TheDerek

I'm an Essential NPC

[tilts-at-windmills]

SeraLute/Puresword fic!

Hey so I decided Charlie's Exorcists wasn't enough of a rarepair so I started another project for SeraLute. Also it lets me vent my hummingbird exorcists AU somewhere without having to rewrite 100k words of my main fic.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81022336/chapters/212892346

Featuring fallen Sera, fallen Lute, Sera being the physical manifestation of catholic guilt and self-loathing, Lute wearing a hi-viz vest in Pentagram City, and so much less murder and bloodshed than Die by the Blade.

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[derek-the-npc]

Post episode 5 thoughts

I'm up late and my thoughts turned back to the newest digital circus episode I have random theories I must spout.

1. I reaffirm that Caine is not a malevolent AI, he's just not human and his ability to comprehend humans is limited. He is not getting angry at Zooble, plotting their demise, or even trying to stop people from leaving. His existence is to entertain the guests, that's what he does... But him not being very good at it and his programming might actually have limitations keeping him from making certain changes, which leaves him frustrated and explains his recent behavior.

1.b. he isn't trying to keep people from leaving, he doesn't understand what leaving means. He made an 'exit' because he thought it was what they wanted but he couldn't figure out how to finish it.

2. The Digital Circus is being monitored and studied. It likely exists as an attempt at extended life/immortality through digitization of consciousness and the effects on the human psyche. Ragatha might have hit the nail on the head by accident or revealed hidden knowledge as when told by her evil counterpart that she would die one day, she responds 'we can't actually die, that's like the whole point'. This explains why most adventures are designed to induce stress and high emotional states as it's to test what the human mind can handle. The simple art style is also to save cost and processing power as this is the beta version.

3. The Digital Circus is designed to be a trap and a prison. I believe many of the original circus members were a mix of volunteer game testers and people working on the project the company in charge wanted silenced. Kinger mentioned working on computer science, he could have been a tech on the project, with him and his wife being disappeared likely due to some disagreement or inconvenient question. Ragatha mentioned working in real estate, she likely sold the building that the digital circus computer is being housed in and she was tricked into it to hide paper trails. Due to the fact that human minds tend to fail and abstract, new people are lured to the circus though various means and trickery. Pomni mentioned urban exploring, YouTube uploading and 'he just wants me to suffer' I think a regular commenter on her videos suggested the building so she'd explore it.

4. The computer and headset we see in the exit/Pomni's memories isn't the actual digital circus. It's too advanced even running on simple graphics. It's likely just a trap, the game is designed to look childish and intriguing and the headset likely either zaps you or uses some light flashing nonsense to knock you out, then a waiting crew pick you up and relocates you to a facility with the actual server banks required to run the circus/Caine, with the human mind either being scanned and uploaded & body disposed or the body is put in stasis with the head hooked up to the computer

[thepineapplepanda]

Jellybox (@jellybox.bsky.social)

Let's use the addictive screens for GOOD! Support the Umbert Actually kickstarter to introduce educational cartoons into the feed! https://

[xekstrin]

No Trump, no kkk, no fascist USA!

[super-ion]

Concept: cursed blade rehabilitation center. Destroying a sentient weapon is expensive and highly unethical, so adventurers bring them to the center where highly trained staff can care for them and eventually find them forever homes. It turns out most cursed weapons are products of trauma and are not strictly evil themselves. Some blades turn out to be fiercely protective companions. Others don't even want to be weapons at all, finding joy in simple work like blacksmithing or farming. Most blades just need to be loved.

[super-ion]

A pack of bandits descend upon a seemingly undefended town. But the blacksmith's hammer, the farmer's scythe, the woodsman's axe, they have not forgotten what they once were, and they *will* defend the town that they have come to love.

[super-ion]

This sweet girl has been with us for seven seasons. She was forged in the heart of a volcano and would be ideal for anyone with a preexisting fire affinity (she's a cuddler and is guaranteed to keep you warm in winter). She still loves burning, but it turns out you can only reduce the world to ash once. She would be perfectly suited for forest management that regularly requires controlled burns.

[super-ion]

This weary old soul has grown tired of bloodshed and would much rather spend his days as an ominous decoration in a tavern or common room, a perfect fit for an adventurer looking to leave their dungeon crawling days behind. He likes peoplewatching with his single glowing eye, preferably from high, prominent locations with views of entrances and exits.

[heron-knight]

Dark king Grütmore’s edge of annihilation consumed 10,000 souls in the first era, and as it turns out, statistically a lot of those souls heard stories that never got written down. It works in a library now.

The throngler, however, is just irrevocably fucked up. We put it in a stone in a forest and hoped nobody ever finds it

[whumpster-fire]

Fuck you, City of Ur!

If you're dumb enough to buy a cartload of copper this weekend, you're a big enough schmuck to come to Ea-Nasir's Imported Metals!

Bad deals! Low grade copper! Thieves!

If you think you're gonna find a bargain at Ea-Nasir's, you can kiss my ass!

It's our belief that you're such a stupid motherfucker you'll fall for this bullshit! Guaranteed!

If you find a better deal, shove it up your ugly ass! You heard us right, shove it up your ugly ass!

Bring your deposit, bring your sealed tablet, bring your messenger! We'll send him back!

That's right, we'll send your messenger back through enemy territory!Because at Ea-Nasir's, you're fucked six ways from Sunday!

Take a hike to Ea-Nasir's, home of challenge pissing! That's right, challenge pissing!

How does it work? If you can piss six feet in the air straight up and not get wet, you get no down payment!

Don't wait, don't delay, don't fuck with us, or we'll turn you into a eunuch!

Only at Ea-Nasir's, the only merchant that tells you to fuck off!

Hurry up, asshole! This event ends the minute after you make a donation to the palace, and it better not bounce or you're a dead motherfucker!

Go to hell! Ea-Nasir's Metals: Sumer's filthiest, and exclusive home of the meanest sons of bitches in Mesopotamia! Guaranteed!

[xanaxfarts]

keep up the good work you guys inshallah the stress gets to be too much :)

[xanaxfarts]

[were--ralph]

do you want to kill Elon Musk

Yes i want to do it PERSONALLY

I dont want to do it myself but i hope someone else does it

No

Voting ended onMar 9, 2025

[thememedaddy]

[paradoxial-cunt]

[bog-goblin]

[bog-goblin]

[i-am-a-fish]

[galionne-vibin]

Spin this wheel to get a word and this wheel to get an animal. Congrats, this is now your new MGS codename.

Do you like it?

It's great! I love it!

I like it!

It's okay I guess

Uh...

The codename guy hates me

Voting ended onFeb 22, 2025

Reblog with your codename btw I'm curious-

(I'm Acid Cobra)

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[cina-full-moon-xanadium]

ULTIMATE CATHOLIC TECHNIQUE

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[cheeso]

The problem with tumblr

i am being pursued by a mysterious sphinx

[ask-vonbelfry]

… wat

[cheeso]

im being followed by a huge flying sphinx constantly

[kristina100000]

really need someone to slonk my shit rn stupid style

[spacecaptainglow]

This post resurrected the word Slonk

[flyin-shark]

I feel cheated. no one on Reddit told me that tumblr is a serotonin factory. Keep liking and reblogging my posts please thanks

[felixcloud6288]

Just don't fly too close to the sun.

[flyin-shark]

Throw me to the sun and I’ll get it pregnant

[strangehorse]

he understands the website your honour

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