James Pianka • EM|NCD
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James Pianka • EM|NCD
@jamespianka.bsky.social
Systems, narrative, and content designer for video games (TMNT: Splintered Fate, State of Decay 2, MtG). Publishing TTRPGs as Empty Mountain (Nothing Can Die). Opinions my own. He/him.

SHRINES v1.0.0 (digital): https://emptymountain-ncd.itch.io/shrines
She got older very quickly this year, and I think I wrote The Pembroke's Tomb from Shrines about how I imagined feeling now. I didn't realize how precise it would be.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Lila, I love you presently. Everywhere I look I see your beds, your toys—new holes where you used to be. I think maybe the hole inside myself that I feel now was always there, that you filled it by arriving instead of creating it by leaving. I will always love now with this heart that you improved.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I cannot fucking believe I had to willingly extinguish this light. I wish that I had know about the bomb ticking inside her—that I known to look so I could've done something ELSE when there was time. I would've carved off a piece of my body for another year. We thought we had at least another year.
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Dogs are a mainline to love itself, straight into our veins. There's no baggage, there are no shadows—there are just big mahogany eyes, endless songs, the spirit of joy manifested in your house.
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is by far the most painful grief I've ever felt. Human loved ones understand death; they can be ready, they can tell you about it. They don't sleep between your legs, rely on you to walk outside, or entrust you with their lives by definition.
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I know that it sucks to read this kind of post, and I know that I've only met a few of you in person, but writing about this love and connecting with others who know it helps me feel less alone, so thank you.
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'd wear it on the plane. The minute you step off in Philly, you'll be happy you have it. (I did this a million times while bi-coastal.)
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Depends on the under-layers. Bomber jacket with hoodie is great right now.
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
love that grain
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I seeee
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Marco Pierre White's videos for BBC Maestro!
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
*swoons*
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Pic 3 putting the pussy on a palanquin
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My man 🙏
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM