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honysuckl · 2 years ago

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Blood in the Water | Leila & Honey

PARTNER : @amonstrousdream TIMING : Current. LOCATION : Darkling Lake. SUMMARY : Inspired by the crabs, Honey pretends to also be turned obsidian. Surprisingly, Leila offers to help. WARNINGS : Self harm (sort of)

Did Honey expect this to work? Not as much as she needed. Her expectations were tempered by piling failures—those jollies around town never amounted to the siren call she needed. Of course, this would all add up. Make itself into a cacophony of oddities when paired with the town’s usual quirks—one too brazen for her family to ignore. That was the hope, at least. But the reality was this was fun. This was funny! She laughed in preparation, though she had certainly done just that. Alongside her were a bucket of paint, ready hands, and a dream. Those crabs had caused a buzz with their obsidian attire. Imagine if something more human-like followed that fashion trend. Cause running fits of terror before the cracks ‘claimed’ them too. Ha! She looked to one such openings beside her. A darkness so blank it invited her to imagine whatever she liked, perhaps even those funny little crabs. But it also invited her inside—hungry and waiting. A simple step would have it closing back up again around her, devoured once more. She scratched at her arm until her own darkness shone: streaks of dripping ebony. Oh, how lucky. Her transformation had already begun.

Honey added more streaks of darkness to herself, though without the need for further injury. Her hands instead scooped out handfuls of the paint—so thick it refused to lay flat on her skin. A perfect texture. She had covered most of her legs when she heard it. That familiar crunching of a human, or something close enough. No no no! Too soon! Weren’t all the tourists supposed to be crowding the beaches of the lake? Get out of the forest, you bawbag! Disappointment of the prank’s premature death was soon replaced with irritation upon recognition. Oh no. It was her. The last she had seen the woman had been that dreadful night. She had hoped it would have been the last. But with Metzli’s insistence, she knew it was only a matter of time. How funny that it was Fate itself who taunted her first with the woman’s presence. Honey let out a growl. “Rach air falbh! Piss aff!”

When her mind got to be too noisy of a place, Leila had always found her refuge somewhere away from people. She hadn’t really had much of a chance to go out on her own since she’d settled in Wicked’s Rest. There was the shop and her customers that busied her days, and then the friends that had slowly made their presence apparent in her life. Metzli. Ariadne. Cassius… Hell, even Teddy when they found their way into the Party Thrifter’s walls. But for as many things she had to be happy about, it felt as if she had three times as many to be upset about. First, there was the matter with the little dreamer with the dreams darker than midnight who she was determined to at least try to help. And then, there was Honey. Honey, Metzli’s best friend in the world. Honey, who Leila was fairly certain, absolutely loathed her.

She had been trudging her way through the forest in hopes of ridding herself of some of her worries. The trees would give her comfort. But as her footsteps crunched through rocks and leaves in the April air, she had to do a double take. At first, all she saw was a woman covered in dark, thick liquid- like the blackest paint she’d ever seen, like blood, like Metzli’s blood. She was smeared with darkness that glinted like the goddamned crabs that had decided to live in the alley outside the back of her shop when they could no longer enter the shop itself. And then, the figure spoke, and Leila’s stomach dropped. It was Honey. She really did have the worst luck imaginable… Usually, she would apologize. Scurry off down the path from wence she came. But the bizarre scene that was set out in front of her kept her glued to the spot, mouth agape.

“Why do you look like the shiny crabs?”

The sun was not as accepting as the moon. Where its acceptance ran short was met with a swift end. Honey had been relying on that prejudice to keep that woman away. But no! Of course Leila would be the sort of vampire to snatch herself up a protection charm. Letting herself prance around wherever she liked, with whoever she liked. Ugh. Honey’s disappointment was quickly replaced with determination. Her eyes made quick to search for the charm. None of the various trinkets strewn about Leila stood out. But those made the best charms, didn’t they? The pendant around Leila’s neck looked especially promising in its mediocrity. It also looked very rippable. She should take it and give it to Metzli. It would certainly serve them much better.

But how quick Honey’s mind forgot, the lure of that plot distracting her from the first. The question was a quick reminder. Yes! Like the crabs! Exactly! Pride of the trick working did cause a smile. A second of amusement before she remembered the source, the present company. Her scowl returned to her face, as the paint returned to her hand. She sent that handful straight to Leila. “Acause I wanna look like the shiny crabs.” Her hand went scooping for more ammunition. “Now piss aff afore I shove this one right down yer damnt throat!” Certainly a waste of the materials—there was still so much of herself to cover! Not that her anger made her considerate.

If there had been any doubt in Leila’s mind that Honey greatly disliked her, the scowl on the woman’s face made it incredibly evident. The mare was a blight, not only on whatever it was that Honey was doing, but on the whole of Wicked’s Rest- or at least the places that Honey frequented. Leila had never wished for darkness so much. The dark was her greatest ally and had been her sole companion for centuries. In the shadow of night, the mare could dissolve into nothingness. She could become nothing in the real world, reflecting what she had felt inside for years. But in the light of day, she was trapped in place. It refracted off her already shimmery skin, made her too visible, and kept her trapped in the waking world.

A fistful of black paint was hurled in her direction. Leila tried to skitter backwards to avoid the spray, but was too slow. Paint splattered across her shirt, her face, her hair… She was sure, in Honey’s mind, she deserved it. The mare tried not to let her appearance perturb her too much… though, it had been a favorite shirt. If Honey wanted to hate her, fine. She would go…

She was about to turn on her heels when she started looking at the paint with a bit of a sharper eye. It wasn’t shiny enough. Honey could threaten her all she wanted, but Leila wasn’t about to let a project be done wrong. Without really thinking, she marched over to the paint bucket, pulled out the knife Metzli had given to her, and dragged it across her palm. She held her fist over the bucket and watched as glittering dust fell like miniscule stars into the bucket. It wasn’t like it would kill her to lose it. And at least now Honey couldn’t say that the mare had never tried to be nice… “It’ll be shinier now. More crabby.” Leila said before pulling her hand back to her chest and turning to go.

