Interloper

[shadow tide]

@smoky kettle

[smoky kettle]

LETS GO

[cinder pulsar]

[smoky kettle]

ill be putting all my brainworms here from now on i suppose

[odd raven]

!!!

You should ask for chapter 1 link to be pinned

[lavish lynx]

THREAD

[smoky kettle]

YES

[vale copper]

cutely breaks in

[smoky kettle]

AIIEI

HI

[vale copper]

ello

the numbers of threads im is is getting out of hands

[smoky kettle]

LMAO

i need to start joining more

[vale copper]

and i need to actually start reading the threads i join

still have to catch up on A Crown Thirce...., Disconected, EUS DIsaster, Marooned and now this one too

[smoky kettle]

i need to read more peoples fics here but i keep on losing the names 😭

[smoky kettle]

im not at home so i cant draw anything good rn but heres an inno doodle for the 3 of u who love her as much as i do

i will make a design for her when i can

and then im gonna draw her and pebbles kissing for calloutpost propaganda

[cinder pulsar]

look, maybe innocence is a much better person than we can see based on the very small amout of dialouge we have from her?

[cinder pulsar]

I was laughing to myself the whole time I wrote this

[smoky kettle]

i don't think she has bad intentions she can just be very careless sometimes

and struggles with empathy

[cinder pulsar]

you know, when you put it like that, she and pebbles do have a lot in common...

[smoky kettle]

we know like. absolutely nothing about her other than maybe 2 lines of dialogue so theres room for me to interpret

[smoky kettle]

they would have a fun dynamic

[cinder pulsar]

they would be toxic af and piss off everyone else

[smoky kettle]

i can see them bickering a lot but also being able to put their heads together and work well when it comes down to it

at least as friends

[cinder pulsar]

either way, I support it

[smoky kettle]

they are rivals but they can work together when push comes to shove

[odd raven]

THIS

[odd raven]

Ahhhh

[smoky kettle]

i support womens wrongs

[odd raven]

I support women’s wrongs

[smoky kettle]

real

[smoky kettle]

dropping this here too because i think itll prolly be the design i use for her going forward should she appear in my fics

the bride and the ugly ass groom

[lavish lynx]

OOOO SHE'S SO CUTE

Cheek markings supremacy

[smoky kettle]

YESS U GET IT

this is gonna flop on my tumblr and twitter but it was worth it

[smoky kettle]

key sees their reflection

[odd raven]

God that would be a trip

But I suppose they don’t remember what they used to look like

[smoky kettle]

depersonalization tag in 3...2...1

[smoky kettle]

nope

they will eventually but for right now most details of their old life are a mystery to them

im thinking some things will trigger memories

like how hunter saying the word vulture makes them remember the vultures from their world

[odd raven]

I’m pretty stoked you’re writing an isekai given how few of those there are in RW fandom

[smoky kettle]

im in love with the concept of isekais so i wanted to write one myself

[odd raven]

I got a comment a while back that said ‘if this was an isekai it would be my favorite fic’ lmfao maybe I should point them your way

[smoky kettle]

there was a pokemon one i was writing a few years ago and im debating on picking it back up

the mc was fun to write for

[odd raven]

Pokémon isekai

[smoky kettle]

a far cry from the kind of person key is

[odd raven]

I wanna isekai to Pokémon world…

[smoky kettle]

ME TOO

in my fic she reincarnates as an archen and hates it

[odd raven]

Truck-kun, where are you

Oh I’d wanna be a trainer

[smoky kettle]

and then gets captured by paul from the diamond and pearl series for a fun time (read: brutal training arc)

[smoky kettle]

oh same

i like pokemon isekai fics that are from the perspective of pokemon and trainers though, ive read some of borh

both*

[odd raven]

I haven’t read much isekai

Maybe I should read more

[smoky kettle]

i like isekais but they're a hit or miss for me! i dont rly like power trip isekais

i like ones where the mc interacts with the world on its level

[odd raven]

I do enjoy the genre though (though I am pretty burned out on fantasy isekai anime ngl)

[smoky kettle]

rather than just immediately being the best

you can have a strong mc without them curb stomping everyone else

[odd raven]

My favorite is ascendance of a bookworm and I’ve read all 2+ million words of the light novel translation

[smoky kettle]

thats what im trying to do with interloper

i want key to like, have the experience of someone who is playing rain world blind

[odd raven]

The struggle

[smoky kettle]

in my first draft of the fic i was gonna have them know what rain world is and retain some meta knowledge but i realized that would be less fun

[odd raven]

Groundhog day but I keep getting eaten by lizards

[smoky kettle]

HELPA

[odd raven]

Yea good call

[smoky kettle]

i still havent decided how i wanna handle cycling in this fic

and if theyll actually end up dying or not

[odd raven]

Have you ever watched edge of tomorrow

Do that

[smoky kettle]

hmmmm

i have nawt

whats the correlation

[odd raven]

Okay first of all

Watch edge of tomorrow

[smoky kettle]

this is embarrassing but i have problems with live action stuff because im face blind (thanks autism) and cant keep track of who everyone is😓

[odd raven]

Uhh military officer gets forced to be a ground soldier in an unwinnablr war against aliens, but gets stuck in a time loop before the battle and dies over and over—he gets slightly farther each time

It’s hilarious

[smoky kettle]

oh my god

that sounds fun

[odd raven]

I love that movie so much

[smoky kettle]

i could watch it right now actually

[odd raven]

I honestly can’t recommend it enough

It’s not underrated (everyone loves it) but it totally went under the radar on release

It’s also based on a Japanese novel and retains some anime wackiness

10/10 highly recommend

[smoky kettle]

im watching it rn

[odd raven]

Omfg yes lmk what you think

[smoky kettle]

maybe ill get some ideas? idk

ofc!!

i was debating on like. if key dies they wake back up to before they died but like in another timeline

[odd raven]

I’ll probably be asleep before you’re done with it but I will be back to see your reaction

[smoky kettle]

and theyre like freaked out and hunters like whats your deal and theyre like i DIED and hes like oh my god

[odd raven]

“Bruh duh. I died yesterday”

[smoky kettle]

(hunter, veteran of the cycle)

for the sake of not complicating things i might have them just not die at all. idk😭

[odd raven]

Yeah I’m avoiding dealing with the cycle by not killing my mains in mine

Anyway it is bedtime for me. I hope you like the movie!

[smoky kettle]

goodnight!!! ill lyk what i think

[smoky kettle]

they duct taped his mouth shut oh my god😭

the aliens look rly cool

[vale copper]

Calloutpost Propaganda!!!

thats so cute omg

[smoky kettle]

THANK U

[vale copper]

thats what you like to wake up too

only now i have to go back to my own work where UI does just not appear at all. She speaks once and gets mentioned like three times over all

[smoky kettle]

be the change u want to see

[vale copper]

the change i want to see in me is to learn drawing again

please teach me oh great Calloutpost art creator, i aspire to be like you

[smoky kettle]

bleeeegh i am not a good teacher, my only advice is to just start drawing every day even if you think it looks bad

and use references

eventually you will see improvement

[vale copper]

thats the plan

and then i will start the Calloutpost Propaganda for real

[smoky kettle]

the evil plan comes in 2 steps

1: get gud
2: calloutpost propaganda

[vale copper]

thats certainly a good motivator

[smoky kettle]

i believe in u

[exotic void]

thread's here!

