#Team Plasma Bath Bomb

[peachypede]

🦚🐍🥒♻️ for Pecha and Aman?

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Pecha

- Is bad at peacocking. She mostly wants to impress her crushes, but she gets so nervous. Tries her best to look as presentable and cute as possible when she has a high chance to run into them. Makes them a lot of stuff to show off her talent (and that she cares about them too).

Aman

- He’s too good at peacocking. He knows the right amount to do, especially if he needs a cover job for an area. He’s currently posing as a depot agent but was able to put together an impressive looking resume and also smooth talk during the interview with Ingo. (Too bad he’s his boss. He seems easy to rile up…)

- He’s done this plenty with other jobs. He’s an amazing bullshitter. But he also loves peacocking a bit too much, sometimes, as well.

Pecha

- Never. Maybe a couple times she’s forgotten or broken promises, but never purposefully. Even if she did have a plan to betray someone, I’m thinking probably during a board game, she’s an awful liar and would be caught miles before her plan could make it anywhere.

Aman

- So, so, soooo many times. Comes with his job territory. He’s a cunning liar. Currently as a Depot Agent he’s playing the double spy game. As a Depot Agent he has a job that is a favorable incentive for Team Plasma higher ups to want him as a Team Plasma member. So, in a way, he is betraying both’s trust at the same time. (He feels bad about lying so often to Ingo, Emmet, and the rest of his coworkers but at least he has the conscious that he’s making it safer for them to do their job)

- He doesn’t care about lying to and betraying Team Plasma higher ups. They’re scum and villainy he’s used to. He feels bad for the teens caught in this mess though. There’s always kids who truly believe the big boss’s shitty rhetoric and “morals”. The ones that tell Aman that they look up to him and trust him…those are the ones that make him feel bad when they finally realize he’s never been on their side in the first place.

Pecha

- At home spa day! She basically does that whole way too much skin care routine at the start and then ends with a nice bath with some bath bombs. On other pamper days, she calls up friends and asks if they want to go shopping. One can never have too many clothes.

Aman

- Going out at a good place at the end of the day. He knows all the good food places in almost every region. In Unova, it’s his Tia Leppa’s restaurant Casita Manzanita. His favorite treat though has to be Castelia Cones. It’s even better if he has someone to go with him. He’s an extrovert at heart.

Pecha

- She makes a LOT of outfits…and so she definitely has to snip up a lot that don’t turn out the way she intended. She plans to open a boutique where she can sell clothing items she made but can’t really wear so others can have it.

- Saves up her Galvantula, Tarountula, and Snom’s silk for thread so that way she doesn’t have to buy it from the store. The real stuff if you have it is better for the environment!

Aman

-…tbh he’s kinda a bit busy with his job at the moment to think about ways to be more eco friendly. He does his best to toss the many coffee cups he gets everyday into the proper recycling bin aaand that’s about it…

[sunnydaleherald]

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Cordelia: It's me, Cordelia? I know you can't answer me, but... God, this is all my fault. You joined the swim team to impress me. You were so courageous. And you looked really hot in those Speedos. (chuckles) And I want you to know that I still care about you, no matter what you look like. And... and we can still date. Or, or not. I mean... I understand if you wanna see other fish. I'll do everything I can to make your quality of life better. Whether that means little bath toys or whatever.

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Lord of Discord (Team Plasma - Ghetsis)

This isn’t just a bath…it’s a Plasbath!

When designing a blend for Ghetsis, my first thought was, “Whatever I do, it needs to have Patchouli in it.” And whenever I think of patchouli, I think of my favorite Lush autumn release: Lord of Misrule!

Lord of Misrule is a dark green bath bomb that is predominantly patchouli and black pepper-based, but it also contains an ingredient that typically tends to give me headaches: Vanilla Absolute. I switched that for Peru Balsam (which has a vanilla-like smell) and added Copaiba Balsam on top of that because I wanted to add some woodsy, masculine undertones to this bomb.

The end result is an aggressively energetic green bomb that refuses to be taken lightly. The Black Pepper in the blend wakes you back up after an exhausting day, the Peru Balsam cleanses your skin, the Copaiba Balsam boosts your confidence, and the Patchouli leaves you feeling like you can conquer the world…or at least Unova. 

And fun fact: the white froth this bath bomb makes will hiss at you if you pull it closer to your body!

Now it’s time to talk about the pros and cons of these oils from a safety perspective…

Aromatherapy isn’t just about pretty smells and scented bath water. Essential oils are in such a high concentration that even absorbing them through your skin can leave you with the therapeutic (and potentially toxic) benefits.

If you are allergic to a plant, you are 100% without question going to be super allergic to the essential oil.

