Not Back To The Future

Just the future.

Really tired because LARP reasons. So first, a little blurb about LARP!!!!

I did not get to PC because money reasons, but I did get to NPC. My various roles included lost boys, thirteenth story ghasts, a dead eye, lots of zed, and a banshee.
A friggin banshee <3

Banshees are very strong. VERY STRONG. And they scream.
Loudly.
So I screamed at the top of my lungs, literally I compressed my body to force all the air out. Ever screamed like that? It is freaky as hell. Especially when you're sleeping soundly at 2am and then there's this hellish, piercing scream from just outside your door. And it wants to come in. And eat you.
Even indoors, people in the OTHER cabins could hear me loud and clear. So, it is VERY loud.
I went from behind the one cabin (called the Lodge) and walked to the second cabin (called Pinecrest). Screaming maybe two-three times as I walked. When I got to Pinecrest, they of course went to the door to see what it was. I stopped screaming, just kinda growled. So they let me in, thinking they could take me on.
Hehehe.
I stood in the hallway taking deep breaths, just staring at the small line of five-six of them. Everyone else in the cabin slowly wakes up like "what's going on??" Then I let loose my scream. Which is NOT fun up close. The line of people facing me all LITERALLY stumbled backwards as one unit. Total Fus Ro Dah moment. Then I whaled on them with my swords. They killed me, and my dead body faded away (aka, I left)
So then I respawned outside and went for the Lodge. Screaming all the way.
All the lights are off in the lodge save a very small lamp. I can see someone moving inside, probably alerted by, ya know, the screaming. So I stand in front of the door (there's a window in it to see in) and wait till the person inside approaches the door. I put my face an inch from the window and scream and scream and scream, and slam the door with my swords as hard as I can, making the whole thing bang VERY loud and shudder horribly. This brings more people to the door. They too open it to get me inside and take me down. I walk in. The place is very echo-y (concrete and wood, baby) so of course, I unleash my screams, and they are so beautifully amplified. The poor people coming to face me... they confess that they're ears hurt so bad after that. So I just screamed and screamed and whaled on them with my swords. They all ganged up on me and killed me. I left.
Meanwhile, some raiders had kidnapped a guy and were dragging him off to go eat him. Three people went off to rescue the victim as he got dragged down by the lake. The marshall made me respawn right behind the rescue party.
Cue my scream as I charge at them full speed. I have a LOT of lung space. I was screaming at top volume for a good fourteen seconds. And then I was attacking them, and got RIGHT UP in one guy's face and screamed. They all back up when I do so because ouch.
They knocked me down and I'm bleeding out. Some guy with a BIG sword asks "Do you consent to physical roleplay?" which is asking permission to touch (we are very respectful). I of course say yes.
So he gets behind me as I kneel on the ground and he puts his sword to my throat. I start gurgling all undead-disgusting like and he shouts "This is how we silence you forever!" and he calls out a killing blow while slitting my throat.
I couldn't have asked for a better ending to such a beautiful mod. I loved it so much *squee*

It has earned me the love of several storytellers xD They want me for all the screaming mods xD

I have more stories, but this one was long, so I'll leave it at that.


Random future stuff!

I am moving to my new residence on Tuesday (most likely).

I am also working on costume/weapons for my new DR character that I will be bringing out.
She wasn't supposed to be my new one. My new one was supposed to be a slave. But fate decided that no, I was going to play my super deranged, undead bride. Because here is the wedding dress that fits me perfectly so I bought it.

Not the best picture. Hehe. I intend to get better ones when we actually have zee camera. And it is daytime. This was just a quick one so I could show the photo to my friends.

The skirt, unfortunately, is a really long as fuu train, so I will have a different skirt. But the bodice is totally legit. And it will be covered in lots and lots of blood ^^

Admire while you can. We're gonna be painting it red soon.

Support "Write This Down"

My poor babu novel needs critiques!




You can read it on wattpad. As it is on private settings, you need to be my follower to read it. If it still won't show it to you (occasional site error) just let me know and I will send you a PM with the chapter links.

By critiques, I don't mean "ermg, college level nitpickery!" Unless you want to I guess. What I need is some help combing for spelling/grammar errors, pointing out info dumps, unclear passages, and general stuff like that. My friend raindrop has helped me a lot, but I need more sets of eyes on this thing so I can get all my bases covered.
I would like feedback relatively SOON. So if you can take a few hours out of your weekend to read and comment, that would be the best thing ever. Thank you.

Let's Talk Anime!

Got nothing better to do. *cracks knuckles*

I have seen a LOT of anime in the past week alone. Let's get started (I won't do ALL of them. Just the ones that stand out for reasons)

A TREE OF PALME

(movie)

The setting of the film can't possibly be summed up. At all. It is such a bizarre, unique world with so many strange and wonderful things. If anything, watch it for that.

The plot, as short as I can muster to make it, is about a living puppet that is journeying with four acquaintances to return a special egg to an underground cave where the underground people's god's child is supposed to rise and presumably wipe out their world.

