Windy And Stormy Again
Dec. 6th, 2021 11:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickDad's "NE Patriots" flag was ripped right off the porch column. O.o Apparently we might have had some gusts up to 50 MPH?? Sheesh. . .the weather's just been all over the place lately. Today was really warm for December (in the low 60s), but it was also kinda rainy and generally gloomy. Tomorrow the high is gonna be the low 40s, and then we've got snow showers on Wednesday, with a chance of a possible snow storm that night into Thursday. Could be just some wet slush, could be two inches, could be ten inches. We'll see. I'm just glad I've got that day off!
At any rate, despite the weather, I've had a reasonably productive day --
Work – Well, the credit card people actually did what they said they were going to do regarding splitting our one broad account into two more specialized ones, so that was a shock. We’ll see how well it works out in practice! Rest of the day was pretty quiet, just mainly doing obits and whatnot. Just gotta get through tomorrow now!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, and more of the Oxventure “A Fishmas Carol!” Having convinced Katie to let most of them go out and get the rest of the “gold bars” from the “wagon” (with Egbert standing guard to make sure she doesn’t scarper), Corazon, Prudence, Merilwen, and Dob tried to come up with a good plan to get the pearl off her. Dob was all for using Heat Metal to scald the poor woman, but Corazon convinced everyone using Minor Illusion to convince her briefly they had the rest of the gold in a box was a better idea. (Hilariously, he was trying to get Dob to cast it all this while – only for Dob to not know it, forcing him to do it himself. XD “I was trying to build him up!”) However, while they were engaged in this scam, Egbert found out some important information – namely, that Katie at least felt the pearl was cursed, as her gang was not doing very well at the moment (literally in one case – came down with the “flux”). So she was a more eager seller than she was letting on. Hmmm. . .
Anyway, the others came back, Egbert mimed at them about the pearl, they tricked her with the box supposedly full of gold, and she took them back to their hovel and gave them the pearl (after their fish-man buddy Iron confirmed it was the real deal). Unfortunately, during the hand-off, she opened the box again and found the gold illusion gone, so she pulled her pistols intending to shoot them – but fortunately, Dob not only managed to roll initiative and beat Johnny, he managed to plonk their hollow fake pearl onto her head like a helmet (thanks to rolling low on damage). They all managed to escape while she was dealing with that, and thus discussions started on how to handle the pearl. Corazon, upon learning the damn thing was cursed, was all for just giving it back to the fish-people and the chul, but nobody else was really sure that was the best plan (especially given all the kidnapping and murder). Egbert expressed an interest in seeing the actual underwater temple, and – after a chat with Iron to make sure he was still currently on their side – they ended up making a crude diving bell out of an old rowboat and the last of their gold bars, and Merilwen got some French-speaking sharks to come in and help tow them down, with Iron leading the way to the temple. They managed to get there safely (needed to swim a little ways, but fortunately the place DID have air in it), and found themselves on a high platform overlooking the place, with its tentacle columns and statue of the chul and whatnot. Again, the argument about what to do broke out (help the fish people, betray them, etc), and Egbert got Prudence to take a better look at this church to Blipblop (yes, really) and see what she thought. As it turned out, what she thought was “this is an old CTHULHU temple! These fishy fuckers are squatting in my patron’s holy area!” I left off on an angry Prudence relaying this to the others, and Merilwen making a terrible pun and getting inspiration for it. XD So it looks like Cthulhu sent them there to wreck some cultist shit – I expect a fight scene next time!
