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bananabeebenson · 1 year ago

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Romcom kind of idea: Helmeppo and Garp takes Koby drinking to relax since next day they have to start training some new recruits. At the bar Koby see a pretty lady and get pushed by the other two older marines for him to go talk to her. After talking, drinking and maybe even a little make out session with the lady, Koby goes home all relaxed and happy. Next day, still with a little hangover, Koby goes to talk with the new recruits just to spot who in the crowd? Cute lady!!!! And she looks just as surprised as him. What now?

Pairing: Koby x Reader

Warnings: None (SFW/Fluff and some awkward Koby)

Word Count: 1,940

Fic is under the cut

Requests are open

Koby should have known this was going to be a mistake.

Garp, the famous Hero of the Navy, had pulled only a handful of strings in pulling his two apprentices away from Marineford to an island only half an hour’s travel away, where a ‘perfect bar was calling them’. Koby had been trying to ignore their insistence that he join them. It wasn’t that he wouldn’t have enjoyed the idea of a couple of drinks possibly in the house, or Garp’s own tab, it was that the next day they would find themselves training their first new wave of Recruits. Koby and Helmeppo had struggled to get as far as they had come, fighting through tribulations and their own self-inflicted doubts to get to the point they were. Not to mention the thin ice they sometimes found themselves on due to their light association with Luffy D. Monkey. Not that they would complain. Garp’s name would usually be enough to back off most who threw doubts their way, or their own accomplishments they’ve managed in most locations. This had put them in good enough graces to finally take on a small group of new recruits to be trained. It wouldn’t be permanent, like Garp with them, but more so a temporary thing to last only a few months before they would be split apart and shipped off to different areas. Some would remain in Marineford, but not many.

“Come on.” Helmeppo spoke, tilting his head to the side just as the boat rocked to the right a little too hard. It wasn’t a Navy ship like they were used to, more so a simple Ferry built to withstand the waves of the Grand Line. It wasn’t something built to go for several days or harbor hundreds, thus it rocked in uneven motions, tossing the people who weren’t prepared for it back and forth. Compared to others, they were holding on just fine, with Koby’s hands gripping the side of the boat. He still couldn’t believe they had managed to convince him to come along. Maybe he was more stressed than he had realized over the situation.

“I’m here, aren’t I?” It wasn’t bitter, but he was pouting in a strangely young way, something to remind Helmeppo just how young the two of them were compared to others out here. He huffed.

“Don’t look so guilty and miserable about it. You’re acting like we kidnapped you at gunpoint or something.”

“You both threatened to, and I quote, carry me out here anyways. I don’t think I had much of a choice.” His smile was weary, small on his face. His goggles fell suddenly from a sharp rock and he steadied them back to the top of his head.

“Well, you needed to get out.” Helmeppo said. He nodded, agreeing with himself and propped up against the railing. Koby knew when he was fighting a losing argument, so he resigned himself to simply enjoy the quiet he would have before arriving.

The bar was definitely crowded with young, new faces that Koby had never seen before. Some older Marines, people he had seen around Marineford, were also there and nursing harder drinks in their reclusive corners. Garp and Helmeppo wouldn’t leave Koby alone, much to his own simmering annoyance. It wasn’t that he wasn’t unthankful nor wished for a lonely presence, but he did wish for some quieter drinking company. His own drink was fruity and light, something he could enjoy at least while he watched everyone around him continue to grow louder and louder.

Then, he spotted you.

It was a creeping feeling. A sudden realization that he had been staring at you as you laughed at something another person said, your own drink also being softly nursed with small sips. He didn’t even notice his staring or how he was acknowledging how you snorted into your hand when you laughed a little too hard until Helmeppo had noticed he was zoned out and no longer listening. Bending over his shoulder he looked over and grinned something broad and dangerous.

“Oh, spot you someone?” Koby jerked into a stiff seated position and quickly looked away from you, red burning across his cheeks. Garp’s attention was immediately dragged over when he tried to stutter an excuse, one that had Helmeppo smirking.

“What’s wrong? Got tongue-tied or something from a beautiful lady?” Garp slapped a hard hand onto Koby’s shoulder and his weaker drink was spilled, the shattering of the glass covered by the loud atmosphere of the crowd around. “I thought you learned how to talk to someone like that from me already. Or did you?” Garp shook his head and delivered another harsh slap, knocking him from the seat.

“Go talk to her.” Helmeppo said. “She doesn’t look like she’s here with anyone.”

Koby choked on a response to them and found himself urged away, shooed off with waves and hollering that followed his ever growing reddening ears. You were still where you were though, as they had said, you were alone. Whoever you had been talking to had moved on, perhaps to another face, and you were still nursing your own drink, twisting the straw that stuck out of it. You were dressed formally. No, not formally, but better than he was in his casual clothing that had been thrown to the back of his closet, almost forgotten about until this time. He felt underdressed compared to you and it made him hesitate even further. But the shame of what Garp and Helmeppo would do if he returned without at least attempting to speak to you far out-weighed any nerves of his attire, so he swallowed nerves down deep and approached you with the first thing he could say.

“I like the color of your shoes.”

He was doomed.

You blinked up at him in confusion, poised for a sip you would abandon in return for eyeing the man before you. Koby remained unmoving, hands sweating and flexing in his pockets as he tried to maintain some calm atmosphere about him.

Then you laughed.

“Well, I’m glad I suppose. I like them too.” You looked him over once, twice, then shifted on the seating you had been perched on. A bench, definitely meant for outside, had been pulled in. “Did you come over here to speak only about my shoes or….”

He definitely did not.

“I-I came over to talk to a pretty lady like you.” Garp would have been proud of his word choice, but the ever flustered Koby was slowly curling in on himself, turning away to hide his embarrassment. You found it charming. Cute, in a way, and masked your giggle around the rim of your cup.

“Well, aren’t you a charmer?” You asked. The teasing tone did urge him to look at you and you were so nice when you spoke. Up close like this he got to smell the perfume you had on, something sweet to lure him in a bit closer, which helped to ease up his nerves. “You look a little uncomfortable though. You sure that’s why you’re over here?”

Busted.

“I-It isn’t that I don’t want to talk to you. My friends just, ah, they saw me looking at you and just, well.” He choked and you fought your grin until he found his words. “They…wanted me to try talking to you.”

“I’m glad.” He blinked, looked you over once, then blinked again. “No, really. I promise, my friends dragged me out here too for some celebration I’m not even a part of. Or, well, I don’t want to be a part of.” You spared a glance to a gathered group of young, fresh faces to the far side and he followed it. They were drinking heavily, a few encouraging the others as fresh shots of something strong and smelly passed around. You lightly cringed around your own fruity drink, something Koby would have liked.

“You were dragged out too?” He relaxed a bit more then, finding you in a similar situation. “Well…guess we have no choice but to keep each other company then, right?”

Keeping each other company turned into a few drinks. A few drinks turned into a couple shots, bought by the beaming Garp who raised his own glass. And a few laughs and stories shared between the two of you turned into shoulders brushing. Then it turned into him helping you to a corner where there was less light to try and fix your shoe, which had broken when you stood to get a drink.

Then it turned into a drunken spur of the moment kiss that evolved into more than one.

Maybe he should have paid attention to the facts you spoke, but he hadn’t drank in a long time and it was definitely potent when it settled. These kisses you shared were sweet and warm. A breath of fresh air to the cold reprise of Marinfore, and he was sighing into them whenever you both broke apart. He was respectful of any boundaries you had and you were respectful that he was still intoxicated, so your touches were restrained. Held back to simply brushes of fingers on fingers, or fingertips touching at the shoulders or bottom of the kneecap. The kisses continued on, the sounds of the background falling apart, it all became too much and when you finally pulled back, head lightly spinning, a hand clasped onto Koby’s shoulder.

Garp.

“It’s getting late.” He stated, a gruff voice rough from his drinks and a couple of smoke breaks he had taken with others in the Marines. Koby blinked up at him in confusion before you seemed to put the pieces together. Garp was charming with his smile, but he was also aware of how late it had actually gotten. Koby seemed to want to disagree, but your hand on his wrist distracted him briefly as you agreed.

“You should head back. I have a few things to take care of tomorrow too.” You looked down at your person and frowned. “I…don’t have a way to communicate, but I could meet you back here tomorrow night? If that’s okay?”

That was more than okay in his eyes.

Then, nothing. He was on the rocking boat, listening to Helmeppo tease him about the “loving eyes” he had been shooting you, all blitzed out of his mind from his drinks, but he didn’t care. Garp didn’t speak much on anything, enjoying the cooler evening air and soft sounds of the Ocean. Then he was in bed, curled into his pillow and still remembering your perfume, the taste of your sweet drink on your lips, and how soft your hand was on his.

He slept with a smile on his face.

That smile would be abruptly taken the next morning, when he was dressed in uniform and standing at the end of a long lineup of people, all dressed in similar uniforms. They all looked similar. Young, fresh, and new to the Marines. Similar to how he had been long ago when he had first joined, except there was an issue. Standing in exactly row five, three to the left stood a familiar, equally shocked face.

You. There stood you, with your eyes wide and mouth partially open at the realization of what had happened the previous night. Helmeppo, thankfully, hadn’t recognized you or he would have never heard the end of it. Garp wasn’t there, busy with something else that these two were to handle.

‘Well.’ He thought, looking away with his ears a vibrant pink once again. ‘At least I won’t have to meet you there tonight.’

#one piece x reader #requests are open #one piece x y/n #requested #koby x reader #one piece koby

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ella-error505 · 7 months ago

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“Queen Rhaenyra's sons, Jacaerys and Joffrey Velaryon, were eager to join the fight atop their dragons, Vermax and Tyraxes, but she forbade them to go. However, the queen could not deny the advantage that the terrifying Nhero, her fourteen-year-old daughter's mount, presented to her cause. The logic of the princess and her grandfather, Lord Corlys, did not ultimately fall on deaf ears. So, nine days after Staunton's message, Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was, and her dragon, Meleys, the Red Queen, followed by Princess Maella in the back of The Cannibal, arrived above Rook's Rest to aid Lord Staunton.”

“When Sunfyre and Vhagar also appeared, the dragons fought a thousand feet above the ground. Meleys's jaws closed around Sunfyre's neck, Vhagar fell upon them, and The Cannibal clung to Vhagar's back, scratching fiercely. Some say Princess Maella wanted to reach her uncle Aemond. Inevitably all three dragons crashed. From the ashes, only Vhagar and Nhero rose again. Sunfyre had one wing half torn from his body, whilst his rider, King Aegon II, suffered several broken bones and severe burns. Rhaenys was found completely burned next to Meleys. Princess Maella seemed intact, but not her Nhero, which had been seriously injured in the fight. Prince Aemond and Vhagar rose in pursuit, but Nhero and his rider were faster, fleeing before they could react.”

“On the coasts near Driftmark, the princess got off her dragon and ordered him to go away from the Westerosi coast, an action that is considered to have been guided by the gods, since years later Nhero would prove to be the safeguard of the power of House Targaryen. Nothing like it was ever heard of again in the history of Westeros, for Nhero obeyed and abandoned his rider on the shore to fly to Essos and not be seen for the next few years of the war. Queen Rhaenyra, having received news of her daughter's fall in battle, was too relieved when she appeared on the shores of Dragonstone hidden in a fishing boat to feel sorry for the loss of one of the largest dragons in her cause for the throne.”

“On the last day of the year 131 a.c., a roar like no other shook the foundations of King's Landing, and a giant shadow loomed from the sea. Queen Maella, according to Mushroom's account, ran with such desperation to the main courtyard of the Red Keep that her beautiful shoes flew out of her feet along the way, leaving her maids to catch them in the midst of the chaos. There Nhero, The Cannibal, landed, fully recovered from his wounds, barely larger than when he was last seen, and with one last victorious roar, the beast under his snout like an affectionate puppy for his rider to cling to it. The queen cried uncontrollably as she clung to her long-gone dragon, and the beast sat there.”

“The morning of the first day of the year 132 a.c., Nhero and Queen Maella ascended the sky together in celebration of their reunion, and would never be separated again until the queen's death.”

