In Golden Flame

[west phoenix]

perhaps you need a larger focus group

[noble ivy]

how many times has joyous breached containment?

do other threads, or god forbid general chat, know of the

[west phoenix]

though the extent of this was like
"i need this character as the joyous emote"
"ok"
and then she did it

no questions asked- they are safe

[willow needle]

Chat I might start ADHD meds

[shell bison]

i crave blue berry

[west phoenix]

lmao i just saw what you posted in wren's discord

leaking DMs

[west phoenix]

what the fuck did she say

[shell bison]

blueberry c:

[west phoenix]

i would love like, a strawberry parfait

i used to make those all the time

[shell bison]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-friends-dap-up-dap-me-up-smiling-friends-dap-up-super-monkey-ball-gif-1457175062092915584

[shell bison]

this is the kind of content Char posts on the muse

[west phoenix]

the fucking edit lmfao

like ryu and cyclops dapping each other up

[tame tide]

I've never watched it so I thought that was just the show

[west phoenix]

we spent last session quoting smiling friends for like an hour

average wren session tbh

[shell bison]

I JUST WANTED MY

CHEESE

[lyric ivy]

what about frowning friends

[shell bison]

Jen, whoa whoa I don't you should be saying that out load

[balmy obsidian]

out load

[shell bison]

Look Meow, I think this bit might be a lost cause. It obviously will backfire so why don't we cut out losses and get out of here.

[west phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-turning-head-confused-cat-rizalalthur-orange-cat-behavior-gif-10491959385063137392

i don't think it was weird until you made it weird

[willow needle]

hi frens

[noble ivy]

hallo the naana

[west phoenix]

hallo the naana

[shell bison]

bruh

[noble ivy]

-# I thought bunzi was doing a funny Smiling friends reference?

[west phoenix]

same

like i thought they say something like that in the episode

[shell bison]

it literally is

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-friends-desmond's-house-ffxiv-fandaniel-final-fantasy-14-gif-3928833621363169099

[west phoenix]

honestly i feel like i make you upset all the time so i have no idea where the bit begins and ends

[clever cloud]

roland gaming

[balmy obsidian]

this is everyone talking to invader at all times

[west phoenix]

ugh i'm just gonna go shower thats enough ruining social interactions from me today

[noble ivy]

Is Roland Pim, Charlie, or Mr. plinkett in this scene?

[shell bison]

Please take a break and do a little mental reset.

[balmy obsidian]

wash the sad away

[clever cloud]

depends on the day

[lyric ivy]

chat: good news

my sister agreed to teach me makeup

my sister who does cosplay and is really good at it and knows what she's doing

[noble ivy]

don't worry, Jen
you didn't ruin any interactions today
-# if anything, Leo made it weird by flush reacting out load

[lyric ivy]

load-er risk of rain 2

[noble ivy]

I saw that cat

[lyric ivy]

saw what

[noble ivy]

I hardly

[lyric ivy]

loader risk of rain 2?

[balmy obsidian]

I did not flush react this is a baseless accusation your honor

[lyric ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/risk-of-rain-risk-of-rain-2-ror2-loader-clay-dunestrider-gif-12292984678896737185

[shell bison]

https://tenor.com/view/pootis-engage-pootis-engage-what-confused-gif-25339394

[minor orchid]

the heck I missed-

[balmy obsidian]

You know what I miss?

https://tenor.com/view/i-miss-my-wife-tails-i-miss-her-a-lot-sonic-the-hedgehog-snapcube-eggman-gif-27436480

[minor orchid]

Wife-

[noble ivy]

Life-

[thorn hinge]

Wife? No we were talking about Loader not Artificer

[supple carbon]

Damn

[shell bison]

Artificer, now that's a callsign

[supple carbon]

And a class in a variety of games

[balmy obsidian]

I like callsigns that end in "er"

It appeals to my smooth RPG brain

[west phoenix]

i dhd that lmfao

[west phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/gup-risk-of-rain2-post-this-post-this-instanly-post-this-gup-instantly-gif-24352746

i have a headache and am anxious about lancer but now i want to play ror2

i have like lost all of my recent runs and have had to quit out of a few because its my pre igf ritual

[willow needle]

WE FORGOT AGAIN MEPW

[west phoenix]

i would say lets play today but i just want to do one run to (hopefully) get my nerves down so i can read over my notes for today

i stg if i have 3 bad sessions in a row i'm gonna crash out

[balmy obsidian]

There there it'll be okay

[zinc topaz]

one of the hardest fucking pictures ever btw

[willow needle]

You can do it!

[west phoenix]

BRUH

[zinc topaz]

i had ryu and cyclops as my phone wallpaper for like 5 years

[noble ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/flushed-gif-26618632

[west phoenix]

marvel vs capcom is better but man i just want a street fighter x-men game again

[zinc topaz]

i dont give a fuck about most marvel stuff but mvc somehow made cyclops occupy like

most of my brain as a kid

[lime widget]

This made me cry I thought you guys would appreciate it

[west phoenix]

i used to love marvel and superheroes in general, that didn't last ofc lmao

[zinc topaz]

i just cant care anymore tbh the mcu just like oversaturated the brand to me and now marvel = funko pop in my head

[west phoenix]

JLA, earths mightiest heroes. shit slapped

[west phoenix]

yeah same, i've been in that boat for a long time

[zinc topaz]

i loved mvc and thats about it

marvel rivals is fun

[west phoenix]

wrong

[balmy obsidian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcXJCrdSIkg

[west phoenix]

mvc still has the best dormammu rep and idk how

POWER OF THE- POWER OF THE- POWER OF THE- POWER OF THE CREATOR

[zinc topaz]

my favorite superhero (other than cyclops) was always spawn anyways

also... because of... a fighting game...

man my brain is super malleable when it comes to fighting games huh

:3

[lime widget]

The sequel

[west phoenix]

i mean yeah dormammu is one of my favorites just because of mvc3

[shell bison]

Bun, using a blink portal to pet you

[minor orchid]

valid use for blink

[lime widget]

Waow thankz

[minor orchid]

EL INDOMITABLE ESPIRITU MEJICANO!

[lyric ivy]

god this hit hard

[lime widget]

Here is my chud son to cheer u up

[willow needle]

pup :>

[lyric ivy]

HELL YEAH!!!

DOG!

[west phoenix]

man idk if this is a depression/anxiety headache but this double feature is killing me rn

also i lost my run 😔 it was a sweep the whole run but then i swung past mithrix's beetle guard and instantly died

[normal root]

What a wild turn of events that would be

[supple carbon]

It will, im sure of it, willing to bet even

[lyric ivy]

NOOO

[west phoenix]

lancer in 40 minutes....

