#basilisk bacon

[ansatsu-sha]

Fresh vegetable lunch from the Golem Garden / Dungeon Meshi S1E4

[kcrossvine-art]

haiiii dungeon delvers! This is a quick one, gratefully both the materials and the dish-type are very close to their real life inspiration :D

As we speak, my favorite catgirl bestfolk is getting introduced to the anime and you haven no idea how much self control its taken to not immediately jump forward to be in sync with her, but theres SO many good recipes before we get there!!!

We will be making a Mandrake and Basilisk Omelet today!

(As always you can find the cooking instructions and full ingredient list under the break-)

MY NAMES CROSS NOW LETS COOK LIKE ANIMALS

SO, “what goes into a Mandrake and Basilisk Omelet?” YOU MIGHT ASKIts made from the egg of a basilisk, which isnt a large chicken egg but instead a large snake egg. Oblong shape, soft leather texture, and no eggwhites just yolk.

A large daikon

½ lbs fatty bacon

Shallots

Garlic

Chicken eggs

Salt

Pepper

Arugula (for garnishing)

OPTIONAL; ketchup/hot sauce :)

You could try cooking this using actual snake eggs, but theyre hard to come by and reportedly quite bland compared to chicken eggs. I tried getting my hands on an ostrich egg for the pizzaz of it all. The zoo lady was kind in her dismissal.

AND, “what does a Mandrake and Basilisk Omelet taste like?” YOU MIGHT ASKOmelettes are standard fair but here we cook them like a french omelette and wrap it up like a burrito at the end.

Wetter eggs than im used to ( <- american)

Daikon and bacon r very tasty together

They end up having the same texture almost

Intensely savory. Heavy on the tummy

Chopped green onions would bring more levity to the filling

Ketchup pairs well

(but i prefer medium hot sauce)

Dark coffee pairs well

The acidity of the above 3 is what makes them work with this nutrient Dense dish

. In the show, decapitated mandrakes are more bitter than mandrakes left 'whole'. If you want that difference, using sweet/sour sauce on some of the daikon while it cooks will make the non-sauced daikon seem bitter by comparison. . Maybe ferment daikon too? . Adding a small amount of water with the bacon transfers the heat evenly, a small amount as to cook off before the fat/grease renders. Could also try cooking in the oven.

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"Consisting of a fluffy Basilisk egg omelet filled with minced Basilisk bacon and mandrake.If the mandrake used was killed with its 'head' still attached, it will be less bitter and more mellow" This dish is important as it marks the beginning of Senshi and Marcilles bonding, and the lead-up gives us our first glance into the school Falin and Marcille met at. Objectively the recipe is basic but it was challenging to write out.

Omelette making is muscle-memory, so having to learn the french variation and slow down felt like trying to ride a bike side-saddled.

It took about an hour and a half from laying out the ingredients, to eating the finished thing. I had to take a break in the middle of cutting veggies as my wrists are flaring up, so you could probably go faster unimpeded.

What would you rate this recipe out of 10?(with 1 being food that makes one physically sick and 10 being food that gives one a lust for life again.) Did you love it, did you hate it? What're your thoughts on what I could do different, and what would you have done instead?

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Ingredients:

1 large daikon, chopped

½ lbs fatty bacon, chopped

2 shallots

3 cloves of garlic

3 Eggs

Salt

Pepper

Some arugula (for garnishing)

OPTIONAL; ketchup/hot sauce :)

Method:

Chop your bacon into roughly ½ inch squares. Cut off the ends of your daikon and cube the rest. Thinly dice your shallots and crush your garlic cloves.

Bring a cast iron skillet to medium-high heat. Once at temp, carefully add your chopped bacon to the pan with a very small amount of water.

Add your chopped bacon and stir-fry until almost cooked.

Add your shallots and garlic. Cook for about a minute or until the shallots have softened.

Transfer the bacon, shallot, and garlic mix to a bowl. Set aside. Lower the cast iron skillet to medium heat.

Place your daikon cubes in the cast iron skillet, you should still have enough bacon grease. Add salt and cook until lightly browned on each side.

Add roughly 1 tablespoon of water. Lower heat and cover. Simmer for 2 minutes.

Once your daikon are softened, transfer to same bowl containing your bacon, shallots, and garlic.

Crack your eggs into a seperate bowl and whisk for 2 minutes until 'frothy' with no egg whites visible.

Bring the cast iron skillet back up to medium heat. There might not be enough bacon grease left, so feel free to add butter! If the butter browns you've gone too hot.

Pour your eggs into the skillet. Use a spatula to spread the eggs, scraping down the sides of the pan. Sprinkle salt and pepper in, to taste.

Once your eggs are mostly solid, pour the bacon, shallot, garlic, and daikon filling into the center. If it starts to separate- stop touching and let it rest. Gently fold the edges of the omelette overtop the filling.

Lay a few pieces of arugula on a plate, and flip your omelette onto it :) enjoy!

[barszcz-czerwony-i-biali]

Episode Two: Dungeon Meshi is it Kosher

So I looked up mandrakes and turns out like the city of Sioux Falls, it's real I just thought TV made it up. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I learned a ton about them so naturally I will info dump everything

In the Tanakh they were seen as a plant that would help increase fertility. In Bereshit 30:14 the gist of it was that Rachel was like hey Leah give me your mandrakes, you can sleep with Yakov.

(This) alludes to this plant's properties in promoting pregnancy, but the passage seems specifically intended rather to point out that pregnancy is a gift of the Lord, for Leah, who handed over the mandrakes, became pregnant and not Rachel, who received them.

Jewish virtual Library

My question is am I getting this right, did Rachel end up sleeping with Yakov too, or did she just think having the plant would get her pregnant?

I was born through IVF so I won't judge.

Another thing I learned was that the method that Marcielle discusses having learned in school was actually recorded down by Josephus.

They are poisonous but there are people such as this person in Israel who makes them into liqueur

Link Jerusalem Post

Dungeon Meshi Wiki Says we can use Parsnips if you are worried about the poisonous part

Anyway

First Dish : Roast Basilisk

I discussed earlier that the basilisk is not kosher but a roast chicken should suffice.

