#taos diary

[oakantony]

TAOS Diary Entry #1

Hi! I’m writing posts here to document my journey as I draft my first high fantasy novel, The Age of Snowspring (lovingly called TAOS).

It’s Dante’s Inferno meets A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Witch Hat Atelier and I’m so excited to get started on it. These posts are just going to be my rambling thoughts and updates on progress. (And I realize this probably won’t be interesting to anyone except for me a year from now when I’m reflecting on how far I’ve come.)

I set a deadline for draft one today--September 22nd. The last day of summer. That means I need to write roughly 900 words per day (if I’m aiming for 100k words, which seems fair). 

Part of my process has been reading other popular fantasy novels and that’s been an interesting experience--and very inspiring. Because (and this is going to sound horrible) a lot of these books are objectively bad. If bad books can get published AND rise to popularity--maybe I can do it too. I’d like to think my writing is good, but even if it’s not, maybe I have a shot.

I’m not sure if that’s a healthy mindset, but it is a motivating one, so I’ll ride it out for now.

Anyway, onward.

(PS: if you want to read my progress for TAOS, you can subscribe to my Patreon. I’m posting WIPs over there.<3)

[the-geeky-fangirl]

yes i know heartstopper is "cringe" and yes I know you think it's not that deep but you've endured years of cringe oversexualized shows about high schoolers where the gays are delegated to sub plots I'm sure a few hours of queer people being safe and happy and loved won't kill you so please shut the fuck up

[rosechata]

taos ski valley

[m00nkissedlover]

characters i desperately need more oneshots/ imagines/ headcannons for:

lee (bones and all) (I SWEAR I'VE READ ALMOST EVERYTHING-)

jinshi (apothecary diaries)

gokurakugai characters (especially tao and yoru <3)

yule (don't look up) (why is there literally nothing written for him? :( )

leona kingscholar (twisted wonderland)

chishiya (alice in borderline) (i love him sm, PLS-)

vanitas (vanitas no carte)

gregory violet (black butler) (HE'S JUST A LIL GUY-)

[uslostinthememories]

“I just kind of hope that if he kisses me, um… my foot pops. You know, in old films, whenever a girl gets seriously kissed, her foot would just kind of… pop.”

THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001)

Original post.

@chronicintrovert

[miyamiwu]

So The Apothecary Diaries is a Japanese anime set in a fictional country based on ancient China??? Ok cool, no wonder it looks Chinese. But I am once again lamenting the fact that a Chinese-setting animated show can only be popular when it's made in Japan.... bro, there are lots of Chinese anime (donghua) with a similar plot to it (and is more true-to-reality coz yknow it's chinese), but I don't see them making waves in the west sigh

[morpheusbaby3]

💓📺 Share ten different favorite couples (canon or headcanon) from ten different pieces of media in no particular order 🎮💘 Then send this to 10 people (anon or not, your choice) to spread the love 💞😘

Ten favorite couples. I chose the ones from the latest movies, series, books, animes I've seen/read:

Jace and Baela (House Of The Dragon)

Claire and Rae/Rei (I'm in Love with the Villainess)

Elle and Tao (Heartstopper)

Aziraphale and Crowley (Good Omens)

Hades and Persephone (Blood of Zeus)

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (Harley Quinn)

Edwin and Cat King (Dead Boys Detectives)

Jinshi and Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries)

Niko and Crystal (Dead Boys Detectives)

Morpheus and Calliope (The Sandman)

[idollete]

boa tarde, chicas, eu queria fazer um desabafo muito sério aqui.

https://pin.it/1ocwexTwF

esse vídeo é um ataque PESSOAL pra mim, sério com que DIREITO ele veio desse jeito, falou CHIQUITA e deu um BEIJO ESTALADO tão PERTO do celular assim EU QUERO SABER QUEM ELE PENSA QUE É 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

[thewizardprincessau]

busy making artfight refs and i sure am fighting. for my life. making chun tao's ref. i did decide on his colors at least

[claire-starsword]

Max’s Diary - Chapter 1

[Welcome to Max's very own Shining Force Let's Play! These diary snippets are spread along the actual strategy part of the guide, so there's one for each battle, except Dark Dragon since these guides tend to avoid spoiling final bosses. So it makes the ending a little abrupt sadly. They are also labelled "Protagonist's Diary" because this guide really didn't want to use Max's name for some reason.]

