#fossils absolutely. gimme

[throwingawayhailstones]

New raid dropped and it's kinda peak???? (party 2.2 (i actually finished the story))

yea ok holy fuck kill Barkat. KILL (spoilers btw obv)

The story was honestly pretty sweet. Even though it's a raid boss you don't actually fight the conductor in 20-5. He says he's not the combat type so he was just gonna let them go, but turns out the doors won't open until he finishes a proper performance. Them's the breaks. So the gang play some music with him and take him through therapy. it's really cool. He's like "i'm just an android i do i really count as alive?" and Eve is like "well you can hold a conversation far better than the androids outside and you can also create art. Even if you aren't a Nasod that's alive enough for me :)" I love this man i SWEAR TO GOD BARKAT IF YOU KILL HIM FOR LETTING THEM THROUGH I'M GOING TO BE REAL UPSETTI

I love him so much

Little guy discovers free will omg

AYO ADD NOT THE NEANDERTHAL ALLEGATIONS

KILL HIM EVE

The 20-4 story was really funny with Haivan realizing the trick to getting past the security system right before the communicator broke and Add and Eve getting all upset because that dumbass Haivan figured something out before we could wdh wdh

Eve is great in this chapter btw. She's honestly the star of the whole raid even though it's Lu's region. I lover her heart to heart with the Conductor and I love her getting snippy.

(anyways turns out since it was a "simple" machine they just asked it what the passcode was and it was like lol sure gimme a sec)

Oh gee a chapter called "Manipulate" I sure wonder what's going on in there

Ah..

DIGG NOO

(btw for context, he was one of Lu's closest followers and went by "Digg" rather than his birth name "Tarith" to distance himself from his piece of shit dad)

GOD I HOPE

THEY KILLED CIEL NOOOO (he's fine (probably))

Also next raid is a cool dragon or something. Apparently Barkat kicked the Tortas out of their territory to excavate some fossilized dragon bones that were in there. That's why they've got that cool elevator lol.

HMMM AISHA I WONDER WHO WOULD BE EVIL ENOUGH AND POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ORGANIZE A RITUAL SACRIFICE OF THAT SCALE??? SURELY NOT SOME TWO-FACED BITCH??? Barkat's reckless mining operations poisoned the land, she reduced Lu's castle to a crater to repurpose the raw materials, and now she's (might) kill all the people too? What does Lu even have to come back to??

On a side note, I like how in the recent storylines they didn't forget how "morally questionable" (evil) some of the gang and their allies are. While exploring the land of steel, the Tortas were slaughtering anyone who questioned them. They didn't suddenly become good people now that they've adopted Raven as their boss.

Remember that all the Ikus of Magmelia are terrified of the Torta. The only reason they are even alive is because Vasili (Incoolord) convinced Ricardo to let them go in exchange for their vision. (This is why all the Ikus in Karis' army or in Magmelia either have scars on their faces or blindfolds).

In the Monaterra storyline we have Ciel openly and proudly talking about ways he'd efficiently kill his targets, and it's like "oh right he was an Assassin. He worked with the Lanox underworld."

Raven and Elesis were mercenaries, they've definitely killed people for money.

Aisha is a Landar mage and not a single one of them is normal (except my goat Yuria).

Even though Tir is an ally for the Abyss storyline, he still absolutely cannot be trusted and would bet on the gang's deaths for a laugh.

Aren openly invited Ran into his body because of his treatment in the Xin capital. He may not have forseen everything that would've happened, but he definitely knew that a lot of people in the palace (many of them innocent servants) were going to die.

Haivan plotted for Aegrip and Berthe to kill eachother during their rampage and isn't sorry about it even though he'll admit that the current outcome where the capital doesn't get turned to rubble was preferable.

Add was openly talking about taking apart the Conductor which they just made friends with.

