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heavyhitterheaux · 2 years ago

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Aura

Mariah's Tale as told by the treacherous twin @harlowsbby

Heaux Tales of Jack Harlow

(Listen to Aura by Mariah the Scientist as you're reading)

I couldn't help but to chuckle, I mean what were you expecting? He's let you down several times before, but I was always so blinded by his love.

"Come on she's lying I don't have a wife or kids if I did, you'd most definitely would've already known about it I mean l'm Jack fucking Harlow."

Neelam gasped she knew Jack was capable of many things but calling her a liar?? Especially when she knew she wasn't lying was crossing the line.

"Please Mariah, let's go back to your place and talk things out." He pleaded and begged; I remember shaking my head at him.

"It's always my house Jack it's never let's go back to your place to chill." He was caught off guard; he didn't expect me to say that.

"Well, I mean you know Urban and sometimes the guys crash at my house for a few days, and we don't exactly live in the same city." Excuses that's all he ever did was give me excuses after excuses.

One thing you learned was if a man really wanted to be with you, he'd jump through obstacles to be with you but that wasn't the case with Jack. He had a family and wife blocking his chances.

"Just face the facts Jack I know what you did, and I have to leave, I love you well I loved you and I can't forgive you, I'm sorry." | squeaked out and pushed past him with glossy eyes.

"Thanks a lot, Neelam.” She scoffed and got up.

“She had to know, and I can’t believe you hid that from her and all of the other girls for that matter except Grace! You’re married with kids Jack. And married to my best friend I should add” Jack knew you’d find out sooner or later but he was hoping it was later or not at all.

“Why do you even give a fuck now? You’ve been helping me coordinate this shit so she doesn’t find out.”

“Because she doesn’t deserve this! You need to stop before I tell her.” Neelam added while challenging him.

“Okay, so tell her. What is she going to do? Leave me? Ain’t no way in hell she would get a divorce from me.”

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A Few Days Earlier

"Jack, stop it!" | giggled and pushed him off me as he gave me a grin and tried tickling me again. I squealed and tried running across his California king bed, but he of course grabbed me by my ankle and dragged me to the bottom of the bed.

"I don't think so baby girl, you've been a big baby all day so Imma tickle the attitude out of you."

He then proceeded to tickle me like there was no tomorrow squealed and laughed, begging him to stop but I didn't really want him to stop.

"What's the magic word baby?" His eyebrows raised waiting for my answer, but I was stubborn and there was no way I was giving in that easily.

"That you're a loser?" He smacked his lips and began to tickle my sides even harder, I squealed and moved around till I finally had enough.

"Alright, alright l'm sorry Jack just stop it." You giggled and he laughed before getting off of you.

"So do you have any plans for today?" You asked him.

“Uh I think l'm just going to go down to the studio for a bit and finish up a few songs." He said while fixing up his hair in the mirror.

Jack had flown you out to Louisville for a bit, you stayed in Las Vegas so whenever he had downtime he’d fly you out and spend time with you or he’d of course fly over to you.

The two of you met after his performance at Zoku nightclub and the rest was honestly history.

"Can I come with you? I mean l've been stuck in this hotel room for the past three days." You laughed and watched how his face suddenly got pale.

"For what? I mean you never come to the studio with me baby. He did have a point there, but you were bored and wanted to see more than just four boring walls.

"Well, I know that but what if I come today unless that's an issue? I just don't see why it would be an issue though." You mumbled that last part.

Jack knew he was in some shit because his wife was supposed to be at the studio to spend some time with him. The time was ticking, and he was honestly running out of excuses.

"Well how about this baby I go to the studio, and I meet up with you at Urban's place later? Ace is having a little get- together for the release of his solo project so we can meet up there and then leave early to get some food or something?"

Excuses he always had some type of excuse, you thought. You wanted to know what he was hiding because not even a few nights ago he had left the room two, maybe four times to take some call from "Neelam."

You gave him a tight-lipped smile and nodded your head. "I mean sure that's fine with me but what will I do till then?”

You asked him. He reached into his wallet and pulled out his credit card.

"Go around and shop for a bit, just buy whatever you want and something cute for later."

He wiggled his eyebrows making you giggle.

"Alright I'll see you later Jack." "I'll see you later, baby. I love you and stay safe."

Later On That Day

You honestly had no clue or idea where you were going since Louisville was so small yet so big at the same time.

You were getting frustrated all you wanted to do was spend quality time with Jack but obviously being at the studio was a bigger priority.

Looking up and reading all the names of the different shops you finally found one that caught your eye. It was a shop for lingerie and Jack did say get something cute to wear that night.

Once inside you were greeted by one of the workers. A short dark-haired women gave you a welcoming smile

"Hello honey, welcome to blue bunnies where you can find anything and everything to please not only you but your partner as well. Is there anything you're looking for?"

"Uh, just something small and cute. It's a surprise for my boyfriend."

"Do you know his favorite color at all?"

"Hmm it's purple." The worker proceeded to show you all of the different shades of purple lingerie she had before you settled on a lilac matching bra and panties set.

"He's going to love it." The lady said, making you smile bashfully, after you bought everything, you decided to go get some lunch at Morris Deli.

When you arrived you noticed a lady and some kids that looked awful a lot like Jack, but you didn't pay it no mind, until you were starting to make your way out of the door and heard a voice on the women's phone that sounded awfully familiar to Jack's.

"What? How come the credit card company sent me an email saying I bought stuff at blue bunnies?" The lady said which made you freeze and maybe you were overthinking it a bit, but you were the only person in blue bunnies as far as you knew.

“I got you something special, that's why. Now did you get my sandwich? I'm starving over here baby." Now that you had a chance to hear that voice loud and clear it had to have been Jack, you could pick his voice out of a line up.

You quickly rushed out of the store and sprinted back to the car Jack had let you borrow. Once inside you started thinking back to the lady that you saw and how one of the kids looked identical to Jack down to his curls and freckles and the little boy was Jack to a tee.

"He has a... he has a wife and kids." You said out loud. Your stomach turned. Even though none of this was your fault and you had no idea he had an entire wife and kids at home. You suddenly had this burden that you were the reason his kids were going to be fatherless.

Later That Night

When you arrived at Urban's house you had a million things going through your head at once.

You didn't want to seem as if there was an issue or a problem but how were you going to manage to do that when there was a problem.

Before you were able to knock on the door it was swung open by Jack.

"Baby I missed you so much." He pulled you into him, wrapping you in his warm embrace. You wanted to hug him back and kiss him and smother him with your love but knowing what you know now wouldn't let you.

"Hey... Jack" you said awkwardly, making him pull back.

"What's wrong babe?"

"I just don't feel that great is all."

"Well come inside and get some water and maybe lay on the couch and you'll feel better."

You followed him inside and were greeted by Urban and the guys.

"What's good Mariah?”

Ace smiled and pulled you in for a hug.

"Hi Ace, congratulations on your newest song." He thanked you and you went to sit on the couch. You observed Jack as he sat across from you on his phone blushing and smiling at God knows what, probably his kids or his wife.

"Why don't we all play a game or something?"

Neelam asked which broke your attention away from Jack.

“What game?” 2fo asked.

“Truth or dare.” Everyone agreed and made their way to the couch. Jack sat down next to you and wrapped his arm around your shoulder. Normally you'd lean into his touch and snuggle into him but not this time and that's something he noticed.

"Mariah, do you want to go first?" Neelam asked and you'd decline but this time you had things you wanted to know and things you wanted to get off your chest.

"Sure so Jack, truth or dare?" You turned to him and waited for his answer.

"Uhhh ima go with truth."

"Is it true you've got a wife and kids?" Everyone in the room got quiet including Jack which gave you your answer.

"So you do?”

"He does and I hate the way I didn't tell you about it." Neelam said with tears of her own in her eyes. Jack looked over at Neelam in disbelief.

"Well the party is over, we'll just take this back at my house." Ace said and everyone got up and left leaving just Jack, Neelam and Urban and yourself.

"Mariah please listen to me Neelam is lying."

"I'm not lying Jack you know I'm telling the truth." Neelam defended herself.

"Jack you don't have to lie, I saw your wife earlier along with your kids. She was a Morris Deli bringing you lunch to the studio." You spoke and avoided any and every eye contact with him.

“Can we just talk Mariah?” You scoffed, was he honestly being serious right now?

"We have nothing to talk about Jack. You hid the fact that you have a wife and kids from me for months. Do you know how disgusting and terrible that makes me feel?" You cried out as he watched how your lip began to tremble.

"Do you need a ride back to your hotel room Mariah?" Urban asked softly,

"No but I do need a ride back to the airport because we're done Jack."

Your heart ached saying those words but you couldn't keep up with this anymore you didn't want to be the reason his kids no longer were able to see their father nor did you want that burden anymore.

Seeing someone for who they are and not what you want them to be was a deeper level of hurt.

You thought Jack was everything and more and you thought what you had was special but you thought wrong.

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jojo-0-o · 2 years ago

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A Series of Unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket, 1 through 13(Epubs)

Tales of Dunk and Egg by George R. R. Martin 01-03, 1, 2 & 4(Epubs)

A song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, 1 through 5, including 4.5, A World of Ice and Fire, and Fire and Blood(no.1 is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, 1 through 4(Epubs)

All For The Game by Nora Sakavic, 1, 2, &3(Epubs)

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, 1 through 8(Epubs)

The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer, 1&2(Epubs)

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, 1 through 8(PDFs)

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, 1, 2, &3(no.3 is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness, 1,2 &3, including 2.5 and snowscape(snowscape is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

Chronicles of Alice by Christina Henry, 1&2(Epubs)

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab, 1,2 &3(no.1 is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, 1&2(Epubs)

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu(Epub)

Heaven's Official Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu(PDF)

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Discworld by Terry Pratchett, 1 through 41(Epubs)

Divergent by Veronica Roth, 1,2 &3, including 0.5(Epubs)

Earthsea by Ursula k. Le guin, 1 through 6(Epubs)

The Farseer Trilogy by Robbin Hobb, 1,2 &3(PDFs)

Fence by Sarah Rees Brennan, 1&2(Epubs)

Folk of the air series by Holly Black, 1,2 &3(Epubs)

Harry Potter by J K. Rowling, 1 through 7(Epubs)

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 1, 2&3(Epubs)

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan(Epub)

Tears waiting to be Diamonds by Sarah Rees Brennan Parts 1&2(PDFs)

Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, 1 through 4(Epubs)

The History of the Middle Earth by J R. R. Tolkien, 1 through 12(Epubs)

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The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiedvater, 1&2(Epubs)

The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski, 1 through 6, including 0.5 & 0.75(Epubs)

The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater, 1,2&3(Epubs)

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, 1 though 7, including 0.5(Epubs)

The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins, 1 through 5(Epubs)

Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman, 1 through 4, including 1.5 and 4.5(Epubs)

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, 1 through 12(Epubs)

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Blindsight by Peter Watts(Epub)

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson(Epub)

Dune by Frank Herbert(Epub)

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson(Epub)

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Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton(Epub)

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu(PDF)

I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall(Epub)

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver(Epub)

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami(Epub)

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera(Epub)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn(Epub)

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The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness(Epub)

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They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera(Epub)

The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo(Epub)

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Torture Mom by Ryan Green(Epub)

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betterbesttvshowbracket · 1 year ago

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current shows in each bracket so far (no particular order yet):

ask box and submissions open! all categories are up for debate. If you can make the case for moving a sitcom to cult classic or a misc. show to prestige, I'm open to hearing everyone out!

When each category has 32 shows locked in, I will seed them based on an average between viewership and ratings and open up the polls <3

CULT CATEGORY

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

X- Files

Columbo

MASH

Twin Peaks

Supernatural

Riverdale

Pushing Daisies

Firefly

Freaks and Geeks

Doctor Who (both)

Star Trek (original series)

Avatar the Last Airbender

Over the Garden Wall

Futurama

House MD

Sherlock

Dark Shadows

Hannibal

Fringe

Lost

Gilmore Girls

Roswell (og)

Skins UK

Midnight Gospel

Adventure Time

Angel

Eastbound and Down

Merlin

Twilight Zone

Dark

Charmed

Battlestar Galactica

"PRESTIGE" CATEGORY

Dirk Gently's

The Getdown

Succession

The Bear

Breaking Bad

Better Call Saul

Chernobyl

Game of Thrones

Boardwalk Empire

Atlanta

The Wire

Black Mirror

The Great

Big Little Lies

Justified

Mad Men

Yellowjackets

Interview with the Vampire

Black Sails

Fleabag

Yellowstone

Westworld

The Handmaid's Tale

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Foundation

The Borgias

West Wing

True Detective

Deadwood

Mr. Robot

Band of Brothers

Fargo

Sopranos

Bojack

Boondocks

Downtown Abbey

Mind Hunter

I Hate Suzie

The Last of Us

Barry

White Lotus

Watchmen

Orange is the New Black

The Crown

Ozark

Narcos

Maniac

Undone

The Missing

Leverage

Six Feet Under

SITCOM CATEGORY

Seinfeld

Girlfriends

Bob's Burgers

Archer

The Good Place

Arrested Development

The Simpsons

The Office

Parks and Rec

30 Rock

Sex in the City

New Girl

Psych

Elementary

Abott Elementary

Community

Letterkenny

Modern Family

Scrubs

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Derry Girls

Blackish

Our Flag Means Death

Miracle Workers

What We Do in the Shadows

King of the Hill

Man Seeking Woman

Full House

Trailer Park Boys

Friends

Ted Lasso

Wilfred

That 70s Show

Girls

Broad City

Veep

Curb your Enthusiasm

Flight of the Concords

IT Crowd

Monk

Shameless

Documentary Now

Better Off Ted

Weeds

OTHER CATEGORY

The Vampire Diaries

Pretty Little Liars

Grey's Anatomy

Stranger Things

Smallville

One Tree Hill

You

Criminal Minds

Gotham

The Flash

Legends of Tomorrow

The Mandalorian

Daredevil

The Umbrella Academy

Legion

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Blacklist

The 100

Midnight Mass

Haunting of Bly Manor

How to Get Away with Murder

Gossip Girl (og)

The OC

Young Pope

Haunting of Hill House

Euphoria

Walking Dead

Peaky Blinders

Vikings

Supergirl

Dawson's Creek

Bunheads

The Society

Prison Break

True Blood

Normal People

American Horror Story

Squid Games

Dexter

The Boys

Queen's Gambit

The OA

Spinning Out

#better best tv show bracket #bcs #iwtv #riverdale #spn #supernatural #marvel #breaking bad #pushing daisies #psych #house #btvs #succession #the bear #etc

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harrowharr0w · 4 months ago

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music

hi hello im just gonna throw down (milgram pun haha) a bunch of music here that i like. um. yeah it’s

artist - favs

noa aburasoba - honey trap, any angle

aimi - help, meritocracy

shunichi toki - science, envy

satsuki - mesmerizer, juvenile

yorushika/n-buna - just a sunny day for you, thats why i gave up on music, tale of the deep sea lily

visty - endless dream, for my stella

gokuluck - catharsis, stronger

deco*27 - vampire, literally all of milgram, covers included

yoshino - vampire cover

miho okasaki - mirror

vane lily - butcher vanity, paparazzi murder party

ghost and pals - honey i’m home, happy days

yuu miyashita - deus ex machina, grain, kirin ga shinu made, kuruoze, parasite piano, coquetterie dancer, kilmer cover, yuuka (i love yuu miyashita so much) (go listen to doctrine doctrine too!!!)

mafumafu - keitairenwa (also all of soramafuurasaka’s songs)

eve - fightsong, insomnia

hya - snake, mad mermaid

raise a suilen - twin tale, vip monster, bring it on cover

azari - wink, black out, casino (really all of azari but ykyk)

more more jump - the peachy key, milk crown on sonnechka (or however u spell it) cover

vivid bad squad - rad dogs, flyer

kankan - fiction, all fool, nightless city, boost anima

the alien stage soundtrack

nightcord at 25:00 - idsmile, bug, jackpot sad girl

rondo - 雨音 (forgot what it’s called in english so i js typed it in chinese)

roselia - flashlight, r, charles cover

wadatakeaki kuragep - my r, trash&trash (shoutout to lollia’s english my r cover thought because that azula animatic changed little me’s life)

did i say all of milgram already

leo/need - needLe, ikanaide cover, teratera, stage of sekai (live laugh love l/n)

hifumi - i am too lazy to find out what the songs are called in english

mili - world.execute(me);, summoning 101, rtrt

96neko - buriki no dance cover

afterglow - sensenfukoku, mental chainsaw cover

mygo!!!!! - silhouette dance, non breath oblige cover

ho-kago tea time - no, thank you!, cageyake girls, fuwa fuwa time, rice is a side dish, tenshi ni fureta yo (makes me cry literally)

#not tagging this lmao

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lyselkatzfandomluvs · 5 months ago

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Zhèng YèChéng 鄭業成

As Liáng ShàoPíng 梁少平 from 紙嫁衣 Paper Bride 2.

Ft coser artist Lín YoùChí 林又遲 as Zhù XiâoHóng 祝小紅.

Dà-Chéng majored in Chinese opera and is doing a lot of work promoting and inviting people to discover theatre arts.

With 10+ years of Chinese opera martial character 武生 training, he's the PERFECT ML if there's ever a screen adaptation of the game!

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dandelionfairywish · 1 year ago

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monster Squad

Everything monsters

1 .viki dramas and movies

2. Netflix original dramas and movies

3. viki take of dramas and movie sometimes without warning and you might not see them depending on where you live so enjoy while you can and I'm going to keep them on the list if they do get removie because sometimes they put them back on.

My Love from the Star.

Blood

Tale of the Nine-Tailed

Orange Marmalade

I Cannot Hug You

Zombie Detective

Love Between Fairy and Devil

Doom at Your Service

Happiness

Kiss Goblin

Kissable Lips

The Sweet Blood

My Amazing Boyfriend My Amazing Boyfriend Season 2 Rattan Ghost Doctor Oh My Ghost Bring It On, Ghost The Legend of the Blue Sea 49 Days With a Merman The Witch's Diner The Master's Sun Witch's Love

Sell Your Haunted House

The Witch Store

The Witch Store Reopening

Mirror of the Witch

My Chilling Roommate

The Untamed

Goblin

Hotel del Luna

Ashes of Love

Wu Xin: The Monster Killer

Eternal Love

Ancient Love Poetry

The Blue Whisper

My Girlfriend Is an Alien

My Girlfriend Is an Alien Season 2

Meant to Be

Angel's Last Mission: Love

Bride of the Century

From Now On, Showtime!

The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim

Half Bright and Half Rain

The Bride of Habaek

The Psychic Duo

Hi! School - Love On

Moonshine and Valentine

The Legends

Lovely Horribly

Missing: The Other Side

Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me

Love and Destiny

Miss the Dragon

Scripting Your Destiny

My Dear Brothers

Lovers of the Red Sky

Legend of Fu Yao

Immortal Samsara

Phantom School

Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai

Nana's Game

Romantic Warriors

Eien no Kinou

The Silence of the Monster

The Fox Fairy

My Fantastic Mrs Right

I'm a Pet At Dali Temple

Be My Cat

My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho

My Husky Boyfriend

Meow, the Secret Boy

My Roommate Is a Gumiho

Legend of Nine Tails Fox

The Legend of White Snake

Fox in the Screen

Kokdu: Season of Deity

Three-Body

76 Horror Bookstore

Twelve Legends

The Investiture of the Gods

The Great Ruler

Mirror: A Tale of Twin Cities

Novoland: Pearl Eclipse

Ice Fantasy

Ms. Cupid in Love

Love and Redemption

Ever Night

Ever Night Season 2

The Ghost Bride

A Korean Odyssey

The Uncanny Counter

The Uncanny Counter Season 2

Mystic Pop-Up Bar

The Devil Punisher

School Tales the Series

Sweet Home

All of Us Are Dead

Kingdom

Alchemy of Souls

Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow

Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land

Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends

The Starry Love

Warm on a Cold Night

Deep Sea Mutant Snake

Golden Spider City

Immortal Vampire

The Starry Night, the Starry Sea

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all-asian-drama · 1 year ago

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Please help me complete my mega ❤️ROMANCE❤️ drama list below!

Let me know if something has a sad (😢), happy (😊), bittersweet (🥹), or open (🤔) ending! Or feel free to add dramas

😊 - Happy Ending

🥹 - Bittersweet Ending

😢 - Sad Ending

🤔- Open Ending

Wuxia / Xianxia

- [ ] A Camellia Romance

- [ ] A Pamiliar Stranger

- [ ] A Step into the Past

- [ ] Ancient Poetry

- [ ] Ashes of Love

- [ ] Assassin Academy

- [x] Back From the Brink

- [ ] Be My Cat

- [ ] Beauty of Resilience

- [x] Believe in Love

- [ ] Blood of Youth

- [ ] Bloody Romance 😢

- [ ] Blooms At Ruyi Pavilion

- [ ] Buried City to Shut all

- [ ] Catch up My Prince

- [ ] Chef Hue

- [ ] Childe Xle's Wine

- [ ] Choice Husband

- [ ] Cinderella Chef

- [ ] Colourful Bone 😢

- [ ] Cry Me a River of Stars

- [ ] Dance of Phoenix

- [ ] Dance of Sky Empire

- [ ] Demi Gods & Semi Devils

- [ ] Destiny of the White Snake 😢

- [ ] Devastating Beauty 😢

- [ ] Duoluo Continent

- [ ] Eternal Love

- [ ] Eternal Love Rain

- [ ] Eternal Love of Dream

- [ ] Fake Phoenixes

- [ ] Fake Princess!

- [ ] Fighter of the Destiny

- [ ] Follow my Dear General

- [ ] For Married Doctress 😢

- [ ] Four Daughter from Luoyang

- [ ] Good and Evil 😢

- [ ] Handsome Siblings

- [ ] Heart of Loyalty

- [ ] Heavenly Sword & Dragon

- [ ] Heroes

- [ ] Hold on my Lady

- [ ] I'm a Pet at Dali Temple

- [ ] I've Fallen For You

- [x] Immortal Samsara 😊

- [ ] Investiture of the Gods

- [ ] Journey of Chong Zi

- [ ] King is Not Easy

- [ ] Lady in The Butcher's House

- [ ] Legend of Awakening 😢

- [ ] Legend of Condor

- [ ] Legend of Fuyao

- [ ] Legend of Lin Ye

- [ ] Legend of Phoenix

- [ ] Legend of Xiao Chuo

- [ ] Legend of Yunxi 😢

- [ ] Legend of Zu

- [ ] Legends

- [ ] Letter from cloud

- [ ] Life of a White Fox

- [ ] Lights

- [ ] Listening Snow Tower

- [ ] Love Behind the Melody

- [x] Love Better Than Immortality 😊

- [x] Love Between Fairy and Devil 😊

- [ ] Love By Hypnotic

- [ ] Love a Lifetime

- [x] Love and Redemption 😊

- [ ] Love for Two Lives

- [ ] Love is All

- [ ] Love is more than a word

- [ ] Mald Escort

- [ ] Ming Dynasty 😢

- [ ] Mirror: Tale of Twin Cities 😢

- [ ] Miss Truth

- [ ] Miss the Dragon

- [ ] My Lucky Princess

- [ ] My Poison Lover

- [ ] My Sassy Princess

- [ ] My Villain Husband

- [ ] New Proud Smiling Wanderer

- [ ] Nirvana in Fire

- [ ] Novoland: Bagle Flag

- [ ] Novoland: Castle in Sky 😢

- [ ] Novoland: Pearl Eclipse 😢

- [ ] Oh My General 😊

- [ ] Oh my Lord!

- [ ] One and Only 😢

- [ ] Order of the Sommelier

- [ ] Princess Agents

- [ ] Princess Agents 😢

- [ ] Princess Silver

- [ ] Queen of Attack

- [ ] Rewriting Destiny

- [ ] Royal Rumours

- [ ] Sassy Beauty

- [ ] Side Story fox Volant

- [ ] Slaying Sabre

- [ ] Song of Glory

- [ ] Song of Youth

- [ ] Song of the Moon

- [ ] Stand By Me

- [ ] Sword Dynasty

- [ ] The Blue Whisper

- [ ] The Flame's Daughter

- [ ] The Great Ruler

- [ ] The Immortal Prince

- [ ] The Joy of Life 😢

- [ ] The Journey 😢

- [ ] The King of Blaze 😢

- [x] The Long Ballad

- [ ] The Lost Promise

- [ ] The Rebel Princess

- [x] The Starry Love 🤔

- [ ] The Sword and the Brocade

- [ ] The Taoism Grandmaster 😢

- [ ] The Wolf 😢

- [x] Till the End of the Moon 🥹

- [ ] Tribes & Empires

- [ ] Truth of Immortality

- [ ] Truth or Dare

- [ ] Twisted Fate of Love

- [ ] Unique Lady

- [ ] Warm on a Cold Night

- [ ] Weaving a Tale of Love Mengfel Comes Across

- [ ] Who Rules the World

- [ ] Word of Honor

- [ ] World of Fantasy

- [ ] Wulin Heros

- [ ] XuanYuan Sword:han Cloud

Historical

- [ ] A Girl Like Me

- [x] Believe in Love 😊

- [ ] Choice Husband

- [ ] Destiny of Love

- [ ] General & I

- [x] General’s Lady 😊

- [ ] Goodbye My Princess 😢

- [ ] Heart of Loyalty

- [ ] I'm a Pet At Dali Temple

- [ ] Jiu Liu Overlord

- [ ] King’s Woman 😢

- [x] Love Between Tiger and Rose 😊

- [x] Love Like the Galaxy 😊

- [ ] Love and Destiny

- [ ] Maiden Holmes

- [x] New Life Begins 😊

- [ ] Promise of Changan 😢

- [ ] Qing Luo

- [ ] Royal Rumors

- [ ] The Romance of Hua Rong

- [ ] Unchained Love

- [ ] Untouchable Lovers

Modern

- [ ] A Love So Beautiful

- [ ] A River Runs Through It

- [ ] A Romance of the Little Forest

- [ ] Accidentally in love

- [ ] Boss and Me

- [ ] Crush

- [ ] Fall in Love

- [ ] Falling Into Your Smile

- [ ] Feel at Ease Mr. Ling

- [ ] Flourish in Time

- [ ] GO Into Your Heart

- [ ] Gank Your Heart

- [x] Go Ahead 😊

- [ ] Go Go Squid 2

- [ ] Hi Venus

- [ ] Lie to Love

- [ ] Lighter and Princess

- [ ] Love O2O

- [ ] Love Scenery

- [x] Love is Sweet 😊

- [ ] Make My Heart Smile

- [ ] Memory of Encaustic Life

- [ ] Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard

- [ ] Moonlight

- [ ] My Lethal Man

- [ ] My Little Happiness

- [ ] My Unicorn Girl

- [ ] Nothing But You

- [ ] Oath of Love

- [ ] Once We Get Married

- [ ] Our Secret

- [ ] Perfect and Casual

- [ ] Put Your Head On My Shoulder

- [ ] She and Her Perfect Husband

- [ ] Skate Into Love

- [ ] South Wind Knows My Name

- [ ] The Big Boss

- [ ] The Brightest Star in the Sky

- [ ] The Day of Becoming You

- [ ] The Love You Give Me

- [ ] The Whirlwind Girl 😢

- [ ] The Youth Memory

- [ ] Timeless Love

- [ ] Unrequited Love

- [ ] When We Were Young

- [ ] You Are My Glory

- [x] You Are My Hero 😊

- [ ] You are my Destiny

Modern Supernatural

- [ ] Love Under The Full Moon 😢

- [ ] My Girlfriend is an Alien

- [x] Mr. Bad

#cdrama #chinese drama #china drama #xianxia #romance #romance cdrama #Wuxia #historical #modern #supernatural #Viki #wetv #iqiyi #iqiyi drama

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mitchipedia · 10 months ago

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A tale of two cities: one real, one virtual.

Digital city-building has become a legitimate part of urban planning, helping to mirror the present — and map the future.

“Digital twins” are transforming urban planning in Barcelona, Ukraine(!), Helsinki, and Singapore and advancing archeology in Pompeii.

A digital twin is a digital model of a real-world object, using sensors to measure changes in real time. Used in urban planning, a digital twin of the city can predict how changes will affect the city over time: For example, how adding a traffic signal would affect traffic patterns.

The goal is “‘to build an oracle,’ says Jordi Cirera Gonzalez, director of the Knowledge Society at Barcelona City Council, and a man not short on ambition. ‘Like the ancient Greeks’: a place where you can ask anything you can imagine and it’s possible to find some answer.’”

Barcelona’s digital twin project “lives within the deconsecrated Torre Girona chapel, on the campus of the Barcelona Polytechnic. Where once one might have prayed to God for an answer, now one goes to a computer.”

I wrote about digital twins for cities for Oracle in 2021: The smart city gets even smarter

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jades-typurriter · 1 year ago

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Summer Costume Pre-Sale

A piece of fanfiction for my wives' novel, Ascension: Tales of Twin Tales. Coyotl, Fox & Violet, and Niamh are on the hunt for Radiant artifacts, and their latest search leads them to the lair of the embodiment of autumn.

This one's really self-indulgent and also takes a LOT of context from the book. It was written as a gift to her, so like, I didn't feel like it needed to "stand on its own" (and still don't), but I wanted to put it up somewhere anyway 'cause I had a lot of fun with it =^w^=

“So this is the place?” Fox asks, looking ahead and bouncing along one pace behind me, her usual spring in her step.

“Indeed,” I reply, stowing the Amazing Mirror beneath my cloak with a wave of my hand. No ordinary map could have led us to this place, a locus of autumnal transition that defies the mundane tracking of mortals.

“This isn’t the kind of place I’d expect to find a Radiant’s holdout…” the vixen muses, bringing a paw to her chin and stopping to look up at the building.

“It may not appear as mystical as some of the ruins we’ve plundered, but I assure you, this is a veritable treasure trove! Within these halls, a nigh-endless labyrinth of knowledge awaits us, full of facsimiles of the raiments of heroes of old. We’re quite fortunate to have found this place so quickly; as the seasons change, so too do these myths fall out of fashion or fade from memory entirely, and the Radiant we’ve been tracking–and his domain–are the embodiment of that transience.”

“He’s trans?”

“He–well, I’ve never met him,” I stammer as Fox snickers, her mischievous grin a familiar (and welcome) sight. “My family, however, visited him hundreds of times over the generations. Yearly, if they could manage it. They kept careful track of the locations his realm has opened to; The map in the manor’s library marked over fourteen hundred previous sites! They never brought me along, since indulging in all the history here was too great a privilege in their eyes, but I’ve imagined it over and over since I was young. And now, studying their notes has brought us straight to the most recent portal into his realm!” I can’t contain my excitement–the thought of finally being allowed to explore this Hall of Fame of the epic heroes of the past has me wagging my tail!!

Finally, we stop walking, looking up at the front of the building housing the entrance.

“This is a Spirit Halloween.”

“Not just ANY Spirit Halloween!” I cry, pivoting on my heel to face the Vixens, swishing my cloak and throwing out an arm for effect. “This place is occupied by THE spirit OF Halloween!! The King of Lanterns! The Harvest Reaper! A master of disguise so great that even his abode is able to exist in the open without drawing attention from those of the Land of Shade! Every so often, amidst the showpieces and recreations, a genuine article finds its way into his collection. It’s how my family acquired a good few of the artifacts under my custodianship, and it’s how today, we may just find a new one to bring home!”

“Wow, Coyo!!” Fox beams at me, clapping at the end of my speech. “This sounds like it’s gonna be INCREDIBLE!! How are we gonna find it? Or get it out once we do?” The glint in her eye grows as fierce as the points of her teeth; I can already see the gears turning in her head, eager to dig her claws into another heist.

“There won’t be any need for thieving today, alas. He’s something of a businessman. Agriculture has been the backbone of many an economy from the dawn of time, and in the last few centuries, the Radiant’s influence has grown even further with the yearly celebrations of the creepiest and most whimsical corners of our culture. Plus, he has a stake in the actual Spirit Halloween chain.”

“I see! It’s weird, y’know? Been a while since we had such an easy one,” she says, lacing her fingers together behind her head. “And with all the hoofin’ it we’ve been doing, it’s just so odd finding an important magic spot in the middle of a city, let alone a Radiant. I guess some of ‘em like Gepette set up shop in Subterfuge, but that’s still pretty out of the way. There were all those heists Cat and I went on right after we ascended, but–” She’s interrupted by a pomf as her darkness-dipped tail thumps her in the back, Violet seemingly having caught onto the impending faux pas before Fox’s brilliant puzzle brain catches up. She glances between her headmate and me, her ears falling a touch, but I shake my head.

“No, no, you’re as observant as ever!” I reassure her, knowing that she–and I–have long since forgiven my mistakes. “Radiant folk tend not to operate so brazenly; were they not under contract, and behind the veil of layers of concealing spells, they would not have faced you anywhere so densely-populated.”

“Oh, but some of us,” lilts a notable exception as she swoops down, “have a much greater flair for the dramatic~.” She touches down to stand at our side, my mentor soon following suit; I hadn’t witnessed Bomba’s dive from atop Niamh’s wings, but the form of her landing is as flawless as ever. “And of course, we all know how little regard for subtlety my old flame has~. It’s a wonder she hasn’t gotten herself found out again, shining as brightly as she does,” she sighs.

“Girls!! Didn’t realize you’d be joining us for this one!” Fox cheers.

“Oh, don’t fret, my little fox. You lovebirds will have your usual space for your latest dungeon date~,” the snake coos, putting a sheen of static on my face and eliciting a giggle from my… my lovebird. “The proprietor is an old friend of mine, and I was hoping to do some catching up. Bomba, for her part, wanted to study all the historic weapons for sale! Even if most of them are just replicas, she’s sure to pick up some new tricks. And hey, our champion may even find herself represented among the disguises~.”

“I am Bomba,” says Bomba, graciously accepting the compliment.

“Shouldn’t we get going?” Violet asks, prodding us onward. “You said this place doesn’t sit still very long.”

“That’s right!” I say, striding forward toward the door. I throw them open, Fox bounding right along with me, Niamh and Bomba trailing behind, and as the storefront’s double doors open, we are greeted with pitch darkness. The only thing visible is a worn, dusty path, illuminated by a low, large moon that shines like a spotlight. It bears the hoofprints of beasts of burden and ruts that seem to have been carved into it by wagon wheels; it’s littered with dried husks, strewn straws of hay, scattered with chaff. This is the metaphorical road to market–the journey made by those who plow the field to ply their crop, and the route by which the Lord of the Harvest takes his due.

Though the light doesn’t extend far ahead of us, I stride bravely forward. Instead of stepping off into the shadowy underbrush at the end of the path, it seems to extend itself, winding further into the gloom as the moon strings us along. Pinpricks of flickering light emerge as we tread the old road. At first, they seem like stars, or fireflies, but as we approach our destination, they resolve themselves into the hungry, steely gazes of predators, lying motionless in wait as they might once have stalked fatted calves–or inattentive farmers–in the hopes of a harvest feast of their own.

The darkness shifts–however, it heralds the emergence of a different beast than the ones whose gazes line the path. Violet now stalks beside me as we continue, and I can see her hackles bristling in anticipation of a confrontation. Niamh, however, slithers forward before the tension in her shadowy form can snap into a pounce, and places a knowing hand on the wolf’s shoulder. She turns her head behind her, four eyes meeting three, and she seems less on edge for the gesture.

“That’s a good girl~,” the serpent encourages.

“Don’t make me maul you before THEY do,” Violet rumbles in response, her tail twitching. She has much better control of hers than I do, I think, smiling to myself. She huddles up her shoulders and furrows her brow, sulking, a different kind of guard up than the one she had had previously.

We don’t walk for much longer before another, massive pair of eyes opens in the darkness before us, a deep red fire burning within them. This is the Radiant we have sought, and when he opens his mouth to speak, it is as though the very gates of Hell have opened, casting flickering, dancing shadows all across the path:

“Do mortals once again seek to meet with the Year’s End himself?” he booms.

“That we do, Keeper of Campfire Tales!” I declare. “We have come in search of a boon amongst your bountiful stockpiles.”

“Have you, now?” he cackles, rattling my screen and standing Violet’s fur on end once again. “You DO realize, little traveler, that I reap more than STORIES from those who stray too far into the dark!”

“We will have what we came for!” I respond, not shying away from the threats of one of Death’s many envoys.

“Then you would do well to remember your manners. It has been a few years since one of you found your way to me; I wonder whether the old traditions of entreating the harvest gods have endured?”

It is as I read; he cannot harm us, his hands tied by ritual as strongly as humanity is tied to the tending of the land. I step forward, squaring my shoulders and puffing out my chest, to utter the phrase that will bind him:

“TRICK OR TREAT!!” Fox shouts, bursting forth from Violet’s protection, fists clenched with excitement and her grin as broad as the moon above. The darkness around us begins to swirl, a raging vortex filled with the cacophony of the Radiant’s laughter, as the fire from his deathly face grows brighter and hotter. Suddenly, as quickly as it had started to roil, the darkness clears entirely, revealing… well, the inside of a store.

We now stand at a checkout counter a mere few feet away from the double doors through which we entered; the space is adorned with a row of stands on either side of us, upon each of which sits a carved pumpkin bearing the visage of all manner of monster, from mundane woodland creature to mythical beast, lit from within by a plain candle. The counter itself is constructed from hay bales, and behind it sits a man in a pumpkin mask–also lit from behind–a flannel shirt, and a beaten-up pair of overalls.

“VERY good, lil’ lady!” He cheers, clapping for Fox, his echoing laughter having faded to hee-ing and haw-ing. “Nice ta see y’all ain’t forgotten your roots! Oh, but where’re MAH manners?” He doffs his mask respectfully, revealing a mirthful skull–also lit from behind, and which I suspect to be only one additional mask of many more. “Ah’m–”

“JACK, darling~!” Niamh squeals excitedly, blowing past me and Fox, arms outstretched.

“Well I’ll be! Jus’ how long’s it been since I seen YOU, missy?”

“Long enough that you’ve forgotten not to keep a lady waiting~. Honestly! All this pomp and circumstance scaring my little ones here, without so much as a hello,” she teased.

“HEE HEE HAW! Ya got me there, but you ain’t introduced your friends–my GUESTS–neither!”

“Well, you already met Violet,” said Fox, whose tail raised and formed a claw in a brusque greeting before lowering again. “And I’m Fox!”

“Coyotl,” I say, bowing slightly. “It is a pleasure.” He’d certainly recognize me if I added my family name, “moving on” doesn’t mean “wanting to have to hear about it”, and it isn’t the part of me that I care to make central, anyway.

“I am Bomba.”

“There! Quite polite, aren’t they, Jack? Now,” she says, waving us away like a starlet seeing off her fans. “Go ahead and let us catch up. I’ll keep this all-powerful Radiant busy while you all rob him for all he’s worth~.”

Bomba is already gone, and Fox grins as she snatches up my claw, weaving us between the stands making up the lantern-lined entryway and in the direction of whatever’s caught her treasure-hunter’s eye. Her enthusiasm is as infectious as ever, and the formality of introductions evaporates as I squeeze her paw in turn and our tails wag in our wake. Speaking of introductions…

“Fox, how on Earth did you know what to say to him? I only pieced that together after poring over the notes that had gone into the creation of my family’s map!”

“Well, while the two of you were talking, I figured it must’ve been some kind of riddle, but uh… Honestly? It was a gut feeling!” She winks at me.

Goddess, I love her.

She continues to lead the way through the winding aisles of the Pumpkin King’s vast market of myths. It has the air of a museum, but instead of being separated into wings, the eras and cultures from which these false artifacts were pulled blend together like the sections of a department store. The walkways are close, cramped, like the spaces between shelves in a library, snaking between racks of displays cramped end to end with faux regalia and mock weapons.

“Oh!! Wait!!” I dig my heels in, bringing me and the Vixens skidding to a halt as we pass an island of Transylvanian pieces. “What what what what!!”

Retracing a few steps and shuffling through one of the racks, I find a morningstar on a coiled, silver chain, with fine leather wrapped around the handle. A flick of my wrist sends its flanged metal head careening down the aisle, flying toward the full length of the chain with a rattle and a SNNK as the links stretch. Another flick pulls it back toward me, and I reach out to catch it around my forearm, whipping around and around until I catch the head in my palm.

“DAMN, COYO!!” Fox cheers, eyes shining. “I see you haven’t gotten rusty with your whips!”

“I suppose even an old Ends by Means remains in one’s muscle memory. Though, I must confess to having practiced with this specific piece before,” I add, scratching the back of my monitor. “My family collected the original some time ago, and it was one of the many I considered bringing with me for our escapades in Aspen Town.

“Goddess, you’ve got to show me around the collection once we can bring our haul back to it,” she marvels, sidling up next to me to get a better look at the fake in my hands. She wraps her tail around my waist, and I can already feel a green glow creeping onto my face. “Care to tell me more about this one?”

Goddess!! I LOVE her!!!

“W-well, this was the signature weapon of a line of monster hunters from eastern Europe! It was handed down from generation to generation in much the same way that my family tended to the artifacts in our care, except that this was several centuries ago, and given both the different culture surrounding magic and the rather dire circumstances, they actually put them to use!!” I place the fake back on the rack; knowing that we already have the real one safe and sound, I know it’s not what we’re here for. “They also collected a throwing axe, a consecrated boomerang, some very fine daggers… we even have the recipe for a special, flammable type of holy water!!”

“These guys sound like the heroes in a horror movie!!”

“Heroes indeed!! One of the better-known ones made his name by delivering dramatic speeches to the monsters he was about to fight. But, alas, we don’t have the time to stand around reciting monologues. We still have an artifact to hunt for!”

“But you could recite one of those monologues?”

“Most, of them.”

“Most~?” She presses further, her smile growing wider.

“All,” I reluctantly concede.

“Hehehee! Coyo, you are just so you~,” she teases, making me blush. “We can keep it moving, but I wanna hear ‘em when we get back to the truck!”

“I-if you wish!!” I stammer, though for my reluctance I cannot hide my antennae perking up with anticipation. She giggles again at the sight. It truly makes me happy that she takes such interest in not just our immediate quest, but in the history woven into all these figures and their belongings…

“Now!” She barks, hurrying down the aisle again. “I wanna see if I can find anything good!” I take off after her, watching as rows upon rows of hanging garments flutter in her wake, hearing the sound of crisp pages rustling as she calls upon the wind to help her skim the inventory fast enough to keep up with her excitement.

Eventually, her gale catches something–a robe whose hood is almost the cartoonish stereotype of a wizard’s hat, long, flowing, and coming to a point at the end. The blue, windsock-like garment piques her interest, and she stops to pull it off the rack, revealing that it is not in fact a robe, but a tunic and slacks embroidered with a motif of a meandering breeze.

“OooooOOOOoooo, now THIS looks like a fun one!” She says, pulling the tunic over her head. She leaves the pants on their hangar; she’s more of a shorts person, and honestly, I’d be surprised if they would go on over her hips either way. Trying not to dwell too much on thoughts of her hips, I watch as she twirls around in the tunic, enjoying the way it swishes as she uses her wind to toy with it. “You got a history lesson on this one for me, Coyo?”

“Hmm…” I ponder, bringing a claw to the bottom edge of my screen, furrowing my antennae. “Unfortunately, I don’t.” I look around the spot where she found it, hoping to glean some context from the related artifacts. “Ah!” I cry, reaching into a rack and pulling out a sword from next to a crimson tabard. “This, I recognize!”

She wonders at the gleaming, pearlescent blade, bouncing up and down on the pads of her paws, looking to me for elucidation. My tail wags as I meet her `ted gaze, and I rush into what I know, as eager to share as she is to hear.

“This is a recreation of a Welsh sword, said to be wielded by the old kings in the legends of the founding of their nation!” I exclaim, holding it dramatically aloft. “According to myth, it was hard enough to cleave stone in twain–so much so that it was left waiting in one for its eventual rightful user to claim it!”

“Wait, I thought Excalibur was a British sword?”

“The British believe everything belongs to them, do they not? They even presume to claim that their name for this blade is the correct one. The only correct one, anyway.”

“Fair enough! It’s never as simple as the stories with Radiants, is it? What’s that about, though?” She asks, ears swishing as she tilts her head, pointing at a pair of dark spectacles affixed to the sword with a plastic tie.

“I… haven’t a clue. Very cool, though.”

“You should try them on!” The vixen suggests, and I do, slipping the earpieces into my screen on either side of my eyes and holding them there. Holding them there is a bit like chewing on the ends, which at least gives me something to fidget with as I begin to squirm under her close inspection.

“Just like I thought,” she beams. “You look like a dork~!” I sputter, my face growing brighter behind the glasses, which do little to obscure my reaction. She reaches up and takes them off my face, standing on her toes to give me a peck on my screen. “You know I like you better when you aren’t hiding behind anything, Coyo~,” she adds, and though I feel exposed, I do not shy away this time as my screen burns.

“Now, you know what DID seem cool…” she says, taking my claw again and leading me toward something she had passed. As she bends over to rummage through the items, I notice Violet’s claw extending across the aisle to browse the opposite rack. “Here we go!” She says, straightening up, holding out a pair of bright red sneakers and a handful of thick, golden bangles.

“That jewelry seems quite heavy,” I observe.

“Not really! I don’t know if it’s ‘cause they’re fakes or if the magical originals were lighter than they looked, but I feel like I could hold a hundred of these!” She lines her arm with the rings to make her point, waving it around just as easily as if it were completely unburdened. “These shoes, though! Just looking at ‘em, I feel like I could run a mile a minute!”

“Coyotl,” Violet mutters, splitting off into Fox’s shadow, having apparently found what she was looking for. “I thought you said this place was stocked with things from ‘the heroes of old’. Why is there an uzi mixed in with all these rocks?” I look up at what she holds in her claws and see what appears to be an average firearm. In her other claw are a rainbow of diamond-cut jewels, each the size of my fist. G-goodness, I think, And she can hold seven of them in just the one hand…

“W-well,” I stammer, looking up at her and trying not to think about how much I have to look up at her, “New legends are made every day! I suppose it’s possible that this is a relic of a more recent escapade. Say, the last 25 years?”

“What, 2005?”

“No, maybe more recently than that. Probably a bit after ‘06.” The wolf hmphs in acknowledgement and, after we return everything to their places (save one of the jewels, which Fox finds to have impressive luster for a replica), walks alongside myself and Fox as we continue.

The glint of a shining, orange-gold blade poking out from among the displays catches my eye, and I stop to examine it more closely. It broadens at the end, almost to a cartoonish extent, and feels warm to the touch; with it is a winged helmet forged from the same metal, a form-fitting undergarment, and what is bluntly a dress. Not a robe, or tunic, or cloak, just a dress. An interesting change of pace! And certainly one to which I am not opposed. I pull the dark, snug piece over my head and wrap the flowing orange fabric around myself, then pose (quite valiantly) with the sword for the Vixens. Fox whistles, and Violet offers a restrained, appreciative clap.

“Me next, me next!!” Fox reaches into the same rack, coming away with a lightly-armored robe with sharp purple pauldrons and boots. There is a flap of fabric and, in a flash, she’s already changed into it, and is working to fit the similarly-pointy headpiece over her big, cute ears; once she has it comfortably on her head, she picks up a steel-blue staff and firmly taps it on the ground, full of playful faux-solemnity.

“You look a proper mage, beloved!”

“I want to try. Let me borrow that.” Violet sinks back into Fox’s shadow and slithers her way up along their body, The fabric of the robe melts into her darkness at the legs, resolidifying into coarse denim, the metal boots reconstituting themselves into the studs that line a handful of belts around her waist. Higher up, the robe becomes a simple shirt with the sleeves torn asunder to make way for the wolf’s powerful arms. The pauldrons form a coat, pinned around her neck beneath a spiked collar, hanging dramatically off her shoulders, emblazoned with an ankh on each cuff.

Her eyes change shape atop her snout, their outlines extending until they’re winged at the edges, a wedjat in the corner of each, and her wild mane teases itself up into several pointy locks. She crosses her arms and puffs out her chest, radiating an aura of self-assuredness rather than her usual imposing air. She looks herself up and down, pauses, and begins rooting around in the display once more. She finds a heavy chain bearing a pyramidal pendant, drapes it over her neck, and reassumes her stance, christening her new look with a nod of approval.

“You look FANTASTIC, Violet!!” I cheer. “Downright formidable! None could stand before you without flinching!” My wives are SO. COOL.

“Heeeheehehe,” Fox giggles, Violet’s maw peeling away so that her snout can poke out. “You’re just a big edgy goth girl, aren’t ya, Vi?”

“Alright, I’m done trying on clothes.” Violet retreats into Fox’s form, unceremoniously dumping her on the floor in her previous magician’s raiments.

“Oof. C’mon, Violet, you looked great in it!!”

“Mm,” she grunts from Fox’s tail, but I see her wagging nonetheless. “Let’s just blow this corn maze sometime before NEXT Halloween.”

And so we continue, doggedly scouring the maze of myths for any originals hidden amongst the forgeries. Of course, we do stop several more times, if not to step into the roles of old legends, then simply to revere them and delve into their histories.

We pass a massive suit of armor clutching a hammer larger than Violet is tall, with the visage of a lion sculpted into its left gauntlet, proudly displayed through the center of its shield. It is flanked on one side by a set of dark robes with a mask crafted from the skull of a barn owl, and on the other by a light leather jacket, complete with a pair of orange-tinted goggles and compartments in the sleeves for the discreet deployment of weapons. I see echoes of Sue and Zee in the likenesses of a child prodigy and her magnum opus, a mechanical centaur known for her extraordinary ability to stand her ground.

We enter a hall dedicated to the preservation of the forms of many great beasts: a hound with a scythe-like growth, said to bring disaster wherever it goes; a russet, shifty creature with a bushy tail and whiskers that evoke the facial hair of iconic feudal thieves and swashbucklers; and a lonely creature that hardens itself through hardship by shielding itself with the bones of its fallen ancestors. A purple-and-gray reptilian creature, known for manipulating whole communities of its own kind with its feminine wiles, reminds us of a certain traveling companion.

We come across somewhat more modern, certainly more formal clothes as well. A bright-red vest with a blue tie, accessorized with a bronze band around the wrist and a blue overcoat, catches our attention, as do a set of lavender-and-white robes that appear to belong to some sort of religious convent. They are adorned with a string of large beads and a magenta sash, and though they fit Fox quite nicely, they are… rather salacious, on Violet’s larger frame. A simple blue three-piece suit, a small gold badge glinting on its lapel, and a maroon-and-black ensemble with layers of frills at the neck, seem to stand in opposition to each other; they seem like they would complement Cat and Liz’s coats, we note, and move on.

Eventually, for all my and Fox’s avidity, we must concede that it would be impossible to assess the full inventory of this place, at least not in one day. We begin to work our way back towards the entrance, where we find Bomba waiting for us, and Niamh and Jack still laughing with each other.

“All shopped out~?” the serpent greets us.

“Indeed,” I reply. “I know we have other places to be, but we need rest. We’ll just have to come back tomorrow and keep searching–and the day after, and the day after, if that’s what it takes!”

“Haw!”

“Ahmmhmmhm~”

“What?”

“Oh, dearie,” Niamh explains, “We’ve already gotten what we’re looking for!”

“What do you mean? Did you find it yourself?”

“Of course not! Jack here went and dug it up for me. The Horn of Plenty will be arriving at Aspen Town in a matter of, oh… five to seven business days, was it?”

“Well, ma’am, that’s the standard ‘round here, but–”

“But you’re willing to rush an order for little ol’ Niamh, isn’t that right~?” Jack chuckles again and ambles off somewhere behind the counter, out of view. “He owed me a favor, you see.”

“How’s it gonna get to Aspen Town?” Fox asks.

“Fox, honey, Spirit Halloween has had online delivery for years, now!”

“Then why the hell did we just spend a WHOLE DAY digging around for it?!”

“You had fun, didn’t you~? I thought you all would enjoy a shopping spree~!”

That reply leaves Violet stunned, her maw hanging agape on the end of Fox’s tail. Fox, for her part, begins to crack up.

“Hehehe… HAAHAHAHA! I MEAN… I did have fun!! Didn’t you, Coyo?”

“I… I most certainly did,” I mumble, shaking from my own shock. Nowhere in the notes did it mention… My thoughts are interrupted by Fox springing up and throwing her arms around my shoulders and planting a kiss on my monitor. “Well, I suppose that even if we could have saved the trip, it was well worth it!”

“It sure was!! Now come on,” Fox says. “You owe me a dramatic reading of some vampire-slayer taunts!” Niamh slithers past us, hollering a toodle-oo over her shoulder at Jack.

“Did any of you want to pick up some candy on our way out of town?” She suggests.

“I am Bomba.”

“I didn’t know you had such a sweet tooth, master!”

“I betcha I can eat more than she can!!”

“It’s cheating if you get me to help.”

“Boooo! C’mon, Vi! We’re supposed to have each others’ backs!!!”

I love my wives.

And thus, we exit. The harvest moon now shines overhead instead of within Jack’s realm, lighting our way back to the truck, promising untold bounties; of magical pieces of history, of adventure, and of course, of candy.

I’m going to out-eat the rest of them combined.

#writeblr #fantasy #trans author #furry fiction #halloween #ascension #honestly theres a ton of references in here and while i COULD probably get a few extra eyes by tagging them all i'd rather not spam the tag #my writing #short story #indie author

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