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majabebber · 2 years

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Attire The Studio: The Importance Of Transparency In A Time Of Fast Fashion

In a time of fast fashion and the ever changing fashion industry, transparency is as important as ever. Brands are becoming, or are claiming, to be more sustainable. But are they really telling the truth? How do we know what is happening behind the scenes without the brands actually telling us? Can we really believe them when in the end, it is all about profit and capitalism? I had a closer look at a sustainable, monochrome brand founded by a German influencer. Xenia Adonts is the founder and creative director of her own sustainable fashion brand Attire The Studio. Head of design and Production of Attire is Carmela who designed for Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren before. The founder says that the idea behind Attire is: “My number one belief is transparency. I think honesty, authenticity and being true to yourself are some of the most important values in today’s society. With that in mind, I will disclose the factories I use and why I use them. I’m working with small factories, most of which are family owned, and I have been inside each of them watching our pieces being produced. I have talked to the owners who have a proud history of production, sometimes stretching back multiple generations. I have seen the workers, the people who work hard so that we can have a new piece of clothing. It is touching and it means so much to me. There is a cost to clothing, so it shouldn’t be something we wear once and throw away. I will be 100% transparent about pricing. You will know what you’re paying for: the material cost, the labor cost, the transportation cost. You will see the margin that we get.” Miss Adonts is based in Paris and her clothes are produced in Barcelona. So far she released two collections entailing simple, monochrome sweaters, coats, blazer, silk tops, blouses and cardigans. Her colours are kept neutral - navy, white, grey, black and white. Only for the second collection she went for bolder colours like yellow, green, purple and blue and brown. She created clothes for every taste and also pretty much for every body. Compared to high end designers her prices are affordable. One of her most popular items is a dark navy blazer that can be worn with literally anything. It retails for about 380 Euros what equals to about 342 Pounds. Very affordable compared to brands like Gucci or Celine. Xenia she once said on her Instagram story that she wanted to achieve a collection that is similar to the old Celine era of Phoebe Philo. Clean, minimalistic cuts and designs and neutral colours. I admit that she achieved this aesthetic. Xenia is very transparent of the process of the production of her clothes and always mentions the true costs of the item. For example about a blazer of her first collection that she calls “the everyday blazer” she said: “We have been looking for the perfect double-breasted blazer in the perfect quality. One with a rising collar, exaggerated lapel and exposed darts. The one with a strong and powerful silhouette that you can throw over ANY outfit. The one you would steal from your boyfriend because the fit is just so good. Here you go. We made it for you.” The material consists of the following: The shell is 100% Wool and the lining is 100% Organic Cotton. According to Xenia: “The wool was carefully sheared, spun, dyed and woven in the mountains of Portugal and Uruguay. Mulesing is not a practice in these countries and the sheep’s welfare is guaranteed throughout the process. The blazer is made with a 100% organic cotton lining, certified with the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX. This ensures that the lining does not contain or release harmful substances to your health.” She claims that the true cost of her blazer is 119,35 Euros entailing 34,66 Euros for the fabric, 3,75 Euros for the hardware, 79,14 Euros for the labor and 1,80 Euros for the transport. The retail price is 380 Euros and the traditional retail price is 710 Euros. You do not see an honest transparency like this often, especially in fast fashion. It is refreshing to see a brand that is focused on slow fashion and sustainable fabrics. One is able to shop without a bad conscience. Xenia also gives an insight into the materials of her clothing: “Did you know that almost no brand discloses the origin of the yarn? We use wool suppliers from Italy and Portugal, but that doesn’t mean that the wool is from these countries, it only means that’s where the mill is. We go the extra mile and disclose the origin of the yarn, and each farm is certified to ensure that no sheep was harmed in production. It is a shame that the word ‘Sustainable’ is thrown around so loosely as a buzzword. Brands use it as a marketing tool. In fact, many brands invest more money in marketing the perception of sustainability than in actually making efforts to be sustainable. Scary, right? The problem is there is no real definition of sustainability. Financially, a brand is sustainable if it makes enough money to survive the business year. For some, sustainability means using recycled materials. For others sustainability means being CO2-neutral. Here is my personal definition of sustainability, defined by doing a lot of research and deciding what aligns most with my values and what’s most important to me.” Unfortunately a popular, emerging brand attracts a lot of replicas. Fast fashion chains like Zara, copied the design and colours of a cut out sweater with a bow on the back and of a sweater that is cut out at the shoulders. Both retailed for about 25,99 Pounds. Of course, one can be seduced and think to themselves: “Should I go for the cheaper version that looks the exact same?” Most of the people would say yes, but at what price? It is common knowledge that fast fashion brands care mostly about profit, barely thinking about the wellbeing of their workers and exploiting them instead of paying them fairly and supporting them.’ People who are not able to afford high end clothes are more likely to buy fast fashion and it is acceptable because when it comes to a better, more sustainable future, one does not have to change their buying habits in a heartbeat, they are allowed to change them slowly but surely. A little effort goes a long way. With someone creating a brand like this, one question emerges after all. Praising and portraying sustainability, is she obligated to add that mindset to her public life as an influencer and entrepreneur? A Tik Toker who shares sustainable brands stated, when asked, that Xenia should be fully sustainable and transparent when it comes to advertising clothes outside of Attire The Studio. This is a controversial opinion, and also a hard thing to do as an influencer whose job is it to share the newest trends and collections from high end designers who might not always be sustainable. On a further note, Xenia announced on a post via instagram that she introduces a sustainable alternative to hangtags. She said: “Working in fashion & receiving clothing really made me realise how wasteful hangtags are - but what is a good alternative? We looked at so many options but nothing seemed like suitable solution. Eating my Kayser baguette and looking at the paper made me come up with an idea of putting a barcode in our care labels. This way we save paper and yet manage to give you all information about the special attributes about our fabrics. One step closer to creating a change. Xenia and her team are definitely is on a good way of changing the fashion world and creating a more transparent and sustainable environment and is setting a good example for fashion brands. She is very inspiring to me personally and what makes her so relatable is her not sugarcoating anything, She presents herself the way she actually is, she doesn’t pretend. She has a hunger for life and you can tell. She reads a lot of books and shares them with their followers. A person who is so motivated to change the world for the better, can only be motivating others to do the same. What is truly remarkable, is that she will be remembered in-between a lot of people who work in fashion as someone who stands up for what she believes in and who doesn’t only put on a show to get views or to be liked. It takes a lot of courage and determination to create your own brand and be so transparent about the process - a lot of people can and should learn from her. We at Reverie will definitely buy clothes from Attire The Studio - especially anything in neutral colours.

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theiauwu · 2 years

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Hello! can I ask something with Kenma and Kita with a s/o who decides to stay mute because they stutters and doesn't want people to laugh or make fun of them? and what if someone mess with their partner? Thanks!

A/N: Hello! Thank you for requesting and of course ya can!! Here is a short story for each character and I really hope you like it!!

Pairing: Kozume Kenma x Y/N, Shinsuke Kita x Y/N

Word Count: 477 & 710

Genre: one shot, fluff, angst

Content Warning: gn! reader, curse words, bullying, online bullying, slight trauma and breakdown.

*Requests are open and links for the details are available on my profile!!*

Kozume Kenma:

Y/N had been keeping track of Kenma’s scores on a small whiteboard held in their arms while sitting in between his legs during his latest stream.

His head resting on theirs, fully immersed in the game while responding to the chats every now and then until one comment caught his eye.

‘why doesn’t Y/N talk, bet the little whore is the opposite in bed’

Unfortunately he wasn’t the only one that noticed the unsavory remark when he noticed his s/o shifting to move away from the camera looking embarrassed and uncomfortable. Seeing the comment most likely had brought up unpleasant memories.

Quickly pausing the game, he grabbed them by the wrist and yanked them back into his lap, straddling him with his arms loosely wrapped around their figure as they faced away from the camera.

“Don’t talk about Y/N like that, it’s not appreciated here or anywhere else. If you can’t respect that. Leave.”

His eyes narrowed as the last word left his mouth.

The chat quickly fills up with comments defending Y/N as well as threats made to find the offender.

The stream only lasts for a little while longer with Kenma thanking his fans and making more small jabs at the one commenter that had ruined his stream with Y/N and potentially their day.

As soon as the camera shuts off, he gently brings his lover’s face to meet his and kisses the top of their forehead before leaning it against his.

“Don’t mind the idiot, kitten. They’re just jealous I have you while they’re rotting in front of their screens with nothing else to do with their miserable lives.”

Not saying anything, Y/N lips lifted up into a little smile at the last sentence.

“That’s better. You look less ugly with a smile on your face.”

He teased them.

With a huff of disbelief, they reached over to a pillow that was at arms distance to smack Kenma’s face with it.

“Y-you’re so m-me-mean.”

They pouted as they tried to stand up from his lap but he tightened his arms refusing to let them go while chuckling at how cute they were.

“But you love me.”

Giving them a quick peck on the lips, he leans back into his chair staring at the angel on his lap.

“Lo-love yo-you too.”

On the next day, the gamer found out from his social media account that his loyal followers had found the perpetrator and had spammed their comment section which led to him deleting his account.

Usually he would discourage his fans from spreading hate on the internet but he saw no need to stop them this time.

His smirk melted away into a soft smile as he put down his phone and went back to spooning with his significant other in bed.

Revenge has been served and now it was time for cuddles and sleep.

Shinsuke Kita:

Waiting outside the gymnasium was Kita’s significant other.

He had run out just to tell them that practice was going to run longer than expected as the twins had broken out into a fight again and caused a mess.

As the captain, he had to stay behind to lecture them on teamwork and fighting during practice while also ensuring that they did complete their punishments properly.

With a peck on the cheek, he jogged back in hopes of the twins finally learning their lesson this time but knowing fully well that they didn’t.

After he had left, a few girls asked if Y/N could follow them somewhere as they needed an extra pair of hands to help with the after school chore.

But there were so many pairs of eyes, they couldn’t help but agree under peer pressure.

Soon after they followed the group of girls to the back of the gymnasium building, they quickly discovered that the girls did not need help with their after school chore as they cornered them.

“What does Kita-san even see in you?”

“Yeah! Like you don’t ever talk.”

“Either you’re mute or you probably sound awful.”

“I bet that’s why you don’t talk, cause if you did Kita-san would leave your ass so fast.”

Y/N was frozen stiff with fear as the taunts continued until it became pushes and shoves.

It was at this time Kita had been excused from monitoring the twins, he was stunned to find them missing from where they previously stood, it had only been a couple of minutes after all.

Just as he was about to make a call to them, he heard some noises coming from the back of the building.

Deciding to investigate, he makes his way over in hopes that he would find his lover there.

What he found had left him seething from rage.

Y/N was kneeling on the ground with their hands trying but failing to stop a girl from yanking at their hair while a few others watched and laughed.

Barely maintaining his composure, he quickly makes his way over, ripping the girl’s hand and harshly shoving her away from him and Y/N.

After making sure that there weren't any physical injuries on their body, he turned back to face the group of girls who were now staring nervously at him.

“Usually I would allow each side a chance to tell their side of the story but I believe I have seen enough. I-”

The leader of the group tries to explain herself.

“B-but Kita-sa-“

“Please do not cut me off while I am speaking.”

She was stunned into silence from the glare she was receiving from her longtime crush.

“Now, tomorrow before classes start, kindly make yourselves available at the disciplinary office where you will confess your actions from today. I know all of your names and classes. Do NOT try to lie. There are several security cameras around the premises if you hadn’t noticed and you are now banned from ever participating in events related to the volleyball team.”

The girls made a quick retreat after his statement, he could see some of them were on the verge of crying but he couldn’t find it in himself to care.

He gently pulls Y/N into a hug, trying his best to comfort them.

The hug had triggered something in them as they immediately started to sob loudly.

“I-it w-was ho-horri *hiccup* horrible…”

“Th-they s-said so ma-many ba-bad t-things…”

Trying their best to vent out what they were feeling but their stuttering was preventing them from doing so.

The stress and hiccups weren’t helping either.

Letting out a frustrated shout, they pushed Kita-san away and clawed at their face, hoping it would somehow relieve the anger they were feeling at the moment.

Grabbing their hands and stopping them from hurting themself, he pulled them into a tighter hug and muttered words of comfort and affirmation into their ears.

Telling them that he loves them so much and a few jealous bullies should not have power over them.

Telling them that their stutters were lovable and endearing to him.

The bullies were expelled from the school while Y/N was treated by Kita to a whole weekend filled with happiness and their favourite snacks.

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the-wild-candy · 2 years

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when u get this u have to answer with 5 things u like about yourself, publicly. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🌸✨

Hi!

Five things I like about myself

I like helping people out.

I am kind.

I know how to stand up for myself.

I don't take any sort of bs, be it anyone.

I know my priorities.

My favorite followers

@moonsetlover she makes me happy. Her words are very soothing and calming.

@lovergirl15sworld interacting with her has always been fun!

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@devil-child-710 she hypes me up SO MUCH, its very flattering. It makes me smile.

Honestly, thank you for sending in this ask. I really appreciate all my followers and moots. I have only mentioned some of them here but they all make me happy. It's always nice to interact with them. Thank you! ❤

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chaotickiddo · 3 years

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swtki · 3 years

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Anonymous said:

Heyy! Can you do a Cedricxfem!reader smut? Where the reader get stood up at the Yule ball and Cedric heart breaks since he has been in love with the reader for quite some time. And then they do the nasty you know thank you

A/N: Okay so basically...I am a stupid fucking Cedric simp,,,,and since I got home today, and my course work is fairly light for this week (no promises) my requests are open and I will try to get as much out as I can this week before my birthday! Jan 24th and you will get an about me post. ALSO, thanks for 700 (now 710 no brag) followers! I love you guys! Ok onto the fic!.

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WARNINGS: SMUT, 18+ CONTENT, SAPPY CEDRIC, BAD WORDS OH GOD OH FUCK

(Y/N) stood in front of her full length mirror in her dormitory room, admiring the fabric hugging her hips. Very rarely did she ever get to see herself like this, never mind other people. Her hand reached up to move a stray strand of hair back into place, a minor detail that although she doubt mattered, she could not refrain from. It was the night of the Yule ball, a night that the girls in her year wanted perfection more than ever, (Y/n) not excluded.

It would not be unheard of, however it would be rather embarrassing to show up un-courted. Nobody to dance with, nobody to share a moment in the moonlight with. That’s why when Miles Dane asked her to the ball, she did not hesitate to say yes.

To be quite honest, the two seventh years had never really talked. Though, they did have potions together. Surely, she would get to know him while sharing a dance, and she had to admit that he was quite charming and handsome. A tall Ravenclaw boy, lankly in the most perfect way, his skin a medium tone that glowed in the sunlight, so the carriages weren’t out of the question either.

The clock on the wall read six fifty, there was no sign of Miles, only (Y/N) and her twiddling thumbs. She wanted to scream, to cry, to hurt him even, but above all, she wanted to believe he was coming. Everything was going to be perfect. It should all be perfect.

Inside the hall, Cedric Diggory, the Golden Boy of Hogwarts, was pretending to be interested. The mundane conversation between Cho, his date who he now was sure didn’t even remember who she came with, and another seventh year girl droned on. Despite the banging of the loud music into his ear, Cedrics head was silent. Bored. Without saying anything, he slipped away from the table, creeping into the corridor for a breath of fresh air.

The cold December air hit Cedrics face with a refreshing feeling, the pressures of being a Tri-Wizard champion melted off of his shoulders. Though, he didn’t like to admit it, he sometimes questioned if this path was right for him. Would it have been better if he had stayed put, never scratched his name upon the parchment? He knew that he couldn’t change the past, no matter how much he wanted to. Cedrics tall, lean body slumped against the stone wall. All was quiet around him, a welcomed environment. Then, he heard the faintest gasp, causing the hairs on his neck to stand up.

“Fuck,” (Y/N) sighed out, wiping the small bead of sorrow that had escaped from her eye. She knew Miles was not coming. A dark figure leaning over her crouched body interrupted her racing mind. Instinctually, she looked up from her knees.

“(Y/N), what’s wrong?” Cedric said in a soft voice.

“Nothing..nothing is wrong Diggory.” She avoided eye contact. Cedric and (Y/N) had been friends in years prior, particularly in third year. But as time drew on, their paths separated, effectively making them strangers to one another. He had gone on to be a hearthrob who was wanted by every girl, while she had focused on her studies and the go-to for casual sex.

“You know, we may not have sat together for three years, but don’t you think I can tell when you’re lying?” He squatted on the cement next to her, becoming eye level. “Now, what are you doing out here? You look so gorgeous, I’m sure your bloke in there is missing you.” His hand gestured behind him to the large archway leaking a bright tune.

“Yeah, thats the thing,” she drew a sharp breath in, tilting her head up, “My bloke never fucking showed up. Look at me, all dressed up and no one to dance with.” Her eyes closed, painting a small smile in an attempt to conceal her pain.

“Oh...I see.” Cedric stood up and offered his hand to the girl below him. “Well, let me fix that for you.” She rolled her eyes, but happily accepted.

Opting to stay where they were, the two swayed in each others arms. The warmth of Cedrics arms comforted the girl, soothing her in a way Cedric had not soothed her in years.

“Didn’t you come with a date?” she asked, her head on his chest.

“Yeah, shes inside. She lost interest with me I’m afraid.” Cedric made a small chuckle that made her bite her lip. “You know...I’ve heard about your reputation. I’m a little surprised, I thought you would always hate boys. Cooties was it?” He teased, resting his chin on her head.

“Oh fuck off. For the record, I did like boys. I liked you, Cedric. I still do.” He pulled away from her figure slightly, his eyes searching over her face. Then without any hesitation, he collided his lips to hers.

Shocked at first, she froze. But within a second, her hands were cradling his face. The kiss was deep, full of years worth of emotion. His grip tightened on her waist. Time stood still for the pair, it felt like hours before Cedric pulled away.

“Do you want to go to my dorm?” He said, panting.

“Won’t people notice if you run off?? You’re like a celebrity around here, Ced.” She grinned up at him. Cedrics face took a more serious appearance, but his manor became relaxed.

“Fuck ‘em.” His large hand grasped hers, leading the way to his dormitory.

(Y/N) sat on the soft mattress, her body stiff and unsure. Cedric fumbled around, locking the door, playing suave. He stood a mere three feet from her, wondering how he got so lucky.

“Did you want to just chat because...Cedric, I can do far more than chat with you.” She gave him a seductive look, making the boy swallow hard.

“Well I... I mean trust me, the way you look sitting on my bed is amazing, and I’m all for it. But the question is, are you - I mean do you want to? With me?” A rose blush creeped upon the Hufflepuff boys face, making (Y/N) giggle.

“Come here, Ced.” She beckoned him over to her with her finger. He happily obliged, walking over to sit next to her. But before he could sit, she put a hand on his chest, stopping him in his place. “Stand...I want you to stand while I sit. Is it okay if I..?” she gestured to the growing errection inside his trousers.

“Fuck...please darling.” She bit her lip and started undoing his pants, enjoying the sight before her eyes. She stroked his cock, admiring the way his eyes scrunched up when she ran her thumb over the tip. Smiling, she leaned over and put it in her mouth. His soft moans filled the room as he ran his slender fingers through her soft hair. All of the sudden, he yanked her off, pushing her on her back.

“My turn, love.” Cedrics mouth started leaving sloppy kisses around her mouth, trailing down to her neck while his left hand massaged her tit over her dress. Her elbows pressed into the bed, pushing her up.

“Wait, lets get these off, yeah?” Cedric kissed her, then unzipped her dress, fumbling to strip himself as quickly as he could. Once she was left in just her knickers, he continued where he had left off. He traveled until he got to her covered pussy, looking up at her to see if he could continue. She nodded, her eyes filled with need.

Cedrics left hand pushed apart her legs, letting him get a proper look at how she felt about him. His other hand yanked off her knickers, little did Y/N know how mental simple white cotton undies made Cedric. Without hesitation, his mouth started attacking her sensitive clit. The pleasure was unlike anything she had ever felt with her previous fucks, because this pleasure was dedicated with love. Her eyes rolled back into her head, a wanton moan escaping from her throat. This encouraged him to suck on her clit, and then to Y/Ns delight, inserted two fingers. Filthy moans filled the room as her cunt felt so pleasured in a way she had never felt.

“Fuck thats so fucking...oh my god Ced.” He moved his fingers at a faster speed, attacking her clit simultaneously. Eyes rolling back into her head, a pure groan of pleasure filled Cedrics ears as she bucked her hips, reaching a climax unlike any other.

Cedric stood, climbed on the bed, then looked at her.

“Do you want to..keep going or?” He ran his thumb over her lips.

“yes but..I wanna be on top” His heart beat faster, his erection becoming somehow even harder. He laid down on his bed, allowing her to swing a leg over his hips. Y/N grabbed his member and ran it through her folds, watching as his face contorted in pleasure. Then she sunk her body onto his, both of them in seventh heaven.

Her hips started rocking against his, making his cock hit all the right parts inside her. Cedric was in love with the sight before him, his eyes looking at her like she was a goddess. Her hand reached down, rubbing her clit, maximizing her pleasure. It wasn't long until her next orgasm washed over her, making Cedric even more eager to put himself to use. When she was back off her high, he brought her down to him, chest to chest. Thrusting up into her was the best feeling he could have imagined, it went on for minutes, both of them feeling amazing.

Y/N leaned over into his ear to whisper,

“Please cum inside me, Ced. Please, I want you to use me and leave my body stained with your cum.” Cedric, finding out that now he had a thing for cumming inside her, sped up. His hips clashed with her arse as his climax grew closer and closer.

Cedrics eyes rolled into his head, his body releasing his cum into hers. His legs shook a bit, he had just had the best orgasm he had ever had. The girl on top of him rolled over, now laying beside him. Both of them sat in silence, trying to catch their breath.

“I love you so fucking much, Y/N”

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xiaq · 2 years

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I posted 1,113 times in 2021

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I added 710 tags in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

Just spent over an hour on the phone with a nearly incoherent drunk teenager who moved halfway across the US to follow her boyfriend to college only to find out that he's been cheating on her since the first week of the semester. She found out because he broke up with her so he could be with the other girl. She thought they were going to get married and live happily ever after and now her whole world (justifiably) feels like it's ending. This is a friendly reminder to think long and hard about following a significant other to college if you don't actually want to attend that college yourself. I've seen this happen way too many times and everyone thinks that their sacrifice will be worth it long term and that they're going to beat the odds and I literally do not know a single person who that's actually worked out for. The only high school sweethearts I know who are still together are my parents (they got married at 18. My dad didn't go to college, but supported my mom through engineering school while pursuing his own career) and a couple who went to different colleges in different states and maintained a long-distance relationship for 3 years before moving to the same city and getting married a year later.

For my teenage followers: Please be selfish with your college choice (and maybe think long and hard about whether you even need to go to college, but that's a different soapbox). It's ok to put yourself first, here. Love does not require martyrdom. Someone who truly loves you and wants the best for you is not going to demand that you put aside your plans/dreams so you'll be easily accessible to them.

6842 notes • Posted 2021-09-28 05:33:25 GMT

10206 notes • Posted 2021-10-23 00:52:42 GMT

Y'all ever read a book or a fic and you get to the end and you're suddenly mad at yourself? Like. You idiot. You absolute fool. You should have slowed down. You should have savored it. It was so good and you didn't appreciate it enough. You will never get to experience this for the first time again. Shameful.

10427 notes • Posted 2021-03-04 05:04:09 GMT

Small Town Grocery Store Stories: LGBTQ+ friendly edition

Me: minding my own damn business in the grocery store

One of my students and a few of his teammates enter the dairy aisle.

My student is holding hands with one of his teammates.

My student: Oh hey, Professor X!

Me, who has both my student and his girlfriend in my class: ...Hello

My student, looking at his hand-holding partner: Oh! Don’t worry. My girlfriend knows. Not that I’m cheating! I’m not cheating. I’m not gay.

Hand Holding boy: Not that being gay is a bad thing! It’s a good thing!

My student: Right! But no, listen. We aren’t together, we just hold hands in public sometimes.

Hand Holding Boy: Especially on Friday nights. And weekends. And at away games.

My student: Because sometimes people will say shit and then we can fight them! And if the fight started because someone was being homophobic, coach won’t get mad at us.

Hand Holding Boy: Always nice to threaten a homophobe. And [gesturing to another boy in the group] maybe they’ll think twice about saying something to [other boy’s name] if he ever gets a boyfriend and wants to hold his hand for real. The Gay One, resigned but smiling: I’ve decided it’s sweet and not really fucking weird.

37354 notes • Posted 2021-02-13 01:29:46 GMT

Ever since I found out that earthworms have taste buds all over the delicate pink strings of their bodies, I pause dropping apple peels into the compost bin, imagine the dark, writhing ecstasy, the sweetness of apples permeating their pores. I offer beets and parsley, avocado, and melon, the feathery tops of carrots.

I’d always thought theirs a menial life, eyeless and hidden, almost vulgar—though now, it seems, they bear a pleasure so sublime, so decadent, I want to contribute however I can, forgetting, a moment, my place on the menu.

Feeding the Worms by Danusha Laméris

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burning-omen · 4 years

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Breaking the Rules Part 1

Peter Parker x Male!Mob boss!reader

Part 2

Summary: After giving up hero work in 2025 Peter Parker had to find a new line of work. Now, after working with the mob 4 years he gets recognized. Not that he was actively seeking it out, it sorta just happened. Now he has to make a decision, does he want to climb the rankings and work with his boss or does he want to stick to being an unknown associate and stay at the bottom...

Warning: Murder mentioned, a little kidnapping

Word count: 3736

Not a day in his life did Peter think he’d actually miss hero work. He didn’t really care for saving people anymore. No, he gave up on that dream. Instead, he decided to do low level, but high paying, mob work. While it did go against his morals, he was poor and needed money. And you can’t make money from being a vigilante.

Despite the eternal moral conflict this caused him, he still continued doing it. What was ‘it’? Well, It was mostly money laundering, debt collection and maybe, on an extremely bad day, a little bit of extreme bodily harm.

While the things he did, did haunt his dreams and cause night terrors.(Which caused Mary-Jane, not Michelle Jones she comes in later, to break up with him.) An unfortunate event which throws him even deeper into his work.

His excessive workforce had made him a valuable associate. His superhuman abilities always made it easy from jobs to get done much faster than normal.

You only noticed him after a rather small spike in money. It was unexpected, seeing as your last deal was made over a month ago. So a sudden spike, even a small one was confusing.

After looking through a few files, a few being about 100, you found a very consistent name. Peter Parker. He’d been mentioned to you before but never in great detail. And now he was bringing in piles of money. It may not have been an extremely large amount but money was money. And for someone that was on the lowest level that you could be, he worked hard.

You wanted to know more about him, not for any real or dire cause, you just wanted something to do in between deals. And he seemed to be the perfect thing for you to cast your interest on.

Sending out Richard, your bodyguard, and two other associates that you hadn’t bothered to learn the name of was, what you thought, would be your best bet at bringing him in. But when only Richard and one of the associates return, telling you that they'd gotten their asses kicked and that Jimmy, the other associate had dropped dead in an alley on their way but that was proved to be untrue.

The other associate and, unfortunately, Richard seem to have magically showed up in a dumpster with their tongues cut out a few hours later. Can’t have either of them telling anyone about your new found interest in Peter. It’d make other low level associates think they’d have any kind of chance.

So, after a week of getting(now dead) people to stalk Peter and report back to you, you decided that now was the time to confront your latest fascination. His fighting skills and apparent superhuman abilities wouldn’t be a problem seeing as you were a mutant yourself. But that wasn’t common knowledge, not even in your closest circle of “friends”

You watched him from your black, completely unmarked car. It was rare that you drove but you rather not have someone else with you.

He walked down the street in a sort of timid fashion. Checking each corner before turning it, speeding up when having to cross dark alleys. Soon he reached a large, dingy apartment complex. Quickly he climbed up the fire escape stairway and into a window on the seventh floor.

You parked your car in the extremely dark alley next to the apartment and made your way to the front entrance. There was a keypad that unlocked the door but the passcode was relatively easy to figure out seeing as 4, 5 and 0 were the only numbers that had no paint. You guessed it on your second try.

As soon as you entered you b-lined to the elevator, where an older woman stood, trying to hold all of her groceries together but struggling with the bags.

Now, you may be a money laundering, murderous gambler but you weren’t an asshole.

You walked over to the woman, who was just barely holding her groceries together.

“Would you like some help?”

It felt strange. The soft tone in your voice that hadn’t been used in years. You were so used to being mean and rough that showing this sort of basic kindness seemed foreign to you.

The woman turned around and smiled thankfully. “Please.”

You smiled back at her and grabbed the majority of the bags.

“Oh thank you, a nice young man usually helps me but I haven’t been able to find him..” she said, reaching for the elevator button.

“Which floor are you heading to?” You said as you stepped into the elevator behind her.

“The seventh floor, what about you?”

“What a coincidence, I was also heading there.”

She turned to you with a surprised look on her face.

“Really? I don’t think I’ve ever seen you around here before.”

“Just visiting a friend.”

As you said, the elevator dinged and the door slid open.

“My apartment is just down here.”

She led you down a long hallway then to a crappily painted wooden door.

You helped her bring the groceries inside, she thanked you and just before she closed the door you asked.

“Do you happen to know where Peter Parker is? He’s my friend but his apartment number has completely escaped my mind..”

She brightened up at the mention of Peter.

“Oh Peter, such a sweet man. He lives in 713, right down the hall.”

“Alright, thank you.”

You walked down the hallway, reading every number on the doors.

710

711

712

713

Here he was. Of course you could have just looked up where he lived but that could have been traced. And you decided not to leave any sort of footprints that would have led anyone to him.

You knocked on the wood slowly. Soon, you heard footsteps rushing to the door. A second later it swung open.

Oh, he’s so much more...nice looking when you are this close to him.

It was clear that he didn’t recognize you. Why would he? He’s just a low level associate, hardly even a member of the mob so of course he didn’t know you. But the concern in his face was clear, despite his futile attempts at masking it.

“H-hi..” he stuttered out.

Great going Parker, let the strange man in front of you know how intimidating he was.

“Peter Parker, it's nice to finally meet you.”

Peter looked up at you(yes up, always expect the reader to be tall.), the confusion and fear in his face evident.

“Who are you?” He asked in a shaky voice.

“That’s not important right now, what is important is that you are coming with me.”

The piece finally clicked in his head that you were somehow connected to the three men that had come a few days ago.

He tried to slam the door but it hardly moved and inch when you pushed your hand against it. You could feel how hard he tried, if he didn’t stop he’d break the door.

Once the realization of ‘oh shit he’s strong’ hit he panicked. Scrambling away as fast as he could. Only to trip over himself and nearly hit his head on the coffee table.

He stood up, but before he could get any farther he was pinned against the wall with both hands held above his head. He pushed against your hands but you didn’t budge.

Peter panicked, his strength is what normally got him out of situations like this. But he never expected for this to happen with someone stronger than him.

“Will you calm down, I only want to talk.”

Peter gulped and nodded, attempting and primarily failing to calm himself.

“Listen, your recent work has caught my attention and so has your impressive fighting abilities. Not the ones you showed me tonight, no. It's clear that you're exhausted. What I’m talking about is how you kicked an employee of mine once and he died a few minutes later..”

Without even attempting to process the fact that he’d drop kicked somebody to death, he attempted to whimper out, “I’m sorry-“ but was cut off by you.

“I’m not here to take an apology from you. What I need is for you to come with me.”

The panic in his face became clearer and clearer as he tried to somehow pull himself away from you.

“Stop struggling, it's only going to make this more difficult..”

He shook his head and tried to twist his hands out of yours. He failed but that didn’t stop him from trying to kick you away.

He landed a few good kicks, which really only succeeded in leaving dirty footprints on your pants and pissing you off.

“Will you stop already, this isn’t doing anything..”

“Let me go!” He shouted, still kicking and squirming.

“I’ll let you go if you calm the fuck down!”

He stopped for a moment and stared at you.

“Really?”

“Yes, really. Now will you stop. I only wanted to talk, just not in such an exposed area.”

You only wanted to talk. The words did calm Peter down a bit, but the thought that you could be lying kept him on edge.

“Okay…”

Peter stopped fighting against your hands, letting his arms go limp, the only thing still holding him up there was you. He tried to even out his breath as much as he could, staring into your eyes he’d finally relaxed.

“Fucking finally. I’m going to let go now. Promise you’ll behave.”

“I-I promise..”

“Good,” you said, finally letting him go.

You both stood there for a moment, both making sure that the other wouldn’t make any moves.

After a few seconds you sighed. Standing there staring at each other wasn’t going to do much but piss you off even more.

“Alright, let’s go.”

You turned around and walked out the front door. Peter followed after you, nearly tripping again as he caught up with you.

“So what did you want to talk about?”

“I’ll tell you about it when we get there.”

“‘There’? Where are we going?”

“My office, it isn’t too far from here..”

“O-okay..”

By the time the two of you had gotten to your car Peter had a million questions. Most of them along the lines of ‘who is this and where is he taking me?’

You made Peter sit in the back, you’d rather not have the risk of him jumping out of the car and the child safety locks in the back seat doors prevented that. About 5 minutes into the drive Peter began to realize how similar the drive to your office and the way he walked to ‘work’ were.

“So, um, where is your office?”

“You’ll see...”

There really was no point to keeping it a secret but the look in Peter's face when he realized where he was was worth it.

“Wait, I-“

“-Work here? Yes I know. Now let’s go.”

You got out and opened the door for him to get out too. He still had the most confused and nervous look on his face.

Walking past the giant room where most associates where assigned things to do for the day he saw the people he’d worked with and the people that told him to never go up the flight of stairs that you were currently dragging him up. Up there was different from the rest of the building. It was nicer and more expensive looking. It’s where the higher up people got their ‘assignments’. He was told very specifically and graphically what happens to low level associates who went up there. And now here he was, standing at the top of the stairs as you dragged him farther onto the second floor.

Then you took him to the third floor, and then the fourth. Peter never heard much about anything above the second floor, just that only four people were allowed on the fifth. Apparently you were one of those four people because the heavily armed guards didn’t bat an eye when you went up with him behind you.

The fifth floor was completely empty but decorated just as the three floors below were.

“Not many people get to see this, so consider yourself lucky.”

Peter, whose mind was running a million miles per second in a confused jumble of ‘what the fuck is going on, didn’t give a legible response. Only a jumble of confused sounds.

You laughed at him, then grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him along.

“Let’s go, my office is on the next floor.”

Now Peter's head was spinning because he’s pretty damn sure that there were only 5 floors in this building. But he stood corrected as they came upon another, shorter flight of stairs.

This floor was different. It was still decorated with expensive looking items but unlike the floors below it looked like the color had been drained out of it. It was filled with slick black and silver.. well, everything. There was hardly any color in the room other than the white curtains that hung up on the window.

Peter didn’t get much time to look around as you pulled him into a large office and pushed him into a chair.

This room had a little more color, along with the black there was red and instead of silver there was gold. It reminded him of his past hero work but he shook it off and stared at you.

You’d noticed he’d been distracted for the majority of the way to your office. Most of his distractedness was accompanied by muttering in babbling where the most legible thing he said was “holy shit”.

You walked around the desk near the large window in the back and pulled out the chair behind it. Peter sat on the other side, looking nervous as all hell.

“I’m going to skip the intimidation thing because you're already relatively scared.”

Peter shook his head. “I’m not-“

“Peter, scaring people is what I do for a living. I’m sure that I know when someone’s scared.”

He didn’t say anything after that.

“So,” you grabbed the slim file off of your desk and slid it over to him. “Do you see that slight raise in money?”

Peter stares at the folder for a moment before timidly reaching up and grabbing. When he opened it he saw a piece of paper with dates and cash amount. One was circled in red ink with the words ‘sudden raise but no deal’ written under it. Next to that was a date, ‘September 2, 2029’. That was one of the days that Peter had to work, but having gotten little to no sleep the previous night he just wanted to hurry up and get his job done. He sped through his work but still had to wait tables at the mob casino. So he chugged a shit ton of coffee and got back to work. Throwing out people who clearly weren’t getting them any money and letting in people who were clearly big betters. Which caused a very sudden boost in money. Maybe not a big one in the collective records but it was big enough for him to be forced to take more shifts due to his work ethic. Which was mostly just ‘kick anyone who bet less that 5,000 dollars out’. While most other associates gave them a while to ‘warm up’ he just gave them the boot the moment they went lower than 5,000.

At the bottom of the page it said his name and the date of the small boast.

Looking back up at you he closed the folder and sat it back on the table.

“Is this what you wanted to talk about?”

“Yes, it is. You see, most people at your level tend to do the bare minimum when working, which is fine. Most of them aren’t really doing any important work. But you somehow went above and beyond at one of my smallest casinos and managed to make a raise in money that went onto my charts is just...astounding.”

“I still don’t understa- wait, did you say it was your casino?”

The very sudden and obvious realization that he was talking to his boss. Actually no, his boss was some middle man named Felix, you were basically his bosses, boss. No, you were basically his bosses fucking god.

“Oh..oh no…”

He shrunk down in his seat, pushing the seat back a bit.

“Is something wrong, Peter?” You said, the smirk obvious in your voice.

“...I’m an idiot.” He mumbled to himself.

“I have several documents that say otherwise.”

He straightened up in his seat and tried to steady himself after getting the shock of a lifetime(it wasn’t really that shocking but Peters kind of a dumbass..).

“So what exactly do you want from me?”

“Well,” you stood from the chair and walked around to the front of the desk then leaned on it, placing both of your hands by your side to balance you. “Running small casinos, hell, even owning huge casinos isn’t what I do primarily. That’s just something for my low level people to do while I run more...illegal type games.”

