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#1
Roleplay / Re: OOC: FTaAWoA, or FT2
Last post by Luca - January 03, 2025, 01:47:22 AMQuote from: Kitran on December 31, 2024, 06:22:52 PMWelcome to the roleplay, Nat! I'm up for RPing with anyone if someone wants to be the one that came into the lounge looking for service.It's a good question, because I imagine that the modernization of things means that some things will be different than they once were, and some things will largely be the same.
Luca, did you have your own idea on which buildings were going to be at the Refuge? Should I assume it's based on the current forums?
I imagine that most of the buildings in our main district will be somewhat like a university campus. With different, sturdy buildings for each board of the forum, the wiki, and other primary services amidst abundant greenery. The Eyebeast holding a special note as being in a semi-pocket dimension between the 14th and 15th floors of the 16-floor admin tower. (We downsized)
As you head further away, however, things become decreasingly developed and increasingly wilderness. The internet has some ability to erode and decompose, so there are ruins out there to be discovered, and occasionally small Refuge outpost buildings containing survey or observation equipment.
#2
Roleplay / Re: OOC: FTaAWoA, or FT2
Last post by Natalie - January 03, 2025, 01:35:24 AMThanks! I don't really know what I'm doing yet but I'd been sitting on that draft forever and wanted to get something out there. I'll be busy with other projects for the next week or so but I could try to collaborate on something after that if anyone wants.
#3
Spam / Re: Post a random song lyric
Last post by Kitran - December 31, 2024, 08:06:45 PMThink you're gonna fix me, think we're making progress. You'll be broken with me somewhere in the process.
#4
Spam / Re: CTRL+V
Last post by Kitran - December 31, 2024, 07:30:03 PM*Wonders what the last thing he copied is*
The hole is usually 1/4" x 1".
O.O Oh, my...
The hole is usually 1/4" x 1".
O.O Oh, my...
#5
General Discussion / Re: The CalRef Recipe Book
Last post by Kitran - December 31, 2024, 07:00:16 PMDaggumit, I'm making it to Refugi...
Homemade Venison Jerky
This one's more labor intensive, but it's a holiday tradition at our house.
Things you'll need:
Ingredients per batch:
We generally start with steaks from Grandpa's hunting excursions in November and put them through a meat grinder, but you can get pre-ground meat too. Put your ground meat, Lawrey's, and other seasonings into a largish bowl and mix thoroughly by hand.
Load the meat mixture into your cookie press/extruder and put on the slit attachment. Squeeze out your mixture onto the metal baking racks in rows.
Pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees. Place the racks in the hot oven. Leave the oven door closed for the first 30 minutes, then crack the oven door. We usually place a metal butter knife in the door so it's open just a tiny bit. Just enough for the moisture to easily make it's way out.
Wait about three hours. This is where the patience comes in play because it's going to smell really good but you can't eat it yet.
When it's good and dry, remove from the oven and let it cool before cutting the strips into 1 inch squares and storing them a ziplock. (Or you know, just eating them all. They don't last long at our house.)
Enjoy!
Homemade Venison Jerky
This one's more labor intensive, but it's a holiday tradition at our house.
Things you'll need:
- Optional: Meat grinder
- Largish bowl
- Handheld cookie press or pasta extruder with "slit" attachment. (The hole is usually a 1/8" x 1" rectangle.)
- Metal baking racks
- An oven
- Patience
Ingredients per batch:
- 3 lb ground venison
- 3 tsp Lawry's Seasoned Salt
- Any other seasonings you want to try in a jerky. Some of my favorites are liquid smoke, worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, hot sauce, teriyaki, white pepper, cumin, or that random seasoning you've had in the back of the cupboard for a year and only used once. There is no right or wrong mixture here. Have fun with it, but keep track so you figure out what your favorites are and can replicate it next time.
We generally start with steaks from Grandpa's hunting excursions in November and put them through a meat grinder, but you can get pre-ground meat too. Put your ground meat, Lawrey's, and other seasonings into a largish bowl and mix thoroughly by hand.
Load the meat mixture into your cookie press/extruder and put on the slit attachment. Squeeze out your mixture onto the metal baking racks in rows.
Pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees. Place the racks in the hot oven. Leave the oven door closed for the first 30 minutes, then crack the oven door. We usually place a metal butter knife in the door so it's open just a tiny bit. Just enough for the moisture to easily make it's way out.
Wait about three hours. This is where the patience comes in play because it's going to smell really good but you can't eat it yet.
When it's good and dry, remove from the oven and let it cool before cutting the strips into 1 inch squares and storing them a ziplock. (Or you know, just eating them all. They don't last long at our house.)
