#anxious people plot

[reborrowing]

dust prince, part one

poll story! they were kind of a trend when tumblr first added the poll feature so now that the concept is dying I thought I'd give it a shot. we'll see how well I stay on top of this. (there may be some weirdness because I'm still not sure if I want "you" to be just the rogue or both adventurers. For today? Rogue.)

rough sketch of the you's

part 2 -

In the middle of a long and lonely road sits a tavern. It's been here longer than any one person can remember, some even say it's older than the kingdom that now claims these grounds.

You are a fragment of a heroic party, a once-refined rogue shadowing a proud barbarian as you limp back towards society. You're both relieved to see this shabby, familiar tavern as you make your way through the sparsely populated wetlands. While the two of you have put yourselves in much more dangerous situations, passing through the area in such small numbers has been unpleasant at best.

But inside, the tavern is warm and blessedly dry. A silver-haired halfling at the counter greets you, while an invisible set of hands continues working behind her. You dimly recognize her as the owner and remember she makes some fairly impressive potions, if you had the coin to burn. For now, you take the cheapest meal that’ll satisfy you and sit near the fire to bicker over what to do next, as if the two of you hadn’t already exhausted the topic over the last few days.

You’ve worked together for years as part of the same party but the de facto leader recently decided to retire. Your party continued to work without her, until this last job, where the other two bastards abandoned you mid-quest when they got offered a more lucrative opportunity. Now you’re left to either find replacements out here in the middle of nowhere or slink back home with nothing to show for your efforts.

The barbarian is sizing up the handful of other patrons present, discussing their potential with all the subtlety of a flaming brick through a window. It’s getting you both looks and you doubt any of them will want to work with the two of you at all. You’re about to interrupt and say so to your companion when the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Your well-honed senses were trying to get your conscious mind to pay attention to something important.

You look up to see shifting dust in the rafters just as something falls off one of the beams. You lean to get out of the way before you even identify the object. It lands in your soup with a yelp, splattering broth across the table.

It thrashes for a few seconds, trying to find its bearings. If the small scream wasn't enough to confirm it, you're now definitely sure this thing is alive, though you don't recognize what it is. As you look down at it, you would almost swear it's a sprite of some sort, though without their distinctive glow.

It's about the size of a mouse with the face of a person. He's too drenched and frantic for you to notice much else. He stares back at you with fear in his eyes as he pulls himself onto a sinking piece of bread.

taglist @da3dm @mottinthemainpot @whumpsday

#g/t #giant tiny #g/t community #g/t writing #sfw g/t #poll story #my writing #I don't have a Definite plot but I've got directions to go #lemme practice pants writing for a minute #also I should name these people huh #temp oc tag: rogue #temp oc tag: barbarian #temp oc tag: shana? #dust prince #may change title? I really hate names man #and oh my god im anxious about whether or not the choices are stupid isn't that weird? #like if I just write what we're doing that's fine but do the choices look ok?? am I stupid??? i hope not

[ask-tay-relic]

"She was young, but patient with my outburst. Hindsight is perfect as they say, and I wish I could thank her for the lessons she later taught me."

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As you can probably tell! This update isn't quite like the others;; I've given it quite a bit of thought (A few months really) and have opted to change my work to how I actually draw in my comfort. I'll go into this a bit more under the cut!

TLDR: Updates here forward will probably not be colored and the style may be 'rougher' and not as cute or pretty as it has been prior! I hope this is alright! Thank you for your time!

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I've spoken on this lightly in the past, but I actually have a great difficulty with the style that I've used for past pages. It takes much more mental effort and is a far longer process for getting things done.

I am a horror artist first and formost, I draw monsters and skeletons, bones and organs, paint backgrounds and objects with ease. Doing a more 'simple' style with less detailed in the lines, that isn't something I can do easily and I find it fascinating! I adore others work like that! I just find it :( difficult.

This is why updates have been so very sparse, I have been trying to work in a 'kinder' or 'more appealing' style overall for the last handful of years due to many comments of my work while I ran other blogs through 2013ish-2017 - So, I tried to change my work to be more ''clean and anime'' or however it may be called, and as you can tell! I am not very good at it! Despite practicing for so long it just isn't in my wheelhouse! (It is not -bad- of course, but It is not my forte)

Same with color. I'm colorblind so trying to color each page was always difficult to figure out 'are these the same color?? do these conflict?? does this look nice??' -- I am used to doing lineart basically as it's own thing. I'll be doing less color pages unless it's something important, Or you may see me adjusting the next few updates trying to find a balance on how I will be using colors (Or Tones).

For now, these pages are still kind of similar to the other style, and I can tell that the more I let my anxiousness (Of my Actual Style being called 'ugly' or 'disgusting' like it was before) go, it will probably change.

