Ackerson Family

[slim glade]

That and the basic idea of "Marraige? What's that?"

[round fractal]

We may never know

[slim glade]

In truth, other tribes out in the Rainlands can act the same way

But this is a very selective case

The "dragons" are going to be both the most "civilized" and "primitive" group at the same time. They understand basic rules, tradition, some metallurgy, and otjer concepts of civilization. But they're more interested in eat, hunting, and enjoying life however they please

[round fractal]

Interesting

[slim glade]

Also...fire and acid might be potent but organized militaries will trounce them in a field battle. Discipline, armor, quality forged ranged weapons, etc.

But for the more open clans why fight when you can get good food, armor that's sturdy but flexible, books, the means of seeing the world, and friends?

Fighting just results in unnecessary bloodshed and while you may be able to take on a soldier or two an army is a different matter

[round fractal]

Sometimes, the "civilised" are rather unreasonable

[slim glade]

That being said, few armies would be stupid enough to go into a place where everything is a dragon

And I mean everything

The lizards, vultures, the rain deer

The Iterator is very enthusiastic about dragons

[round fractal]

Oh crap

[slim glade]

So...Hoarder claims first place as first foreigner to get a scene in Saints. Teenager bad mouths Narith over national identity

[round fractal]

New character

[slim glade]

"Not Kutasian! Me Greenflame! You wear armor but you no fancy lord, no? You no lord, me no Kutasian."

Kutasian Legaue = Georgia inspired nation

[round fractal]

[slim glade]

"Merchant scene" basically coming soon. Not exactly how I originally envisioned it but reworked in a way I can do nicely

As for why the broken speaking...teenager in a foreign land trying to get a point across in a foreign language

Let's see how well that works out

So yes...lots of new characters

[round fractal]

[quasi blaze]

Hooray

[slim glade]

Fred...think you want to draw a medieval tavern scene of a lot of characters meeting each other?

[quasi blaze]

Hmmm

It does sound fun

[slim glade]

I'll give details after I've written it

Though since I've mentioned the League, I'll give some details about them and the other two foreign nations

[round fractal]

Tavern in a medieval setting, a perfect way to introduce characters

[slim glade]

First off, the Kutasian League has their wagon being towed by a red lizard... Yup, they domesticated red lizards in place of horses

Second for our Greece stand in, the Hydranian wagon is being towed by a caramel lizard. They are the ones with six limbs

Finally and for our Hispanic/Latin American group, the Flamencion's flew in on a Wyvern (AKA a cyan lizard/Miros Vulture biomechanical hybrid)

All three animals are just chilling in the back lot stables of a laborer tavern

[round fractal]

Fred, you won that bet, right?

[slim glade]

Do I want to know what this bet is?

[round fractal]

Reading all Kratzor's work

[slim glade]

Ah

[round fractal]

So we are reading nearly 800k worth of words

[quasi blaze]

Not yet

I am on my least favorite parts so the progress is slow

[round fractal]

me too

[slim glade]

Also...I just casually have some of the most dangerous animals in Rain World as cargo haulers...

Who would have thought a red lizard would be a draft horse?

[round fractal]

The slavic scugs or scavs

Living the extreme

[quasi blaze]

And poor

[round fractal]

Could match against the Cold Ones or the Kislev Bear Calvary

[slim glade]

I would like to find a way to incorporate a Rain Deer but they seem a bit too large and "clunky" for a mobile trade caravan

Probably better off in a more localized setting

(No Empire Total War... Large animals like elephants are not that easy to transport. Why would 1735 India go across the Middle East to invade Swedish occupied Chrimea?)

(Using elephants... Like, how did you get them across the desert anyway???)

Point of that rant is that as goofy as it would seem, Rain Deer are big and bulky animals that probably would attract too much attention for a long merchant journey and be unsuitable for the terrain.

Granted, Outer Expanse would be hell on wagons but a civilization with at least 1000 years of experience would figure it out and probably use something that could fight back as well

[round fractal]

Maybe by guiding it?

[slim glade]

...Medieval Total War 2 Rain World mod, Slugcats riding war Rain Deer as opposed to elephants

That would be...something...

[round fractal]

They would either holding lances or throwing spears

[slim glade]

Oh yeah as for this rather than the start of the journey to save the world it's the "Sliver did what?! Hey purposed organisms? Go find answers would ya?" "Answers for whaaaaa-Ah... Okay...that's a new one."

[round fractal]

Words travelling fast

[slim glade]

Actually...that was Abyss' fault

[round fractal]

I see

[slim glade]

Sliver's message at the end of chapter 1 was as loud and clear as it could ever get. Even the other hyper intelligence computers are watching this

Sure, they're busy with their own parts of Alcenta but this is unheard of

[round fractal]

All of them would be raising eyebrows, shocked expression and disbelief as they heard it

[slim glade]

I'm not including the others to keep it a "Rain World" story

But yeah...the other Archotech level intelligences are raising eyebrows also

They just can watch it unfold alongside Abyss

The standard Iterators on the other hand..."What the hell???"

[round fractal]

Sliver: I did it....

Her purposed organisms: She did it....

The local iterators: She did what now?

