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undeath1245 · 2 years

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Regarding the Quantic Kids

The Quantics Kids were first introduced during the early stages of Miraculous Ladybug. They were supposed to be a group of young superheroes that Ladybug and Chat Noir were a part of. They consisted of Sparrow, Melodie, and Mercury, and later on into development, Gavroche was added into the team, and Mercury was replaced with Kid Mime. It was a request by a producer to help sell the show to viewers, but sadly, the idea was soon dropped, and we were left with only the main duo.

However, as shown in "Heroes’ Day”, Ladybug and Chat Noir formed a team together with Rena Rouge, Carapace, and Queen Bee for a brief time, thus forming the original Miraculous Team, or Miraculous Heroes as I call them. Throughout seasons three and four, the Miraculous Team slowly grew from five members to 18 members, many of them being Marinette’s classmates, and to be honest, I really wish they could have kept them as the original five (reminds me a whole lot of Power Rangers). Then in “Miraculous New York”, two characters, Sparrow and Mercury, were reused, one being a young sidekick to Nightowl, and the other being an adult member of the United Heroez (I wish they didn’t call them that).

Now, I’m only an observer of Miraculous Ladybug. I didn’t watch the show, only observe it through clips, reviews, fan art, and fanfiction. I’m kind of like a bystander. But, I’m working on a fan concept of the show, not necessarily a rewrite, but rather a PV-inspired reimagining, titled Miraculous Heroes. I just want to see if I could revise it into a full-on superhero story, where there’s lots of super activity and fantastical activity happening across the Earth. I also want to explore more with Bridgette and Félix’s struggle with juggling between their civilian identities and superhero identities. I also want to add in more supervillains other than Hawkmoth, and while I’m reusing some of the akumatized villains (i.e. the Mime, M. Pigeon, Style Queen), I also want to rewrite them into non-akumatized villains, like in the PV. There are so many things I want to do with this concept.

Now, let’s get to to elephant in the room. Right now, I’m stuck between having to reuse the Quantic Kids concept or reuse the Miraculous Five concept. On one hand, I’m reusing Bridgette and Félix, so it’s fair to bring back the original team they were supposed to be a part of. Maybe the Quantic Kids were supposed to be a new superhero team to introduce to the public before Ladybug and Chat Noir. Plus, I feel like there should have been only two miraculous charms, or at least seven miraculous charms like earlier in the show. Another thing, I also want to add in new superheroes and antiheroes by reusing the young akumatized villains from the show (i.e. Lady Wifi, Riposte, Antibug, DJ Bubbler, Dark Cupid, Timebreaker, Gamemaster, Princess Fragrance, Reflekta) and revise them a little. For example, Riposte is now a liquid silver superhero hailing from a family of mystical warriors, and Reflekta is also made of liquid metal now, and is able to create portals out of mirrors like Mirror Master. Note how I said that Riposte and Reflekta are two liquid metal superheroes. I’m gonna either get to that later, or I need to revise Reflekta’s abilities.

On the other hand, I also want to explore the original Miraculous team and flesh out their dynamics and interactions with each other, especially with Rena Rouge and Carapace’s unexplored dynamic. With that in mind, I also want to flesh out Master Fu’s role as mentor to the team. I really think he should have been a good mentor not only to Marinette, but to Adrien and the other team members, other than just hanging out in his garden and being all Zen-like. Perhaps after Hawkmoth and Mayura are dealt with, the new holders of the butterfly charm and peacock charm respectively would either become new superheroes or new supervillains, the former choice leading them to become new members of the Miraculous team, and the latter choice indicating them to become the former villains’ successors. Maybe they’ll become superheroes, and the team would probably have to face off against a greater threat than Hawkmoth, perhaps either an imprisoned force of evil or a fully accomplished supervillain who’s also seeking the charms.

I could use the Miraculous Five concept and Quantic Kids concept altogether, however. Perhaps the Miraculous Five would serve as the main heroes in Paris, working together to take down Hawkmoth and his numerous allies, while the Quantic Kids would serve as the main heroes in New York. Remember the United Heroez (I’m just gonna call them the Union of Superheroes)? Well, what if Sparrow forms a group of young superheroes on her own, similar to Robin with the Teen Titans? Perhaps the Quantic Kids would still exist outside the events of Miraculous Heroes, taking care of the supervillain activity in New York in the mean time. Not only do the original members (Sparrow, Melodie, Mercury, Kid Mime, Gavroche) return, but so will Uncanny Valley (who definitely deserves a redesign). I’m also including Zoé Lee in the team, who not only needs a new superhero persona (right now, I’m thinking of a copper-based superhero), but also desperately needs a character revitalization. Maybe she could be Chloé’s rival in regards to both of them being daughters of big names in the fashion industry; I also want to rename her as Zoé Deschanel.

So, what do you guys think? Should it be the Quantic Kids concept, Miraculous Five concept, or both concepts altogether? In the mean time, I’ll go on and flesh out the story, or at least I’ll try to, considering that I had came up with numerous fan concepts.

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vertanimeni · 4 years

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the ice will start to break, the day will fade away (7/18)

Summary:

“Have you heard? The Elephant of Caocin has committed high treason!”

From Trikru’s most reputable war hero to Trikru’s most wanted traitor, Kova found themselves stripped of their titles and trapped between a clan that wants them dead and a camp of invaders - the same ones who kidnapped and tortured their brother.

But Kova was willing to do anything to stay alive and keep their family together.

Pairing: Bellamy/Grounder OC

Word Count: 3,902

TW: Kill/death mention/threats

A/N: Hi hi! After some convincing from my friends, I decided to post this series here :D I’ve already finished with season 1 and half of season 2, I’m just in the middle of re-writing and editing. If you’re reading through my blog, the read more does not show up due to Tumblr’s new formatting, so please click on the post itself. I’ll be updating every other day at 12pm EST. Anyways, hope you enjoy it!

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vii. isolation.

Clarke had many questions, Kova had a few answers, sometimes choosing to remain silent over Trikru matters, but it seemed sufficient for the invaders’ leader. The meeting wrapped up without another hitch.

“Bellamy, please escort Kova back to Octavia’s tent.”

Spoke too soon.

Clarke hadn’t noticed the tension that rose between the two of them when she had stepped out before, but surely she should have sensed it by now, no?

For a moment, it appeared as if Bellamy wanted to argue, but after considering his choices of a) escorting Kova back to the tent himself and b) allowing Kova to return on their own without supervision, he shut down any and all arguments.

Which is how they ended up here, The two walked back in silence, neither willing to talk about what had happened before Clarke had interrupted. Bellamy walked in front of Kova, glancing back every once in a while, as if they would make a break for it the moment he turned away. He looked like he would rather help shovel out the outhouse than escort them back.

The two passed one of the main campfires. Bellamy continued walking, but Kova stopped in their tracks. The invaders cooked what seemed like squirrel or bird meat based on the smell and the size. There were three or four people closer to the fire who passed on kebabs of meat and vegetables to the people waiting on line.

“Agh, I’m still hungry.” One of the teens complained after returning the stick. “Can’t I get some more?”

“Eat your hand, then. We barely have enough to go around.” One of the servers snapped as they snatched the stick.

Truthfully, Kova hadn’t realized they stopped walking until Bellamy’s gruff voice snapped them out. “Keep walking.”

“Have they only been eating birds and squirrels?” They couldn’t help but ask.

“What’s it to you?”

His tone thick with hostility, Kova might have been put off by it if they hadn’t had practice with themselves. They didn’t have to dig much to hear the hints of exhaustion underneath. “Give me four hours in the woods. I can bring back a boar and some extra game.”

To another, the offer sounded tempting. But Bellamy didn’t even bother considering it for a moment. “And let you out of the camp? Yeah, right.”

The look Kova sent him was nothing short than disbelief and what seemed to be along the lines of ‘if I wanted to escape or run away by now, I would have.’ He bristled at the arrogance, but before he could say anything, they turned and walked in the direction of the tent, leaving him behind.

“Hey!” He called out. When they paused and turned their head, he paused. “I thought you didn’t like us?”

There was an underlying question beneath his words — why would you help us?

‘Because they’re barely older than the children I take care of in my village. Because none of them look like they know what they’re doing. Because too many of them are too skinny for their age and height.’

Instead, Kova said, “I don’t like squirrel meat.” They ducked their head and disappeared inside the tent.

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“Your brother is annoying.”

Octavia burst out in surprised laughter. She and Kova had been sitting in silence (one that she had grown comfortable with easily, to her surprise). Octavia had been clipping her nails with a pair of tiny scissors while Kova laid in bed, right leg bent at the knee and supporting their left leg, arms behind their head as a makeshift pillow.

“You’re not the first to tell me that.” Octavia sent them a grin, leaning her chin against her knee. “What happened? What did he do?”

When she had first met Kova, she had been anxious if they would like her enough to support her as Lincoln’s… interest. But now the two had grown comfortable with one another, even if Kova had been knocked out for most of their time together.

(What Octavia wouldn’t know is that the night before, she had snored loud enough to briefly wake Kova out of their unconsciousness. They couldn’t be mad at her, though, not when they found her with drool pooling into her pillow. That was revenge enough.)

“He’s very… audacious.”

That brought out another laugh from Octavia. “Mn, that sounds like him.” Octavia snorted and sighed gently. “I’m sorry about him.”

Kova took note that Octavia had started using “mn,” more often since the two first met. Octavia, on the other hand, hadn’t noticed the contemplative look on they had. ‘Your brother is… audacious, seemingly arrogant, yet he feels guilt, he feels sorrow. He still acts like an ass, but he’s also upset about it.’

Kova shook their head. “Don’t be. It’s not like you can control him.”

The flap of the tent suddenly unzipped and opened.

Speak of the devil, he shall appear. Bellamy popped his head in and looked at Kova. He jutted his head. “Let’s go.”

He left the tent without an explanation.

Before Kova could stand, Octavia beat them to the punch, holding her hand out, a scowl on her face. “Wait here, I’ll go talk to him.”

She left. The tent’s walls weren’t paper thin, but they weren’t thick either.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

“I’m not comfortable with you sharing with them. I had a new tent prepared.”

While Kova truly had no clue as to what was going on, they added up a few events and made a decent guess. That young girl, Emmie, had casually bumped into them earlier today. Bumping into Kova could have been life threatening. Not only that, but they offered to leave the camp in order to hunt. It might have sounded suspicious.

If this were another time, Kova would have boasted about how even the invaders, who didn’t know anything about them, still considered them dangerous without having to even lift a pinky. Yet now, they found it depressing, and a bit worrying.

“I like sharing my tent.”

“Share with someone else. Not them.”

Heavy footsteps retreated. Octavia re-entered the tent. Before she could say anything, Kova looked at her with a bitter smile. “Annoying.”

She mirrored their look, as if saying ‘yeah, I know,’ but suddenly turned serious. “Stay here, I’ll have a chat with Clarke—”

“No need.” Kova responded with ease and stood. “It might be for the best. The more polite and non-threatening I act, the more they trust me, and the less I have to worry about.” They took their things (which to be fair, was not much) and made their way towards the entrance. “Besides,” They sent her a teasing smirk over their shoulder. “You snore.”

“Shut up.” Octavia laughed, pretending to kick them as they left, their echoing laugh preserved and bottled in her tent. “I’ll still try to talk to Clarke.”

“Mn, be my guest.”

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Clarke, unsurprisingly, agreed with Bellamy. They were given a brand new tent with two shiny new guards to match, sitting at each side of the entrance in makeshift seats.

Too tired to care, they entered the tent without trouble and knocked out. Or, they would have, if the tent hadn’t felt so devoid of life besides their own. For the first time since their seclusion, Kova found themselves sleeping alone.

A fitful sleep kept them awake throughout the night, and by the time the sun rose, Kova grew irritable. Imagine how they felt when they unzipped their tent, ready to ask Clarke what they should do with so much free time on their hands, only to find one of the guards pushing a tray of food towards the entrance using the butt end of their spear.

They bit their tongue, picked up the tray, and returned to their tent. They had to behave, after all.

But now, any time Kova stepped towards the opening of the tent, the two guards would quieten, as if straining to hear their footsteps. When they opened the flaps, the guards would slowly inch their way towards the (poorly made) spears by their sides.

Kova would always retreat into their tent before their fingers could brush their spears. They kept to themselves in their tent throughout the morning, afternoon, and now night. The rotation of guards became their new time tracker.

Octavia came by once, but since the guards wouldn’t let her through, she shouted “Yaw!” as loud as she could. Kova couldn’t help but laugh gently. Lincoln definitely taught her that greeting. Naturally, they responded with their own “Yaw, Okteivia!”

With Octavia’s loud laughter, they would have given almost anything to see the priceless looks on the guards faces.

Oh, but don’t get Kova wrong. They weren’t bored, even without Octavia to give them company. The juicy gossip the guards shared with one another nourished their entertainment. It appeared as though the sky leaders hadn’t informed the camp that Kova could understand English, although they should have guessed that since Octavia had shouted her greetings in Trigedasleng.

They leaned against a corner pole of the tent and listened in on the guards’ conversation, but every once in a while the gossip would die out or the guards would talk about the Ark (whatever that was) and Kova would get bored and pick at the skin around their nails or on their face.

“Why didn’t you go with Bellamy and Clarke?”

They stopped picking at a scab on their elbow. If Kova had been captured by another clan, like Azgeda, they would have assumed this was a fake conversation to lead them into a trap. But knowing the invaders weren’t that smart, they listened closely.

