#driis

[twotiime2]

Didst thou know that rosemary doth repel daemons?

ii actually wa2 not aware of that one! ii'm famiiliiar wiith liike, 2alt and clay du2t ward2, whiite 2age 2moke, tho2e pop-culturey one2, but how ii2 ro2emary employed?

[aswar-hafida-official]

SELAMAT TINGGAL BU ULAWENG TERIMAKASI SUDA HADIR DI LIBURENG CUP 3

[pricescigar]

Driiing Driiing It's Elviraaa

My baby 🥺🥺🥺

Thank you so much!!!

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

HIC: hey beach u betta B-ELI-EV---E im sexsea

Ψiioniic: <About a2 2exΨ a2 the blood drIIed two mΨ face./>

HIC: stfu blood is S)-(----ELLA sexsea

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Random brazilian thing:

It's not as fashionable now days as it was in the 80's, 90's and early 00's/2010's but we but litle "clothes" in everything and knited things are very common.

Starting with the basic:

> Drying machines are expensive. We have racks but even tthan drying the dishes with a towel is still the classic aprouch (even with the rack) and brazilian dish-driying towels have a very unique look because of course they are made to dry dishes and are very colourfull.

> Now it's important going to this point that we don't do knited toilet seats and whatever other unhigienic thing people put on the toilet seats for some reason. On the other hand the parts of the toilet were you don't sit and just the bathroom on general... Better to just demonstrate:

> Now what about drinking water? While in Brazil you absolutly can drink water right from the sink a lot of people prefer to either buy water or filtrate it again before consuming. Part of it is because good quality water is unfortunally still not acessible to all - specially in poorer regions- but is also partialy just cultural. Now the point of saying is:

> And last but not least: the oven! (And more importantly the classic "gas dress").

[bigwishes]

Hey man, I think I left my GROW Energy drink at your place. Its my favorite flavor, triple carbonated, with extra pre workout and protein. Hope you didn’t drink it, they got discontinued because of all the side effects.

I swear bro I didn't drink your energy drii- ehhhhuuu -drink. Don't mind me bro just feeling a bit *Hic* bloated. No I was def...deff *hic* pssssshhh, definitely this big when you left. oohhuuuerrr,, mmm-mmaybe you should leave the room for a secc, BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPP oooh fuck much better, sorry bro but you should have left. okay I drank you drink but it tasted like crap if that makes you feel better. But you aint missing out bro, trust me, I gotta waddle everywhere now. But quick question bro, you know if they make tanks in size 11XL, 9XL didn't even get past my pecs, oh and one more thing, you know a-a-oouurrr BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRPPPP any carpenter's who could expand all my door ways, I can't fit through em any more and its takin 30 minutes to squeeze through em sideways, why you're here though you should totally make me a sandwhich, oh and a shake, oh better make it 3 shakes, maybe a roast chicken too, and a bowl..no a bucket of rice

[wildwitche]

I have already taught this art 3 times, and it's all because of technical problems I had. So driys from @/70year_old_bread in Instagram

[mr-ribbit]

im gonna make an in-depth callout post for you driving crooner

ibm so sick of thhuis,. whe n i weas a kkid, i fbell into a river adn a fi sh b u,mped me out..,,.,....

i was spuposed to D*E, BUt a ffish bubmped m e out ;with its Nose

hthat was the earth telill;gn me i0m suposed to do saomethinf ggr eat. Adn i k;,ow thats hte drii,ving croo ner...,.,,.. it hHss to be. yuo know hwat i mean, karkat? im so s,ick of thhis

[boogieboba]

Okay don’t get me wrong I’m very happy that Ahmed Best has returned to star wars but. BUT. justice for my girl Lyrrin Driis. you’ve been replaced girl im so sorry

[gho2ty]

ii diid 2auna my2elf earliier twoday after my 2hower but ii wa2 legiitiimately 2urprii2ed when ii 2tarted two 2weat. even though iit wa2 ju2t a 2ectiion of my back and happened becau2e ii wa2 iin the ablutiion block wiith the heater bla2tiing ontwo me whiile ii driied off.

[cocajimmycola]

Hi Jimmy ^_^ The Spiral wanted to see if you had any pronoun or name ideas for things relating to madness, liminal spaces, spirals, and deceit? If that makes sense ^_^';; /nf

[ pt/ Hi Jimmy ^_^ I wanted to see if you had any pronoun or name ideas for things relating to madness, liminal spaces, spirals, and deceit? If that makes sense ^_^;; /nf /pt end]

names;

madi, insani/inzani, delu, hystoria, faint, dream/driim, surreal/surriil, meta, myth, helix, vortex, coil, turbine, trick/trix, sham

pronouns;

dre/drea/dreamself, dri/drii/driimself, los/lost/lostself, fo/form/formless, tra/tran/tranceself, lu/luc/lucidself, huf/hufs/hufself, wil/wild/wildself, hell/hells/hellself, gone/gones/goneself, rile/riles/rileself, vile/viles/vileself, vex/vexes/vexself, he/hei/helixself, vo/vor/vortexself, co/coi/coilself, swi/swir/swirlself, tri/trix/trickself, lie/lies/lieself, fool/fools/foolself, hoa/hoax/hoaxeself

also some titles, because i got inspired ;

the maddening one, the twist, the twisted one, the lost, the eerie, the vortex, the deceitful one, the false one, the fraud, the decended

i hope these were what the spiral was looking for. i tried my best!

[4windstradeco]

A secret you hold OVER someone

Drii

[Drii is in his ‘office’- a small utility closet. Knick knacks, souvenirs- lots of souvenirs filling the shelves as he even has some smithing gear]

“Ah, i am not a man of many secrets, let alone one pertaining to the knowledge of holding it over someone. . . But I suppose I can indulge.” He says coughing. Pulling reading glasses from one of the shelves and pulling a comedically small notebook out. The #17 on it. “So. . . A secret over Will.”

“He is allergic to- ah that’s Strallis.” He flips back a couple pages. “Aha! Willian is afraid of spiders, has a horrible reaction to ghosts- he’s not superstitious just a little stitious. And devoutly believes in luck. In fact so. That I gave him my ‘lucky’ bracelet, which he had me smelt into a fancy belt buckle. So long as he thinks he is lucky. He will do anything.” He flips the page.

“Aha! A proper secret I suppose I hold over friend Will: he has a stash hidden away in Kalimdor which holds the belongings of which he holds great value. His greatest treasures! He had gotten drunk and told me it’s whereabouts? Does that count? Or do I mention that I know the secret of when he had to marry a Murloc princess?”

[matoitech]

jump into the drivers seat and put it into spe ee ed drii i ve

[oldfilmsflicker]

new-to-me #659 - Drii Winter (A Piece of Sky)

[bread-elf]

💋 for Will.

💀 for Drii. :D

💋 for what my muse would say to the person trying to woo your muse. For Will: "Nice try, but I know your games. How about you try and not screw a stranger for a week, then we'll talk." 💀 for what my muse would say upon hearing about your muse’s death. For Drii: Jiroki deadpans a bit. "... What?" She asks. "No, you're shitting me. Drii? The Draenei? If you're playing some sick joke, it's not funny." Jiroki struggles to believe it, but ultimately seems very distraught at merely the thought. (( Thanks @4windstradeco !))

[artificii-in-ceata]

Finally settled some details so here have another character sheet

Laurențiu

Name(s): Laurențiu (Pronounced LA-u-REN-tsi-u). Etymology: essentially the same name as Laurence etc. From Latin "laurus" = laurel

Surname: Beniuc (Pronounced be-NYUK) Etymology: from Ben (as in Benjamin etc) + typical Ukrainian surname suffix -yuk, Romanised as -iuc.

Place of origin: Bukovina, the Romanian part (Northeast of Romania; an ethnically diverse region; the most conservative and religious region of the country)

Place of residence: a big city in Transylvania (the Western part of Romania; extremely ethnically diverse; very culturally Western, the most progressive leaning region)

Languages spoken: Romanian (native), Ukrainian (heritage: from grandparents), Russian (pretty low level, from neighbours' kids or classmates etc); English (very fluently, from being terminally online)

Religious affiliation: irreligious (identifies as agnostic; raised Protestant - which is very much a religious minority)

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Mădălina

Name(s): Mădălina-Maria (Pronounced, respectively: MƏ-də-LI-na, ma-RI-a). Etymology: Maria is obvious. Mădălina is basically Madeleine, which comes from Magdalene.

Surname: Lazăr (Pronounced: LA-zər). Etymology: literally just the name Lazarus.

Place of origin: mixed, lived in many different cities as a child, but ultimately born in the city she now inhabits.