[smoky kettle]

indeed

[odd raven]

This is the way

[smoky kettle]

morning chat... im tired af because i didnt sleep last night #insomnia im gonna try to write more of chapter 4 today and i'm thinking i'll post chapter 2 either this weekend or next monday :?

[odd raven]

Eyyy insomnia buddies

Don’t force writing if you’re too tired

As for upload schedule I suggest weekly. This gives you plenty of time to keep and even build on your backlog given your current productivity level

Wednesday tends to be a really good day for upload, though it’s summer so things are wonky rn (everything is going to get less attention right now)

Also recommendation for insomnia: magnesium supplement. Try natural calm brand, the drink works best but the gummies are good too. If you take it nightly it will stop helping, but it’s especially good if you’ve had a couple bad nights and especially if you’re feeling anxious because it has anxiety easing properties.

[smoky kettle]

i have issues with anxiety too so ill look into that, thank you!!

[smoky kettle]

i can try weekly!! i just don't want to burn myself out. but honestly i feel pretty motivated about this fic and i can imagine most of the story beats so it might be achievable

[odd raven]

That schedule is for now while your backlog is there, and while the new fic hype motivation is still peak

But know that you can slow down at any time

I just don’t recommend going faster

[smoky kettle]

i gotcha

[odd raven]

I kept a weekly schedule up until chapter 12 I think of mine

And it did burn me out

The chapter immediately after took a month, and then this chapter of I upload it today will be 3 weeks

[smoky kettle]

im gonna make them eat a grub😈

[smoky kettle]

im starting the playlist

[odd raven]

Poor key

[smoky kettle]

i think the grubs are bitter af

but hunter just sees them as easy food because theyre always in groups

[cinder pulsar]

The laser projection system is where the most nutrients are, don’t forget!

[smoky kettle]

key hates them

[smoky kettle]

heres the playlist btw. theres only 3 songs on it right now but i plan to find more (feel free to make suggestions too)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6pnYmOn4hrP6kAyM8aTHOW?si=8JoVDjtZTXGnM8goQPzhoQ&pi=u-jP4BdfoeRQSa

[smoky kettle]

OH AND BTW BRFORE I FORGET @odd raven sorry for the ping but i watched the movie u recommended it was super fun

[smoky kettle]

dream sequences are so damn fun to write i love making everything as nonsensical as possible while also being important

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

IM NOT EVEN DONE WRITING YEt

i hope long ass chapters dont become a habit

[odd raven]

Omfg right? It’s so fun. It was mostly a joke but when you mentioned not knowing what to do about the cycle i’m like… gestures at Tom cruise in edge of tomorrow

And by that I really mean things happen that key has already experienced, giving them a leg up

[odd raven]

sweats in latest chapter wordcount

[smoky kettle]

i was thinking that yeah. they die and then like, wake up again on the morning of. and obviously hunter has experienced the cycle before so if they explain it to him he'll understand

[odd raven]

It would be more fun imo

If they wake up with spotty memory, but doesn’t have hunter explain

And later the same event plays out, and they realize oh shit this has happened before…. And make use of that knowledge

[smoky kettle]

oooh

[odd raven]

Hunter could potentially realize what happened there (how did you do that?)

Then queue explanation

Just a suggestion though :3

[smoky kettle]

oooh i like that a lot more

[odd raven]

There’s lots of fun ways to potentially incorporate the cycle

[smoky kettle]

im still debating over whether or not i want them to even die at all but if i do decide on it ill definitely go with this

[odd raven]

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with

[smoky kettle]

void vulture

[odd raven]

someone's in a bit of a hairy situation

[smoky kettle]

poor key

[odd raven]

oooo... who is talking to them...

[smoky kettle]

hunter: stop slowing me down we need to get to moon before--
key: THE VOICES

[odd raven]

key needs a hug

[smoky kettle]

they do

[smoky kettle]

things i have planned:
interloper
possible interloper sequel if i ever actually finish the first one
calloutpost fic
oc/canon thing
i have way too much bouncing around in my head rn. this game is an endless well of inspiration at what cost...

[cinder pulsar]

now do a one-shot that has nothing to do with any of that

[smoky kettle]

DONT GIVE ME IDEAS

[cinder pulsar]

you could write the next "things slugcats shouldn't eat" fic

[smoky kettle]

i need to keep writing...im almost done with chapter 4...but the pebbles brainrot is so strong

i cannot wait to write him when he shows up in this fic

this is still early in the timeline so hes gonna be a priiiiiick

it gives me incentive to write at least... being able to put my blorbo in here

why did i take a break again?

oh yeah it's because i need to rewatch the gate opening animation so i can put it in

[odd raven]

Just write him now I write later scenes all the time

[smoky kettle]

true

i want to write his reaction to key because i feel like hed be able to tell that Something is wrong with them. i still havent figured out how i want them to reveal to hunter that theyre from another world entirely

[odd raven]

Tough one

[cinder pulsar]

I think it would be a big part of Key’s development into trusting Hunter- and by extension being more accepting of the world they have been dumped into- if they chose to reveal the truth about themselves to him of their own accord.

Having Pebbles reveal it might undercut Key’s potential growth.

[smoky kettle]

ohhh i see

that makes sense

[odd raven]

Ooo

Agree

Cy always busting out the best story advice I swear

[smoky kettle]

fr

i dont think this fic would be half of what it is without you guys giving me ideas

[smoky kettle]

i need to write more but im stuck

why...

[exotic void]

same Im also procastinating by doing something else

[smoky kettle]

sighhh i guess i can't force it

they just reached industrial complex

which will be an admittedly short stretch because they're headed for shaded

[exotic void]

W H A T

[smoky kettle]

i'm just trying to figure out how i wanna write it

[exotic void]

Shaded??

[smoky kettle]

i know how i want the chapter to end but how i'll get there is a mysterg

mystery*

[smoky kettle]

shaded citadel

[exotic void]

I know, but but

isnt that too soon?

[smoky kettle]

coming down industrial from the canopy leads straight to it

[exotic void]

poor key...

[smoky kettle]

i can't wait for them to experience the horrors that is shaded citadel

[odd raven]

Sounds like a brainstorming sesh is needed

How many chapters do you have written rn?

[smoky kettle]

working on 4 right now

like i said i have the end of the chapter planned but not how they'll get there 😭

[odd raven]

Always tough

Is there anything you wanna get across about hunter or key/their relationship/the world that you could use the journey to explore?

[smoky kettle]

hmmm

i need to think about it

[cinder pulsar]

Industrial is not all that interesting of a region for writing, but the Ind-Shaded route almost always has a scav encounter before you get to the shaded gate, so maybe you could do something with that?

[smoky kettle]

that's actually how i was planning to end the chapter!

