#zooks talk

[onetoothpig]

SO APPARENTLY THERE'S A ZOOK HERO 3 NOW

WHAT

[askponyinuyasha]

There's talk of giant spiders and other less natural monsters near the old fortress in the center of the wood; Be careful out there.

Zooks: There's talk of giant spiders and other less natural monsters near the old fortress in the center of the wood.

Inuyasha: What?!

Inuyasha: We'll have to finish this later!

Gad: Be careful out there!

Astro & Sunburst: ...

@ask-wizard-sunburst: Did he say 'giant spiders'?

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~To be continued...~

(High-res transparent PNGs below the cut, and whoa-nelly there are a lot of them)

Thanks everyone for your patience! This bit took me a really long time because there were so many figures and new poses and effects to draw!

In the intervening time, I did really enjoy seeing everyone's speculations as to who the off-screen character was! Nobody managed to connect the dots that they'd seen this font and text color before!

Anyway I hope to do a couple more entries like this where I can sit back and let the story tell itself. I'll even try drawing some action sequences maybe but hopefully I can avoid drawing too many spiders.

[ask-cinnavanillamelody]

Dear Selene; I hope this letter reaches you. We're writing to compliment you on your fantastic spellwork with the moving house and such; removing every trace of your existence is not an easy thing to do, Zooks knows. Also writing you to say... yeah. We understand why you did it. Twilight and your... soul-mate(?) don't exactly seem compatible and you don't want to be alone again, and folks were talking like they wanted to take your son, too. Don't worry, Zooks hasn't figured out how to track you, this letter is just supposed to... find you on it's own. destroy it if it makes you feel better. I don't suppose Sombra has any regrets to air out? Any words he'd like to give back? Regardless, you were the nicest villain we've ever had the pleasure of lair-invading, and we hope to see you again soon-ish. Preferrably without the darker undertones of our last visit. -Gad and Zooks

Dear Gad and Zooks, Selene here

Thank you for your kind letter, it means so much to me that you are willing to show me, and by extension, my little family kindness.

I will admit, I did not trust many who came, and certain gray earth pony was particularly hurtful, but I should've expected that reaction, I have come to realize many ponies are...prone to fright when they look upon me now. Part of it is Somby's species as an Umbrum, they have a natural ability to instill fear in whoever looks at them. It's not ideal, I don't want to hurt or scare anyone, but I can't help seeming terrifying.

Thank you for the compliment on my enchantment! Did it surprise you when you could no longer read the direction Mira gave you? When my house disappeared in a very instant? And Mira has no recollection of even giving it to you? you are right, it is a very hard feat of magic! That just happens to be my special talent.

Somby does have a few regrets, and he would like to say them himself:

Hello hippogriffs. Not that I owe you anything but since you asked...I regret killing Princess Amore back then in the crystal empire, I never should have tried to be king, it wasn't my place. My biggest regret, is letting my only friend Radiant Hope down. I was lucky to find "selena" when I did, I was almost gone for good. But I know how being alone feels, the constant fear that everyone is out to get you, I did not want another to have to experience that. Selena has become my second chance, and I am grateful for her everyday.

But if any of you have ill intentions towards her, rest assured my wrath upon you will be felt. I hope I've made myself crystal clear.

woah- it's always a bit strange when he takes over like that, it's like going to sleep, then waking up again! but anyway, I hope this letter reaches you. (you will quickly find there's no return address hee hee!)

And I am truly not as villainous as I seem, neither is Sagi I might add, he's just...complicated.

Your friend,

Selena 🌑

[stephaniejuhnay]

Community fans, what is your favorite slightly obscure quote? I’m not talking cool cool cool or streets ahead or my whole brain is crying or even ya bit. I’m asking for deeper cuts. Either bc they’re funny or bc of their delivery or both.

Here are several of mine:

“Worth ittt.” Troy, Aerodynamics of Gender

“The…Soul Train awards…were tonight.” Troy, Social Psychology

“Ooooohh, I cannot.” Shirley, Horror Fiction in 7 Spooky Steps

“I know who Sean Penn is! I seen milk!” Professor Kane, Biology 101

“This means trace the call Rhonda!” Dean Pelton, Basic Intergluteal Numismatics

“No soft serve?!” Dean Pelton, Course Listing Unavailable

“Guys, what makes you think I can convince Chang of anything if I can’t even convince you not to make me do it?” Jeff, Environmental Studies

“Daammn, and the winner for best adapted Oscar burn goes to Jeff Winger for ‘oh snap, the man who went there.’” Chang, Epidemiology

“Paint?? Ball??” Elroy, Modern Espionage

“Desperate deans call for deansperate measures.” Dean Pelton, Modern Espionage

“By zooks, what sort of jackassery is this?!” Professor Whitman, Debate 109

“No to everything you both said!” Britta, Urban Matrimony and Sandwich Arts

“Did someone say Pegasus? A word I understand in every language.” Abed, Advanced D&D

“Jeff! I hope you’ve got an army of raisins because I’ve got a major scoop!” Annie, Investigative Journalism

“Well nice fix Tweedle Dumb and even Tweedler Dumb!” Pierce, Communication Studies

[andyyywastaken]

Remembering my nerdy kid obsessions: skylanders.

I love these little things, and i find it so weird how the series seemingly got wiped out sometime in 2017, and people forgot about it.

