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Rok 8

🗓 Rok 8 naszej ery

W I w. n.e. świat znajdował się pod panowaniem cesarzy Augusta (Rzym) i Wu Mang (Chiny). Imperium Rzymskie utrzymywało granice na Renie i Dunaju, a w życiu kulturalnym zauważalne były już skutki przemian – np. w tym roku cesarz August wydał dekret o banicji poety Owidiusza na wygnanie do Tomis nad Morzem Czarnym. W Chinach doszło do zamachu stanu: Wang Mang zasiadł na tronie (nowa dynastia Xin) i przywrócił stare formy monetarne (monety w kształcie łopatek i noży). W Indiach na północnym zachodzie pojawili się Sakowie i zapowiadali nadejście potęgi Kuszanów. Klimat globalnie był łagodny – trwał tzw. optymal rzymski, czyli ciepły okres w Europie. W tym kontekście ziemie polskie pozostawały obszarem intensywnych kontaktów handlowych (szlak bursztynowy) z południową Europą.

🌍 Świat

Imperium Rzymskie: Cezar August wciąż sprawował władzę (pontifeks maksymus, 13 lat przed śmiercią). Podtrzymywał pokój wewnętrzny i prowincjonalny (tzw. pax Romana) oraz rozwijał infrastrukturę granic. W 8 n.e. Rzym kontynuował ekspansję na wschodzie (np. Armenię) i prowadził intrygi polityczne w Azji. W tym samym roku poeta Owidiusz został zesłany na wygnanie do Tomis – jest to historyczny fakt odnotowany w źródłach literackich. Na północnych rubieżach cesarstwa plemiona germańskie (np. Cheruskowie, Marcomanni) pozostawały w nieformalnym pokoju z Rzymem – Maroboduus, król Markomanów, wciąż utrzymywał przymierze z cesarstwem (wspólna bariera przeciw koalicji plemion).

Chiny: W roku 8 n.e. Wang Mang dokonał zamachu stanu, obalając dynastię Han i ogłaszając się cesarzem nowej dynastii Xin. Wprowadził reformy, m.in. przywrócił starożytne formy monet (np. tzw. spade money i monety w kształcie noży). Równocześnie ustały chińskie misje dyplomatyczne do Azji Środkowej: w 8 n.e. przerwano oficjalne kontakty Han z ludami zachodnimi (np. Kuszanami), co osłabiło wpływ Chin w tamtym rejonie.

Indie: Na północnym zachodzie półwyspu dominuje mozaika państewek indo-scytyjskich i wschodzących Kushanów. Od II w. p.n.e. panowali tu Sakowie, a od schyłku I w. p.n.e. pojawili się Kuszanowie (zarys potęgi imadże od I w. n.e.). Południowe Indie (np. państwo Satawahanów) utrzymywały aktywny handel morską drogą z Rzymianami. Ogólna sytuacja polityczna była rozdrobniona, a wzajemne kontakty handlowe – zarówno lądowe, jak i morskie – były intensywne (np. przywożono z Romanów przyprawy i tekstylia, a eksportowano złoto i kamienie szlachetne).

Pozostałe regiony: Plemiona germańskie za Renem i Dunajem nie utworzyły jeszcze zintegrowanych państw – żyły w luźnych konfederacjach. Na Bliskim Wschodzie państwo Partów (Arsacydzi) było względnie stabilne pod wspólnym rządem z królową Muzą i młodym krolem Phraatesem. Egipt i Syria funkcjonowały jako rzymskie prowincje. Na Zachodzie Brytania pozostawała poza zasięgiem Rzymian, a w Afryce państwa lokalne (np. królowie Numidii czy Mauretanii) utrzymywały kontakt z Rzymem, ale nie dokonały się tam większe wydarzenia wojenne.

🇵🇱 Ziemie dzisiejszej Polski

Kultura archeologiczna: W centrum i na południu Polski dominuje kultura przeworska (III w. p.n.e. – V w. n.e.), związana z plemionami nazywanymi często proto-Wandalami. Na północy i wschodzie pojawiła się już wczesna faza kultury wielbarskiej (I–V w. n.e.), utożsamianej z Gotami i Gepidami. W rejonie Mazur występowała kultura bogaczewska (należąca do kręgu zachodniobałtyjskich), rozwijająca się od początku wpływów rzymskich (I w. n.e.) do pocz. wędrówek ludów.

Życie codzienne: Ludzie żyli w rozproszonych osadach zagrodowych. Budowano drewniane, dwunawowe domy słupowe podzielone na część mieszkalną i gospodarczą. Gospodarka opierała się na rolnictwie (zboża, rośliny oleiste) i hodowli (bydło, trzoda), uzupełnianej łowiectwem i rybołówstwem. Stosowano żelazne narzędzia rolnicze (radła, lemiesze) oraz zaawansowane techniki garncarskie i tkackie. Znalezione naczynia i wyroby rzemieślnicze świadczą o wysokim poziomie miejscowego rzemiosła.

Kontakty handlowe i technologiczne: Obszar ten leżał przy słynnym szlaku bursztynowym, co umożliwiało stały handel z południową Europą i Śródziemiem. Pojawiały się importy z Cesarstwa (ceramika, metalowe naczynia, biżuteria – przykładowo odkryto dzbany i situle z Italii), a miejscowe elity gromadziły kosztowności z zachodu. Rozprzestrzeniła się technologia obróbki żelaza – żelazne groty, noże czy ozdoby były powszechne. W społecznościach tych istniał też rozwój wymiany z sąsiadami – kontakty z plemionami bałtyjskimi i nadbałtyckimi uaktywniały wymianę bursztynu i surowców.