When that knife revealed itself, Honey laughed at the ill-placed mettle. “Oh aye, fancy a doin’?" How funny! Perhaps she would have respected the display if it had anything backing it up. Metzli had already revealed the woman’s lack of fighting prowess, so this too would lack the usual thrill. But she wasn’t one to turn down gifts so flippantly. Yes! A fight! Well, for as long as Leila could manage. Honey replaced the paint in her hand for her blade, one that was eager to taste Leila’s blood. But it seemed the only one tasting would be Leila’s own blade. Not an unsurprising action, for Honey herself had done the very same in the past. It amused her greatly to see people’s reactions. She would offer no such repulsion to the display, but the blood itself did make her pause. It lacked the familiar dark ichor that ran through her own veins. That expected night sky was instead just its stars. Glossy. Glimmering. Oh Metzli, that liar! This was not one of bloody nights, but one of dark dreams.

Honey watched the blood join the paint. Those dripped stars relented to the darkness of her concoction, but in stubbornness kept their shine. In doing so, the mixture became an ebony that turned to white at just the right angle. Indeed, it did look… a touch more like obsidian. Honey grumbled. She was too annoyed to feel grateful. Though, she was grateful for the idea it sparked. Leila was keen to help, aye? Let’s see how much energy that assistance of hers had. “Can ye scream? Like the chicken who kens the cookin’ pot. I need eyes on me.”

She wanted to keep walking. God, did she want to keep walking. Leila knew the woman did not enjoy her presence, and while her name was sweetness, Honey had more sting than a swarm of bees. She’s done her one nice act, she could disappear now like Honey had wanted her to. And yet. Leila wanted to know what this woman was up to. If Honey was going to sit there and paint herself obsidian like one of the crabs, there had to be more going on. And so, rather than continue down the path from whence she came, Leila stopped and turned at the tree line.

Could she scream? She wanted to laugh at the question. She had spent years screaming in pure terror from the dreams gifted to her by some other mare. Those years were followed by nearly two hundred years of making people scream. She hated it, but she was good at it. “I can scream…” Leila replied, hesitation mingled with pure curiosity ripe in her voice. “I can scream so that half the town comes running and all eyes are on you… I can scream and make them think I’m terrified.” The question that followed seemed foolish, but the mare asked it anyway. “Are you asking my help…?” And if so, she added mentally, why?

Honey watched the treeline begin to slowly claim Leila. For one so desperate for presence, this was one departure she did not mind. In fact, it was wanted, despite her questioning. Her plan would be fulfilled regardless. She was well versed in how to get people to scream in all the ways that mattered. Fear, of course, was the second easiest. Still, there was a curious tilt to her head when Leila bit upon the bait. With the passion of a self destructive fish, too! How unexpected. Honey would have been more charmed if not for the bile in her throat. But she could still have her fun. Her lips twitched with amusement. “Oho, aye?” That twitch turned to laugh. “Piss yer trousers, too, eh? Would really sell it.” A joke that thought itself a dare. Another test for how far that generosity would last her.

Honey’s fingers played with that concoction beside her. Blood and paint truly became one, turned into a swirling galaxy by the will of her hand. She placed a touch on her arm, for there were far more pressing tests to be had. It settled like all the other smears before it, but with a desperation to shine. A desperation only matched by its yearning for attention. Perfect. Her own was stolen by the question whose answer was as obvious as the glint on her arm. “Naw. Am doin’ one a’ ‘em polls. ‘People a’ the Wicked who can survive the wolf attacks!’” She let the farce ring in the air for a beat before she rolled her eyes. She returned to her chuckling. “Aye. Am askin’ for help.” Then she returned to rehoming the mixture upon her skin.

The woman bit back a huff and a roll of her eyes. Perhaps she’d come off a bit too strong with the whole screaming thing. But Leila was confused and frustrated to say the least. What did Honey want from her? From the first interaction, she was convinced that Honey simply wanted nothing to do with her. First the button fiasco, then the painting evening, now this… Wait… no, she was actually chuckling. Was Honey actually amused with her? Had that been a joke? Her mind was trying to catch up and reprocess whatever the hell this strange encounter was as words kept tumbling out of her mouth. “Don’t think I can do that on cue, but if you’ve got a water bottle, a stain’s a stain.”

The paint really did look like the shiny crab shells now. Perhaps, she thought as Honey smeared the paint mixture across her arm, it was the one good thing her dusty old blood was capable of. Creating things to scare people. But this time, it wasn’t her doing the scaring- not really… and if helping somehow brought Leila into slightly better graces with the one person Metzli cared about most in the world… well… “Alright, then. What is it that you’d like me to do, exactly, save the screaming and potential soiling of my pants for your own amusement and the selling of my fear?”

So the mares can piss. Good to know. Did that make dreams a type of liquid? A wondering for another time, for the present called for a different kind of fluid. “Nooo. No water on me. Well, no yet. Soon be aplenty swishin’ ‘n swashin’ all ‘round me.” Good performances needed a grand finale! Especially if any hoped to be at least a whisper in this sort of town. Many made quick to remove any off the lips, replacing them with supposed ‘facts’ and ‘normalcy’. Oh, the werewolf downtown? Yeah that twere just a big doggie! Or a really dedicated cosplayer! So many truths nowadays were kicked under the rug known as ‘cosplayer’. Honey’s little jolly would instantly be discarded just the same, deemed as paint on the skin. Which was fair, for it was the truth this time! But what if the woman screaming of obsidian jumped into the waters… only to never return? Of course those who liked to hush would find their explanatory normalcy. But it would far less easy.

What is it that you’d like me to do. Oh, they both knew the answer to that, didn’t they. Honey gave Leila a knowing look, one that spoke for her. I want you to leave. Not the situation specifically, but the entire town. No, the entire state! But she knew any encouraging action for that want had its consequences. Metzli’s fondness was both Leila’s curse and blessing. “Is all I need. Got all else all good ‘n ready right here. Once am done, gonny go screamin’ on down yon hill.” Her head motioned towards its direction. “Will keep runnin’ on past all the duckies playin’ in that big ol’ pond. You be there to help give their eyes ‘n ears guidance. Then- splash! Poof! Am gone into the waters. Foooreeeever. Well. ‘Til the moon pops up.” In the time it took to explain her plan, she had finished covering her arm. That left the other as her only bare limb left. So close. “And you, eh. Whatever. Leave? Swim? Leave? Dinny care. Is a nice day for all sorts.” Which made it so perfect. So many waiting eyes.