2. Continue drafting gift fics: Check! Got my final tumblr friend’s done – we RP together with her OC, a take on what Victor and Alice’s daughter might be like, and she wanted something fluffy with Alice’s POV shortly after giving birth to said daughter, Madeline. Just a nice soft fic with a bit of funny stuff right at the end – I think she’ll enjoy it. (And apparently she’s writing something for me now, so – gave her the prompt to use my Malkavian Alice and her Victor! Something to look forward to. :) )
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – two in, two out, and one bonus, as usual –
A) Started with a random recommendation from my Recommendeds – “Snack Video Games: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)!” Ten minutes of John complaining about snack brands being stupid on Twitter and enthusing about how delightful the awful snack-mascot video games of yesteryear were. (With a brief digression into scolding the creators of Chex Quest for using a teenager to code their game so quickly because they apparently didn’t want to talk to professionals. I do hope the kid was at least paid for his work?) It was very goofy and made me smile. :)
B) Then it was over to the Subs to watch Call Me Kevin play Kinect: Disneyland Adventures! A rather terrible Disneyland tie-in game where you have to chose a creepy child and flail your way through the park, doing tasks for the various characters (such as getting Donald’s autograph for Mickey, or retrieving Donald’s hat from the Matterhorn ride by chasing Goofy). Kevin, who refuses to stand up for any of these motion-controlled games, found it a task and a half just to get around the main park area! He made it through the Matterhorn (smashing into many, many rocks, but successfully snowballing many yetis), the Disney Princess Faire (pretending to copy Ariel’s dance moves and taking advantage of the fact this is a game for kids and thus they don’t want to hurt feelings), the souvenir shop (buying himself a Finding Nemo costume on accident), and one of the rollercoasters (finding it – underwhelming at best) before the walking controls got his character, Unloved Child, stuck in a corner, and Kevin decided to just accept his fate. XD And yes, he opened the video with the “we have X at home” meme – kinda obligated to under the circumstances!
C) And finally we had GrayStillPlays and Make Expression – another one of those mobile games where you’re pulling someone around like putty! This one was primarily focused around making facial expressions, though there were a few “challenge levels” to dodge things like bird poop, an angry girlfriend’s nose-breaking slap, and a car about to mow you down in the crosswalk. Gray, of course, did his best to fail each level in the goofiest way possible (making his girl grin madly whenever she encountered her boyfriend/husband cheating, glowering into her passport photo, giving a crying little girl a shocked face so bad it caused her to SUMMON THE POLICE). Though, sometimes, what the game WANTED was weirder than what he came up with – such as a variety of faces with her staring at someone with wide eyes and her tongue out to deter such things as being beat up by other girls and a straight-up mugging. A very strange little game, which made it perfect for Gray’s wheelhouse. XD
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – cleaned up my quick draft from yesterday for my Chill Save post for Wednesday on Victor Luvs Alice, so that’s all sorted. And I’m pretty sure I know what I want for Thursday and Friday too. . .
Not too bad. . .but I feel like I'd better wrap it up and get to bed before we possibly lose power from a gust. O.o Keep your fingers crossed that doesn't happen! Night!
At any rate, despite the weather, I've had a reasonably productive day --
Work – Well, the credit card people actually did what they said they were going to do regarding splitting our one broad account into two more specialized ones, so that was a shock. We’ll see how well it works out in practice! Rest of the day was pretty quiet, just mainly doing obits and whatnot. Just gotta get through tomorrow now!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, and more of the Oxventure “A Fishmas Carol!” Having convinced Katie to let most of them go out and get the rest of the “gold bars” from the “wagon” (with Egbert standing guard to make sure she doesn’t scarper), Corazon, Prudence, Merilwen, and Dob tried to come up with a good plan to get the pearl off her. Dob was all for using Heat Metal to scald the poor woman, but Corazon convinced everyone using Minor Illusion to convince her briefly they had the rest of the gold in a box was a better idea. (Hilariously, he was trying to get Dob to cast it all this while – only for Dob to not know it, forcing him to do it himself. XD “I was trying to build him up!”) However, while they were engaged in this scam, Egbert found out some important information – namely, that Katie at least felt the pearl was cursed, as her gang was not doing very well at the moment (literally in one case – came down with the “flux”). So she was a more eager seller than she was letting on. Hmmm. . .