Peter tried his hardest to come up with a way that this included him.

“You see, I’ve been looking for a new bouncer for these games, but you can’t just hire anyone to be a bouncer for those types of games. Some of the most influential people in the world attended these games and they bet a lot more important things than money. But you can’t just throw people like that out when they make a bad bet, not when they're paying someone to kill you if you did. My last guy, Michael, had been with me for 9 years. Since the very beginning of these games. He died a few months back.”

Before Peter could give his condolences you held up your hand, stopping him.

“I don’t need your sympathy, what I do need is your work ethic. When I saw that spike in money from that night I sent out some people to spy on you. It was an invasion of your privacy, I know, but I just had to know which little newbie was bringing in all of that money.”

You leaned down, holding both of Peter’s wrists down to the arm rest(for dramatic effect). Feeling the panic from earlier rise in him again Peter tried to push you away but to no avail.

“In short, I need you to work for me. Well, more than you already do now. There aren’t many people like you who are willing to work for people like me, Peter..”

“Y-you mean like us?”

You only raised an eyebrow at him, a simple way of telling him to continue.

“W-what I mean is that you have to be ridiculously strong to hold me down with hardly any strain. So people like us normally aren’t willing to work for people like you..”

It was only after he’d said that did he realized that he was going to start rambling soon, so he decided to stop there.

You stared at him for a moment, most people would rather not put themselves in the same category as you. But he’d done it willingly and rather loudly, you might add. You leaned back, letting go of his wrist and crossing your arm.

“I like you Peter. You’re...interesting to say the least..”

Peter’s cheeks flushed red and he smiled nervously.

“I..um, thank you?”

You smirked down at him, watching him fumble with his fingers and tug at the end of his shirt softly.

“So about my offer. I’ll let you sleep on it, you can tell me whether or not you want the job tomorrow.”

Peter nodded with a small smile.

“Thank you..”

“Not a problem, is rather not have you make this decision as tired as you are. come on, let me drive you home.”

You took Peter back down 5 flights of stairs and back to the car you’d brought him here in. Letting him sit in the front this time you drove off.

Half way through the drive Peter dozed off, it may not have been the best thing to do around someone who definitely has more than a few kills under his belt but he was passed exhausted and really needed to rest. The last thing he saw before falling to sleep was the dark road ahead of them.

By the time you made it back to Peter’s apartments police surrounded the place. Dozens of cops all standing guard, waiting for someone to come out.

“Hey!”

You looked to see where the voice came from only to see a cop no to far away from your car.

“There's been a shooting, you need to leave.”

You decided to comply, you’d rather not have the cop come any closer to you than he already was. You were a wanted man after all.

So, you turned around, driving in the opposite direction.

Nearly an hour later you arrived at one of your less impressive houses, but you only needed a place to let Peter sleep for the night.

You tried to wake him but every time he just fell right back to sleep. You groaned as you got out of the car and walked to the passenger side. Slinging the door open you picked up Peter’s sleeping form, he immediately laid his face on your shoulder and wrapped his arms around your neck.

You sighed, “the things I do for my employees..”

You held onto Peter with one arm as you unlocked the door and walked in. You already have the layout of this house memorized so you didn’t need to turn on a light.

You carried him up the stairs and to a guest room, laying him down on the bed then pulling the cover over him. He snuggled more into the bed before settling, snoring softly.

You tried to push away the thoughts of how cute he was. He looked so soft and peaceful like this.

You took a deep breath and shook the thought from your head. “Keep it professional Y/n…” you mumbled to yourself before leaving the room.

You settled down in your own bedroom, hanging your coat and tie up by the door before drifting off to sleep.

#peter parker x male reader #Peter Parker #bi peter parker #peter parker x male!reader #spiderman #spiderman x male!reader #W O R D S #I wrote this over two months ago but Tumblr wouldn't let me post it lol #mob boss au

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oathweave · 4 years

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tarben/male eivor drabble

posted this on ao3 a dew days ago but i require validation like the child i am. so here

word count: 710

Eivor never really gave a smell a second thought. Usually, all he smelt was iron, blood, flesh, or, unfortunately, piss. It never really affected Eivor how something smelt.

Until he meant Tarben.

Warm hands, calloused and rough from years of fighting, softened by baking and kneading. A kind gaze, full of care and content, shared with his neighbours, but especially with Eivor.

Soft hair. A charming smile. His personality which made you feel safe. There were many things Eivor loved about Tarben. But there was one thing that he always associated with his lover.

It was the smell that made Eivor smile the most, when he was away from Ravensthorpe, or when he just gets home after a long time away, forging alliances.

The smell of freshly baked bread.

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He turns a corner, walking towards the Longhouse. Soma had asked for assistance in Grantebridge, and he was more than happy to help. The vikingr smiled as he watched the town through the streets. Children shouting, running around. People living their everyday lives. It reminded him of home, in Ravensthorpe, the budding settlement coming to as much life as this town was. Eivor goes to move, but something stops him.

He follows a smell- one he can't quite place, but it leads him to a home, tucked away in a corner.

"Children! The bread's ready!" A woman shouts out her window and the children playing in the mud all stand and runs inside, eager to eat. Eivor watches for a moment, unsure as to why the smell of bread lead him this far away. As he turns to leave, a different woman, leaning against the house, says,

"You look lost, vikingr."

Eivor scratches his head, smiling almost sheepishly. "No, I'm alright." He pauses, hesitant to admit the truth. "If I'm honest, I smelt something familiar, but I'm not quite sure what it was."

The woman nods, leaning against the house. "Do you live around here? My wife bakes bread every week and it's the beeeest." She asks, not so subtly eager to brag about her spouse.

"No, I don't. I live in Ravensthorpe, to the northwest of here." Then something clicks in his mind and he smiles widely, despite himself. "That's what it is! Tarben!"

"Who?"

"Oh, uh. My partner. He's a baker, always smells like bread." The woman nods again, moving to stretch her arms out. "Gods, I thought he was here for a moment."

"There you have it. I know the smell of bread always makes me think of her, so he must be very important to you."

"He is." Eivor smiles and flushes slightly with embarrassment. "Look at me, rambling about a man you've never met. Sorry for taking up your time, miss."

"Ah, don't worry about it, friend. I'd offer you some bread but I think it'll be gone by now." She says, jabbing her finger jokingly in the direction of the children, happily coming back outside.

"I think you may be right."

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Eivor gets back two days later and is eager to get home. He smiles, as he follows the scent that lingered around the bakery, which makes him feel like he's home.

"Tarben? I'm home." He says, leaning against the doorway. Tarben pokes his head out from behind the divider, beaming warmly at his lover.

"Eivor! I missed you." He states softly, taking the smaller man into his arms. Eivor sighed in content as he leaned into the man, letting his burdens stay at the door. It had only been a few days, in reality, but in Eivor's eyes, it was a few days too many. "Come here." He mumbles, as Eivor cups his cheek and leans upwards. The two kissed, staying like that for a moment while the embers of the coal pit glowed with ambient heat. When they pulled away, they started chatting about their times apart, Eivor leaving out his experience with the woman, who he regretted not learning her name.

When they separated, Tarben stepped back.

"Should I escort you back to the longhouse?" He asked as Eivor stretched.

"No, why would I leave when I am perfectly content here?" The smaller man replied. And as Tarben pulled him into another embrace, Eivor noticed the smell that reminded him of home.

#ac valhalla #assassin's creed valhalla #tarben #male eivor #eivor x tarben

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bloodstainsontengensfloor · 3 years

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Aye let’s start this!

Mai Zenin.

I love Jujutsu Kaisen. It’s has a great story, great characters, and memorable lessons presented in a light humored way but can turn dark and serious when it needs to. And it does.

Spoilers for the Manga and show down below!

Mai Zenin, while being a character who I am legit in love with, is also one of my favorites. When I first saw her, I was like “HOLY CRAP! SHE’s HOT!”. She was your basic bitch and I was like “damn, that sucks, not really my type.” But then... I read the manga.

My heart goes out to Mai so much. I have four older sisters and sister relationships can be messy at best and well... Maki/Mai’s at worst. But first, I guess I will talk about the conversation between Momo and Nobara. The conversation really focuses on the gender roles in the Jujutsu world, in Momo’s words, girls are ‘expected to be perfect’. It makes sense,considering Master Tengen began preaching the foundation of the Jujutsu World in the Nara Period (710-794). Women wouldn’t have had any progressive status in the time of the begining of the Jujutsu World and women would still face disadvantages in 2018 due to being women.

Another Aspect of the Jujutsu Society to keep in mind, is their strict definition of strength. In the Zenin Clan, any special technique is admired and loved. Momo talks about how this. There is no love in the Zenin Family unless you have a special technique. Something I love Momo did was she talked about Mai AND Maki. Nobara has a very black and white view on the Mai/Maki situation which is something that really hits me in the wrong way and I hope it’s something she grows out of (if she lives 😳, and maybe she did but I haven’t read the older chapters of the manga in a while). This conversations gives a lot of insight on how other people view the Mai/Maki situation and the kind of friendships Mai makes. Momo defends her because she knows what her friend went through. The whole dynamic between the Kyoto students is absolutely amazing and I love how the new Juju Strolls really show parts of it.

Now on to the big part: the flashback!

“I never wanted to be a jujutsu sorcerer!” Mai, who when first introduced acts all high and mighty over Maki about being a jujutsu sorcerer, never wanted to be one.

This statement really just... it says a lot about who Mai is. Mai doesn’t want to do what she is doing. Mai doesn’t want to live the life she’s living. If Maki didn’t follow her ambition, nothing would have been expected of her and she could live a life as a servant. I personally don’t think she would have been happy serving the Zenin Family, and totally deserves to get a life outside of the Jujutsu World as a whole. In the most recent chapter, it’s stated that Mai “doesn’t belong here”.

Mai was raised in a household of no love and got comfort from her sister who she believed in more than anything. Mai was scared of curses and Maki held her hand so she would be able to walk passed them with closed eyes. But then Maki challenged the head of the clan. Mai was used against Maki in a way. The way these panels is set up is amazing because of the fact that it goes from Maki saying “She has nothing to do with this!” To Mai saying “liar.”

Neither of them are at fault for the strain their relationship. They lived in a bad situation and ended up being divided rather than United. I don’t think Mai truly hates Maki in the way that she shouted and I honestly am both nervous and excited to see Mai’s reaction to the fact that Maki’s status in the current arc/new arc of the manga is unknown. Mai doesn’t really hate Maki but rather resents her because Maki is a reminder of a broken promise and is seen, by Mai, as the reason why she has to live a life she doesn’t want to.

Mai is honestly a really minor character in the story, and I really hope she gets more. I hope she survives the story and gets to leave the Jujutsu world and try to find out what she wants to do. Your life is your life and you should get to decide how to live it. No one’s expectations, rules, or requirements should determine that.

I also wanted to add how this information about Mai led me to watching Episode 8 in a whole new light. Mai is obviously confident in herself, but her tough demeanor and cocky attutude toward Maki in terms of Jujutus skill isn’t as authentic. Mai is, without a doubt, a huge softie. I always keep on thinking about how Mai was scared of curses when she was little and how that might affect how she does her missions and maybe how she views Itadori as Sukuna’s vessel. Sukuna is the worse of the worse and Mai was terrified of the smallest of the small in her childhood. That part, is more or less, my interpretation after rewatching it. Of course, the Itadori as Sukuna’s vessel is this whole thing because of the fact that prior to the exchange event, The Kyoto students never got the chance to know the person behind the title of the Vessel.

Yes this is all basic information. But I really just need to rant about how much I love Mai’s Character and there isn’t enough Mai content. So... Mai Headcanons and X Fem!Reader are defiantly coming!

Thanks for sticking around!

#jujutsu kaisen #mai zenin #maki zenin #jjk anime #jjk spoilers #jjk #zenin clan #i wanna give her a hug

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3/15/20 corona extra: cracking open cold covid facts

Announcements & Thank Yous

“About This Newsletter” has been moved to the bottom so it’s easier to skip if you’ve seen the other ones.

Some institutions do not update on Sundays. I have included the date of everything that is in question. That is also why this update is early :)

Thank you to @hysterical-random-things for letting me know about the first death in NYC and where to find that news, to @nanook2000 for information and links about KY’s response, and to @akashicsage for all of the good deets on San Diego county. If you have reliable information from a good source that I don’t seem to have, please shoot me a message/ask/pigeon!

Places now included in the newsletter are: Utah, Oregon, Washington, the Netherlands, Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia, Nebraska, the UK, and possibly some others I missed here but included in the newsletter. Please send an ask or a message if you would like a place included!

