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brawltogethernow

#it’s so obvious they named it based on how we inconvenience them rather than what it actually does to us

There it the fuck is.

hey-look-a-squirrel

That last comment though like dang

explorationsinlove

Dr. Russell Barkley calls it Executive Function Defecit Disorder (EFDD). He has videos on YouTube and books on his site.

captain-snark

ESPECIALLY, when people don’t understand that sometimes “hyperactivity” can be internal and not external. Little Timmy may be bouncing off the walls but Erica hasn’t had a quiet moment in her brain since birth. But she is quiet and smart and isn’t really a bother. Hmmm….

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For the Brazilliance! (Via)

(Only-here-for-WoW)

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Party in the Dark | Mogwai

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Zin’Vik commission for @discipleofhethiss

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The Lord of the Hunt (Finale)

The race extended for almost an hour, with the troll behind his target. Not just resistance, but also speed was necessary for this. Two things Zulghen had plenty, but maybe not enough to beat Isithunzi. The way the panther flowed through the trees and branches like water, its knowledge of the environment and terrain, were all remarkable, and caused Zulg to wonder how smart it truly was.

The sound of thunder echoed inside the island, causing the once dark night to receive flashes of pale light. Shango was watching this challenge, he thought to himself, adding both thunder and rain to it. Legba was also present, but not only as a watcher, for without his blessing, beating Isithunzi in this race would be impossible.

Drops of water hit Zulghen’s body and clouded his vision of his opponent, but he trusted his instincts. With a quick acceleration of his pace, the troll saw himself running side by side with Isithunzi, but its fiery stare was not given to him. Instead, the beast focused on the race, and so did the troll.

However, something odd happened. Zulghen lost all sense of time. Had he been running for two minutes? Maybe a whole day? He couldn’t tell. It felt like he had just started, but at the same time as if he had been there forever. As his feet touched the ground, he could feel the land breathing. The trees falling. Whenever he climbed a tree, its existence struck him like lightning. It all amazed the troll, and to his surprise, Isithunzi felt the same. That’s why Legba showed this beast to him.

There was no more aggression, no more competition. In that moment, running through their home, the two beings connected and became eternally one. To run without direction was to be free, for both of them, and that’s why they bonded so strongly. Their shared love for freedom showed Zulghen how a part of him lived in that panther, and how there would be no need of conquest, but only of consolidation of the friendship. A friendship born in a timeless moment, in which the two felt their rebellious spirits dancing.

The race halted as they reached an open area. Far wider than any he had seen in the days spent on that island. They stood in front of each other, their gazes met, and their hushed breathing seemed to come in sync.

Zulghen lowered his head without a second thought, kneeling down and putting his hand forward, facing the sky. The next few seconds were not of doubt or fear, for he knew what him and the beast had shared. A glowing paw was placed above the troll’s hand, and as his eyes were raised, he found the panther’s head lowered, saluting him. The rain bathed both of them, but soon only one would remain, as Isithunzi, out of her own choice, entered the totem resting on Zulghen’s waist with her essence. It was not a prison for her, but a hunting ground she accepted as home.

The shadow hunter’s quest was complete.

#Zulghen #shadowtusk clan #shadow hunter

Lord of the Hunt (#3)

The trees moved. The sound of something being dragged through leaves. A blurry vision was all Zulghen had. No movement possible for his arms, and he felt like something was pulling his legs. Slowly, his senses went back to normal, and a more clear version of the situation came to him. He was being dragged by an orc woman, with his hands and feet tied. The appearance of his captor was fairly common, except for her bald head and eyepatch. Her dark green skin mixed with the trees and leaves, making it even harder for Zulghen to figure out what he was up against.

The woman struggled to carry him, letting out grunts and huffs as she went through the bushes and short trees. He saw his fel glaive on her back, as well as his throwing knives around her arm, as if they were her own now. How arrogant.

He didn’t have much of a choice except for to scare her, to show who she was dealing with. He was a shadow hunter, after all! A feared foe! He called for Shango’s aid, summoning an uncontrolled storm around his arms that quickly called for the orc’s attention. She let go of her captive troll, turning around and drawing a sword pointed towards him.

“What...So you’re one of those?! That explains how you were able to take down Chika!” She yelled in a typical orcish voice. Loud and annoying.

The lightning was released, causing the rope to light on fire, weakening it enough for the troll to spread his arms and be freed. He quickly used his tusks to cut the rope around his ankles and stand up, cleaning himself and not giving the woman even a single look with his casual mocking air.