Leila didn’t need Honey to speak for her to know the answer to what to do. She was starting to get the feeling that the woman would love nothing more than for Leila to be swallowed up by the earth never to be seen again, or be sent running to another continent, or simply stop existing all together. As long as she was there, she posed a threat to Honey and her relationship with Metzli… She had never wanted to hurt anyone. Not in a million years. But her existence was constantly hurting someone, now- dreaming and awake. She swallowed down the lump in her throat threatening to make useless tears start. No use.

The mare watched as her blood mixed with the black paint slowly covered Honey’s body, transforming her into a dark and shimmering thing. If it had been Leila sat there covered in paint and blood, she would have been no more intimidating than a puppy or a wet cat. But Honey… Honey was already a force of a person, but with her crab-like disguise, she was down right fear-inspiring. To be on her bad side was already scary enough. By some miracle, Honey only asked her run. Scream and run. And, obviously, make enough of a show that people came running to look at the goop covered creature that would dive into the lake.

Leila had no idea why Honey was so determined to scare people into thinking she was a crab, and if she was being frank, she didn’t care. Two favors for a woman who would much rather the mare simply disappear from Wicked’s Rest altogether.

There was emphasis on the word leave. She didn’t believe for a moment that Honey didn’t care if she came back or not. The fact that she had suggested it twice spoke volumes enough. Run and make a scene and then get out of here. “Fine… I can do that.” Leila ripped at the fabric of her shirt with a cringe- thank god it was just a shitty t shirt- and tied it around her hand. She didn’t need people asking questions about why she was leaking glitter instead of blood. “I’ll make a scene and get out of your hair. Whenever you’re ready.”

Honey wasn’t blind. She was well aware the effects her antics had on Leila, and wanted to see every last drop of that delicious irritation. While she wasn’t one to play with her food, it was instances like these she made an exception. Like a cat with a ball, she just couldn’t help herself! But when the irritation turned to sadness, when she could see those tears wanting to show, her joy turned unsettled. Always swayed by the emotions of those around her, that look made quick with Honey. Sadness and quilt and mixture of confusing feelings. As dark as the paint on her skin, yet it had her face softening. Before those feelings could fully have their way with her, to turn her face and heart to mush, she forced her attention solely on that paint. There was no point in amusing those thoughts. If she wanted to be successful, to scare that wee thing away, she needed to be comfortable with a few tears. Yes. With a huff, her expression settled back to ambiguity.

With Honey’s full attention, her second arm was quickly consumed by the paint. That made all limbs accounted for. Now it was time for the icing on the cake! Some paint was slapped onto her neck, with a few bleeding out onto her chin. As if the obsidian slowly consumed her, with her head as her only salvation. But for how much longer? Aye! That’s the question she wanted to leave in all the bystanders’ heads. With the paint added, all that was left was to let it dry. Like a fledgling still learning to fly, her arms flapped with abandon. Maybe if she kept it up, she really could have flown. Though, it wasn’t her turn to go running just yet. She looked pointedly at Leila. “Well. Go on, lass. Wait for me by the waters. Trust ye ken when is time for the screamin’s.”

It really was the most bizarre sight the mare had ever seen.

A grown woman, potentially just as old if not older than herself, smeared with black paint and sparkles, flapping her arms like a chicken whose feathers had been significantly ruffled and was trying to take flight. What only made it worse was the fact that Leila knew the barbed words that the other undead woman had a knack for. It took all of her strength to keep a bewildered giggle from burbling up and escaping her before she could stop it. That was the absolute last thing Leila needed. If she laughed, she was quite certain that she wouldn’t have to worry about Honey and Metzli anymore, because if Leila laughed, she might become a pile of glittering dust twirling about in the afternoon breeze.

Eyes as sharp as daggers turned back on her, and the mare felt herself standing a little straighter. As if she were toeing some invisible line that Honey had set into place. She let go of a little sigh and turned on her heels, marching back down towards the water. At least she was sure that Metzli’s friend was getting a great big kick out of ordering her around… or maybe she would just enjoy the part where Leila was running away and screaming. Either way, she would put on a show to help Honey. If not for herself, then for Metzli’s sake.

Back to the trees Leila went, this time fully claiming her. Good riddance, to her and the mess of feelings she wrought. In the absence of voices, Honey’s ears returned to the whistling winds. This company too offered its help, and soon those winds had the paint dry. With the paint secured, it was her limbs’ turn to settle. Settle into motionless, as if carved from true obsidian. She forced them at an angle, stiff and stubborn, with only the hips offering any sort of momentum. A carving come to life. Oh, but one more finishing touch: the touch of privacy! She threw on a pair of glasses—her one last act of fluidity. Then, she ran. Sort of. Her self-inflicted rigor did not allow much aptitude. Oh, but her voice was free to do as it pleased. Her screams silenced any of the surrounding critters, leaving only her shrieked panic.

“The obsidian! The obsidian got me!” Honey cried, paired with blubbering nonsense. It all rushed out of her mouth in a great mess, the same as her body down the hill. Down to where the trees parted upon her first sets of panicked eyes. Only the eyes followed as she continued, for fear turned their own bodies to rigor. If only they had learned to move against it the same as her. Though her arms were stuck in an eternal bent and her legs refused to bend at the knee, her hips were quick. She moved as fast as the shifting glint on her skin. The crowd gasped and cried with each of her step. She could have laughed, but she disguised it as yet another scream of incoherency. Screaming and stumbling and shining, she finally found herself upon a ledge. It was here that the crowd remembered they could move. Oh, but it was far too late for that! “Obsidian!” The paint shimmered one last time, bidding the audience adieu, before a well-placed trip sent her into the waters. Never to return.

