#meditation program for kids

[nulfaga]

Aw man i'm thinking about salo again. And I'm completely normal

[artsparknyc]

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[daretoassume]

how i counteract my negative beliefs.

over the years, i knew that i had lingering thoughts and beliefs that did not serve me. so, at the beginning of 2021, i started doing shadow work, which was very scary to me because there was a lot to uncover. i began to understand that those beliefs were programmed into me since i was a kid. i knew if i wanted to create my reality consciously, i had to let them go and change those beliefs. i did not deny that i had those beliefs. i acknowledged them so i could let them go.

like i said, i did shadow work first (which i still do every year so that i am always aware and can self-reflect on what needs changing). then i started doing affirmations, visualization, and commanding over the years. i do affirmations every morning right after my meditation. i feel them as if they were true while holding my chest with both hands. i always do my affirmations in front of the mirror and look myself in the eyes. sometimes it ends up as a whole conversation of affirmation, and i feel good the entire day.

next, i did visualization. since i love to daydream, i took that as an advantage but with full control. so i visualize myself with my desires showing up and getting into the feeling. "what would it feel like if my desires showed up?" i would try my best to feel my imagination in all my senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) sometimes it takes just a few minutes to get into that feeling but i stop right after i feel it, and continue what i am doing. sometimes i fall asleep while doing it.

lastly, there is commanding, which i mastered this year. since i have worked on my self-concept over the years, it is much easier to command my brain. now, if a negative belief comes up and i feel it, my body would fidget, and my leg starts to shake. the moment this happens, i always catch myself and tell myself, "hey, if this negative belief is true/possible, how come the positive belief is a lie/impossible when they are both neutral?" then i choose to command my brain with the positive belief or thought instead of being anxious about the negative belief. then the negative belief is gone!

because i am aware

that i have the power,

my imagination is real,

and i am deserving and worthy of everything i want in life.

if i understand those 3 things, then why choose to believe or have that negative belief? if i truly understand those 3 things, i would embody the feeling of my natural self which is my divine self. and if all beliefs are neutral, then i would choose to believe the one that serves me more. this is how i discipline my mind.

it's not about having no negative beliefs at all but having to counteract and always choosing what serves me more. my inner conversations are always me discipling myself and filing it with so much knowledge, love, and compliments.

"walk in the assumption that you are what you want to be. if you feast on that and remain faithful to that mental diet, you will crystallize it. you will become it in this world." ♱ five lessons: thinking fourth-dimensionally, neville goddard

you see, there are no "magic" techniques. it is only a matter of choosing the best for yourself. nobody will do this for you. if you are not willing to work on yourself, how will you experience change in your reality in ways you prefer?

[procrastinationaccount]

Shittily animated tlt miniseries that mostly takes place mid-Gideon the Ninth

Episode the First: It's an average day in the life of Admiral Sarpedon, until the Emperor His Lord pulls him aside to help him write a top-secret missive to the House heirs - he's worried that he doesn't know what language resonates with the kids these days.

Episode the Second: Marta repeatedly kicks her necromancer's ass at both chess and Canaan strategy, but when she sincerely calls her the better/more competent woman she reassures Judith that she's a true leader and people will lean on her in times of need.

Episode the Third: The Tridentarii gather up the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth for a game of Truth of Dare; they monopolize the time by making Babs and then each other recount their first kisses.

Episode the Fourth: Isaac becomes insecure that Jeanne always seems to want to spend time with Coronabeth and Gideon now, until a beleaguered Camilla explains that she likes them in a different way, not a better way.

Episode the Fifth: Magnus tries to get Abigail to call the spirits of her parents, thinking that having a more active cavalier role will let him charm them in the way he never could while they were alive.

Episode the Sixth: Palamedes throws himself suspiciously hard, even for him, into unraveling the mysteries of Canaan House; Camilla sits him down for a leisurely tea in an attempt to get him to talk about it, but then everyone - including the Duchess - ends up inviting themselves.

Episode the Seventh: Catching on that Harrow is the only person prodding the Protesilaus construct with questions, Cytherea programs his only response to be, "What, are you in love with your cavalier or something?" This eventually backfires and results in her having flashbacks to her life with Loveday.

Episode the Eighth: After overhearing Babs muttering to himself, Colum decides to try meditation as a way to get some time away from his uncle and reconnect with his body.

Episode the Ninth: Harrow decides to make sketches of each scion and cav in attendance, for the sake of thoroughness, and...struggles...with her own House.

[vlly-of-despair]

Ok but like, we need to talk about Alice and the ‘victim’… (spoilers for TMP)

I’ve been kicking around the theory for a little bit in my head now that the Magnus Institute program for gifted children is meant to find children who have an aptitude to act as conduits for the Fears via meditation practices that can transport their consciousness to the ‘Somewhere Else’, aka the layer of reality in which the Fears resign.

I made a past post about this, but for a summery: In the Magnus Archives, the Fears are described as gods from another realm, not necessarily from another universe, but rather in a different layer of reality we usually can’t see or comprehend, but can bleed into our world in the small weirdness of the statements we see throughout the narrative, and humans being able to harness gifts derived from the warped reality of these beings via becoming an Avatar. In the Magnus Protocol, people may channel the powers that may be from the layer of reality through becoming an ‘External’ or by an object, or environment. They categorize cases regarding the Somewhere Else as subjects being viabilities as subjects, agents, or catalysts (see ep 9 as an example of this cataloged on record).

Now, I personally believe whatever the Magnus Institute was cultivating, they wanted to specifically target areas of greater knowledge.

In TMA 127, John describes to Basira the ability to see into the minds of others as:

It’s like there’s a, a door, in my mind. A-a-and behind it is, is the entire ocean.

Before, I didn’t notice it, but now, I – I know it’s there, and I can’t forget it, and I can feel the pressure of the water on it… when I’m around p-people, or.. places, or.. ideas? A drop or two will push through the cracks at the edges of the door. And I’ll… know something.

Now both Sam and Gerard both applied to the Magnus Institute program, but were not accepted. When we saw the ARG Mag Testing sheets from past children’s names, as well as the criteria they ranked the children on, many being less so on their intelligence, but on their empathy, obedience, and conformity. So my best guess is that they find the most obedient children of high intelligence, those who may be able to harbor great ‘knowing’ and ‘seeing’ about the intellectual comprehension of most people, and that are apathetic enough to endure the possible… casualties tapping into the Eldritch horrors may call upon. Then they train them to become figures similar to the Archivist, but to the degree in which they can ‘open the door in their minds’ completely. This didn’t go so well… like at all… taken by the fact that the ‘protocol’ was enacted and the whole institute burned to the ground. Did they open a rift to this dangerous world? Is the OIAR fighting against those who try to push too much of these Outer Gods into our material world? To ‘see’ too much?

