#spring wate

[picard-schreckensberger]

Mycenean Spring Fountain, Akropolis, Athens, Greece

[bitchfrommarianatrench]

i'm in year 12 and this month i will be going back to college for january just saying i am entering the period of time that solitaire is set in tori spring's life EEEEE

[hyperactively-me]

Hear me out…King Ghost is wearing a white shirt and he somehow falls into a pond/lake in front of his wife. When he gets out of the water his white shirt is completely transparent and (y/n) can see everything. And while Simon is trying to get out of the lake he just sees his wife looking at him like 👀.

(In reality, a king’s shirt shouldn’t be flimsy and thin enough to be that transparent but I think it is a funny thought if Simon specifically got thin white shirts so his wife would check him out bc he’s a little slut for his wife but she doesn’t know that yet shhhh.)

omg bestie please this is the scene from bridgerton we all know and dearly love!!!!! yes!!

The sun hung low in the sky, casting a warm, golden, glow across the lake. The winter season had finally passed, the snow gone and melted. Spring had sprung. King Ghost guided a small rowboat through the gentle water, the oars of the boat skimming over the water languidly.

As the boat glided effortlessly across the water, you sat back, enjoying the gentle breeze and the soothing lull of the water. You peek your head over the side of the boat for a moment, staring at your wavy reflection in the water.

“The spring here is beautiful, Simon,” you say, running a hand in the cool water.

“I thought you would like it,” he says, continuing to row the boat, each stroke of the oars propelling you both towards the dock. “Kastron is known for its wildflower fields, super blooms occur here in the springtime, especially during the rainy season.” 

“Oh wow! That sounds amazing, you’ll have to take me to see them sometime,” you smile, looking back up at him from the water. 

As the boat drifts, you take a deep breath, inhaling the scent of fresh spring air. It's a welcome break from the formalities and duties in the palace, and a chance for the two of you to be together.

Spending time with him was all you wanted a few months ago, and since then, he’s made a continuous and honest effort to spend time with you, and you with him. Honestly, you’ve grown to truly have an affection for him, a real liking for him, a stark difference from the time you first met him.

The sunlight dances on the surface of the lake, casting a shimmering reflection. You find yourself lost in the beauty of the moment, the gentle ripples of the water, and the soothing sounds of nature all around you.

Simon's strong arms work in time with the boat, his gaze never leaving you. He shifts slightly, thinking of something to say. "I had hoped this outing would be a pleasant surprise," he says, his tone soft and earnest.

You lean closer to him, reaching out to caress his cheek with your hand. “It is more than pleasant, Simon. It's perfect.”

His brown eyes, once reserved and guarded, now shine with warmth. He briefly stops rowing, allowing the boat to drift for a moment as he leans in to kiss the palm of your hand. 

"I'm glad to hear that," he whispers, his lips grazing your skin. "I wanted to show you a different side of Kastron, just you and me.”

You can't help but blush, feeling a flutter in your chest. The two of you had grown closer over the past few months, and it was moments like these that made you realize just how much you enjoyed his company. You've come to appreciate his dedication to his people, his sense of duty, and his unwavering support for you.

The boat drifted to a halt by the lakeside, and Simon gracefully rose to disembark. But, without warning, his foot caught on the edge of the boat's wooden plank, and he stumbled, pitching forward into the cool water. 

You gasped, your heart leaped in your chest as you watched him vanish beneath the surface with a splash. Your first instinct was to reach out, to help him, but you remained frozen, unable to take your eyes off the scene unfolding before you.

Simon resurfaced, water dripping from his tousled, sandy blonde hair, and that's when you noticed it. His once perfectly pressed white shirt now clung to him like a second skin, rendered completely transparent by the water. Your breath caught in your throat as you saw every curve and contour of his physique, the strong lines of his chest, and the ripple of his muscles beneath the wet fabric.

Your husband, the king, stood before you, basically exposed, yet somehow looks more alluring than ever. You didn’t have to know he tripped on purpose. Hell, he’s way too coordinated for a fall as simple as that. He only did it to impress you, to get into your subconscious. But you don’t have to know.

“Simon!” you cry out, springing up from your seat. The boat rocks as you push yourself up from your seat, leaning over the boat. You jump over your seat, extending a hand to Simon. 

He takes your hand with a sheepish grin, water dripping from his soaked clothes. “Well, that was—" he says, chuckling.

You can't help but stare, you really can’t. You help pull him back on the boat, watching his arms flex as he pulls himself up. His proximity sends a shiver down your spine, but you do your best to focus. “Are you okay?”

Simon nods, water droplets splattering around him. “I'm perfectly fine, just a bit wet,” he replies, slipping his shirt off. You are now staring unabashedly at his now bare chest, his muscles and abs rippling as he starts to wring out his shirt as best he can. 

“O– okay” you gulp, nodding. 

“What is it?” he asks, nonchalant.

“Nothing, it’s nothing, just…you falling startled me a bit,” your eyes darted around, your face growing extremely warm.

“Hm. Well, I am sorry for startling you—”

“No, don’t be sorry at all!” you laugh slightly, brushing hair from your face.

“Alright, I’m not sorry, then,” he says, now fully grinning at you. “I saw you staring.”

Your mouth goes agape for a split second, then you flounder, spluttering about how you weren’t staring. 

“I wasn’t staring!” you say incredulously, exaggerating your reaction. 

“You definitely were, darling.” 

“No I wasn’t!”

He just laughs, shaking his head. He turns, hiding his face from you for a moment. God, he’s obsessed with you.

- - - - -

(masterlist)

[bitchsister]

i can’t stop thinking about gale and bucky dp’ing curtis. i’ve been so sad they never got to do this in eat your young. in my mind it’s exactly what they all need

You diiiiiirty rascal, you.

It took me three days to write this because I had to take a break here and there.

I’ve combined this ask with one I got very shortly after. (Same anon?? Hmmm!?!?! 👀👀👀)

I thought it just made sense to put them together.

THIS IS A LUCKY CHARMS AU PROMPT.

I did think about doing this as an EYY prompt, and could do that again later too if anon would like!! For me, it made sense to pair these two requests up with the LC AU instead of EYY.

Also @swifty-fox is to blame for like half of this even though I planned to do it all before they said anything idc I’m blaming them still.

don’t read if you’re not absolutely LOCKED IN for:

feminization of Curt, double penetration, crying, whining, getting a lil snotty over your boyfriends fucking you absolutely stupid, daddy is used once or twice, pet names like honey, darlin’, baby, Gale and Bucky adoring Curt like he created the universe even though he is Head Brat in Charge.

Reminder : This is Yoyo’s first time writing dp. She does not know what she is doing :-) ever :-)

Andiamo!

Curt was getting used to spending Bucky’s money — and he wasn’t shy about it, either.

In the beginning Curt used to send a text, at the very least, about a sweater he liked, or a journal he wanted from the coffee shop Gale frequented on his coffee and matcha runs for the two of them while they hammered away at case files and court hearings.

Those days were over, though.

A trip to the mall before going over to Bucky’s for the weekend would prove as much.

She’s goddamn beautiful, Bucky commented on an actress in the movie they watched the night before and for whatever reason, that had stuck with Curt.

He thought, in the back of his mind, if Bucky wanted to fuck a girl then he mind as well, but Curt would scamper around in a skirt he bought with Bucky’s money to taunt him for it first.

It was obnoxious, the skirt. The lace. The tule that ruffled the edges and the playboy crop top he bought.

He dressed himself in a fit of giggles, hardly able to look himself in the mirror once he was all finished so he instead trekked to Bucky’s study where he and Gale were thumbing through piles of law books to figure out if their tactics would even hold up in court.

“Hey, darlin’.” Bucky greeted the familiar noise of Curt entering the room without looking up from the book in front of him, but Gale had.

“Johnny,” Gale grumbled at the sight, his lungs squeezed dry of every ounce of oxygen left inside them. “Might wanna look at this.”

Curt stood proudly beside the window he usually did, a lollipop in his cheek and a joint in his hand as he bashfully turned his gaze toward the two of them, giving them that infamous “What?” As if he’d been wearing his usual cut offs and a baggy tee.

“What’s this?” Bucky murmured, sighing loudly as he sat back in his chair, leather squeaking beneath him.

“What’s what?”

“Curtis..”

Curt shrugged a singular shoulder and plopped down by the window, looking down at his collection of books and acting as if he could focus hard enough to pick one he’d pretend to read.

Bucky and Gale had been more the generous with their time these days — giving Curt all the attention he could ever want; fucking him pink, sweaty and sleepy enough so they could buy themselves a couple hours of uninterrupted silence to hammer in the last few nails of their work.

It was understood between the three of them their dynamics.

Curt was in the midst of his summer break and hardly had an interest in a summer job. Instead, he’d spend his days with Bucky and Gale going to dinner or getting fucked in the pool, in the tub, or over the island in the kitchen.

Others, he’d go out to the farm to visit his mother Ruthie. It was his own little getaway where he’d plant wild flowers and drive their little boat in the fresh spring water.

He loved Bucky, and he loved Gale, but all three of them knew their lives were on different paths.

That didn’t mean they weren’t meant to be — no.

If you were to ask Curt if he’d rather be doing anything else with his life, he’d say he’d rather die.

Bucky was so in love with Curt it sometimes made him feel ill and Gale just the same, though he repressed his feelings so far down into his gut that he was unsure he could bring it up without being sick.

It was too much to fathom, too much to think about.

So he didn’t.

Nobody did.

What was the point, when something like this could rock up into Bucky’s study without a forewarning or a text?

“Stop lookin’ at me like that.” Curt grinned, sitting the way he usually did but this time he was wearing a skirt with no underwear beneath it. Just crossed legs, and lips alternating between a cherry lollipop, a joint, and mouthing off as usual.

“C’mere.” Was all Gale had to say, his voice steady and his gaze locked on Curtis whose cheeks flushed pink. He liked when Gale used his voice, which he was getting so much better at as of late.

“Why?”

“‘Cause I said.”

Curt huffed and sat up slowly from where he’d been slouching, the book he’d been staring at clapped closed once he stood and flattened out the skirt that hiked further up with each step toward them.

At times, it was a hard balancing act, but Bucky never minded sharing with Gale and only Gale, who had never once complained about watching if he was put in such a position — however, he’d lately been so hands-on that it was hard to imagine himself sitting idly by while Bucky had all the fun.

“Where’d you get this?” Gale asked, reaching forward to tug at the skirt that Curt wore confidently, but seemed shy in. “Spending Daddy’s money again?”

Curt nodded slowly, slipping himself into Gales lap and wrapping an arm around his shoulders, joint held to Gales lips who reluctantly took a hit.

It was game over.

“He said he liked one of ‘em pretty actresses in that movie we watched last night.” Curt made himself comfortable in Gales lap, the joint between his teeth again as he hummed. “I think I’m prettier, so I thought I oughta show ‘em.”

His knees were scabbed from the farm and his shins bruised from drunken nights with his girlfriends at the college bars, who knew how to fucking put ‘em back.

A tomboy, through and through, but he looked so pretty this way.

Curt could pull off anything.

Bucky snorted anyway, nursing the whiskey he’d had lying around for hours now by his side as he watched Curt drape himself over Gale and feed him more smoke via his own lungs and mouth, “She’s conventionally attractive, Curt. Universally.” He waved his pen, “She wasn’t even wearing a skirt.”

Curt’s cheeks burned bright red, his thighs spread over Gales once he turned in his lap. No longer was he concerned about acting prudent, or modest. He was nothing of the sort. “You don’t think I look pretty?”

Both Gale and Bucky uttered out the loud hums in the very back of their throats; the ones Curt could recognize from anywhere and would know exactly what they meant. “Too fuckin’ pretty.” Bucky concluded in a whisper, watching Gale’s palms flatten over Curt’s mid-summer tanned thighs that already quivered with aching anticipation.

He’d gone and riled himself up more than he’d ever realized, but Bucky and Gale were not so far behind him. “Put him on the desk for me, Gale.” Bucky waved his fingers and Gale was quick to obey, just as eager to please as Curt could ever be.

He stayed behind Curt once he was sat upon Bucky’s desk, his chin resting on his shoulder to look down at his body — his pink nipples, his soft belly and the skirt that hardly covered his thighs and his cock that had began begging for any bit of attention.

“Wait,” Curt slapped his hand over Bucky’s chest to keep him at a close distance while his other pulled Gale closer, drawing him further into Bucky until they were face to face over the desk with Curtis between them. “Give Galey some lovin’.” He demanded, but his voice was soft and so sugary sweet.

It was only recently that Gale and Bucky had broke the third wall; sharing kisses, swapping spit or Curt’s cum they couldn’t bear the thought of tasting by themselves, always so eager to share with each other — Curt wasn’t shy about wanting to explore that need to share a bit deeper, pick and dig at the brains that have wanted to make such advances for years but never knew how.

Their kisses were sloppy, wet, uncoordinated but Curt relished in watching Gale learn how to he loved by a passionate man rather than the hand of a distracted woman who’d rather be doing anything else.

He watched them touch, kiss, lick, bite until he could hardly keep himself still. “Okay,” he whispered, shoving at their chests. “My turn now.”

“Sorry,” Bucky murmured through a chuckle once he’d pulled away from Gale who groaned at the sudden loss, his eyes cracking open to soak up the sight of Curt panting between them with his legs spread wider and waiting. “Galey tastes so much like you right now.”

Weed, cherry, sickly sweet.

Gale hadn’t even minded the fact that Bucky may or may not have been licking the saliva out of his mouth just because of said reason — all he cared was that he had the two of them, and always would.

The details hardly mattered.

Until whenever the day came that they did.

“Shouldn’t be tellin’ us what to do, anyway.” Gale grumbled as he sucked a little red mark into Curt’s collarbone from where he stood, gripping his thighs to spread them as Bucky pressed himself closer on his front side. “Look at yourself.”

Curt smirked once he lifted his thighs, his feet covered in thigh highs spread apart. “Yeah, look at me.” He sighed, as if Gale had made a valid point.

No, a year ago he never would have imagined himself in such a position, wearing a skirt while he spread his legs for two judicial professionals who’d both earned prestigious titles in their respectful fields — but there he was, and there he ought to stay, for as long as they’d have him.

“So, what’s the angle?” Bucky asked through a smirk as he pressed his palms to the back of Curt’s thighs, his knees drawn closer to his chest. “Exactly where did you think this would land you, Curtis?”

A grin was shot back at him once Curt had reached up to grip onto Gale’s biceps. “Mmm.. Somewhere like this.” He panted, his half-lit and almost forgotten about joint still dangling from his lips.

Both Gale and Bucky had rid themselves of their clothing faster than Curt could even register, his hands left briefly to palm between his legs and hike up further the pink skirt that hardly covered anything anymore. “I wanna try it again.” He blurted, his own needy little fingers already working to fuck himself open and get ahead of the process, which last time had failed so miserably.

Curt wanted so badly to feel both Gale and Bucky at the same time — and what better way to bring the three of them closer, he wondered.

No amount of lube or sweet talk could get Curt to relax, too riled up after he’d returned to Bucky’s for the weekend after boxing practice with a bloodied cheek from a misstep and sweat still damp in his hair. Too much adrenaline, still. Gale had rationed when he simply couldn’t fit. Please, no, Galey. Please, please, please. Keep trying. Curt had begged, though he was in tears from their efforts.

“Curt,” Gale whispered, already afraid just he could split him apart on his very own at times. “I don’t think it’s even possible.”

Curt wasn’t taking that for an answer and Bucky knew as much to be the truth, already warming lube between his fingers with a grin. “We can try.” John nodded, looking to Gale as to soothe him and his nerves. Despite how he may act at times, or how he may look, Curt was a big boy who could handle his own. “Second you start crying again is when we stop.”

It wasn’t on purpose — and it wasn’t so much the pain that had caused the tears, but the frustration he felt with his own body for not cooperating.

Thankfully, not a lick of adrenaline had hit his nervous system that day unless you considered the little bit he got from swiping Bucky’s card to buy knee highs, a skirt, and an overpriced playboy top.

Curt nodded in understanding nonetheless, his own fingers that desperately worked themselves between his cheeks replaced by Bucky’s instead — warm, thick, and so familiar. “Fuck,” a whimper dribbled from his lips once he was easily maneuvered to sit over Gales thighs again after he’d circled the desk.

He pressed his back into Gale’s chest, grinning up at him as he moaned through the joint that had finally put itself out. Gale had removed it to discard nearby in one of Bucky’s desk ashtrays littered only with the filters left from Curt’s morning and midday study or magazine flipping joints which had freed his lips to be kissed and bitten by Gale.

Curt gasped, his neck craned upward to catch the kisses Gale was showering upon him while Bucky worked himself into the little body that could already feel him in its belly, full just from one and eager to take on another. “Such a pretty baby,” Gale murmured breathily, holding Curt into position by the backside of his thighs, folded in half in his lap as Bucky slammed his hips into Curt’s ass. “Already so tight around Daddy, you’re too little to take two.”

“Uh-uh,” Curt argued, his cheeks burning red hot and his skin sticky with sweat already. “I can d— fuck,” he reached up again to grab onto Gale’s biceps, gazing at Bucky who was so full of love and adoration, looking at him the same way he did his expensive paintings. “I can do it.”

Bucky’s hips slowed then, watching intently at his cock as it disappeared with each careful thrust while Gales hung heavy and needy.

He nudged Gale upward carefully before he lined their cocks up together, stroking both as if they’d already merged into one somehow.

Their hips found a rhythm once Gale stood and held Curt to his chest by his thighs, Bucky being the anchor he latched onto once he was wedged between them, taking both of their cocks at once with a little encouragement and a ton of luck, just like he said he would, yet nobody could utter a word just yet besides the sputtering, whimpery mess Curt had suddenly become with the hem of his skirt pulled up and clenched between his teeth.

Though it was difficult, Gale and Bucky had made it a point to go slow.

“Fu- uuck,” Curt panted while Bucky cooed at him, the feeling of Gales cock so close and tight against his own and the familiar warmth of Curt around both of them was unlike anything he’d ever felt.

Like nothing he’d ever imagined.

“Look at you,” Bucky recognized the Curt in front of him, his jaw unhinged and his eyes glassy and trying so hard to focus, but hadn’t seen him quite this gone in some time. “You’re doin’ so good.”

Gale’s gaze had landed on Bucky again, needy and wanting and waiting as he huffed little breaths of oxygen from his lungs. “You should see Galey’s face, Curt. Makin’ him feel so fuckin’ good, honey.” Bucky pressed a few sloppy kisses to Gales lips that were starting to taste more like him again.

Spearmint, matcha, little wooden toothpicks.

“Takin’ us both like this.”

“You’re so fuckin’ sweet to us, Curtie.”

“Look at you, baby. Takin’ cock like you were born for it.”

A sight for sore eyes, the few little wet spatters on Curt’s belly from his own leaking cock caught Bucky’s attention. “Look how wet you are.”

Curt had bounced back and forth from panting and moaning to choking back little sobs that made his chest heave and shudder, cheeks splotchy, pink and covered in hot wet tears, nose stuffy and sniffling. “I-I told ya I could do it.” He hiccuped through what sounded to be a sob, but his expressions had shown not one bit of pain.

Both Gale and Bucky had remembered their deal earlier about the tears but this felt too fucking good to let go of, even despite the big fat stream that trickled down from Curt’s pretty blue eyes and to his chest once Gale had stripped him of his clothing, skirt and all. “Oh, sweet baby.” Bucky moaned, “Does that feel good?”

A wild string of yesyesyes’s was fucked out of him, his core rattling with each draw of oxygen back into his lungs that felt like they’d begun to bleed.

He felt so full of them, the sensation nestled deep into his belly — he couldn’t stop the wave of emotions that ripped right through him, whining and whimpering, hardly able to muster even a squeal through it all and so instead it came out in a continuous swirl of gentle weeping.

Dontstopdontstopdontstop, pleasepleaseplease, Curt wailed amidst the cacophony of beautiful skin against skin, thick, breathy moans, and more wet kisses shared between Gale and Bucky who were closer now than they’d ever been before, even including their college days.

Bucky licked into Curt’s mouth that simply couldn’t stay shut, and then Gale had leaned forward to do just the same.

By now, Bucky had learned Gales tell for how close he was to tipping right over the edge. “M’gonna — fuck -“ he mouthed at the dip in Curt’s shoulder, mostly tongue and so very gentle I’m-in-love-right-now-but-I’d-rather-die-than-admit-it kisses. “Gonna make me come, baby.” Gales voice had gone deeper than ever before, a low growl mixing with the same one Bucky had huffed back at him.

“Y’gonna be full of it, just like you wanted.”

Curt sobbed between them, but rocked his hips harder against the two, “Faster,” he begged, though he looked in no shape to be requesting such a thing. “Please — faster - please fuck me faster.”

He was in no mood for Gale or Bucky to scold him for bad manners.

A swirl of pretty pinks, yellows, blues and greens.

Tan skin, the smell of them, the sound of the fountain in the pool trickling outside the open window by his usual spot.

His body had hardly been his, then.

Used by Bucky and Gale beyond its limits until everything became warm, wet, and sticky. He was filled with it, covered in it, licking it from his fingers and from Gales mouth once he’d been plopped onto the leather of the couch in the study, peppered in kisses as his vision blearily came in and out of focus from the exhaustion that crept up on him, Bucky wiping him clean with a wet wash cloth from the adjoining bathroom while Gale smoothed his hair away from his eyes.

“Told ya I could do it.” Curt whispered through the hiccups that still wracked his lungs that struggled to catch an even breath.

{ these keep getting longer and longer pls put a muzzle on me }

[lol-jackles]

(1/2) I love Jared, I'm his fan and I'm happy to see him on my TV and to have some photos or videos every now and then thanks to his wife Gen. 2023 is an anomalous year for him: the filming of season three of Walker ended in spring and the fourth probably won't start until early next year. The strike gave him almost an entire sabbatical in which he dedicated himself to his family, his children, vacations, to conventions outside the EC circuit and, perhaps, to some future projects. In photos and

True, while Jared has been working nonstop since he was 17 years old for 23 years (18 of it as lead, which carries a lot of stress aka responsibilities without authority) and the strike enables him to have some much-needed break, in a 97% unemployment rate industry the best treatment for anxiety is having projects and more projects watings for you.

I've speculated here that Jared has been in talks for another project that won't interfere with his Walker commitment. With that said, projects from script to development to airing only have 6% survival rate. Think of how Supernatural was the only show out of 7 (X) from the pilot season to survive into syndication.

[lordofthepaperrings]

Autumn and winter in all its glory, but there's nothing like the first days of spring and summer. You wake up and the sun has already risen. Birds singing constantly, small flowers wating around every corner. The air feels soft and turns golden in the evening. In spring, the world feels alive.

[lucigoo]

#FFF243 - "Bring Your Older Gays To Play" at Club Erebor

#FFF243 - @flashfictionfridayofficial

Pairing - Bilbo/Thorin

Warnings - Implied smut

Word Count - 1050

Summary - Frodo had covinced Bilbo to go the event night at his favourite queer club. All Bilbo wated to do was go home, back to his books and cup of tea. Well, that was until Mr tall, dark and sexy was pushed into him.

Ao3 Here

Bilbo sighed into his odd looking cocktail. He was almost 65 years old. He felt much too old for this nonsense. Why did Frodo have to go to the one gay club that had a “Bring Your Older Gay To Play” night? He didn’t want to play. He was much too old and cantankerous for this. All these older men dressed up like spring chickens. Well, Bilbo was glad they were having a good night, he however was not. He wanted to be back home with his books and a nice cup of tea. He looked around at the surrounding people, the fast-paced music that was giving him a headache and all the grinding. All the touching and flesh on display. He spotted Frodo smushed between two much older men and couldn’t help but frown. He knew they would just be dancing, that Frodo had Sam waiting at home for him, but still, those older gents should know better than to dance with twinks like his lad. Bilbo was watching where their hands were on his boy like a hawk, when he watched Frodo’s head turn before he left the older men to join two younger ones. Lads that were beautiful, even if Bilbo said so himself, trying not to be a lecher. They were both in leather. The dark-haired one was dancing with a stunning woman who was wearing a trans flag as a cape. He was wearing a leather corset and Bilbo could see why Frodo was drawn to them. The blonde one was also in leather, just as tight, but much less revealing. Bilbo couldn’t see who he was dancing with, but he could see the blonde ogling his Frodo. He watched as Frodo bent forward and the blonde pulled back, a much friendlier rather than a predatory smile on his face now. Well, that was all right then, Bilbo thought as he turned back around for another of these vile concoctions. What he wouldn’t give for a decent ale or cider. Talk about stereotypical queer drinks, he thought with a frown. Because he had turned around, he didn’t see Frodo pointing at him excitedly, explaining he was his Uncle Bilbo, but may as well have been his da. It also meant he didn’t see the blond and brunette look at him and get mischievous smiles on his face. In fact, he was there, happily minding his own business, wishing it was 1am already, when he heard a slight commotion behind him and a solid body thud into him from behind. “I beg your pardon!” He said angrily as he turned. The person who had bumped him was facing the other way and was honest to goodness growling. It lit a fire in Bilbo that he hadn’t felt in years. “Fili, Kili, apologise,” the other man demanded of two unseen people. Blob heard a chorus of “Sorry Uncle Thorin” before there were giggles and quiet where they had been. “I swear you would think they were toddlers again,” the other man, Thorin, Bilbo assumed, said as he turned around towards Bilbo. Bilbo felt his mouth go dry at the sight in front of him. Thorin was tall, easily 6ft and dwarfing Bilbo’s 5ft 4 frame. He had long black and silver hair in intricate braids and a beautifully sculptured face. Bilbo almost thought he was looking at a god.

 A god with a frown, well that wouldn’t do. It had been a long time since he had seriously flirted and he was a bit out of practice, but still, he was cute, even on the other side of 60, even if he was even plumber then he had ever been before, and well, if this god of a man wanted to throw him about a bit he wouldn’t complain, moaning, well, that would be an entirely different story. “Hi,” he all but purred as he got closer. “Im Bilbo,” he said as he placed a gentle hand on the extremely muscular chest before him. He watched as the other man’s throat bobbed and he gave Bilbo a quick once over, a soft smirk gracing his face. Very nice, Bilbo thought as he pressed in closer. “Im Thorin,” the other man said in a deep, soothing voice. Bilbo closed his eyes, imagining what that voice could do to him on his plush bed. “Your sons?” he asked as he heard whispering behind them, peeking his head round Thorin’s deliciously bulky body and spotting Frodo, who was giggling like a faunt with the three people from before. “My nephews and my niece in law, menaces the lot of them.” Thorin said with a shake of his head that caused his hair to brush on Bilbo’s hand, making him shiver. “My nephew, my lad is with them. He is probably a bigger menace than yours.” Bilbo said with a laugh. “The little one with the curls?” Thorin asked. When Bilbo nodded, Thorin smiled. “Does he look like you did at his age?” “Similar, but I’m like a fine wine. I got much better, at everything, with age,” Bilbo said as he walked his fingers up Thorin’s neck and to his check, wiping some glitter that was under his eye. “Kili, the brown-haired menace,” Thorn said in exasperation. “It suits you, glitter and blue, very sexy,” Bilbo said as he put his arms around Thorin’s neck. “Do you ... Do you wanna get out of here? It’s not really my idea of a good time,” Thorin said, surprising Bilbo with his nervousness. “Mine either. Did yours do puppy dog eyes, too?” Bilbo asked and laughed at the sheepish expression and d from Thorin. “Well, I will not enjoy his smug smile tomorrow, but I’m glad Frodo dragged me here.” Bilbo said with a soft smile. “You are?” Thorin asked, smiling back. “Oh yes, come on Mr tall, dark and sinfully sexy, my bed is big enough for us both,” Bilbo said as he linked his hand with Thorin’s. Both of them ignoring the quartet of cheers from their little audience. Yes, Bilbo thought to himself as he walked out with Thorin’s hand warm in his. Considering he had despised the place, he was glad he had come and knew he was going to have a night to remember. Hopefully more than one. 

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*Stands on my soap box once again* (Rant warning ⚠️ ⚠️ )

So I can't sleep because it's been plaguing my mind but like, regarding the whole submersible titan situation.

(And this is putting aside any opinions on the deaths of the passengers)

OF COURSE IT F#KING IMPOLODED

It was not "Experental" or "Inovotive," it was dangerous and a case of blatant hubris on the guy who designed its part.

Multiple concerns were raised by engerners of the safety of this vessel. Letters written. People got fired over it!

The glass dome thing couldn't handle the pressure it was going down to. So of course it f#king imploded. I am not a f#king phisist (far bloody from it) but even I can comprehend this. Put thing in place where it can't sustain itself: thing dies.

Watch the Octonauts (a show for kids btw), they have to be extra careful going into the midnight zone. They have to have deep sea suits when in the water, the radio can sometimes completely cut off, extra bright lighting, gup (submarine) finders yknow... backups! Precautions! Because waterpressure and unexplored terratories.

It's like walking through lava in a suit of armour. And they thought they could go down to the ocean floor? REALLY?

Safety rules exist for a reason. Especially safety rules for a submarine going underwater to the the tangled remains of a giant ancient decaying ship!

There is a reason something like only 10 percent of the ocean is explored. Because we can't survive down there without RELABLE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINED PEOPLE.

OF COURSE IT F#KING IMPOLODED

OF COURSE THEY F#KING DIED

FAILER OF COMMON F#CKING SENSE

It's surreal. I'm half inclined to believe the whole thing was made up.

It was not "innovative" or "experental" (dad)

It was a death trap wating to spring and I cannot fathom why so many people seem to be dancing around these very clear and real FACTS. Sugar coating everything.

And ocean gate or whoever is responsible for this are lucky the people who went down signed bunch of wavers or their asses would be sued into the underworld.

These are the same kind of reasons the titanic went down all those years ago.

LEARN FROM BLOODY HISTORY OR WE ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.

We should NOT have to experience tragedies to prove facts we already know! What do you think the brain is for? Why do you think safety regulations are there in place you absolute raving lunatics.

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hi! would you mind doing a breakdown of stray kids' muddy water if you have time? thanks for all the work on your blog!

네! Thanks for the request and for your patience! Check out my Breakdown Masterlist for the rest of the songs I’ve broken down. If there’s a song I haven’t done yet that you’d like to see, send me a message! Also, I put links to my full-length lessons for most of the grammar points I explain, so check those out for more info!

I referred to this lyric video and this lyric video to help me out with the translations! This song was challenging for me, but I hope my translations are accurate! If not, someone please let me know!

Stray Kids - "Muddy Water"

Vocabulary

선택 = Choice

새 = New

칙칙하다 = Dark; somber

신다 = To wear [shoes/socks]

빡세다 = To do something hard

당당히 = Boldly; confidently

앞 = In front of

뒤 = Behind

아프다 = To hurt; to be sick

원망하다 = To resent

티를 내다 = To pose [as something]; to let something show

절대 = Never

튀다 = To spring/bounce/splash

진흙 = Mud

고이다 = To salivate

내리다 = To fall/come down

흠뻑 젖다 = To be soaking wet

탁하다 = Murky; muddy; hazy

공기 = Air

흙탕물 = Muddy water

멀리 = Far away

빠지다 = To fall out; to fall into; to ebb

뱉다 = To spit

반드시 = Surely; certainly

한참 = For a long time

삐꺽 = Onomatopoeia for squeaking

Grammar

올바른 선택 뭐든 새 걸 좋아하는 때 굳이 칙칙한 운동화는 신지 않아도 돼 Double Knot 빡세게 묶고 당당히 걸어가다 보면 내 앞에 있던 것들 뒤에 서 있게 돼

Whatever the right decision is, when you like new things / You don’t have to put on your dull sneakers / Double knot, I tightly tie them and while confidently walking / I end up standing behind the things in front of me

[verb stem] + 아/어/여도 되다

This structure gives permission to do something and is usually translated as “you can.” Literally, it means “even if you [verb], it works.”

When you use [verb stem] + 지 않아도 되다, therefore, this mean “even if you don’t [verb], it works” or, more naturally, “you don’t have to [verb].” 신다 means “to wear/put on [shoes],” so 운동화 신지 않아도 돼 means “you don’t have to wear/put on your sneakers”

[verb stem] + 다 보면

This structure, according to topikguide.com,  expresses that “if one does something over a period of time and then (something) will happen/occur eventually.” 당당히 걸어가다 보면 / 내 앞에 있던 것들 뒤에 서 있게 돼, then, means “while confidently walking [over a period of time], I end up standing behind the things in front of me.”

누굴 원망하는 것도 속 안 아픈 척도 난 티를 절대 내지 않아 유치한 건 별로 널 원망하는 것도 속 안 아픈 척도 다 튀어 버린 진흙 딛고 앞만 보고 달려가

Resenting others and pretending it doesn’t hurt / I never let it show, I don’t like being childish / Resenting you and pretending it doesn’t hurt / I step on the splashed mud and run forward

[adjective stem] + ㄴ/은 척(하다)

This structure means to “pretend to be [adjective].” 속 안 아픈 척하다 means “to pretend that it doesn’t hurt inside.”

별로

This means “not really.” It is used with negated verbs and adjectives. For example, 이 드레스가 별로 안 예뻐요 means “this dress isn’t that pretty.” You may also hear it used as an adjective to mean “to not be very good” or “to not like.” 이 드레스가 별로예요 means “I don’t really like this dress” or “this dress isn’t great.”

유치하다 means “childish.” 유치한 건 별료 means “I don’t like childish things” or “I don’t like being childish.”

[verb stem] + 아/어/여 버리다

This structure communicates that you did an action to completion. Depending on the context, it can have a particularly negative or positive connotation. 다 튀어 버린 진흙  literally means “the mud that has been completely splashed.”

우린 고인 물이 마른 후에 내리는 빗물 다 바꿔 놓지 이 세상의 기준 너도 모르게 흠뻑 젖지 탁한 공기 대신 맑은 공기 섭취 brrr

흙탕물 muddy muddy muddy water 흙탕물 물 흐리지 말고 멀리 꺼져 흙탕물 고인물은 가라 goin’ water

We’re the rain that falls after the stagnant water dries up / We change all of the world’s standards / You get wet without even knowing / Instead of murky air, intake clear air

Muddy water , muddy muddy muddy water / Muddy water, don’t muddy the water, get away from me / Muddy water, go, stagnant water

[verb stem] + 는

This is how you turn verbs into their noun-modifying from in the present-tense. 내리다 means “to fall” and 빗물 means “rain water.” 내리는 빗물, therefore, means “the rain water that falls.” Here, the verb, 내리다 is describing the noun, 빗물.

[verb stem] + 아/어/여 놓다

This structure communicates that you do an action now that is for the future, or will have effects on the future. An example is 음식을 많이 준비해 놓았어요, meaning “I prepared a lot of food.” This implies that the food is for future usage -- it was prepared to be eaten from the point it was made onward.

Likewise, 다 바꿔 놓지 이 세상의 기준 means “we change all of this world’s standards.” The use of 바꿔 놓다 means that they changed the standards and that they will stay that way for that point onward.

대신(에)

This means “instead.” Attach it to the noun that you would put after “instead of” in English. 탁한 공기 means “murky air,” and 맑은 공기 means “clear air.” 탁한 공기 대신 맑은 공기, therefore, means “clear air instead of murky air.”

[verb stem] + 지 말고

This structure is used to command one to do one action instead of another and is a variation of the structure -지 말다. 흙탕물 물 흐리지 말고 멀리 꺼져 means “don’t muddy the water; get away from me.”

단물 빠진 껌은 씹어 봤자 내 입만 아프니까 뱉지 랩 뱉듯이 uh 삐끗해도 행실은 반드시 자로 잰 듯이 악취를 풍기는 네게 내가 튀긴 침 페브리즈

I chew the gum that’s lost its sweet flavor / Because my mouth just hurts / I spit it out as if spitting rap / Even though my behavior is twisted, it’s like it was measured with a ruler / My smelly spit is Febreeze to you

[stem] + 아/어/여 봤자

This structure means that even if you do something or no matter how much you do something, it’s no use. 단물 빠진 껌은 씹어 봤자 내 입만 아프니까  뱉지 means “It’s no use / It doesn’t matter if I chew the gum that’s lost it’s sweet flavor -- because my mouth just hurts, I spit it out.”

This can also be translated as “even though...” or “no matter...” For example, 열심히 공부해 봤자 수학을 못해요 means “no matter how hard I study, I’m still bad at math.”

[stem] + (으)니까

This is attached to stems to mean “because [verb/adjective].” It is used when providing justification or reasoning for doing an action, having an intention, or thinking a certain way. 내 입만 아프니까 뱉지 means “I spit it out because my mouth just hurts.” His mouth hurting is the justification/reason for spitting it out. 

[verb stem] + ㄴ/은 듯(이)

This can be translated as “as if” or “like.” 뱉지 랩 뱉듯이 means “I spit it out like I spit my rap” or “I spit it out as if spitting my rap.” 자로 잰 듯이 means “as if measured with a ruler.”

Sometimes this structure has the particle -ㄴ/은 attached to the stem and sometimes it doesn’t, as shown in these lines. This video by Go! Billy says that when it does NOT have -ㄴ/은, this makes the sentence sound more metaphorical rather than literal. They’re pretty similar in general though. 

That’s about it for this breakdown, I hope you learned something! See you in the next lesson! 화이팅!

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Yin and Yang

Balance is a key aspect in the world, so why shouldn’t the Avatar have an opposite?

In a world where Raava and Vaatu merge with humans, the Avatar and the Daimon try to keep the peace between the four nations.

Aang and Hua are the current incarnations, but wake up 100 years in the future.

How will these two learn all four elements in one year and defeat the Fire Lord?

Book 1.04: The Warriors of Kyoshi

Water. 

Earth. 

Fire. 

Air. 

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. 

Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar and Daimon, masters of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed them most, they vanished. 

A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar and Daimon, an airbender named Aang and an earthbender named Hua. 

And although his airbending and her earthbending skills are great they have a lot to learn before they’re ready to save anyone. 

But I believe Aang and Hua can save the world.

Since they had left the Southern Air Temple some time has passed.

For a few days, Aang dragged them around from one place to another to ride different large animals.

If they keep this rhythm they would reach the Nothern Water Tribe at spring!

The only good thing was, how Aang finally had started to teach Hua airbending.

It was going…okayish.

Because it was her opposite element and she should actually first learn firebending, Hua didn’t make great signs of progress.

The most she could do was create a small breeze.

Aang wasn’t a great help either, since he wanted to shove the air nomad philosophy down her throat, then actually teach her airbending.

For this, they argued even more than normal, because Hua was sure she didn’t need to embrace this for airbending, but Aang insisted she needed to let go of earthly things and other stuff, which goes against her earthbending.

When you earthbend you...just do it!

No other angle, no other way... just move these rocks and be done with it!

Poor Katara had to keep them apart and play mediator since Hua was this close to burying Aang and his stuck-up-my-philosophy-is-better-then-yours-skit.

The moment of camaraderie and understanding they had shared in the Southern Air Temple was totally forgotten.

They were back on their normal I-hate-her/his-guts behaviour.

Anyway, currently they were flying over the waste ocean.

Hua and Katara were each patching up some of their clothes. They worked each one a pair of clothing from Sokka.

Jaiyi was leaning on Hua, letting out a cute yawn as she looked at how the girls sewed.

Aang, with Momo on his shoulder, guided Appa somewhere, while Sokka looked in frustration at their map.

Only with half an ear did the girls listen how Sokka questioning Aang's navigational skills and the airbender just cheerfully stating at least they were on the ocean.

Then the younger boy called out for Katara about something.

"That's great, Aang.", humoured Katara, still concreting on her sewing.

"You didn't even look.", whined Aang.

Katara looks over at Aang and attempts to show enthusiasm.

"That's great."

"But I'm not doing it now."

"Just let it go, your crush on her is embarrassing as hell.", mumbled Hua annoyed, only loud enough for Katara to hear, stitching up a hole in the shirt.

Her friend hit softly with her elbow her side in reprimand.

Okay, Hua got what Katara meant, but how couldn't she say nothing about Aang's crush on Katara?

You had to be blind as a badger-mole to not see it.

He was so not subtly about.

Hua bet even Momo and Appa knew!

It was just embarrassing and uncomfortable for anyone, not that Aang realised it. 

The black-haired girl had asked Katara over dinner a day or two ago how she could stand Aang's blunt ways to impress her.

If a guy she didn't like would act that way towards her, she would bury them alive.

Katara had explained to her, that it was just a puppy crush, Aang would eventually get over it, when he realized that Katara would never show any interest in him.

The waterbender wasn't into younger boys and it would be just plain creepy if a 14-year-old dated a 12-year-old.

No matter the gender!

Hua really doubted that Aang would be so self-reflecting.

As Sokka liked to call him, he was an airhead, he saw only what his narrative supported.

Never mind how the real world and people worked.

One of the reasons why Hua couldn't stand Aang's guts.

She was like her element, down to earth. She saw the things for what they were and didn't dream something up.

Oh well, as long as Katara didn't have a 180-grade change in personality, then Aang's crush would have to die.

You COULDN'T be this dismissive and blind to the feelings of another...or?

The Daimon was brought back from her musings as Sokka told Aang: "Stop bugging her, airhead. You need to give girls space when they do their sewing."

What the?!

Together the girls stopped sewing and looked with anger at the older male. Even Jaiyi stopped leaning on Hua, her hackles raised.

"What does me being a girl have to do with sewing?", asked Katara with an icy tone.

"Yes, please share your wisdom with us, I can't wait to hear it.", added Hua growling right along with Jaiyi.

"Simple. Girls are better at fixing pants than guys and guys are better at hunting and fighting and stuff like that.", explained Sokka calmly. "It's just the natural order of things."

Oh, he didn't just say this?!

As if they had agreed on the girls smiled at Sokka. 

"All done with your pants!"

"Your shirt is also done!"

They held up the clothing pieces which had still holes in them.

"And look what a great job we did!", shouted Katara.

At the same time, the girls threw angrily the clothes at Sokka.

The pants and shirt hit him in the face, which pleased Katara and Hua greatly.

The ninetails was also happy about it, making a mocking yip at Sokka.

Freacking prick!

"Wait! I was just kidding.", whined Sokka, picking up his clothes and showing how his pants had still holes. "I can't wear these! Katara, Hua please!"

The girls crossed their arms and raised their noses to the sky. Jaiyi was right behind them with her snout up.

Huffing Hua said to him: "I have five words for you: Die mad about it, sexist!"

"Oh come on!"

"DIE mad about it, sexist!"

"Agreed!"

"Katara, please!"

"Relax, Sokka.", calls Aang back enthusiastically. "Where we're going, you won't need any pants and shirts."

Aang yanks Appa's reins to the left, his tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth. Appa picks up speed as he flies right to an island covered with mountains.

They land on a sandy beach and get down from Appa. 

The nine-tailed fox is playful chasing Momo around the shore, while Hua and the water tribe siblings stare at Aang, who is looking out the water with his hand held against his brow.

"We just made a pit stop yesterday. Shouldn't we get a little more flying done before we camp out?", argued Sokka.

"He's right.", agreed Katara. "At this rate, we won't get to the North Pole until spring."

The Avatar tries to convince them that Appa is tired, however the flying bison only plays along after Aang repeats himself.

"Yeah, really convincing.", states Hua annoyed. "What animal do you want to ride now. That's why we are here aren't we?"

In answer an elephant koi jumps out of the water and back in, creating a giant splash.

All besides the excited Aang stared at it in shock.

"That's why we're here.", tells them Aang starting to disrobe himself. "Elephant koi, and I'm gonna ride it. Katara, you've got to watch me!"

Full of joyful anticipation Aang, now only in his underwear, jumps into the water only to scream how cold it is.

The others exchange glances while Appa walks away, clearly taking interest in something else. 

Sokka makes a circular motion with his left hand around near his left temple, signalling to his sister and Hua that he thinks Aang is crazy. 

In agreement, the Daimon nods.

Meanwhile, Aang is swimming toward the deep waters of the bay where the koi fish are. He dives under and immediately appears again, now holding on to the back fin of one of these giant animals as it jumps out of the water before diving again. 

Katara smiles broadly and is impressed at the sight of Aang riding the koi fish while Sokka and Hua stare at the scene with an uninterested look on their faces and their arms crossed.

Momo is jumping excitedly up and down as Aang's koi fish reappears again, while Jaiyi sits beside him, her tails swinging around her.

Laughing Aang, atop the fish's back, waves at his friends.

Katara enthusiastically waves back.

"He looks pretty good out there.", tells them Katara.

"Are you kidding?", say's Sokka unimpressed. "The fish is doing all the work."

"I'm with Sokka. If I want I could do this too.", shares Hua her thoughts.

That's when Katara see how Appa is eating something which he isn't supposed to and runs up to the bison to stop him. Aang of course see how Katara leaves the shore and doesn't look at him anymore, which makes him sad.

Sokka and Hua share a look.

Of course, he wanted to impress Katara.

Of course!

Suddenly there is a large shadow in the water, who drags down one of the elephant koi.

This alarms Sokka and Hua. Katara joins them and the three try their best to warn the Avatar, however, he thinks their frantic waving and jumping up and down means they are cheering him on.

Then Aang's elephant koi gets dragged down the water, making him fly into it.

A large dorsal fin appears hunting the Avatar down and Aang makes it like a tree, running out of the water, then crashing into Sokka.

Hua helps Sokka to get up, while Aang and Katara wonder, what the heck was in the water.

Then out of nowhere, they get ambushed!

Hua only sees a pretty face with a somehow familiar war paint dressed in green robes, before it gets dark and she is bonded.

With a thud, she falls to the ground and hears how the others are also being taken prisoner, even Momo and Jaiyi!

Their ambushers drag them somewhere and then bind them to a pole.

The quartet hears the whispers of humans.

Are they in a village?

"You four have some explaining to do.", they hear a male voice addressing them.

"And if you don't answer all our questions, we're throwing you back in the water with the Unagi.", adds a female voice.

Sokka demands that they show themselves.

Suddenly Hua can see again.

Before them stand female warriors, the Daimon swerve she has seen this get-up somewhere, it's familiar, and behind them are people of all ages clothed in blue.

"Who are you? Where are the men who ambushed us?", wonders Sokka.

A warrior girl with auburn hair in a bob steps towards him her fist clenched.

"There were no men. We ambushed you. Now tell us, who are you and what are you doing here?"

"Wait a second, there's no way that a bunch of girls took us down.", laughs Sokka in disbelief.

For that the warrior girl grips him by the collar growling: "A bunch of girls, huh? The Unagi's gonna eat well tonight."

"No, don't hurt him! He didn't mean it. My brother is just an idiot sometimes.", explains Katara worried for Sokka's safety.

"It's my fault.", admins Aang sorrowful. "I'm sorry we came here. I wanted to ride the elephant koi."

The man who is the leader of the village asks them in distrust how they should know if they aren't Fire Nations Spies. That Kyoshi stayed out of the war for a hundred years and wants to keep on doing this.

Hearing Kyoshi, Aang and Hua both lookup.

A tingle of familiarity overcomes them.

For Aang, it's like someone called his name for Hua it's like talking about an old dear friend.

For a second she sees a beautiful woman with the make-up and green robes the warrior girls wear, who gives her a smile that speaks of deep trust and companionship before her inner eye.

Then Hua is back in the present and shouts together with Aang: "This island is named for Kyoshi? We know Kyoshi!"

"Ha!", laughs the male leader humorlessly. "How could you possibly know her? Avatar Kyoshi was born here four hundred years ago. She's been dead for centuries."

"I know her because I'm the Avatar.", reveals Aang.

"And I'm the Daimon.", adminds Hua.

All inhabitants of Kyoshi are in deep shock. You see it in their face and enraged whispers.

"That's impossible!", shouts the auburn-haired female warrior. "The last Avatar was an airbender who disappeared a hundred years ago with the Daimon from the Earth Kingdom."

"That's us.", confirms Aang sheepishly, as Hua nods embarrassed.

Not that the male leader of Kyoshi believes them. He tells the warrior girls to throw them all to the Unagi. The warriors immediately retract their metal fans from out of their belts and slide them open. Ready to counter any sudden attack, they threateningly start to move forward and surround the bound friends.

Katara pleads with Aang to do some airbending, to show he is the Avatar which he of course does.

He bends over before pushing himself off the ground. He leaves a large dust cloud as he shoots in the air, stretching out his ropes, and using one of the outstretched fans of the statue, where they other all still bound, to snap them in half. 

Now completely free of his bonds, he lands gently on the ground in front of the surprised crowd, his robes still fluttering in the air. 

Oyaji and the Kyoshi Warriors stare at him in shock. A lot more people have gathered around to see what is going on.

"It's true ... you are the Avatar!", shouts Oyaji in aww. The Avatar really returned he couldn't believe it! "Then the Earth Kingdom girl is truly the Daimon!"

"Yes, I am!", yells Hua back.

Hopefully, they will now be released.

Well, she and the water tribe siblings and Momo and Jaiyi how to wait, because Aang shows the whole crowd a trick.

Aang gets out his marbles letting them spin around really fast between his hands. 

Grinning and blinking like a fool, he looks at the crowd, hoping to impress them. 

Indeed the crowd cheers for him.

A young man in the front starts to emit a high-pitched squeal while widely tossing his hands up in the air in admiration. He gets so overexcited that he starts to foam out the mouth, falls toward and faints; the rest of the villagers just keep on cheering.

Sokka, Katara and Hua look at each other in disbelief, while Momo and Jaiyi chitter and yip away in confusion.

Hua sums up the situation perfectly.

"What the heck?!"

***

The next day finds the Team Avatar-Daimon inside a house enjoying the hospitality of Kyoshi Island.

The villagers brought them a lot of desserts for breakfast, which Aang, Hua, Momo and Jaiyi dug in cheerfully.

As she had grown up in poverty the Daimon was thankful for any meal, but these delicious desserts were a special treat for her.

"These people sure know how to treat an Avatar and Daimon!", musse Aang happily, munching on different desserts at the same time.

Hua, who is eating a tasty cake out of cherries with cherry blossoms, nods in agreement.

"I rarely agree with you, but when you are right you are right."

"Katara you've got to try these!", hands her Aang a dumpling-formed dessert.

"Well, maybe just a bite.", says the waterbender, before she enjoys the sweet.

Momo sneaks up to Aang snatches the dessert out of his other hand and quickly dashes away, who smiles at his pet. 

He does not let the theft bother him and quickly grabs another dessert in front of him while Katara munches down the piece of cake and reaches across the table for the same dessert Aang just took. 

Hua and Jaiyi are eating together a very tasty fruit tart as Aang glances to his left, over the hunched Katara to Sokka. 

The lemur appears between Aang and Katara and quickly snatches another cupcake from the table before vanishing underneath it.

"Sokka, what's your problem?", ask Aang confused. "Eat!"

However, Sokka is a hunched figure in a corner, staring out the windows solemnly.

"Not hungry."

"But you're always hungry!"

 "He's just upset because a bunch of girls kicked his butt yesterday.", explains Katara amused, which makes Hua and Jaiyi giggle.

"They snuck up on me!", protested Sokka.

"Right. And then they kicked your butt."

In a mocking salute, Hua raises her glass towards Sokka.

"And what a butt-kicking it was, I gonna ask them to teach me some tricks!"

Angry Sokka stands up.

"Sneak attacks don't count!", he tries to defeat himself, then muttering something about robes and showing them a thing or two. He walks away only to return, taking some dessert with him and then stepping out.

The watertribe boy was determind to show his superier manlieness over the Kyoshi Warrories.

Hua didn't need to be a fortune teller to see great pain and humiliation in Sokka's future.

Well, she was all for it.

He needed to stop being a sexist.

Time for a vibe check!

"What's he so angry about?", wonders Aang. "It's great here. They're giving us the royal treatment!"

"Hey, don't get too comfortable. It's risky for us to stay in one place for very long.", warns Katara.

Jaiyi eats a cupcake out of Hua's hand as the Daimon signs: "I like it here too. But Katara is right. We should soon be back on the road."

"Thanks, Hua."

"Of course."

"I'm sure we'll be fine, girls.", tells them Aang, always the optimist. "Besides, did you see how happy I'm making this town? How we make them happy, Hua? They're cleaning up that statue in my honour and the little shrine of the Daimon of Kyoshi's time. The airbender! What was his name?"

"Tian Kuo.", reminds Hua, petting a full and happy Jaiyi. "Not that I'm not flattered, but we shouldn't get this over our heads."

"I'm with Hua, it's nice to see you excited about being the Avatar. But stay with her on the ground.", advises Katara.

"Come on girls, you know me better than that. I'm just a simple monk."

Aang gets up and leans on the window sill so he can look better outside. As soon as he emerges, the villagers scream with delight and admiration for him. Surprised he looks down and sees a bunch of girls fangirling wildly over seeing him.

He lashes a broad smile at the girls while blushing. 

Katara and Hua stand behind him with their arms crossed in disapproval. They look at each other in agreement, roll their eyes and make a raspberry.

Jaiyi just yips in disapproval of Aang.

***

As it turns out Aang is all for girls swarming him.

Hua, Katara and even Jaiyi can just look on annoyed at how he tries to impress all his little fangirls.

Simple monk, their ass.

He was just like any other boy his age.

If girls showed interest in them, they started to act like proud peacocks.

Whatever, it wasn't their problem.

So Katara and Hua with Jaiyi shop at the marketplace for supplies.

Hua gets approached from time to time too. 

The people of Kyoshi had also a great respect for the late Daimon Tian Kuo, who had been Avatar Kyoshi's best friend and companion, not only showing in the little shrine they had for him but also giving Hua their respect.

Surprisingly the current Daimon has to give autographs.

A bit embarrassed she signs another autograph for a little boy, who runs up to his mother joyfully and turns to Katara.

"I feel all weird.", she said to the older girl. "I grow up in the Lower Rings of Ba Sing Se. People don't give you any kind of second glance if you aren't from the Higher Rings."

"When they told you, you were the Daimon, people didn't treat you differently?", wonders Katara curious.

They are standing at the vegetable stand, while Jaiyi is playful chasing butterflies.

"They did, but not in such an admiring way. Remember, I lived for a time surrounded by monks. The boys were more shocked to see a female among them, than me being the Daimon."

"Was it weird?"

"Super weird. It was like they never saw a girl, which was probably true. The Air Nomads had gender separation. The monks and nuns only meet up on special events.", explains Hua. 

Katara makes a little annoyed huff.

"This explains why Aang is so eager to be surrounded by girls."

"It's getting way over his head.", agrees Hua.

 Suddenly, like talking about him has summoned him, Aang joins the girls.

"Hey, you two!", he greets them with a smile.

"Oh looks it's the peacock.", mumbles Hua to Katara.

The older girl has to stop herself from laughing, but she agrees with Hua.

"Hey Aang, can you help us?", asked Katara. She points the the three pots full of vegetables. "We need to bring this back to our room."

Holding up his hands to fob off with the offered pot Aang has the gall to say: "Actually, I can't right now."

Immediately Katara and Hua get annoyed looks on their face and Jaiyi stops to play with the butterflies to judge Aang too.

"Why? Is this simple task beneath the great Avatar.", mocks Hua with crossed arms.

"If you wanna know Hua, I promised the girls I'd give them a ride on Appa.", he huffs at her before he turns excited to Katara. "Why don't you come with us, Katara? It'll be fun!"

"What about Hua?"

"Katara, I don't want to come along.", makes Hua clear.

Watching Aang be treated like some kind of deity was not her definition of fun.

Neither was it Katara's.

"Watching you show off for a bunch of girls does not sound like fun, even if Hua would tag along.", tells Katara drier than a desert.

"Well, neither does carrying your baskets.", rebukes the Avatar.

"It's not my baskets. These supplies are for our trip. I told you, we have to leave Kyoshi soon."

"I don't want to leave Kyoshi yet.", whines Aang. "I can't put my finger on it but there's something I really like about this place."

Out of nowhere one of Aang's little fangirls calls out: "What's taking you so long, Aangy?"

Aang, Hua and Katara turn around to face them; the former enthusiastically waves back at his awaiting fangirls, while the girls raise an eyebrow at the scene.

From Jaiyi comes a disapproving growl.

"Aangy ...", repeat mockingly the two girls of Team Avatar-Daimon together.

"Just a second, Koko!", calls Aang back to his fangirl.

""Simple monk", huh?", chorus Katara and Hua together again, crossing their arms, while Jaiyi makes an agreeing sound.

"I thought you promised me that this Avatar stuff wouldn't go to your head.", reminds him Katara.

"It didn't. You know what I think? You just don't want to come because you're jealous.", accuses Aang.

Okay, that was enough in Hua's eyes.

No one would accuse her best friend, because that's what Katara was, of untrue things before her.

"Oh for the love of the Spirits, no one is jealous of you!", shouts Hua, pointing a finger at Aang. "We are just annoyed! Simple monk, my behind, you act like the spirit’s gift to womanhood it's annoying as hell. Just for your information oh great Avatar, they only kiss the ground you walk on because you were once the great Kyoshi. You, right now, have to still earn this admiration. Get your stupid head out of the clouds!"

Dramatically Hua grips Katara's hands and takes a pot. The older girl managed somehow to pick up the other two and together with Jaiyi, they walked away from Aang.

The Avatar just blinks dumbfound, lost for words.

Hua really led on the smack on him this time. 

He...he really doesn't know what to think right now.

That's when his fangirls run up to him and drag him with them.

Ah, whatever, he doesn't care for Hua's opinion.

***

A while later Hua is training the airbending kata's Aang showed her, in the hope of finally getting it.

"What do you mean, Jaiyi? I'm getting close?", she asks her kyuubi.

Jaiyi barks.

Hua gets what she means.

"I know, I still suck.", groans Hua and crosses her arms. "If Aang wasn't thinking with his little head, he should teach and advise me. Stupid idiot."

The kyuubi whines in question.

"Why should I be jealous? The people treat me here with respect too."

Again a whine.

"Now, you are ridiculous! Also, I was protecting Katara's honour. Her jealousy because of Aang's little fan club is a stupid fantasy of his because of his crush on her."

The ninetails yip, which makes Hua blush.

"Okay, maybe I have a tiny crush on Katara. Who wouldn't? She is amazing and so pretty, but I know, other than Aang, that I never will have a chance. I'm happy with our friendship."

Jaiyi waves her tails around and tilts her head.

"Aww, don't look at me like that.", grumbles Hua and starts her kata's again.

This whole day was turning out to be a headache.

Maybe she pissed off the spirits in one of her past lives because she hears shouting and screaming and the unmistakable smell of burning wood in the air.

"Oh no!", she shouts, Jaiyi springing over her. "How much you gonna bet, that's Prince Zuko and his pose?"

In answer Jaiyi turns into her riding form, so Hua can mount her.

Fast they race back to the village, which is burning, thanks to the firebenders.

Hua sends as many rocks as she can at them before she finds Katara.

"There you are!", shouts Katara glad.

The Daimon jumps down from her kyuubi and embraces her friend.

"Aang, is getting Appa. We need to leave Kyoshi.", explains the older girl.

In understanding Hua nods.

Zuko would leave Kyoshi alone to follow them, it was the best way.

A few seconds later Aang appears with Appa and Momo and the girl and Jaiyi get up on the saddle.

Sokka reaches them too and they are ready to blast off.

As they fly higher and higher in the sky they can see, how the firebenders are retreating.

"I know it's hard, but you did the right thing.", tries Katara to lift up a solemn Aang. "Zuko would have destroyed the whole place if we had stayed. They're going to be okay, Aang."

Unexpected Aang let himself fall from Appa's head, which made all shout out in surprise. 

They watch how the water bubbles and suddenly Unagi shoots out of the water with Aang on top of his head, holding his whiskers. 

After swaying about a few times, he sturdies himself atop Unagi's head and pulls the creature's barbels. 

Unagi opens its mouth wide and begins gushing water which rains over the town. 

The house gets saved by the water, while Zuko and his men mounted on the rhinos are completely drenched.

The prince looks humiliated and his men look surprised. 

Unagi ceases to gush water and launches Aang into the air, who is subsequently caught by an overflying Appa.

As the Avatar climbs back on the saddle he says sheepishly: "I know, I know. That was stupid and dangerous."

"Yes, it was.", agreed Katara, before she embraced him, glad that he was okay.

Aang is of course in heaven and blushes up a storm.

The Daimon only rolls her eyes at the Avatar as she finally notes, what Sokka is wearing.

"Hey Sokka."

"Yes, Hua?"

"You rock the Kyoshi robes."

This flatters the older boy.

He blushes and playful shoves her away.

Hua grins, feeling lighter in her heart.

Kyoshi was an experience, hopefully, Aang learned his lesson.

[theageofsims]

The Age of Sims 2.7 - Part 3 - "A Day at the Museum (Part 2)" (Language Warning)

Of course not everything could be a bright, clear, warm sunny day -- even in Oasis Springs, because these days life for them had started to throw them curve balls they weren't always able to dodge.

She didn't want to turn around, but there was no way around the eyes that were staring her down and so she did… but said nothing.

Eric spoke to her like he always had. So many days spent around each other in their youth made him feel he had every right to approach her whenever he felt like it and however he felt like it.

"Got time for the museum these days, huh?" He asked her in a tone that let her know he still hadn't forgotten about the one time he asked her and the one time she turned him down. "What's up with that?"

"I don't know Eric, but a lot has changed since ten years ago."

William's ears were wide open to their conversation and the new knowledge he now had made the wheels in his head begin to turn.

He had met Eric from the first day he had stepped foot on the unknown sacred land everybody seemed to not want him walking on -- except for one person, and there she stood becoming angrier than he had ever seen her since knowing her.

"You couldn't just say yes? After all we've been through -- after all that we were to one another."

At this point Gloria was far too caught up in a rage to pay much attention to William who was now looking at her more intently than he ever had.

"Seriously, Eric -- if our mothers hadn't thrown us in the playpen together we probably wouldn't have grown up together which means we wouldn't have even tried to be more than friends."

"Maybe they saw in us what you never could."

"Hardly--"

"I'm serious -- I'm a big deal around here -- always was."

"Good for you." She shrugged, "Makes no difference to me. I wasn't ever looking for a big deal."

"You're fucked up, Gloria. You fucked up and you're still fucking up--"

Something inside William snapped and he found himself looking away from her while putting himself in front of her, and staring at the man who was hellbent over something he most likely should have let go of long ago.

"Why don't you get outta the way." Eric said, as he reached his arm out to pat at William's arm, "This isn't your business besides isn't there some, I don't know, fucking plant or leaf you've got to tend to anyway?"

"Don't talk to him like that--" Gloria began.

"It's fine." William said, stopping her from going on. "What do you want?"

"I know you're not asking me a stupid ass question like that. YOu know damn well what I want -- I've been wating it for a long time now. You, fucking outta my face and out of my town is number one on my list--"

"You don't own the town, Eric." Gloria loudly sighed, "Between you and Claire I swear…" She fell into a grumble. "This isn't the place for this."

"Tell that to your man here staring me down like he's trying to win some sort of staring competition. Probably the only thing he's good at, am I right?" He snickered, glancing between the both of them. "He's gotta be good for something, am I right?"

Gloria started to speak when William turned around and motioned for her to stand back.

"William--"

"Gloria… I can handle it."

"But William--"

"I said -- I can handle it."

She opened her mouth only to close it, but then to open it right back up again after Eric's remarks grew far more worse and incredibly personal.

"He's not worth it, William." She finally said as a way to finish the situation at hand. "He's been like this his whole life--"

"You--"

"Yeah, Eric -- I know. I've known you my whole life and you've been the same exact person since the first day I heard you speak."

"There ain't nothing wrong with the way I speak because I speak the truth and nothing, but the truth. You're wrong for being with this man then, now, and forever. You're always gonna be wrong."

Gloria turned around and faced William who was far more interested in staring Eric down.

"Hey…" She said easily, trying to break his concentration. "Forget about him."

And just like that, Eric walked off. Disappearing so quickly it was like he hadn't even been there… but he had been because his words had left a darkened cloud hanging right over their heads.

And a wave of anger William didn't know what to do with.

"He's gone--"

"I don't care that he's gone! He had no right to approach you and then the shit he said, what the hell is that about -- and --"

"William -- he's gone." She said once more, hoping he would calm down, but he hadn't. Instead he just walked away from her and entered the museum leaving her behind to wonder what to say or do next.

[legend-of-zelda-voices]

Compilation Post

Emiko Shiratori

First Role for LoZ: OoT Re-Arranged CD (Malon)

Other LoZ Roles: (None)

Alternate LU Voice for: Malon

Some characters with the same voice:

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In the CD:

"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Re-Arranged Album" CD

4. Epona's Song

The CD contains remixed versions of songs from Ocarina of Time. The rest of the CD can be found here if you're interested.

Original Post with Lyrics

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Speaking

(None)

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Singing

"Melodies of Life" from Final Fantasy IX

Japanese Version

English Version

Live version with a bit of both languages here.

Different arrangement of the English Version here.

Original Post with Lyrics

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"The Fields of St. Etienne" from Brand New World Album

Original Post with Lyrics

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"Hush-a-Bye / All the Pretty Little Horses" from Big Yellow Moon Album

Original Post with Lyrics

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"This Song for You" from Voice of Mine Album

The lyrics in this video seem to be a bit easier to read, but it won't attach as a video. You can also see the original post for the lyrics.

Original Post with Lyrics

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"If the World Had a Song" from Amazing Grace Album

Original Post with Lyrics

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"Furi Kaereba Haru" from Aro II Album

Translated title: "Spring in Retrospect"

The instrument kind of sounds like an ocarina and at some parts it plays notes similar to Epona's Song.

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"I'll Be There For You" from I'm Here ~towa no uta~ Album

Original Post with Lyrics

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"I Will Wait For You" from Anata to watashi to Toi et Moi - A Wonderfull World of Toi et Moi Album

Original Post with Lyrics

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She has so many songs, and I didn't want to make this go on for too long, so... I'll put some songs here.

(If you want me to make an individual post for one of these, just ask.)

Some songs I didn't make original posts for:

• Tooi Akogare (Distant Longing) from Moomin (Lyrics in Video)

• Yume no Sekai e (To the World of Dreams) from Moomin (Lyrics)

• Itsuka suteki na tabi (A Wonderful Journey Someday) from Moomin (Lyrics)

• Kono sora e, tsutaetai (What I Want To Tell This Universe) from Moomin (Lyrics)

• Quiet Ways from Voice of Mine Album

• Mou Ichido (Once More) from Mou Ichido Album (Lyrics)

• Hey-Ho Will He Come for Me from Voice of Mine Album

• Tell Me from HARVEST -Hajime ni ai ga atta- Album

• Roots ~Family tree~ from Cross my Heart Album (Lyrics)

• The Eyes of Love from Utsukushiki aoki Donau Album (Lyrics)

• The Book of Life from Cosmowarrior Zero (Lyrics in Video)

• Cross my Heart from Cross my Heart Album (Lyrics)

• My Dream from Utsukushiki aoki Donau Album

• Korudekotto no mori (Cordecot Forest) from Voice of Mine Album (Lyrics)

• Walking in the Air from Winter Wonderland Album (Lyrics)

• Ii hi tabidachi (Departure on a Fine Day) from Uta Geshiki ~Tsubasa wo kudasai~ Album (Lyrics)

• Wakamono tachi (Youngsters) from Uta Geshiki ~Tsubasa wo kudasai~ Album (Lyrics)

• Ue wo muitearukou (I look up when I walk) from Uta geshiki ~Hikouki gumo~ Album (Lyrics)

• There is a Ship (The Water is Wide) from Amazing Grace Album (Lyrics in Video)

• Promises and Scarborough Fair from Utsukushiki aoki Donau Album and Live (Lyrics in second video; different versions but similar lyrics)

• Loch Lomond from Big Yellow Moon Album (Similar Lyrics)

• The Sand Dunes from Big Yellow Moon Album

• What a Wonderful World from Irodori Album (Similar Lyrics)

• Someday My Prince Will Come from Celebration Album (Lyrics)

• A Whole New World from Celebration Album (Lyrics)

• Galway no Sora (Galway Sky) from Melodies of Life Album (Lyrics in Video)

• Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro) from Uta geshiki ~Hikouki gumo~ Album (Lyrics)

• Kimi wo Nosete (Carrying You) from Uta Geshiki ~Tsubasa wo kudasai~ (Lyrics)

• Never Say Die from Let the River Run Album (Lyrics)

• Ai ha yume no you ni (Love is Like a Dream) from Lady Album (Lyrics)

• Mizu yo, hito yo, kagayaite (Water, People, Shine) from Mou Ichido Album

• Tsuriganesou (Bellflower) from Cross My Heart Album (Lyrics)

• Aru hi totsuzen (English version) (Suddenly One Day) from TOI ET MOI IN THE U.S.A. Album

You can find even more songs in these playlists:

Emiko Shiratori

Toi et Moi

ARO

Another Playlist

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[whatsgoaround-blog]

Earthly Days II

Please stay, you're not bothering me

(Oh, she is afraid of saing no)

I'm just trying to find some faith in me

To tell you that I could walk through fire you if I want

(But she's keeping puting it out)

Take you to know the light kissing my room every morning

(Do it for yourself)

But now I'm just planting some seeds in winter ando hiding my roots

And wating the spring

(So let the godness take control)

Oh mother, how to walk through this earthly days,

When you made your own sister?

And it make me see ghosts, hear devils and dance through my dark days

And my soul itchs

But every moment I'm getting lost in my own mists

I Rather no questions or explanations

You don't ask flowers why it bloom

You smell its perfum

And just like the flowers

Why Do I tend to perfume funerals?

Have you ever met the devil?

Do you know the demons who live inside?

And do you make them your guest at the table?

(You see, some good questions)

Oh mother, how to walk through this earthly days,

When you made your own sister?

And it make me see ghosts, hear devils and dance throgh my dark days

And my soul itchs

But every moment I'm getting lost in my own mists

I pray for you mother

But I'm also looking in the mirror

(Run with the wolves)

Make me the one to see

(You're already can)

Take me somber

(Light up within)

Give what is mine!

Come out from inside

Show me you would never be a daffodil

So open you mouth, silly earthly creature.

The Fae 21.05.23

[detectivereads]

The War of Winter

Meeting the Queen of Summer

Olhava and Owain and the Sticky finger guild went to the Summer Court to see if the Queen would lend aid to the cause. Which Olhava and Owain upon entering the Court they see Zepp, Palneor and Elendor.

Elendor gives the pets the update that Sage and Wittr have traveled to the Waste of Glass because Selena did something there, and they went to see what is up.

Queen Hestia greets the group, Owain and Olhava steps forward and ask if she could provide aid to fight of the witches. To the pets happiness, she has thrown her crown in with fight. The Autumn Court had sent Elendor to fight as well.

The Queen gets a message from the Spring Court, The Court of Winter is starting to mobilize an attack on the Spring Court.

