Eternally Lost CJ
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I hope you like weird, because weird is what you're gonna get with me.
Rusty? That was supposed to say "one". lol
I cannot recall which season it was, though.
I cannot recall which season it was, though.
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Rusty? That was supposed to say "one". lol
I cannot recall which season it was, though.
I cannot recall which season it was, though.
That's the name of the trilogy. The name of the first book is Parasite.
Okay, yeah, Doctor Who had a storyline like that with the 11th Doctor, where humans were piloting a humanoid shapeshifting suit. They appear off and on through Rusty season, with the bigger presence toward the end.
Okay, yeah, Doctor Who had a storyline like that with the 11th Doctor, where humans were piloting a humanoid shapeshifting suit. They appear off and on through Rusty season, with the bigger presence toward the end.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
That's the name of the trilogy. The name of the first book is Parasite.
Okay, yeah, Doctor Who had a storyline like that with the 11th Doctor, where humans were piloting a humanoid shapeshifting suit. They appear off and on through Rusty season, with the bigger presence toward the end.
Okay, yeah, Doctor Who had a storyline like that with the 11th Doctor, where humans were piloting a humanoid shapeshifting suit. They appear off and on through Rusty season, with the bigger presence toward the end.
I like that idea! Definitely a fun concept, just not one I've played with before~
Parasitology plays around with the idea of something piloting something else, but I can't say too much on it without spoiling something.
Parasitology plays around with the idea of something piloting something else, but I can't say too much on it without spoiling something.
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I like that idea! Definitely a fun concept, just not one I've played with before~
Parasitology plays around with the idea of something piloting something else, but I can't say too much on it without spoiling something.
Parasitology plays around with the idea of something piloting something else, but I can't say too much on it without spoiling something.
Out of curiosity, have you ever read the Parasitology trilogy by Mira Grant? It explores a very similar idea that creates some rather fascinating... side effects, we'll call them. Highly recommend it.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Out of curiosity, have you ever read the Parasitology trilogy by Mira Grant? It explores a very similar idea that creates some rather fascinating... side effects, we'll call them. Highly recommend it.
For me, I leave trails of unanswered questions that follow in the wake of the main designs. Questions stir the imagination, create tension, provide avenues for exploration, and hint at details that may not otherwise be noticed.
The trick is figuring out which ones are important to leave standing.
The trick is figuring out which ones are important to leave standing.
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For me, I leave trails of unanswered questions that follow in the wake of the main designs. Questions stir the imagination, create tension, provide avenues for exploration, and hint at details that may not otherwise be noticed.
The trick is figuring out which ones are important to leave standing.
The trick is figuring out which ones are important to leave standing.
In Valley Forge, crime is a language as much as any other, and one that everyone learns some of to get by. As long as you're careful about who you target, you're generally fine thanks to the VFPD's corruption, though you might get taken to Sewer City.
The problem is when a corporation notices you.
The problem is when a corporation notices you.
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In Valley Forge, crime is a language as much as any other, and one that everyone learns some of to get by. As long as you're careful about who you target, you're generally fine thanks to the VFPD's corruption, though you might get taken to Sewer City.
The problem is when a corporation notices you.
The problem is when a corporation notices you.
It does not. It built up around an offshoot of the river the city is built around, which subsequently became a failed branch when the city's municipal system and corporations sucked up too much water. Now, its festering waters are fed by wastewater and runoff.
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It does not. It built up around an offshoot of the river the city is built around, which subsequently became a failed branch when the city's municipal system and corporations sucked up too much water. Now, its festering waters are fed by wastewater and runoff.
Ultimately, though, Sewer City becomes your new home, for better and worse, because it's the only place in the city that neither the VFPD nor corporate killers will enter without good reason.
October 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ultimately, though, Sewer City becomes your new home, for better and worse, because it's the only place in the city that neither the VFPD nor corporate killers will enter without good reason.
