Its still been an emotional rollercoaster ride, but I'm starting to feel better. I've got a job again and, as you can probably tell by my submissions, I've started to get my writing mojo back.

It certainly helps that I'm not dealing with other people's bullcrap anymore.

Looking forward to more, hope you are as well~

So, my pops is back from his spinal surgery after only a single day in the hospital. He's a tough old man, despite the problems that come up every now and then. The main thing will be to make sure he doesn't do anything strenuous and doesn't end up moving his neck while everything heals.

Hard to believe this is... I honestly want to say this is the fourth or fifth surgery he's had on his neck, and its only now starting to show. Hopefully he can keep himself level headed and not push himself where he knows he shouldn't go.

Thanks to everyone that's been keeping in touch with me during this time, it means a lot that I've got friends willing to talk to me despite strenuous circumstances.

Thank you, and keep yourselves healthy.

RULES :
1. Pick one of your OCs.
2. Fill in the questions/statements as if you were your OC.
3. Tag six people to do this meme!
4. Tell people that they been tagged with a link from your journal

Tagged from  kame-sama88

1. What is your name? - "Cynnamin Isadorra Anatolia De La Morte. Pleasure to meet you" *Curtsiebows*

2. Do you know why you were named that? - *Nervous fidgeting* "Well, I kind of had to name myself. Nobody else wanted much to do with me, and it was kind of hard to constantly be called 'hey, you' or 'bitch' all the time."

3. Single or taken? - "I'm still single."

4. Have any abilities or powers? - "Well, unfortunately I can't die... well... not permanently at least. I always come back from a deathblow, though other injuries are often longer lasting."

5. Stop being a Mary Sue! - "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I took the test, I swear, and I got a negative four."

6. What's your eye color? - *shyly removes a contact from his right eye* "W-well, this one's red, I got hit with an explosive baseball trap shortly after waking up. My left eye is my real color: blue."

7. How about hair color? - "Kind of a creamy-ish white."

8. Have you any family members? - "I remember having a family, but I don't remember them. Memory and time flows... weirdly where I'm from."

9. Oh? How about pets? - "I like dogs and cats, but most of the time they bite me."

10. That's cool, I guess. Now tell me something you don't like. - "I don't like being shot. .-."

11. Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do? - "I like hunting and playing video games. Finding power for that second one is kind of hard though, unless you go into the cities. Taxes there are kind of high though."

12. Have you ever hurt anyone in any way before? - "I... yes?"

13. Ever… killed anyone before? - "Y-yes. Please don't judge. I find it easier when I'm really far away with a rifle."

14. What kind of animal are you? - "I'm a mixture of African wild dog, kangaroo, marbled salamander, and a lot of other things."

15. Name your worst habits - "I am kind of... a-addicted to cooking. I love being in the kitchen."

16. Do you look up to anyone at all? - "I look up to the people on the radio. When you're out on the trail, its kind of all you have to listen to."

17. Are you gay, straight, or bisexual? - "I guess I'm... I'm kind of a little bit of everything? I um... I-I really like boobs though."

18. Do you go to school? - "I know I've got a full college set of knowledge in my thinker, but I don't really know where it comes from. Everything's kind of fuzzy before the Collapse."

19. Ever want to marry and have kids one day? - "M-maybe? I don't really know. M-maybe when the world gets better..."

20. Do you have fangirls/fanboys? - "Pfff. A-as if I would have fans in this wasteland."

21. What are you most afraid of? - "Dying. I don't know what's on the other side for me, and not knowing terrifies me."

22. What do you usually wear? - "I like my jeans and jacket for whenever I go out scavenging. M-my boobs are too big and get i-in the way otherwise. When I'm in a city, I fall back on my corset."

23. What's one food that tempts you? - "Curry. D-do you have some?"

24. Am I annoying you? - "No?"

25. Well, it's still not over! - "Can I have some curry before we continue?"

26. What class are you (low class, middle class, high class)? - "I'm... I'm what people here consider the upper-lower class. I'm lucky that people want so much help."

