#never ending adventure

[caelwynn]

Confronting Mateo

Couple of quests had popped up on a rainy day, so Callie made her way to the mines to fulfill them and finally triggered this scene:

Not gonna lie, that bottom line from Mateo was the moment I decided they were my Callie's BFF. I identify with some things a bit too strongly.

This line here? First time I played through, I thought it a throwaway line. Dear readers, let me assure you that it is not, and the scene that follows can be missed if you're not careful.

Don't want to spoil things too far, but it's a good scene.

Don't miss it.

All my 1.6 playthrough posts can be found here, and my mod loadout here. If you're curious about Callie and my attempt to interweave SVE, Ridgeside, and East Scarp, look here for an ongoing series about her first year.

[studentinpursuitofclouds]

Funny thing, but as I studied the events of NEA Mateo and their interactions with Marlon and Gunther, I somehow felt... a prick of envy. Just considering that in the case of my OC Farmer Julian, he has a pretty strong relationship with Marlon (after Julian's father died, the old man became his father figure). And the way Marlon treats Mateo with such concern and care, like his own kid.... And I'm like wha- what about our Farmer? What about Julian? 🥲

Marlon: You're doing great, Mateo. I'm proud of you, kid.

Farmer: You... You never said that to me...

Or like:

Marlon: Mateo, you become our 13th member of the Adventurers Guild, congratulations. Good job, kiddo!

Farmer: Bu- But I'M the 13th member of the Adventures Guild, they should be 14th (or 15th if Kent joins early)! What is this bullshit!?

[lovecolibri]

Izzy: *fully in tears, screaming in laughter*

Brennan: *voice full of laughter and quiet desperation* We- we- we can't have our child in the dome. We can't have our child in the dome.

[islandoforder]

personally my fave thing is how whenever izzy is on d20 and she will let brennan talk for like five minutes and then brutally and unapologetically snipe him

[classical-bluess]

I bet on losing dogs

[lilybug-02]

An alarm clock sounds the end!

Bug Fact: Several insects can hear ultrasonic sound waves, including cockroaches, spiders, wasps, beetles, and flies.

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[time-woods]

im not ready for his whimsy im not ready but im ready who knew one mans whimsy could strike one down

[pointlessjey]

Finn the human and jake the dog

[delicourse]

lesbian pride moment 😳🌸

[sciderman]

the mcrib is back

[19burstraat]

hmmm I know we can surmise that kaz & jordie were the iphigenia of the series, in that, whether it's fair or not, they had to be sacrificed for the benefit of everyone else. jordie had to die and kaz had to suffer it and live with it, because if kaz had lain down and died on the barge, it would have had a crazy knock-on effect. inej likely would never have escaped the menagerie, or matthias from hellgate, jesper would probably have fallen foul of debtors or gangs some way or another (he gets at least one beating from enforcers), nina would have been caught up w the dime lions trying to get matthias out of hellgate, and there's even some more tangential ones, like kuwei probably dying at the ice court and marya being stuck at saint hilde.... but I wonder what would have happened to wylan.

kaz had him under dregs protection, so he never suffered the way he did ("kaz is your luck, merchling."); no beatings, etc. without that... well, it's tempting to think that wylan would have just been killed some way or another. and yeah, maybe, but miggson and prior couldn't get him, could they? wylan has that scary glimmer of the biting-animal, kaz-style survivalist in him, and he had a goal; amass enough money to get the hell out of ketterdam and start anew. but how far would wylan have gone to get that money? van eck's letters pushed him into the arms of dregs munitions building. without the perpetual intervention of kaz-- protection, constant jobs even when there were better people for it, good pay-- how quickly would wylan have turned into someone more like kaz? he has a core of decency, but he gets the privilege of keeping that, because kaz helps him to. alone, would he have surrendered it, or been forced to surrender it, just for a chance to survive? I don't think he would have ever willingly given up. it's not an accident that kaz and wylan's first days in ketterdam are so closely paralleled, or that they have a set of similar skills/traits; it's explicitly said that wylan would also be able to count cards and control decks like kaz can, if he wanted to. and after he finds out about his mother, wylan's comforted by the idea of retribution for van eck, that kaz could destroy his father's life. they're a little bit too similar. but kaz is there to take the moral fall, for the most part; all wylan has to do is help him. but without kaz... well. that's another story, isn't it?

[caelwynn]

Mateo's Heart Event Extravaganza

After getting inundated with drama Heart Events last time, this time she got hit with several again. This time, they all featured everyone's favorite, lovable rogue: Mateo. But since I'm trying to avoid spoiling much, I'll just leave you with a few hints.

First, she went up to the Guildhall to sell off equipment and instead got caught up in Marlon and Gunther's plotting:

Once said plan went off without a hitch, apparently Callie and Mateo decided to hit up the saloon, and along the way the pair stumbled upon Lewis locked out of his house. Mateo managed to use a trick they knew to get him back inside, but he wasn't impressed:

But they did finally make it to the saloon.

ll my 1.6 playthrough posts can be found here, and my mod loadout here. If you're curious about Callie and my attempt to interweave SVE, Ridgeside, and East Scarp, look here for an ongoing series about her first year.

[pokimoko]

haunting the narrative -> haunted by the narrative -> haunting the narrative -> haunted by

[seafoamheart]

Fern and his bros 🌿

[dykesynthezoid]

Brennan being Just Like Me once again

[fruitsyrups]

arts and crafts with bmo