#I want to climb him like mt everest

[amarantoestrella]

The way this man leans in so close (but not close enough) to hear me when I talk to himmmmmbsjfkskflsjfjslw

[sadistic-kiss]

🐺House of Alphas Chapter 50: Mt. Everest🐺

(Jujutsu Kaisen Omegaverse )

Summary: Waking up in a world that was not your own was problematic enough. Being the villainess was another. However, the possessive alphas might take the cake.

Disclaimer: Angsty but I ain’t Gege

Omega!Reader x Alpha!Sukuna x Alpha!Gojo x Alpha!Toji x Alpha!Nanami x Alpha!Getou

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Pulling your hands, Toji brought them to his lips and kissed them. “Tengen, I got so lucky with you.” he murmured with his eyes closed.

You're heart seriously can’t swell anymore. Your face warmed up as you smiled brightly, “I feel just as fortunate to have such an amazing, handsome, strong, daddy.”

“Okay, now you are just oiling me up.”

“What?” You release a little giggle, cupping his face so you can pull him close, leaning across the table so you give him sweet kisses. Speaking between each peck. “It’s-all-true-.”

Toji snickered with a toothy grin, “Is that right?”

“Ahuh~.” the next time your lips met it was much longer and not as controlled. There was more tongue and more greed involved. The start of something more. It took your breath away but you were fine with it- got lost in it. Twisting and panting in lustful need. You were pressed into the table trying to get as close as you could get to your alpha but it wasn't close enough. You wanted to feel him.

Toji pulled back from your lips with a little smack. His forehead rests against yours. You glance down to see him clenching his hand, trembling. Oh…You can see now-how could you be so silly? When he stopped you earlier... It wasn't just the idea of finishing the date… he’s scared. You can smell it. The scent of uncertainty and fear.

He doesn't want to hurt you.

“Daddy…” you breathe kissing his cheek. “…Daddy I need you…” You climb on top of the table knocking off everything else. Sitting upon your knees. “Please.”

“Baby…” he bites his lip hard as you grab his hand, pulling it under your dress. Pushing his fingers in your soaked panties.

“See? Do you feel? Do you feel how wet your princess is?”

“Oh fuck…” Toji rolled his eyes as you rocked on top of his hand. “Sh-show me baby… show me how bad you need it.”

You placed your other hand upon his shoulder twisting your fingers in the fabric as you rode yourself to orgasm without anything but his fingers pressing into your clothed cunt. You let out a scream as you came, trembling and gasping.

“Tengen- “ Your alpha was stunned by how quickly and how much you came from just that. Your juices dripping upon his hand. “You really want me that bad?”

“Need- I need you.” You were pulled down into his lap, the two of you falling backward with each other into the hull of the boat. It was cushioned and padded with blankets like everything else. You could smell his scent all over it like he took the time to make everything as comfortable as possible for you.

You smashed your lips into his, kissing him with the deepest passion. You could feel him reciprocate such feelings.

You were pulling at his shirt, buttons flying as you ripped it open. His hands tugged at your thong stretching it down and off your legs. Once they were gone you felt his middle finger push into your pussy, his other hand spreading your lips so he could plunge and thrust inside.

You shivered on top of him moaning against his lips until you couldn't take it. You let out a mouth-open moan choking for air.

“You're squeezing my finger so tight doll, can you handle two fingers?” he rasped next to your ear.

“Ah~ yes- .” You nodded as he added another, pushing it in right alongside the other. You cried, arching your back.

“Another? Two can’t be enough, look at the way you are shaking your hips.”

“More-ah!” your head dropped to his chest, three of his fingers now sliding in and out of you. You were so sensitive, mind going numb to everything but the pleasure your alpha was giving you. You drooled upon his chest, groaning loudly as another orgasm was fast approaching.

Toji pet your hair with his other hand, “Look at me, look at me when you cum.”

You lifted your head, saliva sticking from your lips to his chest. He cupped your face with the most adoring expression. Wiping the mess you made with his thumb, but as it passed your mouth you greedily licked at his thumb like before. Sticking your tongue out so he could explore.

“Such a lewd princess-hm- driving me crazy-” He moaned along with you, building you up to the top until-

“Mmmh~!” your eyes fluttered back body tensing with the shock of pleasure.

“Hmm…” Toji hummed appreciating the way you clenched around his fingers.

You slipped off his thumb with a plop, kissing down his chest as you spoke. “My mouth, let me get you wet.”

You kept your gaze on your alpha. His jaw tensed as he watched you travel down his stomach, licking and kissing as you went. Unzipping his pants you dug out his massive length. You were scared of it before but now you weren't. You wanted to do this for Toji, for yourself. Something in you needed to be one with him.

“Ah-” Toji hissed as you licked his shaft. Going up and down, slobbering as much as you could. His cock throbbed with your touch, bubbling at the tip with cum.

It made you wet watching your alpha, the way he panted heavily, biting his lip until it was bruised, running his hands into his sweaty hair, all of it made you dizzy. You were loving it. He threw his head back when you licked up his cum, following it to the source. You sucked on him, swirling your tongue around before trying to take him down. You barely made it anywhere before his fat tip lodged in your throat and you couldn't even breathe through your nose. You felt like your damn jaw was dislocating- seriously you gotta start working that jaw. You didn't let the moment get ruined, instead, you pulled back and spat on his dick making the alpha growl.

“Fucking hell- do it again baby.”

You did as you were told, spitting up more saliva as you ran your hands over his cock. He released another sound that sounded like a damm lion's roar. That was the first you heard your alphas make a noise that was scary- but at the same time enticing.

“You’re so dirty-” He flew up snatching his shirt off so he could wipe your filthy mouth. He then spun the two of you around so fast you thought you had whiplash. Throwing his shirt- your eyes followed it as it flew over the side of the boat and landed in the water.

“Uh…”

“Shit…”

“You really are bad with flinging your shirt.”

“Too focused on you girl…” He chuckled. “Who’s fault is that?”

You giggled as you reached for him, “I'll take that blame… if you give me your cock…”

His body tensed up a bit, he curled over your form dick in hand as he swirled the tip at your entrance. “Are you ready for me? You think you can handle it?”

“Yes, daddy… I'm ready…”

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Old voice: I waited 50 chapters for this

[aliamor]

the only person I have request ideas for is Case, so sorry, but I was thinking about Case with an s/o who matches his energy and attitude × 100? thank you :)

That is totally okay, ill write about anyone but case is my favorite to write about so this is perfect:))

𖦹 being with case is never a dull moment, both give sass to eachother in the daily and whenever one of you is excited about something or about to beat a game for the first time, etc. the other will give that same energy back.

𖦹 “nah dont come over to me with them sauce filled lips” you tell him once hes finishes eating ramen noddles

𖦹 once you were playing climbing Mt. Everest with caseoh and half way up caseoh feel and all you could hear throughg your headphones was “NOOOUH!” from caseoh and your voice laughs out saying “mountain everest just formed a crack in it omg imma get sucked in”.

𖦹 caseoh also HATES when he cant get water/ oxygen in climbing mountains everest so you with run around it with your character and block him from getting any and you will hear his forks banging around from him getting pissed

𖦹 when caseoh opens fanmail and you are on stream with him, one time you bought him something and on the note its says in big letter ‘please do not eat me!!!’

𖦹 as you guys date/ know eachother you both pick up on the same slang. So its a never ending sass battle with you two.

𖦹 case wanted to have you play the backrooms for his stream once and a creature was chasing you and both of you yelled “HES ON MY CHEEKS!”

𖦹some times case will accidentally say a word that is a food and from the other room you will yell “ OFC” or he will say “chat im so skinny, its crazy” and you will reply “like a stick, you pushing 118 right now”

𖦹 when you and case go shopping together and he will mess around with you and you went into the toy section just for fun and finding a fake spider, case hates spiders so you put it on his shoulder and before you could even back away he whipped the spider off of his shoulders and it hit the ground.

MWAH,

I literally couldn’t think right for this one so hopefully this will work, but i love writing these so keep them coming:))

BUFF CASEOH 😻🙈

[chifuyudck]

mc has a fever.

asmodeus x gn!reader. swf, fluff

summary: devildom's extreme weather takes a toll on mc's body, worsening their state as they continue overworking themself too. warnings: not really anything too triggering, excessive sweating, just fever things, taking a bath together with asmo. wordcount: 1.4k a/n: sorry if i make any grammar mistakes! english isn't my first language. ------------------------------- you cough softly and rub your hands together for some warmth, it was really cold, not only outside, but inside the house of lamentation too, although for some reason nobody was affected by it but you. you were working on the school project you were doing with solomon, of course, he already finished his part ages ago, leaving you with your own part. you couldn't stop working on it now, not when solomon teased you about falling behind on your schoolwork. the strong scent of the dinner the brothers were eating downstairs felt very unappealing to you, you were slightly hungry but the food was just too much, so you just decided to stay in your room, some extra time for the project was nice too.

it wasn't until the clock hit 1 am that you finally finished the project, you felt too exhausted to even walk over to your bed to sleep, leading to you passing out, hunched over your desk. you groan softly as you wake up from the sound of mammon banging against your door, ''human! how long will ya' take? wake up already!'' you squint your eyes as you feel a throbbing sensation in my head, you let out a soft sigh, and as you stand up black spots start appearing in your vision, you quickly sit back down and wait for the black spots to disappear. you take your uniform from your closet while sweat buds start appearing on your forehead, you feel terrible. but you have to go to school since today is the day you'll be presenting your project with solomon. with a sigh, you awkwardly and slowly put on your uniform while trying to keep your balance.

you make your way out of your room and go to the dining room to eat breakfast, even when you're not hungry at all, you're smart enough to eat something before going to school. you sit down next to asmodeus as you begin chewing on your food, the table is noisy like it always is. your skin being paler than usual doesn't go unnoticed by asmo, ''mc, is this a new shade of concealer you're using?'' asmo asks as he brushes his hand against your skin, in surprise at your hot skin he pulls his hand back. ''are you alright, sweetie?'' he asks you with a worried expression on his face. you nod, trying to reassure him, ''it's just a mere cold, don't worry, asmo.'' you tell him with a soft smile. ''are you sure? don't you want to stay home?'' he asks you, slowly brushing through your hair with his fingers, ''i have to go to school, i need to present my project together with solomon.'' you tell him, he looks at you with understanding eyes. ''you can also do the project later, hmm?'' he tells you, trying to find solutions to stay home. ''i don't want to disappoint solomon though.'' you mumble, and a soft smile appears on his face, ''i'm sure he doesn't mind, hon.'' he says and you nod slowly. ''go back to bed, alright? i'll tell lucifer for you.'' he tells you, you nod as you stand up and walk away, going unnoticed by almost everyone but satan, and lucifer himself. you walk up the stairs, which feels more like climbing mt. everest. when you finally make your way up to your room, you don't even bother to change clothes again and dive straight into your bed, passing out almost immediately. only a few moments later asmo comes to your room, to check on you. he sighs when he sees that you haven't gotten rid of your uniform yet, not that he minds, he understands you were too exhausted to do so. as he comes closer he realises your clothes are soaked in sweat. ''hmm.. this won't do.'' he mumbles softly to himself as he walks over to his own bathroom, which is way larger than yours. he runs a hot bath for you and adds some nutrient bath oils in the water, he carefully picks the ones that don't have too strong scents so you don't end up feeling nauseous. asmo also grabs his favorite bath towel and silk pajamas, he's always willing to lend out everything to you, especially now, when it feels like you need it the most. as he's done putting everything ready, he makes his way back to your room. his eyes soften as he notices you've woken up a bit. ''how are you feeling, angel?'' he asks you, slightly worried. you sit up with a groan as your head is still throbbing. ''my head hurts.'' you mumble, he nods as he gives you ibuprofen and a glass of water. you take the medicine first before swallowing it along with water. he takes the empty glass from your hands and places it down, ''better?'' he asks, and you reply with a simple nod. ''we should take a bath then.'' he giggles softly as he carries you in his arms and makes his way over to his bathroom. he undresses the both of you, carries you into the bathtub, and sits you down in front of him so you can lean against him while he washes your hair. ''mc, you're so pretty! even when you're having a fever like this.'' he says with a soft smile while massaging your head. ''asmo.. hasn't school already started?'' you mumble softly as you look up at him, he looks down at you with a smile, ''of course it has, you didn't think i was going to let my poor angel all alone when they're in this state, hm?'' he says as he continues to massage your head. after what seemed like half an hour, he lifts you up out of the bath and wraps you into the softest towel you've ever felt, which immediately stops you from shivering. asmo presses a soft kiss on your forehead as he begins to dry your skin and wraps your hair in a microfiber towel so it doesn't get damaged. after he's done drying both you and himself, he puts on the same, matching silk pajamas. he then lifts you up in his arms and carries you to his bedroom, he softly places you on his bed and pulls the comforters over you.

he then gets behind you in bed and pulls you into his lap, he adjusts the comforter and blanket so it's covering your body. asmo removes the microfiber blanket from your hair as he starts applying leave-in conditioner in your hair and combs it through with a denmann brush.

you lean into the touches of the brush massaging your head, which makes you feel extremely relaxed. when he's done combing your hair through, he applies a few nutrient hair serums, and a hair mousse before braiding your hair so it doesn't go all over the place.

after that, he places a few pillows against the headboard and sits you up against them for support, asmo starts applying different serums, crémes and moisturizers to your face and rolls over it with a rose-quartz face roller, which he didn't heat up on purpose so you'd feel relieved with the cold gemstone touching your face.

he holds your back as he slightly lifts you away from the headboard so he can remove one, then he lays you back down and places a cold cloth on your forehead. he lays beside you and pulls you into his embrace, he places a soft kiss on the crown of your head. ''thank you, asmo.'' you say softly with your syrup-like voice. he strokes your hair and smiles, ''no need to thank you, i'll do anything for my pookie.'' he says, you then close your eyes, you know you're in good hands when it comes to asmo.

