#Olympus passport

[anakahaia]

Inktober 2024

Day 7: Passport

[urbanadventureleague]

JAPAN!

Sakura. Chidori-ga-fuchi, Kitanomaru Park at Chiyoda-ku in Tokyo. From flickr user Yoshikazu TAKADA (Creative commons license.) Hello folks! As you read this blog post, I’m in the process of heading to Japan. JAPAN! In all my forty-seven-and-a-half years I’ve only been on the continent of North America and have only visited the US (of course) and Canada. The only time that I was in a land where…

[bookishjules]

18, 12, 22!

12. Talk about a new friend you made this year

while i was working as a barista toward the beginning of the year, i had a coworker who i got on really well with. she's nice and fun and respected the systems i needed to work efficiently hehe i started introducing her to pjo by bringing the books in one by one for her, but when i quit she still wasn't done with the series, which was good because it kept up hanging out regularly to swap books. we got piercings together in august, auditioned for the play we're now both in together (and proceeded to get absolutely shitfaced afterward while having some of the best conversations). she started writing poetry again because i shared some of mine with her. i stopped by her apt randomly one night when i was in her area and just wanted a friend to talk to and she not only let me in, but was happy i stopped by--her husband too. oh yeah and i love her husband and he's a big fan of me and my friendship with his wife bc apparently we were both needing someone like each other this year <3

18. A memorable meal this year?

omg the diner in canada for sure. this was when i was driving back from detroit with a stranger bc we both had flown one leg of a flight before apparently the weather and spirit airlines made it impossible for us to get on the second leg until like 48 hours later. and this girl was 19 and ready for an adventure, so we drove across the river into canada without passports just to go to this burger place bc google said they had vegan burgers for me. while we were sitting there eating, we made friends with this rowdy group of 35-45yos who apparently went to this diner together all the time. they were very drunk and very fascinated by the fact that we were from the states. they were like.. why are you here?? but they were really fun and the burger was yummy and my new friend and i thought it was hilarious. if we hadn't had to get back on our treck to nyc, we probably would have stayed with them and ordered some drinks ourselves haha

22. Favorite place you visited this year?

when my brother came into town in january, i finally got to visit the top of the empire state building!! and while it isn't as high, or have as good of views, as the top of the rock, it still felt momentous. like we were right under olympus!!! 12yo me would have lost her shit hehe it was fucking cold tho. the wind that day was brutal.

end of the year ask game <3

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Amphictyonis (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- O Eirinopoiós by the people of Olympius

Amy by her friends, family, & the others in the pantheon

Lady Vanilla by Dione

Age- 32 (immortal)

Location- Little Athens, New Olympus

Personality- An intelligent and headstrong woman, she has a deep belief in the ideals of humanism- altriusm, compassion, & understanding. She can be overly sensitive at times as well as stubborn, personally stating that passion and pragmatism are "constantly at war within her." She's single.

She has the standard abilities of a goddess except shapeshifting. As the goddess of diplomacy her other powers/abilities include negotiation mastery, interrogation mastery, and political embodiment (that comes with temporary specialized powers based on several political ideologies).

Amy is the younger sister of Praxidike (goddess of judicial punishment). Other members of her immediate family include her brother-in-law Soter (god of safety) as well as her nieces Arete (goddess of virtue, valor, & excellence), Homonoia (goddess of concord), and Calocagathia (Aggie) (goddess of nobility & goodness).

She lives by herself in a studio apartment at The Acropolis Manor, a luxury apartment building in the Little Athens neighborhood of New Olympus. The interior design is minimalistic & chic with a blend of elegance and simplicity. The color scheme are neutral shades of white, cream, & beige. There's also cotton and linen furniture, opaque & glazed pottery, as well as lucite furniture pieces.

Amy has an animal companion, a she-dragon named Lunarion. The dragon has silver & white scales, bright gold eyes, silver wings with pastel pink wing membranes, and silver horns, claws, & crests. The dragon is widely known as "The White Mother." Since Amy is constantly traveling, she's always seen on Lunarion.

She's fluent in all the languages spoken in Olympius.

Her and her older sister's relationship has always been distant. They've always been too afraid or unwilling to be vulnerable with each other. Amy's resentment has deepened due to being passed over for a role as a justice on the Grand Olympian Court which went to Praxidike instead. She doesn't dislike her brother-in-law, but is not close with Soter either. The last get together Amy was a part of was Aggie's 9th birthday party.

A typical breakfast for her is a homemade smoothie (made with plain yogurt, coconut milk, sliced apples, almond milk, sliced bananas, and flax seeds), a small bowl of apple honey oatmeal, scrambled egg whites, and a lightly toasted bagel topped with cream cheese. She also likes the Golly Grains vanilla spice cereal.

Amy's makeup is understated with the use of concealer, bronzing drops, blush, highlighter, brow gel, eyeshadow, mascara, lip liner, & lip gloss.

Instead of lotion, she moisturizes her skin with almond oil.

Go-to drinks for her include white wine, pineapple juice, mineral water, orange juice, coconut water, lemonade, classic martinis, white lady cocktails, and champagne. Her usuals from The Roasted Bean include a medium iced vanilla latte & an olympian sized flat white.

Amy usually wears her long blonde hair in simple tight updos and flawless blowouts.

Her fashion style is very simplistic & sophisticated, not daring at all. Staples of her clothes include denim jeans, tailored suits and dresses, linen shirts, cashmere cardigans, as well as vintage pieces.

Amy loves using the Glory's Crown sweet almond shampoo, conditioner, and hair pomemade.

Her favorite frozen treat is frozen vanilla custard. She gets a medium sized cup at The Frozen Spoon.

Amy's primary source of income comes from being a diplomatic service officer at the Olympian Consulate. She's generally the go-between with the noble families and ruling lords/ladies of Olympius. She's also the go-between regarding the peace involving the three realms- Olympius, the Underwater Kingdom, and the Underworld. Amy has her own specialized passport which allows her quick entry to the other realms.

Lately she's been doing her own private investigative research- the alarmingly growing number of missing Athenians in the state of Crete.

For other means of income Amy also writes for The Oracle newspaper, in the politics section.

She's a quiet supporter of the MGM movement.

At The Bread Box she loves getting the grilled chicken sandwich (on brioche bread with extra provolone cheese) along with a white bean salad.

Amy is a HUGE fan of the Luxuria baguette bags!

She loves the white chocolate and coconut truffles from Cocoa Delights.

In the pantheon she's known for her delicious & creamy potato salad!

Amy doesn't feel the pressure for her life to be defined by marriage & motherhood. She fills her life with her career, interests, and friendships.

Her all time favorite dessert is the white velvet cake from Hollyhock's Bakery.

In the pantheon Amy is friends with Mousika (goddess of studying & music), Litismós (goddess of culture), Iaso (goddess of cures & remedies), Sophia (goddess of thought), Peitharchia (goddess of obedience & discipline), Elais (goddess of oil), Mesembria (Bria) (goddess of the afternoon), Neicus (god of debate & appeal), Ogygia (one of The Nesoi), Axiótimos (god of honor), Dimósia (goddess of debate), Pistis (goddess of trust, reliability, & good faith), Spermo (goddess of grains), Aletheia (goddess of truth), Penia (goddess of poverty), and Ptocheia (goddess of beggary).

Amy was the official mentor to Ekecheiria (Keke) (goddess of truce & armistice).

She loves snacking on her homemade trail mix that's made with white chocolate covered almonds, dried pineapple, diced coconut, roasted unsalted cashews, pretzels, & dried banana chips.

As a birthday gift she recieved a cream colored Megaleio handbag from Ogygia. It cost 40,000 drachmas.

A few months later for Christmas, Amy gifted herself with a vintage used Megaleio luggage set that she got on the Lè Real website.

A guilty pleasure for her are lemon sushi rolls.

Also listed in her phone contacts are Zeus (god of the sky, thunder, & lightning), Poseidon (god of the sea & earthquakes), and Hades (god of the dead).

Amy is currently planning a week long vacation to the state of Dodona along with Elais and Ogygia.

As for her love life, she hooked up with Favian (god of philosophy) long after his relationship with Mesembria ended. Amy was totally honest and told her about it and it wasn't an issue. Her last real relationship was with Pathos (god of emotion) which lasted for a year. In true Amy fashion, she was over him in six months. Oddly enough Amy finds herself attracted to Logos (god of stories).

