#wrinch

[psikonauti]

Mary E. Wrinch (Canadian, 1877-1969)

The Chicken Run, c. 1925

oil on panel

[auroraborealis22]

Ferguson Highway at Temagami Mary E. Wrinch 1929

[ilovetomdaya]

I finished watching all six of The Crowded Room episodes today. The episodes have been good. The show is good. The show is also so heartbreaking. I'm so proud of Tom. He's such an amazing actor. His acting range is incredible. This whole show has proven that. Especially episode 6. I can't wait to see the next 4 episodes and see how it all unfolds even more.

What Danny and Adam went though as kids is so awful. Seeing Danny switch from Jack to Danny is/ was amazing. Seeing Danny not know where he was and being so scared was so sad. Truly broke my heart. Tom did a phenomenal job with that scene. I was blown away. I still am. Rya at the end definitely made me emotional. Her hugging her son tight.🥺Episode six is such a heart-wrinching episode. Broke my heart. Watching him play the alters the same way the actors/ actresses play them is/was incredible.

[snappedsky]

Fanatics 99.5

Round 2 begins with Dib.

*Links to previous and chapter in reblog*

--

Greatest in the Galaxy Part 5

“Happy morning, my dear viewers and audience members! Who’s ready for round 2!”

Johnny and Skoodge watch on the TV as the audience in the stadium erupts into cheers. They both turn away when they hear the door open and Devi and Tenna walk in.

“You’re late,” Johnny states, “it’s already started.”

“Some of us have to take the bus across the city to get here,” Devi points out.

“You should just stay here.”

“There’s no where to sleep,” Tenna argues.

“Big deal,” he scoffs.

“Without further ado, let’s begin the second game!”

In the stadium, the audience and players all watch as the holographic screen in the sky spins a wheel with different game names.

“The game will be...the Obstacle Course! Players must race against each other around a series of obstacles. First to the finish line will receive five points for their team and second place will get three points! Now who will the players be?”

The screen displays five wheels, each spinning through the different members of the five teams.

“It shall be...Lakk of Irk, Agil of Swif’el, Wrinch of Techon-3, Deloid of Mus’ular, and Dib of Earth!”

“Alright, Dibsters, you’re up,” Pepito says, giving Dib a smack on the back.

“Make us look good,” Zim orders.

“Don’t screw this up,” Gaz snaps.

“No problem, I got this,” Dib grins as he leaves the sky box and heads down to the stadium grounds.

“A race would’ve suited Squee better,” Tak remarks.

“Dib will do fine,” Squee argues, “he’s slippery.”

The five players gather in the middle of the arena and look up expectantly at the screen above them.

“Players, prepare for teleportation to race track 3.”

They’re engulfed in a bright light and disappear from the stadium. The holographic screen changes to a sky view of a starting point of a race track as the players reappear there.

They’re in some kind of enclosed tunnel. The track runs down the middle with gaps on either side and large spotlights shining up from the very bottom. The track itself appears empty, just a straight run from the start to the finish.

“Where are the obstacles?” Pepito asks.

“If any players are knocked off the track, either by the obstacles or their opponents, they will be teleported back to the stadium and disqualified! Ready and...begin!”

Immediately, the track comes to life with flames shooting out of the walls and blades sawing across the floor or swinging from the ceiling.

“There are the obstacles,” Squee remarks as everyone blinks with surprise.

“Yikes,” Dib squeaks. His opponents immediately take off and he chases after them.

On Earth, Colton, Maddie, and Carmen race through the door of Tak’s house. “Are we late?” Colton asks.

“The game has already started,” Skoodge replies as Johnny, Devi, and Tenna are glued to the screen.

“What is it- oh my god!” Carmen exclaims at the sight on the television.

The cam-bots stick close to the players as they run past the obstacles. Lakk is in the lead, his spider legs helping him to nimbly dodge the swinging blades and spitting fire. Agil is close behind him, her natural speed and agility letting her slink around the obstacles like a snake through the grass. Not far behind them is Deloid, who stops all the blades with his massive strength and doesn’t seem at all bothered by the flames as they lick against his hide. Next is Wrinch, whose small stature allows him to easily dodge all the obstacles. And coming up the rear is Dib, who struggles to bumble his way forward while clumsily dodging the blades and fire.

“He is so beefing it,” Gaz groans.

“To be fair, this wasn’t exactly what we were imagining when we pictured ‘obstacle course’,” Squee points out.

“Come on, Dib,” Zim urges.

As Dib stumbles down the track, the wall spews fire and he falls onto his chest to just barely dodge. He glances to the right just in time to see a saw blade whirring towards him. He shoots up onto his knees and the blade just barely passes in front of his nose.

He remains kneeling and watches with disappointment as his opponents get farther and farther ahead. “I’ll never win at this rate. I can’t catch them with just running. I need a strategy.”

Just ahead, a saw blade on a metal arm extends out of the wall and swings over the track. Dib watches it, timing it in his head.

“I can’t be careful. I won’t win if I don’t take risks.”

He stands up and runs right for the blade. As it swings at him, he jumps up and lands perfectly on the flat side of the blade. He rides it down the track and jumps again as it reaches the end of its swing, the velocity sending him shooting ahead. He cries out excitedly as he flies past blades and through fire, covering his face. Thankfully his jacket is fire resistant and he doesn’t get too burned.

When he starts to lose air, Dib hits the ground running but he’s still not close enough to catch up. He sees another blade on an arm swinging down from the ceiling, perpendicular to the track. As it nears him, he jumps up and grabs the arm. The spinning blade cuts through his sleeve and nicks his skin but he ignores it as he swings down the track. Then he lets go and again the velocity sends him flying. His opponents all look back with surprise as he catches up, whooping excitedly.

“Wha-!” Wrinch exclaims in shock. He’s so distracted that he trips over a passing blade. He cries as he starts to fall off the track but something stops him.