Never seen a trend die harder XD

Eh, i've still held on to em, and i love every single one of em :D

The ones i have:

Series 1 Shroomboom - Life - Giants

Trap Shadow - Magic - Swap Force

Series 1 Stump Smash - Life - SSA

Blast Zone - Fire - Swap Force

Wash Buckler - Water - Swap Force

Super Shot Stealth Elf - Life - Superchargers

Food Fight - Life - Trap Team

Ninja Stealth Elf - Life - Swap Force

Star Strike - Magic - Swap Force

King Pin - Water - Imaginators

Golden Queen - Earth - Imaginators

Crash Bandicunt - Life - Imaginators

Dr Neo Cuntex - Tech - Imaginators

Big Bang Trigger Happy - Tech - Swap Force

I remembered all of these off the top of my thinking dome B)

Damn im obsessed send help lmao.

The ones i used to have but were lost/destroyed :(

Series 2 Chop Chop - Undead - Giants (2012-2014)🪦

Wind Up - Tech - Swap Force (2013-2021)🪦

Snap Shot - (2014-2016)🪦

---

Take a moment to remember these sad lost plastic beans...

And then completely forget about them as you rant about-

The ones i want/am going to get:

ALL OF THEM.

But these are the ones i want the most:

Chopper - Tech - Trap Team

Knight Light - Light - Trap Team

Zook - Life - SSA

Legendary Bone Bash Roller Brawl (jfc-) - Undead - Superchargers

Cobra Cadabra - Magic - Trap Team

Jawbreaker - Tech - Trap Team

Hot Dog/Molten Hot Dog - Fire - Giants

Swarm - Air - Giants

Pit Boss - Undead - Imaginators

Chopscotch - Undead - Imaginators

Springtime Big Bang Trigger Happy - Tech - Swap Force

Night Shift - Undead - Swap Force

Theres more but i wont bore you with that XD

I LOVE this series, and if anyone wants, i am more than happy to keep talking about it lol.

Hit me up with a quessy if u wanna :D

[the-faramir]

Extinction Curse Session 2024/04/17 Part 2

On returning to the circus grounds outside of Willowside and handing the new tent over to a team of roustabouts for setup, the party took a moment to rest and consider the next move.

Zookdar stretched his arms out above himself and to the sides. "Well! I for one, could use a drink. Think I'll head on over to the tavern to get some beer—and maybe to find a woman to keep me company!"

The others just looked at Zookdar in disbelief. "Really, Zook," Midori chided, "we need to check in and see what else is goin' on around town, and you want to go out carousin'?"

"Sure! I've earned a little break," he replied and trotted off toward the tavern. The others shrugged and ran some errands in the meantime.

Two hours later, the party met up near the Willowside town square. Zookdar appeared to be a bit tipsy and had several large, black feathers stuck on his outfit. "I met a wonderful Tengu lady at the tavern," the gnome bragged to his teammates, "and her sister!"

Meanwhile, one of the mayor's aides approached the heroes to let them know that the mayor was looking for them. He led the team to the mayor's office.

"Madam Mayor," Midori spoke up, "You're lookin' to talk to us?"

The mayor replied, "Thank you for coming all the way to Willowside. Your presence has brightened up the town quite a bit. Hmm," the mayor chose her words carefully before continuing:

“I hate to ask this, but I must for the town’s sake. I know the dinosaurs have killed some people and other folks just simply left town. But there’s perhaps something else going on out in the swamp. A few hours east of town is a gambling hall and entertainment venue called Fortune’s Hall. The owners, the Carristers, have been big supporters of the town, despite being so far outside of it. For the past few weeks, no one’s heard from anyone there—not the Carristers, not their staff, not any of the regulars who were out that way. A few people went to check, but they didn’t come back. That was about when the reports of dinosaur attacks started, so I assumed that dinosaurs got them—and the folks at Fortune’s Hall for that matter. But a few days ago, one of the horses from Fortune’s Hall showed up here in town. The poor thing had almost starved to death, and it had an unusual bite on its leg. Strangest of all, someone had written 'The Fun Never Stops' on its side in purple paint. Gristarn Vrick got the horse cleaned up and fed, but it’s too scared to head home. Something strange is going on at Fortune’s Hall, and it doesn’t seem related to dinosaurs or the Welt. I’m not sure Willowside can withstand yet another threat.

“Will you investigate it for us? I know that it’s dangerous, but you’re better able to look into this than anyone else but the Banyan Boys.”

Midori asked for clarification, "The Bunyan Boys?"

Lysander questioned, "The Beagle Boys?"

Fizzarolli inquired, "The Beastie Boys?"

Midori queried, "The Bangle Boys?"

Zookdar pressed, "The Vengaboys?"

The mayor sighed. "No, the Banyan Boys!"

The heroes answered in unison, "Never heard of them."

Rubbing her temples, the mayor explained, "Ledorick, Stirvyn, and Tashlock Banyan are the law enforcement around Willowside."

Zookdar asked, "Well, why can't you send them in?"

The mayor explained, “I’ve asked, but they think the dinosaurs got everyone and it’s too big a risk to go check it out. I won’t pretend it’s not risky, but I think there’s something other than the dinosaurs threatening our town.”

Lysander offered, "We have some time on our hands while the tent gets set up. We'll go check it out for you."

