#seem so unsafe ;; vera

[spkyscry]

I need to start using Vera again... Have to break the lack of Mon Prom on this blog.

[spkyscry-aa]

@royalreef sent: Vera's phone buzzes once. Proper, nice enough, to the point and wasting no time cutting down to the quick. It's not Miranda's standard style, no, but it'll do. Not like she's trying to achieve a lot here, and surely Miri will talk about it later [ txt ]: No date tonight, reschedule later, unexpected business came up. Will be absent for several days. Do not worry about coming by the castle, it's handled.

It wasn't an impossibility for them to have to reschedule a date. Sometimes one or the other's pressing matters came up out of the blue, and that wasn't all too surprising. Though, something about the text's wording made her fret. Just a bit. Perhaps the suddenness of a several day absence, yes, that was what it was.

[To: My Miri 💗] [txt] Are you sure, my love? I don't mind coming by if it's something I can help with.

Their new situation always did make Vera fret about overstepping and what not, of course, which made her second-guess something as simple as checking up on Miranda when.. well, it was the last sentence. Yes, the all but 'don't come check the castle' written out that made her wonder what was going on more than the rest.

An ultimately unneeded thing if Vera wouldn't see something miserable if she did, she thought.

[spkyscry-a]

@royalreef​ sent: She glances to Vera. Tilts her head from one side, then to the other, showing that same clueless sweet smile of something horrible formulating inside Miranda's mind.

"Since you have your adopted family, and I am their step-Mom, does that mean you are a MILF? I suppose I could make you one regardless, if it does not, but I believe that counts!"

Vera glances over at Miranda as she starts talking, having just been taking a sip of her peppermint tea-- and then covering her mouth when the word was uttered. It took all her willpower to keep from spitting it everywhere, managing a swallow amidst shoulder-shaking coughs.

“Love! N-No, they don’t count!” She exclaims, clearly flustered given how shrill her voice is as she tries to regain her composure. “There’s nothing really official on the matter a--” 

She catches up to the rest of what Miranda said, cheeks turning so red that the rest of her is starting to warm up as well. She’s frozen like a statue, clearly flustered quite heavily by the suddenness of it all.

[j7pht]

hi. this is my little update because i really wanted to talk about things, but i no longer feel safe doing so currently, i may in the future, or i might look at stuff and comment on them individually. i will explain why. i will not accept being silenced or shut down. i feel i was in a very scary situation and i was threatened when statements around things surrounding my identity were being talked about flippantly and i was speaking to someone i believed was unsafe and capable of lying to me or otherwise harming me, ladder of which they did

when i was speaking to the user edqey, we got along okay, they seemed to tell me information about their experience in the servers (for example stated that someone by the name of vera scened with them, and that they were specifically told a lot that they werent a good friend). i was interested in this because i dont know vera well and if it was a scene without consent i wanted to know about it, same for if it was a scene that caused dissociation. i LITERALLY cannot recall much of what was said because the group dm i was in with edqey and their partner was either deleted or i was removed from it, so i will skip the meat of what all else we spoke about, but while screenshotting things edqey said to forward to pengo and glip, as i said i was having a difficult time speaking for them and would much rather prefer to be in a dm with those two as well (so i wouldnt be brushed off as doing things like fucking "mindlessly defending glip" when talking about glip's art that they drew with their hands, hopefully) and edqey was stating stipulations. glip did not like the stipulation of "you must get therapy" because it was coming from someone who was willing to tell them to kill themself, firstly, and secondly glip didnt see a need for therapy as their last experience(?) with a therapist involved the therapist siding with marl and glip doesnt see a need for it at the moment. they did however say that if edqey's partner wanted to talk without edqey theyd be willing, pengo was still willing to talk to both.

vera showed up in the conversation and noted that edqey was similar to someone they confronted, starting from the homestuck icon and the fact vera remembers everyone who liked homestuck in the servers, and when vera pulled this person AND the conversation that was likely being recalled as a "scene" AND the dissociation comment AND an entire google drive folder of talking to this person COMPLETE with the main topic of discussion being that the person was being a bad friend everything lined up to everything edqey told me, so i asked edqey if they were this person.

the reason i asked this is because knowing this would change how i interacted from then on. i was deeply uncomfortable with what i saw spurring on the discussion and one of the people their behavior affected is still in the community. this, and what they were calling a scene wasnt a scene. scenes are indicated by planning in advance and a /jointest beforehand. these werent present. it was a talk in disassembly. i wanted to ask why they were calling this a scene, genuinely, because i was confused.

i admit i communicated poorly from here, we used tumblr dms from then on, my tumblr dms dont update in real time at all. i need to manually refresh to see what someone sends to me and i tend to type for a long time. it troubles me to go back through our logs, so im going to really quickly state that A. yes it does bother me when someone keeps pushing a racism issue that isnt present. i spoke to insom, actually, directly, he is not black. glip likening ideas around rape to a black man is not racism, 1 because black men can rape people 2 insom isnt black 3 source is that i am black hispanic and everything rina and edqey pushed in this regard made me deeply angry and offended, this and i have been abused by people who shared the same race and ethnicity as me, and the exact issue of "um you cant say a black person did rape" is why i never spoke about things that occurred to me, and is an issue that plagues black communities CONSTANTLY. and B. yes it does bother me when i bring up my experience and how it relates to my feelings and someone makes fun of me for it. especially someone presumably ~10 years older than me who ive been trying to engage sincerely despite literally fucking everything and theyre expressing violent ideation towards me and a lack of empathy. and C. i think it is strange to be defensive over what a minor sees or talks about but then openly claim to not have empathy for said minor and then threaten them

yeah so thats actually why i feel unsafe at the moment. i tried going around talking to others about thus but i cannot shake the feeling that it isnt enough. i dissociated while speaking to edqey in tumblr dms, and this progressed to be bad enough that i literally needed to ask people if i was actually threatened or if i was overreacting. luckily due to the fact i needed to ask this i have the screenshot of the threat and why i havent stated who edqey was or why they made me uncomfortable/concerned/why i wanted to be sure who they were

i may state this information later anyway. i feel it is unfair not to. it is unfair to me that i have to feel quiet because someone doesnt want their 4 year old dirty laundry looked at even though they keep saying "they changed :(" even in the same breath as saying shit like "my girlfriend might turn against me but luckily has a history of not being easily swayed" or whatever the fuck. it is unfair to me that i went through all the shit i went through for a document explaining how the servers fit into the cult label that is based in assumptions not only about the servers but also ME that i cannot work with because a lot of it is not currently applicable due to the fact that scenes are massively rare occurrences and the servers each have a focus on roleplay and collaborative storytelling, and not whatever it was focused on before, which i dont have experience with because i wasnt there, or is about rina, whom i am uncomfortable talking about for personal reasons (i have never spoken to rina, its just that a lot of things around rina make me uncomfortable, and her actions do too)

and i cant even talk about why i cant address any of these things

and this makes me feel like shit because i showed up to address things sincerely and earnestly, as someone who has been accused of being in a cult due to my upbringing around haitian voodoo in the past

i feel like my thoughts, feelings, and emotions, which are normal for anyone else to do, such as get frustrated when a conversation becomes personal or tedious, or dissociate or otherwise act strangely, are scrutinized as if im not worth the same compassion or consideration because im suspected to be in a fucking cult.

this is a long disorganized, 3 am tangent, but i encourage it to be read. and also acknowledged as a 3 am tangent

i am currently considering doing a public deconstruction of the document i received and why i felt the ways i did about it

[bombaygreens]

Benefits of Growing Plants at home.

Humans have a robust connection to nature and bringing nature into your on the spot environment makes you calmer, greater content, and as we’ve seen, greater targeted and determined. Outdoor things to do like woodland bathing and nature walks are proven to enhance degrees of stress and anxiety, and hence dwelling with indoor plant life can do the identical or can be a good deal greater advantageous in today’s disturbing daily existence schedule.

 What are Indoor Plants?

Plants that require a low quantity of mild and water to thrive are commonly recognised as indoor flora or houseplants. Indoor vegetation are famous due to the fact they are rather handy to take care of, grant fitness benefits, and can be used in a range of indoor décor subject matters that seem adorable. Indoor flora are a outstanding alternative for these who have little yard house for an out of doors backyard and loves to do gardening. Indoor gardening may additionally undergo longer than most due to the fact many houseplants enhance fitness and intellectual well-being.

 What are advantage of plants?

There are many advantages of developing Indoor Plants to humans:

 1. Aromatherapy:

Usually, flora lift many unique scents, these smells can act as aromatherapy to our physique that helps in relieving our daily stress. The odor of flora such as jasmine and lavender has been demonstrated to relieve stress and in flip produce calmness in us and make us happier. These vegetation can be grown without problems on a vivid south-sided window. It offers a higher country of mind, presenting high-quality power and an augmented feel of happiness.

 2. Indoor Plants constructed up our work performance: Cleaner air, a higher kingdom of mind, and a healthier environment. Indoor plant life can enhance concentration, productivity, and well-being and can additionally raise reminiscence when they are saved in offices. It additionally does make us experience a experience of accomplishment. The houseplants can recharge us supporting us remain extra alert and fending off tiredness.

  3. INDOOR PLANTS ROLE IN REMOVING TOXINS AND POLLUTANTS FROM THE AIR (AIR-PURIFYING):

Many indoor flora clear the unsafe chemical compounds (benzene, formaldehyde, xylene, toluene, etc.) that are very damaging and a frequent motive of headache. Other than that they additionally assist in decreasing the concentrations of damaging fuel like carbon monoxide which can be lethal. Aloe Vera, Areca palm, Aglaonema, Snake plant, Peace lily, and Broad girl palm are some of the air purifying flowers that play a most important function in decreasing indoor air air pollution and presenting us a higher surroundings to stay in and hold us heathy.

 4. Plants assist forestall allergies: the presence of houseplants is an greater consideration when it comes to the fitness and well-being of all age groups. Children with plant life in their household domestic from an early age have a decrease danger of hypersensitive reactions due to the fact of the improvement of a robust immune system.

 5. Plants make certain a right night’s sleep: Air-purifying residence flora create a higher air local weather in your bed room and generate extra oxygen. The splendor and soothing electricity of vegetation are so high-quality that it makes you sleep better.

 6. Indoor plant life as a domestic décor:

Although developing indoor plant life have many distinguished and considerable reasons, many human beings preserve them simply to add splendor to the places. But it is additionally totally genuine that they add a wonderful and special seem anywhere they are placed. Growing indoor plant life is an less expensive way of including hues to your domestic alternatively than investing in steeply-priced paints and arts which from time to time reason allergic reactions in kids. Because these flora can flip any boring location into a heat and welcoming one with their captivating appearances and appears adorable.

 Along with these houseplants has many innumerable benefits.

 The great indoor vegetation that can be planted for wholesome residing are as follows:

· English Ivy.

· Bamboo Palm.

· Chinese Evergreen.

· Gerbera Daisy.

· Dragon Tree.

· Pot Mum.

· Peace Lily.

· Spider Plant…. and many extra with such benefits to humans.

 Household care of houseplants: Not all Houseplants require equal kind of interest however the simple care stays the same, right here are some tip that will assist you take care of your indoor plants

 1. Keep the potting soil moist- It’s essential to make positive the soil is no longer too moist or too dry as soil composition gives your plant essential nutrition. You can attempt our Organic Nutri-Shorts to provide vegetation it one cease nutrition.

2. Make positive the plant pot has drainage holes in the backside of the pot to stop water logging.

3. Place your plant close to a mild source, whether or not it’s herbal or synthetic for foremost period.

4. Determine what species of plant you have so you can greater precisely care for it and preserve its growth.

5. For desirable preservation and increase of vegetation utility of fertilizers is vital as it enriches suited development.

 Advantages of plants: Household plant life preserve you more healthy and happier, presenting each psychological and bodily benefits that include:

 1. Improving your mood.

2. Reducing fatigue.

3. Lowering stress and anxiety.

4. Improving workplace overall performance and focus.

5. Boosting recovery and ache tolerance.

6. Minimizing the prevalence of complications by way of enhancing air quality.

7. Easing dry pores and skin and respiratory illnesses due to dry air.

 One component that need to be remembered is that If you are planning to develop flowers indoors, you want to research about the kind of plant you choose to develop in phrases of care, watering needs, soil moisture, and different necessary statistics to forestall the boom of mildew and fungus and to gain the most out of these flora and stop it from damage.

[slversoul]

* archie renaux, demi male + he/they | you know samson reed, right? they’re twenty-four, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, seven months? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to age of consent by new order like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole standing in a room completely empty except for a crucifix on the wall, smoking only to step away from the crowd, standing still in the ocean from sunset to sunrise while staring at the horizon thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is november 4th, so they’re a scorpio, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( corny collins, 20, pst, she/her )

hey besties, this is my new child samson. very new muse and i’ll be taking things slow with him bc i’m still perfecting his voice (read: pretentious and annoying), but still want all the plots :) 

tw: violence, drugs, neglectful parents, affairs, emotional manipulation

born in bakersfield, california to aspiring theatre actress lorraine and retired veteran-turned-firefighter jeffery. 7 year age gap between the two. they were separated for long periods of time. samson would be left with lorraine’s parents while she commuted to la for shows.

once jeffery retired from the army, he got a job as a firefighter, and he and his wife moved to la. lorraine put her acting on hold to raise samson, until he went to preschool and she was hardly around anymore. 

he was always the first to be dropped off and the last to be picked up, but everything seemed okay with the young couple because they had a second boy, daniel, when samson was six.

samson was decidedly convinced he understood the meaning of life by age seven. everyone was searching for a way to leave a legacy behind, whether through people or acts of kindness or acts of violence. he made no effort to make friends. he didn’t have much to say to them, didn’t know how to have fun or how to emote. 

daniel and sam didn’t look much alike. everyone assumed daniel favored their dad and samson their mom. until it came out that lorraine had an affair while jeffery was away, and samson wasn’t even his kid. jeffery took dan and left.

lorraine and her remaining child moved to the cecil hotel, but it was unsafe, and they moved back in with her parents in bakersfield.

a long, drawn out custody battle ensued, and two years later, the family was reunited. jeffery dropped his brother off, never to be seen again except for his name on the monthly checks he sent.

having been separated for so long, the brothers became inseparable to make up for it. samson was his brother's protector, beating up daniel’s bullies on the playground, threatening anyone who wouldn’t play with him. 

lorraine got the lead in a huge play! they moved back to la, which gave both of the kids a fresh start.

 he was 14 and started high school, no longer at the same place as his brother. forced to branch out, he actually made friends. sure he didn’t say much, but his friends said enough for him. students flocked to him. he’d sit in the back of the classroom, raising his hand only to correct a teacher or spout some nonsense about how life was meaningless. the other kids constantly wanted to know what he was smoking. he would chuckle and say something about how he’d seen the future and it was just as bleak as the present. 

daniel was miserable and had no friends.

samson’s best friend was in love with him. he never saw it coming when she confessed. sure, he could tell how two people at a party were secretly pining for each other, but he could never tell how people felt about him.

he stayed home instead of going away to college because his brother asked him to, begged him not to leave. samson took firefighter training classes as a sort of rebellion, a cry for his mother’s attention. she had a new boyfriend. one they hadn’t even met. she was at his place more than she was at home. his friends left and went away too, but he still had his brother, making everything okay.

one day, his brother came up bruised and scratched up. samson was thrown into a rage, punching a hole in the living room wall. two weeks later, the kids his brother said beat him up were in the hospital. nobody knew he did it. nobody laid a hand on his brother and got away with it.

somehow, samson found more friends. going to concerts in his spare time, sharing his acid with the other people there, made him a lot of friends. and they’d sit around in their parents basements doing kafka readings and debating the existence of god. even there, he hardly spoke. when he did, everyone hung onto his every word because they thought it was so profound. he cut them off when daniel told samson that those same people had called him disgusting names.

at 22, running into some kids from high school, they caught up, and it came out that daniel had never been beaten up. in fact, he regularly beat up other kids and threw temper tantrums. nobody liked him, and he’d lied about it all to keep samson attached to him.

 the next day, he confronted him. he started crying, and he longed to comfort him, but he couldn’t give in. with a fuck you, he packed up his stuff, and left, no destination in mind, just the overwhelming emptiness of needing to get away.

he moved to massachusetts, and worked as a firefighter there. moved down to irving after his brother sent him an apology letter. he wanted a change of scenery anyway.

PERSONALITY 

he’s so pretentious it’s unreal. that’s all you need to know. just kidding, but that statement still stands. 

he sees people more as abstract ideas than as physical thing with thoughts and feelings and a beating heart. makes him really good at reading people. he was a big matchmaker back in high school, and a few weddings have resulted from it. 

he is quiet and reserved, keeping more to himself, but when he does speak, people tend to hang onto what he says. he doesn’t really let people in, but when he does, he dives in headfirst. it was how his brother took advantage of him. samson was so desperate to love and protect him, he was blinded to all the bad things he was doing. 

he is apathetic and nihilistic. despite his carelessness and distaste for life, he enjoys the little things. sitting on the beach. stealing fruit from the neighbor’s plants. going to a concert and meeting your best friend, only to never see them again. 

he doesn’t have much to say, and it’s hard to tell what he thinks of someone, but if he cares, he’ll reach out with no warning. it’s not uncommon to be met with radio silence, only to get a call from him at 4:28 pm asking if they want to go drive three states over. somewhere, deep down, he cares. i promise.

HEADCANONS

his favorite author is bertolt brecht. he read the three penny opera and vera; or the nihilist in 5th grade, and took them way too much to heart, and shaped his personality around them.

he actually enjoys being a firefighter. it started out as a joke, but if he is going to be on earth, he feels he might as well help people while he’s at it. sure he thinks everything is worthless in the end, but he knows not everyone things that way, so he tries to help save what he can.

two of his fingers on his right hand are crooked. his mom had guests over and he climbed high into a tree to read without being seen. he fell down and landed on his arm, shattering it. it healed except for the two fingers.

got his right ear pierced at some party.

is not on social media. is hardly on the phone at all.

secret talents: dancing, gardening, archery, carving. the only visible one is gardening and his care of plants. the others he doesn’t talk about or show unless he really cares.

this is the condensed version oops :// 

[mor-beck-more-problems]

Ghost Busted || Morgan, Adam, Jasmine, Nell, &Constance

TIMING: Current

PARTIES: @walker-journal @halequeenjas @nelllraiser @constancecunningham

SUMMARY: Morgan’s plan to bind Constance gets busted.

CONTAINS: gun use (salt rounds)

Binding a soul wasn’t much more complicated than binding anything else, as it turned out; not in terms of ingredients, at least. Morgan was able to gather the herbs on her own, mostly foraged, to save her pride at the Eye of Newt, but to adhere as closely to the spell instructions, she braved Vera’s judgmental looks for the last few things. Now it was time to take stock and go over the plan one last time before doing the binding. Morgan felt for the bottle in her bag. Still there. As far as she understood it, just about any vessel that could be marked with the right sigils would do, but using any of the tiny jars she had left from her crafting days made her feel uncomfortable. They seemed so small, keeping someone in there just seemed so...unsafe. And what if she could somehow see Constance staring at her through the glass? The thought made Morgan shudder too much, so she got a nice arcane looking, opaque, ceramic jar.

The day was bright, the kind you painted on a greeting card for fall. Morgan turned at the sound of footsteps, not certain how much she should smile, with Jasmine and Adam at least partially on the fence. But this was a net good for everyone. A bottled ghost was going to kill a lot less people and cause a lot less chaos than a free range one. After they did this, she could figure the rest out on her own if it came to it. Morgan offered a small wave. “Uh, hey?” she offered. “Did you...get everything you needed okay?”

Apparently, Nell was the first back from her little monster hunting excursion. In truth, she would have preferred to still be out gathering spell items for many reasons, but the primary one stemmed from the little guilt monster that was gnawing away at her stomach. Now that she’d talked about exorcising Constance at the first chance possible with both Jasmine and Adam, it was emotionally difficult to sit here and pretend as if everything were still going according to plan, sitting next to Morgan as if nothing had changed and she would still get her revenge. But it wasn’t an unfamiliar feeling. There’d been multiple occasions in which she’d had to make decisions that her friends wouldn’t like for the benefit of themselves and others. Still...that didn’t mean it got any easier. Nell could only hope that Morgan might be forgiving in the long run, and still want something to do with her at the end of the day. “Yeah, I got them,” she answered as she held up her trophies. “Are the others back, yet?” Taki, her Ovinikk familiar, hadn't been far behind- looking proud as anything while he carried a few grathered herbs between his teeth.

