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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 6mo ago

@11111one11111I mean, there's a reason I didnt lead with that lmao. I know it's demented but I don't think it's completely insane. I mean, George Lucas had a similar experience that gave him the idea of starting the Original Trilogy at Episode 4

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 6mo ago

@jewbacca117

Long story. When I was a kid, I found a cool semi-epistolary 8-book series at my school library about a modern-day kid named Pendragon hopping through a portal to save alternate timelines. It was so cool to me that the series jumped around in time so we had to figure out when we were in Pendragon's timeline. Turns out my school shelved them in alphabetical order, and they also lacked the first and last books. I had a blast & I've been trying to recreate that experience ever since.

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 6mo ago

@jewbacca117Can't argue with that. But usually when I'm interested in a series I watch the episodes of each season in a random order, and I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to accidentally start with the shit parts.

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 6mo ago

@LilB0kChoyNope. That said, they barely pee for a critter their size. They are very water-efficient desert critters. Their poop goes everywhere, though.

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 7mo ago

@LilB0kChoyFun story about that: last week, Muffin was running around on our futon enjoying being somewhere she wasn't supposed to be, when she suddenly turned around, looked me dead in the eyes, and made a face I can best describe as "toddler pooping in diaper". She left a wet spot there as big as her that soaked all the way down to the mattress, which thankfully had a waterproof cover.

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 7mo ago

No. Everywhere is the bathroom. Especially for girls; girls sometimes express their displeasure by spraying urine at you. Muffin doesn't do that, though.

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 7mo ago

@PandanticShe actually does not like being pet. She tolerates it as part of interacting with her humans, and she will climb all over me if able, but touching the royal person is usually forbidden. What she wants here is to be let out for floor time!

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 7mo ago

@GeodadHappy birthday Perseus! I can't see the pic from Mastodon. Hopefully they fix that someday.

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 7mo ago

@GeodadI think we might have the same brand of cage. Do you also have a Critter Nation cage?

Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 8mo ago

Needs more recursion!

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 8mo ago

@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGlingBehooved by M. Stevensonbooks

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 9mo ago

@Rivalarrival

Well, the thing she definitely (but not proveably) stole is basically something like a mix between the Millenium Puzzle, the Lament Configuration, and the Behelit. Very very bad news to have stolen, and under normal circumstances the only person to have a motive to steal it would be the next dark lord.

Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 9mo ago

@pteryx @leaveitblankI don't think so. We're going to see normal malice from government employees. For example, the macguffin she stole was being displayed in a museum as bait for Baby Voldemort, who happens to be her best friend. Normally the dark lordling isn't a team player and would just charge in and grab it, so there was a security team to nab anyone who tried to steal it and then Get Rid Of Them. Obviously detaining people for pre-crime is not legal, so this was a secret operation.

Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 9mo ago

@ZigguratHuh. I never considered that. I think i need to rework her backstory a bit, since I wrote that she'd already been to juvie once in 2nd grade when she turned the school bully into a speedbump. If there's a minimum age for criminal liability, what would happen to that murder charge?

Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 9mo ago

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Xilabar the Dice Goblin @dice.camp 9mo ago

@leaveitblankFantasy setting, gonna be inspired by America because that's what I know. Main change is that lawyers are, by nature of the magic system, always wizards. The actual story takes place in magic school, and this isn't the main character so the trial isn't going to be given much attention.