#If youve made it to the end youre the goat

[todokanai-suishou]

April 7th

Pairing Hoseok x Reader

Genre: Fluff

WC: 2,5k

Quality: Not yet golden Raspberry, but definitely rotten Tomato worthy

A/N: "April 7th, but it's longer now" finally managed to post the full thing TT_TT. It's still my first ff and I still apologize for the outcome of this, since I usually do music reviews and (bad) poetry:

Inspiration for it & pt2 were Sticky & April 7th by a Band called The Maine

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When you first saw him, he was dancing like nobody was watching

when in fact, everybody was.

You were no exception to the other people staring at him while they were shouting names, singing along to the lyrics sung by the 7 people dancing on stage, so stable and well.

And this man? This man didn’t seem to miss a beat. He moved so effortlessly through every song, having the time of his life, dancing and singing and rapping his heart out

- until he first spotted you in the crowd, watched in awe as you got lost in stereo, eyes shut to enjoy the music

- until you opened your eyes to look back at him.

And suddenly the man who was just dancing along to a fun song that luckily had no choreography, froze just like someone who’d be busted dancing with a mob.

He didn’t know what had hit him when your eyes made contact with his, but he just stood there, unable to move until the eldest came and hit him on the head jokingly, followed by the youngest jumping on both of them.

The Dancer snapped out of it at this point and you didn’t have a single ounce of understanding for what just happened. Usually it was Jungkook lagging, but not during performances and out of all the people you’d suspect to stop moving, Hobi would be the last one to.

Until he was. And he looked baffled when he came back down to earth, whispering to both of his friends as they were finishing the song before leaving to change clothes. He couldn’t help from looking back and subtly pointing at your part of the crowd a few times though

and as he kept on, you started to sense something. From the way he looked back. From the way he pointed in this direction..your brain meanwhile got the bizarre idea that it was you who got him that stunned. Maybe he saw someone else in you? Maybe a fansite? “Oh god please not a fansite.” you whispered, barely audible but turning the heads of the girls in front of you as you started shaking...or maybe an ex? You couldn’t pinpoint it but you also couldn’t stop thinking of the possibility that it was indeed you he reacted this way to.

and you were right about him freezing because of you, but dead wrong about him recognizing his ex, or a fansite, or anyone for that reason.

It was cliché but all the thought at that moment was that, even in this dimly lit room - you were the most beautiful thing he’s ever come across.

The way you danced like nobody was watching, because there probably really was no one watching you, all the while lip-syncing to boyz with fun, you were glowing and the way you suddenly stared at him, with adoration in your eyes, that had him overwhelmed.

“You really fell in love at first sight, huh?” Jin laughed in between changes as the younger one told him about what just happened. “I might” Hoseok fell into a stare at the realisation,. “This is crazy,” he whispered to himself. “You might never see them again though.” Namjoon exclaimed drily from across the room. “I’ll try...I guess?” - “What are you going to do, hunt that person down?” The leader raised an eyebrow and Hoseok sighed. “I don’t know.” It wasn’t until Yoongi - who currently fought with his leather pants - spoke up from the corner “just tell the staff to keep them here. Say Hi, see where it goes afterwards.” and while the leader and Hoseok agreed that this could come across as kind of creepy - the dancer gave it a try. He pointed to you, with the glowing green bracelet on your arm, gave them info of where you approximately were or could possibly come out. He did all he could do for them to keep you there and although you were confused, and quite frankly a little scared of what was happening, you stayed.

And god were you ready to fall on your knees and beg not to be sued with every second that passed, making up critical scenarios and what ifs in your head.

All of them were dead wrong.. You didn’t know how exactly he came to be there, but you remember him coming out in baggy pants, a loose shirt, hair that was still somewhat sweaty but at least brushed properly and he had the biggest smile as he came closer while you and a staff member were still jokingly debating whether ketchup was a smoothie or not. With a breathless “Hi.” he almost scared the living shit out of you.

“Hi” you replied, just as breathless and quite frankly confused. Both your Anxiety levels flew through the roof with each awkward second the two of you didn’t speak. It’s ironic how he wanted to tell you so much, but eventually when you were in front of him, sweat still somewhat glistening on your face and exhaustion written on it in tiny letters, he lost all his words.

It was you who, while still holding eye contact, spoke up. “So...you froze before...are you okay?” You nervously rubbed your arm, but he saw his chance. “Yeah, I’m sorry, it was kind of your fault” an awkward laugh followed from his side, making you nervously rub your arm and look down before he followed up “I got mesmerized by looking at you.” and boom, he had all your attention again. Eyes growing big at his comment. “Wait what?” - “I saw you vibe along and somehow, I don’t know. You just amazed me.” Everything after that was rambling as he tried to explain in a way that didn’t seem too forward or make you uncomfortable and apparently it worked when you let out a chuckle “You’re cute, you know that?” - “Cute enough to go on a date with me?” His sudden question left you as surprised as it did him. He didn’t think he’d do it like that, but judging from you freezing like a deer in the headlights, it was too straight forward and pointless. “Ah you kn-” - “Okay.” This time around he was the deer. And your answer? Just hit him like a car. “okay?” he replied in disbelief. “Yes, unless you don’t want to anymore?” you raised an eyebrow and he shook his head. “no, I’d still love to! How does tomorrow sound?” he asked so cheerfully the change of Aura almost threw you off. “Tomorrow sounds great, I think. Afternoon or evening?” - “Brunch?” - “Could work, might not. I usually sleep in on weekends. My body just naturally ignores every alarm clock I have until 13:00…but... I could get my roommate to wake me up with water I guess.” You said sheepishly.

“So...in case your roommate DOES wake you, how does 11:30 sound?” he smiled, screaming on the inside, hoping, praying, putting all of his trust in your roommate. “Sounds great.” You smiled back and at this moment he was a goner. Almost literally, since Jungkook called for the living, breathing sun to come back, because he wanted to go already. “Wait, give me your number so we can figure more details out.” a phone was pressed into your hands. You didn’t take long to type in your number and call yourself, his smile only growing as you handed it back to him. He had your number. He did it. You gave him his number and if tomorrow was going well, he was convinced that he could die happily.

When JK called for a second time he went away though “Well, I guess I really gotta go. I’ll see ya.” he waved at you and you just copied the action, smiling widely at him. “BY THE WAY” he called out after you “YES?”- “Y/N.... The Name fits you.” - “How?” - “A BEAUTIFUL NAME FOR A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN” and with that he was out of the room, and you and the staff member went out in the other direction, with her clearly laughing as you turned as red as a tomato. A warm feeling spread all throughout you, as you walked into the cold air, excited for what was to come, while the man who just asked a total stranger out just ended up happy dancing the entire night, leaving Jimin internally screaming for deciding to room with the manic squirrel and in serious conflict of whether he was just gonna head into Taehyung's room instead. In Hindsight, he probably should have.

Back then, on that first April 7 in the Arena, you met the man who lights up even the darkest days of your life. You learnt pretty fast that it wasn’t all fun and games, and relationships with Idols are hard. Big Hit bought out dispatch when it came to you, but still, not being able to see each other properly..sometimes was difficult, when all you wanted was to cuddle.

So he left sweaters at your place, and you saw each other whenever the other was near, you two made the, partially rough, two years worth the wait and god does he love you for holding on like that.

But exactly you, or the lack of your presence, made it hard for him to concentrate on rehearsal today. Knowing it’s the same day, the same arena, but someone else in your place. You usually took the time for important dates, 100 day anniversaries and birthdays were shared. Hell, the first anniversary you took leave to visit him on tour, but the second one, you informed him you couldn’t watch from the stage like you did so many times before. “Important family stuff.” you told him and the boys knew he wasn’t his usual self. Still whooped the professional part - except for the facial expressions and while the younger ones tried to coax the sun into shining again after the first Rehearsal, it wasn’t until Yoongi snuck up behind Hoseok with a phone in hand.

While the younger ones were still occupying Hoseok, Yoongi facetimed you and held the phone close to Hobis ear and before he could register anything, he heard “HOBI!” from the other line. Resulting in the dancer getting half a heart attack before turning around, resulting in Yoongi just handing him his phone and leaving. “Baby..” you pouted as you looked at his face. “Jagi, I miss you” a pout leaving him too. “You’ll see me soon, baby. I’m sorry I can’t watch like we planned.” - “ I know, I know” he sighed on the other line and you could feel your heart break. Dying to see your man already.

“I’ll see you soon, baby, don’t worry. We can celebrate after the concert tonight. Just give your best today, and if you won’t, you know I’m gonna find out from Jimin, right?” he chuckled at that comment, giving you a bright smile afterwards. “I know, I know. I’ll try.” - “You don’t need to, you were born to do what you’re doing baby. You’ll do great as always. Just picture me in the crowd, I’m always with you in spirit when I can’t be there - and you’ll get endless cuddles and everything else in the world when we’re home so cheer up.” Needless to say, you weren’t the best in cheering people up but weirdly enough it worked as he sighed out “will do.” giving you a smile afterwards. “Good, now go practice and then - go get 'em. I’ll be off too.” - Wait. Jagi?” You raised an eyebrow. “I love you.” He grinned and you could barely get out “I love you too” before he hung up and brought Yoongi back the phone. Somehow falling into a happy dance again.

“What’s with him?” Namjoon cut in, seeing Hoseok dance between doors “Talked to Y/N” Yoongi just replied and the Leader just nodded. This was normal by now. If he wasn’t everyone else's vitamin e - on days like these you were his and while he was still bummed, the sadness was pushed back by him deciding to just do as you told and picture you there. You’d be off work or family duties or whatever emergency came in between by the time he was done. You’d still see each other. It wasn’t what he had planned and you knew it wouldn’t be, but he’d be happy either way. He was happy with everything as long as the end result was you.

So the rehearsals continued. You headed out the house shortly after facetiming him and he put on clothes, got makeup done and set on a smile, all the while still texting you “I love you” being reciprocated with “I love you too, have fun out there.” It was the last text you sent him before you shut your phone off for now. It was also the last thing he read before he got onto that stage.

And while he loved the crowd, he thought the only thing he wanted to happen tonight was for the concert to end. For now.

Until, suddenly, two years after that last April 7th, he froze up during the choreography when he saw a big green heart during Boys With Fun. He couldn’t help but giggle as he read “Hey, sorry I just got kind of mesmerized by you.”

You, ass, stood there, waving that big heart, with that same green bracelet from years ago. Leaving him as amazed and defenseless as you did exactly two years ago and the grin he had on his face as he came to his senses again was second to none. Neither was your surprised reaction as he suddenly came close to your end, jumping over the barricade and pulling you, who stood just close enough to touch, in his direction. Placing his hands on your cheeks, greeting you with a kiss as the people beside you gasped, awed and the Maknae who saw the whole thing just wiped away a fake tear whispering “they grow up so fast.”

That was definitely not how you planned on your relationship being outed, but then again, he didn’t plan to see you here tonight and you, you had a way of melting his brain and making him do things. “Hey” he then said, almost breathless, still entranced and only looking at you. “Hey” you replied smiling. “So, you kinda mesmerized me and..would you wanna..you know, date?” he whispered in your ear, ignoring the music.. “I’m sorry, I kind of have a boyfriend.” you whispered back, laughing afterwards. It was only seconds until your face was in his hands again. “Then what do you say about moving in with him?” Deer in the headlights hobi? More like deer in the headlights Y/N - and this time the truck hit you. You didn’t know much to say, just frantically nodded and he took the time to kiss you again, softly, with all these people still around, and yet, for him you were the only one.

You’ve been the only one for the last two years. You’ll stay the only one for this little eternity he gets to stay with you..

[teethands]

i took a shower and the whole time i couldnt stop thinking about how important i think sparring is in dinaurian culture. its kinda even a thing shown in the games when you beat dynal in combat- he made it a completely unbiased, fair fight, and accepted defeat when he lost. although, granted, thats just kind of game mechanics in general. beat bad guy and he loses JFBSHDBD

but i still think that dynal could have totally like. straight up ended the pcs life right then and there if he really wanted to continue with project mother planet. so could have raptin and duna if they wanted. they are dinosaur people and you are a fleshy little mammal. but they didnt.... i think their whole culture is heavily honor based. even if you have a good argument its probably looked down upon to continue even after youve been bested in combat. fucked up a little but your claws are sharper than your words

i think that their horns formed early on in their evolution, early dinaurians would have used their horns to spar for one reason or another, and this behavior would have been ingrained in their society over millions of years. like goats DBFHDBFN but theres absolutely some cultural significance in sparring or battling, mostly to settle disputes when words are meaningless, its just kind of an instinct. you know how it is. but now i imagine horns are mostly just for display, while battle forms are used for sparring and dispute settling. some dinaurians have them and some dont. sometimes they are carved, painted over, peirced, or shaved down all together.

[darklesmylove]

HELLO I MISS YOU I HAVENT BEEN HERE IN A WHILE I HOPE YOUVE BEEN WELL!

and bc i might’ve missed it (pain) what did you think of shadow and bone series on netflix????

HI FRIEND I HOPE YOURE DOING AMAZING!! 🥰🥰

okay here’s an overview of my main thoughts:

1. the chemistry. THE CHEMISTRY. you can tell the cast really, genuinely cared about the show and their characters and the acting was just fucking stellar. ben and jessi’s connection was absolutely killer and perfection, as well as everyone else too.

2. jessi is the perfect alina, her sarcasm and snark and sense of self agency was so much better than the books. and with that, i really appreciated the changes they made that gave her more independence from men, like how her powers surfaced to save herself from the volcra rather than mal.

3. BEN. FUCKING. BARNES. i cant even begin to explain how amazing he is for perfectly encapsulating aleksander as a character, it’s so hard to find that line between sympathetic and villain and he couldn’t have done any better at the balance that he was able to achieve. showing more of his backstory was heart wrenching and angsty and beautiful and him having tears in his eyes while saying “make me your villain” is a cinematic masterpiece

4. the attention to detail around kaz’s trauma and touch aversion is so fucking good and made me so relieved they actively thought about it while they wrote the screenplay. if you rewatch it all of the little details stand out that they genuinely thought about it in each scene.

5. i wasn’t too happy with the pacing and how short the season was, i felt like they didn’t spend their time wisely?? like there’s about a thousand shots of the meadow scene with mal and alina across all the episodes, yet so much of alina’s time at the little palace was completely cut out. her and zoya becoming enemies is important for the rest of their growth and relationship and that was left out. all of her training with botkin was cut which is a huge part of her developing her sense of strength and independence and belief in herself. it just was too short and rushed in some parts.

6. the crows were just.... the best thing i’ve seen in a while. all three of them just killed me and the ambience of ketterdamn was exactly how i imagined it i swear i was screaming the first scene when kaz slams his cane down on the table in front of jesper.

7. i appreciated how they improved mal as a character and i actually do like him in the show! i still find the ship boring, but it’s so much healthier than in the books and mal is actually a really good best friend to alina. i think it’s interesting they emphasized how alina and mal want different things out of life (he wants a farm and she wants to travel) so i wonder if they’re going to have alina end up on her own, which i would absolutely love.

8. not. enough. zoya.

9. milo the goat seriously stole the show

10. the special effects were so much better than i expected?? the fold was absolutely sexy with how cool it was, AND THE NICHEVOYA??? ARE YOU KIDDING IT LOOKED SO FUCKING INSANELY AWESOME

i have more but i don’t want to write an essay so that’s what came to mind first! ❤️

[iknowiknowiknowtheend]

part: another one. I still dontt remember how many o these ive done...

hi so ive been grounded n shit so thats nice- thats generally irrelavnt to most things but im mentioning it anyway. i will say that there probably more typing errors and that would be from me typing on an actual keyboard ad no autocorrect. anyway ive been doin’ some thinkin and ive swapped some stuff around so if youve read a few of these before- congrats, heres some updated bullshit.

ive changed sleep boys(now including fundy) family dynamic bullshit so the general age ranges for them all would be closer together. Phil is still techno and wilburs dad, hes just fundys now too (before wilbur had been fundys dad but fundys a teen so wilbur would have to be at least in his late thirties and thats lame so ajustments have been made).

also tommy is their cousin. 

so to anyone who mighve been thinkin “i thought it was like (blah blah blah)” wilbur no longer is fundys dad, nor has he had a fish lady for a wife. wilbur is probably like 26 and technos like 24 or smth idfk. fundys still a teen though, closer to tommys age n all. fundy is the rlly younger brother. 

anyway going away from the retconning-

etcetera etcetera memes n shit ya know

sometimes I’ll add little info/description lines next to drawings.

one on an eret sketch is “only slightly malicious”

technos a strawberry blonde with the naturally tinted pink hair but he still dyes it so it’s suuuuuper pink

fundy, tommy and tubbo are all about the same age and are friends.

wilbur is like the only full human in their entire family because I think philza got wings.

technos part pig, phils got wings, fundy is a fox boy and wilbur .

cooper and charlie always have an escape plan, Teds plans always fall through and/or he gets them into trouble.

additional stuff about the chaotic trio that is coop charles and ted- charlie and cooper are like the idiot henchmen and ted is the evil mastermind. thats their whole dynamic. that and coop and charlie drive ted up the fuckin wall-

schlatt is a cryptid.

well— he was

like “oh yeah there’s this weird goat man who lives out in the woods, he’s kinda a scam artist,, if you see him and he tries to sell you something, don’t buy it.”

“pft that’s fuckin dumb there’s no way that’s real.”

and no one ever really goes to check because if he actually did exist all he’d do is try to sell them something and you know everyone hates that. it wasn’t worth it.

then his house burnt down and he left the deep dark forest to go knock on peoples doors.

no matter the spook- everyone always hides behind wilbur. always. hes too tall to not immediately be hid behind. 

minx n schlatt are my favorite duo in this au bs because it always ends in hijinks and weird shit.

like schlatt could turn 500 years old and minx would throw him a shitty bd party acting like he just turned 6. she’d slap a party hat on him, get one of those party horns and a ton of shitty confetti and just start screamin.

ah i was gonna just write something but i forgot what it was ahah im so good at this :,)

oH YEAH! uh schlatt as waterfalls coming out of your mouth by glass animals for obvious reasons. i was listening to it earlier and i was like “wait a fckin minute,,,” i think i might’ve been unintentionally/subconsciously been influenced by that- oops.

oh and dream as rue by gir

i havent talked much about sapnap because ive been at a bit of a loss on what to with him but ive figured some shit out so now this is a sapnap au info dump.

sap has a fire sigil like schlatt. makes sense because of his whole arson thing- his sigil is on one of his wrists. sapnap is a fairly well known arsonist- total fuckin criminal. the entirety of the dream team are criminals. uh hes probably best compared to flyn fuckin rider, hes got the dumb fuckin criminal dude with the finger snaps and the winks and the princess woo-ing. for a while he travels around with skeps and bad (an angel, an arsonist and a agent of chaos walk into a bar). that whole thing is bad just trying to stop sap and skeppy from setting the entire fuckin world on fire and bad succeeds probably about 85% in stopping that and its honestly the best anyone couldve done, so good for him. evetually he meets dream and george, following them around for a while. 

im gonna add kaceytron an im thinking of starting something with her, sap and karl. i watched the post-loh date and knew that i had to do this. kacey is gonna be like a princess or something who takes a liking to sapnap and also has an uncanny thirst for destruction and chaos. so basically saps like “hey mama ur pretty n shit” and shes like “yeah i am- ur kinda cute, whats up?” and then they go burn an entire vilage to the ground. karl is their impulse control.

kacey knows minx- idk how but she does. 

im gonna add niki because shes adorable

uh thats all i can think up rn. sorry for not posting but i literally cant post any art so :,)

[uncreativc]

*  ♡ ╰  wong yukhei. twenty three. cismale + he/him  ⁄   any time kendal zheng is in the test kitchen they play boogie by brockhampton. the leo sign has been working at that’s amore for two years as a sugar rusher. since then the ebullient has built a reputation for being goofy & bold but also childish & stubborn. could that be the the reason why their palate enjoys shrimp and pb & j sandwiches ? but it for sure explains why crude drawings on recipes, worn baseball hats, weird late night texts, being loudest person at a party remind me of them. ☇ mars. 18+. she/they. est.

yeah yeah go ahead and say it mars late mars never on time :rolls_eyes:. mars doesnt even know the concept of time so yeah thats who i am and yeah i orbit around nothing thats why my names mars. this is my Himbo kendal no relation to jenner but he might joke about being part of the kardashians. this took way longer than i wanted it too but thats okay watched a video the other day that was doing pokemon races and shuckle won so :D below will be like a semblance of a bio

P I N T E R E S T   |  D O S S I E R 

google searches include: how many teeth do i have, are we running out of almonds, why do people eat corn off the cob, how much would a pyramid cost, am i in a pyramid scheme, if you die on an operating table and come back to life is your birthday changed?

SUUUUPER competitve if there is challenge videos coming out you know hes trying to get in on that. stuck a marble up his nose once to prove he could do it put an entire cupcake in his massive ass mouth no one would stop him. ATE A SPOONFUL OF WASABI FOR WHAT?!

kendal is a middle child and it defintiely shows, their dumbass chaotic nature was definitely born out of being neglected and forgotten about. living in a shadow wasnt the greatest for them and then not even getting the attention of being a baby for long by his moms did their best to be equal with them all but kendal felt ****it****. they play it off as just being goofy and playful most of the time but he can get up to some real trouble when he feels like it. mostly out of just making bad decisions

too much energy - talks too much and is bad for interrupting he generally doesnt really have anything of use to add to a conversation other than weird stories, strange questions, and weird conspiracy theories but hes fun and loud and loves to be the centre of attention. this can be annoying honesly hes friendly and loyal he’d never turn someone down till the day he dies its just... bro is a lot to deal with sometimes hes so much of a loud ass clown and go against clearly something you told him not to do like jump up on a table leave a complete mess in the kitchen squeeze toothpaste in the middle of the tube. you know shit like that.

definitely is scared easily like you could easily scare him in the kitchen hes scared of the most stupid things like dark mirrors, his hair blowing off his body and landing on a dead body and him becoming a suspect for a murder. 

he loooooves camping which is kinda funny for someone who gets scared about the most irrational things. does he think a bear is gonna come and rip his tent apart? yeah probably but he still likes it. defintiely went to boy scouts growing up earned a lot of badges learned how to tie knots you know the usual. only had his moms cheat and make him patches like... once or twice. 

probably forgot it was your birthday or that you invited him out to something. you know the nana you have that never remembers and just sends random gifts and they say happy birthday. yeah thats him.

a little oblivious he wont know if youve caught feelings for him and assumes everything is just playful until otherwise told thats what he gets for flirting too much without even realizing. it gets him into trouble because people think they have something and he’s just like :O i thought we were just bros. maybe if he wasnt so flirty and dumb this wouldnt be a problem but its not going to stop him any time soon. hes very casually flirty with everyone he meets honestly. hes just a goof and a lot of times that shit comes off as super flirting and if you think it is.... youre right!

hes definitely more of a house party kind of guy or get his and sit on the back porch and launch water ballooons at a friend down on the ground. yeah he probably got a concussion from that once because he didnt realize that whiplash is a thing like a true idiot and it definitely knocked him out cold.

has a peanut allergy jokes about either living by the sword that he does not have but swears that he does or die by his peanut allergy.

likes mood rings pokemon cards and worm on a string. yes hes made people worm on a string before as pretty much a friendship bracelet. imagine a dude at a party blasted out of his mind coming up to you and handing you a worm on a string and saying youre his friend and that you deserve this. 

hes a cowboy grew up in the south and definitely plays that up loves dirt biking rock climbing and pretty much everything that doesnt entirely involve working on his farm like he doesnt like horses but does like goats you know? 

asked for an extension through email on his wiiu because he lost his computer somewhere

organized mess. you know that chapstick you dropped like three weeks ago he left it there because he knows exactly where it is. like he could just keep things tidy but what would be the fun in that. doesnt follow recipes like ever just kind of tries to eyeball and remember how things were made