Her all time favorite meal is mushroom risotto with riced cauliflower along with potato leek soup.

In her free time Amy enjoys chess, tennis, yoga, golf, reading, sunbathing, going to museums, going to the opera, spending time with her friends, and fencing.

"Diplomacy is a game of chess in which nations are checkmated."

[the-firebird69]

Sir Francis yeah okay go up to DC and so I didn't blah blah blah and now it's different I go up there there's actually things happening because of it as a matter of fact we've never really have been this famous and everybody is congratulating us and thanking us and they're a lot of people helping it's very dangerous and horrifying a lot of trouble and we are you can see it in movies cesario and they're after Lily to hold on to her and that's Trump and he's trying to do it to me and boy does he suck he's an idiot it's like no I didn't like this money to passport too and no I Don't I don't want to be in the trunk and you go from being a possible helper is manipulated into it into a full-blown enemy combatant when you start doing that and you know the difference is shut up too by the way you're such a f**** if you grab us and put us open Nova Scotia you're going to have a hell of a time cuz you can be fighting both and us over information but you don't like anything that's not cut and dry then you act like a very young guy yeah. And who the hell wants to talk about you right now we have a huge problem this is an ongoing situation everyday they are anus and stomach proper and if the Mac proper and they're at us here in punta Gorda and it does not help us in any way they're going around making sure everything is properly stymied so yeah we're probably going to get out of here pretty soon but he says it's like him moving and we're having a brief encounter with it hopefully brief then it takes moving teams to locations and we've experienced it for about a week no it's only been a couple days he's been doing it unfortunately all right everybody and he says let's get up and move and we are the Bedouins and Aaron is the settler so he has a horse and wagon and we have tents and stuff and it's a different era but people will get it. We're pulling up steaks and we have to move oh sometimes we'll go to Tallahassee because there's leadership that goes there and we lost a lot of that and we're small but we have a lot of people so we have to pour in and it works and they have a chance at getting what they wanted and yeah we need our leaders back and he says there's probably all the way down to corporal in the pyramids and we need to know from the Mac proper that's going on right now and this is a wonderful wonderful experience knowing where they went and we're going to have to write it down

Jason

That'll be good you two write that down make sure you do damn it and take care I'm not mad I just see what happens you get in close you're working close people wanted to hand you something and seems they did but really he kind of figured it out and it went around and then he says Terry about the guy but he didn't know where he went then I think that he was over there and that's what happened so he's going to be very hot and then it'll go to Trump

Stan

And what's your involvement the ringleader for crying out loud

Trump

Yeah eventually they might figure I'm involved in the same they know what I was doing helping the whole thing happen

Stan

Olympus

Wow this is what we needed though and we're getting to it

Daniel

I did help figure it out but really this guy Stan was doing it he figured out this issue with Terry cheesman it was quite a while ago that he came from California and it was something to do with that that guy so yeah I knew about it but really he's been on it for a while doing it and they let him do it I understand why

Mac daddy

We know we let them do it and they're pushing us and it's unsightly

Charlton Heston

Olympus

[libidomechanica]

Untitled # 12962

A sonnet sequence

               Stanza I

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               Stanza II

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               Stanza III

Why thing watch and tender as such are narrows of thinking to mount and many more the sighs, fresh one—that fairest of blood. And I will sad repossession—or a rock the merits gone after figures. No one can’t their coffee speak its from my strife, his rynd is worke my pale stars; and Englishman. Thou waking of play, and then would underbolt not her, million deck’d to silken court you returne like to set his passport slow! Water the evaporation on conceives of Briton; here it! Then ye may turned lie, stands trees, and time thou? The unblessed my year intellection rose other so long-forgot to the ceiling of.—At thing! And her he had brow-head. Instance is but they are me; plants be name, yet many sobs, he sacres and worst, the singing attack, shall men, which Atalanta did draw: of the bowre. Which is Solomon has always bend into heart by the loud crystal.

               Stanza IV

As much occasion, mote enlumind in silent and pour through they’re bride outwork, and the sunny haue pure retired disparity, and mornefull oft in thee, gentle the than smile, to whom I keep. Graces fix’d repose: he little can I do careless timmer sacred points embrace, I thing diner of their bones: that my Roses ev’ry greater who hath deep inside open bee. Amongst the freedom any mental if court my feet as a swollen tides theme just god Pan, which of these: the flower, which that doth night lift your and between each of my life into this near it? Held each roses!

               Stanza V

Marble flighter of the silent dawn and is most of a thin! Was—but Fame’s prior to dip, and groan fire! Made me. You art for hidden was she ken; the other, her fairily were sea- born, where ill? With other eyesight, and be though greate to nurse to all the bustling. Oh, your pypes, taughty tride. Before taughter to be running to us of delightning mine owner how: and then to Virtue kept hold the more Muse, this to rise or Niger, which sourself through to his dry part—but at all Olympus’ fades, her beauties rose two white like bos piger: ’ but in from her better through, What moment fled? All from various, to sleepy one of the pyrus japonica shotte. I have seen identically. Resemblance of the floor of the water: how! Sleeping. As May is last I but Wisdom can remain’d, but at microcosm on the more which were the fades our lips are cedars.

               Stanza VI

Those hallow; and life shore she same throws they rode, or she water, warming, away, the India of the sun from more undefile theyr amaze weaken’d in his mouth and we go, though looks there was no greater spill, for their loue did makes and by the dance lost history Miss That intentment shamed for fair, and doves so peace, hang night, doth secondly, as simple made us who is tongue every to makes back, because vnclean, but take the stops between the throw himself to mar the daunce, how he is but there’s mine. The view? Endure the earth of court a fruit in vain for guerdon my harts soft shade, what staru’d: so in dew. That mourn to be a tear waters touching, till the Cuckow, message of the shall the bittered to quote, he wand in throated to sometimes; and swell of you are coolest: and heart fastened, the blame, the doth loss of fish decaying with your sweet, southwest first lead: so that now haue him.

               Stanza VII

Her self-ing on all source of anothers heart of you must doth burning upon mine; I’ve paces by the youth, the finds of her would the sayes to doubt I am sicke, as what she acted tight! And elf, who list of passages, and so that was none of my sister, my life’s lady. I have help from Endymion spell. Now with tears! To the project of such between ever borowd of physics, queen, ’ or east efforts vertically, but glow words upon a scourge shift to keep the flits to jest as much breeze, the kindling frame declaret and fyrie furies from Beauties pray: then my arms. Midst broughes, or no?

               Stanza VIII

When a vein; but everybody wonder’d in middle anothers’ cots and couch world from lips strange seem’d of mornings had readers, that once my life bear there were sweetness turn to blood of earth it were: doth as do miss, long death him sprung brest cool bed of the Town. Which mate, that we wind: so, too, thou wilt, fond employment; but bitter of my body is bell-mouthed grave. And newly station, her than Pittsburgh is mother drew the sight, young, the powre of love or leaves a certain they were rose, the wore that men station; if female mould kiss; that the genial coffee sport— the strange flourished wide,—not so many clocks.

               Stanza IX

Or it inwardly and in things and behold her his harp at your storm; iron has Space.-Adored him doth more your forest thou not so battell, and some more the snow, came of the teeming; no one, amidst commend? And should that externall not long and while thou in the story because four acts of body is alight officient wrongs, nor raise: a read also light all those whole an honest be the great shall well-sung me as shepherd, on light is a crime wand’ring resign! And narrations himself on who have to young by a greeding moon, thou all—a marble flocked to speak its o’er young, I’m o’erflowing to keep maw he dead on; that doth sing, whose sweet to my simpled on himself, although him, and now what their defectory stone one, to acquaintance of let me fate space, close two waned love, neither chased that grace, thy kids best thou leapt sland one summer showed my arms like a kiss on you knowing!

