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jaybeartodd · 7 years ago

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Colleagues Pt. 14/17 -- Jason Todd x fem. reader

Warnings: a lot of cursing, violence, more and more angst

Word Count: a lot

Tags: @sarcasmismyfirstlove @tsctd @multi-fandom-dumpster @wordsmusicandchocolate @cattwomannn @itstoastytodd @nicunt @browneyedangel @amnahs9695

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A/N: It is a lot and it probably isn’t great and I am sorry.

Black spots dance across hour vision as they fight for control against the bright light. .

Once your vision clears, you frantically move your head in search of some kind of understanding but a sharp pain radiating through your arm and head denies movement. An involuntary pained noise escapes your mouth.

“Y/N! Are you okay? What hurts? What do you need?” a tired yet frenzied voice hurries towards you. You blink in denial at the speaker currently sitting at the edge of your bed.

“Jay? Is that you?” your small voice asks. You raise a shaky hand using the arm that is not currently rendered useless by excruciating pain to his face. You approach slowly afraid that it will disappear under your fingertips. Your fingers brush against the unshaven scruff and you glance into bloodshot yet familiar blue eyes. He covers your hand with his

“In the flesh,” his lip curves in a smile that once proved comforting but now makes the hope building in your chest deflate in dread.

“No,” he looks confused and you shut your eyes warding off the haunting reminder of what you have lost. “Y-you’re dead. You are all dead. It always ends the same.”

Tears spring from your eyes and you feel Jason’s ghost press your hand harder to his face.

“No, Y/N, listen to me. This,” he presses harder, “is real. I’m real. You were injected with the fear toxin.” You shake your head and he sighs in frustration.

“Nick and Trey are here. I am here. We are all here for you. We aren’t going anywhere Doll,” he says the last part softly as your trembling comes to a halt. You open your eyes hesitantly.

You have seen this scene play out a million times. Reassurance in the presence of Jason or Nick or Trey but they all end the same. The personal and cutting accusations begin. “Should have saved me.” “I was just a kid.” “Can’t even save your little brother.” Then they are ripped away from you in a fatal disaster. But none have reassured you that they are actually there with you.

“Is it really you, Jay?” he smiles softly and gently wipes the tears from your eyes.

“Of course Doll. They don’t make them this handsome in whatever toxin Crane has cooked up this week.” You ignore the pain in your shoulder and wrap your arms around him tightly.

He lets out an oof before returning the hug gently careful of your shoulder. You bury your head in his chest and he strokes your hair. Your shoulder starts to ache and you hiss in pain.

“Alright Dopey you should probably get some rest.” Jason says and you sit back on the pillow. You finally notice the IV in your arm. Your eyes follow it until you catch sight of your bandaged shoulder barely concealed by the thin hospital gown.

“Was I shot?” you ask incredulously. You take in your surroundings and take note of the familiarity of the hospital room as well as the ‘Get Well’ balloons and flowers littering the endtable.

“Yes,” Jason says clenching his teeth. You hitch up an eyebrow and gently touch the bandage.

“Wow, that is badass,” you whisper and Jason laughs.

“You won’t say that once the painkillers stop working,” he says.

“Wait, this is how it feels with painkillers?” you grimace feeling slight anxiety over

Nick appears in the doorway and you grin widely. His face looks aged from stress but brightens when he sees you awake. He makes his way towards you with a slight limp.

You grab him with your good arm and place your cheek on his head. Your eyes grow watery at the feeling of Nick safe in your arms. It takes a good mental shake not to have inhibitions and actually believe in him standing in front of you. Jason tenderly grabs your other hand and strokes your thumb comfortingly seemingly always in tune with your emotions.

“I am so glad you are okay Nicky,” you whisper holding your little brother close.

“I am so sorry Y/N,” You feel tears fall into your hair from his face and you squeeze him tighter.

“There is nothing to apologize for, Nicky. This wasn’t your fault.” you say and he pulls back. Guilt creeps into his watery eyes as he looks down at your shoulder.

“I-I chose you. I was just so scared,” His lip trembles as he looks down. You open your mouth to say something but Jason’s hard look towards Nick stops you. Obviously, that is new information for everyone.

You rub your suddenly tired eyes and sigh. “No, Nick. That was the right thing to do.”

“No, Y/N. Are you kidding me?” Jason pipes in, no longer willing to watch you comfort your brother who has on numerous occasions put you in danger. He stands up and looks at Nick furiously.

“Jay, please-” you plead, not needing this argument right now.

“You almost killed your sister, again, and now she has to be the one comforting you? Are you noticing the pattern or must I enlighten you?” Jason ignores you. Nick stands up and looks at Jason with a red face.

“You are the one who put her in danger by entering her life!” Nick yells and this takes you and Jason by surprise.

“Now, would you two shut up? No one here is at fault!” You yell weakly and Jason looks towards you apologetically. But Nick obviously isn’t done with this argument.

“It didn’t occur to you that dating the Red Hood was dangerous?” Nick’s reveal rings heavy through the room. Jason’s mouth falls open.

“Nick, how?” you ask completely shocked.

“It isn’t rocket science, Y/N! Once you started getting caught in this mess the pieces fell together. I just couldn’t believe you would ever settle for the asshole who betrayed Sionis.”

Your eyes widen, “Betray?” Your voice cracks and Nick winces at his slip-up.

“Y/N, wait, no. It isn’t like that. You didn’t honestly think they would let me out that easily, did you? I had to give him something or-or… and I didn’t know he would hurt you. I just thought he wanted him,” Nick is suddenly slammed against the wall. An infuriated Jason has his fists curled on Nick’s jacket as he pins him.

“I know you did not fucking give me up,” Jason says between gritted teeth.

“Not you,” Nick chokes out and looks your way. Shit.

“Jason! Don’t!” you scream trying to get out of your bed. You rip out your I.V. as Jason puts up his fist. He slams it down and you wince at the crunch. Slowly you open your eyes to see Jason’s hand bloodied and a hole next to Nick’s head. Nick’s terrified eyes match Jason’s enraged.

“Jay,” You whisper and try standing up but fall to your knees. Jason drops Nick and rushes over to you.

“Y/N, I’m-” he starts but you shake your head with tears streaming down your face.

“Please, just go,” you whisper and he scrunches his eyebrows in confusion.

“Go? Y/N, I’m not- what?” he asks completely baffled.

“Just go. My family doesn’t need this,” you say having a hard time looking into his pained eyes.

He stands up and gives a scoff. “Your family, huh,” he shakes his head, “And you? What do you need, Y/N?”

His tired eyes bore into yours searching for answers you know you can’t admit.

“Just go, please,” you whisper and his nostrils flare. He clenches his bloody fist and looks at Nick coldly.

“If anything happens to her, you will regret it.” he says coolly and strides out of the room. You clutch at your pounding head and pinch your arm in a desperate attempt at waking up from this toxin-induced dream.

But you open your eyes to a very real Nick looking at you with very real regret etched into his face.

“Y/N, I’m so sorry,” he says softly and you just shake your head.

“Me too Nick. Me too.”

Today marks the end of your first full week back at work. Your arm still lays useless in a sling even though it has been a few weeks since you’ve left the hospital. Which has proved to be a total pain in the ass as you try to juggle Bruce’s folders in one hand and your book bag falling from your uninjured shoulder. You breathe out a sigh of relief as Wayne Enterprises finally comes into view.

The anxiety of seeing Jason has dissipated as the week has gone with no appearance. You know it is for the best but you can’t shake the secret desire for a call or him showing up or any communication. Inadvertently, you find yourself attuned to anything remotely related to him. Your eyes remain unrelentlng in watching news reports on the day the vigilantes are currently saving. Every motorcycle you pass you wait for the driver to take off their helmet and reveal sharp blue eyes and white streaked hair. But before you get too caught up in the idea of seeing Jay again you think of Nick..

Ever since the attack Nick has been a groveling disaster. Nick had let the canary sing once you returned home from the hospital. He had tried to quit and the attack on him was real. It was only with a promise of information regarding the Red Hood that he was left alive. He had remembered Red Hood from driving him and Mask. Along with these memories he noticed how the vigilante took great care in getting you to the hospital and then Jason miraculously was there by your bedside. The night you were to give information to Mask was all a ruse. Instead of giving the entire batfamily identies away he decided to share that you were friends with Red Hood. When Jason had literally taken out every goon and blown his own cover the second you were in danger it was a confirmation. The plan was then to use you as bait. Mask promised he wouldn’t hurt you and Trey. This is easy to believe because there was no falsehood in the terror in Nick’s eyes the moment he realized he was being forced to choose between you and Trey. You sat through this conversation expressionless and Nick had looked desperately for a reaction. Without a word, you left him sitting alone at the kit hen table.

Your anger and desperation has led to continuous sleepless nights charged with coffee as you engrossed yourself in research and punching out an article. Mask is obviously fueled by vendettas. Scarecrow was less easily figured out but through extensive research into the attacks and interrogations of Wayne employees, you connected the dots. Scarecrow is using Wayne tech and employees to create deadlier weapons. And from intimidation and promises of keeping them safe from Mask he earns the cooperation of these Wayne employees. Your book bag currently holds key evidence and testimonies to take these bastards down. But knowing enough about the corruption of the police force you decide to do this Lois Lane style.

“Oh, I am so sorry,” you say bumping into a woman. Your folders drop to the ground and you scurry to pick them up.

The woman bends down and hands you the folders.

“Thank you,” you look up and start at the most piercing green eyes staring back at you. She flips her ridiculously long red hair over her shoulder and flashes a smile that would melt any cold heart.

“The least I can do! I bumped into you!” she chirps and you smile hesitantly.

“Kori, where did you- oh hey Y/N!” you hear a familiar voice. You look up to see none other than Dick Grayson clad in his police uniform walking out of Wayne Enterprises.

“This is Y/N?” Kori asks excitedly. Suddenly, you are engulfed in a hug that puts Dick’s to shame.

You laugh nervously and tuck your hair behind you ear once she pulls away.

“Oh, how rude! I am Kori. Dick’s lover.” she says and Dick clears his throat.

“Oh, sorry, his girlfriend.” she says correcting herself. Dick smiles warmly at her, clearly attuned to her naïvety..

“It is so nice to finally meet you! Dick and Jay have told me so much about you! You are a brave woman, Y/N.”

Your face grows hot. “Thank you.” Her face grows serious and she leans in close.

“You really must go see Jason. He is quite the mess.” she says and you avoid her concerned eyes.

“She has a point.” Dick says. Great, the Hottest Couple of the Year is cornering you.

“Uh, I don’t think he really wants to see me right now.” Your heart sinks to think you are causing Jay any pain.

“Nonsense! We could take you to him!” Kori says and you aggressively shake your head no.

“Oh, no. Thank you but I think that’s a bad idea. Plus I have work and stuff to do,” You sputter.

“Well luckily we happen to know your boss,” she giggles and you find yourself warming up quickly to her. “You guys can talk and honestly what is the worst thing that could happen?”

“Thanks, but I really do have a lot to do,” you say apologetically. Kori nods her head in understanding and gives a reassuring smile.

“Of course, we don’t want to pressure you,” she says.

“Well, it was really nice meeting you. And seeing you Dick,” you say smiling softly. After saying goodbye, you make your way inside towards the elevators.

Once inside the elevator, you clutch your folder close to your chest and squeeze your eyes shut. You knew you were hurting him when you asked him to leave. And every fiber of your being screamed at you to stop but you couldn’t risk losing your brother. Especially now when he needed you the most. He has made so many mistakes, admittedly a heaping mass of them. But you know deep down he is trying to protect himself and his family. Not exactly obvious but you know your brother well enough and he is not innately selfish. Intentions are good but execution not to so much. And more than anything you wanted the lying and distrust between the two of you to stop. You want your little brother back. You want your nephew back. With Jason around, more like Jason’s tendency to hit what is making him angry, you know it will make Nick uneasy and even more reluctant to divulge anything to you. Your brother is not exactly known for being one who learns from his mistakes. And Jason is not known for controlling his temper.

The rest of the shift goes without any more chance encounters. You had gotten your work done several hours earlier but decided to work on your article and cross-reference sources leaving you sitting at your desk way past your assigned shift. It isn’t until a janitor comes by mopping the floor that it occurs to you to probably head home. Wiping the exhaustion from your eyes, you pack up your stuff and say a farewell to the custodian.

You glance at your phone walking out of the building and wince at the very late hour. You shoot a quick text letting Nick know you will be home soon but being all-to-aware of your brother he is probably passed out as of hours ago.

The lack of sleep and come down from the excessive amounts of caffeine pounds at your head while your shoulder is demanding attention by intensifying its own pain. You stop on a sidewalk and open up your backpack for painkillers. You swallow a few and shake your head trying to reduce some of the fogginess in your brain. This is when it occurs to you that you do not recognize any of your surroundings.

