Justina Revolution

  Children of Gevaudan A Fudge Adventure by Justina Revolution The mountains of South Central France ring out with the anguished wails of bereaved mothers. A terrible beast stalks the people and kills with impunity. Some say it is a wolf. Others say it is a devil from the pits of hell. Neither prayer nor weapons have thus far brought the beast down. It is the summer of 1767 and many have died to the fangs and talons of this monster. The creature fears cattle for some reason. It does not eat animals. It beheads and partially devours humans. It plays games and torments the families of those it has slaughtered. Homes stand empty. Farms fallow. Louis the 15th has issued repeated rewards for the beast’s death but nothing seems to come of it. A sort of nihilism has settled into the village of Benoit. Father Pierre is praying daily for God to deliver the people of Gevaudan from the Devil. Goal: Survive until Dawn as the beast stalks your village and kills everyone in an or...

      A lot of really bleak stuff is happening in the United States right now and I am scared. So I decided to take some action to relieve my anxiety. I don't know if it is just a me thing but taking action no matter what reduces my anxiety level. Maybe it is some sort of ingrained idea that if death, horror, and whatnot find me doing something it won't be so bad. I have no clue how that would work but it seems like something that my subconscious mind might believe. I have not posted a blog in weeks so it seems like a good time to abandon my lofty goals of writing about self defense or the general feelings I have in the wake of Roe v Wade being overturned and just do something to stave off the mad restlessness I feel fluttering in my chest.     I think that is what is keeping the world going right now. In spite of the darkness we have this absurd need to do something. Anything. Whether it will actually help or not. I don't know what is going to happen....

      Today is a good day. I woke up. Took care of some auto repair issues and then I practiced my Tai Chi. This summer is all about focusing on my Tai Chi form and skills. Getting better at stand up grappling and closing the distance. Each summer I try to focus on one specific art or aspect of martial arts to play with and improve upon. It's fun because I set a goal and pursue it. Sometimes I even make it. My goal for this summer is to keep my purple belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu friend from taking me down in five three minute rounds. It's nothing competitive, just good fun and a challenge to myself.     It is really interesting. I will do things like this and dig in my heels quite hard about learning even basic HTML. I am not interested in the marketable skills. I just want to do the stuff I think is cool. I am quite unreasonable on this point too. I model my life on the idea of the Five Excellences: Meditation, Martial Arts, Healing, Composition, and Pre...

      It is morning here and I sit before my computer typing this entry. It is a strange day. I practiced some qigong and Tai Chi this morning and feel pretty good right now. I am mostly avoiding social media and news today. I feel apprehensive about today. Like I need to be a bit more aware and alert. Like my heart and mind need to be still and listen. It is like that moment when you are walking through the forest and all the birds go silent.     The song "The Wolf In Your Darkest Room" has popped up on my playlist and it feels like that. Something is out there stalking us all and we can only wait for it. Then I get a flash of insight. The world, my subconscious, the universe, the Dao, God, whatever you call it is presenting a horror film for me. And that thought brings some comfort. I like horror movies quite a bit. The suspense and relief of suspense is a lot of fun. And that is I think the only sane response to a situation like we are living throug...

      I have been out of the writing habit since COVID hit me a few weeks back. Tonight is my attempt at getting back to it. I am still pretty tired from it. The feeling of congestion, fever, soreness, and tiredness was pretty awful and I am thrice vaccinated. I cannot imagine what wild COVID without vaccinations would have been like. It is a strange and tiring time to be alive. Plagues and hatred seem to fill up the internet and yet life outside continues pretty well unabated. The looming shadow of inflation, rising costs, and wage stagnation stand over everything like a pall. And yet the sun still shines hot and bloody in the Texas sun.      I have never felt particularly safe in my life. Growing up in rural Appalachia isn't exactly the most queer friendly environment for a child. I spent most of my life cultivating some sense of safety. I ended up getting black belts in several martial arts and developing a sort of grim outlook that I would lik...

      Today on the blog we will be looking at a place whose existence I proposed on Twitter.     Appleboro is a quaint little halfling settlement nestled in a small valley. It is a quiet place where the smells of wood smoke, baking, and gardening mingle with honey suckle and apple blossoms. It is a good place where the folk have made a prosperous living from the land.      There is a nice inn here called the Willow Bend Inn and Tavern, it is run by a human family who has lived around these parts for a few generations. Halfling burrows are the predominant structures hereabouts and the innkeepers are good enough folk.      Sheriff Amelia Lightfoot runs the town. She was elected by her fellow halflings and seems to be a fair upstanding woman with sandy blonde hair, an infectious smile, and a will made of iron as strong as the well worn short sword she carries at her hip.       The Willow Bend is ...

     Fate is one of my favorite Tabletop Role-Playing Games. It is fun, versatile, and exciting. It is also hard as hell to get into and the explanations in the book are pretty lackluster. The way the text talks it sounds like this is a game so far removed from your average RPG that you have entered a world that must be experienced properly to be understood. This is not the case.     Fate is a universal system. It lets you play anything you like at any power level you like with minimal rules. In the book it says characters are: "Competent, proactive people who lead dramatic lives." This turned me off immediately because I don't like assuming that every character is this way. However, in retrospect, this is true of every character in every RPG I have ever played. Even in games where one plays as children, amateurs, or beginners in their craft the players can expect a reasonable chance of success of they attempt something. The situations in RPG's are often d...