WANTED CONS 

tinder date/ set ups that either led to something or didnt

good friend who hacked their instagram one night and started responding to dms just funny doesnt have to been anything crude. they do it to each other some nights like just hang out

hookups. good or bad. one night stand or on going.

party friends he gave them a worm on a string or something got really fucked up and they tried to make like exactly mcdonlds nuggets the boot ones all night

they stole something from your muse ( bike, spatula, idk anything )  and they caught them LSMDLSMDLMDSLM

they stayed up one night and tried to fully solve a cold case even went to the library so late that they got kicked out. it was a long night full of energy drinks and crazy theories. they still do this sometimes now.

crushes they can be mutual or one sided i really dont mind. like i said before danny kind of gets crushes really easily and they kind of just dissapear out of nowhere as well but like we could work something out

exes good bad or indifferent i really dont mind

old childhod friends could be from summer camp or an old teammate when he used to play more sports, could be literally anything i am down i love past connects 

roommates PLEASE

made edibles that were too strong together ended fucking them over for days

they movie hoped or dine and dashed together like i really dont mind just something funny 

someone he makes videos with id love to brainstorm a really stupid like alt series with another sugar rusher or maybe not even a sugar rusher im down for anything 

rock climbing/paint ball/laser tag friends? video games like smash or something theyre super competitve together 

im good for plotting anything 

[decadentrpg-blog]

WELCOME EMILY, YOU’VE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR THE ROLE OF HELOISE DELACOUR

Admins Note: Heloise was certainly a difficult choice to make but after much assessment, I want to say that I absolutely adore what you’ve brought to the table! From build up of her background to every little historical reference that was placed within your application, it cohesively created this duality that Heloise has! I’ve enjoyed every interaction she has as well as the clarity and rationale behind her thinking! Your faceclaim request for Virginia Gardner has been approved. Congratulations on your acceptance again, please make sure to head your way to the checklist and submit your account within the next 24 hours!

Out of Character

Name / Alias: Emily

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: Twenty-two

Timezone: GMT.

In Character Application

Full Name: Heloise Delacour

Sexuality: Lesbian.

You like girls. No, that’s wrong. You love girls. You love the smoothness of their skin. You love their gentle curves, their bodies like oceans, refreshing and divine. You love stroking their hair as you lie between sweat-soaked sheets, curling it around your fingertips. You love sharing lipstick shades so it won’t get too messy when you kiss and the sound beaded dresses make when they hit the ground. Most of all, you love who you become around them. Bursting at the seams with euphoria, without a trace of shakiness in your footsteps, you unveil the creature you fought so hard to become - self-assured and valiant. You always slipped into her without thinking about it, knowing instinctively, that this was right. This was who you were supposed to be.

Gender/Pronouns: Cis-female, she/her

Hogwarts House:  Gryffindor.

The hat was adamant. They wanted you in Gryffindor. They wanted you to learn to harness your own roar, the find power in your sort of bravery - perhaps even to tame the brasher instincts of your peers, to calm the storm inside of them. Not every kind of bravery favours the bold, the defiant, the loud. There are different kinds of bravery. The courage to carry on when the chains around your neck drag you to the ground. The strength to try and try and try. The valour in turning yourself into an anchor, a steady weight for the rest of the world to ground themselves on. There are all sorts of bravery in this world, each as useful, each as needed, as the last. Children, yourself included, see so much, but so little at the same time.

You didn’t glimpse the potential in yourself. You wouldn’t for many years yet.

But the hat knew.

You pleaded for Hufflepuff, knowing you’d be able to carve a home out of the house. The world underestimated badgers, sneering at their perceived lack of intelligence, wit or ambition. You didn’t see that at all. You saw steadiness, a bedrock to build a person upon. It wasn’t a leap of faith. But society couldn’t be built around those who flew. Someone had to be waiting, down below, rooted to the earth, ready to catch falling angels.

The hat laughed.

“Better be…” Panic rose in your chest, a knot tightening inside of you. “GRYFFINDOR.”

They weren’t unkind to you. But you were the fawn in the pride of lions, the hovering figure in the background, the mute who never could make herself heard. Years later, with your personhood more fully attached, half of you wistfully wishes you could go back and do it better. Do it again. And yet, in your heart, you know there’s no value in looking backwards. You must journey on.

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Trigger warnings for violence, war, alcoholism and mentions of abuse.

I. la petite fille

Your father - and you only have the confidence to say this now you’re a fledgling, grown to use her own voice - always cared far too much about what people thought. Cream of French society, darling of the elite, a career-hungry politician intent on climbing the ladder. Ironically, the sunshine in your soul can be traced directly back to him. And yet, where yours is woven into the very essence of your being, a warm touch to steady a storm, an easiness to still a monster, a brightness to diminish the darkness, his is a mask, a choking falseness. It was that, more than anything else, that scared you. He changed before your very eyes - shaking hands and kissing cheeks one second - to plotting behind their back the next. Nothing about him was real. He slipped between your fingers, never a solid thing to hang onto.

(The feeling, you know, is mutual. You were a grand disappointment. Too timid to follow in his footsteps and too honest to lie. You’re mostly strangers now, each unable to understand the other).

Your mother you know a little better. An English rose, she fell for your father’s charms one summer, a fling that never was supposed to turn into a marriage. You were the bump that interrupted those plans, the shame that would have befallen her good name. Both parties were hastily married and that was that. You’ve always wondered if she blamed you for it. Always been too afraid to ask. Your mother, you know, was miserable, far far away from home, shackled to a man she barely liked, forced to play the part of politicians wife. When she played it well, there was harmony in the household. But if she slipped up…all hell broke loose. And her, with her love of expensive wine and flirting with other people’s husbands, did mess up. You never witnessed the war inside of your father unfold, merely lived its after effects. Silently, you’d pull a blanket over your mother’s quivering frame and give your father his favourite cigar.

(As you grew, you became rather good at predicting the ticking time bombs. So before the storm ravaged, you nearly always scrambled to safety, grabbing your teddy bear and retreating to the back of the wardrobe. You never found a secret world in the back of there, but you did find safety - and that was a comfort in and of itself).

Peacemaker, your father would sometimes say with affection, your mother with scorn. You’d gulp and nod silently, opinions kept to yourself. Over time, a survival instinct became a pattern and from a pattern into a habit. Such things are hard to shake.

Ii. maison choisie

Your mother hailed from London’s big smoke and your father made Paris his home, so you’ve always been accustomed to cities - you could even say it’s in your blood. But nowhere ever felt like home more than your Grand-Mere’s home a stone’s throw from Amiens. Reluctantly, with great effort, your father would make the bi-annual privilege there, dragging your mother in tow. You never had to be forced, you galloped ahead, a country girl at heart. There was something so liberating about Amiens, especially in the summer, where the line between the fields and sky was impossible trace and wildflowers bloomed. Your grandmother was kinder than your parents, the only one who could pull you out of your shell - but even then, only when you were alone. More a hedgewitch than practiced individual, she used to set you upon a stool as she practiced her potions, entrusting you with the responsibility of stirring from time to time. She was the one who taught you that magic had more than rigid purpose, that it would be as beautiful as life itself.

She also taught you a second, valuable lesson.

You remember the very first muggle you met. You remember them because they waved joyfully as you stepped into the town square - and knew your father by reputation, your Grand-Mere by face. Your father, ever the diplomat, turned his face away, pretending not to have heard. You, bashfully, didn’t meet their eyes either. It was only later, when your parents had been placated by a bottle of wine or two, that your Grand-mere took you aside.

“Why didn’t you wave back?” Dumbstruck, you look for somewhere to scurry away and hide. Gently, she took your hand into her own. “I won’t hurt you chérie.”

“Maman et Papa didn’t.” And you never were awfully comfortable around strangers, bashfulness seizing control of you.

“They were wrong to.” Bopping your nose, your grand-mere drew giggles from you. “They didn’t wave because he was…” her voice strained over the English word. “A muggle. Have they told you not to talk to muggles?”

You shook your head.

“Don’t let them. There will be some, especially when you go to school, who tell you not to talk to witches who have muggle parents. You musn’t let them order you around. No one is any better or lesser because of the blood in our veins. Even muggles…they’re not witches. But they’re not the enemy. After all, if I never spoke to a muggle, I’d never speak to anyone! Never forget that.”

You promised you wouldn’t. You haven’t since.

Iii. armes de guerre Ultimately, it was war that drove you away from your beloved France and your cherished Grand-mere, who refused to stand down and flee when the German troops overran Amiens. You like to imagine she would not take a cowards way out, apparating whilst the others were rats in a barrel, trapped by the advance. You like to imagine she fought to defend her farm with every trick up her sleeve. You like to imagine she remained strong and valiant until the very end. But you’ll never know. The war snatched her from you, her story lost to the wind. All you had left was an owl from the French ministry and the personal condolences of the French Minister La Magie.

It took you a very long time to summon the courage to return. And even then, you couldn’t do it alone. Kenshin stepped in without being asked, the year after you left Hogwarts, stability at your side as you confronted the ruins of the happiest parts of your childhood. Violence had ravaged the landscape, scarring those who survived. Left with nothing, you saw the hallows of hunger in their sunken cheeks and poverty wrecked on their bones. Beauty had perished and been left to die. But in the ruins of her farm, you saw all was not lost. The Peach trees were still rooted, their bounty just as sweet. The goats, against the odds, made it out of the shelling alive. The old stool you had once assisted your grandmother had merely cracked, not splintered. Life went on - and through the cracks of darkness, light emerged.

You saw something of yourself in that light.

A hopeful creature, timidly taking her first steps into the world. A passionate believer in the strength of goodness, in victory and vanquish over evil. That progress, ultimately, would triumph. That even in the face of blasphemy, there is room for beauty, for brightness. The trick is in finding it and nourishing it, so that it may grow.

From seed to sapling to great oak.

The spark within yourself ignited that day. You felt your grandmother’s presence and smiled. You mourned, not in sadness, but in joy - for all the happiness that had been, for all that would yet come.

The world treads down on optimists, mocking their faith. But you’ve learnt there’s courage in that kind of relentless determination. That day, you felt its whispers in your soul. That day, you swore to let it go free.

Iv. soldat improbable The time that  followed ‘The Great War’ was supposed to be the long peace. If you look with hooded eyes, you’d find that in the cityscape of New York. Illicit drinking. Parties that last until dawn. Jazz bands. Woman’s emancipation. There is so much beauty, so much progress. But squint harder - and you’d find an underground war, a cold one, lurking just below the surface. It’s cause is more just than any muggle one ever fought. It isn’t a battle between great powers, princes and their cousins. It’s between right and wrong, progress and past, egalitarianism and inequality.

You know you’re not a likely candidate to fight in it. Most overlook you, sneering at your daintiness, soft smiles and open heart. They should understand that it’s what makes you strong, too. All you want is some small part in this larger battle, to be a part of the greater good. More than anything else, you’re a visionary, able to picture a world beyond this hatred. If you can see the brightness, you can be the brightness, a bedrock for those wearier than you, a guide for those who might come in your direction. You’re no warrior, not in the conventional sense, but not every battle should be fought with a weapon. Some need softer tools. You could be that person.

It is the sum of your duties with Dahlia. You see yourself in her, the girl you were but a few years ago, timid and unsure of the power in her own voice, but possessing a rosy heart. She deserves better. You long to show her that, to share your brightness and certainty in betterness, to pull her from the den of snakes and away from the Pride Society. You’re not asking her to fight, for the Coalition, for you…never. You simply want to help her. You would do anything - give her the means to runaway, a safe roof to shelter under, because you long to see her flourish. You’re just so afraid of failure…of failing her, your duty and yourself. The powers against you are overwhelming, those who wield the weapons lethal. The horrors she confesses terrify you. Light, as bright as it is, can be snuffed out. That is your greatest fear where Dahlia is concerned.

V. Coup de main As fun you’ll admit the parties Wren and Kenshin drag you out to are, you couldn’t carve a life out of them. Pleasure is for hedonists - and you do not count yourself among their ranks. When you found your own voice, the grit beneath porcelain skin, you were determined that it should count. You sought purpose in yourself, a way to matter. Almost as if you were trying to prove yourself…to yourself.

