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[ourfavoritetorturedwriter]

[tumble-tv]

There’s word (very strong and big word) that Donald Trump is going to start mass deportations on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

He wants any immigrants, no matter how long they have been a citizen of the USA, to be deported either out of the country as a whole or into what are basically concentration camps. They’re starting in Chicago, Illinois. The US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has started raiding homes and families in California. Here’s some information.

When it comes to spotting an ICE agent, look for these:

Weirdly neat/well kept hair (shaved heads, side parts, military burs for men; low buns, high ponytails, close cropped bobs for women)

Oversized jacket (long and bulky outerwear makes it easier to hide tools/equipment without being suspicious)

Both hands in pockets

Many undercover agents/cops buy cheap plain clothes off the racks so they aren’t seen in their own clothes. This can make their outfit seem awkward

Sweatshirts with the hood up

Sports apparel (warm up jacket, sweats, etc) with non-sports clothes (jeans, cargo shorts)

Cargo pants/shorts (usually full of items like their badge, flashlight, taser, pepper spray, backup handcuffs, zip ties)

Military or hiking style boots, sometimes chunky sneakers (extra points if none of it matches anything in their outfit)

Outline of a gun in their pants/shirt (easy to see when bending, leaning, or raising arms) (NO NOT SAY ANYTHING)

Overly friendly

Overly inquisitive

“How old are you” and “what do you know about this happening” are both red flags, along with generally odd and personal questions

Don’t fit in

Mismatched pairs in public spaces (usually cops do these things in pairs. They don’t talk to each other or acknowledge each other much, if at all)

DO NOT SAY ANYTHING UNTIL YOU ARE 100% SURE

YOUR BEST BET IS NOT TO SAY ANYTHING UNTIL THE SUSPECT STARTS ACTING OFF AND GETTING PUSHY

COPS ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE UNDERCOVER

COPS CAN AND WILL LIE TO YOU

SCREAM “LA MIGRA” AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS

For protesting:

N95 masks

Respirator/gas mask if you have access to one

Water water water water water (I hate to say it, but disposable one use bottles are best here. If it comes to it, you need to be able to drop and run.)

Snacks

Eyedrops (teargas is a bitch)

Goggles (I bring my old snowboarding goggles)

If you are wearing a t-shirt or have exposed skin, put on fake tattoos. If you are brought into something and they say you were there, showing a picture of you with the tattoos, show them where that tattoo would be and how there’s nothing there. How would you get rid of a giant flower on your forearm in 2 days anyways?

Hide your hair. I tuck my hair into my beanie since it’s short. If you have longer hair, try to do the same or tuck it into your shirt.

Power bank

Chargers

Helmet. Any is fine, my personal choice is a skating helmet since they’re rounder and can take more damage

Hand sanitizer

Gloves (either to keep your hands warm or simple nitrile exam gloves, both work)

Bandanas. Somebody might need one for their face or hair, maybe you need to get dirt off somebody’s face, maybe somebody got injured. They’re great for anything and everything

Cash (try to stick to cash, your card can be tracked)

Medications if you take them. If you get arrested or happen to somehow be away for longer than expected after the protest, it’s always good to have emergency meds

FIRST AID ALL THE FIRST AID (Tourniquet, Quikclot, chest seal, trauma shears, gauze, bandages, duct tape, and all the usual stuff you’d have in there)

Good shoes

Spare socks. Trust me.

As much covering clothing as you can handle. Plain jeans, plain hoodie, plain t-shirt, keep yourself as anonymous as possible

Photocopy of your ID

Sunscreen

Make sure your clothes have pockets

Do not wear contact lenses. If tear gas is used, that will make everything so much worse. Wear your glasses or go blind.

If you use mobility aids, cover defining features. Logos, brand names, colors, stickers, all of it. Take some old plain t-shirt and tie it around your wheelchair’s backrest. Wrap your wheelchair frame in cling wrap, then duct tape, or plain black self adhering medical tape. Cover stickers on your cane or crutches the same way. Electric chair? You have a little more work, but you can do it. Same idea. Walker? Same thing. Cover. It. All.

If you are bringing a bag, make sure that bag is as plain as possible. No pins. No patches. No keychains.

Scarf if you have one

Write a reliable phone number (of someone who is not at the protest with you) on your body. On the off chance you get arrested, that is your emergency contact.

Pocket knife.

Pepper spray/mace

Anything you can throw. Soup for my family.

IF YOU CAN, LEAVE YOUR PHONE AT HOME

IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT WITH YOU FOR WHATEVER REASON, TURN OFF LOCATION SERVICES ON ALL APPS AND TURN OFF BIOMETRICS (FACE ID AND FINGERPRINT) SO YOU CAN ONLY UNLOCK YOUR PHONE WITH YOUR PASSWORD

MAKE SURE SOMEBODY KNOWS GENERALLY WHERE YOU ARE

I do not want to scare anybody, but this is what life is right now. That man does not care how long you have been a citizen of this country. If you are not white, cisgender, heterosexual, Christian, and male, you are seen as less than by men in power. You are not less than. You are a threat to them, and they are scared. Keep it that way.

Here's the link to my post on what to bring in terms of first aid.

If you cannot attend protests, that’s fine. Do what’s best for you. Simply reposting information helps.

[dumpsterfire-allavita]

🔆 REASON: 🔆

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After getting in contact with Doobie I received their request. I honestly hadn’t heard of this au before so I did a little research.

Doobie had asked that I drew Negativetale Sans. As his au name suggests he’s more negative. He’s the Bizzaro version of himself you could say. Often pickpocketing for loose G and despising his brother. You couldn’t put it past him to kill his own brother if it benefited him.

So I sketched out a design and confirmed with Doobie that it was what they wanted and got to work.

🪱 TOOLS USED: 🪱

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Cheap sketchbook

Mechanical pencil

Procreate

Procreate pack (colored pencil pack and liner pack)

🎨 PROCESS: 🎨

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Starting with a sketch on paper I then took a photo and put it in procreate

Then I crop to adjust anything that I might’ve missed or disliked how it looked

After I line everything

Once that’s done I secure the whole image in one color and separate it from the background

Using the lasso tool I block out certain colors on their own later for that color

Using alpha lock on each of those layers I add the shading and coloring

However I deemed that the shading was not enough and that some of the lineart needed to be colored too. So I made sure to add those here and there.

As I looked at it I found the colors to be too bright so I put a black wall and made sure it was see through like sunglasses lenses and used the eraser to make the lighted spots pop out more!

With that all said in done I added black and white line art and highlights to give it a more comic book style.

☎️ TIME: ☎️

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The sketch: 30 mins

The Lineart: 1 hour 30 mins

Blocking: 45 mins

Lighting: 20 mins

Touch Ups: 20 mins

Total: Too much math for me to count rn 🤷‍♀️

Hope you enjoy the video and photo from my efforts!!!!

Love ya breadcrumbs!

N30

[saqvobase]

Mesmerizer Live-Action Music Video Plan

So I guess you could say that I've been mesmerized by 32ki's Mesmerizer.

I've been infected with an idea so I must write it down before I forget or get bored of it.

I've been kicking around the idea of making a live-action version of the music video. I want it to use as many practical effects as possible and as little CGI as possible, ideally accompanied by a musical cover of the song by the actors.

Part 1: Costumes

Hatsune Miku

Luckily there are plenty of Miku wigs cosplay that can be bought.

I couldn't find an exact equivalent for the dress, but it seems like a fusion between a retro diner dress and a maid outfit. I think there's a golf visor on her head? We don't see the back of the character, but I'm pretty sure there's a big white bow. All that might need to be custom made.

The cuffs can be ordered on their own.

I didn't think that they made bow ties this big, but the color, angle and size all fit. (This goes on the visor)

For the socks, the best equivalent I found was something called 'slouch socks'

Shoes. Red with a white sole and yellow laces, and four wheels. Roller skates would be dangerous on a set. I'm tempted to just nail some painted wooden cylinders to the bottom of some Converse and treat it like platform boots.

Kasane Teto

Luckily there are plenty of Kasane Teto cosplay wigs that can be bought.

Luckily Teto's outfit is much simpler. White collar shirt under a blue pinstripe shirt with a dark gray tie and the same gold brushed nametag.

These pants are so bright, I can't believe they make them in this color. Matching red suspenders were easy to find

I found this pair of yellow cotton gloves, I think it is more likely to be this than rubber. They can be rolled up at the wrist to be more like the ones in the video. I just need to find a pair that is a more saturated yellow.

The hat is red, short, circular with a flat top, switch a small black brim. I couldn't find anything like it, perhaps another custom job.

The smily face pin on the other hand, is a dime a dozen.

Ribbed gray socks

and black loafers.

Miscellaneous

For the name tag, I found these cheap brushed gold plastic pins. It could be cool to etch their names on it.

For the starry-eyed parts, I found these contact lenses. The reviews say that you can still see through them pretty well so that's good. I couldn't find any that were 4 pointed stars.

For the mesmerized parts, I found some contact lenses that totally black out the eye, they are over $100 for a set though.

Part 2: Set

The non-moving backgrounds such as the stripes or water drops can be done traditionally.

The clouds and hills are another story though.

My idea of how to do is is a series of belts with the image on them controlled by a spinning rotor. The song will be recorded in studio, so the sound of the rotors wont affect the video.

Part 3: Effects

In-Camera Effects

A colored frame like this can be placed between the camera and the set. This frame can be moved back and forth as needed.

for the parts when the frames cross, the frame can be folded like this. At the point of crossing cut the footage. Swap the backgrounds, and resume filming.

The center spinner could be threaded through a hole in this frame, with a small gear system for perpendicular rotational transfer.

