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[beyourselfchulanmaria]

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● Sundial · Para One · Jean-Baptiste de Laubier

SPECTRE: Machines of Loving Grace

● Shin Sekai · Para One · Jean-Baptiste de Laubier · Arthur Simonini · Quentin Lepoutre

SPECTRE: Shin Sekai

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[writing-reference-redux]

I felt like sharing my collection of Latin phrases that may make good fanfic or fanart titles or inspiration. Some of the translations may be off, so you might want to double-check them before use. Also, I used capitalization liberally so you might also want to check where capitalization is actually indicated.

Ab Intra (From Within)

Acta Est Fabula (The play has been performed)

Acta Sancti ___ (The Deeds of Saint ___)

Ad Undas (to the waves / to hell)

Advocatus Diaboli (Devil's advocate)

Aegri Somnia (a sick man's dreams / troubled dreams)

Alea Iacta Est (the die has been cast / point of no return)

Apologia Pro Vita Sua (defense of one's life)

Caetera Desunt (the rest is missing)

Cedere Nescio (I know not how to yield)

Damnatio Memoriae (damnation of memory / denying someone ever lived)

De Nobis Fabula Narratur (their story is our story)

Decessit Vita Patris (died before their father)

Diem Perdidi (I have lost the day)

Dies Tenebrosa Sicut Nox (a day as dark as night)

Dolor Hic Tibi Proderit Olim (some day this pain will be useful to you)

Dulce Est Desipere In Loco (It is sweet on occasion to play the fool)

Dum Vivimus, Vivamus (while we live, let us live)

Dux Bellorum (war leader)

Ex Umbra In Solem (from the shadow into the light)

Festina Lente (hurry slowly)

Fortis Cadere, Cedere Non Potest (the brave may fall, but can not yield)

Fui Quod Es, Eris Quod Sum (I once was what you are, you will be what I am)

Graviora Manent (heavier things remain / the worst is yet to come)

Haec Olim Meminisse Iuvabit (one day, this will be pleasing to remember)

Hic Mortui Vivunt (here the dead speak)

Hinc Illae Lacrimae (hence those tears)

Hodie Mihi, Cras Tibi (Today it's me, tomorrow it will be you - of death)

In Ictu Oculi (in the blink of an eye)

In Somnis Veritas (in dreams there is truth)

Inter Spem Et Metum (between hope and fear)

Lapsus Memoriae (slip of memory)

Luctor, Non Mergor (I struggle, but am not overwhelmed)

Lux Ex Tenebris (light from darkness)

Media Vita In Morte Sumus (In the midst of our lives we die)

Memento Mori (remember that you will die)

Memento Vivere (remember to live)

Morior Invictus (I die unvanquished / death before defeat)

Mundus Senescit (the world grows old)

Nemini Parco (I spare no one - death)

Nitimur In Vetitum (we strive for the forbidden)

Non Ducor, Duco (I am not led; I lead)

Non Omnis Moriar (I shall not all die / part of me will survive beyond death)

Nunc Scio Quid Sit Amor (now I know what love is)

Oderint Dum Metuant (let them hate, so long as they fear)

Omnia Mutantur (everything changes)

Onus Probandi (burden of proof)

Opera Posthuma (posthumous works)

Ophidia In Herba (a snake in the grass)

Pax Aeterna (eternal peace - a common epitaph)

Primum Non Nocere (first do no harm)

Pulvis Et Umbra Sumus (we are dust and shadow)

Quis Leget Haec? (who will read this?)

