#Benjamin Vial

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MASC SCIENTIST – NPT / ID PACK — ★

System names: The Alchemist, The Rabbit Hole Of Science, The Wonders Of Discovery, The Answer Seekers, The Earth Travelers, The Learners Of Truth, The Periodic System Of Elements, The Researchers

Names: Arthur, Isaac, Atlas, Benjamin, Jonas, Dimitri, Christian, Andreas, Carson, Erwin, Jacques, Leo, James, Louis, Thomas, Vincent, Axon, Alan, Bill, Edward

Pronouns: he/him, hy/hym, hx/hxm, h?/h?m, DNA/DNAs, chem/chems, vial/vials, lab/labs, cell/cells, sci/science, tox/toxic, bio/bios , experi/experis, goggle/goggles, haz/hazard, test/tests, subject/subjects, electro/electros, mole/cule, atom/atoms, dis/cover, geni/genius, beaker/beakers, micro/scope, lab/coat, test/tube, petri/dish, clamp/clamps, burner/burners, carbon/dioxide, alka/line, tele/scope, study/studys, clean/cleans, 🧬/🧬s, 📋/📋s, 💉/💉s, 🧫/🧫s, 🧪/🧪s, 🔭/🔭s, 🥼/🥼s, 🥽/🥽s, 🔬/🔬s, ⚗️/⚗️s

Titles: He Who Has All The Answers, He Who Studies, He Who Works Relentlessly, He Who Experiments, He Who Balances Chemicals, He Who Craves Knowledge, He Who Seeks The Truth, He Who Creates Compounds, He Who Creates, He Who Destroys, He Who Creates And Destroys, He Who Creates But Never Destroys, He Who Holds Vials, He Who Is Intellectually Inclined, He Who Has Reached A Breakthrough, He Who Is Ever So Brilliant

(He/him is used for the purpose of the theme, it can be swapped for any pronoun :3!!)

Labels: scientist xenination, scientystian, lorciaen, abandonedlabmulviboard, sciencehubris, syrtubicien, scientistmagic, magicscientist,magiencetion, parasitelexic, scientist alterhuman, scientist nonhuman, scientist kin, scientist occuden, geniusscientist, weirdsciencegender, madscientistgender, chemigender, scientistkinic, madscihoppian, mukerix, madscientistaesic, acisciengender, vilegender, selfspersciic, experistudial, bloodvialic

Other: science lover userboxes, scientist alter blinkies

See also: Fem vers (has a lot of the same stuff but is more masc oriented.)

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. . . A NEW RESEARCH PAPER !

WiLLiAM BiRKiN iD PACK

names ; will , william , birkin , herbert , berkley , berk , wilbur , edward , doc , willy/willie , vial , hazard , radium , gee , virus , vee , wesley , walter , walker , warren , wilson , waylen/weylen , wes , benjamin , barrett , braxton , beckham , graham

pronouns ; hy/hym , vi/vial , ex/exper , vi/virus , sci/fi , h?/h?m , h!/h!m , dna/dnas , re/reani , in/infect , si/sick , lab/labs , sci/ence , birk/birkin

titles ; x who creates viruses , the greatest creator , x who experiments , x who is infected , the most researched , x who made the g-virus , x who works to create , x who has a lab to return to

users ; willbirkin , williamb. , williambirkin , birkinexperiment , labwilliam , gviruscreator , birkinsresearch , w.birkin , willbirk , will_birkin , birkin_labs

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About me!

my etiquette ig? i don’t mind if you scroll through my blog like it’s your fy page. It makes me happy. Also if you like this post, assume i WILL do the same to ur blog. If you are one of my moots, i will reblog lots from you. I don’t like interacting with creeps, but i am also dirty minded so… shrug.

BASIC STUFF

names: Finn

pronouns: he/him

age: First two years of high school

country: USA

languages: english, four years of Mandarin, some Swedish, some ASL

Time zone: eastern time (new york time)

Relationship status: taken

^ that’s me btw ^

WRITING STUFF

goal: finish my poetry book

posting about: a whole bunch of random shit that I like!

