#nikini

[hmshermitcraft]

For the theme!! Niki Nihachu and Gem!!

(Niki Nihachu, a bi girl that was in the dsmp, origins smp, and others! Reason for this ship? They match eachother's energy pretty well and I think they'd just be cute:) )

Okay, this wasn't.. quite Gem's plan. But she can deal with it! She totally can! I mean, what's so hard about crushing on a girl that you only ever talk to during MCC? Right, this'll be easy! Just a crush that will eventually pass.

Except it doesn't. No matter how hard Gem tries, she can't get Niki out of her head. It's driving her insane! She feels so pathetic, becoming over-eager for MCC every month, just to potentially catch a glimpse of Niki. Scott's noticed too, which is both horrible and amazing.

Amazing because Scott knows Niki, and makes plans for Niki and Gem to interact outside MCC. Amazing because Scott puts them as a team every now and then. Horrible because Scott, is so obvious and such a little gremlin!

Even when they finally agree to go on a date, they at the same time agree never to tell Scott they did it whilst on the same MCC team. They'd never hear the end of it! He'd be teasing them for the rest of their lives.

Which is energy they don't need when they need to focus on being their cutest for this date. The excitement from them both could power redstone!

[adelaideoldburg]

[nathanbatemanfucker]

Sprite OC

name: Nikini

home: a forest in the chicago suburbs

species: forest nymph

tailsman: jasminum

abilities: plant control, materialization, aroma manipulation, aura reading, shapeshifting, communication with animals,

skills: increased strength, potion brewing, archery

features: eyes glow green when using her powers, horns grow when she is engaged in combat.

faction: animal protection

more questions about her? feel free to ask!

[bendungodly]

My dear Valentine, where can you be? The machine hums heavy and warm, could you have really left me? Do you remember my name? The harmony?

My love, Valentine, do you see of me? In between all your lovers' form, and on a friend's hands see my name and my love, the harm of me.

[campingwiththecharmings]

*These weren’t necessarily written and/or posted in June, but that’s when I read them 😊

(thanks for your patience with this y'all, i'm so sorry it took so long to post. working on getting july and august recs out as well ❤️)

🔥 - explicit/mature content

Star Wars

🔥For Your Entertainment (Poe Dameron x F!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

Gardens of Babylon (Cowboy!Din Djarin x Cowgirl!Reader) - @spacecowboyhotch (yes i'm rec-ing this again)

You Are in Love (Modern!Poe Dameron x Reader) - @alwritey-aphrodite (i will rec this every time i read a new chapter, try and stop meeee)

🔥Clandestine (Poe Dameron x F!Reader) - @the-little-ewok

🔥Good Morning (Poe Dameron x F!Reader) - @whirlybirbs

🔥favor (Poe Dameron x F!Reader) - @eyelessfaces

Rookie Mistake (Poe Dameron x F!Reader) - @groguspicklejar

🔥Never Before (Poe Dameron x F!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

Moon Knight

🔥Prized Possession (Marc Spector x Steven Grant x F!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

🔥The Best Kept Secrets - Marc's Story (dbf!Marc Spector x F!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

🔥Kisses on your lovers lap (Marc Spector x F!Reader) - @sweetly-yours-and-mine

🔥Let Your Fingers to the Talking (Jake Lockley x F!Villain!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

Spoiled Rotten (Marc Spector x Reader) - @my-secret-shame-but-fanfiction

Sprite: Savior (Marc Spector x forest nymph oc Nikini) - @spacecowboyhotch

Bubble Bath (Marc Spector x Reader) - @shewhohangsoutincemeteries

Domestic Fluff (Steven Grant x Housewife!Reader) - @xbellaxcarolinax

Fluff and Kisses with Marc (Marc Spector x Reader) - @sweetly-yours-and-mine

Her Hair Reminds Me of a Warm, Safe Place (Marc Spector x Layla El-Faouly) - @romanarose

🔥Forever Bittersweet (Marc Spector x F!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

🔥Please (Marc Spector x F!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

🔥take it (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @eyelessfaces

🔥apology (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @eyelessfaces

🔥willing to give (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @graysonshaven

🔥take my breath (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @whatthefishh

🔥burrowed under my skin (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @dameronscopilot

🔥Cállate (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @xbellaxcarolinax

🔥Impatient (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @my-secret-shame-but-fanfiction

🔥Little Bug (Yandere!Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

Every You, Every Me (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @astroboots (i haven't finished this yet but i cannot recommend this fic enough)

🔥Soothe & Sleep (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @spacecowboyhotch

🔥Wandering Hands (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @loganlermanstanaccount

tousled, stubbled, tired (Miguel O'Hara x Reader) - @eyelessfaces

🔥Virgin!Miguel w/a huge cock and fucks both of u dumb (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @xbellaxcarolinax

🔥Take It All (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @romanarose

🔥Make Me A Liar (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @groguspicklejar

🔥coming home (Miguel O'Hara x F!Reader) - @eyelessfaces

Triple Frontier

Blurring Out (Santiago Garcia x F!Reader) - @spacecowboyhotch

Being Will's Girl Would Include (Will Miller x F!Reader) - @missdictatorme

🔥Look What the Cat Dragged In (Santiago Garcia x F!Thief!Reader) - @missdictatorme

For Better, For Worse (Santiago Garcia x F!Reader) - @bullet-prooflove

The Last of Us

To the Rescue (Pre-Outbreak!Joel x F!Reader) - @romanarose

Waffle House penance (Joel Miller x F!Reader) - @softlyspector

Sucker Punch

🔥Needy Little Thing (Blue Jones x F!Reader) - @melodygatesauthor

The Two Faces of January

🔥The Oxford Comma Series (Rydal Keener x F!Reader) - @whatthefishh (will never stop rec-ing this fic ❤️)

Ex Machina

🔥heavenly praises (Nathan Bateman x F!Reader) - @leoluved

🔥old fashioned (Nathan Bateman x F!Reader) - @leoluved

🔥chase and pull (Nathan Bateman x F!Reader) - @leoluved

🔥indulge me (Nathan Bateman x F!Reader) - @leoluved

Thank you to all the wonderful writers for sharing their stories with us 🥰❤️

*For more recs, please feel free to check out my fic rec tag.

**If you’d like to have your fic removed from the list, I completely understand, just let me know

[thatliminal-wanderer]

“Black Rainbows” by Miracle Musical ID Pack

Requested by Anon

Names

Alba, Amarantha, Amaris, Amaya, Amias, Amitola, Amy, Anjum, Annabelle, Anuenue, Apollo, Archer, Aruna, Asteria, Aurora, Ayla, Badriyah, Basma, Basmah, Belinda, Blackwell, Bogdan, Briar, Brone, Celena, Celeste, Cerys, Chandra, Chandra, Chaos, Crimson, Dade, David, Delores, Dolores, Eros, Esme, Esmeray, Estella, Evelyn, Gray/Grey, Guinevere, Hala, Hannie, Hina, Ibtisam, Iridiana, Iris, Jabari, Jabez, Jocasta, Jonathan, Layla, Lennon, Leo, Lolita, Luan, Luna, Lyra, Mabel, Mahogany, Malachi, Manzat, Mara, Midnight, Mona, Muskaan, Nekane, Nesta, Niji, Nikini, Noelani, Noir, Nova, Nyx, Obsidian, Orion, Ozul, Perdita, Phoebe, Rainbeau, Ricmod, Rue, Salem, Seren, Serena, Shadow, Simon, Starla, Stella, Theodore, Tristezza, Tristian, Uenuku, Umbra, Vesper, Vespera, Vidhuhas, Whisper, Zorion

Pronouns

ae/aem/aers, amor/amors, astro/astros, beach/beaches, black/blacks, blue/blues, blush/blushes, char/charcoal/charcoals, clear/clears, color/colors, dark/darks, deep/deeps, draw/draws, eros/eros, gloom/glooms, gray/grays, green/greens, hue/hues, indigo/indigos, ink/inks, joy/joys, letter/letters, light/lights, lost/losts, lunar/lunars, luv/luvs, maroon/maroons, mid/midnight/midnights, moon/moon, navy/navys, night/nights, orange/oranges, other/others, purple/purples, rain/bow/rainbows, ray/rays, red/reds, sand/sands, sha/shadow/shadows, shade/shades, sorrow/sorrows, star/stars, stella/stellas, tree/trees, yellow/yellows, ⭐️/⭐️s, 🌅/🌅s, 🌈/🌈s, 🌌/🌌s, 🌙/🌙s, 🌠/🌠s, 🌴/🌴s, 🎼/🎼s, 🏝️/🏝️s, 👥/👥s, 🖌️/🖌️s, 🖤/🖤s, 🦋/🦋s, 🩶/🩶s

Titles

The Black Rainbow, The One Colored In Black, The One Who Draws The Rainbows, The One of Dimly Lit Colors, The Rainbow of Dark Hues, The Song of Sorrowful Love, The Stella Octangula, [prn] Who Paints With Darkness, [prn] Who Saw You Smile

Genders

Acilnerae, Blackrainbic, Blacksandgender, Dizzlovesickic, Fogibeachnightic, Galaxyfate, Genderdoomed, Ghostenamoric, Gloomyrainbowgender, Hawaii:partIIalbumic, Limitifuzreatic, Lovesickthing, Moonbowin, Novaity, Pastrasea, Pazazsuan, Phosmoceanlianl, Plageneigegender/Plagetempêtegender, Rainobsidicrysic, Starryseagender, Stellstallum, Thalassyrean, Tidepullene, Umbrainbowgender, Vitalssence/Sinnisous

Other mogai

Alderainbow, Alderblacksand, Alderbleedic, Alderstarpil, Assigned Star at Birth/AStrAB /Assigned Starling at Birth/AStgAB /Assigned Starlight at Birth/AStlAB, Darkwarmgreyvesil, Detherealaestelic, Grey Omninoun, Pink Omninoun, Rainbowvior/Rainbowalius/Rainbowperspesque, Red Omninoun, Star Omninoun, Starperspesque, Void Omninoun, 🌈 Omninoun

[andiv3r]

Names for the werewolf girlfriend: Amaris, Neoma, and Nikini all have some relation to the moon, which i thought was fitting!! If you don't like any of them let me know, i'll keep looking 🩷❤️🩷💜🩷💙

OOH i like these a loot hrrmmr. Migjt use one of them,,,

[nikiniluna]

(Introduction in English is down bellow)

Olá, pessoal!

Meu nome é NikiniLuna. Podem me chamar de Nikini ou de Luna.

Comecei essa conta primeiramente para falar de Twisted Wonderland, mas eu também posto sobre outros tópicos também.

Gosto de ler, assistir animes, jogar videogames e escrever.

Eu tenho uma conta no AO3 onde eu postei umas fanfics que eu fiz: https://archiveofourown.org/users/NikiniLuna/works

Na Royal Road, eu sou conhecida como Helena Rosa e estou escrevendo “The Healer Mage’s Formation”, que é um pequeno projeto que eu atualizo de tempos em tempos quando tenho inspiração: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/91036/the-healer-mages-formation-a-healer-reincarnation

English:

Hi, guys!

I’m NikiniLuna. Call me Nikini or Luna.

I started this account to post about Twisted Wonderland but I post about other things too.

I liking reading, watching anime, playing video games and writing.

I have a AO3 account where I posted some fanfics I wrote: https://archiveofourown.org/users/NikiniLuna/works

In Royal Road, I known as Helena Rosa and I currently writing “The Healer Mage’s Formation”, a little project that I update from time to time when I get inspiration: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/91036/the-healer-mages-formation-a-healer-reincarnation

[da-millerrrrr]

Greeetings loced ones lets take a joeuneu I know a plsce where the grass is always grewner warm wet amd wild therw must be sometihng on the wster sipoing gin snd jice laying underneatj the palm trees the boys break theor necks tryikng to get a sneak peal you can trvsle the world but nothign coems close to the golden coast wnt you paryy with us you'll be flling in love oh oh oh oh wow oj oh calirfornia girls we're ukforgettavle daisy dueks bikings ontop wrst coast sunkissed skin so hot itll melt ypur popsicile oh oh wow woah oh oh oh tall tan fit and ready turn it up jecause it's getting heavy wild wild west cosdt this is thd place I love yhe most turn ut up because it's hot in californa califorkia girls we're unforgettsvle daisy duke's nikinis omtpp west coast drwam sunkissed skin so hot it met your oppsicle oh wo woah wo oh oh oh

actually cackling rn

[freddyfazbears-kinhelp]

names for moon

for 🌌galaxialauthority🌌

🌒 Celestia

🌠 Dror/Drora

🌒 Nikini (meaning moon)

🌠 Triton (name of a moon)

🌒 Callisto (name of a moon)

🌠 Selene (meaning moon)

🌒 Luna/Lune

🌠 Monroe

🌒 Morgan/Morgane

🌠 Monet

🌒 Lucille/Luxille/Lucy/Luz

[toestalucia]

oki stream comments 2.0 so i can be annoying here as well. tldr horoscope is winning so hard ive nvr been happier

they couldve stopped the stream after this & i wouldve been happy regardless. i was content with the updates once they said tikoh. shannon in the mirror/window im ill why would they do that....nikinis called......the hand.....tikoh is one of my favorite additions of recent years i lov her so much, i knew they love her cuz of her amount of alts but I DIDNT THINK SHE'D GET ANNI SKIN............YIPPPIIEEE AND ITS SSOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOODDD SHANNON AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA my everything hurts. this and unbound asterism rerun (PLEASE read. cupiris the world) ough april u will be THE month of all time

to which. speaking of cupiris<3

im ok (is losing my mind)

THE WAY THEIR HANDS ARE POSITIONED......TRISTETTE PARTLY HOLDING CUPITANS FINGERS BUT ALSO IN HER HAIR.....?? CUPITANS HAND ON TRISTETTE'S CHEEK...?? THE RED STRING?? HEEEELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOO GBF YURI PEAK the blue and purple.....the black and white......angel and werewolf.......girlie who brainwashed herself...................dude theyre so good. this art. hello. can we get an interview just talking about this art & the direction of it. i lov cupiris. best ship gbf has ever given me cupitan took over my brain the day she appeared. i hate you i love you...................look at me instead.............im so glad gbf went all out with them tbhTT unbound asterism cg u will always be my favorite moment

not having a sequel this year sucked however seeing them in like Normal situations were SO damn good too. cupitan & ragazzo and the sandcastle. heavens. their trauma. their distance. i want you to eat me. the complicated feelings you have toward the man who raised you and then severed your arms. manamel. once they reveal to kolulu the fire was very likely intentional im going to break down. fiorito........................ greatest teen cast gbf has. hekate of all ppl being like ???? when cupitan goes on HHHADHDAHDAHBADJBADBADJ GAAAAHHHHH I LOVEEEE CUPITAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN what if i loved you so much i couldnt deal with you saying you hate me so i brainwashed myself into thinking you were kidnapped and the one brainwashed......im gonna be sick. and then she does it multiple times. good lord. peak character. i dont wanna get into tikoh rn but shes also so. holy fk........................... haha cute bunny doctor- CANNIBALISM ???????????????? her weapon....shannon....... tikoh&vikala is such a fav combo too;-; tikoh wants sm for her

oki horoscope section over. cant wait for the next event We Will Be There

we will be homescreen'ing this one (salute emoji)

augh................the suit..............the wind....the bouquet....the petals.....the gloves stopping halfway over the hand.............oh this is so good.......the red ties..............its sssooooooooo gooooooooooood.................even tho that gran?whats going on......BHJADJBADBAJDH AAAAAAAAAAAAAA IM SO EXCITED IT LOOKS SO GREAT IM SO HAPPY

ok pt4 (losing my mind)

THE ONEHAND GRIP.........THE JACKET FALLING OFF......THE CA THEY SHOWED WAS SSOOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOLLL TT__TT the chest plate into skin into gloves.......the expressions....the angle...........the tweet about jsut How Much of the entire thing is reminiscent of seofon (this jacket & event sie....) but like. the swords in the bg of the ca especially................augh gw skins are so fun........the mirrored poses......i lov captain....

anyway what the hell is this. KJBJKADBKJADBKADBJKADBJKADBJKADBJKADBJKAD HAHAHHAHADHADHADHBKAD GRAN AND DJEETA WOULD NEVER........IVE BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE.............ppl who literally cant take orders.....................its not very There with djeeta, but grans babyface in this when the previous skin very much did Not have it is ssoooooo funny to me LOLLLLLL

like........(laughing. however massive fan that its literally the same thing & pose

anyhow i am curious to see what theyre gonna do wtih it

very cute.......my little captains..........lyrias hair is so cuteT_T

(CRYING EMOJI) (CRYING EMOJI) (CRYING EMOJI) the blue band.................so cuteTT so so so cuteTT i dont wanna be delusional rn so ill find what official art it reminds me of another time, but gah......................blue.........

oki. for the third most important thing. (the first two are tikoh n cupiris). after a morbillion streams. MAIN STORY FINALLY GOT ITS OWN SLIDE YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE scheduled for june we all know they are lying HOWEEEVVEERRR the trailer...........reciting the letter I WANTED THEM TO DO THAT FOR THIS TRAILER....1) IM SO HAPPY THERE IS A LIL TRAILER? 2) EVEN HAPPIER ITS THE LETTER?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? vyrns line concerns me like no tomorrow. considering the erm. 11th logo

like.........not to be incredibly annoying but..........anyhow does this mean 12th logo will be the astral god & lyria (delusional)

also falling like that reminds me a lot of a previous anni....? ish....? art of djeets and gran....? that got incorporated into msq cuz that art was just so so so so good? leave vyrn alone....thats our bestie-parent............i COULD be worried its dad (or mom) whose the one more into danger. if it wasnt for the logo. the logo with that line fills me with immense dread. i am delusional. but i do think theyre gonna do heavy hits considering its the estalucia update? considering its the omnipotent(s clone) thats there? considering rein? considering dad? i wish it was dad reciting the letter..............actually i wouldve done anything for main crew to recite it. the unvoiced line in the trailer too...............into djeets n grans new updated sprites............gaaaahhHHHHHH JUNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HURRY UPPPPPPPP happy june bride heres hell 2.0

dude im so excited..............i have three months to make up even bigger delusional what if's. and watch rising. i promise ill watch all of it before the update. i have to. rein..........

[adelaideoldburg]

[nathanbatemanfucker]

SPRITE: Savior

summary: the one where nikini knowingly saves marc’s life, and marc unknowingly saves hers.

pairing: marc spector x forest nymph!oc (nikini)

contents: 18+/NSFW/MATURE, mental health struggles, suicidal ideation/contemplation

wc: 2.6k

an: posted in honor of my favorite person to smoosh’s birthday <33! tough stuff here in the beginning so make a wise decision on if you want to/should read! this is so so so self indulgent and i’m not sorry.

series masterlist | moonknight masterlist | requests open

There’s the smell of moss and dirt in the air, a hint of salt from the lake. Marc sits dangerously on a cliff, feet dangling off the edge as he stares down into the water.

Contemplating.

It’s so loud today. That voice that sounds like his mother rings in his ears, bouncing off the walls of his skull. Most days he can endure it. Steven can talk it away but today Marc’s shut him out. It’s been a long time since he’s so forcefully taken control, but he’s tired. Life is not worth living even with the truths he and his therapist rehearse and rehearse. Even with Steven by his side, the loneliness he’d endured for so long cut like a knife by his companionship.

Their mother, her voice, and her actions are just so loud. She’s dead– lost to illness and addiction just a year ago. She’s dead and she was wrong and Marc was just a child. But, the memory of her deafens any rational line of thought.

So he sits here under the shining sun, staring into reflective water that churns. It beckons to him. A siren’s call of no more. Of peace. If he would just push off and slip away this could all be over. There would be nothing more to fight for.

His breath grows shaky, and shallow as he continues to contemplate. He can feel himself succumbing to that wretched fog, the one that wants him dead. His mother is in it, her voice floating through the mist but he can’t stop. He wants this with or without her. There is always torment. He’s almost done this once, he could do it again. He leans forward, peering harder at the water, unknowing of the presence behind him.

She watches him, perched high up in the tree that she calls home, its trunk hollow and spacious. He frequents this stretch of forest often, and every time as if something in him calls to her, she’s here waiting for him.

Sadness radiates off of him. It seeps from his pores and oozes into the soft forest floor beneath him that is now crying for help, begging to be set free from such melancholy. She is about to step off the branch to go to him when a hand reaches out, wrapping around her wrist.

“Don’t, Nikini. It’s not safe, you don’t know him,” A voice comes from beside her, and she turns to see her friend Lunette. The redhead looks at her with concern, her brow set in firm disapproval.

“He is gentle. And so very sad, the grass can feel it,” Nikini turns back to look at him, seeing him lean forward to look further over the edge. “He wants to die, I must stop him.”

“He is human and not our responsibility. We care for the forest and all it holds. You of all should…know,” The last word comes in a scared whisper when Nikini glowers at her.

Ignoring Lunette’s upsetting words she says, “And right now it holds him.”

“The elders won’t be happy about this. Neither will Kiko.”

“Kiko is pleased with nothing I do, I don’t know why we were paired together.” When Lunette stays quiet, Nikini raises a brow at her, “Will you tell them?”

“No.”

“Then perhaps they will never know,” Nikini suggests.

“Nikini—“

“I will make sure he is safe and then I’ll join you at the waterhole. Tell no one. Promise?”

“Promise,” Lunette sighs reluctantly before materializing in a flurry of leaves.

Despite her eagerness, she is cautious, knowing that Lunette’s warnings could be true. He could be dangerous. He could know of them and want to hurt them. But this sadness he exudes? There’s no way a sadness this deep could be faked.

She closes her eyes and focuses on him, on his aura, and begins to extend her own to him. Marc feels something strange happening to him immediately. The soft but intense smell of jasmine wraps around him, and he leans back, eyes growing heavy. That demeaning voice in his head is smaller, and his brow knits in confusion.

Is Steven fighting? Is he trying to break into the headspace to stop him?

He shakes his head, taking in several deep breaths as if it will clear his head, unknowing that her power isn’t something he can will away. His eyes return to the deep water, to the task at hand and she frowns.

His will must be stronger than she’d hoped it be. This will take more than simple control, it will take companionship and convincing. She steps off of the branch and into the air, floating down to the ground.

Her steps behind her are undetectable, so delicate in the earth beneath her feet.

“Don’t,” She calls out to him.

Marc flinches, letting out a soft shout as he turns around and stands. His stance is defensive, fists raised until his eyes land on her. A woman? His head tilts as he squints at her, fists falling to his sides.

He’s not sure that she is a woman, but something more. He can’t dismiss it, what with Khonshu and his biddings as his avatar. There’s more to this world than he thought, and the sight of her reinforces that for him.

Her hair is short, a stark ashy blonde in comparison to brown skin, and adorned with a crown made of ferns. Her skin is freckled and looks painfully soft under the streams of sunlight— she is wrapped in a white dress that is more akin to a sheet, though it is opaque. She smiles at him, and his eyes zero in on her fangs; they make his heart race. She makes his heart race. She is exquisite. Incomparable.

What is she? Who is she? Something otherworldly for sure.

“Who are you?”

Her throat goes dry when their gazes meet. His eyes are guarded but not unkind. She has seen him time and time again but never this close. She blinks slowly as she tries to take in every detail about him; the furrow of his brow, the slope of his nose, the softness of his lips. There’s the worn sadness on his face— despite it, she finds him captivating.

She clears her throat, chin tilting up, “Nikini.”

“What are you?” He asks, voice full of wonder. His eyes can’t leave her, getting lost in every detail of her.

There are rules. She’s not supposed to discuss anything about herself with humans. She wasn’t supposed to tell him her name. Her gaze falters.

“I— I am…Nikini,” She repeats again cautiously.

His mouth raises in one corner at her answer. He nods, taking a step towards and something warm spreads through his chest when she doesn’t step away. She isn’t afraid of him, isn’t put off by his large stature or furrowed brow despite her small stature.

“I’m Marc. I didn’t mean to disturb you,” He gestures around as if there’s something that had he’d interrupted. But, there’s just them. Them and the forest.

“You come here often.”

“You’ve been watching me?”

“Protecting you,” She amends. “You should stay away from the edge. It is dangerous.”

He snorts a humorless laugh, “That’s the point.”

“The grass, it says you are very sad.”

“The grass?” Marc asks, confused. He feels like he’s going insane…it doesn’t feel so bad with her standing here in front of him.

She points to where he sat, “The grass, it absorbs the aura around it. Yours is…I’m sorry. For whatever happened, I am sorry.”

Marc swallows, looking down at the grass, clearing his throat, “It’s fine. I have it under control.”

She blinks at him, confused by his words. It’s clear he doesn’t have it under control. “But you were going to…I stopped you. The feeling you felt, it was me.”

“Why? Why would you stop me if you know how much I wanted to—,” He cuts himself off, letting out a sigh of frustration. How he feels so entitled to speak to her this way he doesn’t understand, shame bubbles in his belly. “Why?”

She opens her mouth to answer his question and promptly closes it because she is not sure. She doesn’t understand why she’s so drawn to him. In all her years, she's been curious about humans and the way that they live. But she’s never been fascinated by one. So protective. Everything she’s done since seeing him for the first time has been instinct— as if she had to. That’s what she’ll say.

“Because I had to.”

She had to? Maybe it was part of her life, to save pathetic humans like him in her forest. She looks as if she could be the queen of it.

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” She says with a smile.” “Come back here. Anytime that you feel this way, come back to me. Yes?”

Seeing her again? This feels like a dream, his head filled with sweet fog. Or maybe he’s already dead. Maybe he’d slipped off the cliff and this was his afterlife. Maybe she’s stationed in the field of reeds— but would an unworthy man like him have made it to a place like that? To a…being like her?

“Alright,” He says mildly.

“Now that I have appeared to you, the forest will try to confuse you to protect me and the others. But this will help.”

The others? Marc thinks to himself. There are more of her?

She holds out her hand, and right before his eye, a piece of gold appears in the cup of her palm. Engraved into it a flower he’s unfamiliar with. He looks up at her in disbelief and then back at the charm. Yes, she is certainly not human but he can’t bring himself to be afraid.

“What is it?” He looks at it skeptically.

She takes his hand and places the charm into it, curling his fingers around it, “A talisman. It will guide you to me. That is my symbol, Jasminum, the flower. It’s what you could smell.”

Marc bites back the sigh that raises in his throat when she touches him. Her skin is like cool, soothing water against his warmth. And so incredibly soft.

“Guide me to you?”

“Just listen to it. It will work. I must go, they will come looking for me. But, will you come back?”

“I’ll come back,” He reassures her before he can think better of it. He shouldn’t come back here, he doesn’t know what she is or what she’ll do to him. But he wants to. He yearns to.

The smile on her face makes Marc’s heart flutter. And then she’s gone, disappearing in a gust of white flowers. From the scent of them, he can tell it’s jasmine.

—

Nikini appears just on the edge of the waterhole. She’s late, the elders have already started their talk about the upcoming summer solstice. She slips behind trees and through branches to where Lunette is with her mate— Riffie— and Kiko. She lets out a silent sigh as she comes to stand beside her. Kiko, taller than both Lunette and Riffie looks over them at her with a disapproving look.

All nymphs are assigned a mate, usually a satyr that belongs to a different faction with different responsibilities. There is no love, no practical compatibility, just an elder who claims that each pair is meant to be together. Nikini couldn’t be more sure that this elder has lost their touch or perhaps they never quite had it. Kiko is in the faction of human control and extermination. She and Kiko…well it will be difficult to lead their lives together with such differences— especially now that she has had contact with Marc.

“You’re late,” Kiko whispers, his hooves shifting in the mud.

“There was an injured fawn, I couldn’t just leave her,” She lies easily, looking away from him and to the elders as she tries to listen.

Lunette and Riffie share a look but say nothing, taking a step inward toward each other. They’ve been privy to many of Nikini and Kiko’s disagreements and prepare for the blowout to come after the elders are finished.

It’s the same talk they give every single year. Except this time, pollution has risen to an all-time high, and with the summer solstice, humans will be their most active in these woods.

“Nature is shifting. The warmth and abundance of summer will be upon us soon and so will droves of them who claim to love the earth and destroy it with their best interests. More than ever we must be dedicated to nourishing and protecting our land.”

“Hear that? I was being dedicated,” She quips to Kiko.

Nymphs, fairies, and satyrs alike scatter once the elders are done speaking, off to do their part for the forest and it’s longevity. Nikini decides to walk home, to see if she can’t run into Marc before he is gone but Kiko has other plans.He calls for her, and when she doesn’t stop for him, he follows after her.

He bends so that his mouth is near her ear, able to whisper, “You smell of human.”

“I know not what you speak of,” She says cooly.

“Do not lie, Nikini. For once, please do not lie to me,” He begs, and though his face is set into a frown she can see how tender his eyes are when she looks over at him.

Sometimes, she wonders if she’s too hard on him. There are times when she finds herself considering giving him a real chance at courting her. She knows that her heart could never truly belong to him. Especially not now.

“The fawn, she was a little girl. She was lost, I simply guided her back to her parents,” She lies again.

“Her scent is intense for a little girl,” Kiko suggests.

“Perhaps she has a strong spirit.”

“You know that it’s against the rules to do something like that.”

“She was a child, Kiko.”

“It does not matter. You heard the speech of the elders, and the humans have become more and more careless. I have seen it with my own eyes.”

Yes, sometimes she sees herself giving him a chance, and then words like those leave his mouth.

She glares up at him, pointing her dainty finger into his chest, “We are eventually supposed to raise children together and you do not even hold empathy for them.”

“They are not our children, they’re the children of a species who seek to destroy themselves.”

“And who are we if we don’t try to save younglings regardless of their species?

“Your head is in the clouds, Nikini. One day you will learn that given the chance to save us, they would pillage and use us for all we have. Every single one of them.”

Marc’s existence, his wonder and sadness sit on the tip of her tongue. If Kiko could just see him. Understand him. If they all could, maybe they wouldn’t be so afraid.

“Do not follow me any longer.”

“Please, Nikini, I’m just trying to open your eyes.”

“My eyes are open and sadly they are faced with the sight of you. Let me amend my statement, do not follow me, and do not talk to me.”

Kiko tries to reach for her, to attempt his best try at an apology but it is too late. His hand is met with white flowers, his nose with her telltale scent. He sighs and heads back towards his faction, heart sinking into his stomach.

She didn’t need this to go so poorly to know that Kiko can never know about Marc. But now more than ever she is concerned if he ever does return. Though it causes her heartache and goes against her want to see him again, that night she lays in a soft pile of moss and prays to the gods that he never returns.

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Holidays 8.19

Holidays

August Revolution Day (Vietnam)

Coco Chanel Day

Daguerreotype Day

Daughters of the American Revolution Foundation Day

Dahi Hangi (Maharashtra, India)

Disney PhotoPass Day

819 Day (Japan)

Festival of Random Access Memory

Haikyuu Day (Japan)

Hanawa Bayashi (Japan)

Have a Boke Day

Ibumin Earoeni Day (Day of the Tribes; Nauru)

International Bow Day

International Giant Dork Day

International Orangutan Day

International Sheet Music Day

International Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day

International VPN Day

Janamasthami (Parts of India)

Little Mix Day

Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Philippines)

Millet Day (French Republic)

National Aviation Day

National Day of Lesbian Pride (Brazil)

National Flight of the Monarch (Canada)

National Old Man Young Woman Day

National Patient Advocacy Day

National Photography Day

National Sandcastle and Sculpture Day

National Tuberculosis Day (Philippines)

Penguin Awareness Day

Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)

Russian Telnyashka Day (Russia)

Sharknado Day

Shree Krishna Janmasthami (Bangladesh, Nepal)

Snuffleupagus Day

Soap Box Derby Day

Tesla AI Day

World Humanitarian Day (UN)

World Orangutan Day

World Photo Day

Zella Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Black Cow Day

International Hot and Spicy Food Day [also 1.16]

Life Savers Day

National Potato Day [also 10.27]

National Soft Ice Cream Day

Root Beer Float Day

Savior of the Apple Feast Day

Independence & Related Days

Afghanistan (from UK, a.k.a. Jeshen, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi, 1919)

Lytera (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

3rd Monday in August

Cupcake Day (Australia) [3rd Monday]

Discovery Day (Yukon Territories, Canada) [3rd Monday]

Hartjesdagen (Little Hearts Day; Amsterdam/Haarlem, Netherlands) [Original holiday 3rd Monday]

Manic Monday [3rd Monday of Each Month]

Meatball Monday [3rd Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

Monday Musings [Every Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

RSPCA Cupcake Day (UK) [3rd Monday]

Stay Home With Your Kids Day [3rd Monday]

Weekly Holidays beginning August 19 (3rd Full Week of August)

Aviation Week (thru 8.25)

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week [3rd Week]

Weird Contest Week begins (Ocean City, NJ) [3rd Monday thru Friday]

Festivals Beginning August 19, 2024

Beaver County Fair and Cow Chip Celebration (Beaver, Oklahoma) [thru 8.24]

Cumberland County Fair (Millville, New Jersey) [thru 8.24]

Democratic National Convention (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 8.22]

Stamford Summer Restaurant Weeks (Stamford, Connecticut) [thru 9.2]

Feast Days

Apple Feast of the Saviour (Slavic Pagan)

Apples Feast (Russian/Georgian Orthodox Church)

Bernardo Tolomei (Christian; Saint)

Bertulf of Bobbio (Christian; Saint)

Boohoo (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

Brian Mulrooney Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Church)

Calminius (Christian; Saint)

Columbus (Positivist; Saint)

Cumin (Christian; Saint)

Dennis Eichhorn (Artology)

Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar)

Frank McCourt (Writerism)

Full Moon [8th of the Year] (a.k.a. ... 

