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Pandemic Blues (Spring).
When Dad passed away, I knew it was a new era. No more of his presence meant things would change on the inside and out, for better or worse. He almost had hit the U.S. average of male life expectancy by a pinch (78.54 years to his 78.19) so heâs had about his moneyâs worth. God couldnât have cashed him out at a better time.
To start 2020, I took two weeks off from work for the first time in the six-plus years Iâve been with the company. Iâve met friends I havenât seen in ages. Iâve abandoned non-successful projects in the name of self-care. Iâve re-wrote my diet for the better now that Dad wasnât pumping me with free food âround the clock. Iâve also become the store champion in revenue for the year once again, and learned how not to get stress get the best of me. I had only one sunny day out of the twelve off in February which was extremely disappointing. As all you devils know, heading to New York City never leaves my mind. I promised myself that Iâd make a visit to both Modern Pinball and Sunshine Laundromat, visits Iâve been waiting three years for. I came close. I did visit the city in early March for a check-up and visited Central Park as I called up my Godmother Laura to make Easter plans, leaving only after a half-an-hour when it started to get dark. By then Iâd started to receive inklings of pending changes. The coronavirus was only in the back of my mind, and you normally donât think of these things unless it pertains to you. I dialed up my aunt Theresa and she told me that the city schools and offices were contemplating closing down. I brushed it off like it was nothing, untilâŠ
It was a weekend at work like any other. A regular Sunday. Then it started. A customer asked me for nine mid-range laptops for himself and his co-workers to work from home. I sold them all to him. Thatâs a $3,100+ ticket. Another older man came in looking for five printers and ten monitors for his business. I couldâve hit the jackpot if only we had enough but we didnât, but we piece-mealed whatever we could from other stores and that was another $1,500+. More customers and business owners came in to buy buy buy whatever they could to work at home with no limit and we now had a weekend clearance sale we never planned for. Every man and woman for themselves rushed in to save their jobs and tried grabbing whatever they can. When the weekend was over, they wiped us out of all our essential stock. Webcams, budget laptops, and monitors went clean off the shelves. We were fucking bewildered.
One outstanding memory I had of last yearâs outbreak was seeing someone eye-ing over all-in-ones. After twenty minutes of no one asking him for assistance, I finally got him. He already had as much time under his belt deciding which way to go: Windows or Mac? He had lots of questions for me, and took me on a world tour of my own department to see which of three units he wanted to take home with him. Fine by me, because being in the presence of his brown-eyed peanut-butter haired daughter was all that mattered. Imagine Jessica Chastain in her late twenties and neck-length hair wearing a green St. Patrickâs Day shirt with a beige clover on it and blue jeans. Somewhat conservative and reserved but she was nice 100% all throughout. Thatâs more I could say than most people on the island or in my life Iâve met. An hour later, her dad finally decided on a high-end unit. âWrap it upâ he said. âThank you for your time and purchaseâ I say, and itâd be the only time I would ever see her. Eventually, I noticed more customers coming in wearing masks. A different father-and-daughter pairing didnât get it right wearing theirs under their chins, a half-assed way to at least fend themselves from the poison going on. Later on, two young female best-friends asked me for a Nintendo Switch. When they saw I had the Animal Crossing version, they suddenly asked for two more. Done. Knock yourselves out.
Within one week our store changed operations on a near-daily basis. We shortened our hours, then limited our total number of occupants to appointments only. By mid-week our store was closed to the public and it was all phone-orders and curbside pick-ups. Salespeople became impromptu warehouse and back-end runners. We couldnât believe what we were experiencing. We were literally witnessing the slow gradual death of our traditional operating model. Corona- finally arrived and everyone was on edge not knowing what was coming next. Then we got the call from corporate: âall New York stores to be shut down indefinitely until further notice. Pack it up and go home. Expect a call from us in a few weeksâ.
This was unreal! Our positions were in limbo. It felt like we were let go yet still employed otherwise. Meaning: furlough. Weâd be fortunate enough to hold our titles and be kept on the payroll while we were mandated to stay home. Later as I learned, the âessentialsâ as deemed, still had to work on through as a necessity to others; pegged to deal with the public who had no foresight as to how serious it would be. Before heading home indefinitely, I walked next door to the market. Never had I seen meat and paper shortages. Bare shelves of canned goods, frozen vegetables, pasta, and rice like the world was ending. There was no timetable for lockdown or how itâd last. I was now in competition with everyone else to stay alive. Count my high cards that an long-term food shortage was not the case.
27, 47, 81.
If only Dad wouldâve lived long enough to see this unfold. Heâd be forceful enough for me to stay home with him like some early exits from my location did. I can imagine that even if my bro- didnât yell at him to stay home, Dad would say âhey, fuck you!â and drive out to see his friends. He literally fell of heart failure, and if that didnât get him, would the -virus? Could he survive it with his expiring health and the spectre of death on impatient delay? Since Dad fed me almost daily, heâd feel very sad and broken if he couldnât bring food home for me. Heâs not here on this Earth anymore to do that, so it was time to change it up. The haunt of immuno-compromization had me thinking to cut the crap and go healthy.
245, 332, 417.
My ex- Yenny, the most cautious person in the world, sent me directions on how to make my own mask which I did out of old worn-out tees. Welcome to the new real dystopia. The first aesthetic of the pandemic was in the form of this makeshift cloth mask dampened with my own carbon-monoxide emanating the smell of damp stale cotton. Back to the neighborhood Chop Nâ Drop I go. I stockpiled on fruits, vegetables, broth, anti-oxidants, juices, dark chocolates, nuts, and seltzer water. The moment of spending money on real food was the moment I started making real meals; the mixture of Idaho and sweet potatoes, celery, carrots, and vegetable broth aerated a distinct spring of fumes forever tied to these months in isolation. A daily carousel of apricots, oranges, cauliflower, tomatoes, and green peppers were a wonderful much-needed addition I had to have from now on. Visits to Bullseye had plenty of food, albeit the shelves were disorganized and the essential workers were overwhelmed. Idolatry was only steps away and to stock up on whatever non-perishables I could find, then threw them on the belt where the young silent Spanish girl who didnât feel like being there was waiting for me at the register.
I noticed all around me that things were a littleâŠdifferent. Most of us were given things we never imagined. Youâd never think of being home for months to have the opportunity to catch up on a life they once had no time for. People finally caught up on cleaning, pursing through personal belongings, old photos and memorabilia, reading lists and vinyl records that piled up. Imagine all the things said about not having to travel to work, or staying home to work, or not working at all. They were right. No such thing as stress. No managers shoving daily quotas or finding faults down your throat. No awkward moments, lack of courtesy, rudeness, or interruptions. No immature adults turning into bus-ride children competing for your attention or older women stamping their feet when being reminded of how out of line they were. It was total bliss.
486, 548, 753, 819.Â
Most of us had all the time in the world to shit ourselves in our front-row seats for what we were seeing. Itâs all happening next door in New York City, fatally crowned the epicenter of the worst pandemic of our lifetimes. We were The Death Nation. The deaths came at such an expedient rate that literal dead bodies were lined up outside the cityâs funeral parlors. By then, restaurants closed. Businesses closed. Stadiums, theaters, arcades, bars closed. Schools and universities were canceled. Even Easter, the next social holiday in lineâŠclosed. The nationâs unemployment rate spiked high as 15% as people pounded on the doors on a broken system to have their unemployment benefits or loans in hand as soon as possible. No meta-game suffered distinctly than the music and venue industry. Artists, operators, and promoters had their livelihoods taken away from them in an instant; forced to make a living improvising on live-streaming. They just lost their selves overnight. Now, they held on tight for their own stability and sanity; hoping to reach for that brass ring while riding on a lagging carousel engulfed in flames.Â
Over at WUSB, the show still had to go on. Our general manager disallowed any further staff to enter the studios. As most planned to live-stream from their homes, I opted to send my shows in. For the entirety of spring (and summer) Iâd hand my shows in our engineerâs at-home automation for broadcast. Saturday 10:00PM Eastern Standard Time on the dot, no error. I had all the time in the world to post on Ω+, my portfolio VMFX, and get Our Lady Omega finally up to speed without worry of deadlines, distraction, or needless interruption. It was when I rifled through many auditions burning on the hard drive. Cleaners From Venusâ âThe Jangling Manâ couldnât have come at a better time, signifying a cancelled Easter intended to be spent with my Godmother now at home. I never heard it ever but it yet it sounded familiar before. The cassette fidelities and a certain â89-â90 recorded feeling that took me back to my Nintendo youth becomes a new forever memory. Shoegaze and post-punk cuts such as Ingâs âClosetâ, Millyâs âTalking Secretâ, Esâ âHidden Trackâ, and Miserableâs âLoverboyâ, to name a few, have indisputably defined the pandemic eraâs soul.
But enough of that for today. Down comes Mario, my five year-old nephew whoâs yearning to play. Dad / Pop is no longer here, so itâs me heâs looking forward to seeing every day to try and win me on Uno or Candy Land while ginger-superior Madelaine Petsch / Cherry Blossom or Hayley Orrantia were on the flat-screen. We had nights where heâd chose a deck from my collection and weâd make separate piles out of suits. Heâd play some good ones, too: the âJuniorâ of Hearts, the âMomâ of Diamonds, and the âDadâ of Spades he calls them. Aces were âsooper!â and the jokers had their own narrative: a clown on the unicycle was riding to 7-11 to get some Slurpees for us. (Once in a while, a horse-head or the word âMAVERICKâ in cowboy caps- for those wild ones.) What kind of an imagination is this? And he loved Monopoly, too. We played so much that it inspired another aesthetic forever tied to the pandemic. Solid oranges and sky blues against the CRTâs, and Monopoly symbols of trains and utilities helped create sets of icons for a series of graphics templates Iâve made.
800, 814, 1036.
Red bottles with blue and red labels of now-discontinued blue liquid soap. Blocks of green and white cleanser cubes cased in plastic. Bulbs of blue and purple diffusing liquid. Cucumber sanitizer. Theyâre all symbols of cleanliness. All the time in the world posting, sound-editing, and layouts prove exhaustive at times. Itâs 1AM Eastern Standard Time in New York City / Long Island and an open window allows the smoky cold chill of a 50°April breeze to vacate downstairs. Itâs an invitation to step outside and admire the clear moonless skies. No clouds, only the stars above. I sit in my backyard to hear near-total silence emanating from the expressway. The asphalt rushes were a bare minimum because no one had a reason to travel. The utmost quiet was enough for the nostalgia to vacate right in. The cold, clear, quiet spring Saturday and Sunday nights spent with my Plainview circle of friends. Weâd talk shit about everyone we knew, what our favorite Green Day, The Offspring, Collective Soul, or Nine Inch Nails songs were, and matching up with the alternative girls I never met before. The post-dinner April starlights spent shivering with Cath- off the busy Sunrise Highway admitting how much I missed her and how it felt when she succumbed to the heroin demon, the drives down random gas stations to save her ass, or the rare night rides from campus to take her home after my Wednesday radio stint. The temperatures also matched the experience of visiting Central Park for the very first time while an essential contact was in the back of my mind, her text asking how my day in New York City waited for me when I arrived home. It kills me that these are rare moments Iâll never have back. To this day that Iâm still paying emotional interest on them.
142, 103, 101.
Rinse, repeat. For two months there was no place to go. No work shifts, classes, ballgames, weekend traffic, or Sunday dinners demarcating the days of the week. Saturdays were Tuesdays. Sundays were Mondays. No one ever humanly experienced a blur of time where every day was literally the same. Then a phone call. âOperations are re-opening. Be here Sunday and ready to start packing.â What my manager shouldâve said to me: âbe ready to be crucifiedâ. I told myself itâs the last week of May. Three days to get back into it. The spoils of staying home from work once again with financial security and benefits intact will end. Slowly but surely things will pick up again. The floodgates will soon open and here come the entitled Karens, ugly kniving fishwives, dumbshit Tonyâs From Brooklyn, and whatever unkempt messes who somehow still manage to breathe will tug my shirt for attention or see me as a whipping boy for their insignificant grievances I never asked for.Â
If the quarantine made many lives a nerve-wracking unbearable hell for some people, then what happened next would be the breaking point: footage posted of Minneapolis police murdering George Floyd sent people into the streets in an outrage, and rightfully so. Short-Term Memory America didnât learn and repeated their mistakes once again. No surprise there. The unnecessary needless precursory murders of Breonna Taylor and Armaud Arbury led up to the stateâs latest nationwide collapse of unrest.
It took the latest event of racism and murder for everyone to finally come outside since the start of the pandemic and show what they were hiding for the longest time. Frustrated adult-male mouth-breathers acting out like total jerkoffs throwing their childish ignorance and building blocks in more reasonable mature peopleâs faces, and unattractive vanilla pig females turned into cartoon versions of themselves as they yapped multitudes of n-bombs and were damn proud of it. Cutting noses and spiting their own faces; doing whatever it takes at all costs to preserve their personal right and false constructs in treating people-of-color like garbage. Bulletin-board bruisers and ultimate keyboard warriors finally brought it out for all of the world to see. Others, however, had enough of their friends, family, co-workers, and fellow human beings being shot, beaten, or killed based on the color of their skin. They came to protest, picket, fight in the streets, and set it all in flames because enough was enoughâŠenough of a corrupt racist celebrity president whoâs done absolutely nothing except write off white supremacists and dismissed the coronavirus as a hoax. It all came down to this after living in an irrational anything-goes backwards presidency, all because the Fascist-in-chief cared for no one but himself, his family, and those who pledged their allegiance to him.
If the last four years provided us some out-of-this-world ridiculousness, what else wouldâve been possible? Weâve experienced a hell like no other. We genuinely lived in fear that we could reach the point of no return. No one had any idea what was in store for us or how bad it couldâve been; during an election year, nonetheless.Â
Where Iâm heading is another story. I drive home down Rt. 25 and there are clusters picketing on the side of the road. One supporting Black Lives Matter, one for Tr*mp 2020. Summerâs on her way and the new heat was here; the allegory of pent-up frustration and emotion which everyone was feeling exacerbated by the pandemic. The possibilities were spring-loaded in the back of my mind and made me on edge, not knowing what could happen.Â
All I, and us, could think about was when this would all end, and when we could go back to life as we knew it. We were holding out on all hope that something had to give. When will we be open for business again? When would be all go back to what it used to be, or what would âthe new normalâ be? Will we change course and advert a national crisis, or will be dig ourselves a totalitarian grave so deep we wonât crawl out of? Will we have reason, rationality, science, humanity, and common sense back again, or will we have hatred, nastiness, cruelty, and contempt kept in place for traditionâs sake and have it rammed down our throats until we die sick of it?
It was the three most surreal months of my life. True uncharted territory; no map, no compass. And Spring wasnât even over. Not just yet. As everything was unfolding and unraveling, something else was headed my way. A season that was anything but normal was going to end on an even more bizarre and curious note. Not in the form of more shutdowns, sickness, emptiness, or despair; but of someone who reached out to me.
(To be continued.)
Cleaners From Venus âThe Jangling Manâ
Damp âDeath, Sex & Arbyâsâ
Ing âDustâ
Crumb âGhostrideâ
Future Islands âDay Glow Fireâ
Lisel âDigital Light Fieldâ
Milly âTalking Secretâ
Stardeath & White Dwarfs âWhat Keeps You At Nightâ
Miserable âLoverboyâ
Districts âCheap Regretsâ
Snarls âWalk In The Woodsâ
Es âHidden Trackâ
Strobobean âKeep It Togetherâ
Katie Tempest âPeopleâs Facesâ
Penelope Isles âRoundâ
Shopping âAll Or Nothingâ
#omega#music#mixtapes#playlists#personal#Long Island#racism#Cleaners From Venus#Ing#Crumb#Future Islands#Milly#Miserable#Kris Esfandiari#Districts#Es#Strobobean#Kate Tempest#Shopping
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(Pt2) WIP for uni - the plan is for an 8 page book based on a poem (in this case, "These Things I Know", Kae Tempest)
The character is Weylin-Trinket Brittlebrush, pronouns ze/zir :)
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Second image shows Weylin-Trinket stood alone, holding a rag doll which looks like zir; dressed the same with similar hair, and red right eye and left yellow eye. Text around them reads "Poetry trembles alone, only picked up to be taken apart."]
#art#black and white#colour#digital art#drawing#fan art#finished#illustration#illustrator#magic poser#music#pencil drawing#procreate#quotes#traditional art#wip#uni#narrative illustration#poetry#kate tempest#these things I know
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THE POETRY PHARMACY RETURNS | WILLIAM SIEGHART
Silver Linings | Fear of Loss (p. 56 - 57)
THE POINT | KATE TEMPEST
#words#the poetry pharmacy returns#william sieghart#books#poetry collection#the point#kate tempest#poems#poetry#spilled words#writing#fear#loss#depression#change#live in the moment#my posts#whimperingwishes#*tppr#i've thought about this passage and poem a lot since i read it
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âMy supervisors would prefer the text to be British English. Is that possible?â What makes the Expanding Circle Englishes real rather than abstract varieties? This article highlights that it is culture that makes the specifics of an English variety whereas linguistic features might be shared by a number of other varieties Russian English as a linguistic entity is based on the specifics ofâŠ
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#Songs of God#game of thrones#george rr martin#st martin#Lost#Hors game#Tales of a Modern Griotte#kate tempest#Sick#Tired#Degenerate#Ămile zola#gospel#Ministry of sound#Carl jung#To God be the Glory#aldous huxley#mobb deep#François Liensa
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Vodafone paredes de coura festival 2017
25th year edition
#music#music poster#poster#poster art#paredes de coura#2017#future islands#kate tempest#at the drive in#nick murphy#japandroids#beach house#ty seagall#foals#foals band#badbadnotgood#benjamin clementine#king krule#foxygen#festival#portugal#vodafone#vodafone paredes de coura#graphic design#Spotify
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The Truth of MankindâŠ
âŠIs Also Dreamâs
These quotes are from episode 5 (24/7):
âGarry dreams of proving his father he was wrong about him.â
âKate dreams of running away where no one will find her.â
[But you do, and we see your star in so many panels of The Wake đ„ș]
âBette dreams of creating something that matters to people.â
You are the magician who became the man, Morpheus. And you are the king who left his kingdom, but not without making sure everyone else would be okay first--perhaps that is a different definition of a graceful ending, but it is graceful nonetheless.
Youâre so painfully human, and yet, you are also not đ
#the sandman#sandman#dream of the endless#morpheus#the sandman netflix#the sandman comics#sandman meta#sandman analysis#sandman character analysis#sandman spoilers#overture spoilers#mother night#father time#william shakespeare#the kindly ones spoilers#the wake spoilers#exiles spoilers#the tempest sandman spoilers#Garry Fletcher#kate fletcher#bette munroe
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Imagine how awful it must have been for Javi to not know what was going on with his friends, calling out over the radio but never receiving a reply. How long was it before he learned he lost three of his best friends??
#I mean poor Kate but also poor Javi#javi was hurtin yâall#twisters 2024#twisters#javier rivera#twisters Javi#hurt/comfort#tempest tamers
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Squidmas Special â23
Rating: G, Word Count: 4,863
This special was originally posted on AO3 in two parts between Chapter #22 - 1 and Chapter #22 - 2. It takes place 8 years after the end of TPWCH. Ryland, Three, and Captain are all the same person! I also made this relationship chart to help since thereâs so many characters being introduced so quickly. And yeah, Koiâs birthday is on Squidmas, so theyâre celebrating both events together. The story starts below the cut!
âYouâre sure itâll be okay? Itâs just⊠thereâs gonna be so many peopleâŠâ
âYes, Capa. Itâs gonna be okay. We have to let Tsuku spread her wings. She has to be able to take risks in order to live her life. We took plenty of them.â
âI know, I knowâŠâ
âAnd, hey. If anything goes wrong, weâll both be there to protect her.â
The Inkling took their husbandâs hands playfully. âI think that would just be you.â
âYouâre telling me the Captain of the New Squidbeak Splatoon wouldnât be able to hold off a couple of fourteen-year-olds? Because I know they could.â Eight bopped the white puff on the end of Captainâs Squidmas hat.
âI get nervous around little kids! I donât know what to do or say! You know this.â
âIs that what it is? Youâre nervous the kids wonât like you?â
âI meanâŠâ Captain shrugged. They hadnât been consciously thinking about that, but now that Eight mentioned it, maybe that was part of their hesitation.
âItâs all right to feel nervous⊠but kids always love you! Remember that one at Tako Bell whoââ
âYeah, yeah I know. Iâm probably worrying for no reason.â
âSuch is life.â
âAnd⊠what about the other parents? Theyâre probably all cishet Inklings, and weâre so much younger than everyone elseâŠâ
âIf anything goes wrong, we can leave, okay? Or you can leave and I can stay⊠or whatever works in the moment.â
Captain nodded, and after a moment he raised his head to kiss Eight. âOkay, now whereâs Tsuku?â
Captain made their way to their daughterâs bedroom door. âHey Tsuku, itâs about time to go!â
âAh, sorry, sorry⊠just five more minutes!â
âOkay koko, just come out to the living room when youâre ready!â
Returning to the living room, Captain saw Eight waiting, now with his shoes on.
âTsukuâs still going to be about ten minutes,â Captain explained.
Eight checked his phone. âWeâre going to be lateâŠâ
âThatâs okay.â
âYeah. Yeah it is.â
Captain ended up opening one of the dumb word games on their phone, and Eight did his best to help, until Tsuku appeared in the hallway. She was wearing a cute little red dress with white flats. Captain bent down closer to her and gushed, âMyushi-myushi ba~!
âOh my cod, Fufu.â
Captain kissed the top of Tsukuâs head. âCâmon, letâs go!â
It was only a short train ride, and then they were standing at the front door of Koiâs familyâs house.
âUm⊠do we knockâŠ?â Eight murmured.
They looked at each other, and Captain shrugged. Then they both jumped back when Tsuku stepped up between them and gave the door a confident rap. Koi opened the door a few seconds later, and her orange pigtails flopped over Tsukuâs shoulders as they hugged tightly. Captain and Eight threw each other an awkward glance as they waited in the blocked doorway, and the two young Cephalings didnât separate until another voice from inside the house called out, âTsuku! You made it!â
The Inkling who had just started going by KJ ran up to them and hugged Tsuku too, althoughâboth Captain
and Eight noticedâthis one was much shorter.
Meanwhile, Koi stood on her toes and said, âHello, MrâŠ. um⊠and⊠uh⊠sorry, are you⊠Tsukuâs parents?â
âYep,â Eight said. âYou can just call us us Eight and Captain⊠or Tsukuâs dad and parent, if thatâs easier. The last names are sort of complicated.â
âOh, okay! Welcome to our home⊠sorry again.â
âItâs totally okay! No harm done.â
As they entered, following behind the girls and KJ, Captain made a whining sound and whispered to Eight, âThat was so awkwardâŠâ
Eight gave him a quick kiss on the forehead. âI know itâs hard. Youâre doing great.â Eight also slipped his hand into Captainâs for support.
A few seconds later, they arrived in the kitchen, where René was at the dining table trying to explain the rules of chess to Cody, seemingly rather unsuccessfully. Beyond that was the living room, where eight adults sat on several sofas and armchairs arranged in a U-shape around a low coffee table, conversing in groups of two or three. A Squidmas tree in the corner glistened with ornaments and tinsel.
When René and Cody saw them, they both got up and raced toward them. Cody got there first and gave Tsuku a quick hug before rattling off a long stream of almost unintelligible words while bouncing on his heels excitedly. Then René hugged her too, but, unless Captain was mistaken, it seemed a bit more awkward than the others had been.
âHi boys, nice to meet you. Iâm Eight, Tsukuâs dad.â Eight shook each of their hands.
Captain just kind of smiled at them.
Thankfully, Cody interrupted: âRenĂ© was just showing me this game called chest!â
âChess,â RenĂ© corrected.
âAnd thereâs all these little figurine things that are so cool, my favorite is the little horse!â
âKnight.â
âAnd to win the game you have to trap the other playerâs king, and it's called a checkmake!â
âCheckmate.â
âCâmon, RenĂ© can show us how to play, heâs so good at explaining things!â
Tsuku, Koi, and KJ looked at each other, shrugged, and then started to gather around the table.
Eight squeezed Captainâs hand. âReady?â
âAs Iâll ever beâŠâ
They hadnât stepped two paces into the living room when a woman with long orange tentacles jumped up from a sofa to face them. âOh, welcome! You must be Tsukuâs parents, then? Eight and Captain, right? Here, take our seats!â She started tugging at the arm of the man next to her until he stood.
âOh, no, itâs okay!â Eight tried.
âNo, I insist. Have a seat.â
So Captain and Eight scooted in next to a pale woman with frizzy purple tentacles, just like her son.
âYou must be Codyâs mother?â Eight said.
âYep. Alicia. Nice to meet you.â
âLikewise,â said Eight.
âAnd youâre Tsukuâs parents?â
âRight. Weââ
âOh, of course!â Koiâs mother interrupted, now sitting on the floor with her legs folded. Her voice was so strong that the other conversations quickly fizzled out. âEveryone, these are Tsukuâs parents, Eight and Captain. Eight and Captain, youâve just met Alicia.â She pointed to a Black family with green tentacles sitting together on the sofa against the left wall. The husband and wife seemed to be the oldest out of everyone there, while the third person was the youngest. âThese are Atlas and Jeane, RenĂ©âs parents. And Atlasâs son Alex, just next to them.â Now she gestured toward the couch on the right, where another couple sat, this one with magenta tentacles. âAnd KJâs parents, Vanessa and Robert. Have I missed anyone? Oh, of course! Iâm Koiâs mother, Amanda, and this is my husband Glen.â
âNice to meet you all,â Eight said.
âNice to meet you,â Captain managed to squeak out, adding a little wave.
âYou know, you both look so young for your age,â Amanda continued. âIâm so jealous!â
âActually, Iâm only 26âŠâ Captain explained.
âOh!â Captain could see the gears turning in Amandaâs head, trying to do the math.
âUm⊠we adopted her when she was six. I was only eighteen, so it was a hard decision, but she didnât have a home, and we were the only ones who could take her in. Iâve always been⊠something between a sibling and a parent to her.â
âI see. Well, from what I hear from Koi, youâre doing a great job.â
Captain thought of several things to say, but he couldnât get his mouth to form the words.
âOh⊠have I said something?â
âSorry, sorry! That just⊠means a lot, is all. Thank you.â
Amanda directed her next question at Eight, which Captain was grateful for. âSo how long have you two been together?â
Eight looked at Captain with such a reminiscent, loving expression that it nearly made Captain blush in front of everyone. âWe met each other eight years ago in July, and we started dating in November. We got married three years later, and we just had our fifth anniversary in August.â
Captain was frozen the whole time, staring down at a certain spot on the carpet. But when Eight shifted and leaned into him slightly, it broke the trance, and Captain looked up at him. They shared a smile.
âRemember our fifth anniversary, hun?â said Vanessa. âThat feels so long ago.â
âWell, we are getting dangerously close to our twentieth, arenât we?â Robert said back with a chuckle.
âAt least youâre not staring down your fiftieth birthday,â Atlas remarked, with such an even tone Captain wouldnât have known what to make of it if the smile hadnât given it away.
âFifty? No~!â Glen said with incredulity.
âOnly two months left. I might as well start digging my grave now.â
âOh my cod, dadâŠâ the son, Alex, groaned.
âOh, like youâve never been dramatic about your age. Iâm 14, Iâm basically an adult,â Atlas mocked, using a deeper voice.
Alex rolled his eyes and went back to scrolling on his phone, but just after the conversation picked up again and everyone else had turned their attention elsewhere, Captain noticed that Altas nudged his son, and they both shared a smirk that somehow seemed to convey a strikingly strong bond of love between them.
Captain snapped to attention when they heard their name; it was coming from Amanda again: âThank you again for coming, Captain, Eight. Iâm sure Koi will love having Tsuku here. And itâs so nice to finally meet you both! And the same to you too, of course, Atlas and Jeane.â
A knock came from the front door. Captain whipped their head around toward it and made a confused face. They were sure that their family had arrived last, and everyone who they had expected to to come was already there. So who could this be at the door? Perhaps a pizza delivery or something?
They all already knew that the kids would beat any adult to the door, so they just waited, and Captain watched the archway to the kitchen anxiously, until finally someone stepped throughâ
âLyle? WhatâŠâ Captain couldnât stop the exclamation before it was already out of their mouth.
âHeya, Captain. And everyone,â Lyle said with a smug grin. Eli stepped into view a moment later, holding his husbandâs hand, and with his other hand he towed little Tempest behind him.
âHi Amanda, thank you for having us!â Eli said.
âAlso, um⊠Tempestâs bio moms wanted to come too at the last second, I hope itâs all right that we brought them along.â
And now the Meer-Hannon family stepped forward to reveal Agents Four and Neo Threeâbut they really should be calling them Aubrey and Yuki in a context like this. Each one was holding an infant with yellow ink.
Amanda jumped up from her seat again to greet them. âOh, of course! Thank you so much for coming, Iâm sure Betta will be delighted to see Tempest. Sheâs outside with Ava and Kate.â
âDo you wanna go outside?â Eli asked Tempest.
Tempest looked toward the sliding-glass door but shrunk back away from it, into Eliâs body. âYou donât have to,â he soothed. âYou can stay in here if you want.â
Then Koiâs younger sister Betta poked her head in from outside. âTempest?â
âBetta!â And any apprehension disappeared.
Captain jumped when Alicia called out from right next to him, âKate? Is everyone doing okay out there?â
Now the older Larsenâs face appeared in the door. âYep, all good, mom! Betta bit Aaronâs finger, but heâll survive!â
âAaron, are you sure youâre okay?â Alicia called back.
âYes, Ms. Caruso, Iâm fine!â a slightly strained voice called back.
âBetta!â Amanda called over them, jumping up yet again and heading for the door. âWe do not bite our guests!â
âYou want me, you get the whole package,â Kate joked.
âI wouldnât trade it for the world,â Aaron said, coming just far enough into view that Captain could see him staring into her eyes. The scene was sickly sweet. Cod, had Captain and Eight been like that when they were younger?
Yes. Yes, they had been.
Then Captainâs thoughts were interrupted by a desperate cry of âFUFU!â
âKoko⊠woiâe bare?â Captain responded instinctively. Then they froze. Terrified, they shot a quick glance back at the other parents. None of them seemed to be staring at himâat least not directlyâwhich he took as a good sign.
âWhat is it, Tsuku?â Captain said, hoping it would encourage her to respond in Inkling.
It worked, but it wouldnât have mattered anyway since Tsuku got close and whispered, âI forgot the gift for the Secret Snowsquid!â
The gift⊠had they left it at home? Wait. Captain felt his pocket and, sure enough, he felt a small box covered in wrapping paper. âOh, I have it here! I grabbed it just in case.â
Captain held it it to her, and the distress was replaced by a huge grin of relief as she took it. âYou had it the whole time? Why didnât you tell me!â
Captain lifted their hands in a shrugging pose. âI forgot.â
They both giggled. âThank you, Fufu!â
âOf course, Koko. Are you having a good time?â
âYeah! I just beat everyone in Super Splat Squids!â
âIâm glad all the years of indoctrinating you into video games paid off.â
âOkay, Iâm gonna go back now. Thank you!â She gave them a quick hug.
âOf course.â
And now everyone was staring at them.
âAww, you have such a cute relationship with her!â Vanessa said.
âOh. Itâs uh⊠nothing special,â Three murmured.
Now Amanda returned from outside.
âIâm so sorry about that again, Alicia.â
âOh, Iâm sure Aaron will be fine. As long as Betta doesnât have rabies!â
Everyone laughed except for Amanda, who gave a tight-lipped smile. Then she seemed to notice Lyle, Eli, Aubrey, Yuki, and the twins. âOh! Please, come sit! Oh⊠oh dear, we really should have planned for this better⊠you know what, Iâll go get the lawn chairs!â
âNo no, donât bother! Weâll manage. I think Mako wants down, anyway,â Aubrey assured her.
Amanda looked frantically around her before finally managing to calm herself down. âVery well, then. And you must beâŠ?â
âAubrey. And this is my girlfriend Yuki.â
Yuki braced Seki against her chest with one arm and raised the other hand in greeting.
âGood to meet you! Good to meet youâŠâ Amanda seemed on the verge of a panic attack.
Four and Yuki took up spots on the floor and let Mako and Seki start toddling around them. Meanwhile, Eli sat on the arm of the sofa right next to Captain, and Lyle gave everyone an almost defiant look before plopping down right on Eliâs lap.
âWow Eli, thanks for the up-close view of your ass,â Captain murmured.
âNo, thank you! Thatâs the first time youâve ever complimented my ass before.â
Captain gave a clearly forced smile.
They got along fine with Eli nowadays, but they couldnât completely ignore the small part of them that got nervous every time they were around Eli, or even Lyle. It just dug up too many old memories.
The group got to asking about the twins, and how one of the hardest times was right after they start walking because you have to chase them around everywhere, and Jeane said something about how lucky Aubrey and Yuki were to be young and agile. Aubrey seemed to relax more after that.
âYou seem awfully quiet. Yuki, isnât it?â Atlas said eventually, holding eye contact with the Octoling.
Noticing his stare, Yuki signed Iâm deaf with one hand, sort of dismissively.
Aubrey nudged her and explained, âYuki is deaf.â
âOh, my sister is deaf, so I know some of the local sign! UmâŠâ Robert then signed something Captain didnât recognize, probably in Inkopolis Signed Vernacular.
âUmâŠâ Aubrey began, also clearly not recognizing it.
Japen. Japen! Japenese Sign Language! Yuki signed to her fervently.
âOh, we use⊠uh⊠Japenese Sign Language, since Yuki is originally from Japen. Itâs⊠an obscure local dialect.â
Yuki signed something else Captain didnât recognize, looking a bit less confident with the hand movements, and Yuki and Robert conversed for a few minutes.
About two hours had passed since the Meer-Hannons and Kekoa-Johnsonsâ arrival when the doorbell rang again, and this time it really was just pizza. Everyone gathered around the kitchen counter, where Amanda was frantically trying to set out plates and plasticware. âOkay everyone, if you want a drink, write your name on your cup with this Sharkie, and be sure to put it back whenââ But the rest of Amandaâs words were drowned out by the commotion.
Captain hung back a ways away from theyâd had the the first chance crowd, figuring theyâd let everything die down before going to get their food. Eight waited with them, and a moment later his hand slipped into their hand. âDoing okay?â he whispered.
âYeah. I think so. I wasnât expecting to see Lyle and all of them.â
âYeah, that was a bit of a surprise! Is it okay that theyâre here?â
âOf course! Of course itâs okay that theyâre here. Itâs nice to see everyone.â
Eight met Captainâs eyes, and he didnât look away until he seemed satisfied with Captainâs reassurance. âYou can always step away if you need to, Iâll cover for you.â
âThanks.â
They shared a smile. âPizza?â
âSure.â
Everyone huddled in the kitchen, making use of any chair, barstool, orâin Mako, Seki, and Eliâs caseâlap that they could find, while Captain and Eight leaned against the kitchen counter, putting as much distance between themselves and the commotion as they could. Captain nodded in Eli and Lyleâs direction and scoffed. âHow are they so confident? Lyle didnât figure out heâs gay until like five years after I did. And Eli took even longer!â
âYeah, but it went over a lot better for them. They donât have the same trauma. And besides, itâs Lyle and Eli. Did you really expect anything different?â
Eight reached an arm around them and gently pulled them in closer.
âMerry Squidmas, Capa.â
After a glance to make sure no one was watching them, Eight gave Captain a quick kiss.
âMerry Squidmas, Eight.â
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That was followed by Koi opening some presents from her family and sharing some hugs with her parents.
Finally, Amanda announced that it was time for the gift exchange. They all gathered in the living room again, with Tsuku, Koi, Betta, René, Cody, Ava, Kate, and Aaron sitting in a circle on the floor near the tree. Each held a gift wrapped in colorful paper, ranging in size from the wallet-sized rectangle Tsuku was holding to a box as tall as Betta. Captain found themself staring at each of the wrapped gifts, as if staring hard enough would allow them to bore through the wrappings and see their contents.
Who had drawn Tsukuâs name weeks ago? What would they have gotten her? What if something went wrong?
Captain somehow missed Amandaâs explanation of how the gift exchange would work and the first few gifts being given. He didnât even notice what the gifts were, only that Betta was shouting in joy, and everyone was laughing, and everything had suddenly become very, very loud.
Captain made eye contact with Eight, who was already giving him a concerned look. Eight nodded, and Captain got up, trying not to seem too hurried as they made for the bathroom. They sunk to the floor and put their head between their knees, left by themself with their thoughts, and took several deep breaths to try to calm down.
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Fourteen years ago
Ryland stared listlessly at nothing in particular as the students around him filtered into the classroom and found their seats. He didnât even notice when someone sat just to his right.
âHi, Ryland!â
Ryland snapped out of his daze. âOh, Ophie. Hi.â
Ryland's and Opheliaâs fathers knew each other from work, and Ryland was pretty sure his father was trying to set him up with her, but she had always been nice to him.
She leaned toward him conspiratorially. âWho did you get for your Secret Snowsquid?â
âWeâre not supposed to tell,â Ryland said.
Ophie giggled. âThatâs the right answer!â
Ophie seemed to be waiting for a certain response, but Ryland had no idea what it could be, or what she had meant from her last exclamation. He just kind of smiled awkwardly at her.
Luckily, a few seconds later, the teacher saved him from having to respond. âGood morning, class. Does everyone have their gift?â
âYes, Mrs. Ippy,â chorused about a quarter of the students. Most of the others did have gifts; they just werenât paying attention. âWeâre going to be gathering by grade, so everyone find the others in your grade and sit in a circle. First graders, up here by meâŠâ
Ryland automatically tuned out the extraneous information, but by the time he tuned back in, it was too late, and everyone had already started moving. Ryland just followed Ophie back to the corner of the classroom near the door, where they sat on the carpet. About thirty of them gathered around in a circle, out of whom Ryland recognized Billy and his clanâLyle,
Eli, Clyde, and Blitz. Ryland and Billy made eye contact, and the smirk on Billyâs face turned Rylandâs stomach.
Instead, he scanned the rest of the circle, trying to remember which one Cairo wasâthat was the name he had drawn a week ago.
âOkay everyone, put your gifts in the middle of the circle. The Class Leader will go first, and then go around the circle one at a time,â Mrs. Ippy called from somewhere far away.
Billy was up in an instant and making his way toward the growing pile of presents.
âHey! Itâs not your turn!â shouted one of the girlsâEmily, he thought.
âHmm, Iâm sure the Class Leader doesnât mind, right?â he glared at Blitz, who quickly shook his head. So Billy sauntered up to the pile and dug around for a while before finally pulling out a package. He tore it open and revealed a box of chocolates. Ryland thought he heard Ophie gasp next to him, but she didnât say anything.
They continued around the circle, and eventually Ophie tore open her gift to reveal a pack of orange gummy candies. She frowned, probably because she didnât like orange flavor. She looked at Ryland, and he just shrugged. âIâll swap with you if I get something you like.â
âOh. So⊠you didnât get me?â
âNo, I got Cairo. I donât know who got you.â
Then Billyâs perpetually whiny voice interrupted them. âCâmon Ryland, thatâs enough chit-chat! Youâre holding up everyone else.â
Something felt wrong as Ryland got up and walked to the center of the circle. He squirmed as he felt everyoneâs eyes on him. The whole room seemed more quiet than it should have been. It felt like it took an eternity to dig through the pile of presents in search of one with his own name.
And there it was: a small box about the size of a pack of playing cards. And for a minute he thought that might be what they were. He went back to his seat and sat down with it, hoping that that would reduce the number or eyes on him, but it was no use. Everyone was staring at him, as if expecting something to happen. Finally, Ryland realized he couldnât stall any longer, and he slowly began to tear open the package.
But it wasnât a pack of cards at all.
It was a pack of cigarettes.
It only took Ryland a few seconds before he understood what they meant. He started to shake, staring uncontrollably at the pack of cigarettes in his hand until it fell to the floor with a crash, spilling some of its contents.
Ryland could feel Billyâs triumphant glare on him, and he didnât dare look up.
âRyland! Are those cigarettes? Hand them over!â Mrs. Ippy was glaring down at him with her hand outstretched. Ryland shoved the cigarettes back in then grabbed the box and tentatively raised it toward her until she snatched it away. âAnd what were you doing with these?â
âTheyâre not mine! Obviously someone gave it to me as their Secret Snowsquid gift. I donât want them!â
Mrs. Ippy just kept glaring down at him with a suspicious look on her face. Desperate, Ryland looked around and saw Billy staring directly at him with a malicious grin. And he gave Ryland a small nod, as if saying Go on. But Ryland didnât know what that was supposed to mean, and even if he had there was no way he was letting Billy get away with this.
âLike I said, the person who brought them in the classroom was whoever got me for Secret Snowsquid! It was Bââ
âFine, then Iâll go check the lists,â Mrs. Ippy said, spinning on her heel and always making it halfway back across the classroom before Ryland could finish. Ryland looked to Ophie for comfort, but she looked just as nervous as he was.
A moment later, Mrs. Ippy was back, this time holding a clipboard. All she said was, âOphie, Iâll be accompanying you to the principalâs office. Youâre being expelled.â
Ryland was barely able to put any words together as he stared at Ophie. âNo! No, it was⊠wait⊠Ophie? It wasnât you, right?â
But Ophie was already standing. âItâs okay Ryland, donât fight it or weâll just both end up expelled.â
âWait⊠OphieâŠâ
âIâm sorry, Ryland. I hope I see you again.â
But he never did.
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Captain groaned and slowly pulled his hand back from his head as the memory finished playing.
Of course, that night he had remembered Ophieâs gasp and had realized that the chocolates had been for him, which of course meant that Billy had swapped out the giftsâperhaps just the tags. But Ophie had already been expelled, and who would have believed him, anyway? Ophie had been right. Mrs. Ippy had already been suspicious enough of Ryland, and Billy hadnât left any traceable evidence. Ryland probably would have been expelled, too, if he had tried anything.
But maybe that would have been for the best.
Captain pushed themself back up into an upright position and took a deep breath.
Tsukuâs gift exchange wouldnât be like Rylandâs. She was surrounded by good friends and responsible adults. Tsuku may have a secret just like Ryland had, but maybe Captain could muster the optimism to believe that, unlike Ryland, Tsuku would be accepted.
Captainâs hand rested on the door handle. Yes. Everything would be okay. They truly believed it.
And they pushed the door open. A few strides, and they were back in the living room. It was still chaos, but the smiles on everyoneâs faces reassured them. Especially Eightâs.
They sat down next to their husband, and Tsuku ran up to them almost immediately. âLook, Fufu! Look what Koi got me!â
Tsuku was bouncing around with such excited energy that Captain couldnât discern the object in her hands until they reached out and held the corner to steady it. It was a sketchbook, and on the cover⊠a silhouette of an octopus.
âOh⊠thatâs great, TsukuâŠâ Captain tried to muster enthusiasm in their response, but they just couldnât stop staring at the octopus emblazoned on the front.
âWhat is it?â Tsuku finally asked.
âTsuku⊠does Koi know youâre an Octoling?â
Tsuku looked at him curiously, almost confused. âYeah, of course! All of them do. Theyâve known for a while.â
Captain looked around the room at everyone, beginning to question his original impressions of each of them. âAnd their parentsâŠ?â
Tsuku nodded. âAs far as I can tell. Itâs not really a big deal.â
Captain suddenly pulled in Tsuku for a tight hug, and they were holding back tears. âIâm so glad you found them. Iâm⊠so happy for you, Koko.â
Tsuku started pulling back after a moment, and Captain realized that they might have hugged her for too long. But she still had a big smile on her face. âI love you, Fufu. Merry Squidmas!â
âI love you too. Merry Squidmas.â
They shared one more smile.
âNow go have fun with your friends!â
Captain watched them all for a few minutes, seeing René blush as Tsuku asked whether he liked the Tableturf cards she had gotten him, seeing KJ make a remark that they all laughed at, seeing Cody wow them by doing tricks with his new yo-yo, and seeing Tsuku wrap Koi up in another hug.
âYou did this, you know,â Eight said, leaning into Captain. âI mean, Tsuku deserves some credit, and I guess I was there, too. But you made all this possible.â
Eight was right, wasnât he? Nothing could ever be perfect and easy, but Tsuku was never going to have to endure the hardships that they had.
They had broken the cycle.
âYeah. I did it.â
#this place we called home#tpwch squidmas special 2023#splatoon#splatoon fanfiction#agent 3#agent 8#agent 4#agent neo 3#lyle#eli#tempest#seki#mako#tsuku#koi#kj#rené#cody#atlas#jeane#alex#alicia#kate#ava#aaron#amanda#glen#vanessa#robert#and some others but I hit the tag limit lol
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Currently Reading đ
Tempest Awakening & Silent Jay
#currently reading#reading#read#to read#booklr#bookblr#books#silent jay#kate messick#emma moon#tempest awakening#november 2024
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Omega Radio for April 11, 2020; #226.
The Districts âCheap Regretsâ
Squid âCleanerâ
Vivian Girls âSomething To Doâ
Heavy Lungs âBlood Brotherâ
Donât Try âMelancholy Chaptersâ
Jehnny Beth âIâm The Manâ
Pom Pom Squad âHeavy Heavyâ
Dahlia Sleeps âSettle Downâ
Snarls âWalk In The Worldsâ
The City Gates âCheckpoint Charlieâ
Tempers âUndoingâ
Kewl âGlamour Musclesâ
Future Islands âDay Glow Fireâ
Algiers âDispossessionâ
Georgia Maq âAway From Loveâ
Shana Falana âDarkest Lightâ
Blackwater Holylight âDeath Realmsâ
Soviet Soviet âEcstasyâ
Gentle Heat âA Lureâ
Fawns Of Love âDecemberâ
Chasms âShadowâ
Stardeath And White Dwarves âWhat Keeps You Up At Nightâ
Penelope Isles âRoundâ
Crumb âGhostrideâ
Yeah Yeah Yeahs âDiamond Seaâ
Khruangbin âFriday Morningâ
Kate Tempest âPeopleâs Facesâ
Pre-Easter broadcast; all indie and top shelf sounds.
#omega#music#playlists#mixtapes#indie#pop#city#Districts#Squid#Vivian Girls#Jehnny Beth#Pom Pom Squad#Snarls#Tempers#Future Islands#Algiers#Georgia Maq#Shana Falana#Soviet Soviet#Chasms#Stardeath And White Dwarves#Crumb#Yeah Yeah Yeahs#Khruangbin#Kate Tempest
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(Pt8) Final page of my little book!! Character shown is Markus Winterwish, pronouns he/him :)
What do you think? :)
[Post Image Description:
Image shows Markus standing facing the right of the canvas, holding the end of a paintbrush close to his mouth in thought with a little smile. He's removed his academic robe and suit jacket, shirt sleeves untucked and rolled up. He is looking at a blank canvas, excited to start something creative for the first time since early childhood. The chair behind him has his academic robe discarded over the back of it.
Text around the image reads "If your life is killing you, take a fucking risk for once".]
#art#black and white#colour#digital art#drawing#fan art#finished#illustration#illustrator#magic poser#music#pencil drawing#procreate#quotes#traditional art#wip#kate tempest#narrative illustration#poetry#these things i know
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asia kate dillon as a spirit in the tempest via shakespeare theatre company in 2014
#not to be confused with how apparently this same production was redone in 2016 (ft. different actors naturally & re: our purposes)#asia kate dillon#who also understudied for ariel but i found no record in text or image of them going on in that role#shakespeare theatre company the tempest 2014#don't anticipate Needing a tag exactly; but for the [multiple posts] of it all & Why Not & that's the way it keeps intuitively coming to me#i'm also not sure we can see them in pic three but that's the ensemble / company / bevy of spirits ft a couple ppl who Could be them#lot of available pics of the gods puppets who were operated by the spirits but cannot see them in any....#but they're definitely here as; in pic one: person most in front on the left but not the person crouching#pic two: person standing next to the ship mast with their back to the camera#pic three: [?] could be either the person who we only see via the top of their head either against driftwood or the shipwreck there#pic four: same moment as pic one so the noncrouching person furthest in front on the left#pic five: person furthest in front on the left#the tempest
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3:54 PM EDT June 8, 2024:
The Comet Is Coming feat. Kate Tempest -   "Blood Of The Past" From the album   Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery (March 15, 2019)
Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm
File under: Impulse!
#The Comet Is Coming feat. Kate Tempest#Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery#Blood Of The Past
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Cheryl Strayed, tiny beautiful things | Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 | Mary Oliver, the fourth sign of the zodiac | Mary Oliver, upstream | Susan Sontag, Reborn | Homer, the Iliad | Albert Camus, notebooks | Kate Tempest, people's faces | Vincent Van Gogh, irises | Roald Dahl
#web weave#web weaving#on experiencing the world#on allowing yourself to touch your own life#mwah love you guys
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