“Nhero was one of five dragons to survive the Dance of the Dragons — and after his return in 132 a.c., he was the biggest of two that still controlled by the Targaryen's, along with the young Morning, belonging to the queen dear sister, Lady Rhaena Targaryen.”

— Quotes from Archmaester Gyldayn's narrative of the story of Queen Maella I and her dragon, Nhero, The Cannibal, the only adult dragon that survived the Dance of Dragons.

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eagna-eilis · 1 year ago

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Star Wars Characters at a Family Wedding in Ireland

ANAKIN - Gets extremely nostalgic about his own wedding and makes his adult twin children groan in embarrassment. Is in such a good mood that he isn't even mad when Leia calls him a fascist for voting Fine Gael, and manages to give his grandson an effective pep talk.

PADMÉ - So resplendent that the bride is almost jealous but honestly how could you be upset with her she's just so nice. Gets giggly tipsy over dinner and waltzes with C3P0 afterwards. Touches up literally everyone's makeup for them throughout the night and does a better job than the actual makeup artist.

OBI-WAN - Waits til the night is winding down then magically locates a squeezebox, fiddle, a guitar, and a tin whistle and hands them out to start a sessiún. The sing-song goes on until 5am and it's all his fault. His signature song is 'The Lass of Aughrim' because it makes him feel all literary.

R2D2 - Has at least four too many double Jamesons and literally starts arguing with the wall. Shmii finds him passed out under a table the next morning, wherein he swears he's not drinking until Christmas.

C3P0 - Wrecks the heads of the hotel staff over dinner with all his requests, to the point of embarrassing the other people at his table. Conducts impromptu ballroom dancing lessons while the band plays and charms the pants off everyone with his patient explanations of how to foxtrot.

LANDO - Pulls out a deck of cards and starts a game of 21s in the corner. Absolutely swindles everyone. It's okay though because he puts his winnings behind the bar so nobody has to pay for their drinks after that.

AHSOKA - Brings enough weed to share with a chosen few, like an absolute queen. Ends up hanging out in the loo for ages rolling for herself, Sabine, Maz, Kanan, and eventually Ben. Despite her relative stillness and quiet, she enjoys the music more than basically anybody else and people will quote her fondly slagging Anakin over dinner for the next 20 years.

SABINE - Camera queen who tries to look like she isn't enjoying herself. Fools nobody because she keeps grinning and snort-laughing. Her photos are a thousand times better than the photographer's and are the ones that the couple use for their album.

HERA - Helps Leia gang up on Anakin about politics because goddamn it, Leia isn't wrong. Hands out isotonic powder sachets and paracetamols to everyone before they go up to bed. They're gonna need it.

EZRA - Gets so hyper after consuming so much 7up that Hera has to send him to bed before the DJ takes over from the band. Sneaks down later for the cocktail sausages.

DIN DJARIN - Couldn't get a babysitter so he's tucked up at home watching The Late Late and hate-tweeting it.

GROGU - fell asleep in front of The Late Late. Delighted when somebody brings wedding cake to the house the following day.

KANAN - Literally will not be at peace until the DJ plays Kenny Rodgers' 'The Gambler' because it's not a wedding without it. Once that's done he insists on 'Come On Eileen'. Somebody's gotta be the keeper of the flame of tradition, after all.

CHEWBACCA - Requests all the group dances. Rock the Boat, The Siege of Ennis, The Macarena, The Walls of Limerick, Chain Reaction. Bullies everyone into joining in, except Ben who is the absolute antithesis of craic.

LUKE - Every wedding requires at least one merrily drunk uncle and Luke does not disappoint. Suit jacket? Gone. Top buttons? Open. Tie? It's now around his head while he stands on a chair playing air guitar to 'Hotel California'. Ends up puking in a flower pot. Iconic.

LEIA - Would have been okay if she stuck to wine all night but a single gin and tonic on top of the shitty hotel merlot and suddenly she's having an hour-and-a-half political argument with Anakin. Embarrasses the hell out of her parents, brother, and son by smooching Han repeatedly while dancing.

HAN - Organises the pre-ceremony pints. His sotto-voce asides are funnier than anything in the speeches. Quietly sings along to 'Brown Eyed Girl' by Van Morrison in Leia's ear while they dance, prompting all that smooching.

FINN - Sneaks into the hotel's public bar to check the hurling scores on the telly then reports them back to all the lads. Keeps his wits about him regards alcohol so he can take care of Poe later but eats so much cake he feels sick.

POE - Holds court in the bar, telling long anecdotes about his life that are only 75% true. Dances and flirts with all the aunties and nanas and makes them feel great about themselves. It doesn't convince Ahsoka to give him a spliff, though, because she is immune to his charms.

ROSE - The boomers yell at her for getting the DJ to play 'Celtic Symphony' by the Wolfe Tones, but she calls them hypocrites who are oozing postcolonial shame. Anakin offers to adopt her because now she's the centre of the politics argument. Knocks it out of the park at the sing-song because she knows all the words to at least 20 rebel songs.

MAZ - The first to place her handbag down on the dancefloor so as to coax the other nanas onto the floor. Jovially flirts with every man over 18 and under 60 that isn't her blood relation. Asks Poe to marry her.

REY - Finishes at least three other people's dinners. Sings along very loudly to every song that the band AND the DJ plays. Can't dance at all but it doesn't stop her. Should probably check on Ben because she knows what he's like but decides that tonight he's his family's responsibility. Loses her entire shit when ABBA plays.

BEN - Zero craic, God help the poor craytur. Drinks brandy as an affectation and starts quoting James Joyce after four of them. Gets extremely mopey after brandy number six and ends up having a long heart to heart with his Grandda Ani. Cries then throws up. Auntie 'Soka gives him a joint to settle his tummy. Subsequently feels better and then knocks everyone's socks off singing 'Raglan Road'.

SHMII - Begs off the party at 10pm because she's 97 years old. Still makes sure that everybody takes their hangover down to breakfast the following morning for a Big Feed of rasher-sausage-and-pudding, and maybe hair of the dog if they're desperate.

#star wars crack #star wars humour #irish culture #tw: alcohol #tw: weed #star wars sequel trilogy #star wars prequels #hera syndulla #shmi skywalker #reylo #ben solo #han solo #leia organa #princess leia #luke skywalker #ahsoka tano #sabine wren #obi wan kenobi

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magz · 6 months ago

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Palestine Summary June 13 to June 27, 2024. From LetsTalkPalestine. (Part 1, June 13 to 19. Part 2 in reblog)

Related Helpful Links: [LetsTalkPalestine Links (including vetted information sources)] [gazafunds.com] [eSims for Gaza] [UNRWA] [Decolonize Palestine, learning basics and debunking myths]

Summary Quote:

June 13

Day 251

‼️ IOF killed 3 Palestinians in raid on Jenin (West Bank), incl. 2 by IOF attack on home w/ missiles & bulldozing

•⁠ 30 Palestinians killed, 105 injured in past day

🤐 Israel’s military chief held secret meeting w/ military leaders from Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan & Egypt

💰 Israel seized $35m of Palestinian Authority tax revenue from West Bank Palestinians to transfer to Israelis — likely destabilizing the PA & cause financial crisis. Background on PA: https://tinyurl.com/3fmhaav3

🇱🇧 Hezbollah launched round of attacks incl. firing 150 missiles & ambushed IOF army vehicle killing soldiers inside as tensions escalate after Israel killed senior Hezbollah commander

•⁠ Central Gaza: Israel attacked “designated humanitarian zone” al-Mawasi by air, land & sea. More attacks on Nuseirat kills 4 & injures 10 + separate attack killed 1 & injured 7

•⁠ Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City (north) kills 7 in Daraj; kills 1 in Zeitoon; kills 3 women in Shati

June 14.

Day 252

‼️ Israeli-made starvation ‘returns’ to north Gaza as Israel imposes harsher aid blockade since early May, this time causing even more dire conditions yet receiving less coverage. 200,000+ kids have shown symptoms of malnutrition

•⁠ 34 Palestinians killed, 71 injured in Gaza in past day

🔻 Hamas claims blew up house w/ IOF soldiers inside in Gaza City (north), killing & wounding them + targeted IOF tank west of Rafah

•⁠ Hamas announced Israeli airstrike on Rafah killed 2 Israeli captives

🇺🇸 US sanctions Israeli group (Tzav 9) known for facilitating the blocking & damaging of aid trucks going to Gaza

•⁠ Central Gaza: IOF fired at fishing boats northwest of Khan Younis, killing 2. Strike on home in Deir el-Balah killed 2 & injured 4

•⁠ West Bank: IOF injured 12 y/o amid raid on el-Bireh + IOF abduct 13 y/o in Jenin raid

🇱🇧 Amid rising tensions, Hezbollah fired 60+ projectile+ + Israel air raided south Lebanon killing 1 woman, injuring 7

June 15.

Day 253

🔻 8 IOF soldiers killed by Hamas ambush in Rafah, most successful attack on Israeli forces in months. Another soldier killed separately in Rafah

•⁠ 30 Palestinians killed, 95 wounded in Gaza in the past 24 hours

•⁠ Israeli raid on Gaza City (north) targets 3 homes killing 19+ Palestinians incl. a baby & injured 50

🛳️ US pier to be temporarily removed again due to expected high waves & stormy seas, halting its aid delivery

•⁠ 50,000+ children in Gaza suffer from acute malnutrition due to Israel’s aid blockade

💧⁠ 1 million people in south Gaza trapped without clean water & sanitation

•⁠ 9 dead Palestinians found buried under rubble in Rafah after various Israeli airstrikes. IOF bulldozers demolish homes destroyed by Israeli airstrikes west of Rafah

•⁠ West Bank: Israeli forces shot & killed Palestinian teen amid raid of Nablus (West Bank); IOF withdraw from Beita (near Nablus) raid after storming homes & threw tear gas; IOF injured 2 & abducted 1 during raid of Ramallah

June 16.

Day 254 - Eid

🕌 Israel restricted access to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Eid. IOF assaulted many worshippers

•⁠ 41 Palestinians killed, 102 injured in Gaza in past 24 hours

•⁠ Israeli army to have ‘daily tactical pauses’ on main road in Rafah to allow aid delivery, clarifying doesn’t mean stop to ‘fighting’. Netanyahu reportedly wasn’t told of the decision & expressed disapproval. Implementing pauses not guaranteed. Bombings continue on Rafah, 2 killed & targeting responding ambulances

•⁠ Central Gaza: Israel targeted home in Bureij killing 9 incl. 5 kids + bomb homes in al-Mughraqa

🔻 2 more IOF soldiers killed in tank explosion in north Gaza yesterday. 1 other soldier killed in Rafah

West Bank:

•⁠ Settlers raid homes & assault residents injuring 1 in Al-Jubiyah; set fire to Palestinian land in Nablus; attacked cars in Ramallah

•⁠ IOF raid Tubas, fired at civilians injured 1 + abducted 3. IOF detained 7 y/o boy near Ramallah

•⁠ IOF abduct 69 Palestinians in past week

June 17.

Day 255

•⁠ Despite announced “tactical pauses” of attacks for aid trucks, IOF massacred 8+ Palestinians waiting for trucks in Rafah & continued shelling across Rafah killing 2. Only 8 aid trucks entered south Gaza today (minimum is 500/day)

•⁠ 10 Palestinians killed, 73 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours. Likely underreported

•⁠ IOF fully raze east Rafah, destroying homes & farmland + destroyed Rafah crossing departure hall to keep it non-operational

🇬🇧 UK arms export licenses to Israel drop >95% since Oct

🐀 Netanyahu dissolves 6-seat war cabinet

•⁠ IOF says it has control of 60% of Rafah, but contradicted by ongoing fierce clashes w/ Hamas & Saturday ambush that killed 8 soldiers

🥺 IOF in “urgent need for more troops”, creating new division for age 40+

⛺️ London School of Economics 1st British uni to evict pro-Palestine encampment. Despite less media coverage, encampments are still spreading across UK & world

•⁠ Gaza City (north): attack on home killed 2, injured 13; another attack killed 3

June 18.