[georgiapeach30513]

Peach, you're the best! Thank you for posting that amazing pasta art! (And thank you to the lovely artist who made it =)) - Mrs Pasta.

That being said...I have a few things to say. No words of wisdom, just some thoughts. Some people will disagree with my takes but if you're here reading it, read it carefully and really consider what I said before you disregard.

Every time something happens that gets a certain portion of fans excited that "it's coming to an end," it is nearly always (99.9) followed by something that completely disputes that hope and gets everyone angry, upset, and riled up. It's time to pick up on the patterns, guys!

Ramen and Soba attended the GG afterparty for Soba's agency but didn't show up for the red carpet or awards show. It's got some people thinking Ramen fell off on the HW hierarchy food chain but people. Please. Let's be honest with ourselves here. Did they not attend because he couldn't get an invite since he's "so irrelevant" now or did they not attend because them trying to act like they know each other in real time, for the camera, would be a feat harder than climbing Mt. Everest? Why else do y'all think Soba attended the GQ event with Cup of Noodles instead? You know, the one where she actually did pose for photos and walk the red carpet? And flash her loaned jewelry and "wedding ring" but refused to speak to reporters because she had nothing to promote? It's giving "a...weird face wife that will never do an interview" XD

Every time something happens that gives another portion of fans the chance to "gloat," something else happens to throw a wrench into the mix. You don't question why only one "director" got a random picture of soba and ramen in the same bowl but nobody else saw them? And they can only be mentioned in a throwaway line by a Condé Nast publication (Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ) and neither Ramen nor Soba could spring for a stylist this time? Looks like somebody doesn't want to make that red carpet debut...but why not? Aren't y'all married for the 50th time in a year and also expecting for the 20th time in the past two years?

Lastly. Just because Ramen has had a few pitfalls this past year does not mean that suddenly he's dropped to C-D list and that he's completely irrelevant in the industry now. I understand having critical flops can hurt your career. Of course it can. And in fact, I'm sure these pitfalls have hurt him. But remember that just because someone is doing well now doesn't mean they'll always do well, and just because someone is having a rough few years doesn't mean they'll never get a comeback.

I'd also like to close with a reminder to those gloating on about how RDJ is doing better and Ramen is failing in life...RDJ was once a drug addict and ended up in jail. My parents still mention this about him every time they see him on TV....people do remember when the biggest news of his career was him getting arrested. Also, after Endgame? Does anyone remember Doolittle? 15% on rotten tomatoes had people thinking RDJ fell off. And then covid hit and he was just doing his own thing for a few years. Now look at him. Looks like that awards campaigning worked! Because no disrespect, Robert, but your Oppenheimer performance was lukewarm at best. IMO, You deserved it more for Tropic Thunder and I say that as someone who genuinely admires you.

I hope I didn't ruffle any feathers. It's just tiring to see people ignore certain things for the sake of running with a narrative.

Love ya, Peach!

Mrs. Pasta, thank you for gracing us with your presence twice today. I honestly, have nothing to add to this great observation. I was just talking about a lot of these points earlier with some mutual about a certain even with a super shiny watch 🤭 I honestly never thought about equating Katt’s words about weird faced wife that will never give an interview to this 😵‍💫 but your’e on to something there!

Looks like someone reached into the depths of their closet to try and scrounge up a look last week, but what do I know?

Mrs. Pasta, I always look forward to your takes and observations.

@inshelliesworld created some cute little Mrs. Pasta art 😊

[supper122]

FROSTTALE: Master Post

Frosttale is an au I made over two years ago now, and quite a few things have changed since i made the original concept on discord. At this point nearly every character has a finalized design and the story is complete, so i think its time i made it more mainstream!!!

Opening Cutscene:

Long ago, two races ruled over earth: humans and monsters

One day tragedy struck, a blizzard worse than any before it struck the human village and the humans believed the monsters to be the cause.

The humans fought the monsters, and sealed them into a cave, using magic to curse them with eternal cold

Many monsters suffered, and more died.

PRESENT DAY:

Legend has it that a furnace powered by seven human souls could stop the winter and break the ice barrier that seals them underground

MT. EVEREST, 202X

They say those who climb this mountain may never return.

(Thingy of chara falling into the underground blah blah blah game starts)

Ok so time for the changes!!!

this au centers around everything being cold, duh.

The most major change is that undyne is dead due to the extreme temperatures, and that drives nearly every other change in the au.

Alphys found her goop stuff after she died, scooped it up and saved it. Since then has been secretly using the royal scientist funds not for technological development but in an attempt to revive undyne.

One day, papyrus is walking around in waterfall, looking for undyne in a hope that somehow, he could find her (he doesn’t know that she’s dead, sans told him she’s just missing). Alphys sees him, and sees an opportunity (he has a similar body shape to undyne), she persuades him to come to the lab, then she knocks him out cold (see what I did there)

Papyrus wakes up a few hours later tied to a table and has a couple of wires and containers hooked up to him, most notably two labeled “remains” and “DT”

Due to the fact that he’s tied down papyrus is stuck there.

A few minutes later Alphys walks into the room and tells him that he will be ok, and tells him that if the procedure works, papyrus can be part of the royal guard, when papyrus asks what the procedure is, Alphys doesn’t answer.

Slowly, papyrus goes back to sleep, and the vials are all injected into him.

Once he wakes up again, he is now in a bed in a room that is similar to undynes, and is wearing a suit of armor also similar to undynes clothing.

Alphys walks in and tells papyrus that she cannot tell him where he is, and that he will stay here for the next few months.

Over the next few months papyrus is nurtured by Alphys, but notices something, Alphys is getting increasingly more stressed, and is now preforming daily checkups on him, and soon papyrus starts to notice something else.

Flesh.

Papyrus is growing flesh on his bones.

Flesh with scales.

And something else, papyrus feels much more determined and stronger in general, along with the sudden ability to be able to summon and throw spears as well as bones now.

However, the flesh doesn’t completely cover him, only parts of his limbs and face. He also loses vision in his left eye and needs an eyepatch, soon the changes stop.

Alphys realizes that her attempt at bringing undyne has failed and slowly realizes what she has put this innocent monster through. she leaves the lab and takes after her mentor, jumping into the core and killing herself.

Alphys has created Papyryne (name is a wip lmao).

Papyryne never found the key to leave the true lab, and has turned to be the caretaker of the other amalgamates, He has a lot of physical traits of undyne, while keeping most of the personality of papyrus, meaning he is now actually able to do the good deeds he once wanted to do. He makes the true lab look nicer, and treats the amalgamates like family

During all those shenanigans Sans has become very very lonely and quite depressed. He looks for papyrus everyday and can’t find him. He spends most of his time in his house or the judgement hall, or at least, he did.

Sans does end up meeting toriel, and in fact is at the door when you fight her, However sans never made his promise to not kill a human to toriel, as he feels that if there is an opportunity to melt the ice, he should take it.

After you leave the ruins, sans will have run away and back to his house. As you go through Snowdin, all of papyrus’ puzzles are completely frozen over and easily passable, and there are no monster encounters.

When you reach snowdin, no one is there either, they all either left or died, sans and papyrus, being skeletons, are the only ones who were able to survive the cold.

The river is completely frozen solid, and the ice cube machine is backed up with ice. When you reach the area where you would normally fight papyrus, sans will sneak up on you and start a battle.

The battle is different depending on weather you killed toriel or not. If you haven’t, sans is simply fighting you out of obligation, and the fight is very easy. After a few turns of acting and sparing, sans starts to cry a little. He doesn’t want to kill anyone, stating the underground has lost enough, and spares you. If you attack, the screen turns black and then you go back to the overworld. no sans in sight. If you do not attack, sans will not say anything, and go back to his house.

If you did kill toriel, the fight is a bit harder, but after a few turns, sans will run away regardless of what you do to him.

Entering waterfall, everything is frozen over, and again there is no life to be seen. There are two places of intrest, the old tem village (the new one will be mentioned later) where you can grab some nice items, and the village.

Upon entering the main area (the one with the save point and houses) you will encounter all three ghost characters, alphys was too obessed with reviving undyne to build mettaton, and undyne wasnt alive to need a training dummy (mad mew mew still happens post game btw).

Mad dummy forces the other two to attack you, napstablook being shy and mettaton being generally depressed (due to lack of body) dont really care too much, but fight you for their cousin anyways.

At the end of waterfall, they fight you one at a time (mirroring the multiple undyne fight segments). You can spare them by promising MTT and Mad Dummy that youll get them bodies (witch then becomes a pacifist quest), and letting blooky show you dapper blook.

Entering hotland youll notice everything is mostly ashen and gray, most of the lava having been turned to stone. You begin by passing through alphys's lab (nothing happens there... yet) and making your way to where MTT resort would have been, youll notice that as you enter hotland (now called "The Refuge" by most monsters) you can encounter monsters from anywhere in the previous areas.

Approaching the MTT resort location, youll instead find a bustling town called "New Snowdin", featuring Grillbys 2, a closed down nice cream stand, a royal guard sign up center, and... a massive cemetary.

In the cemetary youll find graves for muffet and lesser dog, as well as memorials for alphys, sans, and papyrus (the latter two being presumed dead by the public)

When attempting to enter the core, the door will be locked and have a sign saying "ROYAL GUARD ONLY", promting you to visit the sign up center.

You can sign up to the royal guard and enter the core, eventually getting on the elevator to the castle.

When you reach the top, youll be met by a hill, climbing on top of it youll find sans, he will explain that youre standing on top of the judgment hall, its been covered in snow

He says that for a long time, monsters have hated the king for his "wait out the humans" idea, and activley tried to revolt, promting the closing of the core to the public. He says that you are the final human needed, and sadly, you must die.

He then sends you off to asgore.

When you arrive, asgore brings you in for tea, sitting down with you in front of a large unpowered furnace with seven heart shaped slots, and explaining youre the first person willing to do so in quite some time.

He then escorts you to the barrier, and the fight begins. During the fight, your hp will drain very slowly due to the proximity of the barrier, being that it is what emmits the cold.

At the end, he reaches his final bit of hp, and then does something drastic.

You may have noticed a lack of flowey while reading this and thats because, well, he doesnt exist. flowers dont grow in these temperatures, and even if they could, alphys wouldnt have made him.

Asgore turns his back, and swings his trident, destroying the containers of souls, destroying them.

A second phase begins, he is now much powerful and has much more health, but eventually soul segments similar to those omega flowey has occur, and you can eventually defeat him.

You are then given the option to kill or spare him, if you kill, you recive the six souls and can break the barrier, if you spare, he takes you in as his own, and the game ends with you going to sleep in his castle.

This means that yes, there is no true pacifist run (but there is something similar...)

(Almost) PACIFIST EXCLUSIVE EVENTS:

If you have spared everyone, the elevator to the hill will collapse, bringing you to the true lab, where you can meet papyryne, he will treat you with kindness... at first.

He eagarly shows you around the lab, introducing you the amalgamates who he has lovingly named Puppy, Birdy, Snowy, Goopy, and Whispy.

However, as he shows you around youll begin to notice times where the font he is speaking in changes, and he becomes more agressive.

You can see the following entries on the walls:

Entry 1:

I found what I believe to be undynes remains today, something’s off though, it isn’t dust… it’s goop

Entry 2:

I’ve stored her remains down here, I plan to begin doing tests on it, seeing how she could have possibly gained DETERMINATION

Entry 3:

The DT extractor broke today, it will be a while untill it is fixed

Entry 4:

The memory heads keep looking around my shelf, spouting nonsense like “still there” or “don’t forget”

Entry 5:

The DT extractor is up and running again, I’m preforming some diagnostics, then tests begin tomorrow

Entry 6:

This is impossible

Entry 7:

I’ve made a discovery, in undynes remains, although there is only a fragment… her SOUL… is still there.

Entry 8:

The tests have been stopped, I’m attempting to recover some old files about the amalgamates

Entry 9:

Just as I thought, the records show that monster souls, when in their weakened state, can fuze, the most dominant soul taking the consciousness

Entry 10:

I took a small portion on undynes remains today and gave it to one of the amalgamates in their food, so far, nothing has happened

Entry 11:

It’s no problem, I simply need a bigger sample size, and perhaps a more stable monster with a complete soul, unlike the amalgamates

Entry 12:

I found a shyren today, I’ve lured it here and and captured it, I will be preforming the same experiment I did with the amalgamate

Entry 13:

…

Nothing is happening

Entry 14:

The shyren lost Vision in one eye today, though I am not sure if this is related to the experiment

Entry 15:

The shyren has been knocked out for 3 days now, I’ve hidden her body in the bathroom

Entry 16: I beleive I have found a new candidate for an experiment, this next experiment could be very very interesting.

As you are about to leave with him, freeing him from the lab, undyne takes over and he fights you. the fight is difficult by interchanging blue and green soul mechanics, the final attack using a combination of both.

You are forced to spare, as you cant damage him, and his fit of rage will end, he then will leave the lab with you and youll fast travel back to snowdin, reuniting him with sans.

You can then go back to the elevator and everything else will play out the same, with some additional sans dialouge at the end.

GENO EXCLUSIVE EVENTS:

You have to do like. a shit ton of grinding in hotland. You also have to do the ghost quests so you can kill them.

You reach level 14 and thats the highest you can get, you then take the elevator.

Once you reach the hill, you meet sans. He doesnt say anything, and a fight begins.

"it was a nice day today"

"can you see the snow sparkling in the light?"

"..."

"of course not"

"no one like you would stop to appreciate that"

"it was already bad down here, why did you have to make it worse"

"..."

"not much of a talker..?"

"me neither"

"but..."

"heres the thing"

"you see... king asgore needs one more soul"

"and youve got a nice one ripe for the taking"

"so... heres what im going to do"

"i am going to fight you"

"and i wont stop..."

"...UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER"

then you fight, and at the end a similar cutscene to the one in UT will play, exept he doesnt ask papyrus if he wants anything.

you then go to asgore, and everything will play out as normal, exept you arent allowed to spare him.

