#fancy living rooms

[motliez]

Instagram: @Motliez

[johnnyshrine]

★ 044 // “Chalkboard”

[tennessoui]

vos has entered the hanahaki au group chat <3

“There is one more thing, Obi-Wan,” Healer Che says as he is smoothing down his robes, holo scans of his lungs clutched in one hand.

“Force,” he snaps, “what else is there?” 

I’m dying, it’s unavoidable this time, it’s because of my own foolishness, it’s because of my uncontrolled heart, it’s because of my own weakness. I’m dying and there is nothing to be done except allow it to happen and now you tell me there’s more?

The smile she gives him is one part wry, two parts sad. A sliver of his pride rankles at the perceived pity, but he should probably get used to it. Eventually, he will be incapable of hiding his condition, and everyone will look at him the way Che is now.

“It is rare that we must give a terminal diagnosis,” Che says. “When we do, it is our practice to contact the patient’s emergency contact, pull them back from their mission or their leave should they be outside the Temple, so that the patient does not have to come to grips with the news by themselves. But given the nature of this disease, I want to have your explicit consent before moving forward. Do you agree to allow me to reach out to your emergency contact?”

Obi-Wan looks at her and then scrubs a hand over his face, letting his shoulders drop. “Force,” he says, drawing out the word like a curse. There isn’t really much in the way of a choice, though he appreciates Che for taking the time to frame it as one.

After all, his emergency medical contact will find out soon anyway. Best to give him permission to abandon his mission before he does so of his own volition and looks to pin the blame on Obi-Wan’s shoulders.

“Fine,” he says. “Fine, you may contact him. Tell him I’ll be in the Room of Some 30 Odd Fountains, meditating. He’ll know what I mean.”

And it’s truly a mark of how dire the situation is that Healer Che does not point out that she is not his messenger nor his secretary. Instead she inclines her head, and shows him out of her office, smile falling gracefully into an unreadable expression, tinged with sorrow. 

Not without empathy, but without pretense.

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“Do you think Skywalker knows I’m still listed as your emergency medical contact?” Vos asks, dropping into the empty seat across from Obi-Wan and immediately leaning forward to steal his drink. “Because if he doesn’t, I think I’m best suited to break the news myself.”

“I do not wish to speak about Anakin Skywalker,” Obi-Wan says, stealing his drink back from Vos’ wandering hands and downing it in one go.

[drdemonprince]

last time i had a plumber over i got so bored i crowdfunded a friend's $4000 face cyst surgery

[alchemistc]

Yeah Buck’s loft has two bathrooms and two balconies. He’s either rich rich (secret stock bro? 🤔) or just absolutely destitute.

I'm going with "actually LA settled with Buck behind the scenes of the lawsuit, dude got PAID and threw it all in an investment fund so yeah, he actually is secretly rich he's just quiet about it bc he's still embarrassed about the whole thing"

That or "this building is a death trap I do cheap labor to fix all the things it's not in compliance on and my landlord calls that services rendered".

[impossible-rat-babies]

hilariously self indulgent but man. man they look good

[deeisace]

Trans flag coloured flowers!

[notbecauseofvictories]

I realize this is a weird question for a Sunday morning, but does anybody have particularly incisive articles about the tension between architectural preservation and the need (because I do think it's a need!) for new buildings, new spaces, and revising the landscape of a city?

I'm watching a piece on Richard Nickel, who is almost single-handedly responsible for photographing the work of Louis Sullivan and other architects of the Chicago Prairie School, prior to their demolition in the 60s. It's a great piece, and I love Nickel's photographs, but as someone who knows only the Chicago that sprang up in the wake of Nickel's, I can't help but wonder if there's more than simple aesthetics at play here.

[memorydragon]

Well then. That was unexpected.

[motliez]

Instagram: @Motliez

[consolecadet]

Picked up a check from the city's cultural coalition for my electrical box design and got a holiday check from my aunt on the same day...I might actually feel comfortable buying an easel even though I feel like I don't deserve one

[toadstooltealights]

[11oh1]

[dullahandyke]

'if youre looking to be secure, MFA is best' shut up + dont speak to me again + rot in hell + fuck you + fuck you again + let me turn it off or i crush you and your family with my psychic powers.

[mrs-trophy-wife]

[thereaperisabitch]

I don't know if anyone will see this, but my mouth hurts and I'm stressed, so thank you @strang3lov3 for tagging me 🫶🏻😘

I'm actually moving out, so let's pretend it's a giveaway. Some stuff might seem uncool, but the nice things are already boxed, so ...

I feel shy 'bout taggin', even my mutuals so, sorry in advance: @the-scandalorian @morning-star-joy @pedrospatch