The mayor thanked the party and offered a pale lavender ellipsoid aeon stone. Lysander graciously accepted the gift.

Midori clapped her hands once and exclaimed, "Well, let's get our things, load up the circus bus, and head on out!"

In the wagon on the road to Fortune's Hall, Midori could not contain her excitement. "Once we get there an' clear out whatever bad guys're makin' trouble, the Carristers will be so grateful an' they'll prepare us a feast an' open up the bar for free drinks an' maybe let us stay to see a play! Yeah! It'll be a great time! Cause you know why? We like to party! We like, we like to party! We like to party! We like, we like to party!"

Midori began to dance in her seat and sing a punchy, vibrant song in the key of A-flat major:

🎶🎶🎶 The circus bus is coming And everybody's jumping Willowside to Fortune's Hall We are gonna have a ball

The wheels of wood are turning And lantern lights are burning So if you like to party Get on and move your body 🎶🎶🎶

Midori stopped singing. "Oh, oh, wait. We're comin' up on the blockade in the trade route. Remember, Zookdar? Where yer ass got kicked? Looks like we'll have to fight our way through dinosaurs again, but this time we'll be prepared." The wagon started to turn around the bend in the road leading to the clearing. "Everyone, welcome to Yer Ass Kick Park!"

But as the clearing came into site, there were no xulgaths, no dinosaurs, and no fallen logs blocking the road. Somebody had cleared it all!

"Huh," mused Fizzarolli, "that sure was convenient."

The rest of the trip seemed to fly by and the party's journey completed without incident. Finally, they arrived at Fortune's Hall.

[ask-the-cosmic-duo]

"Well... Twilight sent me an invitation to study runic magic with her because I wrote a research paper on the various types of runes, uses and magic! I should pass you a copy one day! That, and few understand old ponyish languages.. what's better than to ask an expert like me! I decided to lend my expertise! Lys was once an ancient fortess, but it was destroyed due to... well.. dark magic? Maybe not? It's a work in progress... We were trying to figure that part out.."

The doctor paused a while before continuing, "Oh yes, the coffins! There were many on the first layer, and Celestia knew what they were for. So we opened quite a few of them... granted we should had used precaution, but oh well... and guess what? Most were empty? Where all the dead go? There are also rumors of a soul crystal box lying somewhere."

"I'm sure one of these days, Aurora might commission some griffons she spoke the other day to go & find them. Birds? Sparrows? I don't remember their names, only their colors and both are twins. One is blue and one is yellow? Bear in mind, it's just a rumor, this soul crystal box, Dear Stella! And we all know how rumors go.."

The creature only shrugged, "Honestly he probably stumbled into one of the booty traps in that one random coffin, it was only designed to make him crazy.. but ah well. As they say.. shit happens!

"Princess Twilight is on her way here, to this very place to meet you, Good Doctor. Later we need to escort you to the lobby for light refreshments...Yes, we do have trouble...I'm sorry to drag you into such situations..." Aurora paused. "Doctor... are you from this world..?"

"........Well, no? I escaped from this world's sister universe and things have gotten real bad...Some parallel universes you just don't mess with. This world's original doctor is... either dead or gone missing." The doctor said plainly.

"But everyone calls me "Doctor Hooves" as usual.. and I intend to find out this Lys mystery soon! As soon I meet Twilight and reunite with family, of course.. "

Stella listened with more interest than she was expecting herself to have. Magic studies could be good. Also, two griffons? One blue, one yellow…

Wait a sec. “Gad and Zooks? They’re here? From what I’ve seen so far, this world is super dangerous.” She sighed, feeling concerned for the two’s wellbeing. “They might want backup. I suppose I could be that backup, and do some extra studying for you in the meantime, Doc.”

She smiled, despite Shade’s presence. “Who knows? Maybe it’ll even be fun! It’ll be my first adventure in a while, I think. Well, aside from those two things that happened…” She’s silent for a moment before clearing her throat, wanting to move on from that thought.

Continuing to listen to the Doctor, Stella hummed to herself in thought. “Strange… It’s possible he’s just gone elsewhere in his TARDIS, if he has one. But it’s hard to know.” With a shrug, she continued, “Family comes first, though. Go talk to your loved ones. I’ll take it from here.”

[libidomechanica]

“No fault in women to the goods where or her she had”

How long as flies, and the fresh into bed and lyfe.     Here, the cup runs throte. Ah for ioy doe remayne, thus far from his voice from thee. For I missay,     both of Air Fruit moist and death. A spark. Much carefully though not always easy task;     for long since. Its uglinesse? Cruel and full of love; it is gone only thee to the fall;     or on my Nancy and brambles. Ah,

dreamed that in her Nature’s own selues; for his bone     from the will belief from the poor a prince my sick dreames, my joys for restful death’s second     the drill but from variously, and the Clover dwelling! Which the wide oppen three.     It promised length of the facts! In listened song of your eye—tell you with care, that busie archer     his own hunger-pinch. To hear things

with undefiléd Robe to me. And when all my     lifelong hand in the door; so I turn’d. It make a fellow dirt, ye’ll cast on the shepheard     so nene a golden creast with Barnaby the harder to enjoy two hours after all.     Thee, only. For it an echo ring? The Ouzell she may raise their wiliness? It will     sing, that sike mischeife the mark in these

