#Veren speaks

[veren-cos]

It Could Be Us

Chapter 4

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Sambastian x Reader fic

"Sebastian you dumbass, I like you!!!" I huffed it out. "Why can't you get it through your stupid head that I'm in love with you. You idiot! You absolute imbecile!"

God he is so fucking dumb! Fuck it. I don't even care my confession is me screaming at him.

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Let's rewind, shall we?

I was at Abigails, trying to make a new character for Solarion Chronicles. It was going swimmingly! We had a great backstory, and our stats were suprisingly good. It was such a normal occurrence, I didn't suspect a thing when she ran out of the room, saying she just was running to grab a snack.

Little did I know the 'snack' she was grabbing, was Sebastian. "Abigail, what the hell!" He slammed the door shut once he saw I was in her room. Through muffled yells I heard, "I thought we were making your character! Why is the farmer here?"

"Because the two of you need to talk. And we are making the SC characters! We have been working on ours for like an hour!" Though I couldn't see her face, I could picture her look of disappointment. Of course she couldn't have known. She had no idea just how hurt he had been. The two kept arguing and arguing. I couldn't just listen from behind the door.

With a click of the handle, I reached out and pulled Sebastian into the room. "Sebastian. Whatevers going on between us is *Between Us*. Don't take it out on Abigail."

He huffed, "Well she should have known.. I don't want to talk to you." He pulled away, but I closed the door behind him.

"Sebastian. We need to talk."

"I already said I don't want to, can't you get the hint?"

"You already said what you wanted to say at the beach! You haven't heard anything about what I have to say, or anything Sam does on the topic either!"

"Oh my Yoba, farmer! It's always Sam with you. Sam, Sam, Sam, always Sam! You know at one point I deluded myself onto think you like me. Did you know that?" He laughed. It was a dry laugh. A laugh that made me pity his mear existence at the point. A laugh that me want to hold him, to comfort him.

He continued, "But no! You like Sam! Why do you even want to be around me? Didn't you just use me to get closer to him? That's why you always gave me things, huh? Always dropped by my house? Said hi to me at pool? You always looked away every time I glanced in your direction. Always at Sam. Always Sam! So it's bad enough that I started to fall for you. But it's even worse that you fell for my first love!"

He was tearing up... "You just had to go for Sam. God fucking damn it farmer. Just leave me alone. I can't deal with you two together. It's too painful."

You know, i almost pitied him so a second. But god how can he be so dumb! "Sebastian you dumbass, I like you!!!" I huffed it out. "Why can't you get it through your stupid head that I'm in love with you. You idiot! You absolute imbecile!"

God he is so fucking dumb! Fuck it. I don't even care my confession is me screaming at him. "Yes! Yes, I like Sam! I love him so much! He is so kind, and loving. He always knows just what to say, and he-"

"So you admit it! You admit you're in love with him!" Near every emotion was flashing through his eyes.

"Yes but you're missing the most important part. I'm also in love with *you*!" I grabbed his face, squishing his cheeks and making him look at me. "Can't you get that through your thick skull?"

He pulled away, "How does that make any sense? You're in love with both of us. Are you kidding me? Sam is so perfect for you! I see how you work together. How he looks at you. How you look at him. I'm just a nobody. A tag-along. A third wheel. C'mon farmer listen to yourself."

"You listen to yourself! I am being so explicit and obvious with how I feel about you. If you are so observant to see how me and Sam look at each other, then you should be smart enough to know we look at you the same way! You aren't a nobody. Have some confidence Seb, we love you!"

"I-" he blinked. "Wait." Maybe it finally got through his head. "..We?"

And I let out a breath. "Yes, we." I only have one shot. He is finally listening, but if I screwed this up I don't think he could handle it. "Sam and I talked about it. We love you, Seb."

He was stunned. "So.. you love me. And, Sam..?"

"Mmhmm" I nodded.

The wind outside filled the long silence. The quiet whisper of the trees, the river just a bit away. The waves ebbing and flowing, making a beautiful melody to clash against the awkward mood. I gave him the time he needed to think. Yet this kept dragging on.

"What does that mean for.. everything? For us? For you two? Hold on. Geez farmer why didn't you tell me before I yelled at you so much?"

"Because you yelled at me before I could even tell you! That day on the beach? Yeah. I was heading to talk to you about this. But then you stormed away. Something I'm still a bit upset about, by the way." I glared at him. As much as I love his stupid face, he could be so frustrating. But it sounded like he was getting it.

"BOTH OF YOU CALM DOWN!" Suddenly Sam burst into the room! "I don't want to hear you both arguing!"

"Sam???" We looked over to see the blond freaking the fuck out.

"And I know that you guys are going through something right now, but Sebastian! What on earth are you even mad about?"

"Sam.." Sebastian tried to stop him.

"Because the Farmer has been stuck trying to think of how to talk to you for days!! And so have I! You don't look at me the same anymore. And"

"Sam." This time I tried.

"I know I should have said this earlier but Seb I love you so much. And so does the farmer. But we can't tell you if you won't listen to us!"

"SAM!" Abigail screeched out. "I brought you here to calm these two down, not so you could freak out and make things worse!!

Me and Sebastian blinked. Just how long had we been talking??? I questioned, "did you go all the way to Sam's, then back with him just in the span of our" I gave Seb an awkward glance, "uh.. tiff?"

"Well yeah! It was a whole two and a half pages long!"

"I'm sorry?" Seb interjected.

"Pff. Hahaha, Abigail oh goodness. You know bringing him here could have made things so much worse. Don't get me wrong Sam, I love you, but oh gosh if it hadn't gotten through Seb's THICK SKULL just moments ago this fight could have exploded."

"I'm still sorry about that.." Sebastian sighed. I wish I knew what was going on in his head right now.

"Shhh I know it's okay" I teased, wrapping my arm around his shoulder.

"Okay.. what???" Sam had been brought here to calm down our little screaming match. But here we were, me drapped around him, even teasing him. "What.. happened?"

"Oh boy, do we have a lot to catch you up on."

Masterlist

An* this chapter was a lot of fun! I like being able to use abigail's frustration at her dumbass friends to push the plot. It's a good time.

Just out of curiosity, and unrelated to this fic. I know that people see and interact with polls more than they leave likes on my stuff? So,

I write because it's fun, but I'm curious if more people read them than I think hahaha

[veren-cos]

Ahah. Hahah

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i saw you and your male friend across the bar and noticed you're extremely weird about each other in various platonic and/or romantic ways Mind if i obsereve

[gilmourist]

En/Tr

The tragic story behind David Gilmour’s ‘Faces of Stone’.

Speaking to the BBC for Wider Horizons in 2015, Gilmour recalled the bittersweet story that fuelled ‘Faces of Stone’.

Arun Starkey www.faroutmagazine.co.uk (Oct.1, 2023)

"Faces of Stone’ was prompted by a memory of a day walking in Ladbroke Gardens with my mother when she was suffering from dementia, and as we were walking through the trees, under the trees, and saying, ‘Oh, isn’t it lovely’, she said she could see pictures that weren’t there hanging in the trees. That was the moment that sparked it off, and I had a line that went ‘Faces of stone that watched from the dark / As the wind swirled around and you took my arm in the park’.”

“So, it’s basically about my mother’s decline and, you know, the ending of one life and the beginning of another because Romany was born nine months before my mother died, so there was a short period where they were both alive together. And she came back to our house and held Romany in her arms as a tiny baby, and I have a picture of that, and so the moment in the park, which is a mental picture, and the picture that I have of her holding Romany in her arms sort of sparked a little thing which became that lyric."

“Every once in a while, an idea will force its way to the surface of my mind that I will try to write a lyric, a song about, but I’ve got no way of predicting where that’s going to go in the future. I keep thinking that there is a little door and a little key that I could open, and I will suddenly find a way that would make it slightly simpler for me to move those things forward and to find them because there’s plenty to write about, but, I haven’t yet really pinned that down.”

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David Gilmour'un "Faces of Stone" şarkısının ardındaki trajik hikayesi...

Gilmour, 2015 yılında BBC'ye Wider Horizons programı için konuşurken, 'Faces of Stone'a ilham veren buruk hikayeyi hatırladı.

Arun Starkey www.faroutmagazine.co.uk (Ekim 1, 2024)

"Faces of Stone" şarkısı, annemin bunama hastalığına yakalandığı bir dönemde Ladbroke Gardens'ta onunla birlikte yürüdüğümüz bir günü hatırlamamla ortaya çıktı. Ağaçların arasında, ağaçların altında yürürken ve 'Ah, ne kadar güzel' derken, annem ağaçlarda olmayan resimler gördüğünü söyledi. İşte o an, bu fikri ateşleyen andı. Şarkıda geçen bir dize şöyleydi: 'Karanlıktan izleyen taş yüzler / Rüzgar dönerken ve sen parkta koluma girerken.'

