#hibisca

[yukii0nna]

My young justice rewrite in a nutshell

Batman: So you punched the Star City police chief in the face,Donna went into a trafficking ring and Rig made a shadow to cover your tracks.

Dick: Hey the pig was a scumbag and ran the trafficking ring!

Batman: Alfred is feeling smug somewhere, I can feel it.

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Nightwing: So let me see if I got this right. You went into a drug trafficking unharmed, Cobra kicked a cop in the chest and Lagoon Boy dumped water on the guy and trapped him?

Tim: Hey! he was a drug lord and the cop was working for him!

Dick: So this is karma, huh?

Alfred: I believe so.

You heard of generational trauma, now generation headaches

@punkeropercyjackson @zexal-club @bakawitch @insomniac-jay @julieemarine @theautisticcentre

[whyarentrosesred]

WHY AREN'T ROSES RED

An introduction to the webcomic and the creator!

Welcome to this new blog all about my webcomic called why aren't roses red :) in here youll find stuff about the characters, the progress on the comic and just silly stuff ill make relating to the comic!

Before i get started with talking about it, let me introduce myself!

THE AUTHOR

My name is Lucien, im an artist, writer, and clown enthusiast who may or may not be slowly turning into the lurker of the fog. This webcomic will be delayed a bunch since i am still a student, but dont fear! I leave college this year, so as soon as the academic yesr finishes, the comic will have a smoooooth schedule. I love creating characters, most importantly designing them!

WARR - PLOT N STUFF

So! The big question! What is Why Aren't Roses Red? Well, the story has been in development for years! It had originally started as an Eddsworld inspired series on youtube.. until i took the two main characters and tweaked them a fair bit.

The story now is far different from the original story i made back in 2016. Now, far better! WARR takes place in the fictional world of Hibisca. After years of war and devide, it's finally united under 6 nations; Valkas, Aethercrest, Sylvan, Tempes, Pyralith, Mira. To celebrate the peace that's fallen upon the nations, academies were built to train students to help keep that peace, creating guardians that fight to protect the world. Guardians are trained to protect the people against the monsters that lurk outside the cities and towns.

A young woman named Ivy is given a chance to train as a guardian, but it's nothing like how she imagined it to be. Ivy and the people surrounding her find out that the real monsters aren't the ones lurking out in the land.

The story is inspired off of RWBY, Trigun, and MHA. It is mostly my excuse to draw big guns and make silly designs for characters.

A whole lot of ivy (THE MC)

[the-mealedran-realm]

【 ＷＯＲＬＤ ＢＵＩＬＤＩＮＧ | ＣＨＡＩＮ ＯＦ ＤＡＨＬＩＡＳ】

Here is Part Three of the World Building in my WIP Chain of Dahlias, the mythology. As each post gets made they’ll be linked back here!!

12 Gods & Children

1) Areus: King of the gods, god of the sky, lightning, thunder, and law

2) Enir: Queen of the gods, goddess of marriage, women, childbirth and family.

Children

Byella: deity of wisdom, defense, protection, and warfare

Esaldin: deity of Knowledge and Learning, Crafts, and Invention

Meona: deity of Dreams, Sleep, and Illusions

3) Kaltia: Goddess of the harvest, fertility, agriculture, nature and the seasons.

4) Marinda: Goddess of the seas, water, storms, and hunting

5) Nydros/Imeyar: God of the afterlife, judgment, and riches

6) Ina: God of Love and Beauty

7) Lusca: Goddess of the Sun

8) Phaius: God of the Moon

9) Taara: Goddess of Agriculture and Familial Love

Children

Delmira: goddess of fertility, springtime, and nature

10) Xastus: god of the forge, invention, and fire

11)Vodia: a messenger of the gods, a trickster, and a friend to thieves. Also known as the god of magic

12) Hinia: God of wine, fertility, festivity, ecstasy, and resurrection 

Oracles:

sun - Nysali aka The Hallowed Augur

moon - Mideia aka The Diviner of Purpose

stars - Galene aka The High Magus

mercury - Alsira aka The False Augur

venus - Thebe aka The Craven Envoy

earth - Nitaya aka The Lying Diviner

mars - Hahepa aka The Emissary of Miracles

jupiter - Daisis aka The Ethereal Seer

saturn - Ixia aka The Seer of the Master

uranus - Hibiscae aka The Harbinger of Fire

neptune - Cryo aka The Hallowed Seer

pluto - Fiere aka The Macabre Augur

[pacified-doll]

Oh no, you almost forgot?