Day 256

‼️ AP: several families in Gaza have been fully wiped out since Oct. Over 60 families had 25+ members killed

•⁠ 25 Palestinians killed, 80 injured in past day

•⁠ Israel bombed Nuseirat overnight killing 17 in 2 separate attacks on buildings housing displaced families + injured taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital that faces lack of fuel, medical supplies & capacity

🇫🇷 Court overturns gov’t ban on Israeli firms at a big French arms fair, said ban is discriminatory. Israeli arms leader admits ban still hurt Israel’s image

🔻 Fierce clashes in Rafah; Hamas claims launching series of attacks on IOF HQ + targeted 2 IOF tanks

West Bank:

•⁠ Israeli settler attack by throwing stones at vehicle in Jericho injuring passengers + another attack in Nablus injured 2 Palestinians

•⁠ IOF shot & killed man in Bethlehem; shot 3 young men in Hebron; beat up 46 y/o man at Tubas checkpoint

•⁠ IOF abducted a dozen Palestinians in raid on Nablus & interrogated them overnight + abducted 16 y/o in Hebron

June 19. Day 257

•⁠ Israel bombed group of aid seekers near Karem Abu Salem crossing in Rafah, killing 9+ & injuring 30+. 2 Palestinians also killed in west Rafah. While heavy shelling on tents in 'safe zone' al-Mawasi killed 7+ where many fled from Rafah

•⁠ 24 Palestinians killed, 71 injured in Gaza yesterday

🇱🇧 IOF approved military plan for an offensive on south Lebanon, US vows to back Israel

🇩🇪 Germany's intel agency labels BDS movement as 'suspected extremist'

•⁠ Airstrikes & IOF vehicles targeted homes in Nuseirat killing 5+

💧 Conditions in north Gaza worsen due to lack of water as Israeli forces destroyed all water wells & hindered water aid distribution

•⁠ Multiple airstrikes on Gaza City (north) incl. bombing home in Sabra neighborhood killing several & trapping many under rubble. 2 also killed by drone strike

West Bank:

•⁠ IOF abducted 90 people during Eid, incl. children & women

•⁠ IOF shot 4 Palestinians amid raid on Qalqiliya, incl. 2 teens & elderly

#on palestine #palestine #sij #genocide #magz upload

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rosanna-writer · 10 months ago

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Ok, but in this scenario is there a boating accident in which mermaid!Feyre has to rescue the idiot prince from drowning? Has she secretly been in love with him for years from afar and longs to walk among the other Fae of Velaris? Can mermaids even shift form to the appropriate parts needed for sex!?

Ok. So.

Do I have any plans to write mermaid!Feyre? No. Have I thought about this too much? Yes.

Putting this under a cut because I think it'll get long.

You CANNOT convince me there isn't weird shit living in the Sidra. River that passes through a magical city??? There's no way it's just some normal fish and plants in there. And since we know the Spring Court has water-wraiths living in at least one of their lakes, I think it stands to reason that there are some river mermaids living there. (Love at First Sight's for Suckers almost had Feyre as a Sidra water-wraith instead of a shadow-wraith!)

IN ADDITION

SIDRA. RIVER. BOAT. RACES. ARE. CANON. (In ACOFAS Rhys says, "I’d grown up in these houses, attending the parties and feasts that lasted long into the night, spending bright summer days lazing on the sloping lawns, cheering the summer boat races on the Sidra."). Drunken party boy prince falling off a boat and into Feyre's arms??? It's a perfect meet cute. There's even potential for a childhood-friends-to-lovers story if Feyre's a Sidra mermaid (just the thought of her being the first person Rhys seeks out every time he gets a chance to visit Velaris during breaks in his training in Illyria......it's so cute)

Look at the boathouses of Philadelphia and tell me they don't give you Velaris vibes:

But if you're a mermaid purist and insist that Feyre needs to live in the sea? As @thesistersarcheron would remind you, the Night Court is bordered by the sea on three sides. There is a LOT of untapped potential with things like pre-High Lord Rhys serving in the Night Court navy during the war, mermaid!Rhys and NightCourtSailor!Feyre, and the general aesthetic of the cold, icy sea in the far north Night Court.

Mermaid sex just requires some imagination:

I think a dude from Crescent City also has a pouch that opens up??? I'm not really a Crescent City fan so idk for sure, don't quote me on that. But in general, I think the concept of a hidden pouch (with or without a dick inside and regardless of gender, mermaid!Feyre penetrating Rhys would be hot, for example) more or less solves the mermaid sex conundrum.

And finally, we can't talk about Feysand and the sea without a mention of MB's lovely tentacle sea monster Rhys Feysand fic: High Tide Came And Brought You In (and in addition, if you're interested in a non-oceanic Feysand story about lesser fae Feyre secretly being in love with Night Court prince Rhys, Bejeweled is one of my favorites)

#feysand #i did heavily consider this before i went with the shadow wraith thing in #love at first sight's for suckers

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max1461 · 1 year ago

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Okay, here is one such policy. Here is a specific example of a large governing body actually using the term “replacement” to describe its immigration goals for Europe and the United States. https://archive.is/YH9cY I am sending you an archive link because the actual page was taken down. Surprise surprise, people don’t want to be replaced.

Now of course, the world is somewhat complex. It’s not like the UN is the world government. So you need to go to other people and other governments. Look into the immigration policy of every single western nation - the immigration policy of all of them are moving third world trash in the millions into White nations. Do you think those migrant boats (which luckily do sometimes sink) come from nowhere? No, they come from anti-White governments and NGOs working in tandem to change the demographics. It must be also remembered that immigration is not natural. Immigrants are imported. Immigration could be curbed at any moment - in fact, one of the principle reasons for founding civilization at all is “protecting ourselves from outsiders.”

I sent you quotes from individual people, which you then described as “quotes from randos.” An example of one such rando was Joe Biden, a rando who I think has some government position nowadays. He stated at the 2015 White House global conference on confronting global extremism (where they sometimes let randos speak) that “the black box” for America, which he defined as “the secret hidden strength,” was 1. Skepticism for orthodoxy, and 2. The fact that White people will become a minority through mass migration.

An important concept I sent you, which you just kinda glazed over, was the Celebration Parallax. A parallax is the effect where the same thing is viewed differently by different angles. If someone says “the Great Replacement is real, and it’s bad and awful,” then they are a right-wing nutjob conspiracy theorists freak like me. If someone says “the Great Replacement is real, and it’s a good thing. White people will become a minority, your grandkids will be brown” like you then they are not incorrect in any way. Ash Sarkar is a Pakistani politician within British who has specifically pointed to changing demographics being real, and described it with “we’re winning.” Why would she say that? Why would she say “we’re winning” when describing how Pakistanis are replacing the British through demographic change? Mark Sotok of the SPLC has a chart on his wall of the declining White population, specifically singling out the year 1965 when the immigration act was passed. The 1965 immigration act was passed under false pretenses, by the way. People at the time correctly pointed out it would change the demographics of the USA, and it’s supporters simply lied and said it wouldn’t do that. It was passed, and demographics changed, which was always the purpose.

But I’m getting off on tangents. The point is, once you say the Great Replacement is good, you are no longer a conspiracy theorist. It’s only people who say it is bad who are conspiracy theorists.

“The man of the future will be a mongrel. Today's races and classes will disappear owing to the disappearing of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future, similar in its outward appearance to the Ancient Egyptians, will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals." - Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian politician, father of the modern European Union, certainly not a right wing crank

“We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him." - Jose Angel Gutierrez, Chicano activist, attorney and university professor, who probably doesn’t mean that, right?

“The key to solving the social problems of our age is to abolish the White race. The goal of abolishing the White race is on its face so desirable that some may find it hard to believe that it could incur any opposition other than from committed White supremacists. We'll keep bashing the dead White males, and the live ones, and the females too, until the social construct known as the White race is destroyed. Not deconstructed, but destroyed. Treason to the White race is Loyalty to Humanity." - Professor Noel Ignatiev at Harvard

The 21st century will be a century of mass genocide so complete and total that the genocides of the 19th and 20th (even the fake ones) will pale in comparison. The only question now is which races aren’t surviving.

Ok, let's start at the very beginning. That link does not say what you are claiming it says.

To quote from your link:

United Nations projections indicate that over the next 50 years, the populations of virtually all countries of Europe as well as Japan will face population decline and population ageing. The new challenges of declining and ageing populations will require comprehensive reassessments of many established policies and programmes, including those relating to international migration. Focusing on these two striking and critical population trends, the report considers replacement migration for eight low-fertility countries (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States) and two regions (Europe and the European Union). Replacement migration refers to the international migration that a country would need to offset population decline and population ageing resulting from low fertility and mortality rates.

So, first of all, this is not a policy. It is a report by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, reviewing the scientific evidence for whether a particular policy would be successful. This is similar to the IPCC climate change reports. If you know anything about those, you'll know that the advice of reports like this is not necessarily likely to be followed by world governments at all.

Ok, with that out of the way, what policy is this report examining? Well, you can read it for yourself, but it says it right there in the bit I quote: the report is examining the policy of offsetting already declining local populations through immigration. So it's not about shrinking the white population on purpose! It literally does not advocate that. It's basically saying "in developed countries where the native born population is already shrinking, can immigration be used to provide a source of young laborers to bolster the economy?"

That is the policy of "replacement" they're talking about, not some policy of intentionally shrinking the native born (white, Japanese, Korean, whatever) population!

Do you understand how this is different than what you claimed?

And, just to be clear, the report mentioned Japan and South Korea as countries where this policy could be tried as well, because they have low birthrates and shrinking native-born populations. But, again, the report is not advocating wiping out Japanese people. It's saying "Japan's population is already shrinking for reasons that we can't control. Given that it's already shrinking, could Japan offset its population decline through immigration."

This is not a policy of intentional race extermination. It just isn't. It's clear that you didn't even read the fucking report you linked, because that is simply not what it says.

So, on to the next thing.

[Joe Biden] stated at the 2015 White House global conference on confronting global extremism (where they sometimes let randos speak) that “the black box” for America, which he defined as “the secret hidden strength,” was 1. Skepticism for orthodoxy, and 2. The fact that White people will become a minority through mass migration.

Ok, this is a fun one because it's obvious you just saw the Tucker Carlson clip on this, and didn't actually go to the original source. Anyway, you can watch the full clip of Biden speaking here.

Tucker Carlson excerpted the following quote for a segment on his show, and it's what's apparently got everyone in hysterics:

An unrelenting stream of immigration, nonstop, nonstop. Folks like me who were Caucasian, of European descent for the first time in 2017 will be in an absolute minority in the United States of America, absolute minority. Fewer than 50 percent of the people in America from then and on will be White European stock. That’s not a bad thing. That’s as a source of our strength.

Anyway, if you actually watch the whole clip, Biden starts talking about the "constant stream of immigration" referring to (primarily white) immigration in the 1700s. He specifically mentions the Irish (because he's Irish)! Later in the discussion he mentions that white people will be less than 50% of the population in 2017, and it's pretty clear that he's saying this to illustrate the point that America is very open to immigrants. Like, he's not saying this because he thinks the demographic change itself is great, or because he wants white people to be a minority. It's extremely clear that he's just using this as one among several ways to illustrate the old "America is nation of immigrants" talking point, which he was already discussing just a few sentences earlier.

I frankly think there's basically no ambiguity at all here, when he says "that's the source of our strength", he means "immigration is the source of our strength", not "white people becoming a minority is the source of our strength". Like, just watch the whole clip!

The "America is a nation of immigrants" talking point isn't new. That talking point has been around for over a hundred years at this point! Emma Lazarus wrote The New Colossus in 1883! It's just a fucking talking point that every American president parrots. It has nothing to do with intentionally manipulating racial demographics, it has very little to do with actual policy (because American immigration policy has always been hostile to whatever the newest wave of migrants is), and it definitely isn't because of some UN report. Biden is trying to sound progressive, and he knows that pro-immigration talking points poll well with progressive voters, and so he's repeating the oldest one in the book.

This is really obvious. He's just a politician being a politician. It's not a conspiracy.

