Rachel Vought

@rachelbydesign

Lead Quest Designer for World of Warcraft. I make quests, manage designers, and have random thoughts about many things. All views expressed are my own. She/her.

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Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· 2d

Today is the day. Hope ya'll have fun hurtling through Null Space (except not Arator. He definitely did not have fun with that).

A screenshot from the game World of Warcraft. Two elves are standing side by side in a fancy room, facing toward a light source. One elf, blonde, tattooed, heavily armored, with a sharp goatee and a broodiness, the other dusky skinned, dark hair, poised.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Jul 23

I mean…

A screenshot from a weather report showing the upper Gulf Coast, including Texas and Louisiana. A large convective storm is show snuggling into the bend of the coast, stretching nearly from New Orleans to Brownsville.

The title card reads: Weather Impact: Tropical Storm Bertha. Winds 40 mph Gusts 60 mph moving West at 13 mph. Advisory 7am.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Jul 15

I take my trail mix very seriously.

A photo of a standard metal mixing bowl full of trail mix. At least 12 cups of trail mix.

It’s a mixture of peanuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, raisins, dried cranberries, and M&Ms.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Jul 10

Great God Almighty (wanted this after this week).

On a white plate, a round metal griddle with handles has a mix of chocolate chip cookies, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and chocolate syrup. It is hot from the oven (except for the ice cream, which is rapidly melting like the glaciers.

If the universe was held up on four chocolate chip cookies instead of four elephants and a turtle, we’d be in trouble.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Jul 9

Night herons, I think.

A photo of a shallow running creek beneath a cement bridge. Three medium-sized birds stand on rocks, facing upstream. They have black heads, blue-grey backs, and white bellies. Clearly looking for breakfast to swim past.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Jun 19

So I heard a knocking at my door. Sir/ma’am I am trying to vacuum.

A photo through the glass next to a door, showing the brick edge of an exterior staircase down to pavement. A white egret sits on the cement rail of the stair, looking in the window as though wondering why this person is looking back at them. I don’t know, maybe because you knocked on my door, Mr / Ms Egret.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· May 9

Me: Wow this is the first time in weeks I haven’t had a social obligation or an errand first thing. I can do whatever I want. Me: … Me: … Me: Want to go for 12 miles and see if I can outwalk a thunderstorm? Me: YEAH

A green field with trees and a paved trail in the background. Overcast grey sky. In the foreground, bright yellow sunflowers bloom at eye level.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· May 4

15.

On a white table, a wooden treasure box is etched with “Blizzard Entertainment.” I. The box in a black buffer area is a silver ring with a blue gem in the middle.

The area around the gem also says Blizzard Entertainment. The sides of the ring have a Lordaeron crest like the original 10 year shield, and the Roman numerals for 15.

This represents 15 years with the company and might have one of the planeteer powers in it, yet to be determined which one. Hoping it’s not an infinity stone because no one needs that stress.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Apr 21

When the project has gone terrifically wrong and you need to wield the Dark Magic Wrench to fix it.

On a retired navy ship, a display of tools hangs on a white wall. There are hammers, axes, wrenches of various types and curves. There’s also a hacksaw and maybe a spear.

Hand-painted in black on the wall reads an instruction: “These tools are not to be used for any purpose other than damage control.” Damage control is underlined.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Apr 21

I am a grown up who makes grown up decisions about lunch.

On an old fashioned type soda fountain table, a round black tray carries a glass dish with a whole banana split. Chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice cream covers in whipped cream, chopped nuts and topped with a cherry.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Apr 17

Trail friend.

A photo of a box turtle (I’m guessing) with a muddy brown shell. It is hunkered down next to a paved trail among the clover. A little turtle head sticks out to keep an eye on me.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Apr 13

I have different styles! Here’s some examples from my wall(tm). Midnight has some very pretty zones and I’d like to pick up some more of these.

A stylized travel poster of an underground stone brick city with arches, bridges and a bright green canal. The poster reads “Undercity.”

A travel poster in a painted style of a giant blue tree with galaxy-swirl like branches, a starry sky, and forest. The poster reads: “Ardenweald.”

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Mar 13

🤔

A close-up of a bumper with a bumper sticker. The sticker has a white background and dark res letters in a futuristic font. The sticker reads, “Cats make more sense than women.”

The license plate is not shown because no other information is required.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Mar 8

A close-up.

A closer view of the painted eggs. They have geometric patterns, some are on brown shells and some on white shells. Some have crosses, some flowers, some horses, some fish or wheats

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Mar 8

Them: "You and what army?" Me: "Pysanky."

On a light-colored wooden surface, dozens of brightly colored, intricately painted eggs stand in rows. They range in colors from red, white, black, yellow, blue, green, turquoise, purple, and more.

One of the eggs nearby is mostly white with a red and black banding around a red cross.

These are known as pysanky, or Ukrainian Easter Eggs. They involve a long process of hollowing out the egg through a tiny hole, using wax to draw the pattern, and then layers of dye.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Feb 14

Happy Ya’llentines.

A black ceramic cowboy boot sits on a white marble table with flowers in it. The flowers are varying shades of pink and red and have some greenery too.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Feb 9

Monday Monday.

A close-up of a black car tire. There is a grey screw embedded in the wall of the tire.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Feb 9

My nearest stellar neighbor is a schipperke.

A zoom in of the blob map, with individual Bluesky users near Rachelbydesign.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Feb 9

I’m a professional. The map says so.

A greenish blob map on a dark background that looks a little like nebulae and clusters of stars. A pink circle with the handle rachelbydesign is in a Video Game Industry Professonals cluster.

Nearby clusters are TTRPG Creators & Community and Academic Economists and Development Researchers.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Jan 14

Now I think I can identify it as a Southern Flannel Moth. Picture is from the internet to show how beautiful this thing turned out to be. Farewell, yellow fuzzy friend.

A photo of a yellow-orange moth with black fuzzy feet, antennae, and a yellow bum. It's legs are extended out like a model wearing fuzzy socks.

Rachel Vought@rachelbydesign· Jan 14

So for the last several days, I've had this weird little bug on my door. I wasn't sure at first if it was alive, it was just hunkered down under the window. It was a yellowish kind of fuzzy blob with wings. After determining that it was still alive, I left it alone and just greeted it periodically.