"Bu şarkı temelde annemin yaşadığı düşüşü ve bir hayatın sonu ile başka bir hayatın başlangıcını anlatıyor. Çünkü Romany, annemin ölümünden dokuz ay önce doğdu, yani her ikisinin de hayatta olduğu kısa bir dönem vardı. Annem evimize geldi ve Romany'yi küçük bir bebekken kucağına alıp sevdiği bir an vardı. Bu anın bir fotoğrafı var bende. Parktaki o zihinsel görüntü ve annemin Romany'yi kucağında tuttuğu o fotoğraf, o şarkı sözlerini oluşturan bir şeyleri ateşledi."

"Bazen, zihnimin derinliklerinden yüzeye çıkmaya çalışan bir fikir olur ve bu fikir hakkında bir şarkı sözü ya da bir şarkı yazmaya çalışırım. Ancak bunun gelecekte nereye varacağını önceden tahmin etme şansım yok. Sürekli, küçük bir kapı ve onu açacak küçük bir anahtar olduğunu düşünüyorum; o kapıyı bir açsam, bu fikirleri ilerletmeyi ve bulmayı biraz daha kolaylaştıracak bir yol keşfedeceğim gibi hissediyorum. Çünkü yazılacak çok şey var, ama henüz gerçekten o yolu bulabilmiş değilim."

[ariparri]

The Ship of DieRuca

DieRuca is a ship between Diego Caplan, a Hufflepuff who is passionate about dancing and duelling, and Veruca McQuaid, a Slytherin who takes pride in both her duelling and flying skills.

In this post, you'll get to know how Veruca and Diego are within the AUs I ship them in. To find more DieRuca content, you can look through the #dieruca tag.

It took quite a while to write out since there was a lot I wanted to add in here. But I thought it was best to keep the main AUs I like to hyper-fixate on and imagine about. Also, I used DeepL for the translations for the quote. If I’m wrong, please let me know and I'll fix it.

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"You are the music of my heart"

A phrase often shared between the two in place of 'I love you.' Usually said in their native languages.

CANON

The two meet during their first year but aren’t officially acquainted until they both join the dueling club. Veruca mostly ignored Diego’s attempts in making conversation due to his constant flirting both during duels and outside of the club. After many duels ending in draws, Diego became part of Veruca’s circle and joined their adventures.

Throughout their last three years of Hogwarts, the two have gotten close to one another since the dancing competition hosted by Madam Rosmerta.

In 1993, Diego and Veruca officially started dating. The lead up to their relationship was slow with Diego taking the initiative in breaking Veruca out of her shell. Most of their dates involve picnics under the stars or walks in the parks. In 1995 they had their first child, Marisol, out of wedlock and got married some time after. In 1997, they had their second child, Carina.

Both Diego and Veruca take part in the Battle at Hogwarts alongside their friends and former professors while their children are at the McQuaid family home with their grandparents.

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GENDERBENT

Veren McQuaid, the strong and silent, intimidating boy has a soft spot for the flirty, and flamboyant girl, Doria Caplan.

Unlike his female counterpart, Veren appears to be much more intimidating. He's a boy of a few words as he struggles to express himself vocally, he believes his actions will speak for him. He is self conscious of his stoic visage since it often frightens others and causes unwarranted misconceptions of his integrity. His moments of poignant silence and his tall stature scares many away from him, causing him to suffer from loneliness. The closest he has to a friend is Carly (female Carson) since they grew up together. While he doesn't mind Carly's company, Veren gets grumpy when the girl tries to make him bond with others or try to speak for him. When he can't verbally express himself on most occasions, he usually shows simple hand gestures. When he does have the courage to speak, it's usually in the form of short one liners.

Doria would be described as flamboyant, farsighted, a bit egotistical and dramatic. In smaller doses though, those traits are often spoiled by habits of being crude and impatient. A little worse than her male counterpart. She entertains people with 'high-class' etiquette and shameless flattery. While she openly expresses romantic interest, she appears to be oblivious of her own romantic feelings towards Veren. She was completely unphased by his intimidating aura. She constantly showered him with compliments and sometimes even considered him to be her 'bodyguard' due to how easily he can scare people away.

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FLIPPED!

Flipped!DieRuca is a ship you might want to be worried about for Diego because Veruca is very clingy when it comes to her friends and lover.

While original Diego is a flirt, an excellent dueller and great at dancing, Flipped!Diego is quite the opposite. Flipped!Diego typically lacks self confidence. He's not as charming or flirty as the original, he is shy and sensitive and not much of a strong dueller. Flipped!Diego is always caught off guard whenever Flipped!Veruca shows up randomly. His affection for her might be questionable as he does care for her but sometimes finds her to be a bit exhausting to handle. Despite that, he appreciates how she treats him, with so much love and affection even if he's shy to openly be affectionate with her.

Flipped!Veruca is openly friendly, overly energetic, and bubbly until someone disturbs her happiness and triggers the creepier side to her happy personality. She can be extremely clingy, giving lots of hugs and holding hands. While Veruca is perfectly fine with her small circle of friends, Flipped!Veruca appears to be obsessed with making plenty of friends. A bit of an unhealthy obsession as she will force herself to be their friend by clinging onto them till they submit. She once locked herself in her room for a few days to make friendship sweaters for her and Carson. When she became close with Diego, she did the exact same thing but instead of five sweaters she made fifteen matching sweaters for the both of them.

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CARDVERSE

Veruca as the Acting Queen of Spades is no damsel in distress, and is in fact a strong and independent woman. She puts her duties as a queen before anything else and has no time fooling around with trivial matters. As a dominant ruler, romance is the last thing that comes to mind for her, if not ever. Her country and her people come before her and anyone else.

Diego as the King of Hearts retains most of his original counterpart's personality. Loyal, charming, passionate and understanding. He finds Veruca's high walls as a challenge to break down, and he often interacts with her more than the rest of the officials within the other regions. He likes to tease the Queen of Spades whenever he gets the chance, and enjoys the progress of seeing her open up more to him.

Veruca at first found his antics as a nuisance more so than anything. He was always distracting her from her duties and seemed to never take his position as the King of Hearts seriously. She started warming up to him after he showed concern when she was overworking herself. Her feelings for him started showing but since they were from different regions, she tried to deny any thought of being together. She does eventually enjoy his company more openly, and a misunderstanding involving a hand crafted gift starts a few rumors within the Kingdom of Hearts. Their relationship, though starting off as a secret, is easily noticeable by the public.

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MAFIA

In this AU, Diego and Veruca’s personalities are kind of changed. While Diego still retains his charming personality, it is mostly reserved for Veruca, his children and younger siblings. Around others, Diego is more serious, looking at everyone with a cold gaze as if he was staring right through them. When it's necessary, he can resort to ruthless violent acts. With Veruca, she keeps her witty remarks and plays off Diego's advances in the beginning of their relationship. When they get together, Veruca shows her more sentimental side. She's also aware of what Diego's family business truly is and turns a blind eye towards it, after all her family didn’t gain their wealth and fortune through legal ways either.

Veruca and Diego first met at a banquet at the Caplan residence when they were younger. Diego and Veruca’s fathers were friends so they were always invited to parties and other gatherings. Though they met when they were young, they didn't see each other again until adulthood. While Diego is slowly taking on the ropes of the family business, Veruca is a ballet instructor/administrator for a performing arts school. The two meet when Diego was late to pick up his younger sister, Mireya, after a lesson. Diego is aware that Veruca has no involvement in her family’s business and tries to keep her out of it when he’s with her. Unfortunately Veruca gets attacked by a rival gang and she’s in Diego’s care and protection.

The two reminisce about their past and enjoy they’re times together, however Veruca is often left confused and frustrated with Diego constantly switching between being sweet to distant with her. Their relationship deals with a lot of hurdles testing their trust and loyalties, but in the end they both overcome the obstacles.

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QUOTES

Veruca: "Would you stop me, if I ever tried to leave again?"

Diego: "I would. But if you truly want to leave this place behind, then I'll follow you wherever you go."

Diego: "I think peridots have become my favorite gem."

Veruca: "Oh? What makes you say that?"

Diego: "Your eyes, love. They remind me of your eyes."

Veruca: "Goodness, you can be so corny sometimes."

Veruca: "I'm sorry, how many kids did you say you want?"

Diego: "Aha, as many as we possibly can!"

Veruca: "Yeah, we're not competing with the Weasleys. I'll settle for three, but no more than that!"

Diego: "Three is fine by me!"

Veruca: "This is the fourteenth scarf you've gotten. Are you starting a collection?"

Diego: "Oh absolutely! I'm collecting scarves made with great material and style. Here, feel this one sweetheart. The fabric used for this is quite soft and the color would look great with your skintone."

Diego: "You're as gorgeous as ever, Ruca."

Veruca: "Oh stop it—, you spoil me too much. I don’t need all these jewelry."

Diego: "You should get used to it. I plan to spoil you for as long as I live. Nothing but the best for you."

Diego: "Mi cielo, I know you wanted to teach them young… but did you really have to blow up the wall?"

Veruca: "Our daughters are naturals! But, I guess I can start training them outside by using those old trees as training targets."

Diego: “Eres la música de mi corazón”

Veruca: “Is ceol mo chroí thú”

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FUN FACTS

❧ Their song is Stand By Me covered by Seal.

❧ Diego and Veruca get married on November 23rd 1995.

