It can be scary to go on. It can be tempting to go limp, side with the Ancient Ones, preserve your life a little longer; why *not* join an enemy faction instead of getting crushed to a paste? And horror says: EVEN IF you have been crushed, or transformed, or even killed, you can still be human.
TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW HAVE YOU EATEN TODAY?
@wiswell.bsky.social’s “Someone You Can Build a Nest In” is definitely one of those “oops, it’s midnight and I read the whole thing in one go” books (Source: did that). Absolutely delightful. Something so funny had no right to also make me cry so much.
*me playing big RPG for the second time Okay, time for my evil run 😈 *is slightly rude to a shopkeeper, feels so bad I reload an earlier save and make the exact same choices as my first playthrough
Everyday I log in here and try to uncover last night's plot.
How to Dispose of Incriminating Evidence: 1. Give it to me. 2. Tell me to put it in a safe place where I won't forget it. 3. Congratulations! Your incriminating evidence no longer exists.
I’m not the main character. I’m the NPC with an unskippable cutscene you have to watch again every time you fail this level (and it’s a hard level).
The real battle is between the action scene and the writer who desperately doesn't want to write the goddamn action scene.