Cyber-Angel-Rowan

Well, this has been a more than turbulent year.

The fires running rampant across NSW, shipping down to Canberra for Christmas, we'll be shipping back up tomorrow, and in six months my family troubles will be coming to an end, one way or another.

Yes, suffice it to say that 2020 is the year I finally start growing up, dragged kicking and screaming into the eternal mess known as true adulthood.

Be me

First time playing an actual D&D campaign

Only previous experience is with homebrew

Get picked for pre-generated character

Sees the list of halfling names includes Garret

Roll to decide name

19

Thus begins the adventures of Rupert Murdoch, True Neutral Halfling Rogue

Enact Stamper impression (7:52) -

Impression manages to coax other players into voicing their characters rather than themselves

Performance Check success

Escorting cart of mining supplies to village

Dangling my little halfling legs off back, keeping an eye out

Listen to Jack - (Human Fighter 1) talk about himself in the third person

Argore (Human Fighter 2) sees rustling in bushes, fires arrow

Bush produces four goblins

First combat: Roll highest initiative

Rest of party gets lower than all four goblins

First turn - hop off the cart, move a little ways out, fire arrow at first gobbo in range

Nat 20

mfw

DM tells me the I shot the goblin through the eyeball, dropping it in one shot

Comment OOC that I just used up all my luck for campaign

Continue fight, miss next two arrow shots, essentially hide for rest of fight

Dragonborn Barbarian, Dwarf Cleric and Jack (other names escape me, may add in later) deal with other two goblins

Barbarian takes one prisoner

Elf Wizard has done basically nothing

Tried to calm oxen down, succeeded after three turns as the rest of us sorted shit out

One Ray of Frost on one gobbo, slowed it down if nothing else.

Character can best be described as "he is an elf."

Long complicated Elf name

Rogue heard it once, dubbed him Fancy, name stuck

Player has a lot of fun being Fancy

We have a lot of fun watching him play character

Rupert is basically eternal straight man

Anyway

Fancy is the only one who knows goblin

Translates for goblin prisoner

Very reluctantly

Goblins are ambushing carts along this route from a nearby cave

Convince prisoner to take us to cave

Rupert placates Fancy with promises of goblin death later

*looks into the camera like he's on The Office*

Goblin "friend" leads us around traps and up to mouth of cave

TBC

Well, I wasn't going to put anything else up for Pride Month, but then long time Internet fam member, certified squid and sister in asexuality Sephiius put a Pride meme up and I found myself unable to resist.

And before I go any further, I'll state for the record that if anyone reading this needs to talk about their LGBTQA+ issues, whatever they may be, both myself and Sumi are perfectly willing to talk about them.


1. What’s your gender?
Male

2. What are your pronouns?
He/Him.

3. Is your family accepting?
I mean... yeah? The parents didn't raise a particular stink, but they didn't seem to entirely get it either. The sister accepts, if nothing else.

4. What do you wish you could tell your past self?
"Buddy, you are going to go through some shit, but there is a light at the end of this tunnel. Also you need to brush up on coding some more, trust me on this."

5. What is your sexuality?
I"m a demisexual, which means I'm attracted based on an emotional connection to a given potential partner, but I'm also attracted based on... hm, I guess the best word is aesthetic? How one looks, but I don't discriminate body types, if that makes sense. For example, I once beheld a woman decked out in a black jacket and pants and white shirt with close-cut, dyed red hair and my first coherent thought was "HOT DAMN!"

6. Favorite color?
Any shade of teal, but particularly that unique shade that features on Rosalina's dress.

7. Sun gay or moon gay?
Uh, not sure what this means, but likely Moon Gay.

8. When did you find out your sexuality?
Only about two years ago, when Pinterest introduced me to the concept of asexuality.

9. How was your day?
Sort of neutral, really. A bit cold, but this is an Australian June. 

10. Do you have any gay friends?
Uh... I have a couple of ace friends? On the Internet? I don't know about anyone else, honestly...

11. What’s your favorite hobby?
It's a toss-up between writing and gaming, honestly.

12. Who’s the best gay icon in your opinion?
Insert typical ace response here: *Shrug*

13. which pride flags do you like the most design/color wise?
I kinda like them all. They each represent their respective prides quite accurately in my opinion.

14. are you openly out?
I mean, you can't be open about something that doesn't come up a lot. When it does come up, like now, I mention it if I feel like it, which I do in this instance. I'm with Sumi on this one; my orientation and the prerogative to share it is my business. 

15. Are you comfortable with yourself?
Oh, yeah. I know who I am, and for the most part I like that person.

16. Bottom or top?
Neither of the two.

17. Femme or butch?
I... don't think I can answer this, because the previous answers have rendered this moot.

18. Do you bind?
That'd be a no. I have, however, read some fairly negative things about it.

19. Do you shave?
Yep. Beards itch like you wouldn't believe after two weeks. 

20. If you could date anyone you wanted, who would it be?
I'd only date someone after I get to know them and like them enough to progress to that point.

21. Do you have a partner (s)?
I don't.

22. Describe your partner (s)?
See previous question

23. Have you ever dated anyone of the same sex?
I mean, I'm not exactly closed off to the prospect, but I never really connected with any of the guys I knew. Never considered them friends, much less boyfriend material. I might be open to the prospect if I can connect with a  guy and not get emotionally blue-balled by the pack instincts. As of yet, this has not happened.

24. Anyone of another sex?
Once, yeah.

25. Pastel gay or goth gay?
Totally Goth Gay. 

26. Favorite dad in dream daddies?
Haven't played that.

27. Tell me a random fact about yourself?
Random Fact: I was attracted to NiGHTS before I knew what attraction was.

28. Do you own any pride flags/merch?
I don't but I want to. Like a shirt, or something.

29. Have you ever been to a pride parade?
No, I haven't. I was planning to go to a couple of years ago, maybe find a purple grey and black flag to tape to my wrists or tie round my neck like a cape, but it turned out getting to it required booking a flight, which is one of the few things I'm not ready to do without close parental guidance.

30. Any advice to someone who isn’t out or who is exploring themselves?
My principal advice would be this: Take your time. I'm still exploring the exact dimensions of my own orientation, finding out where the all the hidden rooms are and what button combination is required to access the Dragon Transformation Potion stockpile and whatnot, and everyone learns about this sort of thing at different speeds. Work on finding people who accept you for who or what you are; that's what lets you find out where you stand in relation to the world around you. And if you don't like it, change it. I'm not saying it's simple, or even easy, but you will find people who will support you, and you will find happiness with those people. And remember there is always a community at your back, one who has dealt with this shit before and will again, and will help you if you need it.

I'm usually content to let people continue these things if they want, but I am going to raise a shout-out to Miku-Nyan02 , fellow ace and one of the major people that helped me on the path to figuring this whole thing out.

Got tagged by PaperGirlInPaperTown so I guess this is a thing now.

Three Things You Want To Do Before You Die:
1.) Publish a book
2.) Make a game
3.) 

Three Names You Go By:
1.) Rowan (Here)
2.) T_Row (Minecraft)
3.) The Architect (Youtube)

Three Screen Names You Have Had:
1.) Cyber Angel Rowan
2.) My real name
3.) (That's it)

Three Physical Things You Like About Yourself:
1.) My scar
2.) My legs
3.) My hair

Three Parts Of Your Heritage:
1.) Australian
2.) Dutch
3.) Welsh

Three Of Your Everyday Essentials:
1.) Headspace (meditation)
2.) Laptop (with word processor)
3.) A book

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1.) T-shirt
2.) Jeans
3.) Socks

Three Of Your Favorite Bands/Musical Artists:
1.) Vocaloid
2.) AC/DC 
3.) S3RL

Three Of Your Favorite Songs:
1.) Signs of Love from Persona 4
2.) Fantasy by Levellers
3.) Maze of Life from Persona Q

Three Things You Want In A Relationship:
1.) Patience
2.) Common interests
3.) Respect

Two Truths And A Lie (in no particular order):
1.) I live in Australia
2.) 
3.) 

Three Of Your Favorite Hobbies:
1.) Reading
2.) Writing
3.) Gaming

Three Things You Want To Do Really Badly Right Now:
1.) Surf dA some more 
2.) Go for a drive
3.) Get outta this town

Three Careers You're Considering/You've Considered:
1.) Game Designer 
2.) Author
3.) Cafe work

Three Places You Want To Go On Vacation:
1.) Japan
2.) ...
3.) Yeah, that's it.

Three Kid's Names You Like:
1.) Archie
2.) Izzy
3.) Lisa

Three Ways That You Are Stereotypically A Girl:
1.) ...
2.) What?
3.) No, seriously, what?

Three Ways That You Are Stereotypically A Boy:
1.) Dim as an old lightbulb sometimes 
2.) I don't keep up with my hygiene as much as I should
3.) *unintelligible grunts* (I left this one in to be funny, but then I realised that yes, this is a thing I do)

So, update on various things you may or may not care about!

On the subject of Soul Remnant, the third chapter is going well. I've got a big fight scene lined up on a city street and all, but I just don't know how to lead into it is the problem. Once that's out of the way, the rest will flow as water, I assure you.

Second thing! A friend of the family has decided to sell her business, and my parents are of the opinion that me and the little bro are the guys to take over. Magic Mushies is under new management, baby! We'll be learning the ropes and circuiting the markets over the next month or two. Kinda cuts across the grand goal of moving back across the state border, but we'll see how it goes.

Third thing! I'll be starting up a university course on March to contend for the right to continue with my previously stated grand goal. Time's only gonna tell how well that'll go, but I'm playing this game and I'm playing to win.