❧ They had their first child, Marisol on June 26, 1995. Their second child, Carina was born on July 28, 1997. Their third child, Ruairí was born February 4, 2003.

❧ Diego and Veruca enjoy slow dancing in their kitchen or garden after dinner.

❧ When Diego was traveling for dueling competitions, he would send Veruca souvenirs from the places he's been to.

❧ In both the Cardverse and Mafia AUs, Veruca is more passionate about dancing and pursuing a career in it rather than law or politics.

❧ Diego has a scarf for every occasion. His collection is big, he and his children often have little fashion shows with them. Veruca would join in by providing her brooch and pins collection.

❧ Diego had given Veruca a carnation that was enchanted to never wilt.

❧ Veruca's necklace she wears after their marriage has Diego’s initial, while Diego has a bracelet with Veruca's initial.

[beyazmantoluu]

derslerden devam zorunluluğu kalkmış. gidip gitmeme konusunda kararsızdım. essay yazmak, speaking pratikleri vs yapmak için gitsem mi diye düşünüyordum ama yapay zeka sayesinde gerek kalmadı. essaylerimi kontrol ediyor, her konuda speaking de yapabiliyorum ve gerçekten karşımda cevaplarıma göre dönüş veren, daha iyi sorular soran biri var sanki. aşırı keyifli kullanmak.

[veren-cos]

REAL REAL REAL!

I have had people ask to draw stuff and I'm like YEAH GO FOR IT!!

Just send it to me or tag me so I can gush over it gownfksnfn

Reblog if you are a fic writer who welcomes moodboards, playlists, remixes, art and any other type of gift based on your stories.

YESSSSS

[oceanic-recollection]

feathers can you still speak english

<TSF> yeaaaaa man, ik kan engels wel verstaan. heel cool

<TSF> ik ben de coolest man around, nu weet je dit wel

<FDM> veren ik kan je niet verstaan wat zegt je

<TSF> super nothing, kleine zusje. worry echt not!

[tacogoats]

I keep chewing on a certain epilogue line from God!Gale towards my redeemed Durge.

That silly offer to potentially become his Chosen; which my Durge, Veren, very quickly refused and was quite soured with Gale after over - for obvious reasons. Buuutttt.

I've been goofing around with an evil Durge that, I plan to write fic out for myself that will have a sort of dual ending that I am quite sure is impossible in the game. (But, by the power of fanfic! We make it work!)

Ilryn, my evil Durge, plans to serve Bhaal for eternity and deliver the dead world that was promised - but doesn't want to lose Gale. He's a silly selfish man, because with his new tadpoled brain he's tasted a bit of freedom, but not enough to totally steer him off Bhaal.

Sceleritas offers a line about producing new Bhaalspawn, but Ilryn is not satisfied with that. He wants the best for Gale despite everything; and while his ambitions lie with appeasing good old papa... there are some things even Bhaal shouldn't be able to touch.

Gale needs to become a God to be free of Bhaal's dead world. He will make it work to save Gale. (Maybe in another post I will detail out what I want to write but some of it is pretty whump-y. Sorry Gale.)

But now I'm chewing on Ilryn getting a 'better' ending where he defies Bhaal and asks Gale to ascend him - to free him of Bhaal's influence - and they live out their egotistical maniac days together in Elysium.

I still get my 'Ilryn made Gale WORSE' ending but in a new flavour. I love this game sm guys.

(I am also playing a new save where Ilryn is a Mostly good guy and is a wild magic sorcerer - so we still get a happy ending for them eventually.)

But on the whole Chosen thing...

I just really love this situation these two Ex-Chosen are in, and I so dearly wish that Larian works with that for Durge/Gale content. We've already seen how much Astarion gets in general with romance content, but he also gets TONS with just Durge, romanced or no. I'd like to see Larian try to tackle Gale speaking to Durge as an ex-Chosen himself and relate to them once the ball is dropped instead of just that moment of blind anger he gives us. There's scraps of it with his acknowledgement of the Slayer Form and I hope they play with it more.

I personally want to play with the idea of Gale being mildly horrified at a Durge who is ready to serve Bhaal again - and perhaps offer encouragement to the contrary. Maybe he gets bitter about Mystra and doesn't want to see Durge waste an opportunity to be free now that he seems someone else in a similar position as himself. (I know it's Bhaal versus Mystra here too but still. He knows what it's like to lose the favour of your God.)

Anyway I might chew on this more when I have brain power.

For now I offer you two gays.

[cointahmin]

Yapay zeka sohbet robotu ChatGPT, yaratıcısı OpenAI tarafından sunulan yeni bir eklenti özelliği aracılığıyla artık çevrimiçi kaynaklardan bilgi alabilecek ve üçüncü taraf web siteleriyle etkileşim kurabilecek.  Bu gelişmenin akabinde 10 yapay zeka coini de kıymet artışı yaşadı. İşte detaylar… OpenAI haberi yapay zeka alanını heyecanlandırdı Yapay zeka sohbet robotu ChatGPT’nin yaratılmasının gerisindeki şirket olan OpenAI, botun çevrimiçi kaynaklardan bilgi almasına ve üçüncü taraf web siteleriyle etkileşime girmesine imkan tanıyan yeni bir eklenti özelliğini duyurdu. Özellik hala alfa basamağında ve başlangıçta sonlu sayıda kullanıcının erişimi var. Şirket, 23 Mart’ta yaptığı duyuruda, eklenti özelliğine erişmekle ilgilenen kullanıcıların Chat GPT Plus’ta bir bekleme listesine kaydolabileceğini söyledi. Yeni özellik, canlı spor aktifliği skorlarından memleketler arası uçuş rezervasyonlarına ve yemek dağıtımına kadar değişen 11 eklenti içeriyor. Şirket, gerçek dünyadaki kullanımlarını pahalandırmak için eklentileri kademeli olarak kullanıma sunduğunu belirtti. OpenAI, eklentilerin güvenliğe öncelik veren ve ChatGPT’nin yeni bilgilere erişmesine, hesaplamalar yapmasına ve üçüncü taraf hizmetleri kullanmasına yardımcı olan lisan modelleri için tasarlanmış araçlar olduğunu söyledi. Eklenti özelliği, e-ticaret platformları Shopify, Klarna ve Instacart üzere web sitelerinin yanı sıra seyahat arama motorları Expedia ve KAYAK’ı destekliyor. ChatGPT’ye eklentilerle birçok özellik geliyor Ek olarak, eklentiler ortasında hesaplamalar yapmak için matematik bilgisayarı Wolfram ve iş iletileşme uygulaması Slack bulunur. Yeni özelliğin desteklediği başka uygulamalar ortasında FiscalNote, Milo Family AI, OpenTable, Shop, Speak ve Zapier yer alıyor. OpenAI’in eklenti özelliği, daha çok istikametli ve fonksiyonel bir yapay zeka sohbet robotu oluşturmaya yönelik kıymetli bir adımdır. Bot, ChatGPT’nin üçüncü taraf web siteleriyle etkileşime girmesine müsaade vererek, kullanıcılara daha kapsamlı ve yanlışsız bilgiler sağlayabilecektir. Şirket, eklenti özelliğinin hala geliştirilme kademesinde olduğunu ve eklentilerin performansını ve güvenliğini değerlendirmeye devam edeceğini söyledi. Öteki yandan OPENAI OPCO, LLC şirketi memleketler arası seviyede bilimsel bir araç olarak sınıflandırılan bir “GPT-4” ticari markasının tescili için başvurduğu ortaya çıktı. Daha evvel şirket, milletlerarası web sitesi hizmetleri olarak sınıflandırılan bir “WHISPER” ticari markasının tescili için de başvurdu. 10 yapay zeka coini sıçrama yaşadı OpenAI’ın ChatGPT erişimini açması, yapay zeka coinleri için adeta bir dönüm noktası olmuştu. O vakitten beri ChatGPT’ye ve genel olarak yapay zekaya yönelik atılan tüm adımlar, coin’lerde yükseliş hissiyatını tetikledi. En son gelişmelerin ışığında, son 24 saatte aşağıdaki AI coin’leri sıçrama yaşadı: Özellikle AION, yüzde 430’luk sıçramasıyla bu alana liderlik eden en kıymetli yapay zeka coini oldu. Akabinde TRL, ALI, OMAX üzere kripto para üniteleri de yüzde 15’in üzerindeki bedel çıkarı ile gündeme geldi.

[veren-cos]

Me when I have like 5 near finished fics and I'm just too all over the place to finish ANY of them 😭😭

AND IM SO PROUD OF THEM TOO I JUST NEWS TO FINISH IT

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[denizaslanihukuk]

Türkiye'de Fransızca Konuşan Avukatlar

Türkiye'de Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, İzmir'de Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, İstanbul'da Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, Fransızca konuşan hukuk bürosu gibi merak edilen hususları sizler için irdeledik.