[slim glade]

As for why Abyss would deliberately spill the beans, he went with "make it fast and get it over with" approach

And while Abyss kind of is all powerful and a prankster, he really does value the free will of others and figured if Sliver wanted to do this maybe others would also

[round fractal]

I could imagine Abyss smirked as he saw the event unfold

[slim glade]

You have no idea how much I want to drop the bombshell regarding Hannibal in the main chat...

Context question for later when main chat has moved on: How did Hunter actually get sick in game?

[round fractal]

In my theory, maybe too much with the power of making them

Because idk how tf did Hunter acquired those

[quasi blaze]

Well I am struggling with the perspective so here is a question for you Captain so that I could figure it out

[slim glade]

Go ahead

[quasi blaze]

Shi Chara is a mountain city right?

So what kind of view do you get of the iterator can from it?

[slim glade]

About a third/half of the skyline is dominated by the can

Let me go find the specifics

Okay, I said in the central marketplace the can blocked out a third of the sky

It's also "just south" of the shadow the can makes

Given the sheer size of Iterators, I'd say the city is a fair distance away but still close enough to be seen as gigantic

[quasi blaze]

Do you still need to look up to actually see the can instead of just the legs?

[slim glade]

Depending on where you are probably. I mean, Shi Chara is a city

If on the edge or the farm lands, you could see the legs easily. In the center of the residential/commercial district? I'd say you would have to look over thr buildings

[quasi blaze]

Well in the context of Sliver and Narith watching the can collapse what kind of view do they get of the can?

[slim glade]

Probably a close up. Sliver would be placed in an Order monastery/garrison post close to the edge of the city to allow a fast entry and her not getting overwhelmed by everything

So...maybe the distance of Shoreline/Waterfront to Industrial

[quasi blaze]

Well I am going to suffer

[slim glade]

Womp

I mean, Industrial is fairly close to both Iterators and yet it doesn't really change despite both falling down

[quasi blaze]

Only waterfront facility and garbage wastes change

I am surprised that shaded citadel is unharmed

[slim glade]

Also...Chimney somehow is fine with Pebbles falling

Which would mean either it's built out of absurdium

Or Shaded is pretty far away from Chimney

[quasi blaze]

Moon collapse was somehow more destructive than Pebbles collapse

Even though moon landed in water and collapsed piece by piece

[slim glade]

Maybe he was smaller or more hollow?

Iterators do have a lot of hollow space inside of them

[quasi blaze]

Pebbles is about the same size as Moon if not bigger

Which means the rot made Five Pebbles alot more hollow

Like alot alot more hollow

[slim glade]

That...makes sense actually

Also, he was falling apart much slower than her

Probably by the time he actually went down fully a good amount of him already pulverized Shaded

So uh...leprosy?

Also, Chea did do her math to minimize the damage as much as possible. She practically knew everything about the internal workings of an Iterator

[quasi blaze]

In my first test I just blew up the legs

To the point where there was nothing left of the middle section

[slim glade]

I see it more of being sheared

[quasi blaze]

I am guessing that would only increase the damage so I restarted

[slim glade]

Not so much an explosion but more of the legs bending until they snap

[quasi blaze]

Wouldn't that make the can fall and slide into a nearby region that isn't under the can

[slim glade]

That was the idea

Away from Shi Chara and into some place where the damage would be less impactful

[quasi blaze]

Wait I just realized something

How did Pebbles detached one of his rot infected labs and dump it into the garbage wastes if it's not even under the can

[slim glade]

Maybe that was his genetics lab and was specifically designed to jettison in the event of an emergency?

[quasi blaze]

Genetic lab with rocket boosters

[slim glade]

Controlled explosives?

Either way, dumping into Garbage with the acid does make sense

Ignoring the fact that somehow things live in the most deadly Chlorax factory every, very little should be able to survive the acid by direct contact

[quasi blaze]

I mean it doesn't seem like Pebbles dumped it into a pool of proper acid instead he dumped it into a pool of watered down acid

[slim glade]

Probably a panic drop given the circumstances

Or that area was empty at the time?

[quasi blaze]

Considering the rot is there and is alive by spearmaster time

[slim glade]

Unfortunately true

But the game did add that in to show that something else was going on besides reptiles, giant bugs, and uppity monkeys

[quasi blaze]

And giant flying birds

[slim glade]

And those

But it's safe to say he really did not think anything through

[quasi blaze]

He was not in the right state of mind so that makes sense

[slim glade]

As for Sliver and her former can, it was a controlled drop. Minimize the damage as much as possible and in a manner that was controlled as possible

It was going to drop eventually without Sliver in control, might as well make sure it drops in a way and location where an ecological disaster is avoided

Also, the purposed organisms made sure to prep the city

Go to certain places to avoid getting hurt, guards on patrol until the drop, architects and engineers on standby, that kind of stuff

[quasi blaze]

Okay so i have an idea on how to minimize my suffering of drawing the can as much as possible

Cover most of the view of the can with a window

[slim glade]

The city was ready for this artifical quake because they knew it was a matter of when, not if

[slim glade]

So current plan for story writing: I'll probably knock the "merchant scene" out tonight which may include chapter conclusion. Since I introduce two characters before the scene itself actually takes place, everybody will get a brief breakdown once I've written it and satisfied with a rough draft.

That will include being a Slugcat or Scavenger, clothes/armor, any carry on weapons, implants, fur color, etc.

This will also be known as the scene where important people show up once and nowhere else in the story... At the very least, will show that the Rainlands is a very diverse part of the world

[round fractal]

So whaddya need cap?

