Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

i am in complete shock over these fucking cats

shadow is still on the way back with her batch

everyone is doing fine except for aunt tiger and dragon who want to scream

ok shadow is off with the mobile vet and they have our phone number

i increasingly support the theory she is about to have kittens; she has been purring with little sign of further distress, her leakage is not mostly blood, and she seems to be licking at her Lady Regions periodically.

we already begged the vets office for adoption resources.

well crap, shadow is either ill or having a litter DX DX DX

@Phorm FWIW, I *do* consider my wish to have been accurately and skillfully fulfilled. Win or lose, Trump has gotta be thinking about those NY suits and Deutschebank and sweating...

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@Cerulean thats the same shit that made me swear off classic nethack after 30 minutes. "the strategy guides want me to do WHAT with my pet!?" 🤬

@Cerulean fwiw i am enjoying the hell out of it but cant get past the world 3 boss for the life of me. best runs have been witj rogue and as many weapons as i can get plus a few basic draw upgrades, ideally one BIG weapon or upgraded one thatll take 3+ cards. its still an awful slog though and yeah food is almost hilariously scarce.

@Phorm I mean, I think I got my wish though now I wish I'd been MORE SPECIFIC. :)

@001zlnv no but our postwar negotiations have of course included some epic sushi runs with the vanquished (loser pays)

ok now he's not even skittery, i just walked straight up to him and gave him a petting

any other lingering diplomatic freeze will surely be dealt with by the five tuna steaks i bought our little prince <3

oh my god shemp's vet appointment was a nightmare.

he freaked out in the car and was crying by the time we got to the vet office, and like an idiot i opened the carrier to give him a treat and a scritch

and there's a whole freakin petco attached to this shop

fortunately we are all home safe, and shemp was calmer on the way back -- my biggest worry aside from him getting stuck/lost somewhere was permanently damaging our friendship with him...

...but guess who was back at our door five minutes after achieving sweet freedom, mewling to be let back in, and still arched his back when i petted him?

shemp is the goodest boi. he's still skittery but i think we'll be able to patch things up <3

still gonna get the boy sedated or something for his snipping appointment :p

eh-heh. my pronouncement of confidence last night was based on hopes we'd take the senate.

now i'm back to freaking out a little. :)

whatever happens, we've got each other and we've got some reasonably functional state governments with grown-ups in charge

we'll get through this

yeah, i have a bad feeling about the presidential election and an oddly good feeling about the future, honestly, relative to what might be about to happen.

i'm nervous but that's different from being afraid. yes, i realize that's potentially a very privileged position right now and my feelings are not meant to be normative.

just remember that stress makes you imagine the worst cases far before the best ones, and we still have a lot of power and talent on our side.

love u all. <3

@001zlnv i mean, raccoons get eaten. we know the score.

no. i mean we keep a very precise count. don't worry, we'll have our day. ​

well, dawn seems to be of the opinion that either we're going to win and get a better world, or the fight is going to be a surprisingly good party

sadly the two of swords in the outcome slot tends to incline me slightly towards the latter

or it would if i really thought there were any prognosticative power to this, and of course, i don't *cough*

@xinjinmeng @001zlnv And yet now I find myself craving a bowl of chili-mac so you may have had the last laugh.

and the incantation, feel free to join us

NOTHING LIVES LONG
ONLY THE EARTH AND THE MOUNTAINS

FEEL LIKE I'M ALL FLESH AND NO BONE
I'M NOT THE SHAPES THAT I'M SHOWN
HOPE I GET IT RIGHT TOMORROW

I SEE THE HILLSIDES
BURNING IN FLAMES
EVERYTHING'S GRAY
NOTHING REMAINS OF
PLACES I LOVED
NOTHING'S GREEN NOTHING GROWS
EVERYTHING BURNED
EVERYTHING WAS

=======================

SO LONG MY LOVE
WISH THAT I COULD FLY INTO TIME
ALL MY LIFE FADES AWAY ON ROADS PASSED
BY LIKE CRIES TO THE NIGHT
NOW I SEE YOU
I SEE YOUR FACE FOR MILES IN THE SKY
HOPE THAT I WILL BE BRAVE AND FALL INTO
THE DARK PART OF DREAMS

=======================

NOTHING LIVES LONG
ONLY THE EARTH AND THE MOUNTAINS

I SEE THE HILLSIDES
BURNING IN FLAMES
EVERYTHING'S GRAY
NOTHING REMAINS OF
PLACES I LOVED
NOTHING'S GREEN NOTHING GROWS
EVERYTHING BURNED
EVERYTHING WAS

LEAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR ME I'M COMING HOME
HELL IF I KNOW PLACES I SHOULDN'T ROAM
THINGS THAT I LOVE FADE OUT PAST MY VIEW
THE TIMES ARE RACING NOW I'M JUST GLAD I
SPENT THEM WITH YOU

FEEL LIKE I'M ALL FLESH AND NO BONE
I'M NOT THE SHAPES THAT I'M SHOWN
HOPE I GET IT RIGHT TOMORROW

love you all

if i were a wooful person i would definitely say i felt something slide around 6:15-6:25, during the bridge to the vocals for "...is a monster"

but i'm not mind you