#stinnt

[vampiricsheep]

i don't think i ever posted these here so!

#banni #miriam #stinnt #APPARENTLY I havent done one for winter even though I thought I did so that'll be something to do #admittedly it's more complicated!

[rosesforhekate101]

I know a Fifth- The fourth charm of Hávamál

The Fifth Charm Intent: To stop a dart (spear)Primary Rune: RaidhoSupporting Runes: Isa, Kenaz Old NorseTranslation – Patricia TerryÞat kann ek it fimmta:ef ek sé af fári skotinn flein í folki vaða,fýgr-a hann svá stinnt, at ek stöðvig-a-k,ef ek hann sjónum of sék.I know a fifth: in battle’s furyif someone flings a spear,it speeds not so fast but that I can stop it —I have only to see it.Stanza…

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#bind runes #bindrunes #Charms #dart #Havamal #Hávamál #Icelandic #Norse #Protection #Rune #Runes #Spells #to turn aside

[freyjuseggr]

Þat kann ek it ellipta ef ek skal til orrostu leiða langvini undir randir ek gel en þeir með ríki fara heilir hildar til heilir hildi frá koma þeir heilir hvaðan

Þat kann ek it fimmta ef ek sé af fári skotinn flein í fólki vaða flýgra hann svá stinnt at ek stöðvigak ef ek hann sjónum of sék

An eleventh I know:  if haply I lead my old comrades out to war, I sing 'neath the shields, and they fare forth mightily safe into battle, safe out of battle, and safe return from the strife.

A fifth I know:  when I see, by foes shot, speeding a shaft through the host, flies it never so strongly I still can stay it, if I get but a glimpse of its flight.

#othan #heilung #havamal #heathen #heathenry #music

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Continued from here

The Titan’s obvious disgust was of no consequence to her and she was seemingly quick with a reply:

“...What better way to scare a Devil than to wear the skin of his fallen kin...?.....Yes, I’m ready......I carry all I need and if I’m missing something or find I need anything I make it.....”

Though she was quite a bit shorter than him she was able to keep pace rather well, considering Ulfar was nigh eye level with Sinner, perhaps a few inches shorter and Arlo not to far behind, the diminutive Warlock was used to keeping an easy trot in order to not fall behind....

His visor did draw her attention, as did his shortened gate, something she appreciated but didn’t find to necessary. She wouldn’t comment on ether however, not wanting disrupt the fact he was speaking, allowing the hollow eyes of her helm to bore through the vacant holes in the wolf hide...perhaps he’d notice her unspoken curiosity, perhaps he wouldn’t. 

The fact was, she rather liked it when he talked so when the matter of Outlaw burbled to the surface she didn’t answer him immediately, indicating she’d partly zoned out to the tone of his voice as well as making a mental check list concerning his statement that they’d be facing a Baron and an untold number of his underlings...

When his question and Outlaw’s name finally filtered through her prep thoughts she gave her head a slight shake, scattering some rain drops as she murmured sheepishly for the momentary laps in concentration. 

“...Er, sorry....I, was taking a mental inventory of what I’ve got...what we may need......”

The girl trailed a moment in her speaking as another thought filtered in, but she shelved it to finish his answer.

“He left out the Gate opposite this one, across the city...The Vanguard pulled Hunters from all teams on downtime for a mass scouting, most haven’t returned and Outlaw is one of them...So they sanctioned their respective teams to go searching.....”

A bitter disappointment crept into the thought of having to go find him, a not so subtle venom coating the other Exo’s name as it slipped from her lips as she spoke, showing that she’d rather the Hunter rot in the wilds than return.

“It was Arlo who spotted you first, not that your exactly hard to miss...for, you know, taller folk....”

Her strange humor seeped into the sentences, wanting to lighten things up a bit from discussing rank trash.

“So, knowing how much I love Outlaw he gave me a choice: Blitz across several city blocks and catch up with you to see if you’d accept my company or, go and likely pull his feet from the fire so to speak....”

The roll of her eyes was audible when the ‘L’ word gagged burbled from her throat, as was her gratitude for Arlo’s offered choice and Sinner’s consent for her to go with him. She wasn’t sure if the Titan noticed, but she seemed quite relieved, her elation at having escaped seeing the Hunter was scarcely kept in check but she managed as they drew closer to the gate, the arch way looming tall above even Sinner as they passed through, the brief cut in the rain and then its renewed fury lifted a weight from her... a weight she’d only ever identify as captivity with in the Cities Walls....

A soft string of words, archaic in nature whispered softly from her, as if she were greeting the wilds before them like an old friend or beloved family member as an obvious shudder rattled her frame, a bit of ‘dance’ skipping her steps, tinkling the hammered brass bells and other baubles that hung around her robes...looking a bit like a kid released to the park for some rough housing with friends and tussle with the yard bully....

Her gloved fingers brushed tree trunks and other plants alike as they wandered further from the City, her tension bled away with the wash of rain and her motions became even more relaxed and fluid...as if she were a different person, happier and more at peace somehow.

“.....Sometimes...I think about leaving, about slipping back into the trees and stones of the mountains....to be a shade among shadows again.......”

She had wound her way a head of him somehow, had wandered up the trunk of a fallen pine and stood on the tree to watch him approach at nearly eye level, considering him carefully as he drew closer.

“But...that would mean I’d never see you, or the others, again.....”

The gentle confession was made freely, a lightness to it that indicated she accepted what she was giving up in favor of what she’d gained. She had a relatively nice room to sleep in at Arlo’s home, the man’s wife was kind more than kind enough to her and Ulfar was the ‘big brother’ that evened the family out even if Outlaw was literally their black sheep.

But Sinner was something different. He was, really, the only other Guardian she’d interacted with other than in passing up until then.

Aside from the obvious ones, when ever she encountered another Risen before joining the City it was a death match, so one could imagine her isolation when she found herself in an entire C I T Y absolutely F U L L of other Risen who W E R E N T trying to kill or subjugate innocent civilians...Let alone that Sinner was an Exo, of all ‘races’.

After all, an Exo Warlord murdered her young charge.

An Exo Warlord nearly cost her her life.

And an Exo Hunter now threatens her every time he lays eyes on her.

No. Truth be told, she felt a certain fondness for his company. Something about the way he carried himself the first day they met and the way he continues to conduct himself in their interactions stood him out from the rest...

So when he drew closer to her impromptu perch she took a few more steps along the incline to bring herself to his level, practically eye to eye or skull to visor in this instance as she reached into the confines of her robes layers, drawing her hand back she held it out to him, her fingers closed in a fist around the glimmer of forged iron chain links.

“Þat kann ek it ellifta: ef ek skal til orrostu leiða langvini, und randir ek gel, en þeir með ríki fara heilir hildar til, heilir hildi frá, koma þeir heilir hvaðan...”

Ezra would wait, her hand still outstretched towards him, waiting for his own to be beneath her palm before dropping the necklace into his hand. The iron links were lightly oiled and clearly hand turned, from its center hung a rather well carved likeness of a large bear from bone, wreathing it on ether side were the claws of said animal...

“Þat kann ek it fimmta: ef ek sé af fári skotinn flein í folki vaða, fýgr-a hann svá stinnt, at ek stöðvig-a-k, ef ek hann sjónum of sék....”

She spoke softly but with purpose, if he asked she’d explain the meaning of the words, but for the time being she seemed satisfied with her obscure behavior in presenting the Titan with his gift, a gesture not made lightly, seeing as none of her teammates had received such things from her.

Translations ~ 

An eleventh I know, if needs I must lead To the fight my long-loved friends; I sing in the shields, and in strength they go Whole to the field of fight, Whole from the field of fight, And whole they come thence home.  A fifth I know, If I see from afar An arrow fly 'gainst the folk; It flies not so swift That I stop it not, If ever my eyes behold it. - Derived from the Havamal 156-160 and 146-150

@sinner-the-stoic-titan

#[Tales of the Void] reply #historical #hope you don't mind it being moved to a separate thread lol #was meaning to do it earlier but forgot XD

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Rrenne and Stinnt on syn’s blog are too cute.

