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@bassjackal.bsky.social

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Black-backed jackal, bassist, long-time middlespacer, plural. She/her. This is an 18+ account, minors do not interact. I'm in my 30s T.T Pfp by @yookey.fun I stream "Pajama Sam but for big kids" and retro games: https://www.twitch.tv/bassjackal

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Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · Mar 20

Time for a pinned introduction. I'm Jacquelyn (she/her). My character is a 10 year old black-backed jackal who plays the bass, hence BassJackal. I play the bass IRL too.

I sometimes repost ABDL stuff, thoughts, and talk about games. I also stream, see my reply for details!

www.twitch.tv/bassjackal

A reference sheet by Tato for Jacquelyn, a black-backed jackal. In the reference she's 8 years old (4' 0" tall). Several outfits are shown, as well as a pose where she's holding a 4 string bass guitar.

A grown-up ref sheet of Jacquelyn by SparksReactor. The age is omitted, but I figure she's mid 20s here. There's a couple outfit poses and a bass guitar as well. The sheet lists her at 5'2".

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1h

This looks absolutely gorgeous o:

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 7h

Ah. Ok. Well mostly what @tailsyyy.bsky.social said then.

There have been a couple times in my life when i have been literally unable to stop myself from saying a specific phrase without context, but there's no expected effect/response. More on the echolalia/tic side.

Your case sounds different

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 7h

And what, you have something specific you say to get people to remind you of this? That you repeat a lot?

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 7h

Examples?

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 19h

And at the very final fight... drank a couple buffing potions for the final phase (buffs in the bottom right corner), and then ... yep, game crashed. 😭

I did complete the fight on a second attempt, so yep, this game is ready for jackal show and tell in a couple months :)

A screenshot of the world map for King's Quest 8. The sky, a Mask of Eternity emblem in lieu of a sun, and some floating islands with structures are colored in. A caption reads "Copying files to hard drive..."

A screenshot from King's Quest 8. There is a sketch of an altar with a Mask of Eternity on it. Text at the bottom reads "Loading Realm of the Sun Altar Room"

A screenshot from King's Quest 8. A man in armor with shields floating around him stands in front of an altar. Behind the altar is a man in darker armor casting some sort of spell. A large dark portal is swirling behind the dark-armored man. In the bottom right, a metal gauntlet and a shield are shown.

A screenshot of King's Quest 8. Most of the screen is black, but in the center is a Windows XP error popup stating "Mask of Eternity has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 19h

My heart broke when this happened, but after a couple hours of tinkering, I eventually found a workaround that worked for me. Not a great one, but at least it let me proceed into the final levels...

A screenshot of the world map for King's Quest 8. The northeast area, a small valley with a stonehenge-like structure is colored in. A caption reads "Copying files to hard drive..."

A screenshot from King's Quest 8. There is a sketch of stonehenge like pairs of pillars with a rectangular stone laid across them. Text at the bottom reads "Loading Paradise Lost"

A screenshot from King's Quest 8. A man in armor stands in a clearing surrounded by pairs of pillars with rectangular slabs across them. In front of the man a priestly man is floating. Text at the bottom reads: "Hail, Champion Eternal! Thou hast completed thy worldly tasks. Thou art now prepared for entry to the Realm of the Sun. Behold...!"

A screenshot of King's Quest 8. Most of the game is blocked by a Windows XP error popup stating "Mask of Eternity has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 20h

Happy birthday!

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

And suppose a lot of people who like both you and me talking about it.

Idk in that situation, is it gross for people who like you to be like, "I wish Socks would just say they don't have anything to do with what Jacquelyn eats?" Even if they know you won't/ can't say?

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

Then, whether you respond or not, people might be like "gee why did Socks make Jacquelyn skip lunch?"

And either you can be like "I don't have any say in Jacquelyn's meals" or be like nah Jacquelyn made that up it's on her to fix her weird wording and it's weird people are like "Uh, Socks, what?"

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

I respect that. It is absolutely because how the group worded it. That's not the con's fault!