Special Effects

The confetti can be spread from above, either by a machine or a helper. The curtain of confetti should be after the colored frame, but before the set so that the actors don't get covered.

Conclusion

Finally, the brainworm has left my brain, and transferred to a written medium. I have no idea how much any of this would cost, but I estimate it is below $10,000.

If you have any questions or suggestions let me know!!!!!

[androgynousblackbox]

The Horror of Our Love. 6 [Appleradio, Radioapple]

Charlie

They recognized the room instantly. Not just because they had visited it already recently, but because now it was even more familiar than when they stood on what it got turn into. The office of Professor Magne is dark, if not for the torches in the walls and candles floating around, while a heavy curtain completely covers up the windows. Neither Husk or Angel had ever seen them moved. The shelves were either filled with books or jars full with strange liquids without name or mommified pieces of some creature, also without name.

"Huh" commented Husk, his eyes landing on a single white porcelain duck on top of the chimney. It was the only thing present that looked remotely personal among everything else, without any immediate purpose or point to it. "I always found that weird. I guess that must be Lucifer's influence."

"A little sourvenir to remember hubby?" said Angel, hanging from his neck as he bended to look at it. He cooed with a pout. "Ah, fuck, that is so cute, though. When I asked him about that, he just said it was a gift from a friend and nothing else. I knew his smile was too genuine for just a friend. I totally have a six senth for these stuff, Husky."

A grunt made them jump on their places. They had been so concentrated on the duck, they had neglected to notice they weren't alone in the office. A student was on the desk of professor Magne to a side, while the man himself was readjusting himself on his chair. It was exactly just as they remembered from their own times as student, down to the dark glasses covering his eyes and the gloves that never left his hands.

Over and over again, professor Magne seemed incapable of staying still. The student would stop writing on the paper he had in front to throw a look at him, before the man sat up right to pretend nothing happened. At the third repetition of that incident, professor Magne sighed and finally aknowledge the curious look of the student.

"Yes?" asked, with his eternal smile that could promise literally anything. Good or bad.

"Are you okay, professor?" said the kid with an impossible to miss hope in his voice. Angel smirked when he recognized the same bright pink eyes that he had, when he wasn't in front of muggles at least. Then he tried to color them brown to avoid questions about contact lenses or how it was possible. Turn them brown it was easier than explaining he came from a long line of shapeshifters. "We could… maybe continue this on another ocassion?"

"You remember this?" asked Husk.

Angel shushed him out as his answer.

The professor grunted again and squeezed his brow between is index and thumb. For a moment he just stayed like that, seriously thinking it over. Then he looked at the paper that the kid was supposed to remake after being caught copying it from older students, who offered them up for cheap prices. A total scam, because it turned out that they gave almost everyone the same papers with just a few words changed around. Making it all the easier for them to be caught, but unable to say who was the author in the first place.

"Have your learned your lesson already?" asked professor Magne to the kid.

"Yes, sir, totally, sir. Never again, sir" Little Anthony shook his head vigorously. His light pink hair fell to his face and he blew it out of the way, waiting for the go ahead to escape punishment.

Professor Magne made a gesture like he didn't believe a word from the kid. But then removed himself on his chair again and nodded.

"Then you are dismissed for the day. You can finish that paper and delivered it for the next class. No copying again or it will be 3000 words more, understood?"

"Yes, sir! Thank you, sir!" the kid perked up, picking up all his utensils and running out of the office faster than anyone could say his full name, just in case the man decided to change his mind at the last moment. "See you at class, sir!" said the kid at last, closing the door.

"Back then I thought he had to have some explosive diarrhea or something" answered Angel at last. "I mean, you seen it too now, right? It looks like that."

"I hope not" commented Husk as professor Magne pulled his chair behind, standing up as his rubbed his waist with two hands, hissing.

The man walked over to a more comfortable looking chair near the chimney and sat down, releasing a long sigh. As he spread his legs further, he let his head rest on the back.

"What is wrong, dear?" The voice that they already recognized seemed to come from the wall themselves, clearly concerned. "Does it hurt?"

Professor Magne sighed. He made a quick gesture of his hand, turning on the fire of the chimney in front of him. As he did that, they could see that the abdomen of their professor had changed. Under the black and red robe he wore, his stomach had expanded notoriously. The man caressed the curvature of his belly and pursed his lips to a side.

"No, it doesn't hurt" said at last, greeting his teeth. It was easy to see that the words that they were hearing did not correspond with the movement of his lips no more. They were still hearing everything from his perspective. "Your snakelet just won't stop moving. They have been restless since lunch."

"Now is my snakelet?" Lucifer chuckled from another point of the wall. "If I don't remember badly, this was kinda your idea, Al."

"And it was a brilliant idea, thank you very much. Inspired even. What I didn't account for is all the energy they would gain from you" Professor Magne released some air, rubbing his belly again. "I have never been this energetic as a child, so you are the only culprit left to blame."

"I can't argue with that. Sorry, dear" Lucifer didn't sound sorry at all. If anything, he seemed delighted. Professor Magne's smile twitched slightly as if he too had noticed it and was containing himself the satisfaction born from it. "It's always a struggle for any parent, no matter how calm is the child."

Professor Magne groaned.

"Don't try to bring reason while your offpring is kicking my insides" He turned to see the clock on the next wall, staring at the hour indicated before he scoffed. "I should prepare to go to dinner" commented before he looked at his belly and then sighed. Making some effort, he pushed himself off the chair. "No, forget about it. I will tell Rosie to make some excuse for me and just go home. Please, tell me that we have some meat left."

"There is some rat that I caught this morning. I can maybe go look something else if you want."

"Does it still bleed?"

"Last I checked, yes. Are you sure you don't prefer to just rest there? Remember Lilith said it's risky to teleport like that. You will have to do the long way."

Angel frowned and saw at Husk, realizing he had the same doubt in his face. How did a mere rat could last bleeding for so long?

"I remember" Professor Magne frowned at the wall. His eyes looked where Lucifer could be exactly to be more precise with his glare, but quickly gave up. "It's fine. I will just go to the entrance of the tunnels. You can pick me up for the rest of the way."

Lucifer sighed, as if he wanted to argue, but already knowing it was a losing battle.

"Alright. Just be careful and take it easy."

"What do you think I have been doing since this started?" snapped the man and grunted, ruffling his hair back. "Sorry" grumbled through gritted teeth. "Just make sure to be there. I will skin you alive if I have to walk more than necessary, Lucifer."

"Yes, dear. I love you and you are doing amazing!" The chuckle of Lucifer could still be heard some more before it vanished, the sound of old pipes accompanying him.

Professor Magne still stared at the wall with a reluctant smile.

"Idiot" murmured to himself, picking up his wand from his desk.

With another flick of the wrist, his abdomen looked flat again, but the posture of the man didn't change. Now they understood that it was all just an illusion. As way too many things they remembered from their professor, like times he would move out of the way even he was away from an obstacle or a sudden change on his expression that went unadressed, the office around them vanished and suddenly they were back again at the Shrieking Shack. But this version of it looked cleaner and more lively as Professor Magne walked the main hallway, taking out his scarf to hang it on the clothes rack near the door. The spell on his body was gone again.

"Where did you put the rat?" asked the man without turning, holding onto the wall to lift his feet and let magic change his shoes for more comfortable ones.

He took out his gloves, putting them both on a bowl waiting for him in the kitchen to his left. He flexed his blackened fingers a couple of times as he moved to the counter, carefully considering his options before he grabbed a small kind of knife. In one of his fingers shine a golden ring.

"Where usual, Al" Angel shivered when the large white snake completely passed through his legs. He shook his head to Husk when he seemed to want to ask. No, it didn't hurt. In fact, he didn't felt it at all. It was more the impression of watching something go through his body more than anything else. Lucifer inside of their house was still considerably big. If he wanted to, he would have no issue swallowing Angel whole. The pure white of his scale was interrupted by a golden line right under the jaw, reflecting light like it was also solid metal without losing any flexibility. "How is the baby going?"

"Impossible, like their father" Professor Magne scoffed, holding his belly for a moment.

Despite his words, he was notoriously less irritated than on his office now and his words didn't had any bite behind them. It was more just the tiresome talking now. He changed his mind and grabbed a larger knife, holding it tightly on his hand as he moved to the lobby. Specifically to the low handle to the closet under the stairs. Once he opened up, Angel covered up his mouth as his back touched the wall behind him. Husk drew a grimace, letting out a swear under his breath.

Despite already hearing so much about how comfortable their professor was around death, they just didn't expect that he would have the body of a grown man hanging from a hook on the closet under the stairs. The hook was going straight through the leg, keeping him in place. The blood was dripped down their pants and some hand landed over the unconscious face, already red by the position he was in.

"He is older than I expected" said Magne, huffing as he kneeled to see him closer. Angel haven't noticed before, but the man looked to be around 20, if not early 30s. "Not from the town either. Tourist?"

"I imagined so" said Lucifer, near the stairs. "I caught him trying to enter through a window in the back. It was pure luck that I was here already. He was all alone too. Maybe lost a bet or something."

"Drunk?"

"No, just stupid."

"Ah, all the better then" Magne seemed sincerely delighted to know that. With an easy movement of his wand, the body of the man elevated in the air until his legs was out of the hook. The eyes of the man twitched slightly before opening them up, staring at the wizard in front of him with a pleading look that Magne responded with a little smirk. "Oh, no, no, that won't do, dear sir" said, taking out a hankerchief from his pocket and encanting it to cover that incredulous stare. Those words did correspond to the movement of his lips, so the man could understand them. "I am a married man, after all. It would be highly inappropriate for you to see me during any of this, even if my husband is present. I am sure you can understand."

The man floating above the ground said nothing. He haven't moved at all since the closet door was opened up, both arms and legs just going wherever gravity took them. The gaping wound on his legs was bleeding again, but by the position he was in all the blood continue to fall to him.

"Luci's venom?" asked Angel, finally managing to tear his eyes from it.

Husk nodded silently. Magne directed the man towards the bedroom of the first floor. This version of it was definitely lived in, with things and clothing hanging from racks ready to be used while the bed portion was perfectly set up. Humming a little tune, Magne directed the floating body to a corner while he undressed. Lucifer slithered behind him to accomodate across the bed, as they watched from the entrance. Ruby eyes followed attentively as Magne pulled on his robe, unbottoned the shirt underneath and pulled down his trousers. Each piece of clothing was carefully folded and put on the desk chair for later. In that state of his, there was no doubt whatsoever about how advanced he was on the pregnancy, the stretched out skin looking almost shiny under the lights. The extreme of Lucifer's tail was wagging near the wall.

"Behave" said Magne without turning, continueing on with his boxers.

Husk looked up to the ceiling, while Angel bended forward.

"I haven't said anything" replied Lucifer.

"You don't have to. Your thoughts are loud enough as it is."

"Oh, yeah? And what I am thinking then?"

Magne send the snake a half lidded look over the shoulder, putting his boxer on the side.

"I am still very uncomfortable" said, lifting his chin up. "If this manages to calm down your snakelet, we will see."

Lucifer let out a low rumbly chuckle, one that could send shivers down the spine of any witnesses who heard for the first time.

"Oh, wow" commented Angel when Magne turned around, completely naked. "He wasn't kidding about the nothing between the legs part. It's like a living doll down there. Is that a kink for people?"

"Angel, please" Husk groaned, rubbing his eyes almost as if he wanted to tear them out.

"Come on, Husky, you heard the man. They are not fucking right now."

Husk waited until he heard the bed creak with the sound of Magne sitting at the center of it to look again. Lucifer scooted over to put one of the biggest pillows on the lower back of the man, getting himself closer so his body could hold it in place. The head of the snake lifted to rest on the shoulder of the wizard, nuzzling him gently.

"Thank you" said Magne finally, turning slightly to place a kiss on the corner of the snake's mouth. "Now stay quiet. I need to concentreate."

Lucifer's nodd was barely perceptible. He landed his head near the thigh of the wizard, wrapping the rest of his tail around the crossed legs of Magne. The man quietly floated just in the air at the movement of the professor's wand, only to end laying on his back. Magne preseed two fingers against the artery on the neck.

"Ah, he is scared. His insides must be working overtime. All that adrenaline and nothine to do with it" Magne chuckled to himself.

"That is what you get for getting into people's houses, creep" lets out Lucifer, lifting slightly when Magne patted him with one hand.

"Indeed. Now he can finally be useful for something" He brought up the knife again, lifting a wrist of the man. "First things first" said, making a quick and efective slash across.

As the blood started to drip over the stomach of the professor, he pointed at it with his wand and murmured some words that neither Angel or Husk could catch. In front of their eyes, a sigil inside of a circle started to form over the skin, as if draw by some invisible hands in the blood of the man, glowing with a ruby ominous glow before seeping under the brown skin, only to repeat the process.

The more blood got spilled and absorbed into his body, the tension that had been accompanying Magne since they were at this office seemed to loosen slightly and he closed his eyes, his mouth never once stopping his chanting.

A few minutes later, the wound started to coagulate. Lines of dark red started to dry over the skin of the invader, no longer a fountain but a poddle without more movement to it.

"He wouldn't die from that" commented Husk. To his credit, he haven't moved at all since Angel have grabbed to his arm and squeeze it. They weren't squeamish, not for for the line of work they had chosen, but they didn't need to be to see something grotesque about being witnesses to a hopeless situation. "That guy is still alive."

"He knows that too" remarked Angel, not missing the way that Magne opened up his eyes and let the wrist fall. With a flick of his wand, the shirt of the man dissapeared from the body that wrapped and appeared on the garbage can near the door. No doubt being set aside to being burn later.

"I almost wish he wasn't paralyzed" sighed Magne, feeling up the chest of the man until he stopped on the spot right above the heart. He tapped it with the very tip of his index, following the heartbeat. Slow, deep, still present. "But alas."

"You wouldn't be able to fight him how you are now" said Lucifer, for Magne's irritation.

"Don't remind me. As soon our little one is out, you are taking me for a long hunt, my love."

"Sure. How else are we going to celebrate their arrival?" Lucifer said with with an endeared note.

Magne nodded his head. The moment in which his hand was resting on top of the man quickly gave away to the moment in which his other hand plunged the knife at the same point he was in. It happened so soon that it felt like some part must have been skipped, a framme or something ceased to exist, to only leave the stabbing behind. Magne pushed it in deep and then, as if that was exactly what he was looking for, he let go of the handle. Their professor laughed when he saw the knife moving over the wound, pushed out by a heart that still haven't quite given out. Magne tilted his head to a side, the smile ever present crinkling the side of his eyes, like it was part of a funny show. Lucifer, instead, only had eyes for him. It was hard to read any expression on the face of a giant snake, but if Angel had to wager anything he would have gone with an intense amazement, as if he still didn't fully understand what he was seeing but wasn't anywhere close to give up trying.

"Adorable, isn't it?" Magne pulled the handle to a side and took out the nice, a sea of read rushing in outside to slip at the sides of the torso that was quickly losing any movement. "There we go" Magne sighed deeply and licked the knife with a tongue that should have been too long for any human. Not for him.

Suddenly, the professor let out a grunt and plunged his head down, greedily lick, sucking and devouring every bit of the blood pouring out. While this one was still in motion, he started to bite the limits of the hole that was just made and pulling out the skin, barely letting it stay with his teeth before he swallowed it down. Angel never considered himself a sensitive man. He had seen his fair share of disturbing and grotesque things. But something about the obscene pleasure and hunger of Magne revolted his stomach and grabbed to Husk again. His partner wasn't about to tear his eyes away, he couldn't, but still rubbed his hand over Angel's lower back in a silent sign of support.

When Lucifer opened up his own mouth and moved to eat from the injured leg, Angel couldn't resist it anymore and he stared into the hallway. A normal looking hallway, with pictures of wizards and witches just having a good time, smiling and perpetually gossiping to each other by the confines of their frames. One of the pictures was professor Magne in a white robe, stuck repeating the action of pressing his wand against the neck of Lucifer to make the golden band appear. At his side, professor Barkin applauded and locked hands with a beautiful blonde woman that Angel had only seen visiting the castle on a few ocassions. Even as he concentrated on those scenes, tried to imagine how fun or normal they were, there was no escaping the sounds of tearing, squenching and the moans of a man fully enjoying his meal. At some point bones were being broken apart and Magne laughed.

"Let me help you, dear" announced and suddenly more discarged clothes joined the shirt on the garbage can. The shoes, the socks and pants too, all bloodied up. "Isn't it easier now?"

He couldn't understand what response Lucifer was giving. What reached his ears could only be understood as the grumbling of a beast, a low purr like an engine about to activate again. To be quite honest, in any other circumstance he could have even find it sexier. He loved men with deep voices that made his own chest vibrate, Husk was the perfect example of that preference. But think that voice coming to capture his prey late at night in bed was one thing and another to have it attached to the very real consumption of a real human body, memory of it or not.

"Oh, already?" Magne laughed. "So be it then. Just let me cut some for later, darling."

"For fuck's sake" muttered Husk under his breath. Even he had to take break from seeing the full scene unfold in front of him. "Remind me… remind me later to look for this kid's face."

"Husky, I am telling you right now, this guy could have had three eyes and four mouths and I am not retaining none of it."

"Fair enough" Husk swallowed, heavy, as if passing through sanding paper.

When Angel dared to look again into the room, he wished he didn't. Magne was on the process of cutting the head of the man now with his knife, just as methodically and easy like he would any chicken being prepared for dinner. He had even made a magic cutboard appear under the neck to make it easier for himself, an old spell that he had seen his own mother use for the family feasts in more than ocassion because it was less of a hassle and required no cleaning after.

But that wasn't the part that had him almost returning his breakfast all over the floor. That honor went to the way that Lucifer's jaw had just unhinged to actually swallow the legs of the man, both of them. Slowly but surely, he was advancing through the knee when Magne finished cutting the head and continued on with the arms. On some part of his brain he was amazed at how comfortable their professor was moving on a bed completely drenched in blood now. By the time Luci had already reached the hips of the man, Magne had put the part into bags and make them dissapear, probably to be send to the fridge. Once that was done, Magne stood out and stretched with his arms up high, the portions of coagulated blood on his body breaking apart, forming cracks all over.

"It seems that was exactly like our snakelet needed, love. They have finally calmed down" He looked satisfied with himself, patting his belly. "I am going to hop on to take a quick shower while you finish here."

Another distortion of their surrounding, another shift. They were still on the same place. Magne came out from another door, a bath robe and casually drying his curly hair on a towell as he came back to the bedroom. A bath robe was hanging off his shoulders, unable to cover for the full belly so remained open. The professor smiled at seeing that their intruder was nowhere to be seen, but Lucifer was lifting his head upon his arrival, tail wagging close to his own face covered in blood.

"Was it good, darling?" cooed the professor, crouching to read the head of the beast, even as Lucifer lifted himself up to reach him first. After receiving the caress, Lucifer flickered his tongue and licked the cheek of Magne. "I just got done cleaning myself up, dear" said through gritted teeth as Lucifer nuzzled his head against him, leaving some red stains behind. Noticing that Lucifer had no intention of stopping at all, Magne hummed slowly as he turned his face to lick off the pearly scales himself. "So much for being a civilized beast."