A kinda wants to add a character based on rrenne to the story eventually, but I think it’s for completely impure reasons so I might nix it. Still, if a jackal beastman shows up, you know which furry to blame.

I've also misspelled Stinnt's name enough that autocorrect tries to keep it with too many "t"s.

[vampiricsheep]

Stinnt's TEd Talk (non-abridged)

If you attended last week's TEd Talk event to the end, you may recall Sheep fumbling to share Stinnt's talk after having accidentally crumpled, smudged, and disorganized the provided notes. Here's how it was supposed to read, for those curious! Under a cut for length. (By the way, if you would like to post your speech and haven't, I would love to share it! Everyone had such fantastic talks to give, and it was a delight to be present for them.

Greetings from afar, dear audience. My name Is Stinnt, and I'm a graduate student of the College of Synergetics. I introduce myself not under the hollow expectation of reputation alone to lend credibility to my claims, but rather to ensure my work is properly credited before disseminated and, inevitably, repurposed.

My work centers on the interrelationship of magic and plants, with a focus on regiospecific plants with highly specialized adaptations. Of particular interest to me are conscious motile plant life; these range from the animalistic jacarandas and ibogas native to Elona to the sentient and social choya (also native to elona) and, as I'm sure was many of you first assumed by description, sylvari and mordrem.

What makes these groups interesting to compare is not only their intelligent capacity but also their independent origins. It is common knowledge that sylvari and mordrem are both the offspring, if not directly, of the late dragon Mordremoth; no doubt it is the dragon's joint domains of plant and mind that led to their sentient nature. Ibogas, jacarandas, and choya, however, not only arose from a continent far enough from Maguuma to make draconic involvement (at least on the part of the relevant dragon - I doubt Kralkatorric had anything to do with them due to the distinct absence of dracoresonant crystalline structures), but lack the empathetic "dream"/"dragon's call" connection to one another or to sylvari and mordrem. Magic may, of course, be involved in choya due to their unusual anatomy - I will spare the details for brevity - but if so it is entirely unrelated and not channeled from any known external source.

What is the significance of this? Well, beyond providing a greater perspective on the workings and biological diversity of life in our world, there is potential medical application to these findings. If none of these Elonian species can connect to the dream, then perhaps further study can reveal a way to provide severance from dragoncall for the Mordrem who seek a reprieve from its lingering echoes. Sylvari that find Soundless techniques too difficult to adapt to but nonetheless seek an escape from the Dream may also be interested in such treatment. It is far too early to do more than speculate on the mechanism of such treatment - particularly by myself, as my education did not incorporate Mending methods out of respect for the sylvari who were uninterested in sharing their secrets  - understandable due to the unfortunate history of inquest experimentation...but I digress. My first guess would be grafting, but the mind is a delicate and complex thing, and botanical grafting is not as simple as some would say.

Regardless, I hope my findings may help others in the future, even if I do not patent the mechanisms by which to do so. I would humbly ask that any interested in exploring these avenues do not seek a patent for profit motives, either, and that it is done out of the desire to help, not self-aggrandization.

If any of you among the audience are interested in the finer details of my research or in assisting my field work, I have left contact cards with my communicator frequency to be freely distributed at this event that I sadly cannot myself attend directly. Thank you.

#stinnt #my writing #my characters #gw2 open rp night #ALSO I noticed some people grabbing his cards. if you ever wanna Actually have your character contact him please feel free to do so! #He hasn't had a Krewe to work with in years and it gets disheartening to not have anyone to share his work with that gets what he's saying #like Laamb listens but she doesn't know jack #''here's how it was supposed to read'' in ooc context is that I only had bullet points for him since I was too busy to write something in- #-in full on such short notice

[vampiricsheep]

Heres a little interaction for stintt! Hes approached by my revenant Evelynn! Pale furred charr, not dead but sure as ham aint alive! Evelynn looks down at the asura as hes crunching on some blood stone and offers some to the asura. "...you're small. You need to eat better if you're gunna grow big and strong."

