#KHANI LOOK AT THIS

[jeahreading]

Watson Sherlock romance ain't the only one in this world, the romance that goes between Byomkesh and Ajit is another level bro

like I love you Satyabatti I really do, but honestly,

"ghorer o pashe Atul(Byomkesh) er jinish patro chedano ache, shae dike chae, amar chokhe jol eshe gaelo. Atul(Byomkesh) ke je koto khani bhalobeshe phele chi, ta ami buste parlam"

"On the other side of the room, Atul's(Byomkesh) things were lying around, looking at them, my eyes filled with tears. I understood how much I had started loving Atul (Byomkesh).

This might be terribly out of context but trust me when I say this, this man is whipped

[thealmightyemprex]

90's Pulp Movie Villains Ranked

SO I am going to be doing a series of rankings ,as I have been marathoing the Pulp superhero trend of the 90's .Why not start with my favorite topic ,the villlains...THis was hard in a sense,because I love all five of these baddies

5.Big Boy Caprice from Dick Tracy

The biggest mob boss in town and arch nemesis to Dick Tracy.I actually though going into this rewatch ,I thought he would be number one ....But looking at the other villains he fell to the wayside.I love how bonkers Al PAcinos performance is and his quirk of messing up qoutes and the makeup looks great but honestly I cant help but feel he is a wannabe of Jack Nicholsons Joker .He is fun though

4.Xander Drax from the Phantom

An evil powerhungry business man who wants to harnass the power of 3 magic skulls .On paper he is the weakest villain,going into this rewatch,I thought I was gonna put him dead last .The problem is the side villains are more intereresting ,like the pirate king Kabai Sengh and Quill who killed the Phantoms father,while Drax is just an evil rich guy ......Thank GOD for Treat Williams performance ,he is taking character description of evil 1930's capitalist and running with it .Not great but he is a ton of fun

3.Neville Sinclair from the Rockateer

A swashbuckling movie star who is actually a Nazi spy trying to get his hands on an experimental jetpack .NOw we get to the really interesting guys .While Big Boy and Drax were fun,theres a bit more to Sinclair .Being a dashing movie star he is charming but his villainy is motivated by a sense of desperation .Timothy Dalton is an actor who feels like he is right of the 1930's and 1940's ,so he is able to nail the deonair side while also being a legit menacing villain

2.Don Rafael Montero from The Mask of Zorro

A Spanish Governor who wishes to take over California ,but the big thing is he stole the daughter of Don Diego De La Vega AKA the original Zorro and had him imprisioned for 20 years .NOw what impresses me about Don Rafael is he couldve been a mustache twirly villain,just a hate sink as we root for Zorro to run him through....But they decided to give him nuanace .Oh he is still a villain who kills and enslaves innocent people ,but he has his own morals ,doesnt want children to see his crimes,and does very much care for his adopted daughter Elena .Stuart Wilson plays him with a sense of dignity and nuance one doesnt often see in a blockbuster bad guy of that era

1. Shiwan Khan from the Shadow

The last descendant of Genghis Khan(I know there are millions of descendants of that guy just roll with it ,its a movie ),Shiwan Khan is a wannabe conqueror who wishes to rule the world using his psychic powers and an atomic bomb.SO while DOn Rafael is a more nuanced villain,Shiwan Khan is a classic supervillain done REALLY well .Like the guys got a simple goal,he wants to rule the world,cause being descended from a great conquerer he wants to be a conqueror himself.A few things make him stand out ,one is John Lones charismatic performance,especially in his scenes with the Shadow .In classic villain fashion he is a dark reflection of the Shadow.....But of the Shadows past .The Shadow used to be a bad dude but has put his sins behind him to fight evil .Basically Shiwan Khan has all the powers of the Shadow and is what the Shadow would be like is he still pursued evil.What I love is Shiwan Khan actually admires the Shadows past and is diappointed he has turned good cause he really wants him to rule with him .He also reminds me of Kilgrave from Jessica Jones in how he uses his mind control powers to convince people to kill themselves who mildly inconvience him .With cool powers ,a good performance and a great dynamic with the hero ,I think Shiwan Khanis one of the most underrated supervillains in superhero movies and best villain of the 90's pulp movies trend

@ariel-seagull-wings @amalthea9 @angelixgutz @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @themousefromfantasyland @the-blue-fairie @scarletblumburtonofeastlondon @princesssarisa @filmcityworld1

[asifcooks]

A Burnt Love Turns into a Biscuit: The Story of the Baqarkhani

Once upon a time, a man's tears turned a mill. He lost his love to a rival in the royal court.

Perhaps you can guess already, the object of his desire was too beautiful. But it was the time of kings and queens. And when the premier's son set his eyes on the same woman he loved, he found himself trapped in the royal chokehold.

After a while, his lover was dead in the swordfight that ensued. He could not save her.

He ordered to bake a new biscuit in her memory. It was his magnum opus, and an undying signature on time itself. Perhaps he too didn't know that it would become immortal. And every time it is baked, people will remember the love story - for centuries.

The delicacy is known as Baqarkhani - named after the couple who could not be together in life, Agha Baqer and Khani Begum.

It is not exactly a biscuit. Best to say, it is somewhere between a biscuit and a cookie. The subtle difference of its flaky and yet silky texture makes it a category of its own. But nevertheless, it is a baked good.

In the absence of a proper word in English, some call it a flatbread.

Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is the location where it originates. Or more precisely, the 'old Dacca', the oldest part of the city which now looks like a downtown suburb, still littered with the ruins and the last remains of the Mughal buildings and structures - from five hundred years ago.

Mirza Agha Baqer lived in the 18th century. History says, he died in the year 1754. In different versions, he appears either as the adopted son or the son-in-law of Dhaka's Naib Nazim, the chief of the city, Murshid Quli Khan II. And Khani herself was a courtesan. Zaynul Khan, the son of the Wazir (the Prime Minister of the City), abducted her after she turned him down for Baqer.

As the story goes, Zaynul tricked the premier into believing he is dead when Baqer followed him. And out of fury, he ordered to lock up Baqer alive in a tiger's cage. But he was too much of a brave guy and ended up killing the tiger.

That did not end the turmoil. It is said that the premier himself killed Zaynul when he attempted to hurt Baqer. But at his last breath, he pierced his sword into Khani's chest, leaving her dead with him.

300 years later...

The biscuit never lost its popularity, but records of time are saying that it became impoverished after the second world war. The country came to a standstill and people were battling a famine.

So instead of milk and Malai - the locally churned cream, the bakeries at Old Dacca started baking it with oil and Dalda - a type of fat extracted from vegetables.

Originally, it might have been way silkier than it is today. The version that remains comes in mostly sweet and salty flavors. But the local, traditional bakers of the city aren't affluent enough to recreate the very authentic version.

For centuries, it served as the breakfast of the city's royalties. When it started losing its glamour, it slowly turned into a rather ordinary food.

Pic: Collected

It is no more a royal feast now and everyone can afford a piece or two. But lately, it has been commercialized. These days, it comes in dry chocolate flavors as well - which is the newest addition.