“No way. I don’t think I had family on that ship so why should I? Besides, they said the trip would only take until the afternoon, but it’s almost night already.”

“Mn. That’s true. Shouldn’t we be looking for them?”

“Nah, they said they didn’t know how long it would take. If they’re not back by tomorrow afternoon, then we should be worried.”

Now that Kova thought about it, they hadn’t had a visit from Clarke or Bellamy since Bellamy moved them to the new tent. They weren’t told that the two leaders would be leaving, but maybe that had been on purpose. No wonder the guards were terrified earlier — they probably didn’t know what to do if Kova left their tent without the leaders around.

‘Interesting. This might be an opportunity to visit Lincoln.” Neither of the sky leaders had liked the idea of Kova roaming around the camp, let alone leave to visit their brother. Who knew when an opportunity like this would come by again?

They debated on how to leave the camp — should they sneak out? Or ask? If the guards at their tent didn’t try to stop them, then the guards at the walls of the camp surely would. ‘Regardless, I should let Octavia know. Maybe she can cover for me. But… if she wants to come… then I’ll end up being a third wheel…’

A scoff passed their lips at the thought. How did Lincoln manage to attract— you know what, no, Kova wasn’t going down that route. They shook their head and with that, they stepped out of the tent, head held high, ignoring the two shocked guards as they walked past. One guard picked up his (very poorly made) spear while the other ran off, whether in fear or to grab someone qualified to deal with this, Kova didn’t know. Raising their hands in a placating manner, they put on their heaviest TonDC dialect and said, “I want to see Okteivia.”

It seemed as though the guard recognized the name and with fearful wide eyes, gave them a small nod and jutted his head, as if to say go ahead.

They bowed their head respectfully (’Behave, remember?’) towards the guard and made their way through camp, head held high even as they exaggerated their limp. Avoiding eye contact, the guard hot on their heels, they went past the main campfire, leaving behind a group of stunned invaders.

Octavia’s wave caught their attention. She seemed to have been in the middle of a conversation with a boy until she saw them. Kova perked up and made their way towards the two—

“I saw the grounders in the trees and it was nothing I ever felt before.”

Kova stopped dead in their tracks. They had heard the word grounder in a rude way before, but never in a way that felt offensive. If the word wasn’t enough, the sentence itself made Kova shiver in disgust.

One look at Octavia and Monty told them everything. Both had wide eyes and opened mouths in shock that someone had the nerve to say that in general, let alone in front of Kova. ‘Would they have been as offended if I wasn’t here?’

Hmm.

They glanced at Octavia at the corner of their eye, jaw tense. When they turned back to the boy in question, they saw her mouth the word ‘shit’ and she and the boy she was talking to made their way down the wall.

Based on the sentence, they had a feeling it came from that boy who shot at the bridge. They turned, and what would you know, they were right! They recognized his face easily. The one who crossed the river. The one who got speared. The one who shot the Trikruvian scouts at the bridge.

Jasper, was it?

Well. Jasper stood around the campfire with his friends, all who were oblivious to the Trikruvian listening in. At first look, he seemed weak with pale skin and a lanky build that seemed to curl in on itself in poor self esteem. But with his friends hyping him up, patting his back and sending waves of confidence, he seemed to stand taller as he recited the story of the meeting.

“It was like pure animal instinct took over, you know? One pull of the trigger, two grounders dead.” He gestured as if he were holding a rifle and pretended to click the trigger.

Directly at Kova.

The boy practically shriveled up before their eyes, his eyes bulging comically. The group of invaders looked confused at his sudden change in demeanor until their eyes followed his sight.

“Dude, relax.” One boy said. “They don’t speak English, remember?”

“My apologies, I was under the assumption there was only one coward here.” Kova’s eyes landed the boy, who pursed his lips and looked away in embarrassment. “Thank you for correcting this.” They turned back to Jasper. “Congratulations, little mouse.”

The guard behind them stiffened. So did a few of the other invaders.

“For what?” Jasper asked meekly, his eyes darting around as if searching someone who could help him out.

Their stare unwavering, they took a step closer. “The peace meeting would have worked out if you hadn’t been so trigger happy. You just stamped a death sentence upon this camp.”

That sparked a few murmurs throughout the campfire. Many of the invaders had been under the assumption that Trikru instigated. Those who had been encouraging Jasper a few moments ago inched away from him.

“Watch what you say, grounder. You don’t know what you’re talking about.” One of his friends sneered, her hand on the handle of her rifle.

“Harper, don’t.”

“Oh? Interesting, I don’t recall seeing your face at the bridge.” Words sharp, their face turned dark, contrasting against the bright flames of the fire. “Did you watch as he shot down those scouts, unprovoked? Did you hear the thumps of their bodies hitting the ground?”

The woman — Harper, was it? — flinched, turning her head away at the graphic image.

“You all villainize my people as if you didn’t steal our land and kill hundreds of people. And you,” they pointed a finger at Jasper, who visibly jumped. “You ruined any chance for peace between our people, yet here you are, unpunished, praised for unjustified murder.”

Before the guard could intervene, Harper threw up her rifle, aiming at Kova’s stomach. Vaguely, Kova thought they heard Octavia calling out their name. But they were far too gone, sunken in their anger. “What, do you plan on killing me? You better make it count.” They grasped the muzzle, stepping in close and pressing it against their stomach. “Better kill me in one shot.”

A hand clapped their shoulder, gently pulling them back. At first, Kova’s instinct was to rip that shit out of its socket, but luckily for the owner, they recognized his voice. Wells stepped in between them and Harper, hands raised to tone down the situation. “Let’s all calm down. You shouldn’t be aiming that gun around so carelessly.” He said gently, slowly pushing the barrel of Harper’s gun to the side. With his other hand, he made a motion.

Octavia appeared by Kova’s side, tugging them by their jacket. “Come on, let’s go. C’mon.” She urged, linking her arms with theirs tightly at the elbow and guiding her away from the group. Kova looked over their shoulder. Wells continued chatting the camp down. The two made eye contact, and they sent a nod of gratitude. He nodded back in response.

“What were you thinking?!” Octavia seethed as they reached a secluded portion of the wall.

“How could he have the audacity to boast about killing my people while fooling his?” Their anger churned at the thought. “How could he make it seem like he was the hero of the story?” They shook their head, trying to clear their mind. “Octavia, I need to get out of here. Just for a bit.”

The girl opened her mouth to object until something through the cracks in the wall caught her eye. Kova followed her line of eyesight and recognized Lincoln’s signal for a meeting — a familiar flowering gladiolus sat next to a white lily. “I’m guessing the lily is your signal?”

"Yeah." The sky girl smiled slightly, a hint of red coming to her cheeks. "How come yours is that one—"

A sound came from the forest, attracting the attention of the guards. “Something hit the trip wire!” One of the boys called out, looking through the scope of his gun.

“Which wire, was it a grounder? I don’t see anything.”

“Nothing. Wait, something moved. There, there, there!”

The two guards shot off multiple rounds into the forest.

“I think I got it.”

“Let’s go check it out.”

Horrified, Octavia could only watch the two boys run towards the gate. “Lincoln.”

Before she could run off, Kova’s grip held her back. “Octavia, that definitely wasn’t Lincoln. Your traps are too simple us to get caught in. We have to go meet him at his place.”

“I have to know what it was, then.” She uncurled Kova’s hand on her wrist. “Head to the meeting place. If it’s nothing I’ll try and follow.” Octavia said before darting off in Connor and Derek’s direction.

An annoyed sigh passed through Kova's lips, but the distraction was too good of an opportunity for them to waste. They had to leave now, before the Exodus group came back. They climbed over the wall and followed the plants.

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It wasn’t hard to find the trail of gladiolus and white lilies under the moonlight. Kova constantly checked behind their back and up around the trees for any signs of a follower, whether it be Trikru or the invaders, until they reached the end of the trail.

A familiar home stood in front of them. Knocking a certain pattern against the door, they opened the door cautiously and slowly headed down the stairs. “Lincoln, it’s me.”

They rounded the corner, only to find the man in question organizing his desks. He met them at the foot of the stairs and wrapped his arms around them tightly. “I’m glad you’re okay.” He glanced at their leg. “How are you feeling?”

“I’ve seen better days, but it’s not that bad.” They responded, hugging him back just as tightly. They noticed his house was a lot messier than usual. “What’s going on here?”

“Dealing with Lieutenant Anya hasn’t been easy.” Lincoln offered them a cup of lukewarm tea from his desk. “Where’s Octavia?”

“Stayed behind.” Kova took the cup from him. “She was worried that you had gotten stuck in some trap they set up to keep intruders out. I told her it wasn’t you but she said she would just meet us here later.” While Lincoln’s face was usually stoic, the slight downturn of his eyebrows and the corners of his lips told them a story. “Why? What’s going on?”

His lips straightened into a line. “The past few days haven’t been easy. Trikru captured a banished sky person, supposedly. I believe his name is Murphy. This morning I heard he was injected with a weak strain of the warfare virus and purposefully released to weaken their camp. Octavia might get infected, which is why I asked her to come here.”

“That virus—?!” Kova let out a sharp, heavy sigh. “They want to start a war.” They murmured into their cup before taking a sip. It shouldn’t come to them as a surprise, but they couldn’t help but tense up. “They haven’t used that since Caocin.”

Lincoln nodded. "There’s more. Rumors say that at dawn in two days, Trikru will try and attack." He hesitated but continued. "I wish I could tell you I had better news, A-Ko. They haven’t set up a trial or anything yet, but since you haven’t been seen around the scouts’ camp or in the villages, Lieutenant Anya and the higher ups—”

“Ah. They’re already planning a conviction, huh?” Their hands trembled. They set the cup down. “Treason?”

“…mn. They added a kill order on top.”

Jaw tensing, they looked down, feeling the familiar prickle behind their eyes and the bridge of their nose. They rubbed the bottom of their nose with the back of their hand. They shook their head and looked back up at him. “Lincoln, what should I do? Where do I go? I’ve spent my whole life with them, I…” They looked up, avoiding the tears that threatened to fall.

The man spoke so quietly that Kova almost missed what he said. “I think you should stay with the sky people.”

They snapped their head at him. “What?”

“Staying here is too risky. The scouts might try to barge in here at any moment. The sky people are your best bet for now. I’ve already sent a message to Luna asking if she can provide refuge for the three of us.” He passed them three extra small knives. “As soon as she responds, we can make a plan.”

“The three of us?” They asked, glancing between him and the weapons.

“I want Octavia to come too.”

Kova wanted to tell him they weren’t too sure Octavia would leave her friends and brother as quickly as that, but kept their mouth shut. “I suppose I have no other choice.” They sheathed the small knives in various holsters across their body. “But I need you to be safe, first, alright? If you think they’ll come after you to trick me into exposing myself, you need to run first.” They held his hands tightly, eyes unwavering. “Promise me?”

Lincoln hesitated. But he nodded his head.

“Good. Find me as soon as everything is ready.”

“I’ll try to be as fast as possible. If anything changes, just rendezvous to Floukru and wait there for me.” Lincoln said, gripping their hands with the same amount of force. He hoped they were as grounding as they once had been when they were younger. “We’re in this together.”

“…mn. Together.”

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Unfortunately, Kova couldn’t stay with Lincoln for long. After an hour of catching up with their brother, Kova returned to camp and by the time they arrived, night had fully settled in and the only source of light came from the main campfire peaking through the cracks of the walls.

They paused behind the thinning foliage and trees, just outside of the camp. ‘Ah. How am I going to get back inside?’ They briefly thought back to the wall they climbed over when they rescued Lincoln but shook it off. ‘No, they’ve probably fixed that area by now. Right?’

Peaking out from the foliage, Kova only saw one guard on duty, and he had his head down. ‘Mn. Perfect. I can sneak by.’

They quietly climbed the wall, making sure their clothes and shoes didn’t catch on anything or scrape along the wood, and reached the top of the wall. They gracefully leaped over, landing on the platform where the guard was.

The sound of clothes shifting made them freeze in place. They turned slowly, their mind rapidly going through different scenarios to keep the guard quiet, until they peaked at the guard’s face.

A soft snore broke the silence.

‘Sleeping?!’

Pressing the back of their hand against their mouth, Kova’s body shuddered with quiet and quiet laughs of disbelief. They shook their head and hopped over the other side of the platform and into the camp, landing in a forward roll. They scanned their surroundings first, and once they were sure no one was around, they looked back up at the sleeping guard.

Kova couldn’t help but scoff. ‘Weren’t these kids worried that I would sneak out and bring Trikru to their door? Did any of them notice I was gone?’ They took a rock from the ground before stepping into the dark shadows of the side of the wall.

They threw the rock with precision. It thumped at the wall underneath the guard. He woke up with a start and stood, bringing his gun up and checking the area outside the camp for any disturbances. Once he felt it was clear, he sat back down, his spine straight, as if willing himself to not fall asleep again.

‘These kids really have no idea what they’re doing.’ Kova sighed, shaking their head, and kept to the shadows as they sneaked into their tent through a flap in the back. ‘Even the guards here didn’t notice anything.’ Their mind wandered along that track as they unclothed themselves, and the chatters of the guards in front of the tent became their background noise. They folded their heavy clothes and placed them and their armor next to the bed—

Kova jumped, as if they were a startled cat, and pulled out a knife on instinct. There was a human shaped lump in their bed, completely covered by the blanket, but something felt off. They pulled the blanket back slowly, knife at the ready.

