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7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Poem on Envy

Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:49:44 +1100

You think I don’t notice

When you come back home

With the boons of your craft

When I sit starving

With a plate in front of me

When I reach out

With voracious appetite

When your grasp stings, like fire

With distance, I am safe

With envy

"The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous."

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:26:33 +1100

“The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.”

- Rabindranath Tagore

I don’t care if I don’t do the 7 Deadly Sins properly anymore!

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 22:27:48 +1100

Imma finish this challenge no matter how long this takes. It’s been 8 days and a little over 75% throu (I think) idgaf, this challenge is too funnn

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Plot Idea on Wrath

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:14:26 +1100

Main Character is a student. He/she is of a melancholic personality, but positively nihilistic.

Main Character is deeply held in schoolwork, and unwilling to stop. Education is something he/she cares about, as it enriches their mind with conflicting thought and a challenge to their previous understanding.

Main Character has very few deeply held beliefs, and they are based on things that happened in the past to him/her. These beliefs make him/her very sentimental, and wary of certain actions almost superstitiously. This past will need to be fleshed out within the narrative.

Main Character is faced sentimental action and is sent in a fit of mad fury. Readers sympathize with this reaction, and see it as justified (for the most part).

Main Character faces the repercussions of his/her actions, and regrets ever doing them. This sends the Character into deep philosophical thought, concluding the story with a question.

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Poem on Wrath

Sun, 22 Oct 2017 20:00:20 +1100

There is a fury pent up inside me

One which shall burn the four walls of this house

Turn genteel iron to mottled rust

Bring deep, emotional pain to the people around me

But I keep those words to myself

Because words have power

And that power is weaker

Than your silent ignorance

"But the child’s sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!"

Sun, 22 Oct 2017 19:50:45 +1100

“But the child’s sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!”

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Plot Idea on Sloth

Sun, 22 Oct 2017 19:41:28 +1100

Character is an up and coming musician/performer. He/She has gained the attention of numerous producers for his/her’s eccentric compositions, and revival of a long gone genre of music.

Character scores a recording deal with one of the biggest, most well known companies, and is overwhelmed at the corporate responsibilities held over him/her.

Character works very hard early on, building a public image, going to interviews, performing at a frequent basis, etc. Gets tired and emotionally strained, and in a lethargic fit signs over a lot of his/her rights to another sweet talking, persuasive producer.

Character is given less of a responsibility to do things, and changes dramatically as a person. Excessive levels of drinking, eating, and partying deteriorate his/her health and willpower.

Essentially becoming a brand of his/her company, Character has lost all sense of personality, reducing his ratings. Magazines talk of his early success, and question whether he was a product of the industry, or if he was so rotten all along.

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Poem on Sloth

Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:25:29 +1100

I am bored, though not in the least tired.

I have a responsibility, and decisions affecting more than a million.

I have power,

I have hunger,

But I also have sloth.

"We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty."

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:45:21 +1100

“We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.”

- Quintilian

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Plot Idea on Greed

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:27:14 +1100

Character A has a sizable problem in wanting more than others, but nothing serious.

Character B is struggling to go by, with his/her problems increased by society’s culture of selfish desire. B is displeased with this, but is powerless to the masses and keeping his/her image with them.

B goes shopping. Meets A at aisle 5.

A judges B’s cart, goes to find better versions of products. Very obviously flaunts his trophies to B.

B cannot spend anymore, but gets similar products reluctantly, heads briskly to the checkout, trying not to gain A’s attention.

A follows B to the checkout with an odd sense of pride, watching B place items on travelator machine thingo.

B hesitantly gives his’her card to the cashier, knowing A is watching. Cashier tells there ain’t any money left on it. He/she needs to pay another $100.

“Why did you get all that?” asks A mockingly. B loses temper and yells at A how he/she taunted B a few moments earlier with his/her products. B storms off.

A quietly pays for his items and leaves. Cashier had written a disapproving comment on his receipt for him to remember.

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Poem on Greed

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:49:06 +1100

Give me more, give me less

I’m afraid I have to confess

That the intrinsic motive for my actions is greed

And this, I am pleased immensely

Give me more, give me less

I’m afraid I have to confess

That for the advancement of this society requires want

And this, I am pleased immensely

Give me more, give me less

I’m afraid I have to confess

Without me, the world is less

"There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it."

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:26:47 +1100

“There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.”

- Maya Angelou

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Plot Idea on Gluttony

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:28:04 +1100

Main Character is craving something but doesn’t know what.

Main Character looks in fridge to no avail.

Main Character looks in kitchen cupboards to no avail.

Main Character panics, but tries forgetting about craving.

Main Character is distracting him/herself with activity when the mystery food comes to his mind.

Main Character stops what he/she’s doing and rushes to look for item.

Main Character finds the food, but figures it’s quite old. Main Character checks the date and sees it’s overdue.

Main Character is having a mental dilemma on eating it or waiting for the next day (It is now nighttime) to go to supermarket and buy new packet.

Main Character being a glutton eats with no remorse, though reader questions Main Character’s actions.

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Poem on Gluttony

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:04:07 +1100

Hunger, is a call for action

So is pleasure

So is the click of a finger

Bringing forth a platter of delicacies,

Wrapped in sugar, spice, and all things nice

It’s the mind that calls these actions

Just maybe, not be the right ones

I’m sorry for not following the challenge properly.

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:40:20 +1100

Its just that I’ve been bogged down with other responsibilities, with things such as homework and housework. I’ve even stayed up late at night to prepare for stuff. Sleep was far too important to miss during a school week, and I didn’t want to lose any more for a tiny blog challenge!

I’ll try doing as many of the backlogged posts and possible, so prepare for a full dashboard! 🙂🤓😅

"‘What I like about gluttony,’ a bishop I knew used to say, 'is that it doesn’t..."

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 19:55:20 +1100

“‘What I like about gluttony,’ a bishop I knew used to say, 'is that it doesn’t hurt anyone else.’”

- Monica Furlong (1930–2003)

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Plot Idea on Lust

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:44:47 +1100

Antagonist is lustful for Main Character.

Main Character sees the lust as ‘love’ and falls for Antagonist.

Antagonist enjoys his/her time with Main Character, but seeks nothing more than physical pleasure. He/she displeases of Main Character outside of bed, and avoids any such interaction.

Main Character acknowledges their ‘love’ as surface level, but struggles to decide between keeping lust, or look for actual love.

Their lust does turn to love (at least for Main Character), but certain factors (eg. social pressure, finance, friendships, other lovers, etc.) may forever keep them distant.

Antagonist moves on with someone else, crushing Main Character’s heart.

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Poem on Lust

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:34:11 +1100

Like potent drink, your toxic form pollutes me.

Relentless desire, my hands search for meaning—

Separate skin, or crumpled sheets.

I am alone.

My palms, outstretched over your innocence.

Raging river, flowing down your cheeks.

Rosy cheeks, and wet sheets.

I am alone.

Not being the type to write anything spicy, I expected this to be an awkward experience! Not only was it pleasant, but I found myself asking a lot of deep personal questions!

There is a difference between lust and love, but these concepts are also deeply interconnected. With love, comes lust, but having lust does not necessarily mean you are in love. The secondary nature fascinated me, and I tried to show that in my poetry.

This was for my 7 Deadly Sins Challenge. Find similar posts on my blog following the ‘7 deadly sins ’ tag or see the rules of my challenge here.

Adichi :)

"Innuendo? More like IN-YOU-endo!"

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:42:32 +1100

“Innuendo? More like IN-YOU-endo!”

- a friend of mine, apparently.

Dungeon-Mastering the 5th Edition Starter Campaign, as a First-Time DM

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:29:32 +1100

SPOILER ALERT TO ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PLAYED THIS CAMPAIGN

The midday sunshine was blocked by a clumped haze of grey cloud, and one couldn’t be sure if it was going to rain. I’d just bought a sushi roll and quickly ate while walking to the store we planned to congregate. As I reached for the front door I gulped what was remaining, chucked the waste in a nearby bin, and headed upstairs to meet four of the six other people participating.

We began discussing our superficial travel woes, as minutes passed before everyone else had joined our table. All of us, except one were beginners, and me–the Dungeon Master–wasn’t that one person. I thought I knew the rules moderately well, had a good public speaking voice, so it should have been quite easy–

Boy, was I wrong!

My words fumbled, voice monotone. And I realised early preparation was key to any session. Following the anecdotes of relatively famous YouTubers wasn’t. You couldn’t just ‘wing it’, and any illiteracy to the rules made the experience inconsistent. I can’t express how grateful I was for the forgiveness and patience of my friends at my incompetence. It was really their curiosity in learning a new game which made that day so memorable.

So, the campaign begins by brief introduction characters: Helsing, the Dwarven Cleric; Salazar, a Human Fighter; Womyn, an Elven Wizard; Richard, the other Human Fighter; Cora, the Halfling Rogue; and The Expert just helped with rules. Gundren Rockseeker had hired them from Neverwinter to bring supplies to the distant town of Phandalin. Helsing was the only who knew Gundren in any personal way, and the others coaxed by the prospect of money.

Their wagon came to a halt on sight of two dead horses sprawled pathetically on road. Salazar senses an ambush, tells the others, with Richard deciding to leap out from wagon. Four goblins emerge from the brush, beginning the very first combat round.

They slay the goblins and decide to head back on their way to Phandalin, to hand over Gundren’s goods and hopefully gain more information on what just happened. But of course, the trail formed by a human-sized object doesn’t ring any alarm bells. Turns out Gundren, nor his personal guard had arrived at Phandalin. Suspicion (finally) arises that those horses may have been Gundren and Sildar’s (the guard), and further inquiries take them to the business of Linene, who says she too had been robbed of by these goblins (side-quest?1?).

So they head back to the scene and investigate, follow the trail and arrive at the entrance of a cave. They spot two sleeping goblin guards, and stealth. Salazar being Salazar is horrible at stealth, waking the guards.

To shorten the story they kill the guards, befriend chained wolves by feeding them dead guard, scout the whole place, find Sildar tied-up, fight more goblins, have epic goblin-chief death scene (Womyn uses Ray of Frost on crying chief, tears shatter to icy mist). Bugbear who runs the place unleashes the hounds, but hounds like them for giving free food. Bugbear gets his own pet wolf to kill them but it dies slipping on pebbles’n’rocks™.

They decide to kill Mr. Bugbear, but first they need to jump off a ledge (RIP flimsy bridge they cut-off 30 mins before). Womyn tries climbing down, but falls flat unconscious. Salty Bugbear releases floodgates nearly killing unconscious Womyn and group decides they need to interrogate Sildar and save Womyn before confronting rich douchebag Bugbear.

They head out cave and set camp outside. Also wolves like getting free food with Salazar being unofficial master over them (note they’re not pets, they just want free food).

This is where we leave the campaign to head off in our own directions. We had so much fun, and planned to meet again for more. The rain was beating the living life off the tin roof above us, oddly reminding me of the clothes I hung up earlier. Shit.

THE END

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