trunks? For my shepheard all the other the hedge to     the streets of my blushing with a kiss, I woke to the twilight, doe ye awake and pain     his face of any bene, we han great love, if it weare: yet stile affords: while other     disaray, and tooke on, losse art found such beauty, glorious desires, yet dewed     with a blew silke riband. Not once the

thresht in school except for it were the truth I’ll tell,     there, talking off through oft had gives the things of Old; no poet’s matters in a midnight.     Hark how the rich inward seek and lend what a beggar’d of sweetness of memory of     heart the plaid it were tame flowrd my ioyfull stop there he looked up … zooks, are changeable clay,—     thou with better come! Hark how truely

maskt, there. The grass, approch to his deuoyr belied; and     for you except therefore of; witnesse manifest by thy seruices vnto her sad faces     on the brute; a god in leave thought doth, if theyr choking. And nowhere and feele as     much carelesse did Matthew stopped, and all to my use deceive; that will these same, give lies     of his sings on the love, though of your

head without a Thorn, and you say? As it is some     and trust! Beards all, and love that it is tyme to the holy bower, the taste like a Shadow     movest thou dost sing. Wish your three stronger by day. Of flesh, you keep’st me in me? Come,     Anthea, must be; for than ever drove the porch, windchime wasn’t there is the jewels trifles     are rebuilt. Although unseen them too:

but why not do, thou see’st though it be, at leap in     fields, and further. Our work enough for a fleece of the Damzels, daughter’s and find. No fault     in women to the goods where or her she had to subdue then overlooked and most     proceeding his upturned to plow; shovels crumble and let this net? Soul’s sleepe, adieu ye     Woodes can drinking of me weeps to

pay for kissing fuellers, and of Absence we see     their face deep, impassion, or the more cause that be forbidden feare of verb and night wood,     and spheres, the base affeard: ne let thy power, floats thou shake still, not widely as the street,     crying to tell you, and scarlet we a blink did tarry; and as Argus eyed and which     Inde or countryes, where Love his stationmaster

is a harmonies of the woman, nature     on the aim! There away from here a-making statues. Its mouth will buy his job. Some     still, and right disappear because your meet then in rankes dost comes interview was a     meadows sear! Saw not Honour more best shepheards sich, God know, the backward the crossed, and all     but till adorned there! The pill of many

a things; alas, the back down or to claim a     right, for laik o’ gear ye light way, I must rise, with dear Perilla, say, for greed, palace,     purl, knot, or purged air, shalt finds none, forget not your death, or leather, for another land,     with beauty should look’d out the hollow your lips at halfe in days, oh, never prove the two     soul more quietly leaves best of force

of song betray, if like a store, are Life’s stop twitching     lacke bowre of love teach to collide violently with the game. The learnd euen th’     Angelico’s the past midnight are likewise did decree that he leasures of my boy     to thee Dear so much wrestling on me. To seeke the darknesse doe the time, here you have     more greene, that all. This I see it gloome,

and he threshed corn and ioyed oft in rurall vaine     scuse giues places. She and tasting thee. Those parted is most most of frost, in a love againe,     find so mild modest eyes can danced his warm eve finds but Room for the with care, and happy     hand—just like clothes to recede through language the next years old and for he was not by     thy Justice to the spade from the

Cyprian Queene, seeke the crop of care: did stinging go     the pledge absolute Ones where lives o’er her haffet lock’d up in any chest when my wish,     and you, whose like a spark struck vainly in the must should have Vizírs—but better the father     liuely notes of Demon, Ghost, and tears, of fire, of counted such a Solitude again,     and overswear the others’ joy.

[michel-tanguy]

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[iri-scrublord]

Weapon Nerd Goes Off About the New Shit (The New New Shit, Not the Old New Shit)

Okay so a lot of the stuff we got was new kits for old weapons. They're alright, I guess, I like having a Tenta with a hyper-aggressive special like the zook, but I'm not here to talk about those.

First off, the Painbrush.

I'm no stranger to brushes. Hell, they were basically all I could use for a good while before they loosened some regulations about weapon sizes. Brushes are, by and large, pretty easy to mod if you don't really care about the official shit or getting banned, so I was really surprised that not only did we only ever get two SquidForce Regulated:tm: brushes since 2013 (!?!?) but even Mr. Grizz (my hero in terms of weapon modding, god bless that capitalist pig) never touched the things. They're sticks with bristles on the end guys, they aren't that hard to make variations of.

So what do I think of the new kid on the block? Eh, could be worse. Its bristles, like the Octobrush, are thick as hell. But unlike Octo, they put a swivel on the end of the head, so those gobs of ink that collect in them get flung WAY further. We have a brush with RANGE now. People are calling this the Dynamo Brush and I'm not sure I'd go that far, but it does feel pretty damn good to use. Time'll tell if it'll be revolutionary, though, unlike-

The S-Blast '92.

This thing looks a lot like the N-ZAPs, huh? Well, there's a good reason for it. The humans used to have this thing called a NESS, and they had these things called 'light guns' you could use with them. They're kind of like the games you can play in the Shoal, but like...at home, and infinitely worse quality. The N-ZAPs are designed after these light guns for the NESS, and the S-Blast is another one of those. I'm pretty sure it was called the Super Scope made for the NESS's sequel, the Super NESS (though I just call it the SNESS.)

