#balanced ph

[cutesycadaver]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VAL I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[carnalasada]

T’hy’la.

Something more than anything, something made of everything. And if that was what Spock wanted…Jim’s entire body shuddered with the aftershocks of one final thrum of the glowing golden cord inside him. He could feel himself calling out to Spock, beckoning back, just as sure, just as hungry, just as ready. He was crying out to be caught, mid-fall, dead center of his spiral into the open plane of the starry sky. To be caught just long enough for him to plant his feet and hit the ground running on this new, uncharted terrain, the forever of the place where their minds met and mingled and the twin cords of their uttermost selves unraveled and twined themselves back together. He was already fraying when his arms wrapped around Spock’s neck, gasping as the motion pulled Spock’s lips back against his neck. Everything. T’hy’la. If Spock wanted everything, Jim wanted more. If Spock wanted everything, Jim wanted whatever there was beyond it. If Spock wanted everything, he’d have to claim it, or he wouldn’t have anything at all.

- (1) New Message by TokyoRose_2006

[mushroompollution]

Chapter 35- The Sablier Arc part 1

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As the true protagonists of this Story, this arc opens on Oz Vessalius, Gilbert Nightray, and Alice, a powerful Chain in the form of a teenage girl, linked to Oz through an Illegal Contract. The trio have spent the last 34 chapters searching for Alice's memories, a way to sever the Contract and save them both, and answers to what happened in Sablier 100 years ago.

Previously, Gilbert had returned to the Nightray family estate to meet with his younger brother Vincent, an encounter that had turned violent when the younger brother had suggested that Gil kill Alice to save Oz. He'd been avoiding his friend since, but when finally Oz manages to draw Gil out of his apartment, he has an announcement to make:

They're going to Sablier.

On the train, Oz says that their associates at Pandora all seem to be hiding something and dodging questions about it, so the ruined capitol city must be important. And now that the train is moving, and there's no way to run away, Gilbert has to admit what he knows.

Sablier really is a prohibited place, but not the entire city, and the rumors of poisonous gasses are mostly embellished. The area around the train station is poor, but modestly developed, with mostly legitimate business and accommodations. But beyond that lies an impoverished ghost town of citizens who, for one reason or another, have nowhere else to go.

At the center of the city lies a deep crater, a rough circle carved out of the earth, the heart of the Tragedy of Sablier. That, Gilbert explains, is truly prohibited. They should be able to gain entry by mentioning either of their family names to Pandora's guards, but...

Oz seems distracted. Noticing some children watching them from behind ruins of the old city, he suddenly takes off without explanation.

Back at the edge of the crater, Alice speaks with Gilbert in a serious, reserved, open way that's rare for her, especially with this man she only tolerates because of Oz. She's worried that her power as a Chain seems to grow weaker as the Seal on Oz's chest advances, and that it might have moved again without him telling either of them.

Gilbert can barely follow her train of thought, however, as every time he looks at her, his head begins to hurt. Vincent's words ring in his ears and drown out Alice's.

You're supposed to hate that Rabbit very much, aren't you?

Gilbert's head hurts. So. Bad.

Alice doesn't seem to pay him any mind. Not in her usual, self-absorbed, grandiose way, but because she's staring dolefully over the chasm below. "I'm just saying, what if... my powers continue to fade away.... what will happen to me?"

It's an unusually vulnerabile question from her.

But Gilbert can't hear it. His brother's voice is joined by his own, echoing with each pulse of his head.

kill her.

kill

anyone

who harms

my Master

kill her

kill

her

The sound of cracking earth catches Alice's attention. She looks down, blinking a few times as lines form beneath her boots. "uhh hey, Raven--" she starts, taking a step back.

Gilbert storms off. He's confused. His head hurts, and he's so fucking confused. Until just then, he wanted to kill her. Yet, at the last moment, he had saved Alice. But not just that.

There was someone else in his mind then, lost in that trance. A ghost of some memory that wasn't his. Or at least, that he wouldn't claim.

And some other voice, echoing along his own, saying

kill her

Oz catches up, and reprimands his friend and valet for running off. He asks what's wrong, and what had happened with Alice.

Gilbert doesn't know. He admits, for the first time, to anyone, that he's been thinking about his past. His memories of his childhood were a blank, after all. As far as he knew, his life began when the door to Abyss spat him out in the Vessalius's basement. And it isn't that he wants to remember them, either.