Quod Periit, Periit (what Is gone is gone)

Res, Non Verba (deeds, not words)

Respice Finem (consider the end)

Scientia Et Sapientia (knowledge and wisdom)

Seculo Seculorum (forever and ever)

Sed Terrae Graviora Manent (but on earth, worse things await)

Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (if you want peace, prepare for war)

Sic Infit (so it begins)

Sic Vita Est (such is life)

Silentium Est Aureum (silence is golden)

Sine Nomine (without a name / author unknown)

Sola Dosis Facit Venemum (the dose makes the poison)

Solvitur Ambulando (it is solved by walking / simple tests find solutions)

Stamus Contra Malum (we stand against evil)

Succisa Virescit (cut down, we grow back stronger)

Sum Quod Eris (I am what you will be - of death)

Summum Bonum (the supreme good)

Summum Malum (the supreme evil)

Sunt Lacrimae Rerum (there are tears for things)

Sunt Omnes Unum (they are all one)

Tabula Rasa (blank slate)

Transire Benefaciendo (to travel along while doing good)

Tu Fui Ego Eris (I was you; you will be me - of death)

Ubi Amor, Ibi Dolor (where there is love, there is pain)

Ultima Forsan (perhaps the last / sundial quote "perhaps your last hour")

Usque Ad Finem (until the end / fight to the death)

Vacate Et Scire (Be still and know)

Vi Et Animo (with heart and soul)

Victoria Aut Mors (victory or death)

Vincit Qui Patitur (he conquers who endures)

Vita Ante Acta (a life done before - of reincarnation)

Vivere Militare Est (to live is to fight)

Vox Clamantis In Deserto (the voice of one crying in the wilderness)

There are also some longer ones that may not make good titles because of their length, but are still worth inclusion:

Aut Simul Stabunt Aut Simul Cadent (they will either stand together or fall together)

Flectere Si Nequeo Superos, Acheronta Movebo (if I can not reach Heaven I will raise Hell)

Forsan Et Haec Olim Meminisse Iuvabit (perhaps even these things will be good to remember one day)

Igitur Qui Desiderat Pacem, Praeparet Bellum (therefore whoever desires peace, let him prepare for war)

In Regione Caecorum Rex Est Luscus (in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king)

Minus Malum Toleratur Ut Maius Tollat (choose the lesser evil so a greater evil may be averted)

Quem Deus Vult Perdere, Dementat Prius (whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad)

Ubi Sunt, Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt? (Where are they, those who have gone before us?)

Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit (that which virtue unites, let not death separate)

[aaron-trainer]

Pound Those Gates With No Reply || Part One: Scrape You Off the Pavement || Self Para

The sun shined through a window, hitting his eyes just right. He had felt the warmth for some time now but he guessed time had passed and a crack in the curtains had created a sundial or sorts in his room. He draped his arm over his face and slowly opened his eyes letting them adjust.

He first noticed the thin, white, sheen curtains that gave the darker blue curtains a lighter affect. Everything was this lighter version of the blue, including the blankets he was tangled up in.

He sighed and rolled over, checking the matching clock on his nightstand.

1:00 am

It flashed, making him frown. Had they lost power last night? He rolled over and picked up his cell phone from just behind the clock. It was a purple smartphone, Izzy had gotten it for him for his last birthday. He was glad she did since he couldn't really use the old one anymore. He was always a few years behind in technology but if he was to pretend to be the young playboy that inherited his father's money, he had to be a little savvy. She helped with that now.

10:15am Friday

He still had fifteen minutes until his alarm would go off. He didn't have to be up for work for a while now. What a great way to wake up. Naturally.

He didn't want to dose back off so he unlocked his phone and checked his messages.

The first one was from his husband.

From My Godking 9:45am,"Hey, I'm going to be late coming home, not going to see you before you have to leave. Sorry. Don't worry about Izzy and Abaddon. I took care of getting lunch ready for today. You can do dinner tonight."

He laughed lightly to himself. It would never be normal to him. Moloch didn't seem like the type to like domestic life but he did it so well. Sometimes he wondered if Moloch resented him for taking him out of their old dangerous life, but Moloch always assured him this was what he wanted.

He texted back,"Thanks honey. Hope your shift was alright. I'll see you tonight."

My Godking texted back instantly,"It wasn't quite hell, I would have actually preferred hell."

"you prefer hell over most things."

There was a knock at the door and some excited chatter.

"Yes?" He yelled. Some voices came through the door, muffled.

"Dad, can Abaddon adopt a cat?" Izzy said through the door.

"Her father said No. Why would I say yes?" He sat up and rubbed his eyes, pulling a shirt on he had hung on the footboard of the bed.

"Well, what if I adopted the cat?" Izzy asked.

"Lysandra. No. Molochs host is allergic and Moloch doesn't want to have to be constantly vigilant of that."

He stood and paused.

"What if..." Izzy started to say. He groaned loudly and walked over to the door opening it.

Both girls stood in front of him, a cat each in their arms.

"You're both grounded." He muttered.

"But Mr. Aaron." Abaddon started to whine.

"keep them in your rooms. Everything about them stays in your rooms, including you two. Now go get ready for school."

He tried not to smile as it dawned on the girls what just happened.

They both smiled and squealed before running off to the other side of the house to set up for their cats.

He pulled his phone out of his pajama pocket and texted Moloch,"Sorry babe."

As he went to the kitchen, running his hands along the black marble countertop, reaching into the white cabinets and started to make some cereal, his phone pinged with messages.

He read the first one with a small smile.

My Godking 10:20am," If there are cats in the house when I get home..." He didn't open the message, just sending another text.

"Love you, see you tonight."

Another text pinged and his smile fell from his face.

From Ex-Little Brother,"Air, can we please just talk?"

Blood sprayed across the floor as his head snapped to the side. He groaned in agony as he tried to throw his hands up in defense, claws digging deep gashes, spraying him in more blood. He couldn't hear his own pleas falling from his lips as his hands were pinned to his sides, his face and chest getting the rest of the full onslaught.

"Dad? Dad!" Izzy waved her hand in front of his face. He shook his head, looking around the clean kitchen, finally focusing on the blue eyed and green eyed girls in front of him.

"Yeah, I'm alright girls. I'm alright." He muttered lightly.

"You should take the day off. If you get too stressed... "She put a hand on his arm, "Don't get sick on us again, okay?"

"I won't. I promise." He laid his other hand on hers, rubbing with is thumb.

"Graduation is this week. It wouldn't be the same without you there." She said softly.

"Yeah, Mr. Aaron. and you would make my dad really upset if you didn't take care of yourself." Abaddon added.

He smiled at them both.

"Thank you."

"Oh don't forget your necklace off the lampshade." Izzy pointed where he had hung a silver chain with a medallion on it. It was a guardian angel that some Catholics would wear. Moloch hated it. He picked it up but couldn't read the angels name. Shrugging he put it over his head and let it dangle.

@pride-and-wrathfulness

@theothertrainer

[seymourmusicclub]

Para One - SPECTRE: Sundial (Official Video)

[muchpreferredcustomers]

Para One - Spectre (a trilogy): Shin Sekai; Alpes; Sundial - from Machines Of Loving Grace

[hyakoukoune]

Para One - SPECTRE: Sundial (Official Video)

[danielpico]

This instrument is actually a special type of sundials called a 'polyhedral dial' because it is made in a complicated shape. It can be used to tell the time in a number of different ways from the position of the sun. It is a very precious object and is completely covered in gold.

This particular sundial is very famous because it was made for Cardinal Wolsey. Cardinal Wolsey was one of Henry VIII's archbishops before Henry divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and was excommunicated from the Catholic Church, following which the Church of England became Protestant. We know it was made for Cardinal Wolsey because it has his coat of arms engraved on it as well as two pictures of a cardinal's hat.

This sundial is supposed to have been made for Cardinal Wolsey by a German craftsman called Nicholas Kratzer in about 1533. Nicholas Kratzer was employed by Henry VIII as his maker of sundials and clocks. Kratzer made many sundials and clocks for Henry VIII because at that time mathematical objects like sundials were very highly sought after. People who owned mathematical instruments used them to show that they were learned and cultured. This means that they wanted to show that they understood the new mathematical theories of the time and that they appreciated beautiful and complicated things.

