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Rook
@rookily.bsky.social
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writer, artist, weird creature in the forest
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🏳️‍⚧️ I'm very aware of politics and social problems; I just don't post about them here.
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when the #WIPSnips reveals the book as a #LitRPG -- The 5th Hero is a Beast on #RoyalRoad
Once settled, Hallvar activated [skill: meditate]. They were immediately confronted with the sheer magical aura of this place. If small amounts of ambient magic felt like spiderwebs untethered in the breeze, tiny and delicate, this cave was filled to the brim with bursting sunrays of magic, spinning wheels of fractals that made it hard to think. After a few minutes of meditation, Hallvar had to stop. The sheer overwhelming amount of magic was making them nauseous, though it had a clear effect on their progress. If [skill: meditate] pulled environmental magic into the user, then this cave was the magical equivalent of drowning in order to sate one’s thirst.
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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I don't remember if I followed up this moment with the inevitable full-body effort it took to remove taloned fingers from leather gloves with holes poked into the end. #WIPSnips - The 5th Hero is a Beast on #RoyalRoad
The gloves did blend in spectacularly with the talons, giving the look of a costume, intentionally clawed and vicious. They reminded Hallvar of the fancy helmets knights used to wear, the ones where the visor was fitted between the fangs of a lion’s maw or something similar.
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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what kind of buttons should I put on this shirt?
a large button up shirt patterned with large not-realistic fish
October 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Rainbow capitalism and all, but this was nice to see next to each other at Michaels. It doesn't need to mean anything. It was just nice.
Vertical hanging Christmas garlands made of plastic balls in various colors. On the left are pastel colors that look like the transgender flag. In the middle are rainbow colors like the pride flag.
October 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Minnie (Mini-Bones, vs Bones in the bg) is finally done! My ultimate goal is to make a new Halloween dog every year or two. I have a topiary poodle in the works but I ran out of fake flowers 🤣
A tiny skeleton dog with horns and a tail, painted neon green. She has a collar and is attached to a fence with an oversized fake chain. There is a larger skeleton dog in the background holding a small human skeleton.
October 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Keep in mind that Viktor has formally adopted Hallvar as his kin by now. It gives nosy dad energy. #WIPSnips -- The 5th Hero is a Beast on #RoyalRoad
Viktor, however, enjoyed snooping, as long as he was the one doing it. In the weeks of consistency, the guildmaster made it a point to ask Hallvar about their new “friend” which was a massive red flag in any context. He didn’t care about Hallvar’s well-being, at least not on such an intricate level. It wasn’t like the guildmaster was tallying a balance book to ensure his pet hero was properly socialized and maintained good nutrition. So it was fucking weird when the guildmaster asked more than once about Hallvar’s “friend.” The airquotes were palpable. “What, are you spying on me?” Viktor gave the idiot a long stare. “Do you mean to chide me for successfully doing my job?”
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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I don't know what #PortfolioDay is exactly but I'd love to share some new work of characters in my fiction! I'm getting better at drawing people, I think. Not perfect, but good!

Characters from The 5th Hero is a Beast on #RoyalRoad
A dark haired man is crouched in a field partially obscured by grass. He is holding a large weapon that looks like a cleaver decorated with bones. He is wearing heavy plate armor and has furred cuffs around his neck and hands. He is smirking. Two figures are standing in front of a purple background with stars. The figure on the left has brown curly hair and a subtle smirk. He is holding a hand up with rings on it. He is wearing silk clothing decorated with purple, blue, and yellows. All of his clothing is loose or draped elegantly. The figure on the right is completely covered with clothing and a mask. She has a black hat on which holds up several veils of beads and lacework. Her clothing has a lot of black lace. On her waist is a gold chatelaine which is a precursor to keyrings; it has scissors and keys on it. She is holding a white staff with a fox carved into the top.
October 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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sometimes making your subclass visible to others is akin to getting your AKC paperwork. you're a certified human, baby! -- #WIPSnips The 5th Hero is a Beast on #RoyalRoad
It was a difficult choice. Hallvar ultimately decided that the talons and the fangs were basically advertisements that something was off, so they might as well have the paperwork to prove it was normal.
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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WoD knowledge of rugged (in lieu of beautiful) and intimidation coming in handy. #WIPSnips -- The 5th Hero is a Beast on #RoyalRoad
Text that reads: In their old world, there was some group roleplay thing – maybe a board game, the kind you play on a tabletop – where the normal social interactions weren’t just dictated by charisma or prettiness or glamour or whatever. Instead, it used intimidation or ruggedness or other visual cues that weren’t just supermodel hot. Hallvar wasn’t supermodel hot, unless the model was for reconstructive facial surgery, but the viking/pirate thing wasn’t wrong! They had a scary charm about them. One might even romanticize the vaguely dangerous yet teddy bear persona Hallvar was slowly building! They hoped Stella would…
October 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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One of my better lines, I think. #WIPSnips - The 5th Hero is a Beast on #RoyalRoad
The King-Consort stared down Hallvar like a prized horse that just shit at the finish line – with great disdain but regretfully tied to the fool by fates.
October 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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I'm back with a #WIPSnips
Text that reads: “Yeah, he’s got that spell. I found his tower.” “Tower?” Hallvar spent the next twenty minutes saying things and backtracking to explain them to Stella. What wizards were. How they were different from mages. Why they needed towers. They accidentally mentioned Dungeons and Dragons and then had to – badly – explain the concept of tabletop board games when— Stella was snoring gently on Hallvar’s chest. Fates, she was sweet and wonderful and perfect. And Hallvar didn’t blame her at all for passing out.
October 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Quiet because I'm super busy moving into a new house and giving myself anxiety attacks but!