Lucifer chuckled. His tail wrapped around Magne's bended leg, dissapearing under the robe as he went up. They couldn't see what was happening exactly, but could notice the way that Magne's shoulders jolted in place.

"Stop being so cute then" argued Lucifer, nuzzling the neck of the wizard now. "You smell so good, baby."

Magne sighed, pulling out his wand from a pocket of the robe. He put a hand on the muzzle of the snake to keep him from moving for a moment.

"Let me get this place decent at least" said, making a short quick gesture of his wands as he pronnounced a spell neither of them could recognize. Instantly, all the stains of blood were off the snake, along with the rest of the room. Even the splatters that had reached the wall and pillows were off, leaving them spotless. No one would be able to tell that anything deathly happened there.

"Son of a bitch made his own cleaning blood spell" commented Husk. Angel didn't know if he was impressed or just shocked by the audacity. Probably both at the same time.

"If anyone was ever going to need one, it was going to be him" Angel was grateful that at least he didn't have to keep seeing the corpse or any of them eating from it.

"All nice and clean" Lucifer pulled back from the hand of Magne and lifted his head, nuzzling against the cheek of the wizard. His tongue was flickering in and out his mouth, near the ear of the man. "My thoughts are getting too loud even for me, honey. I don't know how long I can contain them."

"You are so impatient" cooed Magne back and his voice had never sounded softer to Angel before.

They heard him sing mockingly during class to tell them about how bad they did on a test, they heard him condescendly when someone was so close and yet so far from getting the right answer. The maniacal joy when a student got something so wrong that they got spooked out of their mind when failing to defend themselves from a creature, before he remembered that was a bad look for a professor. All those variations of the man they had seen and heard. But never this sultry side that made the throat rumble and passed every words through his lips like a especially delicious piece of candy. Or piece of meat, in his case.

"It's your fault for being so hot" Lucifer's tail moved under the bathrobe even more.

A velvety chuckle came out the wizard.

"Even though I am so big and heavy now, dear?" spoke against the scaly head, leaving soft kisses alongside the mouth.

"With my baby. Do you even know how hot that is? If it were for me, I will keep you lock you up until our snakelet is out and you wouldn't walk not a single moment" Lucifer supported his head on the shoulder of the wizard, who kept caressing him down the long neck. "You don't know how hard is to see you go each morning" something in his voice gave the hand of Magne pause.

That wasn't just horny talk in there. Angel had plenty of experience to be able to tell at a distance. Letting his cheek against the head of the snake, Magne sighed.

"Very well" said, kneeling on one leg as he pushed his arms out of the bath robe. With a little shake of his hand, the fabric came out of him completely and floated back to them, on the way to be back to the bathroom.

The moment the body of their professor was visible again, Husk covered up his eyes with one hand and lifted the other.

"I am out!"

Husk made his way to the lobby, deciding to wait there.

"At least someone learned to pull out!" teased Angel, chuckling when Husk just grunted as he lifted a middle finger to him. He was so cute when he got embarassed like that. "You know, he has a nice butt" commented outloud, just about Magne when connected eyes with Lucifer and gave one single, subtle, small nod of his head.

That was the only permission the snake needed. The extreme of the tail that had been rubbing between the legs of the wizard moved as quick as a whip, grabbing the hands of Magne to shove him on the bed. Magne gasped when his back hit the mattress, but soon regained the air to start laughing.

"Not even your snakelet is going to make you develop some patience, my love?" said without a single note of actual reprimand. Lucifer quickly moved himself between the legs of the man. Magne scooped himself a little further, opening himself up. His hand were still being held by the white tail, but Angel noticed the way Magne was gripping him back. Oh, he could liberate himself if he wanted to, no doubt about it. "Some would tell you to treat me more delicately in the state I am in."

"That someone is not going to be you, though" pointed Lucifer with a deep chuckle, lifting his head. "You love it when I get a little rough" hissed near Magne's head, toes curling in anticipation at each side of the snake.

When the beast started moving, Angel got inside the room to see every detail possible of Lucifer rubbing the two dicks over the belly and against the folds that he was sure weren't between the legs of the wizard a few minutes ago. Each of the dicks was huge, buldgy and with way too many ribbets to be comparable to a human. The width of them was greater than the thickness of Magne's arms, both of them combined. No wonder why Lucifer was ever hesitant to do much with them until Magne made it manageable.

"You don't do it only for my sake" purred the wizard, managing to rub himself back on the beast's double erection. "Who was the one talking about not letting me walk until our baby is out?"

"Mmm, I don't see you protest too much to the idea" Lucifer pressed himself against the belly, creating some much needed friction.

Magne hummed with satisfaction, following with his eyes each time the very tips appeared over the horizon of his stomach.

"I guess not" The man lifted now both of his legs, wrapping up the white scaly body. "It's a nice fantasy at least. But reality is another, love."

"We can still have fun with the idea, right?" Lucifer nuzzled his face against the temple of Magne,closing his eyes slowly when Magne turned to kiss the corner of his mouth.

"Of course. For now, how about you show me how that would be like?" When Lucifer nodded his head slightly, Magne said some words to the air as he was making a hand gesture, still trapped by the snake.

The two erections of Lucifer reacted instantly by moving as if guided by an invisible hand, finding their path to the entrance of the wizard. It looked like the difference between an eyesocket and a wole head. Even between wizards or other magical creature, it should be intimidating, but Magne was just biting his lips in tight concentration for what he wanted to do.

"He invented a spell to move the dicks where he needed them, Husky! This man thought of everything" commented Angel, frankly impressed himself.

"I did not need to know that, Angel!"

"We are establishing a character profile, Husky! This is crucial info!"

A long suffering groan was the only response from his partner.

"On the same hole?" commented Lucifer, amused. "Aww, were you feeling it empty today, honey? Having my snakelet moving the whole day made you wish I was there to remind you how we made them?"

"Shut up" the grunt of Magne got quickly cut out by a loud moan as Lucifer thrusted inside. His mouth hanged open, an opportunity that Lucifer took to slip his own tongue inside the others mouth, wrapping around the tongue.

Magne relaxed visibly, lifting his head ever slightly to connect his mouth better at the snake. The ankles of the man linked together around the white body moving against him, both of them rubbing on each other, as if not wanting to let a single space of distance to exist between them. Even then, the movement was slow and contained at the start, probably in consideration to the belly.

The wizard was loud and reaching each portion of the room. Angel wouldn't be surprised if he came out at that moment to found Husk covering his ears, but there was no force in the universe that was going to take him away from the privilege position he was in. He had imagined something similar to this from the moment they started to learn more about the professor, but actually seeing the two cock dissapearing inside a compliant body was a new experience.

Magne's drool was spilling at the sides of his lips. Lucifer cleaned them without missing a single portion, gradually moving faster, pushing deeper, until the rest of the wizard's body was moving over the sheets. Angel took a closer look to realize that the chest of the man was jiggling ever slightly. Was that there before or was an effect of the pregnancy?

Just as he was wondering that, Magne freed his hands from under the tail to grab at his lover. Lucifer bite down on the shoulder of the wizard and the blood that he wasn't drinking spilled over the bed, spreading into the fabric. The two fangs were large and penetrated deep into the skin, but there had to be no poiso through them. Just a stab that had Magne moaning wantonly into the air. Same air that seemed to stay still for a second before the whole scene dissolved right in fornt of his eyes.

The bed was covered by another set of sheets, accomodated, like no one had used them.

"WHAT THE FUCK!"

Angel ran to the hallways, just as Husk was moving away the stairs as he covered his eyes with his forearm. Angel barely needed to take a few steps in order to see what was that had him so pressed. Magne, in fours over the stairs, and Lucifer meeting his body from behind. The wizard still had his shirt, tie and scarf from the school, supporting his front on his elbows over a step closer to the middle of the stairs. His knees were in a inferior step, his pants still holding onto one leg while the other was freed. Both his shoes had been hastily throw around, without any care. This time Magne was more active than on the room, arching his back against the snake, one hand slipping beyond his round belly to reach at his crotch to further stimulate himself.

"What is that got you like this, babe?" was asking Lucifer, his head nuzzling the nape of the man. "When you told me you needed me to come back home immediately, I thought it was an emergency."

"It was" whimpered Magne, grabbing to the step as he licked his own lip. Angel was just in front of his face, flushed and shiny with sweat as strands of dark brown hair stick to the skin. "I don't know… I just really needed this. Please, faster."

It seemed that, understanding or not what brought on this kind of desire, Lucifer didn't need too much more in order to comply with his partner's request. Magne clearly appreciated this, screaming the name of Lucifer in human language as his whole body strung tight. Angel didn't get to see it complete later before they dissolved again. The lights of the hallway were turned off.

"Are you fucking kidding me!" yelled Husk from the living room. When Angel followed his voice, the man was already coming out, looking throughfully mortified and furious. "Why the fuck does it keep following me?!"

Angel looked inside. This time Lucifer was laying on the floor, holding his head up by one couch, while Magne was bouncing up and down. The sleeping red gown he was using made it so he could only barely see the silhouette of the two cocks between his legs before he let himself fall. A mug of steaming coffe was on a small table nearby, as if signaling this whole thing was a spur of the moment while having some warmth at night.

The extreme of the tail of the snake was wrapped on one of the ankles of the wizard. Despite the position he was in, Magne was letting out small sighs and moans as he moved. This felt different than the other encounters, more intimate and loving. Angel for the first time felt like he was actually intruding on someone's private moment.

