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hey man youve been taking a while putting your change back in your wallet and i just wanted to let you know we are kicking you out of the grocwery sytore forever. goodbye

Something to make up for all the text heavy posts lately lmao I've finally done what I've been threatening to do for half a year and made a nice reference pic for myself showing what goes on inside this guy

Pantera is very old - almost three centuries old, and one of the very first holy beasts ever constructed. His systems were upgraded many times over the decades to improve performance, efficiency, and reduce the number of crew needed, but the archaic original construction proved a barrier against true modernisation. Even still he was highly successful in his time and participated in over a hundred hunts. This schematic is accurate for the 15th rebuild of Pantera.

The bottom image shows the vital fuel lines as well as the typical crew count and communications systems between each occupied chamber. The throne room seats two, but can fit more apprentices around the seats if they all squeeze in tight.

Starting with the navigation platform - this is open to the air, beneath the curve of Pantera's helm. The navigator sends up the appropriate communication flags and maintains a collection of charts. There is a cluster of gravity-fed tubes which can convey messages to the throne chamber. The navigator's apprentice will use cords to pull up returning messages (i.e there's no suction tube, this is manual). For quicker communication, the navigator can direct using heading degrees using a pull-cord system, pointing the knight in the right direction.

The throne, heart, and furnace chambers are all densely interlinked and must be perfectly in sync to avoid disaster. The heart directs fuel to the 100+ engine cylinders in and around Pantera's hull (not pictured) using its own engine, which is powered by its own fuel tank independently from the larger tank in the pelvis. The heart cylinders are controlled manually by the enginesmith in the forward position - by constricting the action of the heart cylinders, fuel from the furnace can be rerouted to where the knight indicates more power is required. It requires a gentle touch as prolonged fuel starvation in a cylinder-driven pump can induce additional stress. Operating the heart is, visually, somewhat like playing the piano, with each key a separate cylinder governing a pump that sends fuel somewhere.

This fuel comes from the main tank, where it is stored in its unexcited state. The tank has a movable floor which ensures there is always sufficient pressure to feed the furnace. Smiths in the furnace chamber operate the valves that allow the gravity-fed furnace to fill. There are eight open wells which receive fuel, four on either side of the central walkway, and each can be excited independently as needed, depending on demand. The fuel is excited by dropping in a spark. On contact with the ignition source it enters its excited state, and turns from a thick, clear oil to an incandescent orange liquid which ignites when mixed with compressed air inside an engine cylinder, similar to common rail diesel engines. In this state it also powers the nerve cords that interface with the knight's dialogue, which is ultimately what lets the beast to move with lifelike rather than mechanical motions.

The knight does not quite feel the beast's body as their own but they do feel it as an extension of themselves. Their dialogue informs them where power is needed for their current manoeuvre, and in turn they pass that along to the heart workers and so on. There are several levers in the throne chamber, one of which is the fire handle that tells the heart workers to redirect fuel straight to the mouth. Two tanks can fill with incandescent fuel allowing for two subsequent flamethrower sprays before the tanks have to replenish. This is the most fuel-costly manoeuvre on board so aiming must be precise.

Today's crab is: patiently waiting and polite

sitting in the hall waiting for the doctor's appointment

so anxious

let me go, social anxiety!

[image description: a photo of two trees. Two of their branches are fused together. The tree on the left is cut, missing its lower part. However, it is held up by its connection to the tree on the right. End description.]

Plain text:

Inosculation, a natural phenomenon in which trunks, roots or branches of two trees grow together. When branches or roots from different trees are in prolonged intimate contact, they often abrade each other exposing their inner tissues, which may eventually fuse.

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Inosculation, a natural phenomenon in which trunks, roots or branches of two trees grow together. When branches or roots from different trees are in prolonged intimate contact, they often abrade each other exposing their inner tissues, which may eventually fuse.

horse playing in a fun kiddie pool it is splashing and having fun in the sun in a joyous manner