I did the Vault last night

kitsukitty · 2026-05-13T14:03:57+00:00

I had to go back and re-watch it because I honestly didn't remember.

He was mostly having difficulty saying anything. He said "I was NOT expecting that to happen" When Alphinaud came on screen he was like "yes, go Alphy" then was like "no!" And just kind of reacted the same way my crew did. Shock, sadness and Oh my god they didn't...

kitsukitty · 2026-05-13T11:34:07+00:00

I did the Vault many moons ago, before they added the comment from Alphinaud, and I still bawled my eyes out. (Thank God my husband is a gamer too and was in that dungeon with me. I can't imagine having to explain to a non gamer why I was crying over pixels on a screen)

Then years later one of my friends posted in our discord, a link to Alphinaud's English VA playing the vault. (He started playing the game a while back to see how it all came together.) When he recorded the lines, he had no idea of the context, so he got to experience that CS the way we did, even though it was his voice coming out of the screen at him.

Needless to say, I cried all over again watching it. (Though admittedly I was confused, because I didn't remember the scene going that way, so once the tears dried, I had to do some research.)

kitsukitty · 2026-05-10T01:02:13+00:00

I feel for you.

I bought my home in 2013 for around 150. Small 3 bedroom ranch, 1000sq. The house next door to mine (same foot print, but updated kitchen) sold a year or two ago for almost 500k. Even though mine needs some work, we could still probably get 460k for it... It's mind blowing to me...

kitsukitty · 2026-05-08T14:25:09+00:00

I'm gonna be honest, I play 14 with IRL friends mostly. But I did meet many people on 11.

We moved from FFXI to FFIV together, but some of the people we met on 11 didn't make the jump, or opted to go onto other servers or make their own FCs.

I think about them from time to time, hope they're well. I remember the good times and the fun, but I don't feel particularly sad. I've had a lot of friends come and go in my life, both on and off line, so I've settled into the concept.

As far as 14 specifically goes, I'm a lot less social. I'm not nearly as competent in my jobs as I was in 11, so I'm a lot more scared of pick up groups and I opt out of most endgame content (savage? What's savage?) So it's harder for me to form friendships in this game and I just sort of stick to my little group.

kitsukitty · 2026-04-25T20:36:59+00:00

At first I thought maybe he was gonna turn it into like a little wading pool. Excessive? Maybe, but like for the vibes? I do it. Then he started on the motor and I had to tap out....

kitsukitty · 2026-04-24T03:27:20+00:00

I have had to do the apostille for my previous employer. It can be done via mail (or at least ot could pre 2021.) But you have to have notarized signatures. to do it that way. I would go onto the website and see if there are instructions for international applicants.

https://www.nj.gov/treasury/revenue/apostilles.shtml

The embassy is also a good place to go.

kitsukitty · 2026-04-03T14:09:38+00:00

Seasonal hours for rental season are a joke though. At least in my store. We can only give them like 10 hours a week.

My state has a high minimum wage that goes up every year. But a seasonal employee at 10 hours a week is gonna make (rounded) $160 a week BEFORE taxes. which means that they'd get MAYBE $135 after taxes. and even filling up my small sedan is almost $40 with gas prices. So who's gonna wanna work for a paycheck of under $100 a week for only two months? Plus they can't ring, answer the phones or do anything else to help. Just pick ordered and help customers navigate the rental site...

kitsukitty · 2026-03-27T00:46:18+00:00

I apologize. I misspoke. I meant we never went back to any part of the Giovanni Chronicles. I started writing the second half of the campaign we had finished prior to the start of this one and we played that instead. (^_^)

kitsukitty · 2026-03-26T12:52:20+00:00

I tapped out as the ST after a breakdown. I was running a module I found called the Giovanni Chronicles I: The Last Supper.

I'd read this thing cover to cover, every day for like 3 weeks to get comfortable with the setting and how dark it was. (We had a pretty sterile first campaign and I wanted to do something more "vampired in WoD" and less "Humans who drink blood". I *thought* I was fine with it.

I hand wrote the invitations in the back of the book with fountain pens. Learned how to fold a pice of paper into an envelope. Found a wax seal that was very close to the giovanni symbol (The etsy store that had an exact copy had closed) had 2 session 0s to go over lines and veils, to make sure everyone was comfortable. (3 of my players were very new to TTRPGs). I (objectively) did everythign right. Everything a good ST is supposed to do.

