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#71
Jayhawk HQ / Re: [Bounty Project Chapter 14...
Last post by Starcat5 - May 12, 2026, 08:44:11 PM14-09 - They are playing for chocolate coins
Panel 3: I see a thumb holding down a pinkie, and four upright fingers. That doesn't look right.
Panel 4: "You married the former king's daughter, thus continuing the line of succession. And wasn't offing the old man her idea anyways?"
Panel 3: I see a thumb holding down a pinkie, and four upright fingers. That doesn't look right.
Panel 4: "You married the former king's daughter, thus continuing the line of succession. And wasn't offing the old man her idea anyways?"
#72
The Lost Lake Inn / Re: 2026-05-07 - DMFA 2169 - W...
Last post by Amber Williams - May 12, 2026, 01:46:03 PMI am indeed trying out new stuff all over the place, so if it looks a bit unpolished that may be why.
Shifting from sketching on paper to sketching fully digital has been a bit of a learning hike, and one of the effects I've noticed is the art isn't as tight in some spots while the poses/expressions are getting more pushed/dynamic. Probably due to the fact that unlike on paper where I have to try to make every image count, I can now just erase/redraw a pose until it feels better. I think I've also been kind of re-entering a more cartoony stage of art as well (hence the increase in wild expressions)
That combined with me trying to get better about drawing full body panels again along with trying to figure out a nice method of backgrounds along with the overall adjustments from switching art programs(I lost a few things that I now had to figure out how to recreate in Clip Studio so are less ideal)...so yeah right now I'd say the art is in a bit of a growing pains stage.
In the end I'm not too worried since I've always had the 4 steps forward 2 steps back approach. So I expect things will settle somewhat as I go, though where it settles on is still a mystery to even me. Right now I've been just trying to follow the path of what feels right.
Shifting from sketching on paper to sketching fully digital has been a bit of a learning hike, and one of the effects I've noticed is the art isn't as tight in some spots while the poses/expressions are getting more pushed/dynamic. Probably due to the fact that unlike on paper where I have to try to make every image count, I can now just erase/redraw a pose until it feels better. I think I've also been kind of re-entering a more cartoony stage of art as well (hence the increase in wild expressions)
That combined with me trying to get better about drawing full body panels again along with trying to figure out a nice method of backgrounds along with the overall adjustments from switching art programs(I lost a few things that I now had to figure out how to recreate in Clip Studio so are less ideal)...so yeah right now I'd say the art is in a bit of a growing pains stage.
In the end I'm not too worried since I've always had the 4 steps forward 2 steps back approach. So I expect things will settle somewhat as I go, though where it settles on is still a mystery to even me. Right now I've been just trying to follow the path of what feels right.
#73
The Lost Lake Inn / Re: 2026-05-07 - DMFA 2169 - W...
Last post by e_voyager - May 12, 2026, 01:38:07 PMLet's see I think he started out being glad with power followed by mad with power then sad with power... I think someone already said bad with power but I can't think of a comic link for it
#74
The Lost Lake Inn / Re: 2026-05-07 - DMFA 2169 - W...
Last post by Hariman - May 11, 2026, 11:47:10 PMQuote from: Moofy on May 11, 2026, 12:05:08 PMQuote from: Hariman on May 10, 2026, 01:49:29 PMIronically, Pyroduck is probably the only one of Hizell's get who ISN'T Destania's sworn enemy.
From the bits we've seen regarding the two of them, especially considering the feather that used to be attached to Pyroduck's braid was Destania's, I get the feeling that her malice toward him is entirely one-sided. After Pyro was raised by the phoenixes it seems like he must've spent more time around Fa'Lina/SAIA for her to consider him her "baby." He and Destania have almost certainly met before. Fa'Lina would prevent Destania from killing him outright but he's probably never actually done anything to her. Maybe some purposeful annoyance at best, swiping a feather from her? Destania is obviously overreacting in the current comic, but it could be to an even greater degree than it seems at first glance.
If I remember correctly, Biggs and Destania have talked about either wiping out or driving away ALL the dragons.
Both of them do have personal reasons for that too.
But... yeah. Of all the dragons, Pyroduck is probably furthest from the type of dragon she hates so much.
#75
Jayhawk HQ / [Xer 2 Chapter 5]
Last post by Starcat5 - May 11, 2026, 06:54:36 PM05-01 - Oops, my bad
In which one of our heroes has another trauma added to their PTSD.
In which one of our heroes has another trauma added to their PTSD.
#76
Tower of Art / Re: [Writing] Bleeding Edge (D...
Last post by Chairtastic - May 11, 2026, 02:11:14 PMGemenes Journal 14
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Translated from Sumerian.
--
The gang is back together!
Poor Illyria, they were getting overloaded by all the emotions and thoughts of people way faster than Dan did in the comic -- probably because of the sheer number of people. According to Themis, they went through Dilmun into Central -- the most densely populated geofronts. Oy.