The blanket slipped off, revealing two pillows and a rolled up blanket. Kova let out a sigh of relief and dropped their knife. ‘Probably Octavia’s doing.’

They returned the knife to its appropriate holster and tossed it next to their armor. They could deal with it tomorrow. Kova expected to knock out the moment their head made contact with the pillow, but as they slipped in their bed, it was far too firm. Sitting up, they swiped underneath the pillow only to pull out a first aid kit.

Their face softened. ‘Thanks, Octavia.’

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jainnishtha · 4 years

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OCTOBER : SECOND WEEK

Hello people!! This week we analyzed a clip from the series available on Netflix- Fargo, season 1 episode one: “A crocodile’s dilema”. We also completed writing the screenplay of REET, our foundation portfolio’s fiction film.

CLIP ANALYSIS: FARGO

The sequence of the first episode of Fargo season 1 is about an unhappy middle class couple. A complaining unsatisfied wife and failing husband. The husband, a struggling salesman trying his level best to get better at his job but his timidness and hesitation overpower the tries. To showcase the couple as a middle class family the setting, props, costumes have been kept very simple and dull. The mise-en-scene of the entire sequence consists of very low lighting. A very dull color scheme has been followed, majorly shades of grey, blue and brown. The setting i.e the house is absolutely mundane.

From the first shot itself that shows a dilapidated shaky washing machine it is established that the family is not outstanding financially. The loud repetitive diegetic sound of the machine added more the dull environment.

The camera goes to the next scene where the main characters and the living room are introduced. The racketing sound of the machine continues, L-cut, for continuity. As the camera moves up, the sound fades, till the point where the audience hears a woman’s high-pitched voice. The costumes of the characters follows the same color scheme- grey. The furniture very minimal in the setting, very simple and plain.

The shots keep shifting between medium-long to medium to closeup in order to capture the expressions of individuals. Reverse OS shot to be maintained throughout the conversation. Washing machine’s noise continues as non diegetic sound whilst the dialogues are delivered. The dialogues of the female are taunting and mock the male character. This informs the audience clearly that the female is not very happy with their marriage (representation).

The next scene is of the main character entering the basement shown, medium-long shot and camera tilt. A poster has been shown, used as decor of the setting, foreshadows that the main character might go through self realization. He might realize “What if he’s right and other’s are wrong?”. We can be assured this might happen because of this particular shot.

This is a medium long shot, the shot has only two subjects in the frame, not a very busy frame. Ergo, the audience will pay attention to the poster equally and decode the connection between the poster and the character. This was a very appreciable shot for it’s metaphorical use.

The camera then focuses on the washing machine and steadily zooms in showing the reflection of the character observing it. The shot gives a sense of boring and monotonous life. The scene then cuts to extreme long shots of the city, dissolving from one shot to another. The slow pace of the dissolving keep the dull mood alive. Blue color grading is very prominent, justifying winter season depiction. Location establishment.

Via J-cut the scene is transitioned from city montages to the main character’s office. Non-diegetic sounds have been avoided throughout this scene, this has allowed the audience to remain focused to the dialogues. Audiences can understand that the character is a struggling salesman. Medium close up shot of the character establishes this clearly as it has captured the expressions and body language of the character perfectly.

It is very difficult to keep audience interested when the story-line expects slow-paced sequences , but here the intense background scores and closeups of characters speaking volumes of emotions and dialogues have will keep the audience engaged. Continuity has been maintained due to 180 degree rule; usage of L-cuts, J-cuts, dissolve etc during the editing.

REET- SCREENPLAY

Many drama genre films start off slow paced and then slowly buildup the pace but we wanted to create enigma among the audience from the very first 2 minutes of the film. Therefore, we structured the screenplay in way that would lead to sudden turn of events from a mellow and joyous start. We used circulation narrative to structure to support the same. This would keep the audience on the edge of their seat from the beginning itself, helping them connect with the film quickly.

This is it for this week! Thank you so much!!

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lightninginapuddle · 5 years

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So, this is just me rambling, but I’ve been thinking about Eliott’s POV in the trailer which then led me to think about Skam France using time as an emotional tool to kill us all, and since I’m borderline sleep-thinking at this point, I thought it was the perfect moment to not give a flying fuck and just write it down.

It basically turned into an essay: advance with caution.

(It’s still time to turn around)

The live experience

I think we all know how powerful the live experience of Skam is. We’re fed throughout the week, becoming Skam-addicts and suddenly, without knowing how it happened, we’re in the mains’ head, feeling their emotions as if they were our own (and imo, they probably are).

We get it, but do we actually realise why that is?

To be honest, I had never thought about what it was that connected the viewers to the mains so much before. The story in itself plays a huge part in it, of course, but still, I have watched many TV shows with great storylines where I’ve fallen in love with the characters but never to the extent I’ve fallen for Skam characters, and especially the ones I’ve followed the stories live.

(And let’s be real here, how many of us thought that Skam ruined us for other TV-shows?)

Don’t you remember watching a Skam reactor or talking about the show with a friend who only watches the episode and thinking to yourself: “why don’t they get it? Why aren’t they freaking out like I did when that specific clip dropped?”

This is not to say that they won’t feel emotions by watching it, of course they do, but I truly believe it’s not with the same intensity and it’s all because they don’t live the in-between clips moments, they don’t experience the freak outs over new social media updates, they don’t experience the torturous wait and everything that us who do follow the show daily go through.

I think we get so much into the characters’ head because of the use of time. I know, it sounds kind of obvious, but is it really?

We know that the Skam format plays with time to tells its story. It’s not a secret, we all know how it works: a clip drops, we freak out, we watch it, we feel something right of the bat and then we stay with that specific emotion, a lot of questions and our over-analysing thoughts for who the fuck knows how long.

Sometimes it’s only a few hours. Sometimes it’s a day. Sometimes it’s an entire weekend. Sometimes it’s even longer than that. Bottom line is : we never know when we will have to run away from our personal lives and hide in the toilet to watch a clip.

It’s as glorious as it is pure torture.

Adding a read more to not annoy the people who will see this on their dash:

But I think I realised the full power of Skam’s format when I heard David and Niels talking about how they approached the notion of ‘live-watching’ for season 3. They said something like this:

1) Eliott not showing up a lot was a conscious decision to make us miss him even more and wait impatiently for him to appear

2) if we do get a date and a time for a meet-up, it creates anticipation because the fans then know that something will happen around that time… But then, most importantly if it doesn’t happen when it was supposed to...

Well this happens : we’re forced into the Lucas’ head.

So yes, they actually had to spell it out for me to start actively thinking about it to the point where I just had to ramble on and on about it in this post.

Now, I’m not going to hide it, Lucas’ season made me feel connected to him like no other mains. I love him, what can I say? In season 3, I breathed Lucas, I slept Lucas, I ate Lucas (well… you catch my drift).

He felt like a part of me.

But this didn’t happen right away. So, when exactly did it happen and mostly, what pushed me over the edge?

Let’s start with a brilliant use of time that brought us slowly into Lucas’ head aka ...

Waiting for Eliott

If some of you read my trip down memory lane, I’ve mentioned that quite a few times in the early episodes. Remember how we waited anxiously for him to appear but never being satisfied because he just wouldn’t cooperate?

Let me refresh your memory, it looked a lot like this:

Yep, a lot of Fridays up in there. With some wild Trajeudis here and there.

Yes, we waited and we waited. And when we thought we wouldn’t have to wait again... we waited some more.

At first, only the fans waited for Eliott because we had already seen him in the trailer and Lucas had no idea he existed. We were eager but the desperation really started with episode 3, when Lucas wouldn’t stop fucking up and being an idiot and it reached a new level in episode 4 when the fandom didn’t even think a kiss was going to happen after mercredi 13h43

All this to say, this need to see Eliott, getting deeper and deeper throughout the first 4 episodes really mapped out Lucas’ developping feelings for Eliott and as Lucas fell in love with Eliott, we were right there with him.

But to me, the turning point was this moment.

Mercredi 13h43

This moment is a prime example of playing with time to get us into Lucas’ head.

I think I’m not too forward when I say that we all remember what an agonizing wait it was.

Remember: Monday morning, Eliott gave Lucas a date to repaint the mural at 13h on Wednesday. Cue the fans getting giddy with excitement for what was to come and waiting for that moment for 2 whole days.

Except nothing came out of it except us losing our minds over 43 long minutes, wondering what was going on and whether the Social Media Team was already drunk on wine or not and had forgotten to post the clip.

Remember how pissed off and “WTF? 43 minutes and NO ELIOTT?” we all were after that mercredi? How betrayed we felt?

Yeah. Not that fun, but pretty impactful, right?

I’m pretty sure the Skam France trust issue, and us being completely scared whenever a date was given on a Mercredi in season 3, came from that moment alone.

(I’m not going to lie though, when that clip dropped, I thought it was BRILLIANT of them to make us wait like that, no matter how frustrated I felt.)

But you know what? It wasn’t just us who felt pissed off. Lucas felt that too. Heck he was so pissed off that he went back to Chloé who he was running from at the time.

I don’t know about you, but it was the moment that really made me go from looking at Lucas from an outsider’s POV to really being in his shoes. I felt connected to him before that but nowhere near that intensity from then on.

I know it was episode 4 at that point and a lot of stuff had happened already, but deep inside, this was a turning point and once I got into Lucas’ head... It was over for me.

Lundi 9h56

All this to say, this play with time, and by extension, us waiting for clips to drop to see how the story would unfold worked beautifully in season 3. But it didn’t start with episode 1.

It started with the trailer.

Because that was not a traditional trailer, with snippets of the season that was yet to come. We had one like that afterwards, sure, but the official trailer was Monday, 9h56, aka Le nouveau, aka Eliott’s POV, aka the first day of class, aka January 7th aka I just wanted to put a lot of akas. You get it.

No, I’m not sorry about it.

So, nope, not a traditional trailer but a full-on clip with an actual POV in it. And it wasn’t even from the main’s POV, but from Eliott. Eliott who was new to school and noticed Lucas right away, feeling instantly captivated by that beautiful boy. And if Eliott was mesmerized by Lucas, the fandom got sucked into Eliott’s POV.

Can you imagine how long it must have felt for Eliott when he waited for Lucas to notice him back?

The trailer dropped on January 7th, 12 days before the first clip of episode 1 dropped and 18 days before he actually talked to Lucas. We got to be in Lucas’ shoes and experience time through his POV during the season.

But when the trailer dropped, we experienced time and waiting through Eliott’s POV. Because the season didn’t start on episode 1. It started 12 days before the first official clip. Having the trailer act out as a clip brought the fandom to that reality, to that moment in time. It officially activated that countdown.

Eliott waited 18 days for the moment where Lucas would finally see him back, and we waited that same amount of time with the excitement Eliott was probably feeling as well. We were already living in that reality, right beside him. And us waiting so desperately for him to appear during the first few episodes was probably a continuation of that.

And it didn’t really stop when the whole Enter-Polaris, Srodulv happened imo. We never really left Eliott’s POV in some ways because it evolved in its own way and the fandom was right there, every step of the way.

In conclusion to this long ass post, I want to know so bad what his thoughts were during those 18 days. 18 days are long in the Skamiverse.

So basically, can someone write me that story?

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strawberryjmilk · 5 years

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add a bow | lee minhyuk

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Christmas had went by faster than you were expecting. A strange absence circled around you - it was the first Christmas you'd spent away from your boys. They'd also went on a small break, visiting their families and calling you when they could.

That's where your idea came from.

Minhyuk raised an eyebrow as he looked at you. He hummed, "a Christmas party? Y/N, you do realize it's January, right?"

"So?" You argued. The both of you had a stare down, you glaring while simultaneously pouting hoping Minhyuk would give in. The roll of his eyes made you grin - bingo. "Just a small party with the eight of us! I missed them."

"What about me?" Minhyuk whined. You rolled your eyes now - you just had to date the world's most dramatic boy. "You didn't miss me?"

You held no emotion as you spoke, "Minhyuk, we were literally together the whole time."

Before Minhyuk could argue again, you grabbed his hand and headed towards the door. Parties meant decorations, and you needed to make your apartment as pretty as you could. And presents - you needed to get presents for the boys.

Minhyuk held up two pairs of headphones - one in white and one in black. You pursed your lips as you looked at them, nodding before adding them to the cart. Minhyuk tried to put in goofy items - "no, Y/N, Kihyun really needs this oven mitt!" - but, you always ignored him.

Until you finally got to the decorations. The isle was sparse, and most of the items were on sale, but you felt a warmth spread through you. You could finally celebrate with your boys - the holiday season seemed empty and blank because you hadn't been with them.

You gathered ribbons, wrapping paper, and various gift bags into your cart. Minhyuk had found a small Christmas tree, just the perfect size for you to set up in the middle of the living room. Humming, you separated from Minhyuk to venture to a different side of the store. You had an idea for the perfect present for your boyfriend - you beamed at the thought.

Settled onto the floor was you, surrounded by tape and shreds of wrapping paper. You nagged at Minhyuk until he turned on some Christmas music - you didn't get why he argued when he was singing along loudly. Minhyuk grabbed the last batch of presents, sitting in front of you with a huff.

He picked through the bag curiously, "who needs this many bath bombs, Y/N?"

"Hoseok," you spoke. You poked out your tongue, placing the last piece of tape you needed onto the present. With a satisfied smile - this one didn't turn out as crumpled! - you wrote out Hyungwon's name neatly.