This leaves you with few options. Your best bet is going to be finding one of the city's Ghosts, who can teach you to avoid detection and how to use information like currency. Ideally, you'll find one like the enigmatic Spider, who can both help you fake your death and create a new identity.
October 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This leaves you with few options. Your best bet is going to be finding one of the city's Ghosts, who can teach you to avoid detection and how to use information like currency. Ideally, you'll find one like the enigmatic Spider, who can both help you fake your death and create a new identity.
Valley Forge is a city built upon the weaponization of information. If you've hit America's Most Wanted levels of activity, congratulations! You've managed something that few others have: pissing off the biggest corporations in the city. This also means that you're more likely to die than fix this.
October 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Valley Forge is a city built upon the weaponization of information. If you've hit America's Most Wanted levels of activity, congratulations! You've managed something that few others have: pissing off the biggest corporations in the city. This also means that you're more likely to die than fix this.
Sometimes they start off isolated, but they rarely stay that way. After two decades of this, I have two huge collaborative settings and a handful of smaller personal ones that all built up around OCs. While they're fun on their own, they become far more interesting when they interact, imo.
August 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Sometimes they start off isolated, but they rarely stay that way. After two decades of this, I have two huge collaborative settings and a handful of smaller personal ones that all built up around OCs. While they're fun on their own, they become far more interesting when they interact, imo.
IMO, this is one place Obsidian shines. Notion's big draw was a collaborative workspace akin to Google, but its whole-hog AI tilt is not something I'm interested in.
Yes, Obsidian has AI plugins, but those are optional; offline first is Obsidian's mantra, so I doubt it'll be a core feature.
Yes, Obsidian has AI plugins, but those are optional; offline first is Obsidian's mantra, so I doubt it'll be a core feature.
August 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
IMO, this is one place Obsidian shines. Notion's big draw was a collaborative workspace akin to Google, but its whole-hog AI tilt is not something I'm interested in.
Yes, Obsidian has AI plugins, but those are optional; offline first is Obsidian's mantra, so I doubt it'll be a core feature.
Yes, Obsidian has AI plugins, but those are optional; offline first is Obsidian's mantra, so I doubt it'll be a core feature.
I present to one Night, originally a tabaxi made for a D&D campaign. Loving, sharp-minded, and sensitive to Fate, they're well-known as a travelling healer who gets around quickly.
Despite being mortal, Night has been found in countless universes — and in spaces only the most powerful can get to.
Despite being mortal, Night has been found in countless universes — and in spaces only the most powerful can get to.
July 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I present to one Night, originally a tabaxi made for a D&D campaign. Loving, sharp-minded, and sensitive to Fate, they're well-known as a travelling healer who gets around quickly.
Despite being mortal, Night has been found in countless universes — and in spaces only the most powerful can get to.
Despite being mortal, Night has been found in countless universes — and in spaces only the most powerful can get to.
As would he — assuming the warlock could sell him on it. He's an odd one, and refuses anything akin to worship out of principle.
That said, everyone — gods included — don't want to stay in his way when he gets angry, which is hard to do. All they know is that the target is never the same afterward.
That said, everyone — gods included — don't want to stay in his way when he gets angry, which is hard to do. All they know is that the target is never the same afterward.
July 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
As would he — assuming the warlock could sell him on it. He's an odd one, and refuses anything akin to worship out of principle.
That said, everyone — gods included — don't want to stay in his way when he gets angry, which is hard to do. All they know is that the target is never the same afterward.
That said, everyone — gods included — don't want to stay in his way when he gets angry, which is hard to do. All they know is that the target is never the same afterward.
Across all of my settings, there is exactly one name and one business that comes to mind: Jexle Avinor Hartwell. If you want to compare yourself to him — and his smug demeanor will make you want to — you'll quickly find that, no matter what you do, Jexle is two steps ahead and amused at the display.
