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Concussions - Tamerlane Usher/Penny Blake

A/N: Day 28 for @medwhumpmay , GIFs made for me by @whoreofthecottage

Tamerlane Usher barely moves even as Penny Blake moves to check the open head injury, she’s already concussed but the additional cuts have made it all the harder to stem any potential brain injuries. Penny is still quiet even as she works, steadying the wounded woman and checking her concussion, stroking the girls hair softly when Tamerlane stirs a little.    “Shhh, easy Tammy, it’s alright.”    Tamerlane, later, wakes slowly and Penny smiles as she strokes Tamerlane’s hair again, noting the girl’s shudder.    “Hi sweet girl... welcome back.”    “You.... saved me?”    “I did... I refuse to lose you.”    Penny’s voice is gentle and she smiles as she strokes Tamerlane’s hair again.    “I told you, I’m not giving you up.”

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synopsis: Goldbug launch was a tremendous sucess. Of course Tamerlane knew it would be one, but it still was nice to see it being well received by the press. And the best part was that, when she got out of the stage and out of that sucessfull entrepreneur mode, Tamerlane had you waiting with open arms.

warnings: fluff. married life. fix fic. entrepreneur meets entrepreneur and fall in love. tammy will get her well deserved rest time!!!! female!reader.

The launch was expensive, but it was worth every penny. More than just self-care, Goldbug is luxury. Rarity. It is for few, and that is why it is desired by everyone. It was expensive, it will pay for itself and more.

And when everyone present felt special, felt deserving of the great wonders that only generational money and political influence could achieve, Tamerlane knew that Goldbug was a sucess. She knew that her name would never be forgotten. That her family would never be able to forget how even during a judicial hell she was the reason the name Usher was associated with something desirable.

And Tammy knew you were waiting for her.

Tamerlane presented Goldbug, she sold it, but you were the one making sure the press would say the right thing. While journalists were drinking champagne, you repeated the names of the suppliers. While influencers were distracted by the beauty of the event, you somehow convinced them to take photos in the right place and at the right time. And if the futile personalities who were invited suggested that luxury was something they were used to, you reminded them of what Goldbug really was: the perfect way to make someone green with envy.

Her model, her muse, the face of her empire under construction. Your hair, your necklace, your dress. Your perfume, your eyeline, your hells. Your brain. You. You, as whole. You were part of this. You were a reason for Goldbug to be desirable. You were perfect, just as always.

But Tammy guess she isn't impartial when it comes to you. You could have someone's blood on your face, a weapon on your hands, and she would still think of you in the same perfect. Perfect. And hers.

It was impossible to talk during the launch, even when drinks were being served for you two it was still work, but your eyes meet and she saw how proud they were of her. Smiles were hidden behind glasses. Your hand bumped into Tamerlane's elbow while you were talking to a deputy's wife. You were the one to start her standing ovation.

When the event ended, Madeline approached with a discreet smile on her face. "The articles have already started to come out." Apparently the reporters were faster than Tammy had imagined. "You did a good for the family. And so did she."

Frederick can suck that, Tamerlane thought while walking towards her car. Not only the best daughter, she also has the best wife. Those cakes can suck it too.

The security guard opened the car door, and a calm smile dominated Tamerlane's face as soon as she saw you reading something on your phone. "They're all fawning over you," you whispered as Tammy sat right next to you.

Tamerlane rested her head on the bench and didn't answer you. She just looked at you. The makeup on yoyr eyes was smudged. You rubbed them. The lipstick in the center of your lips was faded, the red getting lost with each sip from the various glasses that passed through your hand. Your bun was falling, and your hairpins were showing.

Perfect.

The car accelerated, and Tamerlane took a deep breath. She let the air inside her lungs change, peace dominate her body. Instead of putting on her belt, Tamerlane laid her head on your lap.

"You were amazing on the stage. I could never," you whispered. Even if the driver had better things to do than pay attention to your conversation, you still prefer to make it as intimate as you can. Your fingers caressed her hair, nails lightly scratching her scalp. "Green really is your color."

