#Import Export Insights

[seairexim]

Pomegranates, dubbed a "Superfood" for their health benefits, dominate India's fruit exports, particularly from Maharashtra, which leads with 85% of national production. Amidst growing global demand, this article offers a comprehensive guide to India's pomegranate export industry, covering key exporters, trade data, and more. Explore the blog "Investigating Worldwide Business sectors: Pomegranate Export from India" Now!

[emmawilliams12]

kazakhstan importers , kazakhstan shipment data play a pivotal role in the country's dynamic economy, fostering international trade and diversity in products. With a focus on sectors like energy, machinery, and consumer goods, these importers contribute significantly to Kazakhstan's economic growth. They navigate global markets, seeking quality products and innovative solutions to meet local demands. Kazakhstan's strategic geographic location as a bridge between Europe and Asia enhances the importance of its importers. Collaborating with diverse suppliers worldwide, these importers drive innovation and bring a broad range of goods to the Kazakh market, fostering economic development and ensuring a steady flow of goods for consumers.

[datavaultinsightsllp]

Unlocking Global Trade Insights: The Power of Import and Export Data

Businesses, analysts, and policymakers must comprehend import and export data in the connected global economy of today. Trade data provides vital information about global supply chains, competitive environments, and market trends. Access to precise and timely import-export trade data can be crucial for small exporters searching for new markets or multinational corporations honing their sourcing strategy.

What is Import and Export Data?

Import and export data refers to detailed records of goods traded between countries. These records usually include information such as:

Product descriptions and codes (usually using HS Code or Harmonized System)

Quantity and value of goods traded

Countries of origin and destination

Ports used in shipping

Names of importers and exporters (in some datasets)

Date and mode of shipment

Governments collect this data through customs declarations and publish it either publicly or through commercial channels.

Why Is Import Export Data Important?

Market Research & Opportunity Identification Businesses can identify which products are in high demand in specific countries. For example, if India is importing a high volume of electronics from China, it indicates a steady market demand that other suppliers may tap into.

Competitor Analysis With the help of import export data providers, companies can analyze their competitors’ trade volumes, sourcing strategies, and market reach. This transparency can fuel more strategic planning.

Supply Chain Optimization Importers can identify alternative suppliers, especially during disruptions. Exporters, on the other hand, can find new buyers globally, improving resilience and profitability.

Regulatory Compliance Knowing the proper HS code and documentation needed can ensure smooth customs clearance. Import export trade data also helps businesses stay compliant with regulations like anti-dumping laws or sanctions.

How to Access Import and Export Data

There are two main sources for accessing trade data:

Government Databases Many governments publish import/export statistics through trade ministries or customs departments. For instance, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) or India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) provide some free tools.

Import Export Data Providers Professional data providers offer more granular and actionable data, often including shipment-level details, company names, and advanced analytics tools. These services may come with a subscription fee but provide great value for in-depth market intelligence.

Some popular import export data providers include:

ImportGenius

Panjiva

Export Genius

TradeMap

Datamyne

These platforms often allow you to filter data by HS code, time period, country, product category, or company name, offering deep insights.

Applications of Import Export Trade Data

Business Expansion: A company producing solar panels can study which countries are importing such products and approach potential buyers.

Price Benchmarking: Traders can compare average prices per unit in different markets and negotiate better deals.

Trend Analysis: Historical data can highlight seasonal trends or emerging markets for certain products.

Customs Brokerage: Brokers can use the data to guide clients through documentation, tariffs, and regulations in different regions.

Challenges in Using Import Export Data

While powerful, this data isn’t always straightforward. Challenges may include:

Data Inconsistency: Not all countries report data in the same format or frequency.

Data Accessibility: Some detailed data sets are behind paywalls.

Privacy: In certain jurisdictions, business names in shipment-level data are restricted for privacy reasons.

Final Thoughts

Data that is imported and exported is a strategic asset that is more than just numbers. Businesses can confidently and clearly navigate global markets with the assistance of a trustworthy import export data provider. Import export trade data is your key to making well-informed, data-driven decisions, whether you're sourcing products, researching new markets, or evaluating the competition.

To stay ahead in the constantly changing world of commerce, embrace the power of global trade intelligence.

[terrasourcing]

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[harshitasoni]

Forecast for the US Sensors and Actuators Market up to 2028

[the-returnofartemis]

THE TENTH HOUSE: ANSWERING THE CALL TO WEALTH

the 10th house (10H) is arguably one of the most important houses in astrology, closely tied to your midheaven (MC), which represents your public image, reputation, and the way you are recognized in the world. it symbolizes your legacy, the energy others associate with you, and the role you naturally embody in society. however, understanding your career path goes beyond than just identifying the sign in your 10th house. to gain a deeper insight, you should also analyze its planetary ruler and the house it occupies, as these factors will give you a better idea about the careers that align with your natural strengths.

below is a guide shared by astrokit, along with some additional insights i’ve added, highlighting careers based on planetary placements in the 10th house, as well as the house placements of its planetary ruler, to help you align with your destined career path!

➶ ➴ if you follow vedic astrology, I recommend analyzing the 10H in the navamsha (D9) and dashamsha (D10) charts alongside the 10H in the rashi (D1) chart. combining insights from all three, along with the nakshatra ruler of the 10H will give a more well-rounded understanding of the career best suited for you.