Nell kept her response short, not wanting to say much else when she was caught up in wondering whether or not her and Morgan’s friendship would make it to see the end of the week. “I’m just gonna look over the stuff again, too.” Then she gingerly plopped herself onto the ground next to a basket of herbs, muttering to herself about their quality and picking through them with a careful hand as a means of keeping herself busy, and hopefully safe from too much conversation.

Chickcharney feathers, a catalyst for the curse. The larynx of an Aravo to bind their voice. The pelt of an Aufhocker to weigh them down to earth. A heart burst by a Carach’s fractoxtin to remind them of heartbreak. The exoskeleton of a Dearoile, to echo their life’s pain. A bone from a Gashadokura slain a century ago, to rekindle memories of fleshly deprivation A Valravn skull medallion, a symbol of death as the inescapable devourer.

Adam entered and began to place these cheery trophies of several weeks hunting in their assigned places, thoughts heavy with the twisted moral balance of what was about to transpire.

There had been no doubt in her mind that Jasmine was doing what was necessary. Whatever grudge Morgan had against this ghost mattered very little in the big scheme of things. Her ingredients had been more or less easy to gather. A mix of herbs and different salts. She was never without iron flakes and rods either. Once she had made it back to their meeting spot, she mentally began envisioning where she could lay out a salt circle. It wasn’t entirely necessary for a typical banishment, but it made things easier. Even if she had any intention of playing along with this whole binding the ghost until Morgan found a way to torture her, she’d be taking these same precautions. It all lined up with what they were doing here, just instead of Nell doing the binding, she’s simply banish Constance. Whether or not she deserved worse would be up to whatever cosmic power she faced after being thrown out of this plane. “It sounds like we’re ready then,” she said as she contemplated laying out a circle. She turned to Nell with a knowing look in her eye, “So, when are we doing this? Did we want to go ahead and knock this out before anyone else is hurt?

Constance didn’t feel at home in the manor. The walls reminded her too much of the ones she had dusted and cleaned for the Bachmans, and the environment was so unmoving save for spare objects that were fiddled with and tossed by spirits. Constance preferred to take them out to the woods where the oaks grew tall and remembered everything, even her. Or to the lake, veiled in mist and shining waters. “And did you know!” She cried, turning to Nancy trailing behind her in strange garb that had come into fashion after her death. “I taught her everything she knew about magic. Her mother was a beastly woman with no talent in her right fingernail, doing charms I had managed practically with my intuition. I gave Agnes the keys to the kingdom of the gods, which makes me the reason that tiny, ugly cow Morgan could tap into any of her magic at all. But, oh! The raptures we would find in these woods. They weren’t half so thick, and we felt so fearless and bold hiding here and--”

The sound of other voices made her stop and drift up into the trees. She had gotten better at this now, having so many ghosts to practice with and help her along. Most of the faces were familiar. Morgan, of course, tramping her muddy boots through her woods. The girl from the summoning. The boy from the classroom. And then some other woman, but if she was in league with the others, then she couldn’t be any more trustworthy. She hovered in the soggy gold and red of autumn leaves still hanging on, knowing that Morgan could see her always. There were strange things being passed, salt, herbs, some runes she recognized, and a jar.

“Those cruel, treasonous fiends,” Constance hissed. Did Blanche know about this? Was she just biding her time, placating Constance until this very moment, when she might be trapped forever? Or until such time as a suitable punishment could be given? As if being stripped of her liberty, of everything but her consciousness wasn’t punishment enough. “Nancy,” Constance whispered. “You said we could play a game today, right?”

Morgan wrapped Nell into a quick hug. “Thanks, Nell,” she said quietly. “I’m glad you’re doing better.” She nodded to the others, smiling tensely. They weren’t thrilled to be here, that much was obvious, and she wasn’t sure if any kind of thanks would smack with passive aggression she didn’t intend. “It looks like we’re gonna be all set, and the town is going to get a lot safer once we’re done and she’s all tucked a-- fuck. Nell, get down!”

Morgan grabbed the young witch and shielded her with her body as she saw Constance come soaring out of the trees. And this time, she wasn’t alone. Her iron rod was at her hip, she could give her a good whack or two and be done, but she couldn’t leave Nell vulnerable, and there was Adam and Jasmine to consider. “Okay, uh--new plan!” She screeched. “We get some salt lines down and nobody dies today, how about that?”

With the waking nightmares gone, the ghosts had also returned to their normal state of invisible. As it were Nell would have had not a single clue that Constance or Nancy had appeared if it weren’t for Morgan and Taki. Blindly following Morgan’s command, she ducked— hoping that whatever she was dodging might simply fly over her. It took a moment for Nell to make the connection between salt and spirit, and then she could only assume that it was Constance who had come for them. “Is it her? Constance?” she asked both Jasmine and Morgan. Taki’s fur had bristled into an enormous ball of fluff the moment the ghosts had appeared, hissing and spitting in disgust as the spirits approached. Remembering that last time Taki had met Constance at the ghost’s summoning and how it had ended with the familiar in the pet hospital, Nell instinctively picked up the dog-sized cat. Shit- they needed salt like Morgan had said. Focusing her magic for a split second, Nell Summoned the table salt from home, a blue canister blinking into existence in her hand. Then another appeared in her other palm, and Nell silently thanked Bea for sometimes buying in bulk. “Here!” she called before tossing the salt container to Adam. Hastily, she began to draw her salt circle, first using it to encompass the spell ingredients. Losing them would be too much of a set back to risk.

In another town, if people just started freaking out for no visible reason and tossed him salt, Adam might have questions, concerns even. However Adam was becoming accustomed to weird improv game that invisible spookums entailed that he just caught the salt contained and got to work putting circles around the important stuff.  

This was all happening more quickly than Jasmine could have anticipated. As a familiar chill ran over her, she felt her whole body tense. No, not now. Not while Nell was here and she didn’t even have a proper circle yet on the ground. This was less than ideal, but she could make do without the circle if it was just a simple banishment. Minimal distractions would be needed so she had to trust Nell and Adam could hold down the fort if Morgan threw a fit about what she had to do. Once she actually caught a glimpse of the ghost, her mouth dropped. Even if she never planned on going through with the torture, it was still shocking that she wanted to torture an actual kid. “Seriously,” she shot a glare at Morgan, “How old is this ghost? Sixteen? You want to torture a teenager?”

She shook her head and didn’t need any further motivation to push forward with the exorcism as planned. It hardly mattered to her whether or not Morgan approved of the decision. “Nell, stay back and keep everyone away,” she directed as she took her place in the room. A haphazard salt circle was laid out on the floor and she stood directly outside as she began the familiar incantation she followed for banishment rituals. The air was whipping around them, but she knew she could do this. It was only a banishment, she just needed Morgan to stay away. She could feel the familiar bolt of energy going through her as she spoke the words. Her eyes remained on Constance who was getting pulled closer toward the circle as she chanted. She could feel the fight in her, but this was the kindest outcome for her.

“Fucking Stars, she’s nineteen and a few centuries! How is that important right now!” Morgan screamed. She wasn’t going to make Constance into Jasmine’s problem. She would find her own exorcist, and maybe a plan B or C just in case they crapped out on her. Morgan was pulling Nell back to the Subaru. She was trying to shield her with her body and fish out her salt at the same time. “Salt outside the car and get inside, okay?” She turned to Adam, pointing furiously at the car, “Stuff is replaceable, you are no--!” She didn’t quite finish, because the roar in the air grew quiet and she heard Jasmine--chanting? Morgan whirled. “What are you doing? That’s not the binding, what the hell is that?”

A burst of force knocked her to the ground and dragged her through the salted earth until her head collided with a tree. It happened so fast, Morgan’s vision blurred. She grimaced, reaching for the salt pistol clumsily to her belt when she looked up and saw… some 1950’s barbie with a snapped neck. “Who the fuck are you?”

Constance screamed to the heavens. At last her body held some gravity, but it wasn’t binding her to the earth. She was being dragged towards a circle. She didn’t need to see its sigils to know it would mean her end. “Nancy!” She screamed. The leaves rose from the ground at her cry, the trees trembled. Control. A strong spirit was like a strong witch; she needed control.

All the herbs and magic playthings Morgan’s brood had gathered froze in the air, and with them, the two bodies not protected by Blanche Harlow’s words. She did not see Nancy lift her concentration, much stronger and better practiced than her own, to do likewise, nor how she approached the circle to take her place. There was an evil scream from Morgan, then the world shattered and bodies flew.

As Morgan tugged her towards the car, Nell did her best to wrestle from her grip, not keen in the least to let Jasmine and Morgan take the brunt of whatever it was the ghosts had come to accomplish. “I’m not gonna hide in the car!” she refused, though her indignance was also cut short as the exorcist began her ritual. Would Morgan retaliate? Try to stop Jasmine from doing her job? The witch wouldn’t get an answer as an invisible force threw her backwards along with the others. She landed roughly, arms scraped open by the assorted twigs and rocks of the forest floor when she’d tried to catch herself in a roll, trying to shield Taki from ricocheting off the ground as well. It was then that she officially decided that fighting ghosts was the single worst thing in the world and all its realms to go up against. How was she supposed to stab something she couldn’t see? She couldn’t even stab them to begin with. With a frustrated growl she rose from where she’d landed, wincing as her body protested the movement. The Ovinikk leapt from her arms, making a beeline towards the ghost named Nancy before erupting in an angry and thunderous dog’s bark, doing his best to ward off the spirit. Following his line of sight, Nell plucked the salt canister from where it had landed before blindly tossing its contents in the direction of the familiar’s barks, hoping it might miraculously find a hit.

Not for the first time, Adam found himself sprinting as things he couldn’t see turned his surroundings into an obstacle course. Autumn leaves were a dry whirlwind of red and gold as uncontrolled telekinesis and the sacred energies of exorcism caught everything in spiritual turbulence. Bowls and canisters shattered, sending shrapnel of glass and pottery zipping through the supernatural gale. The contradictory smells of pungent herbs and the frigid sterility of fall wind filled Adam’s nostrils as he booked it towards where the cars were parked, trying to not get pulverized as he ran across the grove.