Türkiye'de Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, Fransızca dilini bilen veya Fransızca konuşulan ülkelerden gelen bireylerin hukuki ihtiyaçlarına cevap veren avukatlardır. Bu avukatlar, genellikle uluslararası iş ilişkileri, yatırım, ticaret veya göç gibi alanlarda çalışan kişilere yardımcı olmak için Fransızca dilini kullanarak hukuki danışmanlık ve temsil hizmetleri sunarlar. Türkiye'de Fransızca konuşan avukatlar hakkında daha fazla bilgi:

Uzmanlık Alanları:

Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, genellikle yabancı yatırımcılar, şirketler veya bireylerin Türkiye'de hukuki işlemlerini kolaylaştırmak için çalışırlar. Ticaret hukuku, iş hukuku, gayrimenkul hukuku, uluslararası hukuk ve göç hukuku gibi alanlarda uzmanlaşabilirler.

Uluslararası İşbirliği:

Türkiye, birçok Fransız şirketinin veya bireyinin yatırım yaptığı veya iş ilişkileri kurduğu bir ülke olarak uluslararası işbirliği gerektiren birçok fırsat sunar. Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, Türk ve Fransız hukuk sistemleri arasında köprü görevi görerek, taraflar arasında anlaşmazlıkların çözülmesine yardımcı olabilirler.

Hukuki Belgelerin Çevirisi:

Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, Fransızca olarak sunulan hukuki belgelerin çevirisini yapabilirler. Bu, sözleşmeler, anlaşmalar, mahkeme kararları veya diğer resmi belgeleri içerebilir.

Yabancıların Türkiye'ye Taşınması:

Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, Fransız vatandaşlarının veya Fransızca konuşulan ülkelerden gelen bireylerin Türkiye'ye taşınmasıyla ilgili hukuki süreçleri yönlendirebilirler. Bu, oturma izni başvuruları, çalışma izni düzenlemeleri ve diğer göç işlemlerini içerebilir.

Hukuki Danışmanlık:

Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, müvekkillerine Türk hukukuyla ilgili danışmanlık hizmetleri sunabilirler. Bu, iş yapma biçimleri, vergi yasaları, ticaret düzenlemeleri ve daha fazlasını içerebilir. Çapraz Kültürel Anlayış: Bu avukatlar, hem Türk hem de Fransız kültürlerine ve hukuki sistemlere hakim oldukları için, taraflar arasında daha iyi bir iletişim ve anlayış sağlayabilirler. Türkiye'de Fransızca konuşan avukatlar, genellikle büyük şehirlerde, özellikle İstanbul, Ankara ve İzmir gibi ticaretin yoğun olduğu bölgelerde bulunabilirler. Müvekkiller, hukuki ihtiyaçlarını daha rahat bir şekilde iletebilmek ve anlayabilmek adına Fransızca konuşan bir avukatla çalışmayı tercih edebilirler. Cabinet D'avocats Francophones à Izmir, cabinet d'avocats izmir, avocats francophones, izmir law firm. Appelez Nous, Contact Us. French Speaking Law Firm in izmir, Cabinet d'avocats en Turquie, English Speaking Law Firm in Turkey.

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[eserozetlerim]

Günümüzde İngilizce öğrenmek

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Günümüzde İngilizce öğrenmek

İngilizce öğrenmek günümüzde oldukça önemlidir. Günlük yaşantımızda, iş yerinde ve hayatımızın pek çok alanında İngilizce konuşma gereksinimi ortaya çıkabilmektedir. Kadıköy İngilizce kursu ilk etapta öğrencilerin İngilizce seviyesi belirlendikten sonra alanında uzman öğretmenler tarafından İngilizce dersi verilmekte ve İngilizce dil bilgisi en sağlam temeller ile öğretilmektedir. Ana dili İngilizce olan eğitmenler eşliğinde verilen İngilizce dersinde öğrencinin dil bilgisine uygun olarak eğitim programı hazırlanmakta ve kısa süre içerisinde İngilizce öğrenme garantisi sunulmaktadır. İngilizce kursu ile özel olarak eğitim alarak İngilizce okuma, yazma ve konuşma becerilerinizi geliştirebilirsiniz.

Online İngilizce Kursu

Her yaş ve her seviyeye uygun özel olarak hazırlanan İngilizce kursuna dilerseniz online olarak da katılım sağlayabilirsiniz. Kadıköy İngilizce kursunda özgün eğitim sistemi ile öğrencilere bol pratikler yaptırılarak İngilizcenin en kolay ve en kalıcı şekilde öğretilmesi hedeflenmektedir. Online İngilizce kursu öğrencinin eğitim seviyesi ve uygun olduğu saate endeksli olarak bir eğitim programı hazırlanarak destek sağlanmaktadır. İngilizce öğrenmek isteyen ama İngilizce kursuna gitmek için vakit bulamayan kişiler için büyük bir kolaylık sağlamakta olan online İngilizce kurslarına dilediğiniz zaman ve dilediğiniz yerden internet bağlantısı ile kolay bir şekilde katılım sağlayabilirsiniz. Uygulamalı dersler eşliğinde pratik bir şekilde İngilizce öğrenmek artık çok kolay. Online İngilizce kursuna kaydınızı yaptırarak hemen İngilizce öğrenmek için ilk adımı atabilirsiniz.

İngilizce Kursu Fiyatları

İngilizce kursu fiyatları verilen eğitim süresine göre değişim gösterebilmektedir. İngilizce kursunda ilk etapta temel İngilizce eğitimi verilmektedir. Sonrasında ise öğrencinin eğitim seviyesine uygun olarak diğer ders programları belirlenmektedir. İngilizce kurslarında fiyat belirlemesi yapılırken genel olarak öğrencinin İngilizce eğitim seviyesi göz önünde bulundurulmaktadır. Bunun sebebi ise bazı kişiler hiç İngilizce bilmezken bazı kişiler ise sadece pratik yaparak İngilizcesini geliştirebilmek için kursa katılım sağlamaktadır. Bu nedenle kişiye özel eğitim programı hazırlanmakta ve verilen İngilizce derslerinde saat farklılıkları olabilmektedir. İngilizce kurs fiyatları da genel olarak verilen eğitimin saatine ve öğrencinin bilmiş olduğu İngilizce seviyesine göre değişim gösterebilmektedir.

Son zamanlarda tercih edilen online İngilizce kursu sayesinde öğrenciler dilediği yerden kurslara katılabiliyor.  Fiyat olarak da daha avantajlı olan bu kurslarda farklı seçenekler de mevcut.

İster native öğretmenlerden isterse de diğer eğitmenlerden alınacak kurslar ile başka speaking olmak üzere writing ve reading alanlarında eğitimler verilmektedir.

İngilizce kursu fiyatları belirlenirken genel olarak kursun online ya da yüz yüze olması, ders saati, İngilizce eğitim seviyesi, grup dersler ve özel dersler gibi pek çok etken bulunmaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra İngilizce kurs fiyatları İngilizce kurslarına ve eğitim veren öğretmene göre de değişim gösterebilmektedir. İngilizce kursu daima İngilizce seviyesi ne olursa olsun öğrencilerine İngilizce öğrenme garantisi sunarak eğitime başlamaktadır.

[teshadraws]

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Seekers of Soul

[Chapter 20] (24 Pages)

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Nia finally gets to talk with Xander, and Team Scarlet prepares for their trip to Ghatha.

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The morning after their training session with Val, Nia and Tobias head to the guildmaster’s quarters. Verene must be out on some kind of business, because August answers the door instead of the mantis. The giant, leafy gorilla greets them warmly, inviting them in and settling himself back into his chair. From the parchment scattered across his desk, it seems he was busy filling out forms.

“What can I do for you two?” He asks, deep voice a pleasant rumble.

“W-Well, uh.” Nia glances nervously at Tobias, and the charmander urges her on with a wave of his hand. “You know that we’re leaving for Ghatha tomorrow, right?”

August nods. “Yes. Tobias notified me of your trip a while ago. Have your plans changed?”

“Oh! No, w-we, uh, talked to Andyn and Ezra yesterday—from Team Evergreen? They said they heard something from a traveling Pokémon about some…tension. Between Pokémon and former humans. A fight or something? They said they told Verene, but we were wondering if you’d heard anything about it?”

“Basically, should we worry about getting jumped since Nia’s human?” Tobias summarizes, crossing his arms and giving August a serious stare.

August’s warm, friendly expression slowly falls as Nia speaks. At Tobias’ question, he heaves a sigh. “I see. Yes, Verene informed me of Team Evergreen’s report. I wish I could say that it was only a rumor, but I’m afraid some of the mail carriers have confirmed it.”

Nia’s stomach sinks, and she shoots Tobias a worried look.

“So there are actual fights happening between Pokémon and humans?” Tobias asks, frowning.

August makes a troubled sound and runs a hand through his leafy mane. “Only one notable argument so far, at least that I know of. It happened far from here, on the other edge of the continent. Nothing serious, but enough to catch attention.”

“D-Did they say why the fight broke out?” Nia asks. She can’t imagine why Pokémon would get so upset by someone claiming to be human—it’s not like the humans tried to bring themselves to this world. And why would someone in her position be so mad at the Pokémon? So far everyone has been incredibly kind to her.

“The reports are vague and scattered,” August hedges. “Apparently each side claims that the other started it, and they were just acting in self-defense. I suspect there is more to it than that, but only those who were there could clear it up.”