The factories of Baqarkhani in the city are now baking it in the commercial ovens. Although, these rather synthetic versions can neither beat the taste nor the texture of the traditional bakeries.

The traditional flavors still surviving from ages include sweet and salty Paneer (cottage cheese), sugar, salt, Kebabs, minced meat and coconut.

And it is still a hot favorite in at least three countries of modern times, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.

Tips for Baqarkhani

If you ever come to see Dhaka, don't forget to try it out. I guess at this point, that goes without saying. But if you do, here's my suggestions.

You have to travel to Old Dhaka and hunt it down right from the shabby, dimly lit bakeries by the road. If you are going for the cheaper versions manufactured at factories, you will miss the entire taste profile.

It is a token of love, a melt-in-mouth delicacy. And it turns into dust if your grip is too firm when holding it, and it crumbles. Just like the lost love of Baqer and Khani. The only Baqarkhani that's fake is a hard one. The products made in its own land all retains the softness and the snowflakes that drops from its body.

My American friend tried to make it in her oven. It didn't exactly turn out as what it was meant to be. From the pictures she showed me, I could tell that it came out a rocky (and if not rockhard) buttertoast - sitting on her cookie tray. She wasn't as much of a Baqarkhani enthusiast as I am, but perhaps a few more tries could make it better. So, while you can always google up a recipe and make it at home, it would be best to taste the original thing that comes out of the traditional, clay oven dug on the ground.

It is addictive. Once you taste it, you will crave for more. So, every time I buy it, I make sure I'm having a mix of flavors in my rack - both sugary and salty. The sweet Baqarkhani is harder to resist, but it still satisfies my sugar cravings on a rather low sugar count than all the desserts I would have in place of it.

And when a jar of Baqarkhani ends up at your life, make sure to try it with desi meat curries. The cup-a-Baqarkhani sold nowadays is rather a new twist to it, turning it into a meatier and juicier wholesome dish. Fewer carbs than a regular rice Bento, and still a wholesome meal. And there's quite a few recipes available on the internet for the leftovers, too!

Everyone knows that the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan once built the Taj Mahal to immortalize his love for his wife, the empress Mumtaz. But the Baqarkhani was here, too.

And it will be here, like a brown moon - served on silvers. And on our plates - will be a story of love, to cherish and remember.

(Though it's just a dream, I'm pretty sure we will remember it lavishly one day. The story has everything one could ask for - kings and queens, the white marbles of the royal palace and the fountains in the room, streaming, the dancing courtesan girl, the heartbroken Baqer and the jealous Zaynul.

When the time is ripe, and the country finally gets a real film industry - Baqer and Khani will become the Romeo and Juliet of a desi blockbuster.

It is not just flour and sugar. All of these goes into the making of Baqarkhani.)

Asif Tamoso

12 July 2024

[saeed4513]

Albert Borokhim was born of Iranian descent from a family with a deep and honorable history in the rug business in Iran. He immigrated to the U.S. over 50 years ago to go to school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison for Engineering. After falling in love with Madison, Albert was eventually persuaded by friends and family to open his signature store. His first store opened on Monroe Street in 1972. A favorite neighborhood for Madisonians, Monroe Street became an even more interesting neighborhood with the great rugs Albert was able to bring into the area. No longer did people have to purchase the run of the mill quality rugs and flooring, they could finally have rugs rich in tradition, heritage, and quality. With an heirloom quality collection, Borokhim rugs became a staple for people who wanted to purchase unique and often rare rugs from around the world. Albert Borokhim welcomes you into his personal collection of high-end handmade rugs from around the world, and hopes that you and your family will enjoy them as much as he has. High quality rugs last for generations with ease, so please understand that when you are purchasing a rug here, you are purchasing something that will be enjoyed by your family for years to come. With a wide variety of different types of rugs such as Bijar, Heriz, Kashan, Qum, Isfahan, Tabriz, etc, you may be wondering how each of these rugs is different. Or maybe you just want to know more about a particular kind of rug. Here we have some information about a variety of different types of rugs as well as information about how these rugs are made, what makes them special and how to select a rug. We have rugs from Iran (Persian rugs), India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and China. Persian rugs are both beautiful and sought after, however many people and collectors of fine Persian rugs such as the renowned Bijar Rugs, are unable to find the selection they are looking for in their local area. This is due to the small number of quality Persian rugs like the famous Bijar rugs or “Bidjar rugs”, or the fantastic Persian tribal rug like the Gabbeh. If you can’t find rugs locally, you have the option of purchasing these rugs online. The issue in this case is getting a good feel for the rug you are viewing on your computer. You are purchasing this rug for your home and you want to get a good visual representation with multiple views as well as get quality information about the style of Persian rug ( Bijar, Trabriz, Heriz, etc.) and its details. You should come away from your experience understanding the rug you are buying, as well as getting a good idea of how beautiful the Persian rugs will look in your home or business. Bijar (Bidjar) carpets are world renowned for their superb artistry, craftsmanship, and excellent material, and can be distinguished by their heavy wool foundation (cotton in twentieth-century carpets). As the weaver tied each row of knots, she added an extra weft and literally pounded down the knots. The stiff, heavy foundation that is thus created allows antique Bijar (Bidjar) carpets, known as “the iron rugs of Persia,” to withstand up to 200 years of heavy use. The region’s weavers have transformed many classic antique carpet designs with their own interpretations. “Mina khani” and “Herati” Persian carpet designs (both highly detailed, overall repeats) and a diamond-shaped medallion were frequently used. An anchor-like design is found in many antique Bijar (Bidjar) rugs at the vertical ends of the medallion or as the pendant motif.

Stylized allover flower and vinery motifs are also found in the small Bijar (Bidjar) village pieces and larger city carpets alike. Two particularly rare and prized carpet designs are “Garrus” and “Guli Farang.” The Garrus design usually employs a cobalt to midnight indigo blue field and a distinctive large scale all-over pattern of split-arabesques and blossoming vinery in the field, along with a ribbon-like, serpentine and cloudband repeat in the main border. The Guli Farang, translated as “Foreign Flower” antique carpet pattern is also an all-over repeat, that many believe to be a stylized depiction of cabbage blossoms or an English formal garden. In pieces woven before 1900, this motif usually is performed against a dark blue or ivory ground.

The diverse antique Bijar (Bidjar) rug color palette, from soft to emerald greens, a full range of blues and yellows to fiery rich red, tomato or deep terra cotta, demonstrates the great skill of its dyers.

The examples woven by Kurdish women in the small surrounding villages display an exceptional level of spontaneity. Known as “Kurdish Bijar” to differentiate them from the more finely woven and formal “Bijar” (Bidjar) style, the best examples use strong abrash, or tonal changes within one hue, and sometimes radical changes in design. They have the same superb wool and color range as the more finely woven city Bijars (Bidjar).