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(1) Month of the Crimson Sparrow, Day 23

Is something happening at the Gate of the Ancients? Because of this and that, His Majesty entrusted me with this task, so we went to check the gate. When we arrived, a Rune Knight and some others were there, looking for a key to the seal. We have to drive these guys out before anything else...

Just as we were about to fight an earthquake struck. Our heads were spinning, so we retreated to a mountain hut. It was lucky, because Gong was in that hut and became our ally. Nice. If these things keep happening, even someone with little real experience like me might be able to do something. We went back to the gate and started the fight again. But, those dwarves swinging their axes are really scary. I really have no choice but to let everyone else do their best. That’s why I don't wanna stop being a leader anytime soon. Heheh.

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(2) Month of the Crimson Sparrow, Day 27

I worried about what that Rune Knight said, so we left the Gate of the Ancients right away. But, Guardiana was already surrounded by Runefaust's forces. We had to hurry. His majesty was in danger.

I wanted to go back in just a couple of seconds with the carriage, but the one we took to the gate was nowhere to be found. I didn't expect to get robbed in a place like that. With no other choice, we had to go back on foot while fighting. And, going through mountain terrain sucks. Felt like we had used all our power before the battle even started. As I thought, by the time we got to the bridge near Guardiana, Lowe and Gong had already used up all their magic. No one can even hide how exhausted they are. Huh, what? Hans looks just fine though. Since he just shoots with his bow. It's kinda unfair.

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(3) Month of the Crimson Sparrow, Day 35

We're chasing Cain who went to Alterone. This time Mae and Gort have joined us. Both are pretty strong, so that's a relief. But, we couldn't relax yet. There were Huge Bats. Their agility is high, and their movement is absurd...

If that wasn't enough, their fangs can infect you with something that puts you in a deep sleep. Because of that, people kept falling asleep on their feet again and again. I felt like we should have just booked a night at Hotel Guardiana if that's how it was gonna be. To counter that, I had Ken weaken them up with the Spear, then dealt the final blows myself. These combos born of mutual trust are what lead to victory after all.

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(4) Month of the Green Swallow, Day 7

Unlike the other battles until now, we had to battle the Runefaust army within the city of Alterone. When I think of the people that are gonna have to clean all that up, my heart hurts a little.

But, we had to fight so of course it would cause a mess. That's just how it is.

In this battle, our dedicated mage Tao quickly got to Level 4, and learned how to use Blaze level 2. She can hit several enemies at once with it. That’s how I was thinking, but she got excited and used it a lot. Burning and burning. If you burn down enemies you burn down the ground they stand on as well. Or you might end up burning some houses. They weren't anyone's houses so it ended up fine but, we gotta be careful next time or we'll be in trouble.

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Notes:

In both SF1 and Final Conflict, Max uses the formal first person pronoun "watashi". The other encyclopedia even remarks that he's well mannered. Here on the other hand he uses the casual and tough pronoun "ore", and mostly casual language. Keep this in mind for later.

(As an aside, the same goes for the GBA remake, where he tends to switch between “ore” and the more softspoken “boku” instead of “watashi”. I haven’t checked all the dialogue on that one though, so this is a general observation.)

[oakantony]

TAOS Diary Entry #5

Hello!

It's been a few weeks and I come with good news. The great restartening has worked WONDERS.

I haven't actually started writing yet--I've been world-building, character-building, and plotting. And I can confidently say I feel great about TAOS now. Several issues I had with the story previously are now solved and what's more--the story itself is much better now. There are twists. Turns. New characters. New subplots!

I'm excited to start the actual draft this weekend. Wish me luck. ily bye

[advoir]

When two opponents meet, the one without an enemy will surely triumph.

~DDJ 69

[autisticnotartistic]

Controversial Take: Tao’s vintage camcorder documentary that he made for Charlie ABSOLUTELY 100% WITHOUT A DOUBT tops the One Direction Video Diaries.

[secret-world-of-mustaches]

SHE DID SHE DID THE THING!!! YOU GUYSSSSSSSS!!!! I’M SCREAMING I CANNOT!!!!

I’M LOSING MY MIND OMG

i don't know how to do this. me neither.

Heartstopper 2.05 | Heat

[chuusheartattck]

HAUNTED

Chapter 7: Wtf??

You didn’t want to open the journal by yourself. Even with Lumine there with you. What if it opens pandora’s box and you unlock a 1000 year curse? You don’t know what it contains. Sure Charlotte said she found Albedo’s mom’s old vintage journal, but that doesn’t mean this is the same one.

However, curiosity always kills the cat and you decided to be the cat for the day. You weren’t going to do it alone. That’s why all twelve of you are cramped inside the dorm room again!

“What if we sold this shit on depop for $150 because it’s vintage?” Heizou mentioned jokingly. He was sprawled out on your bed acting like he owned the place.

“Who would buy a used diary?” Xiao raised his eyebrow.

“You wouldn’t be surprised on the shit people sell there,” Began Hu Tao. “I once saw someone selling TXT cereal.”

“Okay but did you buy it?” Heizou asked.

“No? Who would?” Hu Tao replied in a judgmental tone.

“The same people who would buy Taylor Swift concert confetti.” Heizou retorted.

“Enough with this stupid conversation,” Scara interrupted. “Are we going to open this dumb book or not?” He looked over at you.

You had the book on the ground in front of you. In any other context this would be a dumb thing to be nervous about. However you did find it in a secret library room after your friend got kidnapped. You didn’t know what would happen.

You slowly picked up the book from the ground and started examining the outside. It was made out of a faux tan leather. At least no cow died for this book. The outside had nothing strange besides a butterfly charm in the front.

Slowly you started unraveling the string around it.

“Imagine we came all this way for it to be blank inside,” Aether chuckled.

Lumine quickly elbowed his side which earned her an ‘ow’ from him.

You opened the journal, the cover crinkling due to its old age. The front page had the words ‘Property of Rhinedottir’ in small black cursive.

It is his mom’s journal.

The page was an off white almost yellow color, most likely due to it not being opened for so long. It must’ve been at least 20 years since someone has found this book. You carefully turned the page, afraid the fragile paper was going to rip.

The page started off as an entry. You started reading out loud.

September 1st,

First day of being accepted into Teyvat University! Not only is it the most prestigious schools but there’s been some hush rumors about it. Why is it so well loved? How come only a few are accepted each year? I’ve decided to start logging in everything I learn. Maybe one day I can write a tell all book about my experience.

You finished reading the small passage and looked up at everyone. They were staring back at you, wanting you to read more.

You turned to the next page and read the second entry out loud.

September 8th,

It has been a week and strange things have been occurring. It’s fall but it shouldn’t be this cold in the hallways or in the dorms, right? I swear every time I’m in my room I have to bundle up because of how freezing it gets. You’d think this school would invest in some heaters. Not to mention the random gusts of winds in the hallways. Every time I bring it up to a professor, they simply brush it off and say it’s from a window. All the windows are closed in the hallways. The other day I heard someone call my name but there wasn’t anyone around! Maybe I’m going crazy…

September 9th,

It feels like I’m being watched. There’s eyes in the forest behind the school.

You were about to continue onto the next entry when Yanfei’s voice cut in before yours, “Okay this is getting creepy.” She’s known to give logical reasonings. This time was different.

“Yeah, I don’t believe in this sort of stuff but the eyes in the forest gave me chills,” Heizou commented.

Scara scoffed, “Looks like she needs to be admitted into a hospital.” You all stared at him giving him a look that almost said ‘really.’

“Or maybe there’s some truth to her words,” He muttered.

You didn’t feel like reading all the entries, mostly because you had class in twenty minutes. Instead, you skimmed through the pages. Most of them were entries but a lot of them had rituals and facts about the ghosts in the school.

Later on, Rhinedottir realized there was more to this school than what she initially believed. She jotted down everything she knew and had rituals that summoned different entities. There’s specific rooms in the school that is best for all this. Granted, none of them were evil demons but they were for wisdom, wealth, beauty, etc.

Just because beings that lay within the school aren’t inherently evil, doesn’t mean they’re good either. There are some that are mischievous and will purposely ruin your plans. Even almost make you get in trouble. There are others that will purposely scare you. Give you nightmares, but won’t cause you physical harm or downright possess you.

You flipped some pages to find drawings of some of the school ghosts. One of them was the little girl Charlotte told you about, Qiqi. If you play with her then she gives you helpful herbs.

