#you're gonna goddamn revive yourself

[time-traveling-reaper]

“reviving myself”

-not depressing -powerful (you can bring yourself back to life?) -reviving = do over? -dramatic reaction that evokes confusion and emotion

They should invent a phrase as incredibly evocative as "killing myself" that isnt about killing yourself

[sapphicdib]

Actually just sending an ask:

How many hours of rain world have you played?

This many!

Also because I feel like it I'm gonna explain how I do my Hunter runs so some tips n general shit below the cut :3

(just to preface this: even though I call these "score/points runs" I dont actually use the "official" score run rules, so I can't help you if you actually wanna be able to submit these to like a leaderboard or smth. I use karma caching and vanilla exploits and stuff, mainly bc im just doing this to have fun)

Okay so the initial setup is:

Get a king vulture mask on the first cycle. This makes it so if you die, you just restart and don't have to re-do a ton of stuff. Use the vulture grub in LF_A04 and fight them in that long room to the left of it.

You can feel the difference between a regular vulture mask and a king vulture mask. Getting a king vulture mask specifically is crucial.

Taming the blue lizard that spawns in LF_D03 with a noodlefly or centipede is pretty easy, although those motherfuckers are SO GODDAMN STUPID it might take you a minute to actually get them to cooperate. Or not die.

Den with your new friend in LF_S02. This is my base of operations until I actually...start playing the game lol. I use vanilla exploits and karma cache/starve cycle (whatever u wanna call it) until I have the survivor, the friend, the martyr, and the saint passages.

Next, I go and get the echos in subterranean and farm arrays, letting myself get teleported back to LF_S02 each time.

After that, I go up to sky islands and den in SI_S04, and the next cycle I get the sky islands echo.

This is where the run actually starts lol. Some tips I have are:

Rush Pebbles. Start working up to getting the monk passage by eating the poppycorn in sky islands, eating pebbles' neurons when you get to the top of the wall, eating the poppycorn at the top of chimney, etc and so forth. Getting the monk passage is WAAAAY harder than the hunter so I always go for it first.

Don't get the chimney echo the first time you pass it. When you're back down from Pebbles, go down to CC_C13 and grab the vulture grub, then go back up to CC_C09 and cheese vulture kills by summoning them and killing them while they're passed out. This also helps if you somehow lost your mask along your journey.

Let yourself kill scavengers. They're 6 points each and take only one or two hits to kill. You can always repair your rep in the later cycles of the game, it actually doesn't take as many cycles as you think.

Technically reviving Moon is sub-optimal, since it only gives you 100 extra points. I don't care I will never not revive her <3. However if you do actually wanna get like, the highest score possible, skip this. Shoreline is ass for spawns and you don't get many kills.

For me, once I'm done reviving Moon, I like hanging around Industrial, Pipeyard, Outskirts, and Farm Arrays to just start killing tons of shit. There are plenty of green and caramel lizards, which each give you 10 and 11 points respectively, and cyans are also everywhere. Just be careful in outskirts bc the red lizards there are free-roaming, unlike industrial where it cant get out of that one room.

My personal route to getting the wanderer is: Farm Arrays -> Sky Islands -> Skip Chimney go straight to The Exterior -> Five Pebbles -> Chimney Canopy (den near the echo) -> Industrial -> Shaded -> Shoreline -> Garbage Wastes -> Industrial -> Pipeyard -> Industrial -> Outskirts -> Drainage -> Subterranean. You will likely get the nomad easily doing this, I usually get it going from Farm Arrays to Pebbles.

BE BRAVE!! You have to kill in order to get points, after all! A death is only -3 points. Even if it's frustrating, you can easily make that up by killing a squidcada or whatever. Sometimes you gotta run headfirst at that vulture, man. You'll be surprised how strong Hunter actually is.

That's my advice, other than play the game obsessively for 700 hours LMAO. At this point I have hunter's spawns memorized so I know where to go to find stuff to kill. It also doesn't help that I have chronic lilypad hunterbrain so.........yeah!

