#'117 hours.'

[sincerely-sofie]

Would Kip and his posse come across the ruins of a Human bunker during their expeditions? I imagine that it would both be incredible to find and also terrifying depending on how the humans inside died out.

It would be a major archaeological discovery— from the perspective of pokemon, humans were elusive beings that weren’t something you’d spot every day, but you could still catch a glimpse of them every now and then… until one day they realized that no one had seen a human in years. It’s a huge source of debate amongst pokemon scholars— what happened to the humans? Where did they go? Why?

After pivoting careers, Kip has, on multiple occasions, tried to pose the “theory” that humans aren’t extinct but are actually living in a network of underground bunkers, but didn’t have any materials to support his theory beyond the unfounded testimony of his old exploration team partner with no academic background. The second an empty human bunker is unearthed, the archaeological scene erupts into shock— and the fact that it seems like the humans inside died within the last 50 years ago is even more surprising.

Kip spearheads the documentation process after the initial discovery of the bunker, and he’s able to figure out the purposes of rooms that no one else can make sense of (thank you, Twig!)— he tells the archaeologist’s guild that he noticed this room has very high ceilings that are covered in metal pieces that would rain water down and glass cylinders that would light up to simulate sunlight— so this was a tree farm, and was likely used to provide food and purify air.

At one point, Twig would be stumped by his questions about the things that they find in the bunker. The remains that are uncovered raise more questions than answers. There’s too many femurs in one area for the number of skulls in the room. In more than one case, there’s marks on the bones that don’t make sense for the story they’ve been theorizing— the humans died out because their underground gardens failed and they starved to death. A recurring question amongst scholars is why the humans didn’t leave the bunker in search of food. No one is able to figure out why.

It eventually occurs to Twig that the network humans used to communicate across bunkers historically lost contact with Bunker 1801-D around this era, and that the second-to-last message the network received was a distress signal. A fungus in the greenhouses had spread faster than they could contain it. Their crops rotted and made the soil unusable. Their exit doors had failed a few years back and they couldn’t get out. They needed help. The last message to ever come from 1801-D ran for 117 hours before the other bunkers disconnected it from the network.

That last call— made by a crying, frantic soul who said he was the last member of the bunker, that there was nothing left, that he was hungry, that he didn’t want to die alone with the memory of what was done— was answered by every bunker in the network. It didn't matter that he only spoke French and couldn't understand the bunkers who spoke something else— people banded together to keep him company. Those who he couldn't understand sang to him. Sometimes he'd sing back. It became more and more rare as time went on, as did his responses to conversation, but the line didn't go truly silent until 112 hours after it was opened.

The network was silent across its entirety for five hours more afterward, an informal vigil for the poor man they couldn't give anything more than their voices as he was wasting away, before Bunker 1801-D was permanently disconnected from the network— the closest thing to a burial that they could give those who had died. That final call haunts humanity to the point that the phrase “waiting 117 hours” is a euphemism used to describe the way that one may feel responsible for a tragedy despite their inability to prevent it.

Twig takes a trip to pay Kip a visit outside the ruins as people mill about, recovering artifacts and discussing theories. She sees bones that had been picked clean instead of charred black. She relays the story of 1801-D to Kip.

The five hour vigil is resumed, for a few quiet, sorrowful minutes, years after it was made, and they wait 117 hours together.

[marshmallowgoop]

no thoughts just Heiji Hattori (HD)

[zukkaoru]

how kunikida says,

(i love you.)

and how dazai echoes it

❤️‍🩹 2.3k words || kunidazai 📗 inspired by this fanart by @kuni-kuun ‼️ implied spoilers for bsd 117

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

one of the asks reminded me of this meme

WHEEZE YEAH

[ratwars]

Go off king

[baronfulmen]

It's wild to me that people keep posting about summer temperatures being dangerous outside of any context

Like. Yes you're right and you should say it, the heat is bad and lots of people are at risk and we should all be aware of the signs of heatstroke or whatever. That's not what I'm talking about.

It's the people posting stuff about how 90° F is or isn't hot / is or isn't dangerous / is or isn't uncomfortable without any mention of humidity or wind or cloud cover.

Guys I was out doing stuff in 113° heat the other day and it was hot, yeah, but there was shade and a light breeze and basically zero humidity and it was fine. I didn't love it, but eh.

Likewise I have gone for walks in full sunlight and 80% humidity when it was 87° out and I wanted to fucking die. It's... kind of an important distinction.

[blakeivy80]

Just a little tribute to that WONDERFULL actor and so beautifull man that Pablo Schreiber is.

Can't wait to see his next projetcs !! ;)

[flameswallower]

you know the Spartan fable about the kid who hides the fox cub under his shirt and doesn't cry out or show pain as it eats through his guts? if you were a millennial child, then you, like me, might have encountered this tale in a Horrible Histories book. well, what i took from that wasn't "gosh, those Spartans had some strange mores and values," it was "this is an ideal that I should personally strive for," and i think that, combined with the fact that by nature i'm an almost comically emotionally volatile and over-sensitive person, explains almost every negative thing about my character

[dragonbleps]

[sweating profusely, gasping for breath, covered in blood] I'm Hunter Rank 4 now in Monster Hunter Rise

[zarina-1]

Happy holidays and Happy New Year!

I hope everything will be fine next year!

[a-heart-that-believes]

you could say i am a small fan of rouxls kaard

[sinhal]

Yes there is an right answer

[cowgremlin11]

i havent been able to sit down and get a ton of work done on my comic for like a week now because my class projects require so much fucking time but its so sad to me cus i WANNA do a ton of work on my comic. like on thesdays and thursdays i have gbk and then art 375 and those are back to back with the same prof who loves me and she lets me sit there and draw my comic literally right next to her when i should be participating in discussion, but i cant even do that this week cus i have to do my disputation on don quixote in 10 mins (read an essay in front of the class that i had 1.5 days to write cus of the order of our schedule) so last class i spent the whole time taking notes and outlining the essay. and then in art 375 im not in the zone like i would be if i drew during gbk so i dont get as much done

GRAAAGGGH I JUST WANNA DRAW MY COMIC AND GET THE FIRST 10 PAGES COMPLETELY DONE SO I CAN BULK POST THE FIRST 5 THEN HAVE 5 PAGES READY TO QUEUE

[bitchsister]

NEXT CHAPTER OF EYY IS RUNNING BEHIND BUT IT WILL MOST LIKELY STILL BE UP TONIGHT

[thedailyvio]

Day 117

[4giorno]

wow, romance truly isnt dead 🙃