You found clarity in the most unlikely of places. A non-descriptive building in Queens - that would appear empty to an unsuspecting muggle. It’s purpose only became clear when you stepped inside, finding an overworked and overwhelmed refugee agency. In the aftermath of the great war, the creation of a dozen new states in Europe, thousands of wizards chose to emigrate instead, heading to the United States in search of a better life.

It’ll be tough work, the supervisor warned, staring you up and down, disdainfully. You bit your lip. Old habits die hard.

I’m tougher than I look. Promise. Your voice rang with clarity, in how true that statement had become.

You began volunteering on a trial basis. You distributed donations and held shaky people in your arms. You played with children and made puppets dance. After a fortnight, you began to offer your services as a translator, hoping to connect people into the interior of the US. A little while after that, you suggested you could be used by the organisation at large, rather than ad-hoc.

You felt a rush in your chest, advocating for yourself. You felt strong and brave and…right.

VI. bizarreries personnelles

Here are the little things that make you, you.

You never broke the habit of walking on your tiptoes, a legacy left from a childhood full of ballet dancing. Slender limbs, porcelain skin, your teacher used to sigh and wish you centre stage. Bashfully, you refused, your cheeks darkening. The spotlight was never yours to claim.

You cannot cook without making a mess. In your presence, the kitchen comes a bomb sight, ravaged by war. Nose flour-stained, fingers sticky, you chase Kenshin around the kitchen. You always catch him. He always allows himself to get caught.

Your pastries are infamous, light and puffy, the sort only the french know how to make. You refine your recipes with magic and tap your nose whenever anyone asks for their secrets. (Later, in fine ink, you pen them a letter, containing the details).

You despise British food. You ate dutifully at Hogwarts, too shy to even dream of asking for an alternative. Toad in the hole. Pies. Casseroles. Blegh.

You bit your fingernails until you were fifteen years old. Your mother enchanted them after that, exasperated at your lack of self-control. The spell has long worn off, but the manicure never lasts long. It’s a nervous tick.

You used to chew your hair. You threw off that habit by twelve.

Birthdays are your favourite times of the year. You take great pride in the gifts you give friends, a thoughtful gesture behind each one. You do, however, despise your own birthday. Being at the centre of attention makes you uncomfortable, you’d much rather spread and share the joy. Luckily, everyone’s learnt not to throw you surprise birthday parties. Instead, you have small, intimate gatherings.

(You and Kenshin have a ritual. A cupcake at midnight as eve becomes day.)

You’re hopeless at keeping plants alive. There isn’t a green bone - or thumb - in your body. You failed herbology miserably.

But you’re incredibly attentive when it comes to writing in your diary, daily and in french, to prevent eavesdropping eyes. A habit you haven’t shaken since your days in Gryffindor.

Your patronus is a lamb. An individual with a lamb patronus has a sort of natural innocence about them, and have a very serene disposition. They are kind to most, though they tend to have a difficult time reaching out and expressing themselves. They have a shy aspect of them that is not only social, but inner, which makes them hesitant to do many things. That said, they are very patient and calm creatures, which allow them to be workable with this nature.

You talk too much when you’re nervous. Far too much. About things that have nothing to do with anything. The weather. The latest show that opened on Broadway. The dance craze everyone’s talking about. Whether you should get a bob. You blabber, filling the space with…words. It’s endearing to most, but you despise it in yourself.

Your wand is 9 ½”, french-made and slim. Beech and Unicorn Hair. “The true match for a beech wand will be, if young, wise beyond his or her years, and if full-grown, rich in understanding and experience. Beech wands perform very weakly for the narrow-minded and intolerant. When properly matched, the beech wand is capable of a subtlety and artistry not seen in any other wood, hence its lustrous reputation.”

Languages are your forte. You have a knack for wrapping your tongue around them, inheriting a little of your father’s silver-tongued mantle. French is your mother tongue, but you’ve added English, Spanish, Italian and a pinch of Latin to the mix.

When you’re making a bold declaration or gesture, you rehearse the words in your mind the night before, like a politician preparing for a speech. You muse over the most effective way to get your point across, the comfort a person will be most receptive to, or whether it’s better just to hold someone and let them cry.

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I. meilleur ami (Note: I’m happy to change all of this if the Kenshin player disagrees, this is merely my interpretation).

“Mon Frere…” Kenshin catches your grin. Deliberately, his mouth forms an ‘o’. “Ma sœur” You wince at the deliberately butchered pronunciation, but smile nonetheless. He’s always had a particular knack for that, drawing the happiness out of you. And you for him. The only label that fits your description is that of platonic soulmate. Or big brother. For truly, the lines between friendship and family have blurred, that you can’t tell them apart. Certainly, he feels more like family than your own blood ever did.

You met on your tenth day at Hogwarts, in the middle of Herbology class. Devil’s snare wrapped around your hand, you panicked, but were too shy to raise you concerns, suffering in silence. Where few did, Kenshin noticed you - and calmed you down with that bluntness of his. Before you knew it, you were smiling, then laughing and then free. You’ve been attached at the hip since - and shall be, until death do you part. The years did little to change the pair of you. Where some friends grow apart, you grew together, slotting like two jigsaw puzzle pieces. By third year, you were spending Christmas together, Kenshin sensing your unspoken reluctance to go back to France and face the holidays with your parents. After your first one together, you confessed the truth, honesty no one had even known. But most of all, he brought light into his life - different to yours, more brazen and bold. Like two twinned suns, strung across the sky. He is your confidante, secret keeper, joker, dance partner and now, roommate.

The latter made sense. When the two of you ended up in New York at the same time (it’s impossible to imagine the two of you oceans apart, impossible and terrible and dreadful), it made sense for the pair of you to find a two-bed apartment in Manhattan and make it your home. You are as compatible roommates as you are friends.

And, for the first time, he made a house a home.

II. le fruit interdit (Again, I’m happy to alter things dependent on plotting w/ Prosperina’s player) You shouldn’t want to kiss her. If you are the doe, she is the wolf - a huntress determined to strike clean.  In your heart, you know you should hate that dynamic, as you know you should despise her - resent the intimidation that rises through your bones, abhore the uncertainty she makes you feel.. You should be afraid. Very afraid.

And in so many ways, you are. You’re scared of what your attraction to her says about you, now that you are both girls grown, living with the choices you make as adults. You aren’t school children anymore, you aren’t praying to be noticed, doodling hearts with your names encased in it. You’re fearful of what might happen if you find yourselves alone, in a dark - or a light - room. But you’re more frightened, in a strange way, of nothing happening at all.

With Prosperina, there are so many unspoken anxieties, so many things you can’t possibly wrap your head around, that you can’t possibly know. Why she notices you now. When you began to crave the burn. If the risk is worth a moments ecstasy. How beauty could wear such thorns.

You know, now, how Eve felt, in the Garden of Eden. Just one bite, the snake hissed. Just one kiss, Prosperina whispers. You have no wish to shed your wings and toss yourself from Paradise’s gate. But she’s just as beautiful as any angel you’ve ever gazed upon.

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Thursday night, 9pm sharp, the Yale Club. Dress elegantly. Heloise didn’t need to glance down at the invitation to know its contents, her heart having memorised them ten times over, skipping a beat each time it paused at a cursive. Even Prosperina’s writing was beautiful. She would have liked to say that the invitation was unexpected, out of the blue and had been firmly rejected. Yet, since she distastes lies, she could not.

Heloise had, however, made an attempt or two to excuse herself. Sending an owl in return, she had outlined her disapproval of the Pride Society and its galas in no uncertain terms. Prosperina had take an age to respond - deliberately, Heloise supposed, to make her nerves hop and jump. When she had, Heloise could almost taste her tone. It’s not one of those. It’s for charity. Don’t you support charity? She had caved. Heloise couldn’t be sure if that was strength or weakness, good or bad.

Three days later, another letter had arrived. Wear pink. It matches the blush on your face.

Stepping into the room, Heloise steeled herself, a picture of defiance in angel-white, beads reflecting the light back.

Not so long ago, she would have cowered, a ghostly slip of a thing, trembling in the corner. Glass of champagne stitched to her hand, she would have sipped until someone had taken pity on her - and even then, she might have fled. That worked under the assumption she plucked the courage to attend at all. Time sandpapered everyone, some for the better, others for the worse. Heloise liked to think she took after the former.

The first eye she caught was from across the room, her gaze instantly drawn to the slip of a girl shrouded by demons, unable to do anything but stare from her cage. Dahlia. It hurt to see her here, to see the shackles bound and to know she was powerless to help. To approach her, to take her hands into her own and wrap her arms around her shoulders was to betray her newfound friend, to expose her doubts to the world. There was cruelty in watching her suffer - but there was greater cruelty in taking a hammer to the foundations below her feet. That wasn’t Heloise’s job. Hers was to encourage Dahlia to flutter her own wings, to learn how to fly. All in good time. Smiling softly across the room, she let her face say what her tongue couldn’t. Stay strong, keep the faith.

The second pair were Prosperina’s - appearing from nowhere, sneaking up behind. Departing from conventions and norms, she didn’t bother with small-talk. “You look ravishing. But not as pretty as you would have had in pink.”

Tongue-tied, Heloise searched for a response. No one had the power to shrink her anymore, now that she had freed her voice from its restraints. And yet, that didn’t mean anymore wit had returned to it. In times like these, she prayed for Kenshin’s presence at her side, always ready with a sharp retort, the sort that drew him closer to someone. Or even Wren, brazen and bold, who spoke without thought. You don’t want to impress her! One voice screamed.Not like you imagined you might, a lifetime ago.

And yet, a little bit of her did.

Heloise spurned her interest. But a little bit of her didn’t want to do without it either.

“I - Thank you. You look…” Staring at Prosperina for the first time, Heloise felt the breath be stolen from her lungs. Divine. Enchanting. “Like a million bucks.” Slanting her voice into an American accent for comedic effect, she immediately regretted her choice no sooner had it been said. “And this…it’s certainly big. Very big. I suppose that’s good. The more people you can fit in, the more donations you can collect for charity.”

Prosperina laughed. Heloise was never sure if she was being laughed at or with. She preferred to think it was the latter.

“The committee had a few reservations. Something about…vermin control. The guest list is rather exclusive, you see.”

Confusion flashed across her face. It wasn’t as if New York was a stranger to rodents…but something about her tone, about the look on her face…made it clear that it wasn’t animals she was referring to. Without noticing, Heloise had become a player in the game. The smile froze on her face. “I sure hope that isn’t a reference to the architects who built the place. Or the perfectly nice people going about their business on the floor below. They’re not doing any harm.”

“Ah yes, the No-Maj’s, as our Yank friends love to say.”

Heloise tensed on the mention of that word. She despised it. No-Maj. So…derogatory. And rather rude. As if they didn’t count as people, or deserve respect, on the merit of something they didn’t have - and had no choice in having. “I hate that term. I hate - you shouldn’t talk about them like that. Nobody should. They’re hardly hurting anyone. And technically, this is their territory so really we should - be respectful.” Exhaling heavily, she steadied herself.

“Oh,” Prosperina leaned in, all smiles now, tucking a strand of loose hair behind her ear. “You’re such a doll. I was only playing. But I can be nice, if you ask nicely.” Her touch felt like electricity, the sort of chemistry that couldn’t be duplicated or faked. When it was real, it was real. “I’ll go fetch us expensive champagne to make amends.” Half-purr, she broke off and Heloise dropped her gaze. “Pink Champagne, I think.”

Cheeks deepening into rosy-red, Heloise watched her depart, wishing she could look away.