Wrinch looks up with shock as Dib holds him and lifts him back onto the track.

In the stadium, his friends all groan. “Ugh, Dib!”

“That blasted moral compass of yours,” Zim scoffs.

“Why’d you save me?” Wrinch asks.

“You needed help,” Dib replies plainly.

“But you’re gonna lose now.”

“Not yet, so gotta run!”

Dib waves as he runs off. He grabs the arm of another swinging blade and flies ahead.

“Excuse me!” he shouts as he shoots past Deloid.

“Hey!” the alien barks after him.

Dib hits the ground running and while he’s much closer to Agil and Lakk now, they’re still too fast to catch up to. And the finish line is just ahead.

He watches as they pass by a spout in the floor, shooting up flames in five second intervals. Dib quickly takes off his jacket and throws it onto the spout during its pause and stands on it. It fires its flames and sends Dib flying down the track. He shoots past Agil, who’s so surprised she runs into the broad side of a blade.

The finish line is closing in. Lakk’s antennae twitch at Dib’s shouting and he looks back to see the human reaching out and grabbing one of his spider legs.

“Hey!” Lakk barks.

“Sorry,” Dib says, “but you’re just another obstacle.”

Dib jumps off the appendage and dives for the finish line. Lakk scowls and lunges after him.

Dib hits the floor and skids across the finish line.

“We have a winner!”

Dib lifts himself up excitedly but his excitement quickly drops when he sees Lakk lying beside him, his spider legs splayed out ahead of them.

“By mere inches, Lakk has taken first place for Irk! In second place is Dib of Earth!

“Booooo!” the Earth team shouts.

“That shouldn’t count; Dib was ahead of Lakk’s body!” Pepito snaps.

“I’m Irken, and even I think that’s stupid,” Zim scoffs.

All of the players are teleported out of the race track and back into the arena. Dib stumbles to his feet, out of breath and covered in scrapes, cuts, and minor burns. He smiles as he looks up at the screen overhead displaying the scoreboard.

“Earth is still in first place, now with 13 points. Just behind them, tied for second, is Irk and Swif’el with five points! But anything can happen, folks!”

“Well, at least we’re still in first,” Dib sighs.

“Don’t get used to it, human,” Lakk growls as he walks past.

Dib shrugs and leaves the arena.

When he reaches his team’s sky box, Shmoopy immediately ushers him to the table so she can look at his injuries. His friends quickly gather around him.

“Sorry, I only got second, guys,” Dib says.

“It was only on a technicality,” Squee points out.

“And at least you didn’t lose,” Gaz grunts.

“And we’re still in first place,” Zim adds.

“As long as we keep winning the battles, nobody will be able to catch us,” Kio states

“You need to take it easy now, Dib,” Shmoopy orders, “your injuries are minor but I need time to heal them.”

“Let’s keep this train moving and start the battle!”

Everyone but Dib and Shmoopy go out onto the balcony to see who will be selected for the next battle.

“The players will be...Zinather of Irk, Hastee of Swif’el, Bo-olts of Techon-3, Flexor of Mus’ular, and Dib of Earth!”

“What!” the Battalion gasp.

“What...” Dib groans.

[alex51324]

Wrinches.

they are like beautiful tropical birds to me

[gorematchala]

When Sizzla said "All dem ah wrinch and Ah frown" I really felt that

[melancholic-paint]

bloodroot by mary e wrinch

1928-1929

linocut in black ink on paper

[soulsteer]

#FordRanger ARB 4x4 Accessories

[cdnart]

Mary Evelyn Wrinch; Cineraria

[psikonauti]

Mary E. Wrinch (Canadian,1877-1969)

Bloodroot, 1928-29

linocut in black ink on paper

[chaoticambivalence]

[snappedsky]

Fanatics 99.10

Tak starts off round 3.

*Links to previous and next chapters in reblog*

--

Greatest in the Galaxy Part 10

Pepito dumps half a gallon of milk down his throat, swiftly followed by half a box of sugary, marshmallow cereal. Excess dribbles down his chin, much to the disgust of his friends and everyone watching it on the TV.

“You’re disgusting,” Zim comments.

“Thanks,” Pepito grunts, wiping his mouth.

“You feeling better?” Squee asks.

“Much,” he replies, “I just needed some sleep and food and I’m back to one hundred percent.” “Some?” Dib scoffs, “you slept for twelve hours and ate every bit of food in the house.” “Still,” Pepito snarls, clenching his fists. “I hate that I lost to that self-important jerk face Irken. If I was at full power, or even half power, I could’ve beat him.”

“We couldn’t have predicted that you would go twice in a row,” Kio points out.

“But we can predict it this time,” Gaz retorts, “it’s happened twice now- to Dib then to Pepito. That can’t be a coincidence.”

“She’s right,” Tak agrees, “whoever plays the game today has to be prepared to do the battle too.”

“But why does this keep happening?” Shmoopy muses.

“Are we just unlucky?” Dib questions.

“I doubt it,” Squee grumbles. “I mean, we are, but I just don’t think that’s the reason.”

“Whatever the case, we have to break this tie with Irk,” Zim demands, “the only way we do that is by winning the game and the battle. So shape up, team. Let’s show Irk they can’t mess with Earth.”

Everyone else nods agreeably and leave the house to head to round 3.

The stadium is going wild with cheers as the team enter their sky box and Mic welcomes everyone back.

“Can’t I participate today? Please?” Dib begs, “I have to redeem myself.”

“I told you, Dib, your ribs are still too fragile,” Shmoopy insists.

“Ugh, this sucks,” he pouts, “Pepito got hurt yesterday and he’s well enough to play.”

“I’m not nearly as delicate as you, Dibby,” Pepito smirks.

“Let’s start round 3! What will the game be?”

Everyone watches as the holographic wheel spins through the games, landing on ‘Stuff Your Face’.

“Oh, this is a fun one folks! Players must eat selected foods from each participating planet. Whoever eats the most wins!”