Petal, I thought you said you remembered how to use the potty!

Silly thing, poor little doll must be overwhelmed by all the choices and routines and difficulties in your life…

Are you certain you don’t need me to wrap you up cozy in my vines?

Certain you don’t need my help in taking care of you?

It makes my injectors itch to think about anything happening to a poor little babydoll like you…

And where are my manners?

I’ve forgotten, you may call me Gallica Hibiscae, Fourth Bloom, she/her, sweet doll.

I meant almost forgot to drink water! I almost never have actual accidents

Unless my small bladder acts up

Life very difficult for a doll like me, but I manage!

Kinda

No need to worry yourself, miss Gallica!

[thedude-simming]

Matcha and her family went to go spend some time with her grandparents, Rooibos and Hibisca Tea. They run Tea Farm out in Henford-on-Bagley.

They've been running the farm since Matcha was a little girl. They were having a great time and ate a lot of food Hibisca and Rooibos grew right on the farm. But, Matcha could tell something was going on her grandmother's mind.

She pulled her aside later that evening.

Matcha: Hey grandma, something going on? What's on your mind?

Hibisca: Oh nothing, don't worry about us! Just thinking about life. Seeing all y'all here really brought my spirits up!

Matcha: And it's so good to be here! I'm sorry we haven't visited that often -

Hibisca: Oh hush! You've been busy! Busy making me some grandbabies! *wink*

Matcha *blushes*: Grandma! *laughs* But really, we do need to visit more! Maybe help out on the farm.. It will be good getting the kids out here and letting them run around!

Hibisca: I would love that so much! That's what I've wanted to talk you about also, Matcha. You know, me and your granddad are getting older..

Matcha: Grandma..

Hibisca: Now just listen Matcha. Me and your granddad.. I know you and Desmond just got that new fancy house.. but we would love if y'all took over the farm for us. No time soon. I know it's a lot. But.. just think about it.

Matcha is shocked and quiet as she accepts the key. A farm? Matcha doesn't have much of a green thumb and Desmond grew up in the city. Windenburg country side was already a big change of pace for him. But maybe they could take over the farm. Just maybe

[floreum]

Clay Hibisca is making a snow angel with her snow friend. I hope everyone had a happy holiday! HQ renders here: https://nc.floreum.ga/s/HibmasGlobe-22

[king--bee]

Prologue- Zella

"Zella, Ma'am, your sister has sent word from the castle stating that she will not be able to meet with us tomorrow night. In her note, she stated that she and Princess Cordelia have been getting pretty close lately and Lissabeth does not want to make the princess suspicious of her actions. Your sister has also mentioned that when she is able to attend the next meeting, she has plenty of new information for us that she did not want to send by mail for fear of the letter being read by the royal post-workers," Bell Olivers, my most trusted advisor, and my second-in-command told me.

"Good, she is complying with my orders. Thank you, Bell, for that important information. If you could please tell a few of our officers to head to the castle in a few days and to locate my dear little sister and to just give her a gentle warning, telling her that if she does not have sufficiently good information as compensation for her missing our last meeting, there will be hell to pay." Bell gave me a quick nod and left the room briskly, leaving me alone in my small, but regal, office.

'I hope that Lissa will have good information,' I thought to myself. 'I have been told by the queen of fire herself that we must get rid of the royal family. She told me that if the Black Hibiscus does not follow through with her orders, then the rightful heir to the Hibiscian throne and the Empire of the Sky will never take her place.' I got up and started to pace back and forth with anxiety. With all of the operations that my organization has completed, this will be the most influential and important, albeit the most dangerous one.

Author’s Note: Thanks for reading my story! Please don’t steal my characters. I have been writing this for over a year and I am so excited for people to read it. 

[hibiscaes]

There are so many things i find exciting, like food, pottery, punk music, climbing, graffiti, hockey, furniture restoration, sewing and crochet, writing. And i still do nothing.

[askdrunksteven]

And they’re in the conservatory attached to my house. Maybe I’ll show you guys in there when I decide to actually start my day.. But this is a lot of fun, ha.

