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#i want to go back#retro#hardware#retro tech#atari st#atari#atari 520st#power without the price#how'd that work out lol#vintage advertising
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I love the idea of John hearing that you want a divorce and just deciding you're clearly not in your right mind and can't be trusted to make decisions for yourself anymore.
When you try to leave him, itās during a big argumentā¦. A big argument. Things were getting heated, the argument reaching its peak and turning into a screaming match that ended up with the police being called.
Heād seen a chance, and heād taken it.
He could almost convince himself that what heād done had been out of genuine concern for you⦠He knew better, but he couldnāt admit it, not when heād then proceeded to do far worse with even less justification.
Oh, how youād glared when he told the officer that he was worried about you- that your behavior was āirrationalā.
And it was⦠at least in his mind. He just didnāt mention specifics, lest the good officers definition of irrationality differ from his own.
Just like how when heād told the officer about your self harm and suicidal thoughts, he didnāt mention how long ago that had been, nor did he mention the treatment youād received since then.
And thatās really all it took. From the moment the officer gave John that sympathetic glance, heād known heād won. When the man takes John to the side, quietly asking him if he thought you needed to be brought to a facility, John turned, giving you an apologetic look as you glared at him, fists clenched in anger as you silently fumed.
āYes⦠I think that would be for the best.ā He says softly, faking guilt and internal conflict over the decision.
Seeing the betrayal and confusion in your eyes had almost made him regret it.
Almost.
But he knew this was for the best. You werenāt in your right mind- how else could you say you wanted to leave him?
And the more he repeated those words, the more he came to believe them.
Of course, the involuntary hold would only last 72 hours, and John knew youād be livid once you got out. He had to make sure he was ready for you to come home. All it had really given him was time.
The emergency conservatorship is surprisingly easy to acquire. Your admittance to the mental hospital combined with you not being able to appear in court and defend yourself made it a relatively easy win.
Getting a proper conservatorship set up would be a bit more difficult of a process, but John had already contacted Nikolai and asked him for assistance with finding a doctor willing to⦠fudge the truth a bit for the papers. The manās contacts would also come in hand when it came to getting his hands on some of the medications heād be keeping on hand until you settled down a bit⦠just for when you got yourself a bit too worked up.
Itās a rough couple months, because christ- youāre beyond livid with him. Once you finally wear yourself out with all your crying and screaming, Johnās left with a sobbing wife who looks up at him with her eyes heart broken from betrayal.
It breaks his heart when you look at him like that, but he has to remind himself, this is all for your sake. Youāll understand that one day.
John takes to his new task of caring for his wife with a steady but firm hand, allowing you to pout and mope for a few weeks as you adjust to what is- admittedly- a big change. Itās only when you turn that anger towards him or bring up wanting to leave that he has to correct you.
When he hands you a cup of water and a little blue pill, you know heās not asking.
The Midazolam usually does the trick, but occasionally John has to be a bit harsher in his corrections.
He has faith youāll come around. He doesnāt even hold your behavior against you, his poor wife is dealing with a lot, and if stepping up to take care of you is what he needs to do to keep you with him safe, then thatās what heāll do.
And when you do finally accept your new life? He couldnāt be happier. Heās so glad you were finally able to move past what heād done- what had to be done to protect you.
#Johnathan āyou literally canāt divorce me without my consent nowāā Price#he doesnāt really care what a conservatorship is#just what he can gaslight you into believing it gives him to power to do#like changing the passwords to your online banking accounts or installing software so he can see everything you do on your devices#idk sorry Iām just really liking this whole āāJohn using your mental illness/nurodivergence against you) thing#this uses American law because Iām American#john price#john price x reader#cw: kidnapping#cw: manipulation#john price x you#john price x f!reader#fem!reader#I hope this makes sense I feel like I did a shit job of writing this
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The Consequences
The comforting ticking of clocks fills the air, Danny cannot help himself but look at the many gigantic gears working in tandem each time that he pays Clockworkās tower a visit.
āAlright, Iām hereā Danny waves the green post it note around.
āGood,ā Clockwork appears and gestures to an open door, āthere is something I wish to show you, comeā
Danny follows Clockwork into the room that appears to be an infinitely stretching hallway both left and right from him with the two of them in what he must assume must be the middle.
The young ghost takes a moment to process this and comes to the conclusion that this is just typical Infinite Realms ghost bullshit because clearly, logically, this is impossible.
There is a line on the hallway wall.
āOkay, what am I looking atā
āTimeā
Danny takes a long deep breath of air before exaggeratingly rolling his eyes and giving Clockwork bombastic side eye, which the guy very rudely ignores.