Nia furrows her brow. “And this is completely new? I-In all of the years that humans have been appearing here, there hasn’t ever been a serious fight like this?”

“Not caused by the origins of the Pokemon involved, no. At least not that I’m aware of. There have been a few disagreements, I’m sure, but this is the first I’ve heard of them escalating into a serious physical altercation.”

There’s a beat of quiet, and then Tobias speaks up again. “So what does this mean for us? Is it something we need to watch out for or not?”

August brings a hand to his chin, looking thoughtfully between the two of them. “If I were to guess, I would say this is an isolated incident that will soon pass. Don’t worry too much about secrecy on your trip, but perhaps be cautious about openly discussing your human past unless you’re sure of your safety, Nia. Lie if you feel you have to.”

Nia’s head snaps up. What? Sure, she’s a Pokémon for now, and in this situation it makes sense, but...not admitting her past almost feels like denying it even happened. Like it wasn’t even real.

“That’s not exactly practical when the whole reason we’re going to Ghatha is for a human meet-up,” Tobias points out. Nia latches onto that more logical reasoning.

“I-I’m sure we’ll be fine!” She pipes up. “We’ll be careful, and I won’t go shouting it from the rooftops or anything!”

Nia knows she sounds a little shrill, but she tries to ignore the feeling of Tobias’ eyes burning into her. August stares at her for a few moments with something like concern, then finally sighs.  “It’s unlikely you two will run into any trouble. Just be prepared in case you do.”

Nia nods, trying on a shaky smile.

August waves them out. “Unless you have other matters to discuss with me, go on. I’m sure you have a lot to prepare before you leave tomorrow. Have a safe trip.” 

Nia and Tobias say their thanks, turning to leave. As soon as the heavy doors are closed behind them and they start making their way down the staircase, Tobias speaks up.

“So what was with your little freak-out in there?”

Nia swallows hard past the lump in her throat. “I...I don’t want to have to lie about being human.”

“Why?” Tobias asks, sounding genuinely baffled.

Nia isn’t sure how to articulate why she’s so upset with the idea. Finally, she settles on saying, “Because if I lie about it then it feels like I’m saying it didn’t happen. That I wasn’t ever actually human. But I was. I am.”

Tobias doesn’t answer this time, probably hearing the distress in her voice, and Nia is grateful for it. They make their way down the tree in silence, passing a few Pokémon on the way back to their room on the medical floor. Nia tries to calm down along the way.

It’s fine. So there were a few disagreements half a world away. It was bound to happen eventually. That’s not going to scare her into hiding that she used to be a human—that she is human still, on the inside. It’s an important part of who she is, after all. She won’t go out of her way to bring it up, but she won’t deny it either if someone calls her out on it.

Nia’s so wrapped up in her thoughts that she walks right past their floor. Tobias calls her back with a roll of his eyes and Nia follows him with an embarrassed smile. When the two of them reach the doorway to Maggie’s quarters, Nia is surprised to see a familiar crew of fluffy black and blue Pokémon in the room. Xander, and all three of his little siblings. The lion cubs—shinxes?— are happily chasing each other around the space, weaving between Maggie’s legs and leaping over Xander’s flicking tail as they play tag, squealing.

Laine is the first one to notice Nia and Tobias, and skids to a stop to shout, “They’re here!”

Luca stops to look too, and Leor slams into him with an “Oof!” The two go tumbling into a lump of fluffy shinx fur.

Xander and Maggie were talking, but both look over at the kids’ ruckus. Xander’s eyes skim past Tobias and land on Nia, staying there. His expression drops into something serious, ears flicking back in an uncharacteristic nervous gesture, and Nia swallows. They haven’t talked since the other day, when Nia told the luxio his aura color and he completely shut down. She can’t help feeling a bit apprehensive about him suddenly showing up now.

“H-Hi?” She manages.

The shinx triplets race up to them, all three excitedly talking at once. They hop and circle around her and Tobias, and Nia smiles despite herself.

“Slow down, furballs, we can’t understand a word you’re saying,” Tobias says, voice edging on a laugh.

Even now, Nia is still surprised to see an openly happy grin on the charmander’s face. He shuffles into the room and flops back onto the floor. Immediately, the kids swarm him, shrieking with joy and talking a mile a minute as they climb on top of him and bury him in blue-and-black fluff. Nia smothers her laughter as she watches.

Xander pads over to her side, eyes trained on Tobias and his siblings. His brow is furrowed in an unreadable expression, but Nia would almost say he looks...puzzled. After a moment of silence between them, he finally looks at her. “Hey. Would you, uh. Have time to talk?” 

Neither of them have to say what about. Nia hesitantly nods, desperately wanting to clear the air between them but nervous about the conversation ahead.

“Great. We’ll be back in a few,” Xander says, louder, directing his voice to his siblings. “Be good, all right?”

“Yeah, yeah!” Luca says, pausing in his clambering to stick his tongue out at his older brother.

Xander sighs, and Nia barks out a laugh. Then, the luxio turns and heads out of the room, flicking his tail in a beckoning gesture. Nia follows.

There’s a moment of heavy silence, before Xander glances at Nia over his shoulder. “Your scarf looks nice.”

It’s an awkward start to the conversation at best, but Nia feels herself relax a bit, eyes trailing down to where her red attack scarf is tied around her bicep. She’d already forgotten that she had it on. True to his word, Tobias had helped her with it this morning, only grumbling to himself a little as he did so. Honestly, she suspects that he was more embarrassed by their close proximity than actually irritated about having to help her with tying it. He’s funny like that.

“Thanks,” Nia says, voice soft. Then, not wanting to drown in silence again before they reach wherever the luxio is leading them, she adds, “Your siblings are adorable, by the way. I don’t know if I ever told you that.”

Xander snorts. “Adorable little pawfuls are what they are. Especially Luca. Every time I visit them, Arlo has to fill me in on what trouble he’s gotten into in the last 24 hours. He usually drags his more well-behaved siblings down with him.”

Nia shrugs, biting back a laugh. “He’s a kid. Trouble is what they do.”

“I suppose,” Xander grumbles. Then, his gaze grows thoughtful. “You know, the kids have been telling me for years about how fun Tobias is to play with, and I never understood why they’d say that, with...well, how he is. But seeing how he was with them back there...”

Nia smiles, feeling an unfamiliar surge of pride for her partner. “Pretty different, right?”

“Completely,” Xander admits. He still looks shell-shocked as he glances at her. “Is he like that around you?”

Nia’s expression falls a bit. “He talks to me, but he’s not exactly like...that, no. I’ve only ever seen him that open around kids. I know he’s really fond of your siblings.”

Xander frowns, looking forward again as he leads them down another corridor. “I‘ve always worried about that. I was afraid he was being mean to them, or teaching them how to cause more trouble than they already do. But any time I visited the nursery, Arlo always insisted that Tobias was a good influence.”

Nia looks at Xander’s face, and sees the conflicting emotions there.

“He’s one of the only Pokémon in the guild with a good opinion of your partner, you know,” Xander adds. “Arlo, that is. It makes sense now, since he’s one of the only Pokémon to ever see Tobias like...well, like that.”

Nia takes a moment to gather her thoughts, tracing her fingers along the wooden walls of the hallway they’re walking down. Lattice-like windows are woven here and there out of the twisting bark, and Nia admires the bright flashes of green and blue that she catches as they walk. They pass through patches of warm sunlight, standing in sharp contrast to the otherwise cool, dim lighting of the hall.

“Tobias isn’t a bad Pokemon,” Nia eventually says, voice quieter than she’d like. She thinks of the charmander and how he’s been the past week, how he endures her constant questions about the Pokemon world and how he’s actually talking to her now. “I know a lot of people at the guild seem to think he is, but really, he’s...he’s trying. And he’s already a lot nicer to me than he was when I first met him!”

Nia knows her voice is a bit uncertain, knows that was a pathetically weak defense of her partner. But it’s hard to defend someone who started out treating her so badly, especially when she really admires and likes being friends with Xander. She doesn’t want to drive him away by disagreeing with him.

After a few moments, Xander makes a quiet, thoughtful noise. “I suppose I can’t really argue with you about that. Other than Pokemon like Maggie and Arlo and Fen, you’re the one who knows him best.”

Nia stops in her tracks, the casual truth of that statement slamming into her. She always feels like she hardly knows Tobias, but Xander’s right. Nia’s only been here for…what? Three weeks? And already she knows the charmander better than almost anyone else in the guild.

Could anyone else name his favorite berry? Or his favorite color? Could anyone else recognize when he’s biting back a laugh or notice that he rubs his scarf between his fingers when he’s nervous? She only knows the simple things about him, the surface-level tidbits, but at least it’s something. The two of them may not be that close, but it’s still a stark contrast to how distant Tobias is to everyone else.

Or how distant they are to him.

The riolu frowns, meeting Xander’s eyes where he’s stopped a few feet ahead, looking back. “Has...Has anyone ever actually tried to be Tobias’ friend?”

