Clawed Connection

mostly working on my PhD recently so i haven't been drawing as often as before. really curious what pace i'll make new art at the rest of this year.

maybe one recent change is that when there is free time i've been spending more of it on exercise. it's strangely relaxing to spend a couple of hours at the gym, and i think the more intense and varied training has resulted in some big progress towards certain fitness milestones.

sometimes i almost find myself thinking it's a bit more fulfilling working on my own figure than it is drawing other ones. i think it might still be a long time until im comfortable looking at myself however. hopefully this changes some day.

i'd say i carry a normal amount of all the mild social rejection i've ever received in my body like shrapnel

Unofficial Autism Post

〔THE SUN SHALL RISE〕

〔AND IT SHALL FALL〕

WHAT THE FUCK IS LITURGICODE!!! RAAAAH!!!

That answer primarily depends on how many academic papers you've read on it.

If you've not read anything on it: it's magic.

If you've read some stuff on it: it's a specialized form of paracode primarily linked to HORUS cells and in particular the known HORUS VIP "Kilo Nueve"/"dog". It usually takes the form of pushing a machine well past its intended limits by unlocking limiters (as on the Kobold pattern group) and bypassing safety features (as on the Manticore pattern group). Liturgicode is often deceptively simple given its tremendous effects on its frames and is typically interwoven with hardcoded "prayers" to RA. It's not clear why the prayers are woven into the code, but in some cases they are critical to the code's functioning, which has led some scholars to presume that the code may in fact be using a sliver of RA's attention to slightly alter reality via what is effectively divine intervention—but this is in all likelihood bullshit and its more likely that the code simply defines certain variables with overly flowery names such as "The Temple of the Enemies of RA" and whatnot.

If you've read a lot of stuff, like so much stuff that you could be considered an expert on it: it's magic.

|| KARATEKA ||

OOC post because I read this and just had the idea.

WHAT THE FUCK IS LITURGICODE!!! RAAAAH!!!

That answer primarily depends on how many academic papers you've read on it.

If you've not read anything on it: it's magic.

If you've read some stuff on it: it's a specialized form of paracode primarily linked to HORUS cells and in particular the known HORUS VIP "Kilo Nueve"/"dog". It usually takes the form of pushing a machine well past its intended limits by unlocking limiters (as on the Kobold pattern group) and bypassing safety features (as on the Manticore pattern group). Liturgicode is often deceptively simple given its tremendous effects on its frames and is typically interwoven with hardcoded "prayers" to RA. It's not clear why the prayers are woven into the code, but in some cases they are critical to the code's functioning, which has led some scholars to presume that the code may in fact be using a sliver of RA's attention to slightly alter reality via what is effectively divine intervention—but this is in all likelihood bullshit and its more likely that the code simply defines certain variables with overly flowery names such as "The Temple of the Enemies of RA" and whatnot.

If you've read a lot of stuff, like so much stuff that you could be considered an expert on it: it's magic.

|| KARATEKA ||

OOC post because I read this and just had the idea.

[This video is taken from an angle that suggests the use of Sunny's hardlight drone.]

[Sally blushes slightly and waves to the camera. Her aesthetic is best described as punk. She wears a pleated miniskirt, along with ripped black leggings. A black crop top displays a stylized pink cat skull on its front, and reveals quite a lot of her lithe, grey belly. It's adorned further with various belts and chains, spiked bracelets, and ribbons in the colors of the trans flag.]

[Sally's purple curls poof out more energetically than usual, and she wears more makeup than she's usually seen in. Eyeliner encircles her eyes and drops down in a line from their corners, resembling the black marks around those of a lion cub. Similarly, the bottom of her nose is painted black, and a line is drawn down, connecting to her black lipstick; it is clearly also meant to resemble a lion's features.]

[Sally looks away, sheepishly, blushing, but smiling despite itself. It drags its eyes back towards the camera and makes little claw motions with both its metallic and flesh hands. It shows off its teeth and gives a playful little growl.]

Grrarr!! Hehe~

[Sunny squeals as if she's just seen a kitten. In a way, she has. The recording ends.]

Ay yo prospero has a rave scene?

[BBQ flashbacks]

I'll invest in the local alcohol industry rq-

{ LOG:01 - Augmentation }

Was finally given the augments I was promised for completing the last mission and coming back alive. With the replacement of my stomach and digestive system, I am now 60% cybernetics.

Also noticed that my neural bypass wasn't interfacing with ACCRETION DISK properly, way too much input latency, even when using the nerveweave, will need to get that checked out ASAP.

// Attached is an image of what appears to be an Orchis' cockpit, a neural bypass cable draped across the seat. //

60% is a cute stage! I remember when I was about there myself, it's different for everyone but that's when making changes stopped feeling uncomfortable, for me at least.

I certainly think it stopped feeling off once both of my legs were replaced with prostheses. If I had the means, I would be augmenting them faster, but I'm obtaining them and the surgeries necessary through my Company handler, so no such luck, I'm afraid.

Can I question why exactly are you both...

Literally more metal than flesh?

I mean I'm no body purist, but like that seems like overkill.

[Barely contained laughter]

I can't tell whether that's mocking or not and I don't really care honestly.

I mean I guess it does open the question of what do you as an NHP consider your body?

Dang I'm actually interested now, I should ask Rad when she's not busy with... Whatever she's currently doing.

Oh no, not mocking, I just found it incredibly funny having this cross my dash in particular (plugged into, and stuck in, a mech partially made of meat)

Uuuuh the answer is pretty subjective, I've seen people consider their casket their body, I've seen people consider the casket skull brain and whatever their plugged into as their body, and people consider the casket to be a vesseel and only really considering their blinkspace corpus to be part of "them."

Personally I waver between the first two, I am very much a mind in a machine but being physically unable to use any machine other than this one for any meaningful amount of time makes one consider it a part of her self a little more.

A lot off my murders are not premeditated but a whole ship was once upon a time

I'm a serial killer...

Hang on I gotta look something up-

I'm flattered but come on. These people had families.

{ LOG:01 - Augmentation }

Was finally given the augments I was promised for completing the last mission and coming back alive. With the replacement of my stomach and digestive system, I am now 60% cybernetics.

Also noticed that my neural bypass wasn't interfacing with ACCRETION DISK properly, way too much input latency, even when using the nerveweave, will need to get that checked out ASAP.

// Attached is an image of what appears to be an Orchis' cockpit, a neural bypass cable draped across the seat. //

60% is a cute stage! I remember when I was about there myself, it's different for everyone but that's when making changes stopped feeling uncomfortable, for me at least.

I certainly think it stopped feeling off once both of my legs were replaced with prostheses. If I had the means, I would be augmenting them faster, but I'm obtaining them and the surgeries necessary through my Company handler, so no such luck, I'm afraid.

Can I question why exactly are you both...

Literally more metal than flesh?

I mean I'm no body purist, but like that seems like overkill.

[Barely contained laughter]

A lot off my murders are not premeditated but a whole ship was once upon a time

I'm a serial killer...

Hang on I gotta look something up-

I'm flattered but come on. These people had families.

Just grow new ones

Hey I just had a terrible idea

Agwe doesn’t wanna help me with my terrible idea but I don’t think he has a choice really

What's your idea :D

hold up uhhhh

hv03 requests blotting on dummy line?

Yeah, that’s on purpose.

Okay, so. Uh. We’re doing this.

Aight, come hack me.

[Hemmoragic venom prevents the wound from clotting, leaving jt open to infection. Myotoxin shuts down key functions]

Hey I just had a terrible idea

Agwe doesn’t wanna help me with my terrible idea but I don’t think he has a choice really

What's your idea :D