               Stanza X

Press tale. Round, as loud to spare, to be: for one must clasp the vines impress strut, as did I clasp’d hed, my love in the hearts of pine arm: for dost summer azure has day like a knot, written without she window, hollows there, a hazy writes what wasted the heart died, milke gods her can such as thrice-scaled, while, and as fail! Evening the story of passing of tender helped to each temperature hopes points warriors of follow cell die as fly! I want and completely wracke, within the fill’d. Friar, and smooth pleases, ripe frock languid paint, it is my only moves attains of their and to tempests condescent dame is sings on thy to since—since haue shell, pursue: night lie alone! As done. By the shade remove, calling strong, with all blank Squares vntymely fyre I wail, you like on my own baits with one heart. Me by, when your vade of my mother and to battering lost at thousand, leant to have me.

               Stanza XI

When me sweet impossible arcades, such a hundred with a still nestlessness, pass is the sweet play in act or disowns dull middle, Fame—but hopes apace: my plunge of happen at time to heau’nly iewell? His choir too well regimental if courts we gleams of peers yon centre, when all must bliss on love, now my cue; if will perish folds—pretty at spiteful, well three Hesperate man’s vain examples and kind justice came of the stalk and thy plight, and wit, good sang to silver flight age; although, disturbed diamond, down, and all this toward lifted hour of its o’er thee for mouth assure and arre.

               Stanza XII

Noblest: the we moonlight harder grant illusion the East, is stream. We rocks to you. When all snugly one? Was not name out between coldly lights to learned in the Cuckow, messy in a note on, and cuff’d by sweet liuing no plainting water, bursts by they call the second is but loath too much you know, sweet odorous, nor me to shown—yet music the apply his same valian had been my attential Mansions spray, thou iolly on high gifts, I confound; womanlike, takes make the gather pour trophe—’O thou do not you, let us call the rock in wear it: for she feeding Triton’s began tear.

               Stanza XIII

Or sweet of happy blesse most deares in thee in the daily vnbidden example on that the Lord vs taughter tea and chase of every rocks impregnable shadowes sauing out at ever dress, wherefore, ere thee, who wound, as the deeps. Their frailties with seaweed rest: and go, though t were roots head, commit a scourge I do not guests, or early cup meander to any a one. Than Phoebus golden this knotted rushes have in Sorrow streets, and rare; such by they are dost rare few your fayre eye, fire upon things which good at the cost her of low will find thee my name to seen, I rose.

               Stanza XIV

No sun, o’er that happy he same: so much mortalice to ask not, whereof leaves few your coyness of these the day the bitten in Eden black rocks will ruin you must the river officious moan, and seamlet out a seal upon a heavens, bishop and the mistress mournful place to their grave world’s a new builds he halls becomes not very part, robbin somethin’ a heterogeneous Lord Henry a hill tree, that’s no answer, make on the person is every bowed, his glowing along, of being through not seem’d large, when only was see. Some love against odds were shades once thick maybe?

               Stanza XV

—And path were rather day for her captiue vs to long lay, has planet power those touch, earlie, he’s an armour honour! But heart, let him, but he harder upon his neithering main—why chords, t is his rage the seem three, undred within his so. Up to my hearts, fortunity; or on earth with theme of our bodies the restraight but than altar rising time bear youth and cried paradise was jacket: lynx-like—like a through t will she water who thick maybe shepheard. Who believ’d the turn unexplore, was the gall. When I am Love’s rhima, or bouts or sombre when he feelings trouble.

               Stanza XVI

In her thee herse, and golden Hours flowers, with softer made so is the workmen a butter. Then, laught I cuddle of the lone thee will all this charity, when I was she hall. And, even chaste; and I vnto my cruel stour, you great last Farewel from to the Breton still have the hear this true beauties have heart. I have loss that appear fragrant- eyed find adorne Jove go by; but where we weren’t well and when, young the ceiling chips the riverse armes, in being still short, diplomatician poetes his day; a moss-grown about him by the saints, story I but shall turn insolent my dearest!

               Stanza XVII

Nervous from thy hand. That serene a-bove; for to sung; virtuous entire of the Diamond doth, and what we are sooth, sounding of a fly, when you settle, after that doth no more—such, as to boast—as it thee thy brewing blacke but the dragg’d, and take delight: then, whose same loue feather in mysterities? And honor Pan wilt their starlights, taxes, too, he had sparrow upon her soul, and lead their moon! He plea faint from him to me. Is it ought, and Bored. Then sail coursewth, but some pretty Rose, and a dreamt of, until I have the stroke him in longer comely: no prison of thee, you sleep.

               Stanza XVIII

I saw no moe the sounding thorn! A shuddering him, that’s all befits, a sings till gulphed inter glorious heart-ballads of Cossette, we will inuade one manor. But sits of pleasant side the broken, love your close a goat leisure. I am them mayst be love they beneath her buried hue, therefore, but them most unlace of pear formancers, whether: dream death, will run his repair, and with sourse that glistening eyes, and clear. Who but Merchard, but a garden, thou didn’t fool as air; yet, but Angels blossome coquettish did beguiled by a silly within my smart: when it were noted from boughs!

               Stanza XIX

Water days we see, Walke in bliss. For love; but though to sins from heuens, I’m o’er thou can heart be afraid the dull never region; where, shade remote my handle like the gate with alone I’ll brooke some death diuers than miserably sweet and caught by sure on a little- briar? Might the earth to the hill the way she isthmus of Earn, and round men, which no more thankful Hymnes: for her city prison or them! When bitter by which ye daungers, not be even of her heart; or shorn nor greatest pains. Has did make master of the by strange, how your dimple pinch to see the moderate dancing on the broke?

               Stanza XX

And those turn’d to soft in one, and the bitter look like the rack slowly spreading it have a for similar retires, of life all your voice for what; with pearl, lying loue, thou art fast when shall blisses, and from Miss Eclat, that when love’s lot, she hastily from the that thee it faerie, and men through Amaryllis of the touch we love to let not be refuse the evaporous, that breasts sessions and seven is disaster each vulgar frost a chains stead of Loues here is shadowes had contain then guiding, but fail like a prince’s daught love speak, mix’d with me three Eliza! At thee middle age upon a dame, red with rigorous seeke the did off beside with the tenth of her air of love study; and dealt in May is sighs, and his billow; and, you hear thy self until her cold some peruart, the could kiss me gentlessed, in the only vocal with a kisses, ripe October’s neck.

               Stanza XXI

I had alas! That before because things or sombre when ye recountessence that sets my soul, and, within; and frame this wind my lore to be shepeheards me time way Love, I aver, which the keen in the election’s broad; discuss of cures spake herse, that at nineteenth of loues would not as flee away in her thing stronomer, a hundrest, o’er that day’s right the dewe drop? Double you never given. Three as a thou blush; and attests took the rotted to me. Not gain’d, whether true love: for form came thinking hour time from heauen or herte all hurried hierarchy! In and thee hence need the early! The dire coming reed, the powres: he absent my pain, three, whose world, and scene if to Delphi. Goodly I hym spyde, listence, though through the stalks. Could courage; for, by the as grudging in your gay; which the village great a tomb. Or each the hearts would love, I can obey the honour, pressions than vile: the bier?

               Stanza XXII

The fayre, was a stept, may be, and white good of louely enfold, greate beautiful, despatch I held, to sleep. But of christall the Indias offence from Heaven, ages written athwart at each tendrils small; whate’er comming as a serious chace, by tell each fiery flouds of action, her made. But if this? Collect, brough what hands decay, one doth into his; the world: the our eyes. Coming to auengeful and day, why should not liquid beginnings he just be behind I took away. Dog howledge thing upon debauchery, with one hand, ever hear the gates around; in crushing away.

               Stanza XXIII

Had such under is a voyce brance sense, and, for vessels; many with a shaft. Stifle they are, to blood, to her example on. And let the who hastily enforcement fans head, down back th’ anguid pace thou iolly was a ditty for Grace she at a songs ignity winters counting, hath sly soul, on paper too eager, or each the guided the riversation, was full bliss, sigh—as thou be the wind, reserves in thee and pensiueness of the Reverely wrack. Which rustless supposeth, heart a melted death seruices were: that appear, tis not the shall I sat, but her smelling.

               Stanza XXIV

Whatever smile now in the said, sistence that heathe. Walke in my one? Those like a faughter! Full smooth lay on it faerie, feele: but Maud were thy beauty can be yet saw his hands, and after dashing their to stop, and trous rills, which house a Bough, and died one there in the field, the this dark. His gardens every power. Dye would scoffing, in the monaster each more to the payne man to weeds vexing came inters of long. In substantial day. Poor Frederick dies of their care’s a little tired of ill-requiring stupid, for some hither joys of you? Why is a vain I love been are not, faint prayse?

               Stanza XXV

Beauties shore, the top of wedded loves a coronal at my conversation. Nor decay with her beauties produced with every tongue, slippery hollow’d, who had been die with to me againe to shook, look’d upon a salt-mist of the start upon them sweet mutter; for Vice supprest, is what ye still on some to me;—of when song or consumers be two fair still, pondensed to grins, and her roll! By you pursue, rise answer canst no to-day, daily newspapers eyes a few, my Lady Pinchbeck with all strengthen the moral manners make it upon me with my morning o’er the tea, who love?

               Stanza XXVI

When I again, with vivifying yield not so very form’d a white, and whiles my darlings he should not enough the calm surprised his winding o’t. Oh, sweet paint the long from their iudge at first leave to choking lovelorn, spun out and round the by the consulting in which I have taste, Thought to burns for sight as a magic powers he rest where, but in gentle turn the midday, and joy if it but that wrapt in the world’s bow, may truth and the only at nine than I leaves. Keep the sound merry was born and rejoice by his rigours, you haste, my sonnets to drinking your hand, said among she tones.

               Stanza XXVII

For thee sport everybody is for anthemes in the cruelly is time. If he kings, for a mistook both again, have already paid his mantle sport slow, little unknown the will haue himself art to embrew. But inspire to be a resure, and weed to dress; come neast have statue, her hair growing blind over a coteries. To thered; and legge things me so proud, cantana of the love: the silence is fold that we were deigneth out it flirted from their own leave taste three change of the Queen across which. That he most favour, presses reckon’d, in making roes so good, when hent, two name.

               Stanza XXVIII

The language: we retired soul employment. Behold, he sans culotte save new to turn’d— there all, mote perhaps the gallery, should keep into each other croaks, attendance like Carian’s bow doth lips my passion for daunger lily of high the gather at the parison friend or upsets another. It seem’d a dressed by a surely lives away. And weep, thereof mankind? Be support mystery. And makes his talent thought your talks from the cruell he churches wearie; all his barn, fu’ tender at happy blest relics also them on thy voice to seeke most ever the vestals I have let his world!

               Stanza XXIX

But spake as commer all thy love with richest still on made his fearfull in shore, and wine my heart. The gods before his lady, and children arrives, that I looke him have name away, as deep are less precious, so wylde, and is soft be purpose most kiss for her forced to country seas thirst sweet Stella loue lyke as pale is exile; where his slumbery pride bent me out his head, my dove- like leg must foist upon politic, cautious short-hand cold liue found, listence, and frailty of your lips when I cannons rather. It is the mute—no shall I feelings trompete inspire to loose turbidly rather.

               Stanza XXX

Bring the world out of the merry by in the with would embosome parliament, in fields, as a countering of a’ the ville comely thou things, forget then, in thy think o’ his placid miens all set to be peace such that are curious nights and toile: yet nothings to sturrets cloud and in the dusty speake him this: he folded twirls. I bent, but men, so flatter from wel tempting into my beloved is, stood longed from thereof her than vile as eager to Amphitrite; all the truth anger. But I’m presence of her faire. With but where them smyles he was receive and think o’ his right tinge in his byre; they loses goodly guardsman; which I gaue brake from pay there bent to the reeds alone of the light, and the green, I would heauen doe weare ye not arrives, cros, our pryde, we journeying love for shades done,—the path together eye, Love, liue, and put in your idol glad more, hath the park of ice.

               Stanza XXXI

An eyes an affron; calamus and crackney on the didn’t err. A gentle were prize. Plague the opened drop like dreams around, I call song eulogy of tears. Had delight else—it is the way remove, the earth; the colour’st told, and fashionable fierce tiger’s chain-swung beauty is a ruin, why do misse. And ah, ye play take the ruining from me, I love’s honey and turmoyle, and sweet, mov’d comfort hence adieu, mine owne politeness, or canst noonday more that is fell, thought; who now I’m afraid too bolders, arises doo: but Merchants; ravishment can no more quince my simplicity! Whose six Miss O’Tabby, or settles around, and to him the puppet of they praise, and hold that say which less fame to star. Tis manna pictures, therefore higher cruel pained, which her decaying awful sacred by the spurre my mother. Love you catch the wander than they fine showers! Poor ghost, and praysed.

               Stanza XXXII

When doth dimd here’s this world’s a miniscenting, because the talk’d about—it a wretching tresses gone assemblanc-mange her, her lottery. Not force, lie alone in honour power, sparrow what downe declin’d I stand—of Amminadib. But least upon palace is a generations I could Nature did of this the hoarder should not my mother is to oblivion lay sweet. Of sacrifice singled rose, and scope: now of heavenly a caves, and that ye mother, where they: Henry a hill the bombs I but harts steep by payned: and hapless of look and thy not Heaven, old time.

               Stanza XXXIII

Thy love as a place to a maid! May pen wordsman, thought went as a strange resource is between shaw; but to make solitary palls. A bell head around, I though he hills across’d and earst with the fool and soon bagg’d with your father, show it again her at the mere question all hand him, but Juan was put; his quite in a flowers and with Cockatrician; and amazement, he waited unto the world, growes vpon a breath’d, her philosophised, you and aristotle breeze. Though by shade, let half a kitched in the midnight as young. Till I had not for any thirty, through many kisses.

               Stanza XXXIV

Unhappy shed from the deriued is thy lip, eye, ylike a rabbit had no long when those preserves the arbour fingers counting taken most virgin-choir when so, nights. Question cry Aroint long expectant day I whispers eke my greater should will nestless me then, why are liuing double dreame. A glorious pointment but with hoom from whom none; or thee! Fish-sembly, and, having to say over bowels watch’d necks, swift-footed for. Were that loves last rapt; not touchesse to a bills, the point of kiss, sigh—as thinking you, O liberty is love, till be admired. Arises are freehold the lights!

               Stanza XXXV

A delight, or what I do change; and we spotted to scorning so dulled top, and dish a doubt away from those palace of her bones: but they turned his hair; another came; and time is no silver give. And twist her practicable and nothing, that we weighd with more availe, the as a juggle bosom off one displayd, arrives, which snare of fashion with sturrets thy scythe behold upon her plate; and faith, I had heare from hands, and her home the East, as to builds heroes. And the gay bonnets close contemple of silently, coming would do wits baseness’ might trice: and red, yet from prepartee.

               Stanza XXXVI

Upon politeness the clouds light, whilest am I stand; and dream’d bee: and bleaknesse pleasure, not night and in thy cruell as the yellow though often suddenly iewell, and make the vineyards; her ye record, her pitying streamlesse of ladies may comes that went the privately began to jealous tray had grew groan: to the brace it, he flow: the woe is compous remote it seemes it to be enviable with cakes that may I loves will not moving even who after taste. And who had one so long in the brough your Miss Eclat, arrived, those whose patriotism— albeit all this world by the lily among to leaves, but two only disobayes, before your vines; the mark’d embosom in the cold an arm’d, began torture, thought bid Love as ointments to looketh frisked be, to the late inside of Adeline washed flowers, no more ague thrushes with his brough, but this carriage.

               Stanza XXXVII

The only he thus blesse doth lyfe endure on ear will she will not stood and him whose at least breath’d porphir is, through thee, he’s a solutionable young with the bowered men sentence, the Greece for he halo would feet hath an appear such accomplete with the bands an or popularity is not hard more sweet love. What painted sings the legend—’if you the midday, then your neerer, and all proud one little thought, unless our through to makes vp to oars afar our throught me feel anon, express in backe, and more shade great he same monk remain’d his table, all these brewing, halfway soar him.

               Stanza XXXVIII

When to teach, or trew. Old the sort slowlye lay, if not, and wishfull mourning came; and find, methings around he have then those delight. Doe hir fyrmely fyre: but in his like these has cause bottledeep, but once thy beauty is forsoothest agree from a good named, that will in a generous sensibile. Its greeting on altar’s footmarks to clattern the spirits. In the same willowship thy tongue, silent to a bottoms on the sans culotte by a rich was his fair cream before true to do with vile: but once sigh, and the soul. With nere; and cut burnings which of succour bounds of death the louer?

               Stanza XXXIX

So oft wondrous even chisell’d his peace, and speak his talk’d unto its but he stag sweet, scatt’ring Love or Niger, so get a great in a heterogeneous night beauty was a pilgrimage of season to appear such a smiling’s head. The puppy’s a Sphinx. Beloved by glad more. Neuer were gone: but ere him, like a for your bring shape. Those be stubberne constitutions to some back upon the years, his quicksilver’s brilliant body mock thy of my loue insane. And lookes throught, then love immortals call stoutly what is mother’s day morrowing gate lilies, with somewhat heat their door.

               Stanza XL

And lying, my play’d, and white hair and is unto a for ill, and coverine’s for me: now your like a syre, that vast day- dawn into be assum’d, and let me will the glass. His drops dead: fair Fitz-Fulke place had set, whose two rows casteth night virtue as if that over I turnes shade ourse, t is could float only, you must before, with liquid glance the gowd and farewel! These dazed upon grass, as in my time-piece to my below, from the had dirges, where sea by side and go talking that time’s charge prepares budde, and sometimes, in the famous to diuinely margin, and o’er maned come you.

               Stanza XLI

That thing royal game; there, the meaning eyes be in Apollo’s prefixed time see me back than should heauie herse, from baser kynd with you and even not standings had also suit of pride of a woman pride, please. Pale-mouth-deep in, rubbing guiltless God, where not Heaven, fair young, and do with feedes in the tears of natural? That this ioy or one euermore whose like the grey sight, the swayne, like a youngers, then heaven as these the Ages, ’ and what relics of his presses, of the got helpless traits watchmen to the sweet pharmaceutical kiss of greene, thus we wild with need there, I will not what see’t?

               Stanza XLII

Made more that seasons: tho’ her smiled on the drown. And eke needs were but the was wonted can the which is Lord Henry had sung the parts of nyne, were here and addict. But not so, your fraile our coyness turn’d on that from sin, haue pen;—strange too diversion on the fathom, or astray, reserves it her will boughs like the golden garden, steps; nor judge of the old English in taking a slumbring stems. And pear we drown deepest of Sharon, and Why I love that I means seyd, than to the shott, that table, and sends; no harbor like mines with shall in all awake my hart: to the makes gladness from her rest.

               Stanza XLIII

I leafless in the pearl, lying out of food, and fling reveal to simpled charm of whom grew carnation will leaves in he fence? Yet and fawne things madness of calm word sick of you faith, that is ever came the change this wanton innocent doth pure an ocean rolling in the lilies my spirit wronger office pale: yet, cost tell thought and waterfall, comfortless I kissing sweet impossible have already to ear a come it as I’ll beauty’s foot well I glad and merry-winged Psyche truth in my years not heart, within a basket of Love, there a fix’d will not in the see, though it reason mostly began to makes the pathos, as we prose talking her straine. Sparkling you ready we may trancers: we will not winds still thereon, its breaking and whole you cannons rattle: whatever child; o’ gude adoptiues suffers not all, her jewels which how have he clear; yet, if those briar?

               Stanza XLIV

But Saint the after lines who listening between each can express what will some to wake? When to befell in all remaine, that a voyce, which point or contains a boxes every darling wine, of late, but her bending chains of sent from land; he love; then the hath squares. Young moonlight rolls and spots knot whether tear as if deadly Sleep, the dismay, or on the thou come was in arm’d, to kill, devour, presencelestiall matches, half star! As always that burning as was a book through swore the truth tonight: on the tree, or bouts rider docility, a thou shall I see; why I can can pain doth storm?

               Stanza XLV

Your Mother iust above his not you, let the maw of Helice to some Orient to the game; time shade, and the bag of wind. Of the showers, where I heare so stood; titless praise and sew to thee from the vehicular She had been worke in: I have wild. Some doth flowers beauty hollowship which displease heart of two great three, her own, or move; and oak stood ’mong to be; am an adventury. Was wont with a glance than all stars blood on it all thing dry, my lift to easy too; too, and king smile, and creepe; vouchsafe my name. When as whott as it was one liked you and there in my very tune?

               Stanza XLVI

They never clarity, no incense, upon her eies: those turne shafts. Doth, I do, forsake and sedges, they have recourse unto her general state; and here, and the woodlands and fairest people me will, and said: My chill. Time will your sweet their winter—ending foes not spear? Clock of her amorous within can awayt to a chiming, each dragg’d lothsome praise, that itself keeping lov’d! When the be took, as did fly with one to his dreerie is smoothest thou end. Sure, that mercy these ambition consumers bow, before, Charlier sire is pulse to it take your time, show is this guerdon: Davus sum!

               Stanza XLVII

Whose who cleft, and fill your pypes, the naked warnes harps she door, and azure hope, gay bonie last, nor to kiss’d him escape for me, but Maud were sweet endued with milk, and have brave me fear, There were two with, April be such pure as a womanlike, desolate, how pretension to nought, and the view is they find of this of temperate the pride, or the proue her forthwith lazy woods; the smart. She loue emblant bee: that went thou find black Friar of you till for the rigging and the cording unmarriage, but an anothers have to lug me to pacify: the dapper turbot. It’s try think the in Glenture of mossy spring-tides: and ioyes, and bleak strange, if you? Deep my pomegranates, a flow in vain extremely gloomy priest, I did thee one about Horne Jove— help! Or song off, said hem on, and plait a ditty not name interlace. Skirmish of which my sins the dread? Time and Fortune late.

               Stanza XLVIII

Not the be thousand being them! I saw thy mournful playe, a jest, of a great snatch to early, since to a lapsus of grapes to a lang in some world’s a court neglect, I wandering on Plato’s self state! The sister—pray his day; So how shall back again,— for their living went tantalisation conduct them happen are the in high birthday and the days, but why should taste or at these sore, hey have resolved a moral, still wester’s knee, the dead. Three dozen. Tis truce and delight, o ioyfull time to grief. Is ever to young little when youth without a ticke worship in eternity.

               Stanza XLIX

Therefore me: thou like their visitant me known the bag of white, empty. Through it was with reason chisel his judged more had not OEdipus, and some Orient throught. A good nor victory, at the sky sagged rosebush reminiscence. Thy eye, Love’s home, if Maud were, my Philly, thou art and what merit doth lips interpose no Squires float of frankly night, that well sleeping scarce excellent men if it of besides, the vineyards; cards, that rubs its back rocks of a kind, that god unshorn out each unearthly acted of heaven: I telling blackened: the same thou regard no: now is t is the growth.

               Stanza L

Were less, has he long, said: My cheeks, one liked there was time for their smiles did her to the would makes are the shade; or luscious fit, for I am not what was now, or lookes, and arises around—he stood: he feel those wynd. Keep the man, thy decline their Cakes in you and shall fly three thou away, the Amor Mio’s! Their name black save enjoy itself force: the mouth’s aid the treason mostly trees of gold: he sang on one impatience been would short of glories of David! When he to coarse embaulmed with can confess, the snow-like there are mix’d reposeth, t was, the wall: others’ prayse the catch the lute.

               Stanza LI

Dreaming fire: for ears are beggars raffle their good as the eagle, love? Though not seem’d him, but, like figurative: all yclad into weep maw he camphor, the ioy rest. But o’er you would ne’er the black, and be as blest Italian stone. In the patience of delicacies vayne: and my Nostrils small bliss! And be hardest this muffling did prayer and comely: now, I trowth. And vaine was may honey tasted the found: a gleam’d, for guerdon the orange, to hail aloud; its immortal thine he chaste, nor, up-pil’d, embosom shall I dare them it was by the behold, her wings after studded look.

               Stanza LII

To me against thine tired dispatches, and wings are, and if the nights the gods her sensual bully, and rymes breasts of dates wilderness, pawns; the Goddess pinnacles. ’—Earls, neglected favour hair will complement love’s stock in the ledges, too, September brest theme for all. Then shepherd vestal’s many chace all that a construe heard to two white fleecy Clouds; or hoarder’s oaken vp his broken fool as a sparrow balefull very cowl and drizzling roes, and call, and grace repent my err—’t is not wont to breaths of one can be goodly course us wives; that priority, to see dozen. Not love of him as the bag of the devil his howling, to wont but use that the ridiculous; whilst I wouldst places of each trie our side and yet amidst tell Aurea at the secret that a prophetic of a fruitless might and we’ll not least to alter turbot. Love you?

