#c: Binna

[void-botanist]

The Melichacha Crew: A Powerpoint

I added some extra lore to this one since I know at least @writinglittlebeasts was hungering for it, lol. There's even more embedded lore that I didn't really get into so feel free to question me in the replies/tags/asks/dms if anything catches your fancy.

Tagging various other people who I believe will be interested: @vacantgodling @sam-glade @kingkendrick7 @outpost51 @writernopal @athenswrites

[mortissez]

Mortisse está siendo perseguide por una fila de ratas y Binna es la única que lo puede rescatarle para que no le noten los humanos que se acercan. +REVERSAㅤ✦ㅤ @binnas

sus ojos se abrieron de sobremanera al ver una hilera de ratas detrás de ella persiguiéndola sin razón alguna, estaba paranoica por la repulsión que le causan y ahora para variar, tenía que cazarlas. su primer instinto, querer alejarlas con su obtenebración, mas al levantar la vista se encontró con humanos acercándose por las dos intersecciones del callejón, no estaba dispuesta a romper la mascarada por una estúpida rata. se echó a correr tan pronto uno de los roedores le tocó los talones. se detuvo al encontrar a una de los vástagos, en busca de ayuda. " ¡hey tú! ayuda con estas. " hace un movimiento de cabeza para indicar los pequeños animales molestos.

[sskcng]

@binnas 'quítate del camino' — debe de estar bromeando, humor se encuentra lo suficientemente drenado para soportar a cualquier otro cainita que no resulte de utilidad. " no me jodas. "

[nayerimz]

no contesta como usualmente lo haría, manos en sus bolsillos mientras camina, lluvia cayendo en su rostro y acumulándose en sus pestañas ' no gastes el pañuelo, lo vas a necesitar para cuando te tengas que limpiar las ilusiones de encima ' no lo quiere dudar pero prejuicio que maneja en contra de ella le hace cuestionarse quién podría soportarse la actitud de la chica y quedarse lo suficiente como para que le considere sus amigos ' ¿eres una de esas personas que a cualquier conocido le dice amigos? ' cuestiona con genuina curiosidad. tiene pinta de que lo es pero quiere confirmar sospechas aunque tampoco es que espere una respuesta honesta. después de todos los insultos que ha soltado contra ella, yeri tampoco cree que se lo merezca. actitud que ha tomado con todo lo que ha sucedido entre ambas es reprochable y ha sido recriminada por parte racional de su ser. rechazo que le genera nunca debió ser excusa para insultarle tan libremente sin importar que contraria lo hiciese primero: sencillamente, nunca debió permitir que las cosas se quedaran tan lejos, pero pelinegra es lo suficientemente terca como para no soltar una situación a no ser que no tenga la última palabra. y con rival, supone que ese pedazo deplorable de personalidad es algo en lo que coinciden, viendo que tampoco le ha puesto una pausa a lo que sea que esté sucediendo entre ambas. echa de menos días en los que podía, simplemente, alejarse de cualquier situación que trajera conflicto a su mente, porque, en vez de estar llevando a dicha situación a un motel barato, estaría de camino a su departamento para dormir cómoda entre sus sábanas caras ' no me interesa que lo que la camarilla tenga que decir de mi. no he hecho nada a nadie ' está limpia, mente también. no tiene ningún secreto terrible que atente contra el mundo cainita así que miedo que intenta meterle le pasa por encima y choca contra una pared ' ¿eso quiere decir que serás mi sugar mommy? en ese caso, acepto ' por supuesto que no planea decirle que tiene dinero de sobra, ahorros por encima de fortuna heredada. no es de la incumbencia ajena, concluye, y también concluye que no quiere que le trate diferente si se entera que sí tiene dinero. prefiere que las cosas se queden como están o que desaparezca de su vida, directamente ' no sé por qué asumes que no tengo un amante o un espacio para relajarme ¿por qué crees que conozco este motel? ' cuestiona, adentrándose en recepción y acercándose a la ventanilla ' una habitación, cama doble, preferiblemente en un piso alto por si me tengo que tirar por la ventana ' le dice al encargado que ni reacciona ante bromita y le estira la llave. pagará cuando se vaya, como siempre lo hace ' espero que te guste subir escaleras ' ✩ @binnas

