wet beasts be upon ye

Number 1 pigeon defender, thinker of thoughts, lover of every wretched thing, queer as in repulsive and strange. Calling this a writeblr implies I write and not try to work in 15 different mediums simultaneously (25, nb, any pronouns)

[alphaori]

hihi i made an intro post finally

I'm Ori, also known otherwise irl, and I'm a writer and wannabe ttrpg gamedev, although I dabble in different things all the time. In my free time from tumblr I'm also doing a psychology masters

Some of my projects:

In progress:

Thousand Year City - a system neutral urban fantasy ttrpg supplement inspired by East and South-east Asian cities and mythology, as well as personal experiences. @stalegarlicbrad is the co-writer and artist. STATUS: in progress! three short stories are complete and more are on their way

Uncultivator aka How Does One Uncultivate a Cabbage - a heavenly immortal decides to become a normal person and fails spectacularly. The story recently got relocated to the same setting at TYR, so it will work as a soft intro to the world. STATUS: memes in the group chat

I Don't Wanna Be a Human Being(?) - middle school simulator that I might rename bc the vibes shifted. STATUS: need to playtest + write tables

yet unnamed library game - a library game for kids about reading non-fiction and time-travel, for @ananomalyspeaks. STATUS: almost done, just needs to be assembled into a coherent text

On hiatus:

Mercy For The Beasts - failed NaNo attempt at a sapphic romance that spun into a spy thriller with imperialism and aliens, taking place in ???19th century Kazakhstan??? STATUS: even I don't know man

multiple horror short stories about bugs - STATUS: I should work on these actually

My tags:

ori's originals - kind of a catch-all tag rn, I need to decide if it's only for good stuff or just anything

#ori's original writing - only the good stuff I'm proud of

#ori's irl adventures - personal posts about my life and such

#ori's psychposting - stuff related to psychology and my studies/work

#reblonks - for reblogged shitposts

#art reblonks - for reblogged art

I'm sure I will edit this post but eh this is good enough for now

[homunculus-argument]

A grand fantasy city-state that has developed a consistent, uniform system of "best by"-dates, not just for food safety reasons and to reduce food waste, but to also significantly reduce crime and conflict between residents. The matter at hand is goblins.

Goblin residents of the city are legal citizens with equal rights just the same as everyone else, but their natural lifestyle differs dramatically from the rest of the peoples living in the city. They are scavengers by nature, having no problems with eating carrion, overripe fruits and plants, and building everything they own from things that other races throw away as junk and trash. As the city produces plenty of waste that goblins would love to take and the city is glad to be rid of, any well-organised city is not just a paradise for goblins, but welcomes them with open arms. They save the city a fortune in waste disposal costs.

Problems mainly arise by differing ideas of what counts as "discarded". Goblins are unfairly labelled as thieves, when they are merely opportunistic and optimistic by nature, and will interpret any unclear situation to their own benefit, and will argue "how was I supposed to know that you still wanted it?" over things that looked lovely and were left unattended. And while yoinked items of clothing and other tools are easily returned or financially reimbursed (paying for what they already took is the only use that goblins have for money, which they do not steal), but foodstuff is gone faster than you can blink.

So, the city needed to determine laws for how to define and clearly label when consumable goods are no longer fit to most peoples' consumption, both to help people keep track on how old their groceries are, and also to mark them for goblins. So even though the food that's past the date on it can still be good to eat, it might also be gone by the next time you reach for it.

[unseenphil]

Working on a new RPG project

Because I love writing for an incredibly niche audience. (The niche is me, I'm writing for me.)

[unseenphil]

Dungeon Times is complete and available for download at the link below!

An RPG of fantasy reporting

[shigure]

i'm sorry i never did your tag game. i love you

[kyotospartyart]

I revamped this for Pride month <3

[eledsart]

saint of love that goes away

[avatarmerida]

Happy pride month to the tiny cowboy and tiny Trojan man from Night at the Museum

[futurakid]

[leg-stealing-bee]

[closetedguyy]

[knitordeath]

This hands down the best comment in the notes, I will not be taking criticism.

[song-of-sea-and-sky]

happy pride month 2021 I ain’t quittin’ you…

[msue0027]

[maxstarfall]

[gengaritez]

[pumpkin--rabbit]

[minyicho]

[reimanticism]

she's so awful sexy and pathetic i hope she eats me next

[reimanticism]

she's so awful sexy and pathetic i hope she eats me next

[filibusterfrog]

bugs!

[salmon-n-hazel]

Lotus

My print shop: INPRNT

[questions-about-blorbos]

Reblog if it’s okay for people to inbox you questions, headcanon, theories, anything about your Blorbo

[pierogish]

Exploring

[dyke-parade]

one thing i love about the project hail mary book specifically is how grace's internal narration is constantly talking about how fucking great rocky is. grace literally never shuts up about it. he's obsessed with his buddy. he is 100% certain rocky's the greatest thing since sliced bread. frankly he'd probably say sliced bread has nothing on rocky.

"rocky's a genius" "rocky can build anything" "he's the best engineer on both of our planets" "eridians are all smart but i'm pretty sure he's extra smart even for his species" "he's so modest even though he's so capable" "he picks up ideas so quickly" "he'd never give up" i'm misquoting but just off the top of my head these are ALL examples of grace's endless well of admiration for rocky. grace basically just spends the whole novel making heart-eyes for his rock-spider alien soulmate best friend

[rabbiteclair]

waking up two hours early for my job as a gacha character to put on my three discrete hair ornaments, four layers of clothes, eight-square-inch armor plates affixed to my clothes at random, various ribbons and straps that do nothing but encircle my thighs/upper arms, choker, and multi-layered gloves. however I forget to affix dangling tassles everywhere and am sacked immediately for my carelessness

[mr-deep-downer]

need

[wizardarchetypes]

i love truck stops in winter bc i love a little good old fashioned reconnaissance. i’m at a wyoming truck stop eating taco bell with a bunch of random truckers discussing road conditions like we’re in a high fantasy tavern & inn and we’re warning each other about monsters and highway men. everyone talking about where we’re coming from and going to and how bad it’ll be getting there.

THE tallest man i’ve ever seen in real life just stopped me in the hallway by the coin operated laundry apropos of nothing and asked “which direction are you going?” i said east and he said “good” and walked away.

i caught up with him and asked why and he said “west’s no good right now. i just came from there.”

apparently a truck jackknifed and has traffic backed up ten miles but he sounded for all the world like he just found his village raised to the ground by an evil mage’s army

[rosslynpaladin]

...it's super cool in a 'historian with goosebumps' kind of way that this whole experience is essentially timeless.

As long as we've had ROADS or even game trails this

very scene

has played out in brush shelters, shrines, taverns, inns, post stations, and hotel lobbies.

Humans, out upon the Ways, where danger may be, sharing information because we live when we cooperate and share and we all know it out there.