#the thing with Victor's butterfly robots is from the very beginning

[victorluvsalice]

WIP Word Game

I was tagged in this by @dont-offend-the-bees in this post -- thanks for thinking of me, Newt!

Rules: You will be given a word. Share one sentence/excerpt from your WIP(s) that start with each letter of that word. Word assigned by Newt: BITES

Because I'm a rebel, I'm going to do a bit from both my current WIP "Londerland Bloodlines: Downtown Queensland" and my just-finished-posting-today Valicer In The Dark story "Start At The Beginning...Sort Of" --

B

LB:DQ -- Briefcase Guy nodded, trembling. “What – what if their case is full of newspaper?” he got out after a second.

“Then at least we get to watch your illiterate ass try to read it later for laughs,” the leader spat, giving him a shove. “I know they got the goods. Just don’t ass it up, or they’re gonna kill the lot of us. Now get ready, it’s going down soon.”

SATBSO -- “By practicing my v-vows down the wrong alley,” Victor replied, worrying his bottom lip. “I – oh dear…” He grabbed his spoon and had a couple of fortifying sips of soup. “It’s like this – I’m due to be w-wed to the daughter of Lord and Lady Everglot, courtesy of my parents. We had the r-rehearsal today, and I was such a n-nervous wreck I couldn’t recall my lines at all. Pastor Galswells, our officiant, finally lost all patience with me after one too many mistakes, and b-banished me until I’d learned my vows. D-desperate to get them right, I ended up roaming Brightstone at random, repeating them to myself to try and get them straight in my head. I finally said them perfectly in an old forgotten side street overlooking one of the canals…and the moment I finished, a g-glowing blue figure in a w-wedding dress burst from the water, declaring ‘I do.’ I s-screamed and ran, but she managed to c-corner me on a nearby bridge and tried to k-kiss me. I fainted when her lips touched mine, and w-when I woke up, I was…” He waved his spoon in the air, as if trying to capture the enormity of the experience. “On the w-wrong side of the veil.”

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LB:DQ -- “Indeed – or you could avoid the issue entirely,” Cheshire said, floating his smile over to another ladder on the wall in the darkened bay, just barely visible in the gloom. “I’m sure Rabbit would approve of you taking a shortcut, especially in order to avoid detection by anything that might try to stomp you.”

“I’ve apologized for that!” Hatter put in. “And made him that new watch!”

“It was the least you could do,” Rabbit said, paws on hips.

SATBSO -- “I don’t know – I don’t think so,” Victor said, letting his hands drop. “But you’re right, it is very hard to tell time in the ghost field…I’m sorry too, Emily,” he continued in a quieter voice. “I – I shouldn’t have lied to you about w-wanting to see my parents. I should have tried to explain better what was really wrong. But I – I didn’t have the words, and I was so scared and hungry and cold, and…” He sighed heavily, pressing his fingers against his forehead. “And absolutely nothing today has gone according to plan.”

“I know the feeling.” Emily perked up, a hesitant smile tugging at her lips. “But – but we can still make this work, right? We can alternate which side of the field we’re on day by day, so you can still eat and drink and not have to worry! We can even find a nice place to set up house together – one that’s in good shape in both my world and yours!”

“I think anyone who sees you two house-shopping is going to call the Spirit Wardens on you,” Alice couldn’t help saying.

T

LB:DQ -- “True,” Alice nodded. “Which reminds me – at some point tonight, I need to drop in on a certain Sean Milton. I don’t know how much honor there really is among thieves, but hopefully he has very little and will be willing to give up Muddy without a fight.”

“We’ll see on that front – and back, come to think of it,” Cheshire remarked, tail swaying as he kept pace. “But one side-quest at a time.”

SATBSO -- The gondolier gave Emily, floating near the prow, a significant look. “They always go up when the dead are involved.”

“I haven’t done anything,” Emily said, tone sulky and sparks crackling along the edge of her veil.

“And don’t start now,” the gondolier warned, frowning. “I may not be a Warden, but every one of us has got a bit of the Whisper about us. I know how to handle you lot.”

E

LB:DQ -- “Even better – they’re real robots! Well, sort of. . .” Victor popped open a bin and picked out a blue butterfly at random, showing her a block with some buttons on the – thorax, she believed it was called. “They each come with a ‘brain block’ like this where you can input simple commands. Obviously I can’t get any of them to fly – though I’ve always hoped – but I can get them to flap their wings if I shine a light on them, or follow a light being held in front of them – even play with a ball.”

“Neat,” Alice said, grinning. “You’ll have to show me later.”

SATBSO -- Emily went still, a frozen figure in tattered blue. Then she rushed forward at a speed no living human could have ever managed, face contorted in pure fury. Barkis yelped and tried to get out of the way, but she managed to clamp one spectral hand around his arm –

And, suddenly, she wasn’t there anymore. A split-second later, Barkis bent double, shrieking. “What – stop! No!”

“Yes!” came Emily’s voice – from Barkis’s own lips. Alice stared as he straightened up, wobbling like he was unused to controlling his own body. “The knife dropped from his fingers with a clatter. “You’re mine now, Eddie!”

S

LB:DQ -- She got to the bottom of the slope and looked around. While the layout was roughly the same, the entrance to level two was noticeably darker, thanks to a busted light fixture in the nearest “compact” bay. It also had different guards – two fellows who looked to be Chinese, dressed in matching burgundy jackets and wielding machine guns. One jerked his head around as she snuck closer, causing her to freeze out of habit. “It’s too quiet,” he said after a moment, shaking his head. “I-I don’t like this – this place. At night it seems so – haunted.”

SATBSO -- Smiler sorted and pointed at their eyes, brilliant yellow in their pale face. “What, do you think I was born with these?”

“...actually, it has genuinely never occurred to me to question why your eyes are bright glowing yellow before now,” Alice confessed, cheeks heating up with embarrassment. “They just seemed – completely natural on you.”

“I – I mean, I noticed, but – given everything else that was going on, they – didn’t really register as that weird?” Victor admitted, also going pink. “Alice is right, they do suit you...I sort of thought they might be a side effect of that Joy Serum you showed me before, since you said you make it yourself.”

Tagging: @nebbychan, @thesatiricaldemon, @anonymoose-au, @ace-of-tales -- the word I'm picking is TIMES!

[olivia200312]

My Hero~ Ratchet x Shy! Human! Reader *Request*

Requested by the lovely Courtney the Butterfly Girl Courtney57658 on Quotev.

"I've actually got one request for the Ratchet and Clank one-shots. The reader is human and incredibly shy, she and Ratchet become close overtime (along with Clank, but they're just best friends and nothing more), but gets captured by Dr. Nefarious, and Ratchet has to get her back. No torturing or anything like that. Just angst and fluff. Hope this isn't too much to read. 😄😊 "

Note: the pic does not belong to me! It goes to the owner!

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It's a hot day in planet Veldin. This planet isn't known as the hottest planet in Solona Galaxy. Gasper was the hottest planet. It was a normal day in Veldin. There was a garage where the heroes lived. Yes, heroes. The heroes were a kind Lombax, a smart small robot and a very shy human. Yes, even a very shy human. A cute one in fact. The Lombax was called Ratchet and he had a pal called Clank. He found him after he crashed here at night. Clank escaped just in time from the factory before he got destroyed by Victor. Clank explained that he was in Veldin to warn The Galactic Rangers from Drek's army. Ratchet gladly helped. Not only him, but also Ratchet's best friend (and crush) called Y/N. She was 18 just like Ratchet was.

Y/N was found as a toddler close to Ratchet's garage. He was a toddler too at the time. Y/N was completely lost there with absolutely no info or history. Well, there was only one info found. Y/N had a letter that said 'Take care of her. Make sure she doesn't get kidnapped by Dr. Nefarious.'

Once Ratchet's adopted dad, Grimroth or Grim for short, found Y/N and read the letter, he took her in. He was confused why the evil doctor wanted her. Was that how Y/N's parents died or were they alive somewhere? No one knew.

When Grim took Y/N in, she was so shy and scared that she would hide behind Grim all the time. Grim understood of course Y/N. She had a very hard time accepting that her parents were dead or maybe alive somewhere, but they'll never return. Also Y/N was a human while people around were not.

When Y/N met Ratchet, she was scared. Ratchet was very kind and friendly to her. He was confused what she was once he met her, but then Grim explained. Even Y/N was a human, Ratchet finds her very cute or key word: adorable. Once Y/N warmed up to Ratchet, she finds him adorable. He looks a bit like a cat. Heck, he can even purr! Ratchet would let her touch his fur and ears. He would touch her hair and play with it.

That was years ago. The toddlers were now very young adults. Y/N helped Ratchet to become a Ranger. Clank became one as well. Sadly, Y/N wasn't comforable to fight against the bad guys. But sometimes, she would help them by working with Elaris. Ratchet and Clank worked together a lot when they're off. The Rangers loved having Y/N around. The shy human girl wasn't comforable at the beginning, but she warmed up to them. Qwark would be a creep and stalk that it scare Y/N badly. She would go to Ratchet for comfort. The Lombax was angry at Qwark for scaring his crush.

Right now, Y/N was taking a walk around Veldin outside. She was close by the garage. She was wearing shorts and a F/C tank top since it's a sunny day like always. Good that at least it can rain too in Veldin.

Ratchet was busy in the garage with who knows what. Clank was just reading.

Y/N was enjoying the walk, until a big shadow of a ship form hovered above Y/N and a claw appeared! Y/N looked behind her just in time to see it was Dr. Nefarious!

He controlled his claw machine and grabbed Y/N, causing her to gasp in shock. "Now, I got you, Y/N."

Y/N then screamed so loud in terror that Ratchet heard it. He dropped his wrench and ran towards the sound. Clank ran after him. The boys stopped once they saw Y/N.

"Let her go, Nefarious!" Ratchet said in anger.

"How about no?" Nefarious said with a evil smirk.

"H-Help!" Y/N shouted, feeling very scared that she even cried.

Then Nefarious flew off with crying and scared Y/N. Ratchet tried to free her by threwing his OmniWrench at Nefarious' claw, but it didn't work! His OmniWrench was like a boomerang that would come back to the owner if you threw it in a correct way. Good that Ratchet was skilled.

"Y/N! No!" Ratchet shouted, watching Nefarious flying away with crying Y/N.

Clank then walked up to Ratchet and placed his metalic hand on his shoulder. "Ratchet, we must take action now. I have a feeling that Nefarious will do bad things to Y/N."

Ratchet put on a serious face. "Let's go."

At Dr. Nefarious' Lab~

"L-Let me go!" Y/N cried while trying to get herself free from the chains. She was chained up against the cold metalic wall. She was not naked. Thank god.

"Oh, Y/N. I've been waiting all these years to kidnap you," Nefarious said while walking up to Y/N with his arms behind his back.

"W-What are you t-talking about?" Y/N still continued to struggle.

Nefarious pulled a evil smirk on his face. "I know your parents."

Y/N stopped struggling. That caught her attention. She was asking for a long time what happened to her parents. Where were they? Were they ok? Were they alive? "W-What?"

"I know your parents ever since you came into the world. And do you know where?" Nefarious asked with a evil smirk. He then leaned closer, causing Y/N to feel nervous and scared

"N-No."

"Here. In my lab!"

Y/N was shocked by the response. How in Qwark's name did Nefarious knew her parents! So for all these years, Nefarious knew the asnwer?!

"Your parents were patetic humans and your mother gave birth to you! Once you were a toddler, your parents sacrificed their lives to save you! I killed them and I was looking for you to finish my experiment!"

"W-What experiment?" Y/N was having a panic attack.

"To see if I can turn a human into a robot. In fact, I'll start now!" He then pulled out a needle that had a weird disgusting green serum in it.

"No!" Y/N screamed loud again, hoping that someone will come to the rescue. She doesn't want to get turned into a robot! It would be a painful experience!

Nefarious was about to inject Y/N, until... there was a explosion! Someone was here!

"Y/N!"

"Ratchet! Clank!"

Clank ran to the controlling room to free Y/N from the chains, while Ratchet fought against Nefarious. Y/N could only watch with hope if Ratchet would win. Nefarious caused problems all these years ever since he left Galactic Rangers. Yes, you heard it. He was once a member there. He was the expert of creating weapons and gadgets. But the whole team teased and bullied him, especially Qwark. The doctor that was once a kind and smart one, became crazy and insane that he became evil, wanting to take revenge.

Ratchet managed to push Nefarious off, causing the insane doctor to scream, but his flying ship rescued him and took him away, leaving the heroes there. Ratchet sighed in relief and Clank managed to turn off the chains.

Y/N fell on her knees on the cold metalic floor. She was shaking.

"Y/N..." Ratchet said and he walked over to her fast and got on his knees. He then pulled Y/N into his warm and lovely hug, causing Y/N to relax and hug him back.

Y/N whimpered as she hold into Ratchet for dear life.

"Shhhh. It's ok." Ratchet stroked her hair.

Clank stood next to Ratchet with a soft smile. He was glad to see his best friends ok.

At Veldin~

It's been a week now after Ratchet rescued Y/N. She's a lot calmer now. She noticed how Ratchet became very overprotective of her that he wouldn't leave her side. Y/N would blush everytime when Ratchet wrapped his furry arms around her, protecting her from anything. She would nuzzle up to him.

Right now at was nigth and Y/N was watching stars just outside the garage. She was wearing short nigth clothes since it's chill temperature. The temperature was around 20°C so better be in these clothes instead with long sleeves.

Y/N was enjoying it, until she heard footsteps. She looked over her shoulder and saw Ratchet. He was only wearing boxes. He was a Lombax and was a male (+ an adult) which it means that he can sleep shirtless.

"Hey, Y/N. What are you doing outside?" Ratchet asked and sat down next to her. Close.

"N-Nothing, Fuzzball. Just e-enjoying the stars." She felt shy.

Ratchet chuckled and hooks his fingers under her chin to make her look at him. She was blushing madly. "You know, you're very adorable when you're shy."

"H-Hey! I'm a-always shy," Y/N pouts cutely.

Ratchet smiled kindly and gently kissed her, causing Y/N's heart to beat fast. She then kissed him back. She was waiting for this for her whole life!

Then a minute later, they pulled away. Ratchet pressed his forehead against hers. "I love you so much, my shy girl."

"I love you too, Fuzzball." She didn't even stuttered.

I hope you enjoyed this first one shot! :)

The Reader will be a human or a Lombax. It's up to you. The requests will be accepted with plots.

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25 Best Places in Brazil

25 Best Places in Brazil

  Brazil offers a whole lot more compared to 2000 shores on its own shorelines, that may have every thing from private, mountainous regions to parties which continue all night .  The wonders of this united states such as River and the Amazon rain forest are enough reason.  Brazil can be renowned.  Attractions which really should not be overlooked comprise the Christ the Redeemer statue, Copacabana, and also the Rio de Janeiro botanical garden.

Ariau Towers

Ariau Towers is among the earliest and greatest boutique hotels while within the Amazon.  The hotel is situated deep.  The hotel is now known for its lavish amenities and star guests.  Visitors access into the resort with a River Boat throughout the Amazon.  Once there, there are tasks for hotel guests to take part jungle and canoe excursions, moving piranha fishing, celebrating the nightlife of that the jungle, and seeing with natives’ houses to match with them and watch how they live.

Cathedral of Brasília

Brasilia’s Isle Has Been designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Devoted to 1970.  Even the Roman Catholic cathedral serves as the chair of the Archdiocese of all Brasilia.  This church’s structure brings people from throughout.  Comprise the bronze sculptures which represent a bell tower, the 4 Evangelists, and a column in the entrance of the palace with passages out of Mary’s life span.  There are artwork that people stained glass and could love, for example ceramic tiles from Athos.

Christ the Redeemer

Probably one of the best landmarks Christ the Redeemer, on earth can be the art deco statue.  The arms of the statue extend more than 9-2 feet wide, and weights .  The statue is just a cultural icon in Brazil and is a emblem of Christianity all around the globe.  Visitors that go on a break to Brazil shouldn’t leave with no stop at the website.  There are lots of tour companies which supply background information regarding the history of the statue and also the art, though many people want to learn more about your website and may simply take one themselves.

Copacabana

Home the Bairro of all Copacabana, to the shore may be seen at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Over 2 million people arrived at the venue yearly for the party of its New Year; the fireworks display continues to be not quite 20 seconds and is still among the greatest in the entire world.  The two 1/2-mile shore has become the state place to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in addition to the shore volleyball part of this Olympic Games.  Visitors are encouraged to come explore a few of also the city and their very gorgeous beaches along with hills which encircle it.  Most water sports and beach activities like volleyball and jet-skiing might be played through your afternoon.

Corcovado

Corcovado is your mountain that is magnificent which the Christ the Redeemer statue are available beneath .  The name, that translates into”hunch back” in Portuguese, is a fitting one for your own mountain, even as it appears just like a hunch from afar.  Corcovado is located within the park Tijuca Forest, also it’s visible from great distances to a transparent day.  Visitors may access statue and the summit with the Corcovado Rack Railway, which takes approximately 20 seconds or by way of a trail.  There’s an observation deck at the base of this statue that offers visitors the remaining environmental environment and also web sites of this city.

Elevador Lacerda

It held many world records, for example one of being the lift on the planet at 63 meters and also for being the world’s first lift As soon as the Lacerda Elevator started in 1873.  Constructed by engineer Augusto Frederico de Lacerda, individuals are transported by the Artdeco elevator into Tome de Sousa Square from Top of the City from Cairu Square from the Low City.  The elevator is regarded as one the very well-known attractions in Brazil and brings people from all around the globe.  At the Peak of the towers, you are able to view an Awesome view of the Fort of Sao Marcelo, and the neighboring regions, such as the Mercado Modelo, the Bay of All Saints.

Escadaria Selaron

Popularly referred to as”Selaron Measures,” Escadaria Selaron can be really actually just a couple of 215 world-famous actions which were created by Chilean-born artist Jorge Selaron.  The performer, who revived the steps for almost 23 decades, called it a”tribute to the people.”  The job was started by jorge for a method of adjusting the measures.  The job climbed, plus it includes more than 60 nations round the globe accumulated from over 2000 bits of ceramics tiles, and mirrors.  Visitors may come watch and view himself.

Flamengo Park

Considered car park and the biggest park in Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo Park goes by the titles Eduardo Gomes Park, Aterro do Flamengo, also Aterro do Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes.  The playground was made in 1965 and is.  It’s available to the general public all through the year, inviting people to explore Modernist playground gardens and the arenas.  There are many sites inside the playground for people to proceed, such as the Carmen Miranda Museum, the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, and the Modernist memorial sculptures”Monument for the Dead of the World War II.”

Gruta Do Lago Azul

The Gruta Can Lago Azul can be a cave which houses.  It’s thought that the lake’s water source is directly by the more profound river though it has never been validated.  Visitors from all around the globe flock to watch its websites that are azure.  In the base of the cave, tens of thousands of animal bones are available in the last several decades.  Archaeologists are finding that which out of giant sloths’ bones into sabertooth tigers.

Ibirapuera Park

Ibirapuera Park is popularly well famous because of its walking and jogging trails and can be within Sao Paulo, Brazil.  It’s favored by tourists and locals that gather there at mornings and evenings.  The playground is among the greatest city parks in Latin America, and there’s an essential arena lots of museums and also a music hall is discovered at the location.  Monuments and structures comprise the Ibirapuera Obelisk from Galileo Ugo Emendabili the Monument of Pedro Alvares Cabral from Agostinho Vidl da Rocha along with the Monument into the Bandeiras from Victor Brecheret.  There are lots of events held there that people can attend, for instance, Sao Paulo Fashion Week that is favorite.

Inhotim

Modern art ministry and An garden present in Minas Gerais Inhotim can be actually just really a spot for individuals.  Mining magnate Bernardo Paz who began buying plots of property to stop programmers from ruining the picture set inhotim.  When contemporary artist Tunga persuaded Bernardo to begin collecting art, the garden slowly began taking shape.  There are two dozen art pavilions that house a lot more than 500 pieces of art by both Native and international musicians for individuals.  The garden contains over 4,500 plant species to research, for example green houses for plants.

Ipanema

Ipanema, that at the Tupi language pertains into”awful water,” is anything but that which its name implies.  The area is popular, and you’ll see it is among the places Rio de Janeiro in all.  There’s a selection of restaurants, festivals, and shops for people to peruse among the residencies.  The region is a favorite for events, one which brings over 50,000 people and comprises the Banda de Ipanema, that’s the variant of Carnival celebrations.  Every Sunday, Even the Feira Hippie Ipanema began from the 1960s and continues to entice people .

Largo do Boticario

The Square of apothecary can be just really actually a square-foot in the Cosme Velho area of Rio de Janeiro.  Visitors will find a gap in environment and the structure foot.  There are buildings and lots of neo houses which design aficionados will cherish.  One of those structures is even perhaps the Pink House, and also CA-SA Cor-de-Rosa, that was owned by journalist Sylvia Arruda.  The square foot is falling into ruins, which adds a little bit of charm into the place that is historical.  Nearby, you may have the ability to view historical attractions like the Abacaxis House and the Corcovado Railway.

Museum of Tomorrow

Tomorrow’s Museum is really just a science fiction museum which designed by Spanish architect and premiered in 2015.  It might be located close to the Pier Maua water front.  The memorial includes five exhibition areas: Earth, along with Earth, Today Cosmos.  Every one of those subjects unites advanced design and science to produce an enjoyable learning experience.  The memorial urges people to not give attention to items, but instead notions; that changes how people will probably consider forming the planet’s future.  Perhaps one of the museum’s characteristics would be that your Tomorrow Laboratory, that targets artificial intelligence, robotics, and 3D printing.

    Parque das Aves

Parque das Aves can be.  The zoo is open from 8:30 am for people to research the 40 acres of zoo property.  Main attractions include the Paradise of both Parakeets the aviaries, Reptile Refuge, and the Kingdom of the Butterflies.  You’re able to get up snakes, along with tame creatures within the zoo.  Since the appeal instructs in regards to the value of keeping nature and a tree within the woods, the Tree of Life can be actually just a loved ones.

Parque Lage

Entirely on This Corcovado’s Root, Parque Lage is a park at Rio de Janeiro.  The property was once also her industrialist husband Enrique Lage along with the house of singer Gabriella Besanzoni.  That the mansion was re-modeled by the bunch and decorate it from all around the globe; the mansion’s inside has paintings.  The park now, that you visit found be from the 1960s.  Unwind from the cafe over the home or visitors are encouraged to walk the paths.

Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo

Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo can be just a art museum in Down Town Sao Paulo.  It contains among the biggest collections of art and is the oldest museum in the region.  Artifacts consist of amazing art and paintings and sculptures in addition to 19thcentury Brazilian and decorative arts.  A few bits of artwork that people must not miss during their excursion do Estado de Sao Paulo are ” The Windstorm by Antonio Parreiras, Slave by Oscar Pereira Silva, and also the Vera Alves de Lima from Cyprien Eugene Boulet.

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden was made in 1808 now houses over 6,500 species of Brazilian and foreign flora.  54 hectares are stretched more than by the garden and can be full of various stone monuments, in addition to green houses.  Visitors may be in a position to learn more about the research centre, that comes with a broad library.  Besides critters, the plants, and museums, you’ll likewise be in a position to benefit from the events hosted at the gardens including as theatre performances, musical concerts, and festivals.

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon

Even the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon features a history the Tamoios Indians colonies occupied it.  The lagoon it is surrounded with lots of appeals and activities and is connected to the Atlantic Ocean.  Visitors may learn more about the landmark, and choose a walk or jog onto its own running paths, like a bike ride, shoot photographs, move rowing, or spend your evening across the lagoon in a few of countless social clubs.

Sambodromo

Sambrodomo is now a playground region built for one of the most well-known events of Rio de Janeiro.  Visitors there throughout Rio Carnival may observe lights and the colors get together as samba schools.  each year, the Sambodromo houses tens and thousands of tourists and sailors.  Will believe it is used like a concert site include Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Janet Jackson, along with Whitney Houston.

São Paulo Museum of Art

Curator and collector Pietro Maria Bardi and businessman and Fighter Assis Chateaubriand Created in 1947 the Sao Paulo Museum of Art.  The headquarters of the museum have been in a 1968 concrete and glass structure created by architect Lina Bo Bardi that was Brazilian.  Here, you’re going to have the ability to see among the best collections of art.  There’s also an assortment of prints, drawings, and art in addition to African American and Asian art and antiquities.  In general, you will find over 8,000 art pieces and among the most significant art libraries in Brazil for individuals to love.

Serra da Capivara National Park

The Serra de Capivara National Park is.  The playground has a quantity of sites with paintings which date back centuries and centuries.  Perhaps one of the internet web sites from the playground would be that your Pedra Furada, that features a group of rock paintings and over 800 websites.  There is A site that is more recent Toco da Tira Peia, where archaeologists have found stone tools and artifacts which move straight back over 22,000 decades past; most belong to Pedra Furada’s top of Pleistocene period.

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading

Reading’s Royal Portuguese Cabinet is among the libraries on earth.  The library includes among the most significant collections of texts together using the novels rising three stories over the study field, beyond Portugal.  Three immigrants in 18 22 who wished to talk about with you their own country’s literature set the cabinet.  The Renaissance style library that you see now was built to accommodate the number of novels.  That the set increases by the thousands, Annually, and people should have the ability to see rare manuscripts on the list of numerous items and remarkable works of literature there.

Theatro Municipal

Considered among the most gorgeous & very crucial theaters in all Brazil, Theatro Municipal can be a opera house built in a style.  Was inaugurated in 1909.  Visitors should have the ability to find characteristics of the stunt home that is magnificent, for instance, surface walls, which can be inscribed with the titles of euro-centric and Brazilian artists.  The inside is just as magnificent by Rodolfo Amoedo and Eliseu Visconti and sculptures by Henrique Bernardelli.  Those seeing with the theater will probably be in a position to see with the National Library and the National Fine Arts Museum nearby.

Tijuca Forest

Supposedly Tijuca Forest at Rio de Janeiro, the planet’s biggest woods is finished 3 2 km.  The rain forest was created in 1961 and is part of this Carioca Mosaic.  With all the famous being the Christ the Redeemer statue atop the Corcovado Mountain, tijuca Forest hosts quite a few attractions also is just a national park.  Other draws are the Vista Chinesa view, a granite picnic tables called the Mesa do Imperador, the Cascatinha Water fall as well as also the murals.  Visitors may encounter various species of fauna and flora .