Ain is STILL RACIST

Interestingly, this contrasts with Elboy's decision to do everything he can to spare the baby Myuriconus in 18-2 (Abyss). He feels bad after seeing how the Magmelia Dream Demons are mourning Karis and doesn't want to kill if it he doesn't have to. The gang follow him even though Ciel or Raven or even Elesis absolutely would have killed it in such a desperate situation (they were actively dying due to being in the Abyss) yet they still followed him because they trust Elsword as their leader and moral compass (even if they make fun of him in the down time)

[whale-shark-queen]

[whispers] gimme ur N headcanons,,,,, 💚

Omg I'm so sorry I keep meaning to answer this but I will now because I'm ill and gotta distract myself

- I've already made a big post about this but I think N would have an ENORMOUS sweet tooth that he wasn't allowed to indulge under Ghetsis' 'care', and once he learns how to be more open with himself and his interests he would absolutely have no self restraint when it comes to pastries and such

- He LOVES cooking, trying new food and getting others to try his food too. -Insert indepth commentary on how mathematics and formulae could be used in cooking to help N enjoy and understand it better that I'm too sick to fully think through rn-

- N playing ACNH - he'd absolutely love creating miniature sets like the awesome little train tracks and mini villages people make using the beehouses, dollhouses and mini camper sets, as well as unique forced perspective sets - it'd all be a great fun puzzle to him!

- Not much of a headcanon persay but something kinda cool I thought about; in concept art it's shown there was going to be some kind of key to unlock something inside of N's void cube. I was thinking about what his pokeball-throwing animation would be like if/when they do Gen V remakes and I realised...what if his cube is a Pokeball. Like, it'd make sense for Ghetsis to give him a special ball to catch his legendary dragon in to keep it extra safe - making it so N, genius prodigy that he is, would be the only one able to open it by solving a puzzle no nomal pleb would be able to figure out if it fell into the wrong hands (other than Ghetsis himself of course, despite his plans falling apart I doubt he's too far behind N in intelligence at all). I dunno, I just thought the mental image of N holding the cube out politely for his dragon to pop in and out of was kinda cute.

- N would vehemently protest the creation of mixed up fossil Pokemon from Galar and any fossil Pokemon infact, but any he would find he would want to take in and learn to care for to atleast make their lives as comfortable as possible. I feel like he'd eventually get over his prejudice against Pokemon professors -- atleast the ones who treat Pokemon correctly of course -- and help research for the sake of making sure they're treated correctly and that as much information is available to others as possible as well.

My brain is melting rn but if I think up any more I'll definitley add to this post! And sorry I took so long to answer

[jayankles]

Big Bag of Dicks

Pairing: Jensen x Twin Sister!Reader

Word Count: 2137

A/N – This is my submission for three challenges. 1St – for @roxyspearing who graciously gave me an extension with this #roxy’s spn quote challenge with the quote ‘You’re my brother, and I love you, but you are a great big bag of dicks.’ 2nd is for @queen-of-deans-booty #Jordan’s 2K Fluff Challenge with the prompt wrapping gifts. 3rd is for @imaginesforthose-wholovefandoms  #karissa’sgiffollowerchallenge which is the gif below the cut

You knew this was a bad idea! You should have known what he was going to do but you still let him come on this shopping trip with you!

All your life you had known that he was a little shit.

Even when you shared your mother's womb, he would kick the living daylights out of you.

And of course he had to kick you so he could get out first, something he'd brag about still.

Spinning on your heel, you caught him doing the exact same thing you told him not to do a few moments ago.

He was a fucking pain in the ass.

‘Would you fucking stop!’ Exasperated, you punched him as hard as you could in the shoulder.

‘I don't know what your talking about.’ Jensen said, a smug grin on his face. He knew exactly what you were talking about.

Groaning, you threw your head back and looked to the ceiling of the supermarket.

‘Jensen, you’re my brother, and I love you, but you are a great big bag of dicks.’ Pointing a finger at him, you told him that this was not the day to get on your nerves even more. You were already stress that it was December now and you still hadn't bought a present for your mom and dad.

‘Oh lighten up, Y/N/N. I'm just having some fun.’ He tried to reason but it still wasn't working with you. You were pissed and he wasn't making things better.

‘It's all fun and games for you but this is serious for me. This is the only time where I don't have to go into work and spending the day with you guys because my boss is an add. I don't need to add you to that list too.’

You just needed him to stop throwing unnecessary items into your shopping cart. God he was an ass.

You loved him but he was an ass and pushed you to the absolute limit, it didn't help that you were already behind schedule on buying and wrapping gifts.

You knew exactly what to get. Your father had been moaning and groaning about his watch being ‘a stupid, non working piece of metal.’ Your mother, on the other hand, was one that you could make. She usually complains about all of her children, and grandchildren, not being with her all the time. The scrapbook you hoped to make her would help her see that she was an amazing woman and that although her children weren't in the same room at the same time, they would always love her and be there with her, be there for her. You had all the images cut out and ready for her scrapbook, you just needed to find the perfect one for her. Your brother definitely wasn't making it easier, throwing every other food item and artsy stuff into the cart you were pushing.