You spin in a circle searching for any familiarity but feel the panic when you come up empty. You must have taken a wrong turn but was too damn out of it to realize. You mentally slap yourself. And you are always so damn careful. Gotham is a dangerous place during the day but nighttime seems to be when it hits its peak especially in designated areas. You punch Nick’s contact and nervously look around at the empty streets as the phone rings.

“Come on, Nickie. Pick up the phone,” you whisper anxiously tapping your foot. His voicemail pops through the phone and you send many curses in neat packages his way. Your finger hovers over Jason’s name.

Pros and cons. Pro; you might survive the trip. Con; Jason currently hates your guts. Pro; You miss him. Con; you really don’t want to see him.

“Ahh, fuck it,” you say and hit his number. You hold your breath at each pause between the rings half-hoping and half-dreading his deep voice answering. You let out a sigh concocted of both relief and frustration when he doesn’t answer.

You don’t have the money for a cab so without any other option you decide to walk. You’ve made it this far, right?

Following crappy walking directions courtesy of you phone you start to make your way down unfamiliar streets. It leads you to an alleyway and you merely glance at it shaking your head.

“Nope, nope. Too many movies,” you say and feel smug as you avoid it only to come crashing into someone. You look up into a yellow grin and the worn features of a man much much larger thant you. You back up mumbling an apology.

“What’s wrong girl? You lost?” he asks with a gravelly voice. You swallow and shift the bookbag on your good arm. Too bad none of Jason’s lessons covered what to do with one shot arm and about 25% coherence.

“Um, no, I am fine. Thank you,” you say and mentally scold yourself. Are you trying to kill him with kindness?

You start backing up towards the alleyway you had previously condemned but suddenly looked more appealing. You see lights on in one building with lights on but in order to get it you would have to pass scary man. He stares at you with the same wide grin but you turn away and begin walking very briskly. Your phone begins buzzing in your hand scaring the absolute shit out of you. You look at it and see Jason’s name. You answer it hastily.

“Start talking about how you are just around the corner and how you will see me in a few seconds.” he says.

“What? What the hell are you talking about?” you answer panicked and turn around to see the man following you. When you turn back around you stop dead in your tracks as another man appears in front of you.

“Shit, I will be right down,” he hangs up and you stare nervously at the other man now approaching you. Suddenly, your bag is ripped off your arm with such force you fall on your shoulder smack into a puddle. You bite your lip stifling a yell of pain.

“I wouldn’t get between her and her homework. Major nerd,” a robotic voice makes his appearance next to Stalker #1. He grabs your bag and lands a sickening punch to the man’s jaw. Jay’s victim falls with a thud to the ground and he tosses you the bag. It lands in the puddle and you shoot a glare at him. He shrugs, feigning innocence.

“Step any closer and I shoot, Hood.” the other man holds a shaky gun pointed in Jason’s direction. You slink back with your backpack so that you aren’t between the two. This man is obviously not Mr. Crime Lord evident from his wide eyes and unsure grip around the gun.

“Oh, gosh. Please don’t Mister.” Jason says mockingly and you roll your eyes.

“A child,” you say under your breath.

The man pulls the trigger and you recoil at the loud bang. The bullet misses Jason by several inches and you can only imagine the smirk growing behind the helmet.

“I asked nicely,” he pulls out the pistol at his side and with lightning speed has the man lying on the ground. You stare openly gaping at the unmoving figure.

“Did you just kill that man?” you ask incredulously.

“Relax. It’s a tranquilizer,” he says waving the pistol. You look at the fallen man skeptically and Jason sighs. He roughly grabs the man and holds him up for your pleasure.

“Look, breathing. Per Batman’s request,” he states and tosses the man back down. You breathe a sigh of relief and stand up not without struggle. Your bandage lays flopping on your arm completely soaked and exposing the harsh wound. And the pain. Oh the pain.

“That looks awful.” You give him a sharp look and he takes in your full appearance. His eyes are immediately drawn to the dark circles falling from your own and the decrease of color in your face. “You look awful.”

You let out a cynical laugh.

“Gee thanks Jay. I am glad to see you haven’t lost any of your charm there lover boy,” you quip and sling the bag over your good shoulder. Pain flashes across your face.

“Shit, fine.” Jay says and grabs the bag from you.

“Hey!” you protest but make a weak attempt at retrieving it.

“I can patch you up. My place isn’t far from here,” he says walking past you.

“Jason, no. I should really just get home.” He turns on his heels and stares at you.

“Y/N, just follow me and please for once don’t fight me on this.”

You narrow your eyes and cross your arms. He sling the bag over his back.

“Listen, I have better things to be doing, believe me. So the sooner the better,” he gestures in front of him with a sweeping arc of his arms. You recoil at the bitterness barely disguised in his robotic voice and sigh in defeat as you walk towards him.

“And I am the child,” he grumbles.

“Oh good one Jay.”

“I’d appreciate it if you didn’t blow my cover tonight, maybe,” he snaps.

“No sane person is out here at this hour.”

“Got that right.”

The rest of the walk goes very similarly Frustration building itself over the past few weeks channels its way into petty bantering.

You finally stop in an alleyway behind the Gotham Police Station. Jason looks around before hitting the brick wall exposing a keypad. He punches in a code and a door reveals itself. You stare wide-eyed. Does he live underneath the police station? He steps and gestures for you to follow.

“Um, Jay, my apartment isn’t exactly bourgeoisie but it has to be better than a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hideout.”

“Oh would you shut up and get your ass in here,” he whispers angrily. You walk in next to him and jump when the door shuts behind you two. Lights come on above and through computer screens illuminating a mini Batcave.

Jason strides towards a table taking his helmet off. He peels off his domino mask and lays them both down on the counter.

He turns around and your breath hitches. His hair is matted from sweat but the unmistakable messiness and white streak cause a flutter in your stomach. And the eyes you missed so achingly bad now stare back at you.

“Earth to Y/N?”

“Huh? What?” you ask flustered. He cracks his grin and your stomach does an entire acrobatic routine.

“Would you stop checking me out and come sit in this chair so I can bandage you up.”

“I wasn’t- I was,” he grows more amused at your rambling, “You are so freaking infuriating.”

You stomp over to the chair and plop yourself down almost immediately regretting the extra movement when your shoulder hits you with another round. You roll up your sleeve to present the wound.

“This is going to sting like hell,” he warns watching your face carefully. You bite your lip and nod your head confidently. He stifles back a grin at your behavior and starts cleaning your wound.

“Ow damn you stupid ass motherfucker son of a bitch….” you manage to scream every profanity at him as what feels like torture is inflicted upon your arm. He stares at you with wide eyes.

“Damn Y/N leave the dirty talk for bedtime.” he winks and you seethe.

He finally manages to dress your wound with only a few attempted murders and minimum verbal abuse.

“There, you’re all set.” His eyes meet yours and cloud over before he turns away clearing his throat.

“Jay, look. I am really sorry.” you say sighing and place a hand on his shoulder. His muscles stiffen beneath your touch and he remains silent, afraid he will give away his own turmoil of emotions at seeing you again.

“Alright, I will go. Thank you for saving me, again.” you say and stand up to make your exit. As you walk past him, he grabs your uninjured arm lightly.

“You’ve been having the nightmares haven’t you?” he whispers softly and lets go of your arm. Tears threaten your eyes but you push them far back. The answer is yes Jay. Every night is a reminder of the hell the toxin put you through.

“No, I don’t know what you are talking about,” you shove your hand into your pocket and look down; a clear indication you are lying.

“Y/N, why did you push me away? I could help you!” he asks angrily. You look at him defensively.

“And attack my brother while you are at it?” you yell. He clenches his fist and stands up to walk away from you. Maybe a bit too far but you can’t help but release your sleep depraved frustration onto him. “Remember when you said you wouldn’t get between me and my responsibilities? I thought not attacking them was implied in that but supposedly we had mixed signals there.” He clenches his fist over a towel and turns back

“I shouldn’t have done that and I am sorry. But Y/N have you ever considered that you are neglecting the most important responsibility?” he accuses pointing the towel at you. “A responsibility to yourself.”

You purse your lips in anger.

“I-I” you try but he interrupts you.

“No, Y/N, I’m sick and tired of seeing you driven over until you are so spread out there is nothing left.” He walks dangerously close. “And then God forbid I point it out and you push me away for HIM! Just do something for yourself, damn it! Not for Nick, not for Trey, not for me, or work or school. Do it for you.”

You look into his heated gaze and can feel his hot breaths on your face.

“You want me to do something for myself?” you whisper and he nods exasperated. You close the small gap between you so that your chest is touching his abdomen. Flames dance in his eyes but you recognize this as lust over anger. You give him a playful grin and then shove him hard. You are completely taking him by surprise so he stumbles back a few steps. He fixes a surprised and anger filled look on you.

“That is for threatening my brother,” you say strolling up to him and he rolls his eyes. Perhaps it’s the lack of sleep or painkillers but you stop fighting the nagging part of you that wants him. He opens his mouth to scold more when you grab his face and cover his mouth with your own. You break away but hold his face inches from yours..

“And this is for me,” you whisper softly.

“Doll, you piss me off more than anyone I know,” He growls and kisses you harder. Your fingers tangle in each other’s hair and he lifts you up so that your legs wrap around his waist. The reasons for being separated for weeks completely fly out the window as he sets you down on one of the tables. You giggle holding his face close to yours as you hear several tools clatter to the ground.

“Damn I missed you,” he says with a smirk and captures your mouth again.

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maudanouk · 4 years ago

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PROLOG

MARGOT

Tears overflow my cheeks and from my vanquished eyes a sudden shower falls.[1] The drops form a trickle, a flow, a torrent. Forty days and forty nights of continuous and universal rain.[2] Waves are in excess, everything runs to the sea. [3] No possible action of any flood could thus have modelled the land, either within the valley or along the open coast.[4] A flood that leaves everything in a state of confusion[5] forming a great briny mass searching for direction. The sea by its motion, detaches from its bottom an infinity of plants, shells, slime, and sand, which the waves and winds continually drive towards the shore. [6] There is a stone in the sea called the oyster. A stray grain of sand finding its way into its shells is enough to spark a new beginning. The Oyster comes out of the sea early in the morning ahead of the light, and, opening its shell, it swallows the heavenly dew and the rays of the sun and moon and the light from the stars above. And thus is born the pearl, I am born, from the most high celestial bodies.[7]

LENNY

(Thrusting the flat knife between the two shells) I keep praying for You to make something happen so why this awful, crawling feeling that nothing ever does?[8] (he turns the knife forcefully) God does not shout. God does not whisper. God does not write. God does not hear. God does not chat. God's infinite silence…[9] (the two shells crack open and he draws out the knife) The oysters valves are standing open and a pearl lays between them, a wonderful sight and notable, for no pearl in all history could be compared with it at all, either in size or in beauty.[10] But her beauty does not lie in the perfection of the sphere, nor in symmetry. She is irregular, ovoid, curved and lumpy. One moment it did not exist, the next moment it was full blown in my mind, as though it had been there all the time and needed only the bursting of a soap bubble veil to show it.[11] All this time I sought for truth and unity and now all that matters is her proud glow that strives for contradiction and multiplicity.

ACT I

EXT. GARDEN - DAWN - ABOUT BEES AND HONEY

LENNY arrives at the WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE. Here is the garden and around it some flower beds, a space cultivated for flowers for Margot, to make a spray for her hair, to perfume the sheets.[12] Naturally, […] only the apple tree interests him, tempts him: he can see its flowers.[13] He walks towards the tree. The WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE is observing him. As LENNY reaches for one of the blossoms a bee flies out of it.

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE

Once on a June evening, in those long gone years when the ends of days sank into silence, I was waiting for a total eclipse of the sun on a terrace facing a garden, overlooking the foliage of a maple tree.[14] And I thought of you Lenny. In the sudden darkness I saw you, hidden behind a veil, the massive walls of the Vatican Palace. A faceless silhouette.

LENNY

It’s all different now she has revealed herself only for a short moment but I saw my reflection in her pearlescent luster: functioning, utilising, thinking in causes and effects, logically evaluating and analyzing. But what if I want to walk for hours and weeks without a destination. What if I want to know what the month of march brings for an Aquarius. What if I want to miss her for no better reason than that I love to be fucking emotional.

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE (hesistates)

When i watched the total eclipse of the sun that summer evening it soon became dark and an eclipse wind, like a wave, had risen when suddenly from the neighbouring house burst forth a sort of wild dance, with the strange, biting, astringent sound of Pan’s pipes. Young people were celebrating some festival, they had confused shadow with twilight and were playing as night fell. However much one knows about it, the veiling of the sun’s light is disturbing and transports one to another world. [15] I saw you cover up in darkness and now i see you longing for the sun. This is a complete inversion. And in this twilight a party shall rise so that the heart, that obscure, celestial flower, undergoes a mysterious blossoming.[16] That is the only way great loves stories are born and I don't want any more part time believers.[17]

LENNY

But how can i find Margot in this city still so strange to me?

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE

She’s the bee and you are her honey. What does Margot like?

LENNY (looking at the flowers)

Margot likes wind in her hair and salt crystals on her skin, lace and hoodies, rings on her fingers and flowers in her hair, black panthers and partridges, walking barefoot on wet grass and wearing mid calf boots, day dreaming and ADHD, dancing underground and sleeping in white sheets, Los Angeles and Palermo, birch trees and skyscrapers, gel nails and knitting, equal rights and mini skirts, cabrios and umbrella pine trees, Fellinis Roma and Mario Cart, seashells and pinecones, Zorra by Bad Gyal and playing the Bach Suite Nr. 1 on her Cello, passion fruits and rough fights, oranges and jeweled persian rice, fig trees and Coke, dry white wine and soft cheese, creaky parquet and soft carpets, ....

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE

The mask does not hide the face, it is the face.[18] Your new face should combine all these elements to a story and make a lot of noise.[19] [...] the veil of mystery you profess to hang before their eyes, serve but to stimulate their curiosity[20]. In being everywhere and nowhere [...] the object of much social curiosity[21] People will pay attention to it, speak about it, remember it. You’ll be EROS and I will be the embodiment of your story the place where all elements manifest in a happening. A great feast all the Margots will want to attend.

ACT III - THE INVITATION

INT. MARGOTS MURCIELAGO - AFTERNOON

A downpour of summer rain patters on the front window. MARGOT is waiting at a red light. Her phone buzzes and she opens the message.

@ YUNGPAPA:

“My darling friends, there’s one spectacular party in the making! Join us tonight at the Wittgenstein House to another glass of wine under fig trees, eating fresh fish on soft carpets next to blossoming anthuries. Glowing cheeks from dancing till dawn. Bring a delicate, floating, spring bouquet of florets in new leaf green, cherry blossom pink, and marigold yellow[22] and we’ll serve everything else. XOXO”

ACT IV - THE PARTY

EXT. THE CITY - SUNSET

THE HOUSE WANTS TO BE KNOWN

The rain had stopped. The water evaporated on the hot asphalt and left a sultry summer evening air. AVAs cabrio is speeding down the Ringstrasse with its roof folded down.

AVA (lost in thought)

Do you think YUNG PAPA will attend the party today? I wish we’d find out who’s behind all this uproar.

MARGOT

Some weeks ago we’ve never heard about him and now he's everywhere. Noise, ruckus, rumors spread.[27] I’ve heard the parties are supposed to be unique in its kind and his face, enveloped by a more or less dense veil[26] has sparked many suspicions. I think he looks like Hauru, wearing drop earrings made of rubies and emeralds combined dripping down[27] his lobe, his blonde chin length hair making him the cynosure of all eyes.[27]

EXT. THE SITE - SUNSET

THE HOUSE WANTS TO BE SEEN

The garden is enlightened by the colourful lights emerging the windows. The WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE is radiant and reaching in all directions, emitting visual, audible and perceptible vibrations. The air is full of petals twinkling through the air giving off a smell of orange blossoms. A car enters the SITE. AVA and MARGOT step out of it. Instantly they are surrounded by an electric atmosphere. On inspecting the entrance facade, you can discover a series of metaphors and symbolic signs.[29] It would be too strong to call this fantasy a portal to Hell, but it is surely no entrance to a Heavenly Jerusalem[30]. AVA and MARGOT join the stream of guests walking through the garden towards the WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE greeting, kissing, hugging.

INT. THE ENTRANCE - SUNSET

THE HOUSE WANTS TO FLIRT

The party begins as people are moving in, gathering in the entrance hall and taking a stand up cocktail.[31] There is champagne, caviar and fireworks.[32] Ahead, some distance from the entrance, is a great mural of brilliant color.[33] Opulent Ornaments, heavy textiles, reflecting surfaces.

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE (whispering to the Lenny)

First impressions are made. About me as the entrance always affects the impression of the whole house. And especially Margots first impression of you. Is she here?

LENNY

I see her in the hundreds of eccentric bouquets that the guests have brought along overflowing the room. I see her in that mans excessively long fingernails or and your lining flickers with golden mosaics and indirect lighting from above.

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE

Yes you are right. I’m discovering my dramatic side. I want to dance, twist my elements, feel the motion and sensuality. I flirt and wink at the guests with my dizzying array of rich surface treatments.

MARGOT

Ava! Look at this man sitting on the seashell sofa in the garden. He’s knitting all alone while everybody else is clinking glasses.

AVA (teasing)

Why don’t you bring him a glass of wine. I know it, I feel it, and you will say it.[35]

MARGOT (concentrated)

You just know me too well and yes, he is cute.

EXT. THE GARDEN - SUNSET

THE HOUSE WANTS DRAMA

MARGOT walks over to the LENNY. Rising up in a warm haze, the innumerable modern statues towered on their pillars half way up the golden webs of sunset.[36] The garden is a collection of living beauties, rare plants, exotic flowers and fruits. The trees are old and high. Long white cotton cloths are blowing in the wind, rendering shadow plays. LENNY is sitting in the seashell sofa sheltered from the wind, warm sunbeams begin to play. [37] MARGOT hands him the glass.

MARGOT (laughing)

Hello strange man, what are you knitting?

LENNY

Some of the more exotic plants have to be taken indoors for protection from the cold night air and swaddled in thick woollen garments.[38]

MARGOT We have, indeed, become a flower growing people.[39] You seem pretty passionate about your plants. I like it when people care. About anything actually.

LENNY

When, on a summer evening, the melodious sky growls like a tawny lion, and everyone is complaining of the storm, it is the memory of the Meseglise way that makes me stand alone in ecstasy, inhaling, through the noise of the falling rain, the lingering scent of invisible lilacs.[41] Or when I reach out to touch a fragile tree and blossoming spicules float downwards and fade, each with its clear, tiny tinkle.[42] These are the moments I cherish most and that’s why I care.

MARGOT (hesistating)

But for me love is not only loving and caring. I don’t want my house to be all light and soft. It starts getting fun when you have contrasts, contradictions and drama. It can be raucous, low, full, pleading, vulgar, sharp, cutting, jovial, harmonious, commanding, harrowing, seductive, explosive or irritated[...] noble, high pitched, servile, majestic, ample, sick, affronted, clothed in silence, echoing with the sea or forest, undercut by the twittering of birds, howling like a wild beast, [... ]asking questions and saying come here. [43]

LENNY

Until now I’v only got to know a more one-sided monotonous love but thats another story.

MARGOT (excited)

Oh look over there! A black panther is prowling through the peach trees!

INT. SALON - NIGHT

THE HOUSE WANTS TO BE DIRTY

Food is being served in the salon. The huge chandeliers had dimmed spread a diffused multi coloured light from the tiny nucleo bulbs that bespangle the vaulted ceiling [44] The materials in which the WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE presents itself come from the everyday domestic sphere, much having to do with ornamenting the body: copper and brass wire, buttons, beads, baubles, hooks, eyes, straps, false fingernails, makeup, hair, ribbons, lace, thread, shells, feathers, and bones. The amulets are fetishes, beautiful ornamental objects, and they are connected to the fetishism of architectural representation.[34] Billows of smoke of several hookahs hang in the air. People sit on couches of brocaded silk, leaning on a cushions[45]. Chattering and cricket chirping fill the air.

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

THE HOUSE WANTS TO DANCE

After eating the WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE starts playing Promiscuous Girl by Nelly Furtado. Slowly the room is filled with curiously dancing people. Tossing their hands in a wanton and lascivious manner. One man imitates the movements of a kangaroo grazing in the woods, whilst a second crawled up, and pretended to spear him.[46] LENNY and THE WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE feel MARGOT penetrating them and start dancing along.

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE (dances irregularly curved from concave to convex)

♪ Promiscuous girl

Wherever you are

I'm all alone

And it's you that I want. ♪

LENNY

Our most intimate gestures move to sounds, we dance.[47] Absurd, peculiar, mad, fantastic, bizarre, eccentric, capricious, whimsical, laughable, and also charming. [48]

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE (opens the ceiling to reveal a hundred sparkling stars through the moving branches of the wind tossed apple tree blond, tawny, copper, golden, straw yellow, orange, ochre, sand or tan, multiplying the straight, centred, short rays, piercing and sharp like the trill of a bird. [49] The signs of the Zodiac are moving from east to west and go round the world in twenty four hours.[48] A strong wind starts rising.)

♪ Promiscuous boy

You already know

That I'm all yours

What you waiting for? ♪

LENNY

Minute promptings coming from everywhere, in quality, dimension or intensity, on every wave length make sensibility tremble, fluctuate and sweep and dance randomly over the spaces.[50] I look at Margot and even while she speaks the waves wash over her lips, and down into the deep she plunges. The sea breaking free.[52] WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE (Motion grows, as a wave grows white when the wind begins rising[53])

♪ Promiscuous girl

You're teasing me

You know what I want

And I got what you need ♪

LENNY

Time stands still where space folds in on itself. [54] The sea gives birth to a tidal flow […] a rhythmic current emerges from the disorderly lapping of waves, music surfaces in this place. [55] Here the body rises above disorder, here Margot rises above the waves, even more complex in her multiplicity than the nautical sound of waves breaking.

WITTGENSTEIN HOUSE

♪ Promiscuous boy

Let's get to the point

Cause we're on a roll

Are you ready? ♪

LENNY

However much one knows about it, the veiling of the sun’s light is disturbing and transports one to another world. Lying on the moving floor, shaken by the movement of the waves [56] I am in danger of drowning.

MARGOT

I thought you’ve learned how to swim till now.

LENNY

I am a moving, active body, expressing in exertion, movement, gesture and dance, rather than in sensibility alone.[51] I’ve learned to swim in this flood of confusion. And the ship will not resemble merely a ship, but also the sea itself, even to its hull and sails being composed of waves.[52] The obscurity is long; here is the dawn; the cock crows to the Sun God.[53] And beyond the reach of water, beyond wind, cold, fog, light and dark even beyond noise, […] the house protects us just as the belly of a vessel separates us from the cold of the sea. [54]

[1] Seneca, Complete Works

[2] Da Vinci, Notebooks

[3] Serres, The Birth of Physics

[4] Round the World

[5] Buffon, Natural History Vol 2

[6] Buffon, Natural History Vol 2

[7] Physiologus

[8] Serres, The Five Senses

[9] Aquinas, Summa Theologica

[10] Procopius, History of the War Books Vol 1

[11] Asimov, Complete Robot Anthology

[12] Serres, The Parasite

[13] Deleuze Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus

[14] Aquinas, Summa Theologica

[15] Serres, Branches

[16] Hugo, Les Miserables

[17] The Young Pope

[18] Deleuze Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus

[19] Serres, The Parasite

[20] Rousseau, Collected Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

[21] Foucault, The History of Sexuality Volume 2

[22] Kassinger, Slime

[26] Deleuze, Cinema 1 The Movement Image

[27] Serres, Troubadour of Knowledge

[27] Rand, The Fountainhead

[27] Hovestadt Buehlmann, Quantum City

[29] Hays, Architecture Theory since 1968

[30] Frankl, The Gothic

[31] Schumacher, The Autopoiesis of Architecture Vol 2

[32] Carter, Anthony Blunt His Lives

[33] Ockmann, Architecture Culture 1943 1968

[35] Asimov, Complete Robot Anthology

[35] The Young Pope

[36] Proust, In Search of Lost Time Vol IV Sodom and Gomorrah

[37] Wollstonecraft, Complete Works

[38] Proust, In Search of Lost Time Vol II Within a Budding Grove

[39] Gothein, A History of Garden Art

[41] Proust, In Search of Lost Time Vol I Swanns Way

[42] Asimov, Complete Robot Anthology

[43] Serres, The Five Senses

[44] Asimov, Complete Robot Anthology

[34] Hays, Architecture Theory since 1968

[45] The Book of the Thousand and One Nights

[46] Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle Round the World

[47] Serres, The Five Senses

[48] Wittkower, Born under Saturn

[49] Serres, The Five Senses

[48] da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

[50] Serres, The Five Senses

[52] Serres, Genesis

[53] Virgil, Aeneid

[54] Serres, The Five Senses

[55] Serres, The Five Senses

[56] Serres, The Five Senses

[51] Serres, The Five Senses

[52] Foucault, This is not a Pipe

[53] Serres, The Parasite

[54] Serres, The Five Senses

[43] Serres, The Five Senses

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i just like doing these

1. Do you like who you are? no ive never liked myself very much

2. What would people say about you at your funeral? i don’t know probably something about being smart and honest

3. What would you regret not doing in your life? i dont like thinking about my past but many not trying hard enough the first time i tried to od...

4. What’s the wisest thing you have ever heard someone say? idk

5. What lessons in life did you learn to hard way? it took me a long time to learn when to quit

6. How often do your biggest worries and fears come true? they dont and i take too much lexapro to worry these days

7. If you had one year left to live, what would you try to achieve? i’d probably just travel

8. Do you serve money or does money serve you? i don’t think about money a lot as long as i can buy nic and coffee

9. Are you afraid of being your true self around others? Why? no. i dont thinks there’s a thing as a ‘true self’ just different versions of yourself

10. What are you grateful for? financial stability and being able to go to college

11. Have you done anything you are proud of lately? nope!

12. Have you made any recent acts of kindness? i doubt it!

13. If you knew that you would die tomorrow, what questions would you ask yourself? i’d just go to bed no point asking questions

14. If your biggest fears came true, would it matter in five years from now? yes.

15. How would you describe yourself? depressed. but funny and smart ig

16. Do you take people’s advice? sometimes but i think taking advice is hard because im so bad at giving the full picture

17. Do you get quickly offended? not really, it depends

18. Do you consider yourself to be a likable person? no lol

19. ‘We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give’ – What does this mean to you? hard work i dont know

20. Are you enriching the lives of others? i doubt it

21. Are you living a meaningful life? no

22. What makes a meaningful life? contributing something and being happy

23. Would you ever give up your life to save another? depends on the person

24. How much would you be willing to sacrifice for people in poverty? what do you mean? i’d pay higher taxes and stuff

25. If you could live one day over and over again, what would you choose to do? i wouldn’t want that

26. Do you think you are important and worthy of affection and love? no.

27. What would make you feel more worthy? What do you believe needs to be different about you? i need to stop being sad

28. What brings you down the most often? boredom

29. Would you rather work less (and do the things you enjoy) and have less money? yes

30. Where do you find peace? sitting by streams

31. What is the most important quality you look for in another person? sense of humor

32. What is your biggest dream in life? to be successful and respected

33. What is your biggest fear? failure

34. How would the world be different if you had never been born? it literally wouldn’t. my parents wouldn’t have daughters i guess.

35. What life lessons do you wish you knew 10 years ago? i was a child i needed to learn first.

36. If you could tell your younger self one thing, what would it be? join the track team

37. If your life was a movie, what would the title be? bedtime

38. If your life was a movie, would you enjoy watching it? depends on the director

39. What does success mean to you? i feel like i already answered this

40. If you could be a different person, who would you be? yes

41. What was the best day of your life? Why? i dont know probably my last real date with my ex...

42. What do you look forward to most in life? being happy one day

43. What bad habits do you want to ditch? i want to start keeping my room clean

44. Who do you look up to and why? my mom, shes just really hard working

45. Do you know your partners love language? i dont have a partner

46. Do the people you love most know how much you love them? im sure they do

47. Are you satisfied with the depth of your relationships? yeah

48. What do you owe yourself? sleep

49. Based on your current day-to-day life, what do you expect to achieve in 5 years from now? a MA!

50. Do you say ‘yes’ too often when you really want to say ‘no’? Why? yes, i dont get offered things very often so sometimes i feel like i have to say yes

51. What did you learn yesterday? i think my childhood friend is hot and we like the same anime lmao

52. What do you like about yourself? im smart

53. Would you consider yourself to be a generous person? yeah

54. Do you really listen when people talk to you? yes ofc

55. What is the number one change you need to make in your life this year? ugh i should probably quite vaping but maybe start working out again

56. How many hours per week do you spend on the internet? too many

57. What are your most common negative thoughts? Are they logical? im literally suicidal

58. Do you think it’s too late to do certain things in your life? Why? yes because they’re things i would have had to start when i was younger but thats not important anymore.

59. If you could be the most influential person in the world, what would you change? redistribute wealth probably

60. How much time do you spend with your family and friends? like a few hours a week. im not very social

61. Where do you want to be in 5 years from now? the east coast :)

62. Is your life complicated by unnecessary things? everyones life is

63. How can you simplify your life and focus on the most important things to you? bitch idk

64. What stresses you out? my sister

65. What makes life easier? having stuff i have to do

66. How often do you give without expecting anything in return? occasionally

67. What is your greatest challenge? mental illness luv

68. What is most important to you in life? Are you giving it the time it deserves? idk idk

69. If you could send a message to the world, what would you say in 30 seconds? i dont have anything to say to the world. maybe redistribute the wealth?

70. What do you most regret never telling someone? that i loved them.

71. When was the last time you tried something new? sucking balls

72. Are you afraid to speak your own opinion? no

73. Do you give into others too often and feel resentful because of it? no

74. Are you holding onto something that you need to put behind you? probably

75. How often do you let your fears hold you back? i dont

76. Do the people in your life bring the best out of you? some do some don’t

77. How often do you make excuses? i try not to

78. What is one mistake that you will never do again? dating someone who couldn’t really commit then

79. Which is worse, failing or never giving it a shot? never trying

80. What has grown you the most as a person – your challenges and trials or the comfortable yet enjoyable moments in life? the challenges

81. If you could choose to have no more challenges or obstacles in life, would you? no what a pointless life.

82. In one word, what is standing between you and your biggest goal? time and hard work!

83. How often do you go to bed feeling angry? i dont

84. Would it be wrong to steal in order to feed a starving child? no

85. If you paid more attention to the sad things in this world, would you feel more conflicted about it? no

86. If we learn from our failures, then why is it so bad to fail? because its a sucky feeling and its embarassing to want something and not be able to get it

87. What could you pay more attention to in life? my cats

88. Why do we think of others the most when they’re no longer around? sad maybe

89. What does it look like to make the most of your life? idk i’ve never tried. maybe ill start a vlog channel on youtube

90. What have you given up on? eating more than 2x a day

91. How many people do you truly love and what are you doing for them? 4 or 5 and idk not worrying them

92. Do you ask enough questions, or are you happy to settle for what you already know? i think asking questions is a good thing

93. What were you doing when you last lost track of time? tiktok

94. Do you think you would be happy if you never had to work again? i think i would be bored

95. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? a baby

96. If you could ask for one wish, what would it be? to be good at math

97. What inspires you in life? idk art

98. What can you not live without the most? water

99. What do you enjoy doing over and over again? sleeping

100. When did you last laugh so much it hurt? i dont know

101. What is stopping you from living the life you want to live? the actual life i live

#personal

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all of them

1: Talk about the first time you watched your favorite movie.

the first time i watched moulin rouge i hated it? mainly because my sisters loved it and i refused to like things they liked, but now i love it haha

2: Talk about your first kiss.

oh god. it was horrible. we were both really overthinking it and were super nervous. It was so awkward. We literally just pressed our closed mouths together and were like “is this how you do it?” and then one of my friends had to show us how.

3: Talk about the person you’ve had the most intense romantic feelings for.

nah man not right now

4: Talk about the thing you regret most so far.

accepting that money lol

5: Talk about the best birthday you’ve had.

best birthday i had was a surprise party! it was the only party ive ever and and it was from a really good friend at the time who ive now grown apart from. it was super sweet

6: Talk about the worst birthday you’ve had.

ummmmm ive had some really bad birthdays lol i guess the one after my dad re-married and i had it at his house and his wife made me cry

7: Talk about your biggest insecurity.

mmmmmmmmmmmm my personality being annoying and cold and distant and also my eyes looking like my fathers and my bingo wing arms lmao

8: Talk about the thing you are most proud of.

im proud of my art sometimes! but most of all im pretty proud of myself for overcoming my mutism and telling my family on christman

9: Talk about little things on your body that you like the most.

im okay with my nose. also my eye color i like? and ive grown to like my hair.

10: Talk about the biggest fight you’ve ever had.

HAHAHAH screaming at my father in the target parking lot the day after my cat died

11: Talk about the best dream you’ve ever had.

ummmmmm probably the ones ive been having recently about meeting all the server people? i usually have pretty bad dreams haha

12: Talk about the worst dream you’ve ever had.

hahahahahahahahaha um it involved s/a

13: Talk about the first time you had sex/how you imagine your first time.

thats a bit tmi isnt it? it was alright.

14: Talk about a vacation.

i went to st. augustine with my grandmothers and that was really nice! I had a pretty great time. Also the time i went to disney world with my nephews was super fun,

15: Talk about the time you were most content in life.

hmmmm probably last year when i was in therapy and had a job and a few close friends that i hung out with a lot.

16: Talk about the best party you’ve ever been to.

okay so it was this guys birthday party and a group of like 15 people played coh and then all swam and i shoved pizza in someones pants and then got someone else to eat it

17: Talk about someone you want to be friends with.

*stares wistfully at the server people i dont actively speak to with a single tear streaming down my cheek* one day when i figure out how to start conversations

18: Talk about something that happened in elementary school.

um! this TA became really close to me and helped me get my IEP and looked out for me and every now and then i would just hang out in his office in the teachers lounge with him when i was having anxiety in class and he let me decorate it and put a sign on the door that said “Rachels Office”

19: Talk about something that happened in middle school.

ehhhhh ummm i got to help make a mural with the art club!

20: Talk about something that happened in high school.

in high school i used to hang out with friends after school every day which was nice! I also made a lot of good friends that i still adore now

21: Talk about a time you had to turn someone down.

:/ he was a dickwad and i was not nice about it. I had told him repeatedly that i couldnt stand him and he didnt get the message so when he asked me out i told him no and when he asked why i spelled out everything i hated about him

22: Talk about your worst fear.

hahahahahaha nope thats not something we’re gonna talk about

23: Talk about a time someone turned you down.

it was all gucci. we agreed on getting some distance for a bit and now we’re pretty good friends

24: Talk about something someone told you that meant a lot.

“You’re talented and I want to make sure everyone sees that.” my mom said that after looking at my art and i started crying i was so happy haha it was the first time she had ever said that about my art.

25: Talk about an ex-best friend.

she was ehhhhhh really icky. she couldn’t accept when she was wrong and she was very selfish. She kind of put me down a lot and it was sort of a situation of “if i hadnt met you when i was really young we wouldn’t be friends” and it turned very toxic.

26: Talk about things you do when you’re sick.

complain. a lot. make soup. get very affectionate and gushy too. sleep a lot.

27: Talk about your favorite part of someone else’s body.

usually eyes or hair!

28: Talk about your fetishes.

hahahahahah ummmm tattoos are really nice

29: Talk about what turns you on.

hahahahahhahahahahahahahhahhahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaa

30: Talk about what turns you off.

feet. also, bad attitudes. entitlement.

31: Talk about what you think death is like.

i think its like sleep. or many its moving on. maybe its reincarnation. idk. nobody does and i accept that.

32: Talk about a place you remember from your childhood.

Lexington, Kentucky! The cul-de-sac we lived on and Isabelle and the park we used to walk to behind the school. Snow mans and getting hit in the face by a snowball. The fireplace and coloring books. My grandma’s bedroom and the picture frames on the windowsill.

33: Talk about what you do when you are sad.

I cry? lol. um. I try to talk about it with people or draw because thats healthier than my old habits ha

34: Talk about the worst physical pain you’ve endured.

tearing a ligament in my knee. it still hurts sometimes to this day haha ive got a bum knee now.

35: Talk about things you wish you could stop doing.

biting my nails, talking to my abuser, shutting myself inside, lapsing into my old habits, ignoring texts… hahaha

36: Talk about your guilty pleasures.

um hm okay stupid disney channel original movies are one. with the bad acting and predictable plot lines. those. idk they just cheer me up sometimes

37: Talk about someone you thought you were in love with.

mmmmmmm no thanks im good haha

38: Talk about songs that remind you of certain people.

Any Sam Smith song reminds me of Ashley

39: Talk about things you wish you’d known earlier.

I wish I had known earlier about a lot of things. My sexuality. My goals. My priorities. Coping mechanisms. Results of certain relationships and actions. yeah, those.

40: Talk about the end of something in your life.

Endings are always kind of sad, aren’t they? Ahhhh ummm my last day in Naples was the end of a lot for me. The end of seeing a lot of people who matter a lot to me. The end of dependence on my mother. The end of a job. The end of a lot. HAha. I cried for about 6 hours that day.