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AU Thursday: Tell Me Where To Find Shelter -- The Reboot

Okay, so -- this past Saturday, I brought back the Pentatonix/Lindsey Stirling cover of Imagine Dragon’s “Radioactive,” and commented that part of the reason the song was on my mind was because I’ve been really getting into Fallout 4, which I’m playing with Victor as my Sole Survivor. This mean that, of course, I have a Valice AU for the game -- “Tell Me Where To Find Shelter.” I originally came up with a rather simplistic version of the AU aaaalll the way back in 2016, based on what little I knew about the game (and the series in general) from getting into the Fallout Shelter mobile game and seeing a friend’s posts about her Sole Survivor. That original version could be summed up as basically “the prologue sequence, only Victor and Victoria are secretly in a poly relationship with Emily, who dies too when their kid is stolen, and Victor discovers Alice alive in the Vault as the only other one who made it -- they go out into the Wasteland together to discover what happened to Victor’s kid.” Pretty simple, right?

Yeah, you can throw all that out. Now, I have actually played the game, spoiled myself on the main quest and a lot of the side quests because I don’t give a damn, and have done a bit of research on the history of the Fallout verse as a whole. (Short version: It sucks. It sucks a lot.) So I have a lot of new ideas, meaning it’s time to reboot this verse! I wouldn’t expect a full-fledged story to come out of this (you’ve seen me panicking over the size of “Londerland Bloodlines,” right? Which is based off an action RPG that is reasonably linear and has a timeline of a month? Fallout 4 is open world and while the main quest is linear, the fact that I’ve been able to ignore it for MONTHS in-game because I can’t say no to Preston Garvey is -- eeep), but I may at least do a few snippets and whatnot.

So! Let me share what I’ve got regarding Victor’s history as the Sole Survivor of Vault 111 -- I’m gonna try to keep it to more general thoughts as I’m not totally up on the history of the Fallout world, and things may have to be adjusted if I later discover that something in the canon strongly contradicts it:

-->I have got his birth date: June 9th, 2050. This makes him 27 at the start of Fallout 4, which I felt was reasonable based on the Fallout Wiki stating both Sole Survivors were likely born between the early 2040s and the mid 2050s.

-->I still want him to be born in England, and have his family move to America a little later in his life -- though when is complicated by the whole Euro-Middle Eastern War and the New Plague putting America under quarantine for a while. The latest I can imagine is them making it over in his early teens or so, having left the broken-down wreck of the U.K. to rebuild fortunes in America.

-->They do indeed rebuild fortunes in America -- Boston, Massachusetts, to be precise. William sets up an extremely lucrative fish-canning business and makes sure to support the military extensively. (The Four Leaf fishpacking plant is almost certainly one of his in this timeline.)

-->The Victor/Victoria/Emily poly thing still happens, kicked off by Victor’s parents pressuring him into dating Victoria (whom he likes), Victor making friends with Emily (whom he also likes) -- and Victor accidentally asking Emily to prom via trying to rehearse his lines to ask Victoria to prom. Feeling bad as Emily is coming off a really bad breakup with an ass named Barkis (who stole a lot of money from her in a long con), he clears it with both girls to take Emily, and later they help defend Victoria when Barkis returns during the party and try to rob her. This leads to a close friendship, which eventually becomes something more.

-->Victor ends up being pulled into the Sino-American war straight out of high school -- William attempts to buy his way out, but for once his money doesn’t work, and Victor ends up fighting in Anchorage, Alaska.

-->This version of Victor, while still into butterflies and moths, is also a tinkerer, and quickly becomes known among his fellow soldiers in Fox Company (108th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion) as “that guy who can fix anything with duct tape and Wonderglue.” (I do enjoy my armor and gun mods -- everything must be deep pocketed!)

-->I’m not sure what Victor does to earn his “decorated war hero” status yet (probably saved the lives of a lot of men with some quick repairs and shooting), but it’s enough to finally get him discharged around 2076. Victoria and Emily had gotten together while he was stuck fighting, but are only too happy to let him into their relationship. Victor officially marries Victoria to keep his parents happy, and they move into Sanctuary Hills with Emily pretending to be their “eventual live-in babysitter” to avoid scrutiny from the parents.

-->And then, during a park escapade, Victoria ends up pregnant. Baby Shaun is welcomed to the world July 31st, 2077. Everyone is thrilled, and Victor picks up a Mr. Handy soon afterward to help with baby care.

-->And then, of course, the bombs drop on October 23rd, 2077. Victor, Victoria, Emily, and Shaun just barely make it into Vault 111, and end up in cryonic suspension -- Victoria is later shot when her and Victor’s pods are reactivated during the kidnapping, and Emily dies quietly when the life support is cut to all but Victor’s pod. Victor is absolutely devastated by their deaths, and takes Victoria’s wedding ring and Emily’s favorite butterfly hair clip as mementos to remember them by before leaving Vault 111.

