#it's not a lightning strike it's erosion

[anna-the-undertaker]

Y'all gone hate it here.

Diavolo and the boys have been turned human while in the human realm, cause unknown, and they just so happen to be in Florida with a southern MC who has to babysit while Barbatos and Lucifer search for a way to reverse it:

The boys holding a fruit they found: These look delicious!

They go to take a bite, but MC interrupts them: BOYS! Where did y'all get those?!

Startled, they nearly drop the fruits, turning to see an irritated MC.

Diavolo: What's wrong?

MC: Now, dadgummit, have y'all eaten them yet?

Mammon, confused: No...

MC: Throw them away right now.

Beel: But it smells really good...

MC: That is from a manchineel tree.

Belphie: And?

MC: That fruit is called a manzanilla de la muerte.

Levi: You speak spanish?

MC: I went to public school. I didn't have a choice.

Belphie: But what the hell does it mean?

MC: Uhh, "little apple of death." Boys, y'all are human for the moment, so the entire tree will kill you. It's the most dangerous tree on the planet.

Asmo: What?

MC: The fruit is toxic, the sap is toxic, the bark is toxic.

Satan: and their native to Florida?

MC, exasperated, hoping Barb and Luci will return soon: Yes. The sap is so poisonous that the smallest contact can cause horrible blisters. It can cause you to go blind, so can the smoke if you choose to burn the bark. You can't even stand under the dang tree while it rains in case the raindrops collect any sap on the way down.

Mammon: Well, why can't you just eradicate them?

MC: Oh, honey, their endangered! We protect 'em.

Levi: What? You protect a killer tree?

MC: Well, they fight beach erosion.

Satan: So what happens when there's a thunderstorm and you're beside this tree?

MC: You stand out in the storm I guess.

Diavolo: That doesn't sound safe at all.

MC: Oh, it ain't cause your close to lightning alley too.

Asmo: Excuse me? Lightning Alley?

MC: Mhmm. We see the highest frequency of cloud to ground lighting strikes more than any other area in the continent of the United states.

Satan: So you're telling us we have to choose between the reverse tree of life and electrocution?

MC: Oh, welcome to Florida, baby. I believe I told y'all before the Devildom is a vacation from this fine state. Y'all gone hate it here.

[astarionsilverbough]

for halsin, loving astarion…

it’s like trailing after a comet or standing in the eye of the storm and it’s the urgent gush of blood, so hot and thick between your fingers and it’s when it rains sideways and it’s the erosion of mountains to make way for glaciers and it’s the lightning that strikes in the desert and leaves sheets of impossible glass behind, opalescent and luminous and deadly if broken too fine;

loving astarion is the process of nature, the turning of seasons - inevitable and unpredictable, welcome and relieving; it is the unknown of a new landscape and the familiarity of the earth he’s bled across for over three hundred years

loving astarion is the only course his heart knows. it is his nature and it is his to nurture

he knew so little of wonder, before

and he has so much yet to discover, now

[tribbetherium]

'Fulgurites, long, branching mineral structures, are formed by lightning strikes hitting the ground, especially in sand or soil rich in quartz or silica, at temperatures of 18,000°C or more. This intense heat, radiating through mineral debris, flash-melts the minute particles into a smooth, glassy surface encrusted in solidified rock and sand, often in the shape of the bolt that passed through, and reaching lengths of up to thirty meters or more, though usually broken in smaller fragments and uncovered by erosion as surrounding sand blows off, exposing the bizarrely-shaped structures up from the ground.

Such formations are considered sacred and holy items to the plainmanes, whose culture reveres lightning, known to them as the "roaring sky-light", as a source of fire and life. Still unable to create fire for themselves yet well aware of its usefulness, the plainmanes thus depend on storms and lighting strikes to bring them their fire, which they then keep sheltered in small firepits within natural caves or dug-out dens to keep them burning as long as they can. With the importance of lightning to their daily survival, and their understanding of its deadly power yet bringer of vital flame, the fulgurites are seen thus as "lightning incarnate" and are revered as relics and totems in their local tradition. While they regularly gather around spots where fulgurites, or "stone-bolts", abound, often in a belief it brings them good fortune, it is considered forbidden to touch, take or break any of them--with such an act considered sacrilegious to them and their vandalism the most surefire way to make an enemy of most, if not all, plainmane tribes.'

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[obsessivefangirl]

It's easy to hate on our humanity but as I learned to love God I've learned to love my humanity as well.

When you look down at your body, you may take it for granted. But God's thumbprints are on every single one of His creations, and we are not an exception.

When you're hurt or in pain or sad, God has given us the gift of crying, releasing comfort chemicals in our brain to help us. God gave us laughter for our joy and humor and if we need to cope with something.

God gave us the ability to create, with our thumbs and fine motor skills and the brain to imagine it. God gave us autoheal (the body's system is INSANE and I could go on and on about it) God gave us a world that can see total eclipses and put us at the perfect time to see the stars at when the universe was exploding and full of beauty, God gave us strange but wonderful anatomy that looks like no other, God made us out of love and He gave us a world made of love and He is still with us!!! We are loved by Love!!! This isn't just "Oh God loves a lot" through the Bible we learn God is Love. Love is eternal and all encompassing and will never die.

Of course some could argue that our beautiful bodies are only due to mindless evolution, but... I'm not convinced. Evolution explains some things, but not others. Evolution is an explanation for late in the game when we were evolved enough that life was successful enough to have the resources for evolution. Evolution doesn't explain how the small and weak and few could survive long enough to become stronger. Evolution doesn't explain sentience. Purely blind evolution is as farfetched as a computer being created from erosion and lightning strikes.

Oh and can we talk about Jesus? About how God of the universe died the death of peasants and one so evil there was a superstition among some Jews that those who died in such a way couldn't be raised from the dead? How God was persecuted by those who claimed to love Him?

Ok I'm cutting this off bc this wasn't meant to be a full on praise post but as I continued I couldn't help myself, you know how it is with God. He has so much to adore.

[yostresswritinggirl]

Hello!!! i was thinking about puppet reader. to be specific about scara and puppet reader being buried together(with scara) in the cor lapis after reader died AND i was thinking. how this happened? like one day they just stopped working or smth? how did scara found/reacted? how he was feeling? what he was thinking while they were buried. I need to know the answers. suddenly i started thinking and i can't rest.(didn't played 3.3)

Accidentally deleted my answer:))

It would be akin to symptoms of dementia, it's not a one and done thing that happened so suddenly but gradual memory loss here and there.

They'll start to forget things in their daily life, walking around the estate and then they would ask to themselves what were they doing again. Wanderer would notice these signs early on and would guide them as best he can, even taking time away from wandering to accompany them in the house for as frequently as possible

Then they would start forgetting about Wanderer AND themselves too, flinching when they pass a mirror and seeing their kintsugi, forgetting that was them. They'll even forget about his name too, asking shyly what is it because it was on the tip of their tongue but can't seem to get it out

The very power inside of them from the electro archon would also slowly seep out, starting from little sparks on their fingertips, and the worst instance was when they were tending to the sakura tree -

A lightning strike would hit it, setting it up on flames - if not for Wanderer being there, the whole forest would have burned down. Friends would turn to intruders, they'll forget how to make the crafts they've done -

The day it happened Wanderer ran out of the bed after realizing they weren't there when he woke up, only to see them standing in the middle of the field between the sakura trees, silently watching. But the moment they locked eyes, imagine Signora's death scene with the surge of electro! Puppet reader would then be on a rampage, crying about how "you abandoned me!" to Wanderer, and then he realized they thought he was Makoto.