#ask #ask meme #long post

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ipaintedthemred · 7 years ago

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FOLLOWERS I’D LIKE TO KNOW BETTER

Tagged by: @starsweepers i stole it from them tbh Tagging: y’all can steal it from me i dont even know who is still on here anymore lol

1) NAME: Tinker aka The Almighty Noodle 2) GENDER: female 3) STAR SIGN: Sagittarius 4) HEIGHT: 5′2″ 5) HOGWARTS HOUSE: gryFFINDOR 6) FAVORITE ANIMAL: i love reptiles with all my heart and cats 7) HOURS OF SLEEP: lol what’s sleep? is that some sort of sauce? idk like 4 to 7 depending 8) DOGS OR CATS: cats 9) NUMBER OF BLANKETS: three fuzzy blankets at all times 10) DREAM TRIP: take me to ireland plz. or like. disneyland bc ive never been 11) DREAM JOB: i really want to be a sex councelor/therapist bc my only interest is learning about everyone’s sex lives and how they can improve them but gdi i rly dont have the money or time to go to school 12) TIME: 12:36AM 13) BIRTHDAY: December 16th. It is coming up everyone love me. 14) FAVORITE BANDS: y’all. i love The Beatles. BUT I saw Marquis of Vaudeville recently and I’m like???? in love 15) FAVORITE SOLO ARTIST: aurelio voltaire and i cannot stress that enough. however, I’ve also recently discovered Skott and her voice does things to me. 16) SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: USS Make Shit Up by Aurelio Voltaire 17) LAST MOVIE I WATCHED: Heathers 18) LAST SHOW I WATCHED: The Awesomes 19) WHEN DID I CREATE MY BLOG: Um lol fuck like. in 2014???? 2015???? and then I revamped it in July of last year. 20) WHAT DO I POST/REBLOG: ummmm like. some shit 21) LAST THING I GOOGLED: “actors who have played insane characters” 22) OTHER BLOGS: so this one, @wallpapcrglistcns, @soisnotreinvite, @hogwcsh, @thealmightynoodle, @thealmightynoodlecosplay, like. a FUCK TON OF OTHER RP BLOGS I’LL NEVER TOUCH AGAIN 23) DO I GET ASKS: lol what is that some sort of sauce? 24) WHY I CHOSE MY URL: bc alice painted the roses red like the dumb lil thing she is and nearly got her head chopped off for it. And I thought it was vague enough to not be taken but also obvious enough that it was alice tbh 25) FOLLOWING: like over 900 26) FOLLOWERS: 361 and i dont know why or how they didnt just unfollow my ass 27) LUCKY NUMBER: 7 and 16 28) FAVORITE INSTRUMENT: any string instrument 29) WHAT AM I WEARING: socks, marvel themed leggings and a sports bra 30) FAVORITE FOOD: like bbq ribs, mac and cheese, and cheesecake 31) NATIONALITY: american 32) FAVORITE SONG: i never have a favorite song for more than a week, but like. Feathery Wings by Aurelio Voltaire is my shit right now. So is Leaves In The Stream. Also by him. 33) LAST BOOK I READ: fuck idk its been so long, probably The Cursed Child 34) TOP THREE FICTIONAL UNIVERSES I’D LIKE TO JOIN: Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Overwatch universes

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ciathyzareposts · 5 years ago

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Camelot: I Know It Sounds a Bit Bizarre

My inventory fills up as I continue with Camelot.

Since my first year of blogging, when I forced myself to win Wizardry while adhering to its implementation of permadeath, I’ve often remarked that I would never do that again. My adherence to “playing the way the developers intended” was so strict that during the remainder of the year, I quit Wizardry II, III, and IV rather than even consider backing up the save files. (I would later return to II and III and win both under more relaxed rules.) These days, I am likely to try to abide by both the developer’s original intent and my own “conduct” (limited saves), but I feel that showing and documenting the endgame are more important than questions of integrity.

Thus, there’s a certain exhilaration to the occasional PLATO game, where cheating isn’t even an option. (At least, not in most forms, though see below for a slightly unusual version.) When my character dies, I frequently have a moment of disbelief, almost like people who experience sudden tragedies report having in real life. A couple years ago, I happened to speak to a woman whose husband had fallen asleep while driving home from work and had run head-on into a truck. “I remember thinking he was just here,” she told me. “How could such a simple mistake be so irrevocable? How could there be no rewind button? No do-over?” That’s how I feel when my elf fighter gets killed by a demon. I mean, maybe not exactly, but there are analogues.

The point is, life is precious in the real world and in Camelot, so it becomes all that more meaningful when you succeed. And while death may be a constant danger in the game, it’s not at all arbitrary. When it happens to me, it’s almost always because I’ve bitten off more than I can chew. The game is actually quite good about offering multiple ways out of a situation, about not requiring you to engage enemies that you don’t want to engage. You have to be quick with your fingers, but it would be theoretically possible to explore an entire dungeon level, and collect a good percentage of its treasure, without engaging in a single combat round.

The problem is that once you decide to stand and fight, the game can be relentless. For instance, last night I wandered into a room and faced “6 imps.” I had faced imps before. They’re a demon type, but not very hard, and I was a relatively high level. Generally, when facing stacks of multiple enemies, you concentrate on killing one. Once you do, you escape the room, pray for healing, re-enter, and try to kill the next one. If you must, you can return to the town if your prayers run out.

What I didn’t know was that the 6 creatures weren’t actually imps; they were manes. That’s a tougher demon. It turns out that this game goes one better than Oubliette, which often gave you the category of monster but not the specific monster. In Camelot, the character can mis-identify the specific monster. When I hit (F)ight, I watched myself do 60% damage to one creature and then watched as the demons took their turn and pounded my health from 100% to 40% in one round. There’s no way to escape or to do anything in the middle of a combat round; that’s the point of no return. At that point, I should have immediately fled, or prayed in combat, or done anything but attack a second time, because clearly the enemies were capable of doing more than 50% damage in a single round, and I was now below 50%. But some primitive part of my mind, trained on other RPGs, forgetting temporarily that actions are irrevocable, decided that I didn’t want to waste the 60% damage I’d already achieved, and to at least try to kill one of the demons before I escaped. I hit (F)ight again, missed, and was swiftly torn apart.

Another death.

As I mentioned last time, there’s a good chance of resurrection, and Chester was resurrected. He’s been resurrected a few times now. But each one comes with a loss of score, the higher the level the higher the loss, and Chester now has a score of over -99,999. Fortunately, it caps there. Joshua Tabin (the author) insists that I’ll recover those points at higher levels, but I’m not sure he’s considering the possibility that I’ll die a few more times at those higher levels, too.

I guess Joshua felt a little bad about the game’s difficulty as I reported it in the first entry (though, as he points out, it’s only difficult if you approach it as a typical RPG instead of as Camelot specifically). Joshua and his Level 17 ogre, Drek McFeffer, joined me for a while last night on the first two levels. He ran ahead of me in the dungeon, decimating some of the rooms and alerting me where I could find lucrative treasure caches. One room on each dungeon level is designated the “stud room” and features better treasure and harder monsters than anywhere else on the same level. He helped me clear Level 1’s stud room a couple of times so I could bulk up my equipment. He also used his admin powers to insert a couple of useful items into the town’s store, and all the while he kept a steady stream of hints and tips going with the game’s chat feature. I still died twice, lest you think he made it too easy.

The author throws me some hints as I map the dungeon.

I can’t speak for the mid-game or late-game, but finding useful equipment in the early game is a joy. You have numerous equipment slots, and almost anything you find during the first 10 hours is an upgrade. I was more than three hours into the game before I even had a weapon, so finding my first short sword and then a steel sword was like hitting the real-life lottery. When I found a mithril helmet in one of the stud rooms, I had to stop myself from calling my mother with the good news. Later, it was destroyed because of a cursed item, and the pain was palpable.

Camelot does some clever things with its inventory, too. There are useful items like Palantirs, which tell you where you can find quest enemies (those you have to kill to level up), and Scrolls of Recall to whisk you back to town. The Scroll of Identify does what it suggests, but it can also be used to identify traps before you open chests, and items before you pick them up. The latter use is particularly important because some items are cursed, and in this game, cursed items break the items of the same type that you already have before replacing them. It’s a particular joy to find manuals, which increase your attributes permanently, but potions that increase them temporarily (they last a long time) are almost as good.

There are several items that let you briefly charm a monster companion. The Orb of Entrapment, for instance, seems to work on dragon types. Having one of those at your side really helps clear out a room.

A charmed firedrake follows me around.

I also like how character development is palpable. At some point, you get two attacks per round, which makes you feel like Hercules on the first level. (Although, as I learned more than once, you still can’t get cocky.) Attack and defense factors increase as you level, and it’s rewarding to go from missing 90% of the time to 70% of the time, to reversing the ratio and hitting more times than you miss.

Joshua clarified a few things from the comments on the first entry. He absolutely intended the game to be played by a single player. However, he also expected that the player would use two simultaneous logins. He built a feature where one user can “follow” another user on an automap, and I guess it was common at the time for one player to take over two terminals with two user names, playing on one, and using the automap on the other. A single player with two characters can also have them rescue and resurrect each other, at a higher chance of success than if you rely on the whims of the gods. Thus, I applied for and received a second Cyber1 account.

Playing with two terminal windows side-by-side.

I spent a number of hours mapping Level 2 and parts of Levels 3 and 4, but every time I thought I was finally badass enough to march around a level unopposed, I’d get my ass handed to me by some group of mages or demons who kill me in a single round.

Level 2 of the Camelot dungeon.

In the first entry, I noted that a number of rooms have “flavor text,” and I noticed that various rooms on Level 2 repeated those on the first level. For instance, both have rooms coated in guano, filled with statues, with soft ground, with an empty wallet, and so forth. Both have a small room with beakers and burners that seems to be a lab. Both have a room where I feel a “force of nature.” Joshua has hinted at deeper puzzles later in the game, and I wonder if they have something to do with these rooms.

If I need an alchemist’s lab later, I’ll know where to come.

Camelot is probably going to have to go on the back burner for a while. I enjoy the gameplay, but it’s taken me 16 hours to build a Level 14 character and map two and a half levels. The characters who have actually won the game are Level 60. I’ll dip into it now and then as I continue to progress with the rest of my list.

Time so far: 16 hours

source http://reposts.ciathyza.com/camelot-i-know-it-sounds-a-bit-bizarre/

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portmack · 6 years ago

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oh wow not again

1: is there a boy/girl in your life?- no

2: think of the last person who hurt you; do you forgive them?- no

3: what do you think of when you hear the word “meow?”- cat

4: what’s something you really want right now?- to figure out what im doing with my life

5: are you afraid of falling in love?- no

6: do you like the beach?- sure

7: have you ever slept on a couch with someone else?- no

8: what’s the background on your cell?- something from a game

9: name the last four beds you were sat on?- what does that mean

10: do you like your phone?- i upgraded a few months ago after like 3 or 4 years

11: honestly, are things going the way you planned?- no

12: who was the last person whose phone number you added to your contacts?- one of my bosses last summer lmao

13: would you rather have a poodle or a rottweiler?- ive had 2 poodle mixes and they dont shed so probably poodle

14: which hurts the most, physical or emotional pain?- i guess physical because im used to the latter at this point

15: would you rather visit a zoo or an art museum?- a zoo if its a good zoo like animal protection wise etc

16: are you tired?- yeah

17: how long have you known your 1st phone contact?- if that means alphabetically ive known kany since augustish of 2011

18: are they a relative?- no

19: would you ever consider getting back together with any of your exes?- i dont have exes

20: when did you last talk to the last person you shared a kiss with?- no

21: if you knew you had the right person, would you marry them today?- sure

22: would you kiss the last person you kissed again?- no

23: how many bracelets do you have on your wrists right now?- one

24: is there a certain quote you live by?- no

25: what’s on your mind?- ggggggggggg

26: do you have any tattoos?- no

27: what is your favorite color?- blue

28: next time you will kiss someone on the lips?- what kind of question is that

29: who are you texting?- no one

30: think to the last person you kissed, have you ever kissed them on a couch?- no

31: have you ever had the feeling something bad was going to happen and you were right?- sure

32: do you have a friend of the opposite sex you can talk to?- i guess

33: do you think anyone has feelings for you?- not currently

34: has anyone ever told you you have pretty eyes?- yes

35: say the last person you kissed was kissing someone right in front of you?- thats not a question

36: were you single on valentines day?- sure

37: are you friends with the last person you kissed?- this thing is so obsessed with kissing

38: what do your friends call you?- nic

39: has anyone upset you in the last week?- yes someone said they were getting me coffee and then didnt

40: have you ever cried over a text?- yes

41: where’s your last bruise located?- idk im not a bruiser

42: what is it from?- idk

43: last time you wanted to be away from somewhere really bad?- my last roommate

44: who was the last person you were on the phone with?- my mom probably

45: do you have a favourite pair of shoes?- no

46: do you wear hats if your having a bad hair day?- only in the winter

47: would you ever go bald if it was the style?- no

48: do you make supper for your family?- i can make pasta

49: does your bedroom have a door?- yes

50: top 3 web-pages?- idk anymore

51: do you know anyone who hates shopping?- probably

52: does anything on your body hurt?- my back

53: are goodbyes hard for you?- not when its happening but later sometimes

54: what was the last beverage you spilled on yourself?- water

55: how is your hair?- its the longest its been in like 6-7 years

56: what do you usually do first in the morning?- chekc my phone

57: do you think two people can last forever?- sure

58: think back to january 2007, were you single?- i was 11

59: green or purple grapes?- i dont eat grapes because the skin freaks me out

60: when’s the next time you will give someone a big hug?- im not a hugger

61: do you wish you were somewhere else right now?- sure

62: when will be the next time you text someone?- whenever kany texts me because shes literally the only person i text because shes the only person who will put up with me

63: where will you be 5 hours from now?- asleep

64: what were you doing at 8 this morning.- sleeping

65: this time last year, can you remember who you liked?- yes it was terrible

66: is there one person in your life that can always make you smile?- no

67: did you kiss or hug anyone today?- no

68: what was your last thought before you went to bed last night?- fuck its 7am

69: have you ever tried your hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end?- all the time

70: how many windows are open on your computer?- 3 internet windows and you dont want to know how many tabs

71: how many fingers do you have?-...10?

72: what is your ringtone?- whatever the default iphone one is idk i never have the sound on

73: how old will you be in 5 months?- 22

74: where is your mum right now?- asleep

75: why aren’t you with the person you were first in love with or almost in love?- idk but the first person i ever liked is a trump supporter now so idc

76: have you held hands with somebody in the past three days?- no

77: are you friends with the people you were friends with two years ago?- no

78: do you remember who you had a crush on in year 7?- didnt have crushes until 11th grade

79: is there anyone you know with the name mike?- many

80: have you ever fallen asleep in someones arms?- no

81: how many people have you liked in the past three months?- 0

82: has anyone seen you in your underwear in the last 3 days?- no

83: will you talk to the person you like tonight?- no

84: you’re drunk and yelling at hot guys/girls out of your car window, you’re with?- i would never a. be drunk and in public and b. do that

85: if your bf/gf was into drugs would you care?- ya

86: what was the most eventful thing that happened last time you went to see a movie?- last movie i saw in theaters was with kany

87: who was your last received call from?- my mother probably

88: if someone gave you $1,000 to burn a butterfly over a candle, would you?- nah

89: what is something you wish you had more of?-$

90: have you ever trusted someone too much?- yes and never again

91: do you sleep with your window open?- if its hot inside and cold outside

92: do you get along with girls?- sure

93: are you keeping a secret from someone who needs to know the truth?- sure

94: does sex mean love?- nah

95: you’re locked in a room with the last person you kissed, is that a problem?- no

96: have you ever kissed anyone with a lip ring?- no

97: did you sleep alone this week?- ya

98: everybody has somebody that makes them happy, do you?- no

99: do you believe in love at first sight?- no

100: who was the last person that you pinky promise?- no idea

1: If you didn't have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time?- pls dont do that to me

2. What is your favorite piece of clothing you own / owned?- im not too sentimental about clothes

3. What hobby would you pick up if time & money weren't an issue?- streaming maybe

4. What does your perfect room look like?- i dont care that much i just want to be comfortable

5. How often do you play sports?- not much anymore but i wish i did

6. What fictional place would you like to visit?- hoenn

7. What job would you be terrible at?- economist

8. When was the last time you climbed a tree?- probably in middle school

9. If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would you have a good chance of winning a medal for?- g

10. What is the most annoying habit that you or other people have?- being late

11. What job do you think you'd be really good at?- something sciency

12. What skill would you like to master?- color

13. What would be the most amazing adventure to go on?- im not too interested in adventures at this current time

14. If you had unlimited funds to build a house to live on for the rest of your life, what would the finished house look like?- i dont need much as long as the wifi is good

15. What's your favorite drink?- iced coffee or grape propel

16. What state or country do you never want to go back to?- not a huge fan of ny

17. What songs do you have completely memorized?- i could list a couple thousand probably

18. What game or movie universe would you like to live in?- pokemon i guess

19. What do you consider to be your best find?- wtf does that mean

20. Are you usually early or late?- im all over the place

21. What pets did you have when you were growing up?- dog cat dog 5 fish dog dog ratdog

22. When people come to you for help, what do they usually need help with?- a lot of things

23. What takes up too much of your time?- being depressed

24. What do you wish you knew more about?- animals

25. What would be your first question after waking up from being frozen for 100 years?- wtf

26. What are some small things that make your day better?-

27. Who's your go-to band or artist when you don't know who or what to listen to?- saintseneca

28. What's the best way to start the day?- pancakes

29. What TV shows do you like?- havent watched a tv show in a while

30. What TV channel doesn't exist but really should?- idk what channels there anymore are i dont watch much tv

31. Who has impressed you most with what they've accomplished?- some of my classmates from my department

32. What age do you wish you could stay at permanently?- idc

33. What TV show or movie do you refuse to watch?- most of them

34. What's your ideal way to spend a weekend?- relaxing

35. What is something that is considered a luxury, but you don't think you could live without?- i guess my computer

36. What is your claim to fame?- dont have one

37. What is something you enjoy doing the old-fashioned way?- i dont use icloud

38. What's your favorite book or movie genre?- dont have a specific one

39. How often do you people-watch?- not much because i get paranoid

40. What have you only recently formed an opinion about?- nothing

41. What's the best day of the year?- idk

42. What subject interests you that not many people have heard of?- idk

43. How do you relax after a long day of work?- sweatpants

44. What's the best book series or TV series you've ever read or watched?- gintama

45. Where is the farthest you've ever been from home- zurich airport

46. What's the most heartwarming thing you've ever seen?- idk

47. What is the most annoying question people ask you?- about my eating disorder

48. What could you give a 40-minute presentation on with no preparation?- overwatch

49. If you were the dictator on a small island nation, what crazy dictator stuff would you do?- i wouldn’t

50. What is something you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?- whatever

51. Would you rather go hand gliding or whitewater rafting?- not really interested in either

52. What's your dream car?- i cant drive

53. What's worth spending more on to get the best?- technology

54. What is something a ton of people are obsessed with, but you just don't get?- superhero movies

55. What are you most looking forward to in the next 10 years?- anything

56. Where is the most interesting place you've been?- spain i guess

57. What's something you've been meaning to try but haven't gotten around to it?- nothing really

58. What is the best thing that happened to you last week?- not much

59. What piece of entertainment do you wish you could erase from your mind, only to experience it for the first time again?- gintama

60. If all jobs had the same pay rate and hours, what job would you want to have?- wish i knew

61. What amazing thing have you done that no one was around to see?- my 37 second rubiks cube record obviously

62. How different was your life 1 year ago?- not really sure its a blur

63. What quirks do you have?- lmao

64. What would you rate 10/10?- thats so vague

65. What fad or trend do you think should come back?-

66. What is the most interesting piece of art you've seen?-im too tired idk

67. What kind of art do you enjoy most?- idk cool fanart of things i like i guess

68. What do you hope never changes? - idk

69. What city would you most like to live in?- wish i knew

70. What movie title best describes your life?- no idea dont you just love my answer sz z

71. Why did you decide to do the work you are doing now?- i need a job

72. What's the best way a person can spend their time?- doing what they want

73. If you suddenly became a master at woodworking, what would you make?- i got woodshop student of the month in middle school bitch dont fucc with me

74. Where is the most relaxing place you've ever been?- idk

75. What's the luckiest thing that has ever happened to you?- a few things i didnt deserve

76. Where would you rather be from?- idc but saying youre from nj is embarassing

77. What are some things you've had to unlearn?- idk

78. What do you look forward to in the next 6 months?- hopefully getting my life together

79. What website do you visit most often?- idk

80. What one thing do you really want but can't afford?- a lot of things

81. Where do you usually go when you have free time?-my room

82. Where would you spend all your time if you could?- asleep

83. What's special about the place you grew up?- it feels like an entirely different world here

84. What age do you want to live to?- idc

85. What are you most likely to become famous for?- idk

86. What are you absolutely determined to do?- idk anymore because i have a degree now in something i dont live anymore

87. What is the most impressive thing you know how to do?- idk i more or less know how to do brain surgery on a rat i guess thats impressive

88. What do you wish you knew more about?- everything

89. What question would you most like to know the answer to?- why

90. What question can you ask to find out the most about a person?- why

91. When was the last time you changed your opinion or belief about something major?- i feel like ive been pretty fixed for a while

92. What's the best compliment you've ever received?- idk

93. As the only human left on earth, what would you do?- die

94. Who inspires you to be better?- my answer would be stupid

95. What do you want your epitaph to be?- dont want one

96. What haven't you grown out of?- idk

97. In what situation or place would you feel most out of place in?- im not good in a lot of situations

101. How do you hope you'll change as a person in the future?- hopefully not be depressed

102. What keeps you up at night?- a lot of things

103. What's the most surprising self-realization you've had?- ...

104. What is the most illegal thing you've ever done?- underage drinking im a madman

105. How do you get in the way of your own success?- i lose the ambition and give up on everything ive ever done

106. What are you afraid people see when they look at you?- a lot

107. What is your biggest regret?- i fucked up my life long term a lot when i was 13

108. What do you look down on people for?- ignorance about science

109. What bridges do you not regret burning?- idk im not usually the burner

110. What lie do you tell most often?- lmao

112. What is the best & worst thing about getting older?- im losing control

118. What are you famous for among your friends & family?- im the most promising of my cousins but little do they know i have no ambition and cant get out of bed

120. What one responsibility do you wish you didn't have?- im not explaining the answer to this question but i am in a bad situation

121. What are 3 things you want to accomplish before you die?- idc

122. What do you want to tell your 10-year-old self?- dont do it

124. What's the best thing about you?- you tell me

125. What blows your mind?- science

126. Have you ever saved someone's life?- yeah

127. What are you really good at but embarrassed to be good at?- nothing really

128. What would a mirror opposite of you look like?- backwards

129. What are 3 interesting facts about you?- i cant think of any im one dimensional

130. Which of your scars has the best story behind it?- most are burn scars but above one of my eyes theres a scar because my dog popped a chicken pock when i was a baby

131. What's the title of the current chapter in your life?- wtf are you doing

132. What were some of the biggest turning points in your life?- age 7 age 13 age 18 age 19

133. What's the hardest lesson you've learned?- life sux

134. What do people think is weird about you?- a lot apparently

135. What mistake do you keep making?- everything

136. What have you created that you're most proud of?- idk

137. What do you doubt?- idk

138. What are some of your morals?- idk its not that hard to be a good person

139. What do you want to be remembered for?- nothing

140. What do you regret not doing in your childhood years?- i didnt really have much of a childhood grew up to fast

141. What is your favorite fragrance?- my nose doesnt work

142. What do you think your last words will be?- idk

143. Who or what do you take for granted?- idk

144. Why would you be annoying as a roommate?- idk i dont talk much 145. What is something you're insecure about?- a few thigns

146. What's the best & worst piece of advice you've received?- idk i feel like most of the advice ive received has been bad which has led me here

147. What irrational fears do you have?- bees

148. What makes a good life?- idk

149. What's the last adventure you went on?- college

150. What is the most memorable gift you've received?- not sure

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bolivariantimes · 7 years ago

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The Battle of El Santuario, 17 October 1829

To mark the 188th anniversary of the Battle of El Santuario, here’s an extract from my book The Struggle for Power in Post-Independence Colombia and Venezuela (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). A Spanish version, translated by Patricia Torres, was published as El Santuario: Historia global de una batalla, by Ediciones Universidad Externado de Colombia in 2016.

Prologue

General José María Córdova thought that he had chosen his positions well. The 370 men in his Army of Liberty were waiting at El Peñol, in the north-eastern Andes in Antioquia, Colombia, for the arrival of the government forces which were marching from Bogotá to suppress their rebellion. At 5pm on October 16, 1829 Córdova’s men were arranged so that they could converge on the government expedition as it emerged, tired, wet and cold from the mountain pass, and defeat it at Los Páramos, a plain to the west of Guatape, before it could regroup and exploit its numerical advantage.[i]

At El Peñol, General Córdova was in control – he was the man who five years earlier had completed the Independence of South America from colonial rule by vanquishing the Spanish Army at the Battle of Ayacucho in Peru. Now he was on home soil in Antioquia, a terrain he knew like the back of his hand, just miles from his family home in Rionegro. He was surrounded by loyal friends who trusted that his famous bravery and judgement would lead them to victory over the forces of tyranny. At Córdova’s side was his younger brother, Colonel Salvador Córdova. With them were their closest Antioquian comrades from the Wars of Independence. Capitán Braulio Henao had come out of retirement in nearby Sonsón when General Córdova called him to arms. Also preparing for battle were two merchants, Tenientes (Lieutenants) Francisco Escalante and Benedicto González. Standing at Córdova’s side as he surveyed the mountains for signs of the enemy’s progress were his assistants Francisco Giraldo, an old friend, and José María Arango, who had grown up in the Córdovas’ house in Rionegro while they were away campaigning and who now, still aged only 15, was about to experience his first taste of military campaigning. Alongside Arango were a host of other fourteen- to nineteen-years old boys, all born on these highland slopes, such as Eusebio Isaza and Bernabé Hoyos, who were both nervously awaiting their first ever taste of warfare.[ii] Sixty-five years later, Arango wrote down his vivid memories of the next twenty-four hours, which are the only detailed eye-witness account of the preparations for the Battle of El Santuario.