ācan you please be a little less vague Clockworkā¦ā
the older ghost who has shifted into the appearance of a child grins at him, āvery well, this line represents here, you could say itās āmyā time.ā a line which would sound ominous as hell if it were said by anyone other than the Ancient of Time itself.
āDid you call me here to tell me more about yourselfā Danny quickly looks from Clockwork to the very important line and then quickly back to ClockworkĀ āis this a bonding thing, are we ghost bonding? Do you show this to all your favorite ghosts?ā
āDanielā Clockwork has shifted to his elderly form.
Danny rubs the back of his neck, "It's really cool- in a way. I kinda do feel like there is more to it though.ā Itās also a little underwhelming, just a infinitely stretching dark grey stone hallway with a line on the wall, Heād expect Clockworks time to be⦠well⦠okay, so heās got no clue what he was expecting Clockworkās time to look like but it wasnāt this.
One thing is for sure though, Danny is no longer thinking about touching the Time Line.
āyou would be correct,ā Clockwork has shifted to his adult form, āletās get back on track, the reason why I am showing you this is this discoloration over hereā Clockwork gestures where to look with his staff.
āthe blackish bit?ā
āCorrect, this is what I like to call missing timeā Clockwork huffs, āI used to not mind it, but times have changedā heās got the young king to be to worry about now.
Danny is somewhat startled while taking a closer look at the small black bit of the time line, āyouāre missing time!? ⦠please do not ask me to go find it for youā
Clockwork chuckles, āno there is no need, I know quite well where it is.ā then itās not actually missing is it?
āalright uh⦠Iāll just ask- What happens when youāre missing time, do you just⦠black out? orrrr, like, just whatās going on hereā
Child Clockwork starts to explain, āDuring that period the Infinite Realms will move without me.ā
Adult Clockwork continues, āfrom what I have learned of these events in the past itās safe to say something will soon happen in this section of the realms, something big and dangerous, the tower is protected against these events- by going into a form of stasis.ā
Elderly Clockwork finishes, ālike I said, in the past this was of no concern of mine, the tower functions as intended, preserving me and time itself as it should, but I worry for you Daniel.ā
āIāve called you here to warn you, mayhap you could find out what this danger is, not to prevent it, but to ensure you yourself will not get hurt.ā preventing it is sadly no longer possible. with the dark coloration on the wall the event happening is all but set in stone.
ācanāt you look forward to see what it is? or maybe give me a hint or something?ā
āsadly not, for me the time is wholly missing, in the sense that it will happen, and so in a way has already happened, which means-ā Danny quickly waves his arm around to prevent Clockwork from going into a time tangent and give him a legendary headache, ā-which means you will not be able to help me now, or during, or after. I understand.ā the boy then sighs, āIāll look into it I guessā
āBe carefulā Clockwork says gravely in his adult form.
Danny nods, and deep in his core he can feel the unspoken please.
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The young halfa really does try to figure out what might happen, what might be wrong, but it is incredibly hard when you have no clues what so ever.
Time passes, life goes on as usual- as it always does.
And then it starts.
Ripples go through the realms, an oppressive pressure building up. minor shades and blob ghosts scatter darting in every direction as long as itās away from the perceived threat.
Not long after that there is strange crackling and rumbling, artifacts start behaving weirdly, powering up rapidly.
Walkerās prison becomes a fortress that heās quickly losing control over locking everything and anything down tight.
Both Skulkerās and Undergrowthās domains life grows rapidly. And although Undergrowth doesnāt mind Skulker certainly does, his jungle is his hunting playground, not the other way around! And that wouldnāt even be that much of a problem if his suit wasnāt completely on the fritz.
Desiree hides herself away deeply in her haunt, frightful of her own powers going absolutely haywire with every wish she grants, usually she enjoys the chaos- but this is rapidly getting out of hand.
Clockwork manages to catch Pariahās keep going into its own magical automated lockdown before his tower does the same in its own way.
More and more ghosts decide to evacuate away from this corner of the realms, opting to temporarily stay somewhere else and return once whatever this mess is is over.
While all that is going on in the realms outside in the realm of the living Danny still has no clue whatās going on but his powers are freaking out more and more and heās very glad that there are no ghost attacks because heās not sure what will happen if he actually has to put some power in his abilities.
For now heās simply not using them, instead deciding that while this is going on heās just a regular living human boy with no special gifts, and you know, maybe itāll all just blow over on its own and settle down.
So far any attempts on Team Phantomās end to figure out what the hell is going on in the realms has led to nothing. They can obviously detect the surges of power slamming through the zone but they canāt find the origin.Ā
The best they have got so far is that whatever it is has something to do with leylines. a suggestion brought up by Sam after Tucker mapped out some of the ripples and Sam recognized some of the shapes from her occult witchy books.
This sadly didnāt answer much and honestly only made Danny go, āThis better not be some culty bullshit thenā
and Tucker hissing, ābro donāt jinx it!ā
When it all comes to a head it was just a normal average school day. After hearing them all out Jazz decided that the best course of action was to lock the doors of the portal just in case, and look further into ley lines later that day.
English class had a little outing planned, the whole class went on a short trip out of the city and into the forest for a special assignment.
Mr Lancer told them to find a scenery there that would inspire them, take a picture, and then write three pieces about it of various word counts, this was to teach them about word use and what not. Just regular shit, Danny wasnāt paying that much attention.
while trudging around in the woods, trying to avoid Dash and Kwan and find something to photograph does he feel it. Itās like his entire skeleton freezes over, a thin layer of frost over his entire insides that shatters right after.
Tucker yelps, āDanny what the hell was that!?ā
Danny slaps his hands over his mouth, āI think that was my ghost sense? but like insane?ā
āwhatā
Then a small portal opens and a tiny green blur speeds out and crashes right into Dannyās chest.
Danny canāt help but catch whatever it is and he quickly identifies it as Cujo when he can take a proper look.
The poor thing is shivering and whining and abrasions on his paws quickly clue the gang in that the little dog is hurt.
āJezus, what happened to him?ā asks Sam looking worried for the little guy.
Cujo whines and burrows down Dannyās jacket and into Danny's shirt, by now the A listers as well as Valerie have noticed something weird is going on.Ā
once Valerie recognizes the puppy butt going down Dannyās shirt does she shout, āthat vile beast! Let me at them! Donāt worry Danny I have something that will deal with that thing real fast, just stand still!ā
Sam immediately jumps in front of Danny to shield him and Cujo.
āUhm, thatās a puppy,ā says Paulina derisively while Star next to her starts to coo as Cujoās small head pops up from Dannyās neckline, snuggled in fully and clearly content to be and stay right where he is.
"Sooooo cute!ā Star just wants to snuggle it, if only all ghosts were adorable little animals, then the whole ghost thing all the time wouldnāt be nearly so annoying.
āThat thing is evil,ā Valerie fumes.
āItās a fucking puppy, Gray. What the hell is your damageā Paulina and Valerie viciously verbally tear into each other and Sam hates to admit it but sheās really glad for Paulinaās redirection of Valās ire.
because sheās right, Cujo is just a puppy.
Mr. Lancer shows up noticing the commotion and increasing volume of Valerie and Paulinaās now borderline screaming match to put an end to all that.
And itās right then, right when everyone is fully distracted that a flash happens in the distance quickly followed by a tremor through that they can feel in the ground.
Then the sound reaches them, a loud boom and right after dark clouds quickly rise up in the distance where the flash originated.
All of it happens incredibly fast but right after Mr. Lancer wastes no time to round them all up and head back to the meeting point
āHoly shit that came from Amityā
āDid the town blow up?!ā
āIām texting my parentsā
"Hi? mom? Are you okay? yeah? what the fuck happened!?ā
dread pools in Dannyās stomach, it grows heavier as he gets no response, it does not lift even slightly through Mr. Lancerās general reassurances to the whole class, holding Cujo tightly to his chest helps a little, but the frantic feeling keeps surging through his body as the whole class gets into the bus to head back home.
Back in Amity itās just chaos, police sirens, fire fighters, people out on the street, for once there are no ghost warnings blaring and itās all the stranger for it, all the more worrying.
This isnāt a ghost attack, this is a normal explosion, and itās so much worse because of it.
Everyone is used to ghost attacks, they arenāt used to normal explosions.
Once back in Amity things get a bit blurry for Danny, he vaguely remembers school, there was a lot of rushing of people, he vividly remembers constantly trying to contact his parents and Jazz and being incredibly worried and frustrated that they arenāt responding to anything.
He very clearly remembers that Mr. Lancer was there through all of it, when everyone else got picked up, Danny remembers both Sam and Tucker not wanting to leave him and go with their parents, but heād⦠well there wasnāt reallyā¦
things stopped making sense when the police showed up specifically for him.Ā
After that it was all just one big dark smear.
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The street is pulverized, his house and those adjacent to it are reduced to rubble.
The other buildings are badly damaged enough that the people have to be relocated until repairs are completed and they are confirmed to be safe, for the ones closest to the explosion there is a high likelihood that the structural integrity is compromised.Ā
They might need to be torn down as well if thatās the case.
All the windows are smashed in a very wide radius around the initial point of the explosion, overall the scene looks like⦠like something out of a war documentary.
Danny doesnāt get to see much of that though, heās put in a meeting room, or office, with some things to snack on and water to drink, both untouched, and Cujo in his lap.
The basement exploded, well, the lab or even more specifically, the portal exploded. But the local authorities donāt know about all that stuff so for them right now itās just the basement.
And seeing as there is honestly nothing left, it's very possible that they are never going to realize there was a gateway to the realm of the dead under that house in the first place.
His mom and dad are⦠gone, as well as Jazz, she was most likely upstairs- studying.
Danny swallows and holds Cujo closer, nobody has bothered him about the ghost dog, everyone is just treating the little guy like a regular dog, Danny would appreciate it if he wasnāt completely numb.
Heās trying very hard to just keep it all together and not start spiraling cause this is all very painfully familiar, explosion, death, they are contacting Vlad, itās taking really long.
But from this point forward heās going to have to do everything in his power to not slip, this is it. He canāt afford- Cause Clockwork isnāt availa- is that it?Ā
Is all this caused by the mess in the realms!?
Now Danny has to fight the thoughts that he should have done more, taken it more seriously, researched harder, heād gotten an on time proper and clear warning for fucks sake! Why didnāt he- Why didnāt he-!?
But he did didnāt he? There was basically nothing to go off of, he tried really hard with the tools that he had and he had been making progress, it just wasnāt enough, he didnāt- couldnāt figure it out on time, and-
Why is it taking so damn long to contact Vlad and get this nightmare fully going he wants out of this room itās getting suffocating!
The door opens, the nice sounding lady regretfully informs him that there seems to be more bad news, she brings it very gently and carefully, most likely trying to not re traumatize him again.
But it comes down to this, Vladās estate has blown up as well and nobody knows where he is, they havenāt found, ahem, him yet.
Danny swallows, thatās not how this is supposed to go.
āYou think Vlad is dead?ā he stammers out.
āWe-ā she starts clearly thinking very hard about how to word this, āRight now heās considered missing, Iām afraid that any attempts to reach him hasnāt been answered but search and rescue-ā
Danny blinks, he knows Vladās phone just has reception in the zone, and something as a portal explosion wouldnāt take him out, the guy should be chomping at the bit to come and get him. So heās⦠incapacitated.
ā-however, in the meantime the Foleyās have generously accepted to temporarily take you in, I have heard you are good friends with their son Tucker so-ā
Danny perks up a little, and Cujo sleepily snuffles before settling in again, āthat sounds good, as much as anything can sound good right about nowā
The lady tries to hide her wince and gives him a pitying smile instead, both suck.
The next thing Danny knows heās wrapped up in a tight hug by his best friend.
āYouāll get through this man, weāre here for you, Sam is in spirit here with us right now, if youāre very quiet you can hear her furious yelling at her parents to let her go so she can hug you tooā
Danny gives him a watery laugh, āthanks, I just- fuckā
āyeah⦠yeahā
itās bad, but itās not like that time with Nasty Burger, heās still got Sam and Tucker, Mr. Lancer too, who is certainly not stopping checking in with Danny either.
And Vlad is missing.
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The zone is a mess, itās also devoid of life, more than usual, devoid of unlife might be a better way to put it?Ā
Suddenly tracing the point where this mess came from is a lot easier, Sam came with the idea that the one or ones or thing or whatever that started all this probably did something to hide what they were doing.
They go past Clockworks tower, still encased in a perfect time still bubble, seeing none of the outer gears move even an inch is rather unnerving.
eventually they reach a gigantic neon green flaming crack in reality, or at least thatās what it looks like.Ā
with Cujoās aid they move back into the living world somewhat to the right of the reality tear.
It turns out that on the living side of things the tear is a big erupting neon green magma spewing volcano.
By Dannyās estimates the green is ecto adjacent but feels horrible wrong.
āso this volcano was connected to the realms somehow and when it eruptedā¦ā Sam shivers, āso natural disaster?ā
Tucker looks from his PDA trying to make sense of the ecto energy readings and the still spewing volcano, āthere is no seismic activity here, that volcano was dead, something triggered itā
āor someoneā hisses Danny, āIāll have a closer look around as Phantom, do not hesitate to contact me if you see someone or somethingāĀ
Sam and Tucker both agree and Danny transforms and heads into the volcano.
the place is⦠weird, there are ruins, and some ritualistic areas, there is a huge mostly destroyed pool where new debris occasionally still falls into, causing a new explosion, Danny takes a few samples of the stuff in the pool to investigate later, cause even though itās the same toxic green itās clearly different from the stuff the volcano is spewing into the air.
Then he makes a quick sweep through the underground caverns and stumbles upon a sight he was not expecting.
Unconscious Vlad. Though upon closer inspection itās revealed to Danny heās very cold and stiff, so properly dead Vlad.Ā
The idea is⦠ridiculous.
So is that it then? Vlad found some neat new place to fuck around with shit he shouldnāt and he found out in the most explosive way possible, and now there is some manner of ecto volcano or whatever, though probably not cause it just doesnāt feel like ecto⦠But anyway it all exploded in Vladās face and he died and caused another Pariah Dark level event through the Realms and somehow managed to also kill Dannyās parents and Jazz while he was at it.
Danny lifts Vladās corpse up and takes him with him to Sam and Tucker. Whatever happened down there happened, but Vladās corpse doesnāt deserve to just be left there to rot, just like Dannyās parents and Jazz, he didnāt deserve to die (fully).
Sam and Tucker startle violently when he carefully lays his body down nearby.
āAncients! is he-ā Sam takes a hesitating step forward
āI donāt sense anything from him anymore, like, there is supposed to be something there and there just isnāt soā¦ā
āfucking hellā Tucker wipes a head over his face, ācan we- I would really like to go home now, I think Iāve gotten enough of this placeā
The trio agrees and after some back and forth they have decided that Danny will put Vladās corpse in a not yet combed through section of his estate. Search and rescue will find his body, and then⦠uhhhā¦
āI worry about everything after that when we get there, alright?ā Danny says, and thatās that.
It feels⦠wrong, but none of them can come up with a better plan soā¦
Itās not long the next day that the same nice lady contacts Danny about Vlad.
Danny was expecting that.Ā
What he wasnāt expecting was that eventually in that conversation a whole new bomb got dropped on him.
Because apparently Vlad has registered him as his heir, as in like heir to Dalv.co
And heir to a lot of money.
Time passes, the world is in magical chaos, the Justice League is solving it. Danny isnāt involved in any of it.Ā
He just had a funeral and is now looking at the graves of his parents and his sister, and a little bit over there is Vlad.
Cujo is still with him, the little guy seems to have decided that heās just not going anywhere without Danny so he has a dog now, heās always wanted a dog.
There is a man a respectful distance behind him, apparently thatās Vladās butler, his butler now, since when did Vlad have a butler? Danny cannot remember there being a butler the last time he was forced to go to Vladās creepy mansion.
Itās starting to rain.
āMaster Daniel,ā oh no, heās going to have to put an end to that right away.
Danny turns and takes a step to the guy, āplease call me Dannyā
ātime stopā
Danny startles as everything around him stops moving, rain drops freezing in place.
The butler in front of him now looks a lot like Clockwork.
āFirst I want to give you my condolences, I am very sorry for your loss Dannyā Clockwork looks well and truly remorseful, heās genuine. There is a tiny part of Danny that instantly wants to rage and scream at him about the unfairness of it all. But Clockwork cannot do anything, not this time.
āAnd secondly,ā he changes back into the very regular human butler appearance, āIāll be around to aid you along this new pathā
Danny blinks.
oh, well, okay then.
Clockwork introduces himself as Conrad W. Kronus and makes it very clear that to everyone that matters heās always existed.Ā
There will be no need to worry about any paperwork or whatever, from here on out Danny will get to stay at the other estate Vlad got in Amity so he could do his Major work more easily and heāll get to live there with his butler and his dog.
That way he can finish school in Amity Park comfortably.
There is of course still the matter of Dalv.co to worry about but Clockwork reassures him that he doesnāt have to think about any of that just yet and to focus on grieving properly instead.
He says all that while driving them home in one of Vladās fancy cars, Danny didnāt think the old ghost would know how to drive at allā¦
Itās when they arrive and Cujo jumps out of his arms to explore his new home while Clockwork goes about his own maybe butlery duties while Danny kind of just stands in the main living room that a sudden realization comes to him.
āoh- this is⦠Iām like Bruce Wayne nowā
#dpxdc#dcxdp#danny phantom#danny fenton#dp x dc crossover#batman#dp clockwork#tucker foley#sam manson#lazarus planet#savwrites#this is longer than I intended#after I wrote the soul sight Danny post I couldn't really let the whole thing about Lazarus Planet go#so you could say that in a sense this is a prequel to that#but it can also be read independently if you aren't a fan of Demon Twins#For anyone wondering what exactly happened to Vlad#He got approached by Ra's mom#aka Ruh#he teamed up with her for power reasons#and like a bunch of other evil adjacent magic users got eventually betrayed#and his juice was stolen and put in the shiny helmet of magic#sadly for Vlad he cannot survive without the ecto stuff#so unlike the other people he died#play stupid games win stupid prices#also it is impossible in his sense for the stuff to get put back into his corpse cause the helmet sorta exploded#and that's what caused the volcano to erupt#which send a shockwave of magic and ecto energy through the gigantic super Lazarus pit underneath the volcano#and that eventually reached the Fenton portal and Vlad's own personal portal#who then exploded
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One of the problems with being both a nerd and someone with a minor special interest in fragrance and perfume is that I put in a casual throwaway mention of someone's cologne and immediately went "wait what could that be" and proceeded to compile a list of options from MY OWN SAMPLE COLLECTION (bar Eau de Audacity which I've smelled but they didn't have a sample of when I went)
Anyway if anyone wants "warm amber" fragrance recs to imagine your character wearing to a gala, here you go, I've added descriptions but they're usually a vanilla, resin, and/or incense base with some kind of spice, tonka, leather or wood note as the focus (though there are a few surprises), and I've linked their Fragrantica pages for more detail! Several of these are cross-recommended for each other, so if you like one on the list it's worth checking out a couple of the others.
Penhaligon
The World According to Arthur (my all time favourite, wore this to my wedding reception)
Terrible Teddy (another favourite, amber incense and leather)
Eau de Audacity (bold, orange blossom, frankincense and pepper over vanilla and leather)
Le Labo
Vetiver 46 (woody with strong vetiver and spice notes, the vanilla and amber take a back seat)
Kuumba Made
Amber Paste [now discontinued] (Musc Rav's sneaky cheaper alternative; opens pine resiny but quickly settles into a gorgeous vanilla tonka blend that lasts AGES)
Amber & Sandalwood (similar to above with more wood and resin rather than sweet)
Frederic Malle
Musc Ravageur (complex head turner that opens with with lavender, bergamot, then shifts to clove and sandalwood on a vanilla tonka base)
Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Gentle Fluidity Silver (beautifully blended juniper and nutmeg over bergamot, cedar and vanilla, a clean, woody amber)
Grand Soir (hits like vanilla bourbon, softens out as it goes; not for people who have sensitive noses or an aversion to boozy scents)
Diptyque
La Duelle (vanilla-forward with woody and spicy/smoky notes)
#am i insufficiently kinglike?#i recently joined a fragrance discord and I'm having the time of my life#note I'm in the UK so not sure all of these will be available for everyone#also i am a firm believer in the power of samples and not blind buying bc you don't know how your skin chemistry will affect scents#e.g. penhaligon's new one Dandy is marketed as a strong whiskey fragrance but on my skin it's almost all wood notes and no booze#like i got the barrel and not the drink#good! but not how the fragrance is meant to smell#grand soir does for me what dandy was supposed to#on a related note penhaligans does a three samples for the price of shipping deal and they don't have all their fragrances but it is a good#way to try out multiple options for much cheaper without blind buying#also discovery sets my beloved#a lot of big department stores w/ a fragrance section will have samples of their popular options! stand-alone stores have more!#I'm lucky bc Edinburgh has a penhaligon and a le labo so I've been able to get way more than i might otherwise#also a John Lewis and a Harrods Beauty which have both been great#if you're in the US try Macy's#kain's unprofessional advice
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I'll never get over the fact that MK trades his friends for power to save his friends. What's wrong with him
#I love you 3x03.#Good characterization/themeing ep/setting up MK's abilities/general power scaling#Truly MK is out here willing to sacrifice Mei's Sword and the deed to Pigsy's noodles. Like the heart and soul of his dad's life#Playing a rigged game....#Finding your strength...when you need it most...#''Staff's just a big ol' stick bud! It takes someone special to wield it''#Wukong what the Fuck do you know man#lmk#lmk MK#lego monkie kid#lmk rant#lmk theme: exchange#lmk game motif#I need to make a post cataloging lmk's instances of exchange theme like I'm losing my mind#We gET iT. I'd dO anYThInG fOr My FriEnDs. BuT aT thE cOSt oF tHe wOrLD#''This is Azure's utopia...and this barren wasteland is the price he paid to build it''#''Nothing comes without sacrifice. Nothing'' -> Azure sacrificing himself to repair the world#''You offer something of value to gain something of value''#''Take me- I don't care! Just let them go.'' (3x04)#Macaque saying to start the ritual for Mei's life#''You're so desperate to end me that you would sacrifice this blameless innocent child?'' ''You're leaving me no choice!''#''You would really sacrifice your own friend to save yourself?''#''We can't risk unleashing the curse into the world!'' ''You don't know- we'd risk it for sure!''#LIKE THEY'RE SO NOT SUBTLE#Tbh even choosing to go along with Wukong's s3 plan despite the risks is like. Okay guys#And then Wukong lowkey sacrificing Mei for the Samadhi Fire like#Exchange theme follows me everywhere. Truly#it's so delicious#I think the hero warrior motif is also transactional honestly#Like your the warrior and they're the hero. They're going to trade you and your relationship for power
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COMPUTER FIXED
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAA
#well. sorta fixed anyways.#its a bit like appendicitis. the problem component was simply removed.#so now that it doesnt have a battery my computer will die without power.#which is A Little Bit inconvenient for like. power outages or whatever. but its a price im willing to pay tbh. i never unplug it anyways.#getting a new battery woulda been FOAKIN' expensive
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yesterday i saw an apartment in like what's considered the best city to live in here esp for young ppl (so it's got extremely expensive rent. as you can guess) and it was decent. the landlord was very like. pushy? and a bit aggressive to the point that we now got the text from the real estate agent we went through where he convinced him to be flexible with our terms and prices and such. but bc of his vibe i said no. but this apartment was lovely and in an extremely insanely good location (and he agreed to lower rent to a price you might find in cheaper neighborhoods or cities). however. part of me also got scared bc idk if i can live in this city...... i simply do not have the tel avivi temperament i don't even smoke weed i'm not even vegan.. idk if i could handle it.......
#the issue is. in the city i do want to live in. there's barely any apartments for rent. mostly for purchase#bc it's more for families and ppl who are planning to settle down there for at least a few years#they're also just built bigger bc of it so prices go up with that. so this is all very unfortunate for me#however tlv is very much filled with apartments to rent. most of them awful but also most ppl don't care as long as they get to live in tlv.#there's also the city my friends live in which has a lot of young ppl too lol. due to its proximity to tlv with significantly cheaper rent#but it's very popular bc of that. and many buildings in it are so old that they have a bunch of issues (as i see in my friends' apartments)#like very weak water stream lots of power outages in winter and leakage on top floors etc#no elevators in most of them too so i have to settle for first floor which . i really don't wanna#it has cheap neighborhoods too but without a license and a car they're kinda impossible for me to live in š¬#this is why I've been looking for months but anything half decent gets taken super fast š„²#the apartment i mentioned last week i think? got signed in the day or two where we passed the contract to a lawyer to see if it's okay#being careful doesn't pay off either...... but unfortunately since it is my first time leaving home i am Scared and ig so are my parents#anyway this is my apartment hunting ramble/rant for the day š ignore me i'm just . suffering#at this point i can picture where exactly on the map each neighborhood is -_- even in cities i don't know that well
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very interested in getting new electroniczz,,,,but like old stuff like the nintendo 2ds xl and maybe a modded ipod
#v rambles#hate spotify with a genuine passion#also my friend pointed out to me that these companies tend to hook people on young with the student discounts#and once they cant use the discounts anymore theyll just pay full price bc they cant live without that product now#THIS ENDED UP BEING ME AND I HATEEE IT.#i dont have dispoasble income like that atm but i would like to transition all of my playlists on to an ipod weeee#the nintendo.....i did not know how powerful the modding community was and now i WANT
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my old prehistory professor promised me earlier that he would soon take me on a trip to the Beskid Mountains, where he wants to fix one of sins from his youth.... but then he went silent. so i reminded him about it, and he just sent me an email that he is planning to leave on tuesday morning and that i have to decide quicklu if i want to go bc it's "high time we bough tickets and booked a place in the mountain shelter" xD we will climb the highest peak there to verify a potential archaeological site :3
i love that despite being over 70yo he still has a very youthful spirit <3 and all his plans look like this, made in the very last minute
#idk if my friends will go with us bc they currently work on a ????? uhm construction site. as ??? archaeological supervision???? no idea how#is it called in english#but they stand in front of an excavator to see if it uncovers any features and artefacts#and whenever wooden constructions appaer they have to stop the work and document these finds#so they're afraid that if they decide to go with me after they come back there will be nothing there#they reached medieval layers now#and polish law is fucked up so it gives too much power to the developers#they can fire their archaeologists without any good reasons#for example if the archaeologist decides to stop work to rescue all uncovered artefacts :)#they work for 12 h a day just to save as much as they can#bc they're local patriots and this project is very important for them#bc after it's done they will have documentation of a 700 m long profile.... the whole historical town that they love so much#they won't earn a penny lol they gave the lowest price just to get the chance to be there#either way i'm excited#it would be better to go together bc i really like them but it will be okay either way#moje
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i really hope switch 2 sales fail <3
#i refuse to accept that video games need to be this expensive.#i refuse to accept that this is something that we just have to deal with now. corporations cannot keep getting greedier and greedier#without repercussions#this applies to much more than just video games of course#i just hope that people actually. don't buy the console or the games. because this cannot become the new norm#but who knows#we'll see#listen to me. you have power as a consumer to not consume#when it comes to things like this#obviously. things like grocery prices ramping up exponentially. you cannot boycott a grocery store effectively#because you need to buy in order to survive#but when it comes to this shit!!!! you can just choose to not consume!!!!#okay. cool
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well-researched article about why and how this is happening
The result is a dynamic in which the rich shell out top dollar to see major acts while working-class fans grow increasingly disillusioned with the music industry.