While his ears had been attentive to his surroundings as he worked, the voice still startles him, and he looks up first with mild annoyance, then confusion, then concern.

"That's...please tell me that's some kind of condensed meat replacement or a spice block or-or even very sad rock candy and not bloodstone. Gastronomic experts are emphatic and nearly unanimous - if you rule out fringe proponents of questionable credibility, totally unanimous - in their conclusions that there is no edible use for bloodstone and NO safe dose for - well maybe you have a unique physiology but I certainly - I mean, my digestive system is unmodified and if you are suggesting BLOODSTONE is an appropriate growth promoter--"

He appears to be having a crisis. He refuses to admit budding curiosity.

#stinnt #hehe ty!!!

[vampiricsheep]

for the piping hot OC asks: 💐 for Rrenne, 🥵 for Confetti, 😍 for Miriam, and 💌 for anybody!

oooh ty!

Rrenne

💐 : What is their courting style? How would they woo someone?

We are going on HIKES and visiting the ZOO and WHITE WATER RAFTING. He's very active and outdoorsy, and it reflects in his idea of a fun time. Additionally, he's a gift-giver, but it's more of "I saw this and thought of you" than seeking out or crafting gifts.

Confetti

🥵 : Is your OC perceived as physically attractive to others? Is it at first glance or is it something that takes more time to reach fruition?

I would say so! She's got at least a couple admirers. There's plenty of first-glance appeal, but even if she doesn't fit your 'type' she'll grow on ya fast if you like to party.

Miriam

😍 : What does your OC find irresistible in others?

Irresistible...well, it's a point in someone's favor as a potential partner if they aren't very snackable (as in, trigger his allergies to rh+ and a-group blood types). That isn't direct allure, though, so a better answer is: personality - pretty people who like to be physical and get into just a little bit of mischief.

appearance - tall with thick hair and an expressive face.

We're going with Stinnt. Nobody has ever dated Stinnt but it's fine

💌 : How would they plan a romantic evening for a significant other?

He'd be stressed out trying to make sure everything went PERFECT. He'd build around common romantic date concepts, like dinner and a show. He'd spend three days fussing over what he should wear, and if it needed to be ironed or pressed, if something didn't match, if it was appropriately formal but not too formal...he'd focus so much during the date too on trying to pick the right conversational topics, the appropriate amount of eye contact and when a laugh is complimentary, that he'd be completely worn out by the ordeal.

IF the first date went well, though, he'd loosen up and have more fun at future ones! He'd still stress a little over making everything Perfect, though.

#my characters #rrenne #confetti grimclaw #miriam #stinnt #ty!! #gd stint is nearing his 30s (or whatever that looks like for asura) and still hasn't had a good and proper date. and that's totally fine- #-and not unique but he definitely FEELS like he's falling behind his peers

[vampiricsheep]

🖊 for any of your little creatures you wanna gush over

Oh thank you! I love that wording haha, have SO many little creatures

I haven't talked about stinnt in a long time so I'll brush on him a bit!

He's an asura botanist who does a ton of independent research. When he was younger (around the time of LS2, when he was a fresh college graduate who had just split from his krewe over personal differences), he started commissioning private researchers to construct functional body mods for himself. It started with smaller stuff - a better nose for vegetation, then some goat hooves for scaling the steep cliffs of dry top - and ended with a set of to-scale falcon wings for easing descent, reducing fall risks, and gliding through deep maguuma. Now, since he has the mass of an average built asura just under average height, these wings aren't fit for powered flight, but they perform the aforementioned functions well. After that, between limited funds for equipment, worrying about surgical complications, and getting annoyed with new wardrobe fitting requirements, he realized it was a little extreme and hasn't gone for any more. He's been considering getting into tattooing though! Piercings are off the table due to snag risk.

The opening up of routes to the maguuma wastes, heart of maguuma, and many future story maps was a treat for his studies, so he's indirectly followed the commander's footsteps many times. On the other hand, he's so absorbed in his work that he's only processed all these catastrophic world events as background noise!

