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akhret · 3 days ago

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Bastet

Offerings

Water, milk, teas, coffee, beer, wine, gin, tequila, vodka, fruity drinks

Meat, bread, fruits and vegetables, spices (saffron, turmeric, cinnamon, pepper), onions, grains, lettuce, chocolate, cakes and pastries. Any healing herbs and plants, or those used in medicines, would be acceptable like aloe vera, lavender, garlic, echinacea, chamomile, and ashwagandha.

Any perfume would be acceptable to her, but kyphi, frankincense and myrrh, dragonsblood, sandalwood, vanilla, cedar and catnip are all great incense, candles, or essential oils. The fire itself can also be an offering to her.

Cat toys, treats, and herbs that are safe for your cat that get them riled up like catnip. While she's not going to eat your cat treats (lets make that clear), the act of treasuring your fur baby is enough for her.

Crystals and stones like carnelian, sunstone, fire quartz, citrine, garnet, jasper, rubies, rhodonite, black tourmaline, onyx, obsidian, malachite. Any jewelry is acceptable, too.

Red linen or the color red.

Lady Bast was first seen as a lioness goddess, so figurines of lions would be acceptable, as well as figurines of cats (she became associated with cats later on). She was also associated with the ichneumon, the vultures, and the ureaus (based in epithets) so you can offer her items like these, too. Along with statues and figurines of her, the sistrum, the menat, ankh, or maat.

Devotional acts

Singing and dancing! Lady Bast has epithets that associate her with joy, drumming, and she can often be seen holding the sistrum. You can play the sistrum for her, or play other musical instruments. You may even start learning how to play one, if you don’t know how to already.

Running. Lady Bast is known as ‘the swift one,’ so running is a great devotional act. As the Eye of Re, she’s a protective deity, so exercising in general would be great.

As the Mistress of jewelry, you could take up the craft of jewelry making. Or you can learn about how to make perfumes, too and/or make them yourself.

While it wouldn’t translate this way back then, she’s known as ‘the one with many faces’ or ‘the one with many forms,’ which, historically, would translate to the ways she could be perceived- whether taking on another goddesses name as an epithet, or changing into different forms (cat, lioness, human, etc.),- nowadays, though, you could translate this to acting. This could be done by being an actual actor, voice acting, cosplaying, etc.

It’s believed that her name may mean ‘she of the ointment jar,’ though this is only speculated and the actual translation is still unknown, but you could learn about medicine, healing, or even go the route of helping others in this domain. As an enforcer of the laws of maat, taking the route of law and justice- or learning about it- could be a great devotional act, too.

Signs

Signs of Bast could include seeing her scared animals of symbols like cats, lionesses, vultures, ichneumon, cobras, the menat necklace, the sistrum, or items of royalty. She’s known to be a part of the ‘cat distribution system,’ so she may even start sending you stray cats.

You may start hearing music with a really good beat that you cannot help but sing along with and tap your foot to.

You may have better intuition about people. Cats are very intuitive, watchful, and she’s also loosely connected to water (inundation), so you may start catching on how people act around you. She’s a protective deity, as well, so those who need to be out of your life are going to see their way out if they’re not good for you.

Cats are really good at setting boundaries, too (they will bite you to let you know to leave them alone!), so you may notice you’re becoming better at setting boundaries.

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princesscatherinemiddleton · 2 years ago

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WALK WALK FASHION BABY | The Princess of Wales wore a very familiar outfit for her surprise appearance at The Baby Bank in Windsor. She wore her Reiss Larsson Double-Breasted Twill Blazer, as well as her oft-worn LK Bennett Frieda Crepe Cigarette Trousers. Catherine also wore Pointed Ballet Flats from Boden, her Daniella Draper Gold Citrine Baby Treasure Necklace, and her Sézane Bruna Earrings

#mine #royaltyedit #kate #outfits #day #the baby bank 23

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regalfille · 1 year ago

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The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Birmingham.

The Princess of Wales wore Karen Millen Long Sleeve Pleated Midi Trench Dress, Sezane Dina Ocean Blue Earrings, Gianvito Rossi’s ‘Gianvito 105’ Burgundy pumps, Daniella Draper Gold Citrine Baby Treasure Necklace and Smythson Black Panama East West Zip Tote.

#royal news #royal family news #royal family #spanish royal family #british royal family #prince and princess of wales #kate middleton

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traitor-on-board · 4 years ago

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June 1994

“Terry…” “He likes it. Look”

Carol had to chuckle at her boyfriend. He was sitting on the edge of her bed, letting the big yellow citrine pendant dangle above the little bundle she was holding in her arms. Tiny hands were trying to grab the triangular gemstone but it was just out of reach. “You’re just teasing him”

Terrence hummed in amusement and lowered his arm so the baby could get a hold of the shiny pendant. “… I can’t change your mind?”

