#Powder pppp

[ask-pppp]

[Start of OOC]

This is the “ask PPPP” ask blog. PPPP is a CCCC au created by @theapollospectrohelioscopic, aka Apollo, who is also the mod for this ask blog.

Now, what does PPPP mean you may ask? PPPP is short for “Powder’s Precarious Pain Précis”.

Another name for the au is DAS/SAD [Fun fact, Apollo only realised the character initials could spell out “SAD” after having named them]. More names may be created in the future.

If this au [Somehow] is liked enough to start receiving fan names [Doubt it] then said fan names may be listed here as well [With permission and credit of course].

In this au, uh, well, actually, no lore exists at the time of writing this, Apollo is kind of planning on making up lore when necessary, though some pieces of lore may be created due to Apollo thinking of something and then being like “Wait that could be part of the lore!” But uh, dust is this au’s Heart, ASH is this au’s Mind, SnoW is this au’s Soul, and Powder is this au’s Whole. Yes, with those specific capitalisations. Though, it probably won’t matter if you get the capitalisations wrong.

There are also equivalents for Darrell and Li in this au. This au’s Li equivalent goes by both Cinder and Ember, however the name Ember will be used more often. This au’s Darrell equivalent is named Angel {Snow angels}, and is a bunny (Dust bunnies) instead of a chicken.

If anyone comes up with extra names for the character then they may be added here [With permission and credit of course].

dust’s speech looks like this: (wow this is some very interesting placeholder text)

ASH’s speech looks like this: [Hmmmm… Placeholder text. How intriguing?]

SnoW’s speech looks like this: {Oh cool placeholder text}

Powder’s speech looks like this: “placeholder text.”

Ember’s speech looks like this: “Placeholder text! : )”

Angel’s “speech” looks like this: *Bunny sounds* [The asterisks aren’t Angel specific, they are just for actions and sounds and stuff of the sort]

The translation of Angel’s “speech” looks like this: <I am a bunny and this is placeholder text.>

Asks with dust will have this tag: “(dust to dust)”

Asks with ASH will have this tag: “[Ashes ashes.]”

Asks with SnoW will have this tag: “{A gentle snow lands on the ground}” [Apollo isn’t satisfied with this, but it is the best they could think of]

Asks with Powder will have this tag: “Powder answers an ask” [Look, Apollo couldn’t think of anything]

Asks with Ember will have one of two tags: “Ring around the rosy : ]” or “A pocket full of posies : )”

Asks with Angel will have this tag: “*Bunny noises*”

Stuff with OOC in it will have this tag: “Apollo says hi”

dust uses she/they pronouns.

ASH is fine with any pronouns, but prefers she/it/they/he, STEM [Science Technology Engineering and Maths] themed neopronouns, prince or knight themed neopronouns [If those even exist], and sun themed neopronouns. [Can you tell that Apollo isn’t really an expert on neopronouns?]

SnoW uses she/they/he pronouns.

Powder uses she/he/they pronouns but honestly doesn’t really care.

Ember is fine with any pronouns, but prefers she/they/it; death, destruction, and chaos themed neopronouns; and fire themed neopronouns. [Again, Apollo really doesn’t know much about neopronouns]

Angel is a bunny and does not know what pronouns are, and so does not care which pronouns it is referred to by.

Apollo [Geez it feels weird talking in third person] doesn’t have any designs drawn out for the characters, so descriptions are the best you are getting.

No design descriptions exist at the time of writing this for: dust, SnoW, Powder, and Ember, as Apollo doesn’t have designs for them.

Angel is a grey-ish [Ash coloured] bunny, and that’s about it for Angel’s design description, as Apollo does not have that wide a range of knowledge about bunnies.

ASH is relatively tall, has somewhat curly chin-length dark grey-ish blue hair [Though sometimes ASH will let it grow longer, and when she does, it is a gradient that starts with said dark grey-ish blue at the roots and ends with a much lighter and much greyer but still somewhat blue at the ends], wears an outfit that looks like some sort of mix between a prince and a knight [Apollo has a very clear image in their head of how it looks but does not know how to describe it in the slightest], wears a grey-ish blue crown, has robotic arms, has hair covering her left eye, has light grey-ish blue eyes, wears platform boots, wears sun earrings, and wears white gloves. She has a colour aesthetic of grey-ish blues.

dust’s colour association is light grey-ish purple.

