#aether's mailbox

[aeth-r]

RETHEME ATEEE

THANK YOU!! /vvpos

[jils-things]

https://twitter.com/PkmnBrainrot/status/1740059985139372095?t=vmA7PPcpx361khknzJQuJw&s=19

ANON IM SURROUNDED BY A BUNCH OF VISITORS RIGHT NOW IM GOING TO EXPLODE FROM LAUGHTER HOLYSHIT AHAHAHAHWVEHAJENJSJSHSSHJSJAWHAJAJAJAJ

WHY IS HE JUST TALKING TO REGISTEEL IS IT GETTING REHABILITATED OR SOMETHING

[cryptiddeer-dolls]

SCREAMING I HAD MAIL COME IN ON FRIDAY AND. I DIDN'T GET A NOTIFICATION ABOUT IT AAAUUHHHG

[sanriochoso]

i just noticed u changed sbs!!!! I LOVE THE @ SM N THE THEME SLAYS BFF

SNIFF HI AETHER MY BFF AETHER TYSM I MISSED U

[nameification]

hi im back with more oc asks even though you havent even posted the first one

7, 23, and 25 (i love hearing about other peoples ocs)

whehehehe you are giving me So Much rambling time les go

23. What emotion is the hardest for your OC to process? How about express?

Once again, Alazea is very distant and has difficulty with emotions in general but most especially her happiness and kindness that other people give her. Defeat also counts.

There's something here so Many other characters but special mentions to Nerzhan and grief. the Meti siblings just both have difficulties with grief

25. What is your favorite thing about your OC?

This one is actually So Hard for me to answer cause I love So Many things but I think . Okay. hang on. You know how in the drawing I did with Simon and Marvin where Marvin looks like a Monster/ripoff cj mind. I kinda got that idea cause 1. yeah haha Mind Electric reference but also 2. The Brain is where dreams Happen and the secondary aspect to Simon's powers is dream manipulation. I think the visible nervous system appeared on Marvin after Simon gained Envoyship with Belphegor cause before he became envoyed his main thing really was music

I have So Many thoughts but also I thinkkkkk hmmm I love Vienna's skating boots, I love Elisa (in general), I love Michael's arc with Ezmirrha, I love The Commander's pure lack of morals, I lovelovelove so much of the shit I wrote

7.What's one way your OC has changed since you first came up with them?

Okay gonna use Vienna cause they changed. quite a bit. not just design wise. I mean they always had the single horn with the little accessory on the horn but they used to be like. fully blind and a painter. and they wore those long-ass british person coats. Vienna has arguably changed the most compared to basically everyone else but Vienna is. damn. blind painter person to half-blind gamer

Elisa of course underwent some change (she was the one who kinda started this story) but she has been relatively consistent.

I'd say Josephine actually changed more than her cause orignally Josephine was a wild card. I mean she still is a bit of a wild card but she was a wild card I mean she was like. she was all over the place in terms of what she did (from poker dealer to bartender to right hand of The Commander) and frankly I am glad I settled on something. God I need to make a semi-finalized design for her I have like. a concrete image in my head but I wanna put it down to paper

OH and very obviously Marvin went through a lot of changes. Originally he was Elias then he was Marvin and originally he just looked like a doll-human but now he's a shadow guy and has exposed nervous system :]

[ixiot-ghostrebel]

Read that one with Creator!Reader, who favors Nahida. To be honest! I love her. She is the only one who has tried to help Aether find his sister. And I love Aether, and whoever is kind to him automatically gains my favor.

I haven't finished Fontaine story, so I'm not sure about them.

Nahida Lovers Are gonna be having the Party of a lifetime here 👍 I am going to shove a little bit of Aether into this, but it can also be read as Lumine if other ppl want to :)

Nahida's ALWAYS Off the Hook :D

(Warning: Might be OOC!)

You liked Nahida (platonically, don't get other ideas). She was the only archon that was able to find any information on Aether's sister, and was the only one who made many efforts to find any information regarding Lumine.

It was nice and refreshing for once, to see the Famed Traveler finally getting some help in return of their deeds for the nation. You were so stoked, you started cheering and screaming like this was the best victory you've ever witnessed (it might've actually been).

Nahida, after hearing this, felt even more happy than before. I mean, you were kinda just praising her on the spot for something she thought was just...right to do.

Yet you're making a huge deal out of it. Were the other nations...not that helpful? I mean, the way the Traveler just turned down help and all that was proof, but you praising her for something as simple as this for a "thank you"...Nahida is kinda glad she'll be the first to do it.

It also seems you're starting to favor Nahida alongside the Traveler, which she isn't sure how she feels entirely, but she is for sure happy!

The moment you leave, Nahida's smile is a whole lot bigger, and she's basically grinning from ear to ear. It feels like she truly has spread her wings once the cage was opened. She can only hope her flight can make the Almighty Creator continue to smile and cheer.

Ghost Rebel Side Notes: I really have no clue if this is meeting expectations or not, but I do hope y'all like it! Usually these one characters aren't really something I usually come around in my mailbox, so this was definitely practice for the future lol!

I might open up my mailbox again, but only for a day or two (maybe, no promises for the re-open). I still have a lot of other requests lying in my mailbox, but it's good to have experience out here :D

Anyways, I hope this helps with the Nahida Lovers :) Remember, Nahida is platonic when your reading my blog!

Also, if you're the people waiting for The Lost Divine God of Celestia, I might have to disappoint you in saying that I think I might discontinue the series all together. I have been trying to write the fourth part of the series, but I just come out with nothing in the end. It's kinda depressing seeing the draft in my draft box sobbing. I'm so sorry, but I'll see how I feel about it before I make an official announcement on the matter.

✦ Check out The Ghost Rebel’s Blog Description & Info Page to See if Their Mailbox is Open! ✦

[warningsine]

what is the best way to get safer/more anonymous online

Ok, security and anonymity are not the same thing, but when you combine them you can enhance your online privacy.

My question is: how tech literate are you and what is your aim? As in do you live in a country where your government would benefit from monitoring private (political) conversations or do you just want to degoogle? Because the latter is much easier for the average user.

Some general advice:

Leave Windows and Mac operating systems and switch to Linux distributions like Fedora and Ubuntu (both very user friendly). Switch from Microsoft Office or Pages/Numbers/Keynote (Mac) to LibreOffice.

You want to go more hardcore with a very privacy-focused operating system? There are Whonix and Tails (portable operating system).

Try to replace all your closed source apps with open source ones.

Now, when it comes to browsers, leave Chrome behind. Switch to Firefox (or Firefox Focus if you're on mobile). Want to go a step further? Use LibreWolf (a modified version of Firefox that increases protection against tracking), Brave (good for beginners but it has its controversies), DuckDuckGo or Bromite. You like ecofriendly alternatives? Check Ecosia out.

Are you, like, a journalist or political activist? Then you probably know Tor and other anonymous networks like i2p, freenet, Lokinet, Retroshare, IPFS and GNUnet.

For whistleblowers there are tools like SecureDrop (requires Tor), GlobaLeaks (alternative to SecureDrop), Haven (Android) and OnionShare.

Search engines?

There are Startpage (obtains Google's results but with more privacy), MetaGer (open source), DuckDuckGo (partially open source), Searx (open source). You can see the comparisons here.

Check libRedirect out. It redirects requests from popular socmed websites to privacy friendly frontends.

Alternatives to YouTube that value your privacy? Odysee, PeerTube and DTube.

Decentralized apps and social media? Mastodon (Twitter alternative), Friendica (Facebook alternative), diaspora* (Google+ RIP), PixelFed (Insta alternative), Aether (Reddit alternative).

Messaging?

I know we all use shit like Viber, Messenger, Telegram, Whatsup, Discord etc. but there are:

Signal (feels like Whatsup but it's secure and has end-to-end encryption)

Session (doesn't even require a phone or e-mail address to sign up)

Status (no phone or e-mail address again)

Threema (for mobile)

Delta Chat (you can chat with people if you know their e-mail without them having to use the app)

Team chatting?

Open source options:

Element (an alternative to Discord)

Rocket.chat (good for companies)

Revolt.chat (good for gamers and a good alternative to Discord)

Video/voice messaging?