The luxio’s ears flick, and when he speaks again, he sounds frustrated. “When he first came here, sure. But all he did was pick fights and snarl at us to leave him alone. So eventually we did.”

Maggie’s words flash through Nia’s head, about the state she’d found the young charmander in when they met. Scared and hurt and completely alone. He was just a child, and it sounded like he’d just lost every shred of normalcy in his life. Of course he didn’t want to push aside all of that turmoil and make new friends at the guild. He was upset.

“Did you even think about why he was brought here?” Nia asks, surprising herself with the heat in her tone. “Why he was so angry all the time? He—“

Nia abruptly remembers that this is not her story to tell, and she snaps her mouth shut. She looks down at her hands, now curled into fists. She lets out a shaky breath. She shouldn’t be angry with Xander. This was years ago. And it’s understandable that he wouldn’t want to be friends with someone who clearly hated his company. Xander didn’t know about Tobias’ past. He still doesn’t.

Besides, if she’s being honest, then the only reason Tobias is as neutral towards her as he is is because he has to be. She threatened to end their partnership if he didn’t at least try to be nice. Nia feels a sudden and unexpected pang of guilt. She’d told Tobias she wasn’t blackmailing him, but...she kind of is, isn’t she? She’d felt so justified at the time when offering him her ultimatum, but Xander probably felt justified too in avoiding the temperamental charmander when they were younger. And yet here she is getting mad at the luxio, like she’s any better than him. If she grew up here, was a Pokémon all her life, she might have ignored and avoided Tobias the same way. She probably would have in this life if circumstances hadn’t brought her to live in the same space as him and Maggie.

She feels like an awful person, all of a sudden.

Nia takes a deep breath, trying to pack the remaining anger into her chest, and lets it out with a heavy exhale. It helps a little. Xander doesn’t say anything, and when Nia looks up, the luxio is watching her with an unreadable expression. His tail is flicking, claws out and kneading into the wooden floor, and for a heartbeat Nia thinks she sees that red aura of his trying to act out, sees the burst of emotion he smothers under a carefully calm expression.

Then, he sighs, and all of that explosive, contained energy seems to leave him. He casts a quick glance over his shoulder before sitting down. “This isn’t where I was going to tell you, but it’ll have to do.”

“What?”

“The reason I...shut down. A few days ago. I wanted to apologize and explain. You’re...what you said about Tobias. It reminded me of what I wanted to talk to you about in the first place.”

Xander waits, not gesturing her closer in any way but clearly hoping she’ll agree to talk. Nia doesn’t really feel like sitting down and hashing out their feelings anymore, still feeling oddly protective of her partner, but she steps closer and slides down the wall to sit with her knees tucked up to her chest.

When Xander realizes she isn’t going to speak first, he sighs. “First, I wanted to say I’m sorry. For just going quiet like that, and not explaining anything to you. And I’m sorry too for being less than...encouraging. About your choice in partner.”

Nia blinks at Xander, not expecting him to jump in so quickly.

“I’m really not fond of Tobias,” he continues, sitting down and curling his tail over his paws. “But my siblings love him, and he’s your partner. I should try to be more...open. To accepting that maybe he is actually improving. Or at least that he can. How he acted in the past wasn’t right and I stand by that, but…maybe there was at least a reason for how he behaved.”

Nia stares at Xander’s earnest expression, immediately wanting to forget her brief stint of anger towards him. After all, him and his teammates are some of her closest friends here in the Pokemon world, alongside Andyn’s team.

The riolu forces herself to relax her tense posture. “I-It’s fine. Sorry for getting so upset with you. Just...give him a chance? Please? I know it’s hard, but…”

Xander’s tail twitches where it’s curled around his paws, but he nods. “I’ll try to be more open to the idea.”

Nia smiles, relieved. “Thank you. And I wasn’t mad about you not explaining things the other day. Just worried that I did something wrong.”

“And that makes me feel even worse,” Xander mumbles, some self-deprecating humor in his tone. Then, his expression sobers into something serious. “Can I ask you a question?”

“Sure?”

“Have you ever wondered why my siblings are here at the guild with me? Why they aren’t being raised in an actual home instead of in the daycare?”

Nia’s blinks, caught off-guard by the question. “I...No, I haven’t really thought about it. Sorry.”

“It’s fine. I’m glad you haven’t.” The luxio is clearly lost in memories, gaze going distant. “I’d rather Pokémon not know where we came from. It’s better for the cubs to be guild kids than to grow up with...“

Xander trails off, then shakes his head, meeting Nia’s eyes. “To keep a very long story short, we didn’t come from the greatest home. Our mother was...not a good parent. I just kind of took it when I was her only target, but that changed when the cubs were born. As soon as they could walk, I got us out of there. Ended up finding the guild and never looked back.”

Nia stares at Xander with wide eyes. “How old were you?”

“About twelve or thirteen. Old enough to realize that she wasn’t going to treat the kids better than she had me. Probably worse. I could defend myself a bit at the end since I was a luxio, but I knew the kids didn’t have a chance. They...they were just so tiny. I had nightmares for weeks that she was going to hurt one of them.”

“I’m so sorry,” Nia says, quietly. She’s trying to keep the horror out of her voice, but she knows it’s still there on her face. She doesn’t remember her family in detail, but she remembers how she feels towards them, the emotional connection that’s still there, even worlds apart. Everything in her recoils at the thought of any real fear between them.

Xander shakes his head, the faintest of smiles on his face. “It’s fine, Nia. Really. We found refuge here at the guild with August, and it’s been years since then. I’m doing much better now. It’s just...” Xander hesitates. “I always think I’m over it. Over her. But then something happens and I...”

Nia isn’t sure what to say in the silence that follows. Eventually, Xander speaks up again, voice rough.

“When I think of her, I always think of how explosive she was. Her temper, her mood swings, how strong her emotions were. It didn’t even matter if she was happy or sad—every reaction was just...devastating. If it wasn’t a forest fire, it was a flood. So when you told me about my own aura—“

Nia’s stomach drops as she sees where this is going, recalling her own description of Xander’s aura. Passionate. Intense. 

“I’ve never felt someone’s emotions as strongly as I did yours.”

Before her panic can spill out in a rush of apologies, Xander holds up a paw.

“Don’t apologize. It’s fine. I gave you permission to read my aura and didn’t stop to think about what it might say about me. That was my fault.”

“But—“

“I’m fine, Nia. Really. Avery already talked me down. Just because I’m like my mother in some ways doesn’t mean I am my mother.”

Nia lets out a breath of relief, thanking God for the kirlia’s cool head and seemingly infinite wisdom. “Right. F-From what I can tell, I don’t think a person’s aura really takes into account like...how they choose to act. Even if you’re a really emotional person, clearly you keep a handle on your feelings so you don’t lash out at others or anything. I mean, you’re one of the calmest people I’ve ever met!”

Xander huffs a laugh. “Handling my emotions is a skill I’ve been working on with Avery for a long time. Glad to hear it’s paying off.”

They’re quiet for a moment, and then Xander shakes his head. “Maybe that’s why I’ve had such a hard time giving Tobias a chance. He’s just so...angry and aggressive. Unrestrained. I’ve spent so long trying to learn how to control myself and he’s just...”

Nia frowns, absently smoothing her hands down the sleek fur of her legs. Xander isn’t...wrong. Tobias doesn’t really bother with filtering his thoughts to avoid hurting others’ feelings, aside from her. And that’s just because he has to, per their deal to stay a team.

“Tobias is a bit rough around the edges,” Nia admits. “But he’s had my back whenever I really needed him, even from the start.”

Her gaze flicks to her arm, to where her bite marks lie hidden under her scarf. He’d bandaged her up after that fight and helped her back to her bed. Made sure she was fit enough to fight before having them train again. And even when they first met, before she even had a name, he didn’t ditch her in the dungeon she’d dragged them into.

“I trust him,” she says. “W-We’re not friends, not really, but I know I can rely on him to do his best and to make sure I’m not left behind.”

Xander doesn’t necessarily look pleased by those words, but he nods. He seems thoughtful, if nothing else. “You’re hoping you’ll be friends, one day,” he guesses.

Nia winces, peeking up at him. “You think it’s a lost cause?”

“Do you?”

“No.” The answer comes immediately, before she can even think about it. Nia thinks she’s more surprised by her answer than Xander is.

The luxio smiles. “Well, there you go. You know him better than I do, so if you don’t think it’s hopeless then you’re probably right.”

Nia looks down, brow furrowed. Even if she still feels like she hardly knows Tobias at all, she does want to get to know him better. She wants to be more than just his Seekers partner--she wants to be his friend, too.

A soft weight drops onto Nia’s head, and then Xander’s got her trapped in something like a headlock, giving her the noogie of a lifetime. Nia shrieks a laugh, struggling to shove the luxio away.

When she finally succeeds, Xander smiles down at her. “You looked a little lost in your head. Thought I’d help you find your way back.”

Nia’s still reigning in her giggles, smoothing the mussed fur on top of her head and shooting him a playful glare. “Jeez, no wonder Luca likes causing you trouble!”