“An eating contest?” Dib questions.

“Oooooh, that does sound fun,” Squee chimes, “I wanna do it.”

“No way, pick me!” Gaz exclaims, shoving him over.

“No, me!” Pepito snaps and shoves her.

The three of them push into each other as they watch the player wheels spin, hoping for their name to come up.

“And the players shall be...Mixa of Irk, Agil of Swif’el, Wrinch of Techon-03, Bikeps of Mus’ular, and Tak of Earth.”

“Awwww,” Gaz, Squee, and Pepito sigh with defeat.

“Finally,” Tak grins and leaps off the balcony. She lands perfectly in the arena and marches into the middle, where the rest of the players meet.

“We got another arena game today.” A section of the ground falls away and is quickly replaced with a large table holding different food or food-looking items. There’s also a large touchscreen displaying a wheel with five different words. “Our committee carefully selected one dish from each of the five competing planets that they feel best represent that planet. Each player must spin the wheel and eat at least one bite from the dish that comes up. Whoever can eat the most wins five points for their team!”

“What Earth food did they choose?” Dib asks as the Battalion struggle to read the words on the wheel.

“Tacos!” Zim exclaims.

“Tacos?” Gaz scoffs, “they feel that dish best represents Earth?”

“I agree,” Squee grins.

“We got a bigger problem,” Kio grunts, “they’re beef tacos.”

“Why is that a problem?” Pepito questions.

“Irkens can’t digest meat.”

“Ohhhh...”

The team look at Tak with worry, as she glares at the pile of steaming beef tacos on the table.

“Tak will burn her guts out!” Dib exclaims.

“Maybe we’ll be lucky and she won’t get tacos before everyone else drops out?” Shmoopy hopefully suggests.

“We’ve already established we’re unlucky,” Squee mutters.

“Let’s begin! Player order will be decided by the wheel!”

Everyone looks up at the holographic screen as it spins a wheel with the players’ names.

“Agil, Bikeps, Wrinch, Mixa, and Tak!”

“Tak’s last,” Dib observes.

“Good. Gives her more chances for the others to drop out,” Zim says.

Agil steps up to the table and spins the wheel of food on the screen. She watches it tensely until it stops on ‘nuts ‘n bolts’.

“Nuts and bolts?” Gaz questions.

“Like the trail mix snack?” Pepito asks, “another Earth food?’

“No, it’s Techon food,” Kio replies.

Agil grabs a plate of metal screws from the table, shuddering.

“They eat literal nuts and bolts?” Squee exclaims.

“Much of the Techon biology is actually made up of mechanical parts,” Zim explains, “they’re basically cyborgs.”

Wrinch licks his lips hungrily as Agil picks up a spoonful of screws and shoves them in her mouth. She swallows hard, gags and heaves, but manages to not spit it out and chokes it down. She puts the plate back on the table, rubbing her abdominal area as she backs away.

“Agil has managed to down one bite, which is the bare minimum. Next is Bikeps.”

The large muscular alien moves to spin the wheel, but as soon as he puts his finger on the screen, it cracks. “Oops.”

“Can we get another screen please?”

The table sinks back into the ground and swiftly returns with a new screen. Bikeps much more carefully touches it and spins the wheel. It lands on ‘Mus’le Bar’.

“Yes!” Bikeps cheers, grabs a plate of what looks like big, black brinks, and begins shovelling them into his mouth.

“Lucky for Bikeps, he landed on the Mus’ules delicacy, mus’le bar. This may be a while.”

As everyone watches him stuff his face, Mixa sidles up next to Tak.

“So, what’s your deal?” she asks, “you’re like an Irken cyborg? That’s not regulation.”

“It was the only way I could survive,” Tak replies, “with the help of my SIR unit, I repaired myself after my body took extensive damage from an explosion.”

“So why are you with another planet?”

“Because Irk abandoned me.”

Mixa flinches and looks at the surrounding cam-bots. “You can’t speak badly of Irk. The Tallest can hear you, you know.”

“The Tallest do not scare me,” Tak scoffs and grins into the camera.

In their lavish sky box, the Tallest both scowl with annoyance.

“Uppity defect,” Purple grunts.

“She’ll regret that in the battle round,” Red says.

When Bikeps has finally finished eating, he tosses the empty plate onto the table and backs away, smiling with satisfaction. Wrinch steps up next and spins the wheel. It lands on ‘Snack Stick’.

“Lucky,” Mixa and Tak both grunt as the little alien grabs the Irken food. He looks extremely nervous as he pulls a white stick out of its plastic container, extends his tongue, and licks it.

Wrinch gags and heaves with disgust, twitching and convulsing wildly, before collapsing in a heap.

“Oh! Wrinch’s body just couldn’t handle the Irken delicacy. He’s out!”

Mixa steps over the unconscious alien and spins the wheel. She lands on ‘Speed Dust’.

“Ecstacy?” Squee questions.

“Cocaine,” Pepito corrects him.

“Swif’el food,” Kio corrects them both.

Mixa picks up a plate of white powder.

“Are you sure? That looks suspiciously like crack,” Pepito says.

The Irken scoops up a handful of powder and dumps it in her mouth. She shudders with disgust but is otherwise fine and backs away. Tak steps up next.

“Okay, only the Techon got out this round so that’s one less to worry about,” Zim states, “as long as Tak doesn’t get tacos, we’ll be fine.”

She spins the wheel and it lands on tacos.

“Fuck,” the team sigh.

Tak eyes the plate of food with worry as she hesitantly picks it up.

“O-okay, well, who knows where they even got those tacos,” Squee says reassuringly. “I mean, Taco Hell doesn’t even use actual meat in their tacos.”

“She just needs to survive one bite,” Dib adds.

Tak picks up one of the meat filled shells, lifts it to her mouth, and takes a bite.

Before she can even start chewing, steam rises out of the corners of her lips, as if her mouth is literally on fire.

