PJC Cahill

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First prototype was great fun

Oof yall hang in there. That's rough

His 'resolution' is very satisfying for all of that.

Thank you! They're a fun spread that kept me engaged across different stories. I'd say Celineux and Alec are the two 'worst' of the list, just because they're both so psychologically warped.

Yep, great to have in the back of your mind while drafting for them!

--Arseni: theater fine arts productions. He fancies himself erudite and sophisticated. (He's actually just a psychopath in a suit) (10/10)

--Sahir: If he can't fight: carousing. He loves women and booze. Views himself as a 'gentleman,' so he doesn't assault people, but that's about the extent of his good qualities. (9/10)

To a Monster Bound Antagonists:
--Silverwolf: maintaining her weapons, making her own ammo, and reading. Has OCD tendencies about her clothing and weapons. (8/10)

--Hideyoshi: down time? Tumbler of hard booze and a book or TV. Very normal, old man in that aspect.
--Celineux: obsessively gleeful about making new curses. Her downtime is cursing people (especially random, innocent people). She loves it, and expresses sadistic tendencies through it. (7/10)

Demon King Daughter Antagonists:
--Torlash: He really does love scheming. He comes up with plans on plans on plans just because he can and wants to. This IS unconsciously fueled by his inferiority complex. (6/10)

--Visansa: plays games of skill, like chess. For pure leisure, likely with Corala or online competitors. She keeps her screenhandle anonymous in such cases. Extremely high-rated player. (5/10)

--Alec: abusive asshole. Likes making people do his bidding. Gets off on being in charge. Family has handlers placed around him to make sure he can't cause too big of a scandal. (4/10)

--Julius: mostly reading. Military tactics and business methodology, because he's obsessed with both beating and impressing Visansa. (3/10)

--Wiedan: is a bully. He literally hunts down someone he can pick on and derides or punishes them. Usually this is just whoever's in range (so his own people), but he LOVES picking on Aroi. (2/10)

#AwesomeCharacters Good one! Thread 🧵 (1/10)
NICEF Antagonists:
--Winslow: he practices or spars in his Nicef. He's a master pilot, and loves fighting. He's hands-on whenever he can get away with it, and is sorely disappointed that his son is so mediocre.

Those are actually really interesting pass-times. Lot of character details implied just in those tiny elements.

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Hideyoshi frowned in distaste, but lifted his hands to either side of the orb, and channeled holy magic runes into it. The sphere sparked and rippled, hating his magic as much as he hated its, but within a few seconds, a shimmering surface appeared above the sphere, soon coalescing into a direct view of Torlash's dismal expression with a backdrop of his throne. "You really shouldn't contact me so soon after every incident, Lord Commander. There's no such thing as perfect obfuscation." Hideyoshi scowled. "Don't trifle with me, Torlash. You were told to supply a demon that would provide a proper challenge for our best trainees, not a demonic weapon that might destroy the city." Torlash shrugged, unfazed. "You wanted a new challenge, which immediately eliminated demons from every realm of demonic territory known to your people. You should be grateful I pulled from my private collection to answer your demand. If your trainees hadn't panicked, the creature never would have multiplied so readily. It wasn't quite as intelligent as a normal Hydra, but I put a great deal of work into its mental adaptivity. Once it saw that being cut apart let it multiply, it simply used its own nature to its advantage. Don't you have master Demon Slayers in these sessions to help handle exactly such outcomes?" Hideyoshi's scowl deepened. "How did you know that much about the incident?" Torlash sneered. "I know what my servants know, Lord Commander. You're well aware of those tricks. Don't act so ignorant." He was exaggerating the effect, but he had no reason to comfort Hideyoshi in that.

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#FantasyIndiesMarch -7- Demon King Daughter
Hideyoshi and Torlash are very much a couple of "It's not 'if' but 'when' they betray each other" villains. They both hate each other, but each represents the easiest path forward for the other's plans. I enjoy their banter XD
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>> contamination in their wake, but the greedy desperation for their materials does plenty of harm, both environmental and human. More on the human cost on tomorrow's entry. (2/2)

A monthly prompt list for Marchistics, hosted by khonri.com on bluesky, which is a month-long prompt game focused on micro-worldbuilding supply chains! At the bottom it indicates that participants should "Interpret each prompt as suits your needs! Yap! Or don't! Develop a new supply chain or talk about one you've already built. Make friends." The background is a heavily blurred and purple-toned image of a modern shipping vessel docked at night. The prompt list is broken into 8 categories: - Setting up the Basics: 1. Introduction & Goals 2. Final Products 3. Intermediate Goods 4. Raw Materials - Raw Materials: 5. Extraction Methods 6. Workforce 7. Sustainability 8. Conflicts & Disasters - Intermediate Goods: 9. Refinement 10. Trade Secrets 11. Byproducts 12. Direct-to-Consumer Sales - Finished Products: 13. Quality Control 14. Research & Development 15. Economic Impact 16. Export Controls - Distribution: 17. Transportation 18. Stock & Storage 19. Famous Trade Routes 20. Theft, Piracy, Prevention - Customers: 21. Spending Habits 22. Avenues of Purchase 23. Returning, Repairing, Recycling 24. Consumer Awareness - The Bigger Picture: 25. Medium of Exchange 26. Means of Production 27. Safety Incidents & Regulations 28. Black Markets 29. Labor Movements - Wrapping up with some Final Bits: 30. Community Engagement Day 31. Free Space OR Lessons Learned This could cover worldbuilding fictional novel and TTRPG settings (or other categories I'm not thinking of).