[cinder pulsar]

Okay, then yeah, just skip through industrial a bit, there’s probably not a lot there to see or discuss that wouldn’t have already been covered

[smoky kettle]

yeah true i just don't wanna seem like im rushing through it

maybe ill have them encounter a dropwig lol

[odd raven]

So I’ve had to do this before but

If you really don’t feel like you have anything you can put before it except filler…. Consider not making this the ending

Make the ending part of the beginning/middle of the chapter and end on the next thing you had planned

I’ve had to do this multiple times

[smoky kettle]

i'll see what i can do

i just don't want the chapter to go on for too long

my plan was that they end up meeting a pack of scavengers and convince them to lead them through shaded citadel (since they have lanterns and stuff)

[cinder pulsar]

maybe you could do a nighttime campout in a shelter in industrial, and have key and hunter just like being buds?

most of the stuff we see is key being all scared and hunter being all abrasive, so it might be nice to see them both being a little more mellow

[smoky kettle]

true true

[smoky kettle]

ahh do they seem too one note?

[cinder pulsar]

no, no, but we only see their other parts through subtext and key's internal monolouge (for key)

[smoky kettle]

okay i see

[cinder pulsar]

to the characters themselves, they both probably think the other one is nothing more than what they seem on the surface, though, so it could be a chance for them to see that

[smoky kettle]

i can work with that

[odd raven]

cy being the best idea guy again\

[smoky kettle]

you guys are lifesavers i swear 😭

[smoky kettle]

sometimes i feel bad taking so much advice because it's like. why didn't i think of that

[odd raven]

nahhh you should see my recent conversation with cy where they saved my ass on chapter 14 content

it's still your story through and through

we're just throwing shit at the wall to help you get started :3

[smoky kettle]

i keep getting stuck😭i should probably take a break but my brain is like No you have to Work

im trying to figure out how hunter can explain the delivery mission to key and also his time limit without him outright saying that hes sick

sometimes ill just completely lose the ability to understand how conversations work and it just becomes clunky and awkward

i really should take a break

[cinder pulsar]

you should

at least like a thirty minute one

ideas are like food, you gotta digest em

[smoky kettle]

i have like a very Vague idea but its not enough for me to be able to form dialogue out of it

just hunter mentioning how important the mission is, mentioning moon and how shes a friend of his master (sig), key being confused as hell and hunter being like ?? because he thought they knew what an iterator was

blaghhh ill take a break and come back to it later

[smoky kettle]

this being another hint that key isnt who hunter thinks they are if they're missing basic information a purposed organism should know

[cinder pulsar]

or maybe it's another note towards hunter thinking that key was just some sort of failed science experiment that got dumped to fend for itself

[smoky kettle]

that's even better

i feel like it would make him cool off towards them a bit since he's been so frustrated

[cinder pulsar]

[smoky kettle]

i also need to find a way to write it without it seeming like an exposition dump😓😓😓

[cinder pulsar]

make key want to know more. since hunter is being gentler than usual in the convo (at the start at least) have them kind of press for info on why hunter's doing what hes doing. Keep the questions on keys side to things that Key would really care about knowing, and keep the answers to what hunter would feel pertinent to share.

[smoky kettle]

hmm alright

[cinder pulsar]

also... you don't have to fully explain hunter's mission

we, the audience, know what the mission is already

focus on what it means for the characters rather than the facts themselves

[smoky kettle]

me one month ago: lol im never making an ancient oc theyre so hard to draw
me now: fuck

shes very long

i tried to give her mask plague doctor motifs but idk how well i did

[odd raven]

You’re doing it though!!!

The head kind of has miros bird vibes in a way that I’m digging…

[smoky kettle]

HEHE

birdie

she dresses very modestly for an ancient to give myself grace BUT also because shes a doctor i feel like itd be fitting

[odd raven]

Agreed! Based on the murals outfits varied greatly so I’m sure there were ancients who did dress modestly

She looks great so far

[smoky kettle]

thank you :)

[vale copper]

is the mask reminiscent of a plage doctors in that case?

[smoky kettle]

yes :)

[smoky kettle]

my plan is for them to reach moon by chapter 7

[odd raven]

Moon!!!

[smoky kettle]

yes :)

key does not have the mark so itll probably be a hunter pov chapter

[odd raven]

I love moon

Excited for that

Do you know yet when you’re posting c2?

[smoky kettle]

gonna do wednesday like you suggested

hopefully gives me time to finish up ch4

[odd raven]

!! Looking forward to it

[smoky kettle]

i'm not sure why but the mystery dungeon ost always gets my muse going

northern desert my beloved

[odd raven]

I don’t remember the name but the dialga/palkia boss fight theme slaps

[smoky kettle]

palkia and dialga both have different themes!! and they both slap

i like how dialgas is more melancholic and palkias is just fucking terrifying

[odd raven]

Oh they are different???

[smoky kettle]

i could talk for hours about how well the pmd series conveys emotions through its music but i will nkt

[smoky kettle]

yes!!

https://youtu.be/oUIIJXse7f8

this is palkias lol

a considerable departure from the tone dialgas theme has

it's a lot darker sounding but also sounds almost heroic at some points because in the scenario palkia genuinely believes he's doing the right thing

i digress

good for writing

[odd raven]

Oh wow I don’t remember this one at all

Tbf it has been…. So long since I played these games

Like original release

[smoky kettle]

i've been actively replaying them 😭

working my way up

i'm on gates right now

[odd raven]

Do they hold up?

[smoky kettle]

oh absolutely

really good games

[odd raven]

Hmm

I should too sometime

[smoky kettle]

i might be biased because pokemon is my special interest but they are very fun

go for it

i'm gonna replay rescue team dx and name my partner after five pebbles soon😭

i also have the original rescue team but i haven't really touched it since the remake i mostly just have it as a keepsake but maybe i'll play it again someday

i need to draw a crossover with rainworld and pmd because it's something i always do when i gain a new hyperfixation

i already have ideas for reworking the lore to fit

though if it were to ever be a fic it would be a long ways off

[odd raven]

I’ve been obsessed with Pokémon since the 90’s Pokémon boom

Though these days I’m less enamored with it… special place in my heart

I just want them to make actually good games again

[odd raven]

Good crossover

Wait scug pmd isekai

Fighting Pokémon with spears

[smoky kettle]

yeah that's fair...i honestly still really enjoy the games but the difference between like, gen 5 and gen 8 is noticeable

violet was a blast though if i'm being honest

i just wish they weren't forced to push out games on a yearly basis

that's part of the problem i think

if only they cared about the spinoffs again

and oh god i'm still mad that they botched the gen 4 remakes. diamond was my first game with the serious

[odd raven]

This

[cinder pulsar]

This might be a bit of a hot take, but I think the core concept of Pokémon is tapped out at this point

[odd raven]

I had fun with scarlet it just made me angry the whole time I’m playing

[odd raven]

I mean… you underestimate pkm fans

[smoky kettle]

i think they just need to take more than 1 year to make a game

[odd raven]

I still replay original silver like every other year

[smoky kettle]

so we don't end up with old code ported to unity and songs made on a midi engine

[cinder pulsar]

Not commercially, creatively

Or maybe they’re just too scared of trying new things

[odd raven]

And I really really enjoyed legends arceus

Freshest it’s felt in a decade

[smoky kettle]

same legends was awesome

[odd raven]