Mandrake and Basilisk Bacon Omelette

Mandrake (1 med. size)

Basilisk bacon (use the fattiest cuts) (50 grams)

Basilisk egg (1)

Salt and pepper (to taste)

Ketchup (to taste)

For the Basilisk Egg we can use a chicken egg and for the bacon there are many things we can use such as any kosher bacon product, shiitake mushrooms are also a good substitute.

So Irl Kakiage is prepared by taking clumps of either a shellfish such as shrimp, dipping it into tempura and frying to create a sort of fritter or pancake.

These are often made vegetarian by substituting the shellfish with ingredients such as carrot, burdock root, and onion.

They look quite similar to latkes made using grated potatoes

[amethystsoda]

For recipe 4, I used some of the potatoes from recipe 3 in place of mandrakes! 🥔

In the manga, the eggs were described as having “no whites” and were “almost red” in color, so I added a bit of chili powder to help with the coloration.

And I added ketchup in the mandrake and basilisk bacon mix because it was listed in the recipe (the shape reminded me of omurice, so I figured it was implied the ketchup was inside) 🍳🥓🍅

[u5an5]

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 13 | An Elf for All

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! Fair warning, this post contains SPOILERS. If you don't want to be spoiled, STOP READING !

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Gricko

Languages: Common, Goblin, Gigant, Druidic

In possession from beginning:

Primal totems (gorilla, basilisk-esque creature; ep.1)

Alarm whistle (ep.1)

Glue dropper bottle (ep.3)

Eyedrops bottle (ep.3)

Peanut butter jar (ep.10)

6 banañas (ep.12)

Items acquired:

Bag of 603 gold pieces (couldn't find it; ep.1)

Cloak of Displacement (ep.1)

Sycamore seed 4 (ep.2; +1d4 for ability check until dawn)

Games Prize 6 - Magic Face Paint (Disguise Self 1h; ep.6)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (gained due Fey Pact) 2/8 (ep.7)

Games Prize 4 - Witchlight wine (ep.7)

Games Prize 7 - Cuddly toy spider (ep. 8)

Games Prize 8 - Glove puppet wizard (Illusion 3/3; ep.8)

Games Prize 2 - Wooden wand (Prestidigitation 8/8; ep.8)

Blue ribbon "I dropped a beat on the Carnival street" (ep.8)

5x fridge magnets (ep.12)

Clothes:

Comically too big cloth butterfly wings (ep.2, blue-red; replaced)

Really small Tentacle Chad T-shirt (ep.3)

Pixie wings (ep.10)

Pixie costume - werewolf (ep.10)

Pacts/contracts:

No ticket - after giving away his ticket to Gideon, due to The Rule of Reciprocity, his most prized possession (Hootsie) was taken away from him by Sowpig (ep.5)

Fey Pact 4 - You can no longer talk about your favorite thing; Interpreted as you don't remember (Hootsie). Once the Witchlight Monarch is crowned, all pacts made fade then, and only then. (ep.7)

Marriage - He has to get married to Bixie after asking her to marry him (albeit under fey magic influence). It's binding and technically could be replaced by another pact but it can't be removed. (ep.10)

Fear: Groblin (2D beings in general; ep.12)

fail: 1/3

Hootsie (kidnapped by Sowpig; ep.5)

Status: ???

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Gideon (taken away to the Pixie Hospital)

Status: Unconscious, currently in coma

In possession from beginning:

Engineered manacles (ep.5)

Cigar (ep.10)

Really tiny notebook (ep.11)

Really tiny spectacle (ep.11)

Items acquired:

3 letters from Mr. Roslov (ep.1)

Sycamore seed 5 (ep.2; +1d8 for ability check until next dawn)

x5 Magical Invisibility Cupcakes (ep.3)

162 gold pieces (ep.7)

Games Prize 2 - Wooden wand (Prestidigitation 8/8; ep.6)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (gained due Fey Pact) 3/8 (ep.7)

Games Prize 7 - Cuddly toy spider (ep.7)

Letter from Mrs Witch & Light (ep.8)

Games Prize 7 - Cuddly toy spider x2 (ep.8)

Games Prize 3 - Pixie dust (ep.8)

Games Prize 2 - Wooden wand (Prestidigitation 8/8; ep.6)

Blue ribbon (ep.8)

Clothes:

Comically too small cloth butterfly wings (ep.2, red with orange rinds; replaced)

Baby pink Cake Chad T-shirt at least five sizes too small (ep.3)

Flower crown (ep.7)

Comically small red cape over shoulder (ep.8?)

Pixie wings (ep.10)

Pixie costume - himbo Frankenstein monster (ep.10)

Pacts/contracts:

Fey Pact 2 - Was given a flower crown. You must wear this flower crown, but you have to water it every hour and you can't take it off. Once the Witchlight Monarch is crowned, all pacts made fade then, and only then. (ep.7)

Clown kill manslaughter count:

Chuckles the Clown - after being punched in body laughed himself to death (supposedly he was already dead by this time due crippling alcoholism; before the campaign)

Klutzy the Clown - got hit by Gideon throwing Impossibal at incredible speeds directly into his face. The actual supposed cause of death was deadly allergy to unspecified ingredient/s in this processed not-meat sludge (ep.6)

Bumbo the Clown - Tripped and fallen directly onto Gideon's sword hand puppet, completely running him through. Was allergic to felt, he hit the ground and he died. (ep.9)

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Kremy

Languages: Common, Draconic

In possession from beginning:

Tophat

Skull Cane

2 gold pieces (ep.1)

at least 2 handkerchiefs (ep.3)

Compact mirror (ep.4)

Frying pan (ep.4)

Knife (ep.4)

Bacon grease (ep.8)

Cigarettes (ep.10)

Items acquired:

Satchel with Carnival map and Three Rules of Feywild (ep.2)

Sycamore seed 1 (trait "I am easily amused" until dawn; ep.2)

Games Prize 3 - packet of pixie dust

Stuffed Almiraj plushie from Gideon (Minor Illusion 3/day)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (gained due Fey Pact) 2/8

51 gold pieces

-6 for x1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival for Frost

Games Prize 4 5 - A replica unicorn horn filled with candy (ep.7)

Games Prize 5 - A replica unicorn horn filled with candy (ep.8)

Bright orange ribbon "consolation prize" from Torbek (ep.8)

