#having secret passageways in the walls still fucks tho

[neganium]

I feel like "guy in the walls" type of stuff was a lot more feasible when servants' corridors were still a thing.

#having secret passageways in the walls still fucks tho #but it'd be hell to clean; especially if you don't use it often #and you'd still have to accommodate for wiring and shit in the modern era; would it even be worth it?

[halt-kun]

Hunter x Hunter Chapter 398 - Search

Some people are very quick to translate. Let’s go back to Morena and her goons

I love character wildly theorizing and being completely wrong. I can empathize ! Phinks doesn’t know it’s two abilities of course but I saw some people (including me) who thought the old guy could be some sort of trigger. Or that the door ability needed a trigger.

I love them, bickering

Of course the old guy was close to his double and the one hiding in the secret room, I’m sooooo dumb for not noticing before. 

I definitely wasn’t expecting more theorizing on the old Heil-ly but here we are

That’s when you’d disappear my guy, good luck !

Well bad idea my dude Feitan is fast

One more kill to the Heil-yi someone will awaken from this 

Correct ! Interesting new subtypes Togashi must love nen ability crafting.

Fei, be careful tho

I mean Fei is perfect for a suicide mission with pain packer. If he’s in a pinch he can use it without worrying about potential friends being around. Let’s hear the mafia proposition ! 

Because you don’t know his ability 

RAW OYSTER ! Definitely wasn’t expecting that kind of animal but good choice. 

Even weirder to have to eat it ! 

I’m with you guys, oyster is just too alive and viscous for me to be able to swallow. 

DUDE NOOOOO YOU’LL DIE ! well, it was nice knowing Hinrigh. He didn’t prepare weapons beforehand I needed more weaponized pigeon mafia hancuffs (those words can be put in any order and still rock, I love them) 

Here I thought Nobu was into enhancers but I guess Conjurers are also his thing. Mission : Save Hinrigh !

HURRRYYYYYY the fuck on ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 

WOW ! IMMEDIATE TURNAROUND WITH A KNIFE. Skills

Who now !

FUCK NOBU CAME TO HELP HIS NEW CRUSH !!!! Let’s play coop indeed          ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Nobu is a softie and wants to fuck. TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE 

I’m such a fan of this duo 

What’s that ? EN ?

Nobu learnt about going through wall from Gon and Killua and look at him now ! He loves this trick 

Transmutation seriously ? Anyway it’s a good ability, so this is not a nen space but just protection of an existing space 

Morena’s ability ? Or are they just implying she’s the one that hinted someone the nen protection ability ? Some real estate agent maybe ?

TWO BROS CHILLING IN A HOT TUB 5 FEET APART CAUSE THEY’RE NOT GAY. 

Each door is definitely a different passageway, hinted at by the symbols 

Processing room ? Well, I’m Hyped for next week for sure

#hxh c398 #hxh spoiler #hxh blind liveblog #hxh manga

[yonemurishiroku]

Nico’s villa house in Venice, Italy headcanon because i say so.

- It’s in the old style because that’s how most of the houses in Venice are and Nico feels less disoriented that way.

- But it’s still fucking modern tho.

- And enchanted to ward of monsters and such. Hades is not having his children in danger if he has anything to do with it.

- It has two stories with a terrace playground whose roof can be closed or opened according to the weather, since obviously Nico needs to fix his fading issue.

- It’s too large for one person and three hellhounds dogs because Nico has claustrophobia. And also Hades is ridiculously rich and opts to spoil his son.

- Yes he has dogs.

- Yes they are hellhounds.

- The villa is surrounded by green, save for the brown fences. The trees stand tall next to the street lamps, the grass tickles his feet and the flowers bloom beautifully along the gray brick path. Persephone made them eternally fresh and Nico prays the people wouldn’t notice anyday.

- There’s a sand playground in a corner of the garden, with a little sort-of tent with sofas and lounge chairs and cushions and so on, in which Nico likes to enjoy his books while the dos run around. He likes the feeling of staying close to the ground.

- The villa is located at the city’s edge so Nico has a small balcony perking out to the open space, with a lovely staircase leading down so that he can actually sit in the water and enjoys the ocean view whenever he wants.

- There’s also a system of fresh waterways in the backyard, running peacefully under the garden’s shades like natural streams, just because Persephone doesn’t like the idea of her flowers having no water supply. Nico prefers dipping his feet in the water without salt clinging to his skin, anyway, so he doesn’t complain.

- The villa is spacious. Most furnitures are made of wood to give off a cozy feeling. A lot of sofas and soft lounge chairs. The wooden doors are always wide open and different layers of curtains shielding the glass windows. Paintings, decorations and plants lining the walls.

