Luffy with dark sapphire blue eyes thanks to @straws-and-sunflowers
That just completely altered my brain chemistry forever
A whole new level of cuteness to Law and Luffy looking at the stars and Luffy asking "aren't the stars beautiful?" And the cliche of Law saying yes but he's looking at Luffy
Just Law gazing into Luffy's eyes and the stars reflected on them, he's left breathless and that's the only way he ever wants to see the stars again
And the first time Law realizes Luffy's eyes are actually blue <33
They're just on the Sunny, nothing particular going on. It's a calm day and there's a cool breeze, Luffy's hat is hanging off his neck and he's enjoying the sun on his face
Law is sat next to him on the ground, Luffy refuses to sit on the chairs like a normal person and has managed to convince (force) Law to sit with him. Laws reading and occasionally glancing over at Luffy, it's peaceful
It isn't like Luffy to sit still for so long and Law is enjoying being able to just admire Luffy. He glances up once and notices faint freckles dusting across his cheeks and nose. He glances twice and just appreciates the curve of his lips, bitten and red and so tempting. He glances a third time and the sun glints off of luffys eyes just so, revealing a beautiful blue
Law has to do a double take, since when are Luffy's eyes blue?
He drops his books and climbs over Luffy, he grabs Luffy's face and tilts it up as he watches the light reflect on his eyes
• eat dark chocolate and blueberries and walnuts and salmon and other foods high in antioxidants!!
• play little brain games on your phone; I like wordconenct! anything that makes you think!
• read books. It’s simple but necessary. Even better - join a book club, or read with a friend, so you can have discussions after. This will improve your reading comprehension.
• do puzzles - it doesnt have to be sudoku, I love playing Beat Saber on the Oculus Rift because it makes my brain have to match colorful patterns to physical movements very quickly!
• learn a new dance - even a tik tok trendy dance. Learning new dance moves are proven to strengthen synapses!!
• go bird watching, or foraging, or anything outdoors that requires you to explore pattern recognition and visual searching
• watch a movie with the intent of analysis - this is best done with a cinephile friend!! talk about tropes and symbolism and character growth
• cross stitch, or sew, or do anything that requires matching nimble hand movements to patterns
• play or learn an instrument!
• develop a consistent sleep schedule (or as close to consistent as you can get!)
• when eating, try to identify the ingredients and flavors you’re perceiving!
I like how this went from me feeling like “hm why is this attacking me 🤨” at first, but feeling grateful seeing an added guide on a genuine expansion on a “ how to” work out the brain. This genuinely helps a bunch. People find solace in doing activities that get them through life by doing said activities of phone/tv or if that’s all they’ve ever known in their life to get them through things + etc tho. However, this was very impt to point out. Slowly beginning incorporating things to work the brain in ones own time.
Fixed error where punching Godey sometimes leads to a blank screen. Please continue to punch Godey.
You now have to have seen the mouse before you can tell Astarion about the mouse.
Clerics and paladins can now pray for help before resting. It does about as much as one might expect.
Fixed error where poking the Nightmare sometimes locks you out of resting. There was some poetry to that, but it also made the game impossible to continue.
Fixed Malarthi's extremely strange startup error. I think.
Non-rogues can now figure out how the tomb door opens and oil its hinges.
If you have Speech 3 or higher, you can now say a special, elf-specific greeting on day 161.
Astarion will now sometimes criticize your grammar.
Replaced the necklace with a burial shroud for Act 2 reasons.
You can now ask Astarion about the skeleton in the hallway.
Color coded the companions. I am accepting feedback on this. Feel free to argue with me about my choices about anyone except for Gale.
Added a custom response for the name 'Andar.'
You can now attempt to be Drizzt.
New feat: Vampire Enrichment
Added Options menu with Accessibility options to adjust Font Size and enter Color Blind mode.
Made the text in 'Practice Existing' more comprehensible.
Adjusted how the game displays on phones to make things more accessible and readable.
Adjusted how the game displays so that when you are inside the sarcophagus the text will now always be trapped within the bounds of the sarcophagus frame, no matter how much you resize the screen.
Minor typo fixes.
Please let me know if any of these fixes caused new errors!
Fixed error where you can be trapped eternally talking about the teddy bear. That's a different nightmare.
Druids with high Speech can now purr.
Added a different sound effect that plays when you achieve one of the 'Dark' feats.
Fixed error with Gale's spells in the Campsite Intermission. Gale Approves.
Astarion having access to water or Clive now has a more significant effect on his health.
Astarion will now pause to examine all the mysteriously appearing things he finds in the tomb. This may interfere with him getting projects done, but he doesn't know there's a time limit so really can't be blamed.
Made preloading images actually work.
Astarion will now respond in interesting ways if you:
Give him the knife immediately after the ooze attack.
Give him the knife after the ghost attack.
Ask how he is after he successfully drinks blood.
Ask how he is after the ghost attack.
Added new feats:
Irritate the Bastellus
Wyllstarion
Renovated a hallway in the Szarr Palace dungeon. It now has new wall-spikes that you can break to annoy Godey. This replaces the door-latches that you used to be able to unfasten to annoy Godey. These have been removed as they created the mistaken impression that escape was possible, which is against Szarr Palace policy.
Adjusted the description of the stone door to make it extra-super-clear that escape is impossible and that all your efforts are hopeless.
Fixed the sound effect that plays when your friends help you escape.
Astarion has been haunted by distant, maddening song every night. Here in the tunnels of the Underdark, he will find the source, even if it brings him to the brink.
7 pages, you can also read on my site starting here.
Stay tuned for the follow up scene!
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I'd been sitting on the idea and visual for this scene for so long and I think it ended up being one of the most difficult to draw and write but I'm so pleased with it. Huge thanks to @satanicspinosaurus for helping to get Astarion's end rant suitably ranty.
This scene is a callback/progression to the end of Stealing Hearts, Astarion's just not been reacting well to overhearing Aldiirn's nighttime tooting. Maybe we'll find out why. 👀
Aldiirn can take up the entire long rest with seminars. Don't test him, because he will make sure everyone knows it's your fault they're having to sit for another Galepoint.
14 pages, all in one post! A bard and rogue make for a smooth heist team but have a rocky romantic start due to both being idiots who can't say no. I started this scene in December when thinking about how the Astarion romance would have kicked off for my demisexual tav, Aldiirn, and how a long rest queue surprise fit in.
Rest of the scene under the cut! The daytime pages have also been updated for a better texture so they're not dark like the OG posts.
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