[willow needle]

https://tenor.com/view/scrim-scrims-gif-22386524

[west phoenix]

the fuck is this

[willow needle]

its truly something

[clever cloud]

SCRIMS IN 40 MINUTES

[woeful saddle]

holy shit this gif is a blast from the past

[lyric ivy]

chat. i am feeling so joyous

i know the correct term is "gender euphoria" or whatever but i find joyous funnier

[west phoenix]

gender joyous

[tame tide]

Yay :>

[zinc topaz]

gender joy yay

[west phoenix]

lancer went well i think

[clever cloud]

I dropped the coldest bar i have ever and will probably ever drop in my life

Roland just murdered someone

[normal root]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-harvey-family-feud-kill-steve-harvey-kill-family-feud-kill-gif-21764693

[west phoenix]

i forget it but it slightly derailed the session in a good way

[clever cloud]

(wf) ||
Roland: Everyone and you is gonna die
Patience: I'm- aware and this is something im willing to-
Roland: "Willing" is a new word for you!||

[west phoenix]

then they disconnected from the skype call

[clever cloud]

idk if it hits as hard as it did in context, but it cut deep into ||Patience's|| entire fucking character arc

[west phoenix]

i still had half a meeting i had to get through lmao

also man introducing player NHPs is hard

[clever cloud]

you did amazing

[west phoenix]

doubt

[hybrid salmon]

I haven’t been talking here as much

I know I shouldn’t be obligated and things are ramping up in other places, but I feel kinda bad

[zinc topaz]

ok guys totally bereft of relevance to absolutely anything i want to say i just paused Frankenstein at halfway through im gonna finish it tomorrow but so far this is such a good fucking movie

[willow needle]

morn :>

[lyric ivy]

Good morning calliope

[minor orchid]

You are good batty

I myself just want to get exams out haha

thursday and it's over

[supple carbon]

The ban logs give a chuckle, as ever

[balmy obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/sensible-chuckle-gif-3532650

[limber fossil]

danger 5 mentioned

absolute cinema

[west phoenix]

Who was banned

[shell bison]

seems like a bot ban wave recently, plus a lot of scammers

[zinc topaz]

good morning calliope mrrp

[willow needle]

morningggg

[lyric ivy]

meow

[zinc topaz]

rrreow

[clever cloud]

what do you call a group of cats?

A mafia

[noble ivy]

-# a discord server

-# btw, the actual academic term for a group of cats is a Clowder

[lyric ivy]

in golden flame chat

i also call this hell freaky chat sometimes

[clever cloud]

eeewww???

[lyric ivy]

cham clowder

[clever cloud]

this is easily the freakiest chat in pnet

[balmy obsidian]

CLOWDER?

[polar glacier]

whomst

THE FUCK

has been leaking our act 2 writting meetings??

[balmy obsidian]

Me

[polar glacier]

I'm kidding of course that's not what it's like at all.

I'm the only cat in the group

[shell bison]

I just double checked the emojis of the server

2 joyouses, a bunorb and a joyour ana

[minor orchid]

shan shan shan

shaaaaan

https://tenor.com/view/hornet-shaw-gif-4033679694074628649

[noble ivy]

-# A single cat in a den of wolves(???)

[minor orchid]

Twist: the cat rules the pack

[polar glacier]

Wolves, dragons, moths, kobolds, and a tiger.

[west phoenix]

How will she come back, you may ask

[lyric ivy]

throw me to the wolves and... um ahh.. ngh... :3

[balmy obsidian]

Safe and sound, she will return

Safe

and

Sound

[west phoenix]

And what 👁️👁️

[lyric ivy]

:3

[west phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-cat-silly-cat-happy-cat-smile-gif-11748501437476694103

[noble ivy]

-# my god... It's happening... Cathy's becoming a freak, just like us...

[lyric ivy]

becoming?

[balmy obsidian]

She's not becoming a freak, the inhibitors are just failing

[lyric ivy]

doktor, disable my freak inhibitors

[noble ivy]

that's what happened to me...

[noble ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/doktor-turn-off-my-cringe-gif-21256637

[lyric ivy]

im a safe and normal person in most chats here

however this is not most chats. this is hell

[west phoenix]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got her

[noble ivy]

Ladies and *gestures around to empty space(???)

[lyric ivy]

something something repression of any and all sexuality or complex feelings among the amab population of society leads to many going the complete opposite way once they feel comfortable doing so

idk there's something there, the thought isnt finished baking yet

[lyric ivy]

Leo

[noble ivy]

-# the dumbest joke just popped into my brain and I'm afraid to say it

[lyric ivy]

where do you think we are, say it

[noble ivy]

Leo's anything but gentle

[balmy obsidian]

@clever cloud, analysis.

[lyric ivy]

you're calling in the big guns????

[balmy obsidian]

The biggest guns.

[noble ivy]

Leo, you can't just summon Eleonor to cook up a hot take for you

[lyric ivy]

you're shooting me down for a half baked thought it needs more time in the oven

[balmy obsidian]

Counterpoint : Eleonor is very knowledgeable about these subjects

I can in fact summon her because asking the opinion of the expert is cool and good

[lyric ivy]

i can respond to this in the most heinous way possible but i think it may cross the boundary between playful and weird

[lyric ivy]

yeah but what if i have The Wrong Take

[balmy obsidian]

Death

[noble ivy]

-# do you cultural anthropology or freak shit

[balmy obsidian]

Very smart about these subjects.

[lyric ivy]

i saw that message

[balmy obsidian]

I also saw that message

[west phoenix]

What message

[balmy obsidian]

What message indeed

[noble ivy]

what... message...

[lyric ivy]

the secret lies with me once again

[balmy obsidian]

Ask Meow maybe she'll tell you, Juli

[west phoenix]

What do i get out of it

[balmy obsidian]

Hell if I know

[noble ivy]

banned if i know

[west phoenix]

Counting the days until they ban my ass

[noble ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-scared-gif-27466237

[shell bison]

Send me to the white base with a zaku and I will come back like this

[west phoenix]

Ugh there's a problem with my (and i guess Eleonor's by extension) game that i need to find a solution to and its stressing me out so fucking bad

[clever cloud]

honestly me too

[clever cloud]

give me like two hours, i have therapy right now, so i can't reply

[balmy obsidian]

oh shit ok

[clever cloud]

something something heteronormativity is an assimilationist parasite that punishes you for loving yourself. Then you view sexuality as inherently taboo, therefore fetishistic. In for a penny, in for a pounding!

[balmy obsidian]

dbza reference

[noble ivy]

-# in for a whuah

[balmy obsidian]

You know how they make mochi?

Yeah that

[clever cloud]

note, there's many many many many people who partake in the absolute most devious shit you can't even imagine who are still incredibly self-loathing and shameful and sex-negative

[west phoenix]

Can't relate

[clever cloud]

just because they're kinky doesn't mean they're happy about it

[west phoenix]

What is this "happy" thing?

[clever cloud]

this is how you get stuff like mormon-specifc fetishes :))))

[balmy obsidian]

Didn't you have therapy

[west phoenix]

I believe this is part of the therapy

[clever cloud]

<insert 3 hr deep dive into omegaverse, vampire YA, and true crime podcasts>

[lyric ivy]

this is genuinely so interesting i would love to talk about this shit more when you're out of therapy

what a wide, wide world we live in

[balmy obsidian]

See I told you she knows they shit

[clever cloud]

there's a really interesting conversation about how men view fetish, and particularly non-consent as a mechanism to escape Machismo and the pressures of manhood

[lyric ivy]

warning: i am extremely clueless on many topics and WILL say stupid shit and ask dumb questions

[balmy obsidian]

I remember you talking about it before

[noble ivy]

-# are we finally having our week long discussions about Omegaverse and HDG

[clever cloud]

aaaagh i need to read HDG

[west phoenix]

Yeah its been a minute

[lyric ivy]

can you extend these acronyms please

[noble ivy]

Alright don't say anymore

[noble ivy]

no

[lyric ivy]

IH WAIT

I KNOW THIS

[west phoenix]

What do you mean don't say anymore she's just getting started

[lyric ivy]

THE ACRONYMS ESCAPED ME

[noble ivy]

-# I've made a horrible mistake

[balmy obsidian]

My archivist powers are escaping me

[west phoenix]

Welp I'm just gonna bury my face into a pillow for 3 more hours

[balmy obsidian]

FOUND IT

[balmy obsidian]

[Joke about someone serving as a substitute for a pillow]

[noble ivy]

I think this is when our dynamic solidified

[west phoenix]

Still on that same stance

[west phoenix]

Me and who please i need to cuddle someone

[noble ivy]

-# I would if I could...

