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The Spirit of Peppermint has Claimed My Soul Once Again
@drdev.bsky.social
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Hail/Dev, she/they. 35. Often dragon, always queer. JD, MFA, PhD. Writer/Poet! Cap Hill/Seattle, WA and loving it.

Under 18? Begone!

Art: @sunsetaria.bsky.social
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Tryin' something new~!
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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In tabletops its important to know how to ramp up the stakes, clearly
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Every time I've run an SCRPG session has been a hoot, but there is the ever-building gag of 'if Hail runs a tabletop oneshot, we have to fight Dev' that has become self fulfilling.

The last possible twist from last oneshot, the long hot "well it'll be funny but won't happen"

(it happened):
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Happy #Devcember! I think I'm either going to do a short/flash story a day for the month, or when schedule doesn't permit I'll post a snip from something else ongoing for the sake of sharing. For now, bask in the wonder of @sunsetaria.bsky.social's wonderfully rendered peppermint Dev. <3
Dev, plump and embarrassed in holiday form, peppermint-striped and stuffed!
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Today was a mood disaster zone but I suspect good company over dinner tonight will help!
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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I do adore that St. Rat shows up on google maps.
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Playing through Deltarune with @ganelon.bsky.social is one of my favorite memories of the year, and the amount of times we went "Ralsei is *just Dev*" is essentially uncountable. Thus, this was ~required~!

"Shocking someone back to life is just healing magic on delay."

🎨: @sunsetaria.bsky.social!
Dev as Ralsei!
November 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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"I'm not sure your soul's worth as much as much as a god's, but taking that deal worked out for me. Want a taste? What's the *worst* that could happen~?"

🎨: @roxannarachnid.bsky.social <3 <3
Dev transforming into a sultry incubus~!
November 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Name your sessions, it's fun! There's been so many smaller arcs. And bards causing *terrible trouble* for the party, as they should, hah.
October 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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100 Sessions into one of my current long games as of last night! Each session usually has a quote (Usually a rule left by the party's old mentor), some dialogue, a myth, etc. Just over three years, too! Here's last night's old dialogue from the mentor, and the playlist for their battle! #d&d
"The key to any skill is practice, Lhoryn. You know that— you swing that axe day after day, you fight, you live, you get better. Someone paints, sings, sails— whatever it is, you do it over and over. Anything and everything, you learn by trying. I can tell you I'm doing better with this little family we've got going than my first, or my kids after. Not all the same skills— you bite less than my boy did growing up, cheeky shit— but you learn to keep folk close. Then with the big things— the stuff you can't imagine beating? The way the old-blood nezumi breathe down your neck, right or wrong, and want to change you and your folk— that's a thing you look at and go 'well, how do I fight that?' You're good at fighting, you're a great gnoll— pretty sure, at least, eh? Hah— got a good head on your shoulders. You've practiced killin' folk, bastards and not alike, so it doesn't even matter if they're right or wrong, those old rats. They're in your way, castin' a long damn shadow. How do you kill something that's your whole horizon? When an injustice sits heavy on your chest and squeezes the air out— too big for you to lift off, boy— what then? (Cont. on next image.) Well, you get like folk with you. Like improves like— reeds in a bundle over a single one. You stand a little taller, even when some fall away. Keep 'em close. Hold a shield high, if you're being a knight about it, and protect them. Then you practice— you find a smaller injustice, a petty tyrant. One rat who spits on your path— you beat him with words or your hands, and he learns or others do. You get better.You practice. The little bastards get bigger— a guard captain. A hero. A king. On and on and on. You get better at it, you make sure that even if you stumble, you've taught the other reeds. There's new grass growing absent some shadow, thanks to you. You nurture things that grow up behind you, you hold that shield high, and you cut them down. The reeds become the sickle. Then one day, you'll realize you don't have to look up at that thing that took up all your vision. You won't even meet it at eye level. Your horizon has to look up at you. Do you understand? Good. Come on, let's get back to the others— see about that job lookin' for those young ones that went missing." Playlist for session, six tracks: You Practice And Practice You Never Stop You Get Good at It And One Day The Horizon Looks Up at You
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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We have a second go at this, using @sunsetaria.bsky.social's dolls: @ruthredmane.bsky.social did these absolutely fucking *banging* designs? I cannot overstate how cool these are, and Ruth is, as ever, a fucking wonder to work with.

