#alpheus’ library

[alpheuslibrary]

Hello, hello—sorry to be dead and not give you guys something. But hey! I made some Claire fanart!

This is my Future!Claire design, as you can tell (if you’ve seen my original post on her.) And I just randomised the incorrect quote generator and got this now.

Now onto my next agenda: I should really draw other characters—

Oh and obligatory TOA enthusiast friend mention: @alchemisticramblings

[komiloves]

౿  ׂ   ִ        ⁀   ˳ ⊹⠀- General HCs ! || Ijekiel Alpheus, Lucas x Reader ⁀   ⊹⠀ Note: New writing style, no one cheered 😔 I barely see any WMMAP x reader and I'm deprived of it right now. Time to put tumblr on use 😹😹

Ijekiel is the gentlemen every girl could dream of. That sounds much more cheesy than I thought it would be. Seriously though, his calm and soft face? His gentle yet can be teasing personality?? Whoa dude, it's 1 in the morning why is the sun so bright already? Wait, that's not the sun!

Imagine standing alone at the grand ball Obelia had held and then suddenly someone bumps to you and when you look up, it's the son of Duke Alpheus himself, apologizing and that singular apology escalated into a whole night chat. Since when did you get the main character syndrome?!

Ijekiel loves practicing ball dances with you. Gently holding you with his pair of warm hands while he teaches you how to coordinate your steps. He lightly teases you when you accidentally made a mistake such as stepping on his foot.

He loves doing your hobbies with you. Oh you like sleeping? He'll nap with you. Oh you like to chew on snacks? He'll bring you some. You like drawing? He'll watch you draw and compliment you even as simple as you drawing lines. You like to read? He'll bring you to the library and have a quiet pleasant date with you there. You like to gossip a lot? He'll listen to you the whole time with affirmative nods. You like to shop? He'll bring you to your favorite place and offer to carry your bags even if you insisted that you can do it yourself.

Ijekiel definitely introduce you to his family, even if you told him that he doesn't have to. The meeting felt like him proposing to you and asking his family for support.

Ijekiel would learn stuff for you. Oh you can't cook? Suddenly you're greeted by some delicious dishes on the table when you come over at his place. You fell asleep on your desk after doing some stuff overnight? When you wake up, you suddenly found some flowers with a letter on it tinted with his scent. He loves acting on assistant for you.

When he gets jealous, all he simply does is shoot the person you're paying attention to a passive aggressive smile before gently pulling you away from them, claiming that the two of you have some stuff to do.

Overall, a really sweet sweet sweet man. Ijekiel is a really gentle guy with you, he loves to show you that he adores you with his whole life.

Lucas is a massive asshole with you. This man would stubbornly stand on his point. What point you ask? His denial of being in love with you.

Lucas has been alone and so unattached of his feelings for hundreds of years and suddenly a simple person like you who he would definitely belittle of is making him feel things?

He would definitely deny his feelings at first. The butterflies? Probably just his stomach rumbling. His heart beating fast? Could be a sign of fever, aaand you name it. At the end, he couldn't help but succumb to it. Your smile is more than enough to light his days up and he secretly really loves it.

This man is the opposite of Ijekiel. He shows his worries to you with snarky yet light remarks. "Holy shit, you looked uglier than yesterday with those eye bags. Did you get enough sleep at all??" And then you two proceeded to banter like you usually do.

Believe it or not, Lucas is very needy when it comes to your attention. When he wants your attention, he will do stuff and then make it seem like he didn't do it on purpose (he sucks at it). Accidentally twisting and knotting his tie so that you could undo it for him and put it back on his collar, his earring fell off so you have to put it back on his ear, and more.

This man somehow knows what you like and what you dislike, even if you didn't directly tell him. He catches you staring extra longer at a stuff displayed on a shop? You'd find that thing in less than a week in your room.

He loves using you as an arm rest. No matter how tall you are, Lucas will somehow look taller than you just for the sake of teasing you and using you as his arm rest when he's standing up.

When he gets jealous, he will make it clear that he does NOT like the person you're paying attention to. Send them death stares, glares, unamused yet condescending looks that says "I'm way better than you" before finally dragging you away, with the sarcastic excuse of "Oh sorry, they're busy, do you mind???"

