Subject: Wait, you need a present.
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Posted on: 2018-01-28 20:15:00 UTC
That would be bad if I forgot, since everyone else is giving you birthday presents. I've got two for you. One virtual, and one real, since while I haven't interacted with you really all that much (my favorite instance being in the Badfic Games), you're one of the Boarders that I remember relatively well when I'm not on the Board.
Virtual present: Here is a two-handed sword that has been enhanced with a fantasy substance I'm studying. Don't grab the sword, the blade's very sharp and you don't want to scratch up things. This cushion to hold it is also for you. Hold out your forearms and hold it like a tray of food. Ah. There you go. [You examine the sword. It has a long, straight blade made of gleaming iron, with fantastic designs depicting suns, angels and more, inlaid with a rose-gold-ish material. The hilt is made of stone, under a thin layer of similar rose-gold stuff, with a section of it wrapped in black leather as a hand grip.] That peachy colored stuff is the fantasy substance. It's not as dangerous when it's refined as when it's in raw form, hence why it will only cause your enemies to feel an intense burning sensation where they've been cut and experience hallucinations, instead of undergoing a full-on transformation like they would if this were a sword made of the raw stuff. The people who created this sword, who I stole it from, like to pretend that only the "right" user can wield it to its full potential, but that's absolute baloney. That's why I gave it to you, because you are nowhere near their definition of the "right" user, so you can make them really mad by being living evidence that they're very wrong about one of their most prized weapons. I'll tell you more if you stick around long enough.
Real present: I've gotten very into Overwatch recently and today I had an idea to draw some of us Boarders as Overwatch characters that fit our personalities. I was having trouble coming up with a sixth Boarder and their character for the "here's the team that won" drawing (or a fifth Boarder, if the dude I'm trying to recruit doesn't show up). I looked through the characters and how the fandom tends to depict them, comparing them with your "How to Be Thoth" post, and I'm thinking I'll put you as Genji. Congrats, you're now part of one of my Board memes, and with the character you have, you don't even have to send a doodle of yourself. Just tell me your favorite color for me to use instead of the green details on the design so that people who look at it can recognize that it's not just Genji. Or if your favorite color is green (me too), lemme know what I could do to tweak it and make it recognizable as being "Thoth in cosplay."
Have an awesome birthday.
-Twistey