#taro jo

[dokjaism]

Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru #10: "our speed"

[todayisafridaynight]

Alternate universe where majima wears snake skin pants and a leather jacket

[crimson-moonflowers]

Tonight my brain has decided to play a game that I absolutely hate called:

"Oh, you wanna check old moots you blocked so bad"

[luvyeni]

🍃… ( reaction ) taking your ring off prank ̨ ! ୨୧ 一 라이즈 ՞

⸃ ⸰ ⌁  taking your engagement ring off as prankヾ

OT7!라이즈・ fem!reader ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ g ・ fluff ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ cw ・ ‎ wc ・ ‎k ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎| ‎ ‎click to library

request. hi, can you do the reactions of riize when reader prank them by not wearing their engagement ring …

「 ୨୧ authors note 」 this was cute i hope you like it <3 !!!

﹙ 𐙚 : shotaro ﹚ .ᐟ

he notices it , but he doesn’t say anything. “hey baby.” you gave him a kiss , sitting down next to him. “hi.” he says, eyes going immediately to your hand, noticing your ring wasn’t on your finger. he thought you probably lost it in the couch since it’s happened before. so he wastes no time, getting up and checking in between the cushions quietly. turning to your phone which you hidden confused, then turning back to him. “taro my love what are you doing.” his shiny eyes and warm smile making your heart flutter. “im trying to find your ring baby , i know you probably lost it in the cushions.” he was so cute , you couldn’t help but swoon. “oh don’t bother.” you fold immediately. “it was a joke.” you took the ring from your pocket. “ah why!” he whined, cheeks red. “don’t do that again.” he took the ring from your hand , putting it back on your finger.

“keep it on , it looks pretty there.”

﹙ 𐙚 : eunseok ﹚ .ᐟ

his ass don’t care, you already said yes. you’re gonna marry him regardless if you wear the ring or not; HOWEVER , he paid thousands of dollars for that ring , it’s not about to collect dust now. “i see the camera.” he said pointing , pissing you off. “I hate you.” you snatch your phone up. “why can you ever go along with something?” you pout , he can’t but think that you’re so cute. “baby that ring i bought for you , i don’t care if you wear it or not.” he shrugged , kissing your lips. “how can you say that?” he smirked.

“because you’re gonna marry me regardless , you already said yes, that’s all i need.”

﹙ 𐙚 : sungchan ﹚ .ᐟ

his ass won’t notice that it’s missing , so you have to take it off right in front of him. “what do you want to eat?” both of you sitting in the car. “i don’t know.” you fiddled with the ring , looking at the camera with a smirk, because you know he’s gonna look at you which gives you a perfect chance. “are you jo…” he stops seeing you take the ring off , sitting it in the cup holder. “what is it?” he just blinks at you. “sungchan.” you bite back a smile. “what are you doing?” he said, looking at your hand , then to you. he will pull the entire car over. “put it back on.” he said. “now.” you smile at him. “this is a joke isn’t it , you’re prancing me?” you point to the camera , he rolls his eyes , driving off again.

“im gonna super glue it to your finger, keep your ring on.”

﹙ 𐙚 : wonbin ﹚ .ᐟ

you can not trick him, he saw you set up the camera, he knows the ring is in your pocket. he scoffs as you go on with your day. “why are you making so much noise.” you try not to laugh at his sassy ass attitude. “you wanna take your ring off?” he said , reaching for his. “fine let’s take them off.” he said trying to slide it off his finger , but you stopped him. “don’t do that.” you slapped his hand. “then put yours on , now.” you took the ring out , sliding it back on your fingers. “see now get your hand away from your hand.” you want to slap that stupid smirk off his face.

“don’t take it off anymore.”

﹙ 𐙚 : seunghan ﹚ .ᐟ

he just thinks it needs to be cleaned or something, do it doesn’t real bother him. “baby where’s your ring?” he asks , you look at the camera without his knowledge. “im gonna take it to the cleaners today.” mind you he’s done this already. “you need it cleaned right , that’s why you took it off right?” he gets up from the couch. “it’s probably in the room then.” you stop him before he goes into the room. “hannie you’re so cute.” you pulled him back down on the couch. “what do you mean princess?” you point to the camera. “it’s a joke hannie , it’s in my pocket , i just wanted to see your reaction.” he smiles when you pull it out your pocket. “see.” taking it out your hand , sliding it back on your finger.

“just like the first time i proposed to you , beautiful.”

﹙ 𐙚 : sohee ﹚ .ᐟ

don’t do him like this; he’ll automatically think you want to end the engagement… of course you don’t , but in his mind he’s like; if you didn’t want to break up , why take it off? do you hate him? oh he’s going crazy. “baby.” you hear the quiver in his voice. “baby where’s your ring?” he pouted. “you’re not supposed to take it off.” he whined. “I didn’t notice.” his eyes widen at your words. “what do you mean!” he said. “you’re supposed to wear it 24/7, you have to show it off.” you laugh at his child-like behavior. “don’t laugh.” he said. “it’s just a prank baby , the ring is in my pocket.”

“then put it on and don’t take it off again.”

﹙ 𐙚 : anton ﹚ .ᐟ

6 million things go through his mind all at once; did he do something wrong? were you mad at him? how does he fix this without pissing you off even more? “baby?” he said softly, you forced down a laugh. “yeah ton?” this confused him even more, you called him by his nickname so you couldn’t be upset. “ton what is it?” you broke the boy out of his thoughts. “you aren’t mad at me right?” he said. “did you do something to make me mad?” he’s like please answer the question. “your ring.” he said. “you took it off, are you mad?” he didn’t even see the camera. “im sorry if you are.” you actually started to feel bad , you pouted. “im sorry ton it was a joke i didn't mean to upset you.” you pointed to the camera. he stared into the camera , before giving you shy smile, looking away. “don’t do that again.” he said, covering his face.

“please put it back on now.”

©️LUVYENI

[thatliminal-wanderer]

Prototype (Regretevator) ID Pack

Requested by @arcadeofghosts

Names

Aanandaswarup, Ace, Aine, Aliza, Alizah, Allegra, Andrew, Annabeth, Ash, Bea, Beatrice, Beneatha, Bir, Bliss, Blythe, Chiman, Chimana, Chuman, Ciman, Curieux, Curios, Dante, Darcy, Dhriti, Eve, Fajaruddin, Farah, Farrell, Fritzi, Gigyansh, Govindaram, Harper, Harshad, Harshit, Hasmat, Himmat, Hulas, Jewel, Jigna, Jignasa, Jignesh, Jimena, Jimmil, Jinadeth, Jo, Jocelyn, Joi, Joie, Joy, Judas, Kaddy, Kadi, Kady, Kaemon, Kalea, Kande, Kautik, Kenai, Kuvira, Merakli, Nandini, Omaha, Pehlaj, Perfy, Poornanand, Prahlad, Prima, Primo, Pulakesh, Qahir, Radman, Rahas, Ranen, Scout, Shael, Silver, Taro, Tavishi, Thaddaeus, Thalia, To-mo, Ulhas, Urvaksh, Winnie, Winona, Zahal, Zuhayra

Pronouns

01/01s, 1/0/1s/0s, ai/ais, android/androids, artificial/artificials, bit/bits, bot/bots, byte/bytes, cheer/cheers, circuit/circuits, code/codes, curious/curiosity, cyber/cybers, digi/digital/digitals, droid/droids, energy/energys, fun/funs, glee/glees, glow/glows, joy/joys, robo/robos, screen/screens, tech/techs, tech/techs, thon/thons, volt/volts, wire/wires, yon/yons, ze/zim, ☺️/☺️s, ⚙️/⚙️s, ⛓️/⛓️s, 🎊/🎊s, 🎚️/🎚️s, 🎛️/🎛️s, 💭/💭s, 💿/💿s, 📡/📡s, 🔋/🔋s, 🔌/🔌s, 🔗/🔗s, 🔩/🔩s, 🚨/🚨s, 🪫/🪫s

Titles

The Curious Robot, The First Made, The Joyful Robot, The One Full of Knowledge, The One Who Doesn’t Know [prns] Purpose, The Robot That Can Understand so Much, [prn] Of Wires and Bolts, [prn] Who Wants to Know More

Genders

AIaffadorationic, Androidic, Androidlikic, Bioamorobotic, Bytegender, Curieual/Furenal/Courageal, Joygender, Joyprogram, Percidouandic, Robodiment, Robodollic, Robogender, Robotthing, Techrobai

Other mogai

Alderoboic, Aldertechbody, Assigned Robot At Birth/ARbAB, Codestelic, Regretevatorhearthic, Robovocaldernic, Tech Omninoun

[syyedmohdsaad]

How Man lose hope :

tum hamare Kisi tarah na hue warna dunya me kia nhi hota

~Momin khan momin

ek wada hai kisi ka jo wafa hota nahi wara in taro bharri rato'n me kia hota nahi

~Saghar siddiqui

[princelylove]

I'm pretty sure I've sent you like 3 requests already 😬 so if you're sick of me you can toss this in the trash. I'll still continue to love you anyway (๑•̀ᗝ•́)૭ ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨♡୧⋆ ˚｡⋆ You're fantastic and an angel. If anyone says otherwise, they're lying.

That said, imagine childhood friend darling with yandere Joot. Maybe they go to school together and darling isn't too fond of his fan club. It's entirely reasonable that they might go on vacations with each other's families as kids and teens. They may have even shared a bed or a bath as children. I bet they even have a separate nickname for him. Like "Taro" or just "Jo" to separate from all the people who call him "Jojo". Just because they can get away with it.

Maybe they have secret feelings for him but don't know how to tell him or they're afraid of rejection and are thus waiting for a hint or for him to make the first move.

Imagine all the "borrowed" clothes. Wearing his shirts to paint in or something and secretly sleeping in it because he's next door and it can be returned whenever.

There's endless possibilities here. I'm certain of it. ღゝ◡╹)ノ♡

An angel? 

I either answer requests fairly quickly, or let it sit there in my inbox for a little while. It isn’t personal or indicative of how much interest I have in something, I’m just a college student and this blog is my hobby; I like doing requests. 

… “Taro?” Like the vegetable? The boba flavor option? That’s the worst one yet, are you trying to piss him off? 

To be fair, he isn’t fond of his fan club either. You’ve known him the longest, he isn’t really into that sort of attention. He probably uses you to hide from them, whether that be ducking into classrooms and getting you to lie for him or by just not stopping talking to you when they try to approach.  

Maybe your mother is friends with his. Holly is one of those extra touchy crosses way too many family boundaries types of mothers, of course a bath is o-kaay! There’s tons of photos of you in the family album book somewhere, maybe even actually on display. Aw, look at baby Jo-ta-rooo, he’s smiling with you!!!!

Jotaro doesn't realize how lucky he is to live this close to you, or be this close to you in general. He hasn't realized he has actual feelings for you, maybe not until you've both matured a little bit. He isn't really the romantic type, he probably doesn't even recognize the fact that he has romantic feelings for you until something threatens that or you make a move.

Maybe you kiss him as an 'in the moment, please forget I did that' sort of thing. Just a little peck while you're sharing your after-class snack, on the lips. As you steal his first kiss, it clicks in his head that you need to be his last as well.

He turns the photos of baby you and him around, that night.

[hedgewitchgarden]

A deep-sea creature steeped in folklore has once again washed ashore in California.

On Nov. 6, a researcher on an Encinitas beach spotted an oarfish, measuring 9 to 10 feet long. The fish typically swim at depths of 300 to 3,000 feet and are rarely seen on the surface. Yet it was the third time one has appeared in Southern California since August.

They have been associated with bad omens, according to English-language accounts of Japanese folklore.

The fish, which can grow to 30 feet in length and feed on krill, have typically washed up on beaches when injured or disoriented, according to scientists.

The current group of oarfish washing ashore "may have to do with changes in ocean conditions and increased numbers of oarfish off our coast," Ben Frable, manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection at UC San Diego, said in a statement. "Many researchers have suggested this as to why deep-water fish strand on beaches. Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts such as the El Niño and La Niña cycle but this is not always the case," he said, adding that many variables could be the cause.

The previous fish were discovered in Huntington Beach in September and in La Jolla in August, according to Scripps. Before August's discovery, scientists had only recorded 19 oarfish that had washed up on the California coast since 1901, the oceanography researchers said.

Fish and muddled folklore

Oarfish have been found around the globe, but one particular country's history with the fish has gathered the most attention: Japan.

According to some media reports, oarfish have been associated in Japanese folklore with prophesies of doom — in particular, earthquakes.

Researchers in Japan looked into this in 2019: "In Japan, folklore says that uncommon appearances of deep‐sea fish are an earthquake precursor. If this folklore is proved to be true, the appearance of deep‐sea fish could be useful information for disaster mitigation," a group from Tokai University and the University of Shizuoka wrote. But they scoured news reports of deep-sea fish washing up and determined that there wasn't much of a relationship between those sightings and earthquakes.

Some accounts say the oarfish were known in centuries past as ryugu no tsukai, roughly translating to a "messenger from the Dragon Palace."

Yoshiko Okuyama, a professor of Japanese studies at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, pointed to a Japanese fairy tale with source text dating back to the 8th century. It tells the story of a fisherman named Urashima Taro who, in return for saving a turtle, is taken to the underwater palace of the Dragon King, Ryugu-jo.

"In Japan several different sea creatures have been called the Messenger of the Dragon Palace. The list includes eels and turtles," she said in an email. Adding oarfish to that list was "plausible — anything mysterious from the sea can be imagined as such, right?" but she said she was unable to immediately verify it with source material.

A database of Japanese folklore describes ryugu no tsukai as "large fish with human heads, horns, long hair, and sometimes beards." In a retelling of a legend on the folklore database, the creatures were a bit of a mixed bag. They foretold of death and disease, but said people would be saved so long as they "hear my message."

[philoursmars]

Marseille, il y a trois semaines. Au FRAC Zud (Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain), il y avait une expo, "L'Heure de Gloire", elle aussi consacrée au sport :

Jean Bedez : "Citius- Altius- Fortius"

Jeremy John Kaplan : "Altea in Blue" (cyanotype de filet de tennis)

Berdaguer & Pejus : "Smith, Norman, Carlos, Mexico 68"

Sarah Morris : "Big Ben" (projet d'affiche pour les JO de Londres 2012)

Taro Izumi : "Tickled in a dream… maybe (The Destination of Breath)" (sorte d'appareillage pour reproduire la posture de certains sportifs à des moments-clés)

[pix4japan]

Gatehouse to Shrine (Enoshima Island, Fujisawa, Kanagawa Pref., Japan)

Zuishinmon, the gatehouse at the top of the first set of stairs, just past the grand torii gate, is modeled after the mythical Dragon King Castle (Ryugu-jo) that is depicted in the Japanese folktale “Urashima Taro.”

The kanji characters used for Zuishinmon (瑞心門) literally mean “pure” + “heart” + “gate” and named as such in hope that the hearts of visitors will be purified as they pass through the gate as they approach the shrines atop the island.

In this shot, we can also enjoy the sight of chochin paper lanterns that have been put out for the New Year’s holidays and used to light up the winding stairs leading to the top of the island.

Pentax K-1 II + DFA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6 28 mm ISO 100 for 1 sec. at ƒ/22

[iqmmir]

I saw your post about songs that fuck with your brain chemistry -- any recommendations...? 👀

Yes ill always recommend hindi and bangla songs 💥💥💥

Hindi —

literally anything by r.d. burman honestly, but i remember the main ones i absolutely loved when i was smaller (i had awesome taste in music. Trust) — kya hua tera vada, gulabi akhen (please please listen to this one please pleas eplease), tere bina zindagi se (this is meh but like. i was obsessed with it so.), chura liya hai tumne jo dil ko (also please please please listen to this i love this so much forveee), meri bheegi bheegi si, dilbar mere

I'm not sure if these are by rd burman as well but FUCK these are so good 💥💥💥 — salame-ishq meri jaan, o saathi re (i prefer asha's ver, but kishore kumar is awesome too), khaike paan banaras wala, pal pal dil ke pas (my brother liked this more than me), yeh dosti, dum maro dum, phulo ka taro, pairody song (specifically look up mr india pairody song literal banger im telling you), hawa hawaii

Another paragraph break so it's easy for me — yeh mera dil yaar ka diwana, beqarar karke hamen yun na jaiye, mehbooba mehbooba (there's a new one but the SUCKS . Trust . Meh booba sholay, also by rd burman), bach ke rehna re baba, jhoomka gira re (theres a new version called kya jhumka and that sucks okay), kiki ki muskurahaton pe, jaane woh jaise log the, aa chal ke tujhe mei leke chalu

comparatively more recent — ik bagal, ranaji, azadi (im pretty sure there are many songs with this name, so specifically azadi gully boy 👍👍), namak, beedi, panga, mehboob mere, ghoomar, pinga, train song (also from gully boy), kab se kab tak, jahaan to chala, chikni chameli (this changed lives . Trust), nagada sang dhol baje, zoobi doobi

Also ANYTHING gulzar wrote, FUCKING banger

Bangla —

ANYTHING MANNA DEY SANG . ALSO SUMAN . Um i always thought it was suman chaterjee but apparently it's suman chattopadhyay . but also i have favourites so :))) — se amar choto bon, coffee houser sei addata aaj aar nei, hoyto tomari janya (most of these are my brother's recs because i listen to bangla songs less than he does), ghurche chaka, amader jonyo, pagol, haal chherona bondhu, petkati chandiyal, bose aanko

^ sent by my brother

ALSO EVERYTHING BY TAGORE . RABINDRANATH TAGORE . SO AWESOME — jodi tor daak shune keo na ashe (also called ekla cholo re), ami banglay gaan gai, hridmajhare rakhbo, fagunero mohonay, neel digante oi phuler agun, gram chara oi ranga matir poth, ore bhai phagun legeche bone bone, amra shobai raja, projapoti projapoti (this is a children's song but it's good and you will listen to it.), phagun hawaye hawaye,

not rabindrasangeet (what we call tagore's songs) — gouri elo dekhe jalo, majhi tor radio nai, not bengali (it's assamese) but SUCH a banger — kapili kapili

I have more songs but i forgor

[starry-blue-echoes]

so my friend came to me abt jojoland thoughts (they know almost nothing abt jjba and the parts they do know is because of my jojo osmosis to them)

so it went like this in summary (minus the key spam):

Friend: Hey Whim, u know how the new jojo is like jo"dio" right?