“… No…”, she leaned back against the headboard “This isn’t about us, Terry… it’s about him”

“You… would make a great mom, Carry”

“The clan isn’t a great home for a baby. And there’s nowhere else for us to go”

Terrence had his eyes trained on the only a few days old child “I could get a job…”

“What are we going to do until you find someone who is willing to employ a teenager with a criminal record as long as he is tall?” Carol lowered her voice when she saw that the baby was falling asleep, holding on tightly to his new treasure.

“… We can come back and pick him up when he’s older, right?”

“Probably… It’s the right thing to do”

“Give him a choice?”, he carefully detached the chain from the pendant to leave it with the baby “We never had that”

“And now look at us…”

“You know what I see when I look at you”

“Not what the rest of the world does, that’s for sure”, she leaned against him when he scooted closer to put one arm around her shoulder “… They’re going to come and check on us soon”

“You want to leave now?”

“I’m fine Terrence. I can go” She handed the baby over to him so she could get out of bed and dressed. Terrence stayed where he was and just looked down at his son. Carol was physically and surprisingly mentally ready to just climb out of the window and disappear into the night, leaving their child in the hospital without even a note to give an explanation to the nurses. Terrence wasn’t as ready. For all his usual reckless behavior, which had caused all this to happen in the first place, he felt like this was something he would regret.

Reginald and Right were still waiting outside after having helped Terrence to sneak in. Carol rejected all of the boys’ advances to help her and walked away without looking back. Without ever looking back.

November 2010

“Oh! He-hello, Carol. How are you doing today?”

“Save it, Reginald. I heard you talking”

“… oh…” the brunet man started to fidget with his golden necklace nervously. The leaders’ wife was really the last person he wanted to inform about his intentions. “Well… We should talk about it”

Carol crossed her arms and squinted her eyes at the other people gathered in the dimly lit room. There were quite a few… She sighed. This was inevitable. “What is your plan and what do you need?”

The group was stunned into silence while Carol shut the door behind her and sat down on an empty chair.

“That easily?” Reginald was still standing next to the door and couldn’t believe his luck.

“Yes” She would’ve left it at that but apparently the others needed an explanation as to why she of all people was immediately on board with this. “He’s… changed. Maybe the old Terrence will come back if someone takes that role away from him”

“Slim chance”, Right, Reginalds’ husband, remarked “But a chance”

“Exactly”, Reginald sat back down between the two “In order to demote him we need to show him how many people we have on our side”

Carol listened to the other Toppats’ planning and scheming to dethrone her husband. A slim chance… but a chance.

January 2011

In the past months there had been several heists, a lot of them impulsive decisions, quite a few not ending well…

It was already late at night when they decided to confront Terrence on the bridge, where he usually was. Just not today. They found him quickly though. Wallace contacted Carol when he saw the chief go out onto the balcony. The wind pulled at their hair and clothes as Carol, Reginald and Right stepped outside.

Terrence was sitting on top of the railing at the end of the extended platform, not a position his wife wanted him to be in for this kind of conversation. “Terrence”, she walked down the few steps with Reginald while Right stayed at the door, with quite a few other Toppats behind him “We need to talk”

“… I know”, the brunet didn’t seem to have any intentions on moving from his spot, he didn’t even look at them “I overdid it, huh?”

There was a short but still uncomfortable silence. “Yeah… Let’s call it that”, Reginald took a deep breath “We believe that you are… unfit to lead the clan any longer, Terrence”

“Ye were fine before” Right remarked from his spot and Toppats around him nodded. “Exactly. This much power isn’t good for you, Terrence. For both of us”, Carol placed a hand on Reginalds’ shoulder “We all talked about it and we decided that Reginald should be our new leader” “But I’d be happy to have you as my Right hand, you were great in that position”

During their speech Terrence had turned towards them. Now that everyone was quiet, waiting for his response, he sighed and took of his hat. His yellow eyes looked strangely tired in the cold moonlight. “You want to demote me back down to a Right hand man instead of throwing me off the ship?”

“We never planned to do that!”, Reginald was shocked by his friends’ words “This isn’t a hostile takeover, Terry. Please”

“Maybe not. But it’s how it always ends. Look at how Randy Radman stepped down voluntarily and then got stabbed in the back. Literally”

“That murder was not condoned by the clan! Nobody is going to be thrown off this ship. Get down from there and step away from the-“ Carol had started to close the distance but stopped when his top hat fell to the ground, revealing a pistol in his hands. “… Terry?”