CAREERS BY PLANETS IN THE 10H

sun: leadership, authority, government, politician, fame, boss, CEO

moon: women, hospitality, nursing, children, restaurants, commerce, mass media, public relations, travel

mercury: media, writer, communications, teacher, editor, author, transportation, craftsmanship, marketing

venus: arts, music, beauty, luxury, jeweler, entertainment, tourism, hotel management, design, graphics, fashion

mars: fitness, sports, entrepreneur, law enforcement, surgeon, doctor, engineer, military, sculptor, carpenter, cook

jupiter: law, teaching, travel, advertising, education, charity

saturn: organizations, metal industry, agriculture, service, labor, construction

north node (rahu): internet, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, research, engineer, innovation, electricity, sales, photography

south node (ketu): religion, spirituality, metaphysics, renunciation, research, charity, astrology, diviniation

uranus: science, electronics, internet, astrology, innovation, inventions, technology, crypto

pluto: research, insurance, surveillance, risk-management, death, investigator

neptune: photographer, movies, entertainment, drugs, poetry, music, liquids, alcohol

CAREERS BY THE 10H RULING PLANET THROUGH THE HOUSES

1H: self-employment, brand ambassador, entrepreneur

2H: banking, finance, investments, assets, consulting, teaching, writing, restaurants, speaking, vocals, dentistry, property, family legacy

3H: communication, marketing, social media, sales, writing, publishing, advertising, blogging, media, authorship, teaching (early education)

4H: asset management, real estate, vehicles, water, family, women, hospitality

5H: movies, films, glamour, stockbroker, education, authority, fame, children, romance, dating, hobbies

6H: health, service, law, labor, food, waiters, doctors, crime, justice, litigation

7H: law, business, commerce, exchange, consulting, public relations, marriage, therapist, designer, interior design, wedding industry, event planning, counselors

8H: insurance, social work, psychology, sex industry, occult, security, espionage, surveillance, taxes, death industry, divorce, research

9H: teaching (university), travel industry, hospitality, law, religion, foreign exchange, wedding industry, event planning

10H: leadership, government, politics, manager, CEO, presidency, public figure

11H: finance, networking, social media, acting, entertainment industry, parties/event planning

12H: charity, social work, hospitals, prisons, travel, foreign lands, mental health industry, artist, musician, import/export

if you’ve made it this far, i hope you enjoyed this little corner of my world. thank you for reading and please feel free to share your thoughts! always remember to love yourself as if it’s your greatest romance.

the pictures featured in this post are from pinterest.

until next time,

artemis x

[sapsydnie]

IDK if anyone is interested! but here is some insights into my process making these kind of realistic animations. Sculpting process. Luckily i already had a basic rigged figure with vampire hands (it was Armands) so i just swapped out a Lestat and Louis head I had previously made. I've made a number of animations of porcelain music boxes so i have a decent pipeline. I model all the clothing pieces separately and then remesh all of the pieces together. I generally will keep the hands and head separate to make texturing easier. Blender has a decent remesh modifier but has often caused my computer to crash if it doesn't like the geometry; getting a clean remesh also is a bit of a trail and error and generally requires cleanup. After i remesh all the pieces, I export them to a program called Instant Meshes - this is another remesh program that is better at retaining fidelity but lowers the poly count of the object. I like to keep the poly count at a reasonable level to make uving easier. Worrying about clean topology here however is not as important since these will be static.

After uving i export to Quixel Mixer, which is a free texture program from Epic Games. Its been beta for years, which is a shame because it has potential to be a great program. It can be buggy but the results are pretty good and it has many preset smart materials that i often just tweak a bit to get the desired look. Here are some of the references i was looking at for texture! I noticed the costume designer put Lestat in mostly gold accents and Louis in silver accents, so decided to do the same.

thanks for reading and for the support on the animation! It was fun to make!

[probablyasocialecologist]

Saito has made a career of teasing out an eco-theory from the late, unpublished writings of Karl Marx. He earned his doctorate at Humboldt University, in Berlin, and now teaches philosophy at the University of Tokyo. His first book was an English version of his dissertation, titled “Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism” (2017), which tracked Marx’s study of the physical world and communal agricultural practices. (Saito is fluent in Japanese, German, and English.) In a second academic book, “Marx in the Anthropocene” (2022), Saito drew on an expanded repertoire of Marx’s unpublished notebooks to argue for a theory of “degrowth communism.” He gained a following, not only in philosophical circles but among a Japanese public facing the contradictions of tsunamis, billionaires, and same-day shipping. “Slow Down” has sold more than half a million copies in Japan and launched Saito into a rare academic celebrity. He appears regularly on Japanese television and aspires to the public-intellectual status of Thomas Piketty, the French economist who had a surprise hit in his 2013 doorstop, “Capital in the Twenty-first Century.”

The key insight, or provocation, of “Slow Down” is to give the lie to we-can-have-it-all green capitalism. Saito highlights the Netherlands Fallacy, named for that country’s illusory attainment of both high living standards and low levels of pollution—a reality achieved by displacing externalities. It’s foolish to believe that “the Global North has solved its environmental problems simply through technological advancements and economic growth,” Saito writes. What the North actually did was off-load the “negative by-products of economic development—resource extraction, waste disposal, and the like” onto the Global South.

