#fresh from the moon

[zakifairer]

I feel like someone needs to protect Zero from Magnai--I mean, she can certainly take care of herself, but I feel like the second he lays eyes on her, he's gonna Nhaama-zone her.

[ddejavvu]

Swapped my shift with someone for this upcoming Saturday at work and the managers gave me the old ‘reliability lecture’ (I called out once last year because i was in the hospital (I couldn’t walk))

[ghostoffuturespast]

The Killing Moon - Part III

[ladyloveandjustice]

Finally conquered my laziness and took pics of all the merch plus neat little statues and shrine charms I got when I went to Japan back in November!

(I may replace the bottom pic with a better one that also included my Momo Dandadan plushie but it's been several days in drafts and I have not done that so might as well publish)

Top pic l-r: Sailor Jupiter, Cure Passion and Cure Peach (Fresh Precure), Winry Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist), Fox Child, Natsume Reiko, Natsume Takashi, Nyanko-sensei and Hinoe (Natsume's Book of Friends)

2nd pic: (after nyanko sensei and Hinoe), Kana and Hitomi (Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc). Love my adorable little cat statue and the Inari statue, and the sheep is from a bunch of adorable Chinese Zodiac figures they were selling at a shine, got ones for my parents and partner too, I'm year of the Sheep so that's mine.

Pic 3 (shrine charms and keychains): shrine charm, Kugo Reimi (Train to End of the World. It was a gacha prize I went for probably the only time I'll ever see merch for that show, and I just so happened to get my favorite character!), Natsume Reiko, Natsume Takashi and Nyanko sensei, Taki Tooru and yet more Nyanko-sensei (Natsume's Book of Friends)

Pic 4: Yet more Nyanko sensei but true form this time, Kinomoto Sakura and Kero (Cardcaptor Sakura) and then a lot of shrine charms, the last one being Haruka (Sailor Uranus)/Michiru (Sailor Neptune) one I got from the Sailor Moon store.

Pic 6: Cure Gelato (Kira Kira Precure a la mode), Suletta Mercury (Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) (I tried SO HARD to find her wife to go with it, alas), Sailor Jupiter and Neptune and Uranus again.

[crabsnpersimmons]

Crab crab, here I am to say again how adorable and pretty your art is at the point I want to BITE IT

[and keep your Chibis safe because I want to bite them so much /affectionate]

awwww thank you, Niko!!

yknow what, i kinda get it. the chibis give off a "fruit candy made with real fruit" kind of vibe to me haha

and don't worry, they have their caretaker Y/N* watching over them:

Y/N: please don't bite the kids.

Sun and Moon signs: (your dentist will be disappointed.)

Y/N: i mean yeah?? but also?? don't bite kids?? period??

*Y/N is an ex-Fazbear technician! they built Sun and Moon's chibi bodies to fulfill a promise to an old friend

[cultivating-wildflowers]

We are receiving reports of Cat Crimes currently underway: a reign of terror that includes Scratching the Furniture, Yelling Without Cause, and multiple counts of Climbing In Restricted Areas and Knocking Things Over. Witnesses say it's as if the perpetrators are possessed.

[acourtofquestions]

Rowan lingered in the steep hills above the southern entrance to the camp. He'd easily kept hidden from the sentries in the trees, his wind masking any trace of his scent.

Down below, spread across the grassy eastern plain, the army camp glittered.

She had to be there. Aelin had to be there.

If they had come so close but wound up being the very thing that had caused Maeve to take Aelin away again, to bring her along to the outpost...

Rowan pushed against the weight in his chest.

The bond within him lay dark and slumbering.

No indication of her proximity.

Essar had no idea that Aelin was being kept here until Elide informed her. How many others hadn't known? How well had Maeve hidden her?

If Aelin wasn't in that camp tomorrow, they'd find Cairn, at least. And get some answers then. Give him a taste of what he'd done--Rowan shut out the thought. He didn't let himself think of what had been done to her.

He'd do that tomorrow, when he saw Cairn.

When he repaid him for every moment of pain.

Overhead, the stars shone clear and bright, and though Mala had only once appeared to him at dawn, on the foothills across this very city, though she might be little more than a strange, mighty being from another world, he offered up a prayer anyway.

Then, he had begged Mala to protect Aelin from Maeve when they entered Doranelle, to give her strength and guidance, and to let her walk out alive. Then, he had begged Mala to let him remain with Aelin, the woman he loved. The goddess had been little more than a sunbeam in the rising dawn, and yet he had felt her smile at him.

Tonight, with only the cold fire of the stars for company, he begged her once more.

A curl of wind sent his prayer drifting to those stars, to the waxing moon silvering the camp, the river, the mountains.

He had killed his way across the world; he had gone to war and back more times than he cared to remember. And despite it all, despite the rage and despair and ice he'd wrapped around his heart, he'd still found Aelin. Every horizon he'd gazed toward, unable and unwilling to rest during those centuries, every mountain and ocean he'd seen and wondered what lay beyond... It had been her. It had been Aelin, the silent call of the mating bond driving him, even when he could not feel it.

They'd walked this dark path together back to the light. He would not let the road end here.

A small hole had been cut into the tent's ceiling.

And through it...

Aelin couldn't fight the trembling in her mouth at the night sky, at the pinpricks of light shining in.

Stars. Just two, but there were stars overhead.

The sky Itselt.

... It was not the heaviness of full night, but rather a murky, graying black.

Dawn. Likely an hour or so away, if the stars remained out. Perhaps she would last long enough to see sunlight.

Fenrys's eyes shot open, and he lifted his head, ears twitching.

Aelin took steadying breaths as Cairn shoved through the tent flaps, offering a glimpse of fires and lightening darkness beyond. Nothing else.

Dawn neared, the stars dimming one by one.

