Quests & Challenges

[quote name="Morigan" date="2021-11-13 01:34:14" ] Lady Plague probably doesn´t much care how you survive so long as you do. [/quote] Ayy, that’s a good way of putting it! Might have to use/retcon that—though since the deities p much Do Not Matter here, it’s moot anyway :,> And thank you as always for the story comments! NGL I’m starting to get a little burned out on it (shakes fist at rewrites, smh) but knowing someone’s reading is super motivating to keep at it anyway :D (Oh, and on the specific topic of in-character writing—[i]timelines are a crapshoot[/i], but yeah, since the duo are adults they might as well have learned to read/write [i]somewhere[/i] along the line! Where, though, and how… it-is-a-mystery.mp3)

Okay So First Of All Seeing as I generated a bunch of prompts and then never got around to… y’know, actually conjuring a bio/character based on them, and Burin’s one of the den’d dragons I’m less attached to anyway… maybe if she comes up again and I still can’t think of anything, three strikes Yer Out? Could see if anyone’s willing to trade for a G1 that sparks more joy, or just sell for raw currency that can go [i]towards[/i] dragons I’m more invested in? IDK we shall see. Who knows, maybe when These Two Guys aren’t taking center stage I’ll think of something. Rambly paragraph aside (as if half this thread hasn’t been Rambly Paragraphs), it’s late and I’m gonna take it easy tonight, but let’s see what Pink’s got in store anyway: [columns][item=goldenplains poodle mith][nextcol][color=#fff]---[/color][nextcol][size=5]day 11: November 13[/size] [size=4][url=https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Cx33AgZl1c0%2FUlYMmX3ZrtI%2FAAAAAAAAADo%2F3IC34e8mXOk%2Fs1600%2Firon%2Bgiant%2Bart.jpg]#ART[/url][/size][/columns] [i]Oh baller,[/i] I actually doodled the Sad Dragon Bros last night! Wasn’t gonna post them (as-is, anyway) but I’ll take this as an excuse :D [url=https://i.imgur.com/TLioWH2.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/TLioWH2.png[/img][/url] Was experimenting with… idek honestly, I was kinda just zoning out and felt like scribbling some lizards. The way the layers are set up would make posting the Mallow separately a little weird, but I like how the Astraeus turned out more anyway. You could even say it’s ~thematically intentional~ (they were actually supposed to be back-to-back at first but I ended up liking Astraeus solo) but it is literally just Because Layers. Speaking of them, I have a conversation to revise/rewrite >;3c

[size=4][i]unprompted interim: Elsewhere in the Scarred Wasteland…[/i][/size] BOAT WORDS. [indent][columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=66648176][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/666482/66648176p.png[/img][/url] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=66788485][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/667885/66788485p.png[/img][/url][nextcol][color=#fff]--[/color][nextcol] [font=georgia][size=4]“Pshh. You flatter me, Mallow.” Astraeus rolls his eyes. He’s turned away slightly, braced for [revenge], but you spare him this round. When he continues, you almost wish you’d gone for it anyway, just to see [url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j7Ei6uw_WUdW20T7CENid4xa1jlID5MgaXwZw1uYQqc/edit#heading=h.mhg4tcwgshej]how much longer you could play pretend.[/url][/size][/font][/columns][/indent] I kind of wanted to do a little scribble for this, break up the text wall & serve as a teaser, but… ah well. Maybe later. [i]One more installment to go.[/i] [size=2]…Man, I really thought I was gonna keep each part to like, a RP-post-length Evocative Snippet. I really thought. But this specific scene really warrants the breathing space, I think ;V[/size]

I feel you on the motivation so much! I´m really glad you found my stuff. :D Burnout is terrible, though. Always worth it to take a break before that happens, makes you actually able to finish faster.

^.^ From a reader´s point of view... I don´t really think it matters as much that you haven´t explained the whens and hows. So long as it sounds plausible, and it does, I think that´s totally okay. :D

O.O I´m a bit shocked you´d give up Burin, I mean she´s So Pretty. Maybe those prompts were just too out there? Or it really is just the brothers taking up all your muse. (If you do decide to sell her... I may actually be interested.)

Aww, those expressions on them though. :´(

And it gets worse. T.T Dang, okay, you did it. I´m actually pretty hard to hit in the feels, but you managed. I call us even for the Rivalen thing. ;)

Don´t think. You´re the author. You know best. And I assure you it reads in one breath, I wouldn´t have even realized it was longer than the others if you didn´t comment on it.