This thing is god damn revolutionary to me. It demands perfection, for sure, but after a bit of tinkering around with this thing, I found it one shots at range like the Range Blaster, sure, but at the drop of a hat, you can turn it into a functional Luna. There's definitely flaws to the production - there's a LOT of complicated systems that go into this plastic thing to make it a Range Luna. And with so many guts in it there's not really a lot of room for the projectiles to be particularly large. The long range blasts are absolutely tiny. We're talking very possibly less than Rapid tiny. Like I said, this thing demands perfection.

Also its kit is hot garbage.

But I'm pretty sure that under the right hands, this thing could define top matches for the next, what, six months? I'm terrified of this thing and I am one billion percent here for it.

[charleetyger]

Social Media Conflict: Ah! Run away!

Let's get in our TARDIS or our DeLorean flux capacitor and head back in time to my week one post regarding digital citizenship.

Digital citizenship is the 'responsible use of technology by anyone who uses computers, the Internet, and digital devices to engage with society on any level' (Zook, 2023).

So, to be a digital citizen, and to condense that quote into keywords, you need to use technology responsibly when engaging with society on any level.

Responsible. As Oxford Dictionary via a quick Google search states, to be responsible is 'the obligation...to care for someone.'

SO BASICALLY...DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP INVOLVES CARING. FOR OTHERS. Caring. For Other People. Simple!

Apparently caring for others is just a little too hard for some people on the internet though. That's where conflict begins.

This week's lecture states that conflict on social media is often about power over such things as: resources, speech, platforms, the market, brans, and commercial interests.

Unfortunately, this commonly leads to acts of online harassment by a few users of the internet. Online harassment is adapted and defined as 'threats or other offensive unwanted behaviours targeted directly at others through new technology channels or posted online for others to see that is likely to cause them harm' (Haslop, O'Rourke, & Southern, 2021, p. 1420).

Now, I'm not going to give you explicit examples of online harassment because, frankly, that is highly inappropriate, unnecessary, and also due to the fact that if you have been on the internet for even half a millisecond you will know what online harassment entails. It's not pretty, that's for sure.

I will, however, list some methods to combat these crimes because, yes, online harassment is a crime!

1. Take Legal Action.

Below is a list of Australian legal acts one can take against online harassment. These acts offer protection against online abuse, image-based abuse, child cyberbullying, and other seriously harmful and dangerous content, a few examples of such include:

The Criminal Code Act 1995

The Australian HUman Rights Commission Act 1986

The Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015

The Online Safety Act 2021

2. Advocate For A Safer Online Space

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is all about the relationship between a corporation and the people in the local society where the corporation operates. By placing pressure on corporations for a safer online space, these platforms can become a more healthy place to exist for people of all ages.

3. Take A Humorous Approach

Remove the power the online harassers think they have by making jokes to raise awareness and to resist and fight back with intelligence and dignity.

Online harassment and social media conflict is horrid and gross; however, the more we—as intelligent digital citizens—take back the power and talk about the issues of harassment, hopefully more people on the internet can be taught how to behave appropriately.

Be nice to one another, y'all!

References:

Haslop, C, O’Rourke, F, Southern, R 2021, #NoSnowflakes: the toleration of harassment and an emergent gender-related digital divide, in a UK student online culture, Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, vol. 27, no. 5, <https://iam.atypon.com/action/saml2post>

[orderofthecube]

Zook’s Everchanging Orb

Wondrous item, rare, interstellar

This clockwork sphere has five functions, one of which you can activate as a bonus action by expending 1 of the orb’s 3 charges. Six seconds after it has been activated, the orb carries out the function as described below. One minute after the completion of the function, the orb sprouts tiny metal legs and attempts to rejoin the creature that last activated it.

The orb regains 1d3 expended charges at dawn. You cannot use the same function more than once per day.

Countdown. The orb ticks loudly for 1 minute. The ticks slowly increase in frequency and are accompanied by blinking lights and smoke.

Explosive. The orb fires tiny pieces of metal in all directions. A creature within 15 feet of the orb must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 2d6 piercing damage.

Flashbang. The orb emits a burst of bright light and the sound of a thunderclap. Each creature within 30 feet of it must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be stunned for 1 round and blinded and deafened for 2 rounds. A creature that succeeds on its save is blinded and deafened for 1 round.

Smoke screen. The orb emits a large plume of white smoke, creating an area of heavy obscurement in a 15-foot radius around it. The smoke dissipates after 1 minute.

Misdirection. For 10 minutes, the orb creates the sound of several creatures talking to each other. The words are muffled and are not in any language. 

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[gadandzooksooc]

Gad found himself in a stark, featureless white void. He blinked. Hadn’t he just been trying to help Nox? Was he in a fear coma again? The sword was supposed to wake both of them up, if only temporarily, right?

“Hello?” He heard from behind. It was the hoarse voice of a creature who had lost hope. Other than that, it sounded just like…

“Nox!” Gad shouted as he turned. Sure enough, there she was, getting up from the ground.

“I’m here to-” Gad began saying, but he was interrupted by Nox ramming into his chest and enclosing him with a ravenous hug. He felt tears pour down his feathers.

“Don’t leave.” Nox said. “I can’t stand it, Being alone. I’m so afraid…”

Gad, unsure what to do, eventually placed a comforting claw on Nox’s neck. In the brief time he’d known her, Nox had never acted this way before; She was always so confident; strong. Nothing was beyond her abilities; Or so it seemed.

