Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
@ashlynnaska.bsky.social
Ash | 25 | ace/aego, agender, any/she 🏳️🌈
♦ banner: @inemperorsname.bsky.social ❤️💜🤍
♦ ½ of the universe of TheEmperor x Ayumu x Xal
♦ mindflayer supremacist 🦑
♦ creator of Ayumu (Illithid / prev. Gith)
♦ TavQOTD, Illithids, eldritch horror, gore, surrealism
♦ banner: @inemperorsname.bsky.social ❤️💜🤍
♦ ½ of the universe of TheEmperor x Ayumu x Xal
♦ mindflayer supremacist 🦑
♦ creator of Ayumu (Illithid / prev. Gith)
♦ TavQOTD, Illithids, eldritch horror, gore, surrealism
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@ashlynnaska.bsky.social
· Jun 15
@inemperorsname.bsky.social 👀🦑
Writing will materialize below as I copy/paste over.
Insanity ahead, you have been warned lol
Writing will materialize below as I copy/paste over.
Insanity ahead, you have been warned lol
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
I discovered how uncomfortable I feel writing romantic, love stories and sweet-sweet stuff. I can't stand romance in real life, and I hate reading/writing about it just as much.
Fortunately, deep relationships between illithids are possible without all that.
I discovered how uncomfortable I feel writing romantic, love stories and sweet-sweet stuff. I can't stand romance in real life, and I hate reading/writing about it just as much.
Fortunately, deep relationships between illithids are possible without all that.
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
#tavqotd
I discovered how uncomfortable I feel writing romantic, love stories and sweet-sweet stuff. I can't stand romance in real life, and I hate reading/writing about it just as much.
Fortunately, deep relationships between illithids are possible without all that.
I discovered how uncomfortable I feel writing romantic, love stories and sweet-sweet stuff. I can't stand romance in real life, and I hate reading/writing about it just as much.
Fortunately, deep relationships between illithids are possible without all that.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Xal can't stand them, especially the ‘good’ hypocritical metal dragons. They are all just huge lizards that imagine themselves to be ultra wise, powerful creatures.
First he executed Ansur, and then he executed Qudenos, so that neither it nor Voss would stand in his way.
Xal can't stand them, especially the ‘good’ hypocritical metal dragons. They are all just huge lizards that imagine themselves to be ultra wise, powerful creatures.
First he executed Ansur, and then he executed Qudenos, so that neither it nor Voss would stand in his way.
January 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
#tavqotd
Xal can't stand them, especially the ‘good’ hypocritical metal dragons. They are all just huge lizards that imagine themselves to be ultra wise, powerful creatures.
First he executed Ansur, and then he executed Qudenos, so that neither it nor Voss would stand in his way.
Xal can't stand them, especially the ‘good’ hypocritical metal dragons. They are all just huge lizards that imagine themselves to be ultra wise, powerful creatures.
First he executed Ansur, and then he executed Qudenos, so that neither it nor Voss would stand in his way.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Xal is already romancing the Emperor (that's what Xal was created for), and apart from the Emperor, he wouldn't romance anyone else from BG3.
Xal is already romancing the Emperor (that's what Xal was created for), and apart from the Emperor, he wouldn't romance anyone else from BG3.
January 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
#tavqotd
Xal is already romancing the Emperor (that's what Xal was created for), and apart from the Emperor, he wouldn't romance anyone else from BG3.
Xal is already romancing the Emperor (that's what Xal was created for), and apart from the Emperor, he wouldn't romance anyone else from BG3.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
People see Xal as he wants them to see him.
He is an Illithid, but no one needs to know that. He has hundreds of masks and hundreds of disguises for different situations, and he changes them easily and quickly.
In extreme cases, he can always brainwash people.
People see Xal as he wants them to see him.
He is an Illithid, but no one needs to know that. He has hundreds of masks and hundreds of disguises for different situations, and he changes them easily and quickly.
In extreme cases, he can always brainwash people.
January 4, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#tavqotd
People see Xal as he wants them to see him.
He is an Illithid, but no one needs to know that. He has hundreds of masks and hundreds of disguises for different situations, and he changes them easily and quickly.
In extreme cases, he can always brainwash people.
People see Xal as he wants them to see him.
He is an Illithid, but no one needs to know that. He has hundreds of masks and hundreds of disguises for different situations, and he changes them easily and quickly.
In extreme cases, he can always brainwash people.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Wulbren.
Wulbren is an inventor, while Xal can't stand and is afraid of inventors, and is even more afraid of their fucking inventions.
Wulbren's sharp tongue didn't help them improve their relationship either, because Xal has the same one.
Wulbren.
Wulbren is an inventor, while Xal can't stand and is afraid of inventors, and is even more afraid of their fucking inventions.
Wulbren's sharp tongue didn't help them improve their relationship either, because Xal has the same one.