Curiously, there is a child in the ARG spreadsheet listing the children involved with the ‘gifted kids program’ with the name Connor Dyer, the same lat name as Alice. Many people, including myself, think this IS Alice and her deadname, prior to transitioning.

So, Alice was involved with the program, and her denial of the fact and urging Sam to stop researching the institute raises some big red flags. Where am I going with this? Well, if we go back to MAGP 15: WELL RUN, we see the victim that approached Gwen being compelled to spill out her fear as she is ‘drowning’ on land, trying to grab Alice as she whispers about seeing an endless, dark sea. Alice’s reaction is sooo interesting to me. At first it seems normal, she sees a dying frantic woman, reacts in panic and calls the ambulance. However, once she sees the tape recorder, she becomes utterly terrified. She says, “ I’m sorry, I can’t-.” And runs.

Alice, what about the tape recorder specifically triggered you so much? Is it because perhaps you remember this scene? Using a tape recorder, as a child in the Magnus Institute program, to document your decent into that same vast ocean beyond our world? Is if because if suddenly clicked what this is, what has happened to this woman, that she was compelled? That her thoughts were spoken with far more clarity after death because her corpse is being puppeteer by a power which unlocks the minds and fears of others beyond their mind alone? Why are you working at the OIAR? And why did you invite perhaps the only other person you know who could have the abilities the Magnus Institute searched for in youth?…

[transgenderfabianseacaster]

hiding in the bathroom at my job and watching fhjy finale pt2 and thinking about what hobbies the bad kids do so. here you are

adaine: programming!!!! she also writes poetry sometimes. and she likes to research her hyperfixations and write essays on them (nerd /aff). also meditation, which she started when her anxiety was really bad and continues still even though she’s doing better in that front

riz: cooking, during the times he is not hyperfixated on his investigations (said times are few and far between, but sklonda and his friends are fighting the never ending battle of helping him not always be burnt out lol. which means they eat Lots of nice homemade meals)

kristen: she is the artist of the bad kids. her favored mediums are watercolor and sculpture. she has painted all the bad kids many times and her art is hung up everywhere in mordred and her friends houses

gorgug: besides drumming, he is always taking things apart and building new contraptions. he and adaine like to work on computers together. he also doodles a lot

fig: tbh her biggest hobby is writing/practicing her songs, but she also likes customizing her clothes and making patches and accessories. all the other bad kids have customized clothes from her. also skateboarding!! she does a bunch of cool (dangerous) tricks

fabian: i mean canonically he does a fuckton of expensive rich kid hobbies like calligraphy and glassblowing lol, and dance and fencing ofc. i think he also likes to try out his friends hobbies, so he’s adequate at a bunch of those things. except programming he can’t do that 🫶🫶

[stardewremixed]

What Each Townie Adds to the Community Center After Complete, Pt. 1

Farmer - a farm-to-table dinner once a month and everyone brings a side dish to share

Caroline - expands her fitness class and moves it to the Center (offers 3-4x's a week)

Evelyn - a baking class once a month (mostly cookies, some cakes too. Haley sometimes helps).

Gus - cooking class once a week (and he would be such a good teacher with a gentle, encouraging voice) AND a near daily breakfast for seniors and vets (because he's that kind of guy)

Sebastian - basic computer classes because these townsfolk need to get outta the dark ages. Jk... but seriously, he would open a computer lab. People could come work on resumes, kids could play games after school and on weekends (Sam included), and folks could pay bills online.

Penny would create a kids club for after school on Wednesdays. Vincent, Jas, and Leo all come for storytime, homework help, snacks, and playtime. Jas would donate some of her old dolls and toys. Vincent would create a bug display. Leo would fix up a treehouse out front with help from Robin.

Robin would offer woodworking classes, and she would co-lead an environmental science club with Demetrius (for the social and moral support).

Willy and Elliott would arrange beach clean-up days, and use the Center to create a place for recycling gathering. (And compost - Leah and the Farmer would add).

Gunther would partner with the Adventurer's Guild to host a series of guest lectures on the 2nd Saturday of the month. Archeologists, botanists, monster hunters, travelers, other experts.

Shane would open an AA chapter and suicide prevention support group (with some encouragement from Harvey). Bad coffee. Stale donuts. Everyone feels welcome though.

Band practice would move out of Sam's bedroom and into the Center. He would also organize an open mic night (Abigail would do most of the work, but his enthusiasm counts). He would support and cheer for everyone equally (no matter how off-key).

Elliott would do poetry readings. Once he was published, he would host his book reveal party at the Center. Over wine for the 21+.

Leah would host art classes - sculpting, painting, etc. She would also organize a tri-athlon with Alex.

Alex would fix up the backyard for a kids gridball team. He would have a sports mentorship program (and kids from surrounding towns would attend). Work hard. Play hard. And learn life skills. With a lot of help from other townies.

Haley would create a dark room for anyone wanting to develop their own photos. And she would gladly have many of her own photos on display.

I feel like George would host movie nights with help from Alex, Sebastian and Maru. Alex would hang the projector, Seb would set up the equipment, and Maru would decorate with lights in the yard for movies under the stars in summertime. And bring strawberries to share, of course. Old timey movies. Black and whites.

Harvey (and Maru) would host health clinics, offering free wellness checkups. Gus would provide healthy lunches. They would team up with Caroline for a fitness class. Emily would call her Swami friend for a yoga and meditation demonstration.

Emily would definitely start a sewing circle. Jodi would join. Maybe Marnie. And Caroline would enjoy cross-stitch.

Em would also do additional projects. The younger ladies like Abigail, Sophia, and Scarlett would definitely be into cosplay and costuming together. Abs would drag Sebastian in every once in awhile and Sam would tag along, just cuz. Seb would rock Puck from A Midsummer's Night Dream. And Elliott would make a fantastic Romeo. Haley would definitely be Juliet.

[respocked]

I'm thinking about work anyway so fuck it

Star Trek Public Primary School AU 🛸 !

Kirk

-the headmaster!

-went into education because of his own unfortunate childhood

-has an uncanny ability to tell which student has a bad home life

-remembers everyone's name, even if you went to his school 5 years ago for 2 months

-misbehaving teenagers send to his office get some candy and a motivational speech that changes the course of their lifetime

-most days can be found hovering suspiciously outside of spock's classroom

-way better with older students, 12-13 - has absolutely 0 idea what to do with young children

-which is awkward when while waiting for spock outside his classroom he tries to make small talk with them (-so... son... read any good books lately? -i can't read!)

Spock

- teaches early education, 6 to 9 year olds

-greatly overqualified for the position, had a human psychology degree, interspecies child development degree, highly regarded in scientific community

-could be teaching university but prefers to spend his time sitting on carpets with children drawing clouds

-his class is extremely nontraditional - no desks, sitting on the floor, tons of meditation, classes in nature

-does not adhere to the program at all but somehow his classes always score the best on all exams

-turned down a position in a trendy montessori school for a public one

-parents either go out his way for their child to attend his class or request someone else - either from homophobic or xeniphobic reasons

Uhura

-the school's cultural assistant!

