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[the-journey-was-the-point]

Modern AU Oneshot

The funny thing is, I normally don't do Modern AU's, but when people on the discord server asked what our OC's would be like in the modern day, the concept got me on a chokehold and I ended up writing this short thing O__O

Premise is wonky. It's all conceptual, mostly vibes, really!

Summary: When he felt himself beginning to slip, Callonduin decided to take a gap year from university. In his travels, he looked back on his life, and noticed its mysteries. Like how his father never explained what life-saving procedure was done on his twin brother Calarphain as a kid, and how the two brothers haven't seen each other since.

At 8:09pm, Callonduin left his father a message to tell him he arrived at the airport and would be meeting his friend soon. He stood in the middle of a different city and looked to the tall white building in the distance, wondering what his brother was doing right now

He didn't say much else, but his father never asked anyway. Good. At 8:15, he entered a cafe and ordered an upsized latte and double chocolate muffin-- he would need the energy tonight. He called Fíli and thanked him for agreeing to lie about their staying together. Fíli wished him well and reminded him to be careful.

At 8:30, his phone buzzed. He didn't answer it, he knew he wasn't supposed to. He left to meet a contact who would help him get whatever he needed to sneak into a secure facility.

At 9:02, the barista began to close shop. In walked a stranger wearing shapeless white clothes. They had pale skin and long, light hair. The barista couldn't tell if this ghostlike figure was a man or a woman, only that they reminded them of a hospital. The barista sighed and decided to take one more order.

Calarphain looked at the menu with a lost look on his face. He didn't have much on him, just some change he picked up on the street. He saw a weekday promo: half off for a small, brewed coffee.

"What does that taste like?" he asked. The barista said something about beans and undertones. Calarphain placed the order.

"Creamer and sugar are over there," said the barista.

".... are those free?" was his response.

Calarphain sat with his coffee and a small pile of packets. He decided he should try it plain first.

Before he could even lift the cup, a blonde man with an athletic build entered. Even the barista couldn't help but stare. Before they could say anything about the cafe being closed, the man walked straight to the other customer's table.

Haldir sat across the all-white figure.

"Calarphain," he said patiently, "what are you doing? You know you're not supposed to have caffeine."

Calarphain's shoulders slumped. He kept his gaze lowered as he replied. "How will I know if I've never even tried it?"

"The doctors would say it's best not to risk it," Haldir said, but all Calarphain could hear was how it would mess with the "clinical integrity of the experiment".

Calarphain looked out the cafe's large glass window, taking in the sight of nearby shops closing. He came here because he always saw this district from his own window, but there's no way he'd tell anyone that. He liked his window.

"Come on," Haldir tried once more, keeping his voice soft in both volume and tone, "the doctors don't even know you're gone yet. We'll be back before they do."

Calarphain bit his lip and didn't respond, only staring at the door as Haldir took his coffee and returned it to the counter. I could run, he thought. His back is turned, I could run. But he didn't. He sat frozen in place and only moved to follow Haldir to the car.

He pocketed a sugar packet in defiance.

—-

The next day, Callonduin would wake up to news that at 9:20pm the night before, a man named Haldir was ambushed and killed outside the city's food district. Haldir worked security at the facility Callonduin traced his brother to. There were no other bodies on the scene, and the only evidence left were his car, some bullets, and a packet of sugar from a nearby cafe.

[nova-dracomon]

[todaysbird]

the quaker parrot, also known as the monk parrot, is a small species of parrot originating from subtropical and temperate regions of south america. despite their origins, they have become an invasive species throughout large portions of north america and europe; despite their popularity in aviculture, this has led to them being banned in some areas. their gregarious nature means they are happiest in groups, and their loud squawking is sometimes bothersome when they’re found near residences. they are known for building large stick nests that can rival the size of small cars; these apartment-like nests can house all the members of a flock, with each ‘family’ unit taking a separate section of the nest. unfortunately, they are fond of building these large nests on power lines, which has led to worse PR for these often charming parrots.

[woodsphinx]

May I offer.. a Silt Verses playlist

made it just for fun a while ago, but I figure I might as well share

[i-can-even-burn-salad]

OC in Three Tag

I was tagged by @mysticstarlightduck and "not" tagged by @little-peril-stories a while ago 🤣 so I'm cheating and picking two.

Rules: Find three pictures that fit the aesthetic of your OC + cite sources + include image descriptions to make it accessible!

This is for my two protagonists of Sweet Little Lies (WIP Intro).

Aurelia Olivier

[ID: A row of glass jars filled with different types of colorful candy, a person walking with a white cane in a park, and a hand holding a piece of ice. End ID]

Laurent Beaufort

[ID: An open book with handwritten pages on a dark wooden desk, a dark alley at night, mostly in the shadows, and fire burning on the open palm of a hand (for show, not harming the person.) End ID]

And, uh, I'm tagging, if you want to do it: @sarandipitywrites @aria-benedetto @witchy-shortcake @kaylinalexanderbooks and an open tag.

Source 1 2 3 4 5 6

[allitumafishart]

So, photobashing is really fun… :3

I made this for my photoshop class, his name is Charley UwU

[toughpaperround]

Brightening up your Monday with a podfic of Mansikka's lovely little one-shot of silliness 💕💕

Pairing: Alex / Henry, Red White & Royal Blue.

Rating: Teen

Tags: fluff, drunkenness, dating.

Length: 40 mins (5k words)

Podfic shared on AO3, hosted on archive.org

(as with the 911 podfics I've made, with Eddie's lines) when I read Alex's lines I don't try to get the Texan accent in there, over my British accent. You're welcome.

[qephyr]

Return of this fool

[sinostracasino]

(There is a stack of documents stapled to your door. They read,)

Helloooooo students!!! Everyone's super duper favorite number one bestest exorcist Kamitani here!!!!!! I'm conducting a survey for aaallllll the staff and students, so if you're interested please fill out these forms and leave them at Clementia's door!!!!! If you don't, just burn these!!

1. Do you like humans?

2. Do you like ghouls?

3. Do you like anomalies?

4. Do you consider ghouls to be anomalies?

5. Do you consider yourself to be an anomaly?

6. If you consider yourself to be non-anomalous (e.g. human, etc), do you like living as such?

6a. If you were to become anomalous, would you like living as such?

7. If you consider yourself an anomaly, do you like living as such?

7a. If you were to become human, would you like living as such?

8. If your friend became an anomaly, would you like them to keep living as such?

8a. If your affliction was transferred to Romeo, irreversibly, but you became normal again, would you try to find a cure for him? Why?

9. If you were cursed (non-specific, anything you consider a curse), would you want to find a cure?

9a. If so, why?

10. Do you want to live forever?

10a. If you could, what would you do?

Taiga sighs, staring at the stack of forms. The fuck was this? He didn't like doing his school work, so why bother giving him this? Whatever he'd scribble and doodle whatever he felt like.

1. Do you like humans? Just Kitty Cat.

2. Do you like ghouls? Depending on which ones.

3. Do you like anomalies? eating them

4. Do you consider ghouls to be anomalies?

5. Do you consider yourself to be an anomaly?

6. If you consider yourself to be non-anomalous (e.g. human, etc), do you like living as such?

6a. If you were to become anomalous, would you like living as such?

7. If you consider yourself an anomaly, do you like living as such?

7a. If you were to become human, would you like living as such?

8. If your friend became an anomaly, would you like them to keep living as such?

8a. If your affliction was transferred to Romeo, irreversibly, but you became normal again, would you try to find a cure for him? Why? Don't fucking even think shit like this.

9. If you were cursed (non-specific, anything you consider a curse), would you want to find a cure? don't give a fuck

9a. If so, why?

10. Do you want to live forever? no

10a. If you could, what would you do?

[websitewizard2005]

Rex Sucks at Bass chapter 1 part one! actually making this comic after planning it for two an a half years is terrifying but hopefully i’ll stick with it!

part 2

[hamofjustice]

[tunedtostatic]

[Additional Image Description: On a grey background, there are five small black line art illustrations lined up across the center. The first is a sword with a hooked blade pointing upwards, the second is a hand with magic curling up out of it, the center is a castle with wavy lines extending from it into a dark sky, the third is a beaker with steam curling up from it, and the last is a shortsword pointing downwards. The sword has a few dark red shading lines. In the lower right corner of the fanmix cover is the title, "heart of my own," in dark red medieval calligraphy font. End Additional Image Description.]

HEART OF MY OWN - A FANMIX FOR CASSANDRA DE ROLO IN THE TIME OF THE BRIARWOODS

Overgrown - machineheart // Edge of the World - Within Temptation // Ashes and Rust - Wynnie Stone // Take Me Home - The Paper Kites, Nadia Reid // Nobody (Live) - The Crane Wives // The Tangled Tree - Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker // Heart Of My Own - Basia Bulat // Don't She Run - I Draw Slow // Murder City - Abigail Lapell // Until the Fire - Ladytron // Control - Halsey // Lament - Mount Moriah // Catch the Light - Haroula Rose

Fanmix on YouTube

Fanmix on Spotify

[nova-dracomon]

[cozyhatchling]

Childhood gymnastics vibes~

[lonelysheepling]

I was trying to find an AI filter that would take the drawing I made above and make it uncanny-valley photorealistic (sort of like that one “real” cats site) but wasn’t having any luck so eventually I just decided to make it myself out of stock images

Sometimes you gotta put on your big boy boots and scour pixabay for images to egregiously patch together for a background joke

[ailelie]