>>1126280
I think you're cooking on the telescope spell idea. But yeah, we might need more Light-derivative conceptual runes.

One of the things I was thinking about doing with Light runes is making a shield for the island. I wonder if it would be as simple as shoving Light runes into the nexus?
Alternatively, we did find out that putting a bunch of runes of one type in the same area has effects on the surrounding terrain. What if we just put a bunch of Light runes in a pile?

1/1 Silv 2026/05/12(Tue)00:09 No. 1126679 ID: 091137
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>Hm? Oh. Sorry. Distracted by something shiny. Yeah, its nice to have folk around. The memories may return, may not. The important thing is youre making new ones with many new friends. Theyre all pretty nice. Even the angry one with the far too jiggly butt. Mel.
”I’m not gonna tell Mel you said that, she’d probably bury under a pile of rocks…”

>Rune combo ideas:
>Darkness + Eldritch, see if we can create something like a Cloak or Hide Rune.
>I kind of want to make a telescope spell but I don't think we have good runes to apply here. Light is *related* to sight, I suppose, and Eldritch *might* be weird enough to convince the magic to magnify that light? I'd rather try fusing runes until we get Sight, and maybe something related to distortion or size. Maybe we can get there by fusing Ice and Ore(or Tremor) to get Crystal, then Crystal with Light?
”I thought we were gonna save the runes for a big island expansion Tetsi…”

>Mention the star, and if you should go investigate.
>Galena and Mel, have you ever seen anything like that star before? wondering why it's hanging around your islands.
>The central shape is of a Darkness rune. There's extra disconnected lines radiating off of it, but... This is very concerning.
“Mel I asked Galena this before, but do you know what that star is? Tetsi pointed out it has some shape similarities to the Darkness Rune.”

“Nope, no idea. It was here when I arrived. Can’t you use Identify on it or something?"

“It’s too far away, we’d have to float up to it, but Tetsi is concerned.”

“If you would like to investigate it Master Silv, either me or Mel may accompany you if it would put Master Tetsi’s fears at ease.”

Choice:
Go alone.
Go with Mel.
Go with Galena.
Don’t go. (Ill advised.)

>Go alone.
I know this means go with Silv but I can't help but imagine that this option means that Silv will just chuck us towards the star and hope for the best.

>Go with Mel.
Going to pick Mel because I feel that she has the most knowledge on magic related things and the start feels magical. Sad though that plant buddy doesn't seem to want to come with us. We haven't hanged out in awhile.

Yeah since Mel has magic experience she might be able to pick up some vibes

>>1126682
ok i legit cannot un-imagine a TerminalMontage animation of Tetsi being thrown

>>1126679
It's out there in the void. We can't maneuver out there; only Mel can fly. So the choice is obvious, have Mel fly us out there so we can Identify it.

...Actually, can we maneuver in the void? Flinging ourselves out towards points of interest has worked so far, but was that just because Silv is really good at going the right direction or is there some course correction possible?

Galena, flip a coin and harvest one of the islands at its edge. We'll call you if we need help. Mel, take point.

>>1126679
>I thought we were gonna save the runes for a big island expansion Tetsi
In defense of the Cloak/Hide rune idea, the idea was to make a cloaking field to keep the island from being noticed and devoured by the giant voidlings as we make it bigger.

But yes, go with Mel. For one, she can fly!

>>1126679
Jiggles.
I mean Mel.
She could do with the exercise.
Aw, im just kidding silv. Shes cool.
Dont tell her that bit.

Hey, galena, see if you can find our sprout pal. Theyve been awfully quiet lately.

1/3 Silv 2026/05/16(Sat)21:31 No. 1126888 ID: 091137
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>...Actually, can we maneuver in the void?
”I mean, kinda, just not well. It’s kinda like swimming.”

>>I thought we were gonna save the runes for a big island expansion Tetsi
>In defense of the Cloak/Hide rune idea, the idea was to make a cloaking field to keep the island from being noticed and devoured by the giant voidlings as we make it bigger.
”Oh, that makes sense I guess. Maybe we can try some rune combos after we make the island bigger.”

>Hey, galena, see if you can find our sprout pal. Theyve been awfully quiet lately.
“It shall be done Master Tetsi.”