I'll give you one thing, he does unambiguously say that it's not a bad thing for white people to become less than 50% of the population. And, well, I agree! It's not a bad thing, it's not a good thing, it's just a neutral thing. Populations change and I'm not worried about it. But just because Joe Biden and I agree that it's not a bad thing doesn't mean either of us are trying to fucking orchestrate it happening in a grand conspiracy. This is just dumb.

Ok, next thing:

Now, I want you to read this next paragraph very carefully, because you have repeatedly ignored it, and I will not respond to any future messages in which it is clear you have not read it carefully:

When you very first messaged me, I asked you to define the Great Replacement. You defined it to me as an intentional policy, by Western governments, of trying to shrink the white population and replace them with immigrants. That is what you said. Do you understand this? Ok. And I said "demographics are changing, but it's not because of an intentional policy to get rid of white people. It's just the natural result of people having more freedom to move around the world. Demographic change is a neutral fact, it's not good or bad. People having more freedom of movement is good. So I support laxer immigration policies, and I don't really care about demographic change one way or the other".

Do you understand the position I am stating here? Again, I will not respond to any future messages in which you show me that you don't understand what I am saying. So read that paragraph as many times as you need to to be really confident that you've got it.

We do not simply have a "difference of perspectives" on the same thing. We are saying different things. You are saying there is a set of intentional policies to replace white people. I am saying there is not. We both agree that demographics are changing. I agree that the white population in the US seems to be shrinking, and although I haven't looked at the stats for any EU countries, I don't have any reason to doubt that it's shrinking in some of those countries too. We agree about this part.

You keep accusing me of thinking that this demographic change is good, and of wanting to exterminate white people. I keep telling you that I think this demographic change is neutral, and I don't care how many white people there are.

Do you understand? I have said this to you at least six times at this point. You have shown me that you can actually follow what I'm saying if I tell you that I won't respond to you otherwise, so you need to read what I just said until you understand it if you want to keep having this conversation. The above paragraphs are the most import part of this post. If you show me that you did not pay attention to them I will not respond to your message.

Ok, next thing:

Ash Sarkar is a Pakistani politician within British who has specifically pointed to changing demographics being real, and described it with “we’re winning.” Why would she say that? Why would she say “we’re winning” when describing how Pakistanis are replacing the British through demographic change?

I have no fucking idea. Ash Sarkar is a fucking YouTube political commentator, this is someone I would describe as "a rando". It does not matter to me what she thinks. Having seen a couple of her videos I suspect it was probably a joke, but I don't know, and even if she was serious it doesn't support your point. Because she is a fucking rando. I can find just as many internet commentators actually saying they want to exterminate black people. There are members of the KKK in elected office in the US. If you can use randos to back up your point then so can I. People believe all kinds of shit. If you want to show that some policy exists, you need to point to the evidence of that policy actually being carried out. For white supremacist policies I can actually do this, I can point you to evidence of segregation and redlining and so on. If you can't do this for the Great Replacement (as you fucking defined it) then you have no argument.

Next thing:

Mark Sotok of the SPLC has a chart on his wall of the declining White population, specifically singling out the year 1965 when the immigration act was passed. The 1965 immigration act was passed under false pretenses, by the way. People at the time correctly pointed out it would change the demographics of the USA, and it’s supporters simply lied and said it wouldn’t do that. It was passed, and demographics changed

Again, I don't care that demographics changed. I don't care about what percentage white people are of the population. I like when people have freedom of movement and I do not care if this changes population demographics.

which was always the purpose.

I strongly suspect it was not. If you think that it was, please provide any evidence at all.

I agree that this guy thought this. I don't deny that, like, some people have held this ideology. But if you think this is what motivates either the modern left or major world governments, I think you're just not paying attention to what's actually going on. There are pro-immigration camps and anti-immigration camps in every democracy. Sometimes people in the pro-immigration camps use rhetoric like this, but mostly they don't. They use they same rhetoric that I'm using, or they talk about the economic benefits, or whatever. The anti-immigration camps have their own rhetoric. The policies that actually get passed, like all policies, are then compromise positions between the desires of the various factions involved. But there's no conspiracy to eliminate white people, and the kind of position you are quoting here is very uncommon in my experience.

No I'm sure he means that, he's just a fucking random academic. I told you that quotes from random academics and shit are not evidence. There's random academics who say the physical world doesn't exist, it's all a product of subjective consciousness. Do you think that guides the policy of Joe fucking Biden? Cause I don't.

I'm pretty sure this person is talking about abolishing the concept of whiteness, which is actually a pretty common position among academics. There are a lot of academics who talk about "abolishing race", and what they mean is abolishing the idea of race, so that people will no longer think of themself as "white" or "black" or whatever, but just as "people". Pretty often they specifically want to abolish the idea of a "white race" because they think that the concept of "whiteness" been used as a tool of oppression. So they'd rather white people just identify their ethnicity as like "Italian" or "Irish" or whatever if they have to, and not as "white". Like I said, this is a pretty common position among humanities academics.

I know this is what these people are saying because I've met these people. They like to dress up their ideas in the most radical sounding language they can, which is basically a strategy for making themselves sound cool to their in-group. But what they actually believe is pretty moderate; it's not that all white people should die, it's that white people should no longer use the collective identity of "white".

I don't know if that's what this person is saying, but it kind of sounds like that's what this person is saying. It has all the hallmarks of a humanities academic trying to sound provocative for clout. Do you see how they refer to "the social construct of the White race"? So they're not saying they want to kill white people, but that they want to kill the idea of "Whiteness".

It's unfortunate that they talk this way, because it feeds into conspiracy theories like yours. I've tried to explain this to people but they usually don't listen. Unfortunate.

This is so fucking stupid, and I'm gonna be frank with you, I kind of think you know it's stupid. Like I've avoided pointing this out until now, but you insert all these cheeky little comments and provocative asides into what you're saying in a way that makes me think at some level you know you're saying it to get a rise out of people, you like adding in the most extreme bits you can because it's fun. You're a dumbass.

#anon #society #hooooo boy #hey if anybody sees any typos in this please point them out to me #I don't have the energy to proof read right now

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birdiesbirdies · 6 months ago

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hihihiiiiiiii. 2 of them. for u

📓 - Do you associate any quotes or lyrics with this oc?

💛 - Are they ‘good with children’, or more awkward?

(these r both 4 tic i need to know what they think about bab ies

OKOK

First one: very specific and it’s more abt the “moment” than the quote itself but playing off and finding that book one in the library:

Jacob Geller’s fear of cold also has the lease “He opens the door to his shack and steps into a blizzard, a solid wall of snow, White Death…” and fittingly follows in with a quote from the man he’s talking about: “You are reduced to a crawling thing on the margins of a disintegrating world… nothing will so quickly isolate a man.”

Allll of To Build A Fire is tic core to me but ESPECIALLY the constant, deadpan repetition of “It sure was awfully cold” even as the main character is dying..

The poem She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways… “She lived unknown, and few could know / when Lucy ceased to be; / But she is in her grave, and, oh, / The difference to me!”

There’s House of Leaves too:

-“When at last it is over, there is no evidence: no weapon, no body, no blood. The only clue might be the shadows beneath your eyes or a terribly thin line near the corner of your mouth indicating something has been suffered, that in the privacy of your life you have lost something and the loss is too empty to share”

-“No one is ever satisfied. Darkness never satisfies. Especially if it takes something away which it almost always invariably does.”

-“The boat’s gone. ‘So?’ Your mate’s dead. ‘So?’ Hey at least you’re alive. ‘So?’ An awful word but it does harden you.”

-“Perhaps in the margins of darkness, I could create a son who is not missing; ... His shields are instantly available though seldom used. And those who value him shall prosper while those who would destroy him shall perish. He will fulfill a promise I made years ago but failed to keep.”

Second one: THEY ARE SO BAD WITH KIDS IS UNREAL. you have to understand that they have literally never even SEEN a baby they’ve never had to interact with anyone more than five years younger than them they will either treat a child like they treat any adult (as a potential threat) OR try to go mentor mode and teach the kid their Ways STOPSTOPSTOP showing the five year old how to hide spike pits under the snow DONT show them how to rig explosives YOU CANT BE TELLING THEM THAT EVERYONE WILL TURN ON EACH OTHER IN THE END AND THEY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THAT IN EACH INTERACTION THEY HAVE. oh well surely their best friend march and bestfriend yew and janet can set the kid straight. Surely.

#sails tag #tic #my fav homunculus 💛

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justinspoliticalcorner · 8 months ago

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Ellen Ioanes at Vox:

The UK is again preparing to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after Parliament created a workaround to enact a policy the high court declared unlawful.

Authorities have begun detaining migrants to deport to Rwanda under the revamped plan. But the policy faces major logistical issues, humanitarian concerns, and the likelihood that a future Labour government will scrap it. Former Home Secretary Priti Patel initially proposed the controversial law in 2022 as a way to reduce irregular migration, particularly via small boats across the English Channel, which is on the rise in the UK. Her successor, Suella Braverman, also advocated for the plan until she was fired in 2023; Prime Minister Rishi Sunak then vowed to “stop the boats” and promised that the policy would become law. Sunak succeeded on the latter front. Following legal challenges that saw the UK Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights declare the proposal unlawful, a bill declaring Rwanda safe for migrants and that limits the courts’ ability to adjudicate the country’s safety was approved as law by King Charles in late April, despite heavy opposition from the House of Lords. The government published a video on May 1 showing law enforcement authorities detaining people to send to the East African country as soon as July.

The law has been resoundingly criticized by human rights advocates, immigration lawyers, and Labour politicians who say it violates international law and is, to quote shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, “an expensive gimmick.” The law is part of a broader effort by Sunak and his Conservative Party to burnish their image as their government struggles to maintain support in the lead-up to a national election. Irregular migration has increased in recent years, but it’s not the driver of the problems that the UK is facing, including ongoing cost-of-living and housing crises. However, it is among voters’ top concerns, making the extreme anti-immigration law an appealing policy for a dysfunctional party struggling to maintain power.

[...]

The UK’s Rwanda deportation policy, briefly explained

The Rwanda plan has been a policy priority for two years now, and it’s outlived two prime ministers and two home secretaries. The ostensible goal? To deter irregular migrations via the English Channel and other routes, ostensibly for the migrants’ own safety, and to disrupt human trafficking operations.

Though the government has declared Rwanda a safe country through its recent legislation, it is the threat of being sent there instead of potentially receiving asylum in the UK that is meant to deter people from entering the country. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame claimed that his country was simply trying to help out with “a very complicated problem all over the world” when Rwanda and the UK struck their initial agreement in 2022. But Rwanda will be well compensated by the British government for its purported generosity (more on that later). And critics say it also benefits Rwanda reputationally despite Kagame’s autocratic tendencies (which include threatening or jailing political rivals, repression of the media, and changing the constitution to extend his rule), not to mention the UK government’s own concerns that Rwanda is not a safe place for LGBTQ refugees.

But immigration has become a key policy pillar for the conservative government post-Brexit. Former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, along with Sunak, all touted their tough stance on immigration, hoping to appeal to socially conservative party members who see immigration as a key issue. Sunak and Truss backed the Rwanda plan, which was first proposed by controversial former Home Secretary Priti Patel. The policy was deeply controversial from the start. It applies to the roughly 52,000 asylum seekers the government deems to have entered the UK illegally after January 2022. Under international law, everyone has the right to seek asylum, and countries are obligated to protect people in their territory seeking asylum under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. The UK was one of the original signatories to that convention.

But under the new rule, regardless of whether their claims are valid, asylum seekers can now be detained, and forced to fly to Rwanda, where their asylum claims will ostensibly be processed and they will be resettled. The plan “is effectively removing the UK from the asylum convention, because it removes the right to asylum which is explicitly guaranteed,” Peter William Walsh, senior researcher at the Oxford Migration Observatory, told Vox in an interview. It also could change the UK’s legal structure: the UK has threatened to withdraw from the court’s jurisdiction should it rule against the Rwanda plan.