But he can't help the feelings that keep overtaking his mind, or the way his body acts on its own sometimes. He admits that he's scared if he does remember, will he still be himself? He feels like he can't stand on his own anymore.

But Oz reassures him, promises him he'll be Gil no matter what. And he'll be right there by his side to hold him up! Gilbert laughs that Oz isn't nearly tall enough to say that yet, and the tense conversation seems to ease. But Gilbert's heart still hurts.

How much does he want to make that small little body carry? No. He has to settle his own problems. He won't let his own weakness and wicked memories consume him--

Just as his head starts to hurt again, he's surprised by a child racing past him. The adolescent bumps into Oz, nearly knocking him off his feet, but doesn't stop. Someone less observant might not have noticed, but Oz immediately shouts for Alice to stop that kid!!

If he takes that wallet, there won't be any money for meat!!

A glint of malice shines in Alice's red eyes and she throws out a leg with lightning speed, knocking the escaping thief to the ground.

Oz runs over, throwing his arms around the child, who hollars and yells and struggles, generally causing a scene and drawing a crowd as the teenager pries his wallet from tiny hands.

It's only then that Oz realizes, he reconizes this vagrant child.

The son of an Illegal Contractor that Oz had attempted--and failed-- to save just a couple months before.

He can't believe it. And by Gilbert's expression as he approaches, neither can he. As Oz exasperatedly tries to understand this immense coincidence, another familiar, unexpected voice shouts from beyond the crowd of spectators.

[balluprojects]

Bittersweet Earth, 2024

Gouache on 190g paper, 29.7x21 cm.

did you know that the range of colours of Hydrangea flowers are influence by the PH of the earth their are planted? Another late Christmas gift to a true warrior and friend <3 hope she'll enjoy this pop of colour in her home ^^ Have a wonderful week*

[reslari]

Hey Bloodborne Fandom, time for your daily dose of Insight

I've been meaning to bless/curse/blurse anyone who didn't know with this knowledge for a while, I just kept forgetting:

So medically speaking, a Lumen is "the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine." You can read more about it on the wiki page here.

Importantly, vaginas have lumen. But we already knew Bloodborne was a giant period joke.

Anyway...

How's everyone's vaginaflower garden going? Are you nurturing the little phantasms that live inside them?

[wiiwheel]

I love the smell of sweat but sometimes it's like it smells nasty and I know it's bc they only drink monster

[shenzi-hemlock]

Ok so I’m kind of torn. I’ve been hearing a lot of pH balancing shampoos and have wanted to try one for myself. But I’ve also been coming across other people that say that all shampoos are pH balancing even if it’s not marked anywhere on the bottle.

Does anyone have any good recommendations for a pH balanced shampoo between 4.5-5.5 and it’s marked on the bottle?

[spitblaze]

hey trans women correct me if im wrong but i get the feeling that despite terfs just...saying whatever will make transfems sound the most disgusting in that exact moment that it is, in fact, generally a sign that something is wrong if a bottom surgery vagina smells noticeably bad. much like bio vaginas

[foldingfittedsheets]

There is an alchemical mystery with my facial regime. My skin is sensitive and I’ve found that natural stuff works best for me. So after I get out of the shower I’ll use rose water and witch hazel toner. It smells gently of roses. Once that dries I apply a few drops of rosehip oil as a moisturizer. This doesn’t smell like much of anything.

Shortly into using these products my betrothed came up and just started frantically sniffing my face. I laughed and fended them off, asking what was up. They told me I smelled like watermelon. Fresh, authentic watermelon, not the synthetic candy smell. I was bewildered. None of my facial stuff had that smell.

This bizarre phenomena was however not consistent. They’d sniff my face other times and say I just smelled faintly of roses.

Then one day they used my combo. They’d been using it for a week or so. I got close for a kiss then frantically started sniffing them. It was like the most delicious mouth watering watermelon smell. But it only happened once or twice and never again.

Some kind of perfect chemical balance has to be in place for the watermelon effect but we both love it.

[jettkuso]

POV you have just pushed me, fully clothed, into the pool at a house party:

HEY MAN WHAT THE HELL!

*I pull out a booklet of little yellow strips of paper, but all of them are turning green*

YOU RUINED MY pH TEST STR— woah dude this water is way too alkaline, this might cause skin irritation or scale buildup

[vine-black]

Look at this FUCKED up "Heavenly Blue" morning glory the bloomed for me this weekend

[rosalette-roxburgh]

i know men can get yeast infections too but the idea that both welts are trans and that welt joyce was like “i know this kid is gonna transition in like the next 5 years i need to give him the core” is taking me out

That was the intention!