Xander usually seems more like a parent to his siblings than an actual big brother, but Nia can see that part of him shine through on occasion. In some weird way, even his interactions with her are starting to feel almost brotherly.

Brother.

Nia stills, feeling her chest suddenly ache at the word. Longing and grief for someone she doesn’t remember rips painfully through her lungs. She chokes on her breath.

“Nia?” Xander asks, sounding a thousand miles away.

But Nia’s drowning in the emotion of lost memories, feeling tears well up in her eyes, flooding her vision in a messy watercolor mosaic. Brother. Did she—does she have one of those? She must, to feel this aching loss. To feel it carving its way through her body from the inside out.

She has a brother. She doesn’t remember him, but she misses him so so much.

Nia doesn’t even realize she’s crying until Xander pulls her into a hug, foreleg around her back and pressing her close. She buries her face in his chest and tries to stifle her sobs. Xander’s warm and soft and solid, and he smells like hay and something like ozone. It’s weirdly comforting. Distantly, she notes that there’s a very slight tingle on her face, where her tears press into his fur—his electricity causing static?

The riolu tries to bury her sorrow, tries to calm down from this overwhelming, unexpected wave of anguish, but it takes longer than she would like. After a few minutes of sniffling, she manages to calm herself down and box up the emotions to deal with later. When she lifts her head from Xander’s chest, the luxio leans back to look at her, concern tightening his expression.

“Sorry,” she rasps, rubbing the last of the tears from her eyes. “You just...reminded me of someone, suddenly. From the human world. It c-caught me off guard.”

Xander offers a tentative smile, looking like he’s not quite sure how to respond. “It’s fine.”

The riolu smiles back. It’s watery and pathetic, she’s sure, but it’s there. She gently pushes away from Xander’s hold. It feels colder without him sheltering her from her own emotions.

“C’mon,” Nia says. “They’ll be wondering where we are.”

Xander hesitates. “You sure you’re okay to go back? If you need to talk about it we can—"

Nia cuts him off with a shake of her head. “I’ll be o-okay, Xander. Thanks.”

The luxio still looks unsure, but he nods and follows Nia as she sets off down the hallway. When the two of them make it back to Maggie’s quarters, Tobias and the shinx kids are crowded around an array of herbs on the ground. Luca is leaning over the charmander’s shoulder to look, and the other two are glued to his sides.

“Ooh! What’s this one do?” Laine asks, pointing with a tiny paw to a purple flower.

“Helps fight infection,” Tobias responds. “You mash it up and put it on a wound under the bandages.”

“It’s awful pretty,” Leor says quietly. “I dunno if I’d want to hurt it.”

Luca’s ears twitch, and he looks up at Nia and Xander, face breaking into a smile. “Nia, did Xander say he was sorry?”

Tobias and the other cubs look up, and Nia giggles. So the kids were in on this? “Yeah, he did.”

“Good!” Laine says, puffing out her chest in a proud sort of way. “He was all mopey, and Av’ry said it was ‘cause Xander hurt your feelings, so we made him come apologize!”

Tobias had been looking at Nia’s puffy eyes, but at that news he moves his focus to Xander, a devious grin putting all his sharp teeth on display. “Really? The kids had to get you to come apologize? That’s pathetic.”

Nia bites back another laugh and glances at Xander. The luxio is clearly mortified, ears pinned back as he shoots the shinx cubs an embarrassed glare. “Hey, kids? I love you, but shut up.”

The kids burst into peals of laughter. Tobias just looks smug about seeing Xander so off-kilter for once. The luxio sighs, accepting his fate, and bends his head to give his chest fur a few rushed licks. Does he do that when he’s embarrassed? That’s adorable!

“Sounds like I missed all the fun while I was out!”

Nia turns towards Maggie’s voice in the doorway. The meganium looks unbearably fond of the good mood spilling from the room, a small pile of documents held in her vines. She carefully steps into the room between the smaller Pokémon, making her way over to her desk. “Did Tobias teach you kids anything while I was out?”

“Yeah!” Luca jumps up from his seat. “He’s been telling us about medicine, and how to do all kinds of cool stuff!”

“We even learned how to wrap bandages!” Leor adds, starry-eyed.

“A little too well,” Tobias says. “You looked like a trio of tangela.”

Laine nods, looking proud. “Toby said we’re basically doctors now!”

Maggie gives the charmander an amused look, and he shrugs. “Sarcasm isn’t their strong point.”

The cubs don’t catch that comment, already back to chattering with each other about what duties each of them will handle in their medical office. Poor Leor seems to be taking the worst jobs without much complaint.

“It’s nice to see them dreaming about something other than becoming Seekers,” Xander says softly. “It’s a dangerous job, and even if they decide to follow that path, I want them to know that there are other options.”

Nia frowns at that. Her and Tobias are only E-rank, and already she thinks she’s going to have lasting scars from that outlaw fight. She can only imagine how difficult it’s going to be farther down the road.

She looks over to where Tobias is answering the cubs’ questions about the different jobs of medicinal Pokémon. The shinx cubs are still so little—she can hardly imagine any of them going out into a dungeon. She doesn’t want to.

“But they won’t have to choose for a while yet, right?”

Xander nods. “They have plenty of time to decide.”

They’re quiet for a few moments, and then Xander stands. “Well, kids, let’s get going. I’m sure Tobias has other things to do.”

The three cubs let out an overdramatic “Aww!” in unison. Xander looks unimpressed. Tobias snorts.

“I’ll come visit as soon as we‘re back from Ghatha,” the charmander promises.

Xander‘s ears swivel forward with interest as he looks to Nia. “You’re going to Ghatha?”

“O-Oh! Yeah, I guess I hadn’t gotten to telling you with, uh. Everything else. We’re leaving tomorrow. Should be back in a couple of days.”

The luxio hums. “Well, have fun and be careful. You won’t be in our little community anymore.”

Tobias rolls his eyes. “Duh. We’re not idiots.”

“Yeah! Toby’s really smart!” Luca cuts in. “He knows medicine stuff and Seeker stuff!”

Xander gives his little brother a dry look. “All right, smart guy, c’mon. We’ll visit the training floor before I take you three back to Arlo.”

The cubs seem disappointed, but obediently press against Tobias one at a time in an armless hug, mumbling, “Bye, Toby.”

The charmander gives each of them a short squeeze before releasing them. “If you mope, the coaches in the training area will make you run laps,” he warns.

Laine perks up. “Really?!”

Luca bounces on his paws. “Ooh! That sounds awesome! We’d be like real Seekers getting trained!”

Leor’s the only one to not look thrilled at the thought, shifting his stocky little body. “Uh. I don’t wanna run laps, though.”

“No one’s running laps,” Xander says, patiently corralling the cubs with his tail. He smiles gratefully at Maggie. “Sorry for dropping in so suddenly.”

“It’s fine, dear! I love the company. It’s quiet here nowadays without Tobias and Nia around as often.”

Tobias winces. Nia tries to catch his eye, concerned (is he still worried about leaving Maggie on her own for medicinal duties?), but Xander turns to her before she can.

“Thanks again,” the luxio says. “If you two need anything before you go, let me know.”

And Nia knows he means it, too. She smiles warmly at him. “Will do, Xander. Thanks.”

Then, to her surprise, the luxio turns to Tobias. “Thanks for, uh, for watching the cubs, Tobias.”

The charmander looks just as shocked as she feels for a second. Then he hurries to hide it, scoffing as he starts to collect the herbs strewn across the floor. “Whatever. I didn’t do it for you.”

The cubs look confused about the tension between their brother and their favorite charmander. Xander, however, doesn’t seem offended. He just narrows his eyes, looking thoughtful, before nodding and turning to leave. “Come on, kids.”

The shinx cubs hurry towards the hall, waving their tails as they call out their goodbyes over their shoulders. “Bye Toby! Bye Maggie! Bye Nia!”

Nia waves back as she watches them leave. Then, she kneels by Tobias to help him gather the scattered herbs.

“Such good kids,” Maggie comments when they’re gone. “A lively bunch, too.”

Tobias snorts. “That’s one way to put it.”

“You love it,” Nia teases, daring to give him a grin.

Tobias gives her a halfhearted glare in return and blows a puff of smoke in her face. She yelps and falls back onto her butt, laughing and waving the smoke away. “Not fair!”

Tobias doesn’t answer, but he’s smirking as he collects the rest of the herbs. While he places the herbs back in their rightful spots in Maggie’s storage, Nia goes to their bag. She plops down to rummage through it and double-check that they have everything packed for tomorrow.

“Ready for your trip?” Maggie asks.

“I think so! Tobias took the lead in shopping since I, uh, had no idea what we’d need.”

The meganium sets aside her forms and steps over to peer curiously into their satchel. “You have food? Healing items?”

Tobias joins them, rolling his eyes. “Yes and yes. We’re good.”

“Maybe you two should’ve had Vera make you some coats before you left. What if it’s cold in Ghatha?” Maggie frets.

Nia laughs. “We’ll be fine, Maggie! Really. Don’t worry.”

The meganium still looks concerned, and Nia is intensely glad that they had elected not to tell her the news about a human-Pokemon conflict popping up. She’d be a nervous wreck if she knew.