“Oooh that doesn’t look good,” Gaz comments.

The plate of tacos falls from her hands as Tak covers her mouth and forces herself to chew. Her face contorts painfully as she tries to swallow. Then she lurches, doubles over onto her hands and knees, and throws up brown and pink sludge.

“Oh!” her team exclaim.

“Tak is out! What is Earth food made of? This will definitely need a warning for our more sensitive viewers.”

Tak heaves and falls onto her back next to Wrinch, pink drool still oozing out of the corners of her mouth.

“I gotta go help her,” Shmoopy says and rushes down to the arena. The rest of the team continue watching as Agil takes her turn.

“Well, maybe the Irken won’t win,” Dib suggests hopefully.

After a few more rounds, Mixa is the last standing, after Agil and Bikeps couldn’t stomach what they had to eat. She picks up a snack stick and takes a celebratory lick.

“And Mixa takes the win, earning her team five points, putting Irk solely in first with 23 points! Irk is back on top.”

“As it should be,” Red grins with Purple in their sky box.

“Disgraceful,” Tak groans from where she’s lying on her stretcher in her team’s sky box. She grips her stomach painfully as Shmoopy attempts to wipe the ooze that is consistently leaking out of her mouth. “I’m too much of a disappointment to live. I’d end myself, but as I can’t move right now, one of you will have to do it.”

“Well, you tried your absolute best to eat it, so we can’t blame you for that,” Kio says reassuringly.

“I can,” Zim grunts and Pepito smacks the back of his head.

“The biggest issue is what comes next,” Dib points out.

“Time for the battle!”

“With how the last two rounds went, it’ll be me,” Tak says as she painfully sits up.

“No,” Squee grunts, glaring at the spinning wheels. “Make it me.”

One by one, the five wheels stop on the selected players. The Earth team wheel starts to slow on Tak’s name, then suddenly jumps to Squee’s.

“The players will be Zinather of Irk, Nimbel of Swif’el, Bo-olts of Techon-03, Peccs of Mus’ular, and Squee of Earth!”

“What?” the Tallest exclaim.

“Squee...” Zim gasps as the rest of his friends stare in shock. “What...did you do?”

Murderous rage almost radiates off Squee, the likes of which they’ve only seen from one other person, as he leaves the room. “I’m ending this now.”

Even the cam-bot keeps its distance as it follows Squee through the halls. On Earth, his friends watch him on the TV with concern.

“Squee is pissed,” Colton remarks.

“Of course he’s fucking pissed,” Devi snaps, “Dib and Pepito were both beaten by this Zinather jerk, and he’s in the battle again, for the third time. This smells rotten.”

“This is gonna be bad,” Johnny warns, “no matter who wins, it’s gonna be bad.”

[simena]

Mary Evelyn Wrinch

[lostfunzones]

Mary Wrinch More: https://haji-b.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/more-from-mary-wrinch.html

[thecurseoflife]

CHAPTER 19 : Life in a castle

AUTHOR NOTE : I am back ! Hoping not to put it back in hiatus too soon, but I am having a lot to handle back home, soooo we'll see ! The illustration each chapters was giving me more anxiety than anything else, so it won't be there everytime. Might come back when I feel like it tho :)

After the bitter taste of defeat the balloon left behind him, the Saporians went on with the occupation. They each chose a room, leaving to Camalia the choice of Varian's, since he was still knocked out. For a moment, she really really wanted to put him in the worst room of the entire castle, something like a cupboard or under some stairs. But she was way too nice for that.

So instead she simply putted him in the worst maidden room of them all. There was insects crawling in the bed, and the window was broke, letting the cold air of early spring in. There was spiderwebs everywhere, and the dust rested in every inch of the room. There was a wardrobe in the corner, broken of course. The mattress of the bed was hard and discontinuous, ready to give a stiff neck or a painful back. In other words, it was perfect.

The music mage laid the inconscious boy there, already savoring his disgust and horror the next morning. She couldn't wait to see his wrinched nose when he would appear for the breakfast. Ah, sweet revenge.

But for now, she had to go look for her own room. She walked past the Saporians, and was not surprised, but really grossed out when she saw that Andrew took the princess' room. Maisie and Kai were tempted to take the royal's room, but it wouldn't really fit the plan. Instead, they took a one bed bedroom, for a reason Camalia couldn't really grasp. Juniper took a small, round chamber, with only one bed and one window. She said it made her feel safe and comfy. It made Camalia uncomfortable and kind of panic, but if it fitted the woman, good for her ! Clementine took a pretty regular room, nothing too tiny but nothing too fancy either.

And Camalia was still looking. No matter where, she always felt out of place. She felt like she was invading someone's privacy, and hated it. And everytime, her thoughts ran back to her old room. Her cell. As more and more time was spent looking for a room she knew wasn't there, her legs and soul wanted nothing more than go back to what she was used to.

She entered one last room and sat on the bed. It was quite a weird room to be honest. It was pretty big, and there was swords and weapons stack in one barril. No, actually, when she looked more, she realized there was weapons everywhere. On the wall, beside the window there was two crossed swords, and beside the door a huge wooden shield with the Coronan's emblem on it. And even beside that there was some kind of a very long and weird axe ! Intrigued, Camalia stood up and opened one of the two wardrobes, the one beside the bed. She couldn't help a small shriek of surprise when she was almost pierced by a knife, that happened to have fallen of the... collection of weapons there was in there. But she was in the maids quarter. Why would one of them happen to have so much swords and axes and knifes and other unidentified pointy things in their room ? Was that the room of an actual spy ? Of a murderer, even ! She was about to hastily get out of there when her eyes catched a glimpse of blue in there. She expected to see more red than blue, but reached out anyway and grabbed the... dress. It was a maidden dress, but really well made, and with ornaments and expensive material. One like she never saw on any of her friends. Well, maybe it wasn't a murderer's room after all. Still, she felt as uncomfortable in there than in the other room. She put the dress back in it's place and was about to leave when the door cracked open.

