Trinket Hoard

Tanglefern...deserves a fate I can not rightly describe for damning you and those precious babies. I hope you make him pay.

Make him pay.

Make him pay.

Make him pay.

Honeyspring breaths shakily, lungs bloating with sticky fluid.

Honeyspring stares blankly forwards, but smiles wider nonetheless, and mumbles into the dead air.

Back in camp, the warm weather gives the healers a chance to relax, and puts Wildfirecry in a particularly good mood, reminding him of his former home in Forestclan, far to the south.

Wildfirecry takes Songpaw out to look for Fiercestripe's patrol. Along the way they discuss what's really been on Songpaw's mind.

The scent of blood sits heavy in the still air. With Songpaw sent back to camp for help, Wildfirecry steels his nerves and rushes ahead, prepared to join the battle against whomever had made the mistake of tresspassing onto Loudclan's territory. As he neared the Loudclan border, though, it became clear that the battle was long finished.

Fiercestripe, Chumtail, Dogwoodmoth, and Dashpaw were killed in the rogue attack, taking 4 of their attackers with them. Rosehiptree managed to survive by staying hidden in the bushes, but she is by no means unscathed. Loudclan is devastated by this event, and will need time to mourn, but on the other side of the valley, three trespassers thank the stars for whatever might have delayed their pursuers.

[...so ... how are we feeling about this one, folks? bad? yeah, I feel bad. full disclosure, if Eklutna dying was the moon that I decided I wanted to keep playing Loudclan, this was the moon that almost made me quit. I was and continue to be DEVASTATED by losing these guys, Fierce, Dogwood, and Chum were some of my all time favorites as I played and I fell in love all over again writing their stories here. (Sorry Dash, you just weren't around long enough for me to get attached.) In game technically Fiercestripe died of heatstroke, but since it was the same moon as the rogue attack this felt like a much more fitting way for her to go. Anyway, I think one more part should wrap up this moon, and my deepest apologies to you all.]

:0 ! I'm glad the game works so well on tumblr! It's great here <3 71 - common Swampfreckle (she/her) is a white-and-cinnamon spotted tabby molly with dark blue eyes. Her white fur is patched with honey brown dapples filled with darker spots. Dark, nearly chocolate, flecks around her shoulders, down the fronts of her legs, and dusts around her eyes and muzzle like freckles. She is a small but round cat with a feathery tail. Her paws are soft and pink and grow sore quickly.

Back in camp, the warm weather gives the healers a chance to relax, and puts Wildfirecry in a particularly good mood, reminding him of his former home in Forestclan, far to the south.

Wildfirecry takes Songpaw out to look for Fiercestripe's patrol. Along the way they discuss what's really been on Songpaw's mind.

The scent of blood sits heavy in the still air. With Songpaw sent back to camp for help, Wildfirecry steels his nerves and rushes ahead, prepared to join the battle against whomever had made the mistake of tresspassing onto Loudclan's territory. As he neared the Loudclan border, though, it became clear that the battle was long finished.

Fiercestripe, Chumtail, Dogwoodmoth, and Dashpaw were killed in the rogue attack, taking 4 of their attackers with them. Rosehiptree managed to survive by staying hidden in the bushes, but she is by no means unscathed. Loudclan is devastated by this event, and will need time to mourn, but on the other side of the valley, three trespassers thank the stars for whatever might have delayed their pursuers.

[...so ... how are we feeling about this one, folks? bad? yeah, I feel bad. full disclosure, if Eklutna dying was the moon that I decided I wanted to keep playing Loudclan, this was the moon that almost made me quit. I was and continue to be DEVASTATED by losing these guys, Fierce, Dogwood, and Chum were some of my all time favorites as I played and I fell in love all over again writing their stories here. (Sorry Dash, you just weren't around long enough for me to get attached.) In game technically Fiercestripe died of heatstroke, but since it was the same moon as the rogue attack this felt like a much more fitting way for her to go. Anyway, I think one more part should wrap up this moon, and my deepest apologies to you all.]

Source: Vinland Saga ヴィンランド･サガ

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Welcome back! It's been slow around here, so ask away!! 98 - Rare! Frost elemental time~ I'm so glad I have an excuse to make more cats for fantasy projects I've already finished. I love the Elementsigns, they're so fun to design. I wonder if this little guy had Growthsign somewhere in his bloodline (;

Lichencloud (he/him) is a pale blue Frostsign tom with violet eyes. His body is shaped from ice, pale and translucent, though most of his form is covered in darker blue “fur”: sharp, opaque fractals of frost that cover his icy skin. A ridge of pale icicles make spikes down the back of his neck, present in the cold months, but that melt away in the spring. His pelt is dappled with patches of lichens: grey and blotchy most of the year, but vibrantly green, yellow and even pale orange during the warm months. His claws and fangs are clear as glass and extremely sharp. His tall ears are inflexible and always stand up. His violet eyes are very reflective.

