*runs in late as usual*
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crossover_chickYeah, sorry, wrapping up answering messages for Moose, but here's the to-do list to sum up my day --
Work – Another quiet day with fewer annoyances – though my talky coworker was back and VERY talky, so that wasn’t great. *rolls eyes* But yeah, another day spent mainly working on duplicates and cleaning up any deceased people I found – nothing special. Tomorrow I go in and, with the exception of adding in the GL, do it all again!
Beanbags today followed the usual model – I was okay enough to start, then managed to pull out a win; Dad was great to start then fell apart in the third game (though admittedly he and I were battling it out for a while in the second); and Mom tried her hardest but couldn’t quite get it together. Final scores were me 2-2-W; Dad W-W-3; Mom 3-3-2. Ah well, better luck next time, Mom!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with Oxventure Presents: Blades in the Dark – “A Crimsnight Carol!” With Screws having VERY violently repelled a cat burglar, it was time for Lilith and Edvard to get to work repelling ghosts. Screws went to bed (with Edvard taking the opportunity to troll him for even having one, creaky little cot that it was – Screws actually took it to heart and started considering sleeping on the floor instead), and Edvard and Lilith amused themselves by trying to find where he kept his money so they could maybe just rob him and be done with the whole business. XD Edvard actually DID locate the wall safe behind a picture of a dog (a STOCK picture of a dog, mind you – Lilith recognized the watermark as being from Mr. Getty’s shop) thanks to a good Study roll with Lilith’s help – but it was a success with a complication, that complication being Screws noticing them poking around. Cue him and Edvard shouting at each other about how it WAS possible to like both dogs and people, you miserly old flint. XD
Eventually, though, the old grandfather clock chimed twelve (odd, because it was 2 AM when Edvard and Lilith arrived to do their ghostbusting), and the Ghost of Crimsmas Past (described as child-like with old man features, sort of like it was in the book) appeared to try and get Screws to change his ways. Lilith and Edvard tried to get Screws to listen to it on the basis of “we need to study it for its weak points, so we’re gonna let it do its thing,” but Screws was like “nope, you take care of it” and sprinted into his “en suite” – a tiny closet with a bucket. XD The Ghost of Crimsmas Past was very confused, as you might imagine. Edvard and Lilith explained about Screws being very unwilling to change, and the Ghost of Crimsmas Past was like “okay, I’m on a schedule here – he was supposed to be my third miser of the night and now I’m running behind – so SOMEBODY is getting a vision of the past and learning a lesson, and as you two are here. . .”
Yup, cue Lilith and Edvard being thrown into the past, protesting mightily all the while. XD They were specifically thrown into Edvard’s past, into his family mansion – just in time to see Little Edvard being put in a headlock by his older brother Lemuel, who was good at sports. :p Luke let the dice decide if they were visible or not – they were, and Lemuel promptly mistook them for Crimsnight thieves. Edvard promptly put HIM in a headlock as payment for all the “brotherly affection.” XD Lemuel DID manage to wiggle free after a bit – but lost his footing and sat down heavily on what proved to be one of Little Edvard’s presents. A very important present, in fact – a beloved model of a firepump (I think a kind of fire truck), complete with a working hose. Edvard fled upstairs in tears over his present being crushed, while Lemuel followed looking for the servants to help defend the house. Edvard, not wanting his childhood memories to be changed, made a Tinker roll to repair the firepump – he did well, but again, there was a complication – namely, the little working hose was missing. A glance at the fleeing children confirmed that it was stuck to Lemuel’s rump. Lilith promptly chased after him, with Edvard got his sleeping darts and blowpipe ready –
And a combination of a “success with a complication” roll from Edvard and a failed roll from Lilith meant that he darted BOTH Lemuel and Lilith by accident, causing them both to roll down the stairs unconscious (and forcing Lilith to take level 2 “Ragdolled” harm). Edvard quickly grabbed and reattached the hose, put Lemuel on the couch (as he often fell asleep there after tormenting his brother), and woke Lilith with some smelling salts. With no sign of the ghost to bring them out of the past, Lilith talked Edvard into actually talking to his younger self, and they went upstairs and presented the repaired firepump to the little guy, who was delighted with it. Edvard even taught him the truck of pinching a certain spot on the house to create a more powerful stream of water, which was cute. Edvard decided this constituted a lesson and shouted for the ghost, who appeared mid-sandwich-consumption. The ghost ticked off the vision, allowed Edvard’s “the real friendship was the friends we made along the way” bullshit lesson, and sent them back. Screws was pleased with their work with the first ghost (mistakenly thinking they’d killed it somehow), but refused Edvard’s demands of payment – three spirits he was promised, and three spirits he will see conquered, thank you very much! And so he sat down with a big old pile of eviction notices, happily muttering to himself as he signed them, while Lilith and Edvard discussed how they were going to try and get this old skinflint to change his ways even a little –
