So Gaze Upon This Wretched Thing

(And know that it is love.) My main is cloudbatcave. I rp on discord too, and my username is chimericmachinations. Just tell me who you are if you want to add me! I'm happy to discuss stuff on there or via tumblr messenger. More info + rules are in my about tab at the top, trolls can be found under the navigation tab.

[cloudbattrolls]

Pinned Post 2: Son of Pinned

CURRENT PLOT: Knights and Rooks

Hi, I'm Cloud! I'm 30, agender (they/them pronouns) and I have a lot of characters. Many of them are trolls, but several are not; however, I am always happy to rp in more canon-strict settings. I might also be up for canon-deviant ones depending on my personal tastes; ask me if you're not sure!

I love a lot of various genres and topics, so my blog content varies wildly. I'm more of a writer than an artist, but I like to draw my own and my friends' characters.

I rarely post opens due to my carpal tunnel and other demands on my time, but I still love discussing characters with folks and am happy to talk about potential interactions even if we've never spoken before. I moderate a fantroll server called Cat Tower that is semi-open.

I tend to post frequently, so if you don't want to follow me but still want to interact, go for it; I'm here to have fun and want other people to as well, and I'm always happy to fill people in on any relevant info.

A few of my favorite fantroll topics include jade caverns, helms, biotechnology, and hemospectrum politics.

mains | sides | other characters | plots | locations | ship sheet | commissions | adopts

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I used to be so embarrassed about my monster characters being in romantic relationships but enough people have kissed my worms by this point that honestly it takes a lot to get to me anymore.

Thrixe has three quads, though he’s probably my least embarrassing monster character with partners. Even Arty has a girlfriend, somehow.

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Glas continues to get the most baffling interactions on Chittr

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#first they get shipped with a troll they’ve barely interacted with#now someone completely out of the blue said they’d smash them on a post that had nothing to do with smash or pass#and there was also a time when two gimmick accounts kept replying to each other on their post

Glas truly is a forever weirdness magnet no matter where they go. It says something that Arty is one of the more rational people they interact with on there.

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Eileit gets involved in a rescue mission thanks to Chittr: this time rescuing cyborg brains from the pink moon using a stolen space ship with the help of two guys.

And Arty, who teleported them all there but then passed out.

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the text is kind of small but basically even though Eileit is cloaked I rolled like ass (even with advantage), so she hit her worst possible enemy, a metal detector, and lost all stealth as it went BEEEEEEEP

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Eileit gets involved in a rescue mission thanks to Chittr: this time rescuing cyborg brains from the pink moon using a stolen space ship with the help of two guys.

And Arty, who teleported them all there but then passed out.

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This whole situation is stupid and you are stupid for being involved. You can’t go around helping every sob story! There are consequences!

…But if Arty can rescue Zem, perhaps it will be worth it. Or maybe someone else will first.

You doubt it though, between the competency of the average Chittr user at stealth operations and the difficulty of getting to a moon.

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Eileit's low empathy not only impacts how she relates to others' feelings but also distorts how she thinks they see her. Why would you care about her much unless she consistently earned it? Even then, you'd revoke it easily if you were displeased. But, that is logical, so why complain?

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Eileit relaxes more if it likes someone but also if it thinks it's figured out what they want and knows what's expected of it/what particular boundaries it has to keep/how it can best be useful to them.

For Rharmy it figures being entertaining, helpful when asked, and an interesting specimen is best. For Raesul it tries to be supportive when she talks since she seems to need that, and tries not to say anything too gross/violent because Raesul is kind and caring. Etc., etc.

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Eileit like oh good, Rharmy likes my silly crude jokes. Now I just have to make sure to stick to what entertains them and never express my own desires or opinions. But that's not too hard, most trolls wouldn't think I had those anyway. Another way being a construct is useful.

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Eileit hearing, saying, or seeing sexual content: doesn’t bat an eye. hardened and devout pervert. might be mildly annoyed or judgmental but for other reasons.

