#we love leopard sharks

[montereybayaquarium]

Shark searenity 🦈😌

The sleek and spotted leopard shark swims stealthily through stalks of stupendously sunlit seaweed in search of a savory snack.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Rhetorical Devices

These devices, sometimes called “figures of speech," appear in all speech and writing (you can find them in advertising, political speeches, and newspapers, as well as in essays, letters, and poems).

EXAMPLES. It helps, if you wish to give a brief description of what a writer is doing at a given moment, to know some of these shorthand terms for frequent practices.

Alternative Ordering - "A man that looks on glass, / On it may stay his eye, / Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass, / And then the heaven espy."

Analogy (comparison of A and B) - "No more be grieved at that which thou hast done: / Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud."

Anaphora (repetition of opening word) - "All shuffle there, all cough in ink, / All wear the carpet with their shoes, / All think what other people think; / All know the man their neighbor knows."

Anticlimax - "In silk, in crepes, in Garters, and in rags."

Antithesis (opposition of A and B) - "For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, / Who are as dark as hell, as black as night."

Apposition (list of different formulations of the same thing) - "The Mind of Man, / My haunt, and the main region of my song."

Catalogue - "The leaden-eyed shark, the walrus, the turtle, the hairy sea-leopard."

Chiasmus (an X-like arrangement) - "By brooks too broad for leaping / The lightfoot boys are laid; The rose-lept girls are sleeping / In fields where roses fade." [books : boys :: girls : fields]

Hierarchical Ordering - "Such sweet neglect more taketh me / Than all th' adulteries of art."

Metaphor (comparison without "like" or "as") - "Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, / The land of spices; something understood."

Metonymy (assemblage by parts) - "Four beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass."

Onomatopoeia (imitative sound) - "And murmuring of innumerable bees."

Paradox (union of dissimilar qualities) - "There is in God, some say, / A deep but dazzling darkness."

Parallelism - "These are thy wonders, Lord of Power . . . / These are thy wonders, Lord of Love."

Periphrasis (circumlocution) - "The Peer now spreads the glittering forfex wide" [= opens scissors]

Personification (an abstraction made into a person) - "Love is swift of foot, / Love's a man of war."

Pun (a play on two meanings of one word) - "Therefore I lie with her, and she with me, / And in our faults by lies we flattered be."

Quotation - "My flesh began unto my soul in pain, / 'Sickness cleave my bones.'"

Simile (comparison with "like" or "as") - "Like as the waves make toward the pebbled shore, / So do our minutes hasten to their end."

Synecdoche (use of the part for the whole) - "Diadems — drop — and Doges — surrender."

Zeugma (two dissimilar objects of same verb) - "Or stain her honor, or her new brocade."

Source ⚜ More: Writing Notes & References ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

[ravenstargames]

Hey yo I have a tiny question, we got mermaid Gael, what would the other LI be as mermaids. (Like would Amon be like a whale shark, etc.) hopefully this makes since also bye I love yall 🥺

✦ The LIs as mermaids!

✦ Amon: Tiger shark

✦ Raeya: Leopard eel

✦ Gael: Lionfish

✦ Envy: Sea slug (Not joking, they're cool as fuck)

✦ Ara: Betta fish (a pink one)

✦ Xal: Neon tetra

✦ Father Pride: Blue whale

✦ Lázaro: Mandarinfish

✦ Cécile: Orca

[charkie-ee]

team bolas rojas gas masks designs??

in THIS day and age?????

it may be more likely than you think..

this was my first time drawing a series of different gas masks, no idea if they’re accurate at all, but it was really fun!!

**notes & closeups under the cut :-D**

it’s a lot of notes so be prepared for an info dump.

NOTES:

Philza: honestly, what more is there to say than “CROW MAN!!”? aside from his goggles being glow-in-the-dark, theres not much more to the mask design. however, i decided, “hey! this is purgatory! i can fuck up these characters!” so, he has a ripped ear(?)wing and messily cut back hair. (i didn’t pay too much attention to the hair in this design, i was mainly trying to get the gas masks down, but maybe i’ll go further into later.)

Cellbit: this is definitely one of my favorites, he looks pretty scary, i would NOT stop my car if i saw him on the side of the road. its based off of a cat mask(obviously) and a painted white streak goes through his mask, inspired by his hair. i didn’t include it, but circles in the goggles are supposed to retract with different emotions (kind of how cat’s eyes do, saucer and dagger pupils.) he’s also covered in blood because he’s going through it lore wise.

Slimecicle: ngl, it was my first time drawing code charlie(other than all the wips i have that i’ll never finish),but i think he’s pretty spooky. his mask is the worst quality, like it USED to work well until he wore it out. thus, there are broken air tubes that let the gas in. (he should probably get those replaced.) the holes for his horns are kind of like an airlock, so the gas can’t enter through them (phil helped him make it.) however, it makes it difficult to take off.

Baghera: baghera’s mask is kind of built like charlie’s, except in much better quality. aside from the loose air tubes, the mask almost goes all the way around her head, not letting even the slightest bit of gas in. theres also a plastic duck beak on top of the regular breathy-thing(i have no idea what i’m doing, so, no, i don’t know the technical term for that) to give it the “bird touch.”

Jaiden: jaiden’s mask was FUN. like i kinda went overboard. i did these all on different days, and this was the night after the big egg battle day. i saw she had fnaf bonnie ears along with her bird gas mask, and said “ok cool. i’ll add that.” she has the same feather/beak thing i gave to baghera. also, hair-wise, she gets a hair bun and her brown roots showing through(we love messy haired cubitos ^^)

Foolish: foolish was interesting, not sure i like the final product, but i’m tired, so it’ll do. his mask is based off of a lemon shark. he gas glowing green eyes and golden splotches on the leather. the air tube foolish has is REALLY long. like unnaturally long. so he wraps it around his neck to get it out of the way. the other members are extremely concerned it’ll choke him one day, but foolish thinks it’s cool and will scare other teams away. kind of like a “yea, i’m crazy, i could choke and die at any minute, and i don’t care.” phil, being the protective father figure of the group, does not like this at all.

Carre: and finally, we have carre. ah, sweet, sweet carre.(he is my favorite.) his mask is based off of a snow leopard because i hc he’s half feline. carre has the lightest, and most simple mask, since it’s entirely plastic, and more so based off of skiing or snowboarding goggles.

ANYWAY, i hope these notes make sense, excuse my rambling about silly designs, i tend to doodle messily, and not really have a plan when i draw, lol.

thanks for reading, BYE!

[velvetfoxgames]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I MISSED READING YOUR HCS... could we get some crumbs about the boys at an aquarium? i must know if they would let me info dump about jellyfish 🤲

(i hope you're doing well! remember to take care of yourself :-))

AWW WELL I'M GLAD TO BE BACK TO THE HCS!!

