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HISTORICAL PRECURSORS TO THE RADA AND PETWO RITES

In the historical record, there appear to be two prominent sects of colonial Voodoo: (1) snake worshippers (2) followers of Don Pedro. The snake worship sect appears to be the precursor to the Rada rite, while the Don Pedro sect appears to be the precursor to the Petwo rite.

Key historical documents pertaining to the snake worshippers include:

Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis Elie. Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint Domingue (etc.). Vol. 1. Moreau de Saint-Méry, 1797. p. 45-51 https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog00more/page/44/mode/2up

Malenfant, Colonel (1814) Des Colonies et Particulierement de Celle de Saint-Domingue: Memoire Historique et Politique. Paris: Audibert., p. 217-220 https://archive.org/details/descoloniesetpar00male/page/215/mode/1up?q=vaudou

Key historical documents pertaining to the Don Pedro sect include:

Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence, E 182, Ferrand de Beaudière to the Naval and Colonial Minister, translated in “Prophet or Cook? The Real Don Pedro” in Geggus, David. The Haitian Revolution: a documentary history. Hackett Publishing, 2014.

Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis Elie. Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint Domingue (etc.). Vol. 1. Moreau de Saint-Méry, 1797. p. 51 https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog00more/page/44/mode/2up

Descourtilz, Michel Etienne, and LECLERC, Charles Emmanuel. Voyages d'un naturaliste France, Dufart, pere, 1809. https://archive.org/details/voyagesdunnatura03desc/page/180/mode/2up https://www.google.com/books/edition/Voyages_d_un_naturaliste/wOzA6FsbqJAC?hl=en&gbpv=0

Drouin de Bercy, Léon. De Saint-Domingue: de ses guerres, de ses révolutions, de ses resources, et de moyens a prendre pour y rétabilir la paix et l'industrie. France, Chez Hocquet, 1814. p. 176 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FxYWAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=176#v=onepage&q&f=false

These documents are described in:

Chapter 2 “The Evolution of Colonial Voodoo” in Laguerre, Michel S. Voodoo and politics in Haiti. Springer, 2016. pp. 22-38

Hebblethwaite, Benjamin. A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou: Rasin Figuier, Rasin Bwa Kayiman, and the Rada and Gede Rites. United States, University Press of Mississippi, 2021.

Excerpts from these documents are included below, with commentary:

[RADA1] MOREAU DE SAINT-MERY’S (1797) DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPHIQUE, PP.45-51

In Description topographique, (1797) Moreau de Saint-Méry described two variants of Vodou (“Vaudoux”), which seem to be the precursors of the Rada and Petwo rites respectively.

The first variant of Vodou is described between pages 45 and 51, introduced like so:

“Selon les nègres Aradas, qui sont les véritables sectateurs du Vaudoux dans la Colonie, & qui en mantiennent les principes & les règles, Vaudoux signifie un être tout-puissant & surnaturel, dont dépendent tous les événemens qui se passent sur ce globe. Or, cet être, c'est le serpent non venimeux ou une espèce de couleuvre, et c'est sous ses auspices que se rassemblent tous ceux qui professent la même doctrine. Connaissance du passé, science du présent, prescience de l'avenir, tout appartient à cette couleuvre, qui ne consent néanmoins à communiquer son pouvoir, & à prescrire ses volontés, que par l'organe d'un grand-prêtre que les sectateurs choisissent, & plus encore par celui de la négresse que l'amour de ce dernier a élevée aurang de grande-prêtresse.”

TRANSLATION:

“According to the Aradas, who are the true devotees of Voodoo in the colony, and who maintain the principles and the rules, Voodoo signifies an all-powerful & supernatural being, on whom depends all events that happen in the world. Now, this being is the non-venomous serpent or a kind of grass snake, and it is under its auspices that all those who profess the same doctrine gather. Knowledge of the past, science of the present, prescience of the future, all belong to this grass snake, which nevertheless does not consent to communicate its power, and to prescribe its wishes, except through the organ of a high priest whom the sectarians choose, and even more through that of the negress whom the love of the latter has raised to the rank of high priestess.”

SOURCE: Moreau de Saint-Méry, Médéric Louis Elie. Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint Domingue (etc.). Vol. 1. Moreau de Saint-Méry, 1797. p. 45-51 https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog00more/page/44/mode/2up

The ceremony resembles snake worship of Ouidah, where it centers around a snake god (couleuvre). It was presided over by two ministers, who were called “King” (Roi) & “Queen” (Reine), “master” (maître) & “Mistress” (maîtresse), or “Papa” (papa) & “Mama” (maman). With the snake secured inside a box, the ceremony begins with an adoration of the snake and an oath of secrecy. The congregation was then allowed to make appeals to the snake. Many of those present were slaves: “La plûpart lui demandent le talent de diriger l'esprit de leurs maîtres;” (p. 47)

This is followed by spirit possession by the snake god:

“A chacune de ses invocations, le roi Vaudoux se recueille; l'Esprit agit en lui. Tout-à-coup il prend la boîte où est la couleuvre, la place à terre et fait monter sur elle la Reine Vaudoux. Dès que l'asile sacré est sous ses pieds, nouvelle pythonisse, elle est pénétrée du dieu, elle s'agite, tout son corps est dans un état convulsif, & l'oracle parle par sa bouche.”