Enjoy!
#6
Roleplay / Re: OOC: FTaAWoA, or FT2
Last post by Kitran - December 31, 2024, 06:22:52 PMWelcome to the roleplay, Nat! I'm up for RPing with anyone if someone wants to be the one that came into the lounge looking for service.
Luca, did you have your own idea on which buildings were going to be at the Refuge? Should I assume it's based on the current forums?
Luca, did you have your own idea on which buildings were going to be at the Refuge? Should I assume it's based on the current forums?
#7
Spam / Re: Spam Points
Last post by Argo - December 28, 2024, 05:01:15 PMHumanSanity: 81
Emily: 68
Luca: 61
Kal: 48
Argo: 31
A819: 27
Aav: 14
Wasc: 10
FLP: 7
Ziz: 5
Dyll: 5
Cat: 5
Fox: 4
Zuk: 2
Ruby: 2
Potato: potato
Istillian: 2
Sueloc: 1
Emily: 68
Luca: 61
Kal: 48
Argo: 31
A819: 27
Aav: 14
Wasc: 10
FLP: 7
Ziz: 5
Dyll: 5
Cat: 5
Fox: 4
Zuk: 2
Ruby: 2
Potato: potato
Istillian: 2
Sueloc: 1
#8
Roleplay / FTaAWoA: Snap
Last post by Natalie - December 27, 2024, 02:27:57 PM*twitch* *twitch* "Argh, how do you even do this?"
"I dunno, you just kind of, like, flex and whip it. Are you focusing on-"
"YES, I'm focusing on it. Fuck's sake, who's ever heard of snapping just one finger?"
Nat shrugged. "I don't know what to tell you, it just..." She looked up at the cafeteria wall and snapped a finger.
Now, to a layperson it might have looked like the data sparked out from her fingertip. Common misconception. Think of it like a lighter: you press the switch and fire appears, but the fire doesn't come from the lighter; it's the product of a reaction with the air. Same principle here - the finger is a catalyst, pulling the magic out of the environment. In this case, that energy arced up and outward, cutting a ragged figure through the air as it bounced off the polished stone wall. It wove through the high ceiling before hitting and disabling a misconfigured light fixture.
"...works." She stretched, eyes fixed on the now very feathery light. "That probably shouldn't do that." Still watching the lamp, she hailed a passing SimpleBot and sent it to floor 14 to make a record of the incident.
There are a lot of ways to acquire magic - structured education, for instance, or long-term rigorous practice. Natalie's methods were... somewhat less orthodox. After rejecting an apparent attunement towards tech magic, she struggled to draw the same power from other less intuitive sources. Generously, she could be called a jack of many trades; more accurately, the potential energy crackled unpredictably based on momentary whims. The raw ability was there, waiting to be harnessed - and indeed it was, from time to time, in sharp bursts of study to solve individual problems - but it was at least as likely to be used on impulsive, flighty pursuits as it was for anything productive or helpful in maintaining the Refuge.
And so she lounged through the days in the common spaces, casting impulsive party tricks with the hope that one of them might turn into something more. Barring that, maybe they'd at least amuse one of the others.
Somebody was saying something, but Nat kept staring at that transfigured light high on the wall. There was a flicker of memory, some nth-degree connection to people and places outside the Refuge, and for a moment she was there again in a realm no travel rune would again reach. A bittersweet reminiscence. It lasted a bit too long.
She made her excuses, something about checking on construction, and wandered out of the tower. It was raining again. The unseen roof of the path slaked the water neatly into gutters, flowing into the gardens, but it didn't keep the wind chill out. She pulled her cardigan closed in a feeble protest against the storm and walked the grounds looking for someplace to be.
"I dunno, you just kind of, like, flex and whip it. Are you focusing on-"
"YES, I'm focusing on it. Fuck's sake, who's ever heard of snapping just one finger?"
Nat shrugged. "I don't know what to tell you, it just..." She looked up at the cafeteria wall and snapped a finger.
Now, to a layperson it might have looked like the data sparked out from her fingertip. Common misconception. Think of it like a lighter: you press the switch and fire appears, but the fire doesn't come from the lighter; it's the product of a reaction with the air. Same principle here - the finger is a catalyst, pulling the magic out of the environment. In this case, that energy arced up and outward, cutting a ragged figure through the air as it bounced off the polished stone wall. It wove through the high ceiling before hitting and disabling a misconfigured light fixture.
"...works." She stretched, eyes fixed on the now very feathery light. "That probably shouldn't do that." Still watching the lamp, she hailed a passing SimpleBot and sent it to floor 14 to make a record of the incident.