The woods swallowed her whole once more as Leila trudged back down the leaf strewn path. The sweet earthy scent of spring was kicked up with every step she took, willing herself further and further away from an incredibly complicated situation. For a moment, there was painfully familiar solitude. The trees, tall sentinels staring down at her while the birds that called their boughs home fell silent as she crossed their path. Alone. She had been alone so often, and yet she had never stopped to consider how much it bothered her. If Honey had her way, Leila would be out of town by evening, never to bother her or Metzli again. But… Leila swore she felt the trees pull in closer. Alone again. No, no, not again…

The mare stumbled forward along the path and started to run. Right into the presence of people. Ordinary, normal people. The scream that left her mouth was something ancient. Fear. Real and true fear. But it wasn’t the false fear of the Glimmering Obsidian Honey monster that burst through the brush moments later, shrieking before she stumbled into the depths of the lake. It was fear for the life she had finally escaped coming back for her. She kept running away, and all the while, the fear of loneliness nipped at her heels like a hound waiting for the kill…

In the waters Honey remained. Down in the depths, she found her temporary home. If only it had a window to the shore above, but all she was allowed was trickles of light. She yearned for more—to see the scene that followed her splash. Her imagination supplied what the eyes could not. She could see so clearly the following stampede that made a vacation into a war; it was as if she never left. It all entertained her as she waited. Waited and waited and waited down in the depths. Waited until the streaks of light disappeared, leaving her in the dark. A darkness that knew no up or down, left or right. It had no end, yet pressed against every surface. So empty, so suffocating… That was enough of that. When her head breached the surface, the moon greeted her in its wonderful glow. In the privacy of night, she could finally laugh.

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renaer-is-allegedly-hot · 4 years ago

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session 17 notes

Time for lunch in the castle ward

Someone is yelling at us in the farmer's market place

We walk away

Adam rolls a nat20 to find a tavern

Mirt looks the same as always but he's dressed up more than we're used to

Mirt pays for us bc we're poor

It's like a café

"some of them laughing, in like a very upperclass way"

We are at the dragon's head

Old elf guy is there asking us to follow him as he takes us to the bag

Not much seating inside

Situated on a bluff, unblocked view of the sea

Pigeons have hatched, ugly

We're getting water

Where are we going

,,,,, home ?

Someone sent mirt a thing that said we were looking for the xanathar guild hq

Mirt said he can show us where the alleged entrance is

The shrimp is half celandine's size

We're talking abt someone who embezzled ??

Adam goes to yava

Confronts her abt telling laerl

Gives her his ukulele pick and says he might not come back next week

Asyna and celandine are

Going to meet jones

And get a goldfish

Shack on the outside but inside of apartment is richly furnished

Lots of goblins

Cel's talkin to jones

Jones has once use of dust of disappearance

"I can sing for the dust" asyna 2021, rolls 17 and persuades him

Sings baby by bustin bieber

Acquires dust

Y does everyone think we're gonna die

They're gonna go get goldfish now

Rolls nat20 for investigation

Theo goes to TYP

Talks to durnan

Asks if he knows anyone named lavinia

He's gone for a bit in the back

Comes back w a rlly big tome

Asks theo when

Apparently four months since they were separated

Durnan asks theo to describe her

Page covered w names dates n groups, pointed to group that dipped abt two months ago

Was there for a few days before (going down the well?)

Five companions with her

She's probably down there

They have not come back through this entrance

Typ is more like a front door

Gets names of other companions

Half-orc, tharos

Human, meer

Leila, halflin

Jauros, dwarf

Tha(y)ne, human

Says if she ever wants to investigate herself it's 5 gold

"I'd say you're ready"

Durnan went down a long time ago, suggests to bring a friend

Aerana goes to temple of knowledge

Big houses of worship for god of knowledge

Go to dragonborne lady, filing through papers and scrolls

Some records lent from the castle ward abt ruins and stuff abt tunnels there

Sheath of papers, investigation check of 12

Blueprints for what sewers originally looked like

When first conceived

Investigation, 18

Nothing particularly weird but diff testimonials from citywatch reporting weird things like gangs and monsters

You read that occasionally they find areas with strange layouts

Investigation check, 5

Ask if dragonborne knows of other places

Suggests speaking to city itself

She listed places in the sea ward

Adam is looking for another teacher

Adam is acquainted with don as another teacher

Adam is buying smth

Shortbow

Jacob losese 150 gold n gives potion as collateral

Adam is racist

And sexist

And hates women

Accidentally talks to theo instead of cel

Got a gift, magic bow?

Cel has a present for theo

New cloak

Gives adam dirty cloak

Attuning to bow gives +2 to damage

.mirt is taking us through a few alleyways

Bureaucratic stuff

We come into enclosed doorway place to alley tha's been blocked off on the side of the street

Manhole cover in the ground]

Gives mirt wig

Aerana goes down after cel, refuge from rain

Down into sewer

Aerana jumps in, area looks like a fluke

Walls look like would contain larger passageway but they took section of sewer and blocked it off as separate room

Passageway with a doorway and stairs leading down

9 perception, can't hear too much other than dripping water

Aerana steps inside, gets sense of being watched, goes down stairs a little bit

Starts seeing points of light

Sees eyes that pop open bc of the light

Magical carvings

Unsettling carvings

No reaction; stone carving in the walls

Displays an eye

Readies weapon

Aerana rolls 23 for stealth

Light gets a lot brighter as descending down staircase

Enters to long hallway that's 9ish feet long, doorway I can see from my position leading off righthand side, all throughout tunnel are eye motifs carved into walls

Sensation I'm being watched

Looking down to left there's big set of double doors, in front of doors on ceiling is eye but different from carvings; looks alive, sticks down and is attached to stalk, occasionally blinks

Eye is just monitoring passageway

Adam makes intelligence check, 6, it looks like the beholder's eyes

It's 60 feet away

Aerana sneaks down, pushes door open a little

Peeking through looks like another shorter hallway going for 40ish feet, v narrow, stops at another door

Adam makes intelligence arcana check, thinks the thing is a sensor, like a security camera