[slim glade]

Okay so still writing but I wrote the paragraphs I wanted to set the stage for what the "merchant scene" would look like. I'll give those in a sec, figured I should specify the characteristics of who is there

First thing's first, the locals of Shi Chara: Dialect, Chea, Narith, and "Silvea" (Sliver who changed her name). As stated before, the Saint body has silver fur and a bionic left arm. The majority of the implants are internal and she is wearing a robe

Next, the Kutasians (AKA, the Georgians and "Dragons")
*Petre: a purposed organism Slugcat, black fur, wearing armor, a cape, and natural armor which is hidden under the fur as well as the actual armor
*Tusk: Teenage "Hoarder" Scavenger, brown fur, scaly skin that does poke through, pointy ears and horns, a serpentine tail, and wearing leather armor
*Ember: Teenage "Dragoncat" Slugcat, basically the same as Tusk with the exception of floppy ears nd having maroon fur

Onto the Flamencions (Hispanic/Spanish)
*Jose: Electric green turquoise furred Slugcat wearing merchant clothes
*Franco: SLugcat, brown fur, both arms are bionic, wearing hybridized armor (think power armor if it was medieval because why not?), and a prehensile bionic tail (was thinking like a scorpion but ignore the stinger since this is a peaceful setting)

Finally, the Hydranians (Greeks) who each have four arms
*Lydia the "Amazonian Gorgon:" Slugcat, purple fur, and has two swords on her person
*Argos: Slugcat, orange fur, wearing travellers clothes
*Jason and Perseus: Twins and the kids of Lydia and Argos

And now for the scene itself. It's in a tavern and there other patrons in the background:

After tankards and meals had been distributed, Silvea had been given proper introductions to the visitors while the rain outside grew into a downpour. As it turns out, Lydia had met and married Argos, a small-time merchant who dealt in wines and glassware, ten years which resulted in her having twins, Jason and Perseus, a year after their marriage. Petre was taking advantage of the situation to renegotiate firebush trade deals with the Havarda Confederacy and brought along Tusk and Ember (two grandchildren of a different purposed organism whom Silvea has never met but whose “bloodline is trying to outgrow the yeek populace”) to help them fulfill a right of passage. Then there was the surprisingly timid Franco, the bionic purposed organism from Flamencio, on his first assignment and escorting an electronics and weapons dealer, Jose.
Despite the culture shock and feeling of being crowded (Narith hovering a tad too close by and looking like he was about to fall asleep due to the wine not helping), it felt...welcoming. Even the other patrons seemed to just accept what was happening. Silvea felt as if she belonged here. Tusk and Ember were struggling to beat Jason and Perseus in a game off to the side, Jose and Argos were busy haggling deals and trading contacts, and Lydia and Franco were at ease talking about their homelands with Dialect chiming in every now and then. The only two who kept quiet (besides Narith who struggled to sit up straight with half lidded eyes) were Silvea and Chea who merely soaked everything in

(And breathe after info and scene dump)

Thoughts?

[quasi blaze]

Hmm

While I think it would be better if you added more details to the scene honestly I believe that it will be fine as is

[slim glade]

Truthfully, it's still "going" as lunch is finished and the purposed organisms are bringing up their questions to the lady herself but I really wanted to just show that them all just chilling. Four different civilizations, cultures, and purposed organism designs (technically five but shush) all eating food and drinking wine. Is it a high class establishment? No. Is it peaceful? I'd say so

Basically, figured the simple D&D tavern scene where everyone is eating and chilling worked best to show the differences yet how comfortable everyone is despite the stark differences between them

[quasi blaze]

It definitely did a great job at showing that

[slim glade]

So let's see: There's Sliver's can going timber, Silvia having her D&D tavern moment, and Charlie (centuries later).having college...

Which one are you going at Fred?

[quasi blaze]

Well the Charlie drawing I will do after the Sliver ones but I will do it

Which means I need to either draw Slivers Can having it's kneecaps stolen or D&D

Both of those are hard in very different ways

Oh and there is the third option of doing both

Tho that is unlikely to happen

I'll probably just try and do a quick sketch of both to see which one I find easier

[slim glade]

Just was wondering

[slim glade]

Anyway, probably will get the initial draft done tonight and then create a proper post

In Discord, need to edit the chapter still

[quasi blaze]

I got worried for a bit there

[slim glade]

Probably should've used the word "Forum"

[round fractal]

I can't do art I could've help you Fred

[slim glade]

Woops

BTW Anton, thoughts about the tavern scene from yesterday?

[round fractal]

Haven't read, been preparing to go to an all-you-can-eat buffet

Gonna read now

[quasi blaze]

Well I think that that you can do art and pretty well too but it's okay I will manage alone I think

[slim glade]

You did draw a good image of One a while back...

[round fractal]

That was months ago

[quasi blaze]

The muscle memory is still there

You can still do it

I believe in you

[round fractal]

Aight

But in the meantime, my thoughts of the scene

Is good for the introduction for every character

[slim glade]

Some intros were done before, but I figured that would set the tone of the setting

[round fractal]

Do all of them are in the tavern together?

[slim glade]

(Also, just realized I need to rewrite a paragraph because I focused on something that has no impact later on when I could show something that will have relevance in later chapters...)

[slim glade]

They're all in the tavern

The original plan was for Chea to meet Silvia and Narith to help with Silvia get used to the city life. Then in comes the final wave of merchants before winter sets in and they want answers on behalf of their local groups

The only civilization not present is the Misty Isle and they're...in the middle of the ocean

Not even the tropics

[round fractal]

I see

[slim glade]

As for the other groups that lack civilization, they lack the infrastructure or time to spare sending purposed organisms to investigate and have to rely on hearsay

So, for example, the Peninsula is unable to send anyone at the moment because uppity tribes are going at it again, there's another purposed organism factory going off the fritz, the purposed organisms are already aborad, and/or there's an angry green lizard eating the local yeek population and needs to be dealt with

[round fractal]

[slim glade]

Though I just wanted to show off other civilizations because why not?

[round fractal]

The diversity of civilization

[quasi blaze]

OK so after doing a quick sketch of both of the drawing I came to the conclusion that Slivers can collapsing will be easier for me to draw

Also that means if Anton wants to try and draw a scene for Sliver of Saints he's gonna have to draw the tavern scene

So uhh have fun drawing 10 scugs and a single scavenger

[slim glade]

Plus patrons in background

[quasi blaze]

Faceless scavs and scugs

[slim glade]

Wait, two Scavengers

There's Tusk and Chea

[quasi blaze]

Oh yeah

Forgot about Tusk

[slim glade]

He's the one who mouthed off at Narith...after brandishing a knife by being surprised

Yes, a tribal gets spooked by an armed guard and draws a knife before mouthing off at said guard who was more confused as to why the wagons were at this tavern rather than the main market

In the medieval ages

Womp

[round fractal]

If I was a savage, I would done the same

[quasi blaze]

Smart Tusk very smart

[slim glade]

He was being sent out to grab stuff from the wagon, most notably wine

Narith and Silvia were investigating the odd scene prior

Out comes Petre to save his idiot charge from embarrassing himself further

In fairness to Tusk, first time outside of his local Iterator Group, bad at the language, and is used being on a hair trigger as a survival method

And...teenager

Without the super soldier genetics

Wait...he has them, just diluted since he's a grandson

[round fractal]

Just pure training

[slim glade]

I mean, his home has the flipping Rain Deer as dragons...

[quasi blaze]

Rain Deer that can fight back

[round fractal]

dear god

I'm doomed

(been writing a fic about raindeer hunting)

[slim glade]

And while this is Monster Hunter, I'm thinking things like this are the local lizards for that place:

[round fractal]

[slim glade]

That's a Narjala

Introduced 4th Gen and an mid early game monster you fight

Does get harder in later stages of the game but...yeah it's unique

Flings its scales and then uses sonic shockwaves to stun pray AND cause those scales to explode like frag grenades

[round fractal]

The scales do what now?

[quasi blaze]

Explosive lizard

[slim glade]

They act as sonic bombs and then explode

The other "snake wyvern" is an Elder Dragon

[round fractal]

I am in deep question how peeps in MH survived their place

[quasi blaze]

The indomitable human spirit

[slim glade]

As well as loyal Felyn assistance

As for the other giant snake...Dalamadur

That rock he's coiled around is a mountain peak

440 meters long, breathes fire, destroys the mountain arena you fight on, so large that his head and tail have their own target locks

Currently, the largest main game monster in the franchise

[round fractal]

[quasi blaze]

What a cute dog

[slim glade]

Honestly, it doesn't care about people until they bug it

[quasi blaze]

Does it bite?

[slim glade]

Been a long while but yes. If not...well that fire breathe is more of a fire tornado

[round fractal]

Disintegrated into ash

[slim glade]

And yet...NOT the most dangerous creature in the franchise

The largest yes. Dangerous? No

[round fractal]

Is it the nergigante? ( I watched one gameplay from the youtuber I watched)

[slim glade]

There are those that spread disease like the Magalas or Giasmagorm. There's the hyper carnivore Narcarcos

But recognized as the absolute top dog is Fatalis...specifically White Fatalis

[round fractal]

Fatalis, I heard the name but never seen in action

[slim glade]

Imagine the typical Western dragon. On first glance compared to later Elders, not that impressive

Except it has the second fastest speed, scares the daylights out of other Elders, and destroyed an civilization in a single night according to in-game legend

AND supposedly targets Hunters, MELTS THEM DOWN, and uses the slag as its own armor

That's just the basic ass Fatalis

[round fractal]

destroyed a civilization in one night???

[slim glade]

White Fatalis COMMANDS its younger breathern, might be the very one to destroy that kingdom, has command over the most mysterious and possibly dangerous element in the game, and is so old that it doesn't even care about hatred anymore. You are an ant before a god...and you have its attention

[round fractal]

what's the point of hunting a god like dragon? A piece of its hide?

[slim glade]

Yes

And it's fun

[round fractal]

[slim glade]

You hunt the literal destroyer of ancient civilization to TURN HIM INTO A FUNNY HAT AND BRAG ABOUT IT WITH FRIENDS

Monster Hunter

[round fractal]

they don't care what they're fighting

They want the loots

[slim glade]

That's Monster Hunter players

The franchise where you take on literal natural disasters with your friends to turn them into a new armor set and fancy sword before doing it again for funzies

[round fractal]

Looks like time to 'ate nature

[slim glade]

As for Rain World using snake dragon lizards...