Corn Husk Doll from Kettlesteam (ep.11; given away to Palasha)

Pinecone Pug plushie x2? (ep.12)

Pinecone Pug backpack (ep.12)

Gricko's teeth (ep.12)

Frost's fingernails (ep.12)

x3 Taffy

x3 Toffie

Clothes:

Regular clothes (left by costume chest)

Cloth butterfly wings (ep.2, purple; replaced)

A replica unicorn horn formerly filled with candy strapped to his forehead (ep.7)

Pixie wings (ep.10)

Pixie costume - powerful sexy witch (ep.10)

Pacts/contracts:

Due possessing unspecified knowledge he didn't pay for when he "abandoned his station" has to deliver 100,000 gold pieces to Mr. Garou by the end of the month (in next 19 days) as recompensation. If he's no longer able to do so by dying, the rest of the Krew is obligated to pay it (ep.1)

Fey Pact 8: You must declare your love for unicorns at every opportunity. Once the Witchlight Monarch is crowned, all pacts made fade then, and only then (ep.2)

Fey Pact 1: You cannot tell a lie knowingly. Once the Witchlight Monarch is crowned, all pacts made fade then, and only then. (ep.8)

Marriage - He has to get married to Zaxie after asking her to marry him (albeit under fey magic influence). It's binding and technically could be replaced by another pact but it can't be removed. (ep.10)

Fear: Remy Garou and his debt to him [1:35:00 - 1:36:42] (ep.12)

fail 1/3

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Frost

Languages: Common, Celestial, Elvish

In possession from beginning:

Backpack (ep.2)

Glue (totally not related to horses; ep.3)

Tambourine (ep.3)

Water skin (ep.3)

Small dagger (ep.4)

Peanut butter jar (ep.10)

Peanut M&M's (ep.11)

Ball of yarn (ep.11)

Buttons

Items acquired:

Letter to Zybilna by Madrik Roslov (ep.1)

Bag of Beans (ep.1)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (ep.1) 0/8

Sycamore seed 7 (ep.2; it turns into:)

1 gold piece

Dandelion (ep.2; reward for catching Red's interest; blown away while making a wish)

Morning Frost license plate (ep.12)

Games Prize 3 - Pack of pixie dust (ep.12)

Sky blue T-shirt three sizes too small with "Bird Chad" on it (ep.12)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (gained due Fey Pact) 8/8

Clothes:

Cloth butterfly wings (ep.2; jade with yellow eyes - replaced)

Pixie wings (ep.10)

Pixie costume - dracula (ep.10)

Pacts/contracts:

Fear: Being alone, being the last one standing and going insane [1:29:38 - 1:31:10] (ep.12)

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Krew (The Party)

In possession from beginning:

2 gold pieces (ep.1)

Items acquired:

5 gold pieces (ep.2; for street-performing)

Pacts/contracts:

With Madrik Roslov: In exchange for checking if Zybilna is alright, and if true, giving her the letter he wrote, Party will get what is left from his possessions once he passes away (ep.1)

With Diana Cloppington: In exchange for riddle concerning Prismeer, with knowledge and information she was able to store about current state of it in it, Party promises to, at least, attempt to help her return to human and be reunited with Sir Cloppington; Not really Fey Pact but on their rules (ep.2)

With Mrs Witch & Light #1: In exchange for keeping Torbek occupied and bringing him to them in the next hour they will let Frost, who was having a conversation with Mr. Light during this time, free; not as much pact as a hostage situation. (ep.9; completed)

With Mrs Witch & Light #2: In exchange for catching Kenku before crowning of Witchlight Monarch they'll be granted some answers to the questions they have about Carnival and Zybilna; not promise but proposal (ep.9)

With Palasha & Candlefoot: In exchange for bringing Candelfoots voice back they pledged alliance with Krew and promised to come and help them if they ever need them; not as much pact as keeping true to Second Rule

Altered states:

Twist of Fate curses:

(Frost) 37 - You are haunted by the voice of last person you killed (Curvy Dave) [52:00 - 2:02:10]

(Kremy) 57 - You reek of the marches and you are covered in fetid muck of the swamplands [1:26:07 - 1:35:28]

42 - You are haunted by the voice of specific devil (imp) [1:26:12 - 1:35:28]

86 - You must marry the fae you're bargaining with [1:36:40 - 2:05:00]

65 - The concept of death is unbearably sad. So much so that you burst into tears whenever it comes up [1:41:07 - 2:05:00]

68 - You lose your most treasured memory (family recipe for Gumbo, roux specifically) [1:45:00 - 2:05:00]

64 - Water inside your mouth is oily [1:52:40 - 2:05:00]

9 - You are now a small frog. You feel like you need a kiss from your true love to return to your true form [1:54:15 - 2:05:00]

78 - Goblins now look like beautiful women [1:58:00 - 2:05:00]

Twist of Dread curses (by DM):

Fear aftereffects:

(Frost) - you slip sylvan words into your everyday speech and you cannot be brought aware of it [prev. ep - ??]

(Kremy) - You are cursed with mildly aggravating misfortune [prev. ep - ??]

(Gricko) - You are convinced you can talk to plants. You cannot. [prev. ep - ??]

You randomly burst out into song - [prev. ep - ??]

(Gricko) - You can speak only in rhymes [16:50 - changed to

You turn into a autumn eladrin [19:50 - 1:09:21]

You are now female (Goblinette) [1:09:25 - 1:43:16]

(Frost) - You turn into a summer eladrin [17:16 - 2:02:10]

(Kremy) - You become incredibly clumsy [18:11 - changed to

You turn into a winter eladrin [20:36 - 1:05:50]

You feel three unbearable itches on your body. Each time you hit the spot, the itch moves [1:05:55 - 1:35:28]

Would you kindly...

(NPC) ...take your socks off [34:05]

(Frost) ...eat the fucking candy (failed) [1:43:42]

Pixie chariots bets (ep.5):

(Frost) - 1 gold piece on Red

(Gricko) - 40 electrum pieces/20 gold pieces on Blue

(Gideon & Kremy) - ?? on Red

Red wins. The Party gets ?? (they didn't got to collect the prize yet)

Snail race:

King Shmebulock on Snail nr 2 (blue) won ?? (they haven't gotten to it yet)

To-do list:

Get the 100,00 gold pieces by the end of the month (ep.1)

Find out why Madrik Roslovs patron, Zybilna, stopped answering his calls for 15 years so he can die in peace, knowing her fate (ep.1)

Get to the Witchlight Carnival before it ends and find the only available entrance to Prismeer, Zybilnas domain (ep.1)

Try to become Witchlight Monarch (ep.1)

Find out who was the man that cut off Lexi Pott's wings, why he did that and what happened with them (ep.1)

Find a way to reunite Diana Cloppington with her with her horse, Sir Cloppington and return them to their previous forms (ep.2)

Win Cake Eating contest (ep.3; completed)

Find a way to return Candlefoots voice (ep.4; completed)

Find some clothes for Torbek (ep.6; completed)

Keep Torbek occupied for an hour when Carnival Hands find manacles for him and take him away for his punishment (ep.8; completed)

Catch the Kenku and bring her to Mr Witch & Mr Light for her punishment in exchange for some answers (ep.9)

Get ahold of Mr Witch's Pocketwatch or Mr Light's Weathervane and keep it hostage to get the true answers to what they seek (ep.9)

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Time

3rd day of Campaign, less than 3 hours till Coronation - less than 2 hours till Coronation

9th of the month (19 days until The Debt deadline)

Happiness Meter

+2 - Frost wins Count the Feathers (ep.12)

+3 - Krew gives Candlefoot his voice back

Random Info

Man whose name Lexi Pott's was unable to say was going to "wake her" and she was very scared for Party meeting him. When they mentioned name Zybilna, she said they "already were too deep" (ep.1)

After Lexi Pott died, Party was surrounded by Fairy Ring made up from mushrooms (ep.1)

Tasha and Iggwilv The Witch Queen are the same person (ep.4)

Kenku that has been terrorizing the Carnival is a Warlock and her patron is Zybilna (ep.5)

Chuckles said Gideon will join clowns in Hell and become Eighth Clown Lord of Crazy Eights (ep.7)

Torbek's poem is based on Immortality by Clare Harner (ep.8)

Burly the bugbear has a twin, Hurly, that went missing (ep.9)

Mr Witch and Mr Light got into pact for them to be able to run the Witchlight Carnival in exchange for things it wants (people breaking rules) to Hourglass Coven (ep.11)

The original owner of Witchlight Carnival was an archfey (ep.11)

Fey Pacts leave magical aura around those which they bind that are visible to fae (ep.11)

Total money: no more than 817 gold pieces (idk how much Kremy and Gideon bet)

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[sylveon-of-heart]

yknow there's a lot of fandom cookbooks that are just kinda bullshit. Like it'll have 3-10 recipes from the actual movie/ show/ video game but then it needs shit to fill the space so you end up with like. Luke Skywalker grilled cheese

My point in this is that i think a dungeon meshi cookbook would be SO good. I'm just watching the anime but there's 2 recipes per episode and I feel like that could fill a cookbook EASY. Just replace monster parts with irl equivalents. If you can't hunt your own basilisk, pork bacon is fine. This is the only piece of merch I want to get out of this anime adaptation

[hajikelist]

Dungeon Munchy Project Masterpost

Coinciding with the anime release, I planned and cooked a meal alongside an episode every week. This post is a collection of all those recipes in chronological order, but all the related posts can always be found on my dungeon munchy tag!

✨Food is ready trumpets✨

Season 1

Roasted Basilisk and Mandrake Omelet - (Leftovers+)

Living Armor Soup, Bake, and Stir fry

Cabbage Soup, Turnip Salad, Bread, and Spicy Chicken

Bug Snacks and Holy Water Sorbet

Cursed Paintings and Mimic Boiled in Salt Water

Barley Porridge and Kraken (and) Parasite Kabayaki

Raspberries and Yakiniku

Tentacles with Vinegar Dressing and in Stew

Tentacle Gnocchi with Frog Leg

Bonus: Dragon Slaying Cutlet

Rewind: Scorpion and Mushroom Hot Pot and Man-Eating Plant Tart

Red Dragon Feast: Roast, Dragontail Soup, and Pizza Bread

Rewind: Kakiage and Giant Bat Tempura

Good Rations

Dryad Fruit Potage and Bud Sautee / Eisbein-style Cockatrice and Bud Sauerkraut

Cockatrice Ankake and an Eastern Style Meal - (With Brick addition)

Harpy Egg Tamagoyaki

Fifth floor Pilaf, Piccata, and Sweet Dryad - (Reblog with prep and commentary)

Hyorogan, Mushroom Risotto, and Sake Steamed Nightmares - (Hyorogan Prep)

Ice Golem Fish (and) Chawanmushi, Sweet Simmered Mandrake, and Barometz - (Process [CW fish fileting])

Soul Eggs Benedict and Golden Kingdom Feast - (WIP Reblog)

Golden Kingdom Breakfast and Skyfish and Chips - (Leftovers+)

Griffin Soup and Handmade Dumplings - (Leftovers+)

Changeling Dumplings and Seed Tea with Bacon and Eggs

[tedwardremus]

Snuffles & Son

Thank you to everyone who encouraged me to write this fic! I am so excited to share it with you. I hope it lives up to the hype.

Special thanks to @casquecest for helping me name Sirius' shop.

The aroma of sizzling bacon and freshly brewed coffee filled the air, as the pale morning sun filtered in through the kitchen window. Sirius Black bustled around the kitchen of his country home, his wand flicking expertly as he prepared breakfast for himself and his godson. Upon hearing the stomping thuds of Harry making his way down the stairs, Sirius summoned a small cup adorned with colorful hippogriffs, filling it with freshly squeezed orange juice before setting it gently on the table. The cup floated gracefully through the air, finding its place beside a plate piled high with steaming bacon and eggs.  "Morning, Harry!" Sirius greeted, placing the bacon onto a plate and sending it to the small wooden table in the corner of the room where they ate most of their meals. The messy-haired six-year-old made his way into the kitchen and climbed onto his seat.  "Morning, Sirius!" Harry replied happily, grasping his orange juice with both hands and taking a big gulp.  Sirius sat down at the table with his plate and cup of coffee, joining Harry in a rapid discussion of who would win in a fight: a basilisk wearing a blindfold or a dragon wearing a muzzle. As Sirius took one last sip of his coffee, he leaned in towards Harry, his voice low. "Guess what, Harry? Mrs. Figg's off at a kneazle convention today." Harry's eyes widened with delight. "Does that mean..." "That's right," Sirius interrupted, his grin widening. "You get to come to work with me today!"