There are a lot of ways to acquire magic - structured education, for instance, or long-term rigorous practice. Natalie's methods were... somewhat less orthodox. After rejecting an apparent attunement towards tech magic, she struggled to draw the same power from other less intuitive sources. Generously, she could be called a jack of many trades; more accurately, the potential energy crackled unpredictably based on momentary whims. The raw ability was there, waiting to be harnessed - and indeed it was, from time to time, in sharp bursts of study to solve individual problems - but it was at least as likely to be used on impulsive, flighty pursuits as it was for anything productive or helpful in maintaining the Refuge.
And so she lounged through the days in the common spaces, casting impulsive party tricks with the hope that one of them might turn into something more. Barring that, maybe they'd at least amuse one of the others.
Somebody was saying something, but Nat kept staring at that transfigured light high on the wall. There was a flicker of memory, some nth-degree connection to people and places outside the Refuge, and for a moment she was there again in a realm no travel rune would again reach. A bittersweet reminiscence. It lasted a bit too long.
She made her excuses, something about checking on construction, and wandered out of the tower. It was raining again. The unseen roof of the path slaked the water neatly into gutters, flowing into the gardens, but it didn't keep the wind chill out. She pulled her cardigan closed in a feeble protest against the storm and walked the grounds looking for someplace to be.
#9
General Discussion / Re: The CalRef Recipe Book
Last post by Kitran - December 24, 2024, 08:06:08 PMMy go to poor man's Chicken & Dumpling soup.
Again, actual measurements will depend on the size of your pot.
Soup base:
Dumplings:
Fill your pot about 1/3rd with water and add the bouillon cubes (use the ratio of cubes to water per the directions of your brand of bouillon). Optional: Crack your can(s) of carrots and chicken and pour the liquid into the pot as part of the base. Bring to a boil. Add the egg noodles and simmer uncovered until almost soft. ~ 5 minutes
While the noodles are boiling, make your dumpling mix. Put the flour and Lawry's into a small/medium mixing bowl and combine so the salt is spread throughout the flour. Add the eggs and stir them in to make a sticky dough. Add just a splash of milk to make sure all of the flour is wet and part of the dough.
The noodles should be cooked enough by this time. Add the cream of chicken soup with a can of water and stir in until smooth. Add in the carrots and chicken. You'll want to add ingredients based on how much room there is in the pot. You can always add more water and bouillon if there's still lots of room. Leave at least two inches from the top of the pot for the dumplings. Bring it all back to a boil.
To add your dumplings, grab a metal fork and get a dollop of dough. Dip it into the boiling soup and it should fall off the fork with a little shake. Some people like their dumplings bigger, some like them smaller. My only input is that you don't want them to be too dense because they'll taste too much like flour.
Boil for another 5ish minutes after you've put in your last dumpling, then serve and enjoy!
Again, actual measurements will depend on the size of your pot.
Soup base:
- Water
- 1 or 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1/2 bag wide egg noodles
- 1 or 2 cans of sliced carrots. (Any brand, really. I go for cheap.)
- 1 or 2 cans of precooked chicken. (Feel free to substitute fresh cooked chicken for the canned chicken. I like the canned for the convenience.)
- 1 or 2 cans of Cream of Chicken soup.
Dumplings:
- 1 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp Lawry's Seasoned Salt (a must have for any kitchen)
Fill your pot about 1/3rd with water and add the bouillon cubes (use the ratio of cubes to water per the directions of your brand of bouillon). Optional: Crack your can(s) of carrots and chicken and pour the liquid into the pot as part of the base. Bring to a boil. Add the egg noodles and simmer uncovered until almost soft. ~ 5 minutes
While the noodles are boiling, make your dumpling mix. Put the flour and Lawry's into a small/medium mixing bowl and combine so the salt is spread throughout the flour. Add the eggs and stir them in to make a sticky dough. Add just a splash of milk to make sure all of the flour is wet and part of the dough.
The noodles should be cooked enough by this time. Add the cream of chicken soup with a can of water and stir in until smooth. Add in the carrots and chicken. You'll want to add ingredients based on how much room there is in the pot. You can always add more water and bouillon if there's still lots of room. Leave at least two inches from the top of the pot for the dumplings. Bring it all back to a boil.
To add your dumplings, grab a metal fork and get a dollop of dough. Dip it into the boiling soup and it should fall off the fork with a little shake. Some people like their dumplings bigger, some like them smaller. My only input is that you don't want them to be too dense because they'll taste too much like flour.
Boil for another 5ish minutes after you've put in your last dumpling, then serve and enjoy!
#10
General Discussion / Re: The Welcoming Committee
Last post by Natalie - December 24, 2024, 03:58:03 PMWelcome!