It is an EXTREMELY depressing film that takes some very disturbing, dark turns, especially when Palme tries to be human. I mean, the story opens with Palme being so depressed he tries to kill himself. Except he can't. Cause he isn't real. 

But despite that, this was a very brilliant movie that somehow managed to deal with a wide number of deep themes despite being a movie. There was more to each and every character than what met the eye, and even though it made me feel, well, depressed, it is somehow a favorite of mine. In a weird way.

CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES

(movie)

This was made by a guy dubbed as "Miyazaki's successor" and you can SEE WHY!

This feels like a Miyazaki film. No, not like "oh, he is copying Miyazaki". But the same incredible creativity, character depth, and overall quality just screams something that Miyazaki would probably approve.

The story is about a girl who hears a strange song come over her homemade radio. She returns to the same spot to try and hear the song again, and meets a boy named Shin. After that, she gets chased by people with guns, is taken hostage, and then goes off into a whole other world that desperately wants her gone by any means possible.

It's a story about overcoming the loss of loved ones. The main characters all lost someone very important to them, but how they deal with it is expressed individually. Yes, I cried like a baby. But it was well worth it.

CHIRIN NO SUZU

(movie)

I had to put this here, ermg.

So, it starts off like Japan's version of Bambi. Chirin is a little lamb who has bunny friends and his mom loves him. She gets killed by a wolf.

But this time, Bambi got ballsy.

Chirin runs off to the mountains to fight the wolf. But he's a little lamby-wammy. So he becomes the wolf's apprentice to get stronger and "become a wolf". He trains for years and grows horns and lots of strength. But his years fighting and killing have turned him into a ruthless killer. The wolf tells him to go kill all the sheep in his old home. He kills the guard dogs, but when he goes for the sheep, a little lamb calls for his mother, and Chirin is reminded of his childhood. He can't kill them. So the wolf attacks. They fight and Chirin kills the wolf. But Chirin realizes that he is a monster, neither wolf nor sheep. He can never be accepted for he is too twisted and demonic. So he runs back to the mountains and fades into legend.

Well, thanks Japan. Thanks for that...

PRISON SCHOOL

(show)

Hehehehe

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Watch censored plz >.> mah poor eyeballs. When they send the massive light glares that wipe out seven eighths of your screen, it really is necessary.

(taken from wiki)

Hachimitsu Academy, one of the strictest girls academies in Tokyo, has decided to admit boys into their system. Kiyoshi Fujino is one of these new boys, but he discovers to his shock that he and his four friends—Takehito "Gakuto" Morokuzu, Shingo Wakamoto, Jouji "Joe" Nezu, and Reiji "Andre" Andou—are the only male students among 1,000 girls. Even worse are the draconian laws that are still in place, which punishes even the most minor infractions with a stay in the school's prison. A series of perverted accidents causes the five boys to be "arrested" and receive an ultimatum: either stay a month in the school's Prison Block or be expelled.

Of course, there are lots of "sex-y" shenanigans that ensue throughout. LOTS.

But the HUMOR! Ohmygawd, I couldn't stop watching this show once I started. The humor is solid gold. I recommend it for the humor ^^

Oh and... and....

Captain Levi is our sexy mc Kiyoshi with purple-haired-kuroko-no-basuke-guy as blondie Shingo.

Not. Kidding.

RIDEBACK

(show)

A former ballerina joins a Rideback (robot motorcycle) club. She bonds strongly with the Rideback Fuego. But entering races and doing fancy spins aren't all that Ridebacks are good for.

They can also be used by terrorist organizations to gun down malls and rise up against the current world superpower that is corrupt and tortures innocent teenagers to cover up their murders.

Don't let the first episodes fool you. This anime quickly spirals down somewhere dark and dangerous.

Give it a watch. It was very well done. The plot was great. The characters fun. I had a lot of fun with this one.

TATAMI GALAXY

(show)

A super convoluted show about a college guy dissatisfied with his college life. So ensues a series of parallel universes where he traverses many multiple possibilities of what college could be like. There are lots of downs, but in the end, he realizes there were a lot of ups too. Every character has a million faces. 

It's a hard show to watch, but the ending is, strangely, worth it. 

The animation is also incredible on so many levels. While the art style is unusual, it is beautiful. Watch it for that, if anything.

GAKKOU GURASHI!

(show)

Still in the middle of this one. My current binge show.

A group of moe who have a club called School-Live! They get into all kinds of adorable shenanigans.

You should watch it.

​*hint hint*

like right now, seriously, will not regret

Pay attention to the subtle hints in the first episode. Leads to best plot twist ever. I died of squee-dom when they revealed it ^^

That's all for now. :3

Dread Eldritch Armory

Just my various crafting bits and baubles ^^

 First up (of which I posted several before) concept sketches for future weapons.

[yes, I name them. No judging]

The Deep Ones Sword

The Monster Shield

Witchmonster (left) and Zehnengel (right)

The Horseslayer's Sword (left) and [currently unnamed] (right)

New Yorker Scrap Sword (left) and [currently unnamed] (right)

The New Yorker Scrap Sword is being commissioned for a LARP friend.