Place of residence: Transylvania (same city, see the above)

Languages spoken: Romanian (native), Russian (heritage: her dad being a native speaker - he originates from the Republic of Moldova), English (fluently, due to being chronically online)

Religious affiliation: irreligious (identifies as agnostic; raised in a vaguely secular environment, "non-practicing" Eastern Orthodox <- this being the majority)

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Andriy

Name(s): Андрiй (Pronounced: an-DRII). Etymology: Ukrainian for Andrew.

Surname: Тимошенко (Romanised: Tymoshenko, Pronounced: TY-mo-SHEN-ko, the y being a more narrow ü type of sound). Etymology: from Тимофiй (Tymofiy) aka Timothy.

Place of origin: Bukovina, the Ukrainian part (in the south center of Ukraine; a region in which, among others, there is a significant Romanian ethnic minority)

Place of residence: the same as the place of origin

Languages spoken: Ukrainian (native), Romanian (heritage: mom was a native speaker), Russian (mid to high level, due to it being spoken a lot around him, neighbours, classmates etc), English (largely fluent, from video games etc)

Religious affiliation: Protestant Christian (very much a religious minority; raised in a lot of different, but largely culturally Eastern Orthodox environments <- again, that being the majority)

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Teodora

Name(s): Tereza-Teodora (Pronounced, respectively: te-RE-za, TE-o-DO-ra). Etymology: the first one, from Theresa. The second one is the female equivalent of Theodore, which roughly means gift from God.

Surname: Olaru (Pronounced: o-LA-ru). Etymology: it means potter, as in the occupation of pottery.

Place of origin: moved places a lot as a child, thus no stable place.

Place of residence: Transylvania (see above)

Languages spoken: Romanian (native), Russian (to a mid level, from her stepfather), English (mid to high level, from movies etc)

Religious affiliation: Protestant Christian (a minority, though not as uncommon in Transylvania as in the other regions; she was raised in a largely secular environment)

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Tiberiu

Name(s): Cezar-Tiberiu (Pronounced, respectively: CHE-zar, ti-BE-ri-U). Etymology: Cezar is from Caesar (and a rather common name in Romania!), and Tiberiu is the Romanian form of Tiberius (again, a pretty normal name to have; more common in Transylvania)

Surname: Lazăr (see above)

Place of origin: same as Mădălina

Place of residence: Transylvania (see above)

Languages spoken: Romanian (native), Russian (heritage, his dad being Moldovan etc see above + the comment that yes there is non negligible amount of Moldovan immigrants in Transylvania specifically), English (high ish level due to watching movies etc) + a little bit of every language he hears his acquainces speaking (for example Hungarian, German etc).

Religious affiliation: irreligious (doesn't identify with any label; raises in a largely secular environment, see above)

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Răzvan

Name(s): Răzvan (Pronounced rəz-VAN). Etymology largely unknown; one theory suggests it comes from the Slavic *rad, which means happy. This name doesn't have an equivalent in other languages, but is rather common in Romania.

Surname: Beniuc (see above)

Place of origin: same as Laurențiu

Place of residence: same as place of origin; plans to move cities in the future

Languages spoken: Romanian (native), Ukrainian (low ish level, heritage, from grandparents), English (high level, from school, movies, online etc)

Religious affiliation: Protestant Christian (very much a minority; raised Protestant Christian)

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End notes:

This is precisely why I chose to place the plot in my own country, so that I can know details such as these from a more insider perspective. It may seem like some level of forced diversity is at play but really I just wrote whatever felt fun + these particular minority combos (both an ethnic and a religious minority at the same time?!!) are actually plausible irl. Source: my grandpa is a Protestant Ukrainian-Romanian. I was more closely related to these very niche environments than the mainstream 100% Eastern Orthodox ethnically Romanian majority experience. Which is exactly why I haven't made my characters representatives of the majority, because I wouldn't be able to write it like an insider (although I could obviously ask my friends etc). If you feel tempted to pull the self-insert card, have a friendly reminder that all fiction is a self-insert to some extent. Also, the particular minorities and other group combos the characters belong to are not only plausible because I've seen examples irl but also statistically speaking, as I've explained, such as a guy from Northeastern Romania having Ukrainian ancestry (and the guy from Southern Ukraine having Romanian ancestry), and both knowing some Russian etc. Given the inter ethnic relations in that region, it's all par for the course actually. The names the characters bear are largely symbolic but are also plausible to the particular regions they belong to, and all of them are fairly common and normal, usual names.

I hope you found this informative from a cultural perspective as well, not only as a character index