#transquility

[primarinite]

we're both putting quinn through it tonight @perenlop

[bellaroles]

Reading A Lady's tranquility at the moment. Well I was so impressed with Poor Monk I had to find other work of Shi Jing to read and turn out the only one that translated in Thai and also historical is this. So I got hooked by how calm this lady, Jiang Xuening, is and how she deals with all the misfortunes of herself and her friends and suitors from her past life. Also I read this for my yandere appreciation phase, still haven't seen much of Xie Wei so I can't say for sure if he really lives up to my expectations.

[themauvesoul]

Sometimes a girl will just be sitting there and be struck by terrible anxiety

[wormworker]

ugh idk why that post hit me so hard lol i'm definitely just pissed about something else but my opinion still stands

[yuurei20]

In honour of Christmas and the coming new year, was it ever said in the game or by the guys themselves where they go or what they do during the holidays/ winter break??

Thanks a ton of you get to this ask!! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! And an advanced Happy New Year!! <3333

Hello hello! Thank you for this question, and my apologies for the delay in answering! Happy new year ^^

For the winter break: Trey mentions not being able to visit Riddle as he is not allowed at his house, inviting Riddle to see him at his family's patisserie, saying, "I'm sure Chenya will drop by to hang out, too."

Riddle says, "I'm going to try talking with Mother some. I don't know if she'll listen, but even so."

In Book 5 Chenya says, "You never did drop by over the holidays" and Riddle responds, "I appreciate you reaching out to me," insinuating that Chenya might have tried to get in contact with Riddle over the break, but Riddle was ultimately not able to see him or Trey.

Trey says that "winter is the patisserie's busiest time of the year," so it is possible that he spent at least part of the break helping his parents with their shop!

Cater says that he would rather go home with Trey than to his own house (because of his sisters) but after Trey threatens him with "running (him) just as ragged," Cater ends up going to his own home, instead.

Ace says there wasn't much to do at his house during the break besides play video games, and I'm not sure we hear anything about what Deuce had been doing when they were called back to NRC by the prefect.

Leona goes home reluctantly with nothing but his wallet and smartphone, saying that "homework can wait until after break."

Ruggie talks about bringing home frozen food and other items near their expiration date that he got from the school cafeteria in order to distribute it amongst the kids in his neighborhood: "Gotta make sure my grandma eats well over the holidays."

He also says that "the holidays and New Year's are major hustle opportunities," so it is possible that he works part-time jobs when off from school, also saying that he can work as a ski instructor in the winter.

Jack declares that he will be doing his homework, unlike Leona, and afterwards he says that he spent most of the winter break skiing.

Jack also says, "I spent my last holiday at home pulling a sleigh in wolf form" and "I got a part-time job at a restaurant in Craneport during our last vacation," but as these lines were during events I'm not sure if he means winter holidays or different holidays, and they might not count.

Floyd says he gets tired of spending every new year with "the same old suspects," and he seems to mean Jade and Azul: the twins explain that ice floes compromise their ability to visit home in the winter, so they spend winter break at Octavinelle.

Jamil says that his family has plans to travel during the holiday, and while we do not know what exactly Epel did over the winter break, we learn from Vil that it involved skipping rehearsals for the VDC.

I'm not sure we get too much information about what Diasomnia did during the winter, but Lilia appears at Ramshackle mid-winter-break before the rest of the students have returned, talking about how Malleus is annoyed at not being invited to any parties.

As travel seems complicated for Malleus, and Silver and Lilia are father and son, it is not impossible that they remained on campus like the mermaids, possibly with Sebek (but I don't think this has actually been confirmed anywhere).

Crowley says that he intends to spend winter break "expanding (his) investigation area to a tropical land (he's) never visited before" as he diligently continues searching for a way to send the prefect home: "Escaping winter's frigid bite to kick back in a hammock and sip coconut juice while gazing at the transquil ocean waves...I have NO such refined and indulgent vacation plans whatsoever, I assure you."

The new year's events are conspicuously occurring during New Year's itself (the very middle of winter break), and the game seems to be asking for some suspension of disbelief concerning the timing.

They are very careful about not having any of the characters mention attending class or going home for winter vacation as they all announced at the beginning of Book 4 that they were going home and at the end of Book 4 they return, saying "Happy New Year," as though it is their first time seeing the prefect since before New Year's eve.

(Interestingly the prefect and Grim--who have no where else to be but the school during winter break--do not appear during the New Year's events.)