Aerana goes to other door

Peeking in, looks like big chandelier? is hanging from ceiling

23 for stealth again, I'm good thank the lord

You see another beholder eye thing floating in the middle of the room, it's being necormanced

Doesn't see me

There r big green spores floating around like dust motes

Looks like there's another hallway down there

We are outside the room with the beholder zombie

We're gonna try to blind the thingy and RUN to the other hallway

Long dark hallway that leads to left past range of left

Dash into room on the left

Throw open door

Slam circular door behind us

Now we're in a stairway that slopes downwards

Making way downstairs

There's a figure looming in shadows on the side, is actually a suit of armor on the wall

Cel stops adam from touching armor

We walk for a little while, passing into tunnel that curves a little; opens up to open amphitheater, have entered into spectators area for audience

Semicircular recess on the southeast wall

More eye things

Jacob has tums

Looking around chamber, well-lit, blood-stained sand pit in the center

Eye is far away doesn't appear to b looking at us, urns and weird jars under it, nobody here

Set of stairs leading up to right, stairs leading up to left

It's like an arena

We can assume it's for fighting

There's a tunnel leading under the thingy

We're gonna go to tunnel

Jump into the thingy, eye still doesn't appear to see us

Big open tunnel abt 10 ft wide w a circle door blocking our view

Aerana turns the door handle, rolls away

In another darkened chamber

Does look like there are cells in here

Aerana runs 30 feet into cells

Halfling sitting in corner, arms crossed

Drow woman

30 feet sees third cell out of four, has three people in it

Woman, two men

Older man, two younger people

Do we recognize anyone? From what you can see no

Fourth cell has some rlly large hulking creatures

Minotaur

Adam is talking to smth that doesn't rlly understand ? Minotaur ?

Adam is going to sing smth ?

Shutting the door, adam rolls a 17 bardic inspiration

Face matted w blood

Bones in cell

Adam takes out a ration and v tenderly pokes it through the cage doors without putting hand through the cage

Cel is going to humans

Brown skin, olive complexion

Rushes up

"say you don't look like one of the thugs"

"we're not we're trying to take them down what can you tell us about this place"

This is xanathar guild, they throw ppl in arena to fight, beasts in other cell

Claudia, jia and arthwright

Arthwright is an older man

Been here for two weeks?

Others have been there longer than them

Jia says the only time they've seen Him, when fighting; usually by place w urns

Find the jailer for the keys

Or just pick the lock

Aerana is going to drow woman nvm

Halfling closest to door minute came in she yelling at her

We're gonna try to get you out

Was kidnapped

Used to live in sea ward

Maybe we can help you

Asyna goes to drow

Starts talking to her in elvish

Greets her

"say .. You're not with zorin are you?"

Who's zorin

"oh . Well in any case unimportant now"

Asks if she's from a house

Was wandering through and was captured

Asyna rolls history check, 20

Official house title was houses of zorlauren

Asks her what house she's from

"oh ! Wonderful"

Expedition project led her astray

She says no one else of importance was captured

They were killed

She killed the last beast they threw at her

Not sure what she's talking abt when she says levels

Theo lock pick check

14 to pick

Wire using snaps off

Adam

They look like skeptical ogres

One of them speaks common

"if we let you out just running amok"

"oh we can find weapons"

Adam is gonna roll insight

They seem trustworthy

Adam put a lot of stupid trust

Halfling said she could fight

Adam walks up to humans and asks how often jailer comes by, daily

Dwarf wearing horned helmet

Dwarf already came in to give food

If make too much noise he might come back in

"big boys, I need you to make a lot of noise on my signal"

Hear cursing in dwarvish and someone descends down flight of steps

Doorway rolls open, see squat dwarf fellow w big helmet

Cel and theo both hit, takes 30 damage

He's wearing some armor

Adam casts sleep

HE IS NOT SLEEPING his hit points are higher than 33

Pulls out axe

Stopping for tonight

#dnd #sn #17 #5e

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fvckyouimaprophet · 6 years ago

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Queer Bops: Songs by queer artists or bands that include queer artists. [147 songs, 8 hours and 40 minutes]

Note: This playlist is best played on shuffle. I was tired of seeing the same 10 artists rec’d on every list, so I decided to compile one myself that includes people from a variety of genres and across all generations. While everything may not be up your alley, I hope you find a few bands and artists in here that you love! I’ll also later be making a playlist of my favs if you want to wait for something more narrow.

SONGLIST UNDER CUT

People who asked to be tagged: @elleem, @genderneutralmilkhotel, @thosefinelines, @mutedcolors, @lesbians-love-taylor, @sirdorkalot, @jesuisfarouhe, @cuddlycuddlefish, @thisselflovecamebacktome, @iamgoingsomewherebeautiful, @georgianadarcies, @shaloved30, @andrewsrannels, @bukwrm, @nearlyheadlessmccree, @earlgreygoodbyes, @spoopyswifty, @zobothehob0

Everybody Wants to Love You by Japanese Breakfast

It’s Okay To Cry by SOPHE

Empty by Kevin Abstract

Seventeen by Troye Sivan

Slip Away by Perfume Genius

Saint by Blood Orange

Turn Out the Lights by Julien Baker

Direct Address by Lucy Dacus

Make Me Feel by Janelle Monáe

Father Figure by George Michael

Mourning Sound by Grizzly Bear

Change by Le1f

I Don’t Love You Anymore by ANOHNI

Drunk Drivers/Killer Wales by Car Seat Headrest

Karaoke (ft. Lizzo) by Big Freedia

To Die in L.A. by Lower Dens

girls by girl in red

Moth’s Wings by Passion Pit

Vicious by Lou Reed

Holy by King Princess

Ghost by Halsey

Islands by The xx

Bike Dream by Rostam

Depreston by Courtney Barnett

My Guy by Kele Okereke

Wait for Me by AW

Bobby by (Sandy) Alex G

bitches by Trove Lo

New York by St. Vincent

Body and Soul by teddy<3

Girlfriend (ft. Dâm-Funk) by Chris (formerly Christine and the Queens)

Gon Blow (ft. Rye Rye by Cakes da Killa

Sleeping with a Friend by Neon Trees

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!