A word on mortality rates: they look very high in some places in the US right now because testing is limited to the sickest patients. People who have mild illness and are well enough to go or stay home may not have been tested until very recently when several states started mass testing/drive through testing. Testing is still limited in a lot of states, so this will be a rolling increase situation, I anticipate.

A word on case numbers: due to the aforementioned expansion of testing capacity in the US (thank fuck), case numbers are gonna grow in a really, really scary-looking way this week. This is not actually as scary as it seems, because it means we are catching more of the cases that would have gone unnoticed and have better information to help more people.

Just The Numbers

Case numbers

Total cases: 153,517 (10,982 new)

Total deaths: 5,735 (343 new)

China: 81,048 cases (27 new!!), 3204 deaths (10 new)

This gives us a mortality rate of ~3.95%

Excluding China: 72,469 cases (10,955 new), 2531 deaths (333 new)

143 countries/territories reporting cases, 9 are new today including:

Kazakhstan: 6 cases

Curacao: 2 cases

Namibia: 2 cases

Central African Republic: 1 case

Congo: 1 case

Equatorial Guinea: 1 case

Eswatini: 1 case

Mauritania: 1 case

Mayotte: 1 case

Italy is reporting over 20,000 cases with over 1400 deaths

Iran is reporting over 10,000 cases with over 700 deaths

South Korea, Spain, and Germany are reporting over 5,000 cases

SK reports 75 deaths

Spain reports 289 deaths

Germany reports 11 deaths

International/General News

Many places experiencing a worsening epidemic are following the lead of countries including South Korea and instituting drive-through testing and high-throughput testing. Some tests (like the ones being used in Vietnam) can have a result in as soon as an hour, enabling people to be quickly cleared or quarantined. (This is super cool science! Yay, science!)

Johns Hopkins University is putting on a webinar on Tuesday, 3/17. If you are interested, you can sign up/check it out here: https://www.jhsph.edu/events/2020/covid-19/

South Korea’s epidemic is currently being driven by a fringe religious group, which represents approximately 60% of all cases.

Italy’s health system is overwhelmed, which is likely why their case-fatality rate is so high. Doctors, nurses, respiratory techs, first responders, lab personnel, and everyone else involved in hospitals/health care are working their butts off and doing some frankly heroic shit to help people.

Singapore has instituted strict travel restrictions on visitors/transiting people from European countries, including Italy, France, Spain, and Germany; this is in addition to restrictions on visitors from Iran, China, and South Korea.

Some doctors from Washington state, USA (the ones seeing the most cases) are noticing that myocarditis (viral infection & inflammation of the heart) seems to be what kills patients, not the ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) that requires ventilation. This is obviously in early stages and more research is ongoing.

The World Health Organization is setting up three hospitals with advanced respiratory care capabilities in Erbil, Baghdad, and Basra, Iraq.

Virology Corner

Today’s topic: where did SARS-CoV-2 come from?

SARS-CoV-2 is what’s known as a zoonotic virus. This means that it spread from animals to humans, and then gained the ability (through mutations) to pass from human to human.

We think that SARS-CoV-2 came from bats (Rhinopholus) or pangolins- which doesn’t mean we need to blame bats or pangolins for this, they’re innocent bystanders in the game of cat-and-mouse viruses and animals are constantly playing over evolutionary timescales. Also they’re pretty ding dang cute.

(Not to get much more depressing, but here goes, as humans encroach on more and more land and as climate change progresses, more zoonoses will affect humans. Sorry to be a mega-bummer.)

Question Tuesday

Today’s question comes from @adventurecalls! They ask (paraphrased because the ask got eaten): “If I do get sick, how do I know when it’s ok to go back to doing stuff?”

This is a really good question, and one that’s rapidly being worked out by public health people as we speak (whoa)!

In general, the thought is that once you’re totally recovered you’re not able to spread the virus, but there’s not concrete data on this. The best we have is this recent study in the Lancet (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30566-3/fulltext) which indicates that people who recover shed virus for 20 days from symptom onset, whereas those who die shed virus continuously until their death, a maximum course of 37 days.

I obviously can’t give individual medical advice, which this is not, but the guidance from the WHO is excellent in general, and I will keep readers posted when there’s more information.

If you have questions, ask them and they’ll appear here in the next issue of corona extra!

Regional News (if you want somewhere added just let me know. Don’t be shy!! I highly recommend you just skip to your area if you don’t wanna be overwhelmed.)

Canada: last updated 9:00 AM EST 3/15/20

Total cases: 249 confirmed (+5), 4 presumed (-1), 1 death (3/9/20, no change)

All current cases had symptoms starting between 1/17/20 and 3/9/20

One of these cases is the PM’s wife (mild case); the couple are in quarantine for 14 days now. This is not expected to affect Canada’s management, but is definitely a reminder that being a political leader does not grant one immunity to COVID-19.

12% of cases have required hospitalization

79% of cases are in travellers, and a further 8% in their close contacts

Affected provinces include (both confirmed and presumptive cases): BC (73, +0), Alberta (39, -2), Saskatchewan (2, +0), Manitoba (4, +0), Ontario (103, +2), Quebec (24, +3), Newfoundland and Labrador (1) New Brunswick (2, +0), and PEI (1).

Newly affected provinces include: Newfoundland and Labrador

4 cases in repatriated travellers

The Netherlands

I do not speak Dutch so please correct me if I’ve fucked something up royally

1135 confirmed cases, 20 deaths

176 new cases, 8 new deaths

Provinces (?) affected include: Drenthe (15), Flevoland (19), Friesland (10), Gelderland (100), Groningen (9), Limburg (129), North Brabant (446), North Holland (90), Overijssel (28), Utrecht (109), South Holland (110), and Zeeland (12).

I think this is all of them based on a quick Wikipedia investigation?

Interestingly they tested a bunch of people who work in a hospital and found a pretty high (4%) rate of asymptomatic infection. This seems like bad news (are these people spreading, etc) but it’s actually pretty good news because it means the mortality rate is lower than we think. I’ll update here as I find out more, which is hampered by my inability to speak Dutch.

New Zealand

8 confirmed cases, 2 probable cases

2 new cases, one of which was diagnosed in Australia

Both patients were on international flights and there is extensive contact tracing underway

2 patients have required hospitalization but both have been discharged

6700 people have completed self-isolation, 3015 people continue to be isolated

These people all deserve a medal, thank you for protecting your communities!

Golden Princess cruise berthed in Akaroa has one confirmed and two potential cases. The ship is quarantined now.

Norway

1077 cases, 166 of which are new

I still don’t speak Norwegian so if I screwed up lemme know

Only 1 confirmed death, possibly one more to be confirmed 3/16 but only official numbers go here

Also possible that it’s been confirmed and I don’t know because I don’t speak Norwegian

287 cases are due to community transmission, 710 acquired outside of Norway, the rest are undetermined

Locations where people became infected include Austria (491), Italy (144), Switzerland (14), UK (12), Spain (9), France (8), USA (7), Iran (5), China (1), Hong Kong (1), other countries with more than 3 cases (80), and other countries with less than 3 cases (20).

Breakdown of cases by area: Agder (55, +3), Innlandet (72, +16), Møre og Romsdal (20, +4), Nordland (8, +0), Oslo (281, +59), Rogaland (127, +9), Troms og Finnmark (20, +4), Trøndelag (50, +4), Vestfold og Telemark (48, +9), Vestland (118, +9), and Viken (278, +47)

Good job Nordland! No new cases today! :D

United Kingdom in general: this is pretty rough because apparently the public health strategy coming from Boris is “herd immunity” aka let everyone get sick and then they’ll all be immune, since the only other way to get herd immunity is a vaccine that…..we don’t have yet. Boris does not understand how to medicine.

Fuck you, Boris.

1372 total cases (+20%), 232 are new today

35 total deaths, 14 new today

England

1099 total cases

Affected NHS regions are as follows: London (407), South East (175), Midlands (94), North East and Yorkshire (91), North West (76), East of England (71), and South West (61).

Deaths are not being reported by the PHS but I will do my best to split these out in the next few editions using news reports etc

Scotland

153 cases total and 1 death

Affected health boards are as follows: Ayrshire and Arran (6), Borders (7), Fife (7), Forth Valley (10), Grampian (12), Greater Glasgow and Clyde (39), Highland (2), Lanarkshire (16), Lothian (28), Shetland (11), and Tayside (15).

I don’t know if this is all of the health boards in Scotland but it sure is the ones that have confirmed covid19.

Wales

94 cases, 34 new

Welsh authorities are now recommending that anyone who develops a persistent cough and/or fever self-isolate, and only call 111 if they are unable to cope with their symptoms at home

Affected areas include: Blaenau Gwent County (3, +2), Bridgend County (1, +0), Caerphilly County (11, +4), Carmarthenshire County (7, +3), City & County of Swansea (18, +4), City of Cardiff (8, +3), Conwy County (1, +0), Flintshire County (1, +0), Isle of Anglesey (1, +0), Monmouthshire County (5, +1), Neath Port Talbot (11, +0), Newport City (5, +3), Pembrokeshire (2, +0), Powys County (5, +0), and Wrexham County (1, +0).

Newly affected areas include: Ceredigion County (1), Rhondda Cynon Taf County (2), Torfaen County (2), and Vale of Glamorgan (1).

Northern Ireland

45 cases, 11 new

This is all the data I have, sorry

This may actually be a thing that makes northern/southern Ireland cooperate, which is a small spark of hope in the raging dumpster fire that is this pandemic (I hyperbolize, but only slightly)

US in general: All this info is from the state & county health departments unless I say otherwise. The national response is a trash fire (but maybe hopefully improving this week??) CDC information is updated weekdays; total US cases are from 3/13 at 4 PM

1629 total cases, 41 deaths (2.5% mortality rate), with 46 states and DC reporting cases.

CDC is now recommending all in person gatherings with more than 50 people be canceled for the next 8 weeks. This sucks for me personally and probably a lot of you all too. Hang in there.

California: updated around 10 AM PST, 3/15/20

The state dept of health is not providing a ton of info right now, so all of this is coming from county health departments, which are doing really excellent work btw. Love local public health departments <3

My official take is that the higher level government orgs in the US are muzzled from above and therefore totally shitting the bed and the county-level public health officials are really stepping up to the plate

Total cases not including the ones at Miramar (discussed below): 363, with 4 total deaths

Affected counties include: Alameda (7), Calaveras (2), Contra Costa (29), Fresno (2), Humboldt (1 - recovered), Imperial (2), Los Angeles (53, +11), Madera (1), Marin (5), Orange (14), Placer (8), Riverside (10), Sacramento (29) San Benito (3 - 2 recovered), San Diego (8), San Francisco (28), San Joaquin (8), San Luis Obispo (1), San Mateo (32), Santa Clara (91), Santa Cruz (7), Shasta (1), Solano (6), Sonoma (4), Stanislaus (2), Tulare (2), Ventura (5), Yolo (2)

San Diego: My numbers are not gonna include the federal quarantine situations at Miramar (for repatriated people and the Diamond Princess passengers) because that’s what makes sense right now regarding community transmission. If this changes I will say so.

Unaffected counties include: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Plumas, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yuba

Counties with confirmed community transmission include: Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Sonoma

Newly affected counties include San Luis Obispo (3/14)

Colorado - last updated 3/14 at 3 PM

Colorado Springs Bridge Center is under an advisory for possible exposure

Drive-up testing is available now, in Denver and Lowry and possibly other places

1 death, 3/13/20, in El Paso County, a female in her 80s

Community spread has been confirmed

101 confirmed cases, 1 death

Affected counties include: Adams (6), Arapahoe (10), Denver (20), Douglas (4), Eagle (18), El Paso (3), Gunnison (6), Jefferson (9), Larimer (1), Mesa (1), Pitkin (2), Pueblo (1), Summit (2), Weld (3)

Out of state visitors who have tested positive are tallied separately. They are located in the following counties: Pitkin (9), Eagle (2), Routt (1), Denver (1), unknown (2 - wtf??)

Florida - last updated 145 AM EST 3/15/20

115 (+45) cases and 4 deaths (+0)

Florida has not yet confirmed community transmission but it’s almost certainly happening. I’m no longer separating counties with and without confirmed community transmission because of that.

Also, the numbers by county do not add up to the same total because locations are updated less frequently by FLDPH than the total number of cases.

Affected counties include: Alachua (1, +0), Broward (36, +16), Charlotte (1, +0), Clay (3, +2), Collier (5, +2), Duval (4, +3), Hillsborough (4, +2), Lee (5, +1), Manatee (4, +0), Miami-Dade (13, +5), Nassau (1, +0) Okaloosa (1, +0), Orange (2, +1), Osceola (1), Palm Beach (5, +0), Pasco (2, +1) Pinellas (2, +0), Santa Rosa (1, +0), Sarasota (1, +0) Seminole (1, +0), Volusia (5, +1)

Newly affected counties include: Citrus (1), St. John’s (1)

Port Everglades is under an advisory due to several cases connected to a cruise company based there.

