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akestrelrose.bsky.social
Kes
@akestrelrose.bsky.social
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pianist • running and designing music-games
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jukebox rpg starring henge!
October 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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good society with a cameo from twelfth night
emerald green corduroy pants propped up on a stack of books, the top titled, "good society," a cement tile floor below
August 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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orpheus and eurydice buddies! the follow me down rpg and monteverdi's l'orfeo
two books on top of an electric keyboard, one titled follow me down by joie martin, with a purplish-black color behind two wistful figures facing away from each other, the other book a delightful blue a shade richer than the sky, titled l'orfeo by monteverdi
August 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
akestrelrose.bsky.social
my copy of may you fish in interesting times among some birding photos of its playbooks
pink table cover overlain with strewn playing cards, index cards, and dice, while in the center is an open zine saying "playbooks" on the left with some birds, and on the right, little portraits of the birds with descriptions pelican, a large brown bird raises its wings while trying to rise from an expansive body of water osprey, a large raptor with brown wings and a brown stripe across its face with a white chest and head, sits on the branch of a bare tree against a mournful sky cormorant, a mostly black bird with a little orange near its face, shakes itself while swimming around, water spraying everywhere
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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gotta start with the prettiest one on my shelf! pov me reading the wildsea rpg while in a tree
coffee table-size book, open with words on one size and a colorful drawing of trees and a ship on the other side, set against a tree trunk with branches coming out
August 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
akestrelrose.bsky.social
cat day
white and brown sits on a ledge, sniffing the fresh air, next to an open window, where plants and a white awning can be seen white and brown cat stands on a window ledge among floral window drapes, a soft white and light blue blanket, a pastel yellow dresser painted with flowers, and a pink stained glass window lamp white and brown cat looks curiously at the camera, hiding under a large map atop a wooden dining table with a red notebook in the foreground white and brown cat emerges from under a white and light blue blanket, sitting on grey bedsheets with snowflakes
August 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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yeh I keep track it was no 6!! I'm almost to 100!
1. D&D 5e 2. Monsterhearts 5e 3. Kids on Bikes 4. Thirsty Sword Lesbians 5. Pirate Borg 6. Yl'fe 7. For the Prom Queen 8. For the Queen 9. The Beast Within 10. Flats & Fangs 11. Mateloge
July 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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happy birthday to my wise-cracking wisdom-packing best friend i love you @lavenderia.bsky.social to the moon and back no better day than with you
blurry photo of fluffy snowy egret in wetlands grasses Layla, in blue sports bra and black pants with brown curly hair, holding a bright green monocular, gazing across the wetlands from a bridge
June 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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blades with the cat
tuxedo cat stands upright facing towards camera on colorful table with play sheets for blades in the dark tuxedo cat stands upright with head turned away from camera on colorful table with play sheets for blades in the dark tuxedo cat walks toward camera on colorful table with play sheets for blades in the dark tuxedo cat walks away from camera on colorful table with play sheets for blades in the dark
June 10, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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four down, one remaining
google sheet titled "pour forth thy soul," with names listed "Eleanor Byrd," "Alice Alshire," "Violet Smith" and "Caroline Wetherby" listed as members of a book club
June 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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three down, two left
large white paper, with a drawing of a circular map, with points labeled "Olympia," "Ilysiun," "Haven," and two round owl magnets
May 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I saw the coolest tiny beautiful car on the freeway a couple weeks ago
tiny, two seat white and black car on the freeway. car has only three wheels, and red trim on the inside
May 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
akestrelrose.bsky.social
entering my food influencer era
tripod with smartphone attachment in foreground, brownies on parchment paper with sour patch kids standing up on toothpicks poker into brownies in background, set up for a lil skit
March 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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two down, three to go
character keeper for the warren ttrpg, showing pc names, looks, stats, and character moves
February 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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one down, four to go
Colorful pink and green tablecloth, on which rests playing cards, a black dice tray, index cards, a playsheet labeled "Pelican," and the zine of the game May You Fish in Interesting Times, open to the playbooks page, with a list of the different types of birds you can play.
January 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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we have a mutual friend
a Savannah Sparrow, a brown and white bird with a dash of yellow near the eye, sits low among brush
January 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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My 2024 in TTRPGs:

Played 23 new-to-me games this year! By far a record for me, since I'd played 11 total previously.

GMed just twice, LARPed my first (and only) time.
12. Down the Road Through the End of the World 13. Mausritter 14. Band-Aids and Bullet Holes 15. Shakespeare Society 16. Extra Ordinary 17. Starscape 18. Raccoon Sky Pirates 19. Last Train to Bremen 20. DIE 21. Mothership 22. Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast 23. Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands 24. okcryptid 25. Decaying Orbit 26. The Long Road Ahead 27. Apocalypse World 28. Songbirds 3e 29. Synchronized Pasta 30. Escape from Dino Island 31. Desperation 32. Aldsworth, 1811 33. Namefarers 34. Stewpot 35. You Must Leave Your Holiday Hometown Engaged
December 27, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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right here that is him on my shirttt
Kes grins into camera while on a bridge, the view of wetlands behind them, wearing a tie dye shirt that pictures and anhinga on a tarot card
December 14, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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this thurs-sun, stories through song

Thurs-escape from dino island, but to tell a story, you gotta sing a song

Fri-last train to bremen, but to recall a memory, you gotta sing a song

Sat-saw birds singin their songs

Sun-recital in Berkeley of art songs and spirituals by Black composers
escape from dino island musical improv sesh pic of piece from recital, Love Let the Wind Cry, by Undine Smith Moore and Sappho
October 29, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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cascatelli playtest / cavatappi playtest
atop wooden table, metal saucepan with some water in it, measuring cup also with some water in it, water splashed on table, soaked index cards splayed around with little drawings of pasta on them, dice scattered about table covered in halloween tablecloth, with metal saucepan, colander, cake decorated to look like spaghetti, many index cards ripped in half with little drawings of spaghetti on them
October 21, 2024 at 5:20 AM