' es el efecto que causo en ti, querrás decir. tengo muchos amigos. ' exagera como siempre, hay vástagos con quienes últimamente ha forjado un buen vínculo, esa parte no es mentira, ¿pero de ahí a considerarles sus amigues? binna es desconfiada, solo en ocasiones muy específicas decide abrirse y deja entrar a los demás, y sí, su carácter podrido siempre complica las cosas. ' pero lo entiendo, cuando la opinión de alguien te importa tanto es muy fácil dejarte afectar por cualquier cosa que diga o haga. ' encoge sus hombros, sonrisa de satisfacción, yeri desea mostrarse fuerte, siempre despreocupada y dejando en claro lo mucho que la detesta, lo mucho que la quiere lejos, así que en cada ocasión que tiene intenta demostrarle que en el fondo no es así, manipulando la situación y las palabras para que estén de su lado, para dejarla como una devota de su persona. ' tengo un pañuelo en mi bolso, si quieres te limpio la espuma de la boca. ' propone para continuar tocando sus nervios y, para acercarse a ella, ¿por qué no? una excusa que le permita reducir distancia entre ambas siempre es bienvenida. se abraza a sí misma mientras caminan, mojada e incómoda, no deja de mirar las calles completamente oscuras a su paso. para colmo, un perro ladra y provoca que deba avanzar más rápido, lo último que necesita es un enfrentamiento con el can. maldita zona horrible, jamás debería haber puesto un pie allí. ' los camarilla no estarán felices de escucharte, se supone que el problema terminó con wilhelmina, que ya no hay más culpables y que no debemos preocuparnos, eso desea el príncipe que creamos. ' a pesar de que grangel se pone a la defensiva, ella mantiene palabras racionales, seriedad también, pocas cosas logran meterse en su mente y debajo de su piel, estando los casos de diablerie en el top de la lista. no cree ni una sola palabra de la historia que han inventado alrededor de la malkavian, pareciera otro plan que tiene como objetivo enaltecer a la realeza. ' tranquila, cari, si quieres conocer un hotel cinco estrellas puedo llevarte cuando todo esto termine. ' como si yeri alguna vez fuera a aceptar esa invitación, sabe que no y su comentario en realidad no es una verdadera propuesta a realizarse, más bien una forma de hacerle sentir inferior, de pisotearla e intentar molestarla, tentar a las fieras que por el momento duermen dentro de ambas. hace una mueca de desagrado cuando giran, ambiente nunca se vuelve mejor, parece empeorar en cada recoveco en el que se meten. detiene sus pasos cuando la otra lo hace y observa sus ojos mientras habla. ' no tengo problemas para dormir, y en los días que se vuelve más complicado una copa de vitae de calidad y un buen amante lo solucionan, deberías probarlo. ' asegura socarrona también pues es verdad, culpa y remordimiento pocas veces aparecen en la vida de lasombra. vuelve a andar hasta divisar lo que cree, es el motel a lo lejos. ' ¿llegamos? ' pregunta analizando fachada y recepción del sitio repleto de velas y lámparas, igual de feo y poco sofisticado que en su mente. @nayerimz

[kanatanabramovic]

☑ 195. Astronomical observer. by kanatan Abramovic Via Flickr: 2023 11 29 Blog...~ le soleil ~ See the blog for more details ♥ ٩( ᐛ )و Thanks so much for your time !! Thank you for always having lots of Fav ♥ Thank you to all my friends who love to watch and take snaps !! ♥ love it ♥♥♥ [ - Outfit - ] ☑ Access Hair: TRUTH Collective / Pudding - Fatpack Shirt+Skirt: Una. Madonna Fatpack Shoes: *Tentacio* Amanza shoes fatpack Garters: MICHAN - Lilian Garters ☑ The Warehouse Sale ( October round ) Bracelet: Insomnia Angel . Crybaby bracelet Rings: Vibing -- kinslee rings -- gold Piercing: Insomnia Angel . Dolly piercing Hat: Violent Seduction - Taxidermist Hat (Black) Ear: ^^Swallow^^ Gauged S for lel Evo X Ears (f) (Wear) 2.0 [ - Makeup - ] ☑ Access Eyes: E U P H O R I C . Binna Eyes . LeLUTKA Skin: (Enfer Sombre*) Delilah skin {LeL EvoX} ➥(Enfer Sombre*) LeLutka EvoX Skin - Ivory - Delilah Eyeliner: BADDIE. KAWAII EYELINER HUD Lashes: VELOUR "SPIDER NEON" LASHES Lip: more more. nabi lips & eyeshadow_pale tone (lel EvoX) Eye Blush: violetta. Kai Eye Blush (lel Evox) Nose Blush: Fontaine Cosmetics - Heartlines Blush Collection [ - Decoration - ] ☑ Access Set: ..::THOR::.. Midnight Library Set ☑ Collabor88 ( October round ) Side table: DISORDERLY. / Gothic Moody / 1 / Midnight ☑ Wizarding Faire ( July round ) Dome: DISORDERLY. / Wizard Fungus / Color Set / Dome Dome: DISORDERLY. / Wizard Fungus / Dark Set / Dome ☑ Kustom9 ( October round ) Tray: DISORDERLY. / Light Potions / Plain Tray / Antique Wall: Dahlia - Winter Solstice - Star Garland Wall - Gold

[solarscribbles]

Birthday Art I made for my longtime friend, artistic role model, and fellow OC lover @kkas-art!! Happy birthday again my friend c: thank you for all you do and all the times we’ve shared!!

A little scene featuring our MysMe OCs, Binna and Soo-Min. Even far away from each other, their lives overlap in the strangest of ways. And little do either of them know, a long overdue reunion is close at hand...💛💙✨

[satcmis]

' o podría reclamarle a los lasombra por tratar de asesinarnos, de lo contrarió, no haría falta que tengamos niñeros ' labios apenas curvándose, una vez que movimiento ha concluido. piensa que será lo mismo que discutir lo del huevo y la gallina, entonces añade : ' no somos culpables de lo que hacemos por sobrevivir, ustedes tampoco ' y, tal vez, solo para quitarle óxido al asunto: ' ¿quieres un cigarrillo? ' . / @binnas

' solo a los guardias camarilla le importa lo que hagas. ' contesta con sequedad y se acerca al borde, habiendo subido a la azotea para chequear que tanta seguridad hay realmente por las calles. ' en todo caso puedes reclamárselo a ellos. ' @satcmis

[void-botanist]

Happy STS! If your characters went out to karaoke, which song would they belt out at the top of their lungs?

Finally getting to this one! My mind remains full of Elbas Island so if we pretended that they know Earth music:

Milo: the idea of him doing Barbie Girl with Binna, where he is Barbie and Binna is Ken is just too funny to not be the answer.

Nidilaenn: Major Tom (Coming Home).

Ellery: Poor Unfortunate Souls. He wants to be dramatic about it and he wants you to understand how dramatic he's being about it.

Patience: Hollaback Girl. You know Mel is singing backup.

Mel: Last Dance by Donna Summer.

Tirias: she literally cannot sing so she would either put on a song everyone knows (All Star) and let them sing it while she hams it up or announce that this is a rendition of John Cage's 4'33". These two things get different responses from the audience but they are functionally the same thing.

Ysa: Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks.

Rae: Any Way You Want It by Journey.

Madge: Sucker by Jonas Brothers.

Rigo: Break My Heart by Dua Lipa.

Haskell: no, I don't do karaoke, no...well, I guess... Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

Lacey: the most heartfelt rendition of Mary Had A Little Lamb you've ever heard.

[chcshirc-a]

“I’m a nice person! Why can’t I get dates?” ( from binna )

( unrequited love starters: accepting !! )

          “you ever think maybe you’re... too nice?” maddie’s face remains unexpressive, her answer straight to the point. although it was a valid question, she didn’t feel like she was the best person to ask. “i mean, nice is great but some people just don’t like that kind of thing, y’know?”

[creativinn]

From Venice to Documenta, Here's a List of All the Major Art Biennials and Triennials Scheduled to Return in Force in 2022 | Artnet News

You never know these days, but 2022 is still shaping up to be a year chock full of art events. From Mali to Morocco, Cleveland to Canada, biennials and triennials are returning to the main stage. It will be truly interesting to see what the new normal looks like at such big international art surveys.

A roster of heavy hitters are set to unleash long-planned events this year, including High Line director Cecilia Alemani taking the reigns at the so-called “Art Fair Olympics” in Venice, and the Indonesian artist collective ruangrupa helming the Kassel-based quinquennial exhibition for Documenta 15.

Below, here’s our calendar of big events that are set to be the talk of the international art world this year.

FEBRUARY & MARCH

Shraddha Shrestha, The Family Portrait (2016) is one artist showing at the Kathmandu Triennial. Courtesy of the artist.

