feels like home. A shared space above that smithy of his. She’s also beginning to know the tell-tale signs of incorporeality – that’s what that kind witch had called this, anyway. This weakened feeling, an exhaustion that comes with haste and doesn’t quite let up, making her figure flicker and fade before her own eyes. Unlike during those in-between years, nowadays Caoimhe can keep herself on this side of the veil. The more difficult part seems to be staying where she wants to be. Which is how she lands in the midst of a room that is not at all part of the home she’d expecting to find her footing in. The shade winces as something topples over, and she’s reaching to right it when she spots her company looking as surprised as she is. “Oh! Well.” She’s definitely not in the right place, then. “Seems I’ve made right bags of this. Hm.” Faolan will probably be having a bloody fit. Fantastic. “Apologies for entering like this. Would you mind telling me how far I am from the smithy? Suppose it’d be good to know precisely how awful I am at navigating.”

[rafinova]

Date: May 30, 2021

Location: Balcony off of the ballroom

Time: ~6:45-7PM

The balcony had a much needed breeze that the lamia had been craving thanks to the heat from the stuffy jacket he’d worn tonight. It was funny, he could work all night in layers any month out of the year but not be bothered by sweat pouring down his face, arms wicking it away, but now that he was on a date he was paranoid about anything out of the ordinary. Nik had tried to remove the white jacket but if Rafi gave in this late in the game, he would have to admit defeat to the werewolf, so instead he just unbuttoned the top two buttons of his sleek navy button-down. 

Once left alone, shoulder leaning against the wall, he hated to admit he needed to smoke, but it was prohibited where he currently stood. His fingers thrummed on the jacket pocket where his cigarettes were secured, but other than that Rafael seemed rather calm and emotionless. 

One of his ex co-workers waltzed up to the lamia and started chatting his ear off, a man with long, straight black hair. When approached by someone who must’ve recognized one of the two men, for they asked about refreshments, Rafi quickly shook his head. “I am not working tonight, you’ve got to order at the bar, and it’s not complimentary this year. Besides, I’m sure many of the townsfolk are grateful the calories are a little harder to consume at this event,” he joked drily, not quite smiling. “With everyone getting tailor-made suits and dresses, I hear it’s been like Bridezilla the last few weeks.” Nikolai, thankfully, had gotten Rafi’s clothes for him as he worked his usual shift.