#Kali Master Class

[valenentinaforeverfriend]

Life & Death

Protectors of Heaven, Earth, Hell

And everything in between

Masters of science and space

Creators of animals, plants and humans

Clairvoyants, Story Tellers and Prophets

Teachers of Faith

Come follow us through this gateway

These doors leading to paradise

So much love and beauty

Awaits

Hither

With Speed

[nightlark100]

Alpha Pack vs Hale Pack: Haywire Hamsters

This part is dedicated to @endfrost12 who came up with Erica's involvement. I'm also putting together a master thread with all the parts of this mini series in the right order

Stiles: SCOTT SCOTT SCOTT!

Scott: What Stiles?

Stiles: I did a thing. A bad thing. Maybe. Probably. And i need you to keep Derek from eating me when he finds out!

Scott: What did you do...?

*Stiles pulls a small blonde hamster from his bag*

Scott: Wha...?

Stiles: See?!

Scott: I'm confused.

*Isaac wanders over*

Isaac: Hey, have either of you seen Erica this morning? She was supposed to meet me before class to get coffee

Scott: No, I...

*Scott trails off, his eyes widening as he looks at the hamster in Stiles' hands*

Scott: Oh god... I... i need to go. Right now.

*He all but sprints away. Isaac raises an eyebrow and looks over at Stiles*

Isaac: What's with him?

Stiles: He thinks I turned Erica into a hamster

Isaac: Huh. That's dumb.

Stiles: Yep.

Isaac: So where is she really?

Stiles: With Peter. They're shopping. And I had to agree to let her have a girls night with me at the weekend. She's going to paint my nails.

*Stiles safely stows away the hamster*

Stiles: Do you think I could get Kali to agree to come?

[cissyenthusiast010155]

Collaring Kink with Clarissa Dovey ~Kinktober 2023

Happy October 13th!!! We have a Collaring Kink on the docket for this day. And it’s with the one and only, Clarissa Dovey. Hope you Enjoy!! 🤍🎃🧙🏽

Previous Day <—found here!

Kinktober 2023 <—Here!!

Mommy… Master List

Requests & Prompt-List

Warnings: NSFW, implied smut, collaring kink, sexual ownership, teasing, collars/collaring, pet names, implied future smut, etc…

Enjoy (;

“I got you something, sweet girl…” Clarissa mischievously cooed, hiding something behind her back from you.

Your eyes lit up and you bit your lip in anticipation. You responded to the woman with an eager nod.

“Close your eyes for me” the brunette instructed you.

You nodded and closed your eyes for the woman. You then heard a rustling followed by feeling her hands coming around your neck. Your breath hitched as you felt a cool band being secured around your neck. Once Clarissa had attached the jewelry piece, she retracted her hands.

“Alright, Open.” She told you.

You obeyed and opened your eyes. You walked over to the brunettes vanity and mirror, and your eyes strained themselves on the necklace like collar that the woman had put on you. You gulped and blushed at the piece.

“So… What do you think…?” Clarissa asked in anticipation, clasping her hands together.

The collar was modern and could pass as just a regular, spiced up necklace. It was simple and elegant. But still had that signature clasp and lock in its center. You turned around to face the dean.

“I love it…” you breathed out with a smile and a blush.

Clarissa smiled bright and brilliantly, very happy with your answer. She clapped her hands together in excitement.

“Excellent!! You’ll wear it all the time, except in water and bed of course.” The brunette exclaimed excitingly.

Your eyes widened lightly at the prospect but you nodded in agreement with the woman. Your blush increased about tenfold at her words though… The prospect of having people see your collar, see that she owned you… It made your stomache flutter and your core ache.

It was like Clarissa could read your mind, or at least your face and body language… She came over to you, cupping your cheek affectionately.

“Can you imagine…? You walking around, wearing that collar all the time…” the brunette hummed toyingly.

You gulped and nodded breathlessly.

“Everyone looking… gawking…” she continued, “Everyone knowing you’re mine…”

The idea made your race, made you all clammy, made you wetter by the second… You bit your lip, looking down as your face was now a tomato red. But Clarissa was quick to grab your chin and redirect your head back up to meet her gaze.

“Hey. It’s nothing to be embarrassed about” the woman comforted in a husky tone of voice, “Be proud of who you are. Be proud of you belong to…”

That tone always sent shivers down your spine… And her words combined with the eye contact only made you more aware of your growing neediness and ache in your body. You slowly nodded in recognition of the brunette’s words.

“Good...!” Clarissa lightly exclaimed, satisfied with your response, “Now hurry off to your classroom. Our first classes start in 10 minutes. And we wouldn’t want the school’s favorite, new teacher to be late…” she lightly teased.

You blushed lightly again and nodded.

“Thank you for the gift, Ma’am” you whimpered.

“Of course, Dear. Now hurry along.”

“Yes Ma’am” you said, before leaving Clarissa’s private quarters and heading down the corridors and into your classroom, while adorning your new collar.

~~~

Next Day <—Degradation Kink!!

Clarissa Dovey Masterlist

Kinktober 2023 Masterlist

[destielomegaversebigbang]

Dance Me To The End of Love

Posting September 23, 2024

Fic by blackhorsedances

Art by TwinOne

Rating: Explicit

Summary:

So what if Dean Winchester is a male Omega? He’s as big as most Alphas, as fast as most Alphas, and he’s a seasoned fighter. He can take his Alpha friend Benny in four out of five practice matches. But the stupid UWFC (Ultimate Were Fighting Championship) rules state that fighters have to compete not only in their weight class, but also within their primary and subgender.

That’s just genderist, Dean says to anyone who will listen, and Benny mostly agrees.

And Dean works hard Monday through Friday as a teacher at a progressive Charter School, the Zevon Academy, helping young weres of all designations to understand not only English and Literature, but also were biology and Healthy Were Sexuality.

He’s got a great life. He’s got friends. He’s got the occasional Omega or Beta hook-up or heck, even the occasional Alpha female. Dean doesn’t date Alpha males. But life is good, right?

Why can’t an Alpha male be a ballet dancer and a musician? Yes, Cas is not as big or tall as a lot of Alphas, and he’s certainly not aggressive. He had enough of that growing up, thank you, and decided he’s above that.

It’s just a terrible shame that a freak accident and questionable medical treatment ended his career, and then accusations of sexual harassment of an Omega male ended his second career.

But thanks to Gabe, he has a brand new job as a teacher in the Performing Arts track at a school called the Zevon Academy, teaching dance. There are sure to be some Beta males at the school that he can befriend, or date. After all, Omegas are out of the question. But his life is good, right?

Tags: Castiel Novak/Dean Winchester; mention of Charlie Bradbury/Meg Masters and Gabriel Novak/Kali; AU. Omegaverse; a/b/o; Mention of barbaric treatment of male Omega patients by male Alpha Doctors; Martial Artist Dean Winchester; Ballet Dancer Castiel Novak; Alpha Castiel, Omega Dean; Non-Traditional Alpha Castiel; Gentle Alpha Castiel; Gay Castiel; Intersex Omega Dean; Unusual subtype Omega (Dean Winchester is an Omega with fully functioning female as well as male genitalia including knot); Bisexual Dean Winchester. Mention of Dean’s previous sexual encounters with Alpha Females; Intersex Alpha Females; Unfounded accusations of sexual harassment by Castiel towards a male Omega; Explicit consensual sex; Top Castiel, Bottom Dean Winchester; Penetrative Sex; Oral Sex; Anal Fingering; No MPREG; safer sex practices; fluff and smut; fluff; miscommunication; injured Castiel; injured Dean Winchester; Dean Winchester has PTSD; John Winchester’s A+ parenting; Dean Winchester and Castiel really need to use their words; angst; hurt/comfort; Sam Winchester emotionally abused Dean, but regrets it and is working to do better; Naomi Novak is a horrible person; Lucifer and Michael are horrible. Happy Ending!

Excerpt below the cut

That leaves Dean and Milton. Dean holds out his hand because he’s trying to be a Team player, he really is. Milton looks at it as though he’s never seen a hand before, but takes it in a brief, warm clasp that shoots an electric spark up Dean’s arm. Also, damn. Dean can’t smell any pheromones coming from the other man, so he can’t tell the dude’s secondary gender. He doesn’t know if Milton is using blockers, but it doesn’t matter. His posture is suddenly rigid with tension. Did he have the same electric zap?

Then the guy opens his mouth, and the moment dissolves. “Did the principal say Dr. Winchester?” Milton tilts his head to the side like a confused bird.

“Yeah, Dr. Winchester. Why?”

Milton turns his cobalt blue eyes on Dean. He scans them over Dean’s heavily-muscled shoulders and arms that are covered in a worn band t-shirt, his trim hips and bowed legs wrapped in faded blue jeans, and nods. “Physical Education.”

Dean blinks. “What? What part of the phrase Liberal Arts Team Lead makes you think Physical Education?” Electricity be damned, this guy’s just weird.

Milton’s eyes widen. “Oh, uhm, well, it’s not an uncommon degree for an Alpha, after all. I’m not sure why you’re so–”

Dean holds up a hand. “One, that’s an incredibly intrusive, genderist assumption. And B, Liberal Arts, buddy. Now, if you’re done making assumptions, follow me. I need to get my ID badge and lock my classroom.”

Milton just stares, and says nothing. Dean turns, and walks down the long hall from the conference room to his wing of the school, and hears steady footfalls behind him.

[galvatream]

A little info dump on Lloyd and Harumi for my Ninjago Transformers Au

So, first let’s cover Lloyd, like all the others outside of Kai and Nya, he didn’t have much involvement in the lead up to the war, so, he emerged from the Well of All Sparks sometime before the Rust Plague hit and forced the shut down of Cybertron’s space bridge nexus and when the class system was implemented, he found himself representing the region of Ninjago in the senate, working alongside his mentor, Misako who represented Ninjago in the High Council.

At times, he worked alongside Misako’s assistant, Harumi and in the final years leading up to the war, grew distrustful of her and her secretive meetings, anyway, at some point around the time Megatron began meeting with various high ranked individuals, Lloyd and Misako would attend several meetings in Iacon where he met Wu and began his training as an Elemental Master, the sacred guardians of the Relics of the Primes.

Well, skipping forward a few years, Lloyd would be present to represent the Elemental Masters in a High Council meeting alongside Wu and while the councillors were gathering from across Cybertron, he would bump into and have a small conversation with Kai and Nya, at the time, he didn’t think much about their meeting, or that he’d ever meet the again but when the council had gathered and Megatron made his demands clear, he would witness the gladiator declare his war.

Lloyd would race back to Ninjago City in order to rally the Elemental Masters and under Sentinel Prime’s command, would take a role as an Autobot General leading Autobot forces stationed in the region of Ninjago. Anyway, Lloyd would fight in many battles and managed to keep control of Ninjago City.

Now, Kai and Nya would eventually be introduced to the Elemental Masters and Lloyd would note that they looked familiar to him, it wasn’t until their history was revealed did he realise just who they were and amongst the Elemental Masters, he was the most distrustful of them. He didn’t grow to fully trust them until The Overlord had been freed from his prison and they saved his life in their initial confrontation.

Anyway, Lloyd would participate in the Battle of Kalis where he would perish at the hands of The Overlord, however, instead of becoming one with the All Spark, the FSM would restore him to life, telling him that his time was not yet, and that he would have to make a great sacrifice in the future.

So, he would return to life with a new body and new powers, so, when the order from Optimus came to leave the planet, he and the Elemental Masters took flight aboard the Destiny’s Bounty, the ancient warship of the Elemental Masters, anyway, he would fight Harumi in a gruelling battle in Cybertron’s orbit where he dealt near fatal wounds to her.

