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motthepaladin.bsky.social
R. S. Mot
@motthepaladin.bsky.social
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Author, hobby photographer, voracious reader, and dice collector.
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Ace | it/them

Not-so-secretly a dragon.
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No design but I have pattern.
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “Do you need your cane?” I ask. “It’s in the trunk. We’re heading back that way so I’ll be okay as long as I don’t have to do any more stairs.” I hope that wasn’t weird. I didn’t know I knew she uses a cane until it came out of my mouth. She doesn’t always have it but now I can clearly picture her with it; it’s a dark metallic blue with some kind of wavy pattern on it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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A totally normal list of things to know about your sister's girlfriend of several years.
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “What do you know about me?” she asks. “Yesterday was your 28th birthday. I know your hobbies since Lyra and I talked about them when trying to decide what to get you. You’re from Oregon, you told Lyra that over Chinese food. Oh, and your favorite Chinese place is the one on Fourth and you always order lo mein.”
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Got an art blind bag at a little local market and it has bookish ghosts. Absolutely adorable 📚💙
A black card that says Autumn bingo, A business card that says spooky stories by Anja Jaeger, A large print of a ghost reading a green book on a bench at the beach at sunset, a sticker of a ghost reading a book under the covers that says reading is rebellion, and sticker of a ghost looking into a paper bag.
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul A waitress comes and takes our orders. I gulp down ice water while we wait for our food. Lyra hooks our foot around Annie’s ankle and she gives us a startled look before smiling. I ignore their weird flirting and continue with the water. We for sure haven’t had enough the last few days.
December 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Why is telling someone your user name so embarrassing out loud even if it's normal-ish?
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “I have it credited to the username I use. The songs are mine, not ours, and we have to share my name, so I made a new one just for me. But it’s very much a screen name, not one I could use in everyday life.” “What is it?” I expect Lyra to chime in and tease me, but she’s waiting to see if I’m comfortable involving Annie in my private affairs. Something I could keep just to myself, that doesn’t affect their relationship in any way.
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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In her defense, the reanimated corpses aren't her fault!
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul We can always move to a new city and find a different job. We’re valuable enough someone would be willing to take a risk on us as long as I’m not charged with an actual crime against a corpse. Everything will be fine once I have Lyra back.
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Snowy walks are healing and you cannot change my mind.
A pine cone still attached to the tree with a dusting of snow. A snowy landscape with a lot of pine trees.
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Know what's better than being one in a million? Being one of the .000005% of the population the government hates 💕
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “Two-souled people have always been a tiny minority, and there is a lack of understanding by humans about how they happen and why others choose to do it. So, it was easy to ban. But as you know, nobody enforces it strictly. How could they? Soulsights are the only ones who can truly tell, and they are also exceptionally rare. Imagine wasting soulsights time and ability on checking for something that occurs in .000005% of the population.”
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Just a little ✨trauma✨
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul I thought Lyra’s the aquaphobe, but the way my body locks up without her here proves I’m terrified of water too. Chlorine-soaked memories that belong to Lyra jump to the front of my mind. She must have recalled them enough they’ve seeped into my psyche too. Of all the things of hers to still have access to, these are the worst.
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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The angel atop my tree this year.
A crochet alhoon [monster from dungeons and dragons, it is a humanoid shape with tentacles on its face] on top of a silver Christmas tree. The tree is lit with white lights and no other decorations.
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Don't split the party!
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul Lyra debates with herself if she should wake the others now or leave the room alone. Buddy system, I chime in. You’re right.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Trying to talk-to-text my alt text had me summoning a demon 👿
An alt text box that says takasha the kasha The kasha pho kasha
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Making bread and soup from scratch today 😋
This will be blackbean soup in a few hours.
Focaccia with tomatoes, rosemary, and garlic. Diced onions, carrots, and celery in a pan.
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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He loves books.
Pretty sure he wants to nap on them to stop me from reading them, because obviously my only other choice is to pet him.
#caturday 📚💙
A sleeping seal point cat with his face pressed against the corner of the book The Dark Eagles First Flight by David R. Smith.
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I saw this and thought of you
A picture of a bowl of soup and hunk of bread with a night background. There is text that says soup of the day implies another, possibly even seductive, soup of the night.
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Who remembers Map Quest?
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul We all head downstairs together and find a tiny computer room. Oriel recites the address and we search for it. We print out directions, we’ll be doing this old school style.
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I donated the money I earned from this story to Undue Medical Debt which helps relieve medical debt. It just seemed like the on-theme thing to do.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Just a girl trying to protect her girlfriend from The Horrors.

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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul Oriel is speaking, soft, low, and fast. It has two souls held away from itself and appears to be conversing with a third one. “Stay here,” Lyra says to Annie. “I’m an adult, I can handle seeing bad things.” “I- We-” Lyra pauses, reveling in getting to acknowledge both of us aloud. I've been saying we and us aloud for days, but I get to taste the sweetness of it on our tongue for the first time all over again. "We're used to it. You're not. I know you could handle it, but you don’t have to. Stay. Please.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul “You were really cold a few days ago.” “This vessel had been sitting in a refrigerator for hours.” Right. I spend enough time getting chilled by the body fridges at work, I should have figured that out instead of assuming angels are naturally chilly.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I wasn't going to post about putting stuff in a little free pantry again but they put my dumb ass on the news so
Take care of yourself and your neighbors ✌️
A screenshot of a video showing a person in a black shirt and gray skirt is placing items in a large cabinet.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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What's this? A different wip? :o
Still mostly going to pull from my soul project but if the word isn't there, I'm going to start pulling from my next project.
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Excerpt from You Live Here Now “Hey honey how’s it going?” he asks. He’s in a much better mood than I’m in. I can’t bring myself to tell him how awful it is here. Especially since I’m still not sure what just happened. “Made some decent progress today, but I’m still counting down the days until you get here.” “Me too,” he signs. Hearing him helps calm me down a little.
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Dying twice in the same week is rough on a body, sorry man. But not really sorry, the emotional breakdown following this is pretty great tbh 😈
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul It closes its eyes, but the light of its soul still shines under them. I’m almost certain the body isn’t conscious anymore, and I have no idea if Oriel can hear us. I’m mute anyway, emotion squeezing our throat closed. I stroke Oriel’s vessel’s knuckles as it dies for the second time this week, not alone again at least.
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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We still looking at snails?
A pale white hand with a snail resting on a stick.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Silly fact time! This character is based on my d&d character who started off session one by getting into a fight with a door because I didn't think to ask if it was locked. It was 8 years ago, I still get shit for it.
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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul It was easier when Oriel kicked open the door and all I had to do was follow. Now entering a building I know is probably occupied is tinged with a feeling of wrongness. Not enough to keep me out. I don’t kick the door though. We’re strong, but I’m not sure we’re that strong. I try the knob like a normal person. The cold sweat on our palm makes the smooth metal hard to grip.
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I had so many options today 👕

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Excerpt from My Sister's Stolen Soul Oriel has a slash on its cheek. Its rapid heartbeat makes the already nasty gash gush. Shockingly red blood dribbles down onto its throat, staining its shirt collar. Its soul tendrils halo its vessel, and it still looks like the body is too small to contain what is left inside it.
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM