#The Phoenixes of the Nest

[writingvampires]

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But certain Creatures are about to find that there is more to the dark than blood and bite…. The Dark World holds secrets…and the greatest of all are about to be revealed. The Dark World series is available now everywhere books are sold. 

[izabeki]

i lovue him so much....

[natashatrace]

thinking about maverick begging phoenix and bob to eject and then having to leave them out there

thinking about maverick having to wonder if they’re okay

thinking about maverick going through the events of the day over and over and blaming himself

thinking about maverick being told that phoenix and bob are alive but he doesn’t really believe it until he’s looking at them with his own eyes

thinking about maverick knowing he needs to be the one to tell rooster because rooster’s like him (a curse, not a blessing) and won’t really believe it otherwise

thinking about maverick and how desperately he wants iceman’s advice after this hell of a day

thinking about maverick and how he has a single, blissful moment of realization that history didn’t repeat itself today; he didn’t lose anyone during training, coyote and phoenix and bob are all alive and safe, things could have been so much worse

thinking about maverick’s heart aching as rooster pushes him farther away (he still lost someone)

thinking about maverick’s blood running cold as warlock tells him about ice (things are worse, this is worse, this is worse)

[quinloki]

If your still doing the one word prompts and no one has raised for it yet,

How about nest? 🪹

I mean...

I have to.

You can barely contain your laughter as you walk into Marco's office. He's on his bed, glasses on, working through some paperwork, with extra blankets and pillows gathered all around him. The configuration is such that he's propped up enough to work, and his legs are propped up enough to provide an impromptu "desk".

But only because he's transformed his legs to the longer phoenix ones.

He, very expressly, and by the seas you hope very purposefully, looks like a bird in a nest.

"What's so funny?" He questions, amusement in his voice. He's kept his eyes on his work, but you weren't surprised something gave you away.

"You know, before most people experience empty nest syndrome, they need to have children who grow up and move on." You explain, setting the next round of papers on his desk before going over to the bed.

"Ha. Ha." He deadpans, looking up at you flatly before smiling. "It's comfortable, and functional, yoi."

"Mm, I'm sure it is." You hum, leaning over and kissing his forehead. "Ace would never let you live it down if he saw you like this."

An arm slips around your waist, holding you in place as he leans into you a little. "If you're lucky, Ace won't see me like this."

"If I'm lucky?"

As soon as the question leaves your lips, Marco hoists you up onto the bed easily. He sets you into his laps so that you're straddling him, that easy smirk on his lips as he steadies you.

"Hope you locked the door." He murmurs, and before you can answer, he pushes his thighs against your rear and tips you into a kiss.

[image-thot]

Saw that pigeon nest meme and couldn't resist the urge to draw this terrible thing

[muffinlance]

Nesting for new baby has taken the form of So Much Crocheting. Firstborn's dragon is hereby joined by secondborn-to-be's phoenix.

(Crochet pattern is free here for any interested parties.)

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

No, see, now I'm thinking about Iris teaching Phoenix how to plait hair and getting emotional about it because like. The first person who ever plaited her hair was probably her mother, right? And I think Morgan's the kind of mum who's rather strict with hair, meaning that it'd be drawn very tight and be a rather painful affair. After they leave Kurain, I'm guessing that Iris still may not have known how to braid her hair but Dahlia did, and so Dahlia was the one who used to do it for her before eventually teaching Iris to do it herself; and, while I don't think Dahlia was as rough as Morgan was, she did learn how to plait from her, and she has nails, so it still hurt a little. But that's how Iris learns to plait her hair: with a touch of force and an emphasis on bridled control. It's necessary, when you're working up in the mountains since it keeps strands out of the way.

But then she goes to Ivy-U and meets the kindest, gentlest man she's ever known, and he gets curious as to how she does her hair, so she shows him. It's the first time anyone's ever touched her hair and truly cared about not hurting her -- he's hesitant to even comb his fingers through it because he's afraid of tugging on her scalp -- and she has to change the way she moves as they slowly, carefully work their way through the two braids together. Yes, it takes longer than it normally would, and the braids are looser than she would usually wear them, but they stay, and it's the first she's ever tried plaiting them in a way that's different from her mother and sister -- the first she's ever considered it, even -- and it shows her, irrevocably, that kindness and gentleness can be just as effective as the harsh strength her family has always prided and possessed. It's the first time that Iris has used her hands in a way that feels truly natural to her and not been ashamed for her own weakness.

And she carries that with her for the rest of her life; just as he carries what her hands showed him as he brushes his fingers through her younger sister's fairer brown locks, while she sits in jail and does the same to her own long, dark hair, now black as it should be instead of red.

[apocalypticapotheosis]

Making diagrams for my oc Trigun au. I've mixed both trimax and tristamp together for the lore of this place as well as a little bit of my own headcanons :3

The first image is a diagram of the general layout of the city of Phoenix's Nest. The city has been built in the shelter of an extinct volcano which allows protection from the burning sun and desert winds. The city is on top of a large aquifer which has made the city water rich, exporting it across the sand ocean in exchange for goods and services.