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-cat-sleepy-cat-cat-hug-hug-gif-24211281

[lyric ivy]

i wish i was [CENSORED] pillow

[zinc topaz]

be whatting

[polar glacier]

I prefer RCBG

or ||mechsploitation||

[zinc topaz]

they look so happy and peaceful

[balmy obsidian]

Is this a new personality type I haven't been told about

[polar glacier]

...

...yes

[noble ivy]

Don’t worry about it, Leo

[balmy obsidian]

Neat Time to look it up on the internet and ask people if they're a RCBG

[noble ivy]

NO LITTLE FRENCH BOY(???)

[lyric ivy]

wow what have i found

intriguing!

what a wonderful world

[noble ivy]

DO NOT GO INTO THE FREAK CAVE

[polar glacier]

RCBG is kind of like a more irony poisoned Dorley Hall

[lyric ivy]

o mon dieu zis ees un cave full of freakwomen

[balmy obsidian]

I mean, if it's just "freakwomen" it won't be too big of a change of scenery from here

[minor orchid]

LITTLE FRENCH BOY IS IN DANGER?!

DEPLOY ALL FUCKING MECHS ON FRENCH SOIL

https://tenor.com/view/gundam-deploy-mecha-gif-12128135

[shell bison]

I should make a gif

[minor orchid]

Man this is a mood-

[minor orchid]

Blinkbun gif blinkbun gif

sudden charlotte

https://tenor.com/view/electro-kingdom-black-magic-gif-19337815

[shell bison]

Lmao

Hipo, #1 bun stan

[tame tide]

I love going to reply to a message

Then realise it was sent hundreds of messages ago

[west phoenix]

Yeah idk what we're even on about anymore

[polar glacier]

just go for it, what's wrong with replying to something from 5 minutes back?

[tame tide]

5 Minutes?

This shit was sent 2 hours ago

[noble ivy]

So?

[west phoenix]

Wow low numbers here not to post 100 messages in 5 minutes

[polar glacier]

I was exaggerating but I guess hundreds of messages an hour is kinda how things go here damn

[noble ivy]

Time isn’t real and Leo replied to a message from 5 months ago

[polar glacier]

yeah I fully endorse and encourage thread necro there are no rules nobody will judge

[shell bison]

Just cast raise the dead on a talking point you find cool

[west phoenix]

Its definitely better than whatever bullshit they're talking about now

[noble ivy]

Bury those acronyms, Al

[polar glacier]

banish them to the void

[west phoenix]

Me next

[polar glacier]

I'll join you

[tame tide]

What acronyms am I buring?

[polar glacier]

We were talking about freaky trans fiction stories obliquely by referring to them with acryonyms and not explaining what we were actually talking about

[regal comet]

Good timezone everyone I am eating dinner that is likely unavailable in Calliope

[shell bison]

Sele, is that just a bowl of corn

[lyric ivy]

want me to tell you :3

[polar glacier]

corn is good!

[tame tide]

Sure

[west phoenix]

No

Do not

[noble ivy]

Stop

[polar glacier]

ABO, RCBG, HDG...

[noble ivy]

[lyric ivy]

oh thank you ada

[west phoenix]

Cat be like "wow this chat is crazy" and then join the top 5 in a week

[lyric ivy]

:3

i am a woman of sheer extremes

[noble ivy]

-# ||its such a trial not to be tainted by this space||

[lyric ivy]

tainted? lmao

[tame tide]

What she said

[lyric ivy]

you thought i wasnt already like this?

[noble ivy]

-# ||I feel like a goddamn champion for resisting the corruption for so long||

[lyric ivy]

look i did not live through (and am currently living through) hells that i wouldnt wish upon my worst enemy to not have any fun in my life

[minor orchid]

As I previously stated here
I stan all the blorbos here

because god damn you made some wonderful blorbos :>

[noble ivy]

Ada’s been typing for so long I’m imagining her powering up like a DBZ villain

[minor orchid]

so if you ever feel like you need to dump lore of your blorbo... I am always here!

[lyric ivy]

i might at some point dump lore of my favourite blorbo: me!

[polar glacier]

yes, but I'm doingg it for the bit

[minor orchid]

LESGOOOOOO

best blorbo is always oneself

[west phoenix]

My blorbo actively disrupts the fun for others so i am beginning to doubt that

[minor orchid]

In character... or... like, really really OOC?

[west phoenix]

Both i think, can't say for certain

[minor orchid]

-# well a chat is always worth in order to prevent worse stuff: everyone's here to have fun!

-# and I am sure there's always a way heh

[west phoenix]

Just like ugh lately the game that i love has suddenly become infinitely more stressful

[lyric ivy]

wait what's going on?

[west phoenix]

I'd rather not go into too much detail here, but the short is that i feel like being involved too much is ruining the experience for those who aren't

[lyric ivy]

aw im sorry to hear

[west phoenix]

And its a problem with me as a GM and me as a player

And i have no idea what a solution looks like

[minor orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/absolute-cinema-jerboa-dooby-gif-11134484107410702976

-# Also sorry Meow, but trust me: things can be solved

[shell bison]

Double, I've never felt you being abrasive in game as we know it is all in game and roll with it as we see fit.

[polar glacier]

okay done.

I am now holding a gun to the head of this chat

[balmy obsidian]

Are you gonna tell me to play 1000xRESIST again

[polar glacier]

One wrong move and I swear I'll do it

[balmy obsidian]

You won't

[polar glacier]

wouldn't I?

[shell bison]

Also, thank you Hipo for being such a fan. It is a comfort to know people actually want to learn about my silly little bun character

[balmy obsidian]

Correct

[polar glacier]

Okay now I think you want me to pull the trigger

[balmy obsidian]

That doesn't sound like something I'd do

[polar glacier]

It sounds exactly like something you'd do

[minor orchid]

I think it's a DM thing of me wanting to always see what everyone's up to with their characters

-# But I also I am a sucker just for lookin' at characters in general!

[shell bison]

Given some circumstances, I might have to bench all player side games I am a part of due to some mounting responsibilities on my end.

So bun will be a plushie on the shelf.

except for GM shenanigans I have planned

[regal comet]

It was a bowl of corn

[polar glacier]

....now I want a Char plushie

[lyric ivy]

ADA

[minor orchid]

Charlotte plushie

Guns sold separately

[lyric ivy]

give me the list and my life is yours

(i know what all of them are but like lets pretend i dont for the bit)

[polar glacier]

Deal

[minor orchid]

I am just glad no one objected with me just throwin' the jerboa as part of the repair crew NPC's haha

I KNOW it's not something cool to do... but jerblorbo is just on the background so :>

[west phoenix]

Its not quite this, its more like i hog the spotlight too much and as a GM don't give other players enough of a spotlight

And yeah it sounds simple in theory to fix but i thought i was being accommodating already

[shell bison]

here you go

[willow needle]

stop worrying omg DM NPCs are fine as long as they arent the dm wanting the entire spotlight

[shell bison]

Just have her be a little thing in the background. If people want to interact, let them c:

You really think game devs don't have their own little favorite beings they sprinkle in just to let players see them

[minor orchid]

Fair fair haha

however... something something ch3 [REDACTED]

[willow needle]

i love ||[chapter 3 spoiler]||

[west phoenix]

Ah yes ||[chapter 3 spoiler]||

[tame tide]

||RODERICK STEEL!E!>?!?!?!?||

[zinc topaz]

me when every fantasy project i've ever made has rabbit people

[tame tide]

Punches Billionaire in the balls

[zinc topaz]

i blame final fantasy viera

[west phoenix]

Reople

[zinc topaz]

reople?

