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blood-smiles · 3 months ago

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𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓...𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄!𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐃

Long ago, it was said that humanity thrived together as a whole in peace and harmony, they all went to the same places and had similar experiences, they shared and traded food and items, the peace was always kept because of laws, the air was pure and the water was clear and tasteless, complete perfection.

But where was that now? It’s the year 2313, it’s been a long time since that chapter was ripped from the ancient book of humanity,

You wrapped a mask around your head, clicking your tongue as your fingers fiddled with the leather buckles of the mask,

After a struggling with the mask for a few seconds you finally succeeded in fastening the item to the back of your cranium,

The thick belt wrapped around your head and behind your ears, the borders of the leather digging into your skin and leaving an aching red imprint on your head,

You steadily got up from your couch, walking over to the deserted shopping cart in the corner, putting your hands around the cart’s bars and lifting it up from the floor, putting it back on its wheels as it used to be,

You rolled the cart around your laboratory, listening for squeaks or strange sounds, when you made sure there wasn’t any problems with the cart you put it aside momentarily,

You ran over to one of your counters as snatched a pair of goggles from the metal surface,

Securing them on your eyes as best you could, your hands grabbed the flimsy fabric of your coat and pulled up the hood, you were all geared up and ready to go.

Your hands gripped the bar of your shopping cart, your eyes scanning the inside of the empty shopping cart, the once silver metal was oxidizing, slowly turning into a murky brown tint,

you pushed your cart through your run down town, waving at acquaintances and kicking little pebbles out of your way,

This is how your everyday life went, around 5 p.m you would get geared up and go into the junk yard to look for unwanted “trash” from Ether,

most of the time what you found wasn’t even trash, maybe a little worn down, but these people were throwing away full shampoo bottles and moisturizers! You wish you had that problem..

Ether was the island above the slums or better know as “the pit”, Ether was known as the place only peasants like you could wish they could end up there, which wasn’t ever going to happen,

Only the richest of the rich or elite are allowed up there, and the people down in the pit were uneducated and poor, having nothing more than a button and a few pieces of clothes to their name,

Truly pitiful, and you were no different, the only thing you had was a run down laboratory your father left behind,

He was supposedly a smart man, one of the first developers of the species known as “Androids” yet none of his work was given credit towards him, which ended him up here, in the pit.

You knew how to repair an android, but coding one was beyond your abilities, you worked as a handyman for a few silver coins, that’s how you went on about life,

You developed your skills as you went, and apparently the only note worthy trait you had was your ability to salvage broken things,

You kicked away some trash with your muddy boots, the rubbish flying far away and into the piles of trash,

“Fuckin’ trash..” you complained under your breath, your heavy duty boots clinging to the sticky mud underneath, making unpleasant squelches in the mud,

The sound of clanking was heard when the piece of trash hit a surface, your ears immediately pricked up,

Whipping your head into the direction of where the trash fell, you immediately let go of your cart and jogged over to a pile of crap,

You stepped onto the unsteady heap of trash, your knee beginning to buckle under your own weight, warning you that you were about to loose your footing,

You fell forward, wind brushing by your ears as you began your descension , sticking your arms out, you braced for the impact,

with a loud clank you landed on top of a scrap of metal, your hands laying on a hard, cool material, you pushed yourself off the object to get a better look on it,

it seemed to hold a humanoid shape, but it by no means looked like one, instead of a face it had a screen, which was pitch black and roughed up, split right through the middle, nothing you couldn't fix.

It didn't have the look of a typical android, it seemed like it was missing its silicone skin, a normal android look closely alike to a human, this one looked more like a robot,

Its body was large, made of a sturdy material, despite having no muscles it did have something alike to it but made of steel, the shine being dulled by the dirt,

your eyes trailed to its chest, which was steel, a shocker. It seemed to have a symbol on its left pectoral in an electric blue tint, while its right one seemed to have a name tag, but the letters were scratched off, what looked deep jagged scratches on its chest, whoever did this either didn't like their name or didn't want anyone to see its real name,

that logo.. That was the logo of the best android engineers in Ether, Its obviously an android, but its strange that they would throw out androids,

your eyes wandered down the android's body to its legs, which were missing, cables poked out of the holes where its legs were supposed to be,

you rand your hand down your face, where were its fucking legs? You couldn't take it home without its legs! You put the Android's upper body on your back, then letting it slip off your back and into your shopping cart with a loud bang,

you began to look around, lifting rubbish with the tip of your shoe, peeking under all surfaces until you saw what seemed to be a foot poking out from a pile of soggy cardboard,

you pulled out the limb with your whole body weight, the sheer height and thickness of that single limb was impressive, the leg stood in height about where your waist was,

you tossed the heavy limb in your shopping cart with the Android, you walked around for about 40 minutes, looking everywhere for the other leg,

just when you were about to give up you tripped over something, looking at what made your hit the ground, you realized it was the leg you were looking for,

your heart beat happily in your chest as you pushed the heavy cart back to your house lab,

you had a dopey grin on your face the whole way home, you couldn't help but have a pep in your step, you were already thinking of how you would name your new Android,

"(Y/n)? O-Oh! It is you! How are you, sweet pea?" You could recognize that voice anywhere, if it wasn't the the village doctor!

You turned around, smiling widely at the man, still in his clad white uniform, hair tie slipping down his long ginger hair, and those characteristic cracked glasses, it was Kairo.

"Heya Kairo! 'm good, jus' pushin this home.'" You waved to him weakly, your calloused hands tired from pushing the cart,

Kairo jogged up to you, stopping only inches away, he brought a hand up to his face, his cheeks adorned with alight dusting of pretty pink,

"I recall asking you to rest, didn't I? You better have a good reason to be wearing yourself out like this.." the ginger scolded, crossing his arms across his chest, his magenta eyes staring you down something alike to a mother’s disappointed gaze,

Kairo was an absolute blessing to have down here in the slums, he was the doctor and used to be a scientist, his knowledge in both fields was greatly appreciated, especially since it seemed the world had it out for you and your physical well being,

he got kicked out of Ether many years ago, you were about 13 when he got dropped in the pit,

He really stirred the pot when he got here, no one even tried getting closer to him due to their reluctance about him and his origins, no one here trusts those who were born in Ether,

Kairo got pushed away, glared at, kicked and even sometimes people spat on him, no one really knows what he did to get him off Ether,

Yet it is still a fact that even if the others have warmed up to him, they still treat him exponentially different from the other habitants of the slums,

you were the first and only one to extend your hand out to him in times of need, you gave him a safe haven when he needed it most, and just for that fact he has sworn to always be with you, through thick and thin, he will protect you and put you back together time and time again, just how you loved him, he will love you back tenfold.

your smile turned bashful, wiping your sweaty hands on your shirt you started trying to recount the events of today,

"..So then I decided to take him home to repair him back up! He's in pretty good shape, I jus need ta' wire his legs back on then fix his screen, give him a lil' bath and I will be done with him!"

Kairo looked back at the robot with narrowed eyes, a dark shadow casting over his pale features,

you felt oddly unsettled by his sharp gaze, this side of him was completely unknown to you, and gee was it scary.

"..Where did you find this thing?" He asked—no, demanded, his voice dropping an octave lower, the sharpness of his tone wasn't quite directed at you though, but more at the robot in your cart,

"Uhm, I found him in the Junk yard.." You rasped out, your throat feeling constricted, words barely audible out of the feeling of fear you had, this mood of him was awfully uncharacteristic of him, it really creeped you out,

Kairo seemed to notice your state, the last thing he would want was to make you fear him.. for now, he will let it go.

"I see.." the taller male responded, a tinge of worry in his voice "Well, all I ask of you is to be careful, you don't know where it came from, and personally, I don't want to see you hurt.." He hugged himself, looking off to the side shyly, his gloved hand reaching up to twirl a strand of his cantaloupe colored hair around his finger,

the carefree smile you had earlier started returning as you saw Kairo softening up again, you were glad he wasn't upset at you,

you ran up to him, momentarily leaving your cart and new companion behind to give him some affection,

your arms wrapped around his slender waist as you cuddled his chest, your cheek pressed up right next to his heart,

Kairo's breath hitched, a kaleidoscope of butterflies going off in his guts, the wings of the small insects making contact with his insides, the pleasant feeling didn’t help the flush in his face spreading like a wildfire,

his longer arms wrapped around your neck, hugging you closer to him, he pressed his lips against your forehead gently, intentionally catching a whiff of your hair's scent, ‘my sweet baby.. You really don’t realize what I feel for you, do you?’ His eyes fluttered closed, long eyelashes ghosting over his tired under eyes,

these were the moments with you he could kill for, he would do anything to be this close to you always, skin to skin, heart to heart, and hopefully one day, lips to lips.

The ginger reluctantly let go, crossing his arms once again as he gazed at your retreating form longingly, his mind couldn't help but wander back to that specific Android, dangerous thoughts leaking into his brain continuously like a broken faucet,

"If you do something to her, I will rip your fucking head off.."

But you on the other hand were giddy as fuck, you had already unloaded the android and sat him down on your lab counter,

lifting his left leg up you propped it below the wires hanging off the holes of where his legs were supposed to be in,

you connected the wires carefully, melting them together once again, soon you connected the legs into his hip socket, a loud clicking noise let you know you did the job correctly,

you did the same with his right leg, another loud click reached your ears, you pulled on the legs as best as you could from different angles, and they wouldn't budge, not a single creak or sign of the limbs wanting to detach from the body anymore,

and with that you moved onto the cracked screen of the head of the android,

you somehow managed to seal the cracks and give the mask a polish to leave it looking good as new, you were pretty satisfied with the results,

you scrubbed off the dirt and grime off the metallic protective plates, you scrubbed and scrubbed every single crevice of its body until the robot was spotless and shining under the dim lighting,

he was beautiful.

Your heart was pounding out of your chest, anxiety coursing through your veins, sweat beads ran down your skin, dampening your shirt,

you opened the back of his cranium, cables wrapped in metallic material linking to the back of his head, a blue power button inside all the wires and mother boards inside, green and silver peeking out from inside his head,

you pressed on the button, then stepped back, crossing your fingers that he would come to life, you clasped your hands together in prayer,

buzzing came from the Android, limbs twitching, sparks coming from its joints,

soon, the screen on its "face" lit up, something alike to a smiley face being displayed on the black screen,

it looked down at its hands, closing and opening its fists, kicking its legs, it realized it was alive once more, that it was moving and that it was okay,

you didn’t know how to react, should you be happy? Scared? It was all so conflicting, you wanted to jump out of happiness but at the same time you wanted to run away, cry and vomit.

It turned its head to you, the gentle sound of ticking coming from deep inside his metal plates,

The sound of its metallic feet hitting the murky ground startled you, making you jump violently, you would have jumped out of your skin if it came closer,

It seemed to stop when it saw that you were scared, and so it stopped, it stared at you, not moving an inch from it place,

slowly, it extended its long arm, opening its robotic palm and holding it out to you, (e/c) looked down at its hand, analyzing how his joints popped and twitched,

you were starting to regret taking the massive machine home, Kairo was right, this Android totally had something off about it,

but even as your common sense screamed at you to stay back and run away, it all was drowned out by the overlapping thoughts buzzing in your head,

how much could this thing sell for? It was modified, Obviously, it was crystal clear that these modifications had been done illegally,

you carefully put your smaller hand in his own, you looked up at the screen that was his face warily,

“a-ah..” the android made a noise, was his voice box broken? You tried repairing him as best as you could, but his voice box was something you unfortunately didn’t know how to repair,

he pointed a finger towards you, tilting his head while making more noises,

“ah.. ah?” Was it asking you something? It gently tapped your arm, pointing at you,

oh. It was asking you for your name.

“oh.. You can’t speak, can you?” It shook its head, putting it hand on its throat to emphasize,

“well.. I’m (Y/n), and.. It’s nice to finally meet you..?” You coughed into your fist as you finished, awkwardly shifting from side to side,

an emoticon of sorts appeared on the metallic male’s face visor, it seemed… happy?

“Aaah?” It pointed to itself, looking down at its name tag, only to realize that it had completely scratched off,

it stayed silent before looking up at you, gently guiding your hand to its chest, where it’s name tag once resided,

“..You want a name?” It nodded, pointing to itself once again,

“..I actually was thinkin’ about what to name you.. Welcome to the world, Exo.” You gave it a toothy grin, watching as how the screen visor of his suddenly showed a blue glowing heart,

It took you by surprise when the droid grabbed onto you by under your arm pits, lifting you up to his height,

you watched as how the glowing blue heart on his visor beat like how a heart would, and it only seemed to be getting faster,

it brought you closer to it, holding you like a baby, it rubbed its cheek(?) against yours, the uncomfortable friction of its glass screen making contact with your own,

And that’s when you heard it, a low rumbling sound resounded from its chest, the vibrations melting against your skin,

is he fucking purring..?

“I’m glad— urgh.. you liked your name..” you barely made out, trying to create some space between both of your bodies, however the bot wouldn’t move a centimeter away from you,

after pleading with it, he decided to put you down,

it gently pat your head, before putting its hands on its knees to observe you more closely,

“uh.. Okay, Well.. You can just follow me around, I want to see how good of a job I did at fixing you..” and with that you walked out of your laboratory,

a larger hand grabbed onto your sleeve, you already knew who it was so you didn’t spare him a look,

you let him grab onto your sleeve, the cool feeling of it’s metal fingers making contact with your skin,

Exo didn’t know what to make of things, he was especially surprised when he woke up to a little human greeting him,

he couldn’t see anything, but from the noises and fleeting touches around his body he could tell that someone was trying to fix him up,

and then he could see everything, from the little scars on your skin to the exact shade of your eye color,

his memory board felt empty, he tried to remember, but his mind was a blank slate, it was like trying to squeeze water from a stone, impossible.