The culmination of a centuries-old weaving tradition, the finest Bijar antique rugs woven 1900 or before are grand works of refined art, yet they possess tribal elements in their design and coloration which are not found in any other city rugs. They are highly respected by collectors and rug enthusiasts for their uniqueness, strength of construction and great decorative impact. They are commonly compatible with a wide range of traditional and contemporary decors. Around the city of Kerman in the southeast of Iran reside the semi nomads from the Afshar tribe. For hundreds of years these nomads lived in the northwest of Iran, but a part of the tribe were compulsorily transferred to today's area, where carpet manufacturing became an important branch of business.

The carpets have red and blue colour tones and mostly geometrical patterns. The most common pattern contains a large center piece with one or more squared medallions, some say that this symbolizes a hide stretched for preparation. Today, medallions also occur and are typical of the Afshar carpets as they are also relatively wide in relation to its length. The city of Heriz is situated in the northwest of Iran, not far from the greater city of Tabriz. In the city and its surroundings carpets are manufactured with a pattern that is easily recognized; in the center there is a large right-angled medallion with large marked corner sections. Large carpets are mainly made by fairly rough yarn on cotton warp with a rustic design.

Heriz carpets, with its high wool quality, are well known for their durability and hardiness, and are very suitable for hallways and dining-rooms. Large sizes, from 300x200 cm and more are most common. Similar carpets are made in Georavan and Mehravan. Heriz carpets are suitable for homes as well as for public environments. Right between Isfahan and Teheran, close to the edge of the great desert Dasht-e-Kavir, lies the city of Keshan with 120 000 inhabitants. The city has been famous for a long time for its textiles and its pottery. The Fine Garden, many tradesmen buildings from the 19th century and the bazaar could be of interest to visitors. The city was important as a trading place and as a resting place along the Silk Road, but has been in the shadow of Isfahan for some time now.

The famous Ardebil carpet, which can be seen at Victoria and Albert museum in London is considered to made in Keshan in the 16th century. Also the carpets of today, which are sometimes sold under the name Kashan, have a good reputation.

The carpets are handmade in the city of Keshan and its surroundings. Superior carpets were manufactured here during the Safavid dynasty (1502-1736). After a period of decline high quality carpets were being manufactured again at the end of the 19th century. The carpets are manufactured with high knot density with Persian knot, warp and weft of cotton and the wool for the pile is of high quality. The patterns consists of beautifully designed medallions, niches,trees and figural motifs and all-over floral motifs occur also. Dominating colours are blue,red and beige.

The quality of these carpets vary a lot, some of them are not even manufactured in Keshan, but are still sold under this name. The city of Tabriz is situated 600 km west of Teheran and one of the largest cities in Iran and also the captial in the province of Azerbajdzjan. The population comprising of the Azaris, who are the largest ethnic minority in Iran and speak the Turkish dialect. The city is old and has for centuries been a very important trading place and border station. Known attractions are the Blue Mosque and the giant bazaar. The Turkish carpets are highly influenced by the Greeks which back in time dominated carpet manufacturing. The carpets which are thicker, consists of wool, cotton and silk and are always tied with a Turkish knot, also called Ghiordes knot or Turkbaff .Commonly used patterns are based on prayer niches with more geometrical motifs.

[shatteredskyseries]

First quotes of the main characters

Erin: “I’ll take the mead,” Katherine: “What do you need me to do?” Russet: “Are we finally here?” Kit: “I don’t know, but it might be worth it to look.” Teca: “I know, I don’t want to go any more than you do.” Jordan: “Sorry, it looked like you were going to hit me.” Marcus: “Who are you?” Atia: “Just watching the sunrise,” Khani: “What did you see?”

[god-of-war-cheats-63]

god of war cheats PC JT5#

💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Unlock Everything ; Gives all gear at MAX and Poseidon's Trident (does not give all keys, feathers or eyes) · Unlocks Very Hard, Costumes and all Treasures. The best place to get cheats, codes, cheat codes, walkthrough, guide, FAQ, unlockables, trophies, and secrets for God Of War () for PlayStation 4 (PS4). Get God of War Trainers and cheats for Steam with the WeMod app. With his vengeance against the Gods of Olympus behind him and his son at his side. There are no official God Of War cheats for PC that you can use by activating any in-game cheat console. But, there are trainers and cheat. 9 Users on the IGN Boards discovered that the runes that adorned the map could be translated into a treasure map of sorts. The writing in the top corner reads:. There are also more runes present along the length of the World Serpent that circles the map - and they can be translated as such:. Along the sides of the map are the steps that Brok and Sindri took. Using the compass directions you can trace their path along the map from square to square. Users on Reddit deciphered the path and user Khanys found the golden circle on Muspelheim Tower Which you can get to by crossing behind the Statue of Thor on Lookout Tower. To obtain the treasure, stand on the circle on Muspelheim Tower and look don't zoom in at the following points while moving the camera quickly between points:. Doing this correctly, you'll hear gongs, and a Realm Tear will appear before you - allowing you to collect the Forbidden Grip of the Ages - an upgradable Legendary Axe Pommel that grants 8 Strength and 6 to all other Stats, and adds a concussive wave after a light attack combo! You can get an unlimited number of XP points by using the shield parry and loading checkpoint trick as shown in video:. Then goto a different beach location around the lake that has enemies on the beach and get the final task done to get your XP. Then reload your last checkpoint that will start on the beach when you first arrived and do the task and repeat repeat repeat. Dont worry this wont make the game super easy. Change Status. This page contains known cheats and or secrets that you can find or enable in God of War. Now look to the left brazier and back to Tyr's Temple. Look to the right brazier and back to the left brazier. Having just looked to the left brazier, now look back straight ahead to Tyr's Temple again. Now look down to the floor then look up to the right brazier and then back to the left brazier, and finally look back to Tyr's Temple to reveal the forgotten treasure. Was this guide helpful? Leave feedback. In This Wiki Guide. God of War Santa Monica Studio. Apr 20, ESRB: Mature. PC PlayStation 4. Nick Fury Samuel L. Codename Red is set in feudal Japan, a historical period frequently requested by fans. In this brief trailer, a Shinobi is seen jumping onto a pitched roof and then unsheathing their hidden blade.

[trsrina]

hello darling !! how's it going? i hope everything is okay ^^

can I request a fluff k x reader drabble? as a representative of the k biased community, we need more k content on this app !! >:[

HI OFC THANK YOU FOR REQUESTING and yes everything is alright i hope you’re doing fine too anon <33 💗

PET SHOP &TEAM K

written in second person pov, gender neutral reader, fluff, established relationship, word count : 330 warning!! none, please let me know if there’s any

you were currently on a date, leaving from the restaurant you just had lunch at, passing by a pet store and of course, you as an animal lover had to stop and look.

k was smitten by you, in love with you and the immediate smile that appeared on your face once you saw the adorable animals.

k was smitten by you, in love with you and the immediate smile that appeared on your face once you saw the adorable animals.

“oh, she’s so adorable, i want her,” demandingly pointing at the window like a child asking their mother to buy them a toy, you looked at k with your best puppy eyes, some part of you was serious about it while another part of you was joking around, but how could k refuse?

“okay then, let’s take a look inside,” k caved and agreed with you, gently holding your hand and entering the cozy little pet shop, ring, the little bell above the entrance door rang, signifying your entrance.

sooner or later, you and k found yourselves on the floor of the pet shop, you holding a cat toy and playing with the kitten that brought you here with k staring at you, looking head over heels for you.

“so, are we gonna get her?” k asked. you were surprised, “wait, we can actually get her?” “yeah, anything for my love, and i have experience from taking care of cats from my childhood, i think we can take good care of her.”

“oh my god, of course we are getting her, i love you,” you hug k with the little kitten you’ve already named ‘khanie’ crawling into your lap, joining in your hug.

if anyone told you that you would end your date with k with a new member in your family, you’d laugh in their faces.

welcome khanie, your beloved cat child, to the kyn family.

idk what i wrote but yeah hope you enjoyed this 😭😭 also do not buy pets from pet stores that impulsively, please be a responsible owner this is just fiction 😳

[simdertalia]

Witchy Potions

Witchy potions (and ingredients!) I recolored these for my own game, so I added some more swatches and I’m sharing them with you 😊 💜

No mesh needed (thank you for your lovely TOU, @sanoysims!) and is a recolor of their Bath Salts bottles from the Orama Bathroom set, which you can find HERE.

Sims 4, base game compatible.

13 swatches. Found in clutter and misc. decorations and bathroom accents. 1 Simoleon.

To find quickly, type “witchy potions” into the search query in buy/build mode. If you’re like me and have a lot of CC in your game, an easy way to find things is to search for the title of the item you’re looking for.

📁 Download my recolor <HERE>

📁 Alternate download <HERE>

*Thank you to all the creators who allow others to recolor and even include their meshes ❤️

If you’d like a Foxglove plant to plop in your witch’s garden to match the ingredient bottle, there is an absolutely gorgeous one by Khanysims in a set called “Summer Fun” HERE. (Click here for images) I originally came across the item after scouring for months, looking for witchy-type plants. I found the set linked somewhere, but that Khany’s website is no longer up. Thankfully the community did preserve much of their CC.

As always, please let me know if you have any issues! Enjoy and Happy Simming!

[tribbetherium]

The Late Therocene: 75 million years post-establishment

Welcome to the Jungle: Tropical Forests of Lacero

While North Ecatoria has broken off from the Ecatorian mainland in the Late Therocene, another landmass has split off this time from the southeastern side of Ecatoria: the continent of Lacero. This small continent is primarily tropical rainforest: its trees are mostly those of citrus and stonefruit, as usual, while grasses and cloverferns grow all across the forest floor. Some cloverferns have converged with vines, climbing up trees in a race for sunlight, while certain grasses evolved to become similar to bromeliads: sprouting on the trunks and branches of trees with gaudy colors that complete the look of a wild and wonderful jungle landscape. Like the animals, the plants here compete fiercely in the struggle to survive: the trees develop partnerships with the plants that grow on them, be it parasitic, commensal, or even mutualistic.

This lush tropical jungle is home to thousands of different species, living in different levels and regions of the forest. Down below on the forest floor, different herbivores thrive, feeding on low-growing plants, roots and fungi, as well as fallen seeds and fruit. Bumbaruskas (Bumbaceros tetrodon), small grazers of relation to the carnivorous beelzeboars, forage here on the damp ground, while small basal hamtelopes like the llamlings (Longicollimys spp.) and ledonkes (Asinomimomys spp.) rummage about in the low-lying vegetation, grazing and browsing on whatever plants are in their reach.

Smaller carnivores also make a living in the forest floor, where they take advantage of the variety of herbivores present here. Some are part-time predators, such as the grizzlets (Nanoursulus minimus), a very small basal hamyena, and the only other one still extant aside from its bigger cousins in North Ecatoria, that has adapted to a diet of insects, fruits and fungi but will take on young bumbaruskas or hamtelopes if it can. Others are strict carnivores that go after larger game: the tattooed warhound (Guerrocyon khani) is the largest of the ground predators, and typically hunts in pairs, their favored targets being hamtelopes but as a team fully capable of taking an adult male bumbaruska head-on.

Higher up in the canopy, ratbats of a wide assortment of species take residence, with some, such as brown ratbats (Musculonyctus spp.) being small swift-like insectivores, while others, such as firebats (Pyronyctus spp.) and battacans (Erythrocephalonyctus spp.) being fruit-eaters and thus important seed dispersers. Like the walkabies, their diet of colorful fruit came hand-in-hand with improved color vision, and in turn gaudier display colors used to communicate and attract mates.

But the treetops of the Laceroan forests are dominated by the lemunkies: a group of primate-like hamsters descended from the arboreal squizzels. They too have developed color vision and impressive coloration, such as the rainbow squimian (Spectrosimius bahagri) and the painted rafreeki (Notodril papioides), two species with brightly-colored, larger males that display to harems of females with their noisy territorial displays and colorful bodies, with pigments obtained from their food and thus bright colors signify a strong and well-fed potential mate for any prospective female. Other lemunkies, such as the gronke (Primatocricetus spp.) use their coloration more on camouflage, blending in with the branches and trees with its distinctive patterns of browns, yellows and pale greens.

While most lemunkies are social, active, colorful and intelligent, there is one unusual outlier in this family of the bright and brilliant: the slow-moving, leaf-eating koanda (Melanonasus ailuropoides). Slow-moving, nocturnal and very lethargic in its movements, this species is notable for its diet of tough, toxic leaves that offer very little nutrition. To cope, it greatly reduced its caloric needs and metabolism by sacrificing its most energy-hungry organ of all: its brain. It may seem counterintuitive for a creature to evolve to be incredibly dim-witted, especially in sharp contrast to its clever cousins, but evolution doesn't always succeed with the strongest, fastest or smartest, making animals "better": the koanda's foul diet is one it has no competition for, as nothing else eats the stuff, and also is the source of toxins that give the koanda a terrible smell and thus unappealing and malodorous to predators.

Intelligence, sociability or being just plain smelly benefits the lemunkies well in the treetops of Lacero, as a predator like no other hunts in the canopy above: the tigerillas (Pantheropithecus spp.). Descended from the treegers, this 200-pound predator is a tree-dwelling specialist adapted for hunting lemunkies, with a bizarre mixture of features seemingly combining those from big cats, apes and the Madagascan fossa alike. Grasping paws on both front and hind limbs allow it to scale up trees with little effort, chasing its prey onto precarious branches, while poweful jaws can seize its prey even midair as they try to leap to safety. Its long prehensile fingers leave the tigerilla unable to retract its claws, and as such on the ground it walks on its heels and knuckles to avoid blunting its weaponry, and furthering its convergent, uncanny resemblance to an ape-- at least at first glance.

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[ba-mi-soro-orisha]

when youre done recovering id love to hear your thoughts on the book(even if the post ends up being almost as long lmao)

Buckle up, y’all, cause this is going DEEP INTO SPOILERS. This is my no-holds-barred take on Children of Virtue and Vengeance!

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If you read any further past this, CoVaV is gonna be majorly spoiled for you. This is your last warning.

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Okay, I gotta open with a minor - but really the only - critique I had about CVV: we know Tomi was rushed in finishing the book in time for the third pushed back date, and the book kinda reads like it. Book 1, I felt like we got a lot more detail and getting to know characters and buildup of the plot. Book 2, it felt like we were just rushing to get through all the action planned. There wasn’t very much in between downtime, which resulted in not only a kinda rushed book with way more plot than pages, but also a very emotionally devastating book. 

Which leads me to: I feel like the central theme of CoBaB was more “hope”, while in CoVaV it was straight up “conflict”. And there was no recovery time. Even the precious few hopeful times that were in the book, I didn’t really have time to process or chill or cope. I always knew something worse was coming, which is what made this such a raw read. I do think the book could have benefited from giving us a little more hope. Like three-quarters of the way through, I had to keep thinking back to CBB and how I felt reading it and hoping there would be more hopeful and optimistic feelings in book 3. I couldn’t put the book down, but as a result, I pretty much just sobbed through the last fourth (at least) of the book, finished the book, sat in shock, and then went to bed. This book literally exhausted me. What a godsdamned ride.

I completely get why the book was like this, even if it wasn’t as a result of being rushed, but I feel a little more for the readers to balance it out helps us survive, lol.

That aside, there was SO MUCH in this book, I have SO MANY feelings!!!

Firstly, the worldbuilding was GREAT. I loved the new insight we got on magic. I totally didn’t realize frm book 1 that tîtans and maji were different and used magic differently for the most part.

With the direction of the ending, I’m not sure Tomi will go in this direction, but I’d like to know more about these differences. Why is it that chants can work for tîtans but maji can only use magic through chants? Is it just most effective? Will we discover they can use raw magic in book 3? I HAVE QUESTIONS.

Learning about the maji clan setups was also really interesting, but I have to admit it threw me for a bit of a loop referring to the leaders as elders and then they were all children. xP

Also, I’m really glad Tomi listened and gave us queer characters. I love Nâo and Khani. Powerful leader girlfriends? HELL YEAH.

I think this book made it really clear that Zélie x Amari is not end game and will not happen. I know a lot of people were/still are hopeful for that, but I think there’s just too much set up that says otherwise. They love each other, but imo they firmly think of each other as family. I’m going to put my stock in our canon queer couple and support them 10,000%.

Next big one: FUCKING HELL INAN STILL BEING ALIVE, I AM REALLY NOT HAPPY. I didn’t check out the chapters in the table of contents, so I didn’t have the forewaring to see that Inan was getting perspective chapters again, so it took my by quite a bit of surprise. A lot of you called that Inan would still be alive, but I honestly so prefer “dead means dead” in stories (otherwise, I find deaths are used too much for shock value and it just devalues the overall story and plot) that I had myself convinced he really was dead. He got a convincing death scene. Listen, if you kill off a character, I am going to grieve them. It is not going to be the same if you bring them back. I will have completely detached feelings for them and have to form a whole new relationship and perspective on them, and I am always going to keep them at a distanced because they were dead, I saw it happen, and there is no going back.

But no. BAM! He’s not only alive but Zélie is the one to wake him from his connector coma. Not happy. I really feel that Inan’s story played out in CoBaB. It’s interesting that I’ve seen some real anti-Inan folk feeling more sympathy for Inan in this book, while I’ve talked about feeling that Inan was a really compelling villain in book 1, but I’ve got much more negative feelings towards him throughout book 2.  (And also why the hell should Inan get to come back but all these little maji kids - Zulaikha and Mazeli, c’mon - die and die for real??? It feels very cheap and very shock value to me. I don’t know if it was like some statement on privilege or Tomi just didn’t want to be done with Inan, but yeah.)

Honestly, the way Inan and Amari think in this book is so similar, and I found it so fucking conceited and narrow-minded. My view on both of them went down in this book. They just kept talking about how they have to be so selfish and they’re the only ones who can see things for how they are and how damn much they sacrifice and how tired they are because it’s up to them to sacrifice everything. Like!!! GUYS. No.

From the beginning when the CVV summary was released, I was wary of the plot focusing on Amari leading the people. It’s one of those things like: the system is not broken. It’s functioning exactly as it intends to. The monarchy has evolved to uphold a class system where diviners and maji are at the bottom. That’s what it wants to be doing. Can you really effectively change the system by accepting the system as your basis for change? Maybe it’s time to deconstruct the system and build something better. Not just put a royal back on the throne and think that’s gonna go smoothly.

And that’s exactly what happened here. They tried to use the system to buck the system and everything collapsed around them.

But I’m getting a little off topic - fixing a system of bigotry and oppression that your people built is not a sacrifice. You are still in the position of power here.

And Inan’s little bit where he thinks he’s so good and pure and better than his father because he offers the maji a place in society if they bend to his rules and follow him when the other option is that he will murder them had me wanting to tear my hair out. “Follow me or perish” is not a compromise. It’s not improvement. It’s literally a threat. And then when the maji don’t take this offer, Inan takes this as a sign that his mother was right and they can’t trust the maji to make the right decisions!?!?

Ugh. I was just done. I know all the factors of why I originally had sympathy for Inan are still there, and they largely control how he acts and thinks in CVV. (What he really needs for character growth and development is to be away from toxic influences and given time to grieve and work on figuring himself out. Not thrust into a position of power with his mother holding all the strings.) So, for me, Inan’s character really hit a wall, always getting stuck in the same patterns. And so now I feel less sympathy for him and find his story less compelling.

I honestly found Inan’s cousin, Ojore, really interesting. I think it could have been a really compelling story if somehow Ojore was allowed to take up the throne. WIth his background, being there in the burner attack that killed Saran’s father, he had a lot of backstory that we could have explored. And Tomi still could have revealed that it was Nehanda that manipulated things and let the burners in to encourage the war and the genocide against maji. Without Inan, we could have really gotten to explore how Ojore would react to that while on the throne. He could have potentially gone through the character development that Inan will never really get to see. Instead of him being killed pretty much immediately after he learns the truth behind his family’s death and the attack on him.

That being said, I do respect Inan’s decision to give up his position in the end. I think the whole “I’ll let your murder me” and Zélie apparently going to go through this was a little… contrived. But at least Inan did pull it out in the end. It will be interesting to see how these last moments between Inan and Zélie come into play in the next book. I’m assuming either Inan has been taken with the rest or will mount a rescue to go after them, so you know we’re going to get more on how this relationship develops. 

(I think with Tzain done with Amari right now, Amari and Inan trying to navigate a new siblingship with each other will be a more interesting relationship than Inan x Zélie, and I would look forward to getting to see these sibs talk and get to actually be there for each other like they never have before.)

And since I just went through Inan, let’s go ahead and talk about Amari.

Oh, Amari.

Amari, Amari, Amari.