She jumped backwards and hit her back against the very dangerous barril. Which made her stumble and fall on the bed.

-Hey princess, you in there ?

-Uh... uh yeah ! Yeah, sorry, you scared me.

Juniper got in and whistled when she saw what kind of room it was.

-Wow ! Not the kind of room I expected you to end up in, but it is totally my style ! You're much more fierce than you look, kiddo.

-Wha- No, no ! I don't think I'll stay in here. Or in any of the other rooms to be fair.

-Oh, really ? Why is that ?

Camalia rubbed her head and sighed.

-I don't... I don't really know ? It's like I, uhm... It's as if I just took out a piece of the person's soul when I live in their room ? It doesn't make sense but I-I don't know how to explain it.

The woman strolled around the room, brushing off a thin layer of dust off the table, lightly touching the sharp end of some swords, stopping in front of one of the windows, to finally turn around and speak.

-I'm not sure what's wrong in this, but I do know how to cheer you up !

-Cheer me up ? I'm not feeling down !

-It's not because you're not crying on the ground that you don't need it ! Come on princess, come with me.

Juniper catched the music mage hand and dragged her outside. She ran to the princess' room, pulling Camalia behind her. She casted Andrew out, that didn't comprehend what was going on and sat the girl on the gigantic bed.

-Alright ! Now get rid of those clothes.

Camalia felt her cheeks heat up and she instinctively wrapped her arms around her.

-I-I... I'm... Excuse-me ? Wha-...I don't...

-Because we definitely need some new clothes for you ! How long have you been wearing those ?

The music mage could barely contain the sigh of relief that threatened to cross her lips. That was definitely not how she imagined her first time. She thought for a while. Clothes weren't really her top priority, so she never actually payed any attention to it. Maybe a year ? No, probably way more. But it's true that she had gotten taller so they had to change them... And they were getting a bit short already.

-I don't know ? A year ? Maybe a little less. Wait no, I didn't change after Varian got here. So hum, I guess at least a year.

She bit her lips as Juniper was thinking. It was embarrassing, and maybe not what the woman was used to, but she had to say it.

-And... I'm sorry but I'm not... really very comfortable with the idea of... undressing... here... with you... sorry.

She muttered the last word, almost more ashamed to say that than actually doing it. But Juniper was already head in the princess' wardrobe, and waved dismissively at her.

-Mmh, yeah, whatever... I'll just leave. Hey, what do you think of this ?

Her confidence renewed by the validation of the Saporian, Camalia was almost glowing. She looked at the redish dress and shook her head.

-I'm not really into dresses. I like pants a lot better. It's more comfortable and easier to fight or run in.

-Ah, that is true... Well, what do you think of the color at least ?

She lightly touched the fabric, trying to make an opinion.

-I'm more of an orange type of girl, but I have to admit that is a very pretty red, maybe we could-

A scream cut her off. Juniper immediatly tensed up and was about to dash out to fight whatever was scaring Varian like that until a hand grabbed her skirt, stopping her movement. She turned around to see an absolutely exhilarated Camalia. She was laughing to tears, trying to speak but failing times and times again. Around five whole minutes of laughters later, she explained that it wasn't anything to worry about. Juniper was already relaxed. As soon as she saw that the girl didn't worry one bit, she knew the boy was safe. She shook her head in amusement and rose the dress back up.

-As I was trying to get to, maybe we could use that dress as fabric to make some other clothes. What do you think ?

-Oh, I would love that ! But I don't really know how to sew...

-Don't worry, I do. I can teach you, it's fairly easy.

Camalia was about to nod when the door suddenly burst open, and a disheveled, very upset Varian appeared.

-Camalia ! Why did you put me in that gross, cockroaches infested room ?! It was disgusting !

-Well, as one might say, I didn't expect you to, you know... understand.

The alchemist froze for a second there, then it clicked. He became as red as the dress Juniper was holding and stepped closer to his friend.

-What ?! Are you seriously still on that ? That is such a stupid thing to be angry about !

-Not it's not ! You're stupid !

-Well I'm not the one that grew plants and hang myself upside down in a closed space !

-Oh yeah ? Well I didn't blew up my entire village !

-Hey ! I can't believe you're bringing this back now ! Why did I tell you those things ?!

-Because you're STUPID !

-AM NOT !

-SURE ARE !

Juniper stepped back to the entrance, the dress safely folded in her arms while the children were fighting. Kai and Maisie, that had followed Varian to the room after trying to rescue him from the cockroaches, were now watching it unfold in disbelief.

-What... are they doing ?

-They are very clearly deciding how to make some cupcakes. What do you think, Tophat ?

Maisie scoffed and scowled back in his very peculiar but very stylish hat. Kai chuckled and pointed at the dress.

-Oh that ? We were planning on making other clothes for Camalia, since she looks like a hobo. But she doesn't like dresses, so I wanted to sew something in that fabric, what do you think ? You're the one that taught me everything after all.

But before Kai could answer, Varian, that heard everything, yelled again, covering the big man's voice.

-Oh so YOU'RE getting nicer clothes now but I'm not ?!

-Not my fault you can't make that kind of decision for yourself ! You can't even sew !

-I CAN for your information ! Better than you I bet ! And, and you know what ?! I'm getting more clothes too ! And they're going to be BETTER THAN YOURS !

-OH YEAH ?!

-YEAH !

-Well I bet MY clothes will have better stitches and better style and better everything because yours will be TERRIBLE !

-WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT !

-WE SURE ARE ! We'll see how POOR your taste in clothing is !

-Not it's NOT !

As a response, Camalia sticked out her tongue and turned her back on Varian, signaling the... "conversation" was over. The alchemist was boiling, ready to throw hands. But, what she said last burned his mind. He took Kai and Maisie by the arms and dragged them outside. Before closing the doors, he shouted one last time.