You were stressed and pissed. Not a good combination when you want Christmas to be perfect.

Was it to much to ask?

Finally, Jensen got the hint; a nose flare and scowl later.

He took the items, that weren't on your list, out of the cart and apologised profusely, seeing that you were close to a breakdown enough to bring you to tears.

At first it was funny, you had to hand it to him but continuously doing it drove you insane.

‘What's next on the list, Sis.’

You scoured the list, all consisting in your scribbles and crossed out items that you had thrown in there already.

‘Um, we still gotta get the veggies, the turkey, the um- the five bird roast that me, you, Pops and Birdie love.’ You pointed a finger to the ceiling before pointing it at your twin brother. ‘Oh that reminds me what do I get for Dani - do you guys need more baby clothes or can I just offer my assistance as the cool aunt slash babysitter.’

Smiling, you hoped that it was enough but were willing to do anything to make your sister in law happy.

He waggled his own finger at you, a lopsided grin, ‘uh uh uh, you’re not getting out of it that easily. You’ll babysit whether you like it or not, Y/N/N. She has been eyeing a dress for quite some time. I would have got it but I’m planning on gifting her another thing. This way you have a present to give her and she’ll think you’re a mind reader but you’ll know that I’m a great husband and listener.’

‘Didn’t I have to tell you three times to stop being a pain in the ass? You’re not that great of a listener.’ You laughed at him as he looked as if he had been punched in the gut.

One week later

A knock at your bedroom door sounded and you rushed up from the floor, watching your step, to make it to the door.

‘Wait!’ The door handle began to open. ‘You’re not allowed to come in. There is a sign on the door!’

‘You don’t even know who it is.’ The voice sounded and you rolled your eyes.

‘You idiot, I do now and I’m wrapping presents, yours included, Jay.’

You knew you should have locked the door the moment he wiggled it again.

‘Jay, I swear to god would you please just stop. I’m trying to do something nice for you and if you ruin it, I will kick you where it hurts most, I will hack your twitter, I will reveal secrets not even mom knows. Do not test me!’

‘You promised me you wouldn’t, we twin shook on it.’ He whined through the door, you could literally see the pout on his face now.

‘Yes I did. But if you try to open this door, mom will know what happened when we were seven and you won’t get any of the gifts I have got for you.’

He was silent and you were sure that Jensen was thinking about what you had said, he was only a few seconds away from giving you an answer.

You knew him well enough, you hoped.

‘Can you at least give me a clue? Then I’ll go.’

‘Nope but you’ll love it.’

‘Fine.’

You quickly opened the door and pressed a kiss to his cheek. ‘Thank you,’ you squealed before shutting the door again, effectively shutting him and the rest of your family out of your room.

Terrible, you were terrible at wrapping gifts, no matter how many times you had tried, it never worked out well for you. The triple rolled and poorly taped gifts would have to do for now. You just hoped that your family would appreciated your hard work.

Christmas Morning

Grunting awake, you lurched upwards, a heavy weight on your stomach.

‘Aunt Y/N/N. Aunt Y/N/N. Wake up! It’s CHRISTMAS!’ Your enthusiastic niece, JJ, squealed in your face.

‘Justice,’ you whined with an exaggerated pout, tucking her dirty blonde hair behind her little pixie ears, ‘please, my sweet girl, five more minutes.’

She huffed, her big brown eyes, which she inherited from her mother, growing even wider. Dammit, why did she have to be so cute? ‘But Y/N, when you say five minutes you don’t mean it. You want longer and daddy said I could have candy if I woke you up.’

‘Jay, did daddy put you up to this?’

Her eyes quickly averted and buried her face in your neck, ‘no.’

‘Uh huh. Tell you what...’

‘What?’ She slightly lifted her head so that you knew she was listening.

Shaking your head at her, you reached over your bedside table and grabbed your phone. ‘How about I lay with my best girl for another ten minutes, huh? We hardly ever get to do this anymore, please Justice.’

‘’kay.’ Thank god it was that simple. ‘Just ten more minutes.’

Setting the timer – to twenty minutes but she shall never know – you put it back on your nightstand and fell back onto the bed, your arm now thrown over the little girl as you snuggled against each other and got just a little more sleep.

A mere five seconds after you closed your eyes, the alarm on your phone went off, you had no excuse for the little Jaybird now.