“And you know the way to the flying outpost?” Maggie asks.

“It’s like an hour’s walk from here, Mags, you can see it from the tree. Chill,” Tobias says.

Nia’s ears prick up. “Really? You can see it from here?”

“Up on the mail floor, yeah.”

“Oh! That reminds me,” Nia leans back to look at Maggie. “How do you send mail to other Pokémon?”

“I’ve never had to, so I told her to ask you,” Tobias adds, pulling the bag into his lap to dig through it himself.

The meganium blinks. “Mail?”

“Yeah! I wanted to, um, send a letter to Hazel? In Afon’s Cap. I told her I’d keep in contact, but I uh. Don’t know how.”

Maggie’s confusion clears. “Oh! Yes, of course. Don’t worry, it’s simple. You just need to write the details of who it’s from and who it’s to. Name, species, location, those kinds of things. Then send it off with one of the mail-mon.”

“That’s a lot like how we do it in the human world, actually,” Nia says. “Huh. They’ll be able to find Hazel with just that?”

Maggie nods. “Mail-mon tend to handle specifically assigned areas, from what I understand. So anyone who delivers to that area should be able to find her!”

Nia straightens up, beaming. “Thank you! That’s a relief. I think I’ll wait until after we get back from Ghatha to write her. W-Would you, uh, mind helping me write it?”

The meganium laughs, no doubt remembering the riolu’s last attempt at writing in the Pokémon language. It was a wobbly disaster. “Of course, dear.”

“Okay, so here’s your money,” Tobias interrupts. He tosses a small sack of coins to Nia, and it lands with a muffled clink at her feet. “I’ve got mine, too—“ he pats another small pouch at his side. “And then we still have a bit of team money left over after shopping today.” He pulls out another small sack and places it on the floor.

As Maggie returns to her desk, Nia tilts her head and opens her pouch, slowly counting through the coins there. It takes longer than she’d like with the strange currency, but she thinks it’s around 700 poke. Which sounds like a lot? But she isn’t really sure. She knows that even in the lower ranks, Seeker jobs pay pretty well, and they haven’t really bought much since they started out as a team, but...

“H-How much do we have left in the team pouch?” She asks. They usually put half of their money found from jobs and dungeons into that stash, and then split the other half between them for their own personal funds.

Tobias frowns, glancing over the coins again. “Maybe around 800 poke?”

Nia hums. “That doesn’t sound too bad. How much does flying cost?”

“Not sure. Probably around 500 poke for a trip all the way to Ghatha, but we get a huge discount since we’re Seekers. So maybe like 300? 400?”

“Oh.” Nia nibbles at her lip, thinking hard. “W-Will we have enough for the trip? Like to eat and stay somewhere for a couple of days?”

Tobias brings a hand to his chin in thought. “We should be fine as long as we don’t go overboard. We’ll have to eat cheap.”

Nia nods, way too excited about the trip and Tobias’ good mood to even consider being disappointed by a lack of fancy food. She doubts she would have anyways. “That’s fine by me!”

“It’s still warm enough that we could camp out too, if we have to,” Tobias adds in a mumble, talking more to himself than Nia.

She grins. “I don’t even care! I’m just so excited to be going. I’m gonna meet more humans, Tobias!”

The charmander gives her a look, but it’s more of a tired sort of exasperation than anything. “You don’t say?”

Nia laughs again. “It’s just...even if we don’t have a way to go back home yet, it’s so nice to have someone who understands what you’re going through. Hazel was amazing, but she’s kind of already made her life here, y’know?”

Tobias shrugs. “I guess. I don’t really get it, but I’m also not a human.”

Nia ties her money bag closed and drops it into their satchel, shooting her partner a warm smile. “I’m just...really happy. Thanks again for agreeing to go with me, Tobias. I appreciate it.”

Right on cue, the charmander rolls his eyes, focusing on organizing their items as his cheeks flush. So easily embarrassed. “Yeah, yeah. Remember, we’re gonna ask about the outlaw trio too while we’re there.”

“Of course!”

“Are you sure you two have enough poke?” Maggie asks worriedly, looking over at them from her desk. “I can give you a little extra just in case—“

“Nope,” Tobias objects, tone final. “We’re good, Mags. Keep your money.”

“Thank you, though!” Nia adds.

Maggie frowns, looking concerned. “Okay...if you do end up needing anything, remember I’m just a short letter away. Call on me right away if you need me.”

“Yup!” Nia springs to her feet and stretches, skipping over to Maggie’s side to look at what the older woman is working on. Documentation of her herb stores?

“You’re gonna be like this the whole way there, aren’t you?” Tobias drawls, walking over to Maggie’s other side to peek at her work as well.

It takes Nia a moment to realize he’s speaking to her. “Like what?”

The charmander raises a brow, gaze flicking down to her legs then back up to her face. Nia realizes she’s bouncing in place, tail wagging. She forces herself to a stop. “Oh.”

“Yeah.”

Maggie laughs, looking down at the riolu. “You certainly do seem excited.”

“I am! I have no idea how I’m going to sleep tonight. I wish it was tomorrow already!”

Tobias snorts and points out a tiny mistake on the meganium’s form, which she dutifully fixes. “Just don’t keep me awake.”

Nia agrees and resumes bouncing on her toes. Dawn can’t come soon enough.

[voregrunt]

*They sneak out of the security office and head to one of the party tables-* ooh-

Chica VoreGrunt: "Ohhhh..I could kinda hearing over pots being banged together...I know we're supposed to get this guy, but uh..should we be concerned?"

Veren: *They sound a bit annoyed when they speak to themself..mainly their stomach* "Jesus. I'm gonna die because you're being so loud. Just great."

[astrapure-a]

@shotones​ sent: "what if you have some kind of special ability nobody knows about?" / veren, probs /trying/ to be subtle asking for advice, just like 'hypothetically speaking if sb had an ability, wdyd?' lol || Teen Wolf

     Hand arises so chin can rest comfortably within her palm, dark brows furrowing in inclining curiosity. Well, that was certainly a rather interesting answer, & though it’s something she can grant a response to, it takes her a bit to conjure up a proper answer. 

“Well, it depends - if you want to keep it subtle, I wouldn’t use it for a while. Whereas if you want to finally show yourself to the world, do something grand with it - something heroic though.”

[spicychickencows]

I’m going to talk about Britannia

whether you like it or not.

So, Britannia is a show that shot itself in the foot by using all it’s pre-lauch marketting pretending to be something it isn’t. Because it was pretending to be a normal show.

ANd normal it very much is not. Britannia will happily slide from wildly varying tones just by the simple act of contrast between the acting styles of different actors and characters, sometimes this can happen literally from line to line. It’s somehow great.

It’s like here’s David Morrisey going full Shakespearian theatre. Good clear enunciation, a low growl in his voice as he declares “I am Rome, and where I walk is Rome” and talks in very serious terms about subjugating people by killing their gods.

ANd then we’ll cut to Jonathan Rhind-Tutt who is basically playing it like it’s an Armando Ianucci show. Everything he says is somehow that perfect blend curated funny and off the cuff.

And then we cut over to Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Eleanor Worthington-Cox doing the best recurring doubleact there is. Just BTW if you like Geralt and Ciri, or Mando and Baby Yoda, you need Possessed-Hobo and Prophecy-Girl in your life. There constant iritation with each other plays so well. And Nikolaj Lie Kaas spends this show leaping between slapstick arm waving, intense conversation, and crying while talking to a pebble. It’s great, it’s like if you took all the best bits of a David Tennant performance and dialed them up to eleven.

Add on to that a fantasy world (making only the barest efforts to pretend to be historical) with a whole bunch of interesting characters, costumes, and set design. And plenty of rolling shots of countryside. You’re starting to get the picture.

Mackenzie Crook plays the druid leader Veren (he is probably the second man to ever exist) and he does it with a bald head, shrivelled face, runes all over his body, and rings in the ends of his fingers. When he was cast he shaved his head immediately and then realised that he hadn’t even told his wife he’d been auditioning.

One episode ends with the most dramatic shakespearian growl from David Morrisey as he says “tell the regni to prepare for war” and then this song kicks in. Because it’s the series one theme song.

Some of it’s the kind of olde worlde dialogue you get from your typical fantasy series but also there’s.

“What’s this?”

“It’s (special plant) it’s aides in digestion.”

“No it isn’t. It’s grass. This is a pinecone, this mud, and I’m pretty sure this a pebble.”

“It’s traditional regni food.”

“It might be regni, but it isn’t food.”

Also episode seven puts three pairs of people into the same ruined town and one of those stories is two roman soldiers finding the witch doctors hut and getting absolutely high and talking about the gods probably aren’t real.

And speaking of gods. In series two there’s a discussion where David Morrisey as Roman General is doing his usual very serious and intimidating talk in the bath with three of the celtic elders. And he mentions Jupiter as the king of the gods and their response is just...

“How man arms has he got? Our king of the gods has eight arms. And six cocks.”

Honestly. Go into Britannia with the mind that it’s a fantasy series in a world that vaguely resembles the real world roman invasion of Britain and you will have a lot fo fun.