Rowan lurked by the southernmost entrance to the camp, his power thrumming.

Go, a quiet voice urged. Go now.

One last chance. She'd seen the stars overhead. It was as great a gift as any she'd received, greater than the jewels and gowns and art she'd once coveted and amassed in Rifthold. The last gift she would receive, if she played the hand she'd been dealt. If she played him right.

Essar's sister had advised to wait until dawn. When the shift was weakest. When she'd make sure certain guards didn't arrive on time. Go now.

That voice, warm and yet insistent, tugged.

Pushed him toward the camp.

Rowan bared his teeth, his breathing roughening. Lorcan and Gavriel would be waiting for the signal, a flare of his magic, when he got far enough into the camp.

Aelin huffed another laugh, haughty and cool, and gazed toward the ceiling, toward the lightening sky. The last she'd see, if she played this right.

Now, Prince.

He knew that voice, had felt its warmth. And if the Lady of Light herself whispered at his ear...

Rowan didn't give himself time to consider, to rage at the goddess who urged him to act but would gladly sacrifice his mate to the Lock.

So Rowan steeled himself, willing ice into his veins.

She ran--or tried to. With the chains at her feet, on her legs, she could barely walk, but she stumbled past him, knowing he was already twisting, already rising up.

Run-

Fenrys's eyes slid toward hers. Neither needed the silent code between them for the word she beheld in his gaze. The order and plea.

Run.

It was all she needed.

She scrambled to her feet, but halted. Fenrys, pinned by Cairn, met her gaze. Snarled in warning and command. Run.

Aelin ran.

Her weakened legs stumbled on the grass, her still-bound hands restricting the full range of motion, but she ran. Picked a direction, any direction but the river mists to her left, and ran.

The sun was rising, and the army camp... There was motion behind her. Shouting.

She blocked it out and aimed right. Toward the rising sun, as if it were Mala's own welcoming embrace.

[lacheri]

please hyperfixation let me see this one through.

[aveil-moved]

i personally think fields of mistria is a good game and worth a shot if u like games like stardew valley

sorry for the late response but OMG YEAH i played like almost all day today lol

and for me personally it has what i think stardew lacked for me? more in depth character interactions/relationships, cooler crafting systems, better museum, and it’s just generally more laid back and not so much a time crunch

plus i’m loving that fishing isn’t difficult af

i love stardew and of course it stands on it’s own and is unique to the genre, but FoM seems to be an amazing change for the formula and genre of recent farming sims. so far…. i don’t have any complaints yet hehe

[moongothic]

You know I realize I forgot to mention this before in the Crocodile Power Level Speculation Post/Ask (btw I did go back to edit it so it's actually legible and has a point now lmao)

I really wanna know if Croc has any new tricks with his hook

Like in Alabasta the dude had a poison hook under his regular hook, which was also hiding a tiny blade beneath it as well. This is all fine and dandy, absolutely iconic etc etc

And then we never see him reuse either feature again.

Now to be fair, the only other time we could've seen Crocodile use them would've been in Marineford, but the dude just escaped from prison. Although people are quick to meme about the Marines being 'kind enough' to let Crocodile keep his gigantic fucking hook in prison-- If we're being realistic here, they probably let him keep the base of the hook simply because without a hand any shackle would just slide off his wrist and fall off. Of course he wouldn't still be able to escape or anything since he'd still have the Seastone cuff on his right, but if they wanted to keep him properly shackled then letting him keep even just the hook base would just be the easiest option for the Marines.

It's the fact that the Marines went out of their way to retrieve his missing hook attachment and gave it back to him that's a bit wild

But let's keep in mind that Luffy did break the poison hook back in Alabasta. Even if the Marines let Croc keep the hook attachment, I find it extremely unlikely they would've gone out of their way to fix/replaced the poison hook when the guy's going to jail anyways. If anything it'd make far more sense if they got rid of whatever poison might've still been left in the base and confiscated the blade. Like there's an argument to be made for the Marines letting Crocodile keep his hook due to disability reasons, but the poison and the purely stabby weapon? Not so much

So really, it's very likely the reason Crocodile never used his other weapons in Marineford might've just been that he literally didn't have them on him at the time, just the basic hook

But hey, it's been two whole whooping years. That would be plenty of time for him to replace the broken hook and blade and get some new poison into the hook base too while he's at it

Or

Are there any new weapons Crocodile could've gotten inserted into his hook base that he could whip out

Like just because he could get a new poison hook it doesn't mean he has to get a poison hook, same for the blade as well, right

To be fair, dude feels very old fashioned so I'm not expecting any Inspector Gadget kinda tech from him. Like I don't think Crocodile's knowledgeable about stuff like that himself, at least not enough to install any technically advanced weaponry into the hook on his own, and IDK if he'd trust his hook with anyone to "upgrade it" either for an extended period of time either

But could you imagine if Croc had gotten access to a busted ass Pacifista and stole a laser and had it built into his hook base. He just pulls of the hook and starts blasting people with the laser. How fucking funny would that be. Franky eat your heart out

[galakaz]

Watched Meti not the bad guy's video on roland from ruina

*DO NOT WATCH the video until you FINISH LIBRARY OF RUINA as it contains extreamly major spoilers*

and it reminding me of many beats of the game (and even telling me new things since i havent read the original orlando story and not every single piece of side text from these games) and my final conclusion is library of ruina is currently the best piece of media i have ever engaged with

[ghostoffuturespast]

The Killing Moon - Part IV

[phagodyke]

cis femmes stop sending me roses on hinge im not fucking interestedddd 🤺🤺🤺🤺

[older-brother]

glow in the dark stickers were magical

[chucapybara]

can i just talk about how i was NOT expecting that gosoythoth boss fight to have that one eerily similar concept i had for innamorati's boss fight