[tame tide]

Reople

[zinc topaz]

also drawn to life raposa even though they're foxes

[balmy obsidian]

It's perfectly understandable though

[shell bison]

Hey, final fantasy can do it

[zinc topaz]

i always thought they were bnuuys when i was a kid

[west phoenix]

Rabbit people

[minor orchid]

||RODERICK STEELEEE? EMPHASIS ON THE LAST E'S TOO?!||

[west phoenix]

Steely

[minor orchid]

STEELY BOI

[clever cloud]

.... Champion... of ... Corruption....

[balmy obsidian]

Eleonor no

[west phoenix]

I fucking hate it here

[zinc topaz]

one of my friends who has absolutely no way of knowing what igf is named his pilot Frederick Steel and i was like

hey man

[tame tide]

Where is here

[zinc topaz]

earth

i'm currently waiting for my headache to go away so i can go build a shelf

[balmy obsidian]

Uncle, play "Hardware store" by Weird Al Yankovic

[tame tide]

Hello, I am weird

[west phoenix]

I stayed in bed too long so i have a headache by not taking my meds on time and caffeine withdrawal

[clever cloud]

therapy: accomplished

[minor orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/weird-al-say-what-gif-9969399

[thorn hinge]

oh thanks I'll add that to my list

[clever cloud]

I feel like The Batman (2022): The Sins of the Father Mother shall be visited upon The Son Daughter

[shell bison]

ADA NO

WE DID THIS BIT ALREADY

[lyric ivy]

but are you yankovic

[minor orchid]

oh damn hahha

[minor orchid]

IDK let's just throw a party

[tame tide]

Alas, I am not

[west phoenix]

Zhengkovic

[minor orchid]

ZHENG?!

Imagined Al as a horus pilot-

[tame tide]

What made you think that

IPS-N baybee

[thorn hinge]

The Bit never ends, bun... The Bit never ends

[light mist]

...I think my IGF campaign might be ending permanently 😭

[minor orchid]

nOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

what happened :c

[light mist]

just
things happened during missions 1 and 2 that ended up causing a lot of stress for the players and they don't rly want to dig up the baggage

i know objectively it's not my fault but somehow I keep feeling like it is
like I should've noticed the tone was getting too dark and pulled the brakes before anything happened

I'm just rly sad rn bc I put a lot of effort into planning the rest of act 1 and I was so excited to see where some of the PCs' arcs would go

[west phoenix]

yeah, i know how you feel, it's a knee jerk reaction but i'm considering pulling the plug on my game

[willow needle]

noooo but why?

[west phoenix]

only half of my players are having fun. why would i keep going?

[willow needle]

for those players having fun, i'd say :D

[west phoenix]

but i'm not going to make the others suffer through it

[willow needle]

why would you? if they are not having fun, why are they even there?

[light mist]

I mean
do you have enough players who are enjoying it to just keep running with them?

[willow needle]

game's about having fun

[west phoenix]

2 so no lol

[light mist]

ah... yeah that's really tough :(

[west phoenix]

probably some kind of obligation. they knew it means a lot to me

they're good friends which makes me feel even worse for holding them hostage like that

[willow needle]

have you tried talking with them to understand what could be lacking from the game?

[west phoenix]

its kind of what started all of this

a one off comment led to one of the players explaining how he felt and i really don't know how to fix it

[willow needle]

if you feel its correct, you could share here and maybe we can help :>

[west phoenix]

it may be something that he doesn't want to share so i don't want to do it behind his back

[light mist]

agh trying very hard not to let the negative part of my brain convince me that I'm a bad GM bc of this

[west phoenix]

and he sometimes checks here so if he sees this i guess i'll feel worse lmao

[west phoenix]

you're stronger than me

the shorthand of how i feel is "i'm a bad GM and don't want them to deal with being held hostage for my feelings(?)"

i'm also just in a bad mental state and one of my favorite things that's been keeping me going suddenly turning into something i'm terrified of and incredibly anxious about hurts

[willow needle]

honestly, if i were in your position i would tell them exactly that phrase, it could spark a helpful conversation i believe

[west phoenix]

its quite literally not their fault

and i already feel like they're there because they know i feel that way

[willow needle]

no one is saying its their fault 😔

but the issue, i believe, is not knowing. talking can alleviate those doubts and anxiety

[light mist]

yeah I think being honest about your feelings is the move here

[west phoenix]

i'm not going to guilt trip them

i feel like i already accidently have which is why they're there

[willow needle]

how is that guilt tripping?

genuine question..

[light mist]

it's not guilt tripping to just say what you're feeling

[west phoenix]

to say "this perfectly reasonable request has made me feel extremely bad?" no, that's just stupid

[willow needle]

we dont have much context about what happened, but stuff like that happens... a lot

sometimes you arent in your greatest day, or you didnt understand right, or they used the wrong tone or words. the best choice here, in my opinion, is to talk it out.

[west phoenix]

this wasn't a one time thing, this is a long standing issue i wasn't aware about

for like, a year+ at this point

[willow needle]

and what were you supposed to do without knowing?

to "talk it out" is not a standalone work, both sides have to do it

[west phoenix]

i should done more to accommodate them sooner, the fact i didn't is why i feel like i'm such a bad GM

[willow needle]

how can you accommodate someone when they arent communicating their needs?

you cant read minds (i think)

[west phoenix]

by using my fucking eyes

its no secret that they had trouble interacting, we just assumed it was a choice on their part and not us pushing them out of the way

but in reality thats stupid

[willow needle]

it is understandable to be mad you didnt notice their inactivity was rather cuz they didnt feel integrated, rather than a choice. but, in all context given, i think you are beating yourself up for very little. they should have done their part too. the work of a DM is exhausting and, at least for me, its using a whole bunch of brain for so many things, you cant notice the tiny details of just "someone isnt speaking much", who knows if they are just shy?

maybe you could have asked them, yes, but they are also responsible for themselves.

[west phoenix]

its more like we just keep accidently bullying them off the spotlight, which is somehow even worse

like the rest of the party, me included in our igf game, is just snappy in everything we do like its a real conversation/situation but they need more time to think and digest, but by the time they even start thinking about it we're already doing our own thing with it

[willow needle]

ah, i understand, that happens in a game i am in where players, accidentally, keep interrupting another player, maybe cuz they speak very softly. the moment i noticed i asked them to be more careful, and it didnt happen again, they even were noticing themselves before it happened again.

basically: now that you know, the issue can be avoided in the future!

[west phoenix]

yeah but like, idk a solution other than just being silent after every sentence for 30 seconds to a minute

and usually when that happens they still don't speak up

[willow needle]

my quickest idea is to just ask "oh x wanna say something?", if they do they can answer "yes" and then think about what they need to say. or them just overall making a notice when they wanna speak, to give them some time.

it's just adapting the table for everyone

[west phoenix]

this conversation started because we passed the mic to someone to make a decision and he didn't bite, immediately turning it around to ask the party to make the decision

and then other was like "well tbf you guys really don't give us room to breathe"

but in that case we did exactly that, so i'm lost

[willow needle]

me supposes the first player didnt want the spotlight, or at that specific moment they went blank. and the comment of the second was fuelled by all the previous issue that the rest didnt even know was happening.

again, could have been resolved if it was talked about earlier

still, i think that now knowing the issue, they could just try to make a little notice like a "huh" or "one second im thinking something" or using the discord soundboard, so the rest of the players give them space to think what they want to say. its either that, or just a fast-talking game isnt very suitable for them, and thats okay!

