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Horizon AU: Twin Flames - Isaac (Zero Dawn Act) final concept/design.

*texts' transcriptions under the cut after the images*

REPOST, EDIT/USE OR FEED MY ART TO AI ISN'T ALLOWED

Read about Aloy, Beta and Elisabet in this AU [here]

omg... I thought I would never finish this... BUT YAY! Here it is finally! Isaac's final design and concepts!

This AU has an ongoing fanfic! You can read on Ao3: [LINK]

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Isaac - Roughly 3.2m/10.4' -Unknown age (probably just a few months).

Isaac is an original machine character in this alternative universe.

Isaac is the loyal machine companion of the Sobeck family, serving as both a traveling and battle mount. The sisters unintentionally created him while trying to figure out a way to increase the machine override time. The process they applied in the -back then- simple Watcher rebooted their AI and programming back to its essential functions and disconnected them from their original master, HEPHAESTUS. Once he received his name from Beta, the three family members became his new masters, which he unthinkingly obey to.

Due to his blank AI, Isaac is developing his own sentience and personality by absorbing his masters’ traits and behaviors and learning their morals and concepts. He also downloaded all of the sisters’ Focuses’ data to have some initial communication and works as a backup, so he only knows what they know.

He can speak with anyone with a Focus through its text-to-speech function by sending text messages to them - thus, people who don’t have a Focus only hear his Watcher noises. He can still communicate with other machines normally, so he also works as an information gatherer to help in missions and studies.

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Once a simple Watcher, now a super advanced mount and best friend of the Sobeck family.

Isaac's customizable body can adapt him to travel in any terrain, even underwater. He's able to reach high speeds at a low energy and heating cost - he's also lighter than it seems. His sleek, almost snake-ish, body shape makes maneuvering more dynamic for his rider.

His propulsors give him the ability to do long leaps and high jumps, helping the sisters get to places they wouldn't be able to reach by themselves. But a repetitive use of said skills in a short timespan can drain his energy and overheat him quickly.

Like his owners, he's not adept at using one single type of weapon. Isaac's tail ranged weapons and armor can be changed to better adapt to the situation. However, he hasn't developed efficient battle techniques yet, as he's still learning with the Sobecks. Note that his Sawtooth's sabers aren't intended to be used to fight but to climb and carry objects.

Melee Tail Weapons: Thunderjaw's tail, Stalker's tail blade, Stormbird's tail (also used to swim), Frostclaw's front paws.

Ranged Weapons: Thunderjaw's Disk Launcher, Ravager's Cannon, Scorcher's Mine Launcher, Bellowback's Snout.

Armors: Nora (stealth), Carja (speed), Oseran (tank), Banuk (damage), Old World (mixed).

Isaac is a mount adapted for two people: One is the rider, and the other is the cannoneer. He syncs with them through their Focuses, so his responses to their commands are more instantaneous. The rider directs Isaac where to go and when and how to use the tail weapon. Meanwhile, the cannoneer controls the ranged weapons and propulsors.

Only those who have a Focus can see his holographic face. The images shown are a collection of emojis the sisters found in Old World Ruins (which they update when they find more). His three "horns" also can move solemnly to make him more expressive.

Being composed of many different machine parts makes Isaac the first machine chimera to exist - still keeping the base shape of a Watcher, but huge. He was customized by the Sobecks little by little through the Cauldrons they visited on their first journey.

He can still stretch his neck like a Watcher can normally do.

His eye received enhancements to better aid the Sobecks in their daily life and journeys - such as infrared, thermic, and ultrasound visions.

He also has in his head a sound device to play audio files, such as music from the Old World, and a holoprojector.

[hexpositive]

Hex Positive, Ep. 045 - Warding A Witchy Home, Pt 2

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Returning once more to the topic of protection magic, this month we’re delving a little deeper into the topic of wards and warding. Bree shares some insight on the methods and concepts that she’s developed and discovered over the years, and shares a Witchcraft 201 level primer on some slightly more advanced warding techniques.

(If you haven’t heard Ep. 024, “Warding A Witchy Home,” make sure you check that out before listening to this episode!)

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𝕭𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖞 & 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖓 | 𝖗𝖎𝖗𝖎 𝖔 𝖋𝖊𝖒!𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖗

part i | part ii

thank ya'll for the requests! I know I’m a slow writer, but I really do enjoy your feedback & currently working on another request so keep an eye out.

synopsis: Riri decides to surprise you at your place after exams and exposes that she has studied you more than you initially thought.

word count: 3.7k

warnings: smut, light dom sub, scissoring, brat!reader, fingering, daddy issues, closeted!reader, praise kink, confessed feelings, light fluff, tribbing, obsessive!Riri, blackmail.

18+ | minors do not interact

➴ feel free to send me more thots

Your palms were sweating when you handed in the exam papers to Professor Winston. Riri was done within the first hour of the exam. Typically you followed suit shortly after but not this time. Instead, you spent all the allotted time-fighting flashbacks from the night before at the library with Riri. “I hope you remember all that I taught you.” Her taunting was still fresh in your mind. You couldn’t help but wonder if this was her master plan. An embodiment of the saying, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. You felt foolish for allowing yourself to become vulnerable under her gaze, but you did not regret a thing. Although it did take you extravagantly longer than you had expected, you still felt semi-confident that you would still pull through with top scores. Using Riri’s techniques for analyzing equations, it’s possible. However, professor Winston threw in a surprise bonus question that kept me in a loop. The bonus question wrote:

“Given the possibility of building structures for coastal protection against erosion and sea level rise, which dexterous compound is essential for its utilization?”

It was odd, considering that it was rare for him to discuss underwater robotics in his lectures. Your mind wracked over the questions as you walked through the paths on campus toward the parking lot. You set the alarm for later this evening to ensure that you didn’t miss the postings of our grades. Professor Winston often was able to submit grades within the same day. We were a freakishly small class, and it was an advanced course that not many dared to take. Most took it because it would look good on their transcripts. You scanned the busy grounds of MIT, and Riri was nowhere to be seen. That girl was always on the go. Besides, you had more pressing tasks to complete now that the semester was complete, for example, packing for Chicago. You rarely talked to your family during the school year, and you knew that if you stayed during another school break, you wouldn’t hear the end of it.

MIT was lively today, with students pushing their hefty suitcases and boxes from the dormitory. You were so glad your Dad got you your loft as an MIT acceptance gift, one of the perks of being the daughter of a wealthy politician. At MIT, you’re free to be yourself and cultivate a person who isn’t constantly scrutinized—having your own space away from curious eyes and individuals trying to use anything against my Father in re-elections. You doubt people from back home would even recognize the person you are now. It’s partially the reason why you haven’t visited home yet. Your Dad is a businessman first and a Father second. Once you do return, you will have to hide away the part of you that flourished at MIT. It was a deal you were willing to make, but now it’s your turn to hold up your end of the bargain. To portray yourself as the perfect eldest daughter at the top of her class at MIT. If only you weren’t in the same class as Riri. Academically, you’ve always been beneath her, never indeed in the same league.

You walked into your apartment and were greeted by the cool air conditioning. You took time to get settled in and stripped out of your clothes to change into something more comfortable. As soon as you got into bed, the phone rang. You looked to see who it was, but the number was unknown. Your Father often called with no caller ID due to his job, so you answered it without a second thought.

“Hey!”

“Hey, open the door for me.” Again, it was a female voice that you recognized.

“Who is this?”

“Who do you think it is? Dummy,” she laughed.

You sprouted out of your bed and walked to the door. You looked through the peephole and saw Riri standing in the same grey tracksuit she had worn to the exams in the morning. Out of all the ways to get your attention, she decided this was best?

“What the fuck, Riri? How the hell did you get here?”

“I’m a master engineer specializing in robotic sciences, and you don’t think I can’t bypass a basic apartment security system?” Her tone was dry and sarcastic. Riri had a way of coming off as a know-it-all, and it got on your last nerves, especially when she was right.

“Okay, but that doesn't explain how you found out where my apartment is.”

“Hacking into the MIT student record system is easier than you think, and you’re more interesting than I initially thought,” she shrugged. However, the knowing smile on Riri’s face never dissipated.

“Why do I feel like you’re hiding something?” You didn’t make any moves to unlock your door. Instead, you enjoyed making her wait on you in the hallway.

“Well, if you just let me in, I will tell you what I found. Or, I could tell your Dad about our escapades at the library last night.” Riri’s expression was smug. You wouldn't be surprised if she heard you struggle to unlock the door. You pushed it open to invite her inside and made sure that she saw you flip her off as you did so. You led her to the living room and didn’t bother to spare her another glance.

You instructed her to sit down and shut up. You no longer had the patience to sweeten my tone. All your nerves dissipated once she brought up snitching to my Father. Of course, out of all people, it would be her who would be able to find out your secret. You've done your best to keep a low profile until yesterday; you thought you did. You would have never believed that Riri Williams had always had her eye on you. We were approaching our last year after this summer break, and it’s just now that she’s decided to show her interest.

“If you dare tell my Dad a single word about last night, I swear I will make it my vendetta to ruin you,” you sneered. You couldn’t afford your Father to know anything about your antics at MIT. All he needed to know is that you have one of the highest GPAs in your class, with solid recommendations from your professors to prove it. Your Dad only cared to hear that I was living up to his reputation and status. Truthfully, you didn’t know when you would have this freedom again and wanted to salvage every second of it.

Riri raised her eyebrows at me and said, “Is that a threat or a promise?” silently challenging me to see how far you’ll go to prove my point. “Both,” I replied. She whipped out her phone, playfully toying around with it in a suggestive manner.

“Let’s play a little game.”

“Riri, I’m not playing with you.”

“How do you think he would react to hearing that daddy’s little girl likes to be bent over by girls?” She kept her phone in her hands, and you couldn’t fight the impulse to knock it out of her hand. Riri hasn’t met a person like you, cause that’s exactly what you did. You watched the phone fly out of her hand and slide across the hardwood floor toward your bedroom. The shattering noise of the telephone elicited silence between the both of you. For a split second, you felt guilty, but at least now she couldn’t blackmail you.

“Oh, you’re gonna pay for that” Riri got up from the couch to walk towards your bedroom to analyze the damage to her phone. You followed her to see if it worked and were shocked to see the shattered front screen. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t expecting it to break,” Riri looked up at you with narrowed eyes, and you braced yourself for what came next.

“You know, you still haven’t returned the favour from yesterday. And now that it seems that I have to get a new phone….” Riri trailed off, too busy hooking her fingers in the band of your shorts to tug you closer. “Oh, I see. So this is what you’ve come all this way for,” you swatted her hands away but didn’t take a step back. Her face was dangerously close to yours, and you could feel her minty breath fan your face. Your heartbeat picked up as the flashbacks from last night clouded your mind. The familiar butterflies returned to remind you of your lust for Riri. You became acutely aware of how close the bed was to both of you, and all that it took was a push from Riri for you to fall on top of the sheets.

“Well, you did say, and I quote, ‘we’re not done yet,’ and I’m just a woman of my word. I would hope you are too” Her hands returned to my waist, and this time you let her. Riri whispered in your ear, “you remember everything that I taught you last night?” her lips grazed against my earlobe and traced down my jaw. Your voice was barely conceivable as you whispered, “Yes.” Riri had a way of making you speechless just by the grace of her touch. She made you forget your words and worries. Subconsciously you moved your head to the side, urging her to go down further, but she paused.