- The whole house is floored with expensive carpets year-round because Nico’s body temperature is always lower than a normal human being should be, and also he likes the feeling it brings.

- The living room had one chandelier which Nico had removed soon after he moved in, claiming it was too gaudy.

- A TV built-in that is actually some sort of black screen just for Hades or Zagreus to call whenever they want to check on Nico. Nico complains all the time, but he still picks up the weird shadow-calls - or whatever Zagreus calls them.

- A fireplace. Of course there’s a fireplace. And another in his bedroom. Nico dislikes leaving the warm spots when the winter comes.

- The kitchen can be seen from the living room, equipped with a full set of ovens and a cabinet of pasta making tools and pantries and whatsoever. Nico loves the cooking lessons with his caretaker - a lovely maid who is a clear-sighted mortal, courtesy of Hades, (who else, really?).

- The reading room is upstairs. Large bookshelves occupying every wall. A large window at the opposite of the door to catch more winds. A passageway hidden behind one of the shelves, connecting to a secret safe room just because Hades is paranoid.

- A music room that houses a piano since Nico wants to try after listening to Zagreus play in the Underworld.

- He definitely has a king-size canopy bed. I don’t care what you think. Nico definitely sleeps in one.

- The dogs have their own beds in the same bedroom of Nico’s, just because he likes to keep them close.

- The guest bedroom isn’t any less antiquely luxury looking. If anything it’s just smaller than the main bedroom and no canopy.

- Yes they have a dog room, filled with toys and whatever a hellhound might want to play with. There’re just so many things people can do with empty space and Nico wouldn’t waste a spare room if it means his hellhounds can find some entertainment the outdoor is unavailable without wrecking havoc.

#will add more when i have more #this will be nico’s house in that luke & nico fic of mine #nico di angelo #pjo #hoo #toa #italian nico #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #nico headcanon #yone rambling #nico’s villa in Italy #fanfic talk again bc what’s new anw? #hades (pjo) #nico and hades #nico and zagreus #zagreus (pjo)

[partyinthemysterymachine]

a jellicle worldbuilding

fuck it here’s a wall of text infodump about my canon RTT and some worldbuilding, just copy/pasting bc i had the foresight to do so

i got an ask (thank you @jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear ! i love pushing buttons i didn’t mean to push) about what Symbolism i-not-so-quietly-hinted about in regards to Macavity and Munkustrap and their sweet sweet baby brother Tugger.

so while i’m still figuring things out like specific specifics and suchlike with these three, but essentially, RTT is Different. there are some bigger and obvious ones, like the heterochromia, the big ol’ irises, the suggestion of him being larger in body type (kinda accidentally got one of each lmfao coverin the bases), happier. all three of them have the same eyebrows and widow’s peak stripe. all three of them have it with color, tho RTT’s has a full background. doesn’t mean anything Deep. it’s a genetic trait. yeah, other cats have the same stripe/marking. i feel like there’s something Specific about it that i haven’t worked out yet. again it’s not Deep, but just.. a fun little thing, like a distinct birthmark. idk!!

in smaller details, while speaking about the stripe, RTT’s fans upwards while his brothers’ fan downwards. his teeth aren’t right; he was born with some pretty odd lookin’ teeth, and he didn’t grow in the pointy ones other than the canines. there was some concern for him for a hot minute there, but he seems to have done fine.

(note: i don’t HC the tribe as regular cats (tho i once had the idea of them looking like actual cats until the reach the Junkyard at which point, athros, because i was galaxy-braining it since i was 12 lmfao) but as, yeah, p much anthros. clothing is optional, more popular in other areas, right now in this tribe it’s unusual. the Jellicles are known to be kind of ‘old fashioned’. the tribe have guardians, hunters, craftsmen, etc.. they’re a tight little community. they used to be a lot larger, but nobody likes to talk about what happened.

the Junkyard has been Jellicle territory for a very, very long time and they are extremely territorial about it. strategically, it’s one of the best spots to be in. hunting isn’t super, but they have found some sweet spots that nobody else seems to have picked up on yet. obviously it’s a fortress but it’s also a city. there are hundreds of secret passageways, hiding spots, storage, etc. it’s very valuable. (and there’s a trouble tribe looking at it, as they’ve been doing in the last handful of decades)

visitors are usually either invited, or they’ll send word weeks beforehand. it seems very slow and rigid, but it’s more societal politeness and tradition rather than like, anything dangerous is going on. Jellicles and other tribes intermingle outside all the time. there are some chapped asses and that’s pretty typical anyway. at night it’s highly unusual and frowned upon to be cavorting about outside of one’s community. that’s what bad people do. looks Macavity

there are jobs and markets and places to go and enjoy oneself, so it’s pretty much our ‘normal’ life. just everyone has to go home. there is a nightwatch collective, one from each tribe, that enforces curfew. Munkustrap is a part of that collective. it’s a very honored and respected position.)