Their friends were informed of the possibility and imminent erosion long ago, and if they see the pillar of Electro in the sky, it was their sign to go and help subdue puppet reader. As the others try and wear them down, Zhongli would look at Wanderer and ask "Is this your final decision?" "Yes, make sure not to miss." And he rushes in to trigger his burst, catch them in mid-air, and that's when Zhongli crystallizes them in Cor Lapiz forever.

Wanderer had long since resigned to their fate, however the ultimate decision came down when he realized their last thought was about being betrayed and abandoned. So he decided that he'll stay with them forever, to prove to his love that he will always be there for them. He is sad for many reasons but is happy that his end to his long life is with the one he loves.

As for puppet reader, the familiar warmth of their mother's hug and a sense of love from his lover sent them off to a peaceful slumber forever.

This is the end for the Omamori route of Kintsugi

[wildimaginationus]

JTTW: Demon Strike Back X Demon Slayer Part 2:

・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・Now, My friend gave me better ideas for the pilgrims' breaths, more personalized with their powers and personalities. ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・

Sun Wukong: 《Divine Monkey Breathing》

Battle Style: Combines agility and precision, evoking quick and precise movements inspired by a divine ape.

[Techniques]

First Form:《Golden Sky》Sun Wukong moves at breakneck speeds, allowing him to hit the enemy multiple times before they can react.

Second Form:《Ruyi Strike》A powerful strike using her magical staff, which extends and crushes her opponents from long distances.

Third Form:《Celestial Mirror》 A defensive technique where Sun Wukong uses reflections to create illusions of himself, confusing enemies. [Yes, inspired by Muichiro Tokito]

Fourth Form: 《Dawn Awakening》An explosive attack with Wukong's staff. With lightning speed, he delivers multiple strikes in an instant, as if channeling the first glimpse of dawn. The movements are almost impossible to follow, with bursts of light shining as the staff moves.

Fifth Form: 《Midnight Sun》Sun Wukong creates a blinding flash as he launches his staff at high speed, using the light as a distraction before appearing behind his opponent to attack. This move plays with the enemy's perception, making them believe they are in the dark when the real danger comes from the light.

Zhu Bajie: 《Breath of the Divine Boar》 Battle Style: Wild and destructive, Bajie moves unpredictably, charging at enemies with great force.

[Techniques]

First Form: 《Mountain Charge》A direct charge that devastates everything in its path, crushing demons with its brute force.

Second Format: 《Fury Unleashed》Bajie enters a state of frenzy, increasing his speed and strength at the cost of his own stamina.

Third Form: 《Mountain Impact》 Bajie swings his weapon with overwhelming downward force, as if he were crushing his enemies with the weight of a mountain. The blow causes the ground beneath his feet to shake and crack.

Fourth Form: 《Underground River》 A defensive technique, where Bajie uses his strength to deflect attacks by stabbing his weapon into the ground, creating a shockwave that knocks his enemies backwards. This technique can block almost any attack and stabilize its surroundings.

Fifth Form: 《Earth Erosion》Bajie strikes the ground with such force that it causes seismic movement, causing the earth beneath his enemies' feet to crumble, collapsing its stability. Opponents lose balance, making them easier to eliminate.

Sandy/Sha wujing 《Breath of the Mystic River》

Battle Style: Fluid and adaptable, his movements mimic the currents of the river, allowing him to attack and defend with calculated elegance.

[Techniques]

First Form《 Smooth Flow》Sandy moves like water, dodging attacks while counterattacking precisely.

Second Form 《Overwhelming Current》A continuous attack where its blows mimic a flood, overwhelming opponents and trapping them in a flurry of blows.

Third Form: 《Whirlpool of the Abyss》 Sandy spins his weapon at high speed, creating a whirlpool of water around him. This defensive whirlwind repels attacks and flings enemies back. Centrifugal force can disarm nearby enemies.

Fourth Form: 《Choking Tide》A more aggressive technique in which Sandy surrounds her opponent with quick and accurate movements, attacking from all directions as if the enemy were being swept away by an uncontrollable current. As the technique progresses, the pressure increases, suffocating the enemy.

Fifth Form: 《Storm of the Immortal Ocean》 In his most powerful form, Sandy summons a storm of aquatic energy that surrounds him as he attacks. Each blow launches blasts of water that hit with the force of a destructive wave, devastating everything within reach.

[finitevoid]

Bart isn't sure that he's human in the same way Ed and Tim are. He's not even not-human in the same way Jaime and Gar are; nor is he blessed with the godly touch of the Greek pantheon the way Cassie is. Cassie breathes ash and ozone. She blazes like fire, and an exhaled breath and a clenched fist burn fourth degree. She is iron-tasting bloodshed and violent chaos-- screams shouted from the rooftops-- righteous fury incarnate, and it shows in the way fire licks at the back of her throat.

Bart isn't that, though. He's not anything; he's just here. Vibrating insanity. Lightning strikes a tree in the middle of a field, and that's Bart. Mountains are leveled by a thousand years of erosion, and that's Bart. Rome fell; Earthgovernment rose; people died; people lived; and now there is Bart. A piece of a wider, wilder whole, broken off and given life. It's kind of like the stories, he thinks, staring at his reflection in the glass. His eyes glow like neon lightning, illuminated golden acid yellow.

It's kind of funny. It's like Max said: when a speedster dies, the world mourns. But the words can't hold the truth of Bart's memory. The way the sky cracked open, and from the wound poured eternity. Boundless, electric forever, screaming and lashing at the ground below. He laughed when Wally died, because it was just so funny. It was funny how the ground shook and that moment-- that tiny utterance of a picosecond-- stretched on forever. How it existed simultaneously at every moment that any being has ever breathed with life and burned calories in order to move their heavy flash sack bodies.

Bart remembers lightning; and he remembers screaming; and he remembers the smell of blood; and he remembers watching the breeze fly past him, a smear of black on the wind, too fast for him to see. He remembers the way Wally clawed at the soil as that shadow dragged him off into eternity. And he remembers laughing.

We all come from it, and we all will return to it, Max told him.

Rushing ants on their tiny anthill. Termites in the wood. Bees in their hives, crawling over each other. That's all they are. That's all anything is.

What had Klarion called it? The Vastness. Capital V. It owns them. It holds them. It breaks off pieces of itself and gives them names, and then sets them down like little dolls in their tiny, utterly tiny dollhouse. It blinks wide, nonexistent eyes at them and watches with baited breath as they live. As they run. As they eat and scream and cry and laugh and sing and die. As they die. As Wally is dragged into forever, his fingers leaving claw marks in the dirt, his screams bubbled with blood.

Bart misses who he was before he knew what the world looked like when it was mourning the death of a piece of that vastness.

[desolate-horizons]

Rawnsley Park Station

Flinders Ranges

South Australia

2022

19th to the 21st of September

Storms we’re passing over the dry Lake Torrens National Park lake bed and heading directly towards us while we were hiking the Arkaroo Rock trail up to the base of Wilpena Pound. The thunder from that location was eerie so we hiked back just in time for the rains to come down.

The thunder was extremely loud by the time we made it to camp and the lightning was close and striking some of the peaks of Wilpena Pound and in front of the range. The flash flooding started soon after and many other campers had to pack up and move as the water was rising pretty fast, we got lucky and stayed.

The day after had flood debris and damage visible on the drive back to Hawker, trees on the roads and new erosion beside the paved highway. Wilpena Pound was covered in low clouds on the drive out which looked really nice.

[mariacallous]

The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going ahead with legislation designed to weaken the country’s Supreme Court, a move that analysts are warning could lead to an erosion of democracy and a dramatic constitutional crisis.

A parliamentary committee approved parts of the legislation on Monday in a lightning-quick process that has triggered protests around the country. Leading jurists, economists, and retired security officials have spoken out against the legislation. But Netanyahu’s coalition, made up of far-right and religious parties, is hoping to finalize the reforms in the coming weeks and months.

To understand more about the legislation and the potential impact on Israel and the region, FP’s Dan Ephron spoke to Amir Tibon, a senior editor at the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. The discussion was broadcast on FP Live, the magazine’s forum for live journalism. FP subscribers can watch the complete interview at the top of this page. The following transcript of that conversation has been edited for clarity.

Dan Ephron: What is it about the Supreme Court that aggravates the right wing in Israel so much, and what about it aggravates Netanyahu specifically?

Amir Tibon: First of all, it’s important to differentiate between Netanyahu himself and members of his coalition because we can go back decades and pull from the archive videos of Prime Minister Netanyahu giving interviews in Hebrew and in English, saying how proud he is of the strength of the Israeli judicial system and the independence of the Supreme Court. Netanyahu really believed that the Supreme Court was an important institution in safeguarding Israeli democracy and promoting the liberal values of Israel that we Israelis are always proud of.

So, what has changed? There is now an unusual meeting of the personal interest of Benjamin Netanyahu and the ideological beliefs of some of his coalition partners. Netanyahu himself is currently standing trial in the Jerusalem District Court for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. The trial has been ongoing for more than a year now, and obviously he has a strong personal interest to weaken the judicial system and to give politicians much more control over how judges in Israel are appointed.

The other aspect is that some of his coalition partners [the ultra-religious nationalists within the coalition], unlike Netanyahu himself, have held a long-standing belief that the Supreme Court, because of its role as a liberalizing force in Israeli society, is an enemy from their point of view.

Over the years, even when Netanyahu had coalitions with some of these religious parties, he always blocked initiatives that were meant to weaken the Supreme Court and the judicial system. He was always very, very clear that he’s a right-wing prime minister and he’s got these more nationalist views on some of the important issues that Israel is facing, but when it came to the Supreme Court, he didn’t want to touch it. Now that has changed, and I don’t want to ignore the elephant in the room—basically his own corruption trial—as a potential motivation for the change.

DE: In what ways would the new legislation weaken the Supreme Court?

AT: So, there are several elements. One element is what we call here in Israel an “override clause,” basically saying that the Knesset [Israel’s parliament] will have the ability to override decisions by the Supreme Court, specifically on issues of legislation. We don’t have a constitution here in Israel, but we have Basic Laws that are supposed to form the draft for a future constitution. And today, if the Supreme Court strikes down a law because it contradicts one of the Basic Laws of the state of Israel, the Knesset has to accept the ruling of the court. Once you introduce an override clause, that means the Knesset can tell the Supreme Court, “We’ve heard your view, and we are pushing along this legislation anyway, despite the court decision.” What the government is pushing through right now is the most extreme version of an override clause, basically stating that 61 members of the Knesset—the smallest possible majority—is enough to override any Supreme Court decision. To put so much power in the hands of the lawmakers is a big change.

Another element is limiting the Supreme Court’s ability to conduct judicial review in the first place. While the Knesset, under this proposal, will be able to strike down Supreme Court decisions with the smallest possible majority, the Supreme Court will have the ability to strike down legislation only if 80 percent of the justices support it, which is a very high bar. It becomes very clear that the ability of the Supreme Court to protect human rights and civil rights will be severely diminished.

One last aspect they want to [change is] the process of appointing judges in Israel, and here Netanyahu has a very good spin that he’s been using in interviews with the American media. He says, well, all we want to do is give the politicians the ability to appoint judges and Supreme Court justices, just like in America. But the difference is, in the United States, you have the U.S. Senate voting on nominees for the Supreme Court and other courts as well. The Senate very often is not controlled by the same party [sitting in] the White House. In Israel, we don’t have any of those layers of protection.

DE: I have read through the reforms, and it’s not clear to me how weakening the Supreme Court, changing its structure, would directly impact Netanyahu’s court case. Tell me about that.

AT: One thing the court has done that has attracted a lot of criticism, and I believe some of it justified, is what we call the reasonableness standard. Basically, the Supreme Court over the years has ruled in some important cases that governmental decisions or policies were unreasonable. The Supreme Court in Israel has widened this sometimes to the political arena as well. I think supporters of the judicial overhaul do have a valid criticism on this point that sometimes it’s been used too loosely and too freely. But if this judicial overhaul passes, and indeed they limit the court’s ability to use the reasonableness standard, Netanyahu’s government [could] then decide to fire Israel’s attorney general and appoint a new attorney general who is much friendlier to Netanyahu and will then decide to freeze the prosecution of the sitting prime minister and take another look at the evidence and put this trial on hold. If you take away [the reasonableness standard] clause from the Supreme Court, suddenly things look different.

Another interpretation is that Netanyahu wants to use this new structure as leverage for negotiating a better plea deal with the legal system for himself.

DE: How would legislation focused on the judicial system affect Israel’s economy?

AT: A very impressive list of Israel’s top economic experts have come out against this judicial plan. They’re making two arguments. Number one is that this will hurt Israel’s image as a member of the family of democratic countries, a phrase used by French President Emmanuel Macron when he met Netanyahu two weeks ago in Paris. He said this legislation pushes Israel away from the family of democracies and that being the only democracy in the Middle East is something that Israel has always used as part of its imaging and [that] also served its economic interests. Specifically, the high-tech industry enjoyed this image of Israel. They’re afraid that now it will be diminished. There’s also a fear that the government could make some dangerous and irresponsible economic decisions and nobody would be able to block them. This coalition also includes the ultra-Orthodox parties that have their own vision of what the Israeli economy should [look] like, and there’s a huge economic challenge for Israel of incorporating the ultra-Orthodox in the global modern economy.

There’s another element here. We’re seeing Israelis who have foreign bank accounts taking their money out of the banks [in Israel] right now because they’re afraid of the instability, because they’re afraid the country is sliding from democracy to autocracy.