EPILOUGE:

Holy fuck, that took so long to write. pleasepleaseplease if you have any questions feel free to ask, and i dont usually ask but if you liked it please reblog, i spent a lot of time on this.

ill be posting designs soon, and fanart would be much appreciated!!

sans design

[p-redux]

Hi! I took a gander into Sam's IMDb to check his film portfolio to see what I have missed. It showed Everest as "In production"! Any insight on this film? Looks like this could be another great hit for him! Great cast involved. Looks like this movie has taken over 10 years to start production! Wow. I wonder why?

Btw...watched First Light...such a great movie! Proves how talented SamShine is even in his early acting years. He is a man that ages like a fine wine or a fine 20 year old scotch whiskey 😉😍

Hi there. As far as I know, the movie has been put on hold due to scheduling conflicts. I don't think it's happening. 👇

https://parade.com/1223834/paulettecohn/outlander-star-sam-heughan-everest-movie/

But it looks like Sam may be part of a Mt Everest documentary. 👇

https://twitter.com/TheScotsman/status/1700842384894890360?t=6_W6smbtOEuJH9FDTUuMgA&s=19

And here he talks about doing the Everest marathon, which I guess is a 14 day trek to Everest Basecamp, altitude 17,000 feet 👇

https://twitter.com/fra_shiny/status/1701173906873233508?t=q50WyFkSJtKOfQRuFrPe9g&s=19

Sam has always been interested in Mt Everest, so it looks like he's going to do a related project no matter what.

I share his Mt Everest interest, it's always been fascinating to me what propels people to want to climb a 29,000 ft mountain. I got really obsessed a few years ago and watched and read everything on it. Also, I'd follow climbers on IG and watch their trek to the summit. They can only climb during May due to the weather. Fascinating stuff.

[vukovich]

V: video 👀

--I missed this from a prompt game, and now I can't find the prompt list, so it is hereby bequeathed the status of a Peculiar Prompt--

It Happened in a Blockbuster (as was the style at the time)

Y2K was probably all made up, Draco figured as he passed the news stand. The cover stories were nonsense about computers, and those, as far as he could tell, were actually magical.

But it was nothing to worry about. Or that's what Pansy had said when he mentioned it a few months ago. In October? No, September. Had it been that long?

The bell above the video store door jingled as he entered. He'd half-expected it to be closed at 8 PM on New Year's Eve.

After he slid his DVD returns through the slot, he took a deep breath. It always smelled the same. Something like socks, rubber, and artificial butter. The decor was bold blue and yellow, or had been before a decade's sun and slush, and maybe under the shelves, the carpet was still bright.

The clerk gave him a passing wave and went back to his magazine. His name was Terry, but Draco had never addressed him as such, because learning someone's name via their nametag felt illicit. He wouldn't call him by his name unless they'd properly introduced themselves, which they hadn't. And probably wouldn't.

Draco went days at a time without speaking to anyone. Not because he wanted to, it was just that there was rarely someone to talk to.

New releases first, right by the door, but Draco had already watched them. To the right, the children's movies with their covers like sweets boxes. To the left, in tidy alphabetical order, were films that had been in the store for between one and three months, precisely, and then they'd be shelved forevermore by genre and title.

Documentaries were what he rented most, but they weren't his favorite. They were good for when he wanted to feel as though he were sitting in companionable silence with someone. Action films were best for when his thoughts were too loud and needed to be drowned out by car chases and explosions. Romance movies were his favorite, but he was rarely in a state to watch them.

He'd never climb Mt Everest like in a documentary, or take down a rival car thief gang, but love? Unfortunately, love was something he could have, and the fact that he didn't was too much to sit with.

The wedding invitations started coming in like junk mail last year. Draco had tossed them all in his building's dumpster. Not many people had noticed his missing RSVPs.

He didn't need to witness romance in a church or on a television screen. Not if he could help it.

And especially on New Year's Eve. Alone.

He hadn't planned on becoming a film junkie. And maybe he wasn't really. He rarely remembered an actor or producer's name. He couldn't say what was a "bad" film versus a "good" one. Everything he knew about films was subjective. He liked blonde leads, either all romance or no romance, because a romance taking second booking to an action plot was an insult to both.

But having watched most of the local Blockbuster's stock hadn't been in his post-war plans. Well, assuming he'd had post-war plans. Which he didn't. Everyone else did, and they'd gone out and done them.

He thumbed through copies of Muppets from Space to see if one might be an extended edition. It wasn't.

A shorter man took down a copy of Never Been Kissed and turned it over in his hands. Drew Barrymore was one of Draco's least favorite lead actresses, so the fact that she mainly did romantic comedies was just fine by him. If he ever had to sit though her narrating a documentary, he'd-

"Malfoy?" Harry Potter was standing there, holding Drew Barrymore in his hands. "Hey, cool. I didn't know you lived around here."

He reached out to vaguely shake Draco's hand, skirted it into an almost-high five, then smoothed his hair back.

It was surreal seeing him somewhere like this. Arguably a bigger celebrity than anyone on that movie box, but Muggles didn't know. It was no big deal when he ran into Neville in the grocery store, or Granger at the bank. They weren't Harry Potter.

"Yeah," was all Draco said. "On Wilson Ave."

"Okay, well," Harry said, "Um, see you around?"

He waved the movie box as he turned to leave, but only made it a few paces before he stopped.

Draco quirked an eyebrow in question.

Harry bit the inside of his lip, then eventually said, "People talk about you." Before Draco could react, Harry shook his head, then added, "Not like, in a bad way. Like, we check in on you."

Draco's brow furrowed. "What?"

"It just comes up sometimes, you know? Has anyone seen Malfoy lately? How's he doing? What's he up to? You know, just stuff like that."

"Oh," Draco said.

"I just..." Harry smoothed his hair back with the movie box. "I just thought you might like knowing, you know?"

"Oh."

Draco looked down at the geometric patterns in the faded carpet. Did it matter that his classmates kept tabs on him? Like a surveillance web. Some kind of watchful net.

It made a certain warmth spread through his chest, because it did matter.

"Thanks," he said, swallowing thickly. He nodded towards Harry's hand. "That's probably an awful film. You'll have to believe in the kissability of Drew Barrymore."

Harry pulled a face and put it back on the shelf. "Dodged a bullet. Want to help me pick something else out? I'm not in a hurry."

Draco's lips cracked a smile. "Sure."

--

Three days later, he returned Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me, and took copies of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, GoldenEye, License to Kill,and Romeo + Juliet up to the desk.

"Hi, Terry," he said.

Terry rolled his eyes and scanned Draco's Blockbuster card. "You've got a late fee of... " he squinted at the computer monitor. "Two hundred thousand, five hundred, and thirty-seven pounds?"

Draco gasped. That Y2K nonsense really had turned all the computers evil.