RIP blue mushroom, I had you for less than a week.
A blue ceramic mushroom and a colorful Mexican style ceramic lizard on a concrete front porch. A broken blue ceramic mushroom in a box of trash.
February 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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The overconsumption is singing its siren song to me.
A 3D valentines card that looks like a pickle jar that reads "I'd pick you Valentine" and "I heart-symbol you"
January 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A brown and white doodle laying on a couch with her head on a stuffed animal.
January 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Found my childhood games (PlayStation games not included)
A series of PlayStation 2 games: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Sphynx and the Cursed Mummy, Kingdom Hearts 2, Stitch: Experiment 626, Kingdom Hearts, Splashdown, The Sims, Spyro: A Hero's Tail
January 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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My new pen nibs rock.
An drawing in purple ink of a wingless dragon with spikes and webbed feet, with its tail curling behind it in the background.
December 29, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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When your isekai'ing gives you the bi panic #WIPSnips
The stranger was feeling a bit bolder given how enthusiastically the mage was responding, even if comprehension was lacking. “She’s really pretty. And seems nice? I don’t know how to interpret this.” They paused, looking over at the mage with a little embarrassment coloring their cheeks. “I mean. You’re pretty too. Handsome, sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude.” The stranger stared into the distance, contemplating this new body and its preferences. “Is that just because I liked guys in my last life? Or do I like them now?”
December 21, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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A student requested this during my lull time at the end of our class (I didn't want to start a full sculpture at Xmas) so it's almost finished! She's going to add on a bow that I've digitally drawn in. The fingernails are shiny and glazed. :)))
A flat ceramic ornament of the back of a hand raising the middle finger, with red fingernails. There are star and heart tattoos on the wrist. A red bow has been added digitally around the middle finger. A flat ceramic ornament of the front of a hand raising the middle finger, with red fingernails. The surface is impressed with a star and heart pattern. A red bow has been added digitally around the middle finger.
December 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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I want to try tanghulu so bad. #WIPSnips from Eccentric Adoration today!
 Rose handed the deity one of the skewers, laughing suddenly at the confused expression on Razlok’s face. “What? Tanghulu?”  “Yeah, never heard of it.”  “It’s skewered, candied fruit. Wang Qingxi says it’s supposed to be a specific berry traditionally but they mostly sell seasonal fruits here. They’re strawberries today.”  Razlok let out an intrigued noise before he thanked the woman for collecting their lunch-snack and dug in. The food was all delicious; sometimes food was better when you had to eat it with your hands. They chatted about the variety of options that existed now. Razlok remembered the last thing they ate, prior to coming back – it was cheese and some kind of savory filled dumpling thing. It was perfectly fine food, but it certainly wasn’t as flavorful as what they were able to buy from the vendors, here and now.  The curious tanghulu turned out to be crunchy and sweet, the sugar-coating breaking easily under their teeth to reveal a sweet strawberry inside. This was certainly a wonderful time to be alive.
December 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Brought these brownies from a healthier grocery store to a party, was confused when no one tried them. Whatever, more for me.

Realized much, much later that they're labeled with all the -free's. Guess people thought they'd be gross? Or not up to par? I just love them cause they're tasty.
Picture of a chocolate brownie box label. Brand is Flax4Life. The text indicates that they are dairy free, gluten free, nut free, and contain flax. There's other various labels like a partial ingredient list and plant based packaging.
December 20, 2024 at 3:59 AM
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We love an excited beginner mage. #WIPSnips
When her first real fireball hit the target, Cait jumped in glee, nearly beaming at the woman. For Cait, it was… it was hard taking instruction from all these mages, harder still to listen to Leon and his idiotic ideas.
December 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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🎵 Sarkos the ghostly cervidae 🎶

#WIPSnips
The… thing was a close to a deer but nearly invisible. Just beyond the surface of its “skin,” the stranger could see its anatomy. It flickered in and out of view – a barren skull one moment then full, eyeless musculature the next, then the worst yet, a rotting, decaying corpse. A ghost of a ruminant with fragmented antlers that the stranger noted as various bones: humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, phalanges. Multiple arms’ worth of broken bones, rearranged in a macabre craft project and tied together with moss and those cute little drippy pearl plants they sold in garden centers.
December 18, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Haha no, I won't make you part of my undead army.... unless??? 👀 #WIPSnips #litRPG
The 5th hero stretched out their hand for the mage to shake. “Deal, as long as this doesn’t result in me joining your undead army or something equally evil.” Hallvar felt a tingle of magic travel through their arm and shudder up their spine as the gravecaller shook their hand, sealing the agreement. “I am a scholar in my heart, not intended for combat. Regardless, if you were to join Riosa and Tediford, I would train your skeletal self to maintain the specimens. And rename you, of course. A new life needs a new name.”
December 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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Mood
#WIPSnips #LitRPG
“So…” Grim began, almost coy in his nosiness. “Do you want to give more detail about where you’ve been recently, or?” “If you don’t, we’ll tell the guildmaster.” Ikraam’s threat was teasing. “I think we should tell the guildmaster anyways, but you can be the first to inform him, hrm?” Hallvar groaned and leaned forward to thunk their forehead into the table. “Do they sell liquor here or is that not allowed?”
December 13, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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hashtag relatable

www.royalroad.com/fiction/9117...

#WIPSnips
They got over it after a little internal tantrum and a snack, pleased to learn that while it was difficult, they just needed to shift their grip and practice before the lines started coming out smoother and smoother. The promise that their one hobby would eventually return to normal was uplifting, even if Hallvar had to take a break because their joints and callouses were feeling sore.
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM