#ness cassius

[fnafcomicsartandaus]

Happy late anniversary FNAF, and happy anniversary to my FNAF AUs!

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Hunger Games OC Updates

Recast:

Iris Hawthorne > Misty Hawthorne in Eyes Open, Gale's younger sister, possible Jude ship but I feel like I need to not just ship everyone with him

Not-New (ideas have existed for a while, finally got names):

Cassius Nero in The Hanging Tree, Cato's younger brother who wants to avenge his death, reaped in the same games as Hollis and is determined to kill her

Colin Broider in The Tradition, Lacey's district partner in the Quarter Quell

New:

Bellona Plinth in For The Ages, Sejanus Plinth's great niece who lives with her grandmother in district 2, Snow didn't know that she existed until she's reaped for the Hunger Games, Jude Abernathy ship

Callisto Plinth in Secrets & Lies, Sejanus Plinth's granddaughter, having had a relationship with one of his Academy classmates that left her pregnant when he became a Peacekeeper. Recently uncovered Dr Gaul's records of the 10th Games and the recording of her grandfather that got him killed, is now determined to avenge him by becoming part of Snow's inner circle and then destroying him

Livia Plinth in Downfall, Bellona's grandmother, was supposed to marry Coriolanus Snow but ran away to district 2 and got herself pregnant to get out of it, has never once trusted Snow in the 60+ years that she's known him

Ness Duffy in Ghost Of You, Sejanus Plinth's granddaughter with a rebel girl from 12, knows the truth behind her father's death, is best friends with Aimee Rose Baird, and both of them are all too ready to finally see justice for their families by ending Snow's tyranny, Jude Abernathy ship

(thanks @the-witching-ash for helping me brainstorm and name all of them 🥺 )

[blue-thief]

fuck i have stuff to do today

but like. in celebration of the ides of march....... kinda tempted to do a whole kainess stabby stab thing

[snowy-wife]

ཐི♥︎ཋྀ " ,, One taste of the Poisoned Apple and the victim's eyes will close forever in the Sleeping Death...... ,, " ཐི♥︎ཋྀ

• Names (Choose whichever you feel) Snow // Winter // Red // ; Dottie // Dollie // Doll // Dollhouse // Babydoll // Love ; Nessie // Loch Ness ; Rot // Rottie ; Darling // Cass // Cassi(e) // Cassius ; Damian // Dakota

• Babydoll 🤍

• Open to any pet names/nicknames you want to call me

• Bitch Brat 😌

• Snow Obsessed

• Mrs. Harris-Klebold

• Spirit Wife

• Witch

• Medium

• Married to two infamous spirits <3

• The human partner in a polyandry posthumous marriage

• A Corpse Bride

• Insatiable love for the dead <3

• The Living Dead Princess

• The real Living Dead Girl

• Snow White if she was written by Edgar Allan Poe <3

• Paraphile from hell

• Spectro and Necromantic

• Paranormal lover and enthusist.

• Extremely obssessive and possessive over my two husbands

• I will post about whatever the fuck I want ranging from obsessive and possessive shit to cutesy shit to homocidal and suicidal thoughts to religion to my relationship to paraphilias to mental breakdowns and god knows what else. Don't like it? Cry about it and block

• Extremely Mentally Ill

• Its a you problem since you have the problem with me.

• Bitches hate me because they ain't me

• People always envy royalty

ཐི♥︎ཋྀ " ,, the Victim of the Sleeping Death can be revived only by Loves First Kiss....... ,, " ཐི♥︎ཋྀ

[sulan1809]

Os Doze cavaleiros de Ouro/The Twelve Gold Saints

Autor(author): Dragus85(DeviantArt)

Os Doze signos do zodíaco em japonês

Áries(牡羊座 Ohitsujiza) 21/03 a 20/04

Touro(牡牛座 Oushiza) 21/04 a 20/05

Gêmeos(双子座 Futagoza) 21/05 a 20/06

Câncer(蟹座 Kaniza) 21/06 a 21/07

Leão(獅子座 Shishiza) 22/07 a 22/08

Virgem(乙女座 Otomeza) 23/08 a 22/09

Libra(天秤座 Tenbinza) 23/09 a 22/10

Escorpião(蠍座 Sasoriza) 23/10 a 21/11

Sagitário(射手座 Iteza) 22/11 a 21/12

Capricórnio(山羊座 Yagiza) 22/12 a 20/01

Aquário(水瓶座 Mizugameza) 21/01 a 19/02

Peixes(魚座 Uoza) 20/02 a 20/03

Este Resumo do arco das Doze Casas tem Spoilers!! Recomenda-se assistir aos episódios de Saint Seiya do 42º ao 73º!!

Os Cavaleiros de Ouro são a elite suprema do poderoso exército dos 88 Cavaleiros de Athena. Eles são 12, sendo eles, Mu de Áries, Aldebaran de Touro, Saga de Gêmeos(Em Saint Seiya Meiou Hades, quem assumiu a posição de Saga foi o irmão dele, Kanon de Gêmeos), Deathmask de Câncer, Aioria de Leão, Shaka de Virgem, Dohko de Libra, Miro de Escorpião, Aioros de Sagitário, Shura de Capricórnio, Camus de Aquário e Aphrodite de Peixes. Aioros foi morto enquanto protegia a pequena Saori, a reencarnação de Athena, entregando a garotinha recém-nascida para Mitsumasa Kido. Em uma certa ocasião, Aioros, em forma de espírito, concedeu a armadura dele a um jovem chamado Seiya, quando ele foi atacado por três Cavaleiros de Prata. Durante a saga das 12 casas, Saori foi mortalmente ferida por uma flecha dourada, Seiya e os demais Cavaleiros de Bronze tiveram de subir às Doze Casas para chegar ao Mestre do Santuário, a única pessoa que podia tirar a flecha do corpo de Saori. Na Casa de Áries, Mu restaurou as armaduras de Seiya, Shun, Hyoga e Shiryu, e aproveitou para falar sobre o Sétimo Sentido, o cosmo máximo que os Bronze Saints precisariam dominar para poder sobreviver às batalhas que viriam. E as batalhas que viriam seriam dolorosas...

Na Casa de Touro, os Bronze Saints lutaram com Aldebaran, Seiya foi quem mais teve dificuldades para lidar com o taurino, mas conseguiu vencê-lo e prosseguiu para a próxima casa, a Casa de Gêmeos. Os Bronzes tiveram de lidar com um pequeno inconveniente: A Casa de Gêmeos se dividiu em duas. Seiya e Shiryu passaram facilmente da casa do Cavaleiro de Gêmeos, no entanto, Hyoga e Shun tiveram maiores dificuldades. Hyoga foi apanhado facilmente pela técnica Another Dimension, despertando na Casa de Libra, onde foi derrotado por Camus de Aquário e aprisionado em um esquife de gelo, enquanto que Shun usando os poderes de quebra dimensional das Correntes de Andrômeda, foi capaz de acertar a uma certa distância, a pessoa que estava manipulando a Casa de Gêmeos com ilusões, e assim pôde sair da Casa de Gêmeos. Shiryu desafiou Deathmask de Cancer e ao despertar o sétimo sentido, ele derrotou o Cavaleiro de Ouro de Câncer e havia recuperado a visão. Shun e Shiryu então partem para a Casa de Leão, onde Seiya já havia chegado, e havia notado a mudança de comportamento de Aioria... Ele estava sendo controlado, lutando contra a vontade dele. Dominado apenas pelo instinto assassino, Aioria não hesitaria em matar qualquer um que cruzasse o caminho dele, e isso incluía Seiya e os outros Bronze Saints.

Seiya chegou até a Casa de Leão. Nesse lugar, ele tem uma luta contra Aioria, que estava sob efeito do Genroumaouken(幻朧魔皇拳). Seiya foi duramente torturado pelo leonino, até que Cassius veio se sacrificar para fazer Aioria acordar. Seiya e os outros Bronze Saints vão para a Casa de Virgem, antes disso, Aioria faz um aviso: eles jamais deveriam deixar que Shaka abrisse os olhos, caso contrário, todos eles morreriam. Ao chegar na Casa de Virgem, Seiya, Shun e Shiryu enfrentaram Shaka como podiam, mas foram derrubados um a um. Quando Shaka se preparava para matar Shun, Ikki, o Cavaleiro da Constelação de Fênix apareceu, e desafiou Shaka para um combate. As coisas pioraram para o lado de Ikki no momento em que Shaka abriu os olhos, aplicando a destruição sensorial. Ikki, em resposta, despertou o Sétimo Sentido e utilizou como último recurso um sacrifício para vencer o Cavaleiro de Ouro de Virgem. Na Casa de Libra, os Bronze Saints encontraram o corpo de Hyoga cristalizado em um Esquife de Gelo. Shiryu utilizou uma das armas de libra para tirar Hyoga do esquife gelado, enquanto Shun se prontificou a usar o cosmo dele para aquecer Hyoga. Seiya e Shiryu partem em direção da Casa de Escorpião, guardada por Miro, o temido Escorpiônico Dourado. Miro é conhecido por ser letal e impiedoso...

No começo, Seiya e Shiryu pensavam que na Casa de Escorpião, o guardião que a protegia estava ausente, e logo se retirariam, mas foram detidos por Miro, que os atacou sem hesitar. Hyoga aparece com Shun nos braços, então ele pede a Seiya e Shiryu que levem Shun para a próxima casa, a Casa de Sagitário. Miro impõe duas condições a Hyoga: Render-se ou Morrer!! Hyoga recusa-se e luta com ele, levando as agulhadas do Cavaleiro de Ouro de Escorpião. Hyoga resiste bravamente, então Miro aplica o golpe final, Antares. Miro ficou surpreso com a determinação de Hyoga, então ele deteve a hemorragia de Hyoga e o permitiu passar pela Casa de Escorpião. Na Casa de Sagitário, a Armadura de Ouro de Sagitário aparece, então as Doze Armaduras de Ouro ressoam. A Armadura de Sagitário atira contra Seiya, mas na verdade atingiu a parede, mostrando o testamento de Aioros, que dizia: "Jovens Guerreiros, eu confio Athena a vocês". Na décima casa, a Casa de Capricórnio, os Bronze Saints são atacados por Shura, Shiryu então prontifica-se a enfrentá-lo e pede para que Seiya e os demais Bronze Saints sigam para a Casa de Aquário. Depois de sofrer muito, Shiryu derrota Shura, usando o Último Dragão. Na casa de Aquário, Hyoga se prontifica a lutar contra Camus, então Seiya e Shun se dirigem para a última casa, a Casa de Peixes, guardada por Aphrodite, um dos Cavaleiros de Ouro mais precisos e letais. Shun teria um desafio tortuoso pela frente...

Hyoga levantou o cosmo dele ao máximo e replicou a técnica Aurora Execution, usada por Camus, gerando um ar frio de -273,15ºC, ou seja, Hyoga havia atingido o Zero Absoluto. Foram duas colisões de energia muito fortes. Hyoga conseguiu derrotar Camus, no entanto, ele também caiu ao chão. Na Casa de Peixes, Seiya partiu sozinho para se encontrar com o Mestre do Santuário, enquanto Shun lidava com Aphrodite. O Cavaleiro de Ouro de Peixes provoca Shun, dizendo que o caminho até o Salão do Mestre estava coberto por rosas, e que Seiya morreria antes mesmo de chegar lá. Shun queria lutar sozinho contra Aphrodite, pois ele queria vingança contra Aphrodite pela morte de Daidaros, o Cavaleiro de Prata da Constelação de Cefeu. Seiya foi salvo por Marin, e prosseguiu para o Salão do Mestre. Shun foi atingido pela Rosa Branca, e utilizou a Tempestade Nebulosa para derrotar Aphrodite, antes de cair ao chão. Seiya se encontra com o Grande Mestre. Ele diz que não tem como tirar a flecha do corpo de Saori, que Seiya deveria usar o Escudo da Estátua de Athena. O Grande Mestre revela-se como Saga de Gêmeos, os cabelos dele se tornam brancos, e ele invoca a Armadura de Ouro de Gêmeos. Ele ataca Seiya implacavelmente. 13 anos atrás, Saga matou Shion e assumiu forçosamente o comando do Santuário como o Grande Mestre, ditando leis severas. Resumo da Ópera: Shion nomeou Aioros de Sagitário como o mais novo regente do Santuário, para descontentamento do Cavaleiro de Ouro de Gêmeos. Vale ressaltar que Saga tinha um lado sombrio escondido, e Shion tinha muitas desconfianças acerca das verdadeiras intenções de Saga.

Enquanto isso, Shaka misteriosamente conversa telepaticamente com Mu, pedindo-lhe que ele usasse o poder telecinético dele para levá-lo de volta para a Casa de Virgem. Ele também pede Mu que salve outra pessoa. Shaka e Ikki retornam para a casa de Virgem, então o cavaleiro da constelação de Fênix se despede de Shaka, indo para o Salão do Grande Mestre, lugar onde Seiya era torturado por Saga. A face da justiça da Armadura de Gêmeos estava chorando, mas por quê?! Quando Saga se preparava para finalizar Seiya, Ikki se interpôs no caminho, então Seiya se dirigiu para o local onde estava o Escudo de Athena. Seiya utiliza o poder do Escudo de Atena para remover a flecha que estava cravada no corpo de Saori. Saga estava certo de que sairia vencedor, no entanto, ele não contava com a recuperação de Athena, que estava acompanhada pelos outros Bronze Saints e pelos Cavaleiros de Ouro remanescentes, Mu de Áries, Aldebaran de Touro, Aioria de Leão, Shaka de Virgem, e Miro de Escorpião. Saga de Gêmeos, muito arrogante, clamava que ele levaria o mundo para uma nova era de paz e que seria tolice por parte dos Cavaleiros de Ouro confiar em Saori. Seiya e os outros Bronze Saints unem forças, e Seiya usa o Cometa de Pégaso para acertar Saga diretamente. Saori debocha de Saga, dizendo que Seiya havia destruído o lado maligno dele. Saga tenta atacar Saori, mas o lado puro dele sobrepujou o maligno, escolhendo matar a si mesmo, pedindo perdão para Saori por tudo que aconteceu. No mangá, Seiya usou o escudo para eliminar o lado mal de Saga, e o Cavaleiro de Ouro de Gêmeos se encontrou com Saori nas escadarias, pedindo perdão por tudo, antes dele tomar a decisão de destruir a ele mesmo para se redimir dos crimes dele.

[marilostfieldblog]

[Video transcript begin.]

[The transcript starts inside what appears to be a hospital room, the camera in someone's jacket pocket as multiple people stand around in a room. Multiple beeps ring through the room before someone finally speaks.]

?: Do you think… Y'know. He'll wake up?

[Voice identified: Sarah.]

?: Maybe? I hope so.

[Voice identified: Ness Kylie Hoffson.]

S: Yeah same… Still do owe him an apology for the whole. Going missing thing.

?: Not really. Almost all of us kinda did that when you think about it.

[Voice identified: Mari.]

?: Yeah, I… he doesn’t exactly know that I’m… alive. So if– when. When he wakes up, that’ll be an awkward conversation that will have to be held pretty much immediately. I’m still mentally preparing myself for that.

[Voice identified: Edgar Elliot Pression.]

M: On the bright… Kinda bright side. We all kinda have to have awkward conversations with Henry. With my face looking like a cat scratch pad, Sarah being… Alive in general. Rose making peace with Eden I guess?

Ne: Excuse me. What?

E: Rose making what with who?

M: Yeah. She forgave Eden for what happened to her. Something about ‘moving on’ I'll show you the transcript later if you want.

E: [A long sigh.] Yeah, sure. Must’ve missed that one.

Ne: Hi yes. Um. ROSE. DID FUCKING WHAT!

M: Made peace with Eden.

Ne: THE WOMAN WHO HELPED DO THIS TO HENRY?

M: Dude I don't fuckin’ know. Talk to Rose about it.

E: PR is… weird. Any interaction with them is weird. You likely didn’t see the transcript where Cassius and I argued about hot dog buns for like, 15 minutes and then kissed as a diversion.

Ne: WHAT HUH?

S: Ness. Don't you kinda work for PR part time now?

[Ness slowly looks over to Edgar. Scared.]

E: Neat, you can ask him about it when you see him again. [A short pause.] What? What’s with that look?

Ne: You aren't mad?

E: [With a small smile.] I’ve learned that sometimes things like this are better when you just accept them.

Ne: Oh. Uh ok…

M: We also have to probably tell him about the AI living in Rose's computer. So his little techy heart doesn't blow up.

E: I’m just hoping he doesn’t have a heart attack when he sees me.

M: Or… Any of us besides Ness.

[Edgar laughs quietly, glancing around the room.]

E: Yeah.

[The heart monitor in the room continues beeping, Ness looking at the head of the person in the hospital bed as the figure's arm moves slightly.]

M: Did his arm just move?

E: Huh? If it did, I’ll… take a step back. He’s your friend, you guys should be in front.

Ne: You’re also his friend y’know?

E: You guys have known each other for years! I’ve known him for a total of like, 3 months. You guys should get to talk to him first.

Ne: Bruh.

[The person's head slightly moves to the side, before one of the figure's legs stretches out and the person yawns a bit.]

Ne: Henry? Buddy you awake?

M: OI! You up dude?

[The person can barely be seen opening their eyes slowly, before looking at Ness.]

?: [Slowly.] N- Ness..?

[Voice identified: Henry.]

Ne: Yeah! Yeah it's me! I'm here!

[Henry slowly looks around the room, before stopping on Sarah. Sitting in a chair on the other side of the room.]

H: [Still slow.] Y- You��

S: Hey. Been a while huh?

H: Y- You're… alive..?

S: Yep. So are they.

[Sarah points at the camera and by extension Mari, who Henry slowly looks towards before turning almost as pale as a ghost.]

H: F- Face..!

M: Yea. It's a little fucked up, but I'm still alive!

S: [Quietly.] Barely.

H: Y- You all… You all here..?

Ne: Except Rose. Cuz she's still in the hospital somewhere.

H: T- The small ones?

Ne: Also here in the hospital.

H: T- That's goo-

[Henry looks towards where Edgar is standing, stopping everything. Before slowly looking back at Ness.]

H: Ness. P- Please call… D- Doctor.

Ne: Why?

H: I'm s- seeing. G- ghost.

E: [Softly.] Oh.

Ne: Edgar. Cover your ears if this is still something that upsets you?

E: I’ll be fine.

H: W- What?

Ne: So you know the show right?

H: O- one with… Jenby?

Ne: Yeah. Edgar didn't actually get… Shot. He got locked in a fucking closet with no way to talk to us or for us to talk to him.

H: O- Oh… S- So n- not a ghost..?

Ne: Nope! As human as the rest of us right Edgar?

E: Last time I checked, yep. Hey, man. Um… sorry.

H: D- don't… a- apologize.

E: … Alright. Welcome back, Henry.

H: H- Hi…

M: So how are you feeling?

H: Eepy.

M: Makes sense. Uh… Should we fully update you or just the semi to fully important stuff?

H: P- Please.

M: First. Edgar kissed Cassius.

H: D- Damn.

[Henry looks jokingly upset at Edgar.]

E: Why that first!?

M: Because it's funny.

E: God, fine. I guess it was a little funny.

S: He also apparently had gay sex twice?

H: D- Damn.

E: GUYS. WHAT THE HELL.

M: HE NEEDS TO BE TOLD THE SILLY SHIT FIRST! IT'S PADDING BEFORE HE FINDS OUT THE SAD STUFF!

E: Ugh, I guess. I should probably throw in my stuff, too. I got home alone’d twice by a little blond kid named Kevin. Covered in feathers and glitter and whatnot.

H: W- What?

[Henry begins laughing, looking at Edgar.]

E: I know! It was fucking ridiculous!

H: A- anything else s- silly happen?

M: Adam taught Sparrow arson.

H: What.

E: There’s not much to it. He skittered over to Sparrow and taught them how to light shit on fire. I’m going to have to hide the lighters.

H: P- probably…

M: Oh! Cassidy is here. She got unmasked all that stuff.

H: N- Nice…

S: Is that all the… Stuff that won't piss him off or make him sad?

E: Does Nicholas dying count as silly.

H: Ha! B- Bitch. I- Is Eden… A- Also dead?

E: [Cringing.] Ooooh… right…

Ne: Nope but that… Crosses over into the other stuff. OH! You remember trickster?

H: T- The thing… P- Put into S- Sparrow? M- Made them… M- Mean?

Ne: Yeah. Sparrow made them chill out. Their name is Peony now and they live on Rose's computer.

[Henry's eyes light up with joy, looking at Ness.]

Ne: Yeah… So. Who wants to start the bad part of the reunion?

E: I could. Just need to figure out where to begin.

H: W- Will? W- Where's… W- will.

Ne: oh. Oh uh god. Alive. At the apartment. Blind. Long story.

H: J- Jesus…

E: Are we working backwards? If so, I’ll wait to share the closet stuff.

Ne: Going in random order.

E: So… should I?

Ne: Go ahead.

E: Well, uh… I’m hoping that showing you this [Edgar holds his left arm out, sleeve rolled up to reveal the many bite marks on it.] will be enough to fill you in on that.

H: F- Fuck… I- Christ.

E: Did what I had to. You… just barely missed the day I got out. A lot of other shit happened, but I’ll wait for the others to recap before I talk about that.

Ne: My kill count is officially 4.

H: …

E: I… forgot about that.

Ne: Yeah.

H: I- Innocent?

Ne: No… It was in self defense.

M: Rose made peace with Eden.

[Henry sits up, clenching his head.]

H: W- WHAT?

M: Yeah.

H: I… Ugh…

S: Mari lied to Showfall about killing me.

E: … Which I have now realized accidentally paralleled what happened with me.

M: OH. My bad. Sorry.

E: Don’t worry about it, how could you have known?

M: Yeah true.

S: The escape went… As well as it could have. I'll let Edgar fill you in on what he did.

E: [Grinning.] I set 7 parts of the mall on fire with molotovs. [The grin fades.] And… brought my kill count up to a number I’m very not proud of. Also, I’m down another rib.

H: I s- see…

E: It was… a very not fun day. Or… hm. Well…? Okay, never mind. Sorry.

M: Rose had a gun pointed at her head for 9 hours. While you did… Whatever so.

E: Fun and not fun. I finally got a small amount of revenge.

M: Yeah but you also missed Ruby fucking ragdolling Emi.

E: Aw, right… I forgot about that. Damn.

H: E- emi dead?

M: Yep. And the only person upset is… Rose for some… reason.

E: They were related. And… hm. I don’t know why else she’s upset, but I kinda get it.

H: Oh…

M: Anything else?

Ne: Henry knows I'm helping PR so nothing on my end.

E: … Speaking of PR, though… That shit with Nicholas. And the… [Edgar vaguely gestures to his back.]

M: Oh yeah… Nicholas remasked and branded Edgar.

H: W- WHAT THE FUC-

[Henry begins coughing, having to lay back down.]

E: Don’t worry, I’m… okay-ish now. Just… a bit uncomfortable to feel on my skin.

M: We could cut it off.

E: NO.

M: IT WOULD WORK!

Ne: MARI WE HAVE BEEN OVER THIS. YOU CAN'T ANSWER EVERYTHING WITH A KNIFE OR FIRE.

E: Please refrain from cutting my skin off. Please and motherfucking thank you.

S: Hey guys, won't a bunch of doctor's be here soon?

E: … will they?

H: P- probably.

E: Shit, I’ve gotta skedaddle. Can’t be trapped in the damn hospital again.

Ne: Are we sure Rose isn't your birth daughter because fucking hell you two act alike.

E: I’m pretty sure she got it from me.

Ne: Yeah.

E: Bye!

[Edgar does a small salute to the group, and walks out the door of the room, turning a corner and immediately bumping into someone audibly.]

E: [Muffled.] Shit, sorry! I’ll be on my way, uh–

?: [Muffled.] SIR??? Oh my god, I’m going to need you to follow me!

E: [Muffled.] Wh– hey! No! Let go!

[His protests fade as he’s dragged off.]

Ne: Damn.

M: You give him the rope?

Ne: NO! It's still at Marina's old house. I was lying through my teeth for real.

M: Damn. Why?

Ne: HE NEEDS A DOCTOR!

M: Yeah that's fair.

H: Hm… C- Can I come back… T- To apartment with y'all?

Ne: Yeah probably. After some doctors clear you.

S: Speaking of leaving. Mari you really need to start leaving your phone at home.

M: Is it recording?

S: Yep.

M: GOD FUCKING DAMNI-

[End transcript.]

[cassiuspr]

[OOC: Content warning for heavy gore and blood! Read at your own risk!]

[Video transcript begin.]

[The recording starts out halfway blocked by a tree, peeking out from behind it. The camera is positioned at shoulder level on the left hand side, almost intentionally. Someone appears from out of frame, a woman with blue hair, and pink bangs. She looks around confused.]

?: Gotcha.

[Voice identified: Cassius.]

?: Mari? Where are you?

[Voice identified: Marina.]

C: Looking for someone?

[Marina jumps shouting as she does, before running a hand through her hair trying to play it cool. Before looking around for the source of the voice.]

M: Uhhhh… Who's there!

C: Me. Turn around. 

[Marina turns around again before shouting once more and almost falling backwards onto the ground, getting her footing back before speaking again.]

M: Who are you? Where's Mari?

C: Mari is not here. And I’m the last face you’re ever going to see. 

[Before Marina can even blink, he reaches a hand out and grabs Marina by the neck. Slamming her into the ground.]

M: A- LET ME GO!

[Marina begins trying to break out of Cassius' hold, but to no avail. She begins screaming to attempt to get help.] 

M: HELP! HELP ME, PLEASE!

C: Oh, don’t make this too fun for me, I’ve been told that I have to take this seriously. 

[Marina continues struggling, she tries to spit in Cassius' face, only to miss.]

M: I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! JUST LET ME GO!

C: Mhm, right. You know what you’ve done. You’re a problem.

M: What the fuck do you mean! I haven't done anything to you!

C: Oh, Marina… This isn’t personal.

[Marina begins screaming for help again, now crying as she does.]

M: PLEASE DON'T KILL ME I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING! THERE'S SO MUCH LEFT I WANT TO DO!

[Cassius chuckles, and jabs one of the spider-like legs into one of Marina’s hands, allowing himself to stand up, as well as earning another scream from Marina.]

C: You chose this. That extensive research you’ve been doing into Showfall was not going to go unnoticed. 

M: You can't kill me! People will realize I'm missing! You'll be caught!

C: Marina, Marina, Marina… I’ve been at this for 330 years. If I was going to get caught, it would have been a while ago. 

[Marina tries to rip Cassius' spider-like leg out of her hand, only resulting in the leg cutting her hand open right between her middle and pointer fingers. Blood gushing out of the wound. Marina screams in agony, she tries to use the hand but to no use. Half of her hand droops down away from the other as she tries to grab anything to help her. The muscle tissue and some bone now visible.]

C: If you have any last words, I’d say them now. It would be such a shame if the last thing you ever said was an empty threat.

[Marina continues trying to fight back, but to no avail she begins screaming for what could be the final time.]

M: I WON'T SAY ANYTHING, I'LL DELETE THE STUFF I'VE FOUND, I PROMISE! JUST DON'T KILL ME!

C: You people and your silly little promises. God, it’s almost sad how much you think they'll change anything.

[Cassius jabs another leg into Marina’s lower leg.]

M: SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME! PLEASE!

[Marina stops screaming for a moment now sobbing.]

M: Ness… Even if you never hear this… I'm sorry… Please don't hurt her…

C: I’m sorry, what was that? I couldn’t hear you! Did you say… please hurt Ness? I mean… if you say so…

[Marina screams once again.]

M: NESS, I'M SO SORRY! JUST PLEASE LIVE ON WITHOUT ME! AND DON'T YOU HURT HER!

C: There it is! Now, I hope you’re happy with those being the last thing you’ve ever said. 

M: I–

[Marina is interrupted as Cassius takes three of the remaining spider legs and jams them into the torso area with almost surgical precision. Earning a much, much longer scream from Marina. Cassius seems to be looking for something within her chest cavity. The woman convulses as he roots around. He seems to be taking his time on purpose.]

C: Hm… no… not that…

[A satisfied chuckle, and a few odd squelching noises. The spider legs pull out something red, and the light leaves Marina’s eyes instantly. He turns slightly, his interest now in the heart that he just pulled out of his victim. He takes it gently from the limbs, and inspects it.]

C: And people have the nerve to call me heartless! Look at me, I have one right here in my hand!

[He makes a sound that would have counted as a laugh, were it not so inhuman. Sounding more like a monster shrieking in glee after a hunt than a regular human being laughing at a joke.]

[Cassius holds the heart up like an apple, and slowly brings it to his mouth, he takes a large bite, only picked up due to the disgusting squelching from behind the camera, and the blood that dribbles down his arm. He pulls it away from his mouth, a long string of blood taking a little longer to break than the others.]

[He moves back to the bushes, grabbing a small bag, and moving back over to Marina’s corpse.]

[The man begins methodically taking Marina’s blood and placing it in large bottles that were contained within the bag, a few minutes in, he turns the camera around, the view goes dark. The camera is turned around once more after he has as much as he can take. Before he leaves, he grabs her corpse by the hair, and swiftly slices her head off. He then finally stands back up, and makes his way back into the forest.]

[Transcript end.]

[rosetheex-editor]

[Video transcript start.]

[The transcript begins from someone's shirt pocket, two sets of footsteps heard walking up to a door. The door is swung open but the name “Ruby” and a handprint drawn in blood can still be seen.]

?: God… Am I really ready to do this?

[Voice identified: Rose Elizabeth Henderson.]

[The woman walks close to the door but stops, seemingly freezing in place.]

?: Is something wrong?

[Voice identified: Edgar.]

R: I uh… Didn’t think it would be this hard to walk in here… Haven't been in this room since june.

E: Do you want me to go first?

R: Can we walk in at the same time?

E: Oh, yeah, of course.

[The two people walk into the room at the same time, a dark blood soaked room. The walls and desks are covered in incoherent writing that can barely be seen.]

R: Hm… Ok… Forgot how creepy this fucking room was.

E: Yeah… I guess I never really looked around when I fought Emi here.

[Rose chuckles, walking over to one of the walls. A light from the phone makes it possible to read the words “MY FAULT.” and “REMEMBER.” written in blood.]

R: Huh… Forgot about that too.

E: Jeez… how old is all of this?

R: This section was probably written like a month or two before I got out… I think?

E: Fuckin’ hell, should we… go somewhere where there’s less or…?

R: It's fine… It's uh, kinda topical on why I asked to come here to talk with you.

E: Oh, well… should we sit down, then?

[Rose turns around to face Edgar, who is smiling softly at her, his eyes look tired, but he manages to play it off well enough. His hand goes up to brush a bit of hair out of his face, accidentally touching the bandages on a spot on his forehead, he flinches slightly, but doesn’t look away.]

R: You can, I think I'm going to stand.

[Edgar nods, and sits down on the floor, crossing his legs.]

R: Sorry for doing this all forty-eight hours after you got unmasked, but [Between awkward laughing.] I think if I waited any longer to talk about it I might go insane.

E: I don’t mind, I needed something to help take my mind off of it.

R: First, the only thing I was waiting to tell you. I fought Nicholas like a bit before he died. He broke my rib, I kicked his balls in and attacked him with your crowbar until…

E: Until…?

R: He switched it on me and almost crushed my windpipe in…

E: Jesus– That sounds… fucking terrifying.

R: Yeah um… Now you might be asking yourself ‘Wait, how did you stop him? Did someone help you?’ Yes… But you might not like who.

E: … [Slowly.] Eden…?

R: No Cassius.

E: Oh. [Long pause.] Why?

R: Well… Uh I have two… Technically three theories, might be right or wrong. A. He hates Nicholas for killing him and trying to take over PR, more than he hates me. B. He realized that if Nicholas killed me Ness would have um… Broken into the mall which Ophelia really doesn't want to happen. Or C. Both.

E: Huh… I… hm. I don’t know him, so I couldn’t tell you.

R: Me neither, I got my PR not being heartless info from Mari Ness and Will.

E: Same here, honestly.

R: Oh, and um… Alexander is kinda the MVP of being nice to us here in the mall, he literally sacrificed himself for Mari when Ruby attacked them, and played Mario Party with Sparrow and Peony after… Y'know.

E: Ah.

R: ANYWAY! Getting off topic. Why I brought you here.

E: Right, right, yeah.

R: I… I think I'm finally ready…

[Edgar tilts his head to the side, raising one eyebrow.]

R: I'm ready to try and move on… Not let Showfall have any guilt or past traumas to hold over my head anymore.

E: Oh. That’s… that’s a very big step forward, Rose. I’m proud of you.

R: Yeah… I brought you here, to tell you the whole truth of what happened with both Ruby and… Emi… And also to make a promise or two.

E: Sounds like a plan. Thank you for trusting me enough to do this, Rose.

R: Well… You're my dad… You deserve to know.

[Edgar nods.]

R: Guess I'll start with the easy one… Because Emi is obviously still alive.

E: Alright, tell me whenever you’re ready. I’m not going anywhere.

R: Ok… Um January 4th 2006, I was trying to escape with Ruby… She had a knife, I had an old computer. We had gotten split up. I ended up… In a very dark part of the mall when an employee. Emi. Ran up to me in the dark trying to attack me… I hit her 13 times with the computer… I had blood on the heels of my shoes for months… I didn't even know…

[Rose begins silently crying. The camera still facing Edgar.]

[Edgar reaches a hand out and pats Rose on the shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.]

R: Thanks I um… God…

E: You’re fine, you didn’t know. You did what you had to.

R: Hm… I god… Why am I trying to drag this out…

E: It’s a tough subject. I do the same thing sometimes.

R: I have to talk about it eventually…

E: But that doesn’t make it any easier. Take all the time you need, Rose.

R: Here I have the perfect idea to try and make this a bit easier…

E: Hm?

[Rose throws a semi large bag into frame, clearly having taken it off her back. After a deep breath she reaches down and pulls a box out of the bag.]

E: What’s that?

R: The gift Ruby left in the vent hideout, still haven't opened it.

E: Oh, alright. You’re… going to open it here?

R: No time like the present right?

E: Haha, present. [Slight pause.] Yeah, sorry.

R: Ok… Here we go.

[Rose holds the present for roughly 5 seconds before sighing.]

R: Wait… Fuck.

E: Do you want some help?

R: Yes please, I kinda uh… Forgot.

[Edgar reaches forward to help Rose open the present.]

[Rose's whole torso moves to look inside the box, inside is a red sweater with Rose's on it, a VHS tape, a photo and on the bottom a red blanket.]

R: Oh…

E: That’s… huh. That’s very sweet.

R: It's uh… I think I recognize the blanket actually…

E: Oh?

R: Yeah it's um… The one I had when I was little…

E: Aw.

R: The sweater is um… Hm… It's too big.

E: Maybe we could… hm. Well, I’m not the best at sewing, at least with actual clothing, so…

R: Ruby told me… Give stuff to people in need so…

[Rose grabs the sweater and slowly hands it to Edgar.]

R: You need a sweater… And a change of clothes. Dried blood can't be good for your skin

E: I– are you sure? That’s a gift from your sister, I wouldn’t want to take that away from you.

R: It means more to me if I get to use it to help you… Ruby would've wanted me to help people in need.

E: [A long pause.] Alright. Thank you, Rose. Genuinely.

R: No problem, now um… Ok fuck… I can't ignore the elephant in the room.

E: Yeah, you ready to keep talking?

R: I think so… Ready to hear the whole story of mine and Ruby's fight?

E: Mhm.

R: [A long pause.] So a few months before I escaped… Ruby had um came back to the hideout covered in wounds from a fight, she was telling me everything was fine… It clearly wasn't… She had um… I only found out towards the end that… She overheard Mai talking about Sparrow, and how she ‘Didn’t know Ruby had a kid.’

E: Hm.

R: Yeah, she shoved me out of the way telling me not to worry about it… She told me some things are better left hidden, she got more mad and brought up our mom's affair… I stabbed her in the leg…

[Edgar’s eyebrows crease inward, then they raise slightly. He seems to have connected a few things.]

R: She walked off and I followed… Screaming at her, she told me… About Sparrow… Well at least that she ‘Had a kid.’... I pushed her for keeping shit from me…

[Edgar nods, encouraging Rose to keep going.]

R: [Between crying.] Three employees came running, Ruby pushed me behind a column and was dragged away… I watched as they took her from me, I did nothing… I watched as she begged for her life…

E: Rose, come here.

[Edgar holds his arms out, and the two hug.]

R: [Sobbing.] I watched her plead for her fucking life and did nothing… I… I…

E: I know, I know. Let it all out, Rose. I’m here.

[Rose continues sobbing, the camera obscured by Edgar's shirt.]

R: [Still sobbing.] I don't want to lose anyone… Ever ever again… Not here…

E: You won’t. I’ll make sure of it, you won’t lose anyone else.

R: That reminds me… The promises…

E: Hm?

R: First… I'm never letting you go anywhere by yourself again… I can't lo- Let anyone lose you again… And don't want to lose you again…

E: Woah– that’s… that may be a little extreme, yeah?

R: Edgar. I have lost you. SEVEN fucking times now, never again.

E: That’s… fair. But I don’t want you getting hurt somehow because of this.

R: I have three bullets in my fucking gun, realistically I only need two to get everyone out. Also, I roundhouse kicked the head of PR in the fucking head once.

E: It’s not fighting that I’m worried about, we’re both actually kinda good at that, it’s… running. I don’t know if you can keep up if we need to sprint.

R: Edgar. I'm fast. As fuck. We've been over this.

E: Speed and endurance, Rose. I can run for… well, hours if need be. I don’t know how well you can do with that.

R: I ran from this room to the window I escaped from in record time, and besides I have… Decent endurance, not great but good enough.

E: If we’re talking about speed with escaping, I carried you from Mai’s office all the way outside.

R: I… Probably could have ran. Also, didn't she literally say there was a window open?

E: Er… yeah. I just… didn’t want to leave without causing some damage.

R: Anyway… Second promise. I promise you, either both of us are getting out or neither of us are.

E: That’s… again, yeah, that’s a little fair. But… Hm.

R: I'm not leaving any more family behind.

E: … Alright.

R: Y'know even if you don't think you deserve escape, Which I can tell dude… Experience… You do deserve that.

E: How the fuck–

R: Edgar, I tried 37 fucking times before I got out… I have felt like I didn't deserve to escape more times than I can count.

E: Yeah, you’re… you’re right.

R: If you ever doubt that fact, remember something A… Woman much wiser than me said… Have to switch it a little bit though…

[Rose coughs.]

R: Despite everything… You're still my dad Edgar, NOTHING will ever change that.

E: I… Thank you.

R: Of course, ugh… Feels nice… Finally talking to someone about everything…

E: Yeah, it feels great to talk about shit like that, but it’s really easy to forget that. I would know a lot about that last bit.

R: Hm yeah… When we get back you should uh, probably talk to Mari about taking a break from planning for a day. They literally have not slept since you got back.

E: I’ll talk to them.

R: Yeah um… Also, S- [Long pause.] Sparrow needs to talk with you.

E: Thanks for letting me know.

R: Yeah, um… Do you just want to talk about stuff? I uh, have a game I really liked when I was a kid.

E: Hm… maybe, yeah. I don’t know. What’s the game you liked?

R: Super mario RPG for the super nintendo.

E: Huh, I’ve never heard of that.

R: IT'S REALLY FUN! LIKE REALLY REALLY FUN!

E: Oh? I’d love to play it sometime, then! Maybe we could do a playthrough together!

R: They made a remake on the console thingy Ness bought me… But I didn't get to play it before y'know…

[Rose's hand pops into frame to sarcastically point at the mall.]

R: THIS.

E: Haha, yeah… when we get out, we can play it together.

R: It'll be fun, maybe I can play half-life. I actually think Mari said something about buying it on my computer I think…

E: Wait, really?

R: Yeah! Something about it being free?

E: That’s awesome! I didn’t know that was a thing at all!

R: You can play it if you want? In all honesty you might have more luck getting my computer away from Sparrow then I do.

E: That would be great, actually.

R: Cool, I'll ask Peony about it when we get bac- ACTUALLY… That’s something I wanted to ask you about, do you trust Peony? I mean… I do, but after everything that happened?

E: I… trust them if Sparrow does.

R: Fair… I just… I'm glad the kid is happy.

E: Same here.

R: I… Hm nevermind…

[Rose sighs seemingly upset.]

E: What’s up?

R: Cassidy tried fighting against the mask on the island…

E: Oh.

R: I just… I want to help her… I know I can't but I want to.

E: We’ll figure something out.

R: I… Sparrow told Delilah, they didn't want to lose you like they lost Cassidy…

E: … Ah… Um.

R: Yeah… I just… I know what it's like to leave a sibling behind… I don't want Sparrow to go through that even if they aren't siblings by blood.

E: Mhm…

R: On a happier note, Ness bought you something for when you get out, she bought it around the time Will found you in the tunnels I think…

E: Really? What?

R: Got you new head rests for the car, and also a bunch of doctor pepper.

E: Aw, that’s nice of her.

R: Yeah… Hm…

E: I… huh.

R: What’s up?

E: Is it really that simple? Just… ask someone to talk and then… do that?

R: I mean, yeah… Sometimes. Why do you ask?

E: I guess I just never realized that.

R: Took me a while to figure it out… I uh, did you wanna talk?

E: … maybe later.

R: Ok… Hm… Ugh.

[Rose can be heard headbutting the metal desk, seemingly out of annoyance.]

E: Hey, let’s not do that, alright? You’re going to hurt yourself.

R: She's under that mask dad… Cassidy is still there, and there is nothing any of us can do… Makes me feel useless…

E: [A sigh.] I get that. We’ll figure it out. I promise we’ll help her.

R: I… We have to figure something out… please…

E: We will.

R: Ok… I uh… Sorry… For getting you caught up in the middle of my stuff with Emi…

E: Don’t apologize, Rose. It’s fine. I’d rather be caught up in this than not be, because this way, I can help you.

R: [Muffled.] You're the best dad an idiot like me could've asked for.

E: Hey, you’re not an idiot. Don’t say that about yourself. You’re smarter than a lot of people I’ve met. Negative self talk is not going to fly anymore.

R: I got my arm ripped off thinking my sister was still alive… A smart person wouldn't do that.

E: Yes, but a grieving person would. You weren’t in a good state of mind. You’re okay, Rose. You’re not dumb, you’re not a screw-up. You’re my fucking daughter, and I wouldn’t want anyone else but you to have that spot.

R: I…

[Rose can be heard beginning to cry once again, the tears seemingly not going to stop for a while.]

R: [Crying, this lasts for the rest of the transcript.] Thank you… Thank you dad…

E: It’s no problem, if you ever need that reminder again, I’ll be right here.

R: Yeah I uh… Fucking hell…

E: Hold on. [A pause.] Oh, you’re kidding.

R: W- What?

E: Transcript light.

R: GOD DAMNIT, END TRANSCRIPT.

[Transcript ended.]

[showfall-costumes-department]

Jeez, way to be a Debbie-downer, anon! You didn’t even mention the good stuff!

Alright, so…

Edgar remembered a full month of freedom he had back in like, 2011, with these other people. Ness is going to see if they’re still alive and in lostfield!

He also argued about hotdog buns with Cassius for 15 minutes before creating a diversion to distract from the weirdly heated argument. And by that I mean they kissed. Which is really funny.

Sparrow is just overall doing a bit better, I think. As is Mari? Maybe? Sorta kinda? Dunno.

There can be good mixed in with bad, y’know?

Oh, wow, good for Edgar!! I hope those people are doing okay!

And that’s… With Cassius? Really, Edgar? Haha!

I’m really glad Sparrow is doing better… I hope Mari is too, but based on what I’ve been seeing and how you’re phrasing it, there doesn’t seem to be much news on their end…

I guess there can be good in the bad, it just feels like sometimes there’s more weight on one side… I appreciate you filling me in.

[showfallmediaarchivist]

Dude, Ophelia took Ness out for girls night and apparently they’re somewhere that Cassius didn’t expect. I’m nervous.

I wouldn't worry, Ophelia seems to like Ness!

[showfallmediamaintenance]

Ness ran off from work after presumably Cassius delivered what likely was some body part of Marina's to her workplace. And Henry is off to find her.

Oh, Jesus Christ. That’s an awful way to find out.

I… still need to get my arm back. I should make a plan, in case things go sideways.

[castiels-babydoll]

Divine Devotion; Chapter Three

--------- ● Castiel x Cassius Winchester ● An Angel and Hunter Love Story ● Themes: Light Smut, Smut, Suggestive Language. Sex Dream, Wet Dream, Fluff, Sibling Banter, etc? ● This chapter has some light smut/spicy themes in it so please under 17 years old please dni with this chapter. ● This is Part Two of Chapter Three, the other part(s) will be tagged as their respective parts. Please make sure you read the story in order.

With the shower not helping she sighed and finished washing herself, when done she turned the water off and got out, grabbing a towel and drying herself off. Cassius got dressed and then went over to the bathroom sink, grabbing her toothbrush and started brushing her teeth, once done she rinsed her mouth and tooth brush out and turned off the mini radio. Picking up her dirty clothes and hung up her towel before exiting the room, tossing her clothes down the laundry shoot before walking to the kitchen to see if the boys were still there. “Hi,” Castiel said to her once he saw her enter, “Uh… hey, Castiel…..” she replied, tensing once again, “He brought breakfast” Dean said as he pushed a box of donuts to the edge of the table. “He did?” She asked confused, not recollecting him holding anything before she got into the shower, Dean nodding, Cassius nodded and opened the box, seeing a long john donut and grabbing it. “Thank you Castiel…..” she quietly thanked before eating it, “You are welcome” he smiled, happy the three Winchesters liked his gift, Sam drinking his fourth cup of coffee already as he was deep into a book. “Do we have any hot chocolate?” Cassius asked, “No I think you drank it all the other day” Dean replied, making Cassius sigh, “We need more then” she said, “Or you could drink coffee like a normal person” Dean said. “Yes and I’ll just liquid shit every where dumbass” the girl scoffed and rolled her eyes, standing up and walking out of the room and to Dean’s mancave making him yell and holler up a storm, one she ignored with zero care. Once in the room she sat down on the bean bag couch she had shoved in there and turned on the movie theater sized screen, searching through for something to watch, the girl getting bored and switching to her Netflix account to find something. As she searched through her list of shows to watch she decided on Ancient Apocalypse, she curled up into the side she was sitting on and pulled a blanket over her, one she found on the other side of the couch.  “What are you watching?” She heard a scruff voice say, the girl jumping at the sudden-ness of it, ��Jesus christ you scared me-” she said while looking over to the other side of the couch to see Castiel, “I am not Jesus, you know who I am” he said. “Cas, it’s a statement. Like oh my god” she said, “Right….. I forgot, I’m sorry” he replied, “You’re alright, I promise” she softly smiled before going back to watching her show, shivering after a couple of episodes, even with the blanket she has wrapped around her. Castiel scooting over and wrapping his trenchcoat around her while holding her closer to him, Cassius turning a bright pink as she cuddled into his side, she could almost even feel one of his wings wrap around her, it wasn’t physically there but she just knew that he had done so. “You’re really comfy” she quietly said to him, “Thank you” he replied just as quiet, “So he just kills people who are bad beccause he wants to kill?” Castiel asked her after a few minutes, “Yea basically. Dexter is a psychopath and has homicidal thoughts and to curve those thoughts and feelings he kills the bad people, aka criminals and all so he doesn’t go on a random spree and hurt a bunch of people. He follows a strict code and he tries really hard to not do it though because of his girlfriend Rita and her kids” she explained to the angel, the man nodding his head “Oh…. Okay” he said, understanding it but not quite.

[reglupin]

Nessa História da guerra de vida ou morte entre Marco Antônio e Otávio, o Egito parece mero coadjuvante e Cleópatra, bode expiatório de Roma. Não foi bem assim. Sob o comando de Cleópatra, o Egito foi um parceiro político, econômico e militar estratégico de Marco Antônio.

Havia romance entre os dois, como atesta a existência de filhos do casal, mas os amantes também dividiam interesses políticos. Vejamos os acontecimentos daqueles anos que antecederam a Batalha do Ácio sob o ponto de vista de Cleópatra.

Durante seu governo, ela construiu um país economicamente poderoso, graças a técnicas inovadoras de irrigação das terras às margens do rio Nilo. Quase metade de todos os grãos consumidos por Roma saia do Egito. Como não houve grandes enchentes entre os anos de 40 e 30, a economia egípcia floresceu, fortalecendo o poder político de Cleópatra. Assim, como dizem alguns historiadores, o Egito consolidou-se como a “joia da coroa” do Império Romano.

O sucesso econômico não parecia dar segurança ao trono de Cleópatra. A rainha queria a certeza de que detinha o poder sobre o seu país e que ele não lhe seria tomado. Para entender o sentimento de insegurança de Cleópatra, é preciso lembrar que o Egito era parte do Estado romano e que os ptolomeus só o administravam porque os romanos permitiam. Mas essas razões explicam as relações de Cleópatra com Roma, não com Marco Antônio. Que outros motivos, além daqueles do coração, teriam levado Cleópatra a se definir politicamente por Marco Antônio?

Uma consulta histórica revela que, no fundo, Cleópatra não tinha outra opção. Logo depois da morte de Júlio César, ela tentou ficar em cima do muro, mantendo distância dos grupos que disputavam o governo. Roma estava à beira de uma guerra civil e qualquer um dos lados poderia sair vencedor. Num primeiro momento, discretamente, sem colocar todo o peso do Egito na jogada, Cleópatra aliou-se aos republicanos Cassius e Brutus, assassinos de Júlio César. Os dois senadores montaram um exército e pretendiam tomar o poder. Quando o Segundo Triunvirato se formalizou, deixando claro que Antônio e Otávio haviam chegado a um entendimento político, a situação mudou. Apoiar Cassius e Brutus equivalia a ficar contra os que agora davam as cartas em Roma. Cleópatra recuou.

A rainha do Egito raciocinava como os antepassados. Até aquele momento, os ptolomeus haviam sobrevivido às disputas romanas por terem se associado à pessoa certa na hora certa. Dessa vez, ela usou a regra da exclusão. Sabia que não podia confiar em Otávio porque ela tinha um filho, Cesário, que poderia disputar com ele o direito de ser herdeiro de Roma, por ser filho de Júlio César. Otávio nunca toleraria a existência dessa ameaça à sua posição.

Portanto, aliar-se a Otávio contra Marco Antônio parecia uma decisão arriscada e incerta – provavelmente inviável. Sobrava o próprio Marco Antônio. Quando ele a chamou para esclarecer rumores de que apoiava os assassinos de Júlio César, no primeiro encontro oficial de ambos, em Tarso, ela desconversou, seduziu-o e prometeu aliar-se a ele dali para frente.

Nesse encontro, que vimos em detalhes no capítulo “Os romances”, Cleópatra e Marco Antônio selaram com romance o acordo político que os manteria juntos até a morte. A participação do Egito na Batalha do Ácio foi desdobramento natural dessa união política. Além disso, não se pode afastar a ideia de que ambos pensassem mesmo em construir o próprio império a partir do Egito.

Marco Antônio e Cleópatra faziam sentido juntos; eram muito parecidos. Ambiciosos, tinham grandes sonhos para o futuro. Marco Antônio sonhava em se equiparar a Alexandre, o Grande, em conquistas territoriais e ousadia militar. A conquista da Párcia era parte dessa estratégia. Se tivesse sucesso, Marco Antônio se firmaria como o primeiro homem do Segundo Triunvirato. Ele bem que tentou, mas não conseguiu. Cleópatra sonhava recuperar o prestígio do Império Egípcio de quase 300 anos antes, o Egito dos primeiros ptolomeus. Além disso, não queria mais se subordinar às ordens de Roma. A aliança com Marco Antônio a colocaria na condição de soberana – seria esposa e rainha.

Por isso, quando a Batalha do Ácio tornou-se realidade, Cleópatra participou de tudo, da preparação à batalha no mar, com o coração, barcos e homens. Ela própria comandava a esquadra egípcia de 60 barcos, o que desagradou oficiais militares de Marco Antônio. Não havia outro modo. Os homens de Cleópatra não se sujeitariam às ordens de outra pessoa, mesmo que essa pessoa fosse Marco Antônio. Se ele queria as tropas do Egito – e ele queria – teria de ser sob o comando de Cleópatra.

Os acontecimentos no mar Jônico, com a derrota das tropas de Cleópatra e Marco Antônio, significaram o fim dos sonhos de grandeza da rainha do Egito e do comandante romano. Pelo tamanho das mudanças causadas nos rumos da humanidade, o episódio é considerado os dos maiores e mais intrigantes “e se?” da história. E se Marco Antônio e Cleópatra tivessem vencido Otávio no Ácio? Talvez o mundo nunca tivesse assistido ao surgimento do Império; talvez a República tivesse resistido mais alguns anos, talvez o casal tivesse criado um novo império. E se Marco Antônio tivesse se tornado o primeiro imperador? E se... bem, de que adianta? A realidade é que Marco Antônio saiu derrotado do confronto.

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Juventude: não-estágio e transição?

Marc Augé define lugar como um espaço identitário, relacional e histótico. O não lugar então seria o oposto disso, espaços não identitários, nem relacionais e não históricos. Isso se dá porque seriam, em teoria lugares em que se estaria apenas de passagem, lugares codificáveis, mas não simbolizados, estariam além do sentido ou "protegidos" dele. São lugares de transição. Assim se cita lugares como aeroportos, avenidas, grandes centros comerciais, em que o espaço é um local-função estritamente. Contudo, estaria mesmo um lugar além do sentido? seria esses locais imprenetráveis ao simbolo? Não estaria o símbolo apenas em uma forma de enunciado diferente do que o mais diretamente perceptível? Não estaria uma população produzindo um sentido que vai além de um enunciado padrão nesses locais que nos fogem a percepção de vida? A juventude enquanto conceito é uma luta e definição novas, com um debate internacional longo sobre o reconhecimento desse estágio e das suas demandas. Tendo as discussões chegado no Brasil com destaque na articulação civil-política somente após a redemocratização, com o marco legal do Estatuto da Juventude em 2013.

Mas ainda é um conceito em discussão por ser considerado um estágio-passagem, um estágio-transição. Enquanto conceito é díficil de ser acessado e entendido: entender quem é a juventude ou juventudes, quais são suas demandas e desejos. É, então, por si só uma palavra e acepção que denota certo "vazio", é passagem, um não-lugar ou quase um não-estágio. O Enunciado Juventude assim é amplo, é passagem, mas é habitado e se faz sentido nesse local. Um local em que a cultura opera como forte catalizador de relações sociais de sentido e luta política. E talvez seja por essa falta de definição do que é ser jovem que a cultura se torna necessária e possui uma função tão primordial, um território que por ser não território faz da desterritorialização possibilidade de sempre territorializar, contornar a existência com símbolos em renovação. Assim vejo o não lugar definido pelo olhar do que se sente estrangeiro e não somente porque o sentido não existe. Existem sentidos que são menos veiculados, menos compartilhados enquanto relações culturais/sociais, que fogem de uma compreensão de um Enunciado padrão, de uma narrativa que se vende como comum. Uma compreensão de tempo e espaço padrão, uma narrativa imagética de uma tradional jornada do herói.

"Parece que o que está em jogo na construção dos espaços e na sua própria vivência, que permite a aceleração do tempo e a virtualização do espaço, é a transformação de nós mesmos em outros, em algo que realizamos mas do que não nos damos conta, todos nós temos a impressão de estarmos sendo colonizados, mas sem que saibamos certo por quem." (Augé, 1998)

Ele também fala que o não lugar é aquilo que o tempo transforma espaço em apenas imagens, mas pela aceleração do tempo que causa o não sentido. Digo que todo o espaço é um não espaço na verdade quando não há apropriação simbólica/política dele, e não pela falta de sentido. E que existem lugares vistos como não lugares por essa falta de sentido na verdade gerada por um sentido imposto como padrão. Que existem narrativas "absurdas" sobre a vida, que são reais. Que essas variadas percepções da vida são Enunciados de Enunciações vividas que fogem do padrão, mas que existem e são comuns, cotidianas.

"Assim como o cyberpunk anglo-americano, o tupinipunk também seria uma resposta ao globalismo e ao multiculturalismo - mas uma resposta própria de um país que vive uma situação diferenciada de desenvolvimento cultural e científico, onde a modernização ainda esbarra em elementos que remetem aos modelos de nossa colonização. E essa resposta se dá principalmente por uma recuperação da idéia do sincretismo"

Cena do filme "Sorry to Bother You" de 2018: uma versão recente de Oakland, o atendente de telemarketing Cassius Green descobre uma "chave mágica" para o êxito profissional, mas isso o leva a um universo macabro.

Narrativas e modos de enredo, manipulam o tempo-espaço das mídias para produzir uma arte que escapa e resiste. O Afro-Surrealismo, o CyberPunk Brasileiro não retraram situações inventadas, mas se utilizam de recursos que fogem a representação de uma vida cotidiana comum como é veiculada normalmente, porque é o jeito mais direto de retratar essa situação diferenciada de desenvolvimento cultural e científico.

A precarização e exploração do trabalho mudam as representações sobre o trabalho e se utilizam de outra imagética ao passo que as mídias e os recursos para produzi-las se tornam acessíveis a outras pessoas e outros modos de ser no espaço tempo. É preciso, assim, estar atento aos "não" lugares, "não" sentidos, "não" simbolos e "não" signos, é onde se acessa produção em renovação. Onde pode haver uma possibilidade de articular, mediar-transformar enquanto psicólogo social.

o vídeo do produtor de conteúdo OraThiago foi o que possibilitou esse insight e pensar juventude (já que "trabalho" já estava dado no vídeo) como não lugar e por isso espaço de articulação política através da cultura no brasil, como foi visto e registrado durante a breve trajetória dessa população em seu reconhecimento e acesso a políticas

[marilostfieldblog]

[Video transcript begin.]

[The transcript begins with someone in front of a door, the phone in their front shirt pocket. They take a deep breath and open the door, inside the room looks like your standard living room, desks off to the side as a man with blonde hair, gray eyes, and a stained white dress shirt. He's sitting on an old looking wooden chair with cushions. Something around each of his limbs glints in the light. His head is turned to the door, he’s facing away.]

?: Woah… Last time I was here I didn't really get to look in here… This is cool!

[Voice identified: Mari.]

?: Yeah, yeah. You can look all you fucking want after you get me out of this fucking chair.

[Voice identified: Cassius.]

[Cassius yanks his arm up, something clanks, he stares at Mari, adding to his point.]

M: Didn’t your mother teach you any manners? What's the magic word?

[Mari laughs.]

C: I’m going to fucking strangle you.

M: I survived robots stabbing me with fuckin' spikes dude. Besides, don't you have spider legs in your back?

C: I tried, but they got fucking disabled somehow. Nicholas is one crafty son of a bitch. I hope he learned his fucking lesson.

M: I do have… one thing to say before I get you out.

[Mari walks closer to Cassius leaning up to his ear, The camera is blocked by his dress shirt.]

M: [Whispering.] 7 days you son of a bitch, 7 days before I run for the hills.

C: Good, I won’t have to fucking talk to you ever again. Good riddance.

M: Oh I know you hate talking to me… But I could just leave you here. I mean if everyone's asleep, I could probably trash this place and leave, no?

[Mari continues laughing.]

C: You see one guy handcuffed to a chair and suddenly you become a goddamn Disney villain. Jesus Christ.

M: Not that I just think it's really funny.

C: Well, fun’s over, Mari. I swear to god if you don’t uncuff me from this damn chair you will not be making it out of this room alive.

M: How. Dumbass, you’re the one chained to the chair.

C: I’ll figure it out.

M: Say please and I will.

C: You are the worst. I hope you die.

M: Same here. Say please.

[Cassius frowns. Glaring at Mari.]

C: Can you please get me out of this chair.

M: Yeah sure! You got a paperclip?

C: Why the fuck would I have a paperclip.

M: Do you… Keep any paperclips?

C: Yeah! But not with me!

M: Where the fuck are the paperclips then!

C: I don’t know! Go check a filing cabinet or something!

M: Dude… Aren't you the fuckin' department head?

C: That doesn’t mean I know where every fucking paperclip is!

[Mari turns around and begins opening filing cabinets, checking each one before eventually seeing a file.]

M: Hey dude… What's this?

[Mari turns back around and faces Cassius.]

[Cassius cranes his head to see what Mari has, his eyebrows crease inwards.]

C: None of your concern.

M: Dude. I'm taking a lucky guess and saying this stupid phone is recording this, because it always does. So either you tell me or I'll let the phone tell me. Make a choice dude cuz I ain't got all day.

C: I highly doubt that your phone would record this. But sure. Fine. That’s a file on the person Ophelia took to the Bahamas a few days ago. What of it? Why are you so interested in it?

M: Because I recognize the name. That's why.

[Mari flips the file in their direction, the file has a photo of Ness at the top, with her full name beside it. The file is full of photos of their search history, with notes beside it such as ‘Possibly unrelated. Keep monitoring.’ And ‘Keep note of this.’ The most notable searches include ‘Showfall Media missing persons’ and ‘How much is therapy’. The notes on those are fairly straightforward, but further down the searches ‘How to rip out a human heart’ and ‘How to best kill people named Eden’ are lined with notes that are taking jabs at the person. Such as just a simple ‘Oops!’ In red… ink…?]

M: … This is someone you're wanting to kill?

C: No. That’s someone we have a file on, due to concerning activity regarding Showfall. What’s it to you, anyway?

M: She's familiar… And what do you mean 'Concerning activity'?

C: Mari, our whole job as PR is to keep Showfall’s public image positive. If someone starts looking into any of this, and word gets out… I’m out of a job, that’s for sure.

M: So you might kill her? That's your whole thing right? Killing people?

C: It’s not. And frankly I’m offended that you’d think so. I do so much more than just murder.

M: She… Fought a PR member?

[The camera zooms in on mentions of a fight between Ness and Eden, injury reports include 'Eden bit Ness' right ring finger off' and 'Eden was stabbed in the abdomen with a spear and got an almost broken nose.']

C: Mari, this seems like something you can look at once I’m out of this fucking chair, no?

M: No.

C: Mari. Seriously.

M: Ugh, fine.

[The camera zooms out and Mari turns back around to continue looking, eventually finding a paperclip.]

M: Finally!

[Mari stuffs the file in their pocket before grabbing the paperclip and walking back over to Cassius.]

M: Stay still, dipshit.

[Mari bends the paperclip and begins lockpicking each pair of handcuffs, the first takes 3 minutes before Mari speaks again.]

M: Fuckin' hell, sorry that took so long.

[Cassius shakes his arm, a red circle on his wrist where the cuff was.]

C: It’s fine. Just keep unlocking these. I don’t think I’ve properly stood up in over 12 hours.

[Mari begins uncuffing the other hand, taking two minutes before they sigh. And move to the left leg, Taking 4 minutes.]

M: I'm not used to uncuffing legs… Then again I… Can't remember anyway… Huh.

C: One more, dude.

[Mari finally gets to the final cuff, taking almost a minute before it unlocks.]

M: There!

[Cassius stands up, slightly shakily. Using his arms as support on the chair. He takes a few steps back from Mari. A neutral expression on his face.]

C: Thanks.

M: No problem. Just one thing.

[Before Cassius can speak Mari punches him in the face, he falls to the floor with a thud.]

M: That’s! For chloroforming me the other day asshole!

C: You motherfucker! I could’ve killed you, but I decided against it, that was the only other option I had!

M: You could have had me reprogrammed?

C: You’re taking care of a kid.

M: Did… I COULDN’T HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THEM IF YOU KILLED ME?

C: Why the fuck do you think I decided not to, you bitch!

M: Ha! So you do care about the kid! Anyway!

[Mari holds out a hand in front of Cassius.]

C: There’s a difference between me caring about there being a kid, and caring about the kid themselves. Why are you holding your hand out.

M: My mom taught me good sportsmanship… I think… I swear she did at least. So I'm gonna help you up.

[Cassius hesitantly grabs Mari’s hand. And stands up. Glaring at them.]

M: I want to make one thing clear, I still hate you as a person for what you've done… But I can still respect you not killing me for the sake of that kid, It proves there's someone behind what showfall made you.

C: You don’t even know how wrong you are, Mari.

[Mari puts their phone down on a table, in a way both them and Cassius are in view. Mari has on a bloody t-shirt as well; their hair seems to be more muddled red by the day. They put both their hands out to the side before speaking.]

M: If I'm so wrong, then kill me.

C: …

M: I'm right here. If I'm wrong. Kill me, Cassius

C: No.

M: Why not? You said I was wrong right?

C: … You wanted a knife, right?

[Mari begins laughing once again. This time more of a somber chuckle.]

C: Taking that as a yes. Follow me, I’ll get you one.

M: I don't need a big one dude, just a little one.

C: I know, I need you to pick one out. Come on, I want you out of here as soon as fucking possible.

M: Dude… Ugh fine.

[Mari grabs their phone, and puts it back in their shirt pocket. following Cassius.]

[He opens the door to a room, the inside looks dark, it is very difficult to see inside.]

C: After you.

M: Ok.

[Mari slowly walks in.]

[The door closes, and Cassius lights a match.]

C: The downside of having only candles as your main light source is that it takes forever to get them all lit. Anyway, the knives are over there somewhere.

[He waves his arm around in a random general direction.]

M: Ok.

[Mari walks around looking for the knives Cassius mentioned.]

M: I can't fuckin' see anything dude!

C: Take one of the fucking candles then, asshole! Here!

[Cassius takes a candle that has already been lit and holds it out to Mari.]

M: No need to be an ass about it!

[Mari takes one of the candles and begins looking, eventually finding the wall of knives and grabbing one.]

M: Like I said. Just need a small one, I'm not the one using it.

C: Just take one that seems like it’d work.

M: I already did.

[Mari flips the knife in her hand, showing it to Cassius.]

C: Good choice, pocket knives are pretty good. If that’s the one you want, you can leave now.

M: Yeah. If uh… You need me for any non murder activities. You know where to find me.

C: Alright. If you say one thing about any of this to anyone, I will rip your heart out like I did to Marina.

M: Dude. I gave you the chance like… 5 minutes ago. Anyway at most I'll tell this to Sparrow and that's it.

C: Fine. Leave.

[Mari walks out the door, before pulling the phone out and noticing the light.]

M: OH SHIT UM IF ANYONE SEES THIS YOU DIDN'T SEE IT ON MY BLOG! END TRANSCRIPT.

[Transcript end.]