-->As for the actual game stuff:

Victor’s starting SPECIAL stats were Strength 4, Perception 3, Endurance 7, Charisma 2, Intelligence 8, Agility 3, Luck 3. I’ve been mainly improving Strength for carry weight, though I recently started working seriously on bumping up Charisma because I have realized making it a dump stat was probably not the greatest idea.

I can’t list all his current perks off the top of my head, but Armorer and Gun Nut are up there -- he’s very much a shooty-bang-bang kind of guy, and I believe I mentioned loving deep pockets?

Victor hasn’t met all the factions yet, but -- he’s definitely a Minuteman. I am so easily distracted by those quests, it’s not even funny. ...Well, it’s a little funny. XD He was only too happy to help Preston Garvey’s group set up in Sanctuary Hills, and he and Preston are best friends now -- aka, Preston’s the first companion who idolizes me and whose perk I got. He’s a LITTLE awkward about the whole “General” thing (”Preston, you’re the one always telling ME what to do”) but he’ll grow into it.

As for the other factions -- he’s met Paladin Danse and helped him out at Arcjet, but refused the offer to join the Brotherhood. . .he might go back and do some missions with them, but I don’t think he’s going to like Elder Maxson’s views on synths and ghouls (Super Mutants -- okay, Super Mutants are assholes). He hasn’t met the Railroad yet, but I think he’ll like them and join up to help, even if he thinks some of their methods need tweaking. The Institute -- I think he’ll be of the mind that their discoveries are good, but they’re using them for such evil purposes, and -- ugh.

That being said, I’d like to go for the Minutemen ending that does not require warring with the Brotherhood of Steel, simply because there are kids on that airship and I’d feel bad shooting it down. If there was a way to just get rid of Maxson and maybe yank the Brotherhood closer to its Fallout 3 views. . .and if not blowing up the Institute was an option, Victor would be for it. Getting rid of the top brass who have completely written off the Commonwealth is one thing -- but the building, with all its advances? That could be useful.

Oh, and yes, he is adopting Synth Shaun -- but he is letting the kid know who and what he is, to help him forge his own path in life. (Synth Shaun also correctly guesses his new Dad feels awkward calling him by his predecessor’s name, and they decide on “Chester” instead.)

As for companions he’s currently met -- mentioned already that Preston’s his best friend, and he’s a solid supporter of the Minutemen. He adores Dogmeat and has made him a doghouse to live in at the Red Rocket near Sanctuary. He likes Piper Wright and her desire to spread the news quite a lot (and finds her attractive too). Danse he admires for his commitment to his men and his cause, but doesn’t really know him beyond that due to not joining the BoS. He IS very thankful for the gun, though -- Righteous Authority is useful! Codsworth and he had some rough moments at the beginning (I gave Mama Murphy some Jet for a vision, and poor guy got in the way of some friendly fire on an early trip), but seeing Victor get his modding on has improved their relationship quite a bit (Codsworth sees it as Victor getting back to his old helpful self). He’s encountered Ada and has grown quite fond of the little robot, wanting to help her avenge her slaughtered caravan family (WHY CAN I NOT HUG THE ROBOT). And he’s rescued Strong from Trinity Tower. . .and ended up getting sick of the Super Mutant’s constant negative comments toward humanity and inability to figure out stealth. He was helpful in taking back The Castle, but currently Victor’s got him living with a couple of settlers as a “guard” of sorts, in the hopes it’ll keep him busy and out of Victor’s hair.

And now you may notice there’s a strange lack in this longer-than-I-anticipated write-up. . .namely, where the hell is Alice? Well, that question has three answers:

-->For the purposes of my playthrough, I’m designating Piper as Alice -- she’s going to be Victor’s romance option in this game. (Me turning my attention to boosting Charisma may have been inspired by being unable to flirt with her during an affinity conversation no matter how many times I reloaded.)

-->An idea I had recently to put Alice in the verse was have her as a native-born Wastelander/escapee from a Vault (latter would probably be best to keep her history -- oh cripes, maybe she was from a Vault where BUMBY was OVERSEER, imagine THAT horror) who discovers the history of the “Order of Mysteries” (a group of women, lead by the old voice actress of the Mistress of Mysteries, who turned herself into a legit superhero post-Great War -- unfortunately betrayal led to the group dying out) and decides to take up the mantle, much like the Sole Survivor can become the Silver Shroud. She’d show up not long after Victor starts Shrouding around, asking to meet -- they’d have a little spar, end up fighting another enemy together, and she’d join up as a companion, leading to eventual romance.

-->But the first idea I had to get Alice into the story was. . .well. . .

Let me put it this way -- for quite a while, I was playing both Vampire: the Masquerade -- Bloodlines and Fallout 4 at the same time.

. . .yeah, I think this is going to need another post.