ANYWAY so basically the normal cat teeth are kind of still a necessity. like Macavity, he’s a maine coon, and chooses to fashion his fur in the mane style. so he regularly grooms it, and the rest of himself, because Fashion and Rebellion. (kind of really weird across the board to do it, though it’s catching on in other tribes and there’s some heat about it. usually only the sick are groomed like that. there’re a couple tribes that will groom short or outright shave a cat’s arms as punishment (or worse, their heads), and that’s always been seen as really harsh and super fucked up. Deut finds it disrespectful.)

RTT is a storyteller. consider him a bard LOL and bards/storytellers are like celebrities. their talent is highly valued, there are a couple competitions a year for them and RTT has been a tough one to beat in the last four years, holding the winning title of one of the events. he’s got fantastic stage presence, incredible social skills, nearly unbeatable improv skills (a part of the event he’s holding winning title of demands a story made up on the fly (topic given, you have x minutes, go) and he excels in that area. he’s got some weak spots ofc, but that awards the most points) and he’s a pretty great guy all around.

so back to the Symbolism. RTT and his brothers are pretty well known (and ofc there are many ‘well known’ cats, but i’m gonna stick to the Jellicles obv). their sore spot is Macavity, and he kind of a lot disgraced the Jellicles by doing what he did and becoming what he is. Deut, Munkustrap, and RTT took a hit. while they are respected, there’s a huge dent on their reputation and it has affected how they’ve been treated, talked about, etc (even a little tittering in their own tribe). so there’s a burden on RTT and Munkustrap’s shoulders to restore trust and honor, so to speak.

OK BACK TO THE SYMBOLISM so they were given color backgrounds and drip effects. Macavity and Munkustrap got it on their face and RTT got his from his chin down his front. it’s to set him apart from his brothers, obviously, but those two are down a shaky path. RTT feels like he’s picking up the slack from Munkustrap and doing what Macavity should’ve. (there are some societal hierarchy things but oh my god i can’t keep going off on worldbuilding tangents)

RTT is a pride and joy of the Jellicles. he does have quite a bit of weight on his shoulders. it’s not to say that all of his congeniality and such is a mask or a front. he’s genuinely like that, and he’s what you see is what you get. as anybody does, he has his demons. it’s hard to say which way the drips on those pictures are going; are they climbing or descending? whatever’s happening to Macavity and Munkustrap it’s affecting them both, and nearly at the same rate.

whatever’s happening to RTT is far from their spectrum, and pretty much everyone else’s.

there’re a lot of Expectations on Munkustrap. there used to be an important role for Macavity until, well, he Did Things. since that happened, people assumed it’d get handed down to RTT instead, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. Macavity’s role is still empty and there’s speculation on what’s going to happen, particularly because his exile happened quite awhile ago and his part was “forgotten” about by Deut. he won’t talk about it, even to Munkustrap.

Deut’s pulled RTT aside a handful of times since then. what he’s been told, discussed, and pitched eats him a bit. it’s going to be a lot of unnecessary trouble if Deut doesn’t sort it out soon. RTT is on a path he didn’t expect or want while he watches his brothers tie themselves, and each other, into sailor’s knots. Munkustrap and Macavity can’t tell if they’re ascending or descending; but RTT knows, and he also knows which way he’s going.

Deut better figure his shit out before it’s his turn to go to the Heavyside, or worse yet, when his brothers both snap for good.

#ches writes #ches writes things #long post #cats musical #cats the musical #worldbuilding #rum tum tugger #rtt #munkustrap #macavity #jellicles #jellicle tribe #froths at the mouth #fucking FROTHS at the MOUTH #me @ myself: damn bitch you got good ideas #leans on desk and immediately eats shit on the edge bc i'm a dumbass #anybody interested in knowing more #bc i'll probably talk about it anyway sucks for all y'all #i am everybody else's problem

[thetradeway]

Session 17 Halloween!

Melaina is supposed to be guiding us to the High Forest, but we seem to be lost and going in circles. It is getting darker and darker. Ahleqs lies down and prepares to die.

We hear some spooky singing coming from the north east. Tarragon and Ahleqs roll good survival checks and head off in the direction of the sounds. We reach a blighted manse! Or it might be a post office. Who knows.

