What a drag....

After a few years and several different gaming attempts, I have been able to resurrect a character that I truly feel I completely destroyed when I played him. When I rolled him up, I had an idea I was working on. He wasn't based off of someone, it was just an idea of how I wanted this character to be played. Unfortunately, through the course of the adventure, my humble character turned into a veritable mess.

Volrath was to be the typical rogue, moving through the shadows to make pin-point strikes against the enemies. Soon though, I found him in the front lines, out in the open. That was just the start of the downward spiral and the loss of the original vision of Volrath. Sure he made it to around level 50 and could take on deities, but that was never the intent of the character. After realizing it I wanted to change it and redo him. That opportunity waited until now to show up.

My previous D&D game ended and my character was shelved, but the DM soon asked if we were interested in starting a new game in the newest edition. I started thinking of a character and before I knew it a familiar voice drifted into my head. Volrath was ready to come back and try his luck again. Sure the rules have changed. The game isn't quite the same as it was before, but I feel that this version is a better representation of what I had seen for Volrath than what I had hoped.

Below is how Volrath turned out for my first adventure with him in the world of Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition.

( Volrath, Tiefling Rogue-Artful Dodger (1) )
So far not much has happened with him, but I have a very good feeling about this go around. I'll probably post a few more times with Volrath once he's gained a few levels.

It always is hard to see a character die off. Be it by an orc's sword, a dragon's breath weapon, a devious trap, or just plan bad luck; it is a tough thing to deal with. The worst death of a character is probably due to inactivity. That unfortunate end was the death of one of my latest characters, Tidus.

Tidus was my character for a 3.5 Ed Dungeons and Dragons campaign. He was a blast to play. A human sorcerer with just enough dragon blood in him to give him some interesting touches, and those would only get to be more as the game progresses. Unfortunately, the game ground to a halt after we were unable to get together to game ONCE over the summer. Before that we only gamed once a month.

In the three levels that he acquired, Tidus managed to somehow gain the ire of the party fighter, but that didn't dampen his fun any. He also began to collect a small gathering of items that were to be the start of his hoard (he is a dragon after all) from his varying adventures. Tidus also managed to be given the ugliest cloak that could be found, but he loved it so much.

( Tidus )

Oh well. I guess I have to say goodbye to Tidus, but thankfully I may get to say hello to another character. This week I should be starting up in a 4th ed game.

I can't wait.

I guess when I mentally poke my muse I get a reaction. This sorry comes shortly after my complaining about how I couldn't write anything. I thought it was a cute idea. I hope you enjoy it.

Title: Seeing you cry
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Shikamaru, Ino
Word Count: 1155
Rating: T
Summary: Shikamaru is off finding a special spot for him to relax and watch clouds when he happens upon something he just can't ignore.
Notice: I do not claim any ownership of Naruto or any of it's characters. This story is completely fictional and is just one of my views of the Naruto universe.


( Yeah this spot will do. )

At this moment, I am so FUCKING listless. I want to draw, I want to write, I want to color something, I want to do photography, I want to do SOMETHING. But when I get myself ready to do it...I just can't bring myself to do anything. I just sit there and stare at nothing. I end up reading fanfictions that you have to ignore the writing style just to make it though, and I keep reading it.

My mind is filled with things I want to do, but I can't move those thoughts from my head to my hand. It really gets annoying. I have the time, I have the talent, why can't I just get the drive do something with what I have. I'll get an idea, jot down a few lines of whatever it is, but then when I want to finish it. I just can't complete the thoughts.

I haven't written anything is so long. I have several stories half completed. I have pictures that I've taken that I want to do something with, but I just don't know what. I have the tools to do some video stuff now, but I haven't brought myself to try that out yet. I just don't know what to do. If I try to push myself, I find my mind wandering and I'm suddenly off doing something else. It just gets old.

Hopefully before too long, I'll have something to show for my time, but I don't know.

Well, as the title states it has been a while since I've last updated anything. I have story ideas in the works, I just haven't had the time or energy to get everything put together and on here. With work, and getting ready to move into a new house later this week. I hope to get my stories put together and up here shortly. I miss writing.

Although I haven't gotten any new work up, I have had a chance to get a test done. I play MTG (Magic the Gathering) and have found out what color I am. I wasn't too shocked by the outcome, but it was still fun to do. So here are my results.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Title: House Call
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Shikamaru, Temari
Word Count: 1351
Rating: T
Summary: Shikamaru is dispatched on a personal mission. If you disapprove of this pairing, you don't need to read the story. Please don't leave flames just because you don't like the characters. Thank you.

( How troublesome. )

You know, there are somethings that make me just want to stop writing, pull everything I have down from the net and disappear. I look at the fandoms that I'm part of and just the idea of Fan fictions in general and one thing just disgusts me. Now this is going to be a rant, so if anyone doesn't want to listen to the thoughts and ideas of someone else, leave now or STFU.


( Ranting begins )

I know I need to get more writing done, but I'm a little stuck at the moment. I have a story down in my notebook and several more bumping around in my head, but I am having trouble getting them all down and typed up. For now I have this, a quick drabble on my thoughts about being a blue mage from Magic the Gathering. I'm thinking of doing the other colors as well.

