<2021-11-02T15:42:58.000Z> AR-15: Sorry about that. 
<2021-11-02T15:43:51.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Haha nah it's fine! I enjoy banter from time to time.
<2021-11-02T15:45:15.000Z> AR-15: Okay good lol. Just wanted to make sure I didn't actually piss you off by starting that. 
<2021-11-02T15:46:34.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Oh no, definitely not! :aigotchu: 
<2022-02-15T18:22:07.000Z> AR-15: Yeah! So my artist irl friend who was helping me design my races recently built a new PC and got a drawing tablet. Unfortunately that means that he's trying to relearn how to draw using it. He's also moved twice. So instead of having physical art in August for races, it's February and he doesn't have anything he thinks is good enough to send me. Sad! 
<2022-02-15T18:25:04.000Z> AR-15: Also one of the reasons I moved last year was to be closer to my long distance girlfriend. Long story, she's a childhood friend I had lost contact with who my sister set me up with about 2 years ago. Since I moved I've been spending every minute I can with her. We got engaged last month and we scheduled the wedding for this summer. Great for me and my real life, not great for putting together tabletops lol.
<2022-02-15T18:25:50.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Oh I totally get it, man. I'm not pressuring you to start up your game whatsoever. I just want to talk to you more often, that's all. I enjoy talking with you.
<2022-02-15T18:26:04.000Z> AR-15: I really wanted to write for the godcast contest especially since my specialty is space opera and I haven't even had time for that 
<2022-02-15T18:26:21.000Z> AR-15: Thank you for understanding. I want to talk with you more too! 
<2022-02-15T18:28:41.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: I want to write for that contest too but I've been... kind of unable to. Every time I do, I wind up writing for my own game, either setting or mechanics. Which is great in that I'm getting that done, but bad in that the deadline is rapidly approaching. :02sad: 
<2022-02-15T18:30:37.000Z> AR-15: Yeah :/ understandable. I may just do something short in like a day and submit it. It sucks because I had a whole story outlined and ready to go, I just haven.t found time to write it.
<2022-02-15T18:31:47.000Z> AR-15: I should have some time this evening, if you're free wanna jump in a voice call and bully each other to write?
<2022-02-15T18:33:24.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Hahaha sure, I'd love that. :02_smile: 
<2022-02-15T18:34:41.000Z> AR-15: Sweet! I also really need to bounce ideas off of someone and you generally have really good input, so I'm going to be bombarding you 
<2022-02-15T18:36:34.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Dude I LOVE being an idea sounding board. Because it makes me think about this kind of story stuff which also helps me with my own worldbuilding. :02_lolli: 
<2022-02-15T18:38:37.000Z> AR-15: Frick yeah. Awesome! 
<2022-02-16T00:08:08.000Z> AR-15: Doing some chores then grocery shopping. Should be on in like 90 minutes to 2 hours
<2022-02-16T00:33:53.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Cool!
<2022-02-16T01:30:04.000Z> AR-15: Oops! I sat down after work and fell asleep. Just now heading out for groceries. Should be back in about an hour. Sorry! 
<2022-02-16T01:35:17.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: haha sounds good man
<2022-02-16T19:30:16.000Z> AR-15: Thanks again for hanging out last night! You all are way smarter than I am. Anyway, after thinking about your recommendations I got another genius idea that should let me be able to finish my story up over the next few days. Do you mind if I show it to you before I submit it? 
<2022-02-16T19:59:24.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Nice dude, I'm glad to hear it! And yeah I'd love to hear what you've got
<2022-02-16T19:59:36.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: But no we're not smarter hahaha
<2022-02-16T20:00:21.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: We just talk a lot. I highly recommend it. It was great talking to you too and you should do it as often as you can!
<2022-02-16T20:05:05.000Z> AR-15: Yes! Thank you! 
<2022-02-20T20:16:39.000Z> AR-15: Funny pathfindet/starfinder lore: the Azlanti are explicitly supposed to be evil wolfenstein Nazis whose whole society is based on eugenics and racial supremacy. What's funny is that there's no option to play as one but as NPC enemies, they get +2 to every characteristic, so they actually are objectively superior to every other race in the game lmao. 
<2022-02-20T20:21:30.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Hahahahahahaha
<2022-02-20T20:21:37.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: That's hilarious! They actually are the superior race!
<2022-02-20T22:01:54.000Z> AR-15: Right? Lmao
<2022-02-21T17:19:41.000Z> AR-15: Gonna listen to the new episode in a minute. I'm excited for this one, I fucking hate critical role so much yet so many people I know love it. Thanks for helping keep me sane.