#Marchistics -7- NICEF
In a word: No. Especially raw material extraction is not sustainable at all. Ore-rich worlds are processed until they physically cannot be (possibly to the point of catastrophic fracturing). Nicefs themselves run 'clean,' and leave little>> (1/2)
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Art by Luigiix - reference sheet for the Phoenix mech (Nicef). Right side shows Phoenix's main body, humanoid, with aerodynamic armor layers. Small details glow in blue, the majority of the Nicef is red, with darker red, gold, black, and silver filling in as detailing. Massive, mechanical wings come out of Phoenix's back, and they are fully spread, with clusters of thrusters ignited to create huge 'wings' of burning jet-fire. The wings hit the far right and left corners of the landscape arrangement. Phoenix is carrying a long-barrel sniper-rifle matched to its design in its left hand. The lower-left of the image shows a text box with the following information: Model Name: Phoenix Class: Zero-Gravity Combat (Zigcom) frame Manufacturer: Darkstar Manufacturing Primary Weapon(s): --Multi-Configuration Long Range Plasma-Condenser Rifle (MCLR Plasma Rifle) --Interlock Medium Range Plasma-Condenser Cannon (IMRC Plasma Cannon, component of MCLR Rifle) --Interlock Spatha-Class Plasma-Condenser Saber (ISC Beam Saber, component of MCLR Rifle) Manufacturer's Note: "Phoenix's specific beam saber utilizises a proprietary modification to the plasma condenser field, creating the red color of the plasma discharge as opposed to our standard blue." Combat Role(s): vanguard, scout, ambusher, sniper

Art by Luigiix - ref sheet for the Aegis mech (Nicef). Left side shows the full robot, colored black, purple, and gold, holding a beam-halberd in the right hand (relaxed), and a riot-shield gripped by the left. The energy of the weapon and the visor of the mech face glow golden yellow. The right side of the sheet shows difference views of the riot shield. One is a front-facing detail view, the next is a side view of the shield exploded out as an energy wall with parts of metal floating in the energy, and the last is a front view of the exploded version. Data read-out in the center of the sheet shows: Model Name: Aegis Class: n/a (custom hybrid construction) Manufacturer: Aroi House Primary Weapon(s): --Heavy Plasma-Condenser Halberd (Beam Halberd) --Expansion-Lock Field-Deploy Plasma-Condenser Shield (Plasma Shield) Combat Role(s): vanguard, front-line combat, defender

Art by Luigiix - ref sheet for the Devastator mech (Nicef). Right side displays Devastator skating backward at the end of a hard turn, thrusters blazing off the backs of the large shoulders. It has a beamsaber hilt gripped and ready in the left hand (right side), and is firing a massive minigun with the right arm (left side). Devastator is predominantly navy blue, with gray and black detailing, yellow optics, and pale-blue LEDs in small points on the body. -- bottom-left shows the beamsaber hilt fully activated, unleashing a MASSIVE blue-white blade of energy toward the left side -- The top-left shows a selection of text information that reads: Model Name: Devastator Class: Zero-Gravity Combat (Zigcom) frame Manufacturer: Darkstar Manufacturing Primary Weapon(s): --Super-Heavy Vulcan-Class Plasma-Condenser Rotary Cannon ("Vulcan" Cannon) --Super-Heavy Plasma-Condenser Saber (Beam Saber) Manufacturer's Note: "The Devastator model's massive power output comes at the cost of simultaneous use of the weapons. Devastator cannot engage both weapons at once without entering power drain and shutdown. Various safety protocols are engaged to avoid this scenario." Combat Role(s): siege warfare, frontline combat

Art by Luigiix - ref sheet for the Thunderstrike mech (Nicef). Thunderstrike is dashing in from the right side, one arm extended for a violent punch. The punching limb is expanded, with blurring, spinning segments and additional thrusters shooting it forward. Thunderstrike is predominantly yellow, with small details of white and blue. The face specifically is white, the optics glow blue. Additionally, the joints and interface segments are a gunmetal gray color. A three-barrel mini-gun rifle is holstered on one hip. Bottom left shows text information: Model Name: Thunderstrike Class: Anti-Xenomorph Combat (Axcom) frame Manufacturer: NeuroGen Aerospace Primary Weapon(s): --Heavy Vulcan-Class Plasma-Condenser Rotary Cannon ("Vulcan" Cannon) --Close-Quarters Impact Enhancement System ("Thunderstrike" System)

#LoveMyBook NICEF - The Nicefs themselves! I had SO MUCH FUN designing, naming, and playing with these giant robots throughout the story! They're very much my personal conglomeration of ALL the classics (Gundam, Macross, even Big O).
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Art by Luigiix!

Oof, yeah. I went through several artists before finding out Luigiix was such a gem. It's the main reason I always go back to him. He's reliable, honest, and is extremely affordable (he undercharges, I have to bump up the pay a bit on occasion).

I love my NICEF art project with Luigiix, he does amazing work, but I never should've used that much money for art assets that weren't directly tied to publishing/marketing. Lesson learned. He'll still be my cover-art guy, because I can pace and budget those more easily. (2/2)