[grimlucent]

Me and my friends play DND

DM: No stop trying to use Charm, it's literally a fucking tentacle monster. ME: Getting frustrated. WHY CAN'T I USE CHARM IT SAYS I CAN SEDUCE ANYTHING! DM: Because you can't seduce a goddamn tentacle monster! A monster made entirely out of tentacles! Think about it! ME: LET IT FUCK ME GOD DAMMIT DM: No! Absolutely not! ME: IF I WIN I CAN DISTRACT IT WHILE YOU GUYS GET AWAY AND IF I LOSE THE NECROMANCER CAN JUST REVIVE ME AND I CAN TRY AGAIN DAMMIT DM: No, absolutely not! It's just a tentacle monster! What are you gonna do, seduce it with a mating dance? ME: I VERY WELL COULD IF I WANTED TO! DM: I absolutely do not believe you. MY FRIENDS: *Trying to to laugh.* FRIEND 1: Don't encourage them. FRIEND 2: The best part is even if she did have a chance, it definitely wouldn't be a good thing if it worked. DM: Exactly! Do you honestly want to be in the situation where you're having to explain to the rest of the party why you're pregnant with a tentacle monster's baby? ME: Oh shit. ... I'll just get an abortion. DM: …Wow, you're even more irresponsible than I thought. FRIEND 1 and FRIEND 3 burst out laughing at that one, FRIEND 2 is giggling. The DM groans and rubs his temple. DM: I guess this is the level of responsibility expected of someone who thinks you can seduce tentacles. FRIEND 2: You should let them roll for it out of sheer curiosity. FRIEND 1: Agreed, I wanna see if she actually has a chance. DM: Oh god, fine. Go ahead and roll a [Charisma] check. ME: Angel: Great. Rolls a dice and gets a good number. Okay now what? DM: …You rolled an 18. You somehow managed to seduce the tentacle monster with your mating dance. Congratulations. ME: Pumps my fist in the air. Sweet! DM: It's not sweet! Now you have to explain to the rest of the party how you got yourself impregnated by a tentacle monster. ME: Jokes on you my character can't get pregnant so suck on that. DM: You're going to be the reason the DM has to add "tentacle impregnation immunity" to the racial traits of goblins now. ME: Grins. I'm glad I can affect an entire species just by being a whore. FRIEND 3: Still giggling a bit. You know I kinda admire their courage now. Not many people would have the guts to roll for something like that and then stand by their word. FRIEND 2: Bursting out laughing. FRIEND 1: She really does have a talent for making me question my own sanity.

[gildead]

so i know i said i would never address the events surrounding [REDACTED] on this blog. and i still won't. i want to make something clear though, because of the chatter regarding villain muses.

team rocket, logistically speaking, probably had nothing to do with gold's death. i'll explain my reasoning under the cut.

imagine, if you will, that you are giovanni. while you once were the most powerful man in kanto, what with being the strongest gym leader AND the head honcho of team rocket, you have fallen from grace because your criminal dealings have come to light thanks to a smartass kid. you're a smart man, however. you lay low, leave the region for a while. even when your admins try to hold up a radio tower to call you back, you hang back - partially because you're ashamed of yourself, but also because they got THEIR asses beaten by a second smartass kid and frankly it's embarrassing it's happened twice.

now, suppose. you're licking your wounds in unova, having a drink at your favorite hole-in-the-wall. the news flickers on. a horrified reporter reads that the mutilated body of a young child has been found in the johto region.

they put up a picture of the boy. you recognize him. he's the one from the radio tower. the one who stopped your team's revival.

now. pay close attention because this part is crucial. who do you think they're going to start investigating first.

because that's not just a normal boy. that's the boy who beat red, the first smartass kid, on mount silver. the boy who earned sixteen badges and the respect of two pokémon leagues, which house in no particular order: a war veteran, two different ninjas, multiple strongmen, a powerful psychic, BLUE MOTHERFUCKING OAK, and two highly powerful dragon trainers from a long line of dragon trainers.

one of which who helped this boy strongarm his way into your base and is THE FORMER CHAMPION.