My forte being 'horror' also brings to note that this comic as a whole will involve darker themes [violence / gore / NOT Sexual Content] So if that is something you are uncomfortable with please keep yourself safe first and foremost!

Thank you for your patience! And I hope to be able to work more and faster so that I can share this story with you!

I'll also be answering asks [ones that are not used in the comic] within this style as well.

#[febella] #mlp comic #mlp ask blog #Act 1: Four #Page Eighteen #[[I am very anxious of posting this due to the mentioned 'using my OG Horror Work style made people say It was Ugly' fears again]] #I hope that everything is okay and I will do my best!] #[After all - the advice friends gave was to draw for myself not for others] #[and I would say the same to anyone else so I should do the same] #Plot Point Page

[mromalley]

open to all

location The Jukebox

Thomas whistled out loud, an old tune from the 50's that he still loved to this day despite its age, as he sketched out today's specials on the board. Setting it back on top of the counter Thomas admired his handiwork as he wiped the chalk off of his hand onto a dishcloth, and swung it over his shoulder. "Well I'll be dammed" he mused with a grin. "C'est magnifique, am I right?"

#evermorehqsstart #look i know this is short but i have lots of things to finish on here and i am anxious to get muse/ plots going #i know i owe individal starters to people and they are coming but please whomever wants some alley cat work ya' magic! #now im just rambaling pls im so tired

[jrueships]

sometimes i'll think abt a Fandom and wish it were bigger, and sometimes i'll read something from a fandom.. and wish it were smaller

#ppl seeing a confident black man : FINALLY! A PERFECT ANTAGONIST FOR OUR STORY! #THE CORRUPTOR!! THE ASSHOLE! MR KNOWS ALL! #i want to be bigger into football. i rlly do #but . omg. sometimes seeing just So Much . side eye shit is . like imagine my exhaustion #and this isnt me trying to be the behavior police like let ppl write but sometimes seeing such. Fun. patterns can be like #idk man it's sad like damn thats rlly how the world is and obvs i KNOW how it can be but it's real wack #real wack being reminded even in ur supposed happy place ur supposed lighthearted little break from the world #it's still not . idk. it's just not #oh the poor pale blond qb just a little anxious baby oh and his evil zany teammates trying to corrupt him oh theyre so terrible for my angel #:/ #.. that is. a Grown. Man . #it's like replaying my 2nd grade teacher ******** me bcs i was a troublesome kid and it made her feel young and alive and bad again #like wtf am i corrupting you with maam? skibbity toliet ? leave me alone !! #listen. if it were smthing like 'x rlly likes tomatoes' when he actually likes idk carrots? i would not give a fuck. infact i prefer carrots #but bad patterns have smthing more to say bcs patterns in general have a story #it's more than 'he would not fucking say that' it's 'WHY tf are YOU making HIM say THAT of ALL people & THINGS???' #like i love having asshole characters in my stories too. and they can be poc ! NO ONE is a saint! #but having one just to fuel the only one u actually care abt? having their problems solely be for plot?? & making that one #a SPECIFIC kind of person ?? is kinda giving me 'u dont view x as a human which could mean you dont view x race as humans' #WHICH IS !! IT SUCKS ! THAT SUCKS! #i know i need to just suck it up and ignore it but thats like the life quote of being poc isnt it #ugh #it sucks

[meat-pvppet]

not to bitch and moan but im really starting to remember why i dont do original stories anymore

#im so anxious about world building and just linear solid plots dude none of the ideas im having feel like they make any sense #the story ideas im getting feel uninspired and uninteresting #theres barely anything anyway #and are people other than myself even interested? #i miss when i could have fun with things without feeling unnecessarily horrible about if its good or not #ik i should just do what i want but #yknow #sorry chat ill be normal again but for now ill shit tears about this i guess #scrubs hands over my face and rips off my skin GOD i need to loosen up but i want this to be something ill actually like at the same time #or maybe i just wanna be known for something other than fan shit #can i be normal pls thanks #.txt #vent #ig #ew feelings eugh

[tvrningout-a]

you ever think about the canon characters that your oc would get along with but keep it to yourself out of habit bc you naturally get nervous trying to connect anyone from canon to your oc bc you've had it drilled into your head that people hate that despite rp being 90% relationship building so ofc you're gonna have to think about this stuff

you ever realize you're just scarred from years of tumblr rp being icky towards oc's asdfg and this isn't from a place of bitterness! this is just genuinely me realizing i'm still very worried about stepping on someone's toes despite! having really cool mutuals!! i still get so nervous when i'm plotting with someone and it's their canon character against my oc. i might give them a really fun plot idea, but i also make it clear that it's cool if they don't want that dynamic with my oc. and it is cool, but it shouldn't be if it's only bc my oc is involved.

it's just!! a lil sad that i still get that way is all, especially when i'm sure a lot of people feel that way, too. there needs to be respect both ways, and there always should have been respect both ways. respect the person who put the effort into portraying a canon character, and respect the person who put the effort into creating a character. respect each persons' boundaries and their ideas. be willing to work with each other -- rp is collaborative after all! just!! respect each other enough to put in the work!!!

