#puzzledust

[yellowmagicalgirl]

Ari: And hopefully before too long, you will be residing in a home with a Storm Lord of Stormreach... Puzzledust: I don't understand. Is this town run by elementals and I just didn't notice?

~ Khyber Shards Episode 126 "We Need to Talk"

The two maybe-elementals of House Tarkanan! I've published both pieces before, but not side-by-side as a single post. I also changed the watermark on Ari since it wasn't as legible last time (especially not now that I compare it to the Thora one).

[thewizardofozz]

the josh catalogue @puzzledusts

[comment-exchange]

371. when your seams have come unknitted (and you cry out to the sky) (Khyber Shards)

Title: when your seams have come unknitted (and you cry out to the sky)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55891729/chapters/141923839

Creator: YellowMagicalGirl

Work Type: Fanfiction

Fandom: Khyber Shards

Rating: Teen

Pairing: N/A

Word Count: 3377

Warnings: Self-Sacrifice, Suicidal Ideation, Descent into Madness, Feeblemind Spell (Dungeons & Dragons)

Number of comments: 0

Completion Status: WIP

Short summary/description: When the school is attacked, Thora and the Stryke Force finally find out what happens when a mind gets turned inside out by the Xoriat rune in the basement.

Snippet:

On instinct, Ari's mark glowed and a shield came up around his mind. He then extended the shield to Shade and Pog, who were clutching their heads, and to Kael, who had been hissing with pain. Ari hoped that Puzzledust had evacuated along with the kids and non-combatant staff. "She was right," Pog said. "You do make a better shield than I do, in this case." The three of them strode across the lawn and through the door frame. The front door had been ripped off its hinges. If they survived Cul'Sir, hopefully they could convince Forge to come back for a week or two to help them with repairs. "It's too quiet," Shade said. "Maybe everyone followed her into the basement?" Pog said. Ari's foot hit something, and as he looked down he was once more thankful that his mark was shielding him and his friends. "Not everyone." At Ari's feet was the corpse of member of the Stormreach guard. They were clawing at their eyes and ears, and their face was frozen in absolute terror. There was nothing around the Stryke Force to show what the guard had been so scared of.

[clown-balls]

@puzzledusts you need ti drop a post

[yerlifeguard]

Holy Cow! We’re up to $645!!! Thank you so much to everyone who’s contributed! There’s still time if you want to help @songsforkids make musical dreams come true for sick children go to songs for kids (dot) org/puzzledust (not a link😐)We play LIVE 7/11 at 8:00 pm. Link forthcoming! #endoftheline #500songs #puzzledust (at Mason Mill) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCU0osfJMml/?igshid=4z87m5tlqr0g

[alesunlimited]

@moonrakerbrewing in the house. #greencurtain #mosaicdoubleipa #beautifultyrantdipa #puzzledust #craftbeer #newenglandipa #hazyipa #sfbw2020 (at Ales Unlimited) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8R23xmpavP/?igshid=1ntc8bi0kv6zs

[talesfromthenorsesmouth]

I was showing a friend of mine your art and he said 'Ziggy Puzzledust' when I showed him your Edward.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THIS MAN GETS IT

[princessdragon96]

Day 12: Dust.

[unferalhippie]

Had such a great time with these cool catz 🎉 Repost from @puzzledustcircus - Disco Boogie Boomers time is the best time! The entertainment has begun at Soul Street in Byron Bay, and our funky boomers are rocking out on Jonson st. Come dance!! #soulstreet2017 #discoboogieboomers #puzzledust #rovingententertainment #roving #funk #funkymamas #70sdisco #disco #discodancers #byronbayperformers #byronbay #newyearseve2017 #newyearseve #byronbayexperience - #regrann (at Byron Bay)

[nationalcomingoutday]

I can remember as early as the third or fourth grade knowing that I was different than all the other kids. I didn't know how to place it. I am female. I knew that being gay was an option, but all my crushes up until that point had been boys. I hadn't been in any relationships yet because I was just a kid. But I knew, somehow, someway, I was different.