No matter how flustered he himself could be when faced with his own feelings, Lucas absolutely, definitely, truly loves flustering you. He just loooves the sight of you denying your embarrassed state when it's as clear as an open book.

Overall, Lucas is the type of person to be conflicted of his own feelings while secretly enjoying the butterflies you gave him.

[dknuth]

Ephesus

Today was the visit to the leading ancient site of the cruise, Ephesus.

Ephesus was a Greek and Roman city founded in the 10th century B.C. on an earlier Arzawan settlement site. It was one of the region's principal cities based on its port, location on a river providing access to the interior, and sanctuary to Artemis.

We first stopped at the local museum, which contained sculptures and artifacts from the site. Some of these, like the Minoan pottery, attest to the early occupation.

Ephesus also developed coins early, using the local electrum ore. The first coins had images of a bee.

Most of the statuary was Roman. Only a few Greek statues remain for two reasons: their age and the fact that most Greek statues were bronze, which was melted down and reused, both for decorative items and weapons.

However, the most significant statues were of Artemis. Greek Artemis was the equivalent of Roman Diana, the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, child care, and chastity. The local version was equated to the earlier Great Mother Goddess and portrayed quite differently than the Roman version. A chart on the wall showed the development of the Great Mother Goddess images over time.

In Ephesus, she was portrayed in a a very dramatic manner.

There is a lot to unpack here. Starting at the top, she wears a crown with the city on top. She has wild animals on either side of her head.

She has a lion on each arm; the most noticeable thing is all those protuberances. There has been much debate over what they represent. Breasts reflecting the abundance of the Great Mother? Stories say she was often hung with bull's testicles, and there is undoubtedly a resemblance there. Other sources indicate her statues could be hung with gift bags. We don't know, but it is undoubtedly a memorable image.

Her skirt is covered with the wild animals she was also a protector of.

There was also a slightly smaller statue. Here, you can see the two hunting dogs accompanying her as the goddess of the hunt.

In antiquity, the Temple of Artemis was one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. The last and greatest version was built starting in 356 B.C. It stood for 600 years until it was destroyed by the Goths in 268 AD. With the coming of Christianity it was finally abandoned.

The stones were, of course, recycled into other buildings. Today almost nothing remains.

The one lone, sad column was haphazardly re-erected in modern times from odd bits left around the site.

There was a model in the local museum.

Antipiter of Sidon described the temple thus in his Seven Wonders:

"I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labor of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, "Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand".

Alas, all we saw was a barren field and a poor column.

Then, it was on to the city itself. The most impressive part of the city was its marble-paved streets.

A gate on the street, consisting of two statues of Hercules, narrows the passage, apparently to stop the use of carriages.

What at first looks like a theater is a bouleuterion, or city council chamber.

It is so much larger than any others we've seen we al thought it was a small theater.

The most famous structure in Ephesus is the library.

It's a beautiful and impressive building front, but it is all restored. Before the restoration, only the column bases and lower parts of some columns were standing. The restorations Türkiye does are controversial. Some archeologists believe that everything should be left as found. Some people want to rebuild. I think that some restoration is beneficial for people to understand the ancient sites. Of course, they need to be done accurately and respectfully. Also, not all sites or structures should receive this treatment. It's costly and does some damage to the materials. But I certainly agree with the restoration of the Library in Ephesus.

Throughout this entire area, archeologists from various European countries did excavations. They also took may of the best artifacts and buildings back home. So museums in London, Berlin, and Paris have the absolute best of these ancient cities.

Completing our visit was the road down to the agora, theater and harbor.

One area I had not heard about was the "Terrace Houses." These are a series of huge Roman houses on the hill above the main street. They are decorated with marble paneling, frescoes on the walls, and mosaics and marble on the floors. Even the second floors of the houses had frescoes and mosaics. The one even had private bach and toilet.

Cleary Ephesus was an influential and wealthy city with some very wealthy residents.

[dxmoness]

─────── SAY YOU'LL SEE ME AGAIN. . .

━━━━ ijekiel alpheus. manhwa. who made me a princess

‣ fluff. slight angst midway! . ୨:୧

‣ m.list . recent works . wmmap ━━━━

“Here!” You smile as you propped a flower crown on Ijekiel's head. You two sat on the grass, under the cool shade of a tree. The two of you were having a picnic together.

The plates of food around both of you were half-eaten. Ijekiel had been reading a book while you were working on the crown, but the moment it came to contact with his head he looks up. His golden eyes sparkle. He looks so precious with crown on.

“Thank you, Name.” He smiles sweetly while you smile back and take up your own crown and wore it.

“No problem!” That was how your childhood went.

But then you were now sitting on the couch in the library. Everyone around you seemed so solemn. In front of you, Ijekiel was perched on a seat. Both of your eyes seem to have a question.

What were you two doing here?

A minute, then ten, then thirty minutes pass... No one spoke. As though they were waiting for one of you two to speak. Your hands play with a loose thread in your dress as you anxiously wait for someone to speak.

Ijekiel suddenly spoke the question that both of you now settled with. “Why have you brought us here, Father?” He asks.

The two fathers seemed to be relieved that at least one of you spoke. “We have news for you two.”

You were anxious. Would it be that you two could no longer see each other? If so, what could we have possibly done for them to do such a thing? You tried reasoning with yourself but it failed.

Luckily, the news was far better than what you had thought of. “You two will be betrothed.”

Your eyebrows furrow as you attempt to remember what that word meant but Ijekiel takes note of your thinking hard and answered for you. “It means we will be married when we are older, my lady.” Oh. That was way better than being separated. You tried remaining positive. You smile gratefully towards Ijekiel as you still hadn't be able to recollect your voice that had simply vanished the moment you entered this room.

Both of the grownups were shocked and their faces betrayed their emotions. Perhaps it was because they didn't think you two would take this so...so easily.

As if it was a dream come true to both of you. Which for one of you it was, but for the other it was just a better alternative. I'm sure you could tell who thought which.

Then that was decided. At first, you had to adjust to the statement of him being your betrothed but sooner or later you got used to it.

Soon too you started falling in a pit of love for him and he to you. It doesn't take long before your easy rapport turned i to a rather easy romance between one another.

But then he had to go to school in another nation. You had frantically begged him to stay only for him to say he did not have a choice which was likely the truth but the pain was unbearable.

The joyful air turned into a depressing mist for you. You missed him.

His smiles, his hugs, his kisses... (on the cheek by the way).

It had grown on you so much but then for all of it to be pushed away hurt more than it should.

The longer he was gone, the more you worried. What if he forgets of your existence?

What if you'll be let alone in the dark once again no longer being able to see the sunshine that was your fiancé. Such thoughts brought overwhelming pain to you.

You try to cling on though. You do. You know he wouldn't want you wavering too much at the negativity of your own fragile and ever wavering mind.

So you try to keep up with what the others want. In your mind your motivation is him. Even if he isn't home.

Then the day finally comes for you both. The day that decides it all. Did he or did he not forget?

Being secluded to your thoughts and trying to keep from acting anything other than neutral was hard especially when there's a nerve-wracking truth that could behold in your eyes.

The moment he steps out of the carriage in which he had once left from, his golden eyes sparkled as they once did at the sight of you.

Time seemed to stop.

Everything seemed to be in a pause. As if the world had grown favour of you both. He could only take two steps forward before you rushed into his arms.

The impact in his warmth was so overwhelming. So endearing.

The tears that had held themselves for so long fell during this sweet and sensational momentum between you two.

He lifts you and spins you around, a kiss pressed onto your soft and delicate lips.

"I missed you." He whispers softly as he carried you in his arms, his fingers wiping your stranded tear away.

"I missed you too."

─────── NOTE?!

For the birthday girl!! Sorry it's short 😭

─────── INVITATIONS?!

@lvmxlee , @primordixl

[memoria-99]

Wizardess Heart: My fiction profiles

Erin Leiado

I wanted to make someone whose personality resembles mine a bit. Wanted to dig more into Leiado's duty as well.

Name: Erin Leiado

Appearance: Silver hair, black eyes

See here

MBTI: INTP

Specialty: Playing the piano, Spellsinging, Controlling people's minds

Class: Day Class Vir Ingeniosus

Roommate: Heidi Alpheus

Alias: Songstress Diva

Alive Relatives: Mother, younger sister, Saella(distinct ancestor), Cerim Leiado(paternal cousin)

In Class: Quiet listener, but tries different way rather than copying the textbook. Often gets pinned on one point and is trapped in that thought. Reads other books when bored, only to get scolded when found out.

Her father was brother of Cerim's father. However, after a certain incident when he nearly lost his daughter, he refused to take the Leiado's duty and cut the ties with the other Leiado family so was eventually killed by the knight ghosts. Since her father passed away early, her mother had to take care of two daughters all by herself. She knows what Cerim does when not taking classes, and her relationship with him is a bit odd. She has a strong repulsion to the duty and feels bad for him. However, ever since her father passing away, she regularly suffers from nightmare, now being the knight ghosts' target. She was born with marvelous spellsinging ability and also good at spellbinding people through songs, particularly because her mother was a siren, who gave up her life as a siren after the marriage. She eventually became the second Songstress Diva after Princess Saella. She looks expressionless, but her eyes lighten up when something catches her interest. Also being a massive bookworm, she spends more than half her time in the library. She seems to know a lot of things that are impossible for her to know in current state. Actually, she was a 'player' of the game set in this world in her previous life, who accidentally died from car accident while playing it. On the verge of her death, she met the so-called Almighty of this world saying "Welcome, honored visitor from the otherworld", then found herself as a young kid of this not-so-blessed family. After a few years later, she met this being again who said sending her soul to this body was a system error. He said he meant to give her a better life, so as a sign of apology he gave his 'bless' to her. It was this so-called bless that protected her from the knight ghosts, otherwise she might have been long dead. But it couldn't completely block the ghost in her dreams and that was the cause of her nightmares.

[dreams-of-delirium]

FACTIONS

EARTH

Apogee Academy

Paragon Police

Aquaignis

Red Lotus Theatre

Gin & Rum Casino

Clan Zero

Nixon

Deep Red

Mafia of the Den

1812 Concert Hall

Circus of Memories

Martyrdom

The Starfarers

Slumbering Village

Memoir

Umbra Mines

Library of Souls

Marina Kingdom

Corpus Archipelago

Council of Asphodel

The Purgatory

The Train Station of Dreams

The Elysian Field

Alpheus’ Adventurers Association

SHANGDI

Lotus Fractal

Jade Obelisk

Calabash of Clouds

Flowers of Ephemera

Blade of Neidon

Riverside of Serenity

Sierra of Eternity

Electrum Down

Cascade of Liyu

MISC

House of Hedonism

Azura III

Choir of Totality

ERGO

Apocalypse Inc

Sinne Corps

[travellogforgreece]

Ancient Greek Olympics (494 BCE)

The Ancient Olympic Games were a meaningful athletics event usually held in ancient Olympia. For the Greeks, it was a ceremonial event with tradition for many centuries. Pausanias' "Descriptions of Greece," how he describes some practices and rules in the Games, can show you what the Greeks were like regarding gender and sex roles. For example, a mountain before you cross the Alpheus is called Mount Typaeum. According to Pausanias, it is a "law of Elis to cast down it any women who are caught present at the Olympic games…" (Pausanias). It does not surprise me, as women did not have much of a role in the government or anything in ancient Greek society.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that while we were watching the speech from Aeschines, the tall, lanky man in the trench coat and the matrix-looking sunglasses gave me an option to either take a red or blue pill to get my time machine back (he told me he was the CEO of Time, which is why he allowed me to get my time machine back). So, of course, I chose the blue pill because blue was the same color as my time machine! (and no, I did not steal the Doctor Who machine). So I decided to go to the Ancient Olympic Games in 394 BCE to try and enjoy some games. Like "Western Society" does the Olympics, the Greeks held them every four years between August 6 and September 19.

While traveling to Olympia, it was a beautiful, warm sunny day near Olympia. The grass fields and farmers' markets full of vegetables and fruits attracted me to try Greece's favorite foods. I decided to stop by a market near a farm filled with numerous hunched-back people struggling to hoe the grass under the heat. They resembled slave behaviors, so I decided to speak to one of them after getting my vegetables.