--

[solradguy]

kinda heavy but do you think that sol was a little suicidal? him telling dizzy that gears are nothing but weapons and that their lives are not worth living in the recap manga is definitely projection. his status as the guilty gear TM means he partially blames himself for the current state of the world. his willingness to actually duel the “serious” ky, the unfeeling killing machine, instead of the annoying kid who’ll always loose because he sees him as a person. he has his goals like defeating justice and that man, but other than that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ at least he has hobbies

Yeah, absolutely. I actually wanted to explore that in my Begin fic, but it was a little too heavy so I went with nihilistic dream sequences instead.

Suicide cw:

But I think those suicidal moments would have been late night extreme low point moments where he would ruminate for too long on the overwhelming Herculean task of trying to stop Asuka/the Gear project, not knowing what happened to Aria or even if she was still alive, and the Gear cells making it harder and harder to keep himself from going murder apeshit. It would have been like trying to climb Mt Everest with a bomb tied to his back and no guide to tell him which path was up.

There were probably times where the only thing stopping him from even trying to kill himself was that he knew he couldn't die and it would just make him feel even worse. He takes a bullet at point-blank range to his forehead in Begin—not even 30 minutes after beating a grizzly bear to death with his bare hands—and it bounces off and he had only been a Gear for about 5 hours when it happened. Sol would know, without a doubt, that if something was going to kill him it would have to be an actual nuclear bomb.

Though, there's also this like... aggressively violent optimistic undercurrent in Sol? I think he knows that he's the only one that can fix a lot of the crazy shit going on in GG's world and that he likes helping people, even if he's cranky about it the entire time. Like, he sees himself as a horrible monster but he sees that it can be a useful thing too, and he's stuck with it so he might as well make it useful.

There's the speech he gives to Ram in Xrd that supports that. Everything sucks and it all looks grim, but you have to try and the harder it gets, the harder you just gotta grab it by the horns and make it get better.

[cedarboughs]

...for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man — John Muir

Through all the years—decades!—that I’ve been passing through Lake Louise, Summiting Mt. Temple is something that’s always seemed a sort of unattainable dream, something for a higher class of mountain-lover to have achieved, to inspire us mere mortals. It’s the profile of the mountain, as seen from the Bow Valley, I think. It’s not only that it’s the highest summit in the area, it’s that it’s such a mountainous mountain. It shares that unique distinction also belonging to Assiniboine, Sir Donald, Robson, Everest and the Matterhorn, that great triangular prominence that makes it appear the prototypical, platonic ideal mountain. The glacier on the north aspect, plainly visible from the highway, just adds to that. It’s the topping splash of white on every child’s doodle of A Mountain.

But all those thoughts came before I ended up living, at least for a few short months, at the base of this Ultimate Mountain (at least of Upper Banff Park.) Before my friends made plans to do the south ridge scramble on what happened to be my day off. The weather was looking clear, and against all odds, there was space on the morning bus. The summer stars had aligned. I would summit Temple or turn back, and maybe never get such a chance again.

I bought two sandwiches and some dark chocolate, lay out layers, set an alarm, and went to bed as soon as I could get everything sorted.

When I say I got the early bus, I mean the early bus. The party I was joining (S and J, nameless and with no close-ups included to keep this blog anonymous,) had seats for the 5:00 AM to Moraine Lake. That was full by the time I was out of the deep, dark valley where I work and could send an email to affirm a seat. I managed to get on the 4:00 AM, figuring I could meet them on the trail before the scramble. Leave the house at 3:30. Wake at 2:30. By my calculation I could get five and a half hours of sleep at best. The perfect state for exposure climbing.

My driver was a cheerful man who tried to give a bit of a spiel about the valley's history and attractions. I suspect he did this more successfully at more civilized hours of the morning.

Most of the bus hung around the parking lot, probably hoping to wait around for sunrise on the Rockpile. There were four of us bound for higher elevations. Two sped off far ahead, and I departed in close step with a guy named Dan. If you've ever been on the internet at all, then you've seen The Photo, so you know what view I had.

Except that, you know, it was 4:30 AM, so.

So, yeah, no crystal blue. But in my shot you can see another piece of providence. That waning gibbous supermoon lit up the trail like not quite day, but better than any sphere I could ever have dared to hope for that long before dawn. Dan had a headlamp glaring down along the trail in front of him, but I was happy to keep mine in my pack and walk by the spectacular moonlight. We more or less stuck together for safety, checking in as we leapfrogged through the night woods on the switchbacks up to Larch Valley, but I took some space on purpose just so that my eyes wouldn't be washed out by his light. Plus, my preferred vocal bear deterrent (not usually needed in such a busy spot, but again: 4:30 AM) is full ballads and shoddy Lord Huron covers, so you want space from humans for that. Look, saying "Hey Bear!" every five minutes, as Dan was doing, just isn't as much fun.

Orion was clearly visible reclining backwards over the silhouette of the Deltaform as we entered the more open ground of Larch Valley. Dan set up here to film the sunrise and I carried on alone.

While back towards the highway, dawn began to rise, fading first all stars but Venus, and then the Morning Star too. 5:45 AM.

Light came on in earnest as I ascended the scree switchbacks to Sentinel Pass. A little sadly, Temple itself blocked out the sunrise, but from the pass I could see first alpenglow colour Mt. Lefroy across Paradise Valley. There I lay back in the shelter of the piled-rock windwall, ate an apple, and closed my eyes to pretend that the rest might count as an extra few minutes of sleep. 7:00 AM.

S and G arrived not too long later, finding me lying with my head on my pack. We had a quick second breakfast, helmeted up, and left the well-trod trail for the rough scrambling route up the scree, guided by S's book with its descriptions of landmarks. Most of the ascent is actually fairly banal, switching back and braiding across steep scree among more solid bits of slab, though of course the views are incredible.

The exciting bits are the three rock bands which require some scrambling. Chief among these is the second band, the crux of the whole route. Here about ten metres of proper vertical climbing are required up two small chimneys split by a small bench and marked with swatches of paint. In this picture, taken from the middle bench, G tackles the first chimney while S plans her route. 8:30 AM. The two others were on their way down, apparently after starting from the lake at 1:30 and hiking beneath auroras.

Paradise Valley spread ever farther below to the southwest. Horseshoe Lake's curves and islands grew more map-like as we climbed equal to, then above, the pinnacle of Mt. Hungabee. The shadow of Temple itself across the valley just proved what a mountain this mountain really is. Look at that triangle. 8:45 AM.

Coming onto the summit ridge, the wind suddenly howled from the west. Though there was still a few hundred metres of vertical remaining to the summit at this point, our altitude was already above all but the highest surrounding peaks, and we truly felt on top of the world. 9:45 AM.

At the summit. The glacier is visible behind, dropping away towards the Bow Valley. Just after 10:00 AM. Lake Louise village, highway interchange, and ski hill base is visible in the valley trees just behind S’s blue helmet. A wall of ominous wildfire smoke hangs on the Cascadian side of the Great Divide. We called family and friends to show off the spot, had a snack, and departed. As we did, a man showed up with a ukulele. As his embarrassed request, as much as we wanted to hear a song from the top of the world, we left him to strum some chords in solitude.