-I'll have the best clothing and there's NOTHING you can do about it !

The doors slammed close and Juniper and Camalia were alone. The Saporian wasn't really sure how to engage the conversation, but to her surprise, it was the kid that went up to her and grabbed the dress to examine it. She reached out to take it back but one look of Camalia was enough to make her back off.

Oh so there was actually a bet. And that kid wanted to win it for real. Mmh. Why not ? It could be fun.

Juniper smiled widely and taped the dress with a wink.

-You know princess, before getting sewing, we need to figure out what we're going to make. You got any ideas ?

The music mage thought for a minute, before grabbing a paper and some ink to draw, very shakily, what she had in mind.

Juniper took the sheet of paper and nodded. She added some corrections and suggestions, then handed it back to Camalia that smiled.

-Yeah, this can work, kid.

An hour later, they were in the middle of sewing when someone knocked on the door.

-Come in !

Andrew pushed open the door, not even bothering to step in, with his signature disgustingly sweet smirk.

-I think you might want to check this out, Camalia...

She eyed Juniper that just shrugged and resumed her work. The music mage sighed and grabbed her guitare to follow the man. To her surprise, he guided her to the royal's bedroom. They weren't there yet, and she felt offended at first, thinking that he took their room, until he walked passed the huge bed. Curious, she followed him into the next room. It was small, with one window and a lantern sat on a wooden desk. Andrew was in the corner of the room, smirking to her, in that one way she hated. Why did he lead her here ? She noticed the large wardrobe that was taking most of the room, but was on the wall next to the door, and in the shadows. Intrigued, she opened it slowly... It was no wardrobe, it was a bookcase. There was a lot of books, most of them looked old or overused. She turned to look at Andrew, not really getting the point there. He simply pointed at the books.

-Why don't you check one out ?

She took one, her heart pounding in her chest. It was one of those books with no writing on the cover. She opened it. It was a book about magic. Camalia dropped it, shocked. Then took another one. And another one, and another, and another... They were all, all of them, all of those books, all of that knowledge was about magic. She always thought how weird it was that Corona's library was lacking so many magic's book. There was some, but they were usually about artefacts and weren't really actually teaching much. Suddenly it reached her, as fast and violently as a punch in the guts. She shuffled in the pile of books at her feet, and opened the first one she took. She only had to go to page 10.

It was an incantation to get rid of curses.

She turned the page and it was a potion... Then a spell, a rune, an object... All of them were ways to get rid of curses. Camalia felt sick.

-Corona was never very fond of magic... There isn't much of it around here, and not much knowledge about it either. Actually, I think all of the kingdom's books about magic are in there ! The king and queen didn't like or were interested in magic either, but when the queen got sick... And when, you know... The princess got kidnapped because of her magical hair... Well. They found ways.

Andrew slithered toward her and grabbed one of the last book on the shelf and handed it to her. He tapped it with his very own sweet smile.

-It's weird, isn't it ? How you had to live when all that knowledge was right here... But in here, there's something even weirder...

The Saporian let out a laugh, and left the room, whistling to himself as if he got the most wonderful news of his life. And Camalia was left there. Stunned. Astonished beyond words. Her eyes stuck on the cover of the book. And more specifically it's title.

"History of the Music Mages : Cultures and Traditions"

A long moment passed before Camalia even thought anything else than just about that title over and over again. It was hard. This was hard. It was horrible. She didn't feel any guilt about what she did to the king and queen anymore. She didn't feel mad either. She was just profoundly disgusted. Mostly by Andrew, of course, for the way he brought that up to her. But also by the royals. She just felt disgusted. This was disgusting.

She took a deep breath. If she didn't do anything about it now, she would take it out on Juniper or Varian or worse, Masha and the people. So she did what she knew best. She closed her eyes and focused on her feeling. And she pushed it down.

Juniper was starting to get impatient. She had been sewing, alone, for a full thirty minutes and was getting really tired of it. She was just about done with the scarf, and wasn't really invested enough to start another piece of the clothing. She sighed and threw the scarf on the ground, stretching and gazing at the night sky outside. Maybe it was time to go to sleep. They had a big day, after all.

A crack on her left made her turn her head to Camalia, that stepped into the room. She smiled apologitically to her companion, and Juniper shrugged.

-So, what did M.Bun wanted to show you ?

-Oh, just something dumb that he thought would hurt me.

-And... did it ?

The music mage just smiled and picked the glove she was working on up, before resuming her sewing. The Saporian didn't like the lack of answer, and decided she was done with that mess for tonight. She got up and wished Camalia a goodnight before leaving. Around five minutes after she was gone, Andrew came in and kicked Camalia out, ready to have his own beauty sleep.

She picked up the piece of fabric he threw out with her, and stood up. She didn't know where to go. Which was kind of ironic in a giant empty castle. She was back at where she started. Alone, without a place of her own. With her guitare. She began to stroll around the palace, not sure where she was going.

Camalia was heading toward the prison, mecanically, when a hand grabbed her shoulder and she jumped. She turned, ready to punch and fight her way though, only to face Varian. She had a quiet sigh of relief.

-What are you doing here ? Shouldn't you be sleeping ?

-Well, I was about to ask you the same question !

His eyes fell on the red tissue mess she was holding and smirked.

-Wow. This is the way superior and better at everything piece of clothing you promised ? If I knew it would be so easy to win...

-Hey ! It's a work in progress ! And anyway where is yours ? I can win if you forfeit.

-I'm not ! It's in Kai's and Maisie's room ! We'll finish it tomorrow, I was looking for a room to sleep in.

Camalia was taken aback. She didn't expect anyone else to have trouble with that.

-Most of these are empty. Why can't you just... I don't know, walk in one and sleep there ?

-Why can't YOU ?