"I think it's testing how much it can show you to trust you" said Angel and then shrugged when Husk looked at him as if he had spoken parsel tongue himself. "I mean, I am going with how he was all about how people normally wouldn't understand any of this. If you can't handle this part of their life together, then why should he tell you more? ."

"By shoving in my face how much they fuck?" Husk's back was firmly stuck away from the scene. "For a test like that, I would prefer that it didn't."

"I am sure it's also getting a laugh out of your reactions" commented Angel with a chuckle. "I would if I thought I could be dealing with a judgemental prick. That is one sure way to weed out people you don't want to stick around."

"Not your case, obviously" pointed out Husk, narrowing his eyes.

"You know me, Husky. I am a scientific mind above all else" He shrugged with a wink, earning a roll eye from his partner. "Besides, there is not a lot of porn of people actually doing it with giant sentient snakes. I had to take my chance."

"I am drinking a whole bottle of whiskey after this."

Angel patted the back of the man, chuckling softly.

"For whatever is worth, I think at least one of them is done" commented after taking another look inside the living room.

"Don't wanna know!" Husk covered both his ears, slamming his head against the wall.

Angel fully turned to the scene. Magne had stopped ridding Lucifer and now they were close to each other, nuzzling the head of the snake as they whispered soft nothings that Angel didn't feel on the need to get closer and find out. After a while, Magne slide off the snake and reached for his wand on the side, making a quick little spell to take care of the reason why Lucifer's genitals returned to their space.

"Better now?" asked Lucifer, flickering his tongue against the neck of the man.

"Yes, more calm now" said Magne. His nails scratched lightly under the chin of the snake. The tail of Lucifer wrapped around the legs of the man, the very tip gently rubbing the belly. "I don't know what got into me."

"You don't need a reason to do that" Lucifer sounded amused by the very thought. "As far I am concerned with, you can fuck your husband whenever you want. Consider me happy to be your sex toy."

Magne snorted, pushing his face away with one hand. The tongue of Lucifer flickered between the dark fingers as he nuzzled the palm Seeing that, the expression of Magne soften up.

"I think you are at least one step above that, dear" commented, booping his nose. "Maybe my boy toy?" added, pursing his lips.

"I take it" Lucifer escaped from Magne's hand and licked the smirk of the wizard. The tail reached out to cover the shoulder of Magne, bringing him closer to his body. "Rest a little bit and then go to bed?"

Magne nodded, accomodating better against the snake. He kissed gently the ring of golden around the neck of Lucifer.

"Are they done?" asked Husk.

"Yeah, it's all cutesy bullshit now" Angel rolled his eyes playfully and pretended to vomit.

Husk snorted lightly before pushing his shoulder. When he also looked into the pair, he could only release a sigh of relief. As they were looking, something changed in the environment, accelerating the small movements of the two in the floor. It looked like it was when someone pressed forward in a movie. At first, nothing worth seeing happened, but then Magne started to separate again, holding his stomach. None of their voices could be understood with the speed at which they were going, just little squeaky noises as Magne's face contorted in pain as he was struggling to get himself on his feet.

The scene dissolved again, but it didn't mean thta they have moved. Magne had sat on the couch, breathing in and out deeply as he grabbed to the armests. From the hallway, Lucifer was slitherin back in front of the woman they knew as professor Barkin, but for Magne it was just her friend Rosie. With her, a tall woman with long blonde hair was taking long strolls to reach Magne. They had only seen her on a few ocassions. Angel needed a moment to even remember her name. Lilith Barkin.

Still accelerated, the two woman accomodated Magne back on the floor, legs crossed, as Lucifer went just behind the back of his partner. Spells by Lilith were pronounced that neither could understand, pressing the wand first on the spine of Magne and then his belly. Even at the distance, covered by the night gown, they could see movement under the skin of the wizard. Small bumps that appeared and dissapeared. Angel thought he even saw the imprint of a tiny hand.

Time came back to its normal rythm by then. They were finally able to hear all of them again.

"Sweetie, I can do it if…" offered Rosie. From somewhere on her own jacket, she had taken out a knife engraved with symbols neither of them could understand.

"No, it's fine" said Magne, taking the knife from her. "I am the father, I should comply with the tradition" said throwing a glance to Lilith, who looked over at Rosie with a shrug.

"He can't feel any pain now" said calmly. "Are you sure, dear?"

Magne grasped the knife on his hand like he had done it a thousands times before, like it was already part of his same arm. He nodded, taking a deep breath as he pulled his night gown up, revealing the terse tight skin.

"He is going to be fine, right?" asked Lucifer, his voice layered with such concern that Magne threw him a side eye.

"As long he doesn't cut too deep, it should be fine" Lilith sighed, agitating her wand in the air. Right under Magne was spread a big towell, appearing next to Rosie a bucket with warm water. "Just cut to this point, honey" indicated to Magne, pointing to line that was already engraved on the knife. "No more than that. You don't want to cut your baby."

"I won't" assured Magne with a slight frown, as if offended by the concern.

"Dear, he has experience cutting things" assured Rosie, taking out her coat and scarf out of the way to throw them to a side. "I don't think you have to worry about him."

Lilith sighed,

"If you say so. Then, dear" said, touching her hair with her wands. The long blonde hair instantly was tied up in a tall ponytail, garantee to not disturb him, "you know what to do now. It needs to be big enough for them to come out. Rosie, ready?"

"I am" said the woman, rolling her sleeves as she kneeled in front of the belly of Magne. "Come on, dearie."

"What the hell is going on" whispered Husk, even though he was starting to get an idea and that didn't made it any more easier to digest.

Not when Magne stabbed himself on the stomach, the blood pouring out so quick and fast that a few splatters fell into Rosie's face. Breathing in and out deeply, Magne shook his head as if to keep awake and started moving the knife over his skin. Angel covered his mouth. Something about the intense look of concentration on Magne's face, more intense than when he killed that other man, was even more disturbing. As if he was just cutting into another man, any other person, but there was none of the joy or pleasure there was before. This wasn't done for fun, but it had to be done.

A clean, long line Magne opened up in his stomach and then threw the knife to a side. Rosie tried to reach her hands forward, but Magne shook his head and got his own hand inside his body. Since he had already gone this far, he saw no reason to stop any halfway through. It didn't took him long to grab onto something and pull it out. It could have been an organ of the man himself for all they could see. One that looked at first to be pure white, covered in more blood. As soon the small thing was out, it slipped between Magne's fingers for Rosie to catch with a towell on the ready.

"Why they aren't crying? Shouldn't they cry?" asked Magne, staring to Lilith, seemingly without caring about the open wound on his abdomen.

"Give them a moment, dear" said Rosie, cleaning up the white thing on her arms. Lilith quickly moved to take her place, pressing her hands against the portions of cut skin as she murmured a incantation like an old mantra, over an over. "From somewhere where they were so safe and warm to the harsh cold world is a hard transition to make for anyone. They are breathing, you can relax" added and that at least seemed to relieve Lucifer a little bit, just the tiniest amount, but no to Magne.

"Are they okay?" asked to Lilith.

"Sweetie, she is trying to keep your guts inside your body, could you kindly shut up?" said Rosie, shacking her head slightly.

"Honey, it's okay" Lucifer supported his head on the shoulder of his mate. "I can smell their pulse from here. They have a strong healthy heart. They are just surprised right now."

"Is that so?" Magne responded in parsel tongue, finally relaxing with a deep sigh. Lilith lifted her head briefly, not understanding the sound, but didn't let that stop her from what she was doing.

After a few seconds, Lilith finished with closing the stomach of Magne. Not even a scar was left behind, but it wasn't completely flat either.

"Your organs are going to need a few days to reaccomodate where they were before, but at least there is no damage to anything" explained Lilith, taking her wands and applying the same blood cleaning spell that Magne used before. If she had taught him how to do it or she did from him, they couldn't tell. In any case, that was enough to leave the area around Magne to its previous state, hands of both wizards included. "How do you feel, darling?" she asked finally, cupping the cheek of Magne.

She noticed the droplets of sweat on his forehead and grabbed one of the towells nearby, drying him up.

"I am fine…" Magne sighed after a while, absentmindly patting the head of Lucifer as he closed his eyes. "Tired" added, as if sensing the skeptical look of the snake.

Lilith searched on her own pocket until she got what she needed. A bar of chocolate that she unwrapped to offer to the man.

"Here, this will help" After Lilith seemed to be insistent about it, Magne sighed and gave a not very enthusiastic bite to the bar. She nodded. "Your body needs to get back to how it was before creating the baby. Chocolate or red meats will work just as fine. But I didn't bring meat with me now."

"Oh, I am sure Lucifer will find some later" said Rosie, grabbing a clean towell with her to wrap the little baby. Small little complaint sounds came out of the bundle. "She is ready" announced with a gentle lilt.

"She?" asked Lucifer, perking up. Magne looked at Rosie just as surprised. "Do we have a little girl?"

Rosie of course could not know what he was saying, but she did smiled to Magne with a nod as he passed the baby finally to his arms. Angel walked inside to see closer and after some hesitation, Husk followed him behind as well. On the arms of Magne, they recognized the white face, the red dots on that chubby face and the slow blinking yellow eyes. Magne kissed the forehead of the small creature as Lucifer flickered his tongue closer to her, getting familiarized with her scent.

"She smells like you still" commented Lucifer, his voice still carrying such emotion it wasn't difficult to imagine him as a human, about to burst. Stuck as a snake as he was, though, he couldn't express more than closing his tail around Magne's legs and bump gently the head of the baby. "She is so beautiful, honey."