[west phoenix]

i trust that one of them could, but i'm not sure about the other

[willow needle]

https://tenor.com/view/go-talk-to-him-ella-payne-house-of-payne-wing-woman-go-see-him-gif-19162362

them*

[west phoenix]

i also fear that i'm just making things too dense and that they're lost- this happens a lot

well, it is him, but in this case there's two hims lol

[west phoenix]

i'm notoriously bad about making things actually digestible, i've never really been a good GM tbf

[willow needle]

maybe, thats just anxiety momento. i know im repeating myself a lot but its why talking helps so much

anxiety can make you hear and see whatever the fuck it wants, building a whole conspiracy out of nowhere

[west phoenix]

so often if someone is having trouble understanding something and has trouble engaging with the situation at hand i find it hard to include them in the situation

[west phoenix]

anxiety is what i've been feeling about my game for the past two weeks (and always), this is just confirmation

the ones who think i am a "good GM" are the ones who have the spotlight. i'm not a good GM, i have good players, and they carry my sessions

so naturally those who are out of the spotlight probably don't enjoy them as much which is a huge problem

[willow needle]

https://tenor.com/view/kirby-threat-you-better-start-loving-yourself-passive-agressive-kirby-kirby-love-for-ollie-gif-22612572

[west phoenix]

this ain't even about self hatred bro thats never gone away

this is exactly why i wanted to take this to DMs this has now filled the chat with my bullshit

[willow needle]

i see a lot of self hatred most of your concerns and thoughts are because of self hatred. i dont mean that to make your worry for your players seem less. i just think you are beating yourself up for almost no reason. the issue you stated could have been communicated way earlier by the players, you cant have eyes everywhere, and still, it is easily fixable. its just adapting the table for everyone so they have a chance at preparing what they want to say, and the rest know when to give them said space. this isnt you being a bad DM, people arent born with the ability to be a perfect-social-gathering-administrator. we humans learn from our mistakes and work best when we are communicating. doing so isnt guilt tripping, cuz no one is at fault here! its just people playing a silly game to have fun and some needs werent properly talked about before. and thats that, in my opinion.

[west phoenix]

i'm just scared to literally interact or do anything in game now

its going to be an extremely important session for my character in igf tomorrow that i've been excited about for months and now i just don't want to do it out of fear i'll take the spotlight too much

he made a 'joke' about serenity being the main character and i'm realizing that probably wasn't a joke in hindsight

[willow needle]

🫂

i understand, but you shouldnt be afraid. you are very loved and your presence is very welcome.

[west phoenix]

i'm going to refrain from replying to that in the way i want to

[willow needle]

and well, i am sure they can understand if there's more events for your character next session, that stuff happens in any story. character arcs come and go. as long as everyone has a chance for them to shine in their character arcs as well.

[willow needle]

i am watching you

[west phoenix]

well i feel bad because there's often arcs and stuff for other characters, but rarely those two

and i feel guilty that it's happening again

[willow needle]

then thats something to talk to the GM about 😌

[west phoenix]

yeah i feel like eleonor is better equiped to deal with this than i am, she's actually managed to keep those two interested unlike me

[clever cloud]

you've seen my notes, i have no idea either

[west phoenix]

you still do it though

those two talk about igf way more. igf is just better, yeah, but you're also giving them a much better experience

[willow needle]

That's something I thought about myself, same players don't give the same amount of energy towards Strahd than to IGF, but it just happens. I believe both wallflower and Strahd have similar issues, mainly how static the books seem to be, while IGF's narration and NPCs can even make it feel very personal.

It just happens. It could also be that maybe wallflowers story isn't that much for them, it's very doomy compared to IGF (at least by what I have been seeing)

[west phoenix]

i went in knowing that my game would be a sideshow which is incredibly ironic that i, just by the nature of the module, am putting so much work into it

i care too much about something that others don't

[lime widget]

Had a giggle

[willow needle]

Well, that's just the unfortunate thing with art. Not everyone will appreciate the work you did, while others will.

[lyric ivy]

thank you gurg very cool

[willow needle]

But I don't think they don't care, if they truly didn't, they wouldn't be there

[lime widget]

Npnp

[clever cloud]

we know what not caring looks like jen. it looks like G. and neither K nor D behave anything like that. They care

[west phoenix]

well, unfortunately, they care about me

so i think they're willing to sit through it even if they're not having a great time because they think that its more important to me

[willow needle]

I don't think that's happening really, would be very rare if it is. I have left games of my friends because I just didn't like it, friends of mine left my games cuz they didn't like it or some other complication.

If you are concerned that it is happening, just talk with them u.u

[west phoenix]

well if they're already there if they might not want to be i'm sure that they wouldn't give a genuine answer to the question either

and again this is why i said i wanted to take it to fucking DMs so i'm just going to shut up now

[minor orchid]

Cracked me up hehe

[willow needle]

i apologize

[clever cloud]

@cerulean valve are you still accepting comms?

[cerulean valve]

Not accepting more work atm sadly.

Mainly cause i might be kidnapped by my parents for vacation this Friday it seems so i might not be on my main settup.

[clever cloud]

understandable. if you happen to have a slot in the next 3 months, please let me know

[cerulean valve]

Fuck yeah

[willow needle]

Today is a happy day cuz I have a fat pizza for dinner :)

[lyric ivy]

oh hell yeah

i also had a pizza for dinner

[west phoenix]

thanks for reminding me i haven't eaten today

[willow needle]

Go eat!

[minor orchid]

GO EAT!

I would say a guarangada but better no

[willow needle]

Guarangada some bitches

[lyric ivy]

what's a guarangada

if this is a deez joke im getting the shoe

[minor orchid]

Nono, it's a Spanish word of Vulgarity

[clever cloud]

it's regional as fuck damn

[lyric ivy]

ohhhhhh i know what you mean now

[willow needle]

Dude, at least invite me to dinner first u.u

[clever cloud]

ive never heard that one

[minor orchid]

I invited you to IGF what more you want????

[lyric ivy]

you know the situation is dire when eleonor doesnt even know it

[willow needle]

AHAJJSHSHSHSHSHSH

[clever cloud]

spanish is soo slangy dude

[minor orchid]

Yuuup

[willow needle]

Que difícil es hablar el español

[minor orchid]

Spanish... Too many slangs, too many dialects, too many regional things

[west phoenix]

probably in like an hour. i'm around the time for an early dinner anyways so might as well have it at a better time

[willow needle]

[woeful saddle]

it helps when theres 6000 mi/10000 km between different spanish speaking countries tbf

[noble ivy]

Stop
Posting
The
Fiending
Robot

[woeful saddle]

i don't think hipo calls people guey but i hear that one multiple times a day, so hey

[willow needle]

[lyric ivy]

keep posting it

[willow needle]

Wey is mostly said in Mexico but slangs can be copied by anyone due to being nearby or bc of friends :>

[woeful saddle]

yeah i know its a mx regionalism n all that, i just don't think its a daily driver for the avg argentine lmao

[willow needle]

For all i know, not really

[clever cloud]

in PR 🇵🇷, we just say cabrón. "Oye cabrón como estás?" The most accurate translation i can think of is australians using the word "cunt" for everything

[lyric ivy]

i do love friendly insult words like that

[clever cloud]

sometimes, saying "huevón" is sooo much more hurtful xD

[lyric ivy]

Am I tripping or is that a permutation of egg?

(from what little Spanish I know from fuckin Dora the explorer)

[clever cloud]

yea

its like.. "an excessive quality of egg" in a raw translation. It usually means something like "asshole" but with the undertone of "you only think with your dick" and "you are way too brave for how stupid you're being"

[lyric ivy]

Wow that is surprisingly elaborate for how short the word actually is

God I love languages I love people I love cultures

[clever cloud]

it's just hard to get the oomf across language and cultural barriers

"A la verdad que tu eres bien huevón, 'marayo parta'"
"You're such a fucking dick/idiot, you know that?"