Brave Talk (the one who creates the talk needs to use the browser but the others can join from any browser)

Jami

Linphone

Jitsi (no account required, video conferencing)

Then for Tor there are various options like Briar (good for activists), Speek! and Cwtch (user friendly).

Georestrictions? You don't want your Internet Provider to see what exactly what you're doing online?

As long as it's legal in your country, then you need to hide your IP with a VPN (authoritarian regimes tend to make them illegal for a reason), preferably one that has a no log policy, RAM servers, does not operate in one of the 14 eyes, supports OpenVPN (protocol), accepts cash payment and uses a strong encryption.

NordVPN (based in Panama)

ProtonVPN (Switzerland)

Cyberghost

Mullvad (Sweden)

Surfshark (Netherlands)

Private e-mails?

ProtonMail

StartMail

Tutamail

Mailbox (ecofriendly option)

Want to hide your real e-mail address to avoid spam etc.? SimpleLogin (open source)

E-mail clients?

Thunderbird

Canary Mail (for Android and iOS)

K-9 Mail (Android)

Too many complex passwords that you can't remember?

NordPass

BitWarden

LessPass

KeePassXC

Two Factor Authenticators?

2FAS

ente Authenticator

Aegis Authenticator

andOTP

Tofu (for iOS)

Want to encrypt your files? VeraCrypt (for your disk), GNU Privacy Guard (for your e-mail), Hat.sh (encryption in your browser), Picocrypt (Desktop encryption).

Want to encrypt your Dropbox, Google Drive etc.? Cryptomator.

Encrypted cloud storage?

NordLocker

MEGA

Proton Drive

Nextcloud

Filen

Encrypted photography storage?

ente

Cryptee

Piwigo

Want to remove metadata from your images and videos? ExifCleaner. For Android? ExifEraser. For iOS? Metapho.

Cloak your images to counter facial recognition? Fawkes.

Encrypted file sharing? Send.

Do you menstruate? Do you want an app that tracks your menstrual cycle but doesn't collect your data? drip.

What about your sexual health? Euki.

Want a fitness tracker without a closed source app and the need to transmit your personal data to the company's servers? Gadgetbridge.

[jamimix]

Lipstick # 3 💄

Imagine your genshin S/O making you try on lipsticks of different colors and shades and then making you kiss them on their face to see if it suits them too.

Aether (For @proper-fox):

Sorry it took so long. I was in physical pain while trying to write this. I hate period cramps (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Aether has many many friends (and enemies), and most are indebted to him (Yes, even some of his enemies). So it's not unusual for his mailbox to be filled with gifts of many kinds. In fact, he had to have a separate mail box for close friends just so he wouldn't lose those.

And as thankful as he is for the gifts, he doesn't exactly use nor need most of it. But of course, he couldn't just tell them off. (Well, he can, but he still wants free stuff now and again.)

As he's pacing around your shared bedroom in his abode, he notices your lipstick collection... or rather, the lack of it. A lone lipstick stood proudly on your vanity table, with a color that's just a bit too... common for him to see on you.

After some thinking, he came up with a solution to his mailbox problem. Why not tell people that he'll only be accepting lipsticks?

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"Aether, why the hell do you have so many lipstick?" You asked, once you saw him carrying a box full of lipstick with a rainbow of selection, picking up one that's a really neon green.

"It's for a... project." Aether says, smiling innocently at you. He then brought in another box, one that's empty this time. There's a shine in his eyes that you couldn't understand.

"Can you do something for me?"

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You then found yourself sitting on the bed, a box full of lipstick on your side, while the empty one on the other.

In front of you is Aether, sleeping soundly. After a tiring day of doing commissions, he grabbed you towards the bed with the energy he had left, and told you what to do before passing out.

"Give me lots of kisses. I want you to try each and every one of these."

You couldn't help but quirk your lips at his words from earlier, before picking a random lipstick from the pile.

Upon applying it, you then leave soft kiss on his soft cheek.

When you pulled away, you couldn't help but feel delighted at how the lipstick color suit him. Maybe he does have a point in making you do this.