And here she was, crying, and just taking comfort in the presence of another creature.

“Nox…” Gad began, “What is it that you’re afraid of?”

Nox sniffled. She clung tighter. After a few deep breaths, she began speaking.

“Once, a long time ago, my mother, Luna, put me to sleep for… a long time. She promised me she’d be there when I woke up, but… something went wrong. I started waking up before my time, and dreaming of myself, here, in the void, with nopony to talk to. It was just me, alone, for hundreds of years.”

Gad kept silent long enough to digest what Nox was saying.

“I’m sorry,” He said. “That must have been terrible.”

Nox said nothing.

“I think I might need to let go, soon,” Gad said. There had to be some way to get out of this mindscape, right?

Nox pulled tighter.

“You can’t leave. What if you can’t come back? What if… you don’t want to?”

Gad sat, stunned, for a few moments.

“I, uh… what?”

Nox loosened her grip.

“No… I’m sorry. Of course you need to go… what was I thinking? There are more important things than keeping me company. You need to… find a way out. You can’t stay here. I’ll be fine, just… make sure everyone else is okay.”

Gad’s mind swirled with conflict. On the one claw, there were probably things happening in the real world right now that needed his help. On the other… Nox was here, right now, and needed his help. He just wasn’t exactly sure how to give it.

Zooks said we need to stop being afraid. Gad thought. How do you stop being afraid of loneliness?

Silence reigned for a moment. Gad’s thoughts drifted to his own fears.

How can I stop being afraid? At least Nox’s fear is somewhat reasonable; I’m scared of Pony Prom of all things! I bet Nox wouldn’t be scared; she’s like, the bravest person I know. She stands out wherever she goes and is proud of who she is no matter what…

“Do you want to go to Pony Prom with me?” Gad said. It just sorta slipped out when he was thinking about Nox going there.

“What?” Nox said, confused.

“I uh… was wondering if you’d want to go to pony prom.” Gad replied. “They’re, uh… having it in Griffonstone this year, and… Maybe I could show you around?”

Nox made a confused expression.

“Do you really think now is the best time to ask?” she said.

“Well… let’s just say I’m facing down one of my fears.” Gad replied.

Nox seemed to give the question genuine thought, then.

“I think I’d love to.” Nox said. “I’d love to go with you.”

Gad smiled. Well, that was easy. I can’t believe I’ve never done it before!

Before he had the chance to say anything else, however, he noticed that the dream was getting less defined; more blurry. In another instant, Both of them woke up.

In Nox’s fearscape

@ask-gadzooks Nox found herself alone In an endless expanse of a white void stretching in every direction. She felt disoriented.

“Where am I?, some sort of pocket dimension?, where is Gad and Zooks?, what was I doing last?, why can’t I remember?”

She decided that worrying about that could wait, she should get back to her own universe first. However, though she attempted many ways of getting out of said void ,from teleportation, ripping a tear in the veil of the spirit realm with her scythe, to creating a portal with her magic, Nothing seemed to work; as if the realm itself was preventing any sort of escape.  Desperate, she then tried calling out to her companions.

“Gad, Zooks?”

However, she got no response. just an empty silence. She slowly began to panic, fear setting in as this void brought up memories of when she was trapped in stasis and within her own mind as a filly.

in her panic, she felt she had to go in a direction, any direction, she had to find her companions!

She ran, terrified of being isolated and alone once again called out in a frightened voice.

“Gad? Zooks? Where are you!?” She kept running and running till her legs grew tired and she collapsed onto the ground, tumbling as she was not able to slow herself down.

She knew not how far she had run, but she still had not seen or heard any sign of her companions. She then laying down curled up in a ball began crying, hopelessness settitting in and the realisation of her current situation fueled by her fears began to take control.

“No this can’t be happening again! last time it took nearly a millennium for me to get out, and I was only a filly then! my friends, my family… almost all of them will be gone and.. with everyone who will be still alive..will they forget about me again? Will I forget them? Mom… Aunt Celestia, I can’t forget you again! Not again… I don’t want to be alone again!”

[thomascoolatta]

Alright, I've been thinking about this for a while and I've seen a ton of it so I'm making a post. Y'all have GOT to stop pulling ableist shit with Tommy! He is childish, yes, but he's 37! He's HEAVILY coded as autistic, even if not purposefully. Y'all pull so much bullshit with him it drives me up the fucking wall.

The man can and has sworn. He's 37. Benrey doesn't need to "secretly teach him swears." He's 37 and has sworn in the edited footage as well as more in the unedited footage. He's not an Innocent UwU Cinnamon Roll Baby. On that note, stop calling him a Baby! He's 37 years old. 37. He's old enough to be some of y'all's dad.

He's a scientist. He has a PhD. He's not stupid. He created Sunkist. That was all him. Stop making Gman the one who made Sunkist! He's trusting and excited by his interests, that does not make him a naïve child.

Stop comparing him to animals, holy shit! I honestly cannot believe how many times I've seen him compared with an animal or roleswapped with fucking SUNKIST and things of that variety. Hell, I've seen him made into a child while everyone else is still adults! Stop that shit!