Tamerlane chuckle. "I don't think there is something you can't do, my other half." Tammy closed her eyes, your fingers giving her goosebumps. She squeezed your knee, tugging at the thin fabric of your dress. "Green?"

"Yes, my other half" Tammy could almost hear your smile as you mirrored her. "Green."

Tammy didn't even notice she fell asleep. She just felt the car stop, the engine going silent. She still felt your fingers sliding against her scalp. "Wake up, sleepyhead." You didn't stop caressing her. "Bed is more comfortable."

That made her get out of the car.

Maybe it was childish and irresponsible, but you didn't shower before bed. Tammy threw her heels away, you stood in front of one of the bedroom's mirror struggling to get rid of the hairpins. She walked over to you, and wrapped her arms around your waist. "In need of help, pretty lady?"

"Call me a damnsel in distress," you held her hands. Tamerlane smelled like strawberry. Not like something made to smell like strawberry, but just like the fruit. It was so great you could sleep against her.

You had to let go for Tammy to help you, and you missed her even with her behind you. "After all that," you started. "When Goldbug is stable and the trials end..."

Tammy put the hairpins on the dressing table. "That's okay. I don't wanna talk about it, but I know it's happening. Just go on."

It was your time to help her. You unzip the green dress, and handed Tammy her nightgown. "When it's done, we could go on a vacation. Just the two of us."

She pulled the sheets off the bed and lay down. You turned off the lights and changed into your pajamas in the dark. "Where?" Tammy turned on the lamp. "Where we didn't went yet?"

You lay down, pulled the blanket over yourself, and turned to face her. Tammy snuggled closer to you, her cold feet touching yours. "Greece."

"Greece it is", Tammy kissed your lips lightly. "You reread Percy Jackson, didn't you?"

You laughed against her lips. "You know me so well."

"Of course I do," you felt her smile growing. None of you could move away. None of you wanted that. "Do you think for even a second that I could think about anything that isn't you?"

"Oh, shit." You rubbed your nose against hers. "Tamerlane, do you have a crush on me?"

"Fuck you," was the last thing she told you before sleeping on your arms.

It was a amazing night. Perfect, Tamerlane would say.

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Both Halves!?

Was going through the Dragons Apprentice a while ago and it seems a theory I had was wrong. I assumed the Silverware fat Tamerlane House, supposedly from the Titanic, was retrieved by Verne going down to the Titanic for the express purpose of getting the Silverware. Or possibly be a reference to the Time Bandits with the implication of Poe buying the stolen Silverware from said Bandits. Nope! Apparently Poe just somehow has Both Halves of the Freaking Titanic in the Repository with all the Time Machines, The Stuffed T Rex, and the Giant Penny (which I’m realizing is probably a reference to Batman.) I’m just...how? How’d you fit a Whole Ship in there Poe? Like I’m guessing it had to be put in there before the floor ceiling to the Repository was built..or the Repository was built knowing you’d have to fit both halves of a Sunken Cruise liner in there! I’m just baffled by that. Come to think of it...who’s idea was it to get the Titanic ? Make of this what you will. Al, the Chronographing Cottager and Prince of Naming

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The 100 A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History By Michael H. Hart

 Book Name The 100 A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History By Michael H. Hart Author Michael Hart’s  Book Publishers A Citadel Press Book  Carol Publishing Group  Publish Date 2000 Language. English Category English Novel History  Book Code 238 Pages 591 Rs 1200 Book Quality Black Paper   Whatsapp +92312-9775152 E-mail onlinebookshop.pk@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION 

In his  book  Letters on  the English,  Voltaire relates that during 

his stay in England, in 1726, he overheard some learned men dis-

cussing the question:  who was the greatest man-Caesar, Alex-

ander,  Tamerlane,  or Cromwell? One speaker maintained that 

Sir Isaac Newton was beyond a doubt the greatest man. Voltaire 

agreed  with  this  judgment,  for:  "It is  to  him  who masters  our 

minds by the force of truth,  and not to those who enslave them 

by violence, that we owe our reverence." 