SERIOUSLY, YOU THINK THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE IS BAD? HAVE YOU SEEN LANCE AND HIS FIFTY MILLION DRAGONITE? THE MAN BLASTED A HOLE INTO YOUR BASE'S ENTRY, AND THAT'S JUST WHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION WAS ABUSING AND TRAFFICKING POKEMON. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S GONNA DO TO A GODDAMN CHILD MURDERER, HUH. SPOILER ALERT, IT WILL BE MUCH WORSE.

ahem.

you get what i'm saying though? ordering the violent murder of the kid who beat you the second time around in such a gratuitous manner is a bad move for the guy trying to stay away from the public spotlight, especially after his organization got exposed TWICE. and especially when nothing's been done to red. it's inconsistent, and i'm pretty sure gio HAS some kind of ethical code. even if it's a criminal one.

also gold was friends with his son so was he REALLY that bad a kid?

'but vetra, the executives-' up the shut. doggedly loyal to giovanni as they may be, they are not stupid. archer literally took the L with grace upon getting his butt whooped.

if it was a murder, team rocket would probably have a VESTED INTEREST in bringing said murderer to justice. granted, it's team rocket, so it's probably fucked up mob justice. but that's what happens when you encroach on their turf i guess.

[vanosslirious]

BBS Dialogue Prompts: #217

BBS Prompts & Sentence Starters: [ 11 ]

VANOSSGAMING

These guys are really bad at parkour.

Oh, jumpscare, so scary!

He’ll do anything for candy.

Why are we buying pants?

I feel like I’m just hanging out with you guys in a random basement.

Where did this guy come from?

That sounds awesome.

Does that mean go, that means go, right?

You know what this is, a perfect opportunity to order food.

What did you do?

Sorry, I should’ve healed earlier.

I wish you died…

I discovered that eight hours ago.

You’re a poet, and you’re not aware.

Someone describe what the hell is going on.

I didn’t say I wasn’t enjoying myself, I just said it was really cool.

Yes, my hero!

He was actually still alive.

What is this, some kind of sick cult?

I'm not even hungry, I just want to make sure I have something for a victory munch.

SMII7Y

Don't go for him, he's dangerous!

I'm hiding in the goddamn bathroom.

And we both accomplished something today.

He's just way better.

How is he not dead?

I did not do that, I just want to clarify, I did not do that.

That’s for killing me, you fuck.

Oh, wow, alright.

What’s it doing, it’s so shit.

It did nothing for me.

BASICALLYIDOWRK

I’m ready to go where you guys are.

You guys ready for this adventure?

I told you not to do that.

Why does he want me?

I didn't take anything, swear to God.

I think he's gonna run the same deck.

I hate that so much.

I'm betting on the demon, and I don't know what it is yet, bitch!

We're not very good…vampires.

Oh my God, come here.

BLARG

No it wasn't, you're lying to yourself.

I'm gonna throw up to the sound of you playing harmonica!

You're not worth it.

Do I look like I bought the lobster?

Someone distract him.

I hate when dad drinks.

You guys look like a shitty high school play.

You know you’re wearing a lobster suit, right?

Sorry guys, my car alarms going off.

I'm all bricked up with nowhere to go.

WILDCAT

My teams really letting me down here.

You fucking rat!

He’s digging straight down.

I don’t think he’s working on it.

I almost fell.

I would’ve found it within seconds.

Not even fifteen minutes of footage, and he’s the one who died.

We should go on an adventure together.

Whoever shot him, thank you, you're doing the Lord's work.

What in the holy fuck am I getting into?

GRIZZY

What happened, I'm coming back.

We're also missing a door.

I'm gonna drink my problems away.

I wish my screen wasn't so fucking blurry.

Bro, what the fuck is going on here?

Can I have the hat?

Don't shoot him, just tie him.

