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rgbyshipper101 · 2 years ago

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headcanons for Palletshipping?

Also what is Gary's hair routine?

Ooooo! I still need to do an official post buuuut let me post some:

Ash’s Japanese name is Satoshi while Gary’s is Shigeru. When they were younger they couldn’t pronounce the “sh” so they called each other SatoCHI and CHIgeru. They still do now at times.

Ash is pan and Gary is gay. Ash always gave me the kind of vibe that he loves everybody.

Ash didn’t really know about stigmas with guys dating. He was just like “I like Gary” and no internal crisis.

Gary on the other hand was the opposite. Took him a looooong time to be fully open.

Dated in secret because of it and because they wanted to slowly get a feel for each other first.

Ash helped Gary open up, but since Ash was one of the causes of him hiding his emotions, it took years.

Ash calls Gary when he has time - even remembering to call him more-so than his mother. Gary berates him on that to his chagrin.

Pikachu and Umbreon are best friends and become a couple.

Gary sends Ash gifts when he knows which town Ash is in.

Ash sends Gary handwritten notes since while Gary likes material possessions, he appreciates a heartfelt gift from someone more.

Brock knew all along.

There was kind of a confession at the lake during the Silver Conference under the full moon but Ash didn’t get it. (Canon! Kinda.)

Gary was slowly courting Ash unknowingly then when he realized he freaked and stopped.

Ash eventually realized (since he likes him and took notice of him acting out of character) and bluntly asks him out.

Gary got embarrassed and wouldn’t do anything for several minutes but then was like “Weellll I see you’ve got taste Ashy-boy and you look cute today so I’ll say yesss.”

On their dates they catch up and actually talk. And I mean talk. Not just about pokemon - family, friends, adventures, everything good and bad.

Gary doesn’t feel close to his grandfather so he was anxious to tell him. Ash was all for telling his mom. Ash wanted to know if Gary wanted to tell her first but Gary said it would be best if they told them both together.

Gary wanted to tell them when they were both established in their careers but did it earlier for Ash - at about 18yrs old.

They started dating…oh gosh…I’ll just say end of Sinnoh after the league. I headcanon Sinnoh they’re both 15.

Ash was so out of sorts for his first boyfriend that he was out of it the entire Unova arc.

Gary didn’t visit home during that time since he was afraid someone would hazard a guess. Sometimes people can just tell.

Unfortunately, that got both their guardians concerned and they had to fib. But they laughed to each other about it and that’s when they had serious talks and not just standard ones.

Ash would go to the end of the region in a corner city to get a specific item for Gary that he thought he would like. Gary would have it specially made and tailored to perfection before he gives his to Ash.

When they’re older, they’d live together. But the house would usually be empty since they both travel for their careers.

They’d travel together. (I swear to god anipoke that was perfect why-)

They’d adopt three kids. Twin boy toddlers and a baby girl three years younger. (Possibly adopt another little girl to make it even. She would be several years younger than the first girl.) Boys will have brown hair and brown eyes and the first girl have black hair and green eyes. The second girl will have red hair and blue eyes.

Pikachu and Umbreon have babies. I don’t know how many.

They still bicker and tease each other although now it’s all in good fun. They’re still rivals at heart.

Idk if I should do NSFW or not…maybe a separate post.

I know I have more this is just all I can think of at the moment.

I don’t know much about hair. x_x But I’ll give you headcanons:

Used to wash it every day

Freaked out when someone told him you’re not supposed to wash it every day

Took a long time to get used to not doing it

But when he does he goes all out

Shampoo, conditioner, styles it juuuust right, hair spray, mousse, depends on the day

He likes how it can look spiky but still feel soft

Thanks for the ask! :) @hissingaspinthegrass

#pokemon #gary oak #ash ketchum #ask #palletshipping #hair routine #headcanons

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cyandocs · 2 years ago

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Somehow she's able to understand them. She doesn't grasp quite why or how. It's not like how she expected telepathy. It's not a voice that comes through her mind like her own thoughts. Some sort of resonant tone rings through her mind and comes out as an understanding.

"Teach us."

She sees familiar pictures in some sort of projection in the front of the room. She clears her throat. She can do this, has helped kindergarteners and tourists alike understand these species.

"Can I... Can you all understand me, this way?" A sound of agreement rings through the room. She nods.

"I'm Doctor Alice Kemberway. I am... Um. I am a human, with a rather... Extensive knowledge of our sister species on this planet."

She presses a button and the projection changes. So it's like a slideshow, then. The room reacts with a sense of almost panicked excitement.

"This is an elephant." She begins. "It's a massive pachyderm, one of the biggest land animals on the planet. This protrusion is the trunk, an appendage similar to my hand." She flexes her hand in a grabbing motion and picks up an object on the table in front of her. "It can be used to hold items and bring food and water to their mouths. The two tusks on the side here are bones. They're like massive teeth." She grins wide and points to her mouth. A loud chatter of concern resonates. Alice whinges a bit at the noise, unable to filter it out into any words, much like a regular crowd of voices all overlapping it at once. The chatter seems to die down at her physical recoil.

"Sorry- just- I'm not used to the way you speak. It's- very loud. Speaking of: These creatures have been known to communicate with low frequency noises below the human range of hearing. Honestly perhaps with your means of communication, you could better understand their calls. We only know so much about how they really 'speak' to one another. We consider them 'non-human people' because they've displayed habits of mourning and ritual. They form herds of mainly females and their children, and adult males are often separated until they mate, as well as sometimes slightly... Aggressive." She winces preemptively for the fearful chatter at that. A few "voices" in the crowd seem to crack some kind of joke, although the sense of fear still seems present. Alice smiles. So they have gallows humor as a fear response, too.

Alice switches over the slide. What feels like a gasp and a shocked hush lay over the crowd.

"Oh. This is a wolf. Weird organization you have going on, you'd think it'd be regional- anyway- this creature is a carnivore with a pack-based hunting technique. They live in large families that all hunt and care for one another. At one point we thought they had a social hierarchy based on strength, but it turned out the pecking order usually resulted from age, so mothers and fathers would be the ones to drive pack behavior, and the eldest eat first. They've been shown to have great tactics to hunting prey, usually separating a weak target, pursuing and cutting it off to take it down all at once." Alice didn't realize she'd accidentally lost herself in her own fascination until she stopped and felt her ears ringing. The crowd had been reacting the whole time, but she'd tuned them out. The general feeling was just... Abject horror. Like a child hearing about the Big Bad Wolf for the first time.

"Humans and wolves have an interesting history, actually." She decided to continue, trying to bring down the tension. "Our early ancestors actually hunted alongside wolves that weren't fearful of them and shared food. Eventually they became the inseparable companions you'll see around humans every day- we call those domestic descendants of wolves 'dogs'."

Alice then realized the screen behind her offered a series of videos and pictures that related to her speech. Somehow, it seemed to match what she envisioned in her mind: A picture of a grey wolf was on screen, spliced beside an image of a friendly-looking Jack-Russel.

The chatter built up again. There was less fear overall, but still a general feeling of concern. Alice just figured these creatures didn't have as much biodiversity on their own planet. She continued, clicking the button to bring the slide over to a domestic cat. She chuckled. How ironic.

Suddenly, before Alice could notice, she was on the floor as the resonance of the chatter in the room blasted through her ears. She desperately tried to cover her ears, but the feeling wasn't all sound, just the resonance of it in her mind. She felt something on her arm and a sort of soothing feeling among the screaming that she tried to follow.

"Come with me. They're scared."

Yeah, she could figure that much.

Once Alice was out of range, she found herself aside what seemed to be a smaller (younger?) Version of the species she was just talking to. It had near velveteen thin fur that softened all of it's features. It was similar to a human but with no real facial features beside wide, black eyes and curled ears.

"We do not have many creatures like these." It almost cooed.

"I gathered that." Alice said. "I'm sorry, I was just trying to-"

"You did no wrong!" The creature insisted. "We're a very pacifistic species. To see such brutality, it was a lot to bear."

"Oh... Maybe humans may not be your best shot to befriend, then." Alice admitted. She looked around. There was little fanfare to hee being dragged into a government facility on some vague task that somehow involved her, and basically... Traded, for some sort of device or piece of information from these aliens.

"We're nomads. We expect resistance. But we try our best to act with no harm." The little one admitted. "The last creature you showed, it reminded us of a horrific empire that hunted us for ages through their star system. They nearly killed all of us. That is why we roam so far from home."

"Oh... I'm sorry..." Alice felt great sadness overcome her. "I had no idea what would show up on that- thing. I was just offering what I knew on each one."

"We collected a bit of data from your planets satellites that serviced your... Electronic Hivemind?"

"Internet. Close enough." Alice laughed.

"The images provided were from the most popular collection of images we could find of other species not your own on this planet." The little one admitted.

"Wow. Honestly I'm surprised the cat wasn't FIRST."

"The sequence was vetted. However we thought seeing the other creatures would... Ease them into it. That did not appear to work."

"Yeah... no. If it makes you feel any better, we domesticated cats, too. Sort of. Your initial description does kind of sound like what would happen if they were the technologically advanced species." Alice chuckled meekly. She wasn't good at diplomacy like this, but these creatures seemed to understand her tonality a bit, at least.

"That's part of it, though!" The little one exclaimed. "I think the thing they were actually the most afraid of was you- humans. You've somehow come to be the most prominent intelligence on your planet and you're surrounded by beasts!"

"We're... Resilient, I guess. We're persistent. Kind of like your old enemy. We just... Never stop. Not comparatively, anyway." Alice admitted. Spending a lot of time with animals, she was already pretty used to realizing she was the biggest monster in the room. "Sorry to change the subject- Who are you to them, anyway? They're like, citizens, yes? But you seem like an organizer. Or at least like you know what's going on."

"I'm... A diplomat? Sort of a ruler, representative of my people." The little one explained.

"So sort of like our political system?"

"No, no, this duty was assigned to me at birth."

"So like... A monarch."

"Yes! I saw a word once... Princess?"

"Wow, I'm talking like a nerd in front of an alien princess." Alice cupped her hand over her face in embarrassment.

"Misthu."

"Pardon?"

"My name is Misthu. My people as a whole don't have a name like humans."

"Meees-Thoo?" Alice tried it on her tongue. It didn't flow quite the same as it did in whatever sonic stuff this species did to communicate. "Does that sound right?"

"Does... Alice? Sound right?" Misthu tried to say Alice's name back to her in her own "tongue".

"That is... The most strangely beautiful song." Alice said as she heard the remnants of the sound leave her mind. Misthu looked a little contemplative for a moment, maybe nervous. Alice prompted her to speak silently, hoping body language was another shared thing between them.

"Perhaps... You might appreciate offering your human resilience knowledge, and study of fauna, with my people. As I said, we're travelers. But we do have means to get you home right now, should you refuse, or any other time you please." Misthu finally said. "We are currently not far from Earth, but like you suggested... They do not want us there for long."

Alice was overwhelmed by the shock of the offer, but she wasn't going to turn it down. Pretty soon after she was approached with the top-secret government opportunity to do some insane research, she realized it was because she didn't really have a connection to anyone. Even in her own field she found herself often alone with the animals. Honestly, after she boarded the ship, she wasn't even sure going home was an option, and yet... She hadn't found herself wanting to.

"I- I could certainly help you with that." Alice bowed her head. "Your highness." Alice felt a new tinkling resonance in her mind. She realized it was akin to laughing. Misthu offered her soft hand to Alice. She only then noticed it had pads.

"Excellent. And perhaps... You could show me exactly what a 'song' is."

A zoologist is taken by aliens and told to give a presentation on the animals of Earth. Turns out, Earth animals are absolutely mortifying.

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edmturnmeon · 8 months ago

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TAEYEON To. X Vinyl LP Review

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nickgerlich · 1 year ago

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To London And Beyond

It goes without saying that soccer—or as the rest of the world knows it, football—is indeed the most prominent global sport. Even if it hasn’t exactly gained the same level of popularity here as other sports, it is played nonetheless, and slowly gaining ground.

But when we look at other sports, we see that they become regional at best. Hockey, for example, is primarily the domain of nations in colder climes, although it is played in 74 nations. Baseball is played in 75 nations, but the US gets the lion’s share of attention. Basketball comes in with an impressive presence, with 200 national teams around the world, but it is the NBA here that is in the global spotlight.

And then there is American football, hands down the most popular sport in the US. It is played in 80 nations, but only Canada and Australia—with their own distinct variety—come close to the cultural importance we give it here. Basically, American football is a North American sport, and that’s only counting the US and Canada.

So what’s a sport to do? Promote itself, and hope to penetrate new markets, that’s what. And yesterday the NFL and ESPN did just that. The Jaguars-Falcons match-up was played at Wembley Stadium before a packed house.

Forty-five regular-season games have been played in other nations through the last century, but in recent years there has been a decided effort to focus on England and Germany. This season, there are three games slated for London, and two for Frankfurt.

Obviously, the NFL hopes to gain more interest abroad, and not just from ex-pats. Who knows, maybe someday an expansion team might find itself located across the pond. But it was what ESPN (owned by Disney) did with the broadcast rights that piqued my curiosity yesterday, because they reached to a different market segment: young people.

While ESPN+ aired the game in standard television format, Disney+ simulcast the game animated a la Toy Story. I tuned in while working at home, and it was executed flawlessly.

The alternate reality broadcast showed the game as it was being played in real time, but looked, felt, and sounded as if we were in the homeland of Andy from Toy Story. Make that Andy’s room. Every aspect of the video stream was authentic, from the announcers to replays. Better yet, they aired numerous sidebars that involved football trivia and other items designed to lure younger viewers. And, just like when watching the real game, there were pre-recorded segments featuring interviews and other related content.

You know the drill. If you can get a customer to latch onto you while they are young, there’s a strong likelihood of them becoming a lifetime customer. Sweetening the deal with a Toy Story theme is definitely something younger adults can relate to. I mean, who hasn’t seen Toy Story or its numerous derivatives?

Declining viewership of pro sports in general has become a topic of great concern, and ESPN/Disney must be commended for taking the bull by the horns. Kudos also to the NFL for its own approach to building a fanbase across international borders. Ultimately, the goal of marketing is to increase sales. Always. It’s just that the NFL is trying to do it by developing new global markets, while ESPN/Disney is approaching it by going after a different demographic. Either way, the product remains the same: American football.

My primary concern is that if the idea of sugar-coating a product is emulated by others, it can set a bad precedent. Will younger viewers transition to the traditional broadcast realm, or will they only watch it in animated form? Yesterday’s game was actually the second animated sports game on TV, the other being a hockey game last spring. If broadcasters have to produce alternative versions of everything they air, it could become an expensive proposition.

Also related: Disney is already looking into other animated programs it could produce, all designed with the younger viewer in mind.Still, this reminds me of my youth, when candy cigarettes and kiddie cocktails were what adults gave the children.

The implicit hope among tobacco and alcohol companies was that these child-friendly substitutes would one day lead to adult adoption. I realize that an animated football game is not exactly the same in comparison, but I think you understand my reservations. What if younger viewers simply do not graduate?

Otherwise, I was entertained by yesterday’s game, and I did not grow up with Toy Story. My kids did, so by virtue of that, I am very familiar. And, given that I am not a big football fan to begin with (the NFL missed the boat with me years ago), I actually watched a game. That’s saying a lot for a person who typically only watches one game a year, that being the Super Bowl, and only because of the ads.

The Jaguars won the game, but the both the NFL and ESPN/Disney scored a big W. Game well-played on all levels.

Dr “He’s Going Deep” Gerlich

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#marketing #NFL #football #ESPN #Disney #Toy Story

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recycle-it · 2 years ago

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2. Electronic devices should be recycled if possible:-

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There will be less demand for new raw materials as a result of recovering valuable elements from the recycling process. This will help to protect significant natural resources. According to the resources, a truckload of circuit boards contains 800 times more gold than an mt of ore.

E-waste can wind up at salvage yards together with old appliances, vehicles, and commercial scrap recycled from scrap materials. Although different recyclers handle these materials differently, more significant development is being made in how to remove valuable materials and transport these materials through the recycling process.

Which items can be recycled in yellow bins?

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When it comes to what belongs in those yellow curbside bins, various municipalities and waste recovery facilities in Perth used to have varied guidelines. To establish a unified policy regulating what can be placed in the yellow trunks, the MRFs ultimately decided.

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Empty glass bottles and jars

Bottles and containers made of plastic

Paper and cardboard

The term "plastic No. 1" describes transparent polyethylene terephthalate plastics. This plastic can recycle into polar fleece, carpet, fibres, panelling, bags, and furniture. Items made of PETE or PET plastic that are frequently encountered at home include:

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Bottles of beer

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itsallyscorner · 4 years ago

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hey. can u do part 2 to the’ Being a High School Student on A Marvel Set’? :)

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Period Buddies

Pairing: platonic!Sebastian Stan x teen!reader, platonic!Anthony Mackie x teen!reader

Summary: I’m currently on my period so I wrote this to help me cope:) Basically Anthony and Seb being the biggest and supportive guys to you during your period:)

Warnings: Umm not much, some mentions of blood and periods.

Hello my love!💞 Thank you for the request! I was actually planning on making another ‘High School student’ fic with the Marvel cast, so I decided to use that idea for this request! I hope you like it🥰 Also sorry I haven’t uploaded a fic in a while; I was lacking motivation to write and school was pretty hectic😭 Thank you for your patience my loves x

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fluturaș - little butterfly

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You were laid out along your couch in your trailer, a fluffy Sherpa blanket wrapped around you and your head resting atop two soft pillows. You were laid on your stomach, the pressure of the couch slightly helping with the stinging pain in your lower abdomen. Your geography teacher was teaching via Zoom, though your laptop was on the coffee table that was inches away from you; knowing you weren’t feeling your best, you’ve decided to stay on the couch for school and moved the table closer to the couch so everything was within your reach. You had been lazily taking notes—or attempting to with the remaining energy you could muster up.

You had been surprised by the devil himself when you woke up earlier today at around six in the morning. You knew your monthly was coming; with the constant cravings, body aches, and the newly developed pimple gracing your face, your period was around the corner. And you were right, a dark red stain was splotched onto your white floral bedsheets when you woke up today. What a way to start the morning.

Yes, no woman ever felt their best during their period. You were always bloated, hungry, and blood was constantly flowing out of you, yet you were still expected to show up to both work and school. Not to mention, the pain you were currently enduring was making it really difficult for you to to focus on anything. Your teacher’s voice seemed to fade into the background as your body was blinded with the stabbing pain in your lower abdomen. You may have been overreacting, but everything just hurt.

Geography was your midway class, meaning that you were halfway through your school day. Which also meant that you were soon to be called to set. You had a lunch break and some time to do your homework, but either way you still had to get to set. Usually you’d be antsy to get the school day over with, practically buzzing to get to get into your costume and do some stunts with your two favorite guys on set. Although today was different, the thought of heading to set and being active felt dreadful. You just wanted to curl up into a ball, snuggle into your Sherpa blanket, and take a well deserved nap.

Your teacher’s voice was interrupted by a knock on your door. Already knowing who it was, you let out a faint “come in” to the two men outside your trailer. A second passes before your trailer’s door slowly opens and Anthony’s head pops from behind it. His sparkling yet dark brown eyes and toothy grin etched onto his friendly features. Sebastian pops up behind him, an equally wide smile on his face as he wiggled a white take away box in the air.

“What’s up buttercup.” They cheerfully greet you.

Though both of the men’s smiles drop once they see you bundled up on the couch. Anthony fully enters your trailer, Sebastian following suit. Approaching your little set up, Anthony glances at your laptop.

“Isn’t your camera on? Did your teacher allow you to attend school like this?” He asks you. He knew you were a responsible kid and had no troubles keeping up with your education. But that’s the thing, you were still a kid. Having kids of his own, he knew how unmotivated children can get in the middle of the school year and the laziness that came along with it. Seeing you lounging on the couch while your teacher was lecturing was just a bit concerning for him.

You stiffly nod, “My camera’s off. I just don’t feel good.”

The last sentence catches both of the grown men’s attention. Sebastian rounds the corner of the coffee table and hovers over you, observing your face. He softly places the back of his hand onto your forehead, checking for any alarming warmth.

“You’re a bit warm, but it’s probably because of the blanket.” He mutters, choosing to sit on the arm rest of the couch. “You alright, fluturaș?” He looks down at you in concern, lips tilting down into a small frown.

Anthony had settled beside your feet, one of his arms using your ankles as an arm rest. Strangely enough his arm brought you comfort instead of adding to the ache in your legs.

“I’m just—I’m on my period.” You mumbled in response. You wait for the awkward tension to build but it never came. You glance at the two men and see the realization settle in them.

“And I have really bad cramps at the moment, that it’s just hard to do anything. So I decided to stay on the couch today.” You explain with a slight shrug. They didn’t understand the pain you were going through, but they understood what you meant. While the both of them had female friends and what not, they were somewhat aware of what you were going through.

Anthony claps his hands to his thighs, “Alright, it’s ok to give yourself some rest. You just relax and listen to whatever your teacher’s going on about.” He motions to your laptop and continues, “Is there anything we can do to help you?”

While taking down notes, you momentarily glance at them, “No it’s fine, you guys already brought me food. Thanks, by the way.”

They didn’t want to leave you alone, you were clearly not feeling well and they both wanted to do something. They couldn’t do anything about the pain from your menstrual cycle, but they can help distract you from the pain.

“No, we’re gonna help you. Have you eaten ever since breakfast? I’ll spoon feed you if I have to.” Sebastian insists. You thought he was joking, but when you looked at his face he was serious.

“I had a brownie—wait, aren’t you guys supposed to be filming?” You question the both of them.

“Something went wrong on set so now we have a few hours or something till they figure it out.” Anthony answers, scrolling through his phone. He abruptly stands up to his feet and heads towards the door. You and Seb send him a questioning look.

“I’ll be back.” With that he pulls your door open and jogs out, leaving you and Sebastian in your trailer. You decide to tune back into your class, resuming to take down notes from the slides your teacher shared. Suddenly, a large hand gets in the way of your notebook.