Anyway, the others came back, Egbert mimed at them about the pearl, they tricked her with the box supposedly full of gold, and she took them back to their hovel and gave them the pearl (after their fish-man buddy Iron confirmed it was the real deal). Unfortunately, during the hand-off, she opened the box again and found the gold illusion gone, so she pulled her pistols intending to shoot them – but fortunately, Dob not only managed to roll initiative and beat Johnny, he managed to plonk their hollow fake pearl onto her head like a helmet (thanks to rolling low on damage). They all managed to escape while she was dealing with that, and thus discussions started on how to handle the pearl. Corazon, upon learning the damn thing was cursed, was all for just giving it back to the fish-people and the chul, but nobody else was really sure that was the best plan (especially given all the kidnapping and murder). Egbert expressed an interest in seeing the actual underwater temple, and – after a chat with Iron to make sure he was still currently on their side – they ended up making a crude diving bell out of an old rowboat and the last of their gold bars, and Merilwen got some French-speaking sharks to come in and help tow them down, with Iron leading the way to the temple. They managed to get there safely (needed to swim a little ways, but fortunately the place DID have air in it), and found themselves on a high platform overlooking the place, with its tentacle columns and statue of the chul and whatnot. Again, the argument about what to do broke out (help the fish people, betray them, etc), and Egbert got Prudence to take a better look at this church to Blipblop (yes, really) and see what she thought. As it turned out, what she thought was “this is an old CTHULHU temple! These fishy fuckers are squatting in my patron’s holy area!” I left off on an angry Prudence relaying this to the others, and Merilwen making a terrible pun and getting inspiration for it. XD So it looks like Cthulhu sent them there to wreck some cultist shit – I expect a fight scene next time!
2. Continue drafting gift fics: Check! Got my final tumblr friend’s done – we RP together with her OC, a take on what Victor and Alice’s daughter might be like, and she wanted something fluffy with Alice’s POV shortly after giving birth to said daughter, Madeline. Just a nice soft fic with a bit of funny stuff right at the end – I think she’ll enjoy it. (And apparently she’s writing something for me now, so – gave her the prompt to use my Malkavian Alice and her Victor! Something to look forward to. :) )
3. Keep up with YouTube Subscriptions: Check – two in, two out, and one bonus, as usual –
A) Started with a random recommendation from my Recommendeds – “Snack Video Games: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)!” Ten minutes of John complaining about snack brands being stupid on Twitter and enthusing about how delightful the awful snack-mascot video games of yesteryear were. (With a brief digression into scolding the creators of Chex Quest for using a teenager to code their game so quickly because they apparently didn’t want to talk to professionals. I do hope the kid was at least paid for his work?) It was very goofy and made me smile. :)
B) Then it was over to the Subs to watch Call Me Kevin play Kinect: Disneyland Adventures! A rather terrible Disneyland tie-in game where you have to chose a creepy child and flail your way through the park, doing tasks for the various characters (such as getting Donald’s autograph for Mickey, or retrieving Donald’s hat from the Matterhorn ride by chasing Goofy). Kevin, who refuses to stand up for any of these motion-controlled games, found it a task and a half just to get around the main park area! He made it through the Matterhorn (smashing into many, many rocks, but successfully snowballing many yetis), the Disney Princess Faire (pretending to copy Ariel’s dance moves and taking advantage of the fact this is a game for kids and thus they don’t want to hurt feelings), the souvenir shop (buying himself a Finding Nemo costume on accident), and one of the rollercoasters (finding it – underwhelming at best) before the walking controls got his character, Unloved Child, stuck in a corner, and Kevin decided to just accept his fate. XD And yes, he opened the video with the “we have X at home” meme – kinda obligated to under the circumstances!
C) And finally we had GrayStillPlays and Make Expression – another one of those mobile games where you’re pulling someone around like putty! This one was primarily focused around making facial expressions, though there were a few “challenge levels” to dodge things like bird poop, an angry girlfriend’s nose-breaking slap, and a car about to mow you down in the crosswalk. Gray, of course, did his best to fail each level in the goofiest way possible (making his girl grin madly whenever she encountered her boyfriend/husband cheating, glowering into her passport photo, giving a crying little girl a shocked face so bad it caused her to SUMMON THE POLICE). Though, sometimes, what the game WANTED was weirder than what he came up with – such as a variety of faces with her staring at someone with wide eyes and her tongue out to deter such things as being beat up by other girls and a straight-up mugging. A very strange little game, which made it perfect for Gray’s wheelhouse. XD
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check – cleaned up my quick draft from yesterday for my Chill Save post for Wednesday on Victor Luvs Alice, so that’s all sorted. And I’m pretty sure I know what I want for Thursday and Friday too. . .
Not too bad. . .but I feel like I'd better wrap it up and get to bed before we possibly lose power from a gust. O.o Keep your fingers crossed that doesn't happen! Night!