If you are wondering what the characters were up to during the winter break for maybe fanfic purposes, I think this is what we can say for sure:

1) Chenya was unsuccessfully inviting Riddle out 2) Ace was playing video games 3) Jack was skiing 4) Azul, Jade and Floyd were at Octavinelle 5) Epel was not rehearsing 6) Crowley wants people to believe that he was looking into a way to send the prefect home :>

(Or he said he was planning to investigate while letting people think he was trying to cover for a tropical vacation, but the tropical vacation story itself was actually a cover for something else?! But that gets into theory territory 👀)

[dykedara]

I love my setup so far

Transquill for hard hitting fast physical attacks

Pichu to paralyze enemies

Servine for water types because those things get some tough moves early on and pichu doesn't solve everything

Raticate and Sentret are basically here to tank hits while I stall time but they're evolved to they can dish it out too

Eventually Spinerak is gonna evolve and that'll mean there's Hell to pay cus Ariados is fast with a wide type coverage in its move pool

Kicking ass

[sophielovesbooks]

I was tagged by @dauen for the mid-year book freakout tag, and I was genuinely so excited because I had been meaning to do it, but then I wondered if anybody even cared. So yes, thank you so much! <3 And let's gooo ~

1. Best book you’ve read so far this year

Birnam Wood. Hands down. Everybody go read Birnam Wood.

2. Best sequel you’ve read so far this year

This question made me realise I don't read a lot of sequels. The ONLY one I've read so far this year is Hell Bent (the sequel to "Ninth House"). And it was kind of fun. But I didn't love it.

3. New release you haven’t read yet

Hm... I suppose I don't keep up with new releases like I used to. Though Carrie Soto Is Back comes to mind, if that counts as a new release. And Sea of Tranquility from last year. (I accidentally just mispelled that as "Transquility" lol)

4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year

Okay, so this is super niche and a bit weird, but it might be The Otherworld by Abbie Emmons. I've never actually read anything by her and I'm not sure if it'll be good, but I know her from YouTube and I'm curious. Has anybody else on here read any of her books?

5. Biggest disappointment

Probably The Midnight Library. I had seen so many people raving about this book online, but I HATED it. Genuinely the most amateurish writing I have come across in years. And so, so preachy. Not trying to be mean here. But yeah, it wasn't for me.

Oh, and Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell was also bad, sadly.

6. Biggest surprise

Hm. Birnam Wood was the biggest surprise regarding how much I loved it. And also regarding the ending. And Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney had one of the coolest plot twists I came across this year.

7. Favourite new author (debut or new to you)

100% ELEANOR CATTON WHO WROTE BIRNAM WOOD IT WAS SO GOOD OMG!

Also Victoria Gosling? I am currently reading Before The Ruins by her and it's quite good as well. Beautiful writing. Kind of entrancing. I feel like fans of The Secret History would be into it?

8. Newest fictional crush/newest favourite character

Hmm, I don't really get fictional crushes. But if I did, I would have to say Mira or Tony from, you guessed it, Birnam Wood. (Oh, and maybe David from Before the Ruins. Also quite cute.)

9. Book that made you cry

Hehe. What do you think. You have one guess. Oh, you said Birnam Wood? Correct. Why have I only read one great book this year so far lmao

10. Book that made you happy

Ummm... All of this is forcing me to face the fact that my reading year so far has NOT been that good. I reread If We Were Villains and that made me happy. For non-fiction I read Undrowned and that made me happy at times. But other passages were really sad and emotional.

11. Favourite Adaptation

Heartstopper! And I'm really excited for Red, White & Royal Blue! <3

12. Prettiest Cover

Though disappointing overall, Kill All Your Darlings did have a lovely cover:

13. A book you need to read before the end of the year

Gosh, so many! From a quick glance at my shelves: The Rehearsal, The Initial Insult, Outliers, Shadow of the Lions, Weapons of Math Destruction... and so many more. That I know I won't get to. So some are on my 2024 TBR.

Tagging @hrimceald @books-and-cookies @b1uetrees @jay-avian @yoongsea @r-osehips @minyardcva if you want to. Curious to hear about your reading years so far :)

[crewman-penelope]

OC Day!

Short backstory: After the first trailer for No time to die dropped, I was like "DANG! Finally a sexy Bond Villain!" — and found myself writing fanfiction based on the trailer vibe. I created Tatjana Evans, known as 'R', Q's right hand, who got, working with Bond, in some hot water.

Reading sample:

"Pazi! PAZI!"

Bond took four seconds to look over the situation. He shot the man, who cried out, first and brought the man nearest to him down two second later. The third covered up and Bond took the time to roll back in the sailboat. He cursed himself for the tranquilizer. They worked slower than a real bullet and were not fatal.

The man who held Tatjana shot and missed while Bond got his chest. Tatjana freed herself and stumbled backwards, to fall backwards in the water.