The clearing in which it sits is damp, waterlogged. The stone of the manse seems unnaturally dark; the light from the stars seems to grow darker as we move toward it. We debate briefly the idea of knocking and saying trick or treat, but this is dismissed as a weird Aaracokran holiday tradition. As we draw near it gets darker and darker, to the point where the humans can’t see. Gunna lights a torch, and Ahleqs casts Light on Simon.

Kessler goes and knocks, Gunna accompanies. The doors are dark oak. There is a pair of crystal blue eyes peering out through the window next to the door!! Gunna wants to ask the eyes directions. He looks again and the eyes are gone. The doors are locked. The singing comes again, louder this time; Ahleqs casts Mage Armor.

Popcorn is terrified; with some cajoling Tarragon is able to get him to follow her. She reminds him how brave he was and how he kicked the shit out of those ogres from before. Gunna grouses that he could have kicked their asses if he’d been woken up sooner; Ahleqs pets him on the head and tells him he’s a brave human. He is mollified.

Kessler tries to pick the lock and fails spectacularly. Melaina has a go (rolls a 26!) but still can’t open it. Ahleqs has a look at it to see if its locked by magical means - there seems to be an aura of some sort around the door. It feels like it doesn’t want to be opened.

Gideon finds a hedge. He then fondles the door until he knows what’s up (Identify). Gets a splinter. There’s no spell on it - he suggests it’s a mimic. He decides to try tickling it, but nothing happens. “Listen here, you two-plank hinge swinger!” He rolls to intimidate the door and gets a 6. Popcorn gives him a quizzical look.

Perhaps it’s undead? Gideon holds his prayer wheel to it; nothing happens. He tries offering it a gold piece; as he places it down, he notices the floor is sticky with what looks like blood. Perhaps it wants a blood offering? We investigate the blood. It doesn’t seem ritualistic, but looks like something bleeding has been dragged through them. Okay.

Ahleqs picks up some of the blood and tries not to be sick as he rubs it on the door; nothing happens so he listens for the singing. It’s strangely quiet now though. Melaina checks the door for traps.

The hinges on the door don’t look gummed up or rusted, and there is no sign of traps. She has picked the lock but it won’t open. She cannot see any reason for this. Gunna tries pushing the door. Nothing. We argue about what to do next.

While we’re bickering, the doors swing open. SpooooooOOOOooooOOOky!

Gunna goes in. We all try to follow but something happens to Gunna so we have to wait. No - it’s a description that Joe is trying to get out before we all rush in, and while we’re all shouting over him.

There are two statues (demonic looking) in the foyer - we hear cracking, and the statues come to life. ARRRRGHHHHHH!!!!

We roll initiative. Tarragon turns to look for Popcorn but he’s disappeared. She decides he can look after himself for a minute.

Ahleqs does Tides of Chaos (rolls 69 - nice) to give himself advantage on an Eldritch Blast (slashing and bludgeoning don’t seem to do much), and can choose up to three creatures to hit with 4d10 lightning damage. Holy Shit. Big Boy Magic Time!

They’re not dead - they attack Tarragon and Gunna, and only manage to hit Gunna once. Don’t worry, Gideon will save the day! He considers Greasing them, but goes with Scorching Ray instead.

Melaina obliterates one with an arrow and her new sharpshooter feat, Gunna gets the other shortly after. Final Fantasy Fanfare. We make checks to see what they were - turns out they were gargoyles.

Popcorn is shivering in a clump of trees outside; Tarragon gives him some food and helps him hide better, and tells him she’ll come back for him.

Meanwhile, Gideon fist bumps a griffin statue and it opens a doorway. There are spiral stairs going up and down, but the stairs up are blocked off by a portcullis. Going past the stairs is another room, large, with chairs and tables and a chandelier. There’s a bit of a Marie Celeste vibe. As Tarragon and Kessler move into he room, the chandelier suddenly falls to the floor with a horrendous crash; Ahleqs screams like a girl and Gunna shouts ‘Shield Wall!’

I was wrong - Gideon fist bumped the statue and opened a secret passage in this room. It ends at a wall that looks like it slides to one side but there is no obvious mechanism. We move into the dining room to the south instead and interrupt a ghostly dinner party. OooooOOOoooOOOoo!!

Ahleqs stutters an apology, at which all of the ghosts stop talking and turn to him. The host turns to screech at Ahleqs, ‘ you should not be here!’ rushes at him and vanishes, along with all the other ghosts and it is all quiet. Ahleqs scrambles over Tarragon to get away.