27. How many friends do you have? - "I've got a few... around."

28. What are your thoughts on pie? - "N-nothing is sweeter than pie flavored pie..."

30. Favorite drink? - "I like curling around a bottle of root beer."

31. What's your favorite place? - "There's a few little spots here and there across the world. They're secluded little spots where I don't have to move from for a bit. They don't have much food, maybe no more than a day or two, but most predators and people don't slip into them."

32. Are you interested in anyone~? - "N-not r-really?"

33. That was a stupid question. - "M-maybe? People say I ask a lot of stupid questions..."

34. Would you rather swim in a lake or the ocean? - "I like both... a-and there's a lot to eat off the cleaner shores."

35. What's your type? - "S-snuggly... H-high libido... W-why are you asking all these r-really personal questions?"

36. Any fetishes? - "I m-may like a lot of mess... a-and round bellies. S-stop asking please?"

37. Seme or uke? - "I-I haven't t-tried sushi before, i-its kind of expensive here. C-can I just go to Genji-Go instead?"

38. Camping or indoors? - "I like both!"

39. Tag People! I will in a moment...

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Hello. With an upcoming move to Colorado I've got to start getting my things in order. That means I've gotta start cranking in some commissions.

When you purchase a commission, here is what you get:

4-6 Pages Average
Single Spaced
12 point, standard font
At least 3k words
Free editing

All for $20-45 (Average price is $7.50 per 1000 words)

If you're interested at all, note me with character personalities, requirements you have for the writing, and any setting or kinks you might desire. Plot ideas may not exceed one paragraph. Recommend no more than three characters per story.

Thank you for your interest!


When commissioning me, also consider my FAVOURITES:
1. Physical Transformation
2. Transgender Transformation
3. Lactation
4. Original Species
5. Cross-Dressing
6. Vanilla Sex
7. Bondage Sex
8. Suit Transformation
9. Merging Transformation

And what I WILL NEVER WRITE:

1. Cub / Underage
2. My Little Pony
3. (Dim-witted) Feral
4. Scat / Waste Play


-STREAMING TERMS-

I am more than happy to stream a commissioned story over Livestream. I can do so either privately or publicly, dependent upon the desires of the commissioner. I tend to write a story while talking to myself and listening to music, however, so be warned.


-ADDITIONAL TERMS OF SERVICE-
1.) There will be an additional 'Squick Fee' (Literary Enhancement) for anything I'm not comfortable with.
2.) I retain the right to add and remove descriptions as I see fit (I thought this was a no-brainer.)
3.) I retain the right to deny a request for a commission for any reason.
4.) Requesting over 8 pages will double or, in some cases, triple the cost of your commission.
5.) Multiple characters (over 3) will incur an additional charge.
6.) Payments must be made up front
7.) Partial rewrites are available in limited quantity. Rewrite requests will incur an additional charge at my discretion.
8.) Awkward / Corrupt Anatomies (Pussy Heads, Cock Bodies, Replacement and Movement of Sexual Parts, Etc.) are entirely at my discretion to describe (or to NOT describe) and will always incur the afore-mentioned Squick Fee.


- ADDITIONAL TERMS ON VORE -
1) No Vore commissions will involve 'hard' material (such as gore, slicing, tearing, cooking, etc).
2) Commissioning me for any type of vore allows me complete control of the script.



Note: I do not offer visual art for commission.

Its on GoG.

Go buy it.

If you don't know it yet, here's a document for you:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6141292/

In this document I state the core of my contention with the Flexible Survival project, primarily with Nuku Valente himself. In short, it is as follows:

"I created the species on my own independently. When he was looking for creatures, I offered the species to be placed within the game under the stipulation that they would remain my Intellectual Property and that he would respect my rights with regards to my species.

He agreed to those points.

