#omnomnom is eating sounds right

[luffysbasement]

omnomnom

[anamelessfool]

Ribbons & Ties (AO3 Link)

GEN, M/M

Terzo x Omega, Terzo & Family, Cardinal Marian is in there for like ten minutes

Tags: Domestic Fluff, Commitment, Rom Com Energy, There's a Wedding, Secondo is Papa Emeritus, Gift Giving, I can't have Fluff without some Angst sorry

For reasons beyond Terzo's understanding, he wants to give Omega a present for the ghoul's "birthday". It proves to be a lot more complicated than Terzo realizes.

Art by @kabukiaku used with permission

Chapter 1 Below the Cut! (We like Reblogs, Comments and Kudos omnomnom)

2006

I was an impossible case. No-one ever could reach me... But I think I can see in your face there's a lot you can teach me...So I wanna know what's the name of the game?

1

Papa Elect Terzo tried to look busy. He attempted a regal sigh, a pace. Killed time with what he hoped was a thoughtful, intelligent stare out his office window. He did everything possible to bide time while he collected his thoughts in a way that would hide his true intentions.

This was all about Omega.

He had called Cardinal Marian, Sister Imperator’s Personal Assistant not due to any sort of friendship or confidence. His brother Papa Emeritus Secondo barely considered him as human these days and with his wedding a week away he had bigger things to fuss about.

Terzo’s other two ghouls Earth and Alpha could not be trusted to answer honestly. And Brother Copia was, well…Copia.

So then that left Marian.

She was obligated by her job description to interact with him as he needed. For business purposes, of course.

And buying the right birthday present for Omega Ghoul was definitely a high stakes business venture as far as Papa Elect Terzo was concerned.

“Thank you for your time,” Terzo said, pressing his hands together and slightly bowing.

“Hey, anything to give me a break from planning my ex-partners’ wedding,” she replied with an indifferent shrug, although her eyes looked bleary. “How yinz doing on musical entertainment for that, by the way?”

“I have a few choir selections, and I have been working with Papa’s ghouls and my own on some light entertainment during the dinner. Copia has been fussing with finding the right wedding march on the organ for about six weeks now.” And Terzo had been locking his office doors to keep Copia from talking his ear off about it for about six weeks as well. “So…all coming together.”

“Great. Want to be perfect. For them.” She didn't sound too enthused. "But don't worry, I'm completely fine about it." Marian froze, then patted her sides. “Mind if I smoke?”

“Please don't, it gets into the curtains,” said Terzo.

Marian slumped in her chair slightly. “Ok, now you have to tell me the real reason I’m here.”

Terzo closed his eyes and collected himself. “I need some help picking out a gift. For a friend. I'm having trouble,” he said.

“Don’t you give people shit all the time? Flowers, erotic notes, pornographic photography, whatever…” Marian raised an eyebrow. “People talk. In the Dining Hall. A lot.”

Terzo winced and then gave her a defeated shrug. “This is em…different.”

At that Marian’s face immediately switched into a wicked grin. She leaned forward on his desk, hand on her chin with such force her biretta hat went crooked. “Why? Why is it different, huh?”

“Because…” And then Terzo threw her a haughty scowl. “I don’t need to tell you. You work for me, sorella. This is a business meeting. A consulation.”

“Fine, suit yourself.” She glanced at the clock. “But If I’m your employee you’ve got like ten minutes to spit it out before I leave for the day. So…what is it?”

“Omega…is an important friend to me. I want a gift that is…worthy of him.” Terzo started to pace again. “Something that is special, but ghouls are difficult to shop for! They don’t need to eat, or drink. Omega doesn’t seem to want to visit anywhere or do anything beyond whatever I want to do…”

“Well, isn’t he…basically you?”

“Yes but also, no.”

“And you’re psychically linked, right?” Marian thoughtlessly played with her pen, clicking it idly. “So, even if you wanted it to be a surprise, he’d already sort of know about it.”

“Cazzo, you see now why this would be so difficult?!”

Marian shrugged. “It’s the thought that counts, at the end of the day.”

“I know that,” Terzo snapped. It was definitely the thought that counted.

Except, he had never truly sincerely thought about someone else when giving a gift before. And that is what made his hands clammy and his mind race.

Terzo decided he needed to gift something really important. Something that reflected how much his heart pounded when Omega held him. Something that was big, essential, eternal. Just like his ghoul.

“A…a diamond! Yes.”

Marian smirked. “A diamond? For your very best friend?”

“Yes…” Terzo began weakly, but then remembered Marian's status as his minion. He frowned into her. “Yes, a diamond.”

“Whatever,” she replied, then opened her steno pad. “Although you know purchases over a certain amount I got to run through Treasury Director Brother Copia.”

“Then forget the diamond,” Terzo backpedaled.

Marian checked the clock on the wall again and snapped her notepad shut. “Ok, fine I've dated quite a few guitarists over the years and they like practical stuff. Like, for their instrument. How about um…a guitar strap, huh?”

“How about a guitar strap?” suggested Terzo.

Marian frowned. “What's his favorite color?”

“Erm—black.”

“Second favorite color?” Marian sighed.

“Violet, he likes violet!”

“Violet and black guitar strap, coming right up,” Marian intoned. “And look, you got ninety more seconds until I go home, is there anything else you need, your Eminence?”

“No, that would be all.” Terzo returned to staring out the window with an extra dramatic flourish of his black cardinal cassock. He took a breath, feeling his nerves start to settle as he heard the squeak of Cardinal Marian's chair as she exited. All of a sudden he had a thought. "Oh, and Marian?"

"Twenty seconds left, your Eminence." Marian's hand was already on the doorknob.

"You're certain he'll like that?"

Marian's brow furrowed, but then it seemed like a thought passed through her, and her expression softened. "Of course," she said, "Who wouldn't like a gift?"

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Chapter 2 here

[corens-relisten]

MAG 65 Binary

Statement of Tessa Winters, regarding a strange computer progran she downloaded from the deep web three months ago. Statement recorded direct from subject, 7th January 2017.

I LOVE HER SO MUCH OH MY GOD peak autism istg she just keeps rambling and figuring stuff out by talking to herself shes just kinda hihi

the joke potential for nonbinary people is phenomenal btw

i really appreciate the way she talks abt multiple different versions and the chat bots and stuff (:

so the link could only work for one person huh?

ooh so gibberish and then a few words popping up. the fan starts, uh, dying? sounds like ill lungs and so Tessa turns off the computer but the words stay and continue changing

then, a video. it shows a man eating a piece of the keyboard. omnomnom. theres blood. she finally closes the laptop and drinks till she passes out and tbh real. go off girl like fuck whatever that was TT

she wakes up a bit later and the videos playing on her tv so wtf TT its so real that she was thinking about the explanation and reason and how all this could happen as the guy keeps nomnoming the keyboards :p

it's cold without blood.

the video pops up whenever she looks at a screen so she finally sits and watches it through. its awful. sergei smiles at the end. "the angles hurt when i try to think"

DUDE I LOVE THIS STATEMENT okay so ive thought of getting uploaded to a computer right and of course there are a few people that i cannot imagine losing but i just don't think its realistic and even if it was i dont think we shoulf BUT THATS FOR A DIFFERENT TIME i just love how real she is

super interesting consept too!!

spoilers ahead!

i think this ones the End right? dealing with death and all?

oh interesting the Spiral is the cannon one but its apparently up for interpretation, with the Eye being a possibility bc of tessa being forced to watch, the Extinction bc of technology and taking over humanity, and the Corruption. how do yall see it?

spoilers end!

supplemental:

OH DUDE PFF WTF THATS WHY HE POSTED ON TECH SAVY PLACES HE JUST BROKE INTO GERTRUDES LAPTOP man i love this gu

tim sounds so fucking over it

jon sounds. tired. so tired. their fight just kills me god. i wont comment too much but christ ;-;

and tim cant quit ;-; the static in the background OH MY GOD

freaking out here btw but yk its chill oki bubye

have a pleasant day (:

[joytraveler]

47. Gobble-UP

"All right, this is cute, something silly to relax by, but nothing special I guess. Adorable art, though!" She goes to the first request next, Gobble Up! "Ok parasite fans, I think your favorite character is incoming!"

DueyDecimal: YAY TAPEWORMS HNV: yaypworms Baconnaise: Tapworms. as in I wanna tap dat worm

Perhaps surprisingly, no. This is another Pac-Man style game, but the main character is... A big capital letter G? And the first level is very small, almost cramped. Just run around and eat up junk food scattered around the maze to win!

"...Oh. This game brought to you by the letter... J, oddly enough. Well it was G's idea, J just donated to make it real. It's a nice story, really"

berd_snurglar: Time for some Greed and Gluttony Llord_Kuruku: wow, truffle fries? cronuts? The letter G has expensive tastes THE_BOMBER: bea u need to go on a diet after this!!

"I thought I was supposed to be doing this BEFORE I had the baby but oh well"

The first level is completed easily. The second one is bigger and more complex, and now there's enemies: THERE'S your friends the tapeworms! You can eat them without trouble, but if they get into the food, it becomes poisonous. Also, the junk food is getting bigger-- hams, cakes, turduckens!

"Nomnomnomnom, this is certainly more to my own tastes than eating stuff out of someone's guts like last time but hey, to each their own" She ferociously defends a large cake from the worms, difficult because it's such a big target and you have to eat it one layer at a time!

Two levels down! The third level is even bigger, in fact the screen has to scroll to get it all... and now the food is a lot less food-like. Bea can tell what the icons are supposed to represent, but the messages when you eat them aren't subtle about it.

YOU ATE: A CAT YOU ATE: A PIGEON

aroseahorseboy: dude this G needs dexatrim or something HNV: Bea, push yourself away from the table. You've had enough.

"OKAYYY, now we're getting a little outside my usual snack preferences but all right, why not."

"I feel like this is the bizarre offspring of katamari and a sesame street sketch"

Chillarmy_The_Bee: omnomnom, cookies! and animals! berd_snerglar: animal crackers in your soup

Next stage is at least three screens wide, and this time... yup. You guessed it:

YOU ATE: CHILD

"This is the second game in a row where I'm eating children, not sure how to feel about that. Not a big veal fan"

DOG. GRANDMA. OTHER DOG. ANGSTY TEEN. "Mmm, I can taste the emo."

Every stage seems to double the size of the maze, and the maze gets less symmetrical each time, this latest one has a big bulge leading out of one side with just a single food item! But it's a big one-- VOLKSWAGEN.

"G is for German Ingenuity! NOMPH!"

HNV: Guys, Bea is really enjoying this, I'm worried DueyDecimal: This is someone's fetish

"Oh like none of you ever dreamed of eating a car. Or... a truck, holy crap. What's gonna be next, a house?? ..OH. "

SPLIT-LEVEL... SLUM... LUXURY APARTMENT... always with that digitized munching, gulping sound!

"Ok now this is getting silly. I bet the G was something else originally, otherwise this just doesn't really make sense. S'fun, though!"

The number of tapeworms increases with each stage, but it takes more and more of them to poison even one food item-- by the sixth stage you're munching your way through veritable rivers of them, yet the icon they're headed for takes forever to turn blue! No wonder, either-- YOU ATE: BANGOR

"Again, I'd have to be really trying to lose thing. And there goes Maine, and the rest of the East coast, sorry East bees but a G's gotta eat I guess. Maybe I'll turn into a new planet?"

Again, it really is the drudgery that's the major foe in this game-- the mazes are HUGE, the monsters do no damage, and it takes about ten minutes to complete the last stage as you're eating up NAMIBIA... UKRAINE... DENMARK... CALIFORNIA...

"Come on, give me a challenge here! What about a really gross state or country? I bet the midwest is kind of fatty and flavorless, like their food. And there goes any viewers I might have over there, sorry!"

SugaGlydah: No, you're right, we're like a hot dish but colder

And here's the tenth and presumably final stage-- it sprawls and sprawls, seeming to go on for screens in every direction before you get to: THE MOON.

Klickitat_Street: if this was supposed to be a lesson in distance between planets, you better move on...

"Yellow hearts, pink clovers, giant rocky moons! Come along Gromit"

"Juuust waiting for something to happen here.. Maybe I won already?" The Bea G searches about the maze, it seems to go on forever! "A dessert tray? I'll take a mint.. How about just a tooth pick? For my letter teeth."

HNV: well, the G isn't getting any thinner... I'm starting to suspect you're out of game.

But just in time, there's something! It's tiny, but it's something! It's... (137924) 2000 BD19.

Llord_Kuruku: I googled it... wow. That's obscure

Bea looks up from her phone. "It's a- yeah. Looks crunchy!" She moves the G over it. "Ok seriously what is going here?! I've gone from snack foods to asteroids, there's worms again, I still don't know what's going on here but I'm pretty sure I'm winning"

Baconnaise: Space is big, Bea. Really, really big.

"What, that's not it?" She keeps moving. "Oh man... Oh man, COME ON!"

berd_snerglar: it's a very long way to Venus

"...You know, we each have a finite amount of time in this world." she says, moving the G through screen after screen of nothingness. "I don't think pulling a Unicron is worth it, beez. Time to play something else?"

aroseahorseboy: oh man what if Unicron really did just start out as someone who was REALLY HUNGRY and ate all the food in the house

"He did go on to found PlanetEaters Anonymous after retirement, it's a known fact."

aroseahorseboy: hey, play quizdo or whatever, that sounds kooky Baconnaise: at least we know what to expect from the pinball one

"Gibdos it is!"

[poesparakeet-fics]

Here you go, you thirsty beasts.

This one got long so it’s a 2 parter! It’s SFW, so enjoy it at the link or here in the post.

Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Caduceus Clay & The Mighty Nein, Caduceus Clay & Jester Lavorre, Caduceus Clay & Mollymauk Tealeaf, Caduceus Clay & Yasha Characters: Caduceus Clay, Jester Lavorre, Mollymauk Tealeaf, Yasha (Critical Role), Nott | Veth Brenatto Additional Tags: Tickling, Revenge, Shrinking, wild magic mishaps, safeword, Teasing Summary:

Caduceus has made a habit of tickling some of his companions, be it as a cheer-up, a settle-down or a playful punishment. When a mishap with some wild magic makes his smaller than his friends, a few decide to get a little revenge.

FIC

Caduceus didn’t mind arcane magic most of the time, after all, Caleb used his with great expertise.  But he was getting real tired of wild magic, real fast. 

When Jester had cast her guiding bolt she’d gotten butterflies, for Mother’s sake. He’d tried to heal Fjord and saw everything around him start to stretch and grow. They kept fighting, of course. It wasn’t until the last of the shrieking horrors was lying dead that he realized what had actually happened. 

The world hadn’t grown, he had shrunk. Which was, to be fair, easier to deal with. Still, he was feeling pretty sorry for himself as he sat with his feet dangling from the side of their kitchen table, now only a few inches taller than Veth.

A visiting Shadowhand was peering at Caduceus with a small frown on his face before scratching his head and sighing. 

“Alright. The bad news is, I don’t think we can dispel it. Jester said you tried a restoration spell?”

Caduceus nodded glumly. 

“Well the good news is, it will almost certainly wear off. The spell is using energy to maintain this form in you, it will run out of that energy eventually. But… I cannot tell you how long it will last. Based on the rate of decay I would guess a few days but that is some conjecture on my part.”

Caduceus let out a sigh. 

“Thank you for your help, Essek. I guess I’ll just have to live with my current… uh… change in perspective for the time being.”

“Yes, a good attitude to keep. I’m sure it’s been a long time since you were that small.”

“Huh. Yeah, I guess I would have been a baby. Maybe I’ll ask Veth for pointers.”

“I think that all of her advice will involve climbing, Herr Clay. You might need to make your own way.” Caleb chuckled from his seat nearby. He was leaning forward with his elbows on his knees. He had been watching Caduceus like he was a puzzle, but now he was smiling, having been assured that the situation wasn’t too serious.

“Yeah, you might be right.”

Caduceus hopped off the table, turning to see Caleb smothering a little half smile. Caduceus pointed a finger accusingly.

“You cut that out.”

“I’m very sorry. It’s just… it is very cute.”

…

“Caduceus, can I hug you?”

Yasha had walked through covered in rainwater not ten minutes before, but she’d returned in dry clothes. Caduceus, about halfway through drinking a now comically large mug of tea, looked up to meet her gaze. He could see the little haunt of loneliness in her eyes that sometimes creeped in, even in a house full of lovers.

“Yeah, of course.” 

He put his tea down carefully before hopping off his seat. He started to pass her into the living room, but Yasha sat at the table and pulled him into her lap instead.

“Woah!”

“Sorry!” Yasha rushed out, “I didn’t mean to surprise you! You were lighter than I thought you’d be!”

“It’s OK,” Caduceus assured her, “I’m just not used to being picked up.”

Yasha wrapped him up in her arms. “Is this alright?”

He relaxed as she coiled herself around him, face buried in his soft hair. 

“Yeah. That’s very nice.” Being held so literally felt old and new at the same time.

Yasha nuzzled his head. “I’ve wanted to do this since you shrunk. I love you when you’re big, but it’s so nice to get to squeeze you for once!”

Caduceus chuckled. “It’s nice to be squeezed, honestly.”

“And you’re so cute! I just want to eat you up! Omnomnom!”

Caduceus felt his whole spine twist on instinct when Yasha gnawed playfully at the back of his neck.

“No-ho!” He squeeked, so high pitched that both of them froze in shock. 

“Aw, Caduceus…”

“... It would be really unfair to tickle me. Just because you’re bigger than me now--” He was cut off when he had to press his lips together to smother another peel of laughter.

Yasha grinned with her teeth still pressed against his skin.

“I dunno, you tickle the others plenty.”

“Because they need it!”

“Hehe. I think that’s probably true, but they never get you back because you’re always so scared of hurting them by accident. Isn’t that because you’re bigger than them?”

She blew a raspberry on the side of his neck that made him squeal far too loud. He heard approaching footsteps. 

“No no no nonono!” He squeaked when he realized what they meant.

Jester bounded through the door first, magnetically drawn to any ticklish sounds in her vicinity. She stopped in her tracks when she walked into the kitchen to see a smiling Yasha with a giggling fun-sized firbolg in her lap, now curled in a desperate little ball within her embrace to avoid the fingers pinching at his tummy.

“Oh my goodness, is little Caduceus ticklish?”

“Nohoho!” Caduceus tried to plead or run, but his laughter was blocking the former and a meaty arm was blocking the latter.

“Mmhmm,” Yasha answered with one hand clawing his belly, not even out of breath for the effort she was expanding to thwart his escape, “I think big Caduceus is too, he’s just easier to tickle now.”

Molly and Veth stumbled in behind Jester. Molly had a grin on his face, coming to stand behind her and rest his chin on her shoulder. His eyes narrowed.

“Hey, he’s being real loud, eh?”

“Huh?” Jester answered.

“Well, it seems like he might need to settle down a little.”

“Ooh,” Jester giggled, “I think you’re right Molly!”

Caduceus felt a cold chill splash down his back. Sure, he’d seen this coming, but it didn’t stop the escalation of shivery, giggly panic through his system. And running was not working out for him.

“Well,” Molly purred, “Isn’t it lucky that we have such well established guidelines for getting someone to settle down.”

Caduceus switched gears, climbing further into Yasha’s lap instead and clinging to her shoulders.

“Please! Don’t let them get me!”

“I dunno…” Yasha teased as the tieflings stalked closer.

“No! Yasha, they’ll kill me!”

“Oh, don’t worry, I won’t let them kill you. But you do deserve this just a little, don’t you?” Yasha lowered her voice, all but whispering in his velvety ear, “Don’t forget, licorice works for you too.”

Caduceus whimpered. Ok, so did he deserve it? Yes. Probably. A little. Had there been a few times where he’d tickled a tiefling to pieces less because they needed to settle down and more because it was fun? Maybe. Perhaps. A couple of times, tops.

He took a deep breath to try and steel himself, shutting his eyes tight in the hopes that not seeing them coming would somehow save him. Yasha chuckled in his ear, seeming to sense his acceptance of this fate. 

“Heh. OK,” she whispered in his ear.

Fingers as strong as barrel bands gripped his ankles and Yasha stood up. The world spun. Balance upended, Caduceus eye’s shot open to see the devilish forms of his approaching friends as they cheered Yasha on, only upside- down. Yasha was hanging him by his ankles. 

“Don’t be too mean or I’m eating tief toes for dinner, got it? He’s not used to it.”

Molly’s smile became razor sharp and Jester clapped her hands. Caduceus could only hug himself and try to keep his shirt from falling over his head. 

“Not used to getting a taste of his own medicine, you mean? Seems to me that should be corrected.” Molly purred.

"Ah! Can we please talk about this?" Caduceus asked, the tiniest hint of a whine making its way into his usually rumbling voice.

"You can talk all you want, Caduceus!" Jester bent over to put her face next to his. She gave him a teasing wink before planting a sweet little kiss on his cheek.

"Veth?" He asked, looking pleadingly at his fellow (currently) small creature, "Solidarity? Please?"

Veth just laughed at him. "Nah."

"But you're going to help us though, right Veth?" Jester asked, voice full of mischief. "When will you get the chance to tickle Caduceus again?"

"Heh. Nah." The halfling answered, strolling out of the room. "I'm good, thanks." 

"Humph." Jester pouted for a moment, but it quickly morphed into a wicked little smile as she reached out to tickle Caduceus' long velvety ears.

"Ahhahaha- hehe- ha... no... no... MOLLY GET AWAY FROM THERE!"

The other tiefling cackled with glee, pinching Caduceus' knees. The firbolg’s legs pumped on reflex, his body wiggling like a worm on a hook. 

"So loud! You're not settled yet, love, just relax."

"I wahahahas born settled!"

"Oh reeeally? Jester teased him, hands jumping up to poke and pinch at his ribs, effortlessly dodging any attempt he made to block her. "Then why are you so loud and wiggly, huh?"

'B-because you- eeheeheehee! Tiheheheckles!"

"Does it?" Molly taunted, dropping down to Jester's level and fluttering his hands across his belly. 

"Yehehes!"

"Excellent!" Molly cheered, before grabbing the hem of Caduceus' shirt and yanking it down over his head. 

Caduceus squawked, temporarily blinded by the homespun linen that was now tangled around his elbows. He started to fight with it, trying to push it down (up?) again to cover his downy torso, for all the good it was doing. Then he felt a cool pair of lips press against his belly, and he squealed before Jester could even begin.

Ppppbbbbtt

“Aaaaiii! NahahaHAA! STAHAP!”

Caduceus’ pleas fell on deaf ears, Jester only pausing long enough to take a deep breath and giggle to herself before she hit him again. 

"Yes! Wish I could grow a beard just for this, you fuzzy bastard." Molly crowed.

Caduceus whimpered frantically, his shirt somehow transformed into an impossible maze that kept him blinded and defenseless.

An ominous silence was followed by a deadly double attack made Caduceus’ voice crack with the force of his squeal. “AHAaaA! LICORICE!”

The both backed off right away, leaving Caduceus dizzy and catching his breath. Jester started to help him get untangled from his shirt. Molly grinned down at him before taking a deep, threatening breath to make Caduceus shriek in anticipatory panic.

Molly didn’t get a chance to make good. In one more dizzying instant Caduceus was set upright on his feet, watching Yasha chase Molly out of the room. 

“WHAT did I say?”

“C-come on I wasn’t gonna do it! Yasha! Please! He threatens me like that all the-- Nooo!”

Jester chuckled at Caduceus’ dazed expression, pulling him into a cuddle where they stood. 

“You OK Caduceus?”

“Huh? Oh, yeah.”

“That’s good. It was fun to tickle you for a change!”

“Well I’m glad it was fun, because when I’m big again there are going to be consequences.” 

Jester just giggled at him, then tugged him to sit on a chair and put his tea cup back in his hands with a kiss on his cheek.

[ikchen]

*breathes in*

Aaaahhh

Well, here we go: As you already mentioned, mjw (~meeoo) is one of the most well known onomatopoetic words in the Egyptian languages, mostly because it really really sounds like meow. Let’s stay with mammals for a moment, and go to the word jwjw (~juju), which denotes a kind of dog. Clearly this imitates the how or whimper of a dog, going awoooo, and interestingly it was, in later times, also used for the wailing of people. So people see dog go awoo, say oh his name is awoo, people go awoo too. People also saw doggo go “woof woof” and went “hm, this animal goes wHwH (~wehweh), let’s use that word to denote barking.” Another mammal would be the shrew, which was called amam.w (~amamu) in Late Egyptian. Etymologically this word can be traced back to a word for “eating, devouring” because shrews eat multiple times their own weight in a day. Now that word for eating? Probably the same sound as omnomnom :D So, I’d also call this an onomatopoeion. Next up is pigs, one of the words for those is rr.j (~rerri). Sounds... weird? Not necessarily pig-ish? It’s definitely the noise pigs make, though, or at least what the Egyptians thought pigs say. Like, the snorting sound they make. Not sure if that’s the same onomatopoeia as oink? Finally we have the word kyky (~kiki) which is a kind of monkey. Very surprisingly, we can look to Japanese for a similar word. Here, キーキー kīkī denotes the calls of a monkey! So if two language use the same word, and the languages are like hella not related, the word is proooobably onomatopoetic?

Next up: Birds! First we have zwrw.t (~zurut) which is the name of some so far unidentified bird. The same word, however, is used in Aramaeic - zarzīrā ‘Starling’, and in Arabic zurzur- ‘Starling’. We do know that it’s not the word for starling in Egyptian, but it might be a loan word, which used to denote the noises starlings make, which was then used for a different bird in Egypt. A second bird worth mentioning would be the qq-Bird (ququ). Can you guess what bird it is? (I’ll tell you, it’s the cockoo. Duh.) So, uh, yeah, same word, right? Onomatopoeia for the win! Next up: Ducks. Or rather, the gbb-duck (~gebeb) (might also be a goose). The Hausa language has the word agwāgwa which means duck, and is derived from the noises a duck makes. The two words are similar enough to be considered vaguely related, so gbb is probably also onomatopoetic for duck noises. Quack quack. Some ducks and geese and also falcons (???why???) make a certain sound in Egyptian, namely ngg (~negeg), ng (neg) or gAgA (~gaga). These aren’t animals per se, but I figured I’d mention these words, because @somecunttookmyurl​ used ngg / ng in her untitled goose game shitpost :D Goose go ng / honk! Duck go... quack? On a last bird related note, there’s the sparrow, which goes TT (~tshitshi) in Egyptian, and ϫⲟⲩϫⲟⲩ in Coptic. Modern sparrows go twit twit, right? Sounds pretty similar, right?

(There’s technically also DnDn (~djendjen) which is a big bird, possibly a swan, and is supposed to be related to the noises a cymble makes. So. Swans make cyble noises? Cymble make swan noises? This is very unclear).

Onwards to amphibians: The frog! Egyptian has multiple words for frogs, one is pgg.t (~pegeget). Now there are two main theories for this word, one says it’s actually derived from the root g / the word wgj, which means to chew, and it would just denote that frogs chew weirdly. The other one, which also gives similar words in other Semitic languages, says hey this word is hella onomatopoetic. Like. That’s what froggo says, right? Ribbit ribbit? Another word for frogs is qrr (~kerer). Conveniently, Japanese, again, has the word 蛙 kaeru meaning frog! What a coincidence! And then they also have ケロケロ kerokero meaning “croak croak!”. Like. Whoa! Definitely an onomatopoeion!

If you, by any chance, happen to know German, I’m happy to share my thesis with you. Same with sources, if anyone is interested, they’re partially in German though. The best source I had were the 3 books of G. Takács’ Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian.

Are there other onomatopoeic animals in Ancient Egyptian? It’s kinda reminding me of the post where an Egyptian looked at a cat, asked if what it was, and took the meow as the answer.

There are! But I'm going to field this one fully to @ikchen, who did her MA thesis on exactly this subject, so she can go wild with it, and I’ll reblog her answer back here.

[sanguinesprout]

Therapy/Counselling Diary #11 Final (Plus some tiddly bits of trying oh yeahhh!! ^^)

My hands are so frozen ahhhh it’s so cold uuugh @A@ *sits on hands for 5 hours and loses all feeling in them* wow so heartless my hands are oof-

Hmm... alrighty, this week’s appointment was my laaaast. Feels... idk man. On one hand I feel like some pressure has been lifted but I actually was kinda getting used to going, was getting a little comfy even lol and on the other hand I feel like some more pressure just came and took its place. It feels weird, like everything just shifted into how it was before I went, except now I have the power of... knowledge..?! And a smidgen more bravery I guess... I hope... don’t wimp out already! O^O It’s all on me now!! I have to take the wheel and steer it to victory! *crashes straight into ditch* 

Welp on the day I actually ended up going 1 hour early by accident because I assumed it’d be the same time as the other days but it was 1 hour later than those lolol, it was no big deal, just shopped around a lil with my sis and mum and then went back, aaand on time (unlike what it would’ve been if my app really was 1 hour earlier lol what a relief) hoh!

She came and got me, greeted me and we went up to the room talking about the weather or something small as usual. I didn’t pull out those sheets from last week yet, I was a lil hesitant since I think she was going through some of the other stuff on her desk and I kinda thought maybe I’d filled in some of it wrong or badly, but there’s no such thing..! I actually did all those sheets the same day I wrote the previous post hehe, or well, at least 80% of them and then finished em off the day before the app, yay! No leaving till the very last-ish! :D

She told me similar stuff to last time about how far I’d come since she first met me, she told me I was like a deer in headlights or something along those lines, timid and unsure and so on, but now was able to express myself better and even got better at stuff like making eye contact more. It was nice to receive the praise she gave and to be assured that I had actually improved some ^^ I know my family has been noticing my efforts and the general mood at home has been a little more chipper, it’s feels so much nicer and motivating c:

We went and looked at this goal sheet she filled in for me near the beginning where my goals were things like ‘to be myself around others’ and I rescored them all lower than they were originally, I didn’t lie and make out like I magically improved, I just went with what I felt and it was right and anyways it was definitely better than previous. This sheet is probably just for her record but showed me I had gotten much closer to my goals and could probably reach them so long as I continue trying.

She asked me again what I am planning to do once I am left to my own devices and we discussed the volunteering/getting work experience stuff again and she tried recommending me this site which could possibly be helpful but tbh it really didn’t seem that great and even she kind struggled to navigate to relevant stuff on it. Her field is not in employment and volunteering and stuff though so although the resource wasn’t the best, it was nice to know a little more at least. I was kinda dying a little inside and this took up a big chunk of the session, she advised me to contact this volunteer organisation and set up an appointment, I feel kinda idk iffy about it, I don’t want to avoid but I feel like maybe I’ll check around for other stuff first. I mean she can’t check on me no mores, but I shouldn’t chicken out or forget this advice because it is important.

I uh, I plucked up the courage and whipped out those sheets I did from last week and I read over them to her and she agreed on a lot of the stuff I wrote (things like how am I different, how did I achieve this behaviour/feeling etc.) and I accidentally left one of the things blank but she helped me fill it in and add to a few that I got a lil confused on lol. I was told to keep these sheets for my own reference. There was a sheet on relapse and relapse prevention I filled in also, reading this in future can probably help me clear my head and get back on track along with the other stuff I guess, though I hope I won’t veer off track in the first place you know ^^”

There was this bit where she thanked me, i can’t remember the exact reason or wording but it was probably for attending and for trying and for opening up to her and I also thanked her back and I kept wondering should I offer her a hug or something but I didn’t wanna be awks or overstep any boundaries. She offered me a handshake with both her hands around mine and said something like ‘this is how we do it here’ or something to do with being professional and then I super felt like I shouldn’t bring up the hug thing cause it’ll be too much lol .__. but who knows... Idk I wimped out on it, but it was something silly I guess, though because I didn’t try, I won’t know how it would’ve gone and it’s too late now, oh welp. Anyways she sees and helps so many people, the time period with each person is short, it’s no biggie, no need to get overly personal and attached I guess. I’m just glad that I got across that I was thankful and super appreciative of her help and that’s enough.

Instead in my efforts to sort of redeem my courage, I thought I’d ask her why she became a mental health nurse even though I was afraid that I might sound nosey, but I was genuinely curious and was assuming it would be something nice and motivational and so I went ahead and asked. She explained her mother was also one and she was always around and felt she wanted to help people too and so she did or something along those lines. I kind of knew it would be something like this, but it is nice to hear and heartwarming all the same. Conversation goes two ways of course too, it was good practice to try and ask things about others. 

There was a time in the past where I wanted to be a counsellor (or special learning tutor), my motivation was to help people like myself, so they wouldn’t have to struggle or feel the way I do. As you can tell, I didn’t get there, but it’s okay, because goals change and motivations change, there still some time to go and aim for new and maybe some other past goals too!

I met back up with my sis and mum and I was a lil sulky cause I didn’t get to go to this shop I was planning to go to lol but I was dying of hunger so going home and eating before I passed out was the ideal option anyways. I actually went back out again with my sister some time later that day and went to the shop I wanted to go and some others and went to the supermarket too ^^ 

Oh, this was after I went to my regular docs app where the doc was super super nice as always and he prescribed a super low low dosage of an anti-depressant as advised by the neurology specialist I saw last time. I’ve only taken it a few days so I am unsure about it’s effect or well, it’s probably too early to say much about it, but I think it does help somewhat? I feel less pained in my head when I wake up, though this could also be because I’ve been drinking water when I awaken too, you know, dehydration causes headaches. I feel pretty foggy rn though @^@ Probably just my oversleeping though. I’m glad I take it at night so even if it does make me feel sleepy, it doesn’t matter lol. Haha oh yeah, that new habit app I have been kinda using, I keep forgetting to check it and tick off the things I’ve done lol >_<”

Whoa my memory is so bad, idk if I should write some more of this week’s stuff of to leave it to next week, or will I have forgotten it then hmm... I’ll just write it briefly I guess. There were lots of times where I had things I needed to sort out but kinda just delayed them but the past few days I just went ahead and emailed and phoned and live chatted and got them almost all sorted out. I got a lil confused at times, but just tried my best with writing and asking things and it went fine. If you don’t try you don’t know, nothing ventured nothing gained! Oh and I baked a bit more stuff too! Omnomnom! :3

There’s still a lot of things I have to sort out and I’m feeling all sorts of stressed and frustrated about it, but I’ll get there, I can do it! Calmly collect your thoughts but don’t overthink, just go go go! No matter what the outcome is, you tried and you learned something new! Okay, Imma go do the stuff!

Have a great evening! Try your best! Oh, and awkward hugs for everybody haha! C:

[sleeplessnightwithphan]

Survey Tag

 So @okiwillleavenow tagged me in this (thanks girl), let me just give you all the most random facts about me :D 

1: Are you named after someone? 
I am not, my parents just liked the name ( I think they just looked at one of those “most popular baby names” lists and picked one.)

2: When is the last time you cried?
 Ehhh... when my dog died? So last December.

3: Do you like your handwriting? I do actually, but I rarely write on paper anymore. 

4: What is your favourite lunch meat? I’m a vegetarian, no meat for me.

5: Do you have kids?
 Nope.nope.nope.nope.nope.

6: If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
 I think so?

7: Do you use sarcasm? Guilty AF

8: Do you still have your tonsils? 
Tonsils are present.

9: Would you bungee jump? I don’t really see the fun in it tbh, but maybe someday.

10: What is your favourite kind of cereal? 
On the rare (like once a year) occasion that I actually eat cereal, I eat Tresor (which apparently is called Krave in the UK and US)

11: Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? I really should, but no. 

12: Do you think you’re a strong person? Not really

13: What is your favourite ice cream flavor?
 Pistachio or stracciatella!

14: What is the first thing you notice about people?
 Haircuts, and faces in general.

15: Red or pink? 
Red

16: What is the least favourite physical thing you like about yourself? I’m really should lose some weight

17: What colour pants and shoes are you wearing now?
 I’m not wearing any shoes right now, heatwave and all that jazz (but I only own black shoes, so yeah). Also, US pants (dark blue jeans) or UK pants (grey)?

18: What was the last thing you ate?
 Dürum with feta cheese and vegetables, omnomnom

19: What are you listening to right now?
 Theme from Jurassic Park (in the Supernerd playlist on Spotify)

20. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be? I’d be a green crayon

21: Favourite smell? Vanilla, lemon, raspberries, rain

22: Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? My dad’s work phone, he wasn’t picking up his regular phone. 

23: Favourite sport to watch? 
Volleyball

24: Hair colour? Blond-ish? I’ve been dying it dark brown/red for years now though, haven’t seen my real hair colour since I was 13. 

25: Eye colour? Green with bits of grey and brown in there.

26: Do you wear contacts?
 I’m pretty much the only person in my family who doesn’t need vision aid. 

27: Favourite food to eat?
 Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, stuff like that

28: Scary movies or comedy? 
Comedy (nothing against scary movies though)

29: Last movie you watched? Disney’s Princess And The Frog (and I’m proud of it)

30: What colour of shirt are you wearing? 
Red with black parrots.

31: Summer or winter? 
Winter all the way. I kinda hate summer. 

32: Hugs or kisses?
 FREE HUGS

33: What book are you currently reading? 
I recently started rereading the Harry Potter books, in English this time instead of Dutch. About halfway through Philosopher’s Stone right now. 

34: Who do you miss right now? 
My friends, they pretty much all have exams, and I don’t.

35: What is on your mouse pad? 
I’m on a laptop. Trackpad for the win.

36: What is the last TV program you watched?
 Blokken (Belgian quiz show)

37: What is the best sound?
 A cello playing (wish I could play the cello)

38: Rolling Stones or The Beatles? The Beatles

39: What is the furthest you have ever traveled?
 Either Chicago or Shanghai. I think Shanghai is further, butI’m not sure (and too lazy to look it up)

40: Do you have a special talent?
 I can play like 4 instruments, does that count?

41: Where were you born?
 Flanders, Belgium

Anybody who wants to do this as well, please do! (I’m too shy and socially awkward to actually tag someone, so just pretend I tagged people)

[thesmallguys]

Rules: Complete the questions and say who tagged you in the beginning. When you’re finished, tag people to do this survey. Have fun and enjoy!

Tagged by @mototwinkclub - she said I have to do it, and shes the boss of me, so..

1. Are you named after someone? I was named after an Irish princess, that got married in a tower in the county that I live. Fuckin’ ridiculous.

2. When was the last time you cried? A couple of weeks ago.

3. Do you like your handwriting? I don’t really. I have dexterity issues from some nerve damage in my shoulder, and my writing is crap.

4. What is your favorite lunch meal? Ideally, Mc Donalds lol.

5. Do you have kids? I don’t, and I never will.

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? I don’t know, people either like me or hate me. I feel you’d have to be very tolerant to be my friend.

7. Do you use sarcasm? I surely do.

8. Do you still have your tonsils? Nope, I had them removed 9 years ago.

9. Would you bungee jump? No fucking way!

10. What is your favorite kind of cereal? I like sugary cereal. Frosties or Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

Yup, they’re tightly tied so I’d have to lol

12. Do you think you’re a strong person? Not especially, but I try so so hard.

13. What is your favorite ice cream? Just plain old vanilla!

14. What is the first thing you notice about people?  Teeth, randomly enough.

15. What is the least favorite physical thing you like about yourself? At the moment, my skin.

16. What color pants and shoes are you wearing now? Grey pajama pants with storm troopers and death troopers on them. And black slippers.

17. What are you listening to right now? This is Home, by Bryan Lanning.

18. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? I bright blue I think.

19. Favorite smell? I love sweet smells and also the smell of Sudocrem lol

20. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? Some guy at a restaurant where I was booking a table for dinner.

21. Favorite sport to watch? Moto GP! I fucking love it!

22. Hair color? I’m naturally dark blonde, but it’s dyed black as the blackest black.

23. Eye color? Greyish blue.

24. Do you wear contacts? I wear contacts every day I’m leaving my home, so most days. I’m blind as fuck.

25. Favorite food to eat? Right now I’m eating gluten and lactose free, so food is so boring. But if I could eat anything it would be a super soft white bread sandwich with salt and vinegar crisps and ham! Omnomnom!

26. Scary movies or comedy? I don’t watch scary anything, I hate being scared. So comedy.

27. Last movie you watched?

The Book of Life, it was magnificent.

28. What color of shirt are you wearing? A white storm trooper pajama top.

29. Summer or winter? Definitely summer.

30. Hugs or kisses? Ideally, neither.

31. What book are you currently reading? I haven’t read a book in a few years, I don’t have time. The last book I read was What If I’d Never Tried It, Valentino Rossi’s autobiography.

32. Who do you miss right now? I always miss @mototwinkclub when we’re not together. Because she’s the best ever, and I love her so much. She’s so funny and brilliant and wise, I just fucking love her so much. She’s my best friend.

33. What is on your mouse pad? I don’t have a mousepad, it’s 2017 man.

34. What is the last TV program you watched? Hmmm.. does a Champions League football game count? I watched Barcelona v PSG last week.

35. What is the best sound? Sometimes silence, sometimes the rooooar of a motorbike pit lane!

36. Rolling Stones or The Beatles? Definitely The Beatles.

37. What is the furthest you have ever traveled? Houston Station, Texas.

38. Do you have a special talent? I can change a lot of baby nappies really quick. I work in a creche,  so it’s a skill only relevant to my job.

39. Where were you born? In a maternity hospital that doesn’t exist anymore.