I’m Not Calling by Hollie Col

Kiss the Boy by Keiynan Lonsdale

Send Me You by The Butchies

1 Billion Dogs by Jay Som

Chanel by Frank Ocean

Memo by Years & Years

Spread Your Wings by Queen

Honey by Kehlani

One for My Baby (And One More For the Roady) by Billie Holiday

What I Need (ft. Kehlani) by Hayley Kiyoko

Daddy by SAKIMA

Touch by Shura

I Know a Place by MUNA

DISTRICT by BROCKHAMPTON

I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ by Scissor Sisters

The Crying Game by Boy George

Tutti Frutti by Little Richard

In My Defence by Freddie Mercury

Closer by Tegan and Sara

Demi Moore by Phoebe Bridgers

123 by Girlpool

Low Hymnal by Told Slant

Full Screen by Adult Mom

Loner by Mykki Blanco

I Think She Knows by Kaki King

Brujas by Princess Nokia

Dans la nuit by Coeur de Pirate

Rebel Rebel by David Bowie

Cosmi Dancer by T. Rex

Rocket Man by Elton John

Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman

We Got the Beat by The Go-Go’s

Go West by Village People

Opulence by Brooke Candy

Boys by Lizzo

Private Idaho by The B-52′s

Pretty Baby by Blondie

Grace Kelly by MIKA

William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths

It’s a Sin by Pet Shop Boys

A Little Respect by Erasure

Big Big Love by k.d. lang

She’s a Rejecter by of Montreal

Would You Be So Kind by dodie

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) by Sylvester

Hungry Ghost by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Know Your Name by Mary Lambert

War Paint by Frankie Simone

The Greatest by Sia

Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance

St. Patrick by Pvris

Skydiving by Lights

Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me!

Lewis Takes Off His Shirt by Owen Pallett

April’s Fool by Angel Haze

Tommy by Gommy Genesis

Reality TV by Mal Blum

Fever by Adam Lambert

Die Young by Kesha

Celi by Entropica

Home by Mercy Bell

Sweet Talk by Avalon Young

Only a Girl by Gia

Maniac by Peaches

Nightcrawler by Aye Nako

So Real by Bloc Party

100 Years by Vagabon

Human Bog by Baths

Blooming by Shamir

brighter by Saint Sebastian

Bulletproof by La Roux

Lifestyle by Dizzy Fae

WHAT DO U LIKE by jesse saint john

Like Heaven by Zolita

Remember Me by VINCINT

Widdit by Lava La Rue

Free to Love by Brendan Maclean

Going To a Town by Rufus Wainwright

Are You Still Certain (ft. Mashrou’ Leila) by Herculues & Love-Affair

I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Sleater-Kinney

Angels Would Fall by Melissa Etheridge

Bikini Kill Bill by The Magic Fountains

Promissory Note by Downtown Boys

Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill

Shake Em Off by Syd

Crazy Game by Indigo Girls

Cool for the Summer by Demi Lovato

Prove It On Me Blues by Ma Rainey

Livin’ la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin

Piece of My Heart by Big Brother & The Holding Company

List of Demands (Reparations) by Saul Williams

Out The Way by Nadine Shah

Fem in a Black Leather Jacket by Pansy Division

I’m Not Afraid by Holland

Baby Won’t You Please Come Home by Bessie Smith

You Know Jam Don’t Shake by Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day

The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Anyone Else But You by The Moldy Peaches

Zombie by Jay Brannan

Isende Lendlela by Faka

Resilience by Annabelle Chvostek

Chercher la femme by Coccinelle

Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) by Fergie

Colour by MNEK

GUY.exe by Superfruit

Ooh La La by Goldfrapp

That Was the Whiskey by Antigone Rising

Around Us by Jónsi

Saw You in a Dream by The Japanese House

Agoraphobia by Deerhunter

Black Tie by Grace Petrie

Here Is a Heart by Jenny Owens Young

#lgbt #lgbtq #queer #music #playlist #spotify #*

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villanevens · 6 years ago

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i literally just saw this im sorry it took forever dugyfd thanks @alicia-clark and @sidonielarson for tagging me <3

nickname - some ppl call me elle/le but most ppl just call me leila

zodiac sign - virgo

height - 5′8 almost 9

hogwarts house - ravenclaw

the last thing I googled - ft to m converter idufhisdsd

favorite musicians - conan gray, seafret, paramore, sza, i like a lot of ppl idk

song stuck in your head - be careful - cardi b

following - 400 smth

followers - 2.9k soooo close to 3k

do you get asks - sometimes

amount of sleep - 4-6 hrs

lucky number - 6/9 this aint even a joke sodufisiu

what are you wearing - pjs

dream job - neurologist

aesthetic - late night talks, band t-shirts, polaroids, hot showers w music blasting on the background, dinner parties (idk if it's an aesthetic but i really like them so)

dream trip - toronto/amsterdam/sidney/ny

instruments - guitar

languages - portuguese, english, spanish and really really shitty french

favorite songs - wanna get better - bleachers / hard times - paramore / isombard - declan mckenna

random fact - i have a van gogh tattoo on my ribcage

(not tagging anyone but feel free to do this if u want :D)

#tumblr is shit and literally just showed me this #abt me #my mom has a nickname for me but yall dont need to know it cause its so dumb

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lapis-lazuliie · 7 years ago

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you’re my favourite thing : a fanmix for my fic, pandoras box