Just looked like absolute ass

[smoky kettle]

this could be it

they did sort of do new things with scarlet/violet but they wouldn't lose anything by being bolder

[odd raven]

Gamefreak is an incompetent studio run by geezers who can’t evolve with the industry

And they make so much money they have no incentive to change

[smoky kettle]

i want like. Actual open world with level scaling and the ability to break into peoples houses again

[odd raven]

I found uh

[cinder pulsar]

“Gamefreak” could be replaced by practically any triple A studio in this sentence and the statement would remain true

[odd raven]

Translations of a Japanese job review site somewhere

Like Glassdoor but Japanese

[smoky kettle]

the gaming industry is kind of fucked at the moment it's so depressing

[odd raven]

And the stuff the employees were saying pretty much corroborates that

Forced to use ancient coding practices, fast employee turnaround, new employees aren’t allowed to deviate

These guys just don’t know what they’re doing

[smoky kettle]

to be honest rain world was the absolute most fun i've had playing a game in a while

[odd raven]

Granted that was a translation I saw secondhand…

[odd raven]

Indies

Fuck AAA right now

[smoky kettle]

fr

[odd raven]

90% of it is live service garbage

[smoky kettle]

rain world and spiritfarer have kept me going this year and i'm mad that there will probably never be anything else like them

[odd raven]

I’ve been gaming since the 90’s I’ve watched this downslide from the beginning

The best thing about modern gaming industry

[smoky kettle]

i'm literally a baby so i don't know anything except shit

i grew up with skyrim

i love skyrim

[odd raven]

Is it’s easier than ever for small devs to make good games

[smoky kettle]

but bethesda is kind of awful

[odd raven]

Bethesda is ass

I miss elder scrolls…

[cinder pulsar]

That’s a very pessimistic way to look at it, we have booms and busts, and there will always be a boom after the bust

[smoky kettle]

true it's just like

idk there are games i wish i could experience for the first time agaib

again*

[odd raven]

There will be others :3

[smoky kettle]

i'm excited and scared for tes 6

[odd raven]

Trust me I’ve been through this cycle over and over

[smoky kettle]

i'm just glad they're taking their time with it

[odd raven]

I have so many game series I love that are truly dead

[cinder pulsar]

There are great games everywhere, you just gotta look for em

[odd raven]

But every time I think there won’t be another that speaks to me

[smoky kettle]

me too like mystery dungeon

[cinder pulsar]

Like they did with Starfield?

[odd raven]

I find a rain world, or an outer wilds

[smoky kettle]

itll be different this time trust me!!!!!

[odd raven]

PMD will come back someday count on it

Try being a fan of panzer dragoon

[smoky kettle]

i'm so scared they'll botch it

[odd raven]

What’s that? Exactly

[cinder pulsar]

People love it too much for it not too

[smoky kettle]

but the rescue team remake was awesome so i have some hope?

[cinder pulsar]

Panzer Dragon… oof

[odd raven]

oof

[smoky kettle]

i looked it up and this is 100% something little kid me would have been all over just because of the dragon on the cover

[odd raven]

I’m hoping it’ll get another game studio on it. Like Bandai cooked good for Pokémon snap

Don’t tempt me to bust out that classic ost

I will not go hyper fixation on your thread

[smoky kettle]

chunsoft does handle the mystery dungeon series but i wonder if they will hand it off to someone else if another one ever comes out

[smoky kettle]

i already was when i started infodumping about the soundtrack😭

i do hope they continue the pop up storybook aesthetic they did with dx because i was a huge fan

it fits the world perfectly

[smoky kettle]

pokemon snap was so fun. i havent finished it yet but i need to

very pretty as well

[odd raven]

Proof Pokémon can look decent on switch

I’m aware than an open world game can’t look that good by its nature

But man they embarrassed GF

[smoky kettle]

they cooked

i love pokemon violet to death but i cant defend that paldea looks like someones superflat minecraft server

area zero was cool though

so glad i went into it blind

it's so interesting to me how the switch to 3d made all of the pokemon look so washed out

but the 3d mystery dungeon games didn't have that issue

gates and smd look so vibrant

[odd raven]

I hate the 3d models

And it seems like they’ll never fix the bad ones

They ruined so many Pokémon

[cinder pulsar]

yeah, at the risk of sounding like an old curmudgeon, pokemon design and aesthetic kind of peaked like right before they went 3d

[odd raven]

Haxorus and archeops…. Why did they do you like that

[odd raven]

I don’t like the shift to a high volume of humanoid designs :/

[smoky kettle]

gen 9 might be one of my least favorite gens in terms of designs

gen 8 and gen 7 cooked with their designs but theres only a handful i like from gen 9

[odd raven]

I miss when they looked less like character designs with intended personalities and more like animals

[cinder pulsar]

"but it's easy and it sells copies"

[smoky kettle]

my favorite gen design wise has to be gens 3 or 4

[odd raven]

My fave gen for designs is 2 and 5 ( though 5 had some seriously ass designs too )

[smoky kettle]

definitely not because of bias or anything like that

[odd raven]

And ofc I have a huge soft spot for gen 1

[smoky kettle]

though honestly there really isn't a single pokemon i dislike besides barbaracle

[odd raven]

I was in that original wave at like… 8 years old

[smoky kettle]

i started playing when i was 5😭

[cinder pulsar]

gen 2 was peak

[odd raven]

I think I was six when red/blue released

[cinder pulsar]

gtg tho, gotta run a D&D game

[odd raven]

Stateside

[smoky kettle]

have fun

[odd raven]

Have fun!!

Me just listening to panzer dragoon ost now

[smoky kettle]

yeah i remember being introduced to pokemon by my classmate when i was little and my undiagnosed autistic ass immediately latched onto it

[odd raven]

At least I have my memories

[smoky kettle]

i got pokemon diamond and that giant guidebook for platinum and i would spend hours reading the pokedex section and fantasizing about being able to play gen 3 because i really wanted a treecko

i think my favorite pokemon as a kid was kabutops? i liked how pointy it was

[odd raven]

Name a more iconic duo: neurodivergence and Pokémon

[smoky kettle]

its still my favorite fossil mon

[smoky kettle]

LITERALLY

[odd raven]

That and warrior cats

[smoky kettle]

now i'm 20 and really into animal biology so you can imagine how that pans out

[smoky kettle]

oh don't even get me started

i was that kid

[odd raven]

Me running a warrior cats dream on furcadia in middle school like a little gremlin

Got me programming early I guess

[smoky kettle]

i was the kind of kid that would roleplay at recess 😭 and every day after school i'd play fuckin

untold tales

that fangame

[odd raven]

Not familiar, I was probably out of the fandom by then

[smoky kettle]

it was just a simulator game made in rpg maker

i was obsessed with it

[odd raven]

But it amazes me how persistent warrior cats has been

I have a decade on you

[smoky kettle]

the creator makes like, actual proper games now which is cool

[odd raven]

Yet we were reading the same books growing up

[smoky kettle]

i'm ngl i stopped reading after the last hope i have no idea what's happening now

[smoky kettle]

it is weird

not bad weird

[odd raven]