His best (and due to his time in the field and independent work focus, only) friend is Laamb, another asura; she was a victim of inquest morphological experimentation, and the juxtaposition of her involuntary mutations and stinnt's intentional modifications sometimes feels awkward, but it's not something either of them talk about much.

#stinnt #my characters #ty!! i havent given him much airtime but i do love him. he would gladly speak at an academic function on his published works sometime #though the unpublished data ofc stays private. asura may seem extreme in their cutthroat academic squabbles to some but. #academia is just like that sometimes

[vampiricsheep]

sorry banni told a story about bodies stolen through compassion it won't happen again

#my art #my characters #banni #want a funny story. both when i had banni tell the story and when i gave stinnts absentee ted talk #i was fucking shaking in place. what the fuck is wrong with my stress response

[vampiricsheep]

NA RP Characters

Some of these are semi-shelved or less developed. Shadow, Miriam, and Winter are all AU versions of characters from an original setting. I've excluded the really out-there ones, so it's not representative of my full roster.

Soft Sheep (it/its) | Bran (he/it?) | "Andrewsarchus" Ollie (they/she)

Evander (he/him) | Tueggi (she/her) | Liffeh (she/they)

Laamb (she/her) | Stinnt (he/him) | "Bites" (any)

Shadow (He/they/it) | Miriam (he/any) | Winter Wthr (it/its)

Quincy (he/him) | Masyndril (he/him) | Matias (he/him)

Rrenne (he/him) | Banni (they/them) | Iorneym (she/her)

Julius (he/him) | Confetti (she/her) | Fillan (they/them)

Amir (he/him) | Jaspen (she/her) | Merlin (he/they)

Lily Pondwater (he and (not or) she) | Blair (any) | Bogg (he/him)

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Relationships:

Tueggi and Liffeh are married (and @bird-bureau's Laith is also their GF)

Laamb and Stinnt are besties

Rrenne and Banni had a loose sibling dynamic, but they've grown apart over the years. There's a bit of guilt on rrenne's side and resentment on Banni's.

Julius is Confetti's younger brother.

Amir and Jaspen came out of the same pod, along with two more sisters that I don't have in game (Fen and Rosa).

#went ahead and added the ones from my NA alt as well instead of the really out there ones (like horse and mordremoth)

[vampiricsheep]

For character mashups, I humbly offer Tigra up!

yknow, i think she and laamb would get along well. Laamb doesn't remember who she was before she escaped, and I think she'd know quite well not to bring up tigra's "before." she's quiet company, but it's a comfortable quiet, like when you and a cat share a room. She could also do to have a friend besides Stinnt; she's not sure who she is or who she wants to be, and some perspective from meeting different people would be good for her. Needs to get out of her head long enough to stop asking who to be, and just be, if that makes sense!

#forgot to add but she's similar in the gender department. agender but feminine presentation is her outerwear. her public presentation

[vampiricsheep]

[vampiricsheep]

thank you everyone for just goin with my Stinnt lecture it was on the spot from a couple of things ive only briefly thought about in the past and NOT proofed!

[vampiricsheep]

talking about me made me want to draw him again so here's a litttle warmup of stinnt!

#my characters #my art #gw2 #asura #stinnt #i'm working on something bigger i'm so excited for but that won't be done for another hot bit

[vampiricsheep]

🍳🍪🍽️ for all of your characters with animal qualities/features!

@mystery-salad

oh going for my throat with one huh lmfao; that IS my brand tho........ty <3 I'll skip the charr, werewolves, n khajiit, and anyone else whose animal qualities are typical to species since I feel that's slightly different and would also make this incredibly long! Since evander's traits are for the most part costuming rather than inherent I'll disqualify him too. Winter's less tief traits are inherited from a satyr parent, so they don't count either.

that'll be rrenne (wolf-adjacent), banni (rabbit), tueggi (bird of prey), stinnt (body modded goat legs + hawk wings), laamb (experimental genetic warping resulting in ovine features), skunk (similar to laamb, but skunk-like and self-inflicted), ram (sheep legs n horns and a weird alien tail), sasha (catlike eyes and shark teeth), matias (clawed feet, horns, and a general catlike vibe)...and I think that's everyone!