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Where to eat near the Australian Open

Heading to the tennis? Weve gathered some ace places to dine that are an easy tram ride or walk away. From bar snacks to indulgent meals, Melbourne serves up just what you want before, after or between matches. Great value Italian Surely theres no faster, tastier, good-value meal on the planet than pizza?Tazio Birraria & Pizzeria ticks all three boxes, with toppings like Tassie smoked salmon and Meredith goats cheese. They have frequent specials, including one-litre champagne cocktail jugs for $39.50 all summer long on weekends and from 7pm Fridays. Saluti! From 5pm, drop by Brunetti City in Flinders Lane forBrunetti Aperitivo Italiano. $20 gets you a drink, cicchetti all night and live entertainment. The cicchetti menu includes arancini, olive ascolane, crostini misti, prosciutto e melone and pizza e focaccia con prosciutto. Drinks include multiple spritz flavours, Negroni, Americano, Bellini, and ros, with extra drinks just $10.Fridays 18, 25 Jan and 1 February (also on offer at Brunetti Carlton on 1 February).

Drop by for a drink and all night cicchetti at Brunetti Flinders Lane Serving affordable meals (including eye-catching dinner specials) from lunch until late every day, Il Pom Italianat Federation Square is a good Plan A. Fancy a quick afternoon focaccia? Want to cap off a great day with a long, leisurely feast that starts with prosecco and ends with tiramisu? Its love-all at this little pocket of Italy in Federation Square. Lello Pasta Bar sure does good pasta, but you might want to check out their authentic, crisp-crust pizzas too. Especially on summertime Mondays, both lunch and dinner, when its $25 for a Peroni Red beer and any pizza on the menu. The only challenge is deciding which one, from the classic Margherita to the Messina topped with tiger prawns.

Tazio Pub meals On The Duke Of Wellingtons rooftop, with views of Fed Square and The Forum, youd never know this joint dates from 1853. Melbournes oldest pub recently emerged from a schmick, top-to-toe renovation, with a smart menu to match. So everything from breakfast to late-night snacks and cocktails are a very cool, very tasty 21st century pub experience. With three sprawling floors and food options ranging from steamed bao to 300 grams of sirloin, Garden State Hotel suits every mood. The shady, indoor-outdoor greenhouse-like atmosphere of the beer garden is our top tip at this time of year though. Especially if youve got a Miami Vice slushie in hand cheers! At Beer De Luxe, tennis is on the big screens throughout the venue, all tournament long. Plus you can see Federation Squares giant screen from the burger bar. Australian brews, and some Kiwis and ciders, are on tap to wash down posh beer-friendly bites like red curried pork sausage rolls.

Duke of Wellington Alfresco and waterside dining A rooftop terrace with a high-Victorian vista of the Princess Theatre and Parliament, Siglo Bar oozes smart-casual class. Enjoy refined snacks like caviar and charcuterie with something from the delightful drinks list. Whether youre craving a classic cocktail or a bottle of Champagne, its calling every night until 3am. The pretty city views along Fatto Bar & Cantinas riverside terrace dont necessarily come with an eye-watering bill. This casual Italians yummy $10 pizzas and $5 Peronis hit the spot rather than your wallet. But if you feel like wining and dining in a style worthy of the vista, theyve also got you covered. From spanner crab spaghettini to affogato espresso, its la dolce vita. Sprawling along a scenic stretch of the Yarra, Riverland Bar is a Melbourne summer essential on hot afternoons and balmy nights. This alfresco venue has tennis on screen, Lexington Hill cocktails on tap, and irresistible bites on offer. Want something really chill with your sticky chicken drumettes or pok bowl? Our hot tip is the house fros, made with dehydrated raspberries. Want to arrive in style? Take on one of The Decks delicious pre-game set menus (with bites like corn-fed chicken breast, ocean trout and more), then book a water taxi to drop you off at the game. Simple! Check out our guides to outdoor summer dining and beer gardens for more idyllic places to kick back during the Australian open.

Riverland Must-visit hot spots and Melbourne classics A byword for casual dining in this city, Andrew McConnells Cumulus Inc can take you from breakfast right through supper in style. At this Flinders Lane cafe-cum-restaurant with an upstairs wine bar, the minimalist, light-filled space is as smart as the food. Morning coffee and house-made crumpets? Wine and cheese, or the good-value chefs selection menu from $75? The balls in your court.

Start your day right with house made crumpets at Cumulus Inc Superchef Andrew McConnells Asian-inspired Supernormal is one of the citys hottest foodie destinations. Whether youre going for snacks like beef tataki and duck bao or the $95 banquet, dont miss the Australian Open cocktail. The Courtside is a summery mix of Sipsmith London Cup, Tanqueray gin, ginger-infused elderflower syrup and dry ginger ale. At just $16, this smart twist on the classic Pimms Cup is almost impossible to resist. As they say in Spain, donde est la movida? Wheres the action? Not just on the tennis court: Movida has been buzzing with good food, drinks and vibes since it opened in 2002. Raise a glass to chef Frank Camorra, whose iconic tapas place made Melbourne fall for share plates in a big way. Then tuck into his superlative little Spanish dishes, like the tostada: pressed pork sandwich with red onion jam and quails egg. Want to admire Melbournes scenic southside, including the Yarra River and Arts Centre, while sipping and supping? Taking in some of Melbournes best views, Transit Rooftop Bars expansive balcony is a hot spot for cool breaks from the tennis. With fabulous food like wagyu burgers from Taxi Kitchen downstairs, theres every reason to linger as the city skyline lights up. Modern Vietnamese flavours await at the Paris End of Collins Street, from tempura fish banh mi to the Mekong Splice cocktail. Uncle Collins St, the new-ish CBD offshoot of the St Kilda original, turned a former office space into a smart, airy restaurant. At this time of year, with the windows wide open and summery drinks flowing, its in an almost tropical mood.

Transit rooftop bar Dining at the Australian Open Just need a quick bite between matches, or simply want to stay put? At the Australian Open itself, theres something for every taste, time frame and budget. Finger-lickin street food like Biggie Smalls kebabs, Hunky Dory fish and chips and the Vegemite food truck. Fine dining by stellar restaurants Nobu and Rockpool. Quality ice-cream, coffee and even real Champagne at the Piper Heidsieck bar. Game, set and match! https://whatsonblog.melbourne.vic.gov.au/where-to-eat-near-the-australian-open/

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Finale - “Yikes on bikes!!!!” - Michele

Rain

 Franco, I’m so sorry. Listen, I love you so much. So much. But I need you to know that my game will not be ruined. I will not be destroyed or knocked down because I could not save you. I am going to rise. I am going to adapt and overcome, I’m going to outlast. I’m going to make you proud that I was your ally in the first place. At this point, I see my final 3. I want to be there with Worm and Lenny. Worm and Lenny have not only been my allies, they’ve been my friends. I trust them, even if we haven’t always voted together, to tell me the truth. And I think each of us could win at FTC. I think my ideal elim order goes like this: Dusty Frank Michele at f4. I need to win a challenge. I need to prove to the others that I am here to play and I’m here to win. People are underestimating me as not a threat, but they don’t understand that I’ve won twice and made FTC 5 or 6 times. They don’t understand that I know what the fuck I’m doing and that I can win if I just put my mind to it. The thing I’m concerned about going into the end here is Jury Management tm. It has been... less than ideal. And I just betrayed my closest ally, rip. So it’s time to put in the work, Rain, otherwise the jury is going to be raining on my parade in just three short rounds. 

Michele

EVEN RAIN VOTED FRANCO OUT SKSKSKSKSKSKS!!!!!! 

Michele

I feel a weight lifted off my shoulders with Francos departure! I believe the tribe can be at peace for at least for a moment

Dusty

Good morning all! Last night Franco went home without a hitch. And now here we are at final 6. Yesterday Worm informed me that himself, Lenny, and “Ratchele” were in an alliance, but Worm was flipping on Michele. Michele ended up staying so I wonder what this means for that alliance. Will the three of them stick together and take out the rest of us? Or are the lines broken? One things for sure is that I hope I win immunity so that I can save my idol for something else. I’m sticking loyal to Frank and Lenny, but I’m not sure if Lenny will want to stick with the two of us. In the case that the trio does stay solid then that just leaves Rain for us to work with. We could try to force a flip with a tie or use an idol. But before I start planning any crazy ideas I gotta talk to everybody and see how we’re feeling.....but of course it’s almost noon and no one else has spoken.... :)

Michele

Yikes on bikes!!!! There goes my plan to get Dusty out this round. Sorry Rain or Frank, process of elimination points to y’all.

lennyt

his is either going to be a really easy vote or complete chaos. Probably chaos. Yeah. 99% going to be chaos.

Michele

As long as I make it to the jury vote thats a win in my book! Looking around me I honestly don’t see myself winning the vote, but as long as I make it to the top thats enough for me! 

Frank

It’s so quiet and that scares me. It is Easter so people could be quiet due to that but there is also quarantine so I don’t think people are spending too much time with family. 6th place is my brand but I don’t want to it be Frank’s brand. I think I have people I trust but I haven’t heard a name yet. Rain and I have actually spoken this round and I think we’re good but we’re not working together so they can go. Either rain or worm ideally but michele can also go and I won’t be too upset.

Dusty

Feeling like a frog on a log cuz I’ve got a immunity tonight. Which means I’ve got my idol to play around with. Of course I can save it for next week to ensure a spot in the final 4, but tonight if frank is in danger of going home I might have to pull it out. My fear right now is the alliance between Lenny, Michele, and Worm. Now I know last round Worm was ready to flip on michele, but wince he voted for Franco it’s very possible Worm still wants to work with Michele. My target this round is Worm because if he’s here then I’m not sure where I stand with Lenny and Michele. I think what I’m gonna have to do here is get Rain on our side of the vote, and just hope that Rain isn’t in tight with that 3 or that Lenny and Michele don’t retaliate next round. 

lenny

we're in a stick sitch rn. I am hoping that the og nera crew can vote off frank tonight but if we do, that leaves dusty and I don't know if they'll trust me if I vote off their ally. That being said, idk who else to vote. I also don't know who to trust rn. I just want to make it to f3 so I can see what this thing Franco gave me is. Also, dusty may have an idol........ again? seriously?!

michele

i dont like dusty. hes trying to stir the pot and its coming off as villain trope. 

michele

dusty youre trying way too hard!!!!!!!!! you me lenny frank f4 isnt happening!!!!!! hes lucky he has an idol and is basically guaranteed final 4. I hope its me him lenny and worm!

michele

do you ever just tell someone youve been moving apartments for 3 days straight and youre exhausted and then they keep bombarding you with game questions and exaggerated info to stir the pot....thats dusty.

Worm

So I feel like I'm in a weird purgatory kind of place. I feel like I kind of got put into a goat position. I have both Michele and Rain coming to me and telling me that they want me in the final 3 with them. Now I'm honestly flattered but I feel like they want me there because they think they can beat me. I'm hoping though that because Eliza and Franco are both on the jury I have a good chance of them supporting me and maybe rallying for vote for me.I still think I have a chance of winning but I wont deny that other people still playing have much more obvious game that are easier to see from a jurors point of view. I'm kinda happy though that I was able to get into an alliance again of Michele, Lenny, and Rain especially after all the hecticness of last round. It seems as though that Michele and I have also been able to patch up everything even though I told her I was voting her out lol. But right now I do feel like she is my closest ally but I also think that I'm not the only one saying that. I honestly don't know who to trust in this game but hopefully if I survive this vote I can get some clarity of who is on my side. Michele did tell me that Dusty was stirring that pot with her and trying to get her to mistrust me but all of our dirty laundry is aired out so I'm hoping that it just fell on deaf ears. I do think that for the first time in this game (other than fucking rocks) that I might actually be eliminated.

Lenny

Time to play clean up with dusty. ALSO!!! Final five! I AM SHOOK. I would’ve never thought that I could make it this far or be in this position.

Michele

FINAL FIVE BITCHESSSSSS!!!!!

Michele

Someone from OG Nera is about to get the boot and I’m going to try my hardest to guarantee it’s not me

Michele

My main right now is Lenny but I know she also talks to Dusty. She proved loyalty last tribal council by voting for Frank with og nera. I just am not sure if moving forward with her is the end all be all best for my game. If I move ahead with rain and worm I can hopefully stop dusty from gaining any new allies and it will remain everyone against him. I know I say this every round sksksk but this tribal will be the hardest personally to date. Winning immunity is really the only way to keep me safe!