Cue the arrival of the Ghost of Crimsmas Present! A jolly fellow with a fancy robe and a hell of a toned chest beneath it. Even Screws took notice, prompting Edvard to comment that maybe what they needed was sexier ghosts. However, despite not being entirely heartless, Screws was unmoved, and when it came time for the ghost to try and show him a vision, instead threw Lilith at it. The Ghost of Crimsmas Present decided to take inspiration from this and dragged Lilith and Edvard into a vision of Lilith’s own family home during their Solstice Night party (since her family celebrates Crimsmas twelve days after the Volisport standard). Edvard decided Screws wasn’t getting away from his lesson THIS time, though, and dragged the Geezer along with them on a Wreck roll, getting a success with a complication. Lilith and Edvard thought this resulted in Edvard getting Screws’s nightshirt and not the rest of him –
NOPE. OTHER WAY AROUND. Fortunately the guy did have a very small loincloth on him, but it was still a very unpleasant sight. XD Screws himself was quite annoyed and docked them a Coin from their reward (bringing it down to four) as he now had to have his nightshirt washed. And, you know, a fool and his washing water. . . An annoyed Lilith informed him that he was coming in and having some spiced wine, and – with the Ghost of Crimsmas Present having run off for the moment – dragged him and Edvard to the front door, where they were greeted by one of the staff, Fireri, who always spoke in the third person and was quite happy to see Lilith home. Lilith got him to fetch a spare jacket for Screws, who promptly took it and pulled all the buttons but one off (I’m not sure because he thought they were excessive or because he intended to steal them – could be both!) before covering himself. I left it with Lilith leading the way to the study, where her father – resplendent in a snake-hair quiff and mustache – was waiting – we’ll see how this Crimsmas Carol wraps up tomorrow! I suspect the only ghost who’s going to make a dent in old Screws is Yet To Come, and only because I imagine a LOOOT of people are gonna want this guy dead. . .
2. Continue writing “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland”: Check – Alice managed to make it past the patrolling ghouls in the first room and over to the tape recorder, where she listened to Grout’s first little spiel (while the ghouls cowered in the corner, afraid he was nearby, poor things). Alice is already annoyed to discover that Grout is, not just a psychiatrist, but one who believes in phrenology and the like. Trust me, Alice, it only gets worse from here! As you will find out as you progress through the hell house. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check plus – managed to fit in a bonus video thanks to it being Gray Shorts Day, w000! Keeping the Watch Later a little cleaner for a change XD –
A) Started with the latest OXBox list (that wasn’t just talking about new games or what’s on GamePass) – “6 Cheaty Ways Games Fixed YOUR Mistakes For You!” Andy, Mike, and Jane talking about those games who will occasionally throw you a bone and fix a mistake you made while playing. Manage to use up all your ammo in that one section in Half Life 2 Episode 1 where you have to shoot your way through a padlock? It’ll just magically open! Somehow get to that Demon Door in Fable: The Forgotten Realms that just wants Silver Keys without any? It’ll still open, it’ll just roast you in the process for being a freak. Spend all of CJ’s money on fancy pants in GTA: San Andreas before the mission where you have to get a new haircut and buy a pizza (before your friend holds the pizza place up)? The game will spot you $52 bucks – just enough for a cheap hairstyle and a slice. I mean, obviously, the most epic of these is “Silent Hill just auto-killing the final boss if you come into the fight with no ammo,” but it’s good to see other games knowing when to pick up our slack. XD
B) Then it was over to the Subs for the latest from Josh Way – “Fun With Shorts: How Honest Are You? (Part1)!” The first part of a new Coronet film about being honest and not jumping to conclusions, centering around one kid, Jim, seeing the star center of what I presume to be the basketball team, Bob, taking something out of Ben’s locker one day. Unsure what to do (tell Ben, confront Bob, or report it to a teacher), he ended up keeping it to himself until he saw Bob buying a pen the next day with some friends, reported what he’d seen and commented he was pretty sure that was where Bob had gotten the money, and shenanigans resulted with various guilty consciences and righteous indignation warping the story before it got to the teacher. Also, it started with a George Santos joke from Josh, so that was fun. XD Looking forward to the rest when it pops up!