I created the content and uploaded it. He later changed the agreement, without notifying me or any other provider, that he would acquire Copyright and Intellectual Property rights to all 'donated' creatures. He then removed all lines that indicated the source of all creatures coded within the MUD.

I did not donate my species to him. I offered to allow him to use my species in exchange for mutual wellbeing: He would have new content and I would be allowed to showcase my creatures.

I disputed this with him and he refused to acknowledge my rights as creator and owner of the Intellectual Property. After numerous altercations in which I publicly requested that he recognize the previous agreement, as I had agreed to it, and not the new one which he attempted to force. Should he refuse to do so, I requested that he remove my species and replace it with something else, a relatively easy fix.

After I pressed the issue he banned me from the MUD he was creating."


Now, after one/two years has passed, I have received the following message:

"Hello there,

It's been quite a while. I'm poking you because the ashen are getting some lime light over on Flexible. They want to emerge from the sewers and join society and deliver the best hugs in town, and maybe wear clothes, who knows how far this madness can go.

I understand that you are still sore that I never promised to not make money from your contribution(I don't think I ever did? Directly anyway), but thought you should be informed, in case you were interested in being involved. We'd love to have you back around!

Let me know either way and have a great day,
Nuku"


No comment made about Intellectual Property rights.
Absence indicates that he wants to continue to ignore our gentleman's agreement.

Just wanted to state that.

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Edit update: A Letter Reply has been Sent.

"
Hello,

I just wanted to let you know that you are not legally entitled to profit directly from my creations. They remain my Intellectual Property. You have not recognized their status, as such, and, legally, they are mine to do with as I see fit. I formally request, once more, that you recognize me as the owner and creator of the Ashen, in addition to the rights that I therefore possess, OR that you remove them in their entirety from your creations.

Thank You
-Cynnamin
"

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Edit update: A Reply has been Received.

"
Hey,

I really didn't want to get into this argument, again, and doesn't answer the question given. If you put up your art on a T-Shirt site, you can't then say 'Oh, but don't make money off this', because that's what uploading that image to that site means by default. Shirts of your image will be sold. If you didn't want shirts of your image being sold, why upload it to the shirt site?

FS is a freemium game where the monsters are part of the draw that gets people into the game, and then they give me money for varied perks. No one pays money to see the ashens(Which were entirely re-written by myself and Damaged), but there they are, part of a commercial product, which it always was, and remains to be. You were entirely aware of this when you first added your creature to the game. Why did you do this if you didn't want it being involved in this commercial product? I don't understand it.
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Sent

"
Hello,

Unfortunately, when I originally agreed to create creatures for your project I included the stipulation with you that I would retain the intellectual property rights to my submissions.

As for your T-shirt argument, a problem arises. Such sites make money off of T-Shirt artists and therefore are required, by law, to provide them a cut. No-one puts items on such sites and freely waives their rights to that property. Second, the only circumstance which this will occur in and be legally binding, is if the individual submitting the artwork signs a waiver that specifically states the company may do so.

I signed no such waiver.

You asked for no money for this project until it became popular. Ashen were present before your monetization of the project. I still retain the rights to my intellectual property.

Furthermore, with regards to T-Shirt sites, individuals can, and regularly do, remove items from availability should the artist request such action to be taken. Additionally, if an individual is not paying to see the ashen, then their loss from your project will not be an issue to you monetarily as they are not providing you income.

Finally, if Ashen have been rewritten in their entirety then it is certainly within your power to rename them. If the creature is not the same, then it is a relatively minor alteration.

So, in short, your three options are:
1) Remove them in their entirety
2) Rename your 'rewritten and different' creations
3) Pay me for the use of my intellectual property in your commercial product.

Thank You,
-Cynnamin
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Received

"
I was given to believe that your creations were 'Cuddlemanders'. When you first installed them, I said that I didn't want copyrighted anythings on my game. You renamed them to Ashens. At the time, I thought we were settled.