“lay down on the bed for me,” her command was cold but soft. You pulled your head back to make eye contact with her. Riri’s stare was unwavering. She raised her eyebrows, prompting you to listen to her demand, “I’m waiting.” You descended slowly to the clean white sheets and went to the middle of the bed to lay on your side. You were unsure where this was going but still excited to see what she would ask of you next. There was a thrill that came from relinquishing control to Riri. The tension between you is undeniable. Riri broke eye contact briefly to rake over your body, taking in your curves and supple soft skin. She couldn’t decide where she wanted to touch first. To have the girl she’s fantasized about genuinely alone and to herself sent Riri over the edge.

“Are you going to do something or just keep staring?” you rolled your eyes feigning attitude although you were a ball of nerves. Riri took off her sweatshirt, revealing her toned upper body and Nike sports bra. You never knew that Riri was this athletic as she wore loose-fitting clothes to lectures. Last night at the library was just the beginning, now that you had the privacy to do everything that crossed your mind. Riri thought about all the positions she wanted to put you in and the noises she’ll cause you to make.

Riri strolled to your dresser and leaned against it so that she was parallel to you. “I want you to strip, slowly,” Riri said. Your eyes widened from shock. You’ve never stripped for another person before. In many instances, you’ve been the dominant one, but with Riri, that wasn’t the case. “What? I can’t do that” you crossed your arms across your chest to attempt to create a barrier from Riri’s sensual gaze. “Sure you can, or do you need me to help you?” her smile widened with her question. “No- no need, I’m capable of undressing myself” at that moment, you were thankful that you kept your black lace bra on underneath your oversized t-shirt. Otherwise, you already would’ve been left bare.

Unclasping the front of your bra came quickly; luckily, this was the one time you didn’t struggle with it. Your hands shielded your breast from view. The cool air left goosebumps along your skin. “Don’t cover yourself. You’re beautiful,” Riri whispered. You hesitantly dropped your hands for her. Riri’s mouth practically watered at sight. Riri felt the familiar pool of wetness in between her thighs. Watching you half-naked and vulnerable turned her on in ways she couldn’t explain. She badly ached to have you underneath her. Once your shorts are off, exposing the matching pair of panties. Riri could no longer keep her hands to herself. She separated your legs to lay between them, using one hand to massage your nipple and her mouth sucking on the other. The sensation of her tongue raised the hairs on the back of your neck. A barely audible moan escaped your lips as Riri’s fingers traced the outline of your folds. Riri took her time stroking you, running her index and middle finger to gather your slickness to massage your clit. You rolled your hips to urge her to rub against you harder, yet her touch remained gentle. The fabric of your underwear dampened as she continued.

“Fuck” Riri lifted her head from your breasts and lazily dragged her tongue to your neck. Savouring the flavour of your skin as she dipped her two fingers inside you. “Your pussy takes me in so well” Riri was amazed at how wet you could get for her. Her fingers slid in deeper easily, opening your legs wider for Riri to get better access. Riri whispered sweet praises against your lips as her fingers pushed deeper inside you. Internally, Riri felt like it was a sin not to worship your body over and over again. Pressure built within you to the point you were unsure how much longer you could hold out until you spilled over in her palms. “How do you like that?” She muttered in the crane of your collarbone before leaving a mark on your neck with her mouth. Riri’s teeth focused on a particular spot on your nape. Your moans blurred into each other as she increased her pace and began pumping her fingers inside of you with force.

“Oh, I fucking love it. Please keep going.” Your walls clenched around her fingers. Riri let out a low groan from the feeling of your pussy wrapped around her. “That’s it, baby.” She curled her hand slightly, sunk her digits inside, and settled them there. Riri writhed them with every roll and thrust until she found your G spot. You thought to yourself, she’s the best you’ve ever had. But when you opened your eyes to look at Riri, you realized that you might have said it aloud. “Has anyone fucked you like this before?” Riri playfully nipped at your ear before she kissed you in a way you hadn’t experienced before. Riri moved with a need and hunger that none of your past partners possessed. “Only you, Riri,” you moaned against her lips.

Riri watched your face contort and twist in euphoria. No longer able to silence your moans, you began to call out her name. You arched your back to rub your breasts against her chest, and the sensation caused Riri’s nipples to harden. Riri wanted to taste your pussy on her tongue but held off on her desires until she fulfilled yours. She remained relentless while fingering you, ignoring the dull ache from her wrist. Riri was enamoured with you. Your legs began to shake uncontrollably as you felt yourself reach your peak. “I’m cumming” you sobbed into Riri’s shoulder as your cunt dripped off her fingers. It truly felt like, at that moment, the Earth stopped on its axis while you drowned out the room with your noises.

Riri pulled out her fingers, leaving a wet trail on the sheets. She licked up the remnants of your cum off of her, “you taste amazing,” she sighed. You hummed in satisfaction, still fresh with bliss from your orgasm. Riri snaked her arms around you to encase you against her body. She flipped the both of you so that she now laid on her back with you on top of her. Riri’s heartbeat was loud and fast. She tried to slow it down, but the excitement of having you naked flushed against her didn’t help. You glanced up at Riri through your eyelashes and felt a surge of confidence to take the lead. If Riri could tell you what to do, why couldn’t you do the same?

You toyed with the band of her tights, sliding your fingertips along the hems and watching as Riri’s chest rose and fell with each breath she took. “Take these off.” you playfully pulled at the pants making Riri smile at your urgency.