After silencing the phone, you turned your head to see brown eyes and a smile already wide and greeting you. ‘That took forever.’

You deflated a little. ‘Did you not wanna spend time with Aunt Y/N/N?’

‘I did! But Santa came last night.’ She was bouncing now, on her knees and tapping your palms against your stomach. ‘Can we please go wake the others and open them? Please?’

‘I don’t know,’ your voice a little high as you sung. ‘Do you love me?’

She giggled, gripping your pajama top in her little fists and nodding excitingly. ‘Yeah!’

You tapped your cheek, ‘gotta give me some lovin’, Jay.’

As quickly as you had said it, she wrapped her arms around your neck and kissed your cheek then moved to the other side to repeat the action. ‘Love you.’

Finally, you both got out of bed but she refused to let you go so you carried her to the family room where the rest of your large family were.

‘Hey, look who’s finally up!’ Your twin teased, munching on his cookie, a traditional christmas morning cookie and by the looks of the almost empty plate and the crumbs that coated the corners of his mouth, something was telling you that it wasn’t his first one.

‘Shut up.’ You said to him before you took two cookies. Bouncing JJ on your hip, you handed her a cookie and tapped them together in a ‘cheers’ action. ‘You wanna see what Santa got for you?’

‘Duh!’ She giggled and you immediately looked at her father.

‘Oh yeah, totally your kid.’

JJ wiggled out of your hold, sitting cross legged next to the tree, offering various poses – a range of cute smiles and smirks just like her daddy – at the phone Danneel pointed at her. You went to go sit on the fossil grey armchair, tucking your legs under yourself, resting the cerulean blue cushion in your lap.

‘Dani, gimme the phone and you and Jay can get in the picture too.’

You had the perfect angle from where you were sat, from top to tip the decorated tree fit in the frame, the family of three – soon to be four – picture perfect smiles on their faces.

Jared, Gen, Tom and Shep came over to the house not to long after. Finally, all the children were able to open their presents along with the rest of the adults. You just hoped that everyone liked what you got or made for them.

Even you were excited to open your gifts. Your mom knitted you a thick, warm scarf. Your dad brought you two leather bound journals, The Princess Bride DVD and tickets behind the dugouts to see the Dallas Cowboys. You thanked them both, kissing your mom on the cheek and high fiving your dad.

Danneel loved the dress you got for her, you told her in the card you wrote that it was Jensen’s idea. I wasn’t her only present though, you picked up three of the same sized packages handing them to Jensen, Danneel and JJ, telling them to open them all at the same time.

You smiled in anticipation as they opened their gifts, the colour of the decoration the same sky blue with speckles of gold splattered on them.

‘What is it?’

‘They’re sound waves. Forever ago, I asked all three of you if I could record your voices. I told you all to say I love you. Jensen’s necklace has Dani’s and Jaybird’s, Dani’s has Jay’s and Jaybird’s and JJ’s has her mommy and daddy’s.’ You scratched at the back of your neck. ‘It’s not much but I just hoped that it would-’

Jensen interrupted you, smothering you with a big ole bear hug, one of your favourite hugs.

‘They are perfect, thank you.’

The mug he got you customised with his face on it could never compare to the thought you had put into the gift that you had got for his little family.

He thought your reaction was priceless enough to throw his head back, his action a whole body laugh that turned into a giggle.

It was a good job Jensen and the rest of Jared’s family had pitched in to getting you a fancy camera and those fairy lights so that you could hang it in your bedroom back at home. The piece of thread you had hanging from your walls a little bare. Jensen would just have to make sure that there was enough memories made to fill the strings.

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The 185 mile / 300km day trip from Bend to see the Painted Hills near Mitchell, Oregon was so worth it!

As we had full a day in the car ahead of us, we started off the day with our early breakfast at The Row, whilst enjoying the great views.

I chose the McTetherow Breakfast Sando (Fried egg, sliced ham and cheddar cheese on an English muffin, served with an agave mint fruit salad). Chantal opted for the Avocado Caprese Toast (House pesto, fresh mozzarella, avocado, cherry tomatoes and balsamic reduction on a slice of striatta toast). The kids savoured their stacks of pancakes served with whipped butter, house vanilla bean maple syrup and a side of bacon.

From Bend, we took the Highway 97 north until Redmond, before heading east on Highway 126, the Ochoco Highway. At Prineville it continues as Highway 26 and lead us past the Ochoco Reservoir and through the Ochoco National Forest.