ASH’s colour association is medium dark grey-ish blue.

SnoW’s colour association is medium light grey-ish red.

Powder’s colour association is medium grey-ish orange.

Ember’s colour association is dark grey-ish pink.

Angel does not have a colour association, but green will be used for clarity [And so that Apollo can do more colour coding].

An attempt will be made to answer all asks, so long as they do not:

Have anything NSFW [Flirting with the characters [OTHER THAN Angel] is fine though].

Ship [In a more than platonic way] any of the characters [With the exception of ones that ship Powder and Ember, Apollo doesn’t mind those two being shipped with each other. Just, don’t ship dust, ASH, SnoW, or Angel. dust, ASH, and SnoW are siblings, and Angel is a bunny].

Have anything offensive in them.

Probably some other stuff but Apollo cannot think of it at the moment.

Magic anons are fine, to an extent.

More stuff may be added in the future, but Apollo can’t think of anything else.

[End of OOC]

[Start of in character]

[Hello. Welcome to our ask blog. I, ASH, am the owner of the ask blog. I am the logical half of Powder. Now, dust, SnoW, introduce yourselves.]

(hi im dust introduction over)

[*Sigh.*]

{And Im SnoW… *Whispered* ASH why did you make an ask blog}

[Because I have found four other ask blogs that are all related to CCCC or CCCC aus, and I decided that the best way to do research about ask blogs was for us to have one of our own.]

{… Whats a “CCCC”}

[I- *Deep breath.* Nevermind. People can send us asks now, that is the important part.]

{If you say so}

[End of in character]

[ash-pppp-username-taken]

[Greeting. Call me ASH. Yes, that ASH, the one from Powder’s Precarious Pain Précis. I decided to make a blog of my own instead of just having the ask blog, as on the ask blog I am primarily limited to responding to asks, plus, dust and SnoW can see what I say there. They probably wouldn’t look at what I say, but in theory they could.]

[I am currently conducting research on different CCCC related universes. I decided to start this research after encountering four different CCCC ask blogs. Whilst the ones I have found do not describe themselves as AUs, they, by definition, are AUs, due to the fact that they are not part of the original CCCC universe. They may come from universes that have low degrees of separation from the main CCCC universe, or may even be set in identical copies of the main CCCC universe, however, as far as I can tell, none of them are truly in the main CCCC universe. Now, I clearly am not from from one of these main CCCC universe resemblant AUs, after all, the AU I am from is quite clearly an AU, it even describes itself as one, however, I do feel as though having a blog of my own could help with my research.]

[You’ve probably already guessed, but I’m my universe’s… Hmmm… I’m not quite sure what the correct term is. Let’s go with equivalent. I’m my universe’s equivalent to Mind, essentially, I’m the one who fills his role. Of course, the two of us are very different, but we fill the same role in our respective universes. That role would be “The logical side.”]

[Currently, aside from my own AU, the only AUs I am aware of are the 4c-heliosjunoatlas, cccc-ask-blog, ask-cccc, and cccc-ask AUs. If anyone would like to inform me of any others then please do.]

[It was already said on the ask blog, but I go by any pronouns. I do prefer she/it/they/he and some neopronouns though.]

[I quite like STEM topics, however on occasion I will permit myself to take breaks from my work and my research. In that free time I enjoy singing, quietly of course; drawing, though I’m not particularly good at it; some games, especially rhythm games and games with character creators; and watching multi-hour long YouTube iceberg videos about topics I have never heard of. Oh, and I occasionally sleep, drink water, or eat a small snack.]

[I may add more later, but we will see.]

[dust-pppp]

(ASH says it doesnt like to be near water cause it doesnt want the circuitry in its robotic arms to get fried but it was scared of being near water even since before then so i think we both know the real reason it doesnt like the place where many of its favourite animals live)

[snow-pppp]

{Heyo its your favourite SnoW from Powders Precarious Pain Précis the identity of Powder}

{She/they/he for me}

{Uh yeah you dont really need to know anything else about me if you want to just ask}

[theapollospectrohelioscopic]

:O This is incredible! I love it! :DDDD ^U^

ASH from @theapollospectrohelioscopic's AU "Powder's Precarious Pain Précis"! (that punctuation there is weird but i put the exclamation mark to separate it from the actual name. sorry fellow grammar people) ASH is the AU's Mind equivalent. I started doodling this a few days ago. I don't have the other characters because they don't have a description yet. Except for Angel. Anyways, the style is based off ouji, which i thought fit the formal tone I thought would fit. The shading and anatomy and everything i did was weird. Based the sword (i cannot draw weapons too well unfortunately, wish i could have done better and made it specifically a rapier) off one ask someone else did on preferred weapons. Still, hopefully it's okay to y'all? Lux's AU can be found at @ask-pppp.

[lokissweater]

heyyy nickyyyy omii I MISS UUUUU WYAAAA hruuu omg are u doing well R U DEINKING WOTAHHH AND EATING&SLEEPINF ON TIMEEEE???????❤️❤️❤️

IM HERE CUZ I remembered ur post that goes smthng like what song reminds us of mlb!megumi and imma tell u what 😭😭😭😭

It's no 1 party anthem by arctic monkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THINK U DO KNOW THIS SONG CUZ I ASSUME U HAVE A GOOD TASTE WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING SONGS :PPPP And it has been popular on tiktok for a while (DESERVEEE Idc what anyone says. am deserves it smmm fuckk I'm IN LOVE WITH THIS SONGGGGFGG)

snyways IS IT JUST ME I don't rlly pay attention THAT MUCH to the lyrics and the meaning behind it... I mean I understand per word but I don't rlly like YK search behind it... LMFAOSOOAS

recently I read smthng on Insta saying how this song is apparently about a guy who's watching a girl from afar who seems cool and confident ifykwim. and how she’s got that magnetic energy and he’s already drawn to her the moment he saw her ☹️☹️🙏🙏 but he doesn't feel like confessing his interest or anything as it's more like he wants to APPROACH her but he just cant. cuz there’s this underlying doubt in him like oh hell naw she’s WAYYY out of my league. and that maybe it’s just not the right time for the two of them.

all this time I thought this song was a LOVE song. while it actually is IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE ADMIRING SMN FROM AFARRR 😭😭

"The look of love, the rush of blood" tell me how that isnt mlb!megumi toward reader 😒😒

- O⁠_⁠o

HEEEEELLOOOOOOOO MY ANON IVE MIISSSEDDDD YOOOUUUUU !!!!! IM DOING VERY WELL DONT WORRY ABOUT ME BABY HOW ABOUT YOOOUUUUU ???? 💕💕💕

i am indeed keeping up with my daily juice powder packs that i mix into my little water jugs bc i can’t drink water for some fucking reason if it doesn’t taste like anything 😻😻😻 CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS 🤣🤣🤣😐 MY HEALTH IS AT STAKE !!!! jk they’re zero sugar 😜

BUT YEEESSSSSS OMG I HOPE YOUVE BEEN DRINKING WATER AND TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF MY HOOONNEEEYYYY PLS ILL BE FUCKING MAD IF I FIND OUT YOU ARENT 🤨🤨🤨

oh my god anon literally you’re so fucking smart for this because YES this song is constantly moving in my fucking veins and circulating through my circulatory system i LOOOVEEEE THIS FUCKING SONG !!!!!!!

and i’m gonna tell you a little secret that i’ve had planned from the moment i decided to write the prologue… that THIS SONG is very much the theme for it ;))) I ALWAYS LISTEN TO IT IN THE CAR AND ENVISION SIR GUMI SEEING READER FOR THE FIRST TIMEEEEE WAAAHHHHH !!!

I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCHHH THAAANKKK YOUUU FOR CHECKING IN ON ME AND FOR THIS JUICY JUICY ASK !!! I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON BABYYYY !!! <3333

MWAAAHHHH !!! 💕💕💕

[pravasiga]

June 25, 2017 - Merak: Joy to the World

Merak: (n.) a Serbian word that "refers to a feeling of bliss, and sense of oneness with the universe that comes from the simplest of pleasures. It is the pursuit of small, daily pleasures that all add up to a great sense of happiness and fulfillment."

Life at VMH-Kenchanahalli is quiet. It's quiet enough to hear yourself think all day and be comfortable with this small parcel of land where so much goes on. A lot of my updates so far have been about larger experiences and big moments that have given me enough material to write literal essays on. But most of the best things here have been the small, the simple, and the quiet.

These are the moments that have made up the majority of my last three weeks in India and I cherish them just as much as all of the other larger, more spectacular memories. So many of these moments are fleeting, devoid of a moral or a punchline or a story, but they weave together the fabric of warm community and bonding that I've been lucky to be apart of while I'm here. In a collection of same little drabbles that have given me the feeling of merak, as a reminder of all the great and good things that come in little packages.

********************************************************************************** On our very first day at the SVYM VIIS campus, we were greeted by several staff with baskets of jasmine flower garlands and little bowls of red powder that they dotted on our foreheads to welcome us to India. I spent almost the entirety of the first day trying (and failing) to not accidentally sweat or wipe off the tilaka on my forehead. I spent the entire day with my garland on, just to envelope myself in the sweet scent for as long as I could.

I adore the smell of jasmine flowers. The clear, sweet aroma hangs heavy in the air, and remains crisp all day. Vendors - young, old, women, and children - sell garlands on garlands of flowers in a rainbow of colors: ivory white, sunburst orange, bright yellow, vibrant red, and pristine pink. Everywhere I go here, I see women and girls with flowers in their hair, pinned behind the ear or with garlands curled around thick, elegant braids. Every morning, staff at VMH-Kenchanahalli pick fresh wildflowers to place around the statue bust of Swami Viviekananda. I have stood under trees with a dazzling display of paper-thin magenta-purple cocoons around tiny white flowers.

Here, in India, everything is in bloom, from bushes of hibiscus flowers, with their trumpeting petals and rich colors, to frangipani flowers that have swirls of buttercup yellow and white petals. Here in the countryside, everything is green and lush and I can only imagine what this vast and beautiful looked like centuries ago before civilization. When we drive home in the evening, the dipping sun throws a sheen of gold all across the land and I see a glimpse of what heaven must look like.

* If there was one place that could convince me to never jay-walk again, it would be a busy street in India and I've been told that Mysore is not nearly as bad as other major Indian cities. Try dodging rickshaws, tour-buses, cars, motorcycles, AND goats. And all of them are moving at their own pace and pattern, forming a dynamic Gordian Knot of human (and goat) activity.

* I wish there were words to describe how happy I get when I see them serving puris for a meal. Burning hot from the stove, these delicious pockets of deep-fried dough have become a favorite. I can smell the heavenly sent of ghee (clarified butter) and flour and hearing the soft hiss as it deflates on the plate in front of me. I burn my fingers every single time when I get too impatient to wait for it to cool down but it's worth it.

Also noteworthy: the parathas here, which are even better than the frozen scallion ones that I used to rejoice about when my dad made them for breakfast.

* My phone alarm went off once at 3:40AM and once again at 3:45AM on June 21, telling me that it was time to get out of bed in preparation for our International Yoga Day World Record Attempt in Mysore. An enormous bus, already packed with students from the Hosahalli Vivekanand Tribal Center of Learning, about 40 minutes down the road, hurtled down the rural road, its headlights piercing the darkness of the early morning. I fell asleep as soon as I got onto the bus, waking only to catch glimpses of the landscape as we chased the sunrise on the horizon.

It was a massive effort and the entire Mysore Race Track was swarming with color coordinated groups of uniformed school children including a particularly sharply dressed class in maroon and gold. The Hosahalli girls held hands in groups of three, running barefoot along the side of the street, a skill which I still haven't learned to master because I'm still too afraid of tripping over rocks or stepping on animal feces.

The entire center of the Race Track had been partitioned into more than forty sections, each consisting of over one thousand people. In the distance as far as I could see, rows upon rows of yoga mats were being laid out by participants. All of us had been instructed to wear light colored clothing so that we would contrast against our yoga mats in the aerial photo that Guinness World Records would be taking and using as their official counting metric.

