#SHIP. ( fidus Achates. )

[kylo-wrecked]

❝  nothing could eclipse the stain of this dirty, mortal mediocrity.  ❞ (( dark!ren from darkside user!khan))

{ 🕯️ You conjured: Dark!Ren }

The voice is an echo, rich and well-protected in its snake scales; it articulates venom.

"Your words make the greater stain."

The voice demands truth or silence. Blood or ether. Life or death. And its body is its black flag, its mast, its barge. The rats, the coffins, and the plunge of starless waters. It is the Harbinger bringing with him all beginnings and all endings.

"Do you wish to be free of your flesh?"

The Ren can take it away. Send its globules floating into the star-swept sea.

"Or do you wish to transmute it?"

The Ren can take it in, amend the flesh, and bring it aboard its dark ship, the tattered shroud ringing with bones, its face a mask stitched from pasts in extinction.

But a Sith. This flesh, this Khan, carried in his robes another body, a tetrahedron.

And what of Khan? What creature dwelled under the skin of this Khan? Would it be crushed, squealing? Or could it be recovered from the deep and transmogrified?

The Ren was interested in this problem; its scrutiny boomed all around them. The man vessel, called Ren, was not. He fell silent as his fidus Achates rattled within him, waiting for the test to come or pass.

Healed or augmented, it was a matter between a heart and a feather.

@paramounticebound

[ofbloodandbullets]

@faithsreward​ / phel gets a starter. 

     A hand reached, reflexively, for the pistol on her thigh at the sound that was not quite the flutter of wings, not quite the sound of footsteps that she’d learned to associate with an angel’s abrupt arrival, but fell away immediately as she turned in the previously empty hallway to see Phel.   Mild surprise pulled a faint furrow between her brows, a quick check of the surrounding area to ensure that no one else was present to see the fallen’s entrance.  “What’s wrong?”  It was the obvious and immediate assumption - the only reasons that she could imagine Phel arriving inside the city walls without sending notice first were not good very bad day reasons, and she felt the sharp tug of anxiety.  “What’s happened?”  She didn’t bother to ask the how Phel had gotten inside the keep, past the guards and surveillance without being seen - that was what Phel had been made for, after all. 

[ieltscuam]

Some Cool Wordzzzz :)

Cyber Substitutes

Supreme: Epic doesn’t mean what you think it means. Use this instead, meaning classic or perfect.

Blunder: For the love of grammar, "fail" is not a noun. On the other hand, "blunder" works as both a noun and a verb. How supreme.

Triumph: Instead of "FTW," you can say, "For The Triumph!" We bet you money you can't say it without feeling like Maximus.

Fidus Achates: More than some internet acquaintance, a fidus Achates ("FEED-us uh-KAH-tays") is a true friend. It's like "BFF" in Latin.

Fancy: It's only a matter of time before you'll be able to "fancy" a link or status update for which you wish to show appreciation.

Cachinnate: Forget about laughing your a** off. Tell them you're cachinnating (CACK-in-ate-ing) heartily.

Woe is me: It sounds a bit like Yoda-ese, but instead of saying FML, go biblical with "woe is me."

Piquant: If you simply must inform the world how scrumptious the food you are currently eating is, please refrain from saying "nom nom nom." Use this descriptor instead to convey appetizing flavor.

Baffling: It's too easy to just drop a "WTH" (or some variation) on some activity or news that perplexes you. Why not be baffled?

Indubitably: The "Really?" ship has sailed. To express ironic dismay, go with, "Indubitably?" Trust us, it's a can't-miss.

Desultory: Don't be a serial "random"-dropper. If something is unexpected, call it "desultory."

Ergo: Starting a status update with "so" is nonsensical because "so" means "therefore." But if you're going to use "so" correctly, "ergo" works just as well and makes you sound twice as classy.

Better Buzzwords

Donjon: Men, have you been relegated to a small segment of the house referred to as your "man cave?" You don’t have to take that. Call it your donjon, like the stronghold of a castle.

Garrison: "Occupy" has been done to death. Use this if you're moving in and taking over.

Aspiration: Something that goes on your Bucket List (which hopefully you're not still saying) is an aspiration.

Pater familias: Bad: "baby daddy." Better: "father." Best: "pater familias."

Minutiae-peddling: This phrase is our own creation. Since 40% of all tweets are pointless babble, instead of saying "I'm tweeting" you could say, "I'm peddling minutiae."

Underage Upgrades

Alas: "Oh, snap" is so out. All the cool kids are saying "alas!" after their putdowns.

Forsooth: All the kids (and some adults) simply adore saying, "I know, right?" Kick it old school Archaic with "forsooth," meaning "indeed."

Jocular: People's eyes glaze over when they read "LOL." Send them scrambling for a dictionary when you reply, "How jocular!"

Gamin: It means "street urchin," but we can change the meaning to be more neutral if we put our minds to it. After all, we did the same thing with "dude."

Paraphernalia: Remember the nice officer who referred to your "drug paraphernalia?" That was a fancier way of saying drug stuff.

Incogitable: To the kids, everything's "wack" or "crazy." But the silver-tongued teenager of 2012 will be sharing his or her disbelief with this mouthful.

Professional Pick-me-ups

Demiurgic: "Innovative" is the second-most overused resume filler word. Since you're already tooting your own horn, compare yourself to a Gnostic creative deity with this word.

Ambitious: "Motivated" is another résumé snooze-inducer. Go ahead and say you're ambitious; it'll add a little edge to it that will help you stand out from the pack.