If we’re serious about surviving our planetary crisis, Saito argues, then we must abandon capitalism, with its insatiable appetites. We must reject the ever-upward logic of gross domestic product, or G.D.P. (a combination of government spending, imports and exports, investments, and personal consumption). We will not be saved by a “green” economy of electric cars or geo-engineered skies. Slowing down—to a carbon footprint on the level of Europe and the U.S. in the nineteen-seventies—would mean less work and less clutter, he writes. Our kids may not make it, otherwise.

[justyn1]

The Spycrab. Why does it exist?

What is a Spycrab?

A Spycrab is an iconic animation bug for the Spy from Team Fortress 2. This bug was introduced since the game’s launch in 2007 and still exists today!

This post will cover on what causes this bug happen, how to fix it, and why it SHOULDN’T be fixed.

Debugging the Spycrab

First we need to know how do you become a Spycrab in TF2. To become a Spycrab the player have to pull out the disguise kit, crouch, look up, then start moving in any direction.

This give us a clue on what’s going on. The issue is related to looking around while crouching with the Spy’s disguise kit. We can take a look at how Valve setup the Spy’s animations since they provided the model sources in the Source SDK. Let’s take a look at spy_movement.qci since that’s where they handle all of the animations related to moving around. From this point I will refer the disguise kit as PDA since that’s what it called in the sources. Looking at the entry for Crouch_PDA and Crouch_Walk_PDA everything seems to be written correctly. Theres nothing wrong with the code itself

Line 15: $sequence Crouch_PDA PDA_crouch_idle loop alignto a_reference addlayer PDA_aimmatrix_crouch_idle activity ACT_MP_CROUCH_PDA 1

Line 424: $MPCrouchWalkWithWeapon Crouch_Walk_PDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PDA_crouch_walkN PDA_crouch_walkCenter PDA_aimmatrix_crouch_idle ACT_MP_CROUCHWALK_PDA $infoNode$  

This means that the issue is coming from one of the animations itself. Lets load up the PDA crouch animations in SFM and compare with the normal stand up animations.

Everything looks fine however there’s something odd with the pda_aimmatrix_crouch_idle animation. It’s in a different pose entirely! To summarize what a aim matrix do, the animator put the character in various poses mimicking that the character is looking around. The game will take those poses and blend between them depending on what direction the player is looking. Generally you don’t want to stray way from the idle pose too much since it can cause potential problems when blending between various poses at once.

With closer inspection, it seems the pda_aimmatrix_crouch_idle animation is actually an early version of the spy’s knife aim matrix animation. Here’s both aim matrices side by side.

The Fix

Now knowing that the bug is created by accidentally exporting another aim matrix animation for the wrong weapon. The fix is actually very simple! Without touching the animation files itself. We can go into the spy_movement.qci and replace any mention of pda_aimmatrix_crouch_idle with pda_aimmatrix_idle and that’s it! Compiling spy_animations.qc and loading up TF2 we will see the Spycrab no longer works.

But should this bug really be fixed?

This is the part where I tell you that the Spycrab bug should never be fixed in TF2. Even though this bug was stemmed from a mistake and it’s pretty simple to fix. This bug should never be fixed purely because it’s very important for the game’s history and community. After this bug was discovered and popularized back in 2008. It spawns plenty of memes within the community and in-game references from community cosmetics and unusuals, an official rare taunt for the disguise kit, warpaints, and a poster from the map Carnival of Carnage a Halloween reskin of Doomsday.

Hopefully this post provide some interesting insight on how this iconic bug was created and the process of debugging animations in Source Engine!

[city-of-ladies]

"Mycenaean women put their own spindles to splendid use, producing luscious cloaks and long, richly patterned or striped skirts. Far from resigning themselves to the weaving rooms, they travelled in chariots, performed songs or poetry to the accompaniment of lyres, and carried wheatsheaves for public ceremonies and rituals, as vibrantly coloured frescoes from the palace at Mycenae reveal. In one of the most enigmatic paintings, one woman holds a sword, another a spear, while two tiny men, one painted red and the other black, float mysteriously between them, like toy models or thought bubbles. Through their contact with the divine, perhaps, the women pictured gain agency over the men’s fate. Hera, Zeus, Poseidon and a female birth and death goddess known as Potnia were among the deities the Mycenaeans are known to have worshipped. While Mycenaean women clearly played an important role in religion, their political position within the palaces was weaker than that of their Minoan counterparts, and secondary to the men’s. Each Mycenaean palace complex was presided over by a male ‘wa-na-ka’ or wanax.

Surviving clay writing tablets provide just as fascinating an insight into the lives of women in the real palaces of the Mycenaean era. The fullest collection of tablets comes from a pair of rooms in the palace complex of Pylos, but Knossos, the former Minoan capital, was also a key repository. A total of 4,476 tablets have been preserved across the two sites. Among these there are references to more than 2,000 different women. Unlike Linear A, the Minoans’ writing system, the Mycenaeans’ similarly syllabic Linear B has been successfully deciphered. Working (as opposed to non-working elite) women were denoted by signs resembling an abstract impression of the female form. ‘Woman’ was conveyed by two dots for breasts, legs joined to suggest a long skirt of the kind Mycenaean women wore, and a curved line where her head would be, suggestive of long or dressed hair (in the sign for a man, by contrast, there is a straight line for the head).

The women referred to in the tablets were employed in a wide range of jobs, many of them familiar from the Homeric epics. In the Odyssey, women grind wheat and barley, ‘the marrow of men’, at mills. There were ‘flour-grinders’ at the palace in Pylos. In both epics, women weave, whether royal or servile. Andromache works in the Trojan palace with a loom and distaff while ordering her servant women about their work. Helen embroiders a purple cloth with scenes from the Trojan War as if she were telling the story of the poem herself. And as we have seen, Penelope weaves and unweaves a funeral shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. The women who wove at Pylos and Knossos were no less versatile in their handiwork. They managed something like a textile industry, producing goods for export as well as the palace community, and worked in groups according to specialism. There were wool-spinners and carders, linen- and leather-workers, finishers and headband-makers for horses. These women usually worked separately from men, but at Pylos there is evidence that at least two women, Wordieia and Amphehia, formed part of a mixed leather-making group. 

Working groups were the modus operandi at the Mycenaean palaces. Women were usually accompanied by boys and girls, presumably their own children, as they went about their tasks. Many were divided also according to their geographical region. Pylos was split into sixteen districts over two provinces, Nearer and Further, separated by Mount Aigaleo. The palace-workers came from more than 200 named places, some of which may have been local streets, while others, including Lemnos, Miletus and Knidos, lay further afield. It is possible that, like the Sidonian (Phoenician) women carried to Troy by Paris in the Iliad to weave fine robes for the court, some of the women working in the Mycenaean palaces had been enslaved.

Although the women were engaged in hard, practical labour, their work was recognised as highly skilled, and the Mycenaeans took some pride in it. Men were sometimes described on tablets as being the offspring of women of particular crafts, for example, ‘sons of flax-workers’. Female workers were allocated the same amount of food in the regular distributions as their male counterparts, and twice as much as their children, whereas in Babylonia, men typically received three times the female ration.

A mysterious senior class of priestess at Pylos known as ‘keybearers’ (did they open and close shrines within the palace complex?) even owned land. A landowning keybearer named ka-pa-ti-ja (‘Karpathia’) was wealthy enough to donate almost 200 litres of grain to the palace, probably for a religious festival. Given the historical prominence of women at the court of Pylos, it is fitting that a mythical Pylian king should intervene in the dispute over Briseis in the Iliad. Old Nestor urges Agamemnon to return the woman to Achilles and to end their feud."

The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World, Daisy Dunn

[seairexim]

kazakhstan trade data showcases its economic dynamics on the global stage. With a diverse export portfolio including oil, metals, and agricultural products, the nation navigates international markets with resilience. Import data reflects its growing consumption patterns, spanning machinery, vehicles, and consumer goods. Through these insights, Kazakhstan's trade data elucidates its role in the interconnected global economy.

[abyssalmaidenlorgar]

I have been thinking about this. Trump is not fully a fascist, that minimalises the harm he will cause to the nation of America and the surrounding regions. I will talk about his fascist elements throughout it and what else I have seen from a dialectical standpoint.

Theocracy

This is the first element I like to talk about. The removal of lgbt rights and women's rights are prime example. You can argue it falls under the sphere of fascism. This is an example of religion and state being intertwined. We can see it with the logic of most Trump supporters. Churches have more influence on the state then secular logic which has lead to a new moral panic on unreasonable ground against marginalised people. It's a witch hunt. We aren't ruled by reason but by people who think they are being reasonable.

Minarchism

This isn't libertarianism. This is the strip mining of the state for its assets. We have seen the effects of doge and its dialectical effects of it. It's the complete removal and disarming of the state to safely fulfil its roles in people's lives. What we are seeing is the defending of the most basic and urgent things that the state needs to function.

Corporatism

This is the fascist elements. We have seen Trump empower corporations and their influence of society. What we have seen over time is that the republican party has empowered the corporations over the decades. We are finding that corporations extend its power more then states. I dare say dialetically; amazon, Facebook and a lot of companies have more soft powers then a lot of countries today due to their ability to influence markets.

Gunboat Diplomancy

What we have seen is a regression in diplomatic ideology by the American Regime to the time of early 20th and 19th century diplomacy with how the imperialist powers treat the other powers of the world. The tariffs and the treatment of other nations. I will provide a few examples:

Volodymyr Zelenskyy was humiliated by Donald Trump and his underling in an attempt to try to bully him. There was no traditional diplomacy, it was absolute brutality. Similarly, there has been efforts to undermine the Australian government. Donald Trump and the administration has expected all research funding to be proven and given to him so he can demand us to change our stance on lgbt rights. Another example is him trying to force Australia to lower its standard of biosecurity laws to enable American beef exports into the country, that as well as criticising our public health system is indicative of how they will try to influence other nations.

White supremacy

This is indicative of how they treat several groups from African Americans to Muslims of all ethnicities, Asians, Latinos. There's been a huge amount of misinformation and pseudo-science made by these think tanks. The pseudo-science is ripped from 19th century ideas of race that these people justify.

