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[betweenthetimeandsound]

--prompt from @nosebleedclub "vintage chandelier" (25 October)

Sometimes, I could fashion memories out of an object, and summon dreams from a slight of hand. With them, I want to create something beautiful, or at least subdue all the demons which crush this wretched earth.

I've always stood in that marble circle, with their multi-colored tiles, admiring that vintage chandelier. With layers of crystals and light, dangling with no music, I wanted to know who could create such a work of art.

The curator arrived to the hotel one afternoon, with her perfectly ironed, chocolate-colored skirt suit. I only noticed because of those heels which made their presence known when she stepped into them. I turned my head, and noted her icy blue eyes.

"Impressive, isn't it?" She asked, adjusting her glasses to get a better look.

I nodded, a wide smile forming from my mouth. Stepping away for a moment, I felt the light bathe on me, and making my otherwise plain mesh sweater twinkle like a newborn star. A few more seconds wouldn't do it justice; I needed to possess the structure until I need my peace.

"Where did you get it? How do you maintain it?"

She flashed a smile, before looking down at her heels. "We've had it for a long time, enough that it's starting to take rust. We're considering exchanging it or cleaning it up for a little bit."

"How long would that take?"

"I don't know." She replied sternly but politely, but then left me in my own silences. I took a moment to note the crystals, then closed my eyes, wishing that I could grow wings and inhabit that nest of jewels.

And one day, I did.

[tiisshu]

DA:I C/ullen/ Inquisitor (human, warrior) lyrium withdrawal fic.

This is just the setup chapter , so there is no real suffering yet. If you are sensitive to descriptions of d/rug cravings, maybe stop before chapter 3 and beyond as I don't want to upset/trigger.

I don't want C/ullen to suffer, I want him to be saved.

Also would like to add I don't know if the use of pulling rank is correct so just go with it lmao

1. Tastes like Boot

For a successful mission, this one had certainly gone bollocks up.

Things had been set with the missive for weeks on this one, with the determination that the best course of action was to split the forces sent with one detachment going to look for some of their troops that had been detained in the area..

That morning before the War party left however, The Commander delivered an alternative directive - essentially leaving the troops to fend for themselves in the meantime doubling the guard on The Inquisitor because of a rumor Red Templars had been seen in the area. A rumor their Spymaster couldn’t confirm.

The War party had set out, the directive secured, and what’s more a runner had arrived shortly after Noon with news the detained troops were spotted on the north road heading back to the keep.

The War council was fully aware of The Inquisitor’s - of Calliope’s ire that decision had invoked regardless.

When they’re in the field, in front of others, The Commander and the Inquisitor of the Inquisition maintain a very professional appearance - even if their inner circle knew what the two Warriors had going on behind closed doors.

Cullen decides this is the best decision they’ve made thus far in their relationship together because right now, across from him at the War Table, She looks ready to spit fire.

He closes the door to the War Room after everyone else enters and he leans back against it crossing his arms.His tone remains calm but has a stern undertone as his hazel eyes focus on Calliope.

“Inquisitor, I want to discuss what happened back there”.

She doesn’t immediately look up nor does she address him yet as She’s studying the Markers He had adjusted that morning.

He follows her gaze, noticing which ones have her attention. Taking a few steps towards the table, careful to maintain some distance. He speaks in an authoritative, clipped tone, when her silence spurns him.

“Look at me!”.

The air in the room suddenly feels like it’s charged with static, the rest of the council stunned into silence.

Cullen can see the way her jaw is working as she clenches and unclenches her jaw as she finally looks up into his face. Green eyes cold with fury look back at his own simple hazel with a look that can only be described as piercing.

He recrosses his arms and schools himself into his usual stoic expression trying to appear undeterred by the sharpness of her anger.

“You can be angry all you like, Inquisitor, you know I can’t standby and allow you to endanger yourself unnecessarily “. To his left, Cassandra winces slightly at his words.

Cullen notices the reaction, but he’s already got himself rolling with this and He’s just annoyed enough with this situation to lose his temper.

“You are The Inquisitor! You have a duty to fulfill and I won’t hear of you putting yourself in unnecessary, reckless danger!”.

He expects an instant rebuttal but The Inquisitor is not listening- Calliope is now looking at how stiffly Cassandra holds her posture.

Cullen glances at Cassandra, his eyes narrowing, knowing the secret they share. He understands the contradiction in his statement but continues, his voice firm.

“I understand that you want to get the job done, but you can’t compromise your safety in the process.

Calliope looks up then and speaks in a sharp tone she has never used before, it's tone even in this scarily measured way.

“ People’s lives are at stake. Time is not a luxury we have, and you reroute us so…what? You can spare me a hypothetical?”.

She begins to tap different markers with clipped angry movements.

“Tell me, Commander, How will you advise on the next mission - Western Approach? Can’t have the Inquisitor risking a sprained ankle running through sand dunes, better extend the mission by three days to walk the perimeter”.

She taps a marker in The Fallow Mire. “ Hmm, better hold off on this one too until the rainy season passes, better not risk “The Inquisitor” a head cold”.

Cullen takes in a deep breath, his jaw clenching as he struggles to keep his own frustration in check, “Yes, people’s lives are at stake, and that includes yours. I intervene to keep you safe”.

He gestures to the markers She tapped in her tirade.

“ I’m not asking you to just… sit around, I’m cautioning against needless danger and as The Commander, it is within my duty to adjust accordingly”, he explains as he shifts his posture to square his shoulders the way the title demands.

Belatedly, Cullen has a moment to realize he’s made some grave error before he notices a muscle jump in her cheek and he’s looking into startled, affronted green eyes.

“..are…are you pulling rank on me?”

The others in the room are staring at the edges of the War Table now as if idly wondering what kind of wood it's made from.

There is an imperceptible hint of regret that flickers across his face, realizing that perhaps pulling rank wasn’t the best choice, but she’s being flippant with his concerns and He was getting a headache for all his trouble.

“Yes. I.. am”.

He holds her gaze, unflinching, despite the tense atmosphere in the room.

“As Commander, it is my responsibility to ensure the safety of our forces and that includes you. It's done, I won’t speak on it any further ”.

Calliope stands there with her jaw clenched, looking like there is a wealth of things She wants to say to him, before she promptly slips on her more detached, impartial “Inquisitor” mask and gives him a curt, “Commander” and leaves the room.

Cullen watches her leave, with fresh frustration etched on his face. The others in the room exchange glances, the tension thick in the air.

He lets out a frustrated sigh, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. Maker’s breath…

He shakes his head and turns to the rest of the council, his voice laced with resignation.

“Let’s…continue with the other matters at hand…”

...

No one moves to speak first.

Cullen notices the differing reactions from the others.

He can feel the disapproval from Cassandra, Josephine’s unease, and Leliana’s practiced neutrality.

He straightens his stance, trying to maintain his composure. He resists the urge to rub the back of his neck again and decides he better address this…

“I know you don’t approve of my decision, but I … -The Inquisition can't risk losing her”.

Cassandra turns to Lelianna and Josephine and in an even tone says, “Leave us”.

Once they’ve both made their retreats Cassandra crosses her arms across her chest and demands, “ What, in the Maker, was that, Commander?”.

[pageslearntothink]

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: The Walking Dead (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Daryl Dixon/Beth Greene Characters: Daryl Dixon, Beth Greene (Walking Dead), One-Eyed Dog (Walking Dead) Additional Tags: Getting Together, Beth Greene Lives (Walking Dead), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Not Beta Read, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, but it's brief, Animal Abuse, Also brief - Freeform, I Will Go Down With This Ship, No Smut, sowwy, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Fluff, Falling In Love, Developing Relationship, Slow Burn, POV Third Person, the closest thing I have to a beta are my sisters, but they've only seen "Alone" because I made them watch it, The Walking Dead (TV) Season 4, Episode AU: s04e13 Alone, Beth Greene Sings (Walking Dead), Friends to Lovers Summary:

Daryl leaned back in his seat, keeping his eyes on her. She was comfortable, playing the piano and singing, and she was wearing a dress and they had just eaten a filling meal. They could be happy here. They could live, not just survive.

Daryl was going to make sure of it.

*Updates on Saturdays*

[law-renxe-tnt]

Would you read this?

tw: vague religious symbolism

> Of Silver Bullets And Red Lillies

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Romance and Comedy because fuck it I need something to laugh at.

︑︒⚬∙︓·⠄Summary •°. *࿐

“Its for the better..

maybe you'll find people who are more- like you.“

Denise isn't special; she's not particularly talented, attractive, or a genius, for that matter. She's just... Nise. A fact that everyone else seems to find rather disappointing.

So, when her mother ships her off to some random boarding school, she expects it to be as unremarkable as her mother sees her. The first shock comes when she discovers that this school goes by the name of an Exorcist Academy.

The second shock hits when she's introduced to the other members of her 'unit'.

Suddenly there's no doubt in her mind that this place isn't normal. These people aren't normal either - and what the fuck is a 'seer'!?

.　 • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆ ☄. *. ⋆ ࿐

Soooo this is a fantasy story set in a world I created myself, so first and foremost: any and all religions talked about in this story are made up. They may be inspired by their real life counterparts, but they are not the same.

The term 'Exorcist' also gains another meaning here. That being sad, I don't know if I'm going to go through with this. I like the characters a lot and I've written a few chapters already but I'm still not sure.

Also: please lemme know about the Titel. I feel like it's insanely cheesy.

Sooo;

[spoldhamauthor]

Short Horror Story Collection:

UK Audible Codes Available

All US codes have been claimed for now. I still have a few UK Audible codes for 'Hag's Breath: A Collection of Witchcraft and Wickedness.' First come, first served. When they are gone, they are gone. If you claim, please review when you are finished. Thank you.

Written by S P Oldham, narrated by Paula Hines, artwork by FrinaArt on SelfPubBookCovers.

The Blurb: A collection of short stories featuring witches, Hag's Breath reinvents this entity. If you are looking for the near-comical character that is the stalwart of children's fairy tales, then go elsewhere. These witches are the stuff of nightmares. True horror characters with dark souls and sinister intentions. Powerful women, whose presence in the world is sometimes to be feared, sometimes to be sought out—but always to be respected.

"Savor it. as a book like this only comes along once in a great while." LITRPG Audiobook Reviews

"Like your favorite band’s newest album, you won’t find a bad track anywhere in Sue’s collection." Jack Childress

[azure-winter-crow]

A much overdue update for my Star Wars fic.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30497019/chapters/122677231

[ailelie]

Anyone up for reading ~1,700 words of original fiction?

This is a recently written draft. I just want to know how the conversation flows and whether the various turns within it make sense. I'd like to know what the character dynamic feels like and whether you think anything gets resolved.

Gist is that Nora has traveled 5 years into the past and is reliving her life with the intent of fixing everything that went wrong. At her birthday party, she has to dance with her best friend, Ambrose. That's when things get complicated.

Last time Nora spoke to Ambrose was when she was asking him for help intervening in her family's trial and subsequent execution. Her very last memory is telling him he's making a mistake from the execution platform and him turning his face away. But that was 21yo Ambrose; 16 yo Ambrose knows none of this. To 16 yo Ambrose, Nora's acting weird and he wants to know why so he can help.

In their scene together I want to establish their relationship, Nora's distance, and their usual dynamic. I also want to close that distance so that Nora can treat Ambrose on his own terms rather than convicting him for actions he hasn't done yet.

That's a heavy burden for a single conversation while also trying to establish voice and Nora's character overall.

Here's the link if you're interested.

[theholmwoodfoundation]

THE HOLMWOOD FOUNDATION -EPISODE ONE AND KICKSTARTER

It's finally here! Please enjoy Episode One of the Holmwood Foundation, Across The Moors.

CW: swearing, threat, static, brief emergency sirens, themes of possession/removal of bodily autonomy, and depictions of violence.

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY, APPLE PODCASTS, OR AT THE ACAST LINK BELOW:

The Holmwood Foundation is a Found Footage Horror-Fiction Podcast, a modern-day sequel to the gothic novel Dracula.

We follow Maddie Townsend (Rebecca Root) and Jeremy Larkin (Seán Carlsen), two co-workers at the Holmwood Foundation: a secret organisation that has been maintaining and studying the remains of Count Dracula for the last 130 years, as they are possessed by the ghosts of Jonathan and Mina Harker, and embark on a nightmare road trip, carrying Dracula's severed head across the UK, in an effort to stop him once and for all.

If you enjoy this episode and want to hear more, please consider supporting our Kickstarter to fund the rest of Season One. We need £23,000 to make the rest of the season a reality. Tiers start from just £5, and we're offering a range of exciting tier rewards for our backers!

Visit Our Official website for transcripts and Cast and Crew information: HERE

[good-pokemon-center-reviews]

[californiannostalgia]

when a story has a predestined ending and you thought you already knew who the characters would become, but then you're hit with the fact that no, you actually didn't know these characters at all, they were unknowable to you until this very moment when a larger portion of their life has been revealed to you, and you realize, abruptly, that they had lives and losses and the aching desperation of a love they guarded with every piece of stubborn will they could muster, and the unknowable is suddenly rendered sublime for its opacity

[eeveekitti]

rambley my new best friend rambley

[aropride]

one day i will have a little apartment with a friend and my room will be relatively clean and i'll write every day and there will always be fruit on a bowl on the table or in some containers in the fridge and we'll play music without headphones and it will all be okay

[4rachn1d]

Venom 3 should have ended with Eddie walking into Mrs Chen shop, her speaking through Eddie and talking directly to venom only for them to stand in pure silence before aggressively sobbing and mourning his dead and NOT with a fucking maroon five and the worst Edit on the god for saken planet

[insertdisc5]

In Stars and Time passed ONE THOUSAND POSITIVE REVIEWS ON STEAM!!! this little timeloop RPG has 1000 reviews AND a 99% positive rating now 🥺🥺🥺✨✨✨

[ruedesfillesducalvaire]

i puzzled over this for a long time.......and then i realised:

i have to ask: does. does this person somehow think...that javert and petit gervais are. the same person?

[sugaredrhubarb]

A QUICK GUIDE TO AO3 CUSTOMIZATION FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT CODING

ft adding pink to everything and my secret to writing long comments

note: I originally posted this to twt but if that place burns in a fiery pit I spent too long on this for it to disappear, so I'm putting it here too :)

so many people know way more about this than I do, but this is a step-by-step walkthrough of the changes *I've* made, and hopefully it works as an introduction people can build from for whatever they'd like to do

There are a lot of images in this post! (click to enlarge)

to start, AO3 skins

site skins change how the AO3 website appears when logged in (even on mobile), mine is pink and blue!

I'll have my skin turned off throughout the post so the guides appear as they will for you

to create, edit, and view skins, go to the "skins" tab from the left-hand menu. you can also view public site skins from there or from the button in the preferences.

public site skins are made by other users. i would really encourage previewing and exploring them to become familiar with the possibilities (maybe you just want to use one of them and now you're done!)

to create your own skin

on the skins page, click "create site skin"

if you don't know CSS (same), use the wizard! clicking on the "?" will give more information about each option

I only use the colours section you'll see a link right there for hex codes I use pink as a header colour and bue for accent but lots of people change the background colour and that looks really cool!

submit

The next step is to add CSS from a public skin to your own. I use "ByLine" by Branch. this separates the tag categories and adds spacing to make them easier to read.

here is a before and after using the fic "Landslide" by @roosterbruiser as an example

to see the CSS of a skin, click the title

copy all the text below the CSS heading

in the skin creator/editor press the custom CSS option and paste all the text into the CSS box

you can have both wizard and custom CSS settings, in mine you can see the header and accent colours as well as the CSS

level up: USERSCRIPTS

userscripts are small pieces of code that modify a website. for AO3, this may involve adding shortcuts and buttons or even advanced tagging functions (computer people, I'm so sorry if this is wrong, I'm trying). I use Greasy Fork and Tampermonkey.

This is how I write long and formatted comments!

Greasy Fork is an archive of userscripts and Tampermonkey is a browser extension and userscript manager. You don't need to use these two in particular. please use your common sense when downloading anything or adding permissions to your browser.

Greasy Fork guide on installing fics

Install Tampermonkey on Chrome

there are TONS of user scripts for AO3. This is another good opportunity to explore all the possibilities. there are lots of more complicated options I haven't explored.

scripts for AO3

i use this floaty review box

and this comment formatting

EDIT: if you use chrome you might need to turn on developer mode in your chrome extension manager - you can google "tampermonkey developer mode" and it should explain that :)

to install (once you have Tampermonkey installed):

open the script you want in Greasy Fork and press install

Tampermonkey will open, press install again

clicking the Tampermonkey extension will let you toggle scripts on and off, and opening the dashboard will let you view, edit, and delete scripts

i find i can only have a few turned on at a time before they cancel each other out, but that depends on which ones you're using and someone more savvy might be able to fix that

how to use the floaty review box - write more comments!

there will now be a "floaty review box" button at the top of the work, it will open a floating text box you can move anywhere on the page. highlighting any text and pressing the insert button will paste the text with italics into the box

anything you type in the review box will appear in your comment at the bottom of the page!

if you have also installed the comment formatting script, you'll be able to highlight any text in your comment and use the new buttons above the comment box to format it

thats all ive got! Hopefully this is a good starting point to get familiar with some of the terms and basics for skins and scripts <3

if you want some inspo for how to comment on fics i made a whole fic rec list on twitter based on comments I've left, it's here. i have a masterlist of recs there mostly for darklina/reylo and similar ships.

the tag #reading with ru has cod recs and me talking about books

:)