#wetter is easier to mold

[studioboner]

oh yes

[auckie]

Just curious what you typically feed your dubia? Or other roaches you may or may not use/keep?

We have red runners as our bread and butter, but also keep and sell dubia, lobsters, hissers, orange heads, and two small colonies of peppered and dead head roaches. We used to have lil black Kenyans and some sort of discoid too but they’re gone now.

All of them p much eat the same diet of organic chick starter feed mixed with dry cat or dog food, and occasionally a mix of things like bee pollen, fish flakes, dried mealworms, freeze dried peas, calcium powder, cornmeal, oats, repashy bug burger or similar, and even gecko powder. I only do that as a treat, or if we’re low on sometning else tho. In a bind I’ve even fed them yeast and spring tail powder.

They get water beads, very similar to non toxic orbeez, as their water source, as well as cut fruits and veggies. Ideally organic but that’s not always possible. I wash them in vingar, warm water, kosher salt, and baking soda mixed together, then they get brushed and rinsed. We used to peel them too but it takes too long.

The main veggies are carrot, sweet potato, zucchini, summer squash, bell peppers, beets, and a chopped leafy green like collards or kale or beet greens. The fruits are apples and oranges, but pears also work well. I try to avoid wetter vegetables like. Well I guess it’s a fruit, like tomatoes, or squishy things like grapes and banana, but they do love them. Any squash, tuber, whatever will do. I mean. Honestly I don’t know of a grown food that’s not recommended save for the fly or mold issue. I would avoid anything too acidic obviously like lemon or even grapefruit but other than that, go crazy. They just tend to mold or garner flies. But if they’re on heat (90F is ideal for breeding for red runners) then the wet foods will dry and desiccate quickly.

In addition to all of this I add pellets of dried, rehydrated alfalfa to the wet food. The roaches go nuts for it and try to lay their ooths in it, which is great bc when it dries I can collect them and sift it all out easier, and then throw remaining chick feed and dried alfalfa get put into the bin that they’ll eventually hatch out into, so that they can eat it.

Some species are kept in closed but ventilated bins, like the hissers and lobsters. You have to line the tops of the bins with food grade lubricant otherwise they’ll climb on the lid or try to get out out. Lobsters mostly get dry food and water beads bc of this, otherwise it molds quickly and attracts fruit flies. The hissers love fruit and dry food but don’t get water beads. Usually I just mist their enclosure. Other species we keep in open bins, and they get the whole shebang. If they’re on substrate it helps to keep springtails and dwarf white isopods in there so they can clean up excess. I’d recommend keeping almost every species on substrate save maybe red runners, and depending on how you have your dubia set up, possibly them. But they do seem to benefit from it more than not. We have a ton of dermestid beetles that do this in the other bins, such as the red runners, but they’re annoying as fuck and can and will wipe out a colony bc they tend to feast on the hatchlings and teneral roaches, esp if the lid is kept on.

Orange heads are incredibly carnivorous and protein motivated to the point that they regularly eat their own newly molted roaches, or at least chew the wings off of each other. They’re a bitch to keep bc of how hardy and prolific they are so it’s difficult to avoid at a certain colony size. Culls aren’t even necessary bc they basically do it for you.

But, if you feed them enough they’ll continue to breed to the point of absurdity. They love wet cat food and literally anything I drop in there. They could clean a thawed frozen feeder rat in minutes, and never have dermestids or any hitchhiking red runners (who are great at sneaking into the other bins. Actually any climbing or flighted roach is, even those that flutter, because they’ll jump the gap. Red runner males instinctually want to wander, up to 20 ft from their colony to search for food and water. They bring it back to the females and young, but even when foods available they prefer to try and come and go for breeding purposes. Dubia are somewhat similar, bc the males are mildly territorial and the females bully the fuck out of them. Actually all females we keep bully the males. I think that’s sortve a standard in arthropods tbh but I could be wrong) .) bc they just fucking eat them. They’re insane and smell bad and I’m coming to hate them bc it’s a regular site to see a teneral, newly matured roach being fucked and eaten at the same time. I hate it. They also cannot be sated. Their thirst is literally unquenchable. They’re the TRUE cockroach of cockroaches in terms of being voracious, prolific, and difficult to kill via pesticides, disease, starvation, dehydration, etc etc. they love to bite and have barbed legs which will scare you, and secrete a gross smelling fluid when scared. They burrow too, and are hard, so idk why anyone keeps them as feeders, or pets. Mostly likely roach to fight back and hurt/kill whatever you’re feeding if it happens to be a wimp or molting. They also give ‘live births’ (read: the ootheca hatches inside them and the baby’s emerge internally) so if you drop a pregnant one into a spiders enclosure you might have a bunch of shithead baby orange heads appear, even if the spider manages to bite and hold onto the roach. At least with dubia they’re sad little baby cows and can’t really do much to harm your spider.

Red runners aren’t as bad but will also occasionally resort to eating their own if they’re really hungry, and have been known to eat spiders if they’re larger than them, or if the spider is premolt/molting.

Lobsters will eat carboard given the chance. Dubia as well, but they love the veggies and dry food. They all love oranges but esp orange heads, dubia, and hissers. Dubia actually become more prolific on oranges and afaik we don’t know why. I’d hazard other species do as well honestly.

Sorry that was a long answer but I’m always delighted to talk about my roach husbandry, or just how I care for insects in general!

[crownedhopelesss]

THERE WAS SOMETHING BETWEEN them that was clearly undeniable. he tried to get rid of her, to get her to leave him, in different ways but nothing ever worked. they were always drawn to each other, even from the very beginning and as much as he would like to pretend that she meant nothing to him, she meant EVERYTHING to him. his lips easily molded with her own, feeling her breath against his lips as he slipped his tongue inside of her mouth, reintroducing himself to her as much as he could. when she bites down on his bottom lip, he groans into her mouth and responds by biting her own, aggressively. he wanted to devour her. he picks up her other leg and tangles it around his waist so he's now holding her up against the wall, sandwiching her in with his broad upper body. it was easy to hold her up; she fit perfectly in his arms. he continued to meet her fast paced kisses and then eventually trails his lips towards her cheek and down her neck. he leaves open-mouthed, sloppy kisses across her flesh where he eventually begins to suck and bite, wanting to mark her because, let's be honest, she was his. and he was hers. one hand continues to hold her up as the other begins to explore further down south, creating friction through her jeans with his hands teasingly rubbing in between her thighs. oh, he wanted her. he wanted her so deeply and so dangerously. he places her back down on her feet only to be able to tear down her jeans and pick her right back up so he had easier access to exactly what he desperately craved; to be as close as possible to her. but, he wasn't in a hurry... he never was. secretly, he loved to cherish every moment their skin would touch and every kiss they shared. his hand continued to rub her sweet spot, feeling her arousal seep through her garment, as he brought his lips back to meet hers, kissing her harder than ever. the wetter she got, the harder he kissed her. this was the kind of chemistry he knew he could never find with anyone else.

she's starting to wonder where this came from. the yelling, the venom, the hatred for each other. though, laced with love, desire -- delilah's conflicted. she doesn't know how to feel with him, if even she should have feelings for someone that's the complete opposite of her, yet, is the same person because of their jobs. all she thinks is that if there's one way to get rid of her, of their relationship, it's to get rid of her, right? considering that she's the problem, that it was never him, always her. only her. as she stands at this perimeter, delilah's scoffing, shaking head. considering that there were too many unspoken words between them, her back soon hits the wall, surprised by the other's behavior. noticing how he punches the wall right by her face, body jolting for a moment. more than a moment, she realizes what's going on. that there's so much between them, that she can't bring herself to let go, not now. not ever : of course, with her eyes meeting his, she gasps. mind processing things, the words to say. but there aren't any, there's none. at the minute, she can feel her heart racing against her chest, pounding against her ribs. delilah knows that he's angry, that he's pissed because of the ultimatum that she's given. for him to kill her, if he doesn't want her around anymore. feeling dizzy, she soon feels his lips crash against her own, teeth knocking against each other's as it's messy, bloodied hands around her cheeks, holding them tight as she's feeling his body pressed against her own, leg wrapped around his waist, finding herself biting onto his lower lip, wanting to mutter nothing but an ' i hate you ', though, she doesn't, because she never did. hands messing around, finding parts of his shirt to yank off, delilah finds all of this to be defiled, of all things.

[herstarburststories]

Home in a Motel Pool

Pairing: Dean Winchester x reader

Summary: Dean and you have some fun in the motel's pool.

A/N: This one took a little longer than I thought, but here it's! Wet Dean in motel pool for us. So canon compliant of me, I know I know. This piece is my submission for @deanwanddamons 's 1st Blogiversary and 2K follower celebration with the prompt in bold. Congrats again, honey! And it's also my part for @anaelsbrunette 's YAS’S POC READER CHALLENGE with the song Home by Depeche Mode. Thanks for the extra time and the marvelous challenge!

Warnings: sex in the pool, p in v, dirty talk

Hunting was brutal. Even when the hunters won, it was a victory with no triumph-- there would be someone dead, always a corpse and loved one weeping as a reminder that you and the Winchesters couldn’t save everyone. You’d come around the town, tell the folks what they wanted to hear to get some information, kill the thing, and luckily save a person or two. It was a page from the emptiest stage, a show for a crowd of three: you, Sam, and Dean. Their own critics and praisers, doctors and patients, sinners and saints.

And if your hands were melted and molded into killing machines, you better pray for your heart to be made of anything but gold. That job didn't leave space or time for tenderness. In order to hunt the prey, you must become ferocious. Attack anything on sight, sing to the loneliest sound that’s the gunshot in the dark, pretend that you’ll make amends only to end up befriending the glorious end of the line that often came too soon.

Thing is, it wasn’t just about that. It would be easier if it was all about perfect soldiers and ultimate killers. A black and white world stained with crimson red would be the ideal, but there were always more colors.

Certainly, it wasn’t the most illustrious job one could get. If anything, it was unfair and underpaid and the seed of violence. Every hunter happened to do things they never could speak about, and all the blood got so normalized to the point red is just the color that pointed you were doing it right. like a good grade or a father’s head pat. Where was the seat on the table for any gentless to sit down in the chaos? In the thankful hugs from the mothers of the rescued children, in the pranks the boys came up with against each other for no other reason but childish nostalgia, in the nights where the three of you stopped and sat on Baby’s hood to watch the stars in silence, in the way Dean’s tough hands touched your cheek so lovingly, in the smell of the Impala’s wheels burning against the streets. Summarizing, when saving people wasn’t reasoning enough, kindness appeared glistening in the middle of the pandemonium, as a paragon of something good in cruelty.

Just like this moment.

‘’My body aches in places I didn’t even know that could hurt.’’ You groaned as you got out of the classic black car, hand on the back of your neck to apply some pressure. Even being thrown against a wall by some demon hurt less than sleeping in the backseat-- sweet mundane problems.

Sam scoffed before adding insult to injury, ‘’At least you were sleeping and didn’t have to hear the same cassette three times.’’

‘’Quit whining, you two. I was the one driving through two states.’’ Dean said in a huff, swirling the keys as the three of you walked towards Bonita Motel’s entrance. He placed an arm around your waist, his own way of showing affection in quietude. Your hand slipped inside his leather jacket’s pocket. ‘’Sides’, Baby’s backseat is comfortable and Zeppelin is awesome.’’

The youngest Winchester refrained his response to an eye roll and a mumble among the lines not when played three times in a row. You, though, turned your head to the side and offered your stubborn boyfriend a cynical smile.

‘’I prefer a bed.’’

He aimed at you with his signature lopsided grin, the one he knew that you loved, while you passed through the main door of the establishment. ‘’That’s not what you said last week.’’

‘’Guys, limits.’’ Sam pleaded, shaking his head at Dean’s comment before turning around. He made a chatter that quickly got old with the woman behind the counter, gaining two keys. The long haired hunter tossed one at his brother, who quickly grabbed it with his free hand.

‘’This is a good motel…’’ You commented as the three walked upstairs, the gleaming blue sight caughting your brown eyes. Your whole body shone as if it was really a beach and not only a cheap motel’s pool. Dean and Sam had never gone to the beach, but you grew up with salt aired weekends, a collection of swimsuits, and a loud family on the sand. You missed the sensation of being held by the ocean so dearly. It wouldn’t be the same, nothing was after you jumped in Dean’s Impala in New York; hustling for some other life, a better one like your parents when they came to the United States. Yet, a pool could be diverting and cozy. Pulling away from your man’s hold, you approached the small chlorine miracle. 

‘’There’s a pool!’’ You pointed out, as excited as a kid in a carnival. ‘’We should take a swim.’’

‘’You guys go. I have some research to do.’’ Sam nodded at the pool with his head, denying the request with a sleight of hand as he opened the lock of the room 209. ‘’Have fun, kids.’’

The green eyed man clicked his tongue when his brother disappeared with the craike of a door. He wasn’t exactly against the idea of jumping in the pool - apart from the germes, but his paranoia wouldn’t mind that much, not after trying endless motel’s bathtubs. The drive here had just been too long. Besides, if that crap motel had a well-cleaned pool, it probably had vibrating beds. He could use a massage. ‘’I think I’ll get crash in bed.’’

You arched an eyebrow. ‘’Didn’t you say that Baby’s backseat was comfortable to sleep?’’

‘’How taller than you I am, sweetheart?’’ He smirked as you walked back to him like you always did, your own north star in shape of a magnetic force of a man,

‘’Shush.’’ You slapped his chest playfully, wrapping your arms around Dean’s neck. ‘’Come on. Most motels we go to barely have a door, much less a pool. I miss going swimming. It’s a sunny day…’’ The childish joy in your tone metamorphosed into a newfound malice. ‘’You’ll get to see me in a bikini.’’

The Winchester wiggled his messy brows at your statement, suddenly reinvigorated as he placed his arms around your waist to bring you closer. Forget the body ache and all that, that was a way better reason to be sore in the bones later. ‘’You made some good points.’’

‘’I always do.’’ You kept the adamant tone, even when you could feel his breath on your cheek, those green eyes so livid when looking at you. God, you had to put a period here before things escalated and you two ended up getting to right in the middle of the hall. You attempt to make a joke: ‘’Darling it’s better, down where it’s wetter.’’

He knew it was a prompt from The Little Mermaid-- you two had watched two days ago in Tupelo, in a vintage television after killing a Ghoul, while Sam got some junk food. Yet, the kind of smile that brought to his face held anything but purity. A simple conversation became double-edged with Dean Winchester. You two often ended up breathless, either from fighting or from doing more entertaining dances. You should’ve seen that one coming.

‘’I know another wet spot.’’ He’d say, unholy significance trapped in each word as his right hand started to motion over your skin, guiding his greedy finger under your skirt. Your mouth was set in a grim line, a surprisingly determinate attempt to hold back a moan. You and Dean could do it in the pool, unite the good infant memories with the tent-like emotions of adulthood to make a grand deal.

‘’You’ll get all of me wet.’’ You kissed the corner of his lips, smoothly pulling away with a wink. So much self control. ‘’Hurry up, cowboy.’’

You grabbed your bag and rushed to room 208 to change your clothes, leaving an astonished, mildly turned on Winchester behind. Getting in the bathroom, which didn't stink for once, you swiftly changed into the bikini. A jade green one, directly from Brazil’s brand Cia Maritma. If you squint your eyelids hard enough, you could still put a name to each face that was with you when you wore it for the first time in the calmer days. All the long gone friends and the daily sunbath in your caramel skin.

Decided to leave the past well enough alone, you just smiled in melancholy and turned around, facing your reflex in the mirror. You looked hot. Dean surely would agree about that, especially with the way the top brought up your breast.

Arriving in the room to your boyfriend ready for the swim, you couldn’t help checking him out. You were attracted to the way the righteous man’s body was built since the first glance, addicted since the first touch. His shoulder, the freckles on his nose, and the way he wasn’t all defined, yet had the muscles right in the certain spots. You took off your hairpin, hair falling on your shoulder into a brown sea, like the waves crashing against the ocean rocks. The smell of your sweat and orange monopolizing the edges of everywhere, mainly Dean’s senses. He relished on how soft your skin was compared to his, how your accent tingled his insides, and the way you swing your hips while walking. Your boobs almost jumping at his face because of the tiny bikini only aroused him more.

The place had to get some credit. For a dive motel, it was more than they’d picture. Manageable bathrooms and safe locks, the pool glimmering blue with a small tree by the right side. It was gorgeous.

A dazzling breeze whispered through your bodies, causing you to shiver slightly and Dean to get sweet smelling sheets clinging to his knees and feet. Fucking tree. You could taste the friction swallowing the atmosphere, a report of what was near.

Before you could say anything, Dean grumbled as he pokes a leaf away. ‘’It’s gonna rain.’’

‘’It will.’’ You agreed, holding his hand to pull him closer, well-aware that your body would scare away any linger of adorable grumpiness. ‘’But who cares about raining when you’re in a pool?’’

It's the kind of question that doesn't need an answer, it briefly exists to make Dean distracted in wonder just now, a pause between seconds as you jump in the pool first. The water splashing around with a brutal sound. Your body seems to recall an old memory, how you made a lark of anything with your siblings in the sea,  how you used to feel like the beaches were a peculiar way of God to show the living how his touch would feel like. Every fiber of your body missed this.

Dean went in too, emerging to the marvelous sound of your laugh. He glanced at you, now less of a hunter and more of a man. The drops on your face could easily be confused with tears, yet the way you grinned and threw water at him couldn’t leave space for any other world but happiness. The Winchester often noticed your longing for cultural things that you no longer had in the palm of your hand. It was stupid, he even felt somehow resposible for taking you away of everything you ever knew only to coaxe you through the road not taken— full of bumps and blood and undecked halls. Then you’d smile, you’d wrap your arms around him like you were doing in that exact moment, and he would see that the drops all over your face are flickering with your chortle.

What other choice would Dean have, what other option could he ever make himself pick, if not to place his hands on your hips? So it goes. He put his rough hand on your, each tender touch seeming to make the bruises there clear up.

The hunter was leaning in to kiss you as a wave of water met his face.

‘’Ops!’’

He narrowed his eyes, spilling out the water. ‘’You are gonna pay for this.’’

‘’I’d like to see you try, Kansas boy.’’

Yeah, you once were raised in the water, such an important part of your identity which you didn't wish to lose, yet slowly slipped beyond your reaches. But you had Dean, you had adventure, and you had the motel’s shitty pool. If you could find contentment in that, you should know that who you were wasn’t lost. You were still the five years old who played in the plastic pool, the seventeen girl who grabbed your cellphone’s lantern and went looking for what was making a noise at 3am, the twenty years old who jumped in a car with two hunters and a craving for finding her true home. You were all of them at once. 

Heaven sent the only true friend you could call yours and you’re under his lips. Dean’s crashing his mouth with yours, hungry like an animal after your playful war. You two are soaked, and so is your pussy. He pressed your against the border of the pool, your back to the wall of it. The water rushes in and you couldn’t care less. When did a bikini start to look like too much clothing?

Breaking the kiss, the Winchester glanced at you. The green of all the wild gardens localized in his orbs, dappled with stars and desire. Waiting for his touches, enjoying when he took his time with you was always worthwhile. Today, though, you needed him fast and dirty and raw.

There was nothing you'd rather than spread your legs, so you did it. Dean’s smart fingers quickly ripping your panties and brushing against your heat. He let out an annoyed huff, missing the satisfaction of your wetness around his digitals, how he knew you were a mess for him and him only. The pool’s water didn’t let it much evident, he’d have to fuck you even harder, make sure you were still needy for his cock.

You whined, clinging to his touch with a swing of hips. His hand covering your pussy as Dean applied some pressure, savoring the way your body winced and your eyes shut close, a beautiful moan leaving your lips. He couldn’t wait to eat you out later after he made you come in this stupid pool. Hedonism made his blood thicker-- like he was a calm sea before you, and now his waters were violent and hungry for destruction. 

He pulled his hand away. ‘’Dean…’’

‘’Don’t worry, sweetheart.’’ His throbbing cock entered you, voice even deeper as he spoke. ‘’Gonna give you what you want.’’

You placed your legs around his waist and he held your thighs underwater, the sky spilling out its own water above. It didn’t stop two. Your hand on his shoulders, nails sinking in seemed to be a combustible for Dean to go harder inside of your. His hips attacking yours as his mouth kissed your neck with bites.

‘’Dean, please.’’ You pleaded, warm walls squeezing his long dick. ‘’More.’’

‘’All my cock is for you, honey. You get all of it, fucking you, scratching you open.’’ The eldest Winchester said, his voice so low and sensual. You could come only from his talking. ‘’That’s what you want, huh? You want me to fuck that pretty cunt, mark you up inside this shitty pool.’’ His digital reached your clint and you growled. Dean kept his dick inside you, unable to pull away from the heavenly sensation of being inside you. ‘’Wanna know something? I can’t wait to come inside that tight pussy right here.’’

He increased the rhythm, pounding you even faster and rougher as you tried to keep up, the lack of synchrony causing his cock to reach and pull inimaginable pleasures inside you, all turning more brutal and necessary. The pool had its own waves, your and Dean’s movements causing a chaos ocean chaos in it.

The heat and the sickliest, you were drowning in pleasure with each thrust to a desperate beat that his heart echoed. All your pretty noises tangled with his breathless howls. The rain’s drops becoming one water with the pool as you and him became one with your intertwined bodies, only to grow apart again and come back in need for more.

Your and your lover’s figures distorted on the reflex of the pool water, washing away any piece left of purity as you moved in a hurry when you finally reached your orgasm. Your cunt tightening around his hardness was too much to bear, making Dean come after you.

He rested his forehead against yours, breathless faces with closed eyelids darting together. The heat calmed down by the water. Dean dared to look at you, but not to pull away. His cock remained inside your tight cunt and he caressed your cheek gently. That woman pounded from within and is pinning him down to earth, like you are his own gravity, the glimpse of relief, the lover’s photographe that gives the soldier’s battle a meaning.

‘’There’s a saying in my country.’’ You said suddenly, opening your brown eyes as he lifted his head to greet yours with his forest ones.

Dean captured your small nose, your desirable lips, your big eyes, your gorgeous tan skin, the signals he had map of on his lips. His thumb still stroked your face as his cock took its time to weaken inside your pussy. ‘’Yeah? What’s it?’’

‘’Quem está na chuva é pra se molhar.’’ He arched his eyebrows, a silent request for an english version. The Winchester knew around ten words in your mothertongue. Half pet names, half cussing. You pecked his plump lips. ‘’There's no literal translation, some things just lose their core if you try to put them to another language. It would be like if you are in the rain you want to get wet. It would be another way to say if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.’’

‘’I gotta say, you look pretty hot when you say those things.’’ You smirked. You rolled your eyes playfully, fingernails tenderly fondling the back of Dean’s neck under his haircut. ‘’Do you miss it?’’

‘’My country?’’

‘’Yeah. Not just your country but your language, your friends, your life there.’’ He shrugged, secretly scared of the answer. ‘’It’s not like we go to the same places you used to go to. I see how many bikinis you carry around.’’

Which was the main reason he booked that motel. You didn’t need to know that. The childish joy you had with the surprise was enough for his credit.

‘’No. Well, I still speak my language when I’m mad at you.’’ Dean chuckled. Whenever you two got in a heated argument, your inner latina would come out and jump at him in both languages at once. It was supposed to be serious, but mostly got him all hot and bothered. Your accent was just too sexy, especially when you were angry. ‘’But no, not really. I miss situations and people, but not how it was. It was a good life, but it wasn’t the one I was supposed to have.’’ You pulled him to you by his neck. ‘’I thank you, you know? For bringing me here. For showing me home, Even for the tears and the fear. I finally I’ve found where I belong.’’

Tranquility engulfed the atmosphere momentarily as comfortable as a silent sleeper, the rain no longer coming, giving stage to a sunny sky. You and Dean, twisted together like that was all serenity you could relish on. You both quiet in the afterglow, his cock no longer hard but neither wanted to pull away. He laid his head on your shoulder, nuzzling into your neck. He certainly would bring you to a beach as soon as he could, maybe pop the pretty question on his knees there. For now, thought, he could enjoy thar simple moment.

‘’After my house was burned to the ground, I didn’t think I’d have another one. I was always rolling around the country, never really stayed in a place for too long. I didn’t want to call some random walls my home and have it destroyed in my face again.’’ Dean said, his thumbs caressing your thighs underwater. Since his first breath near you, he knew he was a goner. Even better, he knew he wasn’t a goner, a nomad, or a lonely wolf anymore. Dean Winchester once swore he would never come back home after what happened in there, and then you appeared. The hot latina who kept up with his stupidity and didn’t think twice before calling him out on his bullshit, and was always there for him and actually loved him-- not besides the job, but with all the things being a hunter included, all the ugly acts he had to go through. You believed he was good and worthy. His house burned, but you gave him a home. For the first time in so long, Dean felt warm and happy and loved. ‘’But you gave me a home. Without the apple pie life and all that. You, me, and Sammy-- fighting the good fight, just the three of us. This is my home.’’

To be a hunter was to be gauge of the deadliest trap ever laid, always carrying the heaviest cross ever made like a soldier’s duty that wouldn’t end with a couple years of trocious war. This treacherous slope was forevermore. A hunter life, all the fraunds and the paid phone calls and the running away with laughs empty of joy, the song from the wrong side of town. But fuck, all the saving and the excitment and the hustled love made a dance for the melody and suddenly it was worth it. All the tender parts, the new restaurants every week, the jokes in the car, the hidden chortles in the dark places. Sam. Dean. Dean and all this am out of love and loyalty he gave to you.

Everything was worth it to be in his arms.

He brought you back home.

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[nitaescence]

Beauté de marbre

pairing : sculptor!Tae x reader genre : artist!au word count : 3.8k

summary — Taehyung, a formerly renowned artist, slowly reconnects with his art and catches himself falling for a girl whom sculpting leaves indifferent. That is until the day he discovers she is the critique’s daughter who caused his downfall after her libellious review on his latest work.

warnings — clay play?? oral, unprotected sex

moodboard

“Why did you step too hard?” Laughs Taehyung.

“It’s not my fault.” You pout watching him grab with one hand the big piece of clay that you’ve just sent crashing to the ground. “You set the speed too high.”

He slams the clay hard on the wheel, startling you.

He huffs, “right, my mistake.” He wets his hands and bends over you, “wan’ me centring it for you?” You nod with a small pout. He steps on the pedal and the turntable begins rotating at a nice pace. “Scoot forward a bit.”

You allow him to sit on the large stool behind you and focus on his hands expertly pressing the rough ball of clay up and down repeatedly. The muscles in his arms bulge a little in his attempt to get a perfect rotational symmetry.

He carefully retreats his hand when he hears you whine as your way to show your will to take over.

“You good on your own?”

You nod while wetting your hands. “You can go now.”

Taehyung stands up, takes two steps back and rubs his cheek with the back of his wrist, observing you trying to make a centred hollow. “Don’t need to go any faster.”

His lips stretch in a crooked smile when you don’t answer, totally focused.

His eyes travel down your back to the short shorts half-covering your enticing curves when you sit up. He chews his gum again while ogling your thighs and legs involuntarily tensing, making him twitch in his pants.

You catch him staring and whine, “go!”

He grins cheekily. “‘Right… I’m leaving you alone.”

*************

His desire got the better of him and half an hour later, you hear him shuffling back in his workshop where you are still busy making pottery.

You haven’t changed your position on the stool and so he decides to sit back behind you. You feel his hand sneak between your legs to lean on the small free space you left of the chair, molding his chest to your back.

He nuzzles your hair, “are you done?”

“Hm, I finished the first ball,” you explained without averting your eyes from the ball of clay flattening under your fingers.

Taehyung finds your creation sitting on the small table on the left. He pulls away from you to take a closer look at the small vase. It isn’t the best one but to him it looks perfect.

“What’s wrong with you?” He wonders to himself. “At this rate, Jimin will ask you to teach instead of me.”

You smile at his words, remembering the small workshop adjoining Jimin’s flower shop he works in as a pottery teacher.

He puts the object back on the table and rests his head on your shoulder.

“Aaah,” you sigh and stretch your neck and shoulders. “I can’t do this.”

“Why, why, why?” He asks when he feels you resting against him. “Are you giving up?”

You nod, sulking. He chuckles looking down at you. “What’s wrong? What are you trying to make?”

You sit up and smile embarrassed, “I don’t even know. I just want to shape the walls with the same thickness but I’m just making the hole larger.”

“Want me to help?” He leans forward as well and rests his arms on your thighs. You nod. “Let’s see.”

He wets his hands and you withdraw yours.

“Let’s just start again. It’ll be easier that way.”

He nimbly prepares a third ball until he’s about to open it. He guides your hand on the wet clay and together you start hollowing it until the hole is big enough for your hands to go in.

“Put your hand here and the other one here,” he mumbles as he places you. “Keep track of the pressure you apply with your fingers.”

“No,” you cry when you feel him letting go, making him whine in return.

“You’re doing good.”    

He keeps one hand on yours and makes circles with his hurting shoulder.

“See? You’re learning fast.” He kisses the crook of your neck.

Without you realizing it, you’re left shaping on your own.

The heady scent of your hair stirs his initial motive and has him pressing his half hard-on against your ass as his coated hands trail along your thighs.

“Tae…”

He hums in response, relishing the rush of blood you’re causing, swelling him rapidly. You’re feeling it and your hands are getting weaker.

“I’m gonna mess it all over again.” You whimper while he’s lifting up your shirt and smears clay on your naked breasts.

“Forget about it, I want you.” He moans in your ear when your ass rubs his cock . His hand cups your jaw to guide and trap your mouth in his. You welcome his dominant tongue and melt in his touch but part to grunt after he’s begun to rub your clit over your shorts, nudging harder the tent in his pants.  

You feel yourself getting wetter but his fingers regrettably become unsatisfying. You take your feet off the pedal just in time when you’ve eventually realised the wheel’s picked up in pace.

A yelp of surprise leaves you when Taehyung effortlessly lifts and puts you down on the table nearby, growing quickly impatient as well. He helps you out of your clothes and undresses himself while you’re kissing him and painting his chest, neck and the hair at his nape.

You glance down and feel yourself clenching instantly at the sight of his painfully hard erection standing thick and throbbing in front of your bare sex. You desperately need a taste of him.

Taehyung catches your lips again and gently lays you on your back, following you in the motion not to break the kiss.

You moan in his mouth, he breaks apart to nibble on your neck as he steadily humps his leaking cock against your sensitive entrance and clit.

“It’s so slippery,” he grunts against your skin, gripping firmly on the edge of the table to rub himself harder. The clay has dried on your hands but you’re still able to feel the softness of his hair when your fingers interlace it.

Bottom lip trapped between your teeth, you claw his asscheek, your hand acting as an incentive to him.

“Baby…”

He cranes his neck to gaze down at you, a subtle frown adorning his gorgeous face. “What’s wrong babe?” He smirks at your frustrated look, “can’t take it anymore?”

“I’m fucking going crazy...”  

His eyes travel down naturally when you arch your back to leer at your chest pushing up directly in his face. His open mouth waters. His deep voice leaves him in a restrained whimper, “baby… Fuck…I can’t hold it.”

He supports himself above you, high enough to be able to visually guide his cock inside you without his hands.

You feel your pussy clenching expectantly every time his swollen tip brushes or pokes at your drenched entrance.

“Fuck,” he groans disgruntled. “I can’t put it in.”

“Let’s just go shower.”

Taehyung pulls you back to him to kiss and grope you while you wait for the water to get to the ideal temperature.

He washes his hands and turns you around. You crane your neck to the side to kiss him again while his palms rub your breasts clean. His fingers start playing with your pointing nipples and your hand presses on his nape.

“Let me suck on them,” he whines, turning you back to him.

Your smile falters the longer he keeps abusing the sensitive skin and you don’t want him to stop anytime soon. He grunts when you tug at his dampen hair.

You whine his name in despair and he doesn’t need more to eventually grant you some relief. His fingers blindly look for your throbbing heat, running his tips along your slit and rubbing tiny circles on your neglected clit.

He’s pleasing you just the way you love it but you don’t give him the time to even slip a finger inside you when you tell him to stop.

Just as he is straightening himself up, you drop down on your knees and take his cock in your mouth.

“____-” He moans helplessly, throwing his head back. “Baby, stop- I… I wanna be inside you-”

You shove his pulsing shaft as deep as you can, gagging on it soundly. Caught out, his mouth freezes open a couple of seconds before you pull out of him loud groans and cusses. He’s throbbing dangerously hard between your lips and he immediately forces you back up on your feet.

Satisfied, you look up at him and he chuckles. “You’re driving me fucking crazy.” He kisses you while walking you back against one of the walls. “Put me inside you.”

Moans come pouring out of you when he doesn’t let you adjust to his girth, relentlessly fucking you open.

His mouth is hovering yours, you can’t look away from his frowning face as you feel yourself getting close.

You move your hand away from his tensed up chest to rub your clit and trigger your orgasm.

Taehyung kisses you when he feels you tightening even harder around him. The leg he’s holding up begins to shake and he decides to hold you in his arms, impaling you all the way down.

“Huh… I love you.”

His ardor doesn’t ease up, overstimulating so much so tears start brimming your closed eyes.

As long as he would have liked this to last, he isn’t able to hold himself back anymore.

“I’m gonna cum.”

You try to get a grip on yourself and tap on his hand so he’ll let go of your legs. He frees one but is unable to stop his thrusting. He nuzzles your neck.

“Tae, don’t cum inside me.”

“Why not? I wanna fuck my cum in you- Shit… I can tell it’s turning you on” He whimpers in a small pout, his climax pending. His cock is brimming.

He nudges your nose. “Let me get you swollen with my baby, so you have a reason to move in with me.”

You smile coyly, “tempting but… We can’t... A- at least, not now.”

Taehyung lingers his gaze on you, fucked out and reluctantly pulls out with a curse.

You kneel down a second time and watch him guide his cock in your mouth with a push of his thumb at the base of his pulsing shaft. He’s breathing hard again when the warmth of your mouth welcomes him hungrily.

You look up and start bobbing your head, dragging your tongue and lips along the wet, veiny skin three times before the first spurt of cum shoots inside.

He lets you jerk him off, coating your breasts and chin with his sticky sperm and you can’t help but giggle at the endless amount that keeps being squirted out with every forward motion of your hand.

You suck his sensitive tip clean, overstimulating him which has him jerking in surprise.

He helps you up and you never look away from him while you scoop with your fingertip some of his semen and bring it to your mouth.

“What a waste.” He bites his lip, staring at the mess on your skin under heavy lids. “I wanna go again.”  

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Spent, you’re both lying still on his large bed, resting in the darkness.  

You chuckle to yourself when a thought pops in your head.

Taehyung nudges you sleepily, “what is it?”

“Do you remember how angry you were when Jimin told you who my mother was?”

“Yeah… Your bruises lasted a whole week.”

You giggle quietly again. “I really had no idea.”

He doesn’t hear you immediately, too enthralled by the sight of your fingers slowly interlacing over and over again.

“About my mom…”

You feel him nudging his nose in the crook of your neck and breathing in quietly.

“I really don’t mind it… That’s behind me now.”

You look over your shoulder and see him still holding his weight on his arm, slightly leaning over your body as he gazed down at you. You barely distinguish each other in the darkness of his room yet neither one of you looks away.

You roll over to lie on your back and bring his hand between you. “How come your hands are still that soft?”

“They’re not,” he chuckles lightly.

“They are.” You object, observing it as you move it closer to your face. “They really are. I like them.”

You make Taehyung smile lazily the longer he feels you touching him. His long fingers trap both of your hands and he kisses them. “Your hands are the soft ones. They’re baby soft. It’s hard to believe you’ve done anything with them. They’re cute.”

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You peek one eye open and close it as soon as you notice Taehyung’s face right in front of you. You slowly drape an arm around his neck and he hugs you to him in return, rubbing his face in your hair.

“What are you doing?” You mumble against his skin.

“Me? Nothing.”

“Liar.”

“You look cute sleeping.” He glances down at your frowning face when you push yourself apart from him. “What ? You don’t believe me?”

“No.”

“How can you be so sure of that, hm? You can’t see yourself sleeping…” You hide in his neck again, making him crack a smile. His hand travels down your back to smack your ass. “Silly baby…”

You don’t hear what he says at first when he speaks again.

“I think I want to sculpt something again.”

“Really?” You perk up, delighted. “That’s great. What do you have in mind?”

He gives you a childish smile. “You. You’re the only thing in my mind.”

You frown discomfited while your brain processes his words. “What? Are you serious?”

His eyes look away as he combs his fingers through your hair, dreading your reaction.

“I mean only if you’re okay with it of course.”

“I… Well, uhm- I think I am but... I’ve never… posed for anyone before… I don’t know if I’ll be a good model.”

His eyes light up. “You’ll see it’s nothing too complicated. You actually won’t have to pose for a long time.”

“How do you exactly see me?”

His hand caresses your cheek. “Like you are right now but... not in bed.”

The thought makes you smile reluctantly.

“Well I wasn’t thinking of you completely naked… I think if we used some sort of silk shawl or veil… I was thinking I could make it seem like it’s swirling around you or something and it could be covering some parts of you, like your face...”

He watches you ponder his suggestion. You seem intrigued.

“I was actually sketching you. Earlier. That’s when I got the idea. I’ll draw a draft so you’ll see what I mean and make up your mind.”

You both remain quiet. You observe him gazing down at your body, tracing it above the thin sheet barely covering you, surely thinking about the different ways he’s already picturing you.

You’ve never seen him like that before.

“You hungry?” His voice snaps you out of your daydream. “I prepared some toasts and fruits and other things...”

You nod while shifting to lie on your back and stretch longly, giving him access to your bare breasts and he doesn’t need to be persuaded to cover them with loving kisses.

You cup the back of his head and the next second he’s hovering over your face, claiming your mouth in a sloppy kiss.

“You don’t mind if I get to eat breakfast first.”

You bite your lip, “please do.”

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You disrobe entirely in his room and put on the kimono you had brought with you. You walk toward his studio where you hear some rummaging coming from. You peek your head past the door and note he is almost finished preparing the set.

Classical music is playing in the background, setting a comfortable atmosphere. Taehyung has his back turned to you and is holding something.

You subtly clear your throat, earning his attention instantly. His short ponytail swings when he looks back before he reveals his bare chest and arms flexing while he nimbly finishes adjusting the heavy camera. You shamelessly feast your eyes on the sight of him and you share a smile with a knowing look.

He shortens the distance between you but keeps his focus on his camera for another couple of seconds. You are looking around patiently in silence. You’re able to see from your spot in the workshop different pieces of paper.

You walk closer to the table they’ve been put on and take one of them. A subtle smile curves your lips when you recognize yourself or rather the sketched version of you. Some of them have been left in shades of grey and white, others display a few pastel colours here and there.

You put the paper down.

Your chest is thudding loudly from within after you’ve caught a glimpse of the different veils bunched nearby.

“Okay.” He mumbles quietly and sets the impressive device on the worktable. “So first I’m going to take some pictures in the position I want you to be in. I need you to be super still because I need different viewing points of your body in that exact same position, ‘right?”

You smartly nod and he smiles again.

“I’ll tape up the veil on several parts of your body… I don’t really know how else to do it.” He admits with pouting lips.

“I think it’ll be fine that way… It’ll just have to not be heavy.”  

He agrees and walks away to fetch the fabrics while you keep your motivation there.

“I brought different ones, the color isn’t important.” He trails while coming back in front of you. “Ready?”      

Without hesitation, you let the kimono open itself, the soft fabric now able to slide down effortlessly along your body to pool around your feet. You look up at him.

If the sight of your bare body takes his breath away, he doesn’t let it show.

You notice the subtle squeeze his jaw makes while he’s getting an eyeful of you. Your lips part to let air rush in after he has gotten even closer, now towering over you.

Your face is instinctively pulled in when only a few inches separate you. The tips of the fabrics in his hands tickle the skin of your lower stomach. A light chuckle escapes him. You seem hypnotized.

“What is it?”

He’s looking down between you, faintly frowning. “You’re not going easy on me…”

“Too much too soon?” You giggle.

Your mouths are impossibly close but neither of you gives in. Taehyung reluctantly pulls back just in time.

A crooked smile adorns your lips while you watch him decide on the best fabric to don your enticing body and astutely find the spot where it will get taped up invisibly to you.

His fingers are barely brushing your skin, placing and replacing the veil around the tip of your feet and calf, in front of your crotch, winding it around your ribs right below the swell of your breast where a path of shivers awakens the skin. The other end of the fabric rolls up your nape to hide your face.

“Can you hold it for me?”

You raise your arm carefully to grasp the veil above your head, unable to see anything and waiting for further instruction. You hear him taking something you guess to be the camera.

“Shift your weight on your right foot.”    

White light flashes in short seconds three or four times. You try to remain as still as possible as he keeps on photographing you.

