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Solly

@directxman12.dev

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Code-witch, general nerd. No minimum level of hingedness is guaranteed.

Elsewhere: https://metamagical.dev

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Solly

@directxman12.dev

putting my entire _____ into porting this unix software to windows

license plate that reads "cygnusi", which sounds like "cygnussy", which sounds like a cross between "cygnus" and "bussy"

November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

lmaaoooo, bsky moderation says "in this house we don't kink shame"

skeet that says "breeding... kink? that's like the uno of sex. It came free on your Xbox dawg"

it's labeled intolerance by he baky moderation service

October 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

what every woman wants to hear:

"We could make it together," Arwin said. "You could do more than just watch or help me swing a hammer. It could help both of us. Sure, it's a bit creepy, but-"

"Say no more," Lillia said with a delighted grin. "I'm in. Let's make an abomination of nature."

October 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

ooooh im misremembering -- it was merkava's normal throw, but he had a special input that u did during after the throw to extend it. it looks *really* silly (web.archive.org/web/20250629...)

merkava's a+d throw: "... to get more hits (up to 8) and damage, spin the stick in a 360 motion while mashing all your buttons. If you're not getting all hits, you're not mashing early/hard enough. No really, im serious."

August 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM

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August 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

... they look like this.

the part of i've been having trouble with is that cork region around where the welt (i think that's what that's called?) is. i haven't been able to craft a search query actually in a way that brings up similar results.

anyone have any suggestions? reskeets welcome.

a pair of chunky black suede lace-up boots, with a band of cork around the welt

June 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

I mean, look at this shit, is this not beautiful nonsense

... it’s going
to be a Missile effect, this working doesn’t take range modifiers, and modifiers for multiple targets won’t apply either
. The jackals are still fairly distant, so she takes double casting time (6s), for +1 to her skills. She isn’t attempting cross-dimensional, extended-duration, or area-effect magic, but
she decides to produce a 1d crushing attack with RoF 5 –
effectively a 5d attack. Multiplying the base cost by 5 means
that the working will require 25 energy points; fortunately,
she carries a plundered staff loaded
with 40 energy points. She doesn’t have to worry about
weight affected, and Missile effects can’t be resisted, so mar-
gin of success won’t be an issue.
After 6 seconds – as the jackals, hunger overcoming caution, begin moving in – she rolls against both
her skills at +1 (an effective 14 and 15). She makes both
rolls, and furious energies roil around the tip of her staff.
The GM rules that this attack has statistics similar to the
Fireball spell (1/2D 25, Max 50, Acc 1) and, being weightless
magic, Rcl 1. The jackals have drawn close – 5 yards away –
so she forgoes aiming and uses Spraying Fire
(p. B409).
She decides to direct two blasts at each of the two leading beasts, and one at a third; obligingly, these three are
approaching shoulder-to-shoulder, so she won’t waste shots
tracking between them. Her Innate Attack (Beam) skill is
17, and all three attacks are at -2 for range and -1 for the
jackals’ SM, giving effective skill 14. The first attack has the
standard Rcl 1; on an attack roll of 10, both blasts hit. The
second has effective Rcl 2; with a roll of 13, only one blast
hits, but the GM rules that the one that misses will at the
very least worry another jackal that was coming in just
behind the leader. The third is a single shot, so its effective
Rcl 3 is irrelevant; on an 8, it hits. At 1d per shot, this is
unlikely to kill any of the jackals, but it should be enough
to make the pack back off.

May 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

a pair of shabbat candles, colored each in complementing twists of sapphic purple, sit lit in unornamentes candlesticks. the candlesticks are well-loved, slightly dented in places and with little bits of wax from shabbatot past. they sit on a railing in a loft, next to a similarly purple lighter. the reflection of the candle flame flickers in a large window nearby. the room is dark save for the candles, but it is a cozy dark, filled with the warmth of ritual and traditions held dear.

May 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

this... hits a bit different now

There'd always been a chance that a sliver of what made me Catherine Foundling would be gone, by the time Masego was done. I still wasn't sure there wasn't, and the notion definitely wasn't going to help me sleep at night. If there was something missing, would I notice? Could I notice? The feeling that something was missing had yet to abate.

May 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

tiny bears!

a tiny pastry bear, like taiyaki but with pandas. in fact, the bag behind it even says "pandayaki"

April 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM

Solly

@directxman12.dev

what if u we were both shinkansen front cars, and we met at a station

haha jk, unless 👉👈

(unfortunately did not get to see the actual kiss in progress, just the end result)