#eel!

I’m gonna make a basilisk/naga character and I need a list of REALLY COOL SNAKES!!!!

(If you want/have time, pictures would be super helpful too!!)

OH OH!! SORRY I WAS ASLEEP AND I HAVENT APONED TUMBLR

1) VARIABLE BUSH VIPER!!! THEY ARE SO SO COLORFUL AND I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE AS MY KEYBOARD BG

2) KING COBR! NOT A REAL COBRA BUT DELIGHTFUL NONETHELESS

Please look up more pictures because Tumblr pic limit ten and while they aren't super pattern/color variable they are VERY expressive and it's cool

3) BLOOD PYTHON!!!

4) CARPET PYTHON!!! NOT SOMETHING ID THINK FOR BASILISK BUT ITS REALLY REALLY STRIKING BLACKS N YELLOWS SO I THINK IT COULD WORK

5) BLUE CORAL SNAKE!!!

6) BANDED KRAIT!!! YELLOW N BLACK LIKE THE CARPET PYTHON BUT THESE GUYS ARE DEADLY SNAKE EATERS!!!

You can tell they're snake eaters because they're sorta like triangle shaped? Y'know?

7) RHINOCEROS VIPER!!

8) SAW-SCALED VIPER!!!

9) fuck I know which one I want to say spiritually but I forgot the name.

OH ITS A RINKHALS!!!!

Their tail stripey-ness is very variable btw!!!

do you know of Epic the Musical

and if so are you a fan

(Very important to know /j)

Yay! So, a bit of context on this one is that it's "interactive fiction" which is in the same vein as visual novels and Choose Your Own Adventure novels, branching narratives with different paths the reader chooses to take, I find them really fun to write. But uh, I'll just put the basic blurb here rq.

"You are a mage. A dying breed in a world of cybernetics and megalopolises that slowly chokes out the natural world needed to fuel your magic. Now to be fair, you can hardly be called an expert or even a 'good mage'; you're broke and magic schools are expensive. To be more accurate, you're a delivery driver who happens to be able to do magic, and who handles the more dangerous materials that are required for spell work. "

So that's the character premise, shenanigans ensue, etc. Anyways! For the actual snippet, I wrote 2 choices.

With the creature gone, and the order done, I slide down the wall and slump onto the ground, my head against the cold drywall as I stare up at the ceiling. I feel…

1. Resigned

I've resigned myself to the idea of magic and my role in it. Just another pawn on the board, a piece to be moved, controlled and discarded when necessary. It was the way of the world. Whether it's magic, the corporate hellworld, just existing. I've never felt like more than an ant that the rich look down on from their monolithic skyscrapers that rise above the smog and the grime. A runner in a dying industry, waning in tandem with the natural world it needs to survive. This resignation is a common attitude, not just towards magic, but to the world as a whole, nobody could blame me for it, magic has grown into a twisted, ugly thing over the centuries, greedy and megalomaniacal mages turned to dictators, tyrants, and the like that gave all mages a bad name. Most people only feel resentment towards magic now, happy to let it rot and die out. Unfortunately for me, it's not quite dead yet.

2. Relieved

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