Me: Yea wbt?

F: ok I know u told me there's a jotaro counterpart already but imagine a Taro Brando in the new universe or the time fuckery happens and some of the jojo's come to alt universe with messed up memory????

M: VOICE CALL NOW

IM GONNA RANT TO YOU

And now me and my friends have a messed up silly guy who counter parts the jojo DIO (jodio) and there's now a DIO "jojo" ([jo]Taro Brando)

we both don't know how tf this works but my friend insists that [jo]Taro has fucked up memory problems and is in highschool. But the only thing we have about how there's another Brando in the works is maybe Diego's dad went off and got married messed around again idk really. (he also has the eyes scar >:])

.............oh my god-

I swear the fucking god if there's a Taro Brando or some kind of Jojo equivalent in Jojolands I will throw my computer out a window

It's a theory of mine that the Joestar Twins could be related to the Brando Family somehow, so them being related like this would make me loose my goddamn mind

[entamesubs]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Episode 53 Sub Release

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Below are extended translation notes, so spoilers ahead.

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龍宮 /  竜���城 Ryuuguu / Ryuuguu-jou

In Japanese myth, Ryugu (literally “dragon palace”) is the name of the palace wherein the dragon sea god Ryuujin resides, which lies at the bottom of the ocean. It is most famous for being the setting where the myth of Urashima Taro takes place.

Urashima Taro was a fisherman who saved a turtle from some playing children, and in return he was invited to Ryugu-jo by Otohime, the princess. He spends three days with her in Ryugu-jo, before he tells her that he must go back to the surface to see his ailing mother. Otohime lets him go but gives him a box, the tamatebako, which she tells him to never open.

When Urashima comes back to the surface, he finds that instead of 3 days, 300 years have passed. In his grief and shock, he opens the box, and suddenly a puff of white smoke comes out. When it dissipates, Urashima has aged 300 years to an old man.

Besides Urashima Taro and Otohime, the god Ryuujin who resides in Ryugu-jo is one of the most beloved gods of Japanese folklore, as Japan relies much on the sea and ocean. It is believed that when the Mongolians tried to invade Japan, it was Ryuujin who summoned a storm that sank all their ships.

Just some fun stuff I think is pretty poignant with this recent episode!

[doubleddenden]

Alright so I'm trying to take my mind off of some horrible stuff rn, so I'm gonna theorize some more about Indigo Disk based on some stuff I just learned

Before we go further, keep in mind that Pokémon does mix and blend some myths and folklore around to get a result, so it could be many things

So let's get talking about it

Okay so Terapagos. Pretty obviously our Terastilizing source and the hexagon pokemon mentioned by Heath and the professor.

A few popular theories floating around about it is that it's based on World Turtle mythologies- yes, plural, because it's actually a pretty common mythos found in many Asian religions and even some from Indigenous American religions. Yeah I knew it was mentioned in Hindu, but apparently a lot of people looked at these bad boys and said "yeah that could hold us." It's neat

BUT Terapagos itself is neat in that it's name also references Galapagos Islands, famous for Darwin's study of evolution and also home to Galapagos tortoises.

Could be something, could be nothing.

On a different note, you know how everyone figured out that the Teal Mask legendaries are based Momotaro? There's another Japanese folktale that could bear some significance here.

The Tale of Urashima Taro

I am going to paraphrase, but essentially, a guy some kids messing with a sea turtle. The guy stopped them and helped the turtle back to sea. To thank him, the turtle offered to show him a place called Ryugu-Jo- or as it's known to us, the Dragon Palace, an underwater castle at the bottom of the sea, where Taro met a princess named Otohime, and was welcomed and treated handsomely for several days. After a bit, Taro became homesick and wanted to return home. Otohime gave him a box called the tamatebako, warning him to never open it. When Taro came back to land, he found that 300 years had passed. Everyone he knew and loved had died, and everyone basically thought he sank at sea. Taro opened the box thinking it might help him, only for a puff of smoke to transform him into a feeble old man.

Now let's look at what's represented here:

1. Sea turtle

2. Underwater kingdom

3. Taro is warmly welcomed

Obviously Terapagos is the sea turtle here

The underwater kingdom?

Maybe not so much a kingdom or Dragon Palace, but it is a very fancy underwater school dedicated to battling

And as for the warmly welcomed part: we're exchange students, by this point already Champions of Paldea, and we've met and hung out with Carmine and Kieran in Kitakami- plus given how Pokémon usually is, we're most likely given the welcome wagon.

Now the question is this: given the ending of Urashima Taro, are we to expect something bad to happen to us?

Idk about 300 years passing, but given the history that Heath endured in Area Zero and the madness that eventually took over the professor, it's probably safe to say this turtle may not be so innocent.

Of course, there's another theory floating around that also makes sense: Atlantis. Everyone knows Atlantis, especially modern interpretation that it's a lost, ancient civilization home to all sorts of ancient technology. Blueberry Academy most likely could fit this as well- but... maybe also the Dragon Palace.

Think about this: who makes a damn school underwater? I know mine flooded in heavy rain, but we usually tried to AVOID the water, especially water that could lead to thousands of pounds of pressure breaking in and drowning us all. That and the school specializes in battling- why here?

Unless... this facility is looking and preparing for something.

A place? An object?

Maybe Terapagos IS the object and its being kept there- another reason to be out at sea is to hide. After all, how did it leave Area Zero otherwise? Why the secrecy with the name in the books?

Now let's consider this: who would have knowledge of Terapagos? The professor obviously, but they're dead

At least... one of them.

In Violet, Arven's mother left shortly after he was born. In Scarlet it was Turo. In fact, lots of employees left the original professor.

Theory time: the opposite professor took Terapagos to Blueberry Academy to hide it.

We know that the professor invented Tera Orbs about 10 years ago- that means that they had access to Terapagos that recently.

We also know the AI hated the professor's plan and wanted to stop it at all cost.

What if the deadbeat parent came back for Terapagos? Or eas entrusted with it by the AI at some point?

We also know BBA is a fairly recent build in comparison to N/A Academy, which has been around for hundreds of years.

My theory is that the opposite professor had the school made- or maybe was hired into it- in order to hide Terapagos or use it for their own purposes.

Hell it may not even be the professor. It could be any other of his employees.

Anyway that's enough theorizing. For all we know it's all unrelated and Terapagos just shows up somehow.

[resentfuljustice]

한국 pt. 7 - tangerine serendipity

Prieš vidurnaktį stovėjau prie judrios sankryžos esančio kiosko, kur mažyčiame ekranėlyje išsinešimui rinkausi karštą sumuštinį. Jį buvo galima valgyti ir vietoje – bet atidžiau įsižiūrėjus pamačiau, kad kėdė klientams buvo ne kas kita, o kaip apversta plastikinė dėžė tuštiems alaus buteliams sudėti. Nors ir ant viršaus buvo pritvirtintas kažkoks odinis paminkštinimas, nutariau nerizikuoti ir naktipiečiauti viešbučio lovoje. Paskutinį kartą ant tokios taros dėžės sėdėjau prieš nepilną mėnesį – perrinkinėdama bulves kaime, ir tie plastikiniai raštai liko įsispaudę ant mano sėdynės turbūt geras tris dienas.

Kioskelio pardavėja / sumuštinių šefė / užsislėpusi profesionali dovanų pakuotoja vyniojo sumuštinį į du papildomus popierius, tada apvilko plastikiniu maišeliu ir viską užlankstė taip, kad galėčiau tą sumuštinį be gėdos įteikti premjerei kaip lauktuves iš tolimųjų rytų. Žingsniuodama atgal iki viešbučio išvyniojau savo sumuštinį (nuoširdžiai nesitikėjau tarp kumpio ir sūrio rasti kukurūzų) ir stebėjau vos paeinančius, absoliučiai išsitaškiusius korėjiečius, iš lėto plaukiančius link netoliese išsimėčiusių metro stotelių. Tokį vaizdą šioje kelionėje mačiau pirmą kartą – trys vyriškiai susikibę per pečius bandė išsilaikyti ant šaligatvio, vienas vaikinas vartėsi viduryje gatvės ir niekaip negalėjo atsikelti, o dvi draugės tvirtai laikėsi už šviesoforo stulpo, nes vos pabandžiusios jį paleisti, tuoj pat nešdavosi į šoną. Buvo paskutinioji ilgojo savaitgalio diena – niekas nenorėjo grįžti atgal į realybę, ir tą akimirką aš jaučiausi kaip niekad gerai juos suprantanti.

Ryte turėjome iš Gimpo oro uosto išskristi į Jeju salą – dar kartą pasidžiaugę, kad susipakuoti daiktus atgal užtruko ne ilgiau kaip 10 minučių, išsiregistravome iš viešbučio ir palikome savo rankinius lagaminus pasaugojimui. Klaidžiojome po Ikseondong kaimelį, kurio tradiciniai korėjietiški namai buvo paversti mažomis, jaukiomis parduotuvėmis, vienas už kitą keistesniais restoranais ir teminėmis kavinėmis. Tikrai nežinau to kaimelio priešistorės – ar ten gyvenę žmonės išmirė? Ar juos iš ten išstūmė? Kaip atsirado galimybė visą kaimelį paversti tokiu rajonu? Bet visa tradicinė išorė buvo išsaugota taip skoningai ir su protu, kad pamiršdavau bevaikščiojanti po parduotuves, o ne po gatvę tarp muziejų.