FINAL FOURRRRRR

Rain

It’s final 5. I am unhappy. I didn’t want to bring Michele to final 4. Suddenly, I’m hoping for a final 2, even if I know it’s not going to happen. I didn’t want to go to the final 4 with both dusty and Michele. They are winners. Especially compared to me. At this point, I know I’m going to lose the game. I’d rather see both Michele and Dusty in the final 3 and watch them duke it out than watch me and worm get smoked by either of them. Fuck Michele. I love you but I never ASKED to be in your final 3. I’m here because you think you can beat me. I will prove you wrong. 

Worm

I’m extremely worried tonight. The vote is basically between Lenny and I. Everyone is being kinda quiet and I’m trying to read into that literally every way I can. Are they just not talking to me cause I’m being targeted and they don’t want me to be bitter toward them. We’ve all discussed what made the most sense and I think Michele, Rain, and I all agree that keeping Lenny in the game cause everyone want to take them to the end. That makes the rest of us 4 fight for the other 2 spots. I’m hoping if I do survive tonight that my spot in the final 4 is basically guaranteed. The only thing that could foil that would be dusty cause he is such a wild card. I do think this being an alias game has given me a slight advantage in that with no one knowing who I am that they aren’t able to really see my track record. I have been to a lot of finals, and I have lost a lot of finals. But I am a big believer in that you learn from your losses and every time I have been close to winning there is always one thing that I have to adjust to get me there in a position to win. I also am hyper aware that you need to be aware of how you are maneuvering in the game and that you need to be able to talk logically why you did things that may seem questionable. I’m hoping that the other people here don’t have the same experience as I have and have difficulty portraying themselves in the final. If I do get voted out this round I may be team rain. I think they played a great under the radar game yet was also intricately involved In many of the big moves of the season. I still don’t really trust anyone in this game but I just have to hope that I was able to get them to see value in me like I’ve been trying to all season

Dusty

So here we are at the final 5. Michele is sitting pretty with immunity, and thankfully I’ve got my idol. Honestly I don’t feel safe going into next round. I think that just the super idol alone makes me a threat in the end. On top of that I have people in jury that were my allies in the game and have much more reason to be pissed at the other remaining players. I don’t know how much I can trust Lenny and Michele to take me the end. If I want to win I need to assure I can win the final challenge.

Michele

Voting Lenny out was heartbreaking. I’m glad she left me the legacy advantage because it shows that she didn’t take it personally. Us girls gotta stick together right? As long as Dusty doesn’t win this final immunity challenge I am super confident in making final three. If Dusty loses, I may have an actual shot at winning the whole game.

Michele

About to enter the jury chat with my legacy advantage and I'm really nervous. I think it's mostly because I've never seen the show and won't really know what to talk about. I want the most bang for my buck here. I know I'm going to see some not so happy faces but I'm hoping my friendly personality shines through. I genuinely don't dislike anybody, it's all just a game.

Michele

My conversation with the jury went pretty well once I figured out what I was doing. I think I have cranjes vote to win for sure. Franco and Eliza don't seem to want dusty in final 3, but that makes me think maybe I should bring him????? but i'm worried that he will have enough votes to beat me. keeping it OG Nera might help from him automatically getting plati votes. sksksksk this is going to come down to the wire for my decision. I really should stop worrying until the challenge results are posted thought.

Dusty

SHOOT i really needed that challenge win!!! I am so not confident in my standings with Michele, Worm, and Rain. I was so worried about this challenge because i basically know nothing real about these people!!! So even seeing that i could have been tied for the win was shocking, and the emotional trauma to come with not winning will be coming in shortly. Anyway at this point I feel like if i do have a shot at making it to the final 3 it is with Rain. At this point Michele has really given me no reason to be able to trust her when it comes to a vote and i cannot make that same mistake. Everyone loves Michele and shes a strong competitor in challenges, so if she makes it to the end shes winning for sure. Hopefully Rain and Worm will realize this and get rid of her now!!! 

Worm

Going into the immunity challenge i had a good feeling that I wasn't going to win it. Especially since the 2 heavy point questions were based around were people are from which is a topic I strayed away from while talking to a lot of the jurors. I did impress myself a lot though by getting a lot of the individual fact questions right. Sadly though I didn't win but on the bright side neither did Dusty. So it basically confirmed that the final 3 alliance of Michele Rain and myself will succeed in making it to the final 3. I was worried cause Rain did come to me earlier in the round and tell me that they may want to be voted out based on the fear of how the jury would react to us being in the final 3. Selfishly I would be okay with it just cause I would have someone on the jury that i feel like would 100% be on my side. But I'm still human and I didn't want them to do something they would regret and I'm very happy that they decided to stay. Dusty is trying very hard now to stay which I do admire his tenacity of wanting to stay but he honestly got outplayed. One ting that confuses me that he keeps saying that Michele is a huge threat in front of the jury. That confuses me because he has targeted me the last couple rounds. Like literally every tribal I have received votes, one of them was from Dusty. He knew I wanted to target Michele during the round that Franco left so I don't see why he didn't take that chance to target her then. He also told me he voted me cause he saw me as a threat but I guess that perception has disappeared. I understand that he is grasping at straws so I don't knock him fro trying everything he can but even if I do flip and give a fire making challenge, that is just gonna boost someone's resume that isn't my own. Either Dusty is gonna win and get credit for flipping me to his side and betting Michele, or Michele stays and gets another challenge win. Either way it's a lose-lose so my best option is just to stay on track and get the original Nera to the final 3.

Michele

And here we are folks. Rain, Worm, and I successfully lasted 2 full rounds as a 3 person alliance. Excited to talk to the jury again and really explain my game. I debated telling the other two about my advantage but I think I’ll keep it to myself for now. No matter what happens I’m very proud of myself for reaching the final vote.....but I really want the win!

Dusty

All last night and today I was talking to Worm, Michele, and Rain to try and campaign to them to try and keep me for the final tribal council. Although all three of them straight up said they were voting for me. Which is really no surprise. Trying to make em go a lil crazy but there’s not a whole lot of point in trying.

[teddy-feathers]

oh hey that creepy dream i had

you dont know how long youve been living in the open world game.

you know its long enough to have learned some things.

that none of the other people are real... but bad things happen when you acknowledge that so.you dont.

youre alone.

Until one day youre not.

Monsters showed up in a game without monsters.

A group of them come down off a mountain while you scour the beach for food.

Virtual food doesn't support a real body except for a rair tree that only grows here and doesn't spawn often.

They notice you right away, friendly polite, and in the case of one skeleton, suspicious.

they some how had gotten separated from the rest of their group but the goat mother, her small human child, a tall skeleton, a short skeleton, a lizard lady, and a fish lady started scavenging the plants for food as you had done. The offered you some but it wouldnt work. you needed food from one specific tree and there was only one and but it spawed very rarely.

undyne plucked a fruit and a seed. you didnt know if it would work but you had hope for the first tine in a long time.

you did your best to keep the new people away from the abandoned quest lines and virtual people you had left without being obvious about it. you made them a map to help them with some of their more minor goals.

The abandoned cheese filled barn and farm. A river away from all cities towns and spawn points to fish in. A field that for them you made a baseball diamond.

you promised someday to take them to the fair. They didnt need to know that it was always on or that those people were stuck in a never ending loop of country fun. No code for attacking or quests.

Despite everything you wanted to believe these monsters were real people. Full of magic in a magicless game. They didn't match the graphics youd grown accustomed to, that weird pull of sun leathered skin over a mouth that didnt know how to sink up to the words. Girty and realistic and off.

they were kind. cartoony almost but solid. real. The food they made you could actually eat. they explained it away as magic.

They were friends and you tried to both corral them and let it seem the world was open to them. theyd been trapped under a mountain afterall.

but sans watched you and underneath the humor and the smile you thought he might hate you for reasons you didnt understand.

it was the best of times and the worst of times.

it gave you hope and you refused to acknowledge the fear that this was just another level in the game that maybe you were just finally becoming a part of it.

it went well before all the sudden it didnt.

sans was the first to run into a quest giver. An old smuggler rowing across the river with a gun. His stealth was high enough to avoid getting shot but she gave him the quest.

you should have realized that eventually the quests would start coming to you.

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How To Fix Bungie Error Code Baboon ?

Since Destiny requires constant server connection, there’s a chance you’ve encountered the dreaded Baboon Error Code.

This frustrating error code might be constantly kicking you off the game. According to Bungie:

“This error can be due to packet loss or disconnections between your home network and Bungie (such as ISP saturation or general internet congestion). It can even be caused by certain WiFi setups, or mobile hotspots that may have experienced a blip or loss of connection.”

We’ve collected some potential fixes for this issue below.

5 Baboon Error Code Fixes

Solution #1 (Wired Connection)

If you’re playing wirelessly, try switching to a wired connection. It’s important to test this because you’ll want to rule out WiFi signal strength/stability as a possible server trouble source.

Solution #2 (Force Restart)

Try force quitting Destiny so that the game completely closes before relaunching it.

HOW TO FORCE QUIT DESTINY

PlayStation 3

1. Press down the PS button.

2. Choose “Quit Game”.

3. Choose “Yes”.

Xbox One

1. In the game or app, press the Xbox button.

2. Confirm that the large application tile is highlighted, after which select the Menu button.

3. Select “Quit”.

PlayStation 4

1. Hold down the PS button.

2. Choose “Close Application”.3. Choose “Yes”.

Xbox 360

1. Press the Xbox Guide button.

2. Press the Y button to go back to the dashboardIf you’re having computer trouble, it could be worth trying out Advanced SystemCare (click to learn more). CNET describes it as a “Swiss Army Knife of a PC utility“. Once you download it, you get a suite of optimization tools, including an uninstaller, one-click registry fixes, defragmenters, and more.

Solution #3 (YouTube Fix)

Besides just Baboon, the above video will help you deal with the following Error Codes:

Badger, Chupacabra, Beaver, Beetle, Blackcurrant, Blueberry, Cacao, Cashew, Cherry, Chihuahua, Chinchila, Goat, Goose, Chokeberry, Duck, Elderberry,  Flamingo, Flatworm, Fly,  Gooseberry, Gopher, Grape, Grapefruit, Jackal, Elephant, Elk, Jackfruit, Grasshopper, Groundhog, Hare, Hawk, Jasmine, Kingfisher, Kiwi, Leech, Tangelo, Tapir, Lemon, Leopard, Lemming, Lemur, Lion, Lionfish, Snail, Tangerine, Tamarind.

Solution #4 (Network Troubleshooting)

Consult the Bungie Network Troubleshooting Guide.

The Network Troubleshooting Guide was made to help gamers walk through the suggested steps for trouble-shooting server and network connectivity problems that might be affecting their ability to play Destiny.

Additionally, it includes information and tips which may be useful for gamers wanting to enhance their network connection and server performance while playing Destiny.

MULTIPLE DISCONNECTS FROM THE BABOON ERROR CODE

If you are getting the same error code, Baboon, for example, several times, it suggests that a gamer is probably experiencing just one underlying problem.

The reason for the disconnects might be something like corrupted data in the Destiny installation or a source of instability in the gamer’s network setup.

Gamers that are getting multiple disconnections from Destiny with the exact same error codes might want to try out these trouble-shooting tips, according to the Network Troubleshooting Guide:

Shutting down and restarting the Destiny program

Restarting as well as clearing the cache

Moving over to a wired connection if the gamer happens to be employing a Wireless internet connection

Researching the Destiny Help Knowledge Base for the associated error page and working through any other trouble-shooting guides

Looking through the Troubleshooting Guide

Searching or posting within the Help forums where Destiny Player Support, Mentors, and community volunteers might be able to supply supplemental support

Solution #5 (The Worst Option)

In our research, it doesn’t seem that there’s a true, specified solution to the problem if the above fixes didn’t work. In fact, many players are speculating that it’s an issue on Bungie’s end.

This has led to a lot of frustration with this Baboon error code. Over in the Bungie Forums, one player with an IT background wrote about his trouble-shooting process.