Trying to pry off the windborn leaves that kept getting plastered against his eyes and mouth, Adam knelt by the closest car and started slating a circle around it. Adam’s world spun a bit as a stray herb bowl hurled from out of ritual space and shattered against the back of his neck. The ex-Hunter blinked flaring white spots from his vision and ignored the trickle of hot warmth down the back of his back.

His eyes cleared enough to see Morgan get flung against the tree with a blunt cracking sound.

Shit...well um, least she was already dead right?

Then Morgan started asking more nonexistent people who they were.

...that’s not good

How quickly things could spiral out of control wasn’t entirely new to Jasmine though it was different when it was just her and a ghost. Knowing how close Nell and this Adam kid were only steeled her sense of determination. The kids weren’t getting hurt on her watch even if it meant having to go up against two ghosts on her own. She laid more salt down and kept her eyes firmly between Constance and Nancy as she yelled out, “Nell, Adam. Car now. Morgan, not now. I keep the ghosts from killing us and you get the kids out of here.” There wasn’t time for Morgan to fight her on this. Constance was undeniably strong and her friend seemed to have been practiced, too. It was inconveniently her friend that was now bound to the circle as the air whipped around them at an impossible speed. Jasmine dug her heels in the dirt to try and stabilize herself against the whirlwind happening around her, but found she found herself floating in the air alongside Morgan and all the items they’d gathered.

The howls of air swirling were hard to shout over especially with no stable ground beneath her feet and Constance’s shriek still ringing in her ears. She had to keep pushing if any of them were going to make it out of this. Nancy was bound to the circle and it didn’t seem like Constance was going to join anytime soon. They couldn’t fight off both of them and Jasmine felt the fear creep up on her. Making the hair on her arms stand on end and added to the dizziness she was feeling from above the ground. Her words weren’t steady as she was whipped around, but not a syllable was missed. Right now, getting rid of one ghost would have to do as she kept going with the banishment ritual she knew like the back of her hand.

After what felt like an eternity, her chants drew to a close and Nancy simply disappeared forever. It’s what she wanted to do with Constance, but she already felt entirely too drained to perform another banishment. The floating in the air only furthered the feeling of unsteadiness, until she was no longer in the air. It was all very sudden after Nancy was gone that she found herself being thrown into the tree. The crack of bone against wood was enough to make her nauseated and she let out a pained shout as pain shot through her left arm. “Bitch,” she screamed knowing she had little else to stand on and her iron rod was too far away for her to grab in her condition.

Constance saw it all and yet was powerless to do a thing. The gravity on her body ebbed, all the energy she’d been pouring into fleeing sprang back and she shot into the trees, watching from the branches as Nancy disappeared without so much as an ‘I’m sorry.’ A thought came to her as lightning: this cruel departure had always been Nancy’s plan. If not to use her as a bridge off this miserable world so she need not bear pretending to care, then to grant Constance more time. Either way, she was utterly abandoned. Was this the so-called pleasure of lifting her gaze to anything beyond her one wish?

“You monster!” She screamed, flinging herself back down to the ground. She reached for the woman’s bent arm, as if she could will herself solid and snap it like so many twigs. The trees screamed with her as she wailed. To think she had ever considered Morgan’s friends worth sparing, that to be direct and careful was the only and best way to fulfill the fate she had written. Not anymore, maybe not ever. Constance wanted to burn it all, and for their remorse to be written on every human face as too little, too late.

Bang. A salt round fired through Constance and exploded into the trunk of a tree. The ghost turned just in time to see who had done it. Her mouth opened to scream just as she dissipated. Morgan stood crooked and seething as her spine knit itself back together. Her pistol dangled lip in her fingers. “You’re welcome,” she growled. “Now please explain to me what the hell was going on with that. You could have just taken her with iron, with literally anything else…” The last of her vertebrae snapped into place and she was able to look around. The herbs, irrevocable. Jar, smashed. Hides and fluids, destroyed. If Constance was going to be bound out of trouble, they would need to start from scratch. But there was something else that nagged at her worse. For a moment that had gone so completely off the rails, there was a serious lack of surprise and confusion among her friends. A lot of the attention was on her, and it didn’t seem like the ‘I’m sorry’ or ‘we’ll try again’ variety. “What’s going on…?”

Once the winds had returned to normal, and Morgan stopped shooting at thin air, Nell presumed the coast was clear. Crouching next to Jasmine, she took in the awkward angle the exorcist’s arm had been broken into, grimacing in sympathetic pain. “We gotta get you to the hospital.” Then as an afterthought— “You have insurance, right?” She wasn’t about to willingly lead someone else to thousands of dollars in debt. Jasmine’s injury had sparked the fire of worry in Nell’s belly, but Morgan’s question ignited it into a full blown flame, guilt beginning to pool. “I agreed...that Constance should be gotten rid of if the moment presented itself.” She was used to taking the fall with her sisters, so it came naturally to try and focus the blame on herself in this situation as well. Besides, it only felt right when she’d essentially betrayed the trust of her friend. It was true that Nell had never promised against exorcising Constance, but she’d also agreed to helping Morgan do it her way, and the two paths weren’t all that conducive. “I’m sorry,” she replied reflexively, not knowing what else to say.

It was becoming increasingly more apparent to Jasmine that Morgan hardly had her priorities straight. She was injured and others had been put in danger’s way yet her biggest worry was the fact she tried to get rid of said dangerous ghost without torturing her. Not to mention the ghost was practically a child. None of it sat well with her and she found anger boiling over in her. “What do you mean what the hell was I doing? In case you didn’t notice, we had a ghostly tag team try to kill us? Or did you not notice my extremely broken arm here… which, hey, kind of your fault for not wanting to handle this in an even remotely responsible way. A cast is going to clash with literally my entire wardrobe,” she huffed out as she tried to gesture to her broken arm but failed as she winced in pain. She shot Nell a look, “Nell, you don’t have to take the blame for this. I would have tried to get rid of the murderous ghost with or without your approval. That’s literally why I have these powers to begin with.” She quickly looked back to Morgan and rolled her eyes, “Look, I get you’re pissed and have your whole torture revenge thing, but your feelings aren’t more important than people’s lives. Which should be glaringly obvious.”

“I dissipated Constance in two seconds and I could’ve done the same with vintage Barbie too! We could have finished this just fine!” Morgan snapped. “And if you didn’t notice, I was protecting the kids while you were busy doing some kind of banishment instead of walking them into thin air!” But there was something more, something worse, and it made Morgan deflate and back away from them all. What did Nell mean by ‘agreed’ to do something in the ‘moment.’ Morgan played back all of their last conversations, searching for the time when Nell had said, sorry Morgan, but no, I think this is bullshit. She’d posed some questions, she was afraid of there being more collateral damage than there needed to be, but she never said she didn’t want to. She’d said she would help Morgan. They’d talked about what was happening to her powers. Hot chocolate. Movies. Her mom. Everything but stepping out of this. “If we had just stuck to the plan, no one else would have gotten hurt,” she said, her voice trembling with shock. “Which apparently doesn’t matter to either of you, but don’t throw your choices on me like I don’t give a shit.”  She searched for Adam in the midst of them. “What about you? After all the times I said you didn’t need to do anything you didn’t want to. Was this your idea too?”

“Nope,” Adam stated with blunt honesty as he stepped out of the salt circle and walked to the back of his car. He popped the trunk up with a click and the footballer’s head vanished into the cargo space. Some clicking and unlatching sounds were followed by Adam remerging with a tan military medic’s kit slung over one shoulder.

Adam crossed the rubble-strewn ritual space, tennis shoes crunching on pottery shards and autumnal leaves. He took a knee by the ladies and unzipped the tactical med kit with the purposeful calm of someone used to tending to grizzly battlefield wounds.

He produced a tincture of watery translucent goo with the depiction of a grotesque goblinoid creature with a distended barracuda-like jaw and bone claws on the label. “You’ll want some of this for the pain,” Adam said to his companions offering them the anesthetic tincture of reified Rawhead salvia and a stopper. “Only a drop or two though, else you’ll get muscle paralysis and shit yourself,” he explained with that gentle bedside manner Hunters were famous for.

Adam furthered purposed a splint and bandages for Jasmine, along with the more sutures, gauze, and antibacterials for everyone’s general lacerations.

“Honestly Beck, I was just gonna stab you in the spine and hold Miss Hale at gunpoint till she exorcised Ginger Casper normally,” Adam admitted, speaking of assault and threats in an amiably conversational tone. “But it looks like they’d worked out something smarter than that already.”

Jasmine could feel her blood boiling beneath her skin despite the lightheadedness she was feeling. Between blood loss and banishing Nancy, she found herself pretty zapped in the blood sugar department. As much didn’t stop her from glaring at Morgan, “I told Nell to go to safety so there was no chance for either of them to hurt anyone ever again.” Her voice was getting weaker, but fire was pushing her nonetheless. “You’re going to end up just like them on your whole revenge path.”

She eyed Adam as he tried to give her something for the pain. Her eyes narrowed and she asked, “Uhm, what the hell is that?” The mention of shitting herself was enough to make her wary of it, but if he was going to insist on patching her up she figured she better use it. It only served to make her more woozy as he went on and everything felt like it was spinning.

It was difficult to brace herself even with the numbness though Adam’s genius plan was enough to make her eyes widen. “Excuse me?” This kid was going to force her to perform an exorcism at gunpoint? “You were going to what?” She moved away as he had already placed the splint and muttered, “Ugh, you know what. Not a priority. Do you have a driver’s license? I’d like to see a real doctor and I can’t exactly drive like this.”

The entire situation had quickly dissolved into a shit show, and Nell wasn’t sure where to begin with Jasmine and Morgan. The witch didn’t have a defense for the choices she’d made other than the fact that she hadn’t wanted more unneeded innocent blood being shed on the path to ending Constance. And though Adam was doing his best to patch up what he could, it seemed that Jasmine wasn’t all that fond of possibly being made to complete an exorcism at gunpoint. Which was...fair enough. Nell wasn’t a mediator. She was better at creating tense situations than resolving them- especially when there was no common enemy to point anyone towards. The only way she knew out of a situation like this was to focus on an end task, and try to get the others to do that as well. “Let’s just get Jasmine more medical care,” she repeated, assuming the exorcist had already remembered that Nell didn’t have a car license. Latching onto the woman’s uninjured arm, she began to try and guide her towards Adam’s car.

