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big pig merry jig

“What are you going to do for a week in Kentucky?” said HGR. He says this about every vacation. I don’t know, though. I’m just along for the ride. I was feeling weirdly ambivalent about this vacation. I always get hyped about family vacations, regardless of destination; I want to go new places, see ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - May 26, 2023

the knucklebomb incident

The official Lorwolf launch came on May 5. I still don’t think it’s a particularly good game, but I’m playing it…for now. At the start, everyone just had their progens, so there was a scramble to befriend wild wolves to get a full team (you need three wolves + companions for a full campaign/gauntlet...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - May 22, 2023

embrace annihilation

We finally had a clean run of Hephaistos 2. It was down to the wire; Hephaistos was casting the final Ego Death; all the veterans, who have seen this many times before, were like “it’s fine, it’s fine, just hit your buttons.” It was not fine. We got a 0.4% enrage. You hate to see it. “Technically, w...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - May 6, 2023

two-cat morning and a pie

Another week, another office day. It was a two-cat morning (the orange tabby and white-and-orange cat were looking out the window in apartment #1; the windowside cat bed was empty in apartment #2). The theoretical max is four, but I’ve never seen all four cats in a single trip. Office is a ghost tow...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 29, 2023

your feeble flame must be snuffed out

(HGR) i predict we do not clear today (HGR) wait thats kind of gauche (HGR) nvm we're doin it   True to form, we did not clear Hephaistos 2 this weekend. We got past Ego Death (I was right! we really did have to [redacted]) and then the Evil Earth started doing its thing and everything fell apa...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 26, 2023

weather report

The weather has been wild this month. Last week we had temps in the upper 70s and had to turn on the air conditioning before even doing taxes. (Dante beat me in the great tax race of 2023: he did his taxes on the morning of April 15, I did mine that evening. It was fine. Tax day landed on a Saturday...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 21, 2023

rejoice, and partake of my gift

In lieu of me trying to explain High Concept, have the following visual journal:

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - April 21, 2023

receive of me death, and be honored

Just realized that my wolf Black Exocleaver is nearly six years old. It’s about time for her to choose a successor. We’ve been on this tier for that long, huh? In any case, last Saturday, we cleared Hephaistos 1 (woo!!) and got to behold Hephaistos’ final form. “He’s so cool…” said HGR. Then, on Sun...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 27, 2023

errands & goals

Taking the train to visit my parents after work, just like old times. This is my first Amtrak trip since the start of the pandemic. I was wondering if things would be different due to covid (reduced service, increased security) but everything was as I left it. Same trains running at the same times, ...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 26, 2023

elden things

I hopped onto discord just in time to hear: “they can shove that lore up their asses. my god.” it sounds like HGR is having a fun time playing Elden Ring. oh, apparently the boss (the putrid avatar) gave him scarlet rot. it sprays scarlet goop, which, to HGR, is indistinguishable from the color of t...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 20, 2023

you are prey to be consumed

HGR and I bet on the outcome of this week’s raid. Specifically, I bet we would clear (we were “pretty close” last week); he bet we wouldn’t. numbers, after Sunday’s session: “Well, you know, I feel like we got a little better at the mechanics today.” HGR won the bet. I bought him a pizza. Re-reading...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 14, 2023

fools, braying before a god

hephaistos-without-context.txt ===  meisnewbie: what is HGR’s favorite pixar film meisnewbie: wall-e luis: UP numbers: a bug’s life === meisnewbie: we both had a rear positional at the same time numbers: hot === The good news is that we’re done with Agdistis reclears forever. Dante got his brin...

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Achaius (Lvl. 40) - March 10, 2023

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