Owain for some reason immediately thinks “Crap! Pan’s tavern and the kids we need to go and warn the Queen of Spring ASAP.”

The group moves out quickly, but Owain did see a tapestry of a frog hero (the Player me was so happy to see nods to Boko.)

Olhava had ask Queen Hestia if she could send a message to Sliver Horn and tell them what’s up and to meet up with group.

Court of Spring War Room meeting

Getting over to the Spring realm the group sees the Spring Queen Ruduna. The group greets the Queen and they get filled in about the Winter Court. So, the group has to move out now, which the spring army (elves and other magic fae creature roughly maybe 20 or so, I can’t remember)

Owain does tell the Queen about Pan and the kids, which to both Olhava and Owain’s surprise the Queen has never heard of place, Owain shows her on the map where the tavern is located, and she sends scouts out to find the tavern.

Ok what we know about the Court of Winter:

The Queen of Winter is Mustava

Her advisor is Bavlorna Blightstraw, one of Baba Yaga’s daughters and a member of the Hour Glass Coven.

Owain and the Sticky Finger Guild are not looking forward to this fight because of the winter and they are frogs.

Owain asks one more thing of the Queen of Spring and points out that the Guild would not be able to survive the hard winter environment. The Queen grants the frogs magic warming armor (she enchanted our armor so we can stay warm.)

The army heads out, with Elendor leads the army, he knows where there is a entry way.

Traveling and talks

Owain and Olhava had gathered information about Fern castle and the Verdant Prince, but they ask Elendor what is his deal.

Elendor explains that the Verdant Prince is a powerful person, he came and killed the last ruler of the Fae wilds which is the mother of the Queens of season (Ruduna, Mustava, Hestia and the Queen of Autumn) Owain did notice that Zep’s smiling face was replace with a sad face.  Elendor explains that since then the prince hasn’t done anything with the power.

Owain go over to Zep and asks if he is ok, to which Zep replies he doesn’t want to talk about this topic, so Owain with the hopes of at least making him smile (ok I looked up a joke and I can’t remember what site it was so credit to the person who made joke.) tells Zep a joke “why do paladins were chain mail?” he ask “ because it holey armor” which got Zep to laugh Owain pats Zep on the arm and jumps back to Olhava.

 The army comes to the wall of where they could get in since the main entrance has a barrier not letting anyone in.

Elendor warns the army is going to be passing by cave that has a huge stretch of land called Wates of Wind.

Long story short the monster that lives in the cave kicks up a massive snowstorm and the army saw huts and seek save harbor in there to wait out the storm and recover.

Lots of Falling and Story Woods

The army leaves the huts and they deicide ,after Elendor told the group that Storywood is a dangerous forest, it makes you see things that are not there. So, a little bit of a narrow road the army goes around the forest, but not without problems.

At one point, a few of the members of the army wondering to the woods and Owain did try to get them back but fell under the wood’s spell.

The DM describes to Owain that he was back at the Karken’s den and Thaddues offers bug martini drink to Owain and it looked (for a frog) the most delicious thing Owain had ever seen.

After a few Save rolls and Olhava coming to the recuse Owain manages to get out of there.

And proceed forward Olhava falls in the river too.

The Court of Winter fight

Our group gets the tower, and we see a massive battle of Stags and snow people and creatures fighting and the Stags are winning. At one-point Owain looks to the tower and on the balcony, he sees two figures on in a gargoyle stance on the railing point at the fight and looking at the other figure. They are Bavlorna Blightstraw and Queen Mustava.

Mustava makes a huge snow monster, and they were gunning for Sliver Horn, Wild Heart and Bramblehoof.

After some epic fighting Bramblehoof got knocked around and so did Wild heart those retreated, but Sliver horn stands tall to face the creature.

Owain gets an idea and asks Wudon and Zep if they could combine fireball and make it big enough to turn the tide of the war?

So, Wudon who knew Fireball started casting and Zep amplified the spell and when the spell was released, Wudon got kicked back into a snow bank his arms are sticking out of the snow. That spell took a chuck of the creature.

It also made a hole in the tower where Mustava and Bavlorna were, so Owain, Olhava and Zep and Sliver Horn took this chance to go and deal with the two inside thinking if they stop the tower duo that will stop most of the monsters.

(End Session)

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The top ten Alkaline Water Brands in India

Get to know which alkaline water celebrities and sports stars are drinking.

In the realm of hydration for health-conscious and discerning individuals in India, alkaline water has become a staple, offering a refreshing twist to the conventional thirst-quenching experience. As the market burgeons with options, navigating through the plethora of alkaline water brands requires a discerning eye. For those with a penchant for organic living and a preference for online grocery shopping, finding the right alkaline water is not just about hydration; it's a lifestyle choice.

But navigating the landscape of alkaline bottled water brands requires a discerning take. Not all alkaline water brands are the same or equal. Ionized alkaline water has emerged as a prominent player in the Indian market, dominating the shelves of health-conscious households. These waters, with their elevated pH levels, claim potential health benefits, including improved hydration and neutralizing acidity but this is misleading.

NATURAL ALKALINE WATER IS BETTER THAN IONIZED ALKALINE WATER

Ionized alkaline water is made alkaline through a process called electrolysis that splits the water molecule to artificially raise the pH - which sometimes is a temporary phenomena. Take the Kangen water machine for example - the pH is alkaline only for a short period of time. Then it comes back to normal. These machines follow popular trends but are not necessarily healthy for the human body.

The only alkaline water with actual health benefits is naturally alkaline water. Naturally alkaline water is essentially spring and natural mineral water with an alkaline pH. This water is full of natural minerals that have actual health benefits on human health

But how do you choose the best alkaline water brand in India? With so many options available in the market, it can be confusing and overwhelming to find the right one for you. That’s why we have compiled a list of the top ten alkaline water brands in India, based on their popularity, quality, and features. Whether you are looking for a natural or ionized we have got you covered. Here are the top ten alkaline water brands in India that you should try.

1. Aava Alkaline Natural Mineral Water

Aava is the only naturally alkaline mineral water brand in India, originating from the Aravalli Hills, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. For 20 years, each drop of Aava water trickles down through layers of clay and alluvium, which naturally enrich it with alkaline minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, bicarbonate, and silica. Aava water has a pH level of 8+, which helps to balance the body’s pH levels and provide antioxidant properties. Aava water is also the preferred choice of celebrities, such as Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, and , Virat Kohli who swear by its taste and quality. Aava water is available in various sizes and types, such as natural, sparkling, and glass bottles. If you are looking for natural and premium alkaline water, Aava is the one for you.

2. Aquaguard Aura

Aquaguard Aura is a water purifier that provides alkaline water at your home. It uses a 8-stage purification process that includes RO, UV, UF, and active copper/zinc technology to remove contaminants.  Aquaguard Aura water also has a taste adjuster that allows you to customize the taste of your water according to your preference.

3. Evocus

Evocus brands itself as a black alkaline water brand however what it is is a black alkaline water based beverage. Evocus as a distinctive black color, which is due to the presence of humic and fulvic acid that is added to RO water.

4. AO Smith Z5

AO Smith Z5 is another water purifier that offers alkaline water at your home. It uses a 8-stage purification process that includes 100% RO and SCMT technology to remove up to 99.9% of contaminants, such as chlorine, lead, and bacteria, from the water.

5. Havells Gracia

Havells Gracia is a water dispenser that offers alkaline water in different temperatures. It uses a RO+UV+Alkaline technology and a copper-zinc tank to purify, mineralise, and alkalise the water. It also has a hot, warm, and ambient water option, which allows you to choose the temperature of your water according to your need and preference.

6. KENT Supreme

KENT Supreme is a water purifier that offers alkaline water. It uses a multiple purification process that includes RO, UV, UF, and TDS control to remove impurities, such as chlorine, lead, and bacteria, from the water. KENT Supreme water also has a large 8-litre tank and a high flow rate of 20 LPH, which ensures a continuous supply of alkaline water.

7. Kinley

Kinley is a brand of ionized alkaline water that claims to have a pH level of 8.5 and a TDS level of 50 ppm. It is produced by Coca-Cola India and is available in 500 ml and 1 liter bottles. Kinley promises to give you water that is pure, safe, and refreshing.

8. Glance Alkaline Water

Glance Alkaline Water is a brand of ionized alkaline water that claims to have a pH level of 9.5 and a TDS (total dissolved solids) level of only 50 ppm , and is available in 200 ml, 500 ml, and 1 liter bottles.

9. Smartwater Alkaline

Smartwater Alkaline is a brand of ionized alkaline water that claims to have a pH level of 9 and a TDS level of 10 ppm. It is produced by a joint venture between Coca-Cola India with another party.

10. Alkalen

Alkalen water is a brand of alkaline water based beverage that claims to have a pH level between 8.5 and 9.5. However, you should be careful not to drink too much alkaline water, as it may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, muscle twitching, or confusion.

Among the myriad choices, one brand stands out not only for its exceptional quality but also for its distinct approach to alkalinity. For housewives navigating the online grocery landscape, the appeal of Aava extends beyond its refreshing taste. It symbolizes a commitment to a premium, health-centric lifestyle—one that aligns seamlessly with the ethos of organic living.

However, acknowledging the diverse preferences of our readers, we refrain from dwelling excessively on any single brand, offering an unbiased exploration of the landscape.

In conclusion, as you embark on your journey to find the ideal alkaline water, consider the diverse options available in the Indian market. Whether you're a health-conscious individual with an inclination towards ionized alkaline water or a housewife navigating the aisles of online grocery stores, the choices are abundant. But, perhaps, in the pursuit of optimal hydration and a refined lifestyle, the allure of naturally alkaline water  might just be the missing piece in your holistic health puzzle. So, as you reach for your next bottle of alkaline water, ask yourself: Does your choice truly resonate with the purity of nature, and does it align with the lifestyle you aspire to lead?

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the road just outside my house has been painted on.

a giant's arteries on an operating table, the bright green spray paint now a surgeon's marker indicating where the cuts will be made.

tiny green flags pinprick its skin.

it has been weeks now, and no surgeon has come.

does the giant know, that she lies upon another giant?

the planetary corpse of a mother.

ancient fungus decayed rocks into soil, watee eroding and creating the beginning.

the street sweepers come by every week to keep the operating area clean.

seedlings spring up from cuts in the old veins, the rot to be remedied.

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