but one thing he did know was that he was eternally indebted to this cute human, Exo wanted to assume that this was his creator, but he knew better, his real creator didn’t care about him,

he knew he was thrown off somewhere high, he didn’t know when or from where, but just that action showed him that whoever created him had no care for him,

But.. You took the time to fix him with your caring hands, you didn’t have any obligation whatsoever to even touch him, but you did,

from looking down at his own body he could tell you spent countless hours polishing his body, not even a crevice of his body had a single spot of filth,

his joints were smooth, his movements were swift and elegant, something he never thought he would be able to regain,

you might as well be his owner now, you are so small.. So frail, he looked down at you and he felt this inexplicable feeling of wanting to grab you and cradle you like a human baby,

your smaller form was so comfortable to hold in his arms, he could accommodate his body to your liking,

he understands that his chest isn’t the most comfortable, under the heavy metal plating there is soft layers of silicone that could help with trying to make you more comfy against his body,

he wished nothing more than to communicate with you, to tell you how much he appreciated you and how he wished to serve you in the way you served him,

but the only type of noise that made it out of his mouth (?) was pathetic moans and sighs, that was no way to communicate with you,

He heard the voice of a man earlier, his sensors picked up on his heart rate, it was.. familiar, he knew that rhythm from some where.. but he can’t quite remember from where,

this mysterious man’s heart beat spiked up as soon as you approached him, his breathing turned slower and heavier,

Exo heard you call out to that man, apparently his name was Kairo.. the android repeated his name in his mind, Kairo, Kairo, Kairo.. That was an unusual name..

then he spoke, and his voice hit home, he still had no idea who this man was, but his hate for him tenfolded,

Exo hated how he spoke to you, his voice was so warm and welcoming towards you, pure love and adoration in his tone, he just knew that man wanted to shove his tongue down your throat, repulsive.

but Exo has claimed you long ago, ever since you picked him up and ever so gently put him into your cart he had vowed to be by your side,

‘Kairo’ directed his tone towards him and Exo didn’t like it one bit, his tone was so sharp, the iron-clad Android could feel the intensity of ‘Kairo’ on him, his eyes feeling like they could burn through the thick layers of metal of his body,

Then he felt a warm calloused hand on his shoulder, gently running up and down the ridges of his armor, that touch made him melt into a puddle of goo,

making him forget about the developing grudge against Kairo,

however he knew that wasn’t going to be the last time he would see him.

୧‿̩͙ ˖︵ ꕀ⠀ ♱⠀ ꕀ ︵˖ ‿̩͙୨

Several days had passed since you had booted Exo’s system up, and it was safe to say that the last days had been nothing but bliss,

it was like he was lying on cloud nine, he started to believe that he had been blessed by some force and sent you down, it was nothing less than euphoria.

You, however had to head into town, and Exo could never dream of making you go alone, never in a millennia would he allow that,

So he decided to accompany you, his large hand clasped around your own, your hand gently grabbing onto his pointer finger,

Exo kept a close eye on you, trying to sense of something was amiss, your heart beat seemed steady, your glucose was normal and your oxygen levels were okay,

he wished he could just carry you so you wouldn’t need to walk, he wouldn’t want to wear down your fragile bones!

but you refused his offer.. you said that you were ‘too old for that’, Exo really didn’t want you to be embarrassed, he decided to let this slide— for now.

his steps were heavy behind you, loud thumps being heard when his mechanical feet hit the ground,

you were pushing your cart through the dust and dirt, while Exo was carrying your backpack and money, who were comically small compared to his large and broad body,

you snickered to yourself as you looked back at him for a split second, he seemed to notice, suddenly his screen lit up, a blue heart blinking on the screen,

“a-ah..” he moaned out, tilting his head close to his right shoulder, you really wished you could understand the damn thing, but it seemed to be able to communicate through moans and exhales,

“Ya know I have zero idea what yer sayin’, right?” You sighed as you looked away, your cart wheels getting jammed on a rock out of nowhere,

it had you clicking your tongue as you bent down to pick the rock out of the old wheels,

the bot bent down to assist you, kneeling right next to you, there to help you if you needed anything,

“(Y/n)! What a coincidence! It has been a bit since we have last spoken, you aren’t running away from me are you?” The familiar voice of a certain admirer rang out from above you,

“hah? ‘Course not, You are my favorite person in this old dinky town..” you gave Kairo a crooked smile, dusting off your pants to face him fully,

his eyes softened, a gentle smile marking his plump lips, sometimes you really forgot how pretty Kairo was,

“..Y-You really think so..?” Aw shit, did you say that out loud? You nodded your head either way, an embarrassed flush warming your cheeks, Kairo put his hands on his face trying to hide the blush heating up his whole face, his hand gently extended out towards you,

Kairo was about to put his hand on your head, however his hand was stopped by a silver encased one, the mechanic fingers tightening around the Ginger’s arm,

“…” a certain chrome plated male stopped Kairo’s arm from going any further,

“..Huh. And who do you think you are?” Kairo retaliated, veins sprawling across his arm and porcelain face, an unnatural look to his other wise doll like appearance,

his glasses slipped down the slope of his nose, showing a pretty little bump on his upturned nose,

his thick brows furrowed, his pretty face twisted into a menacing scowl, his lively magenta eyes losing the shine they had when they met with your (e/c) eyes,

Exo on the other hand didn’t show a sliver of emotion, the screen visor he possessed didn’t show the emoticons he tends to show, instead a pitch black screen was shown,

Expo refused to utter a single sound, which was somehow more menacing than anything, fear instilled deep inside you, slimy tendrils of uncertainty and the urge to run pooling in your intestines,

“ha..haha— How about we calm down?” You suggested as calmly as you could, which was not very good since you were about to piss your pants,

You didn’t notice your hands shaking violently, your fingers and hands being unable to keep still, you were so distracted trying to tone down the situation you forgot about keeping calm yourself,

Both of the men turned to face you, noticing your shaken up state they seemed like they were about to stop,

the duo simultaneously reached out to you, trying to touch you, they seemed to have gotten distracted from their fight, however they were far from over,

“What the fuck do you think you are doing? Can’t you see she is scared? Tsk.. what a disgrace, to think you would care about a human being.. Touch her and I won’t hesitate to pull those cables out of your fucking head.” Kairo threatened, his hand balling into a fist

“…” the bot just stared at him, unresponsive.

This was your chance to book it out of here, a crowd of people were coming your way, you took advantage of their ‘moment’ to get away,

you blended into the streets, luckily you had a few silver coins on you, so you could hang out until Exo came to find you, which he always did,

you could apologize to Kairo later and spend some well deserved time with the ginger, not today though.

shit.. Did they team up to come after you? Because.. they aren’t where they were going when you looked back..

Is it just you or.. Are two people breathing down your neck?

#yandere x reader #yandere #male yandere #dom fem reader #fem reader #male yandere x reader #smilesyanderes #KairoPosting #ExoPosting

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literallymechanical · 2 years ago

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Alessandro Volta's Electric Eels

Okay so, it turns out that your cell phone battery is a basically a homunculus of an electric fish.

These are the same thing. Let me explain.

@fishteriously, a paleoichthyologist, told me that Alessandro Volta invented the electric battery after studying electric eels and rays. This sounded like a fun science factoid! I wanted to know more! I saw the claim repeated on any number of pop science articles from the last century or so, but none that quoted from primary sources.

The voltaic pile is one of the most important inventions, ever, of all time. Before Volta, electricity could be stored in Leyden jar capacitors, which would discharge in a single, brief burst. Volta's pile was the first method of producing a continuous electric current, which launched the modern era of electricity as we know it. His explanation for how it worked was incorrect, but it was still a massive breakthrough.

Batteries use the same principle to this day, just with different materials (e.g. cobalt oxide, graphite, and lithium salts rather than silver, zinc, and brine).

But is it a fish?

This is Volta's first schematic of a battery, or "voltaic pile" – at the time, "battery" referred to a bunch of Leyden jars linked in series, the term wouldn't come to refer to piles until later. "Z" and "A" stand for zinc and silver ("argentum"), with brine-soaked paper disks between. It does look a bit like an eel?

But is it truly?

Surely, if Volta modeled the pile after electric fishes, I’d be able to find a citation! Wikipedia is usually a good place to start when hunting primary sources, but no luck. No mention of fish at all. I trust fishteriously more than wikipedia, however, so I went digging. Looks like Volta first reported his discovery in a Letter to the Royal Society in 1800.

Found the letter!

Aw beans, it’s in French. I haven’t studied French since high school.

BUT WAIT. WHAT WAS THAT.

Une commotion électrique? A trembling eel???

Okay so now I NEEDED to read the letter in English. I found an English-language summary published by the Royal Society, but it looks like the only English translation of the full letter was in the appendix of an out-of-print book called “Alessandro Volta and the Electric Battery.”

So I bought a used copy. Let's see what Volta has to say about this:

"To this apparatus ... I have constructed it, in its form to the natural electric organ of the torpedo or electric eel, &c, than to the Leyden flask and electric batteries [battery = linked Leyden flasks], I would wish to give the name of artificial electric organ."