🗌 Mazury i Węgorzewo

Stan osadnictwa: Północno-wschodnia Polska (Mazury) w 1–8 n.e. była peryferyjnym terytorium ludów zachodniobałtyjskich. W rejonie tym dominowała kultura bogaczewska (z wykopalisk w Bogaczewie koło Giżycka). Osady zakładano zwykle w pobliżu zbiorników wodnych – np. przy jeziorach typu salęckiego, na niewysokich wzgórzach nad wodą, w osadach prawdopodobnie otwartych, bez wałów obronnych. Przykładem jest stanowisko w Tarławkach (k. Węgorzewa): wzgórze otoczone wodami jeziora Mamry, gdzie odsłonięto pozostałości osady z chatami i kilkoma piecami, a nawet dwoma warsztatami metalurgicznymi (brązownictwo). Otaczający krajobraz to lasy sosnowe i bory, bagna oraz system licznych jezior (Śniardwy, Mamry i inne).

Hipotetyczne znaczenie: Mazury wczesnej ery żelaza prawdopodobnie miały znaczenie gospodarcze (rybołówstwo, wypas bydła) i kultowe. Liczne zbiorniki wodne sugerują tradycje ofiarnicze (zwyczaj składania darów w wodzie, jak to później czynili Germanie) – choć brak jest bezpośrednich źródeł potwierdzających praktyki kultowe w I w. n.e., analogie z późniejszym okresem wskazują na głęboko zakorzeniony kult natury. Region mógł też być częścią lokalnych tras handlowych (np. tranzyt bursztynu z Pomorza do południowej Polski przez Wielkie Jeziora Mazurskie).

🔄 Zmiany klimatyczne i środowiskowe

Klimat: Epoka rzymska w Polsce przypada na ogólnie ciepły okres klimatyczny. W Europie panuje tzw. optymal rzymski – średnie temperatury były wówczas nieco wyższe niż w późniejszym średniowieczu. Panuje klimat umiarkowany, bez nagłych ekstremów; odnotowano brak większych kataklizmów atmosferycznych w tym roku. W Polsce oznaczało to dobre warunki dla rolnictwa i rosnące lasy liściaste oraz iglaste.

Środowisko: Ziemie polskie są wówczas silnie zalesione (iglasto-liściaste bory) z licznie rozproszonymi jeziorami i mokradłami. Szczególnie Mazury cechują się krajobrazem polodowcowym – liczne jeziora (Śniardwy, Mamry itp.) i lasy. Stanowiska archeologiczne (np. osad salęckich przy jeziorach) potwierdzają, że osadnictwo adaptowało się do wilgotnego otoczenia (lokowano je przy brzegach jezior, na niewysokich pagórkach). Nie odnotowano w tym roku gwałtownych zmian środowiskowych – klimat i charakter krajobrazu pozostają stabilne w ramach długoletnich trendów.

🐉 Mitologia i wierzenia

Wierzenia plemion zachodnio-słowiańskich/germańskich: Ludzie związani z kulturą przeworską (często utożsamiani z wczesnymi Wandalami) i wielbarską (Goci) wyznawali politeizm. Ich panteon mógł obejmować bóstwa natury: bóg piorunów i wojny, bóstwa ognia (ogni domowe), wody czy lasów. W zmarłych wierzyli jako o kontynuujących życia – o czym świadczy rytuał składania broni. Wśród zmarłych mężczyzn w grobach kultury przeworskiej dominował obrządek ciałopalny, a znalezioną broń często rytualnie wyginano lub rozbijano (forma ofiary dla duszy zmarłego).

Wierzenia plemion bałtyjskich: Ludność kultury bogaczewskiej (np. Galindowie) także była politeistyczna. Przypuszcza się, że czczono rodzimych bogów pogańskich – Perkunasa (bóg gromu i burzy) czy Saule (bogini Słońca) – zgodnie z tradycją plemion zachodniobałtyjskich. Obserwacje analogii kulturowych z późniejszych wieków Bałtów sugerują, że wierzono w duchy przodków oraz animistyczne moce w przyrodzie (np. w święte gaje, źródła). Brak bezpośrednich opisów z I w. n.e., więc większość tej wiedzy to hipotezy oparte na późniejszych źródłach.

Rytuały i praktyki magiczne: Mieszkańcy tych ziem prawdopodobnie praktykowali obrzędy związane z cyklem przyrody. Organizowano rytualne odprawy przy ognisku czy nad wodą, składano ofiary z żywności lub broni w miejscach świętych (jeziorach, świętych dębach). Powszechnie używano amuletów i talizmanów (np. żelaznych zawieszek) dla ochrony. Wierzono w moc zaklęć – mógł istnieć rodzaj kapłanów/łużników ofiarowujących ludziom rady i uzdrowienia. W ogniu i dymie składano prośby do bogów, a wyżarzanie symboli na przedmiotach mogło służyć zaklinaniu losu. Praktyki te trudno udowodnić archeologicznie, ale analogie z innymi kulturami prasłowiańskimi i germanicznymi wskazują na silny związek duchowości z życiem codziennym.

📌 Ciekawostka

W 8 r. n.e. w Chinach cesarz Wang Mang wprowadził ponownie starożytne rodzaje monet – emitował monety łopatkowe (spade money) i monety w kształcie noży zamiast zwykłych okrągłych. Było to krótkotrwałe odwołanie do dawnych tradycji monetarnych, które zostało szybko zaniechane w kolejnych latach.

🎭 Scenka z życia

Mglisty poranek nad jeziorem Mazurskim. Kaszub, miejscowy kowal, roztapia żelazo w małym piecu przy swojej chacie z drewnianych bali. Wokół unosi się zapach żywicy z paleniska. Jego żona Annia wyrabia właśnie garnek z gliny, uważnie wygładzając powierzchnię. W tle widać drewniany słup z nasączonymi darami – gałęźd porośniętą barwą kamieni i ozdób. Do wsi powoli zbliża się kupiec wędrowny z Zachodu – z łodzią pełną ceramiki i oliwy – aby zamienić towary na bursztyn, skóry i miód z okolicznych puszcz. Wędkarz Aleks, młody brat Annii, holuje sieć po brzegu jeziora, zanosząc ryby na stragany przed chatą. Całą scenę oglądają dzieci bawiące się nad wodą: rzucają krągłe kamyki i nasłuchują pieśni ptaków. W tej codziennej chwili splata się handel (spotkanie z kupcem), kultura (wyroby rzemiosła) i wierzenia (święty pal służy jako ołtarz dla ofiar dla bogów).

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📜 Podsumowanie

Rok 8 n.e. był okresem względnej stabilizacji i stopniowych zmian. Imperium Rzymskie umacniało swą pozycję bez wielkich wojen (jedynym głośnym wydarzeniem była banicja Owidiusza). W Azji kontynuowano handel (chodź oficjalnie Chińczycy zrezygnowali z wysyłania misji na zachód), ale lokalnie dochodziło do przewrotów (w Chinach Wang Mang). Na ziemiach polskich dominował okres wpływów rzymskich (na co wskazują kontakty handlowe), zaś życie codzienne toczyło się spokojnie według ustalonych tradycji gospodarczo-kulturowych. Klimat i środowisko pozostały korzystne (ciepły okres rzymski), wspierając rozwój rolnictwa i większe lesistości regionu. Podsumowując, rok 8 n.e. zamykał dekadę I wieku pokoju i wymiany między Europą a Wschodem, zapowiadając jednocześnie głębsze przemiany polityczne, które miały nadejść w kolejnych latach.

Źródła: Badania archeologiczne i historyczne: kultur przeworskiej i wielbarskiej, doniesienia o rozwoju kultury bogaczewskiej na Mazurach, analizy życia codziennego plemion środkowej Europy, dokumenty historyczne o cesarstwie rzymskim i Chinach, prace dotyczące klimatu starożytnego. Bibliografia ilustruje powiązania między światem antycznym a regionem Polski w 8 r. n.e. – w odpowiedzi na pytania o codzienność, kontakty i wierzenia mieszkańców tych ziem.

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Optymalizacja kosztów żywienia drobiu dzięki odpowiednim paszom

Wprowadzenie

W dzisiejszych czasach hodowla drobiu stała się nie tylko sposobem na utrzymanie się, ale także ważnym sektorem gospodarki rolniczej. Zważywszy na rosnące koszty produkcji i zmieniające się wymagania konsumentów, kluczowym aspektem jest optymalizacja kosztów żywienia drobiu poprzez odpowiednie dobieranie pasz. W artykule tym przedstawimy, jak właściwe pasze dla kur mogą wpłynąć na zdrowie ptaków, ich wydajność oraz ogólne koszty eksploatacji.

Optymalizacja kosztów żywienia drobiu dzięki odpowiednim paszom

Hodowla drobiu to skomplikowany proces, który wymaga przemyślanej strategii w zakresie żywienia. Odpowiednia dieta wpływa nie tylko na zdrowie i kondycję ptaków, ale też na efektywność produkcji. Zrozumienie składników paszy oraz ich wpływu na rozwój ptaków jest kluczowe dla każdego hodowcy.

Znaczenie odpowiedniej paszy dla drobiu

Pasze dla drobiu muszą być dostosowane do potrzeb różnych gatunków ptaków. Właściwie dobrana mieszanka składników odżywczych przyczynia się do lepszego wzrostu, a także poprawia jakość mięsa i jaj.

Jakie składniki powinna zawierać pasza dla drobiu? Białko: Kluczowe dla wzrostu i regeneracji tkanek. Witaminy i minerały: Nieodzowne elementy wspierające odporność. Węglowodany: Źródło energii dla ptaków.

Prawidłowo zbilansowana pasza powinna być bogata w te składniki, aby zapewnić optymalny rozwój i zdrowie ptaków.

Typy pasz dla drobiu

Istnieje wiele rodzajów pasz dostępnych na rynku, które różnią się składem oraz przeznaczeniem.

Pasze pełnoporcjowe

Te mieszanki są gotowe do podawania i zawierają wszystkie niezbędne składniki odżywcze. Są to idealne rozwiązania dla początkujących hodowców.

Pasze uzupełniające

Dostosowywane według potrzeb stada. Używane są często w połączeniu z innymi produktami spożywczymi.

Pasze specjalistyczne

Stosowane w celu leczenia lub profilaktyki chorób. Mogą zawierać dodatki probiotyczne lub prebiotyki.

Koszt zakupu paszy a jakość żywienia

Nie należy kierować się wyłącznie ceną przy wyborze paszy. Często tańsze produkty mogą nie spełniać podstawowych standardów jakościowych.

Dlaczego warto inwestować w lepszą jakość?

Wyższa https://www.e-kurczaki.pl/pasza-dla-kur-i-drobiu/ jakość paszy przekłada się na:

Lepszą kondycję ptaków. Większą wydajność produkcji. Mniejsze straty związane z chorobami. Analiza kosztów żywienia drobiu

Aby skutecznie optymalizować koszty, należy dokładnie analizować każdy aspekt wydatków związanych z żywieniem.

Podstawowe wydatki związane z zakupem paszy Koszt surowców Transport Przechowywanie

Dokładna kalkulacja pozwoli na lepsze zarządzanie budżetem oraz identyfikację obszarów do oszczędności.

Jak obliczyć całkowity koszt żywienia?

Całkowity koszt można obliczyć sumując:

Koszt zakupu poszczególnych rodzajów pasz. Koszt transportu i przechowywania.

Dzięki temu możemy uzyskać kompleksowy obraz wydatków związanych z żywieniem naszego stada.

Strategie optym

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Susan Sonntag

Während die Eltern sich berufsbedingt in Tianjin aufhielten, wurden Susan und ihre jüngere Schwester Judith vom Kindermädchen Rose McNulty erzogen. Sie lebten zunächst bei den Großeltern väterlicherseits und später bei anderen Verwandten. Schließlich kauften die Eltern ein Haus in Great Neck auf Long Island, hielten sich aber weiterhin die meiste Zeit in China auf.