The choice of whether or not to look at Morgan was one that took Nell a long pause to make, trying to decide if she wanted to see the hurt and disappointment that she was sure to find there. This was why she’d done her best to avoid the woman ever since she’d made her decision to get rid of Constance by whatever means were fastest. Ripping off the bandaid hurt less if the wound beneath it already had the chance to scab over. Finally she found Morgan’s eyes, knowing it was the coward’s choice not to face the consequences of her actions. But now what? What could she possibly say that would do any good to either of them? She wasn’t sorry for trying to get rid of Constance, even now. It was the right thing to do— minimizing collateral damage. The only regret she has was that of hurting her friend. “We should go,” was all she could settle on.

Adam’s hidden plan wasn’t all that surprising to Morgan, given his ‘barbed wire in a backpack’ ways and how quick he’d been to share his distaste with Constance’s age. It would be awkward in class, if the full moon didn’t kill him first, but it was nothing she couldn’t brace herself for. Jasmine’s cunning had tripped her up; most of the dutiful types she’d met in White Crest didn’t encumber themselves with lying to your face, but she’d remember not to let the exorcist’s confidence fool her into thinking that what she saw was what she got. It was Nell that left Morgan dumbfounded, staring slack-jawed and stupid as she helped carry Jasmine to Adam’s car, so focused that Morgan may as well have been a ghost herself. “Wow,” she said, too stunned to even put much venom behind her voice. “Not even an explanation, huh?” Morgan’s eyes burned as she spoke and she wished, bitterly, for even an ounce of banshee control so she could just stay hard and steady and leave. But her face was trembling on the verge of collapse, her voice full and ready to crack on the next breath. “I trusted you. I gave you a choice, so many choices, Nell, and I trusted you…” She hadn’t deluded herself into thinking she was nearly as important to Nell as Nell was to her. Nell had a family, a community that had seen her grow, friends her own age. It was an imbalance Morgan could live with, to feel like she had a family of her own. But she hadn’t reckoned on being worth so little that Nell could turn her back on her with ease, that she would be left alone in the underbrush as the sun cut red over the trees.  It took all the self control Morgan had to turn her back on Nell in kind and get back to her Subaru. “So much for that.”

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Tentatively re-adding Vera, at the very least. As a treat. With my supporting cast for her as well. Also as a treat.

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@royalreef replied to your post “That general fear and confusion that comes from...”:

She's not being helpful, she's flicking her tail and staring over at Vera. And winking. Absolutely useless trophy wife.

"My love, as much as I'd love to answer... You'd have to repeat that in one of the 20 or so languages I actually know how to speak."

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Huh- wha- she’s totally awake, mhm. Vera has not been tired as sin as of late, not at all.

“Yes, my love?”

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Natural Remedies for Receding Gums

Receding gums is what takes place when the gum cells neighboring the teeth wears off. This receding bring about the reduced portion of the tooth to become much more detectable activating "areas" to develop between the tooth and gum line. These spaces permit toxins, germs, diseases and also fungis to increase and flourish in these locations, which then destroy the cells as well as bone construct. Over time, this creates teeth to end up being loosened and essentially fall out. Today read more about Reverse Receding Gums Naturally At Home

Receding Gum Line Treatment Naturally

As a result of the simple fact that gum disease as well as gum recession (receding gums) is an exceptionally sluggish and modern occasion, lots of people experiencing this issue do not definitely find what is actually developing until their teeth start to find yourself being extremely delicate. The 3 regular symptoms of receding gums are actually.

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• Tooth sensitiveness

• Teeth starting to seem larger than usual

• Discomfort or tooth aches

Restoring irritated and receding gums and getting those pearly whites healthy and balanced again is actually certainly of essential market value. When teeth end up being actually drop and also befall, it's at that point far too late. Fortunately you CAN reverse receding gums as well as gum disease without spending a lot of money on elegant dental treatments (which do not repair the rooting problem in any case).

Thus below is actually the leading 8 natural as well as natural home remedy for turning around receding gums as well as strengthening teeth. For finest end results, ensure to make use of all 8 in blend with each other - or even at the minimum required-- mix as a lot of all of them as you can. Additionally understand that it will take a minimum required of 12-18 months to totally reverse the operation. It is actually taken many years for this issue to set up so it's visiting spend some time to correct it. Patience is going to be actually required ...

Natural Treatment for Receding Gums: Oil Pulling.

This is actually the primary treatment used in ayurvedic medication for staying clear of as well as turning around receding gums and works a reward. Oil pulling is actually an incredibly powerful method to get rid of the harmful dangerous materials, bacteria and also cavity enducing plaque build-up that activate gum disease as well as dental caries. The oil likewise aids to eliminate harmful metals from the mouth and also lymphatic system, so it has a double whammy outcome.

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There are actually ONLY 2 sort of oil that ought to ever before be used for oil pulling ... natural sesame oil or even organic virgin coconut oil. Do not utilize commercially refined oils of any sort of kind! These harmful and smelly oils are unbelievably unsafe to your health and don't function anyways. And also always remember, both oils must be actually natural (essential).

Precisely what is actually truly good about oil drawing is it's easy to do as well as does certainly not occupy any type of extra opportunity. Only position a tbsp of either of these oils in your mouth and also swish it around for 20 minutes just before spitting out (do not swallow the oil). Initial thing in the morning as soon as you wake up on an unfilled tummy is actually the most beneficial time to accomplish this. And you may carry on with your normal morning routine (showering, etc) also so it does not interrupt anything. About the only factor you can not do is speak (very challenging to carry out with a mouth full of oil). When you eject the oil after your 20 minutes of swishing you'll additionally monitor its transformed a white colored shade. This is completely normal. Oh, as well as don't spit it out in the sink either. The oil can easily block drains pipes therefore remove it in the yard rather. Make certain you brush your teeth along with a natural toothpaste afterword.

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For ideal results, ensure to perform oil pulling every morning first thing upon waking up.

Natural Remedy for Receding Gums # 2: Vitamin C.

Many people are actually ignorant that vitamin C is in fact one of the absolute most crucial nutrients for healthy gums and teeth. It is actually important for collagen creation - the protein "glue" that holds tissues together. Vitamin C is additionally among the most effective bacterial greats, anti-inflammatory and also healing nutrients there is actually, which is actually why it works so effectively for turning around receding gums (besides alleviating inflamed, bleeding gums as well as tooth level of sensitivity). Moreover, vitamin C has even been labelled "the undetectable toothbrush" considering that it's therefore efficient at doing away with cavity enducing plaque as well as tartar build coming from teeth and also gums.

To utilize vitamin C adequately, there's a couple of things you must do.

Initially, guarantee you acquire the best kind of vitamin C! The majority of vitamin C supplements on the industry are acidic kinds, which truly harm your teeth. Regardless, calcium ascorbate is actually certainly not acidic therefore it's best for teeth as well as gums (it also is composed of calcium mineral for healthy teeth). The most effective approach to take/use calcium ascorbate for receding gums is actually each internally and also topically as a paste.

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For interior consumption, take about 1000 milligrams of calcium mineral ascorbate particle (mixed in water or even a smoothie mix) 3 times daily. The Vitamin C Foundation advises 3000 milligrams of vitamin C daily thus make certain you get this amount. To utilize topically, area around 1/2 a tsp of the powder on the gum surface areas as well as leave behind on for 10-15 mins just before rinsing. Do this when to two opportunities everyday for finest end results. The ascorbic acid performs have a little a metal taste, however it is actually fairly convenient. And it does not sting either, even on absolutely sore or left open gums.

If you're interested, this is amongst the finest ascorbic acid grains on the market.

Natural Treatment for Receding Gums # 4: Vitamin D and also Vitamin K2.

Vitamin D is actually one of the essential nutrients your physical body MUST possess everyday, nevertheless it is actually specifically important as well as plays a crucial functionality in the promotion of healthy gums, teeth as well as bone tissues. Without sufficient vitamin D the teeth can easily not stay secured properly to the bones, thus eventually they come to be loosened and fall out. Vitamin D is also a solid anti-inflammatory and is definitely amongst the most effective nutrients readily on call for lessening the distress, swelling as well as swelling connected with gum disease.

So see to it you acquire 20-30 moments of constant sunshine direct exposure everyday, or, take a top quality vitamin D3 supplement with featured K2 (for absorption).

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Natural Home Remedy for Receding Gums # 5: Great Fats.

Healthy and balanced excess fats are actually additionally significant for gum as well as teeth health. A current investigation study located that individuals who received better volumes of the omega-3's DHA and also EPA were actually 30% less probably to struggle with gum disease.3 This makes best feeling when you take into consideration that well-balanced excess fats like omega-3's are highly effective anti-inflammatories and the key reason for receding gums and swollen gums is actually swelling. This is an additional explanation oil pulling is actually thus reliable for receding gums and gingivitis. So it is important you eat lots of well-balanced fats every day coming from foods such as natural coconut oil, avocados, olives, fish oil or even fermented cod liver oil (the finest). You may never ever have a lot of of these great excess fats either therefore go nuts along with them!

Natural Cure for Receding Gums # 6: Green Tea.

Environment-friendly tea contains some extremely helpful anti-oxidants that are understood to assist combat gum disease and lower swelling. A Japanese study launched by the American Dental Association found that people who eat eco-friendly tea every day have healthier teeth and also gums than those that do certainly not. Environment-friendly tea is actually the best highly effective of all of them all and contains 137 opportunities additional anti-oxidants than common made eco-friendly herbal tea. Veggie tea is likewise rich in each the crucial nutrients required for well-balanced teeth and gums!

Natural Solution for Receding Gums # 7: Aloe Vera ...

Aloe Vera consists of some strong antibacterial and also anti-inflammatory brokers. An investigation study released in the Journal Society of Periodontology discovered that when an aloe Vera gel was conducted orally to 15 clients with several gum illness, the seriousness of their infections was actually lowered pretty considerably.

You can easily acquire several aloe vera Vera gels from several organic food stores or drug stores (medicine shops). Simply be sure precisely what you purchase is as close to "natural" as may be. Lots of brand specify they're natural, yet on closer analysis you uncover they consist of extra chemicals as well as artificial additives.

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Home Remedy for Receding Gums # 8: Utilize a Natural Toothpaste and also Mouthwash and Don't Over brush ...