Imagine this hypothetical situation: I have like 100K followers and say something like "gosh I really wanted to eat before dinner, but no more lunches for me. Please ask Socks if you have any questions"

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

I figured it was likely something like that. I wasn't asking about the attendee ban but I can see how it might all be related given the framing of the post I quoted.

I appreciate the response, thanks.

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

And that's like.... all I'd like them to say? I get they probably won't say anything, but this post was a "it'd be nice" and not 'hey con free advice'

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the post they made in the replies (ot the most visible place - just because I found it doesn't mean most people will) and it's weird to have that but still be quiet.

It's absolutely not the con's problem and they shouldn't be forced into having to say anything.

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

They're not obligated to do anything. It's a tradeoff between do they feel like "damage control"/inbox control of clarifying that they don't have anything to say because it wasn't their decision is worth saying or not.

I don't expect anything, just saying it would be nice given initial reactions.

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

A buried reply is not a statement :)

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

But like, there's something in the replies already so....?

Babyfur Con® @babyfurcon.com · 1d

Hey Nathan, BFC has not made any specific decisions regarding the Diaper Frat Party. The decision to cancel the attendee-led event was made solely at the discretion of its organizers.

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

It would be nice if the @babyfurcon.com account said BFC specifically didn't cancel the (attendee-led unofficial) event because that was my assumption until digging into replies and also seeing this response from @diaperfrat.bsky.social

I'm sure there's reasons why there's not a skeet about it!

αβΔλ DiaperFrat (Shut Down) @diaperfrat.bsky.social · 1d

Our estimate is that between 1/3-1/2 of the convention attended our events! We had an easy 1/4th for our Saturday Event, and had a packed room all Friday!

One of our members is not welcome anymore unfortunately, and our organization sticks together.

We'd have to be invited back at this point!

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

This is indeed a disturbing universe

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

That run includes Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence which is a weird one. Disc two, yes, fits right in. But disc one? I think most people only remember "The Glass Prison" and on its own disc one wouldn't have done well.

I say that as someone who *loves* "The Great Debate" which is 1/4 of the runtime

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

Meds can help a lot, you'll still have to put in some work yourself but yah I think it'll help you a lot!

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously can't look at this without hearing the Animal Crossing laughing sound

Little Leif @peacemaker9669.bsky.social · 1d

XD

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 2d

It's Tuesday and on jackalstream we're starting the final Blackwell game, Blackwell Deception (2017). Spirit medium Rosangela Blackwell and her ghost partner Joey are on the trail of psychic vampires! Point and click adventure game.

www.twitch.tv/BassJackal

Twitch is the world

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 2d

That just leaves the ice level in this experiment, once I'm through this either the game will break, or it'll be playable to the end! I really don't remember this level, but I remember some pick order of operations around when to swap from a fire crossbow to an ice one.

Heh heh, Connor go brrrr.

A screenshot of the world map for King's Quest 8. An area in the northeast consisting of icy mountains, fog, and a lake is colored in. A caption reads "Copying files to hard drive..."

A screenshot from King's Quest 8. There is a sketch of several armored bird men flying in the mountains. The art is signed "SINDT '98". Text at the bottom reads "Loading The Frozen Reaches"

A screenshot from King's Quest 8. A man in armor stands in an elevator with walls made of ice blocks. At the bottom a caption reads "Brrrr! This is a frigid land sure!"

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 2d

My memory either sucked or as a teen I did not understand the level's layout. There was some grappling but it was pretty straightforward.

The next zone, the "lethal lava land" of the game was worse than I remembered. A lot of jumping to flaming screaming death in lava because the controls suck.

A screenshot of the world map for King's Quest 8. An area in the southeast consisting of lava and rocks is colored in. A caption reads "Copying files to hard drive..."

A screenshot from King's Quest 8. There is a sketch of a large reptilian beast rearing up. The art is signed "SINDT '98". Text at the bottom reads "Loading The Barren Region"

A screenshot from King's Quest 8. A man in armor stands in an area with dry cracked ground and lava. Under him is a stone portal with swirling energy. At the bottom a caption reads "Alas! In what scorching land have I found myself?"

Jacquelyn @bassjackal.bsky.social · 2d

That's definitely not the philia I remember an NPC from that game asking about...