Nicholas Kratzer was very friendly with another German craftsman who worked for Henry VIII. This was the famous artist Hans Holbein. Holbein painted many famous pictures of Henry VIII and people who visited Henry in his palace. Hans Holbein also painted a picture of his friend Nicholas Kratzer holding a sundial and surrounded by the tools he used to make mathematical instruments. It is in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Another painting by Holbein that has lots of mathematical objects in it is the Ambassadors. This is in the National Gallery in London. The mathematical instruments that Holbein painted in the Ambassadors painting are all very complicated and it is almost certain that Kratzer helped him to work out what they should look like.

In the Renaissance, 'polyhedral' dials like this one were like Formula 1 racing cars are now. They were less useful as things to be used everyday and more like things that had all the up-to-date technology and theories built into them. They were made so that mathematicians and instrument makers could show off their skills and demonstrate that they had mastered all the new mathematical theories and techniques in something that actually worked.

Like all sundials, this one works by casting the shadow of a spike called a 'gnomon' onto a series of lines that have been calibrated to show the time. In a polyhedral dial the challenge was to build as many different individual sundials onto as many different faces as possible. This sundial has nine different faces, which is good going. If it is made correctly then all the dials on all the different faces should show exactly the same time no matter what direction the sundial is pointing in.

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Este instrumento es un tipo especial de relojes de sol llamado "dial poliédrico". Se puede utilizar para decir la hora de diversas maneras dependiendo de la posición del sol. Es una joya cubierta de oro.

Este reloj de sol particular es muy famoso porque fue hecho para el cardenal Wolsey. El cardenal Wolsey fue uno de los arzobispos de Enrique VIII antes de que Henry se divorciara de su primera esposa, Catalina de Aragón, y fue excomulgado de la Iglesia Católica, tras lo cual la Iglesia de Inglaterra se convirtió en protestante. Sabemos que fue hecho para el cardenal Wolsey porque tiene grabado su escudo así como símbolos de un cardenal.

Fue elaborado por un artesano alemán llamado Nicholas Kratzer alrededor de 1533. Nicholas Kratzer fue empleado por Enrique VIII como su fabricante de relojes. Kratzer hizo muchos relojes de sol y relojes para Enrique VIII porque en ese momento los objetos matemáticos como relojes de sol eran muy buscados. Las personas que poseían instrumentos matemáticos los usaban para demostrar que eran gente culta, que entendían las nuevas teorías matemáticas y que apreciaban la belleza.

Nicholas Kratzer fue muy amable con otro artesano alemán que trabajó para Enrique VIII. Este fue el famoso artista Hans Holbein. Holbein pintó muchos cuadros famosos de Henry VIII y de la gente que visitó a Henry en su palacio. Hans Holbein también pintó una foto de su amigo Nicholas Kratzer sosteniendo un reloj de sol y rodeado de las herramientas que utilizaba para fabricar instrumentos matemáticos. Otra pintura de Holbein que tiene un montón de objetos matemáticos en ella se llama "Los Embajadores", conocida más por su estilo y el trabajo especular que esconde el cuadro...

Al igual que todos los relojes de sol, este funciona con la sombra de un pico llamado 'gnomon' que proyecta su figura en una serie de líneas que han sido calibradas para mostrar el tiempo. Lo principal en un dial poliédrico era construir tantos diodos solares individuales, diferentes y con tantas caras  como fuera posible. Este reloj de sol tiene nueve rostros diferentes, de manera que todos los diales en todas las caras diferentes deben mostrar exactamente el mismo tiempo, no importa en qué dirección está apuntando el reloj de sol.

[nuzblog]

November 29th, 2017

MORN

At 4:30 in the morning, I healed my team using the fight against Bugsy and headed West to Ilex Forest, to be confronted by my rival, Luster, with IndieCindy switched for Rainwater.

Rainwater's Mud Slap took out Gastly with no issue. Rock Star's Rock Throw does similar for Zubat.

And then... well, I already knew thanks to the fishermen on route 32 that I've been having issues with water types, and unfortunately, the answer to that problem is on the other side of this battle.

Luster's Croconaw one-shots Rainwater. As they say in the business... "oh fuck." I switch to DrinkyBird, trying to get SOMETHING going, but she gets critically low on health, and Rock Star is 4x weak. I get stuck just using potions over and over, but I'm either gonna run out or he's gonna crit and I'll be done for, so I make a snap judgement and switch to Rock Star. As expected, he does down, but it gives me that extra turn of healing, and it lets me reset his Leers.

At this point I notice that he's using Leer and Scratch instead of the STAB Water Gun he's got, because he knows that my Special Defense is my highest stat. I Growl him down and try to survive as best as I can until he changes gears and starts using Water Gun instead, healing when I can. I use a found X Attack, and keep attacking and healing, trying desperately to hold on, at one point being dropped all the way down to 1 hp but managing to survive... and after an awful slog of a battle, losing two dear friends, I beat him. This was very nearly a run-ender.

Ilex Forest is my next stop, for a Pokemon capture and Farfetch'd herding. Now, my initial plan here was to enter at night, where I would essentially either capture an Oddish or a Paras, both of which would cure my Water problem, and then also get Headbutt and be able to potentially catch an Exeggcute, which would do similar but would also be a Pokemon I haven't used before.

Of course, I entered in the morning, so I got a Weedle. Which, is fine, it just means I can DEFINITELY get an Exeggcute from Azalea Town. I name it "KnifeFight" and, with a lack of anything else I particularly want to teach Cut in the party, I start backtracking to collect berries and grinding it to level 10.

Speaking of grinding, the level curve in this game is already bothering me. Why is the highest level Pokemon encountered in Ilex Forest at Level 6? We are two gyms into the game, have fought Level 16 Pokemon with trainers behind them, and yet, the wild Pokemon aren't even level 10. They're 2-3 levels higher than the ones found on the first route of the game. This is dumb! Why is it this way???

Anyway grinding takes six eternities but whatever, eventually I have a Beedrill and I can teach it cut and actually progress through the game. I also get to knock out some of those cut trees from earlier in the game, which mostly just makes the walk easier.

Back in the forest, but not for long, I grab Headbutt and re-exit to Azalea Town, find a nice tree and start butting it.

After 6 Weedles, followed by a Beedrill, followed by 11 more Weedles and a Kakuna, FINALLY, some eggs fall out of the tree. I mean, an Exeggcute. NOW I can progress through the game! Its name is "Deliver", and...

Hm. I hadn't actually checked its movepool until now. It might not be as useful as anticipated. The TMs for Psychic and Giga Drain are both in Kanto, and while it'll get Confusion in just 9 levels, the first and only STAB Grass move it gets by level up will be... SolarBeam at Level 43.

My only other option is Mega Drain... which is an egg move. Well, fortunately, I am about to be at the Pokemon Daycare... so, I guess that's what I'm doing - catching a Sunkern at the National Park during the day, hoping that's my first encounter, and hoping it's male so I can breed it with my thankfully female Exeggcute. That's a lot of hopes. And, to muddy the issue, I then stopped playing for the day, and the next day was Thursday, which means the Bug Catching Contest is on, which if my understanding is correct, would have prevented me from catching a Sunkern.

November 30th, 2017

MORN

I drop Deliver off at the daycare, and head for Goldenrod, where the Name Rater lives, allowing me to change the name of my Hoothoot from DrinkyBird to T.I.M.E.

Speaking of time, just do be extra safe, I decide to play around with it a bit. I set it exactly 36 hours forwards, putting me in the daytime of Friday, and safely outside of the reach of the Bug Catching Contest. I do this by holding Down, B and Select at the title screen and inputting a password that is generated from my character's name, ID Number and current money total. Thanks, PsyPokes.com!

I head to the National Park ASAP, and... yes!! The Sunkern I need is exactly what I get! I name it Sundial, shove it right into the daycare, and go attend to some business in Goldenrod. I grab the Bicycle, I fight some guys without meaning to... actually, can I say some stuff about the dialogue in this game? One guy said he gave his Pokemon a haircut, which would make sense cause the haircut place is right there by him... but then he sent out a LICKITUNG. Which, if it has hair... I super duper don't want to know where. Also, one trainer said "Behold my graceful BALL dexterity." Like, capitalized like that, because of this game's weird thing with capitalization. (Seriously, how did it take until Gen 5 for them to fix the antiquated adventure game CAPITALIZATION of KEYWORDS?) Which is just hilarous.

Anyway, while waiting for my eggs and seeds to breed, I run to some freshly available routes and catch some new boys for my team.

On Route 34, I find a Drowzee, who I name Nightmare. Again, this is a Pokemon I used recently, so... boxed.

On Route 35, I found a Male Nidoran! I name it Showdown, and since it has Double Kick, I'm definitely at least gonna use it for Whitney! Speaking of, that's a whole dangerous thing. She's well known as being a difficult fight. As I collect andrun around to grind and hatch the egg, I think about my strategy. I also backtrack for berries while trying to hatch it, and rematch Hiker Anthrony while I'm at it.

Eventually, the egg hatches into more eggs, which I name Fine, and I'm grinding it from Level 5 to something usable! And yes, it has Mega Drain! I use both my heals in the process of grinding, the one in Goldenrod and the one from the Luster fight at the beginning of this post. Also, wow, they are REALLY pushing the Game Boy Printer in this game, huh? Like, wow.

NITE

I slept, and kept playing when I woke up! I fought the gym trainers, and backtracked ALL THE WAY to New Bark to heal, and then went back to Goldenrod, and... sigh, bluh, FINE. I go ahead and fight Whitney.

The really dangerous thing here is that since she only has two Pokemon, well... so do I. Showdown and IndieCindy accompany me, while the full-health T.I.M.E. and Fine (and the essentially obsolete KnifeFight for that matter) are boxed, and I head for the leader herself.

As with most gym leaders, their non-ace Pokemon are basically meaningless. Clefairy goes down quick and easy. Miltank, though... hff. I lead against it with IndieCindy and get off two Smokescreens before his health got too low to keep going. I switched, healed, used Double Kick, and was disappointed by how much damage it did. Showdown (who had evolved in the process of grinding) was infatuated, so I switched back to the restored Cindy and got off some more smokescreens, and so it goes. Friggin' Milk Drink... such garbage.

Showdown got killed by a critical Stomp, which leaves me one Pokemon away from the end of the run, yet again. Ember burned Miltank, but I was infatuated back. It could be a simple war of attrition thanks to the burn, if not for Milk Drink making it last way longer.... but I did, EVENTUALLY, manage to do it!!

I lay Showdown to rest. He wasn't with me for long, but he served his purpose very well. I pull TIME and Fine from the PC, and head off towards Route 36, to fight that Sudowoodo!!!

Rock Throw takes down a solid half of Fine's health. That's less than ideal. I manage to put it to sleep and heal, and drain its health, catching it handily! I name it Wiggles. Since I'm close enough, I run back to Cherrygrove, and heal there, finally.

On Route 37, after 3 Hoothoots, I run into a Stantler! But... I ran out of balls trying to catch it.

While exploring Ecruteak, Luster appears, catching me off guard. Fortunately I match his team size (4 to 4) but I'm unprepared for the battle.

I mostly get through it alright. T.I.M.E. evolved into Noctowl. And Fine... well. Fine died. Which sucks, and means I wasted a lot of time, but also... I have an infinite supply of fresh Mega Drain Exeggcutes. I run back to the daycare after talking to Bill in the Center, retrieving another egg egg, and in Goldenrod I visited Bill's house, and he gave me an Eevee, which I named Furries! Which also means I can't get a Pokemon from the Goldenrod Game Corner. :P

You may notice that “Furries” doesn’t lead to a link to the song in question there. That’s because the official video from Neil’s own Youtube channel featuring that song has been wrongfully taken down based on a false copyright claim, despite it being Neil’s original mashup work. If you want to listen to it, it’s track 3 on the freely available album Mouth Silence.

I catch Pokemon in the Burned Tower (a Koffing, named Fuzzy) and on Route 38 (Meowth, named Cat Hacks) and box them both before going to work... and then I put off writing this for nearly a week! But I did that, so I'll be playing again soon.