serpentstair

@serpentstair

ellis | any pronouns | white | adult I rt art mostly. sometimes I post fanart

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serpentstair@serpentstair· 29d

realis is so good

I will make all Realis my parlor and solve a thousand mysteries, one for each of the Thousand Moons.

* No matter the problem, [Character] only ever has the one solution. I will show them how to pose a better question: whodunnit, howdunnit, whydunnit.
* [Character] has the makings of a mediocre sidekick, a fine chronicler or a perfect incendiary device.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Jun 30

statting out gur sevraqs in #realis. I am not intending to put gur sevraq into a realis game at this time. it's just for fun.

A Realis stat block:
GUR SEVRAQ: The enigmatic leader of the Church of the Resin Heart.
Sentences:
+0 I always use the blessing of my Worshipped to perform miracles.
+1 I always counsel my wayward friends toward revelation.
+1 For a friend, I always appear where I am needed.
+2 When I broadcast a subversive message, my words are always overheard.
Dream:
I will break the bonds of all those enslaved by the Divine Principality.
Ephemera:
+2 The Divine Future always clarifies possibility through the visions it bestows. [Three checkboxes, one is marked]
At any time, instead of using this Ephemera as a Means, its holder may prompt a Player Character to rewrite their Dream, or a Non-Player Character to write a Dream, and mark one use of the Ephemera. Each Character's Dream can be (re)written using this Ephemera no more than once.

A Realis stat block:
GUR SEVRAQ: A discontinuous prophet.
Sentences:
+3 I always counsel my wayward friends toward revelation when they can hear me whispering.
+3 If a friend is near death and my Worshipped permits, I always appear where I am needed.
Retired Sentences:
I used to use the blessing of my Worshipped to perform miracles.
My words were always overheard.
Retired Dream:
I will break the bonds of all those enslaved by the Divine Principality.

serpentstair@serpentstair· May 16

a new color has been found

screenshot of a bra listing in the color "natbge"

serpentstair@serpentstair· Apr 11

learning about women

a wikipedia section dropdown. "Analysis" has the subcategories "Reconstructed Old English elf", "Angelic being", "Arthurian figure", "Medieval celestial lady", "Marian figure", "Homeric benefactor", and "Jungian archetypes".

a table comparing characteristics. the "Wisdom Power" row includes "sees more than any man" and "dangerous and strange". the "Work" row contains "weaving, and overseeing weaver-maidens" and "weaves continually". the "Place" row contains "isolated realm, sheltered from change" and "enchanted island". the "Healing" row contains "heals and preserves" and "enchanted". the "Magic mirror (dish of water)" row contains "sees past, present, 'things that may yet be' / denies it is magic", "sees past and present / denies it is magic" and "the mirror's magic sights".

serpentstair@serpentstair· Apr 6

i am very excited about this one.

(a library copy of) Persona by Aoife Josie Clements

serpentstair@serpentstair· Mar 11

iron worm fever dream #sangfielle #FriendsAtTheTable

viewed from a high angle, goat woman pickman sits sweating with an intense look of discomfort, cradling a bizarre distorted and parasitized blunderbuss. under her chair sprouts a seedling, its roots stretching into burst pipes or metal worms which claw up her legs and toward the gun. static surrounds her on all sides like a ringing in the ears.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Feb 24

it's not enough for patreon to give me recommendations (fuck off supremely) but they have to tell me to give money to vox in 2026 as well. like you might as well hit me in the head repeatedly. you might as well fucking kill me

serpentstair@serpentstair· Dec 10

ahhh

two versions of a complex family tree before and after 7th in line (Cynosure) became 0th in line. notations add that the other options were too old, too young, annoying, or refused, while Cynosure is normal

serpentstair@serpentstair· Oct 1

eat shit

a screenshot of Bluesky saying "The laws in your location require you to verify you're an adult before accessing certain features on Bluesky, like adult content and direct messaging."

serpentstair@serpentstair· Sep 14

???

a screenshot of the above post, in-app, having had its last two words cut off

serpentstair@serpentstair· Sep 5

—I always reveal an inescapable truth. #realis #friendsatthetable

candide, a young black kid, looking distraught at a bloody crack cascading across a dark mirror of herself -- the mirror version has broken eye contact to look out, almost toward the viewer. behind them both, a procession of marble-moons fades from riotous color into dull grey.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Aug 15

where in the world is gur sevraq

pixel gur sevraq on wplace now joined by a golden orb and millennium break flag

serpentstair@serpentstair· May 27

man crawling thru desert towards a sign with an image of a egg shaped creature known as "flegg" on it and away from the sign that says "sexy dragon". the fleggs are only 1/4 mile away while the sexy dragon is 21 miles off.

serpentstair@serpentstair· May 2

so true

screenshot of pokemon emerald seaglass of a trendy guy saying "Isn't "Destroyed Locomotive" the coolest, or what?"

serpentstair@serpentstair· Feb 3

4. LETTER TO E. PICKMAN The envelope—both burnt & torn—is addressed to her in her own handwriting. There is only blank paper inside it. Had she ever found it, she would not have recalled writing it. Nor she would have kept it, it being of no use to her now.

A damaged envelope addressed to “E. Pickman / Along The Shape”. It’s been torn along the top and bottom and the writing has been streaked by handling. In the top right where a stamp might be, there is a drawing of the Shape which has burnt the paper and seems to still hold a spark of light.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Feb 3

3. FLYER OF GRAND CATHEDRAL Three & three & three again. The balance of the Triadic Pyre’s words rest somewhere between advertisement & proselytisement. While no god is deniable, some burn more brightly than others.