“Since when do you call the shots?” Riri was taken aback by your command. She had always been the giver, the more dominant one of all her partners. She mainly gained pleasure from pleasing others, but that didn’t mean Riri didn’t want you to do the same to her. You ignored her question with your own statement, “We both know you’re good at following instructions.” She laughed at that. Riri enjoyed that you could still banter with her in your most intimate moments. She pushed her hips upwards to pull down her pants and kicked them off the bed. “This too.” you tapped her chest, indicating for Riri to remove her sports bra. Again, you pushed off her to provide space to take it off and couldn’t help but admire her body in all its glory. Once fully exposed, you laid on top of her again, adjusting your limbs so that your center was perfectly aligned. You moaned, “You're already so wet” Riri could cum from the view of you riding her pussy alone. Glancing down where your pussy kisses hers, your wet folds gliding against the other. The movements between you made the most obscene noises.

The sensation of you getting pleasure from Riri pushed her to ecstasy. Her moans filled the room as you grinded against each other tirelessly, trying to increase tension on your clits. “You hear that, baby? Listen to how wet you make me. This pussy is mine.”

Mine. Something about Riri calling you hers made your heart flutter. She gripped your ass as she rolled her hips to keep the rhythm with your body. Thrusting her pussy into you over and over… until the need for release became unbearable. Then, with one last brush over her sensitive bud, Riri’s cum pooled onto the white cashmere sheets. Your name rolled off her lips like she had been on the verge of tears for the first time. In many ways, you are the first to see her in her most precious moments. You cuddled together in the bed with your hands intertwined.

Riri turned onto her side to look at you, “do you know that I couldn’t stop thinking about you last night? I kept daydreaming about you in that skirt, how you struggled to silence your moans. I could barely think straight. I wanted to call you, but I forgot to get your number, so I-“

“So you hacked into MIT's student records? You’re crazy!” You couldn’t help but laugh at it all. It was possible that you could’ve been out of your mind as well because the thought of her rummaging through MIT systems, risking her scholarship to find you, made you even more attracted to her. “You can call me crazy, but I’ll do it all over again to find you.” Her hands caressed your thighs in an attempt to soothe your shaky legs. Your alarm went off, making the both of you jump a bit. The phone blared from the living room. “Our exam results!” You got up so quickly that you almost kicked Riri in the process.

Rushing back into bed, you unlocked your phone to review your results to see that you passed your exam with a 95. Thank God! it wasn’t as bad as you initially thought. Riri gauged your reaction and shyly asked, “So, what did you get?” You felt apprehensive about sharing your grade.

“You tell me yours, and then I’ll tell you mine,” you stated.

Riri rolled her eyes and laughed, “You broke my phone! I can’t see my grades until later.”

“Here, use mine.” You logged out of your student account and handed it over to Riri. You watched her closely as she did so, darting your eyes from her face to the screen. “I got a 95,” she admitted.

“Wait… we got the same grade? How is that possible? Did you complete the bonus question?” the questions came out of you a mile a minute. A big part of you was in disbelief that you shared the same grade with Riri. Finally.

“You got a 95? That’s amazing! I should tutor you more often.” Riri jokingly nudged you with her elbow, with a cocky smile on her face.

“And, to answer your last question, I didn’t bother answering the bonus question,” she shrugged.

“Why?” you asked.

“I’ve learned that just because you know the correct answer to a question doesn’t mean you have to respond,” she said. You felt like you were missing out on crucial information that would’ve helped you understand what she was talking about. However, Riri cut you off before you could even speak. “Look, trust me. I know from experience. Somethings are better left unsaid.” She wasn’t in the mood to discuss Professor Winston's planted question in the exam. Riri was well aware of her mistake of giving too much information about her underwater inventions. The memory of Namor still plagued her dreams. “A scientist should never reveal their secrets” she whispered. Then, looking down at you, Riri promised she would keep yours too.

[secret-subject]

You mentioned a Book during the stream. Could you share the Book name, Author and Book edition?

I did!

So that is @hypnoobiwan's book called Mind Play. Get the most recent edition, I think it's the 2020 edit of the book? Most online bookstores will show you which version they have in stock and hopefully it's the current one. It's a really great tool for beginners looking to learn hypnosis and useful for those wanting to know how this works, why and how to do it.

There are other books you can also check out after Mind Play for those who are a bit more experienced that I didn't mention in the stream but I will talk about them here:

@h-sleepingirl has a couple, Kinky NLP and the Brainwashing Book which is more advanced imo and for people looking to get into the more conditioning side of hypnosis. I've started reading both and I find them to be really inspirational.

@theleeallure has a book on Hypnotic Amnesia (named just that) which is transcripts of sessions she had with DJ Pynchon, as they worked through how to get amnesia to work at various levels. It is a masterclass in hypnotic technique and really helpful for those both looking at doing some amnesia play and those looking to level up how they word suggestions. It's also just fun to see how someone else does this and learn from their experiences and notes.

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I was asked to make a transcript of this post. There are also a very few minor edits.

SCALE OF MAGICAL INCLINATION (there are exceptions, this is more of a general tendency)

'Matter' is focused on a mastery of the body and the physical world, honing was does exist. 'Mind' is focused on more classical magic in media, energy derived from ones imagination.

Most inclined to Matter: Demons, Beastgirls, Demihumans

Middling: Humans, Elves

Most inclided to Mind: Magis, Nymphs, Angels

OTHER SPECIES OUTSIDE THE SCALE:

"Fabricated Beings"/ magical dolls Shells for magical energy to be honed into. The creator casts a part of themselves into it, at the cost of a permanent handicapping to their magical output. Very advanced and & risky to make. This is strictly a technique for Mind users.

Basically, you have 100% magical power, you permanently lower your furute output to 50% if you make a doll.

(this ratio can depend, the stronger you want the doll, the more magic you hone into it.)

"Lunar Buds" / anastasia's sisters Magical 'sinks'; untalented in magic but can gain some magical mimicry by absorbing spend energy from opponents. Tend to copy/mirror movements,-- like those bosses in videogames that are evil versions of the player character.