When: February 11–March 11, 2022

Curators: Artistic director Cosmin Costinas and co-curators Sheelasha Rajbhandari and Hit Man Gurung

When: February 18–May 8, 2022

Curators: Curatorial director Melissa Chiu, associate curators Miwako Tezuka, and Drew Kahu‘āina Broderick

When: February 19–April 24, 2022

Curators: Artistic director Claude Bélanger, curator Steven Matjcio

When: March 12–June 13, 2022

Curators: Artistic director José Roca

When: March 26–June 5, 2022

Curators: Tairone Bastien, Candice Hopkins, Katie Lawson and contributing curators Clare Butcher, Myung-Sun Kim

APRIL & MAY

Arsenale during the 57th Internaztional Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images)

When: April 23–November 27, 2022

When: May 19–September 2022

Curators: Artistic director Koyo Kouoh and curators Rasha Salti, Gabriella Beckhurst Feijoo, and Oluremi C. Onabanjo

When: May 20–September 25, 2022

Curators: Lucia Pietroiusti, Filipa Ramos

When: May 23–July 3, 2022

Curators: JARVIS

Still from the video preview of the Front International Triennial. Courtesy of artnet and FRONT Exhibition Company.

When: June 11–September 18, 2022

When: June 18–September 25, 2022

Curators: ruangrupa artist collective

When: July 15–October 2, 2022

Curators: René Block and associate curator Nico Anklam

When: July 16–October 2, 2022

Curators: Artistic directors Prem Krishnamurthy and Tina Kukielski

When: July 30–October 10, 2022

Curators: Artistic director Mami Kataoka

SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER

Installation view of Youssouf Sogodogo “Crossroads: A Homecoming.” Courtesy of the artist and Bamako Encounters – African Biennale of Photography.

When: September 7–November 30, 2022

Curators: Lydia Kallipoliti, Areti Markopoulou, co-curator: Ivan Sergeyev and Sonia Ralston

When: September 8–November 6, 2022

Curators: Saâdane Afif

When: September 14–December 31, 2022

Curators: Sam Bardaouil, Till Fellrath

When: September 17–November 20, 2022

Curators: Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar, and David Teh

When: September 22–November 5, 2022

Curators: Artistic director Christine Eyene and associate curators: Soukaina Aboulaoula and Cindy Sissokho

When: September 24, 2022–April 2, 2023

Curators: Sohrab Mohebbi and associate curator Ryan Inouye

When: September 29–December 5, 2022

Curators: Cristina Veríssimo, Diogo Burnay

When: October 18, 2022–March 19, 2023

Curators: Binna Choi, Nida Ghouse, June Yap, and Ala Younis

When: October 20–December 20, 2022

Curators: Akinbode Akinbiyi, Meriem Berrada, Tandazani Dhlakama, and Liz Ikiriko

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[cantfightmoonlight]

“Yeah, I mean, it wasn't exactly your average Saturday Night in," He admitted, running his hand across the back of his neck at the thought. "And finally? I spent less than fifteen seconds talking about it, but glad to know you have such a great attention span there, Kim Possible," He let out a low whistle at the thought. "Yeah, I mean, I've been better, but so has everyone, haven't they? After the attacks and all? And I was human," He clarified. "Up until a week ago. But, I've been living in this town for going on four years now? So, not being human isn't exactly a requirement for living here. But, uh, I take it that means you're a vampire, huh? Though, actually a Twilight reenactment could be fairly fun? I can do the whole 'say it, out loud' and then you'll go 'vampire' and, after we're done with that scene, you can pretend to be fixing up a broken motorcycle and I can twirl you around and say 'where have you been, loca?' and we can have a whole will they, won't they moment."

“Sounds like an interesting story.” Binna remarked with a nod, before giving a chuckle. Listening to him go on about how they were restricting and whatever with the quarterback, she sat there boredly listening while sipping on her drink. “Not a bit. Thanks for finally realizing though.” She teased playfully. “God no, I want to talk about that even less.” Sports had never really been of interest to Binna outside of trying to capture her father or uncles attention, now she had even less of an interest given everything that had happened. Brushing a few strands of hair out of her face while she listened and nodded along to his words. “Good to know that you’re doing so well.” She remarked with a laugh. “I mean sleep deprivation, extreme stress, poor diet, and lifestyle changes all sound so wonderful.” Rolling her eyes at him sarcastically. “I mean I’m here aren’t I. So I guess the same just without the sleep deprivation part since that’s not really a requirement for me anymore.” Binna remarked with a shrug, knowing that she was choosing to be coy with her words. Letting him ramble on for a moment before he mentioned the word human. “Funny enough always thought you were human too but considering you’re here too.” Taking her finger and she circled the rim of her cup. “So what are you exactly.” She asked curiously with the tilt of her head. “No, I’m not. Would you like me to say it and we have a whole Twilight moment?” She asked with a laugh. “Or should I just show you my teeth?” She asked teasingly. 