Dar nebuvo nei 11 valandos ryto, o aš jau gėriau margaritą, ir pro restorano langą nužiūrinėjau vietinius gyventojus, kurie žingsniavo apsirengę kaip rudens-žiemos 2024 kolekcijos podiumu. Pirmomis dienomis galvojau, jog tai tiesiog atsitiktinumas – negali visi korėjiečiai VISADA taip gražiai atrodyti, bet paaiškėjo, kad gali. Ir atrodo! Po kelių sekundžių jau būčiau galėjusi lažintis, kuris praeivis yra turistas, o kuris korėjietis.

Šilti viršutiniai rūbai prie +25 laipsnių lauke (striukės, paltai, megztiniai) – korėjiečiai

Aptempti rūbai (siauri džinsai, pilvus išryškinantys marškinėliai) – turistai

Akinių rėmeliai priderinti prie batų ir rankinės (greičiausiai dar ir vardiniai) – korėjiečiai

Moterys, apsirengusios atvirus drabužius (suknelės virš kelių, nuogi pečiai, iškirptės) – turistės

Žmogus su Crocsais (bus išpuošti visokiais teminiais animacinių herojų "segtukais") – korėjietis 

Žmogus su šortais (Karolis) – turistas

Į oro uostą nuriedėjome su vienu metro be persėdimų – ir vėl buvau apžavėta jo patogumu, greitumu, švarumu ir kaina – žinoma, nereikėtų tikėtis, kad viešasis transportas valstybei atneš pelno, bet radusi informaciją, jog 2021 metais Seoulas dėl jo patyrė 680 milijonų eurų nuostolių, likau šiek tiek šokiruota. Gerdama turbūt iš litrinio puodelio ledinę kavą, žiūrėjau į už lango besikaupiančius juodus audros debesis ir tikėjausi, kad lėktuvas pakils ir skris su tokia pačia ramybe, kokia mus sutiko Gimpo oro uosto darbuotojai. Taip, nesu mačiusi VISŲ pasaulio oro uostų, bet mačiau jų daug ir tikrai skirtingų – ir dar niekur kitur neturėjau tokios pačios patirties. Darbuotojai patikroje net neleido man pačiai susikrauti daiktų į dėžės – jie iš lėto laukė, kol visas mano šlamštas privažiuos arčiau jų konvejeriu, tada pagarbiai viską sudėjo į krepšelius, neleido man nusiimti nei batų (OK, didesniuose oro uostuose irgi nereikia, jeigu eini per tą besisukančią x-ray patikros kabiną, bet čia buvo tie paprasti "vartai"), nei saulės akinių (???), nei diržo. Ir viskas vyko tokioje tyloje ir ramybėje, kad net pamiršau nerimauti dėl savo baigiančio praplyšti skysčių maišelio.

Automobilių nuomos punkte atsidūrėme jau sutemus, kaip kokiam banke išsimušėme numerėlį, paspaudę vieną vienintelį suprantamą mygtuką – FOREIGNER. Darbuotoja iškart paprašė tarptautinio leidimo vairuoti (ne, paprastos mūsų teisės netinka – Korėjoje mašinos neišnuomos be keisto popieriuko su štampu iš Regitros už 8 eurus). Buvome išsirinkę SsangYong Torres – mergina greitai spaudinėdama klaviatūros mygtukus informavo, kad mūsų automobilyje nebus angliško GPS – linktelėjome ir patikinome, kad tai nebus bėda, nes vis tiek viskam naudojame GPS programėlę telefone. Padavusi popieriukus pasirašyti, ji mostelėjo ranka į aikštelę ir pasakė, kad mūsų mašina priparkuota vietoje 4-F, rakteliai bus salono viduje. 

Išėję į lauką supratome, kad absoliučiai visos nuomojamos mašinos buvo atrakintos, atidarytas langais ir su rakteliais viduje. Aikštelė net nebuvo kažkaip ypatingai saugiai aptverta nuo išorinių gyvybe dūzgiančių gatvių. Apėmė keistas jausmas – sunku suvokti, kaip čia visi vieni kitais besąlygiškai pasitiki, bet tuo pačiu ir buvo malonu bent porą savaičių pasijausti esant tokios visuomenės dalimi. 

Savo pirmajame Jeju salos Airbnb atsidūrėme per valandą, iš lėto vingiuodami kaimo keliukais. Greitai iškrovę lagaminus ir apsižvalgę po nakvynės vietą – pro virtuvės langus matėsi ranka pasiekiamas mandarinų sodas – patraukėme link artimiausio miestelio paslampinėti mieguistomis gatvėmis, o atsiradus progai, gal kažkur ir pavakarieniauti. Kadangi jau buvo vėlu, daug vietų buvo užsidariusios. Bet mūsų abiejų žvilgsnius patraukė jūrinį konteinerį primenantis pastatas, kurioje viduje degė šviesa. Priėję arčiau pastebėjome antrame aukšte įsikūrusi biliardą, o pirmame aukšte įsikūrusi maitinimo įstaiga net neturėjo durų – tik stumdomus tinklelius, kurie švelniai plevėsavo, kiekvieną kartą į juos atsisukus visu pajėgumu įjungtam ventiliatoriui. Viduje buvo gal keturi staliukai, o prie vieno vakarieniavo pora, kas kelias minutes vis susidauždama sklidinais stikliukais soju gėrimo.

Spėju, jog mus prie kasos iškart pasitiko vietos savininkė – ji šiek tiek kalbėjo angliškai, ir kai pasakėme, kad neimsime išsinešimui, o valgysime viduje – labai nustebo, ir puolė valyti patį didžiausią stalą. Užsisakėme jos firminės vištienos ir alaus, o tuo tarpu aš per priešais esantį veidrodį stebėjau virtuvėje vykstantį veiksmą. Kai per dešimt minučių užsuko trys skirtingos šeimos atsiimti telefonu pateiktų užsakymų išsinešimui, supratau, kad pataikėme į visai neblogą vietą. Paskutinieji užsakymo atsiimti atvyko tėvas su sūnumi – abu apsirengę pižamomis, ir apsiavę tik šlepetes, tyliai lūkuriavo ant vienišos baro kėdės, pastatytos arčiausiai išėjimo.

Savininkė neilgai trukus atšuoliavo link mūsų stalo su viena didele lėkšte vištienos, ir keletu mažyčių, kuriose gulėjo neaiškūs garnyrai. Mudu su Karoliu jau tiesėme rankas link pirštinių ir ruošėmės kibti į vakarienę, kai ji staigiau už mus jau užsimovė pirštinę ir pradėjo plėšyti vištieną nuo kaulo. Klausiamai susižvalgėm, ir pakėlėm akis į ją. Ji pradėjo juoktis.

– I will show you how to eat it the TASTIEST way.

Mes net vištienos išlaikyti rankose negalėjom ilgiau negu dvi sekundes, ji buvo dar tokia karšta, kad iškart padėjome atgal, o savininkė be jokių neigiamų emocijų ramiai ją plėšė ir dėliojo kažką panašaus į vištienos sumuštinį. Į delną įsidėjusi gabaliuką vištienos, ant jo uždėjo kepto česnako, tada šiek tiek kimchi, ir galiausiai pasėmė iš indelio rutuliuką lipnių, žalsvų ryžių, ir jį užkrovė ant viršaus. Gavosi toks nedidelis, gardžiai atrodantis bokštelis, su kuriuo ji pradėjo žaisti keistą žaidimą – sukinėti tai link Karolio, tai link mano burnos, lyg laukdama, kol kuris nors prasižios kaip koks paukštelio jauniklis. Karolis drąsiai priėmė šitą iššūkį, ir jau po sekundėlės čiaumojo savininkės firminiu metodu sukonstruotą vakarienę. 

Vėliau atėjusi išnešti mūsų praktiškai išlaižytas lėkštes, savininkė besišypsodama, bet be žodžių padėjo ant stalo du vietinius Jeju mandarinus. Aš dar gurkšnojau alų, žiūrėdama į palubėje kabantį medinį kryžių, ir negalėjau nusipurtyti minties, jog valgau vakarienę pas savo korėjietišką močiutę – lyg trumpai valandėlei būčiau gavusi šansą pažiūrėti į vieną savo paralelinių gyvenimų.

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Random Yandere Headcanons: Would they want their darling to become dependent on them or stay independent? (Run with the wind)

Completely depended on them:

Kakeru Kurahara 

Haiji Kiyose 

Akihiro Hirata 

Mixed (they will want them to be depended on them but doesn't mind some independence):

Yukihiko Iwakura 

Takashi Sugiyama

Musa Kamara 

Taro Jo

Jiro Jo

Independent enough to where they don't need to hold their hand all the time:

Yohei Sakaguchi 

Akane Kashiwazaki