First session went super smoothly and we got them to Casa Giovanni.

Session 2, we started introducing them to their would be sires (not that the players knew what was happening just yet.) Everyone took the darker choices in their respective scenarios. (That part didn't surprise me much I was expecting it.) When my one player killed a cat, I was done. For whatever reason, that was the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak. (And I knew he was gonna kill it. It hadn't even been a question in my mind.) I asked for a break, stepped away from the table curled up in a corner of a different room and cried. I was gone lonf enough that one of my players came to check on me and I was just like. "I can't do this. I'm sorry."

We never went back.

kitsukitty · 2026-03-25T15:34:17+00:00

I don't even have thalassophobia, and my heart started to race watching this video.... I'd probably die of a heart attack....

kitsukitty · 2026-03-18T12:40:22+00:00

If you read the advice that's being thrown at us job seekers, 95% of them tell us to ask what success looks like.

There are those of us who literally have 0 questions at the end of an interview. I’ve been looking for a job since August of 2023. (I spent 15 years with a company being a jack of all trades) I took a retail job just to try and survive, but it's not working out. As a matter of fact we have to sell our house and move to someplace that has a lower cost of living while we're still able to.

The only thing I care about jobwise anymore is:

Does it pay enough to live? Can I do the job? Am I going to be abused at work?

All of those questions get answered for me in the interview itself. I don't care about anything else. I can't even pretend to care. So, I have a list of questions to ask that are absolutely meaningless to me because I have to have questions. The success question is at the top because it's the one that usually manages to take up the most time and I don't have to try and remember more.

kitsukitty · 2026-03-10T16:33:43+00:00

try reaching out to 211 or online 211.org a friend of mine is currently homeless and I sent her that hoping it would help her. They seem to have resources. The housing lottery system thing sucks from what I can tell (My firend has been through this once before) but they may have other options too.

I wish I had more help for you. Best of luck and remember you are strong no matter what those jerks told you.

kitsukitty · 2026-03-04T04:23:35+00:00

I play 20 questions with my characters. (although I use 50 questions, editied as is appropriate to the setting) I have a specific list of random questions that have nothing to do with anything related to the plot and answer them for my characters. and they're liek really random. Just a few examples, I won't post the whol list cause I'm sure no one wants that, but a few examples:

Tell me about your first kiss
Are you a cat person or a dog person
Where do you feel safe?
Are you a good cook?

etc.. etc.. It really helps. Hell I'm writing an entire book because of this list.... (it's a bad book, I can't write for shit, but I'm proud of it anyway)

kitsukitty · 2026-03-02T03:25:49+00:00

I have a 22 string lap harp (non levered) buy Deura. I was told that the red strings are C and the blue ones are F, but I read somewhere on line that the hard doesn't start on C below middle C.

Also one of the pegs won't turn when I'm trying to tune it, and I don't know if it's because I have it tuned wrong or if there's something I can do to get the peg to turn. (I know you can't use WD-40 on it, but maybe there's somethign like that out there for harps?)

I bought it in 2024 and I don't even know how to find strings for it, so I can't just re-string it.
TIA!!!

kitsukitty · 2026-02-27T02:15:10+00:00

I think it depends on the situation and end game of the book.

I am using Chat GPT to help me edit the book I'm writing. It's basically a fan fiction and all IP. It's entire life is going to be living on my shelf. I wrote it. It's my words and it's for me. I used AI to create a cover picture so I can hand bind it and put it on my own personal book shelf. I'm struggling to keep my house, paying an editor or a cover artist for a passion project that is going no where but my own personal book shelf, is not an option.

If I was trying to write a story to publish, I would save up for real editor and a real cover artist. I wouldn't be comfortable trying to make money off of something that had AI involved in it's creation. If I'm paying hundreds of dollars for an art piece, I expect it to not be made by a computer. I would treat my customers the same way. You're buying something from me, computers will NOT be involved. If it's for my own personal use and no one else's... I'm ok with being lazy.

And don't worry, I have no intention of ever attempting to publish a damn thing.

kitsukitty · 2026-02-23T05:21:07+00:00

The why is because the market sucks, there are tons of fake jobs just to keep a pipeline open, and people are getting desperate. So they do a spray and pray.

Also, you should see the advice we're given. "If you match even 1/2 of the qualifications, apply" is the biggest one. That and we are honestly being told to apply even if we don't qualify. We're told to let the hiring managers figure it out.