The area is also home to a native flora like organism much like Earth cacti. The cacti are inedible to humans and toma but the sap they produce is extremely delicious to the wams, who in turn can be eaten by the residents.

It has it's own Sandsteamer port which facilitate's travel and import/export. Phoenix's Nest is quite out of the way in comparison to the other cities on Gunsmoke, as such a Sandsteamer only docks once every three months. It's not uncommon for people to become stranded after missing their steamer.

The city is home to one of the few remaining large stationary Power Plants[*] that once provided the main source of energy to the original SEEDS ships. P-4713[**] was discovered roughly 50 years ago by a group of prospectors who had traveled far out from the main cities in search of mineral deposits. They hadn't planned on discovering the partial remains of a ship among a field of meteoric debris.

The rear section of one of the ships that had been torn apart during entry that had landed far off course to the projected crash sites of the other ships, seemingly pulled in by the same strange magnetic force that pulls in meteorites.[***] The ships systems had long since failed but a single Plant had been left undamaged. It was this discovery that led to the construction of Phoenix's Nest.

[*] For this AU i really wanted to use the big "Lightbulb" Plants from the original Trimax in some capacity, there is just something very striking about those giant constructs that I wanted to use so I thought about how different Plants are used for different things, i also took a bit of inspiration in my headcanon from the game Stellaris and how you start a new colony, where the original colony ship has it's engines repurposed to power the new colony. So I thought about the big original lightbulb plants having been used to power the ships, and how they might have provided the original power source once the colony ships had found a safe place to land. For the smaller Plants I imagined they would have been used by groups going out to build new structures, providing the power and raw materials needed to create infrastructure. I don't think the Plants were ever intended for use on such a mass scale, but after the Great Fall and with the desolate planet they landed on there wasn't much of a choice than to rely far more heavily on the Plants than what was ever planned.

[**] P-4713 is the serial number on the Plant, some of the engineers that work on it have taken to calling this Plant "Patience" in acknowledgement of how long it had been left offline and out of order. [she seems fond of the nickname, not that the engineers would know.]

[***] The magnetic field acts as one of the driving forces behind the events that unfold in this city, it is an unexplainable phenomenon and many scientists have given up attempting to study it, especially since there are more important problems to solve on Gunsmoke. What they do know about it is: it is capable of pulling objects out of orbit that contain metals that can be magnetized and it emits some kind of energy that causes the wams to avoid the area and can cause headaches and nausea in humans who remain within it for too long.

[sunshine-dies]

have been working on these bad boys on and off these past like... three months? four? too many, honestly, but they turned out so lovely! making all of my illustration and graphic design homework about the tiny gay people in my head is not a want, it is a need. the teachers will just have to deal with it.

these are my original characters! i was inspired by my obession with SVSSS to create a xianxia (and also danmei) story of my own wayyy back, and then i promptly forgot about them. not anymore though!!!! they are back and alive (for most of the story anyway)!!!! these two are the main characters, Yan Chenxi and Zhu Feng. they are my babies. if you hurt them i will do something unforgivable to you (hide your balls)

[mediocreinternetuser]

okay so i know i’ve not got like any followers but regardless here’s a list of my favourite movies

1. good will hunting (dir. gus van sant)

2. my own private idaho (dir. gus van sant)

3. dead poets society (dir. peter weir)

4. girl, interrupted (dir. james mangold)

5. one flew over the cuckoo’s nest (dir. miloš forman)

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

Asmo was kissing on Xian-li's neck as he held him after their fun. "You were such a good Phoenix for me.... I love you so much"

Xian-Li said nothing with his face really red but he couldn't believe others saw him like that. He used his own tail to cover his face. "....Your lucky your adorable and I love you s..so much. I can't believe I d..did that. How embarrassing." He said with a whine.

"I don't know if I should be furious with you or not....even though I can't be mad at you..."

[the-winter-brothel]

Elise Tag Dump

[thingsfromthehead]

[dungeons-n-dragons-n-dumbasses]

Alphonse: “Ignatius! Put the shield back!"

Ignatius: "Why?"

Alphonse: “We're not grave robbers! And we certainly aren't stealing from a knight's tomb!"

Ignatius: “It's shiny. It's magical." (gestures at the sarcophagus) “And they're not using it any more."

Ultora: (calling from the doorway) “Hey guys? Is this gonna be a problem?"

Alphonse: (walks over to see what Ultora is talking about) “Is what going to be a- Is that a ghost in fucking plate armor?!"

Ignatius: Hastily puts the shield back

[but-sometimes-im-not]

phoenix, 2024 post-s2. the Bentley has been left untouched for so long that a nightingale family has made a nest under her grille. nothing will ever be as it was, but something new will be reborn.

[gottamusethemall]

List of people who would hate Zemian

(Just bored and remembered a remark about making Jill angry.)

Jill, Clive, Joshua, Elwin, Wade, Tyler, Byron, Jote, Cid, Gav, Torgal, Dion, and Terence.