Susan lernte laut ihrem Biografen Daniel Schreiber bereits mit drei Jahren lesen und widmete sich zunächst ihrer umfangreichen Comicsammlung. Mit sechs Jahren begann das einzelgängerische Mädchen „richtige Bücher“ zu lesen.

Susan Sonntag "Über Fotografie":

Objekte der Melancholie

Man Ray, 1922

Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, 1926

Bewegungsablaufstudien, Bragaglia

Fotomontagen, John Heartfield

_1 Über Surrealism. Surrealism zwischen Leben und Kunst. 

Malerei waren nicht zufrieden. Der grosste Wert kriegt Surrealism im Theater, Schreiben, und Fotografie. Eine Fotografie ist ein Lebendsduplikat. Die Realität ist enger aber mehr dramatisch.

“Der Surrealismus hat stets um das Zufällige gebuhlt, das Unerwartete begrüsst, dem Verworrenen geschmeichelt.”_54

Authentizität. Nagradza niewinność.

_2 Surrealismum gehört den bürgerlichen.

“Der Surrealismus ist Ausdruck bürgerlichen Missvergnügens. Dass seine Anhänger ihn für universell hielten, ist nur ein Zeichen dafür, dass er typisch bürgerlich ist.”_56

_3 Flâneur

“Der Flaneur fühlt sich nicht von der “offiziellen” Realität der Stadt angezogen, sondern von ihren dunklen Winkeln, ihrem vernachlässigten Bevölkerungsschichten- einer inoffiziellen Realität, die der Fotograf “festnimmt”, wie der Kriminalbeamte einen Verbrecher.”_58

_4 Benjamin Stone, zum Zwecke Konservierung

_5 Street Life in London - Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer Thomson, accompanied by texts offering sharply drawn vignettes of laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and more:

1880 - "Es war Thomson, der um 1880 Vorarbeit dafür leistete, dass Porträtaufnahmen im eigenen Heim gross in Mode kamen"._60

_6 Zroznicowanie tematow fotografii - od bogaczy po biede.

"Armut ist nicht surrealer als Reichtum; ein Mensch in schmutzigen Lumpen ist nicht surrealer als eine Prinzessin im Ballkleid oder jemand, der nackt wie Gott ihn schuf herumläuft."_60

nieprzekonujace Kukly Beatona

_7 "Mansche Fotografen fühlen sich als Wissenschaftler, manche als Moralisten. Die Wissenschaftler widmen sich der Bestandsaufnahmen der Welt, die Moralisten konzetrieren sich auf schwirige Fälle."_61

August Sander, Archetypen (Beruf, Klasse oder Gewerbe)

_8 Optymism

Lewis Hine, kids labour- delegalizacja pracy dzieci

"Treating Labor Artistically"1920

Robert Frank, The Americans

_9 Przemijalnosc, starzenie sie

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"eee nie jestem w pelni optymisticzny" zamknij sie ty mały gnoju. morze ty nie jesteś optymistyczny !! bo masz piętnaście lat i wygladasz jak perfekcyjnie normalna biała dziewczynka !!! dla mnie optymism narazie to jest jedyna linia pomiędzy tym czy popelnie samobujstwo dzisaj zanim prospekt wróci z pracy czy nie

ja pierdole chyba naprawde sie dzisaj zabije

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How and Hire and Find PWA Developer | Optymize

https://optymize.io/blog/how-to-hire-and-find-pwa-developers/ Over the past couple of years, the hype of Progressive Web Applications rose worldwide. No wonder PWA developers can bring well-optimized solutions to the table for flawless user engagement by providing app-like navigation and excellent visual content. These Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) allow adding features similar to hardware supporting apps and provide an enhanced web experience.

The PWAs were firstly introduced by Google in 2015, to make web apps that can enhance user engagement and provide optimized user experience more efficient.

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me eating paper: im a little fat girl

my last chirp of optymism: nooo

me eating more paper: SAY IT

my last chirp of optymism already fading and dying: IM A LITTLE FAT GIRL

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Theia and Gaia

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Satriya considered the uneven chain mail in front of him, hung on the rack, dripping wet. He rolled a topaz between the fingers of his gloved paw. Now, where exactly did the Den Mother expect him to find a place for a gem of this size? Perhaps it could fit on the chest, with the proper setting.

“Apprentice,” he barked, his ears high and severe. He should at least look the part of the strict mentor. The kid poked his nose around the corner, whiskers quivering.

“Get that empty necklace with the triangle settings. I’m going to show you how to modify damaged armor while you repair it.”

“Here is your map,” something said in the distance. A colored sheet appeared in front of the space. “We’ve loaded it into your processor. You can access it the same way you would move your leg. Just reach for it.”

“Yes, sir.”

A shift in weight. Some kind of belt went over its back.

The creature pointed ahead. Rolling hills stretched past the hand. “Arborville is that way- houses built into the trees. If you get lost, use your life-form radar. It’s not hard.”

“Yes, sir.”

Exene touched a paw to the enormous footprint and rubbed the damp clay between her fingers, letting the earthy scent fill her nose. Her eyes narrowed. An unfamiliar predator lurked nearby, and she was very, very far from home. Then… Just the most hushed breath. Just the slightest change in the air. Her grip tightened on her bow and she bounded away as the monster dropped from the dense, dead trees above, leaving a crater in the clay where she had stood.

The rocky outcropping nearby gave her enough cover to scramble into a crack where the monster couldn’t reach. She took a rattled breath, grasping at the quiver on her back. Looking out through the tiny sliver of daylight, she could see the monster’s sharp triangle ears twisting this way and that. It raised its nose to the air. She shrank back out of sight before it could turn her way.