“You’re doing great,” you hear his voice behind you and light flashes again. “You cold?”

“I’m okay. Is it as good as you thought it’d be?”

He hums agreeing. “You can drop this now.”

You lower your arms and Taehyung circles your front to let you take a look at some of the pictures. He keeps a hand under to help hold the heavy camera.

Like any other photographs of you, you don’t think much of yourself but you trust his eye.

“I think it’ll look really great,” he speaks softly in your ear and gently presses himself against your back. “When I’m done with it I want myself to desire that body as much as I desire the real one.”

You are feeling everything but cold.

“I want people to feel that attraction and feel miserable because they’ll never be able to have you.”

You chuckle to yourself as you finish scrolling through all of the pictures. “You don’t have to be so dramatic, you know. What’s the next step?”

He brushes your hair to the side to kiss your neck. “Build a clay form of you.”

“And you’re able to do that from simple pictures?” You wonder as he takes the device from you.

“It’s the easiest step… but-” his hand grasps onto your hip to have your backside pushing against his twitching crotch, tearing a quiet grunt from him. “It’s preferable to have the model present.”

“Then... what are you waiting for?” You grin lightly, pushing back deliberately.

He whines and eventually takes the veil off of you and cups your breast. “There’s no rush-.”

“Hmm, that’s not very serious of you mister big artist.” You mock, looking back to face him.

“I told you, you weren’t making it easy for me...”

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You walk in the room he’s reserved expressly for sculpting where he’s spent most of his time the past three months. The floor is covered with white residue and dust. The sculpture stands in the middle on a pedestal, imposing. Taehyung’s crouching, polishing the feet and ankles and doesn’t hear you at first.

You’ve never imagined once in your life you’d be facing a marble version of you, naked moreover but the final result is quite pleasing to your eye. You’ve never given much thought to anything art-related, your mother never managed to get you as much interested as she may have hoped for you to get.

You slowly walk around, make eye contact with him and guess his smile behind the mask he’s wearing.

“Is it nearly done yet?” You watch him standing up and removing the protective gear to join you.

“Almost…” He muses while redoing his loose bun. “I think by the end of this week it’ll be good enough.”

“Good enough?” You frown at him and look back again at his work. “Tae… I don’t think it can get anymore accomplished than that.”

He’s silent and still and it arouses your curiosity. “Is something wrong?”

“What?”

“You were having like... a weird moment- you were just staring…”

“Oh no, it’s nothing…” He answers a little flustered, getting rid of his dusty gloves. “I was just… fantasizing.”

“About what?” He shakes his head to himself but it’s too late. “Come on, tell me. I wanna know.”

“I was just thinking about sculpting your body… .”

You smile, waiting.

“But like... pregnant.”

Taehyung pouts at your sudden burst. “Why? Why are you laughing? You asked me, I answered you…” He turns again to gaze up at his creation. “You’d be fucking gorgeous.”

Your laughter calms. “I’d be fucking big.”

“You’d be fucking perfection.” He instantly counters.

“‘Right…” You start walking away. “When you’re done fantasizing, come join me. The pizza’s here!”

[hobiwonder]

imagine dealing with low libido jungkook bc he's been stressed about exams or smth. smut and very bad crack ahead skzjsksjsk

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"for the billionth time, i don't have erectile dysfuntion disorder y/n!" jungkook is pinching the bridge of his nose with a sigh that sounds like he got done doing manual labour. He was so dramatic you almost wanted to twist his nipples. Hm, that might actually help.

"stop looking at me like that you weirdo." he really is looking at you like you're a weirdo when you're just trying to help your bf get a hard on for you. Esp now that you're sitting in his lap without a bra and only a sweater. though he cant tell you're braless. yet.

"are you in to nipple twisting? wait let me try." you're struggling with your cute but not hard at all bf who's fighting you like a baby, swatting his hands at you like you're a fly.

"oh my god. stop! im just tickl- y/n. fuck!" your eyes widen at his exclaimation but lips form a pout when he glares at you.

"that was not sexy. at all. that fucking hurt."

"hey im just trying to help get you a stiffy."

"you did not just say that. i think my dick shrank a few inches." you weren't mad about it if that was the case. his dick needed a bit of shrinking. it was way too big for your poor vagina.

"hey don't pretend to be all hot shit. you used to get hard whenever i said 'tits'. Remember?"

"i might if you show them to me." his greasy smirk should put you off but it only makes you wetter. god damn it. he was too hot even if his dick wasn't feeling it. you tried not to let it get to you especially when he reassured you that it's just stress. But surely your boobs ought to undo his tightly wounded nerves? right?

you didn't want to find out somehow. so you'd resorted to other means to unwound him.

"yeah but tell me," you push him back further against the headboard so he's resting comfortably and not like he's about to pounce on someone like a neandrathal with their fight or flight instincts hightened. he really needed to chill. "how do your balls feel?? heavy?? are you feeling hot all over or getting random hot flushes during the day when you're in class?"

"that makes it sound like i have some chronic illness babe. but no... no tight balls here." he's sighing again. probably just as frustrated. "i'm just stressed 's all." he's shrugging nonchalantly as he rubs your arms in an attempt to sooth your defeated face that looks like a puppy that's been kicked.

"baby," jungkook slips his hands underneath yoir sweat, swearinf under his breath when he finds your breasts bare and rolls the stiff peaks of your nipples gently, "i know you're trying to help and all by feeding me all those pistachio nuts. yeah i know what you're trying to do you little minx."

you would retort. you would. because how dare he be so smug for a guy who cant pop one out for their gf!! but you're too busy trying not to let your eyes roll to the back of your head - instead just moaning gently, breathlessly - as he keeps pinching and gropping your breasts.

"i-im just trying to-ohh," you lose your train of thought for a few seconds there before pushing your chest in his hands again as he watches it rapidly rise up and down. "t-trying to increase your libido you little twink!"

"by feeding me all those nuts?" his eyebrow raise makes it seem like he's scolding you. but it's all in good fun.

"d-duh. so you can feed me your nut. get it?"

your dazed smile is too proud for the dumb joke you've just made but god damn, jungkook wants to kiss the hell out of his goofy girlfriend that he loves more than a good fuck. hm. thats a close second especially if it's with you.

"yes. i get it you little nerd." he's smiling ear to ear and you're leaning forward to kiss his pretty mouth when he imterrupts with a whisper. "can i?"

you're nervous but trying not to show it. it's not like it's the first time he'll be seeing you but there is something nervewracking about being bare infront of him when there is a possibility that maybe it is you. That it's not the stress and just you and your body that just doesnt do it for him anymore. you're not dumb nor oblivious. your boyfriend is too gorgeous for him to not know that fact either and think about what's out there he's missing by being a one woman man.

"hey... you okay? what's the matter?" god bless his sweet, ardent face that's still concerned about you as his hands cup your face lovingly. eyes forcing yours to not stray from his. how were you supposed to not be honest to that face. ugh.

"i just... i don't want to be rejected by the jungcock. i don't think i can handle finding out you find me gross since i gained all this weight."

the worry is still there in his eyes but now a lot wattered down becausw of your word vomit and exceptional ability to make everything less serious with your obnoxious rambling.

"i cannot believe you've named my dick let alone named it 'jungcock'." his eyes are rolling again but his hands have slid down again to the hem of your sweater while his lips fall to your arching neck.

"you are not gross to me silly girl. In fact i think you're the only one who can get me hard by just being funny." his hands have slid furyher down to your hips and in your worry about jungkook finding you unattractive you forgotten what position you both were in. A position that should've made it so much easier for you to feel the hardening length beneath you, pushing up against your damp panties. holy fuck.

"you're hard again oh my god." your dumbass self actually pushes her body up to look down and inspect if his erection is actually real or not while jungkook just rests his back against the headboard to let you have at it. looking up like he's waiting for you to do your thing and not bothering with asking you what you're on about anymore.

"yes. who would've known your unfiltered rambling could get me going than any type of aphrodisiac or porn." jungkook has a shit eating grin on his face but it's his sarcastic tone that has yoir hand squeezing him. and not to make him feel good.

"i was trying to help your noodle, you noodle!" jungkook is muttering under his breath again about shrivelling up at your nickname for his cock.

"but seriously... admit it. it was the pistachios right?? they had you feeling tingling in your dingaling? right?" your face is almost mashed in to his own as you try to have him confess. his bitchass needs to confess that your little trick worked!!

"i am going to literally ignore all of that. so if you can lean back and let me have a look at your tits before my dick shrinks for real, that would be great thank you." he said it like he was ordering food. what the fuck. the nerve of this boy-

"you're so rude. im the one who's not even wet anymore bwcausw of this disrespect." he's hust humming along as he pulls your sweater off finally; tits jiggling slightly as the garment is lifted and so is jungkook's cock. The length just seems to grow ans grow and grow until it feels like he's pushing it in you on purpose. When he leans down to campture a nipple in his hot mouth you cant help but keen as his cock pushes in to a little more. nudging the button of your clit enough to have you arching your back and gushing in your panties.

"sure about that babe? i can feel your hot juices leaking on to my cock. naughty girl."

"it's-... i-its rude to talk with your mouth full." and full it was. with your nipples. he was lickinf and sucking the peaks gently enough to have you writhing on his stiff cock. each swipe of his tongue was laving your tits in his saliva making a mess of you. jungkook liked messy.

"you're going to teach me manners are you now? i might learn if you grind those hips nice and slow on me babe. It's been so long. i need you to show me how badly you've waited for this." he's groping his own genitals heavily as he says 'this' and then pushing your hips down hard on to him making you mewl. you could feel every ridge, every curve of his hot cock searing through ypur sodden panties and god oh god. fucking hell you were so thankful he was able to relax enough to do this. you missed him so much and right now you felt like you were going to die without an orgasm. sure you came plenty of times by yourself. but it was jungkook who you really craved.

"i l-love you jungkook. so much. i d-dont care if you never get hard again after this i j-just- of fuck. I just want you to know i l-love you. i'll buy a s-sex toy or something. o-or get a m-mold of your dick. Oh god." you're crying out like you're about to start sobbing. and jungkook is trying to muffle his laughter by pushing more of your boobs in his mouth.

"babe. i love you too. so much. dont worry about that right now. Just cum for me okay? cum on me. i want your scent all over me."

he's pulling he crotch of your panties aside so your naked cunt can drag all over the thick bulge in his jeans. Just a few more grinds of your clit over his fat erection and you're rubbing your sticky cum all over his jeans.

"that's it baby. let it go. You deserve everything from me and more. i'm going to fuck this pussy so good now. mhm. keep going." he's watchinf between the two of you where you're still dragging your twitching pussy, tears streaming down your face as his hands help you move over him. when you're wincing from the sensitivity; jungkook is flipping you over to lay you down beneath him. he looks like a fucking porn star - hotter even - undoing his belt as he watches you dazed and crazed from just grinding on him.

"ready for me to 'nut' in you?"

you're laughing uglily and know you fucking love jeon jungkook.

a/n: this got too sappy dixjissksjs thoughts??

[hornyliverpudlianputz]

Tips for moving to a different climate

Alrighty so I recently made a move between states (in the US) that have VERY DIFFERENT CLIMATES. So here are some tips that might help people doing the same thing.

Hot to cold - Dress. In Layers. You will freeze your first winter, that’s ok. But layers are the key to success. I’m talking undershirt, shirt, cardigan/sweater, knee socks, ankle socks, leggings, pants, scarf, jacket, hat, thin pair of gloves, thick pair of gloves, WHATEVER YOU NEED. Wear it all at once. Trust me. Layers. - Black ice. It’s a super shitty type of ice that is basically totally clear and as a result almost completely invisible. You will not see it unless you are really looking for it. You will slip on it just as easily. Watch out. - Buy several pairs of gloves, thick and thin. These are like your sunglasses. Put them in your coat pockets. You should never be caught without gloves in the winter. Side note, touching a Very Cold Thing with bare skin, especially if it’s metal, is a Bad Idea. Even if you’re skin is dry, there is a very real possibility you will stick to it. This is why you need gloves. If you do, for some reason, touch a Cold Thing and you stick to it, do not yank. EXHALE on the stuck thing (don’t blow, exhale, the key is warmth) until it comes unstuck. If you need to, spit or drool on the thing (DO NOT LICK, this will leave your tongue stuck too) until it comes off. This technique will work with frozen locks as well. - Learn the difference between between “cold fingers” and the beginnings of frostbite. Redness is good, even if they are feeling numb. It means you still have circulation. You should probably be trying to warm them up though. If they start turning white and waxy it is Bad and you need to get them warm ASAP. Get inside and soak them in water (LUKEWARM, NOT HOT, YOU WILL BURN YOURSELF) at the soonest possible time. The circulation returning will HURT. Do not let it get to that point.  - If you have canvas or cloth shoes, DO NOT wear them outside in the winter. Not only will they get soaked in the snow (when it melts) but most places put down salt on roads/sidewalks to prevent ice. This will RUIN your shoes. This is also why most people will expect you to take your shoes off at the door, tracking dirty, salty water through people’s houses is Not Cool. Get a good pair of snow boots, you will use them. Also don’t be That Guy who wears heels in the snow. Just don’t. Change when you get where you’re going. - When you’re clearing your car off (get an ice scraper and a snow brush, trust me) the FIRST THING you should do is get in your car and turn the heat on full blast. Turn on the rear window heater and turn the windshield blower (the thing you use if it starts fogging up) on FULL. Then go out to clear the car. Not only will the car be toasty when you get in to drive, but it will heat the windows from the inside and it will make the ice scraping SO MUCH EASIER. It helps if you give yourself an extra 5-10 minutes in the morning to clear as well. (also DO NOT throw hot water on your car to get ice off, this will CRACK YOUR WINDSHIELD. GET A DAMN ICE SCRAPER.) - If you are doing a physical activity in the snow (skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, shoveling, anything) recognize that the activity will warm you up and be prepared to shed layers. If you start sweating, cool yourself down. If your clothing becomes sweatsoaked, it will be wet and therefore become cold. Wet, cold clothing will not keep you warm. This is a Bad Thing.  - It is possible for it to be too cold to snow. Bright, sunny, clear days are often THE COLDEST ONES in the winter. Cloud coverage, especially at night, acts like a blanket that keeps the heat in. If there are no clouds, there is less heat. Also, you will use your sunglasses in the winter. Snow blindness, being physically “dazzled” by bright sunlight reflecting off of fresh snow, is a thing. Do not trust sunny days. You can and will get sunburned. - Remember to cover your ears. It’s a thing most people don’t think about but your ears are one of the first things to get cold if exposed, along with your fingers and nose. If you don’t want to wear a hat because it will mess up your hair, get an earband or ear muffs. - Clear your damn sidewalk. Packed snow will basically become ice, it is not safe. At the very least put down salt but if you live in a place where it snows, get a shovel. And note, the warmer it is when snowing the wetter the snow will be and the heavier it is. Don’t throw your back out shoveling because you tried to lift a shovelful that was too heavy, be smart. (The wet snow is good packing snow though, that’s the kind for snowballs and snowmen.) Alternatively, if it is dry snow and it’s a light enough layer you can get away with just sweeping.  - When driving in the snow, do not panic. A light to medium snow is like driving in a heavy rain except you can see better. DO NOT drive faster than you are comfortable going. Turn on your hazards if you need to. Trust your gut, you can FEEL when your car is losing traction. If you start to skid, steer INTO it. Take corners slower than you would normally, and start braking for intersections WAY before you normally would. Drive in the tracks of the car in front of you, get your tires as close as possible to direct contact with the pavement. DO NOT. I REPEAT, DO NOT, drive in ice. No one can drive in ice. Don’t fucking do it. Carry kitty litter in your trunk, if you get stuck, put it under your back tires for traction. If you are stuck stuck, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR. Wait for help. Keep peanut butter or pretzels or other non-perishables in your car to eat in emergencies. - It will be dry in the winter. Chapsticks and moisturizers are your friends. Watch out for nosebleeds. - Do not follow too closely behind snowplows, they are often laying down salt behind them and this will RUIN your car. (The salt will get to your car anyway, be vigilant about rust, but tailgating snowplows is a Bad Idea.)