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The next morning, Aether woke up with a yawn, stretching his arms. He drowsily got up from the bed, making sure not to disturb your sleep, before heading to the bathroom.

The moment he faced the bathroom mirror, he feel his whole being wake up, fully energized, a huge grin quickly growing on his face.

Aether's body is littered with kiss marks with colors and shades that suited him. From his face, to his arms, and even to his stomach. There are even some stray ones on his thighs.

Leaning back out of the bathroom door, he spots the two boxes on the feet of your shared bed, one labelled 'keep', and the other, 'give away', both seemed half filled.

Focusing back on his reflection in the mirror, he's quite happy but... he's not satisfied.

With a huff, he quickly runs out of the bathroom, and headed towards you still sleeping on the bed. He jumped on the bed, straddling your hips, before shaking you awake.

He glared at you with determined eyes, watching as you drowsily opened yours that are filled with sleepy confusion.

"You have to try again. Let me feel the kisses this time!"

Next up is our dear Kazuha!

Also, I probably almost died with my dog earlier ಥ‿ಥ

(@neigesprincess heya! You wanted to be tagged, right?)

[ethos-mailbox]

(Other RB chain was getting pretty crowded, so bringing it over here)(i think it was the response to your retconned RB anyways, with some modifications)

You alright, Eefo? Been a bit out of it since Hermes brought you over. And you’d been gone a bit- [Joel’s brows furrow, clearly concerned, despite his efforts to try and appear aloof]

- @joels-mailbox

uh huh, yeah, I'm fine, very fine, yep yep

just a bit confused... I'm still not exactly sure how the kid found me or how I got here... 0_o

one minute I was in the aether and the next I was here

well, I think it was the aether

looked like it and everything, y'know, but I must have been reaaaally far out because I couldn't find any of the mail portals

and before that I was-

[he abruptly stops as he remembers what he'd been doing last on hermitcraft and the letters and his plan and his ears turn a bit red]

o_o

[clears his throat and, while avoiding eye contact, says, a bit more high pitched than usual]

traffic was crazy

[love-and-deepspace-wiki]

Faceless Characters: Noah

Age: Unknown

Details:

Noah is a faceless character mentioned in Xavier's Anecdotes story "Passing By". Shortly after faking his death, Xavier leaves an archive file in his mailbox for Noah to retrieve. Details about this file are briefly explained in the following section.

The Missing File:

On Linkon's New Year's Eve, Arthur (the captain of Bloomshore's Special Task Force Team 013, which Xavier had been a part of) had found a missing file in the archives during inventory. He said it was about SD19940122, “an event that happened decades ago”, had involved a party long gone, and that the original officer assigned to the case had given up on it.

He'd immediately requested Xavier's personal files from HQ and found a match in their portrait database. It was a faded, yellowed photograph of a man with silver hair (a trait regularly used to describe Xavier in-game) and a tall, slender figure. After giving Xavier the photo and file, he says “Everyone has secrets”.

Message Conversation with Xavier:

After Arthur gave him the file and associated photo, Xavier had decided it was "time for him to leave". So, he told Noah to come to his house and pick up the file. Twenty-four hours later (two days after Linkon's New Years Day), he finally got a reply and the following conversation ensued:

Noah: Aren't you going to ask what I'm going to do with this?

Xavier: That's ur business

Noah: I want to use this for a new identity. I just want to be an ordinary person in this timeline. ...Are you still there? Do you think it's funny? I don't blame you, though. I agree.

Xavier: I was heating up som food

Noah: ...Is it that Earth junk food with absolutely zero nutritional value again? I don't get why you like it. Their convenience stores can't even be bothered to change the flavor of their chicken cutlet rice bowls!

Xavier: And what about U. U mentioned how you're not acclimated to the climate, and you're not fond of the food. But U fell in love with some1 here

Noah: ...

Xavier: There's nothing wrong with that

Noah: Enough about me. Are you really going to wait for that person?

Xavier: Yeah

Noah: How long are you going to wait? 10? 100? Or 1000 years? Something messed up with the slipspace during the Backtrack. The spaceship couldn't handle the Deepspace Tunnel fluctuations.

Noah: Both she and the Aether Core vanished without a trace. For all we know, they might already be cosmic dust

Xavier: I know

Noah: Even if you press on, you're not going to get the outcome you're hoping for

Intercom Conversation:

This conversation occurs mere moments after Noah and Xavier's messaging conversation. Via his intercom video interface, Xavier sees a "young man" arrive to retrieve the files. In an unspoken internal monologue prior to this moment, Xavier refers to this young man as "his former friend". While the young man is unnamed in this scene, their previous conversation strongly suggests that this is also Noah.

Xavier: It's in the mailbox. Take it and go

?: You...! (startled. Looks left and right and composed himself). Goodbye. Wait, I have something to say! Be careful. They're going to find you.

Speculation:

I have some personal theories about aspects of Noah's identity that I'll expand upon in a subsequent post. Stay tuned for part two~

[pumpkinmagekupo]

a letter appears in your mailbox, enclosed in a large red envelope. The written text is smudged in some places, as if written by an over-excited hand, but is still easily legible. Sent with the letter is a small box of homemade blueberry muffins.

Hey!! Mizuki! You know aether, right? Like, know know it, yeah? I tried to pick up a starter book on fire aetherology, but these mages say a thousand words where a single picture would work just fine. All I wanted to know was if it were possible to make it so that instead of punching with it, I can shoot it from my mouth, like a wyvern! Khasan said he doubts it's possible, and to just use his flamethrower for next year's Saints' Wake costume, but I think it would be really cool if I could. Remind me to get your linkpearl next time I see you! Questions like these need quicker answers!

-Makhali

[from @dragonsongmakhali]

A post moogle drops off a letter in very swirly handwriting

Greetings Makhali,

I do have an understanding of aether and whilst I do not know exactly how.

I have already begun drafting up theories on how to make this happen.

In theory it wouldn't be much different in practise but! To start, I would recommend some kind of crystal to focus on. I have devised a plan in the form of a lip ring! Using a crystal to focus on to summon the fire to your mouth and once we've got that down we can try without!

I would be concerned about potential burns around and in your mouth, so I'm working on burn creams that can be used and don't taste awful!

I am very excited for the outcomes! This is quite exciting! It has been a while since I have had something fun to research! We shall have you breathing fire before long.

And we shall prove Khasan wrong.

Kind regards,

Mizuki 🎃

[magesmeatymuses]

"You know, Paimon, I'm a bit confused. It seems like a lot of people are asking what my plans are for Valentine's Day. Like, a lot of people. My mailbox is flooded with love letters, and all of them are named..."

"Looks like the Traveller has tons of admirers! You can tell me who some of them are, right?"

"Isn't that an invasion of privacy? Tch... Let's see, here..."

"...Keqing, Amber, Citlali, Furina, Nilou..."

"Ooooh! Looks like Aether's a dreamboat...!"

"...Diluc, Childe, Albedo, Itto, Venti..."

"Even the boys want him! I know a ton of people who're into that kind of thing..."

"...Zhongli, Xiao, Xingqiu, Tighnari, Kaeya..."

"I... Wait, what? Huh? H-How many boys like like you? What?"

"...Wriothesley, Kazuha, Dansleif, Lyney, Ayato—"

"S-Save some men for the rest of us, Aether! Teyvat's gonna have a population crisis if you end up stealing hubbies from its wives, you know!"

[jils-things]

New beautiful twins animation from Genshin is making me try my best to not cry & homie I am failing Q-Q

AUGH SERIOUSLY!!! the twins are such an underrated set of characters in my opinion and im so glad we're going to get more content for them (especially in what seems to be a more dain + your twin chapter). i really care for them 🥺🥺 they've been far from each other for too long

[letsspringintoaction]

Fairy Prank

"I just tossed someone's ask into the aether!" Lily stay out of people's mailboxes

[haematophiliac]