After getting my vegetables, which were fresh asparagus, cardoons, celery, fennel, cabbage, and onions, I decided to walk over to one of the enslaved people and ask them a few questions. An enslaved person named Angelo told me about his experience in agricultural labor near Olympia and the different Greek city-states, as Olympia has not been his first stop. He told me about certain farming practices and keeping the crops healthy, but he could not ignore the work part. He told me there was a "point of considerable stress during the agrarian cycle" when the farmers came under pressure to collect, process, and store crops before harvesting season ended (McHugh 208). I thanked him for his input into life, as I already knew from research that most of the evidence of communal labor, especially amongst the farmers during the Classical period, was lacking mainly due to no evidence. Historians have yet to find no evidence because of various factors, including education, social structure, and class structure.

After meeting with the farmer and getting my vegetables, I headed to the Colosseum. However, the games shut down when I arrived, as the Romans took over and thought the event was "pagan." The Romans allowed the games to go on, but the activities and everyday events which made the Games destroyed the value of the cultural phenomenon. It was a travesty to see how the event went down. From talking to the farmer to seeing how the Romans treated the Games were all confirmation that Greece was slowly losing its civilization, and I was unsure how the society would survive for the following centuries. 

Sources:

Internet History Sourcebooks. (n.d.). https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/greekgames.asp

McHugh, M. (2019). To reap a rich harvest: experiencing agricultural labour in ancient Greece. World Archaeology, 51(2), 208–225. http://eznvcc.vccs.edu:2048/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=141659997&site=ehost-live&scope=site

(n.d.-b). The Academy Of Athens. Theoi Texts Library. Retrieved October 30, 2022, from https://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias1C.html

[detroitlib]

Nighttime view of Major General Alpheus Starkey Williams statue, located on Belle Isle, by sculptor Henry Merwin Shrady. Stamped on back: "Manning Bros., commercial photographers, 504-505 Lincoln Building, corner State and Park Sts. Detroit, Mich."

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[alicehattera03]

"How long have I waited for this?"

LP!(or wmmap amnesia arc) Athy being sent to war because it's obvious she'll fail to do anything and Claude wants a reason to push her away even further. But contrary to expectations, she returns victorious, and Claude, amused at this eyesore of a princess for once, "I will grant you one thing." and Athy doesn't even blink before she requests for Ijekiel Alpheus' hand in marriage.

Of course there's a huge uproar, he's already engaged, but Athy is a war hero now, and it isn't like she hasn't taken all the necessary courses for the heir seat. Whispers start to go around, was she planning on a rebellion? Did she want the throne now? After all these years of being the wallflower?

Yes.

Athanasia looks up at the golden throne and stares at the dark mist that clouds around her father as she turns a blind eye at his ailing health. Ijekiel couldn't show that he was over the moon, but he goes to standby Athanasia's side when she announces this and his father spies an opportunity for the tide to change.

She's going over some documents in the library when an aide rushes in, out of breath, and she rises, as if having waiting for this moment for a very long time. She can drink her tea without sugar and milk now. Not that her father ever cared.

And now? Never will.

[brotherslayer]

i wonder if people ever think kiel is like. boring? if people assumed it because he looked so well mannered and bland or too perfect but ! when you see him interact with characters and just the little hints 🥺 you can tell this boy respects women sooo much. also those smiles full of mirth that he pulls? trespassing the library and teasing the princess? it was so funny 😭 he’s really so cheeky. there’s just not enough screen time for him 😔i have this headcanon that he’s pretty funny. he makes horrible puns too. just to mess with people, even though he’s shy and quiet he uses it to his advantage. a little sarcastic, perhaps? sassy too. he will tell embarrassing stories about jenny when her girlfriend is around just to mess with her 😭 i also hc that my son is bi jdsjjddj i think it fits tbh. chaotic bi. also we didn’t even see how truly intelligent this boy is? big nerd. sometimes will ramble about something he’s super passionate about (unfortunately didn’t pursue it because he was always destined to become the heir to house alpheus) but perhaps with a little push he will continue his studies like he wanted because he’s more than capable 👉👈 i also really love how he begins to show more of his own agency when athanasia gets humiliated by claude by standing up to his father. he’s kind of... technically powerless in that situation? standing up to him must have taken a lot of courage. like. in the previous timeline he ended up in a marriage, unhappy because that’s what he was expected to do. but this time, i think standing up for himself and doing things alone in order to help his father and athy was a big step and i was so proud of him! going into a room alone with aeternitas? even though aeternitas is insanely powerful and kiel can’t use magic. and even devising his own plan? BOY 🥺🤧 also i like his serious and angry side too. when you mess with the people he loves, too. ugh idk. i like characters with golden retriever vibes like that. with their little dark side. do you have any hcs bestie? 😳👁