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Costs are already adding up; though no one has been sent to Rwanda and just a handful detained, the UK has already paid Rwanda 220 million pounds (about $270 million) to create infrastructure for asylum seeker processing. That number could skyrocket to more than half a billion pounds total (about $627 million) to send just 300 people to the East African country, according to a UK government watchdog.

Because of objections from advocacy groups, the UK Supreme Court, and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), no migrant in the UK has ever been transferred to Rwanda under the plan. (One migrant has been sent to Rwanda voluntarily under a separate policy that pays eligible migrants 3,000 pounds if they volunteer to be sent to the country.) As seven people awaited deportation to Rwanda in June of 2022, the ECHR intervened and issued injunctions stopping the migrants’ removal and pausing the controversial policy. Though the UK left the European Union in 2020, it is still part of the Council of Europe, which the ECHR has jurisdiction over, making the court’s decision legally binding. And in November 2023, the UK’s highest court ruled the scheme unlawful.

Sunak, however, doubled down on the Rwanda policy, introducing emergency legislation to have Parliament declare Rwanda a safe country, as well as working on a new treaty with Rwanda to address the court’s concerns that asylum-seekers might be sent back to their home countries. That legislation, the Safety of Rwanda Act, passed Parliament in late April and unilaterally declared Rwanda to be a safe place to resettle migrants, paving the way for King Charles’s approval and the Home Office’s moves to detain some migrants who arrived by irregular routes.

The United Kingdom’s highly controversial Rwanda deportation plan proposed in a bid to curb unauthorized immigration to the nation has already ignited controversy.

The UK cannot wait for the Tories to be gone.

#United Kingdom/Rwanda Relations #Rwanda #United Kingdom #Boris Johnson #Suella Braverman #Rishi Sunak #Liz Truss #Priti Patel #Immigration #Europe #Refugees #Safety of Rwanda Act #Paul Kagame

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aita-blorbos · 9 months ago

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AITA for having a one-night stand/cheating on my husband/messing up confessing it to my husband?

Hi! So my (24F) dad (50M) recently (as in: *very* recently) sent in an AITA about killing the guy I had a one-night stand with (it’s titled “AITA for killing the guy my daughter was having an affair with/handling this situation poorly?”, I’ll try to add a link), so I thought I would write in because well, I was there and I have my own problems.

So additional backstory/information:

Yes, my husband (28M) is a clergyman. HOWEVER, I didn’t know that when I met him. We met a couple years ago when his boat wrecked and washed up outside our village and I rescued him. He was running from the police (because like. our country didn’t like Protestants for a bit. don’t ask.) and stayed with us under a false name, only revealing his true name and occupation around the time we got married.

And then he got called away to go abroad for several months for work and didn’t take me with him. I really don’t know why he didn’t, but. He just straight-up didn’t take me. I *could* have gone with him. It’s not like I had anything on my calendar. But he didn’t take me.

(Also, before he left my cousins [33M, who’s also my ex-fiancé, don’t ask; and 25F] came to stay with us, as did The Guy [27M].)

So I was left with three houseguests, one overbearing dad, one church congregation that’s basically just the population of the village, no husband, and pretty much nothing to do. And also my husband didn’t write very often.

So The Guy started acting really weird and trying to flirt with me, but I was having absolutely none of it at first. But as weeks and months went by, pretty much complete silence. I acknowledge in retrospect that there may have been mail issues or sabotage or whatever, but at this point I wasn’t getting ANYTHING from my husband. I love him dearly but I was really starting to resent all this and I felt like I was less important to him than his work was.

And The Guy took advantage of this. Not like That, but there was definitely some emotional manipulation going on and I know I should’ve recognized it then and I do now, but yeah, to kinda quote my dad: long story short, one thing led to another and we did indeed end up having a one-night stand. The morning after, he fled my bedroom at dawn, taking with him a bunch of letters and my wedding ring, and jumped into the river by our house. He survived that, obviously.

But I was consumed with guilt and regret basically from the moment it happened and became so sick from it that I was bedridden for several days. The Guy (who’s trained as a doctor, I don’t think my dad mentioned that) tried to come “treat me” several times, but I refused to let him in every time.

Anyway, eight days after The Incident, my husband returned home (and yes, it was also our wedding anniversary the day he came home, which just makes all this worse). So it turns out my husband totally heard the whole story about The Guy’s escape from a boatman who happened to witness it and also gave the letters he dropped to my husband, but my husband is (was?) a big believer in the power of unconditional forgiveness and burned the papers rather than reveal who was involved.

And then after everyone welcomed him home, we had some time alone. And it was…hard. Especially because he spent a lot of time talking about how while he was abroad he witnessed a lot of women cheating on their husbands and one of the things that kept him going was that he remembered me and that I wasn’t like that. Oops. So I asked him if he would forgive me if I did something like that and he said no. And then I got upset, and then he saw that my wedding ring was missing and demanded to know where it went. And well, I was too flustered and couldn’t really tell him so he got really upset.

Well, this is starting to get really long so I’m just gonna say that my dad, complicated feelings I may have about him, honestly summed most of it up pretty well (except, Dad, you were going to KILL YOURSELF??? REALLY??? AFTER YOU TOLD ME I HAD TO SUFFER AND BEAR IT???), so I’m just going to add a few bullet points:

-Yes, I did decide to write a letter telling my husband everything and yes, my dad DID tell me to destroy it because if I confessed what happened, our family would be disgraced and my husband would kill himself.

-The Guy kept trying to get me to sleep with him again. (The “homecoming party dumbass” incident involved him trying to smuggle a letter arranging a meeting with me inside a book to which we both had keys. And then when that didn’t work he FOLLOWED ME TO MY MOM’S GRAVE WHILE I WAS HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. I told him to give me back my stuff and then leave forever. He said no.)

-Yes, I did confess everything to my husband. No, I did not know my dad had already accidentally revealed everything. Yes, my husband did try to kill The Guy after he refused a duel challenge. No, he did not actually kill him.

-Although my husband DID also say he was never going to forgive me and and cursed me or something, but in his defense he was kind of losing it at the moment and he passed out shortly thereafter.

-Yes, my husband did offer me a divorce. Yes, I initially refused because I do still love him and I absolutely did NOT want to marry The Guy. I did eventually accept, however, only because 19th century marriage rules are weird and say that my husband doesn’t have to listen to me. But if we’re not married, he *has* to listen to me because he’s a clergyman and I’m technically a member of the congregation. So I accepted the divorce only to be able to tell him my full side of the story and to tell him the truth: in spite of everything, I still love him truly.

-Yes, I am absolutely horrified that my father murdered him. Am I mad? Yes. Am I going to hold it against him? No. This is a shitty situation for everyone, and it’s by and large my fault.

So yeah—I am well aware that I am the asshole, or at least one of several assholes. My coming here is less about that and more about a) presenting my side of the story and b) asking a related question that doesn’t have its own subreddit before we have a whole meeting/service about it: is there any chance I have of being forgiven, by God and/or by my husband?

So: AITA, WIBF (will I be forgiven), thanks in advance, and God bless!

#aita #am i the asshole #unreality #suicide mention #incest mention

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riverbeatsaber · 1 year ago

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i am so good at media analysis

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[Image Description: A chart titled "the Greater Witwicky Polycule," centered on Alex and Dorothy Malto. It has lines to connect many of the characters from the show, and the lines connecting them are labeled with the relationships, real or headcanoned, between the two characters connected. Dorothy and Alex Malto are connected with a line labeled "Married" with a heart emoji. Alex Malto is connected to Mandroid and Bumblebee. The line from Alex to Mandroid is labeled "and how do you two know each other?" (exes), and the line from Alex to Bumblebee is labeled "cute little gay crush," and is a one-way-arrow from Alex to Bumblebee. Bumblebee is connected to Breakdown with a line labeled "definitely something going on here." There is a gay pride flag emoji after it. Breakdown is connected to Knockout with a line labeled "boyfreidns?" The misspelling is intentional. Knockout's box on the chart is labeled "(please please please pleas epleae)." This is also intentionally misspelled. Dorothy Malto is connected to Megatron with a line labeled "Partners." Megatron is connected to Starscream with a line labeled "oh god.", and to Soundwave with a line labled "bitter exes" with a broken heart emoji. Megatron is connected to Optimus Prime with a line labeled "previously divorced (working things out)" with a rainbow emoji, a black heart emoji, a hands-forming-a-heart emoji, a robot emoji, and a sparkly heart emoji. Optimus Prime is connected to Elita-1 with a line labeled "can't explain it but. theyre lesbians" with a red heart emoji, a trans pride flag emoji, a face-with-three-hearts emoji, an emoji of a car facing right, an emoji of a truck facing left, and a two-hearts emoji. The car and the truck are positioned to look like they are kissing. End image description]

some context:

this was a collaboration between me and my older brother who got me into transformers. we're so normal about this i promise. quote from him: "is some of what's in the show just ship bait? perhaps. but they expected to catch a fish and not a kraken. and boy oh boy i am pulling this boat down with me"

"Greater Witwicky Polycule" is from the memes about the "Greater Seattle Polycule"

Dot and Megatron are referred to in the show as partners. headcanon they're in a qpr type thing. amica endurae

I know Knockout isn't technically in Earthspark. but. hear me out. He Could Be

Optimus Prime gets so many emojis because he would like them. i chose kinda randomly though. except i did go omg this truck emoji is facing the other way... trucks kissing... love wins

Alex has a celebrity crush except the celebrity is living in his house and is friends with him

Bumblebee and Breakdown in the show are described as "really close friends. like brothers" and we all know what that means don't we. something lgbt is going on here

why are Optimus Prime and Elita-1 labeled as lesbians? yuri is when theres themes and motifs. "you will never understand a warrior's bond" sorta situation

#maccadam #transformers #transformers earthspark #tfe #earthspark #not tagging all the characters sorry #hope y'all enjoy this <3 #my posts

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avocado-frog · 4 months ago

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Incorrect Quotes Tag

As u know I love doing incorrect quotes so thank you to @riveriafalll

Rules: create a set of “incorrect quotes” (either using a generator or your memory, feel free to adjust them to your needs) for your ocs or characters!

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Cass: Accidentally indulged in too much 'free time', turns out I've been reported missing for over six months and presumed dead by most local and national authorities.

Dylan: I have the sharpest memory here - name one time I forgot something. Sam: You forgot me in a Walmart parking lot at 2am a day ago. Dylan: I did that on purpose, try again

Cass: The secret of life is to always use more spinach and less rice than you think you'll need Cass: The second secret to life is that fresh air, warm sun, and a cup of tea will make your problems small enough to start handling Cass: The third secret to life is that, sometimes, violence really is the answer

Lily: I personally don't think it's possible to come up with a crazier plan. Elliot: We could attack them with hummus. Lily: I stand corrected. Elliot: Just keeping things in perspective.

Lily: You can de-escalate literally any situation by asking 'are we about to kiss?' Lily: Doesn't work with getting out of speeding tickets, though.

Cass, about Leo: They're covered in blood again. Why is it they're always covered in blood? Logan: Well, it looks like it's their own blood this time.

Kai, planning a group disguise: You cannot be Blake Bortles. Jaxon: Fine! Then I’ll be Jake- Kai, under his breath: Don’t say Jortles. Jaxon: Jortles! And I work at the molotov cocktail department.

Leo: Dylan, what is the ONE thing I asked you NOT to do tonight? Dylan: Raise the dead. Leo: And what did you do? Dylan: Raised the dead..

Leo: I hate you. Jaxon: Well, according to this picture I drew of us holding hands, that is untrue.

Emily: I’m going to kill Jaxon! Leo, completely monotone: Oh no. Don’t.

Logan: We need to distract these guys. Dylan: Leave it to me. Dylan: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects. Discuss. Lily & Jaxon: *immediately begin arguing*

Dylan: When I first got my autism diagnosis, my first thought was "woah... it's canon" and I think that maybe thoughts like that is why Logan made me get tested.

Logan: People always ask me how I maintain control in my house with eight kids. The answer is: I don't. I have no control here. Jaxon called me into his room the other day and Dylan shot me in the neck with a nerf gun. Logan: I don't even know what a nerf gun is.

