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Abe no Yasuchika Main Story: Loving You END

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The day talks about the armistice between the Shogunate, Rebel Army, and Imperial Court reached a conclusion.

Yasuchika-san asked me…

Yasuchika: I’m going to ask you the same thing one last time. Just tell me honestly what your choice is, you don't have to worry about me.

(Huh?)

Yasuchika: Do you want to return to Kamakura?

Yasuchika-san was no longer smiling.

He waited for my answer with a serious look in his eyes.

Yuno: I…

I thought hard about it before answering.

Yuno: I’d love to live in Kamakura with the other members of the Shogunate, but…

Yuno: We can still write letters to one another when we’re living apart.

Yuno: Just like how I’ve bonded with my allies at the Okura Castle, I want to foster new friendships and strengthen bonds in Kyōto too.

Yasuchika: — I see.

Yuno: Of course, with you too, Yasuchika-san.

(The bond between Yasuchika-san, Akihito-sama, and Ibuki is a twisted one.)

(I hope that, someday, they can acknowledge one another as allies without hesitation.)

That was something that could only be achieved over time… and that was why this moment of peace was so precious.

Yuno: Erm, please don't restrain yourself from expressing that you’re concerned about me.

Yasuchika: I’m not going to, but… up till now, I’ve been trampling on and destroying your hope, so I’ll be mindful of that.

Yuno: Oh…

Yasuchika: Anyway, let’s do it this way.

Yasuchika: For as long as the armistice is still ongoing, you’re free to visit Kamakura as you please.

Yasuchika: And therefore, as a member of the Imperial Court, I will do everything in my power to maintain this peace and harmony.

Yuno: Yasuchika-san…

(I don't know of any promise that can be more reassuring than this one.)

Yuno: Thank you. Please allow me to help you with that too.

Yasuchika: You’ll be of great help.

Yasuchika: Just having you by my side is enough to give me the strength of a hundred men.

His gaze, as sweet as honey, made me burn up from the inside.

I covered up my embarrassment with a smile.

Yuno: I’m afraid of what might happen if you’re so sweet to me, you know?

Yasuchika: I don’t mind. I’ll take that as a challenge.

(I can tell that he meant what he just said. It's making me so incredibly happy, I’m embarrassed.)

Yasuchika: I might love you way more than you think I do.

Yuno: Hmm… I could say the same.

Yuno: I love y— mmph.

He planted a kiss on my hair, cutting my words off.

Yuno: W-what was that for?

Yasuchika: Hm? Because you’re adorable.

Yasuchika: A shame I didn’t get to hear you say “I love you”, though.

Yasuchika: Can you say it again?

Yuno: I don't mind, although…

(Saying it again feels more embarrassing than the first time.)

Yuno: I love… ah

This time, he kissed me on the lips.

Yasuchika: Oh, I couldn't hear you finish the sentence.

Yuno: Hey… you weren't listening to me in the first place, were you?

I knew that was definitely blushing bright red at that point and turned my face away…

Yasuchika: My bad, my bad. I’ll listen properly this time, so please say it again.

Yasuchika-san flashed me a seductive grin and brought his face closer to mine.

Our foreheads together, we gazed into each other's eyes so close up that our breaths mingled.

Yasuchika: Come on. Let me hear you say it.

Yuno: …

(This is so unfair.)

(His eyes that sparkle only for me, his gentle voice, all of it…)

Yuno: Yasuchika-san.

Yasuchika: Yeah?

Yuno: … I love you a lot.

Yasuchika: … Mm-hm.

Yasuchika-san smiled happily and our lips met…

Yuno: Nn… mm…

His skilled tongue slid through my slightly parted lips as he caressed my hair.

Yuno: Mmph… ah…

I let out a wanton noise as his tongue stimulated the sensitive spot in my mouth.

Our kiss ended with a brief wet sound…

Yasuchika: I love you. With all my heart.

Even the way he exhaled was oozing with sensuality, making my head spin.

Yuno: … I feel like I’ll continue being messed with by you even when we’re lovers.

Yasuchika: I personally think you’re way better than me at doing that.

Yasuchika-san chuckled and took my hand.

Yasuchika: It’s about time we get going.

Yasuchika: There’s going to be a “welcome back” banquet for you tonight.

Yuno: Really!?

Yasuchika: Yup. I just found out about it this morning, His Majesty and Ibuki were the ones who organised it.

(I’m so happy to hear that.)

Looking forward to tonight, I tightly squeezed Yasuchika-san’s hand.

…

That night…

Yuno: I didn’t know Ibuki had a mansion in Kyōto!

Ibuki: Yeah.

Akihito: It’s a convenient place to hold a banquet, because it has plenty of alcohol.

We had a banquet in one of the rooms at a mansion that was located somewhere quiet.

Yasuchika: It’s fine to use Ibuki’s hideout for a banquet but…

I followed Yasuchika-san’s gaze to see what he was looking at…

Kurama: Oi, there isn't enough alcohol.

Tamamo: The snacks here are acceptable. As expected of Sutoku’s refined tastes.

Yasuchika: Why are Tamamo and Kurama here? It’s not that I’m not happy about their presence, though?

Tamamo: I have a contract with Yuno, of course I have the rights to attend a banquet held for her.

Kurama: I wouldn't have shown up if I knew this was Ibuki’s hideout.

Despite having said that, Kurama was filling his cup with sake and showed no intention to stop.

Kurama: Tamamo brought me here, saying that this is where the strong fighters are gathered.

Yuno: Everyone here is strong, excluding myself, so he isn't wrong to say that…

(Akihito-sama may appear to be graceful, but he is said to be able to make use of Ibuki’s powers and his curse to use kotodama.)

Akihito: Are you not strong yourself, Yuno?

Akihito: It’s impressive that you have the ability to absorb a demon’s cursed powers regardless of how strong it is.

Yuno: No, that’s not…

I hurriedly shook my head, Kurama’s red eyes sharpened.

Kurama: That’s bullshit. Even if their powers have been taken away, they can easily crush her using physical force.

(S-scary.)

Ibuki: You’re so naive, Kurama.

Kurama: What?

Ibuki: Yuno may have weak physical appearance, but a couple of words from her is enough to sway Yasuchika.

(Now that’s clearly an exaggeration.)

Yasuchika: I mean, I’ll surely do my best for Yuno-san.

Kurama: …

Kurama stared at me without blinking.

Yuno: W-What?

Kurama: I don't get it. Yasuchika is the only human being who can waltz into the underworld whenever he wants to and do as he pleases.

Kurama: You’re a very mediocre woman, and yet someone like him is this obsessed with you.

(I can’t say anything because that’s true.)

Ibuki: Naive.

Tamamo: Naive, indeed.

Akihito: So naive.

Yasuchika: Too naive.

(Hm?)

Kurama: What.

Everyone besides Kurama and I said the same thing.

Yasuchika: Yuno-san is a lot more powerful than you think, Kurama.

Yasuchika: I strongly advise against making an enemy of her.

Akihito: And because she harbours no ill intentions, she's able to easily find her way into people's hearts without them realising it.

Ibuki: That’s because Yuno can see through a person’s true nature.

(What’s going on with this series of backhanded compliments…)

Kurama: I still don’t get it. Can I torture this lass a little to confirm everything you all said about her?

Yuno: Absolutely not!

I quickly spoke up to break the tension.

Yuno: You are all exaggerating. I’m only an ordinary apothecary with no special abilities.

Kurama: We’ll find that out soon enough.

Having lost interest in the topic, Kurama finished the sake in his cup.

Tamamo: Personally, I can’t figure out why would Yuno pick Yasuchika.

Yasuchika: That’s mean.

Tamamo: You only get to speak after you’ve reflected on what you've done.

Tamamo directed his gaze back at me

Tamamo: Yuno. Is he really the right man for you?

Tamamo: Based on what I think — if you’re going to choose a human being, a man like Yoritomo would be a good choice.

Yasuchika: …!

(Yoritomo-sama!?)

Yuno: Even if he’s only being used as an example, that’s still quite scary…

Tamamo: Is it? Although he has a slight flaw which is his habit of prioritising official matters over his personal life… Yoritomo is a capable and fair man.

Tamamo: Once the two of you become romantic partners, he will definitely never hurt you or put you in uncomfortable situations.

Yasuchika: …

Yasuchika-san had been silent for some time, and I sensed his uneasiness when I met his eyes.

(This is embarrassing to say, but… I should say it properly.)

Yuno: Yoritomo-sama is indeed a person of outstanding character, and I naturally have great respect for him.

Yuno: But the only person I ever want to be in love with… is Yasuchika-san.

Yuno: I remained fond of him even after my memories were taken away. Yasuchika-san is the only one I love, no one else.

Yasuchika: — Yuno-san.

I nodded firmly at Yasuchika-san, who sat there with his eyes slightly widened in surprise.

Tamano: … I see.

Tamamo: Yasuchika.

Tamamo: Be careful on moonless nights. I don't have confidence in my ability to hold myself back from sneaking an attack on you.

Kurama: …! Tamamo, come at me first if a fight is what you want.

Ibuki: Things will get messy, just be quiet.

Without saying a word, Kurama sent a wind blade flying towards Ibuki’s throat.

Ibuki skillfully deflects it with his sword.

(That was so dangerous!)

Everyone, except for me, remained calm as if it were a regular occurrence; and so I refrained from screaming.

(Spending time with Yasuchika-san seems to have trained me for such situations…)

Yasuchika: Nevertheless — Tamamo, you’re nasty for deliberately bringing up Yoritomo-sama’s name.

Tamamo: Occasionally experiencing something undesirable isn’t such a bad thing, you know.

Yasuchika-san smiled wryly and turned his gaze back onto me.

Yasuchika: Thanks, Yuno-san.

Yasuchika: I’ll do my best to become a man worthy of your feelings.

Ibuki: That’s a very heartwarming declaration, but there are plenty of other issues in Kyōto that require fixing first.

Kurama: Speaking of which, didn’t those cowardly Onmyōji underlings of yours run away?

Yasuchika: That’s correct, but a few have returned and asked to restart their training from scratch.

Yasuchika: I was a little surprised to hear that, so I did a reassessment of them.

Tamamo: … You’re too used to being surrounded by useless people.

(Yasuchika-san’s subordinates were overly reliant on him…)

I couldn’t help but agree with Tamamo’s statement, after recalling the time I spent assisting Yasuchika-san in dealing with ayakashi in Kyōto.

Ibuki: He doesn't realise that he sacrificed himself more than he trampled upon other people. You’re surprisingly quite cute, Yasuchika.

Yasuchika: Can you not talk as if you know me very well?