[duchessdulce]

Facts about Snakes for Fanfic Writers

Thinking about giving Harry Potter a pet snake? Great idea! Here are some facts about snakes to help you out, based on common errors I’ve seen in fanfics:

1. Snakes are not dogs! Harry should not be feeding his snake table scraps. Most snakes should be eating whole prey only: a whole mouse or a whole rat. Not a piece of bacon from Harry’s plate. If Harry really wants to give his snake a treat, he could offer a different animal for variety, like a chick, or a chicken if it’s a large snake.

2. Snakes are quiet eaters! They swallow their prey whole. There is no ominous crunching of bones. It’s a fairly silent process. I guess if the mouse is alive, it would probably make noise, but Harry should really feed his snake pre-killed animals. It’s a lot safer for the snake.

3. Snakes digest their prey whole as well. That means they’re not spitting out the bones. The chamber of secrets would not be full of the bones of all the animals the basilisk ate. It would only be full of snake poop. Sorry… I realize that’s a lot less ominous and more just gross.

4. Snakes don’t eat that often. A small baby snake might eat every 5 days. A large older snake might eat once a month. Eating every week or every 2 weeks would be typical for an average snake. It’s very bad to overfeed. Snakes do not handle obesity well.

5. And one final note… please do not let Harry feed his snake a popsicle, even if it’s mouse flavored! (Not naming names, but I saw this in a fic.) Snakes are cold-blooded. They cannot regulate their own body temperature. If you put something frozen inside a snake, it could die.

My basis for snake knowledge is that I have one snake. I know that’s not a lot, and I’m not claiming to be an expert, but I do know some things!

Also I want to add, I still enjoyed the fics I read even though they got some details wrong! Thank you to everyone who writes fics with snakes!

[yugiohcardsdaily]

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Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Gorilla

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Hawk

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Horse Prince

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Lion Emperor

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Raven

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Snake

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Spirit

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Swallow

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Tiger King

Brushfire Knight

Crimson Blader

Crimson Sunbird

Diamond Dire Wolf

Dice-nied

Dimension Gate

Dododo Bot

Double Shark

Fire Formation - Tenken

Fire Formation - Tensen

Fire Formation - Tensu

Fool of Prophecy

Gagaga Clerk

Gagagadraw

Garbage Lord

Garbage Ogre

Goblin Circus

Gogogo Ghost

Hazy Flame Basiltrice

Hazy Flame Cerbereus

Hazy Flame Griffin

Hazy Flame Mantikor

Hazy Flame Peryton

Hazy Flame Sphynx

Hazy Glory

Hazy Pillar

Heraldic Beast Basilisk

Heraldic Beast Eale

Heraldic Beast Leo

Heraldic Beast Twin-Headed Eagle

Heraldic Beast Unicorn

Heraldry Change

Heraldry Reborn

Hyper-Ancient Shark Megalodon

Ignition Beast Volcannon

Infernal Flame Vixen

Infernity Archer

Jurrac Impact

Kickfire

Leotaur

Lightning Chidori

March of the Monarchs

Mystical Fairy Elfuria

Pyrorex the Elemental Lord

Pyrotech Mech - Shiryu

Reaper of Prophecy

Red Duston

Slacker Magician

Spear Shark

[kabrukisser]

Omelette - Serves 1. One medium sized mandrake. 50g basilisk bacon (fattiest cuts), 1 basilisk egg. Salt and pepper and ketchup to taste. High in calories and protein! Made just for you!

for me..... thank u inbox senshi................ ❤️

[barszcz-czerwony-i-biali]

Episode 4: Dungeon Meshi is it Kosher?

Golem time!

Since basically the golems function as almost a plant bed it should be okay to consume the vegetables provided by the golem. Also since unlike these characters you're Jewish so there needs to be one benefit and that should be some produce. Since we're tight with the golems I bet we wouldn't have to kill them either.

Now the food

You know that moment when a meal is perfectly vegetarian until someone adds bacon to it? Yeah that's this. Fortunately we can leave out the bacon. Basilisks are like 95% chicken except for the tale. I was doing research and hybrid vegetables are forbidden so I feel like this would be too on a technicality

אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹ֒רוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תַרְבִּ֣יעַ כִּלְאַ֔יִם שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז לֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עָלֶֽיךָ׃

You shall observe My laws. You shall not let your cattle mate with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; you shall not put on cloth from a mixture of two kinds of material

Ingredients

Cabbage (1 head)

Carrots (2)

Potatoes (4 large size)

Onions (2 med. size)[3]

Thick-slice Basilisk bacon[4] (8 slices)

Salt and Pepper (to taste)

Water (a generous amount)

Turnip salad

Turnips (2 med. size)

Carrot (a small amount)

Carrot greens (to taste)

Olive oil (to taste)

Salt (a pinch)[3]

Woohoo! Kosher

Next meal

Freshly Stolen Vegetables and Chicken Stewed with Cabbage Accompanied by Plundered Bread

I think the fact that it's stolen might just negate kashrut here

Ironically this is all kosher if we just ignore the stealing part.

I'm surprised the crepes don't have milk or egg or anything but I'm guessing since this is a Japanese show and Japanese cuisine doesn't use that much dairy! Yay!

Spicy Chicken and Whole Stewed Cabbage

Chicken (400 grams)

Cabbage (stolen, 1 head)

Carrots (stolen, 2)

Onions (stolen, 2 med.)

Cayenne pepper

Salt and pepper

Water

Crepes

Wheat flour (stolen, 60 grams)

Salt

Water

Olive oil

Bread

Bread flour (stolen, 250 grams)

Water (160 ml)

Bread starter (stolen)

Sugar

Salt

Olive oil

This feels like when you're reading a label and it says kosher but by reading the ingredients list the food in question is so artificial that you're not sure if you should eat it

[newbietrainer]

Morven's breakfast thankfully didn't involve any surprise 'guests' this time, not that she wouldn't have minded.She'd also made breakfast herself this time. The Scott didn't want to feel like she was being unfair to her parents. Plus, she had always wanted to give it a shot. So, her breakfast consisted of some fairly beginner-friendly choices: manticore sausage, basilisk bacon(little known fact that they do have fat stores along their more protected spine), and some juice. Not really picky when it comes to drinks.