Whether Voltaire was truly convinced that Sir Isaac New-

ton was the greatest man who ever lived or was simply trying to 

make  a  philosophical  point,  the  anecdote  raises  an  interesting 

question: of the billions of human beings who have populated the 

earth, which persons have most influenced the course of history? 

This book presents my own answer to that question, my list 

of the  100  persons  in  history  whom  I  believe  to have been the 

most influential.  I  must emphasize that this  is  a  list of the most 

influential persons in history, not a list of the greatest.  For exam-

ple, there is  room in my list for an enormously influential, wick-

ed, and heartless man like Stalin, but no place at all for the saint-

ly Mother Cabrini. 

This book is  solely involved with the question of who were 

the 100 persons \vho had the greatest effect on history and on the 

course of the world.  I  have ranked these 100 persons in order of 

importance:  that is,  according to the total amount of influence 

that  each  of them  had  on  human  history  and  on  the everyday 

lives of other human beings. Such a group of exceptional people, 

whether noble or reprehensible,  famous or obscure,  flamboyant 

or modest, cannot fail  to be interesting;  they are the people who 

have shaped our lives and formed our world. 

About

A list of the one hundred most influential people in history features descriptions of the careers, contributions, and accomplishments of the political and religious leaders, inventors, writers, artists, and others who changed the course of history. Simultaneous.

In 1978, when Michael Hart’s controversial book The 100 was first published, critics objected that Hart had the nerve not only to select who he thought were the most influential people in history, but also to rank them according to their importance. Needless to say, the critics were wrong, and to date more than 60,000 copies of the book have been sold. Hart believed that in the intervening years the influence of some of his original selections had grown or lessened and that new names loomed large on the world stage. Thus, the publications of this revised and updated edition of The 100.

As before, Hart's yardstick is influence: not the greatest people, but the most influential, the people who swayed the destinies of millions of human beings, determined the rise and fall of civilizations, changed the course of history. With incisive biographies, Hart describes their careers and contributions. Explaining his ratings, he presents a new perspective on history, gathering together the vital facts about the world's greatest religious and political leaders, inventors, writers, philosophers, explorers, artists, and innovators—from Asoka to Zoroaster. Most of the biographies are accompanied by photographs or sketches. Hart's selections may be surprising to some. Neither Jesus nor Marx, but Muhammad, is designated as the most influential person in human history. The writer's arguments may challenge and perhaps convince readers, but whether or not they agree with him, his manner of ranking is both informative and entertaining. The 100, revised and updated, is truly a monumental work. It promises to be just as controversial, just as thought-provoking, and just as successful as its predecessor—a perfect addition to any history or philosophy reference section.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

Mecca,  the holy city of Islam;  the black building at 

center is  the Kaaba,  the sanctuary that houses 

the black stone. 

M uhmnmad and the Arab conquests (map). 

Moslem  crusaders under Muhammad conquer in 

Allah's  name. 

Isaac Newton. 

N e\vton analyzes a  ray  of light. 

Jesus Christ. 

ReIn brandt' s "Hundred Guilder Print" of Christ 

preaching. 

Buddha. 

The belfry of a Japanese  Buddhist temple. 

"Buddha's Return from  Heaven," by  N anda Lal Bose. 

Confucius. 

The legendary meeting of Confucius with Lao Tzu. 

St.  Paul. 

Detail of Michelangelo's fresco,  "The Conversion of 

Saint Paul," in  the Vatican. 

Christian pilgrims  march in a  Good  Friday procession 

on the Via  Dolorosa in Jerusalem. 

Ts'ai  Lun. 

Process of papernlaking. 

Johann  Gutenberg. 

Gutenberg and friends  examine the first  printed page. 