[waywardsalt]

fuck it, unedited snippet from an early early post-ph scene i decided to write one night

[dilfcherricola]

born to fuck a bar of soap forced to have this stupid ass vagina

[literatureandshit]

i put my hand to my mouth in shock everytime shorsey makes fun of rilley and jonesy

[pan-de-queer]

was thinking of this post (i also have a screenshot of the post at the end) and now i can't stop thinking of a uni!supercorp au set in the fucking philippines like

au is set in 2016. this is very vital to the story

lena's an international student to dlsu manila for a term (i was thinking business rich kid [so dlsu] and not lawyer/politician rich kid [admu]) bc when lillian suggested she join an international exchange program lena decided to choose the country the farthest away from lillian's influence (luthor corp has no hold in most of SEA [minus singapore obvs] and lena chose the philippines mostly because of the slightly less difficult language barrier) and majors in both science and business courses

kara got into up diliman through blood, sweat, and tears. her parents were researchers during the marcos era who were killed during martial law. kara was adopted by the danvers as jeremiah was the zor-els' co-worker and eliza was a traveling doctor. the danvers took kara and alex back to the states (usa) but kara wanted to figure out how and why her parents died and the ph is a great place to get a journalism degree so she studied up on not only the language but ph culture, history, and news as well before transferring to the ph the summer before her third year of high school. alex got a job as a medical consultant in the ph soon after and the two live together in qc (quezon city)

kara and lena meet when lena accidentally finds herself in the middle of a protest march passing through taft (kara started in up manila, not diliman hahaha)

she has no fucking idea what it's about

kara assumes lena's part of the protest and asks if she'd like to borrow one of her signs but then lena's like "what the fuck is happening"

"we're protesting marcos's burial in, uh, the national cemetery for heroes," kara explains and lena still looks so lost and kara feels both bad for the woman and awestruck that someone so beautiful exists. "marcos, like, ferdinand marcos? the country's ex-president that declared martial law, plundered the country in horrible debt, and then was banned from returning?"

lena knows some of those words, she thinks. she'd studied up on philippine history a little bit before she arrived but the textbook she'd read felt incredibly racist if not colonialist, but she's sure she read about a president declaring martial law before, so she nods as if she gets it

the protest keeps marching forward and lena finds that she can't really escape the crowd unless she wants to get crushed, so she sticks closest to kara who's both a friendly (gorgeous) face and also has the closest accent to hers

kara shares with lena more details about why they're marching and helps translate some of the more unfamiliar words of their chants

almost twenty minutes after lena accidentally joined the march, practically drenched in sweat but too moon eyed towards the blonde to care, lena finally asks where they're marching to

"to the cemetery in taguig."

taguig. taguig city. more than two hours away on foot

"oh."

when kara sees lena's face fall, she gently takes lena's wrist and manages to maneuver them to the side of the protest, away from the wave of people. kara asks what's wrong and lena admits that she's already super fucking tired and would never be able to finish the march

kara understands and decides to accompany lena while they wait for a grab ride to arrive. as lena orders her ride, kara texts her activist and journalism friends to let them know that she won't be at the final rally anymore

while they wait, they learn more about each other and find themselves even more smitten than when they first met (sometime during this part, kara also gives lena one of her extra shirts [because she's a seasoned commuting pro and knows to never leave home without an extra shirt and small towel] so lena's just looking super comfy and cute in kara's shirt)

when lena's ride arrives, kara double checks the grab because she's That Kind of person before helping her in

"thanks for waiting with me. it was nice meeting you," lena says and kara smiles, wide and toothy.

"it was nice meeting you, too. ingat!" and kara closes the card door before she remembers to even ask for lena’s number

still, the lack of contact details doesn't deter her. she knows enough about lena that hopefully dropping by dlsu more often would mean being able to see her again

and she does

anyways if this was a short fic I'd def end it around here with kara and lena getting that date but if it were a long fic then i'd 100% make kara investigate and study the ejks (extra judicial killings) during duterte's time and lena learning and falling in love with the ph the way kara has which includes lena learning how to commute (which someday, when she leads l-corp, means that she helps build and fund a better fucking public transport system)

this was suuuuppppeeer fun to even just think about and I can't promise I'll write it but just this idea has me pumped! hope the 3 pinoys who see this enjoy 💕

*edit: here's parts 1.5, 2, 3, and 4