Aside from when it’s not, of course.

[sabishiranami]

(These references were originally drawn in February 2017 and were updated periodically to match my changing headcanons for Plumeria)

All right! Here are a pair of OCs that I’ve NEVER introduced in art before. These are Rotheca and Hibisca, aka, Plumeria’s younger siblings!

They’re making their biggest debut in @saphruikan‘s fic, Silver Bird (it’s being updated today so go read it).

Now some information about them:

Full Name: Rotheca Serrata Nickname: Roth Age: 17 (during the events of Sun/Moon) Hair: Blonde with two pink strands in the front Eyes: Yellow Height: 5’11” Family: Plumeria (older sister) and Hibisca (older sister) Sexual Orientation: Gay Gender: Cis-Male Type Specialization: Varied, but with a preference for Grass-types

Pokémon Team: Butterfree, Cutiefly, Lurantis, Finneon, Whimsicott, and Cubone

General Information: Roth is the younger, biological sibling of Plumeria and Hibisca; he is the youngest of the three. He joined Team Skull when he was only 12 years old, along with Hibbie, shortly after they found out that Plumeria had already become a member. Roth is a very shy individual with a sweet and caring personality. He can also be very emotional and tends to cry when anyone, especially an older male, shows any hint of anger (This is noticeable with Guzma. Even though Roth admires and likes him, he’s still terrified of his angry bursts). During his time in Team Skull, he was always looked after by the older members and generally got along with everyone. He had a plethora of nicknames, such as the obvious “Li’l Bro.” He was once called “Cotton Candy” when he dyed his hair blue like the other male grunts, but since the pink in his hair had shown through, no one let him live it down; he quickly went back to blonde after that. Roth was also known to have an enormous crush on Guzma for the entire time he was in Team Skull to the point where he could barely even speak to him without blushing and getting embarrassed.

Flower Relation: Rotheca serrata (Blue Fountain Bush)

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Full Name: Hibisca Rosa Nickname: Hibbie Age: 20 (during the events of Sun/Moon) Hair: Pink Eyes: Purple Height: 5’7” Family: Plumeria (older sister) and Rotheca (younger brother) Sexual Orientation: Straight Gender: Cis-Female Type Specialization: Fire-type

Pokémon Team: Salandit, Fletchinder, Oricorio (Red), Arcanine, Torkoal, and Magby

General Information: Hibbie is the younger, biological sibling of Plumeria and the older sister to Rotheca; she is the middle child. She joined Team Skull when she was 15 years old, along with Roth, shortly after they found out that Plumeria had already become a member. Hibbie is the polar opposite of her brother in that, just as her preferred Pokémon type suggests, she’s very hotheaded and outspoken. She’s usually quick to frustration and snaps a lot, but she’s equally as mature and quick to apologize for her outbursts and any time she does anyone wrong. While she’s quick to disagree with Plumeria on almost everything, she still relies on her and trusts her deeply, having been basically raised by her due to their parents’ issues and neglectful behavior. Hibbie is also very protective over Roth and can usually be found with him or near him ready to fight anyone she deems a bully to him (just looking at him funny is enough for her to send out her Pokémon).

Flower Relation: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Hawaiian Hibiscus)

[floraotome]

dream: kaitou and aredor grow up together happily, aredor marries hibisca and has five kids while kaitou marries kaguya and has twelve kids (yikes), kaitou and aredor watch their families grow together and when those kids are gone, they get to grow up together as happy old men who love their wives, love their kids and grandkids and go on happy adventures until the day they die, and when they die, they are together in Heaven and still best friends

reality: kaitou and aredor grow up together happily until aredor has to leave for his old home bc sad stuff, they re-unite, aredor marries hibisca and has five kids but tragedy strikes, making aredor make a sad choice that kaitou wishes he could stop

kaitou marries kaguya and has 12 kids (still yikes) but he's worried/depressed over aredor's choice

years later, kaitou and aredor meet again in a bittersweet reunion and there is peace up until insanity just breaks loose and kaitou and aredor have to be separated forever in order to protect others, kaitou dies sadly and years later aredor does too

......as i realize that these two characters are based off of me and my best friend I get REALLY REALLY scared of the sad reality;;;;;

[yukii0nna]

Following off my last post, she has a very sudden yet clear hated of Caitlyn and very complicated feelings about Vi now.

