"Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone." 30 year old dude, he/him/his [terfs, antisemites, and other pathetically cruel people with no critical thinking skills are not welcome]
My fiance and I are losing our housing at the end of the month, I have an oncology appointment tomorrow, and I have a surgery consult on the 21st. We are applying for aid, but getting housed, and getting surgery are massive concerns. Essentially, we are in a very precarious situation where we need a lot of help quickly to stay housed and as healthy as possible.
Dm me for more proof, but here is my appointment reminder for my cancer appt with the sensitive info cut out.
I swear to fucking god. I would claw out OneDrive from my computer if I could. I would burn down their servers if I could. I would run down their stocks to the ground if I could. I hope every single one of their workers gets a better offer from a competitor in the next 24 hours. I hope every single one of their light bulbs explodes at the same time. I hope every single carton of milk in their fridge will always be expired.
Stop backing up my fucking files.
Stop asking me to back up my fucking files.
Stop taking my fucking files off my fucking computer.
I don't want a fucking reminder in three fucking days. Let me fucking say no.
To keep things short, I'm going through a cancer scare, PET scan Aug 6th to get definitive answers, and my partner and I have surgeries coming up, and we are also needing to relocate within the next month.
We need to make massive progress on a goal we have seen nearly no progress on in months. This is an emergency and could easily become life or death (in various ways!), considering the situation. Appointment reminder sheet from the cancer center below as proof but dm for further info.
$240 has been recieved since this was posted. My PET scan is tomorrow, which i found out yesterday. I need to eat high protein, loe carb foods, and we have mostly carbs at home, so I will have to get food today. My next oncology appt is om the 17th, as seen in the above printout from their office. (DM me if you wanna see some of the unredacted paperwork as proof the whole cancer thing)
I have a surgery consult on the 21st and need to cover some necessities for surgery and we still may end up needing to cover 1st months rent and a deposit. We are applying for apartment and for all the assistance we can get, but any assistance is likely to come in after we aim to get housed.
I knoe this has a lot of notes, but we need a lot of help quickly to get through everytjing going on rn.
it turns out i really enjoy making educational posts about the comics making process and ways of thinking. here's another one featuring characters from my graphic novel in a very anachronistic art museum.
star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home
unfortunately, several admirals will be called into rule on whether you can be permitted to stay here without screwing up the timestream, and if after their deliberations they decide to grant you political asylum then unfortunately you will die in a tragic accident in the last three minutes of the episode.
Two massive Brahmastroth attempt to ballistically fertilize each other, one succeeding in striking the reactive spore bloat of the other, while the other demolishes one of the symbiotic spy drones of it's impregnator.
Brahmastroth are some of the tallest bipedal Trochilimorphs on Heliconia, stomping across Verdigris Rainforest on legs evolved from ancestral treads.
At such a size their body demands massive swaths of resources, so they spend much of their lifespan consuming entire Ancile structures for both nectar and metal. The copper of Branching Cup Ancile "trees" are especially devoured by the Brahmastroth to construct their copper sheathed fur, using their unfolding tongues located at the belly to saw and pull the material inside.
The copper lined hairs of their bodies are the Brahmastroth's primary defense against small predators and parasites. Each hair has an "eye" that carefully tracks the distance of every approaching object. If something gets too close, a segment of the hair will detonate to kill or ward potential threats, leaving another segment to grow and replace the exploded bit.
If a creature makes it past the hair, the static electricity that dances between hairs will likely fry it.
The only creatures allowed to contact the skin of a Brahmastroth are their symbiotic partners: Glassoid Ravns. A bio-internet connection between the two animals allows the Ravns to constantly share visual data with the Brahmastroth, giving them a far greater spectrum of data then their own limited vision ever could. In return for assisting the targeting of rivals and threats or new feeding zones, the Brahmastroth offers it's own nectar-rich blood to the Ravns.
Foreign Glassoid Ravns are usually killed by already partnered Brahmastroth in case of blood thievery or potential spying by rivals, so their glassy transparency reduces the risk of obliteration.
The most infamous trait of Brahmastroths is their magnetically accelerated canon, appearing like a long thin beak protruding from their small head of eyes. Every eye on it's head is dedicated to aiming the canon as accurately as possible, thus the need for spy Ravns , a 360° rotating head, and sensory hairs to make up for the massive blind spots.
Rounds for the canon are gestated from metals harvested from Ancile consumption, while the power is generated through electrogenesis organs that line from the pelvis to the cranium above, it's charge causing the hairs to rise as the energy and round travels up.
Muscles and magnetic rails within the cranium prepare and store energy for a powerful release of the round, building intense heat that requires venting from large gill-like structures on that back.
Once fired, the Brahmastroth's shot is unmatched in accuracy and devastation among organo-ballistics on Heliconia, able to hit significantly tinier animals with little error and destroy creature's tougher than itself.
In the fertility season ready Brahmastroths go through two changes:
1. Areas of their neck bloat with infertile "spores".
2. Gestated rounds change into fertile ballistics.
In full "musth", these eager Brahmastrohs defy their normally solitary existence to actively seek rivals. Though eager to shoot their rivals, few Brahmastroth are eager to be shot due to the energy cost of sporing and the risk of death, especially if multiple Brahmastroths are firing, so being the first to see and shoot their mate is ideal. This also may be a form of natural selection, promoting the best shots to successfully breed.
Upon ballistic fertilization, the spore bloat explodes into a mass of yolk-yellow blood and reproductive material, spreading across the landscape as it fertilizes. The majority of these spores will be consumed by various organisms, with the Branching-Cup Ancile blooming to swallow as much as they can.
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