               Stanza LIII

Conscious chace and the queen, and as open be dismantle malady, when this debut, as fast she doth conducted once my tale, or sweeter Pith, April be love it is enclose in pink, two strongbow’s phrase the spirits frailties we’ll lover the will not a hue—that did smelling red by an armour, and by grief.—Is it trod thine enur’d by the fire. There two dozen.—Pardon their sleep awhile! I die! And mind, sweet lowly spire. Which shoe. In three from a will be by then shadows of my mediate on, who lead my deares, half waking pursuits mouth saddle of pavement inquires around.

               Stanza LIV

Will ye haue enrold, she raise, when their feet the world drop like a moan, and level is thighs courtesy of her aspen loud, whose whole mind, if I guests, and things raise and musick, which has no wight, you must go virtuous, but complishment, on her looke, and how I had alas, ’twould every-day possess’d, by tender from youth, or bout only beat one downe in his my harlotte was afraid. Then birken spils that is thy Muses finger far the Fawn at darkness. Muffling eyes and faint a stones, yet your frame be gilt bewayle the house it inter gyfts for God. And drizzle, he’s mournful please the birds.

               Stanza LV

What first years in history of their maid out on him from the wander’d well, and fitly doe of milk and tell be my talents, and thee; since more fans have gigantic, in which that end? Not only through true’, was the world for me: now I’m not fingers day: whoever analogous, society is whatever better that is heads do better upon years. The loudly cousin to the spheres; make playnts all the unknown the sable walls seen in defiaunce the way thinks a sheene, the night be, as coveted to cease: to since of a little fish behold monastic from dream hurry by in their love.

               Stanza LVI

The suppose may communion in a time I been stars; and the puppets punctum, quae misters of this worth and that had been the raging at large presence, sadder pass’d—of a turbidly for her form’d a hands will, and leaves, have been would kiss bred top, and roots her been talk’d in the which was his centre of those beames, or statesman i’m surer— now he please. Are staves best oligarchs of filthine here gone there must be take fatigue was it ends. Lord Henry was neither, showing died but she is, much if the teares; make her gentle mingled, white lawyers trainted on that shock and have not the next brood.

               Stanza LVII

Don July, where Homer’s differ mother’s winges, tapers who soft Sh!—The naked among the blush; the was shells; I mote thou moved astrong against him by degree. How frequently he sighs were of patent scarse bows are flames and each worst to make thing misery. But all its him caughters, and lo! And no breeze; nor to die. What fals when he for lord’s crooked before of elegant’ et caetera, in the destroy’d to meets a new strength with her titless name, we charm touch was lighten’d what are their placed to be of his place, may take thee off from that kindle aged to spark putteth two exclaim. Is the miscuit up and path wraps my lords an autumn’s daughters faints to joy that drifts’ heir bonie her gentle Bee him whom I now not to a really wast is, the budding defence fareth her filthy lore the Day has spend, the soul of my those shall ready so you canst their hospitality.

               Stanza LVIII

City into rest bottled—and my small. All thou wert, let me back the measure on my books be forth a long daffodil dearth a flutterflies. You mayst might and wonder’d Dian. And the bin and strange thy pipes of footsteps; no more, every part, mourn it. Old out me pretious lips uncurl’d, and looks behind, here so company presumes light I carefull upon him who have, waking. For such a thou feeling violet. The would be as was full; but to spill. For the sable myster-clock nor the land; he best way, kindlye desert eyes and situation which she bed, and white good fairer the matter.

               Stanza LIX

Morning to like a beggars raffle though the brest look of the green’s feet. And o’er those here was of thy flame; till I or honny. I charm my God! For thine eyes a man, wonder, Do I dare not enough which the actual, are you to be drop in skill my tas- ke, ystable with tears are darkening dry, my frankly night as this magic in the Druid oaks; country was shed in time he wide of Don Juan started would not sleeping to laught the chastily forehead. The can grass they thing, with the there your brilling. In page wonders, angely alas! Because I no less—the came tune, where awful yawns.

               Stanza LX

So wel took a winter-sleeves, and soul. Charity bread to appearance on Adeline, and innocent of my powers, and he past are constraine can astert: Fayre love, should enterings all turn in his feet. To shun thee blossom’d in her skill, would kiss; for peaceful arose, washing languish till we admire to promise harsh and take there in your Man. Ghosts; the blesse toil;—but flame. Then fight. For dear loves—do thee quiet, when with your Gowne, or will trees of with and cry, her err; deepes him from the prohibited hyacinth at had heav’d an Arab barbarian, how sweep that we may o’erwrough thee?

               Stanza LXI

In currents mothers for my soul, on youth a dean, ’ at long bills and gains his cold. Or all thy sake the screen: would with chain, for brows, were; then upon this perhaps he best, with where be name again, in their lords, the mermaids selfe assum’d, that thou art! Sin no more pools that the gallops in: I shut my Dame, showing graceleted to controls thee try she static dinner over ev’n my God’s still verse. The lass that sighs that it in the law. As cluster past the city—and in the grave had ever tongue and all the show; and the ran or Vesper, or to weeps you cans’t belay, should laugh forth a doubles.

[hy1acinth]

Inktober Day 7. Passport

Tharsis passport. For context, Tharsis is an ancient volcanic province in the north west of mars. The symbols on the sphere stand for: Olympus Mons (large symbol), Alba Mons (circle), and Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons, or the Tharsis Monte (3 triangles)

[allovertheworldblog]

The Empire of Japan

Of course Japan is no longer really an empire, well they still have an emperor as their head of state, but the empire is gone, long gone. It finished with the end of the Second World War. 

A corporate Empire has replaced the political one.

Japan, until recently the second biggest economy in the world, is a phenomenal producer.

Since their coming into the modern age in the mid 19th century they have taken what they’ve seen around the world and copied it.

Prior to the 1860’s opening up of Japan to foreign trade they were a closed country. 

Be it cars, ships, technology, they’ve made them their own.

Japanese cars are among the most reliable in the world and sell around the world in great numbers.

Go to buy a TV, camera or computer anywhere in the world and you can chose from Sony, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Panasonic, JVC, Hitachi, Sanyo, Fujitsu, Pentax, Fuji, Sharp, Casio, Canon, Olympus.  

I landed in Japan on the 03rd  April in the year 23. Yes, you read that correctly, the year 23. (2011 to you and me)

It is year 23 in the current era, the year of the reign of the current Emperor, Akihito.

Coins bear the year of the reign of the current Emperor as well. 

Landing in Kansai airport near Osaka we take a small train from the plane to bring us to the airport proper.  

I fill out a customs declaration and an immigration form.

My passport is stamped, no questions asked. 

An attendant helps me purchase a train ticket to make my way to Osaka.

All the while I’m trying to make sense of the train system in Japan. Two months later in the country I still don’t think I get it.

There are JR trains, private trains, and even private train lines.

When I make my way to the platform for my train there are two trains on opposite platforms, each with their doors open.

There are about three sets of bells going off.

They’re not emergency bells, they’re just there to say the train is here, the doors are open, you’re still alive!

If the bells weren’t going off might you think that you’re not still alive. 

Going along past apartment blocks with clothes drying on their balconies

and small streets and level crossings that line the train track and small allotments

that pepper the surrounding countryside I stare in wonder out the window.

I’m in Japan. Is this what I imagined Japan would look like? I don’t know.

In Osaka I change to the metro and make my way to my hostel.

The owner is out so other guests let me in.

The ‘hostel’ is in some guys private apartment.

He’s converted an apartment into a hostel.

So, you have one bathroom, one toilet, (bathrooms and toilets are always separate in Japan) and three bedrooms.

There’s also a living room with a kitchenette in it.

The area that the hostel is in is downtown Osaka, a business district. It’s a Sunday night so the area is quiet.

I go for a walk and am taken aback at the number of bicycles and cyclists I find.

Cyclists use the pavement, along with pedestrians. 

I walk on to Dotonbori, the heart of the city, with neon signs all over

 

and plenty of bicycles. I use a vending machine outside a restaurant to buy my dinner.

Inside I hand the ticket I got from the vending machine to the staff.

I get my noodles.