NOTES ON SPECIFIC SPECIES

ELVES elves have a variety of unnatural skintones. Elf babies will have a skin color tht is their parent's colors blended.

(i.e., one parent has red skin, and the other has blue. Their baby will be purple.)

Even among siblings colors can vary. Of the children of the red and blue parents, some have purpley skin that is more towards violent, and some more indigo.

Elves are known for:

working white collar jobs

fine craftsmanship

being snooty, but ultimately kind.

NYMPHS "embodiments", nymphs are various concepts of the natural world made manifest.

Character examples: Ricochet, an embodiment of the concept of inertia. She removes inertia from herself and enemies, erasing all friction and making them bounce around wildly as if on ice.

Bile Poisonmicron, poison. She is immune to all poisons, and consumes a high amount of it, making herself toxic to the touch. Her saliva and other bodily fluids are toxic to others.

Nymphs are similar to our modern concept of the fae/fairies. Trickstery, but innocent. They love to play pranks & be difficult, but are also are very generous. Very fickle, easily bribed with gifts.

They don't always have wings, but nymphs always have the ability of flight/hovering.

Nymphs have mastery of the magic from birth, but their magic is slightly weaker than that of Magis who spend their whole lives honing their craft.

Nymphs are polyamourous & very rarely know who their biological parents are. Baby nymphs are raised by their villages.

Nymphs don't need to eat all that much, subsisting mainly off dew and photosynthesis. However, they do like gifts of food. Nymphs living arounf other species will also eat food more often-- do as the Romans do. Nymphs after eating feel sluggish, like humans do after eating a very large meal.

NYMPH VILLAGES are where they convene, raises babies, and have parties. Nymphs will grow up to leave, taking their own turf that they defend, visiting their home villages from time to time. Some will choose to never leave home, but it isn't all that common. (But not super rare either)

Some very powerful Nymphs (like Ricochet) will move far from home for their turf. Powerful Nymphs will be more volatile in personality, and are hard to get along with, even amongst other nymphs.

Powerful Nymphs are full of themselves and pushy. They love to show off their abilities.

MAGIS a species of hermit-mages uniquely talented in magic

Magis are a highly isolationist bunch. Generally shy, quiet, nervous, but highly intelligent. Sometimes look down on other species.

cultural garb is long, flowing and body hiding robes, paired with pointy hats (essentially cartoon wizards). Styles can range widely and some Magis do like to wear more modern clothes.

All Magis have long tails and ears. Magi ears are longer than elf ears, and can even be droopy on the ends.

Magis in wider society are known to be scientists, judges, scholars, and of course-- highly powerful magic users.

Due to their cultural isolation, Magis take roles as judges because they are seen as 'uniquely detached' compared to other species. While widely held, this is a false belief.

Magis have high political power among other species-- because of the idea of their unique detachment and wisdom. Many of their small population are greatly encouraged to seek this power as to lend more power & influence to the greater Magi populace.

Young Magi do often cave to their cultural pressues, but there is a pushback among the younger generations.

Magis in ancient times were more isolated than today, but over time began to integrate into wider society. Their education & power allowed for an integration into high position in outside society. Much older Magi (and there are quite a few, Magis have very long lifespans in comparison to other species-- living up to even 1,000 years.) do not really approve of this social climbing, and would prefer to encourage hermitages and dedication to singular study throughout life.

Magical ability for Magis at birth is low, but carries high potential. Through their long and intensive educations, Magis grow into their powers and hone them to great effect.

ANIMALS animals like in our world.

Beastgirls can communicate telepathically with animals. The telepathy is not with precise words, but more of an innate understanding of emotional state/ desires.

While they can communicate with Beastgirls, animals cannot understand advanced concepts like societal rules, technical ideas like artithmetic, etc… Beastgirls can never hope to communicate these ideas to animals.

Animals do not have magical abilities.

Carnivorous species of Beastgirls still eat animals. However, Beastgirls deeply respect animals' cycle of life and honor them-- using all parts of their bodies.

Animals are not raised for food by Beastgirls, they are only hunted. There is some contention with Beastgirls and species that do eat meat without the same respect for animals.

CREATURES beasts that are like mythical animals in our world (Unicorns, Manticore, etc). They all have innate magical powers that vary depending on what kind of creature they are.

Creatures can commune with any species, but are choosy about who they speak to. They will most likely be willing to speak (telepath) with Beastgirls or Nymphs. However, there is always room for exceptions. Creature telepathy does come more directly in the form of concrete words, but can also be more of a commanding of concepts into the conversation partner's brain.

Creatures are capable of understanding advanced ideas, and do have knowlege of the socities that surrond them, but choose to abstain. Creatures tend to see all the various species' socities with contempt.

Creatures can form pacts with individuals the like/ respect. These pacts allow the indiviual to use some of their powers, or summon the Creature at request.

Animals and Creatures have the strongest ties to Beastgirls and Nymphs, as they are the most nature oriented species.