“Gimme that.” Sebastian takes the pencil and notebook from you, placing them on his lap and staring at your screen. His eyes scan the PowerPoint, looking for the part you left off on. He hums when he finds it and began to write the notes himself.

“What are you doing?” You raise a brow at him, scanning his appearance. He was dressed in Bucky’s clothes, minus the black and gold ‘metal’ arm. He was still sat on the arm rest, slightly slouching so he could bend down to use his lap as a table.

“I’m doing your notes for you.” He answers nonchalantly. He motions to the white take away box on your coffee table, “Eat your lunch, I got this.”

You hesitate to sit up, feeling bad that Sebastian was doing your notes. Though, he did insist on doing it and you weren’t feeling your best. After an internal argument with yourself, you decided to let it slide and let Sebastian do your notes. Besides, he looked like he was enjoying taking notes on agriculture regions and the different types of farming.

“Are you sure, Seb?” You ask him again, slowly sitting up on the couch. He responds with a distracted ‘mhm’, his eyes focused on your notebook and his tongue sticking out in concentration. You quietly thank him and get up to use the bathroom.

While you were gone doing your business, Anthony had entered your trailer again. This time he had a plate full of brownies, a medium sized cup of ice cream from the vending machine, and one of those red hot water bottles in his arms.

“Where’s the kid?” He balances the things in his arms while carefully placing the plate of brownies onto your coffee table. Anthony locates your mini fridge and stores the ice cream in the freezer.

“Bathroom.” Sebastian acknowledged, still focused on writing the notes correctly in your notebook. He made sure to write neatly and copy the way you organized your notes. Saving you the hassle of missing out on important parts of the lesson and from decoding his personally sloppy writing.

Anthony empties his pockets to reveal more of your favorite snacks from crafties and the vending machine. “So...what are you doing?”

“I’m in geography class.” Anthony snorts at his friend before taking a look at your laptop screen, “And what are y’all learning in geography class?”

“Pastoral nomadism.” Seb bluntly answers. With his arms now free of the items he brought, Anthony decided to tidy up your couch. He folded your blanket neatly, fluffed your pillows, and made space for Seb to actually sit on the couch.

“What the hell is pastoral nomadism?” Anthony thought out loud.

“It’s when people travel from place to place with domesticated animals. It’s usually practiced in dry land climates.” Sebastian explains, eyes never faltering from the screen or your notebook. Anthony let’s out a sound of approval at Seb’s explanation. When he was done cleaning up your couch, he took the white take away box and headed to your kitchen. Emptying the contents of the container onto one of your plates, heating the food up for you.

You walk into the kitchen section of your trailer, shutting the bathroom door behind you. A delicious aroma lingers in the air, your nose picks up on the smell, sending it straight to your stomach. In response, your stomach lets out a low growl, making Anthony snicker at you.

“I’m heating up the food.” Anthony mentions as you pass by him. You thank him with a small smile as he gently nudges his shoulder against yours.

“Want me to make tea or something? I heard it helps reduce the cramps.” You raise a brow at him amusingly, “Where’d you hear that?”

“I read it on Google. You know, research, gotta make sure our girl’s comfortable.” He proudly tells you. Your heart warms at the fact that both him and Seb were willingly helping you while you were in pain. The microwave dings catching both yours and Anthony’s attention.

As he gingerly takes the plate out he asks you, “You wanna eat at the table or the couch.”

“The couch, I still wanna listen in on the lesson.” For a moment you forgot that you were supposed to still be at school, taking notes, and listening to your teacher teach the lesson. You enter the living room and sit next to Seb, who’s hand was digging into your pencil case.

“Want me to take over?”

“Nah, I got it, I’m too invested to stop. Which one?” He held up three of your highlighters, one was light blue, another was a peachy pink, and the other was a typical yellow highlighter. You grin, picking the peachy pink one. He tosses the other two back into your pencil case and uncaps the highlighter. While your teacher wraps up class, he began to highlight the new terms from today’s class.

“Here ya go.” Anthony sang; grabbing a pillow, placing it onto your lap, and carefully setting the plate of chicken teriyaki fried rice on top of it. You happily thank him and began to dig in. He slumps onto the couch beside you, “Tell me if you need anything else. I’ve got ice cream in the freezer, brownies, a hot water bottle, and a whole box of tea.” He throws his arm around your shoulder, letting it rest against the back of the couch.

You pause your eating, pouting at the two men beside you, “You guys really don’t have to do this. But I appreciate it so much, thank you.”

Seb looks at you over his shoulder, sending you a sweet smile, “Anything to make you happy, fluturaș.”

Anthony squeezes your shoulder, “Anytime munchkin, starting today till you’re not a ketchup packet anymore, Seb and I’ll be your period buddies.”

You snort shaking your head at him, “Again, I appreciate it Ant, but please don’t call yourselves period buddies.”

“What’s wrong with period buddies? You’re on your period and we’re all a bunch of buddies. It makes perfect sense!” Anthony reasoned defensively. Seb looks at the both of you over his shoulder again, “I like period buddies.”

“See! Thank you.” You playfully rolled your eyes at the two. “Fine, period buddies it is.”

Your geography teacher wraps the lesson up and ends the Zoom call. Seb shuts your notebook and puts it to the side. Clapping his hands, he asks you, “Alright, what class do we have next?”

“Calculus.” You smirk, followed by the groans of Anthony and Sebastian filling your trailer.

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better than the movie ~ machine gun kelly

word count: 1757

request?: yes!

@m-is-for-monkeys “hey! could u write a super bdsm smut about colson?? Thanks♡”

description: colson wants to try something in the bedroom, but has to assure his girlfriend it won’t be anything like a popular movie series

pairing: machne gun kelly x female!reader

warnings: swearing, smut

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(i’m not good with writing bdsm so it’s not gonna be super bdsm-y)

If there was one thing you could say about Colson in the bedroom, it was that he liked to experiment.

At first, you had been intimidated by Colson - sexually that is. He was a big, hot shot rapper and actor. He had groupies throwing themselves at him at every opportunity. You had only ever been with one person intimately. You were sure Colson had done basically everything in the book by the time the two of you had gotten together, which intimidated you a little.

The first time you were intimate together, Colson revealed that he had never done anything more than just some vanilla sex. He had fucked in nearly every position, but nothing more than the usual.

Due to this, you decided to make a list of things you wanted to try. Whenever you were both in the mood, you’d cross something new off the list.

You had gone through the list pretty fast, and now you were at the one Colson was most excited for: BDSM.

You had agreed to put it on the list as a joke, not thinking Colson would really want to do it. As the list neared that particular item, you were sure Colson would also scratch it off and say he wasn’t interested in doing it. So, when Colson started coming home with different sets of bondage toys, you were shocked, and a little nervous.

“Why didn’t you tell me you didn’t actually want to do it?” he asked the night that you had both finally reached BDSM on the list. “I wouldn’t have added it if I knew you didn’t actually like the idea of it.”

He wasn’t mad, more just concerned. You were grateful that he wasn’t going to push you to do it.

“I thought it was a joke,” you said with a shrug. “I didn’t know you were actually into it. I figured...”

You trailed off. Colson’s head tilted, like a confused dog. “You figured...?”

You sighed. “I figured you wouldn’t be into it because you despise the Fifty Shades series so much. I mean, when we watched the first movie together you were so disgusted. You said that they made BDSM look wrong and abusive. I kind of thought...the movies had turned you off of it. I know they did for me.”

Realization crossed Colson’s face then, as if everything suddenly made sense. “You have a point, those movies did disgust me. I’ll never understand why we decided to watch all three.” You giggled at his joke. “But they made me mad because they made something I wanted to do look like it was just a tactic to keep someone in a toxic relationship. I didn’t want to try and bring it up after we watched those movies because I was afraid you would connect BDSM with Fifty Shades, and that was the last thing I wanted.”

You felt guilty then. Even though you hadn’t know that was Colson’s mindset at the time, you had fallen into exactly what he was worried about, which had led to this whole misunderstanding.

He wrapped his arms around you and rested his head on yours. “We don’t have to do it if you don’t want to. I’m all for skipping it and going to the next thing on the list. I’m not going to push you to do something you don’t want to do.”

You thought for a moment. BDSM was not something you had ever been interested in, and of course, you now associated it with the god awful Twilight fanfic movies, but you’d be lying if you said you weren’t even the slightest bit interested once. Even while watching the first Fifty Shades movie, you couldn’t help but cross your legs a little tighter the first time Christian had tied up Ana, or when he whipped her (although you had felt guilty for that one by the end of the movie).

And you knew Colson wasn’t Christian Grey. He wouldn’t make you do something you didn’t want to do, and he’d never hurt you. He’d be too upset with himself if he did. You knew he’d be gentle enough with you, and if you wanted him to stop he would stop.

“Okay,” you said, before realizing that you hadn’t exactly answered his question. “I mean...yeah, I’d like to try it.”

“Are you sure? One last chance to back out,” Colson said, although you could see a little glimmer of excitement in his eyes.

You smiled and leaned up to kiss him. “I’m sure, babe. I trust you.”

He smiled and kissed you deeply. You giggled as he literally swept you off your feet and began carrying you to the bed.

“Decide on a safe word now so I know when you use it,” he told you as he laid you down on the bed. He turned to start collecting the things he had bought specifically for this moment.

You blurted the first thing that came to your mind for a safe word: “Pineapple.”

You felt your face burn with slight embarrassment as Colson turned to look at you, a small smile on his face. “Pineapple works for me.”

He held up a blindfold, silently asking you one more time if you were okay with what was about to happen. You nodded and sat up, pulling your hair back so it wouldn’t get tangled in the blindfold. Your vision went black as Colson wrapped the soft fabric around your eyes. He tied it tight around your head, but not too tight that it would hurt you.

With your vision gone, you suddenly felt more nervous. You felt completely powerless and, although you were now more nervous than before, you were also turned on by this feeling. It felt like Colson had complete control, and that made you tingle in a lower region.

His hands softly guided you back onto the bed before taking one of your hands in his. You felt a soft material wrap around your wrist, followed by the sound of a click; the fuzzy handcuffs Colson had bought. At first, you had laughed when you saw them. They were pink and extremely fuzzy, but Colson soon explained his reasoning behind it - regular metal handcuffs were surely going to hurt you, and that was the last thing he wanted.

He trapped another of your wrists in another set of handcuffs, leaving you completely helpless. You felt his soft lips kiss your neck as his hands began unbuttoning his button up shirt that you were wearing. He kissed over your exposed chest, giving special attention to each of your breasts. You moaned as you felt his tongue lap over your nipple painfully slow.

He continued down your body, leaving soft kisses on your stomach before his fingers looped around your underwear. You bucked your hips up to allow him to slip them down your legs. You whimpered as you felt his lips kiss over your thighs, getting dangerously close to the place you really wanted him.

He placed one kiss on your already dripping core before pulling away, causing you to let out an involuntary whine.

Colson chuckled at your desperation. “Have patience, baby girl.”

You listened to him shuffle for a while. You were longing to feel him touch you again. He had gotten you all worked up, you were dreading if he decided to leave you there all teased with no relief.

You felt a familiar pressure push against your opening. You gasped as Colson pushed himself into you painfully slow, allowing you to feel every inch of him as he filled you up.

His lips were against your neck again as he began to thrust, immediately picking up speed. His arms wrapped around you, holding you close and pressing his body closer against yours. His hips grinded into yours as his hands travelled down your body and cupped your ass.

You realized that having the blindfold on made everything feel so much better. Having your vision stripped away heightened your other senses, especially your sense of pleasure as Colson’s hips met yours. Pulling at the restraints around your wrists, you wanted nothing more than to dig your nails into Colson’s back as you cried out in pleasure.

You were definitely grateful that he had bought the cushioned handcuffs now.

You felt the familiar pressure starting to grow in your stomach as Colson’s thrusts became faster. You could feel him twitching inside of you, signaling that he was getting close to his own climax.

“I-I’m so cl-close,” you managed to stutter out through the cloud of pleasure that was in your head.

“Hold it, baby,” Colson whispered in your ear. “I’m close, too.”

It was hard to hold yourself back when you were so powerless against Colson’s hard thrusts, but you tried your best. When you felt his thrusts becoming more sloppy, you couldn’t contain yourself anymore. Your back arched involuntarily as you finally let yourself go, Colson hitting his own climax just seconds after.

He had his head buried in your neck, his muffled moans sending vibrations through your whole body. The two of you were breathing heavily against one another. You went to move your hands to hold Colson, forgetting for a moment that they were still bound together.

“Oh yeah,” Colson said, as if just remembering the bindings himself.

He slipped out of you and undid the handcuffs. An ache that you hadn’t felt before pulsated on your wrists, but it didn’t feel like a bad pain. Just a pleasant reminder of what had just happened.

As he began to untie the blindfold, Colson asked, “So, how was that?”

“Really good,” you admitted. “But also a little disappointing.”

Colson’s face was confused as he pulled the blindfold from your eyes. “Disappointing?”

“I liked the bondage, but you didn’t do much of the domination or the whipping and stuff. I feel like I didn’t get the whole experience.”

A mischievous smile came across Colson’s face as he wrapped his arms around you and pulled you down to lay next to him on the bed. “I promise next time I won’t hold anything back.”

You smiled and pointed to the list on the bedside table. Understanding your silent question, Colson rolled over to pick up the list and a pen and passed them to you. You added an arrow between BDSM and what was next on the list and added a new thing to try: “BDSM, but this time no mercy”.

Colson laughed upon reading it and held you tightly.

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SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2007

The Havasupai Falls Trip

Later that summer, Travis, Jodi, Dan, and Desiree planned a weekend trip to Havasupai, an isolated Indian reservation featuring spectacular waterfalls.

As they were preparing to leave for the trip, Travis and Jodi got into an argument. Jodi had overpacked her luggage and when Dan tried to take some items out of the bag, Jodi burst into tears and ran upstairs. Travis chased after her, and in the bathroom they argued loudly, until Dan came upstairs.

Eventually they all got in the car and left for the trip. For half an hour Jodi stared vacantly out the window, not saying a word. By the time they made it to Havasupai, however, they had made up.

That night they camped, sleeping in hammocks. The next morning, hiking around the plains, they came across a hidden oasis in the arid desert—the Havasupai Falls.

Located in a remote canyon of Havasupai, the spectacular waterfalls are called paradise on Earth. The tallest of the waterfalls is Mooney Falls, its water tumbling 190 feet into a large blue pool.

Staring up at the waterfalls, Travis was in awe. As he looked on, Jodi snapped photos of him from behind, the entire falls in view. Later they stripped off their clothes, changed into their swimsuits, and swam in the natural pool.

In one photo, Travis and Jodi were in their swimsuits at the base of the falls. The water foaming around them, Jodi was seated on Travis’s lap, both arms wrapped around his neck. In her left hand, she held Travis’s chin.

In the picture Jodi was smiling wide and bright. Travis, however, looked uncomfortable. The corners of Travis’s mouth were upturned slightly in a contrived grin.

While adventurous, these trips were costly. Jodi and Travis split their expenses, with Travis funding his portion with the money he had withdrawn from the equity of his house. Over the course of 2007, however, Travis noticed his business began to suffer. The more time Travis spent with Jodi, the less time Travis devoted to Prepaid Legal.

Soon, Travis’s wealth was depleted.

(Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story by Shanna Hogan)

Unable to sever ties with his past, that September Travis and Jodi went to Havasupai Falls in Arizona, another region of stunning natural beauty near the Grand Canyon. They went with Dan and Desiree Freeman, the brother-and-sister team they had traveled with that past spring. This trip was also not without uncomfortable arguments, at least at the outset. In one antagonistic confrontation, Jodi had filled a backpack with ten pounds’ worth of beauty products, everything from lotions to hand sanitizer. Travis and Dan wanted to make it lighter, and as they started taking items out of the bag, Jodi began crying and ran upstairs, with Travis close at her heels. Dan described how the two barely talked to each other at the start of the trip, although within a half hour everyone was joking and happy again.

Of course, lost in all this was the fact that Travis was still dating Lisa. Finally, later that month, Lisa decided that she’d had enough. For a while Travis’s communications with other women had been concerning her, as it seemed either Jodi, Deanna, or both were always trying to get in touch with him. What made it worse, though, was that Travis was always responding. The behavior made her very uncomfortable. However, when Lisa learned from one of Travis’s former roommates that he had been cheating on her with Jodi, she knew enough was enough, ending things with him less than twenty-four hours after hearing about his infidelities. Lisa had been under the impression the two were exclusive, but Jodi made sure that didn’t happen.

(Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias by Jane Velez-Mitchell)

September 14, 2007 (Friday)

Jodi Arias Journal Entry

“… This trip [to Havasu Falls with Travis & the Freemans] this weekend is what life is about. Although it’s led me to question other parts of my life and reflect on my past decisions. As if I weren’t already carrying around enough regret. Truthfully, I will swallow my pride right now and say that I miss Matt McCartney. I miss his friendship and the good times. When we weren’t busy arguing, we were laughing, joking, and enjoying the strange, yet human aspects of life. I miss the way he appreciates the little things, like little animals, amphibians, or insects. That aspect of his personality really jived w/my own.”

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The next two witnesses were Desiree and Dan Freeman, the sister and brother friends who had taken two trips with Jodi and Travis, one day trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon, the other a three-day trip to Havasupai Falls in the Grand Canyon region. Desiree testified first. She said Travis became quite enraged at Jodi on one occasion when they were all together, and seemed “over the top.” She even used the word “shocked” when Jennifer Willmott asked her how she felt witnessing the confrontation.

Desiree’s brother was next. In 2010, Dan Freeman had actually been considered as a witness for the prosecution as well as the defense, and he had even stopped watching the news about this case in the event he was called. At the time, he was caught in the middle, as he regarded both Travis and Jodi as friends. On the stand, he tried to stay completely objective. He testified that he had seen Jodi and Travis fight on more than one occasion, but nothing extraordinary. He and his sister accompanied Travis and Jodi on the September 13–15, 2007, trip to Havasupai Falls that started out with a fight between Jodi and Travis at Travis’s house. Sometimes, he got the distinct feeling that Travis didn’t want to be alone with Jodi, lest he lose his willpower and do something sexual he’d regret later. Dan reinforced that Travis was cozier with Jodi when fewer people were around.

(Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias by Jane Velez-Mitchell)

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April 2007

Jodi’s own words from the police video [20:25]

JA: Yeah, ‘cos he was very resistant to prayer … with me…I mean, I think (unintelligible) I feel it may be because we were driving away the Spirit constantly, umm…or maybe he felt that by inviting the Spirit he would feel guilty about later on in the evening or… I don’t know what the deal was…or the excuse he used was because I’m a convert I need more practice saying prayers. He was like…so I’d say, Would you say a prayer? He’s like, Why don’t you say a prayer? I’m like, Why don’t you say a prayer? Why don’t you say a prayer? So we’d go back and forth, and… I don’t know…until… I don’t know… it was just… one time when I was on the trip to Havasupai we were all getting on the road and I think… it was with Dan Freeman and his sister, Desiree, and they were all like, “Jodi, will you say a prayer?” and I said, “Sure” and Travis was like… (giggles)… anyway… I didn’t want to argue with them so… umm…anyway, what was I saying?

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Jodi on the Stand

Nurmi continues, “So, Mr. Alexander expressed his anger in the fall of 2007 about you going on a date with Mr. Dixon, right?”. Jodi answers, “Yes, he found out the morning we were leaving for Havasupai”. Havasupai? Wasn’t that trip taken instead of attending the recap event that happened in September, 2007? Was she referring to a date with John Dixon that had happened months before, or a week before Havasupai?

Nurmi continues, “But it didn’t stop him from having sex with you or ejaculating on your face, right?”. Jodi answers, “No”. Hey, why is Nurmi allowed to deflect? Forget “ejaculating on your face”. We’ve heard it, and heard it, and heard it again. We want to know when Arias went on a date with John Dixon. From what I recall, it was long before the Freeman chaperoned Havasupai trip. Martinez says, “Objection, asked and answered”. He is overruled again.

Jodi, the wilted weed, says, “No, it didn’t stop him from that”. As I understand it, the face ejaculation episode happened months earlier. Why don’t dates matter here? I’m seriously confused, and I believe the judge is as well.

Nurmi says, “And it didn’t stop him from going to Havasupai with you, right?”. It could also be said that it didn’t stop her from going to Havasupai with him, but what difference does that make? I’m surprised that Travis Alexander was able to drive anywhere – Havasupai or otherwise. Nurmi makes it sound like the man had an ejaculatory condition that prevented him from being in public.

Nurmi asks, “Did it stop you from dating John Dixon again?”. Jodi answers, “Yes”. Well, of course it did. There was only one date. He may have “found out” because she told him, but I believe they have successfully avoided exposing the fact that there was never a second date with John Dixon. If there had been, where was the detailed agenda of the date? We always find out what Jodi did on her dates. Sushi, movie clips, sex, visits to the restroom, etc.

Happily off of the subject of John Dixon, Nurmi asks, “Did it stop you from dating anyone else?”. Did what stop her from dating anyone else? A bad mood? A stern voice under his breath. A wrist grab as she went to grab his hand in a crowded, dark room? Perhaps we are about to enter the world of choke outs and broken bones. He had better get there because he’s looking like an obese puppet master who needs to sit down, and his client looks like a badly chiseled marionette.

Jodi answers, “Um, I went on a couple more dates at the time”. Now wait a minute. Ten minutes ago she was able to recall one, and upon further reflection, two dates, she had gone on. Suddenly, there’s several more dates she went on “during that time period”. Let’s hear about the other dates.

Before Nurmi can speak, she adds that there were several more through the next year: one to two, to a few more, to several more. This is a carefully crafted, carefully unfolding lie. It’s taking place under oath in a court of law. There’s the seal of the State of Arizona, and there’s the American flag. I guess this means nothing to her, and from all appearances, it means nothing to Nurmi.

