#of the eight winds

[chetney-pockopea]

Pitying the poor ardent who has to symmetrical-ise Kal’s name now he’s a herald. Kalalak. Kala’alak. Kaladidalak. None of these are good options. There’s already a Kalak, even. Religious scholars are gonna HATE this.

[strawlessandbraless]

He just realized that being straight at this particular firehouse puts him in the minority

[luna-loveboop]

Wind is not ok

Idk how to pinpoint it. It's something about how since Dawn part four, almost 45 percent of the sentences he's said have ended in questions marks or been directly theorising. How the Link who figured out the most about the timeline with ease hasn't spoken much outside of theorising about the monsters, the postman, the shadow. How he whipped his blade out the fastest and went for the fairy.

It's something to do with how the most expressive Link had tears standing in his eyes when Twilight was ill but never once let them fall. It's something to do with how the most energetic hasn't been the center of attention but has been on the sidelines for quite a few updates. How he told Hyrule it's about being ready for the variety and has seemingly been ready ever since.

It's something with how for the past ten updates (we're at entrance pt 3 now), he has only smiled on ten out of ninety pages. How an extremely reliable Kid appears the most ready outside of Sky to rip the shadows throat out, after being pushed by him in battle like he was nothing. How angry he looks when talking about the shadow.

It's something about how he yelled in Legend's face that they had to help, questioning if Twilight was corrupted or possessed. Something about how this kid sincerely asked his brother if he was feeling evil and hasn't stop asking questions since.

[halffizzbin]

Shoutout to my neighbors who may have just watched me stare raptly at my patio orb-weaver for twenty minutes while she held on for dear life through monsoon winds in order to somehow catch a moth while wildly swinging on a web that was 80% destroyed??

Anyway Catherine the Spider is an inspiration to me, and if she can do that, I can probably bring myself to hydrate properly before bed at least.

[kingjasnah]

ok it took me until day six (the oathbringer quotes) to fully confirm for myself what the epigraphs were doing but awesome literally awesome. the ketek continues or whatever

[windtooth-plane]

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Endless Moving Nights He/They 3rd Gen Endless Moving Nights is usually referred to as "Nights" or more commonly "Endless" as for short. He majors in Biological mechanics and his facility status is currently collapsed after Hidden Niche of Pearls sent a large squad of scavengers and used highly reactive explosives. Before the collapse, Endless had severe insomnia and tended to stay up late into the cycle to work on finding the solution to The Great Problem. He (somewhat) found the solution to, but it was far too dangerous without testing. He had contacted his friend, Witch of Twin Stars to test it out for him- as it was technically a way to save her from the immense rot in her superstructure. She was dying, and what Endless was offering was a body switch into a slugcat subspecies. The subspecies being the only bipedal smart enough in Endless' facility that could be rewired to comprehend the ability to bodyswitch- Bottomfeeders. He sent one of his Bottomfeeders to Witch's can- in which Witch enacted on the instructions Endless had given to her. It was a success, however due to the 'solution' being far too close to being against the self-destruct taboo itself- they both kept it a secret. One of Endless' personal logs stored in a data pearl was 'accidentally' delivered to Hidden Niche of pearls- the iterator being extremely lawful. After the collapse, Endless' half-dead puppet was brought to Pines' can where he was hooked up to an emergency port for an umbilical.

Clock of the North She/Her 3rd Gen Clock of the North- formally known as Clock that Forever Points to the Northern Sky or a simpler short name just being Clock. She used to frequently learn more and more about botany and alchemy- however one time, her potion created The Rot in her superstructure. It spread, and she eventually soon collapsed. The rot had gotten partially cleaned up by a squad of slugcats sent by Green Pines, however, when Clock was kidnapped it simply invited itself back in. A large prehistoric slugcat named Memory had taken Clock to an iterator's facility from another local group, which has since been resolved. She was taken to Pines' can for a short amount of time before deciding to leave to beeline from there, to Chime's can, to her own can to finally get back to. She's close friends with Emerald Leaves of the Pines and Endless Moving Nights.

One Last Chime He/They 2nd Gen One Last Chime, commonly known as Chime or Chimes. One Last Chime is best friends with Endless Moving Nights, WAS friends with Howling Winds over Bronze Seas, and is either neutral to everybody else or hates everybody else. Ever since Clock of the North was created, it was rather obvious Chime had a big fat crush on her. He talked to her almost every cycle trying to engage her in conversation, frequently showing that he cared about her and just liked talking to her in general. That was until he accused Pines of simply wanting to use clock and claiming he was untrustworthy- and also accidentally slipped out that he loved her. Clock cut off all communication with him for many cycles. They only started talking again- just as friends- when Clock was transported to Pines' can. Chime still has often arguments with Pines, however, he is beginning to become good friends nowadays. Chime is now beginning to realize he has a crush on Endless now which is gonna end fine and dandy! (it's not)

Hidden Niche of Pearls She/They 2nd Gen Hidden Niche of Pearls- normally known as Pearls or more commonly as Niche. Niche is an extremely lawful neutral iterator with a high sense of regal and betterness. She understands her place in situations, however enjoys being formal- especially with other iterators. Niche likes to indulge in cultural study from the ancients to her own scavenger colony. Her colony of scavengers respect her and see her as their caretaker and leader, however, there's one particular scavenger- Cookie- she has a direct bond with. Cookie is a young scavenger working to become an elite with her siblings Sylvester and Natalie, and she occasionally pays Niche a visit. They'll talk a lot and Niche lets her guard down whenever with the little scavenger. She feels like a mother figure to Cookie, and Cookie feels like a child figure to Niche. Pearls is slightly antisocial as she would rather spend her time studying or talking to Cookie- and she also has mild paranoia due to a certain fallacy from another iterator which had lead to her breaking her morals.

Emerald Leaves of the Pines He/Him 2nd Gen Emerald Leaves of the Pines- almost always referred to as Pines. Pines is an authoritive yet layed back iterator with a set of his own code and morals. He frequently got into heavy arguments with the iterator Howling Winds over Bronze Seas- one day Winds sent him a file that was supposed to help him find the solution. Pines was grateful but suspicious of the hospitality- and rightfully so. The file contracted rot that quickly spread through Pines' superstructure. He was silent for a long time, however in that time had been readying a slugcat colony. The slugcats had cleared out almost all of his rot, and 40-50 of them had been sent to take out Winds for what he had done. Only one of them came back alive, however the mission was successful. After word was out that Pines had murdered Winds, most iterators banned him from chats and/or simply resented him. However Clock of the North believed his intentions were good. She didn't have a good relationship with Winds either, as he tended to be rather hostile. Later on in time, Pines began to rebuild his reputation back up and became friends with most iterators in his local group. He cares dearly for his colony of slugcats and hopes for them to continue advancing without the constant threat of rain above the clouds on his superstructure.

Witch of Twin Stars He/Her 2nd Gen Witch of Twin Stars- the slugcat now encompanying her puppet is referred to as Kasume, however the iterator who body switched with the slugcat is simply reffered to as The Witch or just Witch. After being body switched, Witch set off to head to the Void Sea where she would then attempt to ascend and see if the solution was truly plausible. Along the way, she met a fluffy yellow slugcat named Sunny- and the pup they took care of, Junior. While travelling, Witch had not told Sunny about her intentions, nor was she sure if the slugcat friend could comprehend it. She began growing a close bond with Sunny, and when it came time to dip into the void sea, she came back up. She couldn't do it. She couldn't leave what she had behind. She headed to Endless' can without telling Sunny or Junior where she was going only to find he had since collapsed. Witch found a pup of her own that she treats as her son- Smoky. They have since been living in Pines' colony.

Karmic Obnoxious Inaccuracy She/It 1st Gen Karmic Obnoxious Inaccuracy, almost always referred to as Koi. She isn't technically a part of Windtooth Plane as she's a bit farther away with no local group of her own, though was originally created to be a part of it. She has no communications with the local group, however she does have communications (occasionally) with her brother Endless. Her facility is submerged underwater, so her arrays and different parts of the superstructure constantly get flooded- making communications somewhat unreliable a lot of the time. She's a bit of an aggressively caring iterator with a strong protectiveness over her brother. She doesn't talk to many other people, however, she has had a word or two with One Last Chime.

Howling Winds over Bronze Seas He/Him 2nd Gen Howling Winds over Bronze Seas, sometimes referred to as just Winds. Winds is a highly 'lawful' iterator who frequently antagonizes most others. Despite having administrator privileges before he was murdered, he worked in illegal arsenal manufacturing- weaponry, essentially. Most iterators were neutral toward him, however he had a personal vendetta against Emerald Leaves of the Pines. The only two people he conversed with as friends were Endless Moving Nights and One Last Chime, however Chime moreso tolerated him than not.

(FYI, the second and third image are NOT alternate outfits. The second one is what's underneath the cloak.)

Angel of Dominance She/Her 3rd Gen An iterator who was kidnapped by an iterator of her own local group. She had many experiments done on her and eventually was found dead by Pines' slugcats. She was brought to the facility and temporarily revived but due to a large surgical cut from her hips to her chest, she was in constant pain. The temporary revival was taken away as they did not have the resources to keep her puppet maintained. Eventually, her puppet was rehooked up to the structure when Endless effectively left. She hopes to one day go back to her can in Loveless Meije, however with it being left unattended for some time there's a chance it'll collapse soon.

OTHER ITERATORS

Eight Islands Under Storm Clouds He/Him 2nd Gen An iterator in Windtooth Plane who's extremely antisocial. They haven't said a word to the local group other than Niche. He was created for the purpose of making explosives.

Two Rocks Eroding He/Him 2nd Gen Another iterator who's not necessarily in Windtooth plane, but is in the area. They haven't spoken to anybody.

Pristine Snow, Twisted Mountains She/They 2nd Gen An iterator who was previously conceived as dead from a power surge. Their facility was built on top of a snowy mountain that has heavy snowfalls. They have spoken to the local group a few times here or there but has mostly talked to Emerald Leaves of the Pines. Their 'death' was soon discovered as faked. She has broken many taboos- almost all of them, to be exact.

Misguided Information Any/All 3rd Gen INFORMATION CLASSIFIED

{ Clock of the North and One Last Chime both belong to @chaoticgoober . Emerald Leaves of the Pines, Howling Winds over Bronze Seas and Pristine Snow, Twisted Mountains all belong to chickenboi on discord. Two Rocks Eroding belongs to King STAZE on all platforms (mostly). Eight Islands Under Storm Clouds belongs to my brother, SomethingUnusual (on all platforms). Everyone else belongs to me. }

[casbitchh]

an astronomer just tried to tell me that the earth and moon could be classified as a binary system aka two planets orbiting each other. stabbing and killing, they are not a binary system they are the earth and her beautiful girlfriend the moon

[vv-ispy]

If decarabian was a gamer he would have the most decked out setup imaginable. 2000+ dollar custom keyboard where nearly everything but the internal components are made of solid gold. Top-of-the-line pc entirely encased in various ornately decorated gemstones. He would have at least five monitors (bonus points if they also double as surveillance monitors.) His gaming chair would in fact be a literal throne. At times he thinks that video game logic must surely apply to real life mortal human logic as well and vastly overestimates how durable most humans are.

Someone save her

[dandelion-wings]

you know whats funny to me about Jean is that out of everyone in anemo, she's the only one without a dead loved one/friend

so anyways au where barbara's dead around the time or during jean's vision story and the reprecussions of such an event-

Oh nooooo D:

That said, on some thought, the damning thing about that idea is that depending on the circumstances, I could see it not changing things for Jean that much! If Barbara dies outside her sphere of responsibility, e.g. of an illness or something, given the level of separation canon implies... Jean is sadder and lonelier and wistful about missed chances, and maybe resonates more with the Traveler's specific quest the way Diluc and Kaeya do in canon (I will always hate that canon makes a huge point of the boys' estrangement and barely touched the girls'. Jean also has a sibling just out of reach, let her also make cryptic comments about likewise missing family and then highlight it in multiple later events), but it doesn't change her much as a person.

So, of course, to make the AU satisfying it has to happen within her sphere of responsibility.

Have Barbara killed as the result of the Fatui plants and Abyss Order schemes that Jean is rooting out when she gets her Vision. It still doesn't change Jean into a different person, I think mostly it intensifies her self-destructive sense of duty a lot earlier than canon (where it's implied that only gets bad when Varka leaves), but it potentially gives us a more run-ragged, hardened, sadder Jean by game start. The Diluc transformation, but doubling down on everything she's been raised to instead of abandoning it. If she'd been better, if the Ordo had been better, Barbara would still be alive. She'll reform them both so that it never happens again.

(@theabysscomeshome and I have an AU where the knight trio swaps Visions, and Jean has Pyro there because her overriding goal is to cleanse and purify the Ordo, and by extension Mondstadt, of all malign influence*. It's for different reasons, but I think Pyro might fit her here for the same reasons, or Electro c.f. the Crimson Peak AU.)

*Not a perfect match for Pyro, I know, but we were justifying the swap. >>

Anyway, I think the other thing with strong potential there is a shift in her relationship with Noelle. While canon is absolutely not doing this, I have previously posited this for other AUs and could probably write an essay on Noelle's potential to be a Replacement Goldfish for Barbara in Jean's subconscious. You have a sweet, determined younger girl driven to become a Knight, whom Jean doesn't consider ready yet... add in how she idolizes Jean and you have the perfect storm for a sadder, more hardened Jean determined to make Noelle everything that Barbara didn't have a chance to be. A miraculous healer, a prominent and popular figure (I already like Noelle as Jean's successor in a long-term endgame, but Jean deliberately trying to raise her up from the start is different), able to defend herself, spending the time with her she never got with Barbara.... Jean becomes Noelle's Fredrica but with substantially more affection, which I don't think balances out how bad this would be for both of them. :D

So! Tragic and fun! Thank you for the thought, anon, I will definitely be rotating this all morning to get me through the barn.

[gintrinsic-writing]

For @wolfstorm888, who requested Ambush and Pirate Battle for the drabble challenge. :)

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Over the clamor of ringing steel, explosions, and choppy waves, Four thought he heard laughter. 

We’re half-drowned at this point, Blue pointed out wryly. It’s probably a hallucination.

The deck was flooded by another wave. Four clung to the nearest rigging, then brought his sword up just in time to parry a deadly strike. The pirate across from him was missing half his teeth when he grinned. 

Actually, Green began casually, I’m pretty sure that’s—

Wind barreled into the dentally-challenged pirate with a mad cackle, eyes wide with delight. “Motherfuckers think they can take my ship? Let ‘em fuckin’ try!”

[kumakuma-circus]

i think my favorite part of my p4 playthrough is that i somehow never got pixie and had to go back to get her when trying to fuse black frost for the shadow mitsuo fight. i still don't know how that happened i was in the castle for so fucking long sfldkjskfjfdksfdkjfd-

[its-coming-for-me]

Inktober day eight: toad

[twisting-roads]

i need to know more about the clams not being canon to rainworld thing. is it more like they've never been mentioned. is biology totally different in that world. or has the creator just like. come out and said that they simply do Not Want Clams in their story

They've never been mentioned + totally different viology. everything in rain world is biomechanical to some degree, so anything that exists in our world MIGHT have some kind of rw parallel, but they'd function and look different from one another

[luna-loveboop]

I got Hyrule Warriors two days ago!

I have now beat Hyrule Warriors

I'm very proud, this is the fastest I've ever finished a video game

:D

[funsizedcrow]

halfway done drawing zelda designs for my au 🎉

[azuresage]

This post is to pin and keep my series of Zelda fanfiction easily accessible.

The Aurum Flow is a series of stories that lay behind the scenes of many adventures throughout the Zelda franchise. Often do they set the stage for future events, but there will be some that follow up on tales that have already concluded. All of them feature OCs of my own making, sometimes with canon characters thrown into the mix.

Story I - The Hero of Spirits

(standalone entry) This is a prequel to Spirit Tracks that tells of how Malladus was first sealed; the story of the very first Hero of Spirits. This was my first fanfiction, written when I was 15 and updated over the years.

Story II - Ride the Winds!

(standalone entry) This is a prequel to Wind Waker, taking place roughly fifty years before Link sets out on his journey. A voyager from a cold, faraway land attempts to return home, and ends up dragging things into to place for the Hero's eventual return.

Story III - Spirits, Winds, and Time

(preceded by I and II) This is a crossover of The Hero of Spirits and Ride the Winds!, and it ended up becoming the genesis of the Aurum Flow series. This is set one hundred years before Ocarina of Time, featuring an all-seeing oracle prince who wishes to prevent the flow of time from unraveling.

Story IV - The Concerto of Spirits

(preceded by I) This is another prequel to the Spirit Tracks game, and it is a direct sequel to The Hero of Spirits, wrangling the events of that sandbox story into a more canon-compliant telling of how Link and Tetra founded New Hyrule.

Story V - Age of Prosperity;Mémoire

(standalone entry) This story assumes knowledge of my past works, but I intend for it to be standalone so you wouldn't necessarily have to read the others to enjoy it. This is set after the events of Age of Calamity, following a lost Lokomo's quest to uncover his past and his memories as he fights to protect those who can't come back to life like he can.

Please give them a chance! I'm working hard and having fun writing them, and I'm planning a lot more in the future!