According to Arango’s account, at around 7pm a messenger, Manuel Antonio Gómez, arrived at Córdova’s camp at El Peñol. He reported that government forces had crossed the mountains through the San Carlos Pass, which was thought to have been “impassable” at that time of year, rather than the El Peñol pass where Córdova’s army now lay pointlessly in wait. Gómez said that he had been to the village of Vahos that morning, and that he had seen the army recovering from its endeavours and preparing to march down into Antioquia the next day on the road which passed through El Santuario, Marinilla and Rionegro. Córdova realized that his only chance to defeat the government’s forces was to intercept them at El Santuario before they reached Marinilla, a town which was hostile to Córdova’s rebellion and which he had threatened to burn to the ground only two days previously. Córdova realized that if he could not get to El Santuario by the next morning and cut off the government forces there, then his army would be easily defeated. He therefore ordered his followers to break camp and by 8pm the Army of Liberty was on its way. In normal circumstances they would have marched down the valley to Rionegro, and then up the Vahos road, but instead, as night fell Córdova led his men across country by the shortest route. Capitán Anselmo Pineda, who was born and bred in El Santuario, acted as a guide to the precarious and treacherous paths over the many streams and steep valleys that fractured the high mountain territory. Pineda was 24 years old, and had jumped out of the window of his disapproving father’s house nearby to join Córdova’s army. He led the soldiers in single file through the mountains until at around 3am they stopped at a ceramics factory, which occupied a hill about 3km from El Santuario.[iii] Here they paused and sheltered a while from the rain. Some of the soldiers collapsed, exhausted, whilst others warmed themselves by lighting small fires. At dawn they completed the journey down to the exposed plain of El Santuario.[iv] Arango’s narrative shows the state of the Army of Liberty as they prepared for battle:

At 6.am on October 17 the ragged troops began to reach their destination, the El Santuario plain, in complete disorder. Each soldier took off his clothes and wringed them out to try to get rid of the mud and water in which they had been drenched during the dark night’s march. By 8am their arms and weapons had still not arrived at the camp. There was no sign of the enemy and no news of their movements had yet arrived, because the local people had them well hidden. What little food our insignificant force had to eat was only meat, there was nothing else.[v]

That morning the cold was “glacial” and as the darkness receded “the clouds turned the sky into a foreboding slate shroud.”[vi] The effects of the improvised march quickly made themselves felt. The Army of Liberty was in no state to defend itself, let alone to launch the planned rout of the government forces. Córdova himself, exhausted, fell asleep leaning against one of his officers.[vii]

On the hills above them, the Colombian army’s “Western Expedition” prepared to swoop down on El Santuario. Having outmanoeuvred Córdova and surprised him, they now prepared to destroy him. They were led by General Daniel O’Leary, an Irishman just a year older than Córdova, an old friend from their time together at Simón Bolívar’s side in the Wars of Independence. In contrast to Córdova’s friends and recruits, O’Leary was assisted by a group of European-born officers well-used to the rigours of Andean campaigning. Some of these had recently returned to military service in controversial circumstances. One such officer was Comandante Rupert Hand, an Irishman who had been retired from the Colombian army since 1826 when he was controversially cleared of stealing government funds in Mérida (despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt) by Court Martial in Bogotá. Another was Coronel Richard Crofton, also an Irishman, who had been court martialed only a month previously, charged with insubordination.[viii] O’Leary was leading his first campaign as a General and was anxious to prove his capability. During the long journey overland from Bogotá to Antioquia, which often took commercial travellers over a month, but which the Western Expedition completed in just nineteen days, O’Leary wrote to his wife most days, reassuring her that he was up to the challenge, nervously comparing himself to “a Roman legionnaire” and even “Napoleon … who was a mere corporal compared to me.”[ix] The government had invested significant resources in O’Leary’s expedition, leaving Bogotá almost defenceless by giving O’Leary 700 men.[x] By the time they reached Honda on the Magdalena river this had increased to 780, and they had rations and supplies for one month’s campaigning. The expedition had sailed downstream on October 5.[xi] On the journey O’Leary had set about re-organising his officer corps so that he could have complete faith in it.[xii]

The physical difficulties of the journey over the Andes in adverse weather conditions took their toll on the government’s soldiers’ bodies but steeled the will of their officers. As they began to climb the mountain paths into Antioquia, O’Leary wrote that “the roads are the worst I have ever seen, the river is abominable and the weather pretty terrible. Nevertheless, all goes well and everyone is happy with me, particularly the soldiers who say that the little white fellow [blanquito] is excellent and looks after them.”[xiii] O’Leary had to slow the pace of the march because his body could not cope with the exertion.[xiv] After struggling along what historian Humberto Bronx called “almost impassable paths”,[xv] O’Leary’s troops collapsed “starving and nearly naked” at Vahos on October 16.[xvi] They had avoided Córdova’s advance parties and sentries, having been assisted by local resistance, most notably from the town of Marinilla which sent messengers, funds and offers of horses and soldiers.[xvii] On October 17, O’Leary’s expedition set off early, reaching the Alto de María heights above El Santuario in the mid-morning after “a fatiguing march.”[xviii] Carmelo Fernández, one of the officers, recorded that the soldiers were pepped for battle by “water bottles filled with aguardiente alcanforado, a cardiac stimulant, and biscuits that made you drunk” to give them courage.[xix]

Advancing with his assistants to a lookout point, O’Leary observed Córdova’s troops laid out beneath him on the El Santuario plain. He saw that Córdova had kept his troops together, divided in three units. The right flank was commanded by Benedicto Gonzalez and Ramon Escalante, and the left flank by Salvador Córdova and Anselmo Pineda. The centre, with half of the soldiers in its ranks, was commanded by José María Córdova himself, and was formed in front of a small house. O’Leary could not see that a small detachment of this central section, led by Braulio Henao and Francisco Giraldo, was hidden behind the building.

Córdova’s rebel Army of Liberty was waiting for the official Colombian Army to present itself. Rousing themselves after their tiring night’s exertions, their clothes still damp and their stomachs empty, the soldiers listened to General Córdova’s appeals to their bravery and their patriotism. Out of their sight, O’Leary formed his forces ready to attack. The cavalry, commanded by Crofton and Hand, was to charge down the hill and into the Army of Liberty’s right flank. The infantry, who were to engage the centre, were in two units under two vastly experienced European veterans of the Napoleonic wars, an Italian, Carlos Castelli, and a German, Heinrich Lutzen. When O’Leary perceived that all was ready, at around 11am, he led his troops over the crest of the hill and down towards El Santuario. José María Arango recalled the moment when O’Leary launched his attack:

And then we saw them, first the high black leather hats on those veterans’ heads, and then we could make out their clothes, which were worn and dirty, showing the marks of the terrible journey they had made in order to confront us; we could see that they had passed many days and nights of hunger and exhaustion, and that these were men who had made many sacrifices, and who were accustomed to suffering. We saw three officers appear at the front of the army as it halted on the heights. They observed us for a few moments, then they began the descent, and behind them we saw the hill begin to be covered with soldiers marching with great order and discipline.

When General O’Leary had arrived near to our positions, our whole army heard these words ring out:

“Córdova, Give yourself up, don’t sacrifice these few recruits for nothing!”

General Córdova replied with a strong and resonant voice which marked his irrevocable resolution:

“Córdova will never give himself up to a vile foreigner, a mercenary and a wage-earner like you; he would rather succumb!”

So O’Leary turned and walked back to his position.

With the heights covered with such a well-organised force, the cornet was sounded, and the silence was broken by their suddenly opening fire on us from all angles, so well trained and well executed, and down below we began to be covered with hails of lead and a huge black cloud of smoke from the gunpowder. It looked like the most horrific storm as all this descended upon us.”[xx]

The Battle of El Santuario had begun.

[i] A figure of 373 comes from [Anon], Observaciones a la pastoral del Illmo. Sr Obispo. Most observers estimated between 300 and 400.

[ii] Information on Isaza and Hoyos, and a wealth of similar individuals, comes from AGNC HDS. More detailed citations to these and others are provided in later chapters.

[iii] Arango, El Santuario, 26.

[iv] Ramirez Gomez, El Santuario, 23. Ramirez Gomez was the priest in El Santuario for much of his life. His great-grandfather Ricardo Ramirez fought at the Battle of El Santuario in 1829, and his historical writings draw from a mixture of archival sources and oral histories.

[v] Arango, El Santuario, 26.

[vi] Bronx, José María Córdova, 145-51.

[vii] Ramirez Gomez, El Santuario, 23.

[viii] R. Urdaneta, September 28, 1829, AGNC R GYM, Vol.462, 98 for Hand.

[ix] D. O’Leary to S. O’Leary, October 5, 1829, Pie de Sargento, in Carbonnell, General O’Leary, íntimo, 215.

[x] R. Urdaneta to D. O’Leary, September 26, 1829, Bogotá, in O’Leary, Narración, Vol.3, 468.

[xi] R. Urdaneta to S. Bolívar, October 2, 1829 with an October 5, postscript, Honda, AGNC R GYM Vol.462, 312.

[xii] R. Urdaneta to Jefe de Estado Mayor, October 17, 1829, Bogotá, AGNC R GYM, Vol.462, 188.

[xiii] D. O’Leary to Soledad O’Leary, October 9, 1829, Juntas, in Carbonnell, General O’Leary, íntimo, 215.

[xiv] D. O’Leary to R. Urdaneta, October 13, 1829, La Aguada, AGNC R GYM, Vol.462, 369.

[xv] Bronx, José María Córdova entre la historia y la fábula, 106.

[xvi] Arango, El Santuario, 25.

[xvii] This news was published by the Registro oficial del Magdalena, Extraordinario, on November 1, 1829, drawing on the letters of Federico Rausch, who may have received the news from his countryman Heinrich Lutzen. The translation into English was published in The Times on August 1, 1830.

[xviii] O’Leary to The Prefect of the Department of Magdalena [Mariano Montilla], October 19, 1829, Rionegro, English translation published in The Times, August 1, 1830. It was later alleged that O’Leary and his officers had been carried over San Carlos pass by peones cargueros. Arango, El Santuario, 25.

[xix] Fernández, Memorias, 60.

[xx] Arango, El Santuario, 26.

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Best Tours & Activities for Your Bangkok Holiday

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1. Skimming Markets and Bridge on the River Kwai Tour

Movement sort: Local Culture

Term: Day trip

Valuing: €61/$67/£51

Trip Overview:

This joined outing takes you on a voyage through the Floating Markets with a visit to the Bridge on the River Kwai.

With a pickup and drop-off from your inn included, you will be driven through salt fields and rice paddies and on to the associating speedboat that takes you to the well known Floating Markets.

From that point forward, it's onto the mentor to the famous extension on the River Kwai and a voyage through the adjacent war historical center that subtle elements its development.

Trip Highlights:

Neighborhood vessel ride with visit control (discretionary).

Heavenly Thai lunch.

Memorable visit that sets aside you back in opportunity to return to a critical place ever.

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2. Ayutthaya Temples River Cruise Day Trip

Action sort: Arts and Culture

Length: Day trip

Value estimation: €46/$51/£38

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Trip Overview:

Roughly 50 miles north of Bangkok lay the delightful antiquated sanctuaries of Ayutthaya. This visit will bring you down the Chao Phraya River on a waterway journey to see these mind boggling sanctuaries and destroys quit for the day.

Highlights include:

Visit the sanctuaries of Wat Phra Sanphet, Wat Mongkhon Bophit, Wat Panangcherng and Wat Chai Mongkol

Shocking renowned bronze statue of the leaning back Buddha

Encounter the lovely multicultural engineering of King Rama IV's late spring Palace.

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3. Traditional Thai Dance and Dine

Movement sort: Gastronomy

Term: Evening trip

Value estimation: €16/$17/£13

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Trip Overview:

Appreciate scrumptious Thai food while you watch the elegance and magnificence of conventional Thai artists. The exhibitions you will see are supernatural moves in light of stories from traditional Thai writing and legends.

Highlights include:

See conventional, bright ensembles that give a flawless chance to photographs

Taste flavorful customary Thai dishes

Watch a 6-demonstration show of traditional and society Thai move.

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4. Khao Yai National Park Day Excursion

Movement sort: Adventure

Term: Day trip

Value estimation: €80/$88/£68

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Trip Overview:

Leave on an enterprise past the avenues of Bangkok to the lavish green timberland of Khao Yai – an UNESCO Natural World Heritage site. Put on a conventional agriculturist's cap and take a bull truck ride with epic perspectives of the sprawling green woods and stunning mountains.

Highlights include:

An entire day investigating Khao Yai National Park's verdure

See wild elephants in the backwoods

Feast on delightful Thai lunch served at a Thai-style wooden home.

5. The Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew Private Tour

Action sort: Arts and Culture

Length: 3 hours

Value estimation: €46/$51/£38

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Trip Overview:

See the numerous attractions and magnificence of the Grand Palace, with a private visit that incorporates Wat Phra Keow (Temple of the Emerald Buddha). Get a knowledge o what's in store with a couple of my decision photos of the Palace here.

Highlights include:

Visit the most frightened Buddhist sanctuary in Thailand

See the Emerald Buddha, cut from Jade

Witness stunning design you'll always remember.

amazing royal residence visit

6. See the City by Skytrain, Boat and Tuk

Action sort: Outdoor Excursion

Span: Usually 4 hours

Value estimation: €68/$75/£57

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Trip Overview:

Travel like local people do, by BTS Skytrain, watercraft and the notorious 'tuk-tuk', on a half-day touring visit round Bangkok. Visit some of Bangkok's most acclaimed sights on this fun visit, which incorporates a few agendas to browse.

