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Munjya: Unraveling the Ghostly Legend & Sacred Thread

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[savingthrcw]

@bucketofdrugs is ruining Hank's day

Lucy had been nervously clutching at her little bouquet while Overseer Jackson stepped in to discuss the exchange with her dad, happy to reunite with a friend. "So... who am I marrying?" she asked playfully, but with a hint of nervousness, and the Overseer moved aside to let her future husband come in. Oh. He was a charming looking man, now that was sure. Older than her, which raised a few questions - had he chosen to not marry? had he not been given the chance before because there was something wrong with him? He was married and divorced or widowed? - but she noted with relief that there was nothing scary or immediately displeasing about him. He was not a cannibal or full of tumors either, no matter what Norm said. She hadn't seen his butt yet, to finish refuting everything her brother had suggested. Plus, since he was handsome, it would not be difficult to do her part in repopulating America, and that was great.

So Lucy smiled, her wide, happy, friendly smile, "Hi, I'm Lucy. Do you have a name?"

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Baptism By Eclipse

A ritual to inspire radical change of the self

Before the eclipse, prepare ashes of cedar and mesquite wood

Make a pitcher of the following and be sure to charge under the sun for several hours. (Do not drink!)

water

rosemary for mental power and motivation

bay leaf for manifestation 

sage for wisdom

lavender for peace and acceptance 

cinnamon bark for personal strength 

comfrey for protection during transition 

Prepare three offerings of your choosing for the sun, moon, and earth.

Just before the eclipse, invite the mind, body, spirit to the ceremony

"I invite the Human Spirit in the form of the Sun, the Human Mind in the form of the Moon, and the Human Body in the form of the Earth to witness this ceremony. As these three celestial bodies align, I offer the following gifts in exchange for your favor." 

Present the offerings. 

"I ask the Earth, the body, to nurture me and guide me through this time of transformation as you have always done."

As the eclipse begins, use the ashes to draw a dark circle on your forehead and say,

"I ask the Moon, the Mind, as you eclipse the sun, let your shadow pass over me and carry my old self with you when you depart."

Meditate on the aspects of yourself you are letting go of, visualize yourself releasing these things, picture yourself as an empty vessel, a clean slate.

As the sun begins to appear say,

"I ask the Sun, the Spirit, as you return, let your light shine on me and grant me the strength to manifest my best self. " 

Pour the water over your face, letting it wash the ashes away. 

Meditate on the person you will become. How will you act, think, feel? Feel the suns warmth on your skin, charging you. Feel the herbs working their magic to inspire you and guide you. You will be a better version of yourself.

[check-ur-squad]

icons // @funky-sea-cryptid @colucana

[descended-from-fairytales]

Ceremony

@fxirytxlcfxtc

Sadie grabs the collar and the box of engraved tags from their new home for when they're not in use before turning back to the other three. She grins at Daniel and holds up the collar for all of them to see. It's a plain black collar with a metal ring in the center for them to chain him up as wanted, but also to hang the small heart-shaped tags they got for him as well. "You ready to be officially owned?"

Violet grins when she sees it, turning back to Daniel and gently running her hand across his back, pulling him closer to her.

Waylon just smirks and watches him, crossing his arms while he waits for Daniel to answer.

[drrutherford]

LOCATION — Old Marylebone Town Hall DATE — September 28, 2024. STARTER — closed for @felixrodriguez

Well, he'd been saving the prized bottle of Dom Perignon for a special occasion, so he supposes there's some kind of karmic twist in the universe that's made this affair the event in question, and Félix Rodriguez, the first to sample it. He works the screw until the cork comes loose with a loud 'pop!' and shoots a wry smile to the newly minted husband, who turns with a start.

"What did I tell ya, Rodriguez?... 'Only the ones who stand a chance.' Congratulations."

Gideon hands the man one of the two empty glasses that had been tucked in the crook of his arm, and proceeds to pour the champagne. "... Y enhorabuena." He adds, testing out one of the few phrases he'd tried to learn for the occasion.

[mannyblacque]

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[penddraig]

for what it’s worth,   howl pendragon has settled into his role in daenerys’ court quite well.   he enjoys the appeal of advising and planning well,   if only because @draconisa is oftentimes so open to his suggestions.   having such a position also means he finds it incredibly easy to slither in and out of predicaments as he pleases,   which,   for what it's worth,   is exactly what the wizard feels most comfortable with.   in any gathering,   he finds it far better to present himself as his own person,   rather than as a someone particularly close to the queen   ( not that everyone doesn’t already know of their particular  …  relationship ).

today’s ceremony is to celebrate once the ceremony has ended,   howl slips his arm through hers,   pressing his side to hers as he leans over,   murmuring just loud enough so that only she can hear.    ❝    i don’t suppose the visiting diplomats are very fond of staying here.   luckily,   i have them sitting as far away from you as possible.   i have a feeling they won’t offer very enlightening conversation.    ❞

.゜––   starter call.  /  𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐. ✨ ceremony.

[marinecorvid]

I should replay botw

[seolinah]

closed for @wutheringdevotion // mj x adrian

As excited as MJ was for the upcoming wedding, she hated the pressure of having to find a date. Sure, she could go solo, but that would only welcome unwanted questions. Aren't you seeing anyone? Do you want me to set you up with someone? The thought of it made her dizzy. It was why asking Adrian to go with her seemed like the perfect solution. No one was going to question the choice when everyone was used to seeing her with him. "Thank you for coming with me again," she smiled in relief, arm looped through his. "I don't think I'd survive all the socializing without you."

[pepprs]

prefacing this by saying im fine and its whatever and im mostly numb to it. but it kinda fucking sucks that being gaslit about my own sexuality leads to… doubting my own sexuality lol!

[david-pavoncello]

@mrofontaine​ Time: Pre-Awards

David rapped his knuckles against the bar top, waiting for his whiskey to be brought to him, turning his head when a blonde came beside him and for some reason he screamed French. “Wait, I think I saw your face a few times across these nominations...Olivier, si?”

[ayda--demir]

@msmelissalin​ (Benjamin) Time: Pre-Awards

Ayda had excused herself from Levent to use the ladies room, taking the moment to touch up her make-up before she made her way back. Coming out of the room, she felt the door collide in with someone, instantly stepping out of the way. “I’m so....” Her words trailing off when she saw who it was. Great. “Sorry...” The businessman finished her sentence.

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im back again to ask something ajdkkc

anywho, i finally got vanessa thread of fate and im confused on who should i kick out of my team and whom to keep. here's my team just in case you're curious. (and the characters i have)

i reallyyyy need a healer on the team tho otherwise my team would be doomed 😭

Hi dude!! Hope you've been well.

Getting into it, both Vanessa and Zora operate the best on "Mono" teams. For Vanessa, that might look like her, party Mimosa, Mereoleona as a tank/DPS (or Patri), and Charlotte. For Zora, that's likely going to be him, ceremony Luck, Charmy/Kahono/Gauche if you can swing it, and William. The Mono meta is going to continue for a few seasons more, and then we're going to have Valkyrie Noelle introduced, which will disturb that meta by adding two new types to the game (purple (chaos) and yellow (harmony)).

Why is this the case? Well, currently the structure of the game is such that each type has a special strategy.

Blue has counterattack.

Green has SP regeneration/skill spamming (Ceremony Charlotte, Party Mimosa, and Fate Vanessa ALL regenerate SP)

Red has burn stacking --> more damage/blasta + witch queen combo.

Now, these strategies are by no means ubiquitous. Mereo also has burn stacking --> damage, and she's green. Yami and Noelle [Swimsuit] have counterattack, and they're red. However, most SUPPORT units in their types have passives that only activate if everyone in that team is only one color. Those support units include: Party Mimosa, Zora, Vanessa [Fate], Charlotte [Academy], Sally to some extent, Charlotte [Ceremony], Witch Queen, and more.

Zora in a mono blue team gives himself a +15 SPD boost at the start of a round. That's INSANE, and it makes him the fastest character in the game, but only if he's in that type of team. Otherwise, he has a regular debuffer speed of around 112-114. You can play him however you want, but you will be working at a disadvantage to people who are using him in mono (at least, in the arena), because that's just kind of how the game works.

It looks like you've got a lot of well-built units. As it stands, however, there's no reason to have both Zora and Noelle on a team -- their skills are essentially the same, and Zora's benefit is that he basically turns any attacker INTO Noelle through DEF stacking, damage reflection, and damage reduction.

Langris is frankly a shit DPS, even though Fate Vanessa resolves his Skill Points problem to some extent (I'm sorry to langris fans but he's not lore-accurate. forget eating my brain out of my head, the most he's ever done is lightly blow on me. im talking like 1k damage) so if I had a recommendation, I would swap Noelle out for another DPS character and Mereo for Vanessa. You could also swap Charmy for Vanessa and Magna for Noelle and run a burn/stun/taunt team of sorts, but I would personally play around until you find what's fun for you and then go with that.

Thanks for asking! Please feel free to continue to do so :D I'll do my best to help!

[cannotflyarc]

@heygutlcss's raefer mcclellan sent: zip, receiver needs sender's help to zip up the back of their dress.

she hates this dress. she hates the silly decorations in her hair. she hates her guardian's peering eyes and the way he can snap his fingers into her obliging into whatever he orders her to do, even if it's through a clenched jaw and tearing eyes. she hates that he's pretending everything is normal. everything has become far from it. while their classmates around them have sent out announcements to their relatives, collecting cash from their dear great-aunts or congratulations from distant cousins, johanna was marched down to the courthouse to be married to her boyfriend only because he got her pregnant.

today was supposed to be the day she got away. today, they were supposed to somehow find a different courthouse to get married at and live the rest of their lives together. yet, her guardian is still forcing them to the ceremony, pretending that his ward is still the straight-a, perfect student that she's always been. not the slut that's about to find herself with a baby in a few months from now. but for now, she's pulled her husband into her room the second she could and pleaded with him to fix the problem.

❝ i don't care how forceful you have to be, okay. just don't kill me on accident. ❞ sucking in her stomach, she's found, is much more difficult when there's actually someone inside of it. ❝ i don't know why he's making me wear this one. ❞ johanna knows why. even if her guardian won't see it, he likes knowing that he still has authority over her, despite the little rebellion she's found herself in. ❝ and don't you dare say anything about taking off the dress, raefer mcclellan. i know you were thinking it. that's not going to help right now. use your --- tools, if you have to. ❞ her voice lowers, ❝ i don't want him to yell at me again. ❞

[amiharana]

do u guys ever think ab how thick zelda's eyebrows are. do you think she got them done pre-calamity