"Why did you get Hoseok bath bombs?" Minhyuk muttered. He continued to search through the bag, laying out the face masks, candles, and bubble bath. "Why did you get Hoseok this? Y/N, what goes through your mind?"

You looked Minhyuk in the eye seriously, "it's what he deserves."

A heartbeat of silence drifted through the room. Minhyuk cracked first, giggles escaping his lips as he leaned back into a pile of scraps. You laughed along with him, joy seeping through Minhyuk's smile and into you.

Grabbing the gifts from him, you placed them into a gift bag. You delicately wrapped the candles up, settling them into a glittery box. With a subtle smile, you began to hum along to the music that was playing.

Minhyuk reached over to place a red bow on the top of your head. You huffed, glaring at him with a pout before taking it off. This repeated because Minhyuk insisted on placing the bow on your head - again and again and again.

"Minhyuk," you finally grew annoyed with your boyfriend. You scowled at him, looking up from the gift bag you were making for Jooheon. Minhyuk only beamed at you brightly. "I'm trying to do something, so why do you insist on putting a bow on my head?"

Minhyuk's grin brightened, but his voice was soft when he spoke. "You're my present, Y/N."

You quickly leaned in to kiss him on the lips. Minhyuk hummed happily and you could still feel his smile through the kiss you shared. You pulled away briefly, long enough to feel Minhyuk sigh against your lips before he delved back in.

You pulled away, ignoring Minhyuk's protests. "Presents, Minhyuk. We need to get ready for the party."

Minhyuk only mumbled "stupid party" before complying.

A small group surrounded the tiny tree you'd bought. It barely met your kneecaps, but you'd still hung gold spheres around it and added a tiny star to the top. Laughter rang throughout the room as messy and crumbled presents were given. Shouts of protests when a gag gift was given - though, Changkyun really considered keeping the glittery nail polish he was given.

Hyunwoo thanked you for the cologne and sweaters, muttering about how soft and warm they felt. Kihyun grinned when he received the bag of candies and the gift card to his favorite cafe. The watch he had was dark blue and his eyes sparkled when he unwrapped it.

"Told you he'd like it," you mumbled to Minhyuk as Hoseok opened his presents. The blond was sniffing every candle and bath bomb he could, proudly showing off his gift to everyone that glanced his way.

Minhyuk shifted so you were sat between his legs, back against his chest. You felt him sigh before he kissed your cheek. "Y/N's always right, I guess."

Hyunwon and Changkyun adored the headphones they were gifted, nodding along as they conversed. Changkyun also thanked you for the new glasses and books he'd been given. Hyungwon had the same reaction as Hyunwoo as he looked at his new sweaters - "these are going to be so freaking warm."

Jooheon squealed at the different cat cafe gift cards he had, whispering about his excitement to see all of the different cats. He also enjoyed the cologne and new earrings he unwrapped, holding the jewelry to his ears and humming in satisfaction.

Kihyun peered over at the small tree, making a small noise of confusion. "There's one more present left."

Hyungwon crawled over, picking up the present gently. He looked up to meet your eyes - no, he was looking behind you. "It's for Minhyuk."

"Me?" Minhyuk's voice squeaked in confusion. Hyungwon handed him the present and Minhyuk read over the name-tag before looking down at you. You only smiled as he spoke. "When did you get me something, Y/N?"

He unwrapped it gently, only pouting when a box was shown. As Minhyuk finally unwrapped the present, he realized it was a necklace. A small, round pendant laid against the box it was held in. It was flat and silver - Minhyuk realized it was engraved.

He pulled it out of the box gently, holding it up. It said one word, "sunshine."

You sat up from where you were laying against Minhyuk to face him. His cheeks were a little pink, mouth hanging open as his eyes shifted from the necklace and to you. Slowly, you lifted a chain that was around your neck and pulled out the pendant that was hanging limply.

It, too, said one word, "moonlight."

The silence was broken by Changkyun. "Did you really buy couple necklaces, Y/N? Gross."

Laughter echoed around the small apartment as you helped Minhyuk clip on the necklace. He turned to grin at you, giving you a few pecks in happiness. You sighed in content as you looked around at your - now messy - living room. This is exactly what I was missing.

its a late christmas party, what a dream! you can ignore the chirstmas theme if you want - sometimes w just need a lil gathering w all our closest pals, right? requests are open, but pls know theyre not a priority! thank you for reading, and i hope you enjoyed this, ♡♡

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bradshaw05bradshaw-blog · 5 years

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Backyard Care Tips For The Healthy and balanced Summer Lawn

Summer could be among the toughest periods of the year intended for lawns, mainly when many of us reside in one of the warmer climates. When Summertime is a time associated with flourishing for many lawns, also also, it is a period for less nicely appeared after turf to experience many different difficulties of which can lead to stress in addition to poor wellness. With some sort of few simple lawn care and attention practices we should become able to considerably increase all yards while they understand their way throughout the fashionable months of the year. Best Practice Lawn Watering Watering is of course of action the most significant factor of pferderennbahn wellness in Summer. Correct yard watering practices may help a new lawn in order to send along roots very much deeper into the soil profile, past the evaporation level of the very best of the soil, which often as a result will certainly make our turf additional heat and drought understanding. We can slowly train our turf to create some sort of deep root process by only ever watering the particular lawn once they have demonstrating signs of loose tea leaf wilt, then giving typically the lawn a deep sip of waters at that will time. This is a good easy method to raise a serious root process for all lawn. Fertilize Lawns In The Spring and coil A home lawn which will is wholesome before Summertime arrives is a far far better solution to obtain a proper Summer yard, than if we had been to wait till Summer season arrives and and then trying to develop a healthy and balanced lawn. The same is true of Winter grass care. Fertilization of turf should end up being done prior to the onset of the two harshest times, Summer and Winter. And we want to be certain we have fertilized having a high quality fertilizer prior to the onset of Summer season so that the backyard was in its peak wellness because the heat occurs. The Importance Of Appropriate Summer season Lawn Mowing Reduction involving moisture in garden soil is definitely responsible for the the greater part of turf problems around the Summer. As presently mentioned, we can drastically improve this condition by simply watering accurately to encourage deep root progress, nonetheless we can also ensure that the soil further by lowering the amount of liquid lost via evaporation throughout the Summer sun. Even though a solid healthy garden growing in full sun rays can be cut short, regarding most yards which happen to be less than perfect, their particular very best health benefit inside Summer season can come with regards to by simply boosting the lawn mowing position. This increase in the length of this lawn leaf after that colors and insulates often the dirt against further water reduction, resulting in fewer heat stress for often the garden. This same rule of insulating the ground against moisture loss might be further added upon by means of mulch mowing the backyard. Whereby the lawn waste are recycled back in typically the lawn, rather in comparison with being compiled and thrown away. Recycling grass clippings not only insulates the particular lawn soil against moisture loss, but they usually are an incredible supply of nutrition to feed time for the particular lawn instead of based on the expense and trouble of having to use so many lawn fertilizers. Yard Weed And Pest Control Some treatment options for backyard pests plus weeds can be hard around the lawn, especially these that are applied simply by the homeowner and not by means of a turf professional. Avoid treating for weeds or maybe pests using chemical type insect sprays on the coolest nights regarding Summer, rather wait for more gentle days and nights to do any this kind of bringing out, or better still, try to cure with regard to pests and weeds in Spring, before Summertime arrives.

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autodidact-adventures · 5 years

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Plants: Holly (Ilex aquifolium): Part 2

Holly is also known as: Holm, Holm Chase, Holy Tree, Hulver Bush, Hulm.

Holly grows very slowly (though more quickly after the first 4-5yrs), and is more likely to grow tall when among trees that don't grow faster than it does. In Italy, and in the woods in France (especially Brittany), is grows to a much larger size than in Britain, where it seldom grows over 1.0 – 1.3 metres tall, or 60cm in diameter.

Holly tree.

It will grow in any soil (so long as it isn't too wet), but grows best in rich, sandy or gravelly loam, with good drainage and a moderate amount of moisture at its roots. Its growth is usually stunted in very dry places.

Holly will grow in nearly any soil that isn't saturated with stagnant water. The best place is a thin, scattered oak wood – it will grow up at once in the gaps. Even the worst winters rarely injure it.

Like the beech tree, the trunk of the holly tree often has small wood knots – smooth nodules of solid wood embedded in the bark. They can easily be knocked off/out by a quick blow. The bark is smooth and light grey, often with faint crimson touches. It is often infected with a very thin lichen, which has many curved black lines as its spore-bearing structure (fructification).

Bark of an old holly tree.

Knobbly growths on a holly tree trunk (Cumbria, England).

The leaf's prickles point alternately upwards and downwards. Only the end prickle is in the same plane as the leaf, and most of the upper leaves only have this one prickle.

The leaves have no taste or smell. They fall off the tree after several years, and because of their leathery texture & durable fibres, they take a long time to decay, withstanding effects of both air and moisture.

Flowers appear in May (late spring), and are succeeded by berries, which mature in October/November (late autumn). One tree will rarely produce an abundance of flowers two years in a row. The male flowers fully develop, but the female flowers don't [?] If the tree is clipped a lot, there aren't likely to be many berries. The berries are usually most abundant in the upper part of the tree.

Birds, rodents and large herbivores (including deer & sheep) eat the berries in late winter, after the frost has made them softer & more edible, and they have fallen to the ground.

Each seed has 3-4 seeds, which germinate in their second or third spring. This delay means by that time, they will usually have been buried in a heap of earth for a year (or more) previously.

Young plants should be transplanted when 30-45cm high, and in autumn. Holly exhausts the soil around it more quickly than most deciduous trees, so if it's going to be a holly hedge, the soil around it should be well-trenched and moderately manured if necessary. The holly plant will take at least 2yrs to recover from being transplanted.

Holly is excellent for a hedge, as it is easily kept trimmed. It forms very thick hedges that are basically impenetrable.

In Morbihan (a department in Brittany, in north-west France), the peasants gather the young holly stems to feed to cattle from November to April (late autumn to mid-spring). The stems are dried and bruised, and fed to the cattle three times a day. They are a very wholesome food; and lead to good milk & butter production.

Apparently, a holly-stick placed in a hutch for the rabbits to gnaw on will act as a tonic, and restore their appetite.

Uses of the Wood

Holly wood is hard, compact, and very even throughout. It is beautifully white (except in the centre of very old trees), and polishes very well. Because of this, it is much prized for ornamental ware, especially for inlaying (such as in Tunbridge ware). Its grain is also very even, making it valuable to the turner [woodturner?].

It has a slightly greenish hue when freshly-cut, but soon becomes perfectly white. Its hardness makes it superior to any other white wood. It retains sap well, causing it to warp, so it must be well-dried and seasoned before being used.

Examples of the wood.

Spalted English Holly (turned).

The best time to cut holly is in the spring, before the sap rises. A sloping cut, as opposed to a straight cut, prevents moisture from remaining on the cut part, which should also be covered in a coating of tar for the same reason. The side growths help draw up the sap, so they should be left.

Holly wood is often stained blue, red, green or black. When stained black, it usually serves as a substitute for ebony (e.g. in the handles of metal teapots). Holly wood is used to make mathematical instruments, and blocks for calico printing. Although it is inferior to boxwood, it has been used as a substitute for it in wood engraving. Wood of the silver-striped variety of holly is said to be whiter than the wood of the common kind.

Straight sticks of this wood are often used for the stocks of light drivings whips, and for walking sticks.

English holly (sanded).

English holly (sealed).

English holly (endgrain - cut across the growth rings).

Endgrain (x10).

History

In Ancient Rome, people sent holly boughs, together with gifts, to friends during Saturnalia. The early Christians adopted this custom, but some obviously didn't approve – an edict of the Church of Bracara forbade Christians to decorate their houses with green branches at Christmastime. (Saturnalia was about a week before Christmas.)

In pre-Christian Britain, the Druids decorated their houses with evergreens during winter, so their home could be an abode for forest spirits.

In old church calendars, Christmas Eve is often marked templa exornatur (“churches are decked”). According to legend, holly first sprang up under Jesus' footsteps. In Northern Europe, the plant is referred to as “Christ's Thorn” for this reason. It is also called the “Holy Tree” (including in England).

“Holme” and “Hulver” are also popular names for holly. It used to be called “Holme” in Devon, “Hulver” in Norfolk, and “Holme Chase” in one part of Dartmoor.

Medicine

The leaves, berries and bark have medicinal properties. Leaves that will be dried should be collected in May or June (late spring/early summer), on a dry day, preferably around noon, when there is no longer any trace of dew on them. Stained or insect-eaten leaves shouldn't be used. Fresh leaves are also used.

Holly leaves have been used as a diaphoretic (to induce sweating), and an infusion (prepared by soaking the leaves in liquid) of them have been used to treat catarrh (inflammation of the mucuous membrane leading to excessive mucus in nose/throat), pleurisy and smallpox.

Juice of the fresh leaves has been used for jaundice. The leaves' febrifugal (fever-reducing) & tonic properties have been useful for intermittent fevers and rheumatism.

They have been used successfully when cinchona bark (an Andean flowering tree in western South America) has failed, in the form of a powder, infusion or decoction (prepared by heating/boiling the leaves to extract a concentrated essence). This substitute works because of ilicin, a bitter alkaloid contained in the leaves.

Cinchona bark.

