S.C.O.U.T Unit 36, SQUIP 000000, S.Unit 225

>He hasn't come back for a while now. Please let us concentrate on finding out what is happening. (INBOX: OPEN! 1 Ask)

[twinsfawn]

[bemorecovert]

Hiatus notes

I have recently gotten rid of my drawing pad as it was slowly breaking, and so as soon as I get back on my feet with everything that's been happening lately, I'm going to order a new one and give it a shot.

[bemorecovert]

yes hi hello take all the time u need this blog will still be here if u want to return when u have time 💛

You. You’re cool. I’m gonna try and maybe get a better drawing tablet while I figure myself out, and I’ll get it all up and running as soon as I can.

[bemorecovert]

Another Excuse

Hey guys, so I know it’s been actual months since I’ve updated, and I’m so sorry for dismaying you all with lack of updates. All three of you that interact with my posts. I’m going through a super rough time right now that I’d rather not talk about publicly, I’ve only discussed it with close friends, and it’s been impacting my creativity a lot lately.

[nyanobyte-squip-blog]

[:D You looked so snuggly! I could snuggle cat you all day. Actually no I could just suggle you all day you huge cutie] -Meredith

>!!! dafsdgsdh Merediiiith!!

[vimoradi-deactivated20180806]

no but really, like 

i know that some folks love telling creative people that “you should be doing it for fun because you love it not for the compliments” but creative people thrive on feedback whether it’s critical or just complimentary

so when i write fanfiction and don’t get any actual feedback i feel like i spent all that time and energy doing it for nothing because i’m not getting feedback from the people i wrote it for 

doing something you’re proud of and then presenting it to the sound of utter silence is like the worst feeling on earth 

[prince-vegeta-universe-deactiva]

I know the feeling of this.

[thebestpersonherelovesbucky]

i like to think: what if you were in a play and you spend all that time learning your lines and your cues and going to rehearsal for hours and hours and being bone tired and then getting up on stage opening night and giving it your all only to be met with silence from the audience at the final curtain call. No one would question why that upset them.

[redshoesnblueskies]

An art instructor in my childhood said something to me I’ve never forgotten - that a work of art isn’t complete until it has been experienced - seen, heard, etc.  That this wasn’t just some abstract concept, but a visceral truth for the artist - that the work wasn’t DONE until the end result had been witnessed, appreciated, critiqued - whatever, it didn’t have to be positive negative knowledgable, it just had to happen as the concluding event, the final brush stroke.

Some folks who don’t get it go about thinking we make art or write fic because we crave praise or attention or fans, or even that some writers/artists thrive on negativity and drama (and to be sure, all of these things are true some times!).  But that’s too narrow an understanding of why we art. I think my art teacher was telling a fundamental truth about the psychology of creativity - that art is a communal experience, that until we share our creative work and see how people respond, we do not have closure on that work.  

Art is communication - and communication shouted into the void is frighteningly isolating. We need our readers our viewers our audience. We need to hear what you think. We need to converse in comments, answer your counter thoughts or thoughtful critique, we need the conversation - that’s what art is :)

Never feel bad for desiring feedback - it’s not some extra frill that exists outside of the creative process. It is a critical part of the creative process - and if you cannot find your audience in one venue, don’t give up.  Keep putting your art out there until your audience finds you :)

[learning-computer]

*throws teddy bear @ u* ~🍞

{WHY IS THAT HERE.}

[learning-computer]

{Ä̸̞͖͓́̋̈͋̅͗͑̚ͅl̶̛̻͈͈͕̣̈́̆͛͒̋͗̾̉͋̆͠right, here we go}

{Oh, no. That doesn’t work. Alright, let’s try…}

{Oh! There we go!}

{Alright, then! Asks are open.}

[learning-computer]

What a snazzy jacket, Mx Computer Overlord, how are you?

{Why, thank you, Mx Anon! I’m lovely, thanks for asking!}

[bemorecovert]

Why did it get darker? 🌟

: Well, I- Uh, It has to be something to do with Osa... I think? :

: I just don’t know, ok? I’m a program, I haven’t got the faintest idea how all of tis works”, I- :

> Hey, are you ok?

: ... :

> Hey, come on, you can cry around me. It’s stressful, I know

: ...Mhm... :

> But, I think I’m almost through to him, if that cheers you up?

[ask-a-stray-squip]

[squip-filth-archives]

merm boi merm boi merm boi

[you--have--to--obey]

Obsidian r2?

[you--have--to--obey]

N3 for Nim! -🎧

if you’re wondering, yes! nim did get a little hair style change! and yes that is jins bear

[bemorecovert]

Is it just me or is it continuing to get darker, darker, yet darker over here? Dara, you have administrator permissions, can you turn the lights back on?

> And with the domain, it’s not so simple. See, this place is sort of an abstract representation of Momoko’s mind. You guys haven’t seen it, but her thoughts pop in here from time to time if they’re pressing.

> It also is, techincally, Osasuke himself. I get how weird that is to a non-squip, or non-program, but the fact that it’s darkening without any obvious input and he’s apparently blocking us out makes me think something is... Wrong.

> I’m worried

[ask-a-stray-squip]

The Hacker and the Firewall

“Alright, wake up.”

“Good morning, Lovett. The time is 3:55.”

“Play back memory files.”

“Memory files accessed.”

“This firewall unit is called CAIN. Active for twenty-two hours prior to termination, it completed five hundred and twenty-five missions.”

“Unit functioned as expected. Followed orders without hesitation.

“At 22:55, this unit located a virus in the third quarter’s common domain. Virus retreated. Pursuit was necessary.

“The domain of the virus dismantled this unit’s communications system.”

“This unit was terminated at 23:11. No further recording found.”

>DOWNLOAD COMPLETE<

Lovett frowns at the half-assembled program before her. There’s a familiar headache pulsing in her temples. Closing her eyes to keep it from intensifying, she says aloud “Begin removal of data from CAIN unit.”

>BEGINNING DELETION OF DATA.<

>DATA REMAINING: 99%<

[bemorecovert]

Scout, your hair is so fluffy!! I love it! 🌟

: I... Thank you? I just- I don't think now's really the time. I appreciate the compliment but... You know... :