Alexei - So many facts, so much knowledge, you'd be there from opening to closing. He's completely content to sit and watch jellyfish for hours while you info dump together. Will buy you at least three plushies of your most talked about animals. He loves the egg-yolk jelly 🪼

Brooklyn - Do you want the ultimate aquarium experience? He'll rent the place out after hours so you two will have the whole place to yourselves. Takes your knowledge very seriously, like stands with his arms folded slowly nodding his head as if you're telling him the most important info in the world. Fond of the decorator crab 🦀

Leo - Matching aquarium hats from the gift shop. Wants to do any available activities like feeding stingrays or doing the touch tank. Asks you a lot of questions about jellyfish. Frequent "Check this out!" in regards to cool things he found he wants to show you. Obsessed with the penguins 🐧

Milo - Super slow to move on to each exhibit because rather than read the info, he likes to observe the critters in their enclosure. You can't quite tell if he's listening to you or not while you unleash your facts. He is. He'll bring up something you mentioned about seahorses two months from now. Relates to the wolf eel 🐺

Rory - He finds the aquarium very relaxing and you notice he looks more peaceful than usual. He also legit reads all the placards and information on each species. He acts slightly annoyed with your info dumping, but you can tell that he's taking it all in. After your visit, he draws the bat ray a lot 🦇

Tobias - The S.E.A. Aquarium, L’Oceanografic, Curaçao Sea Aquarium Park - if you like aquariums, you will be flown out to see all of them! He might not have the biggest interest in marine life, but he will actually be quiet and listen to you talk about it. Tries to scare you in the shark areas. Thinks the leopard shark is rad 🦈

(Thank you, I hope you are too!)

[cyberlittlekittywolf]

[DNI: MINORS & 25+ CISHET NUDES/SEXTING TRANSPHOBIA MISSGENDERING RACISM FATPHOBIA AND ANYTHING NON-CONSENSUAL]

1. INTRO IN ENGLISH:

Dexiaure/Dex/Dexie, Donnie, Demian, Dann, Na or Mein.

🐺🐾 Maned Wolf Cub (Aguará Guazú) & Calupoh WolfDog!!

🐱❄️ Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia) & Nebelung Cat (Felis Catus)!!

Names you can use with me

(🐺🐾) Tell me puppy, little wolf, wolf, pup, dog, claws, tail, pussyboy or doggy ^_^!

(🐱❄️) Tell me kitten, feline, meow meow, prrrrrince, pussycat, spot or paws ^0^!

(🧛🏻🩸) Tell me sir, mister, master, fangs, count, general, mr. hunter, my owner, boss, lord or king! /For Dom!

(🦦🧃) Tell me little one, pretty, little fangs, good boy, honey, sunshine, little horns, little sun or my beloved boy /For sub!

(🚷🩹) Tell me piggy, sick, piece of trash, shit, slut, whore, bitch, asshole, stupid, lunatic, toy, filthy boy, donkey or dirty boy. /For humiliate!

(💉🥩) Tell me vamp, bat, little vampire, little bat, devil, crow, bloody, shadow, void, sharky, dino guy, ghost, corpse, dead, spider, ratman, mr. d, snake, dragon, monster or foxy. /For others!

In the multiverse of (fictional) personalities, I am also a demon, a vampire and others (💉🥩)

19 y.o. Switch with Dom lean, voyeur, sadomasochist, rigger, probably caregiver, brat tamer, degraded, nd (audh), ftm androgynous (ambiguous and versatile gender expression), polyamorous t4t lean (but in the end it doesn't matter what gender it is) & CHILEAN 🇨🇱 I SPEAK SPANISH, I'M SORRY FOR THE BAD TRANSLATIONS (/^\).

Alternative, emo, scene, gothic, punk, visual kei, cybergoth, etc. (I don't look like one, but I love subcultures).

2. INSTEREST:

hannibal, dexter, true crime, heavy metal, sharks, dinosaurs, neurodivergences, mental disorders/psychiatry, movies/series of everything except comedies or musicals, fanfic, webtoon, manga/manhwua/manhua, anime, collecting tiny things, serial killers, dance, art, poetry/writing, full bdsm, philosophy, thinking, and more.

Clarifications: My kinks and everything posted on this blog, do not mean that it is something necessary to do with my play partner, if my partner had hard limits regarding some of my kinks, I would respect him above all, the same if they are TW, I would also avoid bringing up the subject. For me, too, everything is valid from mutual consent, even CNC, consent is required. So if the relationship is not SSC, then I would be very concerned, first of all, about talking, respecting and understanding, okay? Do we understand each other? Very good, good boy/girl/dog/thing!

MORE KINKS, TAGS & BOUNDARIES UNDER THE CUT

3. KINKS:

Wax play, gun play, knife play, blood play, with sharp things, with whips, bandages, gags, harnesses, chains, ropes, collars, handcuffs, etc.

Sensory deprivation, spanking, T4T, bondage, self-bondage, kinbaku, role-playing, orgasm control, breath control, erotic asphyxiation, light CBT (genital torture), discipline, sadism, masochism, praise, humiliation and degradation (between light and severe), light primal play, human furniture, dehumanization, mummification, intox (alcohol, weed), maybe hypno/somno, anal stimulation, etc.

Protocol domination/submission, Master/slave, Owner/pet (petplay), power games, God/devotee, etc.

Hands, gas masks/monsters/demons/animals, latex, rubber, vore/cannibalism, hybristophilia, choking/strangling, monsterfuckers, biting, sucking, marking, hair pulling, size difference, spit/drool, double penetration, skin pinching, face fucking, rub, four legs, scratch, blows, blowjob, kiss without tongue (preferably), growl, grunt, non-penetrative sex, bathe and be bathed in a tub, sex in the dark, etc.

Kidnapping, murder, boss/employee, religious, royalty and servants/subjects, vampires, demons, monsters, unhealthy obsession, mafia, hot nerd, etc.

4. HARD AND SOFT BOUNDARIES:

Soft boundaries: Extreme CBT, Golden Shower, CNC, Foot Worship, Extreme Torture, Exhibitionism as Humiliation, Nipple Torture, Extreme pain, Ageplay, Age Gap... I can't think of any more at the moment.

HARD boundaries: Coprophilia/scat, zoophilia, exhibitionism, genital torture towards me, genital worship for both myself and another person, nudes, sexting, pedophilia, forced feminization, missgender, bodily fluids, pregnancy, incest... I can't think of any more.

[Clarifications: soft boundaries. Extreme CBT and golden showers are only towards the other person, definitely not towards me.]