#especially relevant to me because i had to pass up seeing tbz and kcon because of this and im REALLY interested to see how kcon fares w tix#(and ateez but thats because of travel expenses too. arena show ticket prices my eternal enemy)#granted those are kpop shows so thats an added expense but still#i think die hard fans will go for it anyway so more power to them whatever but theyre not gonna get that many casuals... and without#a separate con ticket available for purchase if this sells badly the con might look empty#i mean come on $150 for nosebleeds? once the good seats in p2 go i think resellers will b listing below face value#and/or leaving those last few rows empty#ive been to arena shows before for $50 and got what amounted to a second tier seat. what happened to that huh (it was 2016)#m
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//I think Lambda would probably have a few Dream.casts. I think he'd like the console and its games as a whole. (Probably helps that he's pretty unaware of how big of a failure it technically was.) I think he'd have
-the classic Dream.cast -the 10th anniversary Sonic Dream.cast he got online somewhere (unsigned) -a Dream.cast reskinned to look the RX-78 limited edtion Dream.cast
#//he'd stick to using the classic one but he has the other two because he thinks they're cool#//there were only 78 of the RX Dream.casts made so his could be seen as the 79th if you counted replicas#//then again rare items aren't really rare if you have the power to make those things whenever you want LMAOOO#//idk he already has a few game boys why not give him some more stuff#//i think he tries to find the original consoles if he can but if he can't get it due to pricing or circumstance (like limited edition)#//then he'll just pull it out of thin air because he's not dealing with that#//and even then he does that without buying them because again why not if you can give yourself the items you want lmao#backup log {ooc}
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Ellie when she had the voidsent: "So I can't get drunk; I heal so quickly it's hard for me to get remotely intoxicated unless I'm quite literally drinking one alcoholic beverage after another with no breaks in between."
Ellie without the voidsent: "HOLY SHIT I CAN GET DRUNK AGAIN!"
*Two hours later*
Ellie:
Needless to say Ellie is re-learning how to enjoy life now that she's not playing host to the very thing that was both saving her ass and killing her at the same time.
#OOC#Mun Shitposting#Without great power comes great intoxication that Ellie was not ready for#She flew too high to the bar and now she's fallen to the floor#Freedom came at a price and that price was her alcohol tolerance
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excuse me????????
#just pav things#in what world is that a discount š just sell it at full price at that point#yes i am in the market for a new laptop. when i get hired in october i'm saving my paychecks for one#(yes I graduate in october which makes it a shorter school year by 2 months but that's for another time)#I have my eyes on the aorus/republic of gamers stuff specifically#mostly because i'm still traumatised by the lenovo's untimely fate and how i was screamed at while having a panic attack abt it#and also i want something that is powerful and girthy#i wanna play my silly viddy games on it and also have it not look fragile and breakable by my hands#ergo i am the target audience but maybe for the lower-range/ mid-range stuff ^^;#then i can upgrade later but I do think i need to be rid of the current one asap#I hope it can last *checks notes* 7 months without spontaneously exploding~#......says the person who TOUCHED the battery and immediately understood it is FILLED with toxic gases with that level of bounce#Pav just makes bad decisions you all should know that.
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beep boop, 34 for the ask game?
hi!
34. is there a song you know every word to by heart?
ummm...most of them, to be honest! I have a really good memory for words and I'd say most of the music I listen to I know the lyrics by heart. it's a problem
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venadeus is as always, the most corrupting force here
#āā š¾š¾š² šš±š³. Ā ā©ā© Ā find resurrection in the flames. āā#he holds the /most/ power io could ever achieve and dangles it above their head without them knowing#but for the low low price of Destruction YOU too could make them infinitely worse#anyway
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