Cyberpunk dystopia

This strangely resembles the cyberpunk dystopias we read in some way or another. Of course, that's not a 100% replication that would be similar. I hate using the cultural industry as an example to quote things but in this time it's the most helpful way to describe it. The surveillance, the corporations, the discrimination, the lack of effective government, key important stages of cyberpunk.

Thank you for your time. I am primarily am anarchist who provides dialectical insights. Depending on feedback I might do a direct comparison between the Russian Empire(tsarist) and America.

[warsofasoiaf]

So does trump calling for 90 day hold on most of his Tarriff’s indicates there was a huge backlash? Like when he tried to halt all the federal benefit programs?

I have no special insights into Trump's mind or insider knowledge, but this has the classic hallmark of Trump trying to pivot after being challenged. What probably happened is some combination of business backers threatening to withdraw support and GOP House members threatening to tank his budget due to the impact these tariffs had on the market.

Look at the defenses at the presser that was just held today. The Treasury secretary touts an LNG deal with three allies of East Asia - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan - but these are energy importing countries. They already want to buy energy from the US and Trump has explicitly said he wants to increase US energy exports to these countries. This was a deal that everyone involved *already* wanted. So why do tariffs to bring them to a negotiation...they were already ready to negotiate!

Yet another clown show by a gaggle of incompetents.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[terrasourcing]

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[historia-vitae-magistras]

I enjoyed your food and eating habits thoughts for Matt and Alfred as it's a nice little insight into their everyday lifestyle and mannerisms <3 Any thoughts on Arthur "forgets to eat until his stomach growls and his hands shake" Kirkland and Jack and Zee? Or for the UK bros or Francis if that more takes your fancy? <3 Thank you!

Rhys is a really good cook. Bara brith, Welsh rarebit, cawl, laverbread. The man knows what he's about. He's the second youngest in my set up but still a good deal older than Arthur so he grows up in a world where his mother is literally worshipped as a goddess. I put her right smack on the middle of a giant pile of tin which was famously the best and highest quality stuff in a world where it was desperately needed to create bronze. He grows up in stone wheelhouses with defensive towers set inside a ring fort and with that came a correspondingly decent diet. High protein, wealth being often valued less in cash than in cattle. Maman is importing gold from Ireland and wine from southern France and Greek trade goods are found. He suffers a lot of misery and violence as a young adult and that does affect his tastes in food but he never loses sight of the fact it should actually taste good. He's definitely a bit heavy on the pies and stews and he hasn't been able to entirely reconcile himself to the fact that it no longer a bit suspect of people who are wealthy enough to afford meat to not eat meat. The man has opinions on food. Lamb, mutton, leeks, cheese. He can have a conversation about it, okay. And he's very particular about how he enjoys said food. and not to dip too deep into the stereotypes but god fucking bless the Welsh for exporting the leek. The Anglo-Celtic diaspora owe a debt we will never be able to repay for the one goddamn allium that Brits seemed to actually like pre-war. He's definitely someone who's moods will be affected by when he last ate and how the food was and food is a pretty big love language for him. When he's trying to shack up with the neighbors in Brittany or Jersey or Manx the food is definitely an incentive to stay for breakfast.

Arthur for me is really interesting because he knows how to make decent food. He knows what makes food taste decent. He's had a feasting culture his entire fricken existence before 1800. Where you lose him is when trying to convince him food should taste good most if not all of the time. The Roman or perhaps slightly post roman world he's born to and raised in is one where luxury goods are coming in with spices and new vegetables and fruits are being introduced so he's had flavour from the very fucking beginning but still entirely regards it as optional. Food as a pleasure is almost alien in his brain for some reason. Late antiquity wasn't a great time for him but the slingshot extremism between everything has to be flavored with all the spices and um actually, food that tastes good is illegal is just so variable with this one. England is lush and fertile and there's no shortage of food at any point in history worse than the neighbors but you wouldn't fucken know it the way Arthur eats and hates joy. I think his outsized amount of power as an adult contributes to this habit of 'oh I'll just ride the extra battery pack that is being the weird patron saint of a rainy third of Great Britain. Wait, what do you mean I have to season my fucken food? And when that's behind him after WW2, he's increasingly irritated by the fact calories are indeed mandatory to survive. Man's taste buds never recovered from rationing in too many ways. Last 30 years he's kind of slipped towards enjoying food. The man has discovered garlic powder exists at least. Only trouble there is that now he experiments and god have mercy on his loved ones bowels. Plum sauce does not go in the spagbol please and thank you.

Zee is... More like her father than she'd like to admit. She really can be perfectly content with a cheese and marmite toastie and a cup of tea. Or one of her best inventions, instant coffee. She's got higher standards in that she generally prefers her food to be edible which is not something the medieval fucks listed above will always care about. She really really likes the act of eating as a social thing. Hangi made together in a large group, women gathered in the kitchen to make things like whitebait fritters and roasted muttonbird. She almost never ever, even when she is entitled to by one status or another took her food in her room and was always at breakfast in the morning. She always eats with people when she can. Food is almost more of an action or event to her than just personal pleasure. She's got a real weakness for fresh fruit. Just consumes batshit amounts of berries. Looking at her grocery bill is probably very funny because it's like, six items she'll rotate out for a fortnight at a time and then a fucken pile of expensive produce. Extremely fond of fish in general as well. She can cook but if anyone else present wants to take point, fine by her. She's very happy to perch on Jack's kitchen counter/bench and drink his good wine while he cooks. She might be described as slightly picky in some specific aspects especially when seafood is involved but she's really not going to have her entire life derailed because whatever her last meal wasn't great. When she was little, she didn't mind a boiled pudding or porridge for breakfast as long as it wasn't completely god awful. She's fonder of like the classic tea room sweet pastries than she'd like to admit and she's got a serious weakness for weird flavors of chocolate like a buttered toast chocolate bar and pineapple lumps. Food can be a tool of survival to her no problem, even if it's not great as well. Generally, she remembers to eat.