“I won’t take that offer, Reginald” “… I’m sure we can work out something else then”, this was not going as they hoped but he would do his damnedest to keep this exchange from escalating “What do you dislike about my offer?” “I failed as a leader, Reg” “That is not… entirely true”

“You don’t need to stay in the clan. We can leave”, Carol held out her hand “We… could go back. And be a family” He looked from her determined expression to her hand and then over to the small crowd. She followed his gaze until two pairs of amber eyes found a citrine pendant on one of the younger Toppats. “It’s far too late for that, Carry…”

“It’s not. We can go-!”

Terrence cut her off “There is only one way for someone like me to go. But I won’t leave my dearest treasure behind” He raised his hand with the pistol, finger curling around the trigger. Carol was frozen in place and Reginald opted to throw both of them to the ground right when a single gunshot rang out. The pistol fell to the ground. There were gasps and running.

Carol pushed Reginald off of her and looked over to her husband. Or rather where he had been. Right stood at the railing “I… I shot his hand” That was a reasonable decision… She leaned against the railing to her left and looked at the ocean far below them. It was so dark down there, she didn’t even notice that her vision went blurry.

Both Reginald and Right apologized and tried to comfort her but there was only one sentence that stood out to her at that moment. “

“It’s not loaded”

“… why, Terry…”

#Backstory #Achievement #Carol Cross #Terrence Suave #Reginald Copperbottom #Right hand Man #Terrence ain't the only one fucking up here...

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alyseinpalace · 6 years ago

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Chapter 29 - The Princess’s birthday

Xian Fei’s arrest was the talk of the palace for some time but all rumours and speculations ebbed quickly when the verdict was finally out. When Alyse heard that Xian Fei was sentenced to live the remainder of her life in the Cold Palace, she was relieved that at least the former consort’s life was spared and history remained unaltered. Of course the Emperor did not kill his own brother as well, and the Prince was sent to defend the fort near the Mongolia borders.

The somber incident was quickly forgotten when the palace prepared for the celebration of Yan Guifei’s daughter’s full moon birthday. Red lanterns and banners were hung at doorways, but what most looked forward to was the celebration banquet. Most being the ones who were invited. Besides the Empress and Yan Guifei of course, all the consorts from the rank of Imperial Concubines and above were invited. The consorts were also allowed to bring along their attendants who must be at least noble ladies, and to Gasha’s displeasure, Qi Fei had decided to let Nara tag along instead of her.

The dinner took place at the Hall of Union and Peace, which was a huge hall used primarily for receptions and celebrations. Nara accompanied Qi Fei for the long walk from the consorts’ house to the hall and arrived two hours before the start of the banquet, which was the expected etiquette. The Consorts and Imperial Concubines greeted each other and socialised while waiting for the banquet to start and one Imperial Concubine walked over to greet Qi Fei. It was Imperial Concubine Ling, the imperial concubine who had recently caught the Emperor’s attention, and a big braggart.

“Greetings to you, Sister.” Imperial Concubine Ling greeted, her chubby cheeks even more conspicuous with her grin. “Oh I didn’t know you’re bringing Nara! What happened to your other attendant?”

“You mean Gasha? She has already accompanied me to quite a number of banquets, so I reckon I should let Nara have the chance to experience this too.” Qi Fei smiled and nodded to Nara.

“Thank you for giving me this rare opportunity, my Lady.” Nara quickly replied with an appreciative curtsy.

“Such a sweet mouth. No wonder Sister prefers you now.” Imperial Concubine Ling snorted. Nara thought she snorted like a pig, but still returned a smile cordially.

“Anyway, how’s your dog, Sister?” To Nara’s annoyance, it seemed the imperial concubine had no plan to wrap up the conversation anytime soon.

“Beibei is healthy and fine.” Qi Fei smiled, wondering why the sudden mention of her dog.

“That’s good! Dogs are usually more obedient too, unlike my Rong’er. Just two weeks ago, she climbed up a very tall tree in the garden and gave me such a shock!”

“Oh? So how did you get her to come down the tree?”

“One of those lady guards climbed up the tree to catch her! Luckily we have people like her around! I won’t know what to do if Rong’er were to fall! I mean, Rong’er was a gift from the Persian envoy to His Majesty and he gave her to me, so I treasure her a lot!”

“Of course you should.” Qi Fei smiled and nodded. Now she understood why the imperial concubine mentioned her dog. So that she could mention her precious cat which was given to her by the Emperor.

“Nara loves her too! She always brings this special snack she makes for Rong’er whenever she visits me!”

“As much as I love Beibei.” Nara added quickly with a smile to Qi Fei.

