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#PennedPossibilities 612 — Has your SC ever snooped in a friend or partner’s house?

Junk snoops around in everybody's home or place of work, not even a gang warehouse or shop. He's subtle about it. He can't help himself. But hey, that's just how he is and we love him for it. He's silly that way. Plus, honestly, as ridiculous as it sounds, he loves learning about his friends or partners.

Dante, however, respects everyone's privacy and never peeks around in any homes or workspaces. Why bother?

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#PennedPossibilities 611 — Have you ever been able to relate to your antagonist / villain? If the answer is yes, then how so?

Honestly, I can't. Not even in a single way. Dr. Death is a bastard who enjoys murdering entire civilizations on planets and using "the leftovers," AKA those who somehow survived, for experiments. There's nothing to relate to there. He isn't just an antagonist. He's a true villain.

It's kind of a woo-woo thing in some ways, but I'll often bounce off a fantasy worldbook when it is doesn't feel interested in truth.

Not at all to be confused with fact or realism, neither of which have much place in fantasy for me.

But if a book can go 8 pages without a shred of truth, that feels like dozens of missed opportunities, and I bounce.

But those same books are often popular, so it's a Me Problem. 😆

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#WordWeavers 3.11 — What’s your most useful skill that could help you in your story’s world?

Minding my own business! I'd be able to survive just by doing that. To be fair, it's a dog eat dog galaxy. You have to do what you can to remain amongst the living. I'd probably be a tarot reader on the street, catching coin / credits whenever I can. I'm a medium, so it fits. You need to get in contact with your lost loved ones? Come talk to me, for a price.

Me: *sees something shady happening*
Me: *minds my own business and leaves*
Me: I didn't see a thing, officer. Sorry.

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610. What are the most significant sounds we hear in your WIP? For example, it could be the sounds of nature or the noises of a bustling town.

The Hum. Each ship has its own tune combined front the frequency the engines vibrate, the energy reactor or the magnetic restrictions sound. Space itself it's not entirely silent. There is material out there in what we call the vacuum and it can transmit sounds but it's not enough to be heard easily. The constant hits on the hull and the shields give the hull a vibe too. Usually you get used to this low frequency sounds quickly, if the dampeners don't work it can become distracting however usually it is overwritten by the noises of the peop inside the ship.
Somwa Ovate Ra'inbo had a group of musicians make music onboard of dampening ridden ships. It was quite eerie and unworldly.

#PennedPossibilities 610 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding #SomwaOvateRainbo #writing #SciFi #WIP

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#PennedPossibilities 610 — What are the most significant sounds we hear in your WIP? For example, it could be the sounds of nature or the noises of a bustling town.

• The sounds of market vendors chatting with customers. Marketplaces are popular.
• The typical sounds of a warehouse.
• Alternatively, I also think of the gang's busy smoke shop or the downbeat of music in the nightclub as well.
• We hear chatter in many, many different languages around the Midnight City. One just gets used to it.
• Fun fact: Alexios grumbles, grunts, and groans a lot. He's grumpy, okay? Miserable choom that he is. (it kind of reminds me of Geralt of Rivia a bit, but only in that respect. LOL.)

Well, the previous map was kinda boring, as far as these things go.

The South Carolina #Petrofuture map…things start to get interesting again. Plus, a preview of Florida! Everyone’s favorite sea rise map.

Melted ice caps on 1956 Shell Oil road map. 

Higher-res images:
conspiracyofcartographers.com/

#climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #outsiderArt #clifi #greenWashing #worldbuilding #Florida #SouthCarolina