GIRL. Why did it take you this entire book to realize that making decisions based off of what your father would have done was the wrong damn thing to do!?!?!? Omg, we all knew that was gonna crash and burn on you. The entire purpose of overthrowing your father’s rule was to not do things his way because his way was cruel and malicious. smdh

I was still rooting for Amari throughout the book. I am still rooting for Amari, but damn. She sure did try to make it hard doing things like going back on promises right after she made them (forcing Zélie to teach her chants that didn’t belong to her and then immediately using them on a maji) and acting like she new better than all the maji (I agree that just wanting to kill all the nobles and other peoples wasn’t a feasible plan, but GIRL. These are a traumatized, hunted people. They’re going to be angry, especially right in the thick of a war. Strongarming your way into a position of power over them is not going to make them feel any better about you or bring about peace. It’s just going to show them that they cannot trust you). And her move at the end? Sacrificing Zélie and all those people in that village? Being willing to murder them all? … If killing her father fucked her up, what’s this going to do? I still have faith in her. I want her to come back from this. But she’s going to have to majorly confront her own feelings and actions and work very hard to come back from this. Though, I have a feeling that she’ll mostly get forgiven in the next book because bigger and worse things will happen and they’ll have to come together, regardless of how they feel about each other.

Amari’s realization in the end when she decides she doesn’t have to kill her mother (uh… was I the only one expecting some sort of Avatar moment like when Aang took away Ozai’s bending? Like… Nehanda is still a threat… this part of the story can’t just be over) and that killing her father just fucked her up kinda made me feel ashamed for feeling so proud of her when she did kill Saran in CBB. Like, it was just such a powerful moment, and I think too many (simple “good vs evil”) stories fall prey to poor and simplistic messages like “killing in self-defense is evil and makes the good people as bad as the villains”. But it’s just been weighing on Amari this whole time and fucking her up, and now I feel bad. =(

Speaking of Amari feeling bad, though: Ramaya. The connector Amari beat for connector elder.

I hope either Inan was taken with everybody else or Amari will connect with him via their connector-sibling connection. It seems incredibly likely that Ramaya is stuck in her dreamscape similarly to how Inan was stuck in his before Zélie somehow entered it and woke him. Considering they were constantly saying Ramaya was their best soldier, it seems like it would also come in handy to wake Ramaya and be able to utilize her skills to help rescue the kidnapped crew. Like, this HAS to come up at some point, doesn’t it? She can’t just be forgotten in a coma. Did anybody stay behind to take care of her when they marched on the capitol? D|

Other relationships!

Fuck, I fell so hard for Roën in this book. He’s just so endearing. And it seems like it was really only Roën that was able to keep Zélie grounded and moving forward in this book. I didn’t really support Roën and Zélie getting together in book 1, but book 2 absolutely made me support the ship.

However, I think Roën’s actions at the end of the book are a very good insight into the types of things that Roën is capable of. I don’t know if this is endgame for Tomi, but after Zélie’s constant struggle of just wanting to leave and be free and start over in this book and how her rage towards Inan consumed her and caused her to make some short-sighted mistakes (promising she’d protect Mazeli at the temple, then Ojore almost killing him while she tussled with Inan), I just don’t know that this is a particularly healthy relationship. The bit where Roën takes her out to see and they get a ride from a whale? Absolutely adorable. Just what Zélie (and I suspect Roën) needed. But long-term? I have a feeling that Roën is going to have to let more of that mercenary self of his out, and it’s going to scare and wear on Zélie, and erode their relationship. I think this is one of those relationships that is good in the short-term but isn’t long-term sustainable.

Speaking of long-term - I know Tzain is absolutely done with Amari right now, but I think he’s overall shown a great capacity for forgiveness, and I do think Tzain and Amari are endgame for Tomi. I don’t think this break between them is permanent. 

But you know who we really need to talk about?

MAMA AGBA

What a heartbreaking arc. You know she had to sever the tie between Mazeli and Zélie to save Zélie’s life. I so wish she had gotten more time with Zélie for them to reform their trust and love for one another. I absolutely wouldn’t have been able to survive the maji elders sacrificing Amari to complete the linking ritual, but I can’t believe they really did sacrifice Mama Agba like that. She was really the only guidance these poor kids had. I can’t believe they really sacrificed her.

RIP Mama Agba. I hope you’re helping to look after Mazeli. 3

Now, for that damn epilogue.

I don’t know if I can take the next book. I don’t know how Tomi’s gonna make it through the next book.

Getting gassed and waking up on an eerie ship with the other elders? Anybody else get the feeling that Tomi is going to dive into a trans atlantic slave trade parallel? I hope I’m just being paranoid here (hey, the book seriously played with my emotions; I have no idea where I’m at anymore). What were y’alls takeaways from that part?

Predictions!

- Harum obviously has something to do with all the elders being taken and them being on a boat now, right? Tomi was totally setting him up as an antagonist and he got very little antag action in this book. He’s got to have something to do with this.

- This was always intended to be a trilogy, but I have to wonder if this isn’t going to end up turning into a couple more books than intended. There was so much to go over in book 2 and then the twist of an epilogue. They’re not even getting to rebuild yet. It just feels like Tomi has so much more planned it can’t possibly be wrapped up in just one more book.

- I feel like something’s gotta happen to sever or dampen the connection the elders (and Roën and Tzain) have with each other. After how powerful they were in the end, Tomi’s gotta counter that somehow. I just don’t know if she’s gonna dampen the powers or pull out an even BIGGER bad than Nehanda was.

- Obviously “Children of Gods” has to do with the title of book 3. If it’s not just Children of Gods, I predict: Children of Gods and Ghosts.

Ending Thoughts

CVV was well worth the wait and lived up to the hype, but if we don’t get some hope and optimism in the next book, I don’t know what I’m going to do. I need these poor kids to get some semblance of a happy ending. They’ve been through so much.

[whileiamdying]

The Mirror

BY DEREK ELLEY AUGUST 31, 1997 12:00AM PT

On the bus, she silently observes the life around her: an old widow moaning about young people’s manners, a young man and woman eyeing each other across the crowd, musicians busking for money. But when she reaches the bus terminus (the first leg of her journey), she finds it’s the wrong one — she’s gone in the opposite direction. After some panicking, a friendly driver puts her on another bus.

It’s here, at the 40-minute mark, that the movie springs its main surprise. Off camera, Panahi’s voice says, “Mina, don’t look at the camera!” and, in a sudden huff, the girl pulls off her cast, cries, “I don’t want to make this film anymore!” and climbs off the bus. A whole new movie now begins as Panahi and his crew, observed by a grainier 16mm camera, unsuccessfully try to persuade her back and finally decide to follow and film her secretly (from the point of view of the original 35mm camera) as Mina, playing “herself” and still wearing a radio mike, also tries to find her way home.

Just at the point where pic was starting to show stretch marks, this cinematic concept revitalizes the action. Initial scenes, as the crew trails and sometime loses her in the capital’s crowded streets, are genuinely fascinating. But scenes like one in which Mina bumps into the actress who played the widow — who says she was paid money to act like a grouch — are too few and far between: Having set up a scenario that would give even Brecht a nervous breakdown (the audience is, after all, still watching a movie), Panahi fails to develop the idea in any constructive way. The final scenes, after Mina has reached home, especially drag.