Ryan: *double checking supplies in the boat* Compass. CB radio. Sunscreen. Dylan: Hot dog costumes! Ryan: I'm sorry, what? Dylan: You know, in case we get lost at sea, and one of us, probably Elliot, goes mad with hunger, we'll put these on. Elliot hates hot dogs, so he probably won't eat us. Ryan: Are you saying that Elliot would rather eat us than hot dogs? Elliot: I do hate hot dogs.

Sam: What's your greatest fear? Dylan: Being forgotten. Sam: ... Sam: Damn, that's deep. Sam: Mine is the Kool Aid man, but I feel kinda stupid about it now...

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Tagging: @elizaellwrites

@bikaribechic

@elsie-writes

Open tag as usual

#writing #writeblr #tag game #for the first time in months lmao #i actually finished writing a full chapter for the first time since june so i thought i'd do something fun to celebrate. for me.

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cullthedeer · 9 months ago

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🐦🦚🦃🕊️🦜

🐦 a romantic quote (can be sweet or sad or sexy, or just your favorite interaction between them!)

Truly delighted to announce that of my three wips i have exactly zero truly sweet romantic moments with no underlying implications to share. this is the closest i can get though

Over the distant lake, terns glide in billowing swarms, black and shimmering against the blood-red breadth of the sun. Thirty or fourty, Quinn estimated in the afternoon, tip of a pen pressed into his lower lip pensively. Jack had accompanied him on the boat, sprawled on the deck, warm under the oppressive Michigan sun; watched Quinn's careful positioning, the patience with the camera, and then the painstaking counting of the birds over all the photographs when they were lying in bed, in the near-dark of the drawn curtains.

🦚 a sexy quote (spicy, outright nsfw, etc--if you're not comfortable with this one specify in the tags!)

Jack tenses and shakes when Quinn brings a hand to his nape, slowly unwound with each thrust but still keeping this guard up, like this is a part of him Quinn doesn't get to feel anymore. His own hands twitch and pull at the bedding, twist in a trembling fist when Quinn fucks in deep. Quiet uh-uh-uhs tumbling out of his wet open mouth with his spit. Even like this he sounds like he's crying. Quinn kisses the edges of his spine, squeezes his sides, pets his shuddery ribs. Some shameful far cry of an apology.

🦃 a big, meaty quote (JUST A BIG OL PARAGRAPH YOU WANNA SHARE)

This is the reality where he watches birds in the lonely mornings, the singular mornings; where they publish his book and praise his unusual prose, the slight absurdism, the tales of monsters and evil men weaved into a story that's meant to be ground in scientific theory. The clock doesn't tick childhood away: it slips from him like a river. He dabbles in cliché sentimentalism that never bleeds into saccharine. There's a dog in the backyard. He calls Quinn from time to time, just to hear him speak. Maybe he cries himself to sleep once or twice. Maybe he misses the old house. And then he hauls himself to the shoreline—he would choose a place near water, of course—and counts terns, geese, adventurous finches.

🕊️ a sweet quote (something sweet, fluffy! maybe it's cute or funny banter! or sappy wedding vows!)

please refer to romantic quote commentary... however :

Quinn presses into the bruise, fingers first while he stretches Jack's arm out, then mouth, then tongue. The muscle jumps under his lips as Jack makes a weird strangled noise.

"What," Jack exhales. He throws his head back, mouth open, eyes closed. His face is red. "You're so weird," like he's making any attempt at stopping Quinn at all.

🦜 a pretty quote (you like the prose, or symbolism, or it's poetic, or you just like how it feels/the word choice!)

By fifteen, Jack knew this would be the way they'd die. Not so much of a fatalist as a clairvoyant, well-taught half-bird of a boy, path-seer, flyways carved by elders. Swifts, called up above the world by a voice no one else ever heard, look up at God, his one thousand eyes, wink and wink until something winks back. Some things never know any more will than their strange rituals. The life he'd mapped out for them hazed and shifted the first time Quinn slipped in his bed. There's not much to escape to once you know what sticking your dick in a sibling feels like.

#quotes 1 / 3 / 5 are from hfgmof #which may change title so. dont mind the acronym too much #2 is from an untitled future fic #4 is the nameless blood centric fic #im working on these primarily !!!!! also i have a newfound passion in editing my stuff so these very probably arent permanent versions #ask game #asks #thank you for your ask !!!!#526701 #hc #qj #my fic

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saemi-the-writer · 1 year ago

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Heart Hunter - Erwin

Last but not least, Erwin!

The Shop: (neutral) “Oh, are you here to visit Niamh? I can wait with you until she opens if you wish.”

Forest: (serious) “It’s dangerous to go alone MC, let me escort you.”

Forest (night): (pensive) “O Hunter, snare me his shadow! O Nightingale, catch me his strain! Else moonstruck with music and madness I track him in vain!” (*quotes: Oscar Wilde)

Cave: (smiling) “Are you here to explore? With some luck, there might be a treasure in here.”

Cave (night): (surprised) “I wonder from where or whom does all this magic come.”

Docks: (smiling) “If you’re in for a boat ride, I’m your man. I would love to sail for a bit.”

Town Square: (serious) “Sorry but I cannot leave this spot, this is where I have the better view. I must be ready to interfere if troubles arise.”

Community Theatre: (smiling) “It’s been a good while since I last attended theatre. I hope we will spend a good moment.”

Coliseum: (gloomy) “…………”

Red Market: (playful, in disguise) “My duty forbids me to come to such a place… but who am I to say no to the thrill of the forbidden once in a while?”

The Rowdy Raven: (smiling, in disguise) “Their mead is very good; do you want to taste some?”

Market: (disgruntled, in uniform) “I certainly hope those two guards have paid for what they took from that merchant. Otherwise…”

Flooded District: (smiling, in uniform) “Oh, are you here to help? That’s very thoughtful of you!”

Fields: (nostalgic smile) “This reminds me of the time Miomo and I were travelling. I could tell you a lot of stories if you wanted.”

South End: (serious, in disguise) “This area is not safe. Stay close to me, MC.”

The Lazaret: (sad) “*mutters some prayers under his breath*”

Mazelinka’s House: (worried) “Isn’t anyone watching the pot on the fire?!”

Portia’s Cottage: (neutral) “I saw Camio flying over here, would you help me bring him back, please? Before he bothers Portia again.”

Muriel’s Hut: (discomforted) “I’m not sure if I am really welcome here, but I’ll wait with you.”

Asra’s Sanctuary: (smiling) “This place is nice.”

The Palace: (smiling, in uniform) “Good morning/evening MC, do you have business in the Palace?”

Palace Gardens: (amused) “Melchior and Mercedes are in a playful mood today. Don’t worry, I’ll handle them if you’re scared.”

Lucio’s Wing: (tearful) “I- Forgive me, but I need some time alone.”

Interactions

The Shop

Lucio (grinning): Niamh said she has a surprise for me! I can’t wait to see what it is!

Erwin (smiling): Let’s enter and find out.

Portia: (smiling): I really like your cousin’s shop! Do you think she would accept to teach me some magic?

Erwin (smiling): You should ask her. I am sure she would love to do it.

Erwin (neutral): Hello Asra. Are you leaving or coming back?

Asra (in his travelling clothes): I’ve just come back. Hello Erwin.

Erwin (surprised): Oh. Are you friends with Niamh?

Muriel (frowning, upset): We are not friends.

Erwin (neutral): If you break in with dirty boots, you’ll get a bucket of water thrown at your face in retaliation.

Julian (smirking): Can’t be worse than a broken glass bottle or a huge sewing needle pointing at your throat!

Nadia (neutral): Ah, Captain Erwin. Have you seen Niamh?

Erwin (neutral): She’s currently doing a card reading. It should be over soon.

Erwin (smiling): Glad to see your business is thriving, Hummingbird.

Niamh (happy): We had another busy day indeed! Would you like some tea?

Erwin (smiling): It’s been a while since we had tea time together, the three of us.

Réamann (smiling): True. Let’s hope it will be the whole family soon.

Forest

Erwin (smiling): Why, hello there! You’re quite an affectionate wolf, or are you scrounging some of my grilled meat?

Muriel (shocked, whispering): Inanna, what are you doing with him?!

Asra (surprised): Erwin? What are you doing here?

Erwin (neutral): I’m looking for Réamann. Have you seen him by any chance?

Erwin (neutral): That’s a nice sword you have here, Doctor, but way too fragile. If you want to go the distance, you should invest in a better one!

Julian (embarrassed): Fragile?? How come?!

Erwin (concerned): Stop! What if it’s a poisonous mushroom?

Portia: (laughing): Oh, come on! I was joking, Cap’!

Erwin (relieved): There you are, Milady! Are you hurt?

Nadia (smiling): Only the carriage was damaged, thankfully. Thank you for your concern.

Lucio (grinning): I’ve caught that annoying boar! Let’s make skewers out of it!!

Erwin (amused): What did that boar ever do to you to deserve such a grudge?

Erwin (serious): Be careful when you’re on your own here, Réamann. I heard the Courtiers speaking about the forest when they were away from curious ears.

Réamann (shocked): What?... Thanks, Erwin! I’ll keep that in mind!

Erwin (neutral): Did you find everything you needed?

Niamh (smiling): I did. Thanks for coming with me!

Forest (night)

Erwin (pensive): This reminds me of an old poem Miomo read to me, long ago…

Portia: (mischievous): Ooooh? I didn’t know you were into poetry!

Erwin (smiling, blushing): Accept this flower of Yugao please. I hope that you won’t fade as quickly as it or the woman in the poem. I solely wish to cherish what little time we have together.

Lucio (blushing, stunned): I-I… Thank you, Erwin. I will cherish it as much as I cherish you.

Nadia (teasing): My, you’re such a poet, Captain! Why would you hide your talent?

Erwin (blushing): I am not. I blame my mother and Réamann for that.

Julian (laughing): Someone’s been listening to his bard cousin a lot lately!

Erwin (blushing): Réamann talks a lot about this author! So I read some of his books and memorized some of his poems to make him happy, that’s all.

Erwin (crossed): Not. A. Word!

Muriel (shocked): I wasn’t going to say anything!?

Erwin (frowning): You’re going to pester me about it, don’t you?

Asra (mischievous): Who knows~?

Niamh (smiling): It’s a beautiful poem! Do you know more like this?

Erwin (blushing): …*grumbles*

Réamann (overjoyed): Did you just quote-

Erwin (blushing): Yes, I did! Not another word about it!

Cave

Erwin (flirting): I didn’t know you were the swooning type, Doctor.

Julian (blushing): Well, I am grateful you are the catching type, Captain!

Erwin (raising an eyebrow): What are you worried about? That I might drown?

Asra (worried): You could drown, it’s no ordinary pool! Come back!

Lucio (blushing): Wait! When I said carry me, I didn’t mean like that!

Erwin (smirking): You’ll need to be precise about how next time then.

Erwin (focused): Stay close to me, it is getting slippery.

Portia: (smiling): I’ll catch you if you fall!

Nadia (neutral): You seem to know the way, have you been here before?

Erwin (focused): No, but I am used to explore places like this.

Muriel (frowning): …..

Erwin (apologetic): Don’t mind me, I am only passing.

Erwin (smiling): Hello Faust, is Asra around?

Faust: Explore alone!

Niamh (fascinated): These lily pads are huge! Do you think it could bear our weight?

Erwin (serious): Only one way to find out. I’ll go first.

Erwin (nostalgic): It reminds me of some caves we had, back in the South.

Réamann (surprised): You rarely speak of your life in the South!

Cave (night)

Erwin (neutral): Drakr? No, I’ve never been there.

Julian (smiling): I am sure you would like it! We should go there together someday!

Erwin (wary): Is this one of your pranks?...

Asra (awkward): No! There is really a magic snail in there!

Faust: Pretty!

Erwin (smiling): It sure is.

Erwin (grinning, drenched): We’ve got it!

Lucio (grinning, drenched): Yes!! We’re the best!

Portia: (excited): Haha! I knew we would find something in here!

Erwin (smiling): Indeed. You have a very good instinct, Portia.