@aetherceuse // There is an envelope delivered in the physician’s personal mailbox; this has been delivered to his home, not a PO Box connected to Rocket HQ. How anybody could had gotten this address is unusual— though, it would make sense if the envelope was looked at a little closer. The insignia of the Aether Foundation is stamped on the front, with no return address. Open the envelope, and a hand written letter is inside. To One Mr. Reitze, Once you have read this letter, you are to destroy it. My name is Lusamine Delacroix. I am the CEO and President of the Aether Foundation, an organization headquartered off of the shore of Melemele Island in Alola. It has come to my attention that you and I share several unusual networking connections; I have information regarding two subjects of interest, and I believe you have the same for me. I am extending a formal invitation for you to visit the Aether Paradise. Attached to the bottom of this letter is my contact information. You are to speak with me through a disposable means, whether it is a burner phone or a network VPN. I am a woman who prefers her anonymity and privacy. Accepting this invitation is in your favor. Declining it is unfavorable. We will be speaking more thoroughly soon. Signed, President Lusamine Delacroix.

Never once has he received a letter so... intense, so suspicious, and so very, very intriguing. And never to his home address, which the thought alone has him slink down further in the plush armchair, letting the paper rest on his stomach. His stare moves to look across the room to endlessly stare at the windows, rare rain staining them with watery streaks while also causing quite the noise. It's almost welcome as it breaks up the thoughts in his mind of the letter, and helps him think some more instead of spiraling just down one single path.

A whole ten minutes pass before he jumps to his feet and walks over to the fireplace, throwing the paper and envelope alike into it.

The fire flicks to life exactly a minute later with help of some well-situated matches and kindling. It won't burn for long, but it will do the job for now.

Letter destroyed.

Having heard of the woman in passing, he knows very well that she is important, someone not to mess with or ignore, so he goes about opening the top compartment of a set of drawers in his living room, unlocking them with a key found in the kitchen. Inside sits a small, locked chest that he purposely chooses to ignore for now, and instead shifts his hand to grab a cell phone that he keeps locked away for this exact sort of thing. Being a high-ranking member of Rocket, every so often he needs a phone like this.

He did think about contacting his boss. And yet...? Yet the woman had contacted him. Personally. By his home address. So it must mean she wants to keep things under the radar in a sense. Why, however? Probably because it involves things the public need not know about. Things that most people need not know about. For now, at least.

A quick decision.

He inputs the contact number, the phone placed to the side of his head. Again he watches the rain.

There's only a slight hesitation before the call button is pressed. This should indeed be interesting...

[hairasuntouchedaspartoftheamazon]

Seb's 2023 Fic Roundup!

A spiffy little collection of all the fic I've written this year, sorted by fandom! If you read any of this and like it, I highly reccomend checking out my original work that I've published through Duck Prints Press: 'That Danger Would Seem Sport', in the anthology She Wears The Midnight Crown, and 'Pensacola's Most Wanted', in the anthology Aim For The Heart. I also have a story coming up in Aether Beyond the Binary titled 'Un Charco, Un Lago', and that anthology is currently in the funding stages right now! Very exciting!

But without further ado: My Fic.

Our Flag Means Death

Being Jim 2.3k (Other, Oluwande Boodhari/Jim Jimenez)

The Mechanisms

Sand On The Shore 862 words (Other, Ashes O'Rielly/Ivy Alexandria)

Ashes' Final Fuck You Song 3k (Gen)

Cruel Little Clockwork 194 words, (Gen)

The Sandman

It's About Old Friends 1.2k (M/F, Other, Dream of the Endless/Lucienne)

The Locked Tomb Series

If In The End I End With You 759 words (F/F, Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesiumus)

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

Masks and Mailboxes 11.4k (Other, Jet Star/Party Poison)

Count to Seventeen (Close Your Eyes) 17.3k (Gen, Other, Jet Star/Fun Ghoul)

And Make It Our Own 3.7k (Other, Jet Star/Party Poison)

How To Acquire a Child: A Guide For the Gainfully Unemployed 7.3k (Gen, Other, Jet Star/Fun Ghoul) WIP

Useless Advice in the Name of Chivalry 4.7k (Other, Jet Star/Fun Ghoul)

What I'm getting out of this is that I have moved from writing a lot of M/M to writing a LOT of things with nonbinary people in them. Special thanks to Ashes O'Rielly and Jim Jimenez for supporting my insane transgender needs. Here's to 2024 continuing that trend!