-also runs student exchanges with other countries and planets

-speaks every minority language that has representation in the student body

-also a substitute teacher

-she can give a super interesting lessons

-but takes 0 shit from students who won't respect her

-runs an extracurricular activity with spock when she teaches immigrant and refugee students to express their emotions with music

-is the best at pitching a project idea for funding, which is why her office and spock's classrom are the best equipped ones in the school

-spock's bestie, they hang out after work (gay/lesbian solidatity)

-still lives with her parents, they're super close

-wants to date but it's too boring compared to writing another lesson plan

Bones

-the school nurse! & in charge of nutrition

-teenagers are afraid of him

-small children absolutely love him

-takes his daughter to work and lets her draw with crayons on his important papers

-also constantly in spock's classroom, but to complain

-"damnit, spock! give them all the vulcan cuisine you want, but don't send them crying to me after they get an allergic reaction!"

-"meditation? maybe have them meditate on doing some real work for once"

-but when parents with pitchforks come to complain abt spock's methods he defends him like a lion

-he sends them piles after piles of scientific proof of why spock's method are actually the bestest and most efficient

-when kirk thanks him for stepping in he pretends like he doesn't know what he's talking about

Chapel

-teaches sex ed!

-the sweetest teacher ever

-one of those teachers that noone is intimidated by but noone disobeys because noone wants to makes her upset

-uses her Blonde White Straight Pretty Woman priviledge to convince reluctant parents to sign up their kids for sex ed

-goes All Out on halloween tho

-you know she is there, dressed like a witch, running an educational halloween themed activity! paper bats hanging from the ceiling!

-has gluten free and vegan candy in case the winners have a food sensivity!

-has a secret crush on Uhura and Spock both

Chekov

-teaches IT

-burned out miracle kid

-graduated university when he was younger than his current students

-lets students play roblox on the computers

-and teaches them how to torrent

-somehow noone from the faculty knows where he lives

-background check turns up nothing

-"did you know computers were invented in russia?"

-puts 0 effort in but somehow his students love him

-little girls take sneak photos of him to edit in a flower crowns

Scotty

-teaches a woodworking & engineering class and does janitor duties on the side!

-like kirk, absolutely 0 idea on how to treat younger kids

-strict

-has to be, no joking around power tools!

-but you know praise from him hits different

-will tell students he's proud of them when they make theit first little table

-can fix everything

-say "this interactive blackboard is broken!" three times to summon him

-marries to his career, teaching fulfills his paternal calling

Sulu

-teaches biology!

-rule follower

-stressed out about exams 3 years before his students

-not very inventive but everyone wants his class because there is a hamster in the classroom

-classroom full of houseplants

-if you agree to water them when he's away you will receive a 50 page manual on proper misting techniques

-not strict at all but will give a dressing down to a student who is seen treating a living thing badly

-can be bribed with plants

[oneatlatime]

The Crossroads of Destiny

Strap in folks it's finally finale time!

I'm getting a bad feeling from the 'previously on' segment.

*gasp* Song's bird horse!?!?!

Toph gets some serious speed with that earth tongue walking.

Ty Lee's flattery gets less and less subtle. I get the feeling that a lot of Azula's more worrying tendencies could have been curtailed if someone had stuck her on stage as a child.

Is Zuko taller?

The cuts between these scenes are getting ridiculous. Some of these scenes are maybe 15 seconds long.

Zuko knows what's up. He and Iroh have teamed up on that particular fire breathing party trick before.

"It's time I face Azula." Buddy. No.

"You're so dramatic." POT. KETTLE. BLACK.

The last time Iroh and the Aang Gang teamed up, it was also against Azula. She has a way of uniting enemies.

The longer I stare at this the more I giggle.

"Good inside him isn't enough. Why don't you come back when it's outside him too, ok?" Congratulations to Sokka for articulating one of the fundamental human truths. Intentions can go take a hike when all that's visible are actions.

I love that! Iroh says he brought someone along in a tone that very much implies that he asked for help from a friend! Then you go outside and see he kidnapped a dude! And then they just leave him there!

I see your fake meditation. No one as rotten inside as this guy actually meditates properly.

The Dai Li be like

Katara? Why are you ripping into Zuko? Why is Season one bitchy Katara back? I don't want season 1 bitchy Katara to come back.

"No offence." "None taken." Iroh loves his nephew, but Iroh knows his nephew.

The one time Iroh's advice is explicitly solicited is the one time his advice is corny crap. That sucks.

Ba Sing Se is a tel? That's neat.

Hey Toph? Now would be a great time for that new metal bending trick of yours.

Avatar inadvertently validating my fear of subway grates.

I know this is life or death serious and all, but isn't the Sokka and Ty Lee dynamic cute?

MOMO!

This episode's thesis statement boils down to "what happens when you cancel arts programs and theatre kids don't get a chance to monologue in controlled conditions."

Honest question: Is Azula actually so deluded to believe that Divine Right of Kings crap she just spouted, or is she saying what the Dai Li needs to hear to side with her? Usually I think everything out of Azula's mouth is a calculated statement for manipulating others, but the way the show framed that monologue makes me think she actually believes what she's saying.

This conversation between Katara and Zuko, aside from showing that Katara is as capable as Sokka at sticking her foot in her mouth, is actually showing Zuko's growth well. So many of the things that he waves away with an "it's ok" are things that would have made him explode back in season one. It's about time he redefined that scar of his too.

"Aang! I knew you'd come!" "Uncle! The fuck?" Zuko truly has a way with words.

Hey Iroh maybe save your heart to heart until after you've exited the prison?

Wait so this episode is named after Zuko's arc? It's Zuko's destiny this finale is dealing with? Poor Aang's not even the main character in his eponymous show's season finale? Dang.

What was I saying about waiting to chat until you're outside the prison?

So every word out of Azula's mouth here is definitely a lie. She doesn't need Zuko at all. She's got a whole army and already has possession of the throne. What does she need with someone she considers to be an inferior firebender?

Father's love? That guy who burns off faces? The audacity.

"You are free to choose." Is it really freedom of choice if choosing the answer Azula doesn't want to hear ends with Zuko in a crystal cage?

Gotta say I'm intrigued by how quiet Zuko's being for this whole episode. Compare it to the volume of his confrontation with Azula at the Spa place at the beginning of the season.

This is so awful. This is so skin crawly. This is so going to end badly.

Toph can turn doors into ping pong balls. I like that. And what does she need Sokka scouting for Dai Li agents for? She can sense people for miles.

I love the line read on the "I'm not leaving without Bosco!" But does this guy really think he's in a position to make demands, after all the stuff he's ruined in the last, what, two days?

This is a cool move. Full body air bitchslap.

Katara cut her hair! That's kind of like what she did to Pakku with the ice disks.

How has no one been knocked out yet? Everyone in this fight should have at least 5 concussions by now.

I don't know what to make of it, but when Zuko says "I have changed" he sounds more calm and confident than he has all season.

I love the dynamic between Sokka & Toph and Mai & Ty Lee. Everyone involved knows they're second string and no one's really that invested. So they're all kind of chill.

I don't know what's going on in this fight, but Zuko is far too talented and Katara and Aang are both going down too easily.

And this right here is why this fight is only going to end badly for Aang. As soon as Azula's tired of playing, she'll call in reinforcements. Aang doesn't have those.

I hate Azula so much, which means I'm very annoyed to say that she and Zuko actually make a good fighting team. Did they practice drills together or something back in the day? They way they tag out and back in, and exchange fights, flows so well.

Jesus

Crap ok

She nerfed him in the power up sequence! That's not allowed!

So help me god if the writers hook these two up after pulling this crap I will riot.

Iroh could have been helpful if he'd been there earlier. Guess it takes a while to break out of crystals. Although I do like the detail that he stops fighting as soon as Aang and Katara are out & safe.

I was wondering why the magic water was randomly brought up earlier after disappearing for the entire season. I figured it had been lost in the desert with the rest of the stuff on Appa's saddle.

I'm so sorry, but the way Aang's arrow flashes once to confirm that Katara's saved him makes him look like an external USB device confirming successful connection.

I'm loving how immediate the regret from Zuko is. Proof that he has learned over the last two seasons.

"The Earth Kingdom... has fallen." AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? This King rubs me the wrong way. Consistently.

I'm fascinated by the fact that they managed to securely transport a bear on Appa's back.

Final Thoughts

Poor Aang has been demoted to secondary character in his own show. This finale was all Fire Nation.

Well done Azula. No matter which way you look at it, she won. If Azula was the main character, this episode would be the crowning glory series finale.

Sokka and Toph spent the whole episode running around putting out fires, only for five more to spring up in their place. I honestly don't know how they and Appa reconnected with the rest of the Gaang to fly out at the end. There's this feeling the whole episode of being consistently one too many steps behind, and I think it's most obvious in their incessant side quests.

Poor Katara went through about seventy billion emotions this episode. I take back my anger at her bitchiness. She deserved a vent session, although I don't think Zuko quite deserved to be the recipient of it. But he took it well.

Congratulations to Zuko for falling backwards into the only right choice for all the wrong reasons. This episode was only going to end with Azula victorious. She recruited an army and successfully executed a coup without breaking a sweat - that is not a level of enemy that Aang and friends has ever faced before, and not one they can realistically win against. Like with Long Feng, this is not a threat you can hit. You can't bend at ideologies and loyalties.

Zuko was going to end this episode siding with the Fire Nation as a free man, or in Fire Nation custody. This way, someone with an actual semi-functioning conscience now has access to the upper levels of the Fire Nation. This could be really interesting.

To be clear, I fully believe that Zuko chose to side with Azula because he swallowed her offer hook, line & sinker. For the guy who invented "Azula always lies" he sure does fall for her lies a lot, especially when she's saying exactly what he wants to hear. I believe Zuko believed her about getting his honour back bla bla bla, chose to follow her because of that belief, and has already realised at least some of what she said was lies by the end of the episode. Which is promising! It looks like there's potential for a Zuko mole next season!

I'm worried for Iroh. Firelords who burn their children's faces off with no shame don't strike me as the type to shy away from executing their brothers.

The Aang fakeout death at the end was not remotely believable unfortunately, mostly because kids' cartoons don't ever pull a Psycho and kill the nominal main character half way through. It probably would have freaked me out if I'd seen this episode as a kid though.

Azula hitting Aang during his power up sequence was inspired. A very well done subversion of expectations, which finally validates my frustrations with the concept of power up sequences in general. Few things bug me more than the mooks politely waiting their turn while the good guy does a quick wardrobe change.

So... is the war over? The Earth Kingdom's fallen, the Southern Water Tribe have been functionally out of the game for a while now. There's only the Northern Water Tribe left, which are only still standing because of a Hail Mary that I very much doubt Aang can pull off twice. So is next season's focus going to be defending the Northern Water Tribe from a final Fire Nation push? I think that's the only place that isn't conquered by the Fire Nation in name at least. On the bright side, this means the Gaang won't be returning to Ba Sing Se. Good riddance. I hate that place.

I've never seen a show with a finale that focuses so intensely on the conflict of someone other than the main character. I don't really know what to make of this episode. I think I liked the one before it better. To be clear, everything that happened made sense - characters were in character, events unfolded as expected (if you handwave an elite force of earthbenders preferring a 14 year old over their seasoned leader), but something about this episode is just a bit boring to me. Maybe they telegraphed it too hard in the previous episodes? I don't know. I'll have to chew on this one a bit.

[blackcatnip]

The blue sky in your eyes

Soukoku Ok, you know about when you are crying and it’s the most beautiful day outside, so you think like, “the sky should be as sad as I am”. With that in mind this scene came up, and it’s more of Dazai having that thought, and deciding to latch on another anchor to validate his mood.

Dazai doesn’t remember when it changed. One day, before he could realize, he wasn’t looking up to calm him down anymore.

It was a thing that had stayed in his body almost like a program inside a robot. Whenever he felt overwhelmed, trapped, or just wanted to be gone, he would look up. And see the sky.

It was a dangerous gamble. He knows that, but what is life without a little danger? Look up when you want to burn the world, and if the world apparently wants you to burn it too, it would respond with a shitty sky.

For some really annoying reason, it was rare, and when faced with the most common blue sky sprinkled with some clouds, he would just decide to lay down and do some cloud watching. — If sometimes he happens to be in the middle of the road, what can he do? It’s the system.

It was in that situation that Chuuya appeared one day. Thinking about it now, Dazai is almost sure it was then that it changed.

It was a bad day. He had fucked up, big time, he had too many subordinates killed, the drug he was suppose to retrieve was shattered on the floor, all that piled up, with the dooming notion that, on top of everything, he would have to report back to Mori at the end of the day. He was not afraid of the man, never. But, and with a lot of buts, Mori was his boss, and he, despite how Dazai hated to admit it, had power.

So he laid down, this time in a park, and looked at the sky. Cussing once more at the view of the overwhelming blue with those stupid fluffy clouds.

“What are you so angry about?” A voice popped up beside him and Dazai just closed his eyes.

“I’m meditating, could you please leave? It would be nice.” The guy just hummed at that.

“You fucked up real bad this time uh.”

Leaning on his elbow he glares at Chuuya.