As Imperial Concubine Su walked over to greet Qi Fei, Imperial Concubine Ling had to put a stop in her bragging. Qi Fei quickly started a conversation with Imperial Concubine Su and exchanged opinions about a novel they had both recently started reading. Seeing that they were talking about something she could not comprehend and had no interest in, Imperial Concubine Ling bowed and left. Nara was very certain she heard an audible sigh of relief from Qi Fei.

When the banquet was almost starting, both Yan Guifei and Chu Guifei entered the hall. All the consorts greeted the two Noble Consorts and waited for them to take their seats before taking their own. Nara was mesmerised by how elegant both Noble Consorts looked in their beautiful ensemble. Yan Guifei was in an emerald silk gown and wearing a set of tiger’s eyes necklace and earrings. She was too slim to look like she had recently given birth, and her smile to the consorts was radiant. Chu Guifei was in a duke blue silk gown and wearing a citrine necklace together with her sapphire earrings. Her smile to the consorts seemed more brief. Both Noble Consorts had beautiful headdresses too, Yan Guifei had yellow peonies as accessories while Chu Guifei had orange roses. Though she could not hear the conversation between Yan Guifei and Chu Guifei from her seat right at the other end of the hall, Nara could tell from their demeanor that they were close.

While Yan Guifei and Chu Guifei engaged in their small talks softly, the rest of the consorts in the hall remained in their awkward silence. Fortunately the nanny arrived shortly with the princess in her arms and the three Consorts Qi Fei, Ji Fei and Yi Fei walked forward to have a look at the birthday girl. It was glaring to Nara how Qi Fei and Yi Fei genuinely enjoyed playing with the baby while Ji Fei was just standing there out of perfunctory courtesy.

The Head Eunuch standing at the door announced the arrival of Imperial Noble Consort Shujia and Empress Huizhang, and everybody rose to greet them. Imperial Noble Consort Shujia was merely in her mid twenties, and Empress Huizhang in her late twenties, but both women looked mature for their age. Nara reckoned it was due to the deeper hue of their silk gowns, and the long pearl necklaces and jade bangles added to a couple of years too. Both women stood by their seats and with the final announcement, the Emperor swaggered into the hall, dressed in a royal yellow changshan with the embroidery of an imposing dragon in the middle. Greetings for the Emperor reverberated around the hall as he took his seat, with Empress Huizhang on his left and Imperial Noble Consort Shujia on his right.

After the Emperor proudly announced his new born’s name as Princess Moren and made the wish that she would grow up in good health, he raised his cup of wine and drank. The whole hall thanked him for the wine and all the women drank from their cup. That was the signal for dinner to start.

“My Lady, why are we the only ones invited to the banquet? How about the directorate of the different departments?” Nara whispered to Qi Fei.

“Oh silly, they already had their banquets. Ours is the last one.” Qi Fei chuckled lightly at that question.

“Oh! I see!” Nara nodded bashfully, chiding herself for asking such naive question.

When the dishes were served, Nara was in awe. They started with a hot pot of bird’s nest soup with roast chicken, then a cold dish platter of deep fried codfish, marinated wild greens, black fungus, abalone in rice wine and drunken baby pigeon. The main dishes were stewed sea cucumber with mixed mushrooms, sauteed prawn and crab roe on glutinous rice, a hot pot of shredded lamb stomach and mutton, a hot pot of smoked meat and pine nuts, deer’s tail in brown sauce and finally steamed rice with conpoy. Desserts were the Emperor’s favourite osmanthus cake with wolfberries and potato dumpling with apricot filling in almond paste.

The dishes were served at a slow pace so that everyone could take a rest between each dish, to cleanse their palate with the pickled vegetables. Nara took the chance to peek at the Emperor when Qi Fei was talking softly with Yi Fei. He looked younger than she expected, but his voice was firm and authoritative. From how he smiled and nodded when Empress Huizhang spoke, and the way he chuckled lightly with Imperial Noble Consort Shujia, she could tell that he respected the former, but loved the latter more.

While Nara was enjoying her feast, Grace had her usual dinner with Alyse and Irgen. She could not help grousing as she picked up a small shrimp from the plate of stir-fried river shrimp with fried beancurd. “This is not fair!”

“The Emperor can’t invite everyone to the banquet, Geleishiyi.” Alyse said calmly. She, on the other hand, was quite pleased with the pot of braised lotus roots and mushrooms with roast pork.

“So they get to eat all the good stuff, and we have to eat this.” Grace groaned as she chewed a little too hard and too long on her shrimp.

“But they gave us this!” Irgen took a big bite on the peach-shaped mantou. “This birthday mantou is nice! I like the red beans filling!”

#nanowrimo

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