Bond rushed to the rim of the boat, forgetting for a second the last man. He suddenly felt a hard, burning push in his left shoulder. The shot kicked him down in surprise. He grunted and tried to get up just to see the man was targeting his emergency motor. A rush of adrenaline in his veins, Bond stopped thinking and reacted automatically, jumping from the boat.

Clashing in the water he yelled out, his shoulder on fire. Grabbing his breathing apparatus he hurried to get under the water. A moment later the pressure of an explosion pushed him deeper down.

Bond fought against fainting, paddling wildly and catching his breath. He dared not to go up again but instead focused on his surroundings.

Checking his watch he found the compass direction to the mainland and started swimming.

***

Safin lowered his binoculars. Half an hour ago a patrol boat reported a solitary sailing boat. Probably lost tourists, not knowing that Dugi Otok Island is in private hands.

A weekly bribe to the water police made sure of his privacy, controlling his bay.

He was a bit surprised to see the explosion. It seemed his right hand's suspicion was deserved. His grey eyes narrowed, as he watched the patrol boat travel back home. Safin decided to still his curiosity and went down to the entrance of the abandoned submarine pen he worked and lived in.

Calls and orders of his men echoed from the ceiling as he entered the main hall. His right hand, Luc, stepped toward him, shrugging.

A water tunnel led inside the pen and Safin stepped to the railing. Resting his hands on it he stared at the men in the boat. Around him, bodies of his colleagues, the man grinned anyway.

"Ve found a Sirena!", he yelled up to Safin and pointed to his feet. Indeed, a small, wet body of a girl laid there, the long, red hair soaking and covering her face.

He got closer as his men carried the girl up to him, cheered by the view of her. He waved the men to him and wiped some strands of her hair out of her face.

Then he looked back at the patrolman.

"The man is dead.", he told Safin.

"What man?"

The patrol man shrugged. "A diver. Shooting at us wiv.. Darts?",he guessed the last word.

"Transquiller.", Safin's right man whispered.

Safin looked at him, a former colonel of the French Foreign Legion and his trusted man.

"SOA?" Safin wondered and meant the Croatian Intelligence.

"I will find out", Luc promised and waved the patrol man to him for further questions.

The girl coughed, spilling out water. Safin watched her unaffected as he made his decision. He lightly touched Luc's elbow.

Luc turned at once to Safin and listened to his orders.

"Your men shall bring her up in the apartment. Not my room, but the guestroom with the connecting bathroom. Let Doctor Brucher look at her."

"Of course.", Luc answered keenly and barked orders in French to his men.

"And Luc?" Safin held Luc's elbow firmer while starring at the girl.

"See that no harm comes to her."

Full story

[state-of-disorder]

GET TO KNOW ME

Nominated by my bestest of friend @cicada-candy

Nickname: Fia/ankle biter

Government name: Fiachra

Sign: Gemini

Height: 5'6

Last thing I googled: Why is the hannibal book ending like that?

Amount of sleep: Avid green tea drinker and busy bitch so 3 hours top

Dream job: clinical psychologist or computer forensic analyst

Favourite song: brand new city - mitski, anything in phantom of the opera, Transquilize - Killers

Movie: Silence of the lambs or one flew over the cuckoos nest

book: one flew over the cuckoos nest or the shining

Tv show: Law and order SVU or Bad Sisters

Favourite instrument: Piano

Aesthetic: your dad taken from the 80s or some that looks like they are going to Rob you in a dark alleyway

Favourite authors:  Thomas Harris, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Harris

Random Fun fact: frogs use their eyes to swallow

OH YOU MEANT ABOUT ME

I have a phantom of the opera tattoo

And show me a pathetic man in a suit I'm on him like flies on jam (Rafael Barba, Fredrick Chilton, phantom etc etc)

OH SHIT NOMINATE PEOPLE

UHHHHHH @beastblade69 no pressure bestie /gen

[non-binary-laurie-strode]

The evolution of Pidove the Pokémon is called "Tranquill"

Except I just wrote it as Transquill, so I guess that's its new name for Pride month

[inorbittravels]

"TRAVEL IN TRANSQUILITY WITH INORBIT CABS. YOUR SERENE RIDE AWAITS."

[lunatic-fandom-space]

That moment when your friend is acting kinda weird bc he got drunk last night so you pull out your transquilizer gun and shoot him unconscious

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were on my knees.

Brother Lawrence

[uniyou]

Come one come all to zen den. Perfect for all your needs~ This room was made using habboon hotel (habbo hotel retro)

[harveychan-i-got-hacked]

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there’s a couple programs out there that let you download everything on a tumblr blog, I can find the names when I get home if you’d like

that would be nice !

[my-genderfluid-journey]

“Transquility- when you are trans and everything in the world just seems to work out for the moment, and the Universe has your back. “