Then this came up. You have operated in poor faith. As to your argument that it was not 'for pay' at the time, I call shenanigans, since the multiplayer has been freemium with pay for perks since the day it opened.
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Sent

"
Hello,

Cuddlemanders are Ashen. I cannot recall receiving notification that you were unwilling to have copyrighted species in your game. I reassert that your multiplayer and single player components were both, originally, without an aspect of monetization. Unfortunately, this does not affect the core of contention: The case remains that they are my Intellectual Property as I had created them.

Originally, I requested mere affirmation that I retain my Intellectual Property rights. Originally, I would have been satisfied with mere affirmation of those rights. You have never given affirmation. You have attempted to slight me by attempting to claim the Intellectual Property as your own and, as such, I have presented three solutions to the present predicament.

I reiterate your previous options:
1) Remove the Ashen in their Entirety
2) Rename your 'rewritten and different' creations
3) Pay me for the use of my intellectual property in your commercial product

Thank You,
-Cynnamin
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Received

"
Your creation was already deleted. You do not own the word 'Ashen', as it is an every day adjective. Cuddlemander, that you could call your own. Your writeup, which I have read, does not describe the mutants that we have. They are separate beings.

I'm sorry we can't see eye to eye on this. I had hoped we could move on to more constructive discussion.
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Sent

"
Hello,

So long as you continue to utilize the name 'Ashen' for the species I created or the replacement of said species you are in violation of my Intellectual Property rights. If you simple rename the creations to an original name that has not been claimed and is not related to the project, I will no longer have an issue with you in regards to this specific circumstance.

As a rule of thumb, I refuse to work with any individual that has attempted to cheat me.

Thank You,
-Cynnamin
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Received

"
Wish granted. When the plot resolves that I had contacted you about in the first place, the Ashen will choose a new name for themselves as they take their place in the wasteland society as peers, instead of ravening monsters.

It should be interesting.
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Sent

"
Hello,

So long as you replace the name within the next two days and do not retain any portion of my original designs, notably for all three species of Ashen (Breeders, Renders, and Matriarchs), then that will be acceptable.

For the next order of business; I will require that you remove the MSPA from your collection of creatures. I had originally placed them in the airfield. Please replace both their design and the name within the next two days.

Thank You,
Cynnamin
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Received

"
No.
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Sent

"
Hello,

I apologize, but if I recall correctly this issue has had two years to be resolved. The modest modifications I am asking for could have been put in place within that time.

You have already agreed to replace all descriptions and content and remove the name of my species, the Ashen. The MSPA remain another such species that I hold the Intellectual Property for.

Please replace all descriptions and content and remove the name for the MSPA as well.

Thank You,
Cynnamin
"

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Edit Update: A Reply has been Received

"
No.
"

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And now I have had enough
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Cease and Desist Letter Sent

"
This is a Notice of Infringement as authorized in § 512(coffee) of the U.S. Copyright Law under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Material on your MUD "Flexible Survival" pertaining to creatures described (at time of writing - 15 April 2013) as "The Ashen" as well as "MSPA" constitutes an unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted material originally submitted to you under terms which specified explicitly that the creator was to retain copyright and all associated rights to said material, and which further guaranteed "Copyrighted characters may be recalled at any time, without question, by either the creator or Flexible Survival" as repeatedly detailed in posts found at http://web.flexiblesurvival.com/vie.....f=27&t=173 (and notwithstanding the terms since added to the topmost post dated 26 March 2011; which said site documents has been repeatedly edited since the time of initial agreement).

At this time I wish to exercise the "Copyright characters may be recalled at any time [...]" clause in my agreement with Flexible Survival. Please note this communication as a formal statement of my intent to exercise this clause, effective immediately.

Please remove all such material immediately from Flexible Survival and all associated material under the control or operation of Flexible Survival staff and associated agents or we will file an official complaint with the U.S. Copyright Office.

Thank you,
-Real Name Redacted-
"

---

Edit Update

The drama continues. Nuku has sent a DMCA takedown request of my own materials here on FA. I've sent a notification to Dragoneer and the Admins that the takedown was not supported by the DMCA as I'm the owner of the Ashen.

Nuku has claimed that he has copyright of my materials due to a 'works for hire' contract. Such a claim only holds water if the subject has signed a written agreement. I've never signed such a thing, I've never signed anything with nuku, so therefore the accusation that I have such a legally binding agreement with him is highly suspect.

Not sure where we're going from here. Hopefully my stuff can be put back up relatively soon.

Wish me luck.

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Edit Update

This should be the last entry for this particular journal subject. As of about two weeks ago I'd been informed that Nuku had changed the name of the creatures from Ashen to 'Ember'.

I am okay with this.

Why?

Because my intent is not to make money off of him. I have only -ever- wanted him to respect my rights as owner of the IP. I want to make something of Cyn, the cuddlemanders, and the entire Ashen species. I cannot, -cannot-, do so while the threat of a copyright dispute exists.

Now that Nuku has ceded to my copyright claim, he cannot attempt to claim copyright over anything I produce with the Ashen. Likewise, he can -never- claim full ownership of the 'Ember' present on his site, not legally. Instead, they will forever be what they legally are: an addition to his game -BASED UPON- my original work.

This case is closed.

All that remains is for FA to replace the deleted submissions.

I've been following the politics. I've been praying, I've been watching. I've been telling myself not to post anything, but here I am at at night, bout to go to bed.

I just wanted to say congratulations. I didn't want Obama to win, I still hope that some final votes somewhere will be tallied and he'll be thrown out, but it looks like he's won.

I hope those of you who voted for him are right. I pray to God that you are right in your assumptions and your ideals.

I don't think you are.

I don't think we can survive as a society by expecting something from nothing. That somehow momentum comes from inaction.

We'll see.

And I'll pray that you all are right.

I just need to get that off my chest. I'll likely delete this journal tomorrow, but for now...

Congratulations from a conservative, republican furry, what little it is worth.

Haha, yeah. That Job? not my job anymore.

Basically the chef/employer is one of those people that wants someone to know everything before they've even started.

He also doesn't want to pay for that experience.

Basically he's going to be shooting himself in the foot if he keeps running his business that way, and I'm just going to let him.

If you ever are in Lexington, VA and see the Cafe Michel... Just drive on by. It's not worth spending $50 for a meal there.

I just landed a temporary job as a line cook in a French restaurant. I'm excited, its something I haven't done before. However, I'mma try and keep up with it, hopefully make another individual willing to give me a letter of reference.

In other news, both the boss and I know this is temporary. We're not making any assumptions. He kind of can't afford to keep me, but is still willing to have me there working because he needs good people. So in the meantime...

I'm still looking for a Job.

I'll be opening up commission slots soon to help me pay for some further education, my gas, and for my college bills.

Just keep chugging on, amirite?

I'mma ragequit from life now.

Debated it for about 2 or so hours with myself, tried for figure out if I wanted to go with the GW2 or not. Finally caved into my own pressure and got it.

Found out its 25 gigs. 25 gigs of HD Space.

fffffffffffffffffffff

I can't DL that unless I carefully plan for 10 months.

fffffffraggle

So I think I will.

It's my birthday today. As soon as I logged on everyone I know just kind of jumped me and started yelling it at me. My heart kind of sploded a little.

I'm not used to having good birthdays. I'm used to being home alone with a bag of doritos. It's why I generally hate July. It means so much that people even remembered me. Some people even gave me gifts! Just... eeee <3

So squee~ <3.

OH! In other news, we went to a German restaurant today, kind of our once a month / once a quarter thing that our family does sometimes. Stuff is delicious. I had an amazing type of miniroast that was basically a thin piece of roast beef wrapped around a little bit of pork, a little bit of bacon, a little onion, two pieces of carrot, and TWO PIECES OF DILL PICKLE.

Fuck yeah pickles. It was a sammich without the bread... and it had GRAVY/JUICE and KAISER ROLLS and and and and SIDES ALL OVER. I loved it. I loved figuring out how to make it. I'm totally going to make that from now on. Frickin German food is the best.

So... I guess... my B-day was pretty good. Strange typing that, but it was. it was really, really, really good.

I really hate July. It's got to be the worst time of the year, period.

It's hot, it's humid, there are always bugs everywhere and its often the time I get covered in a full-body rash from poison ivy. What about you all, what months do you hate?

Just looked through the number of furries in VA, and it seems like there's only one meetup in Lynchburg. Lynchburg is around 90 minutes away.

Talk about a depressing and lonely thing to think about. I need to find someplace else to go to. Maybe even meet other people. Anyone have any leads?

Mothers, Fathers, hug your sons and daughters tight.
Lovers, friends, hold each other with appreciation.
Family, both close and far, never let the bonds sever.

Rest in Peaceful Memory, Ted Joseph. Uncle, Cousin, Father, and Friend.

So I'm at Anthrocon. Spending time with Maroobles. Just dumped an ass load of money on arts and fun stuff.

Somewhat regretting it but trying 100% not to. I am nurpdurpflurp.

Fun stuff.

Tomorrow... I do research on RPG.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuun.

Derp.

-edit-
Okay, due to thoughts going through my head I'd like to take a few notes down, put them up, and cover my first Con-Venture. Why? Cause I'm self Centered.

-Day One-

Woke up at 7:00 AM and camped out for the opening of the convention. Talked with a few people and made a few friends at the convention. Met a very nice asian woman, Stephanie, who was going to be fursuiting. Also met with a pair of dealers who were their for their first time at the auction. They had been drawing desperately trying to get some art worked up for display, which I watched them work on and had some fun conversing with.

At the con itself, I got  maloo his first commission from  ritts, which he had asked me for. Got one for me as well, cause I like Ritts boobieses. After that I shopped around and must have dumped around $100 to $200 on art. Was good fun.

After conshopping, I had to run over and let Maloo into the room. Then I had to run back into the con to drop off some ref sheets... ref sheets which had to be printed from the front desk at the kinkos next door. Embarassment and blushing manders.

Day one wrapped up with a trip to the zoo, where I managed to spot one of the people I had commissioned,  gravewalker, again. Maloo abandoned me to bother an artist that owed him art and I spoke with her,  kuroryushin-kuma (Who gave me a derpy hooves badge cutout ;.; <3), and  el3ctrophr34k (I had no clue about the fuzzy sketchbook) for quite a while, just discussing the convention, art, and things in general for some time. She's a very nice person, as is her husband. I kind of realized at this point that artists are people too, which made for more blushing manders.


-Day Two-

Woke up around the same time Maloo did and got everything sorted up. Gave myself a much lower limit on spending money for art (out of money Maloo owed me for what I got for him and paid for him from Dracojeff). Proceeded to spend around $48 of it on new art, which I recieved that same day, from some crazy good artists.

The day started fine but, as it progressed I'm not sure what happened. I was somewhat following Maloo around cause I thought he wanted to include me in things he wanted to do. Mainly, however, it seemed like I was mainly just acting as third wheel for a couple of his friends. Tried to get along, and I did for the most part even through the parade, until I was taking a peek at my art again, just in amazement of how fast the artists had gotten it completed. A little pass-around happened and I was pleased at the attention for a tiny bit, though still embarrassed. It kind of made me sour though when I heard one of them mutter, "Not drunk enough."

That kind of hurt me. I tried to shoulder on, smile, but it made me feel like even more distant. Combining that with the body language I had gotten all day I decided I should probably go along my own and try to make my own fun. I was a little hurt still when Maloo called to check where I was and I was a bit short on the phone with him. Around this time I went over to the game room and saw  jaycalihan playing in a game of ironclaw. Spoke with him for a while and watched the game he was playing, trying my best not to be a distraction during the game.