C) And, finally, we had the usual GrayStillPlays Thursday Minisode – “Busting 5 Myths in GTA 5 #shorts!” Myth One: You cannot skydive through a certain set of struts on the Miriam Turner Bridge due to an invisible wall – true, but only from ONE SIDE. You go around to the OTHER side, and you can go right through. Myth Two: A jet engine can make a bike that goes over it do a front or back flip – true! Gray demonstrated with both a regular motorcycle and a scooter, and both did beautiful flips. :p Myth Three: You cannot shoot a grenade or rocket through the open doors of the Insurgent car – true! Neither the RPG or the grenade launcher could get their payloads through. Gray WAS able to shoot a railgun through the open doors, though, so that was something? Myth Four: There is nothing that can stop or destroy the clock tower in the city – true! Gray tried rockets, sticky bombs, and a helicopter with explosive ammo – nothing even put a dent in it. Myth Five: Mountain lions are scared of BMX bikes – true! Gray hopped on one while being chased, and the mountain lion immediately turned and ran. XD Good to see most of the really fun ones are true!
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check plus – pretty easy here tonight, with just one ask reply over on Valice Multiverse. Bonus was answering Moose’s messages in decent time for a change. :p
Hooray, I was productive! And now it's time to head off and hit the sheets, because I've still got a day of work to get through. Night all!
Work – Another quiet day with fewer annoyances – though my talky coworker was back and VERY talky, so that wasn’t great. *rolls eyes* But yeah, another day spent mainly working on duplicates and cleaning up any deceased people I found – nothing special. Tomorrow I go in and, with the exception of adding in the GL, do it all again!
Beanbags today followed the usual model – I was okay enough to start, then managed to pull out a win; Dad was great to start then fell apart in the third game (though admittedly he and I were battling it out for a while in the second); and Mom tried her hardest but couldn’t quite get it together. Final scores were me 2-2-W; Dad W-W-3; Mom 3-3-2. Ah well, better luck next time, Mom!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – another night on the bike, another night with Oxventure Presents: Blades in the Dark – “A Crimsnight Carol!” With Screws having VERY violently repelled a cat burglar, it was time for Lilith and Edvard to get to work repelling ghosts. Screws went to bed (with Edvard taking the opportunity to troll him for even having one, creaky little cot that it was – Screws actually took it to heart and started considering sleeping on the floor instead), and Edvard and Lilith amused themselves by trying to find where he kept his money so they could maybe just rob him and be done with the whole business. XD Edvard actually DID locate the wall safe behind a picture of a dog (a STOCK picture of a dog, mind you – Lilith recognized the watermark as being from Mr. Getty’s shop) thanks to a good Study roll with Lilith’s help – but it was a success with a complication, that complication being Screws noticing them poking around. Cue him and Edvard shouting at each other about how it WAS possible to like both dogs and people, you miserly old flint. XD
Eventually, though, the old grandfather clock chimed twelve (odd, because it was 2 AM when Edvard and Lilith arrived to do their ghostbusting), and the Ghost of Crimsmas Past (described as child-like with old man features, sort of like it was in the book) appeared to try and get Screws to change his ways. Lilith and Edvard tried to get Screws to listen to it on the basis of “we need to study it for its weak points, so we’re gonna let it do its thing,” but Screws was like “nope, you take care of it” and sprinted into his “en suite” – a tiny closet with a bucket. XD The Ghost of Crimsmas Past was very confused, as you might imagine. Edvard and Lilith explained about Screws being very unwilling to change, and the Ghost of Crimsmas Past was like “okay, I’m on a schedule here – he was supposed to be my third miser of the night and now I’m running behind – so SOMEBODY is getting a vision of the past and learning a lesson, and as you two are here. . .”