“What a foccin’ mess. Mah shit be all dirteh now…”

She enraged, charging at Zulghen with her sword back, trying to swing it openly towards his neck, failing miserably as the shadow hunter stepped forward and grabbed her by the arm, throwing the orc to the opposite side of the direction of her charge. She hit a fallen log, letting go of her sword as the troll appeared to be standing still.

As she reached for her weapon, a blue foot stomped her hand against the ground, and as she looked up to meet his crimson gaze, a punch was thrown to her chin. It stunned her enough for Zulghen to loot his glaive and knives from her, equipping himself fully now. She spoke out when recovered from the blow.

“ARGH! Come here, you fucker! ‘M gonna kick your ass so hard that you will never be able to fuck your wooden pole again, MOTHERFUCKER!”

Zulghen simply stared her down, quiet. Should he kill her or...Oh wait, she was crying? That halted his judgment for a minute, trying to see if those were -real- tears.

“You...you killed her...Chika...YOU MONSTER! ARGH, COME HERE!”

She threw herself at him without a plan, allowing the troll to just step out of the way and let her trip alone.

“AAAAAAARGH! SHE...She was my only friend...She understood me. AND YOU’VE KILLED HER! You’ve taken her from me…”

She didn’t even stood up, she only stayed on the ground, crying desperately. Zulghen was completely indifferent to her whining. He cared little for the orc or her gorilla, and just wanted to find his prey.

“Why did ya not kill me when I was out? Sounds like ya los’ a big chance tah stay alive.” He said in a harsh tone while crossing his arms

“I...” She continued to cry, sniffing her nose as well. “Wanted to kill in a more painful way. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT YOU DESERVE, FUCKING RA-”

“Stop yellin’, for Loa’s sake. We in the middle o’ a jungle. All the predators now where we are now an’...Wait. Why the focc’ am I talkin’ tah ya?” He pondered for a moment before shrugging it off and walking away.

“NO. YOU WILL PA-”

The orc’s line was cut by a bitter sound. Her head was now engulfed by none other than Isithunzi’s maw. She was now united with Chika in the afterlife, for in this plane, her corpse faced the ground as if it was nothing. The troll jumped back, staring at the scene with wide eyes. Such an attack meant that this beast was more than just a target. It was an opponent.

Isithunzi turned its head towards Zulghen, staring him down with a pair of glowing orange eyes that gave him an unnatural sensation, as if his spirit was being judged. The two started to walk to opposite sides, forming a circle in the little open space that jungle provided. Isithunzi was a veteran hunter, and dealt the first blow. A pounce towards the troll neck could be enough to finish the fight, but Zulg was also a seasoned warrior. He brought up his fel glaive with the middle handle between his head and its claws, throwing the beast towards his back as the weapon connected. A strong willed animal like that wouldn’t give up so easily, and soon a mangle was attempted by Isithunzi at the shadow hunter’s arm, which successfully landed, giving Zulghen’s arm blood painting. However, that was the perfect opportunity for him, and as the panther opened its guard with the strike, he managed to slice through the front of its maw, causing no blood to drip, but a loud, unnatural roar from his opponent.

The attacks were halted. A burning stare was fired towards the troll, as well as teeth baring. Almost as if challenging him and taking the lead, Isithunzi sprinted into the jungle, giving Zulghen a primal, uncontrollable need, to follow it.

The game had begun.

#Zulghen #shadowtusk clan #shadow hunter #stranglethorn

Lord of the Hunt (#2)

By the time that the sun kissed the top of the island’s trees, Zulghen had already ventured into the maws of the jungle. Fel Glaive in hands and a pair of watchful eyes moved through the dense foliage as if he knew the place since he was a child, using the branches of the trees to possess the high ground.

He was wearing a set of loose pants and a piece of cloth to cover his chest, as well as his regular equipment: throwing knives, vials, bow and arrows. His dreadlocks mixed with the general color of the flora, giving him some kind of camouflage from the predators above.

Several sounds could be heard, such as the drops of water from rains passed or the singing of birds. It felt like home for the shadow hunter, no matter how many dangers lurked right underneath his feet or inches away from his neck, it was a place no one could bother or judge him.

The troll was nearly carried away by his liking of the environment, taking a moment to return his focus to the main task given by the loa. Not even an hour after, Zulg managed to find a cave, with a small body of water in front of its entrance. Moss hid the stone, while all sorts of vines fell down, creating a door to what it seemed like a good start to his hunt.