[deathofsaphho]

i was tagged by the lovely @la-tourmente, thank you 🌸

rules: answer and then tag followers you want to get to know better

nickname: lu/lua

gender: female

sign: taurus

height: 153cm

time: 12:27pm

birthday: may 19th

favorite bands/artists: lorde, wilco, sufjan stevens, the national

song stuck in my head: state of grace by taylor swift

last movie i watched: some netflix crap called alex strangelove but it was actually not as bad as i thought it would be

last tv show i watched: transparent

what i post: mostly stuff about wanting to be loved, things that fit into my aesthetic, nice photographs, some existencial quotes, cute illustrations

url meaning: its a drawing by sylvia plath

average hours of sleep: im very sleepy so i would say many hours

nationality: brazilian

do i get asks: no :/

i tag @thebaguettegal @existentie @hibiscaes @larsandtherealgirl @modernsoupy and thats it

[msrenai21]

Headcanon time for Innocence AU! This is focusing more on the naming scheme that I have set up on the four islands of Alola!

I briefly go over it in this post, but it mainly focuses on the languages of the Pokémon world.

Going under the cut because I’m not sure how long it’ll be. Please enjoy!

All right, for starters, each island in Alola has a different naming scheme for people than the rest of the world. Normally, people have their first name, middle name (optional), and last name, but on the Alolan islands, it’s completely different.

I’m going to break it down to each island.

Melemele Island

Here, people are only given a first name and nothing more. This originated with the idea that people should pave their own way into history and be known by more than their name. People will remember you simply by telling your story and passing it down to future generations. Despite how confusing it may seem to us, this actually works, and people are able to recall their family history for generations through stories.

We see this naming example with Hau, Hala, Ilima, and Kukui!

Now, I know Guzma is from Melemele Island, but he’s a special case. His father, Lael Blanco Albida, is from the Orre region (which is based off of Phoenix, Arizona; this is gone more in depth into the post I linked earlier) and his mother, Pikake, is from Iki Town on Melemele. Because he has a foreign father (and a very horrible one at that), his father wanted to preserve his own naming scheme and pass on his last name, meaning Guzma’s full name is Guzmania Bromley Albida.

After Guzma ran away, however, he didn’t want to be associated with his father’s lineage anymore and cut off his name (ironically, this made him adhere to Melemele island’s name pattern, even though he hates Alolan tradition).

Akala Island

This naming pattern is a little more difficult to describe. Each person only has one name, like on Melemele, but they have an ending to their name that can be omitted when not in formal situations. I think it’s best to actually see the example before going further on with this.

The names are Olivia’ra, Mallow’ka, Lana’lu, and Kiawe’tu.

Their first names have an additional syllable attached to them, separated by an apostrophe. The purpose of this was to differentiate their names from Melemele people, while sticking to their traditions of storytelling. Nowadays, one would introduce themselves with their “full name” on the very first meeting, but drop the syllable afterwards. The only time it remains in conversation is if the person specifically requests that the other uses it or if you’re speaking to someone of a higher social status than you (basically any formal situation and if you’re unsure).

The syllables have many different meanings. They could be chosen simply to complement the sound of the name (like Lana’lu; it almost sounds like a lullaby) or it could be the first syllable of an ancestor’s name that was very well known/brought good fortune and luck to the family.

Ula’ula Island

Now here comes the fun one! This island goes the extra mile and includes a “middle name” to the mix. I guess, it could also be considered two first names... Regardless, people on Ula’ula have two names, something completely different from the previous two islands.

For example, we have Plumeria Rubra, Nanu O’ahu, Sophocles Chryso, Acerola Malpighia and Molayne Thap.

Notable OCs that are native to Ula’ula are Rotheca “Roth” Serrata, Hibisca “Hibbie” Rosa, Helia Rostra, Clementine Citra, and Dahli Anem. All of these characters are related to Plumeria (brother, sister, mother, daughter, and son in that order).

All of these second names are based on the same flower (whether it be exact or in the same species/genus) from which the official names came.

Poni Island

I’m...I’m going to be honest. I still haven’t come up with anything for this island yet, so this’ll have to wait.