Cold to hot - You will be hot. You will not like it. You will sweat. So much. You will probably need to shower more often to wash sweat off. Learn to accept this. - Buy several pairs of sunglasses. These are like your gloves. Put them in your purse, your car, your bag. You should never be caught without sunglasses. Same applies to hats. - If you do not have a sun shade for your car (the thing you put up on the inside of your windshield) GET ONE. USE IT. It really does keep the temperature down, it allows you to physically touch your steering wheel, and it stops your dashboard from melting. - When travelling from place to place in the summer be dressed for the heat, but also carry something light you can thrown on when you go inside. Restaurants especially keep their temperatures EXTREMELY LOW for food safety reasons and when you’re going from 95 to 75 you FREEZE. - Do not. Trust. That the pavement can be touched with bare skin. It probably can’t. And I don’t just mean black asphalt, I mean ANY PAVEMENT. If you are going to an outdoor pool, bring shoes for the deck. - If you’re changing latitudes (and if you’re changing climates you probably are) remember that the “danger times” for sunburn are different. Also remember that the sun exposure will be different. Be vigilant with that sunscreen. - It may not snow but THERE WILL BE ICE. Keep your ice scraper for your car, you will need it in the mornings. - If you’re outside when it’s hot, wear an under layer. It seems counter intuitive, but you WILL be sweating and the under layer will help save your outer clothing. Also get plenty of loose, breathable clothes. Any little bit helps. - If you wear makeup, you might need to experiment with different moisture-resistant types. - Mentally prepare yourself for a snowless winter. It is a sad thing. - Do yardwork in the morning/evening, not in the middle of the day when it is hottest. If you overheat and start feeling faint, seeing spots, or are getting tunnel vision/brownouts, STOP what you’re doing. Find shade or get inside, lay down, drink water, and if needed apply ice packs to your forehead. If you need to cool down quickly, putting ice packs near you lymph nodes is helpful. (That’s your armpits, groin, and either side of your neck under your chin.) For humid places - Mold. Watch out for mold. Fucking everywhere. At all times. - Damp chill is COLD. It will seep into you and you will be cold. Have blankets, be prepared. - Your hair will behave differently. Hairspray, bobby pins, grooming cream, you will need it. If it is long, try to keep it off your neck. If it is curly, consider cutting it short because let me tell you, you can FORGET about brushing it. - Put a few grains of dry rice in your salt shakers, it will prevent them from clogging up. For dry places - Water. Have water with you at all times. Drink it. You will need it. - Moisturizers and chapsticks are your friends. Also you will probably get nosebleeds. - Your hair will behave differently, be prepared. It will be the flattest you have ever seen in your life.

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I find slimes to be fascinating creatures, as they are a species that is both simplistic and complex. One would think that a walking pile of rubbery goo would be an easy specimen to understand, yet there are intricate systems and behaviors hidden beneath it all. I think another thing that drives my interest in them is how quickly others write these creatures off. People take one look at a slime and instantly see it has some mindless garbage eater, as if they were a mobile form of slime mold. Even when dealing with educated slimes, others are quick to dismiss them, how rude! Despite the assumptions and beliefs, slimes are a highly variable and adaptable species that deal with unique abilities and challenges. Like dryads, slimes can be found in nearly environment. The only places they are absent from are arctic biomes, where their wet forms cannot function. Arid habitats can be a bit difficult for them, but certain variations of them have adapted to even these dry conditions. The places where they really excel are habitats that have damp conditions and frequent rainfall. Vegetation isn't really an issue for them, as they can be found in forests, grasslands, mountains and marshes. One of the things they search for is dark burrows and holes that they can hide in, as it provides the perfect shelter for them. Be it caves, rodent holes, self-dug burrows or thick vegetation, slimes like to compress their bodies into these tight spaces to hide from predators or harsh elements. In areas that experience harsh winters, self-made burrows are crucial. Before the coming cold, slimes will find a damp area (like a marsh or muddy shore) and dig themselves a nice deep hole. They will cram themselves down it and use their slime and the wet dirt to form a cocoon around their "heart." They will go into hibernation during the chilly months, only emerging when warmth and wetness returns to the surrounding soil. Slimes only have two parts to their anatomy: the "heart" and the gooey pseudo-body. The "heart" is a roundish organ that covers the role of a brain, stomach and heart. It is the center of their consciousness and existence, as it is responsible for the thinking, slime making and slime controlling. From this heart pumps the famous slime that makes up their pseudo-body, creating the substance from the nutrients it gains from meals. All control over the pseudo-body comes from this heart, as it uses some sort of signalling system to shape and move the slime. While the pseudo body can take nearly unlimited damage, the heart is their vulnerable core. Any injury to this organ is debilitating to a slime, and its destruction will cause the slime to collapse and die. To protect this delicate organ, the pseudo-body is created and controlled to surround it in a thick protective layer. While many see slimes as goopy, sticky creatures, they actually have a consistency that fits more with wet rubber, but that isn't a constant. Interestingly enough, slimes are capable of controlling the density and viscosity of their forms, allowing them to go from a sticky, faster flowing substance to a material that is hard and solid like a watermelon's rind. With this level of control, slimes often change their consistencies to fit with the scenario, like solidifying their goo to absorb an incoming hit. Added with this is their ability to morph themselves into nearly any shape. Slimes can range from literal piles of slop and worm-like shapes, to humanoid forms and even multi-limbed entities. The only thing that restricts them is the fact that the slime has to have constant contact with the heart. The heart's signals are sent through the slime, so any bits that are detached or separate will do nothing until they are connected again. This signal system is also the reason why individual slimes never grow to titanic proportions. When they reach too large of a size, it seems that their heart signals start to weaken and fade as they travel to the outer extremities. This makes the slime slow to move and adapt to its surroundings, making it more vulnerable to predation and damage. To avoid this, most slimes will limit their production of the substance, or shed off excess if their pseudo-body is becoming too much to handle. Any time you see slimes of massive size, it is probably the result of several of them connecting together and using the multiple hearts to keep the signals strong and efficient. 

In professional terms, slimes are omnivores. In a more cruder translation, slimes literally eat anything that is organic. The image of being trash-eaters unfortunately comes from the fact that slimes will pretty much eat out of the garbage. So much so that entire colonies can be found at dumps and trash heaps, as they happily sift through the junk to find any edible pieces. When a slime wishes to eat, it simply sucks the morsel into its gooey body and uses the surrounding substance to pulverize, mash and digest it. Everything is absorbed into the slime, which is then absorbed by the heart. Due to this strange way of eating, things like rotten meat and poisoned food do not affect slimes nearly as much as others. The slime's way of breaking down matter makes it difficult for diseases, parasites and toxins to survive and take effect. They don't worry about a thing at all when they are rooting through a garbage can and sucking in every scrap they can find. While many slimes are content to search through trash heaps or eat anything they come across, others have come up with ways to hunt down some fresher meals. Those that live near forests or orchards will use their stretching limbs to pick fruits or rob bird nests. These same limbs can be made stretchy and sticky so that they can slide into rodent burrows and grab any morsels hiding with. By burying themselves in a rotting carcass, they can use sticky tendrils to catch insects and scavengers, or just eat the carrion themselves if no one falls for the trick. More predatory slimes can take down larger prey with sneaky tactics. The feared Flayers use adhesive slime and bony remains to trap prey within their forms. Some may harden their fists into rubber clubs and bludgeon animals to death, while others may engulf and suffocate them. Certain slimes use ambush tactics, hiding within the foliage or trash to spring on unwary travelers. Specialized ones have even formed partnerships with other species in order to get an easy meal! Honestly, the ways of hunting are endless for them, as their imagination is the only thing that can hold them back. While slimes can be crafty hunters, that does not mean they cannot be hunted themselves! Yes, their bodies are almost 95% slime, but there are other species out there that have found ways to get a meal out of it! Since the psuedo-body's slime is used to masticate food and absorb what's left, certain creatures steal and eat this nutrient-laden goo. Some may straight up parasitize their bodies, embedding themselves in the slime to absorb what food they can while using tricks to make sure the heart does not sense their presence. Certain birds and insects have found ways to attack through the slime's pseudo-body and pierce the heart, killing the slime and allowing them to feed on the leftovers. Slimes can respond to these attacks by hardening their forms, but they have to see the attack coming first in order to do that! In truth, slimes have very few predators who wish to eat them, and instead have to deal with way more parasites. Their nutritious slime makes for good food and fertile ground for eggs and larvae, which certain species take advantage of. The Paranima is an example of that, but that is a story for another entry!   An interesting note about slimes is the fact that they need to be careful with their consistencies. The slimy pseudo-body is responsible for gathering and transferring air to the organ. The wetter and gooier their slime is, the easier it is for them to "breath." Something occurs on a tiny level within their slime that allows them to capture air or sift through water so that the heart can "breath." The thicker and harder their consistency is, the less efficient this process is. If a slime remains solidified for long periods of time, it can actually suffocate itself. To get around this, they tend to only harden certain parts of their pseudo-body, so that the rest can easily collect air. This fact explains why it is cruel to capture slimes in bottles or jars, as they cannot breath if they are sealed in an air-tight container. Though they don't have visible noses or mouths, they still need air like the rest of us! While slimes may seem like solitary creatures on the outside, in truth, they can function as a collective. Wherever a slime colony is found, there is a hidden mass that is buried in the ground. It is a massive blob of slimes that have connected themselves together, creating a "slime network." Whenever a slime makes contact with another of its kind, the signal the hearts produce can travel to one another through the goop. By simply holding hands, they can wordlessly transfer information and knowledge to each other at an astonishing rate. These slime networks take advantage of that, creating a mass that stores and transfers all collected knowledge. Any slime can simply attach itself to the network, dump info or take in new knowledge. Once done, it simply pops free and leaves with its new wisdom. Usually these networks are made of several older slimes, who will remain permanently connected and ready to transfer information to the young ones. With this system, slimes have the chance to learn new skills at a surprising speed. I know some towns have been stunned to wake up one morning to find that their dump mound slimes have suddenly learned how to speak, as one fluent slime had shared the info with the network. This helps them respond to hostility and threats, as they all rapidly learn of the danger and how to repel it.  Knowledge of this system has led to efforts by others to educate certain slimes and use them to "update" networks so that the fellow slimes learn things like speech and manners. These efforts have been met with mixed results, as certain colonies do not like outsiders, and slimes can still choose not to obey things like "rules" and "laws." These same networks are used when it comes to slime reproduction. The connected individuals of this system will slowly create "eggs" within their hearts from gathered nutrients. When slimes come to connect and transfer, the slime network may send an egg or two into the individual before they leave. These tiny developing organs will remain suspended in the slime's pseudo-body, feeding off collected nutrients as they grow. The carrying slime will work to keep these eggs protected until they reach the right age. When they reach the stage where they can create their own pseudo-bodies, the carrying slime will return them to a network and continue on its way. The young will receive a transfer of information, and then be set loose. Quite the efficient system!   On the topic of educating slimes, the reason people are doing this is because the mindset of slimes is something other cultures and societies are not a fan of. Others describe their behavior as "rude," "blunt," "simple" or "crude." This is because a lot of slimes live a simple life and don't think too much about things. For them, what matters is eating food and collecting stuff they like. Each slime has a preference for what form they like and what objects they find pleasant. The reason you often see slimes carrying all sorts of junk in their bodies is because they just happen to like it. One slime may enjoy covering itself in a shell of metal plates, while another may just carry bricks in its body because it likes the feel. If a slime likes something, it will either eat it or wear it, and that is where the problem starts. As super opportunistic omnivores and beings who often live in dumps or abandoned areas, slimes don't really understand the notion of private property. The concept of "ownership" is a bafflement to them as well. To slimes, everything is a free-for-all. If it is sitting there unattended, they can have it. That is why they carry their favorite stuff with them, as slimes believe that you mark what is yours by literally holding it. The second you put it down, it is fair game. So you can imagine the chaos that ensues when a slime wanders into a market, as it just starts grabbing things it likes and eating what it wants, as it sees that no one is holding any of the goods. In these scenarios, arguing with them is difficult, as they don't understand why you are mad that they took something you clearly weren't carrying. You get conversations that go like: "Hey, that was mine!" "No it wasn't, it was just sitting there." "It was still mine! I just put it down!" "Well, if it was yours, then why did you do that?" Needless to say, many slimes are banned from entering settlements and markets, which unfortunately is extended to even those who are educated. During my research, I ran into this problem often. The moment you set something down, the slimes would be grabbing it and inspecting it, before deciding if they wanted it or not. In most scenarios, I had a slime friend who was well learned and she helped me keep my belongings from being stolen. Her help was invaluable, but I imagine it gave the wrong impression to those who wandered by. Nothing like seeing a dryad constantly tell a slime to "hold this for me" or "hand this to me" People would think I was using her like a servant, but that was literally what we had to do to keep my stuff from wandering off. On expeditions where I didn't have her help, I had to fall asleep each night with all my gear in my sleeping bag or arms. Just imagine how tough it would be if you had to go through your everyday routine without putting anything down! While slimes can come off as a bit rude or simple, they are honestly good creatures that mean no harm. It is a shame that they receive such a poor image due to their preferred habitat and ways. Not only do they populate dumps, but they tend to live in abandoned areas and dungeons as well. The sight of slimes inhabiting a ghost town has given people the impression that they chase off settlers or devour entire populations, which is simply not true. Their simple nature and hardy bodies has also made them the target of amusement for others, as they knock around slimes for fun. Warriors and adventurers tend to see them as "target practice," and may even kill them to gather materials they were carrying. Villages and towns will ban them from entering, seeing them as thieving creatures and rule breakers. Thankfully people are working to help dispel that image, using education and information to help the slimes better understand other cultures. I have helped with this cause from time to time, but I am not sure how much of an impact I made! I am more of a researcher than a teacher! I am better at telling you how trolls digest mineral deposits than I am explaining the concepts of a private property to a group of bored slimes!     Chlora Myron Dryad Natural Historian  