July 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Across all of my settings, there is exactly one name and one business that comes to mind: Jexle Avinor Hartwell. If you want to compare yourself to him — and his smug demeanor will make you want to — you'll quickly find that, no matter what you do, Jexle is two steps ahead and amused at the display.
I've never been one for watching YT content, myself. I'm personally a fan of Terry Pratchett's methodology of "steal the idea and twist it to fit what you're doing." I have three separate settings I've been working on like that for 15, 8, and 4 years now.
Simple, sometimes dumb ideas are the best.
Simple, sometimes dumb ideas are the best.
June 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I've never been one for watching YT content, myself. I'm personally a fan of Terry Pratchett's methodology of "steal the idea and twist it to fit what you're doing." I have three separate settings I've been working on like that for 15, 8, and 4 years now.
Simple, sometimes dumb ideas are the best.
Simple, sometimes dumb ideas are the best.
I love worldbuilding with vagueness built in. For me, it's because it allows more questions to develop and become pertinent as time goes on. Some things are best when left vague; I have a few characters like that.
But the questions that such vaguery inspires are top-tier worldbuilding material.
But the questions that such vaguery inspires are top-tier worldbuilding material.
June 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I love worldbuilding with vagueness built in. For me, it's because it allows more questions to develop and become pertinent as time goes on. Some things are best when left vague; I have a few characters like that.
But the questions that such vaguery inspires are top-tier worldbuilding material.
But the questions that such vaguery inspires are top-tier worldbuilding material.
The longest-running world I work on, created with my partner for RP, takes place on Not!Earth, with the main city we focus on existing in California (but not our Cali) with a broadly similar climate.
Won't lie, if it ever spawns arguments over that, I'm gonna be cackling.
Won't lie, if it ever spawns arguments over that, I'm gonna be cackling.
June 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The longest-running world I work on, created with my partner for RP, takes place on Not!Earth, with the main city we focus on existing in California (but not our Cali) with a broadly similar climate.
Won't lie, if it ever spawns arguments over that, I'm gonna be cackling.
Won't lie, if it ever spawns arguments over that, I'm gonna be cackling.
I feel your pain. I'm trying to get down over 12 years' worth of lore, and it's one hell of a daunting task that's been created by not documenting anything for at least half of that, and little to nothing on events and when they occurred.
June 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I feel your pain. I'm trying to get down over 12 years' worth of lore, and it's one hell of a daunting task that's been created by not documenting anything for at least half of that, and little to nothing on events and when they occurred.
... I also keep forgetting that Bluesky doesn't utilize markdown. XD
June 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
... I also keep forgetting that Bluesky doesn't utilize markdown. XD
Dang... that's unfortunate. I've been meaning to get started with Calendarium for _ages_ because one of my settings utilizes a few different internal (and presently undefined/disconnected) calendars, and this would help us organize events better, with a timeline being a huge benefit, imo.
June 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Dang... that's unfortunate. I've been meaning to get started with Calendarium for _ages_ because one of my settings utilizes a few different internal (and presently undefined/disconnected) calendars, and this would help us organize events better, with a timeline being a huge benefit, imo.
Obsidian.md is my favorite (and free!) PKM, honestly, but comes with the caveat that you'll have to set up syncing yourself. Both Calendarium and April's Automatic Timelines can be found and installed within the app itself, though I'm not sure how well they play together. Great community, too!
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June 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Obsidian.md is my favorite (and free!) PKM, honestly, but comes with the caveat that you'll have to set up syncing yourself. Both Calendarium and April's Automatic Timelines can be found and installed within the app itself, though I'm not sure how well they play together. Great community, too!
You might want to take a look at Obsidian's Calendarium plugin. That coupled with April's Automatic Timelines should cover most of your needs... with the caveat that AAT will require some extra metadata in relevant notes to get it to work.
June 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You might want to take a look at Obsidian's Calendarium plugin. That coupled with April's Automatic Timelines should cover most of your needs... with the caveat that AAT will require some extra metadata in relevant notes to get it to work.