[supple carbon]

aqui en chile se ocupa weon

Weon is... everything

it's a noun, a verb, an insult, an endearment, you can use it multiple times in the same phrase and still make sense

[lyric ivy]

Oh 100% it's hard to exactly get meanings and feelings across, at least ime

I can't really explain the difference between "Kurwa maç" and "Jasna Cholera" but i swear you don't use them in the same context despite both being exclamations of displeasure

[clever cloud]

"cabron, deja la cabroneria bro, me estas encabronando" xD

[supple carbon]

"este aweonao no para de decir puras weas, que weon mas weon weon"

it's also used for objects

"la wea"

[clever cloud]

i fucking love these

[supple carbon]

"la weaita"

[minor orchid]

My fav is definitely "La Wea"

[tame tide]

My monolingual ass

[minor orchid]

In Chilean

[tame tide]

😔

[clever cloud]

welp, time to fix that

[lyric ivy]

My pentalingual ass (but not that specific one)

[tame tide]

Please

[twilit star]

Hell's Gate Muse Channel

[tame tide]

I know surface level sign language and English

[supple carbon]

it means dumb, or imbecile, like, that's all it means

[lyric ivy]

You've given me an idea: im screenshotting this chat to use as examples of hell's gate Comms chatter now

[clever cloud]

I aced my ASL 1 course and for some reason ASL 2 was massively ahead. The gap killed my motivation

[clever cloud]

... enkidu armpits

[west phoenix]

y'all make it sound so easy

[minor orchid]

Peak idea

[lyric ivy]

Nah sorry not my type that one

[minor orchid]

Imma steal it too fyi

[clever cloud]

im pointing to a very real very specific conversation that has happened in this chat.. with Vex

[lyric ivy]

Wait fr?? Lmao

[minor orchid]

Why enkidu armpits -

[clever cloud]

#1059603134504255528 message

[tame tide]

Plamsa

[lyric ivy]

This is not the first time I've heard of the Vex mechsploitation fic today but it's weird it happened twice

[minor orchid]

Two pennies

[west phoenix]

whenever you think you're out of line remember that vex has probably said worse

[twilit star]

Server rules say sexualizing the mechs is against the rules but this chat is allowed to do it just a little. as a treat.

(Joke)

[tame tide]

Sometimes people say stuff that they claim is bad. And I just trust it's bad and don't pay it any more attention

And then someone brings up an example of why this chat is depraved and I'm one of the culprits in the screenshots

[minor orchid]

We are Calliope, Union takes decades to reach

[supple carbon]

if that's what your gonna do then let me write the BIG ONE

[tame tide]

No one said enkidu armpits was being sexualised. weird, yes but not sexualised... Can you elaborate on why you'd say it's sexualised

[supple carbon]

IS JERRY MASTERS THE TYRANT???????????????

[shell bison]

Remember gang, Long rim isn't politically important enough to get things to happen in it, UNLESS the two extra siblings (KTB and HA) have a squabble over land rights. Remember, it takes this campaign for Union to even look this direction.

[minor orchid]

In fucking deed

[twilit star]

I was reminded of past incidents- this was not specifically in violation of anything I just got reminded

[minor orchid]

No, for the last time, he's not

[supple carbon]

Propaganda

[lyric ivy]

Here's the kicker: I'm going to screenshot a random moment without telling anyone here, then replace names with joke versions and show the players that one

[minor orchid]

Shut up you Marty McFly

[twilit star]

It's like seeing a bird on a walk that reminds you of the JFK assassination and you gotta just bring up how JFK assassination was pretty bad just out of nowhere

[tame tide]

Dibs my name being exactly the same

[supple carbon]

shut me up, the only reason you are answering me is because you know it's true

[minor orchid]

Make sure to hit us with your best shot

[twilit star]

Like the Vent Crab researcher?

[minor orchid]

SSC is revoking your death heads licence

[supple carbon]

Can i be named something very stupid?

[lyric ivy]

Yeah sure that's funny

[lyric ivy]

That's the idea

[tame tide]

Al_(D/D288_Enj0y3r)

[lyric ivy]

Except Al, Al can be Al because they made the maps

[supple carbon]

Don't bring ssc into this

[tame tide]

🫡

[minor orchid]

You have a fucking moth in your team

And you DEMAND me

[lyric ivy]

That's perfect I'm saving this

[minor orchid]

Yo not bring SSC

[clever cloud]

hey no i worked hard for my username. i will not be erased!!

[balmy obsidian]

Put me in the screecap too

[lyric ivy]

Even if it's funny?

[tame tide]

Random person on the muse responsible for all the points the SRT have been in mech scale combat

[supple carbon]

IM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GAME RIGHT NOW

im doing bad faith bait

[minor orchid]

TemporaryF1X (canon Jerblorbonusername hehe)

[west phoenix]

can i be "The Family Dog"

[clever cloud]

we do have actual canonical examples of pnet discord handles in the musenet. ThatOne for example

[minor orchid]

Scylla Coded

[west phoenix]

yes, actually

its the name of archie's gorgon lmao

[lyric ivy]

Wait thatone is in igf? Holy shit

[lyric ivy]

Sure lmao

[willow needle]

Update: I ate the fat pizza

[west phoenix]

me when lancer is in lancer

[twilit star]

Congrats Scryllix from my microfics is now your PC

[west phoenix]

i'm too stupid to know what that means

[supple carbon]

man im fucking sick again, this is all fucking.... i don't know who to blame but is certainly not my fault

[clever cloud]

"RolandButNotChamber"

[lyric ivy]

God forbid a girl gets weirdly parasocial with the creator of the game she's running

[minor orchid]

EmptyCH4MB3R

[twilit star]

Ummm, my players are talking to me? And asking for specific story beats? Parasocial much???????

[upbeat hemlock]

Morning Calliope

[tame tide]

My players are having builds plans?!?!?!?

Parasocial much?

[supple carbon]

i was abou to say what morning but then

timezone

woah

[lyric ivy]

If you use a paracausal form of messaging isn't it all parasocial

[west phoenix]

he ain't in calliope

[twilit star]

MY players are taking Saladin 3???? Paracausal much?????

[clever cloud]

not now

[supple carbon]

don't say stuff like that, you're making me think

[clever cloud]

Paracausal Mod???

[twilit star]

Muse isn't Paracausal

[lyric ivy]

Good. Use that brain of yours frog.

[willow needle]

[supple carbon]

i don0t wanna

[lyric ivy]

Oh I know I know, but theoretically it could be a thing right? Paracausal messaging?

[minor orchid]

Wait till HORUS finds out

[twilit star]

Omninet

[clever cloud]

well.. yea it is. the omninet is based on paracausal comms

[supple carbon]

my brain is too wrinkly and wet, if it keeps going i won't have any brain left

[lyric ivy]

(I do not know lancer lore)

[twilit star]

Omninet is paracausal, MUSE is a local intranet that communicates using mundane means like Radio Waves and stuff

[upbeat hemlock]

Muse is paracausal if there's no blink outage. Technically

[twilit star]

When there's a Blink Outage MUSE still funcitons

[clever cloud]

maaan, welp, time to reread the entire setting again

[tame tide]

Muse is specifically a robust point to point laser communication system

I'm p sure

[clever cloud]

ew, the muse is lightspeed

[tame tide]

Yeah

[willow needle]

Amuse-ing

[clever cloud]

dude the latency on that

[tame tide]

That's why people use omni

[supple carbon]

When the Muse muses all over the place

[upbeat hemlock]

I'd personally say it uses the omninet to avoid lag when it's able to, but falls back on the lasers when it can't

[twilit star]

Chapter 1 Rolltable Spoiler: ||The trip to the Tachyon rolltable specifically has a Blinkvoid happen that prompts an uptick of muse signals||

So there's a precedent to Muse being unrelated to Blinkspace and Omninet

[clever cloud]

the 74 minute late "hahaha" reply

[twilit star]

Muse ias also specifically a Calliope only thing

Which is important for reasons

[west phoenix]

jesus christ i look away for 3 minutes

and there's like 3 pages to scroll through

[willow needle]

So true

[lyric ivy]

God I love Calliope

[upbeat hemlock]

See, we see Muse chatrooms, but I think the closest to a Muse social media that would work system wide with the light speed lag involved would be like Tumblr or Reddit

[minor orchid]

It's impossible not to love

It's just

Somehow

Home

[tame tide]

"hey, you online?"
74 minutes later
"Yeah what's up"
74 minutes later
"Wanna play some fleetcom?"
614 minutes later
"Sorry I went to bed"

[twilit star]

Muse chat rooms are like Yelp! Chat rooms of Old internet

[willow needle]

1 hour to load an image

[minor orchid]

With luck!