DE: Many thousands of Israelis have demonstrated against the government each week since it was formed in maybe some of the biggest and most sustained protests in decades. But in my recollection, street protests in Israel don’t usually translate into actual change in policies or politics. What are the chances that the protests, or the petitions by economists and others, would have any real impact?

AT: The biggest achievement of this protest movement was when the president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, a ceremonial figure, gave a speech to the nation and said this reform is tearing apart the country. He said that while he understands why the Israeli right wing and the religious parties want to change the balance of power, and he sympathized with some of their arguments against the current powers of the Supreme Court, what they’re trying to do is too extreme and could lead to an erosion of democracy and hurt human and civil rights. He proposed to freeze the legislation and sit down and talk. He offered several frameworks for the discussion. If the president’s initiative fails, [things] could actually go in a very dangerous direction.

DE: In some ways, this debate in Israel about democracy means very little to Palestinians. They do not benefit from the democratic principles that govern Israel. Those principles are not extended to Palestinians in the West Bank. But Palestinians are affected by this new Israeli government. Cabinet ministers are calling for more aggressive measures against Palestinians. Some cabinet ministers are also talking about annexing the West Bank. How likely is it that Israel would move toward annexing the West Bank in the coming year?

AT: I find it hard to see that the government will formally annex settlements as long as [Joe] Biden is in the White House. If Israel didn’t get a green light for annexation under [former President Donald] Trump, obviously it’s not going to get one from Biden. Netanyahu is fighting on so many fronts domestically because of this judicial plan that a full-scale escalation on the Palestinian front, a war with Gaza, or a third intifada in the occupied territories would be disastrous. He is trying to calm down some of the far-right ministers in his government. And I’m sure that they’re hearing the words, “but Biden.” The question is, how long will they agree to hear those two words, and will he eventually lose the ability to block them? Because he relies on them to stay in power, and staying in power means a lot for him right now because of his own legal troubles. So it’s a very delicate and problematic situation.

DE: I want to look ahead to the coming days and weeks. We talked about the fact that the legislative process has already begun in Israel. It could last several weeks. If these laws do pass, it seems very likely that the Supreme Court would strike them down. Wouldn’t that create a real constitutional crisis? What happens next?

AT: That’s the vertigo scenario of Israeli democracy. If the Supreme Court strikes down this judicial overhaul, I’m not sure the government will accept it, and then we’re going into an unprecedented constitutional crisis here in Israel. This is why President Herzog is worried. This is why President Biden is worried, because what’s happening right now is a big deal.

[highlinetreecare]

Emergency Tree Removal: When and How to Act Fast?

Trees provide beauty, shade, and value to properties, but there are times when they can also pose significant risks. Whether due to storms, disease, or other hazards, trees sometimes need to be cut down completely quickly to prevent damage or injury. In this blog, we will explore the signs that indicate an emergency tree removal in Gisborne, how to act fast, and why hiring a professional arborist is essential to get the job done safely.

When a Tree Needs an Emergency Tree Removal?

Trees don’t typically pose an immediate risk, but in some situations, they can become dangerous and require quick removal. Let’s break down some of the common reasons you might need emergency tree removal services.

1. Storm Damage

After a major storm, trees can damage severely. Heavy winds, lightning strikes, or even hail can cause branches to break, trunks to split, or roots to become unstable. If a tree is leaning or has broken limbs hanging dangerously close to your home, vehicle, or power lines, it’s time to act and call a professional for tree removal in Gisborne.

2. Diseased or Decayed Trees

Diseases can weaken trees over time, making them more prone to collapse. If a tree on your property looks unhealthy— dead branches, peeling bark, or hollow trunks—this could be a sign to remove it before it falls unexpectedly.

3. Leaning Trees

A tree that suddenly starts leaning is a clear sign of trouble. Whether it’s due to root damage, soil erosion, or a previous storm, a leaning tree is a ticking time bomb. The risk of falling increases, especially if the tree is close to structures or pathways.

4. Cracked or Split Trunks

A crack or split in a tree’s trunk is often a red flag that shows that the tree structure is sacrificing from its place. If left unattended and no action is taken for tree removal in Colac, this tree can collapse without warning, potentially causing significant damage.

5. Interference with Power Lines

Trees growing too close to power lines pose serious safety concerns. If branches are touching or dangerously close to power lines, they can cause outages, fires, or even electrocution risks during storms. In these cases, calling for emergency tree removal is a must.

How to Act Fast During a Tree Emergency?

If you find yourself in a situation where emergency tree removal is necessary, time is of the essence. Here are steps to take to act quickly and efficiently:

1. Assess the Situation

Before anything else, determine the severity of the situation. Is the tree leaning dangerously and require immediate tree removal in Gisborne? Are there branches threatening to fall on your home, car, or power lines? It’s essential to stay calm and assess the risk to prioritise safety.

2. Keep Your Distance

If you suspect that a tree is about to fall, keep yourself and others at a safe distance. Don’t attempt to handle the situation on your own, as fallen or damaged trees can behave unpredictably. Stay out of the danger zone until professionals arrive.

3. Contact an Emergency Tree Removal Service

Once you’ve identified the issue, it’s crucial to call a professional emergency tree removal service right away. Tree removal specialists have the equipment and expertise needed to handle the situation safely and efficiently. A quick online search or a call to a local tree removal in Colac can help you get the help you need.

4. Document the Damage

If possible and safe to do so, take photos or videos of the damaged tree and any immediate risks. This documentation can be helpful for insurance claims and for the tree removal service to understand the severity of the situation.

5. Clear the Area

Make sure that the area around the tree is clear of people, pets, and vehicles. Redirect traffic or neighbours if necessary to prevent accidents while waiting for professional help.

It is best to consider all the proactive steps until professional help arrives. Do what you think is the need of the situation and consider tree removal in Colac that addresses the situation cautiously and safely.

Final Thoughts

When it comes to emergency tree removal, acting fast is crucial. Whether due to storm damage, disease, or leaning trees, the need for quick action cannot be overstated. Remember to assess the situation, keep a safe distance, and call a professional tree removal service to handle the job. Safety should always be your top priority, and hiring an expert ensures the tree is removed without causing further damage.

By following these steps and understanding when emergency tree removal is necessary, you can protect your property and ensure the safety of everyone involved. Coming to the end, we suggest that you schedule a Tree Removal Mornington Peninsula or Colac now if you come across any of the situations lately. 

[lin-8338]

the urgent need for GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION

With every passing day,the threat of global warming looms larger -yet our planet's leader continue to drag their feet in addressing this urgent crisis

Negative impacts caused by climate change,such as rising sea levels , devastating storms,and extreme heat waves .we could also mention some of the alarming statistics concerning carbon emissions and the rapid depletion of natural resources

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of several greenhouse gases responsible for trapping heat in the earth's atmosphere, leading to global warming .As co2 levels increase due to human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation temperature rise, causing a wide range of negative impacts such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels ,and more frequent and severe weather events like droughts and hurricanes

Rising sea levels can have numerous negative effects on the climate, including increased erosion of coastlines, loss of habitats for marine species, and changes in ocean currents that affect global weather patterns. Warmer waters also contribute to stronger tropical storms and hurricanes, further exacerbating the problem

Devastating storms like hurricanes release large amounts of heat into the atmosphere, which can cause further warming and exacerbate climate change. Additionally, the destruction caused by these storms often leads to increased carbon emissions from reconstruction efforts and can displace entire communities, leading to displacement and social unrest

Heatwaves can have a major impact on the climate by altering weather patterns and increasing wildfire risks. When temperatures soar above normal ranges, it can cause extreme weather conditions such as dry lightning strikes and intense rainfall, which in turn lead to increased wildfires and landslides. In addition, prolonged heatwaves can harm agriculture and food production, leading to food shortages and economic instability

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#Joint the Green Revolution, climate Action #

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[hipexgroup]

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[phoebehalliwell]

I will like to see Chris and Bianca make a career in magic. Like i don’t see them having a office job, or anything, because i don’t think they would want a « normal life ».

I mean, like, remenber that FBI (CIA?) guy from early s8 ? The one who help the sisters with the fakes identities . I don’t remember anything from that season, but wasn’t he supposed to get the sisters to help him deal with supernatural stuff or am I imagining things lol ?

Imagine Chris&Bianca investigating stuff for the government x-files style but with demon instead of aliens ??

Like if someone died or disapear in strange way, if a eyewitness is like « I saw this Green dude with horns kill the victim with a fire ball », who the police gonna call ?

The Supernatural Department.

I mean, yeah, Magic is supposed to be a secret and the FBI getting his nose in magic and HALLIWELL business can’t end well.... But i really went Chris and Bianca to go on vanquishing adventures all the time.

At first, I was like. They could be independant and not involve the government, but making innocent pay for a vanquish is a big no

i mean full agree i think the craft is a very large part of both chris and bianca’s identities i don’t really think they want that “normal life” that we see piper crave like they will always identify as witch first and i think that would really be reflected in every part of their home life. like i think even with witches like wyatt melinda or tamora, like they definitely ID as witches, but when they dream of the future, the craft isn’t like. ingrained in it like it is for chris or bianca. like for those three, it’s like there is this idea of being friends with all their neighbors dropping their kids off at school and chatting with the other parents hosting birthday parties in their backyard for their kids and just having something like. painfully normal. the idea of you know. having your lil kids running around maybe water balloon fight so you gotta make sure the sheet cake is out of the line of fire and just catching your so’s eyes while they’re in the middle of a conversation with someone else and smile at them and watch them absolutely lose their train of thought because they’re too busy smiling back at you. That. the white picket fence dream. for chris & bianca tho i think it’s like. if you don’t know they’re a witch, they don’t consider you a close friend. they don’t hide signs of the craft when having guests over like others might do, because like. if you’re in their house, you know they’re witches. otherwise you wouldn’t have scored an invite. so i think having a career that reflects that is like. wise. flipside of this tho is i can’t like imagine bianca or chris working for the govt. okay actually that’s a lie i can picture bianca doing it fine but she just. def does her own thing but seems like a star employee. chris on the other hand i think has too many issues with authority i don’t think he’d go for it. i also think he would be unwilling to like betray any halliwell secrets like u gotta file what potion u used and he’s like vanquishing potion. and they’re like no who was it. and he’s like 🙄 grimlock vanquishing potion. and they’re like No Like What Is In It. How Do You Make It. and he’s like wouldn’t you like to know weatherboy. bianca on the other hand i think would feel fine filing the phoenix’s spells and potions because like. i think she really has mixed feelings for the organization. the only thing that would give her pause i think would be like. what are mortals gonna do with it. because working with the phoenix you really only work with like the most shallow and vain mortals so i think bianca really doesn’t trust you know the government as a whole. it’s just swapping out one organization for another. i think she would enchant all her files to only be able to be read by good witches/other phoenix. 

all that being said, i think just like. like if they were the whole entire supernatural department like we bring back murphey from s8 like hi guys it’s me can u um. help. or something and it’s literally just the two of them and they don’t really answer to anyone and if someone’s like what r u doing what did u do they’re like that’s classified. that could be fun. because i agree i think like the peak chris/bianca dynamic is just them on assorted vanquishes. but somebody’s gotta keep the lights on! tbh as far as like careers in my current writings i have chris as a coder like living in san jose and bianca works for the phoenix which keeps her flushed but when push comes to shove. idk i’d definitely love to see them both have magical occupations. i also might want to have chris do something adjacent to cooking just because i think that’d be nice. like honestly if they lived in some sorta sleepy coastal town and owned an occult shop that worked odd hours bc sometimes they just gotta run out and do vanquished kinda working as something of independent contractors maybe thru murphey or thru darryl or something (tho personally i like to think darryl left the force and just like. opened a flower shop or something. something very far from magic. because like fuck that shit lmao.) but just like someone who can drop them a line flash the bat signal and get chris and bianca on the job. bonus round is like. almost all their employees at their occult shop would just be kids from magic school who they like tutor all that.

[dailytatsu]

Hello! I love your writing and I recently saw a post of yours about the reader being the God Of Chaos and I was wondering if you could make a part two with characters of your choice, if it’s not that much of a trouble! Remember to drink water and rest well <3

Tysm! I’m really happy to see that a lot of you enjoyed it, and being honest, chaos reader now have a special place in my heart lol

Then let’s write a second part! Hope everyone likes these as well! ( ✌︎'. ')✌︎

Thanks for the request!✨

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[II - HC] God of Chaos! Reader & Genshin Characters

Characters: Bennett, Tartaglia, Scaramouche, Ganyu, Chongyun

Gn! Reader

Sorry for any mistakes!

Request are open!

Genshin Masterlist

<- First part

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BENNETT

First of all, how dare u

This boy already has a chaotic life for you to arrive and making it worse.

But being honest, it wasn’t intentional, just like always.

Besides he’s a kid. The chaos of a kid + chaos of his bad luck, I mean- how were you not supposed to meet him?

That day was really strange, for the very first time the chaos wasn’t attracted by you, but you were attracted to chaos. Like a moth following a lantern on the street, something that you felt like you had to do, some kind of childish curiosity that guide your way to find Bennett in the middle of his adventure.

Poor boy was charging his pyro attack to max until a barrel exploded near him, he flew in the air waiting for a rough landing before his trajectory sent him where you were standing, still looking for the origin of that uneasy sensation of curiosity.

Luckily for him you could see his shadow just in time to react. You looked up because of the strange silhouette on the ground next to you and there he was, surrounded by a cloud of smoke and fire, with his screams getting louder and louder as he falls.

You trapped him in your arms, with the situation turning even more strange when the first thing he said was “nice catch!” with the bright smile of his.

Like if his hair on fire wasn’t a big deal.

It’s raining men ig

Before you could ask anything, a crowd of angry hilichurls appeared from the same direction where Bennett came at first.

The white haired boy jumped off from your arms and tried to grasp your hand to run away together, but instead you pulled him near and then behind you before rising your hand to the front, pointing the stampede of furious creatures about to reach you both.

Not even a leaf fell from a tree before the hilichurls stopped, all of them felt your presence immediately, the primitive sensation of danger that meant a silent threat. Following the message that another camp of them told long ago, ‘get away from that stranger’.

Bennett was surprised, kind of scared at least. He wasn’t sure about how to call that feeling.

Are you a beast tamer?! Maybe an adventurer that discovered a secret about hilichurl’s behavior! Wait- where are you going? Don’t leave him behind, the doubt won’t let him sleep tonight!

You explained to him that it was dangerous for both to be near each other (more dangerous for him than for you), still you needed to get away. To protect Bennett and the other adventurers that were exploring nearby.

But why? He was so excited about meeting someone who could react that fast and precise! Like the heroes in the legends!

Please show him your ways, he’s begging you, how can you be rude to Bennett? That literally illegal.

When he heard that there was a God of Chaos exploring all over Teyvat like an errant he connected two points (even if there wasn’t a single thing to connect in first place).

You’re like him!

Hello ?? You’re literally ?? the most qualified to be part of Benny’s Adventure Team ??

Negative plus negative is positive, isn’t it? Maybe if you roam near Bennett his bad luck can collide with your chaos to neutralize each other!

You told him that you were leaving after that short conversation, but in reality you just hide from his sights and followed him from behind.

That kid really put you on your nerves, running into danger without knowing. Was that what Zhongli have to deal with every time you visit Liyue?

The old man really deserves an apology.

You’re not doing this an habit, of course not! You’re the all mighty God of Chaos, the ultimate troublemaker! How was even possible to think about wanting to protect a human just because he has bad luck? That’s ridic-

“Watch out!” You had to abandoned your hiding spot to reach Bennett again, pulling him away from the place where a bunch of hunter’s traps were. “Barbatos, why all your children have to be like this?…” You whispered for yourself, actually waiting for a answer, maybe a little too much because you didn’t free Bennett. His feet were just barely touching the ground.

“Oh, it’s you! Hello again!”

Enough of babysitting, that’s it, both of you are heading back to Mondstadt. This boy is a danger for himself, who allowed him to be an adventurer in first place?

After abandoned him in front of the city’s bridge you turn back to the forest, believing that it was the end, even if in the process your chaos took the life of some pigeons nearby.

Next morning you were sleeping peacefully on the branches of a huge old tree, feeling the wind of your bard friend greeting you from the distance.

Then a storm started out of nowhere; your fault.

And almost immediately you heard a cheerful voice below you, calling your name like a lost child searching for their parents.

As Bennett climbs the tree to talk with you a lightning strikes near enough to make both of you jump because of the surprise, falling from the branch and meeting each other on the mud below.

“Sorry, my bad.” Bennett and you said at the same time, to later laugh because of that.

It seems that both are more alike than you would expect

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TARTAGLIA

How do I explain that this guy already knew about you-

As you may suspect, yes, his only reason of wanting to meet you was to fight you.

The first step for taking the thrones of gods is beating one of the youngest, isn’t it? It would be a good start, and you’d be also one of the best opponents he ever fought! The only thing still needed was a way to make you accept his challenge.

Tartaglia’s first try was by attacking you without hesitation, not even a warning, just shooting an arrow for behind and waiting for you to counter. And yes, that didn’t go as planned, the rope of his bow snapped even before aiming.

It wouldn’t be that easy, the distance is always boring for a fight, why not just attacking directly?

Because you learned from Morax that you must not hurt mortals; the reason of your trip was for appreciate the human’s life, to understand why you exist, to have a reason to not end with everything that crosses your path.

To convince yourself that you’re not only destruction.

But it was hard to stay calm if he constantly provokes you to fight back. Always dodging, always running away, always breaking his weapons.

Barely holding yourself to not to break his Vision at this point.

Dodging one of his attacks again you ended up on top of a nearby structure by the side of the road, watching him from above and begging for him to stop for once.

Tartaglia clicked his tongue in annoyance, you would escape again. He was as sick as you of that senseless hunt. Maybe was the stress what impede him to think wisely, because his next strategy was like a death wish.

The water blades disappeared from his hands and, for the first time, he had a casual talk with you. Smiling and waving his hands to look relaxed.

Then he mentioned the incident with Osial, a event that almost became a tragedy. And the only reason you knew about that was because Morax told you about it, about his contract and the reason why he left his position as an Archon the next time you visited him.

It was your fault, isn’t it?

“… what?”

"As you heard! The conditions for summoning Osial was ideal, bringing back a sealed god filled with hatred and hungry for destruction couldn't have been possible if you hadn't been around Liyue that day.” His hand lifted to pointing at you, also smiling as your expression turned into a concerned one. “Oh, our God of Chaos, you were successfully satiated as the catastrophe filled the ocean! Bring us back the destruction, because it's the only thing you ever knew!”

He was obviously just mocking you, but still Tartaglia managed to actually make you think about it.

Your fault. Your chaos.

And even with that, Rex Lapis didn’t seal you or tried to eradicated you like the burden that you are for every nation.

It’s just a matter of time before you destroy all humane existence when you get bored of your fantasy of not being a spirit of chaos.

An infinity of negative and dark thoughts began to fill your mind.

It was sad, it was so sad that the erosion already began to have an effect on you being so young. You were afraid, you were concerned, the stress ate you inside while you tried to convince yourself that it wasn’t like he said.

Your mind collapsed, and you left the wrath take the control for the first time in centuries.

A fight? That’s all he wanted? Easy, that’s easy, just kill him and everything will end. His annoying voice won’t torment you ever again, his words won’t hurt ever again.

It’s easy, so easy. Mortal life is so easy to end.

He’ll defeat the gods, he’ll take their thrones and will witness the world’s end in the final battle he planned since his first encounter with the traveler.

But that day Tartaglia noticed the difference between your strength, it wasn’t huge, neither significant enough. But you were stronger, and it’s well known that wrath and despair can provide extra energy when it’s needed.

The perception of time disappeared, the world did too. Nature, men creation, everything will succumb against chaos, existence itself will be reduce to ashes.

That’s why you exist, to make sure there’s not too much heroes trying to make the nations a boring place. You just need to accept it!

But…

‘There’s no other way?’

The question sparkle inside your mind, bringing you back out of nowhere. There’s a lot of irregularities in the ground nearby, the land was broke for something that impacted with an inhuman strength, even the structure where you step on top was gone, just the remain of a building was left.

And your hands were holding something bland and soft, the warm sensation on your palms and the strange movements caught your attention to look down. Your hands were strangling Tartaglia.

From the other side his hands were trying to remove yours, his strength was minimal, not even able of closing his fingers around your wrist.

A expression full of pain and regretting of his decisions, question by question filling his mind while the air became harder to get.

A broken bow, his Vision has been thrown away. Now it was a human versus a god.

You took a step back, afraid of what you were about to do. You have to stay calm and quiet forever? To prevent catastrophe, to bring peace to mortals? Who’s the one you have to blame for creating you? How you could think that coexisting with humans was possible? Even if you say that you don’t want to make any problems you would stay near them.

“Just… leave me alone.”

Was the last thing you said, a whisper that wanted to apologize for a whole eternity, a regret that couldn’t be forgot. And then you left that place, escaping one last time.

But wait for him, Tartaglia thought, he didn’t need your compassion.

Sooner or later he would have his revenge.

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SCARAMOUCHE

Finally! With Shogun Raiden’s gnosis on his possession and the all mighty hero of Mondstadt weakened there’s no way things can go wrong for him!

A little delay in his plans, but still a smile remained on his face. Kunikuzushi couldn’t wish for anything else right now.

But you already know what is going to happen next.

In this world exist Murphy’s Law?, because anything that could go wrong went wrong after he claim for victory. Even being far away of the factory it seemed that the karma reached him immediately.

He just got his guard down for a couple seconds, and then, whoshh. Now you see it, now you don’t. The gnosis disappeared from his pocket, not here, not there. The annoyance filled his chest and then a irritated growl came from his throat.

What in the world happened?

Scaramouche looked to a huge tree in front of him, and there you were. On your favorite place to sit, above from everyone else in a branch. Holding the gnosis as the board piece it looks like, playing throwing it up a little and then catching it again and again.

Who you think you are to act that carefree on his presence? If you wanted to die so bad then you could just have asked for it.

Even if he called you and made a question first you counter it with another one, what was he doing with that thing?

You were sick of those who defy the gods thanks to his ‘workmate’.

Scaramouche ordered you to give him the gnosis back, threats and insults came out from his mouth as a distraction; in reality, he was just ready to set the first hit from behind.

But something made him stop just in time when you talked again.

“I don’t care what you are planning, but if it involves the ones who I’m in debt with, you will surely fail.”

“Another clairvoyant? Hah, your type are more words than an actual subject matter, but I have to admit it, they’re also very skill to escape.”

“It was a warning.” You said, throwing again the gnosis, this time to his direction.

Scaramouche reacted in time to rise his arms but in midair something caught the chess-like piece before his fingers. Surprising him again and making the irritation event more unbearable.

It was a tanuki. The same that looked behind a second before running even deeper in the forest.

The chaos isn’t necessary a huge disaster; a little accident, an inconvenient, a failure, it depends time and place to be considered like a catastrophe.

Scaramouche had a killer gaze just for you in his face, in respond you smiled at him, then covered your mouth with both hands to fake surprise.

“What a shame! Better luck next time, gods defier.” Your laugh could be heard all over the woods, like a spectral echo that chased him his way to get back the gnosis.

He got it back after a few minutes of a stressful walk through the forest, found the tanuki dancing on a stone before disappearing again. When he got closer he found that piece, making sure it was the real one and not just another trick.

The following days he received endless reports of Fatui soldiers and entire camps being reduced to rubble aside lost or destroyed materials; it was a higher level sabotage done by who they said was someone of relatively young appearance in strange clothes, the one that enjoyed staring at them until something goes wrong.

Nobody could defeat them, not even get closer. And with that, Scaramouche knew they were talking about you.

Was that what you meant with “warning”? Who are you exactly? Not even holding a Vision, how could you… ?

A quick order was enough to deliver him a book full of ancient legends, part of the Fatui private collection. Texts that were lost and the world had forgotten, his only hope was that you weren't exactly mortal, and if that was the case they could take advantage of your nature.

Hah, he found you.

God of Chaos, a body sculptured by the blood and bodies of the ones who died in middle of the wars. At first they were just a being full of anger and affinity for taking the life of every living being on earth, until the same hand that created them gave them a human heart of their own. Made without any prior basis, without being the remains of the deceased. Something one of a kind, the mortal heart of a god.

When human emotions filled the vessel they were released into the world, to mourn over the spilled blood and to know how everything of their existence originates. Born from the red that stained the fields and being the bud that seemed withered, the same that now has the deepest roots ever found.

Hmm, that brings back some memories…

But hey, that vital energy could be useful.

Don’t be surprised if one day you wake up chained and feeling dizzy as Scaramouche drains your life. You know what? Just wait for it! Running away as you did with that idiot won’t work this time.

Every possibility can be foreseen, every inconvenience can be solved. And if you think that you’re an exception then you’re stupider than you look.

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GANYU

Bold of you assume that Zhongli didn’t introduce you to everyone the first time you travel to Liyue.

The difference between your meeting was that it had to be really short. Ganyu is always busy so you couldn’t know her better before her duty called for her again.

Obviously you heard a lot of stories of her childhood thanks to Cloud Retainer. The day she knew about it Ganyu avoided you, next week she apologized with you about it. It was very rude, please pardon her.

Such a big sister vibes ngl

An Adeptus working that hard to human’s matters. It was so cool to follow her from a significant distance to see how was her routine.

If you could only live that peacefully near humans without causing any problem! What a dream! The envy was killing you.

Ganyu didn’t mind about you stalking her, the feeling of a companion was always present and she also knew that you had to keep some distance from everybody to not cause any accident. She appreciated your consideration.

Until a soldier from the millelith arrested you for harassment, wait- you’re innocent! Don’t get closer, hold on! Hold on!

The handcuffs broke almost immediately, though.

When Ganyu resolved the misunderstanding she hold your hands to apologize again, it had to be really stressful to be aware of any chaos you could create accidentally.

What if you… wait for her on the surroundings of the city?

Please, she have a lot of work, don’t interrupt her, she’s begging you.

Ganyu thought you heard her request, but she knew that you were just hiding when a window opened out of nowhere and a lot of documents flew away in the room.

You appeared hanging upside down from the other side of the window, jumped down and entered to pick up the documents. You hand her over all the pages and then you leave through the space on the wall.

“… I’ll be in Huaguang Stone Forest… ”

“Thank you.”

Even though you both agreed that you would return to the stone forest, she couldn't help but feel guilty as the hours passed, did you feel like a nuisance? Maybe she should apologize. Again.

When another successful day at work ended, she realized that repeating the same words over and over was not the best way to show her regret. That’s why a better idea formed in his head as she approached the abode of the rest of Adeptus.

Ganyu found you being scolded by Mountain Shaper for unintentionally releasing the trespassing intruders along with other creatures from their amber prisons.

After rescuing you again, she was able to propose her idea to you. With a calm and charming voice she asked you if you would like to learn about Liyue's traditions from the human perspective.

Sure, Zhongli could tell you about the beginning of traditions and festivities, but the way to celebrate them and pay tribute to the Adeptus was something that only a person who had lived among mortals for years could explain to you.

Your eyes shone in gratitude but no words really came out of your lips, kind of embarrassed you said some nonsensical things and then another amber cracked when you brushed its surface.

Mountain Shaper kicked you out without thinking twice.

But hey! The next day your classes on Culture from the Mortal Perspective began! A quick but calm walk through Liyue that got spread when a bunch of kids recognized you.

How could they not remember the person who plays with them every time they get a chance?

Ganyu sat by the side of the road on an empty bench, watching you scamper the children who seemed happy at your mere presence. Like the occasional accidents of a child, the curious and outlandish nature cannot be controlled, only accepted.

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CHONGYUN

Don’t move! The future best exorcist in the world, Chongyun, will put an end to your legacy of misdeeds and pranks! No evil specter that causes bad luck will survive to-!

Just by lightly tapping with your fingertips you were able to break the seal of the talismans that surrounded you out of nowhere. Pushing back the boy who was convinced that he had beaten his yang.

how dare u interrupt him.

Another of Xingqiu’s pranks? Isn’t this going a little to far? He hadn’t learn about not believing everything his friend says smh.

Let’s just mess with him a little.

‘Measure your words, human. In the presence of the God of Chaos, the first thought that should run through your mortal instinct is to beg for your life, since those who dare to defy them will be punished and displayed as a trophy in the infinity of the abyss from which the catastrophe came out.’

You took a few steps closer to him, while Chongyun kept backing away. The scene was so dramatic that you had to stop when the boy summoned his sword.

Haha jk, nice to meet u.

It's nice to know that there are still such dedicated exorcists out there.

But wait-, so you're not an evil spirit? A God? Why is there a god causing accidents all over Liyue!? That makes no sense! If you think you can deceive him by pretending to be a deity then he shall punish you severely for disrespecting them!

After a detailed explanation of your identity, Chongyun's mood plummeted again due to another failure as an exorcist.

He sat silently on a rock and remained silent, his expression showed so well his disappointed that it made you feel like it was your fault.

Ohno, a sad human child, your weakness-

At the end you sat next to him to listen to what he had to say.

Did he really want to see a spirit so badly? Those things are horrible, wearing strange clothes and yelling all the time, buagh! The thought of it gives you chills. But there's nothing you can do, after all they are drawn to your chaos.

When you finished talking so indifferently about what you lived through from day to day, you looked back at Chongyun, finding his expressive eyes filled with astonishment and disbelief.

Are you a magnet of evil? Chaos and destruction? Demons and spirits alike appear wherever you go?

Then you stopped him, it wasn't something to take so lightly; there’s also the chaos of the butterfly effect, natural disasters, unforeseen events, influencing the mood of evil people, losing your favorite pair of socks-

But you attract spirits, right!? You have to help him! How can you say ‘no’ to that face?

The next day he took you to one of his commissions as an exorcist, a house that had numerous reports from its previous tenants. He stayed outside and asked you to come in first, obviously you refused, if your chaos broke something inside you would have more problems besides the ghosts of the house.

He insisted a little more, it worked. Now you were waiting to feel the presence of some spirit trying to attack you. You could feel it, their energy was spread throughout the building, but still there was no movement. Neither hostility, neither terror, just the presence of a soul.

When it was Chongyun's turn to enter you explained this to him, his yang was also easy to perceive, you could describe it as a blizzard in the middle of the storm. But despite this, that presence didn’t react to his energy, nothing changed.

Then you understand it, your energies neutralized each other. Your chaos and his yang ended in a stalemate that went nowhere.

“I was really hoping to see an actual spirit and not only stay still in the middle of the entrance… “

“Well, I can still curse you. Want to try?” Chongyun crossed his arms, annoyed for your jokes.

“Maybe I should exorcize you instead… ”

“Ohh, so the little exorcist wants a deity to be his personal dummy? Let’s make a pact then. Promise me your soul.”

“I-I thought you said you weren’t actually a demon!”

When you stroked his hair he couldn't help but think about how much he still had to learn, so much so that even the gods were taking pity on him.

[phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess]

DnD Ideas for Fucked Up Items

I dunno if these are Real Things in game, but I think they'd be neat:

Cursed Flowerbed It lives in magical locations, feeding on tainted wild magic and presents itself to prey by showing an alluring flower or a herb/mushroom other item that someone is searching for. Mild psychic abilities. Will use pollen to sedate and detain prey, consuming the decaying corpse... unless hungry enough to start afresh. There's thorns under hte petals after all. Semi-sentient. Able to understand it can draw in More Prey if it leaves the current prey on display...

Carnivorous Quilt Found as spoils from a destroyed caravan or abandoned home. Will not eat immediately, but siphon blood and magical energy over time. Unless it is starving, then anyone foolish enough to sleep under it gets chomped. For extra nasty, it could be a Gifted Item. The effects will continue on the current owner or wearer, and the item is indestructable, unless the following conditions are met: a) someone gifts it to another, b) it is willingly accepted by another person, c) recovered as loot, or d) stolen. Which could have either very dramatic 'share the burden' possibilities for a group, or really fucked up potential.

Tweezers of Particulae look like regular tweezers, but can be used to either pluck your eyebrows, pulls splinters from fingers... or slip between the cracks of the universe to obtain an item smaller than a finger/lighter than (choose weight). Limited uses.

Gaudy Garrott A fetching hair ribbon that can transform, if given the right command, into an untraceable garrott for the ravishing rogue on the go.

Congealed Blade Like a blade, but made of congealed blood. Repels vampires, but needs a cold sheath (sheath sold separately) to avoid liquifying. Wielder would need to replenish the sword after some use re: erosion/wear and tear. For extra spicy, make it semi-sentient and able to invade subconscious of host, making them kill friends/party members for blood if necessary.

Spice of Life For the party that is perpetually out of funds, one might obtain the Spice of Life. A fascinating little salt shaker like object that has an unknown mixture inside that can make even a pile of leaves taste delectable with but a gentle sprinkle. DM's choice to make it infinite or finite.

Rockadile Crocodile, made of rock. Massive bloke, answers to 'George' or other name. Requires blood pact to play nice. Enjoys wrestling with master, so perhaps choose a brawny orc, or similar for the pact? If he is killed in battle, even with automatic stoneskin, the Master hits 0 life automatically.

Paddleboat A boat that, if the runes on the side are read, will entice a swirling vortex of storm above. Lightning will strike the boat up to four times, depending on desire of caster... boats provides a 50/50 chance of reviving a 0 lifepoints party member or heals serious injury. (Get it, like life paddles). If you fail your roll in the paddleboat, that counts as a fail towards the death saving throw.

Last Straw Want to start a town wide fight or disrupt an enemy camp? Simply walk into a crowded tavern, whisper the spell and snap this object in half (single use item). The Last Straw will send a wave of distress and anger/disquiet through the crowded persons (caster excluded) and start brawls over the smallest things.

Scroll of Wet Dream(s) Need to get an object from the bottom of the sea? No water breathing potions available? Well read this scroll, to yourself quietly or aloud like a bedtime story, and settle down to nap. The spell will allow your mind to wander through the depths of nearby water sources and even cast additional spells (since you can't touch physically), as it is not concentration. Limitation: 5 persons maximum. Amount of time decreased per person included (eg - 1 person = 5hrs, 5 person = 1hr). If not returned to the surface by end of spell, affected can drown.

[americasgreatoutdoors]

The comet NEOWISE glows in the night sky above Nebraska's iconic Chimney Rock. Both sights bring such hope and inspiration. A prominent part of the landscape during the western migration, Chimney Rock, used to be substantially taller. Overtime wind, erosion and lightning have cut down its height, but it remains a striking landmark. Erik Johnson remarks, "As I stood there in silence under the moonlight, I couldn't help but wonder what other remarkable celestial events were witnessed by travelers before me, in the dark skies above the towering rock formation."  Photo of Chimney Rock, a significant landmark for those traveling on the Oregon, California and Mormon trails, courtesy of Erik Johnson.