Overbrushing and/or brushing teeth as well difficult is just one of the leading causes for receding gums and also gingivitis. It's especially important that when brushing your teeth you brush them meticulously in a round movement and also you merely comb the teeth and also certainly not the gums (simply over the gum pipes is actually perfect). Use a natural toothpaste and mouth wash to keep your teeth and gums healthy and in leading situation.

To create your quite own Do It Yourself homemade toothpaste, observe these guidelines ...

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:

4 tablespoons of coconut oil

2 tbsps of baking soft drink

Twenty drops of cinnamon or even clove significant oil

20-30 trickles of peppermint critical oil

30 splashes of significant micronutrient

1 tbsp of xylitol powder or 10 droplets of stevia

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DIRECTIONS:

Consist of all active elements in to a dish as well as blend properly by hand or use a food processor.

Do away with the Do It Yourself homemade toothpaste and outlet in a glass jar with the top on. If it does start to dry out with time simply feature a percentage of water.

Comb your teeth using this toothpaste 2 to 3 opportunities daily.

To produce your very personal homemade mouthwash right here is actually precisely what you do.

Using a vital oil such as pepper mint, sage, clove or herbal tea plant oil, blend a few decrease in 1/4 to 1/2 a mug of good water. Gargle and also rinse your mouth through this mouth wash 2 to 3 times daily.

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Various Other Tips as well as Natural Remedies for Receding Gums:

To turn around and also ultimately cure your receding gums, listed below are actually a handful of additional critical ideas and also recommendations you might desire to follow.

- Don't Smoke: Aside from the health threats, routine smoking cigarettes decomposes your teeth and leads to bad blood circulation to the gums, causing inflammation as well as swollen gums.

- Do not Utilize Caffeine and Alcohol: Both of these leach minerals coming from teeth as well as bone tissues and also are bad for oral health as well as hygiene. Thus try and also maintain their intake to a downright lowest.

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Are you suffering from unpleasant receding gums? If this has been your long-term complication after that today is the best time to take action as well as stop fretting about them once and also fir all. What's more appealing with alleviating this ailment is actually that all you need are actually easy and also natural home substances. Find out more about Treat Gum Recession

The gums participate in 2 crucial functionalities; this delicate cells is actually where you may find the roots of the teeth. Teeth are strongly installed on all of them and also help in maintaining them in location. As our team age, the scope of the gum tissues neighboring the teeth either pull back or wear off leading to gum recession. 

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 Because of receding gums, the teeth ends up being more noticeable, thereby offering you a "gummy" smile, which is most often than currently, unattractive. Receding gums also causes the progression of pockets as well as gaps in between the teeth. As a huge surface area of the teeth are revealed, the dental cavity becomes more and more left open to bacterial infection as well as disease.

A much more apparent collection of teeth is actually not just unpleasant however often tend to be more very painful as well as conscious certain meals products in addition to climate condition. Gum recession not only triggers tooth pains, yet likewise fantastic damage to other teeth and also might even bring about long-term missing teeth.

Gum recession may seem to be to become a not-so-serious health condition because of the reality that it builds in a sluggish and also continuous manner. Early diagnosis is actually vital if you intend to address it immediately or if you desire to avoid it entirely.

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The initial clear-cut indicator of gum issues is actually teeth level of sensitivity. The boost in visibility of a tooth or a boost in its own dimension is suggestive of receding gums at the same time. The other indicators that point of gum concerns are as adheres to:

-- tooth soreness or set

-- tooth level of sensitivity

-- rise in the size of the tooth/teeth

There are several reasons to gum recession:

Aggressive tooth brushing

The hostile manner by which one brushes the teeth may trigger significant damages of the enamel and gum disease.

Poor oral care

Unsatisfactory oral hygiene is one of the leading causes of receding gums. Plaque deposits in between teeth are actually recognized to result in certainly not just receding gums but various other dental concerns. As well. Make it an indicate brush your teeth a minimum of once daily.

Gum disease

The microbial infection of the gums is described as gum disease. Microorganisms lead to infection thus destroying the design that holds the teeth.

Natural Treatment For Gum Recession

Hormonal agent inequality

Hormone inequality is actually one culprit that causes the advancement of hypersensitive gums. This is actually specifically real amongst females who struggle with variations as well as progress in hormonal agents.

Smoking

Our experts are actually all familiar with the fact that smoking cigarettes creates a host of illness featuring cancer, respiratory disease, and also receding gums. The collection of tar because of cigarette smoking likewise implies the selection of cavity enducing plaque in between teeth.

Genetics

It is actually in the genes. Some individuals are actually  inclined to cultivating receding gums during the course of grown-up years.

It is actually commonly recorded that tongue as well as lip piercings predispose individuals to develop receding gums. This ailment might additionally be actually dued to the regular clenching and grinding of teeth. Hostile slashing while consuming also adds to the development of receding gums.

Treatment For Gum Recession

Treatment and also Management of Receding Gums

Slight instances of receding gums can easily be dealt with through methods namely tooth scaling and also origin organizing. A dentists will definitely have the capacity to alleviate the problem by alleviating the place under the gum line.

If left side untreated, significant scenarios of receding gums can be dealt with and also taken care of via surgical operation. Procedure is actually carried out to encourage regrowth of lost tooth cells as well as bone. Deepness decline and also soft cells graft regrowth are also operations that may alleviate as well as deal with severe instances of receding gums.

There are actually additionally relied on natural home remedies that can handle receding gums. Along with these helpful answers, you can easily avoid scrupulous operations completely. When it comes to intense gum infection, it is actually encouraged to contact your dentists before the implementation of natural natural remedy for receding gums.

Listed here are actually a few of the absolute most effective natural natural home remedy for receding gums. When integrated along with correct oral cleanliness, these remedies will certainly most assuredly assist you in rejuvenating healthy and balanced gums once more.

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Green Tea

Eco-friendly herbal tea has always been actually understood to be an incredibly helpful meals thing with a multitude of health benefits. Its own high antioxidant attention minimizes the spread of totally free radicals; unsafe compounds that result in gum disease.

Environment-friendly staff is actually wealthy in catechins, a strong anti-oxidant that promptly treats periodontal ailments. Catechins additional staminas the link in between the teeth and also gums. They also reduce swelling because of its own anti-infllamatory top qualities. A cup of eco-friendly tea day-to-day is ample to stop as well as delight receding gums.

Aloe Vera

The restoring as well as anti-inflammatory attributes of aloe vera make it a prominent remedy in treating skin-related problems. In the case of receding gums, aloe vera's anti-bacterial properties make it the exceptional treatment option to repair damaged tissues as well as efficiently prevent horrible microbial diseases.

Use aloe vera gel as mouthwash. Merely combine the gel along with some water. Swish the solution after brushing your teeth. The treatment of aloe vera gel directly on the damaged place is actually additionally effective. Preferably, brush and also floss your teeth thrice a time. Administer the gel as well as await 5 mins just before washing.

Gum Recession Home Remedies

Oil Pulling

Oil drawing is actually thought about as the absolute most effective option treatment for receding gums. It is likewise useful in the avoidance of receding gums and other oral illness.

Oil pulling is actually a procedure that assures anti-inflammatory impacts as it gets rid of toxins and also oral plaque buildup down payments embed between teeth. Furthermore, making use of sesame oil delivers a solid defensive layer over the teeth's area which subsequently stops the buildup of oral plaque buildup and tartar.

Preferably, the oil requires to be heated to a specific temperature. See to it that it is warm and comfortable, certainly not very hot. Make use of the oil to wash your mouth after brushing your teeth. Rinse as well as gargle the oil for 30 secs up to 1 moment. Swishing along with oil might appear awkward initially, yet you will certainly get utilized to the taste eventually. Steadily boost the period up until you may do it for 20 moments each session.

Natural Gum Recession Treatment

Coconut oil is actually additionally excellent for oil drawing. Its anti-bacterial properties aid in decreasing the possibilities of bacterial infection. It likewise helps in stopping tooth decay, cavities, and other oral health concerns.

You can easily utilize it to wash after tooth brushing. Start along with rinsing out along with coconut oil for 2 minutes till you can properly increase the length to twenty moments.

Eucalyptus

The eucalyptus plant possesses a lengthy listing of health advantages. its own crucial oil is much more strong as well as is understood to boasts longer, a lot more potent effects than various other weeds. Eucalyptus important oil is incredibly strong in dealing with microbial as well as disease-causing germs that may be thriving in the mouth. Various other oral diseases can additionally be addressed with eucalyptus essential oil.

Eucalyptus is superb in easing gum swelling and also irritation. Its own anti-inflammatory residential or commercial properties make it a sturdy element if you intend to take care of oral issues including receding gums.

Home Treatment For Gum Recession

Using eucalyptus oil in treating receding gums is actually effortless and also uncomplicated. Blend one to two drops of eucalyptus crucial oil along with one to pair of tablespoons of water. Soak your toothbrush in the oil answer and directly administer it on the gums. Massage therapy the answer for it to effectively permeate right into the gums as well as in between teeth.

Incense

The substance of the Myrrh tree is actually a great natural home remedy for receding gums as well. This ingredient is actually a remarkably strong ingredient that promises treatment and monitoring certainly not only of receding gums, however of other oral diseases as well. Along with frequent use, it may successful reward receding gums by avoiding more damage.

Merely crush the myrrh plant resin in to energy. You may additionally acquire powdered incense for this service. Mix the particle along with water up until it comes to be a mix. Apply the thick insert directly on the gums. Massage therapy the remedy for several moments, Rinse thoroughly.

Gum Recession Treatment Naturally

Clove Oil

Clove oil is actually customarily used to manage very painful toothaches. Clove and its own anti-inflammatory quality make it the exceptional substance to overcome off microorganisms, germs, as well as various other disease-causing microbes. It lessens the volume of swelling and also dramatically reduces inflammation brought on by receding gums. Clove oil is additionally outstanding natural remedy for those experiencing bad breath.

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Younger Looking Skin With Organic Skincare Products

In their everlasting mission for brilliant young skin that gleams with excellence and wellbeing, a large number of ladies everywhere throughout the world and an equivalent number of men also, slather on different sorts of synthetic or 'common' or 'home grown' creams, moisturizers and supernatural occurrence elixirs on their sensitive facial skin, seeking after some sort of enchantment.

In any case, unfortunately, significantly in the wake of giving a shot truckloads of items all encouraging enchantment, you don't see any distinction in your look or skin quality and the enchantment keeps on staying slippery.

Do you know why? Since the creams, salves and supernatural occurrence mixtures that you are utilizing, regardless of whether they are 100% common or home grown, as asserted by the organizations, are really made out of incredibly dangerous and deadly poisons that lone harm your skin further as opposed to granting your face with energetic skin!

Simply investigate a portion of the fixings contained in these healthy skin items - dioxane, aromas, mineral oil, paraffin wax, oil jam, liquor and for protecting the item they use additives like Parabens - ethyl paraben, methyl paraben, butyl paraben, etc. What's more, you can't generally be certain whether there are in reality any characteristic fixings inside or not!

These unsafe poisons, when present in your healthy skin items, can dry out your skin, quicken the presence of wrinkles, lead to sensitivities and rashes, dainty out your skin tone and can even harm your skin surface and cause your skin to seem sketchy with delayed use.

So in the event that you need to have solid pinkish delicate skin that looks young and brilliant and on the off chance that you need to limit the presence of dark circles, barely recognizable differences, crow's feet and wrinkles, at that point you should become environmentally friendly and switch over to natural healthy skin items.

Albeit natural healthy skin items are expensive and somewhat out of association for white collar class ladies, I am certain you are prepared to dish out that additional piece more for a natural enemy of maturing healthy skin item that will profit your skin.

Natural healthy skin items are 100% normal, protected and free from synthetic compounds. They are produced with fixings extricated from plant and vegetable sources which are become naturally less the utilization of concoction pesticides, manufactured composts and other such deadly added substances.

A portion of the dynamic fixings found in natural healthy skin items are cynergy TK, Co catalyst Q 10, collagen, elastin, a sort of Japanese kelp called phytessence wakame, nano lipobelle, Resveratrol, allantoin, squalane, jojoba oil, glycerin, caffeine, hyaluronic corrosive, amino acids, aloe vera, vegetal glycerol, organic product separates, blossom extricates, papaya, green apple removes, Alpha hydroxy corrosive sourced from citrus organic products, almond oil, fundamental oils utilized in fragrance based treatment, etc.

Along these lines on the off chance that you need to see a positive distinction in your look, the time has come to do a change to natural creams and natural face items.

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Far Cry Birthday Bash Gift

Jacob Bunker AU - this is trash I’m so sorry T.T, you deserve better but I tried 💗

Thank you @edensgay for organising this!

Far Cry Bday Bash @fantasmagoriam

Word Count: 1.181k words

Warnings: Swearing

There was a long silence which lasted for almost half an hour, each passing second was torture to her ears. A smell artificial chemicals polluted the dense air and Rose hoped if she breathed it in long enough she’d pass out and finally get some rest. The past few days had been forever ongoing, as if they never ended. In all honesty, neither Jacob or Rose knew when the days had ended and when a new one began. There was no natural light that crept into the bunker and the dust had started to get thicker.

Rose rested her head on the metal bed frame which she was locked up too. Her wrists ached from the heavy steel which weighed them down. Her mouth was dry and Jacob was cautious to feed her, his trust with her had wavered. She wasn’t sure when her next meal was going to be but she was sure it wouldn’t be soon.

The hunger worried her, that last time Jacob had been left hungry he cannibalised Miller. There was a gut-wrenching feeling that the next time her eyes would lose concentration, he would end her life.

Rose lifted her head and looked around the damp room which was only lit with a lantern which looked like it wasn't going to last much longer. Her eyes drifted to the hallway, she heard hard footsteps. Jacob was slowly walking towards her. The closer he got the more unsure she was of him. She wasn't too sure of what he was going to do next. He came close to where she sat, she daren't make eye contact with him, instead choosing to stare at the floor. Jacob said nothing, he uncuffed her and nodded, indicating he wanted her to follow him. Rose didn't want to be alone for the next 6 years even if he's the alternative, she chose that she would just follow him, see what he wanted then go back to her room and go to sleep.

She dragged her tired feet to room Jacob was walking towards, it had a blue glow from the fish tank and an old yellow phone on a wooden desk. "What is it Jacob, it'll be a lot better for both of us if we just keep out of each other's way." She said scratching her neck. Jacob walked towards the splintered table and leant on it. "Hm, you think so?" He said. Rose was staying cautious, what was he playing at? She didn't speak back to him for she wasn't too sure of how to respond. Jacob looked directly at her, "don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you. I know what you're capable of and you know what I'm capable of. However, I called you in here cause we need to talk." Jacob's voice was hoarse and seemed painful. Rose's posture got tense as she crossed her arms on her chest. She picked up a packet of cherry flavoured cigarettes, it had been a few days and the stress with the craving had been killing her. She wanted to quit but the lighter was already up and the smoke was already out. There was a moment when the smoke flashed in front of her eyes that she saw Vera. She remembered her daughter's soft face and she remembered the smile. Now up in smoke.

Rose focused in on the situation and what Jacob had said. A man like Jacob does not talk. "I've seen what we've got and there isn't enough food to last more than 5 years. Do you know if Dutch has any hidden stashes, it's either that or we die in here." Jacob said cracking his knuckles. Rose suddenly realised how little time she had spent in the bunker, and with Dutch in general. She walked around in fear that after the food had run out, Jacob would return to old routine and kill her.

She had been looking for some time, picking up letters from and to Dutch, which were interesting to read. She moved an old cardboard box to the left and saw a little hatch. Her nails managed to get it open. There were quite a few tins of tomato soup, maybe not a years supply but it was better than nothing. "Good I see you've found something," Jacob said from behind. He took the tins in groups of 6 to the bunker's little kitchen. Rose helped out.

Once each tin was put back Jacob looked at her. They had returned to the blue room and Rose was keeping to herself. Jacob sat next to her on the sofa, he wasn't uncomfortably close nor was he uncomfortably too far. They both sat with legs wide apart, Jacob rested his elbows on his knees and Rose leaned back on the chair. Another silent moment passed and Jacob let out a large sigh. She glanced at him and back to the fish tank. "Deputy, If it were up to me you'd be dead now." He said making her feel extremely unsafe.

"I'm not one for God but you can't deny, he was right," Jacob said standing up. He stretched his back and started walking around.

"It's funny, you seemed so sure he was talking shit. And now look at you. Stuck in a bunker waiting for the madness outside to cease." Jacob said. It made Rose sick to her stomach to think that Joseph was right. That fucker, who she wanted to kill so badly turned out to be right all along. Think about how many people were made martyrs of, how things would be different if Marshall decided to turn away. No-one to make Josephs destiny true. But she must admit, it was fun while it lasted.

"Come on deputy, not even a little remorse?" He said teasing her. She gave him a cold look that lasted no more than 5 seconds. "I could ask you the same question." She said standing up close to him.

"Did you enjoy starving people? How about when you made them kill for fun? Or how about when you had your men drug innocent animals huh? How much remorse do you feel for them?" She said, not losing her temper. She remained quiet about it, she knew she was skating on thin ice. One wrong step and she would fall. It was almost more effective when she didn't shout. It left a sinister aura between them. Like God watched them that very second.

Jacob didn't respond for a moment, he knew what she thought of him and understood what it meant for him. This would a very quiet six years.

"Maybe I do. Maybe when I look now back on it I do." The response took Rose aback. That was not what she expected to hear from Jacob. Whose stance was wide and aggressive. "Really? Jacob Seed and regret were not the words I'd put in a sentence but here we are." She said, she took a step back from him and remembered the history of them. Maybe he wasn't the man she initially thought he was.

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Day 24 and 25

71km to go

Day 24, 25 and 26: Trikala>Lamia>Thiva

Thiva: 18:43

The sun came out! Three days ago, I gifted my overshoes to Kastoria. Two days, Trikala’s Airbnb owner now has a beautiful pair of threadbare, elasticity long gone Castelli leg warmers, and has no idea of the significance of this gift. This is a cyclist’s version of a striptease...which can also and was performed on the move in the last few days: the jacket, the arm warmers and then a few miles later, the leg warmers.

It was the first morning I left without having consider any layering choices. I felt an awful lot lighter after being charged €8 for two cappuccinos, and I found a bike shop who pumped up my tyres and sent me on my way with a new inner tube after my puncture set bounced off somewhere in the previous day’s ride. Maybe Hades horrors got THAT close. Enjoy, you savages!

Greece has really surprised me, in a multitude of ways. Firstly, it’s people. I know a few Greeks. In fact, Dmitri who is married to Katherine and currently looking after my house and dog, Nyla (how dogs should be) is from Corinthe. He and the other Greek seem lovely. However, here, if I’m totally honest, on the whole, appear to have a serious attitude problem or a chip on their shoulder. You’ll get what you need from them, but blimey, they won’t make it easy! And on the whole, everything they do for you seems to be a massive chore; they tend to look decidedly pissed off! Yet, despite this, I quite like them. It’s like they don’t really give a hoot what anyone else thinks about them. You’ll do things their way or you’ll go without. Is it because of the long and deep Greek tragedies and history that floods its many mountains and plains? I thought that Italians were expressive, which they are. But Greeks don’t want to be expressive but if you push them, you’ll probably see the wrong kind of expressive!

Take for example, the owner of the hotel I’m in right now. The pool is not in use, it’s in the middle of nowhere and whilst it’s clean, so is a travelodge or Premier Inn, but none typically have atmosphere and are extremely functional. Bed, check in, restaurant and bar if you’re lucky. As I rested for the first time by the lovely looking pool on this trip, the owner came over to speak to me declaring his position as if I should congratulate him. And then proceeded to try and get me to cancel my booking.com booking, drive up to the cash point with him in order to pay cash and get a €10 discount for the most expensive and overpriced hotel for the whole 25 days to date. After telling him I’d think it over for while, and the hassle of getting in a car to go to get cash, and concerned that cancelling the booking after the cancellation period had passed with the possibility of double payment and no recourse, I told him it’s not worth it. I’d also be charged a currency fee for the withdrawal (I haven’t mentioned it, but a few days ago, in supposed trusted company, I was set up and pickpocketed. That in itself was genius how it was staged. Luckily they only got away with coins from 8 different countries and my international card. But that has made the cash process a little tricky). Mr owner, who clearly thought very highly of his negotiation skills, stating Booking.com make billions, and me being a seasoned traveller must play the system all the time. Am I missing a trick here? Maybe, but after much insistence after his persistence, he got the message. But this is my experience of Greeks.