"She is" hissed Magne, blinking quickly.

When a sniffle still escaped him, Lucifer nuzzled his head. As he unwrapped her a little, he saw the rest of her body. From the waist up, the white pale skin and two arms could have physically be no different from any other baby. After that, her tail was white with some faint red markings all over that she was moving ever so slowly. Something changed on the look of Lucifer at the discovery. Something that only became clearer when the baby started flickering her own tongue out, moving her head to try to know where she was. It wasn't a human tongue.

"They didn't know she would come out like that" realized Husk.

"Yep" Angel had already put the pieces together himself, kneeling to the other side of the couple. "With the whole blood ritual or whatever they did to have her in the first place, I bet you anything it was a whole gamble what she would take from both her parents."

"Isn't that kinda selfish?" asked Husk. "The kid didn't ask to come out like that."

"I mean, we are talking about a man we are already know has killed before so… I don't think selfish is out of the question here" Angel shrugged. Too late now to make debates around it. All of this had already happened, it was just memories being played back to them. Whatever issues that small baby had to face because of the decisions of her parents, she already did a long time ago. "I think it's pretty obvious at this point that whatever this guy wants, he is going to get it, no questions asked. He wanted a baby with hubby, so baby with hubby he is going to get."

Speaking of the man, Magne was still looking at the little tail, wiggling between his arms slowly. The expression on his face was unredeable. Rosie and Lilith gave him that moment to process as they took away all the towells and bucket. Lilith even stand up to get rid of the water at the bathroom, while Rosie cleaned up the knife used with her hankerchief.

"Stop worrying" said Magne finally, to Lucifer, in their shared tongue. "I will handle it" added, before rising his voice in human speech. Lucifer looked at him a moment before nodding. Too late for regrets now. "She is perfect" commented to Rosie, who smiled back to him.

"She is" agreed, putting the knife to a side as she sat next to him. Angel had to move away to give her space. "What name have you decided on?"

The whole place turned into smoke around them. By the time Angel got again on his feet and Husk grabbed to his arm, everything solidify again. They were back again on the classroom of Magne, the murmurs of the students slowing down into silence as Magne just needed to stared them down, arms crossed and supporting himself on his desk. Angel recognized his own pink head, but also the black hair of a younger Husk sitting at his side.

All the attention of the students was on the cage that Magne already had put on the desk, covered by a black fabric. Only after there was total silence on the room, Magne turned to the other side of his desk.

"First of all, a pleasure to be back after I had to take that small break" said the man with his characteristic wide smile. "I know you all must have missed my presence very much and no doubt have all been acching to present all the homework I left with my substitute for you to complete. At the end of the class, I will be expecting them on my desk. I was just down a bit with a case of dragon cold, but now I am all better so we can spend the rest of the year together as it was meant to be. And yes, I am about to explain what this is" said when one small hand lifted up. The hand went down again as Magne uncovered the cage. Inside, laying against a purple blanket with white stars, the small baby was laying on her back and blinking curiously at the ceiling. On her little cage, completely dry and free from any wrapping, it was easier to see the curly blonde around her head. The most obvious attribute she would inherit from her human dad.

"This little one is Charlie" explained Magne, sitting down. "She is a naga offpring that will be accompanying us from now on. Don't get fooled by her appearence, naga's poison is very lethal if injected into any human and have an strenght that far surpasses any of us. If treated correctly, however, their poison can also have many other usages in potions that I would love to try on and is a big reason why I went searching for her. Please, treat her just the same as you would any untamed wild beast who can and will hurt you if given the chance. She is perfectly harmless where she is now, but too loud noises could disturb her into action so I don't recommend those during this class. Any question?"

"Hah" Angel crossed his own arms. "How long did that bullshit last, again?"

"One day" Husk chuckled.

The scene changed, time speed up. They saw Magne walking down the aisle of students, all supposed to be concentrating on their designated reading, but some were not able to not see the way that Magne was carrying a napping Charlie against his shoulder, rubbing her back.

"Sir" called one of the students. "Should she be outside her cage?"

"She is sleeping, it's fine" replied Magne with a slight frown, glaring at the kid. Charlie moved her little fist against the arm of her father, without opening her eyes. "Did you finished your reading? You must have to have time to ask unnecessary questions. You can start your report of two thousands words already if that is the case. If not, then I suggest keeping quiet so the rest of the class has time to finish."

Another scene. This time Magne was explaining the nature of boggarts while keeping Charlie on his arm, one hand holding her while the other was supporting a baby bottle full of milk from where Charlie was drinking. Once the bottle was empty, without missing a beat, Magne turned her over her stomach to help her burp. Then they saw him during an examen, a hand inside the cage for Charlie to hold during another nap. She nibbled on the glove covered knuckle, drooling.

They saw Magne making a small rat plushie float inside the cage while grading papers. Charlie was reaching her hands to try to get it, a playful smile on her face, but no sound was coming out of her as she failed to grab the object of her attention. Magne was barely paying attention, spreading red markings on a particularly awful job, when suddenly Charlie pulled her tail to wrap around the toy and bring it over to her, nibbling the soft ears. Upon realizing that, the wizard laughed.

"That hunter instinct is kicking in, huh?" said, opening easy one of the entrances of the cage to pet the head of Charlie directly. "In no time you will be accompanying papa on his own hunting and make dad proud, aren't you?"

"Pa!" came out almost as a squeak from Charlie, eyes sparkling. Magne almost lost his smile. That was the first sound they heard coming from her and it wasn't a human one. They could only discern as such thanks to the memory of the wizard remembering it like that. "Pa, pa!" continued Charlie on, as if enjoying this new power she just discovered.

"Aww, she has such a cute voice too" commented Angel.

"Yeah, for him" added Husk. "For anyone else, she will never speak."

"There is always other ways, Husky."

"That is right" said Magne, his smile returning with none of the sharp edges they were used to. He gently took the baby of her cage into his arms, as Charlie's tail was still wrapped around her plushie. "Papa. Papa is out there looking for food for you."

"Pa!"

"Yes" Magne nuzzled her head, kissed her crown and for a moment just stood there, regaining himself. "You are so smart already. Clearly you took it from me" commented with a chuckle, caressing her cheek. "Can you say dad, darling? If you do, dad here might you some extra mices that we will keep a secret from papa" He winked an eye to the baby, who stared at him a long while.

"Pa…" she started.

"Dad" helped out Magne.

It took a few other tries until Charlie finally managed to make the sound that he wanted.

"Dah!" Or as close as she could.

Either way, Magne laughed again as he hugged the not naga strong, kissing her temple. She couldn't laugh, haven't learned to make that sound yet, but did made cooeing noises at the attention, happily repeating dah and pa interchangeably.

"If papa asks, we will say dad was first, okay?" Magne put a finger in front of his lips in a conspirational fashion. Charlie patted her own face with her small chubby hand, without understanding anything, but smiling all the same. She had no issue with that plan.

The scene lost all of its solid shapes as they both felt pulled back, as if grabbed by an invisible hand. The book had already shown them everything that it wanted and it was time to go back.

"When that thing took us out, it was like he were thrown out of a vehicle in movement. Angel knocked his back against the old fridge and I don't know how I didn't end over my ass with the impulse.

All the life, color and light that was part of the Shrieking Shack that we had seen in the book was now gone. Outside of that thing, this place had been abandoned for a long time. As I managed to reach the table again with the book, the page had already turned to another message.

Do you see now? was written in colorful letters.

I grabbed the crayon and scribbled a quick yes. After a while, it occured to me to ask who died to make this book. A drawing of a happy smiling face later, the answer came back: Some lost explorer in the woods. Never knew his name. He scared Charlie while she was out with Lucifer. They ate him together.

What a lovely family."

[istandonsnowpiles]

so what equipment do you use for your IR work?

I've got two IR converted cameras & one I stole from my girlfriend.

For 590nm shots, my most common IR shot, I use a Panasonic GX85 & usually a Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 lens. This camera was stolen from my girlfriend. This is a dream camera + lens combo. The lens is soooo good & pretty cheap! Love this setup.

For 720nm shots I use a Panasonic GH3, usually with the same lens. This camera is super nice and really comfortable. However, 720nm is a pretty limiting IR conversion. The colors are pretty muted. I'd stick to black and white with this conversion in the future.

For IR Chrome shots I use a full spectrum converted Fujifilm X-E1. I got this camera cheap because its original owner had ripped the IR filter off the sensor himself and broke the mount contacts in the process. So, no auto focus and no electronically controlled lenses on this one. It's pretty limiting but the results are cool.

For the full spectrum camera, I use a Kolari Vision IR Chrome Lite clip in filter to achieve the IR Chrome look. One huge benefit of full spectrum camera is buying filters to achieve each conversion type. So, I'll probably pick up 590nm and 720nm filters in the future, maybe more.

Since it's IR season, I'm thinking of converting a good Fujifilm camera to full spectrum so I can take advantage of all of my lenses. We'll see!

[darklovecat]

other glow up tips?

My Experience with Lasik Eye Surgery (Trans-PRK).

Investing in laser eye surgery was one of my most important parts of my physical glow up. My eyes are my best features, they're pretty, big round, dark brown, but didn't exactly work (5 dioptries). Either way, you couldn't tell because they were either hidden behind a frame of glasses, blodshot and half-closed due to lenses, or covered by extremely unnatural looking bright blue color contacts (God please forgive me). I ditched them all, got them lasered and look and feel 100% better.

Lenses.