It had taken me five and a half hours to summit, and it took nearly as long to descend. We’d climbed 1600 vertical metres over seven and a half kilometres, to an ultimate altitude of 3544 metres. Temple is the third-highest point in Banff Park and one of only twelve 11,000-foot peaks in the entirety of the Canadian Rockies. For you adherents of Pythagorus, that’s a hypotenuse of just over 7700 metres, and an angle of Lots, because I’ve forgotten how to Socahtoa now that I’ve left Math 30-1. S’s Garmin had her at 30,000 steps for a low estimate. I saw Dan again on the way down, just above the crux, and wished him luck. I hope he made it, though I can’t see how he wouldn’t with as much as he had done. Our legs were six bits of jelly by the time we lay down in the tourist-thronged Moraine parking lot to wait for the bus. We’d worshipped at the Great Temple, and it was a worship that would stay with us forever.

[asco-bisco]

AIB X ESCAPE ROOM(lol)

idk if the fandom is dead but i woke up trying to make a book idea then BOOM! Alice in Borderland in escape room. I recently watched the 2 movies and fell in love with them so I'm debating if I should make a book about it or not bc i will most likely give up. I was thinking about the waiting room thing and then realizing that GOD DAMMIT they had a pattern. So what would be the pattern here? Lonely. They were all (probably) lonely.

Arisu started to move away from his family but he still had Karube and Chota but nonetheless, he's still lonely. He barely had any friends, his family paid little attention to him, and he was lonely. I don't know what else to say. If the room was based off of him then I would say it would be related to video games in a graveyard or something. Since his mom died I think they would want to hit him there and he likes video games so I guess that makes sense. Or an interview since he never got a job. I don't really know what would fit him or how the escape room would even go but all I know is that I want it to be related to video games. Would he survive? It's like 50/50 for me. I'm thinking about the ending here when (SPOILER ALERT) Zoey saves Ben from the douchebag, Idk, and that's literally the only reason why they both survive so Idk if he would even survive the crazy antidote room or not so there's that.

Usagi had to be the most lonely out of all the lonely, maybe she and chishiya are in a tie of loneliness. We see more of her backstory in the manga where she loses her friends since she likes both kinds of people. She obviously didn't get along with anyone in high school since she was seen sitting alone in the manga. Plus her dad died and we didn't see anything of her mom. There's also the scene where she's in the Shibuya crossing alone in the live-action so she most likely takes care of herself. Her game would either be related to them having to climb a mountain with bombs detonating throughout the way or something news or playground-related. For a playground, I was thinking they would all be drowned in quicksand if they took too long, similar to Escape Room 2, I'm not sure about the news-related thing since she and her father were harrassed by the paparazzi and I was thinking for the park there would be a sign saying "Mt. Everest Park" since her father claimed to have climbed Mt. Everest. Would she survive? It depends on the game honestly, I don't think she would go batshit crazy like Zoey did but I think she would have good survival chances. I think she'd escape the German douchebag guy at the end if she even survives the crazy room, it all depends on who she's against.

Chishiya. We don't see a lot from him only the fact he was a medical student studying to become a pediatrician. However, when he explains everything to Usagi and Arisu(Niragi probably heard it too) we learn a bit more. Observing his personality, he obviously didn't get along with people well as he has no sympathy and empathy and he's quick to cut people off. His escape room would be related to a hospital of such or maybe a surgery room. Maybe something was also related to money since his boss or the higher-ups seemed to take patients who were more important and who would deliver more money. I didn't finish the manga so maybe if I did that I would find out even more things there. He would have good survival chances, I think he would end up like Zoey but not in a batshit crazy way but in a way where he would've realized that they wouldn't know their fate if they can't see them. He probably would've somehow faked his death depending on the room and attacked the guards who came in to clean up the bodies. I don't know if Arisu would do the same thing but I'd say maybe Arisu's more likely to since he's quick to think outside of the box(that's how you say it, right?) but at the same time, Chishiya find things out faster. I think Chishiya could survive and I think he could survive that crazy room with the antidote and stuff.

Kuina was obviously lonely. I don't think she had friends honestly especially when she's trans. Her mom fell ill and her dad was abusive towards her. I think her escape room could be that dojo room and maybe makeup-related stuff in there too. Idk what the game would be like but it would have to be related to her family. The Borderlands brought out her stronger side so I don't think she would survive but she would be near the end point of things. I don't think she'd make it past the crazy antidote room but she'd make it far. She's smart but also not super smart and at the same time, Danny or whatever died not because he was smart or weak but literally because the ice blew up and he fell through it. The same goes for Mike who died because of the black guy whose name I forgot. Maybe she would die from that too because it just makes sense.

Niragi was bullied throughout his high school years and once he changed, which was revealed he changed before the Borderlands happened, I don't think he had many acquaintances. I was thinking his room would look a little bit like how his backstory went in the manga. In the manga, there was a cutoutboard of a body with different points on it including Niragi's glasses. So they hit Niragi to get 'points' for the made-up game. I don't know how the game would go but I thought that as soon as one of them tried to hit the bodyboard with the baseball, the escape room would activate. Would he survive? Absolutely not. He would probably die from either game circumstances or from his recklessness. I think he would die in his own room.

I'm not sure who else should be here. I could do maybe Hayato, Aguni, or Ann. Hayato was lonely in ways, his own friend hooked up with his crush and it seems like Hayato enjoyed the Borderlands? I don't remember. Aguni's backstory was revealed in the manga where he had an abusive dad and they lived in an apartment. He and Hatter would fight gangs together and blah blah blah. We don't see a lot from Ann but she seems pretty lonely ngl. Anyway, I was also thinking of Akane but she was obviously popular in school and she seemed to like that so the only lonely part of her would probably be her home. Her mother seemed abusive when she was experiencing her first game and I hadn't seen that part in the manga yet so idk. All I need is one more person and I might start making the book.

[darchildre]

So, because I have no impulse control and lack the patience to wait for an ILL (and had a gift card I had forgotten about), I went ahead and bought The Murderer Invisible. And then read about a third of it today. Points of interest so far:

Thing 1: The dude who's planning to become invisible is a) named William Carpenter, which is not at all a good monster name, b) has a secret lab in New Jersey of all places, c) wants to become invisible because i) he's ugly and is tired of people reacting negatively to it and ii) for REVENGE on...somebody for...something. The backstory for the REVENGE motive is pretty vague so far.

Thing 2: Carpenter, like Griffin Invisibleman, is an abrasive asshole that nobody really likes. Unlike Griffin, he is not completely broke and in fact appears to have a lot of money, which means he has a house and can maintain social connections. He has relationships with, like, three whole people (including his housekeeper, whom we will call Person 3).

Thing 3: Person 1 is his niece, Daryl, who shows up on Carpenter's doorstep in the first chapter because she is an orphan from North Dakota with nowhere else to go but to her uncle she's never met before. There is a lot of emphasis early in the book on the fact that her dad is Carpenter's adopted brother and therefore they aren't actually blood relations. Being hella ace and oblivious, it took me far too long to realize why the book was doing this. (Ick.)