There’s also such a thing as contraindications: where some oils may affect you in weird ways if you have a certain medical condition or take certain medications.

The information below is for your safety if you want to attempt to make this blend at home (as a bath bomb, a body spray, or even scented bath salts). And do be sure to wear gloves. Some of these oils have recommended dilution rates as small as 0.4%. You don’t want that to slide on bare skin!

Patchouli Leaf Essential Oil (50% of Synergy)

If you aren’t familiar with the smell of patchouli, stoner shops tend to burn it as incense to hide the smell of cannabis. It’s spicy, smoky, and very distinct. It blends with a lot of different oils and is one of the few that actually grows stronger with age!

Patchouli Essential Oil has a familiar smell. This scent was a favorite among the Hippie Counterculture of the 1960s and we still associate it with stoners and smokers today. It covers the scent of marijuana and blends wonderfully with so many things.

It has a slight peppery aroma and is also the key ingredient in my favorite Lush fragrance (Lord of Misrule).

Pros:

Aside from being the quintessential pot deodorizer, patchouli oil is also used as medicine for colds, tumors, headaches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

Also, if you’re an alcoholic and suffer from chronic bad breath, patchouli oil can be used to hide the smell.

I also love the fact it can be used to increase your libido!

Cons:

Patchouli Leaf Essential Oil is generally considered to be safe, but is best avoided if you suffer from asthma. We found that one out the hard way in my family.

Black Pepper Essential Oil (20% of Synergy)

Black Pepper brings to mind the scent of black peppercorns, but without any of the sneeze factor! There are also faint floral undertones to this oil and it works wonders inside a “wake-up” blend. It’s a key ingredient in Plant Therapy’s InvigorAid, which I swear by. That synergy is like liquid brainpower.

However, I’ll be honest with you. I mainly put it in here because in one study, Black Pepper Essential Oil was determined to be a possible anti-smoking aid. You can diffuse it if you’re trying to cut your nicotine addiction!

Pros:

Black Pepper Essential Oil promotes better circulation and can improve aches and pains brought about by exercising or grueling manual labor.

It’s also a boost for blends where you want to stay alert and focused. I recommend diffusing it if you’re studying, because it’s perfect for term paper composition, cram sessions, and annoying piles of homework!

Another neat trick you can do while diffusing Black Pepper Essential Oil (and I’ve done this) is eat your favorite spicy or savory foods. It will taste even more flavorful!

Cons:

If you want to sleep tonight, don’t use Black Pepper Essential Oil before bed. This is a wake-up smell and will keep your brain active!

Keep out of the reach of children. Don’t use with children under the age of 6.

This is not a cat-safe oil.

Copaiba Balsam Oleoresin (15% of Synergy)

Copaiba is an oleoresin taken from the sap of a tree in the Copaifera genus. It’s one of the best anti-inflammatory substances on earth and has a mild, honey-like smell with woody undertones. It’s rather mild, however, so it’s best to mix it with other things and simply reap its benefits.

Pros:

Add it to your skin and hair care regimen! Copaiba Oleoresin’s astringent properties tighten the skin for a more youthful, radiant appearance. It can reduce the intensity of existing wrinkles and strengthen your skin and scalp to reduce risks of lesions with age. It’s also great for eliminating blisters, pimples, and even mild scars.

Decongest with Copaiba! This is an asthma-safe oil and also a good oil to have if you suffer from congenital congestion problems. The anti-inflammatory properties of Copaiba relax the airways and work the knots out of your muscles. Irritation may dramatically reduce.

Having a sore, rough day? Maybe Copaiba can help you! Copaiba’s analgesis properties can help loosen tight muscles, reduce pain, and even ease bad headaches.

Cheer up! Copaiba Oleoresin has often been used to break up the blues and boost your mood. Its sweet, gentle smell can be blended with other soothing oils (like Basil Linalool, Bergamot Mint, or Ho Wood) to put you in a peaceful state of mind.

Boost your immune system! Copaiba Oleoresin has a strong antibacterial nature. It can protect your skin (even if you have mild cuts) from developing an infection. Just be sure to use a carrier if you decide to apply this oil on your skin. Safe dilutions are important!

Lower your blood pressure! Copaiba’s combination of anti-inflammatory and soothing properties can help reduce tension and strain on blood vessels.

Copaiba is an antifungal oil! The terpenes inside Copaiba Oleoresin are super effective against a lot of fungi (including nail fungus and athlete’s foot). If you’ve got one of these types of infections, consider applying Copaiba to the infected area. It should speed up the healing process!

Reduce water weight and detoxify the body! Copaiba is a mild diuretic. It stimulates your kidneys and bladder to expel urine more regularly, which in turn helps your body flush out toxins.

Cons:

Like most other wood-based essential oils, this is not a cat-safe oil. Do not diffuse with a cat in the room.

Excessive use of Copaiba Oleoresin may result in stomach problems.

Essential oils should never be taken internally without first consulting your physician. This oil is for diffusion and application purposes only.

Since this oil lowers blood pressure, exercise caution if you have atherosclerosis, diabetes, low blood pressure, or a history of stroke.

Balsam of Peru Essential Oil (15% of Synergy)

Balsam of Peru is a resinous substance that comes from the Myroxylon balsamum plant. It smell is reminiscent of vanilla with a touch of clove and cinnamon. As a result, it pairs beautifully with those oils–as well as orange oils!

It’s one of the most versatile oils not only with its scent, but with its therapeutic benefits…so long as it’s done in moderation.

Note: Balsam of Peru only makes up about 15% of Lord of Discord, but you can certainly smell it. Please read.

Pros:

Balsam of Peru has been used for centuries to treat tumors, expel intestinal worms, and flush out your kidneys by overstimulating them. It’s a powerful diuretic.

Some people occasionally put Balsam of Peru directly on the skin for infected and slow-healing wounds, burns, scrapes, ulcers, rashes, and itchy areas…though I’d caution against this. Plant Therapy, the company I bought my oil from, recommends 0.4% dilution for Balsam of Peru, so definitely do NOT apply that stuff directly on your skin. Diffusing it in your tub should be OK. Just make sure the bath is full before you go in!

Some dentists use this essential oil to treat dry sockets: a painful condition that occurs when a tooth is extracted and a clot forms in the gums too soon.

It’s an immunity booster! Not only have some studies shown that Balsam of Peru can stimulate the immune system and eliminate free radicals in the body, but it’s also got strong astringent and antimicrobial properties. People can even use it to treat mites and bedbugs!

It fights your anxiety! Balsam of Peru’s calming scent contains a slew of chemicals that promote a peaceful, calm mind. It makes it easier to breathe and brings about a comforting scent.

Breathe more easily! Balsam of Peru has natural expectorant properties, making it easier for you to blow out whatever’s left of your stuffy nose or clogged-up throat. Just be sure to inhale. Don’t swallow!

Pamper your hair and scalp! Balsam of Peru can help you combat dandruff and a dry, itchy scalp.

Cons:

Despite its many benefits, Balsam of Peru is one of the most allergenic substances known to man. If you get headaches over artificial vanilla, strong perfumes, or scented things in general; chances are you’re allergic to Balsam of Peru.

Although Balsam of Peru can be used over short periods of time (never more than 1 week), people can build up a tolerance to it and suffer allergic skin reactions if the substance is abused.

If you use this essential oil, use plenty of sunblock when you go outside: especially if you have light skin. Balsam of Peru increases your sensitivity to the sun.

Do not use this essential oil if you are nursing or pregnant, as not enough is known about Balsam of Peru to say it’s safe. Ere on the side of caution.

Since Balsam of Peru is a powerful diuretic, prolonged usage of the oil may result in kidney damage (even failure). Do not use this oil if you have kidney problems. Period.

[anxiouslyfred]

Gift Exchange

@loveceit so today I’ve just finished doing gifts with my family, and still have no clue what gifts are about to be written about... tempted to use one of the ones I received as one in the story

Warning: gore? dissected body parts? not sure what to put that as

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Religious rules and teachings determined how they came to be so of course the hidden sides had their own ideas of how to celebrate them. Deceit personally had adored the few years they’d tried having debates over Christmas, gifts going to the victors as prizes, but after he and Virgil decimated the other teams, well none of the others particularly wanted to join in. 

Now they had been through a few variations of Christmas, including a single year where they tried to ignore the presence of presents completely. Remus had been the one to let that idea fail. Apparently any form of creativity needed some focus in such a manic time, especially with the overtime that Anxiety tended to pull.

This year though Virgil was back, more distant and perhaps not around on the actual day, but willing to spend some time over the period with the hidden sides. Most of them were either indifferent to his presence, or actively against it but Remus and Deceit had literally followed him out into Thomas’s awareness because they missed him. Now that he would be back, even for a short time, both wanted to at least do gifts, if nothing more.

“Okay, so who’s dying? This looks like Roman’s the guy over here not Remus.” Virgil couldn’t stop looking at the bewilderingly festive decorations surrounding him. He’d never seen anything as accurate to societies views of the season make its way to the area before and that was more than a little confusing.

“You’re back, Anxiety. We wanted to properly celebrate you being back.” Deceit insisted, moving closer but not touching the other although his arms were held open.