I really like poetry. My favorite poet rn is Emily Dickinson because 1. gay 2. nature 3. yes

Also I have a writing side blog that I’m using rn to experiment with different perspectives on the same event! it’s called @perspective-play

Another new sideblog for alterhuman stuff @feral-feathered

READING STUFF

genres I like to read: ya, fantasy, romance, historical fiction

favourite books: six of crows, the swiss family robinson, the city of ember, calvin & hobbes, speak the graphic novel

fandoms: SoC & CK, Moomins, AtLA & LoK, Nimona, Initial D, Hilda, Studio Ghibli movies

OTHER STUFF

favourite colour: light turquoise

favourite artists: chvrches, billie eilish, alec benjamin, halsey, angels & airwaves, delilah bon, vial, evanescence

favourite song: young london by angels & airwaves

as of September 25, i’m 25 days self-harm clean

Tags:

(blinkies and moots under the cut)

moots: @vandalizingyourschool @mx-melancholic @irenepowder @youmightevenknowme @unadulteratedwizardgentlemen @mothmanthebreadwizard @orionsnightmares @wordweary @quietintellectualginger @razz-is-queer @nyrhtak04 @tough-n-dumb @infinitesimal-spoon @ever-wish-things-were-simple @personnamedpercy @lilodendron @itswhatwestayalivefor @magnuspeccatori @thexie-and-stars @colorsoftheriver @solarmagickstar @casper-nottheghost @half-eaten-baguetteee @brokenheartedartichokes @dandelions-arent-weeds @thebutterflypoetess @blossompoet @remembertheplunge @ketchuplover6969 @is-it-funny-because-its-true @everynoahistrans

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Ghoulcy Week 2024 Day 7 SFW

Hello vaulties, back with the final of the ghoulcy week. Day 7 prompt is a test of loyalty. It is also a bit linked to the previous days prompts. It feels so weird that this is the end. This was so much fun. I hope you enjoyed passing this week with me and hope there will be one again next year.

English is not my first language so sorry for any mistakes. This will also be post in French.

It had been almost an hour since the haughty brunette had taken Lucy to their overseer. Damn it, his wife had barely opened her eyes when they pulled her out. Cooper was spinning around the room like a caged lion. Not even a week married and already the universe was trying to take away one of the only things that was worth it on this earth. The questions kept running through his mind, but one in particular kept coming back. What if Lucy chose the vault and not the ghoul. He did not know what he would do if she did.

Lucy had barely woken up and recovered from almost dying that Birdie had caught her and brought her to the overseer. She just wanted to find Cooper and get them both back on the road. But these morons wouldn’t listen and preferred to play the pseudo heroes.

“Look, Gucy, I know we have a tumultuous past but you helped this vault and we want to help you back. So I ask you again, do you want us to take care of this ghoul?"

“For the hundredth time, no! I appreciate your concerns, but as he surely points out, he is my husband and I want to leave with him.”

“Lucy, I come from the surface, I know the wasteland better than anyone else here, ghouls, and especially if this is who I think it is, are dangerous. You don’t marry them.” was Birdie’s remark while kneeling before the young woman, speaking to her as one would speak to a child.

“Cooper and I are connected in a way that no one else could understand. We understood it by traveling together, our souls call each other. I know from an outside perspective, it sounds crazy and you must think i'm totally nuts. But all I want to do is be with him. I don’t want to end up with the same problem we had last time, so let us go. Thank you so much for saving me, we’re even so let’s not talk about it anymore.”

The former vault dweller was uncomfortable talking about her feelings. She had not yet fully spoken of all that she felt to her husband and now she had to unpack everything to strangers. She knew very well that their story was absolutely crazy only Lucy felt it deep inside her, the ghoul and her were bound in an even deeper way than they thought at first. The soul of this man called to her, resonated and merged with hers, everything opposed them and yet together they created a magnificent harmony that Lucy never wanted to stop.

After another dozen speeches on the safety and dangers of the wasteland, Benjamin and Birdie agreed that she could return to her husband and even insisted that they take food with them. It was a long time and Lucy really hoped that Cooper didn’t slaughter anyone while she was away, but more importantly she hoped that he would still be there.