Highlights include:

See the leaning back Buddha and Wat Pho Thieves showcase.

Stroll around the brilliant bloom market of Dheves

Visit Jim Thompson's home (the American who restore Thailand's silk industry, yet then passed on in baffling conditions).

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7. 'The Venice of the East' – Travel the Khlongs of Thonburi by Traditional Boat

Action sort: Outdoor Excursion

Span: Hourly excursions

Value estimation: €11/$12/£9

Trip Overview:

Encounter how individuals of the past used to live in Bangkok by a customary Thai watercraft. See the stilted shacks, old wooden townhouses and bedraggled shelters.

Highlights include:

Take a top back in time at the vintage teak homes

See the saffron-robed friars of the khlongs

See nearby fauna and verdure, for example, morning radiance and water hyacinth developing by the channels

8. Visit Chinatown and its Night Market (counting supper)

Movement sort: Culture and Gastronomy

Term: Approx 5 hours

Value estimation: (For private visits) €45/$50/£38

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Trip Overview:

Find Bangkok's memorable Chinatown: Browse several road slows down, stop for an espresso at a 100 year-old bistro and after that rest your feet while you appreciate Thai and Chinese nourishments.

Highlights include:

See blossom markets flooded with a wide range of sprouts in the same number of shades of the rainbow

Taste a blend in the 100-year-old bistro

Tuck into the a wide range of kinds of sustenance accessible in Bangkok's Chinatown.

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9. An Evening at Bangkok's #1 Cabaret Show

Action sort: Arts and Entertainment

Length: 60 minutes

Value estimation: €35/$39/£30

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Trip Overview:

Spend a night at the well known Calypso Theater, getting a charge out of 60 minutes in length live execution that features the best of Thailand's transgender entertainers. The Calypso Cabaret Show began once again 25 years back, and has developed into a show guaranteeing grade-A family-accommodating supper club excitement with a one of a kind Thai pizazz

Highlights include:

hour and a half men's club appear at the Calypso Theater.

Witness this glittery show highlighting Thai transgender entertainers.

See conventional geisha moves and Marilyn Monroe pantomimes!

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10. Visit the Rose Garden Cultural Center

Movement sort: Cultural visit

Term: Day trip

Value estimation: €61/$67/£51

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Trip Overview:

Your voyage initiates with a relaxed drive out of Bangkok, going through salt fields and rice paddies, before setting out your long tail speed-watercraft to Damnoen Saduak drifting markets.

It is then off to The Rose Garden Cultural Center by mentor, where you will see neighborhood Thai villagers making conventional town handiworks: ceramics making, umbrella-painting, Khon cover concealing, tangle weaving, doll making, natural product cutting, wreath making, rice-beating and even the sensitive creating of silver and laquerware.

Highlights include:

70-section of land greenhouse.

Thai town and social learning focus

Valid Thai spas.

11. Bangkok Canals Tour

Movement sort: Cultural Tour

Term: Morning trip

Value estimation: Unlimited day travel €24/$26/£19

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Trip Overview:

Wake up right on time before the sun gets excessively hot and travel through Bangkok's channels. Experience a former period when a great part of the city life spun around the stream and its system of channels. You'll be astonished at how distinctive the city looks from the conduits, and how rapidly you appear to be in the farmland.

Go by the Wat Arun, one of the city's soonest sanctuaries

Perceive how local people live along the channel side

Spot huge screen reptiles luxuriating in the morning sun.

drifting business sector thonburi

12. Muay Thai Kickboxing

Action sort: Sports (onlooker)

Length: Day trip

Value estimation: €88/$90/£68

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Trip Overview:

Thai boxing is known as the specialty of 8 appendages. Clench hands, feet, knees, and elbows are utilized as weapons to defeat the adversary. Witness this 500-year-old conventional Thai game at ringside amid your trek. Tonight trip with VIP seats is an absolute necessity for any donning lover setting out to Thailand.

Highlights include:

Watch the entrancing 'Wai Kru' move performed by every contender before every session to pay regard to their separate instructors

Alternatives to prepare and learn Muay Thai! (costs shift)

Watch at the world celebrated Lumpini and Rachadamree Stadiums.

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13. Thailand-Burma Railway Museum

Movement sort: Historical Tour

Term: Day trip

Value estimation: €59/$63/£48

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Trip Overview:

This exhibition hall recounts the heart-chilling story of the POW's who fabricated this popular railroad, a story that has been gone down through eras and lives on as a conspicuous story from WW2. This entire day guided visit from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi likewise incorporates the chance to ride a nearby prepare.

Highlights include:

Profound bits of knowledge to the hardships and tragedies that men and ladies continued amid the development of the Death Railway

Aerated and cooled gallery, with toilets and café

Bookshop that takes into account English dialect perusers.

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14. Kanchaniburi War Cemetery of Allied Prisoners of WWII

Action sort: Historical Tour

Span: Day trip

Value estimation: Free

Trip Overview:

For the individuals who are keen on history, the Kanchanaburi war graveyard is a critical place to visit. It's allowed to get in as well, yet best when joining a trek traveling north from Bangkok — as to do it in a day would be a whole deal (4 hours there, 4 hours back).

A keen move is check whether you can fit this in with the above excursion to the railroad exhibition hall.

Highlights include:

A phenomenal approach to understanding the historical backdrop of the second world war in Thailand

Open Monday – Friday

Best experienced as a feature of a more extensive trek from Bangkok.

15. Cycling Tour from Bangkok to Phuket

Movement sort: Sports

Span: 10 days

Value estimation: €1,897/$1,448/£1,105

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Trip Overview:

The visit is on predominately level streets with a couple moving slope areas and negligible soak climbs. This 850 kilometer ride from Bangkok to Phuket is a superior trip with only a one rest day from the seat; be that as it may, to offer solace, vehicle exchanges are constantly accessible.

Highlights include:

Eight days of riding 100 km for each day on calm streets

Remain overnight at a progression of wonderful shoreline resorts

Fantastic seaside landscape and wealth of culture, very close.

16. Khao Yai Winery

Movement sort: Gastronomy

Term: Day trip

Value estimation: Wine visits contrast, beginning cost €15/$17/£13

Trip Overview:

This should be possible as a feature of a cycling visit, see the visit here, yet in the event that you need to mastermind your own particular transport to Khao Yai, or you're on another voyage through this national stop, you can visit the winery time permitting.

Highlights include:

2 sets of wine sampling (5 diverse wine sorts served altogether)

Can be consolidated with a cycling voyage through the PB valley

Appreciate some amazing Thai eating alongside your wine sampling.

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17. Baipai Thai Cooking Class

Action sort: Gastronomy

Length: Day trip

Value estimation: €57/$63/£48

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Trip Overview:

Learn bona fide Thai cooking with this cooking class in Bangkok. No earlier cooking aptitudes required; only an affection for eating Thai sustenance!

Highlights include:

Lessons from a top Thai culinary expert

Free lodging pickup and drop-off included

Visit gives wheelchair get to.

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18. Chao Phraya Dinner Cruise

Action sort: River Cruise

Span: Evening trip

Value estimation: €34/$37/£28

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Trip Overview:

Treat yourself to a 3-hour evening voyage along Bangkok's Chao Phraya waterway. Watch stream life pass by and eat on flavorful Thai sustenance as the in-vessel band engages you.

Sentimental experience, ideal for couples

Journey past the numerous excellent locales that line the stream shores

Free inn pickup and drop-off included.

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19. Tropical Fruit Tasting at Suan Supatra

Action sort: Self-composed trek

Length: Day trip

Value estimation: €10/$11/£9 (Entrance charge)

Trip Overview:

Each and every tropical natural product you can envision is developed and eaten in this supernatural organic product filled plantation. Situated in the Bankhai locale, it is a heaven for the organic product sweethearts and certainly justified regardless of an excursion. I'd recommend going in the early monring before the 12 o clock sun hits town.

For a prologue to Thai natural products, look at my organic products post here.

Highlights include:

An apparently regularly enduring natural product buffet!

Lovely quiet setting, around 2.5 hours by transport from Bangkok

The ranch develops natural product, as well as a determination of tasty natural vegetables.

suan supatra natural product plantation

20. Nang Yai Shadow Puppet Museum and April Festival

Action sort: Arts and Culture

Length: Day trip (2 hours east of Bangkok)

Value estimation: €30/$34/£26

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Trip Overview:

You'll appreciate a private van transport from Krung Thonburi Station in Bangkok to Wat Khanon to this celebration that commends a 2,000 year old showy execution. Watch neighborhood puppeteers recount their stories on an enlightened murky setting, as hallucinations of moving shadows are made and the moving figures sing and serenade.

Highlights include:

Witness the UNESCO grant winning shadow manikin demonstrate celebration

Chance to find out about Thai workmanship, culture and history

Tune in as the Thai established outfit 'Wong Pi Phat' gives a delightful melodic backup.

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21. Private Tour of Vimanmek Palace and Dusit District

Action sort: Historical Tour

Span: Day trip

Value estimation: €62/$68/£52

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Trip Overview:

Visit the noteworthy Dusit area, including Vimanmek Palace, a previous regal living arrangement; and the superb Wat Benjamabophit, otherwise called the Marble Temple.

Highlights include:

Appreciate a guided visit and take in the historical backdrop of Bangkok's principle regulatory focus, built up toward the start of the twentieth century by King Rama V

See an assortment of photography, gear of rank and pictures, antiquated material, timekeepers, and regal carriages

Witness conventional Thai moving in the vicinity of 10:30 and 14:00.

22. Learn Traditional Thai Massage at Wat Pho

Movement sort: Educational

Term: Day trip

Value estimation: €200/$221/£167

>> Book this course

Trip Overview:

Take in the artistic work of Thai back rub in this 3-hour instructional class at Wat Po sanctuary, the origin of conventional Thai back rub.

Get proficient honing as you find how to apply the right weight focuses for ideal unwinding of the body, brain, and soul.

Highlights include:

Thai back rub instructional classes at Wat Po sanctuary

Revelation of restorative vitality lines and weight focuses

Tranquil roundtrip exchange from your Bangkok city lodging.

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23. Visit Nakhon Nayok Province

Movement sort: Outdoor Excursion

Term: Day trip

Value estimation: €93/$103/£80

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Trip Overview:

Voyage to Nakhon Nayok, an area of Thailand upper east of Bangkok, for a day of experience. Partake in an assortment of exercises for the duration of the day.

Highlights include:

Rides accessible on bull truck or quad bicycles

White water waterway rafting

Appreciate a pontoon ride along Khundan Dam, home to the world's longest Hydraulic Turret

Opportunity to swim and revive at the rich Nangrong Waterfall.

nakhon nayok day trip

24. Dream World: the World of Happiness

Movement sort: Family Entertainment

Term: Day trip

Value estimation: €61/$67/£51

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Trip Overview:

At Dream World, the World of Happiness, you'll encounter more than 38 rides and attractions, 4 energizing live shows, and 3 excellent scenes. An absolute necessity for the children, and something for all the family.

Highlights include:

Super-fun water rides of different kinds possible

Discretionary bundles which incorporate visits, smorgasbords and rides

A lot of shopping additionally accessible on location.

25. Bike Excursion on the Island of Koh Kret

Action sort: Arts and Culture/Outdoor Excursion

Span: Day trip

Value estimation: €61/$67/£51

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Trip Overview:

Get away from the feverish climate of Bangkok and find the auto free condition, charming rustic landscape, and nearby markets of pleasant Koh Kret Island as you ride a pontoon, bicycle, and trishaw around the region.

Highlights include:

Ride on a raised walkway along a channel, through rice paddies and organic product manor

Investigate Koh Kret, watch the island's popular potters at work and shop in neighborhood markets

Appreciate a flavorful customary Thai lunch by the Chao Phraya River

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Some Last-Minute Thoughts on Trips and Tours

While it's actual that most visits can be composed yourself, by organizing your own vehicle and paying on the entryway, Bangkok can be a bad dream to get around in movement, which means you may be late for your action, or undoubtedly get lost on account of a deceitful tuk driver hoping to make a greater toll by taking you on a joyful drive around the city. It happens.

Moreover, a large number of these visits get reserved rapidly in the high-season months. It's likewise a major bother to sort out these things from your lavish lodging when should appreciate an unwinding occasion.

What I like best about composed excursions is meeting individuals. Having voyage all around SE Asia, I found that sorting out my own journeys regularly left me separated and without individuals to meet and appreciate the involvement with.

Despite the fact that being driven around by a guide can be a touch of attempting now and again, life is constantly better shared. What's more, I've met some marvelous individuals on day trips and truly lived it up as a result of it.

So for an additional couple of Euros, Dollars or Pounds, having the outing booked ahead of time, getting got and having everything laid out for you on a celebrity main street, in a manner of speaking, is a more dependable, pleasant approach to see the city, especially in case you're 35+ like me and can't do with gallivanting around in the heating sun requesting headings.

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