In the fourth grade I remember moving down to Georgia and the other kids asking if I would date a black guy. My crush at the time (which pretty much everyone knew about) was a white boy named Andrew. No one had ever had a crush on me. I was a fat kid, and I'm still a fat adult. Back then I thought I was ugly, and everyone around me confirmed that. I was bullied horribly. Nonetheless, I responded to the question, "Would you date a black guy?" with something along the lines of, "I don't care who loves me, so long as they love me for me." I never really had a preference before.

Needless to say, they laughed. They had found another thing to tease me with. They asked if I liked girls to, to which I shrugged and repeated my answer, "I don't care who loves me." This went on into the 5th grade. I finally found a friend, Megan, and we bonded over anime. We were both weirdos, outcasts, and that strengthened our bond. Looking back on it now, she was my first girl crush. I still didn't know how different I was.

Middle school was much worse. I discovered the LGBT community, and I started to relate to Bisexuals. It never felt like it fit, but it was all I had. I was in the closet, hard, and in the 8th grade, I unintentionally came out to my peers when I started dating a girl named Heather. We were both in band, and we, again, were both outcasts. She would have been in the 8th grade, but she was held back for some reason or another. Everyone I knew hated her. I started to be friends with her, and they hated me too, now with more ammo! Not only was a fat, weird, asocial, and more, but I held hands with a girl, and we wrote love letters to each other. They had their suspicions about us dating, but one day, I went to the bathroom, and a love letter she gave me fell out of my pocket. The class passed it around, giggling and everyone read it. Everyone knew. They were right; I liked girls.

I came back to the classroom and everyone one looked at me and started laughing. I took the letter from the hands of one of my classmates, and I went to my seat, embarrassed. Forced out of the closet. Later that week, someone asked me in English class if I really did like Heather. They just blurted it out, in the middle of class. I said, "Not that it's any of your business, but yes, Can we please move on?" And they just laughed and mocked me more. The entire class was whispering and giggling. I stood up, asked to go to the bathroom, and left the class for the rest of the period.

I went to the only person I thought I could trust, the school counselor. I told them I was being horribly bullied, and she brushed me off when I told her what it was all about. She was homophobic, and I liked a girl, so she didn't like me either. As she dismissed me and sent me back to class, I muttered something about suicide, and she pulled me back into the office. I was being bullied to the point that I wanted to die. She made me call my mom, who was working, and tell her about my relationship with Heather. She asked me "Who put 'these thoughts' in your head??" and accused my friends of turning me lesbian. She yelled at me like I had just told her I joined a gang and killed someone. She came and got me early that day.

Over the summer break, I broke it off with Heather, for personal reasons. I moved on to high school, which went by in a blur. In freshman year or so, I discovered Pansexuality, and the mindsets of "Hearts not Parts" and "Love regardless of." I flourished! My friends embraced me. I was still bullied, but I started to realize, "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." I had found the title that fit me, and I loved it! I came out to my dad, who was pretty "meh" about it, and mom started to warm up to it too. Things finally started to look up for me.

I graduated, after a few short relationships here and there, and one long lasting one, that just ended recently, after five and a half years. I am 22 now, in college for what I love, and still finding that if someone doesn't like you, oh well, they can go do their thing, and you can go do yours. There are people out there who will care. There are people out there who will support you. It gets better! If you ever need an open heart, I'm here. This is PuzzleDust, and that was my journey. 

[that-one-tea-anon]

Post-Atlantale Thoughts

So before I go ahead and post the countless cosplay pictures I took, I'm going to try and write down some thoughts on Atlantale as a whole. I think what I liked the most about the event, besides all the fun panels, awesome cosplays etc. was that everybody around us seemed to be on their best behavior. And despite the drama that inevitably happens here and there, I honestly feel really proud of the Undertale fandom today. All around me, people were asking before taking pictures of cosplayers, or of people’s stalls. There were children with their parents who weren’t made to feel unwelcome or uncomfortable. The panels I attended went really well - and while there were a few non-serious and meme questions asked, nobody was inappropriate, creepy, or talked over the panelists. Even the occasional problem seemed to be resolved without confrontation. For instance, after I approached someone with a kazoo, and asked them to please play it elsewhere (because it was interfering with Bones’ hearing aid, making it effectively useless) I never once heard their kazoo for the rest of the event, or at least not in the Ballroom. They didn’t even have to go that far, but they did. And I don’t know who they were - but if they’re reading this, thank you for being so considerate of others’ disabilities. I hope you had a good time, even without your instrument! And as long as this is okay, I’d like to give a special shout-out to @puzzledust - we really can’t thank you enough for helping Bones ( @that-one-bone-anon ) to relax when things were overwhelming her. You saved our metaphorical lives, rocked your cosplay, and Mettaton himself would be proud of how you encouraged those around you. The three of us wish you all the best.

I feel like overall, everybody - regardless of age, race, gender identity or sexuality - seemed to be having a really great time. Atlantale really brought some amazing people together, in a way that really captured the spirit of the game. But what I think really summed up the whole attitude of that day, and the people who attended, was what happened during the closing speech. While I unfortunately can’t remember the name of the person who was speaking, she was pretty much the ‘founder’ of the gathering, and she spoke from the heart. She mentioned her social anxiety, her mental illness. How she’d struggled for so long to do anything, and with help from friends and strangers alike, had managed to pull together enough people and resources to host Atlantale. People cheered. They applauded. People shouted out ‘we love you’. She was so overwhelmed, she burst into tears, and almost couldn’t continue. And then this happened.

People from all over the room (including cosplayers, artists, and @that-one-bone-anon - she’s on the left, wearing the pink shirt) rushed the stage to comfort her and give her a hug so she could finish her speech. If I didn’t have my camera out to snap a photo of it, I would have hardly believed it happened at all. But it did. And I cried. Because if there’s one thing that sums up the spirit of Undertale, and what it means to people, it’s this. It’s people united in kindness and empathy, and caring deeply for each other. Toby Fox would be proud.

And that’s Atlantale 2018. I’ll post cosplay photos soon. <3 - Tea!Mun

[yellowmagicalgirl]

Ari: And hopefully before too long, you will be residing in a home with a Storm Lord of Stormreach... Puzzledust: I don't understand. Is this town run by elementals and I just didn't notice? ~ Khyber Shards Episode 126 "We Need to Talk"

Over a year later, I have finally finished part 2 of this art! Originally I had wanted to give him forked ears and a lightning eldercross, but he has a crown that changes shape of his ears if he wants it to, and I felt adding in an eldercross would make the piece too busy.

[thewizardofozz]

awesome gift for @puzzledusts he loved me for this trust me

[yerlifeguard]

puzzle dust will be performing this Saturday, May 1st at 7pm. “Where”, you may ask. From the comfort of your very own home on whatever device you choose! “What are you playing,” you may be wondering. 2 songs by The Beatles! “Why,” you continue with your incessant questions. We are helping raise money for @songsforkids! If you’d like to donate, DM me and I’ll send you a link! #puzzledust #livestream #songsforkids #beatles (at Mason Mill) https://www.instagram.com/p/COJurJtJuBk/?igshid=1q3ghw4766mh0

[rowanlewismusic]

I just heard the Ballad of the Crystal Gems, and I must tell you it is wonderful! It is everything I wanted from the themesong, and more. You are one talented Human. The song is awesome and so are you. Any fan of Steven Universe is a (potential) friend of mine. Uh, hi. I'm Kendra. 19, from the US. My favorite gem is Pearl. I can sing, but I'm more of a visual artist. I used to play the flute years ago. (I think I did this backwards? Social stuff is hard.)

oh wow, thanks! that’s really sweet of you to say so, ah.

my name’s rowan! i’m 18, from the uk. my favourite gem is garnet ;u; i’ve been messing around on the guitar for a long, long time, haha.

if you’d like my personal tumblr. please message me. there might not be as much su on there as you’d hope, but it may still be of interest. nice to meet you!

[clanblutopod-blog]

Guardian, Skydancer, and Nocturne :3

Guardian: If you werea guardian, what would your charge be?Probably a ton of micro goats. I love them and I want to squish and protect them all.

Skydancer: Favourite eye colour?Honestly, I like them all. I do really like Lightning and I love Water eyes on baby noodles. 

Nocturnes: Your favourite pose (Male/Female)oooh I’m not sure. I thinks between imperials & fae for male & Snappers & Coatls for females.