If I do a story for that place I figure it would be a good way to show just how deadly the region is

[round fractal]

Catachan dangerous?

[slim glade]

That being said, these are creatures meant for one specific environment. They probably would do well in a flat place like Farm Arrays or Outskirts. Industrial, Garbage, or thebupper levels of Chimney? Nope

Too much of a hassle and they are somewhat clumsy

Probably the best way to describe everything from there

Big, scary looking, and to a degree fast but clumsy and unelegant...like an alligator on land or something

[round fractal]

Hm

That's about right

[slim glade]

Also...flaming your food might kill it but you'd be destroying part of your meal

Hey, got to give the wildlife some limitations

What works in one region won't work in another

I mean...Eels and Salamanders thrive in Shoreline but you won't see them in Sky Islands

[round fractal]

Every region has their own specialty of hunters

[slim glade]

Exactly

Just upscale that to different Facility Grounds

[summer tree]

How goes you 2 today

[slim glade]

Does making the wildlife and even purposed organisms more specialized and weakened in some area make them less scary? Yes, but it does give them more character also

[slim glade]

It goes. Just worldbuilding the fuana in my setting and explaining why I'm giving them limitations

[round fractal]

Harnessing the power of the muse

It's like two monkeys shouting from tree to tree

[slim glade]

Am I shoveling coal into that furnace???

[round fractal]

Don't worry, it's for the swashbuckling adventures

[slim glade]

If so...uh I'm sorry and you're welcome at the same time?

[summer tree]

Time to go up like a 100 messages a start reading, then see there are a 100 more when I'm done

[slim glade]

LOL

[round fractal]

good luck

[slim glade]

Actually...how far back do you plan to go??? To yesterday or even further? If even further...may the Guardians have mercy on you

[summer tree]

Skimmed from here down

[slim glade]

Karma 6 unlocked through the power of obtaining knowledge by reading

So uh...anything you wish to contribute/ask about?

[summer tree]

Well, if you need help on how these could biologically work, or need help knowing how a creature would fair in a situation, feel free to ask me

[slim glade]

Maybe if I make a story for that region

Do want to write a story for the River Valley (place with all the cybernetics) from the perspective of a normal Slugpup

Well...normal as in "non-purposed organism" normal

[slim glade]

So I know what I said about making a Forum when the rough draft is done but I'll let the second chapter stew a bit before I make it. Probably a week to a week and a half of editing because I will need it for this one.

I like a lot of it, but time for the polish (and probably to give Fred time to work without him breaking his wrist... Don't do that Fred)

Though one thing before I disappear into the editing dungeon, Abyss makes another appearance and probably his last for the story. For a prankster all powerful computer god, I made him into a pretty decent individual if I say so myself

[quasi blaze]

I will try not to do that no promises tho

[quasi blaze]

Hey guys I have a question would you like to get updates on the drawing with the image of the current state of the drawing or without to keep the element of surprise

[quasi blaze]

Nvm I have nothing to show I am restarting the drawing again

[quasi blaze]

Good progress very good progress gonna force myself to finish the drawing in the next 2 days

[slim glade]

A tad difficult to tell what she's looking at out the window, but it looks good so far!

[quasi blaze]

When I drew the slugcat I meant it to be Narith though now that I am looking at it I'll probably change it to Sliver

[slim glade]

So I've gotten no editing done this week due to life... Fred, you have more time

[quasi blaze]

Yippee

That's good because I barely drew anything today because of family stuff

[round fractal]

Can't participate since coleg

[quasi blaze]

Understandable from what I have heard from my brother college is awful

[round fractal]

First week, many works
Must fight for grades

[slim glade]

In the words of Mel Brooks, could be worse...could be raining! (Immediately pours)

[round fractal]

Aw man, gonna make some biographies

[slim glade]

Also Fred, thought you were going digital...

[round fractal]

Lemme prepare my pen and paper for this

[quasi blaze]

It didn't go good

[slim glade]

Oh

[quasi blaze]

Maybe after I am done with drawing for Sliver of Saints I will go digital

[quasi blaze]

I just had an idea how to digitalize my draws
First make the drawing on paper then take a picture of it when finished
Second open Krita and put the picture of the drawing and then trace it

And lastly color it

[quasi blaze]

OK so I am procrastinating so the drawing won't be finished any time soon

[slim glade]

Not sure if Petre has bren drawn but I decided against the natural armor. He's just a medieval knight lord in Slugcat form. A big guy but that's it

[slim glade]

Give or take another week and I'll probably have the second chapter edited to a point I like. Will make a proper forum before upload

[round fractal]

[quasi blaze]

(I should stop forgetting to do this) Update on the drawing the scugs are done now the only thing left is finishing the background

[slim glade]

Plan to upload this weekend. Maybe Sunday my time

[quasi blaze]

The only thing left to draw is the iterator can thingamabobs

Which I will do tomorrow probably

[slim glade]

"Thingamabobs"

Is that the technical or literal definition?

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Uhh I think technical

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Nice

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I am too lazy to take a picture of the drawing since I barely actually done anything today on it but I did add the thingamabobs on the can except the leg

Mainly because I don't know what I want to do for the leg

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It's done I'll probably do some minor edits tomorrow and then it will be actually done but still it's done

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Now part or me thinks in thr future they're going to have the equivalent of "London Bridge is Falling Down"

Not sure why the picture made me think that... Nursery rhyme aside, this looks great!