Aside from the running joke about all of Tehran’s streets looking the same, pic basically settles into a series of meetings between Mina and friendly cab drivers and passersby. There’s none of the intellectual follow-through that has driven other Iranian movies of a similar film/reality bent, such as Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s “A Moment of Innocence” or several of Kiarostami’s pics. As “The White Balloon” sometimes showed, Panahi’s weakness is still on the scripting side.

Still, as a sheer technical tour de force the film rates highly. There’s a clever feel of real time, of being shot in a single day, that is a tribute to Farzad Jadat’s good-looking lensing, the skillfully edited soundtrack and Panahi’s own cutting, especially in the myriad scenes where traffic obscures the action and the city seems to become one huge, heaving mass of humanity, autos and identical streets. Khani, too, is aces as the kid: Though her voice sounds like fingernails across a blackboard, she’s a tireless ball of feisty energy who manages to keep the movie afloat even when it has basically run out of ideas.

The Mirror

Iranian

PRODUCTION: A Rooz Film production. (International sales: Celluloid Dreams, Paris.) Produced by Jafar Panahi, Vahid Nikkhah-Azzad. Directed, written by Jafar Panahi

CREW: Camera (color), Farzad Jadat; editor, Panahi; sound, Yadollah Najafi, M. Delpak. Reviewed at Locarno Film Festival (competing), Aug. 9, 1997. (Also in Montreal festival.) Running time: 93 MIN.

WITH: Mina Mohammad Khani, Kadem Mojdehi

[salmankhanholics]

★ Saiee Manjrekar: I am surprised Salman Khan sir found simple, sweet Khushi in me!

Dec 14, 2019

Saiee Manjrekar, who plays actor’s leading lady in third instalment of Dabangg, reveals she’s a little monster at home; also recalls how he’d given her tiramisu on a flight After launching Sonakshi Sinha in the 2010 cop-drama, Dabangg, Salman Khanis now set to introduce another fresh face in the third instalment of the franchise, Saiee, daughter of actorfi lmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar. The newbie admits it’s a big deal for her to do her first film opposite the actor.

“I have always been a huge fan of Salman sir, so this is special,” she smiles.

Saiee has always wanted to be an actor and her theatre background has given her the confidence to face the camera. “I opened up as a person and shed my inhibitions,” she informs, adding that last March, she confided in mom Medha that she wanted to act. “Coincidentally, a month later, I learnt that I was being considered for Dabangg 3 and started prepping for the screen test.” A prequel, the film juggles between the past and present, showcasing the metamorphoses of Chulbul Pandey into a Robin Hood cop. Saiee plays Khushi, the girl Chulbul is in love with, early in his life. “I’m surprised Salman sir saw sweet, simple Khushi in me because at home, I’m a little monster,” she giggles. A few months after the screen and look tests, the 21-year-old heard from Salman. “He knew how excited I was and told me with a straight face, ‘You’re doing the film.’ For a while, it didn’t sink in. Then, when I went to his place, where Prabhu sir (director Prabhudheva) and the rest of the team was gathered, Salman sir introduced me, saying, ‘Yeh dekho, Dabangg ki heroine aa gayee'.” It felt surreal to be called that,” Saiee reminisces. All through the making of the film, buzz was, Saiee’s elder sister, Ashwami, was the chosen one. She informs that her sister is a chef and has no interest in acting. “I remember, her Instagram was flooded with messages till July 16, when an article cleared the air about the film being my launch pad,” she smiles, taken aback when told that the said article appeared in Mirror. While Ashwami is not on the scene, the film has Saiee’s real life parents, Mahesh and Medha, playing parents to Sonakshi Sinha’s Rajjo. She also got to share the frame with her parents and describes the experience as magical, saying, “I can’t explain in words how emotional it felt shooting with them.” The cop-drama also features Sudeep, a big name in Kannada films, as the antagonist, and marks the return of Dimple Kapadia, who played Chulbul’s mother in the original. “Imagine working with all these personalities in my debut! I couldn’t have asked for a better start,” Saiee exults, saying the story telling makes this film unique. “It will be a nostalgic journey for all Dabanggfans. The prequel fits perfectly into the first and second part,” she promises. Years ago, while travelling with her dad to Punjab for the shoot of Salman’s Bodyguard, she was hungry and throwing tantrums in the plane as she didn’t want the usual chocolates and biscuits, but a nice dessert. “Suddenly, Salman sir, who was seated next to me, asked, ‘Do you want tiramisu?’ I’d always loved him as an actor and a person, but he also became my favourite person because he gave me tiramisu on a flight,” she beams at the memory. So, what’s next? “Honestly, I haven’t thought of anything yet. I trust my parents and Salman sir blindly; they know what’s the best for me. I know I’d love to act in a film directed by my father,” she ends, flashing another of those smiles which must have wooed her leading man.

[kiahbenson]

Why do people from different cultures misunderstand each other?

Misunderstanding one another is something that everyone can relate to. It happens at school, at home, at work, and can lead to some pretty awkward situations. On a broader scale, if we look at the root cause of many of the stories that make headlines today, we would see that it was likely caused by some sort of misunderstanding. As stated in the textbook Intercultural Communication in Context, “Intercultural conflicts are often caused by differences in value orientations. For example, some people feel strongly that it is important to consider how things were done in the past. For them, history and tradition help provide guidance. Values often conflict among participants in international assistance projects in which future-oriented individuals show a lack of respect for traditional ways of doing things” (pg.95). This was studied by social psychologist Geert Hofstede. He identifies six different cultural dimensions that influence the values and behavior of the members of different cultures. This theory shows that it is important to understand the manner in which different things are viewed in different cultures. Cultural sensitivity and valuing people’s differences is crucial because people from different cultures misunderstand each other when they are raised with different cultural values. 

Another reason people from different cultures misunderstand each other is because of how the media affects one’s perception. The video A World Without Strangers, produced by Hamid Khani and Kelly Briley, interviews girls of a similar age group, but who live in different parts of the world. The video shows that there is a barrier of understanding between the girls based on where they live and what culture they belong to. After being able to have a glimpse into the lives of each of the girls that were interviewed, their biased assumptions were changed. At the end of the experiment, the girls realized that what the media showed them of each other and what was actually the truth was not always the same. One girl, Thahn, summed this up by saying, “It really brought it into this huge perspective...that we are all essentially searching for the same thing...for love and for trust and for individuality” (Briley).

Citations:

A World Without Strangers. Dir. Kelly Briley and Hamid Khani. Prod. Hamid Khani and Kelly Briley. Berkeley Media, 2007. Alexander Street Database. Web. https://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C3236568

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXTS. 7th ed., MCGRAW-HILL, 2019.

[keyhq]

                                                   PLOT DROP THREE. THE CITY.

WHEN: July 25th, 2003 (alternate) 

WHERE: 14th Precinct, Grimm City, MA. 