Close to Mitchell, you have the exit to the Painted Hills, which is named after the colourful layers of the hills formed by floodplain deposits corresponding to various geological eras. However, the abundance of fossil remains of early horses, camels, and rhinoceroses that have been found at the Painted Hills as the reason for it’s full name: the ‘John Day Fossil Beds National Monument – Painted Hills Unit’.

The Painted Hills are rightfully listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Oregon and as soon as you take the exit to the Painted Hill Overlook Point, the outer worldly scenery becomes visible…

The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain. The grey colourings are mudstone, siltstone, and shale. Over at Painted Cove, about 1 mile from the main outlook, the red soil is most prominent; it is laterite that formed by floodplain deposits when the area was very warm and humid.

On the way back to Mitchell, we saw some mini Painted Hill that we couldn’t have spotted on the way to the site. In Mitchell both restaurants turned out to be closed, so we got some gas and headed back to Prineville to get some lunch there.

Club Pioneer, Prineville Club Pioneer (1851 NE 3rd Street) goes back to the early 1940s and has a cowboy and logging traditional feel. It’s a somewhat curious roadside establishment: it’s a family restaurant but you also have The Saloon, a (sports)bar where you can also gamble (the logo from Oregon Lottery is absolutely brilliant!). As the bar is prohibited for minors, the building had two separate entrances, but inside we noticed that they were just adjoining spaces.

The men all went for the Pioneer Wagyu Beef Burger (1/2 pound of ground Wagyu beef on a grilled bun with lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion and mayo). We all added cheese (Cheddar for the kids and Pepperjack for me) and bacon. No nonsense, just juicy and delicious burgers with great fries or extraordinary crispy onion rings. Chantal tried their Mushroom, Kalamata Olive & Marinara flat bread which was topped with a very interesting Cada Dia jalapeño feta. The very hoppy, yet not bitter, RPM IPA from Bend’s Boneyard Beer Company was very welcome! Great food, very enthusiastic service, so we were very glad to have made the lunch stop here.

Crux Fermentation Project, Bend On the way back to the hotel, we did a quick stop at Crux Fermentation Project (50 SW Division Street) in Bend. A craft beer company with a knack for non-traditional brewing methods and experiments with open fermentation, barrel aging, wild yeast and experimental hops.

Located in a former AAMCO Transmission plant (to which homage is paid with a T-shirt based on the AAMCO logo) on an industrial site in the middle of Bend, the tasting room is inside next to the brewery. Inside they had a small menu of pub fare, but outside there is also a bar as well as several food stalls (Mexican, Hawaiian, Pizza’s and Brats). Combine that with the bar tables and the picnic area, it is a great way to be spending the afternoon with friends and family and enjoy the sunset. The kids didn’t really want to go, but quickly changed their minds when they found out the Manua Kea food stall also served a Hawaiian ice cream cones, a combination of regular ice cream and flavoured shaved ice.

From the 20 or so beers on tap, Chantal had a go at their Gimme Mo IPA. One they advertised as a “next generation IPA”. Instead of some of the rather bitter hop bombs we tried earlier during our roadtrip, this one was still hoppy, but more leaning towards a slightly sweet pilsner type of beer with tropical fruit aromatics. Indeed a nice and refreshing take on the IPA!

The Row, Bend Due to the late lunch, we just had some appetizers and salad for dinner at The Row at our hotel, Tetherow.

Chantal choose the Kale & Quinoa Salad (sautéed shredded kale with quinoa, pickled onions and roasted shallot vinaigrette topped with fresh veggies and crumbled feta).

I chose the Beer Cheese Hopanero Dip, but I should have checked beforehand what hopanero exactly meant. Being under the impression that it was a local (mild) chili pepper, I found out the hard way that term is used for combining beer (hop) and habanero chillies 😳. There are some beers that combine the two, but this dish seemed to just combine a beer infused cheese dip with habanero peppers. If not, I really don’t want to try hopanero beer on its own!! Together with fire roasted tomato and served with grilled flat bread and tortilla chips, it was as described: melty, crispy, charred and (insanely) spicy and therefore absolutely delicious. We did need to put out the fire with some wheat beers…😅.

Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 17) – Painted Hills, Oregon The 185 mile / 300km day trip from Bend to see the Painted Hills near Mitchell, Oregon was so worth it!