... I need to go shopping.
Five fashion drawings of Dev. First pose: On left, left hand on hip, grey half-jacket with belts across its equator, a high collar, and a gold buckle. Geometric seams, and dangling straps at the side. Pants have cut-out outer thighs, hanging loops, and similar patterning with a low-cut waist under another gold-buckle belt. Second: Black collar, Cheekface black band hoodie with green and yellow logo, dragonskull leggings, and a red flannel shirt around their waist hanging down. Left hand on hip, front facing. Third Pose: Facing away, to the left, back towards viewer with left forearm rested along hip. Cowled halter top in black with bands of toxic neon green. Same color green on bands on tail, stripes on stockings, edge of a short pleated skort, and tufts of fur at the ankles and bottom of the leggings of the skort. Fourth pose: Both hands on hips, front facing. Jeans, burgundy belt, bright magenta, long-sleeved, ruffled shirt with collar. Baby pink vest over it, gold choker, bangle on left wrist, and ring on left middle finger and right pinky. Silver ring on right index and left ring finger. Ruffled tail band with same baby-pink, wide band around it. Fifth pose: Sitting, legs crossed at the calves, with right hand in lap as pose faces left. Purple, swirl-patterned hoodie with light patterns and marks of star-like glitter. Black to navy blue leggings with same glitter effect. Hood up. The cube Dev is sitting on has place for artist attribution for both the poses and outfits, with poses by Amber and outfits by Ruth.
August 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I'll end up playing again in like, six months, I'm sure.
July 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Also just finished another cyberpunk playthrough~! Temperance ending this time. Goddamnit I love this game.
July 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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And going through Deltarune with said friend, @ganelon.bsky.social, now <3
July 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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I finally have enough of a lull in a workday to post this at a relevant time of day~!

This is *so* rad-- @sunsetaria.bsky.social is such a treat and did fantastic work on these croquis drawings of Dev outfits. I've got the base dolls for later comms, too~!

I want that jacket so bad, aaa~!
Five fashion drawings of Dev. First pose: On left, left hand on hip, pale khaki-hued slacks, loops of chain, locks, and keys, a jacket with an open jacket with a teeth motif-- brown hues with a pale pink interior. Second: A burgundy-red, ruffled skirt, a pair of belts, and a white shirt with a flat collar and puffed sleeves, the entire thing covered in golden stripes. Left hand on hip, front facing. Third Pose: Facing away, to the left, back towards viewer with left forearm rested along hip. Ripped jeans, rainbow vertically striped shirt under a jean jacket with fur rim, and a rainbow/stormcloud patch for pride with "After the Storm" on it. Fourth pose: Both hands on hips, front facing. Grey tweed blazer over a ruffled purple shirt with a white ribbon around the neckline. White, pleated skirt. Gold, makeup freckles, and charms on antlers and whiskers. Fifth pose: Sitting, legs crossed at the calves, with right hand in lap as pose faces left. Turquoise vest and high socks, brown slacks, and a ruffled, long-sleeved shirt in a cream color that gradients to a lush green. The cube Dev is sitting on has place for artist attribution for both the poses and outfits, both of which are signed by Amber.
June 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Lunch! Spicy dumplings, some potstickers, and some fresh pear apple cider
June 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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EDF 6 is a perfect game.
Subtitle of "THE AGGRESSIVE ALIENS ARE BETAS!"
June 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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1. nerd, 2. supporting character, 3. ice powers. The theme is established
May 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Fuck yes, my favorite Hamlet character because he is no one and also there to tell the Audience how to feel by being liked by everyone--

Anyway read Specters of Horatio which is one of my favorite analysis papers ever www.jstor.org/stable/27654...
May 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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I called this one before even checking, tbh
May 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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...Well, ice is cool, but this only makes sense for comic book gay Bobby
May 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Gay, plays D&D, always DM. Sure.
May 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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On anxiety alone this is the most wildly accurate called shot yet
May 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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You know for all the lion king porn I've been exposed to in like 20 years of being a furry, very little of it was about Nala, but she *does* slay. The eye-liner game on that wild cat is working for me.

Sorry normies (not sorry).
May 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I-- Okay. I get it, but was still a little surprised.
May 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM