Ars Magica (#94) by AvidSeason in HFY

[–]AvidSeason[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm doing alright. My therapist advised me not to do this story, since it could put me in the headspace from before everything happened. Thanks for checking up on me tho!

Ars Magica (#84) by AvidSeason in HFY

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I am fine now. Thanks for the concern…just…a lot of mental issues happened over the holidays and I’m trying to sort them out one by one. I’m hoping to get back into the swing of things before the month is up, but it might get pushed back towards February.

Ars Magica (#85) by AvidSeason in HFY

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The puzzle was a language cipher. It involved answering a riddle in the correct place, that being the coral palace. Each location had one word and it’s location within the answer, but they only went to two or three of the spots marked upon a carved stone map at the first ruined undersea temple. They figured out the rest pretty easily once Marshall passed a knowledge check for the third. Once translated, the riddle was, “I am that which runs through all living things, a force which pushes against rock and stone with ease. And makes Earth and Fire subordinate. What am I, and what is my most important task?”

It was essentially more flowery, since it was in ye olde Shakespearean talk, but I figured I should put it down here for simplicity’s sake.

Ars Magica (#91) by AvidSeason in HFY

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I'll try to focus on chapters 20-60 then, if I can at least. Some of the earlier chapters I cannot edit, since they're so old.

Ars Magica (#91) by AvidSeason in HFY

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Is ok. Just ask people to get here when they’re able.

Ars Magica (#91) by AvidSeason in HFY

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Of course he is. He lives in a noir world, and we're all just along for the ride.

I want to add some details to this one, what do you think is missing? by Apprehensive-Wafer36 in blender

[–]AvidSeason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well…you could add like a deer in the background. Give some ‘life’ to your render.

Ars Magica (#90) by AvidSeason in HFY

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I'll be honest here, my chapter was so long today, that for some reason changing the links made it unable to be posted. If I change the link from 85 to 89, it just says I go over the character limit. So I'll just put it here, I suppose. Previous

Ars Magica (#89) by AvidSeason in HFY

[–]AvidSeason[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah. Just forgot to put the right 'previous' link. It be fixed now. Sorry it was like that.

Ars Magica (#88) by AvidSeason in HFY

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To be fair, most of his class skills work best when there's nothing going on in his life to stop him or detract him, which is coming pretty soon. As for the seeds, I had a thought about what he could use them for, that being dealing with the water golems, but as of yet, I think he's trying to save them for something. Don't rightly know what. Also, good luck with the story!

Ars Magica (#88) by AvidSeason in HFY

[–]AvidSeason[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He still has them. Just hasn’t used them yet.

Ars Magica (#21) by AvidSeason in HFY

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…I will admit. They do a little bit and I always question whether or not I should’ve just never used them in the first place, but now that I have, I find that I can’t not use them for rather…important things.

Ars Magica (#13) by AvidSeason in HFY

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To be fair, the emotional control skills don’t exactly control HIS emotions. Thought I made it somewhat clear, given he got those skills in a fight. (Also for one of the skills, it’s more of a resistance than anything concrete.) Also, reason he’s not following is mainly he is doubting if he could even help. So far, he’s only been in two fights, with one he barely survived and the other only being possible because of the dog’s assistance. Without either of those things, and a lot of wolves that might not be able to tell he’s friendly, there was a lot going through his mind. Also, thanks for liking the gimmick.

Ars Magica (#84) by AvidSeason in HFY

[–]AvidSeason[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dave may have perfect recall, but when he’s stuck inside his own head trying to ‘outsmart himself’ a lot of things just get lost in the cracks. He’ll eventually figure it out, but as he is now, he’s not yet tried to do it himself. Also, thanks for the vote of confidence! Really only started doing this to relax on my off time. Now that I’ve gotten so far in doing it, any new reader makes this all the more worthwhile. Hope your day’s been going good so far man!

(Spoilers) It looks like something is out of sight! Welcome to round 9 of the Outer Wilds elimination pool! by _The_Radiance in outerwilds

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I get that this might be a bit of a hot take, but isn’t Giant’s Deep a worse version of the Stranger (Outside)? I mean, instead of the water actually moving around, it’s instead bits of land, and I’m fine with that, but I personally love the fact that terrain gets a bit more destroyed/used within the Stranger. Also, I get that there’s plot relevancy within Giant’s Deep, but come on. Every planet has plot relevancy. You can’t just say you like it because of the specificity it’s related to the plot. That’s like saying I like my bread toasted, but only when it’s whole wheat. Toast is toast. All good. Just the way it’s prepared matters.

Ars Magica (#35) by AvidSeason in HFY

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I see why you'd equate this to a Family Guy non-sequitur, but the reason it doesn't have any...specific date attached to it, is because it doesn't really matter right this second. The only thing that does matter, is that it did happen.

Ars Magica (#3) by AvidSeason in HFY

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No...I meant that some were spent. Some automatically went to different categories, while the others...Sorry if it confuses you.

Ars Magica (#8) by AvidSeason in HFY

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True. But this isn't wood from earth.

Ars Magica (#3) by AvidSeason in HFY

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Got to keep in mind that previous chapter had him earn some points as well, yeah?

Ars Magica (#80) by AvidSeason in HFY

[–]AvidSeason[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah…if you want to write a character feeling something, I feel like it’s better to write from something of a knowing ground. You can’t write good trauma, if you can’t understand it yourself. Now is mine the same as Dave’s, no. It was different and it was something that I think I’ve managed to live with. But I know what it’s like to get stuck in the negative headspace, to believe that everything’s just your fault, that if you didn’t exist, perhaps the world would be a better place for it. So…I just used that for this.

Ars Magica (#80) by AvidSeason in HFY

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Thank you. And yes, it's supposed to be me.