This is all your fault!

That's not good.

Oh, that's probably what I was doing.

NOGLA

Does anyone want to hear about my tooth?

Don’t take your mask off!

Can we just agree that no one gives a fuck about the story.

You ain’t going to see me in person, you ain’t never going to see me in person, you never leave your house.

That gave me a migraine, am I dead?

I made my friend rage quit.

We did, that was the first switch we hit.

He’s the guy that haunts the house, didn’t you read the story?

This game is a little too complex for us.

Stop, I don’t know how this game works.

BIGPUFFER

Can this thing even catch up?

What, that killed me?

What the fuck do you mean 'good luck?'

How did you get him?

How the fuck did he live?

It's the same fucking guy, he keeps coming back.

Sorry, I audibly threw up.

Ooh! Don't revive him, it takes you in there!

How do you blow these things up?

Wait, is it in?

MOO

Wise words.

Are you freaking kidding me, holy crap!

Why is that your comeback to everything?

So comfy.

Maybe not punch all my animals.

At least I didn't do that.

Let me get back in this!

Oh, that's unfortunate for me.

Nice little warm up.

You guys don't know all the lore?

KRYOZ

I don't think it really matters, I don't think it was going to do what we needed it to do, anyways.

No, it was so close!

If I turn the wrong way, I'm just fucked.

Is this getting thinner?

Oh yeah, blame it on me not playing.

This is where I catch up.

What the fuck, I'm dead!

I got ahead, and you guys suck.

Help, help, hold my hand!

That's good, that's good, keep it going.

TERRORISER

Oh, that door opened down there!

Yeah, go fuck yourself.

He didn't choose it, but he's happy to keep it.

Did you punch the screen?

Where the fuck am I?

Spit on your hand.

What's this thing in the middle?

I feel like there's more in here and you're not telling us.

What the fuck is chasing me?

It's invisible on my screen!

[azulazenin]

Fire Lilies

Summary: A flower it's just a flower anywhere in the world, but in the Fire Nation, the smallest gestures can hide bigger meanings. Even for the princess.

Paring: Azula x Ty Lee

A/N: This was originally written in portuguese for the tyzulaweek challenge, and posted on my wattpad account. I tried my best to translate it, so take it easy on me, english it's not my first language 😅

The first memories Azula had around fire lilies came from her early childhood, a time where everything was simpler, when her only concerns involved play with her friends and bully her brother. In that time, Azula was already a terror, a little adorable beast who liked to use the poor plants to train her fire aim, only for the pleasure of watching the immensity of black petals reduced to a pile of ashes. "They deserve it, they're not as pretty as the others." She always thought to herself, but that little act of rebellion didn't last long, Zuko exposed her bad behavior, and Ursa forbade her of keep on destroying the royal garden.

Not that Ursa was capable of stopping her daughter of doing what she likes, but anyway, the flowers did not suffer again in the hands of the princess, and the responsible for that was Ty Lee, by bringing a whole new meaning for the fire lilies in Azula's life.

— You wanna do what in my hair? – Azula was reluctant on letting someone touch her hair, especially the topknot.

— A wreath of flowers! – Ty Lee proclaimed in an adorable enthusiastic sound. — Please Zula, I already asked Mai and she didn't let me. I'm gonna do your hair just like mine, you're going to be so pretty! Well i'm not saying that you aren't already pretty, but…

— Ok! – the princess gave in, fearing that Ty Lee kept on talking all day long. — Just do the goddamn wreath.

Azula sat at the edge of the corridor stairway that connected all the courtyards in the palace, Ty Lee one step above her. With half hundred fire lilies, the little acrobat worked her way through the princess' dark hair, arranging the flowers into a arc to keep bangs away from the eyes and a cascade down a long braid. When finished, Ty Lee was so proud of her job she almost cry out of happiness.

— See? I told you it was going to be gorgeous! – she spoke between leaps, crushing Azula into a hug and giving little kisses across her face.