Nurmi asks, “Did you tell Travis, or did you try to keep those a secret?”. Jodi answers, “No, I learned to stop telling him anything about my social life regarding that. I didn’t tell him about John. He found out”. I wish John Dixon had been called as a witness. I will never believe there was a late fall date with John Dixon, unless he actually says there was.

Nurmi wants to know why Jodi didn’t cut the cord with the current “state of affairs”. Jodi answers, “Well, we’re focusing on the negatives, but there were things he did that made me feel like a million dollars, um…”. Nurmi interrupts, “Describe those things for us”.

Jodi says, “It was more the things he did for me at times. He would say little things that were sentimental, things that had meaning between us. He got me little gifts – things that weren’t expensive (details – we deserve details, after having to hear about his semen), it was the thought, and just the gestures that he did, and he still would allude to the fact that he wanted to marry me (despite the fact that she said it never came up unless he was joking), even though I don’t know if he was very serious (bingo)”.

Nurmi does a “come hither” gesture with his fingers and asks, “Kept telling you things you wanted to hear? (because every woman dismisses her beloved’s mocking laughter after the subject of marriage comes up)”. Jodi answers, “Yep. Yeah, he did”. Nurmi fans the flames, “He kept promising you…come on, come on, Jodi, maybe I’ll marry you some day?”. Jodi answers, “No, it wasn’t quite like that”. Nurmi asks, “How was it (she’s already told us how it was, but ask again, if you must)?”. Jodi answers, “If I did something that he liked, or pleased him in some sort of way, he would…like…something I said, or something I did, he would just look at me with this enigmatic smile and say, marry me, and it wasn’t like an actual proposal (she looks like a mother watching her 6 year old son hit a home run in little league – it’s a “that’s my boy” smile), you know, it was kind of a joke, but I took it as a compliment”. This would be Nurmi’s cue to say, “Was he ejaculating on your face while flashing the enigmatic smile and saying, ‘marry me’?”.

Nurmi asks, “Why, why would you take that as a compliment?”. Jodi replies, “Because he only said those things when I did something that would merit me being a good wife, potentially”. Well, it’s safe to say she failed that test with flying colors. He’s dead now.

Nurmi wants that last part repeated. Jodi complies, “Being a good wife, potentially. Like if I did something that might be in line with that, because that was my goal at the time, and that’s what I wanted to become”.

There’s another foundational truth that escapes amidst the flood of lies: being his wife was her goal, and that’s what she wanted to become.

Nurmi likes the wife talk. He asks, “Did you want to become his wife…Travis’ wife?”. Well, I hope so. He was ejaculating on her face, after all. Jodi answers, “That was my desire for a while until after Havasupai”. Nurmi continues, “What changed after Havasupai that made you change your mind and say, I don’t wanna marry this guy?”. Um, maybe the fact that he brought chaperones? Just a guess.

Jodi answers, “My feelings for him didn’t necessarily change, but in my mind, we had a very bad fight that morning, and he said some very ugly things to me, and it was a boundary we had never crossed before, and I couldn’t imagine marrying somebody who had ever said those things to me, or raising children with a man who, had, who…their father had said those things to their mother, kind of thing…that’s how I saw it”.

Well, she got further in the mental process than Travis ever did. I don’t believe he ever considered Jodi Arias, anal queen, to be the potential mother of his children. Secondly, for all of her family values and concern about the character of her fictitious offsprings’ father, she still had no problem squealing about how she liked to be debased by him months after she had allegedly reached the conclusion that she couldn’t breed with him. During that phone sex conversation in May, 2008, she also had no problem talking about the boring, vanilla Mormon husband she would actually end up with – while he ignored that particular subject on the other end of the phone.

Nurmi wants to know what “ugly things” Travis said. Juan Martinez immediately objects with “Hearsay”. Nurmi goes though his “truth of the matter asserted, it goes to the affect on the listener”. Judge Stephens says that it is time for the afternoon recess.

(Behind the Words: A Logical & Satirical Guide to the Impossible Defense of Jodi Arias by Kim Anne Whittemore)

#Youtube #jodi arias #true crime #ttc #havasupai

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recycle-it · 2 years ago

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Five Reasons Why Recycling E-Waste Matters

There are many things to consider while analyzing electronics recycling, but the most crucial ones are listed here:-

1. Keeping e-waste out of landfill is crucial:-

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5. Use recyclable materials to recover valuable materials:-

Which items can be recycled in yellow bins?

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The following items are currently allowed recyclables that go in the yellow-lidded bins:

Steel and aluminium cans

Empty glass bottles and jars

Bottles and containers made of plastic

Paper and cardboard

Water and soda bottles

Bottles of beer

Jars of peanut butter

Containers for salad dressing

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Jugs of milk

Juice containers

Boxes of cereal

Tubs of yogurt

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newcatwords · 3 years ago

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where is hawai'i? can you point to it on a map?

if someone asks you to point to hawai'i on a map, where would you point?

before colonization, there was (and continues to be) an island called "hawai'i". the entire chain of islands is called "hawaii" and there is a state called "hawaii" made up of a large number of those islands.

now, because there are too many things named "hawaii," the island of hawai'i is often called "the big island", because o'ahu, the island where the city of honolulu is located, is what many people think of when they think of "hawaii". it's a mess.

on top of that, we have the "main hawaiian islands" (aka "southeastern islands" aka "windward islands") vs the "outer islands" (aka "northwestern islands" aka "leeward islands").

most maps of "hawaii" show only the "main" islands. the map above (created by USGS) shows more of the hawaiian islands, but omits the names of two of the islands in the "main" chain: lana'i & kaho'olawe. these are not insignificant omissions. lana'i is 98% owned by larry ellison, founder & chairman of oracle corporation. kaho'olawe has been relentlessly used & abused by the west. it has been used for ranchland, military training, and most notably, as a munitions testing site, resulting in the continued contamination of the island. after many years of protests & lawsuits by native hawaiians, the island is now only accessible by native hawaiians for cultural, spiritual, & subsistence reasons.

meanwhile, this tourist mug with a creepy colonial-style map of hawaii includes both kaho'olawe & lana'i. good job, tourist mug!

there are actually over a hundred islands in the hawaiian archipelago. the state of hawaii includes 137 of them (source). midway atoll (made up of 3 islands) is part of the archipelago, but not part of the state. it is one of america's territories: an unorganized unincorporated territory.

additionally, some of the islands "are too small to appear on maps, and others, such as Maro Reef, only appear above the water's surface during times of low tide. Others, such as Shark and Skate islands, have completely eroded away." [source: wikipedia page "list of islands of hawaii"].

in the course of writing this post, i failed to find a map that shows & names all the hawaiian islands and failed to even find a list of all of them (plus if an island only appears sometimes or has disappeared entirely, what do you even do with that?). if you find either or both of those, let me know in comments.

so where and what "hawaii" is remains a mystery.

but this has not prevented commercial & official interests from using maps of "hawaii" in all kinds of places! here on the islands, hawaii map imagery is all around.

maps are very common on tourist items:

the hawaiian telcom logo uses dots roughly arranged in the pattern of the islands on a map:

but i guess only five islands are worth including (i understand. branding needs come above all else!).

this souvenir cloth item is interesting because it includes all the main islands (including ni'ihau, lana'i, and kaho'olawe - which are often excluded), but smooshes them into the available space without much consideration for where they are in relation to each other:

the postcard above has the main islands in their rough places, but squishes them all together so that they fit in the space. also the islands are made more similar in size to each other so that you can better see the little illustrations.

here's a more "official" map to show where the islands "should be" in relation to each other, and their sizes relative to each other (although both of those can change depending on what projection the map uses):

in my mind, though, the ultimate hawaii map fantasy lives on the ubiquitous reusable walmart cloth bag (available for 50 cents at checkout to all who have forgotten to bring the right number of bags. there's a plastic shopping bag ban in hawaii.):

in the walmart commercial universe (wcu), the only islands that exist are islands that have a walmart. the general outlines of the islands & their general orientation is preserved (along with a rough topology too!), attempting to convey a sense of adhering to a recognizable reality, but islands without a walmart have been not only omitted, but the space where they would be has been eliminated as well - as if they were never there to begin with. in the walmart version of reality, what makes something "hawaii" is whether or not it has a walmart on it.

i've had a lot of time to think about this remarkable image because i have a whole bunch of these bags. this is the bag of the people - everyone uses it for everything. the one in the above photo is in a typical state - pretty rough - because it probably came from the side of the road. you can almost always find one on the side of the road. so wherever you are, you are probably within sight of the walmart version of the islands.

so why does it matter whether or not you can point to "hawaii" on a map? well, maps are political documents, meaning that they reflect the vision of whoever has the power to put the map in front of your eyes. so if you're the one with the power to make some of the most commonly-seen maps of hawaii and you decide to remove a few islands, well that can really shape what people think "hawaii" is! we're a sea of islands - many people here have only ever been to one or two of the islands. if it wasn't on the map, you might not know that it existed at all.

hawaii is incredibly important to the united states, not just for tourism, but in terms of global strategy. it's the largest outpost of american power in the middle of the pacific. it puts america & its troops half an ocean closer to some of america's biggest competitors, most notably, china. it's a springboard to all the other island territories of the pacific (which you maybe haven't heard of because they almost never appear on maps):

once you see a map of all of america's territories in the pacific, along with the exclusive economic zones (eez) that extend out for 200 miles around each island, you start to get a better feel for the extent of america's power in the pacific.

when a place is left off the map, it can be easy to make it (including its people!) invisible. so if you're america, with bases across the islands of the pacific, with a nightmarish history of atomic weapons testing in the pacific (rendering islands uninhabitable and leaving both land and waters too contaminated for people to use), perhaps you might not want some of these places to appear on the map.

in Foreign Policy in Focus, Khury Petersen-Smith writes:

"Many of us living in North America who are concerned about climate change, for example, have a sense that Pacific Islands are facing particularly severe impacts from rising sea levels. But that knowledge tends to be vague and limited, as actual residents of these islands are rarely invited to the table to speak for themselves.

This is not accidental. Commenting during the Nixon administration on U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, which share the same region of the Pacific as Guam, Henry Kissinger said “there are only 90,000 people out there. Who gives a damn?”

The U.S. has long had an interest in Marshallese and other Pacific Islanders remaining “out there” in the American mind. This marginalization helps allow the U.S. to carry out military operations in the region, along with policies that further climate change and other harms, while keeping most Americans unaware of these practices’ impacts in the Pacific." [FPIF]

often hawai'i (and alaska - which is in many ways similar to hawai'i in its relation to the contiguous US) doesn't even appear on national maps of the USA.

here's a screenshot from the new york times homepage on march 21, 2020, just as the coronavirus pandemic was beginning to spread:

there is no alaska and no hawai'i on those maps. so if you were looking for information on the most important issue that was happening at the time, and you live in or are concerned about hawai'i and/or alaska, there would just be nothing. and what does it say about the people who run the top newspaper in america that they decided it was fine to omit these two states? are they not states? do they not matter? do the readers in those states not matter? and this is not an unusual thing at all. it happens all the time.

i'd like to finish by sharing with you a poem by CHamoru poet Craig Santos Perez. CHamoru are the indigenous people of the mariana islands (which include guam, saipan, tinian, rota, and others).

in this poem, Craig Santos Perez writes about not appearing on the map...