>Majority: Go with Mel.
“We’ll go with Mel. Let’s go!”

“No need to rush Silv.”, Mel replies, following after Silv in her magical form towards the star.

2/3 Silv 2026/05/16(Sat)21:31 No. 1126889 ID: 091137
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Your group floats up towards the Star, a small speck surrounded by darkness. As you drift closer, you realize there's Voidlings swimming around it: an oddly shaped object with pink and gold streaks in it.

“Whoa… that’s a pretty cool sight. Uh, Silv, you and Tetsi do your thing.”

“Oh, right! Identify!”

3/3 Silv 2026/05/16(Sat)21:32 No. 1126890 ID: 091137
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Starmatter
Boundless yet Bound. A shard of a star, a soul of a world.

“So? What is it?”

“It’s something called ‘Starmatter’. You think it’s actually a piece of a star?”

“I don’t know, but it seems like it’d be useful. You wanna take it?”

Will you take it?

Poke it a few times. This looks like the core that you can build an entire world around.

The problem is, will it garner attention from the cosmic voidlings?

>>1126890
A soul of a world... which world?
>take it?
Yeah. You're this close and no ill effects, should be ok.

>>1126890
OooOOooh!
Sparkeshiney.

We haveta touch.
Nothing dangerous could be so pretty and tempting!

Those voidlings looked as if they liked it swimming around it.

Yeah.
Take it.

>>1126890
Poke it with a stick. Wait, the only stick around is magic. Maybe gently try to set your hat on it?

If we can take it does that mean we get the islands too?

Well nothing ventured nothing gained. and we could gain a whole lot with a bit of star

>>1126890
Yeah, I think we probably should. It feels like something that will eventually become necessary, no matter what risks it carries.

might as well take it, it's been watching us since we showed up to the two islands and did call out to us. Hell I think we were threatened that bad things would happen if we ignored it.

>>1126890
>Will you take it?
sure, but...

>you realize there's Voidlings swimming around it
get ready for an arena boss fight once you do

Take it, and if you can, eat it.

Eat the forbidden Rock Candy/Taffy

1/2 Silv 2026/05/23(Sat)23:51 No. 1127108 ID: 091137
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>Eat it.
“Last time you told me to do that, I burned my mouth on a rune! Not doing it this time!”

>Poke it.
Silv uses you to poke it, and nothing happens.

>Take it
>You're this close and no ill effects, should be ok.
>Well nothing ventured nothing gained. and we could gain a whole lot with a bit of star
>Yeah, I think we probably should. It feels like something that will eventually become necessary, no matter what risks it carries.
>The problem is, will it garner attention from the cosmic voidlings?
Silv cautiously reaches out for the Starmatter. Before she can grab it, it quickly shrinks and flies into her hands, and you feel a faint pulse go through you. The nearby Voidlings swim off into the darkness.
x1 Starmatter obtained.

It is also considerably darker. Turns out taking the local lightsource does that. You wonder if most of the light spots you see in the Void are also Starmatter?
“Ok, I got it! Let’s head back Mel.”

“Good. Now that this thing is small, it's gotten darker here. Best to get back before something happens.”

2/2 Silv 2026/05/23(Sat)23:52 No. 1127109 ID: 091137
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“Master Silv, we have guests.”

“God dammit.”

>>1127109
are those white flags? are they requesting parley?

In Soviet Voidka, you are the evil witch getting ass kicked!

Put them on probation. We should design an island space that can be breached in the event of a mutiny, put them in charge of the area until we find their leader and they prove they're no longer loyal to her. Or until she develops a lustful crush on Mel, whichever comes first.

>>1127109
Yay! The minions joined us after all!

Mel, don't chase them off! They have nowhere to turn to, noone to take orders from. You can be their new boss! Think of the poetic justice!

yes! minions for us to do all those tedious little tasks. or to get underfoot and cause trouble. good either way

but not to get ahead of ourselves. see what they want. they're probably trying to rescue their boss

Awwww they look like they need a hug

sweet, so what's their story, what do they want, and what do they eat or really need to survive. If they're planning on living here might as well make sure we can actually provide for them now before finding out we can't later.