January 2, 2026 at 11:48 PM
#tavqotd
Wulbren.
Wulbren is an inventor, while Xal can't stand and is afraid of inventors, and is even more afraid of their fucking inventions.
Wulbren's sharp tongue didn't help them improve their relationship either, because Xal has the same one.
Wulbren.
Wulbren is an inventor, while Xal can't stand and is afraid of inventors, and is even more afraid of their fucking inventions.
Wulbren's sharp tongue didn't help them improve their relationship either, because Xal has the same one.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Nope.
I mean, Xal had intimate relationships besides the Emperor and Ayumu, but it was hardly cheating, because all three of them are in a polyamorous relationship.
They are free to choose their own partners for long-term relationships or just for one night. Freedom is important.
Nope.
I mean, Xal had intimate relationships besides the Emperor and Ayumu, but it was hardly cheating, because all three of them are in a polyamorous relationship.
They are free to choose their own partners for long-term relationships or just for one night. Freedom is important.
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
#tavqotd
Nope.
I mean, Xal had intimate relationships besides the Emperor and Ayumu, but it was hardly cheating, because all three of them are in a polyamorous relationship.
They are free to choose their own partners for long-term relationships or just for one night. Freedom is important.
Nope.
I mean, Xal had intimate relationships besides the Emperor and Ayumu, but it was hardly cheating, because all three of them are in a polyamorous relationship.
They are free to choose their own partners for long-term relationships or just for one night. Freedom is important.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#TavQOTD
Well, Xal is a half-aberration, a mutant, touched by the Far Realm. He had some quirks.
1. He was born with long claws. It was inconvenient, yes, but there was nothing he could do about it. Trimming his claws did not help, because they would grow back to their usual length within minutes.
Well, Xal is a half-aberration, a mutant, touched by the Far Realm. He had some quirks.
1. He was born with long claws. It was inconvenient, yes, but there was nothing he could do about it. Trimming his claws did not help, because they would grow back to their usual length within minutes.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 AM
#TavQOTD
Well, Xal is a half-aberration, a mutant, touched by the Far Realm. He had some quirks.
1. He was born with long claws. It was inconvenient, yes, but there was nothing he could do about it. Trimming his claws did not help, because they would grow back to their usual length within minutes.
Well, Xal is a half-aberration, a mutant, touched by the Far Realm. He had some quirks.
1. He was born with long claws. It was inconvenient, yes, but there was nothing he could do about it. Trimming his claws did not help, because they would grow back to their usual length within minutes.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Taryndarin/Valenor/Xal'Anchal
Half Drow-Half Aberration/Illithid
253 in total
Agender (male coded)
Any. He doesn't care about his pronouns
Child of the Far Realm/The Dark Urge
Warlock of the Great Old One, Aberrant Mind Sorcerer
PanAroace*
The Emperor, Ayumu
Xal is a technophobe
Taryndarin/Valenor/Xal'Anchal
Half Drow-Half Aberration/Illithid
253 in total
Agender (male coded)
Any. He doesn't care about his pronouns
Child of the Far Realm/The Dark Urge
Warlock of the Great Old One, Aberrant Mind Sorcerer
PanAroace*
The Emperor, Ayumu
Xal is a technophobe
January 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#tavqotd
Taryndarin/Valenor/Xal'Anchal
Half Drow-Half Aberration/Illithid
253 in total
Agender (male coded)
Any. He doesn't care about his pronouns
Child of the Far Realm/The Dark Urge
Warlock of the Great Old One, Aberrant Mind Sorcerer
PanAroace*
The Emperor, Ayumu
Xal is a technophobe
Taryndarin/Valenor/Xal'Anchal
Half Drow-Half Aberration/Illithid
253 in total
Agender (male coded)
Any. He doesn't care about his pronouns
Child of the Far Realm/The Dark Urge
Warlock of the Great Old One, Aberrant Mind Sorcerer
PanAroace*
The Emperor, Ayumu
Xal is a technophobe
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
✔️Protective
✔️Touchingly gentle, as much as an illithid can be
✔️Loyal
✔️Rich
✔️Will turn the universe upside down to help you if you need help
✔️Physical contact is important
❌A serious relationship with him is impossible unless you are an illithid
❌Not a romantic
❌Love does not exist
❌Direct
✔️Protective
✔️Touchingly gentle, as much as an illithid can be
✔️Loyal
✔️Rich
✔️Will turn the universe upside down to help you if you need help
✔️Physical contact is important
❌A serious relationship with him is impossible unless you are an illithid
❌Not a romantic
❌Love does not exist
❌Direct
January 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
#tavqotd
✔️Protective
✔️Touchingly gentle, as much as an illithid can be
✔️Loyal
✔️Rich
✔️Will turn the universe upside down to help you if you need help
✔️Physical contact is important
❌A serious relationship with him is impossible unless you are an illithid
❌Not a romantic
❌Love does not exist
❌Direct
✔️Protective
✔️Touchingly gentle, as much as an illithid can be
✔️Loyal
✔️Rich
✔️Will turn the universe upside down to help you if you need help
✔️Physical contact is important
❌A serious relationship with him is impossible unless you are an illithid
❌Not a romantic
❌Love does not exist
❌Direct
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happy new year, from these squids to yours 🦑💕
may you all have wonderful snacks & company tonight~
(this year was mostly hiding & recovering for me. i didn't accomplish very much... <:') but! i think... i *hope*, next year will be better.)
[ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid ]
may you all have wonderful snacks & company tonight~
(this year was mostly hiding & recovering for me. i didn't accomplish very much... <:') but! i think... i *hope*, next year will be better.)
[ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid ]
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 AM
happy new year, from these squids to yours 🦑💕
may you all have wonderful snacks & company tonight~
(this year was mostly hiding & recovering for me. i didn't accomplish very much... <:') but! i think... i *hope*, next year will be better.)
[ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid ]
may you all have wonderful snacks & company tonight~
(this year was mostly hiding & recovering for me. i didn't accomplish very much... <:') but! i think... i *hope*, next year will be better.)
[ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid ]
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
December 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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#TavQOTD
There is no one more important than them, so
Xal would kiss&hug only them.
However, he does this regularly anyway, regardless of holidays.
There is no one more important than them, so
Xal would kiss&hug only them.
However, he does this regularly anyway, regardless of holidays.
December 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#TavQOTD
There is no one more important than them, so
Xal would kiss&hug only them.
However, he does this regularly anyway, regardless of holidays.
There is no one more important than them, so
Xal would kiss&hug only them.
However, he does this regularly anyway, regardless of holidays.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#TavQOTD
Xal would be a little surprised, but detached, concerned and hardly pleased.
He knows very well that neither the Emperor nor Ayumu would ever throw a birthday party for him, and he himself doesn't give a shit about his birthday.
If they organised this party, then something is wrong here.
Xal would be a little surprised, but detached, concerned and hardly pleased.
He knows very well that neither the Emperor nor Ayumu would ever throw a birthday party for him, and he himself doesn't give a shit about his birthday.
If they organised this party, then something is wrong here.
December 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
#TavQOTD
Xal would be a little surprised, but detached, concerned and hardly pleased.
He knows very well that neither the Emperor nor Ayumu would ever throw a birthday party for him, and he himself doesn't give a shit about his birthday.
If they organised this party, then something is wrong here.
Xal would be a little surprised, but detached, concerned and hardly pleased.
He knows very well that neither the Emperor nor Ayumu would ever throw a birthday party for him, and he himself doesn't give a shit about his birthday.
If they organised this party, then something is wrong here.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Xal slept for several days without waking up, because all the energy that had been bubbling inside him throughout his adventure vanished as soon as he crossed the threshold of the Emperor's hideout. Xal was simply tired of everything and everyone, his new mind unable to handle the changes.
Xal slept for several days without waking up, because all the energy that had been bubbling inside him throughout his adventure vanished as soon as he crossed the threshold of the Emperor's hideout. Xal was simply tired of everything and everyone, his new mind unable to handle the changes.
January 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
#tavqotd
Xal slept for several days without waking up, because all the energy that had been bubbling inside him throughout his adventure vanished as soon as he crossed the threshold of the Emperor's hideout. Xal was simply tired of everything and everyone, his new mind unable to handle the changes.
Xal slept for several days without waking up, because all the energy that had been bubbling inside him throughout his adventure vanished as soon as he crossed the threshold of the Emperor's hideout. Xal was simply tired of everything and everyone, his new mind unable to handle the changes.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Raphael.
1. Xal couldn't stand him because he tried to scare Xal with impending transformation into an Illithid, although Xal had his own opinion on the matter, which was completely different from Raphael's nonsense.
Raphael.
1. Xal couldn't stand him because he tried to scare Xal with impending transformation into an Illithid, although Xal had his own opinion on the matter, which was completely different from Raphael's nonsense.
January 1, 2026 at 4:08 AM
#tavqotd
Raphael.
1. Xal couldn't stand him because he tried to scare Xal with impending transformation into an Illithid, although Xal had his own opinion on the matter, which was completely different from Raphael's nonsense.
Raphael.
1. Xal couldn't stand him because he tried to scare Xal with impending transformation into an Illithid, although Xal had his own opinion on the matter, which was completely different from Raphael's nonsense.
#TavQOTD
A weirdo frog-chameleon who loves squids and was born? created? woke up somewhere? due to a many-eyed spacetime paradox finds squids in her dreams. Is seduced by squid, becomes squid, which somehow lead to more colors, more chaos, MORE EYES!