It seemed like an eternity since his wife left and everyone refused to give him any information. Still confined in the decontamination room, the ghoul began to slowly lose control mentally and physically, his vials were in Lucy’s bag posing next to him. It had been several days since he had given his medication to the young woman, a way of proving to her that he trusted her completely. Now he even refused to take his dose if it was not prepared by his wife, a behavior quite simply childish but one he continued to have just because it made Lucy laugh. It was her way of making herself useful to her husband, she said. God, he missed his little killer, he wanted to hold her so tight, feel her softness. So absorbed in his thoughts, he did not pay attention to the door that opened and did not realize the presence of someone until the latter jumped at his neck. Immediately recognizing Lucy, he hugged her and shoved his head into her neck.

Suddenly, a coughing fit took the throat of the ghoul, signaling to his wife that it was high time he took his dose. In no time, Lucy grabbed her bag, took a vial and injected it into Cooper’s spray bottle before giving it to him. When he recovered, the young woman explained to him that they just had to wait to receive supplies and then Benjamin and Birdie would walk them out and they would resume their journey.

After a strangely warm farewell from Vault 4, the spouses resumed their initial route. Lucy tried to apologize for slowing them down but Cooper stopped her immediately, it was only his fault for putting his wife in such danger. He added that he would have understood if she had wanted to stay there, away from him.

“Hey, first of all we’re husband and wife and two I love you, I wasn’t gonna leave you like this because we both forgot that radiation affects me more than you.”

“You had the security of a vault again. A semblance of a normal life.”

“My normal life is you now, Coop. And it wasn’t my vault. If I have to live again in one it will be vault 33 with my brother, Dogmeat, Janey and you. Besides, Norm’s gonna freak out when he sees you, it’s gonna be fun. I go to the surface for a few months and I will come back married to a ghoul with a child and a dog, he will understand nothing.”

“I think he won’t be the only one shocked to see us arrive, doll.” Could not help but add while laughing the ghoul already imagining the indignant faces of the many inhabitants of vault 33.

"Would you really come with me there to live?"

“Everything I did yesterday and today doesn’t prove it to you? I’ll be ready for anything as long as it allows me to be with you. As you said so well, my life is you now.”

“So it’s decided, let’s go find our daughter, pierce the mystery behind our existence and go home.”

To seal this wonderful deal Cooper decided to put a kiss on his wife’s lips before taking her hand and continuing their long journey towards their home.

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The Devil Doesn't Settle (1/?)

(aesthetic by @aesthetics-and-fuckery, yeah, that's me. do NOT steal this!)

Harry Potter/Wizarding World x DC

Pairing: Klarion Bleak x Fem!Reader, Lilith Bleak (OC) x Fem!Reader

CW: romance, past breakups, use of she/her, language, shitty attempt at angst, author attempted to not use y/n and i think i succeeded but who knows, klarion & lilith are being lil bitches who doesn't know how to romance, playing with feelings, wizarding relations are really weird, toxic relationships probably, pining, i think that's it but if there's more tell me!

Summary: Reader is an exchange student. She's a witch, but not the kind that hogwarts is used to. She uses pentagrams and incantations instead of wands and spells. She uses poisons and candles rather than potions and charms. She practices moonlit summonings instead of defense against the dark arts. So what happens when not one, but two lords of chaos appear in the middle of the great hall, both claiming to be her lover? (this is part one of a multi-part series, so look out for a pt 2!)

SONG: Devil Doesn't Bargain by Alec Benjamin

A/N: The formatting refused to work ;-; I'm sorry if I offended anyone! I just tried to portray traditional-ish(?) witchcraft in the way that I've kinda seen it portrayed in fiction. Please don't take this seriously, this is a work of fiction and isn't meant to portray witchcraft seriously.

HOW TO READ: Each set of lyrics is kinda like a divider! each section of words/blurb between the lyrics are their own moment, and this particular piece has multiple little moments. Definitely timeskips. You can find more stories like this one by looking under the tag #ryn writes songfics

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It's useless, don't do this It's hubris to try He's ruthless, you knew this I told you, didn't I?

"Godrick, why is she even here?"

"I heard they let her in only because she threatened them."

"Her snake is so creepy!"

The whispers shrouded her like the mists of her home. But instead of bringing her comfort, these were laced with poison, bringing her pain.

They practiced magic, same as her, so what was the problem?