Thing 4: Person 2 that Carpenter knows is the most ridiculous human being imaginable: his name is fucking Bromwell Baxter, I swear to god, and he is a) handsome, b) athletic (was a quarterback/tried to climb Mt Everest), c) one of those 1930s movie scientists who knows how to do All The Sciences, d) a person who talks like the lead in a screwball comedy. Baxter has been corresponding with Carpenter about his invisibility project for some time and has recently joined him and Daryl in the house to provide hands-on assistance and also fall in love with Daryl.

Thing 5: THERE IS AN INVISIBLE OCTOPUS IN THIS BOOK.

Thing 6:

...let us conceive of an invisible cobra. Dropped into a room filled with people for whom you have a certain animosity. ... Suppose we let loose a hungry tiger that is invisible. People on the street are knocked down - they scream - great rents are burst open in them -

An invisible dude is not actually particularly scary - he is necessarily naked and unarmed (and, if Griffin, probably has at least a mild cold). An invisible tiger is fucking terrifying.

Thing 7: Anyway, Carpenter has currently trapped both Baxter and Daryl in his cellar while he proceeds to makes himself invisible. He plans to then somehow convince Daryl to "love him" (the book is from 1931 and is therefore being very circumspect about sexual assault/rape, but that's definitely what's on the table), making this chronologically the first invisible person story I've thus encountered to actually contain sexual misconduct/violence. None of the peeping tom nonsense one associates with modern iterations of the trope, but dude isn't actually invisible yet, so that may still be coming.

Thing 8: As I left off, he is currently becoming invisible - he had to use Science to entirely bleach all his tissues first (?), then shaved off all the hair on his body (??). As of the end of chapter 3, Carpenter has taken his Invisibility Potion, but it has only turned the fleshy parts of him invisible, so he is currently a walking skeleton. The author is trying very hard to make me feel body horror feelings about the skeleton, but it is not quite working for me.

[luminousvision]

Sky

I sat on the worn sofas in my freshman college dorm, arms braced, heels dug, ready for the onslaught.

I don’t like trying new things. I think that’s a perfectly fine way to live.

I debated a budding politician, an eclectic consequentialist, and a chill engineer who was mostly there to watch the show. We debated for almost two hours. We waged war over broad plains of intellectual territory, through rivers of thought and the oceans of history. Ultimately, I relented. I could not defend the quest for enlightenment.

Today, I try again.

—

Have you ever attained the position of first, finest, best, most capable? At any skill. There are “normal” firsts, like best soccer player (Lionel Messi?), fastest runner (Usain Bolt?), best chess player (Magnus Carlsen?), but also the less obvious ones. Someone has crafted the finest clay pot. Someone has held their breath longer than anyone else. Someone has written the best poem.

I’ve attained two firsts. One was in a video game but it’s difficult to relate that experience. I’ll discuss the other one: a 6-month Kaggle competition (you can find me with a bit of Googling. I’m Miranda on The Reverse Game of Life).

By my sophomore year of college, I had lost interest in the theoretical concepts taught in my computer science classes. I wanted to escape the bubble of textbooks and go punch something real. So, I found Kaggle, a site for competitive programming, open to anyone with an internet connection. I sank my teeth into this aptly named Game of Life.

I forgot my schoolwork and sometimes forgot to eat. I wrote reams of code, debugged it, optimized it, replacing the hashing algorithm with six other variants, each a bit faster than the one before. My poor computer churned through calculations overnight, every night. I wrote it in Java and then translated it to C to speed it up. I ran out of memory and asked my dad to help me buy new computer. He told me to just write better code. Even with one hand behind my back, I continued to fight, determined to win.

After four months, I submitted my answers. I scored first place out of a hundred. The previous leader, no doubt shocked by this dark horse, sent in new answers. He almost caught up, nipping at my heels, but still held in second place. I submitted once more. I was now ahead of second place as much as second place was ahead of third. The competition would end in the middle of a physics lecture. I spammed the refresh button on the leaderboard. 11:58. 11:59. 12:00. I had won.

For anyone with a basic computer science background this Kaggle puzzle is actually extremely simple to understand. Its solution is also extremely simple to understand. This whole affair is about as complicated as holding your breath. Try to hold your breath for a minute. That’s about the difficulty of making a submission. But winning it? Try holding your breath for longer than anyone else in the history of humanity.

I’m not here to brag. I’m not here to celebrate. This isn’t about winning. This is about being the best.

This is about setting up camp at the top of Mt. Everest. I’m talking about the nod you exchange with the stranger you meet at the summit. You didn’t know him. He didn’t know you. But you each know exactly what it took to climb up to the top. And now you know each other better than anyone else who has yet to reach it.

After the Kaggle competition ended, the second place guy posted his solution. I posted mine. He gave me a nod. I nodded back. I didn’t know him. He didn’t know me. But we each thought back on the previous half year and realized we probably now knew each other better than anyone else did. 

Some bow to statues. Others worship pictures and symbols. I have no God. I have only those who reach the top. I admire only the pinnacle of mortal accomplishment. I need nothing else.

Some describe the human condition as the shared experience of billions past and present. Really, billions of people? If I want to learn something about the human condition, I want to ask the guys at the top of Everest. They seem like the kind of people who have earned the privilege of defining humanity.

Some count the number of countries they’ve traveled to, as though there is intrinsic value in diverse experiences. I admire those who put in the effort to learn new languages and cultures, which is itself an endeavor. But compare the two people. One visits every country in the world. The other never leaves Nepal, but climbs to the top of Mt. Everest.

Who experienced more of humanity? It’s not even close. 

—

Do you see it now?

I don’t like trying new things. I think that’s a perfectly fine way to live.

Some probably find the experience of crafting pottery and writing poetry very different. Running for local office probably appears very different from running a marathon. Sure, if you spend a few hours, or even a few months trying these things, they are probably quite different.

But I don’t care. I don’t care about the difference between your week in Spain and your week in Indonesia.

I care about the poet of five decades and the potter of five decades who quietly share a secret few of us can understand. That secret doesn’t change one bit if the poet never touches clay or the potter never holds a pen. The experienced Senator and career marathoner also carry that same secret.

I’m after that secret. It sits at the top, waiting for us.

Do you see it now? I don’t travel much. I climb. I reach for the sky.

[eastsidepapi]

me and my ex broke up because I was toxic with mad trust issues and wanted to give me time to heal so I can give 100 in the relationship. We were still seeing & talking to each other but the same issues kept happening where I’d accuse him of stuff and try to end it over and over again. The past month, he began distancing himself, no longer double texting and slow replying. I told him how I felt and he said he’s distanced himself to focus on work and he can’t do both because I’m too dependent on him and that I need to heal and so does he. I asked him if there was someone else and he said no. Do u think someone else is in the picture?

U need to start putting urself first. Ur doing more harm to urself than good still being with him, u deserve someone who will give u the exact luv u expect without having to wonder and ask. When a man likes a woman he will climb over Mt. Everest to be with her. End it amicably and begin your healing process and glow up process.

One love 💜

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[ayerlind]

Training with the new 20/21 gear - June 16, 2020