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here's an opportunity to tell us more about your ecospheres, i've only made one that horribly failed, so if u have any tips that'd be sweet 💜

So the dryer they are naturally, I think the easier they are to manage! I mean this in a general sense —Basically, all the water ones I’ve tried have been a little too delicate to manage I think. Granted I’ve yet to try the more common freshwater set up, but I’ve had a lot of different terrariums and vivariums before and what I usually do is make the base layer a mixture of plain, rinsed aquarium gravel (not glass, not dyed, etc), mixed with activated charcoal, crushed eggshell (better for more moist environments with moss and snails), and a bit of dried coffee grounds. I try to add a layer of mesh over this but it’s not necessary imo. Then comes the dirt! You don’t wanna pack it down but definitely make sure you have a good amount you put beneath any plant you dig up. A lot of people will take a surface scraping of something and just gently place it into a jar which doesn’t give it much of an anchor and will probably result in it withering and dying quickly. Mosses, clover, and any local plant you see growing in a shady and wet area (say, by the side of your house where rain collects more) will do well, but you can outsource radiator plants or ferns, clearweed or baby tears. I’ve had good luck with all of these plants. It’s fun to collect mushrooms and lichen too but don’t expect to see perfectly recognizable forms of these sprouting up immediately. I don’t usually try to collect any specific insect, rather I avoid larger ones because I don’t want to kill them and their presence will result in a quicker destabilization bc they become the apex predator and kill everything or die right away. Snails, slugs, isopods (I hear they don’t do well in jars actually but everything I’ve seen seems to contradict this advice), silverfish, some smaller beetles, and ofc springtails all seem to do pretty well in jars, in my experience. Also, I’ve never had to add water to jars because I collect my specimens at night when it’s dewy, or a short while after it’s rained. You don’t want to see standing water, but a light mist on plants can be an easier way of getting a good water balance rather than trying to add it yourself with chlorinated tap. You should only ever see condensation on the sides of the glass, and for me I usually see it as soon as I add any soil or plant. Along with a few rocks and sticks, I like to toss in a bit of loose Spanish and peat moss at the top, just to help retain moisture and give organisms more surface area to crawl on.

It’s normal to see things die in jars, but obviously you don’t want to see mass death right away. Mold and mycelium can be jarring to see, but they’re unavoidable and not necessarily a negative presence. It takes a while for things to reach a sort of homeostasis, and ofc no sealed ecosphere can last forever, but if you’re lucky you could witness a few generations of organisms come and go! The longest I’ve had a vivarium was three years I think? It was primarily sealed, but I did open it from time to time to add pinhead crickets or water. Ecospheres are a new endeavor for me, but so far my forest floor one is doing great! I’m still trying to figure out the wetter ones lol

[stuckstucktrolls]

dirty-travels​:

Morela kept going harder and faster with her thrust, pulling out even farther each time before plunging back in. Mora de tangled the hand from her hair and rose back up to look at Veridi.

🐈’, Got you begging for it just like last time.🕳 🐈And your even tighter when sober, but I can feel it.🕳 🐈I can feel that this was a nook I’ve been in before.🕳 🐈A nook that really missed me huh.🕳

She smacked Veridi’s ass. She gripped Verdi’s legs to move them apart and higher to let her thrust deeper inside with less restraint on her thrusts.

🐈’, I’m gonna make you mold to me.🕳

🐈’, So (THRUST) every (THRUST) time (THRUST) you (THRUST) call (THRUST) me. (Final hard thrust)🕳

Mora grabs both her hands and put them together before using them to pull Veridi up to her. Once to other troll was lifted and looking Mora in her face she plants hard deep and passionate kiss on her. She released her self with a the remanence of the the spit swapped and even some of Veridi’s taste on both there lips now. She held Veridi possessively close to her and talked in her ear

🐈’, To fuck this pretty hole of yours. I can just slip in the moment you turn for me.🕳

Now!🕳

Mora laid herself on the bed as Veridi was still up and stuffed with her bulge.

🐈I’ve made you cum twice an I still haven’t done it once.🕳 🐈That’s so greedy of you.🕳

🐈Now I wanna watch those bitty tiddies bounce for me as you ride.🕳 🐈And some reciprocal play as well.🕳

Mora removed her bandages to reveal her larger breast. Then placed her hand on Veridi’s hips.

🐈I did it all last time and now you don’t have an excuse not to give back.🕳

Morela moved one hand to light spank Veridi’s ass again as she laid full down.

🐈I’m waiting.🕳

Veridi was enjoying being manhandled and roughly fucked, returning the deep kiss Morela gave her and groaning into her mouth. Morela getting handsy and possessive only made her wetter, tightening around the bulge inside her.

“So we’re makin this a  reguilar thing? not  that i’m complaining.!”

Her head was spinning a little when Mora flipped the both of them so Veridi could ride her, but she wasn’t complaining about that either. It would be easier to keep herself from cumming again with a bit more control. And Morela did have a pretty nice set of rumblespheres herself.

Veri’s hands moved to them, in part to steady herself and in part to start working on massaging them.

“i can’t imagiene that bindin feels  all that great afteir too long.....  let;s geat them taken care of a bit.... ”

Veridi gave them a quick but thorough massage before starting to bounce herself at a comfortable pace. She continued handling Mora’s larger chest but getting more into playing with the nipples by this point. She squeezed herself around Mora on nearly every thrust, even when she had to slow down to keep herself from cumming too soon. But once the feeling had passed she started at a faster pace again, hoping Mora was getting close.

Veri leaned over to suck a bit on Mora’s tits, first the one then the other, still riding but finding it harder to concentrate.

Filthy Mind for Veri about the troll that put an egg in her.

@dirty-travels

>Maybe you’ll give her a text to come by again. Since things are out in the open with her anyway.

>And you’d like to see what it’s like when you’re sober.

[johnfrenchlandscapes]

How To Make Superior Compost

Most of the people begin composting for useful reasons. Home composting your leaves, grass clippings, garden waste and food leftovers reduces the amount of trash you generate. Plus, compost is necessary for a great garden, and starting your own heap ensures a free, regular supply. But I think there’s an even better reason to compost: it’s captivating. In fact, once you understand the basics of how the process works, composting can be one of the most interesting and enjoyable aspects of keeping a garden.

The Right Way To Make Compost

Composting imitate and escalate nature’s recycling plan. A compost heap starts out as a varied heap of kitchen and garden “waste.” Left alone, any of these supplies would sooner or later decompose. But when a diversity of supplies are mixed as one and kept moist and aerated, the procedure accelerates. Compost matures into what soil scientists call lively natural substance: a shady, flaky soil alteration that’s rich with beneficial fungi, microorganisms and earthworms, with the enzymes and acids these life-forms release as they multiply. Adding compost to garden soil boost up its water-holding capacity refreshes the soil food mesh and offers a buffet of plant nutrients. Compost also has material that increases plants’ ability to counter to challenges from insects and diseases. Initially a new compost heap can be a quick, easy project. But new composters feel upset as they struggle to learn further about how the process works — a comprehensible dilemma since there is a wealth of information accessible about composting and not one, absolute “right way” to do it. As we take a close look at 5 basic composting essentials, it’s obvious that the world of composting is rarely black and white — or shall we say brown and green? At the same time, composting is much easier than what you might have heard.

1. Balancing ingredients is not obligatory: To facilitate compost decompose swiftly, equilibrium of “two parts brown to one part green” is frequently spoken as composting gospel, but in fact, and keeping an impartial ratio is simply an option. (Dry materials, such as leaves, pine needles and dead plants, are often considered “browns,” while wetter materials, such as grass clippings and kitchen waste, are considered “greens.”) It’s not that balancing browns and greens is incorrect; it purely makes home composting more complex than it needs to be. You can mound up all your organic substance without worrying at all about greens and browns, and it will still mature into compost.

2. Good compost can be either hot or cold: Many people who cautiously run their compost heaps for a balance of components are trying to create hot compost, which heats up or “cooks” as the supplies decompose. Hot compost is the best type of compost to create, but it’s not better than compost that decomposes slowly without heating up.

3. Turning compost is not compulsory: Most books advise that heaps will not get sufficient oxygen if they are not turned. This may be right of a heap which has been kept too wet, but mainly compost heaps exposes them as they shrink. Better reasons to turn compost comprise getting a good combination of supplies, determining dry pockets in need of moisture, and convincing your interests as to what’s occurring in your heap. And, as the composting procedure proceeds and the supplies becomes extra delicate, turning and mixing breaks them into smaller pieces, which helps push almost-done compost to full development.

4. You can Compost unhealthy or weedy plants: Many professionals advise keeping seed-bearing weeds and unhealthy plants out of the compost mound so as not to reintroduce them into your garden. This makes sense, but what are you supposed to do with the stuff? I propose giving these bad boys their own heap. Later on, after musty squash vines and seed-bearing crabgrass cuttings have been given a few months to contract to a more convenient size, you can cook the half-done compost to kill diseases and weed seeds.

5. You can securely compost stock manure: This biologically active material is a terrific soil amendment, and composting stock manure makes it safe to use in the garden. You should use caution with animal manures since many do contain diarrhea-inducing E. coli bacteria, but creating and using manure-enriched compost won’t make you sick unless you’re not careful or annoyed.

If you’re wondering where to start a landscape designing, look no farther than your front yard. It’s the primary thing that you see pouring up to your house, and you can fascinate your guests before they enter your home. Just consider that curb appeal is essential, but no matter how pretty your landscape design is, it has to be functional. When it is time to gardening, adjust your soil by adding natural substance such as lightly torn pine bark, peat moss, mushroom compost or leaf mold before setting out plants. Loose, fertile soil will encourage root growth on new plantings and allow them to become established quickly. Clearly define your turf and bed lines. First use a garden hose to lay out your bed lines then use orange spray paint to mark the lines. Your backyard should be an outside living part to have. If you want privacy, put in some wooden fencing or large shrubs around the perimeter to create walls.

All gardener desires to create best compost, and experience is the best teacher. Just know this: you cannot fail, because compost knows what to do. Trust the composting method, chase nature’s lead, and things will grow up immense in the end.

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The Ultimate Tarantula Humidity Guide

A quick Google search about tarantula care and you will see that humidity plays a vital role in keeping your T healthy. Of course, as with most things, there is some disagreement regarding the importance of humidity, and some hobbyists will say it’s unnecessary.

Is humidity important to tarantulas? Yes. Dehydration is the foremost killer of tarantulas, but by keeping the enclosure they live in humid, it will contribute to their overall hydration levels. Humidity also makes the process of molting easier for tarantulas.

Getting the humidity just right sometimes be a difficult task; your Ts enclosure either stays too dry or turns into a soggy mess. To help you find a balance, read on for some tips and tricks.

Why is Humidity Important?

As briefly mentioned above, dehydration is a killer, and we as T owners must do what we can to keep our pets hydrated.

Tarantulas lose water in the following ways:

Through their leg joints where the epicuticle is thin.

Through the inner surface of their book lungs.

During a molt. Water acts as a lubricant between the old exoskeleton and the new one. It also dissolves important enzymes during this process.

While eating. Yes, although most of their water needs are met through their food, the act of breaking down the food by the secretion of fluids and the fluid in the discarded food bolus does dehydrate them some.

During defecation.

When laying eggs.

While spinning silk.