Assiduous: Don’t bother telling employers you are "dynamic;" everyone they've interviewed has been dynamic. But if you want an original way to tell them you are hardworking, use this.

Henceforth: For some reason, "going forward" has caught on as a tack-on to the end of serious statements to make them sound more complete. We're not sure how you can go any way but forward, but at least use "henceforth" instead.

"_________": That's a blank to represent an alternative to saying, "It is what it is." "It is what it is" is the equivalent of saying nothing, thus it has no alternative. Just keep quiet for once instead.

Pandemic: Sure, a video can go viral by getting a few million clicks. But aim higher for your company; shoot for a billion clicks. People will be forced to admit your work has gone pandemic.

Withal: You're not still using "irregardless" are you? Make the point of "nevertheless" with withal, a great word that people will think you misspelled.

Veritably: Love, Actually would have been so much more original if it had been called "Love, Veritably."

Impetus: When you execs talk about giving your employees an impetus, you might be discussing raises or donuts in the break room or some other motivational tool.

Romantic Retools

Cherish: Take a lesson from The Association and discover another way to say "I love you."

Paragon: Tell your girlfriend she is a paragon of beauty and you'll score major brownie points once she's looked it up.

Pulchritudinous: …Or you could call her "pulchritudinous." How fantastic is that word? Of course, you will have to quickly assure her it's a compliment.

Recherché: Your wife's dress isn’t just elegant, it's exquisite, refined, exotic… recherché.

Despondent: Sad is what you are when you spill wine on your pants. When your baby leaves you high and dry in the cold, cruel world, you're despondent.

Loathe: People say "hate" is a strong word, but it's got nothing on "loathe."

Abjure: There's no doubt saying you "dumped" someone is colorful, but if you want to say it in style and with authority, say you abjured that cheatin' man.

Yearn: Do justice to your desire to possess that special someone. You don't want to date them, you yearn for them.

Dignified Descriptors

Atrocious: You spilled your coffee, broke a shoelace, smeared the lipstick on your face. That's not a bad day, it's atrocious.

Spanking: The only socially-acceptable way to incorporate "spanking" into a polite conversation is to use it instead of the word "good."

Transcendent: If you say something is "awesome," you're saying it inspires fear or awe in you. So pizza cannot be awesome. What it can be is transcendent or excellent.

Gobs: Make your old English teacher happy and stop using "lots." "Gobs" is so much more fun to say anyway.

Opined: "Said" is perfectly functional and perfectly acceptable and perfectly boring. If someone is giving their opinion, say they "opined."

Parry: Really, there's no reason to use "said" unless you write for a newspaper. Parry back and forth with your debate partner using your newfound word gems.

Asseverate: Last one: To asseverate is to declare earnestly or solemnly. So help you God.

Altitudinous: Get creative when referring to your tall friend from high school. "That guy was downright altitudinous!"

Corpulent: If you're going to call someone fat, at least find an unusual way to do it, like with this word.

Lummox: So many great insult words, so little time. Take a line from Stewie and call that moron a "bovine lummox."

[ofbloodandbullets]

@faithsreward​ / phel gets a starter.

               It hadn’t been worth the risk to call Phel for a meet before their scheduled rendezvous - it wasn’t the first time that Andromache had been exposed for what she was with mixed results -- and at least, this time, Michael had been able to shut down the rumors almost immediately, explaining it all as a misunderstanding and doing what he needed to to smooth ruffled feathers.  So far as she knew, he’d kept the truth of her condition from the council, from Alex; it was an ace up his sleeve, but being shunted from the underground into a three room suite had drawn some ... looks.  She could only guess what rumors would follow.  As long as it wasn’t any more of them about her being possessed?  She’d survive it.   

      She’d had to be especially careful, skirting her way out of the city towards the long abandoned casino that she and Phel used as one of their meeting places, and she’d settled in to wait, bottle of vodka in hand, and well on its way to being empty.   Part of her was tempted to just leave.  The only possessions she cared about were on her person - the necklace at her throat and the axe at her back.  Just go, follow Phel to her own little nook far away from what was left of humanity and just wait.  One way or the other, it was only a matter of years before this thing played itself out.

      And where would that leave you, when humanity’s dust, and you could’ve stopped it?  Andy’s lips pinched thin, eyes dragging open as the sound of footsteps interrupted her brooding.

[ofbloodandbullets]

edits i didn’t intend to be incorrect quote edits yet here we are

ft. @faithsreward / tophel & andromache

[ofbloodandbullets]

i am laughing my ass off cause after talking about it with @faithsreward / @orphanedshadow the ‘special material’ that the runed weapons are that phel makes for andy - the ones that she can ‘recall’ to her grip after throwing them or dropping them etc - are made out of andy’s bones that phel salvaged after a particularly disastrous death and i’m just 

carving protective/tracking sigils on andy’s soul

carving sigils on bones inside andy while she’s recuperating

carving weapons out of andy’s bones

ya know.

wife things.

[ofbloodandbullets]

      Incorrect quotes ft. Andy & Phel. @faithsreward 

[ofbloodandbullets]

I've been moving slowly, slowly Reaching out for you to hold me, hold me Keep on blinking at the moon Know that I'll be there real soon And it's a lonely, lonely world now But it's only, only right now Don't you understand my dear? Hold on the end is near There is nothing left to hide When you're helpless, waiting to collide Through the flames you're by my side We'll go down together We'll go down together Immortalized Immortalized Immortalized

@faithsreward