TAG GUIDE

For sub post #cyberdexsub

For Dom post #cyberdexdom

For pet post #cyberdexpet

For art post #cyberdexart

For pics post #cyberdexpics

For kinky/horny post #kinkycyberdex

For vampy/bloody post (not sh) #dexcybervamp

For random things about me posts #dexie stuff🦦

For others post #dirty dex🦴, #weird dex stuff, #poetry grotesque🫀, #dex en esp 🇨🇱

(I will probably add more in the future)

[phightingheadcanons]

CREATURE BLAST HC!!! aka what I draw inspiration from when drawing the phighters!

SWORD: avian + dragon. Red-shouldered hawk specifically!

SKATEBOARD: ladybugs. Straight up ladybugs

BIOGRAFT: not really anything.. if I were to creature them more I'd go with a stag beetle

KATANA: owl... great horned specifically. Or I could mess around with a great eared nightjar for him, hm...

BAN HAMMER: full dragon. I like giving him two tails I think it looks cool

ROCKET: the stargazer fish! Yes it's a direct reference to Stargazer Rocket! That's the point <3

SLINGSHOT: a serval. It's a type of cat I love it forever and always

HYPERLASER: polar bear + zebra shark. I used to go with just polar bear but then the shark tail hcs got to me

SHURIKEN: ngl.. nothing in particular. I wanted to give him leopard vibes but he just became his own thing entirely

SCYTHE: we all saw it coming: rattlesnake. And that's it tbh

MEDKIT: deer + whale shark. I saw a hc of him being a whale shark and latched on but I also liked the deer concept so... both!

BOOMBOX: resplendant quetzal! It's a species of bird!!

SUBSPACE: centipede + stoat. I don't know why I just think he'd make a good stoat

VINESTAFF: clouded leopard. Their patterning just has her vibe idk

COIL: wolf. Everyone saw this coming

~ redshift anon

"So so cool and most are so creative! I love it. Though we ought to give Medkit more variations of deer species. Musk deer is my favorite for now. But I'm being biased lol"

[your-pal-nebula]

You can call me Nebula, Abel, Silver, Cori, Adaluza, Royal Dandy, Chazz, Razzle Dazzle, Glen, Velvette, Jax, Hexadecimal, Guzma, Mettaton, or any nickname that is a spin-off of those

Transmasc + agender + boygirl + pangenderspace

He/It/Xe/She + any space themed neoprounouns or space themed emojiself pronouns

My main interests right now are WordGirl, ReBoot, Hazbin Hotel, Wings of Fire, The Amazing Digital Circus, Stardew Valley, Minecraft, Pokémon (specifically USUM), and Wildcraft. I post about my OCs a lot too

I'm an alterhuman. Kinlist below. There's a lot. I'm simultaneously therian, fictionkin, otherlink, songkin, objectkin, and otherhearted. I'm autistic and believe this to be the source of my alterhumanity.

I'm the host of a praesigenic plural system. I have four brainmade headmates, and everyone else is a fictive from either WordGirl or ReBoot. Brief introductions for all of us below. If a post isn't signed, assume it was made by me. Collectively, we use vae/vear pronouns (no they/them).

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Alterhuman Kinlist:

Theriotypes: Eldritch Dragon, SilkWing, Snow Leopard, Peacock, HiveWing

Kintypes: Nephilim, Buglike Alien, Cyborg, Piglin, Necrozma, Absol

Fictotypes: Silver Boxleitner (WordGirl OC), Cori Worst, (WG OC), Adaluza (Hazbin Hotel OC), Velvette (Hazbin Hotel), Royal Dandy (WordGirl), Glen Furlblam (WordGirl), Jax (TADC), Hexadecimal (Reboot), Andrealphus (Helluva Boss), Guzma (Pokemon USUM), Mettaton (Undertale)

Linktypes: NightWing (Wings of Fire), Living Doll, Shark, Razzle Dazzle (WordGirl OC), Chazz (WordGirl)

Songkins: Every song by Creature Feature

Hearttypes: Axolotls, dolphins, machines/tech in general

Hearthomes: Fair City (WordGirl), Alola (Pokémon), The Nether (Minecraft), Lost Angles (ReBoot), Hell (Hellaverse), Heaven (Hellaverse)

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System Members:

Necro: Brainmade, they/it/vey/zhe, vampirekin, genderless, sex variant, androsexual/toric/nblm

Chaos: Brainmade, gore/fog/shx/shadow/🔪, crowhearted, darkness conceptkin, demonkin, analog horrorkin, greyromantic bisexual, intrusive thoughts holder

Heather: Brainmade, she/hy/bun, rabbit and deer therian, sex variant, pan lesbian, butch dyke

Ethereal: Brainmade, they/it, angelkin, snow leopard therian

Salem: Brainmade, doll/moon/she/he, dog therian (bichon shih tzu mix)

Silver Boxleitner: She/Her, mouse copinglink

Cori Worst: She/Her, fox therian

Sketch: She/Her, originally my sister's OC

Tobey Mccallister: He/Him

Victoria Best: She/Her

Dr. Twobrains: He/Ey

Beatrice/Lady Redundant Woman: She/Tech/Machine/Cyber/Wire

Ms. Question: She/Her

Invisi-Bill: He/Wolf/Howl/Pup, sparkledog, golden retriever, coyote and wolf therian, protecter, self identified guard dog

Big Left Hand Guy: He/Him/Any (neoprounouns included)

Bob: He/Him

Dot Matrix: She/Her

Matrix: He/It/Xey

AndrAIa: She/He

Keys Matrix: He/Him

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Fandom OCs:

WordGirl: Silver Boxleitner, Cori Worst, Marleen Everwood, Alynxai, Malakai Jackson, Comet Skyrunner, Apples and Oranges, Cat and Dog, Bella Bloodsucker, Razzle Dazzle

Hazbin Hotel: Adaluza, Plushie Guts, Midnight, Violet Vicicous

Wings of Fire: (A lot but mostly) Artemis, Goldenstar, Bloodspiller, Widow, Borealis, Deathblossom

ReBoot: Keys Matrix (yeah he's the only one)

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DNI: Prosh1ppers, p0rn blogs, pro/neu/comp contact harmful paraphiles, anti-therian, anti-neoprounouns, radfems/TERFs, radqueers, pro cringe culture, transandrophobia deniers, people who believe in the validity of thought crimes, sysmeds (endo neutrals are okay!), queer exclusionists, pro-ana

Please do not involve us in syscourse, queer discourse, discourse around Hellaverse and its creator, or absolutely any sort of discourse against our will. We do hold stances on these, and discoursers are welcome to interact and follow, but please do not involve us in it.

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You see the gun I have in my profile? That's for Justice Cheese shippers.