( I am )

Title: The story about Nakama
Fandom: One Piece
Characters: Monkey D. Luffy
Prompt: #024 Family
Word Count: 902
Rating: T
Summary: Luffy tries to discover the secret behind Shank's crew.
Author's Notes: Well I guess taking a notebook to the laundromat really works for my writing. This is a story I've been working on for a while now. I'm really glad that Luffy has come back to talk to me some. This is another story for my fic challenge, the table can be found here.

( A young Luffy stat and listened to the stories told by his idol. )

Yup, thanks partly due to a job where I have a lot of time for my mind to wander and also thanks to a crack-headed little muse called Ikon, I have fic-bits. These are bite-sized pieces of stories that roam my head. I'm just laying these out here to hope that they form more cohesive stories.

The bits hopefully will appear in the final stories. They may or may not appear as they are written here, but hopefully the thought behind them will still be somewhere.

And without further babbling, on to the fic-bits.

( Fic-bits )

Yay for another Shikamaru story.

Title: Marker
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Shikamaru, Ino
Word Count: 1298
Rating: T
Summary: Another year has past and Shikamaru goes to his usual spot to remember an old friend.
Author's Notes: This is a Shikamaru/Ino fic. If you disapprove of this pairing, you don't need to read the story. Please don't leave flames just because you don't like the characters. Thank you.

( Clouds are sure nice. )

Yes, I'm being a copycat, but it does sound kinda fun.

This is taken from kitsunexmaxwell, who took it from aliana_iskassa.

Name a character (from One Piece, Naruto, Final Fantasy 7 or X, or Magic the Gathering) and I'll tell you some facts about him, her, or it from my own personal headcanon.

Well finally Ikon stayed on task enough for me to get a few fics done. Now it's just getting them onto the computer. One is completed and hopefully I'll be able to get the other ones done soon. So if you have the time go a head and read my story and comment on it if you feel like it.

Title: The Letter
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Shikamaru, Temari
Word Count: 925
Rating: T
Summary: Temari received a note that leads her to an interesting afternoon.
Author's Notes: This is a Shika x Temari fic. If you disapprove of this pairing, you don't need to read the story. Please don't leave flames just because you don't like the characters. Thank you.

( Meet me? Tomorrow, noon? )

Wow my muse, Ikon, has been working overtime lately. Within the last two to three day I've started and finished 3 different fics. Along with those 3 I've got a few others that are in the works.

I think I've finally figured out a few things about my muse. First I think he either has ADHD or he's on something like crack. He either is all over the place or just is laying around not wanting to do anything. He also likes to start me on one fic then get distracted by something shiny. I don't know what I'm going to do with him, but for now he's working pretty good.

Recently I've started writing for a new fandom, Shikamaru from Naruto. For being a lazy shirker he's come into my head and has gotten me to write two fics with him. An intersting thing about my writings for Naruto that I've found out is that I can see different versions of the character. Like with Shikamaru I see him with either Temari or him with Ino. It's just the way I see the Naruto characters.

Oh well, YAY for muses on crack!!!!

I've been thinking about the different couples that I like to see from anime, cartoons, or even books. I don't know if I'll write about all or any of these couples but hey, they're still what I like to see.

Luffy x Nami (One Piece)
Jodah x Sima / Jodah x Jaya Ballard (Magic the Gathering)
Ixidor x Nivea (Magic the Gathering)
Naruto x Sakura / Naruto x Hinata (Naruto)
Shikamaru x Temari / Shikamaru x Ino (Naruto)
Gambit x Rogue (X-Men)


I'll probably come up with more but that's good for now.

Finally a small chip of the my writer's block has finally chipped away. Even if that chip only allowed me to get a drabble that's okay. It's about a group I havn't really even been thinking about. Go ahead and read and let me know what you think. Thanks a lot.

( Drabble )

Well now that the block has been chipped some, maybe I can get any of the other 5 or 6 stories bouncing around my head down on paper.

I know I havn't written in a while and I wanted to get something down. My other stories are back burnered for right now, but this little ficlet has been coming to me. So here it is. Have fun and read and review please.

( Heroes )

Well it's been awhile and I still havn't writen anything. This kinda sucks. I have been working on a ficlet, but it still needs some fleshing out. My hours at work give me some time to think about stories and writing, but I don't have access to write most of the things down. I have managed to jot one story down and I like how it started off. It needs some reworking but it is something.

Current fics in the works are the fics for the prompts "Work" and "Who". I also have an idea for a story that shows the other side of Luffy's Decision. I don't know what prompt this story will use but I do want to try this idea. The final story in my head is a ficlet based off of Legend of Zelda. It's based off a thought that the Triforce contains some of the knowledge of each of the heroes that have been awakened, and that knowledge is then imparted to the current hero.

Well, here's to hoping I can finish up some of these stories soon.

Well I need to write some more, and since I've had a few story ideas in my head I decided to write what I could down here. I'll be working on them on and off to try and get them up to finish status. The first story is using the prompt Work. The other is using the prompt Who. I hope to have these stories finished shortly. Well have fun looking at them.

( Work )

( Who )

Title: Beginnings
Fandom: One Piece
Characters: Monkey D. Luffy
Prompt: #001 Beginnings
Word Count: 503
Rating: K
Summary: Makino whispered, "Shanks, you better get ready for him because you will see him again.”
Author's Notes: This is another story for the fanfiction challenge. I was really surprised at how quickly this story came together. Hopefully the rest of the stories will come with equal ease.

( Through tear filled eyes the young boy named Luffy watched his hero sail away.  )