He had made a comment he was hungry, so I went over to the pizza shop to buy him some food. As I left I got a message from Maloo who was outside the tabletop area. He had lost his badge and was irritated. I went through the steps with him where he might have lost it, but it felt like he didn't want to speak with me because he was concerned for his badge. Went over to the food place in the Westin, grabbed a pair of pizzas, and headed back to the tabletop area. I managed to semi-jokingly eke a commission out of Jaycalihan (He was going to pay me, but I suggested art would let him buy some things he wanted still) and watched him draw my character while he was playing.

After his session was completed, I joined the next, woefully shortened game, and got through all the Chargen. Made a character named Alkin, a female armadillo dopplesoldner. Had the GM roll the personality and motto: She's greedy and daring. I love her. Things got a little crazy in the tiny session we played, with a pair of bandits trying to hide evidence of their crimes on the road in front of us. After seeing the reaction of the pair, my buff, 4'6" armadillo stopped them in their speech and asked them, plainly, "How much would you be willing to pay us for us to just forget all this and walk away." Their response: "You have money?" Alkin -> "We'll have yours." And they ran like shit from the tiny tank of death.

After a bit of fighting, which my little bootscooter didn't get to participate in, and a bit of postgame (During which my little tard fell into a burning house). We got our XP and our gifts. Alkin actually walked away with a Signature item -> The Glass Blade. I was a bit stunned.

Everyone packed up and rushed out the door, but I stayed to talk to the GM. I asked if he had helped develop Iron Claw, as he was incredibly familiar with the module and the rules. Turned out I was speaking with  rafferty. I blundered through a sales pitch of my game concept and he stated it was a good base to work off of. He encouraged me to start up a kickstarter and see what interest I could generate. I wanted to shake his hand again and thank him for listening to my pitch and discussing things with me, but his business partner came in and I quietly said my goodbyes so that I wasn't intruding. It didn't really click until I was walking to the hotel just now as to who he was. I nearly gleespasm'd when I realized.

Today was mostly a down day, but the ending made me feel wonderful.

Oh, and Maloo found his missing conbadge.


-Day Three-

Woke up this morning at 9:00 (Maloo had stayed up late) and went straight to the con. Found Gnaw waiting in line to enter the dealer's den. He recognized me, which was a bit of a shock, and he gave me my sketch. Mein Gott, so cute ;.;... unt dat butt!

After profusely thanking him and gushing over the art I waited in line and went into the den. Most of the people had packed up to go. Met with Ritts briefly and found out that he doesn't actually look at anything on the internet at all when at a convention. After meeting with him I headed over to Gravey and saw her working on coloring my commission. MY GOD the artists all make my snuggle horror so cute ;.;.

I left for a bit, met with the man running the dragonstorm game after watching them all play. I had wanted to join in, but it was the last session, so sadmanders. HOWEVER, I did speak with Tim, the guy running the game, and it was his first time at a furry con. I admitted I had had a lot of misconceptions from popular media as well, and also how glad I was that I was under the wrong impression. We spoke for a while and shared that I was making a game myself, to which he added that he, himself, appreciated a very minimalistic approach to his gaming, which is something I understood and agreed with.

After fooding it up some, I headed back to artist alley and spoke some with Gravey, as my legs were killing me. She didn't mind, but people seemed to be coming to speak with her so I said my goodbyes and went to check out how  iggi was doing. Iggi and Gravey so nice. SO NICE. We spoke for about an hour, having fun talking and joking around on certain things, which only made my day even better. I even had my camera eaten by a cute pink fluffdragon, (But its okay, I got it back). A couple comments were made about my beard, which I stated I had grown to make me seem angry, always. It never works, due to some semi-natural curls, and Iggi was poking fun at how even I as Cyn's owner always seemed so happy, excited, or just goofy. I had gotten a portfolio disc earlier, which she had not gotten too many sales from (Shame on you who did not offer to buy it from her, shaaaaame) and I found one of her prints I absolutely loved of a cute grasshopper girl. I spent the last of my spending money on her and have come away happy.