I hate them. All the times I dropped and lost them, all the times my eyes would turn watery the moment I put them on, and the one time it got stuck in my eye and I couldn't find it and almost had a panic attack. This is my own experience, I'm not an ophthalmologist, so take this with a grain of salt (or two) and do your own research please. I'm here to share my own personal experience. My eyes used to start tearing like crazy just with soft breezes of wind and at times it was hard to keep my eyes open even though I followed all instructions. Lenses made my eyes look hooded as well and after getting my eyes lasered they don't have that droopy look, my eye area looks so much more open and awake now. I hated the discomfort, the redness, the sensitivity, having to put them on, having to put them out, having them. There could be a million explanations for these but it was just easier for me to get my eyes lasered and call it a day.

The surgery.

You put on your surgical gown and a hair cap, you lay down, they give you local anesthesia so you can't feel any pain in your eye. Laser beam for 10 seconds (felt more like 10 minutes). The surgery itself does not feel painful, just extremely uncomfortable, you can't close or move your eyes for 10 seconds, my surgeon counted back from 10 but I swear it felt like an eternity. I cried while they were lasering my eyes because I always do and I kept pinching myself and shaking my legs because I felt very nervous and was probably PMSing, but there is no actual pain, just intense discomfort and pressure, the actual pain only comes after the anesthesia wears off after a few hours, I would say it is a 7.5/10, you wear black goggles for 2 weeks, your eyes sting like crazy, it's like having dry eyes 24/7 for 2 weeks. And then 2 weeks later you wake up and your eyes actually work (miracle). I remember taking them off for the first time after weeks and being absolutely shocked about how well I could see (and at how terrible my eyebrows looked).

1 year later...

I wake up, I have 10/10 vision, and I love it. I feel like I can see better now than ever, I don't have to deal with eye sensitivities due to lenses, or worry about accidentally sitting on my glasses, I feel prettier too. There's another thing that feels very hard for me to describe, but I feel like I am directly living in the world, I feel more in touch with the world, my lenses and glasses always felt like a barrier. After your surgery, you need to wear sunglasses for 6 months. Not an issue, you should protect your eyes in any case and protecting them from the sun's UV rays has always been essential for me regardless. They need to be big especially on the sides so your eyes are protected.

To sum it up, here are my tips:

Go to a very reputable doctor at a specialized eye clinic. My doctor had 25 years of experience and over 50 000 cases.

Take all the medications that you are prescribed post-surgery and follow all instructions, focus on healing after your surgery.

Invest in a pair of high-quality UV blocking sunglasses. No, that chewed up pair from H&M you got 2 years ago won't cut it.

Reduce screen time, blue light blocking filters are your best friend. Make sure you have a support person.

You need to go to a highly reputable place obviously, you can't cheap out unless you have another pair of eyes, your doctor needs to be very experienced and good at what he does, use what resources you have to read up on your doc and his work, his ratings should be very high and of people who are happy with their results. My mom, my aunt, my grandpa all got LASIC eye surgery 20 years ago so naturally, I followed in their eye steps because they were all happy with their results. You need a support person, my parents were right with me during and after the surgery, my mom picked out the hospital and doctor for me and I could not go out of bed for 2 weeks so make sure you have some good podcasts ready and take at least 2 weeks off.

Feel free to message me or drop an ask if you have any questions.

[0jamajos]

like I don't even need or want to wear contacts but the mere idea of contact lenses/colored contacts and placing something directly on your fucking eyeball fills me with so much dread and anxiety like I would never do that ever, and boy ... From time to time I see ads for suspiciously cheap contacts online and I can feel my eye dessicating just thinking of putting something that cheap on my eyeball... like I hope no one truly buys those but I fear for the ppl that surely do

[nocturnalghoul]

✨️Get to know me!✨️

Tagged by @anotherghoul666 I feel so popular lol :D

Share your wallpaper: okay my main lock screen is my girlfriend and I, which I am not sharing, so here is my home screen. It is in fact girldick Sunny because I saw Crow (I think?) post it and immediately went "yep I'm using that" (ignore my 8k emails o.o and the fact that its 2am, well 3 by the time I am posting this)

Last song you listened to: Secrets of the Stars by The Milk Carton Kids (working on a fic inspired by it rn)

Currently reading: I'm semi-rereading Dracula but that doesn't count in my opinion because I've read that book too many times. My at work book is Odd Apolocalypse by Dean Koontz (the fifth book in the Odd Thomas series). I had started that series years ago back in college and only recently realized I had stopped at book 4 so I decided to finish it out.

Last movie: Listen, I take zero pride in this but the answer is Goon (2011). I had a super bad week at work last week and it weirdly always makes me feel better. Sometimes you gotta watch a not great movie to make the brain happy.

Craving: I would commit a crime for one of those lemon Italian ices right now.

Currently wearing: Drag Talk tshirt, Astros shorts (I'm a big baseball fan), "Bigfoot is real and he tried to eat my ass" baseball cap to keep my hair out of my face.

How tall are you: a little above 5'7" although people always assume I am taller, I do not know why.

Piercings: I have a singular helix piercing on the right ear that I am still trying to heal but am open to more.

Tattoos: None currently. I love the idea of getting tattoos but also have a policy I have to like the idea for at least a year before I get it and nothing has made it past that waiting period. I'm just not good at permanence.

Glasses/contact lenses: Glasses wearer. They are big and green :). I cannot do contacts cause I got a whole thing about anything getting near my eyes so I can never put them in.

Last drink: strawberry lemonade flavored sparkling water. It's yummy!

Last show: currently working my way through The Expanse

Last thing you ate: Banana bread (I made it myself)

Favorite color: blues and greens which is very apparent when you look at me and that is the color of most stuff I own

Current obsession: I mean Ghost, but also Wild Child released a new album on Friday (they are like more of an indie folk vibe) and I am so excited.

Unrelated obsession: the games Hi-Fi Rush and Melatonin. I LOVE rhythm games so much.

Pets: I have a little gray cat named Pierre! He has a whole backstory my former roommate and I made up lol. He is a little french orphan boy and chimney sweep (hence why he is gray). He also has an overbite and his little fangs poke out of his mouth when he sleeps like little vampire fangs so he is a tiny vampire.

Do you have a crush on someone? Does my girlfriend count because she is the only person who has ever successfully convinced me to care enough to date them. I'm more of a large amount of friends kinda girlie.

Favorite fictional character: I am so bad at picking favorites in general but now my mind is void of every character I have loved ever.

Last place I traveled to: I went to Greece last August with my mother cause it was lifelong dream of hers. I'm sure I've traveled within the states since then but outside of Austin for a concert cannot for the life of me think where.

I feel so lame to once again break this chain but I'm historically late to the game and am fairly certain everyone I know has been tagged already so I'm gonna go for the cheap option of if you want to do this and haven't please consider this me tagging you, even if we haven't really interacted. Have fun <3

[goldyandgoldie]

Review of all the (cheap) online glasses retailers I have used before:

Marvel Optic: Used to be cheaper. Very basic frames for the most part. You can get prescription safety goggles and glasses for sports which is neat

Zenni: Have some unique frames, like glow-in-the-dark frames. Frames are reasonably priced, but add-ons (like transitions, blue light blocking, etc) are more expensive than other online retailers. They offer cheap clip-ons as an alternative. You can even get 3D glasses clip-ons so that you don't have to wear 3D glasses over your regular glasses at the movie theater.

EyeBuyDirect: More expensive than most of the other retailers I've used. They heavily questioned my prescription (which has never happened to me on other sites), requiring a picture of the prescription as well as a conversation with a representative to confirm that the prescription I put in was correct. I bought from here because they were selling rainbow glasses where a percentage of the proceeds would go to the Trevor Project. I liked the glasses and I liked the cause, otherwise I would not have bought from here.

Muukal: Has some very cute frames (including heart shapes and seasonal designs) and very low prices. Almost always some kind of additional discount. Have never had an issue with prescription or frames. They offer transitions in colors other than brown or grey. I have a pair of heart-shaped glasses that turn pink in the sun, rainbow glasses that turn blue in the sun, and black cat-eyes that turn purple in the sun. They don't get quite as dark as the brown/grey, but they are super cute.

Goggles4u: Some unique frames, but mostly basic ones. Pretty much always has some percentage off deal going on. You used to almost always be able to get 71% off of your order if you signed up for text messages, but I'm not sure that this is still the case. Sometimes the discount code doesn't work, but if you contact them, they will apply the discount manually.

Wherelight: Amazingly unique frames. You can get halloween glasses, Christmas glasses, glasses with cats on them... They release new designs every month. They often have BOGO or 3 for X Amount of Dollars (Between $100-$200. Includes upgrades like transitions, tints, and thinner lenses so it works out to be a really good deal) . Have had issues with quality (incorrect prescription, frames breaking), but they've always replaced faulty glasses free of charge.

Vooglam: Good for large statement glasses. Prices are a bit higher than the previous two, but still reasonable. You also usually get more goodies like a glasses repair kit and nose pads, and one time they even gave us a tool to measure PD.

can we talk about how literally 64% of people wear glasses, and yet we NEVER see them in movies/tv unless it's on some nerdy or uncool character? why do we adhere to such a weird beauty standard that subconsciously makes us feel bad for,, not being able to see???

[cherokeegal1975]

Hesper. Most people don't like my monster. It was inspired by an alien looking praying mantis, some random things online and from around my home, including a marking on my bathroom door that looked a bit like a winged creature.

It's a benevolent shapeshifter and the only really scary thing it does is eat evil people that think they can summon it and get help. Aside from that it can be called for help if a person is lost in its territory. The person asking needs to have a gift of some kind. Could be anything, food, a song, art...even sex if the person is willing to go that far. Not as terrible as it might seem at first, remember this creature is a shapeshifter with no particular gender and can be as beautiful as it wants to be. The only thing it can't hide is the color of its eyes. They're always red in every form....though if it gets determined to really hide in plain sight, it could wear colored contact lenses in human form if it wanted to. It never ever forces people give more than they are willing or able to. It's more about the gesture anyway.