With caution and tranquility, he lifted the vines, revealing an empty lair. Several bones were lying around, as well as a not too old pool of blood, running towards a lower section of said cave. The owner of that place was not too far, and Zulghen felt the need to go after it, filled with confidence that this would be a good start. After several minutes of tracking and scouting, the prey was on the troll’s sight. An adult tiger, calmly drinking from a pond of fresh water. Zulg was irritated for wasting hours on an useless prey. Frustrated, he retreated, staring the tiger down to avoid an ambush from behind.

But that’s what exactly happened when the shadow hunter touched something.

Without a moment to think, a massive black arm hit Zulghen from the side, sending him flying towards a hulking tree that was indifferent to the troll cannon ball. He was completely dizzy for a while, regaining his momentum right before another blow was aimed at him from the sky. With a quick jump back and limping to the side, his enemy missed the strike, but charged furiously at him. It was a gorilla, carrying a tone of fur of the night itself. Zulg couldn’t tell if it was male or female, all he could tell was that it was angry.

But the shadow hunter was no novice when it came to fighting. He called upon Legba’s blessing, giving him the feeling that his body weighted nothing, and movement felt like flowing water. His connection was so strong due to his focus that in mere seconds, he managed to run about 10 feet, grab his polearm and run towards the meeting with the gorilla, swinging his blade horizontally at its face. Unfortunately, this beast was also no novice. It dodged the attack and striked again, this time with both fists being thrown to the heavens before brought down at the shadow hunter. It was Zulg’s chance to use everything he had learned from fighting meatheads. A quick dive to the side and a window was opened, allowing one of the ends of his weapon to be buried deep beneath the thick skin of the beast. A roar of pain was given by the gorilla as it failed to strike the troll again.

Zulghen rose as his enemy fell. A good fight, that gave Zulghen more than just satisfaction for winning, but also a grave wound to his side. There was definitely something broken in there, and it needed to be taken care soon. He pulled his weapon from the carcass, placing it on his back. A long sigh was taken before he stepped north, moving to-

Out of nowhere, a coconut hit Zulghen’s head, making him pass out without a chance to act. As he lost his consciousness, weird sounds could be heard, as well as quick steps…

#Zulghen #shadowtusk clan #shadow hunter

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The Lord of the Hunt (#1)

As Zulghen skipped over fallen logs, climbed the towering trees and sprinted across the mountains, a name was whispered in his ear. Isithunzi. The name of the spirit panther he was after. He remembered old hunter stories from Booty Bay, about an animal which existence goes beyond the physical plane, “it hunts not only with claws, but with soul”. Such power came from this creature, that not even Hemet Nesingwary would dare to track it down. However, Zulghen never cared about dwarves, and never believed in goblin’s tales. He knew that it was no common beast, but he also knew he was not fighting an entity.

He reached the shore, excited about his task. Legba taught him well...no regrets, living in the moment... the shatterspear was always after a good challenge, especially if it involved hunting. He pushed the canoe into the sea, reaching the island on the south end of Stranglethorn after about ten minutes. The jungle was dense here, you could see only a few feet in front of you before foliage covered the way. This was going to be even harder than expected, he thought to himself without letting his confident smile fade. The sun was just setting when he prepared his campfire, sleep would be scarce that night, despite the task the next day held.

Amidst the night’s silence, Zulghen could hear faint growls coming from inland. Something stirring in the leaves, watchful eyes glancing at the shadow hunter. Of course, his guard was up, but nothing more than that. He prepared both his mind and body to what was to come, sharpening his fel glaive and praying to the six outloud. The next day would not be quiet, and blood, lots of blood, would be taken. He only expected it was not his own.

#Zulghen #shadowtusk clan #shadow hunter #stranglethorn

sunstone-wra

Sunstone Co. is looking for able bodied recruits!

You walk through the streets of Ratchet and see a rather tall stocky older female tauren speaking rather friendly with both members of the Alliance and Horde alike. Her deep feminine voice switches almost seamlessly between Orcish and Common as she speaks appropriately to those around her.

“Well met brothers and sisters. If you need goods protected or bandits taken care of, look no further than the honorable warriors of Sunstone Company. Or if you are looking for work with good pay with only the goal to make Azeroth a little safer, no matter what color flag they fly. Speak with me.”

“We have candy canes!” A stout dark tauren says next to her. Bear pauses and looks at him “Hutane…” She face palms and sighs.

OOC

What is Sunstone Co?

Sunstone Co is just starting out with plans to be a medium-rp guild with an IC NEUTRAL company of able bodied men and women taking on jobs to benefit the community. As a group we will travel to various out posts taking on jobs were they come, all with a Chaotic Good alignment. Mercenaries with a conscience, if you will. We’ll kill bandits, monsters, protect trade caravans and even seek out treasure if it suits us.