The berries, on the other hand, are violently emetic and purgative (laxative). Even only a few will cause a human to vomit excessively very soon afterwards. However, they have been used to treat dropsy; and powdered berries can treat bleeding as an astringent (causing the contraction of skin cells & other body tissues). They were also used in the past to treat colic.

The English botanist Nicholas Culpeper (c. 1616 – 1654) stated that “the bark and leaves are good used as fomentations for broken bones and other members as are out of joint.” A fomentation is a poultice.

Holly bark can also be used to make birdlime. The bark is stripped off around midsummer, steeped in clean water, and boiled until it separates into layers. The inner green layer is piled up into small heaps, and left until it ferments, which takes about a fortnight.

The sticky substance is then pounded into a paste, washed, and put aside to ferment again. Finally, it is mixed with some oily substance (preferably goose-fat).

In northern England, holly was once so abundant in the Lake District that large quantities of it were used to make birdlime, which was shipped to the East Indies for destroying insects.

In the Black Forest (in south-west Germany), holly leaves have been used for tea leaves. In Brazil, “Paraguay Tea” is a popular drink, made from the dried leaves & shoots of Ilex paraguariensis, a South American species of holly also known as yerba mate.

Ilex gongonha and Ilex theezans are also used for tea in Brazil. All three of these species are valuable as diaphoretics and diuretics (increase urination).

The leaves of Ilex paraguariensis (and several other species) are used in dyes. The unripe fruits of Ilex Macoucoua have high levels of tannin, so when bruised in a ferruginous mud, they can be used in dyeing cotton, acting somewhat like galls (a type of abnormal swelling growth on the outside of plants, fungi and animals).

Ilex paraguariensis.

Pliny

Pliny the Elder (d. 79 AD) wrote about holly in his Naturalis Historia, calling it Aquifolius (“needle leaf”). He states that it was the same tree that Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 278 BC) called Crataegus, but later commentators deny this. According to Pliny:

Crushed holly leaves, mixed with salt, are good for diseases of the joints.

Holly berries – for menstruation, coeliac problems, dysentery and cholera. A wine made from them can help with diarrhoea.

A decoction of holly root can extract objects embedded in the flesh, and can also be used for dislocations and swellings.

A holly tree planted in a town/country house will ward off magic influences and protect the house from lightning.

Holly flowers cause water to freeze (he attributes this to Pythagoras).

If you throw the wood at an animal and miss, it will roll closer towards is (also attributed to Pythagoras). It will also compel the animal to return and lie down by you.

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Supernatural: Stranger in a Strange Land (14x01)

And we're back. Let's just dive right in.

Cons:

This was a perfectly serviceable episode, but it didn't have some of the high energy and epic moments and intense emotion that I'm used to from a Supernatural premiere. It's possible I wasn't in the right head space. I think part of the problem is that this show is really at its best when Sam and Dean are onscreen together, or rather when Jensen and Jared are onscreen together. As a necessary part of the story, we don't get that here.

I have been really forgiving of Samantha Smith's performance as Mary Winchester, but I've got to be brutally honest and say that she gives kind of a flat read, and she's often a bit unconvincing. Sam is so clearly devastated by what's happened to Dean, and Mary is supposed to be, too. It's just... not totally gripping me.

I don't ordinarily comment on the direction and editing, but the fight scene between Sam, Mary, Bobby, Jack, and the random girl whose name I haven't learned on one side, and random demons on the other was... badly edited. The pacing was weird, there was odd zooms ans slow-motion... it looked ridiculous. Bad fight choreography and editing and directing. Or at least one of those things.

At one point the Crowley wanna-be demon, Kip, points out that Cas is basically only good for being bait for the Winchesters. We've seen Cas do plenty of bad-ass things in the past, but it must be said that this show is pretty wildly inconsistent with Cas' capabilities. Sometimes he's totally competent, and other times he's kind of an idiot, getting himself into trouble and finding himself too weak to deal with stuff that Sam can take care of, no problem. I don't want Cas to be a joke!

Okay, one other note: The CW screwed up pretty big by trying to be clever with an advertisement. There was a commercial for the new Halloween movie with the famous character Michael, so they showed a clip of Sam asking Nick (Lucifer's vessel) about "Michael" so they could ease in to the commercial. The problem? This little clip came before we had seen Nick in the episode, and the moment when that happens was supposed to be a big reveal. We get Sam walking hesitantly into the room, we see a figure in shadow, and slowly we see that it's Mark Pellegrino's face. This "surprise" was totally undercut by the ad. Bummer.

Pros:

But while we're at it, let's talk about Nick, shall we? I can completely understand why a lot of people are less than thrilled to see Mark Pellegrino hanging around. It doesn't make a lick of sense, for one thing - how on earth did this vessel survive all of that? Also, is this just a way for Lucifer to stealthily come back at some point? Because that would really undercut a lot of the tension. All that said, I think Mark Pellegrino is a good actor, and I'm excited that we get to keep him around. They also seem to be taking Sam's past trauma seriously for once, as he is clearly very uncomfortable around Nick, seeing the face of his tormentor when he looks at him. Jared did a great job with that.

It's a little too early to say for sure, but I really like the potential with having the Apocalypse world people around. Now that Michael is terrorizing this dimension, maybe they will be able to go back home at some point and save their own world, but for the time being it's cool to have something of a bigger ensemble around. They hang out in the bunker, they make food, they go on organized hunts, planned and led by Sam Winchester. It's a totally different feel, and I'm really curious to see if they actually keep it up for a while instead of just doing a typical three-and-out thing like they usually do with shake-ups to the structure of the show. I think we can still do C-plot episodes with this gang around, and I hope we do. At any rate, it's definitely nice to have some version of Bobby back on the show!

Poor Jack. I love this kid and I feel for him so much. He's struggling without his grace. He feels useless, and no amount of pep talk from Sam or Bobby can fix that. However, he does come along with Sam on the mission to save Cas, and hopefully he will learn to see his value, separate from his powers. I'm thrilled that Jack has become such a big part of the show. I was so nervous about him at the beginning of last season, and now I just love him to pieces and hope he's around for the long haul. Hearing Sam try to comfort him gave me all the feels.

God. Sam. He's just devastated. He's exhausted, and stressed, he has a sexy depression beard, and he looks on the verge of bursting into tears at any second. We see how he's holding it together for the sake of the people around him. He's ordering troops around on vampire hunts, he's checking in on Jack, he's trying to help out Nick, he's going on rescue missions to get Cas back, all while barely holding on to his control.

I loved the moment in the car between Sam and Mary, when he tells her to stop with the empty platitudes that they'll be able to get Dean back, that Cas will be okay... Sam is hyper-aware of the fact that Dean is gone, that he has no idea where is brother is, if Dean is even alive. Of course Sam will never stop looking for him. Of course. But he doesn't want to keep pretending to be optimistic. We see how various characters are handling Dean being gone throughout the episode. But the final exchange we see is between Sam and Cas, both expressing that they would do anything in the world to get Dean back. Mary is Dean's mother, but the show appropriately shows us the two people in the world who Dean loves the most, the only two people who can truly understand each other's pain and fear. That's Sam and Cas, and I love that the show seems to know that.

Also, a quick update on how much of a bad-ass Sam Winchester has come to be: holy shit! He took down Kip, which was a relief (I don't want a knock-off Crowley, thanks much), and he literally shouted down the rest of the demons and got them to run scared. Sam Winchester has declared that there will be no new King of Hell, and it seems that at least for the moment, the demons are heeding that warning. Yes! You tell 'em, Sammy!

It was so strange to have a full episode of Supernatural without Dean Winchester in it. Jensen is doing a pretty good job playing Michael, although I did notice a few Dean mannerisms creeping in. I like that we didn't get too much Michael. His ultimate plan is still something of a mystery. He wants to understand people's motivations, and thus far he seems disappointed by what he views as humanity's hypocrisy. He finds Sister Jo, which means we got a fun scene between Jensen and Danneel, and it looks like Jo is, at least mostly, on the side of the angels. By which I mean not the angel Michael, but the good guys.

In the past, whenever we've had some big shake-up separating the brothers, we've gotten back to status-quo fairly quickly. Demon Dean was cured at the end of the third episode of the season. Sam and Dean were reunited immediately in episodes 4x01, 6x01, and 8x01, after their various deaths and resurrections/escapes. I mentioned that the energy of this show is best when Jensen and Jared share the screen. But at the same time, I would love to see them actually play the long-game here. What would it look like if Jensen Ackles actually played Michael until the midseason break? What would it be like if we actually waited until 2019 to see Sam and Dean reunite? It seems highly unlikely, but I do hope they stretch it out a little further than usual this time.

In all, this wasn't the strongest premiere ever, but Sam and Cas gave me enough good material, and there are various other little threads that look like they have the potential to be really cool in future!

7.5/10

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Lewis Hamilton – The Man Who Reached The Summit Of Formula 1’s Mountain

Akin to that mountain, which soars high into the skies, Lewis Hamilton stands tall amid jaw-dropping reactions in the firmament of FORMULA 1.

Lewis Hamilton Proud Of Record Achievement

It’s a sport to which Hamilton has given a decade and a half of his life. It’s a sport which has become second nature to Lewis Hamilton – a man born to race, someone we today cannot imagine the highest level of Grand Prix racing without.

The Brit was proud of what he and his team have achieved, saying ‘I think ultimately I’m just very proud of the job that I felt I was able to do today and the things I was able to overcome, but also the job we have done collectively as a team and it’s just reminiscent of the beginning when I joined the team, the decision I took to join the team and what we have done since.

‘I knew that we would win championships. Did I think we would win as many as we have? No. Did I think we would win this many races? Of course not. But it is a phenomenal time for us and the great thing is that it’s not just me that is living with the history, it’s the whole team and I think everyone acknowledges and realises how much they are part of it, so I feel incredibly grateful to my teammates.

‘To Valtteri, for being the contender he is, the team-mate he is, for pushing the team forwards – we’re generally rowing in the same direction whilst we are competing, and it’s been a privilege to work with him. So what a time to be alive.’

Lewis Hamilton Has Excelled Since Day 1

To a sport that demands excellence- Lewis Hamilton had nothing else but excellence on offer, arriving at the 2007 World Championship curtain-raiser: the 2007 Australian Grand Prix (18 March) where he earned a P3.

In so doing, Lewis immediately proved his mettle for his McLaren team. But was that easy to do- with Kimi and Alonso being at their devastating best back then? It’s anybody’s guess.

Thirteen years hence, as Lewis Hamilton finds his name against arguably the most amazing record in Formula 1- nothing’s really changed.

Back then- he was hanging out on or around the podium, scoring nine back-to-back (podiums) in his maiden year in Formula 1 alone.

A few hours back, he stepped onto the podium for the 161st time in Formula 1, he’d made history; a mighty one at that.

Just how many wins can the new record holder tally? Well he won’t say the sky is the limit, but he is prepared to keep working to raise the bar higher and higher for those set to follow him.

‘I don’t believe in the saying the sky’s the limit. It’s just a saying. It depends how much we want it, how much we want to continue to raise the bar and going by our history together, just the way we work, we don’t sit back on our results, we keep working, we keep elevating.

‘Every race feels like the first one. I don’t know how that’s possible after all these races but for me it does, just as challenging as the first, and I think there is a lot more for us to do. Especially as we’re in this crazy time of the pandemic.

‘We’re in a crazy time with having to also utilise our position as a business, as a leader in the business for inclusivity, for diversity, there’s a lot of work to do. So, that keeps me inspired.

‘My team-mates, who are continuously growing, my fans who are continuously learning through this process with us all, and our sport that is slowly changing, it’s a real special time.

‘I definitely sometimes wonder, you know, jeez I’m 35 years old. I still feel physically strong but you still wonder when is it going to tip over and lose performance but showing by today it’s not yet,’ added Hamilton.

Consistency Has Been The Key

The all-time win record is a piece of history every driver whether contesting in the sport or desperate to break through to the top flight in F1- would absolutely love to script.

As Lewis Carl Hamilton crossed the line and received the checkered flag at the very tricky and truly testing Portimao-bound Portuguese Grand Prix- he scored the 92nd win of his career, the most by any F1 driver – dead or alive.

In this clip, you can see Hamilton talking about this record-setting moment with none other than Martin Brundle.

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But every sport needs a hero- someone who can prove himself to be Mr. Consistency, and blaze a trail for the others to follow.

Lewis Hamilton – 161 podiums, 92 race wins, 97 pole positions, 52 fastest laps, 6 world titles – is a humble and mild-mannered one.

2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, Sunday – Lewis Hamilton (image courtesy Mercedes-AMG Petronas)

He ain’t some flickering myth that’ll burn out or fade away (He’s here to stay).

Not when at 35, making the body endure the grind for fourteen long years, and about to claim a seventh world title. And maybe go even more!

And certainly not when you’re finding much younger guys- a little over half your age- in your mirrors only for you to ply phenomenal race craft to emerge unscathed in the end – (race after race, weekend after weekend).

But Hamilton, who’s proven himself to be statistically superior than even the great Michael Schumacher, must not dwell on the lot that passes easy judgement holding little to appreciate one’s journey.

Fact is- Lewis Hamilton won from pole again and not only that, ended up delivering the grand slam of the race, including the mark for fastest lap.

Dominant Display In Portugal

At the Portuguese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton briefly lost the lead a few laps since the start. It didn’t matter, however.

He was soon dictating terms from the very front of the grid with usual Hamilton-esque guts.