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My mutuals, who I love and hold very close:

@holdthefuckupwhat @toonycatuwu @emberthearsonist @pennyroks77 @rootbeertime @evaiskindaweird @dreadthedecay @snickerzanddoodlez @thatgayoctopus @jamiesolas @autistic-fuckwad @inkangeliguess @victoriabestdefender @ratlordsarah @persistinghorrors @therianslaypotato @corvidthedragon @shepherdingthepie @v0id-clawz @nabbit-unmasked @moonlightravensblog @gabriella-sec @elzore-da-great @randareal1

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[theloveoffootball10]

sᴛᴀʏ - ᴏɴᴇ

series masterlist / complete masterlist

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Hearing my alarm blaring in my ear, I groan until I remember this alarm is different, today is the day I go on holiday. Turning off what could probably be considered the worst sound in the world I drag myself out of bed, making sure I don't wake my two year old I drag myself to the kitchen to make a cuppa. Today I'm taking my little boy Lucas on his first holiday abroad just the two of us. I've argued with myself for weeks over whether this would be a good idea however there's no going back, our flight to Greece is in around four hours. As a single mum I want to make these memories with him before I become a single mum of two and have to learn to juggle two kids under three.

My relationship with my ex, Liam was always rocky. We are two people who should never have been together. We were toxic. He left me shortly after Lucas was born leaving me to adapt to being a new mum on my own. Stupidly I decided to take him back time and time again but they say a leopard never changes their spots and he proved that theory, not even two weeks after telling him about my second pregnancy he once again left me. Now four months pregnant I want to spend all of my free time with Lucas so he knows his mum has always been there for him.

Getting myself ready I stick my head around the door of my bedroom to see Lucas still fast asleep. It's typical isn't it, when you want a lay in toddlers wake up at the crack of dawn but when you need them awake, they're dead to the world.  Gently shaking Lucas to wake him I feel like the worst mum in the world but I can't leave him any longer, my dad will be here soon to drop us at the airport. Sitting on the bed next to Lucas he stirs slightly.

"Come on Lucas baby, grandads going to be here soon to take us to the aeroplane"

"No mama" Lucas groans as he stirs "I Lando"

"Okay you're Lando" I say with a smile. Lucas is just as obsessed with formula one as the rest of my family and some days he decides he's Lando Norris and won't answer to anything other than Lando. Rather than arguing with a two year old, I go along with it "let's go Lando. We're going on holiday"

"Let's go Lando!" Lucas jumps up on my bed bouncing as he sings the song I must hear seventy times a day. It was cute for a while now I want to bang my head against the wall when I hear it. Let's go Lando is probably my equivalent of baby shark for normal parents.

I get Lucas dressed making sure he has on a Lando T-shirt as always, due to him being so small I have to use the likes of Etsy to keep him in some kind of racing related outfit but he loves them. As he sits eating his breakfast I pack a bag for the plane making sure I have plenty of snacks, toys and spare clothes for the duration of the flight as well as the time we're going to be waiting in the airport. Since I became a mum I've realised you can never be too prepared.

"Mama I drive my claren?" Lucas asks not being able to fully say McLaren just yet.

"No your car has to stay here and you can drive it when we come home okay? We've got some toy cars in your bag though and you're going to ride in your Ferrari" since my brother Sam bought Lucas a ride on McLaren for his birthday a few months ago he thinks it has to go everywhere with us however it makes it half the battle when I can compromise with a pushchair that has a Ferrari logo embroidered onto it.

"Ferrari mama! Let's go!"

"Grandad isn't here yet. We need to get you cleaned up then we'll be ready okay?" Cleaning the dishes from breakfast I gather everything we're going to need at the front door as we wait for my dad. Lucas absolutely adores my mum and dad they would literally do anything for the two of us especially him.

"Mama grandads here!" Lucas screams as he knocks on the window waving at my dad.

"Morning little man!" My dad picks Lucas up giving him a massive bear hug as he walks into the living room "how you feeling this morning Nat?"

"Okay so far. I think I'm finally getting over the sickness it hasn't happened for about a week now" from the start of my pregnancy I have been plagued with sickness morning noon and night but thankfully the sickness has stopped, I still feel nauseous constantly but I can deal with that.

"Hopefully that's the end of it for you. Come on then Lucas let's get your shoes on so we can put you in the car for mummy"

"No I Lando!" Lucas protests as my dad puts his trainers on for him.

"We're only answering to Lando today again" I say as I turn off everything and grab my handbag with our passports in.

"Sometimes I think it would've been easier for you to call him Lando like you wanted to"

"You're telling me! I'm sure some people think his name is Lando and not Lucas" I say following my dad to his car "do you think I can do this dad?"

"Do what?"

"Take Lucas abroad just the two of us. I'm scared" I admit. When I booked the holiday I was full of confidence. Now I'm terrified to go to a different country with him in case something happens.

"Natalia you can do this. You're so much stronger than you think and if you need anything all you have to do is phone. Your mum and I would be on the next flight to be with you" maybe all I need a is pep talk from my dad but he knows exactly how to ease my nerves "you need to get on the plane and make as many memories as you can. He's at an age now where he's going to love the beach and the pool. You're going to have the best time"

"Love you dad"

"Love you too bean" as we arrive at the airport drop off point my dad helps us inside with our cases before hugging us tight "remember anything you need Nat we're at the other end of the phone"

Arriving in Greece three and a half hours later than planned due to a flight delay I'm exhausted. Lucas is overly tired after refusing to nap and the excitement of being on a plane, I can tell he's about three seconds away from having a meltdown and honestly I'm not far behind him.

The hotel check in desk is crazy busy, probably due to the fact it's now late afternoon rather than early and so many people are trying to check in at the same time. I thought I'd prepared for this however what I didn't plan for was a delay. Epic fail on my part.

"Lucas stand with mummy please" holding my hand out to Lucas I hope he'll just stand with me however I realise that isn't going to happen as he tries to take off across the hotel reception at lightening speed "Lucas no!" Grabbing hold of Lucas as quickly as I can I stand him next to me again.

"Noooo!" Taking a deep breath as Lucas starts screaming and crying I do my best to calm him down. I know everyone is looking at us and probably judging but what can I do? He's an overly tired and frustrated toddler. Getting my phone out as a last resort to try and help, I play Let's go Lando quietly for Lucas not wanting to disturb everyone around us.

"Do you want to listen to Lando?" Seeing the look Lucas gives me I realise this might get me somewhere. Handing my phone to Lucas who is lying on the floor his mood changes instantly. Am I a bad parent letting my child lie in the middle of a hotel floor with a phone? Probably but I'll do what I can.

"Let's go Lando!" As Lucas starts singing I don't even try to tell him to be quiet, a singing toddler is better than a screaming one. Letting out a sigh of relief I wipe the stray tears from my eyes. I didn't even realise I'd started to cry. I haven't even checked into the hotel yet and I'm already regretting my decision to come alone.