An uncomfortable silence took place, neither of them wanting to explain their choices. Camalia wasn't liking lying to her friend about her support, and didn't want to do anything more than she was already doing. She wasn't on his side, but she was by his side. It was the most important thing. She was carrying her promise. Camalia sighed and walked away, breaking the tension.

-Well, good luck to you, Ball. And if you don't find anything, you can still go back to the cockroaches room, I'm sure they miss you.

-I SURE WON'T !

The music mage let out a laugh and left. In the end, she hadn't found anywhere she felt comfortable with, so she just slept in the throne room, beside some plants. For some reason, having nature close to her made her feel... safe ? No, it was deeper than that. It made her feel like home. And it was all she had been looking for.

Tomorrow, she will have to sneak out to meet Stan and Pete. She wasn't too worried, Camalia had learned how to be discreet and not raise any suspicion. And on this thought, she fell into a welcoming sleep. A sleep that, for the first time in forever, was neither a black void or a pit of nightmare, but calm, fun, and peaceful. FIRST | Previous | Next WHAT’S THIS ?

[mrsgokwan4eva]

Gokwan_mbe_ daily

Hello everyone I’ve been away for a while and now I’m back doing my blog this time I want to talk about the work I do for the incredible Gok Wan I absolutely love doing my work that I do for this guy I don’t get paid for doing it I don’t wanna be paid for doing it I do it in my own time and I absolutely love it it’s taking off really big because when I first started the work I did for this guy I didn’t think it would go anywhere but it’s huge Which I did not expect well just love doing what I do and how much incredible work goes into it and the incredible up to but it’s because of Gok’s followers that this it’s taking off so big I am beyond grateful for what I’ve achieved but without any of you guys helping me along the way there wouldn’t be any accounts that I run for this incredible guy thank you so much for that I really really do appreciate all the love and support you all give me from my accounts that I run I’ve read through all your comments about my group and how much you love the work that goes into it thank you so so much for your wonderful comments it really does go a lot way When I first these accounts like I said earlier I didn’t think it would go this big but wow just love how big it’s got and how big it’s gone and that’s all down to the people who follow it and support me through this I also would like to talk about my beautiful friend Frances who helped me update my accounts when needed I absolutely loved having her help she was such a darling I saw one in 1 million and I wouldn’t have got through some of the stuff without her incredible help and thank you so much beautiful much appreciated hope that you will continue to help me when you feel ready to help me again I would love that if you decide to help me again one day I miss your incredible help every day love you girl. Now I want to talk about how it came about I don’t really know the answer to this question but I was just sat by my laptop one day and I’m thinking I’m really missing this incredible guy what can I do to cheer myself up so I do support a page supporting him I did start off with the page but unfortunately all my incredible work got deleted due to someone Reporting my page that I used to run still to this day I don’t know what happened there but now I’ve got the Facebook group that I run and I absolutely love it but I do miss the page as well of course I was absolutely devastated when my page got deleted when I still didn’t know the reason why because I lost all my incredible work but thank God for Instagram highlights because I managed to save most of my incredible work that I did for my page Now I would like to talk about the man himself Gok Wan well what can I say about this guy I can tell you many of stories many are funny stories and the support he gives me the support I receive from this guy means an awful lot to me and for him to trust me with the accounts a run means an awful lot to me as well without him there would be no accounts to run at all on every occasion I go to his offence he always mentions the hard work I do for hhim and that amazes me because he’s recognitions the hard work I do for him which is totally amazing because my hard work doesn’t go unnoticed by the man himself which is really good and that should be something I should be really really proud of thank you so much for trusting me with these pages it really does go along way for you to recognise that I work hard means a novel awful lot to me I will continue these accounts as long as you want me to as long as I have your support I will continue doing whatever you wish me to do I love you so much thanks for being the best and trusting me with everything I wouldn’t be without you i’m really hoping you get to read this blog and realise how proud I am to call you my idol we are like the best of friends in a way or you’re like my family I haven’t seen you for two years but these accounts have been keeping me busy and keeping my mind occupied well missing you in the meantime thank God for these accounts Keeping me busy

Isolation nation well what can I say about that nearly year ago we all streamed on social media to watch Gok DJ to thousands of people online wow it’s hard to believe that was a year ago but along the way I met some incredible friends I haven’t met them in person but I wish to 1 day I have a circle of isolation nation friends I would like to mention on here hope that’s okay with everyone we have the gorgeous Frances who Has been helping me with my accounts to give me a helping hand she’s a beautiful young lady And I’m ever so thankful for her for helping me and I will always and forever appreciate your hard work but she’s help me along the way with It didn’t go unnoticed without any help I would’ve crashed I think just love her ❤️

Right okay I can’t mention you all but I love you all so much as it will take me forever because I love so many of you

Next up then we have the beautiful Lu wow this girl is so funny and when I’m feeling down or upset I’ll go straight to her and she knows how to put a smile on my face we talk on a regular basis through social media she is such a funny character and I cannot wait to meet her I think me and Lu would get on like a house on fire and be best friends for life which we are now even though we haven’t met each other hearing her funny stories are amazing especially about her hairdryer she loves the hairdryer of this girl which I find hilarious in my own way The thing is about this girl that I love so much she speaks her mind and doesn’t care what other people think which is the way it should be sometimes she is a strong confident woman I blooming can’t wait to meet her I am beyond excited that this day will finally come true one day thank you for all your support you give me on my group that I run it really does go along way and having your support their Day in Day out helps me along the way Another thing I love about this girl is that she gives me pictures when Gok It’s on the live stream and I’m not on for some reason she always sends me pictures from my account and that I  Really do love because other people are taking the time out to help me which really does go a long way because I’m a busy busy bee and sometimes I just can’t do it all so having the help of others helped me a lot thanks girl love you