Joins her fave squids, also sits in the sewers 😌
A weirdo frog-chameleon who loves squids and was born? created? woke up somewhere? due to a many-eyed spacetime paradox finds squids in her dreams. Is seduced by squid, becomes squid, which somehow lead to more colors, more chaos, MORE EYES!
Joins her fave squids, also sits in the sewers 😌
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#TavQOTD
A weirdo frog-chameleon who loves squids and was born? created? woke up somewhere? due to a many-eyed spacetime paradox finds squids in her dreams. Is seduced by squid, becomes squid, which somehow lead to more colors, more chaos, MORE EYES!
Joins her fave squids, also sits in the sewers 😌
A weirdo frog-chameleon who loves squids and was born? created? woke up somewhere? due to a many-eyed spacetime paradox finds squids in her dreams. Is seduced by squid, becomes squid, which somehow lead to more colors, more chaos, MORE EYES!
Joins her fave squids, also sits in the sewers 😌
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
December 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Empy ofc
The Emperor may not be the warmest and most open-hearted Illithid in that universe, but Xal knows that they have been through hell together and have never, ever let each other down. They both understood each other's vulnerabilities and their dependence on each other all too well.
Empy ofc
The Emperor may not be the warmest and most open-hearted Illithid in that universe, but Xal knows that they have been through hell together and have never, ever let each other down. They both understood each other's vulnerabilities and their dependence on each other all too well.
December 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#tavqotd
Empy ofc
The Emperor may not be the warmest and most open-hearted Illithid in that universe, but Xal knows that they have been through hell together and have never, ever let each other down. They both understood each other's vulnerabilities and their dependence on each other all too well.
Empy ofc
The Emperor may not be the warmest and most open-hearted Illithid in that universe, but Xal knows that they have been through hell together and have never, ever let each other down. They both understood each other's vulnerabilities and their dependence on each other all too well.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
A loser with a damaged brain, who changed several powerful sugаr daddies found solace in the arms of a squid, who also turned out to be a sugаr daddy. The squid seduced him, and the loser became a squid too.
Together, they began to build a powerful empire while sitting in the sewers.
A loser with a damaged brain, who changed several powerful sugаr daddies found solace in the arms of a squid, who also turned out to be a sugаr daddy. The squid seduced him, and the loser became a squid too.
Together, they began to build a powerful empire while sitting in the sewers.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#tavqotd
A loser with a damaged brain, who changed several powerful sugаr daddies found solace in the arms of a squid, who also turned out to be a sugаr daddy. The squid seduced him, and the loser became a squid too.
Together, they began to build a powerful empire while sitting in the sewers.
A loser with a damaged brain, who changed several powerful sugаr daddies found solace in the arms of a squid, who also turned out to be a sugаr daddy. The squid seduced him, and the loser became a squid too.
Together, they began to build a powerful empire while sitting in the sewers.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqotd
Orin. You silly little thing.
She tried to kill me many times and many times she herself was almost killed by my hand. She genuinely sees me as a rival, but to me she is nothing. A pig voluntarily going to slaughter.
Scum, you will never be my equal.
Orin. You silly little thing.
She tried to kill me many times and many times she herself was almost killed by my hand. She genuinely sees me as a rival, but to me she is nothing. A pig voluntarily going to slaughter.
Scum, you will never be my equal.
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#tavqotd
Orin. You silly little thing.
She tried to kill me many times and many times she herself was almost killed by my hand. She genuinely sees me as a rival, but to me she is nothing. A pig voluntarily going to slaughter.
Scum, you will never be my equal.
Orin. You silly little thing.
She tried to kill me many times and many times she herself was almost killed by my hand. She genuinely sees me as a rival, but to me she is nothing. A pig voluntarily going to slaughter.
Scum, you will never be my equal.
Reposted by Ash | Ayumu 🤍🦑
#tavqots
Xal definitely wants to significantly expand the KotS' influence in the east and in the Underdark in the new year.
He really hates the fact that the Zhentarim have quite a bit of influence in the Underdark, while the KotS has no bases, no HQ, no levers, and hardly any agents there.
Xal definitely wants to significantly expand the KotS' influence in the east and in the Underdark in the new year.
He really hates the fact that the Zhentarim have quite a bit of influence in the Underdark, while the KotS has no bases, no HQ, no levers, and hardly any agents there.
December 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
#tavqots
Xal definitely wants to significantly expand the KotS' influence in the east and in the Underdark in the new year.
He really hates the fact that the Zhentarim have quite a bit of influence in the Underdark, while the KotS has no bases, no HQ, no levers, and hardly any agents there.
Xal definitely wants to significantly expand the KotS' influence in the east and in the Underdark in the new year.
He really hates the fact that the Zhentarim have quite a bit of influence in the Underdark, while the KotS has no bases, no HQ, no levers, and hardly any agents there.