TRANSLATION:

“At each of his invocations, the Voodoo king collects himself; the Spirit acts on him. Suddenly he takes the bok where the snake is, places it on the ground and makes the Voodoo Queen climb on it. As soon as the sacred asylum is under her feet, a new pythoness, she is is penetrated by the god, she becomes agitated, her whole body is in a convulsive state, & the oracle speaks through her mouth.”

https://archive.org/details/descriptiontopog00more/page/48/mode/2up

Offerings are then made to the snake god, and a second oath of secrecy is taken. This is followed by a sacred dance, where the song “Eh! eh! Bomba, hen! hen!” is sung, and the “mounting” of an initiate is described: “alors le récipiendaire se met à trembler et à danser; ce qui s'appelle monter Vaudoux” (p. 49)

This key historical document is worth reading in full. It pertains to the history of New Orleans Vooodo, as it was copied by the author of Souvenirs d’Amerique et de France par une créole (1883) in her description of Nouvelle-Orléans.

SEE: [Hélène d’Aquin Allain], Souvenirs d’Amérique et de France par une créole (Paris: Bourguet-Calas, 1883), 144. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1314161/f158.item.r=vaudoux

[RADA2] MALENFANT’S (1814) DES COLONIES ET PARTICULIEREMENT DE CELLE DE SAINT-DOMINGUE

Malenfant’s account is similar to Moreau de Saint-Méry’s (1797) Description topographique. Malenfant likened Vodou to Freemasonry, and there is no mention of “Don Pedro”.

Below is an excerpt:

Les voyageurs qui veulent parcourir l'Afrique devraient se faire initier à une secte connue sous le nom de Vaudou , secte très-sévèrement punie par les blancs, et aussi cruellement que les francs - maçons par les Espagnols et les Portugais.

Il y avait à Gouraud une grande prêtresse du Vaudou, et un noir, grand chef; je n'ai jamais voulu les dénoncer; ils eussent été pendus ou brûlés de suite. J'ai su ce fait par une négresse qui était initiée. Il y a un mot depasse, mais elle n'a jamais voulu me l'indiquer : elle disait que les femmes ne le connaissent pas. Elle m'a donné les signes pour la reconnaissance avec la main: c'est , à quelque chose près , celui des maçons. Très-peu de créoles sont initiés; il n'y a que les enfants des chefs du Vaudou. Elle me le dit sous le secret, en m’assurant que, malgré que les nègres m'aimassent beaucoup , je serais tué ou empoisonné si je cherchais à découvrir le grand mystère de la secte.

Il existe chez les prêtres du Vaudou, une grosse couleuvre privée, cachée sous terre, dans une grande caisse de bois, qu'on lève dans les cérémonies en forme d'autel. On fait des serments entre les mains de la grande prêtresse. Les danses conduisent à des convulsions, qui cessent lorsqu'on boit une espèce d'huile , qu'elle m'a dit être de serpent ; on en frotte aussi les tempes , les jarrets et les aisselles.

Le chef du Vaudou mourut lorsque j'étais à Gouraud. Il avait un grand ascendant sur tous les noirs ; ils lui ont fait des funérailles magnifiques ; on y a dansé le Vaudou. Je n'ai point voulu troubler leur fête : je lui ai donné au contraire vingt bouteilles de vin.

Cette secte me paraît tenir aux illuminés. Il n'y a que des fanatiques , des sots , ou des imbécilles, qui puissent s'inquiéter d'une secte, qui me paraît à peu près celle de la maçonnerie.

Il faut espérer que les philantropes qui ont établi sur la Sierra Léona une colonie libre , parviendront à trouver l'origine de cette institution, qui remonte peut-être aux temps les plus reculés. Les Arradas sont ceux qui m'ont paru y être le plus attachés…

MACHINE TRANSLATION:

Travelers who want to travel through Africa should be initiated into a sect known as Voodoo, a sect very severely punished by the whites, and as cruelly as the Freemasons by the Spaniards and the Portuguese.