[void-botanist]

Wrapped Scenelets No. 96: bees

I'm writing scenelets for (most of) my Spotify Wrapped top 100 songs. Here's number 96, In The Grass by The Flashbulb.

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The grass came up almost to Binna’s chest where she sat with her back to him.

“You’re not afraid of bees?” Milo asked as he came closer, the seed heads of the grass bumping against his knees.

Binna glanced over her shoulder. “Just let them try to sting me through this wool.” She’d been cropped for a week now, with her skin still almost all covered by a thin layer of white wool.

He sat down beside her, carefully keeping his plate of cookies level in one hand.

“What about your hands, though? Or your nose?”

“It’s not very likely.” In her hands, a string of tied flowers was taking shape. “Besides, I like them. We don’t have bees in Sailla-ghe. It’s too cold.”

“What about ants?”

She shook her head. “We have them, but I don’t like them. They do get up in your business.”

He silently offered her a cookie and she accepted. As he bit into his own cookie, he studied the flow of stems in her flower-string. Maybe he could figure out the pattern.

“What about you?”

He looked up. “Hm?”

“Do you like bees?”

“Ah, not really. They tickle.”

She grinned. “They tickle?”

“Yeah, when they land.” He gestured to his head flowers with a finger. “Ants and beetles usually don’t try so hard.”

“Do you ever just laugh because of a bee?”

“Yeah, every once in a while.” He watched as she stuffed the last of her cookie in her mouth and continued with her flowers. By the time she swallowed, she had a full ring hanging from her fingers, four stems wide and studded with the dense, poofy flowers that grew in patches through the grass. Pinching it between her fingers with each hand, she crowned him with it.

“I don’t need more flowers,” he said, looking up as though he could see it on his head. “Thank you, though.”

Binna just smiled and took another cookie.

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Scenelets wrapped taglist: @kk7-rbs

[void-botanist]

spin spin!!

Two spins for you, Ren! I'm not gonna post screenshots because I'm away from my normal computer but you got Bean & Kylis Shenanigans and DS Book 3.

I haven't really talked about either but I want to connect some of the dots for Shenanigans: Bean is a quasi-parent to Red from the Melichacha crew. When Red was six, Bean, who was training to be a teacher in the capital alongside Kylis, got his first placement as a middle school teacher in Red's town. In fact, partly because Red's mom was the placement coordinator for that area, Bean came to live with her and Red. Kylis, meanwhile, got placed somewhere else, possibly in the same city where they eventually became a drag queen's assistant. But you know they both got asked to use their teacher skills (such as the rare skill of being able to drive a car) for some real ridiculous stuff.

I had to actually go and look to see what DS book 3 was supposed to be because how the Delphonus Saga is divided up is still kind of uncertain. Here's the summary:

After months of training, the Melichacha crew is on break to go home and see their families for a month before the mission launches. This book follows all seven of them as they try to tie up loose ends and say goodbye.

I fucking love this whole book concept and I've written a tiny bit of it. The speed round version (made possible by the fact that the powerpoint intro exists) of what everyone gets up to is:

Quint faces up to the dad they're sure isn't proud of them

Vy was originally supposed to be the one non-astronaut member of the trifecta; that's changed but either way she has heart-to-hearts with her trans mom, probably about how things are going to shake out with her various partners after this mission

Red reflects a lot on home and how this might be eir last mission, in more than one way (ey're not like suicidal but this mission is scary)

Derik runs into his ex-boyfriend Mirilde in a coffee shop and gets back together with him

Wylie might still follow my old vision of making things right with his oldest sibling Snap - it depends on when Snap moved to Icepith I think

Binna has to reconcile the Silas situation and entertain some difficult feelings about her dad

Dez goes to Halli & Sam's wedding with Syndy as his plus one (originally Zalen and Silas's but I was like dude I dropped a canonical future wedding right here in TFA let's have the payoff)