Why are you neutral?

Honestly, cross faction rp is my jam and I’d love to find like minded people looking for a roleplay guild that is open to that. Interestingly this concept was in the process way before I knew BfA was going to be our next expansion. So I can expect in the upcoming expansion Bear’s company might be labeled traitors. I plan to be working with Ogrimskar and his band of mercs The Brotherhood of Valor on Alliance as allies. I hope to gain more allies in the future however!

What will events be like?

Our campaigns will be all open world. We will spend time traveling to destinations, taking up contracts there or along the way. We’ll even venture in dungeons or old ruins to fund our company. If you look at the Magical Mercantile guild page you’ll see how I dm events. They will most likely be evening events starting with one major event each week and casual social events through out the week.

Are you… part of the Horde?

Yes and no. Your boss, Skamato ‘Bear’ Sunstone has fought many years in the Horde army and she would never betray them. But she also has spent many of those years working under the Argent Crusade. Who fight for Azeroth, not blue or red. She is vehemently against Sylvanas and believes the pointless fighting only weakens the races. The Sunwalker has always fought for the people, not a banner.

How strict are you on Lore?

You know, lore is malleable. As long as your character makes sense in the universe that is world of warcraft, who am I to police you? I myself, even playing for 11 years, don’t know every piece of lore. Now if you roll up with a cyborg from space or some kid that got teleported here from Kansas… eh… I’m sorry, this isn’t the guild for you. New role players and all races are welcome! I’m willing to teach what lore I know and give guidance if it’s wanted.

If you are interested contact me here or in-game on Skamato, Raziax or Dÿzz (alt+152). You can also speak to my officers Hutane, Taurenname (Aka Akala) or Zolzhin.

We might be just starting out but I have experience as a fair dm/gm and big plans!

@wraconnect and anyone else wishing to help a moo out and reblog!

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I’ve reached a 1000 followers today – something I still can’t fully believe, and I want to thank you all so much for watching/supporting me <3.

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(and depending on the amount of likes/reblogs I might throw in some extra sketches)

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Like or reblog to participate, multiple reblogs are fine

You must be following me, new follower are welcome!

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400 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAAAAY

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First off, thanks for 400 WHAT THE HELL SDJFKDJFKH

For the sake of my time and sanity, just gonna do some headshots- 4 to be exact! Here’s some samples:

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The giveaway will be running from today, 8/1/2017, through next Friday, 8/11/217! Once the giveaway is over, I’ll send a message to the four winners. YOU WILL HAVE 24 HOURS TO RESPOND. If you don’t get back to me within that 24 hours, I’ll reraffle the prize!

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enigmatic-elegance

RPing Shadow Abilities

Hello friend! Are you a Shadow Priest in game? Or Shadow Adept/Shadow Fiend/Actual Shadow? I have been RPing my Shadow Priest for roughly three years now and I have had my share of experiences with her talents and abilities in RP situations. I thought I could share what I know, and maybe give you ideas you can use with your RP too!

This is by no means the only way to RP Shadow, Void, or Shadow Priest. What makes RP so amazing is that everyone can come to their own conclusions on how they RP anything, especially when it comes to magic and other ambiguous stuff. But I also know I’ve had a few folks ask me how best to RP Shadow for their new priest so I want to share my take!

-General-

First thing to know about Shadow? It’s -not- kinetic. Unlike Arcane which is energy transferred, or fel which is chaotic or destructive energies, Shadow is entirely based upon the nature of existence. This is partly why I adore it so much. All other magics exist, and can be quantified based upon power. But Shadow is entirely metaphysical in that it is, in essence, the nature of nonexistence. This is what makes it so potent, because we as living things exist. And we can not comprehend what it is to not exist as hard as we may try. So imposing the Void upon the mind is often what breaks it. And it is that very madness that many Shadow users eventually succumb to.

To put it simply, when an arcane wielder kills, you might see burns or broken bones upon the victim. If a fel user kills, expect to see decay or burns as well from the raw destructive and chaotic energies. Shadow will leave the person’s body entirely intact, but the mind will be in various states of discord or perhaps even total nervous system shutdown. That is how you know a Shadow user struck. You see bodies with no apparent injuries.

So we touched on the overall. What about abilities in specifics? I’ll offer you some of the in game abilities and how I have RPed them. I encourage you to explore though! Feel free to use the way that I RP them, but also search for your own methods as well. That’s part of the fun, Shadow lets you put your own twisted flair onto your character’s talents.