Virgil only accepted a short hug, still staring in consternation. “If you’re celebrating me at least use my colours, or your own, cause Seriously, the only time Remus has ever used this was for the animal attack stories and even that seems more suitable for here than, what, mistletoe?”

“Told ya! I’m fixing it for you Emo, two seconds.” Remus tore around the room literally transforming the colours and decorations in moments, leaving only the 4 presents on the table undisturbed. Virgil took the mild hurricane of the other side as a chance to place his own gifts down on the table.

“Still missed you.” Dee insisted, pulling both the others over to the sofa to sit next to him once they were still enough to be caught.

Instead of returning any sentiments he was never sure how true they were, Virgil just nodded back at the gifts. “Well open your purple one and perhaps you won’t miss me quite so badly, Noodle. Bring the one for Remus over so he can open his at the same time.”

It was one of the few things they’d never quite understood after learning about the stretchy arms but Dee was far better at controlling them than almost everyone else. He decided to just bring and distribute out all the gifts the trio had for each other to avoid having to let Remus jump up from the couch now they were all there.

Virgil still waited to see how his gifts were received before doing anything other than placing the two for him in his lap.

Remus keened when he saw his gift. It was only small, and seemed to be a cupcake with a deep purple octopus on top of it. “Food!” was all he could think of to exclaim, only to find a hand blocking him from taking a bite.

Beside him, Dee was fascinated by his gift, openly watching what had to be a plasma ball adapted to make specific shapes by Roman, since the purple lightning was forming a snake that shifted between tying itself in a ball to unravelling to licking at the points his fingers touched the glass. He was only vaguely aware of Virgil suddenly scrambling to lean past him and Remus’s words.

“Not food. That’s a bath bomb, and I’m really not sure how literal that ended up since I was working in the imagination to make them. Blow up the bathtub, not yourself by eating it.” Virgil lectured, still holding his gift for Remus away from them both. “Also that’s a rubber toy, but I know that doesn’t exactly dissuade you from eating it.”

His arm remained around Dee when Virgil sat back down, having gotten a solemn nod from Remus. That’s when he noticed how mesmerised Dee was with his gift, smiling softly at the expression on his face.

“It’s - it’s me made out of your powers.” Deceit murmured, not looking up from it, until two pair of gentle hands guided him to place it on the table. 

“I’m always going to be one of you guys, just as much as I am one of Thomas’s main sides now. If Mal can be part Isle, part Auradon then I can be part Light part Dark.” Virgil’s words were soft but held steel of determination in them.

Both dark sides were staring and nodding at him then, and it was barely a stretch to have his arm around both of them, sandwiching Deceit in.

Of course Remus could only stand the serious moment for so long before moving to the next thing. “Mine next, come on open them, open them.”

Opening the neon green parcel in his lap, Virgil didn’t know whether to wretch or laugh. There under the paper was a definitely bleached and dyed heart, probably a real one, except all the labels that if Logan were to see it would be scientific names and functions were describe with lewd terms, and various ways your heart reacts in sexual or panicked situations. Surprisingly those two areas crossed over a lot.

Dee was having a similar reaction, although what he’d found in the gift was a brain, with parts labelled regarding how they work for deceiving, creativity, belief  and trust, alongside the brains functions for violence and sex again. “Only Remus.” he sighed after taking it in, smiling despite himself.

His words were echoed by Virgil, “Only Remus, but please tell me this isn’t something you’ve given a rotting ability to, cause that’s gonna get smelly.” 

“Course not. I only do that if I wanna watch the slow break down of flesh by microorganisms and bugs. It’s not for any gifts I give.” Remus would have seemed affronted if he hadn’t gotten starry eyed over his own description.

There wasn’t another round of hugs after the items were placed back on the table, instead Virgil and Remus turned straight to open their last gifts, curious over how Deceit would think to combine them all in items. 

Both of them pulled books out of the gift bags in gold on their laps. 

Virgil’s book was titled Ancient Aliens and as he flicked through it there were chapters over various artefacts, locations and geological phenomenon that suggested alien life had visited Earth millennia ago. He really wanted to just begin reading it, interest piqued already, but instead looked back passed Dee to Remus.

The book Remus was holding was about the art of social acting. He was riveted by how simple acting techniques were unknowingly used in social situations but also how regularly people lied over small things just while meeting people. 

“We really do work together a lot.” Remus sighed, a little nostalgically as he closed the book after a moment, blinking before he realised who he was actually sat with. “Sorry, Awesome book, Dee-dee.”

“I’m not going to escape snuggling am I?” Virgil pretended to complain, finding plenty of arms around him, and his own finding the others, all gifts put aside once more.

Later he’d head back to the lighter area of the mind space an prepare for a far less unique Christmas among the other, but for now, with his noodle and his madness, he was content.

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