Now, skipping forward a few years, we find the Destiny’s Bounty shot down over Caminus by a rebuilt Harumi, now going by the name Quiet One and in service to The Overlord. Anyway, he and Kai would take charge and lead the fight against The Overlord who had returned with his body rebuilt. Anyway, despite Kai discovering he possessed the creation lathe of his ancestor and Harumi turning on her new master, The Overlord proved unbeatable.

So, this is when Lloyd remembers what the FSM told him upon his resurrection, he had to make a sacrifice and came to the realisation that the only way to defeat The Overlord for good was to merge his spark with The Overlord’s anti-spark, letting their energies counter each other, which in turn killed them both.

Now, for Harumi, she did not hail from Cybertron, but rather, she hailed from the colony world of Caminus and was on Cybertron when the rust plague broke out and the space bridge nexus was shut down, she would find herself a member of the high class and working as Misako’s assistant in Ninjago City, handling affairs while Misako was out of the Ninjago region. Anyway, she never quite forgave Sentinel Prime and Cybertron’s leaders for shutting down the space bridge nexus and she didn’t agree with the implementation of the class system.

So when Megatron began to preach about inequality and how the class system was broken and outdated, she grew to hail him as a hero and while Lloyd and Misako were in Iacon, she would reach out to the gladiator to organise a meeting to offer the support of her followers. She would not meet with Megatron, but Kai and the two came an agreement.

Fast forward a few years and we get to the outbreak of the war, Harumi, knowing that her followers would not be enough to take over Ninjago City, fled to Shintaro where Vangelis had already taking control of the city, now, she like all other Decepticons in the Ninjago region, were assigned to the command of Kai and Nya where she became their chief lieutenant, operating out of Darkmount, but when Kai and Nya defected, she was promoted and lead the Decepticon forces in Ninjago.

Eventually, she would fight Lloyd and the others in a gruelling fight in Cybertron’s orbit during the exodus where she sustained near fatal injuries form Lloyd, instead of getting medical treatment, she and several others were cast from her warship and left to float around space for eternity, or at least, that was at first. The Overlord, stuck roaming the cosmos as his anti-spark, found them, and quickly forced them to serve him through the promise of restoring them.

Harumi would be reformatted into a new body and given the new name Quiet One where she then lead her new troops, Cryptor, Skull Sorcerer and his huntsmen, the Reawakened in pursuit of the Elemental Masters, catching up to them over Caminus where she shot them down.

Now, treading back a little, we need to cover something important about Harumi, hailing from Caminus meant she held the Thirteen in high regard, but Solus Prime was held above the others, now, their was a prophecy on Caminus known as the Flame of Solus, the prophecy said that one day, the Champion of Solus Prime would be revealed and that he and a Camien would rise to challenge an ancient darkness. She spent years obsessing over this prophecy, hopping to be the one who found the Champion of Solus Prime.

Skip back to the present, we find The Overlord regaining his body and waging a war of devastation on Caminus, Harumi would witness Lloyd challenge The Overlord and fail to beat him in a fight, this is where she achieves her old hope and goal, finding the Champion of Solus Prime when she witnesses Kai use the powers of the creation lathe and the power of creation, to defend Lloyd from one of The Overlord’s attacks, she would turn on The Overlord immediately and pledge her loyalty to Kai in this moment, but despite her efforts, and the powers she had received from The Overlord, she and Kai could not beat The Overlord, she would be present to witness Lloyd give his life in destroying The Overlord for good though.

Following all this, she would help in repairing the Desitny’s Bounty and joined a crew of Autobots and Camiens led by Kai and Cole in searching for the Relics of the Primes amongst the stars.

[odd-maid3n]

Religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of Kali.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.1

In Kali Yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man’s good birth, proper behaviour and fine qualities. And law and justice will be applied only on the basis of one’s power.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.2

Men and women will live together merely because of superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit. Womanliness and manliness will be judged according to one’s expertise in sex, and a man will be known as a brahmana just by his wearing a thread.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.3

A person’s spiritual position will be ascertained merely according to external symbols, and on that same basis people will change from one spiritual order to the next. A person’s propriety will be seriously questioned if he does not earn a good living. And one who is very clever at juggling words will be considered a learned scholar.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.4

A person will be judged unholy if he does not have money, and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue. Marriage will be arranged simply by verbal agreement, and a person will think he is fit to appear in public if he has merely taken a bath.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.5

A sacred place will be taken to consist of no more than a reservoir of water located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend on one’s hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man, and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.6

As the earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of the social classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.7

Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.9

The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease and severe anxiety.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.10

The maximum duration of life for human beings in Kali Yuga will become 50 years.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.11

In Kali-yuga men will develop hatred for each other even over a few coins. Giving up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose their own lives and kill even their own relatives.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.41

Men will no longer protect their elderly parents.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.42

Uncultured men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant’s dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious principles.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.38

Servants will abandon a master who has lost his wealth, even if that master is a saintly person of exemplary character. Masters will abandon an incapacitated servant, even if that servant has been in the family for generations. Cows will be abandoned or killed when they stop giving milk.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.36

Cities will be dominated by thieves, the Vedas will be contaminated by speculative interpretations of atheists, political leaders will virtually consume the citizens, and the so-called priests and intellectuals will be devotees of their bellies and genitals.

Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.32

[yellowmagicalgirl]

