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Thorn Bush (Doctor Who Story)

Chapter 10: Day of the Doctor Part Two

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"I now pronounce you man and wife." The Clergyman announces to Ten and Elizabeth, who stand arm in arm, in the courtyard of the tower with Clara, Kathy, Eleven and the War Doctor watching on. The clergyman stands in front of a large tent.

"Woo hoo!" Clara cheers.

"You may kiss the bride."

Ten gives his 'wife' a strained smile but this doesn't deter Elizabeth, who grabs his face and does the enthusiastic kissing. Clara cheerfully throws confetti at them but even she pulls a face at the display though all of them are.

"Is there a lot of this in the future?" The War Doctor asks his future self next to him sceptically, raising his eyebrows at the sight in front of them.

"It does start to happen, yeah." Eleven replies.

"It's quite funny when you think about it." Kathy giggles. They stare at her in disbelief. "Or not?"

Ten eventually pulls himself away.

"God speed, my love," Elizabeth says.

"I will be right back." Ten runs into the TARDIS in quick speed, not looking back. Kathy waves at Elizabeth as she follows the others inside the TARDIS.

"Right then, back to the future." Eleven declares.

——

"You've let this place go a bit." The War Doctor mentions as he glances distastefully around Nine and Ten's console room.

"Ah, it's his grunge phase. He grows out of it." Eleven replies with a shrug.

"Oi, never dis the TARDIS!" Kathy exclaims. The TARDIS lets out an appreciative hum.

An alarm suddenly sounds and the console begins to spark. Kathy pulls Clara away from the TARDIS as Ten receives an electric shock from the console. The walls around the control room change in a blink, turning from bronze-coral to a white, lit up appearance with round circles in the wall.

"Ow!" Ten exclaims. "The desktop is glitching."

"Three of us from different time zones. It's trying to compensate." The War Doctor speaks thoughtfully.

"Hey, look, The round things!" Eleven points out with excitement, grinning widely.

"I love the round things." Ten catches his excitement.

"What are the round things?"

"No idea."

"Sometimes I wonder if you know anything about TARDISes." Kathy shakes her head at them smiling.

"Yes, we do!" Eleven exclaims offended. "I'll show you!" He darts over to the console. "This is the friction contrafibulator." He fiddles and the controls spark again and the desktop outlook shifts into Eleven's later control room look. "Ha! There, stabilised."

It is Ten's turn to give the room a once over, "Oh, you've redecorated." Eleven starts to smile but then, channelling the Second Doctor, Ten pulls a face and mutters, "I don't like it."

"Oh. Oh yeah? Oh, you never do." Eleven pouts.

Kathy shakes her head. "Listen, the Zygons have access to the Black Archive through using Osgood and Kate's appearances. We need to get there." All three Doctors go quiet and look at each other in trepidation.

"Okay, so you've heard of that, then." Clara mumbles.

"Well then." Eleven straightens his bow tie. "Best stop them."

"Uh, no, TARDIS-proof," Kathy tells them.

"Brilliant." Eleven rushes into action, setting up the space-time telegraph. A gift from the Doctor to Kate's father. It is very needed at this moment considering that Kate will be trying to detonate the nuclear warhead 20 feet beneath to save the world.

Kathy twists a knob and static fills the room before a voice that sounds very much like Kate, echoes around them, "...destroy London?"

"To save the world," a second Kate speaks, the real Kate, "yes, I would."

"You're bluffing."

"You really think so?" Real Kate challenges. "Somewhere in your memory is a man called Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart. I am his daughter."

"Go!" Ten nods to his future self, managing to get the audio going both ways.

"Science leads, Kate." Eleven calls. "Is that what you meant? Is that what your father meant?"

"Doctor?" Kate has a surprised quality to her voice.

Kathy steps forward. "You know your father was given the space-time Telegraph by the Doctor so there's be a hotline straight to the TARDIS for emergencies. It goes both ways." She's not going to let Kate do this.

"And I also know about the Black Archive and I know about the security protocol," Eleven adds. "Kate, please. Please tell me you are not about to do something unbelievably stupid!"

"I'm sorry, Doctor." Kate breathes, her voice growing softer as she orders someone else to, "Switch it off."

"Not as sorry as you will be. This is not a decision you will ever be able to live with!" Ten tries. There's a sombre look shared between the Doctors.

"I said, switch it off!" Kate demands and the feed is cut to static before either of them can say another word.

"Great." Ten huffs. "Not only can we not talk to her but we also can't get in there because it's TARDIS-proof."

"How can they do that?" Clara asks.

"Alien technology plus human stupidity. Trust me, it's unbeatable." Eleven mutters.

"We don't need to land." The War Doctor remarks. Kathy sees that he has noticed the stasis cube they had taken from the Zygons.

"Yeah, we do. A tiny bit. Try and keep up." Ten mutters patronisingly.

Kathy shakes her head at him. "No, he's right we don't."

"What do we do then?" Eleven asks.

The War Doctor picks up the cube. "Cup-a-soup." All of them begin to grin. "What is cup-a-soup?"

Ten and Kathy pilot the ship while Eleven stands at the open door of the TARDIS as he uses the phone to contact personnel back from the National Gallery. He manages to get a hold of McGillop, the man that had been there when it had been revealed to Eleven, right after Eleven had viewed the Time War painting. Current Eleven orders McGillop to have the painting to be transported to the Black Archive.

"Okay! So, all we need to do now is connect the stasis cube to the Gallifrey Falls painting and we'll be able to get inside." Kathy says to the group.

The Doctors seem a bit reluctant to relive old memories of the day or the same day for the War Doctor, but they need to do that so they can save London.

——

The TARDIS had been placed into the battle of Arcadia painting. They all stay inside until they need to, listening to the blasts sounding and Daleks crying "Exterminate!" The Doctors open the doors and rush out, sonics in hand.

"Exterminate!" A Dalek cries as it trundles towards them, its laser arm powering up.

Three sonic screwdrivers resonate together to create a sort of shield, merging together and powering each other's up to create a blast that strikes out at the Dalek and sending the unhappy pepper pot crashing out of the painting and into—

——

—the Black Archive, followed by three of the same Time Lord while Kathy and Clara quickly follow behind.

"Hello." The youngest Doctor greets.

"I'm the Doctor." Ten remarks.

"Sorry about the Dalek." Eleven finishes.

"Also, the showing off," Clara adds with a huff as she steps out.

"Tell me about it!" Kathy exclaims as she struggles to step out because of her dress, Clara helps her.

Kathy sees two sets of Kate, Osgood and McGillop gathered around a table in the middle of the room. She glances at the Dalek as it's the first time she's seen one in person.

Eleven strides over to the humans/Zygons. "Kate Lethbridge Stewart, what in the name of sanity are you doing?"

Kate, human Kate, stands up from the table. "The countdown can only be halted at my personal command. There's nothing you can do."

"Except make you both agree to halt it." Ten shrugs.

"Not even for three of you."

Kathy can't believe how easily this woman will do this, to kill all those people.

The War Doctor shares her thoughts as he frowns as he says, "You're about to murder millions of people."

"To save billions." Kate lifts her chin, not disagreeing with him. "How many times have you made that calculation?"

"Once." Eleven agrees. "Turned me into the man I am now. I'm not even sure who that is anymore."

"You tell yourself it's justified, but it's a lie." Ten declares as he moves over to the head of the table, placing his hands on the edge to lean and look both Kates in the eye. "Because what I did that day was wrong. Just wrong."

"And, because I got it wrong," Eleven adds. He and Ten drag chairs over to the end of the table. "I'm going to make you get it right." Both Doctors plonk themselves on the chairs and cross their legs on the table. Kathy walks over to stand behind them.

Kate seems unimpressed. "How?"

"Any second now, you're going to stop that countdown." Ten informs, waving his hand between the two Kates. "Both of you, together."

"Then you're going to negotiate the most perfect treaty of all time." His future self adds.

"And it'll be a fair and safeguarded on both sides," Kathy says.

"And the key to perfect negotiation?"

"Not knowing what side you're on." Ten finishes. Both Doctors push away from the table with their feet and stand.

"So, for the next few hours," Eleven says as he and Ten pull out their screwdrivers, "until we decide to let you out."

"No one in this room will be able to remember if they're human..."

"...or Zygon."

"Whoops a daisy." Eleven cries as the two jump onto the table and point to the ceiling, using their sonics. The two sets of Kates, Osgoods and McGillops look up and realise too late that one of the memory wiping devices is positioned on the ceiling right above them. Kathy and the War Doctor join in with their own sonics. The memory device sparks and as the countdown reaches 7, the humans and Zygons look befuddled before noticing the countdown.

The two Kates look at each other in horror, they turn to the countdown on the wall and shout, "Cancel the detonation!" The ticking time bomb stops at 5 seconds to go.

"Peace in our time." Eleven declares.

"Cutting it a bit close though," Kathy remarks.

——

Kathy leans against a shelf, taking in the scene of the Zygons and humans working together in discussions of a treaty. While she knows this will work overall, she also knows of the future rebellion of some of the Zygons. The Doctors had gone their separate ways to let them discuss, one of them is bringing the TARDISes close by. Clara explores the photo array of past companions. Then she goes to the Warrior, who is sitting in the Seventh Doctor's big leather chair.

Kathy sees the War Doctor disappear when Clara turns her back. Clara looks around confused and looks at Kathy to see her reaction. Kathy nods her head towards the other two Doctors, who are chatting together, as it is time to get moving.

The two Time Lords had raced to their TARDISes to follow where the War Doctor had gone after Clara, and Kathy, insisted that the youngest Doctor had not destroyed Gallifrey yet. Kathy knows Clara hopes they'll stop him but the other two Doctors are not intending to do that, just do not want the War Doctor to do it alone.

Two TARDISes park themselves in the barn. Enter the Doctors, Kathy and Clara stepping out of them. A red, rose-like button that glows, stands on a stalk above the Moment box with the War Doctor standing before it, his hand hovering over it.

Kathy observes him for a moment before glancing out through the cracks of the walls knowing that out there, out in the desert, is Gallifrey. The planet where she got part of her DNA from.

"I told you." Clara smiles, looking relieved. "He hasn't done it yet."

"Go away now, all of you." The War Doctor commands, sounding very tired and doesn't even look at them. "This is for me."

"These events should be time-locked." Ten mutters to those next to him, his eyes gazing around the barn tensely. "We shouldn't even be here."

"So, something let us through," Eleven concludes, staring around just as warily.

Kathy looks back at them all. "Of course, there's a reason why the three of you were brought together."

"Go back." The War Doctor says, drawing the Doctors' attention away from her before they can ask her what she means. "Go back to your lives. Go and be the Doctor that I could never be. Make it worthwhile."

The two Doctors stare at their younger self with sympathetic eyes. Slowly, together, the two began to walk over to the man while Kathy and Clara stay back.

"All those years, burying you in my memory." Ten says quietly.

"Pretending you didn't exist." Eleven continues. "Keeping you a secret, even from myself."

"Pretending you weren't the Doctor, when you were the Doctor more than anybody else."

"You were the Doctor on the day it wasn't possible to get it right." Eleven comes up beside the War Doctor, staring at him steadily.

Ten comes up on the other side and lifts a hand over the War Doctor's, which is still hovering over the red button. "But this time..."

Eleven does the same, placing his hand over Ten's. "...you don't have to do it alone."

"Thank you." The War Doctor breathes quietly.

"What we do today is not out of fear or hatred." Kathy hears the emotion in Ten's voice that is trying to escape and she herself gulps down tears threatening to spill. "It is done because there is no other way."

"And it is done in the name of the many lives we are failing to save." Eleven whispers sombrely. The three Doctors are unmoving, staring at the button they have yet to press.

Eleven glances toward Kathy and Clara, who shakes her head. "What? What is it? What?"

"Nothing." Clara murmurs.

"No, it's something. Tell me." He insists. Kathy keeps quiet for this bit.

"You told me you wiped out your own people. I just... I never pictured you doing it, that's all." Clara tearfully admits. It suddenly goes dark.

"What's happening?" Clara questions.

"Nothing. It's a projection." The War Doctor replies.

The scene shifts to what is happening on Gallifrey at this exact moment, the children and people in the middle of the war.

"These are the people you're going to burn?" Kathy asks.

"There isn't anything we can do." Ten replies.

"He's right. There isn't another way. There never was. Either I destroy my own people or let the universe burn." Eleven adds.

"Look at you," Clara says. "The three of you. The warrior, the hero, and you."

Eleven walks over to her. "And what am I?"

"Have you really forgotten?"

"Yes. Maybe, yes."

"We've got enough warriors. Any old idiot can be a hero."

"Then what do I do?" Eleven asks desperately.

"What you've always done. Be a doctor." Clara answers. The fighting seems to have stopped on Gallifrey; people emerge from their hiding places. "You told me the name you chose was a promise. What was the promise?"

"Never cruel or cowardly." Ten speaks quietly.

"Never give up," the War Doctor joins him, "never give in."

"Doctor..." Kathy swallows and steps over. "You can't do this..."

The three men look at her, startled. The images vanish and they are back in the barn.

"You're not actually suggesting that we change our own personal history?" Ten gapes at her.

"Not change it as such..." Kathy replies. "...but you never remembered what happened, did you?"

"Well... I remember getting the Moment, and then... big red button..." Ten starts to say but keeps trailing off as if his memories are not exactly lining up. He looks at his future self with wide eyes.

Eleven swallows and closes his eyes. "...then Gallifrey was gone and I was regenerating..."

"So, you don't remember actually pressing the button?" Kathy presses.

"No... I—" Ten frowns. "History said Gallifrey had been destroyed from the war. I knew I had been getting ready to use the moment, but..."

Eleven grins, clearly having clocked what Kathy is trying to say. He sonics the big red button back into the Moment box.

"There's still a billion billion Daleks up there, attacking." The War Doctor says confused.

"Yeah, there is. There is." Eleven replies.

Ten begins to grin as well. "But there's something those billion billion Daleks don't know."

"Because if they did, they'd probably send for reinforcements."

"What? What don't they know?" Clara asks them, looking confused and excited.

"This time, there's three of them," Kathy explains.

"Oh! Oh, yes, that is good. That is brilliant!" The War Doctor exclaims. "She didn't just show me any old future, she showed me exactly the future I needed to see!"

His future selves look at him blankly while Kathy grins.

"Eh? Who did?" Eleven asks.

He gets ignored. "Oh, Bad Wolf girl, I could kiss you."!"

Ten looks at him in surprise. "Sorry, did you just say Bad Wolf?" Ten asks. He glances at Kathy unsure.

"So, what are we doing? What's the plan?" Clara excitedly butts in.

"The Dalek fleets are surrounding Gallifrey, firing on it constantly." The War Doctor explains to her.

"The Sky Trench is holding, but what if the whole planet just disappeared?" Ten adds.

"Tiny bit of an ask." Clara remarks.

"The Daleks would be firing on each other." Eleven cheers.

"They'd destroy themselves in their own crossfire." Kathy nods.

"Gallifrey would be gone, the Daleks would be destroyed, and it would look to the rest of the universe as if they'd annihilated each other." The War Doctor concludes.

"But where would Gallifrey be?" Clara asks.

"Frozen. Frozen in an instant of time, safe and hidden away." Ten replies serenely.

"Remember the painting?" Kathy asks, Clara nods. "Well, basically we'll be doing that, but freezing a planet in a moment in time, away from everyone."

Clara beams at the news.

——

Kathy joins Ten in his TARDIS and Clara with Eleven as the three TARDISes patch through to the War room. Kathy watches as Eleven and Clara appear on one half of the monitor screen and the War room on the other. She knows that they'll all be appearing on holo-monitors in the War room.

"Hello, hello," Eleven calls as they get through. From the monitor Kathy is looking at from Ten's TARDIS, she can see the Time Lords under siege and Eleven and Clara in different squares. "Gallifrey High Command, this is the Doctor and Miss Clara Oswald speaking." Clara does a little wave.

"Hello!" Ten greets as they get through. For the other TARDISes, they'll be appearing as a square on their screens while being another hologram in the War Room. "Also, the Doctor along with Miss Katherine Davis. Can you hear us?"

"Also, the Doctor," the screen splits again as the War Doctor appears, "standing ready."

"Dear God, three of them!" The General seems utterly and completely horrified. "All my worst nightmares at once."

"General, please listen to what they have to say first," Kathy warns. "They have a plan to save you all."

"We should point at this moment, it is a fairly terrible plan." Eleven has to add.

"And almost certainly won't work." Ten agrees.

"Yeah, 'cause that's how you get someone to help you." Kathy shakes her head to herself. Ten ignores her.

"We're flying our three TARDISes into your lower atmosphere." Eleven continues, also ignoring her.

"We're positioned at equidistant intervals around the globe." Ten informs. "Equidistant." He grins. "So grown up."

"Focus, Doctor." Kathy nudges him.

The War Doctor is clearly in a good mood and ignores the extra comment. "We're just about ready to do it."

"Ready to do what?" The General asks, looking fearful.

"We're going to freeze Gallifrey." Eleven declares.

"I'm sorry, what?!"

"Using our TARDISes, we're going to freeze Gallifrey in a single moment in time." Ten adds.

"You know, like those stasis cubes? A single moment in time, held in a parallel pocket universe." The War Doctor continues.

"Except we're going to do it to a whole planet." Eleven explains.

"And all the people on it." Ten finishes.

The General looks aghast. "What?! Even if that were possible, which it isn't, why would you do such a thing?"

"Because the alternative is burning." Eleven answers solemnly.

"And I've seen that." Ten inserts.

"And I never want to see it again."

"We'd be lost in another universe, frozen in a single moment." The General argues. "We'd have nothing."

"You'd have each other." Kathy points out. "You'd have your planet, your people, your safety, your lives and hope."

"It's delusional." The General spits. "The calculations alone would take... hundreds of years," Kathy smirks and looks at the stasis cube on the console that will also be on the other consoles as well.

"Oh, hundreds and hundreds." Eleven smirks.

"But don't worry, I started a very long time ago." Ten winks. The image on the monitor shifts and shows all of the Doctor's past incarnations appearing. All calling out to each other for help and all have the same calculations done by the War Doctor's TARDIS and finished in Eleven's. Same software, different case.

"You might say I've been doing this all my lives!" Eleven whoops.

"I didn't know when I was well off!" The General sounds ill. "All twelve of them!"

"No, sir." An unfamiliar voice chimes in. The screen splits one more time, only revealing a set of rather angry eyes with bushy eyebrows to match. "All thirteen!" Kathy sees the Doctors looking at each other confused. The War room shakes as a blast is heard, which distracts them.

"Sir!" The man beside the General cries out in warning. "The Daleks know that something is happening. They're increasing their firepower."

The General closes his eye, gathering his strength for the final decision. "Do it, Doctor. Just do it."

Eleven nods seriously. "Okay. Gentlemen, we're ready." He reaches out to put a hand on a lever. Clara puts her hand over his.

"Geronimo?" She asks grinning. Eleven nods and they pull the lever down.

"Come on, Kathy!" Ten laughs as they grab their own lever. "Allons-y!"

Kathy laughs. "Allons-y!"

The War Doctor rolls his eyes. "Oh, for God's sake. Gallifrey stands!" He pulls down his lever.

TARDISes rush towards the planet and surround it, then whiteout. Pieces of Dalek scatter in space as though they had been blasted apart and no planet remains.

——

The Doctors, Kathy and Clara are in the under gallery of the National Gallery and gather before the painting of the Time War. They all have their own cup of tea. Ten and Eleven stand by the painting and Kathy stands by Clara and the War Doctor, who sit on the bench. Three TARDISes are lined up by one wall. The opposite is decorated with a collection of roundels.

"You know you should give yourself a trim." Kathy casually remarks to Clara, remembering what Clara had said to her 700 years earlier.

Clara grins unquestionably. "Really? Would it look good?"

"Yeah, you'd suit a bob, but not yet." Kathy points a finger at her with a fake serious face. Clara laughs.

"I don't suppose we'll know if we actually succeeded." The War Doctor sighs sadly as he muses. "But at worst, we failed doing the right thing, as opposed to succeeding in doing the wrong."

"Life and soul, you are." Clara remarks as she sips her tea.

"You may one day," Kathy says.

"Do you know something?" Clara asks.

Kathy shrugs. "Maybe. Spoilers." She then wanders over to the painting.

"What is it actually called?" Ten asks as he squints at the 3D painting of the Time War. He's wearing his glasses as if that'll help him find a clue.

"Well, there's some debate." Eleven replies, taking off his own glasses. "Either No More or Gallifrey Falls."

The War Doctor forces a smile. "Not very encouraging."

"Maybe you're all looking at it wrong?" Kathy supplies.

Eleven frowns at her in thought while Ten asks, "How did it get here? Kathy?"

She shrugs but really, she can't quite remember herself as she always got a bit confused by this bit, which is annoying for her.

Eleven smiles. "I really don't know."

His past self smiles at that. "There's always something we don't know, isn't there?"

"One should certainly hope so." The War Doctor stands. "Well, gentlemen, it has been an honour and a privilege."

Ten nods at him. "Likewise."

Eleven smiles at him. "Doctor."

The War Doctor turns to Kathy. "It's my greatest pleasure to get to know you, Kathy. I look forward to everything."

"I look forward to it," Kathy replies.

"And if I grow to be half the man that you are," the War Doctor turns to Clara, "Clara Oswald, I shall be happy indeed."

Clara startles slightly as she takes a sip of drink but straightens and stands cheerfully. "That's right. Aim high." She kisses his cheek gently.

The War Doctor sighs. "I won't remember this, will I?"

Kathy shakes her head. "I'm afraid not. Time streams being out of sync and all that."

"You can't retain it," Eleven adds.

"So, I won't remember that I tried to save Gallifrey rather than burn it." He lets out a long sigh at that. "I'll have to live with that. But for now, for this moment," he nods to himself, smiling with his hands on his lapels, "I am the Doctor again. Thank you." He turns to the TARDISes. "Which one is mine? Ha!" He goes into the shabbiest TARDIS. It dematerialises.

"I won't remember either," Ten pulls off his glasses, "so you might as well tell me." Kathy plonks herself next to Clara so as to let the two have this chat.

"Tell you what?" Eleven inquires as though he doesn't already know what his past self is asking.

"Where it is we're going that you don't want to talk about."

Elevens sighs. "I saw Trenzalore, where we're buried. We die in battle among millions."

"That's not how it's supposed to be." Ten denies.

"That's how the story ends." Elevens shrugs as if he doesn't care. "Nothing we can do about it. Trenzalore is where you're going." Kathy knows that isn't quite how it all plays out.

"Oh, never say nothing." Ten determines. "Anyway," he shakes Eleven's hand, "good to know my future is in safe hands." He places his cup next to Clara. "Keep a tight hold on it, Clara."

"Hmm. On it." Clara agrees as she places down her own cup and stands. Ten takes her hand and kisses it. Kathy shakes her head at it as she trails after him to the TARDIS but not before hugging Clara goodbye.

"Till the next time, Clara."

"Till the next time."

Kathy gives a nod to Eleven, who nods back.

"Trenzalore." Ten mumbles, turning back to Clara and Eleven as he is half in the box. "We need a new destination because I don't want to go." He steps inside with Kathy following, groaning to herself at the last bit of his sentence, as she needs to be with him so that the timeline stays on the right path.

"Onwards?" Ten asks.

Kathy nods. "Onwards." She smiles at him sadly knowing that as they leave, he'll forget.

——

2013

A figure walks into the room that Eleven had just vacated. It was a young woman wearing 21st century clothes, brown hair poking out. Blue eyes look around the room as if to double check that no one is there, particularly a certain half Time Lord, before taking off the hood of her coat to reveal that it is Kathy.

She smiles as she walks up to the painting, recalling how she had been standing here 500 years earlier from her perspective. Kathy glances over her shoulder when hearing steps rapidly heading towards the room. Osgood runs in and halts quickly as she takes in Kathy standing in front of her. Kathy knows she's probably confused for a moment by Kathy's appearance at first.

"Kathy!" She exclaims. "You're here! Well, again. Is it safe?"

Kathy smiles at her kindly. "Of course. I wouldn't be that careless." She looks back at the painting. "I assume it fulfilled its purpose?"

Osgood nods eagerly. "Yes. But how did you get a hold of this in the first place?"

"I couldn't possibly say," Kathy replies, smirking. "But you should really put a plaque for the name of the painting otherwise people will get confused."

"What's its name?"

"Gallifrey Falls No More."

——

A/N: Please leave comments on how you're enjoying this story and what you think.

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aultenshop · 1 year ago

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xprojectrpg · 1 year ago

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This Day in X-Project - September 22

Scott Summers' birthday

PHASE 2

2015: Clint stops by Jennie’s studio to discuss what he’s discovered, and they manage to find some common ground. Amanda and Laurie talk and compare notes. Quentin apologises to Jean for not taking training seriously.

2016: The Dulcet Sound of My Voice: A meeting is held on how how to deal with the sponsors of the bill; Hope does some spying to find out the weakness of one of the sponsors.

2017: Green-Eyed Monster: Artie emails all X-Teams from Santa Ana to let people know the Sapien League plans to steal the rock and use it against mutants. Psi War: Wanda sends an email to all teams letting them know what happened at the Snow Valley offices the previous day; Jean, sure Quentin is still alive, enlists Haller and Emma’s help to track down his psyche; the three of them find Quentin and the Shadow King in the Astral Plane where Quentin has to reclaim scenes from his life before the Shadow King corrupts them and him; finally defeating the Shadow King, Quentin prepares to leave with Jean and the others and ends up in Jean’s head as a psychic ghost; Jean and Quentin are forced together come to an accord and find a new respect for one another. Gabriel snapchats Angel asking her why this keeps happening to him, he later emails Amanda and Marie-Ange to let them know he’ll be out of the office for the day.

2018:

2019: Training Day: Gabriel and Kevin reach their final destination in Genoa but they have been made; later, having escaped, Kevin tells Gabe the network is now his.

2020: Operation: Crazy X-Girlfriend: Amanda provides an update on the failed mission, including the fact Kevin is missing and Jubilee, Wanda, Marie-Ange, Felicia and Emma are injured in various ways; Kevin wakes up and finds himself in the custody of a very different Mary than the one he knows, or the one who took him hostage; Mary tells him she needs the Sugar Man to stabilise her powers before they kill her. Marie-Ange emails Amanda about a development in her precog while trying to do readings for Jubilee and Wanda’s safety.

2021: Marie-Ange shares a bird graphic to lament the raven that dropped a gyro in her bag. Topaz texts America to ask if she's got time to go over some new information. Darcy meets with Doug to work on her hand-to-hand combat work and breaking holds.

2022:

#cyclops #birthday #this day in xproject #plots #plot #xprpg #xproject #rpg #rp #phase 2

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mahindramotoringmagic · 2 years ago

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Mahindra XUV700 Launched In South Africa

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Unveiled in June to audiences around South Africa, the XUV700 is now available to test drive and buy across Mahindra’s entire dealer network. The XUV700 displays the new ‘Twin Peaks’ logo representing the bold new direction Mahindra has embarked on with new-age products that have been designed to deliver a new-age ownership experience.

The Mahindra XUV700 won the coveted Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY). The ICOTY symbolises value for money, reliability, design, tech innovation, fuel efficiency, driving appeal and suitability for the Indian market. In addition, it has won over 40 other awards in India for its combination of ‘sci-fi’ technology, spirited performance, and world-class safety systems.

Rajesh Gupta, CEO of Mahindra South Africa said: “The XUV700 heralds an entirely new range of Mahindra models that will arrive in the next six months. As the first model to carry our new Twin Peaks logo, it is also the first Mahindra SUV that welcomes an entirely new phase for the brand. Mahindra shared its vision for South Africa at the global reveal in June, promising a new era for the brand with a significantly elevated customer experience and an even-larger network of servicing dealers. In South Africa, the XUV700 is also our invitation to our Mahindra family to head out and explore the world around them. With its power and capabilities, the XUV700 allows every family to explore their active living.”

MAHINDRA XUV700

UNMISSABLE PRESENCE

Packing an unmissable presence, tough yet sophisticated experience, spirited performance, world-class safety and sci-fi technology, the disruptive XUV700 is set to redefine the benchmarks.

The striking front grille with the new Twin Peaks logo takes pride of place.

The authentic SUV stance and the wide track hint at performance ably supported by the overall vehicle dynamics.

XUV700 has LED Clear-view Headlamps with Automatic Boosting, LED daytime running lights and LED sequential indicators. At the rear, the arrow-tip tail lights utilise LED technology, with an additional high-level LED brake lamp.

Conventional door handles give way to invisible ‘Smart door handles’, a first-in-segment by XUV700.

Prominent wheel haunches above the arches, especially at the rear help achieve a sporty stance, making the XUV700 look fast even while standing still.

TOUGH YET SOPHISTICATED

New from the ground up, the XUV700 underpins a completely new platform for the brand that has set the direction for the SUVs of tomorrow, with advanced engineering, the latest technology and impeccable craftsmanship. The body makes use of enhanced high-tensile and ultra-high tensile steels that increase the toughness and torsional rigidity while reducing the overall weight of the vehicle, contributing to reduced fuel consumption.

The all-independent suspension set-up of the XUV700 was developed with varied road surfaces in mind.

XUV700 offers best-in-class performance through multi-link suspension with a stabiliser bar & FSD (Frequency Selective Damping) technology.

While superior ride comfort is guaranteed, it also provides unparalleled dynamic capabilities in tune with the performance on offer.

MAHINDRA SPIRITED PERFORMANCE

At the heart of the XUV700, Mahindra has fitted a 2.0 mStallion turbo-petrol engine, delivering exhilarating performance, 149 kW at 5000 rpm and class-leading torque of 380 Nm available in full from 1 750 rpm that brings a rush like never before. This engine provides refined motoring and linear power delivery.

All versions of the XUV700 are fitted with Mahindra’s smooth-shifting 6-speed automatic transmission. This transmission was remapped to perfectly match the power profile of the petrol engine at South African cruising speeds.

SCI-FI TECHNOLOGY

The XUV700, the first of a new generation of SUVs from Mahindra, comes packed with a whole lot of features.

The new Mahindra Super screen – a combination of two high-definition 26 cm digital screens for the digital cluster and infotainment systems – takes pride of place in the Mahindra XUV700 cabin. The UI on these screens is highly customisable and allows for a detailed view of vehicle information.

All three variants of the XUV700 in South Africa are fitted with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which allow for a seamless connection with any smartphone. This also allows the driver to interact with his/her smartphone via the large infotainment screen and uses voice commands through Android auto and Apple car play.

Another treat across the entire XUV700 range is Mahindra’s SkyroofTM. This panoramic sunroof covers most of the passenger compartment and creates an airy and light ambience in the cabin.

Mahindra has partnered with SONY to customise the sound experience inside the XUV700. In the flagship AX7 L, the sound system is upgraded to a 12-speaker SONY system with fully immersive 3D sound. The AX7 L also treats its owner with wireless charging and fully automatic electronic door handles.

On the AX7 L, Mahindra has added a Blind View Monitor system as standard. It has also included four digital cameras, mounted in the nose, tailgate and side mirrors, for a 360-degree bird’s-eye view of the vehicle when manoeuvring or parking. This system can be set to continuously record while driving, negating the need for a traditional dashcam.

WORLD-CLASS SAFETY

Safety is one of the core pillars of the XUV700 experience, it incorporates many path-breaking safety features.

7 is a sign of perfection when it comes to the XUV700, with 7 airbags on the top variant; comprising of a driver and passenger front airbags, curtains across all three rows, side airbags and a driver knee airbag.

The AX7 versions of the XUV700 offer comprehensive Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) as standard. These include Smart Pilot Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keep Assist and event Traffic Sign Recognition as standard.

All versions of the XUV700 also have the newest generation stability control as standard, and all models feature personalised safety alerts.

The XUV700 AX7 models also have automatic headlamps with High Beam Assist, which not only switches automatically between low and high beam but can adapt its LED headlamp array to dynamically adjust its illumination of dark areas on the road, without blinding oncoming traffic.

Safety on the AX7 range is further taken care of by the tyre pressure monitoring system, the additional reverse camera and an intelligent driver drowsiness detection system to warn a driver if his or her reactions start slowing down or if the driver’s face shows signs of drowsiness or of being distracted.

The AX7 L also has a Stop and Go driving function as part of its adaptive cruise control, allowing for stress-free driving in city traffic.

RANGE, COLOUR AND WARRANTY

Three models are available at launch, all fitted with the new 2.0-litre petrol-turbo engine and smooth six-speed automatic transmission.

Buyers can choose between Everest White, Midnight Black, Dazzling Silver, Red Rage and the global launch colour – Electric Blue.

The XUV700 is sold with a comprehensive 5-year/100,000km service plan and a 5-year/150,000km mechanical warranty. A 24/7/365 Roadside Assistance Plan is included for the same period.

Info shared from https://notablymahindra.wordpress.com/2023/03/12/mahindra-xuv700-launched-in-south-africa/

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Would Integrating Yoga in Your Ayurvedic Journey Make a Difference?

Along with cleansing teeth with an ayurvedic tooth powder, a dietary regimen that has been practised for thousands of years is the Ayurvedic diet. It is founded in Ayurvedic medicinal concepts and concentrates on balancing various forms of energy in the body, which is supposed to improve health.

What Is an Ayurvedic Diet?

The Ayurvedic diet, in contrast to many other diets, offers tailored advice about what and which type of food to eat and which to avoid based on your body type. It is also well-liked since it is supposed to support greater physical and mental wellness.

The Ayurvedic diet promotes the consumption of jams like chyawanprash gold, and whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes despite having particular recommendations for each dosha. Due to the abundance of important nutrients in these foods, this can considerably improve your health. Additionally, processed foods, which frequently lack fibre and vital vitamins and minerals, are minimised in the diet.

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Eliminate snacks

After a meal, the three phases of digestion must be finished in accordance with Ayurvedic principles. The Kapha energies rule the first hour following a meal. The body could feel sated, hefty, and full. Digestion is controlled by Pitta elements two to four hours after a meal. The amount of hydrochloric acid rises, the internal temperature rises, and the food is turned into energy for the body during this period. The Vata energies increase four to five hours after a meal. During this period, hunger rises and space and lightness return.

Eat till full, not satisfied

Consider your stomach to be a gas gauge with a scale of one to 10. On that measure, one is entirely empty, while 10 is excessively filled. When you reach 2, you should eat, and when you get a 7, you should stop. You run the danger of disrupting the digestion cycle if you eat before 2. Overeating takes a significant amount of energy away from vital physiological functions.

In addition to contributing to weight gain, overeating boosts the body's generation of free radicals, which accelerates the ageing process. By putting down the fork when you are full but not stuffed, you prevent overeating and the body gets the nutrition it needs without having to work extra hard to process and sometimes store extra calories.

Consume whole, fresh foods

The Ayurvedic diet states that increasing prana is the greatest approach to raising ojas, the source of life power in the body. Foods that are rich in prana originate directly from the earth. Their prana is the result of the fusion of the forces of the sun, the water, and the ground. When food is picked up, its prana starts to progressively deteriorate. Therefore, consuming foods as soon as possible after their harvest will enhance prana more quickly than eating the same meals later. Farmers' markets and local community-supported agriculture are excellent places to get fresh meals with a high nutritional value.

Include each of the six tastes in each meal

Six tastes are recognized by Ayurveda, and each one conveys to the body a distinct mix of energy and information. The body acquires a bio-diverse energy palette by including all six flavours in every meal. The cells of the body get instructions from this energetic palate that are specific to a certain flavour category. In general, the body receives the following cellular information from the six tastes:

Sweet - stabilising, sustaining, and grounding

Sour - cleaning and cleansing

Salty-Balancing and regulating

Bitter - Mineralizing and detoxifying

Astringent - Cooling, anti-inflammatory

Pungent - Comforting, energising

Each of these traditional Ayurvedic guidelines will support your continued health, both in terms of the food you consume and the manner in which you consume it. And don't forget to savour each meal and express gratitude for the foods you consume along the road. Since ayurveda bestows us with a lot of herbal products that aid in the holistic treatment of your issues without any side effects, you can avail them from a reputed ayurvedic medicine store online as well.

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the-hopefulpenguin · 3 years ago

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#every day i get closer to writing an essay about fire nation grand strategy#there are quite a few context clues!

So, about that...?

I’m so glad you asked! A caveat before we get going – ATLA is a children’s television show and is not designed for geopolitical analysis. That said, I do think it’s possible to do it with a bit of inference and squinting at maps. So, my argument is that the Fire Nation began the Hundred Year War (HYW) as a maritime campaign of colonial acquisition and geostrategic defence, but their war goals steadily totalized – especially in the late war.