As you can see, there are quite a few ways your T can lose water and become dehydrated; making it essential to ensure the humidity levels are high enough.

Apart from the general hydrating effects of high humidity, there’s also the added benefit of it lessen your Ts chances of getting stuck in its old exoskeleton during the molting process.

When your tarantula sheds its old skin, fluid gets pushed into its cephalothorax (upper body) by abdominal contractions, increasing the pressure on the stretched exoskeleton.

This added force will make it easier for your tarantula to break through its old skin in areas where there are weak spots.

However, should your tarantula be dehydrated because it does not have access to water or its living conditions are too dry, then there is too little fluid in between the old and new exoskeletons to act as a lubricant. This will make it very difficult for your tarantula to shed its old skin.

Another reason why humidity is important is that it helps your tarantula breathe. Tarantulas have book lungs; it’s called this because it looks like the pages of a book.

Oxygen passes through these sections, but the surface of the lungs needs to be moist for the oxygen to be absorbed effectively. If your T’s enclosure is too dry, it is going to have a negative effect on its ability to breathe.

Okay, so you read that, and now you think the higher the humidity, the better, right? Wrong. Tarantulas don’t do well in soggy conditions, and it will cause them physiological stress.

A mushy environment is also the perfect breeding ground for unwanted visitors such as mold, mites, fungus, and bacteria.

We’re basically looking for a perfect balance.

Lasiodora parahybana

What is Good Humidity?

This is a trick question. You should know by now that your tarantula’s enclosure should be based on its species. Tarantulas are a diverse group of spiders that live anywhere from dry savannah areas and deserts to moist tropical jungles.

So, as you can imagine, this is not a one habitat fits all situation.

It’s best to do some thorough research about the tarantula you plan on getting so that you can match its environment as closely as possible to that which it would live in in the wild.

That being said, sometimes you won’t be able to find the appropriate information, especially if you’re moving past beginner-type tarantulas.

As a general guideline, a healthy humidity for Ts is anywhere from 75-85%, and the substrate should be slightly moist but not dripping wet.

What is Bad Humidity?

Bad humidity can be either too dry or too wet. Keeping your spider in bone-dry conditions or in an environment that is closer to a swamp than a jungle, you’re asking for trouble.

The humidity should never drop lower than 50%. If you find your tarantula spending a lot of time hovering over its water dish, it’s a sign that the environment is too dry, and the T is trying to moisten its book lungs.

Always consider where your tarantula comes from; is it a rainforest species, or does it come from a dry African savannah? Use this information to adjust the humidity to your Tarantula’s needs.

How Do you Measure Humidity Properly?

There are a few ways you can measure the moisture levels in your tarantula’s enclosure.

The first is by using a hygrometer; basically, a thermometer that measures moisture and not temperature. You get low-cost dial versions and then more expensive digital types.

Digital hygrometers seem to be slightly more accurate than dial-based ones, so I recommend saving up a little extra and getting yourself a good quality digital hygrometer. We recommend getting this digital hygrometer here!

Another way of monitoring the moisture in your Ts enclosure is by eyeballing it. If you see a small amount of condensation on the glass, that is a good thing, and it means the humidity is adequate.

However, if there’s a mini waterfall running down the sides of the enclosure, it’s too wet, and you will need to let things dry out a bit.

You can also look at the substrate to gauge the humidity levels; slightly moist substrate is perfect, but if visible pools of water are forming in areas, it is too moist.

It’s a good idea to spray your tarantula’s enclosure once or twice a week and then allow it to dry out in between. In nature, humidity isn’t constant, so taking this approach won’t be harmful to your T, and it has the added benefit of preventing fungi from forming.

How To Increase Humidity

Increasing the humidity is much easier than removing excess moisture, so be careful when attempting to boost humidity that you don’t go overboard.

You can try the following to get the humidity to rise:

1. Overfill a water dish to wet the substrate.

Since increasing humidity levels boils down to adding more water, this is an ideal way to get things a little wetter. But, no heavy hands! You want to add water in a controlled manner and not turn your T’s home into a swimming pool.

The substrate will absorb the water, and it will be released slowly as the water warms up.

Poecilotheria rufilata

2. Mist the enclosure.

Some tarantula hobbyists swear by misting while others say it makes no difference. My view: it can’t hurt. The only important thing to note is that you use a mister bought specifically for this purpose; you don’t want to introduce harmful chemicals into your T’s enclosure.

The water should be at room temperature, or if it is an emergency and you need to increase the humidity stat, you can use lukewarm water as this evaporates quicker and raises the humidity immediately.

Don’t spray directly onto your tarantula. You may think this will help with any dehydration, but all it will do is cause unnecessary stress. Be kind to your T.

3. Move water bowl to the warm area of the enclosure.

If you use a heating pad (another hot-button issue in the world of owning pet tarantulas), you can move the water dish to the warm side of the enclosure. This way, water will evaporate quickly, and there will be more moisture in the air.

Just make sure to check the levels of the water bowl regularly if you employ this method. You may have to fill the dish more than usual. Keeping the water dish full at all times will also keep the humidity up as the water will slowly evaporate over time.

4. Restrict ventilation

The more ventilation holes in the enclosure, the quicker it will dry out. You want to create a ‘micro-climate’ inside your T’s enclosure and to do this, there should be just enough cross ventilation and airflow to not allow the environment from becoming too dry.

Of course, you don’t want to restrict airflow too much as that will create a stuffy and dangerous environment for your tarantula.

5. Give your tarantula enough space to burrow

I know, you want to see your tarantula so only offer it a shallow depth of substrate to reduce any burrowing.

That’s totally up to you but just know that burrowing gives your tarantula the opportunity to hide if the moisture in the air is too much, to dig towards areas of the substrate that are wetter and hence offer more humidity.

Even species that don’t dig will enjoy the extra depth because the bottom levels of the substrate will remain moist as the top dries and this trapped moisture will slowly release with time, increasing humidity.

6. Use a humidifier

If you tend to use a furnace, chimney or wood stove a lot, the humidity levels in your tarantula’s enclosure can get dangerously low. And, since the above steps may not be enough to get the humidity levels high enough, you may want to consider buying a humidifier.

This will easily raise the moisture in the air.

Tip: Keep part of the enclosure a bit drier. That way, your tarantula can choose between walking on dry or wet substrate based on its needs.

How To Decrease Humidity

Oh dear, depending on how bad of a swamp you created, things may get very messy.

If it is a case of too much condensation on the sides of the glass or the substrate got too wet in a specific part of the enclosure, no worries; don’t add any more water and just let it dry out with time.

You can also increase ventilation to help the excess water vapor escape; open any closed vents or cut extra holes for airflow.

Righto, that’s the easy scenario but what if somehow the whole enclosure is a wet mess and puddles are forming everywhere? Well, it’s time to employ extreme measures – you have to start afresh.

Take your T and place it in a temporary home (don’t forget to add a water dish). Now you can remove the soaked substrate. Thoroughly clean the cage and any décor and then allow it to dry out.

Once dry, start rebuilding your tarantula’s home. You may want to consider using a substrate that absorbs excess moisture better; coir fiber, for example, is good at sucking up extra wetness.

After you’re done, and you have placed your tarantula back in its enclosure, you have to take everything you have read up to this point and apply it to make sure that you maintain and control the moisture more carefully to avoid this from happening again.

Arguments Against Humidity

Tarantula hobbyists don’t always agree on everything and humidity is one of the issues that have been debated for years and will continue to be for years to come.

They mostly argue that most tarantula species do well in enclosures with enough cross ventilation and containing a water dish – that’s all they need.

Here are some reasons why some tarantula owners believe this whole humidity issue is totally overrated.

Tarantulas are not so fragile

Ts are very adaptable. They MUST be if you take into account the fact that they have survived millions of years of evolution and climate change. So, will a lower than ideal level of humidity really do them much harm?

Yes, there are some species that require very humid conditions that will likely kill other species, but in between these extremes, you will find a large margin for error when it comes to setting up your T’s enclosure.

Tarantulas spend most of their time in burrows

Many species of tarantula dig themselves deep into the earth. The temperature and humidity inside these burrows are much different than outside.

This suggests that we can’t actually know what the ideal humidity levels are for many of these species since we’re yet to measure inside a burrow in the wild. Knowing this, some tarantula hobbyists believe that the humidity requirements found on care sheets are basically useless.

They feel stressing over matching these numbers is completely unnecessary.

Tarantulas carry around enough water

Ts are pretty big compared to other terrestrial invertebrates, and a lot of that is water. That makes tarantulas walking water banks and mean they have access to this water should they get dehydrated and don’t need any extra moisture in the air.

Tarantulas can also lose a generous amount of this stored water and still function.

Of course, we don’t want our tarantulas to just function, we want them to be comfortable and happy too, and that’s why I’m not sure their ability to survive without water should be used as a reason to not give them adequate access to water or not meet their humidity needs.

Tarantulas can’t absorb water through their skin

As you know tarantulas have body armor called an exoskeleton. The outer layer of the exoskeleton is called the epicuticle and contains a wax-like substance that prevents the tarantula from losing water through its body wall.

But, it also prevents Ts from getting wet easily. This may mean that tarantulas are ‘humidity-proof’ and can’t absorb moisture from the air that will aid with their hydration levels.

On the other hand, the layer of wax is different from species to species. Desert-dwelling Ts will have a thicker wax-like substance over their bodies to retain as much water as possible.

Considering this, it is likely that specific species do have the ability to absorb moisture through their skins, even with the wax layer.

Okay, some tarantula hobbyists want you to dump your humidity gauges in the trash, limit the misting to your plants and stop worrying about humidity completely.

I suppose you can go that route, but does the fact that tarantulas can survive in dry-ish environments mean that they should? Especially if they originate from humid areas?

Listen, I don’t want you to stress and obsess about keeping humidity at optimal levels all the time. That is impossible. But setting up an environment for your pet tarantula that meets its needs as closely as possible is not too much to ask.

After all, you decided to get yourself a hairy eight-legged cutie as a pet, so you better take care of it the best you can, right?

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Here is my first in many of creatures I'm going to make to post on mondays, in an effort to try and keep content rolling. Here are the Bread Dragons, the first perilous dive into Monster Mondays. I dunno if that's a thing already or what. But hey.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this! Let me know what you think!

Homebrewery link below for easier reading pleasure. https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/B1BaS6nAK4

The Ancient Grains

There are stories of a breed of dragons so powerful and old that even the most elder of the chromatic and metallic dragons fear their strength. They are known to most as grain dragons or bread dragons. When a bread dragon is born, most dragons will kill or attack them on sight, taking any and all measures to eradicate the bread dragons before they can mature. If a nest's location is known, dragons will often collaborate to destroy the nest. The power of the bread dragons is so fierce and potent that their mere presence can be known to alter and demolish the nearby landscape from their presence alone.

The smell of mold follows the most ancient of bread dragons, while the younger bread dragons smell like freshly baked pastries and crisp delight as a way to invite unsuspecting travelers into their abode. Fumes of their deliciousness seep from the vents of their straight spiraled horns, daunting any wayfarer that is enticed by their scent. The dragons are large and have a shell that covers their back, similar to that of armadillos.

The bread dragon is easy to track, fluffy flakes of their crisp crust falling to the ground as they trudge through the dry plains. Their eyes are grow more reminiscent of raisins as they age, instilling a primal fear in all who have mistaken a raisin cookie for a chocolate one.

Lovers of the Sun. Bread dragons like to bask in the sun, taking residence in deserts and plains where the sun is unobscured. They also like to fly up to the peaks of mountains, coming into the territory of red dragons often. Though they try to avoid wasting energy, they are not against flying above the clouds to feel the sun on their back.

Silent Destroyers. Bread dragons are silent surveyors, plotting their attack on the landscape to consume everything in sight. Bread dragons remember every occurance, every slight and insult against them.

The bread dragon will sit and cultivate those feelings into a full blown swath of destruction, plotting insanely inventive and cruel ways to exert their dominion and power over other creatures. They view themselves as the true heirs to the world, contesting red dragons often when one tries to gain control over a territory that a bread dragon has settled in. Their territory spans for miles around, expanding whenever possible.

Breeding Monsters. Bread dragons will only tolerate a few other creatures in its domain, with tolerate being a strong word. Bread dragons reproduce by budding, making smaller versions of themselves to patrol and protect the ever-reaching domain of the grain. Some especially ancient bread dragons can create small humanoid-esque bread forms, using them to infiltrate and sabotage humanoid settlements if the bread dragon is feeling bored. If the bread dragon is inventive enough, they can recreate creatures they've encountered through the same process. The idea of a bread creature army under the control of a bread dragon is horrifying enough an idea that chromatic and metallic dragons will cooperate for the sole goal of stopping such a thing.

The spawn of the bread dragon will obey the original, for fear of reabsorption into the collective. This does not stop the younger bread dragons from plotting to overthrow or escape the clutches of the original. Most attempts end in failure, as the original is wary enough of their own kin to avoid such scuffles.

A Bread Dragon's Lair

Bread dragons make their home in a number of places, keeping to drier climates whenever possible. Ancient bread dragons know they are most vulnerable around wetter climates, their hard shell becoming soggy and mushy when soaked. Because of this, they avoid bodies of water whenever possible and make their homes in dry caves or arid depressions. The more powerful the bread dragon, the drier the area becomes and so much that water is all but nonexistent.

The dragon will sleep covered in sand or hot ash, hiding itself completely away from any who would tread upon their domain. If awakened, the bread dragon will watch quietly and strike when the intruders are most unawares.

Lair Actions

On initiative count 20 (losing initative twice), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can't use the same effect two rounds in a row:

Spores kick up and fill a space that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it, creating a 30-foot radius cloud. It lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round. Each creature that starts its turn in the cloud or enters the cloud for the first time on a turn must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of its turn. While poisoned in this way, a creature must repeat the saving throw if they take an action, wasting the action upon a failure.