It can speak any language and is super intelligent. Compassionate and empathetic. It may require a fee of some kind to get its help, but that doesn't mean it does not care. Just wants presents so the person getting help better appreciates what Hesper will do for them. Most commonly just helping them get out of the woods to the nearest payphone. It tends to live in some pretty remote places.

Hesper also has limits. It can only manifest itself fully at night. The ring of glowing mushrooms marks parts of its territory where it can be summoned. During the day it can appear only as a spirt or a large black praying mantis with red eyes. Its powers are severely limited in the day as well.

Digital art. I still need to work on my lighting, but I did some small improvement here. It's rare that I do night scenes, so I have some difficulties there too. Not sure how well Blurb will print this one out, never seen it anywhere other than my computer screen. Redbubble will print it perfectly, but Blurb's print quality is good, just not better than what a at home printer will do. So it's a bit of a toss up. I just want to make a book with all of my art in it, consolidated into one place. The good, the crappy, the what seemed like a good idea at the time but makes me cringe now. The wow that's my best work yet! To my scribbles and rough sketches. Literally everything and this art journal would be a personal keepsake. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to work much on the content and the book itself isn't going to be cheap. Not sure when I'll be able to do it.

One possible way it could reproduce...that I'm not too solid on as far as ideas...I half want to reject it and half want to keep it...is that one of the favors a person could do is carry its offspring. The host won't die, it'll be very much like a pregnancy and it won't matter which gender carries the eggs. If I keep the idea it'll only reproduce asexually once a century. The babies are fuzzy and cute...if a little weird looking. Hesper will pick them up and care for them herself after they're born...and care for and monitor the host during the gestation period. It will owe the host a big favor for each offspring born, so it makes it worth it for the host to agree to carry the babies.

[mvsvision]

5 Eye Hazards Lurking in Your Halloween Supplies: Eye Safety and Injury Prevention Month

Halloween is a season of creativity and ghostly fun, but it can also come with hidden risks—especially to your eyes. From costume accessories to festive décor, there are plenty of hazards that could leave you with more than just a fright. Whether you’re gearing up for trick-or-treating or hosting a haunted house, here’s how to keep your eyes safe this Halloween. Keep Your Eyes Safe this Halloween! 1. Watch out for costume accessories. Those vampire fangs and witch hats might seem harmless, but some costume accessories can pose a real danger to your eyes. Pointy objects like wands, swords and fake weapons are prime culprits, particularly for children. Even costume masks with sharp edges or ill-fitting designs can cause eye injuries if they slip and poke at your face. Solution? Opt for safer, flexible costume props and make sure masks have large eye openings to avoid contact with your eyes. If you’re planning to dress as a character with facial gear, consider face paint instead. 2. Be cautious with colored contact lenses. Colored contact lenses can take your costume to the next level, but they could also lead to eye infections or worse. Non-prescription contacts, often sold in party stores or online, may not be FDA-approved. These cheap lenses can scratch your cornea, cause allergic reactions or even lead to long-term vision issues. Solution? If you’re set on wearing contact lenses as part of your costume, only purchase them from a licensed optometrist. Avoid any over-the-counter or novelty lenses that don’t come with a prescription. 3. Decorations and DIY costumes can be risky. Homemade costumes and decorations often involve glue guns, scissors, and glitter—materials that can easily get into your eyes. Whether it’s a DIY costume project or hanging up décor, sharp tools and tiny materials like glitter can become hazards, especially if they make accidental contact with your eyes. Solution? Use protective eyewear while crafting or decorating. Keep your hands clean and avoid rubbing your eyes, especially after handling adhesives or glitter. And remember, even seemingly harmless items like fake spider webs or fog machines could trigger eye irritation if used too close to your face. 4. Beware of makeup and face paint. Halloween makeup and face paint are fun ways to transform your look, but they can irritate your eyes. Cheap or expired makeup might contain ingredients that cause allergic reactions, redness or swelling. Worse yet, if makeup particles get into your eyes, they could scratch your cornea. Solution? Stick to hypoallergenic makeup products that are designed for use around the eyes. Alwaysremove makeup thoroughly at the end of the night to avoid any long-term effects.  5. Handle those glow sticks carefully. Glow sticks are a Halloween favorite, but they can cause eye injuries if broken. The liquid inside is toxic and can lead to irritation if it comes into contact with your eyes. Solution? Keep glow sticks out of reach of children, and if one breaks, immediately wash your hands and avoid touching your face or eyes. Use flashlights or LED candles instead: They are safer illumination options. Halloween should be filled with fun frights. By being mindful of costume accessories, contact lenses, decorations, makeup and glow sticks, you can enjoy the holiday while protecting your vision. Want more tips or need to check up on your eye health? Discuss any concerns with a doctor at Modern Vision Solutions, where we help keep your eyes in top shape. We specialize in both adult and youth eye exams! via https://www.mvsvision.com/optometry/5-eye-hazards-lurking-in-your-halloween-supplies-eye-safety-and-injury-prevention-month/

[lensguru]

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[sunrayzzimports]

Retailer's Guide: Selecting Affordable Sunglasses Suppliers

Sunglasses have long transformed beyond their traditional role of safeguarding the wearer's eyes from the light and harmful rays of the sun. With the number of styles available in the market, consumers can turn them into fashion accessories as a form of self-expression so they never go out of style. If you, as a retailer, want to keep up with the demand, you must know how to find affordable sunglasses suppliers. That said, you must look for trusted ones who can provide your customers with a winning combination of competitive pricing, superior product quality, and dependable service.

Considerations for Choosing a Sunglasses Supplier

When selecting suppliers for affordable sunglasses, retailers must carefully consider several factors to ensure they maintain quality, meet customer demands, and maximize profitability. Here are some key considerations that you should look into:

Product Quality Although it's important to provide customers with options for cheap sunglasses, a retailer must never compromise product quality when it comes to looking for a sunglasses supplier. Thus, you must find a distributor that offers sunglasses made from durable materials with reliable UV protection and scratch-resistant lenses.

That's because customers are more likely to return to one's retail store if you consistently provide them with quality sunglasses that meet their durability, comfort, and performance expectations.

Pricing and Margins

Another factor that retailers need to keep in mind when choosing a supplier is their pricing. Evaluate the supplier's pricing structure to ensure it aligns with one's budget and profit margins. Consider factors such as wholesale pricing, volume discounts, and payment terms. Aim for a balance between affordability and maintaining healthy profit margins.

By choosing a sunglass supplier that offers competitive wholesale pricing and reliable shipping, retailers can maximize their profit margins on each sale. Thus, it allows retailers to achieve their financial goals and sustainably grow their business over time.

Supplier Reputation

Choose a supplier with a strong reputation for reliability, consistency, and ethical business practices. In that regard, research supplier reviews and testimonials to gauge their credibility and trustworthiness.

A reputable supplier is more likely to prioritize quality control measures through the manufacturing process. Thus, it ensures retailers will get wholesale sunglasses that meet or exceed industry standards, reducing the risk of receiving subpar or defective products.

Product Range and Variety

Retailers must consider partnering with affordable sunglasses suppliers offering diverse sunglass styles, colors, and designs to cater to customer preferences. Having a varied product assortment allows a retailer to appeal to a broader customer base and increase sales opportunities.

Furthermore, sunglass trends and consumer preferences can vary seasonally and regionally. With a diverse product range, retailers can easily adapt to changing trends, seasons, and market demands.

Supply Chain Efficiency

Retailers must also assess the supplier's supply chain and logistics capabilities to ensure products get delivered on time. That said, you must consider lead times, order fulfillment processes, and shipping options. Finding a supplier with a reliable inventory management system is best to fulfill customers' orders promptly and prevent one's store from stockouts.

Besides, short lead times enable retailers to react quickly to changes in market demand and consumer preferences. For instance, if a sunglasses style trends, suppliers with efficient supply chains can respond rapidly to retailers' orders. In this way, it reduces the time it takes for products to reach the retailer's store shelves or online inventory.

Conclusion

Affordable sunglasses are general items any of your consumers will go after. Contacting a trusted supplier can help your store make sales and gain loyalty to a brand-new target group focused on lifestyle and functionality. At Sunrayzz Imports, we provide you with trendy sunglasses at discounted prices.

If you are looking for a trusted supplier for the eyewear retailing business, visit Sunrayzz Imports for more of our supply offers.

[galacticfairy18]

Yo! I'm in a really fucked up country and in need of some money so I'm just gonna offer some cheap photo edition services 😬 please help homegirl out if you can 😑 and this will help me to improve as well. If you have a selfie (cosplay or normal) that you really love but don't know how to edit out, I can do that for you!. Right now getting out of the house to take pictures is hard because of the weather so I know how does it feel wanting a nice pic but being unable to get it.

Are you a cosplayer and you want to create impactful pictures? If you don't have the necessary skills to edit your own pictures look no further, I can help you out in improving your pictures. Skin retouches, color grading, change your eyes color if you're not using contact lenses, changing backgrounds, anything you need!

You can check more of my work in my Deviantart account: https://www.deviantart.com/galacticfairy18

You can also check my Instagram account: @ galacticfairy

[aaaaaaaaaaawhyisitslimy]

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AND THEYRE ONLY 50USD TOOOOOOOOO

asking for a gyaru friend, does anyone know where to get farsighted circle lenses? i’m currently unable to do a lot of the make i want to try bc of it