#we're so close to The End guys

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

A Recipe for Happiness

What does happiness taste like? How do we bottle it for a rainy day? This is part 17 of 20. Let's make something for ourselves. The Tale of the Cursed Raven:

Part 1 I Part 2 I Part 3 I Part 4 I Part 5 I Part 6 I Part 7 I Part 8 I Part 9 I Part 10 I Part 11 I Part 12 I Part 13 I Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16

A Color Unnamed

elderberries, blueberries, blackberries, huckleberries

essential oil pressed from blue wildflowers

a stone, periwinkle or tinted blue if possible

inky milk caps, blue pixie mushrooms

chilled crystal clear water, drawn from a pure source

gum arabic

the eggshell of a whole robin’s egg

iron mordant

faith, trust, and pixie dust

a touch of magic

Directions:

If not already done, prepare essential oil. Pluck petals from blue wildflowers and submerge in water. Boil the petals; the resulting steam is condensed essential oil, which can be collected in a container.

Stew the berries separately in a saucepan. Press each against the pan so that they burst and release all of their juices. Strain the berries into their own bowls.

Slice the mushrooms and cook until tender. Crush using a stone; save the liquid that sweats out and discard the flesh. Do NOT consume.

Mix in gum arabic to the berry juices and mushroom juices until it forms a paste.

With a mortar and pestle, grind the robin's eggshell into a fine powder.

Retrieve the crystal clear water from the fridge, as well as iron mordant. Divide into several containers and dissolve varying amounts of iron into the water, or prepare as is necessary.

Add essential oil to the paste(s) until they take on a more liquid consistency. To deepen the color, add drops of iron dissolved in water. To brighten, sprinkle in robin's egg. Mix and combine until desired color is achieved.

When satisfied, allow ink to cool. Add pixie dust and a preservation spell, then bottle and store in a cool, dry place.

"Alright, that's everything."

Raven carefully peels off her blue nitrile gloves and disposes of them in the trash bin. She replaces them with her usual pair--black, to hide the ink stains.

Laid out on her writing desk are numerous containers and tools of her trade. Her prepared ingredients come in various hues of blue, and she has palette of primary colors on standby to temper it.

What I'm looking for is...

She closes her eyes and summons the image in her head.

A wind is blowing. A wind that dries her tears and lifts her up, up, and away. To the world that awaits, and everything beyond.

She sees it now.

The cloudless sky, so blue it's heartbreaking.

The color of endless possibilities.

Raven takes a deep breath--and, instead of Fate, she lets herself guide her hands.

[hartteart]

so i guess it’s a comic about some kids who are stuck inside a house? weird

[front-facing-pokemon]

[this-is-my-main-i-follow-from]

Me to Google: I think my new hyperfixation isn't a new tv show or book, but A Literal Person

My phone: *notification pops up* Get Help

[amidnightqueery]

I don't hate my job or anything, but man, being a float educator is so fucking thankless

[simonghostrileys]

turned out the guy I thought was my """"soulmate"""" was manipulating me into making me think I had feelings for him so I stopped talking to him bc i realized his manipulation and now he's spreading rumors about me saying I was practically offering myself to him for sex when I never did that 🙃

[thedroloisms]

What’s really frustrating is seeing people say “Tommy should’ve known”/“How did Tommy NOT know about his behavior” and it’s just not something you say? Ever? It’s like asking Shelby how she didn’t see the warning signs. When you’re deep in it— when you’re THAT close to someone— you’re going to not see the red flags that someone on the outside might be able to see. Tommy’s an immature guy and he fucked over Dream, yes. However he’s probably reeling over the realization his “big brother” abused someone.

god, for sure. ive also seen people talk about how "if you saw him manipulating you and your friends why didn't you SAY ANYTHING!!!" and it's just ... i'm sorry uh. do you guys not. understand. like there's a power dynamic? there's a power dynamic here people. that's ,,, part of how manipulation in this manner works. like, i know people are saying this because they don't like the person in question, and while i'm not exactly their biggest fan either, being a shitty person doesn't prevent you from being a victim, and vice versa. like, just because you might not like this person or think that they're a shitty person bc of various reasons doesn't make victim blaming suddenly okay, you know.

[loveryoushouldvecomeover-mp3]

planning on going biking + baking pie + passing by my aunt's place to get the pants she fixed me up <33

[girlbob-boypants]

Anyway the reason why you shouldn't pre order Veilguard isn't because of some moral protest about the layoffs. It's because deceptive marketing and releasing unfinished products are the current standard in the AAA space and a few pieces of mediocre fashion do NOT warrant spending 60+ usd now for a game that might not even run later.

[cranberrymoons]

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[summercourtship]

ch. 15 of stay to burn (only to drown instead) is up!!!! a shorter, more simple chapter that serves as a bit of a breather before the final chapter.... also Edward's final appearance in this fic (in person at least).

[koumeowkami]

oh my god we're being so spoiled for this anniversary it's insane

[shrews-art]

I'm literally itching to draw something for arcane s2 but I'm completely buried under university stuff, man I wish we had 14 days a week 😭

[obisamya]

if rena is doing anything she is Serving

[donovankinard]

maybe it's time for me to move on.............

[ariadne-mouse]

Oh, he was a fool.  A fool so many times over. Unbidden, an image of the creature watching him leave the cavern floated to the surface of his thoughts.  Caleb’s bereft expression.  Are you sure you don’t want to stay a little longer?  And everything that came before — the careful touches and embraces, the lucky stone, the kisses.  Trust.  The most fragile and precious thing anyone had ever given him. Caleb was a fool too, to offer such a thing to Essek. It might not be today, it might not be now, but Essek would eventually betray that trust for his own ends.  He was a selfish creature at his core.  

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