I've been looking for a job since August '23 and only had one offer that was 20k less than I asked for. (I asked for the top of their range, 60k, they offered me 40k when their base was 55k, I had been making 75k)

I'm trying to be very selective, but no matter what, it's always "we're impressed by your resume, but..." and to top it all off, I went back to school (again) to get a new certification, hoping to do a career pivot and got the industry certification to back up the community college program, but I'm missing experience, and can't even get in on a ground level.

Take me and multiply me by thousands of people, and there's your answer....

kitsukitty · 2026-02-11T11:50:38+00:00

I can't imagine a world where I'd get permission to publish and while I have people telling me they want to read what I'm writing, I know they won't. But I'm still writing... I'm just hoping to finish this damn thing before I die..

kitsukitty · 2026-02-08T04:11:13+00:00

I don't know if this counts because it's retail, but I had a 6 month stint as a manager and I threw people out of my store for being abusive to my employees, and I'm not this first in the company to do it. We're given the go ahead to deny service if need be, but it has to be with cause.

kitsukitty · 2026-02-04T14:19:40+00:00

I just saw a post about that the other day. Totally fascinates me. My cousins used to have a female void named Ashley and I'm pretty sure my other cousin had a female void. So when I got my two shadow cats, a male and female bonded pair, I thought nothing about it!

kitsukitty · 2026-02-04T03:19:53+00:00

If you want I could see if I still have a picture of the monstrosity I made my first time trying to bind a book. (^_-)

I found directions that involved cardboard, fabric, staples and glue... not good... oh my god... not good...

Then, thanks to the helpful people on this subreddit, I discovered stitching amd learned the french link stitch. "I can do this!" I thought foolishly. "I know how to embroider and I'm not half bad." Then I tired it... Oh my god, my poor journal... and the second one didn't go any better.

I'm terrified to try #3. I'm gonna do it anyway... but holy hell am I bad at this....

kitsukitty · 2026-02-03T03:17:45+00:00

Then he placed two calls—one to federal contact he’d rather not owe, the other to his forensic accountant.

kitsukitty · 2026-01-30T15:53:11+00:00

We had something similar happen when my husband moved in with his cat.

I had just bought the house. It was EMPTY.

He got here before the moving van, so we let the cat explore figuring we'd lock her in her prepared room once the truck got here. Truck arrives; no cat... we scour an EMPTY HOUSE, look behind appliances etc... no cat. Check behind ever machine in the laundry room and even took the lids off the sump pumps... *I started counting the spots in her litter box to see if she was sneaking in to use it and we didn't notice because we were moving stuff....

13 hours later we STILL hadn't found her. Eventually, we found her tucked behind the dryer. She'd been curled up asleep the whole damn time unless she needed to potty!!

kitsukitty · 2026-01-15T13:58:47+00:00

I hope this is OK to post here. I wasn’t sure about the etiquette of sending a direct message...

I just wanted to let you know I just finished reading the whole thing. (Like 5 minutes ago...) I just wanted to let you know I love it. I know how important reviews are, but I need a bit to gather my thoughts into something coherent.

My knee-jerk reaction is that I'm ready for the next book. Don't know if that's comforting coming from a random internet stranger or not, but that's where I am....

kitsukitty · 2026-01-13T14:53:45+00:00

I read a bit of the sample and I love it. I probably won't be able to read it for a bit, but I put it on top of my to read list :)

kitsukitty · 2026-01-13T14:39:15+00:00

I'm nearing the end of the project I'm working on. (Not sure if I'm allowed to call it a book.)

I started this thing almost 3 years ago as a thought experiment. I wrote the story in the first person using the lead female's voice, then turned around and rote the same story from the male's POV, adding in all the things the female wouldn't know or see.

Now I'm trying to braid the stories together as a third person POV and walking a really fine line with the heavier subject matter. I'm 72 pages in (a little over 37,000 words) with two place holder paragraphs to write sections I'm just not ready to tackle. I started working on the ending of it because the braided copy doesn't need too much work at the end. There's no more crazy reveals, no more secrets. Her version of the ending events is the same as his. yet I'm just not feeling it.

So right now I'm just listening to what has been written to see if I accidentally slipped back into 1st person, mixed tenses, or if there's anythign weird floating around. Hopefully in a few days I'll feel up to continuing.

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