A page from  an original  Gutenberg Bible.  45 

Christopher Columbus.  47 

"Columbus before Isabella," by Vacslav  Brozik.  48 

The Nina,  the Pinta,  and the Santa  Maria sail  to the 

New World.  50 

"The Landing of Columbus," by John Vanderlyn.  51 

Albert Einstein.  52 

The atomic bomb explodes at  Hiroshima,  August 6, 

1945.  56 

Einstein discusses  his  theories.  59 

Louis  Pasteur.  60 

Pasteur in  his laboratory.  62 

Galileo Galilei.  64 

Illustration of Galilean law of leverage from  Galileo's 

physics textbook Mathematical Discourses and 

Demonstrations.  65 

Galileo's  telescope.  66 

The Leaning Tower of Pisa from  which Galileo 

supposedly demonstrated the laws  of falling 

bodies.  68 

Aristotle.  70 

Portrait of Aristotle by Raphael,  detail from  "The 

School of Athens."  72 

Aristotle and his pupil,  Alexander.  74 

Euclid.  75 

Diagram from  a  Euclidian geometric theorem.  78 

Statue of Moses,  by Michelangelo.  79 

"Moses with the Ten Commandments," by Guido 

Reni.  81 List of Illustrations  xiii 

Charles  Darwin.  82 

Beagle Channel was  named after Darwin's ship "The 

Beagle."  86 

Great Wall  of China.  87 

Augustus Caesar.  92 

The Roman  Empire at the death of Augustus (map).  94 

Statue of Augustus  Caesar at  the Vatican.  98 

Nicolaus  Copernicus.  99 

The Copernican system of the universe.  101 

Antoine  Laurent Lavoisier.  103 

Lavoisier in  his laboratory at the Royal  Arsenal.  106 

Constantine the Great.  107 

"Constantine Fighting the  Lion," from  Constantine 

tapestry designed by Pietro Da Cortona.  110 

James Watt.  III 

Watt's double-acting steam engine,  1769.  113 

Watt,  as  a boy,  notices  the condensation of steam.  114 

Michael  Faraday.  115 

Faraday lectures at the Royal  Institution on  December 

27,  1855.  118 

James Clerk Maxwell.  119 

Maxwell's  equations are the basic laws  of electricity 

and magnetism.  121 

Martin Luther.  123 

Luther nails  the Ninety-five Theses to the door of the 

church at Wittenberg.  125 

"Luther before the Diet of Worms," by E.  Delperee.  127 

George Washington.  129 xiv  List of Illustrations 

Karl  Marx. 

133 

Chinese citizens at a cadre school  in  Beijing receive 

instructions in  Marxism.  136 

Orville and Wilbur Wright.  138 

The Wright brothers' original byplane.  140 

The historic first  flight  of the Wright brothers' airplane 

at  Kitty  Hawk.  142 

Genghis  Khan.  144 

The Mongol conquests (map).  147 

Adam  Smith.  148 

Smith is  commemorated on the Scots penny.  151 

Portrait of Edward de Vere  (attributed to Marcus 

Gheeraedts).  152 

Hedingham  Castle,  the birthplace and childhood home 

of Edward de Vere.  157 

Letter written  (in  French) by Edward de Vere when 

he was  13 years old.  161 

John  Dalton.  170 

Dalton's  table of atomic weights.  172 

Alexander the Great.  174 

The Empire of Alexander the Great (map).  177 

Alexander on horseback,  detail from  "The Battle of 

Alexander," mosaic at Pompei from  the 2nd 

century,  B. C.  179 

Napoleon  Bonaparte.  181 

Napoleon  before the Sphinx CL'Oedipe") by J.  L. 