[twilit star]

Also if you’re using Muse Servers hosted on a local station technically you don’t have to deal with latency- Muse isn’t hosted on just one station

[tame tide]

Muse Reddit

[twilit star]

It’s a system wide infrastructure

[lyric ivy]

mmm nice falafel wrap. I forgot that not eating can make you tired

[supple carbon]

imagine not eating

[tame tide]

I uuuh

I crave snack yet I have no snacks

Woe is me, never buying snacks

[upbeat hemlock]

Actually, wait. Do we see a Muse chatrooms? I know there's that page long long in chapter 1, but that's horus adjacent, that might not be how everyone else operates

[supple carbon]

this is written by someone who is fat

[twilit star]

And sometimes your station’s Muse is experiencing high traffic so much that the latency of going to a different station is better than the lag

[lyric ivy]

I have... a strained relationship with food

[tame tide]

That's muse I'm p sure

[west phoenix]

man i miss eating like shit

being broke sucks

[lyric ivy]

I can elaborate if people want but I don't want to clog the chat unnecessarily

[supple carbon]

Damn sorry to hear that

[tame tide]

NNothing in this chat is unnnecessary tbh... This chat is built diff

[twilit star]

It’s like playing Among Us and your country’s servers are so laggy you swap to Chinese servers or whatever

[tame tide]

I will just say elaborate only if you want to and only if you're comfortable

[twilit star]

I ran out of snacks v_v and buying more good ones woudl involve driving too much of a distance

I miss my almond butter stuffed hard pretzels

Eating 8 of those is like having a full meal

[lyric ivy]

Oh I'm extremely comfortable with sharing don't get me wrong, I am an open book of a person. I just take time to read through

[twilit star]

Now all I have is golden raisins and they’re tasty but not filling

[tame tide]

I just don't buy snacks much

[balmy obsidian]

My relationship with food amounts to my brain talking to me like
"hungry"
"But I already ate!"
"no"

[tame tide]

Then I suffer whenn I want somethingg to eat

[twilit star]

I have a bunch of carrots and celery but I’m torn between rationing them for meals or not

[west phoenix]

back when i was employed i'd always stash a fuck ton of snacks, but now i'm going on bare minimum

[twilit star]

Oof

[west phoenix]

i'd feel guilty eating snacks anyways, i need to stash what i can

[willow needle]

My relationship with food is "okay my 5 alarms to get lunch sounded off, I should probs go already"

[west phoenix]

food is expensive

and i need to save as much as i can for rent the next 2 months, assuming the worst

[twilit star]

If I don’t make it a routine I keep forgetting to eat meals and before I notice my body starts enacting vengeance

[west phoenix]

like i was offered to go to a thanksgiving dinner that i really don't feel comfortable going to but i feel like i might just say yes to finally have a large meal again

[supple carbon]

i actually eat to much because my anxiety presents as hunger

[lyric ivy]

the only reason i ate now is because it started physically hurting me really

[west phoenix]

heres hoping for a job soon so i can go to that amazing greek place nearby again

[tame tide]

Here's hoping you get a job soon so you can have a tasty food from that amazing nearby greek place

[west phoenix]

along with, you know, avoiding homelessness

but i don't like to think about that part

[willow needle]

🫂

[west phoenix]

don't feel that bad though it is quite literally my fault

[tame tide]

SILENCE WITH YOUR SELF LOATHING

[west phoenix]

no i am being 100% genuine

i quit my job knowing i didn't have the means to support myself

and turns out my actions have consequences

[upbeat hemlock]

Back in uni me and my friends played Dota. We would use the University internet to connect to the US servers. The lag was still not great, but the US players were on average way worse than the Australian/oceanian ones so we'd win anyway

[willow needle]

hey, if i avoided being homeless 3 times in a row in the past 3 years, you will too :D

[west phoenix]

don't get me wrong its not my first time in this rodeo, it feels like every 2-3 years this happens

[lyric ivy]

PlusBSquared=CSquared: Omninet is paracausal, MUSE is a local intranet that communicates using mundane means like Radio Waves and stuff
MarmaladePot: Muse is paracausal if there's no blink outage. Technically
PlusBSqured=CSqured: When there's a Blink Outage MUSE still funcitons
RolandButNotChamber: maaan, welp, time to reread calliope history books again
Al_D/D288_Enj0y3r: Muse is specifically a robust point to point laser communication system. I'm p sure
RolandButNoChamber: ew, the muse is lightspeed
Al_D/D288_Enj0y3r: Yeah
Superb_Owl: Amuse-ing
RolandButNotChamber: dude the latency on that
Al_D/D288_Enj0y3r: That's why people use omni
Mech_Of_Frogs: When the Muse muses all over the place
MarmaladePot: I'd personally say it uses the omninet to avoid lag when it's able to, but falls back on the lasers when it can't
PlusBSquared=CSquared: [MESSAGE REDACTED DUE TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION], so there's a precedent to Muse being unrelated to Blinkspace and Omninet
RolandButNotChamber: the 74 minute late "hahaha" reply
PlusBSquared=CSquared: Muse ias also specifically a Calliope only thing. Which is important for reasons
The_Family_Dog: christ the buddha i look away for 3 minutes and there's like 300 messages to scroll through
Superb_Owl: So true
KittyCatCat: God I love calliope
local calliope residents explain the muse

(this is the kind of thing im going to send to the players)

not this exact one but you get the vibe

[willow needle]

i made it to a muse chat, yippie!

[tame tide]

I have something for muse chat

[upbeat hemlock]

So, funny thing, my handle is JamJar because my real name is Jarrah James.

So there is a calliopean named Pot Marmalade out there

[lyric ivy]

HELL YEAH

[tame tide]

HELL YEAH

[lyric ivy]

hit me with it

[tame tide]

penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis penis

[balmy obsidian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMXDI6rFpVw

[lyric ivy]

it fuckin broke my notepad formatting

[supple carbon]

making into the muse net i can't believe it

[west phoenix]

food consumed, feeling 15% better

[lime widget]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/924424895218212885/1437829393413050378/RDT_20251110_1343484846949108049184893.gif

[twilit star]

God I just remembered this meme comic my friend+GM for D&D at the time made when we were in high school, and I realize my PC (the Kobold) is in the exact same place as me in this convo - time is a flat circle

[west phoenix]

choosing to be excited about lancer tomorrow rather than anxious

its a big session for me which is a blessing and a curse

[minor orchid]

Man the dispatch is over...

that's all I can say, go watch it or play it... wonderful experience

[upbeat hemlock]

My partner and I are going to play it after work

She's been having to avoid all YouTube and social media all day

[hybrid salmon]

I need to catch up!!!

I'm on episode 6

and I have decided one episode per day for completely self-inflicted reasons

[west phoenix]

the bat can binge a lil, as a treat

[upbeat hemlock]

So this is only tangentially related to IGF, but:

One of my IGF players is playing a character who was an SSC designer baby being shipped out to the dawnline shore, specifically to be the heir to a KTB family. Her shipment got hijacked by pirates who then retired and raised her.