There was in Gouraud a high priestess of Voodoo, and a black, a great chief; I never wanted to denounce them; they would have been hanged or burned immediately. I learned this fact from a negress who was initiated. There is a password, but she never wanted to tell me: she said that women do not know it. She gave me the signs for recognition with the hand: it is, more or less, that of the Masons. Very few Creoles are initiated; there are only the children of the Voodoo chiefs. She told me this in secret, assuring me that, although the Negroes loved me very much, I would be killed or poisoned if I tried to discover the great mystery of the sect.

Among the Voodoo priests, there is a large private snake, hidden underground, in a large wooden box, which is raised in ceremonies in the form of an altar. Oaths are taken in the hands of the high priestess. The dances lead to convulsions, which stop when one drinks a kind of oil, which she told me was made of snake oil; one also rubs the temples, hamstrings and armpits with it.

The Voodoo chief died when I was in Gouraud. He had great influence over all the blacks; they gave him a magnificent funeral; they danced Voodoo there. I did not want to disturb their celebration: on the contrary, I gave him twenty bottles of wine.

This sect seems to me to be related to the enlightened. There are only fanatics, fools, or imbeciles, who can worry about a sect, which seems to me to be more or less that of Masonry.

It is to be hoped that the philanthropists who have established a free colony on Sierra Leone, will succeed in finding the origin of this institution, which perhaps goes back to the most remote times. The Arradas are those who seemed to me to be most attached to it…

SOURCE: MALENFANT, COLONEL (1814) Des Colonies et Particulierement de Cellede Saint-Domingue: Memoire Historique et Politique. Paris: Audibert., p. 217-220 https://archive.org/details/descoloniesetpar00male/page/215/mode/1up?q=vaudou

[PETWO1] “PROPHET OR COOK? THE REAL DON PEDRO”

13) Prophet or Cook? The Real Don Pedro

These letters by the judge of Petit Goâve parish reveal that the original Don Pedro was not a freedman but probably a maroon slave, and that Moreau de Saint-Méry (doc. 11) was mistaken in thinking he was Spanish rather than African. Due to Portuguese influence in Africa, Pedro was quite a common name among Kongolese, both for African kings and Caribbean slaves. Significantly, the author uses the Portuguese “Dom” not the Spanish “Don.” Petit Goâve lies west of Port-au-Prince on Haiti’s southern peninsula.

(1 May 1769.) In June/July 1768 and on into 1769, [I] carried out the very extensive investigation for the criminal case against the infamous black slave Pierre, of the Congo nation, who called himself Dom Pedro, and his adherents and accomplices to the number of forty-two imprisoned Negroes, mulattoes, and Negresses. The Negro Dom Pedro was extremely dangerous. He went from plantation to plantation dominating the minds of the blacks by means of performing crude tricks. He informed them that they would soon be free, and he had the slave drivers of each plantation whipped, telling them that they could no longer flog the slaves in their charge and, moreover, that they would not be punished by their masters. He demanded tribute in either money or animals from initiated or compliant slaves, and he imposed it on those who did not remain loyal to him. This investigation involved some 300 documents, and it was brought to an end in February by order of the Council, because the Negro Dom Pedro had been killed in a hunt.

(15 October 1773.) [The jails of Petit Goâve were full of] the accomplices of a black slave calling himself Dompèdre who stirred up the workforces of the north and south coasts [of the southern peninsula] inciting them to rebellion and to be independent of their masters.

(Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer, Aix-en-Provence, E 182, Ferrand de Beaudière to the Naval and Colonial Minister)

SOURCE: Geggus, David. The Haitian Revolution: a documentary history. Hackett Publishing, 2014.

[PETWO2] MOREAU DE SAINT-MERY’S (1797) DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPHIQUE

In Description topographique, (1797) Moreau de Saint-Méry described two variants of Vodou (“Vaudoux”), which seem to be the precursors of the Rada and Petwo rites respectively.

Moreau de Saint-Méry describes the second variant of Vodou on page 51:

“...Qui croirait que le Vaudoux le cède encore à quelque chose, qu'on a aussi appelé du nom de danse ! En 1768 , un nègre du Petit-Goave , espagnol d'origine, abusant de la crédulité des nègres, par des pratiques superstitieuses , leur avait donné l'idée d'une danse analogue à celle du Vaudoux , mais où les mouvemens sont plus précipités. Pour lui faire produire encore plus d'effet, les nègres mettent dans le tafia qu'ils boivent en dansant , de la poudre à canon bien écrasée. On a vu cette danse appellée Danse à Dom Pèdre, ou simplement Don Pèdre, donner la mort à des nègres ; & les spectateurs euxmêmes, électrifés par le spectacle de cet exercice convulsis, partagent l'ivresse des acteurs, & accélèrent par leur chant & une mesure pressée , une crife qui leur est , en quelque sorte , commune. Il a sallu défendre de danser Don Pedre sous des peines graves , & quelquefois inefficaces.”

TRANSLATION (borrowed from Laguerre):

“Who will believe that Voodoo gives place to something further which also goes by the name of dance? In 1768, a slave of Petit-Goave, of Spanish origin, abusing the credulity of the blacks, by superstitious practices gave them an idea of a dance, analogous to that of the Voodoo, but where the movements are more hurried. To make it even more effective the slaves place in the rum, which they drink while dancing, weIl crushed gun-powder. One has seen this dance, called Dance to Don Pedro, or simply Don Pedro, induce death in the slaves; and the spectators themselves, electrified by the spectacle of this convulsive exercise, share the drunkenness of the actors, and hasten by their chant and a quickened measure, a crisis which is in some way common to them. It has been necessary to forbid them from dancing Don Pedro under grave penalty, but sometimes ineffectually.”

This second, more “fiery” variant of Vodou (“Don Pedro”) seems to be the precursor to the Petwo rite.

[PETWO3] DESCOURTILZ’ (1809) VOYAGES D’UN NATURALISTE ET SES OBSERVATIONS

Descourtilz mentions the precursor to the Petwo rite in Chapter 4, “Idée des Vaudoux”:

« Les vaudoux , me dit la véridique Finette (1) , sont de nations différentes ; ils tombent en crise par suite d’une sympathie imconcevable. Réunis sur le terrain qui doit être le théâtre de leurs grimaces convulsives, ils sourient en se rencontrant, se heurtent avec rudesse, et les voilà tous deux en crise ; les pieds en l'air, hurlant comme des bêtes féroces , et écumant comme elles.

» Je passois un jour , poursuivit-elle, auprès de deux de ces espèces de convulsionnaires, et soit que leurs prosélytes aient eu l’intenuon d’accréditer leur système, soit que par ces preuves irrécusables , ils aient voulu profiter de mon jeune àge pour m'initier dans leurs mystères , on m’introduisit dans le cercle, et il fut ordonné à l’un d’eux, par le chef de la horde, de prendre dans ses mains du charbon allumé qui lui fut présenté, et sembla ne point le brûler; à l’autre de se laisser enlever des lanières de chair avec des ongles de fer, ce qui fut ponctuellement exécuté, sans que je remarquasse le moindre signe de sensibilité.

» Dompète ( c’est le nom du chef tout-puissant de la horde fanatique ) a, disent-ils, le pouvoir de découvrir de ses yeux , et malgré tout obstacle matériel, tout ce qui se passe , n’importe à quelle distance ; propriété ficuve bien faite pour en imposer aux crédules, et tyranniser les incertains dont le défaut de confiance est puni par le poison qui leur est familier , et, dans les mains du Dompète, d'un usage journalier et impuni.

» Les acolytes de cette secte ont aussi entre eux des moyens magiques d’exercer leur vengeance. Un homme a-t-il essuyé les rigueurs d’une amante, ou l’infidélité d’une maîtresse habituée ? un piquant de raie jeté dans l’urine de la coupable, le venge de son outrage, en frappant soudain l’infidelle d’unemaladie de langueur, que le vaudoux fait cesser à volonté par une préparauon différente.

MACHINE TRANSLATION:

"The voodooists," the truthful Finette (1) told me, "are of different nations; they fall into crisis as a result of an inconceivable sympathy. Gathered on the ground which must be the scene of their convulsive grimaces, they smile when they meet, collide roughly, and there they are both in crisis; feet in the air, howling like wild beasts, and foaming like them.

"I was passing one day," she continued, "with two of these kinds of convulsionaries, and whether their proselytes had the intention of accrediting their system, or whether by these irrefutable proofs they wanted to take advantage of my young age to initiate me into their mysteries, I was introduced into the circle, and one of them was ordered by the leader of the horde to take in his hands some lighted coal which was presented to him, and seemed not to burn it; the other to let strips of flesh be removed from him with iron nails, which was punctually carried out, without my noticing the slightest sign of sensitivity.

"Dompète (this is the name of the all-powerful leader of the fanatic horde) has, they say, the power to discover with his eyes, and despite all material obstacles, everything that happens, no matter how far away; a fictive property well made to impose itself on the credulous, and to tyrannize the uncertain whose lack of confidence is punished by the poison which is familiar to them, and, in the hands of the Dompète, of daily and unpunished use.

"The acolytes of this sect also have among themselves magical means of exercising their vengeance. Has a man endured the rigors of a lover, or the infidelity of a regular mistress? A stingray prickle thrown into the urine of the guilty one, avenges his outrage, by suddenly striking the unfaithful woman with a disease of languor, which voodoo can stop at will by a different preparation.