Your askbox being closed explains why I couldn't send this, I just thought my computer was glitching out 😅 6, 12, and 13 maybe?

I am going to answer the questions from the Fandom Ask Game out of order for reasons that will later become apparent.

12. What's the funniest or craziest AU idea you've ever come up with

TOA - My first instinct is to mention the AU's that start out as dreams, like the Cagemates AU or the de Morgan's Law AU, but despite the full title of the Cagemates AU neither of these AU's have much humor. I suppose some of the AU's I've submitted to the shitpost channel of the Cry Corner discord would count, like

AU where the Reckless Club has an end-of-year pool party at the Tarron house, and all eight of them + Aja and Krel get turned into half-trolls when Merlin chucks a black bath bomb in the pool

Other - Well, I do have an AU where the very formatting of the fic changes when a character goes crazy. Otherwise, I'd have to go with the AU I wrote after having a dream after playing a video game (except, once again, it's depressing instead of truly funny), or my crack fics. However, the only crack that wasn't taken seriously I've written isn't explicitly AU (it was a Harry Potter fic I wrote for my German class).

13. What's a character or ship you haven't written/drawn yet but would like to some day?

TOA - Is it cheating to count book!Claire as this? Because she's a very different character from show!Claire, despite me borrowing her last name to use as show!Claire's name in AU's like my de Morgan's Law AU. If that is cheating, the first ship that comes to mind is Mary/Aja. Technically I've written about them before, but only in the background of a Claire/Darci fic. If that still counts as cheating, then I'm changing my answer to the crossover ship of Zoe/Kali Prasad from Stranger Things. It's a ship I keep requesting when I request crossovers in multifandom exchanges, but ToA fans have such a small presence there that no one has written them before.

Other - I'd like to write Thora/Daine from Khyber Shards as romantic one day. I've written them as platonic a ton, but their relationship is one that I'd be happy with either way, and I have a couple plot bunnies that'd work best with them as a romantic couple. Otherwise, I want to write about the rest of the Blades and Banners PC's, not just Orryn.

6. Show us a bit of a WIP!

Well, the main WIP that has been consuming my thoughts lately is one that I need to keep anonymous, so instead we're going to revisit a WIP that I mentioned back in August and then put aside because 1) I had the final semester of my Master's to focus on and 2) the fic is a lime. 😳 IDK how to write anything above an orange on the citrus scale.

The only reason why I'm sharing it with you is because we're both adults. While the snippet I'm sharing is still SFW, I do not want any minors looking below the cut. (This is the reason why I answered these out of order.)

There were so many papers. Just two days ago, cleaning her desk hadn’t felt like an insurmountable task. She had known it would take a while, and she hadn’t had time to fully clean it, but she didn’t feel a creeping dread when she had stared at the pile of papers before.

Slowly, because it took far too much effort to motivate her arms to move any faster, Thora picked up another piece of paper. As she crumpled it into a ball, the door began to open. Thora had just enough time to cast her mark out to realize it was Arlo before he walked in, awkwardly balancing a sandwich and a glass of water. Thora stood, walked around her desk, and sat on the edge of it while he sat in one of the chairs in front of her desk.

On one hand, Thora had barely eaten since lunch yesterday. While she knew that something bland would be easier on her stomach, a part of her wanted something stronger. Coffee, because maybe that would actually motivate her. That, or alcohol to drown her sorrows in, even though she didn’t deserve to wallow, not when everyone depended on her.

On the other hand, she couldn’t actually say she was hungry without lying. But to make her lover happier, she took a small bite of the sandwich before setting it down on top of the folder at the corner of her desk.

P.S. yes it's the same WIP as this one

[mr-camhed]

Name: Crossmember

Age: 5.72 million years

Gender: Male

Faction: Autobots(Publicly), Decepticons(in secrecy)

Assigned Forces: Autobot Armed forces(Publicly), Decepticon Military intelligence(in secrecy)

Role: warrant officer in security(Publicly), infiltrator(in secrecy)

Motto: "Doubt can come quick, but they'll go faster if you know what you're doing. "

Personality: In the eyes of The Autobots, Crossmember is an almost dispensable being. Not many are willing to approach him, and he also keeps his distance with his fellow Autobots as his work concerns important information. Not only does this reduces his sense of presence, but also ensures his second identity of a Decepticon spy would not be uncovered. And if someone discovers his secret that he's not really a Secrecy officer or his ulterior relationship with The Deception, Misfortune will almost immediately befall upon said unfortunate spark. They may get killed in a accident, captured by The Decepticons or get framed as a Decepticon collaborator, while Crossmember will get away with it.

Alternate mode: a Modified second Generation Toyota 4Runner N130 V6 Off-roader(earth vehicle)/black Cybertronian off roader(Cybertronian mode), alt mode may be altered with counterfeit identities.

Appearance: Crossmember is around 7 meters tall and looks just like another generic bot on Cybertron or another nameless Autobot soldier in The arrays. His transformation is a combination of Movieverse ironhide and Dark of The moon Cyberverse Legion Class Crankcase, with a majorly black and silver robot mode. His head sculpt is similar to Energon Blight only with a yellow faceplate and a smaller chin. Crossmember has three Autobot insignias on him at all times, but only have a tiny Decepticon Insignia on his spark chamber.

Weaponry: Crossmember has an average strength and intelligence superior to many. In his vehicle mode, he has a max speed of 201 km/h and can climb a thirty degree slope like It's flat ground. In robot mode, Crossmember is a master of forgery, he can fabricate materials convincingly for any Autobot experts in a standard day, and conceals his true identity to achieve his goals. And when Autobots lowered their guard, that's when the Decepticons strike, as Crossmember has given them important information in The meantime. For self defense, Crossmember has a standard assault Rifle and a handgun, as well as tesla coils in his palms to stun enemies and sabotage electronics suck as coded locks.

Character biography: Crossmember from Kalis was a forged Transformer. He was a beat cop during The pre war days and had no promotion or pay raise for thirty thousand years uninterrupted which causes him to be saddled in debt and drinking problems. However, The Appearance of Decepticons in Kalis had opened up an opportunity for Crossmember to make extra income: reporting The activities of The Autobot Authorities in exchange for Shanix and other goods. After The great war has broken out, Crossmember formally joined The Decepticons and remained among Autobot ranks as a spy.

Weakness: If one of Crossmember's former colleagues somehow survived and still recognizes him, he will be in a greater risk of compromising his cover.

comment: au contraire to Autobot spies like mirage and punch/counterpunch who fights for justice and with miraculous gadgets, Crossmember is a rat Decepticons hides among Autobots that sells out his colleagues for quick money.