Azula felt her cheeks burning red and butterflies in the pit of her stomach. Her body used to react like this when she was angry, but she never had those two symptoms at the same time before, and never accompanied by that itch on the left side of her chest. Definitely, it wasn't anger what she was feeling.

— Y-yeah sure, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. – Azula babbled when she saw her reflection through the water of the fountain and stepped away from her friend, desperately trying to get rid of those scary unknown emotions.

But she didn't managed to do it, not that day, nor the days ahead of her. Azula was yet to young to understand that weird feeling close to her heart, to small to know why she always revive it whenever she was close to Ty Lee or fire lilies. But eventually she learned to disguise, to ignore the cold in her belly and sent away the redness of her face, though it was really difficult to pretend her heart wasn't beating like crazy when her friend was close with flowers on hands or asked to touch her hair.

Years later, when Azula was in her early teenage years, her father entrusted her with the biggest mission of her life, and the princess knew very well she could only count on two people to help her. All she had to do was ask, the authority of her title would do the rest, as it was the case with Mai in Omashu, but she didn't want the things to be like that with Ty Lee too. After spending such a long time away from her friend, Azula needed to know if the fire lilies had on Ty Lee the same effect they had on her.

— What an exquisite performance. – Azula said when she entered dressing room after the show, placing the bouquet of black flowers on the table. — I can't wait to see how you'll top yourself tomorrow.

Azula faced the acrobat through the mirror, trying to study her reaction, but apparently, the princess' ability of reading other people's emotions was useless on Ty Lee, 'cause she ended up losing herself in other details. There was no deny that her friend was beautiful, the brown hair and that pair of gray eyes might not be such a big deal in other countries, but in the Fire Nation, it turned her beauty in something rather rare. A woman like that, in the non humble Azula's opinion, should be on a palace surrounded by servents tending to her needs, not in a filth circus at the ends of the world.

— I'm sorry Azula, but unfortunately it won't be a show tomorrow. – Ty Lee responded, awakening the princess out of her trance.

— Really? – the surprise was genuine, but Azula tried hard to pretend otherwise. Not even the conquering of Ba Sing Se could make her so happy as the realization that Ty Lee somehow corresponded those weird feelings.

— Yes, I wanna join you in your mission.

The next time Azula was close to Ty Lee and fire lilies at the same time, the circumstances weren't the best ones. The war was over and lost, her throne usurped by her brother, her facilities were a room that could easily be taking by a cell. Her only company was Zuko – when his duties as Fire Lord allowd him to remember he had a sister – the psychiatric hospital team, and of course, her little acrobat.

Sometimes, Azula was still tempted to hit Ty Lee with lightning as a punishment for her betrayal, but when she stop to think clearly, she comes to realize that she can't have the luxury of cutting from her life the few people that remain.

— Happy birthday, Zula. – Ty Lee wished during one of her weekly visits, handing to the princess a single fire lily through the bars. — I would've bring an entire bouquet, but the doctors didn't allow.

Azula held the freshly harvested flower, breathing the smell that brought back the memories from a childhood that seems to have been lived ages ago. She felt like crying, wishing to be a kid again. If she could go back time, she would've been nicer to Ty Lee, and wouldn't pretend she didn't like when her friend adorned her hair with a wreath of flowers.

— Thank you, Ty. – she said, holding against her chest the flower she would keep until the petals turnes to dust. — Come closer, I wanna tell you a secret.

There was no secret, not anymore at least. There were no expectations to be met nor goals to achieve, only a birth title that no longer stands for anything. There was nothing to hide, and as ironic as it could sound, it was behind those bars that Azula was finally free to do what she spend years wanting to do.

When Ty Lee approached her painted face with the Kyoshi Warriors colors, Azula did not pity to ruin the perfect makeup by sealing their lips with a kiss. Ty Lee frozed for a second, but she soon find out there was no escaping from what she too desired and kissed the princess back until she lost her breath.

— When I leave this place… – Azula said with a determined expression. — I will kiss you every single day of my life.