"Sorry to bother you but I just want to tell you you're doing amazing. Travelling with a little one isn't easy but you've done it and you're here. You should be proud of yourself" looking up at the woman in front of me I well up with tears. As a single mum for a stranger to compliment you means so much.

"Thank you. I appreciate that. Have a lovely holiday" I try not to have a break down in front of the family stood before me but it makes me realise I'm doing my best and that's all I can do.

"You as well. Maybe we'll see you around the resort. You're more than welcome to join us if you need some adult conversation" as the family gather their cases so they can move on to their room I realise there are still some genuine people out there.

Once Lucas and I are checked into our room we grab some dinner before showering and heading to bed. It's been a long day for us both the best thing for us to do is have an early night so we can explore the resort tomorrow. The reviews of the resort were incredible and from my research they offer so much for kids which swayed my decision to come here. My fear of leaving Lucas with complete strangers means I won't leave him in a kids club but I'll take him to every activity he's able to do.

The next morning we're both awake bright and early. The sun is already bouncing off the pavements and I can tell it's going to be a red hot day. The October sun is just what I need away from the stresses of work and life back home.

"Morning baby boy. Are you Lucas or Lando today?" I ask running my fingers through Lucas's dark hair as he cuddles into my chest.

"I Lando mama" Lucas says with a yawn as he picks up his teddy that is clad in a McLaren shirt. It never leaves his side, I dread to think what would happen if he didn't have it.

"Okay you're Lando" I'm not going to argue with Lucas, he knows his name isn't Lando but what harm is he doing? "Should we go for breakfast then to the pool?"

"I take my claren?" Scrambling off the bed Lucas looks for the small McLaren car I put in the bag for him.

"Yes you can take it. Do you want to watch races while mummy gets ready?" If Lucas is awake when I get dressed on a morning I allow him to watch videos of F1 races, I do try to limit his screen time but I don't mind him watching an iPad as long as it's not all of the time.

"I watch Lando?" Agreeing to put videos on of Lando Norris racing I focus on getting myself washed and dressed before turning my attention to Lucas. I cover every inch of him in sun cream not willing to take the risk of him getting burnt in the sun before dressing him in his chosen white Lando T-shirt, orange shorts and white crocs.

It's doesn't take long until Lucas and I are out of our room and are looking for somewhere to get breakfast. The resort has a multitude of places to choose from and now I'm not exhausted I'm realising how truly beautiful it is. There's white marble everywhere with hints of blue popping in different areas.

As I push Lucas through the resort I try to point out different things to distract from the fact I've taken the iPad from him and put it away. Thankfully he doesn't have a meltdown and is happily pointing out the pools he can see. Finding a buffet restaurant I decide it's a good place to start the morning. I'm grateful Lucas isn't a fussy eater as he chooses different fruits as well as toast and scrambled eggs to eat.

"Do you want to go swimming after your breakfast?" I ask as Lucas works his way through the food in front of him.

"Yes mama! And you?"

"Yes and me. You can play on the slide and make some friends" what Lucas doesn't know is that the pool float I've brought for him is in the shape of a race car and I know he's going to love it.

"Just mama and Uncle Sam"

"Uncle Sam isn't here. He's at home with nana and grandad" Lucas has been attached to my older brother Sam's side for as long as I can remember, he never gets a break from him when we go to my parents house. I sometimes think it's because he's the main male figure in his life along with my dad.

"Let's go mama" as Lucas finishes his breakfast I gather he's ready to move on. That's the thing with my child, he's very determined and if he's done, he's done.

Letting Lucas walk by my side we make our way to the pool and set ourselves up for the day. I notice the family from yesterday near us and can't help think they look familiar but not from seeing them in the hotel. Saying a quick morning to them I continue with getting the swimming float blown up for Lucas.

"Mama it's a Ferrari!" Seeing the excitement on Lucas's face makes everything worthwhile. It's not easy and being a mum has its challenges but seeing your own child smiling and happy makes it me realise every sacrifice is worth it "it's not a claren"

"No baby it's not a McLaren but you like Ferrari right?"

"Yes mama but I Lando and Lando drives a claren" Lucas says looking at me like it's the most obvious thing in the world. I've created a gremlin.

"Mamas sorry but we couldn't get a McLaren. You show everyone that Lando can drive a Ferrari too and we'll get a McLaren next time"

The next couple of hours are spent in the pool with Lucas laughing and joking as we play games, splash each other and play on the slide in the pool all while he sings his little heart out to Let's go Lando. Hearing the laugh of your child is the most magical sound in the world, seeing him smile the way he has this morning makes me realise I am doing something right. In all of the excitement I can tell that Lucas is exhausted, getting him to agree to nap is easier than I thought it would be as I settle him in the pushchair hoping it'll give me 30 minutes at least to relax in the sun.

"Hi, sorry to bother you I'm Cisca. My family and I were wondering if you'd like to join us? We noticed you were alone with your little boy and thought you might like to sit with us. You're more than welcome to tell me to go away if you thinking I'm overstepping" looking at the lady from the reception last night I agree to sit with her family. Her words last night meant so much and I can't shake the feeling of familiarity about her.

"That would be lovely. Thank you. I'm Natalia by the way. Can I just say what you said to me last night really turned my day around. I thought I was the worst mum in the world at that point and regretting coming away just the two of us without my parents"

"We've all been there but raising humans isn't easy. From what I've seen of you with your little boy you're doing amazing. This is my husband Adam, our girls Flo and Cisca are around somewhere as well" as I'm introduced to Adam I realise why the family are so familiar to me.

"Oh my god you're Lando Norris's parents aren't you? I knew I'd seen your faces around but couldn't work out where" I'm not a stalker but I've followed racing for long enough to recognise some of the people in the background and in the garages.

"Yeah we're his parents. We've noticed your little boy seems to be a big fan" Adam says looking over at Lucas who's fast asleep in his Lando T-shirt that he chose this morning.

"He's a huge fan. His whole life revolves around Lando so much so that he thinks he is actually Lando. Give him sixteen years and I think he'll be coming for his seat"

"Lando should be with us in the next couple of days, he had a few media commitments after the race in Singapore but we'll have to introduce him to his protege and you of course" I can't believe what I'm hearing from Cisca. I've met Lando Norris's parents and they want to introduce me to him. I don't think I can do this.

[shadowknightapologist]

random shadow knight thoughts until i make an official post and actually know what i want them to look like.