I read the original set of books. Stopped a little after when the clans had to like… migrate out of their homeland

[smoky kettle]

i think bramblestar got like possessed and shit but i have no clue what's even going on

[odd raven]

Idk what book that is

[smoky kettle]

i actually stopped there too as a kid because i was bad at dealing with change and devastated that they were leaving😭

but i got over it eventually

[smoky kettle]

it's one of the newer ones? the plot is like really convoluted now

[odd raven]

But those were the most recently released books at the time I think

It just keeps going

[smoky kettle]

idk i just stick to my ocs and get context for the new plot with the animations people make

i consider myself an observer fandom wise. it's nice to dabble in sometimes

[odd raven]

I have fond memories

[smoky kettle]

me too

[odd raven]

Oh man the other one when I was a kid (in the internet spaces I hung out in) was spirit

The horse movie

Spirit oc’s were eeeeverywhere

Doubt that’s still a thing

[smoky kettle]

i never got into spirit as a kid i was a warrior cats and guardians of gahoole kid

[odd raven]

Eyebrow horses still haunt me

[smoky kettle]

and wings of fire to a less obsessed extent

and uhh

i was a really big digimon kid

still am

[odd raven]

Same

Digimon adventure is peak

And I will die for the original cringy pun-filled dub

[smoky kettle]

all of my childhood interests carried with me into adulthood and i'm kind of glad for it

[smoky kettle]

i love the dub so much

i fucking love the awful movie too

it's so fun to watch

[odd raven]

It’s peak 90’s/early 2000’s dub energy

Digimon the movie slaps so hard

I saw that shit in theatres

I still love it so much

[smoky kettle]

one of my favorite movies unironically

absolutely oozes 90s

[odd raven]

It’s gotta be the dub too

I love it unironically I think it’s great

It’s funny as hell

The soundtrack has that ‘we gotta do the shrek thing’ badness that brings me so much joy

[smoky kettle]

the soundtrack got me into ska punk

[odd raven]

Idc that they stitched together three unrelated shorts to make it it’s great

[smoky kettle]

i watched the original hurricane touchdown though and it's so fucked up i'm kinda sad they altered its tone

[odd raven]

‘He has pants now!’

This is peak writing i will defend this shit with my life

[smoky kettle]

i need to completely scrap interloper and rewrite it to be like this now

[odd raven]

Wait no go back

…unless

[smoky kettle]

"sorry i was sleeping"
"but you were driving!"

LMAO

[odd raven]

ITS SO FUCKING GOOD

I can hear it

[smoky kettle]

HAHDHAJDHA

[odd raven]

Modern digimon just ain’t the same

Now I wanna watch it it’s been a while

[smoky kettle]

the final fight with diaboromon will always be one of the most badass things ever to me

[odd raven]

The fight animation is amazing

[smoky kettle]

and i cant forget the fact that angel anaconda caused someones parents to divorce💔

[odd raven]

Especially the animation in that first short

[smoky kettle]

the scene where they become omegamon drives me insane like oh my god

[odd raven]

The parrotmon vs Greymon fight goes so hard

Unreasonably hard

Blows Pokémon animation out of the water

[smoky kettle]

my second favorite moment

[odd raven]

It’s so hype I can hear the lines

I’m glad someone else loves this stupid movie

Total childhood hyperfixation

[odd raven]

New Iterator name just dropped

[smoky kettle]

LMAO

ignore the potato quality but oh my god

digimon is what introduced me to fanfiction

[odd raven]

The fat cellphone

ITS BUSY

Original jp digimon is so serious too

[smoky kettle]

id defend the dub with my life because of how stupid it is

[odd raven]

No but like

It’s actually funny writing

Idk if it’s the delivery or what but it just hits

[smoky kettle]

digimon has had such a chokehold on me it influences how i design characters 😭

[odd raven]

It’s so dumb

[smoky kettle]

i put belts and zippers on EVERYTHING

[smoky kettle]

ITS SO GOOD

[odd raven]

Final fantasy has arrived in the chat

[smoky kettle]

i still need to play final fantasy

[odd raven]

Eh

[smoky kettle]

it and chronotrigger are on my list

[odd raven]

Honestly they don’t hold up that great if you don’t have the nostalgia

One thing I will give to modern gaming

[smoky kettle]

but i love a good cheesy jrpg...

[odd raven]

Outside of like… live service games…. We’ve done away with the mandatory grind

[smoky kettle]

dq9 is still one of my favorite games

[odd raven]

FF games have some awful required grinding

My fave one (10) has this evil level curve right before the end

And god forbid you wanna do the end game extra content. Ugh. Sit there and slap mobs for ten hours on repeat

But I do have a lot of feels about 10

I do miss classic JRPGs though

They just don’t make em much anymore

[smoky kettle]

i love me a good jrpg

the edgier the better

let it ooze three days grace and hot topic please

[odd raven]

geezer voice they just don’t make em like they used to

Panzer dragoon saga though. Man…

[smoky kettle]

(looking wistfully at my local mall) i want to go back

[odd raven]

Man malls just aren’t the same now

[smoky kettle]

i think the stuff i was raised on contribute to how edgy my personal works are

[smoky kettle]

they're so boring now

me and my partner go sometimes but its just to hit up gamestop and spencers and like, maybe a bookstore

[odd raven]

I’m just realizing

That rain world filled the panzer dragoon shaped hole in my heart

The lost ancient society, their constructs still carrying on and ruining the world… the bioengineered life that’s replaced everything…

Oh my god it’s so similar I didn’t even notice

[smoky kettle]

it all comes full circle

i need to sit down with an emulator and try this game because ive never heard of it until you brought it up here

[odd raven]

So the first two are rail shooters

The third is an rpg

With my favorite battle system of any rpg of any I’ve over played

Its position based and totally unique

I can grab a video if you’re interested

[smoky kettle]

is it a necessity to play them in order

[smoky kettle]

yes please

[odd raven]

https://youtu.be/m_kRDJmwDW8?si=0e5pzob5wEIB2f7O

Warning: this game is ancient

But you can see how the battle system works here

[smoky kettle]

not a problem i love old games

[odd raven]

There are zones around the enemies you can fly around to position yourself

And the safe and high damage zones fluctuate

The enemy can move too

[smoky kettle]

oh my goddd the dragons. i know i wouldve been obsessed with this as a kid i love dragons

[odd raven]

So it’s this battle of using your energy to move and position yourself and fight, while the enemy is doing the same

Oh it had this INSANE transformation system

There’s a stats slider you can smoothly change, and the dragon shifts shape with it it’s crazy

[smoky kettle]

that's so cool oh my god

i wish more modern rpgs would experiment with mechanics

it all feels very same-y now

[odd raven]

https://youtu.be/9qgDpPju8JQ?si=5j2muRKPJ_ppIX4Z

I actually can’t believe this was a thing in such and old game

And there were like ten dragon base forms, it evolves into new ones as you progress the story

[smoky kettle]

dragon collection??🥺

[odd raven]

No you only have one

[smoky kettle]

still

i love thag

that*

[odd raven]

He just gets stronger and morphs as you go

[smoky kettle]

i need to check this out sometime

[odd raven]

Also the art…

Okay I’ll stop now

Thank you for indulging me

I have a lot of love for this thing no one knows about

[smoky kettle]

yes of course

if it's anything at all you've piqued my interest

[odd raven]

I’m actually reeling at just how similar the lore is to rain world and how I never noticed it

This was my original lore hyperfixation

[smoky kettle]

man i've always been really into the lore of things i like

i do really nerdy shit like run speculative biology blogs for things no one should actually think so deeply about

pokemon mythos is so unexplained that i said fuck it and made up my own creation myths

oh we got so off topic i completely forgot to actually write like i was planning to😭

i dont feel like writing anymore so instead i'm gonna go and assign every rainworld region to a pmd dungeon theme

[odd raven]

Omfg haha sorry for derailing you!