>>1127109
Aw, dont get mad mel.
Theyre sorry, see?
Youre their queen now or something like that.

>>1127109
husbans

I mean, see if they're able to talk at all, or even just write in the dirt.

1/4 Silv 2026/06/08(Mon)19:25 No. 1127809 ID: 091137
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>are those white flags? are they requesting parley?
>Yay! The minions joined us after all! Mel, don't chase them off! They have nowhere to turn to, noone to take orders from. You can be their new boss! Think of the poetic justice!
>yes! minions for us to do all those tedious little tasks. or to get underfoot and cause trouble. good either way. but not to get ahead of ourselves. see what they want. they're probably trying to rescue their boss
>Aw, dont get mad mel. Theyre sorry, see? Youre their queen now or something like that
“No.”

“You don’t know what Tetsi said-”

“I have a good guess and the answer is no. How did they even get here?”

Galena steps forward. “Evidently, they’ve been hiding under the island since you first joined us here, and Fern has been sneaking them food. They appear to have gotten along quite well.”

“They’re probably just here for Frozlynn.”

“Grah.”
“Grah.”
“Grah.”

“...I’ve fought these guys enough that I think I get a general vibe for what they’re saying. It’s something along the lines of… ‘we quit, we like not dying every week, ice boss bossy, plant friend nice.’ ”

The Skeptiks nod. Fern chirps alongside them.
“I think we can give them a chance? Fern seems to like them, and the extra help would be nice!”

2/4 Silv 2026/06/08(Mon)19:25 No. 1127810 ID: 091137
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“I concur. The extra labor will prove beneficial. However, if they do have any misgivings due to their prior employment however…”

Galena looms over the Skeptiks
“I will personally remove them from the property.”

The Skeptiks rapidly nod. Mel sighs.
“Alright, fine, they can stay. They have to earn their stay though.”

3/4 Silv 2026/06/08(Mon)19:25 No. 1127811 ID: 091137
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COMPANIONS RECRUITED
— — —
Names(Self-Imposed): Break, Cross, Accident

Race:Skeptik Fodders

Class: Mooks
Dere: 3/10
Tsun: 4/10
Kuu: 1/10
Yan: 0/10

Abilities: None.
Primary Runic Affinity: Darkness.

4/4 Silv 2026/06/08(Mon)19:26 No. 1127812 ID: 091137
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“Ok, what now? We barely have enough room as is.”

“I believe it is time to expand the island using the runes Master Silv has acquired. I’ve taken stock of our current supplies, and we have 76 Runes total, though I would personally recommend spending only 60 for expansion purposes.”

“Maybe a chance to try some things out, what do you think Tetsi?”

x60 Runes allocated for island expansion.

Where should the island expand?
Feel free to draw your expansion suggestions.
Remember: Direction is important when it comes to Runes! Talk among yourselves and think what could happen!

>>1127812
I think we really need a proper housing district at this point, any suggestions with runes? Something involving tech maybe to try and get some utilities?

>>1127813
We could do with more garden space for the moutgs we have extra now.
Would tech combined with the arable land solution give a kind of hydroponics?

20 Tremor to expand the land
5 Stream to add some more fresh water fixtures, so we have separate water sources for drinking and washing
5 Nature to create some trees and other plants we can use to build shelters

>>1127817
Test out putting in 1 Tech and 1 Nature together to create a hydroponics food growing structure, hold the plantfolks' facility in mind as you do to give the magic direction. If it works out, let's feed 4 more of each to expand the facility.

We might also need to use some Tech and Static runes to make a generator for it.

We really should get some more housing.

Could also do with some more farmland now with the extra mouths to feed.

We could use a chunk of raw material to build with. perhaps tremor and stream mixed would make clay. Lets spend 8 of each to the south of the lake.

Last time we used a static rune it was dangerous, so lets extend the unused north side by 2 tremors and then use one static with one tech. hopefully it will give us a generator of some kind.
if that doesn't work maybe charge and tech would be better.