[ambuschool]

Sayangkah Allah padaku?

My big big big question along my master’s journey 6 months ini. Pertanyaan yang menggema sepanjang 6 bulan ini karena rasanya struggle gak kelar-kelar :

Cuaca yg semakin menggila (no one told me that Australian house is having POOR insulated) , nilai yg biasa aja cenderung jelek (walau sudah terduga tp tetep sedih), anak yang sakit terus karena alergi dingin (tau banget kan kl anak sakit stresnya emak-emak kaya apa) , most and foremost tentu saja tentang kehidupan finansial yg gak membaik-membaik (ujian duniawi banget sih tp ttp matters!).

Hiks!

Jujur rasanya homesick parah sebulan terakhir ini. Pantesan orang banyak melakukan “Winter Escape” karena ternyata se-gak nyaman itu, apalagi utk anak-anak tropis kaya kita yang biasa dapat matahari. Gatau udh berapa kali cek harga tiket pesawat di traveloka, tapi selalu urung kalau membayangkan harus membayar sekian puluh juta, apalagi dgn hutang2 yg masih menumpuk, fyuh :( Ditambah, keingetan kl emang ada yg namanya “seasonal depression” due to winter season, jadi makin-makinlah.

Bener-bener feeling blue banget. Kemarin mencoba mengkomunikasikan dengan suami tntg keinginan untuk break sebentar ngurus anak saat nanti di bulan oktober-november, malah ditanggapi dengan negatif. Ngasih perhitungan finansial yang gak memungkinkan. Se- struggle apa sih kita disini? Se-struggle bahkan kemarin kita gak punya makanan sama sekali di kulkas untuk dimasak, apalagi untuk beli makanan di luar lebih gak memungkinkan! (Karena stipend belum turun).

Malah pernah juga dalam keadaan gak punya uang sama sekali, di rekening cuman 2 dolar dan suamiku 1 dolar apa ya, tapi alhamdulillah masih ada makanan yang bisa dimasak dan dimakan. Ya gitu aja deh cycle-nya tiap bulan. Kena mental gak tu?!

Rasanya udh mau meledak. Salah satu indikator level stresku udh gak ke handle adalah aku cepet marah sama anak. Bahaya banget. Akhirnya tadi kubuka laptop dan nulis aja random - ranting about my life yg kok gini banget , sambil ditutup dengan feeling guilty juga kok kayanya gue gak bersyukur banget TAPI GAK BOONG INI SUSAH BANGET 😭.

No one knows what my writing is about, kecuali Allah dan emang tulisannya kutunjukkan buat Allah. Intinya : Allah tuh gak sayang sama gue, dia gak pernah nolongin gue dan cuman ngeliatin gue doang lg tertatih-tatih!

Setelah nulis, ku buka WA di laptop. Baru keingetan tadi pagi kak arin ngasih video rekaman intensive quran class tentang surat Al-Fatihah. You know what is the first page????

Mamam!!!!!!

Pas baca doang rasanya gak setuju. Mana ada Allah sayang sama gue. Ku langsung nonton rekamannya dan pas Usth. Tika Faiza ngomong, udah langsung nangis sejadi-jadinya. Gak bisa ngejelasin isinya apa tapi ya Allah, at the moment tuh rasanya kaya dipanggil lagi, dipeluk sama Allah dan Allah bilang “I am here. Yuk sini yuk” wallahi (demi Allah mewwek lg ini nulis jam 2 pagi 😭😭😭).

Di saat ngerasa hopeless bgt Allah, terus tiba-tiba Allah gerakkan hatiku buat nonton rekaman itu dan kata usth. Tika, “Ini bukan sebuah kebetulan temen-temen semua disini. Allah yg menggerakkan hati temen-temen.” 😭😭😭

Semakin denger penjelasan ustazah tika (yang baru setengahnya karena anakku udh ngajak main), semakin aku tau kalau Allah tuh sayang banget sama aku, cuman akunya aja yang gak sabar sama proses. It just 6 months, tho… rasanya ku throw back ke beberapa momen-momen berat dalam hidupku : Ketika aku sempet depresi juga sampe bolak-balik ke psikolog, ketika aku kehilangan anakku, ketika aku profesi ners yg aku gak suka banget. Semua gak lebih dari 1 tahun masa-masa gelapnya.

Usth. Tika membahas bagaimana kita sebagai manusia harus bisa menyelami apa-apa yang Allah berikan buat kita. Walau manusia sering kali bergantung buat hanya “melihat” dengan mata dan telinga, tapi Allah berikan akal juga untuk manusia dapat mengetahui maksud dibalik kejadian tersebut. Setelah akal, manusia juga dibekali hati, untuk semakin menyelam makna dari setiap kejadian tersebut.

Usth. Tika menganalogikan ketika kita berada di pantai. Rasanya nyamaannnn bgt dengan pasir yg lembut, sepoi-sepoi angin, hamparan laut tak berbatas, itu aja udh membuat diri kita tenang dan senang. Tapi ada keindahan yg jauhh lebih hebat ketika kita bisa snorkeling atau diving, dan melihat beragam ikan dan juga terumbu karang di dalam laut.

Dan penggunaan mata dan telinga yang superfisial itu kadang membuat kita tak bisa menangkap makna lebih besar. Sama seperti kita mengandalkan mata dan telinga ketika membaca qur’an, rasanya cepat bosan. Tapi mungkin akan menarik ketika kita membaca arti Al-quran, ada kisah-kisah yg bs diambil. Tapi akan lebih indah lagi ketika kita tidak hanya membaca arti, tapi men-tadaburri Al-Quran :”)

YaAllah nangisss 😭😭😭 dari nonton 50 menit penjelasan ustazah Tika itu kujadi sadar, bahwa Allah tuh sayang banget sama aku, cuman mungkin krn keterbatasan ilmuku, keterbatasan kemauanku untuk melihat, aku hanya melihat secara superfisial dari ujian-ujian yg Allah berikan. Ditambah interaksiku sama quran yang minesss bgt, membuatku semakin-semakin ngerasa ditinggalin sm Allah padahal akunya yang bloon 😭😭😭😭

Astaghfirulloh-astaghfirulloh 😭😭😭 mudah banget blaming orang lain padahal yg salah ada di diri sendiri 😭😭😭😭 malu woiiii maluuu Na 😭😭😭😭😭

Padahal selama ini selalu mengimani bahwa Allah gak pernah aniaya saya hambaNya. Tapi baru diuji “sedikit” aja langsung ngerasa ditinggalin, gak dipeduliin sm Allah 😭😭😭😭 astaghfirulloh-astaghfirulloh. Allah tuh sayang bgt sm aku, krn tadi tuh smp terucap bahwa aku udh gak mau doa lagi sm Allah udh gak peduli. Tp baru nulis dikit gitu aja langsung dipeluk sm Allah melalui kajian ustazah Tika yg passsss bgt aku nontonnya pas keadaan lg hopeless 😭😭😭 ya Allah timingmuu 😭😭

You know what? Setelah nonton itu hatiku bener2 langsung plong! Isn’t it crazy? Berhari-hari mellow dan Allah angkat rasa tsb cm karena nonton video berdurasi 50 menit?!!!! YaAllah ya rabbb. Emang engkau maha ya Allah maafin hamba yg pernah mau berputus asa dr rahmat engkau 😭😭😭😭

Jujur jadi capek bgt sm kebodohan diri dan ketidaksabaran diri dlm berproses. Padahal lo juga yg minta ada di posisi ini, tapi pas di jalanin sulit, kok nyalahinnya ke Allah heyy malu, Na 😭😭😭😭

Faghfirli faghfirlana.. Maafin aku ya Allah. Jangan bosen tuntun kami ke Jalan yg lurus, jalan orang2 yang kau ridho bukan jalan yg engkau murkai.

Aamiin ya rabbal alaminn.

Melb, 8 juli 2024

[aedarisfarm]

Farmer Braindump

Featuring Farmer Sour Patch!

This got ridiculously long, so it's all under the cut ^^

Pre-Valley

Will use any and all pronouns. Switch in the middle of sentences, use neopronouns, hell Sour Patch is also happy to be addressed with no pronouns

Not a fan of formal addresses. Just use Sour Patch.

Early-mid 20s

Aromantic and doesn't label sexuality - just claims being allosexual and refuses to elaborate. Non-monogamous and lives by open communication with any partners

Mildly romance repulsed. Doesn't care much for dates

Has gotten into physical fights with people about cheating. Will continue to fight people who think it's okay in any capacity.

Parents are stupid rich and supportive but also fairly distant. Told Sour Patch to move out once they turned 18 but they would support any of his college or university tuitions if she paid for xeir own rent and non-academic bills.

Sour Patch loves learning and basically took this as permission to never leave uni. Already has a BA from double majoring in marketing and astronomy, with a minor in journalism. Currently trying to earn a second BA studying ASL and religion.