Georgia: last updated 3/15 at 11:43 AM

Y’ALL THEY MADE A HASHTAG. I am NOT making this up. It’s #covid19ga if you want to use that, I guess???

99 cases, 1 death

Affected counties include: Bartow (9), Charlton (1), Cherokee (6), Clayton (2), Clarke (2), Cobb (19), Coweta (2), Dekalb (10), Dougherty (6), Fayette (5), Floyd (4), Fulton (20), Gordon (2), Gwinnett (4), Henry (1), Lowndes (2), Lee (2), Newton (1), and Polk (1).

Illinois: last updated 3/14/20

64 confirmed cases, 16 new, with confirmed community spread

New cases: Chicago (7), Cook not Chicago (4), Kane (1), Lake (1)

195 pending persons under investigation

Affected counties include Cook, Kane, McHenry

Newly affected counties include: Woodford (1), Cumberland (1), St. Clair (2), DuPage (1, first long-term care facility case)

Iowa: last updated 3/14/20

Total cases: 18, 1 new 3/14

Affected counties include: Carroll (1), Dallas (1), Harrison (1), Johnson (14), and Pottawattamie (1)

Community spread confirmed on 3/14/2020

Kansas: last updated 3/14/20

8 confirmed cases

Affected counties include: Johnson (5), Wyandotte (1), Butler (1), Franklin (1)

Kentucky: last updated 3/14 at 6 pm local time

18 confirmed cases

2 new cases, both in Fayette County

One patient in Nelson County tested positive but left the hospital and refused to quarantine himself. Don’t be like this guy. Please. I’m expecting a lot more cases to pop up in Nelson county over the next couple weeks all connected to this one patient.

Apparently there’s now a bunch of cops sitting outside his house to make sure he stays there. Ffs.

Affected counties include: Harrison (6), Fayette (7), Jefferson (3 or 4, possible repeat test), Bourbon (1), Nelson (1), and Montgomery (1)

Governor is recommending hospitals stop elective procedures and childcare centers plan for closure by 3/17/20. Also put in place a bunch of important protections for people who don’t have insurance and stuff. Good job, KY!

First patient has fully recovered! Yay!

Louisiana: last updated 9:30 am 3/15/20

91 cases reported, 14 new

2 deaths, 1 new

Parishes affected: Jefferson (12, +1), Lafourche (1, +0), Orleans (65, +12), St. Charles (2, +0), St. John the Baptist (1, +0), St. Tammany (4, +2), and Terrebonne (2, +1)

New parishes affected: Bossier (1), Caddo (1), St. Bernard (1)

Massachusetts: last updated 4 pm 3/14/20

138 cases (19 lab confirmed, 119 presumptive positives)

1 new lab confirmed case, 14 new presumptive positives

1083 people in quarantine

Affected counties include: Berkshire (9, 0% change), Essex (5, +150%), Middlesex (65, +8%), Norfolk (28, +16%), Suffolk (27, +3%), and Worcester (2, 0% change)

Newly affected counties include: Barnstable (1) and Bristol (1)

5 cases travel related, 104 (+10%) in one community transmission cluster, others unknown

11 hospitalized, 105 not hospitalized, the rest pending (22)

1 new hospitalization

Michigan: last updated 3/14/20 in the evening

33 cases, 8 new, 0 deaths

Affected counties include: Bay (1), Charlevoix (1), Ingham (1), Kent (3), Macomb (2), Monroe (1), Montcalm (1), Oakland (9), St. Clair (1), Wayne (8), and Washtenaw (4)

Likely community transmission

Minnesota: last updated 3/15

35 cases, community transmission confirmed

Affected counties include: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Olmstead, Ramsey, Renville, Stearns, Waseca, Washington, and Wright

County numbers are not currently being provided by MN dept of health, just ranges. Hennepin and Ramsey counties have 6-20 cases each.

Hopefully they’ll pull an Ohio and help a girl out soon

Drive through testing available in Olivia

Nebraska: last updated 3/15

Community transmission confirmed: many locations in Douglas County are potential places where transmission has occurred; if you live or have traveled to Douglas County (Omaha), please check the Douglas County COVID-19 monitoring site.

There were also two exposures in Knox County on March 5, at basketball games at Lincoln Southwest HS and North Star HS.

17 cases, no deaths

Affected counties include: Cass (1), Douglas (15) and Knox (1)

New Jersey : last updated 3/14 at 2 pm

69 cases (+38%), 1 death (none new)

Affected counties include: Bergen (25, +47%), Burlington (3, no change), Camden (2, +1), Essex (7, +1), Hudson (5, +2), Middlesex (10, +6), Monmouth (8, +1), Morris (3, no change), Ocean (1, no change), Passaic (2, -1 apparently?), Somerset (1, no change), and Union (1, no change)

Newly affected counties include: Mercer (1)

I dread updating NJ just because the website sucks so bad

Thank you to the commenter who noted that the help line apparently rules and they’ve been advertising it heavily, that’s awesome public health work by NJ!

So that’s a bright spot, eh?

New York: last updated 3/14 at 8 PM

613 cases, 192 new, 1 new death

Affected counties include: Westchester (178, +12%), Nassau (79, +54%), Suffolk (41, +13), Rockland (12, +3), Ulster (5, +0), Dutchess (4, +1), Orange (6, +3), Saratoga (3), Albany (5, +3), Broom (1, +0), Delaware (1, +0), Herkimer (1, +0), Monroe (2, +1), and Schenectady (1, +0).

NYC has 269 cases (+75%) as of 3/15 at noon

Newly affected counties include: Erie (3), Tioga (1), and Tompkins (1)

Drive through testing in New Rochelle and Long Island

All public places are closed in New Rochelle through March 25.

Ohio: last updated 3/15 at 2 pm

36 confirmed cases, 10 new

350 people under investigation

Affected counties include: Belmont (2), Butler (6), Cuyahoga (14), Franklin (3), Lorain (2), Lucas (1), Medina (1), Stark (2), Summit (2), Trumbull (2), Tuscarawas (1)

THEY STARTED GIVING COUNTY BY COUNTY INFO, PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Oregon: last updated 3/14 at 11:00 AM

36 cases, 13 hospitalized at time of positive test, 1 death (3/14)

The following counties are affected: Clackamas (1), Deschutes (3), Douglas (1), Jackson (2), Klamath (1), Linn (9), Marion (2), Multnomah (1), Polk (1), Umatilla (2), and Washington (13).

Pennsylvania: last updated 3/15 at noon

Gritty is now loose and is singlehandedly responsible for all cases in Philadelphia, if you see the orange monster, RUN

63 total cases, 16 new today

No deaths, Gritty is thankfully failing in his mission to murder

Counties affected include: Allegheny (3, +1) Bucks (4, +1), Chester (2, +0), Cumberland (5, +2), Delaware (7, +1), Monroe (6, +3), Montgomery (24, +4), Northampton (1, +0), Philadelphia (6, +2), Pike (1, +0), Washington (1, +0), Wayne (1, +0)

Newly affected counties include: Lehigh (1) and Luzerne (1)

446 people under investigation pending test results

Rhode Island: last updated 3/13/20

~500 people in quarantine for close contact situations

57 pending people under investigation

20 confirmed cases, no deaths

Next expected update 3/16 in the AM

South Dakota: last updated 3/15

9 confirmed cases, no new cases since 3/14

6 pending cases under investigation

Affected counties include: Beadle (1), Bon Homme (1), Charles Mix (1), Davison (1), McCook (1), Minnehaha (3), and Pennington (1)

No community transmission

Texas: last updated 3/15

56 total cases, 5 new.

Highly likely that there has been community transmission, unconfirmed currently

Affected counties include: Bell (1, +0), Bexar (3, +2), Brazoria (2, +0), Collin (6, +1), Dallas (8, +0), El Paso (1, +0), Fort Bend (9, +0), Galveston (1, +0), Gregg (1, +0), Harris (10, +0), Hays (1, +0), Lavaca (1, +0), Montgomery (3, +0), Smith (4, +1), Tarrant (3, +0), and Travis (1, +0)

Newly affected counties include: Matagorda (1)

The Texas DPH has corrected a tabulation error that affected Gregg and Travis counties.

Utah: last updated 3/15

21 total cases, 14 cases in Utah residents

Affected health districts include: Davis County (3), Salt Lake county (14), Southwest Utah (1), Summit County (2), and Weber-Morgan (1)

The Utah Jazz managed to get more testing than the rest of the country for awhile there, so that’s great for them

Whoever does your graphic design, *greatjob* (the little virus instead of the UDPH logo is CHOICE)

Also, the website is super useful and readable, 10/10 good job Utah

First case of community spread identified on 3/14/20, in Summit County

Schools and universities are closed starting 3/16/20, Mormonism is closed until further notice, and skiing is canceled in Park City and Cottonwood Canyon for a minimum of a week. If you are interested in skiing in Utah, check Ski Utah for a list of closures.

Virginia: last updated 3/15

45 cases total, 4 new

Affected counties/cities include: Arlington (8, +1), Chesterfield (1, +0), Fairfax (10, +0) James City (8, +1), Loudoun (5, +0), Virginia Beach City (4, +1), Prince William (3, +1), Spotsylvania (1, +0), Prince Edward (1, +0), Hanover (1, +0), Harrisonburg City (1, +0), and Alexandria City (1, +0)

No newly affected areas today.

Washington: last updated 3/14 at 2:45 PM

Godspeed, y’all are having a real rough time right now. Yipes. Washington is really hard hit right now, especially King County. Look to Washington State and how they’re coping for a preview of how things are gonna go as the cases develop elsewhere.

642 total cases, 40 deaths (6.2% mortality)

Affected counties include: Clark (3), Columbia (1), Grant (2), Grays Harbor (1), Island (6), Jefferson (1), King (387), Kitsap (3), Kittitas (3), Pierce (26), Skagit (4), Snohomish (154), Spokane (3), Thurston (3), Whatcom (2), and Yakima (4).

39 cases are currently unassigned to a county. These are expected to resolve in the coming days, hopefully.

Deaths have occurred in the following counties: Grant (1), King (35), Snohomish (4),

Wisconsin: last updated 3/15 at 2 PM

33 total cases (6 new), 1 recovered, 0 deaths

Affected counties include: Dane (6, +0), Fond du Lac (11, +5), Milwaukee (7, +1), Pierce (1, +0), Racine (1, +0), Sheboygan (3, +0), Waukesha (3, +0), and Winnebago (1, +0)

Today’s Hot Tips

Make sure you have ibuprofen and tylenol/acetaminophen/APAP/paracetamol at home before you get sick. This isn’t just covid advice, this is life advice in general. (Obvs, ask your doctor about what’s safe to take if you have chronic health conditions etc but this is a general recommendation, not medical advice. As I said, life advice.)

As far as I know, ibuprofen and tylenol are ok, but research may change this. Current research indicates that steroids, which are used in other severe respiratory conditions, may make COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) worse. More on this later.

It still can’t hurt to have some tylenol around, though, ya know?

Hand Washing Song of the Day

If you hate singing happy birthday while you wash your hands, I certainly do, try Good as Hell by Lizzo instead!

Sing from “I do my hair toss” to “If he don’t love you anymore” at minimum (if you’re like me and can’t leave a lyric unfinished, go ahead and dry your hands while making your brain happy.) to follow CDC handwashing guidelines! Use soap and water for maximum virus-murdering.

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Most public health departments stop updating their information around 4-5 PM local time on weekdays. That means that the earliest this will come out is around 6 PM Pacific time on weekdays going forward. On weekends things update more sporadically and earlier, so who knows what I’ll do then, but I’ll do my best.

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List of peer-reviewed publications: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/publications.html

WHO daily sitrep: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200315-sitrep-55-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=33daa5cb_6

WHO FAQ: https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses

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coping by making memes

93 notes • Posted 2021-08-13 22:25:58 GMT

actually speaking of nbc hannibal imagine hannibal setting up all these elaborate situations where will and a serial killer fight so that will has to kill them and/or almost gets murdered but like....will just straight up dies.