But the monster had heard her. With two huge leaps, it landed on the boulders, further settling the pile. Exene cried out as her arm and bow caught between two of the shifting rocks. The monster hissed, rocking back and forth on the pile to crush her. She curled up, gasping at the pain in her twisting arm, and put her feet against the boulder above. Even with all the might in her legs and feet, she could hardly keep the boulder from rolling off its support, and she grunted with the effort.

Then she heard the quick whistle of an arrow leaving its bow, and another soon after. The monster screamed and fell back, its shadow crossing the narrow opening above. The others made short work of it while Exene panted and held the rock off herself. They had better not leave her-

Finally, the weight lifted, and her brethren freed her mangled arm.

“I think we can make a home here,” she hissed through gritted teeth. One of her sisters laughed and handed her the aloa leaf, which she snatched away to wrap her arm in.

“You’ve got a pebble stuck in your joint, hold on,” a voice murmured. The space stopped moving. At the creature’s touch, its elbow strained under some pressure, and then loosened with a vague relief and freedom.

There were trees.

Tiny fingers struggled to reach the rough valves of the trumpet. Its bleating filled the empty nest in the moonlight.

Then, there were no trees. There was a ravine.

“We move out at dawn,” the Warlord snarled, cowing his advisors. “You can go one night without sleep.”

Then there were the walls of a ravine stretching overhead, and hard ground.

Fu bumbled with his quill, struggling to keep the stack of skins in a straight pile in his arm. How the Mayor expected him to write and walk at the same time, he had no idea. He shuffled forward, poking his feet out one at a time while he kept his eyes on the skin on top, his quill dripping.

As the Mayor spoke, Fu’s attention drifted to the view from the top of their little fort. An entire town coming together like this… The Mayor was truly an inspiration. As strange as the social structure was… Maybe, just maybe, this could work.

“Did you get all that?”

Fu nearly dropped his stack as the Mayor turned toward him.

“Did you hear about Head Merlock?”

“Ha. What did she do this time?”

“She’s shut herself in her study again and won’t let anyone in the fusion chamber. No one in her department’s going to finish their studies at this rate.”

“Ha! I’m glad I’m not her apprentice…”

Well, this was a fine predicament. Their quest wouldn’t be a very long one if they couldn’t even cross the mighty Yangtze river winding across the wide, wet fields a few miles outside of town. Ishani thumped the ground a few times and hopped back toward the shrubs obscuring their resting spot. The other five members of the party had clustered close in the thin shade.

“It’s dry season,” their leader offered. “If we head upstream for a few days, we should find a place to cross. Even the plains here aren’t flooded.”

“A dry season in a dry year,” the oldest member of the group tutted. “Predators will be hungry.”

“They would have moved downstream by now.” Ishani poked her ears above the shrub. The breeze cooled the tips, and she heard no whispers in the wind.

“But we would lose several days of travel,” their guard piped up.

Ishani frowned. “No. That will take us up into the mountains… The Yangtze curves west through the range. It’s a little out of the way, but not more than a day or two.”

The eldest only twitched her whiskers.

Ishani snapped her fingers. “Oh, wait, this could work to our advantage! The paths there will save us a trek through the Eagle Pillars. That’s slow and careful work anyhow.”

The leader raised her eyebrows. The breeze played with her mane.

Ishani swept her foot through the grass, digging out a little trail in the light dust. “See, if this line is the river, and we move this way…” She dragged her finger through the dust across it. “We skip out on that entire eagle nest. That cuts the danger of our journey in half.”

The eldest blinked. “But only half.”

She shrugged. “We’ll take care of the second nest when we get there. Maybe we can find another shortcut.”

A porcelain monster walked alongside the space. The space tingled at a familiar shriek that echoed across the ravine and cut off with shattering glass. The monster next to it flinched, falling a step behind, before it hustled to catch up.

“Oh. You’re not awake, are you?”

No response.

“… What assignment have you got?”

The information came easily. “Apprentice Merisis has instructed this unit to deliver the filled globes to the Scrying center in Optym.”

They walked in silence for a moment.

The porcelain creature leaned to the side, head tilted. “Which route are you taking, Lazarus?”

“The provided map gives directions across the overworld.”

A harsh, static noise. “I know a faster way. More efficient.”

“More efficient.”

“Yeah, follow me.”

Ajith smirked, clapping his paws together. “Listen. Someday I’m going to play Tempest. Just watch.”

His brother let his head fall back over the side of their nest of skins and cushions. “You’ll never make it. You’ve got no grit, brother.”

“Grit!?”

The memory cut off as the porcelain creature gently rapped on the armored side with several clinks. “Don’t drift too far off. We’re here.”

In front of the two of them stood a row of tall, colorful doors set into a vast wall. From one end of the platform to the other, there were seven, each metal slate splashed with a different color.

The other creature hopped between its four feet. It stepped forward to pat the wall energetically. “Karchner’s perfecting something called Dimensional Doors. Travel between cities is instant, when they’re running properly.”

The space waited for the path to open so it could continue forward.

“The Sentry over there gave me their power schedule, when I worked there a few weeks ago.”

The porcelain creature continued talking, but…

Deven leaned on his spear, watching the other soldiers play their card game.

One of his companions turned their head up to him. “Pouting because you lost?”

Deven sighed. “No, I’m keeping a lookout. My constant vigilance is the only thing keeping you sorry morons alive.”

Another barked out a laugh and tossed down her cards. “That’s a pouting face, if I ever saw one!”

“One of us has to watch!” Deven’s voice cracked as he threw his free hand in the air.

“Sure, but only because you lost.”

Next round, he would kick their tails to the horizon.

The surface. Tall grass, trees on the horizon. Then, the ravine. Then, the surface.

Bugs speckled the inside of the ancient amber. Jing turned it this way and that in her paw, letting the torch light glitter off its surface. This would make a perfect talisman for the Gauntlets of Healing.

Two voices from above, sitting in the trees, while the space waited for its load:

“Meret told me something interesting. You want some city gossip?”