WARNINGS FOR: (body) horror, monsters, dead animals (briefly mentioned), possible contradictions to myself (i try very hard to avoid that, but it's inevitable while i'm working through ideas).

i've mentioned this before, but shadow knights have several forms. for now, the working names are: imposter (human-passing), intermediate (the hulking, armored form you see in canon MCD), inherent (the form developed after "the remaking"), and divined (enhanced forms gifted only to ascended knights and the lower king, previously called a "beast form").

the process for turning someone into a shadow knight is going to be referred to as "the remaking" unless otherwise decided.

i've been recently inspired by cosmic horror steven universe AUs, resident evil, and the mandela catalogue, so i'm thinking shadow knights, in their natural form, are very vaguely recognizable by humans but very obviously not. here are some links to give you an idea of what i mean :3 (these apply more to intermittent forms btw!)

(NOTE: i started looking on pinterest, so some of these might not have the original poster linked; if anyone recognizes a piece and can link me to the origin, i'll add it!!)

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 (links not in order of images)

basically i'm going for something very uncanny valley/alienish with some biblical and some folktale aspects. but idk this is just me thinking for once /silly.

in order of most to least likely to occur, shadow knights resemble: armored netherian predators -> scaled netherian predators -> furred netherian predators -> overworld insect predators -> scaled overworld predators -> furred overworld predators -> marine overworld predators.

i previously mentioned that sasha would probably be inspired by a snake, but i think i'm going to instead base her off a ghast and a jellyfish and move the snake concept to a different character >:3

zenix's concept may change too... he was previously listed as shark/alligator but i may go for hoglin and/or bat instead but we'll see.

gene stays a feline, and laurance is confirmed as a wasp (maybe with some praying mantis traits).

vylad is kind of an enigma to me, but we don't have a lot of nether-inspired shadow knights so i might base him off of a wither skeleton.

i'm thinking coyote for vincent, snow leopard for amethyst, and maybe blaze for glenda.

man i really need to lock in.

shadow knight bodies periodically break down so they can re-strengthen themselves and it's so fucking nasty. i'm talking skin sloughing off, limbs tearing off easy, teeth and hair falling out. i'd say it happens really infrequently unless a shadow knight is severely injured or levelled. laurance thankfully gets kind of desensitized to his body falling apart, otherwise he would have crashed out early asf.

i'm kinda crazy and love rank/role shit, so in addition to the four ranks available to shadow knights, every one of them is given a role that probably dictates what their inherent forms look like. for example, sentinels are usually very tall and thin with large/many eyes and can sometimes float (to increase how much they can see). sasha, for example, would be classified as a sentinel.

other roles i'm thinking of are: mothers (remake knights), priests/priestesses (usually magik users who are used both offensively and defensively, often sent to the overworld to extend shad's influence), brutes (highly aggressive, offensive knights).

but idk i don't want this to get corny or like. dumb LOL.

last thing for this post is... sort of cute? depends on the individual.

shadow knights can get hellish cuteness aggression. because of who by and how they're made, most of them express themselves violently even if the emotion is positive. zenix would be a really good example of this; the guy is ALWAYS screaming or beating on something or eating something and it's just how he's wired at this point.

other than him, the rest of our shadow knight cast can keep themselves pretty much in check. they are exceptionally bitey if given the chance though. i also imagine they bring dead things to their select people as some sick symbol of affection. sort of like how cats think they're providing for you when they bring you a dead mouse, but it's also like "i killed this thing instead of you, isn't that cool?"

gene is like this, creepy mfer. when he finds dante in s3 he keeps leaving tiny dead things on his doorstep. nana assumes they have a sweet little kitty hanging around and plans to catch it.

(unfortunate.)

[montereybayaquarium]

Would you still love us if we were a worm? 🥺👉👈

What’s cuter than sharing? Sharing is caring, after all, and no other muddy buddy does that better than the fat innkeeper worm (Urechis caupo). These seafloor superheroes burrow in the soft sediment of estuaries and earn their name by providing shelter, food, and even running water for their fellow members of the muck, like pea crabs, ghost shrimp, scale worms, and arrow gobies. They’re also a source of food for many other animals including leopard sharks and sea otters!

[ravioliet]

Orion doodle from today because it's been a while since i drew him. for some context Jimothy is Oriole's beloved leopard shark plushie that she got when they were on a case together early on in their partnership and ended up at the aquarium. we love Jimothy

[delightingintragedy]

Mars Correspondences

From Christian Astrology by William Lilly

(It is mostly word for word. I tried to format it to fit into a nice correspondence list, but the information itself is untouched.)

Zodiac: Aries is his Day-house, Scorpio is his Night-house. Exhaulted in Capricorn, Depressed in Cancer, Detriment in Libra and Taurus.

Nature: Masculine, Nocturnal Planet, in nature hot and dry, choleric and fiery, the lesser Infortune, author of Quarrels, Strifes, and Contentions.

Profession: Princes Ruling by Tyranny and Oppression, or Tyrants, Usurpers, new Conquerors. Generals in Armies, Colonels, Captains, or any Soldiers having command in Armies, all manner of Soldiers, Physicians, Apothecaries, Surgeons, Alchemists, Gunners, Butchers, Marshals, Sergeants, Bailiffs, Hangmen, Thieves, Smiths, Bakers, Armourers, Watchmakers, Botchers, Tailors, Cutlers of Swords and Knives, Barbers, Dyers, Cooks, Carpenters, Gamesters, Bear-wards, Tanners, Curriers.

Diseases: The Gall, the left Ear, tertian Fevers, pestilent burning Fevers, Migraines in the Head, Carbuncles, the Plague and all Plague-sores, Burnings, Ringworm, Blisters, Frenzies, mad sudden distempers in the Head, Yellow-jaundice, Bloodyflux, Fistulas, all Wounds and Diseases in men's Genitals, the Stone both in Reins and Bladder, Scars or small Pox in the Face, all hurts by Iron, the Shingles, and such other Diseases as arise by abundance of too much Choler, Anger or Passion.

Colour: Red colour, or Yellow, fiery and shining like Saffron.

Savour: Those which are bitter, sharp and burn the Tongue.

Herbs: The Herbs which we attribute to Mars are such as come near to redness, whose leaves are pointed and sharp, whose taste is caustic and burning, love to grow on dry places, are corrosive, and penetrating the Flesh and Bone with a most subtle heat: They are as follows: The Nettle, all manner of Thistles, Restharrow or Cammock, Devils-milk or Petty spurge, the white and red Brambles, the white called vulgarly by the Herbalists Ramme, Lingwort, Onions, Scammony, Garlic, Mustard-seed, Pepper, Ginger, Leeks, Dittander, Horehound, Hemlock, red Sanders, Tamarinds, all Herbs attracting or drawing choler by Sympathy, Radish, Castoreum, Aresmart, Assarum, Carduus Benedictus, Cantharides.

Trees: All Trees which are prickly, as a Thorn, Chestnut.

Beasts: Panther, Tiger, Mastiff, Vulture, Fox; of living creatures, those that are Warlike, Ravenous and Bold, the Castor, Horse, Mule, Ostrich, the Goat, the Wolf, the Leopard, the wild Ass, the Gnats, Flies, Lapwing, Cockatrice, the Griffin, Bear.