Rrenne

🍳 - How well can they cook?

If he can set it up over a fire or in the sun and just leave it for a few hours or days he's perfectly fine, but anything with complicated steps are difficult, since in his mind they'll flip around in order or be randomly omitted. Having a recipe written doesn't help much either. In fairness, he has to keep his wyvern from eating it while he isn't looking, which is harder if there's two bowls. And you really, really don't want a fire wyvern getting into a bowl of flour.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

Calling back to the first point, not very well on his own. If you walked him through it, he'd be fine.

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

this man ate fermented mycelia-riddled uncooked boar flesh. at this point, anything novel.

Banni

🍳 - How well can they cook?

so-so, but not horrible. much better with a recipe on hand. Needs the aid of a timer for some things, or to walk out of the kitchen with the spatula or mixing spoon to remember to come back.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

same as above! It's more complicated when you have to make vegan substitutes, though. no two recipes treat applesauce or bananas the same way, for example, and some recipes are really dry because there's an overlap between vegan food bloggers and food bloggers who think any oil, saturated or not, will advance your death date astronomically.

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

...kale chips, or a well baked sweetroll of one variety or another.

Tueggi

🍳 - How well can they cook?

She's had a lot of practice, and her kitchen is workable if a little small. She's got a big recipe book and takes it out every time she cooks; even though she probably knows some of them by heart, she refuses to trust memory when she has a reference immediately on hand.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

She's pretty good, but she'd never enter a competition.

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

Their name is escaping me right now, but those fried dough balls served in a spiced honey syrup. She's not very good at making them, so they're an especially nice treat.

Stinnt

🍳 - How well can they cook?

He won't win any awards, but it's edible and not unpleasant. He sticks to simple, reliable recipes and flexible things like stews.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

it's miserable and he hates it. If he touches flour it's for gravy, not pastry.

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

one time laamb made this really good root vegetable curry and he's ever since wished to have it again, but it used exclusively fresh-harvested herbs and vegetables in a region they haven't since returned to.

Laamb

🍳 - How well can they cook?

She's pretty good! Even before The Incident she had a keen nose that gave her an advantage in spice mixing.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

It's difficult, but she can do it if she sets her mind to it. She's made some very nice brown breads in the past.

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

Honestly, fresh-from-the-oven bread served with a good hearty soup.

Soft Skunk (she needs a real name huh...to be fair that's probably all her colleagues call her now)

🍳 - How well can they cook?

we'll just say that she's not allowed to bring anything to a potluck. to be clear, it's not that she refuses, she's been banned from it.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

also pretty bad. She'll eat anything she makes but that's more of a talent than anything.

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

It's, fuck, it uses bloodstone in seimur's signature style. what is it under that? nobody wants to get close enough to find out.

Ram

🍳 - How well can they cook?

decently! he's good at improvising with what's on hand, but better with a given recipe and its intended ingredients.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

he doesn't work with anything too complicated like layered pastries, but LOVES baking bread!

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

warm, fresh, leavened bread with butter or herbed oil.

Sasha

🍳 - How well can they cook?

Not super well, but passable.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

They just don't bother, which is for the best.

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

mangoes <3

Matias

🍳 - How well can they cook?

He'll make something, and you won't really know what it is, and neither will he, but it'll be pretty good, or at least ok, most of the time!

🍪 - How well can they bake?

same as his regular cooking tbh!

🍽️ - What’s their favorite food?

honestly, I'm not sure, but he is fond of a warm, honeyed coffee with soymilk specifically.

#*I trip and fall and several more fall out of my sleeve* how...what...who are you #you could make the fair argument here that I'm just a furry and while that's true I'd like to think there's more to it #exploring the depth of personhood and alienation #Rrenne #banni #tueggi #stinnt #laamb #just a rambly vent yall skip if you want #sasha seaborn #leafcat #long post #sheep is also omitted on the basis of being essentially an anthro sheep sldjfklksjdf #but the answer for ''can it cook'' is 'yeah' #ty for the ask!!