Still, I slapped an emotion filter on them and was able to get them feeling much better. Themis is in a bad way, though. I set her up with an emergency appointment at the Jin hospital and patched up the most serious stuff myself. Apparently, after they were released from their fort duty Illyria stopped learning healing so they could learn physical combat and light magic.
They've become a paladin, though apparently that term isn't in use just yet.
Illyria doesn't want to go back to Swiftkeep or their family, so I volunteered an empty plinth for the two of them to stay with me. Themis, until we get her fixed up and she can decide what she wants to do. Illyria, until their cubi education is going. I'll ask around, see if anyone's got an open spot in their classes -- it'll probably be either Hrienth or Taun. Apparently Scorcros and Seme don't see quite eye-to-eye on some stuff. So Fa'Lina hasn't ascended yet, darn.
Remember that snowglobe? The one I wanted to use for my personal home? I used it for the home I gave them. I didn't realize how badly I missed them until they were back. And they've had it rough, rougher than me most likely. So... I thought if I gave them that home, it'd show that I still care about the two of 'em. They're still my friends, and I don't begrudge them not visiting for thirteen years.
Apparently Scorcros didn't tell Illyria that Owona even asked for her clan's help in Telmun. Apparently the Tauns in the Adventuring Guild never informed them I wasn't really dead.
Maybe me being five years deep into cuberty has made me get sappy, but I thought if I gave them something I treasured for years it'd speak more clearly than words. I'd make it into a group home, but it's a two-bedroom cottage inside, and I don't think they're an item. I'll just have to find something else to live in. Maybe I could find another merchant selling snowglobes, but that's unlikely.
Gave them a tour, let them walk outside in the snow. Being tropical folk -- they'd literally never seen enough ice in one place to make things cold. We made a snowman, it was fun.
The snowglobe home isn't inside the globe, see. It's in a pocket realm that exists within the snowglobe. It's modeled after the tiny cottage in the snowglobe, but it's not the actual thing. You can't see outside the realm through the globe, and no one can see in.
I'm not so naïve to think that they haven't changed in thirteen years, the pit knows I have. But I want to meet them, hear about their adventures. Maybe use those adventures to inform how I make mine when I'm free. In two years, my ransom will be totally paid. I'll be free to leave Telmun. Though I won't be fully proficient in cubi stuff for another forty-three years.
Illyria balked when I told them that it'll take fifty years to be fully trained. Not my fault they didn't pop until thirty-one.
The two of them escorted my peepaw to attend the wedding but he and Pa are catching up as I write this. Ain't getting time to get to know him just yet, but get this? He's a Dimanika incubus. Who thought letting a quack quack and someone with the title Wicked Witch try for baby would be a good idea? I mean, they were right -- Pa's perfectly placid and agreeable. But still -- common sense says it shouldn't have been a good match.
Speaking of matches, Seme has gently asked Percell and I to try and make a kid soonish. Sooner than either of us woulda liked, but she's anxious.
This prompted my lovely wife to lay out the facts of phoenix breeding with backup from Themis.
It's easy to think that they're like humans. But fun fact? No. Not even slightly.
Between a week to ten days after we do the freak-nasty sex to each other, the egg will finish forming and be laid. Then the egg will need to be incubated for four months roughly before it hatches. Then, they grow as regular babies. Percell is still waiting for Ea to finish up their legal system so she can be a bounty hunter or jailkeeper, so she'll be looking after the egg for a while until either that gets resolved or it hatches. Then, I'm on perma-dad duty.
Most likely? Dove phoenixes with their mammal forms being raccoons like me. Probably going to be lots of orange, given Percell's all yellow and I'm natural and red.
Now if you excuse me, I need to start preparing for the unfun parts of having a baby: Making them.
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Just lie back and think of Gargareans, Gemenes. That's a good racc.
---
Translated from Sumerian.
--
The gang is back together!
Poor Illyria, they were getting overloaded by all the emotions and thoughts of people way faster than Dan did in the comic -- probably because of the sheer number of people. According to Themis, they went through Dilmun into Central -- the most densely populated geofronts. Oy.
Still, I slapped an emotion filter on them and was able to get them feeling much better. Themis is in a bad way, though. I set her up with an emergency appointment at the Jin hospital and patched up the most serious stuff myself. Apparently, after they were released from their fort duty Illyria stopped learning healing so they could learn physical combat and light magic.
They've become a paladin, though apparently that term isn't in use just yet.
Illyria doesn't want to go back to Swiftkeep or their family, so I volunteered an empty plinth for the two of them to stay with me. Themis, until we get her fixed up and she can decide what she wants to do. Illyria, until their cubi education is going. I'll ask around, see if anyone's got an open spot in their classes -- it'll probably be either Hrienth or Taun. Apparently Scorcros and Seme don't see quite eye-to-eye on some stuff. So Fa'Lina hasn't ascended yet, darn.
Remember that snowglobe? The one I wanted to use for my personal home? I used it for the home I gave them. I didn't realize how badly I missed them until they were back. And they've had it rough, rougher than me most likely. So... I thought if I gave them that home, it'd show that I still care about the two of 'em. They're still my friends, and I don't begrudge them not visiting for thirteen years.
Apparently Scorcros didn't tell Illyria that Owona even asked for her clan's help in Telmun. Apparently the Tauns in the Adventuring Guild never informed them I wasn't really dead.
Maybe me being five years deep into cuberty has made me get sappy, but I thought if I gave them something I treasured for years it'd speak more clearly than words. I'd make it into a group home, but it's a two-bedroom cottage inside, and I don't think they're an item. I'll just have to find something else to live in. Maybe I could find another merchant selling snowglobes, but that's unlikely.
Gave them a tour, let them walk outside in the snow. Being tropical folk -- they'd literally never seen enough ice in one place to make things cold. We made a snowman, it was fun.
The snowglobe home isn't inside the globe, see. It's in a pocket realm that exists within the snowglobe. It's modeled after the tiny cottage in the snowglobe, but it's not the actual thing. You can't see outside the realm through the globe, and no one can see in.
I'm not so naïve to think that they haven't changed in thirteen years, the pit knows I have. But I want to meet them, hear about their adventures. Maybe use those adventures to inform how I make mine when I'm free. In two years, my ransom will be totally paid. I'll be free to leave Telmun. Though I won't be fully proficient in cubi stuff for another forty-three years.
Illyria balked when I told them that it'll take fifty years to be fully trained. Not my fault they didn't pop until thirty-one.
The two of them escorted my peepaw to attend the wedding but he and Pa are catching up as I write this. Ain't getting time to get to know him just yet, but get this? He's a Dimanika incubus. Who thought letting a quack quack and someone with the title Wicked Witch try for baby would be a good idea? I mean, they were right -- Pa's perfectly placid and agreeable. But still -- common sense says it shouldn't have been a good match.
Speaking of matches, Seme has gently asked Percell and I to try and make a kid soonish. Sooner than either of us woulda liked, but she's anxious.
This prompted my lovely wife to lay out the facts of phoenix breeding with backup from Themis.
It's easy to think that they're like humans. But fun fact? No. Not even slightly.
Between a week to ten days after we do the freak-nasty sex to each other, the egg will finish forming and be laid. Then the egg will need to be incubated for four months roughly before it hatches. Then, they grow as regular babies. Percell is still waiting for Ea to finish up their legal system so she can be a bounty hunter or jailkeeper, so she'll be looking after the egg for a while until either that gets resolved or it hatches. Then, I'm on perma-dad duty.
Most likely? Dove phoenixes with their mammal forms being raccoons like me. Probably going to be lots of orange, given Percell's all yellow and I'm natural and red.
Now if you excuse me, I need to start preparing for the unfun parts of having a baby: Making them.
---
Just lie back and think of Gargareans, Gemenes. That's a good racc.
#77
The Lost Lake Inn / Re: 2026-05-07 - DMFA 2169 - W...
Last post by Moofy - May 11, 2026, 12:05:08 PMQuote from: Hariman on May 10, 2026, 01:49:29 PMIronically, Pyroduck is probably the only one of Hizell's get who ISN'T Destania's sworn enemy.
From the bits we've seen regarding the two of them, especially considering the feather that used to be attached to Pyroduck's braid was Destania's, I get the feeling that her malice toward him is entirely one-sided. After Pyro was raised by the phoenixes it seems like he must've spent more time around Fa'Lina/SAIA for her to consider him her "baby." He and Destania have almost certainly met before. Fa'Lina would prevent Destania from killing him outright but he's probably never actually done anything to her. Maybe some purposeful annoyance at best, swiping a feather from her? Destania is obviously overreacting in the current comic, but it could be to an even greater degree than it seems at first glance.
#78
The Lost Lake Inn / Re: 2026-05-07 - DMFA 2169 - W...
Last post by samidare - May 10, 2026, 09:03:19 PMQuote from: Merlin on May 10, 2026, 08:55:07 PMpersonally i think biggs has never and will never do anything wrong. go biggs!!!
This is a perspective I can respect.
#79
The Lost Lake Inn / Re: 2026-05-07 - DMFA 2169 - W...
Last post by Merlin - May 10, 2026, 08:55:07 PMpersonally i think biggs has never and will never do anything wrong. go biggs!!!
#80
The Lost Lake Inn / Re: 2026-05-07 - DMFA 2169 - W...
Last post by Chairtastic - May 10, 2026, 08:41:30 PMI think Biggs has finally realized his star is hitched to a wagon full of nitroglycerin.
He gave her clearance to settle personal vendettas and throw her family aside, now he's seeing she took him up on that. Maybe it was meant to be sarcasm at the time, we don't know without hearing his voice -- but it appears to have been received as an order.
Regret, thy name is Biggs.
He gave her clearance to settle personal vendettas and throw her family aside, now he's seeing she took him up on that. Maybe it was meant to be sarcasm at the time, we don't know without hearing his voice -- but it appears to have been received as an order.
Regret, thy name is Biggs.