Maloo had tried to pull me away from the table, possibly wanting to do something else, but I hung around to give Iggi her receipt and talk some more. When I finally finished up it had been about an hour, which, after a stretch and a pop of my legs, meant I had been there for too long. (At this moment I'm realizing why my father and my mother always take time to talk to people: talking to people is stress relief, and it makes you more comfortable. If you run around doing business you don't relax)

Anyways, after wandering around for a little more, I met up with the Solid Snake cosplayer I had made friends with, then after seeing him to an artist he wanted to commission yet I headed back to the hotel. I'm sitting here thinking about it all now and I am so glad I came.

Thank you everyone for a wonderful AnthroCon for this con virgin.

And you guys =>
 iggi
 gravewalker
 jaycalihan
 maloo
 taki

Keep rocking.


-- The List (O Calamitous Convention Commissions) --

[ ] Dragon-chan
[X] Iggi
[ ] Jaycalihan (+1 due to pizza) => Homewerk
[X] Bae Bunny
[X] Gravewalker
[X] Gnaw
[X] Ritts => Homewerk
[ ] Dracojeff
[X] Squeeji
[X] ClockworkChronid
[X] Korth
[X] Foxykin
[X] 2x Avernakis (+1 due to pimping)

Okay, I realize a lot of people probably don't read these or care about them, but I'mma ask anyways cause it can only help.

How much violence do you all like in your games? Do you like explosions of gore or funfetti?

I, myself, like a bit of classy violence. That is, novas of blood and body parts that -make sense- for the situation. That, or violence dressed up in a top hat and a monocle.

Opinions?

Need to purchase a Conbadge or two for when I go to AC. Anyone have any recommendations?

Just wanted to let you all know that before I stated the following:

I was involved in a car accident on Monday at 8:20 AM while on the way to work. Everything's alright and I'm getting the money together to pay for the repairs. Everything is going to be -okay-.

Now that I've settled that with myself, I have even more amazing news.

I've been working on my Indie RPG with a few individuals and, after a few sessions, have a lot of important data. The game is extremely high lethality and skills and attributes needed to be rebalanced to let people be a little more 'general' in their approach.

I empowered starting skills and attributes to give you a wider role of capabilities, while maintaining the goal that you can have a particular focus.

I'm working on the health system to see if I can come up with a way to vary the amount of health everyone has without severely limiting or empowering a player.

I also needed to alter a status condition so that it was both more powerful and more fair to the players.

The lethality, however, will not be altered. The individual that brought up this issue separated a non-combatant character from the party and walked into a shooting gallery. She survived five volleys of twin-linked assault rifle fully automatic fire from four drones and was struck twice, dropping her to 2 health. In a game where a single die can save or damn you this was impressive, especially because she had no defense die (meaning she was rolling the minimum one die).

Even though she's since decided to no longer be a part of the game, I salute her and thank her for the important data.

Probably for a while yet. With jobs encroaching, I've been feeling like I've had less and less time to actually be creative.

It doesn't help that all my energy is being poured into another project of mine, which takes up a buttload of time on its own.

Hopefully I'll be able to write something out here shortly, but until then at least you all know what's going on.

Thank you.

So I've been sinking serious time into Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. I'm a beast, but I die in two hits.

I love this game.

So far I've got a favourite set of equipment and am stuck on the Capri Demon, but that will hopefully change.

Equip -> Black leather armor, Soldier Kite Shield, Bastard Sword

What about you?

Etan is having a Christmas special! Buy one get one free on inks! Or get an ink free when you spend more that $7! gogogo!

 etan