[smoky kettle]

no worries i enjoyed the conversation

[odd raven]

Made me wanna dig up my old saga roms

I know I have em somewhere

[smoky kettle]

do ittt

im thinking about how many rw regions would be fitting dungeons in the pmd world and it makes me want to do an au even more

i'm making that list...

[odd raven]

PMD RW AU would be a blast

[smoky kettle]

i already have ideas

like moon being a mew and pebbles being a mewtwo who was cloned from her

[odd raven]

Ooooo

Oh shit that’s such a good idea lmao

[smoky kettle]

thank you :3

artificer is a typhlosion because i'm doing a pokemon crystal clear playthrough where i'm naming all of my party members after rw characters and it stuck

marowak was a darker alternative

[odd raven]

Typhlosion or quilava is perfect for her

Maybe floatzel for riv?

Or vaporeon

Vaporeon seems like the obvious choice

[smoky kettle]

vaporeon is the obvious choice

though im making them a kingdra in my playthrough just because ive always wanted to use kingdra

im making the rw regions with dungeon themes list

and im thinking about how much the tree of life's theme from super reminds me of ||the rot||

complete with the horrible creaking sounds and the droning bass like the whole place is falling apart

https://youtu.be/HvsOsIq5F0s

this would be the dungeon theme methinks

[odd raven]

Ohhhhh

Yeah this fits

This is the one I never played

[smoky kettle]

super is so good honestly

[odd raven]

Or I started to but couldn’t stand that it takes place in preschool or something

[smoky kettle]

the beginning is a little frustrating yeah 😭 but it picks up

[odd raven]

Why am I a literal baby

[smoky kettle]

it gets so dark

especially when the stakes are that ||the earth is literally hurtling into the sun and everyone on the planet except for you and your partner were turned to stone||

[odd raven]

What

Are you still a baby

[smoky kettle]

like why are we making 10 year olds deal with that

YES

well

kinda?

you get like

||the power to skip to ur final evolution stage and they describe it as like going through puberty so ??||

its a fucked up game i love it i cried at the ending

[odd raven]

???? Why, pokemon? Why?

You are making me curious though

[smoky kettle]

im replaying it with a friend rn and its a blast

[odd raven]

I still own it maybe I should try again

[smoky kettle]

you should!

[odd raven]

I’d have to dig it out of storage though

[smoky kettle]

i agree the beginning is a slog but after that it picks up

[odd raven]

The beginning absolutely lost me when I tried it

But that was many moons ago

[smoky kettle]

its one of my favorite games in the series i just hate how the first 3 hours are a tutorial

but i feel like the rest of the game makes it worth it

out of all of them i feel like gates has the strongest cast

[odd raven]

I don’t remember the story super well

[smoky kettle]

mostly because they all feel like actual people and not one liners like the wigglytuffs guild guys im sorry ik its blasphemy i just dont like them all that much

[odd raven]

But one of the ones I played I remember being very emotionally invested in

I just can’t recall which one it was since they’ve all kind of bled together

In my memory

The one with grovile I think

[smoky kettle]

yeah that's explorers

i do love grovyle

super does the guild thing a lot better though

because the other guild members in that game also feel like people but the characters in the explorers guild just kinda feel like theyre there to like. have a funny catch phrase

besides bidoof hes fine i like him

i still love explorers to death i just wish it didnt overshadow other games in the series

[odd raven]

I remember the bidoof

[smoky kettle]

they gave the beaver a funny accent :)

[odd raven]

Now I have so many things I wanna play and no time lmao

And I gotta write

[smoky kettle]

i have all the time in the world because i'm disabled and cant go anywhere 😔

as a surprise to absolutely no one i got five pebbles section done first

sans one 😬

[odd raven]

It’s almost like you like him or something

[smoky kettle]

nuh uh whered you get that idea

https://youtu.be/62ep8uK8nfQ

i love this one so much i want to try to slot it in

maybe outer expanse

im just amused by the didgeridoos

or garbage wastes😭😭😭

[odd raven]

Outer expanse yeah

Maybe even sky islands

[smoky kettle]

true

there are an unfortunate amount of bagpipes in these songs

i forgot theres also a part in super where ||you get sent to hell||

i wish i was joking

[odd raven]

What

[smoky kettle]

yeah

like its a whole story arc

its seared into my memory because it was genuinely fucking scary

[odd raven]

You’re making me very curious

[smoky kettle]

maybe that's the plan

[odd raven]

[smoky kettle]

ok list is done

||rainworld regions with pmd dungeon themes list
some will have more than one if i felt like more than one were fitting
this also wont include saints regions (aside from a couple) because i havent played them yet
some subregions will be here

outskirts - lush forest (super)

industrial complex - mt steel/boulder quarry (rescue team/explorers), thunderwave cave (rescue team)

farm arrays - illusory hazy pass (gates), kilionea road (gates)

sky islands - fire island volcano (super)
communications array - sky tower summit (rescue team)

pipeyard - mt travail (explorers)

shaded citadel - ancient barrow (super)

chimney canopy - mt bristle (explorers)

drainage - brine cave (explorers)
undergrowth - limestone cave (explorers)

outer expanse - mystery jungle (super)

waterfront facility - mt. thunder (rescue team)
shoreline - sealed ruin (explorers)
the precipice - chasm cave (explorers), daybreak ridge (gates)
frigid coast - sky peak snowfield (explorers)

looks to the moon (exterior) (pre collapse) - icicle forest (explorers)
looks to the moon (interior) - glacial underpass (gates)
looks to the moon (post-collapse) - purifying cave (super)
bitter aerie - frosty grotto (rescue team)

the exterior - spacial cliffs (explorers),
five pebbles (superstructure) - steam cave (explorers)
five pebbles (unfortunate development) - within the crags of lament (gates)
five pebbles (the rot) - tree of life: trunk (super)
metropolis - telluric path (gates)
silent construct - prehistoric ruins (super)

subterranean - tyrain maze (gates)
filtration - tyrain maze inner chamber (gates)
depths - calm craggy area (super)

submerged - depths of the submerged cave (super) (this one was an obvious one i know hold your applause)
that one area where u find moons cloak i forgot the name - deep star cave (explorers)

rubicon - reverse mountain (super)||

subject to change ofc

[lavish lynx]

Mt Thunder ❤️

[smoky kettle]

mt thunder is awesome

[smoky kettle]

dropping this here too since its relevant

i just realized i colored their tendrils in backwards🫡🫡🫡

[lavish lynx]

Key! Points at precious baby

[odd raven]

They look like a nudibranch here in the best way

[smoky kettle]

truly a scug

[smoky kettle]

i need to write today (doesnt)

i hope it's not a writer's block 😔

im almost done with the chapter but im just like urghhgdhh

[cinder pulsar]

Is it just that you’re not writing? Or are you actively trying to write and not getting anything workable?