[ming-sik]

this isn't even completely meant as an insult but ascendance of a bookworm's worldbuilding really isn't that deep, it just has a few clever elements to create the illusion of depth. the biggest thing is in fact the idea of noble euphemisms. creating a social structure where characters communicate in obscure references to their mythology lets you 1) provide a convenient excuse for characters to exposit every time there's a new one, 2) motivates your readers to memorize at least the more common euphemisms, and 3) gives the impression that this is a world with a deep enough culture that they can communicate through references to other things that have happened. this is despite the fact that it's actually very easy to do, all you need is a list of gods along with everything they're the god of, and then whenever you want to create a euphemism you ctrl+F relevant nouns and then add it to a separate list so you can stay consistent. outside of that and "climbed the towering stairway"/"to the distant heights" and "offering flowers" which are direct translations of the simple concepts "he died :(" and "women being offered for sex", you can actually just say "the other nobles euphemistically said OOO" or use the overly flowery speech that exists in your native language. and there you go, convincing vibe of a very socially complicated and obtuse language without actually having to create a language beyond individual vocabulary words and a psuedolatin alphabet!

i think i would like noble euphemisms more if it were... more, or more accurately part of something more. i get that calque idioms are generally pretty cringy so people tend to be hesitant to adapt theirs, y'know "ザンツェの手(て)も借(か)りたい", but there's actually a secret third technique called "making up entirely unique idioms". you can even still use rozemyne and the readers' lack of common sense to have her occasionally mistake an idiom that isn't explicitly mythological for a thing that happens in yurgenschmidt or vice versa. especially if yurgenschmidt actually did have dialect and generational differences!

in a rewrite i would have rozemyne creating books in different dialects rather than standardizing everything in the sovereign royal academy prestige dialect but just like the modern version of it. to revisit a historical example, one of the biggest advances in public literacy were books being printed in the languages people actually spoke instead of exclusively classical languages! basically what i'm saying is that the dunkelfelger translation should've been a team effort between rozemyne and dunkelfelgerian scholars and it should've come with a glossary of common dunkelfeger terms and idioms. AND they should've had an argument about whether or not to phonetically transcribe the accent and if so the creation of a that accent transcription should've been its own chapter. yes this will be on the test

[cleverwordsandotherstuffilike]

Medical innovations and scientific advances at Harvard Medical School through the decades (Part 2 of 2)

1995 Triple-organ transplant; kidney disease blood glucose levels

1996 How cells sense oxygen; Alzheimer's treatments; immune system advances

1997 p73 gene; aspirin

1998 Adult live-donor liver transplant

1999 Fluorescent molecular probes

2000 Brain abnormalities associated with abuse and neglect

2001 Circadian clock

2002 Rheumatoid arthritis pathway; C-reactive protein

2003 Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment; source of pre-eclampsia

2004 Blood stem cells; protein transfer

2005 Prenatal nutrition; herpes vaccine candidate

2006 Cholesterol mechanism; DNA sequencing techniques

2007 Cellular switch; rheumatoid arthritis gene; brown-fat cell switch

2008 RIPKI inhibitors; metastatic melanoma remission

2009 LIN28 protein; RNA interference; cancer cells' starvation; brown fat

2010 Enhancer transcription

2011 Kidney failure markers; cancer cell vulnerability; global health care budget models

2012 Tumour suppressor gene p53; ancient migration; infectious disease diagnostics

2013 Cardiac hypertrophy reversal; cathepsin k pathways

2014 Hematopoietic stem cells; pancreatic stem cells

2015 Bioartificial replacement limb; PD-1 pathway; The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery; pseudogene; damaged protein disposal; multiple sclerosis; somatic mutations; deafness gene therapies

2016 Sigma-1 receptor structure; Zika vaccine candidate; circadian rhythm-bipolar disorder link; microbiome

2017 Unlocking the blood-brain barrier; deciphering the structure of a scissor like enzyme

2018 The 'graying' of T cells; From one cell, a detailed road map

2019 Finding herpes' Achilles' heel; viral peptides critical to natural HIV control

2020 How COVID causes loss of smell; obesity fuels tumour growth; heart muscle dysfunction

2021 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine; immune evasion; AI gene interpretation; radiation vulnerability

2022 Fruit fly cell atlas; viral infection on video; boot camp for immune cells

2023 How the brain senses infection; new origin of breast cancer; the microbiome and cancer immunotherapy

[gothhabiba]

hey, would you happen to have any tips for IDing/transcripting text in a language you can't read? sometimes I come across Arabic text in an image, for example, and I can't type that and I can't read it to double check if the OCR I use transcripts it correctly. no worries if you don't have any tips lol, thanks in advance!

on the one hand writing systems are just shapes and you don’t actually need to be able to read them in order to recognise and copy those shapes. on the other hand, this is made more difficult if you’re trying to transcribe something that’s an abjad (like Arabic), syllabary, or abugida rather than an alphabet (since the letter forms aren’t discrete but change in reference to each other)—and also different fonts can make the process of form recognition difficult (like, what changes signify stylistic differences between two things that are the same letter, and which ones signify different letters?).

I usually use google translate’s keyboard input to type alphabets (Greek, Cyrllic) and may use the draw input to figure out anything else. OCR outputs can be “proofread” with just shape recognition but see again the font thing, and also the fact that OCR is less likely to be helpful with anything very stylised. try translating the text after you’ve transcribed it to see if it sounds coherent.

there are other techniques I use to quickly half-learn writing systems for the sake of a certain apocryphal cooking blog, but honestly unless you have an independent interest in writing systems in general I don’t think I’d bother. it’s understandable that you wouldn’t be able to transcribe text you can’t read—maybe just write the rest of the ID, identify the language / writing system, and see if anyone else can complete the ID?

I’d also be happy to transcribe Arabic text if you send me a DM.

[meditating-dog-lover]

Why I think it came from a lab

Note: before you judge me for what I'm about to say, just know I am speaking from a scientific and biological standpoint. I'm a cell biologist who works in virology, and have a BSc in Anatomy and Cell Biology and MS in Neuroscience. I'm a scientist, not your 40 year old conservative MAGA uncle on Facebook. I absolutely hate how the pandemic was politicized as you should never introduce bipartisan nonsense to indisputable and factual matters like science and diseases.

So coronaviruses are nothing new. There have been previous coronavirus strains that infected the world. There is the one that caused SARS in 2002 and the other that caused MERS in 2012. And yes, bats do spread them. They are species capable of zoonotic infections (between species), including rats (spread the bubonic plague) and cattle. However, COVID-19 was a lot more devastating than the other 2 outbreaks. With all the modern knowledge and technology we have on disease prevention/control and vaccines/drugs, the fact that this outbreak was devastating to the point of causing a global pandemic is suspicious. There is no way something as cataclysmic came from nature given our current immunological and microbiological advancements in the 21st century. And judging how bats have spread coronaviruses in the past, it was never this catastrophic.