Black Cherries Moon (Traditional)

Corn Moon (England)

Dispute Moon (Celtic)

Dog Day’s Moon (Colonial)

Fruit Moon (Cherokee)

Grain Corn Moon (Alternate)

Green Corn Moon (Alternate)

Green Moon (North America)

Harvest Moon (China)

Hunger Moon (South Africa)

Lightening Moon (Neo-Pagan)

Native Wild Rice Harvest (Algonkian, Northern Cree, and Ojibwa Native Americans)

Nikini Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)

Raksha Bandhan (Parts of India, Nepal; Hindu)

Ricing Moon (Traditional)

Southern Hemisphere: Hunger, Snow, Storm, Wolf

Sturgeon Moon (Amer. Indian, Traditional)

Was Full Moon (Myanmar)

Women’s Moon (Choctaw)

Wyrt Moon (Wicca)

Ganesha Chaturthi of Vinayak Chaturthi (Hindiusm)

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Artology)

Gustave Caillebotte (Artology)

Jan Fyt (Artology)

Jean-Eudes de Mézeray (Christian; Saint)

John Dryden (Writerism)

King’s Best Things Day: Merit, Peace & an Army (Celtic Book of Days)

Kiss Someone Day (Pastafarian)

Louis of Toulouse (Christian; Saint)

Maginus (Christian; Saint)

Magnus of Anagni (Christian; Saint)

Magnus of Avignon (Christian; Saint)

Sebaldus (Christian; Saint)

Mr. Suffleupagus (Muppetism)

Noruz (Zoroastrian New Year's Day)

Ogden Nash (Writerism)

The Royal Birds (Muppetism)

Sebaldus (a.k.a. Sebald’s Day; Christian; Saint) [Bavaria]

Vinalia Rustica (Festival to Venus & Ripening Grapes; Ancient Rome)

Watch-the-Pot Wednesday (Shamanism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [33 of 53]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [46 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [24 of 32]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 38 of 60)

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [36 of 60]

Premieres

Nearly Asleep (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

The Big Blue (Film; 1988)

Bronco Buster (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)

Bulldozing the Bull (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)

Cape Kidnaveral (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Conan the Barbarian (Film; 2011)

Day Dreams Come True at Night, by Dick Jurgen (Song; 1939)

Easy Money (Film; 1983)

Enter the Dragon (Film; 1973)

The Fame, by Lady Gaga (Album; 2008)

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Film; 2005)

Frosty the Snow Man, by Annie North Bedford (Children’s Book’ 1950)

Horse Feathers (Film; 1932)

The Hunting Season (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

I Am a Bunny, by Ole Risom (Children’s Book; 1963)

Islands in the Stream, by Dolly Parton (Song; 1983)

It Started with a Kiss (Film; 1959)

I Was a Male War Bride (Film; 1949)

Kleo (German TV Series; 2022)

Kubo and the Two Strings (Animated Film; 2016)

A Lady Takes a Chance (Film; 1943)

Lullaby Land (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1933)

The Midnight Special (Music TV Series; 1972)

Mr. Mom (Film; 1983)

The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)

The Saint Bids Diamonds (a.k.a. Thieves’ Picnic), by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1937) [Saint #19]

Saucy Sausages (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Shark Tank (TV Series; 2009)

Turning the Fables (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Valiant (Animated Film; 2005)

Vincent (Animated Film; 1988)

Today’s Name Days

Emilia, Johann, Julius, Sebald (Austria)

Ivan, Jordan, Magna (Croatia)

Ludvík (Czech Republic)

Selbadus (Denmark)

Maano, Maanus, Magnus, Mango, Mauno (Estonia)

Mauno, Maunu (Finland)

Jean (France)

Bert, Johann, Julius, Sebald (Germany)

Huba (Hungary)

Giovanni, Magno, Mariano (Italy)

Imanta, Marlene, Melanija (Latvia)

Argaudas, Balys, Boleslovas, Tolvina (Lithuania)

Sigvald, Sigve (Norway)

Bolesław, Emilia, Jan, Julian, Juliusz, Ludwik, Piotr, Sebald (Poland)

Lýdia (Slovakia)

Ezequiel, Juan, Magín (Spain)

Magnus, Måns (Sweden)

Sade, Sadie, Salina, Sally, Sara, Sarah, Sarai, Sari, Sarina, Zarah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 232 of 2024; 134 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of Week 34 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 17 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 16 (Yi-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 15 Av 5784

Islamic: 13 Safar 1446

J Cal: 22 Purple; Oneday [22 of 30]

Julian: 6 August 2024

Moon: 100%: Full Moon

Positivist: 7 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Columbus]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 61 of 94)

Week: 3rd Full Week of August

Zodiac: Leo (Day 29 of 31)