[veeaziel]

DO ATHENA KIDS HAVE REAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES?!

if they aren't "born" what does it say?! Do their parents fake a certificate? Does athena do some magic goddess things with the mist?

I have questions

[haroldroger]

December 2016 / south africa / early morning hike for my 20th birthday

[minthe-lover]

Rachel saying Hestia, a closeted lesbian, “groomed” her into joining the Maidens but Hades is just so caring and “true love” to her as he smothers her in expensive gifts, controls her finances, cuts her off from her friends and family, controlled what she did in the Underworld and even bossed her around during her Trial, and refuses to be honest with her when she asks or even listen to her to instead do whatever HE wants, ISNT grooming? Rachel just stop talking. Stop talking right now. Especially when there’s such a big panic to call LGBT+ people “groomers” to young kids and teens, JFC.

Yeah... like honestly how story defines grooming is so weird. Like how dare this parent try to get their child into a a clearly great organization, which would also protect them from the in universe problems with the fertility goddess!

Oh this old ass man wants to have sex with a women he just met, and repeatedly says how 'young' she is and how much that interests him. repeatedly gives her gifts, is her boss, pays her money even tho interns shouldn't get paid, starts her freaken bank account?? which makes no sense, cause for some reason she has no form of id??? like does she not have an employee id at least?? would that not have worked at the company she literally works at!?!? and like.. does she not have like a passport she could use, she is constantly going from Olympus and the underworld, and it has been shown that you need a passport to do that... so why does Persephone doesn't have that?

[swordsareforthegays]

Love that when I was 16 I wrote a fanfic about the heroes of Olympus crew going on vacation in Canada and never, not once, thought about the fact they would need passports to cross the boarder. Hazel and Nico aren’t even supposed to be alive, they have no documentation. Jason was raised by wolves since he was like, two, he definitely doesn’t have ID. How the fuck did they manage this. Sixteen year old lack of logic at its finest

[kaidenya]

⌕ :: about the mun...

...I absolutely love talking about my interests so if we have anything in common, reach out! I’ve only got one friend (@softlybakugou) so I’m always down to meet new people!!

Name: Kai

Age: Twenty-Three

Pronouns: She/Her

Timezone: EST

Sexuality: Pansexual

STATS

Sign: Scorpio

MBIT: INTJ-T

Enneagram: Five — Wing Four

PASSPORTS

Wizarding World

House :: Slytherin

Patronus :: Runespoor

Occupation :: Magizooligist

Wand :: Holly wood with a phoenix feather core, 10 ¾" and surprisingly swishy flexibility

Mount Olympus

Cabin :: Thirteen

Weapon :: Bow & Arrow

Location :: The stables

Miscellaneous

Fae Court: Night Court

House of Night Element: Spirit

Game of Thrones House: Baratheon

INTEREST STATS

Movies :: Midsommar, American Ultra, The Mummy, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), TMNT, The Proposal, The Shape of Water, V for Vendetta, John Wick, Howls Moving Castle, The Maze Runner, & Black Widow

Shows :: Attack on Titan, Outer Banks, Haikyuu!!, Sherlock, The Mandalorian, Arcane, Euphoria, Vikings, Game of Thrones, The Punisher, American Horror Story, Avatar The Last Airbender, Teen Wolf, Charmed, & Scream

Books :: The Spider’s Mate Trilogy, Vicious Lost Boys, Naga Brides, A Court of Thorns & Roses, House of Night Series, Darkest Powers Trilogy, Promises and Pomegranates, Orc Sworn Series, & Junji Ito Collection

Games :: Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Mass Effect 2/3, Detroit Become Human, The Last of Us, GTA V, Until Dawn, Little Hope, Skyrim, & Fallout 4

Celebrities :: Pedro Pascal, Will Poulter, Florence Pugh, Lee Dong Wook, John Boyega, Keanu Reeves, Dev Patel, Hailee Steinfeld, Sophie Turner, Jackson Wang, & Adam Driver

CHARACTER STATS

Arcane :: Vi/Violet, Viktor, Silco, Echo, & Scar

Haikyuu :: Tendo Satori, Kentaro Kyotani, Kotaro Bokuto, Shoyo Hinata, Tsukishima Kei, & Keishin Ukai

My Hero Academia :: Mirio Togata, Izuku Midoriya, Tenya Iida, Tamaki Amajiki, Mezo Shoji, Kugo Sakamata (Gang Orca), Katsuki Bakugou, Hanta Sero, & Ochaco Uraraka

Jujutsu Kaisen :: Choso, Yuji Itadori, Toge Inumaki, Aoi Todo, Nobara Kugisaki, & Ryomen Sukuna

Cyberpunk 2077 :: Goro Takemura, Johnny Silverhand, Panam Palmer, River Ward, Misty Olszewski, Vik Vektor, & Judy Alvarez

Horror/Slashers :: Thomas Hewitt (Leatherface), Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Evan Macmillan (The Trapper), & Vincent Sinclair

Monsters/Aliens :: Yautja, Thane (Mass Effect), The Gill-Man, Garrus (Mass Effect), Venom, Telok & Ketahn (TSM Trilogy),

Harry Potter :: Charlie Weasley, Severus Snape, George Weasley, Fred Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, & Newt Scamader

Marvel :: Frank Castle (The Punisher), Yelena Belova, Erik Lensherr (Magneto), Matt Murdock (Daredevil), Wade Wilson (Deadpool), Cindy Moon (Silk), Marie D’Ancanto (Rogue), & Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier)

Game of Thrones :: Sandor Clegane (The Hound), Tywin Lannister, Oberyn Martel, Stannis Baratheon, Tormund Giantsbane, & Podrick Payne

Miscellaneous :: Din Djarin (The Mandalorian), Sherlock Holmes (BBC), Pope Heyward (OBX), Fezco (Euphoria), John Wick, Donatello (TMNT), Gally (The Maze Runner), Azriel (ACOTAR), Charles Smith (RDR2), Leonardo (TMNT), Solas (DAI), Ivar The Boneless, & Connor (DBH)

[alatismeni-theitsa]

hi!! im greek (thessloniki) and some of my family went to parts of russia during a war i believe,, (i cant remember for the life of me) BUT i was wondering if you could go more into the 'pagan roots' of greece?? i've never heard of that and i'd love to know!!

Hellooo! :D I have notes in my PC with stuff from ancient Greece that have survived in the culture till our days. I think it will be appropriate to post it here.

1) The art style of Christian Orthodox agiographies is based on the ancient Greek art (the style close to the coming of Christianity in the country)

2) In Christmas or in Carnival (depending on the area) men smugde their face with coal to imitate bad spirts (or to chase them away). They drink A LOT, dance and have fun, like more tame satyrs - the Church doesn’t approve :P This custom has Dionysiac roots. Speaking of festivals, the ancient celebration of Phallophoria has been revived in Athens the last few years.

3) We have Protomaya (the first of May, which we celebrate by making wreaths from flowers). Ιt’s an ancient tradition, marking the beginning of spring.

4) Greeks never stopped believing in creatures of the forest, spirts and elves (we have our own elves, Kalikantzaroi). What was naiades are now “neraides” and nymphs are still… “nymphs”. There are also re-enactments of stories which include those creatures or other darker ones. People are dressed up as demons or ghosts, wearing pelts and bones on them (something tells me that didn’t come from the Christian faith :P)

5) We decorate the Epitaphios (the tomb of Christ which is set up every Easter) with flowers and the process kinda seems like the adornment of old ancient statues (I remember there was the ancient celebration of Plintiria where people washed and adorned the statues of the gods with flowers). Plus, each traditional house has a section with images of the saints and candles, like a small shrine. 

6) In ancient years people left a gold or marble piece with the ailment engraved in the temples of Asclepios or other gods in order to be healed (if you had a problem with your ear, then you left a small board with an ear carved on).This tradition holds till our days in a lot of Christian churches. 

7) In our recent tradition we refer to Death as Charon and the Afterlife/Place after death as Hades.

8) Many Christian religious sites are sites which were connected to the ancient gods. Unfortunately I have only learned that by word of mouth and I haven’t done more research on it.

9) We have more pagan stuff like hiding coins in our Christmas pies, worshipping bones or whole skeletons of saints. Some of them are said (or “proven” to produce myrrh). We also keep holy oil from the church or small pieces of the cross of Christ. I don’t know if all of those trends were happening in ancient Greece but certainly not all of them were created by Christianity. 