Gerome.  183 

Napoleon  at the Battle of Waterloo.  187 

Thomas  Edison.  188 List of Illustrations  xv 

Edison in  his  laboratory at  Menlo Park.  191 

Antony van  Leeuwenhoek.  192 

William  T.  G.  Morton  195 

Morton anesthetizes a patient.  198 

With  this  glass  container,  Morton first  administered 

sulphuric ether to a patient in  1846.  200 

Guglielmo  Nlarconi.  201 

Marconi at his  telegraph machine.  202 

Marconi in  his  floating laboratory,  the yacht "Elettra."  203 

Adolf Hitler.  205 

Scene at  Buchenwald.  209 

Nazi  soldiers,  1933.  211 

Plato.  213 

Oliver Cromwell.  217 

Cromwell  refuses  the crown of England.  221 

Alexander Graham  Bell.  222 

Bell opens the telephone line between New York  and 

Chicago in  1892.  224 

Alexander  Fleming.  225 

John  Locke.  228 

Ludwig van  Beethoven.  232 

An  original manuscript by Ludwig van  Beethoven.  234 

Werner Heisenberg.  236 

Louis  Daguerre.  240 

The official  Daguerre camera produced by Daguerre's 

brother-in-law,  Alphonse  Giroux,  carried a label 

that says:  "No apparatus guaranteed if it does not 

bear the signature of M.  Daguerre and the seal of 

M.  Giroux."  243 xvi 

SiInon  Bolivar. 

Rene  Descartes. 

List  of Illustrations 

Title page from  the first  edition of Discourse on 

244 

248 

Method,  1637.  253 

Michelangelo.  254 

The "David," in  the Accademia in  Florence.  255 

The "Piehl," in  the Vatican  in Rome.  256 

"God  Dividing the Waters from  the Earth," section of 

the Sistine Chapel ceiling.  257 

Pope  Urban II incites Crusaders to  recapture the Holy 

Land.  258 

Mosque in  Cairo named after 'u mar ibn al-Khattab.  261 

Arab expansion  under 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (map).  262 