Morven even thought of making lunch for herself too, and had a good idea of what to make. Hand-breaded basilisk, cockatrice, and phoenix strips. Phoenix had a naturally spicy flavor to it, cockatrice had a fairly basic flavor of seasoned chicken, and basilisk had an earthy taste that few other serpentine creatures could rival. She'd even make enough of them to share with Rai, is the scion wanted some.

[weaselle]

@autumnlilybug okay so like, the europeans got a lot from the romans and the romans got a lot from the greeks ... and the greeks were eating grain with hallucinogenic mold on it (ergot) and the romans used pipes of pure lead for their drinking water and the europeans didn't know you shouldn't stay shitfaced drunk the whole time you're pregnant, so.... the real miracle is that anybody stayed sane enough to believe anything normal even a little bit.

Basil, at various times, in various european/mediterranean cultures, has been associated with poverty and hate, believed to only grow where there was abuse, considered to be a tool in determining chastity (withering in the hands of the impure) etc.

like, in Crete basil was considered an emblem of the devil and was placed on most window-ledges as a charm against his influence.

One theory of how basil was named is that sometime in it’s history, basil got confused with the Latin basiliscus (basilisk) which was at one time falsely thought to be an antidote to the venom of that creature. It is thought perhaps for this reason that it was once believed that “Basil is good for the stryking of a se dragon.”

In medieval times, due to basil’s inability to flourish in the presence of ruta graveolens or rue, some physicians thought basil was poisonous. Rue was thought to be “an enemy to poisons” and anything that was unable to grow near it was assumed to be poisonous.

Some people believed basil could turn into other plants; Lord Bacon in his “Natural History” wrote that basil, when exposed too much to the sun, would change into wild thyme.

The scorpion theory evidently has two known sources. The first is the writings of an English physician who, while in Italy, observed that if basil were placed under a stone in a moist place, a scorpion would be produced in two days’ time (idk, if you are someplace where scorpions live and there is a rock and you check under the rock every couple days, it seems likely to me you'll find a scorpion, but what do i know)

The second is a single anecdotal reference by another “learned physician” about a patient having succumbed to scorpion infestation in his brain brought about by frequently smelling the herb. But because these 2 things were written down and the writing survived, it became known as "a thing people believed" tho how many people actually believed it is debatable... sometimes, as i know is a surprise to all internet users, people just write crazy shit as though it is a fact.

but yeah, people believed a lot of really wild shit about everything (like that eels did not reproduce but were created from the sunlight striking the surface of the Nile, for example).

And i am convinced most of northern and western societies are still recovering from the generational trauma of all the lead, ergot, mercury, alcohol, asbestos (used by the ancient greeks) etc exposure from womb to grave. Like, all that stuff can basically drive a person totally insane or fill their brain with tumors, so, its a wonder anything normal or sane ever happened, really.

Why does basil smell so fucking amazing

[u5an5]

Of things obtained: Once Upon a Witchlight Ep. 10 | Raucous Revelry

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! Fair warning, this post contains SPOILERS. If you don't want to be spoiled, STOP READING !

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Gricko

Languages: Common, Goblin, Gigant, Druidic

In possession from beginning:

Primal totems (gorilla, basilisk-esque creature; ep.1)

Alarm whistle (ep.1)

Glue dropper bottle (ep.3)

Eyedrops bottle (ep.3)

Peanut butter jar

Items acquired:

Bag of 603 gold pieces (couldn't find it; ep.1)

Cloak of Displacement (ep.1)

Sycamore seed 4 (ep.2; +1d4 for ability check until dawn)

Games Prize 6 - Magic Face Paint (Disguise Self 1h; ep.6)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (gained due Fey Pact) 3/8 (ep.7)

Games Prize 4 - Witchlight wine (ep.7)

Games Prize 7 - Cuddly toy spider (ep. 8)

Games Prize 8 - Glove puppet wizard (Illusion 3/3; ep.8)

Games Prize 2 - Wooden wand (Prestidigitation 8/8; ep.8)

Blue ribbon "I dropped a beat on the Carnival street" (ep.8)

Cigarette (given by Kremy)

Clothes:

Comically too big cloth butterfly wings (ep.2, blue-red; replaced)

Really small Tentacle Chad T-shirt (ep.3)

Outfit 67 - Monopoly man outfit (ep.9; changed to)

Pixie wings

Pixie costume - werewolf

Pacts/contracts:

No ticket - after giving away his ticket to Gideon, due to The Rule of Reciprocity, his most prized possession (Hootsie) was taken away from him by Sowpig (ep.5)

Fey Pact 4 - You can no longer talk about your favorite thing; Interpreted as you don't remember (Hootsie). Once the Witchlight Monarch is crowned, all pacts made fade then, and only then. (ep.7)

Marriage - He has to get married to Bixie after asking her to marry him (albeit under fey magic influence). It's binding and can't be removed.

Hootsie (kidnapped by Sowpig; ep.5)

Status: ???

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Gideon

In possession from beginning:

Engineered manacles (ep.5)

Cigar

Items acquired:

3 letters from Mr. Roslov (ep.1)

Sycamore seed 5 (ep.2; +1d8 for ability check until next dawn)

x5 Magical Invisibility Cupcakes (ep.3)

162 gold pieces (ep.7)

Games Prize 2 - Wooden wand (Prestidigitation 8/8; ep.6)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (gained due Fey Pact) 3/8 (ep.7)

Games Prize 7 - Cuddly toy spider (ep.7)

Letter from Mrs Witch & Light (ep.8)

Games Prize 7 - Cuddly toy spider x2 (ep.8)

Games Prize 3 - Pixie dust (ep.8)

Games Prize 2 - Wooden wand (Prestidigitation 8/8; ep.6)

Blue ribbon (ep.8)

Wizard hand puppet

Cigarette (given by Kremy)

Clothes:

Comically too small cloth butterfly wings (ep.2, red with orange rinds; replaced)

Cake Chad T-shirt at least five sizes too small (ep.3)

Flower crown (ep.7)

Comically small red cape over shoulder (ep.8?)

