#jary answers

[love-is-a-pearl]

Oh! If you’re still taking art suggestions, I’ve got one!

Ash and Dawn singing together, one of them playing a guitar. Totally not doing this for a cover hehehe/j

ok this one was way more fun to do than I expected

[dreadgloom]

Aljari appears in front of her with a large and gift wrapped box. There’s an air of magic surrounding it and Jari hands it off to them. The gift is enchanted. When opened by the recipient it reveals something they didn’t know they wanted.

“Merry christmas, Dio. Do try not to say anything weird, just take the present.”

late holiday reply . . . @falsesighted

An eye roll is given in silent response, as she took the gift. While no wizard, she can tell careful weave-work went into this. Opening the box, the ranger is shocked by what is inside. A single silver toned hair bead is plucked out with careful fingers. ❝ I never thought I’d see this again . . . ❞ Her voice is soft as she rolls it between her fingers, an old unnoticed ache in her chest soothed.

Looking up to see curiosity in the wizard’s eyes, Dionisia gestured for Aljari to come over towards her haversack of holding. Reaching into the enchanted pack, she pulled out a small leather pouch. Inside were twelve other hair beads of various materials and decorated with different symbols. ❝ When drow Houses war with each other, the attacking side must fully eradicate the other. If they do not a survivor can apply for ‘Justice’ with the ruling council and the entire city will turn on the attacker to eradicate them. Otherwise, their crime is never acknowledged, ❞ she began to explain, showing him what it was that she had retrieved. ❝ But . . . that does not mean that soldiers are not proud of their . . . accomplishments. These beads are our way of displaying notable kills without admitting our crimes. The materials and styles are often different between houses but their meaning was well known. What you hold now . . . are mine. ❞

[asksihtrickjartansen]

Uhtred walks though the town scanning his surroundings for the dark haired Dane. He has to be around here somewhere. Finally spotting him, Uhtred cautiously approaches. "Hey, I wanted to check in on you....make sure everything is alright." Uhtred glances away briefly, still not sure why he's getting caught in the middle of this situation involving a woman he's never met. "You know... if something is bothering you, you can always come talk to me...." Uhtred looks at the young man with concern in his eyes. "I'm here for you....for whatever you might need..."

-Uhtred @askuhtredragnarson

"The children run me a little ragged, Lord. But I am well." Sihtric answers. "I .. fail to keep up with either Cynlaef and Aethelstan every day and my own children grow and thrive like weeds beyond count. Jari will soon be ready for his first arm ring, Lord."

[clouds-of-wings]

[All answers stolen from the FB comment section]

[mariejordans]

this is just for fun bc i’ve seen a lot of different options for their ship name thrown around and i’m really curious to see what the results will be!

[crimesoughtarchive]

“And you swear on your life that they’ll like me?”

Jari’s done everything. Washed and done his hair up very pretty, dressed in civilian clothes(which is simply the button up and his usually pants that lie under his green padded coat, this time significantly less covered in dirt and blood), bought a bouquet of flowers for the Cassian’s mother. All this preparation and he’s still nervous. It’s a huge cliché, really. Boyfriend is nervous to meet his beloved’s parents- he’s read it all before but he didn’t think it was quite so accurate. “Does my hair look alright? My clothes are straight, right, my sweet?”

“I’ve never been under so much pressure.” Well, maybe there were a few other times…

@falsesighted

"I promise. You can talk with my father about spells too. I told him you were a wizard as well."

The tiefling smiled at him, helping to make sure he looked nice for his parents. Not that they would really care. He was sure his mother was going to jump them as soon as they stepped through the door. But he was hoping she wouldn't that his father would answer and ease them inside.

"You look fine. Don't be so nervous." probably easier said than done. he moved to knock at the door but stopped short. "Oh my mom might attack us when we come inside."

[parkchvnyeols]

tbh as a group of sticker haters + taeyong I find it hard to call any of the other ilichils neo when they don't get it 🤌🏻 like ty. but if I HAD to rank them (not married to this ranking since it's off the top of my head lmao):

8. Doyoung. He's decidedly not neo imo. Look at his solo work. It's sweet and calm and hopeful. But not neo 🙂‍↔️ also sticker hater #1

🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

7. Johnny. That's a regular dude from Chicago who happens to have found himself in a kpop group

6. Haechan. i'm judging this mostly based off of things he's said he likes/would like to do (rnb for one).

5. Jungwoo. idk why. just. vibes 🤷‍♀️

4. Jaehyun. once again looking at his solo work: neoui bin jari just isn't inherently neo, is it? but putting him higher bc 1) his solo mvs have... curiosities? (looking at u corn syrup jaehyun from the smoke mv) but also 2) he's an odd duck (complimentary)

3. Yuta. certified Japanese rockstar but does that make him neo?

2. Mark. I would've put him lower but him having songs like Golden Hour & Fraktsiya made me place him higher. they lean neo to me.

🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

1. Taeyong. everyone knows that man bleeds neo pearl champagne

oh my GOD im finally back on desktop after a literal week of traveling, so i can answer this now

ok yes to nobody gets it like ty, he carries most of the neo on his back sjdhfksjdh

8. i agree with doyoung being last personally !!! me n @yunogf were talking ab this and she said that dy needs all the other neos there for his neo to get activated and i agree 😭

7. idk maybe its just bc im biased but johnny is pretty neo to me (specifically this lives rent free in my head, i see how this could just make him an "extroverted class clown" situation which i do think he is) because i think he contributes overall to the vibe and humor of the group and to me that means he's contributing to the neo HOWEVER i 100% understand the just some guy allegations

6. i had haechan higher but then one of my friends said he's neo but for a paycheck 💀

5. yes.

4. hard disagree he is so weird but it's normal person weird to me

3. i don't think its the rockstar part that makes him neo i think he just is alt af, but the neo part of it is that he doesn't try to be, he just IS

2. yeah i think mark is here also because he's like one of the literal pillars of ALL of nct, and can you really be that pivotal to nct without being neo??? also fraktsiya yes same

this is not even a question

[babblingpipit]

Hikmah postdoc (dan PhD)

Akhir-akhir ini lagi banyak yang nanya dan minta saran PhD, jadi ku harus terpaksa mikir dan refleksi pros and consnya. Sebagai orang yang waktu itu menjadikan PhD sebagai tempat kabur dari kesuraman hidup korporat di Jakarta, I'd say it totally worth my time. Kalo ga PhD mungkin sekarang aku jadi middle management di suatu perusahaan, punya rumah kecil di pinggiran jakarta, pake sepatu Tory Burch dan tas coach plus mobil decentlah (ini melihat karir teman-teman seangkatan yang awal karirnya juga MT ya wk no shade at allll).

PhD bikin aku sadar betapa aku suka sekali fleksibilitas, kerja di korporat yang pake absen sidik jari tuh aku tersiksa banget, padahal perkara sepele ya. And I LOVE doing research. Love having flexibility to spend my time any way I want. BUT it is a lonely journey with lots of aspect you can't control. Kerja di korporat tuh banyak yang udah ada SOPnya, jelas kejarannya dan day to day activitynya udah defined. Research, at least in astronomy, is abstract. No one knows the definite answer so you have to really explore everything and the answer might not what you expected. 1 year project might turn into 3, 5 or even 10. Dan PhD tuh bikin kamu expert di suatu bidang yang niche banget yang di dunia ini yang ngerti banget bidang itu tuh bisa diitung jari, which again is very isolating because very little people can relate or help you.

How is life after PhD? Ga bohong menyelesaikan PhD change me a lottt. I became confidence that I got skills and can navigate my future career. Jelas ada safety cushion. Banyak opportunity yang sebelumnya ga kebayang jadi kebuka, kerja di luar negeri pun jadi relatif lebih mudah.

Doing postdoc is like doing another PhD but with 5x responsibilities. Helping students, helping PI, building your own research projects. Still very flexible, but still lonely. Benefit ok but not the best. Necessary to build more independent research skill and network if you want to stay in academia, or if you still care about the subject and it is still fun. Otherwise, not worth it. Sekarang lagi galau sih jujur mau stay di academia atau out, I still care about the subject and still want to be a professor though. Meskipun move ke industri financial benefitnya lebih banyak tapi trade offnya adalah ya gabisa riset sesuka kamu. Hmm.

[i-eat-deodorant]

Does jari identity as a sigma male

ok so as a pathetic beta male who always looks at the ground when he walks, i'm unfamiliar with the ways of alpha and sigma men and had to search this up.

comparing the virtues of alpha and sigma, i do believe that narinder embodies both alpha and sigma traits. he desires dominance over all others and will use fear and power to subjugate his unders (aka everyone else) but still prefers keeping a large amount of distance between him and his followers.

thus, we can conclude--ok i'm gonna drop the mansplaining act but i do think, purely from his viewpoint. he'd identify with more of the alpha stereotype than a sigma one. in his heyday, i do think bishop narinder ran a lot of counter surveillance, espionage, and cover-ups, all of which do involve integrating himself into follower populations. he sees them as pawns, sure, but he does rely on them to an extent, and as a result he'd not that far removed from traditional social structures. sure, his use of resurrection means he's willing to buck off the status quo to bring forward dangerous and revolutionizing magic, but he's very stuck in his old ways in other aspects.

so yeah. semi-serious answer for a silly ask X)

[beardedmrbean]

Friend or foe? Helsingin Sanomat tells the unlikely story of two Finns meeting on the opposite sides of a Ukrainian battlefield.

"Vaasa," who's fighting in the Ukrainian forces, took "Jari," who's in the Russian forces, as a prisoner of war.

Vaasa has a military background and said his decision to fight in Ukraine was largely professional. He explained that in his case, the alternative would have been to join a crisis management force in Lebanon.

Jari was only a few years old when his family moved from the Soviet Union to Finland in the late 1980s. His mother tongue is Finnish and he has lived most of his life in Finland.

HS writes that Jari never found his place in Finnish society and ended up leading a life of crime that eventually prevented him from getting Finnish citizenship. Moving to Russia also didn't turn him away from crime, which eventually resulted in his imprisonment and ultimately led to his deployment on the battlefield.

Jari will likely remain imprisoned in Ukraine. As Jari is not a Finnish citizen, the Finnish authorities have no obligation to help him. His options at the moment are poor, according to HS, which also discusses Vaasa's sympathy for his fellow Finn.

Clever teens

Some 13,000 wildlife accidents occurred on Finnish roads last year, with most involving collisions with deer and elk.

A new invention developed by four teenage girls in the US state of Colorado could help reduce these accidents, reports Ilta-Sanomat, explaining that their device called 'Project Deer' uses infrared cameras and machine learning to notify drivers when an animal might be close.

The project, which began as a school assignment, has already secured $12,000 in funding from tech giant Samsung for a prototype.

Finland's answer to preventing animal collisions has so far been low-tech — fences located along the sides of roads. The Finnish Road Safety Council has, however, pointed out that this system is hardly foolproof, as the risks of colliding with an elk are particularly high in the areas bordering these fences, especially in the dark.

Reclaiming a city park

The City of Helsinki is looking at ways to clean up Katri Vala park in Sörnäinen. Named after a poet, the park has long been synonymous with drug sales and use.

Hufvudstadsbladet reports that plans are underway this autumn to build an eight-meter-high spiral-shaped climbing tower and gym for residents, who say the situation in their neighbourhood is now even worse than it was before.

According to HBL, that's because of the synthetic hallucinogen Alpha PVP which triggers bizarre behaviour.

The paper asked Heikki Porola of the Helsinki Police if he felt drug use and dealing had increased in Katri Vala park.

"This is what we call hidden crime. Of course, we see disruptive behaviour, but I could also list 10 to 15 other places in Helsinki that have the same issues," he said, adding that it was also important for residents themselves to take an active approach to care for their neighbourhoods.

[walkawaytall]

Hey, I got this chapter edited quicker than I anticipated. It's...not perfect, but I think it'll do. I couldn't keep debating certain things about it any more and just had to make some decisions.

Snippet:

“Gotta talk to people,” Han said once they finished.

“Not really our area of expertise,” Naj said.

“Talkin’ to people?” Han asked drolly.

She shrugged somewhat awkwardly. “I don’t strike up conversations with strangers in my everyday life. I can’t even imagine what that would look like if I’m trying to gather information. Anyone would see through me. There’s a reason I’m not in intelligence.”

“Same here,” Jarys said.

“You just gotta give ‘em something to talk about,” Han said. When he was met with mostly blank stares, he glanced at Leia a bit helplessly. She shrugged, unsure of what he was expecting of her. “You have someone go in and get settled, then someone else does somethin’ to make a scene. Gives you an in with the people around you — somethin’ to be appalled at together — then you make conversation.”

“What sort of scene?” Rory asked.

“Somethin’ bad enough to get kicked out but not anything that’ll have them calling in the authorities.” Han’s eyes were on Leia again and she felt as if he were trying to communicate something to her.

She crossed her arms loosely in front of her chest and sighed, recalling a rather annoying conversation from weeks prior. “Like counting cards?” she offered flatly

Han snapped and shook a finger in her direction. “Exactly like countin’ cards. It ain’t illegal, but they’ll want ya out. You make a big deal about it, but don’t touch anyone or anything — we don’t want assault or destruction of property charges.”

“Counting cards playing what?” Einara asked.

“Sabacc,” Leia answered before looking at Han for confirmation. He nodded with a small grin on his face.

[soulhavencel]

Jaris, still sitting on the sewer floor, turns his focus back to his wound and quickly finishes dressing it. Amaro Carnelian, the Red Wizard of Thay. He only just met this man but he did not like the way his blood changed to flow in Amaro's direction. Still, Jaris knows not to make enemies of Red Wizards. And so he answers Amaro politely.

"I am Jaris Colt." He stands up. "A monk of the Order of the Yellow Rose, hailing from our monastery in the Earthspur Mountains. Some might say that's a long ways away, but you're from even more distant lands."

Thay exists further east than Damara, the country Jaris's monastery is in. Its society is ruled by wizards.

"A monk?" Amaro looks Jaris up and down, and sure enough, he sees the middle-aged man in only cloth robes wielding nothing but his fists. "That is unusual to see. Is taking contracts with The Registry your way of training?"

Jaris had no idea what Amaro was talking about. "What registry? I saw a man walk out of these sewers with a pile of things to sell. I have almost nothing to my name. I thought I should try to do as others do to make my life here."

Amaro looked at the nearby sewer beast corpses. "But you can fight, can't you?"

"I have training."

Amaro reaches into his robes and pulls out a rolled up sheet of paper. "If you're going to waste your time killing the monsters of Cordor's sewers then at the very least get paid for it."

The paper unrolls, and written in large letters at the top Jaris could see "Trackless Sea Adventurer's Registry & Contracting Agency" and a rough sketch of one of the sewer beasts Jaris had killed.

"You have no idea what this is do you? Enough, follow me." Amaro suddenly turns around and begins walking back the way he came, in the direction leading out of the sewer.

Jaris hesitates but decides to follow him.

The rain ceased by now but the sky remained overcast. Out of the slums and to the opposite side of the city's cultural district, they enter a tavern known as "The Nomad".

The tavern is only slightly busy. Still a noisy place but not enough to be disturbing to Jaris's peace. They approach a man standing near a wall by a table of dwarves.

But it's the man who takes the initiative, walking out from his spot and towards Jaris. "I haven't seen you before sir! I am Registry Agent Paxton, Trackless Sea Adventurer's Registry and Contracting. Connecting intrepid adventurers to reliable clients since 1212 DR. You look capable enough, shall I sign you up?"

Registry agent Paxton. Being a middle-aged man with a balding head, he looked a bit similar to Jaris but he had yet to lose all the brown color in his hair. He also possessed a constant smile that could appear wry.

"He will be." said Amaro. Jaris, finding this all awfully pushy, corrected him: "I might be."

Paxton remained firmly focused on Jaris. "It's honest work! You sign up, you receive contracts. Patrol sewers, clear caves, put the undead back to rest, all The Registry cares about is cause and effect. Get the job done and get paid." The man is already taking out a folder. He holds it towards Jaris and opens it, revealing the required contract to sign up.

Amaro turned to Jaris. "It's as he says. I reviewed the contract myself. I came here as a merchant, I know about these things. And if it weren't for my incompetent enclave's ship sinking I might have been signing Cordor into a trade agreement with Thay right this very moment."

Jaris thought it was unusually cruel for someone to care more about the loss of a trading opportunity than for the loss of life.

Jaris read through the contract himself before signing his name on the papers

"Excellent. You just earned me a small bit of coin sir." Paxton had a wry smile as he took the signed documents and handed Jaris the rest of the folder. He then stuffed a few contracts inside it as Jaris held it. "Those are the same contracts Amaro took. Now go get to work, that folder has the answers to any questions you might try to ask me."

And like that, Paxton returned to where he was standing in the walls of The Nomad and began looking for anyone else he's yet to meet.

"There, finally. Maybe you can use the money you earn to buy some goods off of me when I set up my storefront. I am not foolish enough to return to Thay empty-handed."

Hearing Amaro talk about returning home made Jaris wonder if he himself would ever return to his home monastery.

Jaris closed the folder and looked up. "Let's go back to the sewers." This time, Jaris lead the way.

[hotcat37]

I answered 23 here :)

4. What piece of writing are you most proud of?

For Fics, Splinters. What a surprise :D

For personal works, a flash fiction I came up with when I could not sleep and wrote the whole night through. I wrote the Jari/Jesse fanfic too that night but this little story I came up with is just very lovely and very much like me and unlike me at the same time. I won´t be sharing it here but it has nothing to do with Käärijä anyway, so I don´t think people would be too interested.

Omg i haven't read the Jari/Jesse fic!! I'll be sure to check it out :D

[lammaspoika]

4, 5, 8, 24 and 25 for the ask game?

4. Movie of the year? - I wanna say Saw (2004) because it has been kinda like an inside joke between me and @somystark, but I actually watched it for the first time and genuinely enjoyed it! (For the record I don't really like gore/horror... Except psychological horror. But the first Saw was more like a mystery thriller imo)

5. TV show of the year? - Sonic Prime, definitely. It has been in my brain a lot. While I have some issues with it, I still find it enjoyable. And Nine is easily one of my favorite Sonic characters ever. I want to adopt him.

8. Game of the year? - I answered this one here!

24. Did you keep any New Year’s Resolutions? - I.... Literally can't remember if I made any LKFHSFHLFHF..... I hope it wasn't getting a better memory. But this year's resolution is trying to finish Impactful Skip :3 That one's easy to remember and hopefully easy to accomplish as well.

25. Did you create any characters (in games, art, or writing) this year? Describe one - Yes! My Neopets Poju and Jari-Pekka, a Sonic oc Kimbra, and my newest dnd character Kaapro Pinewatcher whom I haven't posted anywhere yet. But he's a wereboar cleric who's a religious studies researcher!

End of the year Asks

[injongho]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱

— 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪 & 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘰

Di malam yang sunyi, Elysia, The Warden dari kelas Manipulator, tiba-tiba menghilang setelah mengaku menemukan sesuatu yang seharusnya tidak ada. Kamarnya terkunci rapat dari dalam, hanya menyisakan beberapa benda yang tampak biasa—tetapi jika diperhatikan lebih dalam, ada sesuatu yang tersembunyi di baliknya.

Kenneth, partner Elysia, adalah orang pertama yang menyadari ada yang tidak beres. Di lantai kamar, ia menemukan sebuah koin berlubang, seolah sengaja dijatuhkan dari saku seseorang. Saat ia memungutnya dan meletakkannya di dekat cahaya lilin, bayangan koin itu tampak berbeda, tidak seperti koin pada umumnya. Namun, bukan hanya itu yang menarik perhatiannya. Sebuah kartu remi 5 sekop tergeletak di lantai dengan sudut yang sedikit tergores.

Kenneth teringat bahwa dalam dunia sulap, sekop sering melambangkan misteri, kematian, dan ilusi. Angka 5 di kartu itu mungkin bukan kebetulan. Huruf "H" yang samar di balik kartu pun membuatnya berpikir lebih jauh—apakah ini awal dari sesuatu?

Matanya kemudian tertuju pada cermin di kamar Elysia. Saat ia menghembuskan napas ke permukaannya, samar-samar terlihat bekas jari, seperti seseorang baru saja menyentuhnya. Ia teringat pesan misterius yang tertinggal di cermin:

"I start every magic, but you don’t hear me."

Apakah ini sebuah petunjuk? Kenneth berpikir keras. Dalam dunia sulap, segala sesuatu dimulai dengan "Hocus Pocus"—sebuah frasa klasik yang memulai keajaiban tetapi sering diabaikan oleh penonton.

Mungkin, Elysia telah menemukan celah di balik cermin itu. Ia menyentuhnya, dan tanpa disadari tertarik ke dalam lubang ilusi yang tersembunyi di balik pantulan. Saat tubuhnya menghilang, koin yang ada di genggamannya jatuh, meninggalkan jejak yang akhirnya ditemukan Kenneth. Bersamaan dengan itu, kartu remi juga tertinggal di lantai, seakan menjadi pesan terakhir sebelum Elysia menghilang.

Satu petunjuk terakhir menggantung di udara, kalimat yang tertulis dengan terburu-buru di secarik kertas:

"Everything begins with a trick, and the answer is end with us."

Kenneth berdiri diam, menatap cermin dengan tatapan penuh pertanyaan. Jika ini semua tentang ilusi, maka jawabannya ada di sana. Kata yang tersembunyi dalam semua petunjuk ini sudah jelas: "𝙃𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨".

Apakah ini hanya sebuah trik, atau benar-benar gerbang menuju dunia lain? Jika Elysia telah masuk ke dalamnya, apakah ia juga harus mengikuti jejaknya untuk menemukan kebenaran?

[grlwtskulltattoo]

"I will clean and close that wound, don't you worry. I will stay until the Saxon King is here. I will ask my son to move you to the Lord's hall when he is there, so I can check on you ever so often, yes?"

I gesture to a sullen darkhaired youth behind me. "This is Jari, my firstborn. Fear him not." I tell her gently.

"What is your name?"

I look at the youth standing behind Tessa, then nod my head.

"I'm called Revna..." I answer her, attempting a friendly smile despite the pain. It is quickly replaced with a grimace as the throbbing in my side gets more intense.

"Thank....thank you...for everything....." I try to show my appreciation for her help, as I attempt to relax on the bed so she can work.