Fishes, etc: The Pike, the Shark, the Barbel, the Fork-fish, all stinking Worms, Scorpions.

Birds, etc: The Hawk, the Vulture, the Kite or Glead, (all ravenous Fowl), the Raven, Cormorant, the Owl, (some say the Eagle), the Crow, the Pye.

Places: Smith's Shops, Furnaces, Slaughterhouses, places where Bricks or Charcoal are burned or have been burned, Chimneys, Forges.

Minerals: Iron, Antimony, Arsenic, Brimstone, Ochre.

Stones: Adamant, Loadstone, Bloodstone, Jasper, the many coloured Amethyst, the Touchstone, red Lead or Vermilion.

Weather: Red Clouds, Thunder, Lightning, Fiery impressions, and pestilent Airs, which usually appear after a long time of dryness and fair Weather, by improper and unwholesome Mists.

Winds: Western Winds

Angel: Samael

Planetary Alliances: His Friends are only Venus; Enemies all the other planets.

Week Day: Tuesday

Correspondence posts for the other planets: [Sun] [Moon] [Mercury] [Venus] [Jupiter] [Saturn]

[hopskip-andajump]

Meowdy! Welcome to my blog :3

I go by Skip and Atlas ! :3

I use He / Him, They / Them, Star / Starself , and Chirp / Chirpself pronouns, I really like it when people use these interchangeably so please do that!!

I am a polytherian , plantkin , and otherkin! my theriotypes / kintypes are

Black Maincoon Cat

Black Tipped Reef Shark

Red Tailed Hawk

Serval

Bat

Russian Blue Cat

Mountain Lion

Sacabambaspis

Clouded Leopard

Jackalope

Cerberus

Gargoyle

Miros Bird ( Rainworld )

Slugcat ( Rainworld )

Lantern Mouse ( Rainworld )

Rainwing ( WOF )

Gnarpian ( Regretevator)

Amaryllis flower

I am an artist and have been for about 7-8 years :3 I don't have comms open yet but I plan on opening them soon!! here's some examples of my art!

I have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Anxiety, and Depression (but I am currently in recovery!!)

Heres my straw page for a tldr ^-^

I POST GORE AND SUGGESTIVE CONTENT !! PLEASE BE CAREFUL ON MY PAGE

AMAZING SILLY PEOPLE !!

Downandcrafty - My irl best friend!! He's been a huge source of support for me and it is so skrungle

Kidwhomhasahat |alt 1 and alt 2| - one of my mutuals and a huge source of inspiration for me!! Plus she is very very silly :33

Lordoftablecloths - one of my mutuals ^w^ he is very cool and swag

Thef0llyofman - a fellow tourney kid and another one of my inspos!!

Sparklecarehospital - a comic I've been hyperfixating over :3 go check it out! It's very well written.

Tgcg - i think I spelt it wrong but amazing art!! Very pleasing to the eyes ^w^

Nikovolt |alt| - another moot and just a general silly person!

Scene-royaltylolz - very silly moot and a very kind person!!!

Sponseredbywalmart - one of my moots, very silly

Red-rat-ryu - my beautiful amazing partner ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Kr1ck3ts-d3n - my other beautiful amazing partner :3 ❤️❤️

Potato-in-dirt - one of my irl friends !! Shark buddies ....

makothedorito - one of my moots ive known the longest ! Pelting her with bricks :3 /vvpos

PLEASE INTERACT: alterhumans / alterhuman allies , artists , lgbtqia individuals / lgbtqia allies , neurodivergents , DOATK / MWM / mashup tournament enjoyers , NON-PROBLEMATIC Homestucks , non-problematic people :33

DO NOT INTERACT: Racists, Zoophiles , Homophobes / Terfs , Cringe Culture participaters , Proshippers , People prone to drama , generally shitty people

PAGE RULES:

Please keep like spam down to 5 posts or less ! It can be fairly annoying if I receive a shit ton of notifs ( Mutuals are exempt from this to a point )

If you like my art, reblog it ! Likes are nice, but reblogs can help more people see my art. I spend a lot of time and effort making my art and if it doesn't travel , it means that effort went to waste

DO NOT USE SHE / HER FOR ME FOR THE LOVE OF GAIA . I am a trans man and those ARE NOT MY PRONOUNS .

Please don't use it / it's for me. I know a lot of other alterhumans use those but I feel very uncomfortable when they're used for me .

Please use my preferred names UNLESS WE KNOW EACH OTHER AND YOU HAVE A NICKNAME FOR ME .

Please don't use nicknames for me unless we are mutuals

Please don't dm me unless we are mutuals

DO NOT MAKE SUI / SH JOKES! I have personally experienced both of those and they are a huge negative trigger for me . I am currently recovering and thinking too much about those things have lead me to mental breakdowns .

If I don't respond to an ask / message / comment, do not spam me please . My antidepressants make me very tired and I sleep alot because of it , so I might not get back to you immediately .

If you violate my dni or break my page rules I'm blocking you /srs

I am part of a system ! This blog is mostly used by Skip (the host), but sometimes other alters might pop in as well. Both of the ones that openly communicate type differently than I do (one types in a sort of "uwu speak' kind of fashion, and the other may replace Es with 3s), so please let them be if that happens!

Blogs for other alters ; Nep /\/\ Jolt ( One doesn't have one due to complications )

My sign offs for each of my alters are;

Skip ( Me ) - ⭐ - info above :3

Mozart - 🎸 - He / They - Doesn't front much due to complications with his source , he prefers to talk in a more " uwu " sort of way ??? idk how to describe it , but if he needs to ( or forgets lmao ) he'll talk more normally

Nepeta - ♌ - She / Kit / Any with a She / Kit preference - nonverbal , but loves to talk through other means ! Kits fairly hyper and loves talking about quadrents :3

Jolt - 📺 - She / They / Chip / Glitch - Milf energy . She talks very smoothly and uses " darling " alot . Doesn't know much about her past and struggles with remembering things . The few things she does remember are fairly traumatizing for her , so please don't bring them up !

Cirus / Lamb - 🔻- He / They - Former cult leader turned god of death . He is fairly fond of cats as his spouse was one . He's very much determined to keep the body healthy . Loves talking to people :3

Davepeta - 🍎 - She / He / They / It / Any - Whimsy lil fucker with BAADD memory . Would follow anyone who gives it apple slices . fairly new .

Jaspers / Frigglish - 🐈‍⬛ - He / Any - Also fairly new . Says whatever hes thinking . Very kind and loves talking to people :3

We love meeting doubles and alters from the same source !!!!

Here's where I got the teeth dividers!