My very first plasti-dip: the Repo Man scalpel!!!!!

Modified of course. I couldn't make the saw as tiny as in the movie, and the notches made the scalpel blade weak D:

But this is Romulus' weapon. The orange band is not a part of the weapon xD It's the weapon tag for after being passed through the LARP logistics as a safe and combat ready weapon.

Bone and Gore Sword

A meelee large for Dystopia Rising. I'm leaning more towards selling it than keeping it.

$100 or best offer is what it will be going for when I do get around to parting with it.

New Yorker Scrapmetal Sword!

Pre-plasti dip/painted. Aint it purdy?

And now for some Romulus details!

The medical pouch!

Turned out to be too long (left), so it was shortened later. (right) A picture of the syringe holder inside the pouch. Fits three small and three medium syringes.

Cut in half and resewn. Literally. Going to fix the flap though. It's very uneven.

Inside Romulus' pouch, we have four pill bottles (to be genrefied soon. I just got the three green ones!). Then there are the syringes. A tourniquet (a belt). And finally, Rommie's medical book.

Front and back. R for Romulus.

I am not finished filling in all the pages, but all pages have been properly distressed with coffee staining and mixing highly diluted brown acrylics. Finally, the pages were cooked over the stove and the edges were singed.

The pages have real live paramedic and EMT procedures in them from my own procedures manual from EMT school. Some procedures come with drawings. 

Romulus' second pouch for her personals.

Inside, we have a bottle (also needs genre-fying) which I usually put little snacks in like granola or small bief jerky pieces. Then there is Romulus' book, The Illiad, which she reads for fun when not studying amputations. Finally, she usually has a little something else to eat wrapped up in a paper bag. Like that random chocolate ball she got from Palo and then forgot about for the past 15 days x_x *throws in trash*

Sadly, the detail is not shown in the lighting, but the book's pages are very thin and yellow. I got it at a thrift store about two years ago, and thought "Hey! I should use this for a LARP character or something!" And it finally came in handy ^^

That's all for now. I will have pictures of the finished New Yorker Scrapmetal Sword up later.

Don't F**K With ROMULUS!!!!!

My Dystopia Rising character!

I was squinting and making weird faces because the cold wind and snow were eating my face off. But the whole point was really to show off the costume anyway. An actual photo shoot with poses and mebbe some blood (xD) will be taking place this week. So coolness will happen!

(ermg, the blurr >.>)

Regular costume for spring, summer, fall is just the shirts, armor, and this hooded half cape. There are also black combat boots (not wearing because snow)

The armor back!

No capes!

Winter gear! Brown leather trench coat. A fingerless glove on the left hand and a leather one on the right with buckles ^^ I am missing the left leather with buckles glove ;-; In winter I DO wear the snow boots as part of the costume because I do not want frost bitten toes. 

I wear the armor over the coat so that I can access my bags and you can see the armor.

Meanwhile, this is Romulus. She is a Sawbones (combat medic). She was found at age 7-8 being raised by wild dogs. A hermit took her in. Raised her. Taught her to read and write and things. But now she is off on her own, fighting Zed and trying to find a place where she belongs.

She is actually very proud of her roots and does not really consider herself human. So calling her a dog or references to dogs, she actually likes. Not that she can't detect malice, but if you call her dog or puppy as a nickname of sorts, she's totally fine with it.
And yes, she loves that sign. That sign is her life xD


There will be a photo shoot in the very near future and possibly costume detail photos. As time goes by, the costume will evolve, requiring more photos of course. But for now, this is Romulus.

Plans

Romulus is going to have metal spines coming from her head and this is the inspiration.

Now HOW to pull this off is the question. I have some ideas, but nothing solid so far. It will be a learning process for sure

Gonna get silver contacts too.

LIST OF WEAPONS TO MAKE

Pineapple knucks

Frying pan knucks

Tire iron axe from Fallout 4

Horror Sword and Shield - possibly for Deeplight (a horror, fantasy, steampunk(?) LARP in Chicago

Horse slayer sword from that one scene I wrote that maybe(not) will be in a book someday

So much crafting to do. :3

Microwave Fo Real

So I was going through aaaaaaall my Sims images so I can FINALLY get my challenge updated, and thanks to what I call a case of Midnight Brain, this just happened...

I mean, WHY does it look like the microwave is the main focus of this photo? How could I take such a silly shot?

Life's greatest mysteries I suppose.

And then putting in a speech bubble like that gave me the idea of doing a Sims story manga style. I do have a manga creator program and all.

On another note, I love my sweet babu ^^ The one on the left. His name is Keziah Darken and he makes the cutest facial expressions. I love him ^^

He's an alien and the only survivor of his planet's destruction. The robot Iri (on the left) saved his life. And there's more to it, but I won't bore you. Just admire the cute ^^

Ok, I'm done now.

And hmm, this is my first time sharing pictures of my Sims... interesting...

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I will have some more crafting updates... soonish, not really. I will definitely have full character photos up in the near future though. So if anything, you'll get to see all the things.