A printed flyer that’s been marked up. Alt text split in following images due to length.

The first part of the flyer reads “The Burning God / Among Iron Trains / The Fire Alight / Second Vertex / Of Our Triadic Pyre / Make Offering In Bridge Cathedral / Be Not Satisfied By Other Gods / For These Three Shall Suffice In Word And Deed / Flame’s Spark, Fire Alight, Ashen Remains”. Someone has written below this “Fulmina” and “Arinnpata” (misspelled).

Flyer continues: “Come Look Upon The Works Done In Its Holy Name / The Trains Coursing Brightly In Its Wake / On The Tracks And Rails of Its Most Sacred Geometries / Which We Tend And Are Tended By”. Someone has partially drawn the Shape. Flyer continues: “Come Be Warmed By Its Embers Eternal-Lit / Filled With Seen And Unseen Fires / Which Shall Devour Time In Time / As Temporals Pass To Flame In Their Turn // Come Burn All That Which Must Burn / Which Sums To All Things / As All Things Must Perish Everywhere / In Its Burning Altar Among Altars”. Someone has drawn a huge coal engine or furnace, the altar to the Fire Alight, and it goes over top some of the text.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Feb 3

2. NOTES OF SHAPE KNIGHT Notes toward a manuscript by a Knight & Wright willing to unperson even his beloved in pursuit of the realization of the city of cities. He knows those automatized are but levers. May each & every force of the Heartland be shackled to this most candid of dreams.

Papers with brief notes written on them. Left to right, from top:
First, a printed diagram of a steam engine with the note “Candewell's monograph Keen Dissection of a Locomotive”.
Second, an image of the border of a city.
Third, a complex magic circle has a hexagon inside, bordered by the Shape reversed. The circled points and star-shaped center of the hexagon suggest Zevunzolia surrounded by the six suns of alternate worlds. The note here reads “The Shape in mediavolta (rev.) paired w. the Seventh provides the mold for the fetter.”
Fourth, a printed diagram of strange semi-biotic semi-magical shapes. Its note, going out of view, reads “Can pneumatic byproducts be channelled—”

serpentstair@serpentstair· Feb 3

1. NIGHT SHORE EXPRESS POST CARD She found the strange little blank card in her pocket one day as she watched the river twist like strands of hair out the train window. It was only after filling it out that she realized she had no one to ask to deliver it.

A bizarre, thickly-painted, almost melted postcard labelled “Night Shore Express” depicts an obscured monstrous train approaching at night. The train is curving near a river and lake shore while behind it is a strange pillar of light on a low mountain, reaching up toward the full moon.

The back of the damaged postcard, addressed to “Miss Nanzie, The Reddest House, South Frogbit, San Fielle”. The letter crammed into the card reads: “Dearest Nanzie, Tonight we pass’t the Beautiful Gray Lake & I hope to meet the solicitors soon & reckon w. this Debt—but you know these Ghastly machines are never sure & I have had an Infrnl headache & I fear what may come, ALAS… If I should not Return w.in the year pls. take the figurine of my dear late Father under the 3rd cellar stair—do not disturb the 4th—& give it an honest Funeral. There will be no more trouble then, Your Mette”.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Feb 3

#secretsamol #sangfielle #friendsatthetable for fansatthetable on tumblr Assorted items of various untimely provenance recovered from assault on locomotive Train of the Shape called Harttruss Mail:

A pile of papers, individual items to be described in detail subsequently. The text and images suggest a common relationship to Sangfielle’s Shape and the trains which run along it.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Nov 24

give way to open sky: "I'm reaching too." (art from 2023) #FriendsAtTheTable #BluffCity

the base of an enormous wind turbine in a marsh on a sunny day, the view subtly glitching, and a vast sky. two shadowy figures are embracing it from opposite sides as if trying to bridge the distance. behind them is a building graffitied with the words "give way to open sky"

serpentstair@serpentstair· Nov 16

a cold wind (2022) #FriendsAtTheTable #sangfielle

Desolate hills between two looming mountains, a ramshackle barn or shack, a few twisted trees. Pickman, a large goatwoman, stands at the top of the central hill; she is holding a book. Behind her a Shape in crossed lines reflects off the thick white clouds and the light of six suns.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Nov 16

fake spiral fans when the tendril perversions show up

a spiral vine exhibiting tendril perversion (it twists with different handedness at different points)

serpentstair@serpentstair· Nov 15

two drawings of delegates #FriendsAtTheTable #palisade

a dark medieval pantry lit by a stained glass window. two humanoid robots stare defiantly toward the viewer, one holding a cracked arm and one branding a soup ladle. both are crowned by halos reminiscent of cracked glass.

Partial Palisade, with one hand reaching out, emerging from a computer station into violent neon pink light. he looks distressed, is connected to entangling red wires, and one of his eyes is almost completely shattered

serpentstair@serpentstair· Nov 15

the affliction dust; pride's mirror; the looking glass #FriendsAtTheTable

the affliction dust, stopped mid stride and looking toward something cupped in its hand. dust is an apparition, made of dust and particles, of a deteriorated mech partly wrapped in cloth.

serpentstair@serpentstair· Nov 13

"can I come with you?" resolute welkin and xylem from #FriendsAtTheTable #palisade