“You think she can give me weed?” Aether’s voice cut you off.

“Dude a ghost plug sounds so cool!” Cyno high fived him.

Yanfei and Xiao facepalmed while Lumine sighed at their antics.

“You guys are insufferable,” Navia mumbled.

You continued skimming through the pages. Rhinedottir learned a lot about the history of the school.

Teyvat University was founded by the Chlothar Alberich. He comes from an old money family that has a lot of connections to various people. All of what was written was public knowledge until you continued reading. Apparently, there has been reports about shady business practices. When the school was first founded, there had been deaths that were covered up. In order for Teyvat University to be successful, they created a secret organization called the Abyss Order. They were the ones doing shady business practices.

Rhinedottir found this out by going through the secret rooms underneath the school and digging deep within them. She mentioned how dangerous it was and how closer she was to getting caught each time. It’s not like it mattered to her, what mattered was her getting to the truth. No matter how close she was, it wasn’t ever good enough. There was always something preventing her from trying to find out the full story.

One day, she was planning on going into the dean’s office. She never wrote again and seemed to vanish completely.

“Wait so that’s it?” Xiangling questioned, intrigued by everything.

“Well no, there’s definitely more details but for times sake we can look at that another day,” You said as you closed the book.

“Damn that’s a lot to take in,” Heizou laid back, staring at the ceiling.

“Did she mention what shady business practices there were?” Navia tilted her head.

You shook your head looking at her, “I don’t think she ever found out. I think that was one of her goals though.”

Heizou got up from your bed and started pacing around the room. He was too deep in his thoughts to say what he was doing. You all just let him do this thing.

“What kind of dumbass name is the Abyss Order?” Lumine spoke up.

Aether laughed, “It sounds like they’re trying too hard to be edgy. Or become a dollar tree Illuminati.”

“What should we do now?” Kazuha’s soft voice chimed in.

You pondered for a moment before replying, “Hmm I’m not sure. This could help us with our investigation but I’m not sure where to start.”

That’s when Heizou gasped and immediately went to the whiteboard you and Lumine shared. He erased what was previously on it and began brainstorming his thoughts.

“Holy fuck holy fuck I figured it out!” Heizou kept repeating.

“What the hell did you figure out?” Scara looked at Heizou like he was crazy.

Heizou didn’t respond but instead kept writing. To be honest it looked like a throw up of words. Nothing made sense and you weren’t going to attempt to figure it out.

After he was done, he turned around with a spark in his eyes. It looked like he solved the biggest unsolved mystery ever.

“While Y/n was reading the history, the name Alberich sounded familiar. I had no idea why. That’s when I realized that a descendant from the family goes here. His name is Kaeya. I met him during orientation because he was trying to recruit people for the frat he’s in. I think there was another guy there? Some ginger guy I forgot his name,” Heizou rambled on, “But anyways! Maybe that Kaeya guy knows something. I mean he’s here because his family quite literally founded the school. He’s the nepo baby final boss.”

After Heizou finished his coke rant, you all stared at him in disbelief. Not that what he said was untrue but because he has never been this excited about anything before. He’s truly in his element.

“Wait I think I know that little ginger bitch!” Lumine finally said. “I think his name is Tartaglia? But I think his friends call him Childe. He’s in my business class and he’s a bit obnoxious. He’s always talking about the frat he’s in.”

“You should try getting close with him. In order to get close with Kaeya,” Hu Tao suggested.

“I don’t want my sister to start being associated with a weird frat guy,” Aether huffed.

“Don’t worry I’ll be fine! Plus I can get us all invited to parties. Just because we’re doing all this doesn’t mean we can’t have a normal college experience,” Lumine smiled.

Except it wasn’t ever going to be a normal college experience. You’re all willing to risk everything just to save someone and possibly shut down the school. The stakes are high.

“I know this is off topic but did Albedo’s mom…you know…ever mention him?” Cyno asked.

“I think I saw something mentioning his name. Let me look again,” You said as you opened the notebook again.

September 13th,

My beautiful baby boy is born. His skin is pale like chalk and I know he’s going to have a bright future ahead of him. I think the name Albedo will suit him the most. He’s my pride and joy.

“So who wants to get close with her beautiful baby boy?” Kazuha looked around.

Everyone stayed silent. Nobody knew anything about him besides the gossip of him being a hot loner boy.

“I think Y/n should,” Xiao spoke up. “They’re good at making friends.”

Lumine looked at your direction to give you a subtle wink. You wanted to shut her up so bad.

“I mean I could try,” You hesitated. “But I don’t think it’ll be easy.”

You all agreed that your plan should start first with the offsprings. It should be simple and subtle enough to not gain attention of any administration.

You then looked at your phone and realized you and Scara were 15 minutes late to your class. You quickly grabbed your things, said your goodbyes, and dragged him out of the room. As you ran out, you swear you saw the same person from the night before in the library. You turned and she wasn’t there. You must be freaking yourself out from all this mess.

Masterlist II Previous II Next

A/N: New chapter!! I can’t wait to spill more lore and clues as the story progresses! I hope you guys like it so far 😭

Synopsis: Friends start their first year at Teyvat University. The school that is known for its paranormal activity. The group doesn’t truly believe the rumors until they start to experience how frightening the school can be. What happens when the friend group investigates the truth of the hauntings?

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[circyexistforcontent]

SAGAU ZHONGLI AND TIME DILATION (SLEEPING EDITION)

❀ synopsis: you have been sleeping for a long time now and Zhongli is starting to worry, what if you never wake up?

❀ trigger warnings: mentions of panic attacks, comas (at least to them it seems like one), loneliness, mentions of death, religious themes, obsessive behavior.

❀ pronouns: they/them

It's been a long time since Zhongli has been this worried. You have been sleeping for 2 days without waking up. He knew that gods are not required to sleep since their bodies function fine without it. But your current form is painfully human, and you have gone on for months, almost half a year without sleeping. When you went to sleep for the first time Zhongli was relieved, but it slowly turns to dread when you have been asleep for 2 days straight.

He quickly hires the best doctors using Childe's mora stash (Which Childe was more than willing to give since it's related to you). And all of them couldn't find the problem with you sleeping for so long. Your body was functioning fine even though you haven't eaten for days, you didn't seem to be rotting and your heart is still beating. It was like you were sleeping.

More weeks pass and you still haven't woken up. Your sleeping form is currently with Ningguang, sometimes he would visit you and kneel at the side of your bed praying for you to wake up. He's never felt this helpless in a long time, it felt like he was sinking and each time he tries to hold onto something it phases through his hands.

Zhongli tries to stay strong for you, he would try and continue to do his best at his occupation. But to you, he easily gets overpowered by your control, his usually composed self being thrown away and replaced by a god desperate to please their creator. And to see you fall into such a state drives him insane. And he couldn't even do anything about it.

Hu Tao can only watch as her coworker slowly falls into madness. But he could care less about that, what matters right now is that your life must be hanging by a thread, a precious thread that's about to snap into two. He would soon start to unintentionally pressure the doctors to find a solution, and even call a certain alchemist to travel from Monstadt to Liyue to help find the problem.

But just like the doctors, Albedo couldn't find the problem. So instead of doctors hovering over your body 24/7, it was soon converted to weekly check-ups, during those check-ups Zhongli would wait by your side patiently to see the results and if anything changed.

Zhongli started a journal 3 weeks after you slept, he remembered how you like to ask about his day. So he started writing down what happened while you were slumbering, hoping when one day you do wake up (he hopes you will wake up) he can give this to you and you can read what happened.

Most of the entries consist of him hoping you were there to experience the day, wondering what you were dreaming about when you were asleep, and wishing that you would wake up soon. It became more of a diary than a journal, he didn't notice that though.

On days when the loneliness was too much to bare he would hold your hand, which was surprisingly warm (his heart would bleed even more if it was cold), and start praying. Begging that you don't leave and to just hold on a little longer, he can't go back to when you haven't descended. He doesn't know what he's going to do to himself if it came to that.

When you do wake up he will be short of breath before a wave of euphoria washes over him. Your awake, you didn't leave him. All he wanted to do at that moment was kneel before you and say how much he misses you.

Don't expect him to leave after that incident, after knowing what is was like without you his overbearingness will be doubled. You would have to get checked by a doctor every week, and if you decide to explain the time dilation between you and Teyvat (given if you even know about the time dilation situation) then he will do his best in finding a solution. Because he's pretty sure if he has to live again through the experience, he's going to break.