edit: i can afford my rent now.
thank you everyone. you are all so nice i want to cry. my ass is saved. I'm leaving the original post and ko-fi link down there but other folks might need it more than i do now. thank you.
new four hour video essay? don't mind if I do 
I went on Shelved by Genre to talk about Caves of Qud! this was fun for reasons:
-I listen to the Cameron/Michael/Austin family of podcasts religiously
-Book of the New Sun, the subject of the show's first season, is my favorite science fantasy series
-it's a blast to get to talk about the game through the lens of its literary influences, with folks who are on a similar wavelength
It's a patron-only episode, so you'll have to subscribe to hear, but the backlog is full of wild and funny and enriching media analysis that I highly recommend (guest appearances aside)
[ Letter from Akiri Ki written in crayon ]
Hello again, Yamut!
It has only been a day after our parting of ways at Joppa, but I simply could not resist the urge to start writing. *Writing!* How exciting is that?! Back in the arcology we would have just used a screen-tablet or sent a message droid. I wish I could have found an ink pen, but these colorful crayons will have to suffice for now :)
Joppa is a... nice town. I have to admit, Yamut, this place is rather boring. Are all villages out here like this? The arcologies are filled with tons of people and things to do! It would take a lifetime to visit and explore the three of them. But what is there to do in Joppa? Sit and pet the ray cat?...
Well... that *is* pretty fun.
I received a QUEST, Yamut! I shared my water with a man called Mehmet, what was it you called it a... Water ritual! Mehmet told me to go north into some caves. Something is wrong with their watervine crop and they need help to find out what. I feel like an adventurer! A knight from one of my overseer's story-logs!!
I write to you from a makeshift camp north of Joppa, not too far from my destination. The stars are beautiful at night, there's *so* many. The domes of the arcology blocked out the stars... I feel vulnerable without the domes but after seeing the night sky I don't know if I could ever go back, Yamut.
As I was leaving Joppa I passed by their graveyard. Small monuments to honor the dead buried under the soil. It seems odd to me that the people here would bury their dead when the sky is so lovely.
It has only been a day after our parting of ways at Joppa, but I simply could not resist the urge to start writing. *Writing!* How exciting is that?! Back in the arcology we would have just used a screen-tablet or sent a message droid. I wish I could have found an ink pen, but these colorful crayons will have to suffice for now :)
Joppa is a... nice town. I have to admit, Yamut, this place is rather boring. Are all villages out here like this? The arcologies are filled with tons of people and things to do! It would take a lifetime to visit and explore the three of them. But what is there to do in Joppa? Sit and pet the ray cat?...
Well... that *is* pretty fun.
I received a QUEST, Yamut! I shared my water with a man called Mehmet, what was it you called it a... Water ritual! Mehmet told me to go north into some caves. Something is wrong with their watervine crop and they need help to find out what. I feel like an adventurer! A knight from one of my overseer's story-logs!!
I write to you from a makeshift camp north of Joppa, not too far from my destination. The stars are beautiful at night, there's *so* many. The domes of the arcology blocked out the stars... I feel vulnerable without the domes but after seeing the night sky I don't know if I could ever go back, Yamut.
As I was leaving Joppa I passed by their graveyard. Small monuments to honor the dead buried under the soil. It seems odd to me that the people here would bury their dead when the sky is so lovely.
Your letter-writing comrade, Akiri Ki
P.S. Don't worry about the text on the backside of this letter. I ripped this sheet of paper from a book a madman in Joppa was waving in my face to read. Have you heard of the Six Day Stilt?
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