Dark Ijekiel, heh? Let me think...I have this one headcanon that novel Ijekiel would "accidentally" shot Athy's suitors during the hunting competition (non fatally though). And afterwards he'd have the audiacity to act like he was sorry "Does it hurt alot?" he'd say as he presses his hand on their wounds and the guy in question hisses in pain, causing Ijekiel to fight hiding a smirk. Ijekiel would totally gaslight them into believing it was their own fault for jumping from their horse in the big animals hunting area and getting shot. I can imagine him rushing Cabel to the nearest healer while apologizing/chiding Cabel to be more careful, and Cabel is just thankful that he has such a caring friend.

tbh I also don’t think novel Ijekiel truly sees Cabel as a friend. Their friendship seems to have been encouraged because they are both nobles and attend the same academy. Ijekiel probably finds him amusing and pleasant to be around but ultimately he didn’t hesitate to let him get almost killed by Lucas so...yeah I think it’s a very noble type of friendship born out of convenience. Cabel on the other hand seems to truly like Ijekiel probably even putting him on a highly idolized pedestal. I’d headcanon them to have this “I’d die for you” “Then perish” kind of dynamic.

[alpheuslibrary]

“ Don’t think, Master Jim. Become. “

I bring upon ye—Jim fanart!

Not sure what possessed me at this moment but I just thought it’d be cool to do something with him (and give him cool armour ehehheeh).

Obligatory fellow Tales of Arcadia Enthusiast mention: @alchemisticramblings

[sakisaka]

wmmap magic academy au

imagine if athy, lucas, ijekiel, and jennette went to a magic academy together?

athy would probably be head girl, ijekiel would be head boy

lucas is athy's best friend, and they hangout together in athy's head girl room

lucas is the smartest kid in the year in terms of magic, but the dumbest in everything else (especially history, which athy tutors him in)

athy is 2nd in magic, and 1st in everything else her year

all the girls on campus have a huuge crush on ijekiel, who rejects them all politely because he has a secret crush on athy

ijekiel's locker is filled to the brim with valentine's day chocolate every year, which he shares with athy (one year lucas notices and makes a heap of chocolate out of thin air, telling athy to hang out with him instead)

claude is the headmaster, duke alpheus is chairman of the pta committee

people are scared of claude but agree that he’s a good headmaster

all the boys are too scared to give athy chocolate in case claude notices, athy doesn’t really care

lucas hisses at boys who lend athy pencils or erasers hehe

athy smacks him in the back of the head to quit it, just thinks he’s being protective even though he’s crushing HARD

lucas and kiel have many passive aggressive arguments whenever they meet (which is a LOT, they somehow always end up together for some reason)

when they go on a school trip, the two boys argue over who gets to sit next to athy

athy decides to sit next to the new transfer student jennette instead since she doesn’t seem to have many friends yet, leaving the boys to sit together (they are shook)

athy helps guide her around school and they quickly become best friends, jennette bakes a lot and shares it with athy, who shares it with kiel and lucas

they all study and hangout together in the library or in each other’s dorms, and eat jennette’s baked goods together

sometimes (most of the time) they hardly get any studying done

the four of them live out their school days happily~

(behind the scenes: anastacius as the pta parent always tryna kick claude out as headmaster)

[philosibies]

One more if I may. Thanks to Alpheus Todd, who suggested fireproof iron doors, Library of Parliament was preserved from a fire in 1916 that destroyed the main parliament building. via /r/ArchitecturePorn https://www.reddit.com/r/ArchitecturePorn/comments/hvy8y7/one_more_if_i_may_thanks_to_alpheus_todd_who/?utm_source=ifttt

[waterloou]

HOUSE OF THE DEAD headquarters aesthetic by color

Underneath the Funeral Home rests the main (and very secretive) headquarters of the House of the dead

Since the 1990sthe house of the dead have been using the old underground church as their main HQ(and the shack in the woods since the 1970s as a secondary location for outer circle meetings). The Funeral directors for the Funeral home have also been Members since the 1970s, a decade after they established their practice. The house of the dead are also linked to the crematory and the cemetery close by.