Nadia (interested): This one looks like Prakran ancient literature writing!

Erwin (surprised): Is it? Strange, some of these look like Southern Runes to me!

Muriel (frowning): What is he looking for?

Erwin (focused): Was it a snail or a slug again?

Réamann (smiling): It’s so beautiful! I think I will do a painting of it once we go home.

Erwin (smiling): I will be looking forwards seeing your artwork.

Erwin (concerned): Be careful, Niamh!

Niamh (smiling, drenched): The water is so clear and refreshing! Come on, swim with me!

Docks

Erwin (blushing, drenched): H-here, take my cape. You are going to catch a cold!

Lucio (grinning, drenched): A cold? Hahaha!! I don’t mind you ogling at me, if that’s what you’re worried about!

Portia: (mischievous): I heard that you knew how to sail?

Erwin (unimpressed): I have a great affection for you, but I won’t help you steal a boat.

Erwin (smiling): I must say that you impress me, Doctor. You’re quite full of surprises.

Julian (smirking): Oh, I am. But you know what would be even more impressive? The two of us as a team!

Erwin (neutral): Need something, Faust?

Faust: Busted! Run!

Erwin (mournful): Niamh used to love walking here since she was a teenager. We used to take strolls together…

Asra (sad): She still loves to walk bare feet in the sand.

Erwin (out of breath, drenched): Is this what you lost?

Muriel (shocked): D-did you dive in just to get it back?!

Nadia (surprised): The Frozen Sea, you say? No wonder you seem so at ease sailing here!

Erwin (smiling): Only when I sail a small boat. I might not be able to steer a huge boat such as yours.

Erwin (smiling): I know that a lot of people just come at this hour hoping to find you here, to listen to your singing.

Réamann (laughing): Oh! That would explain a lot!

Erwin (smiling): Would you like a boat ride?

Niamh (excited): I would love to!!

Town square

Erwin (neutral): Impressive speech, Milady. Allow me to escort you back.

Nadia (neutral): Thank you, Captain.

Erwin (neutral): May I help you?

Muriel (crossed): Just stay away from me.

Portia: (shocked): Phew! The crowd is wild today! Thanks for getting me out of there, Erwin!

Erwin (worried): You’re welcome, Portia. You’re not hurt, are you?

Julian (smiling): Thank you for lending me that cloaking ring of yours, Erwin! It is way easier for me to walk around here with it!

Erwin (raising an eyebrow): You didn’t seem to worry about that before.

Erwin (serious): I’d rather have you by my side than thousands of statues of you here without you.

Lucio (shocked, blushing): O-oh. (I can’t say anything!?)

Asra (smiling): Here, Niamh and I made this for you. Good luck with your work.

Erwin (smiling): Thank you very much, Asra. Say hello to Niamh for me.

Réamann (grinning, holding his Crwth): Thanks for playing along, Erwin! The kids loved it!

Erwin (smirking): “Captain Stone-face” at your service, young Bard.

Niamh (smiling): I am heading towards the Temple district, would you like me to do an offering for you?

Erwin (smiling): Hmm, if you have a prayer spared for me, it would be enough. Thanks.

Community theatre

Erwin (smirking): Julian was very good, but his partner leaves much to be desired. And if I were to get upset over so little, I’d have to switch profession.

Asra (unsure): I can’t tell if you’re being passive-aggressive or not.

Erwin (smirking): Losing your composure already? Tsk! Amateur!

Muriel (raised eyebrow): Is he going to comment all along?

Nadia (surprised): I was not expecting to see you here, Erwin!

Erwin (smiling): After work, I’m just a civilian looking for some entertainment.

Lucio (disgruntled): You hesitated! I saw it!! You flimflam, I’m not talking to you!

Erwin (embarrassed): Alright, sorry! But still, you should really learn to control your temper!

Portia: (laughing): Now, that was some good “Vaudeville”! Let’s go meet Ilya!

Erwin (laughing): I’m buying you both drinks after that!

Erwin (smiling): Congratulations for your success, Julian! You were fantastic on stage!

Julian (blushing): It means a lot that you liked it! I didn’t think you were into comedies…

Erwin (laughing): This was completely crazy! I loved it!

Niamh (laughing): They really nailed it for that scene! It was hilarious!

Réamann (smiling): Seems like you need to clear your mind. Let’s enjoy the show together!

Erwin (smiling): Knowing you, I am sure you picked the right play for that.

Coliseum

Lucio (cruel smile): I remember the day I reopened this place. It was so thrilling! That rush of adrenaline!...

Erwin (alarmed): Are you feeling frenetic? Do you want to spar?

Erwin (neutral): Looking good. But you’d be better as a gladiator on a theatre stage than in the Coliseum.

Julian (smiling, dressed as a gladiator): Aw, where’d be the fun in that?

Portia: (confident smile): I was a good pirate, I would have been a great gladiator!

Erwin (concerned): I don’t question your skills, I just wonder if it would have been the best job for you though.

Nadia (concerned): Tell me Captain, when you still lived in the South, were there similar violent games to condemn criminals?

Erwin (neutral): Criminals considered unpardonable were quickly executed after a trial in mine. The duel was an option when the offended party requested for it.

Muriel (angry): You’re no different than him.

Erwin (frowning): I have blood on my hands, that is true. But my duty was and remains to protect helpless people.

Asra (upset): Why didn’t you help Muriel out, back then?

Erwin (gloomy): I could answer you the same question, Asra. Anyway, you can’t help someone who doesn’t want to be helped.

Niamh (neutral): So… what happened exactly in there?

Erwin (neutral): You might want to sit, it is a long story.

Réamann (sad): Maybe some criminals deserved what they got there, but their spirits haunting the place ad vitam aeternam isn’t a good thing.

Erwin (neutral): I guess not. Do you have a song to appease these restless souls?

Red market

Erwin (smiling, in disguise): We used to eat these pepper berries raw to keep ourselves from the cold or as a spice. Would you like to try one?

Nadia (smiling): How delightfully spicy! I shall buy some for the cooking staff and myself!

Erwin (amused, in disguise): Look over there, I think you will like it.

Portia: (in awe): (Gasps) What are those?! They’re so cute, so fluffy! I want to pet them!!

Julian (surprised): Erwin?! I swear that all of my purchases are legal!

Erwin (disgruntled, in disguise): Quiet! Don’t blow my cover!!

Erwin (disgusted, in disguise): Some people are sick. Kimochiwarui!

Muriel (gloomy): Tell me about it!

Erwin (taken aback, in disguise): Wait a-! These white roses aren’t ordinary, are they? I think I saw similar ones before…

Asra (unemotional): …

Lucio (curious): I’ve never seen a goldfish like this before, thanks for catching it for me!

Erwin (smiling, in disguise): An Ushanian legend says that goldfishes like this are lucky and brings good fortune if you make them happy.

Niamh (serious): If you wear this ring, your shadow will disappear. It would be good to combine it with your cloaking ring!

Erwin (interested, in disguise): Interesting. I’ll see if I can negotiate for it.

Erwin (shocked, in disguise): Did you pilfer that guy’s merch?!

Réamann (smirking): I didn’t steal anything, I’ve just hustled a hustler!

The Rowdy Raven

Julian (excited): A liquor made from coffee?! Where can I get this treasure?

Erwin (embarrassed, in disguise): What have I done?

Erwin (smiling, in disguise): I never got to taste the mead from the South, how was it?

Lucio (smirking): You didn’t miss much, believe me! I’ll buy you the good booze!

Asra (shocked): Wai- (coughs) Arcana’s sake!! Did you seriously swallow that eyeball?! I was just messing with you!

Erwin (smirking, in disguise): Asra “the great magician” can’t tell the difference between a real eyeball and a fancy candy?

Portia: (shocked): Eeeeek! Please, tell me it wasn’t a real eyeball!! Or you’re just playing me, right?!

Erwin (laughing, in disguise): I was indeed teasing you! Let me apologize with another drink!

Nadia (shocked): Oh! Was it really necessary to knock this man out that way?

Erwin (serious, in disguise): For this kind of nuisances, yes. I recognized him as an infamous pimp.

Muriel (shocked, blushing): Why is my mead so tangy?!

Erwin (neutral, in disguise): I think the waiter got my order mixed with someone else’s, this is black mead when I ordered capsicumel mead.

Erwin (smirk, in disguise): May I help you down?

Niamh (teasing): Catch me, then! On three!

Réamann (smiling): It’s very good! Pour me another glass, please!

Erwin (shocked, in disguise): Réamann, this is not the kind of drink you just chug like that!!

Market

Erwin (neutral, wearing a revealing top): Sorry I kept you waiting. It took longer than I expected to forge this sword.

Lucio (blushing, grinning, horny): No problem~ I quite enjoyed the show~!

Nadia (embarrassed): It would be comforting to hear that you recognized me thanks to your sharp eye, but I won’t force you to lie like that.

Erwin (awkward, sweating a bit): …(coughs) I could lend you my cloaking ring, if you need to.

Erwin (disgruntled): Try that again, and you’ll earn 50 extra lap races and a salary reduction!

Muriel (neutral): He’s actually decent, I guess.

Erwin (neutral): I’ve sharpened some knives of the kitchen staff. Then I forged new ones to replace the damaged others.

Portia: (impressed): Oh, wow! You didn’t have to! Thanks!

Erwin (neutral): This sword is made the Harshenian way, this one is Ushanian and the other is inspired by my old tribe’s weaponsmiths, the Misty Hunters.

Julian (fascinated): I’ve never had the chance to see such swords so close! They look amazing!

Erwin (neutral): Here are your new sickle, and a new set of scissors for Niamh. Was it all?

Asra (smiling): It’s all good! Do you want some pumpkin bread for your break?

Réamann (grinning): I got a discount for this! Do you want some?

Erwin (jaded): How come you always get a discount for everything?

Niamh (smiling): I’ve brought you some tea! It smells wonderful, don’t you think?

Erwin (smiling): It does. Thank you, it’s just what I needed.

Flooded district

Erwin (on guard): I feel like someone is watching me.

Muriel (sad): Maybe I misjudged him.

Asra (shocked): You… you’re not paid for what you are doing here? Didn’t Nadia send you?

Erwin (frowning): I don’t need anyone’s order to go and help people. And I refuse to be paid when this place has been neglected for so long.

Erwin (laughing): How did you even manage to get your rowing stuck like that?

Julian (blushing): You really have strong arms- I mean I REALLY HAVE BAD LUCK!!

Portia: (excited): Woohoo! This is so fun! I’m quite good at this, aren’t I?

Erwin (worried): Yes-yes you are, but please slow down!!

Nadia (ashamed): You… you took a very thoughtful initiative, Captain.

Erwin (frowning): Someone has to.

Lucio (ashamed): Hey, do I- do you need help?...

Erwin (neutral): Yes, please. Take the other side of this plank, we need to move it.

Erwin (smiling): Thank you for coming, small deer. Your music sparked joy for everyone here.

Réamann (smiling, holding his Crwth): Don’t mention it.

Niamh (unsure): It seemed you needed a little pick-me-up, so I brought homemade snacks and refreshing drinks for you all.

Erwin (smiling widely): Just what we needed, many thanks! Everyone, gather around!

Fields

Lucio (smiling): It’s been a while since we last went out together like this. Do you sometimes miss our mercenary days?

Erwin (smiling sadly): …Yes, I often think about them.

Nadia (impressed): You are an outstanding horseman, Erwin! But you haven’t won yet!

Erwin (grinning): Well prepare yourself to loose, for I’ve never lost a horse race and I don’t intend to start today!

Erwin (smiling): - and after that, we settled in Vesuvia. Then Miomo met Mama, Lucina, and they were married the following year.

Portia: (smiling): Wow! This was such an amazing tale! Thank you for sharing it with me!

Erwin (smiling): You’ve travelled around the world a lot, maybe our paths crossed before.

Julian (grinning): It would be amazing if we did! Although, I doubt I’d forget a face as handsome as yours!

Erwin (smiling): Fûjin seems to like you.

Muriel (blushing): …she is a nice mare.