Naughty noodles I thought I’d write a Little bit about this incredible guy he is a DJ he is fun he makes me smile I tune in to reset on a regular basis but I don’t know and sometimes that I’m there which I know I should Like I said I can’t mention you are but I wanted to mention this guy he’s always up for a laugh always dancing always playing the music that I love His support for my pages has been amazing I really appreciate this guys support as I support him and his DJ career And let me tell you he is smashing it he deserves it Even though we’ve never met hopefully one day we will meet He always puts a smile on my face that’s all that matters to me  Keep up the good work D you are amazing and if you don’t follow him I suggest you do because you are missing out on a hell of a lot & lots of fun too

Ellie bear 🐻

Like everyone and I’ve been talking about it this gorgeous lady is from the isolation nation family and she is such a beautiful young lady she always goes the extra mile to help me out with picture Wise To Put my accounts and that is super cute I can’t wait to meet her have pictures with her she always takes the time to talk to me even when she’s a little bit busy which I appreciate She even sent me a Roscoe brothers T-shirt for my 30th birthday bless her I absolutely love it

Bendy Wendy

This girl is super gorgeous she she talks to me online like everyone else we’ve met we met through the isolation nation family group I haven’t actually met this girl but I can’t wait to I think we are gonna be good friends she even talk to me when she’s a little bit busy or just finish work her gorgeous smile makes me smile when I am having a down day I am super excited to meet her one day as I’m dying to meet most of the isolation nation family I just simply love her

Tracy Emery

This girl she made me a Gok wan Doll which I absolutely love and I still have to this day every time I look at it I think of her it makes me smile when I look at it because it makes me think of her hard work that I went into it to make it And every time I talk to her I always mention that I still have the doll that she made me and send her pictures of it She even let me have pictures of car fest where Gok Was DJing for my account’s Which I really did appreciate and she even said I could pass of the pictures as my own bless her that’s so sweet of her can’t wait to meet her One day just like everyone else I can’t wait to meet

Laura Brooks

Me and Laura are Both massive fans of Gok And she is so sweet she will send me pictures for my accounts if I’m not online & Gok Is live on Facebook or something and I’m not on she will take pictures for me and send them to me for my accounts how sweet is that like lots of people they send me stuff for my Gok’s Accounts Which I really do appreciate Laura even got me a present for my 30th birthday which was really sweet and really lovely she didn’t have to do that but I appreciate it hopefully one day we’ll meet each other and share our Gok stories 

Right okay I could talk about all of the isolation nation family but that will take days for me to do as I know so many of you so like I said earlier if you haven’t been mentioned in your own section it doesn’t mean I don’t love you Oh we’re not friends I just haven’t got the time to write it right About everyone are you I love you equally I promise

The Wrinch

What are babe this person is and she’s just learnt to DJ and she is amazing I always talk to her on social media and she is wonderful she even lets me have pictures from a Instagram story if they involve Gok I absolutely love her hair it’s so follicles I wish I could get my hair that curly I can’t wait to meet her and have a selfie with her And lots of big cuddles that’s what I told her I would like when I meet her lots of big cuddles she is a diamond we are going to be friends for life no matter what love her so much

 phozzie B

Whooo whoo When I think about this girl I always think hands in the air let’s have a party let’s jump up and down let’s sing the words and have one hell of a party I can imagine this girl being extremely fun and leading people astray like me when we finally meet saying oh go on do this or go onto that that sort of thing that I’ll be right up my street she is also a learning DJ and she is awesome keep up the good work you’ll be on the stage soon just like Gok With your very own DJ set and it will Be a sellout just know it it will happen One day I remember one day I was Having trouble with the group that I run that people didn’t think that my page was real and she came back and said please follow this girl as she is genuine I always remember that Thanks babe I really did appreciate that

 Gemma

 what an absolutely beaut this girl is she always finds the time to talk to me even though she doesn’t use messenger chat very often but she sees a message from me and it makes a smile I can imagine it makes me happy when she replies back because we have a right conversation mainly we talk about Gok Or say yes to the dress And she always asked me what I’ve been up to if anything have you been up to anything good have a good day whatever day of the week it is Seriously this girl is Beautiful as ever I always say that to her and she’s always thankful I can’t wait to meet her one day neither I can Imagine Us going Girlie Shopping actually I would really enjoy that one day Love you Gem 💎

tracy campbell

Well what can I say about this lady when I first friend requested her to be my friend on Facebook her hair was pink which is really cool because I like bright colours and I’m thinking I’m going get on with this lady but me and Tracy don’t really talk as much as we should Because isolation nation is one big family we don’t all get to speak to each other we have the own circle of isolation nation family friends So we all talk to different people But Tracy Always has a massive smile on her face every time I go on her Facebook there is the profile picture where she has a message to More on her face which makes me smile when I’m about to message her Like I said in this family we all have our own circle of isolation nation friends he is such a wonderful lady she’s even let me have some of isolation nation tour pictures from the 25th of September this year because unfortunately I couldn’t attend this event so I have pictures from various different people that I’ve asked to use for my accounts and Tracy is one of them Which I’m extremely grateful for thanks hun

I am beyond proud of myself what overachieved run in these accounts I get a joy out of it seeing what the man himself is up to on a day-to-day life that is why it’s called Gokwan_mbe_ daily And I love the fact that I get to keep all of you updated on what’s going on this is what it’s all about I’m always grateful for your feedback you give me because it goes a long way and it makes me want to continue with my accounts reading your comments in the morning evening afternoon whenever puts a big smile on my face knowing that I have you guys supporting me like I said earlier if you don’t have your own little bit in my blog it doesn’t mean that I don’t like you or anything like that it means I haven’t got the time to write about every single one of you as there’s millions out there but I want you to know even if you don’t have a little bit in my blogI still love and care about you all Very much 

Right I guess my blog and here

I’ve taken all day to write this blog and now I finally finished It hope you all enjoy reading it I enjoyed writing it to be honest and as long as you have me I will keep running Mr Gok Wan Pages when you have finally read all of it let me know what you think you’re your opinion matters to me

All my love ❤️😊