Yasuchika-san shot Ibuki with an icy glare.

Yasuchika: Back to the topic…

Yasuchika: I’m actually thinking of opening up the Onmyō Bureau to not only the children from noble families, but to commoners as well.

Yuno: Really!?

(It’d be great if people who aren't born into nobility could have the opportunity to serve in the imperial court.)

Tamamo: Would someone who has never experienced the world of the nobles be able to survive in the imperial court?

Yasuchika: I’m planning to form a specialised educational institution that not only teaches Onmyō techniques, but also culture and principles of governance.

Yasuchika: It’ll be a place where people and children from all walks of life can learn and grow.

Yuno: Wow! I like the sound of that.

Yasuchika: Children who possess large amounts of spiritual power often struggle because no one understands them.

Yasuchika: Even if they decide not to become an Onmyōji in the future, it’d benefit them to know how to control their abilities.

(Yasuchika-san himself grew up in a toxic and dysfunctional environment…)

(I’m confident that he can guide those children to a path of righteousness and kindness.)

Kurama: So a bunch of people who can’t use their powers without receiving training. Boring.

Yuno: I think that’s the case for most ordinary individuals…

Tamamo: Won’t the nobles have objections, though?

Akihito: Their objections won't be tolerated.

The look in Akihito-sama’s eyes was both elegant and unsettling at the same time.

Akihito: Since Yasuchika has expressed his determination to carry out this plan, I will do whatever I can to silence anyone who may be against it.

(Akihito-sama…)

Akihito: Although, as much as I’d like to say that, there actually aren’t many court nobles at the moment who can criticise Yasuchika.

Akihito: After all, he’s the most powerful Onmyōji in all of history, who even controlled the Four Gods.

Ibuki: Previously, Akihito held real power behind the scenes, but he didn't have complete control over the upper ranks of the court.

Ibuki: Those who took advantage of that and burdened Yasuchika with unreasonable demands should be shaking in their sandals by now.

Yasuchika: I have quite an impressive job position, but I’ll put it to full use for as long as it lasts.

(All this time, Yasuchika-san remained calm and fulfilled his duties well while in a stressful environment.)

(From now on, I hope the imperial court becomes a place where Yasuchika-san can feel at ease.)

Akihito: — Yasuchika, won’t this be more burdensome for you?

Yasuchika: Not at all. If anything, my heart now feels lighter instead.

Yasuchika-san looked directly at Akihito-sama.

Yasuchika: Up till now, I believed that pitting the Shogunate and Rebel Army against each other was the only way to fulfil Your Majesty's wish.

Yasuchika: But now that I didn't choose that option… I want to find a different way to fulfil Your Majesty's wish, one that doesn't require us to walk into the darkness.

Akihito: …

Akihito: Thank you, Yasuchika.

(I’m glad…)

Ibuki: Your baby bird has left the nest. Feeling lonely, Akihito?

Akihito: Isn’t this what people call a new beginning? This is a cause for joy.

Tamamo, having been staring silently at Yasuchika-san for a while, sighed.

Tamamo: I understand now. You seem to have truly changed, Yasuchika.

Yasuchika: Eh?

Tamamo: Your old self lacked something very important, despite having a good understanding of human psychology.

Tamamo: You’ve become much more human, Yasuchika.

Tamamo: Yuno’s sincerity and strength must’ve changed you.

Yuno: Tamamo…

(It feels reassuring to hear that coming from Tamamo, someone who knows of Yasuchika-san’s past.)

(I’m glad I could create change in Yasuchika-san, even if it’s something small.)

Akihito: Tamamo. Did you come all the way here tonight just to ascertain that?

Ibuki: When I saw the fox who hates Yasuchika to the core like a snake and a scorpion arrived, I thought it was going to be a disaster.

Tamamo: I have to personally make sure that he’s a suitable man I can entrust my dear Yuno to.

I smiled at Tamamo who gave me a wink.

Yuno: Thank you, Tamamo!

Yasuchika: The people around you are very critical of me, aren't they, Yuno-san?

Tamamo: Got a problem with that?

Yasuchika: — Nope. This is great, actually.

Yasuchika: I’ll make all of you acknowledge that I’m capable of making Yuno-san happy.

(... I’m happy to know he thinks of me this way.)

My embarrassment was overcome by the amount of joy I was feeling, and I discreetly covered my blushing face with my hand.

…

After the party, everyone returned to their respective places of residence…

Yasuchika-san and I were getting ready for bed in his room.

Yasuchika: This should be good enough.

Yasuchika: Come over here, Yuno-san.

Yuno: … Okay.

I approached Yasuchika-san, who had his arms spread out on the mattress, and we laid side by side.

Yasuchika: Have you gotten used to sleeping together like this?

Yuno: Uh… not quite yet.

Yasuchika-san smiled in amusement at my honest response.

Yasuchika: That means you’ll need more practice, then.

Yuno: I-I’ll do my best…

(... No matter how many times I’ve seen him, I can’t help thinking of how attractive he is.)

(But I can’t outright say that to him.)

Yasuchika: You know, I haven't been scared of going to sleep these days.

Yuno: Eh?

Yasuchika: All along, I’d stay up till late at night because I didn't want to have any precognitive dreams, but…

Yasuchika: You gave me the strength to overcome that fear.

Yuno: Yasuchika-san…

My heart felt so full, and I was at a loss for words.

Yasuchika: Besides, having you in my arms seems to make it easier to fall asleep.

Yasuchika: It feels warm and comfortable… and you smell nice too.

Yasuchika: Your voice, your facial expressions, your gestures… it’s like all of it is made up of only the things I like.

(... I hope he doesn't pamper me too much with his sweet words.)

(I won’t know how to respond.)

Yuno: … Shall I sing you a lullaby again?

I mentioned a part of our memories together from before we became enemies…

Yasuchika: That’s fine too, but your singing voice isn’t the only thing I want to hear tonight.

Knowing what he meant, my heart started racing.

However…

(I’ve been on the receiving end of Yasuchika-san’s overflowing love for me tonight… I want to reciprocate those feelings.)

(I want to touch him and have him all to myself.)

I boldly placed my hands on Yasuchika-san’s chest.

Yasuchika: … Yuno-san? [surprised]

Yuno: … Understood. Please take all of me.

Yasuchika: …

I gently undid the sash of Yasuchika-san’s sleepwear… revealing his bare skin.

I ran my hands over his smooth skin and slowly got on top of him.

Locking gazes with his dark coloured eyes that had regained their calmness made me want to move away…

Yuno: Please… close your eyes.

Yasuchika: Okay.

I kissed his thin lips to prove my feelings for him.

Our breaths touched with every peck on the lips.

(Ah.)

He suddenly grabbed my wrist…

Yasuchika: Won’t you take your clothes off too, Yuno-san?

Yuno: W-Well…

The way Yasuchika-san looked up at me from below was so sexy, it made my head spin.

Yasuchika: I want to see you. — Can’t I?

(... I decided that I want to give Yasuchika-san my everything today.)

Yuno: Nn… alright.

With trembling hands, I undid my own sash and exposed my completely naked body.

Yasuchika: … [staring]

Yuno: P-Please don’t stare too much…

Yasuchika: Why? You’re beautiful.

Yasuchika-san traced my body with his fingertips.

Yuno: Nngh… ahh… stop…

My shoulders trembled as I held myself back from collapsing onto him.

Yuno: I’m in charge tonight.

Yasuchika: Of course. — I love seeing you do all the work for me.

(When you say it like that…)

Yasuchika: But this is unusual coming from you, you’re usually shy. What happened?

I let out a small noise when his fingertips grazed the peaks of my breasts as he whispered.

Yuno: Ahh… Yasuchika-san…

Yasuchika: Hmm?

He urged me to continue my words.

Yuno: … I was so proud of you for gaining… everyone’s recognition… but I wanted you all to myself.

Yuno: I wanted to reciprocate your feelings that you’ve expressed to me… and make you obsessed with me.

Yasuchika: … [surprised]

The look in Yasuchika-san’s eyes told me that my response wasn't what he expected.

(I told him everything…)

Yuno: Every day of life has been very fulfilling, and I have the love of my life right by my side… I’m being strange, aren't I?

Yasuchika: — Not strange at all.

(Yasuchika-san?)

Yasuchika: Since you put it that way, I’ll go crazy trying to keep you to myself.

Yasuchika: Without you knowing, I’ll get rid of everyone who wants you or tries to harm you.

Yasuchika: So that I’ll be the only one you’ll ever look at.

Yuno: That’s not what I meant…

Yasuchika: Can’t you see it?

Yuno: … No.

(Yasuchika-san always appears so calm.)

Yasuchika: Then I'll show you tonight.

Yasuchika-san slid his hands over my bare skin, sending a shiver through my back.

He held me close, so tightly that there was no room for escape.

Yasuchika: I'm sorry. I won’t be able to let go of you for the rest of my life. I know that I’m broken, but…

Yasuchika: You’re the only one who can fill the void in my heart.

Yasuchika: In return for that, I’ll devote my life to protecting you… so please forgive me.

(— I can hear heartbeats.)

With our chests against each other's, there was no knowing whose heart was racing at that point.

I slowly closed my eyes… feeling that this was proof all our feelings had been shared with each other.

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Glosario de Turupa's (seres mágicos)

Glosario de Seres mágicos/manifestaciones o personalmente mi idea es llamarlos "Tarupa's" o "Kengen's". La razón es simple, varia información se pierde o se confunde con la serie de padrinos mágicos o con manifestaciones que no tiene que ver en el tema.

Pm: Esto es una contracción de "Padrino mágico", el ser mágicos más popular, es el nombre para masculino de estos seres

Mm: Hace referencia a "Madrina magica" la contracción femenina del anterior termino

Vm: "Vampiro mágico", este se puede usar para ambos géneros, hace referencia a los seres mágicos que son vampiros

Hm: "Híbrido mágico), hace referencia a todos los hibridos

Dm: "Dimensión"

Sub: "Subliminal"

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Glossary of Turupas (magical beings)

Glossary of magical beings/manifestations or my personal idea is to call them "Tarupa's" or "Kengen's". The reason is simple, a lot of information is lost or confused with the series of magical godfathers or with manifestations that have nothing to do with the subject.

Pm: This is a contraction of "Fairy Godfather", the most popular magical being, it is the masculine name for these beings.

Mm: It refers to "Magical Godmother" the feminine contraction of the previous term

Vm: "Magical vampire", this can be used for both genders, it refers to magical beings that are vampires

Hm: "Magic hybrid", refers to all hybrids

Sub: "Subliminal"

Dm: "Dimension"

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kitkatt0430 · 2 years ago

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i have officially been sucked into Tears of the Kingdom. Any willpower to finish out Symphonia first died the moment I had the chance to save and quit to 'test it out'. That said, I'm just gonna have to swap between the two games because I do want to finish my Symphonia replay.