Asra (mischievous): I wonder which is the swiftest between our respective mounts!

Erwin (amused): Only one way to find out. I challenge you in a race!

Réamann (laughing): Funny how the same story is different depending on who tells it!

Erwin (smirking): I can only imagine how Lucio told you about it.

Niamh (excited): It was wonderful!! Thank you for letting me ride Fûjin, she’s amazing!

Erwin (smiling): You’re a very good horsewoman too. Fûjin doesn’t let just anyone ride her like that.

South End

Erwin (concerned, in disguise): Why are you so obsessed with leeches? Suction cup, bloodletting, even I know these and I’m not a doctor.

Julian (embarrassed): I am not obsessed! They are great for treatments and fascinating, that’s all!

Erwin (smiling, in disguise): You’re very skilled in combat, were you taught martial arts?

Portia: (smiling): I’ve been taught some on my way to Vesuvia by a friend!

Erwin (frowning, in disguise): These eels should never have been brought here. They’re not in their environment, and it’s too dangerous for people.

Nadia (frowning): Glad to see we agree about that. If only Lucio listened to us.

Lucio (smiling): Don’t worry, Erwin! I’ve got your back!

Erwin (embarrassed, in disguise): Why don’t you scream my name louder, then?!

Faust: Knife!

Erwin (surprised, in disguise): Excuse me? Are you asking me to give you one??

Asra (concerned): This is not the safest place for you! What’s going on?

Erwin (neutral, in disguise): Nothing bad, I’m just looking for Julian.

Muriel (frowning): This is my hiding spot. Find yourself another.

Erwin (deadpanned, in disguise): Excuse me. I wasn’t aware it was a private spot.

Réamann (teasing): You’re awfully familiar with the way, Erwin!

Erwin (poker face, in disguise): Your point?

Niamh (curious): Is it true that you were ambushed here?

Erwin (neutral, in disguise): Several times. The captain of the guards is not really welcome here.

The Lazaret

Lucio (remorseful): I would have stopped it if I could, really! But... Please, I don’t want to stay here!

Erwin (glum): I know. Let’s go away.

Erwin (mournful): Don’t hurt yourself, Asra! Let’s go back.

Asra (tearful): It was too late, I tried, I really did!

Julian (sad): So many people died… and I couldn’t do anything to save them.

Erwin (sad): Stop blaming yourself. There’s only so much you could have done about it.

Erwin (mournful): In Harshen, they say that when people die feeling a deep resentment, the place where they died becomes cursed.

Portia: (concerned): Hm, maybe we shouldn’t be here then?

Erwin (gloomy): Yet another place where the shadow of Death hangs over…

Muriel (eyes closed): Plants started growing here though. It might not be completely hopeless.

Erwin (gloom): This place is like Hell on Earth…

Nadia (sad): Alas! Will the ghosts in there ever find peace?

Réamann (crying): …

Erwin (mournful): Let’s go home.

Erwin (gloom): Sorry Niamh. You may be angry at me once you wake up.

Niamh (unconscious): … renascentia tua cinerem …

Mazelinka’s house

Portia: (blushing, sweating): This- this is good, but… Argh!! Water!!

Erwin (laughing): Wait! Drink this instead! If you drink water, it’ll only make it worse!

Julian (surprised): I didn’t know you liked your food so spicy! Don’t ask Mazelinka to add this into her soup though, for both our sake!

Erwin (smiling): It’s just for a snack or a side-dish. I wouldn’t dare to ask her to change her recipe.

Erwin (surprised): This spyglass is amazing! Did you bring it as a gift for Mazelinka?

Lucio (smiling): Well, someone told me it was rude to come empty-handed when invited.

Nadia (relieved): I am glad we reached this house both unharmed. You shall receive a bonus for taking such risks daily, Captain!

Erwin (smiling): I am only doing my duty but I appreciate the gesture, Countess.

Erwin (concerned): Is it really safe to leave this unattended?

Asra (smiling): Mazelinka knows what she’s doing, don’t worry about the soup!

Erwin (neutral): ……… (Should I try and grasp the nettle or just keep waiting in silence?)

Muriel (neutral): ……… (Don’t talk to me, don’t talk to me.)

Erwin (surprised): Niamh! What are you doing here?

Niamh (smiling): Portia invited me, what about you?

Erwin (concerned): I am surprised that Mazelinka welcomes me so warmly despite everything.

Réamann (smiling): Why wouldn’t she? She’s smart enough to figure out you’re not a creep!

Portia’s cottage

Portia: (annoyed): I swear that next time Camio wakes me up like this, I am cooking him for dinner!

Erwin (embarrassed): Please don’t. I’ll do my best so he won’t do it again.

Asra (laughing): Green magic? Maybe Portia can use it, but maybe she just has a green thumb.

Erwin (unimpressed): …..Ha. Ha. Ha.

Erwin (teasing): Good morning Countess, the Chamberlain was worried when told you weren’t in your room.

Nadia (blushing): I just took an early morning walk, Captain. I shall go and put this poor man’s worries at rest.

Erwin (smiling): I was looking for Camio, but he’s the one who found me.

Lucio (smiling): My Camio has always liked you. You are privileged!

Erwin (smiling): I made this brooch for you. Portia’s garden inspired me.

Julian (blushing): O-oh! It’s lovely! Th-thank you!

Muriel (blushing): Pepi refuses to move. What do I do??

Erwin (amused): Keep petting her?

Erwin (neutral): Réa, what have you been teaching Camio?

Réamann (awkward smile): Er… some funny lines?

Niamh (smiling): I wish I had such a beautiful garden and a cute, snuggly cat!

Erwin (teasing): Ask Portia if you can move in.

Muriel’s hut

Muriel (raised eyebrow): What are you doing with my tools?

Erwin (focused): Cleaning and sharpening some of them. You really should take better care of your things!

Erwin (neutral): I know he will listen to you. Just warn him about them.

Asra (concerned): I will, thank you.

Erwin (serious): You’re not really in the position to take offence for not being welcome here. How would you feel if Vlastomil or your mother just barged into your room?

Lucio (ill-at-ease): (shudders) Yeah, right. I see your point.

Erwin (neutral): I can escort you back if you wish to, but I’d rather wait for you outside in the meantime.

Nadia (concerned): It sounds unfair to me, Erwin. My lack of action also makes me guilty of poor Muriel’s case.

Julian (confused): How can you tell that someone is speaking ill of me??

Erwin (teasing): You’ve just sneezed twice.

Portia: (curious): So one sneeze is for good things said about you, two for bad, right? What about three sneezes?

Erwin (teasing): Then, you have a cold.

Erwin (neutral): If you’re not welcome, I can barely imagine how it is for me.

Niamh (saddened): It’s alright, not everyone will love me. I’ll just leave this here with a note.

Réamann (surprised): Why are you giving me those weapons?

Erwin (serious): I know the Courtiers are lurking around and you’re often here. Be prepared for anything.

Asra’s sanctuary

Erwin (smiling): It is really nice and quiet here. Do you mind if I meditate for a while?

Asra (smiling): Not at all. I was about to go out for some shopping.

Faust: Rest!

Erwin (smiling): It’s a very good place to, Faust.

Lucio (grinning): Oh, you’re up! Good! Look at what I bought you! You have to come with me next time!

Erwin (surprised): I wasn’t sleeping- oh! This sword is amazing!

Nadia (smiling): I did not have the occasion to practice meditation with someone else in a while. I had almost forgotten its beneficial effects.

Erwin (smiling): So did I. Thank you for joining.

Erwin (surprised): I fell asleep?! Oh no, you went to pick the groceries alone!

Julian (smiling): It seemed like you needed the rest, don’t sweat it!

Portia: (mischievous): If you’re too tired for the Festival, shall we prepare a slumber party?

Erwin (wry smile): Why not? Let’s welcome Asra with a pillow fight!

Erwin (confused): Is this some kind of peace offering or something?

Muriel (embarrassed): Don’t jump to conclusions.

Erwin (smiling): This place is really cozy. Thanks for inviting me.

Niamh (smiling): You’re welcome. Asra did wonders with this little house!

Erwin (eyes closed): …

Réamann (unsure): Is he meditating or sleeping?

The palace

Lucio (grinning, blushing): I knew this would look great on you! Can’t let my bodyguard walk around in dull clothing~

Erwin (blushing, wearing a new attire): Thank you, Lucio.

Julian (grinning, wearing a wig): Wow, you look like Beowulf like that!

Erwin (confused, wearing his uniform): What are you up to?

Erwin (neutral, wearing his uniform): Some guards misbehaved today, I apologize on their behalf.

Nadia (wry smile): Were they too exhausted after their intense training to apologize themselves?

Portia: (mischievous): I’ll take a break only if you take it with me!

Erwin (smiling, wearing his uniform): Alright, you won. Let’s take a snack in the kitchen.

Erwin (neutral, wearing his uniform): There you are, Asra. Countess Nadia is expecting you.

Asra (smiling): I shall not make her wait longer, then.

Muriel (neutral): …Is Asra around?

Erwin (neutral, wearing his uniform): He’s still with Nadia. You may join them.

Erwin (neutral, wearing his uniform): If you have enough guts to prank the nobles, you should be able to leave Niamh on her own. She’s not a child.

Réamann (concerned): But what if something happens to her and she needs help?

Erwin (smiling, wearing his uniform): Red suits you. You should wear it more often.

Niamh (surprised, wearing a red tunic): You think?

Palace’s garden

Erwin (tender smile): “But I send you a cream-white rosebud; With a flush on its petal tips; For the love that is purest and sweetest; Has a kiss of desire on the lips.”*

Lucio (blushing, stunned): !!!…………………………………………………

*Poem: “The White Rose”, John Boyle O'Reilly

Erwin (nostalgic smile): Niamh’s favourite flowers are yarrows, and Réamann’s are asters. They’ve always loved all kinds of flowers and animals.

Nadia (smiling): How very fitting. Have you ever heard about flower language, Erwin? You would be surprised by what your favourites might mean too.

Asra (sleeping): Zzzzzzz… *snoring slightly*

Erwin (amused): “Happiness hides in small moments.”

Erwin (surprised): Is that Ceres? Réamann was looking for her, he was so worried!

Muriel (blushing): She kept following me around. I’ll bring her back to him.

Erwin (concerned): Sorry about that, Julian! The dogs are back inside now, jump! I’ll catch you!

Julian (embarrassed): O-okay. I guess it’s like some crazy trusting exercise… right?

Erwin (smiling): Seems like Melchior wants to play with you.

Portia: (smiling): You want me to throw the ball, boy? Sure thing!

Erwin (pensive): It was Asra who carved “Niamh” here, wasn’t he?

Faust: Friend lost. Asra sorrowful…

Niamh (smiling): Portia told me to be careful around the dogs, but they’ve been nice to me so far!

Erwin (amused): They probably smell that you’re a good cook. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Réamann (smiling): So? Did Lucio like the poem?

Erwin (laughing): He was speechless and red-faced, I call it a grand victory!

Lucio’s wing

Lucio (blushing, sweating a bit): Erwin? As much as I love hugs, you’re choking me a bit here!

Erwin (tearful): I’m sorry… Please, just five minutes more.

Julian (worried): You’ve been scratching at your hands for a while. Do your scars hurt?

Erwin (sad): My heart aches so much more.

Erwin (gloom): I am indebted to your brother. I will never forget how he saved me that night.

Portia: (shocked): …he did?

Erwin (sullen): You think I should have burnt with him, don’t you?

Muriel (gloomy): I might not like you, but I’ve never wished such a cruel fate for you.

Asra (upset): On your feet, soldier! You still have a family who loves you!

Erwin (sad smile): You’re right… Sorry, Asra.

Erwin (angered): Lucio’s paintings might be tacky, but you reek the opulence of good birth!

Nadia (scornful): Mind your manners, Captain. I shall not forget that.

Erwin (sad): I miss him. Despite everything, I miss him so bad!

Niamh (sad, compassionate): I will join my prayers to yours.

Réamann (upset): You know that we would have been heartbroken if you too had burnt in there that night!

Erwin (sad): I know… I’m sorry.

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