Since we have a lot of runes lets see how intention affects things. use twenty or so tremor runes north west of the spring, but imagine them making a tower with rooms and a staircase that spirals up the wall.

part of me wants to try and start shaping the island to be more of a circle just to give people more elbow room. Thinking maybe we should start to round out the left side of the island where the mushroom farm is, filling out that small gap below it up to the tree to it's south east and then the space north east of it as well if we have the spare runes, so we can maybe expand the farm and add some more land for more housing. Maybe see if we can't build a well to keep a source of water nearby to making watering the plants easier as well as having a source of drinking water away from where everyone bathes.

Or at a bare minimum just more open land to build more housing once we get the supplies. Or just say to hell with it and embrace the cuddle pile sleeping method and just dig a shallow if wide hole to stuff with soft things and make that the designated sleeping spot and call it the cuddle pit. Just put a large tent pole in the center and just have a small big top style tent set up over the pit once we gather the supplies to protect everyone from the weather.

>>1109041
very big fan of stuff like this btw*
next time ill be sure to make a 'paperdoll' type thing

kome 2026/06/09(Tue)04:50 No. 1127843 ID: 101e93
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Right.

Use tremors to build a massive expansion set to the left, but then apply metal runes and further earth runes to add reinforcements. This makes the area stable but easily amputated in the event of an emergency, like a giant voidling hungering for matter. Future expansions will arc out in 120-degree angles, so we have three of these semi-permanent expansions settling across our island. As the island grows we want these settlements to grow increasingly interconnected, but with enough looseness that getting hooked in one extension won't compromise the rest. We also need to add future expansions below the circle, but those will require a workforce that can handle high-stress situations. The part at the far left is meant to be for future expansion or ore deposits, depending on the speed of island development.

>>1127843
The area to the left is an outcropping because we're keeping the mushroom farm away from other things. Expanding the farm is worth considering since now we have a lot more mouths to feed, but we don't want to put any non-mushroom activities near it, because their spores are dangerous in high concentrations.

...maybe we should consider collecting spores on purpose for making biological weapons?

>>1127812
I'd say dump at least 20 tremor/nature runes to expand the mushroom farm. Maybe mix in some Decay since that is the nature of mushrooms and it might boost our output. The mushrooms are also Toxin-aligned but we don't want to encourage that... or do we?

I think we should start experimenting with unconventional runes. How about to the south, since we don't have anything interesting in that direction? How about Tech by itself, for starters? I think Light by itself will be useless since it's not a physical concept. Try Light and Ore together? Maybe we can get some cool crystals. Also, let's try adding some weather to the island. A few runes of Climate, maybe Cycle too. Has the threat of cold passed now that we collected the Starmatter? Or was that because of Frozlyn? If it's still cold, you should make a heated dry area we can use for warmth. Ore and Flare runes, maybe Convection if you're feeling spicy. Also IIRC the plan was for us to use runes to make a large hollow structure that we can use for shelter. Throw some Ore, maybe Tech runes into making something like that North-ish of the Nexus. ...can you put the Starmatter into the Nexus?

...oh I just noticed, the original four elemental runes are Fundamental as well... hmm. I think when we get back to experimenting with rune fusions, we should knock out all the Fundamental combinations. Stream+Flare, Tremor+Breeze, Light+Light, Light+Flare, Light+Stream, Light+Breeze, Light+Tremor, Light+Darkness, Darkness+Darkness, Darkness+Flare, Darkness+Stream, Darkness+Breeze, Darkness+Tremor. That's 13 combinations, we've got the runes for that. Plus I'm sure some will be invalid.

Suggestion 2026/06/09(Tue)06:10 No. 1127854 ID: 70f58a
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>>1127853
Ah, here's an image for it.

Nalthar 2026/06/10(Wed)02:40 No. 1127890 ID: ce8213
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>>1127825
to illustrate what I'm proposing

kome 2026/06/10(Wed)04:59 No. 1127896 ID: 101e93
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Here's another proposal; thick expansion meant to round out the island, with some additional foundation added next to the mushroom farm with barren earth for growing mineral deposits to mine later. The imps can take the tower, but they'll have to farm from both the mushrooms and the new farming zone.

ASP Ian 2026/06/15(Mon)03:41 No. 1128080 ID: 091137
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Figuring out island expansion soon, so get your ideas in! It'll be a few weeks due to other priorities.