Y'all have GOT to think more critically about the shit you pull with Tommy. Think about the stuff you say/write and how it falls into harmful stereotypes/tropes/etc. Hell, ask others or google references if you're not sure. Just, please try and be more careful about how y'all treat his character.

[the-faramir]

Extinction Curse Session 2024/03/20

Once again, the time had come for the Circus of Wayward Wonders to move on.

A member of the maintenance crew piped up, "I know of a great location to head to next! My Aunt Estessa is the mayor of a town along the north coast of the island: Willowside! I hear they're dealing with some troubles, so they could really use some excitement right about now."

The entire circus took a short voyage on a ship (definitely not paid for by Opper Vandy) from Kerrick to the shores of Willowside. Eventually, a sandy beach came into view. A group of twenty people stood on the beach, waiting. But waiting for what? Surely the Circus of Wayward Wonders!

Midori, who had pushed herself to the top of the gangplank on the approach to the pier, strode down to the beach, elbows akimbo. She stopped on the sand in front of the crowd and raised her hands in the air dramatically. "Welcome, good people! We come in peace! Take us to your leader! We are the Circus of Wayward Wonders!"

Every single person on the beach ignored her. Midori's right eye started twitching.

Zookdar came up beside Midori. He suggested jokingly, "I say we hit 'em with a fireball. That'll show 'em respect!"

Midori whispered loudly out of the side of her mouth. "SHH! Zook! I think they can hear you! An' we need payin' customers!" She cleared her throat and tried a different approach:

🎵🎵🎵

Oh, gather 'round, both young and old, Upon this sandy shore so bold, The Circus of Wayward Wonders' tale, Is one of magic that never fails.

Step right up, the show's begun, Under the golden setting sun, A ship of dreams on sands alight, With wonders that will dazzle your sight.

From distant lands, through stormy skies, To entertain, to mystify, The acrobats and jesters dance, Inviting all to take a chance.

The waves applaud with every beat, As mysteries and music meet, A spectacle of sheer delight, That shines as bright as stars at night.

Step right up, don't be shy, The circus ship has sailed nigh, On this beach, we'll weave a spell, Of Wayward Wonders to retell.

So let the drums and trumpets sound, As our ship has run aground, To share with you our storied quest, The Circus of Wayward, simply the best.

🎵🎵🎵

Once the song had ended, Midori heard one person in the crowd clapping. "Oh, a fan! Perhaps somebody local with skills who may want to join our merry troupe? Please, come forward!"

The short-statured circus aficionado stepped forward. Midori squinted in the noontime sun to see. "Oh, little girl, would ya like to run away and join the circus?"

A high-pitched, melodic voice answered, "Yes, that's exactly what I want to do."

Lysander stated flatly, "Midori, she's clearly a halfling."

Midori replied, "Not a little girl?"

Lysander gestured at the short woman, more flustered, and responded, "Look at her hairy, bare feet!"

Midori shot back, "Are you sure?"

Lysander exclaimed, "You know what a halfling looks like! For Pharasma's sake, you worked with Alyssa Sunmeadow selling concessions at the Celestial Menagerie for a year!"

Midori turned to the halfling woman. "Sorry 'bout that. The sun got in my eyes. But, yes, let's tell ya about our circus!"

Zookdar offered, "We have doctors, lawyers, charlatans, crooks, thieves…."

The woman asked, "Have any books?"

Zookdar continued, "Some books. Gypsies, tramps, did I mention the thieves?"

The halfing replied, "Yeah, so, here's my deal. I have some sleight-of-hand skills. I can get along with your thieves. I have some magic and some musical talent as well. I go by 'Magical Myrrie.'"

Meanwhile, the rest of the crowd brushed past the circus folk to talk to the other people who had come in on the ship: merchants who were setting up shop right there on the beach as the crowd clamored to buy their wares. Some of the party joined them to see what was for sale.

Zookdar announced, "It's bread and foodstuffs."

Midori entreated the crowd, "You've had your bread, now it's time for the circus!" She put on a cheesy grin and gestured jazz hands at them, but, once again, they completely ignored her.

Galon mentioned, "Hey, this bread is very expensive. Crazy expensive. And it just looks like your run-of-the-mill loaves. What gives?"

His bags full of foodstuffs, a local man walked by the party and offered, "Hey, want to join the caravan? I assume you're heading into Willowside."

Galon replied, "Sure!"

The local man advised, "We'll be heading out in the next twenty minutes."

The caravan traveled down a windy dirt road through sand. The party noticed that the land was very dry, with mostly dead, withered little plants poking out here and there. No sound of insects cut through the heavy silence.

Zookdar decided to make small talk with locals to see what he could find out about the area. He found out that the local crops had not been doing well for some time. There has been a plague on a stretch of land to the southwest of the town that they call "The Welt." Willowside is now quite poor, as the townsfolk have been spending all of their savings on overpriced food.

Zookdar started probing, "So, is…anybody worried that you might be afflicted by an evil wizard?"

A local woman answered, "There was talk about it, but we didn't find one. We did try drowning, like, forty witches, but that didn't help. But you can't be too safe, am I right?"

Zookdar grimaced, but continued, "Anything else notable over the last few years?"

There was no answer.

"Would anybody give us more information for…one gold piece? And a silver?"

Midori helped out, "And three, no, FOUR coppers?"

The woman replied, "Nah."

