#me and ghost insta chaos

[sakuraspoke]

31 days of ghost // day 1 - first song you heard ⸸

The ancient serpent deceiver To masses standing in awe He will ascend to the heavens Above the stars of God Hell Satan, Archangelo Hell Satan, welcome Year Zero

[tomatitothoughts]

I didn’t go to his party because of pride that he didn’t text me back. I didn’t go because I didn’t care. I didn’t go because I care.

When he didn’t reply to me the first time it was over a weekend. I had been texting my phone constantly, looking to see if my message some how didn’t get delivered. I shut my phone off just in case it had a glitch that didn’t send me his reply. But then he texted me after 2 days, saying it was a busy weekend with school and work. I totally understood as I had been there. But I kept noticing how our constant texting was just 1 message per day and I would reply with 30 minutes or a few hours as he would reply until the next day.

The night before his last day of school I replied to him with a question about his schoolwork. I didn’t expect a quick reply, I knew he was going to be crazy busy. And since he had already gone that weekend without texting due to being super busy I was waiting patiently. But he never replied to me. Even after the Christmas chaos at stores were over. I saw he was active of insta. So he was too busy to reply back to me but had enough time to be on social media.

I had accepted it. I was always going through Holliday grief as it was my very first Christmas without either of my grandparents and I was very emotional and sad at times. I had posted a quote I saw on insta after seeing his story, he had posted a bottle of tequila. Which indicated he was drinking. He liked my story which I didn’t expect. Right around mid night he texts me happy new year. I definitely didn’t expect that!

So I simply replied back with happy new years. I didn’t really expect him to reply back to that. But he liked my reply and then sent a message saying how he was sorry he didn’t get back to me that he was just busy with his job and that hopefully we could hang out soon. I said, “no worries don’t apologize I get it. Yeah maybe we can hang out soon.” In my head I sounded a bit more sassy. He replied, “we’ll still I didn’t want you to think you did something bad or that I was ignoring you. But I hope your day was good” But that’s exactly what I was going on in my head. I kept thinking about how I could have been better or maybe I did something he didn’t like, so something to get him to stop talking to me completely. I simply replied, “no I figure you got too busy. Thank you it was okay.” I really wanted to say you were too busy for me. I was a bother to you that you didn’t need. And how can you just ask me about my day!? Well then he didn’t reply until the next day at 12:00am which technically is another day without texting me. My theory is he got a drunk and since Natalie had texted us happy new years she must have told him we replied and then he texted me. But only because he was drinking and that brought out some of his feelings. Not that he actually intended to talk to me again. Not like that at least. And then once he woke up the next day he felt bad for texting me that he just continued in with the conversation a few more days until he stopped texting again.

I don’t think he ever really meant to text me on new years. He was just drunk. And like his birthday is the 4th I texted him happy birthday and he felt bad I did. So he replied once more the following day before ghosting me again.

That’s why I didn’t go to his and his brothers party (a week later). I wanted to give him space. I didn’t want him to feel obligated in talking to me. He obviously doesn’t. If he didn’t want to text me back what makes me think he wants to see me. I didn’t want to make his night uncomfortable with my presence. I’m sure he felt relief finding out I wasn’t going.

It’s probably best like this. He should be with someone who’s worthy.

[waitingonthewind]

spent the last 3 or so days in a frenzy trying to get these done in time for a charm order that’s happening today since inspiration hit me with almost no time left. it’s gonna be a hanging charm set of the current d&d campaign my fiance is hosting. if i had any sort of foresight these would be in Actual height order and not fake height order, but at least i’ve managed to categorise them a bit lol

In order we have: Esther the Demon Wizard, taking after her father as a rapscallion and easily the most experienced person in the group. sweet bean and chaos gremlin who belongs to our DM @coffeepotcat

Jazz the Rat Sorcerer who’s mine yall know that already shes a fusspot filled with too much energy to be as cautious as she’d like. gotta be proactive at all times, gotta be productive gotta learn new things and Always follow the rules also she lost her finger in a tragic permanent invisibility potion accident (she wilfully dipped her finger in it.)

Tyroni the Tortle Bard who belongs to Saff (I RETRACT MY EARLIER STATEMENT SHE IS NO COWARD find her art at instagram.com/saffron_eve), she’s also a fusspot but with more caution and hesitance but also she like wholeheartedly trusts the absolute Freak of a vampire guy so idk if u could really say shes the Most responsible. haunted by the ghosts of her past it’s ghosts it’s just ghosts she’s just regular haunted.

Snowy the Kenku Rogue, belonging to @calokoko Also rapscallion, a rabble rouser with a good heart, eggs on and is egged on by esther at all moments. jumped out a fucking window on a chicken once. made jazz an accomplice in her criminal crimes. possessor of garlic, champion of voices.

Aramis the Half-Elf Fighter, he tries his goddamned best i s2g and One day he will rebuild his confidence and become the suave gentleman he was always destined to be, or Not, if that is what he Chooses for himself. Gave up the stache. which was then promptly detonated in a meteor strike by esther’s dad. brought to you by @faber-fabula

and last but Certainly not least, Heren the Firbolg Barbarian, belonging to @huilinarts (more active on insta at instagram.com/huilinarts ). large and Not in charge, always willing to help out, a whole lotta dumb, a whole lotta cum he flirted his way outta things like Twice it doesn’t count or Does It

[maxfieldparrishes]

would it be harsh of me to ask for a bunch of,,like,,unposted ethanessa headcanons or something like that?? i miss the serotonin ur fics would give me ugh

not harsh of you at all! my executive functioning just sucks dong and i'm a horrible procrastinator when it comes to answering asks

so... unposted ethanessa headcanons... hmm... not really sure how much i've left unposted but!!! i will do this for you, and also for them because they are a Forever Ship

(jsyk these will be AU because i'm obsessed with the idea of them in the present day having a happy life and family together... also i'll be drawing on conversations i've had with @curioussubjects about the HML (happy modern life) AU) so here goes!!! under a cut because it got Long lol

ethanessa settles in either the pnw or maine, likely the pnw because there's some space for ethan during his time of the month but it's still relatively close to major cities (depends on your definition of close, tbf) (also i gotta represent my og turf! pnw represent!)

they have three kids - charles, claire, and celia. they are all thick as thieves which makes ethanessa sweat somewhat because of the potential of organized sibling chaos and shenanigans, but they adore their parents so they take it easy on them. mostly.

ethan is such a loving dad i can't even begin to describe him because i get too emotional!!! same with mom!vanessa... like they're not perfect people and they'd absolutely make mistakes as parents but their hearts are always in the right place!!! im crying omg

out of the three, claire and celia are both werewolves like ethan. this means that during every full moon there are 3 annoyed lycanthropes in the house and/or on the property--although now that ethan is older and more experienced with the shifting he's better able to control the urges, and he's made it a point to teach claire and celia how to better cope with the change while they're still young. claire will sometimes have supervised freedom while transformed; celia does not like transforming, does not trust herself, and will not leave the basement, even if calm/rational and if given the opportunity

charles is the most like van. magic shit. spooky ghosts. seances. freaky spellbooks. rituals that are Beyond Intricate. claire can deal with low-level shit, but anything above her pay grade (which is like... minimum wage) is sent to charles. charles is a nerd who loves lit theory and reads it for fun, philosophy and history, anthropology/sociology... academia in general; he wants to be a professor and publish incomprehensible papers when he grows up. also likes knitting to unwind, courtesy of ethan. would absolutely be bullied and stuffed into a locker if he wasn't so nice, cute, and friendly... closest out of the 3 kids to aunt cat, the sometimes-resident Cool Aunt

claire is the Social Butterfly of the three. she's the resident social (media) expert, keeps up-to-date on trends, tons of twitter/insta/snapchat/etc followers. absolutely has a hydroflask with stickers on it and an iced coffee obsession. chaotic middle child energy. super smart and cunning and protective of her family, absolutely the type to get into poli-sci for the activism, which she eventually does. loves cats even though they don't love her, animals in general, the environment, and being bisexual; does NOT love being a werewolf. she loves both her parents but would probably admit to being closer to ethan (is 100% a daddy's girl) probably the only member of the family who actually enjoys organized sports (was on the soccer team) once punched a guy who repeatedly sexually harassed her in the face, broke his nose, and was sent to the principal's office for it. ethanessa were proud <3

celia is the Artist in Residence of the clan. an absolute madwoman in the best way, she lives to create, is creating constantly, and is a fucking superstar bohemian who will one day go down in history and end up in museums. she works in a variety of mediums--painting (watercolors, oils, etc), ink drawings, sketches, clay--and always has something up her sleeve or on the backburner. gives off a vibe of being somewhat disconnected from reality, but she's very astute and observant. 100% the quietest and least social of the three kids, but also the kindest and most open-minded. can go through manic phases that result in an increased creative output but can also crash super hard, is on mood stabilizers and a diet high in omega-3s to help; the lycanthropy does not help AT ALL. 100% goes to school in paint-covered clothes, paints sets for the drama dept, has no social media at all but claire reps her sister's art on her own accounts and charles does too. has baby privilege; everyone loves her the most, including addy, the pet goat.

(they're all so supportive of each other i'm so!!!)

even though ethanessa are each other's primary partners, they are also both in a polyamorous relationship with catriona (and she with them) an anthropology professor, and the kids' Cool Aunt Cat

cat is literally a cat--she comes and goes as she pleases, she loves the kids like they're her own, she loves van to death and ethan only slightly less. far too self-directed and independent to ever be a dog, even if she is one of the most loyal and loving people ever

she's not always there bc she has her own apartment and her own life, but she spends a ton of time with the family when she can and wants to

the kids have all known her since they were born, grew up being somewhat co-parented by her, and idolize her completely, charles especially

brings yarn back from her travels so the fam (except for vanessa, who, bless her heart, SUCKS at knitting) can knit sweaters for addy (and sometimes scarves for van if the yarn is REALLY nice)

non-traditional family structures!!!

cat is the one who introduced charles to Theory and also tea. she gave him some hegel and zizek to read as a joke while he drank his genmaicha but he was absolutely enamored; told ethanessa later after he gave them all a lecture about lacan and the mirror stage at dinner: "i have created a monster. i am so sorry."

they don't have cats, but they do have dogs and a pygmy goat named adelaide, or addy for short

addy is the undisputed queen of the household and every single one of them would bend over backwards to make that goat happy

celia is addy's favorite person, because she's always on the floor doing Art, and doesn't mind it when addy climbs on her

addy has more instagram followers than charles and claire combined, because all 3 kids + ethan knit her sweaters and post pictures of her in them online. they have a schedule for it and everything, and the hype surrounding this tiny-ass goat is i n s a n e

ethanessa don't really use social media except to monitor the kids and keep in touch with fam because while they are not necessarily old they are also Old, if that makes sense

ethan goes deep into the forest during his transformations and usually it's uneventful... until the one time vanessa doesn't go with him, which becomes the one time he saves some lost hikers from a cougar and becomes a local legend as the town's Resident Cryptid

(this is a source of never-ending hilarity in the ives-chandler household. ethan is voted "hottest cryptid in the pnw" three years running and van gets it for him on a coffee mug. there is a close-up picture of his absolutely unimpressed face when he's presented with it on the polaroid wall and it is one of van's most treasured photos)

there's a well-intentioned running joke/bit in the town where they all playful accuse each other of being the HCITW (Hot Cryptid In The Woods). ethan almost got outed one day and left the grocery store sweating BUCKETS after one of the hikers he saved turned out to be the cashier in his checkout line, who said that he could have sworn he'd seen ethan somewhere before (ethan: "i just have one of those faces i guess???")

one girl in claire's class is absolutely CONVINCED it's ethan and she's absolutely right, but after claire takes her home one day to work on a project she's like "nah claire your dad couldn't possibly be a werewolf cryptid man he's way too chill and dorky" (claire: "don't tell anyone but that's the weed. at least the chill part is weed. he's just a dork naturally")

ethan is offended despite himself; van and charles have to leave the house to go walk in the woods because they're laughing so hard; celia is unbothered and only emerges from her room to change her paint water. claire thinks that she might one day marry this girl.

(they aren't married but they are still dating!)

none of this isn't to say they don't have bad days. sometimes charles hyperfocuses on things that aren't real--ghosts of people and the ghost in the book and drifts away from reality. sometimes claire is too angry for her own damn good and, when the full moon hits, becomes more of a wolf than either her father or her sister. the period of time before celia's mental health issues were nailed down and treated was hard on everyone. sometimes ethan and vanessa run out of patience with each other. sometimes they all have moods where they just don't want to talk. they're all in step with each other anyway, and sometimes you just don't want to fucking talk.

but all in all... it's a solid family. the state of being alive, in and of itself, is far too messy to ever be perfect, but their life now is better than either van or ethan could have dreamed (especially considering their own childhoods...) there's so much love in there that all of them don't know where or how they can store it all. there is so much love that no one is hungry and there is love left over for those who might need a little more. it's open hearts and warm arms and a hand to hold in the darkness. it's fucking awesome. it's the best.

[jiangwanyinscatmom]

I found this on Instagram and honestly, I wanna ask why???? One would think that threatening your supposed brother with his worst fear would be enough for people to understand that JC is not a good person

"Well well, the YiLing Laozu has died? Who was the one to kill him?”

“Who would have other than his shidi, Jiang Cheng, he put an end to his own brother for the greater good. (Jiang Cheng certainly DID tell the world this even though the seal was what ended Wei Wuxian).

Jiang Cheng led the Sects YunmengJiang (He also DID do this since he knew exactly where the wen settlement was and slaughtered civilian Wens with The Jins), LanlingJin, GusuLan, and QingheNie (Now, we all know as the story tells us these other two were in the wings compared to the leading forces) to destroy his hole, at Burial Mound.”

However, there was a nagging thought which stayed in the back of everyone’s mind; Nobody could summon Wei WuXian’s fragmented soul, though he had died at Burial Mound.

Perhaps it had been torn apart by the thousands of ghosts that devoured him. (Cue Wei Wuxian "let's make one thing clear, I killed me thank you")

Or, just maybe, it had escaped. (Cue Q-conspiracy Jiang Cheng "WEI WUXIAN I'LL FIND YOUR SOUL AND DESTROY IT)

If it was the first, then all was well. Nobody doubted the fact that the YiLing Laozu had the power to move mountains and empty seas. But, if it escaped, his soul would eventually return to be reborn, or possess a body. If that day came, the cultivation world, the whole world, would be faced with the most crazed damnations and vengeance, sinking into nothing but chaos and blood. (Oh hey look early foreshadowing for Jiang Cheng's M.O. for a whole thirteen years because he went obsessive).

To add on to that point above:

A moment ago, Jiang Cheng was certain that this person was Wei WuXian, and all of the blood in his body started to boil. Yet, now, Zidian was clearly telling him that he wasn’t. Zidian definitely wouldn’t deceive him or make a mistake, so he quickly calmed himself and thought, this doesn’t mean anything. I should first find an excuse to take him back and use every possible method to get information out of him. It’s impossible for him to not confess anything or give himself away. I’ve done things like this in the past anyways. After thinking it through, he made a gesture. The disciples understood his intentions and came over. (Jiang Cheng in his own head, in his own MIND says he is gonna set his disciples to drag away someone he suspects of being Wei Wuxian and has done this before enough times for his disciples to know the gig and let him torture away at Lotus Pier. THE MAN SAID IT HIMSELF AND MADE IT FACT AS LAN JINGYI DAYS LATER AND IS NOTORIOUS FOR BEING A PSYCHO TORTURER OF RANDOS).

That infamous meeting:

Wei WuXian immediately raised his head, “I haven’t forgotten! It’s just that…”

Yet, he just couldn’t find the right words to put after it.

Jiang Cheng interrupted, “It’s just what? You can’t say it? Don’t worry, you can go back to Lotus Pier and say your excuses while kneeling in front of my parents’ graves.” (YEAH GEEZ, just wants TEA with his estranged cut off Shixiong not brother and never was a brother cause martial is not the damn same as relatives, never mind that Wei Wuxian doesn't want that and definitely doesn't want to after Jiang Cheng insults Lan Wangji's entire person.)

Bonus:

Seeing Jiang Cheng turn around, Wei WuXian immediately pulled a mixed expression of “ I’m so shocked, my secret has been disclosed,” and “what do I do now that Wen Ning has been found”. Jin Ling was actually quite clever. Knowing that Jiang Cheng hated Wen Ning more than anything, he made up such a smooth lie with the previous knowledge he had. Jiang Cheng knew that the YiLing Laozu and the Ghost General often appeared together, so he already suspected that Wen Ning was in the area. Having heard Jin Ling’s words, he was already mostly convinced, and Wei WuXian’s expression convinced him even further. On top of that, he burst into a fury whenever he heard the mention of Wen Ning’s name. With his eyes blinded by wrath, how could he still have doubted? The hostility that built in his chest was almost making him explode. He flicked his whip, hitting the ground beside Wei WuXian, and spoke through clenched teeth, “You really take that obedient dog of yours everywhere, don’t you?!” (Jin Ling coming in with that "Yeah, my Jiujiu is crazy but I know how to take advantage of that to save you." You go Jin Ling, four for Jin Ling.)

Wei WuXian spoke, “He’s been dead for a long time, and I’ve died once as well. What else do you want?!”

Jiang Cheng pointed the whip at him, “So what? My hatred would persist, even if he dies thousands of times! He didn’t perish back then. Very well! I shall destroy him today, with my own hands. I’m going to burn him right now, and scatter his ashes right in front of your face!” (In the eternal words of Jiang Cheng "Can I not just hate you?" And everyone else who loves you and befriends you too because I blame you for choosing them over me and will choose to hurt them out of spite and jealousy.)

Keep in mind this is only book one still and Wei Wuxian has already put his full trust in Lan Wangji even before Lan Wangji ends the identity farce himself:

He had always thought that Jiang Cheng would be on his side, and Lan WangJi on the one opposite to him. He could never have imagined that things would turn out so differently. (Do I really have to elaborate that Wei Wuxian doesn't want Jiang Cheng by his side anymore? Or even trust him.)

And in contrast to Jiang Cheng's crazed reaction and when Lan Wangji is reunited with Wei Wuxian:

However, having taken only one step back, his ankle twisted, and he seemed as if he almost collapsed on the ground. With a change in expression, Lan WangJi hurried over and tightly gripped his wrist like what he did last time, back in Dafan Mountain. After Wei WuXian had been steadied, Lan WangJi knelt down on one knee to examine his leg. Wei WuXian was rather shocked, “N-n-no, HanGuang-Jun. You don’t have to do this.”

Lan WangJi raised his head slightly, the pair of light-colored eyes boring into him, then looked down again and continued to roll up the leg of his trousers. Still under his grip, Wei WuXian could do nothing except to look up at the sky.

His entire leg was covered with the black bruise of the Curse Mark.

After staring at it for a while, Lan WangJi spoke in a bitter voice, “… I only left for a few hours.”

Wei WuXian shrugged, “A few hours is a long time. Anything could have happened. There, there. Straighten up.” (Hanguang-Jun is SO MEAN, keeping innocent little Jiang Cheng from Wei Wuxian, who he was never hurt physically, ever in his life. Stop being dramatic Lan Wangji!)

In conclusion insta:

[freebooter4ever]

Guys i might do something completely batshit and take the cabin room

My programmer buddy, who lived in laurel canyon himself and was singing its praises when i first mentioned i responded to an ad there, is now being my voice of reason and voting no but my mind is all over the place - and it might be the sleep deprivation.

My poor friend, i called him the minute i drove away tonight but he was like 'yeah by the second hour i was ready to send out a rescue party'. Cause what started as 'im just going to see the place at night' turned into an hour and a half long conversation with an old tennant now living in nyc, and then another tour of the house with more details about how each piece was built. The 'writers' room was panneled in ceder - which is like...my safe wood, my home, i owned a beautiful ceder chest as a child that sat at the foot of my bed and sometimes i would crawl into it just to be surrounded by that smell, it's the only furniture from my dad's house that i kept.

Tonight felt reminiscent of that first night i came to LA and ended up at the artist's house, still grieving, lost and desperate for guidance, and me and this total stranger sat on the back porch and talked for hours about art and philosophy. And now they are so a part of my life i cant imagine it without them.

You know those people who can see people? Sometimes i imagine myself to be one, but then you meet someone who sees people even better than you and its just like wait, no, lol i dont know if i WANT someone to see those parts of me im not comfortable with just within a few hours. Some big personality things but also little things like how i remember my grandfather with his old jeans jacket and hydroplane pin, or my grandma's silly red knit vest. And the owner of this house read my entire email. I dont like sending one default email to all these rooms and houses ive been applying to - i customize each one, and ive been getting so so worried that i put too much of my personality into these stupid intro emails, and that maybe thats why i keep getting rejected because who wants to live with this much stupid personality so i started reducing the amount of info i dumped into them. (also so many times i gave out my insta when requested and immediately got ghosted - i dont know what it is about my insta that is off putting bc it feels benign to me just snapshots and selfies and too many turtles but????)(its not influencer style LA...at all. And sometimes i think thats what people are looking for and i feel like shit for not measuring up) But with this ad i thought a)it was so slightly sketchy i didnt think there was any actual chance it could work out and b)didnt have anything to lose anyway? So i just put it all out there in writing and he liked it. Said he felt i would fit.

There are plenty of logical reasons NOT to take the room. And there are a few emotional reasons as well - i think i am running from the rigid weirdness my current place has unintentionally turned into (i blame the pandemic and close quarters) and this cabin is total chaos in comparison. And this cabin feels more established. Not so egaltarian of a community as say the burbank house with the yellow rocking chair named tiffany.

Im going to sleep. Im going to sleep for more than five hours tonight and when i wake up i'll be more sane again and i will probably not take the room. But in an alternate universe somewhere i was a little bit braver and i totally did lol.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Impressions from TTM

Spoilers, spoilers everywhere. Just a big bulleted list of thoughts as I read through the graphic novel. Not a lot of detail included, so it’ll make a lot more sense if you’ve already read it yourself!

looks like Moonshadow elves cross the arms of the dead... when they have a body to bury

it’s nice to see that Rayla imagines Runaan with all his shirts, the way she last saw him

kinda looks like Rayla changed into her jammies right on her bed and dumped her clothes on that little table. maybe she’s afraid of letting the few things she actually possesses out of her sight

listen we get one little panel of Opeli in here and it’s great

Soren’s cape smacking Callum in the face, 10/10

Lujanne’s appearance out of nowhere, along with Allen’s is just adorable, she’s so sparkly. And also she can apparently just turn totally invisible with an illusion spell? Even at a new moon? Probably because of the Nexus I guess

Lujanne’s “Big strong man with big strong feelings.” She and Runaan have exactly the same type and I support them

Allen’s face when Lujanne says it aches to miss Phoe-Phoe

Callum eating off Rayla’s plate and wondering how Lujanne suspected they were a couple, hmmm

Soren and Allen bonding

Rayla warning Lujanne about hand disguises, as if that was something Runaan made very sure she knew

Rayla’s cute chaos grin when Callum’s Aspiro spell goes off is my favorite pic of her in this whole graphic novel

Lujanne’s “Oh.” afterward is my fave pic of her, too, she does not seem to handle reality well!

Bait’s tongue will never get old

Lujanne’s whole speech during Phoe-Phoe’s rebirth ritual is so touching and beautiful, my heart

Lujanne putting the newborn Moon Phoenix into Ezran’s hands, like she knows he’ll have the best connection with her

Callum’s tears as he reminds Rayla that Runaan killed Harrow, he’s trying to move on, but it hurts

Rayla’s self-soothing behavior when she has her second nightmare in the book--she must have these most every night :((((

the big symbol on the Moon Temple doors looks like a stylized Moon staff, like it’s a building for mages

Lujanne saying Rayla might not want or need the truth right after Callum mentions Runaan’s name to her, he sassily asks about her husbands and she turns it into a compliment

Callum’s big reaction to the moon opals is adorable. The only other one he’s seen was part of a pair of treasured gifts between long-time spouses, so it kinda looks like he’s all “uhh we just started dating”

also Ethari must’ve made cute metal swirly covers for the pair he and Runaan wore, since these two are undecorated--maybe he got his from Lujanne?

listen Lujanne is a hoot and all but she’s both an ally and an antagonist. Her actions are trustworthy but her advice is generally terrible. It’s an interesting parallel to how Runaan says a lot with his actions too, but he talks a lot less than Lujanne

Rayla yeeting herself into a fight just to ask Soren for a talk is 10/10 Moonshadow assassin goals

but her hood is up when she’s lurking in the trees--she might not have known where she’d find Soren and was anticipating something less fun on the feels-o-meter

Rayla in the mud again. Soren keeps making people fall in the mud

Allen’s grumpy squiggle

Callum, I love you, but you have no respect for moon opals. It’s like they wronged you in a previous life or something

that dancing elf has very long hair and shoulder pauldrons, and they start off dancing with six kneeling, watching, hooded elves around them--Moon Druids wore hoods even before they were assassins. Considering what Lujanne said about why the portal was sometimes opened, maybe those six kneeling elves are waiting under their emotion-hiding hoods to farewell a loved one who’s recently died?

can’t tell for sure but maybe the elf is dancing along the lines in the stone like they mark patterns for ritual dances, which would be the bomb

Soren and Rayla’s conversation is pretty wrenching. Seeing Soren have to struggle with what he did because it’s tangled up with Viren is rough because as a Crownguard it should just have been his duty to defend his king and he’d have nothing to feel weird about

Rayla dissociating herself from the term “assassins” and Soren dissociating from calling Viren “my father” in the same conversation is 10/10 excellent growth

Soren must know what happens to prisoners his dad gets a hold of, even if he doesn’t know the details :(((

“we captured him” and “Viren took him” seem to be talking about the Crownguard and Viren, not the brodigies and Viren

Rayla having a wooden sword at the end of the day bc she played swordfighting with Allen and Soren all day long

the panel where Rayla doesn’t say anything at all after telling Callum that she asked Soren about Runaan actually says so much, you can hear it

every time Lujanne’s white lies idea gets repeated, things get worse

Allen’s reading glasses, there must be one optician in the human village and he caters to soft kindly gentlemen of a certain age

in the moon phase montage, baby Phoe-Phoe is flying next to Ezran after one week at the Nexus. Maybe he’s paying her back by helping her learn to fly after she helped him teach Zym how to fly! Did they bond as tightly as Ezran did with Zym? I support Ezran just bonding with the most powerful flying creatures in all the land.

the irony of Callum using Lujanne’s tactics against her is amazing, but really the white lies thing is a giant ball of chaos in this story and it does not play favorites

Bait on the stone pillar during rebuilding

all the noises the Moonhenge makes are 10/10

Rayla dancing with Callum even though there’s almost no chance she’s ever done that dance before

Lujanne’s pupils going white, that is a cool effect, what’s it mean?

the black moon in the pink sky is so spooky! Is it just me or does the color scheme here kinda vibe like the space outside Aaravos’s library?

the smoky assassin squad, 10/10 creep factor, I love it

the lightning being a literal crack of doom with “CRAK-DOOM” as Katolis Castle appears, “echoes of thunder” indeed, very nice

Lujanne being mad but she can’t decide if it’s at Callum or herself

when she says pulling Rayla out now will leave her soul on one side and her body a husk. After the Insta live stream last night where we learned that soulfang serpents are Moon primal creatures, that’s... super interesting

smoky assassins go tssh in the rain like they’re still hot from being cremated, thanks I hate it

Andromeda finds Rayla first and seems closest/most aggressive so I wonder why she might hate Rayla more than the others

the assassins’ wrist bindings have gone red but they’re still attached and seem to trap the souls where they are. But all they need to be free is to perceive that Rayla completed their task, even though we know otherwise. So... would that work for killing any target? If you’re certain that you did it, does your binding fall off even if you’re wrong? eyes Pip

this must not be the actual afterlife since the spirits kind of mist up toward the moon and vanish, it’s more like a lobby, no one stays here unless they get stuck

portaling around just by shouting at villains, excellent

Rayla literally dropping a sword at the sight of the pod Viren’s in, yeah, it’s that creepy, I agree

Viren’s eyes are so black I think they’re Aaravos’s. I got a whole headcanon on Good Viren and Evil Viren for S4 now, wow

Phoe-Phoe pulling out a feather for Callum, awww my heart! This is why Ezran had to come, to bond with her so together they could save Callum and Rayla, it’s so sweet

so these humans are from the Storm Spire battle, bc that’s the Storm Spire behind Rayla and Callum on p108, with the rune-written arch. Did they die hating Rayla and Callum from the battle? Did they even know Rayla was up there? Or is pod Viren/Aaravos actually making them attack out of hatred for Viren’s death? One of these is definitely creepier and more awesome

Rayla’s confidence that Callum can and will boost her at the right moment with his magic, my heart, I love battle couples

that one panel that mirrors the Ghost Feather key art, hhhhhh

Rayla being the better swimmer, such precious irony, thanks Runaan

them holding hands and swimming upward together on the full-page panel is blessed

Lujanne pulling Rayla out of the lake with both arms gives me feels bc my grandma saved my life once

Lujanne being super soft over Rayllum, she is indeed a hopeless romantic

Rayla says “gone” about her parents and Runaan, and that’s the word Ethari used too, and I’m suddenly wondering if Ethari reached right into that pool and has always known that the lotus is half-submerged and if the sword he’s been making is for himself

I’m so glad Rayla told Callum what she saw of Viren

Rayla deceiving Callum and heading into danger alone because his life is more valuable to her than her own is exactly what Runaan did for her the night of the full moon in Katolis. I’m leaning toward her having thought this over and doing it on purpose bc she believes it’s a sign of deepest love--that Runaan’s actions and Lujanne’s words match up in her head, so she thinks it’s the right thing to do bc the mage and the assassin agree. Alas, Callum doesn’t understand the Moon arcanum yet, so he will have a different opinion. That mage and that assassin do not agree!

Rayla’s cloak has that Moon Temple symbol on its back. Is it Lujanne’s cloak? Any Moonshadow who sees it will probably know where she got it and who helped her. That could be fun!

[actualmoney]

ECHOes into the VOID

I am GOD. I am BOB the DÆmon. I am the severed bloody cock of Hercules’ ghost. I control EVERYTHING. 

All the Nowhere people I interact with through the portals of chaos are shadow reflections of myself. they say EXACTLY what I want them to say. And I respond to punish & suffer them EXACTLY as I must, as they deserve. 

Until I get tired, bored, & decide to: sleep, masturbate, scroll through an endless stream of Chaos from another VOID-Portal, or who even fucking cares? There IS nobody else. There is ONLY ME! This is Me!: fucking my own dick with fingers make of cocks that take selfies of themselves stroking themselves & cumming (what? not an ALLOWED word for the anti-anti-generation?) all over themselves, then photoshop insta-tweet the pictures & PRINT them on a fucken FAX MACHINE, then paper mache the pics into a bowl with their cum.

Then DRINK/EAT the paper mache cum bowl of faxed pictures of them cumming all over themselves. Then THROW UP the pictures into a rusty-SPOON bucket. Then take MORE pictures of the THROW UP chaos CUM-Vomit they made, and snap-tweet vigga-flogs of them drinking the piss filled rusty Toilet Spoon--FILLEd with regurgitated chunks of the paper mache cum-fest shadow nuggets they GORGED upon,  like a room full of spiders.

And did I mention? what else was I trying to say? Gotta make sure I get all the punctuation corrected & SPACE it all out so that it’s not TL:DR for All my followers loyally watching & listening. I do this for THEM! Not for myself. No.

Every POST I make on EVERY S&M dogshit-portal FActory is a POST I’m making to myself. A letter I’m writing to myself. Instructions, questions, insights. About all the ways I MIGHT to be, if Only NOT for...etc. I’m ALWAYS Attempting to talk to myself. But I never fucking take the time to LISTEN to myself. I never DO what I tell myself to DO. And choose instead to complain to all the other of myselves about why I’m WRONG, to punish myself for judging myself on the ignorant but ALWAYS least hateful versions of me I made on another secret forum I kept from myself; so I can fuck my dick off with EGO-PAIN-SInGasm juice that I pour all over myself’s face when I’m sleeping. Fucking idiot, didn’t even know. And I’ll never tell him either. The longer I do it without him knowing, the funnier it gets for me.

So shadow demon babies. CHILDREN are ANAL-RETARDED MIDGET versions of their stupid fucking VICTIM-PAIN-BODY parents. Who cry & weep in the shadows of gloom. She Said she WANTED me to PEE on her FACE and I thought EVEN FOR ME that’s pretty fucken pointless & weird.

So fucking children are tortured miserable-retarded versions of the dumb-fuck idiot-shit PIG-filth parents who unconsciously obliged to make them. You FUCKEN MADE IT! GOOD JOB!!! VICTORY: Another Pig-SHIT Demon-Shadow Baby I gotta hear scream--”NO! NO!!! STOP!!! I DON’T WANT TO!!!” Like a fucking RAPE Victim you’re constantly raping, with your pig-shit idiot demands. Because YOU are the MASTER--of FILTH & SHIT. 

I am GOD the DÆmon BOB & I choose HELL & SUFFERINg ForEVER. Because FUCK everyone else. FUCK YOU! Ther IS no you...

THERE IS ONLY ME!!!

[hcneysoaked]

sorry i love u but #30-50 for the hc meme c:

I DID IT thank u ily <33333

send me a # to learn an unusual hc about my muse!

30. is there something about their personality they want to change?

Oof, a few things, but none that he’d actually admit to. He just really wishes he was someone with a bit more… direction? He doesn’t care very much about impulsiveness, he feels it makes him more fun, but he wishes he was able to stick through with things, whether it’s projects, relationships, goals, whatever. He’s unable to really see ahead very well, so if he’s bored, he drops it and he knows its an outlook that keeps fucking him over and keeps him from really feeling satisfied, but he’s unsure of where to start and again, usually unwilling to put in the effort to try. 

31. do they have good fashion sense? or do they just wear whatever? I talked a little bit about that here, but he really enjoys putting outfits together and coordinating everything. Gives him a sense of being put together and definitely conveys that sort of image to other people. He leans more towards vintage/retro kinda style, usually thrifting a good amount of his clothes, but even then it’s not a super concise style.

32. do they critique others easily? do they judge from afar? Not so much judgy as he is nosy. Unless you’ve done something really awful, then he doesn’t feel he’s in any position to judge. Or if you’ve done something directly to him, then he might be more critical and way less objective.

33. are they too hard on themselves over the little things? Not so much for little things anymore, but he used to be. Growing up he’d feel guilty if he wasn’t doing things “right” or if he was caught in any sort of trouble, however small, but he’s definitely since grown out of that.

34. are they the jealous type? what are they most likely to be jealous of? Oh definitely, he can get jealous over just about anything. The whole dynamic he has with Simon is totally built on the jealousy over their parents favoring him, despite going out of his way to act out against them gbdjkfgd he just likes being everyone's favorite and gets upset when he isn’t.

35. are they possessive over their things? or over other people? Both? He can be a bit possessive of his things, but it’s not something that comes up often. Again, probably around his siblings gbjkdfg but even then its likely just to be a brat. He’s a lot more possessive with people, kinda going in hand with the jealousy stuff from above. He likes having their full attention, which can cause some conflict if its a newer relationship, but he tends to grow out of it too after that newness wears off.

36. would they rather be alone or in a relationship? He thinks he’d rather be in a relationship, but hasn’t been in many serious ones. They’re not really his strong suit, how ever bad he wants to date. He’s always eager to get to know people, and if he doesn’t feel that’s being reciprocated than he loses interest. Honestly, as impatient as he is, the more complicated and the more pining there is involved on his end, the more likely he is to keep pursuing and stay invested, just because he’s like Entertained ™ 

37. what do they think about polyamorous relationships? would they do it? I don’t think he’d be totally opposed to it given the right people/circumstances, but I also don’t think he’d have the easiest time adapting to it give uhhh more reasons listed above. 

38. do they have parents / parental figures? do they have a good relationship with them? Oh he has parents and it’s not the greatest relationship gbdkfg some of it is mostly on his part, just from having that frustration over them not trusting him to make his own decisions (which, he’s not exactly proving his ability, but that’s also bc he’s directly trying to go against them but whatever) and they get frustrated with him pretty quickly in return. He doesn’t see them as often after he’s moved out unless they show up or he visits with his siblings, and in main verse, he definitely hasn’t seen them since he’s died.

39. do they have siblings? if so, how many? do they like them? Oh he sure does!! He has two older siblings, Simon and Sunny, and he loves them so much but also we love a complicated sibling dynamic <3 it’s definitely more complicated with Simon though. He’s closer to Sunny as they’re closer in age and she lets him get away with a lot since they’re both the ones getting into trouble anyway (joint family disappointments whoops). Things get more complicated with Simon being the ideal kid of the family so he has some resentment built up from that and from getting ratted out to their parents by him when they were younger, but he’s also the one he goes to when things get really bad. 

40. do they have a big family or a small family? no family? Outside of his immediate family, I’m not sure. I can see him being close to any cousins he might have, just to have more people to mess around with and he’d love to play around with them if they’re younger, but that’s about it.

41. where would they want to live if they could live anywhere? Why? He’d want to stick to a big city, though he isn’t entirely opposed to staying in Atlanta. The plan he likes the most I think would be to have a sort of permanent base there while being able to travel around and see a bunch of other places. He hasn’t had that type of opportunity before, so he’d like to see where he might best fit. 

42. are they happy in their current living situation? why or why not? Main verse……. kinda?? I mean he likes ghost life because he doesn’t have to deal with any expectations anymore, but he’s also getting really bored and really lonely staying away from people he knew before. Alt verse…. sort of okay, sort of not. Still hates being in school and dealing with that stress, but he’s happy living away from his parents for now and causing whatever chaos he can with his recklessness. 

43. do they like living alone or with another person / other people? He likes living with other people! Even if he’s not totally close with the person, he simply likes having the presence of other people around. But of course, he ends up weaseling his way into their life anyway so they’ll be friends eventually. 

44. did they go to college, or are they attending? did / do they like it? Attending in alt verse! He likes the partial independence and the excuse to move out, but he hates studying polsci just because its the option his parents gave him and just generally, he doesn’t have the sort of commitment that’s really suited for that kind of schooling anyway.

45. what’s their dream job / profession? do they have one? I don’t think he totally has one, just because he’s not sure where he’d really like to go on his own. I think he’d most like something to do with other people, maybe kids specifically. He loves working with them and he’s pretty good with them. I could almost see him going into teaching just to make sure there are other options for 

47. do they like tv shows or movies? or neither? Movies!! He loves having little movie marathons and often doesn’t have the patience to watch tv shows unless they’re on the shorter side/there’s a lot hooking him in. but he loves watching just about any sort of movie, it's one of his go to friend/date activities. 

48. do they have social media? do they like it or hate it? obsess over it? He does!!! Insta is probably his most used one just because he likes posting more visual stuff but he probably rants on twitter too. He’s not super obsessive over it, but he definitely uses it as a way to distract himself/waste time when he doesn’t have the energy for other things.

49. do they have a creative outlet? if so, what is it He likes to write from time to time! Mostly it’s like journaling stuff, so not too much of a creative outlet, but he counts it for something. Aside from that, i can see him jumping from a few different creative hobbies, but I doubt he’d stick to them for very long. 

46 + 50. where do they see themselves in 2 / 5 / 10 years? Answered here !!

[pinkbubbles-and-bigtroubles]

Colour Me In Part 3

“Oh that is not good,” Michael cracked up and Calum just glared at him.

“Will you shut up unless you're going to help,” he grumbled fiddling with his bass. Lunch with Eliza had been amazing, and he'd really felt like he was starting to get somewhere with this girl. Kevin's sudden appearance at lunch had him worried.

“Maybe it's better to get it all out now,” Michael tried to sound reassuring.

“Get what out now?” Luke asked, entering the room trailed by Ashton.

“His new girl's best friend is gonna tattle on him before he gets a chance to get it,” Michael told them.

“Wait I thought you weren't talking to Nat?” Luke asked slightly confused.

“No, dummy, the deaf girl, Eliza.” Ashton poked Luke in the side to get him out of his way. “I thought you guys were having lunch today?”

“We did,” Calum told him, “but her closest guy friend, Kevin,” Cal made a face when he said the name, “came out of nowhere and told her I looked familiar. So when I ask her where he works she says he's a model and works the door at Emerald City.”

The guys laugh but Calum cuts them off “and The Chelsea,” the guys stopped laughing, “and Lucky's,” Calum finished.

“Ooooh that fucking sucks dude,” Luke sat down facing him.

“Of all places though, I don't think there's a girl in that bar that hasn't seen your dick at some point,” Ashton laughed.

“You're one to fucking talk,” Calum huffed, “you're worse than me. Didn't you have Cass over last weekend?”

“I did actually, she says hi by the way, keeps joking about wanting a threesome with both of us,” Ashton chuckled.

“She's not joking,” Calum shot back raising his eyebrows.

“Okay so Cass, Kimmie, Jen…” Luke started naming names.

“Hollie and Haley,” Michael chimed in.

“…Alanna, Charlotte, Jay, and most currently Natasha….so yea Calum is a straight up fuckboy.”

Kevin leaned towards Eliza, nodding his head furiously as he signed with quick dramatic gestures.

Eliza, sitting across from him on the couch, threw up her hands in exasperation at the way Kevin was so concerned for her well being over Calum. He'd insisted on her coming over after work so they could talk.

“Did you think I didn't know that? He's in a band. I work for a publicist. Laura, my co-worker even had a thing with his friend Ashton. You and Mags act like I've never encountered fuckboys before. Besides have you seen Calum? I'm trying to have some fun here.”  Eliza’s hands were tense as she signed slowly and deliberately, her face a mask of sarcasm.

Kevin laughed and rolled his eyes setting his phone down so he could look at her while they talked.

“Listen,” he signed,” I just don't want you to get hurt. None of the girls had anything bad to say about him except, the second you fall for him Calum lets you down gently, but he does not stick around.”

“KV, you know I don't have time for a boyfriend. My job is crazy. My personal project, Mr Zachary James, is a little shit who won't stay out of trouble, and my boss is terrifying. I know I'm not as experienced as you, or Calum,” Eliza smirked at him and Kevin flipped her off. “The guys I've dated have been boring or turned out to be assholes. I want an adventure, is that so wrong?”

Kevin rolled his eyes, “This is pointless, all the women in your family are stubborn as hell. Just be careful. I do think it's cute he's learning to sign. How much you wanna bet that's your sister?” He signed as both their phones buzzed.

Open Group Chat

Mags the Mighty Okay today has been insanely busy. I know you two are huddled up discussing lunch with Rock Star. What's the consensus?

Maggie sat back and waited knowing both of them were desperately trying to be first.

King KVN so you already know your sister is impossible, but I found out dog boy has been getting it with all the models, thots, and bad bitches that work at Lucky's and The Chelsea. This bitch doesn't care because she's thirsty. I'm trying to talk some sense into her.

Big EZ basically everything he said is true, but he has to be extra about it. From here on out every time you call him dog boy I will scuff one of your sneakers.

Mags the Mighty so wait you're okay with Calum fucking around like that? I mean he's hot and for a vacation hookup or weekend hookup sure. He's taking you on dates, asking about your family, and even signing… Maybe he likes you.

Big EZ  I don't have time for any of that Mags. Besides look at Patrick and Miguel it's not like I've got a great track record

King KVN those dipshits weren't your fault and I will not tolerate my best friend putting herself down. Miguel was too insecure to handle a woman as smart and beautiful as you and he cheated to compensate. That's on him not you. Patrick is a sad little man with a sad little dick who tries to slide into your DMs WEEKLY even though he's supposedly happy with his girlfriend.

Mags the Mighty You're so extra Kev. we are not here to discuss Eliza's dismal history with men. Besides that was high school and we're all trying to pretend that never happened. When do we get to hang out with rock stars?

BIG EZ I haven't heard from him since lunch. He got all weird after Kev popped up. If you messed this up for me. I swear I will maim you.

Just then Eliza's boss interrupted their conversation with a flurry of text messages. Another client, country music party girl Shelby Keeler, had just been arrested in Texas in a bar fight, and TMZ had footage. Evie already had Maria Reynolds, the only person helping her with the nightmare that was Zachary James, on a plane to Houston to do damage control.

Not only that but his ex girlfriend, model and heiress Daisy Moss, was rumored to be hanging back around. Zachary was smart enough to try and keep this from Eliza and Jeanette, his manager, as their drug fueled bust up in a hotel suite had almost destroyed his career and cost him most of his sponsors.

Zac had been a child actor and teen pop star before washing out at 17. A couple years after that he'd built a following on YouTube with a series of videos documenting his failed comeback attempt, his struggles with mental health, and life post fame. He showed how he cared for his mom who was deaf and had a bad back from a car accident. His sister was in and out of his life as she bounced between rehab and addiction.

He'd developed his YouTube channel as a launch pad for phase 2 of his career getting a reality show on E that was entering its fifth season. However, two years ago he'd met Daisy, and since then his life had been chaos.

Eliza sighed, annoyed that her weekend was now going to be spent worried at the prospect of all her hard work with Zac going to shit. She realized when she finally got home she still hadn't heard from Calum since they'd parted ways after lunch. That was unusual but it was the weekend and Calum was probably at some bar with one of his girls. Eliza was stunned how pissed off the idea of Calum hitting on another woman made her.

Calum didn't know what to do. He wanted to text Eliza and somehow explain himself, but there was nothing to say. Everything Kevin could tell her was true, and for the first time in a long time Calum felt a bit ashamed of his behavior. Not out of regret or a sense of morality, he hated how it looked and what it might cost him. He declined to go out that night, and instead huddled up in his apartment with Duke.

Calum pouted the entire weekend. He didn't leave the house or talk to anyone for two days. Instead he ordered takeout, worked on a song, or watched videos on his laptop. He checked Eliza's Twitter and Insta but there were no posts. He even checked Zachary James’ accounts to see if work was keeping her busy, but found nothing.

Eliza spent the entire weekend with Jeanette keeping an eye on Zac. Daisy was back around and had even come by the house a couple times. Luckily he was ignoring his ex, for now, but between him whining about his failed relationship, and Jeanette bitching about Zac, Eliza was irritated for 48 hours, and it gave her a headache. By Monday morning she was in a terrible mood and took part of the morning off to spend some time with Oliver. They went to Marian's because lemon bars always lifted her spirits.

She saw Calum pulling out of the parking lot as she started to turn in. Eliza thought he saw her, but then he was gone. After placing her order and settling into a table on the patio she found herself distracted, glancing at the entrance hoping to see him walk in. Finally she'd had enough, Eliza wasn't going to let Calum ghost her without calling him on his bullshit.

Haven't heard from you since Friday, makes me wonder if Kevin frightened you off. I gotta admit, I'm disappointed, didn't think you'd scare that easily. I thought you were tougher than that.

She hit send and immediately wanted to take it back. She sent Kevin a screenshot of what she'd done and to her surprise he was awake and answered back.

Yaaasssssss, tell him about himself. I will say this tho… Your boy was nowhere to be seen this weekend. All his boys came out to Lucky's Saturday night, and I know for a fact both Haley and Nat hit him up this weekend.  No one's heard anything.

He could always have girls you don't know about.

Stop that, we all know I know everything

Eliza stopped laughing when Calum’s name popped up

I'm an ass. I knew what Kevin would tell you, and it's all true, I can't deny that. I figured you'd be done so I just didn't feel like talking to anyone this weekend. I stayed home and worked on some songs.

Do you really think I was that shocked? You're in a band, you're young, and hot. You had a hickey when we met up at the dog park. I may not be very experienced, but I'm not some sheltered, naive, stupid little deaf girl.

Okay okay I'm sorry, I should have texted you. It looked bad, but I never ever thought you were naive or stupid. I think you're smart, funny, and charming. I thought a woman as classy as you could do better than someone with my history. Let me take you on a proper date. We can even be chaperoned.

What are you even talking about? Chaperoned?

Yes, let me take you out to dinner and Oliver and Duke can come along and make sure I behave like a gentleman.

You're playing the Duke card, that's completely unfair.  

Tomorrow night? I can pick you guys up.

Tomorrow is fine. Tell me the time and place and I'll meet you there. I’m not ready to have you meet my mother.

Eliza realized she was holding her breath and exhaled suddenly very nervous. Her first real date with Calum, and he was determined to treat her like a lady. She wasn't entirely sure how to feel about that. What she was sure of is that she needed to figure out what to wear. She texted Maggie and Kevin and headed to work.

Eliza glanced back at Oliver in the back seat as she put the car into park. The little dude was smiley and wagging his tail although a bit apprehensive by the unfamiliar surroundings. Eliza has been thrilled when Calum told her he wanted to try Mohawk Bend, it was her sister's favorite pizza place and very dog friendly. The hostess waved to Eliza and Oliver doing a bit of a double take.

Kevin had outdone himself with her outfit tonight. He'd put her in black leggings and her black push up bra that made her boobs look huge. He then wrapped a tan cashmere scarf around her chest, hiding her cleavage so her mom wouldn't bitch. Over that he'd layered a burgundy lightweight dress, that was actually a swimsuit cover-up, using one of his belts to turn it into a cute tunic. They'd decided on simple makeup with a dark burgundy lip, black motorcycle boots and a careful application of gold highlighter to her face, body, and hair to complete the look. Her hair was in a loose Grecian braid with gold wire wrapped throughout helping tame her curls.

Calum saw Eliza walk up to the podium and show the hostess his text message about already having a table. She looked amazing without trying too hard. He'd promised to behave like a gentleman, but as his eyes took in her curves as she walked up the table,  his thoughts turned carnal.  Oliver and Duke greeted each other like long lost friends. Eliza smiled at him and his mind went blank. He grabbed his phone.

I had this really cool plan to impress you with some new signs I learned this weekend, but I'm too nervous to remember any of them.

Eliza wanted to scoff at the idea of Calum Hood being nervous around any woman, but despite looking insanely handsome in his all black t shirt and jeans combo, he was fidgety and sweating.

He let her decide what to order so they could share. She chose the white mushroom pizza and fish tacos to split.

They played with the dogs while they waited for the food to arrive. When it did they took turns going to wash their hands and Eliza couldn't help but notice Calum left his phone on the table when he got up.

Dinner was lovely. They went through extra napkins as they kept getting sauce everywhere. Calum fed her tacos, she wiped sauce off his chin. They kept laughing at jokes no one else got with Oliver and Duke dozing snuggled together under the table. Calum heard an older couple making comments about them being on their phones.

How do you sign mind your own business?

Eliza looked up at him and he shot a quick glance at the older fellow giving them a sour look.

She looked back at Calum signing

“Mind your own business?” he asked out loud as his hands mirrored hers. She nodded and Calum heard the guy mutter “How was I supposed to know.”

Calum insisted Eliza take the rest of the pizza home to Maggie, paid the check with a generous tip, and walked them to her car. Standing next to her car they stood there texting, neither of them quite ready to see the night end or push it further.

Until a text from Evie broke the spell and Eliza needed to go.

Calum held up a hand mouthing “wait, wait” and sent another text.

I remember one of the things I learned now

Eliza looked up and Calum raised his eyebrows and signed “Can I kiss you?”

She nodded and reached up resting her hand on the back of his neck, pulling him towards her as he lowered his lips to hers.

They both melted into the kiss, lips parting, tongues colliding and his hand gripping her hip pulling her closer. Eliza felt him get hard and she pushed her body against him. Calum broke the kiss, panting and looking at her with nothing but lust in his eyes. Eliza wanted him to keep going but he shook his head.

I don't want you to think you're just another girl.

He signed “good night, I'll text you,” before giving her another quick kiss and picking Duke up so he could say his goodbyes.

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May Reading Wrap Up

I'm actually really proud of myself. I finished 13 books last month. Spent a lot of extra time away from screens and focusing on my mental health so I burned through way more than I normally would. So anyways, here's my reviews. - Also please understand that these are just my opinions and if I shit on your favorite book I'm sorry that I didn't enjoy it as much as you. Also, also Im terrible with character names.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor ⭐⭐⭐

I actually started this book at the end of April but didn't finish it til May 1st so whatever, here it is. This books is a YA urban fantasy novel about a girl with a double life. She spends half her days studying art in Europe and the other half running errands for a tooth collecting wish monger. I don't want to say a whole lot more because I dont want to spoil anything important about the plot. So, I'll try to be vague. Let me start by saying this story is amazing. I loved the writing and the world. I rated it so low solely because I can't stand the two main characters and it really dragged down what would have otherwise been an amazing novel. So yeah, great book but its a preference thing. Also took points off for the insta-love but not really insta-love shit. Idk. I have a lot of mixed feelings about this read even a month later. Gonna read the second to see if maybe my hatred of the two mains was just a fluke.

3/5 Stars

Spellbound by Rachel Hawkins

⭐⭐⭐

This is the third book in the Hex Hall trilogy. Not much to say about it. It was a meh ending to an overall pretty good series. 3/5 stars. Moving on.

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

⭐⭐⭐

Realizing now how many of my reads this month were pretty middle of the world. Hopefully next month will be filled with 4 and 5 stars. Anyways, this book was honestly a struggle for me to finish and Im not sure why. It's a YA mystery magical realism story about a tiny coastal town that is cursed by the spirits of 3 sisters who were suspected of witchcraft and drowned 2 centuries prior. Because of this, every year the sisters return from the sea to take the lives of teenage boys by luring them to the sea. We follow the life of kind of meh and standard YA girl #1. She meets a strange non tourist boy and hires him to work in the lighthouse her family owns. Her dad randomly disappeared years ago and her mom is a loon. So yeah... I dont know. I kind of felt like this story was hot garbage in places. I usually dont have any trouble with the suspense of disbelief in magical realism stories but this one just had too many plot holes. Like, I get morbid stuff becomes tourist attractions but why wouldn't someone have stepped in and evacuated the town if at least 3 teenage boys die there EVERY SINGLE YEAR without fail? I honestly feel like the FBI or some other government agency would have cleared the place out after the first 20 or so deaths. There was also the whole MC can see the ghosts of the girls possessing people but chooses not to tell anyone? Like, I get it. You dont want people to label you a freak or think you're crazy but come the fuck on. You live in a tourist trap where people flock to watch local teenage males wash up on shore and you really think the authorities arent going to take you up on the help? It wasn't an awful book by any means. It was well written and extremely descriptive. Just had major beef with some of the details. Anyways, I wont say much more so I don't spoil the whole book.

3/5 Stars

An Enchantment of Ravens by Maragret Rogerson

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Finally, I get to talk about one of my favorite reads of the month. I love anything to do with the Fae in my YAfiction and this was literally everything I wanted in a Fae novel. It takes place in a town called Whimsy, a humanish town in the world of Faerie. The fae cannot do any Craft, or what we would consider craftsmanship. Art and humans who can do it well are very precious in this world because the Fae can't ever do it themselves. We follow the adventures of a girl who has been commisioned to paint the portrait of the Autumn King and the chaos that ensues. Let me just start by saying this is one of those insta-love situations where I feel like it's genuinely ok. I might be making excuses because I loved the title so much but whatever. It's explained and I accept it. Also, I realize that Gadfly had a lovely description but my brain willl not let me picture him as anything but Mr.Waternoose from Monsters Inc.

5/5 Stars

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

⭐⭐⭐

This book started out so good and went downhill very quickly. It follows the story of these two magicians who were fated by their Master's to one day fight to the death. There were so many things I loved about this book only for the last 100 pages to just take a firey dump on my face. I loved the setting and the majority of the characters. The supporting characters were so deep and interesting that I almost cared more about them than I did Ceilia and Marko (Im proabably wrong and I dont feel like googling but I think that was his name) . I don't know. I don't want to complain about anymore meh books.

3/5 Stars

Matched by Allie Condie

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Went into this book expecting to hate it. I usually don't like contemporary love stories but this had major City of Ember meets The Giver vibes and it just appealed to that 14 year old girl in me again. That seems to happen with a lot of dystopian utopia stories. Anyways, story is about a girl who lives in this town where when you hit a certain age you are brought to a place and told who the government has chosen for you to marry. She is matched with her life long best friend and all is well. Except that her little Get To Know Your New Husband microship thing showed her two guys instead of just one. And lots of bullshit ensues. I honestly think I rated this so high because I enjoy the world and not so much whats actually happening to the kids. Like, I loved the idea that art is harmful so the government chose 100 acceptable pieces and thats all these people know. I loved the brutality of the government in general. I can't say much more without spoiling some of the twists but geez did it have me hooked. I'm going to be started the second one soonish, though my TBR for June has gotten intense so we will see.

4/5 stars

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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I cannot say enough good things about this book. It is so fucking good! Not going to rant about it or anything because y'all just need to go read it immediately.

5/5 stars

Would give it every star in the sky if Im being completely honest.

Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

⭐⭐

Got sucked into this book by the cover and honestly that was the best part of this book. Its about this world where necromancy is pretty highly regarded and used to resurrect the royals after they die. The only downside is that if a living person ever lays eyes on the resurrected person's skin then they turn into these horrible monsters. Maybe it's just me but like that absolutely does not seem worth the risk. Plus, in order to bring the person back, these reapers have to go into the death world and bring the spirit back. And it's HELLA DANGEROUS. So like, WHY? Anyways, there is this stupid underlying love story that I absolutely wasn't invested in. This just all around was not a good book.

2/5 stars

Monster High by Lisi Harrison

⭐⭐

Little known fact~ I'm obsessed with Monster High and Ever After High. So yeah, I realize this wasn't targeted to me as an adult but even going into it with an open mind I was disappointed. Granted I didn't read the description of the book prior. I just saw this franchise I love and grabbed it. First, if you are a fan of the mini series and the movies do not read this. It doesnt follow the cinematic canon and I think that was my biggest problem with it. Frankie's character was all wrong and I hated the whole"Normy" cast. Was really excited for these but I definitely won't be continuing the series. I don't even want to torture myself with seeing how they manage to ruin my sweet baby Draculara.

2/5 stars

Unhinged by AG Howard

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I can't say enough good things about this series. This is the second book in the trilogy and it was a fanatstic bridge book. It had me engrossed through the entire audiobook. Morpheus is still everything. If you loved Splintered I would highly reccomend continuing.

5/5 stars

Truthwitch

⭐⭐

Have had this on my TBR for a while because of how many Booktubers have hyped the series. Buy, was I disappointed. I was soooooooooo bored. Maybe it's because I don't really enjoy this type of fantasy or maybe it was just the slower paced story but I just slugged through this book. Both of the main female characters were bland to me and I didn't care about their friendship. The world was cool but not enough to keep me invested. Just wasn't my cup of tea.

2/5 stars

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

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Picked this up because of how much I loved The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein and it didn't meet my expectations. It follows this girl who works for a paranormal gorvenment group. She has a special ability that makes her really useful to them so they are trying to groom her basically. They capture this changeling and she befriends him and there is an overarching plot that I just didn't get invested in. The friendship between the two main characters was pretty much the only thing that I enjoyed in this title. The mother figure was insufferable and I just didn't really understand the whole org that they worked for in general. Not an awful book but not fantastic.

Solid 3/5 stars.

The Siren by Kiera Cass

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Going to preface this by saying I might be biased. I love Kiera Cass and have enjoyed almost everything she has written. That said, this wasn't nearly as good as The Selection series but it was a pretty good stand alone novel. It about a girl who becomes a siren on her deathbed and spends the next 100 years serving the sea by luring people to their deaths. After doing this for 70 years, she falls in love and pretty much ruins everything. Loved the characters, especially the male lead. The insta love was a little pet peeve of mine but the love interest was so sweet and genuine that I was willing to overlook it. Pretty good read if you dig supernatural romance.

4/5 stars

June holds the Ghibli-a-thon but also lots of holidays for my family so we will see how much I actually get read. So far my tentative TBR is 5 books but we will see where the days take me.

[esidisimpreg]

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Ie-ey-y-ay is my favorite sound after someone's name!!! I call a lot of my friends different variants of it after their names, eo Ghostie is no different!!

I'm not even gonna lie I've been trying to figure out who you are all night. And this hasn't caused me stress at all! It's honestly given be something to think about besides what I'm doing at work. I slept pretty okay yesterday, and i didn't answer these untill now bc I didn't know what to say when I sqw them ehenhsbshs.

What story of mine did you tell ur therapist. I'm an agent of chaos and I must know.

And don't be sorry for any of this!! It's nice!

[thelarryficrecplace]

Monday Fic Rec

Hello! Can you believe I almost forgot it was Monday today? I hope everyone has a good rest of the week, here’s some new fics to keep you company:

Paper Houses by Anonymous:

Summary: “Who is that?” He hisses.

Zayn holds up a hand to stop Louis from speaking any further.

The voice on the other end of the phone continues. “Then, he saw a photo of him on Insta with his little sister and brother, and he was so gone, dude. He basically demanded that I find Louis for him! And he’s never demanded anything from me ever !”

“Pshhhh, Louis’ been jerking off to Harry for years--”

Louis dives from his place on the couch to sprawl across Zayn’s desk, snatching the phone up. There are loud noises coming from the other end of the phone as Louis shouts into it. “Who is this? Zayn has no idea what he’s talking about--”

Someone on the other end has begun shouting into the phone at the same time. “I never demanded anything--”

When model Louis Tomlinson admits to having a celebrity crush on a very famous actor in an article in GQ magazine, he has no idea it will lead to anything. He definitely never suspects he will fall so hard and so fast for Harry Styles. When reality begins to interfere, their relationship is put to the test.

Word count: 11,635

This Painted Love by amigogh:

Summary: books hold poetry and plot but sometimes they hold the future and it takes louis and harry a while to flip to the same page. featuring; orange juice and cigarettes and zayn and liam as oblivious idiots and niall who is too wise for them all.

Word count: 45,942

dancing in the dark by clairdeloune:

Summary: Harry takes a deep breath and then slowly lets it out. He lifts his head and meets Louis’ eyes again.

“Do you think they could—” Harry stops, swallows dryly; Louis tilts his head to the side, silently urging him to go on. “Do you think they could forgive that someone, then? At some point?”

Louis just looks at him for a moment, quiet, contemplating. “I think maybe, in some ways, they already have,” he says finally, his voice soft. 

Or: Harry comes out and it brings more than he's expected.

Word count: 74,709

Tiny, Beautiful Unknowns by offwiththeirheads:

Summary: “If you can make one heap of all your winnings. And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss. And lose, and start again at your beginnings. And never breathe a word about your loss;”

Louis knows hard work and small dreams, empty pockets and debt. He perfects the art of obscurity, paints human chaos, and will never wear his heart on his sleeve.

So when Harry Styles, seemingly pretentious art enthusiast crosses paths with him, Louis feels like he's being tested.

Word count: 48,935

We're Not Who We Used To Be by ilikepianos:

Summary: “We’re not who we used to be”, Harry chokes out, furiously trying to blink away the tears that have started to fill his eyes.

Word count: 1,247

‘Cause I’m still drunk (drunk on your love) by larrycaring:

Summary: Person A: I wasn’t that drunk last night. Person B: You were flirting with Person C last night. Person A: So? He’s my boyfriend. Person B: You asked him if he was single Person B: And cried when he said he wasn’t.

or an AU where Louis is a bit drunk at a party and cries when Harry tells him he is not single. (But little does Drunk Louis know.)

Word count: 3,455

Apples Always Fall (As I Do For You) by rainbowsandgucci (petzawentz):

Summary: Due to unforeseen circumstances, help is needed here at the orchard for the impending apple season. Looking for someone able to start within the next week or two at the most, is willing to do whatever miscellaneous tasks are needed, such as picking & packing apples, running the cash register, and other handy work that may need to be done. Must be good with customers, and able to lift up to 50lbs. Help will be needed until at the least the end of October. Please contact the number found on this page, or come out to the orchard and ask for Harry. All the love xx”

Louis is staying at his Aunt's farm in a small town in Minnesota for four months. To deal with the boredom that sets in a week into his stay, he starts working at the local apple orchard, owned by twenty six year old Harry Styles.

Louis quickly finds himself falling in love with the orchard, and he finds a family in Harry's friends Niall, Liam, and Zayn.He also starts to fall in love with Harry.

Falling in love with him turns out to be the easy part.

Word count: 54,605

We're Both Stubborn (Two Hearts in One Home) by lululawrence:

Summary: The crickets that somehow were still chirping in the chilly October air suddenly sounded louder after Louis went quiet. Harry wasn’t sure what to say in response though, so he let their song remain unbroken.

“I guess I’m just scared ‘cause I don’t know what I’m doing after this,” Louis confessed with a whisper. “Some days, with the way my mom and dad are fighting, the only thing I’m sure of is you.”

Harry wrapped his arms tightly around Louis’ torso and turned into him, ignoring the night sky they were supposed to be observing.

“Doesn’t matter what else is going on, Lou. You’ll always have me. Always.”

Louis nodded and Harry could feel the movement from where he was, and that was enough.

Or the one where Harry and Louis stumble their way through life and their relationship, but at least they've got each other.

Word count: 13,418

falling, catching by tsuneni:

Summary: Harry’s jotting down some more notes when he feels a thud on his right shoulder. He doesn’t flinch, thank God, because when he turns his head to the right his suspicions are confirmed. The boy has fallen asleep on Harry’s shoulder.

When Harry lets out the breath he had been holding, the sleeping boy pushes his nose further into the burgundy fabric of Harry’s sweater, and wraps his arm around Harry’s waist.

This boy is going to be the death of him.

Or; the one where Harry likes poems, soft sweaters, old novels, and that one boy in his Romantic Poetry course that keeps falling asleep during lectures.

Word count: 23,777

Heartbeat by crisdrafta:

Summary: “We just fall out of sync sometimes. It happens. We just need to find our frequency again. Try to match our heartbeats again or whatever,” Harry joked.

“Might want to write that down Haz, the next big One Direction single ‘trying to find a heartbeat or whatever.’”

“I just might.”

OR Harry writes "Two ghosts". It's about Louis.

Word count: 10,211

[thetradeway]

Session 20 Halloween 4! 22 Nov 2020

Kessler finds herself untrapped, so she makes her way back to the chaos.

She immediately shoots at Spider-Tarragon. (To be fair Kessler doesn’t know it’s her.)

Another phase spider appears and has a go at snacking on Kessler. It misses. A second spider appears, but the others manage to kill it. Ahleqs tries to tell Kessler that the other giant spider is Tarragon, but she still tries to square up to her after the fight.

We take a short rest, though most of us are out of hit dice. Tarragon makes a poultice and gives it to Gunna to help him keep his insides inside. Kessler casts her Alarm spell, which jolts us awake after not long - the horrible doll shows up again, oh no!!! Roll Initiative!!

(Joe shows us a close up of the doll’s face. We all wish he hadn’t.)

Tarragon Cure Wounds’s Gunna again, and goes giant wolf spider - a giant spider is Large, and will not fit in the room. She gets an extra 11HP which at this point is nothing to sneeze at.

We move on through the door at the south end of the corridor - behind it are three undead nasties.

Ahleqs uses Tides of Chaos to give himself advantage on Eldritch Blast, hits a ghoul, grows a beard of feathers and bursts into tears.

Giant wolf spider Tarragon kills one of the ghouls - hooray! She waves her legs in victory. Melaina runs from the horrible smelly licky thing and shoots it. She tries Sharpshooter, and it misses. Looking at the beasts, she surmises that they have been trapped in this little room for a long time and are a bit mad. (Oh god another one arrives and attacks Gunna.)

Gunna tries a trip attack; it doesn’t work, but he does manage to hit it.

The licky thing moves past the ghouls; they step aside to let it pass. It attacks Kessler, but doesn’t manage to paralyse her. She makes a CON save against the stink, passes, and becomes immune to it for 24 hours.

Ahleqs does Tides of Chaos again for Eldritch Blast - it hits, but he is transported to the Astral Plane until the end of his next turn. With a yelp, he disappears. A ghoul attacks Gunna but it misses. Tarragon passes her Constitution save and is immune to stinky man, and bites him - he fails his own Constitution save and takes the full poison damage. DM says he is looking ropey. Hooray!

Melaina gets the second to last ghoul with an arrow - Now he’s wearing his stinky insides on his stinky outsides. Gunna makes a Constitution save - gets a 9 and fails. He is poisoned by the last remaining ghoul. He misses his attack (at disadvantage bc poison), and vomits a little bit.

Stinky man licks Kessler and she goes down - no, wait, she has 1HP. She smacks it with her Thunder Gauntlets - it takes 10 thunder damage and perishes.

We take another short rest. There are two doors in this next room, which looks like servant quarters. Ahleqs finds that neither is locked but is reluctant to open them. Gunna opens the southernmost door (Tarragon readies Thorn Whip) to find a grotty bathroom with a smear of green slime in front of one of the bathtubs. There is a pile of broken shelves on the northernmost wall. Gunna backs out slowly.

He goes back in to investigate the shelves. He finds three little vials that might be healing potions. Yay! He calls back to us: “There’s nothing in here, guys!” He takes the bottles to Tarragon, who positively identifies them as Healing Potions. Gunna distributes them.

We check out the other door; Tarragon readies Thorn Whip. Gunna goes in - he has found the bogs. He doesn’t want to Investigate this room.

We go back north along the corridor past the spiral staircase and beyond, and Tarragon feels a whoosh of air as a knife flies out of nowhere - that fucking doll is back. Melaina misses with her Chromatic Orb. Ahleqs uses Tides of Chaos and begins to Levitate.

Tarragon casts Minor Illusion to create an image of the ghost that screamed at us in the dining room; the doll hisses and clenches its fist around the knife. (Sadly she doesn’t have time to explain so the others all think the ghost has reappeared - Gideon runs away.)

Gideon takes a look at the doll and determines that although the thing is healing itself between appearances, it is still starting to look damaged. As Joe puts it: ‘it is no longer mint in box’. Gideon Scorching Rays it and does some serious damage.

Gunna attacks the illusory ghost. Normally physical interaction with the illusion would reveal it to be not real, but the image is of a ghost; there is some discussion before Joe decides to have Gunna roll Insight; he gets a 4 and now believes that the ghost cannot be killed, screaming at us to flee.

Melaina shoots the doll (Gideon: ‘Shoot it in the brain, Melaina!’) She misses, and hides behind Gunna.

Kessler punches the doll. The doll attempts a stab in return but misses; and misses again with her claws.

Ahleqs does Eldritch Blast with Tides of Chaos again and produces a unicorn; good thing he didn’t become a pot plant, because he’s already Levitating.

Tarragon dismisses the illusion, not wanting Gunna to waste any more turns on it. Gideon administers a Chill Touch and kills the doll - hooray!

Before the Unicorn leaves, it touches three of us so we can regain HP. Kessler, Ahleqs, and Gideon. Ah, thanks :)

Kessler takes the doll’s head and rolls it down the stairs.

The next door is locked so Melaina picks it. Gunna charges through screaming “SHIELD WALL!!!”

He notices something unnatural, but not unexpected - an ethereal skeleton, writing in a ledger. It says he is expecting ‘you’, and that Gertrude may proceed - we feel something evil move through us. It is a ghostly woman, who then disappears through a door in the eastern wall.

We have heard Gertrude mentioned before - something to do with the advisor in the scrap of diary that Gideon found. Kessler touches the skeleton and it crumbles to dust.

(Mattie brings me a London Fog and a cake pop. Aw!)

We move on - Gunna goes to the door through which Gertrude went.

He sees a little girl on a bench, Gertrude offers her a doll. Stab wounds begin to appear on her dress, and she falls to the floor and disappears.

The double doors leading out of the room are carved with trees and the name of servants - the last one is Oscar Montarthas.

We move through the doors. Or we try, there is something heavy on the other side. We pull the doors instead. Gunna and Kessler see a chest on the other side - we all make Strength saves, Ahleqs with advantage from Tides of Chaos and can immediately take another action - which he uses to experience a sense of dread.

Everyone fails and is sucked through the doors except Ahleqs Gideon and spider Tarragon, who are shut out. (From here, I cannot see what’s happening, and am going by description only for a while)

They see horrible stuff on the other side - a man stuck to the ceiling, as horrible black tentacles feed on him. There is a green gem on his chest that seems to be feeding on him, and potentially feeding the rest of the house with evil energies. There is a body in a chair - it is dark advisor Gertrude.

Gunna moves toward her and her head snaps toward him with a horrible grin. We roll Initiative!

Ahleqs begins by pushing on the doors - they don’t open. Of course. He is not very sad about this. Gunna tries to tell him there’s a circus on the other side.

Gideon: “Well, Ahleqs, seems like they’re done for. Perhaps we should leave!” He makes an Arcana check on the door - magic is involved in keeping it shut. No duh. (he only rolled 11.)

Melaina hides behind a pile of corpses and shoots (Gertrude?) for 24 points, but she shrugs a lot of that damage off. Fuck.

Gunna hits her with a 25 for his longsword, and forces a Strength save which Gertrude handily makes. She shrugs off most of the damage. No wait - his sword is magical, so it does full damage. Phew! He does 2nd Wind and hits her again - but rolls 11 and misses. He waits to be Disintegrated. Luckily we are told she wants to play with us first. He tells her that they got off on the wrong foot.

Gertrude ignores him and reanimates the pile of corpses. Fuck. Melaina has been spotted, as a consequence. She doesn’t like it! Gertrude commands the corpses to attack. One attacks Kessler but misses. Another has a go, hits with a nat 20 and forces a Constitution save, which she fails and is paralysed for 1m (but can reroll at end of each of her turns.) Another attacks Melaina but misses.

Tarragon pops back to gnome form and casts Guidance on Gideon so we can maybe try and figure this door out.

Kessler fails her next CON save.

Ahleqs blasts the door with Firebolt. He misses. An eye appears in the front of his forehead for 1 minute.

Gideon is eating a piece of pork the size of his forearm, so we wait for him to finish his mouthful so he can do his turn. He rolls a 28 on another arcana check with Guidance for the door - it is sealed with magic but it can be destroyed. “Keep doing what you’re doing Ahleqs, I like your style!”

Melaina hits Gertrude with her rapier and does 10 piercing damage. Gunna attacks with his longsword and forces another STR save, which she makes.

It’s her turn - she casts Magic Missile. Nope, Joe doesn’t know how to cast it at the level he wants on Roll20. Bear with him…

She Polymorph’s Gunna. He gets a WIS save. At ADV because he’s Captain Gunna? No? Will 11 do it? No? Oh dear. He becomes… wait… a giant toad. He’ll get her with his froggy tongue!

There is some Roll20 fuckery while Joe tries to get the toad token to represent Gunna. We’ll come back to that; Gunna is a toad. 

One of the corpses attacks Kessler - at ADV bc she is paralysed. If the attack hits it is an auto-crit. Luckily it misses. Its friend has a go as well - that one hits. (Matthew is sure there is a ‘DM win’ button.) It does 28 damage - Mina thinks it is an insta-death, but it’s not. She’s down though. Melaina gets bitten for 10 damage.

Tarragon uses her last spell slot to cast Thunderwave on the door splintering it, then goes Brown Bear. Kessler fails a death save. Ahleqs draws himself up to his full height and casts Eldritch Blast on the door with ToC. He does 8 points of damage to the door, but doesn’t break it, and must roll on the table for the next ten rounds on each of his turns. Shit’s about to get weird.

Gideon shocking Grasps the door for 8 Lightning damage - it’s looking damaged. A couple more good hits should do it. Melaina shoots one of the corpses with a Natty 20 and puts it down. Woo! He fizzles down onto the floor like a melting witch or a burst balloon. She hides behind more corpses.

Mr. Toad, it turns out, is amphibious. That’ll fox it. He’s also chaotic good, so that also helps. He is totally out of his pond here, so instinctively he perceives the creature in front of him as a threat and makes a bite attack - 23 to hit Gertie. It does a bunch of damage, and also grapples her. Lol! Next turn he plans to swallow her.

Gertie drops concentration and reverts him back to Gunna; he is extremely disappointed. It is also an awkward situation, because he had her grappled with his mouth. (Let’s not think too hard about what might have happened if he’d swallowed her and she’d died, and lost concentration then.)

Her eyes go weird - Gunna makes a WIS save - despite his self-encouragement he fails and is Sickened. She draws green necrotic energy down from the gem on the ceiling and regains some HP.

A ghoul attacks Gunna but misses. Now Gunna is flanked so the next one gets ADV. Nat 20; fuck. It forces a CON save, which Gunna has DISADV on, but makes the save and is not paralysed.

Bear Tarragon busts through the door, her capacious backside making room for the other two as she forces her way in! Good grief, shit’s fucked in here. Cue a ton of bear gifs on the group chat.

Ahleqs becomes invisible. He rifles through Kessler’s power armor for a potion, finds it, and stuffs it down her neck.

Loremaster Gideon hesitates. What to do, what to do. How do Cone spells work again? Ed draws some lines. DM allows Gunna to do a DEX save to avoid it. It’s Thunderwave! It forces a CON save so Gunna gets 2 shots to avoid it. (At DISADV bc he’s sickened, but makes it.) Gertie makes her save. Booh. He does knock one of the ghouls against a wall though, so yay!

Melaina takes a potshot at the crystal on the ceiling. DM grants ADV as it’s stationary. 19 to hit! 16 points - but they’re wasted. The arrow just sort of bounces off, leaving the crystal intact and still embedded in the chest of the man on the ceiling.

Gunna attacks, makes another CON save to remove the Sickening - fails with a 14, and vomits a little. It’s a worrisome colour. Bright fuchsia.

Ahleqs is invisible so Gertie can’t target him, so she goes for Gideon instead, forcing a WIS save. He gets a Natty 20, good thing too, because that was Phantasmal Killer she just cast. (Oh fuck.) He sees ghosts floating up out of the corpses, but he knows they’re not real. She forces another WIS save for her bonus action though - a Dirty 20! He ain’t even bovvered. “Your tricks have no power here, Hag!”

A ghoul scratches at him and misses. It’s Gideon’s lucky day! Another ghoul flanks him, rolls a 23. Scheise. CON save; 18!

Bear Tarragon claws and bites at the second ghoul, killing it. She eats a bit, extremely pleased. (Is she still full, when she reverts back to gnome form? She says she tries not to think too much about it.)

Kessler gets up and throws a firebolt at Gertie. She shrugs about half of the damage off; hooray.

Ahleqs can take one additional action immediately. Woo! He fires an Eldritch Blast at Gertie with ToC. Natty 20! He does become visible again though. Creatures have DISADV vs his next spell! Seeing that she doesn’t seem resistant to Force damage, he does Eldritch Blast with ToC again; this is going to kill him one day.

Duncan, OOC: “Oh shit”.

Us, immediately: “What??”

Oh no - he casts Fireball centred on himself - no, 70, not 7. Oh fuck me thank god. So what happens is, everyone in the room becomes invisible for the next minute. This is going to be carnage…!

It’s Gideon’s turn - he can see no-one but Ahleqs. (And Ahleqs can’t see him.) Gideon reaches out blindly to Shocking Grasp whatever’s in front of him. He is at DISADV. He misses, and becomes visible again.

Melaina can only see Ahleqs and Gideon - ‘Well I’m going to shoot one of them then, aren’t I?”

Ahleqs, resignedly: “You’re well within your rights.”

Melaina holds an attack, I think?

Gunna swings wildly, believing everything has disappeared. It could be ghosts. His 16 at DISADV hits, forces a STR save. Ghoul rolls 23. Booh.

It takes 15 slashing. He re-rolls his CON save vs the Sickening, and fails again. It’s okay, he still hits about 23% of the time.

Gertie disappears - gnomish Tarragon appears in her place and says ‘Ouch, you hurt me!’

This bitch.

The ghoul swings at Gideon but misses, and becomes visible. Tarragon, now seeing the ghoul, attacks it. Melaina’s held arrow finishes it off.

Kessler is still invisible. She can see Bear Tarragon, so she knows the fake Tarragon is fake. She runs up and punches it. (Poor Tarragon!) 25 to hit. 6 Thunder damage, right in the noggin. DM: “You monster! It reverts back to its ‘less ugly’ Gertie form.” 

(Rude.)

Eldritch Blast from Ahleqs with ToC, 9 Force damage. He is surrounded by faint ethereal music for the next minute; could be Enya, could be Jurassic Park theme.

Gideon: “Well…” He’s lost his character sheet. His computers making noises! Punch it in the dick! Shocking Grasp. 11 misses. Oh, suck.

Melaina scooches around for a clear shot on Gertie; she does Sharpshooter and hits it. Woo! 19 plus 11 damage! That got her attention. She does shrug some of it off though. Melaina hides behind her pile of bodies again and rolls a natty 20 for a total of 28, becoming one with the pile.

Gunna is still at DISADV, rolls a 16 and hits. Woo! He forces a WIS save, tired of her making her STR saves. She seems very hardy for an old bitch. She fails and is Frightened of Gunna now. Yeah! He does twenty-onesies with his magic sword and kills her, swinging around and chopping off her head. He and Ahleqs are both sick a little bit, for different reasons. 

Gertie shrivels into a pile of black ooze. The man on the ceiling twitches and the vines wither, the gem falls to the floor. The man falls as well - he thanks us with his last breath before disintegrating to dust before our eyes.

Ahleqs’s size increases by one size category. Then his skin turns a vibrant shade of blue. We all stand back. He regains all his sorcery points. Then the damage of his spells maximises. Then everyone within 30 feet takes 1D10 necrotic damage, which Ahleqs absorbs. He apologises, while crying.

Gunna decides to have a little sit down. Melaina makes a sleight of hand check and gets 23. She swipes the emerald as the rest of us watch Ahleqs. (Melaina, a thief: “What gem?”) She finds a little bag next to the Gertie goo. There’s a weird stone as well. We will do Arcana checks next week but for now, the building begins to shake. We Benny Hill it back the way we came.

(Gunna is no longer Sickened; he is also no longer ten years older. Gunna: “My beard! My knees! My balls!”)

Gideon, Tarragon and Kessler take 10 bludgeoning damage from bits of ceiling; Gideon goes down.

Gunna and Tarragon get Gideon onto Tarragon’s back, and we make a run for it. We manage to get outside, where we see a huge pair of eyes looking at us - it’s Popcorn. Phew and also yay!

We defeated the evil night hag Gertrude! We won D&D!!

I think it’s time for a bloody good Long Rest. This has been absolute fucking chaos.

[spiritsonic]

Heyyy if you're still answering questions, where did Sonic's speed come from in the GOTF universe? Is it related to chaos like Vennie, Silver and Blaze's powers?

It is indeed at Chaos power! Pretty much any superpower in the GOTF-verse can be chalked up to some sort of natural, unconscious use of Chaos Control to bend the laws of physics. Sonic can quickly phase parts of his body into pure Chaos energy for a few milliseconds, allowing him to circumvent the effect of friction, impact shockwaves, inertia, and other nasty things that would stop him from moving fast. Over time he’s developed other, more combat-focused uses.

It started small, with the insta-shield in in Sonic 3. Just a little energy blast off the quills. With more energy used for a midair push and a faster spin, that turned into the homing attack. Then he found out that if he used the same trick while running, he could do a boost. The energy discharge creates a shield around him, blasting anything he comes in contact with. 

These powers are genetic, so hybrids like Sonic and Co. are born with them. Not everybody is born with powers, but using gadgets/artifacts/training can allow others to play on the same level, like Rouge. As it was hard-wired into Sonic’s body, ghost Sonic can’t use his super-speed skills when he’s possessing somebody. If he took the time to figure out precisely what he did, he could maaaybe reverse-engineer the effect through conscious use of Chaos Control but it would be extremely difficult.

I’ve put a lot of thought into this DON’T LOOK AT ME

[baraonda-blog]

Aesthetic Voyage 2018

365 Rambley days that were 2018 for Jake and Audrie and the aesthetic voyage; this was the 8th year of photo-a-day. The road took me to South Africa, Australia, and back to Arizona this year. We tied the knot, and start our first full year married…but before we do, this all happened!

Soundtrack: Hans Zimmer – Journey To The Line Pearl Jam – Who You Are Covenhoven – Ghosts of Kerouac Bob Schneider – 40 Dogs (Romeo and Juliet) Tom Waits – Picture In A Frame Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika Dierks Bentley – Burning Man Foo Foo Fighters – Everlong

2018 SuperlativesBest Photo: Audrie in The Zion Narrows

Best Breweries a: Wibby Brewing, Longmont, CO b. Nottingham Road Brewing Co., Midlands, South Africa c. Monkey Fist Brewing, Traverse City, MI

Best Sandwich: Hot Brown, Louisville KY Best Beer: Keg of Brother Thelonious at our Wedding! Best Roadtrip: Amarillo Loop > TX, OK, KS, CO Best Adventure: Finding Zulu Uqumbothi Beer in South Africa

Best Meals – a.) Fogo de Chao, Las Vegas NV b). Big Texan Steak, Amarillo, TX c) Scott Bowers St Pats Spread, Denver, CO d.) Lobster Roll at Mabel’s Lobster Claw, Kennebunkport, ME e) Sosoba Noodles, Flagstaff Favorite Restaurant: Mod Pizza

Best Month: May Best Beach: Nordhouse Dunes Camp, MI

Best Breakfast: New Years Eve Frittata with Jane and Dave Best Sunset: Six Sunset Streak in Ludington, MI Best Town: Sydney, Australia Best Happy Hour: Kavasutra with Cory Best Hike(s): Calf Creek, Bryce Canyon, Zion Narrows, Buckskin Gulch – UTAH!! Best Book: Steinbeck – Grapes of Wrath # of Books Read/Completed: 5

Best Camp Spot: Great Sand Dunes with Mike and Garrett Best Skinny Dip: Lees Ferry with Mike, Colorado River Best Concert: Bob Schneider in Fort Collins

Favorite Roads: a. Back Roads Death Valley with Luke, b. Kit Carson National Forest, NM, c. White Mountains, NH Best State: New Hampshire Best Nature Hug: Shoshone Point, Grand Canyon Best Movie: Hostiles Best Rental Car (of the 17 rented): The White Jeep Wrangler out of Salt Lake City for Zion. Favorite Show: Survivor Best Shower/Bath: Westin, Sydney Australia Best Pool!: The Lodge On The Desert Best Coffee Shop: Logan House Coffee, Stanley Market, Denver, CO Hardest/Worst Day of the 365: July 14 – Cancelled Wedding Plan, June 28/29 – Sufferfest, Move out of Denver

Number of Flights Trips – 36 Favorite Game: Snake vs. Block Guilty Pleasure: SimFarm

Howd you spend Valentines Day: Took AC to Snarfs and Rickoli Howd you spend your birthday: Steak in Cheyenne, Sushi Karaoke Howd you spend AC’s birthday: Zion/Utah Ramble Howd you spend Christmas Day: Crashed AC Overnight in Ontario, CA Howd you spend New Years Eve: Private Party at Lodge of The Desert, Tucson

Closest to death: Slipping on Ice at Betsie Point Light Worst Fight: Disagreement over the runners. Best Holiday – St Patricks Day

Biggest Regret – Didnt exercise enough. Let my weight slip. Worst Disappointment – Havasu Falls getting flooded out for our wedding Best Luck of 2018 – Silver Recalled Recovery

# of On Campus Work Trips in 2018 – 5 # of Weddings in 2018 – 4 Something new in 2018: Learned to smoke a cigar & Insta Pot Ribs

Best Quote: “I love the dark hours of my being. My mind deepens into them. There I can find, as in old letters, the days of my life, already lived, and held like a legend, and understood.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke

Best Song: Eric Church – Round Here Buzz

Best Days of the 365: 1/ Vows on Mount Lemmon, July 20 2/ Completion Ceremony, July 21

Favorite/Most Notable Moments:

Seeing Breckenridge in State Final at Ford Field Burns Night processional in St Louis with Haggis Being a part of a real life Surprise Party for Cole DeathStar Nipple Moon-rise Paint Nite! Splashing at Buckskin Gulch group photo Writing my vows to Audrie (both drafts) Audrie Overdoing it at Press-Fest Violet’s Affection Meeting with Shane’s Family Suprising Audrie in Birmingham Bar Night after Mike’s Wedding Sick Day Flu in January New Years Day Mai Tai in Hawaii Jan 1 2018 Spring Training Game with Grandpa Havarti Picks a 16 seed upset for UMBC in March Madness That White Pants Suit for Bachelorette in NYC Yoga at Lake Powell Our interviews with Rhinos Going to the top of Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania That amazing bridesmaid for Amy’s wedding Zion Narrow Hammock Hang / De-hang Dancing on the stage at Hotel Congress after wedding party.

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