Like WHOOPS maybe setting up deadly situations to make a murder husband out of the sad empath ISNT such a smart move when you want him to live (or at least murder him yourself)

94 notes • Posted 2021-02-19 20:29:18 GMT

“it seems like you don’t allow yourself to express or even feel angry”

sir if I expressed anger I would commit war crimes because someone’s mouth made a wet noise in my presence

118 notes • Posted 2021-07-02 06:13:06 GMT

my mom’s annoyed at me bc I joked about prince Phillip and she was like

“well he was good in that he supported his wife instead of taking power for himself”

and I replied “yeah he really let her use girl power for imperialism”

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southerners in the snow storm—

if your car is outside, go run it for a bit so the battery doesn’t die

scrape your car if there’s any snow on it

If you have a fireplace, learn how it works (gas or wood) and look up how to use it

leave your faucets dripping and open cabenits under the sink

if you can get supplies, get what you need for fire (wood, matches, fire starters), kitty litter to keep in your car and sprinkle around if you lose traction, warm clothes including gloves, socks, and thermal underwear, water bottles

if you must drive make sure you have warm clothes in the car

While driving keep a long follow distance, go slowly, don’t expect anyone else to be able to stop easily

Dont brake if you lose control of your vehicle, or during any turns

this isn’t a comprehensive list by any means

Northerners/People who live in cold/snowy places—

Realize that the South doesn’t have the same infrastructure to plow and salt roads and that most people are never taught how to deal with cold

Also most houses aren’t built for it and we have external water pipes and power lines

So shut up about how people can’t handle a little cold and actually give helpful advice if you must speak (:

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hello there.

how are you? good to hear.

now pretend John Cena is under the floor, ready to jump out like a jack in the box, and answer this question...

coke or pepsi?

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people scare me, and that's the post 💙

9 notes • Posted 2021-03-22 03:54:27 GMT

hey there, i'm bored, so let's make a character together! :D

pick one for each category and reply, or reblog if you want, with your picks. if i get multiple responses then i'll just mix and match. (or maybe i'll make multiple characters(??))

for specific colors, i'm gonna use a random color generator, so we'll skip that. i'll just ask for general color schemes. here we go:

boy or girl? (for that good ol' body shape)

sharp or innocent eyes? (really slim or more round, basically)

what's their expression like? are they sad? angry? happy?

short or long hair? curly, wavy, or straight?

are they supernatural or a normal human? if they are supernatural, what type of creature are they?

are their eyes natural colors (ex. brown, green, blue, hazel, etc.) or mythical colors (ex. purple, yellow, red, etc.)?

is their hair two-toned or one solid color?

is their hair natural (ex. brown, blonde, ginger, black) or dyed (any other color lol)?

is their skin a natural or mythical color? (i think you get it at this point)

is their skin light, medium, or dark toned?

do they have glasses? are they round or rectangular?

do they wear jewelry? if so, what type(s)?

what's their outfit aesthetic? (if you don't have one, just say "you decide")

do they wear a hat? if so, what type?

i can't think of anymore questions, so i think this is fine ahsuwhdhd. i'll post the finished product(s) when i'm done, and the person whose choices i used can name them, if they want.

so yeah! there you go! have fun! <3

10 notes • Posted 2021-05-17 18:58:08 GMT

i feel like this blog is just going to be a bunch of things i like mashed together, and i'm okay with that.

10 notes • Posted 2021-01-13 15:24:44 GMT

haha you just followed me so i cam andc hecked out your blog and ??? i love it here?? it's so cute and relaxing. so yeah, we are mutuals now, i couldn't not follow you! hi! i hope you are well!

omg hi!! thank you for all the compliments, and i am doing well! how are you?? it's so nice to hear you find my blog relaxing since it's just a mess of my thoughts lol. aaaaaa i just thought that your blog was funny and relatable, plus you seemed really cool, so it's crazy that you followed me back! thank you for that! 💙

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Crescent || Chapter 8

Fandom(s): ATEEZ

AU: Treasure Hunters

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Relationship: Everyone x Everyone, Established Hongjoong x Yunho

Language: English

Status: Ongoing

Chapter WC: 4,473 words

Warnings: Character Death, Stabbing, Fighting, Blood, Aliens, War, Funerals, Kidnapping, Attempted Kidnapping, Mentions of Child Abuse / Child Work, Explosions, Murder Attempt, Robbery, Homeless/Runaway Character, more will be added.

Chapter Warnings: Fighting, Blood

Summary:

"What is going on?!" Hongjoong asked as he approached Jongho, noticing the mob himself. "Good fucking lord I'm gonna have to talk to Yeosang about this." He groaned.

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San managed to sneak away from the crew when Hongjoong and Yunho locked themselves in the main quarters and he was forced to wait before he could go back to work. Instead, he went down to the hold and made sure there was no one there but him. Once he had made sure, he took out his communicator and contacted his boss. When he answered, San knew just by the look on his face that he was in trouble.

"Soldier San, code CS-710-28, reporting sir." San saluted.

"Fancy seeing you, code CS-710-28!" His boss replied with sarcasm. "You know, it's been quite impossible to get a hold of you, I wonder why that is?"

San didn't have an excuse. He had been thinking about his mission over and over, but each time he found himself less willing to commit to it. It wasn't only because it was difficult. San hated to admit it, but all the people he had killed before had deserved it to a point, at least most of them. Hongjoong, on the other hand... He just wasn't sure there he did.

"My apologies, sir." San bowed deeply. It was nothing to appease his boss, of course, but what else could he do.

"Stop with the useless apologies!" He yelled, and San cringed, looking around to make sure the sound hadn't brought unpleasant attention.

He didn't find the idea of killing Hongjoong very appealing anymore, but he absolutely detested killing people who weren't his target, even for the sake of fulfilling his mission. When nobody came to check what was going on, he exhaled deeply and stood straight, looking at his boss. His boss' face expressed perfectly all the anger he was feeling, and San hoped things wouldn't escalate.

"I imagine you haven't even fulfilled your mission yet, have you?" His boss asked, pointing a finger at him.

"No, sir..." San bowed his head slightly, knowing that not even looking sorry would be worse.

"You fucking-!"

San was quick to mute the call as his boss began to yell, his heart racing as he looked around once more. This had been a terrible idea. He should have used the opportunity and left the ship in order to make the call, and although the sound outside provided a bit of protection, there wasn't much he could do if there was someone outside of the hold. When his boss stopped yelling, San unmuted the call.

"Did you mute me?" His boss asked, face race with anger as he sat down again.

"Yes, sir." San nodded. "Sorry sir, I didn't want to bring unwanted attention to the place I'm in currently."

"At least you still have some brain left in that useless head of yours," his boss huffed. San tightened his lips but didn't say anything. "I want progress code CS-710-28, I don't care if you lose a limb or die for this mission, because if you don't, they're gonna want to have my head on a silver plate."

"Understood, sir." San nodded.

As soon as the call ended, he put away his communicator and sighed. This was starting to get out of his hands and he didn't know what to do about it anymore. The more that time passed, the less he saw an opportunity of getting alive out of this mission. It was a problem that he didn't even feel particularly moved to do anything about it, especially since waiting had become the only way to extend his life.

After taking a few minutes to calm down, he exited the hull and went up to the deck. He didn't notice Hongjoong and Yunho right outside of the door until they called for him, startling him enough to make him yelp. He walked towards them, a mild feeling akin to panic settling in his stomach. They couldn't have been listening in to his conversation, right? They wouldn't look so calm if they had.

"San, come here for a moment," Hongjoong beckoned him over, motioning for him with one hand.

"What is it, Captain?" San asked as he approached them, heart beating fast in his chest.

"I told you to call me Hongjoong..." Hongjoong complaining, frowning. San blushed slightly, peaking at Yunho who looked amused at most.

"You said to do so when there's no one else," San muttered, looking back at Hongjoong, who laughed at his reply.

"Yunho barely counts as a formal crew member," Hongjoong said jokingly, shrugging it off when Yunho complained at him about the amount of work he got in that case.

San stared at them bicker softly for a moment, bewildered. He knew, from the information he had read to prepare for his mission, that they were both dating. Yet, it was so weird to see them interact like that in reality, so intimate with each other even at moments when they weren't alone. San had never been like that with anyone, and he couldn't help but feel curious.

"Are the two of you dating?" The question escaped his lips before he could even think it over properly. He already knew they were, why had he even asked? "Ah, sorry..." He apologized quickly, but Hongjoong broke in a fit of giggles.

"Damn it! I lost the bet," he complained, pushing San softly. "Why did you have to ask first?!" San looked at him in complete confusion, the situation made absolutely no sense to him. What bet? And why was he part of it?

"We're gonna have to pay Siyeon," Yunho chuckled. "We could not tell her, you know? Since she wasn't here."

"That's lying Yunho," Hongjoong pouted. "I don't like lying."

"I'm sorry, but what are you talking about?" San interrupted, slightly annoyed that he didn't know what was going on when he was, somehow, involved.

"I'm sorry, please don't be mad." Hongjoong was quick to apologize, face turning into one of worry in just seconds. San felt bad for making him feel bad, and he didn't like that.

"To answer the multitude of questions in your mind, yes, we are dating," Yunho intervened, calmly taking over the explanation. "We're not particularly akin to keeping it hidden though, but we didn't want to be obvious about it either. Siyeon and Hwanwoong are close friends of ours, and we decided to bet who in the crew would ask first."

"I honestly thought it would be Jongho, he has caught us more than a couple times." Hongjoong sighed, pushing his hair back.

San couldn't help but notice how his brown roots were starting to show, and he caught himself swallowing. Hongjoong's pink hair had already been losing color when they first met, and had looked closer to white more than anything, but now his roots were beginning to show, and it gave him a completely different look. Yunho seemed to notice if his grin was anything to go by when he touched Hongjoong's hair while looking directly into San's eyes. San had the decency to look away instead.

"I thought it'd be Mingi, with the way he always gets so flustered around everything," Yunho shrugged. "You need to touch up your roots." The comment was simple, but it was enough to make San's cheeks burn red.

"Why did you want to speak with me?" San was quick to change the topic, wanting to just leave the two be their disgustingly cheesy selves in peace.

"Ah right," Hongjoong seemed to remember why he had beckoned him in the first place. "I just wanted to know if everything was alright with you? I heard you say something weird when we first arrived to the planet and it worried me a little..."

San looked at Hongjoong with mild confusion and tried to think back to their arrival. Had it been when he mentioned how Tebos reminded him of his own home planet? Was Hongjoong worried about him? It was obvious he was trying to push him to say something, but if San revealed where he came from, they would immediately suspect him. It was sweet, but really unhelpful to his will for fulfilling the mission.

"Well, you don't have to tell me anything if you don't want," Hongjoong was quick to add when he noticed San wasn't going to speak up. "Just know I'm here if you want to talk."

"Thank you Cap-" San interrupted himself when Hongjoong gave him a warning gaze, and quickly corrected his words. "Thank you Hongjoong, I'll keep it in mind. I'll go if you don't need me for anything else?"

Hongjoong and Yunho both shook their heads no and so San left. He went all the way to the Forecastle Deck, wanting to get away from them as much as possible. Once he was there, he let a long, relieved sigh out, and leaned against the railing, just grateful that he had been able to get away from that one. For all he was trying to delay his inevitable death, everyone seemed to want to make it an impossible task for him.

"What did I get dragged into...?" He sighed, ruffling his hair. He needed to make a decision quick, before it was too late.

They took a detour from the main streets and used all of the alleyways Yeosang knew of. They couldn't go too fast because of Mingi's leg, but at the very least the lack of space would make it more difficult for the mob to chase them.

"Why are they chasing you?!" Mingi yelled as he did his best to follow Yeosang's pace.

It hurt him every time he had to step hard onto his wooden leg, but he didn't complain. If he stopped even for a second to do so, the mob would catch up to them, and he didn't feel like being beaten with sticks and pipes.

"Promise you won't be mad at me!" Yeosang yelled, looking back briefly to assess the situation, and then making a sharp turn to his right. "Or that you won't think differently of me!"

"Why would you be worried about that?" Mingi was worried, was it something that bad that Yeosang was worried.

"I want us to be friends!" Yeosang yelled, blushing slightly. Mingi gaped at him for a few seconds, before nodding. Then he realized Yeosang wasn't actually looking at him.

"I promise!" Mingi shouted back.

"I stole from all of them!" Yeosang explained.

"You what?!"

As they made another turn, the port became visible to them, and both began running faster now that they were so close. Jongho was waiting for them and he seemed confused at their running until he noticed the very angry mob running behind them. He quickly turned to alert the rest of the crew.

"What is going on?!" Hongjoong asked as he approached Jongho, noticing the mob himself. "Good fucking lord I'm gonna have to talk to Yeosang about this." He groaned.

Hongjoong was quick to descend the ship as he noticed Mingi trip. Instead of running, Yeosang went back for him and threw himself over Mingi, he wasn't very big, so he couldn't offer much protection, but it was him whom they wanted anyway. They quickly disappeared from Hongjoong's sight as the mob closed in on them, and Hongjoong ran towards them with his sword transformed into some sort of baton.