...if I ever run Shadow of the Wolf, I should put a clone/replacement of the IGF character in

Or maybe encourage that player to play said clone/sister

[west phoenix]

sotw is one of those i would be interested to try but the buy in is really hard for me

dune mech college is like... well 2/3 the i'm not a fan of

[upbeat hemlock]

Fair.

See, I never went to college

So there's a novelty there for me

(I went to university, but that was basically my first formal education)

[west phoenix]

neither did i but like... its just highschool with extra steps :p

and i don't vibe with the karrakin aesthetic

[balmy obsidian]

Simply play an ignoble

And or ungrateful

[silver pumice]

awoo of the awoo

[silver pumice]

no awooing in the vexwerewolf module thread ?

[upbeat hemlock]

...okay, fair point you got there

[silver pumice]

https://tenor.com/view/4isnothere-gif-2063988287470807997

i miss playing lynk :(

[west phoenix]

why aren't you?

[silver pumice]

wwnb is on hiatus

[west phoenix]

hopefully its over soon

[balmy obsidian]

Praying at the act 2 release altar

[west phoenix]

gm the french

[balmy obsidian]

Hallo

Bonjour 🦞

Leviathan is reportedly at the end of act 2 mission 6, maybe we win next session maybe the one after that

More news on the 22nd

Still sitting at 8/8 stress

[lyric ivy]

Good morning fuckers and mothers

[balmy obsidian]

What about me who is neither of those

Do i not get a good morning

[west phoenix]

No

If it was a good morning you'd be fishing

Speaking of igf tomorrow (if we decide to play) is the start of Serenity joining the faith, excited to see how all that pans out

[lyric ivy]

Are you not a fucker

[balmy obsidian]

Would that not require the fuck

[lyric ivy]

at least buy me dinner first smh

I didn't think the greeting through okay

I have fuckin. Psychiatrist today. I'm kind of afraid she'll decide to do something with my meds but fuck it we ball

[jovial beacon]

Morning calliope !

[shell bison]

well, that;s one way to see a morning text

[cerulean valve]

Bnnuy

[shell bison]

she do sippie

bun to bun communication

[west phoenix]

Good meowning catliope

[willow needle]

new emoji dropped in the server

[shell bison]

Deep fried aaa emoji

[balmy obsidian]

I love deep fried emojis

This will make a fine addition to my collection

[prime terrace]

[dire cloud]

Gay mornyan everyone!

[lyric ivy]

Good 15:48 calliope. Another memetic hazard has hit the pilotnet

[shell bison]

damn gorgon pilots

[lyric ivy]

I've managed to make everyone in general have a pfp from the same fanart

[prime terrace]

hah

not me though bc i have no fucking clue whats going on

[regal comet]

I gotta pilot a Gorgon next campaign I join
I eventually wanna go through all the HORUS Licenses

[west phoenix]

Bazingay

I thought yours and Leo's looked too familiar but i couldn't recognize it. I wanted to say tohou at first lol

[balmy obsidian]

It is touhou yes

[lyric ivy]

Yeah it's tohou sorry to tell you

I'm keeping this one for a while though the rest of you guys can do what you want

[balmy obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/mindwave-abbie-starlight-meme-misinformation-gif-17204701955542939102

[lyric ivy]

Fuck you mean spread misinformation why would I be lying

[balmy obsidian]

idk maybe you don't intend to actually keep it for a while

[lyric ivy]

It has sassy bitch energy

[balmy obsidian]

Does it? Seems like "Taking a nap while monkeys pat my head" to me

[lyric ivy]

The monkeys shall expire soon anyway

[balmy obsidian]

Monkeys expire?

[lyric ivy]

Like all things in life monkeys are ephemeral

[balmy obsidian]

Nooo :(

[icy dove]

A good song never dies

[balmy obsidian]

It just reminds you of where you were

[icy dove]

The first time it made you cry

[balmy obsidian]

the first time you felt alive

[icy dove]

Saint Motel makes good music

[balmy obsidian]

Mhm, mhm

[icy dove]

Anyway, how is the calliope gang doing today?

[balmy obsidian]

Failing to work

[clever cloud]

you know when you build up the horrors in your head for months instead of doing the thing?

the thing just worked first try....

10 seconds max

[icy dove]

Mood

[balmy obsidian]

What was the thing

[icy dove]

I do that too often

[balmy obsidian]

Aside from a movie by John Carpenter

Or a character in the fictionnal group "The fantastic four"

[icy dove]

I struggled to find a witty reply once the immediate picks got eliminated

But for me the thing is typically my taxes

Though currently it's engaging in the job hunt for work that won't force me to do 55 hours each week with no overtime (trucking labor laws in the US are bullshit)

[clever cloud]

connecting to the production environment

Last time i tried i had a lot of problems with the work vpn

[balmy obsidian]

Hey at least you have a production evironment

[clever cloud]

yea, it comes free with your "business software is actually being used"

a dev or testing environment however

[balmy obsidian]

We can't even get integration out the door

We were supposed to get it a full month maybe two ago

[clever cloud]

oh yea i forgot you're in software too

[balmy obsidian]

Supposedly we have it now but nothing works

I assume you forgot because I am the bane of your existence

[clever cloud]

i forgot because i like you too much

[balmy obsidian]

"How can someone so nice do work so evil"

[noble ivy]

Good morning Calliope

-# why is Leo’s pfp Edward Elric now?

[balmy obsidian]

Blame Cat

[noble ivy]

Never

[icy dove]

Why would I blame my boy Oates?

[lyric ivy]

My fault

[balmy obsidian]

your boy?

Cat You're being misgendered again and this time it's not even my fault

[lyric ivy]

Misgendered yet again

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/566317602834743296/1371394582385922088/cooltext482351842164093.gif

[noble ivy]

[west phoenix]

Damn i still got it

[noble ivy]

that's four minutes in that microwave for you, Gug

[icy dove]

Yeah, look at my baby

[balmy obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-pet-cat-cat-pet-cute-cat-gif-24810247

[noble ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/loki-videoyun-videoyun-loki-cat-patpat-gif-18503839

[icy dove]

Mmmmmmmmmmm, rotate

[balmy obsidian]

bananas

rota te

[west phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-fast-pet-kitten-cat-pet-pet-cat-gif-25030970

[icy dove]

And then here is da Romero

[west phoenix]

Lomg boy

[noble ivy]

da creatura

[icy dove]

My one friend Nacho loves putting Legacy of Kain quotes over pictures of him. Here's one.

I find these really funny

[noble ivy]

not sure why, but this has the same energy to me
(CW: vague depiction of gore)

[icy dove]

It is a similar vibe

[west phoenix]

Me in 7 months

[clever cloud]

huh???

[steady adder]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-fast-pet-kitten-cat-pet-pet-cat-gif-25030970

[noble ivy]

-# finally got that therian HRT?

[west phoenix]

I have made a pact

I'm going to become a cat, Robert.

[clever cloud]

UUUUHHHHH

[west phoenix]

What the fuck is your problem

[icy dove]

Just checking, we're all having fun and doing bits right?

No one is actually upset at each other?

[tame tide]

What the fuck is a gashmoingus

[noble ivy]

If course I'm not upset with you
for misunderstanding, that's six more minutes in the microwave

[west phoenix]

Yeah lmao i just talk to Eleonor like this

I have been mad at Eleonor like once in my whole life

We're just mean to each other 🩵

[zinc topaz]

mrrrrrow

morning guys

last day of pto today

[icy dove]

Okay, cool cool. I am not here enough to fully get all the bits so I just wanted to be sure

[icy dove]

Weeeeeee, more rotation!

[noble ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-spin-spinning-poly-maxwell-gif-27240400