🎡 Tell me to spin the wheel of wips and get a new fact! 🎡

[daringsunflowers]

everyone had their faults and flaws and oliver knew that. however binna's was something he had simply over looked. the things that her ex had seen as flaws were just another thing that made the female so special. he had been close to her for years and hated the man she had dated. he always felt like she could do better, deserved more and oliver was never a stranger to voice that opinion. "now what friend would i be if i lied straight to your face like that?" his smile grew. "you are goofy as hell but that is what makes you someone i enjoy being around." he pointed out. "well enough? i dont think making you question if you have issues and if you are a problem is well enough, bin." he corrected her. "come on you know that isn't even real-" he paused and shook his head. "the man was a fool. we both know that.. and you sitting here being upset over that jackass hisnt worth either of our time.. what if we get some ice cream? make you forget the jerk for a little while with some rocky road?"

binna's eyes rolled dramatically, before she looked back over to him and stared smugly. "you know, a real friend would tell me absolutely nothing is wrong with me and that the issue was never me but him, instead. because, you know, obviously, there's nothing wrong with me." of course, the woman knew he was only teasing her so she'd done the same to him. "maybe i didn't want to do better, he treated me well enough. he was good to me, he never complained when i wanted to eat and he always took me to see whatever movie i wanted to see. he even bought me that fancy handbag," the ( obvious to her but not to him ) fake designer handbag that he'd spent a couple hundred on rather than the thousands the real ones cost, "on our first anniversary." that was the peak of her gift-receiving. anything else he'd given her was cheap, though she always thought it was the sentiment that truly counted. "i was h—" she stopped herself, clearing her throat quickly before continuing on, correcting her chosen word, "content with him."

[void-botanist]

Can we see Zalen for your “send me this and I’ll talk about stuff” meme? Thank you!

Yes, anon, we can!! Thank you so much for asking about my little guy!

Sexuality Headcanon: this one's funny because I've had Zalen for close to 20 years and I was always trying to like. put him with some lady. and for some reason it never seemed to work. I eventually took a step back and was like, well, first of all, he's obviously ace. how did I ever assume differently. And second of all, while he's still bi these women haven't been working out so maybe let's try a guy.

Gender Headcanon: he's just a regular degular cis guy, though he presents himself in what the irl western world would consider a feminine (or at least fruity) way.

A ship I have with said character: his canonical partner Silas is perfect for him actually. I can't be bothered to ship him with anyone else.

A BROTP I have with said character: Binna, from the Melichacha crew. They know each other partly through Silas and partly because of both being involved with the Melichacha mission, living in the same area when not at work, and being far away from home for months at a time when they are at work. They just vibe really well with each other and provide each other with advice for fraught sibling relationships.

A NOTP I have with said character: all the notps I would have have basically been canonized out of existence, either because the other person has been deleted, recycled into an irrelevant past relationship, or made into someone completely different (mostly Anni). But looking at past versions of Zalen the funniest/weirdest notp might actually be one of Dez's past versions, who looked distinctly more human and apparently had the capacity for romance. He was also exhaustingly charismatic and snarky and an Action Hero TM. I wouldn't put it past past me to try to make a ridiculous couple like that.

A random headcanon: he's never broken a heel walking on ice and snow in the winter but he has done it on a completely dry and normal sidewalk in the middle of summer.

General Opinion over said character: he kinda sucks but he's trying his best and I love him

Send me a character!

[void-botanist]

Find the Word: Oops All TFA

Thank you @autumnalwalker for the tag! My words were close, emphasis, face, sort, and right.

I'll do an open tag for this one. Your words, if you choose to accept them, are miss, shape, stuck, glance, and star.

Close + Empha[sized]

(turns out I don't use "emphasis" often at all. bonus: the ISS crew poster I was using as reference)

Zalen looked just like he had in Zel’s photos but more worn out, with a 5 o’clock shadow that had moved a little out of the shadow phase, a braid that looked like it had recently been slept on, and a general slump about him. Binna, on the other hand, had not been done justice by the edited crew poster, which made her seem much smaller than she was. Even sitting down, Zalen was just barely taller than her shoulder, and the close crop of her wool emphasized just how much of her was muscle.

Face + Right

“What does Councillor Nenatopol want this for?” She couldn’t tell if that was a rhetorical question, or even directed at her, but she offered the explanation Tirias had given her: “He wanted to try adding a little more pizazz to the island welcome experience.” The officer pulled a face that was almost a smile, then zipped her suitcase back up and lifted it down to the floor with a thump. “All right, you’re good to go.”

Sort

The suitcase was also tall enough that his wig just brushed the top, and wide enough that he didn’t have to bend his knees as far as they would go. “How is it?” Anni asked as she got up to see for herself. “It’s good,” he said up at her. “I’ll only have to be in here until we get on the train anyway.” Anni nodded, with the sort of empty look she got when she was thinking about something.