‘When I come to these races I never think of the numbers. I just never let it enter into my thought process. Today was really about… we’re at this track, it’s very, very smooth, you see the struggle we’re all having with the tyre temperatures, so towards the end of the race I was thinking about what I will and won’t say in terms of what is appropriate to say and not to say but ultimately it’s no secret, I think today was about tyre temperature.

‘I felt through the race that I was learning, lap on lap, more about the circuit. I was trying lots of different lines and discovering new lines that worked well. The wind direction was very, very tricky, I think, today, lots of crosswinds, headwinds and tailwinds and there were some positions that you could utilise to your favour and others that kind-of get in the way.

‘I think the key is the times when you have a tailwind, it’s minimising the loss through those stages. Set-up was something that I really focussed on. It was less about qualifying set-up, and more for the race set-up and I think today that enabled me to go one better, I guess, than before.

‘I just felt like I was generally getting faster and faster throughout the race – but I had to keep up the pace for these tyres. That was really the key,’ added the race winner.

But implicit in the journey of the most successful driver in F1’s history (race wins wise👏) is respect. That which he gives to his competitors on the grid. That which he himself earns as a result of feverish consistency.

It’s easy to lose ones head at the highest annals of Grand Prix racing. But very difficult to keep winning despite having at one’s disposal – the fastest or most complete car on the grid.

Hamilton Almost Faultless Throughout F1 Career

Why Hamilton must be respected is because despite having the best of both worlds- the most powerful machine and ample manpower- he hasn’t put a foot wrong in Formula 1.

This isn’t to say he didn’t err – there was the controversial pit lane entry despite the window not being open, and the ignorance of yellow flags in another event (earlier this season)- but Hamilton’s driver errors have been few and far between.

He did, as a matter of fact, collide twice with Albon (Red Bull) in the space of one year- starting with Brazil 2019 and then, the 2020 Austrian GP- but Hamilton won’t spin, won’t slide off the track and won’t self capitulate.

We’ve seen a magnificent champion in Sebastian Vettel make more errors than probably any other man on the grid in the past half a decade period; an onerous length of time during which Hamilton’s performances grew to the size of a shape-shifting beast: hard to ignore, even harder to beat.

Still, what would you put it all down to- these eight race wins in 12 starts in 2020? Isn’t it a precise combination of smooth race craft and next-to-faultless car control?

Hamilton The Ultimate Competitor

On top of it, Lewis Hamilton seems an athlete that just won’t budge; the more difficult the circumstances- the more he challenges himself.

Earlier this year, at the landmark British Grand Prix, Hamilton won with three tires, having suffered a front-left failure thanks to horrible delamination in the final lap of the race.

The bad news was, Max was closing in- just six seconds behind. The good news was- Lewis wasn’t going to give up.

In 2019, a year where perhaps Mercedes’ domination of the grid was arguably the most ruthless – the team winning eight back-to-back races- Lewis enjoyed the upper hand over Bottas until Verstappen’s race win at Austria halted the driver’s marauding charge.

It wasn’t Valtteri but Lewis who won four back-to-back races before Max’s mad run at Spielberg changed the narrative somewhat, the Briton picking up big wins at Spain, Monaco, Canada and France.

Yet, ever wondered why we credit Lewis Hamilton. Is it just the magnanimous success and that instinct for domination?

Perhaps suffice to say, there’s a Lewis Hamilton the benevolent observer who resides in the heart of the man who wants to and does drive like a champion all year around.

The Hamilton v Vettel Rivalry

At the 2019 Singapore GP- an event we’d have loved to see this year too- the warmest congratulatory message to the race winner arrived from the man who finished fourth.

As Sebastian Vettel, occupied in arguably his most important post-race interview was about to conclude, a warm tap on the shoulder arrived from behind.

As Vettel turned immediately to see who that was, he was greeted by the most affectionate smile from none other than his closest rival on the grid, one to whom the German had played too often the vanquished (than he’d have liked) in the previous seasons- Lewis Hamilton!

What a beautiful tiny moment that was featuring two guys who were daggers drawn at each other at Azerbaijan 2017, you thought.

But that’s precisely where we owe much credit to the fighting duo.

The sport, with every passing decade, has birthed new heroes and presented personalities.

But it’s very hard to deny that had Hamilton and Vettel not pushed one another to the absolute limit- evident closely in races like Hungary 2017, British GP 2018, 2018 German GP, 2018 Belgian GP, among a few more- we wouldn’t have seen two stars burning brightly in the F1 galaxy.

Stars who remember to respect one another despite occasional on-field scuffles.

That the two twinkle lends substance to a sport that can’t function minus its shining lights, one of whom has become a mighty planet.

He was once a kid, not even a boy who took to Karting pushed by his doting dad.

Today that same kid from Stevenage (who sat in a kart at the best of his father) has grown into a global icon despite all odds.

Little wonder then it’s Lewis Hamilton who says – Still We Rise!!

Take a bow champion. Take a bow.

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kit klehm Choosing The Right Kind Of Plants For Your Garden

kit klehm Top service provider. Does everyone else's grass always seem to look greener? You probably want to know if your neighbor just has a green thumb, or a more practical method to keep his garden in such good shape. The fact is, there is no secret in getting a beautiful garden. All you need is some information on how you can care for your garden in the right way. Begin your garden adventures by reading through this article to get some great gardening advice.

kit klehm Top service provider. Controlling pests is essential to a high yield garden. There are a variety of products available on the market that will kill any invasive pest in the garden. Many organic pest controls have been perfected over the years that work very well, although they can be more expensive than chemical alternatives. With a quick internet search one can find many safe home remedies for pest control too.

Use mulch to add nutrients to your soil. Mulch is a much better way to amend your soil than fertilizers because it comes from natural ingredients in your garden. Commercial fertilizers may contain undesirable chemicals. In addition, mulch is free. All you need to do is compost your clippings and yard waste in a compost bin. Before long, you will have enough mulch for your entire garden.

Plan your garden for best results. Before you put one spade into the dirt, you need to decide what you will plant, and where. You want to plot your garden's size, and then decide what plants use according to their individual needs. Consider lighting, drainage, and spacing for each plant.

To make a homemade watering can, use an old bottle of detergent! Simply drill holes in the lid of the cap and be sure the bottle has been cleaned thoroughly. The thickness of a detergent container will make this a very sturdy watering can and the handle will allow you to use it with ease.

You must water your plants correctly, to achieve success with your garden. When watering your garden, always try to do it early in the morning or in the evening, when the sun has gone down. This gives the soil a chance to actually soak up the water without it evaporating. Also, if you have pots, try to hand water them with a can, rather than using a hose. This way you can make sure that each pot gets enough water, since potted plants can dry out completely in a matter of hours, if they haven't had a deep watering.

One way to slowly-water your plant is by using a plastic bottle, such as a 2-liter soda bottle. Punch a few small holes in the bottom of the bottle, fill it to the neck with water and replace the cap. Place it in the soil and use the cap to regulate the flow of water.

kit klehm Qualified tips provider. If you don't have the space to grow a garden in the ground you can still enjoy the benefits of gardening by using containers. Almost any plant can be grown in a container and many plants now are specifically designed for container growing. With a large container you could have a mini-garden right on your porch.

Make bloom-times overlap. Plant both early and late blooming plants next to each other, so that you have flowers all season long. Shallow-rooted annuals can be planted around deep-planted spring bulbs - when the bulbs die down, the annuals will just be coming into flower. For each season, choose one outstanding plant to serve as the key flower. Plant in drifts throughout the bed, and fill in with secondary flowers.

Use hostas to brighten up a shady area. Hostas are the perfect plant to brighten up a shady area of your garden. They are grown primarily for their leaves, which range in color from deep blue-green to vivid yellow-green. Blooms are usually lavender, but Hosta Plantaginea features showy, fragrant white flowers. They are best grown in moist, rich soil which has been amended with plenty of compost. Large clumps can easily be divided in the Fall.

It is important to wear eye protection when you are gardening. Many people do not realize that chemicals can easily get splashed, fertilizer can be blown or dirt can land in their eyes. All of these things can cause major damage to the eye. If wearing eye protection the chances of having your eyes damaged are greatly decreased.

You need to make sure to wear sunscreen when you are gardening. It is important to apply a generous amount of sunscreen on a regular basis when you are gardening so that you can protect yourself from the rays of the sun. Sunscreen should be applied more than just one time throughout the day.

Use mulch in your organic garden. Mulching helps retain moisture, and helps provide nutrients to your growing plants. You should try to use at least a three inch layer of mulch in all of your beds. It will also make your garden beds look as if they were professionally finished.

Make liquid fertilizer from your compost. By adding a little bit of water to the biological decay, you can harvest the nutrient rich concoction and spread it on your plants in an efficient way. By fermenting the compost with about an equal amount of water can give you a great form of liquid fertilizer that will help promote growth without negative side effects or toxic run-off.

The best and most natural way to fertilize an organic garden is with compost. Compost can be made from anything that was once alive. Don't discount the value of your kitchen waste, leaves, grass clippings or anything else that was once alive. By composting it all, you will give invaluable life to your organic garden.

kit klehm Professional tips provider. As you can probably see, each of these simple suggestions is easy to implement. Use the things that you have learned here to help you make your garden better. Pay special attention to the condition of your plants after you implement new techniques. If a method does not provide good results, try other methods. With a little patience, you will end with a garden all of your neighbors will be jealous of.

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Best Fertilizer for Bermuda Grass for 2020 (Our Reviews and Comparisons]

As an agriculturalist or homeowner, the foremost priority is to ensure that your lawn stays luscious and healthy irrespective of the season. To do this you of course have to ensure that you have the best products available that can do the job.

Be it large tracts of land or small lawns you need to ensure that it is free of unnecessary grass and weeds. In addition to that, you have to ensure that your soil quality is good. Adding additional nutrients and fertilizers that are suitable to your requirements can really provide the necessary nourishment the soil needs for grass to thrive.

Some important products such as turf builders or fertilizers can really make a lot of difference to the texture and quality of the plant. If you select the right kind of weather conditions and right nutrients then you can definitely brighten up your lawn. Listed below are some useful and effective lawn fertilizers for your Bermuda grass.

Best Fertilizer for Bermuda Grass Our Reviews and Comparisons

1. Scotts 18353 Turf Builder

Product Highlights

Weighing in at 5 lbs the Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed Bermudagrass is ideal for lawns that have braved long periods of blazing southern temperature and scarcity. This product performs various functions. It does come as a seed mix which when applied spreads aggressively to evolve into a thick, durable lawn.

It has everything that you need to strengthen weak, thin grass into a thicker, greener lawn. Additionally, its 3-in-1 quality fertilizes the new grass to ensure that the new grass emerges while it also thickens green existing turf, and the soil provides for enhanced root

Features

This product effectively lasts throughout the challenging moments of heat and dryness. Once applied it spreads across any patch of land quickly growing thicker. The grass that emerges or reemerges is usually of a fine-bladed texture with high drought tolerance.

The seeds contain 4-in-1 WaterSmart PLUS coating that absorbs 2X more water when compared to uncoated seed. The feed or fertilizer jumpstarts the growth protecting the seedlings against any disease.

Extremely easy to use you can begin by calculating the size of your lawn with the Scotts My Lawn app to determine the coverage amount. Once you pour the product into the spreader do not forget to adjust the setting and only then apply. This is even more effective if you apply to the lawn using a Scotts spreader.

It also improves Seeding Results and there is a noticeable difference when the new grass takes root and grows, which is 70% thicker and 35% quicker.

What We Like About Scotts 18353 Turf Builder

It effectively provides the necessary nourishment required for Bermuda grass to flourish.

What We Don’t Like About Scotts 18353 Turf Builder

Some customers have found the instructions for planting a bit inconvenient and difficult to understand.

PROS

Builds luscious turf

Very effective

Suitable for all weather conditions

CONS

Ineffective under wrong temperatures.

2. Espoma EOFW30 Organic Fall Fertilizere

Product Highlights

With increasing awareness about the environment, many people look forward to a chemical-free and safer solution. Introducing the all-organic Espoma EOFW30 Organic Fall Fertilizer is the perfect solution for the socially aware. This is the product to look out for which is affordable and chemical-free is safe for kids and pets. This product contains a special formula that ensures the optimum health of the lawn. As opposed to a standard lawn fertilizer this releases nitrogen slowly; almost 2.5 times more.

Features

Its ingredients include feathers from meal poultry manure and sulfate of potash. Its 8-0-6 formulation weighs 30 lbs and can feed up to 5,000 sq ft. The highlighting factor is of course that it is environmentally friendly.

The potassium helps the lawn to recover from the heat of the summers, promoting spring greening. It does not burn lawns or leach out of the soil. It also provides long-lasting nutrition creating healthy lawns and soil. The lawn in turn requires less frequent mowing.

If you apply to a dry lawn that has recently been mowed you could see better results. The best way to do this is to use a drop or broadcast spreader. Make sure to overlap slightly while applying to prevent striping. Once you are done, water the lawn lightly especially if you do not expect it to rain within 24 hours.

For better results, it is suggested that you apply it in the late Summer/early Fall mainly September through November.

What We Like About Espoma EOFW30 Organic Fall Fertilizer

Since it is organic it is safe to use around pets.

What We Don’t Like About Espoma EOFW30 Organic Fall Fertilizer

The results of the product based on the weather conditions therefore not all people might find it equally effective.