Thank you for reading!

[nargleswrites]

how to properly run a kingdom chapter two

------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER TWO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I was running through the halls of the castle in fear. I had no Idea what I was running from, but I knew that If I stopped I would die. Suddenly, I stopped. It was like I was unable to move anymore. I knew that certain death awaited me. Someone tied me up and put a sack over my head. I was being carried away, but as I was, Someone was calling my name. "Cordelia...Cordelia" I woke up with a start. My mother was standing above me in my room. Oh, shoot. I am totally screwed. My mom never got really angry; she always stayed super calm. That was what made it so terrifying. You could always see the anger boiling under her skin, waiting to burst out like lava. "Cordelia, sweetheart, I am really disappointed in how you behaved back at that meeting yesterday. I expected better of you. You are almost 19 years old and about to become queen of Hibisca. You need to work on your social skills and behavior." My mother said, with a disappointed look on her face. That look always terrified me. "I know that I could have behaved better, but I am so nervous. I have less than a month until I become the leader of an entire country. And if you haven't realized, that's super stressful. Sometimes I think that I don't even want to be the queen of this place. It's not like I can do anything about our 'situation.' It's not like I can do anything about anything! I would be an awful queen." I said. As you can see, I am not as good at concealing my anger as my mom is. "No, Cordelia. You will be a wonderful queen. Don't you worry." she said, obviously hoping that her words would comfort me. They did not, as she will soon see. "NO! Saying that 'it will be ok' or telling me 'not to worry' doesn't work! It didn't work when dad died, and it won't work now. Plus, just as people are getting irritated with your ruling, you decide that you are going to shove all of your issues on me! It is not my fault that you and dad messed the kingdom up so much when I was little!  I am not cut out to run a kingdom!" And with that, I stormed out. It was super dramatic. I ran out to the castle gardens to escape and get a quick breath of fresh air. I hoped that my mother wouldn't send out castle guards to bring me back in. I just needed to get away from all of the people, all of the stress and expectations. As a child, I loved to climb the trees in the garden when my various nannies and caretakers were looking away, their attention consumed by the latest gossip. It was always easy to get away, seeing as they did not really care about my wellbeing, just their salary.  As I grew older, though, I had less time to come outside and play; I apparently had "duties to fulfill" and people had "expectations of me." I am glad to be back in my little oasis, though. It offers me a bit of peace and quiet. Huh. I never thought that I would actually want peace and quiet. I love chaos.  As I was climbing up through the ivy-covered branches, I heard a quiet crumbling sound. I yanked on the tree branch, but me, being the graceful swan that I am, fell out of the tree. "OWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The ground hurts. Apparently, the ground also breathes. I crawled off the breathing mass, and it sat up. "Lissa? What are you doing in the garden and in a bush?" I asked, rubbing my head where it hit the ground. "Sorry, Cordelia. This is where I come to think when I have a break. Are you okay, though? You fell out of a tree." "Oh, I didn't notice," I said, rolling my eyes overdramatically. "But yeah, I'm fine. Buuuuuut, Lissa my dearest friend, would you help me with something??" "What do you want now, Cordelia?" "Can you please, one, not to tell my mom, and two, help me clean myself up after this whole ordeal?? Pleeeeaaaaassssse??????" I pleaded, trying to look as pitiful as possible. "Fine, Cordelia. As long as you don't tell anybody else that I was back here." "Why?" "Please don't ask questions, just don't tell anyone," Lissa said. I would have pressed more, but when I looked over at me, there was actually a bit of fear in er eyes, so I stopped. "Fine, Just help me."   §§§

"Shhhhhh!! If you stomp any louder the entire castle will hear you!" "Well, Excuuuuuse me, but I'm not the quiet, meek little maid that was trained in getting in and out of rooms without being noticed, Miss Lissa!" I whisper-screamed. "You're the princess here! You have had properness training your entire life!!!" "Oh, shut up!" We were trying to get to my rooms, but surprisingly enough, it was a teensy bit hard with hundreds of guards roaming the halls. We crept through the intricate layout of my home, getting lost only once or twice... Okay, we got lost a ton. I had forgotten how to get back up to my room from the garden entrance. Surprisingly enough, we found the hall that my room was in by getting lost for about the twelfth time. There was one of the castle's many meeting rooms across the hall from my bedroom, so we had to be extra quiet while creeping past and to make things harder for us, the door was open just a crack.

"She has to stop goofing off! When Cordelia does become queen, she will do more harm to our kingdom than help it!" "Iris, please be sensible. Cordelia is my daughter and the heir to the throne. She is fit to run the kingdom. I just need to talk to her and it will all smooth over. She will be ready to reign in time." "Your Majesty, if I may, do you think it would be the better choice to wait a few more years and have her brother, Prince Grayson, become King. He seems much more mature, even at fourteen. I think that it would be much safer for the kingdom to have him become the ruler of Hibisca." "Iris, no. There is much unrest in the kingdom, and I worry that if they have the same leader for too long, it will make things worse for our people. Grayson isn't even of age yet! He is only fourteen! Stop with that preposterous idea. I have heard enough of it. I have to go to the mainland in three days for a meeting on the future ruler of Hibisca with the Inter-Kingdom Congressional Association. I have to tell them that I have decided on the transition of the passing of power. Your whining, Iris, will not change my decision one bit. Thank you for your time."

Lissabeth and I heard the High Chancellor start to walk towards the door, so we just ran loudly towards my room without any discretion at all.  Luckily enough, High Chancellor McCallum was too lost in her own mind she didn't notice us dramatically tiptoeing in the direction of my room. Lissa and I both let out a huge breath of relief as we closed my tower bedroom door. "What in the world was going on in there?" Lissa asked. "I know your mom was intimidating, but that went over my expectations there." "I'm not really sure myself, Lissa. Mom has always been calm and collected up until these past few weeks. I have never heard her so angry." I said, my voice shaking. "And what was she saying about going to some meeting of some 'Inter-Kingdom Congressional Association.'  I have never heard her talk about that at all. Not in any of her meetings, not at dinner with me and Grayson. Never!" "I understand your surprise that your mom is keeping secrets from you, but shouldn't you be a little more irritated that the High Chancellor wants to kick you off of the throne and have your brother be king of Hibisca?" "Well, yeah, I guess. I think that he would probably be a better king than me. I can't seem to do anything right is the area of being a good queen."I muttered, feeling sorry for myself. "Alright. I am starting to get tired of this." Lissa said exasperatedly. "Tired of what?" I asked, flopping on my bed to pout. We hat finally got up all of the stairs to get to my tower room. "All of this! The whining, the pouting; your pity party is starting to get tiresome. Some people have bigger problems that not being absolutely perfect at everything. Plus, you are going to have a hand-picked cabinet full of advisors to help you! Some of us don't have it as good as you! Some of us were hand-picked without a choice by our superiors to get information for the upri- oh shoot." Lissa's face went bright red and she tried to run towards the door. Luckily for me, though, I was closer and slammed the door closed, almost whacking Lissabeth in the face. "Care to explain, Lissa?" I said, standing up straighter and brushing the tears off of my face. "No, I really think I don't. Goodbye, now." She tried to get out of the room and back in front of the door I went. "Lissa, I really don't think you want to try this with me. I am in a bad mood and that doesn't bode well for anybody who decides to get on my bad side. Now, let's try this again. Care to explain, Lissa?" "I really don't want to explain, but I really do value my life, so, yeah, I will. But, I am warning you, you will probably hate me and want me dismissed from the castle staff by the time I am done explaining." She said, voice shaking. "You are my friend. If you think that after all that we have been through for the past seven years I would turn on you from a few words from your mouth, you are sorely mistaken. I trust you, Lissabeth. I thought that you trusted me too." "I know you do, I just have never actually had anyone to count on before and I don't want to lose you," Lissabeth said. "Please, don't make me do this, Cordelia." I didn't want to hurt Lissa. She was my best friend and one of the only people who I could talk to who would actually listen, but I wanted to know so that I could protect her. Wait- what? I shook my head, confused at my thoughts. "Please, just tell me. I promise that I would never tell anyone." I said, trying not to worry too much. If I did, nobody would be happy. "Fine, I will tell you. So, I was born in the forest district of Hibisca, 17 years ago, to poor parents who made the long journey up and back to the Mushroom District to work in the farms every day. Soon enough, they got tired of doing all of that work for almost no pay. After asking around for a few months, and they soon found out about the Black Hibiscus.  From what they heard, it was an organization helping the people of Hibisca due to our financial situation. They quickly joined. Now, this all happened before I was born so all of that information was just from the stories I have heard. But, soon after they joined my mother had me. I grew up in various Black Hibiscus Headquarters over the first year of my life. A little after my first birthday, my parents were doing something for the Black Hibiscus, a mission of sorts. They...they didn't come home." Lissa's voice cracked and tears started to run down her face. I leaned over and gave her a comforting hug. "You don't have to go on talking about it if you don't want to. I promise I wouldn't ask about it." I said, trying to comfort Lissa but it didn't seem to work. "No, I have already started, it would make no sense to stop now." She sniffled and went on. "So, after my parents died on their mission, the Black Hibiscus took me in. I was one of them. According to their rules, I was their payment for my parent's death. Growing up, I saw all of the things that happened in that organization. I wanted to leave since I was five years old. I was finally able to get away and get a job here. I hoped that I was safe. I was really wrong. A few months ago, they were able to track me down and told me that they were planning something big. They were. They had a plan to...to assassinate the royal family. They said that I had to find information to give to them. I tried to refuse but they said that if I did, they would find me and ....and kill me as a message from them. I have been feeding them false information about the Royal Family the entire time. I promise, Cordelia." Lissa broke down and started crying. "I believe you, Lissa. I swear, I do. Are you okay, though? I mean, death threats can take a toll on someone's emotions." I said, wiping the tears off of her face. "Hah. Yeah, I'm fine. I just need to keep feeding them the wrong stuff, or I'm doomed. If you have done something to wrong or anger them, the Black Hibiscus will find you and make you pay. My parents should have come back from their quote unquote 'mission.' I think that they had done something to wrong the Black Hibiscus. I am just afraid that the same fate will await me if I stop." " I promise that you will not get hurt by this awful organization. I will tell the Royal Guard if it has to come to that." "Why?" Lissa asked "What?" I asked, confused at what she meant. "Why do you care so much about my well-being? I'm just a maid and if I wanted, I could've gotten you killed at any moment for the past 6 months. Why do you care about me and trust me so easily, it makes no sense." She asked, obvious confusion in her eyes. "Because you are my best and only friend here. You are the only person here that will treat me like an actual human being and not just an object to always treat with faux respect. I respect you for that." "Thank you. Oh! ��Look out the window, it's getting darker. Don't you need to get ready to have dinner with your mother and brother in a little bit, right? And you can't exactly go to dinner looking like that." Lissa gestured at my messy hair, tunic and the cuts up my arms. "We will have to get you all cleaned up and presentable if you are going to go, and I'm pretty sure you have to go." "You know what? I actually don't want to go to dinner with my family. I think that you need more support than them at the moment. Could we go down to the Staff Kitchen and get a small dinner and eat it up here in my room like antisocial hermits?" I said, my voice rising an octave with hope. "If I am able to get food from there to here without getting caught or questioned then yes, but if anybody asks me if I know where you are, then we are done for." "Thanks! Just bring up some little snacks so we can eat and be little hermits up here."I said, watching Lissa walk briskly down the stairs, very obviously trying to look inconspicuous. "ACT NATURAL!"

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No matter what road one walks, whether that of a king or a peasant, paved or dirt, one will find that the world is filled with people born with no other purpose in life than to tear down others. These people exist to halt those who would walk the path of royalty, and they will do nothing but decry perceived inadequacies and flaws and in doing so weave obstacles in front of you. These people are liars all and must be conquered if one is to walk instead of crawl and run instead of walk and fly down the path to royalty. The first liar one must conquer is oneself. You must fight her as she stares at you in false appraisal from her prison of glass, you must fight her when she whispers poisoned words in your ear and you must fight her when her hands caress your body and tell you that the better way is backwards. She is nothing without you and she knows it and at every turn she will convince you that you need her. She will dress herself in false names such as 'reason' and 'honesty' and 'truth'. Real truth only exists in the destruction of lies. Destroy her. She is trapped in the skull of a better person and if you do not defeat her she will take your life for herself and make you her prisoner. Destroy that great deceiver called I. Reach heaven through violence.

Ode of the interrogative monk Hibisca