The table is thickly covered in dust, with what look like plates underneath the dust. Gideon is afraid of ghosts and refuses to come in. There are tapestries on the wall depicting hunting scenes and courtly life; they crumble in Tarragon’s hand. Ahleqs finds a door to the south, but not a secret one. Locked though. Melaina has a go at picking it, but she gets Guidance from Tarragon so 10 is enough - just as well.

The room suddenly erupts into flame - we are temporarily blinded and make Wisdom saves. Ahleqs does Tides of Chaos to give himself advantage, and can’t speak for a minute. Every time he tries, pink bubbles emanate from his mouth. The flames are illusory. Phew!  

There’s a ballroom behind the doors that Melaina picks. The ghost from before appears floating in the room - he looks younger. A beautiful woman enters - he holds her and they look into each others eyes.

They talk about running away together (what about his wife?), and an army of undead? I think? There are glass doors that would open outside - we can’t see through them because they’re so dirty. We try anyway. Gunna sees what looks like an outdoor pool.

Gideon plucks up the courage to follow us now that the ghosts have gone. Ahleqs looks at the fireplace. Nothing special. (only rolls 12 tho.) Tarragon can’t find any buttons or switches. Gunna tries the doors to the pool and they swing open.

The pool water is green and has skeletons in it. As Gunna approaches he notices what looks like a sword glinting by the rotting deck chairs. He rushes over and picks it up without checking, because that’s how you play d&d. We hear Gunna giggling and exclaiming ‘treasure!’ He has activated an Encounter. He has not, in fact, won d&d.

There is a horrendous heaving sound - a huge decomposing beholder rises out of the pool, its eyes rotten and blind. Roll initiative!!!

Tarragon casts Thunderwave at 2nd level. Ahleqs screams, and casts Witch Bolt. Then he clicks the right spell instead of Burning Hands, and does 19 damage. He does Tides of Chaos again - his hair falls out.

The beholder does an Enervation Ray and nearly kills Tarragon and Gideon; Tarragon heals Gideon and Picasso’s herself into a bear. (Eyes in wrong place, seeing out the back until Joe fixes it for her)

Gunna kills it and it explodes, showering us in gross. Gunna rolls a 22 on his dex save and grabs a deck chair to shield himself, while shouting ‘Shield wall!’ again.

Gideon investigates the sword Gunna found - it is a sword of +1. Shiny!

We go down the spiral staircase into a cellar - a door slams shut behind us. There is a dial, which has to be turned and a four digit code must be input.

There is a flesh golem on a table, with buckets of organs all around, and surgery implements. Worst of all, a noxious gas starts to fill the room.

We have to put the correct body parts on the golem - Ahleqs volunteers to sew them on, giving himself advantage with Tides of Chaos. A unicorn appears controlled by the DM; as it does so it looks around itself in disgust and promptly disappears again. On the second roll he gets a Modron. What in the world is going on.

Third roll he becomes immune to being intoxicated for 22 days. Bummer.

The golem is complete - Kessler pulls the lever and electrocutes the thing and awakens it. It gets up and rushes toward the locking mechanism, puts in the number and the gas disappears. Thanks kind sir! After that he (we assume it’s a he; the area one would normally check in case of confusion is tastefully blurred out on the diagram, and wouldn’t necessarily help us anyway) crumbles back into his component parts. Ahleqs faints.

When he awakes, he investigates the room and finds a magic satchel. He opens it but holds his head away from it in case it attacks. Gideon sticks his arm in the satchel to see how deep it is - it (his arm) disappears. Ahleqs puts one of the golem’s arm inside - it disappears. When he reaches in again he is able to pull it out. It appears to be a Bag of Holding! Gideon remarks that Ahleqs seems to have fouled this one up already; he wants to know if Bags of Holding are machine washable. (I am on the floor at this point.)

Gideon has a go at investigating the secret passageway. The DM reminds us that the door was revealed by fist bumping the griffin statue. God we’re stupid. Tarragon tries another fist bump, misses, falls into the statue and something happens. Holy fuck are we stupid. I love this game.

The door at the end of the secret passage opens, but the near door closes again, shutting Gunna away from the rest of us.

Gunna finds himself in an almost empty room with blood smears and a rug. There are several doors leading out of this room.

Everything is running slow, so Joe calls it there. (Had a feeling this would be more than a one-shot…)

Duncan asks how much less we got done than Joe thought we would; the basement took a lot less time but everything else took ten times longer. Yeah, we’re fuckin’ stupid!

#dnd #thetradeway #campaign diary #halloween