Asoka issued edicts on  stone pillars,  such as  this 

Asokan pillar at Lauriya-N andangarh.  266 

Augustine disputes with  Manichaeans.  268 

Augustine dictates  to a scribe.  271 

William  Harvey.  273 

Harvey explains  his  ideas  to Charles 1.  275 

Illustrations from  William  Harvey's book On the 

Movement  of the Heart and Blood in Animals.  276 

Ernest Rutherford.  277 

John Calvin.  281 

Monument in  Geneva commemorating the 

Reformation.  284 

Gregor Mendel.  286 

The genetic patterns of the flower mirabilis jalapa.  289 

Max  Planck.  291 

Joseph Lister.  294 List  of Illustrations  xvii 

Nikolaus  August Otto.  297 

Otto's  engine was  employed by automobile pioneers 

Gottlieb  Daimler and  Karl  Benz.  301 

The original "Benzine Buggy."  301 

Francisco  Pizarro.  303 

Pizarro's audience with Charles V before em barking 

for  Peru.  306 

Hernando Cortes.  309 

Cortes and Montezuma meet.  313 

Thomas Jefferson.  315 

Jefferson's  home in Charlottesville,  Virginia-the 

historic Monticello-was built from  his  own 

designs.  319 

Queen Isabella I.  322 

Joseph  Stalin.  328 

Scene from  one of the spectacular Russian treason 

trials  of the thirties,  which established Stalin's 

reputation as  a tyrant.  331 

Stalin  meets with  M.l.  Kalinin,  president of the 

Soviet  Union,  1923-1946.  335 

Julius Caesar.  336 

The Ides of March:  the assassination of Julius Caesar.  339 

William  the Conqueror.  341 

William  the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.  345 

The first  known painting of the Battle of Hastings.  347 

Sigmund Freud.  348 

Edward Jenner.  351 

Jenner administers the first  vaccination.  353 

Wilhelm  Conrad Rontgen.  355 xviii  List  of Illustrations 

X-rays  have facilitated  great advances  in  dentistry.  357 

Johann  Sebastian  Bach.  359 

A page from  the score of the "Prelude and Fugue in 

B-Minor," written by J.  S.  Bach.  362 

Lao Tzu.  363 

Taoist family  sacrifices  to  the harvest moon.  365 

Voltaire.  367 

Voltaire's funeral.  372 

Johannes Kepler.  373 

Enrico Fermi.  377 

Leonhard Euler.  381 

J ean-Jacques  Rousseau.  385 

An  etching of Rousseau by N audet.  388 

N iccolo  Machiavelli.  390 

Bust of Niccolo  Machiavelli by an  unknown Florentine 

sculptor.  393 

Thomas  Malthus.  395 

John  F.  Kennedy.  399 

On July 20,  1969,  the Apollo  II astronauts left this 

footstep  on the moon,  fulfilling Kennedy's pledge 

of May  1961  to land a  manned spacecraft on the 

moon «before this decade is  out."  401 

Gregory Pincus.  403 

Persian mosaic depicting the  Manichaean elect.  408 

A miniature,  probably of the 8th or 9th century, 

depicting two  rows  of Manichaean priests in 

ritual costume.  412 

Lenin.  414 

Woodcut of Lenin and Red Guards with the motto: 

"We stand on guard for freedom."  418 List of Illustrations  xix 

Sui  Wen Ti.  420 

Vasco  da Gama.  424 

Vasco  da Gama's ship rounds the Cape of Good  Hope.  427 

The voyages  of Vasco  da Gama and Columbus (1nap).  428 

Cyrus the Great.  432 

Cyrus the Great and the Persian  Empire (map).  436 

The tomb of Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae.  438 

Peter the Great.  439 

At  the Battle of Poltava,  the Russian forces  under 

Peter the Great decisively defeated the Swedish.  442 

Mao  Zedong.  445 

Chinese citizens celebrate the 18th anniversary of 

Mao's  takeover of the mainland.  448 

Chairman  Mao participates in  Chinese scholastic 

celebrations.  449 

Francis  Bacon.  450 

.. those that want friends  to open themselves unto 

are cannibals of their own hearts;  ... " FRANCIS 

BACON,  in  OF  FRIENDSHIP.  455 

Henry Ford.  456 

Ford's famous  "Model T."  458 

Assembly line at  Ford's  Highland  Park plant.  459 

Mencius.  461 

Zoroaster.  464 

A Parsee fire-temple  in  Bombay.  466 

Queen Elizabeth I.  468 

The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588)  marked the 

beginning of English naval  supremacy under 

Elizabeth I.  473 

Preface  to  the  Second Edition  

persons who had been included in  that group in  the  first  edition. 

Those three men are:  Niels Bohr,  Pablo Picasso, and Antoine Henri 

Becquerel.  This,  of course,  does  not in  any way  imply  that  I  con-

sider  them  to  be  unimportant  figures.  On  the  contrary,  those 

three-like most  of those  listed  as  honorable  mentions,  and  like 

many  other  men  and  women  whom  I  have  not  had  the  space  to 

mention-were talented and influential  persons who have  helped 

create this faScinating  world we live  in. 

Michael H.  Hart 

January 1992 

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Almost Angelic - Tamerlane Usher/Penelope Blake

A/N: Day 30 for @medwhumpmay. GIFs made for me by @whoreofthecottage

Tamerlane’s not sure how she gets back from the brink of death. She wakes to Penelope, of course, her eyes hurting even as she opens them. Death had seemed sure but she knew too well that when she wakes to her family she will hear nothing but how much press she’s caused....    Penelope moves to her side when she wakes, checking her vitals and moving to smooth soft hair between her fingers, feeling Tamerlane shudder and speaking as softly as she can.    “Easy... it’s alright...”    “They’ll hate me...” 

“No, they won’t. Morella already came by... she’ll come get you when you can go home, if you want to.”    Tamerlane cries then, deeply pained tears that makes Penelope’s heart ache.    “Whatever they do... you’ll always have Morella... and me.”    Later, weeks and months later, Tamerlane goes home, Penelope checking on her at home and finally trusting that Tamerlane is completely safe.

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Sorry Is The Easiest Word - Tamerlane Usher/Penny Blake

A/N: Day 31 for @medwhumpmay , GIFs made for me by @whoreofthecottage

Tamerlane isn’t sure what makes Penny apologize to her, but if she’s honest, she doesn’t care. She’s just thankful for having someone who cares about her.     “I’m so sorry...”    The words are soft and Penny’s voice warms her heart even as Tamerlane moves to nestle into the woman’s gentle arms, her sigh soft even as she lets herself relax, she’s needed to feel safe for months, now, finally, she is.     “Don’t be... at least you stayed.”    She means the words even as she sighs, nestling deeper into Penny, soaking up the affection. She is, finally, home. Safe and completely loved.