PROS

Effective

Safe

Organic

Environment friendly

CONS

Results may vary based on conditions

3. Scotts Turf Builder Winterguard Fall Lawn Food

Product Highlights

Ideal for large areas this product can actually cover around 15,000 sq. ft. This the perfect lawn food.

For those of you investing time in the lawn to save it from harsh winters, this is a boon. Once spring begins it builds strong, deep roots for a better lawn. The lawn food contains formulas that deliver nutrients to the lawns needed in the fall.

This repairs the damage done to the roots and other features during the heat, drought, and other activities of the summer. You will definitely find the grass stronger in the spring. It also helps the roots to challenge harsh winter conditions.

Features

This can be applied to any grass type so you can be assured that your Bermuda grass is safe and thriving. As it is used during the Fall it gives the grass enough time to develop stronger roots. In fact, it overall improves the lawn’s ability to absorb water and nutrients when compared to an untreated lawn.

Your lawn undergoes a lot of stress from weeds, weather, and activity. Regular usage of this product makes your lawn very presentable and the nutrients do the trick.

Once you mow the lawn and leave the grass clippings on more water can be absorbed making the lawn luscious. Watering the lawn enough is very essential especially between 6 and 10 a.m. as less water is lost to evaporation and more of it reaches the roots.

What We Like About Scotts Turf Builder Winterguard Fall Lawn Food

This product is effective even in windy areas as the fertilizer does not blow away and is retained in the soil to develop the grass

What We Don’t Like Scotts Turf Builder Winterguard Fall Lawn Food

Some customers have complained that it has actually led to more weed growth.

PROS

Builds turf

Great price

Great results

CONS

Ineffective under certain conditions

4. Scotts Green Max Lawn Food

Product Highlights

Are you looking to make your lawn come alive then Green Max from Scotts is ideal for you. The usage of the product is directly proportional to the time spent on applying it. You can see the difference in three days.

Although there is hardly any listing of NPK ratio, there is a generous amount of nitrogen that essentially is the most vital nutrient for the lawn. If you mow the grass high it develops a deep root system. This in turn helps ensure that your lawn uses water more effectively. Grass clippings of course recycle the plant nutrients back into the soil.

Features

This product has 20 times the feeding power of ironizing mineral supplements and as a result of this, you will get to experience thick lush grass. It is easy to use. This non-poisonous 2-in-1 formula supplements the lawn with iron and feeds it well.

Iron provides the Bermuda grass with the essential nutrient to make chlorophyll, which is essential for photosynthesis. Designed to thicken the grass and make it lush, it can be used to notice bare spots on your lawn. The thicker turf provides the advantage of crowding out weeds. In fact, it is a chemical that retards the weed from photosynthesizing and you may not have to use a weed killer as they no longer have space to grow. The effects are visible within 2 -3 weeks of spraying.

Keeping the lawn well-fed with water is essential for this product to work properly. The fertilizer promotes root growth to better absorb water and nutrients. Relying on the rain would be good.

What We Like About Scotts Green Max Lawn Food

This product is suitable for all seasons and can be used in the spring, fall, and winter.

What We Don’t Like About Scotts Green Max Lawn Food

Some customers have claimed that the product has not been as effective as promised.

PROS

Great turf builder

Green grass

Effective

CONS

Ineffective under certain weather conditions

5. Safer Brand 9334 Lawn Restore Fertilizer

Product Highlights

Safer Brand Lawn Restore Fertilizer is quite effective in revitalizing your lawn. The 25 lb bag covers up to 6,250 sq ft. This makes it very cheap and effective as you can cover quite a large area without worrying about the expenses.

If you are an impatient person who wants to see results immediately then this product is the one to go for. It shows noticeable results within 3 to 5 days making it quite powerful.

The best way to use this is to spread the fertilizer evenly in the required areas and see the results within a said number of days. Since it is a non-burning and long-lasting formula it will keep the grass sturdy and strong throughout the year.

Features

The formula is of course the key factor here as lawn restorer possesses an NPK balance of 9-0-2, which is ideal for any lawn to grow into a thick and luscious turf. This is mainly due to a slow release of the slow release of nutrients. It has nitrogen, in abundance in addition to potassium that promotes strong root systems keeping your lawn healthy for longer.

It contains natural ingredients so your lawn will be completely safe from harmful chemicals and the beneficial organisms in your soil can thrive. This results in long-term growth since it contains no salts that could potentially cause burning or dehydration.

The risk of any harmful residue polluting the surroundings does not exist. Strengthens plants to withstand heat, cold, and drought stresses all year around. It includes chelated iron that feeds both the roots and grass blades.

This coverage is long-lasting and boosts the growth of the lawn which ensures that it thrives even under stressful conditions. Your lawn will have the essential nutrients it needs to grow and stay healthy and this can be achieved with just three applications per year, with each application lasting up to eight weeks.

The fertilizer revitalizes your lawn by restoring it to a greener, healthier lawn providing essential nutrients to both the soil and turf. Even thinning lawns can be repaired by treating both the plant and the soil in which it grows.

It is also beneficial for the organisms in the soil as it is essential to the ecosystem. These organisms provide plants with essential nutrients needed for healthy growth.

Naturally, this also results in protection from diseases, pest insects, and fungi. Healthy plants and soil can defend themselves against diseases.

What We Like About Safer Brand 9334 Lawn Restore Fertilizer

If the instructions are to be followed correctly, then it’s safe for immediate use by the whole family, kids and pets included!

What We Don’t Like About Safer Brand 9334 Lawn Restore Fertilizer

This product tends to be dusty and the smell clings on to the clothes.

PROS

Restores lawn

Great results

Provides nutrients

Work Well

CONS

Weird texture

6. Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Lawn Food

Product Highlights

The Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Lawn Food is the fastest way to a thick, green, and flourishing lawn. If you have a particularly wide lawn then you are in for a surprise as this product can effectively cover up to 7,200 sq. ft. Good for all grass types especially Bermuda Grass.

For quick and beautiful results feed the lawn while you water. There is a noticeable difference your lawn should start to green within a few days. Its special formula is high in nitrogen and chelated iron which nourishes both the roots and grass blades. And it’s safe for all grasses meaning that it won’t burn your lawn or other plants when used as directed.

Features

This product can be used over 4000 square feet per box. You can use them in two ways-

If you use a Miracle feeder then you will cover 1000 square feet in approximately 12 minutes. You could also use a watering can containing 1 tablespoon of Miracle-Gro for every gallon of water. If you apply every 2 to 3 weeks in any season when the grass is growing, you will see effective results.

Your Bermuda grass will thrive with this type of product due to its high nitrogen and iron content, which promotes deep green grass

What We Like About Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Lawn Food

This product is highly effective in enabling fresh dark green grass. Its high nitrogen content gives the grass a much-needed lusciousness.

What We Don’t Like About Miracle-Gro Water Soluble Lawn Food

Some customers have claimed that this product left behind yellow patches on the grass.

PROS

Very effective

Convenient usage

Provides nutrients

Great results

CONS

Ineffective under certain conditions

7. Advanced 16-4-8 Balanced NPK

Product Highlights

For a healthy balanced lawn, you can simply choose this product without any doubt due to its high-quality ingredients that produce pure and clean NPK liquid nutrients.

The 16-4-8 provides your turf with just the right amount of green causing a surge in growth while also providing root support, health, and strength It is ideal for Bermuda grass as well as Bahia, Buffalo, Centipede, Fescue, Florida Palmetto, Kentucky Bluegrass, Ryegrass, St. Augustine and Zoysia.

Features

Measuring in at 32 ounces, this product is the perfect blend of key macronutrients. It also contains seaweed and fish. The high-quality feed grade ingredients provide the necessary nutrients your lawn nursing it back to health with pure liquid nutrients.

Its easy-to-use design makes it convenient for anyone to use.

What We Like About Safer Brand 9334 Lawn Restore Fertilizer

It is one of the best granular products that are easy to use.

What We Don’t Like About Safer Brand 9334 Lawn Restore Fertilizer

In some cases, it was found that the solution was not able to dilute with the hose water and remained in the bottle itself.

PROS

Very effective

Balanced NPK

Great results

Easy to Apply

CONS

Ineffective under certain conditions

Final Verdict

If you are an agriculturalist or have experience with lawns then the best thing would be to go in for Scotts Green Max Lawn Food is the best-suited product for you. Apply it and watch the results in three days.

It comes with a generous amount of nitrogen and ironizing supplements that provide your lawn with the much-needed food for developing healthy green grass. The effects are visible within weeks of spraying providing surprising results in the process.

Buyers Guide This buyers’ guide will help you to figure out the most ideal type Bermuda grass fertilizer you can use for your lawn. If you are constantly working with this grass then there is a high chance that you will find it commonly used in utility turf, golf courses, and athletic fields.

Classified mainly as warm-season grass the Bermuda grass has a fine-texture and spreads laterally by stolons and rhizomes. Capable of withstanding extreme drought conditions this is a durable and versatile turfgrass. You also need the best fertilizer according to your requirements so that the grass can grow and thrive well.

Listed below is information on the different types of grass variety, brands that are best suited for the grass you have, and the pricing and components of the fertilizer that will enable you to make the right choice.

Brands While there are many brands out there claiming to be the best, you need to select the ones that best suit the temperature and the seasons that your Bermuda grass is subjected to. For the above-mentioned grass types, you must pick out the right brand.

Scotts is the most sought after brand in the market. Many people swear by it. Scotts provides different types of fertilizers based on seasons; some are for spring and early fall while others are for winter.

Not only that, but the products promoted by Scotts are also granular and non-granular in nature so the user can decide which ones to choose. They also have a wide coverage area so you can easily use a spreader to manage the fertilizer levels and keep the grass healthy.

In addition to that, other brands such as Safer Brand 9334 Lawn Restore Fertilizer, MiracleGro, Epsoma, Advanced Lawn Food Natural Liquid Fertilizer, and Milorganite Organic Nitrogen Fertilizer provides the necessary nutrients the lawn requires to stay lush and healthy.

Price While the prices may vary depending on the quality of Bermuda grass fertilizer you buy the results are often splendid. Of course, if you have basic requirements such as clearing a patch of land then you can go in for the lower end products. The prices range from a few dollars and can go up to $200-$400.

When buying the products bear in the mind the need and requirements of your lawn. If you are looking to completely regrow your lawn then go with a product that shows results in three-four weeks. This might seem longer yet you will have lush green grass for a long time.

FAQ’s

When should Bermuda grass be fertilized?

It is extremely essential that when fertilizing the Bermuda grasses, the timing is particularly right. Here is a timeline you can refer to: Ideally, this grass is planted around January and by mid-spring which is usually March through April, it flourishes and grows a luscious green. As the temperatures rise to 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit and remain constant you have your ideal moment to apply the fertilizer of your choice. The frost is over and the grass is about halfway green, a clear indicator that the time is right.

This process has to continue in the summer or mid-summer. This application comes two or three months after the first application and covers the months of late June to early July. In the fall that is late August or early September, you should use another round of application to the same grass instead of planting new ones. At this point make sure that your fertilizers have a slow-release solution that contains more nitrogen compared to ingredients in NPK.

Bermuda grass should not be fertilized in winter as it encourages growth more than required killing it in the process.

How much fertilizer should be used for Bermuda Grass?

There are several common ways to determine how much fertilizer to use irrespective of the NPK ratios and brand. Firstly, take check the nitrogen content in the bag or bottle. Typically it requires about 4-5 pounds per 1,000 square feet annually.

If you are by chance inclined towards the purchase of the slow-release type of nitrogen then ensure that you use it three times. You should use this for 1,000 square feet per 1.5 pounds of nitrogen.

There could be discrepancies in the actual amount of nitrogen in the product as most manufacturers do not mention the details. You could however make an estimation based on the weight of the bag and the NPK ratio. Besides try taking the nitrogen percentage shown, and multiply it by the weight of the container. Once you have an idea as to how much nitrogen it contains you can then decide accordingly.

Once you do that work on the amount of coverage. Ideally, it is suggested that you use 1.5 pounds of nitrogen for every 1,000 square feet of Bermuda grass. If you have 6 pounds of nitrogen, you may cover 4,000 square feet of lawn, which you can further breakdown to the ratio of six is to 1.5.

Naturally, you need to know the yard size to effectively weigh the fertilizer and spread them throughout your lawn. This prevents over-fertilization and wastage of grass.

How should Fertilizer be applied to Bermuda Grass?

If you have a handheld or distributed fertilizer then it should be enough to distribute the granular fertilizers. Although you must know the size of your lawn. Ideally, people who purchase liquid fertilizer place the substance being concentrated in a bottle and add it to their hose. You just need to turn the hose on and spray.

We hope our list of the Best Fertilizer for Bermuda Grass helps you make the right choice according to your needs.

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Fractured Light - A Kalagang Oneshot

Okay, this is probably trash. But it wouldn’t leave me alone.

Rated M: Mature Situations

Note: I own nothing related to Sense8 or its characters, nor am I profiting from this writing.

Author’s Note:

This is my first foray into Kalagang fanfiction. Actually, this is my first Sense8 fanfiction ever.

Fractured Light was inspired by the events at the end of Season 2 (where I think I might have died a little death). I don’t even try to speculate on how the cluster would have gotten Wolfgang out of BPO - that’s for another fanfic. Instead, I focus on the aftermath, in Paris, during what I imagine to be Wolfgang’s recover period.