Her familiar, Noodle, curled tighter around her shoulders, seeking comfort. He didn't like it here, either.

"I know, guksu, I know."

"Why are you talking to your snake?"

A ginger-haired boy with a trillion freckles was staring at her.

"His name is Noodle. Guksu means noodles," she said, frowning. "I just call him that sometimes to calm him down."

"Weird." One of his friends, a girl with bushy brown hair, smacked him.

"Ron! Be nice," she scolded. He just raised an eyebrow.

"Why? Isn't she the one who summons demons?"

Ron. So that was his name.

She tucked that away for future reference.

He's abusive, elusive The truth is, he lies I know you don't want to let go

The caws of ravens and the croaks of bullfrogs echoed throughout the classroom.

"Silencio! SILENCIO!" That boy from earlier, Ron, was trying to silence his raven to no avail.

"It’s the way you’re moving your wand,” the girl next to him said, watching Ron critically. "You don’t want to wave it, it’s more a sharp jab."

"Ravens are harder than frogs," he said, frowning.

"Fine, let’s swap," she retorted, seizing Ron’s raven and replacing it with her own fat bullfrog. "Silencio!" The raven continued to open and close its sharp beak, but no sound came out.

"Very good, Miss Granger!" said Professor Flitwick’s squeaky little voice. The trio jumped in their seats. "Now, let me see you try, Mr. Weasley!"

"Wha — ? Oh — oh, right,” said Ron, very flustered. "Er — Silencio!" He jabbed at the bullfrog so hard that he poked it in the eye; the frog gave a deafening croak and leapt off the desk.

"Hmm..." That was when Flitwick noticed her.

"Miss? Why don't you give it a go?" Startled, she flinched but nodded. She pulled out a vial of white powder from her bag, sprinkled some of it on the bird, who squawked indignantly, and began chanting.

"Tace, tace, sile. Tace, tace, sile."

The raven's caws became fainter and fainter with every round of chanting, and soon, the bird became completely silent.

She looked up at the professor and the trio, who looked at her with facination and horror, respectively.

Right when she was leaving the class, she could have sworn that she heard Ron say: "That girl is mental, I swear!"

He shut up when Noodle hissed at him.

And just like before I can see that you're sure You can change him but I know you won't

She lurked at the back of the class, trying to see what all the commotion was about.

"an’ here’s another couple, look —"

Two black, skeletal horses came quietly out of the trees, one of them passing very close to dark-skinned girl, who shivered and pressed herself closer to a tree, saying, "I think I felt something, I think it’s near me!"

"Don’ worry, it won’ hurt yeh," said Hagrid patiently. "Righ’, now, who can tell me why some o’ you can see them an’ some can’t?"

The girl from earlier raised her hand to answer.

"The only people who can see thestrals," she said, "are people who have seen death."

"Tha’s exactly right," said Hagrid solemnly, "ten points ter Gryffindor. Now, thestrals —"

He was interrupted by a soft "hem, hem."

Professor Umbridge had arrived. She was wearing a green hat and cloak with her clipboard at the ready. Hagrid, who had never heard Umbridge’s fake cough before, was gazing in some concern at the closest thestral, evidently under the impression that it had made the sound.

"Hem, hem."

"Oh hello!" Hagrid said, smiling, having located the source of the noise.

"You received the note I sent to your cabin this morning?" she asked. "Telling you that I would be inspecting your lesson?"

"Oh yeah," said Hagrid brightly. "Glad yeh found the place all righ’! Well, as you can see — or, I dunno — can you? We’re doin’ thestrals today —"

"I’m sorry?" said Umbridge loudly, cupping her hand around her ear and frowning. "What did you say?"

Hagrid looked a little confused.

"Er — thestrals!" he said loudly. "Big — er — winged horses, yeh know!" He flapped his gigantic arms hopefully. Professor Umbridge raised her eyebrows at him and muttered as she made a note on her clipboard, "has . . . to . . . resort . . . to . . . crude . . . sign . . . language . . ."

She began walking among the students, asking questions about Hagrid and making rude comments about him.

Noodle hissed at her, and she had to put her hand on him to rein him in.

"I don't like that bitch."

"Well, neither do I, but what do you want me to do, poison her?" She muttered.

"Yessss."