Yunho and the rest of his soldiers quickly followed him to protect him, not even waiting for his orders. Yunho wasn't particularly worried about Hongjoong, having seen the glare he had directed at the poor people that had decided to attack one of his own. Hongjoong descended on them with fury and speed, quickly diverting the attention of some of the assailants towards him, who weren't very happy of someone interfering with their revenge.

Their Captain wasn't kin on hurting people for fun, so he was holding back, but even then the townspeople were no match for him. Honjoong disarmed a couple of men by hitting their arms with the baton. Not even the nasty cracks that could be heard from some of his hits deterred him. The rest of his soldiers were quick to help him, and soon, they had managed to make a path to Mingi and Yeosang.

"Get up, quickly!" Hongjoong yelled as he kicked one man in the stomach, pushing him to the floor. "Hwanwoong, get them to the ship!" He ordered.

Hwanwoong hit a man on the leg, making him fall to his knees, and then bashed him on the head to render him unconscious. As soon as he was done, he made his way towards the pair and put Mingi's arm on his shoulders, helping Yeosang carry him to the ship. Hongjoong was right behind them, making sure no one got close enough to hurt them, and Yunho joined him right after.

As soon as they were far enough from the biggest part of the mob and Yeosang and Mingi had boarded the ship, Hongjoong whistled to get the attention of his crew. Everyone immediately began to back up, running towards the ship while trying to keep the angry mob at bay. Hongjoong waited on the ground, wanting to make sure his crew was safe before boarding.

When almost all of the crew had made it up, Hongjoong heard a gunshot. It didn't hurt anyone, fortunately, but he could clearly see the dent on his ship where the bullet had broken through. His eyes darkened as his baton morphed into a sword, and electricity started flowing through it, crackling like a thunderstorm.

"You dare fire against my crew?" He growled.

Everyone froze around him. Hongjoong advanced towards the townsfolk that had previously been attacking them and now stood frozen in fear. If Hongjoong had possessed the ability to kill with his eyes, everyone would have fallen dead by now, but the threat of his electric sword was far more real.

The people moved away as he walked towards the man that had fired the gun. Yunho focused on getting the rest of the crew aboard the ship, and then followed Hongjoong, ready to pull him back and run away. Finally, Hongjoong stopped in front of the man and raised his sword, pointing it directly to the man's chest.

"Come on, do it," Hongjoong dared him. "Fire the gun against my crew again, and I'll stop your heart." His tone was low and dark.

The man had begun sweating profusely. The hand that was holding the gun pointed towards the ship shook as he lowered it slowly, dropping the gun to the floor. Hongjoong scoffed before letting out a laugh, he was still holding his sword millimetres away from the man's chest as everyone looked at them.

"That's what I thought." Hongjoong put his sword down and walked away.

He didn't turn around or try to keep an eye on the man, he knew he wouldn't be picking up that gun again any time soon. Yunho gave him a warning look, but Hongjoong only smiled and shrugged it off, the dangerous look disappearing from his eyes. All of the crew was looking at him with a mix of fear and amazement, but Hongjoong paid them no mind, he was used to it.

As soon as they boarded the ship, Hongjoong made his way to the wheel and ordered them to pick up the anchor. Soon enough, they had set sail, and with the new location marked in their map, Hongjoong left Hwanwoong on the wheel and went to check on Mingi and Yeosang. He could still feel the way his heart had dropped in his chest when he had seen the crowd engulf them.

Handong, the ship's medic, was tending to both of them in their little infirmary. She had already finished patching Yeosang up, who had nothing but a few scratches and purples blotches where the crowd had hit him while he was covering Mingi. The latter, on the other hand, was lying on the bed with his eyes full of tears of pain.

The stump of his leg was red where his wooden leg had dented when he fell and had scratched him all over as it came loose. It wasn't a serious injury, fortunately, but he still seemed very upset and in pain. As Handong healed his wounds, Hongjoong sat down next to him and held his hand softly, trying to bring him some consolation.

"I'm so sorry Mingi," Yeosang apologized, and by the look of Mingi's face, Hongjoong could tell this was not the first time he had done so.

"I told you it's fine," Mingi sniffled, trying really hard not to cry, especially now that he was being given such sweet attention from his Captain.

"I'm really sorry though, you should have told me it was hurting you to walk so fast," Yeosang looked distraught.

"You're worse for wear, why would someone do something so dumb like covering me?" Mingi retaliated, even more upset. "You're so small too, it should've been the other way around."

"I'm not small! I just didn't want you to get hurt because of me-"

"Alright, I'm stopping you two right there," Hongjoong intervened, raising a hand. Handong shoot him a grateful look as she finished patching Mingi up. "What is this? A lovers' quarrel? You two met yesterday." He joked, and it seemed to work well enough as they both blushed but stopped arguing. "Mingi, are you alright?"

Hongjoong decided to ask the miner first. He had been with him for longer and seemed to be the one upset about the situation the most. Mingi nodded, but didn't dare to look at Hongjoong, and he wondered if it was because he had gotten scared about his little 'power demonstration' from earlier. He decided not to insist and focus on Yeosang instead.

"How about you Yeosang?"

"I'm okay, a little roughed up, but I'll live." Yeosang replied, unable to hold back his mild sarcasm. Hongjoong laughed it off and nodded.

"That I can see..." Hongjoong sighed. "Thank you for protecting Mingi, even though the situation itself was pretty much your fault." Hongjoong added, carefully observing Yeosang's expression. Yeosang pursed his lips but nodded.

"I know, I'm sorry..." Yeosang sighed. "I really didn't think that would happen."

"It's alright." Hongjoong smiled. "The good thing is you're both safe, so rest for now, I have to go do other things."

He made sure they were comfortable before leaving the room. As he was walking out, he stumbled upon Jongho who was hurrying into the room, looking worried sick. Hongjoong thought of stopping him halfway and telling him it was alright, but in the end he decided to just let him go and figure it out himself.

Yunho met him at the main deck. He had just finished giving instructions to the crew about what they would be doing next, since they needed to take care of the fight that had happened in Tebos and also get safely to another planet to fill their tank. Yunho gave him an unimpressed look as Hongjoong approached him with a wide smile.

"You made one hell of a show down there," Yunho commented offhandedly. Hongjoong's shoulders raised with pride as he gently pushed his boyfriend.

"It was fun, I have to admit I do miss the battleground a little bit," Hongjoong chuckled.

"To be chased by an angry mob for serial robbery is not, in my opinion, fun." Yunho huffed. Probably only someone like Hongjoong would say it was fun. Everyone else in the crew had looked very stressed out when he had jumped right into the battle without giving it a second thought.

"I guess not," Hongjoong shrugged, smile still on his face.

"You know, if you miss it, you can always ask me out on a duel." Yunho suggested, looking at Hongjoong.

"Don't you mean ask you out on a date?" Hongjoong looked back at him, slightly confused.

"No, I meant a duel, I know you miss sword fighting and all that," Yunho smiled at him, but his voice was serious. "We can ask the crew to keep away from the deck for a little while and spar, it might also be a good way to deal with the tension you've been getting from the whole... treasure hunt."

"You know what?" Hongjoong smiled, grabbing Yunho's hand. "That's not a bad idea, thank you."

"Oh, are we doing more public displays of affection now?" Yunho raised an eyebrow.

"Why? We can't?" Hongjoong smiled teasingly at him, interlacing their fingers. "It's not like we did a great job at hiding it before."

"You're very right about that, but..." Yunho let go of his hand and turned him around, using his hands to push Hongjoong towards his quarters. "I'm afraid you have work to do, Captain, we'll have to be affectionate some other time."

"Unfair!" Hongjoong complained, but he still let Yunho guide him.

"Only to you," Yunho smiled. "And usually in your favor anyway, so you can't complain."

"Fine," Hongjoong huffed. "See you later then." He pulled Yunho down from the neck of his shirt and kissed him. But just as Yunho was leaning more into the kiss, Hongjoong stepped into his quarters and closed the door on his face.

Yeosang's dream this time was calm and almost empty. He was sitting on a small deck, with his feet dangling inside the waters of a lake. Wooyoung sat down next to him and looked into the water at their reflections. He met Yeosang's eyes through the reflection and smiled at him, Yeosang smiled back before looking up and looking at the real Wooyoung.

"Did it go well?" Wooyoung asked. He tried his best not to show how he had been worried sick about Yeosang's situation. He had been waiting impatiently for the time to pass so that Yeosang would go to sleep again and Wooyoung would be able to check on him.

"Yeah! I got a really bad beating, but it wasn't from the crew." Yeosang smiled. "I'm a crew member now, actually... And Hongjoong risked his life to save me, as well." He mumbled the last part, and Wooyoung looked at him in surprise.

"He did?" Wooyoung asked, leaning closer to Yeosang. That was not something he had expected.

"Well, he didn't do it only for me, Mingi was there too... Actually, he might have done it for Mingi, it just so happened that I was there too." Yeosang chuckled. "Still, I want to repay him."

"Oh, believe me, you will." Wooyoung smiled. "Your time will come."

Yeosang smiled and they went back to looking into the reflection. They stayed in silence for a little while, just admiring the little waves their feet made in the water, and playing with the occasional fish that would come visit them to the surface. Eventually, Yeosang turned to look at Wooyoung with a serious expression, and Wooyoung couldn't help the way his heart pressed hard against his chest.

"Wooyoung..." Yeosang began, claiming his attention.

"Hm?" Wooyoung didn't want to look at him though, feeling nervous from the serious mood that had settled upon them.

"Thank you for talking to Hongjoong, I really wanted to get out of that place," Yeosang explained, still looking directly at him. "But can I ask you something?"

"Sure, go ahead." Wooyoung nodded.

"What are you?" Yeosang finally asked, but his question came out more breathless than he had intended. "You said you're not just part of my dream, so what are you?"

Wooyoung sighed and pulled his feet out of the water, hugging his legs close to his chest. This was the question he had feared the most. He was afraid of exposing himself, afraid of being found outside of his planet and being captured and sold to the highest bidder. However, this was one of the people destined to be with him, so he had to trust him. Wooyoung was going to choose to trust Yeosang.

"You can't tell anyone about this, alright?" Wooyoung warned him, finally looking at Yeosang. "Honestly it's probably still too early to tell you, but I don't think it'll interfere with the flow of things." Wooyoung mumbled. "Just promise me you won't tell anyone, yet."

"I promise," Yeosang's face paled slightly, suddenly fearful of what Wooyoung was about to say.

"I'm a Somnum, I can see visions of the future and the past in my dreams, and I can also travel to other people's dreams." Wooyoung let out all at once. His chest felt lighter once he did, relieved that he could finally tell someone about it.

"Wait, Somnum are real?" Yeosang almost yelled, clearly shocked at the revelation.

"W-What...?" Wooyoung looked at him, almost equally surprised. "Of course we are real, I'm here in your dream, aren't I?" Wooyoung scoffed.

"W-Well, yeah, but..." Yeosang laughed, awkward. "I didn't think your species was real... I'd never seen one of you before, you look... human."

"Why? Disappointed?" Wooyoung smiled, feeling slightly mischievous. "Would you prefer me to look like something else?"

"No, actually, it's kind of relieving that you're not... weird looking." Yeosang mumbled, shaking his head. Wooyoung raised an eyebrow and smiled at him, leaning closer.

"Why is that?" He asked, pressing against Yeosang's shoulder.

"Nothing, stop being annoying." Yeosang pushed him away, making him laugh. "Why my dreams, though?"

"Well, every Somnum has a mission to achieve in their life, and that mission is revealed to us through a dream." Wooyoung explained, looking into the water again.

"Was I in your dream?" Yeosang asked, feeling slightly daring. Wooyoung looked into his eyes and smiled.

"You were, actually, and some others." Wooyoung remembered the faces of the rest. Everyone was in the ship now, except one, and he wondered how they would find him.

"Who else?" Yeosang asked, excited at the revelation.

"That... I cannot tell you yet." Wooyoung smiled mischievously. "Believe me, you'll figure it out."

"Is Captain Hongjoong one of them?" Yeosang asked out of the blue, making Wooyoung open his eyes wide. "He is! Isn't he?" Yeosang laughed as Wooyoung tried to deny it, but there was no point. "You should get better at hiding your reactions if you don't want others to know what you are."

"Mind your own business." Wooyoung muttered. "One more thing, Yeosang."

"What is it?" Yeosang put his arms behind his back, leaning back.

"Can you tell me where you are heading to? I need to try to catch up." Wooyoung explained.

"I don't think you'll manage to catch up to us on the next planet, we're only going there to fill up our tank," Yeosang explained, looking a bit sorry. "But we're going to Umeri."

"It's okay, I'm not supposed to reunite with you just yet, you're gonna have to wait a little more." Wooyoung smiled, putting his feet back in the water.

"Sure thing," Yeosang smiled, looking up at the star-covered sky of his dreams. "I'll wait for you."

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