“Off-Island CHamorus”

My family migrated to California when I was 15 years old. During the first day at my new high school, the homeroom teacher asked: “Where are you from?” “The Mariana Islands,” I answered. He replied: “I’ve never heard of that place. Prove it exists.” And when I stepped in front of the world map on the wall, it transformed into a mirror: the Pacific Ocean, like my body, was split in two and flayed to the margins. I found Australia, then the Philippines, then Japan. I pointed to an empty space between them and said: “I’m from this invisible archipelago.” Everyone laughed. And even though I descend from oceanic navigators, I felt so lost, shipwrecked

on the coast of a strange continent. “Are you a citizen?” he probed. “Yes. My island, Guam, is a U.S. territory.” We attend American schools, eat American food, listen to American music, watch American movies and television, play American sports, learn American history, dream American dreams, and die in American wars. “You speak English well,” he proclaimed, “with almost no accent.” And isn’t that what it means to be a diasporic CHamoru: to feel foreign in a domestic sense.

Over the last 50 years, CHamorus have migrated to escape the violent memories of war; to seek jobs, schools hospitals, adventure, and love; but most of all, we’ve migrated for military service, deployed and stationed to bases around the world. According to the 2010 census, 44,000 CHamorus live in California, 15,000 in Washington, 10,000 in Texas, 7,000 in Hawaii, and 70,000 more in every other state and even in Puerto Rico. We are the most “geographically dispersed” Pacific Islander population within the United States, and off-island CHamorus now outnumber our on-island kin, with generations having been born away from our ancestral homelands, including my daughters.

Some of us will be able to return home for holidays, weddings, and funerals; others won’t be able to afford the expensive plane ticket to the Western Pacific. Years and even decades might pass between trips, and each visit will feel too short. We’ll lose contact with family and friends, and the island will continue to change until it becomes unfamiliar to us. And isn’t that, too, what it means to be a diasporic CHamoru: to feel foreign in your own homeland.

Even after 25 years, there are still times I feel adrift, without itinerary or destination. When I wonder: What if we stayed? What if we return? When the undertow of these questions begins pulling you out to sea, remember: migration flows through our blood like the aerial roots of the banyan tree. Remember: our ancestors taught us how to carry our culture in the canoes of our bodies. Remember: our people, scattered like stars, form new constellations when we gather. Remember: home is not simply a house, village, or island; home is an archipelago of belonging.

–Craig Santos Perez

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thank you for reading this post! please let me know if you see any errors.

if you'd like to learn more about some important issues in the pacific, here are just a few:

july 2, 2020: "US says leaking nuclear waste dome is safe; Marshall Islands leaders don't believe it" - Los Angeles Times

may 30, 2021: "Pacific Plunder: this is who profits from the mass extraction of the region's natural resources." - The Guardian

april 5, 2021: "75 years after nuclear testing in the Pacific began, the fallout continues to wreak havoc" - The Conversation

june 4, 2021: "Guam won’t give up more land to the U.S. military without a fight" - The World (radio program)

aug. 24, 2021: "The US is building a military base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Micronesian residents have questions." - The World (radio program)

and if you'd like to learn more about how maps are political, here are a couple articles:

june 5, 2014: "The politics of making maps" by Amanda Ruggeri, for BBC

july 11, 2018: "Politics and Cartography: The Power of Deception through Distortion" by John Erskine, for the Carnegie Ethics Online Monthly Column

#pacific #hawaii #hawai'i #islands #maps #geography

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bigsnzstanacct · 4 years ago

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King’s New Allergy Part 4

This is wildly overwritten but at least I’m writing...? Here is the link to the other chapters of this story lmao. Of course it is also on le blue forum. After this chapter there is one more to conclude the story (which is already partially written!) and then there’s a chance I’ll eventually write an aggressively porn-y epilogue. okay byeeeeeeee!

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My nose. My damned nose. By all the gods old and new, my insatiable, insufferable, intolerable, insistent, itchy, tickly, twitching, torurous nose!

“So the… th-thehhhh… the harvest in the W-weehhhhh… Western… -sniff-”

I was fighting. I was fighting as hard as I’d ever fought anything. Harder. But to do battle against a swordsman, a sorceror, a monster, a ghost… that was child’s play. For that I had tools and training. Years of training in weapons and fighting. For this meeting too: years of training in diplomacy, in leadership. But none of that training involved a struggle to the death against your own damned nose!

“In the W-wehhhh… weeeeeeehhHHHH…”

Through narrowing eyes, I saw their faces: full of disapproval, fear, hands itching to clap to their ears, legs twitching to hide under the table, as though I really were a storm unto myself, and in taking cover, they might be spared the worst. Perhaps if I simply allowed the sneeze to come, it might not be so monstrous but… I could not. I could not bring myself to succumb so easily, to give in, to be weak. I chanced putting a finger beneath my nose. It was a desperate failsafe that had served at least a few times, but in truth I could never resist for long. I could no more resist these violent eruptions than the sky, overcharged with energy, could resist the lightning arcing across the sky, or the terrible roar of the thunder in response.

“Oh gods… I’m sahhhh.. s-ssaahhhhhh… s-sorreeehhhhhHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRSSSSCCCHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! AnothhheeEERRRYYYYYYYYAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! hehhhh… hh-hehhhhhh… HUUUH! HHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

They came, thick, fast and violent. Each one felt like it took all my strength, as though I couldn’t help but through the full weight of my body—no, the full weight of the castle herself into each sneeze. And then, for a moment…

Bliss.

No itch, no tickle, no torture. As terrible as they were, as much as they terrorized my meeting, my castle, my citizens, my countryside… there was a guilty, fiendish part of me that felt such magnificent release and relief with each great roar that was loosed from my mouth and nose. Drained, too, of course. Exhausted as though I’d climbed a mountain after practically each sneeze, let alone a whole terrible fit of them like I’d done. But also, utterly and simply delighted.

And then I opened my eyes and the embarrassment flooded in, and then, barely a split-second later, the tiny, teasing, barely-perceptible blossom of the itch that presaged another sneeze. The urge to sneeze again was following closer and closer on the glorious feeling of release and relief. When this all started I could go half the day without a sneezing fit. Then hours. Now barely minutes. But perhaps if I didn’t think about it, if I just barrelled through and ignored the tickle… maybe it would leave me alone.

“My apologies again, gentlemen.” I said, and quickly, before anyone could comment upon my nose: “Now, the Western harvest is among the best we’ve had in some years, which means our levy at the current rate should be -sniff!-” the itch already was worming its way up. But I could hold out still. I could ignore it.

“At the current rate should be more than sufficient to provide for capitol needs, y-yes Minister?”

The Minister of the Exchequer tried to discreetly rub at his ears, but it was obvious what he was doing, trying to clear his head from my sneezing long enough to focus on what I was saying. I couldn’t bear it.

“Yes! It will be sufficient, I don’t need you to check my arithmetic. You may repohhh… re-re…” I gave a hard sniff, and allowed myself a quick rub at the underside of my nose with the heel of my palm. It was an embarrassing, almost childish gesture but I was far beyond caring about small embarrassments. I had much, much larger mortifications to be concerned with.

“Youmayreportbackifneedsbe!” I barrelled out, knowing the tickle was already roused, and at any moment could turn the act of speech into feat as tricky as any in my storied questing career.

“What is the next item on the ahhh… hahhh…” my eyes swam, unfocused for a moment. Hands crept up towards ears, dread lining in every face of the council. I could feel my knights tensing behind me, as though bracing for an explosion, hoping not to be knocked off their feet. The sneeze wasn’t even ready, it would play with me for several more moment yet. It reminded me of nothing more than sparring with the quartermaster as a boy: putting up a valiant fight, certain I was on the edge of victory… only to find he was only playing a game with me. He would always win.

“The next agenda item!” I said, slamming a fist down on the table. I wasn’t angry with the council, and I hope they knew that, but. It was all so damned frustrating… I couldn’t speak without terrifying my council, not with my words but with the threat of my nose. Of all the mortifying.

“Well my lord, we have not admitted petitioners in over three weeks, owing to your condition. I was informed the Royal Physician as well as the, ah, King’s Right Hand will be pursuing some possibilities for treatment, but the peo---”

“Damn the conditiiIiiiHHHHHH… HHIIIHHHHHH!!” May noses and sneezes be damned by all the gods old and new! The urge was already prickling in my nose, fanning its way towards inevitability, as though to mock me for cursing it. By all the gods, I should be able to see my people, to hear their complaints and all because of my god’s damned lack of control, I couldn’t even do that… I felt furious as a boy, looking up at the quartermaster teary-eyed with rage at losing, at humiliation. And here I was again, losing. And to a thrice damned tickle in my thrice damned nose…!

My nose, on which the whole room hyperfocused, as intent upon it as I’d ever been on any foe on the battlefield. Every twitch garnered a flinch, every skipped breath a skipped heartbeat. My damned sneezes could be heard throughout the entire castle, throughout the entire town. I was just waiting for someone to announce they’d heard me sneeze at the furthest edges of the regions, echoing off the Black Mountains or the White Cliffs, resounding across oceans…

With all that, being so close to my sneeze must have been a form of auditory torture. And I couldn’t put my advisors through that. Not any longer. And not with the vague but unmistakable sense I felt that what was beginning to well up in me would be a fit to rival any I’d suffered since I came down with this accursed, irreparable allergy, this implacable need that seemed to be unmoved by any force physical or magical, on earth or in the realms above. I was going to sneeze, and the fit would leave me exhausted and the whole castle ringing, I knew. But the urge itself was small now, my winds gathering strength for the one man hurricane they would turn me into. What a curse, to make of a king a slave to his own body. I was disgusted with myself. And yet, I could no more stop the force building within me than I could will the rising sun to set or still the flowing tide.

This council meeting was accomplishing nothing. And dammit, I needed to sneeze.

Abruptly, I pushed back from the chair. Everyone rose with me. “Ladies and gentlemen, you must excuse me, I’m a-afraid… oh I…” I was doing my best to keep up a kingly facade but already I was faltering before the effort of damming back the torrent of sneezes that seemed to be pressing up against each other, jockeying for position, each demanding to be the first to erupt out of me. “oh gods, I have to sneeze. It’s going to be a terrible fit and I… Iahhhhhh… I m-muuhhhhh… I must r-repair to my… my chahhhhHHHHH… hAHHHHHHHHHHHH… w-with m-mehhhh…!”

I ordered my retinue to follow me, but I’m sure a number of them did so quite reluctantly, and frankly I couldn’t blame them. What I felt coming seemed like a sneeze to beat all sneezes, an itch to beat all itches, nothing which could soothed, calmed, or controlled by a little finger under the nose, a few rough rubs. I’d asked my former manservant more than once about his… powers. How he felt all the hidden powers of the earth welling up through him, the connection to the secret side of everything, how he could make it shimmer and dance. I felt the same sense of something beyond myself intruding upon me, but it was not under my control. I was beneath its thumb, dancing like a marionette on a string in miserable abasement to, of all things, a tickle in my nose.