You are a detective at the 14th Precinct of Grimm City, Massachusetts. Something strange is happening in the city tonight, the phones have been ringing off the hook reporting multiple attacks. The spike in violence is completely unexpected, and to make things worse the power in the city seems to be fluctuating with multiple outages. The streets are parked up with abandoned cars and the chatter over the radio is overwhelming. 

You and a few uniformed officers are having trouble keeping track of everything that needs to be done. But your Captain has called the group of you into his office for an emergency debriefing. He’s told the group of you that the 22nd precinct is severely understaffed tonight and is being overrun by calls. The precinct is only a twenty minute walk away, and with the roads too blocked to drive you’ll have to go there on foot. 

You have been advised to carry your issued firearm and stay vigilant. Apparently, there are people out there randomly lunging at passersby and attempting to bite them. A few people have already been reported dead due to blood loss. 

Officer GREYSON and officer YANG have been tasked with keeping their weapons at the ready and escorting the rest of the team through the city during the power outage. It is there job to make sure none of the violent citizens of the city attack the team. The streets are currently flooded with people trying to make their way out of the city and across the bridges safely. Although, they have some difference in opinion on how to deal with any potential violence. Defense or offense is the question on a night like tonight. 

Officer LITTLE and officer STERN are more concerned with the question of how to get to the 22nd Precinct. Even though it’s a short walk, they would still be exposed on the dark city streets. Even though the streets are parked up with cars, there’s still a chance that a squad car could be woven through if done with enough finesse. It would mean added protection from potential attackers, but might not be possible and slow down the team unnecessarily. 

The first encounter happens to detective LOVELACE and detective CALDWELL. A young woman sprints past the group, fear in her eyes and blood dripping down her arm from her shoulder. She does a double take as she sees the unformed officers, as if she’s wondering whether to go to them for protection. But instead she breathlessly says ‘My mom - she’s -’ and points back the way she came. As the officers turn to look they see an older woman, shambling forward with surprising quickness. There is blood dripping from her mouth and her eyes are blank yet feral. She lunges towards them, teeth forward. 

Detective KӦHLER and Detective KHANI are the first to be attacked. While trailing behind the rest, a man in a torn suit jumps from an alleyway and sinks his teeth into Vanka’s wrist. Fortunately, officer YANG is able to fire a warning shot at the man, and then another shot to clip the attacker in the shoulder. The man recoils and stumbles away, leaving the team in shock. Vanka assures the team she is fine but Adazeh is concerned. 

They need to get the 22nd Precinct and quickly. It seems that the deeper they get into downtown, the more concentrated the hysteria gets. Walking through the dark, exposed, if they don’t get moving more and more people could get bitten. 

THE OBJECTIVE: Follow the chief’s orders and get to the 22nd Precinct. 

IN CHARACTER TIMEFRAME: Four hours. 

OUT OF CHARACTER TIMEFRAME: ~Two weeks. 

[shatteredskyseries]

people of Maeovis

Elves - the most human-looking race. They can have a variety of skin colors, most ranging from a pale color to a dark tan. They have long pointed ears that can move independently of each other. (Marcus)

Ahuatl - tan or dark-skinned humanoids with pointed ears and thin tails. They are shorter than most of the other races, at about 5 feet on average.

Vityr - tall and pale-skinned humanoids with blue markings on their face, torso, and arms. They are about 6 feet on average. (Erin)

Vishi - typically pale skinned humanoids with dark hair and scales on their arms and back. Their most defining feature is their long tail. (Khani)

Kobolds - short, round-faced humanoids with pointed ears and long, thin tails. They typically have tan or dark skin. (Russet)

Sukhets - dark-skinned humanoids with long pointed ears. Typically, they have spots on their back similar to a hyena. (Kit, Teca)

Sirens - grey-skinned merfolk with tails similar to sharks or dolphins. They have the ability to gain legs when out of the water. (Atia)

Magefolk - elf-like beings with magical abilities. Many of them have scars caused by the magic they wield. (Jordan, Katherine)

[gauravp01]

#22

Fri, 11 Mar 2022, 11:24 PM

I had written a blog before midnight, yesterday, and thought I could sleep early. But I had to write another blog in the morning before going to sleep.

Then woke up at 11 with a 6 hours sleep, which is not enough for me, then felt exhausted for the rest of the day. Also visited hospital, which made me even more tired. The hospital has mixed vibes. Positive as well as negative. Have to visit again tomorrow for a test, hope everything goes fine.

Then played some badminton in the evening, but the best part of the day was the prank. Actually we were trying an unknown number prank on Goli.

I had bought a new number yesterday and wanted to share it with her. But an idea came to my mind to not directly do this. I texted her with a fake id on WhatsApp. I pretended myself as a schoolmate of her and told to Muskan about this. Aur bhai kya saath dia h Muskan ne. Shabbashhh👏💕

We were almost caught two or three times. I accidentally sent a screenshot to her, which was to be sent to Muskan. But I managed somehow.

She also blocked me, I mean that fake id, who was given the name, Ayush Singh. But I convinced her through the real Id to unblock that one.

But ultimately we were successful in the plan. Later I stopped messaging her with the fake id so that she won't get disturbed a lot, and asked her to sleep and don't worry about him (who was actually me).

We were planning to extend it, but I was feeling so bad about her. Also Rajesh was known to all this and was with us in the prank.

In the evening, I realised that we should stop it, but we had already planned to do this for another day.

I thought she would be angry on us aur m kuch bhi sh skta hu, pr yaar wo naraz ho jae ...bilkul nhi.

So finally we decided to expose our prank. So we told her that Ayush Singh is no one, but me only.

This was the whole prank we were doing on her since yesterday. It might look boring here, but I have to keep it short in the blog. But it was fun.

And yeah, Muskan kya ideas deti h tu. Very nice😂

Jo sath dia h na bhai sahab isne...mza aa gya😂 Aur fir Rajesh bhi aa gya, tb to Goli pgla hi gyi hogi😂

Pr yaar Goli sorry ha❤️ Hm bs mze le rhe the😬

Bura lgna to nhi chahie wese, bt agr lga ho to yaar Dil se sorry❤️

Aur haa sorry to tujhe bhi bolna chahie, Galiya Jo di h mujhe😂😂

Seriously, is prank k chakkar m galiya khani pdi. But thanks God, thoda hmne km km gussa dilaya, wrna Goli asli roop m aa jati to ptani kitni galiya pdti Ayush Singh ko, mtlb mujhe😂

What I was feeling during the chatting by two different identities with the same person. Omg loved it man.

I have kept the screenshots in the Google drive as a memory😂😂

All this sounds so childish. Aur pdke lgra hoga ye kya azib bachho wali hrkte h. But keep your child alive. Kbhi kbhi bachcha bnke dekho, acha lgta h. Kyuki bde hone pr aksr hm zindagi jeena bhool jate h.

Oh no...not again😂😂 Bachha hi bne rhte h, jyada gyaan nhi pelte h, aur ab so jate h, kyuki subh jldi bhi uthna h.

GOOD NIGHT ✨