Jack cares a lot about food. In the immortal words of @paperbarks he's got the accent of a gold coast Hoon but the taste buds and pickiness of a Barossa sommelier. He's got that golden Mediterranean-esque climate. Sugar grows, mangos grow, finger limes are everywhere, stone fruit is plentiful. Jack wants food to taste excellent all of the time. That's not to say he's picky as in he's not going to absolutely demolish a meat pie or a chiko roll or douse his fries in chicken salt because he absolutely is but he'll genuinely ponder what wine goes best with that and how to keep Zee from drinking it all before he's even plated up dinner. His moods get absolutely fucking foul when he doesn't eat too. He's the second youngest and generally pretty chill and doesn't take all that much seriously but when he's hungry or something is genuinely shit, no one's having a good time. It was a struggle keeping his ass completely fed when he was young and food was seasonal and gonna suck a good part of the year. By far, he's the person most likely to complain about food in any given time. Also my god he can make a good cup of coffee. Chronic snacker too. All of them have some pretty serious appetites but he's probably up there tied with anyone else.

[asirensrage]

the sum of all our parts - part 2

Title: the sum of all our parts

Fandom: Tokyo Revengers

Rating: Explicit

Pairing: Ran Haitani x OC x Rindou Haitani, side Ran x Rindou

Word count: 2306

Warnings: Dark!fic. Dub-con. Possessiveness. Obsession. Cruelty. Destruction of Property. Stalking. Family Dynamics. Sibling Rivalry. Jealousy. Bullying. Violence. Threats. Talk of incest. Pseudo-incest. Haitani-cest (incest between the Haitani brothers). Bonten is it’s own warning. *warnings are not exhaustive*

Summary: Reika loves her sister, even if they don’t always get along, but meeting the man Seira claims she’s in love with…doesn’t go the way either of them expect.

Notes: Thank you all for reading and for the kudos. I appreciate the comments left so far. We get a little more insight into our characters here, especially Reika, and we get to sort of meet Reika's best friend. I hope you enjoy it. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

Part of the Club series

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“You didn’t come by the club,” Ran says as he leans against the counter. She’s not entirely sure why he’s here, in their home. From all accounts from Seira, the man still hasn’t done much outside of tolerating her presence. Not that she says it like that. Reika has heard her sister’s frustration at why the man of her dreams hasn’t asked her out. Properly. 

Seira goes through men like Reika goes through crafts, but despite the fact that Reika has moved on until she landed on her current project of quilling, Seira claims to still be in love with Ran. 

“Why would I?” Reika asks as she lifts the lid to check on the curry she’s making. Hopefully they will both soon be gone and Reika will return to the silence of an empty house. It feels like peace when she doesn’t have to hear Seira complain.

“You were invited. Didn’t Seira tell you?”

“She did, just like we told you that I don’t like clubs.” She puts the lid back and moves to check on the rice. There’s at least ten minutes left on it. She pulls off a piece of glitter stuck to her sweater and throws it in the garbage.

“It smells delicious.” 

“Thank you,” she says without looking up. She can feel the way he’s watching her. It’s disconcerting, but Reika figures he’s comparing the twin he knows with the other one. “Sei!” She calls out, her voice echoing through the house. “Dinner will be ready in ten minutes!”

There’s no response. 

“Will you cook for me?” Ran asks, watching as she moves back to the curry to stir it. “Been a long time since I’ve eaten something home cooked.” 

“I’m not a maid,” Reika says dryly. “If you want a cook, pay for one. You should be able to afford it. Your suit is expensive enough.”

“My suit?” he straightens slightly. He looks too tall to be in this house. 

She looks over at him and motions towards it. “The stitching is even, the material fine and it’s custom fitted for you. Since you clearly didn’t do it yourself, that means you paid for it. That service isn’t cheap.”

“Good eye.” His gaze drags down her body and he pushes himself off the counter to step towards her. “What else do you see?”

Reika’s gaze lands on the tattoo at the front of his neck. Nothing good comes from a man with those, especially when she doesn’t know what he does. Aside from owning a club. Seira mentioned something about import and exports, but the lack of a proper company name does nothing to ease the concern for her sister. 

Ran moves closer, fingers trailing against the back of her hand, making goosebumps prickle in response. Reika steps back, frowning at him as she tugs the cuff of her sweater down over her hand. 

“Sei!” She shouts again for her sister, keeping her eyes on him. “Are you eating?”

“I’ll eat,” Ran says, his gaze dropping lower than her eyes. Reika steps around him, heading for the stairs. He doesn’t follow. “Does that mean you won’t serve me?”