She rolled her eyes and looked up, only to see Umbridge staring back at her.

"Why are you talking to your pet instead of paying attention to the lesson? And why is your pet out in the first place?" The toad-like woman asked with fake honey dripping from her voice.

"He's not my pet, he's my familiar. And death isn't exactly my favorite subject," she retorted. All eyes were on them now.

"Pet or...otherwise, I don't think that the ministry would approve of a student having access to their pet at all times," Umbridge remarked, making a note on her clipboard.

"Well lucky for you, I'm not a european citizen. So I don't think your ministry has to worry about me. And Noodle's my familiar. Not. My. Pet," she ground out.

"Twenty points from Slytherin," Umbridge said waspishly, and tried to take the snake away from her. She was met with a hiss and Noodle's fangs.

"Detention, and if I see your snake again I will not hesitate to have a talk with your head of house." Her nostrils flared, and she backed away and headed towards the castle, probably to tell the minister to make another Educational Decree.

"His name is Noodle!" She yelled at the retreating woman, smirking victoriously. Noodle just nuzzled up to his human's face.

The devil doesn't bargain He'll only break your heart again It isn't worth it, darling He's never gonna change

The Great Hall was buzzing with conversation and laughter. It was Halloween, and the Gryffindor house had basically adopted her ever since her little scuffle with Umbridge.

"So your sna-Noodle is bound to you?" Hermion asked. The so-called Golden Trio had taken a liking to her since she didn't seem to like Umbridge either.

"Yeah," she replied. "Noodle is...well, he protects me and I protect him. It's kinda complicated, and I don't 100% understand myself. But he's my best friend." At this, Noodle squeezed her shoulders affectionately and snuck a bit of food off her fork.

"Interesting...does he enhance your powers in any way?"

"Uh...we didn't really try that. But my-er, a friend of mine has a familiar and she keeps him attached to the mortal plane."

Just then, a bright red portal appeared in midair. Two figures were flung out of it, and they seemed to be arguing. In the middle of the hall. Suspended in the air.

She seemed to recognize them, and groaned when she did.

"Klarion and Lilith Bleak get your asses down here right now!"

The two stopped arguing and grinned. With a pop they appeared in front of her, smiling like kids in a candy shop. One had a lovesick expression, the other had a flirtatious smirk.

"Hello, love."

He'll never be Prince Charming He'll only do you harm again I don't mean to meddle But the devil doesn't settle

No, the devil doesn't bargain

(part 1/?)

[thegeminisage]

sigh. tng update post. last night we watched "11001001" and then i did half of "too short a season" and then went to bed and then today i finished it.

11001001: not sure why everyone likes this episode? the scifi premise was cool enough of course but i feel like we spent so much time watching picard and riker almost have a threesome with this made up computer lady that it kind of ruins the effect.

it grosses me out that you can do that on the holodeck. LIKE, AT WORK? i am kinkshaming fr. it's basically using a blowup doll at your office building's tennis court or whatever

i hate the holodeck SO much. i'm not at all religious but every single holodeck episode makes me want to call a priest. that thing is unholy unnatural and it should NOT exist. i truly wish i had more to say

oh wait yeah i do have one more thing. i finally almost respected picard when he was getting ready to blow the ship up. i was just complaining about not having seen his spine...unfortunately all the business with ms sexbot kind of ruined the effect lol

oh wait sorry im editing this days later to add i forgot that i also loved geordi the blind guy teaching data to paint. you could have had a whole episode on that alone

too short a season: i feel like there was a good episode hiding in here somewhere, but it's lost under the benjamin button gimmick. the old person makeup looks bad (i hate that kind of makeup anyway though) and the guy drinking both vials for no goddamn reason is so fucking stupid - i do at least like that his wife got to yell at him about it though. good for her

the most compelling part of this episode is that admiral button (i forget his name) thought he was picking the lesser evil when actually he was doing something fucking horrible. i think it would've been a lot more powerful if they'd kept him old and infirm, to have him brought before the people he'd wronged with age deteriorating him instead of...lack of age

also i cant help but notice the callback to a private little war from tos...kirk made the same decision and did also agree that it fell under the prime directive, but the difference was kirk didn't start it, the klingons did, and kirk chased them off before making sure both sides were exactly equal and then left them to it. and also he was fucking miserable about it the entire time because in that case it truly did seem to be the lesser evil but it was still so evil. a callback would have been nice...i just can't help but think how cool this episode could have been if it had been kirk all elderly and confronting his past mistakes. i know they couldn't do that though

i still have to do "when the bough breaks" "home soil" and "coming of age" on my own...that's so many episode 💀💀💀