Yes! The voltaic pile was explicitly modeled after electric fishes – torpedo rays and electric eels. Fishteriously was 100% correct. Volta never even calls it a "pile," it is always "artificial electric organ." A significant portion of the letter is devoted to electric eels and torpedo rays, in fact.

But also, the rest of the letter is bonkers.

He wrote pages on painful experiments with the artificial electric organ – touching it, poking it into his eyes and ears, making other people touch it, generally just shocking the ever loving hell out of himself over and over. He routinely shocks himself so hard that he has to take breaks. And of course, he licks it.

But that's not the best part:

He says that the artificial electric organ can be turned sideways and submerged in liquid...

"...by which means these cylinders would have a pretty good resemblance to the electric eel ... they might be joined together by pliable metallic wires or screw springs, and then covered with a skin terminated by a head and tail properly formed, &c."

There you have it. One of the most important scientific discoveries of all time, and it includes a crafts project for building an authentic electric eel puppet.

In summary, next time you charge your phone, take a moment to thank the soul of the electric fish inside of it.

#science #engineering #not mad just disappointed

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chvoswxtch · 1 year ago

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track one: maroon

tracklist ☾ all the love we unravel

Burning red.

That’s how it was in the very beginning.

Vibrant and enticing. Full of passion and desire. Even a little bit dangerous when the Devil revealed his horns.

It was the scarlet heat he brought to your cheeks with his silver tongue and velvet cadence.

The cherry tint to his lips when he devoured yours, as if the very essence of your breath was the magic elixir that oxidized his lungs.

The crimson reflection of your shared insatiable craving in his glasses as his hand gripped your thigh in the dimly lit booth of Josie’s, dripping an exclusive invitation to divine pleasure into your ear smoothly like raw honey.

The evidence of his primal need and his unrelenting love painted in burgundy down the column of your neck, across your collarbones, and in various other strokes along the canvas of your skin.

The merlot of his armor spilled on the floor in the dark when he finally made it home to you, his bruised face illuminated by the glowing mirrorball in the midst of the night sky, tangible proof that he was safe and sound.

The heavy ruby in your chest that belonged solely to him, protected by the ivory cage surrounding it, and his own bloodstained knuckles.

It was all so vivid…

…until it started to fade.

Until the shades of your relationship became muted and lackluster. Until conversations started to rust, pieces chipping away a little at a time, fading into an unrecognizable hue. Until there was nothing left from the intense initial blaze but dull ash, crumbling into forgotten particles that disappeared upon impact with the wind.

You could both feel the unmistakable absence of warmth, but you had both been covering your eyes in denial, hoping the other wouldn’t notice the fire had gone out.

Because neither of you knew how to get it started again.

Could it even be started again?

All that seemed to remain were damp and broken promises that couldn’t catch a spark even if they had been doused with kerosene.

And an empty ribcage.

And a somber shade of maroon.

tags: @farfromstrange

#midnights (matt's version) series #midnights (matt's version)#matt murdock #matt murdock x you #matt murdock x reader #matt murdock poetry #daredevil #daredevil x you #daredevil x reader #daredevil poetry #poetry #poetry series #midnights

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bee-dot-exe · 11 months ago

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You didn't directly ask me for this to be made, but you put the idea out there, so yeah surprise @lilliancdoodles (and anyone else who hopefully enjoys!)

Promise Ring

This is so sweet and cute and I'm really proud of this.

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Fit made sure everything was in its rightful spot in the inventory of his backpack, adjusting the strap over the shoulder his prosthetic was attached to a final time, and let the swirling purple pixels of the warpstone take him away.

He touched down on the lawn of Chume Labs, slightly dizzy, but with his feet firmly planted, so it was a success in Fit's eyes, and headed into the building.

It had been a bit since he was inside of here. It wasn't dark anymore, in fact, the walls were pink for some reason or another.

It was pretty clean all things considered, aside from some stray lab equipment. It smelled a bit like iron still, but only because it was the source of machines.

It wasn't the slightly tangy and metallic smell of wet vermillion oxidizing to dry umber puddles that had once painted the laboratory.

"Oh! Hi Fit!"

A bubbly voice came from the doorway opposite him. The source wore a blue hoodie that had a yellow circle with a cutout on the front and had just barely wavy onyx hair.

"Sorry, I wasn't expecting to see you here, not that it isn't okay to be surprising, I just don't have anything prepared if you wanted to come for something in particular, and Mike's not here right now in case you came to see him, or if you---"

He cut himself off suddenly, his thoughts seeming to have reached the same speed as his voice, and smiled shyly.

"Hi Fit."

"Hey Pac. Sorry to come by unannounced, I didn't really need anything, or I mean I wasn't looking for Mike or anything like that."

Fit coughed into his fist once to dislodge any words that were stuck in his vocal cords.

"I uh, I just wanted to see you for something, if that's okay."

"Oh! Yes, of course that's okay. What did you need, Fit?"

"Ramón, he uh, made something and wanted me to give it to you."

"Ah! What a good surprise!"

"He's a good kid that's for sure."

"Mhm he is. Is it okay if I ask where whatever he made is?"

"Oh, yeah, sorry, just a second."

Fit took the backpack off his shoulder and dug through one of its pockets for something.

"It's not much, and you don't have to take it if you don't want to, I won't be offended, sorry, this is kinda---"

"Fit."

Pac said, his tongue thick with accent on the name, his voice still sweet and delicate like cotton candy.

"It's okay, whatever you have is not silly or stupid, it will be wonderful because it was made by Ramón and it is coming from you, can you trust me?"

"Sorry, yeah of course, with anything."

"Then open your hand."

"It doesn't have to mean anything, and you don't have to take it, but here."

He released his grasp, and in his palm was a small copper band.

The apples of Fit's cheeks were tinged a shade darker, so were the tips of Pac's ears, and his chocolate colored eyes were sparkling.

"Oh!"

"It's uh it's a promise ring. It's kind of a sign of trust I guess. It doesn't have to mean anything more than that, and like I said, you don't have to take it. But he kinda made me one too, so you're not alone, see?"

Fit pulled a second copper band from a pocket in his bag to demonstrate.

"Thank you, Fit, this is really cool!"

"Oh, yeah, it's okay?"

"Very okay! Thank you! And thank Ramón too because he did such a good job!"

"Yeah, he sure did, it was kinda cool of him to do this I guess."

The undertone of Fit's skin was still slightly burgundy and both of his hands fidgeted.

"I have an idea, one second, stay here!"

Pac went to a room around the corner.

When he returned, he was holding something that Fit couldn't see.

"Tada!"

Two small silver chains were in his hand and tangled playfully between his fingers.

"Can I see yours too if that's okay?"

Fit handed Pac the piece of jewelry, ignoring the way their fingers barely brushed against each other in the exchange, and the still prominent blush on his cheekbones.

Pac put the loop of jewelry through the chains then held them forward proudly.

"If we wanted to wear them still but it won't be as much of a display this way."

"Oh, you're smart, Pac."

The tips of his ears were maroon again.

"Can I?"

He motioned his hand to Fit with one of the necklaces.

"Oh, um, of course, go ahead."

Fit turned around and lowered slightly for Pac to reach, who was holding both ends of the necklace in one hand, and then used the other to separate them and put the ring at the front, then clasped the back.

"There you go!"

The jewelry hung just below his collarbone when it was said and done, perfect height to tuck away under the collar of his shirt if that's what he chose to do.

"Thank you, Pac."

"Mhm!"

"Could um, could I do yours now, if you want?"

Pac turned around and pulled his hood to the side slightly as a response.

So Fit did the same thing, put the ring around the front, then clasped the back, being mindful of the flyaways of hair.

Pac straightened out his hoodie, tucked the necklace inside, then turned back around and smiled so big it reached the corners of his soft brown eyes.

"Thank you Fit! This is really nice! Thank you for the promise!"

"Yeah, you're welcome, Pac. Um, that was the only thing I really wanted to do, so I can go if you want."

"Oh, yeah, that's okay, if you had somewhere else to be, but you can stay if you want, I can show you the things Mike and I have been working on, if that's okay?"

And who was Fit to say no to such a pretty boy with kind eyes and a shy smile and was fidgeting with the present around his neck?

#mcyt #qsmp #fitmc #pactw #fanfic #creative writing

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noamuth · 7 months ago

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Jewelry

Dalamus wears a decent amount of jewelry, much of which he made himself! As a jeweler, this was an easy way to promote his skills and business. As a consort, it was to show him off to others.

Dalamus made every ring, earring, and bracelet, both polishing and shaping the cabochons and shaping the silver. The only things he did not make or pierce himself are the tongue piercing, the hair accessory, and the... "banana" piercings. All of these were present at the time of his exile and all except the hair accessory are still present.

Walkthrough of the stones and enlarged images under the cut!

Not depicted in any amount of detail is his nose ring in his right nostril. Nothing fancy.

He has a tongue piercing which, if one somehow gets close enough to see, is shaped like a spider rounded into a ball.