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Probably because both in the drawing and in the song there are great things falling down

Also thanks

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OK NOW it's actually fully done

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Huzzah

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So...now that that is going to be in the story, I'm going to be a bit busy in the next month so maybe the third chapter is going to take a while

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Do remember to take rest cap

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I do. Though me writing this nonsense is kinda my R&R

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Well I am gonna have alot of free time than

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Assuming I'm not wasting half the day on Rimworld or some nonsense like that

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I assume this will mean the picture for Charlie is back on the menu?

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Absolutely

Though I'll probably take a break first to avoid burn out

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Fair

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So I am gonna write instead

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Thoughts for third chapter: Resume Shogun 2 campaign and play around with gunpowder units to see how much of a game changer they will be when going up against traditional units...

The Guardsman will be taking center stage and will validate the age rating

Also...minor tech leap given the difference between time periods. The wheellocks are invented and starting to replace the matchlocks

Hey, got to show technological progress somehow

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Does that mean they're entering the age of gunpowder warfare?

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Nimol already has been using a matchlock. We haven't seen it because it's centered around a calm time period where the worst is Sliver needing a restart on life

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I see

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Also, they've been importing firebush plants (cherrybombs) from the Kutasian League to make gunpowder

Thr League again being effectively "Georgia" alongside the occasional Dragon mercenary who wants to see the world or is earning a right of passage

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The rite of passage?

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Maybe they're growing up and it's time to learn skills from the outside world that can benefit the tribe or bring back something worthy of showing they've grown up.

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Yes, the might is right

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The Dragons might be somewhat in the Neolithic tech range, but they know there's a bigger world beyond the Facility Grounds and either they figure a way to keep up in their own way or they just remain isolated behind the fire/acid breathing wildlife and get confused as to how someone invented the biplane

Also, friendly neighbors means more exotic goods, food, and stories to share

And...possibly means to expand the tribe

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Making friends with foreigners

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Or the foreigners join... And everyone tries to "outdo the yeek population"

That's not the ONLY thing on their minds. But we're talking about a group of people who in their homeland choose a very simple life. They're smarter than most would give them credit for, but they like to live simply

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Heads up, "Songs of Alcenta" now has a forum. Unsure at this time if I'll separate "Ackerson Family" from it since they're in the same universe. Second chapter of "Saints of Sliver" will go up tomorrow (my time).

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I joined cap

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Question will the second chapter go up in the evening your time?

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Probably within the hour. If not, then yeah this evening

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Ok

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Also Fred, the forum is up

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Yeah I saw it

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Wait derp, you posted the picture. Woops

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Praise the Coffee Cult

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I already made sure that the forum is blessed by Dadvulet's presence

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So how long do you think it'll take for "Dadvulet" to spread across the entire Discord?

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Idk

I'm just spreading the essence of coffee

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What's next? A TV Tropes page of him?

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Depends on how long it will take to make everyone in stories-discussion join the coffee cult

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But everyone doesn't like coffee

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Blasphemy everyone loves coffee they just don't know it yet

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I wonder what the region concept is?

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A region concept? 👀

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It would have been the Misty Isle itself. Most we've seen is the town and a drainage canal so far. Would need to flesh it out, the Test Site in the River Valley is more designed.

When I started, I was thinking semi-medieval Rain World setting but...times have changed and now the Mountain Lake has that

Guess it's time to crack out the Wargroove map maker and make the Isle huh?

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About time really I always wanted to see the map of Misty Isle and Alcenta since both of those are quite important in the Ackerson Family universe

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The entirety of Alcenta is going to be...complicated. I actually need to think up a name for the contine t the Rainlands are a part of. No, the continent is not "The Rainlands" and there's the part in the northern hemisphere with all the megatherium (giant sloths)

If I do a world map...well either I get the Rimworld mod that let's me modify the actual map or I go real old school with Railroad Tycoon... HOW THE BLEEP AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS LOOK NATURAL IN THAT MAP EDITOR?!

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I think the answer is you don't

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Ever play the old Zoo Tycoon games where you can change the terrain?

Think that but on a large scale...

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Nah I was born too late and in a place where it was not popular

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So yes, I can spend time obsessing over a single tile to raise it by five pixels to show a steady incline leading up to a mountain

The problem with Wargroove is that it's meant for small-scale clashes so a large continent is not viable either unless I pull the single biome Star Wars gig

Time to pull out the Rimworld mod huh???

(My computer is going to be cooking a steak with the amount of info I'm going to shove into it...)

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You can always use modded rimworld for anything

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Well, guess I could do half and half as opposed to everything all at once

So...Misty Isle or the whole damn planet?

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I think its best to start on a small scale first so Misty Isle

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That I could do easily with Wargroove

Though, the actual location names will be a tad complicated

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Ooooh location names that's gonna be useful

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Well, more of features to be specific

The canal where II had an improvised psych clinic is easy enough to recognize because it's a canal. But hills, the actual Mountain Iterator, explaining how one set of colored houses is region A while set of color houses that look exactly the same is region B...

It's a custom battlefield map maker, not RPG Maker

Rimworld mod?

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Doing the map in Rimworld would take alot longer but it would also be of higher quality

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Going to have the island being represent by a continent due to scale

Though, hexagons can be "rounder" than squares

How good are you at maps anyway?

