Maggy

I've started drawing this Joe piece (Jiece?) yesterday after work but the migrane did me in halfway so I conked out early. Woke up at 4 am, checked if anybody's streaming and lo and behold - Joe Hills just started. (Somehow I am already following him on twitch? I have no memory of ever being on his stream before) Joe's talking about a new book from my favorite at the moment author, immediate bonding moment. No webcam on the screen, wait no, there is a webcam it's a tiny 80px Joe on top of a green glass in the last hotbar slot. Someone sent a tip and Joe gets bigger, he is on greenscreen, in a green cap and green glasses, he picks up an abaccus to count the tip??

I get my first morning coffee and decide to also send some. He. He reads it aloud and then sings a happy song to me specifically!! Pure Delight! Meanwhile Joe is building a Mardi Gras float that throws dispensers at you, in front of his flint build in the shopping district that throws arrows if you remove armor, the mardi gras float involves lots of armor stands and armors, arrows keep shooting and he picks them and puts back into the dispenser, sysyphus is taking notes. Did i mention he's building a mardi gras float an hour before mardi gras starts?

Frenetic energy of homework due tomorrow fills the air, even though it's 5 am on a tuesday and I'm like, 34, I feel it too. More tips come in and Joe keeps getting bigger on screen, which is good for me specifically actually since I am actively drawing him at this very moment, the reference is spectacular. Joe goes on a lil break and plays a couple of his songs while away. Certifed bops and bangers, both of them! Someone in chat writes the funniest thing ever and I audibly yell, Joe shares a lot of wisdom which I agree with.

It's 6 am, DocM77 logs in and comes in to check out the build. I am in the same timezone as Doc, why is he on a regular tuesday online at 6am?? Doesnt matter, everyone is having a deligfhtful time. Joe makes a haiku, as he does, as he finishes the Mardi Gras float at midnight right on time for the Mardi Gras. Stream ends. It is 7 am, I have to go to work now I guess? After having a Joesperience??? Anyway, if you ever have some income you dont mind sparing - keep it hidden until you somehow end up on Joe stream and send him a tip, a Joespirience is something anyone could benefit from.

For thousands of years, the four auspicious beast has protected humans and ruled over them according to their cardinal dominions

Vermilion bird: south

White tiger: west

Azure dragon: east

Black tortoise: north

Sometimes they work together to fend off monsters, othertimes they go on wars with each other. There will always be humans dead from the aftermath.

Seeing this, they finally settle on a peace agreement and worked together to seal every monsters and then vow to never use their powers again so no other catastrophic event will happen.

The four beasts takes on different apporaches to their "retirements"

Gem decides to become a military general and teaches her people how to fight and defend. Just because an era of peace is upon them, doesn't mean that they will always be safe. Even though she cannot protect them as the azure dragon, she can still do so as a human. The east is now a very guarded place with powerful military prowess thanks to her.

Pearl became a priestess that lives in the mountains. She lives in solitude, but still opens the door for her former subjects who came to ask her for guidance. The north is small, but wise.

Scar essentially heard the word "retirement" and said "about freaking timeee 😌". He spends his days literally as a greedy house cat being pampered by the royal palace. This guy is literally a bum who gets the best food, entertainment, toys, beds, literally everything he asks is provided to him and he does absolutely NOTHING! He's not even ruling or giving advice or anything, those are taken care of by the emperor and the other relevant boring politic guys (he doesn't even know or care who they are, they're all servants in his eyes), he just lazily rolls around in the sunlight all day, he's literally just a spoiled cat. Everyone loves him 😭

Grian is a farmer. Yepppp. He's overworked, underpaid, he hates everything. All the other 3 guys gets recognized and honored by their dominions in some ways, not Grian. To be fairrr these people dont even know he's the vermilion bird, everyone is under the assumption that the vermilion bird is currently resting in the volcanoes. And that was true... for like a hundred years ago. Grian's done with his rest, and goes back to civillization, but when he came back, nobody believes him when he says he's the vermilion bird 😭 he just looks too pathetic 😭 and its not like he can prove it either with the no power rule, so now he's stuck having to work odd jobs to get paid somehow 😭 He eats stew everyday and he's like.... well! I guess this is my life now! You gotta do what you gotta do! 💔