Moving to the cycling. I’d been warned by said Greeks that Greek drivers were about the worst you could find. Be careful, I was warned. The roads are very busy and Greeks don’t deal with cyclists at all well. This really set me up to see Greece as a country I needed to get through to get to Athens and the end of my cross-continent adventure. The truth is I have been totally amazed. It has been, day after day, the best cycling I’ve done anywhere in Europe, including Spain and France. Not only are the drivers considerate, stop and wait at intersections for the cyclist to pass, they indicate, pull out, wait, and many toot and wave encouragement. The roads are empty, generally in great condition and all around, the scenery continuously draws you in. The culture is rich, untouched. I saw my first living snake on one road, the same road I saw many geckos between Kastoria and Trikala. The sides of the roads are dressed with millions of poppies, Aloe Vera, cacti, hemp, olive trees. I’m yet to reach Athens but I haven’t once felt unsafe due to traffic. Wild dogs, yes. I’d rather not repeat those.

Both Lamia and Kastoria were gems on an unplanned route. I don’t feel like seeing Thiva as I’m full of hay fever and possibly a cold, so am uninspired. It does have an interesting past though and was an important as a city and in Greek mythology. But I’m very happy here in my apartment away from everywhere: the calm before the storm, returning to relative reality tomorrow.

I don’t know why this area for cyclists seems to be so undiscovered, but I’m so glad I made the decision to come inland. The coast will undoubtedly be much busier than this incredible, mountainous and flat landscape from Albania to Athens. I couldn’t be happier on my bike than I’ve been for the past four days.😊. The balance of vistas for this trip have been perfect: mainland, coast and now mountains. That pretty much covers it! I later hear from Mr Owner as he reluctantly demanded my card payment as he saw me sat on my balcony because he wasn’t there in the morning, that 30 Hungarian cyclists were arriving the next day. For them it’s a short flight away. They’re obviously in on this secret nirvana that is Greece.

The days have rolled by and here I am, one ride away from Athens. I’m still focused, but also excited. 71km till I pack up my bike, having dipped my feet and maybe even swum in the Aegean in the last few miles of my Odyssey...surely that is classed as a transcontinental bike ride? 😃.

Packing away my winter gear, my shorts and t-shirt for the last time, throwing away all the bits and pieces I no longer need, and counting the hours...one more sleep and Athens...

26 days have past

24 days of cycling (excluding the abandoned day after 10 miles)

11 countries

6 currencies

3414km recorded cycling (2133 miles)

27,345m ascent (climbing)

1 backpack and frame bag - weight 4kg

I train ride (not included in mileage) to avoid snow

Two ferries - English Channel and 500m at Montenegro

Crossed the Severn, English Channel, past the Mediterranean And Adriatic Seas...

Days in order of awesomeness:

1 Librazhd>Kastoria

2 Lamia>Thiva

3 Trikala>Lamia

4 Senj>Zadar

5 Shkoder>Librazhd

The four least enjoyable:

1 Como>Garda - weather and traffic

2 Bellinzona>Como - weather and traffic

3 Venice>Trieste - weather

4 Neum>Herceg Novi - traffic

Favourite people by country:

Albanian

Bosnian

Montenegrin

Croatian

Italian

English

French

Greek

Swiss

Best hospitality: Albania then Bosnia

Best meal: Albania then Greece

Best weather: Greece

Biggest surprise country: equal Albania and Greece

Favourite city: Split

Best hotel: Calais and Albania

Least favourite city: Saint Quentin

Hardest day: Venice - abandoning for the day and the following day prospect of another abandoned day

Favourite person: the elderly cafe owner in Albania

Best vista: over Lake Ohrie, Albania

12 May: 0656 - Thiva

The day has arrived, and still, with only 71km to go, I’m not 100% certain I’ll make it to Athens! I guess I will believe it and relax once I walk into the hotel, and ask for my bike box. Having received an overweight charge relating to my box apparently weighing 67kg heavier than the maximum for my shipping cost (which is 27kg and having weighed it before booking, know it’s actually 19kg), I am expecting to find an adult size stowaway inside. So the very first thing I will be doing on receipt is asking a member of staff to hold my phone and video me opening it as evidence to send to UPS, who will otherwise pursue an additional £146 shipping cost. I tell you this as I don’t want you to fall into the same cunning trap.

A fellow cyclist, Steve, currently pedalling through France, shared this lovely insight with me after I’d shared the view of the Aegean Sea af Lamia’s castle. Around 10k from me, I could have by rights, pedalled over, dipped my toe in the water and got aboard the nearest train to Athens. But didn’t! Steve shared this: In Xenophon’s Anabasis when the 10,000 Greek soldiers saw the Mediterranean after there march out of Persia they shouted for joy Thálatta! Thálatta! The sea The Sea! They knew they were home.

I haven’t got that excited yet, but I’ve placed my Sainsbury’s order...Istanbul tomorrow...by plane 😊

The bells have chimed outside, I’ve eaten two cereal bars, a banana and half a pint of milk for breakfast and I will be hauling my knackered, ageing body on to the bike just one more time here, for up to 3 hours...and then it’s done...hopefully! See you in Athens 😃

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Character analysis about the Dead Money characters (Father Elijah, Dog and God, Dean Domino, and Christine) from Fallout New Vegas please!

Sure, I can do that. I’ll do a short analysis of running themes in this one, and I can discuss individual characters upon request.

The primary theme of Dead Money is the toxic and corrosive effects of greed. Just as the Cloud of the Sierra Madre corrodes the flesh, so do does greed of the treasures of the Madre rot the spirit. The promise of an untouched vault of treasure within the Sierra Madre casino lures treasure hunters to their doom. Every character wants something so intensely that it goes far beyond physical sense. Dog eats to the point where he swallows a slave color that chains him to the site, God desires to be in constant control of Dog that he delights in the murder of any in his path as an exercise of his supremacy. Christine is consumed by her hunt for Elijah that she puts herself in constant danger and nothing she loses can cause her to abort, the crew at Big Mountain use her as an experimental plaything and Dog captures her to fit her with a collar, but each time she loses she simply hurls herself back into the hunt. Dean Domino is utterly consumed by greed, working since before the bombs fell to break into the Sierra Madre and satisfy himself with the fortune within and his personal hatred of Sinclair; Dean could have left at any time, but even the end of the world didn’t end his greed. The bombs took his skin, but they could never take his greed; his greed is a bottomless reservoir that sustains him even in the hostile Madre, he adapts and endures this hellscape because leaving means letting go, and Dean can’t. Father Elijah is consumed by the thoughts of recapturing old technology that he sent the Brotherhood to their doom at Helios One, nearly died in Big Mountain, and now created a system to break into the vault no matter how many bodies he leaves on the way, how many treasure hunters he lures and enslaves to make it happen. Elijah is endlessly frustrated, the greed of the teams causes them to turn on each other, but even the threat of death cannot cure human ills. The Cloud itself is the very manifestation of this greed, it preserved the Sierra Madre untouched as a preservative, like Dean Domino it sustains itself past the end of the world even as it literally rots everything away, greed renews itself even as it destroys the objects of its affection. The casino is a character just as the other characters are. Sinclair built it to impress a woman, attendees flocked to it with promise of riches and prestige. Greed led to disaster, unsafe construction in the Villa as corrupt workmen lined their pockets, and Sinclair used the people of the Madre as guinea pigs for Big Mountain’s experiments just so he could access their wondrous technology. The Madre is an illusion, a wholesome past that never existed as the rot was paved over and hidden.

This greed is not for mere materialism, there is a greed to the arc words: “Begin Again,” imperfectly applied it is the trap of the Sierra Madre. The idea that you can change your fortunes constantly runs through the Sierra Madre, all it requires is that you be smart and lucky enough to win it all at the Sierra Madre. It’s an illusion that draws in and destroys; the Madre kills all who try. Casinos use this trick in the modern era, anyone can win big if you’re smart and lucky enough, and it keeps people playing, spending money at games they’re more likely to lose until the house wins it all, and their new beginning is that of a pauper, not a prince. The Madre takes it one step further, offering the chance at a new life, turning back to halcyon days through the power of longing. This is another human characteristic, an exaltation of a time of yore where everything was simple and a desire to go back. Attempting to turn back time leaves you like the Madre itself, or the Nameless One from Planescape: Torment, an eternal blight that consumes all it touches where there is no peace and the illusion dissipates. The Ghost People are another relic, they need neither food nor sleep, and they can’t seem to die simply by blunt force trauma, but they are murderously insane and if their suits are punctured, they die, the Cloud rips them apart and eats them, the reality of their world kills these relics of the past. 

The only solution, as Vera Keyes puts it, is to let go, but letting go is hard. Letting go means giving up a piece of the self that remains constant, and there’s no guarantee that the void will be replaced by something wholesome, or by anything at all. Constancy provides security and stability, even if that constancy is entirely negative; it’s why so many people are unable to let go of their grudges and hatreds. If the Courier does not persuade those within the casino to let go, the casino will consume them just as it has everyone else, Dog, Christine, and Dean will join the bodies already within the casino. The Courier may also fall prey to this The Madre offers untold wealth in the form of solid gold bars, but they’re so heavy that it will literally weigh the Courier down, there is no escape without letting go. Accessing the final terminal recklessly, greedy for more information, leaves the Courier trapped. Letting go may not even save you, Vera tried to let go but the casino wouldn’t let her go, Sinclair’s desire to protect her left her trapped and caged. Sinclair himself tried to let go of his hatred on Vera’s discovery, but he died choking trying to undo the traps motivated by his own hatred, by the Cloud that his greed allowed into the Madre in the first place. Growth, true wholesome growth, is rare and often tainted by negative emotions, and is always at risk, but there is true reward for it. Love, life, family, those to care for and to care for you, these are true treasures and the Sierra Madre’s offerings are empty illusions in comparison. These things can be earned by beginning again, but it takes effort and is often painful. Leaving the Sierra Madre means pushing for something more. In the Courier’s case, it’s making the Mojave under the flag of their choice, but in everyone’s case, beginning again can mean focusing on things that are truly important, done without the greed of endless grasping. That’s the genuine promise of Dead Money, not the illusion of gold bars and a past that never existed.

Thanks for the question, Messenger.

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