He says that Destiny/Destiny 2 are the only computer games that are kicking him off.  Video games like Assassins Creed, Battlefront, Battlefield 1, Battlefield 4, and others aren’t booting him, just the Destiny Games.

He listed out some facts of his situation:

He has an internet connection speed of 110 megabytes per second download speed and an 8 megabyte per second upload speed.

Speed tests on his Xbox One always report between 75-100 megabyte per second speeds, with an under 100 ms ping, and 0% packet loss.

He has a new Netgear Nighthawk gaming router with DOCSYS 3 modem.

He has experienced getting booted wirelessly and with hard-wired connections on two different Xbox Ones. To him, this indicated that there isn’t something disrupting the WiFi.

ALSO READ:  Fix “DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET”: Windows 7, 10

He has rebooted his network and has hard booted both of his Xbox gaming consoles.

The way its gone, he’s getting kicked off, generally with the Baboon error code, every 10 minutes on average. He says that the game is basically unplayable because of it.

He says that he’s observed that it seems it occurs generally in a congested place or when the game is loading into a mission or area.

This has led him to believe the error isn’t occurring on the player side but on Bungie’s side. In addition, his ISP doesn’t have any idea what to do to help- they’re reporting that his router and modem look great and get a powerful and clean signal.

Other Error Codes

Destiny has a variety of quaintly named error codes. For the following error codes: Beagle, Buck, Camel, Bull, Butterfly, Buzzard/Vulture, Caribou, Carp, Cat, Canary, Caterpillar, Chicken, Chimpanzee, Catfish, Cattle, Centipede, Marionberry, Pear, Pelican, Penguin, Stingray & Urchin, check out this handy GameSpot guide for help on fixing them.

Call On Our Technical Support Phone Number for fix bungie error code baboon by Errorcode Expert USA +1 (866) 748-5444 Right Now to Get Instant Help

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How to Build a Goat Barn Using a Prefab Shed

Goat barns are essential if you raise goats, regardless of what sort of climate you reside in. When I was big into dairy goats, my family had more time than money, so we built our goat barns out of recycled lumber or whatever we could find on sale. Today those barns still occupy space on our property, standing as reminders of the countless times we re-engineered them. We’ve learned the hard way, to say the least.

Not everyone has more time than money, nor does everyone have the inclination or skills to build goat barns from scratch. Even those of us who have carpentry skills may not have the patience or time to build something presentable (if aesthetics are of concern), so for these folks, I’d like to present plan B: prefabricated sheds.

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Benefits of Prefab

Buying a prefabricated shed is simple and easy. Find a retailer in your area, take an afternoon to look at floor models, and pick accordingly. If you’re not in a hurry you can specify styles, options, colors and such, but if you’re in a pinch, you can simply pick one that’s ready to deliver.

Prefab sheds don’t require concrete footings. It’s advisable to lay stone down where you want the barn for water drainage and to prolong the life of your building, but otherwise, a flat spot on your property is all you need.

Prefab sheds already have most of what you need to make great goat barns. Most necessary modifications can be done in a day or even done for you by the manufacturer.

Prefab sheds look nice. They don’t look out of place and they seldom stick out, unlike the cobbled together goat barns I have. If you, your spouse, your neighbors or the town zoning officials will take issue with sheds that don’t look like they belong in the area, a prefab shed is an easy way to sidestep that.

Prefab sheds are not foreign to town and city zoning officials. Your local zoning laws should already have rules in place for them, so it makes life easier when trying to pull a permit (if even necessary). In my experience, prefabricated sheds don’t require much fuss, but if you want to build goat barns from scratch, you may need to jump through an awful lot of hoops to get the OK.

Goat Barns

Before you run out and buy a prefab shed, you really should sit down and think about what you need your goat barn to be. Do you only have two goats? Are they lawn ornaments, production livestock or companion animals? Will a small run-in shed be enough? If you have only a few pet goats, you can likely get away with a really small barn, such as a shed-roofed structure or even one of those oversized playhouses (especially for pygmy goats).

If however, you’re looking to take advantage of goat milk benefits, then you may need more barn than you think. Consider how many does you need space for, how many kidding pens you want and how big these need to be. Do you want a milking parlor area? I’ve milked outside in the rain and I can attest to the fact that you want a sheltered area for milking.

Before you settle on a size of a barn, I suggest doing a mock layout on your lawn. Use cardboard, strings, spray paint or whatever to represent the size and layout of your barn. Try walking and working inside those imaginary lines. Does it make sense? Is there room to move? Remember that prefab sheds are typically no more than 10 to 12 feet wide since they have to fit on the roads; so take that into consideration.

Functional Options

When checking out the options available, there are a few things most prefab shed retailers offer that you may want for your goat barns. Haylofts are available in many garage style sheds and they are a great way to keep some hay easily available for feeding. Having an elevated loft keeps your hay out of reach from eager goats and doesn’t take up valuable floor space.

Overhangs on goat barns can save you from getting drenched when it rains or having to dig out your front door when it snows. Many prefab sheds come standard with limited overhangs, but some styles offer more roof overhang than others.

Do you even need doors? If you already have goat barns for expecting does, you may only need a run-in shelter like a horse free-stall. Windows are great, but glass breaks easily. Ask if your retailer can install Plexiglas windows that will resist shattering, or if they can leave the window openings empty so you can add your own Plexiglas.

Large double doors make it easier to get a tractor bucket into the barn for cleaning. If your chosen barn is big enough, having big double doors at the end for easier cleaning and a smaller door for you and your goats will make life easier.

Split doors, like the ones usually found on horse stalls, are a great way to allow ventilation without letting your goats out. Not many standard prefab sheds come with this option, but you can likely order this if you have time to wait. Be sure to add metal corners to prevent cribbing;  goats are likely to chew on the top of your door when you have the top half open.

Cupolas are those square structures planted at the peak of a roof, usually where weather vanes reside. They are more than an aesthetic touch if they’re functional. Since heat rises, the most logical place to put a heat vent would be at the highest point in the ceiling, which is where a copula sits. Help keep your goat barns cool by ordering a copula kit.

Pressure-treated floors are a debatable topic. Pressure treated wood is impregnated with toxic chemicals to prolong the life of that wood. Think of it as a rot-resistant stain of sorts. Many people will argue that it will leach toxic stuff, and they may be right. I for one am not personally concerned about it and I ordered my prefab shed with a pressure treated floor, but it’s your barn and your choice.

Converting Prefab Sheds

Converting prefab sheds into goat barns is easy, but there are a few things you’ll want to add before letting the goats in. Goats like to butt things with their heads, and if you let them do it to the inside wall of your prefab shed, they will eventually tear the siding off the goat barn. Since most prefab sheds are built like a house with studs at 16” or 24” on center, I find the easiest way to add an inner wall is by sheathing the inside with plywood. I don’t suggest anything thinner than ½ plywood, nor do I recommend using chipboard in lieu of the more expensive plywood, because it won’t last.

Typically, this is what the corners of a prefab shed’s wall look like. You will need to add 2 additional studs to give yourself somewhere to screw your plywood walls to.

When buying a prefab shed, either ask your retailer to add nailing to the corners for interior walls or be prepared to add a few studs to the corners. This is an easy addition and shouldn’t take much effort, but unless you do this first you will have nowhere screw your plywood ends.

If you want electricity in your goat barns, have an electrician install Ground Fault Interrupt (GFI) plugs, shielded light fixtures and shielded switches. If you want your electrical wires enclosed (hidden inside the walls), be sure to have the electrician run everything before you put up insulation and walls. If you want your electrical system to be surface mounted with conduit, I suggest using metal conduit and housings so your goats don’t chew them.

Insulating a stud-built shed is easy, and if you plan to have kidding pens in your goat barn, then it’s a great idea. If your studs are 24” on center, it may be a little harder to find 24” wide insulation, but it is available, and it goes in just like your typical house insulation. Don’t forget a vapor barrier!

If you plan to feed inside your barn, adding a 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 railing to hang your feeders on is a nice touch. If you need hay feeders inside the barn, you can get versions that hang on a 2 x 4, or you can get direct mount styles, which would likely be best if you added interior walls.

If you plan on using a deep bedding of pine shavings, be sure to add a kick plate to your doorways to keep the shavings in. I suggest a 2×6 or 2×8 board for kick plate duty but don’t use pressure treated wood since this is bound to be cribbed on.

Make Your Life Easier

Consider buying quality steel show pen panels to make your seclusion or kidding pens. These panels pin together easily, disassemble quickly and are easy to clean. Sure, you can build cheaper dividers from 2 x 4’s, but the steel panel system gives you the flexibility to change your barn to suit your needs, without having to deal with built-in obstructions or heavy home-made panels.

If you expect to keep dividers up most of the time, you can save money and space by adding eyelets to your walls for your panels to pin to. Be sure to screw these eyelets into wall studs. Use re-bar or steel ground rod as a pin to attach panels to you wall eyelets. When it’s cleaning time, you’ll be able to remove your panels for easier shoveling.

Consider feeding outside. Nothing is worse than having to fight a matted floor of hay come clean out time. Having a free-standing hay feeder outside will allow you to use a pine shaving bedding inside your goat barns, which is easier to shovel, is more sanitary and stays much drier than hay or straw.

Decorative or not, large double doors on the end of a barn make it much easier to clean, especially if it’s big enough to fit your tractor’s bucket.

Baby cameras are great, but if you’re already running electricity to your goat barns, I highly suggest adding a Cat5E cable to your barns so you can install a high-quality IP camera. During kidding season a quality IP camera could be the single best investment you’ve made all year. It can save you unnecessary trips to the barn just as easily as save your doe if she has a hard kidding. Many times intervention is necessary, a quality IP camera can let you know when that intervention is needed.

That Was Easy

Building goat barns out of prefab sheds is about as easy as it gets. If this worked out great for you and you’re thinking of doing the same for your chickens, see our article on how to build a chicken coop out of a garden shed for more great tips.

I’m sure I missed some great ideas and tricks, what ideas did you come up with? Share them below in the comments section!

How to Build a Goat Barn Using a Prefab Shed was originally posted by All About Chickens

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for the music ask every # w a 2!

ooooh okay here we go!!!!! im putting them under a cut :’) 

2- best song to fall asleep to? oblivion by bastille hands down. to be entirely honest, every time i’m on a long flight or car ride and i want to sleep, i just pop on that whole album and drift off. 

12- top 5 albums of all time? this is tough.....i don’t really listen to albums, just to individual songs or playlists, but i’ll try. in no particular order: cool patrol/ninja sex party, mania/fall out boy, the rise of hobo johnson/hobo johnson, every kingdom/ben howard, and electra heart/marina and the diamonds!!

20- song with best bass riff? i honestly don’t know skdskldfj i don’t listen to a whole lot of bass-y stuff? 

21- song with the best chord progression? LA devotee by panic! at the disco has this one part near the end where i DIE listening to it it’s so good

22- song with the best solo? mansion party by ninja sex party. it’s got two

23- song with best vocals? god this is so hard because music is so subjective, and i like different artists because of their (sometimes wildly) different vocal qualities, yknow? i will have to say however that marina diamandis’s range is fuckin incredible, and i really like how she sounds on idle teen, so maybe that one? 

24- what song holds personal significance to you? so fucking many, but danny don’t you know by ninja sex party (specifically the line “you’re just going through an awkward phase/from twelve to twenty-nine”) makes me feel a little less hopeless about myself :’) 

25- what song(s) were ruined by a breakup? oh god. uh......it’s not ruined, per se, but i don’t listen to work song by hozier as much anymore. 

26- what song(s) make you want to fall in love? fire escape - andrew mcmahon in the wildernessdeath of a bachelor - panic! at the disco marry me - train in the name of love - bebe rexha/martin garrix make me feel - janelle monae

27- your friend is driving somewhere and made you the dj, what five songs do you put in the queue? the mother we share/chvrches, fever/two door cinema club, africa/toto, shimmer/fuel, aaaaaaand breakfast at tiffany’s/deep blue something. 

28- what song is your theme song? up the wolves/the mountain goats!

29- hottest band member/artist? brendon urie sure is nice to look at. 