To expand that out a bit, I’d identify three core phases to the HYW from the Fire Nation perspective:

1. A largely littoral effort in the early parts of the war to seize outlying Earth Kingdom territory.

2. A stalemate imposed by geography and distance.

3. Attempts to break that stalemate through various escalating means, culminating in the Sozin’s Comet attack.

To explore this, let’s go back to Sozin. Why did Sozin start the HYW? We see on screen that part of it is a ‘civilizing mission’ (quotation marks very much deserved) to share the riches and wealth of the Fire Nation with the rest of the world. Now, that’s him explaining his cause to Roku, so he’s certainly couching the effort in a particular rhetorical stance – but the idea of some sort of ‘Hotman’s Burden’ (to bastardise Kipling) would make sense from what we know about Fire Nation culture.

But it’s not just that, of course. Part of it is simply colonial expansion – the western coasts of the Earth Kingdom were up for the grabs, so Sozin took them. But I think, perversely, the war can be better understood as a pre-emptive forward defence. Why? Because a strong, united Earth Kingdom is the Fire Nation’s worst nightmare.

To take a brief trip into British history, one of the core tenets of British foreign policy from the 1500s onwards has been to avoid a single country dominating the coasts of western Europe. If this were to happen, invasion attempts against Britain would be in the offing – the Spanish tried this, Napoleon tried this, Hitler tried this.

I think Sozin thought similarly. We know from the Kyoshi books that the Fire Nation takes the threat of the Earth Kingdom very seriously – Rangi notes that the Fire Army plans and trains for a war with them, on the order of three centuries before the outbreak of the HYW. However, this was not a major concern because the Earth Kingdom was in frankly shambolic straits. It could not police itself, individual powerbrokers operated fairly independently, and the risk of some sort of invasion of the Fire Nation by the Earth Kingdom was very low.

However, then Kyoshi (who, incidentally, is awesome) comes along and starts fixing the Earth Kingdom. She scours daofei and defeats warlords like Chin. The Earth Kingdom, under her watch, starts to stabilise – and centralise, too (for example – refugees in the HYW were expected to run through a fairly complex bureaucratic system to get to Ba Sing Se. That points to quite an advanced level of governmental development).

If I’m a Fire Nation strategist at this point, I am starting to get seriously concerned. A centralised Earth Kingdom would have access to far more resources than I ever would. In addition, while the Fire Nation enjoys a technological advantage, it’s not out of the question to assume that the Earth Nation would begin to catch up – certainly we see in the post-HYW era that industrialisation is very swift in the western Earth Kingdom. I need to either attack now while I’ve got a chance or watch while my neighbour becomes a continental superpower able to impose demands or conquer me. Or try diplomacy but let’s be honest, the Fire Nation’s government wasn’t set up culturally or institutionally for that.

(Incidentally, this is almost to a tee German logic about the First World War – Russia was developing rapidly, and the German military felt that they were going to go to war at some point; and so the sooner, the better).

And so, Sozin decides to pull the trigger and invade. This also necessitates the removal of the Avatar as a precondition, hence the timing and scope of the – utterly barbaric – genocide of the Air Nomads. But this invasion appears limited in scope.

Our evidence base on this is exceptionally patchy, but when we look at maps of the Fire Nation’s advances, they are largely confined – even after a century of fighting – to the western edge of the main continent. They have a secondary front down south in Chameleon Bay and have at points lunged eastwards to positions like Pohaui, but their landwards expansion isn’t very big. Omashu is very close to the Fire Nation and didn’t fall; and General Fong’s fortress is similarly nearby, albeit to the north. Gaoling, too, is untouched by the war.

My thinking is that this is partly a matter of simple logistics – sustaining armies advancing deeper into the enemy heartland, away from sea lines of communication (SLOCs) is very difficult. But I also think this was strategic intent. The Fire Nation can’t govern huge swathes of the Earth Kingdom. Even their very limited footprint at the end of the HYW is unruly. Rather, Sozin hoped to bite and hold a small part of the coast, demonstrate the weakness of Ba Sing Se, and hence encourage other parts of the Earth Kingdom to splinter. This would end any threat to the Fire Nation and net some neat and prosperous colonies into the bargain.

But they didn’t. The Earth Kingdom stayed more or less coherent – see, for example, all their soldiers being equipped similarly which points to state-run arsenals – and fought back. So now the Fire Nation is left with a real problem. They can’t advance too far from the coast without facing major challenges, but they also can’t defeat the enemy without such an advance. They could retreat, but honour and national prestige means they can’t. So, they’re stuck in a stalemate through much of the war.

By the late-war period, and as Iroh’s generation – the second generation of military leaders born into the war – comes to prominence, patience is running out in the Fire Nation. Decades have passed and the Fire Nation is no closer to victory. Negotiation is unthinkable in a militaristic and honour-bound society. So, the obvious choice is to escalate and break the stalemate by main force.

Iroh’s first up to bat, waging a conventional campaign against Ba Sing Se. He does well – very well – clearing the path to the city and breaching the Outer Wall. But the tyranny of distance, logistics, attrition, and the loss of his son prevents a final push to victory. Zhao turns to spiritual means, hoping to kill the Moon and break the enemy will (or he’s just a bit insane, it’s not entirely clear). Azula and Ozai opt for technological solutions – a giant drill, and then a fleet of airships.

We are also seeing, increasingly, the barbarisation of the war. The Fire Nation clearly look down on the Earth Kingdom, and harbour supremacist sentiments going all the way back to the Age of Kyoshi. But Ozai brings this to the forefront, no doubt informed by decades of tit-for-tat atrocities and pointless, bloody stalemate; imperial powers and resistances to them both have quite lax rules of engagement around civilians. This is what allows Ozai and Azula to propose genocide as an ultimate war winning tool – and what turns a large enough coalition against the Fire Nation that they lose.

So…yeah. There you have it. Fire Nation grand strategy starts as quite sensible, but under the pressures of war and tyranny becomes an increasingly total and barbaric effort which culminates in the attempted extermination of the entire Earth Kingdom, vis a vis the mere countering thereof.

PS: From this perspective, the creation of the United Republic as a pro-Fire Nation power on the western coast of the Earth Kingdom represents a strategic victory for the Caldera. No wonder Hou-Ting and Kuvira are both so revanchist!

#atla #atla meta #avatar the last airbender #atla fanfic #atla worldbuilding #iroh #ozai #azula #grand strategy #i am putting my degree to good use honest!#fire nation

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Hikaru Becomes a Freelance Artist!

After today’s earlier announcement of Hikaru’s departure from her agency Hifumi, we now get another big piece of news. Starting from November 1st, Hikaru is officially becoming a freelancer. With this additional info, it makes a lot more sense that she would move on to an animation studio that doesn’t really handle artist management. Turns out she will not be employed and managed by Okuruto Noboru Co., Ltd in the “traditional sense”. Instead, she has simply signed an agent contract which allows her all the freedom of a freelancer but still offers a certain range of support regarding marketing and promotion.

As expected, Hikaru is “rebranding” herself for this next step of her career or should I say, she going back to her roots? She is leaving the group project “H-el-ical//” behind after three years, the staff Twitter account has already been discontinued/deleted and I am assuming the YouTube account will most likely suffer a similar fate She is officially back to being just “Hikaru” again, her private Twitter and Instagram accounts have been updated accordingly. Hikaru also launched a new YouTube channel titled “Hikaru ch.” Be sure to SUBSCRIBE and watch her very first video here (Edit: The video has been removed/made private; You can watch it HERE):

As previously reported, Hikaru’s official fan club “Masani Hikaru” shall remain as it is but will be “renewed” under Okuruto Noboru Co., Ltd, meaning they are now in charge of the site’s management. Therefore, inquiries or fan letters need to be sent to Okuruto Noboru. A new monthly membership plan will also be introduced starting from Nov 1st. I guess more so than ever it is going to be important to support Hikaru via her fan club (since this is probably one of her few sources of income at the moment).

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Phew....too many announcements in one day. Not sure what to think of all of this. I would say it’s not a bad thing to become a freelance artist. As far as I can tell, it has worked quite well for Kaori Oda so maybe Hikaru can make it work too. Especially if she has YK’s support here and there. But oh boy, we are in dire need of a stabilisation phase. Something needs to happen soon, this current volatile situation is less than ideal.

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A great upper body workout to start my Wednesday off well.

Mostly strength based, but with three "burnout" phases throughout.

Bear hold jacks. They're awful 😂.

But yep, that's what makes the difference. That's how we get, feel and see results. If you don't challenge yourself sometimes, why bother at all?

The insulin pod malfunction really messed me up yesterday. It took hours for my blood sugar to re-stabilise.

Felt yucky for a large portion of the second half of the day.

But meh, whatevs, lol.

I have had another pretty good sleep. As far as I'm aware, I only woke up once at 2.30am. Went to the loo, then back asleep til my alarm woke me back up at 4am. Waking up to the alarm is a revelation in itself. I'm usually awake for at least half an hour before it goes off. And it was the same yesterday too.

I'm going to have to stay up this morning, rather than go back to bed. Need to get back into my usual routine. Today is my last day off work!

So I'm having my green tea now, then I'm on with another workout.

#fitspo #fitspiration #fitblr #fitness #healthy living #health and fitness #fitness-by-suzie #fit #workout #fiton

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Thess vs Making Things

So after a little bit of futzing around on Horizon: Zero Dawn (and realising that Hunting Zen with a side of AAAAAAAAAA was Not It but hey, at least I tried), I did Chores. Specifically, I took out the garbage and recycling.

Chores is plural because I watered the plants before all that and there are A LOT OF PLANTS, okay? I need a little watering can. Currently I’m using one of my little silicone measuring cups that I normally use to measure epoxy resin components, or this little glass carafe that I don’t know where it came from but it’s pretty. Just I need something with a small enough spout not to be problematic with small plant pots but something that carries more than a cup or so of water to save me multiple trips back to the faucet.

Anyway, I took the opportunity to make a quick shops run and on my way home, I ran into my mother, walking her dog. We had a quick chat, mostly about if I want her to bring me back anything from North America (I requested A1 sauce, which I miss dearly). She wants us to go out for dinner when she gets back from her trip but I hate going out to eat at the moment because the whole “I need gluten-free menus” thing just triggers my anxiety, even if I know they have gluten-free menus. I was raised to Not Cause A Fuss About Food. Anyway, I invited her over for dinner with me cooking for her instead. If she wants dinner a deux, it can be where I’m damn sure I can eat everything without problems.

Anyway, went home, and about an hour later, phone rings. It’s my mother again. “Nothing urgent”, she says. Just ... okay, going back a few pages in the codex of my life: my Auntie Mickey is pretty severely intellectually disabled and her carer is a bit of a bitch about it. Or ... well, whatever it is when you lean on pharmaceuticals to solve problems when they’re really not necessary and frankly even misunderstanding what the pharmaceuticals do. During the big lockdown phases of the early pandemic, obviously my Auntie Mickey was having some issues, because she couldn’t really deal with a mask and she’s in fairly frail health physically so she couldn’t really go anywhere or see many people. This obviously got to her, and she was getting depressed and irritable. Which ... you know, most of us were. Her carer, however, didn’t like her being “moody” and recommended mood stabilisers. The kind of things that are generally required for bipolar disorder. Not that there’s anything wrong with being bipolar, but you don’t prescribe mood stabilisers meant for that kind of neurodivergence when someone’s just depressed and stressed because there’s a fucking pandemic going on and they’re stuck inside and can’t see their friends or family (my other aunt, Christine, mainly - they generally see each other daily) and don’t entirely understand what’s going on or why it has to be this way. So when my mother was venting about this - and quite right too, I figure - I remembered my own rage when the US psychiatric hospital tried to put me on antipsychotics back in the day and remembered what helped instead. So I suggested aromatherapy. Specifically, I made one of my blends of aromatherapy soap - lavender, bergamot, bit of neroli, that kind of thing.

My Auntie Mickey loved it. So much so that when it came to her seventieth birthday awhile ago, I made her lots more - used every single-use soap mould I had in the house and added some shea butter to make her skin feel nice too as per one of my soap-making books. This was in September, and there were ... like, three, four bars?

So back to today, and my mother calls saying she just got off the phone with my Auntie Christine and my Auntie Mickey is out of “her nice soap” and it’d be great if I could make some more. At least this time she’s giving me money for materials, which is good because I had to buy more soap moulds (silicone ones this time, so I can reuse them) and more shea butter. Thankfully I still have plenty of melt and pour soap, so I didn’t need to replenish that. She leaves on Friday morning so I have until Thursday, and I have this coming week off. So soap moulds and shea butter will arrive tomorrow, and I can just spend all of Monday hovering over a double boiler. I will make MANY bars of soap. Well, in between planting my sprouting potatoes and repotting my lettuce and starting some carrots a-growing. This week’s going to be surprisingly busy.

Also the delivery guy was really nice. My potting soil bag got torn a bit in transit - thankfully nothing came out of it but the hole was in the side of the bag so he had to carry it to my door horizontally so it didn’t spill. He would have taken it back if I’d wanted - he offered multiple times - but I told him it was fine, slapped some packing tape over the tear and hauled it inside. I just didn’t want to make the poor man lug that thing any further. Is a heavy sucker. Which is perfect for my needs, honestly.

I just am apparently not happy unless I am producing things. This probably explains why I love the crafting aspects of games so much. I just like putting in effort for tangible reward, even if that reward is “I made someone else happy”.

...Maybe that’s the key. I need a crafting game. But first I need dinner. And meds. Gods, Daylight Savings Time has really messed up my cues for when to take my medication. Generally it’s “when it’s dark” but I normally take it at half-seven and we’re only just at the pretty part of sunset so the sky’s still really light.

#Thess on gardening #Thess on crafting

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It’s Nana’s parents!!! [Insert Screaming Cat meme] Louisa is on the right, and Vlad on the left. Here’s a short bio and some fun facts under the cut:

🫀 Louisa De Silva 🫀

Name: Louisa Aureliana De Silva Lascal.

Meaning of the name: ‘Louisa’ means famous battle, ‘Aureliana’ means golden, gilded. She is named after her paternal grandmother (Louisa) and her mother (Aureliana).

Nicknames: Lulu, Lu, Lucha, Luchita (Lucha is the spanish diminutive for ‘Luisa’, it is, also a pun on ‘fight’, which in spanish is also “lucha”).

Family: Joaquín De Silva (father), Aureliana Lascal (Mother), Paris De Silva (younger sister, owns the Moonstone and Jasmine, the magic shop), Alma De Silva (younger sister), Aelius Anatole (son).

Place of birth: City of Altazor, Altazor, Antiqulla region (the westernmost end of the Bulan range)

Favourite Food: Pollo arvejado, with a side of rice and fries.

Favourite Drink: Chicha, with a lot of ice.

Favourite Flower: Dandelions

Birthday: Feb 22nd

Age: Mid to late fifties

Height: 5′7

Zodiac: Aquarius sun, Sagittarius moon, Pisces rising.

Patron Arcana: The Lovers, and Knight of Wands

Upright: partnerships, duality, union, Reversed: loss of balance, one-sidedness, disharmony

Upright: action, adventure, fearlessness, Reversed: anger, impulsiveness, recklessness

Gender & Orientation: Cis woman, bisexual.

Languages spoken: Alzor, Venterrean, Vesuvian Common Tongue, Balkovian, some Zadithi.

Magic: N/A, though Vlad has taught her a significant amount of alchemy, she is no magician.

Familiar: N/A

Occupation: Doctor

🥀 Vlad Radošević 🥀

Name: Vladislav Elyseo Radošević-Cassano

Meaning of the name: ‘Vlad’ means rule, and ‘slav’ means glory. ‘Elyseo’ comes from Elysium and means blissful. His middle name is after Elysian Juriša-Radošević, his grandmother.

Nicknames: Vlad, Eli (used exclusively by Valerian), Moj Mali (used exclusively by Mircea, means ‘my little one’)

Family: Matilda Cassano (biological mother, deceased), Krešmir Radošević (biological father, deceased), Mircea Radoševic (uncle and adoptive father), Florentino Cassano (uncle and adoptive father), Valeriy ‘Valerius’ Radoševic-Cassano (younger brother), Aelius Anatole (son).

Place of birth: Vesuvia — he considers himself Balkovian, however.

Favourite Food: Seafood peka.

Favourite Drink: The Blood Of His Enemies Coffee and Grapefruit soda, not together.

Favourite Flower: Heather, Tansy.

Birthday: October 25th

Age: Late fifties to 60.

Height: 6′5

Zodiac: Scorpio sun, Aries moon, Virgo rising.

Patron Arcana: The Lovers and King of Cups

Upright: partnerships, duality, union, Reversed: loss of balance, one-sidedness, disharmony

Upright: compassion, control, balance, Reversed: coldness, moodiness, bad advice

Gender & Orientation: Cis man, bisexual.

Languages spoken: Balkovian, Vesuvian Common Tongue, Venterrean, Zadithi, Alzor, Nevivic, Hesperian. His Prakran is abysmal, but he can read it.

Magic: Alchemy.

Familiar: Cyrila ‘Kiki’ and Cecilia ‘Keke’, two Somali cats. You tell them apart because Kiki looks like she’s never produced a single thought in her life, and Keke because she looks like she thinks you’re a humongous idiot.

Occupation: Alchemist, researcher.

Fun facts 🫀🥀

Vlad’s rapier (all the R-C have one) is called ‘Beheaded Voivode’. He can set the blade aflame through Alchemy.

Louisa was exiled from Altazor at the age of 20, then lived in Venterre and Zadith, were she finished her medical studies. She moved to Balkovia for what was supposed to be a 6 months programme and scientific coven, but then she met Vlad and she ended up staying. She was exiled for opposing the dictatorial regime existing in the country.

While Louisa knows alchemy —which she learnt to become a better doctor— she doesn’t consider herself a magic user. She, however, can lend her life force to Vlad if the need arises. This creates a unity of energy between them which Vlad can channel into more powerful alchemy. This is because they’re beneficiaries of The Lovers.

Thematically both of them are about breaking bad parenting cycles. Vlad’s parents were notoriously irresponsible, neglectful and despondent parents, with Matilda being even cruel and purposefully hurtful. Louisa’s were extremely unaccommodating, strict to the point of traumatising and extremely hypocritical. Neither of them wished to have children until they realised they could do it together.

Vlad and Louisa did not marry until the war in Balkovia ended. It began months before Anatole was born, and it ended when he was around the ages of three/four.

Vlad calls Anatole ‘Lilu’ and ‘Lily’, it comes from little.

Vlad’s monocle is functional. It’s made of alchemy altered glass and it’s the design of a group of fellow alchemists and Vlad himself. He has very little vision on his left eye due to almost blowing up a room trying to stabilise fireroot. He was successful, making him the first person to ever stabilise the compound through a stable, long-lasting method. In the future, Anatole uses his father’s alchemic breakthrough to provide public lighting to the streets of Vesuvia. This method is currently used in Balkovia for public buildings, since it requires very little money to run.

Both of them are quick tempered, but understanding with people they love. It’s if they don’t like you the problem.

Originally, Vlad thought Louisa was an alchemist because she was describing the process of lightening up a Molotov.

Louisa knows how to use firearms. She learnt in Altazor, when she began getting involved in the fight and protest against the dictatorship in it. She still has good aim, but is out of practice and prefers it that way. She prefers to focus in ways to help those affected.

Her best medicine is ER medicine and field medicine. She is trained to be a war doctor and was a volunteer when time permitted in the Balkovian war.

While Louisa’s relationship with her parents eased with time, it is not good. She prefers to keep them at a distance.

Originally, Aureliana and Joaquín opposed Louisa marrying Vlad. They even tried to make her go back to Altazor or at least Venterre when the war began, but Louisa told them she would rather take out her own femur and eat it. She, clearly, harboured a lot of resentment for them, as they were key to her exile.

Louisa’s favourite Radošević outside of her husband was Elysian. It was the first time she had a positive role model whose politics were the same as hers, and didn’t punish her for it.

Vlad’s biggest personality trait is ‘I Love My Wife, I Love My Son’.

Louisa was one of the few doctors to treat poor people in Vesuvia who caught the Plague.

Vlad can only draw objects (for invention designs) and buildings.

Both of them read a lot. It’s not weird to find them having reading dates.

Vlad has a series of Alchemic symbols tattooed around his wrist. He uses them as magic on-the-go.

When raising Anatole, they privileged communication, autonomy, self-expression and support more than anything else. Even through his argumentative teenager phase.

Speaking of their son, Anatole takes after Louisa in terms of politics, moral compass, and determination to see things done and to do what is right.

Vlad’s politics can be summarised in “If you’re told not to tamper with the shelf, and you do, and it falls on your head, then that was your own damn fault”.

Whenever Vlad began brooding because he was “sure” Louisa didn’t like him, his cats bit him.

Louisa housed and protected her sister Paris when she ran away from Altazor looking for her, upon discovering the real reason why her sister was sent away. Paris showed up out of the blue at her doorstep. Their other sister, Alma, helped her orchestrate the escape.

Louisa gets ready in 30 minutes, tops. Vlad in 2 hours.

While Valerius acts like he can’t stand her, he actually loves and respects Louisa a ridiculous amount.

Vlad is more emotional than Louisa but has more trouble showing it. He’s gotten better with time.

Vlad sails. Louisa always makes fun of him for being insanely competitive, but joke’s on her because she’s just as bad. As a true Aquarius sun and a Sag moon, she hates being told what to do. Whenever she gets like that, Vlad just looks at her with heart eyes.

Vlad is closest to Violeta Radošević, Milenko’s mother, out of his generation of cousins.

Except for formal occasions, Louisa doesn’t wear shirts or dresses that go past her ankles. Prefers them to the calf, as she needs to be able to move freely (she moves a lot).

It’s very likely Louisa is the one with undiagnosed ADHD out of the two of them, hence where Nana gets it from. She’s never checked.

Louisa loves dancing (so does Vlad but he hates admitting it), and she taught Anatole most of what she knew. As she grew up, she was constantly in dancing lessons, inspired by her own mother’s love of ballroom dancing. It’s one of the few things she’s fully grateful about.

This is more of a language fun fact than anything else, but Alzor and Nopali are extremely similar languages, and are almost virtually interchangeable.

They both stand by ‘one child is enough’ but end up adopting all of Anatole’s friends on accident, sometimes, even his partners a little, depending on the verse we are in.

Finally, out of the Arcana canon characters, Vlad would get along the best with Nadia, Salim and Aisha. Louisa would get along the best with Nadia, Julian and Portia.

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