Yup, cue Lilith and Edvard being thrown into the past, protesting mightily all the while. XD They were specifically thrown into Edvard’s past, into his family mansion – just in time to see Little Edvard being put in a headlock by his older brother Lemuel, who was good at sports. :p Luke let the dice decide if they were visible or not – they were, and Lemuel promptly mistook them for Crimsnight thieves. Edvard promptly put HIM in a headlock as payment for all the “brotherly affection.” XD Lemuel DID manage to wiggle free after a bit – but lost his footing and sat down heavily on what proved to be one of Little Edvard’s presents. A very important present, in fact – a beloved model of a firepump (I think a kind of fire truck), complete with a working hose. Edvard fled upstairs in tears over his present being crushed, while Lemuel followed looking for the servants to help defend the house. Edvard, not wanting his childhood memories to be changed, made a Tinker roll to repair the firepump – he did well, but again, there was a complication – namely, the little working hose was missing. A glance at the fleeing children confirmed that it was stuck to Lemuel’s rump. Lilith promptly chased after him, with Edvard got his sleeping darts and blowpipe ready –
And a combination of a “success with a complication” roll from Edvard and a failed roll from Lilith meant that he darted BOTH Lemuel and Lilith by accident, causing them both to roll down the stairs unconscious (and forcing Lilith to take level 2 “Ragdolled” harm). Edvard quickly grabbed and reattached the hose, put Lemuel on the couch (as he often fell asleep there after tormenting his brother), and woke Lilith with some smelling salts. With no sign of the ghost to bring them out of the past, Lilith talked Edvard into actually talking to his younger self, and they went upstairs and presented the repaired firepump to the little guy, who was delighted with it. Edvard even taught him the truck of pinching a certain spot on the house to create a more powerful stream of water, which was cute. Edvard decided this constituted a lesson and shouted for the ghost, who appeared mid-sandwich-consumption. The ghost ticked off the vision, allowed Edvard’s “the real friendship was the friends we made along the way” bullshit lesson, and sent them back. Screws was pleased with their work with the first ghost (mistakenly thinking they’d killed it somehow), but refused Edvard’s demands of payment – three spirits he was promised, and three spirits he will see conquered, thank you very much! And so he sat down with a big old pile of eviction notices, happily muttering to himself as he signed them, while Lilith and Edvard discussed how they were going to try and get this old skinflint to change his ways even a little –
Cue the arrival of the Ghost of Crimsmas Present! A jolly fellow with a fancy robe and a hell of a toned chest beneath it. Even Screws took notice, prompting Edvard to comment that maybe what they needed was sexier ghosts. However, despite not being entirely heartless, Screws was unmoved, and when it came time for the ghost to try and show him a vision, instead threw Lilith at it. The Ghost of Crimsmas Present decided to take inspiration from this and dragged Lilith and Edvard into a vision of Lilith’s own family home during their Solstice Night party (since her family celebrates Crimsmas twelve days after the Volisport standard). Edvard decided Screws wasn’t getting away from his lesson THIS time, though, and dragged the Geezer along with them on a Wreck roll, getting a success with a complication. Lilith and Edvard thought this resulted in Edvard getting Screws’s nightshirt and not the rest of him –
NOPE. OTHER WAY AROUND. Fortunately the guy did have a very small loincloth on him, but it was still a very unpleasant sight. XD Screws himself was quite annoyed and docked them a Coin from their reward (bringing it down to four) as he now had to have his nightshirt washed. And, you know, a fool and his washing water. . . An annoyed Lilith informed him that he was coming in and having some spiced wine, and – with the Ghost of Crimsmas Present having run off for the moment – dragged him and Edvard to the front door, where they were greeted by one of the staff, Fireri, who always spoke in the third person and was quite happy to see Lilith home. Lilith got him to fetch a spare jacket for Screws, who promptly took it and pulled all the buttons but one off (I’m not sure because he thought they were excessive or because he intended to steal them – could be both!) before covering himself. I left it with Lilith leading the way to the study, where her father – resplendent in a snake-hair quiff and mustache – was waiting – we’ll see how this Crimsmas Carol wraps up tomorrow! I suspect the only ghost who’s going to make a dent in old Screws is Yet To Come, and only because I imagine a LOOOT of people are gonna want this guy dead. . .
2. Continue writing “Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland”: Check – Alice managed to make it past the patrolling ghouls in the first room and over to the tape recorder, where she listened to Grout’s first little spiel (while the ghouls cowered in the corner, afraid he was nearby, poor things). Alice is already annoyed to discover that Grout is, not just a psychiatrist, but one who believes in phrenology and the like. Trust me, Alice, it only gets worse from here! As you will find out as you progress through the hell house. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Check plus – managed to fit in a bonus video thanks to it being Gray Shorts Day, w000! Keeping the Watch Later a little cleaner for a change XD –
A) Started with the latest OXBox list (that wasn’t just talking about new games or what’s on GamePass) – “6 Cheaty Ways Games Fixed YOUR Mistakes For You!” Andy, Mike, and Jane talking about those games who will occasionally throw you a bone and fix a mistake you made while playing. Manage to use up all your ammo in that one section in Half Life 2 Episode 1 where you have to shoot your way through a padlock? It’ll just magically open! Somehow get to that Demon Door in Fable: The Forgotten Realms that just wants Silver Keys without any? It’ll still open, it’ll just roast you in the process for being a freak. Spend all of CJ’s money on fancy pants in GTA: San Andreas before the mission where you have to get a new haircut and buy a pizza (before your friend holds the pizza place up)? The game will spot you $52 bucks – just enough for a cheap hairstyle and a slice. I mean, obviously, the most epic of these is “Silent Hill just auto-killing the final boss if you come into the fight with no ammo,” but it’s good to see other games knowing when to pick up our slack. XD
B) Then it was over to the Subs for the latest from Josh Way – “Fun With Shorts: How Honest Are You? (Part1)!” The first part of a new Coronet film about being honest and not jumping to conclusions, centering around one kid, Jim, seeing the star center of what I presume to be the basketball team, Bob, taking something out of Ben’s locker one day. Unsure what to do (tell Ben, confront Bob, or report it to a teacher), he ended up keeping it to himself until he saw Bob buying a pen the next day with some friends, reported what he’d seen and commented he was pretty sure that was where Bob had gotten the money, and shenanigans resulted with various guilty consciences and righteous indignation warping the story before it got to the teacher. Also, it started with a George Santos joke from Josh, so that was fun. XD Looking forward to the rest when it pops up!
C) And, finally, we had the usual GrayStillPlays Thursday Minisode – “Busting 5 Myths in GTA 5 #shorts!” Myth One: You cannot skydive through a certain set of struts on the Miriam Turner Bridge due to an invisible wall – true, but only from ONE SIDE. You go around to the OTHER side, and you can go right through. Myth Two: A jet engine can make a bike that goes over it do a front or back flip – true! Gray demonstrated with both a regular motorcycle and a scooter, and both did beautiful flips. :p Myth Three: You cannot shoot a grenade or rocket through the open doors of the Insurgent car – true! Neither the RPG or the grenade launcher could get their payloads through. Gray WAS able to shoot a railgun through the open doors, though, so that was something? Myth Four: There is nothing that can stop or destroy the clock tower in the city – true! Gray tried rockets, sticky bombs, and a helicopter with explosive ammo – nothing even put a dent in it. Myth Five: Mountain lions are scared of BMX bikes – true! Gray hopped on one while being chased, and the mountain lion immediately turned and ran. XD Good to see most of the really fun ones are true!
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check plus – pretty easy here tonight, with just one ask reply over on Valice Multiverse. Bonus was answering Moose’s messages in decent time for a change. :p
Hooray, I was productive! And now it's time to head off and hit the sheets, because I've still got a day of work to get through. Night all!