SOURCE: Descourtilz, Michel Etienne, and LECLERC, Charles Emmanuel. Voyages d'un naturaliste: et ses observations ; faites sur les trois regnes de la nature, dans plusieurs ports de mer francʹais, en Espagne, au continent de l'Amerique septentrionale, a Saint-Yago de Cuba, et a St.-Domingue, ou l'Auteur devenu le prisonnier de 40,000 Noirs revoltes, et par suite mis en liberte par une colonne de l'armee francʹaise, donne des details circonstancies sur l'expedition du general Leclerc. France, Dufart, pere, 1809. https://archive.org/details/voyagesdunnatura03desc/page/180/mode/2up

[PETWO4] DROUIN DE BERCY’S (1814) DE SAINT-DOMINGUE

Drouin de Bercy describes the threat “Don Pedro” posed to the white colonists:

Le Don Pedro et le Vaudou sont une association d'autant plus terrible qu'elle a pour but la ruine et la destruction des blancs, et de persuader aux negres qu'ils ne seront jamais heureux, s'ils n'y sont pass associes. Pour etre Don Pedro, il faut etre bon filou, effronte, entet, endurci aux coups, et ne jamais reveler de ce qui s'est passe dans leurs rendez-vous.

TRANSLATION

Don Pedro and Voodoo are an association all the more terrible because their aim is the ruin and destruction of the whites, and to persuade the Negroes that they will never be happy if they are not associated with it. To be Don Pedro, one must be a good rogue, brazen, stubborn, hardened to blows, and never reveal what happened in their meetings.

SOURCE: Drouin de Bercy, Léon. De Saint-Domingue: de ses guerres, de ses révolutions, de ses resources, et de moyens a prendre pour y rétabilir la paix et l'industrie. France, Chez Hocquet, 1814. p. 176 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FxYWAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=176#v=onepage&q&f=false

#commentary #if anybody else has the same INSANE hyperfixation on the life's story of Robert D. Johnson... MIKEY WE EATIN GOOD TONIGHT!!#i swear this actually does pertain to the history of new orleans voodoo.

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devimayi · 2 years ago

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lol, this is my try at writing again after a sorta writer's block. A small dialogue between Manmohan & Savitri (ig an oc?)

∞ it is recommended to read in light mode ∞

Savitri looked at her Manmohan.

Manmohan looked at her. His eyes were kind and inviting, full of knowledge and desire for mischief.

"Kya makhan khaogi, ki mujhe hi dekhte rahogi, Sakhi?", Krishna said.

Savitri knew that he was no ordinary boy. For no one could be as enchanting as him without a portion of divinity. Thus, she followed him from Braj to Dwarka.

"Kyu nahi khaungi? Mujhe bhi do! Kya Yashoda Maiya ko tum akele uttar doge?"

Kanhaiya's smile froze.

"Yashoda Ma.. unko dekhne bhi nahi milega...Meri makhan chori ka anand toh unke aur gopiyon ke prem mein hi toh tha..."

The silence was worse than a wound.

#punya.txt #desiblr #krishnablr #idk i just wanted to share #gopiblr

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wind-corner · 1 year ago

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Chapter seven

Meri was enjoying her dream. Where she was the main character of her favorite reverse heram game. She giggled as the men were helping her tend to her every whim. But most of all she was waiting for her favorite guy to come since he was the most handsome and also rather greedy when it came to her time.

And he indulge in most of her needs so long as in the end she remain at his side. He would even send his familar to keep an eye on her when he couldn't watch her himself. There were so many times he would save her and their would be so many steam scenes that it made her giggle at the mere thought of them. Humming she heard someone mention he was coming and she got super excited as the doors begin to open

Sadly her dreams were rudly intrupted and she soon found herself awake, drozy and rather annoyed. Taking a few moments to realize what is going on she stared at the vice warden for savanaclaw. A small squeak left her and she went to grab something to throw at the elder teen.

After all she was not a people person despite her online persona. and if she had a plant she might have thrown it at her, but than again isn't that cruel to the plant? Quickly dismissing the thought as she grab the pillow and tossed at the elder who seem to easily catch it.

The elder seemd to sigh before speaking. "Look, I am rather sorry to have spooked you, but I am waking you up to ask how long can it take for you to erase everyone's memories?"

For a moment meri looked to the other confused, before it clicked. "Fifteen minutes... but, don't we need to have one of everybody for it to work?" Meri slightly shifted the blanket hoping to hide under it. But she did recall rotem mentioning why the calculation she was working on didn't seem to fully work because she was in fact missing more than she thought.

"We got it covered, just figured it be best if we get you guys out, before anything else happens." The elder glanced to where rotem was.

Which had meri wonder if the male told the other vice that he overbloted. Something she really hoped she didn't have to deal with but she did sort of want to get home, after all her babies needed her and of course prince must be worried. Oh than her fans must also be worried as well, sure she pre recorded episodes but she normally did a live stream on the weekends so they surly must have noticed her missing.

So meri nodded and moved to get her stuff since she needed to start everything since everything would be in sleep mode. Not that it would take long to get it started, but still.

Sighing she glanced back up to see the two vice wardens getting brig and chaim up, and knowing she can't be drag around she moved to get up off the bed, glad she had a tablet to use since she couldn't use her laptop (not well anyway) while walking.

A few taps and here and there and she had access to what she wanted and needed. Anothwr yawn left her. She really wanted to go back to sleep. But she had a feeling if she did she would get yelled at, and she rather not be yelled at.

Taking a moment while she had it she open up the messaging app on her tablet and went to prince's name. Of corse there hasn't been a new message since they came here but sometimes re reading old messages made her feel a little less lonely.

Not to say she didn't find her friends less than its just, their is a different vibe hanging out with them and talking to her boyfriend. Sighing she looked up to see everyone was ready so with a mix of dread and excitement meri begin following them out the door.

All the while she can feel how heavy her own body felt, but than again she did pour a lot of magic into growing mutable trees to full maturity in a span of a few seconds and commanded their roots plung from the ground and fully entrap a person, which wasn't an easy task.

Though maybe her mom and grandma c I understand have done it easier... ok maybe her grandma but than again the woman was a little crazy that even as a plant lover herself her grandma was a little psycho when it came to plants. Just thinking about it made her shiver slightly.

Pushing her crazy plant grandma aside, she did have her own babies to take care of and while she was sure the robotic kicked in with her absence and they are being watered and getting their in taken sun light, she did worry about one of them that kept being dumb and trying to climb onto the sunlight, and she had to physically move the light and plant so it wouldn't burn itself. And the idoit kept trying to smother the light with its leaves and when she moved it the further from.the light it seemed to be moping.

Just thinking of the dummy made meri smile, if it a bit Sadly, for it has been much to long away from home. Because while this place was like home, it was not since it was missing the very things that made home, home.

Meri had been so lost in her own mind she didn't realize she was walking down the stairs till she almost trip and reached out for the railing to steady herself and keep from falling face first into the ground, possibly down the rest of the stairs to the turn point.

It also seemed most of them didn't notice... well expected for rotem who stared at her for a moment, and meri wonder if she gave him, a bit of a trauma flash back."I'm fine!"

At this the others looked at her and she suddenly felt self conscious as her brain tried to think of something to say, but it seems rotem was quick to cover for her or at least draw the attention to him. Which honestly meri was so greatful for. Honestly it made her think about about getting someone who can act as her butler, since that would be epic.

But than again wouldn't that mean dealing with people? So maybe not. Her circle was small for a reason, and it's why she also loved pin and cey the robotic programs dead as she asked and didn't judge her for all her mess ups. Taking a moment to pay more attention as she walked, meri pulled her sleeve up.

The watch live device was recording data, and she would have to upload this data to the main system once home but at least they would be getting good information about blot cumalation though she would have to also get the ones from chaim and Brigitte beforw they left and that reminded her maybe she should have made that extra one when she was first making the first three since the data would have been amazing.

But could have, would have, she couldn't dwell on the past, nope, she needs to focus on the future and the things she has to do, after all the past has nothing to deal with her, what does is the now and the things ahead of her. Like the newest animes and grow a tree so large so big that she can reach to the heavens and knock those jerks that keep punishing her family for the sins of the past.

After all she was the heroine of her own story, and she will show all of twisted wonderland that Meri Shroud is someone to be praised for. Just thinking on it made her smile. And sure her dreams were childish but her father and mother said it was a good dream (even if her father was a tad pessimistic about it)

None the less she had much work to do and maybe this blot information could be used to get the plant to grow since she was also trying to test to see if plants can help purified blot and possibly help them grow, but that was still something she was testing with her mother's help.

Meri hummed wondering if her mom was still working on it since she was Mia. Though rotem did say her parents were putting a lot of effort to get her home so maybe not? That thought made her frowned and felt a bit guilty now.

But maybe they won't be mad at her if she apologized? But it's not like she did anything wrong. If anything it was mona's fault for giving them a fucked up grimrale.

Though speaking of the Octo-maid turning the corner to the last hall that leads to the second pair of stairs. Sure she had been zoning out but surly she wasn't that zone out that some how the other housewarden just appeared from no where. But what took her back the most was the marking across her face. A mark so large it covered half of her face.

Glancing to the male beside her and than to who at first meri had thought was mona's men, but they weren't like those two. The twins that were behind mona sent chills down her spin. As if something evil lerked behind those eyes and smiles.

And not ingoring the alarms that had started ringing in her hear meri did what she could and hid behind brigtte as she begin digging into her bag. And she was so glad that she wasn't the only one who sence somthing off since the four spoty extrovert seemed to quickly go into a postion that meri knew they were ready for a fight.

Though from her slightly hidden spot she could hear a laughter and peeked to see the housewarden walked towards them as her lacky didn't even turn as he was watching the evil twins.

"Their is no need to be afraid, though I must admit you seem to have catch at a poor time, though it can't fully be helped since you are rather late, that I had to go and deal with things for you." Looking behind her she turned back to the twins behind her.

"You can leave, and I hope you enjoy the fun you will have." The evil twins seemed to linger and it seemed Mona got her main lucky to get rid of them which somehow took a while and meri found herself glad she didn't start the count down yet cause they would have missed it had she done so.

Meri open her mouth to speak and than closed it, she wanted to ask but how does one even begin to ask? Like really what the heck happened? Like this was all to nuts for her to fully understand what the hell was going on.

But it seemed that Mona herself decided to speak. "We need to hurry, the sharks are smelling blood and were just injured fish. And I'm not talking about the one I control." Mona quickly turned but it seems the savanaclaw vice wasn't going to let it drop. As meri followed (still hiding behind brigtte though)

"What did you do?!" The tone was accusatory as the all followed.

The woman leading clicked her tounge. "Nothing. ... well besides helping you all out, if not for my intervening you would have delt with my father's men. And unlike mine, they arent on a tight leash."

Hearing that meri frowned, that in no way sounded good. Like the twins were already a bit insane, but if their tames compared to the ones they just meet? A cold chill went down her spin. And maybe it wasn't a good idea to think of.

Honestly what was up with this year where everyone was super insane? It was quite ridiculous, and you think they would have realized it, but they had done their best to avoid anyone who knew of their parents on a slightly more personal level as well as each other's parents.

Students, teachers anyone, which might sound easy. Hadnt been from time to time. But they had manged, at least till rotem decided to come running in like a mini boss and screw shit up.

But nothing can be done about that. Sighing she pulled pin and asked him to go check on thing ahead though the little guy shifted about in her hand and indicated his low battery. Which was still bother some and she rather not send cey since he wasn't built for stealth. Not to say he didn't try but the little guy stuggled.

Honest the little one was sort of cute in a way, but the fact still stands does she still risk sending the little guy? She already lost a drone from before and she already drain the power of the function one to use on charging cey who is her top priority given he was currently hosting an experiment inside his round belly. So if she sent him out she could lose the data she's been collecting and that wasn't something she really wanted. Any risk must be done with the data in mind.

Sighing she decided to just follow everyone and hoped they don't meet anyone on the way, since that seemed to be the only way to go, but she was than reminded how she hated stairs while following everyone up.

Mona explain that we drew her father's attention, and how her father always being one to look for.a way to get a heads up sent the twins to investigate for him. And had she not step in they would have to most likely try to fight them off.

And maybe if meri was the type the shade of being weak would have offended her, but she wasn't the brut type, and was just someone who rather relax and chill, the most enagentic thing she does is riding her bike, and while a sport, she is also sitting so not to much engery is used unless she is turning the bike and to keep it steady.

Though that also bought up her bike, she hasn't been able to give it maintenance since she's been here, and she could only hope it didn't lock. Fuck its going to.suck if it did.

Though the fact that she was suddenly thinking of her bike must mean that it was slowly staying to register that they were going home, no more having to.scan things and try to test theories of ways home no more using spells to hide her appearance, no more sharing a bed with anyone and feeling like a third wheel. No more feeling lonely in the middle of the night.

Just thinking of everything felt as if a weight that had been on her this whole time suddenly felt so much lighter, bearable like the tension she had in the middle of a race and she was on the last round so close to the finish line, and about to win. But than again she shouldn't let her guard down since one can screw up at the finish line.

Thus why she went and grab brigtte's shit clinging to it like a child, which she won't admit to though, chaim seemed to notice and jerk gave her snacks like she was a child! .... she did begin eatting them because they were the limited edition snacks that they stop making since the company went bankrupt when she was like five.

Honestly these snacks are so good and super amazing, she had to talk to her dad to see if they could remake them.... or talk to Mona to see if she could do so, and since she would be getting money from it maybe she could at least get them free? She'll think about it later.

The rest of the trip seemed tame compared to everything and blah blah blah expansion everyone but me (fucken sucks) brigtte, savanaclaw vice warden (what was her name again?), and mona (though her lacky seemed to not enjoy that fact) would go the portal first while the four if us didn't till the program was in its last moment and begin to erase peoples memories and they would jump in.

Honestly it was all bull shit. But than again she was the only one who knew what she was doing and was already typing away as she listen to everyone just talk about crap she didn't care. Normies are just so not worth listing to, which is why she wasn't caring at the moment and brig wasn't a big talker, and that made her such a good friend.