Halfway through our yoga practice, official passed out official Guinness World Record ATTEMPT certificates which now just reminds me of what could have been because while Mysore clocked in at a whopping 54,101 people, we later found out that we had been beaten for the world record by a city in Gujarat by what was first reported as 300,000 people but later recorded as about 54,500 people which makes me even sadder because WE WERE SHORT ABOUT 400 PEOPLE.

Will be rooting for Mysore next year to beat Ahmedabad. Viva Mysore, Yoga Capital of the World.

*

I fed a happy cow who then slobbered all over my friend's hand. We kept feeding it anyways.

*

One late night, I asked Raju, our main point of contact for rickshaw drivers, where his favorite place in Mysore was. He turned around (while speeding through traffic, mind you) and said, "Everywhere."

*

I have also asked Raju what his responsibility would be if he accidentally hit a cow with his rickshaw and I don't remember the entire process but it seems pretty serious. Pro tip: don't hit the cows here.

* The same Raju also took a selfie with us from behind the wheel, while weaving through traffic. I need his driving skills.

*

There are several young children who live at VMH-Kenchanahalli campus because their parents work here. Anu is the world's cutest three year old and she's already running around with seven-year old Yogesh. They have always been peeking in through our office door and squealing "Hi!!" at us before running away, but yesterday, we went outside to play with the kids. This eventually devolved into a game of "Illa! Howdu!" (literally, no! yes!) which had no real rules but I snapped a quick picture of it. It was a convoluted version of slapping hands and it eventually turned into us doing the wave in a circle around them. We sat on the stone floor, grabbing at each others hands while Anu laughed with delight. Quite honestly the cutest child I've ever met and when she giggles, she rolls the sound in the back of her throat. And it sounds like pure joy and sunshine.

* At a women's empowerment organization that served as a sheltered for survivors of domestic abuse, assault, or disputes, we met with a dozen of the residents and dozens upon dozens of the children. Many women are pressured into marriage here and unfortunately, many face abuse and violence at the hands of their husbands and silence from their families. With one of the organizations serving as translator, we slowly communicated about women's issues in India and the US. Through difficult stories and rough memories, we were able to spark the tiniest of connections. When someone asked the women what they wanted to see next in the future, one of the women, cradling her sleeping daughter in her arms, asserted that she will never allow her daughter to face the same fate that she had.

*

The children at the women's empowerment organization had prepared us a song. Then they asked us to sing an English one. We chose 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and started as twenty voices. Over 60 other little voices soon joined us in a deafening roar.

*

The stars in the night sky above VMH-Kenchanahalli are so clear, I can see them twinkling here too.

*

And one of my favorites -

At VMH-Saragur, while waiting for the bathroom, I met Pooja, one of the academic coordinators who was helping to supervise all of the visiting international students' projects. I told her that I had friends back in the US named Pooja too. She took my hand, smiled at me, and said, "Well, my name is Pooja, and now I'm your friend too."

Matte Siguva (See you soon), Winnie

PS: I'm definitely forgetting some cute moments but just assume that I'll work them in some sappy way in another post in the future.

PPS: I am currently binge-watching Gravity Falls and Brooklyn 99 and impatiently waiting for Season Three of Rick and Morty to PLEASE come out.

PPPS: The food at Kenchanahalli is bomb af and my stomach is a happy lil thing. So happy. We get fresh mangos and bananas here!

PPPPS: Have a wonderful day!

[ask-pppp]

[Hello, it's us from the @4c-heliosjunoatlas blog. Just checking in on you all.]

(How are you guys!!!??)

{I am also curious if you are all okay.}

<bok..>

[Oh, and for ASH, since i think you might find it interesting...]

○woah! Mind has gifted... a book of various Edgar Allen Poe stories!!○

(im… about the same as usual)

[*Staring at the book of Edgar Allen Poe stories* …]

{I have the same answer as dust Im about the same as usual}

[… I’m going to put this next to the plastic raven I have named Aldri Mer.]

{… Aldri Mer what kind of name is that}

[It is Norwegian for “nevermore”. “Aldri” means never, and “Mer” means more.]