Layout of the underground church:

Rooms include:

(Top floor)

•chem lab-for working on new drug combinations

•tech lab-for building and designing Ghoulie weapon and computer technology

•Ezrael’s room/studio

•Alpheus’s room

•piano room/meeting room

•small library

(Bottom floor)

•hacker lab-where Norice hacks systems of government officials for blackmail

•weapons storage

•interrogation room

•organ/combat training/sometimes torture room

[noblessequay]

SBAPO - Spoiler - Volume 4, Chapter 12-12.5

I tested my luck and chose to buy the book starting from volume 4 with the hope that it is where the webtoon has caught up to and to save some money. While I was spot on with choosing this volume, my luck isn’t very good because my first purchase had an error and so I had to buy volume 4 AGAIN TwT So much for saving money ugh..... still, while I grumble about that, it’s actually pretty cheap so I urge anyone who might read this to buy a copy and support the author. I’m just a huge penny pincher so I’m crying over that 140 pesos.

Anyway, volume 4 starts with a scene we’ve seen in chapter 55(?) of the webtoon where Athy popped in Claude’s room in the middle of the night. Won’t go into detail about that.

The next scene goes to Athy looking for books. She’s doing research on Claude’s condition. She met a man who told her that she was cursed. I think this part was already shown in the webtoon, during Athy and Lucas’ little date. The man was a former black magician and Athy asked for help regarding black magic but since it is dangerous, the man refused her because ‘she has a lot to lose.’

After that event, Athy still continues her research, this time she went to a school library where she was spotted by the rumored 3rd ml, Cavel Ernst(?) IDK if that name’s accurate. Blame MTL lol. So in the meta novel, Cavel Ernst is in Jeanette’s reverse harem. Athy calls him ‘sub-guy’. How brutal hahahaha

Her thoughts trailed from pitying Cavel for being a sub-guy to being curious of how Jeanette is doing right now.

The scene jumps to another chapter we’ve seen in the webtoon already when Athy appeared in the Alpheus mansion and finding out that Jeanette’s aunt has died. I’ll skip from here because everything is as is in the webtoon.

12.5 features Lucas threatening a tree.

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Library of Parliament, Ottawa

The Library of Parliament (French: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is the last untouched part of that larger building's original incarnation after it burned down in 1916. The library has been augmented and renovated a number of times since its construction in 1876, the last between 2002 and 2006, though the form and decor remain essentially authentic. The building today serves as a Canadian icon, and appears on the obverse of the Canadian ten-dollar bill.

The library is overseen by the Parliamentary Librarian of Canada and an associate or assistant librarian. The Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate and the Parliamentary Budget Officer are also considered to be officers of the library.

Designed by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones and inspired by the British Museum Reading Room, the building is formed as a chapter house, separated from the main body of the Centre Block by a corridor; this arrangement, as well as many other details of the design, was reached with the input of the then parliamentary librarian, Alpheus Todd. The walls, supported by a ring of 16 flying buttresses, are load bearing, double-wythe masonry, consisting of a hydraulic lime rubble fill core between an interior layer of dressed stone and rustic Nepean sandstone on the exterior. Around the windows and along other edges is dressed stone trim, along with a multitude of stone carvings, including floral patterns and friezes, keeping with the Victorian High Gothic style of the rest of the parliamentary complex. The roof, set in three tiers topped by a cupola, used to be a timber frame structure covered with slate tiles, but has been rebuilt with steel framing and deck covered with copper.The initial overall combination of colours—grey Gloucester limestone and grey Nepean, red Potsdam and buff Ohio sandstones, as well as purple and green slate banding—conformed to the picturesque style known as structural polychromy.

Source: Wikipedia