1. the weight of us - sanders bohlke // 2. last train - dawn golden // 3. a quiet darkness - houses // 4. let it be (ft veela) - blackmill // 5. fade away - best coast // 6. upset - the hoosiers // 7. man - the bird and the bee // 8. wolf - first aid kit // 9. ghosts that we knew - mumford and sons // 10. who said anything (about falling in love) - the hoosiers // 11. i’m the only one - melissa etheridge // 12. yeah yeah yeah - jack conte // 13. hands down - the greeting committee // 14. cleopatra - the lumineers // 15. better - onerepublic // 16. the writing’s on the wall - ok go // 17. troublemaker - grizfolk // 18. dreams - youngblood // 19. wow - beck // 20. sentiment - verte // 21. season 2 episode 3 - glass animals // 22. trees - the oh hellos // 23. separate ways (worlds apart) - journey // 24. makes me wonder - maroon 5 // 25. can’t catch tomorrow (good shoes won’t save you this time) - lostprophets // 26. between two lungs - florence and the machine // 27. better place - rachel platten // 28. tired of talking - leon // 29. honey - trace // 30. wait a minute! - willow // 31. the night - honne // 32. r u mine? - arctic monkeys // 33. i don’t mind - defeater // 34. in the night - the weeknd // 35. single - the neighbourhood // 36. ghosts - pvris // 37. wanderlust - frank turner // 38. saint claude - christine and the queens // 39. see the sun - the kooks // 40. too much - magic man // 41. could have been me - the struts // 42. waiting… - city and colour // 43. move your body - sia // 44. belong to the city - partynextdoor // 45. butch - saint motel // 46. back to the ordinary - kid ashtray // 47. a well respected man - the kinks // 48. so nice so smart - kimya dawson // 49. i am yours - the makemakes // 50. one week - barenaked ladies // 51. i feel it coming - the weeknd // 52. i feel free - cream // 53. touch - shura // 54. lithium and a lover - sirenia // 55. handclap - fitz and the tantrums // 56 love - lana del rey // 57. falyakon - mashrou’ leila // 58. moving to neptune - cruisr // 59. summer love - trevor something // 60. fade away - trevor something // 61. telepathic - starset // 62. why try to change me now - fiona apple // 63. it ain’t me (ft selena gomez) - kygo // 64. second change - shinedown // 65. ruby - kaiser chiefs // 66. in the shadows (radio edit) - the rasmus // 67. two of us - the beatles // 68. landed - ben folds // 69. pretty face - soley // 70. open season - high highs // 71. if i be wrong - wolf larsen // 72. lazuli - beach house // 73. cloudbusting - just us // 74. phase me out - verite // 75. love like this - kodaline // 76. gimme twice - the royal concept // 76. champagne supernova - oasis // 78. heart’s on fire - passenger // 79. sheep in wolves clothes - little hurricane // 80. let it all go - birdy & rhodes // 81. everybody but me - lykke li // 82. handsome - the vaccines // 83. naive - the kooks // 84. let go - frou frou // 85. pin - grimes // 86. tell me it’s okay - gnash // 87. royal - waterparks // 88. come a little closer - cage the elephant // 89. wish list - neon trees // 90. i’ll stay with you - new order // 91. notion - tash sultana // 92. done - camp cope // 93. high tide - bec sandridge // 94. there’s a honey - pale waves // 95. twice - little dragon // 96. peace and quiet - waxahatchee // 97. rhythm of the night - debarge // 98. so high - ghost loft // 99. walkway blues - m83 & jordan lawlor // 100. swoon - imogen heap // 101. ever fallen in love - pete yorn // 102. instant crush - daft punk // 103. dakota - stereophonics // 104. city - ciaran mcmeeken // 105. in the air - maala // 106. one headlight - the wallflowers // 107. you’ll be mine - havana brown // 108. glitter and gold - rebecca ferguson // 109. shimmer - tiesto & christian burns // 110. missing you - john waite // 111. lights - embrz & pennybirdrabbit // 112. neon rainbow (ft anna yvette) - rameses b // 113. landmines - pierce fulton & j hart // 114. used to this (ft moonzz) - autolaser & pls&ty // 115. ghost - chelsea lankes // 116. heartlines - broods // 117. sunset lover - petit biscuits // 118. find a way (ft rudy) - dirty south // 119. aquaman - walk the moon // 120. beggin for thread (gryffin & hotel garuda remix) - banks // 121. loving someone - the 1975 // 122. golden - parade of lights // 123. greek tragedy - the wombats // 124. 16 years - the griswolds // 125. killer whales - smallpools // 126. elevate - st lucia // 127. 101 - walla // 128. sun models (instrumental) - odesza // 129. coming over (filous remix) - james hersey // 130. standing still in time - neuropa // 131. who is in your heart now? - studio killers // 132. missing (todd terry remix) - everything but the girl // 133. shapeshifting - great good fine ok // 134. we’re on our way - radical face // 135. crash - the primitives // 136. one last time - jaymes young // 137. gold rays - vinyl pumps // 138. lost - scavenger pump // 139. 1,000 ships - rachel platten // 140. absolute beginners - david bowie // 141. just you - amy stroup // 142. us - anna of the north

[ listen here x ]

#mordeson #my playlists #really ik no one reads the fic anymore so you might as just take this as 'new music to listen to' lmao

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dailynewswebsite · 4 years ago

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The top scientific breakthrough for 2020 was understanding SARS-CoV-2 and how it causes COVID-19 – and then developing multiple vaccines

The primary scientific breakthrough for 2020: a number of vaccines to forestall COVID-19 Philippe Raimbault/Photodisc by way of Getty Pictures

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the respiratory sickness COVID-19, has killed roughly 2.2% of these worldwide who’re identified to have contracted it. However the scenario could possibly be rather a lot worse with out trendy drugs and science.

The final such world scourge was the influenza pandemic of in 1918, which is estimated to have killed 50 million folks at a time when there was no web or quick access to long-distance telephones to disseminate info. Science was restricted, which made it troublesome to establish the trigger and provoke vaccine improvement. The world is 100% extra ready for the present pandemic than it was 100 years in the past. Nonetheless, it has nonetheless affected our lives profoundly.

I’m a doctor scientist who specializes within the examine of viruses and runs a microbiology laboratory that checks for SARS-CoV-2 infections. I’ve seen firsthand sufferers with extreme COVID-19 sickness and have devoted myself to growing diagnostics for this illness. It’s a exceptional testomony to science {that a} novel disease-causing virus has been found, the genetic materials utterly decoded, new therapies created to struggle it and a number of protected and efficient vaccines developed all inside the span of a 12 months – an accomplishment that the journal Science has pegged the breakthrough of 2020.