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I would definitely do badly I imagine

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Well I was thinking make the map using the hexagons in Rimworld, then you could make it look like an actual map of an island and not a mishapened continent

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I could probably do that

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Should be interesting then

Hold up, which "version" of the Isle? Alcenta or Rain World?

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I was thinking of Alcenta but both is good

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Because if Rain World...yeah word descriptions and vague splotches on a map would be the best I can do

Alcenta would have roads, a few icons to show where the settlements are (even if they would need to use say the pirate icons), and be more "tame"

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By tame I am guessing less forests more towns

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Less overgrowth more like it

Rain World might be least "apocalyptic" post-apocalypse game I can think of off the top of my head, but it's still just...

Looking like the Chyrnobol Exclusion Zone where everything just stopped and nature moved in

IDK how else to explain it. The "apocalypse" didn't really happen (outside of the rain but it kinda just became a part of life and normal) but how else do you describe an entire setting that's just broken, decaying, and populated only by the dangerous wildlife?

It ain't Fallout, that's for sure

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It's an abandoned world

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Quite abandoned

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Left to decay and be rebuilt anew

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Wonder if the Ancients had their own ruins to crawl over before they built a proper civilization

Maybe there were "Ancients" for the Ancients...

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I imagine they forgot about that part of history since they didn't care about history at that time

And then found it again near the void sea

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Well they drilled through the ancient ruins to reach the Void Sea... Maybe some of those ruins were still topside for a bit

Most cases of sedimentary rock: Dirt, dust, sand, and other garbage settles down and compacts itself over millions of years

Rain World sedimentary rock: Literal civilizations building on top of one another like it's the Tower of Babel

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Anyway, if/when I get to it I'll share an image of the Misty Isle. In the meantime Fred, you said something about an Artificer oneshot? If you're pursuing that, have fun with the writing.

And if you finish the image for Charlie, I look forward to seeing it.

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Well I am having fun with writing it thank you

Though I am currently trying to figure out how to write dialogue between Pebbles and Arti

And I'll probably start working on the Charlie drawing after I finish the Artificer oneshot

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While I haven't exactly written any stories about the River Valley and the most we've seen is Franco, I could give a list describing the "Test Site" Facility Grounds

Mostly fleshed out as a region

And home to a "Proto-Iterator"

If Abyssal Void is the absolute pinnacle of what an Iterator can become, then Revolutionary Architect of Industry is where the whole thing started

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Cap, why is there a custodes mod in rimworld?

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Why not?

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The custodes are powerful in lore

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There's Halo, Mass Effect, a few Warhammer ones, Star Wars, several different mythical creatures...

Why not go nuts and cram it all in?

There's a goofy photo in the Artwork tab on Steam

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what

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If you've ever seen the Ready Player One movie where essentially the entire world comes in as their avatars, it's basically that

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Basically avengers assemble but not?

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So yes, why not have Commander Shepherd alongside an Astartes, Spartans, Arc Clones, Gundam, Optimus Prime, etc.

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Holy crap, now I imagined it

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The ultimate fanfiction colony...

That or just Super Smash Brothers...either or

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Cramming everyone in one place

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This

Need I say more?

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That looks awesome

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So yes, why not have Custodes in your colony?

There already are godmachine limbs and eyes without the DLCs, might as well...

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there are many things I must learn

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At the same time, your colonists may make a rapier with engraved artwork of someone making a fire extinguisher...

I'm not exaggerating, that's a thing in my current run

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Art

No need to explain more

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Masterwork rapier with the art of someone making a fire extinguisher... Okay then

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you cannot question a man why he made an engrave on his rapier

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Also that fire extinguisher? While I had to mod the item in, it counts as a "weapon" despite being a tool. So it became a normal quality fire extinguisher...

So...what would a "masterwork" fire extinguisher be like and how would it do better at putting out fires than a "normal" one?

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Can and will dent armour of your foes while effectively stop fire to spread everywhere

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The most legendary fire extinguisher in the world...

Famed for stopping raging infernos with ease and having the most epic art

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If you're having siege problems, this the perfect tool/weapon

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Then again, you get "masterwork" pet beds and regular beds...

Yes, behold the most legendary hospital bed in the world! You will feel comfortable and have improved medical recovery at the same time!

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Masterwork is like Dwarven work, cap
Dwarves are really sensitive towards their craftsmanship

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(Put Pebbles onto it)

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damn, pebbles is indeed a dwarf

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Anyway, thoughts about the "Test Site" in the River Valley idea?

I looked a bit yesterday and feel like I can revise it somewhat but that region is mostly fleshed out

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In the second chapter or for the future chapter?

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To be specific, this is where "Flamencio" will be down the line where the wildlife is either electric based or cybernetic

And probably would be a future story...or a "past" one

Given I have toyed with the idea of showing a Slugcat exploring the place as if it were in the game. That would mean Paleolithic era

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Simulation?

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Nope, it would be that far back in the timeline

The bones of "Old Alcenta" are still visible and prominent but quickly being over run by nature, erosion, and the methodical clearing of the super intelligences to clean things up

People would be attaching faulty power cells and batteries to sticks because "sparky thing stuns lizard, stunned lizard easier to kill"

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So basically they discovered ancient technology?

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They're crawling over it and not understanding it

The same way you crawl over Industrial and find a shiny "rock" and pick it up because it's shiny so it has to be important

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So, the Test Site? Is it gonna be a iterator studying the fauna of the old times?