{… Right… Why is your voice even duller than usual}

[…]

<I’m quite good! I finally have a physical form! I… Still don’t have a name… But I suppose I can wait>

<Wait, if ASH made my physical form, does that make her my parent-? … Let’s not think about that-!>

<Anyways, I think I’m going to make it so that Powder and Ember can also answer>

<Oh, also, Angel seems to be intrigued by Darrell’s presence>

*Bunny noises*

h-huh… who are these people talking to me…? i uhh… im… fine… i guess… thanks for asking…?

I’m doing great! Better than ever! : )

[theapollospectrohelioscopic]

Made the blogs for dust and SnoW now too.

@dust-pppp and @snow-pppp

Yes they don’t have pfps, that is intentional.

I know I already have the ask PPPP blog, but…

I kinda want to make a blog for just ASH…

Do I make one for just ASH?

Actually, you know what, this can be a poll!

Reasons for yes: I love her so much. She has only existed since like yesterday and I already adore her. Might drop lore about her. I don’t know I just really love her.

Reasons for no: I literally just made the PPPP ask blog.

Reasons for yes but only if the other characters get blogs as well: Even more possible lore drops. Probably going to do this anyways. Don’t be surprised if I’ve already started making blogs for the other characters a few minutes after this.

[ask-pppp]

ALL OF YOU GET CANDY BARS OF UR PREFERRED FLAVORS :33333

-🎉🐛

(mmmm… honey flavoured… it tastes good… thank you…)

[I appreciate the gesture. *Puts the mint-strawberry flavoured candy bar into a ziplock bag and then puts that into pocket.*]

{*Has already finished eating the half bubblegum flavoured half birthday cake flavoured candy bar*}

[…]

{What is it}

[… How can something be bubblegum flavoured or birthday cake flavoured if bubblegum and birthday cake can have any flavour…?]

{…}

(…)

[…]

{Lets move on}

uhhhh… why is there suddenly a chocolate orange flavoured candy bar in my hand…?

Who cares why we suddenly have candy bars! *Nom!* *Unintelligible due to having a mouth full of candy bar.* : )

… chew first, Ember, then speak…

Sorry! I was just enjoying this rose flavoured candy bar! : ]

<Angel does not get a candy bar, as Angel is a bunny. As a substitute, Angel can have a small amount of seedless watermelon, as a treat, which yes, is safe for bunnies to eat in moderation.>

[ask-pppp]

What are y’alls favourite BFDI characters? (And I mean Y’alls. Powder, Ember, and Angel’s Translator are not exempt)

(i like blocky)

[Personally, my favourite is-]

{My favourite BFDI character is One}

[…]

… again who are these people? anyways my favourite character is Two…

I think Pillow is cool! : 3

<I actually don’t have one singular favourite… I like the invisible characters like Nonexisty and the Imaginary Number! Uh, Ruby is pretty cool! TV is also cool! Gaty is one of my favourites! I also like the algebraliens. Except One, I don’t really like One. Oh, and Tree and Black Hole are cool!>

<A-Also, I haven’t actually finished watching BFDI… I’ve only really watched the majority of TPOT and a few BFDIA episodes… And the subscriber specials! To be fair though, I’ve only had a physical form for a few days, and I couldn’t really watch any of it before then>

[ask-pppp]

How y'all feeling about exploding?

[I- I’d really rather you didn’t explode us??? I mean, if you really want to explode us then at the very least only d- <Message redacted>, but I’d prefer it if you didn’t do it at all.]

(if you are going to explode one of us then do it to ASH)

(only joking of course dont explode any of us)

(but i mean if you do decide to-)

{dust please theres an “asker” or whatever ASH calls them}

[seedheartpatil]

Exterior of Patil's Plants, Powders, and Potions prior to Valyrie's passing.

Michael Sparrow on Instagram

[ask-pppp]

Hey ASH. Why do you hide your left eye behind your hair?

[... Next question, please.]

[ask-pppp]

hey dust, how’s your aim?

(… depends on why you are asking… actually… doesnt matter why you are asking… my aim is perfect)

[ask-pppp]

<ASH is available to answer asks again!>

<…>

<Somewhat…>

<She may be a bit quiet>