im here, im queer, i want to take a nap

From the dusty desert libraries of Elsweyr to the frigid mountains of Skyrim, this Khajiit has spent her whole life searching for every scrap of knowledge she can get her hands on- and running from those who threaten to tie her down. Destiny, however, is not so easy to run from...

(above art by @ouijeejuice. sword is dawnfang/duskfang from the anniversary update, armour is from vickusdickus’ khajiiti apex armoury mod)

Basic Information

Furstock: Suthay-raht Age: 25 (born 11th of Sun's Dawn, 4E 176) Gender: female Sexuality: Lesbian Combat style: Spellsword/Vampire mage Deity followed: The Riddle'Thar Factions joined: College of Winterhold, Dark Brotherhood, Clan Volkihar

Ayira is my canonical Last Dragonborn (and also the player character for my first and still incomplete playthrough). Inquisitive, snarky and horribly socially awkward, she prefers the company of books and like-minded scholars to most other people.

Originally travelling to Skyrim to study at the College of Winterhold (and escape the Thalmor), she got caught up in an ambush at the border and found herself on the Helgen executioner's block. Alduin's attack and the Greybeards acknowledging her as the Dohvakiin scared the living shit out of her, so she proceeded to promptly ignore them and continue onto Winterhold like nothing had happened.

After finishing her studies there, she set out to explore Skyrim- and promptly stumbled into the Redwater Den and contracted vampirism. Unable to cure herself in time, she struggled with her thirst as it ate away at her (loose) moral code and slowly pushed her down a darker path until she fell in with the Dark Brotherhood and Clan Volkihar. Will she ever accept her destiny as Dragonborn? Who knows?

Miscellaneous info:

J'zargo is the follower she's kept around for the longest and it shows- the two share a passion for magic and a looser moral code

Originally intended to spec as a full mage, but she got tired of all the hostile wildlife that would bum-rush her in close quarters and picked up a sword

Hoards an irresponsible amount of alchemy ingredients

Currently running around with a party consisting of J'zargo, Inigo, Ma'kara (from the khajiit will follow mod) and Serana

Fell in love with Ma'kara after she saved her life from an unexpected necromancer attack. Grew to respect her for sticking around despite Ayira's increasingly immoral behaviour, and Ma'kara was the one who snapped her out of it after she fell into a deep depression post-Dark Brotherhood questline

Backstory before arriving in Skyrim below cut:

✦ dark eyes meet under the sky.

This mod looks promising: offers some more ways to earn some gold, including crafting!

28k vertices for a box

From what I can tell they just shoved a no background screenshot of the eso asset into an ai to get a recreation. They had no need for the specific eso board

Starting with her discovery of dandelion puffballs. I picked one and blew it for her and she lost her mind laughing. We started another one, and she finally caught enough breath between laughs to shriek, "BUBBLES!!!"

So now every time we see one, it's "bubble flower."

eating chicken nuggets, she proudly stabs a piece with her fork, holds it out, and nods while informing us "meat-ing!"

playing in the kitchen sink, pours water on the ground. I ask her what she's doing. She says "messing!"

morning walk to see the geese is "geese-ing." Naturally.

turning her loose in the back yard to blow off some steam and she just screams at the top of her lungs, but with little tiny vibratory hitches as those stompy feet jostle her entire body with each step, "WUNNING!!!"

It's a good time/opportunity to volunteer at or donate to your local food banks to help them out, or if you're active at a church or community, ask if they have food drives and are in need of volunteers.

texas tech's quartback, brendan sorsby, was investigated for sports gambling. i know sports betting is all the rage right now, but athletes themselves are not allowed to do it. it is Rule Number 1 and it is the highest priority rule for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), who governs all athletic programs at about 1,100 colleges in the US.

the invesitagetion of sorsby revealed that, not only did he place more than 9,000 sports bets when he himself was a collegiate athlete, but 40 of those bets were AGAINST HIS OWN TEAM when he was playing at indiana university. immediately, this threatens the integrity of the sport, and especially because indiana is the hottest team right now as the defending national champion.

the NCAA, which is largely a sham organization these days (they've truly lost their grasp and college athletics are the wild west now) actually enforced their Number 1 Rule and told sorsby his career is over, that he would never play college football again (and, subsequently, that he would never get drafted into the NFL because his college career was cut short).

well, because the NCAA is a husk of its former self, sorsby and texad tech immediately took this to court. MANY athletes have learned these past few seasons that if you can find a judge who's a fan of your team, you can get any NCAA ruling overturned. that's exactly what texas tech did. they filed a suit in Lubbock, where the university is located and where every judge is an alum of texas tech. so sorsby was granted an injunction and will now only be suspended for the first 2 games od the 2026 season (which are alwayd against no-name teams that will be destroyed regardless of who's suspended).

every other school in the country immediately went on the defensive because this is a very clear integretiy issue. so nebraska and georgia (sic em dawgs) released statements saying that all currently-scheduled competitions witb Texas Tech in ANY sport will be canceled and there will be no future schedulings. at least 3 of the major conferences (SEC, Big 10, Big 12) , who account for almost all division 1 sports teams in the country, are also in discussions about cancelling comtests. Texas Tech is part of the Big 12, and there is serious talk of all other teams in the conference shutting texas tech out.

now would probably be time where i say that texas tech is one of the wealthiest programs in college football becaise there is a single billionaire alumnus pouring money into the program with hopes of essentially buying a championship. so texas techs integrity has always been questionable. anyway, the university president put oit a statement that he doesnt care that sorseby violated regulation and that texas tech will sue any school that refuses to play them because it jeopardizes their championship prospects if they're umable to play any games.

but: consider. if u genuinely like analyzing writing.. do u know ur just allowed to go through and quote your favorite parts and ramble abt what they mean to u and the author will LOSE IT WITH HYPE?

genuinely. i felt SO WEIRD the first time i did it.. but like. holy shit authors love it. its crack for authors. the first time i did it, it was on a fic that hadnt updated in half a year, give or take, and the author made 3 updates that month BECAUSE OF MY COMMENT.