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January 2025 Monthly Media

* = Rewatch/reread

Anime/Cartoons

Lower Decks 3.01-5.10

Star Wars: The Bad Batch 1.01-3.15

Books/Short Stories

Triple Sec by TJ Alexander

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher

 A Rival Most Vial: Potioneering for Love and Profit by R.K. Ashwick

 A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey

Marry Me By Midnight by Felicia Grossman

 Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

 Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

 Pure Wit: the Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish by Francesca Peacock

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

Manga/Comics/Light Novels

A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll

One Piece Volumes 88-90 by Eiichiro Oda

Oglaf (ongoing webcomic)

Order of the Stick (ongoing webcomic)

Wilde Life (ongoing webcomic)

Movies/Documentaries

Almost Famous (2000)

Podcasts

Dungeons and Daddies ��

Midst: Unend

Not Another D&D Podcast

Theater/Concerts

 Dropout Improv (Warner Theater)

TV Shows/Web Series

Abbott Elementary 4.09-4.11

Critical Role 3.118-3.120

Dimension 20: Dungeons and Drag Queens 2.01-2.04

Ghosts BBC 1.01-5.07

Ghosts US 3.01-4.09

Twin Peaks 1.01-3.02

Video Games/Board Games

A Normal Lost Phone 

Bards vs. Humility

Um, Actually

[inland--empire]

The reason why Ulric's title is "The man who changed it all" It's because in the past he had a fight with Benjamin that was the biggest push into evil he had. After that Benjamin would contract Vial and influence her. And after that the scientific team of the government would bring Ultimate Damien into this universe. He is also the reason why the Alternative Version of Code is like that technically as in the Alternative World Code's attitude is influenced by Ulric's attitude before he died. He literally caused every Universe 1 villain to happen even if he himself is not the most evil

He's the catalyst!

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The 60s and Drugs

"One Baltimore high school student described the journey. Around 1966 “I started on Thunderbird wine and then sniffing glue.” The next year he moved on to marijuana and pills. In the counterculture economy, narcotics were prestige; they were the markers of cool. “The more serious drug I used, the more status. To me, marijuana was status because it was illegal . . . I was completely on Quaaludes most of eleventh grade.” By 1968 “everyone had moved up a notch . . . The drinkers were into pot and the pot smokers of the previous years were into acid.” This student was now on heroin.

At the same time, young U.S. soldiers were fighting a brutal war in Vietnam. Most smoked marijuana and many started to take heroin. “Fourteen year old girls were selling heroin at roadside stands on the main highway from Saigon to the U.S. army base at Long Binh. Saigon street peddlers stuffed plastic vials of 95% heroin into the pockets of GIs as they strolled through down town Saigon,” claimed one eyewitness. By 1971 half of all enlisted men had tried the drug.

Heroin had, in the words of one historian, left the ghetto and crossed both the “suburban” and the “military firewalls.” Heroin had become a drug for white middle-class kids. One 1974 study claimed that 6 percent of men between twenty and thirty had tried heroin and half of these were hooked. The same historian estimated that as many as 3 in every 1,000 Americans were addicts."

-Benjamin T. Smith

The Dope

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The Bible Old Testament

1 Samuel

Chapter 10

1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. 9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? 12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. 14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: 19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. 20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

1 Samuel 10

Diane Beauford

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Bible Reading: April 12, 2024

1 Samuel 10-12; Luke 13:22-35 [1 Samuel 10:1-27 KJV] 1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured [it] upon his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD hath anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance? 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses…

[honorhearted]

Although Louisa had stepped out for a fair amount of time, it felt like mere seconds in Benjamin's bleary disorientation. His lashes fluttered along with the sound of her brisk footfalls, and then when her hands came to his face, he groaned softly and lolled his head back in order to meet with her concerned gaze.