And here's the moon dividers :3

[absolut-maenaiac]

Ash Wednesday - Thomas Theodor Heine Ash Wednesday by T. S. Eliot:

I

Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign?

Because I do not hope to know The infirm glory of the positive hour Because I do not think Because I know I shall not know The one veritable transitory power Because I cannot drink There, where trees flower, and springs flow, for there is nothing again

Because I know that time is always time And place is always and only place And what is actual is actual only for one time And only for one place I rejoice that things are as they are and I renounce the blessèd face And renounce the voice Because I cannot hope to turn again Consequently I rejoice, having to construct something Upon which to rejoice

And pray to God to have mercy upon us And pray that I may forget These matters that with myself I too much discuss Too much explain Because I do not hope to turn again Let these words answer For what is done, not to be done again May the judgement not be too heavy upon us

Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than the will Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still.

Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

II Lady, three white leopards sat under a juniper-tree In the cool of the day, having fed to sateity On my legs my heart my liver and that which had been contained In the hollow round of my skull. And God said Shall these bones live? shall these Bones live? And that which had been contained In the bones (which were already dry) said chirping: Because of the goodness of this Lady And because of her loveliness, and because She honours the Virgin in meditation, We shine with brightness. And I who am here dissembled Proffer my deeds to oblivion, and my love To the posterity of the desert and the fruit of the gourd. It is this which recovers My guts the strings of my eyes and the indigestible portions Which the leopards reject. The Lady is withdrawn In a white gown, to contemplation, in a white gown. Let the whiteness of bones atone to forgetfulness. There is no life in them. As I am forgotten And would be forgotten, so I would forget Thus devoted, concentrated in purpose. And God said Prophesy to the wind, to the wind only for only The wind will listen. And the bones sang chirping With the burden of the grasshopper, saying

Lady of silences Calm and distressed Torn and most whole Rose of memory Rose of forgetfulness Exhausted and life-giving Worried reposeful The single Rose Is now the Garden Where all loves end Terminate torment Of love unsatisfied The greater torment Of love satisfied End of the endless Journey to no end Conclusion of all that Is inconclusible Speech without word and Word of no speech Grace to the Mother For the Garden Where all love ends.

Under a juniper-tree the bones sang, scattered and shining We are glad to be scattered, we did little good to each other, Under a tree in the cool of day, with the blessing of sand, Forgetting themselves and each other, united In the quiet of the desert. This is the land which ye Shall divide by lot. And neither division nor unity Matters. This is the land. We have our inheritance.

III

At the first turning of the second stair I turned and saw below The same shape twisted on the banister Under the vapour in the fetid air Struggling with the devil of the stairs who wears The deceitul face of hope and of despair.

At the second turning of the second stair I left them twisting, turning below; There were no more faces and the stair was dark, Damp, jaggèd, like an old man's mouth drivelling, beyond repair, Or the toothed gullet of an agèd shark.

At the first turning of the third stair Was a slotted window bellied like the figs's fruit And beyond the hawthorn blossom and a pasture scene The broadbacked figure drest in blue and green Enchanted the maytime with an antique flute. Blown hair is sweet, brown hair over the mouth blown, Lilac and brown hair; Distraction, music of the flute, stops and steps of the mind over the third stair, Fading, fading; strength beyond hope and despair Climbing the third stair.

Lord, I am not worthy Lord, I am not worthy

but speak the word only.

IV Who walked between the violet and the violet Whe walked between The various ranks of varied green Going in white and blue, in Mary's colour, Talking of trivial things In ignorance and knowledge of eternal dolour Who moved among the others as they walked, Who then made strong the fountains and made fresh the springs

Made cool the dry rock and made firm the sand In blue of larkspur, blue of Mary's colour, Sovegna vos

Here are the years that walk between, bearing Away the fiddles and the flutes, restoring One who moves in the time between sleep and waking, wearing

White light folded, sheathing about her, folded. The new years walk, restoring Through a bright cloud of tears, the years, restoring With a new verse the ancient rhyme. Redeem The time. Redeem The unread vision in the higher dream While jewelled unicorns draw by the gilded hearse.

The silent sister veiled in white and blue Between the yews, behind the garden god, Whose flute is breathless, bent her head and signed but spoke no word

But the fountain sprang up and the bird sang down Redeem the time, redeem the dream The token of the word unheard, unspoken

Till the wind shake a thousand whispers from the yew

And after this our exile

V If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent If the unheard, unspoken Word is unspoken, unheard; Still is the unspoken word, the Word unheard, The Word without a word, the Word within The world and for the world; And the light shone in darkness and Against the Word the unstilled world still whirled About the centre of the silent Word.

O my people, what have I done unto thee.

Where shall the word be found, where will the word Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence Not on the sea or on the islands, not On the mainland, in the desert or the rain land, For those who walk in darkness Both in the day time and in the night time The right time and the right place are not here No place of grace for those who avoid the face No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice

Will the veiled sister pray for Those who walk in darkness, who chose thee and oppose thee, Those who are torn on the horn between season and season, time and time, between Hour and hour, word and word, power and power, those who wait In darkness? Will the veiled sister pray For children at the gate Who will not go away and cannot pray: Pray for those who chose and oppose

O my people, what have I done unto thee.

Will the veiled sister between the slender Yew trees pray for those who offend her And are terrified and cannot surrender And affirm before the world and deny between the rocks In the last desert before the last blue rocks The desert in the garden the garden in the desert Of drouth, spitting from the mouth the withered apple-seed.

O my people.

VI Although I do not hope to turn again Although I do not hope Although I do not hope to turn

Wavering between the profit and the loss In this brief transit where the dreams cross The dreamcrossed twilight between birth and dying (Bless me father) though I do not wish to wish these things From the wide window towards the granite shore The white sails still fly seaward, seaward flying Unbroken wings

And the lost heart stiffens and rejoices In the lost lilac and the lost sea voices And the weak spirit quickens to rebel For the bent golden-rod and the lost sea smell Quickens to recover The cry of quail and the whirling plover And the blind eye creates The empty forms between the ivory gates And smell renews the salt savour of the sandy earth

This is the time of tension between dying and birth The place of solitude where three dreams cross Between blue rocks But when the voices shaken from the yew-tree drift away Let the other yew be shaken and reply.

Blessèd sister, holy mother, spirit of the fountain, spirit of the garden, Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still Even among these rocks, Our peace in His will And even among these rocks Sister, mother And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea, Suffer me not to be separated

And let my cry come unto Thee.

[janeelyakiri]

Mermay day 2, we got Falcon and Jackal~

Falcon is a mako shark, he's quick to bite and quick to fight. Loves collecting gold and shinies from human wrecks.

Jackal is a leopard seal selkie who often tracks his prey onto land. Or he'll just go land side to get away from Falcon for a bit lol