TotK spoilers next

So I like that TotK gives a reason why Link's been nerfed once the game 'really' begins. So after the prologue beneath the castle, it makes sense why Link's down to his three hearts/default stamina ring when he wakes up again. Admittedly, there are other things not making sense but I'm going with 'Zelda stole Link's clothes' and 'Rauru's hand flew Link up to the sky before merging with him'.

I did kind of feel like the awakening in the sky was a little too much of a parallel to his awakening in Breath of the Wild. I guess this Link just does that now. It's his thing. Waking up naked but for his underwear in strange, ancient temples and then hanging out with a ghost who is mostly non judgmental about Link's state of undress. *snicker*

I like the new powers. Fusing is super useful, rewind is also super useful, and the ascend power is pretty awesome too. I am wondering why we've got a knock off Sheikah Slate - the Purah Pad - but hopefully if I seek out Purah later that'll get explained. And despite not having the Sheikah Slate's special abilities, the Purah Pad seems like it's still pretty useful - still has the map, camera, and warp abilities, I'm assuming I'll unlock a sensor and item glossary later - so it compliments the new source of Link's special abilities quite well.

I've done 4 shrines thus far - I was hopeful that maybe the Temple of Time would be a starter dungeon, but nope. I'm hoping for more actual non-shrine dungeons as I get further into the game and that they're bigger and more complicated than what BotW had. The shrines are interesting mini-dungeons and I do enjoy having lots of those. But there's something really satisfying about a proper Zelda dungeon that the shrines don't quite manage to embody.

Anyway, I only really went as far as completing the training ground and then making a splashdown in Hyrule. So tomorrow I'll start checking out my old BotW stomping grounds and, hopefully, starting to re-fill in that map.

There have been a lot of references to previous games in the series already. Rauru has shown up in the past, previously as the Sage of Light in Ocarina of Time. Now he's a Zonai ,the previous, uh... owner... of Link's new hand, and our latest ghost friend who apparently got to know Zelda during Link's most recent long nap. Zelda geeked out over the Zonai ruins beneath the castle which included depictions of the Imprisoning War, which has been mentioned in previous games though unless it's Skyward Sword (i don't really think so) i can't remember which (so many wars as backstory in these games). The Demon King is depicted as well - Ganondorf, of course, who shows up just a little further down in the caves.

The ruins in the sky is itself a reference both to Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess, where people lived on floating islands. The bird shaped gliders remind me a bit of the Loftwings - miss those guys, such loyal and kind birds...

As far as old enemies made new go, Like Likes are back and as unsettling as ever. I'm just glad they don't make the weird squelching noise I associate with the OoT/MM version of these things.

#tears of the kingdom #totk spoilers #kitkatt0430 rambles #just talking about the game a bit

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maddalenafragnito · 2 years ago

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GLOSSARY OF COMMON KNOWLEDGE, Vol. 2 Care is conflictual Contribution

Curated by Zdenka Badovinac, Ida Hiršenfelder, Bojana Piškur and Jesús Carrillo. Published by Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, 2022.

The terms by more than fifty narrators presented in this volume were discussed and written between 2019 and 2022 during seminar meetings to bring together diverse knowledges from the museums as well as the so-called global family of artists, thinkers and curators. They seek to find common knowledge to speak about less visible stories in contemporary art and to address systems that govern our ways of thinking in art and beyond. The project has been ongoing since 2014, and it was conceived and curated by Zdenka Badovinac, Bojana Piškur and Jesús Carrillo in the context of L’Internationale confederation of museums as a method of addressing the so-called referential fields. The first series of discussions was published in 2018. For this second edition, we repeated the same referential fields to re-examine how the conditions in our cultural landscape have changed in the drastic raptures of pandemic, war, climate catastrophes, a conservative turn and political upheavals. One of the most visible shifts in this volume compared to the previous edition is a clear need to address the growing urgency of climate change, and to stress the anthropogenic colonial origin of the cataclysmic events, moreover, to entangle this continuous crisis through troubled thinking, and propose not to resign. This volume is also marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications it had on escalating power struggles and injustices. Contributors of terms: Zdenka Badovinac, María Berríos, Miha Blažič (N’toko), Sara Buraya Boned, Jesús Carrillo, Sebastian Cichocki, Fatma Çolakoğlu, Nicolás Cuello, Jakub Depczyński, Kike España, Pauliina Feodoroff, Maddalena Fragnito, Elisa Fuenzalida, Nancy Garín Guzmán, Deniz Gül, Jennifer Hayashida, Ida Hiršenfelder, Alistair Hudson, Maria Iñigo Clavo, Goran Injac, Vladan Joler, Yuji Kawasima, Gal Kirn, Ram Krishna Ranjan, Vali Mahlouji, Sophie Mak-Schram, Javiera Manzi A., Diego Marchante “Genderhacker”, Pablo Martínez, Miran Mohar, Meriç Öner, Bojana Piškur, Theo Prodromidis, Tjaša Pureber, Rasha Salti, Anja Isabel Schneider, Natalia Sielewicz, Antoine Silvestre, Maja Smrekar, Jonas Staal, Bogna Stefańska, Kuba Szreder, Steven ten Thije, Abhijan Toto, Fran MM Cabeza de Vaca, Chương-Đài Võ, Mick Wilson, Onur Yıldız, Joanna Zielińska, Yolande Zola Zoli van der Heide Curated by Zdenka Badovinac, Ida Hiršenfelder, Bojana Piškur and Jesús Carrillo. Published by Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, 2022. To purchase the full publication, please contact the bookstore in the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, or the bookstore Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana.

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blackcrowing · 2 years ago

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Straif - /St/ or /Sw/ very very little is truly known about the name of this ogam, even the sound value is in question, that being said it is reasonably to assume that the late medieval glossaries definition of "sulfur" is probably linguistically inaccurate (especially since the glossaries assume this definition based on 'red sulfur' in alchemy, also known as the philosopher's stone) . My personal current theory is that the letter name refers to (or perhaps was copied incorrectly at some point from) scaíle - "Illusion, shadow, reflection" How is this a refence to reddening you may wonder, I believe that the kennings are in reference to the story of Finn McCool and the Giant's Causeway.

MM: tressam rúamnai- "strongest reddening"

MO: mórad rún- "increase of secrets"

CC: saigid nél "seeking of clouds"

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ashleshashekhawat21 · 12 days ago

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Learning SAP Production Planning (PP) can be challenging for beginners due to several key factors. Here are some of the main challenges and tips to help overcome them:

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nutteu · 1 year ago

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[AO3 Chapter I] [AO3 Chapter II] [AO3 Chapter III] [AO3 Chapter IV] [Glossaries]

Ash, winter, and one big bed in the making. [Set on the winter on the first chapter, corpse haven't met scarra as a part of J10, not yet.]

People had never had any problem in saying whatever they assumed of things they had only seen the half of. Knowledge brought power, and the fools wielded it for centuries from certain truths that in no way encompassed all the connecting nodes. They said, Sykkuno was as soft as the dream in the winter nights, right before their bodies froze over and people found the decaying remains months after. They said, he was as weak as the sweet little prince in fairy tales, never knowing that the prince was the one who devised the King’s assassination just because he wanted to keep the lowly tavern maid he had fallen in love with.

Corpse touched the sides of Sykkuno’s face, and saw the flutters of his lashes, and wondered once again how people could ever see Sykkuno in other lights but the red mist of danger.

In the first winter they had gone through together, Ash was ruthless in her obsession and Corpse almost pitied the way she was so afraid of the cold and the looming threat of loneliness in the white, uncaring blanket of the snow. As he ran his fingers through Sykkuno’s hair, Ash looked into the furnace and said, “My old teammates abandoned me in the winter just a little over two years ago. I’ve been getting by alone before I met Sykkuno.”

Corpse didn’t know why she bothered. But then again, Sykkuno had been lecturing him about the importance of emotional connection, while he himself ensnared and played with people’s heart with an unfairly pretty smile on his face. He thought, he ought to call out Sykkuno on that, but Corpse liked the way Sykkuno talked so mockingly gentle with other people, so effortless in his goal to be underestimated and looked down upon. It brought a satisfaction to his primal side, if anything. That this person he felt unexplained urges for, could defend himself and strike if ever needed.

“It must have been rough on you,” he said, for the lack of better things to express. He knew Ash didn’t expect sentiments; all of the inhabitants of this island had to survive one way or another. Ash’s story held no difference to hundreds others. But he listened still—this was the person Sykkuno respected and stayed with. If she talked long enough, Corpse might even have more pieces of the puzzle he was trying to figure out.

“Mm, yeah,” she replied. “He just showed up out of nowhere. He had his base nearby, apparently. He invited me to stay, and I was ready to run for the hills, you know? Which probably wouldn’t work out too well, considering he’s an alpha and his base is on the hills.”

Corpse let out a small laugh, and Sykkuno mumbled something incoherent in his sleep. He snuffled around and only settled when Corpse gave him a hand to hold against his chest. Ash glanced over and smiled a little.

“I was highly suspicious of him at the start,” Ash continued. “I mean, who in the world would just offer a warm place to stay at, food, bed, and security to a total stranger? Maybe there are people like that out there, Corpse, but we couldn’t even trust ourselves in this island, how could we trust others that easily?”

Sykkuno was awake, Corpse realized after some time. He was sure Ash realized as well. But none of them said anything about it, and Sykkuno kept his eyes closed. This wasn’t his place to interrupt what Ash had to say to Corpse. He caressed the line of Sykkuno’s jaw, and he sighed ever so softly in return.

Ash turned back to the furnace, as if seeing her memories on the flicker of the fire. She was almost too petite for a beta, pretty face that was at odd end with her efficiency with weapons, sweet voice and smiles that were almost as misleading as Sykkuno’s. The easy flutter in which she moved around him, the unassuming front she adopted with sliver of unexpected turns that never failed to surprise people, the earnest way she took care of them and made sure they got everything they needed day in and out—sometimes Corpse didn’t know where Ash ended and where Sykkuno began. There were traces of their behaviors and thoughts in each other that Corpse hadn’t quite reach yet with either of them.

“But the winter was over, and he still wanted me to stay.” She took a moment of silence, before looking at Corpse with sadness in the lines of her face. “He was lonely, Corpse. In some senses, I think he still is. He could have everything, but he was looking for something that can settle the constant restlessness under his skin. In a way, I’m really grateful you decided to bleed all over our newly grown patch of grass, you know? Sykkuno is even more insane and ruthless before we met you, but I like Sykkuno either way. I think he’s treading a dangerous path, but he has reasons to fight for, to stay alive for right now. I think that’s more than enough for me.”

Corpse looked away. There was a kind of intimacy and secrets in Ash’s eyes, in her voice, that he felt like he was eavesdropping a private conversation. Even if Ash meant for him to hear all of those, and Sykkuno was the one who woke up in the middle of it and listened in silence.

Ash stood then, patting her pants and smiling at Corpse. He thought, she looked like she wanted to cry. “He is by no means an angel, Corpse. He can kill better than you or I, and it’s always too easy for him to manipulate people when he couldn’t—even us. But…”

She trailed off, walked to where Corpse was sitting with Sykkuno’s head on his lap, and crouched to kiss his temple. She touched the corner of his closed eye, and said, “He chose us, and I think it’s foolish to try to deny that we’re willing to give nearly everything for him. Wouldn’t you think so, Corpse?”

He didn’t answer, and she didn’t need him to. She waved him a goodnight. When Corpse looked down, Sykkuno was looking at him with calculating eyes that were far too clear for someone who had only woken up moments ago.

“What can you gather form her story?” he asked, reaching out for the long scar on the side of Corpse’s left lip.

“That you trust her enough to say all of those to me,” he answered.

“She fell asleep out in the open,” he said. “I wanted to kill her. Give her mercy. But if I did that, then I might as well come back to the hole I’ve crawled out from. Ash is, in short, my saving graces. I wanted to lead my life the way I wanted to, and she strengthens that resolve. I might still have connections to my past, but we can’t truly escape from our ghosts, Corpse. I’m—I’m really glad I met her, and you.”

“Will you ever tell me?” Corpse asked, when Sykkuno had climbed onto his lap and leaned his head on his shoulder. He didn’t wash his hair today; it still smelled a little like smoke and woods, hints of sweat as he inhaled a lungful of his scent in this close proximity.

Sykkuno hesitated for the first time since he met him, and it made him pulled back, cupped his jaw in his hands. “When will you tell me?”

“Will you stay? If I tell you?” he asked then, looking at Corpse’s eyes with intensity that almost made him shudder. He could feel their alphas starting to stir from their clash of will. “I… have something I have to do, before I can get what I want, Corpse. And you’re very much involved with it. If you leave, I—I don’t even know if I can go on.”

He sighed. He was tired of Sykkuno dancing around the truth; so close to it but ever so cryptic when pressured. Close enough to reassure people, but he never confirmed anything, never gave straight words that could be remembered. Corpse was used to this kind of thing, sure. There were people who didn’t want unwelcomed parties from knowing too much. He had to strain and wrack his brain to understand the nuances and references properly. But with Ash as his only link to Sykkuno’s past, and Sykkuno himself clamming up in moments like this, he was clueless.

He closed the inches between them and nosed around his jaw, the skin of his neck, his Adam’s apple, and stayed at the crook of his neck. He still smelled the same. Corpse was more attuned to his scent nowadays, easier to notice it even if they weren’t pressed together like this. “I can only promise to stay long enough to listen,” he murmured against Sykkuno’s exhaled breath. “I don’t know what I will do, how I’ll feel afterwards.”

Sykkuno’s hand came up to clasp the back of his neck, tight enough for Corpse to feel the heat from his palm. “A-alright, yeah. That’s fair for me,” he said, and tipped his head further, signaling Corpse to complete his scenting. “I’ll tell you, when—when I have all the pieces I need for my plan. I promise.”

Corpse took a moment to look up, and closed his eyes as he went back to Sykkuno’s scent gland. “Okay,” he said. “Can we sleep together tonight?”

There was a smile in Sykkuno’s voice when he said, “But we always sleep together?”

He sighed, frustrated. Sykkuno was being a dolt on purpose. “No, on the same bed.”

They had never done that before. Sure, their beds were next to each other, and on some nights, they slept closer to the center to find each other’s body heat and risked waking up with pain on their sides from the ridges of the bed. Sykkuno let him scent him whenever Corpse wanted, sat on his lap like he belonged there, wasn’t afraid to challenge others when they started hinting at his and Corpse’s relationship, and yet Corpse had never once held him in his sleep. He wondered why he hadn’t asked earlier. That might have something to do with how he still didn’t understand why he felt like this specifically with Sykkuno, and his alpha wasn’t helping either in its extreme spectrum of intimacy and violent aggression when it came to the other alpha.

Sykkuno was silent for some time. When Corpse was done scenting him and pulled back to see his face, he looked like he was contemplating the history of the cold war. “Hmm… would we even fit though? Ash tends to forget not all of us have the luxury of keeping our feet on the bed all night.”

He wheezed out a laugh at that, but he had to admit that the bed Ash made was a tad too small for him. Even Sykkuno, who was a few inches shorter than Corpse, sometimes woke up with his legs on the floor if he moved too often in his sleep.

“That’s reasonable,” he said, but he wanted this, regardless the reason why. Sykkuno didn’t ask, either way. “I’m warmer than the blanket, though. You can—you can curl up and I’ll hold you.”

Sykkuno pretended to mull this over, nodding along the way Corpse did when he wasn’t paying attention to the chatters around him. He smiled fondly at that.

“Alright,” he said then. “But only because you’re literally a human furnace, Corpse. How- how do you do that? I feel like I fell short on the alpha advantages roulette.”

He grunted when he picked Sykkuno up. The guy was in no way as fluffy as he looked. He was still an alpha, with better strength and speed than regular people. He might look lanky and unassuming, but he moved undetected and was strong enough to saddle heavy bags around in his supply runs. Still, Corpse didn’t waste years of his life hauling dead bodies to fail in picking up a lighter one that could adjust to the way he moved.

Sykkuno yelped when he suddenly stood up, but was fast enough in his reaction to wrap his legs around Corpse’s waist and laughed as the taller man took several trembling steps before getting steadier the closer they went to their room.

“Good thing I’m lucky when it comes to gambling,” Corpse said as he closed the door with his leg, and gently put Sykkuno on his bed. He remembered his time sitting on the gambling house, watching the number went round and round with increasing frustration. He always won everything back, though, and then more. If he didn’t—well, there were always some unsuspecting fools ready to be killed on their way back from supply run. Those were some unpleasant times; he wondered if the addiction to gambling stuck so tight on his head that he did exactly just that in every situation. He could prepare and plan everything down to the last details, but there were always unpredictable circumstances and Corpse gambled on those to tip on his favor.

Maybe he did it with Sykkuno, too. Gambling with the circumstances, and ultimately bet his loyalty and his life when he felt like the odds were in his favor. But either he lost everything or gained more than he had ever expected, he didn’t think he’d take it back. Sykkuno was… Corpse was far too tangled in everything that was Sykkuno to even think about letting go.

Sykkuno let out a small ‘oof!’ when Corpse lay down on top of him. Corpse wasn’t even that heavy, despite the muscles. He had seen Sykkuno wrangled with heavy machinery and lifting logs and stone slabs when they built their base tirelessly. He had no right whining about Corpse’s weight.

“Are we- are we going to sleep like this?” he asked with laughter in his voice.

Corpse hummed against his chest. Sykkuno had prominent collar bones; he had noticed this since the start, even more with his habit of scenting him. But they looked good from this view, too. He wanted to bite them, just to hear Sykkuno screamed as he crushed bones under his canines. He sighed at that. He had alternating thought of bundling Sykkuno in the softest of blankets, and fighting him until either of them dropped to the ground. He figured that it was their pheromones clashing, what with them being aggressive alphas in their own rights.

“Maybe,” he said, and Sykkuno spluttered.

“W-wait,” he stammered, “really?”

He chuckled, and rolled over to the side. He missed the collar bones view already. But this way, he could slip a hand underneath Sykkuno’s head, pillowed him on his shoulder and pulled him closer still until their bodies were flushed together. The nights were getting colder and colder. The blankets Ash tirelessly made helped a lot, but being so close to Sykkuno like this, having him tentatively putting his hand on Corpse’s back, tangling their legs together, made the looming threat of harsh winter a lot more bearable. They could make new bed, a bigger one, and Ash would pout and ask endless questions like a hound dog, but they could have one instead of two separate beds. He could have Sykkuno in his arms every night and morning. The thought alone made his alpha rumbled and purred in satisfaction; he wondered if Sykkuno’s own alpha was laughing at this pathetic display of domesticity.

“You smell re-really good,” Sykkuno said. It was the first time he had ever commented on Corpse’s scent. “Well—you smell like dirt and smoke, but, there’s something else, too. It smells good.”

“Lilies,” he said, playing with a piece of hair on Sykkuno’s nape. “It used to startle people a lot when I killed them.”

Too many people knew of who Corpse was, what he did back then to earn his title. Too many people were wary of him and his specific skillset, of the fact that he could overpower most alphas that were his targets. They had reluctant respect for him. It took a lot to survive in this time, and to stay on the top of the food chain could cost people everything they had ever held dear. Corpse had nothing but his will of staying alive—or, at the very least, dying in his own term rather than killed in some corner of the island with nothing but radiation and the silence to accompany him before the end.

But Sykkuno knew that Corpse escaped his old clan because he had grown too tired to fight their war, that he didn’t believe in their cause. He knew that Corpse was more than capable of snapping his neck even when he was wounded and in extreme pain. He still took him in and let him be a part of what he and Ash had in J10. In a way, Corpse thought that this was Sykkuno’s selfishness showing its head.

For whatever reason, Sykkuno decided that he wanted Corpse here, and so he stayed. He looked at Corpse with soft eyes and bared his neck just the slightest. Enough to appease his alpha, enough to pull Corpse closer and let him think that this was the right decision to take—staying with two strangers with too many secrets out in the open written in undecipherable codes. He pulled strings and ventured out of J10 to make alliances; to keep them save, to keep them connected if they ever needed help, he said. But Corpse knew that it was because Sykkuno wanted him by his side and he would get what he wanted, by multiple means that most people couldn’t notice.

Just the way he wanted Ash to stay, and made sure that she did. He would let them go, if they ever wanted to. Not many alphas would be willing to let the things they had fought so hard for escaped from their fingers—Corpse was a prime example of this behavior. But Sykkuno didn’t exactly go by the conventional route in being an alpha. Sure, he fought and pushed his efforts in realizing his desires, but there was certain softness in Sykkuno when it came to freedom.

He had tried to escape from something in his past, Corpse realized. That was the reason why he valued freedom and desires to rule their own lives, by their own hands. Even if he was incredibly good in getting what he wanted and making sure that people were drawn in enough, charmed enough to keep it that way, he ultimately put the choices in their hands still. Those who had strong enough will, they would appreciate the option even if they decided to give Sykkuno exactly what he wanted. Those who had lost too deeply in his dark eyes and soft smiles, they wouldn’t even realize they were standing right in the middle of a whirlpool in dangerous water.

Corpse liked to think that he was the first of the two. But with how easily Sykkuno strung him around, the way he was saying yes before Sykkuno even finished the question—he wondered if he even had restraints when it came to this man.

“I like it,” Sykkuno decided then. “I like it on you. I know someone named Lily, she doesn’t smell like lilies at all, though.”

Lily. There were a lot of people named Lily in this island, of that Corpse was sure. But with how Sykkuno worked, he was pretty sure that he knew which Lily he was talking about. The current second in command in Scarra’s base; a petite girl with sweet smiles and danger glinting behind her eyeglasses. She was extremely good in organizing the clan, and didn’t bat an eyelash when they met for the first time. She made good tea, too. She learned it from Scarra’s favorite associate, she said. He didn’t bother asking which one, he was there to take a side errand because his clan owed Scarra a favor that time.

He wondered if she meant Sykkuno.

“Good,” he said, instead of pushing for answers of his thoughts. “I don’t want you sleeping with someone else that smells like lilies.”

Sykkuno’s laughter was tinkling and beautiful. Corpse thought that it was too easy to fall on his knees for this man with too many hidden sides.

“That is a very scandalous accusation, Corpse,” he admonished, though it was ruined by the way he pressed closer to his chest.

He just hummed, listening to Sykkuno’s breath calming down, counting each exhale and inhale like counting bullets fired from a gun. The stone slab wall he was pressed against still felt cold even through layers of blankets, but Sykkuno held him as tight and Corpse thought that he would like to pass through a lot more winters like this.

Ash pouted and grumbled at them. She made the bed anyway. Corpse looked at Sykkuno’s pretty smile as he looked at their new, bigger bed and remembered that he fought as hard to be by his side. And even if they kept defying the traditional rules of alphas, Corpse would keep this one. He wouldn’t let go. He tightened his grip on Sykkuno’s wrist, biting back the satisfaction it brought when he didn’t even flinch, and knew that Sykkuno wouldn’t let go either.

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mariacallous · 2 years ago

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More than three years after malign fun-fur mascot Boris Johnson first gibbered out the catchphrase, we finally have incontrovertible evidence of what “levelling up” actually is. For its duration, Johnson’s government had a flagship policy that it couldn’t have defined even if it hadn’t been drunk on the contents of a wheelie suitcase. Levelling up now turns out to be a sort of inter-constituency Squid Game, in which MPs who voted for various stripes of self-harm are now forced into trial-by-combat against each other in the hope of appealing to the caprices of shadowy gamesmaster Michael Gove. Arguably there’s an ironic wit to the format – a sort of handout for the anti-handout party, designed solely to inadequately mitigate the effects of cuts made largely by that same party. The players seem quite upset about it now, but are of course free to terminate the game if the majority votes to do so.

Or as one Conservative MP who missed out fumed yesterday: “I’ve got shops without roofs and whole streets of boarded-up houses and some people are getting cash for adventure golf.” Which is, by coincidence, exactly the picture in the political glossary next to the phrase “sunlit uplands”. Another Tory MP described the policy delivery as “a fuck-up of epic proportions”, casting it as the Stalingrad of not securing a planetarium for your northern marginal.

Having attempted to sell this policy round the country during a somewhat excruciating day yesterday, luxury menswear influencer Rishi Sunak is apparently facing a law enforcement probe for removing his seatbelt to film a video for his Insta, as part of the police’s ruthless commitment to rooting out trivial wrongdoing so that people mind less when another one of them is revealed to be a rapist. I haven’t got a huge amount to add to that sentence as an indicator of where we are on various fronts. Still, if Sunak does pick up a fine, it’ll be his second inside a year, suggesting he is on a pathway of reoffending and should submit to personal rehabilitation lessons with justice secretary Dominic Raab, who is himself facing an investigation on eight formal complaints of bullying. Again, we are where we are.

You have to wonder if Sunak makes the most credible salesman for the specific allocation of cash in this second round of disbursement, given that he took the sensationally odd decision to be filmed during the leadership campaign in July last year telling Tory members in Tunbridge Wells: “I managed to start changing the funding formulas to make sure areas like this are getting the funding they deserved. We inherited a bunch of formulas from Labour that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas and that needed to be undone. I started the work of undoing that.”

Yesterday found Sunak in only marginally less politically imbecilic mode. I can’t personally get over-exercised about senior politicians making travel time-savings that the rest of us should obviously avoid. But Sunak’s private jet usage has got plenty of backs up, and on a political level feeds unfortunately into the impression that he is what he is: a man who can use private jets. Labour accused the prime minister of behaving “like an A-list celeb” for flying to Blackpool – something A-list celebs are forever doing, of course. I believe Sunak’s RAF flight was kept in a holding pattern while The Rock was given runway priority to hasten his latest trip to play the coin pushers on the Central Pier.

“I travel around so I can do lots of things in one day,” Sunak shot back when pushed on his arrangements. “I’m not travelling around just for my own enjoyment, although this is very enjoyable, of course.” Mm. Spoken like a man whose high-end Santa Monica residence is located in a complex that includes a pet spa. (I haven’t fully checked the levelling-up fund payouts for pet spas, but assume Guildford was successful in its bid for one.)

In general, though, do you care for Sunak’s tone? He seems to have just the two speeds: dewy-eyed prefect delivering a supposedly inspirational speech to much, much younger children; and high-financier unable to fully hide his impatience that he should be required to answer questions from lesser mortals. Neither seems immediately obviously likely to endear him to the British public. Perhaps he’s slightly helped by being up against Keir Starmer, who delivers every statement like his next one is going to be “And had you thought of a preferred wood for the casket?”

Any more pratfalls left in the tank on the PM’s day out and about? At least one, with the PM explaining he wanted to cut taxes but couldn’t, as his audience knew. “You’re not idiots,” he breezed. “You know what’s happened.” “Besides,” he went on, “when I was chancellor I also really preferred it when the prime minister didn’t comment on tax policy.”

Unfortunately for the “idiots”, the chancellor isn’t talking about tax cuts either. Instead, Jeremy Hunt could be found this week leaning fully into the latte-sipping insult his side have long weaponised, by making his own painful social media video in which he explained inflation to the masses via the medium of him ordering a flat white. Is this necessary? I know Jeremy likes to think of himself as one of Britain’s most advanced entrepreneurial brains – he ran a course-listing directory in civilian life – but we must at least consider the possibility that British people currently get a hard lesson in inflation every time they do a shop.

Anyway: on to the idiots. Only in this climate of palpable executive inadequacy could we be reading seemingly bi-weekly stories that comebacks are being planned not just by Boris Johnson, but also Liz Truss – or at least by what we’ll kindly call Liz Truss’s “ideas”, with a parliamentary group established this week with the express aim of the advancement thereof. Truss herself and her former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have both set up firms to manage their next steps, while Jacob Rees-Mogg is said to be joining GB News to host his own show. Johnson is being Johnson, and seems well on the way to persuading far too many MPs to give their abusive relationship with him another chance.

Behold, the architects of some of the most short-termist and self-harming policies of recent times (tough field), somehow sailing on regardless to further enrichment while everyone else lives in their mess. As for their various supporters, you have to marvel mirthlessly at the capacity for some serially imploding factions of the Conservative party to believe that their destructive ideas have simply not been done properly yet. The Tory tankies are on the march; do batten your hatches accordingly.

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“Sensual Night Story” Story Sale: Restraints and Shame

Abe no Yasuchika

Read this before interacting┊aikm’s Genjiden Glossary

A few parts might be wonky because smut is not my forte. I may have taken some liberties in certain areas, so here's a warning for explicit language.

Yuno: Yasuchika-san, please take this off.

Yasuchika: Nah—

I was sitting on a cushion with my kimono taken off, and my wrists were tied up in front of me with a soft obi cord.

(He kissed me and the moment I was in a daze, that was when my luck ran out…)

Yasuchika: I thought it’d be nice to do something like this once in a while. No?

Yasuchika: Won’t adding some excitement make you feel even better?

Yuno: I- I’m fine with normal things.

Yasuchika: Really? Then shall we give this a try?

(Kyaa…!)

I fell backwards when he pushed my shoulder.

Yasuchika: If it doesn't make you feel better than usual, I’ll untie you immediately. What do you think?

Yuno: Jeez… alright.

(It’s embarrassing, but… I know Yasuchika-san won’t do anything that hurts me.)

Nervously, I relaxed my body.

Yasuchika: I’m going to tie your wrists above your head.

Yuno: Nn…

My restrained wrists were lifted,

Yasuchika: I’ll use one more string…

He tied them to a nearby pillar, making it impossible for me to move my arms, much less my hands.

Yuno: … Y-You’re going this far?

Yasuchika: Otherwise there won’t be a point in going through the trouble of tying you up.

Yasuchika: Ah, I intentionally started off with incomplete restraints to make you let your guard down… kidding, that wasn't the case, okay?

(This man…)

Yuno: You’re an utter villain, Yasuchika-san.

I pretended to be huffy, wanting to hide my embarrassment.

Yasuchika: That’s mean.

Yasuchika: But you’re at the mercy of this utter villain from this point on. Must be so hard for you, Yuno-san.

Despite his gentle tone, I caught a glimpse of an unsettling glimmer in his eyes, and I suddenly felt uneasy.

Yuno: Um… can you be gentle?

Yasuchika: Of course.

(I hope he’s serious about that…)

Yasuchika: Well then, let’s start.

Yasuchika-san’s fingers hovered over my body, tracing its curves and yet not touching me.

(Mm… I’m getting impatient.)

His fingers went from my throat, the nape of my neck, my abdomen, the back of my arms… and other sensitive parts of my body, making me let out a small gasp.

My skin seemed to become increasingly sensitive with every touch.

Yasuchika: How does this feel? Do you feel any different from usual?

Yuno: … No, not really.

— I awkwardly looked away from him and lied.

(I’m tied up and unable to move…)

Yasuchika-san spent more time than usual, tracing every inch of my body.

Yuno: ah, Nnn…!

My shoulders trembled when he suddenly touched the peaks of my chest with his fingertips.

Yasuchika: Sorry, sorry. Did that tickle?

Yuno: … I-It’s okay.

The moment he touched me, the feeling was all I could think of, and my breathing became erratic.

Yasuchika: Really? Great.

I threw my head back as Yasuchika-san started caressing my body again.

Heat spread through my body with every touch, like he was spreading the heat with his hands… occasionally brushing against my rosy buds.

Yuno: Nnn…ggh…

(He’s definitely doing this on purpose…)

Yasuchika: What’s the matter, Yuno-san?

Yasuchika: Does being tied up turn you on?

Yuno: N-No.

Yasuchika: That’s too bad~

Yuno: Ahh…

A coquettish sound escaped my lips when he plucked my nipples.

Yasuchika: Yuno-san?

Yuno: Hnngh…nn…

I desperately tried to hold back my cries of pleasure as he pinched both of my nipples.

Yasuchika: You’re suddenly so quiet, I wonder if it’s because you don't feel good enough.

As much as I wanted to stuff something in Yasuchika-san’s mouth to shut him up or stop his teasing hands, that was impossible considering my current state.

(My breasts… I want to cover them… I can’t.)

Yasuchika: Hey, Yuno-san. … Your hips are trembling.

Yuno: Ah

My cheeks started burning because of the way he pointed that out while toying with me relentlessly.

Yasuchika: Can I touch to check what’s happening down there?

(No. Absolutely not.)

I tried to stop him by flailing my legs, but he effortlessly slipped his hand up my inner thighs and exposed the dripping wet spot between my legs.

Yuno: Nn… ggh…

Yasuchika: …

Yasuchika-san narrowed his eyes seductively and smiled.

Yasuchika: I didn't notice you’ve already become like this, sorry for that.

Yasuchika: I feel bad for leaving this spot out, so I’ll play with it a lot from now on.

Yuno: Hnngh… Yasuchi… ka…-san…

He rubbed my sensitive spot with the pad of his fingers, and I could no longer contain my moans.

Pleasure levels went through the roof as he mercilessly tortured my heat.

He slid a finger into me, exploring the insides.

I bucked my hips against his hand. I would've escaped right then and there if I could.

Yuno: Ahh… forgive me…

Yasuchika: What do you need forgiveness for? For being a naughty girl who likes these unusual things?

Yuno: AHH—

The finger pumping in and out of me was thrusted into me all the way, tears flowing down my face.

(This feels so good it's torturous.)

It was exactly what I so badly wanted, and yet I desperately tried to hold myself back.

I involuntarily closed my legs, trying to resist Yasuchika-san’s hands… but he easily pushed them apart again.

Yasuchika: You’re tied up, so there’s no escaping. Right, shall I tie your legs too?

Yuno: Hhng… no…

Yasuchika: I won’t do it if you don't want to. So instead, you’ll keep your legs spread open for me by yourself.

He said that with a bright smile, and I nodded many times in response.

Yasuchika: That’s right. Good girl. You’re doing great.

His beautiful fingers traced the restraints around my wrists.

Yasuchika: Do you enjoy being tied up?

Yuno: Mm… I like it… so… more…

Yasuchika: Hmm, I could forgive you, but… not yet. You look too lovely when you’re embarrassed.

He pulled his finger out,

Yuno: … Nngh… ggh…

Yasuchika slowly entered me.

(So… warm…)

Yasuchika: Look, just as I thought, you’re so lovely.

Our lips met and a sweet sigh escaped me when we broke the kiss.

Yasuchika: I’ll start moving.

Yuno: … Yeah.

Yasuchika: … I’m feeling good too.

He buried his heat inside of me, hitting my deepest spots.

My body shook violently as he drove into me again and again…

At last, he removed my restraints.

Yuno: … ah… Yasuchika-san…

Instead of restraints, I intertwined my fingers with his and kissed him on the lips.

Yasuchika: ...

Yasuchika: … I’m really no match for you, huh.

Our bodies seemed to melt into one as our kiss deepened.

(I’m the one who’s no match for you, Yasuchika-san.)

When I saw his face light up as he held my hand back tightly, I knew that I would always forgive him no matter what he did to me from then on.

#ikemen genjiden #ikemen series #cybird ikemen #cybird otome #otome #ikegen story sale #abe no yasuchika #you can kind of tell at which part i nearly gave up because smut is hard

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fumitoshikato · 7 years ago

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Travel Without Ground

燦々と照りつけるサマータイムの日差しを避けようと、ぼくは足早にスキポール空港のエントランスをくぐり抜けた。建物に入った瞬間、おそらく中心管理センターで自動コントロールされているであろう空調の涼しい冷風が汗で滲んだTシャツを捉え、すぐに身震いするくらいぼくの身体を冷やした。欧州で旅客数第5位の国際便ハブ空港であるアムステルダム・スキポール空港は、多様な国籍の人々でごったがえしている。とくに施設内にある国立美術館の分館は、暇を持て余した観光客の名所になっている。チェックインまであと2時間と少し。そういうぼくも、美術館に寄るために予定より1時間早く空港に無事到着したわけである。格安航空利用の「玄人ベテラン」にもなると、チェックインやトランジットのあいだ、長い時間を空港内で潰すための予定に細かく気を��らなくてはならない。巨大なモビリティである飛行機が離陸するために必要な維持・管理によって起こる「乗り換えドゥエルタイム」は、空港独特の時間的・空間的体験として考えることができる。少し極端な乗り換えの事例であるスティーヴン・スピルバーグの映画「ターミナル」では、トム・ハンクス演じる架空の国クラコウジア人、ビクター・ナボルスキーの旅行中に自国がクーデターにより消滅。パスポートが無効となった彼は空港から出られず、長い乗り換えの時間を空港内で過ごすことになる。最初は言葉の壁によって苦難を強いられるナボルスキーであったが、空港内に配備された様々な公共サービスやスーパーマーケットを駆使し、さらには巨大な空港施設の管理・整備に関わる多様な利害関係者による人間愛に救われ、巧みなサバイバルを成し遂げる。ジョン・アーリが『モビリティーズ──移動の社会学』で述べているように、空港空間が持つ無効性<ジェネリックスペース>と非場所<プレイスレス>は、平等と孤独が入り混じった新たな公共性を示唆しているのかもしれない。

ところで、あらかたダッチ・アートを楽しんだぼくは、空港内のスーパーマーケットで下手にジャパナイズされた安価の緑茶ドリンクを入手し、スマートフォンをwifiに接続しようと充電スポットの椅子に腰掛け、前の旅行で訪れた香港について思い出していた。香港郊外の団地区域──。滞在したホテルは、空港から駅、団地、そして宿泊棟へと直結していた。そこでは、エレベーターやエスカレーターによる無限の垂直移動と迷路のような通路の移動の過程で生活に関わるショッピングがほぼ完結し、ほとんど外に出る必要がない。高層の団地は収入によって階が分けられ、その区画に従って良品店や余暇施設が接続されている。おそらくこの街の住民は、移動生活をこの閉じ込められた空間で過ごし、青空の下で大地を踏みしめることは多くないのだろう。空中移動を前提とした街路の設計。ガイド・トゥ・ショッピング。まるで、J・G・バラードのSF小説『ハイライズ』によって描かれた、眩暈のするようなゲーテッドシティ。とはいえ、今いる空港もまた、巨大なゲーテッドシティのようでもある。空港行きの鉄道に足を踏み入れてから目的地の東京へ到着するまで、ぼくもまた長い時間大地を踏みしめることはない。このような空港空間──巨大都市と化した「閉じ込められた」空間では、長い「乗り換え」の時間を過ごし、移動している。そんなことを考えながら、ぼくはバーコードで機械的に個人番号を振られた電子チケットを手に、次の乗り換え地──アブダビ行きの飛行機のゲートへ歩き出した。（川崎和也）

#mm2017 #mm glossary

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staysuki · 3 years ago

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when a new guy moves to your country, your empathetic heart forced you to reach out and help him—even when he wants nothing to do with you. (ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS)

TAGALOG VERSION -> here

pairing: bang chan x y/n (ivy league au)

genre: crack, fluff, angst, college/uni kid au (they're in their 3rd-4th year)

warnings: A LOT A LOT OF extreme cussing and vulgarity, including some corny, distasteful jokes. edgy(?) humor. filo humor(?) extreme suggestiveness!! lot's of mentions of sex/hook-up culture but no smut. still, R-16/17.

a/n: the translated version of When In Manila! because of the smau's plot and concept, i understand that some jokes and references may get lost in translation or it'll be difficult to fully capture the vibes of the whole "new guy in a new country" feelz + how absolutely unhinged the chaos of the group actually is (which makes me sad). but that's the challenge i'm going for!!

chapters

twenty-one | twenty-two | twenty-three | twenty-four

cultural setting notes:

the story will still take place in the 🇵🇭PH, it's simply just the dialogue that'll change (and i'll try to make the references universally understandable). but because there might still be some filo culture references, this'll serve as a glossary for those!! (will be constantly updated). nonetheless, lmk if there's anything confusing still! (in any case, i'll add a glossary to every chapter as well!)

TRANSPORTATION - students having cars are uncommon here in the PH and is mostly seen as a sign of wealth. thus, "commute" is the go-to means of transportation (i.e. trains, buses, "jeeps", or taxis)

UNIVERSITY BELT / U-BELT - in the PH, we have an entire area where a LOT of universities are relatively next to each other (around 20-30 mins drive away). just imagine harvard, yale, and etc. being streets away from each other lolz.

UNIVERSITIES - most, if not all, universities/colleges in the PH require you to take an entrance examination before you could enroll. there are a lot of schools around the U-BELT but the most prominent ones that will be mentioned in the fic are:

ATENEO - probs the most "high-end" one with the expensive tuition and known for very rich (but also smart) students with an acceptance rate of 10-20%

LA SALLE - like ateneo, it's known for its expensive tuition and rich students but has an acceptance rate of 70+%. though the education quality is still good, there's a running joke that "la salle students only go there because they failed the entrance exam in ateneo/U.P."

ADAMSON - still expensive but not as much. kinda has their own world. despite being a catholic university, they're known for being an accepting and supportive school when it comes to their students (recently, they were the first big-name university to offer a "mental health break" so students can cope with the post-election stress)

U.P. - (short for "University of the Philippines"), known for "smart scholars" with a 10-15% acceptance rate which is our country's main university! it's cheaper than the first three and offers the most access to free-ride scholarships unlike the others. most UP students are scholars!!

to be updated...

(mm/dd/yy)

date started: 5/16/22

date finished:

taglist: open!

mastertag: @leagreenly @90s-belladonna @fuzzylard @loveliebri @chimmybaek7 @todorokiskitten @lilacdreams-00 @ethereallino @ninjaleeknow @trials--error @hey-i-really-miss-you @multifandomizer @aerastus @caratinylyfe @kdhvier @hibuki-chan @blaaiissee @skzoddinaries @suhnnyskiess @beaann

#when in manila #when in manila eng #wim skz #skz smau #skz #stray kids smau #stray kids #stray kids social media au #skz social media au

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Fore Edge Friday

Our #Fore Edge Friday example this week comes from our copy of the second edition of The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer to Which are Added an Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse, Together with Notes and a Glossary by English classical scholar Thomas Tyrwhitt, published for Oxford University by the Clarendon Press in 1798. The edges on all three sides and on the endpapers have been marbled in what is called a Double Comb or Double Nonpareil pattern.

According to the University of Washington’s site on Patterned Papers, the pattern begins with a Nonpareil base which is created by dropping colors sequentially onto the bath using an implement to regulate the drop sizes. A comb with one set of teeth set at intervals of 15-30mm is drawn through the bath horizontally, once in either direction with the second pass halving the first. Then another comb with teeth set at 2-3 mm is drawn once across the bath in the opposite direction. Once this Nonpareil pattern is established, a final comb with one set of teeth set in wider intervals than was used in the Nonpareil is drawn once more through the bath. This last step causes the numerous, arched lines to be broken into separate, arched columns. When marbling the edges of a book, the text block is clamped tightly shut, and once dipped, the excess fluid is blown or shaken off quickly to prevent it from running into the book. Once dry, the marbled edges are burnished.

Thomas Tyrwhitt‘s first edition of The Canterbury Tales appeared in a 4-volume set in 1775, with a 5-volume glossary published in 1778, both published in London by Thomas Payne and Son. Our second edition was published posthumously, as Tyrwhitt died in 1786. Tyrwhitt’s edition is particularly noted for establishing an authoritative text without editorial emendation based on the most reliable source material. It was considered a landmark in Chaucer editorial practice, but falls short by today's standards only in that his text brings together a smattering of different dialects from different dates and localities rather than the dialect of Chaucer in fourteenth century London.

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#Fore Edge Friday #paper marbling #marbled papers #edge marbling #marbled book edges #Double Comb marbling #Double Comb pattern #Thomas Tyrwhitt #The Canterbury Tales #Geoffrey Chaucer #Oxford University #Clarendon Press #18th century books

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“Discordant Sonata” Chapter 19

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CHAPTER 19: ATTACCA

Music glossary: Attacca - "To attack at once"; used as a direction in music at the end of a movement to begin the next without pause

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(Mood music: "The Conversation" - Pearl Django)

Being mere months away from graduating lycée meant that their group of friends didn’t have as many classes together, due to their diverse individual interests and talents. However, they always made sure to make time to hang out after school before their extracurricular activities began.

And thus, Adrien, Nino, and Alya made their way to the classroom where the art club gathered to meet up with Marinette. From there, Adrien would make his way to either fencing lessons or Chinese, depending on the day of the week. Marinette would join him on days when he had Chinese (as she’d become determined to master the language ever since her uncle visited from Shanghai a few years back), Alya would go to her journalism club, and Nino would travel to his part-time internship at the local recording studio.

“–and the backlogs just keep piling up!” Alya spoke as they walked, voice full of vigor and excitement. “I’ve had to recruit yet another mod to help me keep order in the forums! Especially since the Ladyblog has started going international and we’ve had to organize servers in different languages. You wouldn’t believe how crazy it’s gotten in there recently!”

“Dang, babe,” Nino interjected. “Sounds like things are super rough for you right now.”

“Not really, more busy than anything. Especially because I have that big research article due next week, there’s just not enough hours in the day to try to read everything that goes on in there. But I have my mods report to me daily, ‘cause I always like to stay on top of everything that goes on in the chats!”

“What’s gotten everyone so riled up in the Ladyblog lately?” Adrien chimed in. “I don’t recall it being nearly this busy last year.”

The trio entered the art club’s classroom and settled down at the table where Marinette sat, getting her various sketches organized. The art teacher was quite easy going, so they didn’t have to talk in hushed whispers and could come and go as they pleased.

“Well, to be honest, it’s because of Chat Noir,” Alya replied.

Adrien tried to contain his surprise. “R-really? What– uhhh, what do people have to say about him?”

He winced inwardly. He knew he shouldn’t ask. But curiosity got the better of him today. Maybe learning the news through the filter or Alya’s paraphrasing instead of reading the negative comments firsthand would lessen the sting of what people said about him.

Marinette whipped her head around at the mention of his alter ego. “Wait, what about Chat Noir?” she inquired.

“Girl,” Alya replied, her voice filled with renewed exuberance. “You would not believe how much we’ve had to censor and moderate all the inappropriate things people have been saying!”

Adrien flinched in his seat. “Wow… do people really hate him that much?” he asked, trying to conceal the dejection in his voice.

Alya busted out into loud guffaws. “Hate?! Dude, most people don’t hate him; they LOVE him! By ‘inappropriate’ comments, I mean the kinda stuff you wouldn’t want your grandma to catch you reading! There’s a whole giant section dedicated to his new fan club!” she said as she removed her glasses so she could wipe away the tears of laughter.

“WHAT?!” Adrien squawked in confusion, his face feeling hotter than the ovens back at the bakery. “A fan club??”

Marinette burst into uncontrollable snickering. “Has it really gotten that bad?!”

Nino joined in, “Bro! Adrien, I can’t believe you haven’t heard Alya rant about these rabid fans before! They call themselves the ‘Noir Nation’, and the kind of things they’ve been writing would make adult romance authors blush like schoolgirls!”

Alya nodded, thoroughly amused. “And that’s not including all the fanfiction people have been writing.”

“Wait– the WHAT?! There’s fanfiction?!!” Marinette gaped in shock, as if she’d been hit in the face with an enormous pie. “Alya, how come I never knew about this?!”

“Why? You wanna read em? Girl, you’ll get no judgment from me. If you wanna check ‘em out for yourself, just go check under the hashtag ‘Ladynoir’.”

Marinette stammered as her arms flailed in her bewilderment, accidentally knocking her phone off the table and onto the floor, her eyes bigger and rounder than Adrien had ever seen them. “They have a ship name?!” she screeched.

“Just mind the ratings though,” Alya advised. “Some of them can get pretty steamy. You wouldn’t want someone to catch you reading those in public,” she added with a wink.

Marinette continued to sputter incoherently. “NO, I am NOT gonna read it!! It would be different if they were fictional characters, but I could never read fanfiction about real people!”

Alya raised a skeptical eyebrow at her. “Mm-hmm… Sure.”

Marinette’s hands flew to her face, trying to hide how red her entire face had gotten, and released a long squeak that resembled a hamster on helium. As shocked as Adrien was about these rather unexpected news, seeing Marinette’s over-the-top reaction brought a wide grin to his face and he busted out laughing.

He bent over to retrieve Marinette’s phone, since she was too busy being mortified to notice it had fallen to the floor. As he was about to hand it back, the screen lit up and Adrien saw the lockscreen wallpaper: it was the same photo of Ladybug and Chat Noir that he himself had saved earlier that day. He smiled, not exactly sure what to make of it, but finding it adorable that she’d liked the photo enough to set it as her lockscreen.

He tapped her shoulder, waiting for her to respond. She emerged from behind her impromptu hand shield and turned her head, then her eyes widened once again as soon as she saw what Adrien was showing her. She jolted straight up, stiff as a board, and her eyes met his, cheeks turning tomato red. He winked at her, amused about this little secret between them, and handed back her phone without a word.

Marinette accepted it with a meek-sounding, “Thanks,” looking like she wanted to explain the photo, but not able to do so unless she wanted Alya and Nino to find out that she was potentially a… ahem– “Ladynoir” shipper.

Switching the conversation to something else (which Marinette seemed to be eternally grateful for), the group chatted until it became time for them to scatter to their next destinations.

With a wave, Adrien exited the classroom and headed towards fencing practice, one of the few activities he decided to stick with despite not being forced to participate. Fencing, along with Chinese lessons, were not only enjoyable, but were also quite useful. Sadly, he didn’t have access to a piano anymore, so he wasn’t able to pursue that hobby for the time being. Hopefully later down the line, when things had settled down and he’d found his own place to live, he’d be able to finance one.

Thinking about the future had become an exciting pastime instead of an anxiety-inducing one, and it was all thanks to his friends and those he cared about. He smiled as he reached the door to the locker rooms, continuing to daydream of what was to come.

(Mood music: "Recollection 3" - Shirō Sagisu (BLEACH OST, "The Diamond Dust Rebellion")

Adrien finished getting dressed for fencing, his head still blissfully floating in the clouds. He stored his belongings into his assigned locker, shutting it with a loud clang, which echoed through the empty room.

Huh...? Empty?

He swiveled his head around, surprised that there was no one beside him. He stood up and began walking down the large room, peeking down the other locker rows looking for his classmates; but there was nobody.

Where was everyone? There’s no way that every single one of them was running late. Had his lessons been cancelled and he’d somehow missed a text message or email? He began heading back towards his locker to check his phone for any schedule changes.

Before he reached his destination, however, heavy thudding footsteps broke the eerie silence. Adrien whipped his body around to greet whoever they belonged to.

The owner of those footsteps was one of the last people Adrien expected to meet here.

“Gaspard?!”

Adrien stood agape, face to face with his old bodyguard, whom he hadn’t seen in a couple of years; not since he’d resigned and moved out of the country. Nathalie had mentioned that in his resignation letter, Gaspard said that he’d become involved in an overseas business venture involving the market of rare action figures. Nevertheless, Adrien couldn’t help but suspect that his father’s ill temper and poor treatment of their employees was the true reason for his departure.

Adrien’s first reaction was surprise and joy, and he rushed forward to greet and embrace him. However, as he approached and got a better look at the man’s face, Adrien’s mood instantly morphed into confusion and apprehension. There was something odd about his eyes.

Something wasn’t right. Why was Gaspard here? And why now?

He came to a halt about a meter before reaching him. An oppressive weight seemed to press in all around him, and he had to suppress a shiver. “Wait. Gaspard, did–” he gulped, “–did my father send you?”

His old bodyguard did not reply, but took a heavy step towards him. Adrien stepped back.

“Please… I can’t go back. I live somewhere else now, and I’m very happy there. Whatever he told you about the situation, it’s a lie.”

His bodyguard continued to approach him, his stare vacant and unsettling.

Fighting the urge to panic, he pleaded, “You don’t have to do this. If he’s offered you compensation, I can match it; it’ll just take me a bit of time. But we can work something out, right?? For old time’s sake?”

He continued walking backwards until he bumped into something firm, but it wasn’t a wall; it was another person. Before he could turn around, they grabbed him by the shoulders, detaining him and preventing him from running away.