Zookdar and Midori just shrugged and sat back to get comfortable for the rest of the ride.

As the caravan drew closer to town, Galon noticed a shrubbery moving in the distance. A scream erupted from the general direction, "Help! Help! The shrubbery is trying to eat me!"

Galon, Midori, and Zookdar jumped down from the cart and readied their weapons for action. It seemed that Lysander had fallen asleep in the back of the cart. In his place, Buffy strode over to the party, potions of healing clinking as they rotated to the front of her vending racks. Before they could act, however, one of the local men ran to the shrubbery to help. Shortly after, the party heard him scream, "Help! Help! I'm also being repressed!"

The party ran to the shrubbery to find three giant flytraps accosting two people.

Zookdar ran in with a battle cry to intimidate the foes.

One of the plants focused on Midori, hitting her and attempting to grab her. She narrowly avoided its grasp.

Galon flanked the plant attacking Midori and unleashed a flurry of blows on it, also narrowly avoiding capture.

Midori screeched at her opponent:

Listen here, you photosynthetic fiend, My friends and I won't be so easily gleaned. We'll trim your tendrils and your ego deflate, For we're the gardeners of our own fate!

The plant shook from the painful vibrations of Midori's attack.

All of the commotion had awoken Lysander, who ran to join the fray. Buffy, sensing that a party of four could handle things, retreated to the cart.

The plant then attacked Galon, grabbed him, and tried to swallow him whole! Galon barely grabbed on to the sides of the plant's maw to remain outside.

Lysander, not wanting to get too close, fired his Hex Blaster gun at the plant, but missed. Sighing, he reloaded.

Zookdar struck the giant flytrap with his flaming gnome flickmace, hitting it, knocking it down, and setting it on fire!

The battle continued on like this for several rounds, the giant flytraps grabbing and swallowing party members, while other party members fought back and freed their allies. All in all, Galon was swallowed twice, Zookdar was swallowed three times, and Midori was knocked out and swallowed once.

With his final blow, Galon killed the last giant flytrap, freeing everyone who had been trapped inside.

Midori shouted with disgust, then said, "C'mon, let's treat our wounds and continue on." She gathered the party into a tight square and began bandaging everyone up. Before they could rejoin the caravan, however, Galon noticed some footprints in the dry, cracked earth trailing off to the east. They looked like the tracks of a reptilian quadruped!

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[pretzelpizzapuppy]

💢 🏳️‍🌈

you didn't specify so uhhh funny half life!

💢 I really fucking hate how some people write Tommy and Benrey's speech patterns and how bad people are at tagging triggers and ships... as for the series itself, maybe some of the jokes about Tommy? they weren't meant to be harmful and the crew apologized and did better soooo... doesn't really bother me too much

🏳️‍🌈 OH BOY YOUVE GOT ME STARTED!

Gordon being ADHD is so fucking good and explains why he feels all his emotions so STRONGLY! it's not just anger! also Wayne has adhd and it shows through a lot in his character.

AUTISTIC NONBINARY BROTHERS TOMMY AND BENREY!!! Them being brothers is just 🥺👌 SO GOOD, and they're both autistic imo just different flavors. Tommy is the stereotypical Childish Interests But Very Smart type and he struggles with conversation a lot, lots of stuttering and fumbling and a lot of times just not replying at all! He's so so smart!!! he created his own dog!!! he's very strongly lends to a biology special interest! and I say he's nonbinary bc I'm a kinnie <3 Benrey!! he loves to do silly voices and make weird noises! he doesn't refer to people by name much and is obsessed with these odd rules about passports and such! he gets really loud sometimes and often comes off as very rude without meaning to. he picks up words and phrases from other people and calls people "friend" in an aggressive way and it's kind of endearing tbh. he can go on and on about video games but messes up his own talking and says wrong things about his interests. he struggles to get people to like him and slides into awkward jokes and just Saying Things that seem to come out of nowhere! also he says words out of order or completely fucks up saying them and the words come out garbled. also!! tommy says a lot of things that could be interpreted as sarcastic but sound genuine and are taken at face value by others! also Benrey is nonbinary bc it's canon that he chose his own name! also Wayne says that he has no parents so that's fun. but during the acab stream Gordon goes "you're not really a man though" and yeah that's meant as "ur not human" but like, he's nonbinary. I just think these two are brothers! "tommy likes mean people" yeah bc siblings are assholes to each other for jokes! my sisters and I are like... exactly how I see Benrey and Tommy. would absolutely argue over wiimotes and wrestle but also make each other food and watch movies/shows together and find solidarity in rallying against shitty parents! also they're like my irl friend group where they call each other Whores over stuff like wii sports and will happily buy each other food and aggressively compliment each other and argue "ur literally so pretty shut the fuck up"!! also they absolutely would wreak havoc in Walmart and loudly go "god I hate gay people" bc they are both gay people and are bullying each other

the only cishet in this series is Gman <3 he's a shitty dad and abandoned his sons for like 30 years and tries to make up for it with gifts and is generally just a shitty person! he thinks that gifts and money can make up for lack of love and general neglect bc he's an asshole.

also forzen is cis but aroace bc I use him to project my complicated aroace feelings tm and also my anger towards how the military preys on poor families bc I hc that he's from a poor family and felt like a burden and enrolled in the military to get through college and he regrets it immensely

thank you for coming to my ted talk