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I could use some help with a universe canon that I’ve been developing over the past year. It started as an unusually vivid dream, and has since lived on as a mesh of loose plot points. This month, I’ve started to try getting major canon elements nailed down in physical format. I’ve made a map of the canon universe (using my bathroom floor) and today, made vectors of one of the main characters.
https://uploads.scratch.mit.edu/get_image/project/904944138_9999x9999.png
This is Chaimakia, part of a species in the canon currently under a filler name. Chaimakia & the rest of her kin take the form of dragons, but the details are a bit unusual. Here’s what I have nailed down right now:
[name]s have no natural bodies or internal organs. Beneath their skin is a froth that controls their body. This froth is technically a [name]’s true being.
[name]s have no sense of smell or taste, due to not having a natural body. They can only sense pressure, and they use their entire bodies as eardrums to detect sound.
[name]s can reshape their bodies. A [name], for example, can rearrange their limbs into a comfortable humanoid/furry form. In effect, a [name] is just a shroud filled with sentient foam!
[name]s can also use their inner froth “body“ to form entirely new limbs. They mostly just use these to make eyes for themselves, though. These eyes don’t look like human eyes, which is why Chaimakia usually keeps her eyes shut.
The big question: what do I name this species?
I have no idea what TNC is . . .
Imagine if @landonhere got on TNC
(although he’s only a juvenile with a really strict Internet access and schedule, also I’m not sure if he fits the usual content of the podcast)
I can dream though
More stuff from my dream log’s scrollback:
6/4/22
Reva
A metro-ish area with strict policies
9/14/22
WHY IS THERE A WOLF IN OUR HOUSE???
10/6/22
Trying to escape from a restaurant through a very inconvenient window
Bike riding in Downtown **** *****
2/3/23
The Adventure Hub has had enough; it is now the midboss.
2/11/23
The (il)legality of vandalism
6/2/23
Apple TV AR
Fuzzy
6/27/23
WARNING DANGER EMERGENCY ALERT BEING DELIVERED BY- *pshh-wchbshcbhn-vmmmmmmmmmm*
6/28/23
Screwdriver
Vomit bin
6/29/23
A lack of consideration regarding shrine placement
7/20/23
Parakarry's respectful quote
Back up the truck, Johnny Chuck. We've got car parts to buy.
7/21/23
Bouncy laws
8/1/23
Drillshaft shield
8/5/23
Puzzling over a TLoZ event
8/9/23
Pulling out all the stops on the piglinsZOO ALERT!
At 2:20pm ET (1:20pm CT, 12:20pm MT, 11:20am WT), the National Emergency Alert System will issue a test alert. When this happens, every device in the United States turned on & with a cellular connection will sound an emergency alert, even if the device has government alert notifications turned off. This is a special level of alert reserved for nuclear war & extreme natural disasters. Devices will sound, radio will be jammed, and other physical infrastructure set up to get these alerts out will activate. Please brace yourself!
With that out of the way, here’s the dream log for today!
10/4/23
*****'s out sick . . .
Technical iCloud difficulties
Headphones replaced
Creeper in my room
Dream log in a dream?
Some sort of MCL mod
Knowledge Spawner ("Spawner Spawner")
NAR roundup-style plug with Mickey Mouse visuals(additional details available on request)
Somebody needs to use network-central internet usage blocking for good and install an adblocker on the router itselt.
9/30/23
Changes in the closet
Flying to Zora's Domain
Yona's balloons(details available on request)
Someone On The Internet: “The [Topic] thing has been covered a lot.“
My Last Brain Cell: “OOH! MASHED POTATOES! MASHED POTATOES! LET’S GO GET THE MASHED POTA-“
My First Brain Cell: “It’s 4:27, and we can’t go on-“
Last Brain Cell: “MASHED POTAYYYTOOOOEEEESSSSSSSSS! LET’S GO LEARN ABOUT WHY THERE AREN’T . . .“ *out-of-control rambling*
First Brain Cell: *sigh*
To make this account more active, I’ll try to make a habit of sharing dreams as I log them. Here’s a portion of my dream log’s scrollback:
8/18/23
Rainbow Chuchu beacon
ARG-ish video
Scales & endura carrot
Flowers
8/22/23
Sidon's secret message
A variant of P.G.
8/24/23
MCD
Walking on all fours
8/26/23
Bad electricity
9/3/23
A drawbridge-sized excalator with lights
Paragliding in an indoor space
Lynel in a shrine
9/10/23
Water dragon
9/11/23
ALARMING!
Bridge blockade
Wooden Diamond Fish's fin falling off
9/16/23
A new subsidiary of the Royal Mifernian Bank
"And the pencil sharpener . . ."
9/17/23
Dreams too many and scattered to document
9/18/23
Water Dragon returns!
. . . named after a word that requires a dictionary to understandFeel free to ask for details on any dreams I share.
The social experiment has been ended.
Social experiment: be in wasteof.money/chat tomorrow at 10am Eastern USA Time. I’m planning a community activity and want a good number of participants.
I was going to make a new mineral fish inspired something my dad said about a needlefish that we saw while visiting the local inlet, but I’d need to open my TLoZ:TotK file to get reference images, and I’m too lazy to go through the process of booting it up, getting the screenshot & doing the two-point file transfer, just for a reference image . . .
When someone IRL asks me a question that I don’t feel like answering, I like to just say “hmm“, then say nothing else.
Landon’s Recap of Today’s Apple Event
Apple is getting to its 2030 carbon neutrality deadline faster than me casually playing The Legend of the Llama.
Next-generation Apple Watch (now with fake leather in the watch band)
Next-generation Apple Watch Ultra (no updates on diving features, which makes sense because the diving features are managed by a different company
)Next-generation iPhone (humorous comment not available)
Next-generation iPhone Pro (made of titanium but not advertised as bulletproof, do not test for bulletproofness)
A Story of Marzinory: Episode 2
Me and my friend, Marziana, are exploring an abandoned structure. The press has reported sightings of an unusual creature around this structure. We didn’t find it upon inspecting the surface level of the structure, so we have no choice but to find a way into the interior levels.
Marziana finds a hole in a room’s floor that leads into deeper levels. We go in.
Half an hour later, our search remains fruitless. We’re about to move onto the next floor when Marziana poses an idea.
Marziana: “Let’s split up. You search the next floor, I’ll search the floor below that. If that creature spots you, just scream and make for the hole that we came in through.“
Me: “Alright.“
While I’m checking out a side room, I feel like I can hear footsteps. I close the door, remain dead silent & look through the gap. I see nothing.
A few minutes later, I hear Marziana shout from downstairs.
Marziana: “[My Name]! Come down here!“
I don’t respond. I could’ve sworn I heard the creature’s footsteps. The timing, the timing . . .
A few minutes later, I slowly open the door. I shout back:
Me: “Coming!“
I go downstairs. Logically, Marziana would be waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs. But she isn’t there. The next logical answer is that she made a discovery & is waiting for me there. I’m not going to risk getting heard by the creature, so I don’t shout again. Instead, I start searching this floor for her . . .