Also loves group projects and collaborations. Is the person who will get awkward classes or tables talking. Professors leading discussion classes love Sour Patch because Sour Patch will fill any potential silences.

Knows someone who can do whatever needs to be done. Need someone to knit a sweater? Sour Patch knows 3 people. Need financial advice? Which of these dozen would be best? Want a baking buddy? His TA last semester made the best cookies and loves learning new recipes or having a friend in the kitchen. Need to write a research paper? Xe knows someone who knows the sister of the leading expert in that field, want Sour Patch to get you in contact?

Met Kali in a bio class and when Kali dropped out, moved in with Kali and Aster and switched to mostly online classes

Was initially just looking for a cheaper place to crash by having more roommates but really befriended the two

Kali and Aster invited Sour Patch to Aedaris Farm with them because what were they gonna do, just leave one of their closest friends homeless?

Valley Life

Still takes online classes - just takes fewer than they may like because she has to work on the farm

Changes religion major to a minor and starts also majoring in agriculture

Absolute rubbish at fishing. Still fishes because Sour Patch refuses to give up and also wants to learn things especially about fish through personal experience

Is a hoarder. Sour Patch will not sell anything unless there are at least two so they can keep one.

Cannot be trusted with finances. So Sour Patch has separate finances, but does his best to contribute at least 25-33% of what Sour Patch earns to farm expenses each season as a deal the three friends made.

Animal master.

No like, seriously. All the animals just adore Sour Patch. And Sour Patch's hoarding needs are met because he convinces Aster and Kali that they should get half a dozen coops and barns each to fill - each with a different animal.

Sour Patch handles all animal affairs from then on and spends most of his personal money on them.

Except the slimes - while Sour Patch likes them alright, Sour Patch despises taking care of them.

Has slept with like. Majority of the town marriage candidates. Except Elliott, who she clocked liking Aster before Elliott himself realized he liked them. Everyone's chill about it and it's sort of like a giant open relationship between them all

Got Abigail, Sam, and Sebastian together. None of them will admit to how.

Really, really likes Maru and Maru's thrive to learn. Befriends Demetrius and Harvey real quick, as well as Rasmodius.

Favorite past time after animal chores are done is to bother Gunther.

Is okay at mining and combat, but tends to leave that mostly to Kali.

Enjoys exploring the valley and foraging - unlike Aster and Kali, all of Pelican Town is new to Sour Patch so there's a lot to learn

Determined to befriend everyone. Will stalk people to do it. Shane cannot figure out why the hell out of the three new farmers this one is obsessed with him and really wishing sometimes one of the others would step in. But also. So many pepper poppers. So...

Lewis is the exception. Sour Patch despises him. But pretends to be his friend anyway because it's a small town and for some reason most of the townies still like him.

Sour Patch does not get it. But is content to pretend and embarass him by wearing replicas of his shorts.

Feeds into the rumor mill and knows all the gossip. May or may not share it with you.

Is the driving force behind the "Break up Marnie and Lewis and get Marnie with someone who actually cares about her" movement. Aster started it, but Sour Patch dragged everyone in town into it.

[childofaura]

What are your thoughts on Lisa Reimold? She did Eitri and Framme. Outside of it, she’s Kurumi (Lycoris Recoil) and Kali (one of Furisode Girls trainer class in Pokèmon X & Y) in Pokèmon Masters.

Man, I got her mixed up with Eitr and thought “wait, didn’t I already review her?”

I promise this will only continue to happen •A• Since Framme isn’t in FEH yet, let’s look at her performance as Eitri. One thing I will say right off the bat is that she almost sounds EXACTLY like Cassandra Lee Morris; she sounds like a kid.

Her performance as Eitri is good, but I wish her critical lines had more raw energy, especially with how unhinged Eitri looks. But I do like that despite her being thousands of years old, she still sounds somewhat inquisitive. I just wish she had a little more of a malicious tone to her voice, but part of that is at the fault of Eitri’s lines. In her convoluted little “I lost but therefore I secretly won and you actually lost” speech, she does have it! Just wish she kept it.

I think she was a great fit for Eitri. Surprisingly, I actually think she sounds better for the character than the Japanese actress, and I almost NEVER think that.

Can’t say anything on range, and… I honestly forgot what Framme’s English voice sounded like after I changed the voice language. Hopefully I’ll get a refresher when she gets added to FEH.

No official score for her, but maybe we’ll get Re-Armed Eitri when we get Ascended Reginn next year. And hopefully her lines will have a bit more energy to them.

[zuhratales]

Welcome to The World Baby Girl

Nama bayi mungil itu Shafiyyah. Matanya cantik, hitam dan lebar. Lahir di awal Bulan Agustus 2021 dan kami sangat berbahagia atas kehadiran Shafiyyah. Di tengah was-was suasana Covid-19, Shafiyyah lahir dengan selamat dengan pipi merah yang menggemaskan. Terimakasih telah hadir ke dunia, mbak Shafi sayang <3

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Kalau tidak salah ingat, di malam Shafiyyah lahir sebetulnya ada pertemuan persiapan keberangkatan awardee beasiswa. Saya berkabar lewat mbak Asma, salah satu pengurus beasiswa, bahwa saya tidak dapat mengikuti kegiatan Zoom itu.

Keberangkatan penerima beasiswa diundur ke tahun 2021 karena tahun 2020 masih ketat soal social distancing, lockdown dan lain sebagainya untuk mencegah penyebaran virus itu. Ada sebagian awardee yang berangkat di Maret 2021, sebagian yang lain (termasuk saya) dijadwalkan berangkat September 2021. Kami sudah merencanakan banyak hal termasuk membawa serta Shafiyyah tinggal beberapa waktu di Malaysia.

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"Sepertinya belum bisa berangkat ke Malaysia ya, karena baby masih kurang dari 6 bulan," pop up notifikasi WhatsApp muncul di layar handphone saya. Deg-degan, itu yang saya rasakan. Di satu sisi saya sangat ingin melanjutkan (dan menyelesaikan) studi ini dengan segera. Namun, di sisi lain saya juga dihadapkan pada kehadiran Shafiyyah yang baru saja menginjak 1 bulan di awal September.

Pesan itu disampaikan oleh seorang pengurus beasiswa ini. Dia sangat concern dengan kelahiran Shafiyyah. Also worry kalau saya tidak bisa berangkat di bulan September. Pihak beasiswa memberikan saya 3 opsi untuk keberangkatan.

Saya akan berangkat sendirian ke sana selama beberapa waktu, lalu pulang kembali ke Indonesia dan akan kembali ke Malaysia setelah Shafiyyah berumur di atas 6 bulan (setelah 1 semester).

Full online class 1 semester

Defer lagi ke tahun 2022. Intake Bulan September 2022.

Ketika itu, rasanya tidak ada yang menjadi win-win solution bagi saya. Karena:

Opsi pertama tadi, tidak memungkinkan dilakukan di jurusan saya. Karena Master in Clinical Pharmacy memiliki clerkship atau praktik lapangan yang mengharuskan mahasiswa berada di sana. Di sisi lain, saya belum menyiapkan kemungkinan jika Shafiyyah tidak ikut bersama saya. Saya belum siap sama sekali dengan opsi long distance dengan Shafiyyah. Ini membuat saya benar-benar terpukul.