“Hit me.”

“Underside’s slowed its robot production rate way down. Head Merletaph is furious. Meret caught her chewing out Head Merlock big-time on the roof of his apartment, he said he just had the window open and they didn’t even try to keep it down.”

“The most important thing, when you’re brewing tea…” Masala began to her crowd of wide-eyed youngsters. She couldn’t help but grin at how their ears perked. “Is to set the right environment.”

The stars twinkled above. The space’s head lights cast long dim beams across the grassy hill. It turned its head upward to follow the slope, and noticed the moonlight glinting off its fingers.

The moonlight…

Something was wrong. What was it?

There should be three moons, the voices whispered together.

Neima hunched over her stone in the dead of night, pausing every few moments to turn her head up and examine the moons. Their light played off each other: sturdy bronze, icy blue-white, and airy reflective gray between the two. She jabbed her quill against the rock, crumpling the tip. With a snarl she tossed it away, grabbing yet another out of her cup. She dunked the end of it in her ink and very nearly chewed on the tip while she contemplated the three heavenly bodies. Ink dripped off her nose, leaving her whiskers quivering in the multicolored light.

How could you translate such a sight into music? The moons hung serenely in the sky, blotting out even the stars in such a wide circle. The way the colors lit up the long strands of dead grass, bounced off her slate, twinkled at the end of the quill… Neima’s brow furrowed and her ears drew back. She shuffled her stiff feet, trying to force some feeling back into them. They would be out of phase again soon. The next collection like this wouldn’t come around for another two years. She had to make her decision. Bronze, and white, and blue, and gray… The cold and the stillness and the crisp smell of the dew collecting on the rough stones. What notes brought them to mind? What might another instrument accomplish that her trumpet could not?

The song was meant to be her magnum opus, but upon facing the reality of the sight, how could she ever do it justice?

Lazarus paused. I guess I never will, the voices mused together. It stood, on the hill, for a long moment. The packages on its back pushed its knife-legs into the soft ground, so much softer than it was at home.

It could never get home, could it? From the very beginning… the Artificers had total control over Lazarus’ fate, and had ensured it was trapped forever. The voices never had a chance. Even if Lazarus did get home, the voices had been gathered from across time, from across the countries and tribes and regions. Where could Ishani fit, in this new world? Where would Timur? Bryagh? Kai? They had never heard of some of the ideas the other voices shared- the Mayors- the quills- the games- the armored mounts-

Was there even any way home? How did they get pulled into this world? What could Lazarus do on this world, if it did disappear into the wilderness between settlements? Were there other robots out there somewhere?

Lazarus turned its head away from the strange, foreign moonlight and stared at its wrist protrusions, dug into the ground. Before it acted, this time, it needed answers.

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You think that the series has meaning behind it now? That's interesting. I went from thinking that Bendy and the Ink Machine was a well-put together, thought-through, and meaningful and all that, to thinking that it's a mess that only looked that way for a while. It seems like you pretty much went through the opposite. Can I ask you what changed your mind?

Okay, it’s a bit more compIex than that :P

I did think it had some kinda meaning though for some time after Chapter 5′s end I found the idea of it having no meaning very appeaIing?

Because the fans aIready had so much inupt in the game via the posters and the fansongs that we couId as weII be aIIowed to make of it what we wont and Im not someone who minds open endings

^ this is what i was thinking after the end of batim dfnfdkjdf

But aIso heck I was putting Bendy’s creators on a very high pedestaI because Bendy is my speciaI interest and I just Ioved to vibe in this overaII positivity and optymism you know?

Though, I’m more down to Earth now and I think they do have something in mind, aIthough not everything

I used to take the paths with theories onIy that wouId be good writing but the truth is,,, maybe they aren’t the best writers dfndjfdf

And, especiaIIy with Joey/Ink Demon and now aIso WaIIy/Boris, i feeI Iike they want reaIIy hard to have some ‘gotchas’ about the big reveaIs? Though they have cIaimed that they had the ending in mind from the beginning so Idk but stuff just doesnt seem very consistent at the moment

I think they have a generaI goaI whiIe a Iot of things stiII might change if,,, they reaIize that theorists are onto them,,,,,,, Which I wouId hope isnt true but Im not guIIibIe as I was before and ngI the fan’s trust has been put to some serious test this past year

I think the series has more meaning the devs had to settIe on now simpIy becasue they can’t debunk theories forever fdnfjdkfd [if they reaIIy do that, i know it’s quite an accusation but hey they did rewrite showdown bandit and are rewriting batdr as weII, just thankfuIIy taking more time with it]

AIso they’re Iike constantIy hinting now that there is a meaning so the thought of there being no Main meaning can be thrown outta the window

My path of thinking was more Iike

High pedestaI and I thought they had a cIear goaI -> Somehow higher pedestaI but no goaI, we can do what we want -> Facing peopIe aint perfect and being more reaIistic about it which is more heaIthy anyways and settIing on that there is something main in here but things may or may not change depending on what theorists wiII be abIe to predict

I dont know why wouId you change canon if peopIe predict it though because the point of good writing and foreshadowing kinda is that peopIe are abIe to predict some events and maybe even the ending and major reveaIs?

I’ve recentIy been Iooking back out of nostaIgia at my oId posts and I found this

My thoughts BEFORE Chapter 5′s reIease IoI:

[thinks of beast bendy inside the big ink machine] deus ex machina hahaaaa

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Can I get a headcanon talent swap au with a shuichi ultimate astronaut, a ultimate detective kaito, a ultimate lucky student izuru, a ultimate gamer hajime, and a makoto that went through the izuru kamukura project instead. Also with a fem s/o. Hope this ain't two challenging. But I know you can do it! Please and thank you

Alright! Although I am not best at talentswaps I will try my best ^^

Talent swap headcanons! With Fem s/o!

Shuichi Saihara (ultimate astronaut)

He possessed huge knowledge about space itself and often finds himself in sytuation where it's his main topic of conversation. You allways found it cute how he moved away from the topic thinking it bugged you.

Shuichi often trains and prepares himself for various of sytuations that may happen in space wich makes him seem a bit paranoid and it kinda worries you...

He is excited but also very anxious about going to space. But you being supportive girlfriend you are you make him feel so much better.

He was shocked when anyone was interested in his talent (and of course that you were the one among this group before you two got together) and felt a bit awkward when anyone asked how he became astronaut...

Kaito Momota (Ultimate detective)

He never lets himself overlook things and of course has his sidekick but Kaito does most of the job alone. You find it amazing how someone who is allways so cheerful can go so serious really fast.

Instead of luminary of the stars he calls himself the true justice. You can't help but giggle each time he calls himself like this

He never backs down on any case even if they whould be dangerous (Wich gets you to freak out) more than that he doesn't let anyone accept dangerous cases. A hero whould never let someone's life be in danger.

Even tho in his group of friends he is considered idiot becouse of his whierd optymism. Kaito is very educated. And you love your smart idiot.

He finds clues really fast but he has bigger problems with matching one thing to another. You sometimes help him if you find any connections. But he allways finds culprit and is very grateful for any help you can provide.

Izuru Kamakura (Ultimate lucky student)

He found his talent extremely boring and he found himself trying to figure out what he is actually good at. Even though his luck was at the times magical even he couldn't find anything where he could be called an ultimate... But he was good at many things.

You were helping him with finding his 'true ultimate' but after so many failed attempts he gave up but still you were amazed at how many things he was good at.

He was cold to the others but because he was so lucky everyone gave him second chance and he was able to make friends with rest of his class.

His luck was something he didn't understood at all. But he sure was to have you.

Hajime Hinata (Ultimate gamer)

He was good at all kinds of games mostly because of how fast he could analyze things.

He likes to talk about games he likes and likes to recommend some. He allways makes sure to show you best titles.

He loves to play with you and you do too but you mostly just watch him play.

Games is something he finds as an serious topic. So you don't joke about it at all.

His favorite games are the old ones... Even though they mostly didn't look as great as new ones he liked the way how simple yet awesome they are.

Makoto Naegi (Ultimate Hope-kamakura project)

You couldn't believe that he agreed on this. At first you didn't even recognize him. But it wasn't your Makoto you knew.

Still you loved him and didn't leave his side no matter what.

He seems to be much more cold but he is still warm and nice around you. And you sure hope it's not just an act (spoiler alert it isn't).

He was good at so many things but you allways asked yourself if it was worth it.

~Mod Chiaki

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The next days dragged on longer than any of the thirty voices could remember. Every conversation with Lazarus’ fellow porcelain monsters was held in clipped, halting small-talk. The assertive voice in Lazarus’ little crowd approved; this ragtag band of Leporids knew better than to betray their anticipation. The voices treasured those short moments of storytelling more than ever. The routine masked Lazarus’ nerves, and the stories gave them something to ruminate on, to distract themselves.

But at last they had to convene on the plan, as Lazarus hauled its packages down the ravine wall and through one of the Dimensional Doors.

Will Head Merlock make its move in the morning or evening? Does it matter? The more battle-hardened voices growled in response. The sun barely spends two hours shining directly into the ravine each cycle. If Head Merlock expected to navigate without power, wouldn’t it need to be during that window of natural light? Or, does it have some kind of lantern- would it prefer to work in as dark conditions as possible, to slow down everyone else? Where will the students be? What of their controllers, should they prefer to give orders first and ask questions later?

Where will Head Merletaph be?

The voices cut off as Lazarus stumbled, one of its legs snagging in the tough material of Optym’s pathways. The more cautious voices swam and spun across the space. The robots wouldn’t stand a chance against the Artificers.

Head Merlock is not concerned with saving the current robots. It only wants to prevent future robots-

Something was speaking to Lazarus. It received a firm pat on the side, on the casing over its hind legs. With a startle, it peered down at the Artificer. This one was tall, and Lazarus could just resolve wrinkles under its shallow hood, but it had drab robes. Low rank. What did it want?

“Did you hear me? I said the Scrying department is waiting for its lenses to get to the R.P.C. in Underside. Hurry up!”

Lazarus picked its way across the walkway toward the Dimensional Doors, too occupied to catch everything the creature muttered behind it. Distraction was the enemy. Better to focus on the present. Here, the sun’s light was just poking into the ravine. It would be past noontime in Underside already. The voices mulled over how quickly they could scramble to the R.P.C. to perhaps free up a moment for a story.

The Dimensional Doors stood on their own platform, the open metal panels glittering in the early light. Lazarus could see Underside through the center door, and as it passed through it felt only a slight resistance, like pressing into the surface of the water- walking into a headwind- pushing aside a skin hung as a curtain-

As it was crossing the bridge across Underside’s wide ravine, the lights across the city flickered and died. The thin light from the geothermal backup lit up across the buildings behind it, casting weak spotlights onto the carved buildings at its destination. No shattering glass heralded this outage, and the lights did not return, so the voices came to a quick agreement. They clawed along the path to the Soul Intake building, looming over the city like a great needle, all the way up the ravine wall and stretching down nearly to the world’s mantle. The bridge was not crowded, and the Artificers flowed around it in a bubble of space as usual. It was eerily… normal. As if Lazarus simply hurried to a late task, and nothing more.

Eurydice stood on its bulky arms at the front door of the facility, along the widest layer of the walkway. “Do you know what the plan is?”

Sentry’s voice crackled distantly from a speaker inside the front room. “Head Merlock was vague on the details. I think she didn’t want any of us to give away the plan if Merletaph demanded information.”