Though it's not like she is saying not talking was a good thing. What she means is that it depends on the how the talking is, after all chaim isa but of a talker, and he was one of her friends, he just wasn't annoying about it and didn't force her to do stuff unless she wanted to, but he would bring her stuff from outing same with brig who also bring her stuff. Which honestly she greatly appreciated.

And hey sometimes she had to see it out in the wild herself so she would go out and it was always fun (and they would bring a flying carpet so she wouldn't have to walk to much which is always a bones.

Putting all that aside she finished up the last bit she had to do and hit the send button allowing the command to go though, her uncle most likely got the alert and but he will have other problems to.keep him occupied till the last count down and than her program will self delete and it'll be like the last fourty eight hours didn't happen and all was normal with the world.

Sighing. Meri looked around again before.back at her computer it wouldn't be long she just hoped time went by fast other wise this was all going to really suck. But here's hoping.

#winds art #muns art #a leap in time #my art #chapter 7

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Fakta-fakta The Devil Wears Prada 2 Sebelum Fix Tayang Tahun Depan

JAKARTA – Menjelang perilisan The Devil Wears Prada 2 pada 1 Mei 2026 di Amerika Serikat, banyak penggemar film drama-komedi mode klasik dari tahun 2006 ini mulai menantikan kelanjutan kisah Miranda Priestly yang diperankan Mery Streep. Film ini bukan hanya sekadar sekuel, tapi juga sebuah reuni dari para bintang besar yang dulu membuatnya ikonik. Apalagi sejak dirilisnya film ini 19 tahun yang…

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Julius recounted the peculiar encounter with Lux, his voice tinged with a mixture of amusement and concern. "I saw Lux in the park today. I went up to him, but before I could even say a word, he just blurted out that if I opened my mouth, he'd show me just how far from cute he could be. My reaction… Well, it probably sounds horrible, but I just laughed. I couldn’t help it; it was a purely instinctive response. He retaliated with a gust of wind that knocked me off my feet, stormed off and told me not to follow him." Julius paused, fiddling with his fingers. "I thought about texting him, but figured it's best to let him cool down first."

Luciano's eyes remained glued to the video game he was playing with Adrian, seemingly unfazed. "To be fair, you didn't even need to say anything. We all know you too well, Julius. Sometimes you just switch to provocation mode without any warning. And, with all my love to you and Victor, you guys can be a handful and too much at times." He paused, a wry smile playing on his lips. "It applies to almost everyone in our idol group, really. I still remember snapping at Braxton simply because he was calling my name."

"Handful? Too much? Says you", Victor retorted, playfully tossing a pillow at Luciano. Luciano paused their game, caught the pillow and returned it with surprising force. Victor yelped, taken aback by the sudden attack.

Adrian looked at Julius, a knowing look in his eyes. "Think about it, Julius. All the members of your work group are constantly around each other. Not only do you spend much of your free time together, but you're also together at work, preparing for new music. And when you're on tour, you're either crammed into hotel rooms, sharing spaces in pairs, or living together in the dorms. It's no wonder that sometimes the mere sight of someone's face can set someone off. Knowing Lux, he'll probably deeply regret his reaction, overreact over it and then smother you with apologies and affection." He chuckled softly.

"But what if he doesn't?" Julius asked, his brow furrowed with worry. "What if I genuinely hurt his feelings more than I realize? How can I defend myself for laughing at him? It can't feel good when someone doesn’t take you seriously…" Julius turned to Meri, seeking her guidance.

Meri moved to sit down next to Julius and took his hands. "Then you need to apologize. No defending yourself." She shook her head, her tone serious. "You made a mistake and messed up. True, it was an impulsive reaction that you couldn't help, but it was still the wrong move at the time. Defending it might make the situation worse. Be honest instead. Tell him that you don't know why you laugh but it was wrong and you are sorry for doing so and for upsetting him."

She patted his shoulder. "Lux is your friend. He will understand once he has time to cool down. If not, he'll most likely come to me for help and advice. To which I will help smooth things over as much as I can. The most important thing is that you both apologize to each other in the end and talk everything out. Communication is a key factor for any type of relationship. Romantic, friends, or family."

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u-wont-guess-who · 3 months ago

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Agar phone aapka kharab Hua hai toh isme meri kya galti....Maine toh dnd mode kl raat ko hi hta diya tha toh phir mujh pr kyu Chila rhe ho .......

#mother why do you always do this #i wont call you mom #you'll always be mother #we will always have this separate wall between us that you will never notice #its rude yk to always scold me for things i cant control #it shows how little trust you have in me #im tearing up now #im sorry

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Amity University Online MCA Admission | Fees, Admission Process

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Web Technologies

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