Dust and ash from the area will spin into a 10-foot radius dust devil centered on a point within 60 feet of the dragon that it can see. It lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round. Any creature that starts their turn in the area or enters the area for the first time on a turn must succeed on a DC 13 saving throw or swept into the dust devil. On a failed save, the creature is knocked prone and thrown 10 feet in a random direction.

The dragon can turn up the heat like an oven, subjecting creatures within 60-foot radius of the dragon to intense heat. Each creature other than the dragon in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 27 (6d8) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Regional Effects

The region containing a legendary bread dragon's lair is warped by the dragon's magic, which creates one or more of the folowing effects:

A great drought affects the area, drying out crops and eliminating any sources of water.

The air is thick and heavy with the scent of freshly baked goods.

All wildlife and flora have distinct flaky growths on them, infecting them and allowing the bread dragon to control them from afar.

If the dragon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d100 days.

Bread dragons have a great fear of water since they know that if they come into contact with enough of it, they become more vulnerable as their hard crusty exterior grows weak and mushy. The older bread dragons have are somewhat more resistant to it, their shells and scales composed of thicker and drier material like masterfully crafted and ancient rye. The younger bread dragons are unable to fight off the effects as easily, their shells akin to modern white or potato bread.

If a bread dragon absorbs or is drenched with 10 or more cubic feet of water, their AC is reduced by 2 for 1 minute or until they take fire damage.

Bread Creation Template

A bread creation is a mimicry of any creature an adult or older bread dragon has encountered and formed through the shedding of their own shell. The following characteristics change or are aded to a creature that is a bread creation.

Retained Characteristics. The creation retains its Armor Class, hit points, Hit Dice, Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores.

Lost Characteristics. The creation lo9ses its original saving throw and skill bonuses, special senses, and special traits. It loses any action that isn't Multiattack or a melee weapon attack that deals bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage. If it has an action or a melee weapon attack that deals some other type of damage, it loses the ability to deal damage of that type, unless the damage comes from a piece of equipment, such as a magic item.

Type. The creation's type is plant, and it loses any tags.

Alignment. The creation is unaligned.

Speed. Reduce all the creation's speeds by 10 feet, to a minimum of 5 feet.

Ability Scores. The creation's ability scores change as follows: Int 1 (-5), Wis 8 (-2), Cha 1 (-5)

Senses. The creation has blindsense with a radius of 60 feet and it is blind beyond this radius.

Condition Immunities. The creation can't be blinded, charmed, or frightened.

Languages. The creation loses all known languages but it responds to orders given to it by the bread dragon that created it.

Attacks. If the creation has no other means of dealing damage, it can use its fists or limbs to make unarmred strikes. On a hit, an unarmed strike deals bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + the creation's Strength Modifier, doing an additional 1d4 of damage for each size category above Medium the creation is.

Ancient Bread Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, chaotic evil

Armor Class 23 (natural armor)

Hit Points 624 (32d20+288)

Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

Saving Throws Dex +5, Con +17, Wis +11, Cha +13

Skills Perception +22, Stealth +12

Damage Vulnerability slashing from serrated weapons

Damage Resistance cold, fire, force, thunder

Damage Immunity necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant

Condition Immunities diseased, poisoned

Senses passive Perception 32

Languages Common, Draconic, Grain

Challenge 26

Legendary Resistance (3/day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Mold Production If the dragon receives necrotic damage, the dragon deals an additional 21 (6d6) poison damage on all of its melee weapon attacks for 1 minute or until it takes acid damage.

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its cronch and two with its claws.

Cronch. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit 21 (2d10+10) piercing damage plus 28 (8d6) necrotic damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit 17 (2d6+10) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 20ft., one target. Hit 19 (2d8+10) bludgeoning damage

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Yeast Breath (Recharge 5-6) The dragon exhales mold spores in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 25 Constitution saving throw, or immediately be afflicted by the disease Yeast Infection. If the Mold Production trait is active at the time of this breath weapon's use, the range of the breath weapon instead becomes a 120-foot cone.

The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the option below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 26 Dexterity saving throw or take 17 (2d6+10) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

Adult Bread Dragon

Huge dragon, chaotic evil

Armor Class 20 (natural armor)

Hit Points 333 (23d12+184

Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

Saving Throws Dex +5, Con +14, Wis +8, Cha +11

Skills Perception +14, Stealth +11

Damage Vulnerability slashing from serrated weapons

Damage Resistance cold, fire, force, thunder

Damage Immunity necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant

Condition Immunities diseased, poisoned

Senses passive Perception 24

Languages Common, Draconic, Grain

Challenge 20

Legendary Resistance (3/day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Mold Production If the dragon receives necrotic damage, the dragon deals an additional 14 (4d6) poison damage on all of its melee weapon attacks for 1 minute or until it takes acid damage.

Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its cronch and two with its claws.

Cronch. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit 20 (2d10+9) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) necrotic damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit 16 (2d6+9) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 15ft., one target. Hit 18 (2d8+9) bludgeoning damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dragon's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Yeast Breath (Recharge 5-6) The dragon exhales mold spores in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22 Constitution saving throw, or immediately be afflicted by the disease Yeast Infection. If the Mold Production trait is active at the time of this breath weapon's use, the range of the breath weapon instead becomes a 90-foot cone.

The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the option below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check

Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 10 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw or take 17 (2d6+9) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.

The bread dragon's breath weapon is a deadly spray of volatile and persistent spores that infiltrate a creature's system and reproduce at an alarming rate. A creature infected with this endures an almost crippling pain when they try to move.

A creature afflicted with Yeast Infection must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw at the start of their turn, taking 2d6 necrotic damage on a failure, has their movement speed halved, and makes attacks, ability checks, and saving throws with disadvantage until the start of their next turn. Upon a success, a creature takes half damage and only has their movement speed reduced by 5 feet.

Yeast Infection can be cured with greater restoration or heal, or successful ingestion of a week long course of antifungal medicine created from a sample of a bread dragon.

Young Bread Dragon

Large dragon, chaotic evil

Armor Class 19 (natural armor)

Hit Points 241 (21d10+126)

Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 80 ft.

Saving Throws Dex +5, Con +10, Wis +5, Cha +7

Skills Perception +9, Stealth +9

Damage Vulnerability slashing from serrated weapons

Damage Immunity necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant

Condition Immunities diseased, poisoned

Senses passive Perception 19

Languages Common, Draconic, Grain

Challenge 12

Mold Production If the dragon receives necrotic damage, the dragon deals an additional 7 (2d6) poison damage on all of its melee weapon attacks for 1 minute or until it takes acid damage.

Multiattack. The dragon makes three attacks: one with its cronch and two with its claws.

Cronch. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit 18 (2d10+7) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit 14 (2d6+7) slashing damage.

Yeast Breath (Recharge 5-6) The dragon exhales mold spores in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, or immediately be afflicted by the disease Yeast Infection. If the Mold Production trait is active at the time of this breath weapon's use, the range of the breath weapon instead becomes a 60-foot cone.

Bread Dragon Wyrmling

Medium dragon, chaotic evil

Armor Class 18 (natural armor)

Hit Points 119 (14d8+56)

Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft., fly 60 ft.

Saving Throws Dex +5, Con +8, Wis +3, Cha +1

Skills Perception +3, Stealth +5

Damage Vulnerability slashing from serrated weapons

Damage Immunity necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant

Condition Immunities diseased, poisoned

Senses passive Perception 15

Languages Common, Draconic, Grain

Challenge 5

Mold Production If the dragon receives necrotic damage, the dragon deals an additional 7 (1d6) poison damage on all of its melee weapon attacks for 1 minute or until it takes acid damage.

Cronch. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit 11 (1d10+5) piercing damage plus 4 (1d6) necrotic damage.

Yeast Breath (Recharge 5-6) The dragon exhales mold spores in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw, or immediately be afflicted by the disease Yeast Infection.

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CHEMICALS AND CLEANERS USED FOR HOUSE AND EXTERIOR BUILDING CLEANING

In this post, we would discuss about chemicals and cleaners that are used by our Commercial Restorations team for house and exterior building cleaning.

Sodium Hypochlorite – Sodium hypochlorite (a.k.a. bleach) is one of the most commonly used chemicals in the world. A solution of sodium hypochlorite is frequently used as a disinfectant and as a bleaching agent. Often it is simply called “bleach”, though other chemicals are sometimes given that name as well.

What are the characteristics of sodium hypochlorite? Sodium hypochlorite is a clear, slightly yellowish solution with a characteristic odor. It has a relative density of 1.1 (5.5% watery solution). As a bleaching agent for domestic use it usually contains 5% sodium hypochlorite (with a pH of around 11, it is irritating). If it is more concentrated, it contains a concentration 10-15% sodium hypochlorite (with a pH of around 13, it burns and is corrosive).

Sodium hypochlorite is unstable. Chlorine evaporates at a rate of 0.75 grams of active chlorine per day from the solution. When heated, sodium hypochlorite disintegrates. This also happens when sodium hypochlorite comes in contact with acids, sunlight, certain metals and poisonous and corrosive gasses (including chlorine gas). Sodium hypochlorite is a strong oxidizer and reacts with flammable compounds and reductors. Bleach affects natural fibers such as cotton and wood adversely.

These characteristics must be kept in mind during transport, storage and use of sodium hypochlorite.

Sodium hypochlorite is used as a disinfectant/mold killer. Sodium hypochlorite produces a residual disinfectant effect.

Sodium hypochlorite can be a dangerous and corrosive substance. While working with sodium hypochlorite, safety measures have to be taken to protect workers and the environment. Care should be taken to minimize the exposure of sodium hypochlorite to air, heat, or sunlight to prevent chemical breakdown.

Detergents – A detergent is a cleansing substance that acts similar to soap but is made from chemical compounds rather than fats and lye. Detergents and soaps are used for cleaning because pure water can’t remove oily, organic soiling. Soap cleans by acting as an emulsifier. Basically, soap allows oil and water to mix so that oily grime can be removed during rinsing. Detergents were developed in response to the shortage of the animal and vegetable fats used to make soap during World War I and World War II. Detergents are primarily surfactants, which could be produced easily from petrochemicals. Surfactants lower the surface tension of water, essentially making it ‘wetter’ so that it is less likely to stick to itself and more likely to interact with oil and grease.

Modern detergents contain more than surfactants. Cleaning products may also contain enzymes to degrade protein-based stains, bleaches to de-color stains and add power to cleaning agents, and blue dyes to counter yellowing.

Sodium Hydroxide, Potassium Hydroxide – Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye or caustic soda, is defined as a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and various sodium compounds. The main uses of sodium hydroxide are in chemical manufacturing (pH control, acid neutralization, off-gas scrubbing and catalyst); pulp and paper manufacturing; in petroleum and natural gas industry (removing acidic contaminants in oil and gas processing); manufacture of soap and detergents and other cleaning products; and cellulosics, such as rayon, cellophane and cellulose ethers; cotton mercerizing and scouring. Its sister chemical, potassium hydroxide, behaves similarly. Other uses include water treatment, food processing, flue-gas scrubbing, mining, glass making, textile processing, refining vegetable oils, rubber reclamation, metal processing, aluminum processing, metal degreasing, adhesive preparations, paint remover, disinfectant, rubber latex stabilizer and stabilization for sodium hypochlorite.

Butyl – Butyl is a water-soluble organic solvent designed to clean and degrease surfaces. For cleaning building exteriors, butyl works well in metropolitan areas where smog, vehicle exhaust, and airborne pollutants like jet fuel are present. Butyl is often used to remove acid-rain streaks on painted surfaces. Butyl alone does not kill mold as effectively as an alkaline cleaner.

Trisodium Phosphate – TSP is the tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents. For many years, compounds similar to this were used in clothes and dishwashing detergents, until the damage that phosphates caused to the environment was realized. Now, the power of phosphates is limited, but you can still purchase and use it in its purest form, TSP. TSP is a strong caustic used for washing surfaces prior to painting, especially exterior surfaces, because it will etch the existing surface. Liquid bleach is often added to TSP if there is mildew on the surfaces. The TSP and bleach act in concert to both kill the mildew and remove its characteristic stains.

It can damage many metal and painted surfaces, and can stain woods. It is not recommended for use on glass, either, since it will leave a filmy residue.

Oxalic Acid – Oxalic Acid is a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; often used as a rust remover. Just hearing the word “acid” sounds ominous, but oxalic acid is easy to use and the safest for the home. In fact it is found in many vegetables including spinach, and rhubarb. Perhaps its best known use is that as a wood bleaching agent. It is toxic if ingested in large doses. Other acid-based cleaners are more effective on removing rust and efflorescence than oxalic.

Hydrochloric Acid – Hydrochloric acid is the proper name for muriatic acid and is a chemical compound. Hydrochloric acid is the aqueous (water-based) solution of hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas. It is a strong acid, the major component of gastric acid and of wide industrial use. A highly corrosive liquid, hydrochloric acid should be handled only with appropriate safety precautions. Hydrochloric acid is a fundamental chemical, and as such it is used for a large number of small-scale applications, such as leather processing, household cleaning, and building construction. Acid-based cleaners are more effective for removing rust and efflorescence than using a straight acid because the surfactant in a cleaner provides “lift” for the soil, enabling you to rinse it away easily.

Surfactants – Surfactants are wetting agents that lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and lower the interfacial tension between two liquids. Surfactants constitute the most important group of detergent components. Generally, these are water-soluble surface-active agents comprised of a hydrophobic portion, usually a long alkyl chain, attached to hydrophilic or water solubility enhancing functional groups.

It is important to use a supplier who supports the products he sells and who supports you. There are many reputable suppliers who produce products designed specifically for the work you will be doing. Seek out quality products from quality suppliers, and you will always have the best tools for the job.

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