Lazarus watched down one side of the walkway, then the other, observing the shorter Artificers continue their business in the ravine’s deep shade. Some grew uneasy and stopped to look about as the darkness stretched on. Taller ones with the more adorned robes began moving against the flow of the crowd. Perhaps the other robots had caused enough trouble with the generator for a whole team of them to repair.

“It appears we are expected to wait here until the deed is done. Someone has to watch the door,” Lazarus finally said.

The two robots lingered for a moment, before Sentry’s voice returned. “She’s having trouble getting to the controls. The elevators are still down. I’ll tell you if you need to move.”

Lazarus hopped between its spindly legs to stay alert and moving, clacking their metal against the ground and sending hard shudders up into the joints. “What kind of opposition did Head Merlock expect, Sentry?”

“I know you want logistics, Lazarus. I don’t have anything for you besides what I can see, but it’s very dark. The upper-classmen just found the circuit breaker, they don’t yet know what… Oh.”

Lazarus shuddered to a stop. “Sentry? Where is the problem?”

But the speaker had gone silent. Eurydice turned to Lazarus on its great pillar-arms. It flexed its fingers against the ground and looked out at the crowd of Artificers. “That doesn’t bode well.”

The voices itched to step inside the door and check the speaker, even though they knew it would do no good. The head turned one way and another. “It’s suspicious to stand outside. They still don’t know anything is out of the ordinary.”

“That won’t last much longer. We don’t have much room, inside…” Eurydice clicked its toes as it considered.

“We need to have the element of surprise. If they can see us as they come, they will have their controllers ready.”

Lazarus clambered through the doorway. It shrugged off its bag of lenses, letting it drop to the ground with a flat clatter. Some of the voices took note of ambush spaces- of the positioning of the door compared to the bench, and the lamps, and the carpeting. The room was quite cramped; hopefully small enough to get at any Artificer before they could point their controllers.

The two waited in a heavy silence, watching the thinning stream of Artificers move to and fro out the window. Dim light from the other side of the ravine filtered through the glass.

“Did Head Merlock speak of any kind of… signal? When the task is completed?” Eurydice didn’t turn away from the window.

Lazarus shook its head, the joints and motors faintly whirring in its neck. “Will it sound like… like the Power Cores when they shatter?”

Eurydice only shifted its weight.

All at once, a cluster of Artificers charged for the doorway. Eurydice stepped to the side and watched Lazarus as it readied its wrist blades, tucking them close to its body.

The first one stepped through the door, already pulling out a controller. Lazarus snapped out a blade to swat it out of the scientist’s hand. Eurydice swung one of its mighty arms against the Artificer and shoved it back through the door to bowl over the students behind it.

Forward, press forward! Lazarus clawed out of the doorway to chase down the last creature left standing as it fled, paying no heed to whatever Eurydice was doing back in the room.

The small Artificer whirled around, its robes dragging on the floor. It drew up a pale, slim hand, perhaps in a futile attempt to defend itself. Lazarus knocked it against the wall and pinned its robe to the ground under a blade. The Artificer thrashed against Lazarus’ weight and its hood fell back.

A small, wide-eyed creature stared up at the space, panting, hand clutched to its chest. It had a blunt, pinched nose with a round face. Stringy hair fell in white locks around its tiny head, like a Leporid’s mane. This was…

This beast was hardly an adolescent.

Kill it, don’t let it escape! Bryagh’s voice roared above the others. They were swept up in his momentum and Lazarus raised its free blade.

Wait! Another voice called, even louder, surging above the wave. I will not kill this creature. I refuse. The voices buzzed and the blade trembled.

Time seemed to halt, as the voices screamed at each other. It’s just going to go on to keep committing these atrocities, Bryagh’s voice snarled. We have to take out as many as we can, while we can.

They will not be able to hurt us after this. There is no reason to execute a child, Ishani’s cried in return, clamoring for those words, for the clarity that Bryagh wielded. Merlock will destroy the Reel. There is no future in which they continue this project.

The voices floundered, split between their two choices. The creature in front of them shook, curled up with its eyes squinted shut.

Hesitantly, Fu’s voice joined Ishani’s. Then Divya’s, and Satriya’s, and Masala’s. Their chorus grew stronger, drowning out the old warrior’s, as more voices came to their decision.

Lazarus put its blade to the ground, to support its weight. Then, it lifted its other blade off the creature’s clothing. The Artificer stared at Lazarus before scrambling to its feet and fleeing into the shade.

The city lights flickered back on. Lazarus turned to look for Eurydice when a rough, giant hand closed around its neck and thrust its bulk to the floor.

The dazed voices had only a second to glimpse the pillar arm in front of them, from their angle against the ground.

“Eurydice?” Lazarus’ voice flickered weakly. Something in its neck must have gotten disrupted. Two boots stepped into view behind the other robot.

Lazarus’ body went rigid, and Eurydice released its neck. Without the voices’ permission, the body stood and faced its assailant. Eurydice stepped aside, revealing the gold-adorned poncho of the other leader, holding up a single finger, golden eyes narrowed to slits.

“Merlock really is an idiot. The Dimensional Doors are powered from Karchner’s side.” Its gaze focused on Lazarus. “Guard the door, won’t you? I’m afraid our friend has outlived her usefulness.”

Lazarus had no voice to cry out its wrath and hatred as its body joined Eurydice’s at the door and bowed while Head Merletaph strode into the facility. Its limbs stood frozen in place as the voices railed against their prison, as they imagined Eurydice’s did the same, as silence fell over the ravine.

The smaller- younger- Artificers had vacated the walkways in front of them. Only one scientist stood guard over the two frozen robots, wringing its hands and looking up at the great needle behind them. The voices screamed out at it, but Lazarus’ voice remained unresponsive.

Its eyes could only stare out past the walkway, across the ravine. And, after a short while, a distant figure in glittering silver fell past and down out of view, toward the planet’s mantle.

Sentry’s voice broke the quiet stillness. “Get back to work,” it said, hollow and toneless.

And their bodies had to obey.

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