Eileit if you hold her hand or tell her that her weird gross horror stuff is pretty: [blush, brain goes haywire]

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Torvah and Jastes are one of my few ancestor/descendant pairs who get along well, but they do disagree sometimes.

Politely, overall, since Torvah is almost always polite and Jastes doesn't really like to be mad at them, but he finds them a bit too idealistic sometimes (true).

Torvah meanwhile thinks Jastes can be a little reckless sometimes and risk himself too much in his attempts to atone for what he's done (also true).

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Okay now that anything that didn't have graphics is out of the way, time to make a post about this properly

I really really don't want to be opening comms up the way I am but right now with things as they are I don't really have any other options.

Rent is due tomorrow and I have 90$ out of the 800 i need just for that, and I need 50$ to pay my phone bill so I can continue my job search unimpeded.

I was at least able to pay my storage unit, so I'm not at immediate risk of losing all my belongings on top of everything else, but I'd really rather not lose the place I only recently secured, and just barely at that. But I don't really have it in me to keep busting out designs that are 50/50 on whether they can move or not (which is a statement without judgement, it's just a reality of making adopts), especially not now so.

My only real choice left is to reopen comms and exclusively focus on those for the month of August?

I've reopened slots for everything except for Adopt sprite edits, just cuz I also don't have it in me to reformat that particular commissions form right now.

I do also want to emphasize that while I'll be focusing exclusively on commissions in August, I will be handling the majority of commissions already in the queue first and foremost

Linked everything that i've reopened below, as well a discount code for any adopts tagged clearout

SKETCH COMMISSIONS - POST - busts x10 slots, halfbodies x5 slots, fullbodies x3 slots

SKETCH SPRITE COMMISSIONS - POST - KO-FI LINK - x6

GRAB BAG COMMISSIONS - POST - KO-FI LINK - x5 slots

TINIES CUSTOMS - POST - blind customs x8 slots, full customs x10 slots

MESSY SKETCH ICONS - POST - KO-FI LINK - x5 slots

20% OFF CLEAROUT ADOPTS

[indig0trolls]

i just remembered this post exists with actual visuals of what kind of comms i offer so re reblogging it now and adding the appropriate up to date "hey I'm homeless, things are on the turnaround but i gotta make ends meet until i get my first paycheck"

right now just trying to cover my stay somewhere for tonight and tomorrow since my first day is tomorrow and I'd like to be somewhat rested

[indig0trolls]

60$ shy of extending so I don't have to drag my shit around before work!!!

[indig0trolls]

OKAY HI! It's been a minute since I've been kinda busy working my job job and trying to get things done on the sidelines so I've not been keeping up, especially since Dami was kind enough to let me crash with him while he dogsits

BUT! This should be the last push goal for a long, long time. I'll be able to close my commissions as soon as all of this is met (and a third of it will be taken care of by my upcoming paycheck! yippee!) So the remainder needed is roughly 1625$ in total. (woof!)

Some of these are things I can hold off on for a bit (up to a week i think?), but around 450$ of it is needed ASAP to cover the things I need to get into my new home. I have a set of adopts about halfway done but that doesn't do much for me at this particular moment in time 😬😥 So we're boosting these again!

Also, I may be opening messy outfit customs on their own here in a bit as well instead of having them be YCHs. They'll be closed at the same time as everything else!

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Okay! Added the Messy Outfit customs! complete with their own form

[cloudbattrolls]

Eileit’s next cosplay is GLaDOS and that’s the one I’m going to focus on but I think they’d also totally cosplay Japhet from OFF too in the future. For aesthetic and thematic reasons, same as Integra and GLaDOS.

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It may be pride month but is Eileit willing to discuss her crushes never.

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Eileit has one Fun Trick that might make for a good art piece because it’s unlikely she’d do it in front of anyone in rp.

[goddesstrolls]

its just like he said... its (plague)birdin' time

available on my shop for $30 each!

[cloudbattrolls]

I’m working, I say, as I draw an ancestor