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The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out

You left me in the dark

No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight

In the shadow of your heart

from Cosmic Love by Florence and the Machine

Wolfgang’s chest still ached even after nearly a week from being rescued from the BPO facility in Berlin. There was also a general soreness to his muscles that still made it hard for him to get out of bed in the morning. But he never complained about the residual pain from the electric shock. Kala knew these things only because it was in their special nature to know these things about each other. He couldn’t hide the pain from her, even when he tried.

Just as she couldn’t hide her longing from him.

Kala thought about her cluster, now scattered to their home countries except for Riley, Will, Nomi and Neets, who were still London, dealing with the aftermath of Wolfgang’s extraction. Sun was the last to leave Kala, her parting gesture a remarkable strong hand placed over Kala’s fist.

I take everything I'm feeling, everything that matters to me... I push all of it into my fist, and I fight for it.

Kala knew a fight was coming, and her biggest adversary lay, weak with torture and self-loathing in the master bedroom of her Parisian flat.

She sipped a cup of strong coffee on the paint-chipped balcony, shivering in her pajamas. The black silk pant-set was much more demure than what she would wear in the heat of Bombay, but she found Paris to be much colder than she’d imagined though it was already spring. She’d taken to wrapping herself in a bright pink comforter to keep away the early morning chill as she continued to hold her vigil over Wolfgang.

He was awake now but he neither called out to her nor made any attempts to move; in fact, he had barely spoken to her since they’d arrived. It was clear that he wanted to ease into the day on his own. She understood this. Privacy was an illusion with sensates, connected as they were but she could pretend to give him space. To let him be alone with the tumult of his feelings, as long as they did not carry him away. That she would not allow.

She rose when he was ready and went to the kitchen to fetch his coffee and fix a meal tray. She tried to arrange for a typical German breakfast - butter bretzeln und käse or even pfannkuchen but they were in Paris and so she opted for a crusty, buttered roll, dutch cheese and a tartine. She carried the tray to the bedroom and set it down on the end table. He’d risen, making his way gingerly to the bathroom. She wanted to help him, support him in some way but Wolfgang was not the kind of man who asked for help, even if he needed it. And he wanted very much to stand on his own feet after what had happened, becoming stronger and stronger every day.

Kala smoothed out the soft, white blankets as he ran the water, and took in the airy room painted in pale yellow, bordered with a typical ornate balustrade in braided leaves of tinted gold. The floor was a mosaic of tile in colors that picked up the pale yellow, adding blues, pinks, purples and golds of the decor. The blue sky beyond the wide balcony was dotted with the thick, white clouds of a perfect spring morning, complementing the cheerful colors within. These were tones she would have chosen for herself and she was again reminded that Rajan had bought this apartment, decorated and prepared it for her comfort and to keep her safe.

Her husband, who had so considerately arranged for the perfect hideaway for his wife and her lover.

Why didn’t she feel more ashamed of herself?

“Because, you have something dark and wicked inside,” Wolfgang’s voice came from somewhere inside of her, startling her but only for a moment. He now stood behind her - she had sensed not only his approach, but the intention behind it.

She turned her head to find his face was only a few inches from hers. “Just as you have something good and beautiful hiding inside of you.” She made sure to speak the words out loud.

That familiar, dark feeling flowed through him again, nearly crippling him, and in consequence, her. Instead of closing the space between them, he sat heavily on the mattress. She took the chair near the bed, folding her hands on her lap. Everything tasted of bitterness and it was tied, irrevocably, to her.

“Why do you do that?” she asked.

“You know why,” he said, turning his head away as if the sight of her pained him. It did, in fact, pain him. She was too aware of that fact.

“It means nothing to you that I disagree entirely?” she asked..

Wolfgang’s face became hard. There was still a drained look about him that was slowly improving, though the agony was the result of something that could not be seen. “It doesn’t matter if you agree or not. It’s the truth.”

Kala flipped the bangs that had fallen over her face.“You’re right. You betrayed me.”

His eyes went wide in surprise. “What?”

“You did,” she shrugged, numbering off her reasons as if she were reading from a delivery manifest. “You were tortured. You were drugged. And in your moment of greatest weakness, you betrayed me. Had you been held longer, you would have betrayed our entire cluster. They would have hunted us and either killed us or turned us into zombies. Did I leave anything out?”

“You’re crazy!” he said, the look of horror on his face bordering on the comical.

“This, I can agree with. In fact, I would propose that we are both crazy in the same way.”

She felt his struggle, the way he gnashed his teeth to keep from doing something embarrassing, like cry in front of her. She wanted to wrap herself around him, heal every wound that had ever been inflicted upon him but she could not make him forgive himself. This was one thing he had to do alone.

She reached for the blood pressure sleeve, the sound of velcro tearing itself apart resounded in the hollow space. Fumbling, she wrapped the black elastic material around his arm, receiving only his tortured silence. He said nothing still as she pressed the button on the machine, the pneumatic pump whirring to life. While the machine worked, she put the stethoscope over her ears, pressing the cool metal disc to his pulse. She was hardly a medic but she understood the fundamentals of human physiology.

“I think you are healing well despite the fact that the shocks put a great deal of strain on your heart.” She pulled a clip board from the end table, detaching the pen and updating the information on the pad. “You are very strong.”

He only stared at her, though he was a mass of conflicting emotions beneath the surface.

When the machine gave the digital reading, she made a notation on the chart, removed the sleeve, and set it aside. She picked up his coffee cup, offering it to him, her hands unsure but she willed themselves to be steady. Still he said nothing. Butterflies grew and spread throughout her body as she waited for him to take her offering.

“I think it’s gone cold,” she said finally.

He woke from his stupor and took the cup from her, placing it on the table next to them. Then he pulled her towards him and held her, a hug that said everything he couldn’t bring himself to say in words. Kala’s body gave itself up the contact, the press of skin against skin, the scrape of stubble as he dragged his chin across her shoulder. After a long while, he leaned back, his fingers curled in her dark hair.

“You should have stayed with Rajan,” he said finally.

Kala’s eyes narrowed until the muscles twitched. “Never say that to me again. This is not about Rajan. This is about you and me. Us.”

“BPO knows who you are now because of me,” he continued. She could barely sense anything beyond his self-loathing, like an opaque screening hiding him from her sight.

“None of us would have been able to withstand what you did for very long.” She dropped her eyes to her lap. “You cannot be held responsible, for it is entirely my fault,” she whispered.

“How?” he asked with genuine confusion.

“If I had gone away with you instead of waiting for Rajan---”

“That’s not true.” He place a finger beneath her chin and gently lifted her face look at him. His eyes hungrily devouring every detail, a look of pain crossing his features. She felt that bottomless well of misery open within him, causing tears to spring involuntarily to her eyes. “I’ve given you nothing but trouble. It would be so much easier for you if they had ---“

“Would you stop it already!” she said, unable to separate her feelings from his, her anxiety and frustration with his guilt and and anger that was so old, it was an open artery that bled through his soul. “I told you, if something ever happened to you, my life would feel as if it were not worth living. You cannot use this argument with me any longer.”

“I could disappear.”

“You cannot!” she exclaimed, wrapping her arms around his neck. “I will not let you go.”

He sighed, the opaqueness of his sadness giving way to something more primitive, that thing she recognized as always burning between them. She clung to him but he pulled slowly back, his lips finding hers. A small gasp escaped her, an opening he took advantage of to taste her and kiss her thoroughly. She finally understood what Riley had meant by presence - Wolfgang was everywhere, his breath on her, inside of her. Her heart raced but there was an echo, a repeated cadence that told her she was not only experiencing herself, but also the sensation of his heart hammering inside of her chest. Everything was duplicated, multiplied until she thought she might overflow the boundaries of her body.

When they broke apart, he pressed his forehead against hers, his breath nearly insufficient for words. “Do you know this is the first time we’ve ever kissed in person?”

Kala smiled in relief. “We should make this count.” She sought out his lips and kissed him, sinking in a sea of sensation with only a dim perception of the world beyond them. Voices of pedestrians from the street below blended with the sounds of traffic to form a background that faded before his light blue eyes which now stared back at her with undisguised need.

He slipped his hands under the hem of her shirt, electricity springing from the points of contact. She couldn’t stop kissing him while his hands traversed her skin. Her hands, his skin, the wanting they felt for each other became tangled up until she could not tell where his ended and hers began.

His large palms covered her breasts, kneading them beneath the thin material of the silk pajamas. She shuffled to straddle him, pressing herself down onto his erection, poorly hidden by the flimsy cotton of his sleeping shorts. It was his turn to groan, his hands fumbling impatiently with the buttons of her pajama top. The sun-warmed breeze blew across her exposed skin from the open window, his hands following the material, caressing her shoulder and arms. Simple. Such simple touches were enough to make a fire burn throughout her body.

He pressed her down onto the bed, tugging her pants and underwear off of her, pausing to admire her. “I have imagined you naked so many times,” he said, running his hands over her shoulders, down the side of her ribcage, over her waist and hips until they chased down the long muscles of her legs.

“Here, I thought you loved me for my mind,” she stammered.

He smiled, his first smile since she’d visited him in Berlin the day of his capture. A sob left her lips and she pulled him down to kiss him ferociously, her legs winding themselves around his waist, clasping him to her. Unlike their shared fantasy, in which she experienced him surrounded by waves of water, here she was rooted firmly by gravity, pinned between his hips and their bed. Heavier, more solid than in the abstract. He licked her neck, a long taste that made tremors race across her body, tremors whose response came in an answering shiver of his own. She was no longer a virgin - not in the technical sense - but the newness of his every touch returned her to the uncertain days of her girlhood.

She reveled in the confounding sensations of having him and being him - of his hand ghosting over her breasts, his tongue swirling over her nipples before his lips descended over them, the path of his mouth over her ribcage and her belly, squeezing her legs to pressure him for what she most wanted. This was met with gentle denial as he undid the knot of her feet and opened her, putting his mouth there and making fireworks burst inside of them both.

As she came down from her high, he was flushed and panting. He had felt her climax and was teetering at the edge of his own precipice. Their hands became tangled as they worked his shorts off, their mouths colliding wildly. His length rose from the dark blond curls at the apex of his thighs, which she encircled with her hands, working him with slow deliberation. The noises he made mingled with nonsense words, German words that held no meaning.

He pulled away suddenly, eyes that were normally hooded with danger now dark blue with lust. Kala leaned back as he crawled over her body, leaving kisses as he went, every sensation he evoked now connected as if by a cord to the deepest place in her belly. She clung to him, kissing him as he pressed his hardness against her, rubbing against her slickness until, without warning, he froze.

His eyes were filled with uncharacteristic vulnerability. Even the slight quivering in his voice was not hidden from her because he was asking for something beyond that moment.

“Do you really want this?”

Kala tilted her head. “When I told you I loved you, I meant it.”

He dipped his forehead to touch hers. “That's a yes?”

She was breathless now with her need to have him inside of her. She lifted her hips, pressing against him.

“Yes.”

He nodded once and lunged, filling her in one, powerful thrust. She arched upwards, a loud cry exploding from her before his mouth smothered it. Locked together, he spared nothing as he rocked in and out of her, at first slowly, then more frenetically. She no longer felt the ever-present chill of this city which now belonged to them. Instead, sweat burst out in a damp sheen over them both.

Kala could only hold on as the tension rose, multiplying between them. She had a sudden vision of a lecture on the natural e function, heard her professor’s voice defining the number and its slope, describing how e goes to infinity in both x and y, how there was no natural end to the function at its limit. As they climbed together, she felt Wolfgang’s breath near her ear and thought they were approaching something without limit, something that could rise and rise, each coordinate driving the other toward eternity.

Then he whispered her name.

“Kala…”

Everything burst into a thousand shards of fractured light.

Light and dark, fire and water; the point where there were no longer distinct elements. Kala and Wolfgang disappeared.

And after, there was only peace.

XXXXX

Kala could not say she’d fallen asleep. That would have implied unconsciousness. And she was far from unconscious. She heard life bubbling up beneath the balcony. She felt the pressure of the bunched up blanket pressing insistently into her lower back. She smelled their sex hanging thick in the air.

But beyond that, she was completely surrounded by Wolfgang. His head lay on her breast, his chest rising and falling against her belly. Kala wedged her toes between the mattress and his thigh. Presence. Kala was not simply with Wolfgang. She did not exist alongside him. She was submerged in his being, just as he was in hers. She also understood how the loss of such a thing might irrevocably damage a person, or a cluster, forever.

Wolfgang stirred, his cheek sweaty where it lay pressed against her. She didn’t mind it, even whining in protest when he tried to lift himself from her.

“Don’t,” she ordered, squeezing her arms around him. His long sigh sent warm breath over her skin.

“I will crush you,” he murmured.

“I can handle it.”

He lay a while longer before lifting his head to look at her. “What do we do now?”

Kala ran a finger over his lips, indulging in memorizing his face. “The first priority is for you to heal completely. Then we wait for Will to tell us what the next steps are.”

He captured her finger between his teeth, nipping it before releasing it. “That’s not what I meant.”

“I know.” She shifted when he rose to lay beside her, pulling her onto his chest. “We are in Paris! One of the most beautiful cities in the world. We enjoy it.”

She sensed the encroaching self-hatred steal over him again, the one she wanted to hold back forever. “I’ll never forgive myself, but I’m too selfish to leave you alone.”

Kala lifted herself on her elbow to look down on him with a smirk. “I believe this demonstrates a particular lack of good character on your part that should be of great concern.”

His eyes widened before crinkling in humor. “If this is the case than we are perfect for each other.”

fin

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