This leads me to think there was gain of function research involved using animal models in a lab (the Wuhan Institute of Virology). I do have a theory as to how they conducted their research, but it could be wrong. But gain of function research was definitely taking place. I believe they had animals in the lab that were positive for coronavirus (either bats or rats). They took nasal swabs and/or saliva samples from them to be able to harvest cells that had coronavirus RNA replicated in them. One strange thing about some viruses is that they do not possess any DNA. They contain RNA, which is the nucleotide chain that is generated from DNA during a process known as transcription. And most RNA sequences are converted to proteins via translation. Why some viruses lack DNA, however, I never really knew why.

Now in this day and age, we have the technology to modify the sequence of DNA/RNA. This process is known as gene editing. You would have to cut the sequence at specific nucleotide junctions, either insert or remove nucleotides, and then glue the sequence back together. One famous method of doing so is using the CRISPR technique. But there are many other ways to modify DNA/RNA sequences. These modifications do have an effect on the function of the virus. By editing the virus' RNA sequence, you can either cause the virus to weaken (loss-of-function) or to strengthen (gain-of-function). Some modifications lead to no changes in the viral strength and activity. Weakened viruses are used in traditional vaccines, so this is when RNA editing can be beneficial. However, I do believe gain-of-function gene editing was performed in the lab by using the coronavirus RNA sequences harvested from these animals that tested positive for the virus.

This is one theory as to how the gain-of-function research was conducted. There are many ways to do it, we can never be sure as to how it was exactly performed with these coronavirus samples in the lab.

Now how it spread from the lab to the rest of the world, I have no idea. Obviously, infections spread between people who interact with one another. How it expanded from a single lab to the whole world is a complex process to understand.

So this is my theory as a cell biologist regarding the origins of COVID-19. Yes it came from a lab. I fail to believe something this infectious and destructive came naturally from bats. We have the technology and immunological knowledge to aid in minimizing the spread of illness and creating effective drugs and vaccines. Looking at previous trends where bats have spread coronaviruses to other animals and humans, they did not result in global pandemics to this extent. So I think the virus was genetically modified to become more infectious. What was the reasoning behind this? What was the hypothesis they were trying to test? I don't know.

Here in the US, there are strict regulations as what type of research you can conduct in a lab. In theory, you can create almost anything in a lab, from drugs, to explosives, to deadly bioweapons. However, just because you can, doesn't mean you should. While that strictness is enforced here, it is not in other countries unfortunately.

I am devastated by the destruction the pandemic caused. From a single viral outbreak, to illness, disease, lockdowns, crashing economy, closing of small business, politicization of science and biology, anti-Asian hate, etc... Had we had the knowledge beforehand, this would have fared better for us.

[poojagurung]

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[sleepdeprivedskelton]

Magic and the Second Realm (Part 1)

The following document is transcribed from the heavily damaged original printing of Divine Theory, etc., By Magnus Helderon, Pioneer of magical research. This is the translated and abridged introductory section, for the magic lithograph, and unabridged text, refer to the branch headmaster of the Tarbrind Royal Library, Historical Division.

Introduction to the Text Magnus Helderon is a difficult to track figure. No one knows when or where he was born, or when he died. Only a single small portrait of him was made during his brief visit to Tarbrind. His grave is located in the royal crypts, after his exhumation from an obscure village in western Dragonspine area in 1368.

Magnus, a "folk wizard" hailing from the relatively unsettled southeastern region, was, by most accounts an "esoteric madman" who practiced some slight degree of what is commonly referred to as folk magic. He was reportedly taught by his grandmother to cure warts and witch for water and rain, among other things. He is believed to be the first person to discover the utility of the "Ember" found scattered across the world after the great cataclysm in 1253. Rather than share his findings, he delved into hermitage and studied the phenomenon ceaselessly. Despite having almost no formal teaching, He produced a 1758 page codex known as the Divine Theory, Of Magics, Embers, and Dragon-bone. It was written entirely in the Oldspeake, and was nearly unintelligible in handwriting. He personally delivered the book to the miniscule magician's guild of Tarbrind, only six months after the conclusion of the great famine, where it sat in storage for nearly a decade, completely unread.

The tome was recovered while the guild was preparing to relocate, its numbers bolstered by the recent emergence of ember magics following the incineration of Horus Tob some 18 months prior. By this time, the book was heavily water damaged. It rested in the hands of the Scribe's guild for nearly 3 years before the readable portions were translated and compiled into the Theory of Magics, a textbook used in teaching the fundamentals of magic to this day. (approx. 150 years later)

The first section, and final third of the book, some 700 pages total, were completely beyond recovery for several more years, before more advanced recovery techniques were developed. While some sections remain lost to history, What was recovered changed the fundamentals of magic forever.

Here is an audio transcript made with ElevenLabs. AI was NOT used to write this document.

[the-lancasters]

Haskos

AN: I realised when putting this post together that when I re-jigged the order of the advance posts I accidentally took out the context to why the war memorial was something that both Marcus and Sarah were concerned about. I am too lazy to figure out how to explain in the story but basically if Charles and Vic had gone there, it would have been a PR disaster at home - something along the lines of the soldiers they would be commemorating were fighting against an alliance that included Illyrian soldiers, so more than likley killed Illryian soldiers.

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Ken - Lets depart for Mt Wellington, in the lunch traffic it will take at least 30 minutes-

Sarah - I think we should pause on this section for now as I have concerns about this engagement-

Esther - Do Their Royal Highnesses not want to recognize our fallen soldiers?