#i did not mean to write all of this but i got a lil bit caught up in my feelings i won't lie asdf #and the thing is i have mutuals who make me feel very comfortable!! but i didn't always #and even now if i'm plotting with someone new i will typically be anxious suggesting a dynamic with my oc #and i don't consciously think about the why most of the time but today i did #bc i'm thinking of the characters i'd love to write miyuna and tsugumi against and how in general i never talk about my oc's #and the people they'd likely get along with or argue with etc. #i dunno this just got me in a rambling mess asdfg #it's got me thinking about some of my older blogs and just! how incredibly difficult it was to foster interactions back then #if the other person wasn't also writing oc's #and some things have changed and some things haven't but! i'm definitely in a much nicer space than i was #i'll take awesome mutuals over thriving in a particular rpc any day uvu #get ready to ramble | ooc

[orangetintedglasses]

( Have I ever been quiet or stopped responding to you when things are chill and you're worried about it? I'm here to tell you it's absolutely one of three things:

I've convinced myself that I've said too much/weirded you out/can't ask for something because it's too weird or 'demanding'/etc so I have slunk into the shadows and am leaving you alone (aka I'm being too much)

I don't know how to add onto the conversation without 'making it about me' or my stuff and I don't like feeling like I'm taking all the attention (also being too much but in an attention-seeking kind of way)

You went quiet or responded in a way my brain reads as 'upset with Sketti' and my RSD has taken that as 'oh we've done something wrong, time to fawn and cower' (bUT THIS IS RARER AND I DO MY BEST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING)

My brain is my worst enemy and it often makes me think I'm bothering you just by existing. I'm working on this! But unless the secret fourth option of 'Sketti is exhausted/something happened and drained all her social ability' also crops up, these are pretty much guaranteed to be the reason I've gone quiet during an OOC interaction LMAO

I'm also seriously awful at one-on-one IM interactions for a long-ass time when we first start talking sorry about that )

#the mun the myth the legend;; ( mun about ) #( I don't want people thinking I'm just a snob or hate them ) #( I have been Through The Ringer a few times with people and now I am a Very Nervous Pasta ) #( I wanna talk! I wanna plot! I am just very anxious LMAO ) #curtains down ✧〗( ooc )

[korvyna]

[ Sometimes RP blogs will say ‘mutuals only’ and then I’m sitting here twiddling my thumbs hoping they notice me (っ ͠≖ ᴗ ͠≖ )っ🎔 ] 

#『 hush child 』 ⸺ OOC. #I get anxious over asking people if they want to be mutuals for some reason #Heck I get anxious over asking if anyone wants to plot #tis fine

[pocketramblr]

AU where AFO is a distant relative of Tamaki Amajiki

Tamaki pulling a Spock and saying AfO is an ancestor of his while Mirio tries to not react because by "ancestor" Tamaki means "father"

#sorry i just have too much fun making my lad a dfo stick victim #and if it was a distant relative thing i don't think they'd care too much comparatively? #like yeah it'd be another thing for Tamaki to be anxious about sometimes #but not enough to create plot #maybe if Tamaki was like the last descendant of Yoichi AfO would do something about it but Tamaki would likely have no clue #what was going on. he did not ask to be involved in the ofa afo plot and dodged a bullet when Mirio didn't get ofa #anon #pocket talks to people

[theevilicecreamsoda]

#kinda just :( #bad day today and like im so anxious #like what is one of my mutuals hates me #why do i not get along with other people #what if everyone in the school has some plot against me #why are people afraid of me #idk what im doing wrong like i feel like even if i get all the components for the correct answer its still wrong

[stellaelillac]

Quick question: are permanent calls still a thing here?

#‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ ooc / let yourself go and start at the rainbow. #im seriously thinking on making a permanent call #for starters / plotting / meme / sliding into ims to scream about our threads and muses #literally a general call where i will know that people are okay with me just #throwing my muses at them shuahsuahs #sometimes i am a little bit anxious about interactions #and that would help me lmao #im just not sure if i include the shipping call or just do it in a separate one

[yououghtaknow]

both SO looking forward to and SO detesting tomorrow

#positive: i get to see the besties and i can talk about The Situation #negative: i have to talk about The Situation #and that makes it Real. #also i will probably be told i am being immature and unhealthy and toxic but. it is a bit of a slay on my part. #but we stay balling!!! #and middling: i don't know if i will see Some People tomorrow and it's making me Anxious #but i am listening to my tunes' #finished watching all of schmigaco that's available. going to try out the pilot of yellowjackets to see if i can Vibe with it #because i like the plot and everything i read online!!! i'm just not sure if it'll be too triggering/distressing to watch #i'm coping! i'm balling! everything is FINE! #feeling very trina falsettos tonight #because the thing IS the only thing that's breaking UP is my [redacted] but me??? i'm!!! break!!! ing!!! DOWN!!!!!!!!!

[dutyworn]

also, having some vague anxiety about roleplay in general, and every time i catch myself feeling it and try to delve into it (for context i have a difficult time noticing/feeling my emotions on a regular basis lol) and gently ask myself where it's coming from, why i'm anxious, what about, i kinda come up dry?

#me: notices being anxious and knows its rp related #me at me: ok thats all right. what exactly are you feeling & what about? #me: dial-up noises #idek if it's stress about being slow/inactive #stress about being shitty at moving plot #talking to people ooc on a timely manner? #all of the above? #i know it somehow relates to how i am being perceived #but jesus like #i can barely feel my feelings on a good day #so its just this background ambient anxiety #and when i catch myself feeling it it eludes me #rather than me being able to feel what the emotion actually behind the ambient anxiety is? #negativity cw #; outofarmour

[bougainvilea]

want to scream

#im at my grandmas house and my uncle is racist and i cant sleep #and the windows dont have blinds and theres light everywhere and i feel anxious as fuck #i am trying to think abt my dnd character but every plot line feels like pulling teeth #even remembering that phrase was hard sjjssjhs #my hesrt rate is high and my family doesn't understand me and i think i miss home #which is so dumb i never miss home #i just want to get away #why does my grandma keep telling everyone i want ro see all the family (i dont) #why do people keep speaking to me in english in front of her its so fucking rude she cant understand a single word! #why cant i find any words to explain how i feel to my family #why am i here i want to rent an airbnv #just so i dont have to see them all the time #i feel so trapped #and i want to cry #maybe ill just do that #aya talks

[coquelicoq]

my dreams are so stupid. i dreamt that i was trying to look up the spanish word for "taxi" on wordreference but it kept failing in increasingly ridiculous ways. first it told me the word was "coney," which is clearly not a spanish word. then it sent me to the dutch dictionary instead. then it told me there's no english-spanish dictionary actually, just a spanish-english dictionary. so i wake up and look it up on real wordreference and it turns out the spanish word for taxi is "taxi." figures.

#also dreamt that i was getting on a plane and as part of this process the flight attendant had to ask about my facial piercinng #but instead of asking me about it she asked my friend and i was like hello i'm right here‚ don't ask her ask me #and she referred to it as my 'hypertensive piercing' or something which makes NO sense #also i was dating eminem. and i forgot to take my water bottle on the plane and told my friend that this would give me 'stank breath' #eminem and i were only going to be dating for like a week for some reason and i was like oh that's good he won't have time to beat me #😬 okay yikes #then i was (sort of?) reenacting the plot of frankenstein with another friend and we were supposed to be going from my laboratory #into the basement but every time we went down the stairs we just ended up back in the laboratory #which looked different every time and the steps down into the basement looked different #i thought this was HILARIOUS but my friend was less amused #eventually i ended up in a ball pit while other people were looking down on me from above telling me that come halloween they would be #buying my shirt. this was a threat somehow #oh also!! jesse if you're reading this i had a dream about your dog!! #except there were three of them and their names all started with G. but i didn't notice all of them at first only the smallest one #and i was like wait wasn't jesse's dog way bigger than this??? hmm well i guess he completely changed size. you know. as dogs do #meanwhile there were two whole other dogs in the room that i didn't notice for like. hours #i was sleeping in your bed (upside down for some reason) while you were sleeping elsewhere in the apartment but the dogs were in with me #which was all dandy until you closed the door to the bedroom (with you on the other side) and the dogs got very anxious w/o you :( #which woke me up within the dream and then possibly also in real life. and those were the dreams i had this morning! #dreams

[vulpinate]

// hello, i've just added 2 muses to my carrd (noeul & kyuchul) and updated my rules, if y'all wouldn't mind checking those things out. both muses are open for plotting, if anyone is interested

#∾ — OOC : announcement #// added both of them to my interest tracker as well #// i know trackers can make people anxious #// but you're not locked into your answers there #// they don't have to be permanent #// the point is for me to gauge possible interest in muses and plots #// and then approach you to discuss #// things can change! i'm open to anything! #// i just want to know that people are interested in interacting