[smoky kettle]

bit of both

[cinder pulsar]

well, if you want any help you can ask

[smoky kettle]

thank you

[smoky kettle]

im procrastinatint

[smoky kettle]

ke

[cinder pulsar]

ke

[smoky kettle]

ke

[cinder pulsar]

luv this animal

[odd raven]

ke

[smoky kettle]

how do you guys suppose hunter would react to scavengers?

i think this is what i'm stuck on

[odd raven]

Well he’s not arti

Probably neutrally

Avoidance where possible, trade/truce where not

[smoky kettle]

yeah true

i feel like he would be tense at the very least since he knows how unpredictable they can be and he has a teenager with him whos never seen a scavenger before

[odd raven]

This.

Scavengers would be scary.

Kinda what I went with in HFISH with winter—she needs to trade but is worried lump will spook them and get them killed

Maybe key tries to introduce themself and hunter ha to jump on them to stop them approaching? Or something? Then again I’m not sure how scared key would be seeing these weirdos

[smoky kettle]

key would find them uncanny

when i first played rainworld i was terrified of scavengers because of how humanlike i found them (i love them now)

i feel like theyd have the same reaction

[odd raven]

winter both likes them/thinks they're weirdly endearing and is terrified of them

[cinder pulsar]

I found them startling because I had assumed that Slugcats were the only intelligent life running around

[odd raven]

I had them spoiled for me. :c

I actually found rainworld from a video about its ecosystem

so I had a lot of creatures spoiled, but not all

[smoky kettle]

i had a lot of the game spoiled for me before i played it but that was because i didnt think i would ever end up playing it

my first playthrough was still just was magical though id say

[cinder pulsar]

As for how Hunter would react to scavs… the first time I played Hunter and ran into them, I knew they weren’t going to be very friendly, so I tried to avoid them if at all possible. But then I got chased by something (a vulture I think) and was forced onto a very small platform in sky islands with one of them. The scav only had a grenade and he raised his arm and I just said “No. You wouldn’t.” And then he blew us both up.

When I think of scavs I think of distant explosions, big boggly eyes peering out through the dark, and strange rituals and customs that slugcats only half understand.

I dunno if that helps

[smoky kettle]

oh it does

i plan on having them meet a pack of scavs going into shaded and hunter somehow convinces the scavs to lead him and key through shaded since they have lanterns

which will set up for some other conflict i have planned later in the story

[odd raven]

I love scavs in fics

[smoky kettle]

me too

[cinder pulsar]

You could have them do the thing where he drops a spear for them and then the scav drops a spear right back

I like to think of the spear exchange as a trust ritual

[odd raven]

Ooo this!!

A demonstration of non-aggressive intent

Like sheathing a sword

[smoky kettle]

oooh noted

this chapter is at 5k words...🥹

[odd raven]

Wahh!! Good work!!

Big chap

[smoky kettle]

really big

i dont think ive ever written this much before

[cinder pulsar]

it's good! means you got a flow going

[smoky kettle]

okay i think i finished...i left on a bit of a cliffhanger

would anyone be willing to beta for me?

[cinder pulsar]

shoot it my way

[smoky kettle]

kk give me a second

[smoky kettle]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56720413/chapters/144731446

the

[cinder pulsar]

[smoky kettle]

wip…drawing scene from chapter 2

[odd raven]

!!

Bout to read c2

[smoky kettle]

have fun !!

[odd raven]

||BAWWW key crying||

I remember talking about this scene

Bawww

||AWW and hunter just doesn’t know what to do!!||

good chapter!!

i already like their dynamic

[smoky kettle]

aww thank you

just realized im probably going to have to bump the fic rating up to M at some point in the future😭

[odd raven]

Idk I’m getting away with teen

What’s the issue?

[smoky kettle]

it's gonna get pretty violent

for spoiler reasons

[odd raven]

If it’s not worse than the ||winter losing her tail|| scene you’re probably okay

If it’s much gorier than that I would say yeah M

BUT the contains graphic violence warning is sufficient for most gore tbh

[smoky kettle]

hmm fair enough

its a long way off so i have time to think about

[odd raven]

Or if the violence is like, constant

[smoky kettle]

fartificer wip this will be her design in the fic

i wanted her to be built like typhlosion

[odd raven]

UHHH I LOVE THIS???

She looks like she would beat me up

[smoky kettle]

she would!!!<3

[smoky kettle]

she will take your lunch money

[odd raven]

[smoky kettle]

i think i have a name for my rainworld oc verse

[odd raven]

oh?

[smoky kettle]

took a nap and lost it u_u

ill remember later

[smoky kettle]

the playlist has 4 songs on it...whoa... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6pnYmOn4hrP6kAyM8aTHOW?si=9sKjOoq-RlaRq-gbqIX9yA&pi=u-Hk25o-NsS8mB

[smoky kettle]

theres been a change of plans

[smoky kettle]

i still have to do hunter T_T im taking a break for now

[lavish lynx]

Key looks like they can't comprehend the immediate threat to their life

[smoky kettle]

they're too freaked out

[odd raven]

I love the art so far

[smoky kettle]

thank you!!

[odd raven]

Fics with art… best…

[smoky kettle]

there probably wont be one for Every chapter because id burn myself out so fast lol but i want to draw some important scenes

[odd raven]

I wish I had the energy to do more for mine!

[smoky kettle]

im listening to this album i like for motivation while i write and god i forgot how much i love the ambient tracks thatre between some of the songs

my only complaint is that they took out this bridge that was in one of the demos 😔

[smoky kettle]

writing my fics has actually helped me with my anxiety so much lately. whenever i feel weird i just write it's great

[odd raven]

Aww love to hear this

[smoky kettle]

i feel like this is turning out considerably worse than key is but oh well

[vale copper]

looks really cute if you ask me

[cinder pulsar]

Whoa. Angry ferret.

[smoky kettle]

the angriest

[smoky kettle]

never again

[gusty olive]

I'm jealous of your art skills....I love how they look though.

Hunter looks so....alien, he looks like something I am thinking of....I just can't remember what he looks familiar to me as.

[smoky kettle]

wahhh thank u so much!!

and yeah i tried to make hunter and key look very different shapewise on purpose...

[gusty olive]

Key kinda reminds me of...

Stitch tbh from Lilo & Stitch lol

just the color scheme alone

his pupils though being so small being one inch from being stabbed with a spear, poor guy.

[smoky kettle]

originally they were gonna be green but i thought blue would fit their rot motif better

[gusty olive]

I get why you went with that scheme c:, he still looks awesome, just saying who he reminds me of lol.