Opsi kedua, jelas tidak bisa karena ada clerkship tadi.

Opsi ketiga, sejujurnya juga berat untuk saya jalani. Sebab berbagai tahapan yang menguras energi sudah terlewati. Saya juga belum ada gambaran tentang opsi ini.

Segala kebimbangan itu bermunculan di kepala, nggak habis-habis. Yang jelas, opsi yang tidak akan saya ambil ketika itu adalah jika harus berpisah dengan Shafiyyah. Terlalu berat rasanya. Maka tersisa opsi kedua (dengan mengharap sedikit keajaiban) dan ketiga (berusaha untuk mengikhlaskan dan bersabar sedikit lagi).

Singkatnya, setelah melalui berbagai pergulatan batin, opsi ketiga adalah opsi yang paling rasional bagi saya ketika itu. Tidak mudah, tentu. Namun, suami saya, orang tua saya, selalu meyakinkan saya bahwa insyaAllah di balik semua ini akan ada hikmahnya.

Dr. Meor, Dr. Norkasihan, membuat saya menjadi merasa nyaman. Mereka mendukung baik keputusan saya untuk mendahulukan Shafiyyah dan menunda ini sedikit lagi. Appreciate it, Dr. Meor & Dr. KC.

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Setelah semuanya berjalan, akhirnya saya menyadari bahwa opsi ketiga adalah opsi terbaik untuk saya ketika itu. Saya tidak bisa membayangkan tumpukan kasus yang harus diselesaikan bila saat itu Shafiyyah turut serta. Belum lagi gejala baby blues yang saya alami kurang lebih selama 3 bulan pasca melahirkan. Allah, rasanya mau nangis :') Allah selalu tau yang terbaik untuk hamba-Nya.

Dengan opsi ini, Shafiyyah bisa tetap mendapat fokus, cinta, kasih dari ayah dan bundanya. Melihat setiap milestone yang dilewati Shafiyyah, rasanya priceless, nggak ada yang bisa menggantikan momen-momen itu. Momen ketika Shafiyyah pertama kali tengkurap, pertama kali duduk, merayap, merangkak, berdiri, merambat, berjalan, pertama kali tertawa. Momen ketika saya dan suami saya dengan paniknya membawa Shafiyyah ke RSIA karena belum bisa babbling padahal masih 11 bulan. Momen babbling pertama Shafiyyah: "ba...ba ba ba," senangnya bukan main!

Terimakasih telah bertumbuh bersama dengan ayah-bunda yang baru pertama kali menjadi ayah dan bunda untuk Shafiyyah ya.

We love you, mbak Shafi!

[serayatulisan]

Memilih kelas berharap menyenangkan

Kalau ada kelas sulit, tentu ada juga kelas menyenangkan. Aku ngambil kelas menyenangkan ini di semester 3. Nama kelasnya Disaster theory and practice. Baru kali ini aku ambil kelas tanpa matematika dan rasanyaaaa seneng banget!! Aku gatau kalo kelas tanpa hitung hitungan tuh bakal semenyenangkan ini:”)

Di awal semester, aku nanya ke labmate ku, Sieun, dia ngambil matkul apa aja? Soalnya aku gamau di kelas sendirian ga kenal siapa siapa. Terus gamau kelimpungan dapet assignment yang aku ga ngerti ngerjainnya. ((Inget, aku pindah jurusan!!)). Jadi 3 kelas di semester 3 aku ambil samaan dengan Sieun semua.

Ternyata berkat ide dari minchang, Sieun ambil kelas disaster theory itu. Jujur ini ngide banget karena ini matkul lantai 10, daripada teknik sipil, itu lebih ke matkul pwk disaster management(?). Tapi karena departmemenku matkulnya dikit dikit tiap semester, jadi mau ga mau harus ambil matkul yang kadang ga relate sama penelitian kita.

Lagi lagi, aku di-judge sama labmate ku wkwkwkwk. Dia ngeliat aku sibuk banget kayak ngerjain ppt mulu, terus ditanyanya “you have assignment?” “Ya. Presentation for disaster theory class” “you took that disaster class? See… that class bring disaster to you” haha haha haha diem kamu! Terus pernah juga waktu kita lagi ke busan sama prof, di jalan cerita cerita, dia protes ke prof “prof, courses in our department is just a few. Look nazhiefah have to take class in 10th floor” hahaha lagi. Lebih hahaha waktu ditanya nya juga “why you took that class?” Aku jawab “I dunno. I just follow sieun” “and sieun left you…” katanya sambil ketawa hahahaha. Tau ga maksudnya apa? Sieun menyerah dengan graduate school ini dan memutuskan drop master degree nya. Akhirnya yang tadinya aku ambil kelas itu karena ada Sieun, turned out aku ya… sendiri.

Kelasnya tuh unik! Semua kelas di UNIST kan pake bahasa inggris ya. Tapi kelas ini tuh half korean. Dan prof chung, yang ngajar kelasnya, tuh baik banget. Menurutku prof di unist baik baik semua deh. Alasan kelasnya masih pake half korean karena banyak dokumen resmi negara yang sulit diterjemahkan ke bahasa inggris, katanya. Awalnya prof chung ga nerima foreigner di kelas tapi mulai semester itu dia coba buka kelasnya untuk foreigner juga. Kalo kata prof ku sih, prof chung cerita tahun ini foreignernya jago jago bahasa korea nya wkwkwk. ((Prof ku suka berbagi info dengan kita))

Kelas disaster theory ini tuh belajar tentang kebijakan mitigasi dan resiliensi negara (Korea) terhadap bencana yang terjadi, termasuk bencana yang ga pernah diprediksi sebelumnya. Tau gaa kecelakaan kapal sewol? Dibahas juga di kelas ini! Ambruknya mall di tahun 1995 juga dibahas (drama moving to heaven). Kecelakaan subway daegu juga dibahas. Sampe yang paling baru, kejadian di itaewon (halloween).

Jadi, setiap terjadi bencana di korea, badan penanggulangan bencananya langsung keluarin manual guideline baru untuk mencegah hal seperti itu terjadi lagi di kemudian hari.

Di kelas ini juga aku belajar beberapa model human error dari beberapa teori. Salah satu yang paling aku inget tuh Swiss cheese model. Bentukannya kayak slice cheese. Jadi, model ini menunjukkan bahwa kalo setiap ada accident yang terjadi, itu bukan cuma disebabkan satu faktor aja. Tapi dari banyak faktor. Ini diibaratkan lubang lubang di setiap slice cheese nya. Makin banyak, makin kemungkinan accident itu terjadi.

Aku belajar banyak di kelas ini. Walau kadang ngantuk karena kelasnya langsung 3 sks, tapi prof chung interaktif. Dia suka nanyain kebijakan tiap negara di kelas. “Indonesia gimana?” “Indonesia punya kebijakan resiliensi?” Hehe bingung saya jawabnya. Waktu itu juga pernah ditanyain “Indonesia bencana alamnya yang paling sering apa aja?” “Semua, prof. Semua bencana alam ada di indonesia…”

Kadang kelas tidak menghitung yang menyenangkan ini buat aku bertanya tanya tentang eksistensi penelitianku yang sains banget. Ah… andai risetku kayak kelas ini…

[galvatream]

Info dump time, maybe art dump for Lloyd or Harumi next, anyway, this info dump is for Jay and Zane, so let’s begin with Zane.

Zane hailed from the high class and worked as an medical professional in Iacon, working in the same medical clinic as individuals such as Ratchet and Pharma, he was well respected for his work but was also viewed with suspicion for his mysterious origins. In truth, Zane hailed from the era of Nova Prime and was created as part of a long-abandoned project to expand the Cybertronian population.

This project would be terminated, and all of its subjects would be killed, that is, but Zane who was hidden away by one of the projects scientists, Dr. Julien. Dr. Julien would lock his memories away at some point before Nova Prime left the planet to begin his “enlightenment of the universe.”

Anyway, at some point, Zane would tend to a fatally injured Cybertronian who just so happened to be the previous Master of Ice and as he lay dying, passed his powers on to the amnesiac Cybertronian. Shortly after this encounter, Zane would meet Wu who trained him in the arts of spinjitzu and taught him to harness his Elemental Powers, joining the Elemental Masters in the process.

He befriend Jay and Cole as well as Lloyd and during a mission in Kaon to find the Masters of Fire and at the time, Liquid Helium, met and fell in love with Pixal, skip forward a few years and Zane would become Lloyd’s chief medical officer amongst his Autobot forces in Ninjago, he also happened to be the only one besides Wu, Garmadon and Skylor who initially knew who Kai and Nya were largely because he was the one who replaced their Decepticon insignias with Autobot ones.