<2022-02-21T17:31:54.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Haha well this one was about the shitty cartoon they produced specifically. It was so damn bad
<2022-02-21T17:54:44.000Z> AR-15: I didn't even know they did that but I can imagine
<2022-02-21T18:07:41.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Yeah, we streamed it in the LW server. It was D&D alright: Disgusting & Diverse.
<2022-02-21T18:18:17.000Z> AR-15: Holy shit. I wish I had been able to participate but I'm also kind of glad I wasn't there for that 
<2022-02-21T18:19:28.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: I was done after episode 2 but everyone kept demanding I stayed through all 6. It was so bad...
<2022-02-21T18:21:15.000Z> AR-15: F
<2022-02-21T18:22:37.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: :02sad: 
<2022-02-21T19:18:22.000Z> AR-15: Took a nap during lunch break while listening to little wars, had a dream about painting model planes with mongoose. It was comfy. Thank you Mongoose 
<2022-02-21T19:47:39.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Hahaha very based
<2022-02-28T19:26:16.000Z> AR-15: Not gonna have my story ready for the contest :/  I
<2022-02-28T19:27:15.000Z> AR-15: Been busy all weekend and all last week and that's my own fault. I will have a finished story from this though and I will want to show you when I'm done if you don't mind looking at it! 
<2022-02-28T19:28:36.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Yeah I've been too busy working on getting these solar panels up and running and what little writing inspiration I've had has been entirely on my own fantasy WW1 setting, so I'm not going to submit anything either.That's okay, life happens.I would still absolutely love up read it!
<2022-02-28T19:29:50.000Z> AR-15: Sweet! Thank you friend.
<2022-02-28T19:30:27.000Z> AR-15: How's work on the WW1 fantasy stuff going? I forget, was that intended to be a story or a tabletop game?
<2022-02-28T22:01:00.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: It's going very well! Almost done with the last of the lore pages to get the entire fluff component completed. Then it's just mechanics to finish before I can start running it.
<2022-02-28T22:01:14.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: And yeah it's mostly for a tabletop roleplaying game but I do intend to write stories in that setting, too.
<2022-02-28T22:12:21.000Z> AR-15: Awesome! Let me know when you're ready to playtest, I'd like to get in on that. 
<2022-03-01T02:12:27.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: I certainly will!
<2022-03-17T18:19:23.000Z> AR-15: Sorry man, I'll stop tagging you in tabletop threads for D&D and spinoffs unless it's something really stupid/cool like AD&D or Space 1899 or something like that 
<2022-03-17T18:20:28.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Oh I don't mind. That was funny though, considering you, Kane, and Grooms are all in the Little Wars Discord. :02lul: 
<2022-03-17T18:20:35.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Kane found his players though so that's what matters
<2022-03-17T18:22:21.000Z> AR-15: Yeah! I just don't check the server as much as I should. I'm in too many discords that I can't leave without making people upset but don't ever talk with them there. I need to just make a fresh account and accidentally forget to tell them all lol. 
<2022-03-17T18:23:20.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: You could do that, or you could face people and admit that you have other things going on and it's time to go separate ways. It's harder to confront people directly, but it brings them closure which is kinder in the long run, and it builds personal strength inside yourself
<2022-03-17T18:23:45.000Z> AR-15: This is true 
<2022-03-17T18:24:35.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Plus learning to control your social circumstances gives you an element of control over your life that helps in many other areas as well.
<2022-03-17T18:24:58.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: You are not a victim to your social surroundings. You are an actor with agency, able to decide what you do and where and with whom.
<2022-03-17T18:36:35.000Z> AR-15: I'm really bad at letting go when it's time to and I need to work on that, yeah.
<2022-03-17T18:39:02.000Z> AR-15: I'm trying to adjust from being a shut in with a job for a few years to blending in with normal life and having obligations again and that doesn't help either. Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it. 
<2022-03-17T18:41:48.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: Don't forget that nobody is perfect. It's not you alone that struggles with this sort of thing, and if not this then others struggle with different things. The important thing to focus on isn't what you have a hard time with, it's to decide that you're going to improve on it, and then work toward manifesting that improvement as your life goes on.
<2022-03-17T18:42:29.000Z> Insomnolant@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: I have faith in you, and anytime you want to chat, just let me know, man
<2022-03-17T18:47:58.000Z> AR-15: Bless you.