He was about to shout for help when something sharp jabbed him on the side of the neck, injecting a cold liquid. Adrien’s eyes grew wide in terror.

Shit.

Adrien swore as he jerked away, elbowing whoever was behind him and managing to break free. Rubbing at the spot where the syringe had stabbed him, he glanced back to take a look at his other assailant, only to see... another Gaspard?

Why are there two of him??

This was wrong. Gaspard didn’t have a twin; he knew that for a fact. He’d worked for the Agrestes ever since Adrien was a toddler and was too young to even pronounce his name correctly (hence the nickname “Gorille”, which stuck around for years afterwards). Additionally, there was something uncanny, otherworldly, even, about the way these two men looked and moved.

He shook himself out of his stupor. He didn’t have time to contemplate any possible explanations. He had to get out of there fast.

He sprinted towards the exit, but only managed to travel a few paces before he lost his footing and tripped. He fell to the ground hard, almost hitting his head on a nearby bench. As he struggled to get up, he realized that his fingers and toes had already gone numb.

Not good.

Time was running out. Adrenaline coursed through him and, with a grunt, he hefted himself to his feet and scrambled towards the exit, as fast as he could despite a heavy limp. Though his heart was hammering and his legs felt like they were filled with sand, he pushed himself, concentrating on reaching the door.

After taking a few steps, however, he realized that even if he did manage to exit the locker room, the area beyond was an open courtyard. Meaning he wasn’t going to be able to reach someplace safe before getting caught. He had no choice but to transform into Chat Noir, and hopefully Plagg’s powers and strength could help him escape and find somewhere to hide.

He’d scarcely uttered the first syllable in the transformation phrase when he was tackled to the ground. A giant hand swiftly covered his mouth and Adrien felt his hands get bound together with thick zip ties behind his back. A muffled scream of writhing frustration made its way up his throat as his limbs became more and more useless by the second.

No… This can’t be happening! Please, this can’t be how it all ends!

Just when his life had finally gained a semblance of normalcy and he’d found happiness again, it would get ripped away and he would disappear without a trace, leaving everyone to wonder what had happened to him. Leaving his friends to think that Gabriel had pulled him from school and they would never see him again. Leaving Ladybug to wonder if Chat had abandoned her forever. Leaving her to fight Hawkmoth alone. Again.

He couldn’t let that happen. He thrashed and struggled as furiously as he could, fighting the feelings of overwhelming helplessness that threatened to consume him. Nearing despair, he was too distracted to notice Plagg phrasing through the wall, away from the skirmish, in search of the only person who could save him.

(Mood music: "Run" - Ludovico Einaudi)

Marinette fidgeted with her pencil, her feet wiggled and bounced under her desk. She didn’t understand; when she’d arrived at the art club, her head had been filled with inspiration and ideas that she’d been excited to draw and execute. However, at the moment, her mind was filled with noise and disquietude.

Having had enough, she excused herself to visit the restroom. Once she’d walked far enough from the classroom, she opened her purse to talk to Tikki about her current dilemma.

“It’s the same feeling as last night, Tikki! Except that would mean one of three possibilities. Option A.) It’s nothing and I’m going crazy. And— don’t give me that look, Tikki! I can see what you’re thinking and I don’t have time for your cheeky sass right now!” The kwami snickered while Marinette cleared her throat and continued, “Option B.) that Chat is here, at this school, which is impossible because his school’s on the other side of the city, that’s why he always leaves the house super early for his long commute.”

Tikki opened her mouth and looked like she was about to say something, but then didn’t (...or couldn’t?).

Marinette resumed, “Or, C.) that my–– what do I even call it? My ‘Spidey sense’??–– that it’s got a long distance mode, and Chat is all the way across Paris and he’s in trouble! But what am I supposed to do about that from here?! I wouldn’t even know where to begin looking!”

Tikki shrugged. “Follow your instincts, Marinette. There’s no harm in taking a quick look around the school, right?”

Marinette groaned. “UGH! It doesn’t make sense!! Am I going to get interrupted like this all the time from now on?” She shook her head resolutely. “No. I can’t just go off on random field trips every single time I feel a random fit of anxiety. I’m sure it’s just leftover jitters from last night. I’m supposed to call Master Fu after school anyway; he can help me figure everything out. I’m just gonna go back to class and forget about it.”

Tikki frowned, not quite convinced, but deciding not to press further.

Marinette made her way back to the classroom in a frustrated huff. But as her hand reached to turn the handle, the feelings of danger and urgency multiplied tenfold. Without a word, she sprinted away in the opposite direction, not even knowing where she was running to, only knowing she had to get there immediately.

She reached the large common area of the school downstairs. Her head whipped around, frantically searching for something, anything. In her haste, she didn’t notice a small black creature zoom into her open purse.

A few moments later, she felt a frantic tugging at her shirt from below.

“Marinette!! Over there! Check the locker room, quick!!!” Tikki whisper-screamed as she peeked outside the purse, her tone uncharacteristically frantic.

Marinette nodded, then sprinted to the locker room.

“Wait! You should transform first!” Tikki added.

No time!

“Marinette, wait!!”

Despite Tikki’s protests, Marinette raced towards the double doors, tackling them open.

Three sets of eyes landed on her as she skidded to a halt, but only one pair consumed her entire attention. She gasped in horror, hands flying to her face as she stared at what was occurring in front of her. Adrien let out a desperate, muffled scream urging her to run.

His panicked voice snapped her out of her dazed shock; but instead of running, she stood her ground, eyes darting back and forth across the area searching for something useful. The room was remarkably barren except for a lone broom a short distance away from her. She grabbed it and leaped towards the closest attacker (the one holding Adrien down), swinging it like a baseball bat.

The man didn’t even try to avoid the hit; the broomstick merely bounced off the side of his face where Marinette had hit him. She frowned in confusion, then tried hitting him again, bringing the stick down on the top of his head like an axe.

SNAP.

The end of the broom flew off, and Marinette stared in shock at the broken broomstick.

“What the hell are you?!” Marinette exclaimed, shifting her grip on the shortened wooden stub.

She pounced at the second bodyguard, bringing her weapon down in a stabbing motion; but he swatted at her hand, disarming her. She yelped in pain, leaping backwards to get some distance between them.

She was outmatched. The only strategy available was to use their own size against them. With a feint to the side, she shot at his legs for a takedown, hoping to catch him off balance. He called her bluff and shoved her backwards with his giant palm, then kneed her in the stomach.

Winded from the impact, Marinette doubled over with a gasping wheeze, fighting with all her might to keep herself from collapsing onto the ground. She forced herself upright and attacked again. With a clumsy jerk, she lunged forward, swinging wild punches at her opponent. The shots connected but his expression barely changed; it was like beating a breathing punching bag.

The bodyguard backhanded Marinette across the face. Pain shooting across her cheek, she staggered, almost losing her balance. In her daze, she watched helplessly as the man reared his arm back. There was no chance to dodge. His fist connected with her abdomen, delivering a liver shot that shut down her entire body. She crumpled to the floor as if boneless. She tried to call out Adrien’s name, but her mouth merely opened in a silent scream.

Marinette could hear Adrien’s distressed screaming, but it sounded distant, like they were underwater. The edges of her vision grew black and fuzzy, the entire room dissolving around her. She had to consciously force her lungs to inhale, but couldn’t fill them all the way, as if a boulder had been placed on top of her chest.

Faintly, she felt herself getting picked up off the ground and carried away over someone’s shoulder. Disoriented and semi-blinded, the sudden movement and rough jostling made her head spin and gave her vertigo. She gritted her teeth and squeezed her eyes shut, trying to block it all out.

A few moments later, they stopped moving, and she heard a door burst open. Where were they? Before she could gather her senses, she was in the air, thrown several meters away, landing with a hard thud. A sharp pain traveled down her body as she rolled into the wall across them. The shriek that tried to escape her throat emerged as a strained, shallow whine.

The man stomped out, leaving her alone in the room. “Stop…!” she rasped out, managing to tilt her neck upwards, head pounding.

The bodyguard slammed the door shut, followed by a bang and a clattering sound that could only mean he’d broken the doorknob of whatever room she was in.

Marinette's vision became more and more blurred. At the verge of losing consciousness, she fought to keep her eyes open as tears pricked at the corners of her eyes.

No, she couldn’t pass out! She had to save Adrien! Stay awake, Marinette, stay awake!!

She bit down on her lip hard, focusing on the sharp sting, on the swelling that was already forming around her right eye, forcing herself to feel the pain her body was in. At this moment, feeling pain was better than falling unconscious. She concentrated on her breathing, slowly regaining her senses.

She reached down to open her purse and get Tikki’s help… only to be met with emptiness. Panic settled in her gut as she realized that sometime during the skirmish, the purse had slipped off her shoulder. She sat up, slowly, so she wouldn’t risk feeling faint again from the change in positions.

She squinted, adjusting her eyesight to the darkness of the room. It seemed to be some sort of supply closet. After a failed few attempts to stand, she crawled towards the door instead, careful not to bump into the crates and shelves that filled the area.

The girl eyed the broken doorknob wearily. She was pretty proficient at lockpicking and breaking into things, but not as good at breaking out. Her only hope was that Tikki would be able to find her… if she was even nearby.

She swore to herself. Why had she rushed in and attacked two grown ass men (who, incidentally, may or may not be supernatural to boot!) instead of hiding and creating a strategy?! Now she was useless, Tikki was gone, and Adrien was surely on his way to get auctioned to the highest bidder in the criminal black market and ransomed off for an enormous sum. Great job, Marinette. Adrien’s been abducted and it’s all your fault.

Gathering all the determination she could muster, she tried to call out for help. But her voice was still too hoarse, and only a weak croak came out. She clenched her fists, grumbling irritably. Time for a different approach. Somehow, she needed to make noise.

After a brief search, she found a hard, metallic object that she could use to hammer on the door. She tested it out; it was surprisingly effective. She doubled her efforts, making as big a racket as possible. Hopefully, it would only be a matter of time before somebody heard her, let her out, and she could go find Adrien.

She couldn’t let anything else happen to another loved one. Not again.

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I'M REEEAAAAALLY SORRY FOR THAT CLIFFHANGER JSHDKFJHSKDF ᕕ(╯°д°)ᕗ I tried splitting up the sections differently but it didn't really flow as well.

But the next chapter is almost done, so I'll have it ready by next weekend!!

#Miraculous Ladybug #Ladynoir #Enemies AU #enemies to lovers #Marinette Dupain Cheng #Adrien Agreste #Chat Noir #Ladybug #fanfiction #Discordant Sonata #ML AU #aged up #Eden writes

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