"Your eyes," he murmured. "They're my favorite color..."

If he'd been wholly in control of his faculties, Benjamin would've had the sense to be embarrassed. Instead, he leaned into her side and allowed Louisa to help him down to the floor, unabashed in his nudity as he stumbled with her down the corridor.

Somewhere in between their tryst and the trek down the hall, Benjamin briefly became conscious of just where he was -- Louisa Andre's home; John Andre's sister -- and he shivered violently while she entreated him to get into bed. Once he was under the covers and gawping up in listless fascination at the ceiling, her hand entwined with his, and the warmth of her touch seeped into his veins and rolled through him in deep, pleasurable waves.

“How long?” she asked, barely startling him from his stupor. “I saw the vial…” 

Benjamin knew he should be humiliated. Instead, he merely shrugged, his throat scratchy as he offered, "A while now...maybe a year or two. I can't remember..."

And that much was true. Time was no longer a concern for him, what with his livelihood gone and the ghosts his only true companion.

Embittered, he gruffly asked, "What do you care? It's what you wanted, isn't it? I'm fairly certain that amidst our first meeting, you wished something of this very degree upon my soul...and God was kind enough to grant you your wish."

Turning his head to the side, he opted to peer at the shuttered window. It was odd how Louisa allowed in so very little light.

"What now?" he softly asked, his prior bite gone. "I shouldn't stay..."

Either Benjamin hadn’t heard the interruption (highly unlikely, considering how fervent the knock had been), or he was blatantly ignoring it entirely, so close to his pinnacle that any and all distractions be damned.

It’d made it difficult for Louisa to respond, forcing her to stifle a moaning gasp once he gave a final thrust, giving her little time as she shakily raised herself from his lap. Ben finished hard against her inner thigh, the warmth of his ardor a clear contrast to the bathwater, which had since turned tepid. 

Breathing hard, chest heaving, Louisa was relieved when Maggie agreed to wait downstairs, though she was certain the older woman knew exactly what was taking place behind the closed door. Benjamin, however, was shifting into a rising panic. 

"I thought...I-I thought you said you were alone..."

“I am,” she insisted, her tone exasperated and defensive, “She’s a maid – an employee. Nothing more.”

In truth, Louisa wasn’t entirely certain why it was so important to her that Benjamin knew she was just as alone as he was, but as she exited the tub with trembling limbs, she turned to study his face more carefully, the bleary haziness of his glossy eyes becoming all the more apparent as she did so. 

"I can't go out there," he insisted. "Whoever that woman is...I'm not meant to know her."

“And you won't,” she reassured, shushing him softly as she cupped the side of his face, “I’ll just be a moment.” 

After dressing in a shift and a robe, she worked quickly to dismiss Maggie from her home, urging her to take a fortnight before returning. But it wouldn’t be a fortnight at all. If Louisa had her way, if Benjamin were to stay, Maggie wouldn’t be returning again. 

Afterward, as she hastened up the staircase, she could only pray that Benjamin hadn’t drowned in her absence. Carefully, she’d helped him dress and led him to her room.

Everything about her chambers looked rather barren and unremarkable, everything she owned put away from view, all but a dollhouse, a rather finely crafted one, that sat atop the bureau in the corner, its contents kept in pristine condition.  

Once she’d aided him in laying upon the bed, she sat beside him, silently refusing to let go of his hand as her free one slid up to absentmindedly rub at her throat, which was mildly sore from his tight grip earlier that evening. 

“How long?” she finally queried, her tone somber as she squeezed his hand, “I saw the vial…” 

She’d heard what happened to those who depended upon laudanum, and she worried Benjamin might soon follow in their footsteps.

[yoyagif]

I C O N I C O S 

[officiallydriedkelp]

I made a thing

[inland--empire]

All of the Main Antagonists of the parts and their titles:

Part 0: Ulric, "The man who changed everything."

Part 1: Benjamin Obraz, "Always number 2."

Part 1.5: Vial, "The government's most dedicated scientist."

Part 2: Alternative Code, "The man who lost it all and did it all."

Part 3: Ultimate Damien, "The ghost from another universe."

Part 4: Anthon, "Herald of Despair."

OOOOOO they all sound so cool...