32- top 5 concerts you’ve been to? 1. lionel richie 2. panic! at the disco (2018) 3. the unlikely candidates 4. andrew mcmahon in the wilderness 5. panic! at the disco (2016)

42- describe your future life partner with a song. drops of jupiter/train!

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This is a collection of 5 minute stories ive gotten as bell work. Im proud of some and hate myself for making others

8/23/18

Upon reading the message I assumed that whoever wrote that had a great sense of humor and thought nothing of it. Because who in their right minds takes fortune cookies seriously? I then paid my tab and left the thought of the “ominous” message already fading from my mind and matters of actual importance needed attending to. Getting into my car and leaving the parking lot I looked into my rearview mirror and noticed a man standing on the metal roof of the restaurant, the sun bouncing off the steel made it too hard to notice anything specific about the man, I decided to push the issue from my mind “there are plenty of reasons for someone to be up there,” I told myself “it probably has nothing to do with me”. The rest of my day was uneventful, I went back to work, finished up, went home, ate dinner, and went to sleep. That night I had a nightmare about a monster chasing me, and when I woke up I was back in my bed. Nothing ever happened because it was just a stupid fortune cookie……or so I thought

8/28/18

Samantha could only marvel how fast Becky had gone from a mild mannered school girl to a vicious screeching beast, her long blond hair pulling back into her skull, her lips pulling back to reveal her teeth fusing and elongating into a beak, her light skin turning purple and her limbs distorting. “Why does this only happen to me?” sam said mostly to herself as she assumed becky could no longer hear or understand her

“SCREEEEEEEE!” was beckys reply,

“Alright,” sam said, psyching herself  for the up comming ordeal “i can do this”. Raising her camera slowly sam began to focus the lense while saying in a sing song voice “say cheese”, meanwhile beacky began to flap about the room. As desperation sam remembered what was in her back pocket, quickly removing from her pants, sam held the object high in the air and called out “oh becky!”, becky turned

“Scraw?” sam waved the objected and shouted

“Catch!”, and throwing the object straight at becky who caught the object in her beak. Becky almost immediatly returned to her former state. Upon compleating her transformation becky looked around the room in confusion,

“What happened?” becky asked, same smiled and said

“I gave you a snickers, you aren’t you when your hungry”

8/30/18

“If you keep talking like that,i think we might have a problem.” but we already did have a problem, i didn’t want to go through with this….this..thing that they wanted me to do.

“It’s not up to you” dad proclaimed

“I had my doubts when it was me but you’ll move through it” was moms input

“What else could you posibly do?” my older brother thomas chimed in

“Honestly sam I can’t believe you don’t want this, just look at how lucky you are,” my older sister Judy added “i got stuck with a dolt”

“I wish i get on like that when it my turn” my little sister kimberly chirped. But i don’t want to do this was all i could think to say in protest. The marriage had when i was only three and it was supossed to be my familys ticket into nobility and that was practically all they could see. They didn’t see how much my husband to be made my skin crawl whenever he touched me. They didn’t see how blatantly obvious he was about undressing me with his eyes. Or at least i chose to believe they didn’t see as the alternative meant they knew they were giving me up to a

9/4/18

He left the front door open, so when his wife got home she was surprised by the large stag in her living room. “Oh hello mister deer. And how did you get in here?”, the deer of course had no answer, she looked at her kitchen and saw that the fridge had been emptied, the cubbords had once been pleantied and the pantry was unstedied “i see youve made yourself a snack mister deer” the deer of course gave no answer. She turned her head to the dining room where the curtains had been munched, the table cloth had been crunched, and flowers had been lunched “ i see youve forgotten your manners mister deer” the deer of course had no answer. The lady turned to the living room where the deer was, and saw that her couch had been slashed, and that the tv had been smashed, and that her family photos had been crashed, “mister deer i see you made yourself at home” the deer of course had no answer. She took one last look around her destroyed house and wept “oh mister deer what are you doing here?” the deer then looked at her and in a deep voice replied

“Isnt it obvious? Im vandalising your house”

9/6/18

None today

9/11/18

She was Leath with a petite frame, long ebony hair and and olive complexion a hawk nose and dark eyebrows that brought attention to her dark brown eyes alight with interest in the world around her, slender lips parting as she smiled with amusement at her own humor or disappeared into her mouth as she pursed them when thinking, the entire ensemble flowing through different emotions as her long thin fingers with nails painted black moved intently as she typed, her shoulders rising and falling as the intensity of what she was writing escalated and descalated

9/13/18

When she told me she lived in a floating forest, i thought she was crazy, but no, there it was, just like she said. Granted it’s not technically an island, it’s a boat and it’s not technically a forest, there's not a damn tree here, mostly just ferns, vines, and flowers of various breeds, with the occasional cluster of medicinal roots, or tribe of cooking herbs. But even without trees the site was still breathtaking as the ferns and vines grew around a dome lattice creating a natural roof straight out of an elven city and the flowers, blooming full in every color grew everywhere under the canopy that the ferns didn’t, each gentle breeze causing the living rainbow to sway and shift each dazzling display fighting to be seen over the other,

9/20/18

None

9/25/18

And that's when the lights came back on.The room now filled to the brim with clowns and the disembodied screams of the damned, seemed to tilt on its axis as marry frantically tried to open the door, her desperation growing as the clowns began sharpening their balloon animals. With a final heave mary broke through the door to find herself stand in the exact room she had just exited screams and all, the door now sealed tight behind her, the balloons were sharp now. “Would this cyclical hell ever end she thought

10/4/18

When sam entered the restaurant she saw the guy she had been talking to online eagerly looking at the stakes being prepare in front of him. She immediately turned around and left the restaurant, she refused to give any of her time to a meat eating murderer.

10/23/18

If i were a snail. Even just for a day. I would get up with my shell on and take a fucking hour to go. Or if i were a goat not. for not even a day. Id eat all your tin cans. Cuz fuck you man I am just a goat.

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The 30 Day Challenge Each Zodiac Sign Needs To Take In Order To Live Beautifully

Aries: Watch a movie each day challenge

Netflix is great, but how about expanding your knowledge and inspiration for the next 30 days with a movie marathon? A friend of mine took this challenge while he was studying to become an actor and spent a couple minutes each morning reviewing the film he watched the night before. This proved an excellent exercise to access not only great art, but also to nurture his curiosity, to enhance his thinking and to learn amazing pick-up lines (my point exactly). Make a list of the films youve always wanted to watch and never had the chance to, subscribe to local cinemas to stay informed about premieres or offer to host some movie nights at your place for your friends and their cinema aficionado acquaintances. Soon enough, youll have a complete new agenda to look up to!

Taurus: Living without social media challenge

This social media thing has invaded your life, hasnt it, Taurus? You spend your minutes before falling asleep with your phone rather than with your SO, endlessly scrolling newsfeeds and hopelessly spying on your current Instagram obsessions. Before superficially sighing again and letting your ennui grow stronger than your sense of humour, consider cutting your own access to social channels for one month. Wait, what, you work there? That doesnt mean you cant still do it. Create a separate Facebook profile (without adding ANY friends) if you need one for your work, and deactivate your main profile instead. Oh, I know, you think youre gonna die without your newsfeed tabloid each day, but whenever you postpone going to the toilet in the morning because you want some extra time spying your ex on Facebook, remember your bladder is not an infinite well. Other than that, youll be surprised how much spare time you will have access to. You might even want to pass this to your social media obsessed friend(s) next time their lunch gets cold because they HAD to Instagram it.

Gemini: Dance class challenge

This is a good time to work on your feminine/masculine balance and what better way to do so other than dancing your demons away while learning to actually synch with a partner? Takes two to tango, Gemini, and even if you do it just for you to learn to move your hips like Shakira, you can bet this kind of energy will make peace between your conflicted sides.

Cancer: Slow cooking challenge

If your diets been more vodka on the rocks and preheated meals this winter, Cancer, you might consider breaking up with your fast foodie knack and get yourself prepared a real, delicious and healthy snack. Even if youll find it boring and painstaking in the first week to actually move your ass to the market, analyze recipes and ingredients, spend time figuring how to mix organic avocados with goat cheese and chutney, doing so will make room for creativity in the kitchen. Plus, your body will thank you for that. From all its pores.

Leo: Learning a new skill challenge

It only takes 20 hours to become pretty good at something new. That means 45 minutes each day for a month, and a realistic plan to get you closer to your next dream job, fruition of a hobby or take-off of a business youve been long musing to kickstart. You might be surprised how fast your mind wraps itself around this new outlook and youll feel so much confident when youve touched first base with something youve always wanted to do but never considered yourself competent enough to actually do it. Now its the time!

Virgo: Deep cleansing challenge

Rest, eat, meditate, repeat. If youve been struggling with a difficult project, ran the mile to burnout at work or postponed washing your hair for a whole week (OR, even worse, slept in your make-up because you once read Kim Kardashian gets away with that which she totally doesnt, BTW), its high time to put a hold on your FOMO and workaholic inside and get a good and completely deserved rest. This means 9 hours of sleep each night, drinking lemon water each morning on an empty stomach, comforting your body with Swedish massage and eating healthy and vitamin reach meals three times a day, no exception. You might also want to swipe alcohol and caffeine while youre at it, and treat your body and mind the well deserved rest it needs.

Libra: Vippassana meditation challenge

For someone who finds it hard to sit down with their own issues and often forgets to shush and listen to others, a no-talking yoga camp with long meditation classes in the morning and spiritual engaging activities throughout the day may be a winning challenge to finally connect with your deepest desires.

Scorpio: Arts and crafts challenge

The creative adult is the child who survived. If youve been feeling disconnected from your hearts wishes and feel like your anxiety is the only thing standing between you and that big dream of yours, this is a good time to actively listen to your inner child, inner artist, inner voice, and give them some credit. Take a painting class, start scribbling your thoughts into poems, play with clay or take a graphic design course. Whenever I tell myself I cant do anything artistic because I lack the skill, I think of my friend who channelled her creative energy into 38 paintings over the course of 30 days (!) after she fell in love. And even if youre not in love, you might end up learning an important lesson about what you really love in life.

Sagittarius: Yoga mat challenge

Your body is a wonderland of sensations, Sag, and you need to work on your flexibility, especially if you want things to get wilder in the bedroom. Your epicurean spirit may find great comfort in taking a relaxing yoga class, while your body will thank you for releasing the blocked energies in your chakras. Take a deep breath and stick to it for one month, even if it seems pointless in the beginning, you will be surprised by your Jagger moves after this!

Capricorn: Be a tourist in your own city challenge

I know, we all love to travel and we get this fantastic high when were mingling with new people in different cultures. Then, back home, we find ourselves numbed and bored by the lacklustre of the city we inhabit, often forgetting the myriad of possibilities and attractions that make it so catchy for tourists each season after all. Take some time to sit with your mood while revisiting all the shows, galleries, museums and free activities your city has to offer. Rent a bike and explore the lesser known areas of your city. Book a nice dinner to a venue youve never stepped into before. Wear those beautiful clothes that you only sport on holidays (because you feel its tacky to dress nice for no occasion) and plan some getaways to local events with your close friends. You will feel tired but extremely happy and thankful for the energy boost your social life and your mind will get from this.

Aquarius: Surf camp challenge

Your body craves interactive sports that help you tone that beach body and boost your adrenaline in the same time. Take a month to relax and refresh your system while learning to surf with a hot instructor in a breezy resort. Lena Dunham just took one on the premiere episode of GIRLS season 6 and it made up for some good old soul searching too. Dont forget to SPF!

Pisces: Diary of dreams challenge

This is a fantastic way to connect to your subconscious and learn decoding the messages it sends to you while youre resting between the sheets. If youve been having nightmares, or if youre simply curious how your dream world relates to events in your waking life, you might start a dream journal. Get yourself a beautiful notebook and begin collecting your dreams each morning before breakfast, trying to be as explicit and detailed as possible. Reflect on the notes you made at the end of each week and soon you will be able to deconstruct your subconscious mind and connect in surprising ways to the aspects of your life that need improvement.

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