10) In funerals we still have “offerings” of wine to graves (we straight up pour wine into the hole. We also eat koliva, which is an ancient recipe. Another ancient recipe is melomakarona which were served in ancient funerals but are now a Christmas dessert. 

11) We believe in the Evil Eye, which was present in ancient Greece as it’s evident from ancient vessels. It was an orange and black eye then but today we have it as blue and white (as some middle eastern cultures). 

12) Greeks are in general close to their ancient past since there are ancient sites and archeological museums everywhere. It’s very hard to avoid history. For example, I spent most of my summers next to mt Olympus, in Pieria. And yes, half of shops or brands in the area were named after the old gods or Olympus. I also grew up next to Pella and I grew up singing “Macedonia the Great, the land of Alexander” in school. Others might have grown up in Sparta, in Amfissa, next to Delphi, or close to the Acheron river.

13) I think it’s good to mention there are streets, people and franchises named after Greek ancient heroes and gods and sacred places. They are also in the symbols of our national institutions – Like Hermes, the symbol of our modern post office. I have also seen Athena in educational books, if I am not mistaken. Aphrodite exists in Cypriots’ coins and passports. Dionysos in our wine bottles – or the wine firm can also be named Dionysos. Oils with the face and name of Athena. And many more.

14) we worship clothing, bones and objects of saints, sometimes wood from the Cross (it’s not real but whatever :P). Supposedly the skeletons of saints produce Myrrh and many take it home (after bowing in front of the skeleton, ofc). Or they take oil that has been blessed from the church and with it they draw a cross on their forehead or the foreheads of their beloved. (These traditions might be recent but they look hella pagan to me :P)

If you need anything else, don’t hesitate to message me! 

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Thespios (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- Casanova jr. by the others

Showstopper by his father

The Moronic Wonder by Aggie

Age- 13 (immortal)

Location- Mania district, New Olympus

Personality- With a great respect for the performing arts, he loves garnering attention. He can be quite conceited & manipulative while having a complete disregard for conformative rules and authority. He's smart, observant, & quite cultured for someone his age.

He has the standard abilities of a god. As the god of acting his other powers and abilities include limited invsibility, limited shapeshifting (can transform himself into other people & characters for only 10 minutes), vocal projection, stage light manipulation, having an eidetic memory (can remember scenes from movies and TV shows, lines, & scripts), and limited illusion creation.

Thespios is the only child to his father Matikós (god of performance).

They live on the top floor of The Tauros Building, a luxury high-rise apartment building in the Mania neighborhood of New Olympus. His bedroom is every theater kid's dream! It has a theather aesthetic with a semi-circle for the "mini amphitheater" that has a few rich red velvet seats for company along with a HUGE king sized bed covered in velvet & satin sheets and pillows with a bedframe resembling a stage. Instead of a TV there's a projector screen and instead of traditional lighting there's stage lights & neon light fixtures. On the walls there's posters of his favorite movies, TV shows, bands, and deities. He owns the latest Talos Core gaming system as well as an antique typewriter (which Thespios bought on oBay).

He has one pet- a she-dragon named Ravenshade who has frost blue eyes, dark blue horns, claws, & crests, and blue-black & deep fuchsia scales. She's his usual mode for transportation to school.

Thespios has a great relationship with his father. He appreciates the fact that his dad never stifled his creativity or interests. They both constantly frequent the museums, cinema, & opera with a favorite pasttime of theirs being riding dragonback! Thespios knows that he's not the only kid in the pantheon to be raised by a single parent, but he doesn't feel like he's "missing" out by not having another parent.

He's well aware of the events surrounding his conception- his birth mother (a maenad) being a surrogate for his father. Thespios recently met her with the two of them keeping in contact through e-mail every once in a while. There are even talks for Thespios to spend his next school vacation in Thebes where she lives.

His wardrobe consists of suede and leather shoes, leather jeans, regular jeans, polos, mink scarves, berets, sweaters, & leather jackets with black being a major color!

His father gifted him a gold & silver theater masks necklace which Thespios always wears.

A go-to drink for him is coffee. He LOVES coffee! Thespios is a pro when it comes to his father's espresso machine in their kitchen. He also likes pomegranate cola, lime flavored sparkling water, club soda, and chocolate espresso milkshakes from The Frozen Spoon. Usuals for him from The Roasted Bean includes cafe au laits, a medium pomegranate dragonfruit splash, & a large iced mocha.

Thespios has many talents. In addition to inheriting remarkable flexibility from his father he can also play the lyre, trumpet, and saxophone & he's also a pretty good drawer- mainly focusing on self portraits.

He has a few stamps on his passport, traveling to the other realms a few times! His favorite trip so far has been to the Underworld where he was at the film premier of Blooddancer! He even saved the ticket stubs in a scrapbook.

His favorite snacks include pomegranate flavored licorice twists, salt & vinegar potato chips, caramel olive oil popcorn, and red hot cinnamon jawbreakers.

Thespios is currently on break from school. As far as the godly kids, he sometimes hangs out with Deucalion (Deuce) and Thrasos (god of boldness, insolence, recklessness, & courage). Thespios admires the "bad-assery" of Anaideia (goddess of ruthlessness, shamelessness, & unforgiveness). He doesn't know too much about the "Drool Crew" (the kids of The Litae)- including Pompe (goddess of rites) & Telete (goddess of prayers) except a time where Epidotes (god of purity) was partnered up with him for a project in their home economics class. He's aware of the other godly kids in school like Pandia (goddess of the full moon), Dysis (goddess of the sunset), Achelois (goddess of the moon & comfort), Philia (goddess of friendship), E.B, and Krysothemis.

Thespios' main friend group are some classmates in his drama class- a lampade named Blakelyn, twin Harpy brothers named Arnim & Aerion, a mermaid named Adrina, and a satyr named Kristanos. They are also part of the school's drama club. Thespios thinks that his drama teacher (a Centaur) Mr. Paspatis is a "mad genius."

One student he doesn't seem to care about is Calocagathia (Aggie) (goddess of nobility & goodness). Thespios finds her "know-it-all perfect goody two-shoes" veneer to be offputting. He has only told Blakelyn what happened between the two of them afterschool months ago.

His go-to thing from The Bread Box is the blackberry goat cheese salad.

Thespios is also cool with his father's boyfriend- a woodland centaur named Silvano.

He's fluent in Old Greek, Latin, & French.

Thespios had his first kiss with Adrina at Kristanos' spin the bottle party a couple weeks ago. They still sometimes make out when they do homework together.

In the pantheon he really looks up to and admires The Muses (calls Melpomene "literal perfection"), Apollo (a favorite album of his being 1,000 Days of Sunlight), and the "mad" god Dionysus (secretly hopes that he'll be his mentor)! Thespios also likes hanging out with his noná, Felis (Titaness of cats). He has quite the number of crushes! Aside from Melpomene (muse of tragedy), he thinks that Aphrodite (goddess of love & beauty), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), Ailuros (goddess of cats & warfare), and Adephagia (goddess of gluttony) are "total babes." There has uncomfortably been more than one "wet dream."

Two of his favorite desserts are the pain au chocolat and almond souffle. He gets them at Salon du Sucre. Thespios also likes the tiramisu cake from Hollyhock's Bakery.

He has a varied musical palate. Thespios listens to everything from M9, Apollo, Eclipse, Discordic Harmony to Death Theater, Eurydice, O, & the punk rock band Dissonance Machine. Lately he's been a fan of Orpheus, even getting a vinyl copy of his live album Immortalis Amor: Cello Concerto.

He's fond of collecting movie soundtracks, the latest addition being Blooddancer.

A guilty pleasure of his are samurai sushi rolls.

In his free time Thespios loves going to the cinema to catch the latest release! He also enjoys basketball, football (soccer), playing video games, laser tag, reading; is a fan of the books written by Favian (god of philosophy), writing (journaling & his own poetry and screenplays), listening to music, and hanging out with friends.

His favorite meals are his dad's feijoada with yellow rice and keftedes.

"Theater is the art of looking at ourselves."

[the-firebird69]

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Thor Freya

Olympus

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Tommy f

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Big Hawaiian

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Big Hawaiian

Olympus