Most vaccines take 10-15 years to develop. Till now the quickest vaccine developed was in opposition to the mumps virus, which took 4 years. Now, within the midst of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, one vaccine is already approved to be used within the U.S., with a second shut behind. Different vaccines have already been rolled out in international locations throughout the globe.

Science fast-tracked

This pandemic put science entrance and middle. One of the crucial important scientific advances up to now 15 years has been the flexibility to learn the genetic directions – or genome – that encode viruses. The method of sequencing the genome of a virus known as subsequent technology sequencing, and it has revolutionized science by permitting researchers to quickly decode the genome of a virus or bacterium, rapidly and cost-effectively. This technique was used to find out the sequence of SARS-CoV-2 early in January 2020 earlier than epidemiologists even acknowledged that it had already unfold world wide. Acquiring the sequence allowed for the speedy improvement of diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 and to determine who was contaminated and the way the virus would possibly unfold.

SARS-CoV coronavirus was answerable for an outbreak that spanned 2002-2004, however was not significantly contagious and was restricted principally to Southeast Asia.

SARS-CoV-2 has developed two separate qualities that permit it to unfold extra simply. First, it has an unlimited potential for triggering asymptomatic infections, during which the virus infects carriers who don’t expertise signs and will by no means know they’re contaminated and transmitting the virus to others.

Second, it may well unfold by way of aerosolized particles. Most of those viruses unfold by way of giant respiratory droplets, that are seen and fall out of the air inside three to 6 ft. However SARS-CoV-2 also can unfold by airborne transmission by way of a lot smaller particles that stay within the air for a number of hours.

Whereas in 1918 folks went on blind religion that masking diminished transmission, this time round, science offered us with concrete solutions. There have been a number of research demonstrating the efficacy of masking. These kinds of research inform the general public that mask-wearing, social distancing, hand-washing and limiting crowd sizes lower circulating virus and thus scale back hospitalizations and loss of life. Whereas they don’t get a lot fanfare, these research are among the many most vital discoveries in response to this pandemic.

Masks work for chopping transmission of the coronavirus. F.J. Jimenez/Second by way of Getty Pictures

Science aids diagnostics

Many checks for the virus are carried out utilizing PCR, which is brief for polymerase chain response. This technique makes use of specialised proteins and virus-matching DNA sequences referred to as primers to create extra copies of the virus. These extra copies permit PCR machines to detect the presence of the virus; medical doctors can then inform you if you’re contaminated. Due to the supply of the virus’s genome sequence, any researcher can design primers that match the virus to develop a diagnostic take a look at.

Early on, the World Well being Group developed a PCR take a look at to detect the virus and disseminated directions on methods to use it to researchers and physicians across the globe.

This was a exceptional achievement that allowed international locations internationally to quickly develop diagnostic checks utilizing this template. This distribution modified the course of the pandemic in lots of international locations.

Therapies have lowered mortality charges

Therapies for infectious illnesses typically evolve over time. There isn’t a vaccine but for hepatitis C, however over latest years therapies have developed from people who make you very sick to those who are extremely efficacious with few unwanted side effects.

We at the moment are seeing comparable issues within the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, simply on an accelerated timeline. With the help of medical research, we now have therapies reminiscent of steroids, antiviral drugs like Remdesivir and infusions of antibodies. Physicians additionally know methods to alter a affected person’s place in ways in which improve the possibility of survival.

COVID-19 affected person Michael Wright lay in his mattress within the inclined place to extend oxygenation. Wright died in December. Leila Navidi/Star Tribune by way of Getty Pictures

Vaccine improvement might finish pandemic

This pandemic might finish if the virus swept by the inhabitants killing tens of millions however leaving the survivors with pure immunity. Extra seemingly the virus will snuff itself out when a lot of the inhabitants has been vaccinated with a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. That’s very true in components of the world the place frequent testing and public well being methods are troublesome to implement.

It took a few years to develop an influenza vaccine, with the primary obtainable in 1942. Different successes with smallpox and polio, and more moderen ones like HPV and Haemophilus influenzae Sort b, have offered blueprints for vaccine improvement.

Governments internationally have partnered with personal corporations to expedite the event of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. This has led to a number of completely different corporations growing their very own completely different variations of vaccines. Usually, these take years to develop; nonetheless, by leveraging latest successes and collected data, the timeline was accelerated considerably. Usually, new vaccines undergo section 1 (security), section 2 (efficacy) and section 3 (comparability) trials, however as demonstrated within the present trials, phases 2 and three could be mixed for expediency. And enormous-scale manufacturing can start when the vaccine continues to be in trials, doubtlessly chopping years off the timeline.

Steroid remedy dexamethasone is used to deal with COVID-19. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Pictures/LightRocket by way of Getty Pictures

One vial of the drug Remdesivir. ULRICH PERREY/POOL/AFP by way of Getty Pictures

Know-how is on the forefront of the event of those vaccines. A number of the coronavirus vaccines reap the benefits of mRNA expertise, which primarily packages our cells to develop immune responses in opposition to SARS-CoV-2.

Others use viruses as supply mechanisms for SARS-CoV-2 proteins to which your physique develops an immune response. Each sorts have to this point been proven to be efficient, however long-term security will stay controversial when vaccines are developed on such an expedited timeline.

Classes discovered

This illness, which started in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and was first recognized in both November or December of 2019, is the proper illustration of simply how quickly viruses unfold in a linked world. We bought previews of what might occur from the latest outbreaks of Ebola and Zika virus, however the unfold of SARS-CoV-2 has been on a special stage. It has underscored that after we obtain warnings about contagious viruses, speedy and decisive motion should be taken in all components of the world to cut back its unfold.

The place there’s extra strict compliance with public well being insurance policies, there have been profound reductions in virus transmission.

Whereas the analysis that has made all this potential would possibly fly underneath the radar proper now, historical past will file this time as one of many best durations for scientific developments.

[Understand new developments in science, health and technology, each week. Subscribe to The Conversation’s science newsletter.]

David Satisfaction doesn’t work for, seek the advice of, personal shares in or obtain funding from any firm or group that might profit from this text, and has disclosed no related affiliations past their educational appointment.

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