Sarah - I-

Marcus - It's not that at all sir. Since His Royal Highness has done no military service, I- we- believe that a visit more aligned with their goals would be more appropriate. 

Ken - Well like what then? We don’t want this visit to be yet another stuffy tour, we have had hundreds of them. Haskos is turning a corner as a nation and we are wanting to cement our place on the national stage 

Marcus - Well …. I think that, well that is to say we would prefer…

Sarah - I think Their Royal Highnesses would enjoy a visit to something uniquely Haskos. What sets you apart? An innovation perhaps?

Esther - We are known for our orchards, fruit is one of our major exports

Ken - What about that new farm outside the city? They are coming up with new green farming techniques. Would that be of any interest to Their Royal Highnesses?

Marcus - That sounds perfect.

[thehenrythomas]

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[carewyncromwell]

“And the big bad man and his big bad clan, Their hands are stained with red... Oh, how quickly they forget... They aren't gonna help us --  Too busy helping themselves! They aren't gonna change this:  We gotta do it ourselves... They think that it's over, but it's just begun!”

~“Only the Young” by Taylor Swift

x~x~x~x

“And so…esteemed members of the Wizengamot…based on the overwhelming evidence – the factually bankrupt, inflammatory anti-Muggle and Muggle-born leaflets sent out by the defendant’s Commission and promoted by the defendant herself; the transcripts of trials overseen by the defendant that spell out blatant corruption and unsanctioned cross-examination techniques, including having Dementors present during all trials and actively refusing to give any defendant proper legal representation; the testimony of over fifty Ministry employees, speaking to the defendant’s close working relationships with known Death Eaters and to her own willingness to overlook Wizarding Law to advance herself and her Commission’s political aims; the countless memos written in the defendant’s own hand condemning nearly a thousand people, including over a hundred children, to unjust captivity; and the defendant’s well-known reputation among her ex-students, her coworkers, and even her own family for enjoying the suffering of others and persecuting fellow wizards and witches not just for their blood, but also for suffering from medical conditions like lycanthropy and blood maledictions – all of which the defense has offered no suitable defense for, aside from incorrectly asserting that the defendant was ‘simply following orders’ from her superiors…I think there is no question as to her guilt, or to what justice would be appropriate.

Although I – as a private citizen of the Wizarding World – agree with Minister Shacklebolt’s measure to remove the Dementors from Azkaban prison…I must acknowledge that if there were ever a case for a criminal from our world deserving the Dementor’s Kiss…it would be Dolores Jane Umbridge. But because we – unlike the defendant – have a code of honor before us that we will not break just to achieve a political objective…I believe it’s our solemn duty to ensure this basilisk in human skin never walks free again.”

~Carewyn Cromwell, prosecutor for the trial of Dolores Umbridge // January 1999

x~x~x~x

About two-and-a-half years ago, I drew a concept for Carewyn as a lawyer for the Ministry of Magic, and...yeah, looking back at that concept, I knew I could improve on its visual, if I tried it again! 

Carewyn Cromwell was still a fresh-faced, idealistic young lawyer of twenty-five when she became the Chief Prosecutor behind the Ministry of Magic’s trials of ex-Death Eaters after the end of the Second Wizarding War in 1998. That very same year Carewyn also became the legal guardian of one of the Muggle-born children she defended in court (a drawing of whom is also coming soon!), even while unmarried and only living in a small flat in London. Despite her relatively short time with the Ministry, however, the fashionable young prosecutor left a strong impression, not only taking charge and putting Dolores Umbridge under citizens’ arrest when the Death-Eater-controlled Ministry fell, but also in fiercely advocating for those who had been most hurt during the War. The Daily Prophet was eager to spotlight the young Cromwell in their articles, both flatteringly and otherwise, simply because of how much fascination such a pretty and paragon, and yet stoic and ruthless woman evoked in both reporters and the paper’s readership. There were even several points, both during and after the trials, when Carewyn’s name was floated by the Prophet as some possible future replacement for Minister Shacklebolt, or even just as a permanent member of the Minister for Magic’s support staff -- but Carewyn, thoroughly disinterested in working directly in politics, instead remained steadfast in her pursuit of legal justice. 

[raziraphale]

overall I think the mp100 dub is pretty well done but this bit from S1 where they have to answer the translation question "do we acknowledge that the characters are speaking Japanese, but the audience just hears English, or do we pretend the characters are speaking English?" makes me fucking cackle. bestie do they not speak english in new jersey ?

TRANSCRIPT:

REIGEN: We will now begin... the seance

HITOSHI (CLIENT): Hey, tell me... is that you, dad? Do you know who I am?

REIGEN: (doing an old man voice) Oh, Hitoshi. I never thought the day would come when I would have the chance to see your face again, my son.

HITOSHI: (in awe) Oh, dad. (suddenly serious) One thing -- when did you learn to speak English so well?

REIGEN: (in his own voice) Click. Logging out for a sec.

HITOSHI: Huh?

REIGEN: Sorry. It doesn't seem like I'm getting a very good signal. Were you satisfied, though?

HITOSHI: Of course not! Please call him back this instant!

REIGEN: Whoa, calm down, buddy. It takes a lot of concentration to head up a seance. By the way, where is your father from? He wasn't local?

HITOSHI: No, he was from New Jersey in America.

REIGEN: Foreign languages are automatically translated.

HITOSHI: Whoa!

REIGEN: It's an advanced technique that does something or other to the wavelength of the spirits' languages and is hard to master. But don't worry, there will not be an additional fee

HITOSHI: Amazing! But my English isn't bad. I'm pretty fluent.

REIGEN: Now, then. (awkwardly). Oh, hey Hitoshi. How've things been goin'?

HITOSHI: Kinda weird, but whatever.