“Someone… someone please… huhhhh… p-put your f-finger… under…”

It was pathetic. At least I’d managed to get well out of the way of the council chambers before I succumbed. I’d only embarrassed myself like this once or twice before, but if this went on much longer, I’d have to appoint a knight to do this for me full time, to press and pinch and wrangle my nose in a way my own hands could no longer suffice. Perhaps that way I could at least forestall the sneezes long enough to do any of the duties of a king.

But for now, my only goal was fighting off the absolutely monstrous fit I felt brewing for a few more moments, until I could at least reach my chamber. At least then I could succumb in private, although such succumbing was never private. Before the curse even, I blushed to think a vigorous sneeze might echo through the castle, and I never could dam them back. But under the curse now… all of the castle, all of the city heard my every falter. The sound of my failure resounding back at me from every brick in the kingdom.

The Captain of the Guard slid a thick finger under my nose, and ever so imperceptibly the urge diminished. He pushed upward, hard. And all I could do was blink at him in acknowledgement. At this point a single word would send it all crashing down.

“Knights dismissed! I will escort the King further.” I heard his voice ringing out, and I was as grateful as I’d ever been for him. At least the knights would be spared the very worst. The captain alone would be with me to the eruptive end.

“Not much further now, sire. Please, hold out!” And there was an uncertainty or even... a fear in his voice. It wasn't as if I'd never heard such fear from the Captain of the Guard before. We had quested together, season after season. But this tone of voice ought to be reserved for a onrushing army or a sleeping dragon. Surely there was no reason to steel himself so before my nose?

“T-t-traahhHHHH… tr-trying…” I choked out, scrunching my nose as aggressively as I could, as though if my nostrils recoiled from the irritation, I might dodge the sneeze—no, sneezes—altogether.

And suddenly, unimaginably, the urge… exploded.

It was as if I had never needed to sneeze before in my life. Tears sprang to my eyes, and the simmering flame of the urge became a wild forest fire. Helplessly, I jerked away from the Captain, scrubbing desperately at my nose even as the heavy breaths ripped themselves from me…

“HHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHH… HUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…”

“My King, not yet!” the Captain insisted. Not to be deterred, he came up behind me and tried to guide me, but I was surrendered to the sneeze, overpowered by the urge, defeated by the invisible twinging need. He was practically pushing me as the sneeze swelled and swelled.

“HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH… UUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…”

It swelled more and MORE, feeling more ferocious than any of my previous sneezes. I felt like a volcano on the precipice of eruption, as though my winds were swirling and turning and twisting and braiding their way towards tornadic devastation, as though I were not only a a lightning strike but indeed a whole storm set loose to wreak havoc across the land.

“Nearly there, nearly there, please sire you musn't give in…”

But it was too late.

“AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSCHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” I exploded, and it was as though… some sort of… power erupted from me, from my mouth and nose from… from everywhere. The sneezes had always been incredibly loud but now tapestries on the wall flapped, armor rattled, it sounded as though something fell but I couldn’t tell because before I could so much as think, the next sneeze was already erupting: “HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO-AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUHHHH!!!! AARRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! HehHHHHHHH… HEEEEEYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTSSSCCCHHHHHHHHHEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! YYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSSSSCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!”

On and on and on the sneezes came, more and more violent, “volume” not even describing what I felt bursting from me. Somewhere, dimly, I heard the sounds of something falling over, and yet still the steady pressure of the Captain at my back, finally…

“Sir, your chamber… We must not let them see you!”

Whether I was able to exert some minimal effort even subdued by my sneeze attack, or whether the Captain just shoved me, somehow I stumbled into the chamber, still sneezing relentlessly, barely heard the door slam behind me, helpless to the urge. My whole world narrowed to my nose, and it was as though some block within me surrendered and the sneezes roared out of me, louder and more violent than ever before again and again and again…

I could not tell how long it had been when the fit finally ended. I felt… amazing. Warm and sated. Entirely itch-free, as though I’d never need to sneeze again in my life. Practically glowing. Maybe that was it? Maybe that monster of a fit had at last blown the insufferable urge away for good? But the moment of euphoria lasted barely an instant. I heard a… squeak? and I opened my eyes to find… him. The sorcerer. His robes and hair disheveled, and then, the room… The bed was without sheets. The mattress ripped, feathers piled against the stone wall, piled up with the rugs, half my clothes, my pillows, my chairs…

“Wh-what… what did I… what did I do?” I asked, panting and mortified.

He stood, mortified, as red as I’d seen him in years. His mouth agape. “I—I… I—I have to go!” He exclaimed, and rushed from the room.

Had I hurt him? Scared him? Surely he of all the denizens of the castle had no reason to fear… anyone. But as I cast my eyes across the disheveled, half-wrecked room, I began to see what he saw. Nothing to fear. But something to pity. An out-of-control freak. Certainly no King.

And even then, with a trickle of fear running down my spine… I began to feel the urge to sneeze again, sputtering back to life. I sat on my bed, feeling the weakened timbers sputter and creak with my weight, head in hands.

“By all the gods…”

#snz story #King's New Allergy #Part 4 #giant!sneeze #sorta #snz fic

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accioecho · 4 years ago

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Tkem novel 13

Chapter 17 “A joint investigation”

Tae-Eul’s grand plans for the two of them that night consisted of dropping by the shooting range, winning the biggest prize there and walking through the quiet city streets.

The soft stuffed lion was definitely bigger than something that fit the palm of a hand. Tae-Eul successfully hit all seven targets and gave Gon the bulky plush toy.

Tae-Eul’s shooting abilities were incomparable. Gon was no match for her. Sure, when he saw Tae-Eul’s remarkable skills he had first felt a little embarrassed by his poor performance. However that feeling had quickly been replaced by pride.

Gon held the toy against his chest, dimples crinkling, a content expression adorning his face.

“Why do you like that stuffed animal anyway?” Tae-Eul asked when she saw his proud smile.

“Because it’s a lion. It resembles you. Lions are fierce, courageous. And impressive.”

“Ah, I see.”

Her shoulders shook with mirth. They had barely spent half a day together and she had laughed several times already.

Gon put his arm around her. They were walking side by side, like any other regular couple. Spending time together like this… It would be really easy to fall into the quiet comfort of daily life.

As they neared her house, Tae-Eul finally broached the subject she had avoided until then. She had initially planned to bring up the subject as soon as she saw him but she had also really wanted to spend the precious time they had without any interference. Just her and him.

“Answer me without letting me go.”

“I won’t.”

“I want to ask as soon as I saw you but I was holding back. I waited for you as a detective but also as myself all this time.”

Gon halted his steps and turned to her. Eyes slightly widening, lips forming an uncharacteristic grim line, he grabbed her shoulders. Truth be told, there were a lot of things he had wished to discuss with Tae-Eul as well.

“Has something happened? Were you threatened by someone? Because of me?”

“I guess that means it will happen. That’s why you came.”

So much for a quiet daily life together. The idea of a regular life would have to wait some more.

Their eyes locked. Tae-Eul held Gon’s sharp, worried gaze.

“What is it?” Gon asked.

“Is there a dome stadium named K Stadium in the northern region there? With a capacity of 16,890 seats?”

“How do you know that? Did you look that up too?”

So she was right. Tae-Eul’s face tinged with concern. She had a lot to explain. Her hands slid inside her pocket and pulled out the usb key, the tiny item held tightly between her fingers.

Without waiting any further, Tae-Eul hastily ushered Gon to her place.

Gon, who had mostly hung around Tae-Eul’s now very familiar courtyard, who had never gone further than the Taekwondo Dojang, suddenly found himself stepping into the intimacy of her bedroom. Although he was there for a very specific purpose and not in the context of a romantic date.

Gon briefly looked around his surroundings. Her room was sprinkled with countless pictures from her childhood. A few shelves were pushed against the wall and were filled with books she had probably all read. A multitude of other belongings littered the small space.

Slowly approaching her bed, Gon carefully placed the stuffed lion next to her pillow.

They both sat down by the desk. Tae-Eul turned on her laptop, slid the USB key in its slot and played the audio file.

Gon didn’t need to listen for long. He recognized the news anchor’s voice. This was a piece of broadcast from the Kingdom.

“Is it?” Tae-Eul asked.

“Yes, it’s news from my world. But you found it here?” His mind was sent reeling at the thought of Tae-Eul’s discovery. “Who else knows about this?”

“Just me for now. I can’t really tell anyone about this. Nobody will believe it anyway.”

“What are you thinking of doing?”

“I need to investigate further and figure this out. This was my case, before I even met you.”

He respected, no— liked her bravery. This trait was one of the things that made Tae-Eul inherently her. But just this one time, he wished she was less courageous.

“It could be more dangerous than you think.” Gon swallowed the lump in his throat.

“That’s why I thought about just covering it up. But… if I cover it up, then no one will ever find out about this, since there would be only two people who know about this. Me. And the culprit.”

He was wrong.

She was braver than he thought.

She was brave and amazing.

“The two worlds shouldn’t get mixed up like this. They’re supposed to stay on their respective paths. But the two worlds are already colliding, and I’ve discovered it. So what else can I do? That’s why I decided to investigate. I’m a police officer in the Republic of Korea.”

He couldn’t stop anything then. Changes were already in motion, there was nothing he could do to prevent danger from reaching Tae-Eul.

She was in danger the moment she met him, yet she showed no fear, her sense of justice unwavering.

As the King of a nation, responsibilities weighed heavily on his shoulders. Tae-Eul equally felt the same responsibilities as a government officer of the Republic of Korea.

For a tiny second, Tae-Eul had worried Gon would perhaps hold this against her. She was wrong from the start.

Gon still seemed to be lost in thought, his mind going over the recent events. His posture was stiff, eyes unfocused and looking into the distance. As an attempt to distract him, Tae-Eul forced out a shaky laugh.

She also shared his sentiments. What were the odds that the one case she had been investigating for the past few weeks turned out to be tied to another universe. This was bigger than simply the two of them. She had no idea what she was getting into and she felt apprehensive by the sheer unknown that lay ahead of them.

Despite all this, there was one thing that she was sure about.

Gon probably didn’t know this.

Yes, she had always been courageous. But in that instant, the reason that gave her strength, the reason why she felt she could be braver was because of him. Because he was by her side.

“So tell me everything you know about this. This is a cooperative operation that only we can do.”

“How goes the order of command?”

“I’m your superior of course. I give the orders here.” Tae-Eul answered without hesitation.

Gon let out a small chuckle and reached into the inner pocket of his jacket. He pulled out a neatly folded enveloppe that contained a copy of Lee Lim’s death certificate and fingerprints confirmation. With shaky fingers, Tae-Eul grabbed the document.

“Lee Lim? That’s…”

“Yes, the traitor. If he’s alive, he’ll be 69 right now. You should find someone who matches his age, blood type and fingerprints. In my world, his body was found the year after he committed treason. But the body… was someone else’s.”

Something was definitely strange. Staring at the file, Tae-Eul sat still, all muscles in her body tensing up. This was beyond their imagination. That a dead person could somehow still be alive.

Tae-Eul knew this was possible though. Because out there stood a gate leading to another universe. A parallel world, where individuals that looked exactly the same as in the Republic existed.