Outfit 49 - headless nutcracker (ep.9; changed to)

Pixie wings

Pixie costume - himbo Frankenstein monster

Pacts/contracts:

Fey Pact 2 - Was given a flower crown. You must wear this flower crown, but you have to water it every hour and you can't take it off. Once the Witchlight Monarch is crowned, all pacts made fade then, and only then. (ep.7)

Clown kill manslaughter count:

Chuckles the Clown - after being punched in body laughed himself to death (supposedly he was already dead by this time due crippling alcoholism; before the campaign)

Klutzy the Clown - got hit by Gideon throwing Impossibal at incredible speeds directly into his face. The actual supposed cause of death was deadly allergy to unspecified ingredient/s in this processed not-meat sludge (ep.6)

Bumbo the Clown - Tripped and fallen directly onto Gideon's sword hand puppet, completely running him through. Was allergic to felt, he hit the ground and he died. (ep.9)

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Kremy

Languages: Common, Draconic

In possession from beginning:

Tophat

Skull Cane

2 gold pieces (ep.1)

at least 2 handkerchiefs (ep.3)

Compact mirror (ep.4)

Frying pan (ep.4)

Knife (ep.4)

Bacon grease (ep.8)

Cigarettes

Items acquired:

Satchel with Carnival map and Three Rules of Feywild (ep.2)

Sycamore seed 1 (trait "I am easily amused" until dawn; ep.2)

Games Prize 3 - packet of pixie dust

Stuffed Almiraj plushie from Gideon (Minor Illusion 3/day)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (gained due Fey Pact) 3/8

56 gold pieces

Games Prize 4 5 - A replica unicorn horn filled with candy (ep.7)

Games Prize 6 - Magic Face Paint (Disguise Self 1h, ep.8 - used to make Gideon look like a troll; 40:40)

Games Prize 5 - A replica unicorn horn filled with candy (ep.8)

Bright orange ribbon "consolation prize" from Torbek (ep.8)

Clothes:

Regular clothes (left by costume chest)

Cloth butterfly wings (ep.2, purple; replaced)

A replica unicorn horn formerly filled with candy strapped to his forehead (ep.7)

Outfit 92 - A very tall, ornate dwarf ala viking (ep.9; changed to)

Pixie wings

Pixie costume - powerful sexy witch

Pacts/contracts:

Due possessing unspecified knowledge he didn't pay for when he "abandoned his station" has to deliver 100,000 gold pieces to Mr. Garou by the end of the month (in next 19 days) as recompensation. If he's no longer able to do so by dying, the rest of the Krew is obligated to pay it (ep.1)

Fey Pact 8: You must declare your love for unicorns at every opportunity. Once the Witchlight Monarch is crowned, all pacts made fade then, and only then (ep.2)

Fey Pact 1: You cannot tell a lie knowingly. Once the Witchlight Monarch is crowned, all pacts made fade then, and only then. (ep.8)

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Frost

Languages: Common, Celestial, Elvish

In possession from beginning:

Backpack (ep.2)

Glue (totally not related to horses; ep.3)

Tambourine (ep.3)

Water skin (ep.3)

Small dagger (ep.4)

Peanut butter jar

Items acquired:

Letter to Zybilna by Madrik Roslov (ep.1)

Bag of Beans (ep.1)

1 ticket to Witchlight Carnival (ep.1) 1/8

Sycamore seed 7 (ep.2; it turns into:)

1 gold piece

Dandelion (ep.2; reward for catching Red's interest; blown away while making a wish)

Cigarette (given by Kremy)

Clothes:

Cloth butterfly wings (ep.2; jade with yellow eyes - replaced)

Outfit ?? - A Tinker Bell in a jar (ep.9; replaced with)

Pixie wings

Pixie costume - dracula

Pacts/contracts:

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Krew (The Party)

In possession from beginning:

2 gold pieces (ep.1)

Items acquired:

5 gold pieces (ep.2; for street-performing)

Pacts/contracts:

With Madrik Roslov: In exchange for checking if Zybilna is alright, and if true, giving her the letter he wrote, Party will get what is left from his possessions once he passes away (ep.1)

With Diana Cloppington: In exchange for riddle concerning Prismeer, with knowledge and information she was able to store about current state of it in it, Party promises to, at least, attempt to help her return to human and be reunited with Sir Cloppington; Not really Fey Pact but on their rules (ep.2)

With Mrs Witch & Light #1: In exchange for keeping Torbek occupied and bringing him to them in the next hour they will let Frost, who was having a conversation with Mr. Light during this time, free; not as much pact as a hostage situation. (ep.9; completed)

With Mrs Witch & Light #2: In exchange for catching Kenku before crowning of Witchlight Monarch they'll be granted some answers to the questions they have about Carnival and Zybilna; not promise but proposal (ep.9)

Altered states:

Twist of Fate curses:

(Frost) 28 - You're in constant physical pain [28:28 - 44:37]

54 33 80 - You unwillingly slip sylvan words into your speech [1:34:17 - 44:37]

(Gricko) 96 - You have a head of a donkey [31:15 - 44:37]

14 33 ?? - The rest of your body turns into body of a corpse - 44:37]

89 - You want to marry the closest fey to you (Bixie the pixie) [1:52:06 - 2:13:38]

74 - You gain beauty of the gods as long as you look into the mirror each day. If not your beauty will corrupt into necrotic horror [2:03:45 - 2:13:38]

(Gideon) 67 34 - You believe you are a part cat and you slip meows into everything you say [2:03:55 - 2:13:38]

20 74 41 - You begin to bleed profusely from your mouth [2:04:00 - 2:13:38]

Twist of Dread curses (by DM):

(Kremy) - You turn into 60 year old human wearing a bear costume [37:27 - 44:37]

(Frost) - You are only attracted to trolls. You aggressively seek out a troll for long-term relationship [38:52 - 44:37]

(Gideon) - All of your friends look like beautiful women and you're highly attracted to them [39:22 - 44:37]

(Gricko) - Your knees get fused. You lose your ability to run [1:43:08 -

- You believe you're a wererat. You are not. [1:44:28 - 2:13:38]