“Ask Seira to cook for you,” Reika says, frowning at the stairs with the lack of response from her sister.

“Why would I ask her when you’re much more fun?”

“That’s a lie and we both know it,” Reika points out before she turns back to the stairs. “SEIRA!” 

“For fucks sake!” Sei snaps back, causing Reika to flinch and miss the dark look that flashes across Ran's face. Twin or not, Seira got mean when she was irritated or stressed about something and she took it out on the nearest available target. “Can you not handle two fucking seconds talking to someone?”

Reika doesn’t respond, not with Ran’s gaze turning heavy on her. Instead she swallows back her response for the sake of the company and goes back to the kitchen, turning off the heat on the rice and curry. 

“Maybe if you just hurried the fuck up, your sister wouldn’t be here waiting for you to eat,” Ran calls out, not looking away from Reika. 

It makes her look at him in surprise. Why was he defending her? Reika had never met a man who wanted her sister to defend her, not about something like this. They’ve stayed silent or laughed it off. 

There’s a thunder of footsteps down the stairs as Seira comes running at the sound of Ran’s voice. As if she had forgotten he was there. 

“Ran! Why didn’t you come up?” She asks as she hugs his arm.

“I was keeping your sister company,” he says, tone falling strangely flat as he addressed her. He pulls her off of his arm. “Tried to convince her to let me eat.”

“And she didn’t?” Seira turns an accusing glare towards her. 

“It wasn’t ready,” Reika deadpans. 

Ran laughs, playing it off as a joke. “If you took longer, I might have convinced her.” 

“I was just making sure I look good enough to be on your arm!” Seira turns, showing off the short outfit she’s wearing. 

“Make sure you don’t take the trains,” Reika reminds her. 

“Do you think I take the trains?” Ran asks, looking back at her. “I have a car. To go with the suit.”

“Ah.”

Seira’s expression twitches in irritation before she erases it while she smiles at Ran. “Come on. I’m ready, let’s go.” 

“You sure you don’t want to come?” Ran asks, turning to Reika. “Rin will be there. My brother,” he elaborates at her confused look. “He’s asked about you. Wanting to know if you’d come by.”

“What?” Reika says it in surprised confusion but Seira echoes it with shock. Ran glances at her but stays focuses on Reika.

“Can’t blame him for being curious. So? What do you say? Or are you gonna make me break his heart for you?”

Her cheeks burn. Another consolation prize, this time for a brother who didn’t catch her sister’s attention like he did. “Do what you have to,” she says, turning away and moving to grab a plate from the shelf. “Sei, you eating?” 

“I told you,” Seira says, ignoring the question. “Rei doesn’t go to clubs.” 

“Not even for Rin?” 

“Not even for me,” her sister says confidently. “Come on,” she tugs at Ran’s arm. “Let’s go. She’s probably going to just do more crafts that she doesn’t even sell. No one wants to be around for that.” 

Reika swallows back a retort at the slightly veiled insult. There’s no point. It’s an old, familiar argument that they’ve had a thousand times. Seira can’t see the point in sitting around, staying still for a moment that doesn’t involved gaining something without real effort. 

“Nothing wrong with having a hobby,” Ran says. “Keeps people interesting.” 

“Yeah? What’s your hobby then?” Seira asks teasingly, softening her voice. 

“Hmm…nothing you need to know about.” 

Reika doesn’t look up, even as her eyebrows raise at his tone. He doesn’t sound impressed. Instead she moves to serve herself some rice. 

“Aw, come on! You know hers!”

“Do I?” he asks, voice sounding more amused. “Well then if Reika asks, I’ll tell her. A…hobby for a hobby.” 

There’s something in his voice that makes her look up. He’s staring again, his gaze strangely soft in comparison to the stiff way he’s holding himself. Seira is glancing between the two, looking for something that’s not there. “No thanks.” She moves to scoop out some curry, adding it to the side of her rice. She grabs a pair of chopsticks, the same ones she always uses, and heads for the stairs without looking back. “Have fun.”

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They never reschedule their sister day. 

Reika tries to ask, tries to plan something new that they might both enjoy, but Seira waves her off with plans she’s already made. Reika can hear her though tell her friends on the phone that she needs to find something to do, to get out of this house. 

She tries not to take it personally. Seira has not adjusted to the loss of their parents, neither of them have, but instead of trying to tie them closer in their grief, her sister runs from the empty house that Reika feels like she haunts. Instead, she focuses on her creations and buries the hurt into the things she makes. 

Her friends are more vocal about it than she is. Kikyo, her best friend since grade school, is especially vicious, even if Reika knows she cuts back her real feelings about it. At least to her. She can’t help but appreciate her all the more for it. It’s comforting to know that even when she is at odds with her twin, there is still someone who has her back through it all. 

She’s on the phone with her when Seira comes bursting into her room again. It’s almost enough to make her mess up the painting she’s working on. The wood print is carefully carved and she trying to add in the details before she seals it completely. Kikyo is silent in her headphones, focusing on her own writing project. 

“You have to come out next time,” Seira demands as she plops down on the bed. 

“Is she actually talking to you?” Kikyo asks in her ear. 

“Uh huh,” she murmurs before taking half of her headphones off on one ear. 