“If Lee Lim is alive… He’s here, using that body’s identity.”

“That’s right. We have to figure out what he’s done here for the past 24 years.”

“I’ll look into it. But until I figure it out, do just 17 things. Stay quiet, don’t draw people’s attention, don’t tell anyone you’re a king, keep Jo Yeong out of trouble, don’t use any guns, contact me whenever you go somewhere. And I’ll tell you the rest when I think of any.”

“I’ll do as you order. Just do two things for me.”

Wondering what he would say, Tae-Eul turned her face towards Gon. He wore an unreadable expression and wouldn’t meet her gaze.

Gon pursed his lips. He hesitated for a moment, and then finally spoke his mind.

“Don’t tell me not to come. And don’t tell me not to leave.”

“…”

“I have to go back sometimes, and when I do, I want to come back soon. Whichever it is, if you tell me not to come or leave, I don’t think I’ll be able to do anything.”

Even in normal circumstances, people easily got tired of their partner when they stayed apart for a short time. In their case, a whole universe stood between the two of them, like a wall standing firm and tall. Gon deeply hoped Tae-Eul wouldn’t experience any difficulties or become weary.

This was the very first time he felt this way. He knew this was selfish of him. In all his life as a King, ever since he was born, he never once harbored any selfish interests.

“So I’m asking you not to get exhausted. I feel like a lousy man after saying that. Am I?”

Still staring at Gon, Tae-Eul slightly nodded.

“I’m confused about which part you were nodding to.”

Tae-Eul let out a small giggle and started tidying up the desk. There was a time not so long ago when Tae-Eul thought she would never understand him. That was when he first came to the Republic, babbling about parallel universes, quantum mechanics and what not. She thought he was just a crazy guy and they would never be on the same page.

Before she knew it, she found herself understanding Gon’s way of thinking and perfectly being able to read his feelings. Because she was the same.

“You should go now. Yeong must be sick with worry since he doesn’t know where you are. He must be waiting for you.”

“Why would you think Yeong doesn’t know where I am?”

Tae-Eul abruptly stood up and went to the window to look outside. Seeing the empty courtyard, she looked around her surroundings.

“He’s following us around here too?”

“I guess I’ve made you curious. I’ll be off now.”

“There’s something else I’m curious about. Am I really not in your world?”

Gon who was about to open her bedroom’s door, stopped in his tracks.

“Eun-Sup and Jo Yeong. Nari and that palace worker. Even this person has the same face. Do I really not exist there?”

Gon stood still, unable to confirm or deny. His silence was answer enough.

“I do, don’t I?” Tae-Eul didn’t know what to think. This felt strange.

“I wanted to wait until I was sure before I told you. But it looks like it. There seems to be a person that looks like you, yes.”

Long after Gon was gone, Tae-Eul couldn’t shake the image of her double existing somewhere in another world.

—

“Your Majesty. You must return to the palace. I can’t protect you here, your Majesty. What is this place, and how long have you been coming here? Your Majesty, we don’t have a life here.”

Unable to hold back, Yeong let out all the things he’d been thinking about but couldn’t say aloud when they were with Tae-Eul and Eun-Sup.

Always looking out for him. Always defending his best interests. Gon was proud of him.

And he was about to relieve him of these daunting, heavy responsibilities.

Ever since their first meeting when Gon was eight years old, not once did Yeong disappoint or upset him. Yeong had become his most loyal subject, his best friend, his brother.

He felt guilty and sorry. But he was the only person who could carry out the task he was about to give him.

“You’ve endured a lot, Captain Jo. Yeong-ah. I can’t leave the palace permanently or give up coming here altogether. So you have to help me.”

#the king eternal monarch #lee min ho #kim go eun #tkem novels #the yearning!#the intensity!#these two and their feelings #ugh #oh and btw #there are only two chapters left and we'll be wrapping volume I

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nanchan-night-owl · 4 years ago

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The Veggie Juice Guy

Japanese original by Shunya Shiraishi, January 31, 2021 (updated on February 8, 2021)

It was on a day of TV drama shooting. That day the entry time on set was sure to start around 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning. After I went to get two rice balls and a carton of vegetable juice at a convenience store, I headed to the location. Usually if entry time starts before 8:00am, in most cases breakfast will be provided by the TV program. It was at an office building in the coastal region of Tokyo. The huge conference room there was set up to be the actors’ waiting room and dressing room. Some other cast members have already dressed up for the camera and were given make-up. I had to wait for a while, so I went to the table at the waiting space and took out the earlier-bought convenient store plastic bag items from my work bag. I poked the straw into the juice carton and took a sip. It is a mystery whether any nutrition can really be taken in, but it simply tastes good and I drink it just enough to relieve my daily imbalance. Once I put my juice down, right when I was ready to take out the rice balls from the plastic bag, I then realized something. There was another carton of vegetable juice of the same brand poked with a straw and two rice balls in a convenient store bag sitting right next to me. The exact same! I was looking around but could not find anyone who might be the owner. I felt somewhat embarrassed, so I hesitated to consume the rice balls. At that time, the set costumer came to me, “Mr. Shiraishi, please get changed.” I am not germophobic but just in case my carton of juice was mistakenly drunk by someone else, I put it away in the plastic bag with the straw stuck as-is and put the whole package again back into my bag. Anyway, who was it? The guy who had the same scheme.

After I finished changing my wardrobe and while I was doing my makeup, I could see from my vanity mirror a young guy entering the doorway languorously. The young guy again lazily picked up that carton of vegetable juice and started sucking it up. THAT’s the guy! After I finished my makeup, I went towards him.

“Hi. Nice to meet you. I’m Shiraishi.”

“Hello. Nice to meet you. I’m Kaito Yoshimura.”

“Well, Yoshimura-kun, how come you accepted such a small role?”

“I am freelance right now. That’s why the producer asked me to take it.”

“Really! Have you quitted the agency?”

“Yes. Plenty things happened.”

“I bet it did.”

“In the first place, it isn’t that interesting to be an actor, is it?”

“Well, it’s not that interesting at all.”

That was my first encounter with Kaito.

During that time, I was considering a movie project with an acquaintance. We were sort of looking for a young person who is awkward and understands hardship in life. Kaito at that time always stuck at home while he was dipping into his savings. His puffy round face and skinny body have truly reflected his unstable life and income. Being in the same age group and in the same industry made me understand his feelings more than I should have, and maybe that was why I was the only one who could see it that way. I think we have only seen each other on set for two days. But somehow, I was genuinely concerned about him and I believed that new role would be perfect for him, so I brought up the subject to him. The movie project. “Since both of us think acting isn’t that interesting, maybe doing it together might make it interesting.” “Let’s do it!” Kaito quickly responded. Yet the movie plan didn’t progress the way it was hoped for. Unfortunately, the project simply vanished into thin air. Oh gosh. Just when I thought I have done something bad to Kaito, I received WOWOW’s unexpected offer to direct in their “Actor’s Short Film” project. Although I haven’t learned nearly enough to work as a director and it was frightening to be fully committed, in a way I felt it was destined to be. Thus, I wanted to give it a try. I decided to have Kaito to play the lead role, so I started my script right away. This was how Kaito and I ended up working as a team together this time.

Regardless of the result, it is up to the audience to decide how they feel after watching the film. He was for sure the only one who have played and fitted that role seamlessly. Perhaps he might have thought being an actor can be interesting, or not interesting at all. Nah, he would have.

#白石隼也 #吉村界人 #shirapages #shunya shiraishi

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augiepets · 3 years ago

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Description: Pet turtles need a lot of care and upkeep, and their lengthy lifetime makes them more of a long-term investment than a pet.

Live prey allows your turtle to hunt and get some exercise. If pet turtles food isn't balanced, they might get vitamin A deficiency. A reduction in appetite, swelling of the eyelids and ears, renal failure, and lung infections are all symptoms of too little vitamin A in turtles.

Carrots, squash, bell peppers, and other red, orange, and yellow vegetables are high in vitamin A, which pet turtles require. Low-nutrient foods, such as lettuce and celery, should be avoided.

A veterinarian may prescribe Vitamin A therapies, either injected or given orally, to address Vitamin A deficiency. Prevention is the best medicine when it comes to growing a healthy turtle.

A healthy, well-balanced diet is essential for success. Provide as many varied meals as possible, with a high-quality pet turtles food serving as the mainstay of the diet. Keep in mind that a pet turtles nutritional requirements fluctuate as it grows older.

Although many are predominantly carnivorous as hatchlings, as they grow older, they ingest more plant stuff. Plant matter may even make up the bulk of the diet of some adult pet turtles.

It might be a symptom of sickness if your pet turtles aren’t eating enough, but other variables could be at play. Make sure the temperature of your tank, as well as the water temperature, lighting, and size, are appropriate for your turtle's species.

Pet turtleslack of appetite might be caused by hibernation or stress. Consult a veterinarian about any symptoms or behaviours, and schedule an appointment if problems persist after you make adjustments.

4. Controlling the light and temperature: Unfortunately, this is the most frequently overlooked aspect of a pet turtleenvironment. When purchasing a pet reptile from a pet store, many individuals choose not to purchase the most expensive element of the set up.

These same folks frequently rely on the pet store assistant to assist them in purchasing items for their new pet turtle, and they are frequently informed that UVB illumination is not required.

Your pet turtle will develop metabolic bone disease, be unable to synthesis Vitamin D (causing calcium metabolism issues), be sluggish, and have a lack of appetite if UVB illumination is not provided.

For these reasons, UVB lighting is critical. In most enclosures, supplementary heat is required since many turtles demand basking temperatures in the 80s and 90s.

Heat lamps are favoured over under-tank heaters because they allow you to adjust the temperature of the surrounding air. Under tank heaters sometimes have few or no controls for controlling the heat, and they primarily warm the bottom of the enclosure while failing to increase the surrounding air temperature, making it difficult to achieve a correct thermal gradient.

Heat lamps for tortoises and turtles come in a range of wattages, but it's vital to figure out what bulb wattage the cage requires to maintain the proper temperature. Larger enclosures often require greater wattage bulbs, whereas smaller enclosures require less wattage to maintain proper temperatures.

Aside from the mercury vapour bulb, which emits UVB rays, there are ceramic heat emitters and ordinary reptile heat lamp bulbs in various wattages. Ceramic heat emitters produce just heat and do not produce light, and they screw into a clamp light.

These are wonderful since they last a long time, are less brittle than light bulbs, and may be used at any time of day or night because they emit no light. In addition to heat, regular reptile heat bulbs can emit white, red, or blue/purple light.

Some concluding pointers!

1. Turtles require a lot of energy and time into proper maintenance. Pet turtles need a lot of care and upkeep, and their lengthy lifetime makes them more of a long-term investment than a pet.

2. Pet turtles are usually kept indoors, but with the appropriate shelter, cleanliness, and warmer temperatures, they may thrive in an outdoor pond as well.

3. Pet turtles make a lot of messes. Keep tank ornaments to a bare minimum.

4. Turtles, like humans and many other creatures, may become fat.

5. UVB lighting is critical. In most enclosures, supplementary heat is required since many turtles demand basking temperatures in the 80s and 90s.

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