Lichencloud has a burn scar--a black, melted notch--taken from his tail, a wound from a run-in with a Firesign rogue. Without the distinctive injury, many of his Clanmates might not have believed he’d seen a Firesign at all. Indeed, after the fight, Lichencloud has grown an insatiable wanderlust, itching to expand his worldview beyond the small corner he’s always lived in. To the cats of his Clan, any Sign outside of Frostsign, Airsign and the rare Watersign are only known in stories and myths. The Firesign encounter sparked Lichencloud’s curiosity. If he leaves soon, perhaps he can pick up the Firesign’s trail…

I got this message from a bot, and honestly? If I was a bit younger and not such a jaded bitch with a career in tech, I might have given it an honest try. I spent plenty of time in a tough situation without access to any mental health resources as a teen, and would have been sucked right in.

Chatting right from your phone, and being connected with people who can help you? Sounds nice. Especially if you believe the testimonials they spam you with (tw suicide / self harm mention in below images)

But I was getting a weird feeling, so I went to read the legalese.

I couldn't even get through the fine-print it asked me to read and agree to, without it spamming the hell out of me. Almost like they expect people to just hit Yes? But I'm glad I stopped to read, because:

What you say on there won't be confidential. (And for context, I tried it out and the things people were looking for help with? I didn't even feel comfortable sharing here as examples, it was all so deeply personal and painful)

Also, what you say on there? Is now...

Koko's intellectual property - giving them the right to use it in any way they see fit, including

Publicly performing or displaying your "content" (also known as your mental health crisis) in any media format and in any media channel without limitation

Do this indefinitely after you end your account with them

Sell / share this "content" with other businesses

Any harm you come to using Koko? That's on you.

And Koko won't take responsibility for anything someone says to you on there (which is bleak when people are using it to spread Christianity to people in crisis)

I was curious about their business model. They're a venture-capitol based tech startup, owned by Airbnb, the famous mental health professionals with a focus on ethical business practices./s They're also begging for donations despite having already been given 2.5 million dollars in research funding. (If you want a deep dive on why people throw crazy money at tech startups, see my other post here)

They also use the data they gather from users to conduct research and publish papers. I didn't find them too interesting - other than as a good case study of "People tend to find what they are financially incentivized to find". Predictably, Koko found that Kokobot was beneficial to its users.

So yeah, being a dumbass with too much curiosity, I decided to use the Airbnb-owned Data-Mining Mental Health Chatline anyway. And if you thought it was dangerous sounding from the disclaimers? Somehow it got worse.

(trigger warning / discussions of child abuse / sexual abuse / suicide / violence below the cut - please don't read if you're not in a good place to hear about negligence around pretty horrific topics.)

And Crunchbase, Linkedin, and their website have info on their founders and board.

If anyone reaches out, please do it respectfully and direct your messages to the investment firms, founders or board, not the staff.

I'm familiar with the field, and it's common for corporations to mislead programmers and lower level staff about the purpose and potential harms of their technical work. There may very well be people working there who believe they're doing good, and absolutely do not deserve online harassment. The founders, C-suite, and board members are the informed decision-makers in these sorts of companies, not the coders and other employees who may very well believe they're creating something helpful.

Also they're apparently hiring?? For 150k a year. Damn.

tutorial for drawing characters with cleft lip! sorry that it's mostly unilateral-centric but it makes up the vast majority of resources and photos. still tried to get tips for drawing bilateral clefts in though.

please keep in mind that this is an introductory drawing tutorial and has some generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People : )

Still couldn't be satisfied with the designs I gave them last time so I went to revision them again until this is the final tweaks I ended up with jdbdhdhc

What Lurks beneath- chapter 29 page 803

Not at all bothersome! I actually challenged players to make a full Clan with these cats on the first iteration of this game--no one ever finished the challenge (or at least, no one linked me to a finished project) but I welcome you to try! 81 - Common Stormberry (she/they) is a long-furred cream-and-blue silver chinchilla calico cat with orange eyes. She is the Clan's younger healer. She was taken in by the Clan as a kitten. Only the top third of her fur contains color, giving her pelt an ever-changing, cloud-like appearance where her grey and cream dapples are never quite the same shape or pattern as the last time you saw her. Their colored patches are faint and wispy above their white fur. She is a small cat with a somewhat flat face and a short but feathery tail. Her whiskers are long and drooping.

!! Thank you!! I try to find character aspects and traits that you wouldn't get from simply hitting a perchance generator~ 30 - common

Silkdapple (he/him) is a long-furred cream spotted tabby tom with pale grey eyes. His fur is truly cream, a soft off-white with warm hues. The spotted markings are a more saturated ginger, a faded cinnamon color. Silkdapple's pale grey eyes look blue in certain lights. His long fur droops over his face and his ear tufts are so heavy, he typically lets them flop over rather than try and hold them upright. His fluffy fur makes him look far larger than he is, and cats are surprised at how thin he is when his fur is soaked through and clings to his narrow bone structure.