“Reika! You hear me?” 

“I’m not going,” Reika says, not looking away from the small detail she’s trying to add. 

“Come on! You have to!” 

“No, I don’t.” 

“Is she really trying to demand you go clubbing? Does she even know you?” Kikyo asks, listening in as much as she can through the headphones. Reika ignores her, unwilling to tell Seira that they have an audience. 

“Come on!” Seira nearly whines. 

“No.”

“Rindou’s asking about you! And now Ran won’t stop asking, so just come, once! I promise I’ll never ask you again!”

Reika looks up at Seira, unimpressed at the image staring back at her. They look so similar and yet couldn’t be further apart. “No. You’ve said that a thousand times and it breaks just as easily as you make it. I don’t want to go, especially not because of some men.” 

“Seriously? Just do it for me!” 

“Why?” Reika turns towards her and crosses her arms over her chest, ignoring Kikyo’s swearing through the headphones. “You’ve been a bitch to me, so why should I come out with you? Especially to something I hate.”

“Oh my god, is this because we didn’t reschedule the stupid day together? Fine! We’ll do what you want. Just come!”

“Why?” There’s more to it. Seira never just gives in or tries to barter without it being worth something to her. 

Seira stares at her, as if expecting her to accept instantly. When she doesn’t, when Reika simply waits for an explanation from her twin, Seira’s patience snaps. “Fine! They won’t let us back in the club until you’re with us! At least not VIP.”

“What?” Kikyo echoes her question in her ear. 

Seira rolls her eyes. “That’s why you need to come, okay? Just…spend some time with his stupid brother and then you can leave. I’m close, I can feel it!”

“Close to what?” Reika asks, still reeling from the admission that the men have barred her sister from what she wants. 

“To Ran asking me out!”

Reika frowns slightly in confusion. “Haven’t you been going out this entire time? Wasn’t that why he was here?” 

Seira falls back to lie on her bed. “You’d think so but he hasn’t asked me out, barely spending time alone with me. It’s like he’s stringing me along because we get so close and nothing ever happens! It’s never us alone…except for here but then you’re here.”

“Sorry?” Her presence has never stopped Seira before and Reika invested in the strongest noise cancelling headphones she could own because of it. Reika has never been in the way or put any resistance to Seira’s relationships and she doubted her presence would have made Ran hesitate at all since he had his own sibling. 

“You should be,” Seira pouts at her, pushing herself up to lean back on her elbows. “If we didn’t live together than maybe he’d already make his move.”

“Maybe he just doesn’t like her,” Kikyo points out. Thankfully, Seira can’t hear her.

Reika frowns, not appreciating the blame for something that has nothing to do with her. “If we didn’t live together, one of us would be on the streets. We’d have to sell the house. Besides, we agreed that we wouldn’t live alone.” 

“I wouldn’t,” Seira says before elaborating. “Be on the streets. I’d be living with my husband.”

“What husband?” Reika hears Kikyo ask in her ear. “Your sister’s delusional. She doesn’t even have a job.”

Seira says it with complete confidence though, as if she expects her life to be exactly as she imagines it should be with no real thought to the consequences or the work it takes to get there. She has been given everything she’s ever wanted, manipulating the situations to her favour. Reika sees it more than anyone else because she’s her twin. She knows how her sister works. 

“Nice to see you’d leave me to starve,” Reika says dryly. 

Seira rolls her eyes. “You’d be fine. You’re…creative.”

“Thanks.” 

“You know what I mean,” Seira waves off the way she says it like an insult. “So will you come?”

“No.”

Kikyo laughs in her ear and Reika turns back to her work, hoping to end the conversation quickly. 

“What? Come on!” Seira moves, grabbing her chair and turning her back to face her. 

It makes Reika swear as she smears a streak of paint across the top of her carving. She twists to grab a rag, trying to save her design as her sister pleads with her. 

“Please! Rei, I never ask you for anything!”

“You ask me for things constantly,” she says, not looking up. Her jaw clenches as the streak remains despite wiping the paint off. 

“Not like this! I really need this!”

“Just go to some other club.” 

“What?!” Seira looks at her in horror. “There are no other clubs! Not worth going to! The Haitani’s run the best! I can’t go to some subpar club, especially after people have seen me with them!”

“How is that your problem?” Kikyo asks. Reika ignores her. 

“Please! They’re pissed because I promised you were going to come before and you didn’t!” 

Reika looks at her sister. “What? Why?”

“I don’t know, they were insistent! I need you there this time. Everyone thinks we’re friends and I cannot face the embarrassment of getting banned for something this stupid.” 

It’s not her fault that Seira’s finally been caught telling lies. Still, Reika loves her sister. She can’t bear the thought of hurting her…or having Seira stuck in this house complaining about it. Maybe this will finally drive the point home that he might not want her. Then again, maybe that’s what the men are hoping for. That she won’t show up and they won’t have to deal with her. 

“I know that sound. Don’t fucking do it,” Kikyo warns in her ear. 

“Fine,” Reika gives in. She can handle suffering for a couple hours. In and out. 

Seira shrieks before nearly tackling her in a hug. The sudden affection causes a lump to grow in Reika’s throat. How long has it been since she’s felt like this? Since they’ve acted like sisters? This alone is worth it. 

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