Mind Blast

Have to begin with a personal favorite. Mind Blast is a very potent ability but also one of the more ICly devastating ones. Mind Blast is exactly as it sounds. You, the Shadow user, are taking a person and collecting their worst moments. Their horrid memories, their worst pains ever experienced, their deepest fears and their biggest failures. You are taking everything they hold as negative and harmful, hence the ‘cast time’, and then you unleash it upon their mind..all at once. This is more stress then even the strongest individual can withstand, and most people will either mentally shut down or go into a cardiac arrest from the sheer weight of the overload. Mind Blast is a -lot- of fun, and though I have only ever used it on two player characters, both times it was the death of the other character.

Shadow Word: Pain

Another personal favorite. This staple in any Shadow Priest’s arsenal is both fun to use and, depending on your RP partner, fun to react to. Most people I have seen RP it as attacking the nerves. As if you are causing them to send pain signals. This is one way to do it, and as always I encourage everyone to find what they most enjoy, but this is not how I have been doing it. Shadow, like most things, attacks the mind. The nerves themselves are left entirely out of the equation, but you as the Shadow user are in fact causing a massive mental hallucination. You are going for the mind itself, and feeding it sensations of pain from being skinned alive or being burned. The reason I choose this method is it is far more focused and simple. Why attack every nerve in a person’s body when you can instead just trick the brain into false pain signals? This gives you one target, and allows you as the user to titrate how severe or mild the person’s pain is. I have done everything from paper cut levels of pain to full skin-on-fire agony. Play around with it!

Dispersion

Some Priests swear by this ICly, like myself, others choose not to touch it. I adore it because it allows my character to move around with ease and be anywhere despite magical barriers. The essence of Dispersion is to separate it from Blink or other teleportation talents. When a mage blinks, they are fading to energy, and that energy is tunneled forward before being reconstituted. Even teleportation is similar in that you ‘tunnel’ by connecting two points through a tear is space-time. Fel gates work the same, a point A to point B tunnel. But Dispersion in my opinion is a -lot- more fun. You are not ‘teleporting’. You are in fact ceasing to exist. You draw the Shadow up to consume you, and as we talked about, Shadow and Void is the essence of nonexistence. Thus you are swallowed up and entirely stop existing. The key is, when you ‘emerge’, you are beginning existence again. You did not ‘tunnel’ or create a tear. You just stopped being, and started being somewhere else. This is also how Shadow users can replicate their form into mirrors. Because they can not only disperse themselves into nonexistence, but they can draw many ‘thems’ from that same ether into existence. Fun times!

Mind Flay

A real crowd pleaser, this one. I’ve used it IC on a number of occasions and it always gets great reactions. Mind Flay is, again, a lot like it sounds in terms of RP. To flay is to peel away, so now apply that definition to mentality. Boom, you have Mind Flay. With this talent, you are invading another’s thoughts but not directly assaulting them. Instead, you are ‘peeling away’ at their thoughts. I usually RP it that as the victim thinks of anything, my character ‘steals’ it. As memories come up, she claims them. Friends? Gone. Face of wife/husband? Erased. Children? You can’t remember them. Essentially you are ‘peeling away’ at what makes them a person. Their talents, their memories, their knowledge, you are flaying it all away layer by layer. In the end, you leave a husk. Alive in body, but dead of mind. What’s brilliant is that you as the user can choose when it ends. If you want to just erase their knowledge of their kids, you can, and leave them with no memory of the people they once loved but otherwise they are fine. Experiment here, it’s a blast.

Shadow Mend

Another fun one. Other talents like Druidic magic or Light mends wounds by knitting flesh or even accelerating healing. Shadow Mend is strangely different. You are not ‘healing’, you are simply making the wound not exist. This replaces the wounded area with a broken replacement as reality tries to ‘fix’ what is now no more. The issue is that while the wound is gone, it leaves behind the painful memory of that injury that can not be taken away. And because it was never healed properly, the wounded area can remain in pain for months before Light or other treatments can true mend the area. This is why Shadow Mending should be used as a last resort ICly.

Conclusion

These are just some of the more common talents, and ones that I have used often to great RP success and fantastic reactions. Some of the others like Mind Control or Void Eruption are a bit easier to RP and pretty much do what they say in the name. Still, explore your own way to RP it!

In the end, have fun! Shadow is a fantastic canvas to really add some personal flair, and while one user may interact with Void in one way, another user may have a totally different experience. With madness, there is no ‘set way’ to go about it. So I hope you at least enjoyed reading, and have fun!

Shadow keep you.