Each ear has five piercings, although currently asymmetrical. The lowest piercing is a gauge, which connects to two earrings via rings looped through the gauge. One which dangles low is a silver spider with a small ruby cabochon, and the other is connected to a piercing in the shape of a fly.

The next three along the edge of the ear are Moss Agates, red, then orange, then yellow. But the yellow agate earring in his left ear was ripped out by Taliira when Dalamus refused to interrupt his work to accommodate one of her requests.

Moss agate is a form of chalcedony which includes minerals embedded in the stone which form filaments and may resemble moss. Usually white with green filaments, other colors can rarely be found. It is not considered a true agate because it does not contain concentric bands.

After getting the earring ripped out, Dalamus made a Labradorite bar earring for the top edge that same ear.

Labradorite is a calcium-enriched feldspar mineral which displays iridescence.

His hair accessory is silver chains linked into the shape of a spiderweb, with a spider in the center and garnet reverse-teardrop shapes dangling at the bottom. It was held in place with either hair clips or small combs built into the piece. This accessory was given to him by Nedvyllanna and he had been wearing it at the time of his exile. Unfortunately, when he was tossed from the Nautiloid, it was pulled off him by the wind and likely tossed into River Chionthar.

On his left wrist is a bracelet which loops against itself to form a sturdy band. Each end of the bracelet is shaped to resemble a Displacer Beast's barbed tentacle, and has a pointed oval Chrysoberyl cabochon. The green color of the stones and the highlight that goes down the middle earns it the name of "Displacer's Eye".

The "cat's eye" effect, or chatoyancy, is present in multiple materials, such as many gemstones, woods, and others, appearing in each for different reasons. In Chrysoberyl, it is formed by the mineral Rutile aligning perpendicularly to the stone. While "cat's eye" can be seen in other gemstones, "Displacer's Eye" is only so-called when the effect is present in green gemstones.

On his left ring finger is a rectangular silver Shalhoond Sunrise cabochon ring, named so because the material often turns up in the Mountains of Copper, near the Shalhoond forest. The green at the bottom elicits images of a green landscape, such as the forest, the dark boundary in the middle reminds one of mountains on the horizon, while the red at the top resembles the sky at sunrise or sunset.

This stone is made up of red Cuprite and green Chrysocolla, often with a boundary of iron oxide between the two minerals.

On his left index finger is a silver ring in the shape of a Night Bat, the symbol of House Strighym, with its wings and tail wrapped around the finger.

On his right middle finger is a rectangular silver Eudialyte cabochon ring, the pink against black almost resembling roses at a glance.

Eudialyte is a minor ore of zirconium. The white mineral is alkali feldspar, and the black is aegirine. It is not typically used as a gemstone due to its irregular crystals, granular appearance, and general rarity.

On his right ring finger is a silver oval Variscite cabochon ring, specifically a Spider Web Variscite, named for the obvious. Almost golden-looking filaments create a web-like pattern on a deep dark green background.

Variscite is a relatively rare aluminum phosphate mineral. Its green comes from chromium. Sometimes it is used in jewelry in place of turquoise due to its usually more vibrant green color.

And, his pride and joy, on his right thumb, is a silver circular "Beholder's Eye" agate cabochon ring. Eye Agate is what happens when the agate forms a circle in the center of the stone, making the bands appear to form an eye around it. A Beholder's Eye is so-called when the "pupil" is in other shapes, such as this almost figure-8 looking center. Surrounding it to represent the other, smaller eyes around a Beholder are polished beads of green Jade, yellow Jasper, purple Agate, and blue Chrysocolla.

Agate is the banded variety of chalcedony, forming when silica rich fluids deposit minerals into cracks or cavities of a host rock. Over time, they crystallize, creating the bands seen in agates.

Last but not least, the banana piercing. Nothing fancy, pretty self explanatory. Mild explanation below the picture. (If you are not interested, you are not missing anything after this!)

It is a frenum ladder piercing with 3 bars, although his do not start quite so close to the tip as the usual singular frenum piercing is. Supposedly it increases pleasure during sex, or at least that is the hope.

#strighym headcanons #missy art #art of strighym #obviously the stones arent going to be as bright and In Your Face in a natural light environment as they are in my highly saturated art lol

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quintessentialarts · 10 months ago

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I wanted to do another version of these earrings for funsies. The "Briar Rose" print with pink freshwater pearls.

I also restocked one pair with the blood red garnet 💎

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meauiful · 21 days ago

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Discover our beautiful collection of Silver Oxidized jewelry, featuring unique designs that blend elegance and tradition. Each piece showcases intricate detailing, perfect for adding a touch of charm to any outfit. Ideal for everyday wear or special occasions, these accessories make a wonderful addition to your jewelry collection.

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binenbaumaj · 1 year ago

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