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The Tesr Site would be the location for the first prototype of an Iterator, a "Proto-Iterator"

Who has seen the rise of all other Iterators, the disappearance of his creators, the downfall of the old world, and is now seeing the dawn of the new one

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In the River Valley Sector?

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Yup

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So, past time, in the part of the River Valley Sector, a "Proto-Iterator" spotted some life forms and decided to eye on them by letting them stumbling into ancient technology?

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And it just so happens, a denizen of that new world wanders into his chamber lost and confused, not understanding why these mountains of metal and rock are so similar to home yet different, why the big walking mountain comes to the tower every week, why the plants are walking in shells of metal, or why these things matter at all

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Hm, what do you need for a scenario cap?

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Basically, an EARLY teenage caveman walks into a Facility Grounds

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Did they spot something unusual except the cold steel ground, walls or the things around them?

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So this individual would be the "Student"

An electric Slugcat forced to flee home for their life and is now wandering the Test Site looking for a new place and family. Politics haven't been invented, spears are whatever sharp pointy junk you can pick up, and the decaying ruins of the mighty civilizations of long ago are nothing more than the terrain to navigate

As far as the Student is concerned, finding food and shelter from the dangerous temperatures are the priorities while looking for someplace to call home

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Then, they stumbled into the Test Site, looking for morsels or a small game?

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More like it was the only shelter nearby

The River Valley is situated in an arid steppe. Blistering heat during the day, freezing cold during the night. The riverbanks offer food, water, and shade from the badlands all around

Unfortunately, said riverbanks also are home to all the wildlife

So either risk it out in the badlands, watch your back next to the water, or take the risk in navigating the one place that's partially like home and holds the most opportunities

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The second choice they picked

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The third one. I'm thinking the Student grew up in an abandoned power junction up river and is familiar with the industrial setting. If home is too dangerous and these strange, hot, filthy mud banks are too alien to understand, go with the place you at least have a basis of understanding for

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They have already knowledge of the technology they're familiar with

Interesting

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A very rudimentary one, but they would be more familiar with stone, steel, and concrete than sand and mud

Also, they are thr obligatory electric Slugcat

So hopping about in power junctions and transformers is normal

Also for time frame reference, this would be quite a while before Shi Chara was founded

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They can contribute power to those with their natural ability?

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Yup

Naturally evolved electronic discharge

And given some of the other elements in Alcenta, maybe the Student could do a limited Palpatine impression(? Huge maybe)

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I only know one Palpatine expression....

"Unlimited... Powah!"

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Of course in classic Rain World fashion, the closer you get to finding answers the more questions you get

What's going on with Five Pebbles and the gravity? Why are there murals with my score icon that let's me progress? Why is there a city up here? Why did that robot guy look like the other robot from before?

AND WHY THE BLEEP WAS THAT PLACE FILLED WITH THE BLUE OCTOPUS MONSTER THINGS?!

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learning that in the most hardest way possible

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Basically, the Student is about to discover a lot more than they bargained for and walk away with a lot of unresolved mysteries

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Weird looking things
Scratched off murals
A big mountain of steel
Many, many things

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Why is there someone made of metal inside a wall? Why does that Slugcat have metal arms? Why are the plants attacking me? Why does the walking mountain constantly go to that big pillar? What's with that strange island out there the guy with metal arms keeps looking at?

Will I find "home" ever again???

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That's a lot of question for the youthful, paleolithic scug

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When you're thrown into the deep end like in Rain World, you get a lot of questions

It goes from being a simple creature lost in the city to questions about the environment, the strange creatures, the Iterators, and whatever the Void is

The Student doesn't have to worry about the Void (or at least in Alcenta. Rain World Student very much would have to consider it), but questions start to pop up when looking for something in a Facility Grounds

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"Weird, what's with these strange markings on the wall? They aren't lizards, that's for sure."

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Been watching a guy play the game for the first time as Survivor and he's been piecing together some context clues very well

Not everything, but he has a decent idea about why Shadded is "shaded," a vague idea about Purposed Organisms, and that there really is something much larger than him happening in the background

So far...he's discovered Unfortunate Development

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Funnily enough, I went the same way and I died mostly trying to grab the collectible

Still not sure about the left side but...I'll find out sooner or later

Anyway, mostly wanted to share to concept of the Test Site

Still need to write Saints and give Kelly his own focused story

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-# meanwhile, juggling about a scplike fic, tea (TSA), smoothening the brain of Apex, raindeer hunting, and the other perspective

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Me, accidentally turning Apex into Forrest Gump

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He became Forrest Gump

But tbh, I kinda like that Apex learned his surroundings and adapting quickly not just by hunting it down but rather understanding them

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And friends!

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Especially friends

(And food also)

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Now what about having food with friends?

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A harder task but with high relationship, he can manage

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(Is this guy just a weaponized Slugcat Boron? Let's see: big guy, not the sharpest knife but sharp enough, eats a lot, likes friends... Boron, I think you're best friend is on a different continent...

(Boron being one of the kids in Fuga)

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Speaking of Fuga

I hate college sometimes for bringing up shit in the first week

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?

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I cannot watch the cutscenes

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Ah

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Biographies until midterm

Now speaking of those, gonna head to sleep, good luck on writing

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Yup