Pixie dust:

Red

(All) - Your size changes to proportionally Tiny [53:10 -

Purple

(Gricko) - You feel immense need to dance [1:46:25 -

Pixie chariots bets (ep.5):

(Frost) - 1 gold piece on Red

(Gricko) - 40 electrum pieces/20 gold pieces on Blue

(Gideon & Kremy) - ?? on Red

Red wins. The Party gets ?? (they didn't got to collect the prize yet)

Snail race:

King Shmebulock on Snail nr 2 (blue) won ?? (they haven't gotten to it yet)

To-do list:

Get the 100,00 gold pieces by the end of the month (ep.1)

Find out why Madrik Roslovs patron, Zybilna, stopped answering his calls for 15 years so he can die in peace, knowing her fate (ep.1)

Get to the Witchlight Carnival before it ends and find the only available entrance to Prismeer, Zybilnas domain (ep.1)

Try to become Witchlight Monarch (ep.1)

Find out who was the man that cut off Lexi Pott's wings, why he did that and what happened with them (ep.1)

Find a way to reunite Diana Cloppington with her with her horse, Sir Cloppington and return them to their previous forms (ep.2)

Win Cake Eating contest (ep.3; completed)

Find a way to return Candlefoots voice (ep.4)

Find some clothes for Torbek (ep.6; completed)

Keep Torbek occupied for an hour when Carnival Hands find manacles for him and take him away for his punishment (ep.8; completed)

Catch the Kenku and bring her to Mr Witch & Mr Light for her punishment in exchange for some answers (ep.9)

Get ahold of Mr Witch's Pocketwatch or Mr Light's Weathervane and keep it hostage to get the true answers to what they seek (ep.9)

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Time

3rd day of Campaign, less than 4 hours till Coronation - less than 3 hours till Coronation

9th of the month (19 days until The Debt deadline)

Happiness Meter

-2 - went down when Torbek stood the pixie up (ep.6)

-3 - gone smexual

-2 - gone smexual

-1 - flash mob to "Thriller"

Random Info

Man whose name Lexi Pott's was unable to say was going to "wake her" and she was very scared for Party meeting him. When they mentioned name Zybilna, she said they "already were too deep" (ep.1)

After Lexi Pott died, Party was surrounded by Fairy Ring made up from mushrooms (ep.1)

Tasha and Iggwilv The Witch Queen are the same person (ep.4)

Kenku that has been terrorising the Carnival is a Warlock and her patron is Zybilna (ep.5)

Chuckles said Gideon will join clowns in Hell and become Eighth Clown Lord of Crazy Eights (ep.7)

Torbek's poem is based on Immortality by Clare Harner (ep.8)

Burly the bugbear has a twin, Hurly, that went missing (ep.9)

Total money: no more than 828 gold pieces (idk how much Kremy and Gideon bet)

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[gallifrey1sburning]

The Stories on our Skin

Harry has a thing about scars.

It’s not, like, sexual or anything. He just finds them fascinating. The stories that they tell, or don’t. The ones with a stark before and after and the ones people look at and shrug and say, ‘I don’t even know how I got that, honestly’.

Harry’s whole life story can be told in scars, he sometimes thinks. Some of the most important ones aren’t even on his own body, but enough of them are that he imagines it would take years to explain them if anyone were to ask. Most people don’t, though. They only care about the one.

Sometimes, Harry finds himself cataloguing the scars of the people he loves most. The vicious word that Hermione stubbornly refuses to cover, and which Luna photographs for them, once: Harry’s hand gently holding Hermione’s forearm, his own messy handwriting next to Bellatrix’s savage scrawl. The strange, swirling patterns that skate up Ron’s freckled arm that speak of his loyalty and determination as well as their combined recklessness.

The Weasleys carry more than their fair share, Harry often thinks; some benign—like the scattered dragon burn marks that Charlie loves to tell the stories behind, or the tiny black dot under the skin of Percy’s palm from where he accidentally stabbed himself with a quill and was too embarrassed to go to Madame Pomfrey, and some less so—like the teeth marks on Arthur’s torso, or the jagged edges of George’s ear, or the reddish slashes across Bill’s handsome face.

Facial scars, in particular, call to Harry. One night in their eighth year at Hogwarts, he and Lavender Brown get roaring drunk together and she lets him trace his fingers along the shiny, pale marks that stand stark against her dark skin—sharp nails and sharper teeth and a too-close call that could have ended so much differently if she had been found three minutes, or bitten three nights, later. She doesn’t usually let people touch them, she tells him, but it’s different with Harry—Harry understands. Her skin is bumpy under his fingertips, but her lips are soft against his and salty with tears.

Malfoy’s scars are subtler, harder to see against his milky-pale skin, and he doesn’t flinch when Harry first notices them—the tiny marks like elongated white freckles from the glass of a shattered chandelier and the starker, straighter lines that cross his face and neck and travel down, down. His silvery eyes glint in defiance as Harry’s gaze follows them to where they disappear under the starched, white collar of his shirt.

“Hoping to see the rest of your handiwork?” he sneers, but he seems unmoored when Harry nods mutely, his pale fingers trembling as he undoes button after button until Harry can see the entirety of what he’s done, the tracks of his mistakes. Harry has been told that he isn’t responsible for so many of the scars that weigh on his soul, but these—these are no one’s fault but his. Draco’s eyes go wide as Harry involuntarily reaches out toward them, but he doesn’t step away, and after hesitating for a few more moments, Harry brushes his hands lightly over them, goosebumps rising in his wake.

It will be years before they share the rest of their scars—the rest of their stories—with each other. The grease burns on Harry’s arms from frying bacon he wouldn’t be allowed to eat. The similar burns along Draco’s legs from sparks of Fiendfyre. A basilisk’s bite and a hippogriff’s claw. The lightning across Harry’s chest that so few people know about and the gnarled, red remainder of Draco’s Dark Mark that everybody does. But one day, Harry’s lips will press against every inch of Draco’s chest, an apology and a claim. One day, Draco will purge every dark childhood memory from Harry’s body, pulling the stories from him like poison until their power lessens. One day, Harry will caress the once-smooth skin of Draco’s forearm absently as they lie tangled together, sweaty and sated, and it will feel like an absolution.

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