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Mouse And Raven Inflicted Injuries - Lorna Snell/Penelope "Penny" Blake/Tamerlane Usher

A/N: Alt 6 for @medwhumpmay , GIFs made for me by @whoreofthecottage

“We think they were self-inflicted...”    The words make Penny’s skin crawl even as she moves to check the damage done. Most of the superficial and other injuries had been put back together, Penny’s eyes locking onto her work as she pushes down the thought that the silent, still form that looked so familiar, could ever belong to someone who felt so badly they had taken this choice.     Weeks turn to months, Lorna comes in with minor injuries on the same day that Tamerlane is finally ready to go home. Penny had been the one to take Tamerlane home, pausing to offer Lorna a lift on her way out. She had known Lorna for several months now so it made sense to take her home, the option to take Tamerlane home with her had come after she learnt that the woman was sleeping badly and struggling, she hoped, quietly, that maybe she could cultivate their friendship or perhaps something more.     It’s only when she finally agrees to move in with Tamerlane and Lorna that she meets the Mouse, her smile soft when the strange creature asks her if she minds sharing the rest of her life with someone who has a pet creature. She had promised she didn’t but soon enough she knew she would have to face the woman who had supposed Tamerlane dead, her voice soft but firm when she confronts the woman, making the case that Tamerlane had died for several minutes, the deal had worked.     Later the two women would sleep curled on either side of her, Penny’s smile soft and content, she was, finally, chosen. 

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Showers And Sweetness - Tamerlane Usher/Verna

A/N: Day 8, part 2 for @fluffbruary

Showers. Tamerlane hated taking them when she was with Bill, the man liked to get all too handsy, always making comments about some aspect of her body she disliked. Now though, with Verna… now she likes them. Verna washes her tenderly, holding her closer and smoothing soft hands over clean skin, pressing sweet kisses to her shoulders and neck, promising to protect her. She knows, too well, how nervous Tamerlane is about how she looks, the woman’s self-esteem is brittle, but Verna adores her, every inch. “Ve…” “Shhh.” Verna hushes her softly. “You are gorgeous, pretty girl, my gorgeous little shiny penny.”

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Getting the quality and excess of Tamerlane House?

So, if memory serves, Tamerlane House was built after Poe ‘died’ or during his ‘life time’ as Poe. If I recall the prologue of the First Dragon correctly. The building of Tamerlane House is another question entirely. Did he and the Ravens build it? Did he perhaps command Spirits to do it (with being Prospero....and one other possibility that I’m uncertain of)...but that’s another matter entirely. The thing I’m wondering about is how Poe and Co got all the stuff in Tamerlane House. The Katanas, The Medea Statue, that thing that was replaceable but important, or the Silverware!! Like those Hogwarts House Banners! That must have cost a pretty penny or some trade (maybe trading some really old and important Spell books that Poe wouldn’t really miss). Then there’s another possibility...Thievery! I mean...there’s probably a few things that were stolen. Or considered stolen. I like to think that they’d get stuff on the up and up, but I imagine a handful of things may be stolen. At least with the Ravens finding something cool and thinking Poe would like it (the relationship between Poe and the Ravens of Tamerlane House is another matter to wonder about). Take the Silverware for example. Supposedly it’s from the Titanic (Jack had never been quick enough to check). If that’s the case you have to wonder how that works. Did they travel there and take it themselves before the ship sunk. I imagine not...did they get them from a completely different Titanic? Either in Space or some dimension where it didn’t sink? Did they get them from a group of Time Traveling dimension hopping dwarves? Or perhaps for his ‘hazing’ Verne was sent to the bottom of the ocean, just to pick up some Silverware? Something to wonder about I suppose. Make of this what you will. Al, the Chronogtaphing Cottager and Prince of Naming.