He would be present alongside the other Elemental Masters for many conflicts in the war such as the Siege of Stixx, the Battle of Ninjago City, the Battle aboard the Destiny���s Bounty and participated in the fight against The Overlord at Kalis and fought against him again on Caminus. He would remain on Caminus following The Overlord’s final defeat to enjoy life away from The Great War.

As for Jay, he enjoyed life as a scientist who dwelled in Crystal City, he invented many gadgets and devices and even worked alongside the likes of Perceptor and Shockwave, the latter of the two creeping him out considerably. Anyway, Wu would eventually seek him out to train him as an Elemental Master.

Now, when it came to the outbreak of The Great War, Jay would be Lloyd’s chief scientist, helping advance Autobot technology in Ninjago City alongside the likes of Cyrus Borg. So, when Kai and Nya joined, he befriended the two due to their shared interest in inventing, however different it was, he did eventually develop feelings for Nya and when the truth of Kai and Nya’s history got out, he, alongside Cole, vouched for them.

Anyway, like Zane above, he participated in the same battles and stayed behind on Caminus with Nya following The Overlord’s final defeat, helping the people of Caminus advance their technology to a state where they could provide refuge to neutrals and other Cybertronian’s seeking to escape the war.

[sankirtan]

H.H. Bhakti Brihat Bhagavata Swami

(via H.H. Bhakti Brihat Bhagavata Swami Maharaj || Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Class-10.66.10 || 30.10.2024 - YouTube)

In this *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* class by H.H. Bhakti Brihat Bhagavata Swami Maharaj on *Canto 10, Chapter 66, Verse 10*, Maharaj delves into a story of the false god, Paundraka, who imitated the four-handed form of Nārāyaṇa and declared himself the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Maharaj explains how Paundraka’s behavior parallels modern misinterpretations of spirituality, highlighting people’s inclination in the age of Kali-yuga to accept false religious systems and leaders. He explains that Lord Krishna, upon hearing Paundraka’s claims, quickly took action to humble him, eventually cutting off Paundraka’s head as a form of "brain-cutting," to contrast with brainwashing, and to protect dharma. Maharaj draws a distinction between how Krishna decisively enforces dharma and how Śrīla Prabhupāda and genuine devotees compassionately uplift and correct misguided followers. Maharaj also discusses Śrīla Prabhupāda's insights on the importance of serving a spiritual master with humility and dedication, emphasizing that following the spiritual master’s instructions can immediately advance a devotee spiritually, even when following the regulative principles feels challenging. Maharaj recounts Śrīla Prabhupāda’s approach to disciples’ mistakes and faults, sharing anecdotes that demonstrate Prabhupāda’s tolerance, pragmatism, and capacity for forgiveness. Prabhupāda would at times use strong words like "rascal" for disciples but would also show compassion and welcome them back to the fold when they recognized their mistakes. Maharaj stresses that it is crucial to help fellow devotees when they stumble rather than shun them, as we also depend on the kindness and support of others to stay on the spiritual path. He ends with the reminder that our mission should be to serve within Prabhupāda's ISKCON, guided by the principles he set, rather than to make ISKCON serve personal goals.

[darkmessiah2000]

My OC Backstory Part 4:

So Naomi returned to Earth first, she started off simple learning the ways of European swordsmanship (but not the current ways of the rapier or the saber, but the older ways of the Broadsword) after mastering the ways of the broadsword, Jordan had a special broadsword made just for her, composed of an alloy composed of angelic steel (which she was able to procure thanks to Countess Valentine) demonic iron, and earthly silver, which it was forged in Hellfire, and cooled In Holy Water, and later blessed by nearly all the faiths of man, afterwards she traveled all over the world, in Brazil where she learned Capoeira, on the American frontier she learned sharpshooting from the frontiersmen, Tomahawk/Knife fighting, tracking, horseback riding, & archery from the Apache, Navajo, Comanche, Crow, Mohawk, & Lakota tribes, in Mongolia she learned traditional mounted combat, when she went south into the China, she started learning wushu, then she came to the Shaolin temple where she learned the martial arts from the monks, in all honesty, Jordan felt quite at home with the monks (who took a instant liking to her) not just being intrigued by their martial arts, but by their Buddhist faith too, while Jordan did considered her Christian, she also did start to adopt the Buddhist philosophy as well, soon enough she learned all she could to point she was pretty much a master, and had to continue her journey, but before she left the Abbot of the Shaolin Temple gave her a gift to remember them by, an obsidian pendent with a depiction of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha himself, which she put on right beside her black cross, making her way to Thailand she learned Muay-Thai, Kali in the Philippines, In India aside from learning Gatka, she discovered how the humans worship her mother,her grandfather, and her uncles, studying the different Hindu schools of thought as well the Sikhs, seeing their perspectives of the universe, eventually making her way to Africa where she learned the fighting styles of both the Zande & Zulu tribes, as well as the Dohemy tribes all-female warriors the Agojie. For the next few years, Naomi would continue to travel the earth, and learn many different things from its cultures, the final stop her training took her back to Asia to an island off the coast of China, Japan which was renowned for the skills of its warrior class the Samurai, of course learning the ways of the Katana was probably the hardest part of Naomi’s Journey, not because of the difficulty of Kenjitsu itself, but because of the society it inhabits, since Japan around this time was extremely isolationist and didn’t allow foreigners in (or barbarians as they call em) all trade was extremely limited and focused to a small island in the Nagasaki bay called Dejima, and even in her human form Jordan still stuck out, through a lot of trouble she eventually managed to find a Kenjitsu master, one who had studied nearly the forms of the art, a direct descendant of the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi, although Naomi was a prodigy with the way of the sword, she still had difficulty with the mental side of it, since all of this training was so she would face her mothers killers, it went against the zen like philosophy of Kenjitsu, although she manage to get over this blocks, as she realized this wasn’t just about revenge for her mothers this was about making sure those monsters could never hurt anyone again, soon enough she managed to complete her training, and like with the forging of her broadsword at the beginning of her training tour, she would have a katana forged at the end, in the same way using the alloy, as well as receiving the same blessings, she bid farewell to Master Miyamoto, and promised to face her murders not for the sake of revenge but in the name of holy justice. Naomi returned to Hell to finally join the Vishakanya of Kali.