[smoky kettle]

thank you!! i should mention that key only uses they/them

[spiral urchin]

Story consumed

||This is like pokemon mystery dungeon but rain world ||

[smoky kettle]

pokemon mystery dungeon was actually a huge inspiration but shhh dont tell anyone

pmd and also my own first playthrough of the game

[exotic void]

After reading ch.2, this really has that PMD tone, doesn't it

||Hunter especially gives off the vibe of your partner from the game story||

[smoky kettle]

partner but meaner

[odd raven]

How goes the sad lesbians fic

[smoky kettle]

going well

i tried to do a bit of worldbuilding which is SCARY because its all headcanon but i think it turned out alright

[smoky kettle]

inb4 everyone sees the "rainworld regions with pmd songs" list i made

[smoky kettle]

as it stands right now chapter 3 of the sad lesbians fic is like, halfway done maybe

its getting kinda long

[odd raven]

there’s a whole chapter I haven’t read yet…

[smoky kettle]

i mean its not done yet but if u wanna read it...

[odd raven]

Ahaha no pressure I’m being silly

I am excited for more though :3

[smoky kettle]

ofc

beads of citrine was just gonna be a side character but im getting so attached to him hes so fun to write i may make him a ref

[smoky kettle]

needles without her mask doodle

[spiral urchin]

What's your other story by the way?

[smoky kettle]

i haven't posted it yet!! it's an oc centric fic

[gusty olive]

stupid question is Needles a.....scug?

[smoky kettle]

she's an ancient

i see ancients as being vaguely birdlike

[gusty olive]

When you said mask I was thinking ancient but wasn't sure >.>

is she gonna be in interloper?

[smoky kettle]

naw she's long gone by the time interloper happens

she will be the main character of another fic im writing though

[odd raven]

oh god I don't even want to tell you what my first thought was

this art is nice though she's a cutie

[gusty olive]

can i bring a petition to bring her back

ill get signatures

or forge them

[cinder pulsar]

oh she's still around... in a sense

[smoky kettle]

...what was ur first thought

[odd raven]

auuugh

please don't hate me

[gusty olive]

HAHAHAAH

[cinder pulsar]

lol

[odd raven]

I blame my stupid brain for seeing this

[cinder pulsar]

lmao

[smoky kettle]

IM CDYING LMAO

[gusty olive]

Ok honestly I see the resemblance

[smoky kettle]

HAHDKQHRKWH

[odd raven]

I'M SORRY

[smoky kettle]

im ngl they were kind of an inspiration subconsciously

shes meant to be like a crane or an ostrich but that works too???

[odd raven]

she's a cutie

[smoky kettle]

beads is a big bird like a harpy eagle or something

he's Huge

[odd raven]

the head and mouth actually remind me a lot of my CS design from back in the day so... banan approved

[smoky kettle]

what does cs stand for!!

[odd raven]

hmmmm

I'll dm you

[gusty olive]

Computer Science

obviously

[smoky kettle]

crain sworld

[odd raven]

it's this!

[smoky kettle]

i figured it out

ill draw her better one day i am just so tired from that painting last night lol

[odd raven]

i love her

[smoky kettle]

me too

she is chronically stressed and needs a nap

[odd raven]

she just like me fr fr

[smoky kettle]

🤝

[smoky kettle]

sorry for songposting again but this is so needles/whisper coded especially after needles becomes an echo https://open.spotify.com/track/73SBAGI4fPFm4VkB3NjXq8?si=IhZyyZ4XTFOvML5DMlwF6w

[smoky kettle]

my friend drew key for artfight 🥺

[smoky kettle]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56720413/chapters/145226788

chapter 3 is here

[lavish lynx]

New Interloper?!?

[smoky kettle]

yes!!

[lavish lynx]

||MAN if Hunter is this confused about Key, wait til the day he discovers Key's past. If he ever does ||
||Key constantly crawling like me in my first playthrough fr fr||
||"I didn't want you to get hurt" Key. Bestie. You don't wanna know ||
Chapter CONSUMED

I had never left kudos, this is a crime

[smoky kettle]

i'm glad you enjoyed it!! my first playthrough had me crawling everywhere too LOL

[odd raven]

LOVED THIS CHAP

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[smoky kettle]

YAUAUAUAU YOU GUYS R SO NICE TO ME

[odd raven]

well maybe I would be less nice if you didn't write so good!! ever think about that!!!

[smoky kettle]

i'll get yiu

[odd raven]

I FEAR NOTHING

[spiral urchin]

Latest chapter was awesome

[spiral urchin]

Fun fact: If you spam jump while crouched you actually move faster than regular walking

[smoky kettle]

i love doing this

it makes the slugcat flop around like a fish and it's endlessly funny to me

[gusty olive]

Did you ever do wiggle flight

Will we see key wiggle flight anytime soon?

[cinder pulsar]

Ch. 3: key cannot walk
Ch. 4: key has mastered the triple extended poleflip into squigglejump tech

[gusty olive]

I'd be impartial to see key floating down a sloped ceiling

[smoky kettle]

i have never done it before u_u

[smoky kettle]

they can prolly ceiling crawl with their tendrils like a fucked up little poltergeist

[spiral urchin]

Probably best to leave some of the more wacky tech out of stories. Otherwise you'd have to account for scugs being able to pin teleport, time travel (gate warp), fly, accelerate time, possession, despawn creatures, chain starve, karma cache and a lot of other stuff

[spiral urchin]

I can send you some resources if you'd like to learn.

[smoky kettle]

please do

[spiral urchin]

Sent

[gusty olive]

Both were jokes...

I obviously would not expect wiggle flight in a story

[spiral urchin]

It'd be funny!

[gusty olive]

It would, but I would not expect it except for a story that was silly in premise

[exotic void]

||"you actually forgot how to walk" sent me ||

||Hunter is secretly a softie~...||

[smoky kettle]

||he is🥺||

[smoky kettle]

the mast's pokemon mystery dungeon theme would be sky tower from blue rescue team btw. i played through it last night and i wanted to add it to the list

[cinder pulsar]

getting to the top of the mast is one of my favorite modded experiences in RW

[smoky kettle]

it was so fucking cool

the sun started to set while i was up there and i just stayed there for a while

[cinder pulsar]

the music that plays when you get there is pretty peak too

[smoky kettle]

IT IS

[cinder pulsar]

I brought a pup up there when I did it. Little plink got to see the length and breadth of the world before he had fully developed motor skills.

[smoky kettle]

what a blessing

i had at least 5 cyans following me

[cinder pulsar]

you playing on hunter?

[smoky kettle]

no expedition as artificer

i just tamed a bunch

[cinder pulsar]

nice

[odd raven]

wish I could use mods

[cinder pulsar]

I'll write a Mast fic to capture the experience just for you, banan

[smoky kettle]

parsec with someone who does have mods ez

[odd raven]

parsec?

googles oh

well, i could get RW on pc anyway

I just have all my save data and achievements and stuff on PS5 ;0;

I will have to though if watcher has a large delay between pc and console

[smoky kettle]

ohh wait i misunderstood ur a console player u_u

[odd raven]

sad lonely console player

a peasant, me is

[smoky kettle]

key

just a small warmup doodle

[odd raven]

Keyyyy