\o/ Mutual motivation, heck yeah! Super happy to hear that! And for sure—I’m glad I decided to treat the nesting period as a “deadline” because it’s actually forced me to just put [s]pen to paper[/s] fingers to keyboard and churn words out, but maaaybe next time I’ll shoot for less than 7 days in a row XD Burin [i]is[/i] pretty! Just… hrm, maybe I could move her to the Looks Neat tab, at least for now. Although looking at her again, I’m not sure why I paired her with a Ragamouse, which sparked the tiniest of ideas: was already a thief, breed changed because if everyone was gonna make assumptions, she might as well…? I’ll see on the next lore day. Duly noted on your interest either way, though >:3c Also, [img]https://media1.tenor.com/images/250e62f4f92e6919c68587888e012168/tenor.gif[/img]

That gif would be a wonderful segway into the final chapter, but I’m not hatching the nest until I revise at [i]least[/i] the first half (it’s actually pretty short, just broken into two distinct parts). So for now, normal Pink drop: [columns][item=rosy gypsum][nextcol][color=#fff]---[/color][nextcol][size=5]day 12: November 14[/size] [size=4]bio update: [emoji=star][/size][/columns] So you have chosen [s]death[/s] more bio-writing. On one hand this feels heavily skewed towards bio updates and not anything else; on the other, this is a [i]biolocke[/i], surely it was designed that way. Either Burin or… hm, actually, since I’ve been fleshing out these lads so much lately, maybe one or both of them? We’ll see. But for now, on that note, [i]back to storytime.[/i]

[size=4][i]unprompted interim: Elsewhere in the Scarred Wasteland…[/i][/size] [indent][columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/61738246][img]https://i.imgur.com/sAYkZCm.png[/img][/url][nextcol][color=#fff]--[/color][nextcol] [font=georgia][size=4]The “Parasite” phenomenon is rare as it is peculiar. (Hell, it doesn’t even have a proper name.) They have never, on record, been seen as themselves; the average Parasite is indistinguishable from a normal dragon. Past hatching, only three traits indicate a Parasite, and not a single one is something a regular dragon couldn’t: they all [list=1][*][font=georgia][size=4]breed young (happens all the time),[/size][/font] [*][font=georgia][size=4]die shortly after the nest hatches (unfortunate, but always plausible), and[/size][/font] [*][font=georgia][size=4]a Parasite hatchling leaves the nest as soon as they’re physically able. (There’s an explorer in [url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j7Ei6uw_WUdW20T7CENid4xa1jlID5MgaXwZw1uYQqc/edit#heading=h.i402id3haiw6]every nest…[/url])[/size][/font][/list][/size][/font][/columns][/indent] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yIn2DGL.png[/img]

Man, I forgot how exciting it was to hatch a nest having no idea what the hatchlings would look like! Haven’t done that since I retired my fodder pairs. I sure keep eyeing that [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3007022]Stock the Pond[/url] challenge… Anyway, Those Two Guys have (short, WIP-ish) bios now :> Astraeus is also wearing [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dragon?did=66648176&skin=0&apparel=319,325&xt=dressing.png]apparel[/url] now [s]because I’m terrible[/s]; it probably won’t last. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=66788485][img]https://i.imgur.com/XJp2fcv.png[/img][/url][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=66648176][img]https://i.imgur.com/2wYf2Ot.png[/img][/url] [quote name="Astraeus"]An independent lad. Based vaguely on [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_(2021_film)]Alberto Scorfano from [i]Luca[/i][/url] (in simpler times, anyway). Brother-guardian-friend-figure to [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/66788485]Mallow[/url], bereaved mate to [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/72927822]Oceana[/url], and dedicated father of three hungry hatchlings.[/quote] [quote name="Mallow"]Something of a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Carraway]Carraway[/url] to his close friend [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/66648176]Astraeus[/url], and unwitting “uncle” to Astraeus’ offspring. Characterization increasingly influenced by [url=https://undertowpublications.com/shop/the-ghost-sequences]Henry from A.C. Wise’s “Exhalation #10.”[/url] Longing for halcyon days.[/quote] ----- [color=#9e988a]~13:15[/color] later-day update: Added to the gene fund (400/3,200), and rearranged the lair a bit because I can. Same relations as earlier, just in a clearer order! [url=https://i.imgur.com/lH0QmgZ.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/lH0QmgZ.png[/img][/url] I wonder whose turn with the active lore bludgeon it will be next… [color=#9e988a]~13:30[/color] Also ordered some [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/2964956]very cute chibi art[/url] of the lads (plus a den dragon, who’s already very artistically-spoiled but [i]shh[/i]). Chibi slots filled fast but the thread’s got other options open, check it out \o/

T.T Awwwh. Poor Astraeus and Mallow. The corpse eating bit is very... natural, but it has got to be hard to deal with, on top of everything else.

Natural indeed. The animal kingdom is wonderful, the “canon” parasite lore made some form of death inevitable (imo; I guess “exalting” could be interpreted as just Yeeting Forever or something? but), tragedy is too fun to write :^>

They will almost definitely not be inn guests forever, but besides that, long-term plans are totally up in the air! If it’s any consolation, at least, I’m prooobably not gonna throw more Death and Despair at them any time soon. (Besides, uh, the inevitable leave of the chosen Parasite hatchling. She sure does wander off at some early point.)