“I did not. They were incompetent and now the one facing the consequences is me.” He groans and lays back down. “I’m here, alive, in the shit while they managed to die, how is that fair?”

After some minutes of silence he hears some shuffling beside him and when he looks over, Chuuya is laying down at his side.

“So? Why are we angry at the sky?”

“We?”

“I hope he didn’t do much, cause it really sucks to fight, the… you know, the infinity blue.”

Dazai chuckles. “You can attack it at night when it’s black then.”

“But I have to see to make it a good fight.”

Dazai looks up at a little cloud with a beautiful shape, he pulls his arms up and tries to grab it.

“I know what you are thinking, that does not look like a hanging rope”

“You are so mean, if it wasn't, how could you know that was what I was seeing, hm?”

“Because I know how crazy you are.” The boy puts his arms in the back of his head and continues to scan the sky. “You want backup?”

“For what? To talk with the boss?” He scoffs at that. “We aren’t kids being reprimanded by our fathers.”

He can sense Chuuya shifting to the side and staring at him.

“No, it’s worse.” He waits some more minutes and when Dazai doesn’t dare to respond he continues. “It’s okay to be scared.”

“I’m not.”

“Bullshit.” At that Dazai looks at the redhead. And is caught by the depth of his eyes.

They are more gray than blue now, even with the sun right upon them. Somehow, that was comforting, to look at them and see something other than just clear blue. Chuuya seemed mad, probably at Dazai, but at the same time it didn’t feel quite that.

“Just a crappy day. It will pass eventually, like any other.”

“You can talk shit about crappy days you know? Instead of..” He waves his hand at Dazai. “Picking a fight with the sky.”

Dazai gaps at that and puts his hand dramatically on his chest.

“For your information, he was obviously taunting me.” Chuuya rolls his eyes at that. “He should be suffering just like me, with rain pouring on us, or with fog, or at least cloudy, this-” He points accusingly at the sky. “Is just outrageous.”

He sees Chuuya slowly getting back up and brushing off some grass from his clothes before walking to him and offering a hand, to which Dazai just glares suspiciously.

“You are blocking my view.”

“Come on, nothing will come out of just sulking in the park, the weather forecast says it will be a sunny day all the way up.”

“And what do you propose?”

“Get it over with and then, I don’t know, open a bottle of wine.”

“I prefer whiskey.”

“I’m not drinking that.”

“So you are drinking too?”

“Well, duh.”

Good enough, Dazai takes Chuuya’s hands and they both start walking to the Mafia building. Before entering he takes one more glimpse of the sky, and sighs, blue as always. And so he turns to Chuuya’s eyes that were already changing their shade again.

So much better.

[fitness2focus]

Fitness2Focus Introduces Meditation for Children" - Encouraging young minds to find peace

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With the rise of stress and anxiety among children, Fitness2Focus's Meditation for Children program is a valuable tool for helping young minds find peace and balance in an increasingly hectic world.

[siena-sevenwits]

Good Things of the Day:

My Tuesday classes always cheer me up! I love my kids.

We had a sneaky group audition today for the middle school Dawn Treader play, but I only half told the kids it was an audition because I didn't want them to stress it. We were "practicing cold reading," but I was secretly taking note of their skills. We practiced using a scene from a different play I directed back in 2017, which I wrote, and I hadn't heard those lines in ages and I could hear everything in the voices of my original cast, and it was cool and nostalgic while also getting me excited for the Dawn Treader show.

One Grade Nine girl, who is new to the school, had her Shakespeare audition today and surprised me with her sheer skill and passion! She's always been very quiet in class, but the thespians always are! You never know the hidden talents the freshers will bring.

Two different kids brought cookies to share for their presentations, just 'cause (to butter the teacher up for a better evaluation? ;-)

I explained Descartes' Meditations and Pascal's wager to my high school kids, and they got super into debating whether their premises and arguments were good ones or not. I love when students get into philosophy! (I took so many philosophy classes in my undergrad program that I actually was reasonably close to fulfilling their three-year Philosophy Certificate just by accident, even though that wasn't my concentration.)

My brother showed me footage of a vocalizing tiger sped up, and it sounded like a cat meowing.

[janitorboy-writing]

My Jay, Nya, Pixal, Zane, Kai, and Lloyd Headcanons about their expertise in STEM

I was struck by inspiration and I just had to write it down. It doesn't help that I'm taking a programming class and have a bunch of STEM friends and family, so I was given plenty of ideas

Please excuse any spelling and grammar mistakes. I forgot to switch my keyboard from Portuguese to english

Jay

He is good with circuits and hardware

If he had the funds and motivstion, he would have been an electrical engineer, or at least become certified as an electrician

He practically already has the experience since he always tinkered with circuits and wires as a kid

His parents would always have him fixing the toaster, fridge, TV, basically any electrical appliance at home

He never had once touched a computer program until he came across his first computer at the junkyard

After tinkering with it and booting it up, he began to mess around and trid his best to understand the programs in it

He understood a little, but he wasn't a pro at it until Pixal came along (she taught him about different programming languages and the fundamentals, and he found out he's not into programming as much as he is with messing with circuits)

He does know mechanics and car stuff thanks to his dad, but he's more interested in wires and circuits

Nya

Mechanic

She definitely has a certification as a mechanic

Thanks to Kai, she had the time to study for a technical education

She also knows enough about electrical engineering to make all the cool cars and mechs

She didn't know very much about programming but she was very interested in it

She went to the library and read outdated books on programming (the local library near their village isn't the most well funded)

Hey, at last she grasped the fundamentals even though she learned an ancient language that most programmers don't use or learn anymore

When Pixal joined the team and started to teach her about programming, she was ecstatic

Now all her inventions could be more modern!

Pixal

She is just like her dad, so robotics and computer science are her thing

She does know a bit about everything since she has an entire database in her head to glean info from

Still, programming is her favorite thing and the thing she considers herself the best at

She leaves vehicle maintenance to Nya and any circuitry to Jay

When Jay, Nya, or Zane aren't around, she handles all the things they handle even if she doesn't enjoy it as much as programming. Someone has to be there to take care of all their tech

Whenever there's a bug she can't seem to fix, she explains her code to Zane to help herself think

Zane listens and i happy to be helping his gf <3

When Zane isn't there, she talks to Nya, her bestie, instead

When neither are there, she talks to Jay

Jay only listens since he's not very experienced with programming, but he does try to help from time to time

Zane

Zane doesn't consider himself to be an expert in any tech related field

Like yeah, he knows basically everything and can do it all, but he's not very interested in them

He will fix cars or fix a line of code, but only when it's necessary or if he's asked to

Unlike the others, he doesn't spend his free time inventing or tinkering with anything

He's mostly meditating or hanging out in nature

He likes plants, like, A LOT

Plants, cooking, and animals are his expertise

He also knows a lot about herbs and tea, so he's basically the team's medic

Pixal is his medical assistant just like he is her programming assistant <3

Zane and Cole go out on walks and hikes a lot, and they drag Kai along just for fun

Kai

He knows a bit about mechanic since he sometimes helped Nya with her homework and projects

Him and Nya know exactly what they're talking about when Jya asks him to bring her the thingamabob

Kai had to teach Jay what the hell a thingamabob and a doohickey is so Jay could actually help Nya

In return, Kai learned some of Jay's weird names for tools like the thing and thingamajig

If things are really dire (like none of the team's inventors and Zane are with them) then Kai will try to fix a vehicle

50% chance of failure, 49% chance of success

The 1%? Who knows

It explodes

Lloyd

Like Kai, he knows a bit about mechanics, if not more because he spent a lot of time with Nya when he was younger and when nobody knew he was the green ninja

He has more success fixing vehicles than Kai, so Kai is always the last resort

Lloyd also knows about plants and herbs since he read about them after Wu was gone

Someone had to take care of all the plants for Wu and Zane after the merge happened

Lloyd also knows a bit of programming and electrical engineering, though it's not very useful

He could tell you what a variable is but he cannot write a program to save his life

He can tell you what XOR does, but he can't build a circuit

Due to his interest in video games, he's been trying to learn programming, but due to everything that happened in his life, he hasn't learned much

He's still trying, and that's what matters

[fate-motif]

i need more of the prodigy kids spiritually being voyager’s children vis-a-vis their mentorship by holo janeway, who holds voyager’s legacy in code. rok picks up orchid gardening when she discovers her passion for biology. gwyn chooses a vulcan meditation program favored by tuvok. jankom begins to try harebrained schemes to experiment on the engine in the vein of b’elanna and harry’s endless tinkering. zero plays opera records during their puzzle holodeck sessions. dal reads through chakotay’s written diaries he found in his cabin. i’m so tired of people insisting you need a blood link to old characters to be important. why isn’t prodigy considered the star trek: legacy everyone wants already?

[concook20]

Wild Kratts New Backstory And Headcanons! (Villains)

Same thing as the Crew, only, it's not only for the villains, but also with two people, Paisley and Rex, and I decided to add them after I did some research and I actually enjoy the dynamic!

Now I've added the assistants with their bosses, but I'll do their background separately to cause any issues.

Zach's Bio:

Full Name: Zach Alexander Lee Varmitech

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay (VERY! Closeted)

Birthday: August 26th

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Job Application: Inventor/Business Owner

Relationship:

Martin: Moral Enemy

Chris: Secret Friend/Crush

Aviva: Moral Enemy

Koki: Enemy

JZ: Enemy

Khris: Best Friend Ever!

Donita: Best Friend

Dabio: Neutral

Gourmand: Friend

Paisley: Don't Mind

Rex: Neutral

Vert: Introvert

Phobia: Entomophobia (Fear Of Insects)

Favoritism:

Color: Black, red, and green

Singers: Classical musicians, opera, and musicals/plays

YouTube: None

Animal: None

Hobbies: Playing piano and violin, organizing stuff (books, albums, etc.), reading books, and playing board games (chess, checkers, etc.)

Past Relationships

None! Zach is single and a virgin! However! Once he got back from his vacation, he took a liking towards Chris, to the point he began to design pretty rocks and left it on his window on his birthday, it's the only way he knows how to show love. He wants to tell Chris how he feels, but he's EXTREMELY nervous on how to.

Headcanons

Zach owns many tech companies, but he never goes to do them cause... He doesn't know how to!

Zach is DEFINITELY Megamind if he was a goth, and even Paisley makes fun of him with it, which makes Zach very annoyed by it.

Zach has OCD and bad anxiety.

Zach couldn't handle criticism, good or bad, cause he'll cry like a baby.

Zach uses anonymous accounts to leave bad reviews for the worst movies, and hasn't attended to stop.

Zach is a HORRIBLE singer, but he doesn't care as he enjoys singing musicals and opera songs out loud.

Zach is a insomniac.

Zach is bad at tongue twisters.

Zach doesn't own any one pair of matching socks.

Zach wants a hug, but he doesn't know how to show it, so he leans on people for a hug.

Zach has a fear of bugs, because he doesn't like how they look when they move around and after learning some bugs and what they do, he immediately hates them.

Backstory

This Zach...is a clone- HEAR ME OUT!!! Let me explain!!! I have a personal idea that Pilot Zach is the REAL Zach, meanwhile the Series Zach is actually a clone that's covering for him as he takes a long and relaxing vacation. He needs a break from 'dumbass villains' (his words), the Wild Rats, dumb animals, and his stupid robots, but he can't just up and disappear without a reason, so he created Series Zach in order to cover for him. No one, not even Zach or Khris, knows about the fact he's a clone.

Zach may not remember his family, but he does treat his Zach Bots like his own personal family, celebrate holidays and birthdays with them, naming them, even treat them like his own kids. He did create two Zach Bots of the brothers, but the "only successful one" was Khris, as he adores and cares for him like they're best friends.

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Khris's Bio:

Full Name: Khris Varmitech Cratt

Age: 22 (as programmed)

Gender: Male (as programmed)

Sexuality: Demisexual

Birthday: July 19th (as programmed)

Zodiac Sign: Cancer (as programmed)

Job Application: Assistant/Combat Trainer

Relationship:

Martin: Moral Enemy

Chris: Neutral

Aviva: Moral Enemy

Koki: Enemy

JZ: Enemy

Zach: Best Friend Ever!

Donita: Friend

Dabio: Friend

Gourmand: Neutral

Paisley: Neutral

Rex: Neutral

Vert: Ambivert

Phobia: None

Favoritism

Colors: Red and black

Singers: Classic Musicians

YouTube: None

Animal: Siberian Tiger

Hobbies: Playing board games (chess, checkers, etc.), combat fighting and training, gymnastics, and yoga and meditation.

Past Relationships

Khris has never been in a relationship, ever! Though, he does want to have a feeling of finding love, making him sad inside as Zach vents to him about his love issues with Chris, but he hides for his friend's sake, though, human or robot, he wants to find the one.

Headcanons

Khris's abilities:

Cloaking (Invisibility or camouflaging).

Shapeshift (Change into anyone he wants).

Strength (Obviously, since he's a robot).

Charging or Reducing (Taking or filling up electricity).

Voice Change (Can change voice whoever he wants).

Khris is the 'Well! Actually!-' guy, prove me wrong!

Khris is like Shego with Drago, being sarcastic and charming in his own blunt way.

Khris's outfit came from Donita, after she forced him to model for his new outfit.

Where Zach goes to get animals, Khris went off to get souvenirs or stuff from the shops there, he collects stuff like that.

Khris can eat ANYTHING! No matter what it is, glass, wood, dirt, metal, he eats it!

Even if he's intelligent, Khris doesn't have the best social skills, unless it's with Zach.

When Khris finds love, if he ever finds the one, he acts like Wall-E after he meets Eve, shy, sweet, and always wanting to hold their hands.

Khris can charge, but he doesn't sleep, because he wasn't programmed to... So he sometimes watches Zach sleep... And by sometimes, I mean often.

Obviously, there is no reason for Khris to fear anything, because Zach wants a bodyguard and a best friend, so he builds Khris to be strong and smart.

Backstory

Obviously, he's not Chris, so he ain't getting his backstory, but, he does get one of his own. So Zach built the Kratt brothers to have them against the REAL Kratt brothers, however, 'something happened' to the Martin bot, so it's just Khris all alone. Khris is envious of Chris sometimes, considering the fact he has HIS Martin, even if Khris hates him, but still... He wants his own Martin, too...

However, it ain't the same Zach we have right now, instead, it was actually Pilot Zach who created Khris and rebooted him after the Pilot Zach disappeared. Due to him being left alone old and rusty, Series Zach rebuild and reboot him in order to have a side kick and a best friend.

Khris, however, doesn't really think that much of it, considering he has his family right here, Zach, the villains, and the Zach Bots. Even if he's built by Zach, he still cares and protects him from anything, and he even protects the Zach Bots, especially from Martin, since he destroys them even more. He adores his family, even if he doesn't have a Martin... Right?...

Donita's Bio:

Full Name: Donita Annabelle Lin Donata

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Birthday: August 11th

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Job Application: Fashion Designer/Model (Side Job)

Relationship:

Martin: Enemy/Secret Past Relationship

Chris: Enemy

Aviva: Moral Enemy

Koki: Moral Enemy

JZ: Neutral

Zach: Best Friend

Khris: Friend

Dabio: Best Friend Ever!

Gourmand: Friend

Paisley: Don't Mind

Rex: Neutral

Vert: Ambivert

Phobia: Atychiphobia (Fear Of Failing)

Favoritism

Colors: Pink, rose gold, white, and blue

Singers: Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, and Bruno Mars

YouTube: None

Animal: Puma or black widow

Hobbies: Yoga, singing, dancing, and fashion designing

Past Relationships

Donita used to date 5 people, which didn't end well for her. Her first three were with a few handsome guys when she was 15, 17, and 20, who only used her for money and status. She dated a couple of girls, who one cheated on her with her ex when they were dating when Donita was 21, and the other dumped her, due to her not liking Donita that much, and they dated a few months after her break up. She does have a thing for Martin, even before their one night stand- 🫢...

Headcanons

Donita joined a modeling gig whenever she isn't doing her fashion business, which she loves to do, but she made sure she's healthy and not in those toxic ways.

Donita loves any body shape! Chubby, thin, doesn't matter, you're beautiful in her eyes!

Donita is a theater kid, she was a star in high school. Musical, plays, even some minor roles, she's amazing at it.

Donita is lactose intolerant and is allergic to peanuts.

Esmeralda was Donita's bisexual crush when she was young.

Donita wants to show love, but is scared to, even when someone likes her.

Donita knows the lyrics to EVERY Bruno Mars song by heart.

Donita steals some people's clothes because she likes it... I think we all know who's.

Donita is a simp... She's very good at hiding it.

Donita feels pressured and nervous whenever her mother comes over and criticizes her about what her outfits look like and how Donita looks, making her feel more scared, hating to fail her mother.

Backstory

Donita is the only child to her mother, Rosalie, a fashion designer, and father, Theodore, a...MAFIA LEADER?! She's part of the Donata Family Mafia, who runs the mob business in Italy, where her parents stay. Her father supports and cares for her whenever she needs it, but Rosalie is like Cruella De Vil, like she forces her daughter to look beautiful, makes her do pageantry, puts her on a strict diet, and even teaches her how to use the beauty of the animals for her fashion, like skinning them, stealing webs from spiders, even force people to do whatever you want.

Donita was horrified, but she began to ignore it, as she proceeded to do whatever she can to make her mother proud, and she almost began to be like her, a monster, until she met Dabio, and she learns to calm down and be herself around him, but when she's around others, she's someone else entirely. She hates being like her mother, but only Dabio knows her true self, and that's exactly what she tends to keep.

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Dabio's Bio:

Full Name: Dabio Matteo Bendetti

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

Birthday: November 12th

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Job Application: Assistant/Model

Relationship:

Martin: Neutral

Chris: Neutral

Aviva: Enemy

Koki: Enemy

JZ: Enemy

Zach: Don't Mind

Khris: Best Friend Ever!

Donita: Best Friend Ever!

Gourmand: Neutral

Paisley: Neutral

Rex: Best Friend

Vert: Extrovert

Phobia: Arachnophobia (Fear Of Spider)

Favoritism

Colors: Teal, yellow, and white

Singers: Disney music, Olivia Rodrigo, and Micheal Bublé

YouTube: None

Animal: Snow Tiger

Hobbies: Ribbon twirling, knitting, body building, and jogging

Past Relationships

He hasn't been in a relationship for a while, and he doesn't need to, since he never really thinks he could ever find love, due to the fact he gets shy and embarrassed of himself when he does find someone. Donita tries to help him, but he still feels overwhelmed and either runs away or freezes up.

Headcanons

Dabio is a brunette, but he dyed his hair blonde, JZ knows about it after the two ran into each other at the hair dye aisle.

Dabio has ✨ADHD✨ and dyslexia.

Dabio cries during Disney Movies.

Dabio hugs someone whenever they deserve it, so stay on this gentle giants good side.

Dabio adores children! He wants a child of his own, but it's impossible to know how to get a kid.

Dabio is obviously amazing at walking on platform heels.

Dabio uses two-in-one shampoo and conditioner.

Dabio is a gentle giant, but you hurt his friend Donita... You won't be found.

Dabio isn't very good with social skills that much.

Dabio has a fear of spiders, because when he was young, some boys pushed him into a basement full of spiders, making him have a full on panic attack, to the point he fainted. He never went near one ever since...

Backstory

He doesn't have a father, but he did have a helicopter mother, named Julia, who made sure her son is perfect. He feels pressured, insecure, and easily overwhelmed, due to her always being around him. It got worse and he came out, and she tried to force him to date a girl, where he met Donita. He didn't want to and broke down in front of Donita, who understood and pretended to date him until he moved.

Donita didn't want Dabio to struggle, so she offered a job for Dabio, who took it with excitement, not only did he want to be a model and a fashion designer, but he also loved to be around Donita, seeing her as his very first friend, and he vows to keep her happy like she did him.

Full Name: Gaston Alexandre Gourmand

Age: 45

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Ally

Birthday: November 20th

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Job Application: Chef

Relationship:

Martin: Moral Enemy

Chris: Enemy

Aviva: Enemy

Koki: Enemy

JZ: Moral Enemy

Zach: Friend

Khris: Friend

Donita: Best Friend

Dabio: Neutral

Paisley: Friend

Rex: Enemy

Vert: Ambivert (Mostly Extrovert)

Phobia: Pistanthrophobia (Fear Of Being Vulnerable)

Favoritism

Colors: White and gray

Singers: Classic Musicians

YouTube: None

Animal: Black bear

Hobbies: Cooking and baking, hunting, playing the banjo, and model planes

Past Relationships

Gourmand was in a relationship with his fiancee, but it didn't work out as the two didn't work out on anything, moving, dinner, even their opinions. They decided to part ways on good terms.

Headcanons

Gourmand instinctively cleans messes in their own house as well as other peoples.

Gourmand DESPISE Gordon Ramsay, and hated how Khris calls him "Chubby Ramsay", making his eye twitches.

Gourmand is pretty good in salsa dancing, but no one knows about that.

Gourmand is very generous in a rather twisted way.

No lie, Gourmand ABSOLUTELY LOVES spicy food and can eat a ghost pepper without crying or dying.

Gourmand is overanalytical about the most random bullshit.

This dude can do FUCKING SICK knife tricks on a whim!

Gourmand is very good at using chopsticks.

Gourmand has a knife under their bed... For reasons.

Gourmand has anger issues he can't really control... So... Yeah...

Gourmand kidnaps Chris mostly, to help Zach confess his feelings to him... But that just makes Martin angry... Which causes the two to hate each other, and Gourmand to fear him.

Backstory

Gourmand has a father, named Phillip, a mother, named Bella, a little sister, named Lily, and a grandmother, named Gina. His mother taught him how to cook, where he began to cook better than her and his grandmother, making his mother jealous and beginning to resent him because of it.

Gourmands father is sexist, due to him being raised different, and he didn't like his son for cooking and force him to hunt, which he actually likes, but it did make him act like a father to Zach and Khris, since they do cause more trouble than most of the villains, but he does care for them like son.

His sister is ten years younger than him, who is a golden child, but he doesn't really care, considering the fact he doesn't really think much about his family, but they do get credit to give him help with dream.

Paisley's Bio:

Full Name: Paisley Sue Ellen Paver

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Demisexual

Birthday: January 26th

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Job Application: Paving Company

Relationship:

Martin: Neutral

Chris: Likes

Aviva: Likes

Koki: Likes

JZ: Neutral

Zach: Neutral

Khris: Neutral

Donita: Neutral

Dabio: Neutral

Gourmand: Friend

Rex: Best Friend Ever!/Crush

Vert: Ambivert (Mostly Introvert)

Phobia: Haphephobia (Fear Of Being Touched)

Favoritism

Color: Light purple

Singer: Britney Spears

YouTube: None

Animal: Munchkin kitty

Hobbies: Doing crossword puzzles, ice skating, reading, and writing some things (notes, stories, etc.)

Past Relationships

Paisley was in one, and of course, it ended badly... She was SA'd, and she never felt comfortable with being touched, even with her best friend, Rex, she despised being touched.

Headcanons

Paisley, desperately, needs a hug, but doesn't know it and refuses to ask for one.

Paisley likes being alone most of the time, but other times, she enjoys her time with her friends.

Paisley hates short jokes, I don't blame her, they are a LITTLE annoying.

Paisley is a cat person.

Paisley is oblivous to any and all romantic interest someone may show them.

Paisley never had a pretty color or flower, until Rex said light purple and lilies, which made her happy to see him happy.

Paisley can design pretty well, like drawing and inventing, but it's sometimes rare to see her do any of those things.

Paisley instinctively cleans messes in their own house as well as other peoples.

Paisley knows 5 languages, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian.

Backstory

Paisley is in the Paver company, who paves things, places, or anything the client wants. Her father, Alexander, teaches her how to run the company, since he has cancer, where she began to do the company to make her father proud, only... Her father is a corrupted business man, who hurt animals, even selling some, in order to have his paving company booming.

Paisley meets Rex during the construction of her company, and she didn't like him at first, thinking he was annoying, but she slowly grew fond of him, to the point the two began to bond and work together to make her father proud. Once she saw the beauty of the animals though... It made her realize her father was wrong and immediately stopped.

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Rex's Bio:

Full Name: Rexford William James Roosevelt

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Ally

Birthday: March 3rd

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Job Application: Assistant/Construction Worker

Relationship:

Martin: Neutral/Don't Mind

Chris: Neutral/Don't Mind

Aviva: Neutral

Koki: Neutral

JZ: Likes

Zach: Neutral

Khris: Friend

Donita: Neutral

Dabio: Friend

Gourmand: Enemy

Paisley: Best Friend Ever!/Crush

Vert: Ambivert (Mostly Extrovert)

Phobia: Hemophobia (Fear Of Blood)

Favoritism

Color: Orange and green

Singer: Britney Spears

YouTube: None

Animal: Woodpecker

Hobbies: Collecting action figures, Artistry (drawing, painting, sculpting, etc), gardening, and ice hockey

Past Relationships

Same as Khris, he's single and looking for love, only he found one with Paisley, and he wanted to confess his feelings to her, but he's nervous since she was in a bad relationship and they're friends, and he doesn't wanna ruin it, because of his love for her, so he keeps it to himself.

Headcanons

Martin may prank people, but Rex joins in when it comes to Gourmand, making a neutral friendship between the two.

Rex knocks people over by hugging them.

Yes, Theodore Roosevelt is Rex's ancestor.

Rex is chaotic as hell, but he secretly acts innocent and sweet to throw people off.

Rex was forced to eat cement as a child, which made him more careful.

Rex has a anonymous account of anything DC or Marvel, he does it whenever he feels like he needed drama.

Rex looks like he wants to kill anyone when he wakes up without coffee.

Rex writes poems and leaves them for Paisley to make her day happy when she has a rough day.

Rex has fallen asleep at their desk, while working in the middle of the night. He wakes up with a blanket on him and a coffee next to him most of the time.

Rex has a stimming issue most of the time, and he doesn't mind it if it doesn't bother anyone.

Rex doesn't own a single pair of matching socks.

Rex hates blood after an incident at work that almost killed him, and there was blood everywhere, that made him immediately quizzy and sick, to the point he passed out and worked up at the hospital

Backstory

Rex has no parents or family, since they died in a freak accident, leaving him all alone. He was an orphan, who has to work his way up to make money, to the point he works at a construction place at the age of 13. It was a hard struggle, and he almost died, but he still worked hard to get cash and make a living.

As he worked his way to the top, he met Paisley and immediately fell in love, he tried to tell her funny stories and do stupid stuff to get her attention, which never works, until he calmed down and takes things slow with her, as that actually began to work and the two form a friendship. And he vowed to make her happy and loved whenever she needed it.

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